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Note on screwing in drive-in anchors
As the stated holding capacities can only be fully achieved in the direction in which the anchor shaft is pointing, it is important to ensure that the anchor is always installed in the direction of pull. Due to the even inclination of our anchor discs and the rounded cutting edge, each anchor can be screwed in easily without destroying the structure of the soil. Similar to the motion of a corkscrew, the anchor screws itself into the earth when the corresponding torque is applied. We recommend a screwing in speed of 20 - 25 rpm. If the anchor is screwed into the earth at a faster speed, the anchor will burrow into the soil. The structure of the soil will be sustainably destroyed as a result and it will not be possible to achieve the desired holding capacities.
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1. Due to the technical hot-dip galvanizing process and associated hanging of our products, it is possible that burrs or sharp points may form on the products during galvanizing that cannot be removed during our manufacturing process. These sharp-edged sections could result in cutting injuries. We can deliver burr-free products on request for an additional fee.
2. In the case of drive-in anchors and other anchors that are driven into the earth using impact tools, it is not possible to exclude the possibility that the galvanised coating may be chipped. Improper handling of the impact tools could also result in injuries (we recommend using personal protective equipment such as goggles to protect about chips, gloves to protect against cutting injuries, safety boots, etc.).
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Acceptable irregularities according to the technical regulations for metalworking - construction technology
Hot-dip galvanising
Hot-dip galvanising is corrosion protection and not an optical design feature such as a paint coating because neither the metalworker nor the galvanizing company can influence elements such as the silicon or phosphorous content that affect the appearance. Furthermore, the design of the product generally comprises different profiles, pipes or sheets. These have different alloy components that will have various coating thicknesses and different looking surfaces after the hot-dip galvanising process.
The existence of darker and lighter areas (e.g. net-like patterns or dark grey areas) or minor irregularities on the surface are not grounds for refusing to accept the products. The formation of (white or dark) corrosion products, primarily consisting of zinc oxide (due to storage under damp conditions after the hot-dip galvanizing process), is not grounds for refusing to accept the products insofar as the zinc coating still meets the required minimum thickness.
Reworking and lumpy zinc coatings
Steel parts drip during the hot-dip galvanising process. It is possible that the zinc dripping from the parts may solidify and form lumps or runs during this process.
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Any zinc lumps or runs that are very sharp should always be removed to avoid any risk of injury. The use of a hand file or mechanical grinding using an angled grinder with a flexible disc is recommended for completing this process. Another option for removing the undesired lumps of zinc is to melt the excess zinc using a cool welding flame.
Zinc lumps over welded seams indicate that a welding electrode containing silicon was used for the welding process. The zinc will accumulate to a lesser extent if you use filler materials with a lower silicone content.
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Hello There, how's it going?
I'm Steve, a performer and theatre maker based in Swansea. In January 2018 I will be working on an Arts Council Wales research project to develop a new piece of work; Sore Thumbs.
Sore Thumbs is a project about connecting research, memory and performances to place in order to unlock and encourage conversations and pockets of experience linked to the human experience of death and grief.
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I've been working with PlayARK on there gaming meet ups at the WMC; there'll be interactive game play, werewolfs and a situationist inspired, culture-jamming game of follow-the-leader on the 25th of Feb. It would be great to see some of you there, there's a bit more info on the event below,
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"One Note Missing..." is a performance event to mark the start of my artistic residency at Unit 61. The evening will include performances from a collection of artists I have gathered together from all over the planet; a rare, wild and eclectic group of performers, musicians, live artists, dancers, actors and poets. I am honoured to be in their company.' - Marina…Continue
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Logistics Health Inc. will provide exams to roughly 600,000 veterans and people leaving the armed forces in nearly 40 states, Puerto Rico, and Washington, D.C., the La Crosse Tribune reported.
Company founder and chairman Don Weber said the contracts will double the number of employees at the company to 2,500 within a year. Most will be full-time, he said, including registered nurses, clinicians, data processors and IT workers.
As part of its expansion, LHI finalized a lease for an operations center in Eau Claire, which is targeted to open Feb. 1.
"This is really a great day not only for La Crosse and Wisconsin but the entire country for expanding our services to veterans," Mayor Tim Kabat said. "As mayor of La Crosse, to say this is a great day … is a wild understatement."
Weber said about 4.2 million of the U.S.' nearly 21.7 million veterans have service-related disabilities. He added that the VA intends to have all vets receive disability exams from private providers within the next year.
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Carolyn Labuda recently enjoyed her bachelorette party at home. The 27-year-old high school math teacher opted for a quiet afternoon with 11 friends instead of a night out on the town. Her guests couldn't have been happier. Three technicians from Mobile Spa provided hot-stone and Swedish massages, manicures, and pedicures – transforming Labuda's Lexington condominium into a spa.
Devika Mukherjee, chief executive of Mobile Spa, started the company in 2002 out of her Stoneham home. In 2003, Mukherjee decided to franchise Mobile Spa, launching operations in Chicago and Atlanta. Today, the company has 700 technicians in 50 states, and since 2006 its revenue has grown 300 percent. Services start at $200.
Mobile Spa's success is being duplicated by other on-the-go companies. Eric Stites, president of Franchise Business Review, a franchise-market researcher in Kittery, Maine, said mobile businesses have become increasingly popular in the past decade.
"It's consumers looking for more and more convenience, and companies trying to get smart about how they can better reach out," Stites said. "If customers aren't coming to them, they're bringing their services to the customer." Mobile businesses can often reach a broader market than those that do business only in buildings, he said.
"Ten years ago, it was the lawn service, then came food delivery and dry cleaning pickup and delivery," he said. "Now there are scores of niche-market mobile businesses."
One of the newer concepts is mobile storage. For example, a company called Smart Box, which has an office in Amesbury, brings storage units to customers' homes. Once customers fill the units, Smart Box hauls them away.
It costs $99 for one unit to be dropped off and picked up, and $20 for each additional box. The units are five feet wide by seven feet high by eight feet deep, and the monthly storage fee is $59.
Mobile sports and recreation education services for children are also gaining in popularity. Jump Bunch brings fitness equipment and programs to schools or to town recreation departments, while Fun Bus converts school buses into mobile gyms.
"A lot of that trend is a result of school cutbacks on physical education or music programs," Stites said.
And the health benefits of mobile businesses don't stop at exercise. Some dentists do business by driving specially equipped vans to places with high concentrations of people – like casinos and department stores – primarily in the Midwest. Mobile Anesthesiologists, with bases in Texas and Chicago, created a niche by connecting with dentists who don't have staff anesthesiologists.
Dr. Jake Tedaldi, a veterinarian who lives in Newton, was way ahead of the mobile trend. He opened his mobile practice, VetCall, in 1991, motivated primarily by the emotional stress his patients endured each time they came to the office.
"The animals had to be transported to the hospital, sit in the waiting room, then be dragged into an exam room for someone to poke and prod them before being kicked out the door," Tedaldi said. "I thought there had to be a better way to do this."
Tedaldi offers at-home services – at $150 a visit – from Framingham to Boston, as far north as Burlington, and south to Canton. It's important for him to be able to reach patients within 30 minutes, he said.
There's a benefit for Tedaldi, too: There's no office overhead.
In general, mobile businesses are not expensive to set up, making them particularly attractive to someone who wants to start a business but doesn't have a lot of capital.
They also attract people looking for flexible schedules, and business owners who want to broaden their markets.
For Gay Geiger Hughes of Natick, taking her show on the road solved a lot of business-plan problems.
After spending a few months looking at properties for a tea room, she decided to go mobile with a new service, Gay Grace Teas.
"I had a hard time finding a perfect match between location and community," Hughes said. "The initial investment required to open a brick-and-mortar shop was pretty high."
She worked with advisers from Clark University's Small Business Development Center and from Service Corps of Retired Executives, which helped her put together a business strategy.
Hughes found a truck on eBay for $38,000 and invested $1,800 to rework its electrical system.
She works three days a week in the financial services industry in Needham and spends two days a week in her truck at Russell's Garden Center in Wayland, and one day at Weston Nurseries in Hopkinton. She serves sandwiches such as goat cheese with grilled zucchini and sun-dried tomatoes, chicken salad with tarragon, and brie with apple chutney, which she buys from gourmet caterers. She also sells mini scones and 20 varieties of loose tea.
"I love the mobile concept," Hughes said, preferring it to "taking the risk of having to pull people in to one location."
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POONCH/MENDHAR, Sep 3: With no respite in ceasefire violation incidents across the Line of Control (LoC), Pakistan troops again opened unprovoked fire on Indian forward posts injuring a minor and damage to a house in Shahpur sector of Poonch district.Official sources said that Pakistani troops targeted civilian areas with heavy, medium and light weapons. They said that this morning at around 9.30 PM, troops of 641 Mujahidin opened unprovoked firing in Shahpur Sector from their forward Posts Nazapir, Noona Wali Dhok and Ring Control aiming at Indian forward posts Sher, Shakti, Boragali and firing continued till 4.30 PM.A minor identified as Showkat Ahmed, son of Mohammad Sharief, of Kuian, Poonch was injured in firing. Army troops along with locals rescued both the injured to District Hospital from where doctors referred him to GMC hospital Jammu for advance treatment.A house also suffered partial damages in Pak firing.Indian troops of 3 Gharwal Regiment initially restrained them and did not open fire. However, as other side continued fire, Indian troops also repulsed using equal caliber. The exchange of firing stopped at around 4.30 PM. Army officers confirmed that there was firing from light and medium range weapons including LMG and MMG on forward Indian posts along LoC in Shahpur sector of Poonch district.The three ceasefire violations took place after three days of lull along the LoC. Earlier, guns fell silent after Pakistani troops fired on Indian positions in Pallanwala sub-sector in Jammu district on August 29.
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What happens when a serial entrepreneur has a mid-life 'aha' moment on the merits of healthy eating and lifestyle? If you're Rio Infantino, that moment's end result is the launch of Copper Branch, a fast-casual dining concept offering tasty plant-based dishes as a healthy alternative to your typical fast food fare.
"I decided I wanted to create something that was going to benefit people, and I wanted to make it affordable and acceptable," says Infantino, the company's founder and CEO, and a long-time entrepreneur with a host of successful businesses behind him.
Prior to starting up Copper Branch, Infantino owned and operated multiple Subway franchises – 16 at one point. He was at the top of his game and all was going according to plan, at least professionally. On the personal side though, he let his health and general well-being slide. One day he found himself tipping the scales at 300 pounds and that's when he had his lightbulb moment.
Infantino realized he had to invest in a healthier lifestyle, and given his keen eye for business, he extended that investment into his professional life as well. "I decided to create a healthy restaurant chain that's plant-based – something that would ultimately improve people's lives," says Infantino, who started selling his Subway franchises and setting the groundwork for Copper Branch, a concept that embraces natural, vegan eating.
The brand's menu reflects this. There are super bowls filled with eggplant, chickpeas and goji berries, four different veggie burgers, oven-baked fries and nachos, and the company's own twist on a Montreal classic: a lip-smacking poutine with a creamy cremini mushroom sauce. For dessert you've got chocolate zucchini brownies, and the coffee is – as expected – fair trade. "There's plenty of texture and plenty of flavour," boasts Infantino, who swears his Copper Branch veggie burger can give any meat burger a run for its money.
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Not everyone looking to lose a few pounds decides to start a new restaurant brand – most people battling a mid-life bulge are happy with a new gym membership and cutting out carbs. But Infantino is not most people. The diehard go-getter started his first business – a janitorial service – at just 17 and grew it into a 12-employee venture. By the time he reached his 20s, he had launched a dry-cleaning business with just $6,000 in capital, expanding it into multiple locations and later selling it for "about 25 times more." There was also a TV repair business along the way.
How exactly does someone so young develop the acumen and wherewithal to start not one, but multiple profitable businesses? For Infantino, it was surprisingly simple. "I read a book called 'Starting a Business on a Shoestring' and pretty much followed all the advice it gave," he says.
During a lull in his enterprising activities, a job opportunity opened up at a local McDonald's and Infantino jumped at the chance to learn more about running a business from a franchise behemoth. While he had studied business at Montreal's Concordia University, he knew a brilliant learning opportunity when he saw one, and for just under two years worked as a McDonald's first assistant manager. "I thought it would be an amazing learning experience, and it was," he says. "The training is extensive and I would recommend it to anyone wanting to learn about systems, teambuilding and operations."
That experience primed Infantino for his 20-year stretch as a multiple-unit Subway franchisee. He bought his first location when the brand was just starting out in Canada and grew his business to 16 units in the first seven years.
Yet despite his obvious success, Infantino's expanding waistline and budding interest in healthier living, combined with his strong entrepreneurial spirit and what he viewed as a saturated market, eventually pushed him to set his sights on something new. He wanted to launch his own, healthier, franchise brand. "It was a combination of reasons," says Infantino of his decision to wade into fairly risky new territory. "It was definitely my entrepreneurial spirit – I had my own vision and an ability to drive a company. But I also wanted to do something that I truly believed in."
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Pumping $2-million of his own money into his new undertaking, Infantino got the ball rolling by conducting extensive market research and working closely with consultants to develop a viable concept. He also brought at least one family member into the fold – his son Andrew designed the Copper Branch website and now works as the company's marketing director.
Menu development was key and posed the biggest challenge. Initial dishes created for the budding vegan business were all scrapped – at a cost of around $30,000. As delicious as they were, it was soon apparent they wouldn't work in a quick-service model where everything had to be prepared by people with limited food experience. Daunted but not deterred, Infantino changed course and spearheaded the diverse yet doable menu on offer today.
The first corporate Copper Branch location opened in 2014 and the company started franchising the following year. There are now 26 stores in Quebec, Ontario and Alberta – all franchised – and the company has whirlwind plans to expand into other provinces and beyond. The goal is to have 40 locations by the end of the year and to actively branch into the U.S., where they just sold their first location in Maine. They are also eyeing France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Monaco and the Netherlands to gain a foothold in the European market. The overarching goal is to grow to 2,000 units over the next nine years.
Infantino is obviously not one to do anything in half-measures, and he believes wholeheartedly (no pun intended!) in the burgeoning demand for healthier, ethically-sourced food. "People are looking for something revolutionary, so there's definitely space for Copper Branch in the marketplace," he says. "Our menu and branding target the mainstream consumer who wants to live more healthily and have accessible, tasty, quality food, and that's a big market."
Copper Branch franchisees tend to be keen believers as well: most are people who want to both run their own business and who see healthier eating habits as the way of the future. They include a varied mix of professionals – doctors and engineers among them – who all bring their enthusiasm for healthy eating to the table. As Andrew Infantino notes: "We have quite an educated bunch and they all basically want to do something different. They have a passion for running a plant-based business and for the plant-based movement."
That passion recently led the company to team up with the Rain Forest Trust to run a loyalty program steering a percentage of sales into rainforest land mass purchases. In just eight short weeks the company has already bought and saved 700 acres of rainforest.
Initiatives like this give Rio Infantino his biggest buzz as he goes about building his newest business venture. What he enjoys most is helping people, and by extension, helping the planet. For this diehard businessman, it's no longer all about making money. It's about doing something far greater than that. "I love knowing that every day we're making people's lives better, that every day we're helping the planet and that every day we're saving a lot of animals by delivering plant-based offerings," he says. "McDonald's has their 'Billions Served' slogan; well one day we're going to have our 'Billions Saved' slogan."
It's a lofty, benevolent and highly ambitious goal, but one that clearly taps into the zeitgeist of the time. If anyone can turn a vegan concept into a powerful, mainstream brand, it's Infantino. After all, he had an exceptionally early start in business, and he's still going strong.
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The question: I'm in my late 20s and have been married for close to two years. About 6 months ago, my in-laws decided to downsize and bought a townhouse on our street. While I respect and care for my husband's family, I don't appreciate living so close to his parents. I don't feel like we have the same privacy any more. They show up unannounced and my husband is always visiting there. No one seems to think it's an issue but me. How can I make this living situation work without building resentment? Or is it time for us to move?
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There used to be a time when extended families, or living in close proximity to one another was the norm. This has shifted dramatically for a range of societal reasons.
There are certainly benefits to having family live close by, such as having social supports nearby, being able to stay connected and foster a closer relationship, and being able to mutually support each other (e.g., as parents age, or if you and your husband have children).
There is also, as you are recognizing, the potential for things to go awry, such as the invasion of your privacy and independent space, perhaps unrealistic expectations on everyone's end of how much contact there should be, and a reduction in the one-to-one quality time you and your husband spend together. This can lead to frustration, resentment, and anger.
You need to start by having an open conversation with your husband, being respectful and sensitive to the fact that these are his parents. Ask him how he feels about how things are going with the new living arrangement (he may surprise you by also feeling torn about how to deal with the proximity). Let him know what your concerns are. Start by emphasizing that you have two important goals: one, that you and he continue to have a strong and happy relationship with his parents; and two, that you want to ensure you and he – as your own family unit – continue to thrive as a couple and don't have unnecessary conflict over family. Be mindful of focusing on the positives that there inevitably are of having them close by, as I suspect it is not all negative.
I would suggest giving it a fair go of continuing to live where you do, but establishing some clear boundaries. Try to articulate what you specifically want. For example, rather than saying to your husband "I don't want you going over there every other night" say, "I'd like you and I to have dinner together on weekdays so that we can catch up and spend time together." If your in-laws drop by unexpectedly, you could say, "we love seeing you, but we'd really appreciate if you could call first just to make sure we are free to visit and not in the middle of something."
If subtle attempts to shift expectations don't work, then your husband is the one who needs to have a more direct conversation with his family about setting the parameters for behaviour. If you start that discussion, there is the high likelihood you will be viewed as the "bad guy."
Be patient and give it a period of about six months to see if things get better. If not, then you may need to have discussions with your husband about whether moving is logistically the best option to maintain the overall happiness of everyone in your family.
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After Hours: Sea snake on menu at Okinawa restaurant
February 14, 2013
It might sound cliched, but sea snake tastes a bit like chicken.
The fish-faced reptile called irabu by Okinawans moved from the shallow reefs to the dinner table hundreds of years ago when it became the royal cuisine of Ryukyu kings, despite being hailed as 16 times more venomous than the cobra.
Eating the deadly snake supposedly cures a myriad of ailments and increases fertility, but is clearly only for the most adventurous.
Small bowls of irabu soup can be found in tourist locales in Okinawa, like the fresh market in Naha, but for the "real thing," or traditional fare, one must go to Yagibaru, near Kadena Air Base, and a hidden gem of a restaurant called Kana.
During a recent trip to Okinawa, I was lucky enough to get a coveted reservation.
I heard about Kana while scouring the Internet for "the real Okinawa" — something traditional, something outside the norm. It was listed in just about every restaurant review website and magazine as a must-visit fine-dining establishment. I was sold. The thought of eating something deadly with mythical powers appealed to me.
Finding the restaurant was an adventure, too, a bit like a scavenger hunt as I looked for two Japanese characters that stood for the name. I found it up a side street opposite some vending machines. There were no parking spaces, no signs of a restaurant at all. I looked in the window; I had come to the right place.
I was an hour early, but I didn't mind waiting for the infamous snake that was more feared than Kyushu's mamushi and Okinawa's land-going habu.
The proprietors, an elderly couple, were warm and welcoming. Others arrived early as well. We sipped jasmine tea while we waited.
At around 7 p.m., a waitress brought me a tray with several sides, including seaweed, salad, rice and my main course of steaming broth with irabu, pig's feet and seaweed knots. I dove in.
The irabu, eaten with its skin still on, was quite nice, like a dark chicken spliced with the chewiness and texture of octopus. It was a bit stringy and gamey in flavor but was delicious overall, although eating it with the skin on was a bit daunting, a constant reminder of what lay before you.
The pig's feet were a bit fatty, but melted in your mouth. The broth was slightly gamey, a murky by-product of the venomous underwater serpent, but also tasted good.
It was a lot of food, but the old woman kept peeking out from the kitchen to check on everyone, ensuring all plates were cleaned.
She then broke out two overflowing boxes of the smoked irabu for us to see. There had to be dozens upon dozens of large snakes inside. They were dark in color, rigid, a bit oily to the touch.
She told us that the females are easier to catch as they come ashore to lay their eggs. A closer examination of the headless snakes showed that many were smoked with the large eggs still inside.
After they are smoked, they sell for just over 22,000 yen ($240) per kilogram. That is why they were the food of royalty; they are as expensive as they are feared.
Then she and her husband cut them into pieces and cook them in a pressure cooker for several hours. She said it takes a whole day without the pressure cooker.
The old woman told us that the snakes are almost impossible for someone to cook who does not know how. She implied that it could also be dangerous, as they are smoked with their venom still inside.
As she spoke, I could feel my heart rate increasing. I began to feel really warm. I knew these were effects from the snake.
They brought out my dessert, a guava pudding made from fruit grown in the yard. It was delightful, one of the best things I have ever tasted.
They told me they had been located in Naha for just over 20 years but moved to the current location 11 years ago to escape the throngs that came from near and far for the snake, including Japanese celebrities. The old woman laughed and said that her next escape might be to heaven.
I wished her health. She said that the snake ensures it.
She said she had been skeptical of its health benefits many years ago, but testimonials from customers assured her otherwise. One fellow diner piped up to say he had traveled from the northern tip of Japan to eat the snake every year.
As I drove north to explore more of Okinawa, I felt strange. The feeling would continue throughout the night, leading to one weird, warm bout of heart-racing slumber.
The next morning, I felt amazing.
Okinawans I spoke with on the street told me I was crazy for eating the snake. I guess it's viewed as a bit risky even to the locals.
I can only hope the restaurant's proprietors find a way to keep Kana going, although I fear that era is coming to an end with the weariness of its owners.
Even after I returned to my home in Sasebo, the positive effects stayed with me. It is a journey I hope I get the chance to make again.
I had eaten the irabu like a Ryukyu king and came out the other side feeling like one myself.


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Charges Dropped Against Man Shot In Back By Cop (Video)
Attempted murder charges against Aubrey Williams were dropped on Oct. 7. The dropped charges stemmed from an incident on April 24, 2014, when Williams was shot in the back by a police officer in Birmingham, Alabama (video below).
The Jefferson County District Attorney's office said in a press release: "After an extensive review of all the evidence in this case, the state is unable to meet the burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt," notes the Alabama Media Group.
The two-year-old indictment stated that Williams was "presenting a firearm and pointing it" at the officers, Richard Haluska and Daniel Aguirre.
The video shows Williams on his hands and knees while Aguirre shoots him in the back; Williams is not seen pointing a gun in the police video.
Williams and Devon Brown were originally stopped and questioned about a robbery. Williams was never charged with anything to do with the robbery, but he was charged with the attempted murder of the two officers.
Williams' lawyer, Emory Anthony, said:
When you look at the video and different statements given by police officers it should never have been brought. [T]here was never any evidence that Aubrey Williams pulled a gun or pointed a gun at the police officers. The dismissal is almost two years too late but I'm glad that it has been done.
This man stayed in jail for more than a year and a half on some trumped up charges by these Birmingham police officers. Not all police officers are bad, but when they make a mistake they should own up to it.
In the past, Jefferson County District Attorney Brandon Falls has said that the use of force by Haluska and Aguirre was reasonable considering the circumstances.
The district attorney's office said that the two officers saw Williams and Brown walking in an alleyway around 2:00 a.m.; Haluska saw a handgun in Brown's back pocket, tried to get it and then:
The situation quickly escalated and Mr. Brown began to wrestle with Officer Haluska. As Mr. Brown continued to resist, Officer Aguirre attempted to subdue him with his Taser.
At this point, Mr. Williams was on the ground. Officer Aguirre approached Mr. Williams in order to handcuff him for his safety. Mr. Williams then raised his right arm from underneath him and Officer Aguirre saw a handgun. Officer Aguirre jumped back and fired two shots.
Officer Aguirre then kicked the firearm away and secured Mr. Williams. Officer Aguirre immediately ran to the dash cam recording of the incident was preserved.
Aguirre was awarded a Combat Cross Medal in May 2015 by the police department for his actions, which included shooting Williams in the back, reported the Alabama Media Group.
Sources: Alabama Media Group (2) / Photo Credit: Birmingham Police Department via YouTube


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Columbia Center
The Junior League's building, located in the Columbia-Tusculum neighborhood of Cincinnati, is a beautiful, historic location that serves as a unique and charming event space.
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When I made my smocked 1840s ball gown, I knew I wanted to do a day version as well. All of that smocking deserved a little more wear! It was an incredibly easy update--just add long sleeves. The long sleeves are just the lower half of my sleeve block and are basted into the short sleeve. During the 1840s, day dresses could have low necklines, so I left that unaltered.
Another alteration that I should've made was to shorten the waist a bit--the cause of the wrinkling here. (The front wrinkling is a bias wrinkle. Evil bias.) I knew from wearing this before that it was slightly long waisted, so I moved the buttons on my petticoat to give me a little more room. That helped, but not quite enough! Still though, I love the dress. Wearing it again, I probably would shorten it properly, but reattaching the skirt just isn't appealing! The wrinkling is less noticeable in person--silk taffeta has a tendency to make wrinkles stand out in photographs.
I'm wearing a Regency chemise from the Kannik's Korner pattern, my hand sewn corded petticoat, Past Patterns 1840 corset (also seen in the petticoat link), and a plain petticoat underneath the dress. All of these were made very long ago, but still work quite well! The shoes are Robert Land dancing slippers.
And a good picture of my sleeve and the little ruffle, and my attitude towards the very loud Sunday pool party at the Costume College hotel.


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The Watchers by Jon Steele
[In our Edge of the Universe column, we review mainstream authors that incorporate elements of speculative fiction into their "literary" work. However you want to label them, we hope you'll enjoy discussing these books with us.]
FORMAT/INFO: The Watchers is 560 pages long divided over a prologue called 'Quietus', four titled books, forty numbered chapters, and an Epilogue. Narration is in the third person via Marc Rochat, Katherine Taylor and Jay Harper. The Watchers is mostly self-contained, coming to a satisfying stopping point, but it's the first book in a trilogy. The sequels are tentatively titled Angel City and The Way of Sorrows. June 9, 2011 marks the UK Har... Read More
Jon SteeleJon Steele was born in the American Northwest in 1950 and had already lived in six states by the time he was ten years old. He considers Great Falls, Montana to be the closest thing there is to hometown. He survived twelve years of Catholic education and went on to work an assortment of legal and illegal jobs all across America before joining Independent Television News of London where he was an award-winning cameraman and editor for more than twenty years. He has traveled and worked through seventy-eight countries across six continents. War Junkie, his autobiography of a life behind the camera in some of the worst places on earth, was published in 2002 and has become a cult classic of war reportage. The Watchers is his first novel.
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LG announces its own high resolution music service for LG smartphones
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LG has announced that it will be rolling out a new music service for users of select LG smartphones. The main attraction of this service is that it will allow users to download high resolution audio files to their device. While most music we listen today is sampled at 16-bit/44.1kHz, music from LG's service is sampled at a much higher 24-bit/192kHz, which should theoretically make it sound better (we say theoretically because most humans can't actually tell the difference between standard and high resolution audio).
The service will let customers purchase tracks at up to 50% off the regular price and get two free tracks every month. The service will be available on phones that support high resolution audio, such as the LG G4, G3, G2, and G Flex 2. The service will start this month in nearly 70 countries, including the United States, Australia, Brazil, China, France, Italy, Russia and the United Kingdom through the LG SmartWorld app and www.lgworld.com.


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Welcome to our breakfast room, family dining area, the place where we eat! It's right off the kitchen and seperate from our formal dinning room (it's an old house). Any whooooo, it's Cinco De Mayo so why not celebrate, not to mention I have a least fourteen mini piñatas and a hoard of tissue paper flowers - we have to!!! I grabbed the goodies I had on had and this is the result.
Currently for a table I'm using a huge butcher block I found during one of my Round Top trips. I threw a piece of glass on it and chairs I had. Done and I love it. The checkered dishes are MacKenzie-Childs and the pattern is Courtly Check (they have a website and you can find them at Neiman Marcus). It's taken a while for my collection to grow, but that's how a collection works, right?? The monogram linen napkins were found on Etsy (who doesn't love Etsy), and I can not remember where I stumbled on the bamboo flatware.
I recently went to Fiesta (not the theme park) in San Antonio with a friend and another woman who I now call friend but meet her through Instagram. I've meet some neat women through Instagram. Amy invited myself and Pollyanna to join her for a private party to watch the Fiesta activities and parade. I mention this because the event was decorated with all kinds of wonderful piñatas, paper flowers, Mexican floral headbands, and on and on. At the end of the night they were going to throw out the piñatas...I asked for one and fourteen later I have an army of mini piñatas that lately have been working their tissue paper legs off! Talk about an awesome party favor, I love'em. Thanks again to Amy for the invite and fabulous night. I'll drive to San Antonio any TIME! It's a great city and she was a blast.
The Mexico cookbook was a birthday gift from a friend (thanks, Shannon).
Closer look of the details. Tonight's dinner is looking like taco salad without the shell (since we are low carb dieting). Throw cheese on it and I'm happy.
This side board has been around FOREVER, it's been pushed around this house and had the knobs changed to match moods and rooms. I know some are thinking I should paint it, I loved painted pieces but for some reason can't bring myself to paint this one. The bright pink stool was another Round Top find (it was that color) and we use it all over the kitchen. The painting was done by the sweetest neighbor (who has since past away), and I adore it. It reminds me of her and her generousity, kindness and her amazing talent. One of the few things in my home that hasn't moved since I hung it.
Little nook of a spot in my kitchen, Yep there's a huge mirror hanging in my tiny kitchen. And this little spot is always fun to fluff up. The candle, the candle, oh the candle...it's gigantic and smells like spring and clean fresh air all in one. I'd share the information but all I can tell you is that they are handmade for South Texas Tack and you can find them there.
Birds eye view...why would I say that, I'm not a bird fan...they scare the crap out of me! Yes floor is old and out dated and I'd love to rip it out but my child loves to ride and compete with her horses, the other plays baseball nonstop and college is only a year away, my prior is not remodeling but creating memories as a family.
My uniform, especially on days I'm home and tooling around. Don't get me wrong I wear them out! Bright colors make me happy, the embroidery details are gorgeous. I usually find them in San Antonio and during Round Top Antique shows in the spring and fall (the run about $150 and up, give or take).
My spot at the table. Do you all have certain seats and spots everyone gravitates to? We do, me (here), Pookie to my right, Little Enstein to my left and the hubs directly across from me. It works for us.
Enjoy your Tuesday, celebrating Cinco De Mayo or whatever it is you'll be doing this 5th of May.
Love and Limes,


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Coronavirus Is No Cure for TechlashSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Fri, 2020-03-27 10:29
Big Tech tales that the Coronavirus Crisis somehow will mitigate their Techlash problem, totally miss the mark.
They miss that the crisis is not good and not about tech. They miss that to whom much is given, much is expected.
They miss how many other industries and companies have contributed and sacrificed during this crisis without expecting something in return.
Spontaneously this past week, a tech op-ed chorus broke out singing a new tune and tale, that the Coronavirus Crisis could benefit Big Tech and save it from much of the Techlash.
Consider: Coronavirus gives Big Tech an opportunity to shine – Axios 3-18-20; Has the coronavirus killed the Techlash? Wired 3-20-20; Big Tech has the cash to expand after crisis, Regulatory threat also likely to recede for now, FT 3-20-20; and What Techlash? Virus Could Remake Industry Giants Image, The Information 3-23-20.
Like some catchy new tunes lyrics, these don't make sense.
Why is the Coronavirus Crisis no cure for the Techlash?
First, Americans strong bipartisan views undergird the Techlash in the U.S.
Consider a recent Gallup poll of Americans published 3-11-20.
The Bipartisan Case for Modernizing Net Neutrality & Online Privacy PolicySubmitted by Scott Cleland on Wed, 2018-11-14 15:40
What is the simple key to passing bipartisan net neutrality and online privacy legislation?
Put consumer interests first with a new Federal consumer-centric law, not last like today, where technology interests come first, in technology-centric law which minimizes responsibility to safeguard consumers' choices, privacy, and security.
The tell for whether someone supports bipartisan Internet legislation to protect consumers and level the playing field or not, is whether they are focused on what is best overall for the online consumer or focused on special treatment for one technology over another. It is that simple.
Only people vote, bleed, or care. Technologies do not.
The Bipartisan Case
The origin of the term "Internet" is "inter-networking" per Robert Khan, co-inventor of TCP/IP, the Internet protocol that essentially enables and thus defines which networks are interoperable parts of the Internet's overall network of networks, which now effectively encompasses ISPs, Internet services, Intenet platforms, cloud providers, apps, and others.
Google-Android's Deceptive Antitrust Defenses Presage a US v. Alphabet SuitSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Fri, 2018-07-20 12:17
The likely probability of an eventual U.S. v. Alphabet Sherman monopolization case improved further now that we know how weak Alphabet-Google's likely primary U.S. antitrust defense of Android is.
This means not only is a potential U.S. v. Alphabet antitrust case stronger than the seminal successful and upheld U.S. v. Microsoft precedent, but Google's relative antitrust defense is much weaker too.
Google's CEO Sundar Pichai's public Android antitrust defense has fatal flaws.
First, Google-Android claims Apple iOS is a direct competitor when factually in an antitrust context it is not.
New U.S. Privacy & Data Protection Law Is Inevitable Like a Pendulum SwingSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Mon, 2018-07-09 09:20
It is a matter of when, not if, Congress will pass national privacy and data protection law for the 21st century.
It's inevitable, because the U.S. privacy policy to date is operating as predictably as a pendulum swinging. Consider the evident big picture, pendulum dynamic at work here.
Buying WhatsApp Tipped Facebook to Monopoly; Why Didn't FTC Probe Purchase?Submitted by Scott Cleland on Tue, 2018-06-19 12:11
Anyone concerned with the anticompetitive state of digital advertising, and how to fix it, should focus like a laser on the circumstances surrounding the 2014 FTC's pass on formally investigating if the Facebook-WhatsApp acquisition would "substantially lessen competition" under the Clayton Antitrust Act.
That obvious FTC mistake in hindsight, triggered a winner-take-all domino effect that not only tipped Facebook to a social advertising monopoly, but also tipped the overall digital advertising market to the anticompetitive digital advertising cartel that evidently predominates today.
Some brief context is helpful here. This big 2014 FTC mistake was the fourth of a pattern of big anticompetitive FTC mistakes concerning the digital advertising marketplace over the last decade.
What Happened Since FTC Secretly Shut 2012 Google-Android Antitrust Probe?Submitted by Scott Cleland on Fri, 2018-06-08 16:30
If only the 2012 FTC appreciated "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure," the Simons-FTC would not be left to treat and contain the now evident, out-of-control, Androidopoly epidemic.
Google's 2012 search-syndication monopoly scale has rapidly metastasized Google's market power in scope to: Android licensable OS, Google Play app store, Google Location Services, Chrome browser, Google Maps, and YouTube video.
Lax 2013-2017 FTC antitrust enforcement has consequences.
Congress Learns Sect 230 Is Linchpin of Internet Platform UnaccountabilitySubmitted by Scott Cleland on Thu, 2018-03-22 08:41
U.S. Internet policy politics has shifted.
Congress has learned that any new legal accountability for, or regulation of, Internet platforms likely won't survive court challenge, unless the new legislation also amends a 1996 law, Section 230, that selectively immunizes Internet platforms from most government legal accountability, and federal and state regulation.
Courts have interpreted Section 230 so broadly that Internet platforms like Facebook, Alphabet-Google, Amazon, Uber, and Airbnb, grew confident that they could operate their businesses largely above the rules and outside the law that applied to everyone else.
The proof of this "Jekyll and Hyde" legal double standard, is that this week Congress had to amend section 230 to narrowly override its sweeping Internet platform immunity powers to legally enable child victims of sex trafficking to seek redress for their harms in court.
Yesterday the Senate passed FOSTA, the "Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act," with 97% support (97-2). Three weeks ago, the House passed it with 94% support, (388-25). Both passed over the strong opposition of Alphabet-Google and some other members of the Internet Association. President Trump is expected to quickly sign it into law.
America Needs a Consumer-First Internet Policy, Not Tech-FirstSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Wed, 2018-01-24 17:21
Internet users are the forgotten consumers.
They have been forgotten for over twenty years because America's Internet policy has been tech-first-consumer-last.
Hiding in plain sight, U.S. Internet policy prioritizes what's best for technologies and Internet companies over what's best for people, because at core it assumed in 1996 and 1998 that whatever is good for Internet technologies and companies is good for Internet consumers.
For many years that appeared to be largely true. However, the cascading revelations this past year -- big societal, economic, and political problems caused by Google, Facebook, Amazon, Twitter, etc. -- prove that core U.S. Internet policy assumption false.
Let's contrast the Government's protection of Internet companies with its protection of Internet consumers.
Ad Hoc Neutrality Isn't Neutral, It Is Discriminatory and UnfairSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Thu, 2017-12-14 17:44
For a neutrality or non-discrimination principle to have legitimacy, it must be applied neutrally and non-discriminatorily itself, because everyone knows true neutrality means not taking sides.
Non-neutral application of a net neutrality policy takes sides and thus is discriminatory and unfair, the exact opposite of net neutrality's purported purpose and the definition of its signature word.
Arguably, most all the controversies and conflicts over net neutrality for the last fifteen years have resulted from a supposed neutrality principle applied non-neutrally, to favor Internet intermediary distribution networks like Google, Amazon and Facebook, and cloud computing networks, like Amazon, Microsoft and Google, over legacy communications and content networks.
Today the FCC, in voting 3-2 for the Restoring Internet Freedom Order, is legitimately implementing net neutrality in a neutral fashion, i.e. treating similar information services similarly with the same light touch, under the same market transparency enforcement oversight at the FTC, and not taking sides by non-neutrally, picking winners and losers from the start.
A Tale of Two Realities -- DOJ versus AT&T-Time Warner MergerSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Mon, 2017-12-04 14:58
Sometimes it is easy to miss the forest for the trees.
That may be the case with the outlook for the DOJ v. AT&T-Time Warner case.
In this analysis, rather than recount the legal antitrust "trees" that have been well-argued in the DOJ's complaint brief and AT&T-Time Warner's defense brief, and the rule of law "tree" I analyzed initially, it is important to focus on how this case is highly-unusual in one characteristic, and that characteristic begs us to try and examine the forest not the trees.
What is highly-unusual about this precedent-driven case is the Judge, U.S. District Court Senior Judge Richard J. Leon.


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Hiya Gamers, Geeks and Friends! I have not finished my Netflix Series so I will not have a Netflix Series of the Week Review until next Friday. In lieu of this I have decided to give you some tips for the new Halo Wars 2 video game for Xbox One or Windows 10! Halo Wars 2 is a Real Time Strategy game that was released February 22nd, 2017. I have bought the Xbox One S bundle with the new game and decided to share a few tips and tricks to get started! After I complete the campaign I will do a full review on the game. The first thing I did was complete the Basic and Advanced Tutorials, yet there are elements of the game not covered. I've researched and played through a few skirmishes to come up with some tips for starting out! Let's jump into the basics!
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- Crates =Supplies
One issue that I ran across was the Population Symbol. I haven't played the original Halo Wars in a bit and even after completing all of the tutorials, I couldn't build my vehicles because my population was too low. You upgrade population via the "Armory" research building (War Council for Aliens race). There will be a population symbol that you can click to upgrade your population. You can have unlimited supplies and power however the population or number of units cap is 120 after all upgrades are established. Each infantry unity, vehicle or specialized units such as Spartans or drones will display a chart informing you on exactly how many population slots 1 unit takes.
Moving Units- If you recall a recent post I've written about Tutorials, you will know that I don't really like to play them. Halo Wars 2 is an exception to that rule! Because there are a lot of controls and strategy that goes into the game I highly recommend completing all 3 tutorials to get the best experience out of moving your units (The Blitz Tutorial will only apply to that game mode). You are able to select all units in a single area by clicking the right bumper (RB). You can select all units of a specific category by double clicking A on the desired unit. Simply move your cursor to the spot in which you want to move your units and click X (Btw my controls are for Xbox One, PC controls may differ).
Leader Powers- I love that the integration of Leader Powers can affect your gameplay. At the beginning of a game, you are able to select your desired leader (Pay Attention ad each leader has a different skill set). Off the back I chose Professor Anders because she receives a bonus to research and construction (huge plus for my type of gameplay). There are some universal Leader Powers such as healing that allows you to heal your unites while in battle or just standing there. If you think you're about to lose because your health is low on your active unites, use that Leader Power and shock your enemies (I did lol). Take care as Leader Powers will have a cool down.
Garrison units- Throughout the map that you are on there will be small Garrisons in which you can have a unit camp and watch for enemies. I use the Garrison checkpoints to have an eye on the map and choke points around my bases. Your unites can also attack from these locations so make sure to have long range units (general marines will do the trick).
Upgrades- Don't forget about the upgrades to not only your bases, but to your units as well. You can upgrade, health, damage, armor and even add a rocket launcher to some ground units. You can upgrade turrets and units as well.Upgrades to individual units, vehicles or the base will be marked with an upwards facing arrow. The description of each upgrade type will be located to the right of the screen as you hover over the options.
Minimap- The Minimap will be your best friend in Halo Wars 2. Due to the amount of units, bases, choke points, supplies, and don't forget your enemies, this RTS game has a lot to keep up with. Your minimap will show you if enemy units are spotted or attacking. You can also see where your bases are, units are stationed and how many "Undiscovered Bases' there are on the map. The benefit of knowing which bases are undiscovered is that you can track your enemies movements and defeat them quickly.
Those are my first impressions and tips for Halo Wars 2. I relay enjoy RTS games so I have been playing all night. Have you played Halo Wars or Halo Wars 2? What are your favorite RTS games? Hopefully these tips help you out and let me know if I have missed anything!
Have a great weekend!
-Luna 🙂


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Three down, three to go. Welcome back to another round of "Revisiting the Framework" where I'm going through and looking at how the ACRL Framework changed between the original draft version I reviewed in 2014 and the final, ACRL-approved version. It's been a week or so since my last post, but I'm smoking some chicken leg quarters and I have some time to write, so here it goes. Here's where we're at so far:
- Authority Is Constructed and Contextual
- Information Creation as a Process
- Information Has Value
- Research as Inquiry
- Scholarship as Conversation
- Searching as Strategic Exploration
So, on to the next one: Research as Inquiry.
The Draft Framework: Research as Inquiry
This is the text from the 2014 draft version that I initially reviewed:
Research as Inquiry refers to an understanding that research is iterative and depends upon asking increasingly complex questions whose answers develop new questions or lines of inquiry in any field.
Experts see inquiry as a process that focuses on problems or questions in a discipline or between disciplines that are open or unresolved. Experts recognize the collaborative effort within a discipline to extend the knowledge in that field by developing a knowledge base of lines of inquiry, research methodologies, and best practices for conducting research. Many times, this process includes points of disagreement where debate and dialog work to deepen the conversations around knowledge. This process of inquiry extends beyond the academic world to include instances such as evidence and data collected by groups and individuals in communities and the public at large, and the process of inquiry may also focus upon personal, professional, or societal needs. The spectrum of inquiry thus encompasses processes of basic recapitulation of knowledge and data, by the novice, through increasing stages of greater understanding of a discipline or exchanges between disciplines, among more experienced researchers. The novice works to understand foundational ideas, methods, and over time develops the corresponding ability to formulate more advanced research questions and employ a greater repertoire of investigative methods.
You know what? I was actually pretty okay with this one. It's not a threshold concept, but it is an important concept. People have a bad habit of ignoring disconfirming evidence, of letting their biases go unchecked, of being unwilling to admit that they don't know as much as they think they do. Research isn't about finding answers, it's about finding new questions to ask. And lots of people don't get that. Those students that write the paper first and then schedule a research appointment to find their 10 sources? You know the ones. That's who this frame is directed at. Also, those students that fire up a database, type in the phrase "why are the problems in fracking good or bad for are countrys future," click search, and then immediately say "the library sucks…they don't have anything on my topic." This frame is for them.
I only had a few concerns about the draft version. First, the language was overwrought. But that's to be expected in a draft document put out by a committee. Second, I thought the draft needed to address epistemic humility, which is the ability to recognize the limits of your own knowledge; the ability to accurately assess your own competence. Otherwise, this was a perfectly fine frame.
Let's see how it's changed…
The Official Framework: Research as Inquiry
Research is iterative and depends upon asking increasingly complex or new questions whose answers in turn develop additional questions or lines of inquiry in any field.
Experts see inquiry as a process that focuses on problems or questions in a discipline or between disciplines that are open or unresolved. Experts recognize the collaborative effort within a discipline to extend the knowledge in that field. Many times, this process includes points of disagreement where debate and dialogue work to deepen the conversations around knowledge. This process of inquiry extends beyond the academic world to the community at large, and the process of inquiry may focus upon personal, professional, or societal needs. The spectrum of inquiry ranges from asking simple questions that depend upon basic recapitulation of knowledge to increasingly sophisticated abilities to refine research questions, use more advanced research methods, and explore more diverse disciplinary perspectives. Novice learners acquire strategic perspectives on inquiry and a greater repertoire of investigative methods.
Well, that's almost identical to the draft version. They tightened up the language a bit, but otherwise there are no substantive differences. That is, until you look at the knowledge practices and dispositions. Here's a side-by-side, slightly rearranged so that similar dispositions rise to the top:
|2014 Draft Knowledge Practices
|2016 Official Knowledge Practices
Mostly the Same
|Learners who are developing their information literate abilities
|Learners who are developing their information literate abilities
Totally New
Totally Gone
Well now, that's quite the change. The dispositions I said were redundant or inapplicable were dropped and in their place were added the last six dispositions. And, while they are good intellectual habits, don't they seem a little too broad? Like, these seem to have come from a critical thinking textbook or something. Granted, information literacy is just a subset of critical thinking, so it does make some sense, but I wonder if the ACRL is trying to lay claim to more general critical thinking skills as an area of librarian expertise? Like that last one, "draw reasonable conclusions based on the analysis and interpretation of information." Should librarians be expected to teach logic now? Or "synthesize ideas in meaningful ways." Isn't that what their actual professors are teaching them to do? I realize that the Framework is a push for greater librarian involvement in student learning up to the point of for-credit information literacy courses and whatnot. And I agree that librarians can contribute to critical thinking skills. But I'm getting the feeling that this Framework is starting to ask too much of librarians and to presume that students aren't learning these things elsewhere. Why should I spend time teaching students how to synthesize ideas gathered from multiple sources? That's what their ENGL 1010 synthesis essay assignment is for. Or, wait, am I supposed to share the Framework with the Composition faculty and say "the ACRL says this is what you should be teaching?" That's not going to fly.
Honestly, though, the Framework is just reminding us that information literacy is a campus-wide concern and that librarians can't be expected to be the lone experts and advocates for it. Yes, early on when the Framework was based on threshold concepts, people were trying to argue that information literacy is a discipline and that information literacy is our domain as librarians. But that dog wouldn't hunt so they've opened the way for interdisciplinary collaboration. As the Framework says of itself:
The Framework opens the way for librarians, faculty, and other institutional partners to redesign instruction sessions, assignments, courses, and even curricula; to connect information literacy with student success initiatives; to collaborate on pedagogical research and involve students themselves in that research; and to create wider conversations about student learning, the scholarship of teaching and learning, and the assessment of learning on local campuses and beyond.
So, maybe those additional dispositions aren't for us. They're to acknowledge the work done by other faculty and institutional partners. I, for one, agree that librarians don't have the lock-down on information literacy. But, for those baby librarians stepping into the field and asking "what do I teach" it would help to have the Framework make it clear that although information literacy includes critical thinking skills, some of those skills will be taught outside the library. It would help for the Framework to acknowledge which parts of the Framework are better suited for librarians and which aren't. Anyway, let's look at the dispositions:
|2014 Draft Dispositions
|2016 Official Dispositions
The Same
Kind of the same
Totally New
So, they kept the first two completely intact and sort of carved up the others. So nothing really lost but, what was gained? First, they threw in something about intellectual humility! Just like I always wanted! Also, shout out to whoever had to put a parenthetical definition of intellectual humility. Probably should have just said "recognize their own intellectual or experiential limitations" and left it at that. And I like the one about seeking multiple assessments. But, what's up with the ethical and legal thing shoehorned into the middle? That belongs in Information has Value where it talks about "current legal and socioeconomic practices concerning the value of information." And seeking help when needed? And seeking appropriate help when needed? How is that an information literacy thing?
Okay, this Frame has kind of stumped me now. I started the hour saying that I was totally down with it, but now I'm questioning myself. I'm not questioning the value of the concept "Research as Inquiry" broadly conceived. Rather, I'm questioning how much of this is really unique to information literacy in the first place.1 I'm reflecting on the Framework broadly now, and I'm having the same reaction: how much of this is really about information literacy? How much of this is unique to what librarians do? The Framework talks about librarians having "greater responsibility in identifying core ideas within their own knowledge domain that can extend learning for students, in creating a new cohesive curriculum for information literacy, and in collaborating more extensively with faculty." But what in the Framework is unique to our knowledge domain? Or at least, what is there that we are uniquely situated to teach? Well, there's that part of Information has Value that talks about copyright, publishing , fair use, and open access. That seems like our stuff. And that stuff about the information creation process seems to align well with libraries. But, most of what we've read so far in reviewing the Framework seems to be better suited for teachers in completely different fields (e.g., composition, rhetoric, media studies, philosophy, psychology, sociology, etc.). Which is fine. But, then, to what extent were they consulted in creating the Framework? Were non-librarians from sociology, education, mass media, philosophy, and other disciplines active participants in creating the Framework? Are they even aware that information literacy is an "educational reform movement?"
The cynic in me wants to say that the Framework is intricately tied to the well-known imposter syndrome that saturates librarianship. That the Framework is a desperate attempt to prove our value and legitimacy to our faculty colleagues. That there's a certain amount of hubris in creating a framework that claims librarians will guide campus "conversations about student learning, the scholarship of teaching and learning, and the assessment of learning." The cynic wants to say the "we have a discipline too" argument is just the latest incarnation of "but library science is a science." But I don't want to be cynical. I do think librarians have unique and important skills and concepts that they can impart to others. Sadly, the Framework doesn't really say all that much about those things and ultimately only makes it harder to keep that cynicism at bay.
Overall Grade: As a general concept, A-. As an information literacy concept, D
It may be a great idea, but the knowledge practices and dispositions make me wonder how it is really related to libraries and information literacy and what the Framework is really meant to accomplish.
[1] True, the old Standards weren't completely library-specific either. But at least they mentioned databases.


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The small river weaved it's way around the banks and trees just as it always did. The soft, tinkling sounds the water made as it traveled over rocks and fallen branches was the constant background music to the woods.
The wind made itself know; shaking the newly flourishing branches, roughing up the young flowers and grass. The noises echoing, falling and raising again in an almost pattern like way. The wind blew across the surface of the river but it knew better then to mess with the water, for water is more powerful.
Shy animals scampered or fluttered about; birds in bushes, squirrels in trees, butterflies on flowers and rabbits nibbling grass outside their burrows. All could just be glimpsed if in the right place at the right time. They were heard far more then they were seen though.
I, the ancient but still mighty oak which all this around me, adding it to my fountain of knowledge. I towered over all the other trees; giving shelter to the saplings, home to many animals and a king to this patch of woodland. We were protected because man said I was over two hundred years old and must not be cut down.
With man doing their job, I was left alone to do mine.


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From Prospect.org:
John Thompson served 18 years in prison — 14 of them on death row — for a murder and an armed robbery he did not commit. The prosecution's case was a house of cards: Thompson did not match the eyewitness description originally given of the murderer (although the most crucial witness against him did), and a blood test taken from the scene proved that he did not commit the robbery.
If the blood evidence should have exonerated him before either case went to trial, why did he come so close to being executed?
It happened, quite simply, because prosecutors withheld the critical blood evidence. Since the Supreme Court's 1963 decision in Brady v. Maryland, suppressing evidence favorable to the defendant has been recognized as a violation of the Constitution (failures to turn over possibly exculpatory evidence are now known as "Brady violations"). Because of a series of lucky breaks, Thompson and his attorneys happened to find out about the illegal suppression of evidence, and after more than two decades of legal wrangling and a disgraceful attempt to retry him that resulted in an acquittal after only 35 minutes of jury deliberation, he was finally free. For obvious reasons, following his vindication, Thompson sued the New Orleans district attorney's office for violating his civil rights. A jury awarded him $14 million. Of course, no ending to Thompson's story could be happy, but he at least received substantial compensation for the gross violation of his rights.
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