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The primary purpose of the University of Tennessee at Martin is to provide a quality undergraduate education in a traditional collegiate atmosphere characterized at all levels by close relationships among students and faculty. In addition, the graduate and distributed learning programs meet life-long educational needs for all seeking knowledge. Appropriate technologies support research, scholarship, and creative endeavors that enhance teaching and expand knowledge. The University is committed to public service and applied research efforts to enhance the economic, educational, aesthetic, and cultural life of the region.
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When your school actually sits on property owned by the National Park Service (NPS), it seems only natural to find ways for students to benefit from this unique setting.
The Marine Academy of Science and Technology (MAST) is a co-ed four-year high school (grades 9-12), and one of five career academies administered by the Monmouth County Vocational School District. It is located in the Gateway National Recreation Area, which is better known to New Jerseyans as Sandy Hook.
A few years ago, we designed a "Directed Field Research" course to challenge our 12th-grade students in both technology and the marine/environmental sciences. Because the entire Sandy Hook barrier beach ecosystem is one large outdoor classroom/laboratory, we wanted our students to become familiar with the vegetative components of the area. Hopefully this would encourage our students to become active participants in the effort to preserve natural beach areas for our generation and the next.
This course design grew from a professional learning community, but became a reality, in part, thanks to funding from the Frederick L. Hipp Foundation for Excellence in Education.
A herbarium is a preserved collection of plants used for identification by scientists or people looking to investigate plants in different vegetative zones. In conjunction with and permission from, Gateway National Recreation Area, our students have collected, identified, pressed and preserved indigenous plant specimens from the various habitats of the barrier beach ecosystem. Ultimately we wanted them to design and construct an "Interactive Herbarium" that would be made available to our students, students from other districts participating in organized field trips, and the general public.
Specimens were preserved within Riker Boxes and students researched information regarding each species and the particular habitat from which it was taken and included it on labels placed on the back of each box. These labels include scientific, medicinal and other "local" information regarding the species.
A "QR Tag" was also fixed to the box so that individuals with "smart phone" technology could gain access to the student-designed and constructed website sandyhookherbarium.org. Species locations were recorded and then mapped using GPS/GIS and included on the website.
We have requested permission from NPS to attach removable Revlar tags on trees and shrubs found along marked trails so that visitors could also use QR codes to access information regardless of the operating hours of the Information Center (where the physical herbarium will be housed). Meanwhile, some students have produced landscape portraits of the dune ecosystem as well as scientific illustrations of individual plant species.
The "Interactive Herbarium" was designed as a five-year project due to the sheer number of species on Sandy Hook. During this time, our students have had the opportunity to interact with local naturalists and wildlife biologists to accurately identify species and habitats, to map individual species using GIS/GPS, and to place the QR tags on selected trail specimens.
Perhaps you are wondering how we were able to fund such a great project. As frequent readers of both the NJEA Review and the NJEA Reporter, we knew about the grants that the Frederick L. Hipp Foundation for Excellence in Education was offering to educators throughout the state. We decided to throw our hat in the ring. The application process was straightforward, and we were thrilled when the big white envelope arrived in the spring of 2012 to announce the project was accepted. We received a $5,410 grant to fund the Interactive Herbarium.
The importance of funding outside school district parameters allows for independence and creativity in designing and sustaining both new and innovative educational projects. Equally important is the helpfulness of NJEA staff members who work with the grant winners. Their assistance in preparing our budget and spending reports made the process smooth sailing.
When Superstorm Sandy made landfall along the coast of New Jersey on Oct. 29, 2012, our Interactive Herbarium project was drastically altered. MAST sustained major damage that caused our school to be relocated to St. Joseph's Elementary School in Keyport.
Flooding also destroyed many of the preserved plant specimens, and some pieces of equipment purchased with grant funds were no longer usable. Most important, our access to Sandy Hook and our ability to collect specimens was no longer possible. All field activities came to an abrupt halt.
Despite this setback, our students never gave up, and NJEA was right by our side. The Association's Hurricane Sandy Relief Fund gave us money to purchase equipment and supplies that had been destroyed. Suddenly, we began to focus more on the interactive part of the herbarium and concentrated on expanding our website and other non-field based activities. When Gateway National Park reopened on May 1, 2013, we were again able to make collection visits for spring specimens.
We also applied for a Hipp continuation grant for the 2013-14 school year and have received $9,998 to make our dream—only temporarily derailed by Sandy—a reality.
Just two weeks before the storm, "Classroom Close-up, NJ" (CCUNJ) came to MAST to film a segment about our project. It was a beautiful fall day, and no one had an inkling that disaster was about to strike.
Only days after Sandy hit, the show's executive producer, NJEA staffer Wanda Swanson, called us to see if her crew could return to let the show's viewers know how we survived the storm. In late November, the CCUNJ gang visited us at St. Joseph's. They continued to follow our story, returning a third time when the seniors in our Directed Field Research class graduated in June. That ceremony took place back at Sandy Hook.
After witnessing their hard work on their Interactive Herbarium project, and then learning that much of it and their school had been devastated by the storm, we just had to return to find out how they were coping, said Wanda Swanson. "We visited their temporary facility, and witnessed a lesson in tenacity. But the real joy was when we returned eight months later to Sandy Hook to be part of their graduation ceremony. It was a roller-coaster of emotions that we were privileged to document on our show."
To watch the three CCUNJ segments, go to classroomcloseup.org, click on the Video Library logo, and search for "Interactive Herbarium."
The Hipp Foundation is a great resource for educators to bring their innovative ideas to life," notes Dawn Hiltner, an NJEA associate director who oversees the foundation. "Hurricane Sandy presented unusual challenges and opportunities for our grant winners, so we kept in close contact to ensure they were still able to meet the needs of their students and achieve the goals of their projects. When it comes down to it, our grant winners are the experts so it is important to give them the flexibility and support they need to be successful."
It's hard to put in words what our association with the Hipp Foundation has meant to us. Now in the second year of funding, our project goals are being fulfilled and future ideas are coming into view. It was invigorating to present our story at the NJEA Convention in November and give demonstrations of our projects (in the Great Ideas Forum) to teachers from around the state. And when we met our fellow grant winners at the Celebration of Excellence on Friday at the convention, we felt honored to be among such a caring and creative group of educators.
Our two-year association with the Frederick L. Hipp Foundation has been both rewarding and special. We've never been so proud to be teachers, and would not have traded these experiences—even those associated with Superstorm Sandy—for anything. We are convinced that the enthusiasm we have and the pride we feel has trickled down to our students, and the results have been amazing.
Cheryl McDonald teaches ninth-grade marine biology and directed field research at MAST, where she has worked for 31 years. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
David Alfonse teaches computer-aided designes (CAD) to 10th graders as well as directed field research at MAST. Contact Alfonse, who has worked at MAST for 30 years, at firstname.lastname@example.com.

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You already knew denim jackets were the icing on the cake of your crazy-stylish fall wardrobe, but did you know there's a jacket out there that's chic and easy enough to look good with virtually everything? Rag & Bone's simple and classic denim jacket is paired as easily with a pair of skinnies and your favorite band tee as it is with a flirty dress and heels. The options are endless, which means you don't even need to think about it when you're running late for a date.
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We'll be honest: when someone says "denim leggings", we used to experience some degree of apprehension. When jeggings first hit the market they were straight up spandex blue jean replicas that couldn't do anyone's legs any favors (except maybe Conan's). Luckily, Buffalo David Bitton have taken the denim legging to a new level of chic, and when we pulled them on their hand-dyed Penn leggings last week for the first time, we were blown away by how comfortable and yes, how cute they were. With the perfect amount of stretch and several autumn hues to choose from (like Raspberry, Flame and Black—which is more of a sexy charcoal grey), we were hooked on the versatility and the coziness. If you're in the market for a fall denim legging that you can wear both in and out of lounge-mode, all while maxing out on comfort and staying stylish, this is the one.
Get your Buffalo David Bitton hand-dyed Penn leggings and cozy up!
Photos by Raffael Flores-Contreras.
—Michelle Christina Larsen
Tags: buffalo david bitton, denim leggings, fall fashion, grey leggings, hand-dyed, jeggings
Like most girls who grew up in the 90s, Gwen Stefani still holds a very special place in our hearts, much like the plaid punk rock pants she used to rock on stage with belly shirts and wallet chains. Now's your chance to recapture some of that badass style in a more refined way: Topshop's denim plaid leggings are perfect for wearing under a big chunky sweater or styling with a tailored blazer and heels.
Block Check Denim Leggings in Blue / Block Check Denim Leggings in Red
Love this trend? Could live without it? Let us know on facebook or twitter.
—Michelle Christina Larsen
Tags: colored denim, denim leggings, fall fashion, jeggings, plaid jeans, plaid pants, punk rock style, Topshop
Want to make a glam statement with costume jewelry and keep your favorite jeans in the mix? Good news: it can be done! Katherine Heigl wore a stellar combination of dark wash skinny jeans and statement baubles during a recent coffee run. When wearing dramatic jewels, keep your clothing simple and chic. Her dark knit top is the perfect option.
J Brand Denim Maria high-rise skinny jeans x ASOS Premium Darling Bug Necklace
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What are your favorite fall fashion combos? Let us know on facebook!
—DT Staff
Tags: baubles, costume jewelry, dark-wash jeans, fall fashion, Katherine Heigl, skinny jeans
This fall, denim style is looking dressier. There are so many fall trends to try right now, but one style we are on board with is the lady-like look: Peter Pan collars, an ornate neckline and additional classy jewelry. Paired with your favorite pair of dark wash or coated jeans, you could easily make a quick change into a skirt and cute pumps if you so desire. So versatile! We know our stylish readers out there will put their own spin on fall trends, so we've pulled together some great pieces to get the creative juices flowing.
1. Christie Cross Bib 2. Fallon Classique Crystal Necklace 3. Adia Kibur Floral Statement Necklace
4. Preen Line Sweater with Panel 5. Theory Sepia Cleopatra Blouse 6. Equipment Sophie Colorblock Blouse
7. Rag & Bone/JEAN High-Rise Skinny 8. 7 For All Mankind High Shine Skinny 9. Joe's Jeans The Skinny
—Kathy Ng Hassan
Tags: fall fashion, Fall Trends, girly style, lady-like look, Maison Scotch, Milly, Peter Pan collar, theory, what to wear with jeans
Metallics are one trend that reappear each time fall rolls around, and we're not complaining. A shot of pewter or bronze in an outfit can add just the right edge, whether it's the coating on your jeans or a more dramatic piece, like this metallic silver skirt. What do we love about this skirt in particular? It's under $50. Worn with a chambray denim workshirt and some serious heels, it becomes a head-turning look that will take you from day to night without a hitch.
Check out Refinery29's breakdown of the look and score yourself a new fall statement!
—DT Staff
Tags: Chambray Shirt, denim workshirt, fall fashion, fall trend, metallic skirt, pleated skirt, silver skirt, Street Style
What shoes are you going to wear with your new favorite, fall jeans? Fall fashion doesn't have to be a mystery. Are they cropped, skinny, metallic, printed or coated jeans? We found 9 pairs of ankle boots that will keep your tootsies warm this fall, while you're strutting your hot self down the street. Watch out, though: these shoes might just steal the spotlight!
1. Mesa Ankle Boot 2. France Strapped Boot 3. Dixie Ankle Boot
4. Isabel Marant Jenny Ankle Boots 5. Madewell Old Town Boot 6. Rag & Bone Olive Ankle Boot
7. Givenchy Shoe Boot 8. Acne Pistol Leather Boots 9. Madewell Sandstorm Fringe Boot
—Kathy Ng Hassan
Tags: ankle boots, fall fashion, footwear, shoes, what to wear with jeans
There are times when the key to a good outfit is the right accessory. It could be as simple as a hand-woven bracelet or as elaborate as a gorgeous printed bag, but when you find the right punctuation for your attire, it's like finding the last piece of the puzzle. Here are three accessories brands that we'll be reaching for when we need ensemble punchlines next season.
1. Maxx & Unicorn wallets, business card holders, & passport cases.
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2. Pendleton bags & blankets.
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3. Herschel Supply Co. bags & laptop cases.
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Photos by Raffael Flores-Contreras.
—Michelle Christina Larsen
Tags: accessories, fall fashion, Herschel Supply Co, Maxx & Unicorn, Pendleton, what to buy
The weather's a bit unseasonably warm (it being December 8th, sunny, and 50 degrees), but that's just another excuse to go outside in your stylish late-fall attire without needing to bundle up under a huge puff coat! Take advantage with these five cute denim-centric looks we adore from street style blogs around the world, from day time casual to evening festive.
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From left to right: Cheyenne Meets Chanel; Viva Luxury; HEL Looks; Style Scout; Mr. Newton
—Michelle Christina Larsen
Tags: colored denim, destroyed denim, fall fashion, pendant, red boots, ripped jeans, scarf, Street Style, stripes, what to wear, winter fashion
Need a stretch-denim jean that's going to work with your wardrobe this fall and holiday season? One festive selection we adore are these gorgeous picks from Rag & Bone, suited to be cozy enough to cuddle up on the couch in, and fresh enough for your holiday party circuit! All are skinny silhouettes in rich autumn and winter hues, like plum and wine. For the more adventurous gal, the galaxy print is your new BFF.
1. Rag & Bone Legging in Galaxy ($176) – buy it at Rag & Bone.
2. Rag & Bone Skinny Jean in Plum ($176) – buy it at Rag & Bone.
3. Rag & Bone Skinny Jean in Wine ($165) – buy it at Rag & Bone.
Love these jeans? Let us know how you would style them on our facebook page!
—Michelle Christina Larsen
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With so much sunshine, it's hard to stay put in Tallahassee! The City offers a wide variety of ways for its citizens to enjoy nature, build social networks and stay active throughout their lives.
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With direction from the City Commission to explore and utilize technology to further expand the delivery of City related information, the City's Communication Department is providing citizens with an additional opportunity to stay informed and engage with their local government.
"WCOT has been offering quality TV programs to the citizens of Tallahassee for more than 15 years," said WCOT Station Manager Tom Bronakoski. "Through our agreement with CenturyLink, we're excited to be offering another option for citizens to stay informed and participate in local government."
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Virginia Postmasters and Post Offices, 1789-1832.
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An American Palace: Chicago's Samuel M. Nickerson House.
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Every month, you cringe as you make that mortgage payment. It's about as unpleasant as getting a root canal. You get the point - it's miserable.
So how can you soften the blow of paying that much money on a regular basis? Glad you asked. There are several smart ways to change or reduce the amount you pay. One of the biggest drops could happen if you refinance.
"People can see a lot of savings with their mortgage, especially these days with refinancing," says Tim Sebetka, chair of the Iowa Mortgage Association.
What are some other ways you could save on mortgage payments? Keep reading to learn more…
No. 1 Smart Way to Save on Mortgage: Refinance
Could you imagine having thousands of extra dollars in your bank account each year because your mortgage costs were cut drastically? Good news: Because rates are at historic lows, refinancing could help make that happen.
"When the rates got down to 5 percent five years ago, people thought that was great. They never thought it would get any lower," Sebetka says. "Well they did, and they keep going down."
So, if interest rates were higher when you initially took out your mortgage, you might want to consider how refinancing could save you money. Even an interest rate of .5 percent lower could help cut costs, according to an example from the Federal Reserve's mortgage refinancing guide.
The Federal Reserve, which oversees national monetary policy and banks, compared the monthly payments on a 30-year fixed-rate loan of $200,000 at 5.5 percent and 6 percent, and found that a .5 percent decrease in interest rates yielded a savings of $7,560 over the span of 10 years. Again, that's from lowering your interest rate by just .5 percent.
[Want to lower your interest rate? Click to compare rates from multiple lenders now.]
But before you pick up the phone to call your lender, remember that refinancing has fees and closing costs involved. You need to talk with a financial or mortgage professional to see if refinancing is the best option for your situation.
No. 2 Smart Way to Save on Mortgage: Shorten Mortgage Life
What's another way to save on mortgage costs? Shortening the term of your loan.
In fact, shorter-term loans, which tend to have a lower interest rate than long-term loans, could save you a lot of money over the life of your loan - but only if you feel comfortable making a bigger payment each month, notes the Federal Reserve.
For example, the Federal Reserve compares the total interest costs for a fixed-rate loan of $200,000 at 6 percent for 30 years with a fixed-rate loan at 5.5 percent for 15 years:
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|30-year loan @ 6 percent
|15-year loan @ 5.5 percent
As noted above, while larger monthly payments can be a bit tough to handle, the total savings in interest with a shorter-term loan should help ease the pain a bit.
And because of these potential savings, many homeowners are opting for a 15-year loan.
"We are doing a lot more 15-year loans than we have in the past," Sebetka says.
So, if you decide that your wallet can handle the larger payment each month, this is a great money-saving option to consider.
No. 3 Smart Way to Save on Mortgage: Make Extra Payments
Yes, you read that right. Making extra payments - while it doesn't sound like it - will help you save money on your mortgage costs.
Here's the logic, according to the Federal Reserve's mortgage refinancing guide: "By paying a little extra on principal each month, you will pay off the loan sooner and reduce the term of your loan."
For example, the Federal Reserve says that by adding $50 each month to your principal payment on a $200,000, 30-year loan at 6 percent, you could reduce your loan term three years and pocket more than $27,000 in interest costs.
So, can you see how extra payments now, can pay off later?
If it's hard for you to come up with some extra money each month, think of the disposable cash you are using for those fancy lattes or going out to dinner three times a week. It all adds up, Sebetka says, so you'll have to figure out what to sacrifice to come up with that extra cash.
No. 4 Smart Way to Save: Eliminate Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI)
Have you seen that little acronym PMI on your mortgage bill and wondered why it's costing you extra every month?
It stands for private mortgage insurance. And if you put less than 20 percent down when you first bought your house, your lender probably required you to take out PMI to protect them against you defaulting on the loan, Sebetka says.
So how big of a dent is PMI making on your bank account each month? Well, it can cost between .5 to 1 percent of the entire loan amount, says Sebetka.
To put this percentage into perspective, just consider that the median cost for single-family homes was $186,100 during the third quarter of 2012, according to the National Association of Realtors. That means you could be spending $155 a month on the insurance, Sebetka says.
It's also good to note that "the PMI is based on the value of your home," he says. So if you've made improvements - such as renovating the kitchen or adding new siding to enhance the value of your home, that can also offset the PMI, too."
Luckily, there are a few ways to get rid of your PMI. One option is called a piggy back loan, he says. For example, if you only have 10 percent down on your mortgage but don't want to pay PMI, you can opt to take out a second mortgage with another lender. The first lender handles 80 percent of your loan. The other lender offers up a 10 percent loan of the home's purchase price (or refinancing amount), so you would have the 20 percent down to avoid the insurance.
No. 5 Smart Way to Save: Reevaluate Your Home's Value
Do you know what your house is currently valued at? If you're not sure, it might be a good idea to find out, because if your home value has dropped, you could potentially save money on property tax.
Perhaps that's why Sebetka offers this action item for homeowners: "Have your home reassessed and see if the value has declined." If it has, "then, you will have less property taxes to pay."
To offer some insight into just how important this tip is, let's take a look at how far home values have dropped. According to S&P/Case-Shiller's home price index, which looks at single-family homes, home prices have fallen more than 35 percent in some 20 major markets from their peak in 2005 and 2006.
So, if you're looking to save on mortgage costs, do some research on the value of your home. To get started, visit the website of your local county tax assessor to gather information.


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3rd Friday after Pentecost
The Gospel according to Matthew 10:32-36; 11:1
The Lord said to his disciples, "Every one who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven; but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven. Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth; I have not come to bring peace but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and a man's foes will be those of his own household."
And when Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in their cities.
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I would guess most librarians probably see Summon and its competitors as "Google, but for academic research or they see as "Google Scholar like". For sure, users see it that way and so did I.
In a way this isn't a bad way to understand Summon. Similar to Google, Summon builds a centralised index of results that it queries whenever you search, so you can get almost instant results. Of course this isn't how older library federated search products work which pulls in results in real-time from multiple sources (this is the library equalvant of web metasearch services like ixquick ) rather than storing the data before-hand in a single index.
Similar to Google, Summon generally isn't restricted to searching just the metadata or the bibliographic record and searches through full-text of most journal articles and many books - if these are available or provided.
Other similarities include the holy grail of "the one search box" that searches "everything" (or close enough) and heavy focus on relevancy ranking to surface desired results.
As a sidenote, relevancy ranking isn't really new to library catalogues by now (for example our "next generation catalogue" Encore, has relevancy ranking and so does the older webopac), but one thing that is often missed by librarians is that because Summon searches full-text rather than just metadata/library record, Summon's relevancy ranking owes more to how typical web search engines works and is often unpredictable to a large extent.
Even if you knew the exact formulas and weightings of each factor, you would have to crunch the numbers and probably it doesn't work such that "no matter what, this journal must appear on top because it matched 245$a and...." and for sure you can't "explain" why this results appears on top but not another.
As stated in my post, How is Google different from traditional Library OPACs & databases? , Summon is probably as close to Google/Google scholar as any Library associated search currently out there including features like autostemming, search over full-text and Summon 2.0 will come even closer by adding Auto query expansion that will automatically search synonyms.
With the topic explorer in Summon 2.0
I would add that such "Topic pages" is not unique to Summon, for example Ebsco Discovery service is adding topic pages.
Summon 2.0's content spotlighting that "Groups newspaper content for easy identification" and "Local collection and image spotlighting" reminds me of how Google's "universal search" dynamically shows content from Google News and images when necessary.
Below shows a Google search with news items been distinctly grouped and highlighted
In short, both functionally and visually, Summon is getting very close to Google with the main exception it does not do a soft AND - it doesn't occasionally drops terms from the search.
A sidenote is that there are metadata fields in Summon that are never displayed to the user but are indexed and matched, so occasionally it seems Summon might appear to do a soft AND and pull out results that do not match all terms (taking into account stemming) but it's just a illusion.
As such I think while most librarians know how Summon is similar to Google/Google Scholar, what is often not mentioned is how different Summon is from Google. These differences are often technical but I suspect drive a lot of unhappiness towards discovery services because they can't meet "Google level expectations"
I am not technical expert but I believe, the main difference between Google/Google scholar and Summon stems from the fact that
Google mostly obtains knowledge of webpages/articles by crawling such pages and harvesting them directly using spiders, Summon generally doesn't.
See also Google's Inside Search
This difference has 2 effects
1) Less stability in links
2) Less capability in relevancy ranking
Have you ever wondered why Google or Google Scholar seem to have a much lower broken links rate despite covering so much ground?
Essentially, how Google works is that, they have bots that go out to different webpages and capture the information on those pages and from those pages the bots crawl to other pages via links on those pages.
Google scholar is similar
"Google Scholar uses automated software, known as "robots" or "crawlers", to fetch your files for inclusion in the search results. It operates similarly to regular Google search. Your website needs to be structured in a way that makes it possible to "crawl" it in this manner. In particular, automatic crawlers need to be able to discover and fetch the URLs of all your articles, as well as to periodically refresh their content from your website."
I recently lead a workshop on using Google Scholar for bibliometrics, and despite how I tried, based on the questions they asked, I suspect many just couldn't wrap their minds how Google Scholar obtained entries for indexing compared to how Scopus and Web of Science worked.
http://www.google.com/intl/en/scholar/inclusion.html pretty much sets out the inclusion guidelines for what Google Scholar will index.
Essentially a Pdf file, that looks vaguely article like (e.g Title in big font, author in one line before it, a section titled references etc) and on a edu domain will be considered scholarly and included by the spider into Google scholar if it comes across.
I believe Summon generally does not find information to index this way (I could be wrong).
This difference means that in general Summon relies fully if not mostly on the quality of information given by publishers etc (whether via FTP/USB/OAI-PMH) and does not really "know" if the information given is correct as it has not really "seen" the page or article in question on the site.
While Summon and competitors in its class try to obtain full-text as well as meta-data whenever possible, it relies heavily on the cooperation of the content owner. So often, it may just have the metadata but not full text, particularly for smaller less technically capable content owners. Comparatively Google Scholar if given permission can pretty much grab "everything" full text and all, if their spiders are allowed permission. My anecdotal testing shows this sometimes makes a big difference for example compare the following for Summon eds discovery in Google scholar vs in Summon and you will notice more relevant results appearing in Google scholar due to more full-text indexing even though most of the articles shown in Google scholar are indexed (metadata/abstract only) in Summon as well.
This also means unlike Google, linking in Summon is going to be less reliable. Let's leave aside the complication of journal articles residing in different locations and the need to use openurl resolvers and assume all articles reside only at the/one publisher.
Google is generally sure that when they display a link, the webpage exists, at least at the point in time the bot harvesting the page, it was definitely there. And also because they directly check to see if the page exists, they can easily do link checks and fight link-rot. They can even tell which domains tend to have more broken links and can penalize such sites more.
Imagine if Summon had such data and could use it to automatically adjust openurl database ordering when there are multiple copies available.
I don't think Summon has a way of knowing what links are broken though? Even though Summon has "Index-Enhanced Direct Linking" which uses information from the publisher for more reliable linking compared to openurl linking it is still not directly checking to see if the article exists. For instance, I notice many of these partnerships seem to be using doi, and believe it or not, dois occasionally still do not resolve properly.
The other thing that people like to moan about is the relevancy ranking. Why isn't Summon as good? Don't get me wrong Summon's is very good, but I doubt anyone would say it's better than Google's and I would guess many if not most would say it isn't as good. I also have anecdotal information in the sense that so far the dedicated google scholar users I know of have not switched to Summon, though they acknowledged Summon is a very good effort, signalling that at the very least Summon isn't much better to be worth switching.
Google has a very sophisticated ranking system of course, they can rank based on social signals, usage, tracking click data etc, which leads to fears of filter bubbles where you get totally different results depending on who you are, when you search, where you are when searching etc..
In any case, I don't believe Summon currently uses any of this, though I would love to see Summon take into account click data usage etc whether on a institutional level or global level if hasn't already, similar to how Summon generates "related search" suggestions.
But the better relevancy also stems from the fact that because Google directly crawls each page, they can study the linkage patterns between webpages leading to the famous Page Rank algorithm. As you know, each inbound link is a "vote of approval" from the source page that the destination page is important. While this factor may not be as dominant a factor as it used to be, with other "signals", it's easy to believe it is still very useful for Google.
There's a beautiful explanation here.
"The Web is a complex network of interlinked documents and files. It's vast. It's open. Although much of its data is not very well-structured, it does at least share a common structure (HTML, XML) and a common infrastructure. You can write a program that crawls from document to document on the Web and automatically gleans lots of contextual information based on what links to what, the text in which the link is embedded, and lots of other contextual clues. The contextual data might not be 100% accurate, but it's incredibly rich."
Then it goes on to explain why library data is different.
"Library data, on the other hand, consists mostly of various separate pools of records/resources that, 1. have little (if any) contextual data, 2. are not linked together in any meaningful way (not universally and not with unambiguous, machine-readable links), 3. do not share a common structure, 4. do not share a common infrastructure, and 5. are generally not freely/openly available. So much of what Google has leveraged to make Web search work well is simply not part of library data. "
This is for Google, but applies for Google Scholar as well I would guess to a lesser degree.
For Summon the closest equivalent to that which we have is using citation data from Web of Science/Scopus. I have no information, how this is used, but regardless given that most articles are not even cited once (at least as seen in Citation indexes from Scopus or Web of Science), this citation web is a very poor substitute to the link analysis Google uses.
I would add it's well known Google Scholar generally shows more cites than Web of Science for the same article, due to the "looseness" of what is considere a cite, so this technique of weighting results based on cites is far more effective for them.
Can Summon further improve the relevancy ranking? Yes. For example , Google is famous for personalizing search results using either the fact you are logged into Google accounts or because there is a long term non-expiring cookie as well as hundreds of other cues including social media related ones.
Google Scholar as far as I tell isn't that personalised based on doing the same search on different systems and ips but that's besides the point.
Could Summon do personalised results? In theory it could take into account logged-in users , what discipline they are in, what level of study etc, similar to what Primo's Scholarrank claims to do.
But this would still lack the link analysis Google can do by studying the web as a graph of inter-related articles.
One wonders if adding data from citation managers like Citeulike and Mendeley could help improve relevancy ranking, though of course if altmetrics takes off (in many ways this would be the "social signals" of scholarly works ), Summon could exploit that as well.
Beyond that, I am not sure what the solution is for better relevancy, perhaps moving towards a "linked resource discovery environment" (a concept I don't fully grasp) would help but that would be a fundamental change compared to the shift towards web scale discovery services, but as more and more content gets sucked into Summon and it's competitors , this problem of relevancy ranking is not going to get better.
ConclusionThis post is just my education guess on how Summon and Google work and I might be totally wrong. If you have more knowledge and are aware of errors, please help share what you know in the comments.
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Publications Tagged: Neville Chamberlain
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- Appeasement Reconsidered: Investigating the Mythology of the 1930s. Authored by Dr. Jeffrey Record.
- Anglo-French appeasement of Hitler in the 1930s has generated a mythology that ignores much of the actual political-military situation at the time and that continues to mislead U.S. foreign policy today.


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Wales ended an eight-game losing streak with a 16-6 victory over an uninspired French side at the Stade de France on Saturday.
Wales ended an eight-game losing streak with a hard-fought 16-6 victory over an uninspired French side at the Stade de France on Saturday.
A solitary late try from wing George North handed Wales the spoils in a dour game that culminated to the sound of boos and whistles from the Parisian crowd.
The result leaves pre-tournament favourites France rooted to the bottom on the Six Nations Championship standings after their shock loss to Italy last week.
'Crisis' might be too harsh a term to define the French situation at the moment, but all is clearly not well in Philippe Saint-André's camp. Most worrying was the lack of intensity and commitment in the French defence in the last quarter, when the game was still there for the taking.
The pressure was evident in what was a must-win game for both sides, as the fear of failure seemed to dominate the attacking spirit that has served these teams so well in the past.
A first-half characterised by conservative tactics and wasted opportunities on both ends came to a close with the scores locked at 3-3 and the spectators voicing their displeasure.
Wales had enjoyed the lion's share of possession but the French came closest to crossing whitewash, only to fluff two great chances with poor decision making. The only thing worse than the quality of the spectacle was the state of the playing surface which, was once again, took a beating at every scrum.
The French half-back duo of Frederic Michalak and Maxime Machenaud came under heavy fire for their showing in Rome last week and they did their chances of being selected for next week's trip to Twichenham no good with some poor passes and options while full-back Yoann Huget failed to offload to frustrated wing Wesley Fofana on his outside with the tryline begging.
Wales started the second half well though and Leigh Halfpenny was able to give the visitors the lead with his second penalty.
The home crowd howled when Francois Trinh-Duc – playing at full-back after coming on for wing Benjamin Fall at the break – missed an easy drop goal when France were camped on the Welsh line.
Michalak drew the hosts level with a penalty (against the Welsh scrum) with half-an-hour left on the clock.
The hosts' scrum had become their primary weapon but it couldn't help them when Dan Biggar chipped over the top for North, who did brilliantly to evade the touchline and score in the corner in the 71st minute.
A long-range penalty from Halfpenny in the dying moments sealed the deal to leave France with plenty to think about.
Man of the match: Not many stand-out performers but Leigh Halfpenny was very solid, making very few errors and landing crucial kicks.
Moment of the match: There was only one. North's try was the game changer and a rare highlight.
Villain of the match: No nasty stuff, but if you're French, a guy called Philippe won't be on your Christmas card list right now.
The scorers:
For France:
Pens: Michalak 2
For Wales:
Try: North
Con: Halfpenny
Pens: Halfpenny 3
France: 15 Yoann Huget, 14 Wesley Fofana, 13 Mathieu Bastareaud, 12 Maxime Mermoz, 11 Benjamin Fall, 10 Frederic Michalak, 9 Maxime Machenaud, 8 Louis Picamoles, 7 Fulgence Ouedraogo, 6 Thierry Dusautoir, 5 Yoann Maestri, 4 Jocelino Suta, 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 Dimitri Szarzewski, 1 Yannick Forestier
Replacements: 16 Benjamin Kayser, 17 Vincent Debaty, 18 Luc Ducalcon, 19 Romain Taofifenua, 20 Damien Chouly, 21 Morgan Parra, 22 Francois Trinh-Duc, 23 Florian Fritz.
Wales: 15 Leigh Halfpenny, 14 Alex Cuthbert, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 George North, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Mike Phillips, 8 Toby Faletau, 7 Justin Tipuric, 6 Ryan Jones (c), 5 Ian Evans, 4 Andrew Coombs, 3 Adam Jones, 2 Richard Hibbard, 1 Gethin Jenkins.
Replacements: 16 Ken Owens, 17 Paul James, 18 Craig Mitchell, 19 Lou Reed, 20 Aaron Shingler, 21 Lloyd Williams, 22 James Hook, 23 Scott Williams.
Venue: Stade de France, St. Denis (Paris)
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Alain Rolland (Ireland), Francisco Pastrana (Argentina)
Television match official: Giulio De Santis (Italy)
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Skip to comments.Time running out on debt ceiling (Tick-Tock run out that clock)
Posted on 11/27/2012 7:17:29 PM PST by tobyhill
Congress must raise the debt ceiling before the end of February, and possibly sooner. If it doesn't, the United States risks defaulting on its payments to creditors.
That's the key takeaway from a new report released Tuesday by the Bipartisan Policy Center.
The group, an independent think tank, analyzed patterns in the Treasury Department's monthly cash flow and obligations to assess just how much time it has to continue paying the country's bills in full and on time if lawmakers don't raise the legal borrowing limit.
The debt ceiling is currently set at $16.394 trillion. By the end of last week, the debt subject to that limit had reached $16.268 trillion.
Treasury has been saying for months that it expects the country to hit the debt ceiling by the end of this year. But it says it can stave off the risk of default until sometime in early 2013 through the use of "extraordinary measures," such as temporarily using federal workers' retirement savings normally invested in government bonds.
Those extraordinary measures can provide about $197 billion of breathing room, which could cover the financing needs until sometime in February, the Bipartisan Policy Center estimates.
The United States doesn't bring in enough revenue to pay all its bills, so it borrows to make up the difference. Monthly deficits typically run between $100 billion to $125 billion.
(Excerpt) Read more at money.cnn.com ...
Paying more taxes to government is like giving heroin to a heroin addict.
"If it doesn't, the United States risks defaulting on its payments to creditors."
Any countries that lend money to the USA when it is bankrupt with almost $90 trillion in unfunded mandates, which is 550% of its GDP, deserve to lose its money. The USA is like the welfare class who bought houses when they had no money, and it will collapse just as the housing fiasco collapsed.
The sky is the limit.
If the debt ceiling is not raised, the US will not have to default. The US will have to have a balanced budget.
Look at this blog by this economist:
"The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure." - Barack Hussein Obama 2006
in 4 years $16.394 trillion will be chump change
The debt ceiling is such a laugh. Why have it if we keep raising it?
Stop the clock. Reverse the clock.
Socialism Is Legal Plunder - Bastiat
Pay, pensions and perks of all legislators past and present rescinded until the debt is paid off and a surplus clock starts ticking.
—That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
Alter it.
It is a tiresome little exercise, isn't it? I say make the debt ceiling $100T!! That way, we won't have to raise it again for at least 2 or 3 years.
Close. Geithner is recommending abolishing the debt limit altogether.
The notional derivatives debt is over $600T.
It's silly. These debts cannot be paid. You can raise taxes. You can confiscate wealth. You can inflate the currency. But you'll never pay off a $600T debt.
Solution -- Jubilee. Cancel all the debts. Tell the creditors that they played a good game, but they pushed it too far and broke the bank. Now we all owe nothing, and we start over.
Yeah -- that would really hurt and cause all kinds of trouble. And sticking with $600T debt won't hurt?
JLS~:" If the debt ceiling is not raised, the US will not have to default. The US will have to have a balanced budget."
"You never want a crisis to go to waste..."- Rahm Emanuel
Since when has Barack submitted a balanced budget that passed any house of congress..... NEVER !!
Why on earth is the assumption always that the first thing we would not pay is our interest payments?
...or in other words, "default" on anything and everything. Yes the logic or lack of is just stunning. Just a bit of political gamesmanship by those who seem to think the economy will just keep on keeping on.
LOL! Let me see if I understand this correctly. There is a date certain after which our creditors will be told we "can't make the payment"? Really? Being as our "creditor" is The Fed who has been printing funny papers which have been bought by the US Treasury it seems about as serious as Dad trying to get back the advance on allowance he already knows I spent taking Becky Sue to the dance. What we should be telling our creditors is something more like "pound sand". Those debts were run up by an illegitimate impostor claiming authority he did not have. The biggest "Identity Theft" of all.
Or as P. J. O'Rourke wrote: "Like giving car keys and whiskey to teen age boys."
The proper thing for Congress to do is to ignore the fiscal cliff and then refuse to raise the debt ceiling. We can confront these problems now, or deal with much worse later.
Starve the Beast.
I think this should be the FIRST thing looked at. We could probably run the government for a couple of days off this money, at least.
Debt is a tool for plunderers(socialists/UNaccountable bureaucrats) to take us to TOTALITARIANISM. Witness it unfolding.
Parliament of whores
It does not matter what Obama or the Dims submit. If the debt ceiling is not raised, then the government can only spend what comes in.
Rumor has it that Turbo Tax cheat Timmy is already dipping into the federal retirement funds. Which would explain why the debt ceiling has not already hit the limit as it was expected to do some time ago.
The problem with that will be that they won't have as much to work with when the official numbers do reach the ceiling.
Not quite.
If you give a heroin addict enough heroin, they'll eventually OD and then they need no more heroin.
There is no level of taxes which will make a government OD and need no more taxes.
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Given her last name, it's no big shock that Margherita Missoni, the granddaughter of Missoni's founders, is into bright colors. The aspiring actress, who is currently living in NYC, always stands out in her printed Missoni dresses, and with Summer nearing, it's the perfect time to draw inspiration from her colorful ways. Get a closer look at Margherita in her eye-catching Missoni looks, then shop a few exact pieces as well as similar styles to help you get her spotlight-worthy look.


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BBG Visitor Photos of Summer
Our visitor-contributed photos allow us to see the Garden through many different lenses year-round. Here are a few of our favorites from this summer!
See BBG's Photos page for more great image galleries!
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Roberta Balestri
August 8, 2011
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'Extreme painters' coat 140-foot Greeley water tower
June 21, 2013
The summer sun beat down on Rich Purnell just a little bit harder than everywhere else in Greeley.
From atop a 140-foot water tower in west Greeley recently, Purnell surveyed two of his employees as they dangled over 20th Street and coated the tower with fresh paint.
For Purnell, it was another day at work.
The owner of BASE Group in Arvada, Purnell and company paint 100-foot-high industrial and commercial structures from perspectives that few other people have seen. It's a specialized industry, he said, so they travel across the U.S. to do it.
Purnell spent about a week and a half in Greeley with his employees, most of whom are also rock climbers and, obviously, thrill seekers.
"It does take a special kind of person to hang on a rope and paint all day," Purnell joked.
The water tower, which looks like a white golf ball sitting atop a light blue tee, was due for a new paint job, said Burt Knight, deputy director of operations for Greeley's Water and Sewer Department.
The tower no longer holds water, Knight said. But its height is perfect for a communications tower. Verizon Wireless, Cricket, T-Mobile, a wireless Internet provider and the city of Greeley all use the water tower's height for communications equipment.
Knight said the water tower gets repainted about every 10 years, and the paint job is paid for by one of the cellphone companies as part of its agreement with the city.
The tower was intentionally painted to look like a golf ball, Knight said. It sits just blocks away from Greeley's Highland Hills golf course.
Purnell said a few employees stay strapped in their harnesses on the tower while one man on the ground sends up new buckets of paint through a pulley-like system. He said the whole project would take about 100 gallons of paint.
The highest Purnell said he's climbed for a project is 400 feet.
"The climbing takes the boring out of painting," he said.
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elder son of Adam and Eve, from Hebrew Qayin, literally "created one," also "smith," from Semitic stem q-y-n "to form, to fashion." To raise Cain is first recorded 1840. Surnames McCain, McCann, etc., are a contraction of Irish Mac Cathan "son of Cathan," from Celtic cathan, literally "warrior," from cath "battle."
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a possession; a spear. (1.) The first-born son of Adam and Eve (Gen. 4). He became a tiller of the ground, as his brother Abel followed the pursuits of pastoral life. He was "a sullen, self-willed, haughty, vindictive man; wanting the religious element in his character, and defiant even in his attitude towards God." It came to pass "in process of time" (marg. "at the end of days"), i.e., probably on the Sabbath, that the two brothers presented their offerings to the Lord. Abel's offering was of the "firstlings of his flock and of the fat," while Cain's was "of the fruit of the ground." Abel's sacrifice was "more excellent" (Heb. 11:4) than Cain's, and was accepted by God. On this account Cain was "very wroth," and cherished feelings of murderous hatred against his brother, and was at length guilty of the desperate outrage of putting him to death (1 John 3:12). For this crime he was expelled from Eden, and henceforth led the life of an exile, bearing upon him some mark which God had set upon him in answer to his own cry for mercy, so that thereby he might be protected from the wrath of his fellow-men; or it may be that God only gave him some sign to assure him that he would not be slain (Gen. 4:15). Doomed to be a wanderer and a fugitive in the earth, he went forth into the "land of Nod", i.e., the land of "exile", which is said to have been in the "east of Eden," and there he built a city, the first we read of, and called it after his son's name, Enoch. His descendants are enumerated to the sixth generation. They gradually degenerated in their moral and spiritual condition till they became wholly corrupt before God. This corruption prevailed, and at length the Deluge was sent by God to prevent the final triumph of evil. (See ABEL.) (2.) A town of the Kenites, a branch of the Midianites (Josh. 15:57), on the east edge of the mountain above Engedi; probably the "nest in a rock" mentioned by Balaam (Num. 24:21). It is identified with the modern Yekin, 3 miles south-east of Hebron.


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They match my old house pulls.
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I redid my 1921 kitchen and wanted to retain the glass knobs, but most were too worn. Other big hardware stores did not have enough of them so I ordered online. Thanks!
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Skip to comments.The black president no longer
Posted on 01/21/2013 11:43:42 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
President Barack Hussein Obamas second inauguration was every bit as historic as his first not because it said so much about the nations long, bitter, unfinished struggle with issues of race, as was the case four years ago, but because it said so little about the subject.
Reflect for a moment: A black man stood on the Capitol steps and took the oath of office as president of the United States. For the second time. Meaning that not only did voters elect him once which could be a fluke, a blip, an aberration, a cosmic accident but then turned around and did it again.
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Fllo me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me.
Shame on every last Sumbeach who voted for this Muslim Communist.
It's too bad that it had to be wasted on such a hateful, spiteful, petty, small, loser.
Wouldn't it be great for America if we had a good black President.
That is the last sentence of this screed. What he wanted to add on was
"And I simply can't relate to that. Race is central to everything in nmy worldview!"
No longer the "Unity" Pres__ent either, Eugene.
In fact he never was. It was all just smoke and mirrors to dupe enough white people
Yes it is.
Or massive cheating at the polls, with nary a bleep from the RINO candidate.
Obama has set race relations back at least 50 years.
He has fomented racism among blacks to the point it might well be the end of real progress.
How can there be peace between the races when blacks are taught that their every short-coming is the fault of whites?
The Obama/Holder message is that it is okay for blacks to hate, resent and envy whites beacause whites are evil racists.
And it is okay for blacks to be parasites on the taxpayers because whites owe it to them.
Sounds like Robinson's heart really isn't in this attempt at gloating.
But we are still irredeemably racist, right?
We're still oppressing the poor black folks, yes?
We still filled with hate?
We do still owe lots and lots of reparations, right?
Nothing has changed? We're still evil?
The NEXT black president will get there on merit alone.
That will TRULY be historic.
EVERY presidency is historic, not just the ones won by this black bastard son of a bigamist.
With every election, history turns a page and the other path is not traveled.
But some people are so damn fixated on race, that it colors their entire world view. Their mamas brought them up wrong. Told them day in and day out that no white man would ever see beyond their skin color. That is simply child abuse and the generational spreading of hate.
The Seven Black Presidents Before Barack Obama
Fourth time. the first time Chief justice Roberts screwed it up and it had to be redone the next day. than for legal purposes they had to do it yesterday and then today for the show.
I expect that the,Obama daughters are also being taught that hate. A tragedy.
Oh, please. It takes 15 seconds to look up John Hanson and find out that the first one of those is a myth.
But no, let's spread the crap.
Fluke, blip, aberration... they forgot fraud.
this ass clown sure hasn't helped race relations in this country any
Eugene, you and your MSM friends will be reminding us tomorrow and every day of your life that Obama IS Black and Conservatives are racist.
Many of your MSM friends aren't even waiting until tomorrow.
Sadly, you can't fix stupid.
So true!
The burning question is, is Moochelle proud this second time?
And will probably be a Republican!
No, the moocher base of the Democrat party is not stupid - - the moochers elected the guy they thought would do everything he could to confiscate more tax dollars from their neighbors and hand over the loot in exchange for their votes. Shameless to be sure, and selfish obviously - - but not stupid.
(Okay, those normal-looking, traditional American families who work for a living and pay taxes yet inexplicably voted for the African communist... yeah, they're stupid, no question. Profoundly stupid.)
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