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Lian, Jie and Wang, Junian and Kim, Yu-Young and Greer, Julia (2009) Sample boundary effect in nanoindentation of nano and microscale surface structures. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 57 (5). pp. 812-827. ISSN 0022-5096 http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20090904-103700120
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Nanoindentation is a widely used technique to characterize mechanical properties of materials in small volumes. When the sample size is comparable to the indent size, the indentation-induced plastic zone can be affected by the sample boundary which may cause inaccurate interpretation of the mechanical properties. In this study, the sample boundary effect is investigated by performing experiments and atomistic simulations of nanoindentation into nano- and micro-scale Au pillars and bulk Au (0 0 1) surfaces. In experiments, a more compliant deformation is observed in pillar indentations compared to bulk Au. The elastic modulus decreases with increasing indent size over sample size ratio. Atomistic simulations are performed to gain insights on the mechanisms of pillar deformation and pillar boundary effect. The reduced modulus has a similar trend of decrease with increasing indent size over sample size ratio. Significantly different dislocation activities and dislocation interactions with the pillar boundary contribute to the lower value of the reduced modulus in the pillar indentation. The presence of the free surface would allow the dislocations to annihilate, causing a higher plastic recovery during the pillar unloading process.
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|Subject Keywords:||Nanoindentation; Mechanical properties; Sample boundary effect; Dislocations; Atomistic simulations|
|Official Citation:||Jie Lian, Junlan Wang, Yu-Young Kim, Julia Greer, Sample boundary effect in nanoindentation of nano and microscale surface structures, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Volume 57, Issue 5, May 2009, Pages 812-827, ISSN 0022-5096, DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2009.01.008. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TXB-4VGXCYT-1/2/f4d951aa75c1d5d81d7d7f80cd8dca51)|
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Oftentimes as a writer I find myself blanking as I stare at my computer, trying to muster up some words to write. Funny enough, oftentimes in life I find myself blanking when I try to talk of God's goodness or faithfulness. This feels embarrassing to admit, but it's true, and maybe you've done the same thing?
In a beautiful way, the birth of this church has been one of the most tangible ways I have seen God's faithfulness to us. But, if I'm honest, I struggle to see God's faithfulness in every area of my life, and I have a feeling I'm not alone in this.
Am I the only one who has a hard time accepting it when God says "no" to me? Am I the only one who grits my teeth in frustration when God's response to my prayer for a good thing is "wait"? Am I the only one who feels forgotten by God when something hard happens in my life?
Even amidst the doubts and questions, Abraham believed God and walked in obedience. Even though He couldn’t fully understand how the promise would be carried out, he fundamentally trusted the character of God.
As humans we naturally think that we are so self sufficient and that our faith is something we can manufacture on our own. But it’s not! And praise the Lord for that because there’s no way we can sustain our faith on our own.
I try so hard to figure out the secret to resting and trusting the Lord and it’s so simple...
If there’s one thing the Lord has been teaching me about lately, it is His faithfulness.
How it is so evident in every single moment of my life, big and small; it is so cool for me to look back and see the way that He has flawlessly orchestrated every single detail of my life for His glory. Even when I can’t see Him moving at all, He is always working things together for His glory.
In everything. He is faithful.
I've read this verse so many times, but today I’m comforted by the fact that even when I have no idea where my life is headed, He knows.
God never promises that we will understand His will for our lives. That we will understand why He has us where He does right now.
He does however promise to guard our anxious hearts and minds with a peace that transcends all understanding (Phil. 4:7).
A peace that is somehow more comforting than actually knowing.


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Age: 10 months
Date Added: 11/12/2017
Name: Kent Greyhound Rescue
Telephone: 01303 271131 or 07542 795786
Blake is a 10 month old greyhound who has never raced. He is a really sweetheart and very lucky to be out of the industry so young. He is good with other dogs, loves people and can live with cats if you are prepared to follow the cat and dog guidance. As he is so young he needs owners who are around a lot, or who have other dogs or doggie day care solutions. Blake can live with other dogs, cats and older children.
KGR do rehome outside of Kent so long as you are prepared to travel to meet the dog, and then again to adopt the dog. We are able to arrange home checks outside of Kent.
All of our dogs are neutered, vaccinated, chipped and most have a pet passport – we ask for a set donation
If you would like to give Blake a new home, please contact the rescue on 01303 271131 or 07542 795786 and ask for Julie or send an email using the form if available.
Please use the form to send a message directly to the rescue.

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BL RESEARCH BUREAU
Guarseed prices have been on a strong surge over the last several weeks. The guarseed futures contract on the National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX) made a low of ₹3,494 a quintal on June 5 and had reversed sharply higher from there. The contract has skyrocketed over 27 per cent from the low of ₹3,494 and is currently trading at ₹4,447/quintal.
The strong spot market demand coupled with increasing export demand for guar gum has pushed the prices of the seeds sharply higher.
The current uptrend, which has been in place since June, is likely to remain intact. Indicators on the charts are also bullish. The 21-day moving average has crossed over the 55-, 100- and 200-day moving averages. This is a strong bullish signal indicating that the downside is limited, and the current uptrend is likely to continue in the coming days.
An immediate support is at ₹4,350, which is likely to limit the downside in the near term. A strong short-term support is at ₹4,200. A strong fall breaking below ₹4,200 is unlikely at the moment.
Resistance is at ₹4,560, which is likely to be tested in the near term. Inability to breach this hurdle can trigger an intermediate dip to ₹4,400 or ₹4,375. However, the overall bullish outlook will remain intact.
An eventual break above ₹4,560 will boost the bullish momentum. Such a break will then increase the likelihood of the contract rallying to ₹4,800 and ₹4,850 over the medium-term.
Medium-term traders can go long at current levels and also accumulate at ₹4,385.
A stop-loss can be placed at ₹4,250 for the target of ₹4,800. Revise the stop-loss higher to ₹4,495 as soon as the contract moves up to ₹4,520.
Note: The recommendations are based on technical analysis and there is a risk of loss in trading.

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justin bieber only came on the tumblr for the:
now all you beliebers want:
The Game of Life.
oh my god
what an interesting way to look at things.
lifes a gamble
I really wanted them to be playing the board game Life tbh
or the board game sorry

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JERUSALEM (JTA) — Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer did not rule out accepting the position of managing director of the International Monetary Fund should he win the election.
Fischer made the remarks Tuesday during an address at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev as part of its 41st Annual Board of Governors meeting.
"All of the press has been very nice to read compared to what is usually in the Israeli press, but, when I was job hunting at MIT, the professors there taught: ‘Don’t accept a nomination you haven’t been offered yet,’" he said.
Nominations for the position vacated by Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who resigned after being arrested in New York City and charged with the sexual assault of a hotel maid, will be accepted until June 10.
"I will say this: I really love this job. We’ll see what happens," Fischer said.

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Today's Movie Of The Day is a Movie ABC list for the Letter "A" - My Top 20 Favorite "A" Movies.
Today's Movie of the Day is 10 Movies of the Day - My Top 10 Road Trip Movies.
My 51 All-Time Favorite Movies - Film Listography - Movies 1-11
This Monday's Playlist goes Alphabetical with "Avalanches and Album Covers - The Letter A"
Top Ten Led Zeppelin Songs b request
Monday Movies :: The Letter "A" :: 10 Things
Monday Movies – My Top 500 – 6-10 (in no particular order)
Top Ten Female Movie Characters :: Top Ten Tuesday
My 5 Music Obsessions of the Da
My Favorite Best Friends in the Movies :: MOTD

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Modulate are an artists collective from the UK West Midlands creating and curating experimental sound and audio visual art. We modulate spaces, design multi-speaker installations and create abstract moving image. As well as creating our own work, we have produced high quality events as Modulate since 2001, featuring international artists such as Monolake, Vladislav Delay, Jan Jelinek, Karl Kleim, Thomas Jerome Newton, Francisco Lopez, Frank Bretschneider, SKIF++. In 2007, whie project managing a small warehouse space, we hosted artists residencies with Solu (Barcelona) and Damain Frey (New Zealand). We have a dvd release of our own work ‘Modulate 5.1′ which has been screened at festivals worldwide. We have a main Modulate website here.
Members of Modulate were also the instigators of Oscillate, a legendary early 90′s experimental music club, which brought such luminaries of electonic music to Birmingham as Orbital, Autechre, Biosphere, Plaid, Ultramarine, Non Place Urban Field, Sun Electric, Freeform, Deep Space Network, Locust, Muziuq and many others.
Our collective currently comprises:

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ASOS Stone Ring Pack
Stack of rings by ASOS Collection - Set of four rings with shanks of varying size. - Embellished with gems. - Can be worn alone, or stacked together. ABOUT ASOS COLLECTION: Directional, exciting and diverse, the ASOS Collection makes and breaks the fashion rules. Scouring the globe for inspiration, our London based Design Team is inspired by fashion's most covetable trends; providing you with a cutting edge wardrobe season upon season.
Silver-Tone Simulated Crystal Cross Ring
Keep the faith. This ring features a cross covered in simulated crystals and surrounded by delicate open-worked details. It’s the perfect addition to any outfit.
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Woman Agate Cameo 18K Gold Ring
Luminous blue agate creates the perfect backdrop for the handcarved Woman Agate Cameo. Set in 18K gold it is a treasure to be enjoyed for generations to come. Signature box included. Made in Italy.
3 Row 7 Stackable Ring - Blue
Find fashion rings at Target.com! 3 row 7 stackable ring - blue
Stella & Dot Stackable Deco Rings--Silver size 5
Stackable silver plated rings with sparkling CZs. Sold in set of 3. Available in sizes 5-9.
Stella and Dot
Sterling Silver Floral Toe Ring
Let your fashion flourish with this sterling silver floral toe ring.
14K Yellow Gold Genuine Briolette Cut Amethyst Ring
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Tacori IV Diamonique Epiphany 3.00 ct tw Bloom Cut Ring
More beautiful than any flower you'll find in a garden, the bloom-cut Diamonique(R) simulated diamond at the center of this exquisite ring gives off unending sparkle. The intricate design at the galleries and shoulders is illuminated bead-set Diamonique simulated diamonds for added radiance. From Tacori IV--Diamonique Jewelry.
Sterling Silver Mother-of-Pearl Heart Stack Ring Set
Achieve supreme style in this sterling silver ring set. Featuring a mother-of-pearl heart and textured bands, these rings offer a chic look. Wear these stack rings with a new necklace. Sterling silver construction emits radiant shine. Details: 3-piece set 1/5-in. width Sterling silver
Princess-cut Diamond Centerstone Ring in 18 Kt. White Gold, 0.75 ct. t.w.
Elegant ring with princess-cut center stone micro-pave diamond trim. Female
Sterling Silver Ring, Black and White Diamond Heart Buckle Ring (3/4 ct. t.w.)
An iconic heart buckle symbolizes love and togetherness. This gorgeous ring features round-cut black diamonds (5/8 ct. t.w.) and white diamonds (1/6 ct. t.w.) set in sterling silver. Size 7.
Black Belt Buckle Ring
$0.00 - Unique black belt buckle ring.Metal:BrassPlating: Rhodium Stone: Top Grade CrystalStone color: ClearWeight: (approximately) 6.00 g
1.3ct AAA Tanzanite & 0.7ct Diamond Band Ring 18ct Gold
Discover the ultimate in glamorous jewellery with this tanzanite and diamond ring. Taking centre stage is an oval-cut tanzanite gemstone accompanied by a plethora of small glittering diamonds pave set into a rich 18 carat gold band. The head of the ring measures about 14mm in width and tapers to a slim 2.5mm shank.
Disney 18k Gold Over Silver and Sterling Silver Princess Ring - Kids, Girl's, Yellow
Gold-over-sterling silver construction emits a radiant glow. Ring comes in a gift box. Details: 3/5-in. width Size 3 18k gold over sterling silver & sterling silver Size: One Size. Color: Yellow. Gender: Female. Age Group: Kids. Material: Sterling Silver.
Gracefully Exquisite 0.75 Carats Ring in Sterling Silver - Size: 9, Color: London Blue Topaz
OVJ5209: Features: -6 mm Diameter Center Stone.-Side Stones: 48 pieces Super Sparkling Machine Cut White Cubic Zirconia.-Material: Pure .925 Sterling Silver.-0.75 Carats total gem weight.-Royal Purple Hue with Brilliant Sparkle.-Round Cut Genuine Amethyst. Includes: -Includes a signature jewelry gift ready box. Dimensions: -Weight: 3.30 grams.-Dimensions: 0.75'' H x 0.38'' W.


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Medical record review for attorneys involved in medical litigation is a time-consuming and complex process, and the reviewer must be able to understand and review the medical records efficiently and effectively. Personal injury litigation comprises the largest single legal arena of litigated matters in the US. When even medical professionals find it difficult to make sense of complex medical records, the task of reading, decoding and reviewing these documents can prove quite overwhelming to a legal professional.
Consider a slip and fall injury case that would come under personal injury litigation. This pertains to an injury sustained by a person from a defective/dangerous condition on a public/private property such as sidewalks, hospitals, parking lots, malls, apartment complexes and retail stores. Such falls can cause really serious injuries especially if the injured person is an elderly man or woman who may not be strong enough to protect themselves before striking the ground. Slip and fall injuries can be knee and shoulder injuries, broken bones, and even brain injuries that are established via a review of the relevant medical records. The law requires the owner of the property to make the premises safe for users. If the premises are not maintained well and people fall and get injured, they can make an insurance claim or file a slip and fall lawsuit. Settlements for slip and fall injuries would include compensation for the suffering and pain, and payment of medical expenses. If the injured person is unable to work due to the injuries after the fall, he or she is also entitled to lost wages.
Recently, a woman who fell and broke her arm on a Bridgeport sidewalk was awarded more than $416,000 by a Superior Court jury. The incident occurred on June 26, 2012 when the 69-year-old woman was walking to attend a homeowner’s association meeting. Her foot hit a two-inch raised portion of the sidewalk and she fell forward. She fractured her left upper arm and required surgery. In addition she also suffered cuts and bruises to her nose, lip, cheek, forehead, knees and upper leg. The doctors inserted plates and screws during her arm surgery to hold the arm in place. The lawsuit alleged that the injury limited her strength and mobility and as a result her routine activities were affected. Her medical bills amounted to $45,209 and her lawsuit sought damages for ongoing medical care. The lawsuit was against the city of Bridgeport, which her lawyers alleged knew about the defective sidewalk but did nothing to repair it.
In a case such as the above, medical records and medical bills are very important because they are the evidence of the plaintiff’s injuries. The most important medical records include those containing details such as:
- Description of the injury
- Treatment recommendations
- Pain and suffering
- Recovery time
- Future medical treatment
- Estimated medical bills
Personal injury attorneys handling slip and fall injuries can utilize medical record review services provided by a medical record review company to speed up the case processing. They would assist in gathering and organizing all the relevant medical records, reviewing them and preparing the required medical summary. Attorneys benefit from the medical expertise of experienced reviewers who will pinpoint the important facts within the medical records. A comprehensive review would help the attorney understand the actual costs of medical treatments and take that amount into account when deciding the compensation amount to ask for their clients.

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Colorado Ski Vacation Rental: Vacation at its Best
Colorado is one of the most famous skiing destinations of the world. There are a lot of places in Colorado which are world famous skiing destinations. The accommodations that are available in these destinations are quite viable to meet the tourist demand. The hotels, resorts or condos is world class and provide excellent service to their guests.
The most well known Colorado Ski Vacation Rentals are the Aspen Mountain, the Breckenridge Mountain, the Vail Mountain, and the Buttermilk. The Aspen is an awesome destination for all levels of skiers. The Aspen Highland is famous for advanced and expert level skiers. The Buttermilk is ideal for beginners. The Breckenridge provides 2,350 acres of skiing area and three hundred days of sun shine. It is a unique destination with five star accommodation facilities. It is most famous for its condos. All of the above mentioned destinations have been recognized internationally, therefore it has become mandatory for the hoteliers to keep up to the standard and provide the best facilities.
The rentals in Aspen are quite affordable. But the rentals that are situated at the east end of Aspen are a bit costly. The rentals at the southern part of the town are less expensive. The rentals in Breckenridge are more costly as it is more frequently visited by international tourists. It is one of the most famous destinations for skiing festivals and concerts. That’s the real reason for its high priced rentals. At Silverthorne there is wide range of rentals for skiing vacations. These rentals are not very highly priced. But there are a variety of rentals in the northern part of the town where you can get five star accommodation and facilities.
If you are looking for variety then Colorado is the right place for you. It offers skiing for beginners and intermediate and also at advanced and expert level. Thus, everyone can enjoy and have immense fun in the various ski locations situated in and around Colorado region. It is truly a paradise and ranks among the top 2000 amazing places in the world. So if you are passionate about skiing then Colorado is a place that you should not miss. Colorado ski vacation rentals are affordable. There are a wide range of options which are listed on the website TheMountainsUSA.com. This website provides a wide range of rental options and other information regarding ski vacations. So don’t waste your time in booking the most memorable vacation of your life.
The Mountains USA offers incredible deals on Colorado ski vacation rentalsat lowest possible prices.
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I have this weird taste when taking pictures sometimes. Car plates are so different from country to country or sometimes state from state (like USA) and the coolest thing is what it says or the image. European plates are very boring, only the numbers or/and letters and then the EU symbol with the first letter of the country.
I got caught several times and people make this face "Why is she doing this?".

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“I assume that India will grow double-digit this year (FY22) and next year 6.5-7 percent and over seven percent and then a growth acceleration of over seven percent,” said Subramanian in an interview with PTI.
He was in town to receive the Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta’s Distinguished Alumnus Award.
India’s growth forecast had been limited to 8.7 to 9.4 percent by the IMF and other institutions.
Subramanian said that people often do not consider the effects of major reforms being carried out, even in 1991 reforms were carried out 99 percent of people did not understand the effects. “We have carried out breakthrough reforms that will have an impact in the future.”
He said inflation is 4.5 percent and global inflation is high as global politics have focused only on demand, as opposed to India’s politics which are clearly aimed at improving supply.
“If you focus on just increasing demand without measuring supply, it leads to inflation. Indian politics has shown a clear difference to global financial policy crisis when India only asked for side measures with no supply-side intervention, so we had double-digit inflation every month for a year and a half even though there was no lockdown and nightly curfew, “Subramanian said, attacking the then government.
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The Canadian Press reports today that, “Environmental groups say they are worried that Alberta may allow more of its dwindling fresh water supply to be sold for profit. …The tone of Alberta’s water market reports has caught the ear of the Council of Canadians, which is worried that other provinces could follow the for-profit example. The organization is calling for a national policy that recognizes water as a human right and a public trust. ‘This highlights the lack of federal legislative safeguards in Canada allowing provinces to sell off water resources,’ Meera Karunananthan, a council spokesman, said in a release. ‘A water market in Alberta sets a dangerous trend with regards to the management of water resources in Canada.'”
Yesterday, the Edmonton Journal reported that, “Maude Barlow, chairwoman of the Council of Canadians, said Alberta could be about to make a big mistake. ‘It looks like the province is going to be the first in Canada to move to a market-based solution for water.’ Barlow, who (was) also senior adviser on water to the president of the United Nations General Assembly, said that’s what has happened in Chile, Spain, Australia, and California. ‘It’s a big concern because the public loses control of something essential for life and it becomes a market commodity.’ …Barlow said Alberta is taking a big step toward a privatized market model, so water will be on sale in the open market, like running shoes or Coca-Cola. But Alberta is the province with the least fresh water in Canada and with the most critical supply issues looming in the future, she said. ‘We need to have such a strong model of conservation and a notion of equity in access to it. And instead Alberta is moving to a (system of) leave a little bit in the ground, we’ll have that base amount, and then everything else is a free-for-all put out to the market. People, in 25 years will look back and, if this is allowed to happen, will say, This was such a mistake.’”
The Medicine Hat News also reported that, “The province will engage the general public in Alberta-wide public meetings on the long-term sustainability of provincial water resources next summer, following recent consultations from experts. But that input was criticized this week by the Council of Canadians, which issued a press release warning that the implementation of the recommendations would open the door to full private markets, which the council says have wreaked havoc on the environment in countries like Australia and Chile.
‘Letting the market decide who will have access to water violates the public trust doctrine, a principle of common law which regards water as belonging equally to all peoples and managed by governments on their behalf,’ said Maude Barlow, the Council of Canadians national chairperson.”
The Canadian Press report is at http://www.metronews.ca/vancouver/live/article/379519–environmental-groups-say-alberta-may-allow-fresh-water-sales-to-highest-bidder. The Edmonton Journal article is at http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Province+warned+against+water+sale/2259625/story.html. And the Medicine Hat News report is at http://www.medicinehatnews.com/content/view/160129/65/.
Our media release on this is at http://canadians.org/media/water/2009/23-Nov-09.html.


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Ocriplasmin is a recombinant truncated form of human plasmin
with a molecular weight of 27.2 kD a produced by recombinant DNA technology in
a Pichia pastoris expression system.
JETREA is a sterile, clear and colorless solution with no
preservatives in a single-use glass vial containing 0.5 mg ocriplasmin in 0.2
mL solution for intravitreal injection after dilution.
Each vial contains 0.5 mg ocriplasmin (active) and 0.21 mg
citric acid, 0.75 mg mannitol, sodium hydroxide (for pH adjustment) and water
for injection. The pH of the solution is 3.1.
Last reviewed on RxList: 10/30/2012
This monograph has been modified to include the generic and brand name in many instances.


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"Finding the Start of a Spiral: Genetis: A Rhizography"
by Aidan Walker
Like a Dog Chasing its Tail
To get what you need to get out of society—sustenance, friends, support, whatever else—you need to communicate yourself across all these kinds of discourse. Everyone has to learn both how to cuss and how to politely ask permission, although rarely at the same time or to the same people. A newspaper article and a tweet call for two different kinds of reading, and a healthy democracy depends on people knowing the difference. Defining literacy as just the ability to know words and make sentences is to miss most of what happens when people communicate: literacy means fluency in the ensemble of procedures and skills that make up various discourses, in everything from holding a pencil to waiting your turn to speak.
Richard Smyth’s Genetis: A Rhizography participates in several kinds of discourse. Sometimes, the Storyspace work is a serious scholarly essay on hypertext and madness and follows the rules of that form of discourse (citations and all). At other times it is an obscene fable, an autofiction, or a joke. However, regardless of what it looks like—poem, essay, screed, or allegory—Genetis is always trying to get at the same question: How can you make a self (or in more Lacanian terms, a “subject”) capable of telling about itself and being understood by others? Since we know our selves by how and what they say, that question is synonymous with another: What kind of text, what kind of discourse, can serve as evidence of such a self and prove it legible, whole, and (perhaps) healed?
In searching for that evidence-of-self, Smyth leaves no stone unturned. He seeks it in the idioms of confessional poetry, the Bible, science, and scholarship. He tries to joke his way towards it, quotes other people talking about him, and arrives at the same dead end. Across five “plateaus”  Genetis presents several identity-making discourses available to a literate self in the early to mid 1990s, including the arch language of postmodern theory, the bureaucratic hospital logs written by doctors, sardonic babytalk, mythic language, and lyric poetry. The reader can either navigate across one of five “plateaus,” playing a discourse out until exhausted, or follow "memorypaths" that spiral between plateaus and trace motifs such as "milk" and "madmen." Either way, like a dog chasing its tail, the hypertext runs relentlessly after itself: Every move we make towards the goal of expressing a self is simultaneously a dodge away from it, because none of the linked-together discourses available can do the job.
As he shares both in the Traversal videos in this book and within the hypertext itself, Smyth wrote Genetis as a way to process a traumatic event in his life and figure out who he might be after that experience. The form of the text is his vehicle for doing that task. Since whatever self Genetis seeks is textual, and whatever text Genetis becomes is personal, text and self are two sides of the same floppy disk: the search of reading that we perform in clicking through the hypertext echoes the search of self that Smyth conducts while writing it.
Looking for an Origin
In Genetis, the search for self is first phrased as a quest towards an origin. The work’s title references both the biblical Genesis and the science of genetics, the two deepest-encoded sources of the late-twentieth century Western self––one offering a cultural discourse explaining human society, and the other offering an objective scientific discourse of the body's creation.  Both are staged in Genetis, and the kind of language used to authorize and describe them is imitated.
One of the five plateaus—“Myth”—retells the story of the Fall in all-caps with faux-Biblical syntax, replacing Adam and Eve with “KEN AND BARBIE ROBOTS,” the various elements of earth, water, and firmament with pieces of electronic hardware and the serpent with a “MOMMY” offering “MILK.” Joining these references to Genetis’ fixations (mothers, milk) and contemporary America (Ken and Barbie) are references to the organization of Genetis itself: “KEN” must deal with “MEMORYPATHS” like the reader does, and the created world is made of silicon and wires like the computer we read on. Genetis only imitates Genesis to subvert it and fit the Bible’s ways of expression to its own fixations, riffing on an idea of “Genesis” that the reader already has first by making it all uppercase and then by making the entire story about the text being read. Rather than offering an explanation or origin, Smyth’s version of Genesis just burrows deeper into the issues at hand for the speaker, and the Biblical way of expression gets appropriated by them instead of explaining them.
The “Legend” of genetics is treated more reverentially: that plateau tells about Smyth’s real-life involvement with the Florida School, where he got the idea to mimic the structure of the DNA helix in Genetis, “organizing information three dimensionally in such a way that the structure itself communicated information about the text.” The tone of this plateau is like that of a textbook from the future looking back at what Smyth is currently doing, using the past tense and avoiding any first-person pronoun. Smyth builds a legend around Genetis like the legends created around scientific discoveries and discoverers, mimicking the sort of venerative textbook language that establishes these legends for students and borrowing the authority of biological science discourse. But this self-canonization, like the parody of Genesis, also fails to create anything other than what is already present for the reader: the hypertext itself. The DNA helix of Genetis has the same relationship to the real DNA that biologists study as the biblical Eve does to our earliest Hominid ancestors. It exists only in the text it belongs to and is justified and made legible only by other things in that text and the discursive system around it, not by an objective reality.
Rather than finding an origin in Genesis (which is parodied and stuffed with the work’s own fixations) or in genetics (which is leveraged by the work as a structuring principle for the work itself), the reader finds a circle: The genesis and genes of Genetis are Genetis, which is about Genetis. Besides being an entertaining postmodern gesture, this kind of meta-loop in Genetis serves a further purpose, representing the breakdown of different discourses available to the self, how all of them fall into circles and fail to explain or express what the self needs them to.
Hypertext and Recovery
Figured in this way, the externalization of inner talk in the form of discourse (whether digital or not) is an attempt at escaping a closed circle. When we feel ashamed, angry, depressed, or anxious, one thing we do is talk ourselves around circles, repeating negative thoughts and postures, re-analyzing the same traumas, unable to reach the outer world because the inner one is so consuming. Repetitive and rotational language is everywhere in discussions of mental illness—we talk of “downward spirals,” “vicious cycles,” and repeat the folk saying often misattributed to Albert Einstein, culture hero of 20th-century science, that “the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.”
Discourses of authority and origin try to offer an out from these closed loops; to say what the root cause is, where it began, and what’s really going on. Whether they are the remote scientific language of the medical reports Smyth shares from his hospitalization that turn experience into explainable data; literary language that turns experience into an object of beauty; or the essentially mystical use of language by Lacan and other theorists that intends to rupture our habitual ways of thinking, all these modes of expression that Smyth tries in Genetis claim implicitly to transcend the individual self’s limitations and uncertainties. Each of these ways of talking and listening promise some kind of solid ground in a haze of endless iterability and différance—an authority, an answer, an original.  They intend to represent a reality, a vantage point from which we can look at ourselves, stand outside our circles, and plan how to perfect ourselves.
Hypertext is a fresh attempt at such a way out. By replicating the spiraling structure of obsessive thought and allowing a reader to experience it as their own spiraling, “to share the breath of this text,” and “experience madness on cognitive (and emotive) levels” as Smyth puts it, hypertext offers another way to use language and express the self. The conversation between the reader and Smyth, conducted through links, becomes a more authoritative discourse than any other: As you become more familiar with the content of the circular thoughts in the hypertext, understanding how Joe Bolton’s suicide relates to troubled relationships with women and to anxieties of facelessness and dreams of grandeur, the content of the hypertext and the discourses it imitates recede. Hypertext’s way of expression allows contradictions to stand and things to stay unresolved without the artificial hedge of an ending. The self producing all these expressions takes center stage, becoming visible as a dynamic and social thing that learns and plays. The type of evidence-for-self that the text of Genetis offers is evidence of motion, relation, the self-as-rhizome—or, quoting Smyth quoting Deleuze and Guattari: “interbeing . . . stream . . . speed.”
Dis course? Of course.
Michel Foucault said in his famous inaugural lecture at the Collège de France that “in every society the production of discourse is at once controlled, selected, organized, and redistributed by a certain number of procedures whose role is to ward off its powers and dangers, to gain mastery over chance events, to evade its ponderous, formidable materiality.”
Throughout his work, Foucault interrogates those “procedures” for controlling not only what people say and hear, but which people get to speak. Some procedures are concretely legal (censorship, discrimination) and others more flexibly situational (politeness, literary genres). In all cases, however, the need to control discourse arises from its powerful capacity to make people: We become like who we listen to, and the way we speak about the world shapes the way we see it and act in it. The selves created in the various discourses we engage in—passport discourse, casual discourse, scientific discourse—become sources not just of social capital but of deep personal meaning. The expectations and values embedded in discourses in the media and in literature turn into yardsticks we measure our selves against, which in turn become what we measure the discourses against. People listen to Wolf Blitzer because he speaks a certain way, stands on a certain set, fits into the discourse of “mainstream news”—but if you come to his show from outside that set of premises and priorities, and don’t identify as a person in the “mainstream,” these are the exact reasons why you wouldn’t listen to him. The inertness of the discourses around us and their inability to adequately heal and inform has been covered more or less everywhere.
What, then, is discourse? Are we discourse? Foucault brings up its “ponderous, formidable materiality”—the materiality of his discourse would be a voice delivering the lecture, the famous hall in which those sound waves reverberate, or—for those of us reading it after the fact—the inert page or screen it rests on. Past what you see and touch, however, discourses are made of invisible rules and rituals, pressures and predispositions consciously and unconsciously felt as you read, speak, write, and listen. Foucault’s view is that the historical discourse around mental health offers a particularly useful case study in how people frame the world and societies: Trauma and mental illness have always existed, always inspired strong feelings, and always had a complex relationship with authority.
As Smyth says in the Traversal videos, our society has made a lot of progress in discussing mental health. That shift in how we talk about mental illness and trauma in the West impacts everything from our most intimate inner lives to the way we understand the violent histories of our societies. Our growing awareness and honesty about what is going on inside of our skulls is often articulated in networked online spaces that allow readers to dialog with writers, range rapidly between registers, and claim a right as individuals to speak to their experiences. We use different words to discuss these things than people did 30 years ago, do it in more settings and with more people, and hold conversations on different technological interfaces.
The “ponderous materiality” of hypertext writing and reading spaces, where much of our new discourse about mental health takes place, is entirely different from the archives and libraries Foucault interrogated in his exploration of the history of madness. In addition to being much more ephemeral than print works (making the preservation efforts of books like this one necessary), the position a hypertext puts the reader in is also entirely different. Reading on your computer is as different from reading in an archive as writing a post to social media is from talking to a therapist.
Pushing a cursor along the screen, to me, feels like pushing a cart down a supermarket aisle. Everything is open to my choosing. Hypertexts like Genetis push the reader to continually articulate a self in dialogue with the assumed self of the author: Every click is a choice, and every new screen that renders a reminder the reader can choose and has chosen. No form more clearly dramatizes and affirms self-determination than hypertext, with its inherent availability to readerly intervention.
Ultimately, this way of breaking the loop and looking at the self can be truly transformative––but even as, like Smyth and everyone else, I crave to figure myself out and communicate that, I am suspicious. In Genetis, the form of hypertext offers a kind of healing catharsis and a healthier perspective on the self––but learning who we are through reading and writing interfaces that fervently affirm self-determination has had other consequences as well.
 The notion of “plateaus” employed by Smyth is taken from French thinkers Deleuze and Guattari’s A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia (1980), a work which joins the psychoanalytic and Marxist traditions criticizing and reframing both. It is one of the most prominent works in poststructural and postmodern thought. The book is organized and ordered in a way that is reminiscent of hypertext, seeking to imitate a “rhizomatic” structure and reject logic and linearity as instruments of power. The metaphor of “plateau” refers to a level discourse, in which different thoughts can be connected without any sort of linear (“arboreal” in their terminology) hierarchy involved that puts one before or behind another. Like Smyth, Deleuze and Guattari also draw their terminology from the hard sciences: “rhizome,” “plateau,” and “arboreal.” I think a link can be drawn between this choice and Lacan’s penchant for using mathematical equations to express psychoanalytic concepts: Both represent a desire to escape from the discourse of critical theory and into the seemingly more objective discourse of the sciences, a desire which has always existed.
 The psychoanalytic tradition that Smyth draws on can be understood as another search towards origin, an attempt to understand our pasts as they resonate through our present and futures. Yet another search towards origin animates readership: Who hasn’t googled an author’s name and read their Wikipedia article before finishing the novel, or felt as if a personality sprang from the prose to meet them? Our relationship to a text’s “lore” and its origins is as crucial and idiosyncratic to our reading of it as our relationship to the language it is written in.
 “Différance” for Jacques Derrida refers to a process by which the real meaning of a sign is always differed across space and deferred over time—that we only know things by what they are not or are like, by what they were or would be, and there is no firm, clear way to fix and authorize knowledge of the world outside a web of endless reference and contingency.
 Foucault, Michel."The Order of Discourse." Literary Theory, an Anthology. ed. by Rivkin, Julie, and Michael Ryan. Oxford: Blackwell, 1999. Print.

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15th IEEE Int'l Symposium and Exhibition on Advanced Packaging Materials
Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at 8:00 AM - Friday, March 1, 2013 at 12:00 PM (PST)
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology Society (IEEE-CPMT) announces the 15th IEEE International Symposium and Exhibition on Advanced Packaging Materials to be held at Atrium Hotel in Irvine, California from February 27th to March 1st, 2013.


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Dynamics 365 Finance Lead
- £600 per day
- Outside IR35
- Likely to extend into a long-term contract
- Based in London
You’ll join a huge international Microsoft end user who are rolling out ERP implementations across the UK. They’re a world-famous retailer with a fantastic ecommerce platform.
Your job will be to:
- Get the best out of their D365FO platform
- Run regular reports for their Finance function
- Walk the line between IT and Business teams
- Review and improve their Finance processes
If you’ve got experience as a Finance Consultant, and you’re an expert with D365 FO or Dynamics AX, get in touch today.

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African shrub or small multi-stemmed tree growing in the sandveld and widely distributed throughout the eastern parts of Southern Africa. Flowers are white with a dense central cluster of yellow anthers and resembling a small white rose. The pulp around the seeds is relished by birds.
Yucca is easy to grow in any well drained soil, acidic or alkaline, and it is moderately tolerant of salt spray and salty soils. Light: tolerates full sun to shade. Moisture: highly tolerant of drought. Propagation: Propagate yuccas from seeds or cuttings.

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Accurate digital thermometer with electronic probe used to measure the internal temperature Of food when cooking. An automatic alarm alerts you when the desired temperature is reached, for perfect cooking and excellent results.
Multifunction: can measure the temperature and time the cooking simultaneously (100 minute timer).
Instant digital display Of temperature, from -25°C to +250°C.
AISI 304 austenitic stainless steel probe so that the temperature measurement is not disturbed when used in a utensil heated by induction. Pointed probe to easily penetrate food. Wire connecting the probe to the dial: very practical and strong, 1m length. The probe can be left in the oven.
The dial has a magnet on the back.
Care: hand wash the probe.
A good helper when cooking meat and sauces, using an accurate digital thermometer with an electronic probe to perfectly control the internal temperature of the food. When the set temperature is reached, the timer will automatically remind to achieve the perfect cooking effect.
The product contains: host x 1, stainless steel probe & wire x 1, the probe has a heat resistance of 250 degrees C, the host is suitable for AAA batteries x 1, the probe is suitable for use with ovens, gas stoves, frying pans and outdoor barbecues.
Backplane switching timing mode/temperature measurement mode
1. Timing mode: Set the minutes/seconds through the MIN/▲, SEC/▼ keys, press the S/S key when you want to stop or start, if you want to reset to zero, press the MIN/▲, SEC/▼ keys at the same time
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Please insert the probe into the food in the oven during operation. The host needs to be placed outside the oven and the oven door is closed. There is a stand on the back that can be unfolded and placed on the table top, or the magnet can be used to directly absorb the oven and refrigerator, which saves storage space and is convenient for access.
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Denson Paul Pollard, Bass Trombonist of the MET Opera Orchestra, talked with us about his most recent sabbatical leave to play with the Radio Symphony Orchestra of Helsinki Finland. He took the audition after spending a few weeks playing with the orchestra, taking the risk along with 50 other bass trombonists he won the audition. The year was a superb experience, he talked about how the culture in Finland values and supports the arts, and how his experience of auditioning again gave him the opportunity to validate what he tells his students at Juilliard, Bard and Mannes. We talked about; the difference between European and American Conservatory student’s learning focus, what did he learn about himself going through the process of auditioning, the struggle of maintaining the excellent of performance in the MET orchestra given the demands of the schedule, demands of playing the trombone, the learning curve in learning the repertoire, how he relaxes away from his job, the rationale of his youtube channel examples, his exploration of new repertoire, how he learned the bass trombone and what lays ahead in the future.
New York Philharmonic, Acting Associate Principal Trumpet, Ethan Bensdorf shares the most important experiences that lead him to be the musician he is today. Talking about his audition that lead him to the NY Philharmonic position, he tells the qualities that he puts foremost in an audition and performances. Ethan explains how his perspective has changed about auditions and what is most important. He comments on the elusive “consistency”, confidence, interpretation, rhythm, sound and the recent common practice of not choosing a winner of auditions. Maintaining the quality of performance is always the goal once winning the job and he talks about how he manages this everyday, creating a balance of practicing, teaching and life. On the job training and how one reacts to these mistakes is the best way he has learned to maintain his position and continues to learn everyday. He comments on stepping in for Phil Smith after his retirement, how he balances the stress of the job, how a change of repertoire for the Philharmonic creates a fun change from the concentrated performances and how to organize practicing.


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MANILA, Philippines — The rise in freelancing jobs is expected to fuel the demand for flexible office spaces, according to a property services firm.
“The rise of the gig economy that operates a flexible mode of working is another reason to further revolutionize office space offerings to cater to this growing segment of the Philippine labor market,” Cushman and Wakefield Philippines said in its latest Property Market News Report.
“As freelance employees manage at home distractions, the flexible office space segment is likely to benefit from this rising trend over the traditional office set-up,”it said.
A recent survey by financial technology company Payoneer noted the growing demand for freelance work with 46 percent of freelancer respondents globally saw an increase in demand for their work in 2022.
Payoneer said this means that businesses continue to rely on freelancers at a growing rate.
The information technology-business process management (IT-BPM) sector, which is a top driver of office space demand in the country, earlier acknowledged the impact of the gig economy in attracting talent especially in the countryside.
IT & Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP) president and CEO Jack Madrid earlier told reporters that the rise of the gig economy is something that the IT-BPM industry needs to pay attention to.
Madrid said the rise of the gig economy is an interesting result of work flexibility. “This is the new world of work. And so I think what our industry needs to do is accept the competition,” he said.
As companies in the gig economy are likely unregistered businesses, Madrid stressed that gig economy workers or freelancers should think about the stability of these jobs, especially those with short-term contracts and benefits.
“So I think on the investor side, we need to accept it and compete with it…But as a Filipino I am happy for them because it’s still a job. It’s still good for our economy, but I want them to also know the pros and the cons of not working for an unregistered company,” Madrid said.
Based on its Roadmap 2028, the IBPAP is targeting to create up to 1.1 million new direct jobs by 2028, 54 percent of which will be in the countryside.
MicroSourcing CEO Haidee Enriquez highlighted in a recent summit the challenges brought by the gig economy to the IT-BPM industry.

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Title: ” A DECEPTION ”
size: 4 x 6 inches painted on acid free paper
Thank you for visiting my art. This is an original still life watercolor painted in the realist tradition. I was thinking ice cream, fourth of July, dessert, baseball, and balance while designing this original.
© 2016 - Dwight Smith Original Art

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As discussed elsewhere in this site, our federal government has evolved from the limited powers enumerated to it in the Constitution to an overwhelming behemoth controlled by special interests and entrenched bureaucrats. It is naive to imaging that such a state of affairs can be reversed quickly, but such a reversal, whether gradual or catastrophically rapid, will be necessary if we are to retain our individual freedoms and property rights centuries into the future.
The endless debate in 2017 about healthcare following the Obamacare debacle demonstrated how far our representatives have strayed from a commitment to the principles of Federalism. It seems like every generation has to relearn the lessons of history.
“In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.”
Ronald Reagan, Inaugural Address, January 20, 1981
Please take the time to listen to President Reagan’s Inaugural Address and reflect on how it relates to our present time.
The simple truth is that our Founding Fathers devised a system of government that will preserve our rights and property if we can collectively safeguard it. If a mindless majority demands cradle to the grave benefits from the Federal government in exchange for votes, the Republic is lost.
Here are some links to articles about Federalism and how it is the best solution to problems that are clearly NOT the responsibility of the Federal Government.


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CPMC Conducts Successful School Supply Drive
August 2, 2011
As children from Morgan County head back to their first full week of school this week, some of them will be able to meet the new academic challenges due to the generosity of community caretakers. Employees of Colorado Plains Medical Center held their sixth annual school supply drive for Morgan County public school districts last week. Fifty seven backpacks filled with needed school supplies were presented last week to Fort Morgan School District Superintendent, Greg Wagers, and his staff.
“We are extremely grateful for the supplies. We have already had several school principals calling the district office to see if there might be some extra supplies for children who couldn’t afford to purchase their own,” commented Wagers.
Although several drives were held this year in the Front Range, organized school supply drives were limited in rural areas, including Morgan County. Wagers noted that he was aware of few organizations this year that were able to help. One Denver news channel, Fox31, reported that school supply costs average $75.00 a child, making it impossible for families with several children to be adequately prepared for the new school year. The Huntington Bank Annual Backpack Index Survey claimed that costs for school supplies for an elementary aged child rose to $56. Costs are even higher for middle school and high school students averaging $136 and $91 per individual respectively. “This gesture, on behalf of the CPMC staff, is highly appreciated,” added Wagers.
Brush, Wiggins, and Weldon Valley schools were also recipients of backpacks and supplies.
The drive is entirely voluntary and is conducted by employees. In fact, the service project was selected by the American Hospital Association editorial staff to be included in the 6th Edition of Community Connections: Ideas and Innovations for Hospital Leaders, which emphasized what hospitals throughout the United States are doing to meet their community’s social and basic needs, promoting community health, improving access and coverage and enhancing the quality of life for the people they serve.
“It shows that we care for the community, not only when they are patients seeking care, but outside the doors of our facility. Although we did not reach our goal of 125 filled backpacks, I know we did make a difference,” remarked Jennifer Schwindt, CPMC Rehabilitation Services Supervisor and chair of the committee who conducted the drive. “I was delivering the backpacks to the Brush schools and there was a little girl patiently waiting at Thomson School to pick out her backpack. She was so excited that she was going to get to choose from the pile of brightly colored bags and kept asking me if she really was able to keep it (the backpack). This is how powerful a small act of kindness can be.”

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The Origins of Wonder
This is an old revision of the document!
Said by some to have been invented by Pete Biro in 1970; by others, Bob Swadling is cited. Performed by Fred Kaps and others, but not published until August 2007 in Genii (Vol. 70, No. 8, p. 78).


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A modern twist on the classic American treat.
When we set out to craft our own donut mix, it was very important to us that we used only natural ingredients. We immediately threw out the idea of using a commercial mix because of the artificial flavors and preservatives.
After A LOT of trial and error, we hit the donut jackpot: a mixture with no artificial ingredients and key ingredients sourced directly from Idaho, including world-famous Idaho potatoes.
Why potato donuts?
Potatoes bring a slightly darker color with a surprising crunch on the outside while remaining a bit lighter and fluffier than typical cake donuts on the inside. The potatoes help absorb moisture and are stiff enough to hold air, both of which are ideal conditions for quality donuts, especially when hot out of the fryer.
Characteristically soft and tender, with a hint of spice, potato donuts lack the heaviness often associated with cake donuts, and they don’t dry out as quickly.

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ADITC Recap- Fall 2018•
Posted on October 17 2018
This year I brought along some newly released scrolls like the Pumpkin Patch and Moose scrolls. I decided to go for a fall look on the front table to welcome the new season.
The mantel that you guys love so much held the Tree Farm scroll. The beautiful spruce garland draped the holiday scroll and the small/big pines transformed the newly released scroll.
We had such a great weekend once again at this show. I’m so happy to be apart of Deb and Bessie’s creative show. We had beautiful fall-like weather on Saturday and Sunday! Thank you to all of you who came out and shopped!
The Shoppe Lighting...
Listen, it's only been a year since I promised y'all these lighting sources... BUT- here they FINALLY are! Phew. Where has the last year gone? I ca...Read More
A Christmas Surprise
While visiting Madison, IN back in November, I stopped at this huge antique store in Cincinnati on my way home. Browsing around, I stumbled across ...Read More
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WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Inter Ikea Systems B.V. v. Robert Amirillas, Extreme Construction Inc.
Case No. D2018-0789
1. The Parties
The Complainant is Inter Ikea Systems B.V. of Delft, Netherlands, represented by Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, PC, United States of America (“United States” or “US”).
The Respondent is Robert Amirillas, Extreme Construction Inc. of Mesa, Arizona, United States.
2. The Domain Name and Registrar
The disputed domain name <ikeaplace.com> (the “Domain Name”) is registered with GoDaddy.com, LLC (the “Registrar”).
3. Procedural History
The Complaint was filed with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (the “Center”) on April 9, 2018. On April 10, 2018, the Center transmitted by email to the Registrar a request for registrar verification in connection with the Domain Name. On April 10, 2018, the Registrar transmitted by email to the Center its verification response confirming that the Respondent is listed as the registrant and providing the contact details.
The Center verified that the Complaint satisfied the formal requirements of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the “Policy” or “UDRP”), the Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the “Rules”), and the WIPO Supplemental Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the “Supplemental Rules”).
In accordance with the Rules, paragraphs 2 and 4, the Center formally notified the Respondent of the Complaint, and the proceedings commenced on April 13, 2018. In accordance with the Rules, paragraph 5, the due date for Response was May 3, 2018.
On April 27, 2018, the Center received the Parties’ request to suspend the proceeding. On April 30, 2018, the Center confirmed to the Parties that the administrative proceeding is suspended until May 27, 2018 for purposes of settlement discussions concerning the Domain Name. On May 25, 2018, the Center received a request from the Complainant for extension of the suspension and consequently the suspension was extended until June 27, 2018. On June 26, 2018, the Center received the Complainant's request to reinstitute the proceeding, and notified the Parties of the reinstitution on June 27, 2018. The new Response due date was set for July 2, 2018. The Respondent did not submit any response. Accordingly, the Center notified the Commencement of Panel Appointment Process on July 3, 2018.
The Center appointed Mathias Lilleengen as the sole panelist in this matter on July 12, 2018. The Panel finds that it was properly constituted. The Panel has submitted the Statement of Acceptance and Declaration of Impartiality and Independence, as required by the Center to ensure compliance with the Rules, paragraph 7.
4. Factual Background
The Complainant in this administrative proceeding is Inter Ikea Systems B.V. (“Ikea”), the owner of the IKEA trademark in the United States and in numerous jurisdictions around the world.
Ikea is an international provider of furniture and home furnishings with more than 400 stores in almost 50 countries around the world. The Ikea stores serve over 780 million customers per year and employ over 180,000 people. Ikea had annual sales of more than EUR 34,1 billion in 2017. Among the many Ikea stores is one in Tempe, Arizona – less than 15 miles from where the Respondent is located.
The Complainant owns numerous US trademark registrations for the IKEA trademark, for example US trademark Reg. No. 1118706, registered on May 22, 1979, and Reg. No. 1418733, registered on November 25, 1986, as well as numerous trademark registrations around the world. A list containing examples of trademark registrations is annexed to the Complaint.
The Complainant has invested heavily in advertising and promoting the IKEA brand in catalogs, advertisements, brochures as well as on social media and networking websites. As an example, the Complainant released an app for mobile devices in 2017 under the name Ikea Place. The app offers users the possibility to virtually “place” IKEA products in your space. It has also a visual search function. The Ikea Place mobile app is available for both Apple and Android mobile devices and it has received significant press coverage.
Pursuant to the Registrar, the Domain Name was registered on May 26, 2017.
At the time of drafting this decision, the Domain Name redirects to a web page with the text “Website coming soon”.
5. Parties’ Contentions
The Complainant provides trademark registrations, and submits that the IKEA trademark has achieved widespread recognition and is famous. The Complainant has obtained several domain name decisions recognizing the fame of the IKEA trademark. The Complainant argues that the Domain Name is identical to the Complainant’s common law trademark IKEA PLACE. Further, the addition of “place” to the Complainant’s well-known IKEA trademark is not sufficient to distinguish the Domain Name from the IKEA trademark. The generic Top-Level Domain (“gTLD”), “.com”, should not be taken into consideration when adjudging confusing similarity.
The Complainant argues further that there is no evidence that the Respondent has rights or legitimate interests in the Domain Name. The Respondent is not affiliated or related to the Complainant in any way, or licensed or otherwise authorized to use the IKEA trademark. The Respondent is not using the Domain Name in connection with any bona fide offering of goods or services. In light of the Respondent’s knowledge of the Complainant’s prior rights in the IKEA mark and the fact that the Domain Name has essentially been unused by the Respondent since its registration, the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in the Domain Name.
As to bad faith, the Complainant argues that the Respondent must have been aware of the Complainant’s famous trademark at the time of the registration of the Domain Name. The IKEA mark is immediately recognizable and a well-known trademark that exclusively identifies the Complainant and its goods and services. The Respondent’s adoption and use of the IKEA mark shows the Respondent’s familiarity with the trademark and its fame.
The Respondent did not reply to the Complainant’s contentions, but sent the following email to the Center on April 13, 2018:
“I own the domain for ikeaplace.com and it’s under a disput. I really don’t know what to do at this point. I’ve been offered to sell it and since I declined there offer they put it under dispute. What is the next step? I install IKEA cabinets for a living and am playing to build my company around this domain. Thank you.”
6. Discussion and Findings
A. Identical or Confusingly Similar
The Complainant has established that it has rights in the trademark IKEA. The test for confusing similarity involves the comparison between the trademark and the Domain Name. The addition of “place” to the Complainant’s well-known IKEA trademark does not prevent a finding of confusing similarity between the Domain Name and the trademark. As the Domain Name is clearly confusingly similar to the Complainant’s trademark IKEA, the Panel does not need to decide on the Complainant’s common law rights contention with respect to “Ikea Place”.
For the purpose of assessing confusing similarity under paragraph 4(a)(i) of the Policy, it is permissible for the Panel to ignore the gTLD “.com”.
The Panel finds that the Domain Name is confusingly similar to a trademark in which the Complainant has rights in accordance with paragraph 4(a)(i) of the Policy.
B. Rights or Legitimate Interests
The Complainant has not granted any authorization to the Respondent to register a domain name containing its trademark or otherwise make use of its mark. Despite the Respondent in his email of April 13, 2018 claims that he plans to use the Domain Name for a webpage advertising his business of installing IKEA cabinets, there is no evidence of the Respondent actually servicing IKEA products. Furthermore, the Respondent’s website does not “accurately and prominently disclose the relationship with the trademark holder”, cf. section 2.8 of WIPO Overview of WIPO Panel Views on Selected UDRP Questions, Third Edition (“WIPO Overview 3.0”). In fact, there is no evidence at all. In any event, the Panel finds that the Domain Name’s composition effectively impersonates or suggests sponsorship or endorsement by the Complainant which cannot constitute fair use. See section 2.5.1. of WIPO Overview 3.0.
Accordingly, the Panel finds that the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the Domain Name in accordance with paragraph 4(a)(ii) of the Policy.
C. Registered and Used in Bad Faith
To the Panel it is clear that the Respondent was aware of the Complainant’s trademark and its business when it registered the Domain Name. It follows from the fame of the trademark and the Respondent’s email of April 13, 2018.
Even if the Respondent may have believed he had the right to register the Domain Name, the Panel finds that the Respondent prevents the owner of the trademark from reflecting the mark in a corresponding domain name. Furthermore, as previously noted the Domain Name effectively impersonates or suggests sponsorship or endorsement by the Complainant. The Panel also finds that the Respondent is disrupting the Complainant’s business.
For the reasons set out above, the Panel concludes that the Domain Name was registered and is being used in bad faith, within the meaning of the paragraph 4(a)(i) of the Policy.
For the foregoing reasons, in accordance with paragraphs 4(i) of the Policy and 15 of the Rules, the Panel orders that the Domain Name <ikeaplace.com> be transferred to the Complainant.
Date: July 20, 2018

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