Family Photo Flip Book | Sweet Rose Studio

Ever since we moved into our new home, the husband and I have been working diligently on making all parts of our home us. Our home has really good bones: great flooring, neutral wall colors, crown molding and wainscoting in various rooms throughout our home. All stuff that is fabulous, but it could be in any person?s home. It just needed touches here and there to make sure it looks like our family is the one living there now. So far, Luke and Reagan?s rooms have been tackled, we?ve created a gallery wall with some personalized art, made over some old not-so-cute art, and put together a place perfect for displaying all of our kids? masterpieces. Now that almost every other room in our home has had some new love infused into it, it?s time to focus on my favorite space in our home: my craft room. I?m sharing the first project I put together for the craft space: a Family Photo Flip Book!

I?ve added a piece of art that is really me but it showcases the the thing I love most: my family. Want to take a peek at each of the pages?

Let me start by saying this: I?m not going to tell you step-by-step how to re-create this sweet piece of home decor, BUT I am showing you each page and trying to list as many of the supplies that I used so you have a great jumping off point for when you create your own. Sound good?

The base of the entire flip book is this amazing mini clipboard album. Swoon. I simply built everything off of the pages that were already included with it. Because the clipboard opens, you could easily add more pages if that?s your style.

?Materials used for Page One:

Mini Clipboard Album * Pink Lace Cardstock?* Fabric Frames

Fabric Bows?* Burlap & Fabric Bows?* Fabric & Epoxy Brads?* Decorative Tags

Black & White Cardstock?* Green Floral Cardstock?*?scallop punch

?Materials used for Page Two:

Fabric Frames?*??Green Floral Cardstock?*?scallop punch

Cardstock Die-Cuts * White Ball Fringe

?Materials used for Page Three:

Fabric Frames?*?Decorative Tags?*?Cardstock Die-Cuts

Black & White Cardstock?* Washi Tape?*?Fabric & Epoxy Brads

?Materials used for Page Four:

Fabric Frames?* Pink Baker?s Twine?* Tag Punch

Black & White Cardstock?*?Green Floral Cardstock?* Bird & Yellow Cardstock

?Materials used for Page Five:

Fabric Frames?*?Decorative Tags?*?Cardstock Die-Cuts

Black & White Cardstock?* Wood Veneer Heart?*?scallop punch

Fabric & Epoxy Buttons?* Thickers?* Yellow Floral Cardstock

?Materials used for Page Six:

Fabric Frames?*?Decorative Tags?* Glitter Thickers

scallop punch?*?Fabric & Epoxy Buttons?* Pink Floral Cardstock

Paper Flowers?* Fabric Thickers?*?Yellow Floral Cardstock

?Materials used for Page Seven:

Fabric Frames?*?Cardstock Die-Cuts?*?Fabric Bows

scallop punch?*?Fabric & Epoxy Buttons?*?Bird & Yellow Cardstock

So there you have it, my Family Photo Flip Book! Make sure to check back as I share more of my craft room over the next few weeks!

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Porn App Returns to Google Glass Minus the Porn

The only thing that might be sadder than a porn app for Google Glass is a porn app for Google Glass that doesn't actually have any porn. Remember how "Tits and Glass" got banned? Yeah, it's back, but this time without the titular attractions. But don't worry: that pun isn't going anywhere.

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Watering Hole: How internet hackers attack the rich through the poor

By Prince Osuagwu

?New attacking method wreaks havoc ?Why data protection law is imminent in Nigeria?
All through the world, from Asia to Europe, America to Africa, cyber espionage seems to be a common enemy at the moment. This is largely because the art of warfare is gradually shifting from physical to virtual. Heavy military presence and sophisticated war weapons are shrinking, melting into a small room with few Personal Computers and a few frail-looking youths behind them.

But at the end, these dismissible equipments fall big nations, large corporations and prominent persons far more than the heavy war machineries did.

Meanwhile, the hackers are not only inventing new war methods, but are also adapting and modernizing old war tricks, haul them online and wreck havoc with them.

Watering Hole
From a recently released 160- page internet security report by renowned internet security experts, Symantec, a certain attacking method called the Watering Hole was identified to have caused major breakdown in the systems of even the most secured corporate entities in the world.

To a hacker that adopts the watering hole method, it does not matter any more if a company is fortified as long as it has relations with others that are vulnerable. All it takes is the patience to waif until it leaves the secure zone.

Interestingly, Watering hole is an old war art used by hunters who created little holes in the desert and filled them with water, waiting patiently for the animals to come, drink and get shot.

The beauty of this method for a hacker is that he does not need to bother how to break into the more secure sites of major organisations. He only would easily do so by targeting and infecting less protected companies that have links with the secure ones. The moment the secured organisations launch into the websites of their partners who obviously are vulnerable, the infected sites render them also vulnerable and open to attack.

What this means is that in the growing world of espionages and hackvitists, there may not be much difference between the rich and the poor, the weak and the powerful. All that would make sense is that the strong protects the poor; else the two would go down in one internet hack exercise.

Why new attacking methods sprout
Before 2012, attacks were mainly carried out through spear phishing. Spear phishing is an e-mail spoofing fraud attempt that targets a specific organization, seeking unauthorized access to confidential data. Spear phishing attempts are not typically initiated by random hackers but are more likely to be conducted by perpetrators out for financial gain, trade secrets or military information. The spear Phisher thrives on familiarity; he knows your name, email and a little information about you.

But in 2012, there was a massive drop because people are becoming more aware of protecting their mails and discarding spam mails. Many corporations invested heavily in data protection and general internet security, just as governments were more alert to activities that would compromise their policies and secret information.

Nigeria improves, but?..
Interestingly, the report shows how Nigeria has improved in security ranking in Africa, taking the sixth position in overall internet security profile in Africa. This position, however, comes behind South Africa, Morocco and a few others. The country also improved globally leaping from 59 to 68th position in global internet security ranking

Despite these improvements Nigerian companies particularly the SMEs are still major targets. According to Symantec, in 2012 there were serious threat and attacks on particularly small and medium companies that did not have the financial base or knowledge to protect selves. Worse hit among these SMEs are the manufacturing companies, which the report still regards as major targets in 2013.

Data protection law to the rescue
As a measure, Symantec challenged Nigeria to come up with adequate data protection law that would ensure that operators both of mobile services and financial services do not roll out services that would engage millions of Nigerians without taking into consideration that the data entrusted in their care are strongly protected.

Perhaps if the country could imagine? the huge loss, should one hack activity wipes out valuable data in the country?s growing banking industry, oil, telecommunications and other sectors, it would be imperative to freely declare self a target now, launch nationwide awareness campaign on internet threats and developments, promulgate data protection laws and equip, defend the citizens better.

Source: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/06/watering-hole-how-internet-hackers-attack-the-rich-through-the-poor/

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Solar power heads in a new direction: Thinner

June 26, 2013 ? Most efforts at improving solar cells have focused on increasing the efficiency of their energy conversion, or on lowering the cost of manufacturing. But now MIT researchers are opening another avenue for improvement, aiming to produce the thinnest and most lightweight solar panels possible.

Such panels, which have the potential to surpass any substance other than reactor-grade uranium in terms of energy produced per pound of material, could be made from stacked sheets of one-molecule-thick materials such as graphene or molybdenum disulfide.

Jeffrey Grossman, the Carl Richard Soderberg Associate Professor of Power Engineering at MIT, says the new approach "pushes towards the ultimate power conversion possible from a material" for solar power. Grossman is the senior author of a new paper describing this approach, published in the journal Nano Letters.

Although scientists have devoted considerable attention in recent years to the potential of two-dimensional materials such as graphene, Grossman says, there has been little study of their potential for solar applications. It turns out, he says, "they're not only OK, but it's amazing how well they do."

Using two layers of such atom-thick materials, Grossman says, his team has predicted solar cells with 1 to 2 percent efficiency in converting sunlight to electricity, That's low compared to the 15 to 20 percent efficiency of standard silicon solar cells, he says, but it's achieved using material that is thousands of times thinner and lighter than tissue paper. The two-layer solar cell is only 1 nanometer thick, while typical silicon solar cells can be hundreds of thousands of times that. The stacking of several of these two-dimensional layers could boost the efficiency significantly.

"Stacking a few layers could allow for higher efficiency, one that competes with other well-established solar cell technologies," says Marco Bernardi, a postdoc in MIT's Department of Materials Science who was the lead author of the paper. Maurizia Palummo, a senior researcher at the University of Rome visiting MIT through the MISTI Italy program, was also a co-author.

For applications where weight is a crucial factor -- such as in spacecraft, aviation or for use in remote areas of the developing world where transportation costs are significant -- such lightweight cells could already have great potential, Bernardi says.

Pound for pound, he says, the new solar cells produce up to 1,000 times more power than conventional photovoltaics. At about one nanometer (billionth of a meter) in thickness, "It's 20 to 50 times thinner than the thinnest solar cell that can be made today," Grossman adds. "You couldn't make a solar cell any thinner."

This slenderness is not only advantageous in shipping, but also in ease of mounting solar panels. About half the cost of today's panels is in support structures, installation, wiring and control systems, expenses that could be reduced through the use of lighter structures.

In addition, the material itself is much less expensive than the highly purified silicon used for standard solar cells -- and because the sheets are so thin, they require only minuscule amounts of the raw materials.

John Hart, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering, chemical engineering and art and design at the University of Michigan, says, "This is an exciting new approach to designing solar cells, and moreover an impressive example of how complementary nanostructured materials can be engineered to create new energy devices." Hart, who will be joining the MIT faculty this summer but had no involvement in this research, adds that, "I expect the mechanical flexibility and robustness of these thin layers would also be attractive."

The MIT team's work so far to demonstrate the potential of atom-thick materials for solar generation is "just the start," Grossman says. For one thing, molybdenum disulfide and molybdenum diselenide, the materials used in this work, are just two of many 2-D materials whose potential could be studied, to say nothing of different combinations of materials sandwiched together. "There's a whole zoo of these materials that can be explored," Grossman says. "My hope is that this work sets the stage for people to think about these materials in a new way."

While no large-scale methods of producing molybdenum disulfide and molybdenum diselenide exist at this point, this is an active area of research. Manufacturability is "an essential question," Grossman says, "but I think it's a solvable problem."

An additional advantage of such materials is their long-term stability, even in open air; other solar-cell materials must be protected under heavy and expensive layers of glass. "It's essentially stable in air, under ultraviolet light, and in moisture," Grossman says. "It's very robust."

The work so far has been based on computer modeling of the materials, Grossman says, adding that his group is now trying to produce such devices. "I think this is the tip of the iceberg in terms of utilizing 2-D materials for clean energy" he says.

This work was supported by the MIT Energy Initiative.

Source: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/top_news/top_science/~3/8FVH4mhCcNE/130626153926.htm

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NYC Council Supporting Bloomberg's Push for Legal Hostels - Hit ...

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Interns and budget-conscious travelers have a surprising ally in the effort by the New York City Council to pass legislation?that would?legalize residential hostels: three-time Reason TV Nanny of the Month winner?Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Luckily, the mayor who infamously supported a?ban on sodas over 16 ounces doesn't appear to take issue with people living in small, condensed spaces. Bloomberg spearheaded the effort in his final State of the City?address.

Even though we?ve become the number one tourism destination in the country we still have unfinished business. Right now, we?re missing out on an important piece of the market: the young people who have an itch to get out and see the world on modest budgets. Hotels in our city can be out of their price range.

So working with Speaker Quinn and the City Council, we'll pass legislation to make New York a more youth-friendly tourism destination by legalizing the for-profit youth hostels that are so common in much of Europe. Our goal is to attract 175,000 more young tourists to our city each year which will create more than 1,000 new jobs for New Yorkers.

Most hostels were effectively put out of business by a 2010 New York law?which outlawed renting residential apartments for stays of less than 30 days. The law came with a cost to the city? an estimated $150 million and about 200,000 tourists per year according to studies, which is minor compared to New York's 52 million visitors in 2012, but advocates for the hostel industry argue that there is unseen damage due to the law.

[Jerry] Kremer and other advocates of the industry argue that the city is losing out on a generation of young, budget- and style-conscious tourists who increasingly steer clear of Manhattan and the outer boroughs in favor not only of European and Asian capitals, but also of Philadelphia, San Francisco and Miami.

?The city took a real blow,? Mr. Kremer said. ?Places like Philly and Washington saw a dramatic increase in young travelers and hostel occupancy rates. They siphoned it away from New York and were indirect beneficiaries of that 2010 legislation. And the economic impact was devastating.?

The economic impact wasn't supposed to be felt, according to justification from the 2010 bill:

There is more than adequate supply of legitimate hotels with accommodations in all price ranges. Should the growth of tourism result in increased demand for hotel rooms in the future, commercially zoned areas of the city allow widespread opportunities for new legitimate hotels.

The new law?would establish an independent office to license hostels, which advocates hope will spark a Generation Y renaissance in the city. New York's Sydell Group, an owner, developer, and manager of hostels,?is planning to open a?hostel in Brooklyn?after success with its pilot hostel in Miami Beach. Sydell Group plans to open up to 10 hostel across the country.

Source: http://reason.com/blog/2013/06/26/nyc-council-supporting-bloombergs-push-f

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Feeling stressed? Oxytocin could help you reach out to others for support

June 25, 2013 ? The next time someone snubs you at a party and you think hiding is the solution to escape your feelings of rejection, think again. Scientists have shown that reaching out to other people during a stressful event is an effective way to improve your mood, and researchers at Concordia University suggest that the hormone oxytocin may help you accomplish just that.

Mark Ellenbogen and Christopher Cardoso, researchers in Concordia's Centre for Research in Human Development are taking a closer look at oxytocin, a hormone traditionally studied for its role in childbirth and breastfeeding, and more recently for its effect on social behaviour. Their latest study, published in the peer-reviewed journal Psychoneuroendocrinology, shows that oxytocin can increase a person's trust in others following social rejection.

Explains Ellenbogen, "that means that instead of the traditional 'fight or flight' response to social conflict where people get revved up to respond to a challenge or run away from it, oxytocin may promote the 'tend and befriend' response where people reach out to others for support after a stressful event. That can, in turn, strengthen social bonds and may be a healthier way to cope."

In a double-blind experiment, 100 students were administered either oxytocin or a placebo via a nasal spray, then subjected to social rejection. In a conversation that was staged to simulate real life, researchers posing as students disagreed with, interrupted and ignored the unsuspecting participants. Using mood and personality questionnaires, the data showed that participants who were particularly distressed after being snubbed by the researchers reported greater trust in other people if they sniffed oxytocin prior to the event, but not if they sniffed the placebo. In contrast, oxytocin had no effect on trust in those who were not emotionally affected by social rejection.

Cardoso, who is a doctoral student in the Department of Psychology, says that studying oxytocin may provide future options for those who suffer from mental health conditions characterized by high levels of stress and low levels of social support, like depression. "If someone is feeling very distressed, oxytocin could promote social support seeking, and that may be especially helpful to those individuals," he says, noting that people with depression tend to naturally withdraw even though reaching out to social support systems can alleviate depression and facilitate recovery.

For Ellenbogen, who holds a Canada Research Chair in Developmental Psychopathology, the contribution of stress the development of mood disorders like depression and bipolar disorder has long been a research focus. "I'm concerned with the biological underpinnings of stress, particularly interpersonal stress, which is thought to be a strong predictor of these mental disorders. So, oxytocin is a natural fit with my interests," says Ellenbogen. "The next phase of research will begin to study oxytocin's effects in those who are at high risk for developing clinical depression."

Cardoso says reactions to oxytocin seem to be more variable depending on individual differences and contextual factors than most pharmaceuticals, so learning more about how the hormone operates can help scientists to figure out how it might be used in future treatments.

"Previous studies have shown that natural oxytocin is higher in distressed people, but before this study nobody could say with certainty why that was the case," Cardoso says, "In distressed people, oxytocin may improve one's motivation to reach out to others for support. That idea is cause for a certain degree of excitement, both in the research community and for those who suffer from mood disorders."

Source: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/mind_brain/mental_health/~3/bFfgd4haaRI/130625092003.htm

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