Internationalize Your Internet Address - Here's Why & How ...

In this article, [I will explain why you should seriously consider internationalizing your domain name,] teach you some basic terms so that you can understand how to choose the jurisdiction of your domain name (as well as make sure that your personal or business information is not leaked out into the public domain) [and tell you how to do it. Read on!]

So writes Kyle Gonzales in edited excerpts from his original article* as posted on internationalman.com under the title How to Safely Internationalize your Domain Name.

[The following article is presented by? Lorimer Wilson, editor of www.FinancialArticleSummariesToday.com and www.munKNEE.com and the FREE Market Intelligence Report newsletter (sample here ? register here) and may have been edited ([ ]), abridged (?) and/or reformatted (some sub-titles and bold/italics emphases) for the sake of clarity and brevity to ensure a fast and easy read. This paragraph must be included in any article re-posting to avoid copyright infringement.]

Gonzales goes on to say in further edited (and in some cases paraphrased) excerpts:

Purchasing the domain name for your international internet business is an important step, one which will help support your brand and identify your business to your customers. Much attention is paid to the first part of the domain name, because it is generally assumed that the domain name will end in .com.

This is a terrible mistake.

The bad news: Where you register your domain name may land you in jail. The US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agency has used the fact that a US-based company acts as the administrator for all .com domains to claim jurisdiction over all websites ending in .com, regardless of where the actual website is located.

The good news: In the same manner in which you can internationalize your business incorporation or your financial accounts, you can also internationalize your domain names ? and it?s easy. Just choose a domain name that resides in a non-US jurisdiction by picking a different ending component, or TLD, for your domain name. For example, choosing to use a domain name that ends in .co instead of .com offshores the jurisdiction for your domain name from the United States to Colombia.

Let?s?start with explanations about?some basic terms:

TLD ? Top-Level Domain

A TLD is the part of the domain at the end of the domain name. .com, .net, .org, .co, .ca, and .jp are all examples of TLDs. Each TLD is managed by an organization, whether it?s a government or commercial entity. There are two main types of TLDs that most people will use and purchase for their own use, generic TLDs and country code TLDs.

gTLD ? Generic Top-Level Domain

This is the type of TLD that most people are familiar with. Examples of gTLDs are .com, .net, .org, and .biz. The two most common gTLDs, .com and .net, are managed by Verisign, a US-based company and thus fall under US jurisdiction.

Not all gTLDs are managed by US entities, however. Afilias, an Irish limited company based in Dublin, operates the registries for the .info, .asia, and .mobi gTLDs. Though you need to be careful. Afilias bought RegistryPro, the registrar for the .pro gTLD, but left the jurisdiction for the registry in the US.

ccTLD ? Country Code Top-Level Domain

This is a TLD which has been assigned to a country. There is one ccTLD for every country in the world. ccTLDs are usually maintained by a company or organization which is located within that country. There are a few exceptions. For example, the registries for .tv (Tuvalu) and .cc (Cocos Islands) are managed by companies owned by Verisign. Anyone using a .tv or .cc domain for their website has put their website under the jurisdiction of the US government. A list of all ccTLDs can be found here.

Domain Privacy

Under normal circumstances, when you register a domain name, they ask for:

1. full name
2. organization or business
3. address
4. phone number
5. email address

This information is essentially public record, and is easily accessible by anyone. By adding domain privacy, this information is placed in ?escrow? and is no longer part of the public record. Unfortunately, not every TLD registry supports domain privacy. This is important for you to check when you choose your domain.

Domain privacy is also marketed using the terms ?WHOIS Privacy,? ?Contact Privacy,? ?Protected Registration,? ?WHOISGuard,? or ?Private Registration.?

The Best Jurisdictions for Your Domain Name

For people who are looking to purchase a domain name for their international business, I recommend using the following ccTLDs. They have a number of favorable traits in common:

• All of these ccTLDs are administered by registrars located in the country the ccTLD is assigned to.

• Any person or organization can register a domain name using these ccTLDs.

• Any domain name registered using one of these ccTLDs can enable domain privacy.

• Registration and transfers for domains using one of these ccTLDs is as quick and easy as it is for a .com domain name.

• Domain names using these ccTLDs are not immediately associated with the countries they are tied to, giving you a lot of flexibility in naming.

Colombia (.co)

The .co ccTLD is administered by .CO Internet S.A.S., a Colombian company located in Bogota. .co Internet has been very aggressive in marketing the .co ccTLD. The .co ccTLD is attractive based on its similarity to .com. Think about using ?example.co? instead of ?example.com? when purchasing your domain.

Montenegro (.me)

The .me ccTLD is administered by doMEn, d.o.o., a Montenegrin company based in Podgorica. doMEn has also been aggressive in marketing their ccTLD. You can get creative with your naming here. An example: using ?atruestoryabout.me? instead of ?atruestoryaboutme.com?. This site can help you get some ideas: Words ending in ?me.?

Belize (.bz)

The .bz ccTLD is administered by University Management Ltd., a Belizean company based in Belize City. University Management Ltd. has tried to increase awareness and use of the .bz ccTLD by people worldwide, often based on its similarity to the .biz gTLD. An example: using ?kingofgold.bz? instead of ?kingofgold.biz.?

Why not Switzerland (.ch)?

Switzerland is a great place to plant many different internationalization flags. But registering domain names is not one of them. The reason is that the Swiss ccTLD registrar, Switch, does not allow for domain privacy. If you register a .ch domain, your contact information becomes publicly available. Japan Registry Services, the Japanese ccTLD registrar for .jp also has this limitation.

Be Creative and Diversify

Now that you have the knowledge, go have some fun with your domain name search. Be creative and different, while getting your domain outside of the U.S. and EU jurisdictions.

With a little work you can get a more interesting domain name for your web presence while adding another layer of international diversification.

[Editor?s Note: The author?s views and conclusions in the above article are unaltered and no personal comments have been included to maintain the integrity of the original post. Furthermore, the views, conclusions and any recommendations offered in this article are not to be construed as an endorsement of such by the editor.]

*http://www.internationalman.com/78-global-perspectives/977-how-to-safely-internationalize-your-domain-name?(? Casey Research, LLC; Sign-up here to get the free?IM Communiqu? delivered to your inbox; Kyle Gonzales? firm,?JumpShip Services, offers ?multi-flagged? and offshore internet solutions that offer enhanced security, privacy, and peace of mind for your digital communications.)

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What if the Emerging Markets Aren?t?

A laborer is seen working in a textile factory in Huaibei, in north China's Anhui province on July 24, 2013. China's manufacturing activity contracted to a 11-month low in July.

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During the last few years, a lot of hype has been heaped on the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa). With their large populations and rapid growth, these countries, so the argument goes, will soon become some of the largest economies in the world?and, in the case of China, the largest of all by as early as 2020. But the BRICS, as well as many other emerging-market economies?have recently experienced a sharp economic slowdown. So, is the honeymoon over?

Brazil?s GDP grew by only 1 percent last year, and may not grow by more than 2 percent this year, with its potential growth barely above 3 percent. Russia?s economy may grow by barely 2 percent this year, with potential growth also at around 3 percent, despite oil prices being around $100 a barrel. India had a couple of years of strong growth recently (11.2 percent in 2010 and 7.7 percent in 2011) but slowed to 4 percent in 2012. China?s economy grew by 10 percent per year for the last three decades, but slowed to 7.8 percent last year and risks a hard landing. And South Africa grew by only 2.5 percent last year and may not grow faster than 2 percent this year.

Many other previously fast-growing emerging-market economies?for example, Turkey, Argentina, Poland, Hungary, and many in Central and Eastern Europe?are experiencing a similar slowdown. So, what is ailing the BRICS and other emerging markets?

First, most emerging-market economies were overheating in 2010-2011, with growth above potential and inflation rising and exceeding targets. Many of them thus tightened monetary policy in 2011, with consequences for growth in 2012 that have carried over into this year.

Second, the idea that emerging-market economies could fully decouple from economic weakness in advanced economies was far-fetched: recession in the eurozone, near-recession in the United Kingdom and Japan in 2011-2012, and slow economic growth in the United States were always likely to affect emerging-market performance negatively?via trade, financial links, and investor confidence. For example, the ongoing eurozone downturn has hurt Turkey and emerging-market economies in Central and Eastern Europe, owing to trade links.

Third, most BRICS and a few other emerging markets have moved toward a variant of state capitalism. This implies a slowdown in reforms that increase the private sector?s productivity and economic share, together with a greater economic role for state-owned enterprises (and for state-owned banks in the allocation of credit and savings), as well as resource nationalism, trade protectionism, import-substitution industrialization policies, and imposition of capital controls.

This approach may have worked at earlier stages of development and when the global financial crisis caused private spending to fall; but it is now distorting economic activity and depressing potential growth. Indeed, China?s slowdown reflects an economic model that is, as former Premier Wen Jiabao put it, ?unstable, unbalanced, uncoordinated, and unsustainable,? and that now is adversely affecting growth in emerging Asia and in commodity-exporting emerging markets from Asia to Latin America and Africa. The risk that China will experience a hard landing in the next two years may further hurt many emerging economies.

Fourth, the commodity super-cycle that helped Brazil, Russia, South Africa, and many other commodity-exporting emerging markets may be over. Indeed, a boom would be difficult to sustain, given China?s slowdown, higher investment in energy-saving technologies, less emphasis on capital- and resource-oriented growth models around the world, and the delayed increase in supply that high prices induced.

?The fifth, and most recent, factor is the U.S. Federal Reserve?s signals that it might end its policy of quantitative easing earlier than expected, and its hints of an eventual exit from zero interest rates, both of which have caused turbulence in emerging economies? financial markets. Even before the Fed?s signals, emerging-market equities and commodities had underperformed this year, owing to China?s slowdown. Since then, emerging-market currencies and fixed-income securities (government and corporate bonds) have taken a hit. The era of cheap or zero-interest money that led to a wall of liquidity chasing high yields and assets?equities, bonds, currencies, and commodities? in emerging markets is drawing to a close.

Finally, while many emerging-market economies tend to run current-account surpluses, a growing number of them?including Turkey, South Africa, Brazil, and India?are running deficits. And these deficits are now being financed in riskier ways: more debt than equity; more short-term debt than long-term debt; more foreign-currency debt than local-currency debt; and more financing from fickle cross-border interbank flows.

These countries share other weaknesses as well: excessive fiscal deficits, above-target inflation, and stability risk (reflected not only in the recent political turmoil in Brazil and Turkey, but also in South Africa?s labor strife and India?s political and electoral uncertainties). The need to finance the external deficit and to avoid excessive depreciation (and even higher inflation) calls for raising policy rates or keeping them on hold at high levels. But monetary tightening would weaken already-slow growth. Thus, emerging economies with large twin deficits and other macroeconomic fragilities may experience further downward pressure on their financial markets and growth rates.

These factors explain why growth in most BRICS and many other emerging markets has slowed sharply. Some factors are cyclical, but others?state capitalism, the risk of a hard landing in China, the end of the commodity super-cycle?are more structural. Thus, many emerging markets? growth rates in the next decade may be lower than in the last?as may the outsize returns that investors realized from these economies? financial assets (currencies, equities, bonds, and commodities).

Of course, some of the better-managed emerging-market economies will continue to experience rapid growth and asset outperformance. But many of the BRICS, along with some other emerging economies, may hit a thick wall, with growth and financial markets taking a serious beating.

Source: http://www.slate.com/articles/business/project_syndicate/2013/07/growth_slows_in_emerging_markets_like_brazil_china_turkey_and_argentina.html

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Libyan activist shot dead in Benghazi

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Gunmen killed a lawyer and prominent Libyan political activist in the eastern city of Benghazi on Friday, a security official and residents said.

The attack appeared to be the first against an activist in the city although security forces have been frequently targeted.

Lawyer Abdelsalam al-Mosmary was killed after he left a mosque to make his way home.

"He was coming out of Friday prayers when he was shot," Benghazi security spokesman Mohammed al-Hijazy said. "It seems it may have been the work of a sniper because he was shot in the heart."

Appearing regularly on television, Mosmary would voice his discontent over the presence of armed militias on Libya's streets as well as his opposition to the Muslim Brotherhood.

"This has never happened before, this a first in Benghazi," said Kais al-Bakshishi, a political activist.

Benghazi is where the uprising against Muammar Gaddafi began in February 2011 but is now a hot spot for violence, with numerous attacks on security forces.

Libya's weak central government is struggling to assert its authority over armed groups which helped topple Gaddafi but have yet to lay down their weapons. Islamist militants have also come to the fore.

In September, the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans were killed in an attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi.

(Reporting by Ghaith Shennib and Feras Bosalum; Writing by Marie-Louise Gumuchian; Editing by Angus MacSwanj)

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Tyrannosaurus rex heading to Washington, D.C.

The Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History will finally have a Tyrannosaurus rex to call its own, thanks to the Army Corps of Engineers.?

By Eoin O'Carroll,?Staff / July 1, 2013

A bronze cast of the Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton known as the Wankel T.rex, stands in front of the Museum of the Rockies at Montana State University in Bozeman, Mont., in 2001. The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History is acquiring its first full Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton for display in a new dinosaur hall.

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The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., easily ranks among the most celebrated collections of interesting stuff.?The world's most-visited museum of its kind, it is home to more than 126 million specimens of plants, animals, rocks, and human cultural artifacts.

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But amid all the museum's curios ? the meteorites, the butterflies, the mummies, the tarantulas, and that huge whale suspended from the ceiling ? there is one glaring omission: No Tyrannosaurus rex.

This is about to change. In October, a 66 million-year-old, 38-foot-long, 7-ton, 85-percent-complete skeleton of the Cretaceous period's apex predator is set to arrive at the nation's capital.?

Unearthed in 1988 in a wildlife refuge by Montana rancher Kathy Wankel, the so-called "Wankel T. Rex," was at the time of its discovery the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex?skeleton ever found.

The Wankel T. Rex was discovered on federal land, so it is property of the Army Corps of Engineers. Since 1990, it has been on display at the Museum of the Rockies, which now has a second T. rex skeleton that is set to go on display next year. The Corps of Engineers is lending the Wankel T. Rex to the Smithsonian for 50 years.

The Wankel T. Rex is scheduled to go on temporary display?on October 16 ? National Fossil Day. After that, the museum's dinosaur hall will close for a major renovation. When it reopens in 2019, the skeleton will be the hall's centerpiece.

?If you've ever stood next to a real T. rex skull, you'll realize what a breathtaking thing it is: four feet long, with teeth the size of bananas,? Kirk Johnson, the museum's director and a paleontologist told Smithsonian Magazine. ?It is the most terrifying carnivore that's ever lived on the planet. And it really makes you ponder what life would have been like with these things prowling the North American landscape.?

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Ever wanted to watch the industrial process of making rice into puffed rice cereal as it happened in the early 1900s? What if we told you it was really violent and scary-looking? Well, Dave Arnold is finally taking his brainchild spawned in 2005 to Kickstarter for a real (mobile) launch.

The idea for the Museum of Food and Drink has been around for awhile, but now that Arnold and friends have this scary, super rare rice-puffer machine, they want to take it on a pop-up museum tour through New York (and beyond!) to demonstrate how your favorite college wake-and-bake foods were made. They just need a few spare funds first.

The ultimate goal is to build an interactive, brick-and-mortar Museum of Food and Drink, which looks awesome in the mockups, and in the Kickstarter video below, Anita Lo, Brooks Headley, David Chang, Wylie Dufresne, and Mario Batali all jump on board to show their support for the project. You can check out the Museum?s Kickstarter campaign here.

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