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DETROIT (AP) - The Michigan Senate on Wednesday rejected a National Rifle Association-backed proposal to let people buy handguns through private sales without undergoing criminal background checks.
The Senate instead voted 27-11 for a substitute proposal that makes it easier for people to apply for gunpermits but retains the checks.
The state House voted in June for a bill to repeal the requirement to undergo a check before buying a handgun. Federal law requires checks before buying guns from licensed dealers but not for private sales. The House bill also would have required police to discard their records of previous gun purchase applications.
The Senate was poised to vote on the House-passed bill Wednesday, but instead agreed on a voice vote to consider a substitute that retained the pre-sale background check provisions.
"Michiganders can be proud of their legislators and governor today," New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who co-chairs the 725-member group Mayors Against Illegal Guns, said in a statement. "It's amazing that the Washington gun lobby thought that they could give marching orders to Lansing, but they almost succeeded."
The NRA said it would keep working to repeal Michigan's background check requirement.
"While the amended version ... does not accomplish all of the policy changes originally sought in the legislation as introduced, the NRA remains firmly committed to pursuing these goals early in the next legislative session and finally eliminating the obsolete and wasteful handgun license-to-purchase/registration system," the NRA said in a statement.
The Senate bill makes several steps to ease the gun purchase application process in Michigan. Most notably, it eliminates the requirement that people buying handguns from licensed dealers go through both state and federal background checks. Only people buying guns from private individuals -- about 48 percent of Michigan sales, according to the mayors' group -- would need the checks.
The bill also extends the period for which a purchase license is valid from 10 days to 30 days. And it expands the locations at which people can obtain applications to more police locations. People now must apply at the police department in the place where they live, but the bill would let them apply at any police agency.
The NRA said it expected the state House to vote Thursday to accept the substitute bill.
The mayors' group called the Senate's vote a "remarkable turnaround" and credited a "furious lobbying effort" to retain the application process.
"We decided to no longer allow a vocal minority to control the politics of guns with partial information and minimal dialogue," Flint Mayor Dayne Walling said in a statement. "And our legislators in Lansing listened."
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Race 13: Charlotte (Coke 600)Posted by in General
The Coke 600 is not only the LONGEST race they run on the NASCAR Sprint Cup race circuit but it's also the 13th race of the season. That being said I was really hoping to have something positive to report for our beloved #14 Office Depot Racing- like a win! But alas no win.
So my internet decided to go up and down like a yo-yo during the race. What that means is that I was unable to listen to most of the radio communication on the Trackpass Scanner (and yeah I know Tony was a hotpass driver- but I didn't watch the hotpass channel because I feel that I lose too much of what is going on with other drivers on the hotpass channel). I figure that there was some sort of handling issues with the car- but the only radio communications I got to hear was early in the race- Tony complained that Greg Biffle was short pitting and crowding him in the box. We all know how that ended- with Tony hitting one of Biffle's crew guys during a later pitstop and knocking him down (for those wondering- scenedaily.com reports that rear tire carrier Kevin McDowell was released early Monday- x-rays showed no broken bones).
On the plus side at least Tony finished 15th- which is better than where he started the race. See I am trying to find the positive- and there it is! He finished better than where he started. Tony is now 16th in the points. Teammate Ryan Newman finished ninth and is now 12th in points. I am still hoping for that first win of the season though- hopefully it will come next week since our reader @KevinMBoots77 is going to the race! Race winner was Kurt Busch.
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- I love the fact that all four Hendrick cars had patriotic paint schemes! That rocked! (yeah I know other cars had them too- but I still think that the Hendrick stable had the best! And that being said I liked Jeff Gordon's the best of the four HMS cars).
- Between the All-Star Race and the Induction ceremony and the Coke 600 it really has Misty and I hankering to go to Charlotte for our next "new" track experience. We are already planning on going next year…look for a post soon about our excessive planning tactics.
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- I hope that Dario will take Tony up on his offer of a place in the Prelude To The Dream! That will be an interesting addition to the field.
Next weekend: Pocono. Remember that the races are NOT on Fox any more- we have moved on to TNT. Also-remember that this is where Tony and the #14 crew got it's first victory! Let's hope for a repeat!
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We will never get tired of reading about baby vampires. And now the queen of all tiny fangers, Claudia, is getting her very own graphic novel, penned by her creator Anne Rice. The comic retells Interview With The Vampire from the perspective of Claudia, not Louis.
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Claudia's Story will be available in stores on November 20, 2012.
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When Terence "Bud" Crawford defends his WBO lightweight title June 28 at the CenturyLink Center, he'll fight for himself, his tight-knit family and a boxing community that's not seen anything like this since 1972.
Forty-two years ago heavyweight champion Joe Frazier came to town to battle local Great White Hope Ron Stander. Omaha was thrilled to host boxing's ultimate event, but Stander never had more than a puncher's chance. Predictably, he was outclassed and dismantled.
This is different. Crawford's the hometown kid who realized his dream of being a world champ by unanimously decisioning Ricky Burns in Scotland March 1. He's the title holder and Cuban opponent Yuriorkis Gamboa the contender. The champ and challenger enter this HBO main event with identical 23-0 (16 by KO) records. Crawford's a skilled technician who's never been dropped or hurt as a pro. By contrast, Stander was a slugger and bleeder who used brute force, not sweet science, in the ring. Though Stander didn't hit the canvas much, he lost 21 bouts.
Another important difference is that while The Butcher fought in Omaha, he actually hailed from Council Bluffs. Crawford is Omaha through and through. When it was suggested the Bluffs and its casinos host Crawford's title defense the fighter flatly refused, offended by the very notion he go across the river.
"I'm the type of person if I don't want to do something I'm not going to do it," he says. "I'm my own man. If I felt like they weren't going to bring it to Omaha then we were going to go somewhere else and it wasn't going to be Council Bluffs."
Known for representing with trunks that read "Omaha," he's fiercely loyal to his Omaha-based boxing and biological families.
"They're always going to be there for me, win or lose," he says. "They've been with me the whole way."
His peeps comprise Team Crawford. Most members of his training camp go back more than a decade when he was pegged a ring prodigy. His longtime trainer Midge Minor is like a father. His co-manager Brian "BoMac" McIntyre is one of his best buddies. They jointly opened the B & B Boxing Academy two years ago.
Omaha attorney Hugh Reefe, a former amateur boxer who now dispenses legal advice to the fighter, recalls seeing the young Crawford at the CW Boxing Club, where Bud got his start. The CW is the through-line that connects the champ's boxing crew.
"Everybody knew who he was because he was different," Reefe says. "He was outstanding. He really had all the skills. Everybody was talking about him. He just had a buzz around him. He's got these cobra eyes that give him the peripheral vision to bob and weave but still have you locked in his sights."
Victory Boxing coach John Determan, whose unbeaten son Johnny is on the June 28 undercard, says, "I've known Bud for a long time. The first time I saw him fight was early in his career in Joplin, Missouri. I remember driving home and telling my family 'he's going to be a great one.' He is a true champion and not the type of guy who gets a big head. He's worked hard for everything he's done."
Longtime boxing observer and historian Tom Lovgren says simply, "He's the best that I've seen in Neb. He's the Real McCoy."
Crawford's seemingly been called to his boxing ascension. His mother Debra Crawford says he came out of the womb "with his fists balled up," as if ready to fight. He's from a long line of pugilists: his grandfather, father and uncle all fought. Debra says Bud's father "always said he's going to be a million dollar baby boy." Debra, who's gone a round or two with her headstrong son and knows the difference between a jab and a cross, says, "God gave him a gift."
Everyone confirms young Bud himself was convinced he was destined for greatness. "He'd always tell me, 'Mom, I'm going to make it, I'm going to be something. I'm going to be a world champ," Debra says.
Lots of kids say that, his friend Kevin notes, "but they ain't got the same dedication as him," adding, "He's been after this for years."
Now that he's done it, Reefe says, "It seems a little surreal." Even Bud's mom admits, "Sometimes it's like a dream." Especially dreamlike given all he's overcome. Possessing a notorious temper as a youth, the stubborn Crawford had scores of verbal and physical run-ins.
"Bud used to get in trouble in the gym and they used to send him home," Debra says. Sometimes, he wanted no part of it. "One time, he hid in his room when Midge came by to pick him up. He told me to tell Midge he ain't home. I went out and told Midge, 'He's in here, come and get him.' Bud said 'Mom, you're a snitch.' Yeah, I had to keep him out of trouble. I'd rather him be in the gym than out in the street."
Other times, says maternal grandma Velma Jones, sporting a Team Crawford T-shirt, he couldn't stand to be away from the ring.
"I used to have him ride along with me when I had to go places and he'd be like, 'I have to get to the gym...' He loved that gym."
Crawford came up in a Hood where street life claims many young men. He avoided the pitfalls but still found trouble. The youngest of three siblings, he sometimes got into scrapes with older, bigger kids and his two sisters would come to his rescue. You fight one Crawford, "you gotta fight us all," his sister Shawntay says.
Debra recalls, "One day I saw Bud getting beat up by this older boy and I told those two (her daughters), 'Y'all better get out there and help your brother." They did and together with Bud dispatched the bully. Bud's sister Latisha remembers, "The guy came back and apologized that he took that ass whuppin' " If any Crawfords ever got beat they'd be the ones apologizing for letting the family down.
Family, friends, coaches all attest to how competitive he is.
His girlfriend Iesha Person, with whom he has two sons, says, "He don't like to lose at anything – darts, cards, basketball, pool. Everything is a competition with him, everything. He's very determined to win in everything he does. Like he just learned how to play chess not too long ago and now he's beating the people that taught him. So I can't even picture him losing."
Reefe, who's been trounced by him in chess, says, "He likes to talk and rub it in, too, when he's winning."
Everyone agrees he's always had a mouth on him. Insubordinate behavior earned Crawford school suspensions and expulsions. He caused his mom headaches.
"Yes, he did," she says. "He went to a bunch of schools. He even went to a couple alternative schools. Yeah, he stayed in some trouble. One time he shot up the Edmonson (recreation) center with a BB gun. He was on probation for like three or four years."
Few expected much of him.
"When he was young I know a lot of people told him, 'Oh, you ain't going to be nothing, you'll probably end up in the penitentiary.' But like I told him, 'Don't let them folks get you down talking about you won't be nothing, you go ahead and do what you have to do.' And he kept on with it," his grandma says.
"I'm very proud of him because I told him he wasn't going to be shit," Debra says. "He tells me now, 'Mom, remember what you said?' We laugh about it."
She says things really turned around for him at Bryan High School.
"The principal really helped him. He still keeps in touch with him, too. His teachers are surprised he's made it this far. They're proud of him. They didn't think he was going to be able to make it but he made it."
Debra marvels her once problem son has "put Omaha on the map
as a black young man." It's been a journey with some stumbles. He was considered an Olympics prospect but fell out of grace with USA Boxing. He was a favorite to win the National Golden Gloves in Omaha but lost a close decision he felt was payback for his bad boy image.
Early in his pro career he nearly lost his life in a shooting the week of a fight when he joined a dice game that went sour and as he left in a car someone fired a shot that hit his head. He went to the nearest hospital.
Debra recalls getting the news at home.
"I was asleep when my mom woke me up to tell me. 'Bud just got shot.' I waited a minute, got up and came downstairs. Then my sister and I went out there. They wouldn't let me see him. When they finally called me in Bud was sitting on the edge of the bed laughing, saying, 'I'm still going to fight on Friday.' I said, 'No, you're not, they've got to stitch your head up.' He was lucky because the bullet bounced off his head. The doctor told me, 'He's got a hard head.'"
As if the family needed proof.
Bud and everyone around him traces his new-found maturity to that incident and to becoming a father.
"He's come a long ways," grandma Jones says.
"He's more focused," Kevin says.
"He's a great father," says Iesha. "He took care of me and my daughter before we had a son together."
Bud's sister Lastisha says she gets emotional thinking about how far Bud's come.
"I used to have bad dreams and then when he got shot one of the dreams kind of came true. When he went in that ring and won that championship I thought back to how he was when he was little, hot-headed, and just didn't want to listen to nobody. And to see him now it's like, Wow, my little brother for real is world champion. I'm like really, really proud of him."
Velma says some of her grandson's drive to excel is fueled by the decisions in the ring he feels he was robbed of as an amateur. It's why as a pro he takes no chances and strives to dominate from start to finish, just as he did against Burns in taking all three judges' cards.
"After that fight in Scotland he told me he was scared they were going to take some points away from him. He thought they'd use some kind of technicality to make him lose the fight. But he come on through. He showed 'em y'all cant do no stealing from me, not tonight.'"
Co-manager BoMac says Crawford feeds off "always being the underdog and always having something against him – that lights his fire and makes him train harder."
Bud's boisterous family will be out in force come fight night just as they were in Glasgow. Only this time the Crawford contingent will be much larger, with relatives coming from both coasts and lots of points in between. He welcomes their presence, no matter their size.
"It's not going to be a distraction or anything," he says. "They're there any other fight, so it's just another day in the gym for me. When I was in Scotland…Dallas…Orlando…Vegas, they were there with me, so you know I'm used to having them cheering me on and not letting them interfere with what I've got to do in the ring. You've got to keep your mind focused on the task at hand."
Per his custom, he trained in Colorado Springs several weeks before returning June 22. Back home he's fine-tuned his body and mind.
"I just chill and visualize what I'm going to do in there and then just go ahead and do it. You've got to see it to be able to do it. When I put my mind to it, it's already done."
Iesha, who saw him training six-plus hours a day in Colo., admires
that "he puts so much work into it." "Hard work and dedication" has gotten him this far and he isn't about to slack off now, Latishsa says.
Crawford's unsure whether Omaha will ever fully embrace him as its champion. His family's glad he's getting his due after years toiling in obscurity. The Gamboa fight will be his first as a pro in his hometown.
"He's finally getting noticed," Debra says, adding people claiming to be cousins have been coming out of the woodwork since winning the title.
Hugh Reefe is impressed by how success, fame and big paydays have not changed Crawford's lifestyle.
"He's a pretty simple guy and I like that he's kept everything the same.
He's handling it really well, he's got really good instincts, He's intuitive.
He's always concerned and thoughtful about how things affect his family."
Those closest to him sense that after waiting so long for this stage he's going to put on a show.
Iesha says, "I know he's not giving up that belt."
Everyone agrees Gamboa may regret saying at the press conference Bud hasn't fought the caliber of fighters he has. Latisha says as soon as he uttered those words Bud vowed, "I'm going to kick your butt."
Debra and her daughters predict Bud winning by knockout. "I pick the 6th round because Bud likes to figure him out. If Gamboa hits Bud, Bud's going to angry and it's going to be all over," she says.
God forbid it comes down to a controversial decision that goes against Bud. "He'd probably go nuts if he feel he got cheated," Latisha says.
"But he ain't got to worry about that," Shawntay says, "because he ain't going to lose. We got this."
Latisha can see he's ready for Saturday. "I know when he's serious, he's got the eye of the tiger. There's just something about his eyes that you just know that he's about to go handle it."
Reefe, who drove Iesha and the kids to see Bud in Colo., saw a fighter in peak condition. "I realized I was watching a world-class athlete. He was getting getting it on in a workmanlike, no-nonsense manner, going from one workout to the next, station to station, not being lazy about anything. He was in charge."
BoMac confirms that Crawford "just looks at it like he's got a job to go do," adding, "He's like, 'Let me do my job, everyone else do their job, let's go about our business and let's go home." He says Crawford's "will and determination" separate him from the pack.
That intensity is often masked by his laidback demeanor. "He likes to joke and play around, wrestle, he's a kid, you know," Reefe says. "He's always been like that," says Debra, fingering a stack of title fight posters. "He's so easygoing you wouldn't believe he's got a big fight coming up," adds grandma. Shawntay points out, "He don't ever talk about the fight, he just goes in there and fights."
As for the fighter himself, he's using any real or perceived slight – from Gamboa's words to what he sees as a lack of local corporate sponsors to the Bluffs controversy – as motivation to leave no doubts June 28.
"I'm still hungry to get better and to prove to the world that I belong here. This is just a stepping stone."
The Crawford-Gamboa fight can be seen live on HBO Boxing After Dark starting at 9 p.m. (CST).
For tickets to the fight, visit www.ticketmaster.com.
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Gucci trademarked upholstery and trim accents feature throughout the exterior and interior cabin.
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Mayor Don Wesely and City Council member Jonathan Cook will host a Town Hall meeting from 7 to 9 p.m., Monday, September 11 at the Auld Recreation Center, 3140 Sumner in Antelope Park. The meeting is the third in a series of quarterly town hall meetings planned for all four City Council districts this year. The first was held March 13 in northeast Lincoln, and the second was held June 19 in northwest Lincoln. The Mayor plans to have a meeting in the southeast district in November.
Although this meeting is designed for residents in the southwest part of Lincoln, all city residents are welcome to attend. All city departments will be represented, and invitations have also been sent to the City Council, Lancaster County Board, City-County Planning Commission and area State Senators.
The town hall begins at 7 p.m. with a reception. At 7:30, Wesely and Cook will speak briefly. Representatives of the city departments will be introduced, and the public will then have an opportunity to ask questions. Members of the public will be allowed only one question and one follow-up question until all wishing to speak have been heard. At 8:30, there will be an opportunity for informal follow-up discussion.
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FCC Talks "A La Carte" Cable
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin thinks your cable bill is too high.
Hell, Mr. Martin probably thinks his cable bill is too high.
According to USAToday, Martin is going after "tying," a practice broadcasters use to bully cable companies into carrying more channels on basic cable. More channels (think ESPN 8 "The Ocho") mean higher cable rates, says Martin. He thinks curbs on tying will help stop cable bill increases for consumers.
"The problem for consumers is that they have to pay higher rates for a bunch of channels they may not want or watch," Martin says, "Cable TV rates have continued to rise above the rate of inflation. I'm hopeful that this would help control the rate of increase of cable rates."
The cable companies are with Martin on this one.
Cable operators have tried to get around tying for years, says Matt Polka, president of the American Cable Association, which represents hundreds of small cable TV operators. "At a time when (cable consumers) are screaming for choice, there is none, largely because of consolidation and control of content."
Polka says programmers also use ownership of broadcast networks and stations to force "carriage" of channels. ABC is owned by Disney, NBC by General Electric (GE), CBS by Viacom and Fox by News Corp (NWS). All have cable arms that create new channels regularly.
Cable operators are required to carry all local TV stations, but federal rules let broadcasters pick how they want to be paid: Cash or carriage of their company's cable channels.
Polka says programmers typically set the cash price so high that operators have little choice but to agree to take their channels. Recently, they've even started to demand support for their websites, he says.
Martin says that under the bar on bundling that the FCC plans to examine, programmers would have to sell channels individually. "You can't tie the channel in any way. … If you only want one channel, you shouldn't have to take 10 or 20."
Tying also has a less-obvious downside for consumers: It allows big programmers to pack cable TV with their channels, leaving less room for channels from other providers.
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2/3 cup evaporated milk
1 2/3 cups sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups mini-marshmallows
1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 teaspoons vanilla
Combine butter, milk, sugar, and salt in a saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil; cook 4 to 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Stir in marshmallows, chocolate, and vanilla. Beat for about 1 minute, or until marshmallows melt and mixture is thoroughly combined. Pour into an 8x8-inch square buttered pan and cool. Cut fudge into squares and store in an air tight container.
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Golden State Warriors (26 - 17) @ Toronto Raptors (16 - 28)
Start time: 4:00 PM PST @ Air Canada Centre
Local TV: CSN Bay Area
Nat TV: None
Probable starters for the Golden State Warriors:
C - Festus Ezeli
PF - David Lee
SF - Harrison Barnes
SG - Klay Thompson
PG - Stephen Curry
Probable starters for the Toronto Raptors:
C - Ed Davis
PF - Amir Johnson
SF - Landry Fields
SG - DeMar DeRozan
PG - Jose Calderon
Team leaders:
PPG - S. Curry (20.9) | D. DeRozan (17.3)
RPG - D. Lee (10.7) | E. Davis (6.6)
APG - S. Curry (6.5) | J. Calderon (7.5)
SPG - S. Curry (1.7) | K. Lowry (1.3)
BPG - F. Ezeli (1.1) | J. Valanciunas (1.1)
Game Thread: Warriors @ Toronto Raptors 2013-01-28
Talk about the upcoming Warriors game here
Moderators: Mr. Crackerz, JREED, Guybrush, 32
If we continue to play like we have been playing..loss.
We have to go back to Warriors basketball. In recent games, we do not look like a team who is the 4th best at rebounding. Teams are crushing us on the offensive glass and we can't overcome the 2nd chance points. We gotta get a body on people if we want to win.
I think that a reason for that are Harrison and Ezeli playing less minutes. Ezeli is making room for Lee to grab rebounds, if he is not taking them himself, and Harrison is good rebounder at SF, better than RJ. At least, he can box out some players.
Barnes may not yet be scoring big, but the man does rebound well for a SF and I also think that less time for him and Ezeli is not a good think for the team. Too much small ball does not work. The team's success this season corresponds well to their much improved rebounding.
Having watched a lot of recent Raptor games I can confidently say this is not a guaranteed win. Raptors have been very good since Bargani stopped starting. If they had just benched him to start the season they'd be in the playoff picture right now. Raptors are a very enjoyable team to watch now.
Where did you hear that Krome? Can't find anything..
Knightofoceans wrote:Where did you hear that Krome? Can't find anything..
RT @warriors: Official: Andrew Bogut will play (and start) in today's game in Toronto.
now smack them raptors!
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What No One Told Me About Motherhood
The first parenting shock: They let you take the baby home. Like, without supervision. Only then do the real surprises unfold. Here's what readers told us was most unexpected for them as they embraced this whole mama thing.
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After I gave birth to my son, what surprised me most was how much I needed my mom. I expected to want her to visit and to get to know her new grandson but I never anticipated how much I would want her to take care of me. Despite my partner's good efforts and best intentions, nobody was able to take care of me as well as she did. My mom cooked me three meals a day and cared for my every need. As a result, I was able to focus all my attention and energy on my new role as a mom.
—Jordana in MA, mom to Lucian
I had no idea that the nature-nurture balance of was tipped so heavily toward NATURE. My two children couldn't be more different from each other; their differences were readily apparent the moment each one arrived. Parenting my kids requires completely different approaches, which has caused me to open my eyes to differences all around me.
—Asha in OR, mom to Mimi and Luke
From the moment I saw my daughter's brand new face—neither mine, nor her father's—I realized she was her own new person and always would be. It's a strange thing to create this person and carry them inside you and provide for their every need, and then watch them turn up their nose at your best cooking and say, "No hugs!" I love watching my 18-month-old develop her own preferences and ideas about the world, but it somehow never fails to shock me when she does.
—Kylie in IA, mom to Beatrix
It's amazing how "dirty" is relative now. Before becoming a mom, I'd Purell my hands after touching a doorknob, now I can handle having poo and pee on my hands and clothes and not bat an eyelash!
—Yuzhi in NY, mom to Ellie
No one told me that it was possible to not produce enough breast milk, despite my best efforts and that supplementing with formula would not make me a bad mother. No one told me that this happens to women often, actually, and that my bond with my daughter would not suffer because I had to bottle feed her, too.
Finally, thanks to loving words of wisdom from real-life mamas around me, I made peace with the situation. And just in time, too, because my daughter is extraordinary. I'm so glad I didn't waste any more time judging myself.
—Heather in IA, mom to Hazel
No one had ever told me that when I had to dig down deep and be the strongest advocate for my daughter while being her greatest source of comfort, I WOULD. Every parent should know that there is NOTHING you can't do when you have to.
—Anissa in GA, mom to Peyton, Rachael and Nathaniel
I was surprised that parenting was easier than I thought it would be. We hear such horror stories of the lack of sleep, no time for friends, the messy diapers and the temper tantrums, but it really wasn't that stressful (at least the first year)! I think babies react to your energy so if you're happy, relaxed and calm then your baby will be, too. Knock on wood!
—Susan in NY, mom to Trevor
What no one ever told me was how much I could learn about myself from my own kids. I've realized that being a mom and needing to give up myself in the process, as I was told, is not true; my children have showed me that my overall happiness makes them happy too. These adventurous, curious little people have complemented my life and helped me become a more fun person. I worry more, plan more and sleep less, but I am also happier and more excited about the world because I get to see it through my kids' eyes, and I can't think of any other moment in my life when it all looked so beautiful.
—Carol in NY, mom to David, Liam and Aidan
I didn't realize how silly I'd be. I'm normally pretty reserved. But whenever I'm with my little guy, I'm constantly talking, singing and making goofy faces and sounds. It's hard to say which of us enjoys it more!
—Julie in IL, mom to Collin
Being a Type A multi-tasker, I thought being a supermom would be easy. But after a couple weeks of crankiness, fatigue and frustration, I realized I couldn't go to work, exercise, cook, clean and take care of my baby every single day. Splitting up more duties with my husband and giving up something on my agenda every day saved me mentally and physically!
—Rajasree in MN, mom to Maya
Until the birth of my daughter I didn't know how great it could feel to let go of the many things I felt I needed to control. I knew my life would change when I became a mother but I didn't know that most of my planning was basically pointless because the baby dictates how things will go (at least the first 2 to 3 months).
Embracing the go-with-the-flow attitude and trying not to predict and plan everything turned out to be liberating, and I'm happier being flexible rather than stressing when something doesn't go as planned.
—Jessika in NY, mom to Courtney
I had no idea that Noah's birth meant the death of the old me. Birth is not always easy. It can be painful and messy and somewhere in the middle of it all, I lost myself. It took a year to find my own ground again. I never knew that I could love someone so much and simultaneously be in such a crisis of self. My grandmother said, "You must first mother the mother." And that's what I did while also mothering my infant son. By the time we celebrated his first birthday, I knew what it was to be his mother. For a long time during that first year, I was trying to discover it as I went.
—Liz in MA, mom to Haliyah and Noah
The most surprising thing for me was learning how quickly you can see that strong and independent personality. My son required a lot of extra NICU-brand TLC when he was born. He didn't notice any pain, nor any discomfort. He was just hungry! And he made sure we were all in the know on that one!
—Wendy in NJ, mom to Max
No one told me that I would learn more from my children than I would teach them regarding how to approach life. (Almost) every day, my two sons wake up happy and excited to see what is in store for the rest of the day and most days when I ask them what was their favorite part of the day, their answer is "everything." I love that and try to imitate their life view!
—Kimberly in NY, mom to Michael and Sean
What surprised me most about parenting? That it would bring my husband and I closer together. I know that might sound like a no-brainer, but everyone had told me to prepare for not having time for ourselves and for our relationship after the baby. I was worried that somehow the lack of sleep, extra stress, etc. would be a challenge to our relationship. And while in some ways that can be true, I have found co-parenting has made us an even greater team. We share responsibilities, collaborate on problem solving, celebrate each other's achievements and talk about the amazing love we share for our son. I'd say we're closer than ever.
—Kellie in IL, mom to Camden
I was most surprised by how much I realized my mom loved me. We have always been really close, but it wasn't until I held Tommy in my arms for the first time that I understood her love because I felt it towards him. Since he was born, I have made sure to let my mom know how much she means to me as well. Not only have I felt an increase in love with my son, but I've also felt a stronger connection to my mom.
—Jessi in MO, mom to Tommy
My biggest surprise after giving birth to Nolan was the incredible bond I felt toward him. I didn't realize I had such a huge capacity to love another person until I met my son. It was actually quite overwhelming.
—Megan in MN, mom to Nolan
After the birth of my first child, I quickly learned that parenting advice is not one-size-fits-all. Oftentimes the best solution is a combination of tips, instead of just one particular tactic, that you've collected from experienced parents. It is important to remember that parenting is trial and error, so don't be afraid to make mistakes!
—Deirdre in NJ, mom to Maren and Sullivan
What surprised me the most about becoming a parent was that I trusted myself. Like a steadfast mother cat, hauling her kitten confidently to a safer place by the scruff of his neck, I somehow seemed to know what to do with each baby, each time. I never did end up looking at a book and I've never second-guessed anything I did upon instinct. My babies were almost always happy, and so was I.
—Carol in MA, mom to Maeve, Fiona, Aoife, Liam and Charlotte
My first child was a boy and my second was a girl. Before I became a mom of two, no one told me how truly different raising boys and girls (any child frankly) can be. They also forgot to tell me girls can shoot tinkle just as far as boys during a diaper change. One lesson (among many) learned the messy way!
—Katie in IA, mom to Thomas and Lucy
No one told me that I'd doubt my own mom-abilities every step of the way. That I, someone who always had the answers or problem-solving brainstorms, would be left questioning the most natural of things like eating, sleeping and pooping.
No one told me I would develop a "vocal mama-bear complex." Unafraid to tell people to check themselves—from getting too close to me when pregnant in the supermarket to telling teenagers to stop making obnoxious noise around my sleeping baby stroller.
No one told me being a good mom means using every trick up your sleeve—that my new iPhone would spend most of the day playing Baby Einstein or white noise in the crib or play area instead of in my hand doing email or Facebook.
No one told me that getting to be a mom would be work—that I'd spend my twenties trying not to get pregnant and my thirties learning just how hard it would be to get pregnant.
No one told me that one child would mean so much to so many of my family and friends. That being a mom is not just a gift for me but a gift that I share and others celebrate with me.
No one told me that I couldn't be a mom, though I lost faith in myself. And no one told me that being a great mom is something that you only do well when you let others help you believe in yourself even when you can't.
—Shena in FL, mom to Emma
I was determined to let intuition guide my parenting decisions. Getting and then staying pregnant had been difficult, but as my due date approached I was certain I'd ultimately feel grounded in my role as a mom—I'd be a natural, of course. I'd innately know the most appropriate ways to care for my babe.
Silly mama. My first few months with my son were wrought with merciless feelings of insecurity and self-doubt. Terrified of making the "wrong" choice for the baby and my family, I scoured books and websites and polled fellow moms; I let what "experts" say trump what felt right to me, then scolded myself harshly for not already knowing the answers.
After nearly a year in this job, I can I say that I'm finally able to recognize—let alone trust—my own intuition as a mom. Only now do I know that it's OK for parenting confidence to be fluid. I wish I'd been easier on myself in those early, wild days.
—Lexi in MA, mom to Arlo


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The Pointless Copyright Freakout Over Pinterest
from the same-old-song deptI've been debating whether or not it's worth doing this post for a few weeks now, but with so much sudden interest in Pinterest and how it fits in the copyright scheme of things, people keep asking "when," not "if," we were going to write about it, so we might as well tackle it. If you don't know, Pinterest is an insanely popular social network of sorts, built around the concept of "pinning" images you like, creating collections of such images and sharing them with your friends. It's been the buzz of Silicon Valley for quite some time, and hit the mainstream in a big way a few weeks ago. Lots of commentators like to point out that it's widely used by women -- because that's apparently noteworthy in contrast to the typical internet buzzy services that get the usual "early adopters" who tend to be more of the male persuasion. Either way, it's crazy popular. I first heard about it in the context of teenagers sharing "looks" -- creating effective collages of images of clothing/style/accessories and sharing them with friends in a "wouldn't this look nice" kind of way.
But, as Pinterest hit some sort of inflection point right around the Super Bowl (with the help of Facebook integration), a bunch of people started noticing that there were some significant copyright questions involved. After all, the basic way it works is you make use of images you find online and "pin" them into a collection. But if you don't have the rights to use those images, is it infringement? Some are pretty sure that it violates the law in that it wasn't clear it would really qualify for fair use -- and there were also some questions about how thoroughly it complied with DMCA takedown requests. Either way, the issue began to explode with a ton of articles all discussing the copyright questions.
As this suddenly got so much more attention, Pinterest just rolled out a "nopin" meta tag, which allows website owners to basically block images from a site from being easily "pinned" to a Pinterest collection. Depending on who you listen to, this either answered all the copyright questions or merely represented a "small step" towards dealing with them. For angry photographers, I'd bet they're going to claim the latter is more accurate, if they'll even grant that much.
There's also a separate, but related, issue concerning Pinterest's terms of service that includes some boilerplate language that pretty much every online service includes and when someone reads them for the first time, they freak out about how Pinterest is claiming too many rights over the uploaded works. This is an exaggeration -- and we've seen the same thing happen with TwitPic and others, where the terms are there to make sure you're granting the site an effective license to display the works, and not as some nefarious plan to claim ownership of the works.
Either way, the community that's been most vocal about Pinterest and how it's something evil are photographers. While there are plenty of photographers who are quite reasonable on copyright issues, for some reason, it seems like photographers often can be the most extreme on copyright issues, and it's no different here.
However, it seems like (as the music industry did with Napster, and now the movie industry has done with cyberlockers), they're getting the wrong message out of what's happening online: these services are opportunities, not threats. If you want to understand why, I recommend reading (thoroughly) a recent blog post by photographer Trey Ratcliff, who goes into great detail not just about how Pinterest has been really useful for him (including in driving revenue), but that photographers need to stop treating everything as a threat, and start looking at these things as opportunities. Again, you should read the whole thing, but here are a few useful snippets. Ratcliff points out that treating everything as a threat means that you spend all your time trying to angrily shut stuff down, rather than getting your work out there. But there are real advantages to getting your work out there (and he explains why it should be high res, and without watermarks, contrary to the standard way that many photographers do thumbnails with annoying watermarks):
Most people in the world are good people. If they find digital art they want to buy for a print or use in a commercial campaign, they will figure out a way to get you money. 99% of your traffic is truly "window-shoppers." They will look at your goods, take note, enjoy them and move on. But 1% will want to make a personal or business transaction with you....There really is a lot more there, and it's worth reading the whole thing. Also, Ratcliff appears to be an absolutely awesome photographer, so I recommend checking out his work too.
StuckInCustoms.com has healthy traffic that grows every year thanks to good old-fashioned word-of-mouth. We don't advertise or buy links or any of that stuff. So I depend on the Internet and nice people like you to link back to the site and tell your friends that you find something unique and cool.
Last month, we had 714,143 Pageviews and 234,107 unique visitors. 15% of this traffic came from Pinterest. Amazing! If Pinterest didn't exist (a reality some photographers would prefer), then our traffic would be 15% less. Choosing to switch-off innovation is a fool's errand, especially in today's world. It reminds me of the scene in Anthem where the council of candle-makers becomes rather upset at the invention of the light bulb.
Someone on Pinterest can make a board called "Feeling a bit blue," and they can fill it with cool-colored melancholy photos. Isn't this just another way of making a poem? If I built up this pinboard and sent it to a friend, it's nothing but a visual poem in a new medium. It's just as powerful, and, in many ways, more accessible.
Pinterest is simply another way (a newer, evolving way, mind you) for humans to communicate with one another. It is increasingly the job of digital artists to inspire, share and bring more beauty and communication into the world.
Either way, his point is a strong one, and it's really no different than what many people have made to reactionary folks in other parts of the content industry. You can spend all your time trying to kill innovation or stop people from doing what they want to do... or you can bask in the wonderment that people want to do stuff, encourage them to do so, and make it easier for them to help spread your works... all the while making it easy for them to support you. Ratcliff seems to be a perfect example of our discussion on the benefits of being open, human and awesome.
And, in the end, that's the key point. Whether or not Pinterest is a copyright landmine is kind of besides the point. It's a really fascinating innovation that is having massive (unprecedented) success in terms of users. Clearly, it's tapped into a market by providing something that a very large number of people absolutely love. When that happens, there are always opportunities, and smart photographers should be focused on finding and embracing those opportunities.
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This recipe comes from yesterday's post - "Our Relaxing Sunday Resolution." See the entire menu here and look for the rest of the recipes this week.
New! Printable Recipes, here.
Serves 4-6
2 pork tenderloins (about 2.5 pounds)
2 cloves of garlic
1 tablespoon of soy sauce
2 teaspoons of worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon of dijon
1 tablespoon of brown sugar
2 teaspoons of salt
1 teaspoon of pepper
8 apples (any kind)
2 tablepoons of butter
1/2 cup of orange juice
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
1 tablespoon of brown sugar
Begin by marinading the pork. Mix together garlic, soy, worcestershire, dijon, brown sugar, salt and pepper in a plastic bag or shallow dish. Marinade pork in mixture for at least 30 minutes.
Next, make the applesauce - it bakes for 1 hour, so be sure to make it ahead of time.
Peel and core the apples - keeping some of the red peel. I add some of the red peel to the cooking apples to give it great color. Cut the apples into 1-inch chunks. In a saucepan, melt butter and brown sugar for 2 minutes, then add apples, orange juice, cinnamon and a piece of the red peel. Cook on the stovetop for 10 minutes on low, then cover and put in a 325 oven for 1 hour. If your saucepan is not oven safe, transfer to a covered casserole dish.
When it is finished cooking in the oven, breakup of the apples by stirring with a whisk. Serve warm. You can make this a couple of days in advance and just reheat as needed.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
For the pork, heat a medium skillet, then add 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Sear the pork on each side for 3 minutes, until nice color is achieved. Put the entire skillet in the oven (uncovered) and cook for another 20-25 minutes, until the pork reaches 150 degrees on a meat thermometer. Again, if your skillet is not ovenproof, then transfer it to a baking sheet.
Remove it from the oven, cover with lid (or foil) and let rest for 5 minutes. Slice and serve with warm applesauce.


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By Russ Britt
An update to that earlier post on Exact Sciences Corp……
It seems the Mayo Clinic really did leak embargoed information ahead of schedule regarding a new cancer screener from Exact in the New England Journal of Medicine, but whether that was responsible for a premature jump in the company's stock is unclear.
To recap, Exact /quotes/zigman/85083/delayed /quotes/nls/exas EXAS put out a press release Tuesday that noted positive test results from a new screening system for colorectal cancer, but said the news wasn't to be put out before 5 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday. Exact said its tests showed the screener, using stool samples, was nearly as effective as a colonoscopy but was less invasive.
It appears, however, that some investors traded on the information. Exact shares jumped by nearly 10% on Tuesday, before the information was made public, and climbed another 8% at one point on Wednesday morning. The company decided to release the embargoed information before the open on Wednesday, saying Mayo Clinic officials in Rochester, Minn., had erroneously put out the release Tuesday around 3 p.m.
"We'll have to raise our hand on this one," Mayo spokesman Brian Kilen said, acknowledging the error. Mayo's own news network released the information without tagging the release as embargoed, but some enterprising data seekers also found a way to retrieve those privileged reports from the organization's website after Mayo tried to correct the error.
It's unclear whether Mayo's error — made an hour before the close Tuesday — caused the stock price hike. Shares started climbing within a half hour of Tuesday's open and rose steadily throughout the day. It remains to be seen if the Securities and Exchange Commission will probe the matter; officials there refused to comment.
Exact shares spent most of the day Wednesday up by several percentage points but ended the day up just 3 cents to $14.45.
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STS 2009 Program
ACRL Science & Technology Section (STS) 2009 Program:
Big Science, Little Science, E-Science: the science librarian's role in the conversation.
Supporting Bibliography
Essential background
Gold, Anna. 2007. Cyberinfrastructure, data, and libraries, part 1: A cyberinfrastructure primer for librarians. D-Lib Magazine 13, (9/10) http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september07/gold/09gold-pt1.html (accessed 8/29/2008).
Relevance and Usefulness: Essential background. Provides an overview of issues and terminology.
Gold, Anna. 2007. Cyberinfrastructure, data, and libraries, part 2: Libraries and the data challenge: Roles and actions for libraries. D-Lib Magazine 13, (9/10) http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september07/gold/09gold-pt2.html.
Relevance and Usefulness: Essential background. Describes services offered in various disciplines; defines why data matter to libraries; proposes roles for libraries in E-Science; identifies skills and knowledge needed by librarians; proposes an integral role for libraries and librarians.
Garritano, Jeremy R., and Jake R. Carlson. 2009. A Subject Librarian's Guide to Collaborating on e-Science Projects. Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship 57 (Spring 2009). http://www.istl.org/09-spring/refereed2.html
Relevance and Usefulness: Offers advice and identifies skills needed for librarians to participate successfully in the e-Science process.
Abstract: For liaison or subject librarians, entering into the emerging area of providing researchers with data services or partnering with them on cyberinfrastructure projects can be a daunting task. This article will provide some advice as to what to expect and how providing data services can be folded into other liaison duties. New skills for librarians and traditional skills that can be adapted to data curation work will also be discussed. A case study on the authors' experiences collaborating with two chemistry faculty on an e-science project serves as the framework for the majority of this article.
Jennifer Haas and Sharon Murphy. 2009. E-Science and Libraries: Finding the Right Path. (Viewpoint.) Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship 57 (Spring 2009). http://www.istl.org/09-spring/viewpoint1.html
Relevance and Usefulness: Cautionary viewpoint, includes: "The truth is that the idea of becoming involved with the management, preservation, curation, and annotation of primary research data at the local level is daunting and particularly so in our current environment." (2nd paragraph)
Getting started at your library
MIT Libraries. "Data management and publishing: Subject guides: MIT libraries." Cambridge, MA. http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/subjects/data-management/
Relevance and Usefulness: Checklist for use while planning projects.
Abstract: The MIT Libraries can help MIT faculty and researchers manage and publish data that they produce. This site describes resources available for managing data throughout their life cycle.
Witt, Michael, and Melissa Cragin. 2008. "Introduction to Institutional Data Repositories Workshop." West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Libraries. http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/lib_research/83/
Relevance and Usefulness: Slides form workshop intended to get librarians started.
Abstract: The course materials from a full-day, continuing education workshop given for the Chicago Metropolitan Library System that covered an introduction to institutional repositories, a rationale for sharing and archiving research data, an introduction to data curation, and related roles, resources, and approaches for librarians. Participants engaged in lab activities where they submitted sample datasets to two popular data-sharing websites, investigated and evaluated research data collections, and completed a prospectus to relate concepts from the workshop to their local institutions for future discussion and planning. Included are the presentation slides, a data repository prospectus, a list of data repositories, and a selected bibliography of recommended reading that were created in support of the workshop.
Witt, Michael, and Jake R. Carlson. 2007. "Conducting a data interview." West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Libraries. http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1092&context=lib_research; http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/lib_research/81/
Relevance and Usefulness: Provides a checklist for interviewing faculty about their datasets.
Abstract: Librarians at Purdue University are beginning to identify the scientific datasets that are being generated by our faculty and researchers as information assets to be collected, preserved, and made accessible as a function of the library's collection development. These librarians are subject-area specialists, and many have advanced degrees in their respective disciplines in addition to a degree in library science. They have all been trained in collection management; however, much of this training was related to traditional formats such as monographs and serials and not datasets. In our experience, one of the most effective tactics for eliciting datasets for the collection is a simple librarian-researcher interview. In this poster, we share a set often questions that a librarian can use as a starting point for such a "data interview". It is not a comprehensive strategy but instead a practical tool to draw out information that needs to be considered in order to evaluate the suitability of a dataset for the collection and the requirements for the infrastructure and services that will be needed for data curation. This poster was presented at the 3rd International Digital Curation Conference on December 12-13, 2007, in Washington D.C.
Steinhart, Gail, John Saylor, Paul Albert, Kristine Alpi, Pam Baxter, Eli Brown, Kathy Chiang, et al. 2008. "Digital research data curation: Overview of issues, current activities, and opportunities for the Cornell Uuniversity Library: A report of the CUL Data Working Group." Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Library, http://hdl.handle.net/1813/10903
Relevance and Usefulness: Offers a model for establishing best practices at your library. Has many links and extensive bibliography.
Abstract: Advances in computational capacity and tools, coupled with the accelerating collection and accumulation of data in many disciplines, are giving rise to new modes of conducting research. Infrastructure to promote and support the curation of digital research data is not yet fully-developed in all research disciplines, scales, and contexts. Organizations of all kinds are examining and staking out their potential roles in the areas of cyberinfrastructure development, data-driven scholarship, and data curation. The purpose of the Cornell University Library's (CUL) Data Working Group (DaWG) is to exchange information about CUL activities related to data curation, to review and exchange information about developments and activities in data curation in general, and to consider and recommend strategic opportunities for CUL to engage in the area of data curation. This white paper aims to fulfill this last element of the DaWG's charge. Notes: This report of the Data Working Group offers five broad recommendations for ways in which the Cornell University Library might engage in data curation and related activities. 1. Seek out and cultivate partnerships with other organizations. 2. Provide services to Cornell researchers in several areas. 3. Assess local needs and develop local infrastructure and related policies. 4. Cultivate a workforce capable of addressing the new challenges posed by data curation and cyberinfrastructure development. 5. Form a Data Curation Executive Group and reorganize the Data Working Group.
Henty, Margaret (The Australian National University), Weaver,Belinda (The University of Queensland), Bradbury, Stephanie (Queensland University of Technology), and Porter, Simon (The University of Melbourne). 2008. "Investigating data management practices in Australian universities." Australian Partnership for Sustainable Repositories (APSR), http://www.apsr.edu.au/orca/investigating_data_management.pdf; http://www.apsr.edu.au/investigating_data_management
Relevance and Usefulness: See survey questions and responses from researchers at a large university. How does your institution compare?
Abstract: This report presents all the findings of the Data Management Survey conducted at The University of Queensland, The University of Melbourne and Queensland University of Technology in late 2007. The report, based on the responses of 879 researchers, sheds light on all aspects of data management practice including the use of data management plans, storage and backup, data sharing, data ownership and much more. The report also shows how the three participating Universities have used the results of the surveys to progress their own provision of support for eResearch. Summary: Findings include: The 879 responses from three institutions show similar patterns. Over 90% of respondents reported that their research generates digital data. Most store data in spreadsheets or databases, documents and reports, and data generated from computer programs. About one-third of respondents have less than 1GB of data and a similar proportion between 1GB and 1TB. The most popular software used for data storage and manipulation are SPSS and Excel. Most lack a formal data management plan. Most are willing to share their data in appropriate circumstances.
Policy issues and Talking points
Greer, Christopher L. 2007. "A vision for the digital data universe." nanoHUB; NSF; Purdue University Libraries. http://www.nanohub.org/resources/2291/
Relevance and Usefulness: in audio and slide format. Abstract: Describes NSF's role in Cyberinfrastructure (CI): vision, goals, principles, plan of action.
Jones, Elisabeth, Wendy Lougee, Neil Rambo, and Eric Celeste. 2008. "E-science talking points for ARL deans and directors." Association of Research Libraries, http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/e-science-talking-points.pdf.
Relevance and Usefulness: Intended to help science librarians discuss issues with their deans and directors, this document provides definitions and links to further reading.
Association of Research Libraries, and Coalition for Networked Information. "Reinventing science librarianship: Models for the future," October 2008. Proceedings from the ARL/CNI Fall Forum. http://www.arl.org/resources/pubs/fallforumproceedings/forum08proceedings.shtml Description: Audio clips, slides, and some text from Forum sessions. Presenters include many of the "big" names in data curation.
National Science Foundation, Cyberinfrastructure Council. 2007. NSF's cyberinfrastructure vision for 21st century discovery. Arlington, VA: National Science Foundation, NSF 07-28, http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf0728/nsf0728.pdf
Relevance and Usefulness: Shows direction and goals for NSF; focused on 2006-2010. A bstract: NSF's Cyberinfrastructure Vision for 21st Century Discovery is presented in a set of interrelated chapters that describe the various challenges and opportunities in the complementary areas that make up cyberinfrastructure: computing systems, data, information resources, networking, digitally enabled-sensors, instruments, virtual organizations, and observatories, along with an interoperable suite of software services and tools. This technology is complemented by the interdisciplinary teams of professionals that are responsible for its development, deployment and its use in transformative approaches to scientific and engineering discovery and learning. The vision also includes attention to the educational and workforce initiatives necessary for both the creation and effective use of cyberinfrastructure.
Onsrud, Harlan, and James Campbell. 2007. Big opportunities in access to "small science" data. Data Science Journal 6, (Special Issue: Open Data for Global Science) (17 June 2007). http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/dsj/6/0/OD58/_pdf
Relevance and Usefulness: Helps clarify issues and opportunities for "small science" data while proposing a digital commons environment.
Abstract: A distributed infrastructure that would enable those who wish to do so to contribute their scientific or technical data to a universal digital commons could allow such data to be more readily preserved and accessible among disciplinary domains. Five critical issues that must be addressed in developing an efficient and effective data commons infrastructure are described. We conclude that creation of a distributed infrastructure meeting the critical criteria and deployable throughout the networked university library community is practically achievable.
Uhlir, Paul F., and Peter Schröder. 2007. Open data for global science. Data Science Journal 6, (Special Issue: Open Data for Global Science) (17 June 2007). http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/dsj/6/0/OD36/_pdf
Relevance and Usefulness: Recommends policy.
Abstract: The digital revolution has transformed the accumulation of properly curated public research data into an essential upstream resource whose value increases with use. The potential contributions of such data to the creation of new knowledge and downstream economic and social goods can in many cases be multiplied exponentially when the data are made openly available on digital networks. Most developed countries spend large amounts of public resources on research and related scientific facilities and instruments that generate massive amounts of data. Yet precious little of that investment is devoted to promoting the value of the resulting data by preserving and making them broadly available. The largely ad hoc approach to managing such data, however, is now beginning to be understood as inadequate to meet the exigencies of the national and international research enterprise. The time has thus come for the research community to establish explicit responsibilities for these digital resources. This article reviews the opportunities and challenges to the global science system associated with establishing an open data policy.
Rusbridge, Chris. 2007. "Curation of scientific data: Challenges for institutions & their repositories." Paper presented at APSR 2007, Sydney, Australia, http://dspace.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/46820/1/rusbridge.pdf
Relevance and Usefulness: Helpful overview, many illustrations and citations.
Summary: Presentation slides include definitions, roles for curators, access and reuse issues, repository challenges.
Henty, Margaret. 2008. Developing the capability and skills to support eResearch. Ariadne 55, (April 2008), http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue55/henty/.
Abstract: Provides an Australian perspective on improving the environment in which eResearch is conducted through developing institutional capability and providing appropriate skills training.
Projects and ideas
SIMILE [project's wiki]. http://simile.mit.edu/wiki/Dataset_Collection
Relevance and Usefulness: See examples and get ideas of do-able projects.
Abstract: SIMILE is a joint project conducted by the MIT Libraries and MIT CSAIL. Focuses on well-defined, real-world use cases in the libraries' domain. The Simile Data Collection project aims to collect a set of useful example RDF data sets that are generally useful for metadata research and tools community.
SDL Project @ Syracuse University – Career Opportunities. http://sdl.syr.edu/?page_id=11
Relevance and Usefulness: See related job ads and required skills.
Abstract: New Career Opportunities: People with a data management skillset combined with experience and education in a scientific or technology-based discipline are in demand. Examples of organizations hiring such people are: corporate research centers and production lines, government research libraries and laboratories, universities.
2009 Cyberinfrastructure Summer Traineeships for Data Repository Interoperability. http://hackathon.nescent.org/Cyberinfrastructure_Summer_Traineeships_2009
Relevance and Usefulness: Apply for a traineeship. See examples of project ideas.
Not for librarians only
Borgman, C. L. 2008. Data, disciplines, and scholarly publishing. Learned Publishing 21, (1): 29-38.
Relevance and Usefulness: Intended audience: publishers
Abstract: Data are becoming an essential product of scholarship, complementing the roles of journal articles, papers, and books. Research data can be reused to ask new questions, to replicate studies, and to verify research findings. Data become even more valuable when linked to publications and other related resources to form a value chain. Types and uses of data vary widely between disciplines, as do the online availability of publications and the incentives of scholars to publish their data. Publishers, scholars, and librarians each have roles to play in constructing a new scholarly information infrastructure for e-research. Technical, policy, and institutional components are maturing; the next steps are to integrate them into a coherent whole. Achieving a critical mass of datasets in public repositories, with links to and from publisher databases, is the most promising solution to maintaining and sustaining the scholarly record in digital form.
Carlson, Scott. 2008. How to channel the data deluge in academic research. Chronicle of Higher Education. April 4, 2008, http://chronicle.com/weekly/v54/i30/30b02401.htm.
Relevance and Usefulness: Background, intended for general Chronicle audience.
Abstract: What are the best ways to organize the mass quantities of data that researchers generate, and to share those data to engender new research? Scott Carlson, a senior reporter at The Chronicle, asked Michael C. Witt, an assistant professor of library science and an interdisciplinary research librarian at Purdue University Libraries and its Distributed Data Curation Center, and Sayeed Choudhury, associate dean of university libraries and director of the Digital Knowledge Center at the Sheridan Libraries of the Johns Hopkins University, for their views.
Johnson, Carolyn Y. 2008. "Out in the open: Some scientists sharing results." Boston Globe, August 21, 2008, 2008. http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/08/21/out_in_the_open_some_scientists_sharing_results/?page=1
Relevance and Usefulness: interview and background for a general audience.
Abstract: Barry Canton, a 28-year-old biological engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has posted raw scientific data, his thesis proposal, and original research ideas on an online website for all to see.
Djorgovski, S. G. 2005. Virtual Astronomy, Information Technology, and the New Scientific Methodology. In: IEEE Proc. of CAMP05, Computer Architectures for Machine Perception. IEEE Press. http://cacr.library.caltech.edu/124/ http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0504651
Relevance and Usefulness: Describes the "challenges of data abundance" and the vital role of computing in the advancement of scientific understanding.
Abstract: All sciences, including astronomy, are now entering the era of information abundance. The exponentially increasing volume and complexity of modern data sets promises to transform the scientific practice, but also poses a number of common technological challenges. The Virtual Observatory concept is the astronomical community's response to these challenges: it aims to harness the progress in information technology in the service of astronomy, and at the same time provide a valuable testbed for information technology and applied computer science. Challenges broadly fall into two categories: data handling (or "data farming"), including issues such as archives, intelligent storage, databases, interoperability, fast networks, etc., and data mining, data understanding, and knowledge discovery, which include issues such as automated clustering and classification, multivariate correlation searches, pattern recognition, visualization in highly hyperdimensional parameter spaces, etc., as well as various applications of machine learning in these contexts. Such techniques are forming a methodological foundation for science with massive and complex data sets in general, and are likely to have a much broader impact on the modern society, commerce, information economy, security, etc. There is a powerful emerging synergy between the computationally enabled science and the science-driven computing, which will drive the progress in science, scholarship, and many other venues in the 21st century.


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NWSB Editor and Insider explores the assumption that the Mariners have performed terribly against the AL Central in recent years. While there is some validity to that assumption, when you really look at the numbers from past seasons and this year, it's not so much that they have been out of the games but that they have rather had a bit of "tough luck" in close games and against the Chicago White Sox.
Breaking down the Mariners' struggles with the AL Central
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Dosanko, Horoshiri-dake and Hokkaido Beaches
The samurai warriors who were exiled to Hokkaido, and joined the irrepressible Ainu, set the tone for the type of rugged individualists that became the Dosanko (children of Hokkaido) of today. What is interesting is that many of the foreign nationals who have taken residence on the island have followed that tradition.
Dosanko Takes Shikoku!
Last Spring, Londoner Naomi Adams took this pioneer spirit and tackled the 1,500 km pilgrimage of Shikoku's famed 88 temple circuit, proving that, in a country full of mountains, one need not cover great vertical distance to test one's physical limits.
One evening during the 38-day haul, she barely had the strength to ease herself into an onsen. She asserted that the real challenge of the course lay in the relentless effort necessary to complete the tour. The temples themselves became secondary to waking up each morning staring down the barrel of a 30 km walk. She laughed as she told of moments crying beside the road, hot, sunburned and blistered.
But the memories that stood out most were those of the kindness of the people. Whether it was because she was a rare foreign o-henro-san (pilgrim) she cannot be sure, but she recalled countless instances of cheers from passing motorists, water and food given at the end of long stretches, and free lodging in personal homes when a ryokan could not be found. A fellow pilgrim even paid for a room at an upscale onsen hotel after a long chat on a particularly grueling day.
While she was loath to recommend the journey to anyone but the most serious trekker, she felt certain that others would receive the same generosity.
Seasoned Scottish mountain enthusiast Ben Warren claimed that the area surrounding Horoshiridake was one of the most beautiful and undiscovered hikes on an island where the mountains are routinely tramped year round.
The journey started with a gravelly 30 km drive off the main road near Furenai, in south-central Hokkaido. Starting at the car park, a 12-14 km path, almost of half of which ran through the shallows of the Sarugawa River, led to a mountain lodge. From there, the haul to the summit was tough, but near the top it flattened out into a 42 km loop along the ridges connecting several mountains.
Part of the group camped comfortably at the lodge, but as it was a warm, windless night, Ben pitched a tent right up on the ridge and was afforded a breathtaking 360-degree view of the empty terrain, with a sunrise and sunset included.
These mountains are not volcanic, which gives them a different feel than other "active" areas. Also, the road is dicey even in summer, so this is a seasonal hike. Hurry there before the snow starts falling.
Beaches in Hokkaido?
Beaches don't usually spring to mind when thinking of Hokkaido. Except for a few weeks each summer, the water is usually too cold for swimming. The rare clear sandy areas are often packed with people, and the rocky areas, for many western eyes, seem unappealing.
However, if you take a trip to one of these rocky spots along the Shakotan peninsula, which lies just west of Sapporo, with Japanese friends, you might be pleasantly surprised. While not quite the Frisbee-throwing affair you would expect from a day at the beach, there is fun to be had, mainly in the form of pulling from the shallows critters that you may not see outside of the sushi restaurant. It is like snorkeling without the snorkel, with a free lunch included. It is astonishing what delicious treats can be pulled from beneath slimy, jagged rocks.
A little further out, near the bottom of the "V" that forms the Shakotan, can be found a few tucked away sandy areas. They are cleaner than the beaches closer to Sapporo and are great for a romantic afternoon at the sea and perfect for quiet campsites. Just a two-hour drive from the city, they can feel extremely desolate.
For the slightly more active beachgoer, Atsuma and Muroran, which both lie southeast of Sapporo, are packed with beginner and intermediate surfers riding modest waves from late spring to early fall. In the off-season, many snowboarders keep in shape here on the water. The atmosphere is friendly and noncompetitive, and there are usually plenty of waves for everyone.


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With the Season 2 premiere of "Ultimate Spider-Man" coming Monday, Disney XD and Marvel have released a trailer for the animated series.
Here's what they have to say about the new season:
On his journey to become the Ultimate Hero, Peter Parker has handled tough challenges. From learning to team up with fellow Super Heroes (including The Avengers), to fighting baddies from across the Marvel Universe, to remembering to pick up groceries for Aunt May, Spidey thought he had things all webbed up.
In Season 2, his world is turned upside down as his teammates become roommates, and they're left to face foes without the help of S.H.I.E.L.D. But when iconic Marvel villains like The Lizard, Kraven, Electro, the Rhino and Doc Ock team up to take on the young heroes, it's time for Spidey to discover the "great responsibility" of being a leader.
Season 2 of "Ultimate Spider-Man" kicks off with a one-hour, primetime premiere at 6 p.m. CT Jan. 21 on Disney XD. And keep up with the team at 10 a.m. CT Sundays at inside Marvel Universe.
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