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Criminals who never got caught for past crimes in Santa Clara County should be looking over their shoulders, while persons wrongly convicted may have new hope under policies announced this week by Jeff Rosen, who became the county's new district attorney Monday.
Rosen was sworn in during a private administrative ceremony Monday in San Jose but will be ceremonially sworn in a public ceremony Jan. 19 at 5:30 p.m. in the rotunda of the San Jose City Hall at 200 Santa Clara St.
Among Rosen's first acts Wednesday was to create an expanded Conviction Integrity Unit that will monitor procedures relating to arrests, prosecutions and convictions of persons accused of crimes to safeguard against wrongful convictions. On Wednesday, he announced that the unit will be headed by David Angel, a deputy district attorney with about 16 years experience in a variety of positions within the DA's office.
He also announced reinstatement of the Cold Case Unit, which will follow-up on unsolved serious crimes, primarily murder and rape cases, working with local police agencies, Rosen said in an interview with the Palo Alto Weekly. He said he is currently evaluating who would best head that unit.
Both units were disbanded by former District Attorney Dolores Carr, who cited budgetary reasons. But she lost a bid for re-election last November to Rosen, who mounted a strong challenge with support from retired District Attorney George Kennedy and others. Kennedy retired in 2007.
Rosen also announced the appointment of Ian Fitch as the new director of the county Crime Lab, replacing retiring Director Benny DelRe. Fitch was most recently the crime-lab director in Colorado Springs and formerly was a supervisor for the Santa Clara County lab.
Rosen said Fitch is "highly respected and is known as an expert in DNA," and that he was chosen from several "exceptionally well-qualified candidates" for the position.
Rosen said the Conviction Integrity Unit is based a so-called Innocence Project that Kennedy created a decade ago but was named after a similar unit in Dallas, Texas. Rosen said he felt "conviction integrity" was broader and better described the scope of what the unit will do which includes developing best-practices for police and prosecutors to minimize the chances of wrongful convictions.
Angel, a graduate of the Harvard Law School, pioneered the creation of Kennedy's project, which resulted in three exonerations, including someone who had been sentenced to life in prison, and two lesser cases. Angel resides in San Francisco with his wife, Jana Clark, a deputy city attorney there, and their three children.
Rosen said the integrity unit will work with defense attorneys and the Northern California Innocence Project, based at Santa Clara University.
He said Kennedy's creation of such a unit was "a very forward-looking, progressive move," and a model.
"What I'm creating here really builds and expands on what George Kennedy was doing before," Rosen said.
He said Angel will have supervisory authority over the office's law-and-motions team, "where many issues relating to prosecutorial misconduct or police misconduct come up." He said he will also be a liaison with police agencies in terms of helping with training and reviewing of how cases are handled.
Angel will report to Jay Boyarsky, recently announced as Rosen's chief assistant. Boyarsky formerly supervised the North County DA's office in Palo Alto.
Rosen also announced that he will be eliminating the office's public-information staff and shifting much of the responsibility for getting information out via the media to prosecuting attorneys.
"It's more efficient, and we have less kind of telephone tag," and the prosecutors know most about the cases, he said of the move. A weekly summary of significant cases will continue to be issued, he said.


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This year's theme for the Innovation Nation Forum, which was co-located with GOSCON, was "Shake It Up," and things were shaken up indeed. While we were a little sad that this year's conference wrapped up early due the East Coast earthquake, we're all pleased that no one was harmed. Plus, we did get to shake up all things government IT and open source before the lunch hour, presenting two panels on "Cost Take Out" and "Building Outside the Box."
You can read more from the panels in the GOSCON and GOSCON DC Tweet streams. My colleague Gunnar Hellekson from RedHat has penned an excellent post on opensource.com summarizing the Cost Take Out panel. Alex Howard from O'Relly Media moderated that panel plus did a great writeup of the event entitled "Government IT's Quiet Open Source Evolution".
The good folks at MeriTalk, producers of Innovation Nation, have shared a video of the luncheon exec panel which was underway when the quake hit. More materials from the conference are forthcoming; promise they'll be exciting in less seismic ways.

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You can read the stats of the entire line of laptops above (click on that image to see a larger pop-out version), but they reach a balance of power to price to size that's pretty palatable on paper. We're just wondering what MSI's Color Film Print laptop finish, "which creates vivid designs when the unique surface interacts with ambient light," looks like in person.


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This ain't steel, I built it last month when in the heat of aluminum building. A guy intends to go really fast on this one. Its a TT bike for local racer and U.C.S.C. student Art Rand. I'm pretty sure he'll make this thing move down the road.
More progress on the V.O.S. team bikes,also from last month. These bikes in the second batch have a nice little white stripe between the red and black. With nearly twenty of these built they will be hard to miss at the races this spring.


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NEW: More than 1,000 people are caught up in a standoff at a Cairo mosque, officials say
NEW: State TV reports 821 Muslim Brotherhood members arrested
Conflicting casualty figures put the death toll in Cairo between 17 and 54
Roving armed groups are sporadically clashing in Cairo, state media reports
Hundreds of people were caught up early Saturday in a standoff between Islamist supporters of deposed President Mohamed Morsy and the Egyptian military at a mosque-turned-makeshift morgue, raising fears of a widening violence that will further push the country into chaos.
The Al-Fateh mosque near Ramses Square in central Cairo has become the latest flashpoint in the growing crisis after more than 1,000 people reportedly sought refuge following Friday's clashes between protesters primarily aligned with the Muslim Brotherhood and security forces.
Protesters took those killed and wounded in the clashes at the Ramses Square to the mosque, where the Muslim Brotherhood established a makeshift field hospital.
State-run EGYNews, citing military officials, reported that security forces will provide safe passage for those inside the mosque.
But those trapped are afraid to leave because they believe they will be attacked by plainclothes "thugs" aligned with the military, citing similar incidents in recent days, a doctor inside the mosque told CNN by telephone.
The see-saw allegations have only added to growing tensions between the two sides, which have accused one another of inflating allegations of violence to further their stance.
CNN cannot independently confirm the claims by the protesters or the military.
The group outside fired at the mosque, breaking a window, and then tried to break down the front door, the doctor and two people inside told CNN. The military has said the women can leave, but the men will be arrested, said the doctor, who asked not to be identified because of security fears.
But EGYNews, citing security officials, reports that people are being prevented from leaving the mosque by protesters.
Local media purported to broadcast live footage from inside the mosque, showing men and women with their faces covered by medical masks and scarves over fears security forces will fire tear gas.
The standoff came hours after thousands of protesters defied a government-imposed curfew, staying put in Cairo's Ramses Square and the streets, while soldiers and armored personnel carriers were deployed around the square and adjoining streets.
The military warned it would "deal firmly" with anyone who breaks the curfew, raising fears of a repeat of Wednesday's military raids on pro-Morsy protest camps that left an estimated 580 dead and 4,000 wounded.
Egyptian state-run Nile TV reported 821 Muslim Brotherhood members were arrested across Egypt on Friday on charges of rioting and creating violence. The same report quoted Interior Ministry as saying authorities seized seven hand grenades, five automatic weapons, pistols and 710 rounds.
The clashes began Friday following afternoon prayers, when thousands of Muslim Brotherhood protesters demanding the return of Morsy took to the streets promising a day of rage.
Another bloody day across country
Conflicting casualty figures were being reported: A medic at a Muslim Brotherhood-supported field hospital near Ramses Square said 54 people had been killed, according to the official al-Ahram news agency, while state-run Nile TV putting the number at 17 people killed and 40 wounded.
In northern Egypt, at least 16 people were killed and 140 wounded in fighting between Morsy supporters and the military in the coastal city of Alexandria, Nile TV reported, citing medical officials. But al-Ahram put the number at 21, citing local health ministry officials.
In nearby Suez City, soldiers moved late Friday against a number of pro-Morsy demonstrators attempting to camp out at a square after the curfew, al-Ahram reported. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
The casualties have not been limited to Morsy supporters and security forces. A number of bystanders, residents and journalists have been killed as the violence has widened.
Fighting also was reported between Morsy supporters and residents in the northeast city of Ismailia and in the Nile Delta cities of Tanta and Damietta during the curfew, the news channel reported.
By nightfall Friday, state-run media reported sporadic fighting between roving bands of armed protesters and residents in Cairo, where military helicopters could be seen patrolling from the sky as soldiers fanned out across the streets.
Smoke wafted through Ramses Square from a fire that engulfed a nearby commercial building. It was unclear what caused the fire.
Earlier in the day, A CNN crew witnessed men in plainclothes standing next to military tanks and firing into crowds. The crew also saw that some in the crowd were armed.
Security forces fired tear gas at a mass of people on a major bridge leading to the centrally located Ramses Square. Machine-gun fire was heard in central Cairo as a military helicopter flew overhead.
Elsewhere in Cairo, armed groups were reportedly firing from rooftops, attempting to down a military surveillance helicopter, state-run media reported, citing security sources.
Armed protesters also attacked a police station in central Cairo, killing the police chief, state-run EGYNews reported.
Since Wednesday, 52 police officers have been killed, state television reported. Earlier reports of 64 dead were incorrect. State TV also said 25 police stations and 10 churches have been attacked. The interim government has blamed the Muslim Brotherhood for the attacks.
At least 263 people, described by armed members of the Muslim Brotherhood, have been arrested across the country, according to the Egyptian Ministry of Information.
"The struggle to overthrow this illegitimate regime is an obligation," the Muslim Brotherhood said on its website Friday, while urging people to protest peacefully.
Echoes of violence
The violence echoed the upheaval that preceded the popular uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak from power in 2011. The military removed Mubarak after protests against his authoritarian rule, but not before an estimated 840 people were killed.
The generals yielded power to Morsy after elections, but the new president soon was accused of pursuing an Islamist agenda and excluding other factions from the government. The military ousted Morsy from office on July 3, a move that triggered massive protests among his supporters.
Morsy's supporters say the deposed president wasn't given a fair chance and that the military has returned to its authoritarian practices of the Mubarak era.
The government reinforced the comparison by imposing the month-long state of emergency, a favored tactic of Mubarak.
Morsy and key members of the Muslim Brotherhood have been detained.
The most senior Muslim Brotherhood leader still at large, Essam el-Erian, said Thursday the protests will continue until Morsy is returned to office.
"They can arrest me and 100 of us, but they can't arrest every honorable citizen in Egypt," el-Erian told CNN. "They can't stop this glorious revolution."
Military vehicles were deployed Friday across Cairo and Giza, taking up positions in squares and securing important institutions, EGYNews reported, citing security officials.
The news agency said the military increased checkpoints at all entrances to Cairo to prevent the smuggling of arms to protesters.
Police will use live ammunition to subdue any attack against police facilities, state media said.
Western alarm
The escalating violence has alarmed the West, where leaders have long looked to Egypt as a stabilizing force in the region.
French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for a meeting next week of European Union foreign ministers to coordinate a response to the violence in Egypt.
The EU's foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, called the rising casualty toll "shocking."
"Responsibility for this tragedy weighs heavily on the interim government, as well as on the wider political leadership in the country," she said.
Egyptian authorities rejected criticism from U.S. President Barack Obama and other world leaders on Wednesday's ferocious clashes, which left at least 580 people dead after security forces broke up huge sit-ins in Cairo, according to the Health Ministry.
Obama, who has resisted calls to cut off military aid to Egypt and label Morsy's ouster a coup, on Thursday stressed the United States would not support one political faction over another. Even predominantly Muslim nations voiced displeasure, with Turkey recalling its ambassador in Egypt in light of the crisis, a Turkish foreign ministry representative said.
CNN's Reza Sayah and Raja Rezak reported from Cairo; Chelsea J. Carter wrote from Atlanta. CNN's Hamdi Alkhshali, Saskya Vandoorne, Mohammed Tawfeeq, Ian Lee, Frederik Pleitgen, Laura Smith-Spark, Greg Botelho, Michael Pearson and Holly Yan also contributed to this report.


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North Carolina State University opened the James B. Hunt Jr. Library in January of 2013, creating a heart for our Centennial Campus that defines the research library of the future. My #HuntLibrary was created as a platform to foster student and community engagement with the new building via social media imagery and to preserve and archive these images as part of the record of the Hunt Library launch. My #HuntLibrary is a Ruby on Rails application that harvests images from Instagram and provides several browsing views, mechanisms for sharing, tools for users to select their favorite images, an administrative interface for moderating images, and a system for harvesting images for inclusion in the NCSU Libraries digital archives. Built according to the principles of "responsive design," My #HuntLibrary is usable on mobile devices, tablets, desktops, e-boards, and the massive MicroTiles displays in the Hunt Library.
In the three months since the launch of My #HuntLibrary (coinciding with the opening of the Hunt Library building), we received nearly 1700 images from over 600 different users, over 6800 "like" votes, and over 53,000 "battle" votes. This post will detail some of the risks involved with the project, the technical challenges we faced, how student engagement strengthened the project, and the potential benefits of giving students and community members a voice in the documentation of the Hunt Library.
The code that drives My #HuntLibrary has been extracted into an open-source Rails Engine called "lentil" that is available on GitHub.
Planning for Risk
Most projects carry some level of risk and My #HuntLibrary was no different. It was difficult to predict the level of engagement we would be able to achieve with various application features. The timeline for development was short, carried a firm deadline (due to the need to launch alongside the new library), and included work with several technologies that were new to the development team. Additionally, the application relied on a third-party API that could change at any time. In order to mitigate project risks, we structured the project around goals with short and long (and more speculative) timelines that would each individually justify the project effort.
Utilize social media to increase engagement with a new library
Social media engagement with students was a linchpin of our opening strategy. Before the Hunt Library came online, NC State students already had a high degree of ownership over existing Libraries spaces and we sought to extend that to our new library. My #HuntLibrary could contribute to that sense of ownership by providing a platform for users of the new library to document and share their experience, learn about the experiences of their peers, and to collectively curate the images using voting tools. Furthermore, My #HuntLibrary is an opportunity for staff to learn about important and unexpected uses of the building during the critical post-launch period.
Provide a mechanism for students to contribute to digital collections
We felt that the Hunt Library opening could be an opportunity for students to add their voices to the documentation of campus history that is preserved in our extensive digital collections. My #HuntLibrary could also allow us to leverage social technologies to diversify the perspectives reflected in our archival collections. This is our first major social media preservation effort and we hope that our project, along with others (such as GWU Libraries' Social Feed Manager, or the State of North Carolina's Social Media Archive), may begin to contribute possible answers to several questions related to social media archives, including:
Can we utilize existing streams of social media content to integrate additional student perspectives in our documentation of the history of their university? Does this enhance our special collections?
Can an invitation to participate in core library practices, such as the development of special collections, serve as an effective engagement strategy?
- What is the research value of social media collections? How does this value vary based on media, users, and harvesting methods?
Explore new technologies
The developers involved with the project created a support structure that included pair programming, code reviews, and tutorial sessions that mitigated many of the technical risks, including the integration of new software frameworks and libraries and the coordination of work on a tight schedule. This project also provided an opportunity to learn more about the design of interfaces for the large-scale displays described later in this article.
Student Engagement
Although we knew it would be possible to utilize the Instagram API to collect and display photographs about the Hunt Library, we needed to have a reasonable expectation that people (and students in particular) would participate in the project. This question hinged on the likelihood that a person would tag a photograph of the new library with a hashtag that would allow us to capture it. The Libraries had previous experience trying to engage students through Twitter around the question "What are you doing in the library right now?" We looked back on that project's limitations to inform our engagement strategy. The chosen hashtag (#whyncsulib) was unique, but in order to answer our question, students had to be aware of the hashtag and willing to deviate somewhat from their normal social media communication patterns. However, we found that it was already common for students to use the tag #DHHill to visually depict their activities in our D. H. Hill Library on Instagram.
Assuming that students would continue this tagging behavior at the new library, we chose the hashtag "#HuntLibrary" in hopes that it would see widespread adoption regardless of the level of awareness of our project.
As we began to design the application and develop a social media plan, another milestone in the project came with the opportunity to present the idea to actual students. The NCSU Libraries Student Advisory Board is charged with providing guidance and input on the programs and services the Libraries offers. This regular open meeting (fueled by free food) allowed us to collect feedback on specific questions about the project (e.g. do students want images to "Battle?"). The feedback from this presentation varied widely, from useful (e.g. roughly two-thirds of the students present had Instagram installed on their phones and yes, they want to battle) to unsanctionable ("If you want cute photographs you should let us bring cats into the library"). However, the general reaction from the students was that it seemed like a good idea, and we continued work with increased confidence.
The Student Advisory Board meeting also led to another breakthrough: our Director's commitment of funds to award an iPad Mini to the photographer of the best image. Prior to the Advisory Board meeting, our only participation incentive was an assurance that the best photographs would be ingested into the University's permanent digital archives. While this is a thrilling idea to a roomful of librarians, we were uncertain that students would have the same reaction. Perhaps unsurprisingly, when our Director asked the gathered students if they would take more pictures if there were an iPad Mini at stake, the students were unanimous in their response. Although we later learned in usability tests that students reacted very positively to the idea of contributing to their University's story, the tablet prize gave the project a focal point, and the contest became the cornerstone of our student engagement strategy.
Display Technology
The NCSU Libraries' vision is to be NC State's competitive advantage. This vision is often operationalized by putting cutting-edge technology in the hands of our students and faculty. For the Hunt Library, we made a strategic investment in large-scale, architecturally integrated visualization spaces such as ultra-high definition video walls and virtual environment studios. These visualization spaces serve as large canvases to reflect the research and activities of our campus in new interactive ways. The Hunt Library is, in short, a storytelling building.
We anticipated that My #HuntLibrary would produce a visually compelling record of the new library, and so we chose to display the photographic activity in one of the library's most accessible visualization spaces: the iPearl Immersion Theater. The Theater features a curved video wall that is twenty-one feet wide and seven feet tall. The wall uses Christie MicroTiles, a modular display system based on LED and DLP technologies that gives the wall an effective resolution of 6824 pixels by 2240 pixels. MicroTiles feature high color saturation and a wide color spectrum, making them ideal for Instagram photographs of the colorful library. A key part of the technology behind the MicroTiles is a Christie Vista Spyder. The Spyder is a hardware-based video processor that allows for 12-bit scaling. This upsampling capability was important for our application, as it allowed small (612 pixels square) images to be enlarged to two-foot images in the Theater with very few noticeable compression artifacts.
As a public, physical space, the iPearl Immersion Theater allowed us to create embodied and shared user experiences that were fundamentally different from the web and mobile views of My #HuntLibrary. The Theater is a semi-open space near the entrance to the library, adjacent to an expansive reading lounge. The video wall installation had an attractive presence that invited passers-by inside to examine the images. Once inside the Theater, the content could be appreciated more fully by moving around in the space. Standing close to the wall enabled the user to see more detail about a particular photograph while moving farther away gave an impressionistic sense of the library's spaces. While dwell times for the installation were sometimes low because users often dropped in for a moment before heading to their intended destination, seating in the Theater allowed for a more leisurely viewing experience as new photographs rotated into the display. Small groups of people gathered in the Theater to discuss the merits of their favorite photographs, point out their own photographs to their friends, and engage in conversations with strangers about the images.
Responsive Web Design
With the large MicroTiles displays in the Hunt Library we now face the challenge of designing for very small (mobile device) and very large displays and many sizes in between (tablets, laptops, desktops, e-boards). The growing popularity of responsive web design techniques have helped developers and designers meet the challenge of building applications that work well on a wide range of device screen sizes. Responsive web design generally means using a combination of CSS3 media queries, fluid grids, and flexible images to progressively enhance a single web design for optimal display and use on a wide range of screen sizes and devices (Marcotte 2010). Most of the discussion of responsive design centers around building for devices ranging from phone-sized to desktop-sized displays. However, there is no technical reason why responsive design cannot work for even wider ranges of display sizes.
Our final design for My #HuntLibrary includes two different responsive designs, one of which supports mouse and touch interactions and display sizes ranging from phones to desktops, and another for non-interactive public display of the photographs on displays ranging from large eboards to more than twenty-foot wide Christie MicroTiles arrays. Our decision to build two different responsive designs for the smaller and larger sets of displays has more to do with the context in which these displays are used (personal, interactive devices versus public, non-interactive displays) than any technical limitations imposed by responsive web design techniques. In our case, the design of My #HuntLibrary for phones, tablets, and laptop and desktop computers has features to support interactive browsing, sharing photos, and a photo competition "Battle View" for people to compare sets of images and pick their favorites. These features would not translate well to the Libraries' larger public displays, which range in size from a large eboard to huge Christie MicroTiles video walls, and which are, for now, mostly non-interactive. It made sense to develop a different view optimized to support a non-interactive display of the My #HuntLibrary photos. For the eboard-sized and larger public displays we developed a grid of images that are periodically replaced by new images, a few at a time.
Collecting Social Media
Although the initial development push was heavily focused on the core data management and display infrastructure, the longer-term goal of content preservation (for the sake of historical documentation rather than personal archives) influenced most aspects of the project. In particular, we have attempted and are continuing to address three major preservation-related themes: harvesting, crowdsourced curation, and legal clearance.
For short-term use of the images, we harvest only the metadata, leaving the images on the Instagram servers. Clearly, for long-term preservation we would need to collect the images themselves. This harvesting is complicated by the necessity to declare an arbitrary "break" from the source materials, at which point any changes to the metadata (or removal of the images) would not be reflected by our system. We are currently developing a milestone-based harvesting schedule that takes into account both the length of time the image is in the system and the submission of a donor agreement.
While we are currently planning on collecting all "#huntlibrary" images, we are very interested in the potential to allow our users to influence the selection process for certain parts of our archival collection. In order to test and support this goal, we developed two voting tools: individual image "like" voting and this-or-that "battle" voting. Our hope (which early usage metrics seem to support) is that we could use the data from these tools to select images for preservation, or at least to promote a subset of preserved images, that reflect the interests of our community. In addition to improving our selection processes, this may be an opportunity to promote archival selection as a student engagement tool by promoting opportunities for students to influence the historical record of their own experiences.
Finally, we worked with a lawyer and copyright specialist at our library to develop a donor agreement that was short and clear enough to be submitted as a comment on an image. Instagram users retain rights to their own images and thus the ability to grant the limited rights that we are requesting. Furthermore, the use of the Instagram comment system will allow us to automate this process, provided that we are responsive to takedown requests.
In the three months since the launch of My #HuntLibrary (coinciding with the opening of the Hunt Library building), we received nearly 1700 images from over 600 different users, over 6800 "like" votes, and over 53,000 "battle" votes. In addition to these measures of user contributions (of either images or vote-based reviews), My #HuntLibrary recorded 135,908 pageviews from 10,421 unique visitors (according to Google Analytics) during this period. Furthermore, the project was regularly cited by students, staff, and institutional partners on social media channels, and was featured (with an emphasis on historical documentation) during the Hunt Library Dedication events.
The evaluation of the archival components of this application will take place on a longer timeline. We are currently extending the long-term content harvesting features in order to support these activities in a more automated way. We have received several indications of the value of pursuing image preservation features, including surprisingly enthusiastic reactions to questions about the preservation of images from students taking part in a My #HuntLibrary user study. As a particularly encouraging example, when an undergraduate student contributor to My #HuntLibrary was asked "How would you feel if one of your Instagram photos were selected by the library to be kept as a permanent record of what students did in 2013?" they responded, "I would be so excited. For me, I think it would be better than winning an iPad."
About our guest authors:
Jason Casden is the Lead Librarian for the Digital Services Development group at the North Carolina State University Libraries, where he helps to develop and implement scalable digital library applications. He is the project manager and a software developer for "My #HuntLibrary," and has served as a project or technical lead for projects including the Suma physical space and service usage assessment toolkit, the WolfWalk geo-enhanced mobile historical guide, and Library Course Tools.
Mike Nutt is a Fellow at NCSU Libraries, where he leads a strategic initiative called "Networked Library: Marketing the 21st Century Library." He is the product lead for My #HuntLibrary, and also facilitates content strategies for the large video walls in NC State's new Hunt Library. He founded the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student group Carolina Digital Story Lab and was a research assistant at the UNC-CH Carolina Digital Library and Archives.
Cory Lown is Digital Technologies Development Librarian at North Carolina State University Libraries where he works collaboratively to design and develop applications to improve end-user resource discovery and use of library services. He has contributed as a developer and/or interface designer to a number of projects, including My #HuntLibrary, WolfWalk, QuickSearch, and the latest version of the library's mobile website.
Bret Davidson is currently a Digital Technologies Development Librarian at the North Carolina State University Libraries. Previously, Bret worked as an NCSU Libraries Fellow on visualization tools and resources to support the new James B. Hunt, Jr. Library. Prior to becoming a librarian, Bret was a music educator in the public schools of Pennsylvania and Illinois, as well as a performing musician with the River City Brass Band in Pittsburgh, PA.


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http://mmajunkie.com Ratings for the second episode of "The Ultimate Fighter 14" increased compared to the season debut a week prior.
Overall, episode No. 2 of the Spike TV reality series scored a 1.22 household rating and averaged 1.6 million viewers on Wednesday. The Sept. 21 season debut averaged 1.5 million viewers.
Spike TV officials today emailed the ratings information to MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com).
This season features Michael Bisping and Jason "Mayhem" Miller as
coaches. For the first time ever, the show spotlights bantamweight and
featherweights fighters. In an elimination round of fights, an initial group of 32 was whittled down to 16, who
are now official cast members.
In the second episode, teams were chosen, and Team Miller's Bryan Caraway choked out Team Bisping's Marcus Brimage to advance to the semifinal round of the featherweight division's tournament.
Spike TV began airing "TUF" in early 2005, but as part of the UFC's mega-deal with FOX, the series moves to FX in 2012.
Spike TV is available in approximately 100 million homes.
The "TUF 14" episode-by-episode ratings include:
- "The Ultimate Fighter 14" episode No. 1: 1.5 million viewers
- "The Ultimate Fighter 14" episode No. 2: 1.6 million viewers
For more on this season, stay tuned to the "The Ultimate Fighter 14" section of MMAjunkie.com.
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When Enough of an Incompetent President is Enough!
Obama is wasting hundreds of billions of dollars in Iraq and Afghanistan, in part to protect the Big Oil, yet he is losing the war to Big Oil at home
Executive Branch Lacks the Worst Case Scenario Toolkit to Protect American People
By Ralph Nader [Nader.Org]
When the Executive Branch does not have worst case scenario planning for each kind of energy source—oil, gas, coal, nuclear, wind, solar and efficiency—the people are not protected.
Enter the 24/7 oil gusher-leak by BP and Transocean – the rig operator – and the impotence of the federal government to do anything but wait and see if BP can find ways to close off the biggest and growing oil leak in American history. Where is the emergency planning or industry knowhow?
Of course, we all saw Barack Obama's first full press conference in ten months where he said, "In case you were wondering who's responsible? I take responsibility. It is my job to make sure everything is done to shut this down…The federal government is fully engaged, and I'm fully engaged. Personally, I'm briefed every day. And I probably had more meetings on this issue than just about any issue since we did our Afghan review."
Sure, so he's being kept informed. Those are not the words of leadership five weeks after the preventable blowout on the Deepwater Horizon 40 miles off the Louisiana coast. His problem is how long it took for the White House to see this as a national disaster not just a corporate disaster for BP to contain.
That default was not just failing to determine the size of the spill (over ten times greater than BP originally estimated) or the farcical non-regulation, under Republicans and Democrats, by the Minerals Management Service of the Interior Department. It was a failure to realize that our government has no capability, no technology to take control of such disasters or even to find out whether solutions exist elsewhere in the oil and geologic industries. It's like a spreading fire where the perpetrator of the fire has the primary responsibility to put the fire out because there Is no properly equipped public fire department.
He wouldn't know the difference!
James Carville, an Obama loyalist and defender, called out his champion from new Orleans, where he now lives, and told him: "Man, you got to get down here and take control of this!" With what? Obama has a 16 month long record of turning his back on advice from the Cajuns of Louisiana to environmental groups in Washington, DC. He shook off warnings about the pathetic federal regulators, so called, cushy with the oil industry. During his campaigns, he allowed McCain's "drill, baby, drill" to turn him more overtly toward favoring offshore drilling, instead of turning onto offshore windpower.
As the multi-directional and multi-depth oil swarm keeps encircling the Gulf of Mexico, strangling the livelihood of its people, the life of its flora and fauna, with its implacably deadly effect, Obama and his supposedly street smart advisors, led by Rahm Emanuel, started out with a political blunder. Presidential specialist, Professor Paul Light at New York University put his finger on it when he said: "The White House made a deliberate political calculation to stand off…to sort of distance themselves from BP, and they've been hammered on that."
The White House Action Comedy: A Roomful of Voyeurs
We thought we voted in a hands-on President and all we got was a roomful of voyeurs. [U.S. President Barack Obama (C) listens during a briefing about the situation along the Gulf Coast following the BP oil spill, at the Coast Guard Venice Center, in Venice, Louisiana, in this White House handout photo taken on May 2, 2010 and released on June 7, 2010.]
Early on, Defense Secretary Robert Gates told him that the federal government does not possess superior technology to BP. And BP CEO Tony Hayward admitted that BP was not prepared for such a blowout. He said "What is undoubtedly true is that we did not have the tools you would want in your tool kit." Gates really meant that Uncle Sam had nothing superior to nothing or, in less charitable words, was completely out to lunch with the chronic deregulators who still infect our national government.
Obama's cool is turning cold. He is not reacting fast enough to the public rage that is building up and over-riding his vacuous statements about taking responsibility and being briefed daily. Much of this public rage, incidentally, is coming from the southern Gulf rim, whose elected politicians consistently opposed any regulation of their campaign contributing oil companies in order to avert just these kinds of disasters. Only Florida's Congressional delegation said—stay out of Florida's waters.
Politico reported that "Obama skipped the memorial service for the 11 workers killed on the rig earlier this week, instead flying to California, where he collected $1.7 million for Democrats and toured a solar panel plant. On the day that the significant clots of oil started appearing on the Louisiana coast, Obama was sitting down for an interview to talk hoops with TNT's Marv Albert."
He must move to properly sequester all the assets of BP and Transocean to fully pay for their damage, thus assuring Americans that BP will not be able to concoct another Exxon/Valdez escape strategy. He must scour the world of knowledge and experience regarding capping underseas oil blowouts, and not just wait week after week for BP to come up with something.
Nobody says that being president is an easy job, even in the best of times. But a President, who can go all out spending hundreds of billions of dollars in Iraq and Afghanistan in ways that bleed the taxpayers and breed more anti-American fighters, in part to protect Big Oil in the Middle East, better come back home and stop Big Oil's war here in the Gulf of Mexico. That's how he'd better start defining "homeland security." (See Citizen.org for more on BP.)
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For a lot of teachers, it can be hard to find the time or the opportunity to observe and learn from other teachers' lessons. If that's you, hopefully you'll find these videos useful.
I've divided them into loose categories, with a sentence or two to help you decide which are the most relevant to you. Within the categories, they're just in the order I found them! I'd like to thank the many people who've sent me links to these videos over the years (though unfortunately I can't remember exactly who sent me what!)
Please feel free to tell me about other videos I may have missed in the comments, as well as any broken links. I'd particularly appreciate any VYL, YL or teen videos that may be out there, though I know they may be hard to find.
P.S. I'll admit that I haven't watched all of these from start to finish, just bits and pieces, so please proceed with caution…
Very young learners
Anka Zapart has a list of VYL lesson clips on her blog, some of which overlap with the ones I have below.
Hubert Puchta introducing vocabulary and using Total Physical Response (TPR) and telling an action story (7 minutes)
An American kindergarten teacher working in a French-language immersion school (27 minutes) (via David Deubelbeiss)
Teacher Allen singing a song and teaching a demo lesson with Chinese kindergarteners (10 minutes)
Another kindergarten lesson in China, this time with 33 children (30 minutes)
Michael Roxas working on adjectives, using TPR and introducing clothes with a kindergarten group, working with a Chinese teacher (27 minutes) Michael has other videos of him teaching kindergarten on his YouTube channel.
Mark Kulek has lots and lots of videos of him teaching. This one shows him working with 25 Japanese 3- and 4- year olds (15 minutes) They are mostly in two playlists: Live Children's English Classes EFL and How to teach kindergarten English class EFL. A lot of the clips are less than 5 minutes long.
This one shows Mark working with puppets (3 minutes)
Paul Pemberton teaching kindergarteners in China (30 minutes), including a really nice routine for getting kids to put their hands up
Shaun teaching 3 year olds in China for a parents' open day (15 minutes)
Hannah Sophia Elliot teaching kindergarten in China (41 minutes)
Ann teaching children using a story bag (9 minutes)
Watts English have a series of videos showing children in Prague kindergarten. Here's the first (20 minutes) Look at the Czech playlist for more, as well as the games bank.
Here's an example of a teacher using a puppet as part of their WOW! method (5 minutes)
Savannah building rapport with a brand new group of students (4 minutes)
Tony using role plays as part of a demo lesson (23 minutes)
Najmul Hasan (a.k.a. Peter) also has a range of videos of him teaching kindergarten. Here's one (25 minutes)
Rebecca Eddy teaching shapes to a kindergarten class in China (13 minutes)
This video is designed to show teachers how to run a demo lesson, but there are also lots of useful tips in there and examples of how to set up activities (9 minutes)
Tanner Applegate teaching 3 year olds in China (6 minutes)
Marco Brazil teaching colours to very young learners (4 minutes)
Teaching weather to kindergarten children, with a Chinese teacher also in the room (15 minutes)
Introducing body parts (4 minutes)
Thanks very much to Lucy, who suggested in the comments that I look up kindergarten ESL teacher on YouTube, which led to most of the above videos!
Young learners
Adi Rajan suggested the Teacher Development films available on the British Council website, accompanied by workbooks. Here's one example (52 minutes):
Marisa Constantinides playing the 'please' game, and thereby demonstrating total physical response (TPR) (8 minutes) She wrote about this activity, plus two more with accompanying videos (Thanks for letting me know, Marisa!)
Ashley Haseley teaching sensory reactions in China (12 minutes)
Kaila Smith talking about teaching children in China, with lots of clips from her classes (4 minutes)
Pass the bag, a video of a game shared by Ian Leahy (90 seconds)
Sam playing a days of the week game with Thai children (2 minutes)
This video shows you how to do guided reading with elementary learners – it's mostly describing the technique, but there are various clips of the teacher at work (11 minutes)
A counting game for kids (2 minutes)
This is a video describing various classroom management techniques shared by Ian Leahy. Although there is a voiceover throughout the entire video, there are lots of clips of exactly what's happening. (16 minutes)
Gunter Gerngross demonstrating TPR with young learners (3 minutes)
Karlee Demierre using a body parts song (3 minutes)
Introducing animal vocabulary in a demo lesson, with lots of flashcard games (32 minutes)
A shopping lesson with pre-intermediate students using Solutions Pre-Intermediate (17 minutes)
Ross Thorburn introducing the rooms in a school (6 minutes)…
…and showing how unmonitored group work ran (35 seconds)
Ross Thorburn using flashcards with beginner young learners (1:10)…
…and with elementary young learners (1:30)
Ross also has tips for behaviour management, including live examples from class (5 minutes)…
…and demonstrating routines (7 minutes)
In this video, Ross introduces vocabulary, then takes his class into a shopping mall (8 minutes)
Adults (coursebook-based)
Sarah Troughear teaching a group using Life Pre-Intermediate, based on the topic of transport (60-minutes, including post-lesson analysis)
Clive Brown teaching a group using Life Upper Intermediate, based on the topic of documentary film-makers (37 minutes, including post-lesson analysis)
Andrew Walkley using an image to get students interested in a coursebook topic and lead in to a discussion (6 minutes)
Hugh Dellar teaching listening lexically – part 1 (13 minutes)
and part 2…
Stacey Hughes teaching using an e-book – find out more (10 minutes)
Me 🙂 teaching upper intermediate students – working with gerunds and infinitives (8 minutes) – find out more
Me clarifying the difference between 'borrow' and 'lend' with upper intermediate (9 minutes)
Me teaching money vocab to intermediate students (15 minutes)
Adults (non-coursebook-based)
Billy Hasirci teaching a demo lesson for a CELTA course (he's the tutor!) He's working with intermediate students, listening to a song (41 minutes)
Lindsay Warwick teaching second conditional (1 hour)
Hugh Dellar demonstrating the lexical approach, including lots of whiteboard work (18 minutes)
Elizabeth Kuizenga Romijn teaching high-level beginners (I would say elementary) cooking vocabulary using realia (38 minutes)
John Bartik teaching beginners the phrase 'I like ______' (13 minutes)
Chris Westergaard teaching animal vocabulary to a group of intermediate students (14 minutes)…
…and movie vocabulary to another intermediate group (10 minutes)
Functional language to help students debate, I'd guess at intermediate or upper intermediate level. I don't know the teacher's name, but it was shared on the ELT Experiences blog (17 minutes)
You can watch Luke Meddings teaching a dogme [What is dogme?] lesson by going to the British Council website. (40 minutes) There is a video of him using dogme with another group (26 minutes) and reflecting on it (24 minutes) available on the English Agenda website.
Martin Sketchley experimenting with dogme (9 minutes)…
…and doing a dictogloss (14 minutes)
Dr. Frances A. Boyd demonstrating lots of error correction techniques (14 minutes) (via Matt Noble)
Laura Patsko demonstrating how to do a pronunciation needs analysis with a multilingual class – find out more (16 minutes)
You can watch a process writing lesson by going to the British Council website. (37 minutes)
Fergus Fadden working on reading with an elementary group as a demo lesson (23 minutes) (Thanks Lucy)
Ross Thorburn teaching an IELTS speaking class, working on describing a city you've visited (15 minutes)…
…and teaching an intermediate class to give advice (20 minutes)
Andrew Drummond demonstrating a present-practice-produce (PPP) lesson structure using jobs (a demo lesson for trainees)… (21 minutes)
…and using PPP to teach the functional language of interrupting, followed by an analysis of the lesson stages (28 minutes)
Paullo Abreu (?) teaching second conditional (1 hour)
Olha Madylus teaching vocabulary and grammar to elementary students as a demo on a CELTA course (15 minutes)
Very small groups
Lavender teaching vocabulary (5 minutes)
Short clips
4 clips of Hugh Dellar (I think with upper intermediate students)
- Monitoring a discussion
2. Upgrading and clarifying language (3:30)
3. Setting up a speaking activity (1:20)
4. Clarifying language (3:30)
Martin Sketchley doing an activity with Arabic students to help them with spelling (6 minutes)
Katy Simpson-Davies using jazz chants (3:30)
Ian Leahy demonstrating 3 games, 1 each with adults, young learners and teens (3 minutes)
Ross Thorburn teaching adults to accept and reject invitations (3 minutes)
Conveying grammatical meaning, focussing on 'used to' and 'would' on Ross Thorburn's channel (3 minutes)
Ross Thorburn giving instructions (3 minutes)
Olya Sergeeva demonstrating how to teach decoding skills to help students understand connected speech (5 minutes 30 seconds). This blog post explaining a little more accompanies the video.
Online teaching
Fergus Fadden teaching a lesson on Google + (13 minutes)
Mark McKinnon working on connected speech – the clip is part of a full blog post explaining what's going on in the lesson.
Hugh Dellar teaching a one-hour Skype lesson based on Outcomes Advanced with three students from Krasnodar, Russia. It includes examples of Hugh works with lexis, as an advocate of the lexical approach.
Angelos Bollas teaching a CELTA demo grammar lesson to upper intermediate students on Zoom, showing you what it's like from the teacher's perspective:
Angelos again, teaching another CELTA demo lesson, this time using task-based materials using the Fluency First blog:
Trainee teachers
CELTA TP7, as uploaded by English with Stephanie, intermediate students, restaurants (45 minutes)
And TP8, focussing on functional language, again with intermediate students (35 minutes)
David teaching during CELTA uploaded by Insearch LearningCentre (60 minutes) – I'm guessing it's elementary or pre-intermediate students, talking about a trip to Japan
Anastasia, a Russian trainee who did her CELTA in 2012 (47 minutes)
Please feel free to suggest any extra videos or to tell me if there are any broken links.


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AccipitridaeHeather R. L. Lerner and David P. Mindell
This tree diagram shows the relationships between several groups of organisms.
The root of the current tree connects the organisms featured in this tree to their containing group and the rest of the Tree of Life. The basal branching point in the tree represents the ancestor of the other groups in the tree. This ancestor diversified over time into several descendent subgroups, which are represented as internal nodes and terminal taxa to the right.
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The primary goal is to bring a safe and effective therapy to children with severe large airway disease. Our intent is to implement all of the necessary steps for a successful new stem/progenitor cell-derived airway transplant for clinical trials in children within 4 years. Our team builds on first-in-human surgical success with a stem cell-based tissue engineered airway implant in a compassionate care case in a young adult and in a child. To this end, we will perform the necessary preclinical studies to support a successful FDA application within 4 years. We propose to use stem/progenitor cells from the patient to treat an extraordinarily difficult-to-manage health problem in children, namely large airway disease. In children this leads to collapse of tracheal cartilage causing severe airway obstruction that is life-threatening. It occurs in approximately 200 California children each year and the morbidity and mortality associated with this disease is very high. Approximately 25% of these young patients die before their first birthday. Treatment costs for these children are very high, and the familial and societal investments are substantially higher, although outcomes are consistently poor. The endpoint desired is normal airway and lung function and a normal quality of life. Our team aims to eliminate the need for repeated surgical interventions which are not necessarily successful, presently the standard of care for children with large airway obstruction. Bioengineered airway transplants that use the cells of the patients could be used in humans of all age groups and would not require lifelong, harmful anti-rejection medications.
In 2008 and 2010, a stem cell based, tissue engineered tracheal implant was successfully used by our team to save a young woman's and a child's life, respectively. These first-in-human studies emphasize that our goal is realistic and paves the way for clinical trials in children after carefully designed safety studies are completed for preclinical testing. Stem/progenitor cell-derived airway transplants that use the patient's cells have the clinical advantage of not requiring anti-rejection medications long-term. Our experience, to date, indicates such medication is not needed and this finding represents a scientific and clinical breakthrough in organ transplantation. While clear medical benefit was demonstrated in these proof-of-principle, compassionate care human cases, there is substantial work that must be done before considering such transplants for pediatric patients, and on a large scale, for adults. We address this challenge with our team approach and emphasize the synergism resulting from linking team members with expertise in a variety of scientific and medical disciplines to address this critical need. This new therapeutic approach could offer a tremendous benefit to children and patients in other age groups in the State of California that are in desperate need of new treatment options.
The citizens of California have generously invested in stem cell research and a return on their investment will include breakthroughs in medical treatments for diseases where there are currently limited options. Stem/progenitor cell-derived airway transplantation is a leading example of translational research in regenerative medicine that can be used for a host of diseases. Through this team effort scientists and physicians will lead the early promise of airway transplantation to clinical trials in California and beyond.
The research team proposes to use stem and progenitor cells to cure an extraordinarily difficult to manage and life-threatening health problem in children. Severe airway obstruction occurs in approximately 200 California children each year. The morbidity and mortality associated with this disease is very high; approximately 25% of patients will die before their first birthday. The knowledge gained from the preclinical studies proposed will provide a new technology that can be applied to other disorders in California populations. We foresee that our stem cell-derived airway transplant could also be applied to treat an important subpopulation of adults with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and the large number of children and adults with severe subglottic stenoses that have proven refractory to standard surgical interventions, and patients with debilitating laryngeal scarring. Given that the prevalence rate of COPD for California citizens greater than 65 years of age approaches 10%, if even 0.1% of COPD patients in California were candidates, specifically those with associated tracheobronchomalacia, then greater than 3,000 patients might benefit from this treatment. The methods and technology developed from this project can also be used as the basis for other similar health needs including esophageal, bladder, and bowel replacements for disorders where present treatments are very limited and impair quality of life.


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WASHINGTON (NNPA) – A new report confirms the old saw: The rich are getting richer.
According to a report titled, "Striking it Richer: The Evolution of Top Incomes in the United States by researchers at the University of California at Berkeley, "From 2009 to 2012, average real income per family grew modestly by 6.0 percent but the gains were very uneven. Top 1% incomes grew by 31.4 percent while bottom 99 percent incomes grew only by 0.4 percent."
The report continued: "Hence, the top 1 percent captured 95 percent of the income gains in the first two years of the recovery."
On The Diane Rehm Show on National Public Radio, economists and financial journalists discussed the implications of the University of California at Berkeley report and how race often plays a role in perpetuating economic inequality in America.
Thomas Edsall, author of Chain Reaction: The Impact of Race, Rights, and Taxes on American Politics said on the program that since the 1960s, there's been a growing sense among many Whites that government programs are providing benefits to minorities, Blacks at first and now Blacks and Hispanics.
Edsall said that feeling of resentment has helped drive up the opposition to raising taxes to provide for more benefits.
He continued: "There are a lot of very poor White counties in West Virginia, Kentucky, all through the Appalachian area where the Republican strength has become overwhelming. And a lot of that is based, I think, on racial matters, where people are disregarding their own interest and want to distinguish themselves from minorities in effect."
Dante Chinni of the Wall Street Journal agreed.
Chinni said that when you look at the constituencies for congressional Republicans and congressional the constituency for Republican House members looks like America circa 1994. The constituency for Democratic House members looks like America as it's projected to be in roughly 2025.
Chinni added: "They really are right now representing two very different countries."
The latest unemployment figures don't provide any encouragement that the gap between Blacks and Whites is likely to close soon. Black unemployment rose to 13 percent in August, after dipping to a four-year low in July (12.6 percent), according to the latest jobs report from the Labor Department. The national unemployment rate fell from 7.4 percent to 7.3 percent, but economists agree that it decreased mostly because people exited the labor market and stopped looking for jobs altogether.
The Labor Department also revised jobs numbers for June and July down, which meant that there were 74,000 fewer jobs created than previously reported.
"As we've been seeing over the last several months, the recovery is just barely moving along," said Valerie Rawlston Wilson, an economist and vice president of Research at the National Urban League Policy Institute. "We haven't seen a lot of upward progress. The economy is just treading water."
And if the nation's economy is treading water, the Black economy is underwater. The Half in Ten campaign, a cooperative project by the Center for American Progress Action Fund, the Coalition on Human Needs and the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, reported that 11 million Blacks lived below the poverty line in 2011. Whites account for less than 1 in 10 of Americans living below the poverty line.
The unemployment rate for Black men was 13.5 percent in August up from 12.5 percent in July. The jobless rate for White men ticked down to 6.4 percent down from 6.6 percent in July. The unemployment rate for Black women was 10.6 percent in August edging up slightly from 10.5 percent in July. Over the summer, Black women enjoyed the greatest gains in the weak labor market. Economists speculate that it's likely due to more opportunities for women in retail, hospitality and healthcare.
The federal government added zero jobs in August, possibly because of steep cuts from forced sequestration. Blacks hold government jobs at higher rates than their White counterparts, which means Blacks feel the sting worse when federal jobs dry up.
"That's significant because those jobs tend to be very well-paying jobs and tend to provide good benefits," said Wilson. "When that happens, we see this eating away at the Black middle class, especially."
According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, an organization that studies fiscal policy and public programs that affect low- and moderate-income families and individuals at the state and federal level, the unemployment rate for Blacks was 4 percentage points higher in August than at the start of the recession. The jobless rate for Whites was 2 percentage points higher in August than it was when the recession began.
In a statement on the Labor Department's August employment report, Chad Stone, chief economist for the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, wrote: "If lawmakers want to restore normal employment more quickly, they need to step up to the plate and replace the sequestration budget cuts with a balanced package of tax and spending changes that phase in more slowly so that they don't weaken the recovery but that also build up more rapidly in later years — putting deficits and debt on a better long-term trajectory."
Wilson said that because some lawmakers have a general distaste for spending money any federal stimulus will be hard to swallow on Capitol Hill, but if that doesn't happen, we're just going to continue to tread along.


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Rare Book Monthly
Articles - November - 2007 Issue
Changing Hats in the Book Business
By Karen Wright
From the day I learned how to open a book -- maybe about two years of age - until now, I have been a bibliophile. I expect I'll pass on to Bookhalla, (book lover's heaven) with a book in my hand. So, in 1990, when I got a chance to go to work for one of the best bookstores in the world, Powell's in Portland, Oregon, I jumped on it. I started in shipping, worked up to section head, spent a couple of years as administrative assistant to the boss-man, decided it was silly to work in the office when the biggest bookstore in the country was downstairs, and moved on to become an assistant manager of one of their stores.
Eventually, we moved from Oregon to Eureka, California, where I had the good fortune to immediately go to work for Eureka Books. The eight years I spent at Powell's taught me a lot about the book business, but the two years I worked for J.B. Bowden at Eureka Books taught me about books. J.B. was a stickler for searching long and hard through mountains of reference books to price a book correctly. Keep in mind that this was pre-Internet or, at least, just at the beginning of its rise to fame. Eureka Books did not even have a computer when I worked there, so I was forced to learn to price my books the old-fashioned (correct) way. I couldn't just jump online and see what some other idiot was pricing a book for and then undercut him by two dollars.
When we moved from Eureka back to northern Nevada, we bought a house with a great daylight basement and big French doors. For a while, I had a nice little bookstore there, but it was just enough off the beaten track that it was hard to make a success of it. It is a blue collar tourist town, too, so even if one had a bookstore, it was hard to get people to buy books. They preferred hokey T-shirts! Rents downtown were too pricey for my budget, and I knew that I couldn't afford the rest of the overhead that comes with a store (old story), so I began selling online. I still sell by appointment, but now I'm mostly online. I specialize in "...otanies" and other books on how-to-do stuff such as jewelry-making, ornamental welding, gardening, art, cookbooks, and the like. I used to find a great book at a flea market or thrift store that I could buy for $1 to $5 and make a decent profit, say $5 to $10. For about two years I did pretty well. I priced my books at mid-range, described them very carefully, and, I'm proud to say, I never had one returned "not as described."
After a couple of years, however, the Internet began to be flooded with cheap books. I found that some of the really nice books that I had, most particularly art books that had been priced moderately at $10 to $50, were now online for $1 to $5. I would find a great book at a flea market, pay $5 for it, expecting it to sell for $8 to $10 and get home to find it was online for $2. The thrift stores were pricing their books higher and higher, belying the name "thrift store." ABE, Alibris, and Amazon were not just charging a percentage of the sale price anymore, but also charging a monthly fee whether or not they sold any books for me that month, and then they had the nerve to put books on "administrative hold" because they felt my pricing wasn't competitive. So essentially, if I bought a book for $5.00 and had it on sale for $9.00, and they had four others online for $1.38, they wouldn't put my book online if they thought it was priced too high. Now that stinks! Never mind that my book cost me $5.00, it was in pristine condition, I cleaned it, put a Mylar cover on it, and I knew that the description was absolutely accurate. With all my costs, I would end up paying someone to buy my book.


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MTDC Opens Herathera Island Resort for Investors
Maldives Promotion House – Maldives Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) opens bid for Herathera Island Resort a 544-bed property in Addu atoll. The MTDC, in their announcement have stated that they are looking for appropriate parties for a joint venture partnership for the operation/management of the resort OR for an outright purchase of the property.
Herathera is situated in the southern-most tip of Maldives and is 10 minutes by speed boat from the Gan International Airport in Addu Atoll. The resort houses 544 beds which are spread over the length of 4km.
Addu Atoll offers an exclusive tourism product with its location right in the middle of the equator, unique settings, distinguished culture, history, vegetation and lots more to explore. The opening of the international airport in Gan opened gateway to this region. With the development of more resorts, there are now reliable connections betwen the capital Male', via Maldivian, Mega Maldives and Flyme. Gan is about a 70 minute flight south of Hulhule International Airport, the main airport near Male'. After about 55 of the 70 minute flight, your flight crosses the equator then continues about 15 minutes to Gan.
Further information can be found from www.mtdc.com.mv


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This picture is from an article called "The Rescuing Hug". The article details the first week following birth for a set of twins. Each were in their respective incubators and one was not expected to live. A hospital nurse fought against the hospital rules and placed the babies in one incubator. When they were placed together, the healthier of the two, threw an arm over her sister in an endearing embrace. The smaller baby's heart stabilized and temperature rose to normal.
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Hounds sweep twin bill, win series
Freedom New Mexico
What a difference a week makes.
Eastern New Mexico University's baseball team, outscored 37-3 in an embarrassing season-opening doubleheader loss at New Mexico Highlands on Feb. 6, bounced back to take three of four from Southeastern Oklahoma to open Lone Star Conference play this weekend, capped by Saturday's 8-7, 6-2 sweep at Greyhound Field.
The Greyhounds won the seesaw opener when senior designated hitter Sean Cruce drew a one-out walk in the ninth, took second on a passed ball and scored on second baseman Garrett Cook's single to center, his third hit of the game.
In the seven-inning second game, ENMU scored single runs in the fourth and fifth to erase a 1-0 deficit, then opened a 6-1 lead with a four-run sixth.
ENMU took a 4-3 lead in the opener on catcher Ryan Pruitt's two-run, opposite-field triple to right in the bottom of the fourth. The Hounds added three runs in the sixth for a 7-3 cushion, with senior third baseman Chris Eaton hitting a two-run single and Pruitt eventually scoring on a squeeze bunt by center fielder Luis Quinones.
Two errors and a walk loaded the bases for the Savage Storm (4-3, 1-3 LSC) in the seventh and signaled the end of the day for ENMU starter Justin Cotten. Southeastern tied it off reliever Anthony Smith on a two-run double to right-center by Blake Gentry, a sacrifice fly by designated hitter Brandon Smith and a run-scoring single by first baseman Mike McCollum.
Junior right-hander Trey Polston worked the final two innings for the win, striking out the side in the eighth and retiring all six batters he faced. Heath Wyatt (1-1), Southeastern's third pitcher, took the loss.
The Savage Storm broke through in the third inning of the nightcap against ENMU's Russell Campbell when Miller was hit by a pitch, stole second, took third on a sacrifice bunt and scored on a wild pitch. The Hounds tied it in the fourth when Kevin Thompson led off with a single to left, took second on a wild pitch by David Cagle (0-1) and scored on Mitch Wolfe's single to right field.
In the fifth, the Hounds loaded the bases with one out on an error, a single and a hit batsman. With two outs, Cagle uncorked a wild pitch that allowed Cruce to score from third.
In the sixth, Eaton walked and Matt Nilo was hit by a pitch before Quinones punched a run-scoring single up the middle. Later, Nilo and Quinones worked a double steal with Nilo scoring, and the Hounds added insurance runs on an RBI single by Cook and a run-scoring triple by catcher Paden Vendrely.
Campbell (1-1) allowed three hits and struck out seven in five innings, working around four walks. Senior Juan Sanchez relieved Ricardo Martinez with the bases loaded and one out in the sixth and preserved the lead by getting pinch-hitter Casey Gibson on a pop-up to second and pinch-hitter Brandon Smith on a fly ball to left.
ENMU outhit the Savage Storm 8-6, getting hits from seven players. Shortstop Stephen Garrett accounted for half of Southeastern's hits, going 3-for-3.


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Sunset Harbor, NC
RE/MAX Southern Shores sells property in Sunset Harbor, North Carolina
Are you thinking of living in coastal North Carolina? Well, look no further than Sunset Harbor and the Lockwoods Folly River. Minutes south of Wilmington, NC and 50 minutes north of Myrtle Beach, SC you'll find Sunset Harbor along the Intracoastal Waterway with direct Atlantic Ocean access. You will see birds diving for fish and shrimp boats moored at the dock, plus the beautiful Lockwoods Folly River. Buyers have housing choices at River Run Plantation, Winding River Plantation, and Rourk Landing Estates, all spectacular riverfront communities that are also close to the Intracoastal Waterway.
The Lockwoods Folly River drains a 150-square mile watershed in southeast Brunswick County. The River winds through pinelands, hardwoods, wetlands, blackwater creeks and tributaries, deepwater runs, marsh, mudflats, estuary and shallows. Each unique habitat sustains countless bird species, game and non-game wildlife, rare plants and fish.
There are condominiums and detached homes in the midst of this spectacular setting. The Lockwoods Folly River offers genteel coastal living in an unspoiled natural setting. Lockwood Folly County Club is situated on the banks of the Lockwood Folly River. The following video provides an excellent view of the estuary, the golf course, the woodland setting for homes and condominiums, and the ever-changing grandeur of the river.
River Run is a gated waterfront community located on the River with views of the Intracoastal Waterway and Oak Island. It has a clubhouse, pool, tennis court, boat ramp and boat storage, picnic areas, and fishing pier. The streets are tree-lined and it offers a quiet respite to the busy world. Choose a lot, waterfront and marsh front homes, as well as homes on a pond or in the wooded section. Call RE/MAX Southern Shores at 843-839-0200 to see what is available in this lovely community.
You could also make Winding River Plantation your home. On the banks of the Lockswoods Folly River and nestled in the pines and oaks of Brunswick County you'll find Winding River Plantation. There are curving streets and bike paths that complement the River for which the community is named. Residents enjoy the Club House on the 27-hole Carolina National Golf Course as well as the River House for property owners. Both are excellent places to rest, relax, dine and meet with friends.
Rivers Edge is another secluded, gated community tucked away on the marsh savannahs along the river. It is also home to Rivers Edge Golf Club, a signature Arnold Palmer course. The community has protected the marsh and pond areas to maintain a pristine environment for coastal birds. Homes are both low and raised low country styles with town homes resembling carriage homes. RE/MAX Southern Shores agents can make your coastal Carolina housing dreams come true with so many options to choose from!
RE/MAX Southern Shores agents know the Lockwoods Folly River market
RE/MAX Southern Shores agents are experts who know and sell properties in Sunset Harbor and the neighboring coastal Brunswick County towns. First of all, RE/MAX Southern Shores agents are the #1 selling agents in the entire Grand Strand area! And an agent who knows Sunset Harbor as well as the regional real estate market will be able to find exactly the RIGHT property for you at the RIGHT price.
Use the RE/MAX Southern Shores search page to search all of the Grand Strand or just Sunset Harbor to get an idea of the home styles, price ranges, and amenities that are available in each community. Then, call RE/MAX Southern Shores at 843-839-0200 to speak with an agent, licensed in both North and South Carolina, who will help you find the home, vacation home, investment property, or lot that is RIGHT for you!
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Saint Valentine's Day, commonly known as Valentine's Day, or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is observed on February 14 each year. It is celebrated in many countries around the world, although it remains a working day in most of them.
St. Valentine's Day began as a liturgical celebration of one or more early Christian saints named Valentinus. The most popular martyology associated with Saint Valentine was that he was imprisoned for performing weddings for soldiers who were forbidden to marry and for ministering to Christians, who were persecuted under the Roman Empire; during his imprisonment, he is said to have healed the daughter of his jailer Asterius. Legend states that before his execution he wrote "from your Valentine" as a farewell to her. Today, Saint Valentine's Day is an official feast day in the Anglican Communion, as well as in the Lutheran church.
The day was first associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished. By the 15th century, it had evolved into an occasion in which lovers expressed their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greetings cards (known as "valentines"). Valentine's Day symbols that are used today include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten valentines have given way to mass-produced greetings cards.
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Mifuko's wonderful baskets help you organise your home and to find the right place for everything from small toys to pillows.
Carved out of a fallen jacaranda tree branch this charming yellow bird ornament can be hung from its satin ribbon on a doorway, in a window or Christmas tree. Or use it to decorate your bag.
We are certified member of World Fair Trade organization and each of our ornaments is signed by the artisan who made it.Each Mifuko product carries the name of its maker.
Mifuko baskets weave together timeless Nordic design and traditional African handcraft. Each unique item is a work of hands and hearts, beautiful yet durable. As a beautiful detail each of our bags is signed by the artisan who made it. We want their stories spread to all homes.
We are a certified member of the World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO). Fair Trade certification ensures that products have been produced following WFTO's principles and putting people and nature first in everything we do.


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LOVE Roseanna White's Culper Ring series (love her in general, anyhow – but, well, that one totally take the cake). I read Jocelyn's first book (when I was an ACFWer) and I can hardly believe there are THREE more! I am totally behind on that one! And her new cover? GORGEOUS!
A couple years ago, we read through the Chronicles of Narnia as a family one summer. Was FABulous. I hadn't read them all since I came to Christ, and it certainly was something!!
And I've known March was reading month for YEARS – of course, the fact that I was a teacher back in the 90's might be a factor LOL.


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Explore the life and work of previous Academy President Richard Attenborough, whose support and inspiration for our work over the years remains undiminished.
From his first film appearance as a young actor in 1942's In Which We Serve, to an epic array of outstanding achievements as a director and producer across many more decades, Richard Attenborough occupies a special place in the history of British cinema. Watch this montage celebrating his impressive body of work and his association with the Academy over the years.
Lord Attenborough has also played an integral part in countless Academy occasions and key moments in our prestigious history: from the international scope and very British style of our early Awards ceremonies, to the opening of our 195 Piccadilly headquarters in 1976 and, more recently, the presentation of a Film Fellowship to co-collaborator and friend Sir Anthony Hopkins in 2008.
Behind the scenes and in his role as the Academy's fourth President, Lord Attenborough's contribution to the financial stability and effective leadership of BAFTA has been invaluable.
When something important is happening, Lord A, as he is affectionately called by BAFTA staff, is part of it. As Amanda Berry, the Academy's Chief Executive, said on the occasion of his 80th birthday, he is: "A wonderful man, a talented actor, producer and director, an inspiration to all who meet him, an icon of the British Film Industry and passionate about BAFTA."
Lord Attenborough discusses the Academy's Origins with writer Quentin Falk, recorded in 2004.
Lord Attenborough talks about the opening of BAFTA's headquarters at 195 Piccadilly with Quentin Falk, recorded in 2004.
Watch recorded tributes made in honour of Lord Attenborough at the National Film and Television School's 2013 Gala 'Entirely Up To You Darling':
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Until yesterday I thought that Mailbox nailed their launch. They seem to have done everything right: created hype, designed a great-looking app, came up with an intriguing video, built a robust waiting list, and got tons of press.
The icing on the cake was their brilliant plot to shoot up to the top of the iTunes most-downloaded app list (currently number 4 overall): they sent everyone on their waiting list an email which asked the recipients to download the app in order to check their position on the waiting list. Continue reading "Did Mailbox's brilliant launch strategy backfire on them?"