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We review how renormalization, born in quantum field theory has evolved into a rather universal tool to analyze the change of physical laws under scaling. Recent developments in non commutative geometry with hopefully potential applications to the quantization of gravity will be discussed.
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The "clock ambiguity" is a general feature of standard formulations of quantum gravity, as well as a much wider class of theoretical frameworks. The clock ambiguity completely undermines any attempt at uniquely specifying laws of physics at the fundamental level. In this talk I explain in simple terms how the clock ambiguity arises. I then present a number of concrete results which suggest that a statistical approach to physical laws could allow sharp predictions to emerge despite the clock ambiguity.
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Exactly half a century after Minkowski's justly famous lecture, Dirac's efforts to quantize gravity led him "to doubt how fundamental the four-dimensional requirement in physics is". Dirac does not appear to have explored this doubt further, but I shall argue that it needs to be considered seriously. The fact is that Einstein and Minkowski fused space and time into a four-dimensional continuum but never directly posed the two most fundamental questions in dynamics: What is time? What is motion?
According to the second law of thermodynamics the entropy of a system cannot decrease by adiabatic state transformations. In quantum mechanics, the \'degree of entanglement\' of a state cannot increase under state transformations of a certain kind (local operations assisted by classical communication) In this talk I will explore the significance of the analogy between these two statements.
In the wake of recent swings in the values of technology stocks and the prices of real estate, many people have become (painfully) familiar with the boom-and-bust cycles of speculative bubbles. Although playing out on longer time-scales, student enrollments in the sciences have followed a remarkably similar pattern during the decades since World War II. The characteristic pattern can be seen in several countries, including the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
The last years have seen tremendous progress in simulations of inspiral and coalescence of binary black holes. I will present recent results of the Caltech/Cornell collaboration simulating inspiral and collision of two black holes. Furthermore, while currently no talk on numerical relativity seems to be complete without a discussion of binary black hole coalescence, there are many more aspects of Einstein\'s equations that can be probed numerically. I will discuss some of these unexpected and intriguing features, among them black holes with five horizons and super-extremal black holes.
The theory of Quantum Mechanics requires \'completeness\', that is, we need to know the complete set of physically allowed states before we can reliably compute quantum mechanical amplitudes. Among these possible states are microscopic black holes, since they are valid solutions to Einstein\'s equations for the gravitational force. However, a quantum description of black holes requires a drastic revision of our notions of space and time, in particular if we were to accept the interpretation of their microstates as given by superstring theories.
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Page created by STS Open Access Task Force. Contact: Lori Critz, email@example.com
This page was created to provide access to the work of the Task Force. The Charge of the Task Force, minutes from meetings, working documents, and the Final Report of the Task Force are provided.
See: http://wikis.ala.org/acrl/index.php/Image:STS_Open_Access_Task_Force_Charge_final.pdf
January 26, 2008 [approved by STS Council]
The Science and Technology Section of ACRL will create a task force to examine how the Section might better work to fulfill the following roles:
•Create a dialog on STM open access issues
•Monitor new developments in and new models of open access publishing
•Aid institutions and member librarians grappling with open access issues
•Promote deposition in and use of institutional repositories
This task force will be known as the STS Open Access Task Force, and it will undertake an environmental scan of open access issues, identifying:
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•Relationships/partnerships that might be built with such groups
•Models of addressing open access issues in other professional organizations such as ASEE.
Once completed, the Task Force will use this information to make a recommendation on how STS might better address open access issues within the Section, including the possible creation of a standing committee.
Midwinter 2009
Task Force is formed
Annual 2009 - Annual 2010
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Task Force report due to STS Council *** Report deadline extended to Annual 2010
Virginia Baldwin, U Nebraska-Lincoln,email@example.com, ex-officio
Malaica Oxnam, U Arizona,email@example.com, ex-officio
Damon Austin, U Maryland,firstname.lastname@example.com, member
Mary Linn Bergstrom, UCSD,email@example.com, member, co-chair
Tim Byrne, DoE OSTI, email@example.com, member
Lori Critz, Georgia Tech,firstname.lastname@example.com, member, co-chair
Mel DeSart, U Washington,email@example.com, member
Matthew Marsteller, Carnegie Mellon, firstname.lastname@example.com, member
George Porter, Caltech, firstname.lastname@example.com, member
Kara Whatley, NYU, firstname.lastname@example.com, member
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See: http://wikis.ala.org/acrl/index.php?title=Image:STS_Open_Access_TF_MINUTES_7-12-09.pdf&oldid=8623
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See: http://wikis.ala.org/acrl/index.php/Image:STS_Open_Access_Task_Force_Agenda_1-17-10_MW10.pdf
STS Open Access Task Force Organizational Meeting
Hyatt Regency Downtown Denver
25 January 2009
Virginia Baldwin, U Nebraska-Lincoln, ex-officio Malaica Oxnam, U Arizona, ex-officio George Porter, Caltech, member Kara Whatley, NYU, member Lori Critz, member, co-chair Mary Linn Bergstrom, UCSD, member, co-chair Tim Byrne, DoE OSTI Mel DeSart, U Washington, member Damon Austin, U Maryland, member vertical blind roller blind parfum pusat informasi pintu dan jendela tangki fiberglass
Not in attendance: Matthew Marsteller, Carnegie Mellon, member
Amended charge approved at STS Exec Council Meeting, 23 January 2009. Re-amended charge, to be considered by STS Exec, 26, January 2009.
Science and Technology Section Open Access Task Force January 26, 2008 [approved by STS Council]
The Science and Technology Section of ACRL will create a task force to examine how the Section might better work to fulfill the following roles: • Create a dialog on STM open access issues • Monitor new developments in and new models of open access publishing • Aid institutions and member librarians grappling with open access issues • Promote deposition in and use of institutional repositories.
This task force will be known as the STS Open Access Task Force, and it will undertake an environmental scan of open access issues, identifying: • Groups within ALA, ACRL, and STS and beyond that may have an interest in open access issues • Relationships/partnerships that might be built with such groups • Models of addressing open access issues in other professional organizations such as ASEE. Once completed, the Task Force will use this information to make a recommendation on how STS might better address open access issues within the Section, including the possible creation of a standing committee.
Midwinter 2009 Task Force is formed. Annual 2009 Task Force meets. December 1, 2009 Task Force report due to STS Council
STS-L announcement of OA TF with call for contributors. Potential for subgroups with additional participants focused on particular aspects of the charge.
Environmental scans/partnerships/models partnerships with other units within ALA/ACRL/STS and other STS Government Information Committee, Damon A., co-chair STS Publisher/Vendor DG, Matt Marsteller, co-chair ASEE ELD Scholarly Communication Committee, Mel D., chair
ACRL Scholarly Communications Committee ALCTS Scholarly Communication Committee/DG ALA Intellectual Freedom RT, copyright, etc. ACS Chemical Information Division, contact Andrea Twiss-Brooks(?) SPARC, Heather Joseph (Mel will contact today) Medical Librarians Association
Scan: Publishers Institutional Repositories (deposition, use internal vs. external, penetration, ...) Funder mandates (HHMI, NIH, Wellcome Trust, ...) Institutional mandates Subject repositories (arXiv, Project Bamboo) Technical report literature Consortial digitization projects Wikipedia Legislative/Government Government agencies (what can libraries/associations do to facilitate OA efforts)
Monitoring/Communicating Methods program planning committees STS Discussion Groups STS wiki (via STS Pubs) Surveys – via Assessment, Continuing Education, Liaison
Developing Assistance Methods Directory of STS member experts
Virtual meeting technologies ALA virtual communities Skype perhaps a face-to-face meeting at ACRL in Seattle
Federal Legislation
- OSTP Public Forum to Discuss Options for Improving Public Access to Results of Federally Funded Research
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FINAL REPORT - APRIL 2010: See: http://wikis.ala.org/acrl/index.php/Image:FINAL_REPORT_of_STS_Open_Access_Task_Force_4-26-10.pdf
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We've seen some really good replica Hermes bag reviews lately – the beautiful fake Birkin bagin Ostrich leather from UbGallery.co and the black replica Birkin bag from PurseValley.cn. Still, I think it's time to see some bad Hermes replica bags as well. These reminders are very good because this is how you train your eyes to recognize the bad fakes. It's also a good occasion to see what are some of the most common flaws a fake Hermes bag will have.
As a reminder, some of the most common ways to spot a fake Birkin bag are to check the stamp, the engraved belt, the shape, the stitching, the lock and the key. But I'm sure that those of you who have more knowledge about the Birkin bag know that there are many other details that make the Birkin what it is, the Holy Grail of luxury handbags.
First of all, do I really need to tell you that a real Hermes Birkin bag will never come cheap? This is the kind of designer bag that doesn't lose its value in time, so even if it's old and used, it's still going to cost a lot. For example, there is a seller on eBay who has listed two Hermes Birkin bags under the name of yuko0702. The seller is listed as top-rated seller and has 99.7% Positive feedback. The seller claims that the bags are authentic and yet one of them costs $100 and the other one $720.00. It is clear that these bags are not really authentic. You should be very careful when it comes to listings like this because no matter how tempting it is, you can be sure those bags are fake.
At the same time, I doubt that those who are very detail-oriented would ever buy a $200 replica. These are the people I wrote the post on custom-made fake Birkin bag for. Of course there's going to be a big difference between a handstitched replica and a machine-sewn Birkin!
How A Bad Fake Hermes Bag Looks Like
Here are some bags don't even fall under the category of a fake Birkin bag if you ask me. They are so far away from the original design that they should be considered Birkin dupes at most even though they have a stamp or an engraving. These are the kind of replicas that should cost under $100 and you should never pay more than that for a fake Hermes bag like this.
Rare Hermes Birkin Bags – Should You Get A Replica?
I would recommend you to avoid buying extremely rare or exotic replica Hermes bags unless you are positive they are really good copies. Just think of it this way: how could a crocodile-embossed fake Birkin bag that costs $300 ever look like an authentic Birkin that costs over $10,000? Just try to keep it real.
The Himalayan croc Birkin with diamonds is the perfect example of why you shouldn't go the extra mile sometimes. The authentic is priced at the exorbitant price of $432,000 (!!). So no matter how good a replica is, you just can't expect it to look like the real deal. And probably no one is going to believe you are wearing a real Birkin either because let's face it, how many people actually have this kind of money? The bag is extraordinary but I for one have come at peace with the fact that I will never afford something like this.
And now here are some replicas for comparison:
Oh, and there's another problem here. Let's say that the replica looks amazing and that it could actually pass off as authentic. But are you sure you are able to pull off wearing it? I don't want to offend anyone, but this is an important question if you want people to think you are wearing a real Birkin. So could people ever believe that you are wearing a bag that costs hundreds of thousands of dollars?
Fake Birkin Bag – Common Is Not Bad!
This is exactly the reason why I usually recommend you girls to choose a classic fake Birkin bag. This means:
1. Choosing popular Hermes Birkin colors like black, gold, etoupe or orange H
2. Choosing a common type of leather like Togo, Clemence or Epsom
3. Choosing a common size like 30 or 35 cm because you're likely to find more replicas
I know that having something more special makes anyone feel good but it's just not the safe choice when it comes to replica bags in general. Unless you are willing to spend a few thousand dollars on a handmade fake Birkin bag. That's the only situation where you can actually hope for your Hermes replica Birkin bag to look almost perfect.
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Real vs Fake Coach Authentication Tips: How To Tell The DifferenceCategories:Other Brands
I know this post on real vs fake Coach is a bit surprising for those of you who know I'm not the biggest fan of knockoff Coach handbags out there. But that doesn't matter as long as some of you girls are interested in this brand. Still, I have to admit that the new Coach 2016 bags are much more to my taste than the classic monogram pieces. They look much more current and elegant but don't get your hopes up. Good Coach knockoffs are difficult to find in general and the new ones even more.
There is a lot of information on real vs fake Coach online but some of the authentication tips either no longer apply or are wrong. So here are some real vs fake Coach authentication tips you should look out for.
Real vs Fake Coach: Myths vs Facts
The CC patterns should always align throughout the bag
Every real vs fake Coach guide will mention the CC canvas pattern. And that's because it's one of the easiest ways to spot a fake signature Coach handbag and also one of the most obvious. Most Coach knockoffs you will find online are made of this type of canvas, so it's really important to know how to spot the fake. The C pattern should always contain two rows of vertical and two rows of horizontal Cs that are perfectly aligned to the center of the bag. The only exception are the really small signature C bags where the pattern might be slightly off on the sides. The authentic CC pattern will not break even if there are pockets and seams on the bag! Also, the edge of the horizontal "C" and that of its vertical "C" counterpart should touch. Just remember that the C monogram pattern should always be symmetric at the center of the bag, without exception.
YKK Zippers
Even though most Coach bags feature YKK zippers that are of very good quality, this doesn't mean that an original Coach handbag cannot feature a different type of zipper. This includes older models and their smaller items. Coach has also used Talon zippers and IDEAL zippers in addition to YKK zippers and many other zippers suppliers so the fact that a Coach bag has or doesn't have YKK zippers is not enough to tell a real vs fake Coach.
The serial number
This is also an outdated real vs fake Coach authentication tip in most of the guides you'll find online. The serial number used to be embossed on the leather creed patch inside the bag but now it is sewn into the bag on a white fabric tag. But just like the old serial number, the current one should also start with N° followed by 2 numbers representing the year and 2 other digits. If the serial number has 5 digits, then it's probably a fake. So just because the bag does not have the serial number on the creed doesn't automatically mean it is a fake; on the contrary!
The new Coach bags are much subtler branding-wise and their designs have evolved a lot in my opinion. For example, all their pre-fall 2016 bags are made of gorgeous leather and most of them will only feature the signature horse and carriage logo on the hanging leather tag or the metallic logo on the exterior for their smaller items.
As you can see, Coach bags are some of the most difficult to authenticate replica bags online. So every time you check out a real vs fake Coach post or video, you should also take into account the fact that many things have changed in the past years. So don't authenticate your bag based on old information because some of the rules that applied 4 or 5 years ago do not apply anymore.
So forget about all the Cs and start paying more attention to their newer styles! Even though not all of them are particularly special or unique, they look much more elegant and luxurious than their older designs. But I'm sure it will take some time until we will find replicas of these Coach bags.
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How to spot a fake designer handbagCategories:Other Brands
Hi, girlfriends! If you have read a couple of my blog posts then you already know how passionate I am about replica designer handbags. But I never let my passion get in the way of making a wise purchase. I always say that research is essential for the success of any replica purse order and this is why I know how to make the difference between a good quality replica handbag and a poorly made one. If you are considering buying a fake purse online, you should really read the below guide before submitting the order. It will help you spend your money wisely on a replica designer purse that looks completely authentic and is also durable, the kind of purse that will enrich your wardrobe and style.
You won't believe how easy it is to find a great faux luxury handbag when you know what the essential steps for identifying authentic looking products are. Or if you want to purchase a second hand genuine designer purse and you are afraid to get tricked by the seller then you should also take a look at these advices.
Buying an authentic designer bag online is tricky
My opinion is that the best source for authentic handbags is an authorized dealer. Buying a purse from the Internet is a very risky decision. It doesn't matter if you are planning on purchasing it from an online store or from ebay, there is always a high change that you'll get tricked into paying a small fortune on a cheap knockoff. If you aren't an expert than it will be really difficult to know what to look for when checking how authentic looking a bag is. This is why I highly advise you to go to a Louis Vuitton store if you want to be sure that you are actually buying a Louis Vuitton purse.
The price is an indicator for its authenticity
Indeed, second hand designer handbags can be found mostly online so there is no getting around it. This is why you should use the price as a realistic indicator for its authenticity. Even if it is a pre-owned purse, it can't cost only a couple hundred dollars. A second hand designer handbag usually comes at half of its initial price, so if the new bag has the retail price of $2,000 then the pre-owned one should cost at least $1,000 depending on how well preserved it is.
Take a look at the hardware
When we are talking about ways of spotting a fake designer handbag, the hardware is one of the main things we should consider. Cheap quality replica designer purses have metallic parts that are made from a light stainless steel, with rough edges and without the proper markings and logos. Also, pay attention to the color of the hardware. Make sure that it is identical to the one of the authentic bag.
The stitching should be flawless
Designers pay great attention to the stitching of a bag, they make a real art from decorating their purses with some of the most complicated and flawless stitching patterns in the world. This is why it is essential to be careful at the stitching of the bag you are planning to buy. If the purse has an uneven, slanted or sloppy stitching then the product is surely a poorly made replica handbag. The number of stitches, distance between the stitches and the color of the threads- all of these are very important details that influence the authentic look of a purse.
Heat embossed stamp
It is no secret that the original brands have turned every stamp they emboss on their handbags into a complex way of authenticating the products. These stamps are very carefully designed and applied. This is the main reason why the heat embossed stamp represents one of the best ways of spotting afake designer handbag. My advice to you is to study very well the color of the ink, the font of the letters, the size of the stamp and the distance between the upper stitching of the bag and the stamp. On an authentic look designer bag, the stamp should be pretty high and close to the stitching. If the stamp is located in the center of the distance between the lock and the stitching then the product is definitely a cheap looking replica handbag. A very useful tip: on a genuine purse, the stamp will be look as it is part of the material.
A particularity of genuine Hermes handbags is that these have a blind stamp. Hermes does not make its products with the help of complicated machineries, but with the craft of experienced artisans who hand made every purse. These artisans are the ones who apply a blind stamp on the products, and this blind stamp represents the trademark and includes the date when it was made. This is why you need to examine the stamp of the Hermes bag and make sure that this isn't embossed too deep, like machine stamped bags. On an authentic purse, the stamp can be barely seen, especially from a distance.
Simply follow these tips and you will surely be able to find easily a high quality replica bag to purchase, a pre-owned designer purse or even an authentic one. No matter what you are planning to buy, the above guidelines are very useful for identifying an authentic looking designer purse. I know that they may seem just some small details, but these are so much more than that. These are the actual differences between a fake designer bag and a genuine looking one, the differences between a satisfactory purchase and a huge disappointment.
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How To Spot A Fake Lady Dior HandbagCategories:Other Brands
Today I want to tell you all about Lady Dior replica handbags and how you can spot a fake Lady Dior purse from an authentic bag. I consider that this is a very essential piece of information for my readers because by the day, replica manufacturers are getting better and better at making genuine looking Dior purses. Not long ago, spotting a fake was super easy, but these days replica bags are mirror images of the authentic products and you got to be an expert to know how to identify an imitation…or to simply read the below guide for spotting a Lady Dior replica handbag.
There are so many people online who sell fake Lady Dior Bags for a couple thousand dollars claiming that these are the real thing. Most often, shopper fall for it and end up paying a small fortune for a product that isn't worth more than $100. This happens because buyers do not know how to recognize a Dior replica handbag. Well, no more of this nonsense because I am prepared to fix this right now!
The thing is that exact replicas are difficult to spot. These are so well made that when you look at it, you are positive that it is the authentic Lady Dior purse. Usually a basic and thorough comparison between the genuine product and the replica will clear things up. How much does it cost such an exact Lady Dior replica bag? The usual price for it varies between $250 and $700, depending on the online store where you buy it. If you haven't bought a fake purse before and you need more information for understanding what are the main things you should compare between a replica Lady Dior and the real product there here you have some useful tips.
Quilting- Comparison is the key here
Compare the replica with the original bag. You can use pictures of the genuine product if you don't have access to the real Lady Dior purse. The shape of the quilting is very important and it is considered one of the best ways of determining how authentic a Dior bag is. See how bulge the quilting really is. Can you see any irregularities or flaws in the stitching? Regardless if the bag is very used and has flat quilting or if it comes in flat cannage stitching and does have the iconic Dior quilting, you can still use the quality of the stitching to see if the bag is a cheap replica or an authentic looking one. Try to count each space and column to see the difference, check the bottom and sides to see where the stitching starts and ends. But the overall appearance of the quilting is enough to tell you how genuine a Lady Dior fake looks. This should have a beautiful elegance, one that impresses your sight.
Heat embossed stamp
Over the years, Dior has changed numerous times its embossed stamp. Normally, a heat embossed stamp has written on one side Christian Dior Paris and on the other side the date code. The company uses a clear ink that matches the hardware used on the Lady Dior handbag. This stamp needs to be clearly printed and without any faded portions. You usually need to turn around the strip to see the date code. No matter how good the replica will be, there will still be a visible difference between the stamp of the original purse and of the replica one. The date code helps you see if the particularities of the bag match with the designs that were manufactured during that specific year. If the Lady Dior is similar to the style manufactured by the brand in a completely different year then you will know that it is a poorly made fake. Another very useful tip is to take a look at the stitching on the leather tab and compare it to the flawless stitching of authentic purses.
Verify the lining of the bag.
There are numerous types of lining used for Lady Dior bags as the company changes the color, print and material of the lining from a year to the other. This is done as to make things difficult for replica manufacturers who are trying to constantly copy Dior purses. Particular types of lining are specific for certain Lady Dior versions and these should be compared to the date code that is heat embossed on the product. For instance, before 2005 most Lady Dior handbags were made with cannage lining so these should have a date code of 2005 for earlier. If you see a date code of 2013 on a purse with cannage lining then that product is clearly a replica.
Don't forget about the handles
The handles of the Lady Dior handbag should be shaped slightly triangular with a semi-circular bent. Even though this sounds difficult to replicate, fake manufacturers have already found a way of copying this style of handles. My advice to you is to take a closer look at the space between the base and where the rounding of the handles start, and at the quality of the stitching. The space around and between the edges is important to examine. There is a big aesthetic difference between what you will see on a Lady Dior replica bag and what you will see on the authentic purse.
Do not ignore the power of the above advices. These guidelines are crucial when it comes to buying aLady Dior handbag online. Research is very important before placing an order on the Internet otherwise you may end up wasting your hard earned money on a cheap fake bag. After all, even it is just a couple hundred dollars, it is still your money and you should spend it wisely on a good quality Lady Dior purse that will complement your outfits and look real. You don't want to look foolish in front of everyone you know just because you didn't do your homework and you made the mistake of buying a cheap Lady Dior replica handbag online.
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This is the Best Hermes Replica Bag Ever: The Hermes Birkin Croc Fake BagCategories:Other Brands
Ladies I have to confess something. I have the bad habit of buying bags and forget about them. This is what happened to this amazingly beautiful Hermes Birkin Croc Fake Bag, I bought it almost a year ago and I absolutely forgot about it. I cannot believe that I have it for so long in my handbags wardrobe and I did not wear it till now. Yesterday I was looking for a purse that was able to complete my spring outfit and I discovered this magenta purple beautiful handbag.
I am sure that me and my Hermes Birkin Croc Replica Bag will be the best friend this spring and this summer and it will help me look beautiful every day, even if I go out to eat, if I meat my friends for a drink or if I go to the office. The crocodile leather still looks perfect, the color did not fade, it is still sturdy and it can still stand on its own. I loved the fact that for this bag you are able to choose the color of the hardware, because both gold and silver look very good on it you are able to decide how the hardware of your bag should be like. It is true that people are spread in two when it comes to gold or silver. In my opinion both gold and silver padlocks give the bag the same glamorous and sophisticated touch. It is very spacious; there is enough room inside it to carry all your daily stuff. The interior is made of leather of the same color like the exterior. It has a zipper pocket and a simple and bigger one on the other side. The stitching looks good, there are n spaces there or missed places.
Over all this is a beautiful Hermes Birkin Croc Fake Bag that will keep me company for one or two seasons and I am sure I will not be disappointed or get bored of it. I cannot wait for my work colleague to see it and admire it. Even if I already gave her the name of the web site I buy my bags from and she has an impressive collection of bags by now. I am proud of her.
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How to Spot a Fake Balenciaga HandbagCategories:Other Brands
I am sure that you adore Balenciaga bags and that you would love to include one to your collection, but the tircky thing when it comes to buy one is to distinguish the really bad Balenciaga fake purses from the real thing. This guide will help you understand the main differences and it will ensure the satisfaction of your purchase.
Look closer at the Zippers.
I know that you very often ignore this very small part of a handbag, but believe me it is one of the most important details of a purse. It can make the difference between an authentic product and aBalenciaga replica bag. The original company uses only zippers manufactured by Lampo. Fake handbags most often have the zippers marked with the word LAMPO instead of Lamp written in a slanted or italic font. This is a clear sign that the purse is fake. Plus, the "L" letter from "Lampo" needs to be extended under the other letter until the end of the word. The trademark symbol must also be present next to the word "Lampo".
Examine the Leather.
The quality of the leather is the most obvious part of a bag, the part that clearly shows you if the product is genuine of it is just another poor quality Balenciaga replica bag. The original purses are made from goatskin or lambskin leather. This type of material is very soft, smooth and light. And the fascination of the Balenciaga goes on- it shines, but not too much. It is durable, but delicate. It is distressed, but not exaggeratedly cracked out. Also, the tassels are made from the same type of leather as the rest of the bag.
The problem with Balenciaga replica bags is that these use leather that is overly shiny and too cracked out. The overall effect is a very unaesthetic one and anyone could tell this poor fake bag apart from the genuine Balenciaga.
Pay attention at the Straps.
The straps are another very important detail of a Balenciaga bag to which I think we don't pay enough attention at. An authentic purse will never have the end of the straps folded over. Only a poor quality Balenciaga replica bag could have this type of handles. Plus, usually, fake Balenciaga bags tend to have a more squared off bale.
And don't forget the Handles.
Dear fashionistas, do not forget to check out the handles. No real Balenciaga bag has handles with a coated or finished appearance. A good quality Balenciaga replica bag must have handles braided or weaved with leather. This is called "sueded leather", and has a very rough and unfinished look. It is more similar to shoelaces or rope. Most times, fake manufacturer fail at correctly cloning this small detail.
No one wants to buy a tacky replica bag that is outrageously obvious. In order to avoid the unfortunate situation of wearing a fake Balenciaga bag that everyone can spot as a replica, pay attention to all the above guideline before buying a knockoff. These advices will surely help you choose a Balenciaga replica purse that looks authentic, elegant and chic.
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by Cabrina Buckman
Extension Agent
For some kids, they want to have fun at a friend's house or an overnight camp, but when they get there they just feel sad or even scared and want to go home. When some kids get homesick, they may feel headaches or stomachaches. It is okay for your child to have homesickness. Talking to your child about being away from home and ways to lessen that homesick feeling is a good idea if your child is wanting to have sleepovers or go to overnight camps.
by Mackenzie Messer
Summer Intern
A great summer activity that is also a nice way to get exercise is hiking. We are lucky to live in the beautiful state of Kentucky where there are many places that everyone can enjoy a hike. However, staying safe on your adventures will make them much more enjoyable.
The 4-H Sharpshooters Club members their coaches and parents have been busy these last couple of weekends hosting their annual invitational tournaments. The first tournament was held at Hahn's Trap Range in Chaplin and the second was held at the Mercer County Fish and Game Club. Congratulations to our 4-H members who not only worked the tournaments, but also participated. Below are the results of these tournaments.
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During summer in Kentucky, we can see the temperatures begin to climb. Sometimes the heat may even become extreme. Therefore it is important that we are aware of how to stay safe when the temperatures become very high.
By Cabrina Buckman
County Extension Agent
By Mackenzie Messer
Extension Intern
Do you find yourself spending more money than you would like to at the grocery store? If so, you are certainly not alone. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, food is the third largest household expense for American households. Much of the expense associated with food shopping is due to overspending. Fortunately, there are many ways that you can save money at the grocery store without skimping on your needs! Below are some suggestions that will help you to save on your next grocery shopping trip:
One young Washington County resident is interning at the county's extension office.
Makenzie Messer, 21, of Willisburg is an Eastern Kentucky University student and said she's excited to be working where she grew up.
"I'm looking forward to a variety of things," she said. "It's not like a regular job where you do the same thing every day. It's always different."
Parenting requires a lot of energy and you may feel overwhelmed and exhausted. It can be hard to imagine finding time to take care of yourself when you are balancing so many other things. It is important to keep in mind that doing well starts with being well. You can learn to reduce your stress and nurture yourself. Both you and your child will reap the benefits. You don't have to be perfect. It is impossible to achieve because everyone has a different idea of perfection and we are all human. Try some of the following ideas to help keep your life in balance.
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Hopefully those of you who are in Austin already know that you can and should see Ceremony at the following shows:
Friday, March 16, Brooklyn Vegan / Power of the Riff / Thrasher / Converse "Death Match", Scoot Inn, 1308 E. 4th St. , 2pm (free)
Saturday, March 17, Mess With Texas, outside stage, 1105 E. 5th St., 2:45pm (free)
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It's Official: Little Mix is Coming to America!
Just over a year since they won The X Factor, Little Mix are on their way to superstardom after signing a deal with US record label Columbia, which also houses their Syco labelmates One Direction.
Perhaps inspired by The Saturdays who also inked a deal with Island Def Jam in the US in October, Little Mix will be releasing debut single 'Wings' as their first American release under the same label that looks after One Direction, Adele and Beyonce.
Announcing the news in an interview with US magazine Twist, Jade Thirwall said: "We want to show everybody what we're about and bring out our first single over here."
"'Wings' is the perfect introduction to Little Mix and what we're all about, so we can't wait to show it to everybody in America!"
Jesy Nelson says they chose 'Wings' as their debut single in the States as it boasts an "uplifting message."
"We wanted our first single to be a song that meant something to us, but also meant a lot to our fans," Jesy told the magazine.
"We wanted an uplifting message about believing in yourself, listening to what your mum says (because she's always right!) and just not letting any negativity bring you down."
Since becoming the first group to win The X Factor in 2011, Little Mix have achieved two number one singles and a top five album with their debut record, DNA.
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Extreme Food Drive to Coincide with Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Build in Hampton Roads
By ODU Athletics
Jan. 14, 2011
NORFOLK, Va. - Old Dominion University is partnering with the Extreme Food Drive at two upcoming basketball games, as part of a region wide food drive to be conducted during the Extreme Home Makeover that begins later this month in southside Hampton Roads. While one local family will receive a new house, courtesy of ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, thousands more in Hampton Roads will benefit from the donation of non-perishable food items.
Fans that bring a non perishable food item to the Lady Monarchs' contest with Georgia State on Sunday, Jan. 30 at 2 p.m., will be admitted to the game for only $5 (that's a savings of $5 off a general public ticket). Donations will also be accepted at the Monarchs' contest with Delaware on Wednesday, Feb. 2. at 7 p.m., at the Ted Constant Convocation center.
Complete information on how businesses, schools, churches and other organizations can participate in the Extreme Food Drive is available at www.extremetmc.com or by contacting the local food banks through their websites or by phone.
Food Bank of SE Virginia www.foodbankonline.org 757-627-6599
Food Bank of the VA Peninsula www.nnfoodbank.org 757-596-7188
Food Bank of the Albemarle www.afoodbank.org 252-335-4035
All the food collected will stay in the region to feed needy families in Hampton Roads and northeastern North Carolina.
About ABC-TVs Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
The Emmy award winning reality program "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," now in its 8th season, is produced by Endemol USA, a division of Endemol Holding. It is executive-produced by Brady Connell and George Verschoor. David Goldberg is Chairman, Endemol North America. The show airs Sundays from 8:00-9:00 p.m., ET on ABC.


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Well, that ruined my afternoon.
Carmelo Anthony's 42 points weren't enough today, as the Knicks lost to the Heat at MSG, 93-85. In the end, the Knicks missed Jeremy Lin and Amar'e Stoudemire as they didn't have the fire power to trump the Heat today. LeBron James and Dwayne Wade killed the Knicks today, combining for 57 points and 19 rebounds.
In my opinion, the Knicks played a pretty poor game today. Give Miami credit, but the Knicks did a lot of bad things today. They didn't rebound well, shoot well and had instances of spotty defense. However, I don't feel as bad about New York possibly facing Miami in the playoffs as I once did. I think the Knicks showed today that they can hang with the Heat, mainly due to the fact that they're a much improved defensive team. If Amar'e Stoudemire is back for the playoffs, which he is expected to be, New York's offense should receive a much needed lift. I think the biggest problem today is that the Knicks just couldn't score. Melo was cooking, but apart from him, the Knicks didn't get much from anyone else. JR Smith wasn't very good, Fields was horrible, Shumpert was mediocre and Baron was… well, Baron. I don't feel as bad about potentially playing Miami in the playoffs, but I'm still bitter about today's game. I hate losing to the Heat.
Here are my notes from the game:
- The Knicks couldn't rebound. Miami is a very middle of the road rebounding team, ranking 19th in offensive rebound rate and 18th in defensive rebounding rate, but they schooled New York on the boards tonight. The Knicks got out-rebounded 47-33 overall, 11-7 on the offensive boards. Tyson Chandler was only able to grab 5 boards on the afternoon, while his counterpart, Chris Bosh, was able to grab 14. LeBron James and Dwayne Wade also combined to grab 19 rebounds. The Knicks had to scrap offensively to try and win this game, and their inability to create second chance opportunities hurt them. Miami also had some key offensive rebounds in the 4th quarter that helped them put away the Knicks.
- Thanks for nothing, Baron. The Knick point guard was absolutely invisible in the game today. His stat line is pretty indicative of how horrible he was today. He shot 1/6 from the field, 0/3 from downtown, -13 and 3 points. He was absolute garbage in a game where the Knicks needed him to play well. Baron has been nothing short of horrible since joining the Knicks and today was pretty hard to watch.
- Mike Bibby bricked a wide open 3. That is why we get stuck having to watch Baron.
- Landry Fields was pretty bad today too. Late in the 2nd quarter, the Knicks led 44-41 thanks to Melo cooking the Heat defense. New York was about to have all the momentum going into the half. With about a minute left in the 2nd, Anthony found Fields for a wide open 15 footer, in which he completely bricked off the side of the rim. His brick was symbolic of a day full of Knick bricks, and it totally killed New York's momentum. Miami went on to lead 46-44 at halftime. I love Fields, but he was absolutely awful today. His lack of an offensive game really hurt the Knicks today. Fields dented the rim with some wide open shots today and finished with a measly 4 points. The Knicks needed scoring today, and Fields gave them none.
- Tyson Chandler hurt his knee, but isn't expected to miss any games.
- BAD JR! BAD! To his credit, JR Smith was the only Knick not named "Melo" to contribute offensively. However, his shot selection in the 4th quarter made my eyes hurt. In my opinion, he contributed to shooting the Knicks right out of the game. Between the turn around 3's and the forced bricks, Smith was pretty bad in the 4th. I do like the way he's shooting the ball from downtown, 4/9 today, but his inconsistency and inability to take good shots just drives me insane.
- Shumpert's defense wasn't great today. Admittedly, I have said in the past that I believe Shumpert can hang with Wade defensively. I still think he has the tools to do that, but he did a horrible job today. Shump is a great on-ball defender, but his off-ball defense needs work. Miami killed Shumpert today when they ran Wade through screens. Shumpert was unable to fight through them and as a result, Wade dominated the Knicks. The Knick rookie did have some nice moments of on-ball defense, such as his pick pocket steal of Wade in the 4th, but he did not play a great all-around defensive game.
- Steve Novak is a Jedi. Multiple times, Novak was stuck guarding LeBron James on a switch. Novak used his Jedi mind-tricks to force James into shooting low percentage jump shots, rather than taking the unathletic Knick Jedi to the rim. Good work, Master Novak.
- Melo was the man today. 42 points on 14/27 shooting. He was absolutely dominant today. He got to the rim, he hit the mid-range and he defended well. Neither James or Wade had any clue on how to guard Anthony today. James tried to play up on him, and Anthony ran right by him. Wade gave it a shot, and Melo's quickness gave him problems. I still believe Anthony is the most versatile scorer in the league, and today showed why. He scored in all facets of the offense and was dominant. My only criticism of Melo today is that he seemed to run out of gas a bit late in the 4th quarter. I don't totally blame him though. He was a one man show today. I'd run out of gas too if I had to carry a team for 42 minutes. Bad game for the Knicks. Great game for Anthony.


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CARSON CITY – Candidates in two of Nevada's hotly contested Congressional races debated the issues Thursday in separate 30-minute discussions on public television.
Rep. Joe Heck, R-Nev., faced off against state Assembly Speaker John Oceguera, D-Las Vegas, in the 3rd Congressional race, while Republican candidate Danny Tarkanian debated state Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford, D-Las Vegas, in the race for the newly created 4th Congressional District.
Heck has a slight lead in the District 3 race in Las Vegas, while Tarkanian has a modest edge in District 4 despite the strong Democratic registration advantage in the district that covers northern Clark County and much of rural Nevada.
Oceguera called the federal Affordable Care Act "a good start" that needs to be expanded, while noting that Heck has voted repeatedly to oppose the measure.
Good elements of the bill include no caps on medical costs and prohibitions on excluding people for preexisting conditions, he said.
Heck, a physician, agreed there are good elements in the bill, but that Congress needs to repeal the law and replace it with a better measure making health insurance affordable for everyone.
On the issue of Social Security, Heck was asked about a comment he made in 2011 but later backed off from when he called the program a "pyramid scheme." Congress needs to look at a variety of options increase the solvency of Social Security, including looking at raising the retirement age, he said.
"Part of the problem right now is the high unemployment rates under this administration, and we have fewer people paying into the system because they are not working," he said. "So the first thing to help shore up Social Security is get the economy started, get people back to work, so more people are paying into the system."
Oceguera said Heck has repeated the pyramid scheme statement on several occasions, making it clear he wants to privatize it. Oceguera said he would work to preserve and protect the program, not privatize it.
Oceguera was asked about his goal of protecting small business while at the same time supporting the expiration of the Bush tax cuts for those making more than $250,000 a year. He said the expiration of the tax cuts has to be part of a balanced approach that includes elements such as ending tax cuts for big oil companies and those companies shipping jobs overseas.
Heck said Oceguera voted in the Assembly to raise taxes on business, and the National Republican Congressional Committee has made his legislative record the focus of a campaign spot.
But Oceguera said that vote actually lowered payroll taxes for a majority of Nevada businesses.
The biggest controversy in the 30-minute discussion was an ad being run by Oceguera criticizing Heck, a former state Senator, for votes on a rape crisis center and abortion.
The ad cites Heck's 2007 vote on a bill funding a crisis center, and also says the Republican tried to restrict access to abortion for victims of rape.
Oceguera said he stands by the ad.
"Congressman Heck's record on women, women's health and safety, is clear," he said. "He voted to weaken the Violence Against Women Act, he voted twice to defund Planned Parenthood. He voted to make it so that the IRS could go in and audit a rape victim to ask them to have them prove that they had been raped."
Heck said Oceguera's statements are blatantly false and have been rejected by the media.
"The votes that he references in the Senate were the end of session pork bills that had 30 to 40 different little pet projects, some of which were very reasonable and very worthwhile, but which never received a public hearing," he said. "I'm into transparency and accountability. If my opponent wants to pass bills and pet projects and pork in the middle of the night, what will he do in Congress?"
In the second debate, Tarkanian spent much of his time criticizing Horsford for what he said were mischaracterizations of his positions.
Horsford said his references to Tarkanian's positions on Medicare privatization, immigration and other issues are accurate and point out his extreme positions.
Tarkanian said he supported Arizona's anti-immigration law because the state had a right to do what it thought necessary to protect the health and safety of its residents. Nevada's elected officials have to review for themselves if such a law is needed here, he said.
Horsford says Congress needs to enact comprehensive immigration reform.
Tarkanian criticized Horsford for consistently voting in the Legislature to raise taxes on business.
"He does have a record and it's a failing record," he said.
Horsford said he is proud of his record in the Legislature, working across party lines to create jobs and reduce payroll taxes on small business.
"He's not accurate," Horsford said. "I have a strong record, he does not."
He said Tarkanian has run for office four times and been rejected by voters because of his extreme positions.
Tarkanian said Horsford has spent years in the Legislature but has failed to come up with plans to create jobs.
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Rep. Joe Heck says Congress needs to consider changes to preserve the Social Security system:
101112Heck :13 into the system."
Assembly Speaker John Oceguera says he stands by an ad criticizing Heck's positions on women's health and safety:
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ANDERSON, S.C. – Senior Carlos Recinos led the Cobra men's soccer team to a 2-1 victory over Anderson University by scoring a goal and assisting on another on Wednesday afternoon. The win improves the Cobras to an even 2-2 on the year.
It was a fairly even match between the Cobras and the Trojans, but Coker was first to strike as Kevin Arellana took a pass from Recinos and split the defense right down the middle on his way to a goal in the 13th minute of the game.
The score remained 1-0 in favor of the Cobras until Lars Zimmerman found the back of the net in the final minute of the opening period, tying the game at one.
It was a defensive battle for most of the second half, but a one-timer in the box by Recinos from Fernando Bedoya in the 73rd minute broke the deadlock and gave the Cobras the eventual 2-1 win.
This was the final non-conference meeting between Anderson and Coker, as the Cobras move to the South Atlantic Conference next season.
Coker returns to the pitch on Tuesday for its first Conference Carolinas match of the season. The Cobras travel to King College for a 4 p.m. kick-off.


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An Overview of W3C Semantic Web Activity
Both authors of this article are with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Eric Miller is Semantic Web Activity Lead and can be reached by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com; Ralph Swick is Technology and Society Domain Technical Lead, e-mail: email@example.com.
The Semantic Web is an extension of the current Web in which the meaning of information is clearly and explicitly linked from the information itself, better enabling computers and people to work in cooperation. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Semantic Web Activity, in collaboration with a large number of researchers and industrial partners, is tasked with defining enabling standards and technologies to allow data on the Web to be defined and linked in such a way that it can be used for more effective discovery, automation, integration and reuse across various applications. The Web can reach its full potential if it becomes a place where data can be shared and processed by automated tools as well as by people.
The Semantic Web fosters and encourages greater data reuse by making it available for purposes not planned or conceived by the data provider. Suppose you want, for example, to locate news articles published in the previous month about companies headquartered in cities with populations under 500,000 or to compare the stock price of a company with the weather at its home base or to search online product catalogs for an equivalent replacement part for something. The information may be there in the Web, but currently only in a form that requires intensive human processing.
The Semantic Web will allow two things. First, it will allow this information to surface in the form of data, so that a program doesn't have to strip the formatting, pictures and ads off a Web page and guess at how the remaining page markup denotes the relevant bits of information. Second, it will allow people to write (or generate) files that explain to a machine the relationship between different sets of data. For example, one will be able to make a semantic link between a database with a zipcode column and a form with a zip field to tell the machines that they do actually mean the same thing. This will allow machines to follow links and facilitate the integration of data from many different sources. When the relationships among data are fully accessible to our machines, our machines will be able to help us browse those relationships and interpret the data as well as assess the appropriateness of the data for our intended purposes.
This notion of being able to semantically link various resources, such as documents, images, people or concepts, is an important one. With semantic links we can move from the current Web of simple relationships like links-to to a more expressive, semantically rich Web a Web where we can incrementally add meaning and express a whole new set of relationships (hasLocation, worksFor, isAuthorOf, hasSubjectOf, dependsOn, etc.). These relationships can make explicit the particular contextual relationships that are either implicit or expressed in the current Web only in prose that is impossible for machines to interpret. This enhancement in turn opens doors for a whole new set of effective information integration, management and automated services.
The Semantic Web is a place where strongly controlled (or centralized) metadata vocabulary registries can flourish alongside special-purpose, small community or even private vocabularies. The Semantic Web technology supports free co-mingling of vocabularies as well as the ad-hoc definition of new relationships to construct data descriptions. In addition, instructions for processing data in specific ways can be expressed in the Semantic Web using the same technologies used to describe the data. So discovery mechanisms that work for data will also work for procedures to operate on the data. Trust mechanisms to permit an application to evaluate whether specific data or procedures are suitable for use in a given context are simply more data and relationships in the Semantic Web architecture; that is, they are an integral part of the Semantic Web vision.
The development of the Semantic Web is well underway in at least two very important areas: (1) from the infrastructural and architectural position defined by W3C and (2) in a more directed application-specific fashion by those leveraging Semantic Web technologies in various demonstrations, applications and products. This article provides a brief introduction to both of these developmental areas with a specific focus on those in which the W3C is directly involved.
More information on the Semantic Web, including additional projects, products, efforts and future directions, is available on the Semantic Web home page (www.w3.org/2001/sw/).
Enabling Standards
Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs) (www.w3.org/Addressing/) are a fundamental component of the current Web and are in turn a foundation for the Semantic Web. URIs provide the ability for uniquely identifying resources of all types not just Web documents as well as relationships among resources. An additional fundamental contribution toward the Semantic Web has been the development of the Extensible Markup Language (XML) (www.w3.org/XML/). XML provides an interoperable syntactic foundation upon which the languages to represent relationships and meaning are built. The Resource Description Framework (RDF) (www.w3.org/RDF/) family of languages leverages XML, URIs and the Web to provide a powerful means of expressing and representing these relationships and meaning.
The W3C Semantic Web Activity (www.w3.org/2001/sw/) plays a leadership role in both the design of specifications and the open, collaborative development of technologies focused on representing relationships and meaning and the automation, integration and reuse of data. The base level RDF 1.0 standard was defined in 1999. RDF 1.0 and RDF Schema (RDF Vocabularies) are currently being refined based on implementation experience, and more expressive higher layers are being addressed.
The base level standards for supporting the Semantic Web are currently being refined by the RDF Core (www.w3.org/2001/sw/RDFCore/) Working Group. This group is chartered to revise and formalize the original RDF Model and Syntax Recommendation (www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-rdf-syntax-19990222/), which provides a simple, yet powerful, assertional framework for representing information in the Web. Additionally, this group is tasked to layer upon this general descriptive framework a simple means for defining RDF Vocabularies (www.w3.org/TR/rdf-schema/). RDF Vocabularies are descriptive terms such as service, book, image, title, description or rights that are useful to communities interested in recoding information in a way that enables effective reuse, integration and aggregation of data. Additional deliverables include a precise semantic theory (www.w3.org/TR/rdf-mt/) associated with these standards useful for supporting future work, as well as a primer (www.w3.org/TR/rdf-primer/) designed to provide the reader the basic fundamentals required to effectively use RDF in their particular applications.
The Web Ontology (www.w3.org/2001/sw/WebOnt/) Working Group standards efforts are designed to build upon the RDF core work a language, OWL (www.w3.org/TR/owl-ref/), for defining structured, Web-based ontologies. Ontologies can be used by automated tools to power advanced services such as more accurate Web search, intelligent software agents and knowledge management. Web portals, corporate website management, intelligent agents and ubiquitous computing are just some of the identified scenarios (www.w3.org/TR/webont-req/) that helped shape the requirements for this work.
Semantic Web Advanced Development (SWAD)
Code modules such as libwww (www.w3.org/Library/) accelerated the early deployment of the Web, and to a similar end the W3C is devoting resources to the creation and distribution of components to assist in the deployment of the Semantic Web.
These W3C Semantic Web Advanced Development initiatives are designed to work in collaboration with a large number of researchers and industrial partners to stimulate various complementary areas of development that will help facilitate further deployment and future standards work associated with the Semantic Web.
SWAD DAML. SWAD DAML is a project within the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) Agent Markup Language (DAML) (www.daml.org/) Program. The SWAD DAML (www.w3.org/2000/01/sw/daml) project combines research and development to define the architectural layering of the languages of the Semantic Web infrastructure. SWAD DAML builds critical components of that infrastructure and demonstrates how those components can be used by practical, user-oriented applications. It both seeks to define a logic language framework on top of RDF and the OWL vocabulary and to build basic tools for working with RDF, OWL and this logic framework.
To demonstrate some practical applications of these tools to manipulate structured information, SWAD DAML is deploying them to maintain the ongoing activities of the W3C, including access control, collaboration, document workflow tracking and meeting management. Another component of SWAD DAML is focused on the informal and often heuristic processes involved in document management in a personalized information environment. Integrated into SWAD DAML will be tools to enable authors to control terms under which personal or sensitive information is used by others, a critical feature to encourage sharing of semantic content.
SWAD-Europe. SWAD-Europe (www.w3.org/2001/sw/Europe/) aims to highlight practical examples of where real value can be added to the Web through Semantic Web technologies. The focus of this Advanced Development initiative is on providing practical demonstrations of how (1) the Semantic Web can address problems in areas such as sitemaps, news channel syndication, thesauri, classification, topic maps, calendaring, scheduling, collaboration, annotations, quality ratings, shared bookmarks, Dublin Core (http://dublincore.org/) for simple resource discovery, Web service description and discovery, trust and rights management and (2) effectively and efficiently integrate them.
The focus of the SWAD-Europe deliverables are to exploit the enabling standards that have already been developed and not to depend upon future technologies identified with the Semantic Web architecture. Thus, the SWAD-Europe work is demonstrating the potential of what can be built on existing Semantic Web standards.
SWAD-Europe will additionally engage in exploratory implementation and pre-consensus design in such areas as querying and the integration of multiple Semantic Web technologies. This effort will provide input and experiences to future standards work.
SWAD Simile. Under the SWAD initiatives, W3C is also working with Hewlett-Packard (www.hp.com/), Massachusetts Institute of Technology ((MIT) Libraries (http://libraries.mit.edu/), and MIT's Laboratory for Computer Science (MIT LCS) (www.lcs.mit.edu/) on Project Simile (http://web.mit.edu/simile/www/). Simile seeks to enhance interoperability among digital assets, schemas, metadata and services across distributed individual, community and institutional stores and across value chains to provide useful end-user services by drawing upon the assets, schemas and metadata held in such stores. Simile will leverage and extend DSpace (http://dspace.org/), also developed by MIT and HP, enhancing DSpace's support for arbitrary schemas and metadata, primarily through the application of RDF and Semantic Web techniques. The project also aims to implement a digital asset dissemination architecture based upon Web standards, enabling services to operate upon relevant assets, schemas and metadata within distributed stores.
The Simile effort will be grounded by focusing on well-defined, real-world cases in the libraries domain. Since parallel work is underway to deploy DSpace at a number of leading research libraries, we hope that such an approach will lead to a powerful deployment channel through which the utility and readiness of Semantic Web tools and techniques can be demonstrated compellingly in a visible and global community.
SWAD Oxygen. The Oxygen Project (http://oxygen.lcs.mit.edu/), a joint effort of the MIT LCS and the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (MIT AI), is designed to make pervasive, human-centered computing a reality through a combination of specific user and system technologies. Oxygen's user technologies directly address human interaction needs: automation (http://oxygen.lcs.mit.edu/Automation.html), individualized knowledge access (http://oxygen.lcs.mit.edu/KnowledgeAccess.html) and collaboration (http://oxygen.lcs.mit.edu/Collaboration.html) technologies help us perform what we want to do in the ways we like to do them. In Oxygen, these technologies enable the formation of spontaneous collaborative regions that provide support for recording, archiving and linking fragments of meeting records to issues, summaries, keywords and annotations.
A goal of the Semantic Web is to foster similar collaborative environments human-to-human and human-to-machine and the W3C is working with project Oxygen to help realize this goal. The ability for "anyone to say anything about anything" is an important characteristic of the current Web and is a fundamental principal of the Semantic Web. Knowing who is making these assertions is increasingly important in trusting these descriptions and enabling a Web of Trust. The Annotea (www.w3.org/2001/Annotea/) advanced development project provides the basis for associating descriptive information, comments, notes, reviews, explanations or other types of external remarks with any resource. Together with XML digital signatures, the Annotea project will provide a test-bed for Web-of-Trust Semantic Web applications.
Education and Outreach
To fulfill its leadership role and facilitate the effectiveness and efficiency of the W3C Semantic Web Activity, a strong focus on education and outreach is important. The RDF Interest Group (www.w3.org/RDF/Interest/) continues to be an extremely effective forum in which developers and users coordinate public implementation, share deployment experiences of RDF and help each other promote the Semantic Web.
Arising out of RDF Interest Group discussions are several public issue-specific mailing lists, including RDF-based calendar and group scheduling systems (http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-rdf-calendar/), logic-based languages (http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-rdf-logic/), queries and rules for RDF data (http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-rdf-rules/) and distributed annotation and collaboration (http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-annotation/) systems. Each of these discussion groups focuses on complementary areas of interest associated with the Semantic Web activity.
Future education and outreach plans include the formation of a Semantic Web education and outreach group designed to develop strategies and materials to increase awareness among the Web community of the need for and benefits of the Semantic Web and to educate the Web community regarding best practice solutions and enabling technologies associated with the Semantic Web.
The Semantic Web is an extension of the current Web in which information is given well-defined meaning, better enabling computers and people to work in cooperation. It is based on the idea of having data on the Web defined and linked such that it can be used for more effective discovery, automation, integration and reuse across various applications.
The Semantic Web provides an infrastructure that enables not just Web pages, but databases, services, programs, sensors, personal devices and even household appliances to both consume and produce data on the Web. Software agents can use this information to search, filter and prepare information in new and exciting ways to assist Web users. New languages make significantly more of the information on the Web machine-readable to power this vision and will enable the development of a new generation of technologies and toolkits.
The seeds of the Semantic Web have been present within the Web from the time of Tim Berners-Lee's original Web proposal. For the Web to reach its full potential, it must grow and incorporate this Semantic Web vision, providing a universally accessible platform that allows data to be shared and processed by automated tools as well as by people. The W3C Semantic Web Activity is a multi-faceted program of basic research, collaborative technology development and open consensus-based standards setting to bring the Semantic Web to a reality and open the door to a whole new set of effective information integration, management and automation services.
For Further Reading
Resource Description Framework (RDF)
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