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My hair was laced with the scent of wood smoke and puppies, my face was slightly sun-kissed and my muscles were tired. Really tired. And when I finally called it a day, I got the best night's sleep I'd had in weeks. Yes, Thursday was a good day. My favorite kind of day.
The kids have been on spring break from school, so we've enjoyed a lot of down time. We've slept in, baked a little, sewed a little and vegetated a lot. But it's my break, too – from the early-morning, before-school hustle, soccer carpools and from supervising the kids' homework, so I managed, somehow, to corner my children into watching a few re-runs of "The Waltons" with me (which I grew up watching every week). But our best day, by far, was spent outside in the sun.
We spent a couple of hours walking the dogs and cuddling the kitties at the humane society, but first we headed to the farm – Kline Creek farm.
We began visiting the Kline Creek Farm in West Chicago shortly after we moved to Illinois when Noah was 7 and Holly was 4, and our first spring break day trip to the farm happened a few months later.
I recall that Noah's second-grade class had just read "Flat Stanley," a children's book about a boy flattened by a bulletin board when it falls on him while he is asleep.
The book and its sequels depict the myriad ways he makes do in his altered state and detail his various adventures, and Noah and his classmates were charged with the same task over break, that of chronicling their adventures with their very own Flat Stanleys.
We had a ball taking pictures of him – at our table when we went out to eat, on top of the "big rock" during a hike at the Morton Arboretum, and yes, perched on a split rail fence at the Kline Creek Farm as Stanley posed beside a very patient cow. I remember the laughter as we imagined Flat Stanley narrowly avoiding being eaten. I wonder where that picture is, now?
Simpler times – food for the soul – is what I yearn for when we head to the farm, and I'm not the only one, apparently.
"Every time I walk down that road I feel my blood-pressure drop," said Roger Griffith, a volunteer interpreter at the farm.
I get that. I feel it, too.
We've crossed paths with Roger a few times over the years, and always learn something new from our conversations. This time it was the cooing of Sandhill Cranes that stopped him mid-sentence as he scanned the treetops hoping for a glimpse of the elusive creatures.
"They're a sure sign of Spring," he said, as we followed his gaze.
We'd had no idea, before, that this sound meant that cranes were nearby.
All kinds of animals are nearby, including foxes, he said, and proceeded to tell us about a mother fox whose comings and goings he observed for three years.
I can't recall how we got onto the subject of this particular fox, as she wasn't at the farm. She had a den in the woods near Roger's neighborhood, but he related her story, nonetheless.
He recalled her fierce devotion to her young, and how, for three years in a row, she birthed new litters and tirelessly provided for them.
So tirelessly, in fact, that she grew skinnier by the year, so that finally, when she brazenly trotted down the middle of his street during a busy garage sale carrying a bunny for her babes, he and his neighbors commented that they hoped she'd keep this one for herself. Roger wasn't sure what ever became of her, but I could tell he had his hunches.
"She couldn't take care of them if she didn't feed herself first," he said.
Ah, good tip. Thanks, Roger.
• Jennifer DuBose lives in Batavia with her husband, Todd, and their two children, Noah and Holly. Contact her at email@example.com.


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Data Collection for Controlled Vocabulary InteroperabilityDublin Core Audience Element
Joseph Tennis is a doctoral student in the Information School of the University of Washington. He can be reached by e-mail at email@example.com
This paper outlines the assumptions, process and results of a pilot study of issues of interoperability among a set of seven existing controlled vocabulary schemes that make statements about the audience of an educational resource. The notion of audience for the study was defined in terms of the semantics of the Dublin Core metadata element of the same name: "A category of user for whom the resource is intended." The study used a data collection technique, card sorting, to see how non-expert users (1) sorted terms in the seven vocabularies into relationships and (2) what their thought processes were in sorting these terms.
The need for controlled vocabulary interoperability is a pressing concern for the education community as well as many others. In particular, the current study was informed by the need of the Dublin Core Education Working Group (www.dublincore.org/groups/education/) to explore the possibility of a high-level switching language in an application profile for the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) audience element. An abundance of educational resources exists, many of which are available in the networked environment. Yet, there are various conceptualizations of the domain in the form of different controlled vocabularies that limit access. Controlled vocabulary interoperability would allow these different conceptualizations to remain intact, thereby serving local needs while allowing users to navigate across collections and exploiting the intellectual network of resources available.
Assumptions of Controlled Vocabulary Interoperability
Controlled vocabulary interoperability is a problem that is complex and has a long history in information science. From the 1960s onward there are discussions in the literature of attempts to reconcile at least two controlled vocabularies from the same domain. The result of this body of research has been the creation of mapping and switching techniques. Mapping attempts to match one-for-one the terms of each controlled vocabulary. This technique assumes that you can find the same meaning (in its extension and its intension) between two terms in two different controlled vocabularies. The other result, switching, advocates a third intervening language be constructed that can switch between the two controlled vocabularies. This also assumes that the problems of meaning can be reconciled between three terms: two controlled vocabulary terms and one switching term. Examples of these types of interoperability are given in Tennis (in press. See For Further Reading.)
Lancaster presents the classic argument against the perfect actualization of interoperability. Lancaster states that the structure of subject access systems confounds any seamless switching. The problems inherent in switching between two vocabularies are differences in (1) overlap of subject matter, (2) specificity, (3) degree of pre-coordination and (4) hierarchical, synonymous and other relationship structure. For Lancaster each term is defined in relationship to other terms in the controlled vocabulary. As a consequence the meaning of the term may be more broadly or narrowly defined (1 and 2 above) or the placement of that term below another term may shape its meaning implicitly (3 and 4 above).
Therefore the system that allows interoperability between two (or more) controlled vocabularies must reduce or eliminate structure while maintaining meaning. By reducing or eliminating the structure of terms from controlled vocabularies, it may be possible to shift interoperability toward a pragmatic management of these terms as they exist for the user and the user's needs.
The questions and assumptions in interoperability are philosophical. What is the best approach? What is the best-reasoned design of an interoperable space? Interoperability can become solely an object of investigation and not necessarily an area of development of best practices and principles. Since the end goal of this study is to develop a technique or, perhaps, a set of techniques to support interoperability among existing controlled vocabularies used with education materials, the issues in the study were cast as a problem of information management that had to be informed through empirical analysis. Given this problem, what techniques can be employed to inform a decision about how to manage the interoperability between these education-focused controlled vocabularies? Specifically, what kind of data do we need to begin the iterative design of a term management space that will allow for interoperability? One data collection technique available is card sorting.
Assumptions of Card Sorting
Card sorting, or just sorting, is used by various disciplines to examine how individuals organize a given set of cards. Often the cards have terms on them. Sometimes other materials are sorted. For example, Carlyle (2001) sorted different instances of one work. The results of the sort are interpreted as a user's (sorter's) conceptual arrangement of the given universe of objects. In information science and in usability work, sorting is a tool that can be used to help inform the design of online displays. Carlyle reviews various aspects of sorting. She also points to Fidel's suggestion that data derived from users should be used to inform systems design. Carlyle also suggests that various user groups, not just specialists in a field, should be part of the card sort.
It is with these assumptions that this pilot study began. We wanted to investigate the viability of a card sort technique to inform an aspect of systems design specifically the design of an interoperability space between various controlled vocabularies used in education. The results would allow me to evaluate the method as a data collection technique for interoperability and to modify the card sort technique if necessary.
The Card Sort
The card-sort pilot study was a first attempt at reconciling seven different controlled vocabularies in the field of education. The terms sorted were audience types. Audience types are those people or groups that might use the resources in an education information store. For example, these people may use lesson plans, simulation tools or instructional texts. Audiences include parents, teachers, vocational educators, counselors, doctors, etc. Many are very general terms in themselves. Yet their meanings are restricted because they are deployed in the context of the education domain. Thus counselors are specific types of counselors those whose work focuses on student activities and problems.
A purposive sample of terms was chosen from controlled vocabularies developed by Education Network Australia, European Treasury Browser, Gateway to Educational Materials, Instructional Management Systems, Australian Government Locator Service, UK National Curriculum and U.S. Department of Education.
The terms in the purposive sample were considered unique and more general than those left out of the sample. Due to the experimental nature of the card sort a limited set of 37 terms was selected (see box). The participants were asked to sort these cards into relationships that made sense to them. They were told that the terms were from the domain of education and represented kinds of users (audiences) of educational materials. The participants were also asked to label any groups or subgroups that resulted from their sorting. The purpose of this labeling was to explore potential high-level vocabulary terms that might be used to represent the groups or subgroups. While the participants were sorting, they were asked to talk aloud so that their thought processes could be better understood. For this pilot nine participants volunteered their time.
Results of the Card Sort
This pilot card sort generated three types of data: (1) the piles of cards (with high-level vocabulary labels supplied by the participants); (2) a transcript of the talk-aloud; and (3) observations of the act of sorting that may prove quite instructive.
Sort Results: The piles of cards with their labels were entered into Microsoft Excel as occurrence matrices where the occurrence of a term with another term (to form a group) was indicated in the matrix with a "1." A term that did not appear with another term was marked with a "0." The matrices were totaled. A number of cluster analyses were conducted on the total. The cluster analysis describes the aggregate result of the sorting task by all nine participants. However, individually each pile informs us of details that are lost in the aggregate.
The labels provided by the participants should be examined conceptually rather than literally. The participants were encouraged to be casual through the talk-aloud protocol. This resulted in some labels for groups that reflected participant moods or humor. However, these labels still carry weight as grouping terms on the conceptual level. Two participant labels appear below. Keep in mind that the participants sorted all 37 cards into these groups and labeled them.
Participant "A" Card Group Labels: Education Consumers; Teachers; Administrators; Outside
Participant "B" Card Group Labels: School Administration; School Publishing; Teaching Staff; Students, Alumni and Families; Non-Teaching Staff
As can be seen in this data the two participants do not agree on the number of groups or the names of those groups. That is why it is helpful to see the results in the aggregate.
The aggregate picture of the card sort, when examined using a cluster analysis (Ward's Method in the SPSS program) looks like this:
Cluster A: Animateur; Media Specialists; School Aides; Librarians
Cluster B: Educational Administration; Political Decision Makers; School Publisher; Author
Cluster C: Inspector; School Leadership; Managerial Staff; Manager; School Personnel Worker; Curriculum Supervisor; Non-teaching Staff; Technology Coordinator
Cluster D: Guidance Officer; Speech Therapist; School Nurses; Counselors; School Psychologists; School Doctor
Cluster E: Graduates; Learner; Alumni; Stopouts; Dropouts; Students; Families
Cluster F: Teachers; Trainer; College/University Instructors; Educationalists; Tutors; Teacher Interns; Vocational Educators; Adult Educators
This aggregate fits much of the criteria for a good clustering of the terms. These terms fit first and foremost with a common-sense analysis. These terms do go together and they are similar to the individual participant sorts. However, the agglomeration schedule generated by the Wards Linkage process of SPSS shows that the optimum number of clusters is four. There are six clusters in this data. The problem lies with groups A through C. The participants were very creative when sorting these terms distributing them across many groups. They were not as creative when sorting D, E and F. As a consequence these terms appear most often together and, therefore, fall naturally together in the cluster analysis.
There is additional work that can be done with this data. Cluster analysis is full of variations on method and of controversy over applicability. In this study, cluster analysis was used as a descriptive technique to find structure in the data gathered. It was not in any way intended as a predictive analysis. Because of wide ranges of interpretations of cluster analyses, it is encouraging to see such strong evidence in the common-sense analysis (the coherence of the six groupings given above). It seems that this data could inform the design of an interoperability space.
Results of the Talk-Aloud
The transcript of the talk-aloud is still being analyzed. However, from preliminary examinations of the data, it seems clear that the participants wanted to construct a meaning for a term in relationship to the other terms available. Often the participant was confused, expressed this confusion and made decisions without certainty.
Results of the Observation
Across all participants common phenomena were observed. First, each of the participants laid the entire set of cards out before him or her. From this undivided universe of 37 cards, they began the process of sorting. A second common process in this sorting task was a vacillation between sorting from the bottom up and sorting from the top down. Some categories grew from lumping like things. Others were made from dividing the unlike groups of terms, then further dividing. However, neither approach (top-down nor bottom-up) was used exclusively by any of the participants.
Conclusion Data collection and Interoperability
As a data collection technique, card sorting provides the researcher with various types of data some of it very rich. As part of the decision making process for systems design, a card sort should be only one of many sources of information. Collecting data from card-sort techniques will not solve the philosophical problems of controlled vocabulary interoperability. As Miller notes (2000) much work needs to be done to understand what is wanted from interoperability in general. From a menu design perspective, the pragmatic management perspective, card sort techniques allow those in need of solutions a way to inform their decisions, as McDonald and Schaneveldt show (1988).
More research is needed into the particularities of card sort data collection in this venue. What role does the expertise of the sorter play in the resulting piles? Hayhoe (1990) suggests that it is beneficial to have both novices and experts shape the resulting aggregate for cluster analysis. How do terms within the domain of education like Animateur, unfamiliar to some, influence the analysis? In this particular case, the talk-aloud and observation data helped to identify the problems the participants had with Animateur, whereas the aggregate analysis of all of the piles hid this problem.
From a pragmatic point of view, it is necessary to test this data collection technique a number of times and in different contexts. If card sorting is to become a viable method for aiding controlled vocabulary interoperability it should be rigorous yet easy to perform. It should generate enough data to give a coherent picture, but not create paralysis from data overload.
Following a close analysis of this pilot study, we hope to design and carry out a more robust research project. There is much work to be done in controlled vocabulary interoperability if metadata initiatives are to take advantage of the networked environment. Linking intellectually as well as hypertextually to stores of information will require interoperability. In order to ensure interoperability those who work with metadata will want best practices information about how to construct an interoperability space from different controlled vocabularies.
Miller, P. (June 2000). Interoperability. What is it and why should I want it?" Ariadne, 24. Available: www.ariadne.ac.uk /issue24/interoperability/intro.html.
Vocabulary Mapping and Switching Languages
Dahlberg, I. (1996). Compatibility and integration of order systems 1960-1995: An annotated bibliography. In Compatibility and Integration of Order Systems: Research Seminar Proceedings of the TIP/ISKO Meeting, Warsaw, 13-15 September, 1995. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo.
Lancaster, F. W. (1986). Vocabulary control for information retrieval. (2nd ed.) Arlington, VA: Information Resources Press.
Tennis, J. T. (in press). Layers of meaning: Disentangling subject access interoperability. In Efthimiadis, E. (Ed.) Advances in Classification Research, 12.
Sorting and User-Centered Design
Carlyle, A. (2001). Developing organized information displays for voluminous works: a study of user clustering behavior. Information Processing and Management, 37, 677-699.
Fidel, R. (1994). User-centered indexing. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 45, 572-576.
Hayhoe, D. (1990). Sorting-based menu categories. International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, 33, 677-705.
McDonald, J. E. & Schaneveldt, R. W. (1988). The application of user knowledge to interface design. In Guindon, R. (Ed) Cognitive science and its application to human-computer interaction (pp. 89-338). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, pp. 89-338.
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Jordan: Women activists prepare CEDAW shadow report
Our delegation also represented Jordanian civil society organizations in the NGO Caucus Meetings of groups attending the CEDAW sessions. The delegation included: Leila Naffa of Arab Women Organization of Jordan, Fatima Dabas of the Arab Human Rights Organization, Nour Al Emam of the Arab Women Media Centre, and Afaf Al Jabiri, the Regional Coordinator of Karama. In preparation for their role, the delegates attended a Global to Local training program offered by the International Women's Rights Action Watch (IWRAW) - Asia Pacific.
"This is what I wanted to do all my life, I was so thrilled to be able to do this," remarked Leila Naffa.
In the oral statement to the UN CEDAW Committee, with the support of the NGO Caucus, our group put forward the following issues about Jordan and CEDAW:
We noted with gratification that on July 25, Jordan's government published CEDAW in the National Gazette, more than 15 years since the ratification. Publishing a law in the National Gazette makes it legally binding on national legislation. Next, to bring national law in line with CEDAW in practice, the government must do the following:
First, lift all remaining reservations to the CEDAW articles, and ensure women's equality under the law to be able to pass her nationality to her spouse and children, as men are currently entitled to do.
Second, adopt a National Strategy to end violence against women, enacting new laws in the Penal Code that criminalize VAW and punish perpetrators not women. Specifically, stop the jailing of women for their "protection" when their lives have been threatened by family members, and secure these women a place at the national shelter-which should expand to multiple shelters.
Third, enact and develop enforcement of legislation to prohibit sexual assault in the workplace and gender-based discrimination at all levels of employment and benefits. Extend the labour law's protection and benefits to include informal sectors where women are vulnerable to exploitation and abuse: as domestic workers; gardeners; cooks; or as family members in a family business who work without receiving pay.
Fourth, amend Article 6 Paragraph 1 of the Constitution, which indicates that all Jordanians are equal before the law and there is no discrimination between them, to specify equality according to "sex" alongside "language," "religion," and "race."
Fifth, Government should amend the Jordanian Personal Status Law to remove articles that do not ensure women's equal rights with men within marriage.
For example, the legal minimum age for marriage was amended from 15 to 18 for both boys and girls; however, a judge can conduct a marriage for a girl under 18 if it is in "her interest." This exception should be eliminated.
Sixth, the Government has yet to ensure equality in political participation. A quota of just six women out of 110 was filled in the previous election of the parliament. The government needs to undertake new policies and measures to ensure better participation of women in political and public life. A quota of at least 30% should be adopted at all decision making levels.
The Government's response to the NGOs demands, which came through the hearing session where CEDAW committee raised all of these issues, was very positive as the head of the delegation minister Muhi Elddin Touq assured to the CEDAW committee that the government in the process of issuing new laws including a law that criminalize domestic violence and a law that ensure non-discrimination against women at all levels. He stated that the time predicted to finalize such laws will be within two years.
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Paper Globe Ornament or Centerpiece (Great way to recycle old Calendars, Cards, or Photos)
|Paper Globe Ornament using old calendars. (Artwork (c) Kristen Stein, StudioArtworks.com)
Wondering what to do with your old calendar, christmas cards, or extra photos? Here's a great, and EASY, craft that you and the kids can do this holiday season. In this example, I used images cut from my old 2010 and 2011 calendars. But you can use any type of paper. For holiday ornaments, I think the old calendars and old Christmas cards make a great paper source as it provides dated papers that add a nostalgic feel when trimming the tree each year! Try mixing family photos with family Christmas cards, to make a great family-themed Holiday ornament. They all look great when finished!!
What you'll need:
20 circles from your paper source (I used a 2" paper punch to make perfect circles, but you can cut them free hand as well.)
(*Note - Smaller globes can be made by using just 8 of the circles.)
Glue (I used modpodge with a brush, but my 7yo used Glue Dots and they worked perfectly.)
Thin Ribbon (for hanging the globe as an ornament)
Paper Clips (If you use regular glue, modpodge, or a glue stick, I'd suggest having paper clips on hand to hold the paper together. This is especially useful on glossy paper such as shiny calendar sheets, cards and photos.)
That's all! So, let's get started.
|First cut your 20 circles.
First, cut your 20 circles from your paper source. I used my old 2010 and 2011 calendars. (Here's a link to this year's calendar if you are interested.) Any size circle will work and larger circles will make larger globes or centerpieces. For the globe ornaments that I made, I used about a 2 inch circle.
|Fold each of the 20 circles to form equally-sized triangles.
|Stack of 20 'triangles" created by folding the circles.
Once you have all 20 "triangles" formed from the circles, we're ready to start gluing. If you use a liquid glue, glue stick, or mod podge, have paper clips ready to hold your work in place. My daughter used glue dots and they worked great to hold the paper together. Glue dots are a convenient, easy-to-use, no-mess adhesive. We love it!
|Create the top by choosing 5 folded circles.
To start making your globe, choose a selection from 5 of your folded circles. Place them next to each other with all 5 pointing toward the center.Now start gluing each one side to side, being sure to keep the points in the center.
|Start gluing them together
When you get to the 5th section, add glue to both sides and glue to each of the other folded circles by creating a slightly domed "top".
|Make two 5-piece for the top and bottom of the globe ornament.
|Remaining 10 alternate to make the center section of the globe.
|Glue the remaining 10 together to form a line.
|The center section.
|Center section and top attached.
|Globe viewed from the inside. Top and center glued together.
But, we're going to keep working on it to make a globe ornament. So, let's move ahead.
|Add a ribbon if you'd like to create a globe ornament.
|All 20 pieces glued together.
|The finished paper globe ornament.
*NOTE: Smaller globes can be made with as few as 8 circles. Just fold them as triangles and glue 4 together for the top, and 4 together for the bottom. Add a ribbon and glue the top to the bottom. Having a variety of different size globes makes for a fun, eye-catching assortment!
If you decide to make one of these globe ornaments or centerpieces, please post a picture here in my blog, send it to me on twitter, or post it on my facebook page. . I'd love to see it.
HAVE FUN! Hope you find this tutorial useful! -kristen (StudioArtworks.com)


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A tablet in the hands of every student.
A tablet in the hands of every student.
That's the end goal for Spartanburg District 3's latest technology upgrade, which, once fully implemented, will assign nearly every student in the district their own Dell Latitude 10 tablet.
The initiative will roll out to several classrooms at Broome High School next month during a pilot phase, while all seventh- through 12th-grade students will receive their devices when the new school year begins in the fall. District leaders plan to allow middle and high school students the opportunity to take the devices home.
Also, about 200 Dell XPS 12 Ultrabooks — a convertible laptop and tablet — will be distributed to teachers and administrators.
District 3, along with three other school systems from across the nation, was highlighted in a national release from Dell on Thursday.
"A growing number of students have personal cellphones and tablets that provide quicker accessibility to learning opportunities than standard desktop computers," District 3 Superintendent Jim Ray said in a news release. "Unless schools keep pace with this technology revolution, we risk becoming obsolete learning institutions. We are proud that our board supports our district continuing to be a frontrunner in instructional technology."
District leaders said they hope to purchase tablets for younger students during a second phase-in, which will be presented to the school board during the budget planning process this spring. Eric Levitt, assistant superintendent for instruction, said the second phase of implementation is still in its planning stage, but administrators likely will suggest that students in second through sixth grade be included in the 1:1 mobile learning initiative, while students in first grade and kindergarten share the devices.
Levitt explained that the 1:1 initiative will be primarily funded with technology allocations previously designated for classroom desktop computers, which are being phased out. Levitt said the district will maintain hard-wired desktop computers in labs and office areas for the time being.
Most of the money earmarked for the next three years of planned technology refresh projects will go toward the new initiative. Levitt said the life-cycle of the new devices is expected to be about four years, allowing the district an additional year between refreshes moving forward.
The first phase of implementation will cost the district roughly $1 million for 1,300 student tablets, and the hybrid laptop/tablet devices for teachers and administrators. Another $250,000 was spent on upgrades to the schools' wireless infrastructures.
"We feel confident we will have a plan not only to finish the initiative, but also to maintain and replace devices in the future," Levitt said.
The 10-inch tablets for students run Windows 8, and fit neatly into the district's existing network and security configuration. Even if the devices are taken off school grounds, the tablets will access the Internet through the district's Web filter, blocking any inappropriate content.
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From the October 24, 2013 CTV article, Amazon called on to pull books denying holocaust, glorifying rape and incest:
"A number of groups, including the World Jewish Congress, are calling on Amazon to stop selling books that deny the Holocaust, as well as Nazi paraphernalia from its website. They say if the retailer refuses, the next step will be a boycott."
"The online retailer made headlines earlier in October when a media report revealed that Amazon carries a number of books with the titles like "Did six million really die? The truth at last," "The Synagogue of Satan" and "The myth of extermination of the Jews.""
My response to this threat of a boycott by some Jewish extremists is to purchase the very books in question from Amazon, to show my support for freedom of speech and inquiry of all historical matters, despite how uncomfortable the findings may prove to be for some.
Here are my receipts:
Fortunately, there is also the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, among others, standing up for freedom of speech in Canada:
"Cara Zwibel from the Canadian Civil Liberties Association said the group strongly believes in freedom of expression.
"We believe in very broad and robust protections for freedom of expression, even for expression that we and most Canadians would consider extremely offensive," she said."
For more on how I handled another threat by extremists employing ADL-inspired tactics, see my article, Oracle Broadcasting being threatened by a dirty, covert campaign to target its sponsors., where I ultimately donated $800 of my own money to keep the network from being taken down by cowards opposed to free speech.


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Model Driven Engineering (MDE) seems to be regaining some interest lately with concepts such as textual-DSLs and internal-DSLs.
In this article I argue that this taxonomy is arbitrary and does not necessarily reflect the nature of DSLs. I suggest that DSLs be classified from anemic DSLs to cogent DSLs and from monadic to polyadic.
Anemic DSLs are DSLs that do not have any "execution elements". An example of an execution element is the method of a class. In other words, a method is a DSL element with an execution attribute that contains the implementation of the method. I propose to call a DSL that has one or more execution elements, a cogent-DSL.
DSLs need also to be classified based on their number of elements. This is important because as solution models are built from a DSL, the degree of reification of the solution's building blocks will strongly depend on this number. I argue that General Purpose Languages such as Java and C# are in effect cogent-DSLs, but these cogent-DSLs yield a "monadic" programming model that requires a high degree of reification, while the cogent-DSLs that truly reflect the building blocks of a solution yield a polyadic programming model that can drastically improve the productivity of the construction process.
Execution elements in DSLs are not new, they are actually one of the reason for the increase popularity of textual and internal DSLs. However textual DSLs treat execution elements as just another set of metadata that ends up in the Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) and internal DSLs are constrained to the semantics of the host language. In the article, I propose a relatively simple modification to traditional MDA approaches that provides a formalism that defines the structure of these execution elements. Without such formalism, it is likely that textual DSL designers will be defining proprietary, inconsistent and often incomplete execution semantics while internal DSL designers will always remain constrained by the semantics of the host language.
The proposed approach automates the production of architecture independent context-free languages while focusing the elaboration of models on the building blocks that are the most relevant to the solution model.
In the last section of the article I show how cogent DSLs and polyadic programming models can lead to architecture refactoring and possibly to architecture defactoring. This paper is somewhat an answer to Alan Kay's keynote presentation at OOPSLA in 1997 that saw the potential for architecture to influence programming models. I argue that up until today programming models and software architectures have evolved orthogonally. Metamodel Oriented Programming is opening the door to architecture friendly programming models while building on the existing Model Driven Engineering legacy.
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apologies, I forgot to put a link to the article in the news. We usually publish a news item for each article. So the "short" version is just the news item.
Operational semantics; Article comments
Justin Bailey
I think you'll find specifications for execution if you look in functional programming literature. It may not be in the context of a DSL, but you'll see specifications for various "machines" and how they compute. For example, Simon Peyton-Jones' book "Implementing Functional Languages" describes how to reduce a "graph" of expressions through various machines. A free version is online at research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/simonpj/....
Overall I found your article interesting but a bit confusing. Do you intend execution elements to be somewhat vague or can you give a more precise definition? Why is Rails classified as "polyadic", but C# is not? Where do Ruby and JavaScript fall? What about C++? I recognise those are all GPLs but they do appear in your graph so I figure they are fair game ...
Intersting stuff, I look forward to seeing more!
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Vaughn Vernon
Surprisingly I am left wondering how this is different from UML Action Semantics (MDA), which promised much and delivered little. I assume that there are at least some similarities. While there was, frankly, wide criticism for conventional approaches (that have been successful, though could stand improvement), there was no mention of previously unsuccessful novel approaches and why this one is better.
I am curious about further topics around this, but I am not sure they will get traction if the foundation is not squarely laid.
Beyond execution elements, which I do agree are severely lacking and currently only address by Foreign Code, there are still vast improvements to be made in M2-M3 static structure. For example, we have still not learned that there is far more to a property element than: scope type name. Architecturally (abstract and concrete) property nature is so fragmented through our systems that we are probably not sure what and where they actually are.
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Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson board a private plane to head out east on Tuesday (November 6) at LAX Airport in Los Angeles.
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In the 1960s, Lawrence studied art and design at the Pratt School of Design in Brooklyn, NY. While there, he became heavily influenced by the painters of the French Impressionist Period and The New York School. During that time period he also worked at Rambusch, where he observed and was influenced by Robert Pinart and Robert Sowers' stained glass design method and was taught design studio procedures by William Haley. Lawrence then went on to work in many of the east coast, stained glass studios, becoming the premiere designer at the Willet Studios in Philadelphia, before starting his own company in the 1980s.
Lawrence is one of the last living Pennsylvania craftsmen to be commissioned to work in the prestigious National Cathedral in Washington, DC, for whom he has designed five windows to date. His stained glass windows can be seen in churches, synagogues, corporate offices, schools and public spaces across the country. In addition to his impressive accomplishments in stained glass, Lawrence is also a painter, skilled in the use of watercolor and oil paints.
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Wednesday, 18 September 2013 10:08 AM
Authorities in Oklahoma on Tuesday recovered two vehicles from a lake that contain the bodies of five people who may have been missing for decades.
The cars recovered from Foss Lake in western Oklahoma may solve cold cases from the late 1950s and 1970. The Daily Elk Citian reported that the vehicles appear to match a Camaro missing with three Sayre teenagers since 1970 and an older Chevrolet with two Canute residents missing since the late 1950s or early 1960s.
Authorities have not identified who the remains belong to.
"It's just been under water for 40 years. It's a mucky mess," Custer County Sheriff Bruce Peoples told KWEY radio.
In addition to the Custer County Sheriff's Department, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, the Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation, and the state medical examiner's office were on scene Tuesday.
Authorities discovered the cars on accident. Betsy Randolph, spokeswoman for the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, said dive teams were at Foss Lake conducting training with sonar when they came upon the vehicles last week.
"So they went back and did a scheduled dive today and were going to recover the cars. When they pulled the cars out of the water, the first one that came out they found bones in the car," she said.
When they pulled the second car out, another set of bones was discovered. The divers then went back in the water and searched around and found a skull, she said.
The remains were turned over to the medical examiner's office.
"We thought it was just going to be stolen vehicles and that's not what it turned out to be, obviously," Randolph said.
She said the Highway Patrol is hoping the discovery will offer some relief to families who may have gone decades wondering where a missing loved one was.
"We're hoping these individuals, that this is going to bring some sort of closure to some families out there who have been waiting to hear about missing people," she said. "If that's the case, then we're thrilled we were able to bring some sort of closure to those families."
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Nafplion Travel Guide
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Nafplion is a favourite holiday destination for hot and bothered Athenians, and no wonder because it is not only a lovely city, but exudes a cool and relaxed atmosphere soothing to busy locals and foreign tourists alike. Nafplion was capital of the Greek state from 1828 to 1834 after the war of independence, although its history is modern compared to the rest of Greece, and particularly the Peloponnese.
Nafplion is an adored holiday spot for its charm alone; it gets by without any classical ruins, but the town is home to picturesque streets overhung with wooden balconies cascading with bright flowers. Some lively outdoor cafés and fascinating churches and mosques add to the atmosphere. Nafplion is also popular as a port of call for cruises in the Greek islands.
The old part of town offers a quite delightful collection of shops ranging from the artistic and unique to the extremes of touristic kitch - this is a fun area to shop for souvenirs and gifts. Nafplion is a city and has all the desired amenities for shoppers including several decent malls, grocery stores for self-caterers, and many shops geared towards tourists. It is best to just let yourself get lost in the pleasant areas of the city. The locals have frequent markets to sell local produce and crafts and often you can find these along the beachfront.
Cafes and restaurants line the harbour, and Plateia Syntagmatos, a grand Venetian-style square, is also a centre of activity and a good place to eat out. Ellas restaurant is a great place to get a traditional lunch on the square. Between the bustling harbour and the square is Staikopoulou Street which has a cluster of authentic Greek tavernas. Nafplion has a lot of variety and it is possible to find the cuisines of several nations as well as simple tourist fare, fast-food joints, and some beautiful, upmarket hotel restaurants.
Nafplion has a vibrant nightlife and some of the best clubs and bars can be found perching dramatically on the cliffs, or in the harbour area. Although rich, the nightlife is also quite relaxed generally. The advantage of being in a city is that there is a lot of variety and teenagers or young adults will be able to find their own fun, while those who prefer relaxed sundowners, romantic meals, and early nights will be able to avoid the noise and party scene. Many of the bigger hotels organise their own entertainment programmes or have their own bars, restaurants and clubs.
There are several art galleries and interesting museums dedicated to archaeology, folklore, Komboloi (worry beads), and even Ouzo. Energetic holiday visitors and cruise ship passengers can climb the 857 steps to the Venetian Fortress of Palamidi that overlooks Nafplion, but many prefer to just enjoy the tavernas on the waterfront, the open-air cinemas, and the beaches, while using the town as a refreshing and comfortable base from which to explore the remarkable archaeological sites of the Peloponnese. These include the ancient Greek theatre of Epidaurus, which dates to about the 4th century BC and still has perfect acoustics, and the famed site of ancient Sparta which has some fascinating ruins. Athens is less than two hours drive from Nafplion so it is relatively easy to pop into the capital as well.
Although it has been described as a prettier, cleaner and quainter version of Athens, things can get fairly chaotic in Nafplion during the summer months, particularly as it is a very popular weekend excursion for the Athenians themselves.
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Crip colored clothes with a snapback white cap
So I got ready to write and rip some ripe raps
I been steady rollin', living nice, playing dice craps
While you boys fucking pussies like strapped dike laps
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Just here getting money, cause you don't dare unlocking my zippy
Every penny you'll pay is the beginning of my milli
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Cause the only time you'll be in the paper is when I kill thee
You ain't going nowhere so just stop gilding the lily
I don't know who'll spit bars right now but keep it trilly
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This joint moldy cause we light that green, doe
Man, if you a Zeus to a Kronos
I'm a noose to your non-existant bonus
I see you bought a sun roof Chevy for the equinox
Nice weather now, hit the beach in a pair of crocs
No sun tan lotion so my that skin turn goldie
Hope I dont wrinkle though, don't wanna look oldie
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From digging crates, to joking up prates
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Bitch don't need a ring, that ain't a token
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Power hungry, I got an ocean full of honey
Chillin' on the beach where it be sunny
Illin' with a bitch who'd like to rub me
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Spittin' straight nonsense, rhymin' like Hodgy
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American Psychiatric Association 166th Annual Meeting
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The APA designates this live activity (APA Annual Meeting) for a maximum of 50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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I've never been one to think much about making new year's resolutions. From what I've heard from the majority of people who do make those, they usually focus on such things as losing weight, exercising more or being more patient.
According to the Marist Poll, "being a better person" topped the list this year, knocking "weight loss" from the top spot for the first time since 2014.
EAGLE CREEK, Owen County, Ky.—Walter Roland Reichenbach Sr., 90, of Eagle Creek in Owen County, died, Nov. 23, 2013, at Norton Audubon Hospital in Louisville.
A prayer service was held Tuesday, Nov, 26, at Ratterman and Sons Funeral Home, 3800 Bardstown Road, Louisville. Burial was in the Buffalo Springs Cemetery in Stanford Ky.
BEDFORD, Ky. - Donald R. Shay, 71, of Bedford, died, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013, at Our Hospice of South Central Indiana in Columbus, Ind.
Funeral services were held, Friday, November 22, at Tandy–Eckler-Riley Funeral Home, 809 Highland Ave. in Carrollton, Ky. Interment was in the Ghent Masonic Cemetery in Ghent, Ky.
Survivors include his daughter, Melissa Lynn Gordon of Indianapolis, Ind.; a son, Thomas Richard Shay of Bedford; four grandchildren: and five great-grandchildren.
OWENTON, Ky.—Thomas Shupert Webster, 74, of Owenton died Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013, at the Frankfort Regional Medical Center in Frankfort, Ky.
Funeral services were Tuesday, Oct. 8, with Bro. Hardin Lowe presiding. A private burial was held at the Webster Family Cemetery.
McDonald and New Funeral Home in Owenton was entrusted with the arrangements.
Survivors include his wife, Phyllis Woosley Webster; a son, Gregory Webster; three grandchildren; four step-grandchildren; a great-granddaughter; and several step-great-grandchildren.
CARROLLTON, Ky.—Leon Shostle, 90, of Carrollton died Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, at Carroll County Memorial Hospital in Carrollton.
No services have been scheduled. Graham-Dunn Funeral Home, 215 Fifth St., Carrollton, was entrusted with the arrangements.
Surviviors include two sons, Dennis (Denese) Shostle of Carrollton and Kim (Elia) of California.
His parents, Alex and Bertha Borowitz Shostle, preceded him in death.
CARROLLTON, Ky.—James Steven Sanders, 64, of Carrollton died Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, at Norton Audubon Hospital in Louisville, Ky.
Funeral services will be from 1-7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11, at the family home, 207 Ninth Street in Carrollton.
Tandy-Eckler-Riley Funeral Home, 809 Highland Ave., Carrollton, was entrusted with the arrangements.
CARROLLTON, Ky. — Taylor Fox, 63, of Carrollton died Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013, at Carroll County Memorial Hospital in Carrollton.
Funeral services are 11 a.m. today, Thursday, Oct. 10, at Tandy-Eckler-Riley Funeral Home, 809 Highland Ave., with the Rev. Emory Eldridge officiating. Interment will be in the English Cemetery in Carrollton.
Survivors include three daughters, Angela Lewellyn, Stacy Fox and Lorena Courtney, all of Carrollton; a son, Taylor Allen Fox of Bedford, Ky.; 10 grandchildren; nine step-grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
CARROLLTON, Ky.—Mary Kathleen Cannon, 67, of Carrollton died Friday, Oct. 4, 2013, at Carroll County Memorial Hospital in Carrollton.
Cremation was chosen by the family and a family gathering will be held at a later date. Tandy-Eckler-Riley Funeral Home, 809 Highland Ave. in Carrollton, was entrusted with arrangements.
Survivors include her son, Leonard Ray Cannon and his friend, Tonya, both of Carrollton, and one grandson.
CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. —Ethel Mae Spaulding Baker, 81, formerly of Carrollton, Ky. died Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, at Hudson Valley Hospital in Peekskill, N.Y.
There will be a memorial service in Carrollton in the summer of 2013.
Mrs. Baker was born on Jan. 2, 1931, to William Spaulding and Nell Case in Shelby County, Ky., and grew up in the Cropper and Christenberg communities. She graduated as valedictorian from Cropper High School.
BEDFORD, Ky. — Gladys Bolden Bond of Bedford, Ky., and formerly of Vevay, Ind., died Sunday Dec. 23, 2012, in Bedford.
Funeral services were conducted Friday, Dec. 28, at Haskell and Morrison Funeral Home, Vevay, Ind. With The Rev. Mike Sawalich and the Rev. Peter Phillips officiating. Interment was at Vevay Cemetery, Vevay, Ind.
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8 Bedside Lamps to Match Your Design Style
While browsing for bedside lamps, I recently discovered it difficult to find a lamp that properly reflects my design style I'm trying to attain. Do you need a little light shed on the subject of bedside lamps too? Find a bedside lamp that's a "perfect match" after the jump!
Regardless of your style, we've found 8 great lamps that would make a statement in any home. But, if you need a little extra help in choosing a bedside lamp to match your personal aesthetic, find you style match below and set up a date!
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Do you have any favorite bedside lamps? We would love to hear about them!
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NEW YORK, Fri Sep 28, 2012 – T-Mobile USA, the No. 4 U.S. mobile provider, has agreed to sell the rights to operate 7,200 of its wireless broadcast towers for $2.4 billion to Crown Castle International Corp to help its parent Deutsche Telekom pay back debt.
Crown Castle also has the option to pay another $2.4 billion to buy the towers outright from T-Mobile USA at the end of the lease term for each tower, under the deal announced Friday.
T-Mobile USA has been trying to sell its wireless towers since its proposed purchase by AT&T Inc failed last year due to regulatory opposition.
T-Mobile USA, which is spending $4 billion on a network upgrade, has also been looking for ways to become more financially independent from its parent.
Crown Castle estimates the towers will generate about $125 million to $130 million in adjusted funds from operations before financing costs in 2013.
The towers will have enough space to accommodate at least one additional wireless service provider customer on each tower without significant incremental capital, Crown Castle said.
As part of the deal, T-Mobile USA committed to maintaining its communications facilities on the towers for at least 10 years with annual rent increase provisions tied to the consumer price index.
T-Mobile's rent includes the rights to complete its current network modernization on these sites.
Deutsche Telekom said the company had multiple bidders for the assets but declined to name them.
Analysts have said other companies that considered the towers included American Tower Corp and SBA Communications Corp.


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Hey Jan!
I saw your comment on my story, so here I am! I've not had time in the past to be very active in the forums, but I'm really interested in improving my writing skills. This "class" looks wonderful! I'll try to keep up with the homework you've assigned. Hope I can!
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A movie that gives marriage, homosexuality, friendship, firefighters, children and nearly everything else a bad name.
Myself, I felt victimized by the stereotype shtick of reliably grating Rob Schneider as a Canadian-Japanese wedding-chapel minister from SNL castoff hell. But maybe that's just because this movie encourages sensitivity by hitting everyone over the head with its humor hammer.
The curious thing here is that Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor rewrote this long-in-development screenplay. Yet the authors of such smart comedies as "Sideways," "About Schmidt" and "Citizen Ruth" can't move the film away from the world of easy laughs and sitcom jokes into a realm where sexual prejudices and presumptions get examined in a whimsical yet insightful manner.
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Typical Sandler comedy overflows with stereotypes.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that this movie was originally rated R and had to be resubmitted to earn its PG-13 rating. As with many Sandler movies, the jokes make fun of people -- in this case, mostly homosexuals and the obese. It's 90 percent lowbrow shenanigans and 10 percent heart, with an oversimplified message that discrimination is bad and tolerance is good. (Also good: best friends who would do anything for each other.) Expect raunchy setups (Sandler plays a womanizing, "hot" fireman who can apparently bed five women at once), tired stereotypes (the firefighters look horrified when they accidentally drop the soap in a butt-baring shower scene), and strong language ("s--t," "dick," etc.). Even if tweens and younger teens are Sandler fans, they may be too young to separate the juvenile jokes from the underlying do-good message.
Messages: Many, many gay and fat jokes. Before Chuck realizes firsthand how homosexuals are discriminated against, he's the first to say hateful words about homosexuality; later he changes his tune -- as do the rest of the firefighters. But there's no redeeming the movie's painful Asian stereotypes, which take the form of a Canadian wedding chapel owner (it's obviously Rob Schneider dressed as an East Asian man).
Violence: Chuck punches a protesting minister who calls him a "faggot."
Sex: Chuck is known as a womanizer; he has five lingerie-clad girlfriends spending the night. He makes twin sisters kiss each other (off screen -- viewers see the firefighters' reactions). A woman discusses how "freaky" she can get in bed. Firefighters' bare buttocks are visible in a fairly long shower scene. Many jokes about all the "hot gay sex" Chuck and Larry are having while they're pretending to be a couple. Chuck receives pornographic material (a blow-up doll, brown paper packages marked "explicit," Trojan XL condoms case, etc.) in the mail. A calendar shows hetero men in homosexual poses.
Language: Homosexual hate words like "faggot" and "fag" are used for the first half of the movie; later, a character explains why it's insensitive to use those words. Other curse words include "ass," "a--hole," "s--t," "bitch," "whore," "dick," "fatboy," etc.
Consumerism: Trojan condoms
Drinking, drugs and smoking: Chuck shows an obviously stoned store employee the marijuana joint that started a fire; Chuck and another character drink wine; partygoers drink.
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Is Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day on the Decline?
April 26, is "Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work" day. But the 20-year-old annual event may be losing relevance and declining in popularity due to a variety of factors.
Fewer parents are taking their kids to work because fewer people actually have jobs, and those who do don't want to risk a child jeopardizing their work. Some parents are also reluctant to take kids out of school to see them work when they see already see Mom and Dad bring staggering workloads home.
Others, like Julie Drizin, director of the Journalism Center on Children and Families, said she wouldn't be participating in the event and criticized it as something only the elite can afford to do. "I've come to believe that Take Your Daughters and Sons to Work Day is largely a feel-good exercise for the privileged," she said.
Still, Carolyn McKecuen, president of the Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day Foundation, said the event is still a good way to expose youngsters to the workplace. "The reason we started this has changed very little over the years," she said. "It was designed to expose youth to what (their parents) do in their lives during the workday, and the demands and the possibilities in the workplace."


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New London man lands 53-pound stingray
New London — While fishing for striped bass at Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford on Monday, city resident Domingo Garcia was surprised when he hooked something that took him 30 minutes to reel in.
He was even more shocked when he got his catch on shore and saw that it wasn't a striper at all.
"When I saw it, oh my god," said Garcia of the 53-pound stingray he landed while fishing with his son-in-law Jesus Tirado. He shoved a stick through the fish's eyes to help him haul it to A.W. Marina on Pequot Avenue, where he had it weighed.
Garcia said he had caught a stingray in Puerto Rico before, but not as big as the one he caught Monday. His catch was 93 inches long if its spiked, poisonous tail was included and measured 70 inches in girth.
The stingray "certainly is something I've never seen," said Karen Westerberg, one of the owners of A.W. Marina. She said the warmer waters mean that she's been seeing different species than in previous years, but she's still shocked that someone caught a stingray from the shore.
She plans to send the ray's measurements, along with photos of its body and tail, to the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection for identification. Westerberg said that A.W. Marina is an official DEEP weigh station and that she encourages people to bring in their catches to be measured, which can provide the DEEP with useful data.
Garcia brought the stingray home and plans to "cook it up." He's eaten stingray before and said the wings are filled with edible meat. Tirado said the meal will be a new experience for him.


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Nonlinear Mesoscopic Elasticity: The Complex Behaviour of Rocks, Soil, Concrete
Nonlinear Mesoscopic Elasticity: The Complex Behaviour of Rocks, Soil, Concrete
Aug 2009
410 pages
DescriptionThis handbook brings together a great deal of new data on the static and dynamic elastic properties of granular and other composite material. The authors are at the very center of today's research and present new and imported theoretical tools that have enabled our current understanding of the complex behavior of rocks.
There are three central themes running throughout the presentation:
· Rocks as the prototypical material for defining a class of materials
· The PM space model as a useful theoretical construct for developing a phenomenology
· A sequence of refined analysis methods.
This suite of new methods for both recording and analyzing data is more than a single framework for interpretation, it is also a toolbox for the experimenter. A comprehensive and systematic book of utmost interest to anybody involved in non-destructive testing, civil engineering, and geophysics.
1 Introduction.
1.1 Systems.
1.2 Examples of Phenomena.
1.3 The Domain of Exploration.
1.4 Outline.
2 Microscopic/Macroscopic Formulation of the Traditional Theory of Linear and Nonlinear Elasticity.
2.1 Prefatory Remarks.
2.2 From Microscopic to Continuum.
2.3 Continuum Elasticity and Macroscopic Phenomenology.
2.4 Thermodynamics.
2.5 Energy Scales.
3 Traditional Theory of Nonlinear Elasticity, Results.
3.1 Quasistatic Response; Linear and Nonlinear.
3.2 Dynamic Response; Linear.
3.3 Quasistatic/Dynamic Response; Nonlinear.
3.4 Dynamic Response; Nonlinear.
3.5 Exotic Response; Nonlinear.
3.6 Green Functions.
4 Mesoscopic Elastic Elements and Macroscopic Equations of State.
4.1 Background.
4.2 Elastic Elements.
4.3 Effective Medium Theory.
4.4 Equations of State; Examples.
5 Auxiliary Fields.
5.1 Temperature.
5.2 Saturation.
5.3 The Conditioning Field, X.
6 Hysteretic Elastic Elements.
6.1 Finite Displacement Elastic Elements; Quasistatic Response.
6.2 Finite Displacement Elastic Elements: Inversion.
6.3 Finite Displacement Elastic Elements: Dynamic Response.
6.4 Models with Hysteresis.
6.5 Summary.
6.6 Models with Hysteresis, Detail.
7 The Dynamics of Elastic Systems; Fast and Slow.
7.1 Fast/Slow Linear Dynamics.
7.2 Fast Nonlinear Dynamics.
7.3 Auxiliary Fields and Slow Dynamics.
7.4 Summary.
8 Q and Issues of Data Modeling/Analysis.
8.1 Attenuation in Linear Elastic Systems.
8.2 Nonlinear Attenuation.
8.3 Why Measure Q?
8.4 How to Measure Q.
8.5 Resonant Bar Revisited.
9 Elastic State Spectroscopies and Elastic State Tomographies.
9.1 Spectroscopies.
9.2 Tomographies, Linear, Inhomogeneous.
9.3 Tomographies, Nonlinear, Inhomogeneous.
10 Quasistatic Measurements.
10.1 Some Basic Observations.
10.2 Quasistatic Stress-Strain Data; Hysteresis.
10.3 Coupling to Auxiliary Fields.
10.4 Inversion.
11 Dynamic Measurements.
11.1 Quasistatic-Dynamic.
11.2 Dynamic–Dynamic.
11.3 Examples of Systems.
12 Field Observations.
12.1 Active Probes.
12.2 Passive Probes.
13 Nonlinear Elasticity and Nondestructive Evaluation and Imaging.
13.1 Overview.
13.2 Historical Context.
13.3 Simple Conceptual Model of a Crack in an Otherwise Elastically Linear Solid.
13.4 Nonlinear Elastic Wave Spectroscopy in Nondestructive Evaluation (NEWS).
13.5 Progressive Mechanical Damage Probed by NEWS Techniques.
13.6 Mechanical Damage Location and Imaging.
13.7 Other Methods for Extracting the Elastic Nonlinearity.
13.8 Summary.
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Konerko hits 2-run shot for 1st home run of season in White Sox' 4-3 loss to Diamondbacks
CHICAGO – Paul Konerko's first home run of the season wasn't enough to lift the Chicago White Sox to victory.
After winning five of six, the White Sox, leading the American League in runs scored, were shut down by Arizona Diamondbacks' starter Wade Miley 4-3 Saturday night.
But it went down to the final out with Konerko at the plate, but he couldn't duplicate his success from earlier in the game, grounding out with the tying run on second.
Konerko, who is playing part time in his 18th and final season, hit a two-run line drive over the left field fence to bring Chicago to within 3-2 in the fifth. It was his 435th homer of his career, moving him past Juan Gonzalez and Andruw Jones for 43rd on the career list.
"When you're not playing as much, you kind of want to try and get as much as you can out of one game," Konerko said after his eighth start of the season. "It was a real good swing. I was happy with it," Konerko added.
As Konerko rounded the bases, the fans began the "Pauly chant.
"That was really good," White Sox acting manager Mark Parent said. "The fans really appreciated it and I know we do."
He was playing first base for Jose Abreu, who is nursing an ankle injury while hitting in the DH spot. Abreu had a rare off night at the plate, going 0-4 with three strikeouts. Chicago left only three men on base, as they had few scoring opportunities.
"I wasn't going to let him (Abreu) beat us," Miley said. "We pitched him like it was 0-2 from the start. We were able to get him to swing at some breaking balls down."
This marks the 14th time that the White Sox (19-19) have hit the .500 mark. They have been no more than three games under and two games over the break-even point.
Miley pitched seven strong innings and Cody Ross had three hits.
Miley (3-3) allowed two runs on four hits while striking out six and not allowing a walk. His only mistake came on an 0-1 pitch to Konerko.
Former White Sox closer Addison Reed flirted with disaster in his first meeting against his former team before getting his 11th save in 12 chances. Reed, who was traded to the Diamondbacks from the White Sox in the offseason, gave up a leadoff single to pinch-hitter Conor Gillaspie, who ended up scoring on Alexei Ramirez's two-out single. Ramirez stole second but was stranded after Reed got Konerko to bounce out to second.
The White Sox lost for just the second time in seven games.
White Sox starter Jose Quintana (1-3) went six innings, allowing three runs on seven hits with five strikeouts and a walk. The left-hander was done in by a rough fifth inning.
Alfredo Marte hit an RBI double in the fifth and scored on A.J. Pollock's single. Martin Prado extended the Diamondbacks' lead to 3-0 with an RBI sacrifice fly. The Diamondback hitters worked the count, forcing Quintana to throw 29 pitches in the inning.
Miley faced the minimum through the first four innings. He consistently got ahead of White Sox hitters and got help from a double play in the fourth.
Konerko's homer was his first of the season and 435th of his career, moving him past Juan Gonzalez and Andruw Jones for 43rd on the career home run list. Konerko, playing his 18th and final season, has been used as a bench player. He was playing first base for Jose Abreu, who is nursing an ankle injury while hitting in the DH spot.
Arizona picked up an insurance run in the seventh. With the bases loaded and one out, Miguel Montero lined a single off the mitt of right fielder Moises Sierra to give Arizona a 4-2 lead. White Sox reliever Zach Putnam escaped further damage by getting Aaron Hill to ground into a double play.
NOTES: Before the game, White Sox LHP Chris Sale threw a successful simulated game. He threw 50 pitches pain free. He will likely make two rehab starts before returning with the White Sox in two weeks. He's on the 15-day disabled list with a strained flexor muscle near his left elbow. He hasn't pitched in a game since April 17. ... The White Sox purchased the contract of reliever Frank Francisco and designated Maikel Cleto for assignment. ... Arizona starter Chase Anderson is scheduled to make his major league debut Sunday. ... White Sox bench coach Mark Parent filled in for manager Robin Ventura, who missed the game to attend his daughter's graduation.


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21 U.S. Code § 379j–22 - Reauthorization; reporting requirements
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(a) Performance reports
Beginning with fiscal year 2014, not later than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year during which fees are collected under this subpart, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report concerning the progress of the Food and Drug Administration in achieving the goals identified in the letters described in section 201(b) of the Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2013 toward expediting the generic new animal drug development process and the review of abbreviated applications for generic new animal drugs, supplemental abbreviated applications for generic new animal drugs, and investigational submissions for generic new animal drugs during such fiscal year.
(b) Fiscal report
Beginning with fiscal year 2014, not later than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year during which fees are collected under this subpart, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to Committee [1] on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report on the implementation of the authority for such fees during such fiscal year and the use, by the Food and Drug Administration, of the fees collected during such fiscal year for which the report is made.
(c) Public availability
The Secretary shall make the reports required under subsections (a) and (b) available to the public on the Internet Web site of the Food and Drug Administration.
(d) Reauthorization
(1) Consultation
In developing recommendations to present to Congress with respect to the goals, and plans for meeting the goals, for the process for the review of abbreviated applications for generic new animal drugs for the first 5 fiscal years after fiscal year 2018, and for the reauthorization of this subpart for such fiscal years, the Secretary shall consult with—
(2) Prior public input
Prior to beginning negotiations with the regulated industry on the reauthorization of this subpart, the Secretary shall—
(B) hold a public meeting at which the public may present its views on the reauthorization, including specific suggestions for changes to the goals referred to in subsection (a);
(C) provide a period of 30 days after the public meeting to obtain written comments from the public suggesting changes to this subpart; and
(3) Periodic consultation
Not less frequently than once every 4 months during negotiations with the regulated industry, the Secretary shall hold discussions with representatives of veterinary, patient, and consumer advocacy groups to continue discussions of their views on the reauthorization and their suggestions for changes to this subpart as expressed under paragraph (2).
(4) Public review of recommendations
After negotiations with the regulated industry, the Secretary shall—
(A) present the recommendations developed under paragraph (1) to the congressional committees specified in such paragraph;
(C) provide for a period of 30 days for the public to provide written comments on such recommendations;
(5) Transmittal of recommendations
Not later than January 15, 2018, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress the revised recommendations under paragraph (4), a summary of the views and comments received under such paragraph, and any changes made to the recommendations in response to such views and comments.
(6) Minutes of negotiation meetings
(A) Public availability
Before presenting the recommendations developed under paragraphs (1) through (5) to Congress, the Secretary shall make publicly available, on the Internet Web site of the Food and Drug Administration, minutes of all negotiation meetings conducted under this subsection between the Food and Drug Administration and the regulated industry.
[1] So in original. Probably should be preceded by "the".
Source(June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 742, as added Pub. L. 110–316, title II, § 203,Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3522; amended Pub. L. 113–14, title II, § 203,June 13, 2013, 127 Stat. 472.)
Termination of Section
For termination of section by section 206(b) ofPub. L. 113–14, see Termination Date note below.
References in Text
Section 201(b) of the Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2013, referred to in subsec. (a), is section 201(b) ofPub. L. 113–14, which is set out as a note under section 379j–21 of this title.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 742 of act June 25, 1938, was renumbered section 746 and is classified to section 379l of this title.
2013—Pub. L. 113–14amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to reauthorization of this subpart and reporting requirements.
Effective Date of 2013 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 113–14effective Oct. 1, 2013, see section 205 ofPub. L. 113–14, set out as a note under section 379j–21 of this title.
Termination Date
Pub. L. 113–14, title II, § 206(b),June 13, 2013, 127 Stat. 474, provided that: "Section 742 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379j–22) shall cease to be effective January 31, 2019."
Pub. L. 110–316, title II, § 204(b),Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3524, which provided that the amendment made by section 203 ofPub. L. 110–316(enacting this section) would cease to be effective Jan. 31, 2014, was repealed by Pub. L. 113–14, title II, § 206(c)(1),June 13, 2013, 127 Stat. 474.
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The Graphic: An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper (London), vol. 7 (1873), p. 412.
Caption, "Slave-dealers and slaves—a Street Scene in Zanzibar." The accompanying article, which is critical of the slave trade (p. 410), notes that the illustration shows a "group of living skeletons, chained neck and neck, being newly-captured slaves from the interior." The engraving was taken from a " sketch," sent by " Mr. H. Jacob, formerly of Zanzibar, now of Prince Edward's County, Virginia, U.S.A." Although showing a scene in East Africa, some of the features depicted, such as the captured Africans linked by chains, are similar to what might have been witnessed in West and Central Africa during the nineteenth century. Henry Jacob, a Quaker of Irish origin, had lived in Zanzibar for about a year in 1865 when he worked for a large British trading company. After returning to England, he and his family migrated to the U.S., eventually moving to Prince Edward county in the late 1860s or early 1870s. In 1875-78, Jacob, identified as a surveyor, produced a detailed map of the county, up-dating earlier ones (see Library of Congress). He and his family remained in PE county until at least the early 1880s, and moved to Richmond where Henry worked as a draughtsman for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. He lived in Richmond until at least the mid to late 1880s; by 1890 he was in the area of Cincinnati, Ohio, where he died in 1905. There are some indications that Jacob did other sketches of Zanzibar, but their location is unknown. (See, Herbert Bradshaw, History of Prince Edward County, Virginia [Richmond, VA, 1955]; Yvonne Bird, ed., A Quaker Family in India and Zanzibar 1863-1865 [privately printed, England, 2000]).


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February 22, 2012
by John Gasaway
The Ratings Percentage Index is one of the most influential statistics in sports, and the NCAA is justly proud of a universally recognized rating system that it created in-house. But now the NCAA should take a page from the book of the man who invented the RPI.
In his feature for ESPN Insider John says good outside shooting, some fortuitous bounces, and a steady performance from Jack Cooley have powered the Irish during their win streak.
February 21, 2012
As March draws ever closer, John says more people would have a correct view of Carolina if not for a certain game-winning shot by a certain player from a certain opposing team.
February 16, 2012
In his feature for ESPN Insider John says the Mountaineers' suddenly weak defense has put the team's NCAA tournament hopes in jeopardy.
February 15, 2012
In his feature for ESPN Insider John says New Mexico has an opportunity this week to live up to their numbers and wrest control of the Mountain West.
February 14, 2012
This Valentine's Day there's nothing to love about misperceptions, and the per-possession numbers are telling John that Missouri, Kentucky, Memphis, and the entire Big Ten are all misunderstood.
February 10, 2012
In his feature for ESPN Insider, John says the Racers are still an unusually potent Ohio Valley team -- even if they're capable of losing a game.
February 7, 2012
In his latest portrait of per-possession tumult, John says Ohio State, Kentucky, and Syracuse are dominant. And so are Cleveland State and New Mexico. Who knew?
February 6, 2012
In his feature for ESPN Insider John says John Calipari always has an abundance of talent on hand, but this year Kentucky has given their coach something new: a team that's equally outstanding on both sides of the ball.
February 2, 2012
In his feature for ESPN Insider John says this may be the best team Thad Matta's ever had in Columbus.
February 1, 2012
In his feature for ESPN Insider John says Connecticut has never forced many turnovers, but this year is extreme even by UConn standards.
January 31, 2012
With all 14 conferences (finally) reporting, John looks at the per-possession numbers and says the ACC may not need to bring in Syracuse and Pitt to give North Carolina and Duke a challenge after all. It's already happening.
January 27, 2012
Tom Izzo loves to worry about his teams. This year that may be tough to do. In his feature for ESPN Insider John says Michigan State's trajectory is looking very Final Four-like.
January 26, 2012
In his feature for ESPN Insider, John says great defense and a stellar performance on offense from Chase Tapley have landed the young Aztecs atop the Mountain West a year ahead of schedule.
January 24, 2012
In his latest survey of the per-possession landscape, John keeps the focus on offense and finds Missouri mystical, Syracuse misunderstood, and Illinois misbehaving.
January 19, 2012
In his feature for ESPN Insider John says Vanderbilt, Iowa State, and Michigan are the major-conference teams relying most heavily on threes so far this season.
January 17, 2012
In his first look at 2012 per-possession happenings, John says Kansas is really good (even though they're less talented than ever), Pitt's really bad (even though their offensive rebounding's better than ever), and Georgia State is just plain scary on D.
January 16, 2012
Bill Self's made it clear he doesn't have the depth he's accustomed to at Kansas, but in his feature for ESPN Insider John says the Jayhawks will win or share the Big 12 title for an eighth consecutive year.
January 12, 2012
Even with the arrival of BYU in the West Coast Conference, tonight's game between the Zags and the Gaels will once again determine first place in the league. In his feature for ESPN Insider John previews the showdown.
January 11, 2012
For the fourth year in a row John ranks D-I's best freshmen, many of whom don't even play for Kentucky.