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HTC building a phone with 4.7-inch screen and quad-core power
Go quad-core or go home. Come 2012, that's going to be the mantra for a lot of smartphones equipped with powerful Nvidia Tegra 3 processors. A leak's revealed that HTC's "Edge" will be quite a little monster of a smartphone.
PocketNow reports the Edge will have a 4.7-inch screen with 1280x720 resolution display (just like the Galaxy Nexus and HTC Rezound) and a 1.5GHz quad-core (dual-core is so 2011) Nvidia Tegra 3 processor, 1GB RAM, 8-megapixel camera (28mm f/2.2) with LED flash and possibly 32GB of internal storage and Beats audio. Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, along with HTC Sense 4.0 is likely a given as well.
If the smartphone is anything like the Rezound, then the camera should be quite the performer with a variety of special photo effects for 2D stills and HD 1080p video, audio should be bass-heavy because of Beats integration and the display should be extremely sharp (notebook-class sharp).
The only thing that's left is whether the Edge will support 4G LTE data and if its battery will be large enough to handle said data, 720p display and the power of Tegra 3.
What kind of benefits will quad-core bring? Think graphics. The PS Vita that launches this December in Japan has a quad-core processor (not a Nvidia Tegra 3) and it's packing major heat.
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I was having breakfast this morning with a fellow writer, and she mentioned that one of her goals was to practice not being a "good girl." Being a good girl myself, I immediately understood what she meant. Whether it's a result of my upbringing, the era of my upbringing or a combination of both, I am a people pleaser. I hate the idea of letting people down.
This makes me very reliable.
This also makes me quite guilt-driven. I tend to tie myself into knots over making sure I am reliable. Remember when I mentioned this summer I planned to focus on balance? Part of that need to focus stems from my uber-reliability. I'm so determined to make all my deadlines and get everything else done that I'm forgetting to have fun and living in the moment.
Being a good girl also ties up my writing. For the past few weeks, Katy's been talking about her struggle with inner critics. As a good girl, I have very loud inner critics. These critics want to avoid all bad reviews, all revisions letters, and all bad story choices.
This makes me a very stressed writer. And threatens my reliability.
Talking with my friend this morning, however, has me thinking perhaps it's time to channel my inner honey badger. For those of you who don't know, Honey badger is the nickname of LSU football player, Tyrann Mathieu. The honey badger is a nasty, African animal that eats larvae and is known for its fierce fighting skills. He'll take on anything. As the narrator of a particularly funny video puts it, "Honey badger don't give a ****."
It's funny that I'm even talking about animals, because recently I wrote a blog about how my animal totem is the tortoise. That I may be slow and steady, but I eventually reach my destination. The tortoise also has a thick shell into which he can retreat when times get touch. I am a lot like a tortoise. I'm thinking though, my tortoise persona could use a little feistiness. There's retreating, then there's shedding your fears. You have to admit, the honey badger is just as much a survivor. Only he has no problem going after what he wants, and he's not afraid of challenge. And he sure as hell doesn't have an inner critic.
No one's ever said a tortoise don't give a bleep.
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Currently funding on Kickstarter, Good Night Lamp is a cute little invention that sends a bit of you to your loved ones, no matter where they are. Each Good Night Lamp is actually a system of at least two connected house-shaped lights. Every time the larger light turns on or off, the little one does, too.
Good Night Lamp works via Wi-Fi, storing and remembering your home network after a brief initial setup. Once each light is set up, simply touching the large on will activate the small one(s), too. Oh yeah, and the system is set up to accept multiple little lamps per big guy. So, say you want to let your spouse at home, your kid in college and your world-traveling sibling based out of Hong Kong know when you get off work. Just keep the big lamp at your desk and ship each of them the little guys. When you leave the office and turn out your light, theirs will do the same.
This way of communicating conjures up something akin to the magic clock that the Weasleys had on their wall in the Harry Potter series. As in the book series, these lamps actually let you glance at the wall and see where someone might or might not be. Sure, there's no arm that swings up to "mortal peril" if you've stayed out past curfew, but maybe that's for the best.
The Good Night Lamp team like to view this kind of connectivity as what they term a "physical social network". Maybe we should make that "the social network of things"? After all, what's an Internet without its status updates?
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"He's Freaked Out by the Number of People I've Slept With"
"So, it randomly came up with my guy about how many people we'd both slept with, and I was completely honest.
I haven't slept with a lot of people (around 10), but his number is half of mine.
I feel like it REALLY bothers him. I've tried talking to him, telling him that was all in the past, etc., but he just shuts down and doesn't respond.
I've also tried to avoid it, but he's brought it up in a not-so-positive light, randomly. Help!"
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I can understand why he's upset—the higher the number, the more precarious the relationship seems. If he knows that you've slept with twice as many people as him, that's twice the amount of failed relationships, or twice the amount of people that you've for whatever rejected. You can tell him "But YOU'RE the only one for me" all you like, but the higher your number is, the less likely it is that he'll believe you.
Imagine if you bought a new camera, and it broke. You take it back to the store, they give you another one, and tell you, "Sorry—we promise you this one will work." Now, imagine the new camera breaks again, and they give you another one, and they tell you the same thing, "Sorry—but this one will work." You're less likely to believe them, aren't you? It's the same with the amount of people you've been with or relationships you've had—the more you've had, the more you've had break.
In terms of advice, I guess there's not much you can really do—the only real way to solve this is with time and to let him accept the amount of people you've slept with. The only thing that may help is to point out valid reasons why your relationship is better than the last 15 or so you've had. But if you've only been dating for one or two months, and you dated 10 out of your last 15 guys for 1 or 2 months, then he's going to have an underlying fear that he could just be another number.
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As Dan Aykroyd used to say to Jane Curtin on Saturday Night Live, "Jane, you ignorant slut!" It got a good laugh on SNL— but maybe not when your boyfriend is yelling it at you.
For future reference, this is one area where you ALWAYS lie. To this day, when I ask my sister in-law when the first time she had sex was, she always starts with, "Hmmm, let's see, your brother and I got married on…." Now, I'm not saying that you tell the guy that you are a virgin—that might freak him out more than the actual number—but always chop your number in half! Better yet, try to get his number first and then come in with a number just below his.
Either way, the cat is out of the bag (yes, pun intended), and now you need to deal with it. I think you just need to be up front and say, "Yes, maybe I've been ridden more than Seattle Slew, but now I'm with you and you are the only one I care about." Then, agree that it is either 1. Not important and the two of you won't be bringing it up again in any context or circumstance or 2. Really important to him and you'll be moving on so that he can go find a "good girl" from the local nunnery. By the way…"around 10″?!? I've only been with 4! Oh, and, hit me up if you are looking for a bridge to buy—I've got a great one that goes to Brooklyn.
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Well, I can't put myself in that position because…I've never been there. If I met a girl with the activity level I've had, I'd probably have her go through a full body radiation scan to see if she was carrying anything. Although no guy wants to find out that his girlfriend or date has slept with more people than Mötley Crüe on Viagra, at a certain age, you can expect her number to be more than a church librarian's.
Sex is sex and love is love. Some people really crave the physicality of sex and to them/me, I praise you. Don't deprive yourself of what you want. On the other hand, sometimes honesty is NOT the best policy. Use a little judgment before telling him that you were trying to break the land-speed record for sex before you turned 30. Perhaps you can claim you don't even remember the names of most of the guys you slept with…tell me how that one works out for ya.
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I feel what you're going through. My ex-girlfriend had only slept with one other guy, and I had slept with nearly 15. Plus, she was two years older than me! The funny thing is, she was proud that she hadn't slept around much and turned things around on me by calling me a slut if the topic ever came up.
I'm by no means a slut, but I did have a few one-night stands that I would have been better off avoiding. So, her comments made me feel worse than she could have felt from any jealousy. She was more curious as to why I slept with a fat girl in a pool, and regularly made fun of me for it, but that's beside the point.
In my opinion, he's probably just jealous that you have more experience, and he may be worried by the fact that you have a number of men out there with whom you've connected with on a sexual level. You have the upper hand in that respect, and it makes him feel vulnerable.
He doesn't have to feel that way. It doesn't help dwelling in the past. You and your boyfriend connect now for who you are and for who you've grown to be. Let him know that, and reinforce that you don't think about men from your past or compare him to anyone. He needs to feel special; as though he is the only one you've slept with. You wouldn't be who you are now if it weren't for getting some sexual experience under your belt (literally), and vice versa for him. We all did what we did in the past because it makes us who we are now. Any mistake was likely a learning experience, and any relationship you had helped you learn about your emotions and who you are. Tell him these things so it doesn't eat away at him in the future, and most importantly, don't let it bother you.
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The real problem here is not the ego of the man, it's the probability that women who have slept with more men are likely to cheat in a relationship… They have all their exes around them and they meet new people, for how long do u think she would hold on before she thought of how perfect the dick of Mr A she used to date is compared to her current lover or how perfect the dick of Mr B she has not met before
Its not important if he loves you there shouldn't be a problem I've been with triple my boyfriends number and he knows and he loves me as if i only slept with him my whole life (18-5). And with me being with more people does not mean I'm more experienced than him because almost all of mine were not relationships and 4 out of 5 of his were in a relationship and only about 3 of mine were relationships you can learn a lot more about what the female or male likes while with the same person.
My take is why get all bent out of shape by your girlfriend's past. Her history is that she is sexually active so enjoy it! My advice don't get caught up in falling in love with her or wanting to marry her and then her numbers won't matter to you. Forget her you are the one I want to be with etc. translates to you are the sucker I've chosen to be a sperm bank and to pay all my bills and expenses. Also, stand up for yourself if she gives the well I don't want to try anything different in bed or I don't do that any more then move on and find someone who will better satisfy your needs.
I find this thread interesting because I too am turned off by a person that has been with a lot of people sexually. For me, it is because of 3 reasons:
1. The person seems dirty.
2. The person seems to lack value-based decision-making skills.
3. The value the person has for sex is decreased (according to the law of diminishing marginal utility), and that could put your sex drives out of sync.
The past should stay just that, in the past!!!
This is ridiculous. 10 people? That's pretty low, I think. And I'm suprised at the answers from all the guys. 15? 4? Really?! Listen, sex feels good, and everyone is doing it. As long as you're safe/smart/discreet, who gives a flying **** how many people you've been with? The guy I'm seeing now has been with probably over a hundred women (he's 10 years older than me and was working as a bouncer/bartender for a long time; a lot of sex is part of the scene), and you know what? He rocks in bed. We've both shown each other our records that we're clean, and sex is NOT love. It's not like he had a deep attachment to every woman he's been with. I'm sorry, but it really demonstrates an immaturity and insecurity in someone who cares that much about how many other people you've slept with.
The higher the number – the more experience…don't tell me an exact number though…I don't even care to know it will just bother me. My b/f told me his number (it was over 50) I just laughed…we're engaged now. I've been with half his so I can't say too much.
The only reason it bothers him is because he probably is constantly worrying about who was better! One of your past relations or him!! Stroke his ego a little until he stops bringing it up.
Bah, if it "REALLY bothers him," then he isn't the guy for you. You shouldn't bring it up again unless he does, because there's no need to shove it in his face when he's not even thinking about it, but if he brings it up, you can do just what the first guy said and explain why this relationship is better, and what the second guy said, agree that it's "1. Not important and the two of you won't be bringing it up again in any context or circumstance or 2. Really important to him and you'll be moving on."
However, the first guy's attempt to compare relationships to a "broken camera" is idiotic. Whether short or long term, relationships always have TWO people involved, and a relationship not working is obviously NOT always about you, and is often a combination of factors caused by both people, plus their stage in life, geographic locations, family pressures, etc. Any guy who actually thinks that a girl who's had a dozen sex partners is at all equivalent to an electronics company that keeps giving items that break isn't worth his salt.
I also don't think that guy #2′s attempt at nasty humor was appropriate, with "ridden more than Seattle Slew"; and moreover, I could not ever agree with lying. In any situation where you don't want to give your number, you should just tell him outright that you don't want to give it, and then, in addition to being tested, etc., skip to saying why this time is better, and if it STILL really matters to him to know, that could be a warning sign that he's an obsessive control freak and you'd best be moving on.
I'm at 12 and have had a variety of responses along the line at various points in time. My first real boyfriend was my 2nd, and I was his first; my second real boyfriend was my 8th, but we were VERY open with each other, and I knew he'd had his "whore stage" for a few years and was at 38, but recently hadn't been with anyone since we'd started law school. Neither of us were shy about it and we'd tease each other about our respective numbers at any appropriate opportunity. My current boyfriend is my 12th, and though my guess is that he's around where I am, he's basically said he doesn't want me to know his, and doesn't want to know mine. Although I'm curious, I have to accept that.
If this guy can't do that for you, and can't get over it and put the past in the past, then I too say he should go find a girl "from the local nunnery," and you should know that you gave it the best you had.
Dont tell him anything unless ur about to consider marriage
Hm I'd say just be careful who you sleep with..
I would prefer not to kmow.
I don't think these two are going to make it. Sorry that's my honest opinion.
If someone asks me what my number is, I am honest hoping that they are honest too. But with my boyfriend that I love and that I know is the one…we both agreed that we'll never ask each other for our numbers so as not to create any awkwardness.
Oh yeah, this was a MAJOR source of discussion with my guy. He's about 12 years older than me and was surprised that my number was in the double digits. Hey, sistahs are doin it for themselves!
Who cares. The past is the past.
interesting article and by the way i think i was good of you to tell him that you slept with 10 guys rather then lie to him. if he feels uncomfortable then that's too bad he should trust you enough if not say bye bye
And I forgot to mention – because you had multiple partners doesn't mean YOU BROKE anything! Doesn't mean you or anything you did is damaged. Just like men because we sleep with someone doesnt mean we WANT a relationship and there is nothing wrong with that.
Does anyone else see anything WRONG with these responses? As a woman you should have NO reason to be ashamed of your past sexual history or experience. It's okay for a guy to be experienced and not a woman? This is utterly outrageous. Even more outrageous that a website FOR women would propogate this archetype.
Is your boyfriend upset about your "number" because he thinks it is too high or because it's higher then his? If it's because it's higher then his he's being insecure and as a partner (not just a woman, but a dutiful partner) the right thing to do is be encouraging and supportive.
If he feels your number is too high because he deems it "slutty, inappropriate" or any other of the double edged sword comments made in this article you should consider how unfair this is.
It's a typical scenario of whats ok for men isn't ok for women.
Be proud of yourself and ALL your experiences- getting off is something EVERYONE can and should enjoy. NOT just men. And you know what if people want to label it as slutty? SO what?? Whose the one actually having fun???
Right on! We have to stop perpetuating the double standard!
For the record I'm far more experienced than my husb and he doesn't care.
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Omg! I thought I was the only one who thought this was all pretty biased (except for parts of Mr. Loverboy Rocker's answer!). It's such mixed messaging that we're supposed to be sexually liberated, but LOOK at these answers. Why should anyone be ashamed of how many people they've slept with?
Also, you're right. Some things do just happen when people are having fun and don't want a relationship. And that's their prerogative. It doesn't make them "slutty" or anything for doing it! As long as adult women are having safe sex and know the emotional consequences (or lack thereof), then I say go for it if that's what you want to do.
Sexuality is such a touchy subject especially for women. In my opinion, you should accept that you have had more partners than your boyfriend and make peace with all that this fact implies. I believe that people are mirrors of our subconscious beliefs and in this case your boyfriend is bringing this up for you. On the conscious level you may feel comfortable with your number of partners, but unconsciously there's something that you are not really accepting about your sexuality. That can easily come from your upbringing, your religious beliefs etc. I think that before you try to make someone feel better about themself, you should provide that kind of caring to yourself first. Remember that you cannot quench anyone's thirst if your cup is empty.


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Demotion and age discrimination
I was told that I had two choices, take a significant demotion from my management position to stock person with pay cut or be laid off. The reason stated was too much mangement payroll costs. Two days later they demoted the general manager also.
One week later both of us are replaced by younger employees performing our specific jobs, even though they don't officially have our old job titles.
When I questioned HR about the decision to demote me, I was told it was based upon my performance. When I specifically asked where the documentation was she told me that they didn't have any that it was all verbal. This is not true.
At this point I am sure that they will concoct some reason to fire me, since I am stirring the pot.
I have filed a complaint with the EEOC but what is the next step?
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Hello. You are right - it is possible that you have an age discrimination claim, but proving requires establishing several factual elements as well as their sequence.
You should file a claim with DFEH (California Department of Fair Employment and Housing) rather than EEOC as the federal route is much more complicated and convoluted. This is a prerequisite to filing a lawsuit, because in California you must exhaust your administrative remedies before filing action in court.
I am in your area, so if you would like to discuss this further, feel free to contact me.
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When I was at primary school we were shown 'The Song of Bernardette'. This was the story of Bernardette Soubirou and the apparitions of St Mary at Lourdes. It was a somewhat sugary black and white movie which spent a lot of time looking at the difficulties St Bernardette had as a teenage girl trying to convince her family and the church authorities of the truth of her story.
Inevitably the hierarchy was painted a rather black hue, but she persevered under St Mary's guidance, and ultimately we end up with the miracles and pilgrimage centre at Lourdes, following her death at a young age. Perhaps not everyone's cup of tea, but it did encourage perseverence for the sake of Jesus, and Holy Hope for our ultimate salvation.
I think it was filmed in the 1940's, but have not heard of it for many years.
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(30-05-2010 08:50 PM)vrc Wrote: There is definitely a growing trend (I think it may be linked to extreme left-wing politics, like communism, etc.) towards atheism amongst younger people, in the west and, sadly, if their only exposure of Christianity is negative, it leaves them without the option of forming a more spiritually enlightened view.
I've noticed this too, especially on social media sites like Facebook.
Thanks for the series recommendation - will look out for it
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I watched that several months ago, very moving account, I thought.
Also hired the dvd of "Brother Sun, Sister Moon" recently and although I found it dated, I quite enjoyed it - it was nice to sit and watch a film with a few friends that wasn't about Zombies!
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In January 2013, Ben Emmerson, the UN Special Rapporteur on the
Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms While
Countering Terrorism, began examining the use of remotely piloted
aircraft (RPA or "drones") in extraterritorial lethal targeting,
commonly labeled "targeted killing." The following October, he released
an interim report surveying the legal framework for the operations. It
came on the heels of a report on the same topic by UN Special Rapporteur
on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions Christof Heyns. The
two documents marked a sea-change in the ongoing debate over RPAs.
Sophisticated yet accessible, the reports surgically dissected jus ad bellum (law governing the resort to force by States), jus in bello (international
humanitarian law or IHL), and human rights norms. Together, they helped
disentangle the often emotive, counter-factual and counter-normative
dialogue that had obfuscated objective analysis.
What Price Financial Stability? Evaluating the European Union Financial Transactions Tax
Though the global financial crisis reached an identifiable peak in the United States in September of 2008, events unfolded more slowly in the European theater. Banking crises in Cyprus, Greece, Iceland, and Ireland were punctuated by the failures of large financial institutions in Germany, the United Kingdom, and the Benelux countries. Similarly, while the United States reached a significant landmark along its path of financial reform with the passage in July 2010 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Europe's progress has been piecemeal, moving with fits and starts at the national, supranational, and international levels.
Despite some modest progress, significant threats to financial stability in Europe remain unaddressed, and the work of shoring up the European financial system continues. In February 2013, as part of this ongoing programme, the European Commission ("Commission") proposed that some Member States levy a uniform tax on financial transactions beginning in 2014. This tax, known as the European Union Financial Transactions Tax ("EU FTT"), would apply to financial transactions between or with residents of participating Member States, and to transactions involving securities issued in participating Member States or derivatives of such securities.
This Essay argues that the EU FTT as proposed is flawed policy. Part I discusses how the European Union's responses to the problem of financial stability are constrained by provisions in the EU's foundational treaties. Parts II and III discuss the proposal's wisdom as a matter of policy, and conclude not only that the EU FTT does little to solve the problems of financial instability in Europe, but also that the EU FTT threatens to undermine concurrent regulatory efforts to improve financial stability.
The Small Steps of the SPEECH Act
It had become the go-to punch line for English lawyers attending libel conferences in the United States. Speaking at a podium or debating on a panel, asked to explain a decade of growing defamation litigation in Britain against American authors and news organizations, they would shrug their shoulders and quip, with a nod to the late, great Johnny Cash, that London had indeed turned into a "town named Sue."
For many years, the joke was on us. Foreign libel plaintiffs had a considerable upper hand over American defendants in U.K. courts. By bringing suit in England, they could circumvent "actual malice" rules under New York Times Co. v. Sullivan and other substantive First Amendment rights. What is more, contrary to the standards in the United States, English courts were willing to assert personal jurisdiction over a defendant publisher who was not deliberately targeting a British audience.
That jurisdictional practice had a particularly significant impact in the age of online publishing when posting news articles on a domestic website makes the material available instantaneously around the world. Lack of due process added to a lack of free speech protections and made for a lethal combination. Not only did English defamation law tilt the scales dramatically toward plaintiffs, it also encouraged individuals to bring suit in the United Kingdom even if they had tenuous ties to the forum and the defendant virtually none.
The SPEECH Act was a measured and modest response to a significant problem that had created a tangible chilling effect on publishers in this country. Enacted in 2010, the SPEECH Act held strong against its first challenge in federal court when the Fifth Circuit opted not to enforce a default defamation judgment from Canada against a Mississippi blogger. In Trout Point Lodge v. Handshoe, the plaintiffs failed to prove the two prime elements of the SPEECH Act: that is, that Canadian defamation law is not as protective of free speech as U.S. law and that defend-ant would have been found liable in a Mississippi court. Handshoe had posted content on his Gulf Coast online forum linking Trout Point to a corruption scandal in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. In its claim, Trout Point did not make sufficient assertions regarding a key element that a plaintiff must show to comport with U.S. Constitutional standards: falsity.
Although Trout Point Lodge represents the utility of the SPEECH Act against international forum shopping, the legislation has its critics. The Professors David Anderson and Mark Rosen do not always agree with each other on what they believe is wrong with the SPEECH Act, but they are both critical of Congress's modest but important steps in this area. While this article will briefly respond to their criticisms, much credit is due to the professors for giving the legislation - and the issues behind it - some much-needed academic attention. This is the phenomenon of "libel tourism." While England was not the only problematic foreign jurisdiction, it was by far the most notorious - the "libel capital of the world" - with several high-profile cases that resulted in complete capitulation from publishers. For American media companies, the threat of libel tourism had developed into a real concern. Media defendants were settling suits abroad as U.S. enforcement uncertainties loomed.
Are the ICSID Rules Losing Their Appeal? Annulment Committee Decisions Make ICSID Rules a Less Attractive Choice for Resolving Treaty-Based Investor-State Disputes
Most international investment agreements mandate use of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) rules for resolving treaty-based investor-state disputes. One of the primary advantages to arbitrating under the ICSID rules is efficiency. In arbitration, finality reigns supreme. The remedy of annulment - designed as a severe censure to cure only the most egregious violations of the arbitral process - constitutes a limited exception to the principle of finality under the ICSID rules.
The review committees' decisions in Sempra Energy International v. Argentine Republic and Enron v. Argentine Republic, appear to have departed from this standard by couching serious errors in the application of the law as complete failures to apply the law, thus providing grounds for annulment based on the tribunals having manifestly exceeded their powers. If annulment committees continue to blur the distinction between misapplication and nonapplication of the law, the ICSID annulment provision could soon be seen as a disadvantage, effectively negating some of the primary benefits of arbitration: expediency and finality.
Should the United States Use Treaties to Make the World "More Like Us"?
After a contentious debate last year, the U.S. Senate rejected an international treaty related to the rights of the disabled. The public discussion of this issue brought to light some important differences in views on whether and how the U.S. should use treaties to spread its values around the world. This essay uses the debate surrounding the disability rights treaty as a basis for exploring the United States' use of treaties and other international agreements to push other countries to adopt specific domestic policies.Should we try to make the world like us? Are treaties a good way to accomplish this? Are there any negative repercussions from doing so? After considering these questions, the author proposes an alternative approach to spreading our values in the international arena.
The Responsibility to Solve: The International Community and Protracted Refugee Situations
Today, more than half of the world's nearly twelve million refugees are in protracted refugee situations and the vast majority are not on the road to a durable solution. We contend that the international community has a legal and moral duty to seek solutions to long-term refugeehood. We call this duty the "Responsibility to Solve" (R2S) and present three arguments for its recognition. The first flows from the human harms imposed on those left in the limbo of refugee status for an extended period of time; the second focuses on principles that underlie the international refugee regime, of the centrality of solutions and the necessity of burden-sharing; and the third derives from specific commitments of members of the UN General Assembly and signatories to the Refugee Convention to cooperate with UNHCR in seeking solutions. Recognition of R2S would provide a rhetoric and a moral fulcrum for renewed attention to solutions, in turn leading to enhanced funding for returns and local integration as well as more resettlement opportunities. It would also remind us that the principle of non-refoulement — while at the core of refugee protection — is not the ultimate goal of the international refugee regime. The responsibility of the international community to refugees is not simply to support camps or other arrangements that provide assistance to refugees; it is to end the condition of being a refugee.
Beyond Truth and Punishment in Transitional Justice
Many societies have had to deal with issues of truth and punishment following a period of massive human rights violations. This paper evaluates the search for justice in the aftermath of atrocities in Ghana, Sierra Leone, and Liberia by examining each country's approach to truth-telling and punishment. It demonstrates that scholars and practitioners have misplaced confidence in the ability of truth commissions and trials to contribute towards restorative, retributive, expressive, and utilitarian goals. It assesses the contribution of these mechanisms to their stated objectives from the perspectives of victims and the affected societies by using data gathered from field research. This paper finds that the combined use of truth and punishment mechanisms can produce mutually reinforcing effects on each mechanism's ability to carry out its stated objectives. It argues that it is critical to limit the number of goals to which truth commissions and trials can reasonably be expected to contribute, as opposed to burdening them with multiple objectives, thereby creating unattainable expectations. Finally, this paper concludes that each institution should focus on its comparative advantage and pay careful attention to the messages sent regarding what the commission or trial can actually be expected to accomplish.
The First Condition of Progess? Freedom of Speech and the Limits of International Trade Law
Can international trade law be utilized to promote the freedom of speech in the face of repressive censorship? Even before Google's abrupt departure from China, associated with Chinese restrictions on speech, academics and advocates argued that the World Trade Organization dispute settlement system can be used to promote freedom of speech and access to information in China and elsewhere by targeting internet censorship as an illegal trade barrier. If this were indeed one area in which international trade law might protect a human right in the face of adverse political restrictions, it could serve as a powerful vindication of economic liberalization that is otherwise often considered to contradict or compromise human rights. Through careful analysis of the gaps between human rights and international trade law we take a skeptical perspective towards this line of thinking, arguing instead that international trade disputes relating to censorship (such as a potential "Google" case) are indifferent towards the freedom of expression and ultimately promote economic interests with little, if any, impact on restricted speech.
Legal Vortex in the Strait of Hormuz
The regime of straits used for international navigation is one of the central features of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Neither the United States nor Iran, however, are party to UNCLOS, and the two adversaries disagree about the application of the treaty to relations between them in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran claims that the generous navigational provisions in UNCLOS may only be enjoyed by states that are party to the Convention. The United States claims that the right of transit passage in UNCLOS is reflective of customary international law, and therefore applicable to non-parties. Transit passage permits an unrestricted right to travel on the surface, under the water, or in over flight through international straits. The dispute is complicated by Iran's claim to a territorial sea that is twelve nautical miles in width — another key provision of UNCLOS, which departs from the historic norm of three nautical miles. Iran claims that the twelve nautical mile territorial sea is now part of customary law, but rejects the notion that other states enjoy the right of transit passage. The two regimes, however, are inseparable — Iran may not have a twelve nautical mile territorial sea, and yet disregard the rights of other states to exercise transit passage in the Strait of Hormuz.
How to Train a Toothless Dragon: Finding Room for Improvement in China's Transfer Pricing Regulations
One of the unintended consequences of economic globalization is the rise of transfer pricing manipulation, through which companies use international networks to shift their profits in order to minimize (or even eliminate) tax liability. China, for example, remains a top destination for foreign investment, yet it saw fifty-five percent of companies with foreign investment reporting an operating loss as late as 2005, primarily as a result of rampant transfer pricing manipulation practices. In an attempt to mitigate the loss of millions of yuan in tax revenue, the Chinese government passed a series of reforms in 2008 to minimize transfer pricing manipulation through enhanced reporting requirements, increased penalties, and Advance Pricing Agreements. The reforms have increased transaction transparency to some extent, but greater efficacy is hampered by local tax officials who often are unable or unwilling to utilize the reforms' heightened reporting measures to detect transfer pricing problems. This Note argues that, if the Chinese government is truly interested in discouraging transfer pricing manipulation, then it should instead pass regulations that focus on ex post review and enforcement. Specifically, the government could better educate its local tax officials to recognize transfer pricing issues and also could cooperate with tax authorities in other countries to share information about transfer pricing offenders. Transfer pricing manipulation is a difficult issue to resolve, but it is important to consider how Chinese regulations targeting this issue can improve, particularly as China continues its transition to a new national leadership.
Problematic Precedents: The Conflicting Legacies in the Genocide Jurisprudences of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
This Note presents the first comprehensive review of the genocide jurisprudence of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. While the Tribunal has issued several convictions for genocide committed in Srebrenica in 1995, it has failed to convict every person charged with genocide in other Bosnian municipalities during 1992. These acquittals rest principally on the complicated analysis of the mens rea component of the crime of genocide. This Note identifies the conflicting legal reasoning applied in the municipalities cases and explains the implications of these precedents for the two remaining genocide cases against former Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadžić and General Ratko Mladić.
Public and Private in International Investment Law: An Integrated Systems Approach
Members of the invisible college of international investment lawyers are engaged in a fierce battle over the conceptual foundations of their common legal enterprise. The debate centers on whether the international legal regime governing foreign direct investment is a de facto transnational public governance system or merely an institutional support structure for the settlement of essentially private investment disputes. These attempts to establish the public versus private nature of the regime are misconceived. International investment law deals with both public and private concerns, impacts upon both public and private actors, and crosses over traditional divides separating public law from private law and public international law from private international law. In light of these overlaps, the regime should instead be analyzed from an integrated systems perspective. This approach better comports with the regime's complex interlocking nature. It is also better suited to the pragmatic challenge of accommodating the conflicting claims of diverse stakeholders within the confines of an outmoded but rapidly evolving legal schema. I illustrate this with concrete examples of minor interventions at three different levels of the regime that could produce major shifts in the prevailing balance between investor and non-investor rights at other levels of the regime.
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The Bitcoin markets have been sleepy over the past week or two, and Bitcoin traders are starting to whine. What happened to the drama of hacks, the excitement of skyrocketing prices? The biggest news out of the weekend's Bitcoin World Conference and Expo was that the organizers teased future conferences in Thailand and Amsterdam. "As fun as it was, seems there were no great world-shattering announcements that would affect the world of bitcoin in the near future," one Bitcoiner who was present told Betabeat. "Other than more conventions as announced by Bruce." On the Bitcoin Forum at bitcointalk.org, user tacotime wrote: "Well, someone buy or sell a bajillion BTC and do something, it's boring as hell right now out there."
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Sisters Debi Keeney and Donna Carlyle were at home in Highland, Mo. when a man forced his way inside the apartment as Keeney returned from smoking a cigarette outside. The criminal then threw Carlyle to the floor and began choking her and demanding money. Keeney recalled, "All I could see was Donna's face going blue, like her life was being choked out of her." In response, Keeney retrieved a .22-caliber pistol and, after a verbal warning, fired at the home invader, striking him twice and ending the attack.
Following the incident, Keeney stated, "I gave him the opportunity to leave. I wish he had left without me having to shoot him… Put in the same situation again, I would do it again." The sisters' neighbor, Rodney Rusick, was supportive of Keeney's actions, telling local media, "I'm proud of her for shooting that dude." (The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Mo. 02/10/13)
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Some time between Saturday night and Sunday morning, the entirety of Drake's Take Care, the followup to his breakout 2010 debut Thank Me Later, found its way onto the Internet.
As news of the leak spread, Twitter exploded with chatter about it, and while any artists get extremely rankled when their music gets out prior to the release date (and, of course, for free), Drake himself was pretty casual about it. "Listen, enjoy it, buy it if you like it…and take care until next time," he tweeted late last night.
The idea of an album leaking isn't really a story. After all, pretty much everything leaks, and the timeline for Take Care is about right (the release date is next Tuesday, November 15, which means the finished album probably got lifted somewhere along the lines of production).
Drake's casual reaction is the right one. After all, if people hadn't gone out of their way to leak his album, that probably means people weren't interested in the first place. An album leak is something of a validation, and though it may also feel like a backhanded (and bad for business) compliment, it still tells the artist, "You are big enough to steal from."
It will probably cost Drake a little bit in album sales, but research shows that for a guy in Drake's position, leaks don't have as negative an impact as you might think — the logic being that people who will download the leak were unlikely to purchase the album in the first place. Plus, considering Drake himself had unleashed no fewer than six of the tracks from Take Care himself (including "Crew Love," which showed up on Saturday on a radio station in Toronto), there was already plenty of Drake music out there for people to take.
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Efren Abueg
Efren Reyes Abueg (born on 3 March 1937 in Tanza, Cavite) is a well-known and recognized Filipino-language creative writer, editor, author, novelist, short story writer, essayist, fictionist, professor, textbook writer, and anthologist in the Philippines. His works appeared on magazines such as Liwayway, Bulaklak, Tagumpay, Mod, and Homelife. Abueg received his Master's degree in Filipino Language and Literature from the De La Salle University. Abueg was the author of three anthologies of stories and essays. They are Bugso ("Impetus"), Tradisyon (Kasaysayan ng Panitikan ng Pilipinas: Mula Alamat hanggang Edsa) ["Tradition (History of Literature of the Philippines: From Legend to Edsa"), and Ang Mangingisda: Mga Kuwento kay Jesus ["The Fisherman: Stories on Jesus"). Abueg authored the novels Dilim sa Umaga ("Darkness in the Morning"), Habagat sa Lupa ("Monsoon on Land"), and Dugo sa Kayumangging Lupa ("Blood on Brown Land"). of Merah Tua, a novel serialized in Liwayway magazine. He was one of the resident writers at the Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing Center. From 1998 to 1999, Abueg was a National Fellow for Fiction for the LIKHAAN: UP Creative Writing Center. Among the books  ( Wikipedia article )
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Almost two dozen factors are contributing to the high cost of health care, according to a new issue brief from the Alliance. To download, click here.
Drafted by Jack Ebeler of Health Policy Alternatives and supported by a grant from Eli Lilly, the four-page publication divides the drivers into three groups: national demographic and economic factors, determinants of the health of individuals and societies, and health system factors.
Among the demographic and economic factors, the paper notes that as a country's national per capita income goes up, so does per capital health spending. Similarly, the mix of diseases in a population and the relative health of the population can produce marked differences in health spending from one country to the next.
Factors determining the health of individuals and societies can make a big difference in health spending the paper reminds us. It's well known that a person's diet and exercise level can affect the person's health. But the person's surroundings matter too. Exposure to contagious disease, toxic hazards, a dangerous working environment and violence can drive up health costs. In addition, women and men have differing health care experiences over a lifetime – differences that can affect costs.
The bulk of the cost drivers cited in the issue brief fit under the "health system factors" umbrella. These include the supply of health care providers (the greater the supply, the greater the spending). Consolidation among providers dampens competition and can cause price increases. Our present fragmented health care delivery system leads to inefficient care and duplication of services, the paper notes.
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A new Alliance for Health Reform video features Sister Carol Keehan of the Catholic Health Association of the United States addressing the challenges of quickly enrolling millions of Americans for health insurance this fall. Open season begins October 1 of this year, yet she says that up to 85 percent of those who will be newly eligible for Medicaid or for subsidies to buy private insurance in state-based exchanges don't know it. FULL TRANSCRIPT
Video (3:11)A new Alliance for Health Reform video features Douglas Holtz-Eakin of the American Action Forum, and a former director of the Congressional Budget Office, arguing that recent slower spending growth in health care won't continue."We also saw a slowdown in the mid-90s, and we all declared victory and it came right back. I think next year we'll see a noticeable uptick. There will be lots of new people entering the insurance markets because of the exchanges and the subsidies that come along with them, and those subsidies are very generous. … These are an invitation for people to get coverage and to buy more health care. I think that'll place a lot of pressure on spending."FULL TRANSCRIPT
Beginning October 1, insurance marketplaces open for enrollment, and millions of people will be eligible to purchase plans. To guide them in the application process, the federal government has invested in programs to train community organizations and hired staff.
The Toolkit, available here, details the ACA's employer requirements and penalty. It also includes information about the delay in the mandate to 2015, and analysis about its impact on employer-based coverage.


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Minister of Family Life Ministries
The mission of the Family Life Ministries is to encourage, equip and strengthen Christ-oriented singles, married couples, and families through Christian ministries and Godly counseling. Family Life Ministries consist of the following ministries:
Counseling Ministry
The Mount Zion counseling ministry provides professional individual, premarital, marriage and family counseling to active members of Mount Zion Baptist Church.
Crisis Counseling/consultation is available for inactive members and nonmembers.
All sessions are conducted by an ordained minister/licensed professional clinical counselor.
Marriage Ministry
Reggie & Peachie Williams, Co-Directors
"The man said, 'This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called 'woman,' for she was taken out of man.' That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh." Genesis 2:23-24 (NIV)
The Marriage Enrichment Ministry is committed to equipping couples with tools that will ensure a closer and more intimate relationship with God and their spouse. As married members of this Kingdom Focused Church, our ultimate goal is to provide opportunities for couples in covenant relationships that ensure biblical understanding of the precepts of marriage. We want to enable them to be able to actively enrich their covenant through Christian fellowship via their participation in various study series, workshops, couples' outings, monthly meetings and outreach projects.
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Men's Ministry
David Middlebrooks, Director
"So I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one." Ezekiel 22:30 (NKJV)
"The mission of the Mount Zion Men's Ministry is to embrace, uplift, and energize all men for the purpose of fostering Christian development. We focus on Spiritual Growth, Service, and Leadership Development through Bible Study and Fellowship Opportunities. We are accountable to God and one another as directed by the scriptures"
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Senior Saints Ministry
Shermane Boudreaux, Director
Vacant, Co-Director
The mission of the Mount Zion Senior Saints Ministry is to maintain a ministry that enables senior saints to more actively participate in church activities, provide assistance as needed, and create fellowship opportunities with our sick & shut-in and other seniors in the Christian community. The ministry actively engages in several fellowship opportunities throughout the year. We have an annual Spring Tea, Senior Cruise, and Elderly Information Sessions just to name a few. Our most notable activity is our visits to MZBC sick and shut-in's home to fellowship. The greatest impact of the ministry is its buddy system. Our buddies are the heart of the ministry.
Single Adult's Ministry
Vacant, Director
The Mount Zion Single Adults' Ministry provides an environment that encourages single adults to celebrate the gift of singleness, embrace their God given purpose, and serve those in the church and community with the love of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Mount Zion singles are encouraged and empowered through Biblical study and Christian Fellowship.
Women's Ministry
Carolyn Murchison Burrell, Director
Cheryl Wade, Assistant Director
"I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do all this through Him who gives me strength." Philippians 4: 11-13. (NKJV)
The mission of the Daughters of Zion Women's Ministry is to equip women to serve God with power and purpose; to edify God through praise and worship, biblical instruction and spiritual teachings; and to create a ministry of prayerful women whose individual lives are blessed, while enriching the Church body and God's Kingdom in its entirety.


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Dr. Ali graduated in African history from University of London, England. He teaches History 1112: World Civilization since 1500, History 4750: Eastern Africa and the Horn of Africa, History 4760: Central and Southern Africa, and History 4990: The Rise and Fall of the Apartheid System in South Africa. He also teaches two graduate seminar courses on Africa. Dr. Ali's area of research interest is Ethiopia, with special emphasis on the history of the Oromo people of Ethiopia. He has published one book and numerous articles and book chapters and edited two other books. Currently Dr. Ali is working on two projects "History of the Oromo and the Christian Kingdom of Ethiopia, 1300-1700" and "History of the City of Harar and the Surrounding Oromo, 1500-1900."
Mohammed Hassen and Steven Thomas, "Ethiopian History, African-American Literature, and Oromo Identity" CALLALOO( in press 2011).
"Testing the Thesis of The Invention of Ethiopia: A new look at Menilek's colonization of Harerge and its impact on the Oromo political and cultural institutions 1887-1900," The Journal of Oromo Studies, Volume 18, Number1 (July 2011): 109-150.
"Revisiting Abba Bahrey's 'Zenahu Le Galla' ('The News of the Galla')," Journal of Asian and African Studies (in press 2011).
"Orature, Resistance, and Nationalism: A Historical Overview of the Development of Written
Oromo Literature," The Journal of Oromo Studies, Vol. 17, Number 1 (March 2010): 137-177.
"Islam as an Ideology of Resistance among the Oromo of Ethiopia," American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences Special Issue Islam in Africa, Volume 26, Number 3, Summer 2009, pp.84-109.
"The Egyptian Occupation of Harer and Its Impact on the Oromo in Harerge,"
The Journal of Oromo Studies, Volume 15, Number 2 (July 2008): 33-60.
"The Oromo in Medieval Muslim States of Southern Ethiopia," The Journal of Oromo Studies, Volume 15, Number 1 (March 2008): 203-214.
Mohammed Hassen and Seyoum Hameso, "The Ethiopian Nation" Nations and Nationalism: A Global Historical Overview, Volume 2, 1880 to 1945, edited by Guntram H. Herb and David H. Kaplan (Santa Barbara, California, ABC Clio, 2008): 736-746.
"Conquest, Tyranny, and Ethnocide against the Oromo: a Historical assessment of Human rights conditions in Ethiopia, ca. 1880s-2002," Northeast African Studies, Volume 9 Number 3 (New Series) 2002 ( Published in September 2007): 15- 49.
"The Significance of Abba Bahrey in Oromo Studies: A commentary on the Works of Abba Bahrity and other Documents Concerning the Oromo," The Journal of Oromo Studies, Volume 14, Number 2 (July 2007): 131- 155.
"The Significance of Antoine d' Abbadie in Oromo Studies," The Journal of Oromo Studies, Volume 14, Number 1 (February-March 2007): 147-164.
"Pilgrimage to the Abba Muudaa," The Journal of Oromo Studies, Volume 12, Numbers 1 & 2 (July 2005): 142-157.


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New York Times Publishing More Subject Headings
The New York Times has published a bunch more subject headings to the Linked Data Cloud. I wrote about this last November when the NYT released 5000 person/place/organization names as subject headings (or, as I noted then, you can think of them as tags.) These subject headings are those that the NYT Open blog describes as "subject descriptors" — keywords related to article content instead of proper nouns. This release includes 498 of the most commonly-used subject headers, which, like the names, are mapped to DBPedia and/or Freebase. The NYT hopes to eventually release all 3,500 of its subject descriptors.
You can browse through all the available subject headings (the descriptors and the proper nouns) at http://data.nytimes.com/. Look for the alphabetical browsing links in the middle of the page. I looked through the Ds and the first one I found was DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) at http://data.nytimes.com/26507891352660881440. This page of information shows the first and most recent use of the subject descriptor, Freebase and DBPedia links, and an associated article count. There's also a "scope note," that explains exactly what the subject heading covers. In this case the scope is "Used for any coverage that focuses on D.N.A. — whether in research, forensic science, genetics, etc."
For details about using these headings in an article search, visit the Search API documentation. There's also an API request tool for experimenting with searches without having to use an API key or build queries in a URL; here's an example search for the DNA subject heading.
New York Times Offers Most Popular API
Woo! It's API Wednesday. The New York Times announced a couple days ago its new API, the Most Popular API, the documentation for which is available at http://developer.nytimes.com/docs/most_popular_api. The Most Popular API is for getting links and data associated with the most-frequently e-mailed, shared, and viewed NYT blog posts and content.
The Most Popular API request uses a REST format with responses in JSON, XML, and the new-to-me serialized PHP (.sphp). Essentially when building a query for this API you're requesting three things: what you want (most e-mailed, most shared, or most viewed), which section (all sections or one or more sections) and the time period you want to include (either 1, 7, or 30 days.) I really like the share-types option, though: you can limit the "most shared" results to the method used to share the items (one or more types, with your options being Digg, e-mail, Facebook, Mixx, MySpace, Permalink, TimesPeople, Twitter, or Yahoo Buzz.) It's be neat to slice up data and see what people are sharing on Facebook vs. Twitter vs. MySpace.
You need a key to use the Most Popular API, but NYT Open has a prototyping tool where you can experiment with the different request parameters without having to build a request or get a key. Here's my request for the most shared-to-Facebook items for the last seven days.
New York Times Releases Version 3 Of Times Newswire API
New York Times Open announced yesterday Version 3 of the Times Newswire API. If you're using version 2, don't worry; that will be supported until August 2010. The Newswire API site with documentation and changes is at http://developer.nytimes.com/docs/times_newswire_api.
There's not a huge number of changes here, but the new version does allow you to filter by sections and sources, and apparently integrates better with the Times Article Search API, though I haven't tried that yet. The new section parameter is called section; you can either specify all or you can give specific section names; the documentation provides a URL for getting a full list of available sections. The source parameter only has three options: you can specify that you want items coming only from the New York Times, only from the International Herald Tribune, or from both papers.
While there are examples with the new parameters, I did not see any applications designed to take advantage of the newly-available parameters. However, there's always the Times Developer Network Gallery, which shows various applications built on Times APIs. New Apps include We Read, We Tweet and Nooblast.
Google, the NYT, and Washington Post Team Up for Living Stories
Google's hard at it in the labs again with a new feature called Living Stories. Living stories are more like living "topics," with story topics put together into a permanent place and updated in a variety of ways. It's available at http://livingstories.googlelabs.com/.
Once you get to the site, pick a story you want to follow. I chose executive pay, which is at http://livingstories.googlelabs.com/lsps/executivepay. Note the permanent URL. When you get there you'll see a page which looks like this:
There's a summary at the top of the page, a timeline, and down the middle of the page stories. The left side of the page beneath the timeline provides pointers to different kinds of media/information, while the right side provides links to important stories in the timeline.
When you click on a story you find interesting, you don't leave the page — it opens right in the middle, which does make it easier to take in several stories without losing your place or getting hugely distracted. Key people and companies in the stories are highlighted; click on them and you'll get a popout with a one-sentence explanation and sometimes a picture.
A took a look at the supplemental materials. There were plenty of images and quotes available, fewer videos. There were some great graphics showing the evolution of executive pay.
So how do you keep up with the changes to the stories if the URL is permanent? You have a couple of options. The first is a good old-fashioned RSS feed. The second is signing in with a Google account and getting updates to the story e-mailed to you.
Personally I'd prefer RSS.
Google's put together a great way to group a lot of stories in one place. The one problem is the sources. The New York Times and Washington Post are great papers, but there are lots of other great papers, too, and you could get an even more multifaceted look at
a story if you used several different sources. I'll be a lot more interested in this when I can go to a story about something happening in Virginia, for example, and get stories from every indexed news source in the state.
NYT Kicks out 5,000 Subject Headings to Data Clouds
I love the RSS feed for New York Times Open. The blog doesn't update very often but whenever it does I know I'm going to have something good to read. At the end of October the blog announced the release of 5,000 of its person name subject headings as "Linked Open Data."
Let's back up. The New York Times has developed subject headings to index its archives. So you can think "tags" instead of "subject headings" if you like. (Sorry NYT.) And the "Linked Open Data" means that the 5,000 subject headings/tags have been manually mapped to the data sources Freebase and DBPedia. Two very exciting things about this: 5,000 is just a fraction of the NYT's subject headings — there are in total over 30,000 — and the NYT intends to map and release them all. Further, the NYT is releasing this data under a Creative Commons license!
You can explore what's been done so far at http://data.nytimes.com/. You can download all the data records in one file (you have to agree to the CC license first) or you can browse by last name. I went and looked at the E's to see if Elmo had been indexed. He hadn't, but there were several other people under E, from Eagleburger, Lawrence S, to Eyre, Richard. Each name has an URL associated with it. Click on it to get more data.
I clicked on Herm Edwards' name which is located at http://data.nytimes.com/57985207950391437243.html. Data here includes the number of mentions in the NYT, first and last time the subject heading was mentioned (I'm suspicious of that "first time" — it seemed like 2001 in most of the names I looked at and that didn't seem right for the historical figures) and a pointer to the New York Times "Topic Page". (If you're looking for the latest news and other information on a figure, in an easy-to-read format, use the Topic Page. It even has an RSS feed.)
Even more interesting than the aggregated data are the pointers to Freebase and DBPedia. Each person's data URL is also associated with links to pages of data at Freebase and DBPedia. These two pages are in XML and RDF formats respectively, so they're less for reading by humans and more for mixing and reoutputting by computer programs.
The NYT release of these subject headings/tags helps pull three data sources together. I expect to see some great tools made from this. If you'd like to see how people are discussing extending and using the new release, you can check out the Linked Open Data community at http://groups.google.com/group/nyt_linked_open_data.
New York Times Launches Keyword-Based Feeds With Cool Extras
Hat tip to ReadWriteWeb for letting me know about the New York Times' recent Custom Feeds tool, available at http://prototype.nytimes.com/customFeeds/.
Essentially this tool gives you the ability to create keyword-based RSS feeds for New York Times content, but also enhances that essential idea with a couple of extras.
Here's a snapshot of the site. First thing you do is enter a topic or keyword in which you're interested. The tool will suggest other terms based on the keyword you initially entered. (As you can see I entered Washington and the NYT had lots of suggestions for that.) Next you choose which keywords you want to add to your custom feed. (You can add several if you like.) When you enter keywords, the tool will evaluate the feed, testing to see how many articles in the past 30 days include your term(s) (or, if it's a very active term, how many articles in the last one day included your term(s).) This is AWESOME; you'll know right away if a feed is going to contain too much/too little content without having to run tests.
Once you have a term or set of terms you like, enter a title for the feed and click the "Subscribe" button. The NYT will kick out a RSS file that has a pretty good snippets from NYT articles as well as the occasional image.
The only thing that even bothered me a little bit about this tool is the fact that you have to enter your own feed titles, which would slow things down if you wanted to create a lot of feeds. Other than that these extras as terrific. Highly recommend this tool.
New York Times Launches Times Wire
Between the millions of RSS feeds and Times Open, I spend a lot of time at the New York Times Web site. Thanks to a new application from the New York Times, I might be spending even MORE time there.
The New York Times recently announced the launch of Times Wire, available at http://www.nytimes.com/timeswire. The NYT describes Times Wire as "the first Times product developed using The Times's Newswire API" — I'm looking forward to more! The idea is simple; the site is just a live, reverse chronological feed of NYT Times articles and blog posts as they're published. It updates every minute.
The default view of the site is of all the news. When I looked at it there was everything from news to sports to a recipe. News stories (with summaries and links) are on the left and photos are on the right. If you want more focused news, there's a tab for just looking at business news. Or you can try the "Your News" tab that allows you pick any combination of almost two dozen sections and topics. You can also choose to just look at headlines without summaries if you're cramped for space.
There is an RSS feed for Times Wire, but it appears to be just the "everything" feed.
You're going to realize how much of a news nerd I am when I say this seems like what the Sidestage was designed for. It'd make a pretty neat homepage gadget, too.


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First of all, I would like to inform that our gallery has a new layout. I was DYING to make something with that amazing Esquire pictures, and so I did. I hope you like it.
Well, I live in Brazil and here Sweeney Todd will open only in February 08! I couldn't wait until there, so I got a copy from the movie in a 'good' quality last night, and made some caps from the whole movie. There's 1468 captures, and I know it's too much but the movie is amazing and some scenes I really couldn't stop capping! If you haven't see it yet, please, go and watch it. Johnny did a wonderful job, as so Helena as Miss Lovett.
Edited: I just recapped the whole movie.
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Johnny Depp will replace Heath Ledger in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, the latest project Heath had been working on. Director Terry Gilliman hand picked Johnny for the role.
But this doesn't mean we won't see Heath at all. The studio is saying there's a part of the movie in which Heath's character falls through a magic mirror, and they may have Johnny become the new appearance of the changed character.
It's sad that they already have to be dealing with this so soon after Heath's death, but it's great that such an amazing actor as Johnny Depp will be on board.
Source: Hollyscoop.com
Best Actor nominee JOHNNY DEPP reacted to his nod. "My sincere thanks to the Academy for this kind nomination," he said. "It is both an honor and a privilege to be aligned amongst such ability. My endless gratitude also to TIM BURTON and the entire cast and crew of 'Sweeney Todd,' without whom, I would not be here today."
Source: The Insider Online
I added scans from Jan/Feb issue from Makeup Artists magazine to the gallery. There's some pictures from Johnny at Sweeney's set.
Make Up Artists – Jan/Feb 08
A break into our Johnny world to a very sad news. The actor Heath Ledger was found dead in his apartment today. The Australian-born actor was 28.
Ledger's respectable filmography includes roles in films such as Candy, Monster's Ball, 10 Things I Hate About You, Lords of Dogtown, I'm Not There, and Brokeback Mountain, for which he earned a Golden Globe- as well as an Academy Award nomination in 2006. His last onscreen appearance looks to be the role of Joker in the much anticipated Batman Begins sequel, The Dark Knight, pending a July 2008 U.S. release.
My deepest condolences to his family, loved ones and loyal fans. It's a tremendous loss, I'm really shocked. RIP, Heath…
As you can see, there's a new layout up. With the new layout, there's a lot of updates as the new career section, and the info section totally updated!
I'm still fixing some broken images, but you can browse around to see all changes. I'll be finishing the career section (I'll need to finish the 90's and 00's movies info) and do a new gallery layout, but I'm proud to say that this site is now updated.
Enjoy, and don't forget to tell me what do you think about.
Johnny got another nomination from Academy Awards, for his Sweeney Todd!
He will dispute with: Daniel Day Lewis, George Clooney, Tommy Lee Jones and Viggo Mortensen.
Congratulations, and go Johnny!
Johnny Depp received his third Academy Award nomination for best actor for his role as the title character in Tim Burton's gothic musical "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street," though no nods went to the film, its director or co-star Helena Bonham-Carter.
The nominees for the 80th Academy Awards were announced Tuesday from Beverly Hills, California, with Johnny Depp seeing his portrayal of the psychotic criminal whom he managed to make endearing to the audiences receive a nomination in the best actor category.
Depp, previously nominated for "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" in 2004 and "Finding Neverland" in 2005, will compete against George Clooney in "Michael Clayton," Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood," Tommy Lee Jones in "In the Valley of Elah" and Viggo Mortensen in "Eastern Promises."
While "Sweeney Todd" was not nominated in the best picture category, the trophy will be fought over between "Michael Clayton," "There Will Be Blood," "Atonement," "Juno" and "No Country for Old Men."
The organizers of the Academy Awards ceremony have been adamant that the event will take place regardless of the ongoing WGA strike, on the scheduled date of Feb. 24 at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre.
Jon Stewart is scheduled to host.
As I told you before, I'm working in a total revamp to this site, including a complete filmography section. For this reason, I'm uploading pictures from some movies, specially the older ones.
Today, I have added screencaptures from Private Resort, Slow Burn, Platoon and Lady Blue, but you can expect a little more this weekend.
Private Resort screencaptures
Platoon stills
I have added a new quotes page, because I found an awesome script from Martina (the same girl who did the affiliates one). And because of this, I'll need your help.
With this script, you can add quotes, too. So, if you're a related-Johnny quotes collector, please, help me! You can add quotes from Johnny himself, from his characters or from someone on Johnny.
Go to the add form. Select a category into the drop down menu. Insert the quote into the appropriate form, and the 'who said it', too. As you can see, you can insert your name, your email and your website. Just please check if the quote isn't already listed.


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I thought there were already transumbilical breast implants that were adjustable?
Yes, but these offer more leeway as far as size and fullness, as per research.
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