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KALAMAZOO—The Kalamazoo Film Society will present "The Impossible" Friday through Sunday, March 8-10, at Western Michigan University's Little Theatre.
Show times are 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday; 4:30, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Saturday; and 2:30, 5 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $5.
"The Impossible" is based on the harrowing, true life story of a couple and their three children on Christmas vacation in Thailand in 2004. Their idyllic holiday abruptly ends as a tsunami swallows the island; the film is a tribute to the family as they struggle for their lives against the destruction that envelopes them. Naomi Watts was nominated for an Academy Award for her role as the mother determined to keep her family together and alive.
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YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- What had once been a kid's playroom is now a shoe "warehouse" of sorts for one Yorktown mom.
Kara Schwartz -- who goes by Kara Mac professionally -- launched ShoeCandy in December 2014 and has since grown the company beyond her wildest dreams — with more exciting things on the horizon.
Mac, a long time shoe aficionado and mother of two, said she found it challenging to find stylish shoe options that would work for every part of her hectic life. So, she set out to create something that could instantly adapt to suit the needs of the wearer without compromising style or quality.
A former designer for Ralph Laren, she launched her idea at the MA Conference for Women where 10,000 women were in attendance (Hillary Clinton was the keynote speaker).
"I drove back to New York that night with butterflies in my stomach," she said.
"I took so many orders, I had no idea how I would pick, pack and ship them all by myself."
That's when her friend Ann Merin, who had ordered shoes through the web boutique, reached out to ask if she could invest. "She came to NY [she lives in CA] a few weeks later and we locked ourselves in a hotel room for 48 hours, strategizing," said Mac.
"I have strong creative skills and Ann has an impressive business background. I thought that a partnership would strengthen the trajectory of the company as I was doing everything on my own. A few months later, we officially partnered and rebranded Kara Mac to ShoeCandy by Kara Mac."
It's also how "the Warehouse" came about. Mac, whose business has a Mount Kisco address, said she keeps most inventory in a rented facility in town and houses four pairs of each style in each color at her home. When she runs low, she takes a drive and restocks.
There are now nine shoe styles, some in more than one color, making a total of 14 options. What's interesting about the shoe — and what makes it so unique -- is its "candy accessories," a variety of interchangeable high and low heel covers, toe clips and T-Straps, which change the look of the footwear in a matter of seconds.
"One pair of shoes can literally become 25+ different looks," she explained.
While her shoes are classic -- basically designed to never go out of style -- the trend is in the "candy." "Last year's accessory trends can be replaced using this year's accessories trends," she said.
It's the "new way to shoe" that has made her company so successful so fast.
Mac likes to say her products are not just a shoe, they're an experience. "The heel to toe, instant customization is the first of it's kind and we were recently granted a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office," she said.
"We go on the road to demonstrate and educate the customer so she sees that she really can change the heel covers and accessories to match every outfit in her closet.
"Plus, it's convenient, practical and fun; great for commuting and travel. You can go from morning to night and day to day with one shoe, but have a new look each time you change your outfit."
Her quality shoes and accessories are made in an artisan factory in the leather shoemaking capital of Brazil with the best local leathers, she added.
Mac's goal is to have a "ShoeCandy Factory" flagship store in Manhattan similar to the American Girl or Build a Bear Workshop model.
"Not only can you make a purchase, women, teens, tweens and girls will actually be able to create their own 'candy' and walk out of the factory with a shoe, that they can say, 'I designed it,'" said Mac.
"It will be very interactive and when the mom and daughter get home and the father asks, 'Did you make a purchase at the ShoeCandy Factory?' the mom will answer, 'We didn't just make a purchase, we made a memory.'"
ShoeCandy by Kara Mac sells via its web boutique at www.karamac.com/ and will be showing in New York's Chelsea Market in the ID Pop Shop Monday, April 24 through Sunday, April 30.
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Before Adrian, Jagord served in various roles with professional sports teams in the departments of operations and media relations. He is also a member of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Jagord graduated from State University of New York (SUNY) College with two bachelor's degrees with honors in communication. While there, Jagord completed major fields in communication studies, public communication, and broadcasting/new media while writing for the school newspaper's The Record. He also holds a web page design certificate from SUNY Erie.
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Distributed data environments present a constant challenge. The idea of giving users in the field individual copies of data or subsets of data horizontally filtered for their areas of responsibility is easy to grasp but not necessarily easy to implement. Typically, field users must periodically synchronize their data with a central database to maintain an enterprise data set. The ability of field and headquarters users to update the same records in different copies of the database exacerbates the complexity of such a distributed environment. Add slow modem connections from hotel rooms, and you have the potential for some big headaches.
SQL Server 7.0 adds merge replication to SQL Server 6.5's snapshot and transactional replication. Merge replication is more complicated than the other types but is potentially the most useful for distributed data environments. Of the three types, merge replication provides the highest level of autonomy. Publishers and subscribers can work independently and reconnect periodically to merge their results. If users at multiple sites create a conflict by trying to change the same data element, those changes are resolved automatically. These characteristics make merge replication an ideal solution for applications in which users need full read/write access to local replicas of data in a highly disconnected environment. This article describes a real-world solution we developed for a client using merge replication and shows you how to use the replication wizards to configure replication. (For information on how SQL Server incorporates merge replication, see "Behind the Scenes," page 29.)
The Show Must Go On
Our client operates a popular circus and other live entertainment performances. About 40 users are responsible for various engagements, which headquarters assigns. As headquarters changes assignments, users in the field must adjust their data sets to maintain only records for which they are responsible. The client's previous solution used Sybase's SQL Anywhere, which supports SQL code in a trigger that changes the user's subscription based on the assignments stored in a table in the headquarters database. The client decided to move to SQL Server 7.0 but needed to continue supporting the users' distributed data requirements.
The users need only the data they're responsible for. So when they synchronize their data, they might gain new data or give up data, based on their user ID in the field_user table. Therefore, we needed to filter the data in the field_user table based on user ID, and we needed to enable inserting and deleting of rows in related tables. The solution also had to support the synchronization of field and headquarters data modifications. We believed that dynamic and join filtering, combined with the conflict-resolution capabilities of merge replication, could meet these requirements.
To demonstrate the functionality that the client wanted, we used the Pubs sample database to simulate the operational environment. We added a table called field_user, which matches users with events. Screen 1 shows a partial database diagram of our modified Pubs database with the field_user table and related tables. Using this structure, we set out to demonstrate to our client the power of combining dynamic and join filtering in merge replication.
The Mechanics of Merge
The first step was to create the tables in the database. The SQL script in Listing 1 creates these tables. Before you designate a publisher, you need to specify a distributor for that publisher. Either the local server or a remote server can act as the distributor for the publisher. In this case, use the Configure Publishing and Distribution Wizard to configure your server as both a publisher and a distributor. To start the Configure Publishing and Distribution Wizard, select and double-click a server group, then select and double-click a server. On the Tools menu, point to Replication, then click Configure Publishing and Subscribers.
The next step prompts you to specify a location for the distribution database and the log file or accept the default values, which you see in Screen 2. Then click Finish in the next dialog box to enable both the distributor and the publisher. A message box tells you that the configuration process was successful. Note that designating a server as a distributor uses additional server disk space to store the distribution database and the snapshot of the publication. Also, the replication agents running on the server use additional processor time.
After you set up the distributor and publisher, you have a tool called Replication Monitor installed on your system. Using this tool, you can monitor details about the current activity and the task history of each replication agent. Now you're ready to create publications.
To start the Create Publication Wizard, click the Publisher. On the Tools menu, point to Replication, then click Create and Manage Publications. In the databases and publications list, click the database to create a publication from, then click Create Publication to bring up the Create Publication Wizard welcome dialog box. Click Next to proceed. On the Choose Publication Type screen, choose Merge publication, as you see in Screen 3, page 26. The next dialog box lets you specify subscriber types. In this case, all subscribers are SQL Servers. As Screen 4 shows, Specify Articles lets you choose all or a subset of the articles (tables) for publication. Subscribers can subscribe only to a publication, not to individual articles within a publication.
When publishing a table under merge replication, SQL Server changes the database schema: It identifies a unique column for each row in the table being replicated. This column identifies the row uniquely across multiple copies of the table. If the table contains a uniqueidentifier column with the ROWGUIDCOL property, SQL Server automatically uses that column as the row identifier for the replicated table. Otherwise, SQL Server adds a rowguid column (with the ROWGUIDCOL property) to the table. SQL Server adds an index and the rowguid column, as in Screen 5.
After you specify articles, the wizard prompts you to provide a name and description for the publication, as in Screen 6. Next, build the dynamic and merge-filtering properties into the publication. Select Yes to implement filtering. The next screen confirms your decision to filter the data in the publication. We wanted to filter the data to the subscribers based on rep_id, which maps to the Windows NT logon ID. So we selected the dynamic filtering option, as in Screen 7. With the dynamic filter, all field users can subscribe to the same publication. During synchronization, the Merge Agent uses the subscriber's username, which maps to the value in the rep_id column of the field_user table, to connect to the publisher and transmits only the data specific to that username. We used the intrinsic function SUSER_SNAME() to return the login ID name from a user's SID, as you see in Screen 8.
The next screen leads to the creation of the join filters. Join filters let you extend the filtering of rows in one table to rows in related tables. We had already filtered the field_user table horizontally for publication. We also wanted to include in the publication other tables that contain data related to the data in the field_user table. However, we didn't want the publication to include all the data in the related tables. Join filters let you include only those rows in the related table that you define as relevant to the publication. In Screen 9 you can see that the wizard automatically specifies the necessary joins on all related tables.
On the next screen, you can choose to allow anonymous subscribers or enabled subscribers. We chose enabled subscribers because we wanted to limit access to the publications to only qualified field representatives. Next, a dialog box lets you set the schedule for the snapshot process. The wizard automatically creates a job based on the schedule you set. Before a subscriber can participate in the merge replication process, the subscription must have a starting point. The subscriber must have tables with the same schema and data as the publisher tables. The snapshot process generates the initial synchronization by copying the complete current publication from the publisher to the subscriber.
Now click Finish, and the wizard creates the publication based on the options you selected and returns you to the Create and Manage Publications dialog box, where you'll see under the Pubs database an icon displaying the new pubs_merge article that you created. Congratulations! You created your first merge article with dynamic and merge filtering.
The Subscriber's Side
Let's take a look at the other side of the replication process—the subscriber. This stage of replication is generally self-explanatory, and the Pull Subscription Wizard does an excellent job of walking you through the steps. However, in our scenario, it was important to look more closely at two aspects of security planning: publication access lists (PALs) and agent login security.
PALs. SQL Server lets you determine which logins have access to publications. SQL Server creates the PAL with default logins, but you can add or delete logins from the list. You can view or modify the properties of a publication through the Tools menu: Point to Replication, then click Create and Manage Publications. Select the publication and click Properties and Subscription. In the Properties dialog box, click Publication Access List. We added all the field reps' logins to the Publication Access List tab of the Properties dialog box, which Screen 10 shows.
Agent login security. Replication implements login security by requiring a user to have a valid login account and password to connect to a publisher, distributor, or subscriber. Replication agents, which run under SQL Server Agent, use the associated logins and passwords to connect to the various replication objects and to perform their roles in the synchronization process. On Windows 9x platforms, which our client uses on the client side, SQL Server Agent and the replication agents run under the security account of the user logging on to Windows. On NT platforms, the replication agents run under the login or security context of the SQLServerAgent service.
Dynamic filtering criteria based on the login ID works well for Win9x subscribers, but not for NT subscribers. For NT subscribers, you need to modify the Merge Agent's login properties so that it runs under the account of the user who is logging on to NT. You can access this feature by clicking the Pull Subscriptions folder in the database folder, as in Screen 11, then right-clicking the pull subscription icon and selecting Properties from the object menu. At the Pull Subscription Properties dialog box, click the Security tab. Here, you specify the login account the Merge Agent uses to access both the publisher and the distributor. We used the user's login account.
Whether you're supporting a mobile sales team, a data warehouse, or another distributed environment, replication becomes the keystone in carrying data quickly and reliably throughout the enterprise. SQL Server 7.0 provides a variety of scalable replication solutions that can fulfill the broadest spectrum of information requirements.Corrections to this Article:
- Letters (January 2000)- Correction In "Merge Zone" (November), the database diagram contained an error. The correct diagram has an additional table, field_user, that is used for the dynamic filtering criteria. See sidebar in Letters (January 2000).


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Funeral services for 6-year-old Dominic S. Brown are slated for Saturday, while investigators from the Worcester District Attorney's office await autopsy results to determine why the child died.
Paul Jarvey, a spokesman for Worcester District Attorney Joseph D. Early, said Wednesday that a cause of death had not yet been determined but it is not considered suspicious. Dominic died suddenly Sunday morning while he was with his father, Stephen M. Panosky, in Holden.
Pupils at North Brookfield Elementary School, where Dominic attended first grade, paused for a moment of silence when they returned from winter break Wednesday, one parent said.
Dominic leaves his mother, Meishara D. Brown, and a brother, Nathan M. Brown, according to his obituary. He was a member of the local Tiger Scouts and played basketball.
Officials had alerted parents of the death using a reverse calling system. The school was cleaned and the state department of public health was contacted, officials said.
Calling hours are from 5-8 p.m. Friday with a funeral at 10 a.m. Saturday at the First Congregational Church on Main Street, Rutland. Dominic will be laid to rest at Worcester County Memorial Park in Paxton.


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That, combined with Mark Ellis still having not been placed on the disabled list (hasn't played since April 26) and Hanley Ramirez injuring his hamstring on Friday night -- landing him on the DL -- and the Dodgers are quite the mess.
And that isn't even considering the pitching, which hasn't been that good of late. Clayton Kershaw and Kenley Jansen were nails on Friday night, while Ronald Belisario wasn't. Matt Magill was roughed up to the tune of five runs in 1 1/3 innings -- a bit disappointing after his MLB debut April 27. The bullpen has a couple of guys who probably won't be available (J.P. Howell and Javy Guerra), so Hyun-jin Ryu needs to throw a hell of a game on Sunday.
Scott Van Slyke?
(Photo: Van Slyke is the batter on-deck)
Van Slyke is starting to make a believer out of me (again), as he's posted a .408/.488/.767 triple slash through his first 29 games of the Triple-A season. He's doing nothing but hitting, yet he can't get the call. Instead, the Dodgers need five utility infielders, only one of whom has any pop (Juan Uribe). This team doesn't need guys like Luis Cruz or Justin Sellers, especially after recalling Dee Gordon to take over for the injured Ramirez. And Gordon did as much offensively in one game than Cruz and Sellers have done the entire season -- combined (not exaggerating as much as one might think).
Sellers has options, and no team in its right mind would place a waiver claim on a guy hitting .095. Cruz could opt for free agency and, for whatever reason, the Dodgers appear afraid of losing him to that. I mean, in what world does a guy with a .095 batting average in 67 plate appearances get to remain on a Major League baseball team?
This team needs pop off the bench. While Van Slyke is strictly a first baseman these days, a spot start every once in a while in a corner outfield spot probably isn't out of the question.
I'd be calling out for Alex Castellanos to be added to the 25-man roster, but he's on the 7-day DL in Triple-A. Both he and Van Slyke deserve to be on the team. It isn't like their development would be stunted if they were members of a Major League bench -- both are in their age-26 seasons and likely aren't going to get any better at this point, though, Van Slyke is trying to prove otherwise.
Van Slyke's improved physique should also be taken into account. He's not the same player he was last year or in previous years. He's trimmed down and it appears to be helping him.
He isn't going to save the team, but there isn't much harm in having a guy like that available off the bench.
Either that or recall Yasiel Puig (I'm only half-kidding).


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Please join us from 4pm to 7pm in the Templeton Campus Center to celebrate Lewis & Clark's 8th Annual Pio Fair. The picnic dinner will be in Fields Dining Hall and all of the student organization, department, and community partner information tables will be in Stamm. Our featured entertainment, Bear Mountain, will be performing in the Trail Room from 5pm to 6pm.
Come have fun Oregon style - dance, meet and greet, and eat inside while it rains!
- Kick off the 2013-2014 academic year with Pio Pride at the 8th Annual Pio Fair!
- Enjoy a free picnic dinner and live entertainment featuring Bear Mountain!
- Meet some Newfoundlands - L&C's mascot!
- Reconnect with and meet L&C students, faculty and staff!
- Meet student leaders from the Campus Activities Board (CAB) and the Associated Students of Lewis & Clark (ASLC) and learn about what they have planned for the year and how you can get involved!
- Check out L&C's student organizations and departments!
Pio Fair traditionally happens each year (this year we're celebrating our eighth year!) at the end of the first week of classes. It's our way of celebrating the start of the new academic year, and introducing students, faculty, staff and community partners to L&C's 100+ student organizations…all while enjoying a picnic dinner and live musical entertainment!
This year, Pio Fair falls on the second day of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year and the beginning of the High Holidays. This is an important time for many of us and we respect any decision regarding participation.
If you are interested in attending High Holiday services, please get in contact Rachel Hirsh, Lewis & Clark's Hillel Engagement Associate at email@example.com or email@example.com.
Bear Mountain's electro/dance style blends syncopated bass lines and arpeggiated synth cords with live instrumentation and soaring vocals to produce a style that is unmistakeably fresh and powerfully captivating.
With a vocal timbre reminiscent of Ray Lamontagne, and an emotive, spacious sensibility in the vein of Damien Rice, Bear Mountain performs with powerful release and vulnerable honesty.
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Difficulty Level: Intermediate.
Excerpted from The Flash Anthology: Cool Effects & Practical ActionScript written by Steve Grosvenor and published by SitePoint. Learn to create and customize dozens of effects, work with external data, produce Flash charts & graphs, create Flash Forms, use CSS in Flash and more. Click here for 3 free sample chapters. Reproduced with permission.
Sadly, sound within Flash projects is often included as an afterthought?if it's included at all. Hurried, last-minute sound additions typically amount to no more than a clich?d loop that serves little purpose. If you ever find yourself in the position of importing a sound clip into a project without a clear idea of why you're doing it, stop and repeat the Flash designers' mantra: bad use of sound can destroy the entire user experience.
In this age of digital media, sound can and should be a part of the online environment. A little sound can go a long way toward enhancing and solidifying the user experience. Even a simple "click" sound can provide valuable auditory feedback, provided it's used in the right manner. But beware overloading your projects with sound "just for the sake of it." The use of sound, then, is a question of balance.
Note that you can download this chapter in pdf format if you'd prefer to read this content offline.
When Should You Use Sound in Your Projects?
This is one of those golden questions, and the answer depends on the type of project you're developing . Some productions don't require any sound when viewed in isolation; yet, when incorporated into a larger project, they call for some degree of aural enhancement. If a project is heavily related to sound, then it should definitely involve an appropriate variety of audio clips.
Always consider your work from the perspective of users: will the addition of sound increase their enjoyment of the project? Including short or long musical loops, sound bytes, or a narrative can greatly increase the appeal of an interface, but may also detract from other content and become extremely annoying after just a short while. Consider the following examples of possible Flash projects and think about sound might benefit them. Your choice could include sound effects, musical loops, narratives, or, of course, nothing at all.
- Looping animation
- Single level menu system
- Multilevel menu system
- Multi-paged Flash site
- Flash form
- Streaming video content
Quickly run through these examples in your head. It's not difficult to see what will and won't work for different projects. Over time, you'll become increasingly adept at making decisions about when and how to add sound to your projects.


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|Mets | Zack Thornton assigned to Triple-A
Fri, 18 Apr 2014 19:32:53 -0700
The New York Mets have assigned RP Zack Thornton to Triple-A Las Vegas.
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|Mets | Acquire Zack Thornton
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The New York Mets acquired P Zack Thornton and a player to be named from the Pittsburgh Pirates Friday, April 18, in exchange for 1B Ike Davis.
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The Pittsburgh Pirates optioned 1B Andrew Lambo to Triple-A Indianapolis Tuesday, March 25, meaning 1B Travis Ishikawa will likely make the roster as the backup first baseman. The team also optioned OF Jaff Decker and RP Jared Hughes to Indy. Ps Adam Wilk, Jay Jackson, Zach Thornton and Daniel Schlereth, OF Chris Dickerson, C Omir Santos and INFs Robert Andino and Michael Martinez were re-assigned to the minors.
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Tue, 14 Jan 2014 20:33:12 -0800
The Pittsburgh Pirates have invited 3B Matt Hague, C Carlos Paulino and P Zach Thornton to big league spring training as non-roster invitees, the team announced Tuesday, Jan. 14.
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The Pittsburgh Pirates acquired P Zach Thornton from the Oakland Athletics Friday, Nov. 30, for RP Chris Resop.
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VIENNA (AP) — The U.N. nuclear agency on Thursday turned down an offer by Iran to visit a site, saying access to it would not help advance its probe of suspicions Tehran worked on atomic arms.
Iran has said since 2012 that experts of the U.N's International Atomic Energy Agency are free to visit Marivan, an area near the Iraqi border that the agency originally suspected might have been the location of high-explosive experiments linked to setting off a nuclear charge. Those initial suspicions were not borne out, however, and more recently, the IAEA shifted its interest to Parchin, southeast of Tehran.
Diplomats have said that Iran first suggested a visit to Marivan instead of Parchin two years ago and the agency has repeatedly refused any tradeoff. But Thursday appeared to be the first time it did so publicly, possibly reflecting exasperation with the lack of progress in its probe since its first attempts more than a decade ago.
"The Agency explained clearly to Iran - on more than one occasion - that an offer of a visit of Marivan does not help address specific concerns related to the issue of large-scale high-explosive experiments," said IAEA public information director Serge Gas in an email.
The probe is separate from newly extended talks between Iran and six world powers meant to reduce Iran's technical capacity to make nuclear weapons. But its failure would throw hopes of a deal at the talks into doubt because the U.S. says an agreement can be reached only if the IAEA is satisfied with the probe and its final results.
Tehran denies wanting nuclear arms and says the allegations are based on falsified evidence, mainly from the U.S. and Israel.
Earlier Thursday, IAEA chief Yukiya Amano asked key members of the organization to provide 4.6 million euros ($5.7 million) in extra funding that he says are needed to continue monitoring a preliminary deal that temporarily restrains Iran's nuclear programs as the sides work on a longer-term agreement.


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"Blurred Lines"
Robin Thicke (Star Trak/Interscope)
Justin Timberlake must really hate Robin Thicke.
Not only did Thicke steal Timberlake's act, he stole his thunder.
Timberlake can bemoan all he wants that he's one of the "Legends of Summer," along with Beyonce's hubby Jay Z. The truth of the matter is Thicke owns the summer. Forget about "The 20/20 Experience." When it comes to this summer's hottest jam, it's all about Thicke's month-long (and still counting) chart-topper "Blurred Lines."
In addition to having the No. 1 album on both the Billboard Hot 100 singles and Top 200 album charts, Thicke currently has the top spot on the Top 40, Rhythm, Urban, Hot AC and Urban AC radio charts.
Greatly indebted to Marvin Gaye's "Got to Give It Up," the frenetic, Pharrell Williams-produced chart-topper (and game-changer) "Blurred Lines" is shaping up to be the undisputed single of the summer, and no wonder.
With his tender, caressing falsetto bouncing alongside a funkified groove of "Hey, Hey, Hey" shout-outs and syncopated cow bell beats, the 36-year-old Casanova crooner entices a "good girl" (whom he insists knows she wants it) to unleash her inner inhibitions and deepest sexual desires.
While there is a cocky swagger in Thicke's brash come-on lines, there is also goofy charm and a clumsy vulnerability in his blue-eyed soul delivery. Serving up piping hot (but harmless) misogyny for the mes, the hook-laden melody makes you want to shake your booty, even if the sentiment of the words goes against your better judgment.
Thicke wants to rip through all your fancy clothes and shop for your lacy underwear on "Take It Easy on Me." Accompanied by a rapid-fire barrage of sputtering synths and digitized beats (helmed by "The 20/20 Experience" producer Timbaland), Thicke sounds like he needs to be hosed down (even Prince never sounded this horny in his horny heyday) as he insists, "I know that you're one bad (expletive) chick/But I'm that guy." Talk about blurred lines. Thicke not only doesn't take no for an answer, he doesn't give you a chance to answer. After a few shots of Patr�n tequila and, by his own admission, too many blunt hits to build up his courage, Thicke boasts, "I'm standing on furniture/And my outfit's so fly/They're telling me I should relax/But, I'm like, why?" Maybe because you are making a complete of yourself.
Thicke's silky smooth falsetto meshes with slinky disco orchestration on the bedroom-ready throwback, "Ooo La La." Name-dropping George Clooney's Italian villas (as well as other exotic romantic getaway spots) to get his lover in the mood, Thicke seductively coos, "You can have my body/You can have my money/You can have my soul if want it too/You've become a problem/But I don't want to stop it/'Cause I can't get over you." Thicke, don't worry. You had us at George Clooney's villas.
Thicke insists he's going to make it, no matter what heavy-handed clich� is thrown his way on the discoey, carpe diem ditty, "Get in My Way." Sounding like a cross between "Makin' It" and the "Dr. Pepper" commercial jingle from the '70s (coincidentally both sang by David Naughton), "Get in My Way" has plenty of persuasive phrasing, punchy horns and funky backbeats to make you groove to the music, but it is too slick and polished to get you in the gut.
And the listener never buys Thicke having the sensation that he has a gun in his back or doing hard time, especially since the closest thing this pampered artist has experienced to hell is being forced to watch reruns of his father's lousy sitcom "Growing Pains" or, even worse, his father's failed nighttime talk show, "Thicke of the Night." Oh, the humanity!
"Give It 2 U" is Thicke's answer to Justin Timberlake and Andy Samberg's "(expletive) in a Box." The only problem is, Thicke is not playing "Give It 2 U" for laughs. Tapping his inner Anthony Weiner, Thicke unleashes an unrelenting barrage of sexting-inspired messages about wearing only a smile on this unwelcomed dubstep misstep. And, in case the song isn't blatant enough, Kendrick Lamar, who unleashes his inner Sir Mix-a-Lot, not so elegantly raps about his fondness for big butts and talks about his naughty bits in the third person and warns us of their imminent arrival.
On the aptly titled "Go Stupid 4 U," the listener finds out that Thicke is not only a fool for love. He's a complete imbecile.
But then Thicke chronicles his rocky courtship with his actress-wife Paula Patton (currently in "2 Guns" with Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg) to the couple's rock-solid marriage on the mushy R&B ballad, "For the Rest of My Life." Serenading his real-life leading lady with his impeccable, Prince-like falsetto that's always on target, Thicke — who met his wife of eight years when they both were confused, hormonally charged teenagers — is ever so earnest and honest to the point of embarrassing himself.
"Top of the World" is a stupid tale about a little girl with funny teeth (nicknamed, I kid you not, "Toothhead") who works "10 different" jobs to support herself through community college. I know college tuition is high, but that's really one expensive community college. Eventually, Toothhead has everything in the world except a lover to help her brush and floss and check for cavities at night. Thicke's spoken-sung vocals are likable enough but his anemic, self-empowerment mantra, "You need a good time/Baby girl, let it go/You're still so young, good times/Let it go" is as welcome as a bad case of gingivitis.
On the introspective piano ballad "The Good Life," Thicke doesn't measure hitting the big time by how many expensive cars he has in his fleet or how vast his wardrobe of designer clothes stretches. In fact, Thicke measures a man's worth by looking longingly in his lover's eyes. While it's refreshing to hear a pop artist today talk about living the good life without flaunting their excessive wealth in our faces, Thicke sounds genuine as he passionately ponders what makes a person a success, something that he'll be able to think about now for a long, long time.


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Two years ago, Peter J. Eichler Jr. was one of the most successful men in Southern California.
His money management firm ranked among the largest in Los Angeles, with high-wattage clients such as Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. And he fashioned a lifestyle that was sumptuous even by the gilded standards of Wall Street.
Eichler paid himself $33 million one year. He owned five homes. He had a fleet of luxury cars, including a $320,000 chauffeur-driven Maybach. He shuttled to and from Europe in private jets.
Eichler socialized with tennis star Andre Agassi, talked shop with billionaire investor Ron Burkle and had Wolfgang Puck cook dinner at his home.


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CARACAS, Venezulea (AP) — Even before Miguel Cabrera made the major leagues, coaches and scouts in Venezuela were predicting he would be a big star.
They were proven right in a way this year as they 29-year-old Detroit Tigers slugger became the first Triple Crown winner in 45 years, leading the majors in batting average, home runs and RBIs. Now, Cabrera is also the favorite on Thursday to be named the Most Valuable Player of the American League.
His achievements have made many proud in baseball-loving Venezuela, where he recently won the annual Luis Aparicio Prize, presented to the best Venezuelan major leaguer of the year.


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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Brandon Barnes hit a two-run, inside-the-park home run in the ninth inning and the Colorado Rockies rallied for the second straight day to stun the San Francisco Giants 5-4 Saturday.
Charlie Blackmon singled with two outs off Giants closer Sergio Romo (3-3) before Barnes lined a hit to center field. San Francisco's Angel Pagan misplayed the ball and it skipped to the fence as Blackmon and Barnes raced around the bases.
Barnes, who had a walkoff triple to beat the Dodgers on June 7, had flown out to center in three consecutive at-bats before helping Colorado extend its winning streak to four games.
It's the second consecutive blown save and fourth this season for Romo, who gave up five runs in the ninth inning of Friday's 7-4 loss to Colorado.
ATLANTA (AP) – Kole Calhoun's bases-loaded single in the 13th inning drove in the go-ahead run and Los Angeles recovered after blowing a four-run lead in the ninth to beat Atlanta.
Mike Trout and Albert Pujols each had three hits, including homers back-to-back homers in the sixth inning, and drove in four runs.
Erick Aybar led off the 13th with his fourth hit, an infield single, and moved to second on catcher Gerald Laird's passed ball. David Hale (2-1) walked pinch-hitter C.J. Wilson and hit Chris Iannetta with a pitch to load the bases.
Calhoun's soft fly ball fell just in front of center fielder B.J. Upton, who attempted a sliding catch. Trout's two-run double and Pujols' two-run single pushed the lead to five runs.
The teams combined to use 16 pitchers in a game that lasted nearly 5 hours.
Fernando Salas (4-0) pitched two scoreless innings.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Eric Sogard drove in two runs and threw out a runner at the plate to help Oakland win a game delayed 38 minutes by a partial power outage.
The game was stopped in the middle of the fourth inning after a panel of lights went out above left field. The A's said the circuit breaker turned off and had to be manually reset.
New York's four-game winning streak ended because of its own errors. Two passed balls by backup catcher John Ryan Murphy, who was inserted in the lineup after Mark Teixeira was scratched with tightness in his rib cage, helped Oakland score twice in the fifth.
Scott Kazmir (8-2) allowed one unearned run and three hits in six innings for his third straight win. Dan Otero pitched two perfect innings before Sean Doolittle closed out the ninth.
The A's tagged Hiroki Kuroda (4-5) with four runs and five hits in 4 2-3 innings. He pitched a perfect fourth after the delay but lost his rhythm in the fifth.
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Dan Haren pitched into the seventh inning and hit a tiebreaking three-run double to lead Los Angeles.
Dee Gordon hit a rare home run for the Dodgers, who are 10-3 against the Diamondbacks and 27-30 against everyone else. With six games left between the NL West rivals, this is the earliest the Dodgers have ever clinched a season series with Arizona. They began the year by sweeping a two-game set Down Under in Sydney.
Haren (7-4) allowed three runs and eight hits, including a one-out single in the seventh by pinch-hitter Jordan Pacheco that chased the former Diamondbacks right-hander.
Kenley Jansen got three outs for his 19th save despite giving up a leadoff homer in the ninth by Martin Prado – his third hit of the game and 1,000th of his career.
Arizona right-hander Josh Collmenter (4-4) gave up six runs and eight hits through six innings.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Jimmy Rollins singled in the fifth to pass Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt as Philadelphia's hits leader and Domonic Brown capped the inning with a three-run homer.
Rollins got hit No. 2,235 off Edwin Jackson, sending a 3-1 pitch into right field to open the fifth. The game was then delayed for an on-field celebration.
Chase Utley also homered for Philadelphia, which has won four of five following a dismal 1-8 stretch.
David Buchanan (2-3), in his fifth start for injured lefty Cliff Lee (elbow), allowed three runs and six hits in five innings.
Schmidt, a Phillies TV analyst for Sunday games, retrieved Rollins' bat and greeted the 2007 NL MVP with a high-five and hug at first base. The Phillies then came out of the dugout to offer congratulatory hugs and handshakes.
SEATTLE (AP) – Leonys Martin hit a run-scoring single with two outs in the ninth and Texas extended Seattle's losing streak to five games.
Luis Sardinas singled off Fernando Rodney (1-3) with one out in the ninth and moved to second on a groundout. Martin then hit a grounder just past the glove of a diving Kyle Seager at third base, scoring Sardinas without a play at the plate.
Neal Cotts (2-3) earned the win with 1 2-3 innings of relief, striking out four. Joakim Soria pitched a perfect ninth for his 15th save in 16 chances.
The Mariners tied the game in the seventh after a Rangers fielding gaffe loaded the bases. Robinson Cano followed with a soft line drive to right, scoring Willie Bloomquist to tie it 3-all.
BOSTON (AP) – Jason Kipnis had three hits and Cleveland rallied for two runs in the seventh inning to snap a four-game losing streak.
Asdrubal Cabrera and Michael Brantley each had a pair of hits for the Indians, who had lost eight of their past nine games at Fenway Park. John Axford (2-3) earned the win with one scoreless inning in relief of T.J. House.
Cody Allen pitched the ninth for his seventh save.
Craig Breslow (2-2) took the loss, allowing two unearned runs and two hits and a walk in two-thirds of an inning.
MILWAUKEE (AP) – Ryan Braun hit a two-run home run in the eighth inning to lift Milwaukee to victory.
With one out in the eighth inning, Scooter Gennett ended up with a double after blooping a ball to center that Billy Hamilton got his glove on but couldn't hold. Braun then drove the first pitch from reliever J.J. Hoover (1-5) over the right field fence for his 10th homer of the season.
Francisco Rodriquez pitched a scoreless ninth inning for his 21st save in 23 opportunities. Will Smith (1-0) got the win despite giving up a game-tying home run to Hamilton in the eighth inning.
Reds starter Mat Latos went six shutout innings in his season debut, giving up two hits while striking out four. He started the season on the disabled list while recovering from elbow and knee surgeries.
Brewers starter Yovani Gallardo allowed one run on six hits in seven innings and struck out eight.
CHICAGO (AP) – Danny Duffy matched a career high with nine strikeouts and Kansas City extended its winning streak to six games.
Duffy (4-5) scattered five hits over seven-plus shutout innings for Kansas City.
Mike Moustakas homered among his three hits as the Royals won their second straight in this weekend series.
The Royals scored five times in the fourth – four with none out – to chase Chicago starter Hector Noesi (2-5).
DETROIT (AP) – Rookie Eugenio Suarez hit a leadoff homer and a run-scoring double in a seven-run third inning to lead slumping Detroit to victory.
The Tigers led 11-1 after six innings, but their struggling bullpen had trouble finishing off the game.
Detroit came into the game having lost 17 of 24 after a fast start to the season, but it was helped by another strong pitching performance. Anibal Sanchez (3-2) was charged with three runs and four hits in 6 1-3 innings.
Sanchez was in complete control before he walked the leadoff hitter in the seventh and allowed a one-out RBI triple to Eduardo Nunez. Evan Reed then came in, and Nunez scored on a passed ball.
Samuel Deduno (2-5) lasted just 2 2-3 innings for Minnesota, which had won three in a row. The right-hander allowed seven runs and seven hits, struck out three and walked two.
BALTIMORE (AP) – Chris Davis homered to back Bud Norris' effective pitching for Baltimore.
Davis hit a two-run shot off knuckleballer R.A. Dickey (6-5) to put Baltimore up 3-1 in the fifth inning. It was the 11th homer of the year for Davis, who led the majors last year with 53.
Norris (6-5) gave up one run and seven hits in 6 2-3 innings to win his third straight start. The right-hander extended an impressive run by Orioles starters, who have allowed two runs or fewer in 13 of the last 16 games.
After Toronto closed to 3-2 in the eighth, Zach Britton got three outs for his seventh save.
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Matt Adams hit the go-ahead home run for the second straight game, connecting off Stephen Strasburg in St. Louis' three-run seventh inning.
Adams snapped a 1-all tie with his sixth homer leading off the seventh, driving a 3-1 offering from Strasburg (6-5) over the wall in right-center. On Friday, he homered on his first swing since coming off the 15-day disabled list from a left calf strain, lifting St. Louis to a 1-0 victory.
Jayson Werth had an RBI double in the first for the Nationals, who managed just four hits for a two-day total of six. They will try to avoid a three-game sweep in the series finale Sunday.
St. Louis reliever Randy Choate (1-2) needed one pitch to escape a bases-loaded threat in the seventh after a strong start from Shelby Miller, who gave up four hits in 6 2-3 innings. Pat Neshek worked a perfect eighth and Trevor Rosenthal finished for his 19th save in 22 chances.
HOUSTON (AP) – Matt Dominguez broke out of a slump with two hits that included a three-run double in Houston's big third inning.
Dominguez was 1 for 12 in the first three games of this homestand before singling in the second inning. The Astros led by one when he cleared the bases with his double in a five-run third inning that made it 5-1.
Jarred Cosart (6-5) allowed nine hits and three runs in seven innings in his longest outing since May 5.
Tampa Bay starter Chris Archer (3-4) was done in by an error and a lack of control in his shortest start this season. He allowed three hits and six runs – one earned – with three walks in three innings.
MIAMI (AP) – Andrew McCutchen hit a three-run homer and Jody Mercer also went deep for Pittsburgh.
Josh Harrison and Chris Stewart had three hits apiece, and the Pirates finished with 18 overall in their sixth consecutive game in double digits. Touted rookie Gregory Polanco had two hits and two RBIs.
Marcell Ozuna and Jeff Baker each hit a two-run homer in the ninth for Miami. Randy Wolf (1-3) allowed five runs and nine hits in four innings.
The Pirates (34-34) have won four straight and five of six to get back to .500 for the first time since they were 8-8 following a victory over Milwaukee on April 17.
Pittsburgh right-hander Charlie Morton pitched seven effective innings for his third consecutive win. He allowed two runs and five hits to improve to 4-1 with a 2.40 ERA in his last five starts.
NEW YORK (AP) – Jesse Hahn earned his first big league victory, pitching one-hit ball for six innings and contributing an RBI single to help San Diego end a five-game losing streak.
Hahn and San Diego's bullpen limited the Mets to two hits: Ruben Tejada's infield hit leading off the first and Lucas Duda's bloop single down the left field line in the ninth.
Hahn (1-1) worked six innings and relievers Dale Thayer, Joaquin Benoit and Huston Street each went an inning.
Called up from Double-A to make his second appearance in the majors, Hahn struck out seven and walked three. The 24-year-old righty escaped his biggest jam by fanning Matt den Dekker with the bases loaded to end the fourth.


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Penguin Science
Penguins Marching Into Your Classroom
Welcome to the Penguin Science Education Page!
Here you will find fun and educational activities to help students learn about Adelie Penguin life, history and their relationship to climate change.
can send questions to the researchers who study penguins, check the nests
of penguins as they raise the chicks, and (from Oct-Jan) even receive
a postcard from Antarctica!
Explore the many activities below. Check out the Gallery of Picutres, the yearly Journal and test your skills at answering the Reflections from the Field. Go to the Did You Know section to find out how we know what we know.
Follow the adventures of Lola Adelie on Facebook.
Questions about this page? Email us: email@example.com
|New ! ! ! Help us count Weddell seals in Antarctica using satellite imagery! Knowing 'how many' of any species is a challenge for researchers. In recent years satellites have been able to help with this task, but there are so many pictures, we are asking classrooms to help. Students use satellite images to track changes in the population of seals within a season and between seasons. Go here for the activity and send us your data. http://z.umn.edu/seals.
|*NEW stories every day. The 2014-15 Adelie Penguin breeding season will begin November 10, 2014. We will have a new story everyday about penguins, life in Antarctica and our research. You can read the archived stories by clicking HERE.
|Nov to Jan is the breeding season for Adelie Penguins at Cape Royds on Ross Island, Antarctica. Follow along as researchers post daily pictures of penguin families brooding, hatching, guarding and fledging their chicks. Daily pictures start Nov 12, and will run through Jan 20. Adopt your favorite penguin pair and keep a field journal of their breeding activities. The 2014-15 season will begin Nov 10, 2014. Click HERE to see the 2013-2014 Nest Check families. Click HERE to see the 2012-2013 families, you can still see the pictures from the 2011-12 season, by clicking HERE.
Your students can receive a postcards from Antarctica. Have your students desgin a penguin postcard, self address and stamp it, then mail them as a class in a single envelope to us before Dec 31, 2014 and they will be returned with the unique "Antarctica" postmark. Check out the flyer for details.
|Design a flag to fly at the penguin breeding colony at Capr Royds research station in Antarcitca. They must be sent by Dec 15, 2014. Check out the flyer for details
|Powerpoint presentations for your classroom. These classroom ready presentations were prepared for students in grade 4-8. Select from several topics. Slides include teaching notes and can be modified for other grades.
How do these amazing birds cope with the harsh environment of Antarctica? These close up pictures will show the many adaptations which allow Adelie Penguins to live and breed in the coldest environment on Earth.
|Do you have questions about Adelie Penguins? Search this list of previously asked questions by students and adults from all over the world. Your question not there? Use the form at the bottom of the page to submit your unique question.
|Interesting facts about Adelie Penguins and how we know what we know. How do scientists work, what instruments do they use and how do they discover the answer to their questions?
|Here is your chance to be a penguin research scientist. Study these pictures and come up with your own ideas of why these birds do what they do. Write us with your ideas.
Gallery of Pictures. Browse many topics of interest including Adelie Penguins, Emepror Penguins, Antarctic Landscapes, Antarctic Wildlife.
If you would like to learn more about the other speices of penguins around the world click here to go the International Penguin Conservation Work Group


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Monday, August 20, 2012
Guerlain Ode de la Vanille
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Guerlain on Champs-Élysees is so beautiful and interesting too. I wish my nose worked better!ReplyDelete
I learned that vanilla is an orchid and an aphrodisiac!Replies
Thanks Robinita
Wikipedia says: Vanilla is a flavoring derived from orchids of the genus Vanilla, primarily from the Mexican species, Flat-leaved Vanilla (V. planifolia). The word vanilla, derived from the diminutive of the Spanish word vaina (vaina itself meaning sheath or pod), simply translates as little pod
What a lovely addiction!ReplyDelete
Guerlain Shalimar + vanilla + tassels + ice cream + macarons.
I'm in!
I just threw out my bottle of regular Shalimar:) I have made a vow to stop saving things..of course it's too late for that ,but spending time w/ my friend packing some of her treasures..I thought..just don't hold onto to everything..Boohoo I do:(ReplyDelete
Love vanilla..and of course you needed it..as well as the tassels!
I have cheated this time and bought Vanilla Bean paste..just to see..But I even like making vanilla sugar:) and scraping the delightfully fragrant pods..adding the little black specks to confection..I LOVE to bake..This post is thrilling.
Of course the artwork is the most charming of all.Replies
Thanks Monique, I had no clue you could do all these things with Vanilla beansDelete
But how to throw out a pretty perfume bottle :O
Quelle dommage!
You must replace immediatement!!
Love the earrings, the macarons - naughty you, eating those darlings; the Amorino gelato - I had a cone in Aix-en-Provence, unique way to create a flower; and the vanilla perfume drawings.ReplyDelete
Have you tried putting some of your vanilla bean bounty amongst your linens?
(I have a tube of original Bourbon vanilla, a friend brought it all the way from Madagascar
The original Shalimar was the first gift my husband gave me...I know I still have it somehwhere around here...true packrat.ReplyDelete
The easiest thing to do with your vanilla beans: put one bean in a jar of sugar...after about a week you can add the sugar to anything... mostly I put a teaspoon in a cup of plain nonfat greek yogurt. You can even use just the carcass of the bean, after you have scraped all the goodies out of the insides.Replies
Of course YOU would know what to do with a vanilla pod!!Delete
what do you do with the pod after that? under the pillow?
Love the idea of Greek vanilla yog.
I think I need a vanilla bean class!
You can scrape out the seeds inside of vanilla bean by splitting seed down center then use those seeds in creme brulee!! SOOOO Yummmy. And then you can put the split pod into sugar or vodka--you choose!Have a pink day!ReplyDelete
Shalimar was my Mothers favorite perfume. I haven't worn perfume in years. They quit making what I liked. Nice gift and paintings too!ReplyDelete
If I wasn't so deadly allergic to perfumes I would LOVE them!! Your paintings are sweet...ReplyDelete


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Designers from around the world are submitting creative designs for mykindofprice in web page design - custom.
http://www.istayhere.com will be a listing service for all types of property rentals: short term, long term, vacation rentals, corporate rentals, furnished...
Once we establish ourselves as a listing service, we will feature web community for owners, renters and suppliers to interact and list their services.
Target audience is renters, property owners, property managers, business owners in that order.
Our logo contest: http://99designs.com/contests/17919
Our exisiting business http://www.chivacationrentals.com services the vacation rental industry. Now we are expanding our service to rental listing service and http://www.istayhere.com will do that. Please feel free to browse http://www.chivacationrentals.com for inspiration but not required.
We want the new design to reflect the feeling of being a large organization without sacrificing style and ease of navigation.
Some of our ideas:
http://www.istayhere.com will have a vacation rental software supporting it, we have to make it versatile enough to accomondate some software platforms. There are two that we are interested in:
1. Tenantwiz: our website http://www.istayhere.com is currently hosted on Tenantwiz with their management software. If we stay with Tenantwiz, we will put the design on top of this platform and extend our website from there. To know more about tenantwiz and their clients' wesites, please visit http://www.tenantwiz.com
2. Liverez: this is a more sophisticated software platform that we are considering as well, and if tenantwiz does not work out, we will move the website over to this software company. To see how Liverez does their websites please visit http://www.liverez.com
3. Another company to look at and see how the web design will merge with a reservation system is http://www.escapia.com
You can also look at any vacation rental website to see what looks good, as well as travel websites, rental listing services...
We're open, and looking for a warm, inviting theme that is also clean and elegant. Feel free to play around with it though.
Main menu bar and page designs:
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- Vacation Rentals: this is the page we will list our vacation rental properties. The design of this page needs to have a US map that clients can click on state, area, city...
- Corporate Rentals: similar to vacation rentals
- Long Term Rentals: similar to vacation rentals
Renters, Owners, Property Managers are three tabs that can be positioned elsewhere, perhaps above the main menu bar, much like http://www.homeaway.com. If you have a better idea, we would love to see it.
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- Log in will be at the upper right of the site.
- Search box somewhere easy to spot out.
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Federal efforts to create cybersecurity frameworks for government and for critical private infrastructures have had an impact on international views about cybersecurity, says J. Paul Nicholas, Microsoft's senior director of global security and diplomacy.
"When I meet with customers in other parts of the world, it always surprises me how much they know about FISMA and FedRAMP," Nicholas said, referring to the Federal Information Security Management Act and the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program.
But there still is no common template for cyber policies, and various international development efforts are progressing separately. In the United States, the National Institute of Standards and Technology is creating the Cybersecurity Framework, a set of voluntary security recommendations for critical infrastructure. Across the ocean, the European Commission is creating the Network and Information Security Platform. And as nations develop strategies for securing their cyber environments, there is a risk that unaligned policies could create a fragmented or poorly secured global infrastructure.
Some differences among national policies are inevitable, Nicholas said. "Cybersecurity is going to vary country by country," because each nation faces a unique set of risks and has its own needs. To help create a common foundation on which policies can work together, Microsoft has produced a whitepaper, "Developing a National Strategy for Cybersecurity." The paper advises focusing on the basics and building on established best security practices. It advises that any strategy be:
Although the Government Accountability Office has rated federal IT security as a high-risk area since 1999, Nicholas, co-author of the Microsoft paper, praised the progress being made in this country to establish a regulatory regime for cybersecurity, including FISMA.
"FISMA has really been a journey," and important work is being done under it, he said. "Could it be better? Yes. But it is being fine-tuned to improve risk management."
NIST has come through in providing guidance in its 800-series of reports on IT security, Nicholas said. Although FISMA and the NIST guidance are aimed at the U.S. government, their influence extends well beyond. "There is a framework and mentality that did not exist 10 years ago. FISMA better enables the U.S. government to have a risk dialog with the private sector. They are able to discuss things with a similar set of experiences."
This is not to say that FISMA, which is far from perfect, is or should be the model for national strategies. The challenge to come up with some kind of functioning global system for securing cyberspace involves as much diplomacy as technology. "It's about deciding what needs to be done and how to move forward," Nicholas said.
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Cyber Security measures are not fully effective nor are security standards whether government or industry. The problem is that security experts don't know enough to offer full protection dampening the incentive for senior executives to pony up the resources to even try. At least Cloud Computing vendors are honest when they refuse to offer Service Level Agreements guaranteeing the protection and safeguarding of proprietary data and information an organization cannot afford to lose.
Then there is there is the role of NIST. Security is all about trust. NIST has been the keeper of trust artifacts. And so it is necessary that NIST be trusted in both word and deed. But is it?
1. Deed: The NIST encryption incident.
2. Deed: The Internet Governance community no longer listens to NIST.
3. Word: Will the U.S. domestic Cyber-based industry trust a NIST Cyber Framework advertised as voluntary compliance now that the specter of regulation has been raised?
@Pierre Quesnel: Well said! All concerned desperately need to take this to the next level and beyond!
It is somewhat concerning that Microsoft, which has never truly shown concern for cybersecurity as attested by the continued forced openness and vulnerability of its offerings, has deemed it necessary to combine the position of director of global cybersecurity, which of itself warrants a much higher level of attention of simply a director, with that of diplomacy. The combination can only be perceived, rightly or wrongly, as lip service and public relations damage control to what is arguably the singlemost prevalent and dangerous threat by far to industry and government today.
Notwithstanding this, Mr. Nicholas is quite correct in stating that while there is a lot of information available, there is still no real consensus nor even uniformity of approach in dealing with the subject and he is also quite correct in his advice that not only should any approach begin with the basics but that the ultimate solution must be global in nature.
In the current borderless world of international commerce, of telecommunications and of informatics and knowledge-based technologies, it is perhaps naïve to expect governments, who ultimately will always have differing agendas, to take the lead in establishing such a global standard whereas a corporate based solution, especially one that would originate from companies which occupies a significant, universal presence in virtually all governments and corporations.
That Microsoft at least has a director of cybersecurity is encouraging, but I would submit for consideration that they and Mr. Nicholas, with their unique market presence, now have a responsibility to take the issue to the next level and investigate how to initiate and coordinate the effective development of a global cybersecurity strategy.
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Optimism about the economy built slowly but steadily in the second half of 2012 among U.S. small and mid-sized businesses, some of which are likely to seek more credit in 2013 as they become increasingly confident in business fundamentals.
A new Greenwich Market Pulse revealed that owners and executives of 40% of small businesses and 37% of midsized companies reported that the current environment has actually had a positive impact on their business. This study from Greenwich Associates covered 262 small businesses, defined as those generating revenues between $1 million and $10 million and 262 middle market companies, with sales of between $10 million and $500 million.
One important contributor to that impact is the seemingly positive behavior of banks towards many small businesses. Forty-six percent of small businesses that borrowed in the three-month period ending in late October/early November reported that credit was "easier" or "much easier" to obtain as opposed to 24% approximately a year ago.
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On January 16, 1936, Albert Fish the infamous "Moon Maniac" is executed at Sing Sing prison in New York. Fish was one of America's most notorious and disturbed killers. Authorities believe that Fish killed as many as 10 children and then ate their remains. Fish went to the electric chair with great anticipation, telling guards, "It will be the supreme thrill, the only one I haven't tried."
Fish was executed for the murder of 10-year-old Grace Budd. In 1928, at his Wisteria Cottage in Westchester County, New York, Fish strangled the girl and then carved up her body with a saw. Six years later, Fish wrote Budd's mother a letter in which he described in detail killing the girl and then preparing a stew with her flesh that he ate over the next nine days. The letter was traced back to the 66-year-old man. A psychiatrist who examined Fish stated, "There was no known perversion that he did not practice and practice frequently." Albert Fish was obsessed with sadomasochism. Most disturbingly, Fish was obsessed with cannibalism. He carried writings about the practice in his pockets. When he was arrested, Fish confessed to the murders of other young children whom he claimed to have eaten. Although nearly everyone agreed that he was insane, including the jury deciding his fate, he was nevertheless sentenced to die. Reportedly, his last statement was a handwritten note filled with filthy obscenities.
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Build it and they will come. And that's the problem San Joaquin County faces.
Build it and they will come. And that's the problem San Joaquin County faces.
The county jail, thanks to the 13-month-old state prison realignment program, is awash in inmates. With a capacity of 1,411, the jail - staffed to handle 1,213 inmates - the jail routinely exceeds capacity.
That means criminals who should be held walk out the door. Before realignment began in October 2011, the jail housed 1,200 or fewer inmates daily.
There is money to expand the jail, adding an additional 1,280 beds. The county is sitting on $25 million for the project that will be added to $80 million promised by the state.
Money to build isn't the problem; the problem is finding money to operate an expanded jail. It costs roughly $50 million a year to operate the county lockup we have. Doubling its size doesn't mean we'll double operating costs. But it doesn't mean you won't.
And whatever those costs, they will go on and on and on.
Sheriff Steve Moore plans to present county supervisors with a series of options by year's end. None is likely to be a pleasant one - doing nothing - is downright awful. The county can't just do nothing.
Realignment, which state officials with a wink and a nod swore would only send a few dozen low-risk felons our way, has resulted in hundreds being foisted on the county to supervise and, when found in violation of their parole, jailed.
Not that the state had a lot of options. A federal appeals court in San Francisco and backed by the U.S. Supreme Court ordered a drastic reduction in the state prison population.
Conditions had gotten so bad in the state's overcrowded prisons they violated inmates' constitutional rights, the appeals court found. At one point, an average of one inmate per week was dying because of inadequate medical care. Prisoner health care was put under the control of a federal receiver and, among other things, he negotiated a $900 million prison hospital being built in southeast Stockton.
The squeeze on jail space here is not unique. Counties up and down the state are facing similar problems.
In the run-up to passage of AB109, the realignment legislation, Gov. Jerry Brown vowed that the counties wouldn't be left holding the fiscal bag. Such vows by state officials are as old as California but this time the vow is part of the state Constitution, put there when voters approved Proposition 30 on Nov. 6.
The bulk of the $6 billion the Prop. 30 tax increases is supposed to throw off each year is to go to education, but the changes in the state Constitution spell out that the state is obliged to cover the costs of realignment.
It seems to us - and we think the county should relentlessly press the case with the state - if realignment forces construction of additional local jail space those costs and the added cost of operations should come out of the state treasury.
But the funny thing about constitutions is that, as former U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Charles Evan Hughes observed "... the Constitution is what the judges say it is."
That means we'll see if the promised realignment funding vow is what Jerry Brown said it is since neither he nor the Legislature likely will decide.
Obviously, from a practical standpoint it matters not a whit of difference to taxpayers whether funds come out of the state or county pot.
What matters is that we don't build and operate our prisons and county jails with doors that criminals quickly discover revolve.