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Thursday, July 16, 2009
Why I blog, or, Why you should blog
I started this blog largely because I wanted to be able to direct students toward an example of what studying "early modern book history" might entail. In order to get students into my courses, I have to reach out to them and get them excited enough that they want to apply for it. I can't always rely on their teachers conveying what it is that they might get out of the experience of studying rare books, but I can get some of that across by sending them to a blog. (This is where the generation gap starts to come in, with some colleagues saying "hunh?" and some students already, I suspect, wondering if blogs are already been-there-done-that.) I really hadn't thought through what my intentions or much else beyond that.
Here are some of the things that I've discovered as I've figured this thing out:
1) Whoo-hoo this is fun! One of the best compliments I've gotten about this blog is when a early modern professor friend told me that he liked it in part because it really sounded like I was enjoying myself. The funness aspect has in part to do with the genre (I would never say "funness" in my other forms of academic writing!). It has something, too, to do with the fact that I blog about a subject that is still relatively new to me. One of the great joys of starting a new field years after researching another field is that there's really not a lot of pressure to make big discoveries or to formulate big theories or arguments. I don't mean to say that I don't make arguments about books, or reading, or editing, or any of those other things. But trust me, if this was a blog about writing about Shakespeare and performance, I'd feel much less permission to do a post that says, essentially, "Isn't this neat?" Remember those embroidered bindings and the Folger and BL versions of the same pattern of David and Goliath? How cool was that?! Or those pointing fingers? Those were pretty neat, right? It's not that there is more funness with books than with performance, just that I'm more aware of it since my intended audience is not other people with books on this subject, but those who think it's cool.
2) People read this thing! I realize this sounds obvious, but it's true. I hadn't really thought much about the blogging community or about who might be reading the blog aside from the potential students who would be coming this way. As it turns out, potential students do read this thing, if only to coach themselves for their application essay. But so do people I've never met. Some of you are other book historians, some of you are book collectors, some of you are librarians. Some of you are friends of mine, which skews you towards being former grad students, if not current faculty of something at somewhere. Some of you are people who have blogs that I now read. The vast majority of you are utterly unknown to me, and I'm especially grateful for your comments and links and attention. You're not reading this because you have to, or because you know me, but because there is something in this subject matter of books and/or early modern culture that speaks to you. And that thrills both the nerd and the educator in me.
3) (Warning: this is where I start to get both cranky and ultra-earnest, a truly adolescent combination.) There are some great early modern blogs out there. But there are not nearly enough! You can see my sidebar for some of my favorite early modern and bookish blogs. I love the ones that teach me something new, or that make me care about something it might not have cared about before. There are some great blogs out there, on all sorts of subjects, that do exactly these things. But when I hosted the early modern Carnivalesque a few months back, and was trolling through the blogosphere looking for posts to include, I began to realize what I had previously been reluctant to conclude: blogs on early modern literature that meet these criteria seem to be few and far between. I came across a bunch of history blogs, and lots of medieval blogs, and oh-so-many blogs about academic life. But where was the blogger writing about teaching Paradise Lost? The excitement of Jacobean revenge tragedies? The struggle to recover early modern women's writing? The costs of the pressure to study Shakespeare over almost all other early modern English writers?
I'm just coming up with topics off the top of my head--almost anything could make a compelling post about early modern literature. The problem isn't that the subject matter doesn't lend itself to a post, it's a larger failure to understand what we have to gain from blogging about it.
Over the years there's been a fair amount of conversation about the worthiness of blogging. Some disparage it as a bad move professionally, especially for job seekers; some defend it. Outside of academia, it has been seen as the redemption of journalism (Andrew Sullivan's post on Why I Blog is a nice example of someone touting the power of an immediate connection to readers in a way that print can't replicate). There are countless stories about how blogging can be your key to fame and fortune (the New York Times's recent story on the disillusionment of blogging serves as counter-example).
All of those stories are beside the point for my purposes. You will not become rich and famous blogging about early modern books. You will not save journalism from its current state of disrepair. You will not get yourself an exciting new job.
But you can do something important: you can help people understand why it matters. Why do we read these old books? Why do we study old things? What can we learn from events that happened nearly half a millennium ago? Why should we care about lives that are long long over? I have answers to these questions. And I bet you do, too. If you didn't, you wouldn't be studying what you study, teaching what you teach, doing what you do. Show me a librarian who doesn't care about books and information and I'll show you a pig flying over the moon.
Here's my point: Early modern stuff matters. Books matter. The humanities matter. In a time when money is scarce and stupid ideas about universities and the humanities are flying about like nobody's business, we should be speaking up and making the case for the value of reading and teaching and thinking. You can do this in a blog. See my points above--it's fun, and not only will people read what you write, they will be people with whom you might not otherwise get to converse. (Seriously. I've gotten more feedback on this blog than I have on the last article I wrote.)
Forget writing about the horrors of your graduate exams or complaining about your colleagues and administrators. Don't write about your research in terms that only other specialists can understand. Push your boundaries beyond pictures of your pets and garden and latest vacation. Tell me about the research and teaching that excites you. Tell me about the latest book that you read. Tell me something that will teach me something new and make me think about something differently. Please. I don't know that I really achieve these grandiose aims in my posts. But I try to. That's why I blog. And that's why I'd like to see you blog, too.
Thanks for sharing my blogiversary, folks! And many, many thanks for reading. I'll be back soon, with pictures and words on early modern books, and lots of funness, I promise.
14 comments:
- Rachel Lee said...
I don't think I've left a comment before, and I just wanted to say hello! I'm a PhD student studying c18 literature, Romanticism, editing, and media history. This past semester I co-taught a media studies class with my advisor (via the history of the book and the future of reading) and we used a few posts from your blog in class (where you discussed the fact that digitization doesn't actually mean accessibility, especially with early modern books) For our purposes, it was important (and fun) to show academic conversations taking place in a variety of media: university press monographs, op-ed pieces, (online) journal articles, blogs, and blog comments. (Your blog worked perfectly because it was compelling and accessible to undergraduates.)
Also, speaking of the role and importance of blogging, Scott Rosenberg just published "Say Everything," a history of blogging which also speaks to its significance.
(I just found out about it, so I haven't read it yet.)
Anyway, thanks for blogging!
- July 17, 2009 at 9:02 AM
- Sarah Werner said...
Thanks, Rachel, for your kind feedback! It's interesting to hear how my blog has been used, and I'm very pleased that it worked for your purposes. And thanks, too, for the links--I've just gone through a fabulous rabbit hole following them from one to the next. Rosenberg's post from his own blog on why bloggers blog is good reading, especially the comments:
And I love the Blake Archive (who doesn't?) and the blog is a great discovery. So, thanks right back at you!
- July 17, 2009 at 10:26 AM
- Jeffrey Cohen said...
Happy anniversary! I for one am very glad you blog; I've learned so much from you that I am now willing to state that it isn't just manuscripts that are cool. That's a big step for me.
- July 17, 2009 at 10:39 AM
- Jennifer said...
Okay. I'm probably going to regret this--especially when I start teaching again at the end of August--but you've talked me into it. You can now be in on the ground floor of a blog that's just starting up!
Think of this as a thought-that-counts kind of thank you for your great blogging, if you like. :-)
Here you go: http://emue.wordpress.com/
(Hey, what do you know? Persuasive writing works!)
- July 17, 2009 at 2:49 PM
- Sarah Werner said...
Jeffrey: In return, I'll confess that I'm actually now willing to state that medieval lit isn't totally boring. Just one small thing In the Middle has done for me. Along with, of course, introducing me to Tiny Shriner.
And Serendipity! I'm so glad to hear news of the new blog. You won't regret it (it's an excellent tool for grading avoidance!). I'm looking forward to your first posts convincing me to spend more time reading Fletcher...
- July 17, 2009 at 8:35 PM
- Anonymous said...
Congratulations Sarah. I'm just about at the 2-year anniversary of my blog and I'd agree with pretty much everything you've said here. For me, the additional benefit is that as a part-time postgraduate who works full-time and has to squeeze early modern study into what's left, I don't get as much of a chance to participate in scholarly communities as I might. Seminars at the Institute of Historical Research, for example, are at 5pm and I can't get away from work in time for them. Similarly I don't spend my days on campus amongst other postgraduates. So blogging has been a great way of engaging with another community of scholars and enthusiasts. I'm amazed more postgrads don't do it, to be honest - I can see there might be concerns about reputation and tenure, which I don't have given I am (unfortunately) not in a position to make academia my career - but still, I think blogging has seriously improved the quality of my work. There are lots of papers I've written that have started out as idle drafts on the blog, turned into a post, then blossomed from there. Other blogs have also exposed me to a great deal of work I'd never have come across otherwise.
- July 18, 2009 at 6:25 AM
- Sarah Werner said...
Thanks, Nick. That's an excellent point about blogs enabling an academic community that might otherwise be out of reach depending on your schedule, or location, or mobility. (I have a pet peeve about end-of-day seminars, too: even for people in academic jobs, the end of the day is often unavailable for meetings or seminars. Try having small children and managing that schedule! So much of the schmoozing aspect of scholarly life depends on very out-of-date assumptions about the needs of working and families and all the other things that get juggled along with doing scholarship. And it's not just schmoozing, of course; it's real learning and making connections that are important.)
I do think it can feel risky for graduate students who are still finding their bearings or who are anticipating being on the job market. Matt Kirschenbaum tries to counter some of those fears in his response to the Chronicle column (there's a link in the post), and cites many of the exact points that you do: it allows feedback and participation in a community that will strengthen your work. And there are lots of ways in which being a student is the perfect time to do a blog--you're discovering new things, you should (ideally) have some sense of excitement about what you're learning, you're keeping strange hours anyway...
- July 19, 2009 at 12:06 PM
- Michael5000 said...
I'm firing up an amateur Shakespeare & Co. blog, even as we speak.
- July 22, 2009 at 5:09 PM
- Amateur Reader (Tom) said...
I've publicly asked the same question, although I guess I don't want posts about teaching Paradise Lost - just posts about reading it.
Just going through the comments here has led to some good discoveries - thanks.
- July 28, 2009 at 3:08 PM
- Anonymous said...
Hi Sarah,
Let me say straight off that you've produced a wonderful, unique blog, so happy blogiversary. I hope you continue to do this, even if the rewards are essentially "off the books" and informal.
Having said that, I'm not sure I agree with the distinction you make between "early modern blogs" and the more confessional subject-matter of academics' everyday lives. I, too, wish that there were more 18th century blogs out there, though a few new ones have just popped up and are doing splendidly (Early Modern Online Bibliography, for one. But I absolutely agree that blogs on our kinds of subject matter are important because they tell people why our stuff matters.
At the same time, I wonder whether we should compartmentalize the issues we talk about on the blogs, since they are not experienced that way in our lives, or at least not in my life. The real trick is to transform the everyday stuff (what I taught last night, the obstacles I encountered, the obstacles I always encounter etc. etc.) into genuine matter for reflection.
So I think the issue here is not really about subject matter, but the unreflective uses of such material on many so-called academic blogs. And I think that the best blogs are about the convergence between the personal, the professional, and the intellectual in those writers' daily lives and work. But that's a tall order, and hard to sustain in a single-writer blog.
Best, DM
The Long Eighteenth
- July 29, 2009 at 1:46 PM
- Anonymous said...
Congratulations on the Full Year in blogging, I'm reaching the rather less impressive two month anniversary this week, and very much enjoying it.
As someone who has been outside academic study for a number of years, but who was trying to find ways to re-engage with studying history, the discovery of blogs such as yours and generally the early modern blogging community has been a real inspiration to me.
The key for me is the window that I get into other peoples research and the enthusiasm for source material. My own study comes in fits and bursts so in the 'down-times' I find the questions posed and ideas thrown around in blogs really keeps my interest up.
I wholly agree with 'the long Eighteenth' above, I think there is room for many different types of blogs on historical source matter, that's what makes the community so rich. There is definitely a place in the early modern blogosphere for those monographical sites that focus in on one set of material and those, such as my own blog, that are more sporadically about history and how it weaves in and out of our lives. Personally, I'd love to see as much early modern material out there as possible.
- July 30, 2009 at 5:14 AM
- Sarah Werner said...
@long18th: You're right--it's not necessarily the subject matter that makes the difference, but the need for reflection. Our lives are not compartmentalized, nor should our blogs necessarily be so. And I certainly agree with what The Gentleman Administrator points on in his comment: there should be room for lots of different types of blogs out there. But I still want to see more early modern lit folks taking up the challenge! Adding to that corner of the blogosphere won't crowd up the other corners. (Does the blogosphere have corners? It's probably more blob-shaped than polygon.) There's another post in here about how communities beget communities--one medievalist starts to blog, her friends pick up on it and do their own, other medievalists come across those blogs and start theirs in response. The spread of blogs is a great illustration of how reading and writing are interwoven and how both are social activities.
I'm thrilled that some of you are starting up new blogs (see the earlier comments for links) and I'm looking forward to reading them. And I'm very happy to discover some of new-to-me blogs in these comments. You might not have Paradise Lost, Amateur Reader, but wow you've got some good stuff!
- July 30, 2009 at 4:10 PM
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- August 9, 2009 at 3:19 PM
- L.D. Durbin said...
I've just posted something on this topic in my own blog, Marginalia (located at www.earlymodern.co.uk). I feel my blog alone isn't doing the URL justice, but you've inspired me to post more and - perhaps - develop the site further :)
- August 14, 2009 at 9:08 AM


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31 October 2013
19:39 | Posted by TRACEY O
I love creating cards to order. This one was made for my daughter's friend, and the request was for a fun card in pretty colours. You can't go wrong with butterflies and pink for the pre-teen age group.
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21:05 | Posted by TRACEY O
Here is another layout by Beck that shows the versatility of plain cardstock. This mixed media layout shows just how much you can do by mixing things up and adding your own colours to compliment your photos.
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20:34 | Posted by TRACEY O
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20:36 | Posted by TRACEY O
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20:08 | Posted by TRACEY O
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2 October 2013
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An HD nonlinear editing system, the HDBoxx [pro] ships complete with an impressive software bundle, including Adobe Systems' Premiere Pro, Encore DVD, Audition, and a compatible After Effects plug-in for exporting files to Premiere Pro. As well as featuring uncompressed 10-bit 4:2:2 HD, the HDBoxx [pro] sports up to 2tb of RAID 3 storage and 14 hot-swap drive bays in a 5U rack-mountable or desk-side chassis.
Carrying a $699 price tag, RT.X10 Suite offers users a variety of options for capturing, editing, and delivering video. The software sports several tools designed to speed work flow, including SinglePass DV scan and capture, the Matrox TurboDV export engine, and hardware-accelerated batch encoding of DVD, SVCD, VCD, and Web formats. Field-blended fast and slow motion, free Web video hosting, and customizable Matrox Flex 3D effects, such as cubes, page curls, spheres, and picture-in-picture, round out Matrox's latest offering. Matrox Video Products Group; www.matrox.com


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Taylor Swift, Harry Styles Spotted Together in New York City
Looks like those rumors of Taylor Swift getting cozy with One Direction's Harry Styles might not be so far-fetched. The pop-country songstress and boyband star were spotted strolling together in New York City over the weekend.
Swift and Styles visited the Central Park Zoo on Sunday (Dec. 2). Although the two didn't hold hands or steal any kisses (at least in the public eye), they strolled side-by-side through the park for quite some time. And, like they say, body language tells all. Photos of the two young music sensations captured them smiling and leaning toward one another. It sure looks like a relationship could be budding!
Always one to play it cool, Swift wore jeans, a burgundy coat with a mustard yellow scarf and flat shoes. Styles also looked casual in a button-down shirt and hooded jacket with jeans.
Styles and Swift were chaperoned on their walk yesterday by the British singer's stylist and her family. According to PopCrush, a source said that the two popular stars "seemed happy to be together, talking and smiling…" Is there any reason why these two celebs wouldn't be smiling?
So far, nobody has confirmed that Swift and Styles officially are a couple. But a romantic stroll through New York City is definitely one way to start a relationship off on the right foot!


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Matthew McConaughey likes to turn things over in his mind. And since we've just uncorked a good bottle of Pinot Noir at a corner table in the Beverly Hills Four Seasons bar ("We'll give that just a little air and we're good," he says in that musical Texas drawl of his) and McConaughey has shed his coat and rolled up his sleeves, the time seems as good as any to talk about the reasons behind the ongoing reinvention of his acting career or, as the 44-year-old actor once labeled it, the McConaissance.
The fruits of this revival have been readily apparent to moviegoers the last couple of years through a run of acclaimed, distinctive films, including "The Lincoln Lawyer," "Magic Mike," "Bernie," "Killer Joe," "The Paperboy," "Mud" and, most recently, "Dallas Buyers Club," in which McConaughey plays Ron Woodroof, a hell-raising, homophobic Texas good old boy who, after discovering he is HIV positive in 1986, sets up a ring to sell non-FDA-approved drugs to other AIDS patients.
The movie opened earlier this month to strong reviews, particularly for McConaughey and Jared Leto, who plays Woodroof's troubled transgender business partner. Both actors are firmly entrenched as Oscar contenders.
To play Woodroof, McConaughey famously dropped 47 pounds, going from 182 to 135.2, a necessary physical transformation that had the added benefit of making the actor much sharper "upstairs."
"The weight loss put me in the position to do exactly what Ron would be doing — investigating, researching," McConaughey says. "I became a scientist in my process. It was like, 'I'm going to spend a lot of time with you, McConaughey, so we'd better get along.'"
Such interior conversations are not uncommon for McConaughey, which is why, one glass into our conversation, he's able to start laying out a set of … well, to call them rules might be too binding. Let's just label them suggested guidelines, applicable to anyone looking to chart a new course midstream and, in McConaughey's words, "unbrand."
Make it feel like the first time. McConaughey had been enjoying a lucrative career playing what he calls "Saturday characters" in a string of commercial romantic comedies. Audiences liked them. McConaughey had fun making them. But he began wondering why he wasn't approaching his career with the same adventurous spirit he applied to the rest of his life. He doesn't think he became complacent. It just began to dawn on him that he was limiting himself.
"I thought, there's got to be more to acting where I can go, 'Whoa! First time!' " McConaughey says. "Go have some first-time experiences. Be excited. Be scared. Be 'I don't know what I'm going to do with this, but I've got to try.' Because, gee, my only regret would be not to put a little more rubber on the road."
Just say no — to everything. "I hunkered down with my wife and my agent and said, 'I'm going to make a strong move. I'm going to go in the shadows for a while,'" McConaughey remembers. "And I didn't know what I wanted to do, and I didn't know how long it was going to take, and that was kind of scary because, what if there isn't anything on the other side, you know?"
Wait for the boomerang to come back to you. McConaughey is, by nature, a restless sort, born under, as Lee Marvin once sang in "Paint Your Wagon," a wanderin' star. If too many Saturdays go by without something concrete on the calendar, his head will implode. Fortunately, his self-imposed work stoppage coincided with the birth of his first child, son Levi, providing some structure to his days. Then, long after the scripts stopped coming, director William Friedkin called out of the blue, offering him a part as a creepy, crazy cop and hit man in "Killer Joe." Then Steven Soderbergh wanted a meeting for "Magic Mike." Richard Linklater, who put McConaughey on the map two decades ago in "Dazed and Confused" ("All right, all right, all right!"), asked if he'd like to hit the baseball around, leading to a reunion on "Bernie."
"I spaced them out but they're all coming back to back, and I'm telling my wife, 'I need more reset time,'" McConaughey says. "And she asks, 'You want to do all of them?' 'Yeah.' 'Well then, grab them, buddy.' She challenged me on that. And I did them."
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Know when to act decisively. McConaughey came across "Dallas Buyers Club" around the same time as those other movies, but, like others before him, despaired that it would never find funding. With his credibility re-established, he decided to pick a start date, begin losing the weight and "will it" into existence. Part of the financing fell out three months before the start date, well after McConaughey had forsaken rib-eye steaks and Texas barbecue. Even a week before filming was to begin a year ago in Louisiana, they didn't have the complete $4.9-million budget. Director Jean-Marc Vallée called McConaughey, telling him, "I'll show up if you will."
"And, you know, part of it was, 'Just show up, and, somewhere in there, they'll keep up with us and make it happen,'" McConaughey says, flashing a Cheshire cat grin. "If we had listened to people, maybe it doesn't get made because everyone kept telling us, 'It just isn't the right time.' Well, sometimes, you've got to pick your spot and say, 'Now. Now is the time.'"
Don't look at your bank statement. "It's funny," McConaughey says, finishing the last of the wine. "My favorite year of work in my life is the first time in my career I've ever lost money. It's like, 'Yeah, it's great!' And you know what? I was in the red." He throws his head back and laughs. "How's that work?"


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|Removable storage devices present Windows security concerns, including malware infection, illicit software installation, and data theft. Microsoft Windows Vista integrates Group Policy–based support for restricting use of removable storage devices. You can implement similar functionality on downlevel systems such as Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000.
Removable storage devices have always presented security concerns for Windows administrators. Local high-speed storage devices increase the risk of malware infection, illicit software installation, and data theft—yet Windows OSs traditionally didn't provide a way to control these devices. With the release of Windows Vista, Microsoft has finally integrated Group Policy–based support for restricting access to removable storage devices. In this article I briefly discuss using this new feature on Vista; then, I explain how to implement similar functionality on downlevel systems such as Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000.
Vista's Removable Storage Access Policies
On Vista, removable storage control is directly accessible in Group Policy Editor (GPE—i.e., gpedit.msc). You can configure this access system-wide or on a per-user basis. The system policies are located in \Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Removable Storage Access. The per-user settings are in the analogous location \User Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Removable Storage Access.
For policy purposes, Vista separates removable storage into six categories: CD and DVD Drives, Floppy Drives, Tape Drives, Removable Disks, WPD Devices, and Custom Classes. The CD and DVD Drives policy affects all directly connected optical drives, including CD, DVD, HD-DVD, and Blu-Ray. Floppy Drives refers to all standard floppy disk drives, even those connected via USB. Tape Drives are all linear-access tape devices. Removable Disks refers to both hard drives and flash memory connected by either USB or FireWire. The cryptic (and redundant) name WPD Devices refers to Windows portable devices (WPDs). Finally, Custom Classes refers to removable devices that use a customized access driver.
Distinct read and write access controls exist for each category of removable storage. If your primary concern is preventing users from removing data but you want to allow easy access to portable media, you can deny write access only. If you allow removable media use for archiving but want to deter users from installing illicit software or infecting machines with viruses or malware, you can deny read access only.
Two additional storage access settings exist that don't directly fall into Vista's six categories. The policy setting called All Removable Storage classes: Deny all access (which is available only under \User Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Removable Storage Access, as Figure 1 shows) takes precedence over any other policy settings and prevents storage access machine-wide or on a per-user basis depending on where the policy is configured. The policy setting called All Removable Storage: Allow direct access, which is available only under \Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Removable Storage Access, controls storage access in remote sessions. Enabling this setting lets users who are logged on via Terminal Services directly access removable media.
Finally, a setting that's available under both the \Computer Configuration and \User Configuration branches lets you set a forced reboot time. This setting is useful because unlike many Group Policy settings, removable storage control requires reconfiguring some drivers that might be in use. Although the setting description implies that a reboot will be forced after the time expired, this isn't necessarily true. A reboot is forced only if Vista can't enforce the policy without the reboot. In cases such as restricting access to WPDs when no such device is active, Vista can immediately apply the policy.
An invaluable reference for learning more about how Vista supports policy-based device control is Microsoft's "Step-By-Step Guide to Controlling Device Installation and Usage with Group Policy" (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/library/9fe5bf05-a4a9-44e2-a0c3-b4b4eaaa37f3.mspx).
Restricting Removable Storage Access on Pre-Vista Systems
Configuring Vista's removable storage access is easy and convenient, but it's unlikely that you'll upgrade your entire network to Vista solely for this benefit. You can configure similar policies for earlier systems, although you don't have the same range of options. On pre-Vista systems, controlling removable storage access is a matter of restricting driver use. You can't apply granular per-user security to a subsystem, but you can definitely control whether the subsystem is accessible if it uses distinct drivers. This means you have to accept an all-or-nothing approach. Either no one on a system can use a resource such as optical drives, or everyone can.
The Microsoft article "HOWTO: Use Group Policy to disable USB, CD-ROM, Floppy Disk and LS-120 drivers" (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555324) explains how to use a Group Policy template on earlier Windows systems to disable device drivers. The article includes the complete content for a custom administrative template. If you want to use the documented technique, keep in mind that it's a legacy policy that tattoos the registry. You must explicitly load and unhide the policy in GPE. In addition, simply removing the template doesn't reverse the system changes; you must use the template to reset each removable storage device's setting type from disabled back to enabled.
You can actually control these settings directly on particular systems. The template simply disables the specific driver used for each storage device type. Service startup for device drivers is controlled from the same registry location as are regular services—HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services. Each driver has its own subkey: cdrom for CD and DVD drives; flpydisk for traditional 3.5" floppy disks; sfloppy for LS-120 drives; and usbstor for USB storage devices. Each of these subkeys has a DWORD value named Start, which is set to one of the values shown in Table 1. The typical value for these removable storage devices is 3, which causes the Service Control Manager (SCM) to start them only when they're needed. The CD/DVD driver value is an exception; it's set to 1 for startup during system initialization. To disable a driver, set the Start value to 4 for disabled, then reboot the system.
Possibly the quickest way to uniformly change the settings is to import a .reg file with the desired settings. DisableRemovableStorage.reg, which Listing 1 contains, and EnableRemovableStorage.reg, which Listing 2 contains, let you quickly accomplish this task. If you need to run these files automatically, you can use a command such as the following:
regedit /s /i DisableRemovableStorage.reg
You can use EnableRemovableStorage.reg to reverse the changes made by DisableRemovableStorage.reg, as well as to reverse the effects of a Group Policy template (such as the one mentioned earlier), if the template has been removed and deleted before reversing the changes.
Disable Drivers to Secure Systems
Disabling a driver by setting its service startup value to disabled is an easy way to lock out specific functionality. A computer's parallel port, for example, can be disabled by navigating to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\parport and setting the Start value to 4. However, if you plan to use this method, be sure to export registry subkeys before you edit them, and always test your changes before deploying them. If you then disable a driver that prevents system boot, you'll know immediately—and will be able to revert to the last known good configuration. Disabling the wrong start-on-demand driver can cause subtle problems that you might not see immediately. Still, disabling drivers is a useful way to implement your own controls over storage access and even lets you apply restrictions on custom drivers used by specialty hardware.


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Far Hills, N.J. (PRWEB) July 21, 2014
The United States Golf Association (USGA) announced that the Hong Kong Golf Association has adopted the USGA's Golf Handicap and Information Network® (GHIN) for its more than 15,000 subscribers.
Formed in 1968 with a mission to govern and promote the game in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Golf Association's responsibilities include selecting Hong Kong national teams, junior and elite player development, grassroots initiatives and conducting international and domestic golf events. The association runs more than 30 amateur tournaments each year, as well as the Hong Kong Open, the city's oldest professional sporting event.
"We look forward to working with the USGA to introduce the GHIN service to golfers in Hong Kong," said Ning Li, President of the Hong Kong Golf Association (HKGA). "The HKGA administers the Handicap Index® for more than 15,000 subscribers and golf club members. We aim to provide a modern online system with added benefits and first-class service."
As a National Sports Association, the HKGA works closely with the four member golf clubs of Hong Kong (Hong Kong Golf Club, Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club, Discovery Bay Golf Club and Shek O Country Club); the public golf courses at Kau Sai Chau and Nine Eagles; Hong Kong's public driving ranges; and governing bodies, including the Home Affairs Bureau, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, the Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China, and the Hong Kong Sports Institute.
"We are proud to welcome the Hong Kong Golf Association to GHIN," said Thomas J. O'Toole Jr., USGA President. "The USGA Handicap System™ is in use by a growing number of golf associations, federations and unions throughout the world, and it is a priority for the USGA to expand the GHIN Service's global presence as part of our commitment to provide the best possible service to these licensed organizations and their members."
Developed in 1981 at the request of state and regional golf associations, the USGA's GHIN service is the largest handicap computation provider in the world, serving more than 2.3 million golfers from 80 golf associations, federations and unions that collectively represent more than 14,000 golf clubs in 47 USA states, as well as Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Guam, Bermuda, the Bahamas, India and Hong Kong. GHIN is offered exclusively through state and regional golf associations, federations and unions as a service for their member clubs to assist in meeting the policies of the USGA Handicap System™, which enables all golfers to compete on a relatively equal basis.
GHIN is easily assessable as a mobile app available free via Google Play or the iTunes Store to any golfer who holds a Handicap Index issued by a licensed golf club through a state or regional golf association that subscribes to the GHIN service."
About the USGA
The USGA conducts the U.S. Open, U.S. Women's Open and U.S. Senior Open, as well as 10 national amateur championships, two state team championships and international matches, attracting players and fans from more than 160 countries. Together with The R&A, the USGA governs the game worldwide, jointly administering the Rules of Golf, Rules of Amateur Status, equipment standards and World Amateur Golf Rankings. The USGA's reach is global with a working jurisdiction in the United States, its territories and Mexico, serving more than 25 million golfers and actively engaging 150 golf associations.
The USGA is one of the world's foremost authorities on research, development and support of sustainable golf course management practices. It serves as a primary steward for the game's history and invests in the development of the game through the delivery of its services and its ongoing "For the Good of the Game" grants program. Additionally, the USGA's Course Rating and Handicap systems are used on six continents in more than 50 countries.
For more information about the USGA, visit http://www.usga.org.


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Flights to Nepal with Qatar Airways
Nepal is a country of stunning natural beauty that includes Mount Everest as one of its natural assets, along with eight more of the world's highest peaks. Travel to Nepal with Qatar Airways and get to know unique culture, diverse geography and superb landscapes.
This is a wild and untamed country with a great variety of wildlife, making it a popular destination for explorers. Over a quarter of Nepal is blanketed in forests, many of which are protected natural habitats. In addition to being a safe haven for rare and endangered species of bird and butterfly, Nepal is home to over 300 different species of orchids, and visitors can often catch glimpses of the elusive Royal Bengal Tiger and one-horned rhino wandering across the landscape.
Nepal has attracted serious mountaineers for many years. The Nepal Himalaya soars to over 800km and consists of over 1300 separate peaks that present an extreme range of challenges to devotees of the sport. The highest race in the world is also held here: the Tenzing-Hillary Everest Marathon, which sets out from Nepal.
On the cultural front, Nepal has four UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and Kathmandu alone has seven protected monuments. These include Buddhist stupas, Hindu temples and the Durbar square. Kathmandu is one of the most colourful cities on earth, full of ancient architecture and bizarre and colourful temples.
There are three major cities in Nepal, each with its own attractions and unique identity. Kathmandu is famous for its exotic temples and constantly chiming bells; Bhaktapur is home to a variety of cultural gems; and for Nepalese fine arts visitors should head for Patan.


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Edward C. Norton, author of more than 10 novels, was an award-winning reporter/editor in New Jersey and New York. He was named a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University.
Norton left daily journalism to write about public affairs and business issues for Mobil Corporation in op-ed ads in Time, The New York Times and Reader's Digest. He retired as communications manager from Hoechst Celanese Corporation.
As a free lance, Norton has had articles published in various magazines, including New York. and the first daily internet newspaper on Cape Cod. His novel, Station Breaks , was published by Dell [1986] and The House: 1916, [1999] was also published by RavensYard. His novels have been published under pen names, such as Adrian Manning, Lane Carlson, West Straits and Ted Neachtain.
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Design and Simulation of MEMS based Thermally Actuated Positioning Systems
With continuous advancement in nanotechnology, requirement is rising for high precision motion controlled positioning system. Such system plays crucial role in the fabrication of micro and nano-sized objects and assemblies. They can be used for automated mask aligner, as biological sensors, in optical technology as deformable mirrors. Most significant requirements for the actuators in a positioner include accuracy, range of motion, degrees-of-freedom, and bandwidth. While most conventional positioning systems are large in size, a major disadvantage of such macro scale positioners is errors like backlash and hysteresis. However using MEMS technology, such systems can be fabricated in wafers. These micro systems have a number of advantages. Firstly, micro-fabrication permits arrays of MEMS positioning stages to be constructed on a common substrate – Thus allowing highly efficient parallel manipulation. Also, Manipulation capability with multiple degrees-of-freedom (DOF) engaged simultaneously. In this paper, we have addressed the issues related to the design and behavioral simulation of MEMS based thermally actuated positioning system [Figure 1] with motion capabilities in all directions. The central positioning stage is a 250X250 micron square plate made of poly-silicon. The design is done in accordance with the design rules of PolyMUMPs, which is a commercially available multi user three layer poly-silicon MEMS fabrication process. A detailed dimension of the device is shown on Figure 2. The coupled multi physics simulation and study of the electrical, thermal and most importantly, the mechanical behavior of the mirror is done using thermal-electric-structural interaction mode of COMSOL Multiphysics MEMS module. Two types of thermal actuation mechanism are used in the designed device. For in-plane movement poly-silicon made hot arm, cold arm actuator [Figure 3] is used. Here, a hot arm is attached on both sides of a common cold arm. Electric current only passes through one hot arm and the cold arm; this causes that the temperature of the 'thinner' hot arm to become much higher than the 'wider' cold arm. This difference in temperature causes the hot arm to expand more than the cold arm, which results in the rotation of the actuator. For out-of-plane movement, advantage of difference in the resistivity of two different layers of poly-silicons has been taken [Figure 4]. When current passes through one layer, it warms up more compared to the other and thus bends. In the complete positioning structure, four in-plane and four out-of-plane actuators are attached to the central positioning stage to obtain displacements in all possible directions independently. The simulated structure is capable of producing comparable range of displacements in all possible directions using IC compatible voltages. The range of motion is in the micron order, while the resolution lies in the nanometer scale. The ability of precise control of movement of the positioner in space is likely to lead to potential applications in diverse fields. The use of thermal actuation process limits the bandwidth of the device within the KHz range, which is a typical drawback of such actuation mechanism. This is however offset by the simpler fabrication processes required for these devices.


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A couple of Zagg-like sleeves or screen protectors are always worth having around to prevent scratches, but you never know when you'll be caught in a tropical storm, or thrown from your canoe.
There are various options to combat this, with a waterproof case such as a BeachBuoy, the obvious one. But while these mean you can take your device diving and use the touchscreen at depths of 5m, it's hardly a case you'd want your blower to wear on a constant basis. It's unlikely to be there for your phone the moment you clumsily drop it down the can on a tipsy night out.
There is a solution, though, quite literally, from US company Liquipel. The firm provides a service that coats smartphones in its liquid armour, rendering devices completely waterproof without noticeable difference. This starts at $59 (£37) and while there doesn't appear to be an option for us folk over the pond, the company said it was in close talks with manufacturers about making its appliance a standard. If that happens, the waterproof accessories market faces difficult times ahead.
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Zomm Wireless Leash Plus
Since we looked at Zomm's Bluetooth keyring attachment in 2011, the company has launched an improved version, still aiding those who misplace their phone or forget to bring it as they leave the house, but adding support for iOS users too.
The poker chip-sized fob not only reminds owners when they're distancing themselves from their handset, but doubles up as a speakerphone handsfree kit and will contact emergency services - or a pre-programmed number - after an extended push of its solitary button.
Lose keys and the app'll direct you back to them too. Considering that happens on a daily basis in my house, the Zomm fob is a very beneficial piece of kit. You can read a full review of the company's first Wireless Leash here on Reg Hardware too. ®
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We are excited to announce SSI Web version 8.0. It is packed with improvements and additions that make it our best product to-date. Below is a list of the features new to v8.
We are excited to announce SSI Web version 8.0. It is packed with improvements and additions that make it our best product to-date. Below is a list of the features new to v8.
Recently, I needed to generate data for an acbc exercise for testing if I had too many prohibitions. I would generate about 50 respondents at a time and look at the results. The problem was that about 10 respondents in 50 were selecting a prohibited pair or triple in the BYO. The Data Generator just drops the respondent at that point and starts a new one.
SSI Web 8.2.0 comes with a new feature called the Data Generator. The Data Generator can quickly generate lots of random synthetic data for a study. It also has the ability to supply user defined answers instead of allowing the program to answer randomly. For example: if a study contains restrictive screener questions, it may be virtually impossible for randomly generated answers to avoid screening out correctly. This post shows extra tricks that can be used to quickly and easily create defined values for answering screener questions.
In SSI Web version 8.1.0 we have made various improvements to how surveys are displayed on mobile devices. If the respondent's screen width is 600 pixels wide or less SSI Web automatically includes an additional CSS style sheet named "ssi_mobile_style.css".
In SSI Web version 8.0.2 we are happy to announce a new and improved text editor! The new text editor should make typing HTML, SSI Script, and Unverified Perl a pleasure.


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Argus Leader: Augustana Nursing 50 Years Ago and Today
When Carol Grimes began her career as a nurse, she went to work in a dress, white nylons and a cap that had achieved the perfect stiffness by being immersed in starch and plastered on a refrigerator door to dry.
Fifty years later, her granddaughter Bethany Fleischhacker has experienced none of that.
Instead, Fleischhacker, one semester away from finishing Augustana College's nursing program, greets patients in scrub pants, a polo shirt and a lab coat.
"When I started, ... you would never have seen a nurse in slacks," Grimes says. "It was dresses."
This spring, Fleischhacker will graduate with a degree in nursing.
This spring, it will be 50 years since Grimes graduated from the same college with a nursing degree.
For the past 31/4 years, ever since Fleischhacker enrolled at Augustana, Grimes has followed her granddaughter's studies and compared them with her own experience.
For more of this story, visit ArgusLeader.com
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I bit the bullet and bought a AR 57 upper from Cope's. I have it mounted on my Bushy Lower receiver for now. I will be taking it to the range on Monday and I will post a range report with pictures. Has anyone else shot one of these yet? If so let me know what you think of the upper and what optics/ buis that you are using.


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Bucks rally with a strong fourth quarter to take Game 1 against Raptors
MILWAUKEE – For the better part of three and a half quarters it appeared an extended break for the Milwaukee Bucks would be their undoing in the first game of this Eastern Conference Finals.
Whether the lack of rest finally caught up to Toronto or it was a case of the Bucks finally getting their sea legs back, the tide turned pretty dramatically in the final quarter.
Kyle Lowry did his individual damnedest to make sure it didn't with a tour-de-force 14-point fourth, but it wasn't enough to offset the Bucks, who were spurred on by a loud and animated sell-out crowd at their new home, the Fiserv Forum.
"Obviously it was a missed opportunity," Raps' guard Fred VanVleet said. "We're not running from that. Just flush it. You can sulk on it. You can't sit on it. We'll think about it tonight and look at the film, practice tomorrow and move on. It felt like we had a chance to win. We didn't execute enough to get it done."
Whether it was Brook Lopez or Nikola Mirotic, the Bucks seemed to find their collective shooting strokes in that final frame, outscoring Toronto 32-17 to get a 108-100 win in Game 1 of the series.
Lopez wound up with a Bucks-best 29 points in the game after some serious struggles in the first two rounds of the playoffs.
Coming into the series, Lopez was shooting from distance an-uncharacteristic-for-him 28%. He spent a lot of extra time in the gym following shootaround Wednesday morning. With each and every miss he could be heard from the other side of the gym, cursing each unsuccessful three.
By game time there were still issues with the shot but, not to be denied, Lopez reverted to the inside force he has been in years past and finished with 24 points to give Milwaukee a huge boost.
Lopez was just 4-for-11 from distance but 8-for-10 inside the arc to lead the Bucks to the victory.
Giannis Antetokounmpo put up some pretty solid numbers across the board with 24 points, 14 rebounds and six assists but was not the dominant force he has been for the Bucks throughout these playoffs.
Bottom line, the Bucks did not play their best game and they still won. That has to be troubling for the Raptors.
Lowry came into this game knowing the Bucks represented the opponent he struggled most against this past season.
He shot just 23% against the Bucks this year, averaging a personal-opponent-worst 6.3 points in the three games he faced them.
The Raptors point guard put any injury concerns to rest early attacking with his Lowry-like ferocity and punishing the Bucks from behind the three-point line.
He would finish with 30 points, eight rebounds and two assists shooting 10-for-15 from the field and a stellar 7-for-9 from distance.
Clearly, that oven mitt, or whatever it was Lowry was wearing on his left hand purportedly to protect a sore left thumb, was all a ruse.
Either that or the healing powers of that glove are so impressive that professional teams the world over are going to be putting them on order immediately.
Lowry showed absolutely no effects of a thumb issue in this one. It was his first 30-plus game since March 3 in Detroit when the Raptors lost an overtime game in Detroit to Dwane Casey's Pistons.
And just like that effort, this one was essentially wasted.
"It's been a while since he's had one of those nights where every time he pulled up you thought he was going to make it," Raps' head coach Nick Nurse said afterwards. "Every time he let it go tonight, you were like, 'that's going in.' And that was good to see because we've seen those a lot in the regular season.
"But he was great," Nurse said. "He was fighting like heck out there. I thought he threw his body in front of people on a few things, didn't get the whistle on a few. He always draws charges and there were tons of charges going on out there, but he still was taking them. That's his thing. And he was good. He was awesome."
Kawhi Leonard, meanwhile, had one of the quietest 31-point games you are ever going to see. He was good on 10-of-26 shots and had a solid third quarter with 14 points but had just two in the fourth when his team needed him most.
The Bucks got some nice production off their bench from The President Malcolm Brogdon, who came back from a two month layoff in the final game in the Boston series.
Normally a starter, and potentially one before this series is over, Brogdon had a bench-high for the game 15 points on 5-of-9 shooting.
Bucks head coach Mike Budenholzer would not commit to a minutes restriction on the returning Brodgon for Game 1 but all indications are if he's not already at full strength, he's nearing it.
The game began like the Bucks were in a heap of trouble fighting off the rust that had accumulated over the week-long reprieve from the playoffs.
The hard road to the Eastern Conference final for the Raptors, on the other hand, seemed to be paying off nicely.
Rest is great and all and the Bucks got plenty of it, finishing a full four days before the Raptors' series ended. But the rust that accumulated over that break, while the Raptors were keeping their own edge battling a Philadelphia 76ers squad that had far more fight than the Boston Celtics, showed in Milwaukee early.
The Bucks did not hit a three until their seventh attempt. Conversely, every Raptors' starter had a three in the time it took Milwaukee to hit one.
The Bucks weren't just missing shots. They were missing by wide margins.
Toronto's defence, meanwhile, which tightened up significantly over the final couple of games in the Philadelphia series, came into this one still locked in. Of those errant attempts from three by the Bucks, a number of them were no-alternative shots as the Raptors defence forced Milwaukee to turn down one shot after another looking for an opening only to have to take a forced last-second heave.
The Bucks eventually righted things but left it until rather late, making for an exciting finish if nothing else.
By game's end, the Raptors still had a 15-11 edge in three pointers made but the Bucks 40% shooting trumped Toronto's 37%.
The two teams will do battle again in the same venue Friday with an 8:30 p.m. tip.
Expect the Bucks to be better. The Raptors are going to have to be.


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Joe Sakic, the long serving captain of the Colorado Avalanche has been spending his off season ruminating on his future.
Contemplating whether he will return to the Avs for his 20th season with that organization, perhaps making a declaration of his free agent status and a signing with a rival NHL squad or deciding to call an end to a career filled with much success, a couple of Stanley Cups and numerous all star nominations and awards.
Those issues may or may not be addressed on Thursday, when Sakic appears at his charity golf classic in Colorado.
There is no indication that he has reached a decision yet and though the Avs clearly would welcome another season of his leadership, they apparently have not put any pressure on him to make a final call just yet.
For some NHL fans in other cities (Hey there Vancouver!), hope springs eternal that he may play a few more years and take his free agency earned in the off season to a new location, however, many Avalanche observers suggest that the possibility of that happening is not a very real prospect.
And considering his long affiliation with the Avs from their days in Quebec City through to the two Stanley Cup victories in the Mile High City, the idea that he'll play in any other uniform than the Avs seems rather unlikely should he choose to play another year in the NHL.
The speculation was bouncing around the Internet on Monday and Tuesday as a number of press sources pondered Sakic's options for him.
August 26-- Sakic undecided about future
August 25-- Sakic speaks to media
August 25-- Sakic's future to be addressed Thursday
Update: On Wednesday, Joe Sakic signed one year, six million dollar deal with the Avalanche.
August 28--Sakic decides to give it one more go-round
August 27-- Sakic returning to Avalanche
August 27-- Sakic signs for one more season in Colorado
August 27-- Sakic back with Avs for $6 million
August 27-- Finally, Captain Joe is back
August 27-- Bazooka Joe: Sakic off the bubble


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An increasingly warm climate means — among other things — the chance to grow new plant varieties previously unheard of.
The Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium predicts a two-degree increase in temperature and 20 more frost-free days by 2070.
But warmer winters are already being felt in garden beds across southern B.C.
Gardening expert Wim Vander Zalm, who owns Art Knapp nurseries in Port Coquitlam and Vancouver, believes the Lower Mainland has changed from a Zone 7 to a milder 7B, a designation based on plants' hardiness.
"For the past 10 years for sure, it's been getting increasingly warmer. There's been one winter in there (2008-2009) that was bad. But the past 10 winters have been very mild."
"We kind of moved up half a zone, and that makes all the difference," he said. (He admits it's an "arguable point.")
Even some subtropical and Mediterranean species such as lemons, olives and figs can now survive the winters outdoors, and Knapp estimates in the last five years, sales of such new-to-B.C. plants are growing at 20 per cent per year or more.
"It used to be you couldn't definitely grow them. Now they are growing and surviving," Vander Zalm said.
While enterprising gardeners might have overwintered a fig tree in the past, citrus and guava plants would never have survived a winter outdoors, he said.
And while innovative gardeners have been using microclimates like greenhouses to grow and produce persimmons, Asian pears, quinoa, amaranth, kiwifruit and goji berries for years, according to University of B.C. horticulturalist Douglas Justice, growing lemons in the backyard is relatively new.
"We're on the cusp of these bigger changes, but the changes haven't been that profound yet," he said, warning climate adjustments may not affect the south coast as much as the Fraser Valley, the north and interior, where unpredictable weather, drier summers and wetter winters could wreak havoc on established growing practices.
In some places it already has, said researcher Erica Crawford of the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions. Last summer she met farmers in the Delta region who were unable to harvest their potato crops because they were too wet, losing millions of dollars.
At Gardenworks in Burnaby, gardeners are buying palm trees, kumquats and even banana plants. But winterless winters have a serious down side.
"It sounds charming. It could be a nightmare," said Kent Mullinix, a sustainable agriculture and food security professor at Kwantlen University.
"Folks need to understand our agriculture system developed on millennia of stable climate and predictable weather patterns. Through the 21st century, all bets are off," he said.
As a pomologist, Mullinix visited Fruit Trees and More Nursery in North Saanich on Vancouver Island, where farmer Bob Duncan grows a lemon tree bearing hundreds of lemons a year, something Duncan attributes to warmer winters. The tree is sheltered but lives outside. Mullinix is doubtful real lemon groves will pop up on the south coast, due to the significant horticultural skill required, but says climate change will bring "all sorts of changes in the patterns of what crop plants we can grow where."
In B.C., the crop range could expand with milder winters — we could be growing produce in the Peace region, wine grapes in the North Okanagan, and more eggplant and tomato in the Lower Mainland. Cool-weather plants such as salad greens and cruciferous vegetables could be reduced.
Olea leccino (olive)
In the Gulf Islands, the Saturna Olive Consortium imported over 500 olive trees from California and now has a thriving grove. "The first year we brought trees in we had a mild winter, and the second we had a harsh winter. It knocked some trees back and in other locations it didn't do anything," said owner Michael Pierce. They typically grow in the warm temperate or tropical climates of south Europe and Asia.
Acca sellowiana (pineapple guava)
A smaller variety but hardy for our climate, the pineapple guava is native to Latin American countries such as Brazil, Colombia and Argentina, and can be grown in tropical, subtropical or warm-temperate climates. Fruits are about the size of an egg and mature in autumn.
Citrus — orange and lemon
"It's kind of cool to have citrus on your patio or a sheltered spot in your yard. But also the fragrance from the orange and lemon blossoms are spectacular," making them popular among adventurous gardeners, Vander Zalm said.
Originating in Southeast Asia and typically found in sub-tropical climates, citrus fruits are gaining favour with farmers on Vancouver Island. They generally cannot withstand prolonged winters colder than -2 C.
Ficus carioca (common fig)
"There used to be only two varieties of figs we could grow. Now there's about six," Vander Zalm said. Thought to be the first plant to be cultivated by humans, the common fig is native to the Mediterranean region and the Jordan Valley, and cannot survive persistent sub-zero temperatures. The garden centre expects to sell at least 100 this season.
Camellia Sinensis (tea)
"Camellia Sinensis is what they grow in India and Sri Lanka and China," said University of B.C. horticulturalist Douglas Justice. "That's probably not a bad indicator of how much warmer it is." An operation called Teafarm in the Cowichan Valley planted 200 tea shrubs since 2010 and 199 of them survived. "For us it's an experiment. We wanted to see if they would take," said co-owner Margit Nellemann, who wants to explore the commercial possibilities of 100-mile tea.


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I first wrote about the development of LED Fresnel lights two years ago, tracking earlier reactions by the industry to high energy consumption and high heat output: "Greening the Film Business: LED Fresnels." This year I followed up with some of the same manufacturers.
Fresnel lenses, originally invented for lighthouses, have long been used on movie lights for careful light control and sharp shadows. Their typical concentric ring style enables them to have great diameter without clumsy thickness. . . . CONTINUE READING: NAB Roundup 2013: LED Fresnels, Camera Accessories


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mikroPascal is a full-featured Pascal compiler that is available for seven different microcontroller architectures (in this case, for ARM Cortex-M0, ARM Cortex-M3, ARM Cortex-M4 and ARM Cortex-M7). Pascal is a popular programming language that encapsulates strong data types, very nice syntax, and has probably the best balance between simplicity and control. mikroPascal features an intuitive IDE with docking support, a powerful compiler, an advanced text editor, lots of hardware and software libraries, and additional tools that will help you in your work. The compiler comes with a comprehensive Help file (700 pages) and lots of ready-to-use examples designed to get you started in no time.
Each compiler license includes free upgrades and tech support for the lifetime of the product. The software features a Live Update service so you can get new features and improvements instantly.
The mikroPascal PRO for ARM compiler supports over 850 ARM Cortex-M0/M3/M4/M7 microcontrollers (Stellaris, Tiva and STM32 only). Newly released Stellaris, Tiva and STM32 microcontrollers will be supported by new versions of the compiler software that is updated regularly.
The compiler is designed to be smart and efficient, so you can rely on it to do the hard work. It features SSA optimizations that can reduce your code size up to 40 percent.
See the mikroPascal PRO for ARM Libraries Page for detailed descriptions and examples of most of the built-in libraries. Download additional libraries: USB Device, USB Host, FAT32, FT800, Network WiFi, Network Ethernet.
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Lydstep Haven on the south Pembrokeshire coast between Lydstep Point and Proud Giltar head, is a beautiful crescent-shaped bay with a fine stretch of golden sand facing east towards Caldey Island, just around the corner from Tenby, it is sheltered from the prevailing winds.
The wide and sandy beach is easily accessible from the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park coastal footpath or from the village and there is limited parking, with a charge in the summer season.
The view from the beach at Lydstep is splendid but the view from the clifftop is even more spectacular, giving a wonderful prospect of the golden expanse of Sandtop Bay on Caldey Island and, between it and the mainland, the small island of St Margaret's, which is connected to Caldey by a rocky natural causeway at low tide. It is possible to cross from one to the other but the weed-covered rocks can be dangerously slippery, so it is not recommended.
In the 19th-20th centuries, when the limestone quarries on Lydstep Point were in full production, sailing sloops used to lay at anchor in the lee of the headland, loading limestone for delivery to Bideford, Cardigan and other trading ports in the Bristol Channel and St George's Channel area.
St Margaret's Island once had a flock of dark brown Soay sheep resident on its grassy top, and its 14 acres was just about enough to sustain them. However, many of them were killed by lightning in a violent storm some years ago and the remainder were transferred elsewhere. These hardy little sheep were of the breed introduced by the Vikings as stores for food during their voyaging. They had shelter in a little stone cottage which incorporated the ruins of a monastic cell, but was occupied by quarrymen in the 19th century when quarrying was carried on there. The island is not inhabited now but 150 years ago there were about 20 people living there, ekeing out an existence by fishing and farming. Now its only inhabitants are seabirds, particularly cormorants, in the largest colony in Wales of these diving birds numbering over 300 pairs.
Lydstep, years ago, was renowned for its hill climb organised by Pembrokeshire Motor Club over a steep half-mile course up the cliffside. To the west is a flat-based bay near Whitesheet Rock, a legacy of the time when raised beaches were cut into the cliffs when the sea level was 20 feet higher than it is today.
There are fine caves in the limestone cliffs on the western side, which is owned by the National Trust, one of them called Smugglers' Cave, and there is a Nature Trail leaflet available which was produced by the Naturalists' Trust some years ago. On the western cliffs and on the eastern side near Proud Giltar Head there are several blow holes, or collapsed caves, which are worth a visit.


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A theological exploration of ecological issues based on the understanding that humans are a physical part of God's earthly creation.
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Available as: Paperback, PDF
Specifications: 229x153mm (9x6in), 296pp
Published: January 2018
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Published: January 2018
"The Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground ..." (Genesis 2:7). Made of dust, we humans are thoroughly physical beings. We are dusty earthlings. As such, we are also ecological beings, or rather eco-physical beings, firmly embedded in and dependent upon God's earthly ecosystems which support and provide for us and constitute our earthly home.
Today we are living in ways that are damaging our home. As Christian dusty earthlings, we are called to oversee God's earthly creation and to follow Jesus Christ – God incarnated as a dusty earthling. How do we do this in the face of the array of ecological problems we face today? How can we obey the ecological principles and limits that govern all of life on God's good earth? Mustol argues that the virtues of humility, voluntary self-limitation, and the principles of kenosis and justice will help as we seek to follow Jesus as dusty earthlings in today's world.
Foreword by Nancey C. Murphy
1. Introduction: Humans as Dusty Earthlings
2. Our Separation from Creation
3. Human Nature according to Science
4. The Bible I: God and Humans
5. The Bible II: The Image of God, the Dominion Mandate, and Other Issues
6. Ecology for Dusty Earthlings
7. Ethics for Dusty Earthlings: Living in God's Eco-Physical World
8. Conclusion
General Index
John Mustol is a retired physician and PhD candidate at Fuller Theological Seminary. He is currently an adjunct faculty member at Bethel San Diego.
Christianity implies two great truths about humans: we are unique within creation and we are embedded members of it. Human dignity has been grounded in the first; human survival may now hinge on embracing the second. Dusty Earthlings is a prophetic call for precisely such a paradigm shift in our self-understanding – one that is faithful to the Scriptures, resonant with science, and crucial to a viable future. Glen G. Scorgie, Professor of Theology, Bethel Seminary
Mustol has unfolded, with a physician's insight, the richness – and crucial import for our time – of the Biblical teaching that we share our dusty, creaturely status with the whole earth. At the same time, he expounds brilliantly on what it means to be made in the image of God. I will not teach another class on earthkeeping without requiring or recommending this splendid book. It is thorough, careful, brilliantly researched, readable, and very wise. Loren Wilkinson, Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Regent College


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Monday 25 July 2011
8:14 PM – I take a seat in back of the Shubin Theater
8:38 – The houselights go down, we are asked to silence our pagers and Chip Chantry is introduced.
8:41 – Chip talks about toilets, while discreetly checking to make sure his fly is up.
8:44 – Chip check's his fly again.
8:47 – Chip introduces co-host Johnny Goodtimes. Tonight is the last show with Johnny co-hosting. He finds out the show will continue without him.
8:50 – Chip introduces a possible new co-host Johnny Summertimes. Johnny Summertimes is bothered by the weather.
8:53 – Johnny Summertimes spits hot Mountain Dew Code Red on the stage.
8:56 – Johnny Summertimes leaves.
8:57 – Paul Goodman is introduced
9:01 – Paul recalls a gym teacher teaching him about sex.
9:02 – Paul makes a fake phone call using his right hand as the phone.
9:04 – Paul Goodman exits
9:05 – H. Foley is introduced.
9:07 – Chip walks from in front of the stage to the back of the stage. H. Foley thanks him.
9:08 – H. Foley references Chewbacca.
9:10 – H. Foley drops the C-bomb, and apologizes to a woman in the front row.
9:13 – H. Foley exits
9:14 – Chip introduces Jim Grammond for a segment called "The Feed"
9:15 – Chip tells a twitter joke, Jim tells a twitter joke. Everyone laughs
9:15 – Chip tells another twitter joke, Jim also tells another twitter joke, everyone continues laughing
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9:16 – Chip tells another twitter joke.
9:17 – Jim also tells another twitter joke, everyone continues laughing Chip tells another twitter joke
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9:18 – Jim tells another twitter joke
9:19 – The Feed ends, Jim Exits.
9:20 – Chip Introduces Kerri Lendo
9:22 – Kerri has a pit-bull named "Hoagie"
9:26 – Kerri was recently in Atlantic City.
9:31 – Kerri exits
9:32 – Chip introduces Luke Cunningham
9:33 – A woman leaves the audience, Luke pleads with her that he hasn't even told a dick joke yet.
9:38 – Luke does a great impression of Poseidon
9:44 – Luke exits
9:45 – Johnny Goodtimes and Chip introduce the Wheel of Terrific, a game similar to a popular game show where contestants are given clues by celebrities to guess words or phrases.
9:46 – 2 stools are brought to the stage
9:47 – A contestant is pulled from the crowd. His name is pronounced "KOOB" * They begin playing the game.
9:49 – Koob accurately guesses "Donkey Punch", and wins.
9:50 – Koob exits, Chip introduces the 1 Minute Comedy Challenge
9:50 – Jim Grammond returns to the stage to plugs his upcoming show at the Shubin, Wednesday evening. Johnny Goodtimes gives Koob a beer for his participation in Wheel of Terrific
9:51 – Rachel Lipshits is announced as the first contestant for the 1 Minute Comedy Challenge, but is nowhere to be found.
9:52 – "Fat Doogie" (Christian Alsis) explains how he is unbelievably diabetic
9:53 – "Rossane Buckley" (Samantha Russell) has sore hips when the weather changes
9:54 – "Big Brand Daddy" (Paul Triggiani and Brian Kelly) sing songs
9:55 – "Fran Walker" (Brian Craig) has microphone difficulties and reads from a newspaper
9:56 – Mike DiEva picks apart "The 27 Club"
9:57 – All participants of the 1 Minute Challenge are invited back on stage for voting. Luke Cunningham joins them, not realizing that Chip didn't mean to call all the performers of the evening, but rather just the participants of the contest.
9:58 – Luke Cunningham realizes his mistake. Exits.
10:00 – The crowd votes on the contestants
10:01 – "Fat Doogie" wins
10:02 – Chip thanks everybody – a final farewell for Johnny Goodtimes.
10:03 – Lights up, audience exits
*Sorry if I'm getting your name wrong, KOOB!
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Find answers to questions about local elections
April 22, 2009
KALAMAZOO--Western Michigan University is again making voter information easier to find with a Web page aimed at increasing political participation among students and the general public.
Local elections are being held throughout Michigan Tuesday, May 5, with polls open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. The voter information page provides online answers to questions such as, "Where do I vote?" and "How do I get an absentee ballot?"
Voter information
The deadline to register was April 6, but many students and other first-time voters registered for the November 2008 general election. Some may not realize they do not need to register separately for each election. Voter information provided at wmich.edu/vote is from the Michigan Department of State with links to more information.
In Kalamazoo and other counties there are important proposals on the ballot. You can speed the voting process by checking your sample ballot online, discussing issues and candidates with family and friends, and deciding how you'll vote before you go to the polls.
Exercise your right and responsibility as a citizen. Vote in Michigan's May 5 local elections.
Media contact: Thom Myers, (269) 387-8400, email@example.com
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Erik Cole scores twice to lift Stars over Kings
- Erik Cole scored twice for his second two-goal outing in the last three games
- Tyler Seguin scored his 20th as Stars improved to 5-0-2 in their last seven games
- Jeff Carter and Anze Kopitar scored for Kings%2C who lost their fourth straight game
DALLAS (AP) — Dallas Stars coach Lindy Ruff doesn't want the recent success of his club's homestand to go to his players' heads.
Erik Cole scored twice and Tyler Seguin netted his 20th goal of the season as the Stars edged the struggling Los Angeles Kings 3-2 on Tuesday night.
The Stars have earned five points through three games of their five-game homestand.
"Just stay grounded," was the message Ruff gave to his team. "We have a lot of work ahead of us. Try to stay consistent. Our hard work ethic in the first 40 games has been good. If we can consistently work like that, then we'll have success."
Jeff Carter and Anze Kopitar scored for Los Angeles, which has lost four straight.
"We easily could have won the last three," Kings coach Darryl Sutter said. "That's the way it goes."
The Kings, beaten at Chicago on Monday, will end a four-game trip on Thursday at St. Louis.
"You've got to work harder," Los Angeles defenseman Matt Greene said. "You've got to pay more attention to details and get back to playing our game. We're not playing as well as we can right now, and that's it.
"There's no moral victories. There's nothing like that going on here. Everybody has to raise their game to a level that they can play at and they've played at before."
Kari Lehtonen (16-8-7) stopped 23 shots for Dallas, which hasn't made the playoffs since 2008.
"Instead of winning a game and looking to see if we gained any ground, we decided to forget about that," said Cole, whose only other two-goal game this season was Saturday. "Just focus on our play and what we can do to win games.
"If we just focus on that, one day we'll wake up and we'll be in fifth or fourth or third or whatever."
Seguin reached 20 goals for the second time in his four-year NHL career. He had 29 goals in 2011-12 with Boston.
Carter and Kopitar tied Justin Williams for the team lead with 13 goals.
Dallas' previously anemic power play accounted for Cole's first goal and Seguin's tally. It was the first time the Stars have scored multiple power-play goals in a game since Oct. 11.
Dallas went into the game with the NHL's 29th-ranked power play (11.7%) and the league's worst at home (4.8%).
"I can't sit here and say that we weren't doing things properly before," Cole said. "We just weren't getting enough pucks at the net, and second and third chances, just (not) being as opportunistic as we should have been."
Seguin put Dallas ahead for good at 12:13 of the second period. He corralled a puck that caromed off the boards behind Ben Scrivens (17-5-4) and banged it off Scrivens' left skate as the goalie slid across the crease to try to cover the opposite post.
"That's how goal scorers score goals," Scrivens said. "They throw the puck. They find ways to score when it doesn't look like there's room. I've got to give credit to a good player, too."
Cole followed three minutes later with a wrist shot from a sharp angle near the goal line that beat Scrivens to his right.
Carter gave Los Angeles its first lead during a 4-on-3 power play with a deflection of Mike Richards' shot that popped over the right shoulder of Lehtonen and dribbled into the net.
About three minutes later, Cole tied it by swatting in a rebound that was nicked by Dallas' Alex Chiasson following a shot from the left point by Seguin 35 seconds into a power play.
Kopitar accounted for the final margin 1:05 into the third period with a shot from the left circle after Dallas' Benn brothers, Jamie and Jordie, got tangled up and lost the puck.
NOTES: Dallas forward Ray Whitney sat out with the flu, the first game that the 23-year NHL veteran has missed following 16 consecutive appearances. ... The Kings dropped to 4-2 in the second of back-to-back games. ... The Stars won the season series 2-1.


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"What we share with Madahar is a sense of wonder." —Carlo McCormick
Sustenance 95, 2003, is from Neeta Madahar's 15-image Sustenance series, which documents various species of birds coming to feed at the apartment balcony of her former home in Framingham, Massachusetts. In recent years, Madahar's work has explored how animal and plant life adapt to a set of environmental circumstances both man-made and natural. She is fascinated by the temporality of nature and how perpetual cycles of difference and similarity coexist. "[They are] so similar to us in the way they feed and socialize, in their patterns of behavior, that they became perfect symbols . . . as a natural extension of ourselves," Madahar says. This image appeared in the summer 2005 issue of Aperture magazine alongside a text written by Carlo McCormick.
The dioramic feel of the images in this series is intentional. Each Iris print on Somerset velvet paper (most often associated with watercolors) is an exaggerated impression of reality. Formal devices such as artificial lighting, as well as the selective use of focus and magnification, create a slippage between the perception of what is natural or manufactured. Color, too, is used deliberately to seduce the viewer into a closer and more protracted examination of the works. Madahar "frames such casual sightings as a bird in a backyard as precious, defining moments," notes Carlo McCormick. "What she captures is more than a mere pose within the fleeting: it is a rich, contemplative stillness; a chance for both artist and viewer to look, with mesmeric clarity of detail, at the avian community whose constant cohabitation with humans has rendered their presence ostensibly incidental."
Neeta Madahar (born in London, 1966) received her MFA from the Museum School at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts in 2003. A British citizen of Indian descent who has lived and worked in the U.S., Madahar's thesis project, Sustenance, was shown at the Arles Festival curated by Martin Parr in 2005, followed by shows in Boston, London, and Germany. Since then, she has exhibited extensively in Europe and the USA with her dramatic, nature-related series.
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