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Why use Papa Parse?
Privacy advocates also use Papa Parse to avoid having to transmit sensitive files over the Internet. Now all the processing can be done locally on the client's computer. This is especially significant considering some organizations' policies.
As of version 4, Papa Parse is the fastest CSV parser for the browser, whereas it used to be the slowest.
Can I use Papa Parse server-side with Node.js?
Yes, Paparse supports Node. See our READMEfor further details.
Does Papa Parse have any dependencies?
No. Papa Parse has no dependencies. If jQuery is present, however, it plugs in to make it easier to select files from the DOM.
Can I put other libraries in the same file as Papa Parse?
Which browsers is it compatible with?
All modern, competent browsers should support all of the features. However, as usual, use IE at your own risk. It looks like IE 10+ and Safari 6+ should support all the features. Firefox and Chrome should work with all features back to versions 3 and 4. Opera 11 and up should be fine. If you really need to use Papa in old IE or Opera, then keep the fancy features off and you may be in luck.
Can Papa Parse be loaded asynchronously (after the page loads)?
Is it open source? (Can I contribute something?)
Yes, please! I don't want to do this all by myself. Head over to the GitHub project page and hack away. If you're making a significant change, open an issue first so we can talk about it.
What's the deal with fast mode?
Fast mode makes Papa Parse screaming fast, but you wouldn't want to use it if there are quoted fields in your input. Fast mode is fast because it makes one major assumption: no quoted fields. If you don't specify fastMode either way, fast mode will be turned on automatically if there are no quote characters in the input. With fast mode on, 1 GB files can be parsed in about 20 seconds.
Why do non-ASCII characters look weird?
It's probably an encoding issue. The FileReader API allows you to specify an encoding, which you can do using the
encoding configuration property. This property only works with local files and does not apply to strings or remote files. Also see issues #64 and #169 if you're having trouble parsing CSV files generated from Excel.
Can Papa load and parse huge files?
Yes. Parsing huge text files is facilitated by streaming, where the file is loaded a little bit at a time, parsed, and the results are sent to your step callback function, row-by-row. You can also get results chunk-by-chunk (which is usually faster) by using the
chunk callback function in the same way.
How do I stream my input?
Just specify a step callback function. Results will not be available after parsing is finished, however. You have to inspect the results one row at a time.
What if I want more than 1 row at a time?
Use the
chunk callback instead. It works just like step, but you get an entire chunk of the file at a time, rather than a single row. Don't try to use step and chunk together (the behavior is undefined).
What is a stream and when should I stream files?
A stream is a unique data structure which, given infinite time, gives you infinite space. So if you're short on memory (as browsers often are), use a stream.
Wait, does that mean streaming takes more time?
Yes and no. Typically, when we gain speed, we pay with space. The opposite is true, too. Streaming uses significantly less memory with large inputs, but since the reading happens in chunks and results are processed at each row instead of at the very end, yes, it can be slower.
But consider the alternative: upload the file to a remote server, open and process it there, then compress the output and have the client download the results. How long does it take you to upload a 500 MB or 1 GB file? Then consider that the server still has to open the file and read its contents, which is what the client would have done minutes ago. The server might parse it faster with natively-compiled binaries, but only if its resources are dedicated to the task and isn't already parsing files for many other users.
So unless your clients have a fiber line and you have a scalable cloud application, local parsing by streaming is nearly guaranteed to be faster.
How do I get all the results together after streaming?
You don't. Unless you assemble it manually. And really, don't do that... it defeats the purpose of using a stream. Just take the parts you need as they come through.
Does Papa use a true stream?
Papa uses HTML5's FileReader API which uses a stream. FileReader doesn't technically allow us to hook into the underlying stream, but it does let us load the file in pieces. But fortunately you don't have to worry about that; it's all taken care of for you. Just take the results one row at a time.
Can I stream files over a network or the Internet?
Yes, Papa Parse supports this. It will download a file in pieces using HTTP's standard Range header, then pass the parsed results to your step function just like a local file. However, these requests may not work cross-origin (different domain/hostname), depending on the server's configuration.
Streaming remote files also requires the Content-Range header in the server's response. Most production-ready servers support this header, but Python's SimpleHTTPServer does not. If you need a quick and easy server, Caddy will do the trick:
$ caddy
Can I pause and resume parsing?
Yes, as long as you are streaming and not using a worker. Your step callback (same with the
chunk callback) is passed a parser which has pause, resume, and abort functions. This is exceptionally useful when performing asynchronous actions during parsing, for example, AJAX requests. You can always abort parsing in your callback, even when using workers, but pause and resume is only available without a worker.
Multi-Threading (Workers)
Can I use workers for unparsing?
No, unparsing CSV files with workers is not currently available. Workers can only be used for parsing CSV files.
What is a web worker? Why use one?
How do I use a worker?
Just specify
worker: true in your config. You'll also need to make a
complete callback (unless you're streaming) so that you can get the results, because using a worker makes the parse function asynchronous.
Can I use a worker if I combine/concatenate my Javascript files?
When should I use a worker?
That's up to you. The most typical reason to use a web worker is if your web page becomes unresponsive during parsing. In other words, if it freezes and you can't click things or the scrolling becomes choppy. If that happens, some browsers (like Firefox) will warn the user that a script has become unresponsive or is taking a long time (even if it's working properly). If this happens to you or some of your users, consider using a web worker, at least for the large inputs.
However, read the next answer for more info. Using workers has performance implications (both good and bad).
What are the performance implications of using a worker thread?
Using a worker will be a little slower. In Javascript, threads don't share memory. That's really annoying because sharing memory is the primary reason for multi-threading. As such, all parse results in a worker thread need to be copied to the main thread. And if you're parsing a string in a worker thread, that string also needs to be copied into the worker in the first place. (Files will be opened or downloaded by the worker itself, so the input doesn't need to be copied from the main thread in those cases.)
The process of sending data between the page and the worker thread can stall the main page for just a moment. Each thread must also wait for the data to finish sending before un-blocking.
Basically: if you don't have much time, don't use a worker. If you can afford a little extra time, use a worker. It will keep your page from appearing unresponsive and give users an overall better experience.
Can I stream and use a worker at the same time?
Yup. If the input is too large to fit in memory (or large enough to crash the browser), streaming is always the answer, even in a worker thread. Workers keep the page reactive. Streaming makes it able to fit in memory. Use both if you need to.
Can I pause/resume workers?
No. This would drastically slow down parsing, as it would require the worker to wait after every chunk for a "continue" signal from the main thread. But you can abort workers by calling
.abort() on the parser that gets passed to your callback function.
I set worker:true and now I'm getting an error: "window is not defined." How do I fix it?
This is a fairly common issue with configuration and it appears to be related to the use of React or other third party tools. Since this is a configuration issue, the exact steps needed to solve it may vary. See Issue #655 on GitHub for a solution that worked for one person, and for links to other related issues.


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Top luxury fashion house Balenciaga has released its highly-anticipated Track sneaker collection.
The product is a sportier, more functional shoe that would render its infamous predecessor -- the Triple S sneaker -- obsolete.
The Triple S sneaker was labelled the "ugly dad sneaker" because of its chunky appearance.
Balenciaga's new model runs for a cool $850, just a few dollars shy from the price of the Triple S ($895).
The shoe will be available exclusively at Balenciaga's Rodeo Drive location, as well as online at balenciaga.com.

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Map of World with Glaciated Areas
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Map of World with Glaciated Areas is a fully layered, editable vector map file. All maps come in AI, EPS, PDF, PNG and JPG file formats.
Includes: Glaciated Areas, Antarctic Ice Shelf, Longitude & Latitudes and Circles of Latitude on individual layers.


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KOJO launches new CGI automotive content
KOJO, the integrated storytelling business, is challenging and redefining the way car ads are produced.
In keeping with its focus of telling stories like no other, KOJO has broken ground in the digital effects realm, creating computer generated automotive content for Mazda Australia's Mazda 2.
"Taking a proactive approach, KOJO found a new way to produce high-quality car sequences quickly and cost-effectively for Melbourne agency CHE Proximity and their client Mazda," Dale Roberts, CEO of KOJO, said.
Roberts notes how many car ads often require large film crews and can incur many high travel costs.
"Showcasing CHE Proximity's client, KOJO has created a new way for creative agencies and their clients to use any vehicles in any setting, and at any time of year, with full creative and technical control," Roberts said.
"The end result is stunningly high-quality but also cost effective and fully changeable."


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Product Description
Reduced in price because they are a tad shop worn.
Karasu a deep grapey purple, color C in the Raven's Wing color series. Karasu is Japanese for raven. Semi-soild.
Great stitch definition from nicely twisted plies and a sparkling sheen are what make this yarn so special. Soft, strong and beautiful this yarn is especially well suited for shawls, cowls, or scarves.
Matrika project gallery on Ravelry.
80% superwash merino ::20% silk
400 yds ::100g
2 ply fingering weight, super twist
gauge 24-26 sts/4" ::needle us 4-6
hand wash in cool water :: lay flat to dry for optimal care of hand knits
Matrika means "mother" in Sanskrit, the word also refers to a group of goddesses who are always gathered together, it is believed the the goddesses originally personified the Seven Sisters.
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We're back! It's been a week of late nights and stress but we've migrated to a new store and payment provider and the store is once again up and running. A number of mods are unavailable at the moment while we sort some other things behind the scenes, but you can get your HDMI Gamecube on (be quick!) and of course our DIY parts.
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Invite the spirit of Halloween to have a seat on the couch! Halloween decorating couldn't be easier with these (potentially) no-sew pillow covers that are perfect to plump up the cute factor of any couch corner. Grab a pair of pinking shears and a handful of bandanas then you are well on your way to a scary fast seasonal project.
- Bandanas – 2 per pillow
- Pillow form
- Felt
- Heat-n-Bond iron on adhesive
- Buttons
- Iron & ironing board
- Pencil
- Scissors
- Pinking shears
- Straight pins
- Ruler
- Fabric glue (for no-sew)
- Needle & embroidery floss (if sewing)
- Sewing machine
If you don't have access to pinking shears it's not a problem. Straight scissors will do fine. Just be prepared for the fabric to fray more.
Find a shape online like our bat or ghost, or design your own applique.
Trace the applique shape onto the paper side of the iron-on adhesive. Rough cut around the shape.
Iron the shape onto the felt following the manufacturer's directions.
Cut the shape out and iron to the front bandana.
Optional: machine stitch around applique edge.
Attach button "eyes" with embroidery floss or, for a no-sew option, use fabric glue.
Lay both bandanas flat with wrong sides together (right sides facing out). Don't worry if they are not the same size just center the smaller one on the larger one. Pin them together.
Use the measurements of the pillow to determine how long your strips will be (the ones here are 3" long). Cut squares of that length from EACH corner.
Cut 1" wide strips along each side of the bandanas.
TIP: Create a cardstock template to use for more uniform strips.
Lay pillow form in between bandanas.
Start tying strips in square knots. Begin with the corners then the middle two strips of each side. Finish by tying the remaining strips in between.
BONUS: Turn pillows over for a whole different look. It's like two pillows in one! Mix and match shape fronts with plain fronts for that eclectic feel.
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text: 08.07.09 Acronyms ahoy! Its a DOOH update! ISE have announced an alliance with Invidis Consulting and OVAB Europe to further boost attendence at the second hosting of their succesfull DOOH Business Conference commencing on Monday 1 February 2010. To ensure that the second DOOH Business Conference surpasses the standards set by the 2009 event, ISE has partnered with Munich-based Invidis Consulting, who will develop the conference programme and assist with promoting the event whilst the European arm of the Out-Of-Home Video Advertising Bureau has commited their support and participation at next year's event."Of the 564 companies who exhibited at ISE in 2009, more than half were in the digital signage business – making our show comfortably the largest digital-signage marketplace in Europe," comments Mike Blackman, Managing Director, Integrated Systems Events. "Our first DOOH Business Conference raised the profile of ISE substantially within the advertising and creative content communities, and we believe our new partnership with Invidis and support from OVAB Europe, the first independent Europe-wide organisation to represent the interests of audiovisual media providers at POS and POI, will allow us to build further on this foundation."Florian Rotberg, Senior Project Manager, Invidis Consulting, adds: "Having attended the inaugural DOOH Business Conference this year, we were struck by the high quality of delegates and the enormous interest generated not just by the Conference programme, but also by the ISE tradeshow itself. For 2010, we will use our huge experience of the DOOH market to ensure that the programme is more valuable than that of any other pan-European event."With a firmly established foothold in Europe's DOOH marketplace, Invidis Consulting advises manufacturers, manufacturers, signage network operators, advertising agencies and other enterprises on the concept, procurement, and rollout of Digital Out-Of-Home systems and campaigns. The company also hosts its own DOOH conference in Munich each October and, with the backing of OVAB Europe, has begun conducting quarterly surveys of the DOOH market with the goal of publishing a regular index of industry sentiment.Mike Blackman concludes: "At ISE, one of our missions is to build bridges between the people who specify the technical detail of digital signage systems and those whose content runs on them. In conjunction with our hugely popular Digital Signage Zone and related exhibits elsewhere on the tradeshow floor, the DOOH Business Conference 2010 will make these connections stronger than ever before, presenting a compelling business opportunity for delegates."Further details of the 2010 Conference programme will be announced shortly, along with key speakers and pricing details. The Conference will run from 1–2 February 2010 at the Amsterdam RAI, while the ISE tradeshow will run from 2–4 February at the same location.


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The Modern Jewish Wedding Details J-Ray and Adam were married on a glorious fall day in beautiful Boca Grande, Florida. The bride and groom shared a private First Look moment on Banyan Street, while family and their wedding party were able to catch a glimpse from the distance. Their traditional Jewish ceremony was outdoors on the deck of the amazing Gasparilla Inn Beach Club, followed by dinner and dancing poolside with a breathtaking view of…READ MORE
In the case to be made for bling today's Modern Jewish Wedding is the evidence. Mrs. Foss (AKA the Bride Alina) looked like a princess on her wedding day. I mean just look at her blinged out shoes. She added a beaded headband, a beaded belt on her Cinderella ball gown and 3 beaded cake tiers as a part of her 7 layer cake. Any wedding that uses the Pantone Color of the Year, Radiant…READ MORE


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In early March, our Distinguished Guest Speaker Orly Erez-Likhovski spoke passionately about her important work as the head of the legal department of the Israel Religious Action Centre.
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The LMS team here is working on a number of fronts at present & a number of issues are being progressed, however we're impatient about getting some things beyond "progressing" and into completion.
The 1st bit of "completion" news is that East Murray has gone live today. East Murray is one of our smallest public libraries & it has been quite a challenge for their small staff to get everything done. But perseverance and hard work, along with support from PLS staff means that they've made it! Congratulations to them. As mentioned in earlier posts, they're sharing their discovery layer with other libraries & they can be found here.
While we have nothing to show for it yet we are working on providing ILL access for all non-consortium libraries. I posted about this on 15 August & Unley has also posted about it on their Blog on 14 and 17 August. Unley has been trialling this for us. As you will see from their posts - it is working successfully for them - which is great news. Yesterday we got the "transit slips" working for Staff Web - the product that the non-consortium libraries will use. (This will mean that when a non-consortium library "wands in" the item the system will produce a transit slip with the destination of the owning library showing.)
James Kemperman is gradually setting up all other libraries on the system so that they will be able to reserve items from the collections of the consortium libraries. He tells me that each one takes quite a bit of time & he has got 25 done so far - with stacks still to do. But as soon as the transit slip issue for consortium libraries is resolved (see below) then we will release this to all libraries.
The final hurdle to providing ILL access to consortium collections is the need to get "transit slips" working properly for consortium libraries. I wrote about this topic (as well as the ILL issues) on 15 August. Since then we have made unacceptably slow progress - but this has been beyond our control. However yesterday we did get a transit slip to work as required, but also the system did not print one when it was not required - i.e. between library services it prints, but between local library branches it doesn't! This did happen in our test system, and there were a whole lot of issues about installing a new "client" on a PC to make it work. Hooray for this slight progress - but it still not quite there.
We're champing at the bit to get this fixed for the libraries who are still hand writing transit slips. Hopefully success is days away now!
We're also looking at increasing the number of libraries that the courier will deliver to. At present we are delivering all items to a council's designated single delivery site. And then where libraries have multiple branches the library needs to sort the items for their various branches and use their local courier to deliver them. And the same happens in reverse when items need to be returned. For some libraries like Mitcham, they may receive 15 or 20 black boxes of items, but half of the items need to then be sorted and sent to their Blackwood branch. This double handling is causing additional stress on the libraries.
We are therefore working with TOLL (our courier contractor) to evaluate the costs and advantages of setting up deliveries to additional branches in some of the very busy councils. We will report on the outcomes of our investigations regarding this.
Thursday, 30 August 2012
Beautiful new book
I've just been leafing through a beautiful new book about the City of Adelaide which has been produced by Wakefield Press. It is called City Streets: Progressive Adelaide 75 years on. The text is by Lance Campbell & the new photos are by Mick Bradley.
I wouldn't normally use this blog to talk about one particular book, but I think this is such a gem. I think what really struck me about it is that many pages have a set of photos of a particular street as it was in Adelaide's centenary year 1936, and then below this streetscape are photos of the same street in 2010. I could say lots more about it, but seeing is better than reading my views. So you can see sample pages on the Wakefield Press site here. I am sure that after you've had a look you'll agree that this is a book that should be included in the collections of most of the public libraries in SA.
Also, I am aware that Wakefield Press is holding a "book fair" at Norwood Town Hall next weekend (7 - 9 September). You can see a bit more information about the fair here.
I wouldn't normally use this blog to talk about one particular book, but I think this is such a gem. I think what really struck me about it is that many pages have a set of photos of a particular street as it was in Adelaide's centenary year 1936, and then below this streetscape are photos of the same street in 2010. I could say lots more about it, but seeing is better than reading my views. So you can see sample pages on the Wakefield Press site here. I am sure that after you've had a look you'll agree that this is a book that should be included in the collections of most of the public libraries in SA.
Also, I am aware that Wakefield Press is holding a "book fair" at Norwood Town Hall next weekend (7 - 9 September). You can see a bit more information about the fair here.
Tuesday, 28 August 2012
3D Printing in Libraries
I couldn't make a really interesting event in the city last Friday night, but Teresa and Jon were able to attend. Jon has provided us with some information about the event:
Last Friday night at Adelaide City's Grote St Library a great evening event was held, showcasing the Council's new Innovation Lab, which includes 2 state-of-the-art 3D printers.
To take a look at the Innovation Lab, head to the Grote Street Library at 18 Grote Street or visit their website.
Last Friday night at Adelaide City's Grote St Library a great evening event was held, showcasing the Council's new Innovation Lab, which includes 2 state-of-the-art 3D printers.
The launch (officially opened by Lord Mayor Stephen Yarwood) was attended by over sixty people including councillors, the general public, media, Adelaide City Council staff members, library staff from the Network and PLS' Teresa Brook and Jon Bentick.
The Lab includes laptops loaded with digital design software that communicate with the state-of-the-art MakerBot Replicator 3D printer and the UP Plus 3D printer. The MakerBot and the UP Plus can be fed rolls of plastic and can turn designs into actual three dimensional objects.
The pictures below show children & adults examining the intricate plastic shapes that can be produced by the Lab's 3D printers.
Based on the already successful program at Fayetteville FreeLibrary in New York, the new Innovation Lab provides a safe and accessible space where everyone in the community can interact, understand, develop and create through technology.
We'll have more info about the launch in the next issue of Connect
3D printers are shaping up to have a big impact on industry and manufacturing, as can be seen in THIS article in The Age newspaper today.
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Thursday, 23 August 2012
Karoonda & Lameroo go live
Karoonda has gone live today. This is our 1st Amlib library to join the consortium & so it has been a good learning opportunity which will inform our work with future Amlib sites. As I have posted before, the two libraries in the Karoonda East Murray Council have joined with the two libraries in the Southern Mallee Council (Lameroo & Pinnaroo) to provide a single shared Enterprise site. It can be viewed here.
East Murray will be the 4th library in the group to go live next week.
When Pinnaroo went live last week they decided celebrated their opening with a special One Card cake and some decorations - as shown below.
East Murray will be the 4th library in the group to go live next week.
When Pinnaroo went live last week they decided celebrated their opening with a special One Card cake and some decorations - as shown below.
Tuesday, 21 August 2012
e-Books - where are we up to?
Following a number of enquiries I thought that I would provide you with an update as to where PLS is up to on the path to providing State-wide access to e-Books. The short answer is that we're nearly there, but I wanted to give you a bit more information about the process & outcome.
The next big question is; How will e-content be delivered?
A working party in 2011 identified what the ideal solution would be for the network & PLS used this as the basis for considering what was available in the marketplace at the time. The reality was that no company provided everything that the working party was looking for, and only one company provided the bare minimum expectation of having a mix of e-books and e-audio content from a single platform. In February PLS reported this to the PLSA Executive and gained the Executive's approval for PLS to pursue a contract with this single supplier.
Given the decision to pursue a single supplier PLS needed to go through an approval process inside our Department. This process took several months, & in May PLS gained the necessary approvals to adopt this procurement approach. Since that time we have actively pursued a contract with provider to deliver as much of what the working party was looking for as is currently possible. This has necessitated engaging lawyers to work on the contract with us to ensure that the best interests of the Libraries Board (the contract signatory on libraries' behalf) were protected. However, as you can imagine, the company also has its minimum expectations and also has contracts in place with publishers that it has to honour.
After several contract iterations we have closed the gap between our position and the company's to the point where I am confident that we will have a contract signed in the near future. The company tells us that from contract signing to product availability takes up to 3 months. And while this seems quite a time, there is work to do in designing a delivery website and setting everything in place.
At this stage the e-content will be available from a stand-alone website, that will require people to log in and download their e-content.
In the medium term we will be looking to deliver e-content through the One Card LMS, using the e-Resource Central product that SirsiDynix is developing. This will provide authentication against the LMS customer database and also manage many of the download and Digital Rights Management (DRM) issues that seem to make e-content access complex.
As well as managing DRM this product will also show all e-content records in the discovery layer Enterprise. And with the faceted searching customers can select to just search for e-books or to include them in a more general search.
It is likely that we will have e-Resource Central in place before all libraries are on the One Card system, so it is likely that we will have to run a hybrid access model, with some customers gaining access through their One Card membership, while others will still need to go to the stand alone e-content website.
As soon as we have a signed contract we will be delighted to provide more details regarding the company, the product, the range of titles that will be available & how the public will access the system etc.
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Wednesday, 15 August 2012
Moving a few things forward
While one part of the LMS team is progressing the roll out for libraries, other staff area working on progressing a few other parts of the consortium that need resolution.
The roll out saw Lameroo & their Geranium branch go live last Thursday and is expected to see Pinnaroo go live tomorrow. These libraries run on the Bookmark LMS, so this has been our 1st conversion from a Bookmark system. And as I have previously indicated, these libraries, along with Karoonda & East Murray have decided to use a shared public interface found here. Karoonda uses the Amlib LMS, so this will be our 1st conversion from Amlib. And given the number of Bookmark and Amlib libraries we have doing these ones now will put us in good stead for many others.
The other issues that the team has been working on include:
The purpose of this facility is two-fold.
- Customers can register and reserve items without visiting the library to join up. And they will be notified when their reserved item/s can be collected. However the customers will then need to come into the library with suitable ID so that their temporary membership can be turned into a full membership.
- Also, some libraries use this facility when people come into the library to commence their registration process. Because people know how to spell their name, their date of birth, their address etc they can fill in the self registration form much more quickly than library staff could enter the information. Library staff can then access the self registration information in Workflows, confirm that the details match the ID that is produces and immediately turn the membership request into a full membership.
If you want to see the self-registration process Tea Tree Gully is now promoting "Register for a library card online" on the front page of their Enterprise site here.
This is a trial so that we can make sure it works before rolling it out to all libraries in the near future. We will keep all libraries informed regarding when this trial will turn into a roll out.
And while talking about Unley and their blog, I would also point you to this post about Unley staff visiting Tea Tree Gully to learn about their implementation & what Unley can learn from the TTG experience. I think that the points raised - along with a bit of humour, are worth reading.
Perhaps most importantly for the current consortium libraries, we're still working with SirsiDynix to get the "transit slips" working properly! When this is finalised the Symphony system will automatically produce a correct transit slip for all ILL items. The slip will have both the library service and the specific destination library branch on it. This means that the TOLL courier staff can sort by the library service name (e.g. Salisbury) and put items in the correct black box, and when the item arrives at the main library (Len Beadell library) staff can then ship the item to the final destination branch (e.g. Ingle Farm branch).
The way that this transit slip mechanism has been configured will allow libraries to produce or not produce transit slips for items moving between their own local branches, while always printing slips for those items going to libraries beyond their own library service.
This option to print and not print, as well as printing both the library service and destination branch has been a customisation to the Symphony system that SirsiDynix has had to write, test and then retrofit into the current version of Symphony that we are running. We have seen the customisation working in our Test system, but it is still to be configured in the "production" environment. So, we're close on this one, but not quite there yet.
We are also working on getting Ezproxy working. Ezproxy is a product that will allow libraries and their customers to have direct authenticated access to our online databases from within Enterprise. You can read more about the product and how it works from the vendor OCLC and on Wikipedia. The PLS team is working with SirsiDynix and OCLC to get this working in one library first before we purchase licenses for all libraries in the consortium.
We are also working on getting Ezproxy working. Ezproxy is a product that will allow libraries and their customers to have direct authenticated access to our online databases from within Enterprise. You can read more about the product and how it works from the vendor OCLC and on Wikipedia. The PLS team is working with SirsiDynix and OCLC to get this working in one library first before we purchase licenses for all libraries in the consortium.
From our perspective, getting two of these changes into the system and progressing the other two has been considerable work, but also very satisfying because we know that they are all key to the future of the consortium and for libraries who are yet to join - but need access to collections for ILL purposes.
We will keep you posted as things progress further. And I would also add that Karoonda is scheduled to come online next Thursday (23rd) and East Murray on the (30th).
We will keep you posted as things progress further. And I would also add that Karoonda is scheduled to come online next Thursday (23rd) and East Murray on the (30th).
Posted by Geoff Strempel at Wednesday, August 15, 2012 No comments: Links to this post
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Tuesday, 7 August 2012
The consortium "goes bush"
August is the month that the consortium expands into rural SA - where we have many small communities many of which are served by School Community Libraries. Each week this month will see one more library added to the consortium. (And yes I know that we're already in Strathalbyn and Goolwa - but they're "near country" or almost "outer metro")
This Thursday will see Lameroo and its depot Geranium come online, and coming weeks will see Pinnaroo, Karoonda and East Murray join on the Thursday of their designated week. As 3 of the libraries are currently using Bookmark LMS and the 4th is using Amlib, this series of conversions has allowed us to learn about these two systems. This will stand us in good stead for the many other libraries that are using these systems.
Although these 5 libraries across two councils have been operating stand alone LMSs they have had a unified web based catalogue for some time. They have decided to maintain this level of integration by providing one Enterprise portal to their combined holdings. This can be found here. You will note that they have the logos of both councils and the names of their 5 branches showing.
Also, they have decided to start by setting their default search to only look at the Mallee libraries in the 1st instance. (This is in contrast with other live sites who have set their default search to the complete consortium.) This approach does not stop their customers seeing and reserving items from across the consortium, but makes this a two stage process. Given that all of the libraries are in schools and much of the searching will be done by students this default setting seems to meet their local needs.
The project team has certainly learnt quite a bit about differences in how we need to work with these smaller libraries compared to larger metro ones. It has been a very useful experience & what we have learnt here will be put to good use when working with other smaller rural libraries across the State.
We are now looking forward to seeing what the impact of joining the consortium will have on these libraries and their customers.
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Somali migrant who attempted to rape Dutch woman sends her death threats from Mogadishu after being deported
Uitgezette Somaliër bedreigt Sylvia met de dood https://t.co/WKdhDp3ikF
— De Telegraaf (@telegraaf) May 26, 2018
In June 2017, The Old Continent published an article on the attempted rape of a woman then only know under the pseudonym of Esmée. After the ordeal, she was forced to do her own investigating to track her assailant, because the police were unable or unwilling. At the time, she was especially incensed by the fact that her assailant, Mohammed Kamaal M for Somalia, was given a residence permit two months after assaulting her.
Mohammed was arrested, however, and his new residence status didn't protect him from deportation. Even the State Secretary of the Justice Department Klaas Dijkhoff got involved in the case. After Mohammed was convicted, and the prosecutor, as well as the defense, decided not to appeal, he tweeted:
Ernstige misdrijven hebben gevolgen voor asielvergunning.
Nu starten we met procedure intrekking en uitzetting.https://t.co/SE7AyOg6Mo
— Klaas Dijkhoff (@dijkhoff) July 7, 2017
"Serious crimes have consequences for the asylum permit. Now we start the procedure to revoke it, and start the procedure for eviction."
But it wouldn't be an absolute screw-up of a case, if all of this went smoothly. So it didn't. Mohammed was convicted to an 18-month sentence, six on probation sic, after which he was to be deported. This should have happened in February 2018. But as Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf reported on 27 April, Mohammed was still in the Netherlands, leaving his victim – whose name, Sylvia Veld (29) is now mentioned in full – in fear of her life. But, as De Telegraaf concludes:
"Mohammed is still in the Netherlands. Even though in a letter by the Public Prosecutor's Office, in the possession of this newspaper, the victim is told that the intention is to deport M. from [sic] 22 February."
The Ministry of Justice, in answer to queries by De Telegraaf, said that it can take a while before foreigners can be returned to their country of origin. Because they have to be provided with new documentation, or because there are legal ways to prevent deportation. But MPs do not understand that Mohammed's time in jail was not utilised to prepare. Member of Parliament for the Social-Democrats Attje Kuiken accurately pointed out the particular problem with this case:
"Sylvia had to move heaven and earth to get this man behind bars. After that horrible experience, you have to be able to rely on [the authorities] to do everything possible to prevent this man being allowed to stay in the Netherlands."
Sylvia Veld (29), the woman previously known as Esmée, recently published a book on her ordeal. She was afraid that Mohammed would be released. Sources said he was in custody, but as Sylvia said:
"I'm not a fool. They can't keep him forever. I know from police interviews and his attitude in court that he is mad at me. What if they send Mohammed away with a trainticket and he decides to stick around. I find that a frightening thought."
In the latest article in De Telegraaf, Sylvia reveals that even after Mohammed was finally deported a week ago, he is still threatening her.
Death threats from Mogadishu
De Telegraaf reports that there have been at least two threats. The first was at the beginning of May, following closely after the publication of the article about the process of deportation. Mohammed is to have said that Sylvia should be killed while in custody. A report was made to the police, who then informed Sylvia. A second threat followed this week. A Somalian man in Mogadishu messaged her on Facebook:
"You will die cancerous whore. Dirty woman."
The police are investigating if Mohammed is involved in this threat. He might have sent the message himself.
Sylvia is taking the possibility into account that her assailant has friends in Hoorn, whom he might have incited to threaten her. She is terrified.
"I am happy and frightened at the same time. Happy and relieved that he is out of the country. Finally. Frightened, because right after he landed there, I received a direct dead threat from Somalia. It is very, very intimidating. I know it's him. (…) He feels he is the victim. He is far away, but his friends are still here. He has threatened me before. He should be convicted for that too."
Mohammed has been given a European travel ban for ten years. Sylvia thinks that should have been for life.
"This man has shown his true face. He has no regrets, he has staged a play in court. I hope the rule of law can protect me against this criminal: this is not a refugee, but the biggest anti-social asylum seeker of all times."


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BREAKFAST: Tub Tim-Krob
'When in Rome' right, so ditch your usual and make like a local. Try flat noodles or a gem of a delicacy that is in my humble opinion, the pièce de résistance of Thai treats, mango and sticky rice. The best place for it is at Tub Tim-Krob, a cantina style set up where a whole mango is sliced in front of you, dished up alongside warm, fragrant rice, and drizzled with sweet coconut cream sauce – the stuff of dreams. Be warned though – once you've savoured this most famous of Thai dishes done just right, it will become your snacking staple.
TEMPLE: Doi Suthep
Address: Wat Phra That Doi Suthep Road Tambon Su Thep, Chiang Mai | http://www.chiangmai.bangkok.com/attractions/doi-suthep.htm
Forty minutes from the CBD is the shimmering Wat Phra That Doi Dutep, the most sacred temple in the province and a truly spectacular pagoda. Legend has it that King Kuena entrusted a white elephant wth its precious cargo, a sacred bone relic, with finding the location of the shrine that he then built in 1383, a thousand meters above sea level. Access is via a funicular although Buddhist devotees prefer to climb up 306 steps of the intricately carved serpentine staircase. Today the Wat is a working monastery and a great example of Lanna architecture, complete with a replica of the famed Emerald Statue, enormous ritual bells, a frescoed cloister, exquisite wall murals, golden umbrellas, small shrines and a terrace that offers sweeping views over the city on a clear day.
The baristas at Ristr8to on trendy Nimmanhaemin Road are slaying it, and it so happens that the 2017 World Latte Art champion, Arnon Thitiprasert, is in-house, so you're assured of a sublime flat white topped by fancy foam. Speciality coffee is a thriving culture in CM and this particular brand, with an outlet in Bangkok as well, has a cult following among hipsters and connoisseurs whop rate it as the city's finest.
The latest ode to materialism, and the most sought-after place to part with your plastic is One Nimman, a chic retail paradise that has smartly merged culture, art, food and design into an uber stylish shopping emporium. From galleries to boutiques, eateries, a spa and an organic supermarket, it's a great space to spend a few hours, perhaps take in an exhibition, or meet up in the food court where there is grub to suit every budget.
The speciality dish in this part of the land is Khao Soy, a noodle soup dish with coarsely chopped pork, tomatoes, fermented soy beans, chillies, shallots, and garlic, topped with bean sprouts, scallions, and cilantro. Locals gather at Huen Phen for their, a restaurant that has been serving it and other traditional foods like Guay-Tiaw-Kao-Soi (egg noodles with curry in coconut milk), for forty years. There's often a waiting list but put your name down and stick around – it's worth it.
A few minutes from town is Studio Naenna, a core community of ten women weavers, embroiderers and designers who belong to Weavers For the Environment. All are craft makers from various ethnic groups who create high quality, environmentally friendly silks, ikat, cottons and brocades on the back strap looms of the Karen tribe. The group, established by Patricia Cheesman in 1988, has revived the ancient industry and has sustainability at its heart. Naenna is based in a bamboo thatch workshop in lush surroundings, with a small boutique on site that sells the product.
A few minutes from town is Studio Naenna, a core community of ten women weavers, embroiderers and designers who belong to Weavers For the Environment. All are craft makers from various ethnic groups who create high quality, environmentally friendly silks, ikat, cottons and brocades on the back strap looms of the Karen tribe. The group, established by Patricia Cheesman in 1988, has revived the ancient industry and has sustainability at its heart. Naenna is based in a bamboo thatch workshop in lush surroundings, with a small boutique on site that sells the product.
MASSAGE: Anantara Chiang Mai Resort
COCKTAILS: The 1921, Anantara Chiang Mai Resort
Cocktails with a view anyone? Order a classic Peruvian pisco at the colonial style 1921 Service Bar at the gorgeous Anantara Resort take a seat on the upper verandah and watch the sun go down over the Ping River. Formerly the British Consulate, The 1921 houses two dining venues plus a bar with an excellent mixologist and an expansive wine and whisky menu. The renovated embassy stands where it has for close to 100 years, a throwback to the days when M16 agents used to gather in the very same dark panelled rooms to discuss this and that about Her Majesty's security. Sip your special something overlooking the water before you head out to dinner in town.
KiewKaiKa in the new One Nimman mall has put a twist on traditional Thai dishes and the result is glorious. The recipe for bplaa haaeng dtaaneng mo is a case in point- fish that has been roasted to a dry powdery form, seasoned with granulated white sugar and mixed with deep fried crispy shallots. Unsurprisingly, KKK in Bangkok has just landed a mention in that city's Michelin Guide and their newest shop in Chiang Mai looks set to follow suit. Small plate sharing is the way to go here so you can sample as much as possible. Chef Poy's plating warrants countless Instagram pics and the award worthy eclectic interior design and decor is by the woman behind the stylish Trace Hotelistro.
Travel info: Amazing Thailand SA and Tourism Authority Thailand
Accommodation: Anantara Chiang Mai Resort
Getting there: Bangkok to Chiang Mai via Bangkok Air
From SA to Bangkok via Ethiopian Airlines
Currency: 1ZAR – 2.3THB
Tour operator: Diethelm Thailand
Transport in the city: red taxis, approx R30-50THB in the city (agree on a price before you climb in)
Temple dress code: covered shoulders and long pants
Day trips: Chiang Rai


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White House @ Emily Hill
Last Saturday
Eager to showcase the young dance artists of Chowk, its artistic director Raka Maitra has paired Sandhya Suresh with renowned Japan-based Indonesian guest dance artist, Rianto.
A solemn air hung over the hour-long collaborative performance by Sandhya and Rianto. Titled Closing Moments, both artists dug deep into fragile personal spaces as they navigated the heavy theme of death.
Performing for a small audience in a room on the upper level of the White House at Emily Hill made the atmosphere all the more intimate. Upon entering, Sandhya and Rianto greeted each member of the audience by shaking their hands after which they went to a corner to kneel, waiting. It felt as though one had arrived at a funeral wake.
Then, to the hypnotic sound of a solitary drum and Bengali funeral songs, a dance awakened gradually within both performers as they began walking circular paths in opposing directions with glacially slow footsteps.
In these intricately measured steps, the beauty of Javanese dance styles and Odissi was witnessed. Focus was drawn to every last detail. There was a restrained sensuality as their feet gently padded on the wooden floor with each successive step.
The introspective nature of both dance forms was evident. Like two planets circling in their own orbits, each performer's focus was palpable. Occasionally, their orbits intersected. It was during these times that one could feel an electrifying surge of energy as their bodies came closer yet avoided contact.
Most of the performance unfolded as such - a series of meticulously choreographed alignments and misalignments, much like how the living grapple with something as complicated as death. The few moments of physical contact became so precious and even then, their eyes rarely met. It was almost as if they were connecting in different realms.
Ritual was another main element in the work. Water poured from a jar into a bowl of flowers made one think of being cleansed. Dancing beside, in front of and through doors evoked ideas of passage and time.
In the evening's most memorable gesture, Rianto threaded red string around the room and proceeded to loop the string through a door and out of the room before re-entering via another door with the spool of string in hand.
It was then that I realised that, by looping the string outside the room, he had symbolically bound interior and exterior spaces together.
If there was a technical critique to be made, it would be to encourage Sandhya to continue honing her fast-developing performative presence.
While she was evidently a strong performer, several slips in the focus of her gaze could be detected. This was made more apparent when performing alongside a more seasoned Rianto.
Nevertheless, she is a grounded and beautiful performer, her languorous and clear energy displaying the subtle elements of flow, flux and fluidity.


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The rise of UKIP should not be ignored by the Liberal Democrats. Although it is the Tories who are most concerned about the Europhobic party's recent successes, the media's total inability to give a balanced view of our EU membership means voters of all persuasions have turned against Europe. This is not the usual voter apathy. This is voters tilting at windmills, believing in some vast bureaucratic monster out for UK destruction. It will cost everyone votes and, if UKip succeed in taking more seats in the 2014 Euro elections, will be disastrous for British influence, business, economy and jobs.
Once again, while Ed Milliband plays silly political games over Europe and the Tories are running round like headless chickens, sacrificing our influence at the EU table to appease their right wing, it's the Lib Dems who are fighting for our jobs and business in Europe. A recent poll suggested that over half of Britons want to leave the EU. Ask them why and they'll spout the headline lies UKip have sold to them. Ask them if they'd like to give up any powers over EU policies or 3.5 million UK jobs and they rapidly change their tunes. We have a duty to protect British interests by staying in and fighting for a better EU.


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Great Workaround for "Illegal" Windows Upgrade Maneuvers
Kudos to Martin Brinkmann at ghacks.net. His September 2, 2013, article "How to install Windows 8.1 RTM on a Windows 8.1 Preview system" explains how to get around the MS-imposed restriction on Windows 8.1 installs. Otherwise, MS requires either a clean install of that RTM release (or the upcoming GA release scheduled for mid-October), or a return to plain-vanilla Windows 8 (another clean install) before installing the upgrade bits on any PC with the Windows 8.1 Preview release already installed.
The secret comes form a set of tools called the WinISOUtils, a set of Windows ISO disc image utilities designed to operate on the dowloadable ISO images that MS uses nowadays to distribute its various operating systems. The self-description blurb for this nice little set of tools provides a great overview for its components, so I reproduce it here:
The cversion tool can be grabbed on its own, and essentially sidesteps the version check portion of a typical Win8.1 install by deleting the version info file from the install image in use.
In fact, this technique works for any modern version of Windows, from Vista on forward, where the cversion.ini file is used to check whether or not a chosen upgrade path is allowed or not during the install process. Because it permits users to retain existing data and settings, as well as additional programs already installed, it's a real time-saver for those not afraid to risk the occasional (and inevitable) compatibility hiccups that Microsoft's policies are designed to avoid (but which are too draconian to be acceptable to most power users and Windows-savvy IT professionals willing to do their own application-level troubleshooting).


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I was feeling pretty down earlier today. Pretty down for the last week, plus a few days. I probably don't need to tell you why, but a lot of it has to do, I think, with how often I kept tabbing over to facebook or twitter.
I'm forming bad habits again. Unhealthy, stifling habits. It's something I'm actively trying to prevent: spending so much time online.
Tonight I'm going to play Final Fantasy XV, maybe try some origami or draw some maps, or maybe write some more of this novella I'm working on.
The current title is vulgar and only a placeholder, but it's about two women in a pretty traditional fantasy world. But instead of going on a quest or fighting for some cause, they mostly walk around and talk. Both of them have no education and very little understanding of the world they live in. They know kings and gods have a place but they don't understand any of it, so much of the novella is made up of philosophical discussions between these two incredibly ignorant characters as they make sense of the world and try to sort it out to one another.
The dynamic is pretty interesting to me, because the novella is about 85% dialogue with very little extraneous descriptions. Because of this, it has kind of a meandering and hopefully naturalistic feel.
The other 15% of the novella is them killing monsters and other people.
So it's a very violent text, but weirdly fun to write, and endlessly amusing to me. Not the violence, but the conversations. I might even just toss a short section of it in here to give you a taste:
The girl said, "There are no gods. Everybody knows that."
"Then what is the Tesha?"
The girl shrugged, "Don't know. Probably just some guy. Who cares?"
Her companion gestured to the dead bodies, "Priests."
"Priests work as much for the king as they do for the Tesha."
"What king?"
"You said—"
"The fucking king! Shit," the girl threw down the bone she was whittling. "You know," she whirled her knife as if the gesture encompassed the whole world, the bracelet of teeth clacking, "the fucking king. Everywhere's got a king."
"But which king?"
"Shit, I don't know. Wherever we are."
"If we don't know what he's king of, what makes him king?"
The girl slumped where she sat and sighed, "You're really pissing me off." She picked up the whittled bone and went back at it with the knife, the teeth bracelet rattling with every stroke. The scrape and grind of blade on bone vibrated up her wrist to the elbow.
Across the fire, her companion flayed the head of one of the dead priests, "Don't see what there's to get mad over." Struggling with the skin on the nose, she gave up and sawed through the cartilage and let the severed nose fall to the dirt. "Who says there's no gods?"
The girl snorted and shook her head, "Everybody."
"Everybody don't mean shit. You mean Alton and his family."
The girl blew the bonedust from her hands and examined the blade she was making out of the bone. Her jaw clenched on one side and she reached down to her feet and groped for something with her eyes still on the bone in her other hand. Grasping at nothing, she looked down and then around her.
"What?" Her companion paused what she was doing.
"There was a grindstone here."
Her companion whistled and when the girl looked up, her companion tossed it to her. The girl went to grinding the boneblade smooth. "What're you making?"
Her companion giggled, "Don't know. Thought I'd make, like, a guitar."
"With a skull?"
Her companion shrugged, "Not sure I know what a guitar looks like."
"It's like," the girl paused, then giggled along with her companion, "like a thin thing and a hallow thing," her words collapsed into full on laughter and her companion laughed with her.
The night wore on and the fire burned down to embers.
Her companion said, "Should we add more wood?"
The girl shrugged, "You tired?"
Her companion shrugged and tossed another log onto the embers, then a second. They sizzled, popped, and eventually lit.
"What got the wood wet?"
Her companion shrugged, "Blood, probably." She was deboning the leg of one of the dead priests. "If there're no gods, then why is there a Tesha?"
The girl sighed, "Same reason there's kings, I guess."
"Why's that?"
"Shit, I don't know."
That's how the novella begins and it continues in that manner. So it's a mix of comedy and brutality that's sort of oddly therapeutic to write. It helps me breathe easier.
It's interesting to me what I've written since completing Songs of My Mother last year. I've written a novella inspired by Greenlandic cuisine, Taoism, anarchy, and pacifism, and now I'm writing something that is, in many ways, its opposite: a violent, meandering, chaotic text with ignorant characters who have an undescribed past.
I don't know what inspired me to write this current novella. In the Greenlandic novella, I was seeking to find an answer to the violence I see in the world. In this, I can't say I'm looking for anything. Maybe I'm running from something, or trying to explain bits of reality to myself, bits of america to myself. Because I see how the recent frustrations, fears, and concerns are playing out in this short, brutal, comedy.
But, yeah, I've also written a handful of poems about Trump. I'm collecting them into a collection titled The Golden King. Maybe it's a form of resistance or a way for me to write out my greatest fears for the future, but it's a pretty unpleasant text so far. It's draining to write those poems and so I've only written five, but I think the rest of the collection will be from a different kind of perspective, and hopefully those will give me a sense of hope and peace.
Which is what I'm seeking, first in my own life, and then in the world. It's why I'm going through the Tao Te Ching every day.
Trying to breathe and live quietly.
Which is not to say passively.
It's difficult to be at peace right now, to find balance, and sometimes it's making me feel hopeless, since I see no balance to this. But, ultimately, it's helping me. Allowing me to step back and see the world with cleaner eyes. Eyes less stained by the brutality of the present.
And I need that. I need to remember that the world is still a beautiful place. That resistance is more than shouting loudly online. Resistance is a complex, multifaceted thing, yet it can be as simple as clearing your thoughts, playing chess, or folding laundry.
Resistance is persistence.
I saw an interesting thread of tweets by an Iranian responding to americans on twitter. He highlighted how Iranians live and enjoy life, even though they live under a brutal theocratic regime (and he reminds us that the US toppled a liberal, democratic government to put the theocratic dictator in place).
It gave me a quiet sense of hope. That life goes on. That even when things seem hopeless, even when life is at its darkest, people still find beauty and love and laughter. They dance, and they sing.
That's resistance. It's the kind few talk about, but it's a terribly important form of resistance: to persist. To love. To live. To laugh. To create art and collaborate with other people. To build friendships.
And it's inspired me to act on some long-standing plans. Like hosting monthly gatherings (this is in the planning stages, but Chelsea and I have some simple ideas) and then I have some other ideas that require a lot more planning and some funding, but we'll get there. Even if it takes me years. We'll get there.
I guess what I mean to say is that it's important to remember to enjoy life.
So take some quiet breaths and look away from your screen at some point every day, and just talk to another human. Not about politics or current events, but about what interests them, or what interests you.
Maybe just have a beer with friends or take a walk by yourself with headphones on, jamming to music you love. Or take the headphones off and listen to the sounds of winter.
It's a good day to live, even if everything seems terrible.


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Matt Schatzman joins US LNG developer NextDecade
US liquefied natural gas (LNG) export player, NextDecade appointed Matt Schatzman as the company's new president.
In this newly created position, Schatzman will report to chief executive Kathleen Eisbrenner and will strengthen NextDecade's management team as it works towards final investment decisions on the Rio Grande LNG and Rio Bravo pipeline projects, the LNG developer said in a statement.
Schatzman, 51, was previously executive vice president global energy marketing and shipping and a member of the group executive committee at BG Group, now part of Shell.
At BG, Schatzman was responsible for the company's global marketing, trading and shipping activities for LNG, crude oil and natural gas.
Prior to joining NextDecade, Schatzman was president of MKS Energy, LLC, where he provided energy advisory and consulting services.
"I am excited to join NextDecade at this stage of its development and to work with Kathleen and the talented team she has assembled," said Schatzman.
"I believe the company has excellent projects in Rio Grande LNG and the Rio Bravo pipeline and NextDecade is well-positioned to be a highly competitive supplier of low cost LNG to global markets," Schatzman added.


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La Purisima, a traditional mexican plaza, is located in the periphery of downtown Monterrey, a growing and financially a very important city with almost 5 million
Inhabitants in its vicinity, surrounded by impressive mountains.
The two twisted and slanted high-rises, gives the area a vital injection, and expands the downtown centre.
The buildings will become a landmark and a statement of the city's ambitions and also refer to the scale of the surrounding scenery.
The space between the two buildings will function as a great vertical green garden.
Different functions like a pool, gym, terraces and so on will give the inhabitants a rich differentiated environment to live their everyday life in.
The two sides of the gap is clad in white net, to reduce the wind and to allow green foliage to grow on it.
This will give the in between space a jungle like calm feeling and the skewed form of the building enhances the nature experience with its winding canyon like formation. instead of having ordinary railings, the walkways are covered in net as well, also to allow plants to grow on it, and make a more intimate feeling for the residential units.
Skyscraper exterior
Interior between skyscrapers
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
In Between Skyscrapers
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NEW YORK - With "Johnny B. Goode," a 1958 song that so defined rock 'n' roll that the US space program chose it to introduce the music to potential extraterrestrials, Chuck Berry created a now classic character - the scrappy guitarist who triumphs through pure skill.
"People passing by, they would stop and say / Oh my, that little country boy could play," Berry sang.
But Berry had tinkered with the lyrics. He later explained that he had originally written, "that little colored boy could play" - but changed it so the song could appear on the radio. Berry, who died Saturday at age 90, helped create both rock 'n' roll and modern youth culture, becoming one of the first African American stars to win a wide white audience.
Yet Berry was also forced to navigate a delicate line in a country that was still largely under the institutionalized discrimination of Jim Crow laws.
His career suffered a major blow when he was imprisoned for allegedly sleeping with an underage waitress - a conviction seen by many as a warning from the white establishment against African American artists who rise too far. As for the music, Berry achieved his success in part by his skill in understanding the racial divide. Born to a middle-class family in St. Louis, Berry played blues guitar but knew that white audiences wanted country. He combined the two - joking he was a "black hillbilly" - as well as other genres, creating the sensation that became rock 'n' roll, even if he hesitated to call himself its father.
As the baby boom generation came of age, Berry won cheering crowds with his consummate showmanship, including his "duck walk" across stage, and lyrics that celebrated youthful freedom. His first song "Maybellene" spoke of cruising in the open air in his Cadillac. Berry managed to capture "the rebelliousness, the playfulness, the irrepressibility" of a generation, said Jack Hamilton, an assistant professor at the University of Virginia and author of "Just Around Midnight: Rock and Roll and the Racial Imagination."


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Below we note that when the New York Times published its December 2005 exposé of the secret National Security Agency electronic surveillance of al Qaeda-related communications, Times reporters James Risen and Eric Lichtblau granted anonymity to the "nearly a dozen current and former officials" who were the sources for the story.
Risen and Lichtblau stated that they had granted these sources anonymity "because of the classified nature of the program." Implicit in the Times's rationale was the recognition that leaks of such classified information are illegal, as indeed they are. They violate the espionage laws of the United States.
Risen and Lichtblau got away with blowing the NSA terrorist surveillance program, and in 2006 they struck again. This time they blew the SWIFT program used by the Treasury to track terrorist financing. They got away with it this time too.
Earlier this week Garbriel Schoenfeld wondered whether the revelation of these programs facilitated the attempted terrorist attack in Times Square by Faisal Shahzad. Schoenfeld didn't answer the question directly, but he provided ground for tentatively concluding that it did. Today Schoenfeld writes us to note "[t]wo interesting details" that he would add to the Times Square bombing column (linked above) if he were to do it over.
Schoenfeld adds two points that corroborate the implication of his column that Risen and the Times may have facilitated the attempted attack: "First, Shahzad used a disposable cell phone to communicate—the NSA leak may very well explain why he did that. Second, according to the AP this morning, he received funds from abroad via a courier. A courier!!! The SWIFT leak is almost certainly implicated here."
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Hello and welcome to my personal page!
- Professor and researcher at the Department of Mathematics in the University of Costa Rica.
- Collaborator at the CIMPA (Centro de Investigación en Matemática Pura y Aplicada)
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- High dimensional problems and complexity.
- Inverse problems.
- Asymptotic statistics.
About blogging
"We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand."
(C. Day Lewis)
I started a personal blog about ideas in theoretical and applied statistics. Even if it is not my native language, it will be in English. I want to improve my scientific writing yet if it is learning the hard way. Also, it could help you to understand some ideas and theories as I did.
If you have some suggestions or want to discuss about any particular topic, please let me know it in the comment box or send me an email at . I'll be glad if you point out my grammar mistakes or typos 😉 .


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The UConn Police Department has made an arrest in an incident that occurred on September 21, 2011.
Police say Zohaib Ikran, of Danbury, is being charged for allegedly reporting a false armed robbery at the Torrey Life Sciences building on the University campus.
According to the press release, UConn Police received a call at approximately 10:15 p.m. on September 21 reporting that the caller had been robbed at gunpoint. Police then issued a safety alert to the community notifying them of the robbery. They asked anyone with information pertaining to the robbery to contact them.
An investigation into the incident took place. Police found discrepancies in the details that Ikram, the caller, had given them. When Police asked Ikram for a description of the robber, Ikram was unable to provide enough details for a composite.
Police say Ikram eventually admitted to investigators that the robbery was fabricated for personal reasons.
UConn Police obtained a warrant for Ikram's arrest. Ikram surrendered himself to the Police on October 7, 2011.
Ikram is charged with Falsely Reporting an Incident, Breach of Peace 2nd Degree, and Misuse of the Emergency 911 System. He was released on a $1500.00 bond and is scheduled to appear in Rockville Superior Court on October 18, 2011.


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Whilst studting Beauty Therapy at college, I had the opportunity of a life time to visit the MAC makeup studios in New York a few years back. It literally made me the makeup and beauty lover I am today! So if you love MAC like I do and want to see where all the magic happens then take a look at the photos!! Also a few snaps of the best trip of my life to the big apple. Enjoy!
Little did I know, this photo is a picture of the Hilton Double Tree Gues Suites in Times Square, where I stayed two years later on my second trip to New York for my 19th birthday!
Have you ever been to New York City and loved it as much as I did? What were your facourite things about the City that never sleeps? Let me know on twitter or snap me a photo on instagram!
Untill then! Ciao for now!


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KTVU News footage from January 1968 featuring a speech by Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (1908-72), who reflects on the meaning of "Black Power". He identifies a "new breed of cats" in the context of fresh approaches to achieving civil rights. This speech makes reference to the Black Panther Party, Stokely Carmichael, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and several other figures of national importance. Opens with views of Powell getting off an aeroplane and being greeted. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.
KTVU News footage from c1968 in Oakland featuring brief scenes from an interview at Merritt College with Vice President of the Associated Students Rudy Andrews, who points out that 35% of campus students are African American. He goes on to state that: "I would say the frustration felt by black people on this campus is a personification of the frustration in the nation as a whole." Ends with silent views of the campus.
KTVU News footage from September 1968 featuring views of African American models picketing outside KTVU Channel 2 in Oakland, in an attempt to get television coverage of their fight to secure jobs in the Bay Area's TV and advertising industry. A spokeswoman states that: "We're trying to get news coverage to let people out in the audience, the advertising firms know that these black women are qualified for jobs in TV." Includes views of the models picketing and holding up signs, one of which reads "Black is Beautiful." Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.
KTVU News footage from July 16th 1968 featuring coverage of a press conference by Mayor Joseph Alioto who after several collective bargaining sessions with developers is now backing a $100 million urban development project in San Francisco's Telegraph Hill neighborhood. He points out this will generate many permanent jobs and also provide "an important addition to urban beauty." Ends with a brief, silent rear-view of Alioto speaking to the press.
KTVU News footage from July 9th 1968 in San Francisco featuring scenes of Mayor Joseph Alioto and Police Chief Cahill inspecting guns in the police station's Property Clerk's office. Alioto also gives a press conference explaining that the current gun amnesty ("no questions asked") will be extended to midnight on Sunday.
KTVU News footage from c1966 featuring scenes of Alan Vincent of the American Nazi Party speaking about National Socialism to a large crowd at UC Berkeley, many of whom are laughing. Also includes silent views of party members walking through downtown Berkeley, brandishing anti-communist placards. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.
KTVU News footage from August 1st 1969 in San Francisco featuring scenes of large crowds blocking the intersection of Market and Montgomery in the Financial District, where an anti-bra protest is happening. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.
KTVU News report from November 1968 from San Francisco State College by Claud Mann featuring views of riot police, interviews with students and mass demonstrations on campus. President Robert Smith discusses his reasons for bringing riot police in to deal with the unrest and protesters are seen marching and chanting: "End campus racism!" Closes with Mann delivering a lengthy editorial voice-over about the strike's year long history, eventually bringing things up to date with the most recent events at State.
KTVU News report from December 4th 1967 at SF State College in San Francisco featuring student demonstrations on campus, including views of students kicking in a glass door and marching through a building chanting: "Hell no, no suspensions!" John Gerassi is seen scuffling with authorities before giving an interview, in which he states the real "anarchy" here is the lack of due process. President John Summerskill gives a press conference in which he claims that: "What occurred at SF State College today verges on civil insurrection," followed by views of students speaking to crowds on campus. Ends with scenes of students arguing over who has the right to speak on a podium.
KTVU's Claud Mann reports from San Francisco's Union Square, where air raid sirens herald the Apollo 11 crew's splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on July 24th 1969. He interviews several passers-by for their reactions to the historic moon landing: "I'm glad they made it ... I really liked it because I want to pretend in my back yard ... It's been just wonderful, especially in color ... That's groovy ... I think people are apathetic! Where's all the excitement?"
KTVU news footage from August 29th 1966 features brief scenes of rock group The Beatles arriving at the airport and playing a live concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. It should be noted that this was The Beatles last ever (paid) live concert. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.
KTVU silent news footage from August 31st 1965 featuring scenes of rock group The Beatles arriving at the airport and playing a concert on-stage at The Cow Palace in San Francisco, which is overwhelmed by fans at one point. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.
KTVU news report from April 1968 with Claud Mann featuring scenes from a memorial march for the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to Berkeley City Hall, origanized by the Associated students of Berkeley High School, the Black Students Union of Berkeley High School and the NAACP's Youth Council. Also includes an inteview with a young man identified as "Mike", who discusses the reasons for organizing this march. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.
KTVU News footage featuring a large rally in Oakland in support of Huey P. Newton and the Black Panther Party. Includes scenes of people marching down to Lake Merritt, where they gather to listen to speeches, including one from Paul Jacobs. Ends with views of crowds shouting "Free Huey!" outside the Alameda courthouse. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.
KTVU News footage from 1968 featuring silent views of Oakland Police displaying guns together with Black Panther Party promotional material. Also includes POV coverage of Oakland PD cars, focussing on bullet holes. There was no paperwork or specific date with this newsfilm reel. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.
KTVU News footage from 1968 featuring views of Black Panther Party (Oakland Chapter) members Bobby Seale, Eldridge Cleaver, David Hilliard and Kathleen Cleaver arriving at a packed courthouse. Stokely Carmichael is also seen with the Panthers. Includes scenes from a press conference with Bobby Seale, who explains that: "Mr Carmichael has been in constant contact and there's a merger going on with the Snick [Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee or SNCC] and the Black Panther Party for self defense, to unify black people around this country in terms of trying to liberate themselves." When a reporter points out that some people are calling Seale "racist and fascist" Seale retorts: "On the contrary ... I don't lynch white people." Ends with views of Carmichael, Eldridge Cleaver and other leaving the building, surrounded by the press.
KTVU News footage from July 15th 1968 featuring scenes from outside the Alameda Courthouse in Oakland, where large numbers of Black Panthers (including Kathleen Cleaver) are chanting "Free Huey … set our water free," holding placards which read "Free Huey" and standing in ranks on the courthouse steps. There are close up shots of many women chanting in support of Huey P. Newton.
KTVU News footage from July 4th 1968 featuring scenes from a Bluegrass and Folk music festival at UC Berkeley. Includes views of performers playing to large crowds.
KTVU News report from April 1968 featuring scenes from a press conference by Oakland-based Black Panther Party members Bobby Seale and Kathleen Cleaver, who are commenting on the killing of Bobby Hutton by Oakland P.D., on April 6th 1968. Seale expresses his conviction that: "They literally murdered Bobby Hutton." Cleaver reads out a statement from her jailed husband (Eldridge Cleaver): "It is my opinion that this is the latest in a series of attempts to liquidate the leadership of the Black Panther Party. At first they moved against Huey P. Newton ... and they are well advanced in framing Bobby Seale ... and now, for the first time, they have moved directly against me. Shooting me and attempting to kill me. I think this is a calculated plan that been carried out." Thanks to historical researcher and consultant Paul Lee for providing background information on this press conference.
KTVU News footage from c1968 in Oakland featuring scenes of Bobby Seale arriving at the Berkeley Municipal Courthouse, asking crowds to fall back from the building and speaking at a press conference after his trial. Also includes views of his lawyer Charles Garry speaking heatedly at the press conference: "Nothing will hold up in court. These are phony charges. You cannot barge into a man's home, under the pretence that there's been a disturbance of the peace ... and with guns drawn tie everybody up and then search the house!" Seale is also visibly angry and in response to reporters questions about what happened declares: "I think it's a whole bunch of trumped up bull crap!"
KTVU News footage from July 15th 1968 at the Alameda Courthouse in Oakland featuring an interview with Bobby Seale, who describes how Black Panthers and other supporters of Huey P. Newton were forced to leave the building by police. Ends with views of police forcibly clearing the courthouse steps.
KTVU news footage from April 1968 featuring scenes from an interview with co-founder of the Black Panther Party Bobby Seale, in which he talks about the killing of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Seale has just returned from the public funeral for Dr. King in Atlanta, GA on April 9th and reflects that with hundreds of thousands of mourners, most of whom he identified as being African American, it shows just how great a loss this was for the black community. He also goes on to speak about Dr. King's views on self defense, the civil rights movement and on the need for African Americans to defend themselves. When a reporter asks him: "Why do you think San Francisco and Oakland have been relatively quiet since Dr. King's assassination [in Memphis, TN]?" Seale replies emphatically: "Because the Black Panther Panther told them to be quiet! Exactly! Because the Black Panther Party told them to be quiet!" Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.
KTVU News footage from July 2nd 1968 featuring brief scenes of Bobby Seale speaking at a Berkeley City Council open forum meeting about the use of police violence against the community. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.
KTVU News report from December 1968 at San Francisco State College by Claud Mann featuring how two home made explosive devices were discovered overnight in the Administration and Psychology Buildings. Mann interviews John H. Bunzel (outside whose door one of the bombs were found), who says there aren't enough funds available to hire proper campus security.
KTVU News report by Carlton Cordell on April 12th 1968 featuring Marlon Brando, Bobby Seale, James Forman and Kathleen Cleaver giving speeches by Lake Merritt in Oakland, following the funeral of Black Panther Bobby Hutton. A somber Brando declares to crowds: "It's up to the individual to do something to force the government to give the black man a decent place to live, a decent place to bring his children up in ... and I'm gonna start right now to inform white people about what they don't know. The Reverend said the white man can't cool it because he's never dug it. And I'm here to try to dig it because I myself as a white man have got a long way to go and a lot to learn." Also includes views of Melvin Newton, George Mason Murray and William Lee Brent on the stage with Brando.
KTVU News report from October 4th 1968 by Carlton Cordell which considers the impact of youth culture on fashion trends in the Bay Area and looks at how stores on Polk Street in San Francisco and 14th and Broadway in Oakland have overtaken the Haight Ashbury as youth fashion centers for "far out clothing." Cordell interviews the owners of The Town Squire and The Casual Man clothing stores on Polk Street and also Mr Yanci III at Mr Yanci's Clothes Hangar in Oakland. When Cordell asks if African American youth dresses any differently from white youth, Yanci III replies: "I would say yes, as far as styles go they are the style-setters and they create these ideas, more or less. They create fads amongst themselves." Cordell also asks these storeowners to what extent the youth fashion market influences older generations. In wrapping up his report Cordell - who is dressed in fashionable youth garb instead of his usual suit - reflects that 1960s youth "made the first break away from conformity" and closes by theatrically removing a false moustache, pointing out there are many ways to change your appearance. It should be noted that Yanci's was the first African American owned clothing store in the East Bay.
Roast Master Kevin Pollak and a jury box of roasters including Herb Caen, Danny Glover, Senator Pete Wilson, Olympic gold medalist Edwin Moses, Sacramento Kings' manager Bill Russell, comedian Warren Thomas, Senator Bill Campbell and more spend an evening taking guest of honor Willie L. Brown, Jr. down a few notches in Nate Thormond's second annual "Celebrity Roast," aired on KTVU in 1989.
KTVU News footage from July 16th 1968 featuring a press conference with Charlene Mitchell, who ran as a Presidential Candidate for the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) in the 1968 Presidential elections. She expresses the hope that "anti communist" voting laws (some states didn't allow communist candidates on the ballot) won't prevent the American public from having a chance to engage with Communist Party USA policies. It should be noted that Mitchell was the first African American woman to ever run for US President. Also see news film reference KQN 2091 to watch Mitchell reflecting on the implications of the North Carolina Supreme Court's move to reinstate the death penalty, from 1974.
KTVU News footage from July 15th 1968 in Oakland featuring a press conference by Huey P. Newton's lawyer Charles Garry, who explains his contention that the proposed jury selection process for Newton's trial is biased against African American jurors. Followed by silent and sound views of Newton supporters and police antagonizing each other on the Alameda Courthouse steps. Ends with brief, silent views of Charles Garry surrounded by reporters and media.
KTVU News footage from July 12th 1968 featuring brief scenes from a press conference with lawyer Charles Garry, who states he wants to make sure that Huey P. Newton is protected by all the relevant legal rights when standing trial next week.


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What is Indian Hemp Poisoning?
Indian hemp poisoning in cats is a form of plant toxicity resulting from direct or indirect ingestion of any portion of the Indian hemp plant, including the pollen, roots, stem and leaves. A feline can also be poisoned by drinking contaminated water that held the Indian hemp plant, such as from a vase. The Indian hemp plant contains toxins called cardiac glycosides that directly interfere with the heart's electrolyte balance. Clinical signs are, therefore, usually cardiovascular but can also be neurological and gastrointestinal. The Indian hemp plant grows in most areas of North America and can commonly be found in fields, woodland areas and roadside ditches, which provides easy access for a cat to consume.
Symptoms of Indian Hemp Poisoning in Cats
The Indian hemp plant contains toxins called cardiac glycosides, because they interfere with the hearts electrolyte balance directly. Due to the poison's direct focus being the heart, a feline will develop clinical signs of Indian hemp poisoning that are centered around the heart muscle and functions. Common signs of a feline Indian hemp poisoning include the following:
- Convulsions
- Body weakness
- Blue colored mucus membranes (an indication of inadequate blood oxygen levels)
- Decreased appetite
- Pupil dilation
- Fever
- Elevated pulse
- Seizures
- Tremors
- Vomiting
- Drooling
- Nausea
- Life-threatening high potassium levels
- Irregular heartbeat
- Abnormal heart rate
Causes of Indian Hemp Poisoning in Cats
Indian hemp poisoning in cats is caused by the direct or indirect ingestion of the Indian Hemp plant. All portions of the Indian hemp plant are considered toxic including the pollen, roots, stem, leaves and petals. Some cases of Indian hemp plant toxicosis have even been reported to have occurred from a feline drinking the vase water in which the plant was placed in the home.
The toxic components of the Indian Hemp plant are naturally-occurring poisons; bufadienolides and cardenolides. These two types of poisons are called cardiac glycoside toxins, which interfere with the heart's electrolyte balance of the contracting muscle. In veterinary medicine, drugs like digoxin and digitalis affect the heart in a very similar way to the Indian hemp plant's bufadienolides and cardenolides. A lethal dose is estimated at 0.5 grams per kilogram of the feline's body weight, but adverse reactions can result in lower dosages.
Diagnosis of Indian Hemp Poisoning in Cats
Diagnosing an Indian hemp poisoning case is tricky, as there is no true way to identify this type of plant toxicity and the symptoms that the toxins cause the feline to develop mimic other serious heart conditions. Actually seeing your cat consume the Indian hemp plant may be the only way to pinpoint an Indian Hemp plant poisoning, so make sure to inform your veterinarian if the feline has consumed part of this plant or inform the doctor if the cat has access to the plant. The diagnostic process will begin with a physical examination, review of the feline's medical history, where cardiovascular changes are to be noted. As cardiovascular irregularities could be linked to a variety of underlying causes, your veterinarian will want to conduct a differential diagnosis to eliminate other possibilities. Diagnostic tests the veterinarian will likely request to be performed on the feline include:
- CBC (complete blood cell count)
- Biochemical profile (blood work)
- Blood smear test
- Chest radiograph
- Urinalysis (examination of urine)
- Fecal floatation test
- Fecal examination
Treatment of Indian Hemp Poisoning in Cats
Indian hemp poisoning in cats has an antidote know as digoxin-specific Fab fragments. The treatment is rather expensive and is only used in severe, life-threatening cases of plant toxicity. If your cat is not in a life-threatening state of Indian hemp plant toxicity, the veterinarian will want to encourage the feline's body to eliminate the toxin. An emetic drug will be administered to encourage the feline to vomit. If your cat has not vomited, activated charcoal will likely be administered by the veterinarian. Activated charcoal will bind with the toxic agent and prevents the body from further absorption of the plant chemicals. The feline's treatment may end with intravenous fluids to flush the toxin from the blood and restore his or her hydration. Vomiting and diarrhea will cause the cat's fluid levels to drop significantly, therefore, intravenous fluids are almost always given.
Recovery of Indian Hemp Poisoning in Cats
The recovery time and prognosis of an Indian hemp plant poisoning in cats depends on the amount of plant material consumed, which part of the plant was consumed and the particular plant (some plants of the same species have a higher toxicity level than others). The key to a positive prognosis is early detection and immediate veterinary medical care.