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The Harz is a low mountain range in the Northern Uplands of Germany, famous for its historic silver mines that brought prosperity to the region and to the Kingdom of Hanover. The Harz forms part of the federal states of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia.
It lies between the river Elbe and Weser in the region of Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt. It sits in a northwest to southeast positon and is 20 miles in breadth. The sixty miles of terraced plateaus are made from limestone, sandstone and slate and form many narrow deep valleys. The two highest peaks in the area are Brocken (3,747 feet) and Viktorshohe (1909 feet) both of which are granite based. The Northwestern area is known as the Oberharz and the Southeastern extensive area is known as the Unterharz.
The Oberharz plateau at 3300 feet in the west and 1600 feet in the centre suffers from a cold and damp climate even in the summer caused by its susceptibility to northerly winds. The Brocken towers over this area however it is more famous for its inclusion in local folklore and literature. These peaks tend to be bare however the lower slopes are forested and interspersed with moorland and river beds.
The Unterharz has a less harsh climate which is exploited in the agricultural areas. The area supports grain and cattle farming. The area was once abundant with wild game, lynx, bear and wolf, however they have been hunted into extinction. The area is also famous for its animal breeding, especially canaries and deer.
Between the 10th-16th century the area was developed as an area synonymous with mining and metallurgy (lead, silver, iron, zinc and copper). The easy access to water and wood helped the early settlers however dams have been introduced to control the waters to remove the possibility of flooding or shortages in the summer. These dams now create hydroelectric power as wel as drinking water for the area. On an industrial scale quarrying (marble, granite and gypsum) as well as wood processing for paper and cardboard provides sources of income. However the area is also dependant on tourism with water sports and spas being important however it is its forest scenery in the Harz National Park which attracts the majority of the tourists.
The Harz is generally divided into 2 main regions:
Other destinations
The Brocken is the highest mountain in the Harz range and the higest mountain in Northern Germany. The fastest way to get to its 1,141 metre summit is by Harz narrow guage train. The Harzer Narrow-Gauge Railway has a long history: Built at end of the last century, this was done in order to connect the Harzs' mineral resources, forestry and small industry to the rest of the economically rising Germany, as well as to promote the beginning of tourism. Originally there were three companies that laid the railway, opening the Harz:
• 1886 the Gernrode Harzgeroder railway AG (GHE) was formed.
• 1896 the Nordhausen-Wernigeroder-Railway (NWE) followed.
• 1897 followed the Southern-Harz Railway from Walkenried to Braunlage.
Altogether there operated a narrow guage railway net over 130 km long, The Southern-Harz Railway did not survive and the GHE and NWE were eventually taken over by the authorities of the German Democratic Republic (GDR)from 1949 to up to the fall of the Inner German Border. The main route to the Brocken starts at Wernigerode with several minor stops on the way. The two main connection stops are Drei Annen Hohne and Schierke. Be aware though, the trip up and down will take about 1¾ hours.
There are several trecking routes to the summit of the Brocken, from different sides. The most common routes are:
Schierke - Brocken, approximately 14km with a 700m height diference, route takes approximately 4 hours.
Torfhause - Brocken, approximately 20km with a 550m height diference, route takes approximately 6 hours.
Once on the summit, visit the observation deck of the old TV Tower, which is one of the oldest in the world and the Brocken Museum [www.brockenmuseum.de]. There is a restaurant on the summit as well a a small hotel. There are also several small kiosks and cafes to serve all tastes from a quick snack to a full meal. Thew views from the summit are breathtaking and with the correct equipment and right weather conditions, some towns and refernce points can be seen up to 80km away.
The Oker Valley is considered by Nature and trecking enthusiasts as the most beautiful valley in the Harz Mountains. Starting in the middle of the Harz national Park[5], at over 900m, It's source starts the river Oker and carries it down over 105 killometers to it's joining with the river Aller at Muden Ortze near Celle. From it's source the Oker winds through the Upper Harz and the northern Harz. It flows through deep rocky ravines and over waterfalls. This is the Oker Valley at its best. Since 1956 the Oker Valley Dam (Okertalsperre) has stopped the river from overflowing. This was an issue in the late 40's when the towns of Brunswick (Braunschweig) and Wulfenbüttel were flooded. The damm stopped this happening again. There was one small hamlet destined to flooded by the dams construction. The hamlet of Schulenburg was evacuated in 1954 and rebuilt above the present day dam. The Dam provides drinking water for towns as far away as Hildesheim and Hannover, as well as being a very efficient Hydro Electic dam that provides over 4 Megawatt of power to the surrounding area.
The valley branches out and accumulates altogether up to 47 million cubic meter water in the Oker Lake (Okerterrasse). After the river leaves at the Okerterrasse artificial lake, it flows leisurely to the Raven Cliffs (Rabenklippen). A visit here to the Luchsgehegen (Lynx re-intergration project) should be obligatory. The Raven Cliffs received its names from an old legend: A pious man was ordered By the holy Bonifatius to return the north Harz to Christianity. But he was ridiculed and retreated into the Harz, where he got lost. At the site of today's Raven Cliffs he was nearly dead from hunger until however of a Flock of Ravens saved him. They supposedly dropped a dead pigeon close to him on which he fed thus saving his life. Since then this rock formation is called " Raven Cliffs (Rabenklippen) ". A part of this outcrop has been made accessible by stairs and railings. From there one has a wonderful view of the Harz. The Oker Valley continues to follow to Romkerhall, the smallest kingdom of the world ever proclaimed. This settlement consists of only few houses and the hotel "Kingdom of Romkerhall ", which resembles a fairy tale castle. The area was in the second half of the 19th Century the hunting grounds of king George V. of Hannover.
Prior to 1990, the border between Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt used to be the border between East and West Germany complete with fence and fortified frontier. The Brocken was an East German and Soviet military surveillance post used to spy on any military activity in Western Europe. From the East German side access to many villages was severely restricted. Roads and railway tracks were either closed or demolished, thus later facilitating the establishment of the Harz National Park. The division of the Harz by the Iron Curtain is still noticeable in the marketing of the Harz as a tourist destination with various sites on the old Inner German Border being preserved for historic and tourism reasons.
Tourism is the main source of income for the region. Unemployment is high, especially after the collapse of the industrial complexes in former East Germany. The number of tourists visiting a town is politically important. Goslar and sourounding villages compete against the cluster of Wernigerode, Quedlinburg and Blankenburg and the Southern Harz regions in attracting tourists. This competition is not always friendly!
It is important to note that recommendations on where to go in the region are coloured by a person's (East German or West German) origin. Each of the regions tries to pass itself of as the "ultimate Harz experience". Try to forget about the East/West rivalry as reunification is more and more a thing of the past (and a long term success) in people's minds at least, and just enjoy the wild and natural beauty of the area.
Get in
By train
The access point for the Northern part is Goslar, which can be reached from Hannover and Halle(Saale), while the southern part is reached by train from Göttingen and Erfurt.
By bus
From Berlin, BerlinLinienBus [6] runs daily to the Harz from Berlin ZOB.
By car
The A 38 runs south of the Harz from Halle to Göttingen and the A 395 connects Goslar and Bad Harzburg in the northwest with Braunschweig. The A7 connects Göttingen in the southwest and Hannover in the North as well as Brauschweig. From Hannover one can follow the A7 down to the junction "Seesen/Harz (67)" to follow the range from north to south , or to the junction "Rhüden Harz (66)" to follow to the north B82/B6 to Gosler, Bad harzburg and on to Wernigerode. The B 6 is an important connection along the northern range.
Get around
The best-known mode of transport is the historic narrow-gauge steam railway network operated by the Harz Narrow Gauge Railways (Harzer Schmalspurbahnen) or HSB. There are also other, standard gauge lines run by Deutsche Bahn, mainly around the margins of the Harz. Local buses connect towns which are not on the railway line. Having your own car is recommended if you want to travel extensively in the region. Inside the national park the only permissible ways of getting about are on the steam railway, on foot or by bike.
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[Part I]
Everybody, everybody, everybody
Everybody sit yo' bitch-ass down
And listen to this true mothafuckin' story
Told by Kendrick Lamar on Rosecrans, ya bitch
Smokin' on the finest dope, ay-ay-ay-ah
Drank until I can't no mo', ay-ay-ay-ah
Really I'm a sober soul
But I'm with the homies right now
And we ain't askin' for no favors
Rush a nigga quick, then laugh about it later, ay-ay-ay-ah
Really, I'm a peacemaker
But I'm with the homies right now
And Momma used to say (say, say, say, say)
One day it's gon' burn you out (woo)
One day it's gon' burn you out, out, out
One day it's gon' burn you out (you, you, you, you, you, you)
One day it's gon' burn you
But I'm with the homies right now
[Part II]
[Verse 1]
Me and my niggas four deep in a white Toyota
A quarter tank of gas, one pistol and orange soda
Janky stash box when the federales'll roll up
Basketball shorts with the Gonzales Park odor
We on the mission for bad bitches and trouble
I hope the universe love you today
'Cause the energy we bringin' sure to carry away
A flock of positive activists that fill they body with hate
If it's necessary; bumpin' Jeezy first album, lookin' distracted
Speakin' language only we know, you think it's an accent
The windows roll down, all I see is a hand pass it
Hotboxin' like George Foreman grillin' the masses
Of the workin' world; we pulled up on a bunch of workin' girls
And asked them what they workin' with
Look at me, I got the blunt in my mouth
Usually I'm drug-free, but, shit, I'm with the homies
[Hook 1]
Yeah, nigga, we off a pill and Remy Red
Come through and bust ya head, nigga!
Me and the homies
Sag all the way to the liquor store
Where my niggas pour up 4 and get twisted some more
Me and the homies
I ride for my mothafuckin' niggas
Hop out, do my stuff, then hop back in
Me and the homies
Matter of fact, I hop out that mothafucka
And be like "doo-doo-doo-doot, doo-doo-doo-doo-doot!"
[Verse 2]
It's 2:30 and the sun is beamin'
Air conditioner broke and I hear my stomach screamin'
Hungry for anything unhealthy
And if nutrition can help me
I'll tell you to suck my dick, then I'll continue eatin'
We speedin' on the 405, passin' Westchester
You know, the light-skinned girls in all the little dresses
Good Lord, they knew we weren't from 'round there
'Cause every time we down there
We pullin' out the Boost Mobile SIM cards
Bougie bitches with no extensions
Hood niggas with bad intentions, the perfect combination
Before we sparked a conversation
We seen three niggas in colors we didn't like
Then started interrogatin'
I never was a gangbanger, I mean
I never was stranger to the fonk neither, I really doubt it
Rush a nigga quick and then we laugh about it
That's ironic, 'cause I've never been violent
Until I'm with the homies
[Hook 2]
(Just ridin', just ridin')
Me and the homies
(Bullshittin', actin' a fool)
Me and the homies
(Trippin', really trippin')
Me and the homies
(Just ridin', just ridin', just ridin')
[Verse 3]
Braggin' 'bout the episode we just had
A shot of Hennessy didn't make me feel that bad
I'm usually a true firm believer of bad karma
Consequences from evil will make your past haunt ya
We tryna conquer the city with disobedience
Quick to turn it up, even if we ain't got the CD in
But Jeezy still playin'
And our attitude is still "nigga, what is you sayin'?"
Pull in front of the house
That we been campin' out for like two months
The sun is goin' down as we take whatever we want
Aye, aye, nigga, jackpot, nigga, pop the safe!
Aye, nigga, I think there's somebody in this room!
Wait, what?!
Nigga, there's somebody in this room!
[Verse 4]
I hit the back window in search of any Nintendo
DVD's, plasma-screen TV's in the trunk
We made a right, then made a left, then made a right
Then made a left, we was just circlin' life
My mama called: "Hello? What you doin'?" — "Kickin' it."
I shoulda told her I'm probably 'bout to catch my first offense
With the homies
But – they made a right, then made a left
Then made a right, then another right
One lucky night with the homies
K. Dot, you faded, hood?
Yeah, we finally got that nigga faded
I think he hit the wrong blunt though
Ooh, which one?
Well, which one he talkin' about?
I was finna hit the one with the shenanigans in it
I pray he ain't hit that
Nah, that nigga straight, he ain't hit that one
Got the shenanigans? Give that nigga the shenanigans!
Nigga, I think we should push back to the city, fo' real doe
Nigga, for what?
What that nigga— what's that Jeezy song say, nigga?
"Last time I checked I was the man on these streets!"
Yeah, yeah, that shit right there
I'm tryna be the nigga in the street
There he go. Man, you don't even know how the shit go
Look, here's the plan, luv
We gon' use the kickback as a alibi, wait 'til the sun go down, roll out, complete the mission, drop K. Dot off at his mama van, at the park
'Cause I know he tryna fuck on Sherane tonight
That's what he's not gon' do
Then we all gon' meet back at the block at about 10:30
That's straight, but we should meet up around 12
I'm tryna fuck on somethin' too
Nigga, sit yo' dumb-ass back down!
Nigga, you ain't doin' shit tonight!
Matter of fact, nigga, get in the mothafuckin' car!
We finna get active!
[Produced by Tabu]
The song where the album's narrative truly begins to set itself in motion, Kendrick takes you through a vivid story of how he learned 'Peer Pressure' the hard way.
This samples the song "Helt Alene" by the Danish group Suspekt.
The fact that their mission is to complete a robbery without getting caught, is really bad. Kendrick thinks that he should never have to be in the position to have to complete this sort of mission, although he's influenced by his peers to think that this sort of "mission" is necessary when you're a teenage boy in Compton. Kendrick now sees how unnecessary this was, and how he fell into the traps of peer pressure, as opposed to staying strong and not follow through with these "missions".
The title of the song is a play on the title of the popular novel by Sun Tzu titled The Art of War. A lot of this album is a study of human conflict and the nature of violence.

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The Genealogical Research Institute of Phoenix in Pittsburgh is the newest institute for genealogists. I posted updates of the 2012 institute that I was fortunate enough to attend. Now
the GRIP classes for 2013 have been posted on their web site: http://www.gripitt.org/?page_id=547. This information is more than just the title and coordinator; it's the detailed description.
You may want to put July 22 through July 26, 2013, on your calendar. Registration for 2013 will begin at NOON (Eastern Time) on Thursday 7 February 2013.
Make sure you look at all of the information on the web site. There is a tab for "Blogs" that you can check out and read about all of the bloggers listed and their comments regarding the 2012 institute.
And, as full disclosure, I have received no compensation for these comments other than being listed on the blogs page. I am commenting because I had a great time and learned so much that I'm still processing a lot of the information. So, thank you to Debbie and Elissa.


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Tea for iPhone
Tea for iPhone
(from a press release)
Phone Developer Sam Iglesias (@siglesias) and UI designer Mac Tyler (@mactyler) announced today that Tea for iPhone (@teaapp) has been released in Apple's iTunes App Store. Tea for iPhone is a new iOS application that gives tea drinkers a convenient way to store their tasting notes and brew settings, with simple one-tap sharing for Facebook and Twitter. Tea also has a built in timer that remembers settings for all inputted teas as well as an Inventory Tracker that automatically calculates how many brews are remaining of each tea. Tea also recognizes over 700 tea names and 15 tea types to provide temperature and steep time suggestions.
"The idea for Tea came a while back when I was struggling to brew a good cup of Gyokuro," Iglesias said. "I wanted a simple way to keep track of my various brew settings and ratings so that I could hone in on the perfect cup. We didn't think any of the App Store's current tea apps fit the bill, so we created our own. Our pre-release response has been breathtaking, and we can't wait to get Tea in the hands of thousands of tea drinkers around the world."
More features are promised to be released as free updates in future versions of Tea. Tea can be downloaded here.
Tea Guy Speaks Amazon Store
2 comments:
- Trixie and Dustin said...
Very interesting, yet it seems more complicated to run the app than to make tea; but it does look fun. Saving one's tasting notes is a real bonus. Curious thing: when one looks at the iTunes page for this app, the example shown is "Earl Gray" -- ouch!! Someone needs to check their spelling... Best wishes to the creators, amy they enjoy success with their app.
- Bob Lajes said...
I've been using it for two weeks now. totally hooked on it. It makes for a great and simple way to catalog your tea as well as standardize and improve your brew!
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AT&T lobbyist asks employees, their families and friends to protest net neutrality rules
AT&T's top lobbyist, Jim Cicconi, sent a letter to all of the telecom giant's 300,000 employees on Sunday, urging them to express their concerns over a net neutrality proposal under consideration by the Federal Communications Commission. Check out his letter and comments on the Actuarian Outpost Web site.
The letter was the latest move in a lobbying frenzy days before the FCC votes on a proposal to create new net neutrality regulations. High-tech giants wrote to the agency to support the rules, while dozens of lawmakers from both parties have protested the rules as potentially dangerout to economic growth.
"We encourage you, your family and friends to join the voices telling the FCC not to regulate the Internet," Cicconi wrote in his letter. The company verified the letter.
Cicconi explained how employees could use a personal e-mail account to post comments on the FCC's net neutrality Web site to about the rules. He said the comment period had been extended until Thursday, when the agency's five commissioners are scheduled to vote on a proposal that would begin the formalization of rules.
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Cicconi has criticized FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski's push to strengthen and broaden rules for how Internet service providers treat content on their networks. Cicconi said such rules should not apply to wireless networks, which have less capacity than fixed wireline networks like cable. He has said that AT&T Mobility and other mobile broadband providers should not be strapped by new rules when it comes to managing broadband traffic congestion.
In the letter, he offered several talking points.
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2. Competition in the wireless industry is strong;
3. AT&T and other carriers need flexibility to manage their networks;
4. Net neutrality rules could hamper a goal of the White House to bring broadband to every U.S. household;
5. If the FCC passes the new regulations, the rules should apply to more than just network operators and should also include Web content companies like search engines.
Cecilia Kang
October 20, 2009; 9:00 AM ET
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Scary Movie V is directed by Malcolm Lee who teamed up and worked side by side with legendary comedy director David Zucker (Airplane, The Naked Gun franchises). Zucker wrote and directed Scary Movie 3 and 4 and also co-wrote and produced Scary Movie V.
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With so many years having passed since the last film in the spoofish Scary Movie franchise, it should be interesting to see which horror films are worked into the plot of Scary Movie 5. The latest bit of casting for the comedy not only brings one more familiar face to the movie, but also gives us a slightly better idea of the plot of the film, including how a certain dark, dance-focused movie ties into the story. (More specific spoilers ahead!)
Kelly West Sep 07, 2012
Heather Locklear Joins Scary Movie 5 As Ashley Tisdale's Mother
Scary Movie 5 Begins Production, Simon Rex Among The Returning Cast
While Anna Faris won't be returning to reprise her role as the beautiful but accident-prone Cindy Campbell for Scary Movie 5, it looks like Simon Rex will be back for the sequel. Back from the dead? Or back as a new character? That part's unclear, but his name was mentioned among the list of returning actors, along with Charlie Sheen and Molly Shannon.
Kelly West Sep 04, 2012
Scary Movie 5 Begins Production, Simon Rex Among The Returning Cast
Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Lohan And Terry Crews Confirmed For Scary Movie 5
It's difficult to recall actors who have had such protracted public meltdowns as Charlie Sheen and Lindsay Lohan. Well, okay there's also Sheen's Machete Kills' co-star Mel Gibson. But it's safe to say that both Sheen and Lohan have hit a level of overexposure that's made many a movie fan think, "Oh, enough already!" Well, this is exactly what the makers of Scary Movie 5 are banking on.
Kristy Puchko Aug 14, 2012
Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Lohan And Terry Crews Confirmed For Scary Movie 5
Lindsay Lohan Signs On To Scary Movie 5
Anyone who's been hotly anticipating Scary Movie 5 has probably long since run out of patience… but let's face it, no one is actually hotly anticipating Scary Movie 5. The horror parody franchise that seemed thin on ideas even in the first installment spent 6 years running out of steam
Katey Rich Aug 06, 2012
Lindsay Lohan Signs On To Scary Movie 5
Lindsay Lohan Is Close To Boarding Scary Movie 5
It might not exactly be the Aaron Sorkin Steve Jobs movie, but at this stage in her career, work is work. It's nice to see she realizes that too. According to The Wrap, Lohan is in the middle of negotiations to star alongside Ashley Tisdale in the newest installment of the horror spoof franchise. Details are still very fuzzy on the plot or even what role she might play, but if she officially boards, her presence should set the wheels in motion to begin doing some serious work on the project, which somehow, already has a release date of April 19, 2013.
Mack Rawden Jul 11, 2012
Lindsay Lohan Is Close To Boarding Scary Movie 5
Ashley Tisdale To Star In Scary Movie 5
Though there have been many starts and stops along the way, The Weinstein Company has never lost faith in a potential Scary Movie 5. The last film, which came out all the way back in 2006, was a big winner at the box office, pulling in $178 million globally on a $45 million budget, so it's not hard to see why the studio would be excited about another sequel.
Eric Eisenberg Jun 04, 2012
Ashley Tisdale To Star In Scary Movie 5
Cogan's Trade Gets A Release Date, Butter, Scary Movie 5 And Gangster Squad Get Shifted
There's a positive and a negative side to studios setting release dates for projects that are still in development. On the one hand it's a nice marketing tool that tells fans of a series/source material that the studio is serious about getting the project done and gives those people a chance to mark their calendars. The downside, though, is when production doesn't start as quickly as the studio was hoping and they are made to look foolish. Enter the Weinstein Company and Scary Movie 5.
Eric Eisenberg Feb 16, 2012
Cogan's Trade Gets A Release Date, Butter, Scary Movie 5 And Gangster Squad Get Shifted
Anna Faris Says She'd Do Scary Movie 5
Whether or not the world needs another Scary Movie film is probably debatable, but should the spoof-series return for a fifth installment, it's likely that they'd want to bring Anna Faris back to reprise her role as Cindy, the ditzy girl often caught up in a mess of trouble.
Kelly West Oct 03, 2011
Anna Faris Says She'd Do Scary Movie 5
Charlie Sheen To Bring His Tiger Blood To Scary Movie 5?
Obviously Charlie Sheen has become the latest in a long line of tabloid pariahs who somehow has managed to turn the country's incessant mockery of him into sheer morbid curiosity.What will this self-proclaimed warlock will do with his life? He managed to get himself fired from his long-running sit-com Two and a Half Men, and Comedy Central took advantage of his situation by roasting him, but Sheen isn't down for the count just yet.
Will LeBlanc Sep 23, 2011
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Scary Movie 5 Still Happening
Are we supposed to be excited for this? Clearly, no one was in a hurry to get things going. This whole thing feels like one of your alcoholic friends telling you he's going to quit drinking. Yeah, yeah, sure. I'll believe it when I see it
Mack Rawden Jan 30, 2011
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Scary Movie 5 Will Be A Reboot
We've survived four installments and you'd think that would earn us all a break, but they're starting it all over again. We've heard from solid sources close to the Weinstein Company that they're rebooting Scary Movie
Josh Tyler Oct 19, 2009
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South Africa will field the same starting 15 and the same bench as they did for their 38-12 humbling of Australia in Brisbane last weekend.
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- September 11, 2013 – 2:02PM
Coach Heyneke Meyer says the Springboks will need to go up a gear when they face the All Blacks in a top-of-the-table Rugby Championship clash in Auckland on Saturday.
Meyer says it's a great position to be in to be able to name an unchanged squad, but adds that he has utmost respect for the All Blacks.
"You don't want to get into the situation where it's easy to pick the same side and everything goes well and you've won," he said.
"We know we have to make an unbelievable step up. This is the best team in the world we're facing."
Meyer said some of his players had the flu but he expected they would all be over it by match day.
Both South Africa and defending champions New Zealand have won their first three matches of the tournament, but the Springboks lead the table because they have an extra bonus point.
New Zealand will name their team on Thursday morning.
South Africa: Zane Kirchner, Willie le Roux, JJ Engelbrecht, Jean de Villiers (captain), Bryan Habana, Morne Steyn, Ruan Pienaar, Duane Vermeulen, Willem Alberts, Francois Louw, Flip van der Merwe, Eben Etzebeth, Jannie du Plessis, Bismarck du Plessis, Tendai Mtawarira.
Reserves: Adriaan Strauss, Gurthro Steenkamp, Coenie Oosthuizen, Juandre Kruger, Siya Kolisi, Jano Vermaak, Pat Lambie, Jan Serfontein.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/springboks-name-unchanged-squad-for-all-blacks-clash-20130911-2tjzl.html#ixzz2eYow2FLy


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This gallery is from the Inaugural RASC Astroketchers' Contest.
The entries for the first RASC Astrosketchers' Contest have now been received, and they are of stellar quality!
Now it's time for the judging to begin, and the judges are you, the members of the RASC Astrosketch community!
The judging period runs from now till 2012 March 18 inclusive. To express your preference, send an email to astrosketchers (at) lists (dot) rasc (dot) ca with the subject line "Astrosketch vote", and in the body of the email specifythe name of the artist, and the title of her or his image which gets your vote. Please only vote once, for a single image!
The descriptions of the images follow:
John Karlsson, NGC 6888
This is a sketch using pastel chalks, white charcoal pencil and a wight gel pen on black pastel paper. I did this sketch in the cold late night of last summer. The sky's where very clear and the temperature had dropped to +2C. Cold considering it was +30 that afternoon. The pastel is brushed onto the paper and then smudged in with a blending stump.darker areas are added with a kneed able eraser. Stars are done with the gel pen as well as the white charcoal pencil.
This is a really neat nebula to see with a large instrument from a dark location using some decent equipment. I made the sketch the next day from the field sketch that I did at the eyepiece. It is very hard to work with chalk and pastels in the dark as well as a cool damp environment. So I do a good copy of the sketch the next day in a more controlled area. This is a nice alternative to inverting them in the computer. I did add the sketch info once in the computer before e-mailing it.
Deirdre Kelleghan, Sun in Hydrogen-a
First solar observation of 2012. Yes the main Active Region that morning looked very detailed, but the hedge proms on the east limb were outstanding, and very busy indeed. A long rope like filament arched upward above the chromosphere, whipped round the limb becoming that very dramatic feature the filaprom.
- East limb proms January 12th 2012 10:50 UT - 11:20UT
- PST 40 / 8mm TVP eyepiece / 50X. Seeing good.
- Pastel and Conte on black paper.
- Sketch is 9 inches X 4 inches on A4
- Bray, Co Wicklow Ireland
Alexander Massey, Aristarchus, Herodotus et Vallis Schroteri WINNER!
This sketch is of one of the brightest features on the Moon, the crater Aristarchus. The brilliantly illuminated internal western wall requires time to spy out the many fine details within it, otherwise these features would be washed out. A myriad of riles radiate out from this crater.
Wedged between Aristarchus and the terminator is the crater Herodotus. Its incompletely illuminated eastern wall seems to extend out to form one end of the serpentine valley Vallis Schröteri. This meandering valley sees the highlighted valley wall bounce around from side to side with the change in direction of the meander.
Again I chanced upon very stable conditions to be able to see such fine detail. This is one of my favourite sketches I've done.
Please enjoy.
|Craters Aristarchus, Herodotus & Vallis Schröteri
|Celestron C5, 5" SCT
|5mm Hyperion, 250X
|4th Feb. 2012
|Sydney, Australia
|White pastel, black charcoal & white ink on A5 size black paper
Alexander Massey, Hercules and Surrounds
I'm throwing my hat into the ring with this sketch of the crater Hercules and surrounds. An average night's start ended with quite stable conditions to be able to see very fine details. A multitude of fine riles, escarpments and stunning long shadows along the terminator was a dramatic scene I could not resist.
The setting Sun had the rugged moonscape of Hercules at its dramatic best. The crater walls are stepped, jagged and craggy. Highlights contrast with the depths of black shadows. The challenge was to lay down a faithful representation of this impressive scene.
I hope you enjoy it.
|Crater Hercules and surrounds
|Celestron C5, 5" SCT
|5mm Hyperion, 250X
|11th Feb. 2012
|Sydney, Australia
|White pastel, black charcoal and white ink on A4 size black paper.
Gordon Webster,
Gordon Webster,
|Both sketches were done at the eyepiece then cleaned up and inverted using Corel Paint Shop Pro. The colour in the Jupiter sketch was added using coloured pencils.
We look forward to congratulating the winner, the awarding of the prize, and publication of their image. Good luck!
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Google applied for a location-based security patent for smartphones that will increase security the further users get away from home.
The patent would change a smartphone's security based on where the user is, according to Engadget. If a user is at home or work, then no security may be needed, but if the smartphone ventures out of familiar territory it can demand a code.
The patent essentially creates a smartphone that treats security intelligently. A code on a phone sitting on one's nightstand may be unnecessary, but at business a few miles away a user may want a password. The patent would also allow users to set up a security profile that would include "familiar" areas such as home and work versus the outside world, TechCrunch reported.
The new patent would definitely help people make their smartphones more secure, but also not force them to use password security at home. In short, if Google can create a workable app out of this idea then it would be a winner.


text: Press Release F5 to Present at Citi Technology Conference September 04, 2012 F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in Application Delivery Networking, today announced that company management will participate in the 2012 Citi Technology Conference at the Hilton New York, 1335 Avenue of the Americas, New York, N.Y. F5's presentation will begin at 2:45 p.m. ET on Thursday, September 6. F5 representatives for the conference will include John McAdam, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Andy Reinland, EVP and Chief Finance Officer. A direct link to the live webcast will be available at www.f5.com/about/investor-relations/events-calendar.html and an archived copy will be accessible through October 5, 2012. About F5 F5 Networks, Inc., the global leader in Application Delivery Networking (ADN), helps the world's largest enterprises and service providers realize the full value of virtualization, cloud computing, and on-demand IT. F5® solutions help integrate disparate technologies to provide greater control of the infrastructure, improve application delivery and data management, and give users seamless, secure, and accelerated access to applications from their corporate desktops and smart devices. An open architectural framework enables F5 customers to apply business policies at "strategic points of control" across the IT infrastructure and into the public cloud. F5 products give customers the agility they need to align IT with changing business conditions, deploy scalable solutions on demand, and manage mobile access to data and services. Enterprises, service and cloud providers, and leading online companies worldwide rely on F5 to optimize their IT investments and drive business forward. For more information, go to www.f5.com. You can also follow @f5networks on Twitter or visit us on Facebook for more information about F5, its partners, and technology. For a complete listing of F5 community sites, please visit www.f5.com/news-press-events/web-media/community.html. TAGS:


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Learn To Sew A Shirt Or Blouse DVD
Featuring Marta Alto
Learn how to fit, cut, mark and sew two styles of shirts. One has a collar with a band, the other has a convertible (fold-back or button-up) collar. Marta covers fit, fabrics, choosing the right interfacing, sleeve plackets, cuffs, hems and buttonholes. Marta can make a quality shirt in two hours of less. Each one you make will be faster and easier to sew! 2 hours 7 minutes.
Take a private sewing lesson with Pati Palmer or Marta Alto right in the privacy of your own home! Both Pati and Marta have been teaching the art of fitting and sewing since the early '70s, and have a faithful following around the world. Just pop in one of these fabulous DVDs and follow along as they share more than 30 years of construction and alteration experience.
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Every day there are hundreds of UFO sightings. Are they alien spacecraft as many people believe? What do we really know about this intriguing phenomenon? This illustrated lecture is a great overview of this baffling mystery.
In this fascinating video, featuring UFO authority Gary Bates, you'll finally get answers from observational science and the Bible. This illustrated lecture addresses the most important topics on this exciting subject and is a perfect conversation starter.Includes English sub-titles and a 3-minute CMI promotional segment.
This is a 437mb 640x480px MP4 video file which needs to be downloaded to your computer / tablet / smart phone before you can watch it. The software/program needed to watch the video will normally be already on your device but if necessary free software can be downloaded from the internet and installed.
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David Bruemmer and Douglas Few, engineers at the US Department of Energy's Idaho National Lab in Idaho Falls, have put together an unlikely use for the Wiimote—they've hacked the remote so it can control a bomb-disposing, landmine-detecting, machine gun-carrying robot.
The Packbot robot, which is manufactured by iRobot in Massachusetts, is 70 cm long, transports itself via inbuilt tracks and is usually controlled via joystick-like device. However, the joystick method is problematic because it separates speed and direction controls, therefore requiring the soldier's undivided attention. The Wiimote hacks works exactly as you would expect; by simply waving the remote around the robot moves accordingly, and when an object of explosive interest is detected, the Wiimote's in-built vibration feedback goes nuts. We're guessing the B-trigger shoots the on-board machine gun, and if it doesn't, it definitely should.
The crazy modding pair plan to get to work on the iPhone next. They reckon soldiers should not need to lug laptops around with them when a modified iPhone could do the task equally well. First stop; iPhone controlled Packbot, complete with streaming footage. Now, there's something you won't get going on WinMob. [New Scientist]


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In front of millions of TV viewers across the globe, members of San Jose's Valley Christian High School East-West Fusion All-Star Band executed one of the toughest turns in the marching-band world on New Year's Day at the Tournament of Roses Parade.
The 105-degree right turn — from Orange Grove Boulevard onto Colorado Boulevard — was even more challenging than usual because Valley Christian band members were performing with students from Beijing and didn't have much time to practice the maneuver together. Tuesday's turn required keeping time with their feet while simultaneously performing.
"It was both exciting and a little nerve—racking," said Valley Christian junior Mark Muendelein, the band's drum major. "Pretty much the whole world is watching you — everybody you know is watching the TV and you are just out there."
In the end, the students moved seamlessly in one of the nation's most prestigious annual parades, which preceded the Stanford Cardinal's 20-14 victory over the Wisconsin Badgers during the 99th Rose Bowl.
"It's near the beginning of the parade — where all the network TV crews are set up," Valley Christian's band director, Troy Gunter, said of the tricky turn hours after the parade's conclusion. "No pressure there. It's what keeps band directors awake at night."
Added Gunter: "The kids performed really well."
Band members from the San Jose high school and their counterparts from Beijing's No. 57 High School made history as the first dual-nation group to march in the Tournament of Roses Parade. The students had met each other last spring when Valley Christian's band visited Beijing. But they only had one day to really practice that turn before they traveled together by bus to Southern California on Friday. The dual-nation group also performed at Disneyland over the weekend.
Though language problems created communication headaches, the students quickly learned to improvise — using hand gestures and lots of smiles to get to know each other.
"If you give the Chinese kids a sheet of music, they can read it just as well as you can," said Muendelein, a trumpet player. "We can play the same music."
The band performed famed South Carolina composer Jay Bocook's "Aztec Fire," and another original by him that melds an American folk tune called "Shenandoah" with the Chinese classic "Jasmine Flower." And their specially created uniforms — blue for Valley Christian, red for No. 57 — set them apart from the other bands.
Tuesday's wake-up call came at 4:30 a.m., though the students didn't start marching until about 9 a.m.
Parade organizers, made up of some 900 volunteers, ran the event with military precision, Gunter said. With more than 20 marching bands participating in the parade, the Bay Area and Chinese musicians found themselves in a parking lot jammed with buses, where they waited until assembling in their parade spot shortly after 8 a.m. The fusion band of 237 young musicians marched for about two hours along the 5.5-mile parade route, ending just after 11 a.m.
Every year, scores of bands from around the country apply to participate in the New Year's Day parade in Pasadena.
"It's a very prestigious honor to be picked," Gunter said. "It has been my dream of 20 years."
The Valley Christian students will return to San Jose on Wednesday, while their Chinese counterparts move on to Las Vegas and San Diego before returning to Beijing.
"It was brilliant and awe-inspiring — such an incredible moment," said Valley Christian senior Sarah Bauer, who plays the flute. "It's hard for me to put it into words. Just turning the corner from Orange Grove Boulevard onto Colorado Boulevard and seeing an endless sea of humanity and playing music alongside my Chinese friends — I will remember the moment for the rest of my life."
Contact John Boudreau at 408-278-3496; follow him at Twitter.com/svwriter.


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The sudden, untimely death of a Grand County High School sophomore just before the start of the school year has left many in the community saddened and stunned.
Instead of taking Sam Woodruff to get his driver license permit and sign up for school this week, his mother and grandmother have been making arrangements for the boy's funeral.
Shortly after 4 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 10, Woodruff, 15, was found dead in the bathroom at his Moab home by his mother, Merry Woodruff, and his adoptive grandmother, Sandi Roedel. The mother and grandmother called 911 when they couldn't get Sam to respond from behind the locked door. Police and emergency responders arrived within minutes of the call, but were unable to revive the teen.
Woodruff had apparently been preparing to take a bath, as he often did to relax, when he slumped over into the tub, his mother said. There were no signs of trauma or struggle, she said.
"I think his heart just gave out on him," said Merry Woodruff, adding that an autopsy was performed, which she hopes will shed some light on what happened. The autopsy results are expected within a couple of months, she said.
Sam Woodruff, who was listed as a 6-foot-2, 230-pound lineman for the Grand County Red Devil football team, had participated in football practice the night before and on Saturday morning, and was getting ready to head back to another practice on Saturday evening when he passed away, according to his mother.
Within hours of Woodruff's death, the news had spread throughout the Moab community via Facebook, cell phone texts, and other media. Students organized a candlelight vigil that took place Sunday evening at the high school football field. At least 200 people attended the event, including family members, friends, and football teammates.
"When you're young, you don't think about death because you don't expect it to happen," Assembly of God pastor Vernon Finck told the crowd. After citing scriptures saying how long ancient Biblical prophets had lived, Finck said each person's time on Earth is up to God. "If you live right, you'll die right," he said.
The football team also paid tribute to Woodruff at the vigil, expressing their condolences to Merry Woodruff and dedicating this year's football season in honor of their fallen teammate.
"All summer long, Sam has been working hard in practice, showing up early to work out in the weight room," said GCHS head football coach Dennis Wells, adding that Woodruff recently earned a spot on the weight room leader board by bench-pressing 225 pounds.
Wells said that during a football team "family night" bonding session last week, Woodruff got up three separate times to share his appreciation and love for his teammates, who responded in kind.
"It was an emotional experience," Wells said.
He said many of the players and coaches are still struggling to come to terms with Woodruff's passing. The Red Devil football players plan to wear stickers bearing Woodruff's "62" uniform number on their helmets, Wells said.
Although Woodruff had worn jersey number 66 for the Grand County Middle School Thunderbirds football team and was scheduled to wear 68 this season, 62 is the number he wore last year for the Red Devils as a freshman, Wells said.
"Sam found himself this summer," GCHS assistant football coach Joe Day said in a Facebook posting. "He has been trying to find a place to fit in the last two years that I have known him. He found a place with our football family. Sam didn't miss a day lifting, conditioning or practice all summer. The team treated him as one of their own. He fit in and was enjoying the experience."
Football players praised Woodruff for his positive attitude and work ethic.
"I really took for granted having Sam as a friend and a brother, and now that I look at it, I feel blessed that he was on my blitz team and got to really talk with him this week," said teammate Adam Flanders. "He was the kind of guy that went to the weight room two hours before it was even opened."
"I know he had such an amazing morning with all his football family," fellow lineman Edgar Gomez, a senior, posted on Facebook. "This is one of the saddest days of my life, but knowing that his own mom said he was the happiest and always smiled so big before and after practices. I know it was because he was with his favorite people and he knew everyone loved him,"
Those who knew Woodruff well said he enjoyed working on vehicles in the school's automotive shop, and also liked spending time on the computer. Numerous students recalled Woodruff's friendliness and kind personality.
"I don't think anyone can understand just how much it meant to see that many people at the vigil," said GCHS student body president Brendon Henderson, who planned and helped organize the vigil. "Now, it's time for me personally to start the healing process and think of all the good that Sam has given to me and to this world. Now, it's time to better myself. Now, it's time to live for Sam."
He recalled Woodruff's happy and helpful personality.
"No matter what, that kid always had a smile on his face and was always willing to help anyone, no matter who you were. He was truly remarkable," Henderson said.
Woodruff was a member and priesthood holder in the LDS Church and attended the Moab 1st Ward regularly, although he sometimes went to other wards, such as the Moab 3rd Ward, "because they had cute girls there," his mother said. He recently attended a three-day youth conference with the youth of the Moab LDS Stake in Logan, Utah in late July.
Even though he was an only child raised by a single mother, Woodruff is survived by many extended family members, both blood relatives and adoptive, all of whom loved and cherished him, Merrry Woodruff said.
"We express our deepest appreciation to everyone, for all they have done for Sam in his life, and for all the well-wishes," she said.
A celebration of life memorial service for Sam Woodruff has been scheduled for 4 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 16, at the Grand County High School auditorium. Interment will follow at the Sunset Memorial Gardens cemetery. A viewing will be held Thursday, Aug. 15, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Spanish Valley Mortuary, 386 North 100 West, in Moab.
The Red Devils are scheduled to play a "Red and White" scrimmage football game on Saturday, Aug. 17, at 7 p.m. Coach Wells said donations will be collected at that game to help Woodruff's family pay for funeral expenses.
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Vostok Games, formerly GSC Game World, is working on Survarium the spiritual successor to S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and the legal alternative to S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 given the IP issues. Anyway, the latest dev diary for the game focuses on how they're going to prevent cheats, the system requirements and what the role is of one of the factions in the game.
Much like S.T.A.L.K.E.R., the game will take place in a dystopian near-future with survival elements playing a large role in the gameplay. Players will start off as stalkers who must scavenge for goods, trade items and hunt for artifacts.
The good part about is that you'll be able to play Survarium with a relatively low-end PC, 8800 GTX with 512mb of VRAM or higher, 2GB of RAM, and a dual-core or higher CPU. Yep, low-end.
Even though there's all that talk about cheat prevention, give it a week or two after the game releases and there will be hackers bombarding matches with all sorts of exploits. It's kind of inevitable.
Anyway, I like the atmosphere they're building for the game. Utilizing shadows and crevices to hide and ambush opponents is a cool feature and the whole day/night cycle is a nice touch. I'm just hoping the game can maintain the thrills and horror of previous S.T.A.L.K.E.R. titles. That would be truly awesome.
You can keep up to date on all things Survarium by paying a visit to the game's Official Website.


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- Ginger Baker
- Jack Bruce
- Eric Clapton
Cream accomplished more in two years than most do in a lifetime.
15 million records sold, a Grammy Hall of Fame album and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. It's safe to say that Cream were indeed the supergroup they set out to be.
In the eyes of their audience, the three musicians in Cream represented the best players of their respective instruments—the "cream" of British rock musicianship, as it were.
The blues-rock trio came together in 1966. Already, Eric Clapton had attained recognition as Britain's preeminent guitarist as a result of his tenure with the Yardbirds and John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. Bassist Jack Bruce and drummer Ginger Baker boasted an impressive pedigree as well, having been the rhythm section for the Graham Bond Organization, a blues-jazz band fronted by organist-singer Bond.
Driven by thoughts of moving from straight blues into a new kind of pop music—one that took note of directions emerging from London's underground scene—Baker approached Clapton about forming a band. Clapton's sole proviso was that Jack Bruce must be the bassist. As rock's first "supergroup," Cream aimed to break new ground. According to Clapton in an interview from that time, "What we want to do is anything that people haven't done before," he said. In actuality, the group remained grounded in the blues while expanding the vocabulary of rock with extended improvisations during their live shows and forays into psychedelia on record.
The band made its first major public appearance at the Sixth National Jazz and Blues Festival at Windsor on July 3, 1966. "We were just scrambling for the forefront," said Clapton. "And we didn't get much feedback until we played in front of an audience. That was when we realized that they actually wanted to go off somewhere. And we had the power to take them."
Cream's debut album, Fresh Cream, was released in December 1966. It mixed blues standards ("I'm So Glad," "Spoonful") with original compositions ("I Feel Free," "N.S.U."). On Disraeli Gears (1967), the band's second album, the group dove headlong into a fanciful world of psychedelic sounds and textures while retaining a blues-rock underpinning. Cream ranks among the vanguard musicians of that genre with such mind-bending numbers as "Tales of Brave Ulysses" and "Sunshine of Your Love." Wheels of Fire, a double album from 1968, displayed the group's split personality. One disc was given over to song-oriented studio recordings (e.g. "White Room"), while the other consisted of live tracks (including their definitive rock version of Robert Johnson's "Crossroads") recorded at the Fillmore and the Winterland in San Francisco.
There was much tension in the band, and in July 1968 Cream announced they were disbanding at the end of the year. They played their farewell show on November 26, 1968 at London's Albert Hall, and released the album Goodbye—which featured "Badge," co-written by Clapton and George Harrison. During Cream's brief two-year history, the group of singularly gifted musicians made groundbreaking music and epitomized the questing spirit of their art. "Eric, Ginger and I wanted to turn each other on," Jack Bruce said later. "The only good music is when good musicians play for each other. I believe that's what made Cream so different from the other rock groups."
Clapton and Baker subsequently formed Blind Faith with Steve Winwood and Rick Grech. Cream reunited in 2005 for a series of shows at the Royal Albert Hall in London and at Madison Square Garden in New York. The following year, Cream was given a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. But in 2010, Jack Bruce said there would be no more Cream shows: "Cream is over."
Inductees: Ginger Baker (drums; born August 19, 1939, died October 6, 2019), Jack Bruce (bass; born May 14, 1943, died October 25, 2014), Eric Clapton (guitar, vocals; born March 30, 1945)


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Maupin addresses Iraqi judge
WASHINGTON – The father of a U.S. soldier whose remains were found near Baghdad in 2008 said he urged an Iraqi judge at a hearing Tuesday to fully prosecute the insurgent accused of killing his son.
Keith Maupin, 63, of Union Township, participated by video teleconference from the Pentagon in the case of a man in Iraqi custody, whom U.S. officials say confessed to the killing of Sgt. Matt Maupin. The 20-year-old soldier was kidnapped when insurgents with rocket-propelled grenades and small arms ambushed his fuel convoy near Baghdad in 2004.
At the time, video of the young Maupin was released showing him sitting on the floor surrounded by masked gunmen. The soldier's family held hope he was still alive, but Maupin's remains were later found in a shallow grave near Baghdad in 2008.
On Tuesday, the initial hearing in the case was closed to reporters. Maupin said he appeared by videoconference and spoke via translator to the Iraqi judge, who asked to hear statements from the family. Maupin said he came away from the hearing feeling confident that justice will be served. The judge did not indicate how he might rule or when he might rule, but that the man will be punished if found guilty, according to Maupin.
The man in Iraqi custody was not present at the hearing.
"I made it clear to the judge that I feel this guy needs to be held accountable under Iraqi law," Maupin said after the hearing. "If Matt's death can benefit the Iraqi people by ensuring a strong justice system, it will be worth it even though he is gone."
According to Iraqi authorities, the man is Iraqi and initially confessed to Maupin's killing in 2009, when he was tried and sentenced to death. But, he is now being retried due to problems in the initial paperwork.
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Leslie Burger's Opening Comments
when she talked to her colleagues and those who use and care about libraries, they would ask what do we stand for?
she thought that it would be wonderful if we as a community if we could think about the idea of having an agenda for transforming the way library service is provided in this country (for all levels and types)
and what if we could agree on a forward-thinking, positive agenda we could share with people on the Hill and if we could all agree that it would be valuable to support it?
so the idea is to begin to craft the first steps of a "national library agenda" that will transform how people think about and use libraries
some examples:
- AARP - we know what they are about; we may not agree with their agenda, but we know they have a strong one
- same thing with the NEA
need to think about what are we - people who work in libraries and provide service every day - about
need to step away from some of our defensive postures about what we "know" will make libraries better
time to say it in a way that makes everyone want to support it
can look at the work that has come before us and shape it into a focused agenda
it needs to articulate some basic values or premises about why we are doing this
doesn't like to have the cost discussion before the ideas, but will have to talk about that at some point
looks forward to going to ALA Legislative Day in May with a positive agenda she can talk with legislators about
question: just legislative agenda?
Leslie: no
Trends & Issues
(note: Ed Vielmetti is capturing the discussion in Wordie at http://wordie.org/people/edwardvielmetti?wl=2542 )
outside of libraries
- ethnolinguistic isolation
- increased socioeconomic polarity
- technocultural isolation
- tremendous thirst for a connection to local culture, their community
- downtown development, looking at shoring up downtown anchors that won't disappear during corporate buyouts
- breakdown in local communications media (newspapers, radio stations, etc.); leaves a lot of people in the lurch
- a number of communities are using online technologies to stay connected locally (high school students when they go to college)
- people are connecting online in communities around books
- wireless (cities)
- this might be stating the obvious, but many of these things are important because so much is available online now
- people feel increasingly isolated from one another, while also connecting personally more, but seeking civic connections
- increasing percentage of people who live alone, decreasing percentage of traditional households (6%); civic involvement is increasingly independent outside of the community; people act aggressively without knowing how things will affect their neighbors because they don't know their neighbors
- generation of retiring Baby Boomers
- large numbers of immigrants from many different groups
- 35 millions people in this country without health insurance
- tremendous decline in arts programs in schools
- while at the same time attendance at art events is increasing to an all-time high
- decrease in school libraries
- so much egovernment is only available online now and access is only through libraries
- a call for people to be able to talk to each other again; a civil space for dialogue to work together even if we have different perspectives
- discussion of the responsibility of government and what public institutions are and do
- expanding self-service
- more of an acceptance of constraints on personal freedom, not just an erosion
- many communities have a renewed focus on education but a sense of desperation about being able to do anything about it
- severe absence of key skills, especially communication skills (the ability to write clearly)
- changing idea of what privacy is - also the willingness to share personal information more broadly
- more than just growing income gaps, a growing inequality - the consolidation of resources, which has created a lot of job and income inequality; childhood is a disappearing opportunity
- struggle for the soul of the public sector (and for the role of the public sector)
- achievement gap among students of color; much is written about it but not much advancement is being made; gaps are so wide and they are not narrowing
- as we live longer, looking at quality of life, and the role ethics of science and medicine will play in that
- state of education is deplorable for everyone, not just people of color (and we're accepting this)
- there are two distinct audiences for a library message - one still hears an argument for the public good, and one needs to hear a return on investment; hopes we come out of this with three things, one for each side, not weighted on the side of the public good
- expectation of 24/7 access to everything
- the ethical use of information that is out there and the lack of understanding on the part of our young creators about disappearing information in the 2.0 world
- huge population shifts; some parts of the country see growing communities while others are seeing shrinking communities (including by age, ethnicity, etc.); differing picture from one place to the other
- in terms of immigration, the information age allows them to maintain contact and negotiate communities; transformations of identities - will redefine libraries as past waves of immigration did
- sovereign nations that live within our borders (250 nations within the U.S.) and face other challenges = language issues, the need for expanding economies, the need for expanded archives/institutions, changes in demographics, great health challenges
- because of the amount of public debt that has been created, every state is functioning on a deficit, which is creating major issues on a fiscally operating basis - living in a culture of trade-offs
- huge information challenge around global warming; many people see a phenomenon that could wipe us off the map at a time when facts and information are moving at a rapid pace; also an issue of communication of the issue
- intersection of science and religion
- the way gaming culture is changing the nature of "play;" cognition leading impulse
- entrepreneurship becoming one of the most prevalent and permanent forms of employment; the library as "the peoples' university/library"
- need to recognize the threat of anti-intellectualism in American history
- organized labor as it related to the private sector is changing dramatically and many of us work in all kinds of public institutions who are part of the strongest unions around; need to try to create more collaborative relationships with these unions and be more nimble
- sense of people not having a role to play in our democracy anymore; people don't feel empowered anymore; power is concentrated in small groups in the corporate sector
- also a reality that a huge number of public employees will be retiring over the next decade, which will have an enormous impact on public budgets
- in the past, mostly the middle class has supported community interests like the library; getting additional dollars is going to be difficult because they feel so stressed in this area; there are limits to how much the middle class can pay
- people are totally confused about government; they've been led to believe for so long that government is something you get off your back, making the debate about funding libraries more difficult
- per capita purchasing of books has remained essentially the same since 1900, although the way they buy them is changing
- troubling aspect of people having to question civic culture; discussion of civic culture will rest on
- public media
- museums
- public libraries and to some degree schools (not for everyone, though)
- could add community colleges
- could extend this to other nonprofit organizations in the community, fighting for resources and attention; they are often the ones we can count on to work with us to serve immigrants and other populations (especially ones that are prejudiced against government); the library as a government entity vs. a social/community entity
- notion that we are so disconnected and so isolated from each other; our impulse today is that we are consumers of government (claimants); on the one hand, we could try to engage people as consumers, but they wouldn't be part of the community; we have a customer service impulse; can we get beyond the rhetoric of the common good? goes against the grain of what is happening (MySpace, etc.)
- prejudice as socially acceptable (Arabs, immigrants)
- the whole context of gathering/organizing/maintaining the record of this area; rush to digitize and destroy at the same time; intellectual property fight that could lock out future generations
- how people are getting their information and getting inundated by it
- consumer impulse around television is lessening because of the internet/web, user-generated content; still have a step to connect this to community; consumer impulse might not be as overpowering in this new area
- we should be extremely concerned about preservation of intellectual content of the current period
- beleaguered public schools and institutions; they are critical players in democracy and can't be overly critical of them; can't fall into that trap of not understanding the important role that they play
- atomization of mass culture
- no channel of communication ever dies (can listen to oldtime radio online); people consume several of them at once
- we've never had as great an opportunity to work in partnership with other organizations; technology enables us to break down boundaries in a way we've never done before; lines are blurrier
- the good work that libraries do in literacy and early literacy; we still have a real role there that transcends other functions
- many things Baby Boomers think are problems are only problems for them; example - quoted Linda Stone and used the term "continuous partial attention" - means we have to be present in all of those different channels
- the for-profit education sector - home-schooling, preoccupation with assessment, etc.
- connect testing and gaming - possible role of the library to get involved from the teaching/assessment point of view; figure out what are community games versus just shooter games; the skills of gaming and the skills of test-taking are intertwined
- digital natives and digital immigrants and the disparity between them
- change in how the nonprofit community views itself (fundraising, advocacy, etc.); positions us well in some ways but poorly in others
- community colleges will play an important role in the demand for education
- gaming and community - WoW example of her children, building community, changing role of communities that are not confined by geographic boundaries; Second Life, too
- globalization, being dependent on others outside of our boundaries
- ecommerce, and the change in attitude that you can do everything and buy everything from your home
- the "open revolution" - part of our rhetoric now; open government, open source, open access; the expectation that information will be available out there on the web, but there's some disparity there (disease communities are driving a lot of there)
- primacy of oral communication; value-added services are coming from personal services
- do we all (in this room) expect that everyone in this country will be educated? what is our assumption?
- higher education, no? high school, yes; question of economics
- we have now cast a net so big, will it catch any fish?
- this isn't just a legislative agenda we're coming up with, so what else is it? broad or specific?
- Leslie - what is the basic right of every resident in terms of libraries? then define it and that could become the basis for a legislative agenda
- who is the audience for this agenda? how long will they read?
- legislators; our various communities
- what is our civic culture, and what are our aspirations for it - how can libraries help take it there? libraries could occupy space in that community; it's too easy for this to become a marketing exercise
- are we promoting new services with this agenda or existing ones?
- have to do some of both? resonate with what they know already, plus
- hears us all talking about positioning of the institution; we always want the institution to be at the top of the mind of individuals when they're talking about education, development, etc., but to do that, we have to become totally outward facing, which is a culture change for us
- we did this in Ohio, putting the focus on the users and not the institutions, which makes me think the audience here is us
- is this ALA's national agenda?
- Keith - we are accepting organizational responsibility to push this message forward
- she watched "The Librarian" last night and heard Bob Newhart say, "you gotta get out of the library once in a while;" she doesn't want to be a space in her community, she wants to be the heart of her community and to do that, she has to be out there in the community; balance of providing value on your services and marketing them; it's hard when you're at a small library, but you have to get out there into the community; if what you're doing isn't working, try something different
- thrilled that ALA is willing to help on this, but is this an ALA agenda or an agenda for libraries? needs to be both; our strength is the leadership of ALA and local leadership and citizenry
- it's important that librarians believe in what we put out there, but we need a public agenda; we believe we should be something but the rest of the world doesn't know that; how can we get on the public agenda so that the public sees us as part of them and a partner and resource to build communities
- has to be more than just ALA's agenda; that was one of the great things about the White House groups - involved all different types
- this has to be an agenda for library users, not for librarians; we will be effective and successful if we couch our terms in ways that affect the user
- impressed by librarians' willingness to engage the future - what is the moral basis on which libraries can justify themselves in the 21st century; librarians promote two things - a just society so that all citizens can become what they want to become - and a just access and fairness; without those, a vision of a better future will just be a vision of a better library
- need to look at who else is in the downtowns and the civic centers, and those are your partners and they are your audience; libraries are the key public institution still available to everyone; a collaborative agenda
- I really want to pull things more together because the map is getting so broad; two suggestions
- the idea of cataloging the community as an initiative (we're good but not great at it); the unique resources in our communities are the people; identification of social aspects
- answering the community reference question; we do this good but not great, too; it's not "at your library" but identifying the information gaps in the community; we're not asking everybody to admit how good we are, but trying to bring our resources to bear to make our communities better
- what's our problem statement? these are all great issues, but are we trying to come up with a new vision statement, but what are the measurements of success?
- issues of economic development; libraries should position themselves to work with economic development groups to work together
- local environmental scans of the community itself; take your services, philosophy out into the community with you
- OCLC Perceptions Report and recent Urban Libraries Council meeting show people don't have any problems identifying what the library is and does; what they have problems doing is connecting what they know with the language we use
- getting back to the idea of an advocacy agenda; given the resources, we know what to do with them or can figure that out; we're trying to figure out how to get collective voices for support of institutions, policies, and funding; in large part, we're talking about creating the kinds of strategies and structures that build that kind of support; translates into quesitons of infrastructure; if it's not a strong enough voice, we're fooling ourselves
- one of my objectives will be to influence the agenda setting to walk out with ways university libraries can participate and contribute to the national agenda
Broad Items to Discuss Tomorrow
- economic development
- education
- democracy
- vibrant communities
- community life
- civic society
- civil society
- maintaining the former context (older, existing communities) and bridging with the new ones
- cultural preservation
- could we call the community pieces "community building?"
- not just democracy but justice
- moral equity
- civic design and architecture of spaces; especially libraries as civic spaces
- because we want this agenda to inspire people, the enormous reservoir of good will that people have for libraries; yes we're beleagured but then there is this whole group of people we haven't even tapped; don't hear this kind of good will about other government institutions
- don't lose track of the fact that this is the peoples' library; they're the ones doing all of these things, not us
- participation
- governance issues - trustees don't reflect the demographic makeup of the community
- caution about the language we're using; the public doesn't see any of these things in the library noun; yet there is this broad (not necessarily deep) reservoir of good will; they see us primarily for education and learning
- it's also "we care" - libraries are very caring institutions in the community; they give a damn about kids
- it's also opportunity (disagreement about whether the public uses this language)
- the good will is nice but it doesn't go very far
- information for transformation piece; the consumer is looking to be the product; they want to be the change in their lives; peoples' behaviors articulate what they don't verbally
- there are organizations that have no good will; it means they are willing to listen and to hear you; they want you to succeed (whether or not you do is another story); doesn't mean you can take that to the bank, but you might be able to find the path to the bank
- all of these things are not mutually exclusive; it is possible to solve community problems and build community at the same time; there could be some overlap; third piece could be the library solving community problems - can transform lives if you can tie these things together
- concept of libraries as supporting the creation of new knowledge and new works, creativity
- tremendously important role we play in privacy and intellectual property is unique
- statement that the public just doesn't see this; as an agenda item, it won't resonate based on responses in the OCLC Perceptions report; number one thing they saw as the outcome was information (product was books); books were the tools, information was the result
- disagreement that other studies have shown public view libraries as democracy, too
- has noticed that libraries have become a rotten place to find out about books - no reviews, hard to find information, difficult to navigate, search engines can't find us, and yet we are so much about books (ALA Washington Office is not listed in 411 or in Google Maps!)
- based on what he has heard in the Gulf Coast before, during, and after Katrina, the range of opinions is so diverse; we're working the wrong side of the issue; the issue is how do we find support for this institution (noted TABOR legislation which will squeeze the life out of libraries and so few people know about it); almost all libraries don't want to be taken for granted
- have to change the complacency that we'll always be there; we have such low expectations of libraries in this country that anything we can do to make people think they will get something will be good
- creating a sense of urgency
- the public doesn't control the allocation of resources unless it's a public referendum; could touch on things in this agenda that have to touch the person on the street but also have to resonate on the national level and the folks that hold the purse strings
- noted the use of language; military people adopted the language of the White House to justify the war, but are now faltering finding language; have to engage the public in a discourse where we put forth the words and the language and the actions they can take
- one of the most difficult challenges we face is that we are everything to all people, so how do we articulate support for such an individual experience
- most of the language we're using tends to focus on public libraries; how do we craft an agenda that recognizes that thread of continuity in this field (between types of libraries)
- as a public library director, I would want this agenda to increase the status of my library, including funding, and as more of a resource; some people like that libraries haven't changed
- have to be careful if we say look at all of the great things libraries could do, but the public might turn around and say why aren't you already doing these things? yes, we're loved and yes, we're underfunded
- -comes back to the "who's the audience" question - is this a marketing agenda?
- -not in the sense that we're pushing a product, but in terms of pushing an idea, yes
- -but do you do that from a marketing framework?
- -marketing is the only way to have a public discourse
- -that is not true - it was community organizing of MADD that drove auto safety campaigns, not the marketing; we're only as good leaders as we are listeners; he's fed up with marketing campaigns that don't have anything in them
- -it's all local, as is funding
- -"settle for more" - tell a story
- -one reason Austin's bond passed is that the library tagged on to the theme of "keep Austin weird;" issue of library education, too, that helps them support their choice
- being articulate about what community problems the library can solve (few places welcome the rowdy teens into their buildings); became an honest broker in the community solving its problems
- academic and school libraries are just seen as ancillary storage because they are in the educational institutions
- 1979 and 1991 White House conferences and now this one in 2006; people setting this agenda for those who are not here - when will they be brought into this process?
- connect change back to the culture of the organization; if you have innovative change already happening, work backwards from that; likened libraries to transit authorities who are also underfunded and undervalued - have been working with them to position them as community builders; took this message to the transit association, transportation research association, a transporation policy group, etc.; now communities are looking to transit authorities; might have some lessons for libraries (also looked at how bad the bus stops were, etc.)
- "libraries transform communities" - focus is what makes agenda; we need one item - pick one; what is the one thing that libraries need to do next and that people need to know in order to transform communities
- the message could be "libraries transform communities" itself - the audience is everyone; no one sees us as an institution that can help transform the community, make local officials look good, help people make themselves look good; we need one, good, clear message and she thinks we can come up with it
- sometimes it helps to give an example - how did we come up with the idea of libraries being part of a universal service program? historically, libraries weren't seen this way; many factors came together; the American public now expects us to be doing this; it didn't just happen - someone put it on the agenda; what would move us from the point we're at now to a place where we can make a difference
- can see where these issues apply to school libraries, too; right now they are stakeholders in those test scores; it's the only way they are seen as valuable right now
- still thinks we have to instill a sense of urgency because the public agenda is very full; people only respond to problems; this still sounds very "mom and apple pie"; if we don't do this, what happens?
- raises the question of how we think of community (WoW, research communities); if we're thinking of the transformative power of libraries for a community, how do we define community when it is no longer bounded by language or geography
- obviously we have to deal with radically different perceptions of community, but the reality is that funding of services comes from local sources; political and funding structures are still local
- wants to speak against the theme of global community; think globally, but act locally for your local library; you're connected to your local community through the library
- likes Leslie's theme about libraries transform communities, but keeps coming back to how all of these communities are transforming our libraries; the question of us being able to be good responders and to lead the community; libraries transforming communities and communities transforming libraries
- when first heard Leslie's theme, his question was who do you want to empower? librarians or the public? if it's the public, it's the library belongs to you
- mylibrary.org; noted a study that linked length of stay in the academic library with GPAs
- I would be willing to accept it if it was ourlibrary.org; we have an opportunity to bring people together; you can market to one person that they can come use the library, but we can't take on the atomization of society; we are creating a space, a place where you and I can come together, which might never have happened without the library; libraries are one of the last standing organizations that can do this
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BEIJING (AP) — A prominent Uighur scholar has been formally arrested and accused of secession more than a month after being taken away by force from his Beijing home without explanation, his wife said Tuesday.
Guzaili Nu'er said she received the arrest warrant Tuesday and learned that her husband, Ilham Tohti, is being held in a detention center in the far-western region of Xinjiang, a center of low-intensity but frequent insurgency.
The arrest of Ilham Tohti came as Beijing is stepping up security in the region.
Xinjiang officials were not immediately available for comment after working hours Tuesday. A statement by local authorities in January accused Ilham Tohti of spreading separatist ideas, inciting ethnic hatred and engaging in separatist activities.
Ilham Tohti is an economics professor at Minzu University of China in Beijing and has been outspoken about the rights of the Turkic Uighur ethnic minority in Xinjiang. He is a critic of the ruling Communist Party's restrictive policies in Xinjiang, but has not joined calls for Xinjiang's independence.
"My husband is a college professor, a Uighur scholar. The description by the government does not fit him," Guzaili Nu'er said. "How could the university have allowed him to do what (the authorities) have alleged?"
His lawyer, Li Fangping, said Tuesday that he had traveled to Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, but had not been allowed to visit Ilham Tohti.
"From my knowledge of him and his statements, nothing constitutes the charge of secession," Li said.
The charge is punishable by 10 years to life in prison, or the death penalty if authorities find the crime to be particularly objectionable.