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New Top Level Domains

New Top Level Domains

On January 12, 2012 a non-profit organization named ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is set to launch a program to create new domain names. A domain name is a distinct subset of the Internet with addresses sharing a common suffix. Examples are .com; .org; .net; and .gov. This program will allow companies to create their very own suffix such as Cannon could buy the domain name of ‘.cannon’, or the American Bankers Association could buy ‘.bank’ to offer a more secure online banking experience. To buy your very own custom domain name won’t be cheap, but the greatest things in life aren’t always cheap either. ICANN has set the price to buy the custom domain name to $185,000. One of the reasons a company would buy this suffix even at such a cost is because is to protect their products from people trying to perform fraud. It is such a big deal for the internet because ICANN is expanding the number of top level domains. ICANN expects 500 to 1,000 applications in next year’s 90-day application window. This will reduce the amount of crowding on the internet and to make it easy for Internet users. ICANN says that it will increase security on the new domains. If anybody but the Coca-Cola Company applied for ‘.coke’, he or she would have to prove a real reason to have that one. And if there was no real reason to have ‘.coke’ then there would be a “rapid takedown” procedure to close infringing domains. This is a new landmark in technology history and I’m sure that this will be a great program for the internet and the internet’s future.

January 11, 2012

Wesley Gensler

Assistive Technology Overcomers

1. Melissa Blackwell – Melissa Blackwell was a second Lieutenant of the United States Army. On April 13, 2004 she was on a routine convoy in Baghdad, Iraq and her HUMVEE was hit by a roadside bomb. The blast took off her left leg. She spent a lot of time in rehab and today she stands as an above the knee amputee and was awarded a purple heart as well as a bronze star. She has since then swam in the Paralympics. She also competes in many bike racing and triathlons. To ride her bike she has to have assistive technology. The pedal is connected to her knee with a rod and a brace/holder. Without this, riding a bike would be impossible.
http://melissastockwell.com/Melissa_Stockwell/My_story.html

2. Jim MacLaren - After getting hit by a New York City bus while on his motorcycle back in 1985 and having his lower leg amputated below the knee , the former Yale football player reinvented himself and became the Babe Ruth of amputee athletes, running a 3:16 marathon and going 10:42 at the Ironman in Kona, Hawaii. He uses a bionic leg to help him run. It does not help him run faster than a normal human being. Its sole purpose is to help him be a full person and to help stabilize him so he is able to run.
http://triathlon.competitor.com/2010/08/news/athlete-and-amputee-jim-maclaren-dies-at-47_11970

3. Matt Scott - Scott, who was born with spina bifida, grew up in Detroit, Michigan, where he participated in a variety of sports alongside his able-bodied peers. Now a member of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater wheelchair basketball squad, Scott has won four national championships. He was also recently selected to the Paralympic squad for the second time. Without the top of the line wheel chair assisting him he would not be able to preform as well in games.
http://www.disaboom.com/athletes-with-disabilities/matt-scott-wheelchair-basketball-player-who-says-just-do-it

Verifying a Web Site

I believe that the aluminum foil website is correct information. Some reasons of why i believe that is because it was recently updated just a few days ago and it has a bunch of different links that io can click on to get more information about that specific topic. The google gulp drink doesnt make any sense. It is hard to understand soI cant help but say that it is incorrect information. In the third activity on http://www.avon.k12.ct.us/enrichment/Enrich/gr4students.htm I think that the second websit is true because it has the weather report on that area, curently updated, city maps, and plenty of contact numbers and e-mails that I can get a hold of if I have questions.

Citing Sources

Today i used three differennt sites and expiermented with them to see which i liked best. I liked easybib.com the best because it was easy to undersand and use.

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