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Team GeekWire had a great time at Seattle 2.0 Startup Day in Bellevue yesterday, catching up with all of you and learning from a great lineup of speakers. A big thanks to everyone who attended and supported the event. This was the fourth annual Startup Day, and GeekWire's first year as organizer. We're especially grateful for the entrepreneurial energy that everyone brought to the event.
Apart from the steady flow of insights from the main stage, highlights included the live Elevator Pitch competition, won by BuildersCloud, a filesharing service for the construction industry. In addition to the prize of $1,000 in credits from Amazon Web Services, the winner received a surprise bonus — a $1,000 personal check from one of our judges, Ignition's Frank Artale.
Over in the Startup Resource Center, the advice and answers were flowing from our experts. John Cook and I had a great time interviewing our keynoter, the entertaining and informative Box CEO Aaron Levie, to wrap up the day on the main stage, leading into the after-party.
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This sh-tty movie poster
Can you judge a movie by its poster? I guess it's not always fair. And I guess it depends on what movie. Or on whose movie.
What about a Kate Hudson movie?
This is the poster for her upcoming A Little Bit of Heaven. In other words, you've seen it before. You've seen it too many times. You've seen it over and over again because she keeps making the same sh-t.
A Little Bit of Heaven isn't Fool's Bride Wars Gold Lose a Guy?
The script is supposed to be better?
This poster doesn't seem to believe it's better.
This poster seems to believe it's the same.
And it sucks. Like...what is Gael Garcia Bernal DOING??? What is happening with her Taylor Swift hair? Why was it important to remind me of her breast enhancement to sell this movie???
In happier Manslinger news, she and Matt Bellamy were sighted together in Santa Monica yesterday at a studio.
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Alabama Counties: Mobile County
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Mobile County was created by proclamation of Gov. Holmes of the Mississippi Territory on 1812 Dec. 18. Mobile County is located in the southwestern corner of the State of Alabama, and is bordered by the State of Mississippi on the west, Washington County on the north, Baldwin County and Mobile Bay on the east, and the Gulf of Mexico on the south. It encompasses 1,238 square miles.
The city of Mobile is the county seat. Both the city and the county derive their name from Fort Louis de la Mobile, a French fortification erected near Mount Vernon in 1702. The word Mobile is believed to come from a Choctaw Indian word for "paddlers." The area was occupied by the French from 1702-63, by the British from 1763-80, and by the Spanish from 1780-1813. Courthouse fires occurred in 1823, 1840, and 1872. Other towns and communities include Citronelle, Bayou LeBatre, and Theodore.
Owen, Thomas McAdory. History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography. Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1921.
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I want to come too
On a date with Denzel and Lenny. They hit up the Laker game together for a man date. Yeah. Wouldn't you like to tag along? Lenny Kravitz is currently featured in Precious. Have you seen Precious? Please say you've seen Precious. Precious is up for several Oscars on Sunday including Best Picture. At this point it seems an outside shot. But then again, why would Precious ever be anything else? That's the whole idea.
As for Denzel, as much as I love him, it's getting tired his recent string of movies, non? Not unlike Nicolas Cage, oh look there's Denzel Washington rescuing people from a train/boat/bus/plane smooth-talking the villain on a walkie talkie. Speaking of – Spike Lee is apparently readying The Inside Man 2 and, as of right now, both Denzel and Clive Owen are on board. Word is, depending on script, Jodi Foster is too.
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The Vikings pull of the upset! So if the Vikings beat the Niners, and the Niners beat the Packers, and the Packers won the Super Bowl—you guessed it: Brett Favre is returning to the Vikings.
The Vikings got solid performances from Christian Ponder and Adrian Peterson (although some might quibble with 25 carries to get 86 yards), so here's Christian Ponder doing Adrian Peterson things, running home a score in the second quarter to put the Vikings up 11.
Though San Francisco would come within four in the third quarter, Minnesota answered back and then no one did much of anything in the rest of the fourth quarter. Ponder stood tall—unphased—and Alex Smith (who threw his first interception in 249 passes today) followed up his strong monday night performance with not-so-great outing today. (2-1) Vikings 24, (2-1) 49ers 13.
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Our group includes PostDocs, PhD students, and student assistants, and is headed by Prof. Jürgen Döllner. If you are interested in joining our team, please contact Jürgen Döllner.
This project investigates automatic non-photorealistic image processing techniques for the creation of simplified stylistic illustrations from color images, videos and 3D renderings based on the bilateral and difference of Gaussians filters.
Our method extends the approach of [Winnemöller et al. 2006] to use iterated bilateral filtering for abstraction and difference-of-Gaussians (DoG) for edge extraction by adapting it to the local orientation of the input. To represent local orientation we construct a smooth tensor field. From the eigenvectors of this tensor field we derive a vector field that has similar characteristics as the edge tangent flow (ETF) of [Kang et al. 2007], but its computation is much less expensive. Besides gradient calculation, only smoothing with a box or Gaussian filter is necessary. In contrast to that, ETF construction requires several iterations of a nonlinear filter with large filter kernel.
The xy-separated bilateral filter [Pham and van Vliet 2005] used by Winnemöller et al. suffers from horizontal and vertical artifacts. These artifacts appear in particular when the filter is applied iteratively. Our approach works by first filtering in direction of the gradient and then filtering the intermediate result in perpendicular direction. When applied iteratively our approach does not suffer from horizontal or vertical artifacts and creates smooth output at curved boundaries.
DoG edges often look frayed and don't reassemble straight line and curve segments very well. To work around this limitation, [Kang et al. 2007] recently introduced the concept of flow-based difference-of-Gaussians which, compared to DoG edges, create more coherent lines. They replaced the DoG filter by a flow-guided anisotropic kernel whose shape is defined by the ETF. Comparable high-quality results can be achieved by a separated implementation with corresponding reduced computational complexity. We first apply a one-dimensional difference-of- Gaussian filter in direction of the gradient and then apply smoothing along the vector field that we derive from the smoothed structure tensor.
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Heading to an IMAX theater to catch the opening weekend of The Amazing Spider-Man 2? Try to sit about 80% toward the back, in the dead center of the theater.
"That's the sweet-spot seat," advises IMAX CEO Richard Gelfond.
The IMAX chief — who was once a law clerk, an investment banker and owner of a 99-cent dry-cleaning chain — visited USA TODAY's New York City studio to talk about the evolution of movie viewing and to share details on IMAX's international expansion.
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Cahill to stay in 'pen, with Bolsinger in rotation
LOS ANGELES -- With his success in the bullpen, the D-backs have no immediate plans to return Trevor Cahill to the starting rotation.
"He's going to stay in the bullpen," D-backs manager Kirk Gibson said.
In his first four starts of the year, Cahill went 0-4 with a 9.17 ERA, and the team decided to shift him to the bullpen and call up right-hander Mike Bolsinger to take his place in the rotation.
In two relief appearances since, Cahill has not allowed a run in four innings.
"Just throwing the ball with much more confidence right now," Gibson said.
Bolsinger allowed seven runs (six earned) over four innings in his first Major League start Saturday night at Dodger Stadium after having thrown out of the bullpen once last week.
"It's how you respond to it," Bolsinger said after the start. "Each time I've been out there, I've kind of learned. I learned a lot from my first time out and I kind of learned a lot from this start. Hopefully I can take it on to the next one."
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Iran's hard-liners are back. Even with a reform-minded President formally in charge, the stern mullahs' persistent strength is visible everywhere. Last week the streets around the parliament building in Tehran's Baharestan district were festooned with posters hailing the Basij Islamic militia, radical volunteers who serve as one of the regime's most loyal protection forces. Upstairs in his sixth-floor office, Isfahan representative Hassan Kamran was wearing a white Basiji scarf around his neck in solidarity with the diehards, who are seen by many Iranians as free-ranging thugs. He was ranting against the U.S., warning that if President George W. Bush dares to...
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Marshall, Mo., Awarded Membership in Union Pacific's Train Town USA Registry
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Omaha, Neb., December 03, 2012 Marshall, Mo., has been awarded a membership in Union Pacific's Train Town USA Registry as part of the railroad's year-long 150th anniversary celebration.
Marshall received an official Train Town USA resolution signed by Union Pacific Chairman Jim Young, and Marshall's historical connection with Union Pacific will be featured at www.up150.com.
"We are proud to recognize Marshall as we commemorate our railroad's sesquicentennial celebration and growing up together," said Ben Jones, Union Pacific director - Public Affairs for Missouri and Kansas. "Union Pacific has been part of the country's fabric throughout the railroad's 150-year history. That bond between us and the nearly 7,300 communities we serve continues to strengthen.
"Our shared heritage with Marshall is a source of pride as we remember our past while serving and connecting our nation for years to come."
The main line was built through Marshall by the Missouri Pacific Railway in 1888. In March, 1917, a merger of Missouri Pacific Railway and the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway was completed and a new company was formed - Missouri Pacific Railroad Company. Missouri Pacific and Union Pacific merged in 1982.
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It was 150 years ago that Abraham Lincoln signed the Pacific Railway Act of July 1, 1862, creating the original Union Pacific. One of America's iconic companies, today, Union Pacific Railroad is the principal operating company of Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP), linking 23 states in the western two-thirds of the country by rail and providing freight solutions and logistics expertise to the global supply chain. From 2000 through 2011, Union Pacific spent more than $31 billion on its network and operations, making needed investments in America's infrastructure and enhancing its ability to provide safe, reliable, fuel-efficient and environmentally responsible freight transportation. Union Pacific's diversified business mix includes Agricultural Products, Automotive, Chemicals, Coal, Industrial Products and Intermodal. The railroad serves many of the fastest-growing U.S. population centers and emphasizes excellent customer service. Union Pacific operates competitive routes from all major West Coast and Gulf Coast ports to eastern gateways, connects with Canada's rail systems and is the only railroad serving all six major Mexico gateways.
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10 of Florida's Biggest Crooks
A list of Florida Trend's top 10 characters and white-collar crimes of the last 50 years. It wasn't easy to get it down to 10.
Cascade International
» They never got Victor Incendy. In Boca Raton in the late 1980s, he created publicly traded Cascade International, a women's fashion retailer. Unfortunately for Cascade's 1,500 investors, many of its 200 locations didn't exist. The fact that some were real, says bankruptcy trustee Kenneth Welt, only made the scam more convincing. Incendy fled in 1991, and Cascade investors' $170 million in equity was wiped out. Incendy's wife, Jeannette, and other execs went to prison. Incendy remains a fugitive.
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» David Paul was the high-flying chairman of CenTrust Bank, Florida's largest S&L at the time it became one of the largest failures in U.S. banking history, costing taxpayers $1.7 billion. Paul, a bigwig in the national Democratic Party, philanthropist and society leader, pleaded guilty to racketeering, allegedly stealing millions from CenTrust and hiding financial troubles from regulators. His excesses proved to be small time relative to the bar later set at Enron and the like, but he wound up serving more than a decade, going free in 2004.
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» A sharecropper's son with a harelip and an eighth-grade education, Glenn W. Turner turned a few thousands dollars into hundreds of millions. He flew by Lear, built a castle in Seminole County, wore flashy red suits and challenged the thousands who came to hear him speak to "Dare to Be Great." He once said, "My product was positive attitude." One of the inventors of network marketing, he sold beauty supplies and later motivational materials. He ran afoul of regulators, adjusted his practices, tried again. Lawyers argued endlessly over whether he actually violated the law. Eventually, he was jailed in Arizona for nearly five years, getting out in 1992. He's now 74 and semi-retired in Lake Mary.
ESM Government Securities
» When Fort Lauderdale's ESM Government Securities went under in 1985 with $300 million in losses, it took with it Ohio-based thrift Home State, ESM's largest customer. That in turn sank Ohio's deposit guaranty fund. Ohio's thrifts had to shut down while trying to get federal deposit insurance, the largest closing since the Great Depression. The trouble started years before when ESM lost $1-million on a trade and "convinced themselves they could trade out of it — common problem," says Miami attorney Thomas Tew, the bankruptcy case trustee. Home State owner Marvin Warner, once Jimmy Carter's ambassador to Switzerland and a part-owner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, spent more than two years in jail and then moved to his Ocala horse farm. He died in 2002.
Takeover artist
» High school dropout Victor Posner became a real estate millionaire in Maryland before moving to Miami Beach in 1954. An early LBO and hostile takeover artist, he was part-industrialist — Sharon Steel, Royal Crown Cola, Arby's, Salem Corp., Graniteville, NVF — part-philanthropist, part-louse. He pleaded no contest to tax evasion and fraud for jacking up the value of a donation to a college. He died in 2002.


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By Carol Berkin
On December 7, 1941 the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, bringing the United States into the global conflict known as World War II. The impact of this war was felt by civilians as well as soldiers, as the nation transformed itself from a peacetime to a wartime economy. For some, the war brought opportunity; for others, it brought a challenge to their patriotism and a curtailment of their rights as citizens. And, when the war ended, the map of the world had been redrawn, both physically and diplomatically. The dominance of Europe in world affairs had ended and two new superpowers—the Soviet Union and the United States-- had emerged. The American domestic landscape changed as well: the postwar years saw the reinvigoration of an African American civil rights movement, the rise of anti-communist hysteria, and, by the 1960s, a new challenge to the status quo by American youth.
In this issue, leading scholars explore the war years and their aftermath. In "America's Depression, America's War: A Study in Contrasts," Professor David M. Kennedy analyzes the role that war mobilization played in ending the Great Depression, and reminds us of the differences between an economic crisis and a military crisis. Professor Allan M. Winkler gives us a vivid description of "The World War II Home Front," taking us into the homes and factories of the 1940s. In their essay, "Every Citizen a Soldier: World War II Posters on the American Home Front," William L. Bird Jr. and Harry Rubenstein, Curators at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, provide an expert analysis of the visual propaganda that spurred support for the war. Professor Julie Des Jardins examines the tragic impact of the war on America's citizens of Japanese origin. In "From Citizen to Enemy: The Tragedy of Japanese Internment," she shows us the difficulties facing not only those who lived through internment but also those who sought to honor their memory. With his essay, "Patriotism Crosses the Color Line: African Americans and World War II," Professor Clarence Taylor reminds us of the role African American soldiers played in the conflict—and the role their military service played in shaping the racial politics that followed in peacetime. Taken together, these essays help us appreciate the complexity of mobilization for modern warfare and drive home the impact of events on the world stage upon domestic affairs.
As always, History Now provides you with lesson plans for elementary, middle and high school classes. And Mary-Jo Kline provides a wealth of resources, on the web and in the libraries, that can be used to create your own lessons on the war.
We wish you all happy holidays and hope you will turn to History Now again in March of 2008 when we will devote the issue to biographies of women, famous and little known, whose lives illuminate our American past and whose deeds helped shape our history.
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Carol Berkin is Presidential Professor of History at Baruch College and The Graduate Center, City University of New York. She is the author of several books including Jonathan Sewall: Odyssey of an American Conservative, First Generations: Women in Colonial America, A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution, and Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America's Independence.


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I wanted to make this dessert for one of my best friends (hi Nancy!) who was visiting a few weekends ago and my goal was to minimize the amount of work I had while she was here. Since there were several steps to this recipe, I started early -- made the pastry cream 3 days in advance, baked the pâte à choux the day before, and filled and froze them overnight. The next day, I assembled the Croqembouche while the choux were still frozen. I think freezing them actually made the assembly easier. The choux were much easier to handle, and the glaze hardened quickly which helped them stick together. Nancy is a fan of fruity desserts and chocolate, so I filled the choux with a banana pastry cream and assembled the Croquembouche with a chocolate glaze.
I had never made a pâte à choux before but had been longing to try it for some time. Cat's recipe for the choux was absolutely perfect. These little babies puffed up so beautifully I almost couldn't believe I actually made them. I ate one right out of the oven - no filling, no frosting, completely unadorned, and it was simply amazing. Like the most delicious fluffy little pillow you could ever eat.
For the pastry cream, I started with Kat's recipe for vanilla pastry cream, reduced the sugar a bit, and added a mashed banana. The cream was good but not spectacular. It was a bit too sweet and not very flavorful. I scraped in some vanilla beans, which helped enhance the flavor a bit, but I still wasn't in love. I would have preferred a creamier, maybe even gooier, filling for the choux.
Assembling the Croquembouche was probably the step I was most intimidated by, but it actually turned out to be much simpler than I had imagined. As I mentioned, I think working with frozen choux made it much simpler, and my Croquembouche came together pretty easily.
All in all, I really enjoyed making, and even more so eating, this dessert. Cat's pâte à choux recipe has opened up a world of possibilities -- I've been dreaming about eclairs, cream puffs, and profiteroles. This will be my go-to recipe the next time I want to make a pâte à choux, and there definitely will be a next time.
Piece Montée (Croquembouche)
For the Banana Crème Patissiere:
*1 cup (225 ml) whole milk
*2 tablespoons cornstarch
*6 tablespoons (100 g) sugar
*1 large egg
*2 large egg yolks
*1 small banana, mashed
*2 tablespoons (30 g) unsalted butter
*1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
*1/2 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
Dissolve cornstarch in ¼ cup of milk. Combine the remaining milk with the sugar in a saucepan; bring to boil; remove from heat.
Beat the whole egg, then the yolks into the cornstarch mixture. Pour 1/3 of boiling milk into the egg mixture, whisking constantly so that the eggs do not begin to cook.
Return the remaining milk to boil. Pour in the hot egg mixture in a stream, continuing whisking.
Continue whisking (this is important – you do not want the eggs to solidify/cook) until the cream thickens and comes to a boil. Remove from heat and stir in the mashed banana, then beat in the butter and vanilla extract. Scrape the seeds from the vanilla bean and stir in to combine. Finally, for a smooth consistency, strain the creme through a sieve.
*¾ cup (175 ml.) water
*6 Tbsp. (85 g.) unsalted butter
*¼ Tsp. salt
*1 Tbsp. sugar
*1 cup (125 g.) all-purpose flour
*4 large eggs
For Egg Wash:
*1 egg and pinch of salt ( Instead of egg wash, I brushed the choux with a bit of milk)
Pre-heat oven to 425◦F/220◦C degrees. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
To prepare batter: 1. Combine water, butter, salt and sugar in a saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil and stir occasionally. At boil, remove from heat and sift in the flour, stirring to combine completely. Return to heat and cook, stirring constantly until the batter dries slightly and begins to pull away from the sides of the pan. Transfer to a bowl and stir with a wooden spoon 1 minute to cool slightly. Add 1 egg. The batter will appear loose and shiny. As you stir, the batter will become dry-looking like lightly buttered mashed potatoes. It is at this point that you will add in the next egg. Repeat until you have incorporated all the eggs.
To Pipe:
Transfer batter to a pastry bag fitted with a large open tip (I piped directly from the bag opening without a tip). Pipe choux about 1 inch-part in the baking sheets. Choux should be about 1 inch high about 1 inch wide. Using a clean finger dipped in hot water, gently press down on any tips that have formed on the top of choux when piping. You want them to retain their ball shape, but be smoothly curved on top.
Brush tops with egg wash (1 egg lightly beaten with pinch of salt) or milk.
To Bake:
Bake the choux at 425◦F/220◦C degrees until well-puffed and turning lightly golden in color, about 10 minutes.
Lower the temperature to 350◦F/180◦C degrees and continue baking until well-colored and dry, about 20 minutes more. Remove to a rack and cool.
Can be stored in a airtight box overnight.
To Fill:
When you are ready to assemble your piece montée, using a plain pastry tip, pierce the bottom of each choux. Fill the choux with pastry cream using either the same tip or a star tip, and place on a paper-lined sheet. Choux can be refrigerated briefly at this point while you make your glaze.
*8 ounces/200 g. finely chopped semi or bitter sweet chocolate (use the finest quality you can afford as the taste will be quite pronounced)
Melt chocolate in microwave or double boiler. Stir at regular intervals to avoid burning. Use immediately.
Assembling the Piece Montée:
You may want to lay out your unfilled, unglazed choux in a practice design to get a feel for how to assemble the final dessert. For example, if making a conical shape, trace a circle (no bigger than 8 inches) on a piece of parchment to use as a pattern. Then take some of the larger choux and assemble them in the circle for the bottom layer. Practice seeing which pieces fit together best.
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With tape and disk encryption products becoming more popular, storage administrators have more options in how to protect sensitive information at rest in the data center and in flight across public networks.
More than 50 million Americans have had their personal information compromised in the last year, and many of those security breaches have been the result of tape loss. With so much data at risk -- and the potential penalties involved -- storage administrators are struggling to protect sensitive information at rest in the data center and in flight across public networks. Vendors also see the problem, and are stepping forward with software and appliances that can ease implementation. The trick is to sort through the proliferation of offerings and find a product that meets your business requirements without breaking the budget. This article provides an overview of encryption and its role in the enterprise, highlights the leading vendors who offer disk and tape encryption products, and offers some advice to help ease purchasing and implementation issues.
The reality of encryption
Simply stated, encryption is a technique used to make plain data unreadable. Encryption starts by processing data through a complex mathematical algorithm (a cipher) that uses a unique variable value (or key) to produce unique encryption results. Longer keys, used in concert with more complex encryption algorithms, will result in encrypted data that is practically impossible to recover without the key. Once the data is in an unreadable form, it is considered safe even if the files are lost or compromised by hackers. Encrypted data is made readable again (or decrypted) by processing it through the algorithm using the same key, though sometimes a different or companion key might be used for added security.
This simple concept has important implications for data center security. Given the growing number of high-profile security breaches in the news, storage professionals are embracing encryption technologies to protect the business against embarrassment and legal liability. "For the enterprise, encryption helps safeguard, protect and conceal data while it's at rest, being transported or being moved across networks," says Greg Schulz, founder and senior analyst at Storage IO. Encrypted data remains secure even when it is stolen -- a thief would need to have the encryption key or the computer processing resources available to "crack" the key by systematically attempting every possible key combination.
Analysts point out that encryption itself is not necessarily enough to mitigate corporate liability for lost or stolen data. "Does encryption let you off the hook totally? No," Schulz says. "Being able to demonstrate that you've taken some level of precaution (including encryption) does eliminate some liability." The underlying message is that encryption should be implemented to complement or expand the existing IT security strategy.
Considering encryption
An encryption strategy must start with a complete evaluation of corporate security vulnerabilities. In other words, you need to know what needs to be encrypted and at what points. Not all files must be encrypted, and encryption may not be needed at every location in the enterprise. According to analysts, encryption is best suited for "at-risk" data that must leave the data center onto an unsecured network. "You should consider using it [encryption] when you have data that you believe could potentially be accessed by an unauthorized person," says W. Curtis Preston, vice president of data protection at GlassHouse Technologies. "I wouldn't use it where the cost significantly outweighs the risk."
Once you identify the data that needs encryption, it's important to define where the encryption will be implemented. Encryption can be used to protect data in flight across a network and at rest on a hard drive (or tape) in the data center. Protecting data in flight is particularly important when corporate data must be transmitted over open or unsecured networks such as the Internet. Protecting data at rest is a more recent consideration and is typically applied to tape backups that are sent off site. However, an increasing number of corporations will also opt to encrypt data on disk in the data center to guard against data loss from hackers or employee theft.
Although encryption works the same way on any target media (including hard drives, optical disc and tape), it's important to consider the implications of encryption on tape compression. "Encrypted data, by its nature, cannot be compressed," Preston says. For example, if you receive an average of 2:1 compression on a 10 gigabytes (GB) tape, you can fit up to 20 GB of data on the tape. If the data is encrypted first and is uncompressible, you'll need to use two 10 GB tapes -- doubling your tape media costs. To avoid this potential problem, implement encryption after compression.
Encryption is a mathematically intensive process, and can have a negative impact on the performance of your network depending on the type of encryption, the way it is implemented and the amount of files being protected. Strong encryption (such as AES 256) is more intensive than other weaker forms of encryption. More data takes more time to encrypt. And of course, software encryption products also take much more of a performance hit than hardware-based products. Analysts note that software encryption can impose a 40-50% performance hit on your network. By comparison, a hardware encryption box might only impair performance by 10% or less.
The trick is to find a product that meets your needs with a minimum performance penalty. For example, suppose you only need to encrypt a single database. A software encryption tool might only cost about $500, while the extra few minutes needed to encrypt the database (and the extra storage space for that uncompressed file on tape) might barely be noticeable. When encrypting the entire data center, however, it probably makes more sense to use encryption hardware to minimize the performance penalty across a huge volume of data -- even though you will have to spend about $30,000 per box.
Finally, any move to encryption must involve a close examination of key management. Lost keys can render corporate data inaccessible, so a potential adopter must learn how encryption keys are held or maintained and understand the risk involved. "The risk is that you lose your key," Preston says. "If you lose your key you've lost your own data." Key management policies and practices must be implemented along with any encryption technology.
Vendors and product selection
There are essentially three means of encryption for the enterprise, and the choice of technology will largely dictate your vendor selection. The first approach is 'source encryption' -- encrypting data at its source directly through a particular application. Most operating system and application vendors (including Microsoft and Oracle) provide a means of data encryption. A second means of encryption is typically provided through backup software applications including EMC Corp.'s Legato, Symantec/Veritas NetBackup and IBM's Tivoli. The backup software can encrypt data on its way to tape. This enables the tape to be transported and stored securely off site.
The third avenue of encryption is a relatively new breed of dedicated encryption hardware devices from vendors including Decru Inc.'s DataFort security appliances, the StrongBox SecurDB from Crossroads Systems Inc., and the CryptoStor appliance family from NeoScale Systems Inc. Vendors like SpectraLogic also integrate encryption software functionality into their tape library products. Although hardware encryption is more expensive than software-based products, hardware offers superior performance and minimal impact on network operation. "The idea is they become an invisible piece of the infrastructure," Preston says. "All data going in and out of them is compressed and encrypted at line speed." Even hard drive manufacturers are adding encryption to some disks. For example, Seagate Technologies and Secude IT Security GmbH have joined to implement full disk encryption on the Seagate Momentus 5400 FDE notebook hard drive.
Selecting the right product
Encryption success depends on an understanding of your security needs, then weighing the cost and performance tradeoffs of each product against those needs. While there is no single product or set of criteria to consider, analysts suggest the following points that can help you identify the best product for your own production environment.
Know the impact on performance. Every encryption product will have an impact on network performance. Software products will impact performance more than hardware products (but hardware costs significantly more). Understand how your choice of product and the volume of data being protected will influence network operation when encrypting data at rest and in flight. Know whether the product is optimized to encrypt at rest, in flight, or both.
Do not forego compression if possible. When encrypting to tape, find a product that allows for compression prior to encryption. Otherwise, compression to tape may be impossible, and tape costs will increase dramatically.
Have a clear picture of key management. Examine the product's key management system closely under primary onsite, remote (offsite) and DR scenarios. Determine how the system can fail or be defeated. In many cases, a multi-key system that involves several IT professionals is preferable to a single-key system left to one individual. Make sure that there are no 'back doors' that can be exploited. Understand how keys will be managed now and into the future.
Test products in advance. Bring products into the lab and test them in advance before making any purchase commitments. Testing ensures that products can actually deliver the performance and features that are expected, while interoperating with your existing infrastructure. This is also an ideal opportunity to evaluate the responsiveness and expertise of vendors.
Challenge product safeguards. Encryption is all about security, so test each product's safeguards against tampering. Encryption products with weak (or non-existent) safeguards should be avoided.
Best practices for implementation
Once you've selected a new encryption product, storage administrators still face the challenges of installation and integration in the production environment. Although a vendor can provide support with product-specific guidelines, analysts offer some general policies that can help to streamline the implementation process.
Formalize key management procedures. Encryption keys are unquestionably the Achilles heel of any encryption strategy. An organization simply cannot afford to loose an encryption key, so an administrator must take steps to document the formal key management process and ensure that IT personnel adhere to the process. Documentation may need to be updated periodically as encryption targets change or new encryption standards are adopted.
Periodically test key management. Once established, key management practices should also be tested regularly to ensure that responsible individuals (key holders) each know their role in routine operations as well as disasters -- such drills will prevent confusion in critical crisis situations.
Balance security with productivity. When implementing a security product like encryption, it's important to protect only the data that requires protecting. Locking down every file with encryption can reduce network performance needlessly. In actual practice, only sensitive data needs to be encrypted -- and the strongest encryption may only be needed for the most sensitive data. Implement encryption so that it addresses business needs without bringing productivity to a standstill.


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Dong Zhou wrote:Where I do have sympathy are for those who go for the healthy sounding options (say, a fruit juice) and it isn't, they get hit without realizing it. Where I don't have sympathy are for those with fizzy drinks, soda's and worse as their regular drink.
As long as businesses are 1) not advertising themselves as healthy (in which case heavy regulation is needed) and 2) have clear and helpful "this is how much sugar is in this can" (which really isn't the case), I don't have an issue with businesses selling fatty/sugary food. A takeaway, fast food, a fizzy drink isn't meant to be healthy and it is up to consumers not to take too much, it would be sad if the UK had to expel McDonalds, KFC, Pepsi/Coca Cola and so on becuase, as a nation, we can't be trusted with it.
Both of these are problems here. Unhealthy foods are advertised as healthy, if only through roundabout means. Health claims might be made based on a small presence of an ingredient when any potential health benefit of that small claim is completely drowned out by greater health concerns of the food (as simple as the amount of added sugars). Packages trumpet 'Added Fiber!' 'Non-GMO!' 'Gluten-Free!' 'Paleo Friendly!' on a granola bar with chocolate coating and any number of trendy terms effectively, for many, creating the illusion of being good food when it is, in fact, a candy bar. Another example is Coke's Vitamin Water, which advertises all the benefits it offers in terms of added nutrition and advertises through fitness professionals when it's just added-sugar soda in another label. A cereal might advertise 'heart healthy' or 'now with more fiber' when the inconsequential addition for that claim involves a tradeoff in another teaspoon or two of sugar per serving.
Most of this is a matter of lobbyists getting the better of lawmakers—it's probably not realistic to expect these businesses to care in the slightest about destroying the health of their customers—but it seems sad, to me, to make that concession. If people struggling with obesity knew more about this situation as a whole it's likely that these foods would not exist as they exist today.
Our new dietary guidelines include a proposal to label added sugars in foods (which would be a great step in the right direction) but who knows if it is going to survive lobbying.
Dong Zhou wrote:Politics: We do seem in a better place. Health Committee, peers, members of the government ranks all pushing on public issues and Hunt has just drastically tightened the recommended alcohol limit. Our current government can be a tad slow (they seem to wait to see how public health schemes get on elsewhere) but there is more pressure here.
How does the UK do with sugar, red meats, and other recommendations? Come to think of it, we do have some pretty reasonable alcohol recommendations but people don't really think much of it. I guess if the health drawbacks of alcohol (more or less soda + all the deleterious impacts of alcohol) are to be impressed on people here it would have to be through a public awareness campaign.
Dong Zhou wrote:Diet and fads: We don't have the big diet figures but we do have magazines, Weight Watchers and we have always had diet fads which are rarely a good idea. Regular meal times with proper non-fatty meals, portion control, seems a better way and something people can stick to even once weight is to normal level.
I would imagine people in the UK are exposed to a fair degree of the same diet and food fad recommendations we run across here in the United States if only through shared language, the internet, and social media. Do people seem to be losing weight based on restrictive fad diets or is there a generally healthier approach? Come to think of it, with how much I've read about Canada I'm surprised I haven't read more about the UK. I guess Canada finds its way into my reading more because they're our neighbors.
Does the UK have recommendations that place a lot of blame on fat? The United States has for quite some time now but research is demonstrating that a great deal of this blame is misplaced and our recent dietary guidelines are finally shifting a little bit to move a bit away from the low-fat or fat-free craze. Although that approach ought to be tempered with related recommendations on red meats and the like.
Dong Zhou wrote:Price: Yep, lecturing on healthy food is always annoying becuase the food said people recommend tends to be out of price range. I only get salad's or anything remotely like that when Tesco corner shop has them on reductions but not everyone lives near such a shop, I wouldn't get them if Tesco's suddenly left. One can lose weight without salad's or health food.
When I was losing some weight with price concerns about the best I could do was cook regularly at home with a meal something like brown rice, chicken, and vegetables. It sure starts to get expensive when you start to get creative with the foods, though...
Dong Zhou wrote:Schools: We have better here. School meals are being pushed now to prevent parents giving junk food to the kids during school hours.
That's good to hear. Michele Obama raised some stink about the junk food sold in schools and the Republican party mobilized to whine about it as anything from trampling our freedoms (to have our school feed children trash?) or... whatever, I can't even remember all the arguments they were so bizarre and incomprehensible. It's a subject which doesn't seem to get a lot of attention here, although lobbying groups are actively involved on the federal and state level to keep the likes of pizza and soda in schools.


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Nashville, TN -- Compass Records expands its bluegrass and Americana offerings with 3 CDs releasing on May 28th: Bluegrass/Americana singer and songwriter Claire Lynch's Compass debut Dear Sister, the long awaited solo debut When We Fall from bluegrass vocalist/guitarist Rebecca Frazier and the reissue of Looking Forward from rising bluegrassers The Bankesters.
By any measure, Claire Lynch is high on the roots music world's A-List, with accolades that include two International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Female Vocalist of the Year Awards, 2 GRAMMY nominations for Best Bluegrass Album, songs recorded by such luminaries as Patty Loveless, The Seldom Scene, Cherryholmes, Kathy Mattea, the Whites and Stephanie Davis, and now the 2012 USA Artists $50,000 Walker Fellowship.
Dear Sister showcases Lynch and her razor sharp band (Mark Schatz – bass, Matt Wingate – guitar, mandolin, Bryan McDowell – fiddle, mandolin, guitar) on a rock-solid, 10-song set of bluegrassy, folk and Americana cuts. Standouts include "Doin' Time" (with Tim O'Brien on vocals and bouzouki), the title track "Dear Sister"—an anthemic ballad of the Civil War written by Lynch and Louisa Branscomb that is based on recently discovered historic letters written by a relative of Louisa's on the eve of the battle of Stone's River—and the Pierce Pettis-penned "That Kind of Love." The songs constitute what is possibly Claire's most personal record to date and certainly one of the most broadly accessible albums of her career.
Rebecca Frazier achieved notoriety in the bluegrass world as the first female musician ever to appear on the cover of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine, but it is her vocal prowess and songwriting chops that make her one of the most exciting new artists to emerge on the national bluegrass stage. When We Fall is her long awaited solo debut and it is already garnering praise from bluegrass fans and critics in the know. Accompanying Frazier on the album of original songs and tunes are some of the finest players in bluegrass including Barry Bales (bass), Scott Vestal (banjo), Ron Block (banjo), John Frazier (mandolin) and more.
Vocally the album places Frazier solidly in the tradition created by Alison Krauss, Rhonda Vincent, Claire Lynch and others with driving tracks like "Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow" which are reminiscent of the early recordings of Alison Krauss while instrumentals such as "Virginia Coastline" and "Clifftop" give a tip of the hat to guitar legends Tony Rice and the late jazz guitarist Emily Remler, about whom Frazier wrote her Honors Senior Thesis at the University of Michigan. Taken as a whole, Frazier is a triple threat and her multi-faceted musicianship is sure to place her at the top of the crop of up and coming leading ladies in bluegrass.
Following in the tradition of seminal family bluegrass bands such as The Lewis Family, The Isaacs, and the McLain Family Band, The Bankesters are one of the most sought after new bands on the bluegrass scene. Gorgeous sister harmonies set them apart from the pack (sister Emily Bankester was recognized this year with International Bluegrass Music Association's Momentum Award for Vocalist of the Year) and the band's DIY release of Looking Forward has been turning heads in the bluegrass community, leading to the album's title track claiming the #1 spot on the Bluegrass Today singles airplay chart in February of this year. The retail release of the album should earn more fans for The Bankesters as well as lay the groundwork for a brand new studio project scheduled for release in fall 2013.
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So you have a Verizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus with 4G LTE and a huge 4.65″ display and you'd love some longer battery life right? Say hello to Mugen Power and their 3900 mAh extended battery and door for the Verizon Gnex. Just arriving on our doorstep we've decided to give it a test and see if we can make it through a good part of the weekend from a single charge. Read on past the break for our hands-on video and pictures.
Yes you read that right, this battery is 3900 mAh — giving you over two times the battery life of the stock 1750 mAh battery provided by Samsung. Being a little thicker than most, Mugen has provided us with a replacement battery cover with a nice soft touch matte back and hey, look at that, it even has a kickstand. I quickly tossed the battery into my Galaxy Nexus and threw it on the charger. I've already done a battery cycle and will charge it fully again before testing it all weekend.
For roughly $98 dollars the build quality and kickstand feels a little cheap but if this thing will truly make my Galaxy Nexus last around 2.3 times longer, I'm all game. Obviously a lot goes into testing a battery and everyone's usage patterns vary, but I'll be testing it against my own use as I've taken plenty of screenshots throughout the past few months.
Mugen suggests you charge it past 100% and leave it plugged in a good 8 hours total the first 3-4 times you charge it up, to get the most of the battery's capabilities. At first glance the kickstand doesn't sit completely flush so it wobbles a tiny bit while attempting to lay flat on a table, but we'll break down the build quality, price, and overall benefits in our full review early next week.
Enjoy the pictures below, head to Mugen Power to get your own if you're already interested, and stay tuned for more info coming soon.
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Cardboard Playhouse
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This is so cute! We built some temporary cardboard forts for my little guy's birthday party last month using Make-Do cardboard connectors. Your permanent version has almost convinced me to set a smaller one up in my living room!ReplyDelete
Nice job, Mama. All the details really make it special.
OHMYGOSH. That is the best playhouse EVER. All of the details are amazing. I love the little doghouse. The whole project is amazing.ReplyDelete
I was a little worried that you were going to delete your pinterest account or something, because it looks like your pins are disappearing. You find some of the best things to repin!Replies
No, my Pinterest account isn't going anywhere! I just have WAY too many pins. I try to go through a few boards every now and then and get rid of recipes/projects that I know I'll never use...since believe it or not, I mainly use Pinterest to bookmark things I want to remember!Delete
Oh wow!! This is such a gorgeous playhouse! I love all the attention to detail :)ReplyDelete
I love your playhouse! So clever, all the little details!I'm sure it will get lots of use!ReplyDelete
Thanks everyone! We are loving it. :-)ReplyDelete
I love your playhouse! So many kid projects I see are so pretty--which is cool, I appreciate pretty as much as anyone--but this one is full of real things that kids love. They don't care about pretty. They care about fun. And this looks like one fun house.ReplyDelete
wow your playhouse totally kicks our playhouse's pants. here is ours...http://vegetariansalmon.wordpress.com/2012/02/21/images-of-blog-vactionland/ReplyDelete
fantastic job, it inspired me to decorate my little one's with her...
This is absolutely precious! God, to be a kid again so we could spend our days just playing house instead of building one. :-)ReplyDelete
Great job, and thanks for linking up with the Winter Pinterest Challenge!
Erin @ The Great Indoors
Building instructions posted here: http://rustsunshine.blogspot.com/2012/03/cardboard-blueprints.htmlReplyDelete
Psst... I featured you on my Pinterest Challenge round-up today! :-)ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousApril 1, 2012 at 7:53 AM
I wanted to say how brilliant I think this is. Many years ago I to built a house out of a refrigerator box for my children for Christmas. They loved it and it eventually got flipped to one side to create a space ship, at least that is what my boys called it. You said something about furniture. Well my grandmother used to make stools out of old coffee cans. She would take three or four of them and make a fabric cover use some soft padding on the tops and sides and there was a foot stool stool. Cover one and you have a small seat for inside your little house.ReplyDelete
When my son now 32 was a little guy he wanted a guitar. Our funds were very low so I made one out of card board. Painted it up with acrylic pants and added some twin strings or you can use large rubber bands. He loved that thing to death as did the box I panted to look like a car and they would push each other around the house in it. I really appreciated all the developmental add on's like the yarn balls, morrors and chalk board. I also taught preschool for a few years and it is important for children to have a quite spot to go and read books etc. You have really done a wonderful job.
I was just looking at cardboard play houses on ebay and was going to order one for my granddaughter. You have inspried me to build one for her. Thanks so much for posting this. Blessings April
Building it is half the fun! I'm sure she will love it. :-)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 14, 2012 at 6:06 PM
such a sweet play house with so much detail! You mentioned he has been bringing you dust bunnies like they're pets, you should set up a "zoo" or "animal hospital" with stuffed animals when he gets a bit older. My mom used to set them up for me and my friends were littles so now that i'm in my teens I volunteer with animals. It's activities like cardboard play houses and zoos that really shape who we are.ReplyDelete
Oh that is so cute and he is...wow...cutie patootie!ReplyDelete
I just finished a similar project for my little girl. Ours is a bit different, but my Little Missy is 3 and is totally into her kitchen center stuff.
I have to say making this was the most fun I have had in a while...as it started to take shape my brain just went crazy with ideas.
I am already planning my next cardboard project! LOL I might be addicted to cardboard...or reverting to childhood?
Thanks for sharing yours and if you'd like to see ours it can be found at: http://thecraftyrecycler.blogspot.com/
This is sooo clever and cute. I shared on my facebook page The Recycling Occupational Therapist :-)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 20, 2012 at 9:07 PM
THank you! I am stealing ALL your ideas! I just cheated and got the play house from a shop... but love all the details you added: brilliant and thanks again!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 2, 2012 at 3:34 PM
So I decided today to build my children a cardboard playhouse and went to Pinterest to look for instructions (because I am not the best at assembly toys i.e. Lego without instructions!), and I saw this and fell in love. Also, I've been following your Pinterest boards for quite some time now and didn't even realize this was your blog until I saw your photo and your name! Hello! I wanted you to know that I blogged about my ongoing project and linked back to you for being the source of guidance and inspiration! Thank you :)ReplyDelete
This blog is truly awesome in all aspects.ReplyDelete
Playhouses for kids
It's perfect! Love all of the detail. Found your blog through "All for the Boys" and it's just lovely. Will have to attempt a cardboard playhouse for my little one someday. :)ReplyDelete
This is so awesome! The details make it so much more real for the kiddos. How do you make the laminated magnet numbers?ReplyDelete
OMG! This is sooo cute!!!ReplyDelete
Awsome looking playhouse.ReplyDelete
Check out ours at Our cool playhouse
Love the idea Michelle. I love the way you have made this.ReplyDelete
Love all the tiny details. Your son is enjoying this cardboard house. Thanks for sharing.


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text: As the competition between the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers heats up in anticipation of Sunday's Super Bowl XLVII, two major US aquariums, National Aquarium, Baltimore and the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, are enlisting the help of their aquatic animals to take their own friendly rivalry off the green and into the blue in the #SuperFishBowl! Using the social media hashtag #SuperFishBowl, both aquariums are encouraging fans to follow along and help pick what animals they'd like to see on their fantasy fish team. Each institution will share their own fantasy team picks, along with behind-the-scenes images, fascinating animal facts and more with thousands of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram fans – all in excitement for the big game. Come game day, the #SuperFishBowl winner will be determined by the victorious NFL team, but both aquariums will have reason to celebrate. The losing city's aquarium will donate $1 to the winning team's aquarium for every 'like' their official #SuperFishBowl contest photo receives during the campaign. The winning donation will be made to either the National Aquarium's Marine Animal Rescue or California Academy of Sciences' Coral Conservation program. To kick off the friendly wager, divers at each aquarium will don jerseys in support of their home team during daily dive presentations in their respective coral reef exhibits on Friday, February 1. National Aquarium, Baltimore 501 E. Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202 Atlantic Coral Reef Dive at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., 2 p.m. Watch live as National Aquarium brings their purple pride under water in the Atlantic Coral Reef exhibit. Guests may even catch a glimpse of the Ray Lewis "squirrel" dance! California Academy of Sciences 55 Music Concourse Drive, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco Coral Reef Dive at 11:30 a.m. Watch as a diver suits up in SCUBA gear and a San Francisco 49ers jersey while plunging into the world's deepest living coral reef exhibit. Outfitted with an underwater microphone, the diver will answer reef-related questions from visitors. National Aquarium Animal Rescue Every year, thousands of sea turtles, dolphins, whales, seals and manatees become sick or injured, often due to human-related reasons. As part of the Northeast Stranding Network, National Aquarium is responsible for responding to live sea turtle and marine mammal strandings along the nearly 4,300 miles of coastline in Maryland, including the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic coasts. Since 1991, the National Aquarium has responded to more than 480 animals in distress and has rehabilitated and released nearly 100 marine animals back to their natural environment. Many of these animals are endangered or threatened, so every individual introduced back into the natural environment has the opportunity to add to the genetic diversity of the species. Research, satellite tracking and outreach education are also significant components of the program. Every animal that is rehabilitated and released is an opportunity to raise awareness and get the public involved in helping to conserve and protect our marine resources. Visit aqua.org/MARP to find out how you can help. California Academy of Sciences Coral Conservation The Academy's Philippine Coral Reef exhibit is the world's deepest display of living corals, housing several hundred colonies from more than 100 species. As partners in Project SECORE, the Academy is helping to restore coral colonies in the wild. The goal of this effort is to save two endangered species of Caribbean stony corals: Acropora palmata and Acropora cervicornis. Collecting sperm and egg bundles from corals, culturing and then settling larvae in a lab provides corals with a head start in the growth process, with the goal of repopulating reefs with these endangered coral species. Often called rainforests of the sea, coral reefs are the most diverse aquatic ecosystems on the planet. They are also among the most endangered – up to 70% of the world's tropical coral reefs may disappear within the next 15 years due to the impacts of global warming and other environmental stresses. The Academy is currently developing a project that will allow SECORE to extend its research network to the Philippines to increase restoration efforts based on transplanting cultured corals and conservation of impacted coral reefs. Categories: Rescues


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Ich sage dir doch, entgegen aller Behauptungen ist Bob kein Baumeister! Er ist wirklich ein Bauer!
compare it with
Bob ist der Dümmste und erntet die dicksten Kartoffeln. Er ist wirklich ein Bauer!
I think chances are pretty high that you have spelled the first 'wirklich', which means 'in truth', in a different manner than the second one, which means 'to large extent'. At least if you are a German native from the Rhineland-Palatia.
The same can be done if you replace 'wirklich' by 'echt' or 'wahrhaftig'. I believe that English 'really' can be used with two meanings, too, and that both German and English tend to use the same words for both meanings in general. This phenomenon confuses me.
- What is the phonetic difference between the two pronunciations? I would even guess it is tonal, but I don't know.
- Are these pronunciations variants of the same word, or should they be considered two different words?


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I Wish I Had a Sylvia Plath Playhouse
The first of many impressive technical and performance stunts in the Los Angeles premiere of Wish I Had a Sylvia Plath by Edward Anthony comes at the very beginning. I don't want to give it away, but it involves the protagonist, Esther Greenwood (Amy Davidson), awaking from her own death, as if she were dreaming and suddenly remembered she left the oven on (there's a hint).
Esther is not Sylvia Plath, but they do share a lot in common. For one, Esther Greenwood is the name of the heroine in Plath's semi-autobiographical novel The Bell Jar. They're both repressed writers in the 1950's/early 60's, frustrated with the very idea of womanhood, motherhood, and society in general. And they're both married to asshole poets with tendencies toward infidelity.
Wish I Had A Sylvia Plath explores the life of Esther, in the moments of (or possibly in) her death through her own words and poetic machinations. The refrain she often returns to in these varied fantasies and half-memories is a kind of Martha Stewart-style home and garden television program, cleverly entitled 'The Tome and Garden Show.' In this show, she goes about explaining how to cook such exotic cuisines "52-liar lasagna, a black-tar brain soufflé and a perfect life."
As an actress, Davidson doesn't just do heavy-lifting, she does speed-heavy-lifting. She doesn't allow herself the moments of melodramatic self-congratulations typical of most one-person shows. She doesn't have time for all that. She's dying, and we can feel it. Yet even in her death, Davidson cranks her with life. Her Esther is at her best when she is at her most physical. At one point of pure madness, she arms herself for battle with a pasta strainer helmet, a spatula sword, and a kitchen-table shield. The humor is there already in Matthew McCray's direction, but the spirit is in the performance.
And though Davidson is the only actor on stage the entire 70 or so minutes of this darkly humorous rant, it is far from a one-woman show. Adam Flemming, a multi-award-winning video-designer provides many of Esther's hallucinations with impeccably timed projections of her mother criticizing her baking methods, her father on his death-bed, and most wrenching, her husband confessing his sins. Lighting designer Dan Weingarten, sound designer Joseph Slawinski, and scenic designer David A. Mauer also all deserve their praise. Thanks to them, Esther's kitchen feels like Pee-Wee's Playhouse version of death, and one that you don't mind breathing in for a while.
My only critique of this highly enjoyable production—and it is a production—is that its own production sometimes takes away from the possible depth of the situation. Esther and her playhouse are so animated, and the demands of time are so stringent that occasionally, a self-congratulatory moment might be welcomed. Plath once wrote to her mother that The Bell Jar was her take on "how isolated a person feels when he is suffering a breakdown," and frankly, Esther doesn't seem that isolated.
Nonetheless, it's a show not be missed, whether you're a theatre techie, an acting nut, or simply a person who wants to see a show that teaches an important lesson, which is that death is most certainly not the end of life.
- By Joshua Morrison
Wish I Had a Sylvia Plath, a Rogue Machine Production, runs at The Lounge Theatre, located at 6201 Santa Monica Blvd. until April 17th. For more information and to order tickets, please visit www.roguemachinetheatre.com.
Tags: Adam Flemming, Amy Davidson, Dan Weingarten, Edward Anthony, Joseph Slawinski, Matthew McCray, Rogue Machine, Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar, The Lounge Theatre, Wish I Had a Sylvia Plath
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Psychological Therapies
There are different types of psychological therapies that are available to treat fibromyalgia. Examples include:
- Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)—This is a form of talk therapy that focuses on your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
- Relaxation-based therapy—This includes learning strategies, like meditation, to reduce stress.
- Biofeedback—During a biofeedback session, a therapist guides you to relax certain muscles or control breathing, while an electronic device shows your body's response.
Alternative Therapies
Other therapies that may help to alleviate fibromyalgia pain and symptoms include:
- Physical therapy
- Heat treatments
- Massage
- Acupuncture and acupressure
- Trigger point therapy
- Myofascial release (a special type of therapy that involves manipulating connective tissue with pressure)
- Mind-body therapies such as yoga, Tai chi, relaxation therapy, or meditation
See alternative and complementary therapies for more information about acupuncture and fibromyalgia.
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text: With the arrival of June and warmer weather, Animal Rescue staff and volunteers are preparing to release our rehab patients back to their natural environment. You may remember that eight weeks ago, Guinness the gray seal had a wire placed around his lower jaw to increase stabilization in order to facilitate healthy healing. Well, on June 7, our staff and veterinarians worked together to safely remove the wire to prepare him for his next big step…moving out, back into the wild! Watch a video about Guinness's jaw surgery: Over these last few months, Guinness has made great progress in his healing and overall health. When he came to us in March, he was in great need of some hearty fish and some rest to heal his wounds that he acquired along his travels. Our Animal Rescue staff and volunteers have worked nonstop to make sure that he is healthy and ready for release at the end of this month. You may notice that Guinness no longer has that nice brown/tan coat that he came to us with, but now shows his true gray seal colors in black and gray. Recently, he went through a molt where he lost all that brown fur to reveal his new black coat! The only evidence of his previous coloration lies around his rear flippers. You may also notice a yellow tag on his flipper. This tag will help us to identify him if he happens to venture into our local waters in the future. Tagging these rehabilitated animals is just one more step that our staff must take to prepare them for their big trip back to the ocean! While Guinness is still with us for the next couple of weeks, we still need to keep his mind stimulated and his natural behaviors encouraged, which we do with daily environmental enrichment. In this picture you can see a pile of ice cubes with some capelin mixed in. This enrichment is not only a different way for Guinness to get some of his food, but it also helps to cool him down with the outside temperatures rising. Guinness's health and weight are much improved, and we at National Aquarium Animal Rescue hope to wish him safe travels later this month, pending his exit exam. Vets will check his blood diagnostics one final time, make sure his tag is healing appropriately, and also that the small incision under his jaw where the wire was removed is healed completely. After that, we will transport him to a quiet beach, where he can venture back into his natural environment. We are also preparing to release the sea turtles that have been in rehabilitation since December. Rescuing and caring for these animals is very costly, and it would not be possible without the support of our volunteers and donations from friends like you. If you'd like to help support National Aquarium Animal Rescue, you can make a donation online, or donate $5 right from your mobile phone by texting ACT to 20222. A one-time donation of $5 will be added to your mobile phone bill or deducted from your prepaid balance. All donations must be authorized by the account holder. All charges are billed by and payable to your mobile service provider. Service is available on most carriers. Donations are collected for the benefit of the National Aquarium by the Mobile Giving Foundation and subject to the terms found at www.hmgf.org. Messaging & data rates may apply. You can unsubscribe at any time by texting STOP to 20222; text HELP to 20222 for help. Tags: animal-rescue, gray-seals, grey-seals, Animal Rescue, seal, seals Categories: Animal Rescue Previous Post Next Post