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This document outlines how Hitachi ID Password Manager can be integrated with an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system, to enable:
There are three basic sets of desirable functionality that may motivate an integration between Password Manager and an IVR system:
Allowing users who have experienced a password problem to access self-service from a telephone, and resolve their own problem, is advantageous for several reasons:
Since user authentication, password generation and password resets are all processed by the Password Manager server, the telephone password reset automatically benefits from Password Manager's auto-discovery process, user profiles, password policy engine, e-mail integration and call tracking system integration.
Users who sign into the network, or a remote access service, using a hardware token (most likely an RSA SecurID token) may experience problems and require service.
Possible SecurID token problems include users forgetting their PINs, losing their tokens, or users whose token clocks have drifted significantly away from the time reference on the ACE server.
These users may require service before accessing the network, so a telephony solution is desirable.
Organizations deploying a biometric voice print verification technology in their IVR infrastructure must acquire voice samples from the entire user population. Each voice print must be securely mapped to the particular user's user IDs in order to allow secure password reset.
Password Manager can facilitate an automated, reliable, secure and effective process to prompt users to register, authenticate users prior to registration, map users voice prints to their system IDs, and enable the IVR system to securely capture their voice prints.
As with any self-service technology, usability and marketing are key to success. Users must be made aware of the IVR system's new features, and should have an incentive to use it rather than accessing manual service.
The IVR system must be easy to use. This means:
Users must be made aware of the telephony integration. This means:
Users are identified on the network using alphanumeric login IDs. Since most IVR systems do not offer a reliable speech-to-text mechanism, they can only accept numeric input. This presents a challenge for a telephone password reset system: users must enter an alpha-numeric login ID, but the system can only accept a numeric ID.
In organizations where each network login ID is already associated with some unique numeric ID, the simple solution is to ask users to sign into the IVR system by keying in their numeric ID on the telephone touch pad.
Examples of such numeric ID include employee numbers, or home telephone numbers.
Alternately, if a user registration process will be used (e.g., to collect personal Q-A data for user authentication), then users may be asked to key in or select a new numeric personal identifier. An example might be the user's driver's license number. In this case, users will sign into the IVR with their new numeric ID.
In some cases, numeric IDs are not available. This may happen if there are no existing numeric IDs available for all users, or if what numeric IDs exist are not correlated to network login IDs, or if a registration process is undesirable.
In these cases, users may be asked to sign in by pressing the keys on their telephone marked with the letters and numbers of their network login ID. For example, the user smith01 would type 7648401.
Since the digit mapping of two different alpha-numeric login IDs may produce the same number (e.g., poguh01 also maps to 7648401), an IVR system that uses this technique must allow for number collisions, and ask the caller to select the correct ID when the entered number resolves to more than one alpha-numeric login ID.
Users who sign into an IVR system to access a secure function, such as a password reset, must not only identify themselves, but also prove their identity using a process which is appropriately hard to fool. In other words, the rate of false-positive user authentication must be acceptable.
For example, if users can access a self-service password reset, then the difficulty of fooling the IVR authentication process must be comparable to the difficulty of cracking a password.
A simple process to authenticate users is to ask them to answer one or more personal questions. Personal questions should have the following characteristics:
Examples of personal questions that a user may be able to answer with some expectation of privacy, without remembering anything new, include all or parts of the following numbers:
Since all of these may be acquired by a third party, it makes sense to use more than a single question, to randomize which questions are used for any given authentication session, and to lock out users who repeatedly fail to authenticate.
Using too few numeric Q-A pairs, or using data that is too easily acquired by an intruder, will have the effect of reducing password strength on the network. Biometric voice print verification is a stronger technology, and is described below.
A simpler, more secure, but more costly process for caller authentication is to capture a voice print sample from each user during a registration process, and to subsequently authenticate callers by asking them to speak one or more phrases, so that their new response can be compared to their registered sample.
Biometric voice print verification is commercially available, can yield effectively zero false-positive recognitions, and low false-negative failures (on the order of 1% to 2% of valid authentication attempts ending with a failure to recognize the speaker).
Biometric voice print verification requires that a voice print sample be collected in a secure manner from each user prior to the first instance where the user must access the system. Password Manager can drive this process, as described in [link].
The following are three example processes that illustrate how Password Manager and an IVR system can co-exist:
Password reset using a telephone, with touch-tone caller authentication and a randomly-generated password (to minimize alpha-numeric input on a telephone) works as follows:
... Repeat if failed, continue if success, possible lockout.
Password reset using a telephone, voice print caller authentication and a randomly-generated password (to minimize alpha-numeric input on a telephone) works as follows:
... Repeat if failed, continue if success, possible lockout.
Registration of user voice print data using the Password Manager web form and deployment infrastructure works as follows:
... repeat if authentication failed, lockout if too often.
... repeat above two steps for multiple samples.
Password Manager can be integrated with a telephony user interface in a number of ways:
Hitachi ID Systems offers two options to customers who wish to enable telephone access to Password Manager:
Turn-key system options are described in Section [link].
If an existing Automatic Call Direction (ACD) system is in place, then it must be configured to forward relevant calls to the Password Manager IVR system.
In this case, the call flow logic on the existing IVR system is modified to prompt the user for identification and authentication information. The IVR is programmed to verify user authentication by calling either:
Once the IVR has authenticated the user, it can make calls to the Password Manager server to request various password reset services.
Password Manager can be integrated with almost any existing IVR system, as described in [link].
The software required to integrate Password Manager with any existing IVR system is included at no additional charge. (Particular IVR systems may also require software extensions as available from the IVR vendor, eg. XML over HTTPS).
Hitachi ID Systems offers a turn-key IVR option, Telephone Password Manager, which uses touch-tone caller authentication, and leverages the Web-based Password Manager registration process to build user profiles for numeric Q-A authentication.
This solution is tightly integrated with Password Manager, using the secure API described in [link].
Note that Password Manager has an open interface specification, which allows other IVR biometric voice print authentication systems, such as Vocent, to leverage Password Manager for general enterprise password management.
Organizations with an existing IVR system may choose to continue to use an existing caller authentication process, or to strengthen it prior to activating self-service password reset.
The existing identification and authentication process may have to be replaced because it is not secure enough, and would weaken password security if it enables self-service password reset.
Password Manager exposes APIs suitable for use by an IVR system over a variety of communication channels. In each case, strong encryption makes it possible to securely locate the IVR system at a different site from the Password Manager server.
A web service allows IVR systems and other applications to remotely invoke methods on the Password Manager server, to perform functions such as user and account lookup, Q-A authentication, random password generation, and to initiate password resets or to clear intruder lockouts.
Remote applications normally access the web service over HTTPS for security, and must provide a 128-bit secret key to prove that they are authorized to use the API at all.
Organizations wishing an extra level of security may periodically change the authentication key, and limit the range of IP addresses that are permitted to access the API to just legitimate IVR systems or other applications.
IVR systems that support integration using web services include those from Intervoice and Nortel/Periphonics.
The same integration functions available through the web service ((_label_web-services)) are available in a Windows 32-bit DLL. This DLL communicates with a TCP/IP socket listener service on the Password Manager server, and the two end-points implement a secure communication protocol that includes mutual authentication, random session keys and 128-bit IDEA encryption.
Windows-based IVR systems, such as those from Apropos, can readily link against this DLL.
An ActiveX (COM) wrapper is provided for the Win32 DLL described in (_label_win32-api), to enable IVR systems that more readily integrate with ActiveX components to tie into Password Manager. Other than different calling / linking semantics, this is the same Win32 API as described earlier.
The same integration functions available through the web service ((_label_web-services)) are available in a Unix shared-object library. This library communicates with a TCP/IP socket listener service on the Password Manager server, and the two end-points implement a secure communication protocol that includes mutual authentication, random session keys and 128-bit IDEA encryption.
Unix-based IVR systems, such as those from Lucent / Avaya, can readily link against this shared object library. (A UnixWare binary is made available for this popular system).
A command-line wrapper that uses the Win32 DLL API is available, to enable integration from Windows-based IVR systems that cannot directly link to DLL libraries, but can invoke command-line programs.
A command-line wrapper that uses the Unix shared object is available, to enable integration from Unix-based IVR systems that cannot directly link to shared object libraries, but can invoke command-line programs.
The touch-tone-authenticated password reset process described in (_label_touch-tone-reset) is implemented by calling the following library functions, using any of the API variants described above:
Self-service password reset, self-service RSA SecurID token management and automated registration of biometric voice print samples can all be implemented by integrating Password Manager with an IVR system.
Password Manager licensees may choose to purchase a dedicated IVR system from Hitachi ID Systems, specifically for these applications, or to extend an existing IVR system to include new call logic. Integration is available for every kind of existing IVR system, through multiple language and platform bindings of a powerful Password Manager API.
User identification can be implemented using speech-to-text technology, or user input of unique numeric identifiers or numeric-mapped network login IDs.
User authentication can be implemented using either text prompts for personal information, followed by touch-tone input of responses, or using biometric voice print verification technology.
System integration for a telephony-enabled password management system can range from one or two days of effort to activate a turn-key, touch-tone enabled IVR system up to two or three weeks to extend an existing biometric system.


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Why an Association's quiet title judgment against a bank stands
Yesterday, the Fourth District Court of Appeal rendered a decision in Condominium Association of La Mers Estates, Inc. v. The Bank of New York Mellon allowing a condominium default judgment for quiet title to stand. The Association had obtained title to a property through assessment foreclosure. Concerned about unpaid assessments, the Association offered to give the bank title – thereby entitling it to obtain ongoing assessment payments from the bank. Evidently the bank did not respond (although that is my assumption based on the course of events.) Several months later, the Association filed a quiet title action, claiming it owned the property and asking the court to quiet title on the property that was still subject to the mortgage. The Association claimed the bank had no bona fide interest in or claim to the property.
The Association obtained a default judgment. Over a year and a half later, the bank asked the court to vacate the judgment it declared was void, claiming the quiet title complaint was invalid (did not state a cause of action.) The trial court granted the bank's request.
The trial court was probably correct that the complaint failed to state a cause of action. A quiet title action is intended to remove a "stale" encumbrance. Unless the bank had not initiated a foreclosure action until the "maturity date" of the mortgage or possibly even five years after that, it was probably not a stale encumbrance. Unfortunately, this would be true even if the association were being harmed by the bank's delay.
However, another issue appears to not have been raised – lack of personal jurisdiction over the bank. In a 1940 Florida Supreme Court Case, Cone Bros. Constr. v. Moore, the Court explained that a senior lien holder (the lender) is not a proper party to a foreclosure action brought by a junior lien holder. The same logic should apply with a "quiet title" action by an association (in this case, the association whose property interest is inferior to the lender's mortgage).
It does not appear that the bank claimed that there was no personal jurisdiction. If it had, the judgment should have been void (invalid from the start and unenforceable at any time). The court specifically stated, "the motion for relief in this case provided no other reason for vacating the judgment other than arguing that the complaint failed to state a cause of action. We hold that these allegations would render the judgment voidable, not void."
That means the bank waited too long to move to vacate, based on its arguments. As a result, the Fourth DCA reversed the trial court's ruling to vacate the judgment. Had the bank argued that there was no personal jurisdiction because it was an improper party, the Fourth DCA may have ruled differently.
What is the upshot of this? The association obtained a "free condo" probably because of the bank's failure to properly frame its motion to vacate the default judgment. Does this mean that HOAs or condos should file quiet title actions, hoping that the bank will not properly object? That is a risky gamble. If the bank had defended the lawsuit, or even argued lack of personal jurisdiction, the association would lose. In that event, the association may be liable for attorneys' fees that both the association and lender incurred, and sanctions against both the attorney and the client.
The Bank in this case could appeal to the Florida Supreme Court. It may not be over yet. Regardless, it is unlikely that lenders will continue making the same mistakes. Or is it? Time will tell.

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The Crusaders won game one, 2-1, then picked up the sweep with a 6-3 win over the Wildcats.
With the loss, Baker fell to 6-29 and 3-15 in the HAAC, while Evangel improved to 28-13 and 13-5 in the conference.
In game one, Brett Lechien got the start and threw all seven innings. He allowed just two earned runs and six hits.
He also went 1-for-3 from the plate with an RBI. Baker managed just four hits with Josh Zach leading the way with a 2-for-3 game.
All three runs came in the third inning, with Evangel scoring two in the top half and Lechien knocked in Charles Coleman for Baker's one run.
In game two, both team's offenses stepped up, as Evangel had 12 hits and Baker had nine. Zach had two more hits and Justin Lane went 2-for-4.
The Wildcats scored first in the bottom of the second inning, as Bryan Kindle led off the inning with a double to right field, then Lane came up and singled to centerfield and scored Kindle.
Baker then was shutout until the eighth inning. Baker trailed 5-1 in the bottom of the eighth and cut the deficit to two, 5-3 with a two-run four hit inning.
Ethan Jacks led off the inning with a single and then Lechien singled to right field scoring Jacks. After a Zach single, Josh Ackerman then singled to right field scoring Matt Fry.
Three pitchers saw action for Baker with Ryan Hahn getting the start. He threw four innings, giving up four earned runs and one hit.
Then Derek Schupp came in to pitch three innings and Tevin Thompson threw the final two innings.
Baker will next take on Peru State for a four-game set this weekend, as they take on the Bobcats on Saturday and Sunday at 1 and 3 p.m.


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I designed this party for my son Diego's 7th birthday. He had been playing Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon every time his dad would take him to Gamestop but he didn't own a DS or the game. He got both for his birthday. He was so in love with the video game (or the little he had been able to play) that he wanted his party with this theme. It was a tall order for me. I decided to decorate the house as a friendly haunted house with only the ghosts in the video game (boos, greenies and other) and include games where the little guests could hunt for ghosts.
As the kids entered the fog-filled backyard, they were told the story and details of the game and handed a flashlight to begin the adventure. They needed to find the pieces of the broken dark (purple) moon and put the pieces together like a puzzle to restore the moon and bring peace to the mansion. They also had to find glow-in-the-dark ghost eggs to trade them for gold coins. Other games included "pin the jewel on Boo's crown," "pass the boo (balloon)," and break the king Boo piñata.
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Nashville will be shining even brighter when two major stars arrive to town. Yesterday, Trisha Yearwood announced that she and Garth Brooks are moving to Nashville in an interview with CMT.
"I have loved living in Oklahoma," Yearwood said. "It's been a great place to raise our girls, and the thing I'll miss the most is that I've made some of the best friends I'll ever have. But we'll always be best friends."
Brooks' youngest daughter is moving away to college, leaving Garth and Trisha by themselves in their Oklahoma homestead. Now they are ready to hang their hat in the music city.
"There's an energy about Nashville that I love and I miss. And it's so awesome right now. It has a new energy that's so cool," Yearwood said. "And it makes sense because it's been a bit of a challenge to not live there and to have to fly in and out for work."
Having relocated to Nashville will help Garth Brooks make plans for this 2014 return to the concert stage. Fans will be excited to see the "Friends in Low Places" singer back up on the stage doing what he does best - provide entertainment and a musical journey.
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When the new Glee's female coach, played by NeNe Leake, overhears the Glee girls making light of domestic abuse, it raises some very interesting issues regarding domestic abuse. We hear about the coach's aunt who was married to a very polite man, his temper only exhausting itself upon her in the privacy of their home. Like most abused women, she accepted his apologies until she ended up in the hospital. It took her 5 years to leave the relationship.
Coach Shannon, the woman whose shiner the girls were making fun of, is also a victim of domestic violence. This also raises the question of the kind of woman who is abused. Shannon is as "big as a house." How can a man hit her without her retaliating? As big and tough as Shannon "the Beast" seems, she confesses that she is not confrontational or violent. When Coach Sue tells her she needs to leave him, Shannon admits that she is afraid to be alone. She's afraid that no one will ever love her again.
Finally, we see Glee play an important role in creating awareness among their young viewers regarding domestic abuse and how it is portrayed in music and other social mediums. It successfully shows the shame, fear, and illusions that revolve around abusive relationsips, but also the courage and strength that is required to leave the abuser.
Since this is a show that requires students to use music with which to explore issues like love, letting go, and growing up, the girls in Glee were asked by NeNe Leake's character to "Pick a song that gives women the self-esteem and courage to get the hell out of an abusive situation."
Here was their choice: Florence + The Machine with "Shake it Out":
This semester, I gave my students a similar project for their research paper. They had to find a music video/lyrics that exposed a social issue of their choice, and they had to use the song and research to discuss the issue. A few students focused on domestic violence. The videos they chose included the following:
Christina Aguilera's touching song "I'm OK," which demonstrates the long term effects of domestic abuse on the children who witness it:
Eminem and Rihanna's "Love the Way You Lie," which shows the endless cycle of abusive relationships:
Also, a song I've never heard, Justin Nozuka's moving "Save Him," which describes the violence and the murder/suicide that ends the abuse:
All this brought me to YouTube, wherein I discovered some thoughtful and well-crafted videos on the issue:
This one is compilation of images and facts to Pink's "Long Way to Happy," which is about rape, but if you listen to the words, the song can still be applied to domestic abuse because violence is violence:
This video is put together by one person inspired by all the music videos on domestic abuse. With Nick Lachey's "I Can't Hate you Anymore" playing in the background, it is chilling:
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JWC TO MARY RUSSELL; 31 December 1849; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18491231-JWC-MR-01; CL 24: 317-319
5 Cheyne Row / 31st December 1849
Dearest Mrs Russell
To think that I should never have written you one line since the distracted little note I sent you from Nottingham in July last! and so often as I have thought of it too! Nay, I actually began a letter one day of October—I had just been writing Drumlanrig Castle Thornhill1 on the back of a letter to Lady Ashburton who was on a visit there, and had written me out the address as particularly as if I had never heard of Drumlanrig in my life!—and it struck me as something quite unnatural that I should be writing Thornhill after any other name than yours, just as when I first wrote to you I found it so very strange and sad to be writing that place after any ones name but my mothers— And so by way of making amends to Nature, I began a second letter, one to you—to go by the same post—but some visitor came in, and what does not get done by me at the right moment is apt to miss getting done altogether—
When I wrote from Nottingham I remember I durst not trust myself to tell you any thing about me even if there had been leisure for it— I was in such a nervous state—promised to Mr C and to my own mind to go to Scotland, but afraid to make my purpose known, lest after all I should shirk it at the last moment, as I had done before— And even if I got into Scotland, I could not have told you, for my life, what I was going to do there—where I should go or not go—sometimes in brave moments I thought of visiting Thornhill as well as Haddington and then it seemed all but impossible for me ever to set foot in either place and if I did I was not sure that I would show myself to any living person of my friends in either the one place or the other— So I thought it best to say nothing to you of my intentions till I ascertained by trying what part of them I could carry out— It was not till I was in the Railway for Haddington that I was sure I was really going there— And I did spend a night there, in the principal Inn the windows of which looked out on our old house, without any one suspecting who I was—I arrived at six in the evening and left at eleven next day after having walked over the whole place and seen every thing that I wished to see—except the people!— I could not have stood their embraces and tears and "all that sort of thing" without breaking down entirely—so I left that part of the business till the agitation caused by the sight of the old place should have subsided and I could return with my nerves in good order—which I did for three days after having been six weeks in Fife and other places with which I had no associations either sad or gay.— It was the same when I went to Annandale—till the last moment I was not sure I could go—and would not have gone but for the pain I was going to give my Husbands family by passing them by— Actually when I left Edinr for Ecclefechan I did not know whether the Railway went thro' Thornhill!—had not dared to satisfy myself!—and at all the stations after I got into Dumfriesshire I kept my eyes shut— This will sound to you like sheer madness—but it was no worse than extreme nervousness—which I could not controul, and so must be excused for— I stayed only two days at Scotsbrig and then hurried on to Manchester where I was retained by severe illness— Another time it will not be so bad I hope and I shall behave more like a rational woman— You may believe I got little good of the country under such circumstances I returned to London so ill and continued ill so long a time that I got into the way of doing nothing I could possibly help—and so it happened that having lightened my conscience of the half sovereign which a Miss Skinner2 undertook to convey to you I postponed writing till—now!—
If anniversaries be in many respects painful things there3 useful at least in putting orderly people like me on settling up their duties as well as their accounts—and so I am busier this week than for months back bringing up my correspondence &c &c— Fortunately I am on foot, and even able to go out a little in the forenoon—tho' the frost is hard enough— I seem to have got off this winter with only three weeks confinement—for the rest the pleasantest fact in my life for a good while is that I have got a beautiful little dog—that I hope I will not make such a fool of myself with as Mrs Mundel4 used to make of herself with—what was the objects name?— He is not of course either so pretty or so clever as Shandy—and if he were I should not think so—but he is "better than I deserve," as Coleridge said of his cold tea.5 and I like him better than I choose to show—publicly— The sad part of the business is that I dare not take him out with me without a chain, for fear of the dog stealers who are a numerous and active body—
I am sending you for good luck a book which I hope you will get some amusement out of—perhaps the best newyears gift one can make—a little amusement I mean— The two bits of things for Margaret and Mary6 you will give them with my kind remembrance—and the post office order I need not point out the use of— God bless you dear Mrs Russell—with Love to your Husband and Father I am ever your affectionate
Jane Carlyle
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post3782929576869349677..comments2016-06-29T06:01:42.879-06:00Comments on Kalyn's Kitchen®: Recipe Update: Sugar-Free Coleslaw with Agave NectarKalyn Dennyhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-46516970688510564702007-07-20T11:55:00.000-06:002007-07-20T11:55:00.000-06:00Yvonne, it's wonderful you're having so much succe...Yvonne, it's wonderful you're having so much success losing weight by eating low-glycemic foods. And thank you for the nice words about my blog! You just made my day!Kalynhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-77368577882903230262007-07-20T09:37:00.000-06:002007-07-20T09:37:00.000-06:00Thank you Kalyn,I had come to pretty much the same...Thank you Kalyn,

I had come to pretty much the same conclusion. In moderation it is probably fine. I am relatively new to the GI and rely on others for the science of ingredients etc.

Along that vein, I want to thank you for this wonderful blog. I have lost 35 lbs so far on SB and you have been my main source of inspiration and information.Yvonnehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-47647707784904309512007-07-20T08:37:00.000-06:002007-07-20T08:37:00.000-06:00Yvonne, when I'm learning about new things based o...Yvonne, when I'm learning about new things based on internet research, I give more weight to the consensus of opinion than anything else. I think there's a lot of difference of opinion on the internet on nearly every topic, and I don't believe everything I read. In this case, one of the "experts" she quotes is someone I don't have a lot of faith in. If you enter "dangers of agave" or "is agave safe" into Google, you'll find literally hundreds of places saying it safe and very few cautioning against using it.

I remain convinced that it's not harmful, especially in the very small amounts I'm using it. Obviously, this is something everyone will have to make up their own mind about. People who have any concern at all about agave can just use sugar or Splenda in this recipe.Kalynhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-43325509542040740202007-07-20T08:15:00.000-06:002007-07-20T08:15:00.000-06:00Kalyn,Sorry I gave incomplete information. I went ...Kalyn,

Sorry I gave incomplete information. I went from Writing at the Kitchen Table to a site she referenced called sweetsavvy.com. That is where I found the negative information regarding algave nectar.Yvonnehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-1341007078562003922007-07-20T07:46:00.000-06:002007-07-20T07:46:00.000-06:00Yvonne, I went to Writing at the Kitchen Table, bu...Yvonne, I went to Writing at the Kitchen Table, but I don't see the reference you're referring to? Maybe you could leave the link if you see this.

I don't claim that I've extensively researched agave nectar, nor am I a food scientist. But in the reading I've done, I only saw one place where they cautioned that if you're trying to eat a low-glycemic diet you should know that when you eat agave nectar combined with some foods it increases the glycemic index of the agave. That, plus my own experience eating it made me revise my opinion and consider it to be for phase 2 or 3 only for South Beach dieters. But I don't see how it could be regarded as "not healthy." The fructose in agave nectar is the same type of natural fructose that's in fruit, according to all the sources I read. I saw numerous sites saying it was safe for diabetics, and didn't see any sites with any cautions except the one I mentioned above.Kalynhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-46590425596372366592007-07-20T07:00:00.000-06:002007-07-20T07:00:00.000-06:00I went to the Writing at the Kitchen Table site an...I went to the Writing at the Kitchen Table site and found that she has reversed her recommendation on Agave Nectar. It appears that high fructose is not healthy although the GI is low. There appears to be a lot of conflicting opinions.Yvonnehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-81131714102175578592007-07-19T18:41:00.000-06:002007-07-19T18:41:00.000-06:00Thanks everybody. I remain sold on agave nectar, ...Thanks everybody. I remain sold on agave nectar, it's great.Kalynhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-67252622266062003532007-07-18T22:40:00.000-06:002007-07-18T22:40:00.000-06:00Hi Kalyn,I bought some agave when my vegan son cam...Hi Kalyn,
I bought some agave when my vegan son came to visit. It's a great sugar substitute. Your slaw looks wonderful.Christinehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-12340454057314309702007-07-18T18:31:00.000-06:002007-07-18T18:31:00.000-06:00Agave Nectar is my favorite sweetener. This coles...Agave Nectar is my favorite sweetener. This coleslaw recipe looks excellent.Annie Elizabethhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-43636433054040768812007-07-18T11:52:00.000-06:002007-07-18T11:52:00.000-06:00We just might have to try this with some broccoli ...We just might have to try this with some broccoli slaw - it looks delicious!Joehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-30980317114122360752007-07-18T10:21:00.000-06:002007-07-18T10:21:00.000-06:00Great combo.Great combo.Kelly Mahoneyhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-83706328373774806282007-07-18T09:24:00.000-06:002007-07-18T09:24:00.000-06:00Good subsitution idea! This coleslaw looks great!Good subsitution idea! This coleslaw looks email@example.com


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Salami Tactics
By MortazaviBlog on Aug 26, 2006
According to Thomas Schelling, winner of 2005 Nobel prize in Economics,
Salami tactics, we can be sure, were invented by a child ... Tell a child not to go in the water and he'll sit on the bank and submerge his bare feet; he is not yet 'in' the water. Acquiesce, and he'll stand up; no more of him is in the water than before. Think it over, and he'll start wading, not going any deeper; take a moment to decide whether this is different and he'll go a little deeper, arguing that since he goes back and forth it all averages out. Pretty soon we are calling to him not to swim out of sight, wondering whatever happened to all our discipline.
This quote appears in Avinash Dixit's "Thomas Schelling's Contributions to Game Theory."


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Product Type
Carbonated Soft Drink: Regular
20oz, 2ltr, 12oz cans
Nutritional Info
2.5 servings a bottle;
calores 100;
fat 0g;
sodium 40mg;
tot. carbohydrates 27g;
sugars 27g
carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup and/or sugar, artificial and natural flavors, phosphoric acid, sodium benzoate. caramel, caffeine, gum acacia, red 40
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Posted: Dec 17, 2002 at 4:58 PM (Last Updated: Dec 17, 2003 at 7:13 PM)When we first hear about Dr Pepper Red Fusion, we were a bit skeptical -- how could this drink possibly be better than the original? Boy, were we wrong. Red Fusion is the best new entry into the soft drink market from any major player. The flavor is a nice modification to the classic flavor of Dr Pepper. It's basically Dr Pepper with a bit less bite and a mild berry finish. The result is a product that has a lighter flavor profile than regular Dr Pepper. Definitely give this one a try.


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A collection of photographs captured by photographer Dorothy Lee in Autumn 2000. This book is divided into three sections:
Backyard Birds In Autumn
Photos of various backyard birds in fantastic autumn settings.
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Autumn color as captured in northeast Pennsylvania.
Autumn in Central Park
This former New Yorker made time to take a trip to her hometown and photograph Central Park's Autumn scenery.
I am a photographer with over 20 years of shooting experience. I have had work published in America, Mexico, Canada, Australia, England, and Japan. Originally from New York City, this nature lover migrated to the Poconos in northeast Pennsylvania and couldn't be happier "stuck" in the country amongst all the beautiful natural scenery. Photographing nature is a lifetime love that has fully blossomed into passion over the past few years since purchasing my first DSLR camera in 2006. In addition to the books I sell here, I also have prints for sale and other products. Check my web site for more details. I hope you enjoy viewing my work!
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Looking for a reliable dividend company? Blackstone Group (NYSE:BX), Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR), and Health Care REIT (NYSE:HCN) should be on your radar.
Investors looking for income are often directed toward bonds or stocks with huge dividends, however, as a result of lower interest rates, people have fled bonds and bid up the prices of stocks. Even investment firm Blackrock noted on its blog a few months ago, "though equities still look reasonably priced in the aggregate, not all corners of the equity market look equally attractive as options for income-oriented investors."
Thankfully, these three big dividend payers still offer opportunity.
Diverse industries
Blackstone is a leading operator in the investment and advisory portion of the financial services industry, with more than $265 billion in total assets under management. Digital Realty Trust provides access to rentable data center space in the burgeoning world of "big data" to companies not looking to build their own sites. Lastly, there is the relatively self-explanatory Health Care REIT, which invests in housing for the growing elderly population as well as broader health care real estate.
All three have positioned themselves as leaders in industries projected to be at the forefront of economic growth in the United States and beyond in the coming years.
Strong performance
Simply being involved in a growing industry is no cause for an investment, and one of the critical considerations is the performance of the company itself. Yet all three companies here are thriving as well.
Blackstone reported record results for both the fourth quarter and the full year in 2013, as it grew its economic net income -- which excludes transaction related charges -- by a staggering 76% for the full year to top $3.5 billion. Incredibly, this major gain was seen over the record level posted in 2012. Its assets under management grew by 26%, which just narrowly fell short of the staggering 28% growth it has averaged since 1995. Clearly, it has been on a tremendous run, and signs point to that continuing in the future as it continues to grow its portfolio, especially its real estate assets.
Health Care REIT also delivered record results as its fourth-quarter normalized funds from operations rose by 16% to $0.99 per share and its full-year results were up by 8% to $3.81. The company expects it will continue its growth into 2014 and is anticipating a 3% to 6% increase in its earnings power, and like the others, its CEO George Chapman was rather optimistic, saying, "[e]ntering 2014, our relationships, immersion in health care, asset quality, mix of short and long-duration leases, and international reach uniquely position us to deliver superior, consistent growth."
Finally, there is Digital Realty Trust, where funds from operations per share grew by 7% in 2013 to $4.74, as it also signed on record numbers of new leases in both the fourth quarter and the full year. The company noted its strong results were ahead of its plans, and CEO Michael Foust said the "strong fourth quarter leasing and financial results set the stage for positive forward momentum in 2014."
All three are operating remarkably well in industries that should allow them to continue their strong performances into the future.
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While the relative value is always a key consideration, it's vital to remember the advice of Warren Buffett's mentor Ben Graham that "price is what you pay, value is what you get," and all three of these companies with great dividends and attractive growth potential certainly appear to provide great value.
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While these three should be considered, it too should be noted one of the dirty secrets that few finance professionals will openly admit is the fact that dividend stocks as a group handily outperform their non-dividend paying brethren. The reasons for this are too numerous to list here, but you can rest assured that it's true. However, knowing this is only half the battle. The other half is identifying which dividend stocks in particular are the best. With this in mind, our top analysts put together a free list of nine high-yielding stocks that should be in every income investor's portfolio, one of them is even a top holding of Warren Buffett. To learn the identity of these stocks instantly and for free, all you have to do is click here now.
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Sure, Brita water filters do the conservation trick, but they just remind us a little of dorm life. Ovopur's Ovopur Ceramic Water Filter ($895) is on the far side of high end, and it looks gorgeous from way up here. Like all filters, the Activated Carbon layer neutralizes taste and clarifies most of the nasty stuff, but four extra membranes use energies mandated by science (aka too much of a mouthful to mention) to ward off all evil impurities in our water and even make it better for us... it better be holy water for how much we spent on it. At least those weird black floaties are gone forever.
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What is your biggest craving during your pregnancy?
-Sweets, especially cookies!
What has your favorite trend been/ what have you worn the most?
–Aztec Print, Skinny Jeans and T-shirts
What is your favorite item from PinkBlush Maternity?
-My Pale Pink Lace Open Shoulder Maternity Tunic.
What has been the biggest surprise about being pregnant?
-The biggest surprise is being pregnant again!
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-Hadley Grace
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-How my two year old son interacts with his baby sister!
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NEW YORK--Arizona (3-0), fresh off a solid victory, 34-27, over then No. 9 Iowa, moved up 10 spots in the weekly Associated Press poll to No. 14. UA was No. 24 heading into the Iowa game.
The ranking is the best in the regular-season for Arizona in 12 years.
The Wildcats were ranked for a few weeks last season, but before that it had been since 2000 that they last made the Top 25.
The last time they were ranked this highly in the regular season was 1998. Arizona finished that season No. 4 in the nation and was in the top 10 for the final six weeks of the season. The Wildcats started the next season ranked No. 4 as well, lost their opening game and quickly fell out of the rankings all together.
UA will play host to California (2-1) this Saturday in Arizona Stadium, with kickoff slated for 7 p.m.(MST/PDT).
The victory over the Hawkeyes gave Arizona head coach Mike Stoops's Wildcat teams a victory over a ranked team each of his seven years in Tucson. Iowa dropped nine spots to No. 18.
Four other Pac-10 teams are ranked this week including No. 5 Oregon (3-0), No. 16 Stanford (3-0), No. 20 USC (3-0) and No. 24 Oregon State (1-1).
UA moved up a pair of slots in the USA Today Coaches poll to No. 16.


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Nov. 12, 2007
TEMPE, Ariz. -
Video of Pedroia's Press Conference
Former Arizona State University baseball student-athlete Dustin Pedroia has been named the 2007 American League Rookie of the Year by the Baseball Writers Association of America.
Pedroia received 24 of the 28 first place votes in balloting conducted by two writers from each of the 14 American League cities. He also received four second place votes and 132 total points and was the only player named on all 28 ballots. Delmon Young of Tampa Bay was second with 56 points (3 1sts, 12 2nds, 5 3rds) with Kansas City pitcher Brian Bannister third with 36 points (1 1st, 8 2nds, 7 3rds).
Pedroia becomes the fourth Sun Devil to win the Rookie of the Year Award, joining Pat Listach (Milwaukee, 1992), Alvin Davis (Seattle, 1984) and Bob Horner (Atlanta, 1978).
Pedroia played three seasons at Arizona State, hitting .384 with and collecting 298 hits. He was twice named the National Defensive Player of the Year and was the Co-Pac-10 Player of the Year in 2003. He was a three-time First Team All-Pac-10 performer, a two-time All-American and was a finalist for the Golden Spikes Award in 2004.
Pedroia batted .317 with eight homers and 50 RBI in 139 games with the Red Sox in 2007. His batting average was tenth highest in the American League and the best ever for a qualifying major league second baseman. Pedroia led all big league rookies with 39 doubles, ranked second with a .380 on-base percentage, and was third with 86 runs scored. He was also second among A.L. rookies with 165 hits, 49 multi-hit games, and 230 total bases.
Pedroia is the sixth Red Sox player to be named as the A.L.'s top rookie by the BBWAA, the first since Nomar Garciaparra in 1997. He is just the fourth A.L. player to win the award while playing the majority of his games at second base, joining Minnesota's Rod Carew in 1967, Detroit's Lou Whitaker in 1978, and Minnesota's Chuck Knoblauch in 1991.


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The public comment period closes Wednesday on a proposal to open upstate New York State to a controversial natural gas drilling practice known as High-Volume Hydraulic Fracturing, or "fracking."
The period was originally scheduled to close in December, but the Department of Environmental Conservation extended the period 30 days after public outcry for more time. More than 15,000 comments have reportedly been registered to date with advocates on both sides clamoring to make their positions known. But the deadline extension has worked more to the favor of anti-fracking advocates following two developments in the past month.
More: Fracking: The Ultimate Scam Revealed by Jed Morey
The first was a blockbuster report where environmentalists are concerned. In December, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a draft report linking contaminated drinking water in Pavilion, Wyo. to a nearby fracking operation—a suspicion long-held by local residents.
The second literally sent shockwaves through the environmental community when on New Year's Eve a 4.0 magnitude earthquake shook Youngstown, Ohio. The Columbus Dispatch reported a total of "11 earthquakes in the area have been recorded since March" of last year, the most recent being the largest. Experts have tentatively linked the abnormal seismic activity to a fracking well that began operating three months prior to the first registered tremors.
Fracking has been around for more than a century as a means of pressurizing the drilling process of oil and gas wells. It's referred to as "Enhanced Oil Recovery," a method required for the most difficult of drilling scenarios, where oil and/or gas are trapped within rock formations.
Once a well is drilled, a mixture of water, sand and, more recently, proprietary chemicals are pumped down the well at extremely high pressure. The mixture bores through the shale to release the gas into the well while the sand and chemical combination help prop open the fracture in the formation. Back on the surface, the gas is separated from the extraction fluids.
It was then-Vice President Dick Cheney's who insisted that federal Energy Policy Act of 2005 exclude the EPA from regulating hydrofracking, which would have come under the purview of the Safe Water Drinking Act. In doing so, Cheney allowed Halliburton, a drilling firm of which he was formerly CEO, to do an end-run around the regulations and pave the way for the expansion of fracking throughout the country.
Halliburton invented the horizontal drilling process in the 1940s but it wasn't until the chemical enhancements were added in the 1990s that drillers began to have success extracting shale gas. When drillers set their sights on the Marcellus Shale—considered the largest untapped natural gas reserve in the country stretching from West Virginia to Ohio—states began to see an influx of workers from the oil and gas industry. Residents were cashing in on hefty offers for drilling rights beneath their properties.
Soon thereafter, however, anecdotes involving contaminated drinking water, increased air pollution and public health problems began to surface with residents pointing to nearby fracking operations as the culprit. Josh Fox's documentary Gasland brought the issue into the public consciousness as the war between environmentalists and the oil and gas industry has reached a fever pitch in New York.
Last week, when New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivered his State of the State address, he did not touch upon the fracking issue, despite the presence of scores of anti-fracking protestors outside.
The DEC is still allowing comments through Wednesday on its website.


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Professor Mom
Yin and Yang
We've suddenly slipped into a different pace around here. It's a quieter house, and the hours stretch ahead, marked definitively on each end of the day by school drop-off and pick-up at 3:00. T. missed her brother yesterday, but she has an extra spring in her step, we think; that glow that kids get when they can play at being an only child for a while. We're already enjoying the one-on-one time with her, but with pangs of guilt now and again. Should we be having fun? I ask myself at the pool, while we toss T. into the air between us and watch her dive and laugh. We make plans to take her to one of the free summer children's movies this week, and I hesitate, wondering if it's fair. But then I remind myself that L. hates movies and movie theaters, and that this is the only reason T. has never been to one yet.
When I spend a good chunk of time with one child, I'm always startled by the differences. I don't compare, but I think about how they occupy such different worlds, and have such different approaches to life. Now that L. is back in school, I feel as if I'm getting the chance to see my kids with fresh eyes again, as separate beings, all the complicated facets of their characters rising to the surface in ways that astound and sometimes confuse us. Every now and then I do wish they were more alike, and that their worlds didn't collide quite so much, but I think their differences provide us with so many angles through which to view the world--theirs and ours. And I try to remind myself that this is a gift--the fact that they are so different.
This is how our first day without L. at home went:
T. and I get out of the house in ten minutes flat to run errands, and I think about how very portable she is. She's always up for shopping or errand running, and a trip to the grocery store is her idea of a grand old time. She gets ready for the pool in a flash, and plays with the other kids there, leaving me time to chat with the other parents, or lie back on a pool noodle and reflect on life.
But then, back at home, T. talks--a lot, and wants to play lengthy and mind-numbing dinosaur make-believe games all day long, following me around the house and into the bathroom, and insisting I be a mayasaurus named Maya. Sometimes I extricate myself for five minutes and hide in the laundry closet to unload the washer, and then there she is again, calling me: "Mayaaaaaaaa! Mayaaaaaaa!"
In between foraging for food and avoiding the T-rex, my mind wanders to L., and I imagine him at home, quietly hunched over his Playmobil toys or sitting at the computer, the silence punctuated briefly by interesting comments about a NASA podcast or ancient Rome. I wonder what he's doing at school, and whether he's happy. I miss him.
Scott and I talk about taking L. to the museum again this weekend, and we smile, eager for this family outing to come. Over lunch we talk about his new teacher, while T. chimes in and feeds her stuffed-animal-of-the-week (a brown stegosaurus named Steggie) a veggie hot dog.
T. and I whip up a batch of homemade play-dough, just like I used to with L. We add green food coloring and glitter and bash down the warm dough with our hands, molding it into, of course, dinosaurs and trees and squat, lumpy people. T.'s hands remind me of L.'s at her age, strong and earnest, the possibilities of creation tingling at her fingertips. I think about activities we can do with L. later, when he gets home. I miss him.
Later, at 4:00, L. breaks out his Space and Sky Edition Monopoly game and we play, buying and selling galaxies and moons. I let him roll the die until he gets the planet he wants, and look the other way when he pilfers extra cash from the bank. T. rolls on the floor, bored, and wriggles into a Snow White dress-up costume.
My kids are yin and yang incarnate, really. They couldn't be more opposite, yet they reflect each other in many ways; they are unmistakably siblings, even if their approaches to life and friendship are so very different. And while I miss L., I do cherish this stay-at-home time with just T. I enjoyed it tremendously the year I stayed home with L., and it's wonderful to get the chance to do it again with T., if only for two weeks. It's the ultimate juggling act, parenthood. You spend your days taking the good with the bad, the joy with the sorrow, the patience with the anger; you sort out the complicated likes and dislikes of both kids, walking the line between the two, striving always to be fair and just. As a parent your greatest challenge sometimes is to learn to move between each child, flitting back and forth, perpetually leaving bits and pieces of yourself scattered everywhere.
I just had someone tell me that third grade is a great year for kids. I hope that's true since Marley will be starting third grade in a few weeks.
My two are very different also. Although, I do spend a lot of time telling the sixteen year old that the things he complains about his sister doing are things he also did at the same age. They mostly have to do with typical kid behavior though, not personality stuff.
Although I didn't really expect Marley to be like Colin, I did have a somewhat negative expectation about her behavior knowing she was going to be a girl. I dreaded some of that stereotypical girl stuff. As much as she does have some of that (wants all pink, etc.), it is the atypical behavior that is graying my hair!
I hope all of L's year goes well and that you enjoy this extra time with T.
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How neuronal circuitry in the brain is established during development and refined in the adult is a central unanswered question in neuroscience. Neural recognition molecules expressed on the neuronal surface are pivotal players in developing cortical circuits. Among the most relevant of these molecules to human disease are members of the NCAM and L1 family (L1, CHL1, NrCAM, Neurofascin). Each of these cell recognition molecules has established functions in axon guidance that mediate correct topographic synaptic targeting of axons, while exciting new findings reveal that they also have vital functions in regulating synaptogenesis and plasticity of cortical networks.
Importantly, mutations in neural adhesion molecule genes may contribute to susceptibility to human neuropsychiatric diseases. Abnormal expression of NCAM in the developing prefrontal cortex is associated with working memory deficits in schizoprenia, while polymorphisms and aberrant splicing of NrCAM is linked to autism spectrum disorders. Mutations in the L1 gene are involved in a form of X-linked mental retardation, and CHL1 mutation is associated with low intelligence and delayed motor development. In addition to NCAM, L1 and CHL1 polymorphisms are also associated with schizophrenia in specific human populations.
To study the normal and abnormal function of neural cell adhesion molecules in brain development and function, our laboratory uses a multidisciplinary approach to generate and analyze novel mouse genetic models of neurodevelopmental disorders. We apply a panoply of methods to determine the mechanism of action of candidate genes in normal and pathological processes, including signal transduction technology, axon targeting, imaging of living neurons in acute brain slices by confocal microscopy, as well as plasmid mutagenesis and neuronal culture assays.
As a member of the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities and UNC Neuroscience Center, I have productive collaborations with outstanding UNC colleagues dedicated to unraveling the neurodevelopmental mechanisms of connectivity. We are currently collaborating closely with Dr. Paul Manis, an electrophysiologist at UNC, on optogenetics and electrophysiology, and with Dr. Sheryl Moy, Director of the mouse behavioral core on working memory and fear conditioning.
Translational research studies conducted by our lab in collaboration with human geneticists on a large DNA sample of human schizophrenic patients indicated that specific polymorphisms in the NCAM gene are associated with neurocognitive defects. In addition, the extracellular region of the transmembrane protein NCAM (NCAM-EC) is shed as a soluble fragment at elevated levels in human schizophrenic brain.
A novel transgenic mouse line was generated to identify consequences on cortical development and function of expressing soluble NCAM-EC from the neuron-specific enolase promoter in developing and mature neocortex and hippocampus. NCAM-EC transgenic mice exhibited a striking reduction in synaptic puncta of inhibitory GABAergic interneurons in the cingulate, frontal association cortex, and amygdala, but not hippocampus, as shown by decreased immunolabeling of glutamic acid decarboxylase-65 (GAD65), GAD67, and the GABA transporter GAT-1. Interneuron cell density was unaltered in the transgenic mice. Affected subpopulations of interneurons included basket interneurons evident in NCAM-EC transgenic mice intercrossed with a reporter line expressing green fluorescent protein and by parvalbumin staining. Behavioral analyses demonstrated higher basal locomoter activity of NCAM-EC mice and enhanced responses to amphetamine and MK-801 compared to wild type controls. Transgenic mice were deficient in prepulse inhibition, which was restored by clozapine but not haloperidol. Additionally, NCAM-EC mice were impaired in contextual and cued fear conditioning. These results suggested that elevated shedding of NCAM perturbs synaptic connectivity of GABAergic interneurons, and produces abnormal behaviors that may be relevant to schizophrenia and other neuropsychiatric disorders.
We have received a new NIH R01 grant, " Molecular Mechanisms of Inhibitory Circuit Development" for 5 years, and are recruiting postdoctoral fellows to study this project. Our co-Investigator is Dr. Paul Manis, an electrophysiologist at UNC with whom we have collaborated on optogenetic studies in novel mutant mice.
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There is a fundamental gap in understanding how an appropriate balance of excitatory and inhibitory (E/I) connectivity is achieved during development of cortical networks and adjusted through synaptic plasticity for normal functioning of the cerebral cortex. Until this gap is filled, understanding neuropsychiatric disorders with GABAergic inhibitory connection deficits, such as schizophrenia and autism, will remain a mystery. The long term goal is to identify the molecular mechanisms that establish E/I balance in the prefrontal cortex, which may identify new targets for disorders where this balance is altered. The objective is to define a novel mechanism for limiting inhibitory connections between basket interneurons and the perisomatic region of pyramidal neurons in developing prefrontal cortex. The central hypothesis is that neural cell adhesion molecule NCAM, tyrosine kinase EphA3, and ADAM10 metalloprotease comprise a presynaptic receptor complex for postsynaptic ephrinA5 that promotes elimination of perisomatic synapses critical for proper prefrontal network organization and functioning, such as in working memory.
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Is 3-D printing a security threat? The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives thinks so, after assembling a 3-D printed gun using a freely available blueprint online. Officials at the Bureau discovered the plastic weapon was capable of successfully firing off multiple .380-caliber bullets confirming what many firearm and 3-d printing enthusiasts already know: 3-D printed guns are here, and although they might not be ready for primetime yet - they can definitely work.
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3-D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, is not a new technology—at least not as new as most people think. What is actually new is the spread of affordable desktop versions of 3-D printers. It's been called the 3-D printing revolution, and for the average DIY home industrialist, it brings the power of manufacturing to your doorstep. No factory overhead, nor labor- and energy-intensive processes are required to make professional-grade goods right at home.
But the prospect of cheap 3-D printing raises enough questions that it makes cloning Dolly the sheep seem uncontroversial. Imagine being able to print out whatever object you wanted: a doll or toy soldier for your kids, a new laptop for work. How about a perfect pizza for dinner—or an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle with a detachable, high-capacity magazine for gunning down coyotes in the desert?
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It sounds like a dream for most American gun owners, but also a potential nightmare from a regulation stand point. Firearm laws depend on the fact that guns are manufactured separately from and later sold to consumers. Whether they're manufactured in mass, or crafted by highly trained, professional gunsmiths from a practical perspective the government can easily step in and impose regulation if it choses to - 2nd amendment notwithstanding.
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What's frightening—or exciting, depending on your view—about 3-D printed guns, is they could be easily manufactured in the privacy of anyone's home, tucked away from the eyes of law enforcement. Would having cheap, widely available 3-D printing technology and blueprint file-sharing crack open Pandora's box, unleashing a wave of illegal next-gen guns onto an already saturated firearms market? Or would it - as most gun advocates state - only help ensure that regular citizens are able to exercise their constitutional rights?
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3-D printed guns also raise concerns partly because they may be made of plastic that won't show up on a metal detector. But even metal 3-D printed guns could pose control problems if they are not registered.
California legislators aren't waiting to find out. A legislative session in Sacramento earlier this month featured a display of two homemade, 3-D printed AR-15 assault rifles, meant to drive home the reality of printed firearms. The display accompanied a proposed state ban on plastic or self-assembled firearms which lack serial numbers or are sold without a background check on the buyer.
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Would draconian legislation against 3-D printed ghost guns be very effective in practice? As the Department of Homeland Security pointed out, regulating free gun files online won't be any less challenging than regulating music, movie and software transfers on popular file sharing websites like The Pirate Bay.
The Internet defines the era of the 'ghost gun'—unregistered, unregulated, anonymously acquired online. Now, 3-D printing has brought us the DIY ghost gun. Will 3-D printing change everything? Maybe, maybe not, but it will certainly add fuel to what is already a very large and very hot fire.


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FOR DAYS, I'd been searching Mexico's Sierra Madre for the phantom known asCaballo Blanco—the White Horse. I'd finally arrived at the end of the trail, in the last place I expected to find him—not deep in the wilderness he was said to haunt, but in the dim lobby of an old hotel on the edge of a dusty desert town. "Sí, El Caballo está," the desk clerk said, nodding. Yes, the Horse is here.
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