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Socio-Economic Marine Research Unit
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The Socio-Economic Marine Research Group is made up of personnel from a range of university departments. The Director of the unit is Dr Stephen Hynes who is a natural resource and environmental economist. Stephen specializes in the use of spatial micro-simulation modelling approaches for environmental policy analysis and the use of non-market valuation techniques for estimating the value of marine ecosystem services. Other members of the research team include:
Professor Michael Cuddy is the Ryan Institute Professor of Economics at NUI Galway. His research is mainly in the fields of regional and rural development, agricultural economics and transition economics.
Brendan Flynn is a lecturer in the Department of Political Science & Sociology. He is currently involved in research in the areas of EU environmental policy, subsidiarity in a European context, issues surrounding the implementation of EU policies and Irish environmental policy. Brenda is also currently involved in a project entitled Fisheries Knowledge which is examining fishermen's attitude to regulation and their knowledge on management practices in regards to fragile marine ecosystems.
Natasha Evers is a lecturer in the Marketing Discipline and Director of the Masters in Marketing by Research. She holds Ph.D (International Marketing/Entrepreneurship) and M.Econ.Sc (European Economics, Law, Business & Policy) Degrees from University College Dublin. She also holds a BA in French and German from National University of Ireland Maynooth. She joined the SEMRU team in 2010 as a partner on the INTERREG IVB Atlantic Area European Programme ShareBiotech and since then has worked on a number of Marine Institute funded projects under the Beauford and Cullen Fellowship Awards.
Cathal O'Donoghue is head of the Rural Economy Research Centre, Teagasc. Cathal is also an economist, whose research is mainly in the area of applied public economics, focusing on the impact of household sector, tax and social policy on poverty, inequality, work incentives and environmental pollution. In addition, this work has extended into labour economics, economic demography and environmental economics.
Thomas Van Rensburg is a natural resource and environmental economist with expertise in the environment and development field. He has previously employed social networking theory to evaluate local institutions in the governance of marine resources such as marine protected areas. Tom's also conducts research in the areas of experimental economics, the ecosystems approach to fisheries management, water resources and renewable energy.
Amaya Vega joined SEMRU as a Research Fellow. Amaya's areas of interest include the effect of transport infrastructure on regional and rural development, the assessment of the sustainability of transport systems and the analysis of transport demand and travel mode choice. More recently, Amaya has become interested in the area of maritime economics, with particular interest in the valuation of maritime freight transport demand, inter-modal connectivity and accessibility to transport infrastructure and the promotion of Short Sea Shipping in Ireland.
Frances Fahy is the Acting Head of Geography in NUI Galway. She completed her Geography and Sociology degree and Ph.D. in the Department of Geography, Trinity College Dublin.
Rebecca Corless joined SEMRU as a Research Associate in 2010. She holds a B.Comm, a M. Econ. Sc. in Environmental Economics and a Dip. in Community Development Practice, all from NUI Galway.
Naomi Foley joined SEMRU as a postdoctoral researcher on the Interreg Marnet project in February 2013. Naomi holds a PhD (Economics) from NUI Galway. Naomi's research interests include bioeconomic modelling, fisheries economics and management and ecosystem good and services. Naomi is currently working on the new Horizon 2020 project ATLAS.
Daniel Norton is currently a researcher with SEMRU in NUIG. He has a B.E. from NUIG, a P. Grad. Dip. in environmental engineering from TCD, a M. Eng. Sc. in wastewater engineering and a M. Econ. Sc. in environmental economics from NUIG. Daniel is currently working on the EPA funded project VIBES.
Aksana Chyzheuskaya is currently a postdoctoral researcher with SEMRU in NUIG.
Associate Institute Team Members
Liam Carr was a 2015-2016 Fulbright Scholar with SEMRU, where he examined local perspectives on marine aquaculture. Liam has recently joined the Discipline of Geography in NUIG as a lecturer, and continues to work as an associate researcher of SEMRU.
Eoin Grealis joined SEMRU as a postdoctoral researcher. He graduated from NUI, Galway in 2008 with a B.A (Int.) in Legal Science and Economics and a M.A in Economic and Environmental Modelling with accompanying thesis on "A Review of the Rationale for and Adequacy of Irelands Wind Energy Support Measures". Eoin subsequently worked as a Policy Analyst with the Irish Wind Energy Association before commencing a Ph.D with the Dept. of Geography, NUI Maynooth through the Teagasc Walsh Fellowship Programme.
Benjamin Breen joined SEMRU as a researcher in 2013. He completed his PhD (Economics), titled, " The impact of environmental regulation on human interaction with marine and coastal ecosystems" at NUI Galway in 2014. His research focuses on marine and coastal topics in environmental, natural resource and ecological economics, with a particular emphasis on bioeconomic and econometric modelling and surveying techniques. Ben currently works for the ESRI in Dublin.
Mike Fitzpatrick is the Managing Director at Irish Observer Network Ltd. He previously worked in SEMRU as a post-doctoral researcher. He has almost twenty years of working, within both research and industry capacities, on fisheries managment problems.
Karyn Morrissey is a Lecturer in Economic Geography in the University of Liverpool and a past Beaufort Researcher in SEMRU. Her research examines the down-stream impact of the marine sector on other sector's in the Irish economy. Karyn's work to date has been interdisciplinary in nature, primarily in the fields of economics and quantitative geography
Cathal Buckley is a Research Officer in the Rural Economy Research Centre, Teagasc. His research has been in the areas of agricultural economics, and the analysis of agri-environment policy. Cathal is currently conducting an analysis of the socio-economic impact of the implementation of the measures contained in the National Action Programme under the Nitrates Directive on farms in a number of water catchments across Ireland. Particular emphasis is this research is placed on the attitudes and awareness of the farming community to water pollution issues, the measures used to address them and the economic impact of changing agricultural practises to comply with the measures under the Nitrates and Water Framework Directives.
Áine Macken Walsh is a Research Officer in the Rural Economy Research Centre, Teagasc. She commenced with RERC in 2006, coming from the National University of Ireland, Galway where she held the position of administrative manager of a 4-year pan-European 5th Framework research project & PhD programme - Integrated Development of Agricultural and Rural Institutions in Central and Eastern Europe (IDARI). Her PhD research, undertaken as part of the IDARI project at the Department of Sociology and Political Science, NUI, Galway, focused on EU accession and the transposition of the governance and rural development model to post-socialist Central and Eastern Europe.
Mavra Stithou is a post graduate in the Department of Economics, Stirling University, Scotland. Under the supervision of Professor Nick Hanley and Dr Stephen Hynes, Mavra is using the choice experiment method to estimate the value of improvements in a number of components of ecological status on two Irish waterways.
Wadim Strielkowski is Assistant Professor of Economics at the Institute of Economic Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague. He is known for his research on the economics of migration. His research interests also include economics of small and medium enterprises, rural development, environmental economics and e-tourism. He is currently working with SEMRU on an analysis of small and medium enterprises the Irish marine tourism sector. Wadim also does some interesting research in relation to the " dark side of economics".

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Together HEART (the Housing Endowment and Regional Trust of San Mateo County) and Meriwest Mortgage offer a downpayment assistance program for well-qualified families who want to buy their first home up to $521,250 in San Mateo County with 5% down and no PMI insurance.
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- Live or work in San Mateo County
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Sat., Feb. 15, 4 pm, 185 Visitacion
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Saturday, February 22 : 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
It's not too late to get health insurance! The San Mateo County Human Services Agency is here to help you navigate the selection process and enroll you in the available health insurance plans. Their team of dedicated professionals will be on-site at the following locations to assist with enrollment, health insurance, and other eligible programs:
Saturday, February 22 : 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Congregational Church of San Mateo, Kloss Hall
225 Tilton Ave., San Mateo
Saturday, March 1 : 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Fair Oaks Community Center
2600 Middlefield Rd, Redwood City
Saturday, March 8 : 2 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Community United Methodist Church
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Broadmoor Presbyterian Church
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Siena Youth Center
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Feb. 15: 271 92nd St., Daly City
March 1: 2500 Middlefield Rd., Redwood City
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Everyone should have access to the nutritious foods they need to live a healthy, productive life. Second Harvest Food Bank (SHFB) has a variety of services that you can learn more by calling their Food Connection Hotline: 1-800-984-3663 Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 4:00pm.
This hotline connects people in need with food programs in their neighborhood. Staff members speak English, Spanish, and Vietnamese.
Services include:
- CalFresh (Food Stamps) - an EBT card to buy food
- Family Harvest - groceries for families with children under 18
- Produce Mobile - fruits/vegetables for anyone in need
- Pantries - groceries for anyone in need
- Kids N.O.W. - free food for children to take home on weekends and over school vacations
- Brown Bag - groceries for people over 60 and disabled people 55+
- Partners in Need (PIN) - groceries for Food Bank volunteers
- WIC - nutrition education and food for pregnant women, infants, and young children (call 1-888-942-9675 directly)
SHFB also has a very useful "Nutrition" section on their website, which includes useful information on label dates.
Baylands DEIR Comments
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The Community Development Department accepted comments on the Baylands Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for 228 days, from June 11, 2013 to January 24, 2014. Comments received on the Baylands DEIR are now available for review online via the Baylands DEIR Comments page. The comments can also be viewed at the Community Development Department at City Hall (50 Park Place, Brisbane).
Urban Land Institute in Brisbane
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The Urban Land Institute (ULI), through its Advisory Services program, provides Technical Assistance Panels, or TAPs, to address land use challenges that require local knowledge to resolve. Together with community stakeholders, the TAP focused on Crocker Industrial Park, including viable design options and implementation objectives. Click here to be taken to the City's YouTube channel where you can view the TAP's presentation from this past Wednesday and other public meetings, or simply click Play below. It will also be played back on Ch. 27 tomorrow at 10:00am and Sunday at 6:00pm.


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Supercomputing 2005 MULTIMEDIA AVAILABLE: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=5019434 SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 14, 2005--Luxtera Inc., a fabless semiconductor company and the world leader in silicon photonics, announced today that Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq:SUNW) has chosen Luxtera as a technology partner to develop high bandwidth, low latency dense wavelength-division-multiplexed (DWDM) optical interconnects to form the building blocks for future terabit links in Hero, Sun's HPCS program. HPCS is the United States' Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) High Productivity Computing Systems program.
Sun and Luxtera will demonstrate a working 40Gbit/s optical link based on DWDM at the Super Computing Conference in Seattle, WA (November 14-17, 2005). The link exploits nanophotonic DWDM transceivers built entirely in a standard silicon CMOS production process using Luxtera's CMOS Photonics(TM) technology. Sun and Luxtera developed the link as part of their ongoing technology exploration in the HPCS program.
"Silicon based photonics shows great promise for building balanced ultra scale systems such as those requested by DARPA under the HPCS program," said Greg Papadopoulos, executive vice president and chief technology officer at Sun Microsystems. "With Luxtera, we have a partner with the unique ability to integrate this level of performance in CMOS and with a technology roadmap that scales up to terabits of bandwidth on a single fiber with great reliability."
Luxtera's CMOS Photonics(TM) technology offers the massive scalability of DWDM implemented on a single silicon chip together with ultra-low latency, and it retains the reliability and cost structure of standard CMOS fabrication. These capabilities will enable Sun to create a new generation of powerful supercomputers that surpass conventional systems constrained by the limitations of copper interconnects.
"Our working relationship with Sun has been outstanding," said Alex Dickinson, chief executive officer at Luxtera. "We have a partner that is committed to innovation and understands the importance of silicon photonics. Our DWDM-on-a-chip technology is now operating at 40Gbit/s, which is just the first milestone on a path that will deliver huge bandwidth using the natural scalability of DWDM."


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From Ricardo's magazine. Had this cake before and it is delicious!!
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This rating & review has been revised after overnight refrigeration (which I strongly recommend) as it is outstanding when served cold from the fridge! The cake itself is tasty, moist and texture perfect! The frosting adds a caramel richness and coconut crunch I found delicious! I made the recipe exactly as written, but had to use a 7x11-in baking dish. It was still filled to the brim when frosted. The cake & frosting are dark from the dates & brown sugar, so I think it would be esp eye-pleasing when served w/a bit of ice cream or whipped cream. Great recipe, Redsie! I loved it! Thx for sharing this taste treat w/us. :-)
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup coarsely chopped pitted dates
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 3⁄4 cups flour, sifted
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 pinch salt
- 1⁄2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 3⁄4 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1⁄2 cup 35% cream
- 1⁄2 cup unsalted butter
- 1 1⁄2 cups brown sugar
- 1 1⁄2 cups unsweetened dried shredded coconut
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- In a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
- In another bowl, cream the butter and brown sugar using an electric mixer. Add the eggs one at a time, beating until the mixture becomes smooth and creamy. With the mixer on low speed, add the dry ingredients, alternating with the date mixture. Pour into the pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Remove from the oven. If desired, place the pan on a baking sheet to catch any icing that might spill over. Set the oven to broil.
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- In a saucepan, bring all ingredients to a boil, stirring constantly. Reduce the heat and simmer gently for about 2 minutes.
- Spread the icing on the hot cake and broil until golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes.


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Zwolle loses to Ajax but stays top of Eredivisie
AMSTERDAM — Heerenveen beat Groningen 4-2 Sunday to move to third in the Dutch Eredivisie, level on points with Ajax, which beat PEC Zwolle 2-1 a day earlier.
Ajax rested key players ahead of the team's midweek Champions League clash with Barcelona and could not break the deadlock until captain Siem de Jong and Bojan Krkic came on after 63 minutes.
South African midfielder Thulani Serero gave Ajax the lead 10 minutes later and Zwolle defender Maikel van der Werff doubled his team's deficit with a 76th-minute own goal. Giovanni Gravenbeek scored a late consolation goal for Zwolle, which remained atop the Eredivise despite suffering its first defeat of the season.
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Don't worry, they're safe: Vegan Lunch Box Twinkies.
In this piece in the Daily News, Steve Ettlinger, author of Twinkie, Deconstructed, breaks down some of the sneaky, mysterious additives in popular processed foods, such as carmine and fully-hydrogenated fats. Twinkies are made almost entirely of mysterious additives–39 of them, to be exact. "To stay fresh on a grocery-store shelf, [they] can't contain anything that might spoil, like milk, cream or butter," according to Ettlinger's write-up in Newsweek. But that doesn't preclude beef fat and whey. Twinkies are disgusting. No news there.
But there are some Twinktastic vegan alternatives. Do like Jennifer McCann over at Vegan Lunch Box and whip up a tasty batch of America's favorite vegan snack cake for your own little Schmoo. Or if you're not into dirty dishes, check out Ettlinger's book launch party and Twinkie tasting on Thursday, March 15th, from 7-9pm at McNally Robinson Bookstore, 52 Prince Street at Lafayette. There will be champagne and vegan Twinkies created by vegan dessert maven Fran Costigan. By way of full disclosure: this is the same evening as the SuperVegan First Anniversary Party at No Malice Palace just a few blocks away, so I can't entirely recommend a Twinkie buzz over the SuperVegan one.
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Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) today announced that the New York State Trade Adjustment Assistance Center at the Research Foundation State University of New York in Binghamton has been awarded $1,112,113 in federal funding to help companies negatively impacted by foreign competition through expanded free trade agreements. The funding is provided through the Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms (TAAF) program and is administered by the Economic Development Administration (EDA). Last October, Hinchey voted to restore TAAF benefits after House Republicans allowed the program to lapse on February 12, 2011.
"This assistance will provide a boost for local businesses that are struggling because of unfair trade deals," said Hinchey."I was proud to vote to restore this important assistance for local companies, after House Republicans initially allowed the Trade Adjustment Assistance program to lapse in order to force votes on three new so-called "free trade" deals that I opposed. Thousands of New Yorkers negatively impacted by unfair trade deals, which I have consistently opposed, rely on this important program to help them get back on their feet. It is terrible that this assistance was delayed because Republicans in the House demanded even more unfair trade deals."
The TAAF program provides local companies with funding to pay for consulting, engineering, and design services to improve their business strategy, strengthen product lines, and make their company more competitive with overseas firms. Companies that receive assistance have a survival rate of 95 percent, according to the New York State Trade Adjustment Assistance Center. Local businesses can apply to the New York State Trade Adjustment Assistance Center to determine their eligibility to receive this assistance.
In addition to assisting local companies, the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program also helps workers who lost their jobs because of these unfair trade agreements. The program offers necessary retraining opportunities, health insurance assistance, and other crucial support to U.S. workers who lose their jobs due to the negative effects of international trade. According to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), since 1977 nearly 100 applications for TAA on behalf of tens of thousands of workers have been certified within the congressional district Hinchey represents. In 2010, Hinchey announced that 380 workers who lost their jobs at the Emerson Power Transmission facility in Ithaca, New York would be eligible to apply for TAA. Hinchey called on DOL to expedite that TAA application and make the benefits of the program available to Emerson workers as soon as possible. The DOL promptly responded, certifying the eligibility of the workers to apply for the adjustment assistance.
Hinchey has opposed unfair trade deals like the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) because they cause the exportation of U.S. jobs. In the 111th Congress, Hinchey cosponsored the Trade Reform, Accountability, Development and Employment Act (TRADE Act), which would require a comprehensive review of major trade agreements on the books, ensure that environmental labor and human rights standards are addressed in future agreements, and give Congress the authority it needs to assert its proper constitutional role in the trade negotiating process by significantly limiting future fast-track authority.
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This article is from a book in progress by Noah Brand and Ozy Frantz.If you are anything like us, you spent some time when you were younger playing with optical illusions: the vase that, if you looked at it differently, was two faces; the fish that were also birds; the old woman who was also a young lady.
If you were reading this in a book in a bookstore, and some malicious person had not moved it into the Local Birdwatching category, it would almost certainly be next to some other books about gender. (Yes, this is related.) Look at the other books, and you'd find they have one thing in common—they're almost all about women. Women and work. Women and body image. Women and race. Women and sex. Women and feminism.
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As graphic designers, we deal in concepts and ideas. But, we also deal in intellectual property. Intellectual property (IP) is the area of law that addresses intangibles such as copyrights, trademarks and patents. For designers and other visual artists it concerns protecting the work we do, for both ourselves and, often, our clients. And herein lies the problem. Most designers don't think about rights, unless they're a Landor or some other huge design firm. That is to say, they don't think about it … until something comes back and bites them in the you know where.
Considering usage rights, copyright, trademarks and other IP rights should be part of the overall design process. Giving heed to it in the beginning helps to ensure it won't be a headache at the end or beyond.
First off, let's clarify one thing. I'm not an attorney. Not a Matlock or even a cast member of LA Law. I'm a writer. I research this stuff and then present it to you. My advice, for what it's worth, is to get with your attorney (and you should have one) to get the scoop on how IP rights affect you, your work and the work you do for your clients. You should have an attorney for business stuff, but also an IP attorney for the work stuff.
With that said, let's fly with the legal eagles and take some of the mystery out of all this rights business.
Let's Talk Rights
Here in the U.S., the Constitution and Bill of Rights give citizens a bunch of rights. As a visual artist you also have a bunch of rights. Let's get some definitions, courtesy of Dictionary.com.
• Copyright
The exclusive right to make copies, license, and otherwise exploit a literary, musical, or artistic work, whether printed, audio, video, etc.: works granted such rights by law on or after January 1, 1978, are protected for the lifetime of the author or creator and for a period of 50 years after his or her death.
• Service and Trademarks
1. Any name, symbol, figure, letter, word, or mark adopted and used by a manufacturer or merchant in order to designate his or her goods and to distinguish them from those manufactured or sold by others. A trademark is a proprietary term that is usually registered with the Patent and Trademark Office to assure its exclusive use by its owner.
2. A distinctive mark or feature particularly characteristic of or identified with a person or thing.
• Patents
1. The exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
2. An invention or process protected by this right.
3. An official document conferring such a right; letters patent.
In addition to patents, there are also registered and unregistered design rights, which are primarily for industrial design. However, for purpose of this article, we'll focus on copyright and service/trademarks as they relate to graphic design. The follow up article will focus on infringements and how to handle them.
So, now that you know the skinny on the definitions, let's delve a little deeper.
Copyright is a collection of exclusive rights granted to the creator of an original work that includes the right to copy, distribute, and adapt the work. These works, however, must be fixed in a tangible medium. For example, a choreographic work might be copyrightable if it's recorded, but not if it only exists in the mind of a choreographer.
For a designer, that can mean their concept or idea for a logo or collateral material can't be copyrighted, but may be when it's printed as hard copies for a presentation or printed. Ideas are not copyrightable, but the tangible and fixed expression of an idea is.
Think of copyright as a pie that you can slice up several different ways. Copyright can be licensed in either an exclusive or nonexclusive transfer. Exclusive transfers include the following rights:
• The right to copy or reproduce the work in any format, whether digital or analog
• The right to make derivative works (all kinds of adaptations of the work, including translations, revisions, film versions of books, etc.)
• The right to control distribution of new copies of the work
• The right to perform the work publicly
• The right to display the work publicly
When licensing nonexclusive rights, the following distinctions can be made:
• Duration of use
• Geographical area in which use is permitted
• The medium in which use is permitted
• The language in which the use is permitted
• Electronic rights may be specifically granted or withheld
Copyright infringement is mostly a civil issue. In other words, if someone infringes on or violates your copyright, you can sue them. However, there are instances where copyright infringement can be deemed a criminal infringement.
Beginning with the Berne Convention in 1886, efforts have been made to harmonize copyright laws on the international level. However, copyrights remain largely a territorial protection. Each country's laws apply within its borders, but many seek to allow some flexibility to address minimum international standards.
It's also important to note that copyright is vested with the creator upon completion of the work. It doesn't need to be registered with the Copyright Office, but it's a good idea to do so. Judgment awards tend to be higher when the work is formally registered. Graphic designers would normally use a Form VA. Filing can be done online at the Copyright Office website. The current fee is $35.00 U.S. Plus, you can group a variety of works together with one form and one fee. For example, "The Collective Logo Designs of Joe Designer, 2012."
A trademark is typically a word or phrase, design, logo, symbol or image. They can also be a combination of elements or even a sound or smell. Services often use the term, servicemark. They came about as a method for consumers to identify a particular product or service as coming from a unique source or designated for a specific market. Trademarks also protect the owning entity from its competitors. Trademarks can be registered or unregistered. The former uses the familiar ® and the latter uses ™. Servicemarks use SM.
The owner of a registered trademark has the right to enter into legal proceedings for infringement to prevent unauthorized use. Registration is not required, though. The owner of a common law trademark may also file suit, but there's a caveat. Unregistered marks may be protected only within the geographical area where it has been used or in geographical areas into which it may be reasonably expected to expand.
Indulge me while I tell you a story. A while back, one of my clients had a branded plastics product that was very well known within their industry. It was so well known that it became somewhat generic. Sort of a Jello® or Kleenex® in their industry. But, few knew the company by its corporate name. So, the president decided to change the name of the company to the product name. He asked me to design a logo for them.
The company had a past as a corporate spin-off and being bought and sold a few times. While I was doing the background research I found that the trademark for the product name was owned by another company, a huge company that had owned my client's company years earlier. So, I called the president. "Are you sure you're clear to use the name? It's owned by XYZ Corp." I asked. He replied, "Yes, we're clear. We licensed the name and all is well." So, off I went to design the mark for a hefty fee.
To make a very long and rather ugly story short, the big company wouldn't let them use the name as the company name. Yes, I got paid, but they were out several thousand dollars for a mark they couldn't use. The scary thing is that this kind of stuff happens all the time. It pays to do the research and legal work.
An excellent resource for more information about trademarks is Thomson Compumark. From their site: "Thomson CompuMark, a business unit of Thomson Reuters, provides the industry's broadest range of trademark research and brand protection solutions. We enable trademark and brand professionals worldwide to launch, expand and protect strong brands through unmatched global content, expert analysis and tools, and best-in-class service."
Get It In Writing
Beyond all this, who owns what can be tricky when it comes to design projects. Often, there are several parties involved, each contributing their bits. These include the designer and client, of course, but also a writer, photographer, illustrator, programmer, etc. Each has a stake in the finished work. Good rights negotiations at the beginning of the project can save a myriad of headaches down the road.
This is yet another reason why clear contracts are paramount. In most cases, a logo for example, the designer will transfer all rights to the client upon payment of all design fees. But, that's not the only way the rights pie can be sliced.
The designer might opt to transfer all rights to the selected design upon payment, but keep the rights to unused designs. Those unused ideas might be adapted for another client's project later on. Or, depending on the client's situation, it might make sense to arrange a licensing arrangement where the designer is paid a certain amount at various intervals during the life of the design. You get the idea.
When it comes to other project partners, it's just as important to negotiate the rights slice with them. For example, they may want an additional fee when a brochure is reprinted or has a wider distribution area. I worked with an illustrator on a series of posters. We negotiated his fee for the poster illustrations, but the client also wanted the original art to hang in their office. He received an additional fee for that, but he kept ownership of the physical art. So, the client ended up "renting" the art, so to speak. At one point the illustrator wanted the art back for a short time to put in a show.
After the show, the art was returned to the client. It all worked out well because we had clear negotiations, written agreements and everybody knew what to expect. I got the illustrations to use in my poster designs. The client got the posters and some gorgeous art to adorn their conference room. The illustrator got paid a few times and kept ownership of his physical work. Everybody did the happy dance.
A great place to get more information about copyright issues specifically for creatives is The Copyright Alliance. As in music, it pays to know your rights and how they can best serve you.
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By Chris Woodyard, USA TODAY
Nothing shouts midlife crisis like a convertible — and automakers are rolling out new models to appeal to Baby Boomers hitting prime time.
Nissan's (NSANY) Infiniti has announced a new drop-top version of its G37 sports coupe. General Motors (GM) will deliver the Camaro convertible by June 2010. And Toyota's (TM) Lexus will unveil an open-air version of its sporty IS.
Who will buy them?
Many convertible buyers fit the midlife crisis profile: empty nesters hitting their peak buying-power years and craving a little reward.
"It's one of those urban myths that's not a myth," says Jack Nerad, analyst for Kelley Blue Book. "There's a romance associated with them."
The median buyer's age of one of the most popular convertibles, the Ford Mustang, is 44.
About 2% of car buyers will buy a convertible, says Tom Libby of Power Information Network. "It's small, but it's stable," he says of the market. And affluent. That's one reason some of the most prominent convertibles these days come from luxury brands, such as BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Cadillac. Most convertibles are variants of performance or specialty models.
Convertibles are steeped in automotive history. Whether it was a big Cadillac or Ford, many full-size family cars came as drop-tops through the carefree 1950s and 1960s.
Then came crime and safety concerns. In his autobiography, former Chrysler CEO Lee Iacocca tells how Detroit automakers stopped offering convertibles after the 1976 Cadillac Eldorado. After getting notice with a test version of the Chrysler LeBaron in 1982, Iacocca writes, he saw the need to revive it.
Today's convertibles tout safety. Chrysler points to its Sebring as having a top five-star side-impact rating. Ford says its current Mustang is the first specialty sports car ever to earn five-star ratings in all categories from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. It says the next-generation 2010 Mustang will come in a convertible version.
Chrysler Sebring comes in hard-top and soft-top versions. Volkswagen goes a step further with its Eos: an operable sunroof built into the convertible roof. "It's the best of both worlds," explains spokesman Tom Wegehaupt.
Even though some convertible models have fallen by the wayside, such as Chrysler's PT Cruiser, others are coming. Chevy will have its Camaro convertible in showrooms by June 2010, about a year after the coupe makes its debut. Infiniti's G37, its first for the G line, will come out as a mid-2009 model. And Lexus is set to unveil an IS convertible next month at the Paris Motor Show.
Nerad, 55, says he sees the appeal, having owned a 1962 Chevy Corvette convertible since 1974. "I was in midlife crisis when I was in my 20s," he says.
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Looking for Apple's Tablet Screen? Look to Pixel Qi
There's a lot we don't know about Apple's rumored tablet. But here's what we do know: It will need a screen, it will need to serve as a (color) e-reader, and it will need to do it all with super low power consumption. Oh, and either to pad Apple's bottomline, or to offer the device at a jaw-dropping low price, it will need to be cheap. And let's throw in the ability to view it in bright sunlight while we're at it.
At first it sounds like a unicorn of the tech world. Surely all these things aren't possible, maybe in ten years, but not now, right? Not quite.
Earlier we mentioned Nicholas Negroponte's lecture this week, regarding the design of the OLPC laptop. He had nothing but good things to say about the display on the device:
"This was key: How do you build a display that was both reflective and transmissive. Which has been done before, but not at a price anybody could afford. And she found a way to do it, and I believe in the next couple of months you'll see this appear, in the eBook market, which would be really interesting, because if somebody in the eBook market makes a display that is both transmissive and reflective, it's going to be a very different ball game."
Let's back up a second to the "she" Negroponte is referring to: That's Mary Lou Jepsen, former OLPC chief technology officer who has since left to form Pixel Qi, a company founded to commercialize the same revolutionary display technology. Pixel Qi's VP of Engineering is none other than Dr. Carlin Vieri who came to Pixel Qi from Apple, where according to his bio on the company site, "he engineered new generation display electronics for the iPhone and other devices."
See how we're connecting the dots? We wouldn't be the least bit surprised to see Pixel Qi acquired by Apple just around the same time as the tablet is announced. No need to clue the competition to your display choice early. It would be similar to Apple's acquisition of Fingerworks just before multitouch at Apple took off.
A very different ball game, indeed.


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Fashion Fuss opens on Sheridan Drive
A women's discount clothing store has opened on Sheridan Drive in Amherst.
Fashion Fuss, locally owned by David Bernard, will specialize in junior's and women's fashions and accessories.
The store buys closeout and overstock items and will sell discounted merchandise from such brand names as Victoria Secret, Ann Taylor, Guess, H&M and Charlotte Russe.
The store is located at 3310 Sheridan Drive in Amherst, near Walmart. It will celebrate an official grand opening April 19.


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Digital entertainment company Geek & Sundry is gearing up for a jam-packed schedule during this year's San Diego Comic-Con International, starting with a hosted space where its fans can meet the network's stars and see upcoming previews.
"Comic-Con is where our fans live and breathe," Geek & Sundry co-founder Sheri Bryant stated.
The two-day lounge, which will be held on July 24 and 25, has already attracted big name sponsors including Microsoft Surface, Wizards of The Coast, Logitech G and AMD for Dragon Age: Inquisition. The events will be held outside the main Comic-Con headquarters at nearby Jolt N' Joes.
Bryant, Kim Evey and actress Felicia Day founded Geek & Sundry in 2012 as part of the YouTube Original Channel Initiative. The nerd online network grew in prominence thanks in a large part to Day's The Guild, a comedy web series based on friends who play a MMORPG (massive multiplayer online role-playing game) called The Game. Since then, the channel is now at 1.4 million subscribers, boosted by its shows including TableTop and Spellslingers. And, it's betting upcoming shows like Morganville: The Series, an adaptation of the vampire teen books by Rachel Caine will add to that number.
Bryant pointed out that the success of Geek & Sundry has a lot to do with the fact that companies are now focusing less on views as a metric, but on which digital shows have the most loyal viewership. This weeds out fluke viral hits and highlights premium content that will sustain a fanbase. And, real-world activations like the Geek & Soundry lounge can show marketers just how tuned-in its viewers are.
"I feel like brands are getting down on this old-school traditional thinking of views. That's not necessarily what's the highest value to them," Bryant explained. "It's really a 360-degre experience and who can provide the most engagement."


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Dressing Kids to Complement Their Coloring
Do You Consider Child's Best Colors Before Buying Clothes?
When wardrobe shopping for tiny tots, most moms consider price, fit, and practicality above all else. One mother recently commented to me, "I wanted to buy that same dress your daughter is wearing, but I wasn't sure the coloring would suit my daughter." Taken back by her statement, it made me wonder if I am abnormal for never having considered my child's complementary hues. Shy of her third birthday, I figure if it's the right price and serves a purpose, it might find a way into the closet.
Do you dress your darling according to his or her color wheel?
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16 Comments on "Charles Keating Has Died"
loved him on AW!!!!!!
Oh I loved him on Another World!
I adored him on Another World! Carl Hutchins was such a cad but one that left a lasting memory! Linda Dano wrote the most beautiful piece on her facebook page about him today.
I am so sad. Loved him on AMC and especially AW. I told my husband Carl Hutchins died (knew he wouldn't recognize Charles Keating), and he looked at me for a second and said "But Carl Hutchins never dies!" LOL
Damn, I really loved him on Another World. And that voice!
Back in the '80s when I used to watch daytime TV, he was on "All My Children." He was always fun to watch.
RIP, sir.
I just saw the episode with him and Charlotte. He was the bomb on AW. Rip
For a second, I thought you meant the Charles Keating that stole $500 million with the crooked S&L he ran in the 1980s.
He was convicted, but the case was thrown out due to the mistakes of the judge, the ever incompetent, Lance Ito!
I'm sure the money is hidden away in the Caymans, Panama or Lichtenstein, for his rotten grandchildren.
One of whom is Gary Hall Jr., a champion swimmer, who for some reason is against cheating in sports, but I guess not in banking!
He was nasty in that show and he married Rachel. (I think but almost everyone married Rachel eventually). RIP.
I remember him on AW and as the guy who painted Charlotte's vagina on Sex and the City.
+1 @snookie and @rocky
RIP Keating.
Oh no RIP. Loved him and what a beautiful voice!
Aww. Loved that guy
He was a great villain


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EASTCHESTER, N.Y. - Giovanni Russo of Eastchester died Jan. 18. He was 66.
Russo was born May 15, 1947, in Torano, Cosenza, Italy, to Michele and Aurora Russo. He was currently working at the Water Department of the City of Mount Vernon where he was in his 20th year.
Russo is survived by his wife, Francesca; children, Michele (Nicole), Daniel (Maria Teresa) and Aurora; three grandchildren; and sisters, Anna Russo and Lorella Russo.
Calling hours are Wednesday, Jan. 22 from 4 to 9 p.m. at the Yannantuono Burr Davis Sharpe Funeral Home , 584 Gramatan Ave., Mt. Vernon, NY 10552 (914) 699-4010. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 23 at Immaculate Conception Church, Tuckahoe. Entombment at Ferncliff Cemetery.


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Medical and psychological implications Edit
Recent sociological studies have pointed to a variety of long-term economic, social, physical, and mental health consequences of divorce, although the full extent of such effects remains hotly debated. All the studies to date suffer from an inherent methodological weakness which researchers have not yet found a solution to: establishing the relevant baseline for comparisons. By definition, all divorces are of unhappy couples; meanwhile, those who do not divorce are some mix of happy couples and of unhappy ones who stayed married. Comparisons of life outcomes or well-being along the simple divorced/not divorced axis will therefore always show poorer outcomes for the group which is composed entirely of unhappy couples, demonstrating simply that being part of a happy couple is better than being part of an unhappy one.
Any list of formal sociological articles on aftereffects of divorce would quickly become obsolete, but among the more accessible books are works by Wallerstein[1] (reports long-term negative effects of divorce on children) and Mavis Hetherington[2] (reports that not all kids fare so badly, and that divorce can actually help children living in high-conflict homes such as those with domestic violence). While a variety of studies, articles, and all too familiar "parenting magazine" articles each have a different idea of the best way to minimize the effects of divorce on children, the issue will almost always depend on the divorce itself. A peaceful divorce will naturally have less of an impact on children, disregarding of course external factors such as how attached children are to each parent, the visitation rights arranged, and the general environment the children are brought up in.
Recent longtitudinal studies have reported that most divorced people are no happier after divorce. University of Chicago sociologist Linda Waite analyzed the relationships between marriage, divorce and happiness using the National Survey of Family and Households. She reported that unhappily married adults who had divorced were no happier than those who had stayed married.[3] Some studies report that cohabitation before marriage is correlated with an increased divorce rate.[4]
Attempts to assess the impact of divorce on children are inherently compromised by the same methodological problem as with adults: establishing the relevant baseline for comparisons. By definition, virtually all children of divorce are from unhappy families; meanwhile, children whose parents never divorced are from some mix of happy families and unhappy ones (parents who stayed married despite an unhappy marital relationship). Comparisons of life outcomes or well-being along the simple divorced/not divorced axis naturally always show poorer outcomes for the group that is composed entirely of children of unhappy families, demonstrating simply that being the child of happy parents is better than being the child of unhappy ones. The actual question of interest is whether being a child of unhappy parents who divorce is better or worse than being a child of unhappy parents who do not divorce. Establishing data for that comparison would require being able to identify with reasonable certainty the subset of nondivorced parents who are nonetheless deeply unhappy with each other, something no researcher has found a way to do at a meaningful scale.
From work that has been done along the flawed axis described above, it is said that was until recently generally assumed that children's difficulties with divorce, while common, were short-lived. However, recent authors have argued that a major cost to children comes long after: when they attempt to form stable marriages themselves. There is extensive and heated debate over just how much harm, just how many children are harmed to what extent, what factors mediate the harm, and so on. Professor Mavis Hetherington of the University of Virginia reports that 70% of children coming from divorced families consider divorce an adequate answer to marital problems (even if children are present), compared to only 40% of children from non-divorced families.
Children of divorced parents (those entirely from unhappy families) are reported to have a higher chance of behavioral problems than those of non-divorced parents (a mix of happy and unhappy families). Studies have also reported the former to be more likely to suffer abuse than children in intact families, and to have a greater chance of living in poverty.[5] A 2002 article in Clinical child and Family Psychology Review discusses a variety of health consequences for children of the unhappy couples that do divorce.[6] Constance Ahron, who has published books suggesting there may be positive effects for children, interviewed ninety-eight divorced families' children for We're Still Family: What Grown Children Have to Say About Their Parents' Divorce.[7] Since by definition all children of divorced parents had lived in unhappy homes, they unsurprisingly reported numerous unhappy experiences. Numerous subjects said things like "I saw some of the things my parents did and know not to do that in my marriage and see the way they treated each other and know not to do that to my spouse and my children. I know [the divorce] has made me more committed to my husband and my children." Ahron's method of asking adult children of divorce how they feel about it also has the well-known weaknesses of "self-report" studies.
Researchers have reported that in cases of extremely high conflict, divorce can be positive. An article in the Oklahoma Bar Journal defines "high conflict" in terms of ongoing litigation, anger and distress, verbal abuse, physical aggression or threats of physical aggression, difficulty in communicating about and cooperating in child care, or other court-determined factors.[8] studies have claimed that people who have been in divorced families have higher rates of alcoholism and other substance abuse compared to those who have never been divorced. Robert H. Coombs, Professor of Behavioral Sciences at UCLA, reviewed over 130 studies measuring how marital status affects personal well-being.[9]
- have higher rates of clinical depression. Family disruption and low socioeconomic status in early childhood increase the long-term risk for major depression.[10]
- seek formal psychiatric care at higher rates. Studies vary, suggesting from 5 to 21 times the risk, and vary over whether men or women are more seriously affected.[11][12]
- in the case of men, are more likely to commit suicide at some point in their lives, according to a study by Augustine Kposowa, a University of California at Riverside sociologist.[13]
This study quantified earlier work that estimated an increased risk of 2.7 times for men.[14] (cited in[15])
Studies have also claimed positive correlations between divorce and rates of:
- stroke[22]
- cancer. Married cancer patients are also more likely to recover than divorced ones.[23]
- acute infectious diseases, parasitic diseases, respiratory illnesses, digestive illnesses, and severe injuries. See the article Black Men And Divorce: Implications For Culturally Competent Practice.[24]
In support of these particular claims, that article cites the U.S. Bureau of the Census Population profile of the United States in 1991[17] and an article by S. L. Albrecht on Reactions and adjustments to divorce.[25]
- heart problems. Some research suggests that childhood trauma, including parental divorce, can lead to much greater risk of heart attack in later life.[26]
Combined with job stress, divorce led to a 69% increase of death rate among men with above average risk of heart disease. [27] Cites as source[28]
- rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis. A 2002 article in the Journal of Rheumatology shows a 30% increase in risk at any given age.[29] A 2003 article in the Canadian Journal of Public Health finds that parental divorce leads to increased risk of arthritis for children later in life.[30]
- sexually transmitted diseases. For example, in Uganda "Results from a baseline survey of HIV-1 infection in the cohort of over 4,000 adults (over 12 years old) showed a twofold increase in risk of infection in divorced or separated persons when compared with those who are married."[31]
Divorce and RemarriageEdit
In India, divorce and remarriage are legal. Generally, legal outcomes favour custody of children with the mother. However, it is thought divorced Indian women have increased social stigma over men, affecting outcomes in social support and, eligibility for remarriage.
Children of divorced parents face a greater challenge. In a close-knit family oriented society like India, such children feel like outcasts and miss out on the joys of family life. Support systems for such children are almost non-existent
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References Edit
- ↑ Wallerstein, Judith S.; Julia M. Lewis, and Sandra Blakeslee (2000). The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce: The 25 Year Landmark Study, Hyperion.
- ↑ Hetherington, E. Mavis; John Kelly (2002). For Better or For Worse: Divorce Reconsidered, W. W. Norton & Company.
- ↑ Waite, Linda J., Don Browning, William J. Doherty, Maggie Gallagher, Ye Luo, and Scott M. Stanley (2003). Does Divorce Make People Happy? Findings from a Study of Unhappy Marriages. URL accessed on 2006-09-10.
- ↑ Bramlett, Matthew D., William D. Mosher (2001-05-31). First Marriage Dissolution, Divorce, and Remarriage: United State. CDC National Center for Health Statistics Advance Data' 323.
- ↑ Fagan, Patrick F., Robert E. Rector The Effects of Divorce in America. The Heritage Foundation.
- ↑ Troxel, WM, KA Matthews (2004-03). What are the costs of marital conflict and dissolution to children's physical health?. Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev. 7 (1): 29–57.
- ↑ Ahron, Constance (2004). We're Still Family: What Grown Children Have to Say About Their Parents' Divorce, Harper Collins.
- ↑ Bartlett, Barbara Ann (2004-02-13). Parenting Coordination: A New Tool for Assisting High-Conflict Families. Oklahoma Bar Journal.
- ↑ Coombs, Robert H (1991). Marital Status and Personal Well-Being: A Literature Review. Family Relations 40 (1): 97–102.
- ↑ Gilman, Stephen E., Ichiro Kawachi, Garrett M. Fitzmaurice, and Stephen L. Buka (May 2003). Family Disruption in Childhood and Risk of Adult Depression. American Journal of Psychiatry 160 (5): 939–946.
- ↑ Marks, Nadine F., James D. Lambert (1998). Marital Status Continuity and Change among Young and Midlife Adults: Longitudinal Effects on Psychological Well-being. Journal of Family Issues 19 (6): 652–686.
- ↑ Bloom, B. R.; S. W. White, and S. J. Asher (1979). "Marital Disruption as a Stressful Life Event" Divorce and Separation: Context, Causes and Consequences, New York: Basic Books.
- ↑ Kposawa, Augustine (2003). Divorce and suicide risk. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 57 (12): 993.
- ↑ Kposowa, Augustine (2000). Marital status and suicide in the National Longitudinal Mortality Study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 54 (4): 254–261.
- ↑ includeonly>Yang, Sara. "Men more likely to commit suicide after divorce, study finds", CNN, 2000-03-15. Retrieved on 2006-09-10.
- ↑ Smock, Pamela J. (1993). The Economic Costs of Marital Disruption for Young Women over the Past Two Decades. Demography 30 (3): 353–371.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 (1995) "Current Population Reports, Special Studies, Series P-23, No. 173" Population profile of the United States: 1991, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office: U.S. Bureau of the Census.
- ↑ Dickson, L. (1993). The future of marriage and family in black America. Journal of Black Studies 23 (4): 472–491.
- ↑ Arendell, T. (1995). Fathers and divorce, Thousand Oaks, Calif: Sage Publications.
- ↑ Amato, P. R., B. Keith. (1991). Parental divorce and adult wellbeing: A meta-analysis. Journal of Marriage and Family 53 (1): 43–58.
- ↑ Joung, I. M. (1994). Differences in Self-Reported Morbidity by Marital Status and by Living Arrangement. International Journal of Epidemiology 23 (1): 91–7.
- ↑ Engstrom, G., F. A. Khan, E. Zia, I. Jerntorp, H. Pessah-Rasmussen, B. Norrving, and L. Janzon (2004). Marital dissolution is followed by an increased incidence of stroke. Cerebrovascular Disease 18 (4): 318–24.
- ↑ Goodwin, James S., William C. Hunt, Charles R. Key and Jonathan M. Sarmet (1987). The Effect of Marital Status on Stage, Treatment, and Survival of Cancer Patients. Journal of the American Medical Association 258 (21): 3125–30.
- ↑ Lawson, Erma Jean; Tanya L. Sharpe (July 1, 2000). Black Men And Divorce: Implications For Culturally Competent Practice, Minority Health Today.
- ↑ Albrecht, S. L. (1980). Reactions and adjustments to divorce: differences in the experiences of males and females, 29, 59–70, Family Relations.
- ↑ O'Rand, Angela M., Jenifer Hamil-Luker (2005). Processes of Cumulative Adversity: Childhood Disadvantage and Increased Risk of Heart Attack Across the Life Course. Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 60: S117–S124.
- ↑ Stressful job, bad marriage ups man's death risk. Heart Center Online. URL accessed on 2006-09-10.
- ↑ Matthews, KA, BB Gump (2002). Chronic work stress and marital dissolution increase risk of posttrial mortality in men. Archives of Internal Medicine 162 (3): 309–315.
- ↑ Mili, F., C. G. Helmick, M. M. Zack (2002). Prevalence of Arthritis: Analysis of Data from the US Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 1996-99. Journal of Rheumatology 29: 1981–9.
- ↑ Kopec, J. A., E. C. Sayre (2003). Traumatic experiences in childhood and the risk of arthritis: A prospective cohort study. Canadian Journal of Public Health 95 (5): 361–5.
- ↑ Nabaitu, J., C. Bachengana and J. Seeley (1994). Marital instability in a rural population in south-west Uganda: implications for the spread of HIV-1 infection. Africa 64 (2): 243–51.
Further readingEdit
- Amato, Paul R. and Alan Booth. A Generation at Risk: Growing Up in an Era of Family Upheaval. Harvard University Press, 1997. ISBN 0-674-29283-9 and ISBN 0-674-00398-5. Reviews and information at [1]
- Gallagher, Maggie. "The Abolition of Marriage." Regnery Publishing, 1996. ISBN 0-89526-464-1.
- Lester, David (1993). Time-Series Versus Regional Correlates of Rates of Personal Violence. Death Studies: 529–534.
- McLanahan, Sara and Gary Sandefur. Growing Up with a Single Parent; What Hurts, What Helps. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1994: 82.
- Morowitz, Harold J. (August 1975). Hiding in the Hammond Report. Hospital Practice: 39.
- Office for National Statistics (UK). Mortality Statistics: Childhood, Infant and Perinatal, Review of the Registrar General on Deaths in England and Wales, 2000, Series DH3 33, 2002.
- U.S. Bureau of the Census. Marriage and Divorce. General US survey information. [2]
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Survey of Divorce [3] (link obsolete).
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Aspiring stock brokers have won the first phase of a national competition for the third year in a row.
Students from Trinity School triumphed in the ifs Student Investor Challenge - which gives students the chance to practice investing in the stock market.
The team of Year 13 pupils beat 7,500 teams to come top of the league, in the national share trading competition.
Stochastic, the winning team, was made up of George Webb, Ejaaz Ahamadeen, Peter Chambers and Edward Tidball.
The group, who had already scooped a prize for being the best-performing regional team in November, will each receive a cheque in the post as a reward for coming top.
Over a three month period the sixth-formers turned the virtual £100,000 they were given to invest into a share portfolio, into £202,341.
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The story so far
In this section I review the progress you've made in this series, create a welcome page, and create some restrictions using PHP.
You've been building a simple workflow application through the course of these tutorials. The application enables users to upload files to the system and to see those files, as well as files approved by an administrator. So far, you've built:
- A registration page that enables a user to use an HTML form to sign up for an account by entering a unique username, email address, and password. You built the PHP page that analyzes the submitted data, checks the database to make sure the username is unique, and saves the registration in the database.
- A login page that takes a username and password, checks them against the database, and, if they're valid, creates a session on the server so the server knows which files to display.
- Simple interface elements that detect whether the user is logged in to display appropriate choices.
- An upload page that enables users to send a file to the server through a browser. You also built the page that takes this uploaded file and saves it to the server, then adds information about it to an XML file for later retrieval, using the Document Object Model (DOM).
- A display function uses an alternative format, JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) to both save and display the data.
You can download the files that represent where the application left off in "Learning PHP, Part 2."
Before you're through with this tutorial, you'll have a complete—though extremely simple—workflow application. In this tutorial, you will:
- Add HTTP authentication, controlled by the web server. You'll also integrate your registration process so it adds new users to the web server.
- Add links to the function that displays the available files so users can download them. You'll create a function that streams these files to the browser from a non-web-accessible location.
- Ensure that users download files from the appropriate page. You'll use the fact that files must be streamed by the application, instead of simply served by the HTTP server, to enable control over the circumstances in which users download files.
- Create a class that represents a document, and use object-oriented methods to access and download it.
- Create and use custom exceptions to help pinpoint problems.
- Manage the approval process.
To start, you'll put a public face on what you already have.
Up to now, you've concentrated on building the individual pieces of your application. Now it's time to start putting them together, so start with a simple welcome page you can use as a "landing strip" for visitors. Create a new file called index.php and add the code from Listing 1.
Listing 1. The index page
<?php session_start(); include ("top.txt"); include ("scripts.txt"); display_files(); include ("bottom.txt"); ?>
After starting the session so it is available later, the page's
include() function loads the top interface elements for the page,
if applicable. The second loads all the scripts that you created so far, including the
function you created in "Learning PHP,
Part 2," which lists all the files uploaded by the current user or approved by an administrator. The final
include is the bottom of the HTML page.
Save the file in the same directory as the other files that you created. For example, you might put the file in the document root of your server. Once you start the HTTP server, you can see the page by pointing your browser to http://localhost/index.php.
Figure 1 shows the simple page.
Figure 1. The basic listing page
In the next section, you learn to control who sees what with authentication.
You first need to put some restrictions in place.
At this point, all users can see all files, whether they're approved or not, and that's not what you want.
Instead, you want
display_files() to show users only files that are approved,
unless a user is the one who uploaded it.
scripts.txt and make the additions in Listing 2.
Listing 2. Restricting access to files
for ($i = 0; $i < count($workflow["fileInfo"]); $i++) { $thisFile = $workflow["fileInfo"][$i]; if ( ($thisFile["approvedBy"] != null) || ( isset($_SESSION["username"]) && ($thisFile["submittedBy"] == $_SESSION["username"]) ) ) { echo "
"; echo "" . $thisFile["fileName"] . "	"; echo "" . $thisFile["submittedBy"] . "	"; echo "" . $thisFile["size"] . "	"; echo "" . $thisFile["status"] . ""; echo "
"; } }
In Listing 2, you combine three different conditions to determine whether to list a particular
file. First, if a file is approved, then
will have a value, so that condition is true. The double-pipe (
means "or," so if the first test comes up false, you get a second chance with the second half of the condition.
The second half of the condition also consists of two parts, but because you use the double ampersand
&&)—which means "and"—they both need to be true for the second
half to be true. The first test is to see if the session knows about the username. If it does, the username has to
match the
$thisFile["submittedBy"] value.
If the overall condition evaluates to "true"—in other words, if the file is approved, or if the user is logged in and is the originator of the file—the system displays it. If not, it doesn't.
So if you're not logged in (you might have to restart your browser to test this) you should see an empty page, as in Figure 2.
Figure 2. The basic listing page, with restrictions
If you just started your browser, you should see the Register and Login links because you're not logged in. In the next section, you'll look at another way to handle that process.


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Give Your LC-A Some Fresh Threads: Replacing Your LC-A's Leather Skin2013-11-06 2 11 Share Tweet
If your LC-A's leather skin is starting to look tattered, it's sort of telling you it's time to replace it. Follow this simple tipster on how to make your beloved LC-A look new(ish) again.
I didn't have money to buy a shiny new LC-A+ so I bought a refurbished LC-A. The leather was pretty banged up so I decided to change it into this skin:
I liked how it looked but it lacked a leathery feel so I decided to replace the skin with leatherette. And it's really easy to do! I'll show you how.
What you need:
- Leatherette (or leather)
- Cutter or scissors
- Rubber-based adhesive
- A screwdriver
Unscrew the cover of your LC-A and peel out the old skin.
Cut out your leather/leatherette. You can base it on your LC-A's old skin (tracing it out works, too.)
You'll end up with these three pieces.
Apply glue on the leatherette and spread it evenly. I used contact cement here. Set aside the leatherette and apply glue on your camera as well.
Now, stick the leatherette onto your LC-A. Make sure to smooth it out and don't forget to press on the edges so it would look neat and evenly stick to the surface.
Put the cover back on and do the same procedure for the back part of your camera.
Let it dry. If you're using contact cement, it will take overnight to dry fully.
Another tip: You can also use materials other than leatherette and leather! My previous skin was actually just a decal.
Enjoy your "new" LC-A!
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It's useless trying to get Nepal to stop it'sanimal sacrifices if we sacrifice a hundred million lambs to the cause of religion every year. We have to tell the church that we don't want animal sacrifices in the name of religion. Unless we halt the slaughter of lambs at Easter every year, then we will have NO voice to talk to other cultures about what they do to animals. we must save the innocent lambs and all lambs are innocent when they are barbarically killed.
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The Archbishop of Canterbury
Dear Sirs and Madams, I object to the slaughter of a hundred million lambs in the name of religion. We who have Humane feelings all object to the killing of innocent baby animals no matter what be the motives. Please can you find a way to change the policy of your organisations so that it is no longer a bloody affair. A Church should not have the stench of the blood of the innocent in it but instead it should protect the innocent from the evil people that are too many in this society.
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Tell Karl Rove and the Koch Brothers: Disclose your donors
We believe that groups like the Koch brothers' Americans for Prosperity and Karl Rove's Crossroads GPS should have to disclose exactly who's behind the millions of dollars they're spending to influence this election—and now, the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals agrees.
These GOP outside groups are going to try to avoid this for as long as they can. After all, they have a vested interest in being able to spend millions anonymously to influence our elections -- many of the corporations and individuals funding their organizations don't want their agendas to receive scrutiny from the press or the public.
We can make sure they don't get away with hiding these donors -- or their agendas. But it's going to take a lot of us standing up, putting our foot down, and saying "Hell no."
We have to demand that these secret front groups disclose for the country exactly who their donors are. Do what these guys won't do and let the country know exactly what you stand for by adding your name today.
We all have a right to know exactly which corporations and individuals are spending millions in attack ads to influence elections. I'm adding my name today to tell Rove, the Koch brothers, and the rest of the GOP outside groups to come clean and reveal who's funding them.
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The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra will tour the Soviet Union in May of next year, acceding to a contract signed this weekend in Moscow, it was reported here today. The tour will include Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev and another city as yet unspecified.
Scheduled to appear in Israel will be the Bolshoi Ballet of Moscow and the leading Soviet violinist, David Oistrakh. The Israel Philharmonic currently has as a guest performer, the Soviet cellist, Rostropovich.


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What six words would I tell my teen self if I could go back in time?
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