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A summary of resources, research, news and events in open scholarship for the preceding month
Australian policies are summarised on ROARMAP (note that this is a little out of date)
Help with developing policies
JISC: How to build a case for university policies and practices in support of Open Access 25 Feb 201
These are excellent slides which argue libraries are becoming unviable with the increase of Google - BUT open access can be the answer. Libraries are trying to reinvent in times of massive change - these excellent graphics of the challenges facing libraries as we move into the digital era, and how we need to move from ownership to access and that open access is a way to transform the library - remember it only took 10 years to transform the music industry. http://www.theconferencecircuit.com/wp-content/uploads/Provosts-Report-on-Academic-Libraries2.pdf
John Palfrey, Chair of the DPLA Steering Committee, recently gave a speech titled A Future for Libraries as part of the October 2011 MobilityShifts summit at The New School in New York City. In this twenty-six minute talk, Palfrey discusses the past, present, and future of the Digital Public Library of America. Along the way, he touches upon the cultural dissonance between libraries' increased importance in the 21st century on the one hand, and the near constant battle to resist decreased funding on the other; the democratic notion of "free to all" in a contemporary marketplace of licenses and leases; and the process of truly connecting the physical library space with the virtual. http://dp.la/2011/11/29/john-palfrey-a-future-for-libraries/
Yes it is American but some good tips here on how to present copyright issues to staff and students. Central Michigan University offered 213 classes and 1,113 class sections on copyright in 2010-11. How many classes did your institution offer? Peters, Timothy, Copyright to the University: Tips on Informing, Educating, and Enabling", College & Research Libraries News 72, no. 10 (2011) http://crln.acrl.org/content/72/10/592.full.pdf+html
This cloud service is called the Shared Academic Knowledge Base plus, or KB+, and will be a database covering all 'subscribed resources' from a UK higher education perspective. <…> the focus is on data and harnessing the community effort and work that happens at an institutional level. JISC aims to simplify the the challenge of collating accurate, quality and timely data across UK universities. http://www.jisc.ac.uk/inform/inform32/SavingLibraries.html
'Starting, Strengthening, and Managing Institutional Repositories'. Nabe, Jonathan (a $90 book available from here - http://www.neal-schuman.com/starting--strengthening-and-managing-institutional-repositories) It gets a good review by Thomas Singarella in Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries – Vol 8 Issue 4 2011, http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15424065.2011.626365
This lists a series of vanity publishers who0 are trying to make a buck out of open access. … "Typically, these publishers spam professional email lists, broadly soliciting article submissions for the clear purpose of gaining additional income. Operating essentially as vanity presses, these publishers typically have a low article acceptance threshold, with a false-front or non-existent peer review process. Unlike professional publishing operations, whether subscription-based or ethically-sound open access, these predatory publishers add little value to scholarship, pay little attention to digital preservation, and operate using fly-by-night, unsustainable business models. " http://metadata.posterous.com/83235355
(This has been developed for the UK reporting process - REF) The newly-developed REF2014 plugin for the widely-used EPrints repository software is entering its live testing phase. Five universities that currently have their repositories hosted by EPrints Services will be participating in the testing process. The goal is to release the REF2014 plugin next February and it will be available free of charge. http://www.eprints.org/ref2014/
This seems like a pretty good basic instruction-type article about this topic. It doesn't say anything about negotiating open access rights as part of the licence. Lemley, Trey et al, 'Negotiating your license', Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries, Volume 8, Issue 4, 2011 May need subscription: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15424065.2011.626343
Title: 'A review of open access self-archiving mandate policies' Abstract: This article reviews the history of open access (OA) policies and examines the current status of mandate policy implementations. It finds that hundreds of policies have been proposed and adopted at various organizational levels and many of them have shown a positive effect on the rate of repository content accumulation. However, it also detects policies showing little or no visible impact on repository development, and attempts to analyze the effects of different types of policies, with varied levels of success. It concludes that an open access mandate policy, by itself, will not change existing practices of scholarly self-archiving. http://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/portal_libraries_and_the_academy/portal_pre_print/current/articles/12.1xia.pdf
The SWORD v2 project has been asked by the JISC to look into the applicability of the SWORD protocol for depositing Research Data. In order to investigate how well SWORD and SWORD v2 would deal with Research Data, we need to know about the different types of research data that you are working with. This will allow us to discover some of the range of different data types in use, and the general and specific requirements of each. The survey is only 9 questions long. http://swordapp.org/2011/12/survey-depositing-research-data-using-sword
Abstract: The role of libraries is to collect, preserve, and disseminate the intellectual output of the society. This output includes books and serials as well as the digital versions of the same. Scientists, other scholars, and all of society are now producing, storing, and disseminating digital data that underpin the aforementioned documents in much larger volumes than the text. The survival of this data is in question since the data are not housed in long-lived institutions such as libraries. This situation threatens the underlying principles of scientific replicability since in many cases data cannot readily be collected again. Libraries are the institutions that could best manage this intellectual output. The Emerging Role of Libraries in Data Curation and E-science, Journal of Library Administration, Volume 51, Issue 7-8, 2011 Special Issue: Living the Future http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01930826.2011.601269
Repositories are not necessarily collecting the high impact best research
(It is a US study but probably fairly similar to results we would find here) Abstract: Open access institutional repositories were created to promote access to information, encourage scholarly communication, and demonstrate institutional prestige. While these repositories have been widely adopted, the quality of their contents often fails to represent their institution's scholarly output. Moreover, current research uses measurements of quantity, not quality, to assess their value. In response, this article opens new areas of scholarly inquiry by assessing the quality of contents. This is accomplished through a cross-sectional study of repositories at American colleges and universities across the academic spectrum, using citation indexing to identify an institution's articles and authors of highest impact. Megan Wacha, "Measuring Value in Open Access Repositories" The Serials Librarian Volume 61, Issue 3-4, 2011 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0361526X.2011.580423
This blog is asking "Restricting online access: what evidence do publishers have to support their claims that open access negatively affects sales?" and concludes that putting work up online is advertising for, not theft of, sales. http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2011/12/05/restricting-online-access-what-evidence/
Call for universities to stay apace as digital age keeps marching on
Article (SMH 26 Oct 2011) that describes Lindsay Tanner's point that universities that fail to embrace new technology will lose students and die: while Australian universities were using the internet to deliver study materials, they were not yet fully exploiting the potential technology offered for developing new ways of learning. ''Fixing the technology's important, but so is changing the pedagogy,'' Mr Tanner said. ''While we've made great progress in e-learning, there's been an awful lot about 'e' and not much about 'learning'.'' Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/calls-for-universities-to-stay-apace-as-digital-age-keeps-marching-on-20111025-1mi4p.html#ixzz1bq3kL5cR
The commitment to making publicly funded research free to access is a direct challenge to the business models of the big academic publishing companies, which are the gatekeepers for the majority of high-quality scientific research. Previous attempts by open access publishers to break this stranglehold over the dissemination of scientific results have largely failed. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/dec/08/publicly-funded-research-open-access
Read what has been said, and join in the discussion http://www.jisc.ac.uk/inform/inform32/Debate.html
This is a transcript of some comments from an online event "Exploring open access in higher education: live chat best bits" which was asking the question: What is the benefit of open access to academia? Who will pay for open education resources? The page includes lots of links out to resources. http://www.guardian.co.uk/higher-education-network/blog/2011/dec/07/promoting-open-access?CMP
The UK Government released on 10 December a White Paper on research which, among other things, commits to requiring all publically funded research outputs to be made available on Open Access: The relevant section is '6 New Innovation Challenges', with 6.6 specifically stating: Expanded Access to Research Publications and Data 6.6 The Government, in line with our overarching commitment to transparency and open data, is committed to ensuring that publicly-funded research should be accessible free of charge. Free and open access to taxpayer-funded research offers significant social and economic benefits by spreading knowledge, raising the prestige of UK research and encouraging technology transfer. At the moment, such research is often difficult to find and expensive to access. This can defeat the original purpose of taxpayer-funded academic research and limits understanding and innovation. We have already committed, in our response to Ian Hargreaves's review of intellectual property, to facilitate data mining of published research. This could have substantial benefits, for example in tackling diseases. But we need to go much further if, as a nation, we are to gain the full potential benefits of publicly-funded research. http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/biscore/innovation/docs/i/11-1387-innovation-and-research-strategy-for-growth.pdf
'Cambridge U. Press Would Like to Rent You an Article' - November 30, 2011, by Jennifer Howard Will researchers pay for short-term access to journal articles? Cambridge University Press is about to find out. The publisher has just announced a rental program for articles from the more than 280 peer-reviewed journals it publishes. "For just £3.99, $5.99 or €4.49, users are now able to read single articles online for up to 24 hours, a saving of up to 86% compared with the cost of purchasing the article," the press said in an announcement. "After registration and payment, the reader is e-mailed a link, through which they can access and read the article in PDF format as often as they wish during the subsequent 24 hours." http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/cambridge-u-press-would-like-to-rent-you-an-article/34500
(This sounds good…but we know the devil is in the detail.) ew charts published on the SHERPA/RoMEO Blog show that 87% of journals allow some form of immediate self-archiving of articles, although in only 60% of cases is this a post-peer-reviewed version. This rises impressively once embargo periods have expired and any other restrictions have been complied with, showing that 94% of journals permit peer-reviewed articles to be archived. Furthermore, nearly a quarter of journals allow the publisher's version/PDF to be archived. Only 5% of journals do not permit any form of archiving. The statistics were compiled from a snapshot of the RoMEO Journals database taken on the 15th Nov.2011, when it contained about 19,000 titles. http://romeo.jiscinvolve.org/wp/?p=196
This will not be news to those who are on the American Scientist Open Access list but Harnad is stepping down as moderator after 14 years. http://amsci-forum.amsci.org/archives/American-Scientist-Open-Access-Forum.html
(Background: The UK is having to collect all its research output for reporting for the first time - they are approaching the issue very differently to in Australia) Over the coming months a piece of work called the RIO Extension project will take place to scope the issues and requirements from universities, funders and researchers in managing the information about research outputs. The aim of the work is to provide the UK education and research sector with clear, practical guidance on recording and sharing information about its research outputs, so that it can be reused for a variety of purposes, including by the systems used by the Research Councils. The project information is here- http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/di_researchmanagement/repositories/rioextension.aspx and the borader information is here: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/di_researchmanagement/repositories.aspx
The Americans already collect all their publicly funded research output
The STAR METRICS project is a partnership between science agencies and research institutions to document the outcomes of science investments to the public. The benefits of STAR METRICS are that a common empirical infrastructure will be available to all recipients of federal funding and science agencies to quickly respond to State, Congressional and OMB requests. It is critical that this effort takes a bottom up approach that is domain specific, generalizable and replicable. https://www.starmetrics.nih.gov/
Areas of interest not only cover research databases and maintenance of CERIF (Common European Research Information Format), but explicitly also CRIS related data like scientific datasets, (open access) institutional repositories, as well as data access and exchange mechanisms, standards and guidelines and best practice for CRIS. http://www.eurocris.org/Index.php?page=homepage&t=1
Leading research organisations announce top-tier, open access journal for biomedical and life sciences
(old news but missed) 27 June 2011 - The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Max Planck Society and the Wellcome Trust announced today that they are to support a new, top-tier, open access journal for biomedical and life sciences research. The three organisations aim to establish a new journal that will attract and define the very best research publications from across these fields. All research published in the journal will make highly significant contributions that will extend the boundaries of scientific knowledge. http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/News/Media-office/Press-releases/2011/WTVM051897.htm
(It seems to be the season for it…) Jennifer Howard in the Chronicle of Higher Ed - Scientists in the lab and in the field are closest to cutting-edge research. But at top scientific journals, it's professional editors who ultimately decide what gets published. A new journal scheduled to make its debut next year aims to change that by putting scientists in the editors' chair. http://ahslphoenix.wordpress.com/2011/11/29/new-journal-edited-by-life-scientists-hopes-to-lure-prestige/
The Joint Information Systems Committee and the Higher Education Academy is inviting institutions to submit funding proposals for projects to enhance digital infrastructure to support open content for education. Extract of the scope of this Call: http://infteam.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2011/12/01/oerri_extract/
The seventh International Conference on Open Repositories (OR12) will be held July 9-13th July, 2012. The theme and title of the 2012 conference at Edinburgh - Open Services for Open Content: Local In for Global Out - reflects the current move towards open content, 'augmented content', distributed systems, microservices and data delivery infrastructures. The conference will feature both general conference sessions and user group meetings for the three main open source repository platforms: DSpace, Fedora, and EPrints. There will also be a strand for the popular 'Repository Fringe', an informal, creative gathering of repository managers and developers which has been hosted at the University of Edinburgh each year since 2008 – to coincide with the internationally well known Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The call for proposals will be available from the conference web site soon: or2012.ed.ac.uk
JISC Research Integrity Conference - The importance of good data management
(13 Sept 2011) With increased pressure on universities and researchers to preserve research data for re-use in the future, JISC's Research Integrity Conference considered the role of universities in safeguarding research integrity and looked into the real issues being faced by universities from a strategic and technical perspective. http://www.jisc.ac.uk/jiscres11
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By Quentin Fottrell
The computer is dead. Long live the tablet. Or smartphone. Or a combination of both.
Apple's laptops and desktops may be turning into iPads and iPhones. Apple CEO Tim Cook just unveiled a new "Mountain Lion" operating system inspired by the kind of features most people enjoy playing with on their tablets. "We see that people are in love with a lot of apps and functionality here," Cook told The Wall Street Journal in an interview. That means more apps, instant messaging, games and the online storage service iCloud on Mac computers.
Experts say Apple's new software points to a bigger trend: the convergence of technology where tablets and computers become almost indistinguishable. "Both Apple and Google are working to merge the computer world with the mobile world," says Todd Day, a wireless industry analyst at Frost & Sullivan. And, as SmartMoney.com reported this week, companies are already creating Smartphone/tablet hybrids. Is a laptop or desktop computer no longer necessary?
Consumers want the same ease of use on their personal computers as their smartphones and tablets, tech-pros say. "We all are creatures of habit," says Rick Singer, CEO of GreatApps.com. "It's hard for us to adapt at times, especially with electronics." Intel has already made progress with apps for the Ultrabook, he says, "which are faster and lighter laptops. More power, more battery life, more portable." Technology blogger Brian Hall says the features of the iPhone are creeping into Apple's computer models: "More and more, I find myself reaching for my iPhone to catch up on email and news, simply because it's so much faster and more convenient."
Some businesses are already moving away from desktops. Wayne Irving, an app developer based in Laguna Niguel, Ca., only has two desktops in his company's office, which saves on much of the costs of tech support. "We don't need to call in people to fiddle with wires," he says. Irving also uses cloud-sourced Google Docs apps, which he says are easier to share than Microsoft Word documents. Day says "cloud services" offered by services like SugarSync, Dropbox means content is available 24/7.
That said, consumers – rather than businesses – are leading the demand for devices that operate as both a tablet and computer. "Desktop computers are still a large part of the global market especially with businesses," says Singer. But while many people still like to use full-sized keyboards and screens at work, Day says office desktops will soon need to have "seamless syncability" with all the apps and documents stored on Smartphones and tablets. "People want mobility, simplicity and convenience," he says.
In the meantime, demand for apps are expected to double in the next year. Market research firm Deloitte estimates there will be two million apps available to download or buy by the end of this year, up from one million at the end of 2011. Apple alone provides over 500,000 of those apps. "The convergence of all the desktop, TV, laptop and the phone has been coming long before the iPad was ever conceived," Irving says. "It's been around since, well, Star Trek."

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In Kenya, many children are facing a choice: go to school – or work to feed themselves and their families. WFP's new school feeding programmes mean that some youngsters no longer need to miss out on an education in order to eat.
NAIROBI -- Chesi Musa used to earn money to buy food for herself and her sisters by hiring herself out to dig in other people's fields. For around $1 a day, it's back-breaking work – at any age.
But Chesi is only 13 years old. She should have been in school instead of hard at work. "It's very difficult to cultivate land, because the ground is hard and very dry," she says.
A meal a day
Now, though, she has an incentive to attend school every day. Since January, WFP has been feeding children in her school one meal a day. It is one of several new school feeding programmes in the Kwale and other areas near the Mombasa coast.
These are some of the poorest parts of Kenya. People who were already suffering the effects of 2008's steep increases in the prices of basic food staples, had their crops destroyed by drought following the failure of the end-of-year rains.
Chesi is one of 1.4 million schoolchildren in Kenya that WFP aims to feed in 2009. Many of their stories are similar to hers. Chesi lives with her aunt, who tries to support her extended family by selling alcohol made from coconuts. There is never enough money. Across the region, children are being pulled out of school to go and work to help pay for the one meal a day that most people in these areas now eat.
Girls enrol in school
WFP's school feeding programmes encourage parents to send their children, especially girls, to school. In the first week of the school feeding programme at Chesi's school, Mteza Primary, 20 new students enrolled.
Chesi's lunchtime meal of maize and beans, mixed with oil and salt, provides her with all the nutritional requirements she needs to grow. And school feeding has also been shown to improve academic performance. "It helps me concentrate in class, which is something I had difficulty doing before," she says.


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2012 Scores
Freedom Rating (1 = best, 7 = worst)
Civil Liberties (1 = best, 7 = worst)
Political Rights (1 = best, 7 = worst)
Guatemala's political rights rating improved from 4 to 3 due to progress made by the UN-backed International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala in investigating corruption, violence, and organized crime within Guatemalan public institutions, political parties, and civil society, and due to the anticorruption efforts of the country's attorney general.
The Patriotic Party and National Unity for Hope parties captured two-thirds of the legislative seats in September 2011 elections. After the governing party's presidential candidate was disqualified from the presidential race, Otto Peréz Molina defeated Manuel Baldízon in a November runoff. High profile killings of 27 farm workers and Argentine folk singer Facundo Cabral, and states of siege in Alta Verapaz and Petén, dominated the headlines even though the country's murder rate declined for a second consecutive year.
The Republic of Guatemala, which was established in 1839, has endured a history of dictatorship, foreign intervention, military coups, and guerrilla insurgencies. Civilian rule followed the 1985 elections, and a 36-year civil war, which claimed the lives of more than 200,000 people, ended with a 1996 peace agreement. The Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unit
y (URNG) guerrilla movement became a political party, and two truth commissions began receiving complaints of human rights violations committed during the conflict. However, voters in 1999 rejected a package of constitutional amendments that had been prepared in accordance with the peace plan.
In 2003, Óscar Berger of the Grand National Alliance (GANA) defeated Álvaro Colom of the National Unity for Hope (UNE) in runoff presidential elections. In 2007, Colom defeated Otto Pérez Molina of the Patriotic Party (PP) in a runoff vote to become president, capturing 53 percent of the vote amid a mere 45 percent turnout. Elections for congressional seats that September saw the UNE party capture 51 seats, followed by GANA with 37 seats, and Pérez's PP with 29 seats.
Guatemalans returned to the polls in September 2011 to elect a president, all 158 members of the parliament, mayors for each of the 333 municipalities, and 20 members of the Central American Parliament. Manuel Baldizón of the Renewed Democratic Liberty (LIDER) party emerged as the main competitor against presidential candidate Otto Pérez of the PP when the courts determined that the candidacy of former first lady Sandra Torres of the UNE-GANA coalition would violate Article 186 of the constitution, which prevents close relatives from immediately succeeding the president. As a result, the ruling coalition lacked a candidate in the presidential elections. Pérez defeated Baldizón in a November runoff with an estimated 54 percent of the vote. The PP and UNE parties captured two-thirds of the seats in parliamentary elections; nine other parties took the remaining 54 seats.
The elections were generally considered free and fair despite accompanying violence, repeated campaign violations, and vote irregularities. While not as bloody as the 2007 elections, at least 36 candidates, party activists, and their relatives were killed in campaign-related violence. One high profile case involved a mayoral candidate from the municipality of San José Pinula who murdered his two competitors. Both the LIDER and the PP violated campaign spending laws, and electoral observers reported irregularities including intimidation, vote buying, and the burning of ballots and electoral boxes. Five municipal elections had to be repeated due to irregularities. The electoral authority, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, was criticized for its slow transmission of election results.
The mandate of the UN-backed International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG)—tasked with investigating corruption, violence, and organized crime within Guatemalan public institutions, political parties, and civil society—was extended through September 2013. After Attorney General Conrado Reyes was accused of obstructing the CICIG's ability to carry out investigations and having ties to organized crime in 2010, Commissioner Carlos Castresana resigned in protest, citing insufficient support from Guatemalan officials. Reyes denied the accusations, but the Constitutional Court removed him from office. The United Nations selected former Costa Rican attorney general Francisco Dall'Anese to be the CICIG's new commissioner in June 2010, and Colom nominated Claudia Paz y Paz to become the country's first female attorney general in December.
Two states of siege were in effect in 2011. The first was declared in the department of Alta Verapaz from December 2010 to February 2011 in order to fight increased drug trafficking. However, human rights and local community groups expressed skepticism of the government's intentions, as the department is home to many land conflicts, and at least two community activists were arrested during the siege. The declaration of a state of siege grants security forces the right to conduct searches and to detain suspects without warrants, prohibits gun possession, and limits freedom of association and freedom of the press in the name of security. The president declared a second state of siege in the northern province of Petén in May after 27 workers were murdered on a farm by the Mexican-based Zetas drug gang. The siege remained in effect through the end of the year.
Guatemala is an electoral democracy. Despite many difficulties, the 2011 elections were regarded by international observers as generally free and fair. The constitution stipulates a four-year presidential term and prohibits reelection. The unicameral Congress of the Republic, consisting of 158 members, is elected for four years. Elections take place within a highly fragmented and fluid multiparty system. The main political parties are the UNE, the Patriotic Party, GANA, the Nationalist Change Union (UCN), LIDER, and the Commitment, Renewal, and Order (CREO) party.
Efforts to combat corruption, such as the introduction of an electronic procurement system for government entities, have made some progress, but serious problems remain. Unregulated campaign financing enables graft and criminal influence on politics. Among other high-profile corruption cases in 2011, former president Alfonso Portillo and his former defense and finance ministers were acquitted by a Guatemalan court in May of having embezzled money from the Ministry of Defense in 2001 during Portillo's presidential term. However, the Guatemalan Constitutional Court ruled in August 2011 that Portillo could be extradited to the United States where he was indicted in 2010 for allegedly embezzling state funds while in office (2000-2004) and laundering the money through Guatemalan, European, and U.S. banks. Guatemalan courts also failed to prosecute Alejandro Giammattei, a former prison director who was accused of participating in the killing of seven inmates during a 2007 uprising at Pavon prison and the alleged execution of three inmates who escaped from another prison in 2005. After being released in May 2011, Giammattei immediately entered the 2011 presidential race as the candidate for the Center for Social Action Party. Along with Giammattei and 16 other people, ex-police chief Erwin Sperisen and former interior minister Carlos Vielmann fought extradition requests from Switzerland and from Spain respectively for allegedly executing people inside and outside the prison system. On a positive note, the CICIG won convictions against those accused of the murder of Victor Rivera, a former advisor to the country's Interior Minister, and also played an important role in arresting several suspects in the July murder of Argentine folk singer Facundo Cabral and the May massacre in Petén. Guatemala was ranked 120 out of 183 countries surveyed in Transparency International's 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index.
The 2009 Law for Free Access to Public Information grants citizens access to information on budgets and salaries. In line with this legislation, the government has taken steps towards developing an institutional framework for transparency, including the creation of a Vice Ministry of Fiscal Transparency and Evaluation and a Public Information Unit responsible for handling requests for public records.
While freedom of speech is protected by the constitution, journalists often face threats and practice self-censorship when covering drug trafficking, corruption, organized crime, and past human rights violations. A number of journalists received death threats, were physically assaulted, and murdered in 2011. Television correspondent Oscar de León received continuous death threats and his vehicle was fired upon in February following his investigations of police corruption. In May, television reporter Yensi Roberto Ordoñez Galdámez was found stabbed to death in the southern province of Escuintla. Ordoñez had received previous threats related to his reporting and was allegedly being extorted; no arrests had been made by year's end. Journalist Lucía Escobar was threatened and forced to flee for her safety in October after writing a piece for elPeriódico that accused a municipal security commission in the city of Panajachel of extralegal activities and the disappearance of a city resident. However, prosecutors arrested the involved assailants. The press and most broadcast outlets are privately owned. Mexican businessman Remigio Ángel González owns a monopoly of broadcast television networks and has significant holdings in radio. Newspaper ownership is concentrated in the hands of moderate business elites, and most papers have centrist or conservative editorial views.
The constitution guarantees religious freedom. However, indigenous communities have faced discrimination for openly practicing the Mayan religion. The government does not interfere with academic freedom, but scholars have received death threats for raising questions about past human rights abuses or continuing injustices.
Freedom of assembly is guaranteed and generally respected in practice, though police have at times used force to end disruptive demonstrations, resulting in the injury and death of some protesters.
The constitution guarantees freedom of association, and a variety of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) operate without major legal or government obstacles. However, the Unit for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders in Guatemala identified 402 attacks against human rights defenders in 2011, including journalists and advocates of union and environmental rights. International agencies also encountered intimidation and threats during the year. Amid continued protests against the Marlin Mine in Guatemala's western highlands, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) in May 2010 granted precautionary protective measures to members of 18 indigenous Mayan communities in the Sipacapa and San Miguel Ixtahuacán municipalities. The indigenous inhabitants allege that the Marlin mine has resulted in grave human rights violations and created serious health hazards for the communities. While activists continued to receive threats throughout 2011, the IACHR withdrew its demand that the government close the Marlin Mine in December after further study indicated that its operations posed no serious threat.
Guatemala is home to a vigorous labor movement, but workers are frequently denied the right to organize and face mass firings and blacklisting, especially in export-processing zones. Trade union members are also subject to intimidation, violence, and murder, particularly in rural areas during land disputes. According to the International Trade Union Confederation, Guatemala is the second most dangerous country in the world for trade unionists after Colombia. In 2010, the United States filed a formal complaint against Guatemala under the Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement, alleging government failure to protect workers' rights. In August 2011, the U.S. further requested a dispute settlement panel to address its complaint. Two former policemen were sentenced in October 2011 to 40 years in prison for the 1984 forced disappearance of union leader Fernando García. A former chief of police was also arrested in June 2011 for complicity in García's disappearance. He was awaiting trial at year's end.
The judiciary is troubled by corruption, inefficiency, capacity shortages, and the intimidation of judges, prosecutors, and witnesses. Witnesses and judicial-sector workers continued to be threatened and, in some cases, murdered in 2011. In 2010, the CICIG reported irregularities in the selection of judges and accused the public prosecutor's office of impeding its investigations of corruption and organized crime within public institutions. CICIG voiced similar concerns about the court's integrity following the acquittal of former president Alfonso Portillo in 2011.
Prosecutions of perpetrators of past human rights atrocities continued in 2011. In August, four former military officers each received sentences of 6,060 years for their roles in the 1982 massacre of more than 250 people in Dos Erres, El Petén, and for crimes against humanity. Several high-ranking officials were also arrested throughout the year, including former general and de facto president Oscar Mejia, for their roles in implementing mass killings in the 1980s, which targeted government opponents and civilians.
Police continued to be accused of torture, extortion, kidnapping, and extrajudicial killings. A 2010 Law for the National Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel and Unusual Punishments provides for the creation of a monitoring unit to oversee the prevention of torture in prisons. Police officers continue to be charged with drug-related crimes. The government uses the military to maintain internal security, despite restrictions on this practice imposed by the 1996 peace accord.
Prison conditions are harsh, and the facilities are overcrowded and rife with gang- and drug-related violence and corruption. Although the provision of indigenous-language translators in courtrooms is legally mandated, a lack of funding has prevented proper implementation.
Guatemala remains one of the most violent countries in Latin America. Over 5,600 people were murdered during 2011, which actually represents a 5 percent decrease from 2010. Violence related to the shipment of drugs from South America to the United States has spilled over the border from Mexico, with rival drug trafficking organizations battling for territory. These groups have operated with impunity in the northern jungles, which serve as a storage and transit hub for cocaine en route to the United States. The local drug problem has also worsened, as traffickers have paid Guatemalan associates in cocaine rather than cash. The administration of Álvaro Colom reacted to this situation by declaring states of siege in two departments and repositioning police and military.
Indigenous communities suffer from especially high rates of poverty, illiteracy, and infant mortality. Indigenous women are particularly marginalized. Discrimination against the Mayan community continues to be a major concern. The government in recent years has approved the eviction of indigenous groups to make way for mining, hydroelectric, and other development projects. Several large indigenous communities have reportedly been forcibly evicted in the Polochic Valley with killings, beatings, and the burning of houses and crops.
The constitution prohibits discrimination based on gender, though gender inequalities persist in practice. Sexual harassment in the workplace is not penalized. Young women who migrate to the capital for work are especially vulnerable to harassment and inhumane labor conditions. Physical and sexual violence against women and children, including domestic violence, remain widespread, with perpetrators rarely prosecuted. While Guatemala now has its first female attorney general, police reform commissioner, and vice president, women remain underrepresented in politics, and held just 13 percent of the seats in congress following September 2011 elections. Sexual minorities also continued to be targets of violent attacks.
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After showing struggling business conditions for most of 2011, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) has now reached positive terrain in consecutive months. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the ABI reflects the approximate nine to twelve month lag time between architecture billings and construction spending. The AIA reported the December ABI score was 52.0, following the exact same mark in November. This score reflects an overall increase in demand for design services (any score above 50 indicates an increase in billings). The new projects inquiry index was 64.0, down just a point from a reading of 65.0 the previous month.
"We saw nearly identical conditions in November and December of 2010 only to see momentum sputter and billings fall into negative territory as we moved through 2011, so it's too early to be sure that we are in a full recovery mode," said AIA Chief Economist, Kermit Baker, PhD, Hon. AIA. "Nevertheless, this is very good news for the design and construction industry and it's entirely possible conditions will slowly continue to improve as the year progresses."
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- Regional averages: South (54.2), Midwest (53.1), Northeast (52.6), West (45.1)
- Sector index breakdown: multi-family residential (54.3), commercial / industrial (54.1), institutional (51.3), mixed practice (44.5)
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Both horses are Ken and Sarah Ramsey homebreds by the Ramseys' stallion Kitten's Joy, but they have taken different roads to Brown's barn, major Graded stakes victories and on to the Breeders' Cup.
"I've had that horse since he was a baby and he's developed beyond our expectations," Brown said. "He's a remarkable horse how he's developed year to year. To see him here at the Breeders' Cup with a real chance to win, I'm very happy really, mostly for the horse. I respect him a lot and I'm lucky to have him in my barn."
Real Solution, a 4yo out of the Pulpit mare Reachfortheheavens, began his career in Italy, where he won three of five starts. He's been no worse than fourth in four Graded stakes for Brown this year and won the Arlington Million on Aug. 17 on the disqualification of The Apache.
"I haven't had him as long, since last December, but he's developed nicely," Brown said. "We really like the horse. He's a good-training horse. He's an easy horse to like, the way he trains with such power. He's a good work horse and has run very well for us. He's just seems to be getting better. He's younger than Big Blue Kitten. I think we haven't seen the best of this horse yet."
Indy Point – The 4yo Argentinian colt Indy Point was a happy horse Wednesday at Santa Anita as he galloped on the main track at 8 a.m. with trainer Richard Mandella looking on. Joining the conditioner was John Fulton, the racing manager for the chestnut's South American owners and an international horseman with a rich background.
Fulton first came to the game as an assistant for the legendary Argentinian horseman Horatio Luro before going out on his own between 1973 and 1988, initially for the late New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner.
During his training run he handled dozens of good horses, including aces like Steve's Friend and Mairzy Doates. During that time – first in 1983 – he made trips to South America to buy horses. After hanging up his training shingle, he found himself gravitating more and more to what has become his adopted land, initially in Chile and now in Argentina where he has established a first-rate reputation as a bloodstock agent, breeder, racing manager and executive.
"I found myself spending more and more time each year in South America starting in the '90s and then in 2005 I made the move there full time," he noted. "I was in Chile, then made the move to Buenos Aires. Recently, though, I bought a place in a little town about an hour outside that city named San Antonio Areco, which is right in the heart of Argentinian gaucho culture with a lot of horse and breeding farms all around.
"I buy, sell and breed horses in Argentina, Brazil and Chile. Along with three partners I had the champion 2-year-old in Chile this year, a horse named El Bromista, which translates to The Joker. We each own a leg. And for the past three years I've been working for the Breeders' Cup as their Latin American representative. I've got a lot of territory, from Mexico south all the way down to Argentina. I primarily get stallion nominations for them, but also have gotten involved in their 'Win and You're In' program down there, helping horsemen who win those races get connected to come up here."
His command of Spanish, which was pretty good to start, has become exceptional and he's found himself pinch hitting as a translator on big racing days.
Fulton first met Mandella in 1974 and has stayed in touch over the years. He said he has always had great respect for his friend as a horseman and when the owners of Indy Point were looking for a conditioner for their colt for a North American campaign, Fulton helped steer them toward Mandella.
"Richard is one of the best in my book and this colt deserves someone like him," Fulton said. "He (Indy Point) is top class; just a special kind of horse. He can run a mile or he can run a mile and a half and run with anybody. He's so versatile and he shows up every time. You just don't see that with most horses."
Fulton was asked what might be next for Indy Point following his run in the Turf.
"It's hard to look past a race that has a $3 million purse," he stated. "But the possibilities with a horse like this are limitless. He's a fresh horse; he's versatile; he'll run on any surface. We might think about Dubai. We might think about a lot of things."
Little Mike – Little Mike, the defending Turf Champion, has built a reputation as a front runner, but trainer Dale Romans points to his last race in the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational at Belmont when he rated in fifth through the first six furlongs to prove that he's not a one dimensional horse.
"I'm going to be fine if he's winging it out there on the lead, or if (jockey) Mike (Smith) rides him just the way he did in the Turf Classic," said Romans, who himself secured 2012 Eclipse Champion Trainer honors with Little Mike's victory last year. "That's why you put a Hall of Famer up there. I don't think I'm going to have to give him any instructions. Little Mike is so versatile now. He's as good as he's ever been."
Magician – see European report
Point of Entry – Phipps Stable's Point of Entry galloped 1 1/4m over the Santa Anita main track Wednesday morning for a scheduled return from a five-month layoff in Saturday's Turf.
The 5yo son of Dynaformer, who suffered a non-displaced condylar fracture of his left-hind cannon bone after winning the Manhattan on June 8, has the confidence of trainer Shug McGaughey that he come back from the long layoff in top form.
"Every work's gotten better and better. It's a tall task, but with a horse like him, it's not quite as tall," McGaughey said. "He's a very good horse and he handles his training well. He's good and sound right now, knock on wood. All indications are he'll run a good race.
"It's hard to be overly confident when we haven't run since June 8th and coming off an injury. The injury won't be a factor at all. I don't think the rest will be a factor. I think if he's the best horse and gets some racing luck, I think he'll be awful tough."
Point of Entry didn't have the best of racing luck in last year's Turf, in which he lacked room along the inside into deep stretch before surging late to finish second, a half-length behind victorious Little Mike.
"I was very disappointed. He just didn't shake loose until too late and just didn't get there," McGaughey said. "He deserves to win a race like this, especially with what happened last year. I'm pumped up that he's got the opportunity to give it a try again."
The loss in the 2012 Turf was the only defeat in his last eight starts.
"He's a very good horse – maybe as good as I've had," McGaughey said. "He loves to train; he loves to race; I think that's why it makes it a little bit easier to do this."
Skyring – Trainer D. Wayne Lukas followed his normal routine for Skyring, sending the 4yo son of English Channel off for a 1 1/2m gallop as he moved a day closer to his Saturday faceoff with 11 others in the Turf.
Skyring is owned by Calumet Farm and was bred by Bluegrass Hall, a combination breeding-racing program of Kentuckian Brad Kelley.
Tale of a Champion – With trainer Kristin Mulhall in the irons, Tale of a Champion went through routine morning exercise on Wednesday, jogging before galloping 5f in preparation for a Breeders' Cup assignment for the second year in a row. The 5yo son of Tale of the Cat was eighth in the 2012 Turf Sprint in his third start for Mulhall after previously being based in Florida.
Tale of a Champion will be the first starter in consecutive years and the fifth overall for Mulhall, who has three eighth-place and one ninth-place finish previously with Imperialism in 2005, Romp in 2010 and 2012 and Tale of Champion last year.
"We bought (Tale of a Champion) over the summer specifically for the downhill sprint, which we knew would be a tough assignment," Mulhall said. "The more he's trained he has shown that he wanted to go longer distances so we put him in this race this year."
Teaks North – Trainer Eric Guillot sent Teaks North out to jog 1 1/2m as he continues to work toward Saturday's date with 11 other grass runners in the $3 million Turf.
Following the jog, the 6yo Northern Afleet gelding took a schooling trip to the paddock.
The Fugue – see European report
Twilight Eclipse – The bay gelding Twilight Eclipse made a nice transition from east to west Wednesday when he went trackside at Santa Anita for a jog on the main track at 7 a.m.
The 4yo had flown from New York Tuesday on a flight that went to Louisville to pick up other horses (including last year's Classic winner Fort Larned), then stopped again in Oklahoma City before finally getting its equine passengers to their Santa Anita stalls about 6:30 Tuesday evening.
Twilight Eclipse is trained by veteran Tom Albertrani, but is being overseen currently by his chief assistant, Josh Flores.
"He (Twilight Eclipse) had a long flight and they had to work around a storm along the way," Flores said, "but he shipped well and ate right up. He's showing us some good life this morning, so it looks like all is well."
Twilight Eclipse is the current world record holder at the 1 1/2m distance of the Turf off his 2:22 3/5 tally in the Pan American Stakes at Gulfstream Park in March.
"We jogged him this morning," Flores noted, "then we'll gallop him Thursday and Friday."
Flores said Albertrani would be aboard a flight from New York Wednesday and was expected at Barn 77 Thursday morning.
Vagabond Shoes – An Irish-bred son of Beat Hollow, Vagabond Shoes galloped 1 1/2m at 9 a.m. Wednesday in preparation for his first Breeders' Cup run in what will be his eighth U.S. start in a 28-race career. Prior to coming to trainer John Sadler's barn for a 2013 campaign the 6yo gelding had raced in Spain, France, Turkey, Dubai and Germany.
"What's interesting about him is that a lot of European horses who prove to be good over here are good right off the plane," Sadler said. "He didn't run very well in the first couple starts. He had a lot of trouble in his first start and the second race he got put on the lead, which was wrong. Then I tried him on synthetics.
"I had to experiment with him a little the first two or three starts. But I always liked what I saw from him in the mornings and once we kind of figured him out he has done well and continued to improve. I think he was considered more of a miler in Europe, but we've taken him out to longer distances and he has liked it."


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From a 77-year-old chef to a 96-year-old fishmonger, many people who are at or beyond the age of retirement are choosing to continue working, a new poll finds. (Associated Press)
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At Niagara Falls—considered by many to be one of the world's seven natural wonders—water thunders downward from a height of nearly 200 feet, crashing onto craggy boulders below. The falls straddle the border between Canada and the United States, with segments located in both New York and Ontario, but the Canadian side of the Niagara River is universally hailed as the finest vantage point to take in all three of Niagara Falls' photogenic brinks: American, Bridal Veil, and Horseshoe Falls.
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Pac-12 M5: 01.17.13 EditionPosted by AMurawa on January 17th, 2013
- Since the firing of Kevin O'Neill on Monday morning, coaches on the hot seat are on the minds of many around the conference. Bud Withers of The Seattle Times points to Craig Robinson, Johnny Dawkins and Ken Bone as the three remaining Pac-12 coaches most likely to be relieved of their duties following the season, and one of the factors that could play a part in their departures is the relative disinterest of the fan bases, especially at Stanford and Washington State, where small crowds have become a theme. Of note is that Ben Howland is missing from Withers' list, but rest assured, barring a deep run in the NCAA Tournament (meaning at least past the first weekend), Howland's position will be reevaluated once the season ends.
- Continuing to mine that O'Neill theme, the Arizona Daily Wildcat has a piece about how the state of UA basketball could have been much different had previous events turned out differently. To begin with, O'Neill was the interim head coach at Arizona when Lute Olson took his leave of absence in 2007-08, and, were it not for a change of heart on Olson's part, the plan was to make O'Neill the head man when Olson retired. When that plan fell through, O'Neill wound up free to take the USC job when Tim Floyd abruptly resigned in the wake of recruiting allegations. And, in that whole regime change, guys who had been committed to USC, namely Derrick Williams and Momo Jones, wound up de-committing and instead enrolling at Arizona, became key cogs in the 2011 Elite Eight team. Solomon Hill was also at one point committed to Tim Floyd and USC, but he backed out of that and switched his allegiance to Arizona prior to the coaching change. In short, were it not for a couple simple twists of fate involving O'Neill, the present face of Arizona basketball would look significantly different.
- Aside from that, you know, we actually had some games in the conference tonight. Where Wednesday games were sort of a one-off rivalry-game-only type of thing in the past, these are a regular occurrence every week this year. It takes some getting used to, sure, but really, basketball spread out more evenly through the week? I ain't complaining. Washington State kicked things off last night by raining down fire from deep on Utah on the way to the Cougs' first conference win of the season. Coug Center's got your round-up of all the action, including Mike Ladd's career night. It's worth noting that Ladd is starting to pick up the pace offensively and it is he, rather than more popular possibilities like DaVonte Lacy or Royce Woolridge, who has stepped up as the second option on this team behind Brock Motum. Ladd has now scored in double figures in five straight games, averaging better than 16 points per night over that span.
- As Sabatino Chen's desperation three-pointer banked in at the buzzer at the end of Colorado's conference opener, it appeared that the Buffaloes were ready to be a serious contender for the Pac-12 title. Almost literally since that exact moment, not much has gone right for CU. Moments later, that shot was perhaps erroneously waved off. Soon thereafter the Buffs folded in overtime of that game. And since that night, they've proceeded to drop three of their next four, stumbling to a 1-4 conference start, including last night's 10-point loss at Washington. But, while Colorado gets much of the attention for their sudden failures, the Huskies are out to a surprising 4-0 conference start. But, as Jerry Brewer of The Seattle Times notes, while past Husky teams have made their mark with style and flair, this vintage of UW is getting it done with grit, hustle and smarts. And, perhaps not coincidentally, they're overachieving this year, as opposed to their almost annual recent underachievements.
- Lastly, on a day that wasn't all that great for Oregon sports, there was bad news for the basketball program as well when it came to light that the prep school that 2013 recruit Cristiano Felicio is currently attending may be under scrutiny for its legitimacy as an educational institution. And, the crazy part about this story is that may not be the worst part about it. Aside from possibly being little more than a scam perpetrated on talented basketball players, the president of the school is under investigation for physically abusing some of the schools players by subjecting them to "hands and feet bound with zip ties" and "clothes pins attached to their nipples." Yikes.


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While shopping at the Copley Square Farmers Market, Kristen Kish stopped by the Siena Farms stand, a favorite of hers. Slicing off pieces of fresh produce — candy-striped beet, Persian cucumber — Kish mused aloud about how she might put each ingredient to use at Menton, the elegant Congress Street restaurant where she took over as chef de cuisine this summer.
Her presence did not go unnoticed. Kish, 29, is a former model, and, after her winning appearance last February on Bravo TV's "Top Chef," is highly recognizable. Before long, she was approached by several passersby.
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Guests will pony up a hefty $350 ($5,000 for a chef's table for 10) to meet Kish and sample her new menu, one measure of the faith Lynch has placed in the young chef's culinary and kitchen-management skills. Her installation there, coupled with her exposure on "Top Chef," the Emmy-winning chefs' competition show, has vaulted Kish from relative obscurity to a position near the pinnacle of the Boston restaurant scene.
The buzz around Kish is not entirely new. No sooner was she crowned "Top Chef" — her dishes winning over celebrity judges Emeril Lagasse and Wolfgang Puck, among others — than the offers began pouring in: to write cookbooks, open her own restaurant, even host her own cooking show.
Still, she said, she did not audition for "Top Chef" in the pursuit of fame. Not now, certainly, when she's just begun putting her stamp on a top-flight kitchen where the prix fixe menus run $95 and $155 per person, plus wine and liquor.
"I never even thought of going on a show until Barbara encouraged me," said Kish. "She said, 'I think you're made to do this.'
"Maybe that's why I did OK, because I didn't go on the show to win. Or try to be recognized," Kish continued. "At the end of the day, we're chefs, not celebrities."
As for the offers to polish her personal brand, they've mostly been tabled. Kish, who knows the fast lane doesn't always lead to fulfillment, seems in no rush to plunge ahead on that front.
"I play therapist to myself all the time," Kish confessed while preparing for an afternoon meeting with her kitchen staff. "Realizing all the mistakes I made when I was younger, I learned the importance of having a reason behind everything I do. Every event I'm offered, every opportunity, every conversation, I always ask, why? If I don't have an answer, I won't do it."
Kish's personal story, and willingness to share some of its less-than-savory details, only adds to the interest as she bids, consciously or not, to join a long line of high-profile local chefs, from Julia Child and Todd English to Jody Adams and others.
Born in Seoul, Kish was adopted by a Michigan couple and raised in a middle-class, suburban Midwestern home. While her upbringing was comfortable and her parents loving and supportive, Kish says, she constantly strove for perfection, despite harboring nagging self-esteem issues.
Looking back, she says, being adopted was one factor — although not the only one — in her desire to please others, rather than focus on her own happiness. That would come later, through cooking.
"If somebody gives you up for adoption, it means (a) they can't care for you or (b) they don't want you. Either way, you're missing a piece of something," she said.
Cooking and food were always passions. Her father, a packaging and design engineer, and mother, a high school teacher, both enjoyed cooking; by age 5, Kish was an avid Food Network watcher and kitchen helper, making stuffed cabbage and chocolate chip cookies with her grandmother on weekends.
A modeling career that began at 13 led to her signing with a Chicago agency while prepping for college. All the while, though, she questioned her own worth and "felt intimidated to be myself," as she recalled in a March speech to the Ad Club.
"I wanted to do international business and economics, but I had no real love for either," Kish said later. "It just sounded like it would give me the picturesque life. Not my ideal life, though, which means getting to work at 11 in the morning," she added with a smile.
With her mother's encouragement, Kish enrolled in Chicago's Le Cordon Bleu culinary school, graduating in 2005. By then, she'd begun partying heavily and using recreational drugs, including cocaine, to battle anxiety and depression.
At just 21, she landed her first executive chef job. The business was poorly run, she says, and she took the job mostly for its title, having no experience running a team, or a sense of her own cooking style. She quit nine months later.
One morning, Kish awoke and experienced a "brutal epiphany." She decided to stop using drugs, pack up her belongings, and move to Boston, where she landed a low-level line cook's job at the Top of the Hub restaurant, spending 18 months there. Two other chef's jobs followed, both at now-defunct restaurants.
"I was a bratty, spoiled, cocky 19-to-26-year old. And I failed," Kish said. "I hope that's made me much more humble."
She ultimately found a mentor in Barbara Lynch, who installed Kish at Stir, Lynch's tasting kitchen, three years ago. Apprentices have little time to stand around and observe, Lynch notes. Yet Kish "got it right away," proving, at least to her, that Kish was finally ready for prime time.
Months before "Top Chef" came along, Lynch and Kish began discussing Kish moving to Menton, should a position open up there. As part of her training process since arriving, Kish spent a week at each station to learn her staff members' personalities and kitchen responsibilities.
"Everyone here knows how to cook," she acknowledged. "Getting them to open up to you on a personal level, not just as colleague to colleague — that's a hard challenge to balance. You want to be their friend. But if something goes wrong, you have to be disciplinary."
So, is she a tough taskmaster? Laid back? Temperamental?
"All of the above," she replied, smiling. "You don't want this roller coaster of emotion, though, because it's going to send the kitchen this very weird vibe. I can feel all these things, but I'll always remain even-keeled. I don't like to yell."
Rialto restaurateur Jody Adams has, over three decades, seen significant changes in the way younger female chefs have been accepted, and nurtured, in the local restaurant business. She herself was once told she was "too female and too inexperienced" to be anything but a pastry chef. Those days are long gone, according to Adams, although the media still give disproportionate attention to male chefs and their sometimes bad-boy personalities.
"My guess is, moving forward, Kristen will do well," Adams said. "The public already knows her. She's enormously talented. Barbara is putting her confidence and support behind her. And Menton is the most high-level restaurant in the city."
Beyond the kitchen, Kish hopes to make her first trip back to South Korea sometime early next year. Not necessary to reunite with her birth parents, she says, but to reconnect with her cultural roots and re-imagine what her life might look like had she not been raised in Middle America.
If someday she should move on and open her own restaurant, according to Kish, it will not be to cash in on her 15 minutes of "Top Chef" fame.
"I want to make certain people come because they like the food, and not because they saw me on TV," she said. "You can't sustain a career that way. You'll get this huge spike in interest, and when that next [TV star] chef comes long, they'll go there next."Joseph P. Kahn can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Process leaves Tanaka with sky-high expectations
When Leo Durocher moved Fergie Jenkins from the Cubs' bullpen into the rotation in 1967, Jenkins was 24 years old and already with his second organization. He would go on to use his fastball and hard slider to win 285 games, including seven 20-win seasons.
Curt Schilling started 34 games in his age-26 season for the Phillies, his third organization. He would go on to win 216 games for five organizations, playing a major role for Arizona in winning the 2001 World Series, when he was 34, and for Boston in winning in '04 and '07, when he was respectively 37 and 40.
When Leo Durocher moved Fergie Jenkins from the Cubs' bullpen into the rotation in 1967, Jenkins was 24 years old and already with his second organization. He would go on to use his fastball and hard slider to win 285 games, including seven 20-win seasons.
Curt Schilling started 34 games in his age-26 season for the Phillies, his third organization. He would go on to win 216 games for five organizations, playing a major role for Arizona in winning the 2001 World Series, when he was 34, and for Boston in winning in '04 and '07, when he was respectively 37 and 40.
Dave Stewart got 27 starts in his age-27 season for the Texas Rangers, but it would be three years later before he had mastered his forkball sufficiently to become a 30-plus start guy for the Oakland A's. He won only 168 games in his career, but in one dominating run was 84-45 over four seasons, three of which included trips to the World Series.
When a pitcher is 25, like Japanese ace Masahiro Tanaka, you think you have a pretty good idea who he is and who he is going to become. But there are comparisons to be made between Jenkins (who had left only a small imprint on Major League Baseball into his mid-20s), Schilling (who has a similar frame and approach to pitching), and Stewart (who might throw the most like him). Few thought they were going to be truly special pitchers in their mid-20s.
Take away their back stories, make them all 25 when Spring Training begins next month and have them throw side by side on bullpen mounds. It would be fascinating to listen to men like Bobby Cox, Dave Duncan, Rick Honeycutt, Dave Righetti and Yadier Molina evaluate their relative strengths and weaknesses and, ultimately, arrive at projections for their careers.
Maybe then we'd get an idea at what could be realistically expected for Tanaka in 2014 and beyond. But here's what we can say: No matter where Tanaka signs later this week, he will reach Major League Baseball with elite talent and possibly the most visibility for a newcomer ever.
The timing of Tanaka's posting by the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, along with Tanaka's legendary performance in the 2013 season, has made Tanaka an offseason object of curiosity/affection for North American fans that far exceeds the buzz about Daisuke Matsuzaka in 2007 and Yu Darvish in 2012.
Because Tanaka was posted after the 2013 season, when the bidding process was opened to more teams in an overhaul that widely expanded his options, he has been in the center of baseball discussion for at least two months now. The first month was spent with discussions of changes in the system being negotiated between MLB and Nippon Professional Baseball, and how those changes could impact Tanaka, fresh off his 24-0 season and Japan Series championship with the Golden Eagles.
Then there were questions about whether Rakuten president Yozo Tachibana would hang on to Tanaka rather than accept a mere $20 million for his services, and finally the tight-lipped bidding itself, which is being run by Tanaka and agent Casey Close. Unlike Matsuzaka and Darvish, Tanaka's decision will wind up on the permanent record of many teams, not just the one that gets him.
Under the old blind bidding process in the posting rules, the only thing known at the end was the price of the high bid and the team placing it. Who really finished second for Darvish? Who was the runner-up for Matsuzaka? Baseball legend has it that the Mets and Yankees were the runners-up for Matsuzaka, with the Blue Jays the only team believed to have placed a bid close to the winning one for Darvish.
While Texas fans anticipate Darvish's starts the way they once did those by Nolan Ryan, there's little angst over him with fans of the teams that didn't get him, as was true with Matsuzaka. But the perception that Tanaka can be a franchise-changing player has raised the stakes for the teams that have a chance to get him.
When the Tanaka sweepstakes is decided, it will be cause for a major celebration by the team that gets him. His presence will become a primary focus for the 2014 season and beyond. But among the other teams that have been widely reported as finalists, his absence will be an educing storyline.
Tanaka isn't the only available starting pitcher, of course, but it feels like a Yankees offseason that included the addition of Jacoby Ellsbury, Brian McCann and Carlos Beltran would be an exercise in treading water if Brian Cashman doesn't close a deal for Tanaka. They've done nothing to improve a rotation that had a 4.08 ERA last season, so it could be a nightmare to watch Tanaka succeed elsewhere.
Tanaka is not going to make the Cubs a winner in 2014, but he would signal that Theo Epstein's baseball operations department has gotten its roster into the back stretch in position to make a charge in '15 or '16. His signing would energize the fan base and take some heat off Tom Ricketts. To come close and not get him would bring back memories of a near-miss on Yoenis Cespedes.
It doesn't seem the Dodgers or White Sox have as much to lose as the Yankees and Cubs. But with Tanaka, the Dodgers become even more of a powerhouse with the ability to dominate the National League; the White Sox become arguably the biggest winner of the offseason, putting Tanaka with Jose Abreu and Adam Eaton (alongside July 31 addition Avisail Garcia) to become a truly interesting stew.
For the White Sox's Rick Hahn or the general manager of a team on the Tanaka periphery -- the Mariners' Jack Zduriencik, the Rangers' Jon Daniels or the Angels' Jerry Dipoto, to name three -- it would be the coups of a career to land Tanaka.
Especially if he lives up to the massive expectations he'll carry.
Phil Rogers is a columnist for MLB.com.


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Muiden is a pleasant town in the Netherlands of approximately 4000 people, on the shores of the IJmeer, at the mouth of the Vecht river. The town is known for its yacht harbor and for its historic castle, the Muiderslot. Its proximity to Amsterdam - it is just 12 km east of the city centre - makes it a good day trip for anyone looking to get out of the city.
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By bicycle
It takes about an hour to cycle from central Amsterdam to Muiden.
You can also take the train to Weesp, rent a bike at that railway station, and cycle to Muiden (2 km).
By train and bus
The fastest way to reach Muiden from Amsterdam is to take the train to Weesp station, and then bus 110. The bus stop is in front of the station, service every half hour, hourly after 10:30PM, hourly on Sundays. The ride to Muiden takes just 5 minutes.
Connexxion bus 101, from Amsterdam's Amstel Station to Blaricum, also stops on the outskirts of Muiden. Service every half hour.
By car
There are large parking areas on the outskirts of Muiden. It's not worth taking your car into the town itself. There are only two bridges across the river Vecht here, the motorway and a narrow swing bridge: on Sundays the narrow bridge is closed to cars.
Get around
Muiden is quite small, so getting around on foot or bicycle is the only reasonable option.
There are essentially four things to see in Muiden: the historic river quayside, the yachts moored there, the forts of the Stelling van Amsterdam and above all the Muiderslot.
Ferry to Pampus : May-September 10:30AM, 12:30PM, 2:30PM returning at 1PM, 3PM, 5PM. Weekdays in April and October ferries run at 1:30PM returning 3:30PM, weekends are the same as May-September. There are no Services on Modays. Mored details on official website (Dutch Only). Entrance including ferry trip is €12 or €8 for children.
Visit the 'Muiderslot', a beautiful castle on the waterside.
Within easy reach of a bicycle day trip are the fortified towns of Weesp and Naarden. Practical information on cycling in the region on this linkpage.
Boat trips are possible on the river Vecht and on the Gooimeer (former Zuiderzee). Also rental of all sizes of rowing/motorboats and sailing ships, with or without captain.
Favorite restaurants are "Graaf Floris van Muiden" which attracts most tourists and sailers and the more exclusive "De Doelen". Both are situated on the quayside.
Cafe Ome Ko is the favorite place on the waterfront. Watch the boats go by!
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The Southeastern Jurisdictional (SEJ) Historical Society Annual Conference is now underway in Nashville. Andy Miller, chair of our Conference Society welcomed members from many conferences, both historical societies and Commissions on Archives and History.
The conference will focus on Twentieth-Century Southern Methodism and the Popular Culture. Speakers will cover a variety of subjects as well as have round tables to discuss issues related to the role of history in our mission.
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How to set up a binary package server
Why would you want a binary package server?
Even though Funtoo is a source-based distribution, it does not mean that compiling from source every single time is beneficial. For instance, if you have multiple computers in your home network, and they all need upgrades, it wouldn't be convenient to compile the same package over and over again on each machine. Rather you could make your fastest computer compile the packages, and then just share those packages over the network or via USB drive (sneakernet).
In order to make the most use of this, I recommend the following:
- Set all USE flags on all machines to be the same (Lowest Common Denominator)
- Compile for a generic subarch. (For example, if all your machines are amd64, compile for amd64 not no specific ABIs like core2, etc.)
Configuring the make.conf for host machine
We first need to enable automatic binary packaging on the host. This means that when portage compiles the package, it will put it into a .tbz2 file right after. To do this we will add buildpkg to the FEATURES var in /etc/make.conf.
My make.conf looks like this::
CFLAGS="-mtune=generic -O2 -pipe" CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" USE="mmx sse sse2" MAKEOPTS="-j9" FEATURES="buildpkg userfetch" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--quiet-build=y" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia nouveau intel" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev synaptics" LINGUAS="en en_US"
Now that FEATURES="buildpkg" is set, from now on, every time you build a new package, it will automatically package it and you can find the .tbz2 file in /var/cache/portage/packages by default. You can change the destination by using the PKGDIR setting in make.conf.
What will you need?
Besides the above advice, you will need one of the protocols that can be used for sharing (Like FTP, HTTP, or ssh).I recommend HTTP, so we will be using lighttpd server since it's small, quick, and efficient for these basic tasks.
Setting up the host machine
Install lighttpd
# emerge lighttpd
After you install lighttpd, we will set a symlink in the htdocs folder to point to your packages folder (By default it's /usr/portage/packages):
# cd /var/www/localhost/htdocs # mkdir funtoo && cd funtoo # ln -s /var/cache/portage/distfiles distfiles # ln -s /var/cache/portage/packages packages
Now that that's set, the link to your packages will be http://ip-of-computer/funtoo/packages.
If the lighttpd server were on now and you navigated to the above address, you would get a 404 error because lighttpd by default doesn't show the directory listing. Add the following line to your /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf so that if you request a page that doesn't contain an index page, it will just show the directory contents:
# Activate directory listings globally dir-listing.activate = "enable"
Add the service to your start up process and start it up:
# rc-config add lighttpd default # rc
Your host machine is now ready to serve out binaries.
Setting up the client machine
Basically the client machine will be receiving packages from a server that might not necessarily have the exact same USE flags that the client machine has. Even thought we set all the USE flags on all machines to the Lowest Common Denominator, sometimes things deviate. In order to solve this problem, we will make portage not respect USE flags. Meaning that if there are different USE flags on machines, it will still install those packages.
To do this we need to add the --binpkg-respect-use=n to the end of emerge.
Before we use the above option, we also need to tell emerge to not only search for ebuilds, but also to search for packages as well. In order for it to search for packages, emerge will need to know where to look (the host) and set an option on portage to actually let it know to look for binaries.
We do this by adding the --getbinpkg option to the end of emerge, and setting the PORTAGE_BINHOST variable in /etc/make.conf.
This is how my client's /etc/make.conf looks:
CFLAGS="-mtune=generic -O2 -pipe" CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" USE="mmx sse sse2" MAKEOPTS="-j5" FEATURES="buildpkg userfetch getbinpkg" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--quiet-build=y --binpkg-respect-use=n" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia intel" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev synaptics" LINGUAS="en en_US" PORTAGE_BINHOST="http://ip-address-of-build-server/funtoo/packages"
After you set the package host (via PORTAGE_BINHOST), set the getbinpkg option in FEATURES, and add --binpkg-respect-use=n to EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, you are then set. Just do a emerge --sync, and emerge -uDav world or whatever you want. You should now see all your packages being pulled from the host server.
Normally you could just do a
# emerge <package> --binpkg-respect-use=n
But you will have to do that each time you want to install a binary with different use flags, so in order to automate this, we add it to the EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS.


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Welcome to our tutorial site for VerticalResponse for Salesforce users! This is the place to learn how to use VR for Salesforce. There are dozens of video demos and even more text tutorials to help you get started. For a recorded demo to get started with VerticalResponse for Salesforce click here
- The Email section shows you how to create and send email.
- The List section covers how to build a list using a Lead and Contact query, or through the use of a pre-existing Salesforce Campaign.
- Statistics shows how you can use all the reporting data available to you as a VerticalResponse customer.
- And the Library and Postcards sections cover the Library and Postcards respectively.
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If you have any questions please contact our support team via email@example.com or 1-866-6VERTICAL.
This will guide new users through installing VerticalResponse for Salesforce. If you are a new customer, simply follow the installation and customization steps to create your new account. Installing apps from Appexchange must be done by Salesforce admins, if that's not your role, just ask the person at your company who is to set this up.
For a step-by-step install guide, click here.
Salesforce Emails
Need help creating an Email with your VR for Salesforce account? These tutorials cover how to:
- Create emails using our Wizard, Canvas or Freeform HTML applications.
- Access your saved Salesforce Templates to use as VerticalResponse emails.
- Launch a completed email out to your mailing list.
For a recorded demo to get started with VerticalResponse for Salesforce click here
Salesforce Lists
With VerticalResponse for Salesforce, you have three separate options for building your mailing list. These tutorials will show you how to do all three:
- Build an email list through a query of both your Lead & Contact records, using standard, custom, account, and owner level fields.
- Use a Salesforce Campaign to create an email list.
- Upload a spreadsheet to use as a list.
Salesforce Statistics
VerticalResponse for Salesforce provides a variety of reports detailing how your emails are performing, and an even larger variety of options for viewing, sorting, and using that data. Learn how to:
- Read the standard VerticalResponse reports found under your VR Email and VR Stats tabs.
- Use the VR Email History Object to view exactly which emails an individual Lead or Contact has received and see exactly what they did with each of those emails.
- Access email specific reports through your Salesforce Reports tab.
- Turn on our Google Analytics Integration
Salesforce Library
The VerticalResponse Library is the hub for all the images you use in your emails. The Library tutorials cover how to:
- Upload images to the Library.
- Use images from our free 75,000 picture strong Stock Photo Gallery (provided by photos.com)
- Edit any of your images.
- Create Folders and sort images
Get Started with Video Tutorials
Salesforce Video Tutorials
- Webinar: Tips for New VR for Salesforce Users
- Social Sharing During Launch (video)
- Tour of the Reporting Dashboard (video 2:05)
- View Email History Reports (video 1:24)
- Access the Campaign Member Analysis Report (video 1:04)
- Turn on Google Analytics Integration (video 1:20)
- Add the History Object To Your Page Layout (video 2:23)
- Use the VR Email History Object (video 1:36)
- Update Salesforce Statistics (video 1:33)
- Import a List from Outside Salesforce (video 2:56)


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Fix assorted bugs around shutdown/reboot/panic time. - add a new global variable, doing_shutdown, which is nonzero if vfs_shutdown() or panic() have been called. - in panic, set RB_NOSYNC if doing_shutdown is already set on entry so we don't reenter vfs_shutdown if we panic'ed there. - in vfs_shutdown, don't use proc0's process for sys_sync unless curproc is NULL. - in lockmgr, attribute successful locks to proc0 if doing_shutdown && curproc==NULL, and panic if we can't get the lock right away; avoids the spurious lockmgr DIAGNOSTIC panic from the ddb reboot command. - in subr_pool, deal with curproc==NULL in the doing_shutdown case. - in mfs_strategy, bitbucket writes if doing_shutdown, so we don't wedge waiting for the mfs process. - in ltsleep, treat ((curproc == NULL) && doing_shutdown) like the panicstr case. Appears to fix: kern/9239, kern/10187, kern/9367. May also fix kern/10122.
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