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Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Must see JQuery Example - amazing
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Sunday, December 28, 2008
ASP.NET MVC Linklist
- http://blog.wekeroad.com/
- Exploring System.Web.Routing
- Setting up authentication in asp.net MVC
- Using System.Web.Abstractions in Your WebForms Apps
- ASP.NET MVC Request Flow
- Hierarchical Treeview with ASP.NET MVC & jQuery
- ASP.NET MVC Tip #1 - Accessing TempData from a ViewUserControl
- ASP.NET MVC Tip #2 - Redirecting to another action and passing information to it
- ASP.NET MVC Tip # 3 - Getting an Absolute Url Using an Extension Method
- ASP.NET MVC Tip #4 - Handling Multiple Form Actions on One View
- ASP.NET MVC Tip #5 - Submitting an AJAX Form with jQuery
- ASP.NET MVC Tip #6 - Code Snippets for Quickly Testing Routes
- ASP.NET MVC Tip # 7 - Using a CAPTCHA with MVC (http://www.coderjournal.com/2008/03/aspnet-mvc-captcha/)
- Using the ComponentController in ASP.NET MVC CTP 2
- Fluent Filters, IQueryable and Linq To Sql for Easy Data Access
- HowTo: ASP.NET Chart Controls mit ASP.NET MVC nutzen
- HowTo: ASP.NET MVC Projekt erstellen (erster Einstieg)
- HowTo: ASP.NET MVC - Was ist es und warum sollte man es sich anschauen?
- LINQ to MSI - Part 0 - Introduction
- Linq to SQL Wish List
- # 7 - (re)Creating your DB with Linq's DataContext for testing
- TDD Tips: Test Naming Conventions & Guidelines
- # 8 - Introduction to Mocking with Moq
- 3 mistakes to avoid when using jQuery with ASP.NET AJAX
- Implementing the Repository Pattern with Linq-to-Sql
- Mocking LINQ to SQL DataContext
- Code Generation Tool (SqlMetal.exe)
- More In LINQ to SQL with the Repository Pattern
- LINQ to SQL - Implementing the Repository pattern
- Getting Expressive: Digging deep into Expression Trees Part 1
- Getting Expressive: Digging Deep into Expression Trees Part 2
- Linq to SQL DataContext Lifetime Management
- Business Object wrapper around LINQ to SQL
- Visual WebGui and a LINQ to SQL quirk
- LINQ and Entity Framework Posts for 2/4/2008+
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Justin Etheredge: How To Guarantee That Your Software Will Suck
Justin Etheredge wrote an article: How To Guarantee That Your Software Will Suck
here is an overview:
1) Don't give your developers the tools they need to do their jobs.
2) Just jump right in, plans are for chumps.
3) Set strict deadlines on projects that will take "tens of thousands of man hours".
4) Spend hundreds of hours writing ridiculously detailed documentation.
5) Refuse to buy them more than one monitor.
6) Buy cheap hardware.
7) Keep asking them to multi-task.
8) Write everything yourself.
9) Expect your developers to sit quietly in front of their computer 8 hours a day.
10) Purchase tools without consulting those who will have to use them.
some of the points i absolutely agree with :-)
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Labels: agile project, definition, development, general, project management, project principles
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server Power Tools Explorer Extensions
I'm not a 100% sure but I think this is getting installed with Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server Power Tools:
Especially I like the comparsion with workspace version :-)
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Labels: tfs, tfs power tools extension
TFS - Customizing Process Template's - especially iterations!
I don't know how much hours I spent over the last few day's with TFS (Team Foundation Server) and the configuration around it. I can't understand why Microsoft is making this so hard while alternative products of Microsoft are easy for installation and handling (e.g. Visual Studio / SQL Server / any many more.....)
Let's talk about customizing TFS process templates. You don't need to but I strongly suggest you download the "Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server Power Tools". Once you have installed Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server Power Tools you have a additional menu items below Tools->Process Editor.
Before you launch this you will have to download one of the provided Process Templates:
- MSF for Agile Software Development - v.4.2
- MSF for CMMI Process Improvement - v.4.2
To download a Process Templates you will have to choose from the menu: Template Process Manager
The output will saved as the following Print Screen display:
Now you can go back to your Visual Studio Menu and select: Tools->Process Editor
and select the File ProcessTemplate.xml on your disc.
You gone be surprised what you gone see !!!! At least I was it.
As long as you don't change anything within the iterations it should work when you make your changes save the file and upload it again over the Process Template Manager. But in case you are doing CHANGES AT ITERATIONS you gone face problems upon creating task when you try to add a new TFS Project Wizards.
The error you gone see in your TeamProjectCreation log file looks like this:
---begin Exception entry---
Time: 2008-12-21 14:09:12ZModule: Work Item TrackingEvent Description: TF26214: Cannot save the work item. Fields with errors: Iteration Path;IterationIDException Type: Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Client.ValidationExceptionException Message: TF26202: Iteration Path is not a valid area or iteration path. In the Team menu, click Team Project Settings, and then click Areas and Iterations to review the valid area and iteration paths.Stack Trace: at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Client.WorkItem.PreValidate() at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Client.WorkItem.PreBatchSave() at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Client.BatchSaveHelper.BatchSave(WorkItem[] items)
--- end Exception entry ---
How do you handle this.
- Close your Process Template Manager
- Navigate to your Location on the disc where you have saved your Process Template and from there you navigate to the folder: Work Item Tracking
- Open the file: workitems.xml
- Now you have to replace all "$$PROJECTNAME$$\Iteration 0" with the iteration you have created, in my case it is:
- Upload and overwrite your Custom Process Template and you will be able to create your new project.
I hope VSTS is going to put a lot of efforts to make all this stuff much easier!
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Labels: customizing, tfs, tools
XHTML & List of HTML/CSS Services
Some links around XHTML / CSS Services on the web:
- http://snook.ca/archives/html_and_css/html_css_services/
- http://www.snook.ca/archives/html_and_css/commoditization_of_html/.
- http://www.mostsliced.com/
Prices are between 150 USD up to 700 USD
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Friday, December 19, 2008
TFS, Reporting Server & Sharepoint
I have spoken over the last few weeks with a lot of people about Team Foundation Server / Reporting Services and Sharepoint WSS 3.0.
Microsoft have tried to do all efforts to create a very detailed installation help how to install TFS in all various modes but my personal conclusion is if I see how much people are running around the forums - why the hell they are not able to make one simple Next -> Next installer which will at least cover the basic mode and one for the distributed mode.
If you think how much hours the industry have spent on installing TFS and how much money this cost then it would make sense to me.
The next thing which I don't really like about TFS is the underdevelopment of maintenance tools. You have to grab everything together and more then that with all the hours TFS group people spending on the forums they could create amazing administration tools which would make much easier to the industry.
What are my expectations? Well I work daily hours over hours with Visual Studio and SQL Server Management Studio, why they make those fancy and amazing Tools but they are not able to manage it to develop such a tool within TFS - sad!
I life like the rest of the community in the hope that they gone invest for the next version some time for that stuff.
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Labels: tfs
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
TFS, Reporting Server & Sharepoint
Does your interface complain about IReportViewerMessage? I searched whole-over my web.config files to identify and finally I found it in my Sharepoint Server web.config file: The bad thing is: Since 3 day's i haven't experienced any difficulties with this solution but who knows when it ill come.
I didn't do much else then to comment this line and tried to run it again. Ohh good, the good thing is:
The bad thing is:
Since 3 day's i haven't experienced any difficulties with this solution but who knows when it ill come.
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Labels: reporting server, tfs
MSBuild and MVC - does not work?
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Labels: agile project, asp.net, mvc, tfs
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Easly reading RSS Feeds or ATOM Feeds with System.ServiceModel.Syndication in C# with .net 3.0
Less code lines are almoast not possible! But one leak is available; the load method always download the full items and there is no option only to download item headers.
The formatted version is also available at my website: http://www.ronischuetz.com/code/reading_rss_atom_feeds.html
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
using System.Xml.Linq;
using System.IO;
using System.Net;
using System.ServiceModel.Syndication;
using System.Xml;
namespace ConsoleApplication1
class Program
static void Main(string[] args)
DateTime start = DateTime.Now;
List<string> urls = new List<string>();
foreach (var item in urls)
TimeSpan d = DateTime.Now - start;
private static int counter = 0;
private static void Reader(string url)
SyndicationFeed blogFeed = null;
// Read the feed using an XmlReader
using (XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create(url))
// Load the feed into a SyndicationFeed
blogFeed = SyndicationFeed.Load(reader);
catch (Exception ex)
if (ex is WebException ex is XmlException)
// Handle bad url, timeout or xml error here.
Console.WriteLine("Handle bad url, timeout or xml error here: " + ex.Message);
Console.WriteLine("second case: " + ex.Message);
// Use the feed
foreach (SyndicationItem item in blogFeed.Items)
Console.WriteLine((++counter) + " " + item.Title.Text);
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Labels: .net, asp.net, C#, code sample
Monday, December 01, 2008
Intersting approach: Protecting images on the net
It is disheartening to read how images shown on the internet can be taken and used by others. Is there a way of displaying images so that they cannot be downloaded?
Checkout the following link for more information: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/askjack/2008/nov/27/protecting-photos
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Labels: protect images
Getting Started with the ASP.NET 3.5 Chart Control
The new Chart control can generate charts without a lot of work on your partDan Wahlin (Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for ASP.NET and XML Web Services) is a .NET development instructor and architecture consultant at Interface Technical Training. Dan founded the XML for ASP.NET Developers site, which focuses on using ASP.NET, XML, Silverlight, AJAX, and Web Services on .NET and runs smartwebcontrols.com. Dan has co-authored/authored several different books on .NET, including ASP.NET 2.0 MVP Hacks, Professional ASP.NET AJAX, XML for ASP.NET Developers and is currently working on a new book on Silverlight 2. Dan blogs at http://weblogs.asp.net/dwahlin.
checkout the following link for more info: http://www.ddj.com/windows/212200721
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FC: Happy Mommy's Day Madre! May 9, 2010
1: My mommy is pretty, as pretty as a kitty.....
3: Like Mother Like Daughter
5: "There is no friendship, no love, like that of a mother for her child."
6: Children and Mothers never part-bound in the beating of each other's heart
7: Daughters are little girls that grow up to be your best friend...
8: "A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take."
9: Happy Mommy's Day
10: Love
11: I love You
13: Happy Mother's Day
14: "Mothers hold their children's hands for a while - their hearts forever."
16: "A lucky few have a mother like you. Mothers are flowers in the garden of life." - Thomas Fuller
17: My beautiful Madre
19: Memories
20: "A mother's love perceives no impossibilities"
22: "A Mother's love never ages."
23: "M-O-T-H-E-R "M" is for the million things she gave me, "O" means only that she's growing old, "T" is for the tears she shed to save me, "H" is for her heart of purest gold; "E" is for her eyes, with love-light shining, "R" means right, and right she'll always be, Put them all together, they spell "MOTHER," A word that means the world to me. -Howard Johnson"
24: "We Laugh, We Cry We Make Time Fly Best Friends we are, My Mom & I"

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Apex Institute of Education offers a range of courses that are taught by maintaining a balance between theory and practical. It is extremely important in today's world that students be given hands on experience of the courses that are being taught. Our classes are conducted in an interactive manner where students are encouraged to ask questions and participate in class discussions.
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Musical Theatre, Vocal Coach
Rebecca Montanaro has had a lifelong passion for music. She graduated from Brock University with a Bachelor of Arts in Music as well as her Grade 8 Piano, and Grade 2 Theory through the Royal Conservatory of Music. Rebecca has a solid musical foundation with a proficiency in many instruments including the piano and french horn. Rebecca has performed in choirs, as a soloist and in instrumental ensembles. Over the years Rebecca has had a great deal of experience in Musical Theatre and some of her performances include Grease, Don't Drink the Water, Princess Ida and Trial by Jury with the Savoy Society of Ottawa and Anything Goes with Oshawa Little Theatre.
Rebecca has taught children at both recreational and competitive levels.
She teaches private vocal lessons and runs a musical theatre summer camp. Rebecca is the vocal coach for Steve Maclean Public School's Annual Musical as well as the creator and administrator of the school's Glee Club.
Rebecca has worked tirelessly with students both individually and in larger ensembles to perfect their performances to standing ovations! Her positive attitude and ability to understand the individual needs of her students make her an exceptional vocal coach. She strives to make sure that each and every one of her pupils feel (and sound!) like stars.


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Read my review of Ron's memory system here...
Over the years, US Memory Champion Ron White has provided hundreds of hours of advice on memory techniques through his presentations, articles, interviews, and of course, through his legendary memory training program.
For convenience, I've gathered together here a bunch of my favorite tips from the master of memory. Some of them are especially helpful for mastering memory-intensive games, while others (like how to remember names!) are incredibly useful for daily life...
I got two hundred and thirty-two out of two hundred and thirty-five, it's the most I've ever done. I've done more than a hundred names on many occasions and you can too.
I instruct our live two-day seminars and I never access a single note. That is seven hours each day and 14 hours total, and I never use a single note.
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Field Research Technician
- Organization: CIMMYT - International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
- Location: Nepal
- Grade: Mid level
Occupational Groups:
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- Closing Date: 2018-06-15
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The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, known by its Spanish acronym, CIMMYT®, is a not-for-profit agricultural research and training organization with partners in over 100 countries. Please refer to our website for more information: www.cimmyt.org
CIMMYT is seeking an experienced professional to support Nepal Seed and Fertilizer (NSAF) project funded by USAID. The project aim is to increase food productivity of cereal based cropping systems including high value crops via formulating site specific fertilizer recommendations, efficient fertilizer application technology identification and applied, and enhancing capacity of stakeholders in seed and fertilizer value chains.
Major duties and responsibilities
- Implementing and maintaining experimental trials in collaboration with farmers, project personnel, and public and private sector collaborators.
- Helping operate, maintain, and repair appropriate farm machinery.
- Accurate and timely data collection on soil, crop, and other associated parameters—including standard soil and crop laboratory measurements, and frequent data entry using Excel.
- Providing project personnel with frequent data summaries, graphing, and statistical analysis.
- Assisting project personnel to develop training modules and outreach materials
- Coordinating, and often leading, technical trainings and demonstrations for farmers and service providers.
- Coordinating and ensuring smooth logistics for field days/other community outreach events.
- Maintaining good communication links with all key project personnel as well as farmers and public-private sector partners.
- Managing data as specified by the Project Coordinator.
- Preparing data and research reports.
- Undertaking other project-related tasks as needed.
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- The post holder is required to have a Bachelor degree or equivalent knowledge in Agronomy or other relevant discipline.
- Thorough knowledge of conducting agronomic field work and of mechanical farm equipment.
- Ability to understand and implement administrative and operating protocols and procedures of research support functions.
- Skills and ability to independently supervise and manage farmer-led on-farm agronomy research.
- 1 to 3 years experience – Requires conceptual knowledge of theories, practices and procedures within the fields of agronomy and soil science.
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Incomplete applications (without CV and cover letter) will not be taken into consideration and any inquiries through telephone will not be entertained.
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Killzone release on the PS4 with its glorious next-gen graphic and polish, unfortunately it did nothing to improve the gameplay and innovate on a overused FPS formula from the Xbox360/PS3 games. It reminded gamers that have fatigue of the same COD/Battlefield formula that we actually want gameplay/experience improvement over graphical/polish.
Titanfall might actually break the mold and deliver us with the true next-gen innovation in gameplay and refinement in what made us love FPS in the first place but more importantly gives us a fresh new take on the experience.
Microsoft is also delivering with the New XboxOne Titanfall Bundle for those gamers still on the fence.
Sure Sony could counter by offering a Infamous Second Son bundle at $399.99. But, given the choice I'd rather play Titanfall then Infamous.
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The Hungarian translation for Knight is Huszár and Lovag .
Other possible / similar Hungarian translations may be Ló .
|Translations in other languages:
|Bosnian: konj and vitez
|Croatian: konj and vitez
|Danish: ridder and springer
|Dutch: paard and ridder
|Esperanto: kavaliro and ĉevalo
|Finnish: ratsu and ritari
|French: cavalier and chevalier
|German: Ritter and Springer
|Greek: ιππότης
|Hebrew: פרש
|Icelandic: riddari
|Italian: cavaliere and cavallo
|Japanese: ナイト and 騎士
|Latin: eques
|Polish: rycerz and skoczek
|Portuguese: cavaleiro and cavalo
|Russian: конь and рыцарь
|Slovak: jazdec and rytier
|Slovene: konj and vitez
|Spanish: caballero and caballo
|Swedish: knekt and riddare and springare
|Turkish: at and şövalye
|Ukrainian: кінь and лицар
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Here are the responses from Jonathan, the Library Director, to all the 265 comments received on the 2012 LibQual survey. Where necessary, individual names and identifying information have been removed. The comments have been grouped into major themes. Frequently your comments touched on more than one topic, in which case a single comment may be extracted from a longer comment.
Books, Journals, and the Library's Collection
The Website and Online Search Tools
Individual Comments and Questions
Jonathan's Response: I am happy to that there are 49 positive and 14 negative comments about service. So, while we take the negative ones seriously, we take at least take some comfort in that more than 3:1 ratio. It is also great to see specific individuals complemented for their service. Everyone in Olin works hard to provide the best service possible and I am happy to see that many of you recognize that.
Jonathan's Response: Yikes! I am sorry to hear that anyone has had these experiences. It is certainly not our aim. It is clear from these comments and from the numerical results of LibQual that, although we are providing great service to many of our users, we still have some work to do. We are planning to address these issues as a group. I am concerned to see comments like, "I know this complaint won't do anything." Your comments and complaints do make a difference. If anyone has a bad experience in the library we certainly want to know. The more specific and immediate you can be, the better, because that gives us the opportunity to work with the individual staff involved and make immediate changes.
Jonathan's Response: Thanks for all these kind words. The ILL Specialist, most recently, Denisa Metko, and now Kristen Arnett, with their trusty band of student employees, have continued to do a great job. We have invested in software like ILLiad and RapidILL that has helped them work efficiently and reduced the turnaround time on requests so that now, on average, it takes less than four days to receive a journal article and less than ten days to receive a book. If you have not yet used ILL, it is how we get you copies of materials that are not available on campus. It is free and unlimited. Give it a whirl.
Jonathan's Response: The 24/7 access to the main floor seems to be popular (we are seeing usage of between 100-150 people per night.) As usual, you are a tough crowd to satisfy and would like the whole place open 24/7. However, that would be very expensive. Money that would have to come from somewhere -- fewer books and journals? Fewer staff members to help you? Higher tuition? None of those seem like good solutions. We constantly monitor usage of the building. Last semester, as in previous years, we opened the whole building for 24/7 access before and during exams. We will compare usage during that period with our regular 24/7 traffic to see if that should continue. It is clear some people would prefer some quiet space available 24/7 and we are considering how to meet this need, so stay tuned.
Jonathan's Response: We certainly have heard your request for more group study rooms. In previous years we have gradually added more group study rooms by moving staff from certain rooms into shared spaces. However, in the last year the College has undertaken the renovation of the Bush Building and the occupants of that building had to go somewhere. The Psychology Department came to the Olin Library and that meant repurposing three group study rooms. In addition in January 2013 another group study room will go offline as Tutoring & Writing Consulting joins us in Olin. Rest assured all of the group study rooms temporarily used to house Psychology will be returned to student group study use by the end of the summer of 2013 and we are looking for ways to actually increase the number of group study rooms. Stayed tuned. As for single persons "renting them out," our guidelines are clear: groups have priority over individuals, so if you find a room with just one person in it, feel free to ask them to move or ask a staff person to do it for you.
Jonathan's Response: Well, we are delighted to see the many positive responses you have to the renovated space (both the Center for Creativity and the main floor renovation.) In the spring Susan will be repeating her study of how the space is being used after the renovation so we hope to get a more complete picture of this and then make any necessary adjustments. Some spaces are clearly tighter than we might have liked, but we wanted to make sure we maximized the seats available to students.
Jonathan's Response: Thanks for these comments. They have all been passed on to the appropriate staff in Dining Services. The Cafe has expanded its hours since the renovation, but we are constantly working with Dining Services to see if they can expand them some more. However, it is a business and they have to at least break even. As for their food and drink selection, the only limitations that we have placed on Dining Services is that they cannot serve hot food (too smelly) and cannot use a blender (too noisy.) Finally, it is clear you appreciate the staff but would appreciate them being a little quieter. We agree and continue to make that point.
Jonathan's Response: OK, we have a real mixture here. More big study tables in areas where you can talk in groups. More individual study carrels on quiet floors. We should be able to move some things around so that we can accommodate that. But then some people seem to like couches and others tables. I guess you can't satisfy all the people all the time! As for the big leather chairs, those have moved up to the 3rd floor and the Pillow and the Tower Rooms on the fourth floor. They seem to be getting a lot of use up there. Oh, and by the way, clocks for the main floor are on order.
Jonathan's Response: The library is probably louder this year because some people who might previously have studied in Bush have moved over here, but frankly noise is a persistent problem in most libraries. Clearly many of you want quieter spaces to study and want help ensuring quiet in those areas. This is what we are already doing: the 3rd and 4th floors are designated as quiet floors and there is signage indicating this, including many humorous table top signs. Users are encouraged to self-police this by asking others to respect the quiet spaces. Obviously some of you would prefer staff to regularly patrol the area and enforce quiet. But that would be expensive and would lead to the library staff (as they were in the past) being regarded as the 'Library Police'; something we want to avoid. What to do? Well, as I say elsewhere in response to a furniture comment, we can move some furniture around so that group study furniture is located in non-quiet areas and individual carrels are located in quiet ones. But that is only going to take us so far. In the long term we hope to be able to create a Silent Study Room that might help those folks who want a really quiet space. In the short term we are always willing to intervene and ask noisy people or groups to tone it down, you just have to ask.
Jonathan's Response: We are constantly working with Facilities to adjust the temperature in the building. As you can see from these comments some places are too hot, others too cold, and this will vary by time of day and time of year. The Tower Room (up where the warm air rises and surrounded by windows) is a particular issue. We have passed all these comments on to Facilities, but all I can suggest is dress in layers and bring a sweater with you.
Jonathan's Response: The single copy print setting was a campus-wide IT setting and you will be delighted to hear that they have removed the restriction. We agree, the printing process can be a little cumbersome because you have to individually login. But unless we can somehow limiting printing and assign print jobs to specific individuals experience has shown that we all print an even crazier amount of stuff. Think of the trees people! As for printing from laptops, your wish has come true. Go to http://webprint.rollins.edu. I have passed all your comments to the staff in Information Technology. If you have individual problems with printing, I suggest you contact IT one more time. It should not take weeks to get a response.
Jonathan's Response: We continue to buy thousands of books each year and add them to the collection. In addition we also have about 70,000 e-book titles in the catalog. We also use interlibrary loan (ILL) data to see whether there are book titles that we do not own that are being ordered repeatedly. We've now added a question to the ILL book request form to ask you, "Would you like to recommend that this book be purchased by the library?" If there are particular titles you need for your studies, do not hesitate to suggest them. However, we are not going to specifically buy textbooks or books that are required for classes (although we obviously own a lot of those same titles.) This is because students are generally expected to buy or rent their textbooks. We would have to buy enough copies to meet the needs of all students enrolled in a course and this would not be very good use of our funds. As for books that might be out of date, we are constantly reviewing the collection for such titles and they are removed (after rigorous review involving faculty and librarians) when found. We are also finding ways to continually expand our online journal collection. Finally, let me address some of the specific titles, and subjects, you mentioned. Classical and Broadway recordings; have you taken a look at the Classical Music Library and Naxos? Online access to the Orlando Business Journal; we are currently negotiating with the vendor to see if this can be arranged. We will be keeping IPA Source and I have passed your comment about Sibelius on to IT. There are a number of Biology students who ask for more titles and we are working with ILL statistics and the Biology faculty to work out what is missing, or what you have not found yet. (It sounds like you're aware that we provide online access to Science, Nature, PubMed, etc.) Scopus is great, but we have a lot more sources of biology journals that that. Have you taken a look at Science Direct and Web of Knowledge?
Jonathan's Response: Even though the renovation of the main floor increased the number of computers by a factor of three, the creation of the Center for Creativity did the same, and the wireless network has been increased fourfold in strength, we still see some demand for even more machines. The labs have been heavily scheduled this year because in general technology is becoming infused throughout the curriculum and, with the Bush building offline, more classes have been scheduled in Olin labs that previously would have been in Bush. That should change after summer 2013. We now have three computer labs on the main floor of Olin, two of which have been renovated in the last few years and we hope made less uninviting and prohibiting with art of the walls and different paint and carpet colors used. We are committed to continue to upgrade the labs, and all spaces in Olin. Finally, IT is investigating wireless access in the Tower Room. Our goal is to provide access to the network throughout the building. So, if you find dead spots, please let us know.
The renovation of the main floor increased the number of computers in that space by a factor three. Those computers cannot be scheduled and include the same software and access as any other general computer lab. We hope this eases the problem of users being forced to interrupt their work. However, as noted elsewhere, that space can get noisy, so we are interested in exploring the idea of computing on quiet floors. Obviously, the wireless network extends to most, if not all, spaces in Olin and now you can print from laptops and mobile devices we expect to see more use of those machines in other -- including quiet -- spaces. But we will also be investigating whether or not to install more desktop machines on other floors.
Jonathan's Response: Again, mixed messages here; some people find R-Search confusing, others want even more resources to be accessible via that service. Think of R-Search as Google for libraries, it indexes approximately 90% of the fulltext resources, books, and archival materials, we make available. But like Google, unless you are doing a very simple search, it helps to be aware of some sophisticated search techniques. Make use of the facets available on the left column. For instance, it is easy to get to just "books to use right now" by clicking on the content type facet <books/ebooks> and the library location facet <General Collection.> R-Search should rarely be the only place you search. I agree Google Scholar is a useful resource. In fact, take a look at David Noe's comparison of R-Search and Google Scholar. We encourage you to become expert in searching any of the more than 100 specific databases we make accessible. The numerical responses to this survey indicate that our website is perceived as easier to use and more functional than in the past, but there is always more to do. While we have to maintain a certain style that fits the Rollins web presence style, we are constantly reviewing analytics and conducting usability testing to improve the site. Glad someone likes our use of social media -- if you haven't yet, why not like us on Facebook?
Jonathan's Response: What? No one likes the bikes? Just kidding. Working with IT to check out equipment -- from laptops to bikes and everything inbetween -- has proved very popular. Check out the full range of equipment available here.
There are a lot of comments that don't fit into a sensible category and that I feel demand an individual response, so here goes.
Jonathan's Response: We would love to see such a partnership as well. We tried to get this in place a couple of years ago but negotiations bogged down. I think both sides tried to make it a bit more complicated than it needed to be. We are committed to trying again. Thanks for pushing this. A public library and an academic library pursue quite different missions. We support your educational needs as students, the public library supports the information and entertainment needs of the community. But as individuals we all have both sets of needs, so it makes sense for us to work together.
Jonathan's Response: Thanks. Book sales general cost more than they raise. We work with a non-profit (started by a Rollins grad) called The Book Network. The Network takes all our discarded books, sells them (so that they have a second useful life), and uses the funds to finance their philanthropic work in Latin America. It is a win-win.
Jonathan's Response: We have seen an 11% overall growth in use of this building during the Fall 2012 semester, so people are choosing to use this place! As for your suggestions about what makes a warm and inviting library, we agree. One of our librarians, Susan Montgomery, is charged with maintaining the sense of this place as a community space. In recent semesters she has organized book discussion groups, hosted workshops, and offered free coffee, as well as a host of those initiatives. I am sure she would love to hear more of your ideas, so send her a quick e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Jonathan's Response: We are very excited to welcome TJ's Tutoring & Writing Consulting into Olin. Their services fit well with the Library and IT in a seamless array of services to support the work of all students. We share your concern about space, but the Lakeview Lounge (the old 24 hour area) at the south end of the building will remain open to everyone, including TJ's and will of course be open 24/7. We will certainly be monitoring this over the next few months to see how our services fit together and how the space works for students.
Jonathan's Response: There are a number of one-credit IFT courses in the catalog that cover various aspects of computing technologies and many common software applications. If you want to better understand how to use the library's online resources, a librarian would always be delighted to sit down with you for 30 minutes or an hour to help you navigate the extensive resources we make available. Just stop by or call the Research Help Desk at 407 646 2507 and ask.
Jonathan's Response: I am confused and troubled by your comment. I don't understand how you can love the library, find it a conducive study environment, and yet also find it unwelcoming. What can we do to make you feel welcome? I am serious. If you read this, please get in touch with me (firstname.lastname@example.com 407 646 2306) and let's find a time to talk. This is certainly a place you are supposed to be.
Jonathan's Response: Yikes! "Major blunder." No, tell me how you really think. :) But seriously, the old viewing rooms were consumed by the renovation. Currently, you can check the materials out from the Circulation Desk, if they are on DVD, you can use a laptop (your own or we can led you one of those as well) and a cable to connect to one of the large flat screen TV's in one of the meeting or group study rooms. If it is on VHS (and yes, we still have some of those) we have VHS machines in the Van Houten Room and the Library Meeting Room. We can also lend you headphones. We recognize that this is not as convenient as it used to be and are looking into more flexible solutions like setting aside a few rooms with the machines already set up, and in the long term, finding a streaming video solution.
Jonathan's Response: We agree. It also gets cold in winter and warm in summer. But isn't it a lovely spot? We have a plan in place to renovate the space including the lighting, but frankly with the location and all those windows it will always be a problem to air condition it effectively.
Jonathan's Response: There are approximately 4,000 books in the Reference Collection that surround the main floor in beautifully designed build-in wooden shelves that showcase how much we value books. There are another few hundred popular reading books and a few hundred new books (which change every week as we buy more) on similar shelves facing the stairs and elevator on the main floor. Finally, the large table in the lobby is reserved for a small selection of new scholarly books designed to tempt you to stop and perhaps pick up a title that interests you. So, no, hardly, "not a book in sight." The librarians and staff try hard to convey to students that books are important, as are other information formats.
Jonathan's Response: This comment was not about library service, but we have passed it on to the appropriate department.
Jonathan's Response: Ah, that is sweet of you to say such nice things, but you certainly can ask for more. As with any profession involved with information -- journalism, publishing, teaching, and telecommunications, to name just a few -- librarianship is undergoing great change and we see no end to that process. So expect to see more changes in the years ahead.
Jonathan's Response: Up until 1/1/13 College policy and Florida law has required that there be no smoking within 25 feet of a building or entrance. The library has tried to sensitively balance the interests of smokers and non-smokers by asking individual smoking outside the library to use the table towards the far end of the patio. As of January, the College has installed five smoking locations around campus, which will be the only places in which smoking will be allowed on campus. So you are going to be even more unhappy than you are now. Sorry. The library will continue to politely ask individuals smoking outside the library to move to the closest smoking location, which is between the Olin Library and the Cornell Dining Center down towards the lake. We are not dictating life choices just asking people to pursue those life choices in a location that does not disturb their colleagues.
The rest of the comments are general in nature and only require one response: a sincere thank you for your kind words.


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This outfit in its entirety could describe as "the perfect vintage find". Everything that I am wearing (except the Talbots shoes and Forever21 earrings) was purchased at a thriftstore or vintage clothing boutique.
The Dress
I found the dark blue lace dress at a local rummage sale. On the hanger, the dress looked like an enormous, frumpy colonial costume. However, the more I looked at this garment and studied its material and composition, the more I realized its potential as a stunning gothic-chic maxi dress. And who could resist the tantalizing $1.00 price tag?
The Vest
The long, burnt-orange brocade vest was purchased at a thriftstore near Baltimore Maryland, on a weekend-long visit with some relatives. I was immediately drawn to the exotic fabric and "vintage dressing gown" style of the piece, and took it home for a mere $4.00. Standing in front of my closet one day, I happened to hold up this vest next to the aforementioned lace maxi dress, and knew that they were destined to be worn together.
The Hat
Last year, I was digging through a box of old scarves and stained gloves at the local Salvation Army, when I pulled out this lovely Dr. Zhivago-esque faux fur Russian hat. Mentally jumping up and down with delight, I rushed to buy this baby for just $1.00, and have been loving it ever since.
The Bangles
Bangle-collecting has become a recent obsession of mine. Over the past month or so, I've acquired over two armfuls of these brightly-colored beauties. Most of these were picked up at various thriftstores for pennies; I've purchased a few of them at a downtown vintage clothing store for under $10.00 each.
The Belt
I bought the black and gold seashell clasp belt at a rummage sale ages ago for $1.00. It has become an important staple in my wardrobe over the years-I have no idea what I would do without it! The gold chain belt was purchased at a holiday bazaar last month for a quarter. Originally a necklace, I decided to try a little innovation and wear this gaudy dazzler around my waist for some Old-World glamour.
Mwah! Mwah!
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The band of the week is one of my favorites, the Music Tapes! I always enjoy seeing the Music tapes perform, but this time was especially special. The band had a custom circus tent made for their shows! The tent was there, and so were games, prizes, bells, and blindfolds.
The game where you had to ring the bell by tossing a penny while blindfolded was really difficult, but I did hear some people win this game!
We didn't get to the Flood game, cos the show was ready to start! We went into the tent and were treated to cartoons before the show began.
There were many different "acts" in the show, so there were songs, then mini performance pieces throughout, sort of like a vaudeville show. This was one of our favorites, a must see! I won't tell too much of what Robby is doing here, but it is so neat - you just have to see the Music Tapes for yourself!
Julian played the singing saw, which is really neat to see. The only other singing saw I saw (haha) at a concert was John from the Coctails!
The snowman portion of the show was especially exciting, too!
Here is the miniature version of the tent within the tent! This was another favorite part of the Music tapes show - when the miniature tent was revealed, and the inside of the miniature tent was shown, I was so excited. I love miniatures, so this was really adorable. I even imagined a miniature version of myself in the tent.
It was so much fun getting to hang out in the Music Tapes tent for a bit! I can't wait to see the Traveling Imaginary again!
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Tunesday Tuesday - the Music Tapes
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A Nor'easter brought snow, sleet and heavy rain to the area on Thanksgiving Eve — one of the busiest travel days of the year — and caused headaches for travelers as they head to their holiday destinations.
"You won't believe how fast things will change," said NBC10 First Alert Chief Meteorologist Glenn "Hurricane" Schwartz. The heaviest snowfall came midday Wednesday as cold air pushed the rain-snow line past Philadelphia.
The deteriorating and rapidly changing weather conditions prompted Gov. Chris Christie to declare a State of Emergency in New Jersey. The declaration activated the state's Office of Emergency Management.
In Pennsylvania, at least two Montgomery County communities — West Pottsgrove Township and Hatfield Township — declared snow emergencies. The snow emergency will last from noon Wednesday until 5 a.m. Thursday for West Pottsgrove, while Hatfield Township's snow emergency began at 11 a.m.
Loud claps of thunder could be heard around 11:30 a.m. in northern Delaware, including Wilmington, and in parts of southeastern Pennsylvania, like Wayne, Nottingham and Kennett Square.
What started as light rain early Wednesday switched to snow in Berks County and the Poconos — the areas expected to be hit hardest by the fast-moving system — and parts of Bucks, Chester and Montgomery counties started to see snowflakes in the morning.
By midday, people reported seeing snow in Philadelphia, as well as suburbs north and west of the city. Flakes began to fly in Delaware around 3 p.m.
Snow continued to mix with sleet and rain as a warm air line rides up the I-95 corridor throughout the evening.
Another burst of steady snow began to fall in the evening but moved out of the area after 9 p.m.
Temperatures sank to about 30 degrees and gusty winds made it feel even colder outside.
The expected drop in temperature led Philadelphia's Office of Emergency Management to issue a Code Blue alert. The Code Blue, which began at 7 a.m., means city officials take steps to ensure the chronically homeless have access to a warm place to stay.
As the system continued to head north and east, a distinct line in the Nor'easter distinguished between the areas receiving snow and those seeing rain.
The Lehigh Valley and outlying suburbs saw snow throughout the entire day — with accumulation approaching nearly a foot in the mountains. The system moved out of our area by late evening hours, but the wintry mix caused problems for travelers on the move for Thanksgiving.
Now that the snow is gone, some areas, mainly north and west of Philadelphia, could see some slick spots on roads due to temperatures dropping a few degrees below freezing.
The National Weather Service issued Wednesday a Winter Weather Advisory. The advisory, which began at 9 a.m. and ended at 10 p.m., was issued for Delaware County and parts of Chester, Bucks and Montgomery counties in Pennsylvania; Middlesex and Mercer counties in New Jersey; and Philadelphia.
The advisory warned drivers of slick road conditions. "Anyone with holiday travel plans is urged to check road conditions before leaving," according to the National Weather Service advisory. "More difficult traveling conditions will be occurring farther to the north and west. Wet Snow could also obscure road signs."
Even though the ground is warm, some snow stuck to roadways as temps drop quickly causing snowflakes to drop onto snowflakes. There were also power outages due to heavy, wet snow which accumulated on trees, causing them to fall on power lines.
Check with NBC10.com for the latest weather updates.


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Rare ecosystems
This gifted place, also, hides a large variety of precious ecosystems. Its volcanic landscapes, wetlands full of migratory birds, sand dunes far away from the sea, grasslands rich in quarries and indigenous plants, and its waterfalls reveal an exquisite beauty and uniqueness.
A different air
Arriving at the island via airplane or boat, a different air welcomes you. Your visit to Lemnos is accompanied by an inevitable and fascinating trip in time.
It constitutes a crossing of civilizations and place where nature joins harmonically with the gentleness of people and glaring light of Aegean tints. Lemnos, imperious and humble at the same time, is waiting for you for anything unforeseen you may ever imagine.
Glowing and windy according to Homer, it blossoms and is renewed slowly and that's why it remains a rare and famous destination. However, it doesn't cease disposing of a singular tourist profile, with new beauties and surprising upgraded services.
Lemnos remains till today touristically unexploited, although there operates one of the most modern airports of Aegean. So, everyone who pursues authenticity in holidays may seize the opportunity to visit it.
ChortarolimniIt is a brackish lake of 2,300,000m2, which belongs to the administrative district area of the village Kalliopi. It is completely dry in summer, but the rest of the seasons it looks like a blue painting in green background, with hundreds singings of Herons, Ruddy Shelducks, Black-winged Stilts and Pied Avocets, which give their own fight for survival.
Rare ecosystemsIn recent years, scientists of the environmental organization WWF HELLAS (Worldwide Fund for Nature) were surprised registering in Lemnos not only the largest in extent wetlands of Mediterranean, but also the best-preserved.
Flora - FaunaNowadays, there are many thorny bushes in the island and in some locations, a rare kind of oak.The total lack of forests is mainly due to cattle-breeding, but also to special geological conditions and strong winds.
During summer, a small sea lily grows in coastal sand dunes. But, take care not to cut it, because it belongs to protected species. Just let it give you its stimulating aroma.


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Many happy returns to the Civic Theatre at Darlington which is about to celebrate 100 entertaining years.
The theatre first opened its doors on Monday, September 2, 1907, as the New Hippodrome and Palace Of Varieties under the leadership of managing director Signor Rino Pepi and has a host of special events lined up to mark its centenary.
Among the first acts to grace the stage was comedienne Marie Loftus, and audiences were charged just 2d for a seat in the stalls.
Over the years many famous names have appeared at the theatre, including Charlie Chaplin, Anna Pavlova, Tommy Cooper, Dame Margot Fonteyn, Rex Harrison, Dame Vera Lynn and - very recently - Mickey Rooney.
To mark the centenary, a celebratory season has been planned for September beginning with an evening to mark 100 years of music and variety in Darlington.
There will also be a play from Sir Peter Hall's own company, based at the Theatre Royal in Bath, and a production by the English National Ballet.
One of the highlights of this special season will be a unique production of a work by Catherine Cookson, in which Darlington residents will perform alongside professional actors.
A gala night is also being planned to ensure the Civic's 100th birthday is celebrated in style.
"The centenary gives us all chance to look back with pride on the long and colourful history of the Civic Theatre," says Lee Vasey, Darlington Council's cabinet member for leisure services.


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The topic model we use to examine the EPSRC Grants on the Web (GOW) database of projects consists of 600 topics. We have had some success in introducing relevance scores to help navigate these by research area group / research area:
However, it would be desirable to have an high level overview of the topic model describing the whole portfolio. Here we describe three possible approaches.
Small Topic Model of Large Topic Model
We used the 20 words in each of our 600 topics as individual documents and generated a topic model from these. As topics seek to cut across documents in the corpus to discover common components, the new model was highly general and meaningless in terms of the subject matter of their member topics.
Small Topic Model of Large Topic Model (Extended)
We concatenated all documents associated with each topic in the 600 topic model giving a much larger/richer set of 600 documents which by definition contained all of the terms from the corpus from which the original model was derived.
The result of making a 60 topic model from these results was far more successful. As with documents to topics, this approach results in topics from the large model being a member of one or more topics in the smaller model. The result of this model can be browsed here:
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Super Topic Browser
Hierarchical Clustering
By taking the mean tfidf vector (see this post for a description of tfidf) weighted by topic proportion of each document associate with each topic, we can derive a tfidf vector for each topic, and therefore a similarity matrix built from the cosine distance between each topic vector.
Hierarchical analysis was performed on this data. As the resulting dendrogram was skewed, clustering to 60 groups resulted in one cluster containing some 492 of the 600 topics, and therefore not a good means of providing an overview of the underlying model.
K-Means Clustering
By using the same similarity matrix derived in the section on Hierarchical Clustering, we can cluster the topics using the k-means approach. This met with more success in terms of balance of cluster size (min: 2, max: 29, mean: 10) and cohesiveness of cluster content. The result of this analysis can be viewed by clicking the following link. Note in this case each topic is a member of only one cluster.
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K-Means Topic Browser
In contrast with the small topic model of large topic model (extended) approach, the clustering approaches require us to choose some appropriate name or label for the cluster, which would ideally be based on collaboration by stakeholders.


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A young woman named Lal Bibi was kidnapped, raped, tortured and chained to a wall for five days by a gang of powerful Afghan police officers. But she stood up to do what women in Afghanistan are told not to -- she is fighting back, and together we can help her and all Afghan women win justice.
According to deep cultural mandates, as a raped woman, Lal Bibi has been "dishonoured" and will kill herself -- and she publicly says she must, unless her rapists are brought to justice to restore her honour and dignity. Afghanistan's justice system routinely fails to pursue these cases and so far the chief suspects in Lal Bibi's case have not been prosecuted, likely in the hopes that international attention will die down. Every day that passes without the prosecutions pushes Lal Bibi closer to suicide -- but there is hope.
This weekend, the US, UK, Japan and other major donors are expected to pledge 4 billion dollars to Afghanistan -- money that will pay for the very police forces responsible for Lal Bibi's rape. But an international outcry can shame donor countries into action, conditioning their aid on real action to fight rape and protect women. We don't have much time left. Sign the petition on the right for change that could save Lal Bibi's life and our petition will be delivered right into the donor conference in Tokyo.
To the US Secretary of State, UK Secretary of State for International Development and the Foreign Ministers of Germany, Japan and Italy:
As concerned citizens across the world, we call on you to ensure strong guarantees for the protection of women's rights in your pledge to provide aid to the Afghan government. We urge you to ensure that any financial aid to Afghanistan is conditioned on an end to the blatant impunity that has resulted in the rape, abduction and torture of Lal Bibi by the Afghan Local Police. Afghan officials must immediately bring her rapists to justice and work to protect women across Afghanistan.
Sign the Petitionn at https://secure.avaaz.org/en/justice_for_lal_bibi_c/?tta.
They want 500,000 signatures; they have almost 400,000 now and have just today to get the rest, I think. They had 168,000 yesterday, when I signed, so I think they're likely to reach the goal, but I encourage everyone to sign anyway, since extra signatures wouldn't hurt.


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Jolie's Bio
Local beach: Uluwatu (Bali) and Kandooma Right (the Maldives)
Favourite Weekend Getaway: Balian Beach, up the west coast of Bali!
Countries travelled: Indonesia, Thailand, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Australia, England, Italy, Amsterdam, France, Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Caribbean and the US
Favourite day trip / activity on holidays: Exploring private islands in The Maldives… untouched, raw beauty!
Next bucket list trip: South Africa


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The Nigerian parliament passed the budget for 2016 on Wednesday, calling for record spending to an economy hit hard by a slump in oil prices, Reuters reports.
President Muhammadu Buhari presented a record $30 billion budget in December but asked for its withdrawal a month later to make changes after a further drop in oil prices.
The total budget has not changed but the deficit has risen to 3 trillion naira ($15 billion) from 2.2 trillion.
"The bill is hereby read the third time and passed. Now it's the point of the executive to faithfully implement it," Senate President Bukola Saraki told the assembly.
Funding of the budget remains unclear as oil revenues, which make up about 70 percent of Nigeria's income, have slumped, whacking its currency and drying up development projects.
In January, Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun Nigeria said Nigeria planned to borrow up to $5 billion from multiple sources, including the Eurobond market, but officials have provided no update since then.
Nigeria has in recent months held exploratory talks with the World Bank and also tried to secure funding from the African Development Bank and China's export bank.
On Wednesday, Adeosun said the government planned capital expenditures worth $1.7 billion alone in the next quarter to revive growth.
The budget is based on an oil price of $38 a barrel and crude production of 2.2 million barrels a day, in line with current output.


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Comments by Richard Almonte
Ryan, as always great video.
But, I am having trouble with credentials need to get in to a secure Soap api. Also, now there is a new version of Savon. I was wondering if you can do a revised tutorial which will include using an action that requires login, if possible.


text: The town of Manětín, denoted as the pearl of western Bohemian Baroque, is first mentioned in written records in 1169 when King Vladislav II (also denoted as Vladislaus II of Bohemia) gave the settlement to the Knights Hospitaller (also known as the Sovereign Military Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta) in Prague. In the late 16th century, the family of Hrobčický of Hrobčice built a Renaissance manor in the centre of the town. A Baroque chateau was built on its site according to the design of Thomas Hafenecker following a fire of the town in 1712. Its owner, Václav J. Lažanský, began the construction of the chateau the ground plan of which resembled an elongated letter "L" and was surrounded by a large chateau park. His wife continued in his efforts and the construction was completed by their son. The chateau is now a museum and its interiors are freely accessible to the public. A roofed corridor connects the chateau with the decanal Church of St. John the Baptist. The south forefront faces the renewed Baroque garden adjoined by the chateau park. The introduction of the pilgrimage tradition is attributed to priest Václav Alexius Pleschner who accompanied Count Lažanský to Italy in 1700, bringing back a picture of the Blessed Virgin of Loreto, a silver print on textile. In 1712, the entire town was destroyed by a devastating fire except for the parish and the miraculous escape was attributed to the picture from Loreto. The picture was displayed on the main altar of the Church of St. John the Baptist and later on a triumphal arch under the crucifix. It has been a part of a small Baroque altar since 1933.


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It's hard to believe it's already spring.
Of course, the weather isn't cooperating with Mother Nature's sense of time. It feels more like January than end of March. What happened to the gorgeous 75 degree weather we were loving two weeks ago?
One of my best friends has been moaning and groaning this last month about how bored she is... about how the days and nights are so monotonous... about how nothing interesting happens anymore.
And while my feelings aren't as extreme as hers, I have noticed that I've carved out a seven block area to live my life, rarely venturing outside those borders. Not on purpose mind you, but because that's just the way my days and nights have worked out.
So, we're going to rediscover DC.
There are tons of free lectures scheduled every night at the various museums in town, not to mention the fabulous Embassy events, and political fundraisers, and charity benefits, and readings at bookstores and the Library of Congress, and musical performances, and live theater.
I've taken my fine city for granted in the latter half of the decade I've lived in DC. I know its museums and parks and monuments are there, whenever I choose to seek them out. Living in Dupont Circle, in a vibrant and dynamic neighborhood, I've fallen into a routine ... rarely venturing out to Capitol Hill or the waterfront or the Brookland neighborhoods.
I'm also known to patronize certain establishments... ie. bars and restaurants where I know the bartenders and/or owners. It's easier to walk into a place where everyone knows your name -- so to speak. And where your friends are sure they'll find you, and you them.
The Washington Post and Washingtonian and Washington Citypaper are constantly reviewing the fabulous new restaurants opening all over the city. I've actually written some of them down, thinking "I've got to go there," only to find out a year or so later that I missed my opportunity because the Brazilian restaurant closed to be replaced by a Thai place.
So to make a long story a little shorter, I think my online identity crisis has passed. I'll be sharing my adventures into these once familiar places. Taking photos, offering opinions on lectures or performances or on the architecture.... in other words, a mishmash.
Sorry for being absent lately. I just had a few things I needed to work out.... a spring cleaning of sorts.


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Christmas poem 2011
John 1:14
In the contradiction of the gods of Mammon and the lords of Misrule
In the pavement legalities of occupation and assertion, injunction and counterclaim
At the interface of tourist and worshipper, occupier and passer-by
He pitched his tent among us.
In another place and time, where the Eagle standard spreads its wings
In the tyrant rule of Herod, toying with Magi and butchering children
At the Royal City – subject today to another occupation
He pitched his tent among us.
In a culture where "reality" is pathos and everything has a price
In the lives of poor and privileged, Pharisee and refugee
At the cusp of history, at this time and at all times
He pitched his tent among us.
Come, transforming Christ, manger born and Spirit led
Take hold of what is tawdry and bring your kingdom's joy
Take lives which ache for vision and instil eternal hope
And pitch your tent among us.


text: December 3, 2014 at 1:23 PM Lady Gaga & Tony Bennett, U2 to play Vancouver, B.C., not Seattle | Ticket alert Posted by Paul de Barros Has your passport expired? If you're a music lover, best take care of that. Two major tours have just announced they will stop across the border in Vancouver, B.C., but not in Seattle. That's right. Rock superstars U2 and the cross-generational juggernaut of Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga both land in Vancouver in May, 2015. Both acts play two nights and the shows are the inaugural dates of their respective tours. More Comments | More in General news | Topics: "Cheek to Cheek", "Songs of Innocence", Lady Gaga


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I can't avoid it: Kiddo and New Kid love superhero books. Since I would like them to explore book about non-licensed characters as much as possible I've put together as list of mom-approved Superhero books, both picture books and chapter books.
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Extraordinary Ernie and Marvelous Maud. Ernie has won a contest to become a superhero! But… hmmmm, his sidekick is a sheep? A very clever and sweet series from Australian author, Frances Watts. Grades 1+
Do your kids like superheroes? One thing that bothers me is that I don't come across (non-licensed) girl superheroes who are the main characters very often. In fact, other that the aforementioned Ladybug Girl, I can't name any, can you?
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
based on the Star Wars series of films by George Lucas
written and directed by Rian Johnson
Rating: 3 / 4
Alright, it's been a couple of months since its release, so now we can calmly talk about Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the sequel to 2015's Star Wars: The Force Awakens. At the time it divided audiences sharply, for many reasons I agree with and which we'll go into in this review. But the main point of contention seemed to be that while fans were incredibly excited to see one of their favorite characters, Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), come back, they were dismayed to see him turned into an old, tired, embittered former Jedi.
Many Star Wars aficionados exclaimed in outrage, "This is not my Luke, this is not my Star Wars!" Perhaps you were one of them, lamenting the loss of a hero that represented integrity, bravery and the good side of the Force. But, as someone who has grown up with all these films, this never struck me as odd or out of character. In fact, just like Star Wars: The Force Awakens echoed Star Wars: A New Hope (1977), so does Star Wars: The Last Jedi serve as a mirror to Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) with Luke now standing in for the exiled Yoda in Dagobah. This in and of itself is not necessarily a good thing (Star Wars: The Force Awakens erred on the side of familiarity), but director Rian Johnson is after something else here: Whereas Yoda reluctantly trained Luke for his confrontation with Darth Vader, Luke refuses to train Rey, in fact constantly telling her why the Jedi should come to an end. It's a smart, literary decision: Luke is an emotional wreck in need of redemption, and his final confrontation with nephew Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) makes his arc come full circle as he gives his life for the Resistance, faith in integrity, bravery and the good side of the Force restored.
In fact, Johnson has taken the Star Wars formula and tried to breathe new life into the saga, much in the same way that Gareth Edwards did with 2016's Rogue One. It doesn't always work, but when it does, it elevates Star Wars somewhere close to art: By far the film's best set piece has Rey (Daisy Ridley) and Kylo joining forces (briefly) to defeat Supreme Leader Snoke (Andy Serkis) and his Praetorian Guard. As they fight, acting, choreography, art direction, costume design, and special effects all coalesce around the color red as both a symbol of anger (Kylo) and strength (Rey). It's jaw-dropping. There are other inspired moments: Admiral Holdo (Laura Dern) rams an enemy ship at light speed, resulting in ten seconds of silent images that are as beautiful as a painting; resistance fighters pilot their ski speeders so close to a planet's surface that they leave streaks of scarlet behind them; as Luke dies he stares longingly at the sunset in a poetic callback to his young self in Star Wars: A New Hope. Aesthetically, Star Wars: The Last Jedi is the best episode since Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.
Not all is perfect, of course. Johnson wants to be free from Star Wars' pre-existing expectations, which is an interesting notion in theory. But it makes little narrative sense with what's been established before. A particularly bizarre scene has General Leia (Carrie Fisher), seemingly dead and floating in space, employing the Force to fly back to safety in a display of power we never knew she possessed. The question of Rey's parentage – "Is she Luke's daughter? Obi-Wan's granddaughter? Ben's sister?" – is resolved (or is it?) in a perfunctory manner that doesn't gel with the way it was set up by previous director J.J. Abrams in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. And how can the ghost of Yoda (Frank Oz) summon lightning, let alone hit Luke in the head with a cane?
Johnson struggles in other areas as well, in particular a subplot involving Finn (John Boyega) and a maintenance worker (Kelly Marie Tran) on a mission to find a "master codebreaker." It's a protracted sequence that's dramatically unsatisfying and feels out of place with the rest of the film (don't get me started on the groan-inducing rescue of a bunch of abused horse-like creatures). There are some thematic issues too. One of the recurring motifs is sacrifice, but its presentation is inconsistent: While Holdo and Luke help the Resistance escape by staging their own respective acts of valor, Finn is stopped in his tracks as he tries to maneuver his craft into an enemy weapon. Why? Because, as Rose puts it, that's "…how we're going to win, not fighting what we hate, saving what we love." Sorry, can't have it both ways. Elsewhere we have Poe (Oscar Isaac), the hothead pilot who could one day be a leader. So at a critical juncture in which many lives are at stake, Holdo keeps him in the dark as to a secret plan. Which leads to Poe staging a coup. Which Holdo and Leia then forgive, since he's been taught a valuable lesson? Yeah, I'm not buying it either. I can see how Johnson wants to have real moral implications in his story and introduce big thoughts into a universe that has forever existed in black and white (Empire vs. Rebellion, First Order vs. Resistance), but he's afraid to fully commit. Guess in the end this is a Disney movie after all.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi is full of ideas, but they are ultimately too disjointed and muddled to really hit. However, in trying to forge something new and move the Star Wars myth forward, it earns its place as one of the most audacious chapters yet.
Carlos I. Cuevas


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Catalog NumberX360.84B
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I feel a need to rant about the John Carter movie, but I didn't quite get the goods together for this week. Therefore, I'll be once again dipping into the well of my Other Blog, in this case presenting a redux of my article from July of last year where I cynically compared finding the right writer-artist pairing for your comics project to the dating scene. If you'd like to read it in its original place, you may click here, but it mostly all depends whether you prefer black text on a white background, or the reverse. Without further ado, here 'tis.
If you read my blog entry last week then you know I was a tad starstruck at the idea of being invited to speak on the same panel as someone like Neal Stephenson. I carried through with it in what I hope was a professional, and, more importantly, thought-provoking manner, but there's that word: professional.
When are you considered a comics professional? When San Diego Comic-Con tosses a badge your way? When people invite you to exhibit at conventions? When your name goes on promotional materials? Do you have to be at the point where making comics is your primary livelihood and source of income and your day job, if any, is "the hobby"? Or is it more of a mental thing? Your attitude towards the work. Your approach as you start getting a sense of how things work in the industry (or at least some part of it)? Let's not go so far as to call it cynicism — how about "empirical experience"?
For example, have I ever told you how lucky I was to have had a willing comics artist basically right in front of my nose? I believe I have, and I also believe I've mentioned how many years we were together before we actually started collaborating. I just didn't know any better, did I?
So for any of you who don't know any better, an analogy: in the comics world, the artists are the pretty ladies at the singles bar. The writers are the guys trying to impress them, because if they don't score a pick-up, well… if we were any good with our hands we wouldn't need an artist.
The trend is everywhere. Any big comics-related forum usually has a message board which equates to a personals page where people are trying to find a partner for their project. Every so often you'll get "Artist ISO Writer" (and there will be many responses in short order), but by and large it'll be the other way around and the writer is going to have to put a lot more effort into their, ah, opening lines. Best if they're offering generous creative credit and even some money to sweeten the deal.
Comic-Con International is hosting a face-to-face meetup which is basically structured exactly like a speed dating session. Five minutes to talk and maybe exchange cards, and at the end of it you get up and move to the next person down. There is a notice:
"Thank you for your overwhelming support of the Comic Creator Connection. We have now filled all the open spots for writers, but still have openings for artists. "
Emphasis theirs. I'm surprised I haven't seen one of these where they offer free drink tickets to any artists that sign up. What if 50 writers show up and only 10 artists? Well, it might be awkward, but let's just say I wouldn't be surprised.
Go through the submission guidelines for just about any comics publisher and they'll be more than happy to hear from an artist looking for work, but writers usually need not apply. If you have a story pitch you're shopping around to the independent outfits, the usual first question will be, "Do you have an artist for this?". If not, you better be an established name or it's almost unheard of that anyone will go through the trouble of hooking you up.
So there's a lot of writers seeking artists out there, because without one, it's even worse than just going home alone… your comics story you want to tell is dead in the water. I've talked to several people at conventions where they've got a great idea, if they could just find someone willing to draw it. If they had the money, well, a lot of artists are ecstatic with the lot of getting paid to draw–suddenly you're not just the random guy at the bar, you're the random guy with the nice suit and the valeted Lexus–but a lot of writers are just as poor as the people they're hoping to partner with. Collaborations without money involved can still happen, but you've got to have a fantastic personality to get past the dreaded line of "Well, when we make it big you'll be part of that". Artists hear that line a lot, and it's about equivalent to "Of course I'll respect you in the morning". You better come off like a guy who's willing and able to cook breakfast.
One last thing I could bring up is the conventions. While I've had artists come by to show off portfolios for critique and occasionally a story tip or two, I've never had one ask me if I'm looking to take on any new writing projects. Contrast that with Dawn, who usually has at least one new business card from a hopeful writer any time I come back from a walkabout. That even happened once when I was present, but that was at Anaheim where we each had a full table so it looked like we might both be artists. If we're together and I'm introduced as the writer then it's probably equivalent to the lady at the bar saying "Oh hi, have you met my boyfriend?". But hey, at least one guy took Dawn's business card and then contacted her later. Several months later, and in a way that seemed like he was probably sending a similar (non-paying) pitch out to everyone he had a card from that could draw–but it's nothing to take personally. He was perfectly polite and, as far as I know, took the rejection in stride. It's not actually sex, after all, it's just the needs of the business.
Although really, if Alan Moore walked up to Dawn and said "Please draw my new comic", all I would probably be able to think of to ask is, "Can I watch?".


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1st Friday keeps you informed about all upcoming events for the LGBTQIAPK+ community ( Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transexual, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, Pansexual, Kink +), even though these events are more focused towards the Gay girl market, everyone is welcome as long as we all respect each others' space.
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Protests erupted in Afghanistan again today over a US pastor's burning of the Koran – the fourth day of demonstrations against the destruction of Islam's holy book in a country struggling to beat back an insurgency led by Taliban religious extremists.
The demonstration in eastern Laghman province briefly threatened to turn into another melee as about 300 protesters brandished sticks and threw stones at police, who in turned started firing shots in the air, according to an Associated Press photographer at the scene.
The protest started in Alingar district and the shouting crowd moved toward the provincial capital of Mihtarlam, where they clashed with officers who wanted to keep them out of the city, said General Abdul Aziz Gharanai, the provincial police chief.
However, the protesters dispersed as officers started firing warning shots and no-one was injured, Gen Gharanai said. The AP photographer also heard no reports of serious injuries.
At least 21 people have been killed in the past three days of protests across the country.
The violence was set off by anger over the March 20 burning of the Koran by a Florida church – the same church whose pastor had threatened to do so last year on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks, triggering worldwide outrage.
The protests began on Friday when thousands of demonstrators in the previously peaceful northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif poured into the streets after Friday's Muslim prayer services and overran a UN compound, killing three UN staff members and four Nepalese guards.
The demonstrations have appeared to awaken a simmering anti-foreigner sentiment in the country, where anger about civilian casualties and international contractors making fortunes off the long-running conflict have worn down the welcome for Western forces over more than nine years of fighting.
Meanwhile, Nato said one of its service members was killed yesterday in an insurgent attack in the east. Nato did not disclose other details or the nationality of the dead. The majority of the troops in the east are American.
The latest death makes a total of 102 Nato service members killed so far this year. In the same period of 2010, 129 Nato troops died.