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Ive made this card using QKR Stampede stamp , "Just Sitting" . I have coloured the image with my promarkers and then cut it out and mounted it. Ive used some lovely bobunny papers some flowers and pearls and a sentiment from ippity.
Monday, 28 June 2010
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Ive made this card using QKR Stampede stamp , "Just Sitting" . I have coloured the image with my promarkers and then cut it out and mounted it. Ive used some lovely bobunny papers some flowers and pearls and a sentiment from ippity.
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What a great opportunity to try some of these products, fingers crossed!!ReplyDelete
Lovely cards good luck to everyone xxxReplyDelete
You'll have to share your work over at www.fiskarettes.co.uk too x
Such pretty, girly creations. Love the matching set. I must learn how to make notebook covers....ReplyDelete
- Anonymous26 June 2010 at 09:47
Morning Kate. Love these! Have a good weekend. S xxxReplyDelete
So cute Kate!!!! Lovely work!ReplyDelete
Oh wow what beautiful makes xxxReplyDelete
Lovely colouring and very very pretty makes!ReplyDelete
These are lovely Kate, fab stamps! xxReplyDelete
These are so adorable! I love all the soft pastelly colours!ReplyDelete
Great creations, and great use of some fabulous stamps which you have shown off to perfection.ReplyDelete
Love the oolours you've used too - great work !
Aw - they are so sweet and I love the colours used! What super projects!ReplyDelete
So pretty and girly - love it!ReplyDelete
Two beautiful creations Kate, thank you for sharing.ReplyDelete
Enjoying the hop!
Joanne xx
very sweet girly card and book thanks for the chance to win themReplyDelete
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lovely cardsReplyDelete
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So gorgeous! I love the pastels, so pretty! KimReplyDelete
Kate, what a fantastic set and love that adorable doll image!ReplyDelete
Lovely card & notebook. The colours are scrummy ! xxReplyDelete
Such a pretty set Kate. Really cuteReplyDelete
Suzy x
Lovely card and notebook. Such a cute image.ReplyDelete
What a great hop. Lovely work.ReplyDelete
What a sweet set! So girly. Love them!ReplyDelete
Now that is just so pretty and doesn't it look lovely photographed amongst all the foliage in that dappled light? What a great idea. Thank you so much for sharing your beauties.ReplyDelete
I too adore the pastel colours such beautiful creations all are stunning loving the hop hugs janetReplyDelete
Again, another lovely creation! :)ReplyDelete
What a wonderful gift!ReplyDelete


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At Maitreya Abbey:
- Saturdays: 8:00-10:00am Zazen and Dokusan, 10:00-11:00am Dharma Discussion.
- Tuesdays: 6:30-8:00pm Zazen and Dokusan, with Shishin and Shinko Roshis.
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Humans range from 5-6 feet and weight about 90-240 pounds. Their body built are dependent on the type of work one does. Humans builds cities with shops, health centers and facilitates to trade with the other races. Humans have to ask permission to build from the area protectors, this can result in lots of fights with other clans.
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You don't need to live on a farm to enjoy the benefits of keeping chickens at home. Here are Paul West's top tips.
Apart from providing you with delicious eggs all year round, there are so many benefits to keeping chooks.
They're a great source of manure for fertiliser. They control insects and pests in your garden, adding to their natural diet in the process. And you're helping to reduce demand for battery and caged hens.
Here are Paul West's tips for caring for your chickens:
Letting them roam free during the day is great but you'll need to house them at night.
Before you build a chook house, I recommend checking with your local council if they have specific regulations on size and location. The welfare of your chicken should always be your main priority.
Ready built hen houses can be easily purchased; a quick web search will give you a load of options. But, if you're looking to keep costs down and recycle materials, the first thing to consider is making it weather proof and secure from predators like foxes and that includes domestic animals as well; you don't want to wake up one morning and see that your cat has wreaked havoc in the chook shed.
Chickens love to perch at night but need to be at least 50cm from the ground.
You can use tree branches or old timber but make sure they're at least 5cm wide.
Don't put the perches above food or water receptacles; these will be contaminated by their droppings.
Hens also need boxes to nest and lay eggs in. Wooden boxes are ideal but they need to be at least 30cm squared and lined with straw.
Make sure they've got plenty of shade from the Australian sun during the warmer months.
Chooks are very social animals and shouldn't be kept alone. When introducing new hens to the roost, do it more than one chook at a time or it's likely to be picked on.
Chooks love to root around the ground for grubs and worms. To add to this, you can feed them left over kitchen scraps like raw vegies and vegie peels as well as fruit and table foods such as wholemeal rice, rolled oats, cooked pasta & beans.
But don't feed your chooks avocado, chocolate, green potatoes or rhubarb or you'll end up with sick chickens.
Access to clean fresh water daily is a must.
A call to your local vet if you're unsure about what to feed them is also a good idea.
There are seemingly endless varieties of chicken breeds and some are better layers or better for eating. But some are dual purpose meaning they're good for both.
- Some breeds to think about getting are the Aussie bred Australorp or breeds from further afield like the Rhode lsland Red, the Sussex or the Wyandotte. All of these birds are friendly and suitable for the backyard.


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Have you heard? Do you know? Are you, as they say, 'in the loop'? When the Mail on Sunday said a 'sensational affair' between 'high profile figures' close to Cameron had 'rocked' No. 10, did you have the faintest idea what it was talking about?
I did, but then I'm a journalist. Friends in the lobby filled me in on a story which had been doing the rounds for months. I even know which law stopped the Mail on Sunday following the basics of journalism and giving its readers the 'whos', 'whats', 'whens', 'whys' and 'hows'. (Although with most affairs the 'whys' are self-evident. It is the 'whos' and, for the voyeuristic, the 'whats' and the 'hows' that stir the blood.) I cannot say any more in print. I cannot even tell you which restriction on freedom of speech is stopping publication. If I did, you might just be able to work out the names of the lovers.


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Children's meals are available for children under 12 years old. We can also cater for any special dietary requirements, if notified in advance.
Guests can check into the hotel at 2.00pm on the day of arrival, Check-out is 10.30am on the day of departure. Breakfast is served between 8.30am and 9.30am at weekends. Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult in the bedrooms at all times.
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Organizational Metaphors
An organization is defined as a social unit of people, systematically structured and managed to meet a need or to pursue collective goals on a continuous basis. We can look at the organization as the vehicle or means by which we get things accomplished. A metaphor is a method of extending of a word, or of illustrating a point by showing agreement or correspondence (analogy) in details between two very different items (2012). We use organizational metaphors to create and add meaning to our descriptions by using elements of relatable experiences to illustrate the point we want to get across. Morgan identifies eight common metaphors, I will describe two different organizational metaphors, compare and contrast them, then examine how switching between metaphors might enhance effective leadership.
Organizations as machines
Viewing an organization as machines is simplistic, you could look at like a schematic to have a starting point or structure, the middle or parts that go into it, then an end or finished product. The organization as a machine will typically be identified by strict processes, structure and a hierarchical top down chain of command. In order to make changes to a machine, a schematic showing its inner workings is needed and only the engineers of the machines can make changes to it. The core function of machine metaphor is to maintain control of the design, operations, implementation and output of the organization. Unlike machine parts which are programmed and rigid, people are not, which can lead to constant flux and change. Therefore, organization as a machine brings a picture whereby organizations leaders and manager have a role of creating and implementing blue prints (Morgan, 2006).
Organization as conversation
When an organization gets viewed as a conversation, it get the picture of an event, cannot be undertaken alone and needs a common pool (Miller, 2008). At any given point in an organization you...


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Chicago Fire actress DuShon Monique Brown has died.
The Chicago Tribune reveals that the star passed away a little after 12 p.m. at St. James Olympia Field Hospital, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.
E! News can confirm that the coroner has an autopsy scheduled for tomorrow and the cause of death has yet to be revealed.
"The Chicago Fire family is devastated to lose one of its own," executive producer Dick Wolf said in a statement to E! News. "Our thoughts and prayers are with DuShon's family and we will all miss her."
Robert Schroeder, DuShon's manager, also shared his sentiments regarding the fallen star.
"We are very sad to announce the untimely death of beloved Chicago actress DuShon Monique Brown. DuShon, most affectionately known to many as Connie on NBC's 'Chicago Fire,' died suddenly Friday morning of natural causes. We are devastated by the loss of a very talented and kindhearted soul. DuShon was a film, television, commercial and voice-over actress who also graced the stages of many Chicago theaters. She brought laughter and joy to many and will be greatly missed. At this difficult time we ask that the privacy of the family and loved ones be respected."


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*Do it yourself! Every Friday we do a roundup of great posts, videos, or other resources around a theme that help people to turn their bodies from cranky to happy.*
I was fortunate enough to spend last weekend in Ojai, California at the Yoga Tune Up® teachers summit where, naturally, we're prone to doing things like taking breaks for skin rolling. This made me realize that this handy, tool-free form of myofascial release had yet to be featured on DIY Fridays!
So here you have it folks. This is a simple way to manipulate your own tissue in a way that gets the glide back in your fascia. If you're wondering why you would want such a thing- it promotes ease of movement, decreases or resolves pain, improves balance and proprioception (your sense of knowing where you are in space, which determines if you are a graceful or clumsy mover), and decreases risk of injuries, not to mention improves the appearance of "skin stick", which is that youthful elastic quality that makes young people look young while old people get saggy. Yes, you can, to a certain degree, keep the spring and fight the sag by keeping your fascia healthy.
While what you are doing is directly lubricating the superficial fascial layer, because all these layers are tethered into one another, you are actually having an effect into the deep fascia as well. So if you have a problem area, like a shoulder impingement for example, you will benefit from doing skin rolling around that joint and upstream and downstream of it.
Clearly there are certain places that will be easier for you to do skin rolling on yourself. I like it on the arms and shoulders and legs. If you want skin rolling on your back or other hard to reach areas, buddy up and show this video to your partner or friend.
A couple of key points: fascia is very slow to release, so please move like molasses so as to avoid making someone feel like they're being skinned alive. We do not want this. That brings me to my second point, the tighter, more adhered and more dehydrated the fascia, the more painful this will be. Slow, slow, slow is the only way, and for some people it may be downright intolerable. In which case they should find their way to a good manual therapist rather than just avoiding or ignoring it. Downhill trends go, well, downhill unless reversed. Lastly, try to contact yourself or your skin rolling buddy with as much surface area as possible. Touching with just the tips of your fingers is more painful and less pleasurable than touching with your whole finger pad. Oh, and no oils or lotions, or you won't be able to affect the fascia.
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Polygon Proofs
Use these triangles to make regular polygons and deduce all of the angles!
Start with a puzzle and end with the proof for the interior angle of a polygon! This is a series of activities where you will solve puzzles and problems involving regular polygons. The purpose of each of these puzzles is to encourage you to use logic and reasoning to build on your existing knowledge of angles and shapes. At the end, the aim is that you 'prove' a formula for the interior angle of a regular polygon in different ways and, if you have time, create a wonderful expose of your work!
Activity overview
Start with this problem - can you make 8 regular polygons using all 42 of these triangles?
Here are the triangles for the Polygon puzzle pieces and the template you can use to help.
Then you will need the activities and information on this Polygon proofs activity sheet
Teacher Notes
The instructions and activity sheets above describe all the possible stages of this activity clearly. The following offers an overview and some thoughts to help prepare for the activity.
Part 1 - 42 triangles
Depending on your class, I recommend starting by just giving the students the sets of 42 triangles and seeing what they can do. This is a good puzzle for trying out different ways of thinking. Students tend to go for the congruent triangles that can used to make the hexagon and nonagon. After that, the level of thought required goes up considerably as students puzzle other ways of building regular polygons. (Note - some of the triangles need to be flipped)
But, then be aware that some of the students are likely to get a little stuck at which point giving the template will help things to move a long. Teachers need careful judgment here to differentiate accordingly.
The point of the exercise is that students are really thinking about the structure of regular polygons and the different ways they can be split in to triangles.
Part 2 - Particular problems
This section of the activity invites students to start looking at 'particular problems' that relate to the structure. There are diagrams and problems are broken down. Teachers might feel that some students could skip part 2 on move straight on to part 3 - you can always come back.
Part 3 - What are the angles
In this part, students should be putting together their experiences thus far to deduce some angles. They can be applying the approaches they have been using in part 2. Angle by angle, they can all be done. A key talking point though is the question below.
This is a terrific discussion and one worth having where you have time.
Part 4 - Proof
This is the part where we ask students to recognise the important difference between the general and the particular. Up to this point they have probably been jumping often between the two and so, in a sense, this is really about expressing the generalising they have probably been doing. The work done so far leads up to the idea that they can focus on three different ways of doing this. If students approach them in the order they are presented then there is a nice moment during the third proof where students often come up with a different result from the first two. This is a question of re-arranging the algebra to show they are equivalent. If we get to this stage then things have gone very well and there is a nice little 'wow' moment.
Part 5 - Presenting
I think this is a significant part of the exercise, but understand that it is time consuming. I am often envious of the time and effort that goes in to humanities projects (for example) and would like there to be more of that from my students. The trade off is that it can often seem that lots of time is used re-affirming mathematics that has already been done, BUT, it is about more than knowing how to calculate the interior angles of regular polygons. The exercise is about reasoning, logic, proof and communicating understanding. I want this to be a memorable experience so that that the thinking skills discovered or used can be applied in different situations. As such, there is no doubt in my mind that this is time well spent!
Student work!
Here there will be some examples of student work that has been done on part 5 of this task where they are required to present some explanations and demonstrations of interior angle proofs. As shown in the task notes, students were given a free choice of medium for this task!
Here is a screencast of presentation that was done on this theme
This is a screencast of a project that was done on Scratch. There is an extra level of general thought required to program scratch to do this and I was really impressed with that!
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Dans le Noir ? Company:
From a small inclusive restaurant to an international project
Ethik Connection was founded in 2003 by Edouard de Broglie, a specialist and author about innovation and Social Responsibility. As an Entrepreneur, Edouard was successful on the IT and NTIC market and decided to reinvest its profits in a useful idea. He met many foundations all over Europe looking for a good fit. He finally met with blind foundations in France, Germany and Switzerland organizing dinner in the dark to raise awareness about disability.
The concept was originally developed in 1997 by Michel Reilhac in cooperation with Paul Guinot, a major blind foundation in France. As an ex-marketing expert for major communication groups as Young & Rubicam or Havas, Edouard immediately understood the high potential of the concept as a business useful for people. He proposed Paul Guinot foundation to set up a model for a profitable company employing a high percentage of visually impaired people.
A few months later, without any banks, investors, public or charity support, the first permanent private restaurant in the dark open in Paris, rue Quicampoix.
Success was really fast thanks to a huge national and worldwide press support for the venture and their clients did the rest with an intense word of mouth. Soon the restaurant will be booked up to two month in advance.
Dans le Noir ? expanded over Europe with permanent restaurant in London, Barcelona, St Petersburg, Madrid, Auckland and all over the world with pop up restaurants in cities like New York, Bangkok, Riyadh, Nairobi, Geneva, Warsaw, …
As an independent group Ethik Connection / Dans le Noir ? is now expanding through different activities:
Dans le Noir ? Restaurant – Dining in the dark guided and served by blind people
Dans le Noir ? the Spa – Living a real moment of relaxation and well-being thanks to our professional blind masseur
Dans le Noir ? Sensorial Shops – Tasting in the pitch darkness high quality food selected by a team of sensory experts
Dans le Noir ? Blind Tasting Awards – The very first selection of sensory quality products based on blind tasting in the dark
Dans le Noir ? Otra Vista Social Club – Organize parties all over the world to mix people with difference through a brand new innovative concept
Ethik Connection also develops a B to B expertise with 3 main departments:
Ethik Event – Events department with extensive expertises in blind tasting, other sensory experiences and inclusion of diversity
Ethik Management – Training and consulting to improve productive difference integration at work
Ethik Image – Communication through Social Responsibility and Difference / Strategic planning to transform social responsibility into a profitable business
The group has around 70 permanent staff members including management, not including franchises and temporary staff. 50% of our staff has a disability…but we prefer to say differently abled!
With more than 1.5 million guests throughout our various experiences, Dans le Noir ? became one of the disability's largest positive awareness experience in Europe and the world, and has remained a profitable and independent company since 2004.
"Even if Australia is very far from France, it is not a very different country culturally speaking! French and Australians share a lot of common interests such as wine, sailing and playing sports… It's a pride to open the first restaurant in the dark in Australia and to bring this fantastic experience to you.
We were lucky to find here with Rydges on Swanston, a great partner sharing most of our values.
I hope the restaurant will be as successful as in London, Paris, Barcelona, Madrid and many other cities where we became famous. I think Australians are curious about taste and cuisine. I am also convinced that they are sensitive to social innovation and fair economy.Dans le Noir? is a fantastic environment to socialise with a more free and authentic communication, eradicating preconception and shyness.
It's a once life time experience. Like it or not… but come in and try once! As we often say in our company: "A good experience is better than a long speech!" … and Shakespeare to close the speech …"There is no darkness, but ignorance !"
Edouard de Broglie – Chairman Ethik Connection group – Founder of Dans le Noir ?


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For the first few days after treatment, the treated tooth may feel sensitive – especially if there was pain or infection before the procedure. Discomfort arising from a root canal can usually be relieved with over the counter medications such as Advil, Tylenol or Aleeve. The healing process may take several days, but the pain and discomfort will gradually subside.
If antibiotics are prescribed, continue to take them for the indicated length of time, even if all symptoms and signs of infection are gone. If a rash develops, please discontinue use and call our office.
Continue regular brushing and flossing.
If we placed a temporary filling in your tooth, please avoid chewing on the area. Chew on the other side of your mouth until the soreness settles down. Often a small portion of the filling wears away or brushes off, but if the entire filling appears to be missing, call our office for a replacement.
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Prez Sirleaf orders LAC Agreement renegotiated
(elbcradio.com/Liberia/Feb. 4, 2014)-President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has instructed the relevant Ministries and Agencies to review the Liberia Agriculture Company Concession Agreement.
President Johnson-Sirleaf said: "The Grand Bassa County Legislative Caucus recently reminding me to intervene in the matter."
Speaking at the retreat held over the weekend in Bomi County, she said: "The renegotiation of the LAC Concession Agreement was long overdue."
"The Grand Bassa County Legislative Caucus wants the concession agreement re-negotiated, using the Firestone-Liberia model to ensure changes that would compel the company do more for the people," the
Liberian Leader also said.
When contacted, National Investment Commission Acting Chairman, George Wisner, noted: "The renegotiation process was already underway."
The president's order follows a recent fatal industrial accident at the rubber plantation company.
The water boiler explosion left at least six persons dead and nine other workers of the company severely injured.
The injured workers are currently undergoing medical attention at the Seventh Day Adventist-run Cooper Hospital in Sinkor, a Monrovia neighborhood.
Over the past few years, Grand Bassa County Representative, Byron Brown, continuously advocated for the renegotiation of the LAC Concession Agreement.
Representative Brown had insisted on the agreement's renegotiation on grounds that it did not meet present-day realities.
The LAC Concession Agreement was signed 50 years ago in 1965, during the administration of Liberia's 18th President, William V. S. Tubman.
The rubber plantation company's establishment in Liberia clearly manifests one of the economic benefits of the "Open Door Policy," introduced then by President Tubman.
The Tubman's Open Door Policy was aimed at attracting foreign investments to Liberia to strengthen the nation's economy for speedy national development.


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Fiat-Allis 65 Motor Grader Service Manual (Complete)
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The Fiat-Allis 65 Motor Grader Service Manual includes specifications, step-by-step instructions and accurate illustrations to aid mechanics with any mechanical, electrical or hydraulic repairs. The complete service manual was carefully reproduced from the original dealer manual and is a must for mechanics repairing or rebuilding the Fiat-Allis 65/M65 motor grader to the manufacturer's standards. This service manual is also referred to as the shop manual or repair manual. View the service manual on your computer or print off pages as needed.
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D262 Diesel Engine
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- Cooling System
- Electrical System
- Fuel System
- Air Cleaner and Intake and Exhaust Manifolds
- Valves, Valve Operating Mechanism, and Cylinder Head
- Front End and Gear Train
- Flywheel and Ring Gear, Adapter Plate and Crankshaft Rear Oil Seal
- Lubricating System
- Camshaft, Camshaft Bearings, and Valve Lifters
- Pistons, Piston Rings, Connecting Rods, and Connecting Rod Bearings
- Crankshaft and Crankshaft Gear, Main Bearings, and Main Bearing Caps
- Cylinder Block and Cylinder Sleeves
- Engine Removal and Installation
- Engine Disassembly and Assembly
- Fits and Tolerances, Torque Specifications, and Stud Gauge Heights
- Troubleshooting
- Service Tools
Moldboard Drawbar Circe and Scarifier
- General Description
- Lubricant Specifications
- Troubleshooting
- Hydraulic System
- Drawbar
- Circle
- Circle Turn Assembly
- Moldboard
- Scarifier
- Fits and Tolerances
- Service Tools
Engine Clutch, Transmission and Rear Axle
- General description
- Lubricant Specifications and Capacity
- Troubleshooting
- Engine Clutch
- Transmission
- Rear Axle
- Fits and Tolerances
Fuel Injection Nozzle Assemblies
- Description and Operation
- Testing and Adjusting Nozzle Holder Assembly
- Disassembly Procedure
- Inspection of Parts
- Reconditioning Procedures
- Reassembly Procedure
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Hydraulic System
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- Principles of Hydraulic System
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- Hydraulic Pump
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- Hydraulic Motor
- Control Valve
- Hydraulic Circuit Relief Valve
- Steering Hydraulic Cylinder
- Moldboard and Scarifier Lift Cylinders
- Wheel Lean Cylinder
- Fits and Tolerances
Front Wheels, Axle and Wheel Lean
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Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune is going to recruit for the post of Junior Hindi Translator.The candidates may apply till 20th January 2017.
PB-2 (₹ 9,300 - 34,800) with Grade Pay ₹ 4,200/-. Total Monthly Emoluments as per the 6th Pay : ₹ 39,000/- gross (Approximately)
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6 KEYS TO CHOOSING MT KILIMANJARO CLIMBING ROUTEReplyDelete
To choose the right Kilimanjaro Climb route for you, there are plenty of variables to be mindful of.
• Who: Who is climbing? The whole group's abilities must be factored into choosing a route. The rest of the party is relying on your decision. Pick a route that best fits everyone.
• What: What limitations surround your climb? Are you bound by a budget? Or the number of days on your trip? There are cheap/expensive routes, and short/long itineraries.
• How: How do you see your trek? Do you want the most challenging route or a less strenuous one? These answers will affect which route is for you.
• Where: Where do you want to begin your climb? The routes start from all sides of the mountain. Where you begin affects cost, scenery and scenic variety.
• Why: Why are you climbing? Is it very important to summit? Then choose a route with a high success rate. Do you want to take the best photos? Then pick the most scenic route.
• When: If you are climbing during the dry season, great. But if you are climbing during the rainy season or the shoulder seasons, then the route you select can play into the climb's difficulty.
So Which is the best route to use to climb up kilimanjaro? Lemosho Route and Rongai Route are the most scenic routes up kilimanjaro. Mt Kilimanjaro Machame route is also a scenic and very popular route with many climbers.
The Marangu Route Climb is however the most used route since it has the advantage of sleeping in huts with bunker beds, hot showers, beverages and beers in the evenings are also available. Marangu is also the shorter route and can be done in 5 days although an extra day for acclimatisation is recommended.


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The HSBC Bank Canada is a part of the HSBC Group that has its headquarters in London. The group has its presence in 82 countries of the world. The HSBC Bank Canada along with all its subsidiary financial organizations, offers a wide range of services in Canada.
The HSBC Institutional Investment Management is a part of these services.
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General Information About SUNY College at Plattsburgh
The State University of New York College at Plattsburgh prepares a diverse population of undergraduate and graduate students for a wide range of professional pursuits, responsible citizenship, and ethical life based on a strong foundation in the liberal arts. The college is a selective public institution offering an affordable yet high-quality education. SUNY Plattsburgh supports students in the discovery and cultivation of collaborative leadership in their chosen careers and communities. We challenge students to think, learn, and excel through both close interactions with an outstanding faculty and staff and participation in rewarding experiential learning opportunities. We are committed to academic excellence, ethical values and practice, lifelong learning, and responsible citizenship in a sustainable global community. SUNY Plattsburgh contributes to the cultural enrichment and economic development of the Northeastern New York region. Academic programs, recreational activities, and community involvement and services embrace our distinctive location - near Lake Champlain, the Adirondack Mountains, and Canada. Vision Statement We will be the public comprehensive college of choice by transforming lives through teaching, learning, research, and service.
Institutional statistical data was gathered from the U.S. Department of Education - Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, 2009-2010.
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Special Learning Opportunities
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Cape Town
What you need to know before you go
Cape Town reclines on a sunny peninsula on South Africa's glittering southwest coast. Here, outdoorsy types can explore the rugged trails of the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, adrenaline junkies can abseil down the soaring Table Mountain, while those seeking relaxation can find it on the silver sands of Blouberg Beach.
The city's vibrant blend of cultures is best sampled in a local restaurant or lively market, while its past can be discovered in numerous historical landmarks. A trip to Robben Island, the prison where Nelson Mandela was once held, makes for a somber yet captivating experience.
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10 Best Things to Do in Cape TownSkaityti
Cape Town is a breezy bay city at the very southwestern tip of South Africa. With its wholesome environment preserved by the efforts of its city and locals, Cape Town has some incredible scenery to behold. The region has rich, fertile grounds where wildflowers and wildlife thrive.
South Africa has come a long way, indeed. Today, you'll see locals take pride in their love of sports, tribal heritage, diverse cuisines and its hard-won stories. For those planning to visit Cape Town or thinking about going, here are some of the absolute must-dos that'll convince you to book your tickets today.


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The town wakes the next day and tries to pretend that nothing happened. All across town, people are preparing themselves for miracles they have suddenly come to expect. Their fantasies are beginning to come to life. Tesla has been directed by Fletcher to retrieve the last vial on Nuncio, and she leaves for the mission at noon. Meanwhile, the Jaff sends Tommy-Ray to reclaim the last vial of Nuncio as well.
In chapter two, Joyce has told Howie the story of what happened above the cave in the flood water. Joyce says that Tommy-Ray is completely lost. Jo-Beth goes outside and Howie follows her, promising to save Tommy-Ray with her, since that is what she feels she needs to do.
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Single Mom: I Don't Owe You Anything
I'm not quite sure when I created the rules that govern my daily existence but they're there, mostly guilting me when I make questionable decisions that I'm coming to realize aren't really that questionable.
They have pretty much everything to do with what everyone else thinks and how everyone else will perceive me, and not necessarily what I really want or need. Or better, what's best for me.
I'm thoughtful and kind and respectful of everyone else's feelings which takes away the tender loving care that I need.
But lately, I've been doing my best to change that. Case in point: I sort of pulled a Berger this past week.
You will get this reference if you watched Sex and the City, specifically the episode when Carrie's on-again-off-again boyfriend, named Berger, broke up with her using a post-it note on her laptop, which drove her crazy, and her friends crazy, and pretty much all women in a America crazy.
Now in my case, it wasn't a boyfriend, or really, someone who I'd dated for very long. And while I felt like there was a connection, a friendship even, the signs were clear that not only was it not going anywhere but it really wasn't healthy for me to continue on in it.
And so, I wrestled with doing the "right thing" and discussing it in person, or at least, over the phone (since it was a bit of a long distance relationship), and the rules I have about these things just kept hammering me over the head until I realized what do I care? So, I wrote him an email — a very short, to-the-point nice email — and that was it.
Even typing that out right now makes me feel like a terrible person or at least, an unkind person, and now I'll be the girl that broke up with him over an email, but… so what?
Now Berger probably owed Carrie way more than I owed this person, but in the end, I suppose he did what he felt like he could handle. It was all he could muster and while it seemed sucky and wrong, maybe that's what he needed for his own self-preservation.
I certainly don't want to have some sort of reputation as being a careless, cold-hearted person. I know that part of who I am is thinking a lot about others, and treating them (and yes, even random strangers) with love and kindness and I don't want to lose all of that.
But the energy I'm spending on worrying and thinking about what everyone else might think is sucking me dry.
And I need that energy for myself. And my kids.
If that means breaking up with someone over an email rather than causing myself heartache and pain trying to do it the right way, so be it. And really, what is the "right way" to break up with someone anyway?
These days, I've been doing my best to remind myself that I don't owe anyone anything. I'm beholden to my dear friends (and business partners), my family, my kids, and myself.
I can't control what other people will think of me, nor should I try.
Better, I'm going to use all of that energy to take care of the ones I love, including me, so that I'm a better mom, friend, and hopefully partner. They should get (and deserve) the best of me, and not a guy I only knew for a couple of months.
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Tom Everett Scott has joined the cast of ABC's new show Good Christian Belles.
The drama stars Leslie Bibb as Amanda, a recently-divorced single mother who returns to the neighbourhood where she grew up.
Scott has now signed up for a recurring role, Deadline reports.
He will play a man who went to high school with Amanda and her classmates but was considered a nerd. However, he is now a multi-millionaire.
Scott starred as Russell in Southland and has appeared in shows such as Law & Order, ER and Sons of Anarchy. He recently worked on the ABC comedy pilot
Good Christian Belles also stars David James Elliott and Kristin Chenoweth, who recently admitted that she does not think it is like anything else on television.
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The stigma of print hampers our ability to acquire talent — even though we're not really hiring on that side of the house. We're a media company and our digital business has taken off. So I was rather surprised to hear today that we had so many open positions for software engineers and developers. We're hiring. Aggressively. Here.
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Nimi Akinkugbe is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Bestman Games Ltd, the African distributor of customized editions of Monopoly, Hasbro's world famous game. The City of Lagos Edition of Monopoly, the first African city edition of Monopoly, was launched in December 2012. Subsequently, the Nigeria Centenary Edition was launched in February 2014. A Calabar edition will be launched later this month.
Nimi enjoyed a successful banking career spanning 23 years first at Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc where she rose to the position of General Manager and Head, Private Banking and subsequently at Barclays Bank Plc as Regional Director (West Africa) for the Wealth & Investment Management Division and Chief Country Officer for Nigeria.
Achieving financial security ranks as a major source of anxiety and Nimi seeks to empower people regarding their finances. Through her recently published book 'A–Z of Personal Finance', the Monopoly board game, speaking engagements, television and radio appearances and social media, she offers frank, practical insights to create a greater awareness and understanding of personal finance and wealth management issues. Through these fora she has been able to empower people to take responsibility for this important aspect of their lives.
Nimi is the personal finance columnist for Genevieve Magazine, a leading Nigerian women's lifestyle magazine and is a regular contributor to Business Day, the Punch Newspapers, The Guardian Newspapers and Forbes Africa. Her articles are regularly featured in a host of other publications, websites and blogs including Bella Naija, Lagos Mums, Eden Lifestyle and The Edition, a Kenyan publication. Nimi holds a Bachelors Degree from The London School of Economics (LSE) and an MBA from Lagos Business School (IESE). She also formalised her interest in music by obtaining a Piano Teaching Diploma (ARCM) from The Royal College of Music, London.
Nimi is a Director of The Play Pen (Child Development Centre). Other Directorships include, The Daisy Management Centre, House of Tara, and Financial Derivatives Company.
She is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Ajumogobia Science Foundation, a member of the Executive Council of Women in Management, Business and Public Service (WIMBIZ), and a member of the Artistes Committee of the Musical Society of Nigeria (MUSON).
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"I am a seeker, documenter, cataloger and communicator of my particular time walking (and swimming) on this planet: our global culture is in the process of life-altering change, and I feel that my work bears witness to this."
About The Artist
Pam Longobardi is an internationally acclaimed artist, scientist, and activist currently living and working in Atlanta, and is a Professor of Art at Georgia State University. In both public and private collections, with exhibitions across the globe, in museums, galleries and public spaces, Longobardi continues her collection, examination and exposition of the physical marker of the Anthropocene, the drifting plastic object. In 2014, Longobardi was awarded the title of Distinguished University Professor, and has been named Oceanic Society's Artist-In-Residence.
About The Work
The Drifters Project is a collaborative global artistic research-based initiative involving the accumulation, documentation, and transformation of oceanic plastic into installations and photography. Longobardi provides us with a visual statement about the engine of global consumption and the impact of plastic objects on the world's most remote places and creatures. With Ephemeral Coast, Longobardi will speak to her Drifters Project in Ottawa, Canada, alongside the first Canadian exhibition of her work. She is also a contributor to a workshop held at the University of Ottawa to engage scholars, researchers and activists in interdisciplinary discussions around the changing state of the world's oceans and coastlines.
Pam Longobardi was the Feature Artist in the 'Junk Ocean' issue of Drain Magazine, which was published in dialogue with Ephemeral Coast. Click here to see her interview with Celina Jeffery.


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It's tax season again….. a perfect time to review the financial benefits of owning a home.
Owning a home makes a lot of "cents" especially around tax time. Many home-related expenses are tax deductible and, believe it or not, you can even enjoy the tax benefits when you sell your home....
7 Pieces of Good News from Last Week!
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- Interest rates drop this week: why? The Feds, forecasted that we would have at least 250,000 new jobs this month we only had 126,000, this is disappointing for the job market, but, rates have dropped, meaning good news for the consumer, especially those in the housing market!
NEW CONSTRUCTION COMMUNITIES FOR THE Americans that are getting older AND are still active and healthy!
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As baby boomers come into their 50s, 60s and 70s, the country faces big changes. By 2040, the number of Americans 65 or older will expand to more than 79 million—up from just 40 million in 2010.
NAHB forecasts that the share of households headed by someone age 55+ will increase through 2019 to account for more than 45% of all U.S. households. These ever-growing ranks of empty-nesters, new retirees, grandparents and active seniors create an opportunity for builders across the country to meet the special needs and preferences of 50+ buyers looking to relocate, downsize their homes or find a new senior-friendly community....
Housing market expected to bloom in the spring
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Experts anticipate that the housing market will blossom this spring.
Experts anticipate that the housing market will blossom this spring. Between strong job growth and Freddie Mac's March 2015 U.S. Economic and Housing Outlook, real estate might hit a home run during the upcoming warmer months....
REAL Trends February 2015 Housing Market
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Design Your Own Home!
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Your local Builder Trade In Agent has a powerful new tool to help you design and visualize your new construction home!
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The Mortgage Bankers Association announced in late February that housing is poised for stronger growth in 2015. Yet mortgage interest rates remain low. Should you lock in a rate now or see what happens?...
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The New Home for 2015
Design trends in the new construction home market have been evolving over the last few years but some trends remain steadfast such as the demand for open living spaces which is expected to grow into the foreseeable future. But one of the most significant changes in new home design is that homes are actually getting smaller according to a survey by the NAHB. New single family homes are expected to be about 10 percent smaller in size with the average size to be approximately 2,152 square feet. The reasons for this dramatic change is that new home buyers are focusing on their finances and want lower heating and cooling costs. The baby boomer generation no longer requires huge amounts of space....
FHA does the Right Thing-Finally
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If there was ever a time to applaud the government and FHA (Federal Housing Administration) it is now. After making record profits from the MIP insurance increases which nearly doubled, FHA decided to cut those fees by 50%. The change has not only increased the number of FHA originations but also increased the number of refinances, which increases bottom line profit....
New Construction Growth - December 2014 growth has builders anticipating continued growth in new year
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Evidence of an improving housing market continues to emerge.
Evidence of an improving housing market continues to emerge. The number of applications for U.S. home mortgages is on the rise and data from the U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development indicates U.S. single-family home starts increased impressively in December 2014....


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Multi-national Cirrhosis Study to Characterise the Association Between the Pharmacokinetics of NRL972 and Disease Severity.
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00794482
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : November 20, 2008
Last Update Posted : October 8, 2009
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|Drug: NRL972
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|1200 participants
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|A Multi-centre, Multi-national Open Study in Patients With Hepatic Cirrhosis to Characterise the Association Between the Pharmacokinetics of NRL972 and Disease Severity.
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|March 2008
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- Drug: NRL972
Single dose of 2 mg NRL972 administered intravenously. Total volume 5 mL.
- Influence of CTP staging on the pharmacokinetics of NRL972 in patients with cirrhosis. [ Time Frame: Single dose, 2-5 day follow-up ]
- Inter-subject relationship between the pharmacokinetics of NRL972 and other parameters used to define the severity of hepatic cirrhosis [ Time Frame: 2-5 days ]
- To assess the safety and tolerability of 2mg NRL972 administered by intravenous injection to patients with hepatic cirrhosis [ Time Frame: 2-5 days ]
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|18 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
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Subjects meeting the following conditions will be eligible for enrolment:
- Patient has given his or her written informed consent to the study participation, prior to study specific procedures
- Male and female (non-child-bearing potential = post-menopausal or medically adequate contraception)
- Ethnicity: any
- Age: 18 to 80 years of age
- Patients with histologically established diagnosis of hepatic cirrhosis and available histological material for review by the central histopathologist or a CTP score greater than or equal to 10 points plus an objective imaging study (CT or NMR scan) within 3 months of the screening visit with a confirmation of hepatic cirrhosis (scans are collected and reviewed), but excluding patients with the diagnosis of primary biliary cirrhosis, primary sclerosing cholangitis and cystic fibrosis-associated liver disease
- Present CTP-class A, B or C
- Medically fit to undergo the protocol-defined procedures without undue risk and discomfort
- Predicted life-expectancy greater than or equal to 6 months by clinical judgement
Exclusion Criteria:
Subjects of any of the following categories will be excluded from enrolment:
- Previous participation in this trial (except for scheduled re-testing in relation to technical difficulties with initial test)
- Participant in any other trial during the last 90 days
- Donation of blood during the last 60 days or a history of blood loss exceeding 300 mL within the last 3 months
- Any donation of germ cells, blood, organs, or bone marrow during the course of the study
- History of any clinically relevant allergy (including hypersensitivity to the trial medications)
- Presence of clinical relevant acute or chronic infection (other than chronic viral hepatitis, if applicable)
- Use of confounding concomitant medication
- Presence or history of any end-stage (co-)morbidity (excluding the effects of hepatic cirrhosis) such as: malignancy and clinically relevant systemic diseases
- Suspicion or evidence that the subject is not trustworthy and reliable
- Suspicion or evidence that the subject is not able to make a free consent or to understand the information in this regard
- Primary biliary cirrhosis and primary sclerosing cholangitis
- Cystic fibrosis
- Previous liver transplantation or intended liver transplantation within 6 months after enrolment
- Patients having undergone previous transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) or portocaval anastomosis (PCA)
- Patients who are employees at the investigational site, relatives or spouses of the investigator
- Current drug, or medication abuse
Special restrictions for female patients:
- Pregnant or nursing (lactating) women, where pregnancy is defined as the state of a female after conception and until the termination of gestation.
- Women of child-bearing potential, defined as all women physiologically capable of becoming pregnant, including women whose career, lifestyle, or sexual orientation precludes intercourse with a male partner and women whose partners have been sterilized by vasectomy or other means, unless they meet the following definition of post-menopausal: 12 months of natural (spontaneous) amenorrhea or 6 months of spontaneous amenorrhea with serum FSH levels greater than 40 mIU/m or 6 weeks post surgical bilateral oophorectomy with or without hysterectomy or hysterectomy or are using one or more of the following acceptable methods of contraception: surgical sterilization (e.g., bilateral tubal ligation, vasectomy), hormonal contraception (implantable, patch, oral), and double-barrier methods (any double combination of: IUD, male or female condom with spermicidal gel, diaphragm, sponge, cervical cap)
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00794482
|University Hospital
|Essen, Germany, D-45147
|Responsible Party:
|Vice President, Clinical Development, Norgine Ltd
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00794482 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|November 20, 2008 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|October 8, 2009
|Last Verified:
|October 2009
Liver Cirrhosis
Pathologic Processes
Liver Diseases
Digestive System Diseases


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I follow the New Horizons Pluto probe Twitter feed, and recently it linked to a graphic showing where the spacecraft is right now:
Man, is that way out in the black. The probe is now closer to the orbit of Uranus than it is to Saturn, though both planets are over a billion kilometers away from New Horizons right now. The solar system is frakkin' BIG (if I may mix my colorful scifi metaphors). If you're still not sure just how roomy things are out there, even at its current speed of 16.5 km/sec (10 miles/sec) -- fast enough to cross the entire United States in five minutes -- New Horizons won't pass the orbit of Uranus until March 18, 2011, more than a year from now. Neptune's orbit isn't until August 24, 2014. One thing to notice: from this point of view, planets revolve around the Sun in a counterclockwise fashion. Given the position of Pluto, you can see the two are heading for a close encounter soon. Well, for a sufficiently broad definition of "soon": July 14, 2015. Space is big.


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The next time you hear someone complain about the crowd at your usual American sporting event, you can take some solstice in the fact that, at least, crowds aren't chanting racial slurs.
Earlier this month, Hungary's soccer federation fined Ujpest FC $23,250 because its fans chanted anti-Semitic slurs during a league match. The federation also suspended the referee for failing to take action.
Last month, Messina's Ivory Coast defender Marc Zoro was reduced to tears by Inter Milan fans' racist slurs and boos in the Italian league and threatened to walk off the field. Some Inter Milan supporters shouted racist abuse again in the next match.
This sort of thing is the not-so-secret shame of European soccer. HBO's Real Sports did a story on this a few months ago where they spoke with Thierry Henry, one of the world's top players, who was near tears describing some of the insults he's had to withstand. You haven't really been shocked by behavior at a sporting event until you've seen video of fans throwing bananas at black players or making monkey noises when they touch the ball.
FIFA, the world governing body of soccer, has been vowing a crackdown. But just last week, Lazio forward Paolo Di Canio made a fascist salute during a match. he was given a one-match ban. Sepp Blatter, the head of FIFA, is looking for more.
Blatter said legal experts at world soccer's governing body would decide in January what measures are needed to strengthen FIFA's anti-racism laws. National soccer federations will then vote on the proposed regulations at FIFA's annual congress next year.
"We need to start to deduct points from the team," Blatter said Tuesday. "It could also mean suspension. It could also mean exclusion."
Soccer for much of its history has been an outlet for feelings and opinions that can't be expressed in normal settings. But the same can be said of sports in America, and somehow we don't still have this problem.
Race is still a huge, huge problem here. But at least in this one area, we seem to be at least a little bit ahead of the game.


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At the Only Edge that Means Anything / How We Understand What We Do
by Dennis Brunning (Associate University Librarian, Arizona State University)
Annals of Analytics: Usage Data
Library use is like Donald Trump's delegates. We've got plenty but somehow they get no respect.
My own library drowns in numbers. We've got millions and millions of article downloads.
eBook use isn't too shabby either.
Why be surprised, the industry and its customers, librarians, are a massive knowledge engine.
Yet ask anyone in academia, even high mucky mucks, and everyone says they get all their information from Google. Thank you.
What's the deal?
Well, borrowing from David Weinberger's observation that there is a library size hole in the Internet we can state a corollary. There is a huge leak in publisher Websites, flowing from Google, pooling in Dropbox and other cloud redoubt.
Check with your usage people, I'll bet numbers, especially STM downloads, are huge. Who is even tracking views? Requests arrive from many places, mainly Google Scholar. So why doesn't this use lift all ships, that is, get our users to applaud us?
Our users, myself included, search Google and find much library content on the open Web. We can blame Sci-Hub, but c'mon, it's much bigger than that.
Sci-Hub easy? You'd have to be a professional skip tracer to find it. Find it at best, it's bad aggregation. It's about as easy to use as the "tear here" instructions on convenience store aspirin packets.
Our stuff is easier to open than bitty aspirin packs, often (sorry OA advocates) as economically priced, and more often than not the results of a highly efficient search engine.
Still the "got it Google" bias or hyperbole lingers.
What we need is the right data. User data is the money machine for Web companies. We need to know where they are coming from. Good that they find our content through our search engines; great if they find our content from any search engine. Fundamental if we learn we've poured billions into the greatest open access repository the world has ever known.
Annals of the Reader's Advisor(y) Bookbub
Bookbub gets me. Yes. Everyday, around 9am, Bookbub emails me at Gmail and I get a half dozen eBooks — mostly Amazon and Apple iBooks — recommended. The suggestions are okay but when combined with a steep discount — those impulse buys at $1.99 are addicting.
Less than two bucks beats library free. Even if it is a library eBook there's so much work involved in choice, in logging on, in remembering to go the library Website. Go to the library itself? Please!
And Bookbub gets me in no way that I get myself. It's not Amazon's know-too-much about me approach that suggests titles from other readers. I can only sing "you ain't me." And Amazon doesn't know $1.99 unless we are talking about self-published books. Clicked on any of these? You've really got to enjoy reading to read these eternal beta versions. There is no shortage of creative intent in Kindleland.
Bookbub promotes and refers books. They make money from authors and publishers. Promotional fees aren't cheap so low retail priced books seldom get promoted in my Bookbub feed. Rather, I get selections that often find me clicking "buy" when interest intersects with a darn good price.
If I read the FAQ for authors and publishers correctly, Bookbub categorizes books over 52 genres that resemble BISAC classification. As I buy I suspect Bookbub tracks my purchases by categories then shoots any new deals that fit my purchases and offers them up.
This approach has become quite on point for me. I get at least two selections each day that I'm likely to buy. Content intersects with an iTunes like price point. My eBook shelves are filling like those days I used to buy books for a quarter at Goodwill. And no silverfish!
Yes, Bookbub gets me. And it gets me in way that my library doesn't. I feel Melvil Dewey turning in his grave. Unless of course that in his everlasting rest he has an iPad and a Bookbub membership.
Downloads from the Zeitgeist
Negative Rates — Central banks throughout the world are lending money to banks at zero to minus zero interest rates. This quantitative easing keeps a lead lid on inflation and makes money cheap. The idea is to promote economic growth while holding inflation at bay.
Unfortunately, growth in jobs or capital expansion has occurred; instead companies hold on to cash only to spend while buying up competitors.
Negative rates are the new normal. It explains the M&A in our industry. This is good business; as about the only customers for many of these companies, we should expect no less. We should also expect some price relief. Or some awesome tech advancement at modest cost.
Lo and Behold — sounds biblical but deployed by Werner Herzog as the title of a new documentary on the Internet, it's a play on the first message sent via the Internet. The time and place was UCLA engineering, room 3041. A military grade steel case server stands tall and 1950s-ish in a corner. There. UCLA. 1950. Yet to be released, nevertheless the good parts flow as snippets all over said web. Self-defined a non-user, Herzog sees the Internet as an extreme environment capable of social media's "massive, naked onslaught of stupidity" to a once-in-a-millennium existential event. Herzog is after ecstatic truth of what most of us take for granted not the accountant's truth of a Waze estimate of commute time. "Have the Thai monks stopped meditating? They all seem to be tweeting…"
GE — General Electric? — a smart series of TV ads sets young geek graduates against a world convinced that innovation is exclusively about "digital." An old school Dad cajoles his tall skinny coding graduate to lift Grandpa's sledge hammer; same kid faces his friends insisting in vain that trains powered by GE turbine engines require intricate programming. The message:apps haven't disrupted industry — don't forget to send your CV to GE.
Wrong — the assumption that our predictions play out right may be wrong and all those forecasts may turn out some variation of wrong. Or so says Chuck Klosterman in his new book, But What if We are Wrong. Klosterman's thesis isn't new — that we have no idea of what now will be important in the future or what will be wrong or plain forgotten. Chuck is a cultural critic so mainly he challenges us on such questions of how important rock music will be — is it here to stay or will the Beatles go the way of John Phillips Sousa — a side influence. Something to ponder as we work out our ideas of the library's future.
Library Sized Hole in the Internet — Ever since Internet clairvoyant and pundit, David Weinberger, coined the phrase in a 2012 OCLC interview, I've kept my eyes peeled for said hole. I'm familiar with holes, real and metaphorical, by having dug many according to my parents, worked construction, dug foxholes in ROTC, and paid my dentist a mint for those holes called caries. Also found that philosophers concern themselves with holes as a peculiar form of absence. This I discovered on the Internet from sources I would describe as library sources. I learn that we look more closely at things when they disappear. Holes are a great place for things to disappear. Are we looking closely?
Technology Doping — Olympic swimmers, especially the Gold Medalists, break records in waters stilled from drag producing waves over waters deep enough for optimum buoyancy. Smart pools through smart design. So why can't our industry use the cheap money to produce smart UI, heck, smart content. Yeah, an Olympic award winning Website…
Edtech — so new it confounds spellcheck, so promisingly vast, Fintech places a global 5 trillion valuation, we're talking an uberization of every teacher, professor, university administrator. Why? Well just about every educated parent feels a kid could learn more, faster, and safer with a computer and an Internet connection; every taxpayer lusts to be unburdened from subsidizing the teaching of someone else's kid, and legislator's can only smile. How? Oh, apps of course, free information, regulated access pipes, and interactive visual learning that scales. Never? Sure, every trillion dollar reference is either debt or Silicon Valley bubble, but, heh, here comes my Uber ride, while I refinance via Rocket, eating a Calzone Jimmy John's delivered to me wherever…