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Term of endearment invented by Quentin Tarantino and made famous by the movie Pulp Fiction
by bombchu March 11, 2004
a girl. if the girl is a freshman in high school, she can be referred to as a freshbunny.
made popular by the character Ben Starling in the book Paper Towns by John Green.
made popular by the character Ben Starling in the book Paper Towns by John Green.
by Dr.Watson June 26, 2009
Bart Simpson's childhood toy or term of endearment.
"I love my honeybunny".
by RockyVaughn May 18, 2006
Three times greater than a snickerdoodle.
Wow, Justa is such a honeybunny, she is three times greater than a snickerdoodle.
by Cornmuffin December 18, 2005
Someone who is cute,fine,hot,etc. Made famous by Ben in paper towns. It could be both boys and girls
by Raw-men-noodlez August 08, 2017
A sassy black girl with long fake nails and fake hair. Usually travel in groups. Can be heard speaking what sounds like their own language in a much higher pitch and volume. Wardrobe consists of the latest swap meet fashion items and knock off bags.
Have you seen the new Ludacris video? I saw that honey bunny on Maury!
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CARY, NC - Playing their final match of preseason, Vancouver Whitecaps FC (5W-0L-3D) drew 2-2 with North American Soccer League (NASL) side Carolina RailHawks in Cary, North Carolina, on Sunday afternoon. Whitecaps FC missed out on the fourth annual Hilton Garden Inn Durham Southpoint Community Shield title after falling 4-2 on penalties to the RailHawks.
In what was a lively preseason encounter between two former foes at the North American second division level, Amir Lowery gave Carolina an early lead before Long Tan levelled matters for the 'Caps shortly after halftime. Brian Shriver restored the RailHawks' lead in the second half before Davide Chiumiento forced a decisive penalty shootout with a very late second equalizer for Vancouver. In the end, it was hosts Carolina that kept their nerve in the penalty shootout to win the preseason Community Shield title on a cool and windy spring day at WakeMed Soccer Park.
"I thought it was a good game," said Whitecaps FC head coach Martin Rennie. "I was impressed with the RailHawks, as they've only been training for a short space of time and have a lot of new additions. They were organized and difficult to play against. I thought in the first half, we were a little bit slow and not into the game, as I would have liked. In the second half, I thought we actually played quite well, just disappointed to be a man short for those couple of minutes when Carolina scored again. I was pleased we showed the character to come back and finish the game out strong."
Returning to play the club he coached for three seasons, Rennie was not the only former RailHawks member that appeared at Sunday's match. The Scotsman's starting XI included the former Carolina pair of goalkeeper Brad Knighton and midfielder Matt Watson. Vancouver's line-up also included Whitecaps FC Residency products Bryce Alderson and Russell Teibert in midfield, while striker Sebastien Le Toux wore the captain's armband.
Wearing an unfamiliar strip of all navy blue, it was Colin Clarke's RailHawks that made the brighter start versus their Major League Soccer guests, with Carolina taking the lead on seven minutes from the first corner of the match. Nick Zimmerman's set-piece found its way to an unmarked Lowery on the edge of the six-yard box, and the former Montreal Impact midfielder headed home to make it 1-0 to the hosts.
The goal proved to be a reflection of the first quarter of the contest, as the 'Caps looked a bit unsettled during those initial stages. However, Vancouver soon got their passing rhythm going and tested RailHawks goalkeeper Akira Fitzgerald before the break. Teibert forced the Carolina shot-stopper into a save with a close-range shot on 25 minutes before Chiumiento brought an even better save out of Fitzgerald with a powerful strike that was destined for the far corner of the net eight minutes later. As a result, the home side took a one-goal lead into halftime.
Looking to get back into the game, Whitecaps FC made an excellent start to the second half and were rewarded with an equalizer on 49 minutes. Chiumiento was proving to be a real handful on the left flank for the RailHawks, and it was from the left-hand side that the Swiss playmaker swung in an exquisite cross that Tan neatly headed past a helpless Fitzgerald to make it 1-1.
Up until the hour mark, it looked like Vancouver would turn the match in their favour after Watson and Chiumiento forced Fitzgerald into a couple of saves on 51 and 58 minutes, respectively. Yet, credit to Carolina, they regained the momentum past the midway point of the second half and restored their lead on 71 minutes. After seeing a couple of chances go begging moments earlier, Shriver found his way on to the scoresheet, as he was quickest to react to a rebound in the Vancouver box after Knighton could only block away Zimmerman's goal-bound drive for a 2-1 RailHawks advantage.
As the time wound down, Carolina's hopes of a notable victory in regulation time ended in the 90th minute, as Whitecaps FC drew level again from a counter-attacking move. From the right side of the RailHawks box, Tan measured a fine through ball to Chiumiento, who struck first-time with his right foot to beat Fitzgerald and make it 2-2 at fulltime.
With a piece of silverware up for grabs, the Community Shield was decided on penalties. After both clubs scored their first two spot kicks, Tan and Knighton were off-target for the visitors, while Carolina's Cory Miller and RailHawks substitute Ty Shipalane found the back of the net to earn the NASL club the preseason title.
After six weeks of preseason, which included eight matches and trips to Arizona and Florida, Whitecaps FC return home to Vancouver to prepare for MLS First Kick versus Canadian arch-rivals and MLS expansion club Montreal Impact at BC Place next Saturday afternoon.
Whitecaps FC 2012 Major League Soccer season tickets start at $329, plus applicable tax and a $10 processing fee per order. To secure a seat and for additional information about Whitecaps FC MLS season tickets, including loge seats and suites, call 604.669.9283 or visit whitecapsfc.com/tickets.
Scoring summary:
7' - CAR - Amir Lowery (Nick Zimmerman)
49' - VAN - Long Tan (Davide Chiumiento)
71' - CAR - Brian Shriver (Nick Zimmerman)
90' - VAN - Davide Chiumiento (Long Tan)
Match stats:
Shots: Carolina 8 - Vancouver 7
Saves: Carolina 5 - Vancouver 4
Fouls: Carolina 11 - Vancouver 9
Corners: Carolina 1 - Vancouver 5
Carolina RailHawks
1.Akira Fitzgerald; 32.Justin Willis (35.Jordan Graye 65'), 16.Cory Miller, 15.Austin King, 3.Kupono Low (25.Sam Stockley 90'); 5.Amir Lowery, 23.Nick Zimmerman (11.Ty Shipalane 72'), 10.Michael Palacio (4.Tommy Drake 45'), 21.Brian Shriver (33.Craig Dargo 83'); 13.Brian Ackley (28.Kithson Bain 83'), 24.Fredrico (31.Andre McCreath 45')
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
18.Brad Knighton; 32.Greg Klazura, 2.Michael Boxall, 19.Carlyle Mitchell, 3.Jordan Harvey; 31.Russell Teibert (17.Omar Salgado 72'), 16.Matt Watson, 36.Bryce Alderson, 20.Davide Chiumiento; 7.Sebastien Le Toux, 23.Long Tan

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When people go on a diet, they often ask, "How do you lose weight?"
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Listed below are some reasons why losing weight can lead to a big stumbling block, and what you can do to overcome these obstacles.
The "Eat Less, Exercise More" Approach
A path that many people take is a hard-core exercise program, with little diet, and a whole lot of physical activity. This is an "eat less, exercise more" approach to weight loss that just doesn't work.
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When we wake up in the morning, we don't even think that our daily activities can also have a negative effect on our weight loss.
These are just simple activities you do every day: Going to work, paying bills, and even taking your daily medications.
Believe it or not, some medications, if taken on a daily basis, can make it easy to gain weight, but difficult to lose. These include medications for conditions like diabetes, and even certain medications prescribed for psychological conditions, like depression.
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A violent armed robber dubbed "the Skull Cracker" for a string of brutal raids on banks and building societies has gone missing after temporarily being allowed out of prison.
Michael Wheatley, 55, who was given 13 life sentences at the Old Bailey in 2002, has failed to return to HMP Standford Hill open prison on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent Police said.
Wheatley raided 13 building societies and banks over 10 months in 2001 and 2002 while on parole from a 27-year sentence for other robberies.
He earned his notorious nickname after pistol-whipping victims during the raids.
A Kent Police spokesman said: "Anyone with any information or who sees Wheatley is asked to not approach him and to instead contact police by calling 999."
The spokesman said Wheatley, originally of Limehouse in east London, has links across south east England.
Wheatley admitted 13 charges of robbery and 13 of possessing an imitation firearm - a blank firing semi-automatic pistol - in October 2002.
The robberies between June 2001 and April the following year were mainly on small branches in areas he knew, ranging from Southampton in Hampshire to Royston in Hertfordshire.
The first was just three weeks after he was paroled from his first prison term.
As the robberies continued, so did the violence he used towards staff and customers.
In March 2002 he pistol whipped a 73-year-old woman and a building society manager.
The Old Bailey heard at the time he would often grab a female customer, putting the pistol to their head, leaving many mentally anguished.
His raids netted him more than £45,000.
He was given a five-year sentence on each of the firearm offences to run concurrently with the life sentences on each of the robbery charges. He was ordered to serve a minimum of eight years before being eligible for consideration for parole.
Conservative backbencher Philip Davies said that whoever had allowed Wheatley out of prison was "a berk" and questioned why he was in an open prison in the first place.
The MP for Shipley in West Yorkshire said: "It is completely ludicrous that a serving life sentence prisoner is even in an open prison where they can simply walk out.
"As far as I am concerned whoever allowed him to be in an open prison should be sacked, it is a complete disgrace.
"The top priority for the prison service should be the protection of the public. (Justice Secretary) Chris Grayling needs to put in charge of the prison service someone who will see protection of the public as a top priority."


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House Speaker John Boehner delivers remarks at a news conference on current fiscal cliff negotiations, saying his latest call with the president was "open and honest" but they still have "some serious differences."
House Speaker John Boehner said Wednesday that "serious differences" continue to separate Republicans from President Barack Obama on work toward resolving the impending "fiscal cliff" at the end of this month.
Speaking this morning on Capitol Hill, the Ohio Republican said that his conversation Tuesday with Obama was "open and honest," but that a new proposal put forth by the White House could not muster enough support to pass through Congress.
"The president and I had a deliberate call yesterday and we spoke openly about the differences we face," Boehner told reporters following a meeting with fellow Republicans. "The president has called for $1.4 trillion dollars in revenue, that cannot pass the House or the Senate."
Two sources familiar with the Obama-Boehner call yesterday described it to NBC News as a "tense" conversation. Amid dueling, new proposals, Boehner proposed a permanent extension of existing tax rates for the wealthy, a Democratic source familiar with the call told NBC's Kristen Welker.
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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, who spoke with President Barack Obama yesterday, arrives for a closed-door meeting with the GOP caucus, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Sources confirmed Tuesday that the administration's new offer included $1.4 trillion in new revenue and $600 billion in spending cuts -- slightly less revenue and slightly more cuts than Obama had initially proposed.
The level of spending cuts and the method of raising new revenue -- along with the manner in which savings might be found in entitlement programs -- have confounded lawmakers and the White House for the better part of the last two years. Obama has insisted that higher tax rates for the wealthy, a priority on which he campaigned, are essential to a final deal. Republicans argue that enough revenue can be raised through the elimination of tax loopholes and deductions.
Still, Boehner did try to publicly project some optimism as to whether a deal could be reached before the end of the year, when the automatic tax hikes and spending cuts that constitute the fiscal cliff are set to take effect. He counseled lawmakers to plan carefully around the holidays and to expect to return to work shortly after Christmas.
"Listen I was born with a glass half full, I remain the most optimistic person in this town but we got some serious differences," he said.
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Hilbert boosts health
If employees at Hilbert College look healthier this spring, it's because more than three dozen of them competed in a college wellness competition before the semester started – and won.
There were 286 participants from several schools in the region who collectively lost 444 pounds as they focused more energy on exercise, healthy eating and stress management.
Rick Pinkowski, Hilbert vice president of business and finance, and Maura Flynn, director of human resources, were among winning team members. Prizes included a golden scale from sponsors BlueCross BlueShield of WNY and Lawley Insurance.
You had 38 of 41 complete the six-week program and you lost 101 pounds.
"The goal was really to focus on what people were eating …to not necessarily lose weight, but to maintain your weight," Flynn said. "We had a few holiday celebrations on our campus and we were all kind of teasing each other and keeping each other on our toes, asking, 'What's in this?'"
What were some of the substitutions?
"Using olive oils instead of some of the heavier cooking oils," said Flynn. "At one party, there was a batch of cookies that had … cranberries in it. Nobody realized they were fat-free."
"A lot of us picked up on, instead of the easy snacks – chips, pretzels and so forth – it's much better to grab grapes and strawberries," Pinkowski said.
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New York Sea Grant will collaborate on four Great Lakes restoration initiative projects. Award-winning educators David B. MacNeill, a fisheries specialist, and coastal education specialist Helen M. Domske will be key partners in efforts to:
evaluate the status of Lake Ontario's food web
develop resources for North American scientists on high-risk aquatic invasive species currently most well-known in Russian waters and where they may be found should they invade North America
extend successful aquatic invasive species education to new target audiences, and
educate a wide variety of stakeholders about the proper disposal of personal care products to help reduce unwanted chemicals in the Great Lakes system.
"New York Sea Grant Extension is pleased to partner with our Sea Grant colleagues, educational institutions, the National Geographic Society and others who share an interest in the Great Lakes to pursue critical research and educational opportunities in 2013 on behalf of the Great Lakes' unique environmental system," said New York Sea Grant Associate Director and Cornell Cooperative Extension Assistant Director Dr. Katherine E. Bunting-Howarth.
MacNeill and Domske were both recently honored with awards of excellence by the Great Lakes Sea Grant Extension Network.
For more information on New York Sea Grant research and activities,www.nyseagrant.org has RSS, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube links. NYSG also offers a free e-list sign up via www.nyseagrant.org/coastlines for New York Coastlines, its flagship publication, and Currents, its e-newsletter supplement.
New York Sea Grant, a cooperative program of Cornell University and the State University of New York, is one of 33 university-based programs under the National Sea Grant College Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. This network includes a National Sea Grant Law Center and National Sea Grant Library. Through its statewide network of integrated services, NYSG has been promoting coastal vitality, environmental sustainability, and citizen awareness about the state's Great Lakes and marine resources since 1971.


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A selection from Laurence Freeman OSB, JESUS: THE TEACHER WITHIN (New York: Continuum, 2000) pp. 226-227.
[T]he mantra . . .is recited continuously whatever we may be feeling: "in times of war and times of peace," as The Cloud of Unknowing puts it; "in times of prosperity and adversity," as John Cassian puts it; "from the beginning to the end of each meditation," as John Main said in his turn.
With practice the mantra pushes its roots deeper into our being, establishing harmony between the conscious and the unconscious. Imperceptibly and gradually it sinks from the head to the heart. Over time we say the mantra,
then sound it, then listen to it with less effort and more attention.
Naturally, there are stormy days or dry periods of meditation when it seems next to impossible to say the mantra. We look for every justification not to sit and meditate. When we do, the mantra is immediately washed away by waves of thought and emotion. But if we do persevere or start again then, like the seed in the parable, which grows in the dark womb of the earth (how we do not know, Jesus said), the mantra faithfully guides us ever deeper. And with depth comes clarity, stillness, self-knowledge, the great gift of compassion and the inner stillness needed for ever-more complete attention, more generous transcendence. The mantra imperceptibly progresses through the interspace of stillness, between the waves of thought and of the inner life. [. . .]
With time it brings us to the authentic poverty where we learn simply to be. Experiencing this lovely reality from time to time empowers us to endure many setbacks and disappointments along the way. There will be times of defeat. . But even when we seem to be regressing, growth is happening if there is faith at work. In the darkest night an invisible light still shines.
An attitude of nonpossessiveness and trust develops to replace greed and fear. With this comes a more and more unshakeable peace. Underlying all turbulence, this peace flows from the knowledge that we are known and, once acknowledged, it becomes the condition of all further growth.
After meditation: A selection from John Main OSB, "Purity of Heart," WORD MADE FLESH (London: Darton, Longman, Todd, 1993) p. 60.
There is nothing less shining in our hearts than the glory of Christ. That glory is not triumphalist but it does triumph over hearts hardened by the wounds of life. Poverty, purity, simplicity are strange weapons to minds strained on images and values of violence. But our survival, spiritually and even physically, depends on our recovering an awareness of the redeeming power of these qualities of humanity. This is the way of the mantra.
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"Mine is always lumpy, light, salty and greasy," he said. "What can I do to improve it?"
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For lumpy gravy, simply beat it with a whisk until smooth. If this doesn't work, try pouring it in a food processor or blender and beat the heck out of it until it is smooth.
If you don't have the equipment, try passing it through a strainer before serving. All the lumps will be left behind this way.
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Police shot and seriously wounded a woman who they say pointed a gun toward them in a Pilsen alley.
A group of people called 911 after the woman aimed a gun at them in the 1000 block of West Cullerton Street about 10:30 p.m. Thursday, police said.
The woman had been walking with the gun when the group approached her. The woman continued north on Morgan Street and west into an alley between 19th Street and Cullerton Street, police said.
Plainclothes officers approached her in the alley and the woman pointed the gun toward them, police said. The officers fired at her, hitting her several times, police said.
The woman matched the description provided by the 911 callers, and the officers told her they were the police before they opened fire, according to a statement released by the department early Friday morning.
Fraternal Order of Police spokesman Patrick Camden said the weapon was a BB gun and that she had ducked behind a garbage can before poking back up and pointing it toward the officers.
"Nobody's going to wait around to see if it's real or a toy," Camden said.
The woman was taken to Stroger Hospital.
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Groundbreaking T-shirt design contest
All IIT students are invited to submit designs for the back of a T-shirt that promotes the ground breaking of the new McCormick Tribune Campus Center on March 9, 2000. First prize is a $250 gift card to Old Navy and the university's use of the design on the T-shirt that will be given away at the ground breaking ceremony. Second prize is a $100 gift card to Old Navy. A committee of IIT faculty, staff and students will select the winning entries. Submit designs (electronic or freehand format) by February 8 to the Office of Communications & Marketing, Illinois Institute of Technology, 3200 S. Wabash Ave., Commons Basement, Chicago, IL 60616. For complete contest regulations and entry instructions, go to IIT Today at (www.iittoday.iit.edu)
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Thermaltake Armor Revo Snow Edition Review
When you have been around the block a few times like I have (that's my choice of euphemism for getting old), you get to see how most everything is cyclical. I have ties whose width has gone in and out of fashion three times. My first car is now only seen once in a great while on the streets, and then only with collectors' plates attached. The Vikings are also about due to win another...well there is the exception that proves the rule. It was a scant twenty years ago that personal computers for most of us were like Ford Model 'T's – available in any color....as long as it was black , and in the case of PC enclosures, white. It was called "computer white" and was somewhere between champagne and eggshell. It was an off white that was the result of recycling milk jugs, blister packs, and just about any body part of the Pontiac Feiro if memory serves. When case manufactures started putting out more exotic colored cases, people abandoned the white case in droves with great enthusiasm. Well...now the white is back in force. Folks are clamoring for snow white versions of their favorite case and even if you cannot find one now, you probably will in a week. Such is the case with the Thermaltake enclosure I have sitting on my bench this week. The thing I have found with white color schemes is that it can have the effect of making a decent case look gimmicky. Recently, Thermaltake has turned out a 'Snow Edition' version of their Armor Revo case and has been on a roll with their case offerings. Let's see if they have designed another winner here, or if it's good Knight Revo (that's a pun you will get in a minute).
Closer Look:
The Armor Revo arrives in a very colorful high-gloss box and we quickly discover that this is a themed enclosure. The front of the box has a full size image of the case with a fully-armored and highly polished knight hoisting a Claymore over his left shoulder. The back of the box is laid out nicely and tells us quite a bit about the features of the case using diagrammed images showing airflow through both air cooling and liquid cooling. We also get the low-down on a few internal and external features of the case, including the top HDD/SSD vertical docking station and the heavy duty aluminum 'Armor' bezel that adorn either side of the case. The sides of the box have a smaller image of the case on one side and a list of features in twelve languages on the other.
The top of the box offers nothing new – only a small logo with the Armor insignia and 'Armor Revo'. Popping open the top, we see the first glimpse of the face of the Armor Revo. Through the protective plastic bag, I had the impression that the small black honeycomb overlaying the large white honeycomb is designed to emulate the feel of chain maille. Normally, I am not a fan of "themed" cases or components – chipset coolers that look like weaponry tend to trip my gag reflex. As a matter of fact, I may throw a party when the last 'Transformer' embossed component leaves the assembly line. This, though, looks like it might be a fun case.
Nothing special packaging-wise – the case is well protected with full length foam caps on each side and a plastic bag to protect from scratching. I think Thermaltake vacuum-packed this sucker, though – it did not want to come out and play. Once I managed to wrestle it out, it was in pristine condition.
Let's get this thing out of its travel wear and see if it's a renaissance case or if it is hoist on its own petard. Just kidding – that was the last one, promise.


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Next Meetup
What we're about
This Meetup is for EVENTS that have a ticket/cover of $5 or LESS or even FREE!
5-10% of the Events here on FREE & Almost FREE are SOCIAL (Hosted)
90-95% of the Events here are just informing you about cheap/cool/awesome stuff happening in the burgh region( not hosted).
So when there is a SOCIAL EVENT on this page with a HOST expect a couple extra emails to help make that meetup WORK and have a decent critical mass of people to make it decently fun!
There are a lot of activities in Pittsburgh that are free, or almost free - free days at museums, free concerts and films, free outdoors festivals, free cultural events ... . In addition to these (can't beat the price!), we'll post "almost free" ones where the cost is low (at most $5) compared to the fun that can be had.
We're always looking for more ideas. YOU CAN POST YOUR OWN EVENTS HERE. If you have one, please click "+Schedule a New Meetup" and we will add it to our calendar as a "suggestion" ... and let me know so that I can turn it into a Meetup event.
This group is both informative (Just giving us CHEAPSKATES a heads up about events!) about Free and Cheap events (aka almost free) and also about real social meetup events that go on. So far the ratio to events where you do stuff with other meetup people and the informative\informational events about cool free and cheap events is about 15% Social Events/85% Informational.
It's up to YOU to make your own fun! And if you suggest an event PLEASE TRY TO TURN IT INTO A EVENT that people can meet up an interact.
This is an VERY ACTIVE MEETUP, you will get a ton of e-mail, my recommendation is if you have a secondary e-mail address use that for your user id. Or that you go up to "My Profile" on right hand side of page and select E-mail and Notifications. You still will get a bunch of e-mails but it will be more manageable. Meetups WORK because of E-mail, not because people come here to look for things to do.
FYI: Social events at places can be posted as long as it is FREE to go there or the cover is $5 or less. People can decide on their own if they are eating and drinking. Example: Lets go see this Band that has no cover charge at this Bar. If YOU want to eat or drink something while you're there that's on YOU.
It's still a FREE or ALMOST FREE event. If they charged more than $5 for cover or had a mandatory food n drink min above $5 then it won't get posted. Or a YOGA class that asks for a $5 donation is okay, $6 is not... This was preventing some social events from happening on this page and we want to encourage social\fun events on the free and almost free group.
2nd FYI: NO Multi-level marketers or marketing in any way shape or form! This will lead to banning.


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BOULDER — Boulder County Democrats are inviting people to get reports of the Nov. 6 local, state and national election outcomes during a party at the Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder.
The election night party, being co-sponsored by the Democratic Women of Boulder County organization, is to start at 6 p.m. — an hour before the polls close — and is expected to last until midnight. Voting results will be displayed in a live feed to the theater's cinema screen.
The Boulder County Democratic Party is asking people attending the event for $10 donations to help cover the costs of putting it on.


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I finally got around to watching the first two episodes of House of Cards over the weekend, the Netflix original series that premiered last week, and holy moly, this show is so great. (So far, I guess. But I have faith it will continue to be so good.) As a friend of mine pointed out last night, between this and the Netflix reboot of Arrested Development, they are very quickly going to establish themselves as a legit source for cool content. (Fun sentence. Love talking about legit sources for cool content!) Although as another friend pointed out last night (the Grammys are strictly 4 friends) it is a little complicated how they released all of the episodes at the same time because now you can't really talk about it with anyone since you're all watching a different episode. The future is hard! But House of Cards. Oh man, right? The major complaint a lot of people seem to have is they don't like the direct-to-camera address, but while I agree that it is slightly off-putting at first, I will say two things: one, this was in the original BBC series and also is lifted directly from the character of Iago in Shakespeare's Othello, so at the very least it has a pretty decent pedigree (on this note: there is an interview with David Fincher and Kevin Space on Fresh Air last week where they talk about it that I think makes it feel very well thought out and considered and not just a dumb throwaway mistake that they made). Secondly, as Kevin Spacey's political machinations get more and more convoluted, I find it to be a pretty useful method of keeping the audience apace with his Rube Goldberg machine of political backstabbing. Maybe I'm just so stupid that I need a character to wink out from the screen and say "Get ready, here comes the congressional egg falling into the president's frying pan that will pull the anti-Israel string to open the Secretary of State window" but I can't be the only one. There's lots of stupid people.
Oh, and here's another complaint I have heard about this show, and other shows, that I believe we can finally put to bed:
The depiction of the show's "blogger" is actually pretty much 100% accurate and not even remotely an issue. I'm not going to point any fingers here, but it seems to be a consistent issue whenever someone in a TV show or a movie even casually mentions the Internet that people who spend way too much time on the Internet find fault with these depictions. "Oh I am so sure, as if anyone who had over cough 4,000 followers on Tumblr cough cough would not know what a TIFF file was!" Take a step back, guys. Most depictions of bloggers in movies and TV are basically DOCUMENTARIES about blogging compared to the egregious liberties that are taken with what it is like to actually be a cop, lawyer, doctor, politician, or housewife. The depth to which we as Internet people don't know how anyone else's life really works is 10000 times more profound than the depth to which the rest of the world doesn't understand how blogs work. "So you just sit around in your pajamas all day and steal other people's work? And someone reads that?!" I MEAN, PRETTY MUCH, GUYS, LET'S BE HONEST! House of Cards in particular gets it so right it's crazy. Wine out of a coffee mug? Petulance and the persistent feeling that no one cares about what you have to say? Check check and mate.
This is obviously a small point of contention that only resonates with an even smaller segment of the population. (If we were to divvy up the pie you would have to select out people who have actually watched House of Cards, and then from there people who are on the Internet too much, and then from there people who don't like how House of Cards depicted people who are on the Internet too much. So I'm basically talking to three people and they all follow each other on Twitter.) I'm just saying: it is time for bloggers to relax. (Haha, as if.) When your biggest issue with House of Cards is that Zoe Barnes doesn't even seem to know how to use Movable Type that well, you are missing the point.
But so House of Cards!


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Here's a multi-purpose and quite awaited Blogger Hack.
This is for all those bloggers who are looking for a hack, which adds "Read More..." expandable link automatically to all their posts (whether the posts are new or old).
You have to specify the number of characters after which the post will be truncated. If you select it as 500, then all your posts in the home page will show only first 500 characters.
And moreover this hack has already been modified to show the first image from the post, as a thumbnail along with the truncated post.
I called this hack as multi-purpose, because through this hack you not only add the "Read More" tag to your posts, but it also optimizes your "Archive pages" (Feb 2008, Oct 2008, etc.) for search engines and also for your readers.
NOTE: In the previous "Read More" hack, you have the control over your posts (to hide/truncate different posts at different lengths). But once you apply this hack, all your posts will be of equal length.
Instructions to follow:
Log in to Blogger, go to Layout -> Edit HTML, and mark the Expand Widget Templates box.
Now find (CTRL+F) this in the template code:
And immediately ABOVE/BEFORE that, paste this code:


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The average lifespan in the United States has jumped from 47 years to 78 years in a century, leaving many people celebrating the extra longevity but wondering what to do during those added years — and how to pay for them, according to author Marci Alboher.
In "The Encore Career Handbook: How to Make a Living and a Difference in the Second Half of Life," the New York City writer and vice president of Encore.org explains how people can find meaningful new careers.
Whether a person is 40 years old or 70-plus, Alboher writes, "The good news is that you still have time: Time to follow, or discover, your passion. Time to do something that matters. Time to help yourself — and others, too. We all have more time to make the most of our lives."
To start, Alboher includes exercises in her book to help people brainstorm ideas they already have for future work, what they are looking for in a future career, issues they are passionate about, roles and tasks they want to avoid and skills and interests.
The exercises can help those who are undecided narrow the choices down to three top contenders.
Alboher includes a list of more than 30 meaningful careers that are in demand now and likely to experience growth in the future.
Her "Encore Hot List" includes nursing and other health care jobs, social services and counseling, education, nonprofit sector work and environmental jobs.
While new careers later in life can help pay the bills or even be lucrative, Alboher cautions that 67 percent of people who made a switch had an earnings gap. Of those, nearly 70 percent experienced a gap of six months or longer.
Keeping ties with a former job through full or part-time work during the transition can ease the financial strain.
Alboher outlines common financial mistakes to avoid. They include taking Social Security payments too early and failing to plan for health insurance and health care costs.
Hanging on to a job with health care benefits while transitioning, or taking advantage of a spouse's family health insurance coverage can be critical.
An encore career allows people to defer collecting Social Security, which means they will later receive higher payments. They can also avoid drawing down their savings and continue contributing to their retirement accounts, Alboher writes.
She gives a primer on the importance of social networking, both in person and online. Don't be shy about calling someone in a desirable field to set up a phone or face-to-face meeting to learn more about the field.
Build and use Facebook and Twitter networks to connect with your friends and acquaintances who may have valuable contacts, and create a strong, professional-looking profile on LinkedIn, Alboher says.
Using those social media tools can help older people combat age discrimination by showing they are willing to learn and use new technology. Tap into the experience of a relative or friend, or seek out a community class, to learn about those tools if needed.
Alboher recommends volunteering, consulting, serving on a nonprofit organization's board, interning or job shadowing as methods for building connections and learning more about prospective careers.
Going back to school is also an option for gaining skills and credentials.
Other practical tools in "The Encore Handbook" include sample resumes, a budget worksheet, a guide to writing a business plan for encore entrepreneurs and dozens of addresses for informative websites.
Reporter Vickie Aldous can be reached at 541-776-4486 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her at www.twitter.com/VickieAldous.
New careers in the second half of life
The average lifespan in the United States has jumped from 47 years to 78 years in a century, leaving many people celebrating the extra longevity but wondering what to do during those added years — and how to pay for them, according to author Marci Alboher.


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Two ex-Naval Academy football players face trial in sex assault
Two former U.S. Naval Academy football players accused of sexually assaulting an intoxicated female midshipman will face general courts-martial, the school said on Thursday.
Two former U.S. Naval Academy football players accused of sexually assaulting an intoxicated female midshipman will face general courts-martial, the school said on Thursday, in the latest of a spate of sexual misconduct allegations roiling the world's most powerful military.
Naval Academy Superintendent Vice Admiral Mike Miller has made the decision to charge Eric Graham, 22, with abusive sexual contact and to charge Joshua Tate, 21, with aggravated sexual assault, the school said in a statement.
Graham, a senior, and Tate, a junior, are both also charged with making false official statements.
A third football player in the case, Tra'ves Bush, 22, will not face court-martial charges, the academy said.
The three had been charged with sexually assaulting the midshipman in April 2012 at an alcohol-fueled off-campus party in Annapolis, Maryland, site of the elite school.
The woman, now a senior, faced dozens of hours of questioning and answered many graphic questions during an eight-day Article 32 hearing, held to determine whether a court-martial was warranted.
The woman testified that she had blacked out from drinking when the alleged assault took place.
The allegations were among the latest in a spate of high-profile military sexual assault cases, some involving personnel whose job it was to prevent sexual abuse.
A study released in May by the Defense Department estimated that reports of unwanted sexual contact in the military, from groping to rape, rose to about 26,000 cases last year from 19,000 in 2011.
Graham's lawyer, Chip Herrington, said Miller had given in to public pressure and rejected recommendations from the Article 32 hearing, which concluded last month after often-conflicting testimony.
"The bottom line is Eric Graham is not guilty, and the allegations of sex abuse against him are completely false," Herrington said.
The female midshipman's attorney, Susan Burke, declined to comment. Reuters does not generally report the names of sexual assault victims.
Commander Robert Monahan, who presided over the Article 32 hearing, recommended in a 174-page report that all three cases be dismissed due to a lack of credible evidence, according to sources close to the case who requested anonymity.
Herrington said defense lawyers had not learned when and where the trials will take place.
Disclosure of the alleged incident came a week after President Barack Obama, in a May 24 speech at the Naval Academy, urged graduates to stamp out sexual assault from their ranks.
Bush's May graduation was put on hold pending the outcome of the case.


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Harrison Tweed Award Overview
The Harrison Tweed Award was created in 1956 to recognize the extraordinary achievements of state and local bar associations that develop or significantly expand projects or programs to increase access to civil legal services for persons living in poverty or criminal defense services for indigents. The award, given annually by the ABA Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants and the National Legal Aid and Defender Association, is presented during the ABA Annual Meeting at a joint meeting of the National Conference of Bar Presidents, National Association of Bar Executives and National Conference of Bar Foundations.
Award Criteria
Any local or state bar association in the United States that has 1) developed or significantly expanded a project or program for providing access to legal services for the poor or 2) demonstated long term excellence in maintaining projects or programs providing such access may apply or be nominated, provided that such bar association has not been a recipient of the award for the same or a substantially similar program within the past 10 years. Nominations are particularly encouraged with respect to associations that have developed programs for joint involvement of the private bar with organized legal services or public defender programs.
Award Year
This Award is presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association in recognition of work done during the year beginning April 1 of the previous year. Projects which began prior to that date will be considered if substantial services have been provided during the April 1 through March 31 period.


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As I mentioned at the beginning of Monday's podcast, over the next two weeks, and on both Mondays and Wednesdays, I will be featuring two absolutely amazing women in my podcasts. Both of these very talented women are taking a lead role in helping change our society's perception of female sexuality and the gift of physical beauty. And each is doing it from what might, at first glance, appear to be the polar opposite of the other. But I believe appearances can be deceiving.
On Monday I introduced you to the ultimate photographer of the female nude, Leanne Bell, as part of The Erotic Mind series. Today, as part of my Sex EDGE-U-cation series, I have the pleasure of welcoming the internationally renowned teacher, BDSM advocate and on camera performer, Pro-Dom, pro-sub, bondage master, and video director, Claire Adams. She's here to share something of her amazing life with us.
Both of my guests are extraordinarily passionate women who are completely immersed in their work. And their fervor is infused by a philosophy of empowerment and the beauty of women as full-fledged sexual beings. These podcasts are not to be missed!
Claire and I discuss:
- Her real life as a rope bottom, submissive and slave.
- ClaireBondage.com — a unique mix of porn and BDSM.
- Bondage games and predicament bondage.
- Being a collared sub,
- RACK — Risk Aware Consensual Kink.
- Claire the contortionist.
- How se began her life in kink.
- Damon & Claire, purveyors of high quality rope kits.
- Her life as a Pro-Dom and her ability to switch between Dom and sub roles.
For more of Claire visit her on one of her professional sites: clairebondage.com, petitekink.com Or her rope site vintagerope.com and her Master, Damon Pierce's site: slavetobondage.com.
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letters How to Draw
Step 1: 1 As you can see, the form of the subject is a little distorted. This is necessary in order to give it depth. In order to draw a nice 3D drawing you must try very hard to reproduce the distorted outline of the drawing exactly. In this particular case, the simplest way is to use a coordinate grid. Both the object and your paper must be divided into an identical amount of squares. Number the squares. Don't forget that the size of your drawing will depend on the size of the squares on your paper. After this, in each square you will reproduce a part of the picture.
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2 The end result will be the whole picture. If a line of the drawing continues from one square into another, be sure that you draw it from one to the other smoothly, without breaking it off.
Step 3: 3 Don't forget that your drawing is one whole, the squares are just there to help you.
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Step 7: 7 In the end we will erase the grid, and then the drawing is ready to be painted or colored.
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Step 11: 11 Shading gives a 3D drawing depth. Determine which side of the drawing the shadow falls on. We will approximately sketch in the form of the shadow, keeping in mind the projecting parts of the silhouette.
Step 12: 12 The closer it is to the source of light, the more saturated the shadow. It's best to draw the shadows with a soft pencil. First lightly sketch the shadows and then darken them to suit you.
Step 13: 13 Remember that the shadow is darker in the places where it touches the surface of the object.
Step 14: 14 That's it, your drawing is ready! In order to increase the 3D effect you can cut out your drawing according to the example.
Step 15: 15 Now grab your camera and find the correct perspective, and you will see that your drawing comes to life!


text: NEWPORT CITY – In the wake of the Newtown, CT, school shooting last month, lawmakers across the country are considering stricter gun regulations. However, Vermont legislators, at least the local ones, say such regulations need to come from the federal government. "That's a federal domain, I believe," said Sen. Robert Starr from North Troy. "They dictate what happens and when it happens."Starr said that, with the exception of the AK-47 and automatic weapons, he supports the NRA and the weapons "we" have. He said the NRA has given him a 90 to 95 percent approval rating. Starr said he can't figure out why anyone would need an AK-47. "I would support banning automatic weapons," said Starr.The issue is a federal one and a touchy one, Sen. John Rodgers of Glover said. He explained that the Second Amendment gives Americans the right to possess guns to defend themselves and their country. For more on what your legislators are thinking about possible gun legislation, read the Newport Daily Express for Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013.


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The Lincoln Lodge is the nation's longest running independent stand up showcase. Each week, the show features the best stand up comedy in Chicago, a hilarious variety act, and a Man on the Street segment. Favorites such as TJ Miller, Kumail Nanjiani, Cameron Esposito and Hannibal Burress all cut their teeth at this Chicago institution!
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Earlier Event: November 9Power Up Teams
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MONTREAL (AP) -- Quebec's soccer federation is ending its much-criticized turban ban.
The organization made the announcement Saturday, one day after soccer's world body said wearing turbans on the field was acceptable.
The ban prompted the Canadian Soccer Association to suspend the Quebec Soccer Federation earlier this week.
The Quebec organization had cited safety issues for its controversial move along with the fact the garments were not endorsed by FIFA.
The ban had become political. The Parti Quebecois government supported the federation's position, while many federal politicians slammed it as exclusionary.
The ban particularly affected Sikh men and boys who wear turbans, patkas and keskis for religious reasons.
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Museum Information Professionals as Providers and Users of Online Resources
Anne Gilliland-Swetland is director, Center for Information as Evidence, and associate professor, Department of Information Studies, UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. She can be reached at email@example.com.
Layna White is head, Collections Information and Access, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Museum information professionals are among the most intensive and yet least studied users of descriptions of their own collections. There is a common assumption that museum professionals, as the creators as well as the users of these descriptions, find them to be effective and intuitive to use. However, little is known about how museum professionals actually use these descriptions or whether the descriptions are addressing their information needs. As museums adopt descriptive standards such as the Encoded Archival Description, it is important to assess the extent to which these approaches meet the needs of museum professionals as well as their user constituencies.
Museum curators, collection managers and educators must address many issues prior to disseminating descriptions and digitized materials beyond the museum. These issues include identifying relevant content, tracking ownership of that content, preparing content descriptions and considering how that content should best be presented. Museums and other cultural institutions such as libraries and archives are interested in how audiences (staff and public) use digitized museum materials in their work, education or other activities in order to make sound decisions about online content and design and to justify allocation of resources for such projects. A group of California museums and a library are engaged with researchers in a study of one public access project distributing digitized cultural materials on the Web the Museums and the Online Archive of California (MOAC). One important component of this evaluation relates to museum information professionals as users of the online content disseminated through MOAC.
MOAC is the museum component of a larger entity the Online Archive of California (OAC). The OAC is a collaborative cultural information resource managed by the California Digital Library (CDL), making available on the Web several thousand digital contributions from over 90 variously sized and specialized libraries, archives and museums. Contributions include descriptions and, in some cases, digital images of materials such as letters, diaries, photographs, maps, sound recordings, moving images, oral histories, paintings, drawings, sculpture, masks and textiles.
MOAC is a partnership first conceived at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1997 and led by the Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA). The partners received an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) National LeadershipLibrary and Museum Collaboration grant (1999-2002) to build a testbed of digital content in the form of finding aids, ostensibly for contribution to the OAC. Finding aids are highly structured documentation of the context and contents of collections. Finding aids generally have a hierarchical design, beginning with an overall collection level description, followed by descriptions of series or subsets within the collection, and finally, item level descriptions within each series as appropriate. Examples of finding aids include collection indexes, inventories, registers and guides. Museum partners in MOAC typically contribute collection guides to the OAC. It is important to note, however, especially for the purposes of this evaluation, that archival and museum concepts and practices are not co-extensive. For example, the concepts of collection and context, while they are both integral to archival and museum practice, mean different things to different professions, and the closest approximation of the concept of the finding aid as understood by archivists is, in museums, the collection guide.
Museum Professionals as Producers
The Online Archive of California provides one way for its contributing partners to distribute select digitized materials in a centralized manner that is, partner materials are aggregated with contributions from other cultural institutions in the OAC. Aggregation is attractive to partners in that users of the OAC might find such access efficient or useful. Aggregation of materials described by museums, archives and libraries is possible, at a general level, because the OAC utilizes Encoded Archival Description (EAD) as a common data structure standard for all contributions. EAD is an Extensible Markup Language/Standard Generalized Markup Language Document Type Definition (XML/SGML DTD) developed by and for the American archival community principally as a means of developing finding aids in a standardized way for distribution and integration over the Web. MOAC is experimental in that its contributing partners are testing the effectiveness of EAD as a standard for museum materials.
The Society of American Archivists and the Library of Congress's Network Development/MARC Standards Office are chiefly responsible for developing and maintaining EAD, including an EAD Tag Library. At this point, some metadata elements in the Tag Library are not highly defined in order to accommodate a range of professional and institutional practices. Given this flexibility, MOAC partners devised specific instructions for implementing EAD in ways that represent more adequately the descriptive practices and anticipated use of museum objects. (MOAC specifications and reports can be accessed at www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/moac.) While EAD has much to recommend it as an XML/SGML DTD used by many archives and as a means of aggregating materials in the OAC museum implementation of EAD requires careful testing by museum professionals and their user constituencies.
What makes museum materials so different that EAD may not be appropriate? While some information about museum objects may be known and not likely to change, other information is conditional. The description workflow in many museums results in multiple staff from different departments contributing to how objects are catalogued, documented and interpreted over time. Moreover, museum collections often lack the specific prescribed or inherited context that is so prominent in archival description. Museum professionals frequently recontextualise objects by moving them in and out of arrangements, collections or exhibitions based on curatorial or educational interests or scholarly reinterpretation.
MOAC partners, needing a companion metadata standard for individual digitized objects, also explored using the Digital Library Federation's Making of America 2 (MOA2) standard and, like the OAC, have since adopted the Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS) the logical sequel to MOA2 also a Digital Library Federation initiative and maintained by the Library of Congress. MOAC partners use METS to represent simple digital objects, such as a single image of a painting, or to present structured records of complex digital objects, such as many images of a single album or artists' book. In early 2003, the OAC launched a content management system (CMS) for searching and displaying METS digital objects independent of finding aids. Prior to this time images of museum objects were accessible in the OAC solely through browsing or searching finding aids (or collection guides). Now, users can search within a single finding aid, across the entire collection of finding aids or within the CDL's repository of METS digital objects. Museums might find the latter mode of presentation most familiar that is, presentation of individual digitized objects for mixing and matching by users.
MOAC partners export metadata specified for the project from their local information systems. Several museum partners use a digital asset management tool developed by BAM/PFA, in part to automate conversion of data to EAD and METS. While there is a shift in museums toward using information systems to capture context, these systems are for the most part object-centric and lack the narratives and contextual information about collections, objects and makers produced in research, exhibition and programming activities. MOAC partners are encouraged, therefore, to repurpose contextual information published in museum exhibition catalogues, brochures, interpretive essays and educational materials. For the MOAC project this contextual information might be expressed using the hierarchical design of EAD collection guides. Examining how different user constituencies analyze and put digitized cultural materials to use might help content producers, like MOAC partners, determine the desired levels of access and the usefulness of content and context.
MOAC II User Evaluation
With support from a second IMLS grant (2002-2004), researchers at the UCLA Department of Information Studies and MOAC partners are studying issues central to use of resources like MOAC for education and research purposes. Collaborators in the MOAC II User Evaluation project include researchers, museum information and multimedia professionals, educators, curators, librarians and archivists. Museum and library partners have provided considerable feedback about the research questions and instruments developed by the researchers and have assisted in identifying potential participants for the study. In the coming months, partners will review the evaluation results and assess the practicality of integrating what users want into routine content production and provision activities.
In MOAC II we are examining and comparing four potential crossover or complementary user contexts: K-12 teachers, university students, academics in the humanities and social sciences and museum professionals, librarians and archivists. These user groups represent key targeted constituencies of the OAC and MOAC. We are gathering and triangulating quantitative and qualitative data from several different sources. Our goal is to obtain a better overall idea of the complexity of issues associated with providing online access to museum materials in general, as well as to tease apart aspects that relate to MOAC in particular.
Moving Target
The multifaceted study occurs over two years on a live, constantly evolving online resource, not an artificial test database. As might be expected, MOAC partners continue to refresh their collection guides, adding new descriptions and/or images. In planning the study in 2002, partners expressed interest in examining how users fared when searching and navigating the aggregated EAD finding aids in a common user interface. During the first MOAC project, partners opened a point of access directly to their content on the MOAC project website hosted by BAM/PFA. The MOAC website presented partner collection guides in the same interface used by the OAC simply isolating the "museum component" from the larger offering of content aggregated in the OAC.
As planning for the study was underway, the OAC changed its user interface after acquiring software with greater functionality for searching, navigation and display. As noted above, the OAC next developed a content management system for searching and displaying METS digital objects independent of finding aids, thereby opening another view into the aggregated content, albeit still displayed in a common interface. In late 2003, MOAC was the testbed for an access integration toolkit developed by the CDL to provide customized access to METS digital objects. Working with CDL staff, MOAC partner BAM/PFA used the toolkit to implement a style sheet for MOAC. The style sheet uses specific query syntax to structure a search of the CDL's repository of METS digital objects. The underlying content contributed by partners to the OAC remains the same and is still delivered via the CDL; however, the MOAC website presents MOAC METS digital objects in a MOAC style sheet removed from respective MOAC EAD collection guides. Users must link to the OAC if they wish to view related EAD collection guides or search across the entire collection of OAC finding aids.
Adding to the complexity, MOAC content was then made accessible in a CDL project testing Luna Imaging's Insight software as a service for research and teaching. This project includes several thousand descriptions and digital images from MOAC. The CDL also made MOAC and OAC digital resources available for harvesting by the OAIster project of University of Michigan Digital Library Production Services. MOAC is accessible from multiple points of access on the Web and each point of access has a distinct style or look.
While the OAC and CDL provide an appropriate hub around which to contribute content, partner institutions in MOAC also move the same digitized content into and sometimes out of still other online public access systems. Each partner institution is engaged in non-MOAC projects and programs related to providing access to permanent collections whether on institutional websites or in other collaborative projects. Since MOAC is a moving target in terms of this evaluation, the study is focusing more on conceptual issues about content and presentation that arise within each user group, than on the usability of one specific version of MOAC.
MOAC II partners expect the different data sources used in the study transaction logs, pre-existing use data, feedback forms, high-level questionnaires and in-depth interviews will cull broad issues of concern associated with providing online access to cultural materials as well as detailed information about the relevance of MOAC content, how people want to use descriptions and images in their work and the effectiveness of presentation, namely as EAD collection guides and METS digital objects.
Museum Professionals as Providers and Users
Of the constituencies selected for this study, the fourth group information professionals working in museums, libraries and archives have been the least studied to date. Professionals are heavy users of online resources like MOAC in their own work and provide front line mediation between patrons and online systems or resources in activities such as reference and educational programming. In dialogues with museum visitors, for example, museum professionals might suggest to visitors connections between museum objects and other objects, persons and events, using online public access systems as tools.
In addition to using and promoting online systems, information professionals are producers and providers of digitized cultural materials, as evidenced by MOAC partners and their contributions to the OAC. Each activity may inform or influence the other. For instance, information professionals are expected to understand and respond to the needs of audiences (staff and public) when producing online resources. Museum information professionals might be expected to develop and manage resources that help curators, directors, educators and registrars do their jobs and meet the expectations of other audiences, such as the user groups selected for MOAC II. Museums may be challenged to serve the complex administrative/management needs of staff and the public's expectations for access and increased relevance.
The museum information professional as provider and user might have interesting/conflicting opinions about the type and extent of information about objects and collections as well as other concepts, people and events that cultural institutions should or could provide access to by means of an online system. In MOAC II, we are examining how users would like or expect to integrate MOAC into their work, learning or other activities. Do museum professionals' expectations of what an online system or resource should be or do differ from those of archivists and librarians?
As information professionals providing digital content, MOAC partners expect their materials and means of packaging and presentation should serve different and changing contexts of use. Partners, for instance, might expect users most familiar with objects and subjects such as staff and scholars to want well-structured, authoritative information. For MOAC, partners deliver basic data about objects through item level descriptions in EAD collection guides. Descriptions of museum objects, however, may be written for curators and scholars, and the words preferred by experts might not jibe with words used and understood by others seeking information and images. There may be a disconnect between what information professionals do as content providers and what many other people know or are familiar with.
In addition, museum, library and archive professionals may use different terminology to describe objects and these differences become apparent when content is aggregated such as in the OAC. These differences exist even though MOAC partners first found common ground for exchange by identifying core data elements in the EAD Tag Library, that is, data elements likely to recur across simple descriptions of paintings, photographs, masks, diaries and other object types in partner collections. It is not the data elements per se, rather, differences in how data values and content are expressed in the data elements.
As information professionals providing digital content, MOAC partners might expect an audience less familiar with objects and subjects to prefer richly illustrated explanations of objects and their relationships to other objects, or people and events, and styles and periods. As noted, museum partners are encouraged to repurpose contextual information published in exhibition catalogues and educational materials when contributing content to the OAC. Partners have an opportunity to present contextual information with item level descriptions using the hierarchical design supported by EAD. Collection guides and finding aids, however, are typically written for information professionals and scholars, not for a K-12 or general audience. In MOAC II, we are investigating if and how the existing design, representation and presentation of MOAC privileges certain users, needs and search strategies over others.
We are interested in learning from information professionals what about MOAC works and what does not for their own work and that of their audiences (staff and public). To that end, we are asking selected professionals about their practices and opinions with regard to MOAC, as well as the level and nature of its use by others. As intermediaries, though, museum information professionals may be less accustomed than colleagues in libraries and archives to assessing and documenting the usefulness of online public access systems for audiences. For example, MOAC II museum partners did not have ready statistical and qualitative data about the use of their online systems or resources. Such data might help museums learn what, if any, impact the availability of the online resources in which they are investing (like MOAC) is having upon physical collections and services. One expectation is that the MOAC II study will make recommendations for best practices regarding how museum information professionals might evaluate the use, usage and usability of digitized cultural materials and public access systems over time.
Museum professionals have been studied the least, not only as users (which is a concern of MOAC II) but also as producers and providers of digitized cultural materials in their own right, often for other users. Why have museum professionals been studied the least? Professionals are expected to understand the needs of staff and the public when producing online resources, and museum professionals certainly are producing, editing and otherwise changing digitized materials. Do they understand how to meet user needs, including the needs of their colleagues? Or, is access to and use of museum content and context familiar territory for museum professionals? From studies like MOAC II, they and we might make interesting discoveries about what needs to happen before digitized content and its presentation is useful, usable and used by a wide audience, including museum professionals.
The authors gratefully acknowledge funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services that has supported work discussed in this article. The authors would also like to thank the MOAC II partners and graduate research assistants, Carina MacLeod and Kathleen Svetlik, for their input and assistance.
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Spoke Talk: Cyclists, motorists sharing the road well
June 29, 2013
Call me crazy, but I'm impressed. Based on my observations (I ride my bikes almost every day), cyclists and motorist are doing a noticeably better job sharing the roads so far this season.
Since I have written a few articles about road and mountain bike etiquette, I can't help but critique all the drivers that pass me when on my road bike and all the riders I see whether I'm riding or driving.
The great majority of drivers are being very considerate about staying 3 feet away when they pass cyclists, and they also are being patient and waiting for a safe opportunity to pass on our narrow two-lane roads.
The bike riders generally are riding so that they don't impede traffic when there are vehicles overtaking them as well as signaling their upcoming turns and moving off the road surface when they stop for a break. Those are great, self-preservation techniques in addition to being good cycling manners.
When I see a rider or driver practicing these responsible acts, I make a point to wave to let them know I recognize and appreciate their thoughtful behavior.
I've also witnessed mountain bike riders being considerate by yielding to horses and hikers as well as uphill riders on the trail. There seems to be a lot of care being taken to keep the tires on the trail and to keep the singletrack single.
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Downtown, more and more folks are riding with the direction of traffic and then dismounting and walking their bikes on the sidewalks.
It hasn't always been this way, but the increased awareness and consideration by all road users is a noticeable and welcome change. Certainly, there still are examples of less-than-desirable riding and driving, but they are becoming more the exception rather than the rule. By and large, it seems like things are trending in the right direction.
Too often, we only hear about these topics when there is a problem, so I thought a positive word might be in order.
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