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Dwarf-Sized Public E-Libraries vs. Abundance
January 21, 2013 | 12:00 pm
By David Rothman
People in Bexar County, Texas, should be excited about the 10,000-e-book "BiblioTech" library system that the country is starting from scratch—without paper books.
This is reportedly the first U.S. public library system to shun paper, cardboard and ink, except for computer printouts.
Any books are better than none, and besides, the 10K figure encompasses only copyrighted books, not the tens of thousands of free classics that library patrons will be able to read electronically. What's more, Bexar will add to the 10,000. County Judge Nelson W. Wolff, the main brain behind the plan, deserves praise for his open-mindedness about e-books, their cost-saving potential and other advantages. Many people, especially dyslectic Americans and especially senior citizens in need of large "print," are starting to prefer E. As a babyboomer, I do. My sister is a retired teacher and likewise reads faster in E. The technology is good now and will only get better for all ages. Nice going, Judge.
Judge Wolff and other Bexar Countians, however, should look beyond the current vision of a library branch whose possible appearance brings to mind an Apple Store. Even with many more e-books added, 10,000 will still be a dwarf-sized library compared to the possibilities beyond physical walls.
However modern is the planned library, it is no replacement for two well-stocked and tightly intertwined national digital library systems, one public and one academic, serving up more books than Google and Amazon combined. A mere dream? Not necessarily—if policymakers, publishers, writers, literary agents and others in the content industries can work toward the creation of a Library-Publisher Complex, efficient and taxpayer-sensitive.
Most American adults own library cards. The political muscle will be there to grow library appropriations at all levels of government; and we can help fill in the gaps through philanthropy, subscription plans with special breaks for the poor, and other means. The key is to get librarians and content-providers in sync for library users to enjoy a cornucopia of e-books and additional items matching their needs and interests—so, so important to K-12 students.
Ten thousand books is far from a disaster for a local branch, real or virtual; but remember that among the AWOL books will be bestsellers and other titles that the children and their parents are most eager to read. Here's to family literacy campaigns, including early-childhood efforts, among the best re-enforcers of K-12-related literacy!
With the above in mind, Bexar County people should also read the writings of a Harvard MBA named Brian O'Leary, a distinguished publishing industry expert, as well as the comments of Sarah Houghton, a librarian in San Rafael, Ca., who understandably worries about the number of bestsellers and other e-books available to public libraries, in addition to related restrictions. The headline over a just-published O'Leary piece says it all: "(Market) Size matters. The biggest threat to publishing: people not reading." Also extra-worthy of your time would be a 2011 post from him, The opportunity in abundance.
Like Brian O'Leary, I don't mean abundance by expecting publishers to give away their wares to libraries for free. Via the economies of scale, we could make them better off while at the same time driving down costs to the public.
Not that e-books are an instant panacea. As Sarah Houghton has noted in an NPR interview and as I myself would recognize, many people today favor paper books; and if nothing else, what about young toddlers who may take better to the paper variety initially? Not to mention other factors: I don't want a library looking like an Apple store. I'd like it to be full of comfy chairs of all kinds. I'd like it to make young people, especially, feel welcome.
No small issue. But, yes, just as Sarah has said, issue number one is content. Dwarf-sized digital public libraries—the result of excessive vendor domination of the e-library world, as well as too much fixation at the local level on Everything Invented and Done Here—are not what we need to help keep the United States competitive in the 21st century.
Local libraries, even with a national approach, could still exercise independence by way of the content they most prominently played up on their Web sites and in in-person programming. Let national empower local! Let San Antonio-area schoolchildren and their parents enjoy access to virtually every book written on the Alamo, as well as related material from historical societies and universities there and in other locations.
Besides the content issue, I also wonder if the forthcoming Bexar e-library will offer enough desktop computers and borrowable e-book readers to accommodate peak usage. A county news release mentions plans for "100 e-readers for circulation, 50 pre-loaded enhanced ereaders for children, 50 computer stations, 25 laptops and 25 tablets to use on site; additional e-reading accommodations will be made for the visually impaired."
Enough if this library system really catches on? This is one reason why I favor a separate public digital system at the national level, since academics don't fret as much over digital divide issues and the availability of the right hardware and technical support. I also advocate cost-savings through a nonprofit's buyout of OverDrive, the main e-book supplier for libraries—perhaps a purchase through philanthropic contributions via the Harvard-originated Digital Public Library of America initiative.
Of course, libraries are about a lot more than books and gadgets, and for a general overview of the possibilities, Bexar Countians might also check out It's time for a National Digital Library System. But it can't serve only the elites, commentary in the February 24, 2011, issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Yes, not just the elites! Bexar Countians' per capita income as of the 2000 census was just $18,363, and even more than a decade later, I doubt it is in the same league as, say, Beverly Hill's or that of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Well-stocked national digital library systems could help rich and poor areas alike, but be especially beneficial to places like Bexar and the state of Texas as a whole. In fiscal year 2009, according to a report from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, Texas spent $2.61 per capita operating expenses on books and other items, compared to an also-stingy $4.41 for America as a whole. Properly thought out, national digital library systems could go a long way toward narrowing the gap.
This is a cause dear to me. I've been on the national digital library cause for two decades and am endlessly thrilled to see County Judge Wolff sharing my passion for E even if I'm hoping for a some tweaks in his plan (from afar he strikes me as the kind of fellow who would be reasonable on such issues as paper books for, say, those toddlers who respond best to them). Recognizing the potential of libraries as cost-effective {PDF} life-enrichers—in line with Andrew Carnegie's vision—William F. Buckley Jr. wrote two "On the Right columns" in the 1990s for the national digital library vision. Time for President Obama to catch up in a serious way and include the digital library issue in his 2013 State of the Union Address?
Meanwhile my message to Judge Wolff and Bexar County is this:
Enjoy your spiffy new e-library when it's done, but push Congress to take a little time off from Fiscal Cliffing and aim for a truly strategic vision for U.S. libraries. Think of this as an existential issue like national security, in fact a form of it. If we want to call the enabling legislation The National Defense Digital Library Act, that's fine by me. Just get it passed!
Detail: Sarah would really like Bexar to wait another decade or so. I myself see the virtues of experimentation as long as ample provisions are made for paper book stalwarts. I wonder if people in the new all-E library will be able to order pulped-wood loaners from afar. But that still isn't the same as having them on the shelves—or low tables—for toddlers to play with.
Note: This article originally appeared on LibraryCity.org, and is Creative Commons-licensed content.
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The diorama of connectivity between individuals and wider infrastructures of information has scenes from the telegraph to the Internet. The book centric version extends from papyrus codex to screen formats. A consistent trend through all these shifts has been an increasing displacement of human mediation.
Manipulative skills of the codex, the dexterity of the keyboard, the touch navigation of the phone feature direct prompts but the related infrastructures of connectivity are increasingly layered and increasingly machines process the transactions. The connectivity between the reader and information has become impenetrable.
Some argue that access between reader and information is becoming dominated by system expedients. A further argument positions the reader as an accessory of network transactions. Another projection beyond that suggests neurological adaptation of bionic reader to automated search, discovery and display routines.
Libraries demonstrate these shifts of increasing displacement of human mediation. Libraries also present consequences of the shifts themselves. The libraries are necessary not only as a test-bed for changing reading behaviors but as repositories for comparative media studies of distinctions between bionic and machine processing and their "epigenetic", or non-genetic, evolutionary influence on culture transmission.
A great source on all this is Kate Hayles, How We Think, University of Chicago, 2012.
Thanks, Gary, for illustrating the need for intertwined but separate public and academic systems. Hayles is a leader in her field. But for TeleRead, let's discuss the issues in an intelligent way at a lay level without jargon. As for the substance of your comments, I myself want MORE human interaction, not less; and used well, E can promote this.
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Thanks for the helpful comment. I agree that the continuing role of books needs no-nonsense examination. TeleRead is a model forum for the discussion and I visit every day. It is the place to go for screen book news.
I suspect that news is inherently redundant for a medium that intends to describe surprising events. In the small sector of book centric news TeleRead news has consisted, over and over, of format competitions (print/screen/audio), new production and provider services, and new authoring/reading behaviors. My question is have you observed changes that encompass the news stream?
Any such mega-shifts in the role of books are probably long term. Suggested is the one I mentioned of increasing technological mediation (books are now in the cloud). Another shift is the continuing, almost eerie intertwining of delivery formats and their interdependent sectors of transmission. This shift is a favorite of scholars who contend that simple supersession of one medium for another is wrong. Another shift is increasing mobility. It turns out that the incubation niche for the screen book is the phone. Another shift, as you contend, is the increasing role of libraries in support of wider, more comprehensive literacies that challenge students to cross over disciplines and combine media.
If you look over the TeleRead topics that provoke comments and contrast those with others that don't you can also mine another bit of news. Comparative topics of pricing or devices are of interest and comparative publishing trends too. Your advocacy of wider library role in book transmission, very informed and persuasive, encompasses pricing, devices and publishing and moves beyond to treat the mega-trends as well. In my view this is really "news". Thanks! Gary
@Gary: Thanks for the kind words. I'm grateful that Dan, Juli, Joanna, Chris, Jon and the others are there to carry on what I started at TeleRead.
As for books and news streams of various kinds, yes, we were writing years ago about the inclusion of timely updates within books. I'm not sure if publishers have pushed this as much as they could, given the ease of simply inserting Web links. But I suspect we'll see more of this. Of course, with the cloud approach, lines will blur between what's in a book and what isn't. The library model is by far the best for the cloud era (not that I think it should be the only one) because of the greater stability of links and the rest.
In terms of e-book news itself, I'm pleased that we have more sources of it than ever. At the same time it's more difficult to define "e-book news," given the rise of book apps and the displacement of dedicated e-book readers in some cases by general-purpose tablets (even though E Ink machines are hardly about to vanish and may be more popular when color E Ink is better and cheaper!).
Finally, as far as libraries and the news, I'd like to see more use of libraries as to encourage intelligent local and civic blogging — and upgrade journalism. Check out http://librarycity.org/?p=5926 and http://librarycity.org/?p=6083
That said, I hope that libraries will expand, not shrink, their role in the book world. Formats, in various senses of the word, will come and go. But if nothing else, we'll always have long narratives in one form or another.


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Following the launch of Amazon's new streaming music service on the web last night, Amazon has now updated its iOS app with the feature, which also gets renamed from Amazon Cloud Player to the much more suitable Amazon Music. Also along for the ride is an updated icon and revamped design for the app.
The updated app, now called Amazon Music, serves the same purpose of offering downloads or streaming of all music stored in your Amazon Cloud account, but it's also getting a refreshed look that introduces easier navigation and the ability to manage and delete music from a library directly in the app. It's not a total redesign, but you will notice an overall streamlined design that does away with some of the clutter from the previous version. In addition, the app now has access to the newly announced Amazon Prime streaming service:
New! Amazon Prime members now have free, unlimited access to over a million songs and hundreds of custom built playlists for ad-free streaming. Explore the Prime Music catalog, add music for free to your library, or download to your mobile device for offline listening.
The updated Amazon Music app, version 3.0, is available for free on the App Store now.
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All it does it give you access to music you've already bought and nothing else. So, what's the point?
Actually it gives you access to music that you haven't purchased and curated playlist. It's not the newest of music but it's decent as a 'free add-on' to your prime membership. I've been listening to a few of their playlist today and they are refreshing. Just a change from the iTunes Radio format. So… For free… It's great!
Yeah, that section wasn't there when I updated the app. Is now, thanks.

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When Mika Street began Uptown Pilates in the city eight years ago, she was so young she didn't know she should be afraid to fail.
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Even though Street has been involved in physical activity for her whole life, Pilates offered her something that nothing had before.
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Distributed Link Building
When it comes to link building, there are multiple ways to do it, and I do them all. Some I still do because they work, and others I gave up on because I didn't see any results. Let me tell you a little about what is working right now. I like to call it distributed link building.
Consider your money site, the site you want to rank #1, how difficult is it to get relevant links to that site? For me, it's almost always very difficult because my sites are in small competitive niches. That means link buying is hard to do because I have 11 major competitors and they're not going to sell me links. Most other websites listed in the top 100 results are corporate comparison sites, wikipedia listings, and a lot of other junk not worth the money. So I'm left with a few options, here is where the distributed link building comes in.
Distributed link building is simply a process to gain links from across a wide variety of sites, but not directly linked to your money site. These links that you're building should not go directly to your money site, firstly because they're not relevant, and secondly they aren't good links, they're just any links you can find. So where do the links point? To your "Level 1" sites.
Level 1 Sites
Imagine a pyramid with your money site at the very top. Level 1 sites are sites and properties that you own or control.
Level 1 sites only link directly to your money site and authority sites (Wikipedia, Government sites, About.com, CNN, MSN, etc). Level one sites don't have ads and don't sell products, they only pass link power to your money site. Level 1 sites should be related by a single keyword, but not competitors.
If you're money site is about Madera Website Design then your level one sites will be related, but not competitors. Your Level 1 sites would be "Madera Interior Designs", "Free Madera Websites", "Website Design Tips", etc. You want to keep the keywords related so when you link to your money site, you're linking from related sites.
Depending on the size of your niche, and the profitability of the keywords you're targeting, these sites can be your own domains, HubPages, free blog hosts, WPMU sites, etc. If you can afford it and the keywords are very profitable, build out 5 or 10 of your own sites that link to your money site.
Level 1 sites need some decent links. I like to start with a few good directories like Yahoo! Directory, DMOZ (might never get approved, but it's worth a few minutes of hassle) and Ezilon Regional Web Directory (Especially good for local sites).
Level 2 Sites
Level 2 sites take on the role of Best Supporting Actor in your production. I generally have 50-200 of these sites for each of my Level 1 sites. It sounds like a lot, and if you're doing it manually, it will take you years. I suggest automating (not outsourcing) as much of this process as you can afford.
These Level 2 sites link up to Level 1 sites and also link to each other. Level 2 sites don't ever link to the money site, they're only supporting Level 1. These sites aren't designed to ever get traffic, rank for anything or make any money so don't waste time with design, layout, content, monetization, etc.
Level 3 Sites
If you don't have the means to automate and aren't in an ultra-competitive niche, you can stop at Level 2. I generally stop with Level 3 sites. These sites are just junk sites that have a single page of content and a link to a Level 2 site. You can rip article directories for the content, spin it and use it. It doesn't matter if the content makes any sense, nobody but search engine spiders will ever see it.
Instead of building Level 3 sites, you can substitute with automated link building. Use your imagination and think about ways to get a lot of useless links. You want Level 3 sites to get indexed, once they're indexed, that's good enough.
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1. After a first round of building Level 1-3 sites, you can further increase linking power by creating additional Level 1 sites. That seems to be the best way to add additional distributed linking power.
2. Automation is absolutely key. Depending on your level of experience, willingness to spend money, knowledge of a programming language and resourcefulness, there are a lot of ways you can automate everything in Level 2 and 3.
3. Junk links to Level 2 and Level 3 sites can be literally anything. No Follow, Referral links, bookmarks, comments, bulk purchased links, literally anything, you want a spider to stumble across your site.
If you have any questions, please post a comment and I'll do my best to answer it!
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Very nice but I have few questions:
1) The chances your link farm gets busted are quite high. This worked before but now… Different C class IPs, different whois, different DNS, different link paterns – nearly impossible to maintain for 200 sites. I don't really believe you do this with your sites.
2) Your junk links would cause nice penalties of your level 2 and level 3 sites that you can them pass on to your level 1 site also. Again I cannot believe you actually practice this.
I look on this more like a post what's possible and not like what's really working.
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Well Brandon,
Martokus already gave a smart comment.
I can't believe that this semi black hat strategies are still working today. I don't think this practice add much to your credibility and authority. I advice you to read the link development topics and comments on the Webmasterworld site for more high quality ideas and creativity.


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As a gift from Shelley E. Padnos and Carol Sarosik, the Padnos/Sarosik Endowed Professorship of Civil Discourse in the Brooks College of Interdisciplinary Studies will promote engagement with the concepts and tools of civil discourse. Through the initiatives of this position, Grand Valley hopes to strengthen the commitment to informed, peace-based, and respectful dialogue across the campus community and the neighboring areas of West Michigan.
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You all know how the story goes: During Survivor Series 1997, in the WWF Championship main event, Shawn Michaels has Bret Hart locked in his own signature submission move: The Sharpshooter. On orders of Vince McMahon, standing at ringside, referee Earl Hebner orders for the bell to be rung and for Michaels to be declared as the new WWF Champion despite the fact that Bret Hart did not tap out. This
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After Vietnam, it was axiomatic that the press would approach those in power with a skepticism verging on cynicism.
Yes, I know, it's not axiomatic that a vote against Upton means a loss.
When you pay them more, it is axiomatic that they will spend more.
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It's time to sharpen up those plasma pistol/SMG dual-wielding skills. GameStop and Bungie are looking for the ultimate Master Chief in the first-ever global Halo 2 online tournament. Winners will be decided from each of Xbox Live's 24 regions, and then they'll duke it out for the title of global Halo 2 champion.
The tournament will be played in the Rumble Pit matchmaking playlist over Xbox Live beginning sometime around May 2. Gamers who register and compete in Rumble Pit optimatch sessions will have their statistics recorded for the duration of the competition. At the end of the tournament, on May 30, a winner will be announced based on the highest ranking.
The US winner will then participate in the global Halo 2 championships in a double-elimination slayer format. More details on the world championships will be disclosed at the end of May.
The top dog of the US regional will win $500 in cash, a Samsung digital camcorder, and Halo 2 gear, including a half-size statue of the game's hero, Master Chief. The winner of the global competition will receive $1,500 cash, a 50-inch Samsung DLP television and HD DVD player/recorder, a 24-karat-gold Halo 2 disc, and a trophy.
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1.17.13 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: Payne Scores 1,000th Point in Win at ODU
Women's Basketball, 2013-01-17
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Cavaliers broke a five-game skid and won their second conference game with a 69-59 over hosting Ohio Dominican at Alumni Hall Thursday evening. Walsh (5-9, 2-8) had an extra reason to celebrate as Tracy Payne (Sr., 5-5, Danville, OH/HS/Notre Dame College) scored her 1,000thcareer point. The Panthers (4-10, 1-10) were a half-game behind Walsh entering the contest.
Payne matched fellow Walsh senior Kenny Kornowski, who scored his 1,000th point in the men's game against, by reaching the plateau on a basket with 4:26 left in the first half to tie the game at 26-26. She finished with a team-high 15 points with three 3-pointers.
Audrey Badovick (So., 5-5, Norwalk, OH/St. Paul) had the best game of her collegiate career as she matched Payne with 15 points on 6-of-8 shooting. Her previous career high was six points.
Both teams were neck-and-neck for most of the game before Walsh took the lead for good after a 3-pointer by Payne made it 52-49 with 10:28 left in the game. The Cavs finished the game strong on a 15-5 run.
Both teams were even on rebounds at 34, but Walsh pulled down 15 offensive caroms that translated into 18 second chance points compared to ODU's five. Whitney Dabbelt (So., 6-0, West Carrollton, OH/Archbishop Alter) was a main reason for that as she finished with 14 rebounds, eight offensively. The Cavs also held the advantage on fast-break points 14-6.
Lydia Corle (Fr., 5-9, North Canton, OH/Green) also reached double-figures for the fourth-straight game with 11 points. Kacee Hockenberry paced the Panthers with 22 points, 18 of which came in the first half.
The Cavaliers will attempt to keep the momentum rolling as they host Tiffin this Saturday at 3 p.m. following the men's game. The game will be broadcast on Teamline.
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Tropical Storm Andrea path update: D.C. area under Flash Flood Watch
Despite losing some intensity overnight, a Flash Flood Watch will be in effect throughout Friday in the D.C. area as heavy rains from Tropical Storm Andrea continue to move up the East Coast.
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A Coastal Flood Advisory is also in for areas near the Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac.
Further south in Virginia, a Tropical Storm Warning exists for the lower Chesapeake Bay, including the cities of Norfolk and Virginia Beach.
After bringing rains, heavy winds and even tornadoes to parts of Florida, Andrea moved quickly across south Georgia and was speeding through the Carolinas early Friday.
The first named storm of the Atlantic season lost some intensity late Thursday and by early Friday, its winds were down to 45 mph.
Ben Nelson, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Jacksonville, said Andrea was "moving at a pretty brisk pace" and could lose its tropical characteristics as early as Friday morning.
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To the Editor: Thanks for printing letter about District 205 journalism courses
Thanks so much for printing my letter to [Rockford Public School District 205 Superintendent Dr. LaVonne] Sheffield. My former publications students and I really appreciate [Staff Writer] Joe's [McGehee] and your support. Hopefully, the board and district will succumb to the pressure and keep the program's courses for credit. Thanks also for continuing to model for all journalism students the "right and ethical way" to report the news…it follows the Jefferson High School Publications' motto that was painted on the wall in my classroom: "Integrity IS Everything." Your column on the canons and ethics of journalism was well-written…if I was still teaching, every one of my students would have a copy of it in his hands on this coming Monday!
Thanks again for your support,
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Editor's note: Barbara O. Erickson's guest column, "District 205 journalism courses must be offered for credit," appeared in the Nov. 24-30 issue. Erickson is a Journalism Education Association mentor and retired teacher/adviser of Rockford Jefferson High School Publications.
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Tampa native opens school in Rwanda & New film explores JFK's trip to Tampa Bay 50 years ago
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Today on Radioactivity we hear from a Tampa native who has established a school for women in the country of Rwanda. Elizabeth Dearborn Hughes founded the Akila Institute in Rwanda, the first of its kind womans university in that African nation; its mission is to empower and educate women. Cecile and Julian two students at the school also join the show.
Later in the program Rob Lorei talks with a filmmaker Lynn Marvin Dingfelder, who has made a new film about President Kennedys trip to Tampa 50 years ago this month - just a few days before his assassination. The film, JFK in Tampa will premiere on Thursday in Tampa.
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I use the account at least once every few months to reupdate the front page, and as you can see, Sully told me to do that just a couple hours ago.
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Tommy dude, you gonna be able to get that promo in at some point today?
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Make sense out of confusing HIV/AIDS terminology!Finally, here is a reference work that contains clear and useful definitions of words, phrases, and medical terms associated with HIV/AIDS! The Encyclopedic Dictionary of AIDS-Related Terminology is an easy-to-understand guide to all of the...
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Eating Positive
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Proper nutrition is essential to individuals with HIV/AIDS. Yet, it is often difficult to maintain an adequate diet due to a variety of conditions associated with the disease and/or medications used to alleviate symptoms. Eating Positive: A Nutrition Guide and Recipe Book for People with HIV/AIDS...
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Description: After receiving bad news from a fertility doctor, Cindy and Jim Green try to bury their dreams of having a child by writing out all the great traits their child would have and putting them in a box in the garden. During a freak storm in the middle of the night, they awake to find a boy named Timothy, with leaves growing from his ankles, standing in their kitchen calling them mom and dad. Cindy and Jim are thrown into the midst of parenthood and over the coming months, Timothy will teach them more than they could have imagined about being parents and raising a child, no matter how he comes into their lives.
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|"A Season of Glory, the 2012 PGA of America Year in Review," Showcases Significant Moments, Performers Dec. 17, on Golf Channel
|The hour-long show airs at 9:00 p.m. ET and features highlights from the PGA Championship, Senior PGA Championship presented by KitchenAid and Ryder Cup. The program also features a segment on how PGA Professionals have made significant strides to bring more players into the game through "Get Golf Ready."
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Storybook performances by PGA Champion Rory McIlroy and Senior PGA Champion Roger Chapman; a Ryder Cup thriller to the end, and an award-winning roster of PGA Professionals fill the script for "A Season of Glory, The 2012 PGA of America Year in Review," featuring events and personalities that shaped the 96th anniversary year of the world's largest sports organization.
Championship moments along with growth of the game endeavors that touch thousands fill an hour-long Golf Channel special that debuts Monday, Dec. 17, from 9:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. ET. The PGA of America is composed of 27,000 men and women professionals who serve as ambassadors to the 26 million Americans who play the game of golf.
Narrated by NBC Sports commentator Jimmy Roberts, "The PGA of America Year in Review" will have additional airings Tuesday, Dec. 18, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., and Wednesday, Dec. 19, from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. ET. Golf Channel has a viewership of 84 million domestic households.
The program reflects The PGA's championship year beginning with McIlroy's remarkable march to the PGA Championship at the Ocean Course in Kiawah Island, S.C., a performance that would lead to his taking over the No. 1 world ranking and ultimately capturing his first PGA Player of the Year and Vardon Trophy.
As remarkable as McIlroy was, his story was preceded by a stunning chapter written by England's Roger Chapman nearly three months earlier in the Senior PGA Championship presented by KitchenAid. Chapman, winner of only one Tour event a dozen years ago in Brazil, put on a shotmaking clinic at Harbor Shores in Benton Harbor, Mich., finishing with a two-stroke triumph in senior golf's most prestigious and historic event.
The year's crowning weekend of drama in golf was reserved for a Sunday in September in Medinah Country Club outside Chicago, where Europe staged a record-matching comeback to stun the U.S. and retained the Ryder Cup.
The "PGA's Year in Review" also features a segment on how PGA Professionals have made significant strides to bring more players into the game through the "Get Golf Ready" program. PGA of America President Ted Bishop highlights the success along with PGA Director Instruction Katherine Marren of Pacific Grove, Calif.
The program also includes HLN "Morning Express" host Robin Meade, who took advantage of Get Golf Ready instruction with PGA Professional Suzy Whaley of Farmington, Conn. Also featured is PGA Past President Will Mann of North Myrtle Beach, S.C., now an instructor at Coastal Carolina University of Conway, S.C., one of 20 accredited PGA Professional Golf Management Universities throughout the country.
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Justin Bieber's perfume commercial: 'Someday' he'll come to sweep you off your feet
Justin Bieber announced he was going to develop and sell a women's perfume on Friday, May 20. Now the official commercial is here. And if it is to be believed (bieliebed?), wearing this perfume will cause Bieber himself to take you off a la "The Boy Who Could Fly" (look it up, kiddos. Old-school Disney Channel) and sniff your neck and whatnot.
Bieber told Women's Wear Daily of the perfume, "Let's be real, the way a girl smells is very important to a guy. I have such a deep connection with my fans, so creating a fragrance that I personally love is another way I can bring them closer to my world."
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The scent will go on sale in early June. It will retail for $35 and all proceeds will go to charity, which OK - that's cool. Our only question is: Who's the lucky girl in the ad?
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Normally you would put something like this on a cucumber slice and that would be fine, but the juniper in the marinade suggested potato, so we served it on a slice of crisp potato, and it was ravishing in the extreme. The potatoes can be made ahead of time too, as long as they're cooked until they're completely crisp and stored in an airtight container until you need them. Any potato not cooked all the way through will soften the others; if that happens, pop them all in a 350°F oven for five minutes, or until they've crisped up again.
The salmon can be sticky, so use two teaspoons to put it on the potato. I could never remember of which there was more in the gravlax cure, sugar or salt (since in the basic gravlax recipe one is three tablespoons and one is four). So after years of irritably looking up such a short recipe, I decided to THINK for a second and realized salt has four letters so salt is the four tablespoons. Welcome to my world.
YIELD: Makes about 40 hors d'oeuvres
For the Gravlax Cure:
Mix all the ingredients together in a small bowl. You can make the cure in advance and it will keep, stored in an airtight jar out of the sunlight, for up to 6 months.
For the Tartare:
In a medium bowl, mix the salmon with 2 tablespoons of the Gravlax Cure and then add the olive oil, snipped chives, orange zest, and pepper. Cover and refrigerate overnight, or for at least 6 hours. Serve topped with a scattering of freshly minced dill on a Crisp Potato Slice or an English cucumber slice.
Strew some more minced dill on the plate or tray that you're using to pass the hors d'oeuvres then the Crisp Potato Slices won't skid around and the cucumber will be easier to pick up.
For The Crisp Potato Slices:
Position a rack in the top third of the oven and preheat to 350°F.
Arrange the potatoes in a single layer on a baking sheet; brush each slice with oil, then turn them and brush the other side. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and bake for 10 minutes, then turn slices and bake for another 5 minutes. Remove all crisp slices with a spatula and continue cooking any slices that look like they need more time. Cool on a rack, then use immediately or store in an airtight container for up to 2 days.
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A satellite with lightning-fast reflexes will soon attempt to glimpse the most powerful - and fleeting - explosions in the universe.
The Swift telescope is set to launch aboard a Delta II rocket from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in mid-November, pending the launch of other US Air Force rockets, NASA officials said on Monday.
Once in orbit, Swift will scan one sixth of the sky at a time, searching for brief volleys of gamma-ray photons that - in just seconds - exceed the energy output of the Sun over its entire lifetime.
These gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are thought to be the birth cries of black holes that form when massive stars collapse in so-called hypernovae. Some bursts might represent the most distant observable objects - like flashbulbs popping off from the first generation of stars.
"If you had gamma-ray glasses, GRBs would dominate your life," says principal investigator Neil Gehrels, an astronomer at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. "It would be like the Moon flashing on and off several times per night."
Chasing the afterglow
But not much is known about these events because they occur randomly in the sky and typically last less than a minute. Scientists can glean more information about them, however, by studying their X-ray and optical afterglows, which can linger for hours or days.
But only a few dozen GRBs have been observed at multiple wavelengths to date. This is because it takes about six hours to alert astronomers of GRB detections so they can point their telescopes toward the afterglows - which can be thousands of times dimmer by then.
Now, if a GRB occurs in Swift's field of view, the telescope will automatically swivel to observe it - across a range of wavelengths - in just a minute.
"No other telescope has that capacity," says Anne Kinney, director of NASA's Universe Division. The technology is "not dependent on anybody answering their cellphone", she adds.
Casting shadows
The technology uses three instruments to locate a GRB. Because gamma rays pass right through focusing mirrors, Swift detects and roughly traces their origin using the shadows they cast through a lead mask measuring 1.2 by 2.4 metres (see image).
Then, the telescope adjusts the spin rate of six momentum wheels - instead of the usual three - to quickly swivel toward the burst. Two other instruments then pinpoint the GRB's location using X-ray, ultraviolet, and optical detectors.
These coordinates, along with other measurements, are then relayed over the Internet to more than 40 space- and ground-based observatories - along with anyone who signs up to receive the notices - for follow-up observations.
Mission planners estimate the gamma-ray telescope - which is five times more sensitive than any previously launched - will catch at least two to three GRBs per week.
But they are aiming for 500 to 1000 over the mission lifetime, which could be two to eight years, depending on funding. Swift, which is also funded by institutions in the UK and Italy, cost about $250 million to develop and will cost about $7 million per year to operate.
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Ways nonprofits can mine big data to predict donor response and develop more successful fundraising campaigns is outlined in a new white paper available for free download and authored by IDMI, a national leader in data driven solutions.
The white paper offers an in-depth look at the use of data mining and analysis to benefit philanthropic organizations seeking to gain an edge among today's highly sophisticated, dollar-conscious and technology savvy donors.
"Big data is a strategic wave that nonprofits must choose to ride, as delivery mechanism and response opportunities continue to grow and expand along with technology," said Paul Noonan, President of IDMI. "Organizations need to remember that just a few years ago social media and email wasn't even a part of their campaign strategy, and there's no foreseeing what new appeal and response avenues might unfold in the coming years."
Knowing where and how to identify the information they need among millions – or trillions - of bits of data on potential, past and faithful donors can be revolutionary for nonprofits, said Noonan. Big data provides them with concrete tools to boost acquisition, retention and lifetime value.
Some highlights of the paper include:
International Data Management (IDMI) has been providing full-service data driven solutions to the non-profit community since 1994. Headquartered in Akron, Ohio, with offices in Washington, Amsterdam and London, IDMI has worked with and supported the database management initiatives of some of the largest fundraising organizations in the country, helping them to pursue their mission and achieve their fundraising goals. IDMI builds powerful and cost effective data-driven programs with an unrelenting passion for personalized service. More information is available online at http://www.idmi.com or by calling (330) 869-8500.


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The billionaire Richard Branson is happy this morning. His Virgin Galactic spacecraft successfully completed its first rocket-powered test flight.
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WENDY KAUFMAN, BYLINE: Branson's high flying endeavor has been plagued with delays and technical problems, but on Monday, after an early morning flight from the California desert, the often flamboyant billionaire said history was being made.
Virgin Galactic spokesman Jeff Carr added that for the first time the company was able to able to prove the key components of the system worked in flight.
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As the national debate intensifies over the latest suspension on logging activities of Private Use Permit (PUP) holders, report emanating from corridors of the Liberian Senate seem to vindicate allegations of the Liberia Timber Association (LTA) that Government initial halt action in 2012 was based mainly on moral sentiments fueled by a letter from Global Witness and a coalition of NGOs to President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf alleging violations and fraud.
Documents in possession of this paper point to serious flaws observed by members of the Senate Joint Committees on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and Judiciary, Claims, Petitions and Human Rights, in an August 2012 report to the plenary of the Liberian Senate which outlined several key contradictions in Government's action.
The Committees' report was an outcome of investigations of complaints filed by the LTA against the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) for what the LTA termed, "arbitrary suspension of Private Use Permits and the immediate halt of all PUP activities and operations in Liberia".
The LTA complaint said the action of the FDA was not only illegal as per the terms, conditions and provision of the PUPs and the contracts they signed and executed, which contracts have not expired, but that the action was also creating a heavy financial burden for the membership, and has the propensity to "increase the already high unemployment rate in the country".
During the Joint Committees hearing, which included FDA management, LTA President and members, Global Witness Director as well as representatives of NGO Coalition, chiefs and leaders of Gbarpolu and Grand Bassa Counties, and Human Rights Activist Cllr. Dempster Brown, the FDA management is reported to have admitted that, although the PUP holders did not violate any law, their activities were ordered suspended by the Board.
The Committees' Report noted that the Board's suspension was totally unfounded because it was the same Board which earlier stated in one of its reports, "that all of the PUPs were entered into between the FDA and the said owners of the lands, whether private land owner or community, and not the operators", and "that with the exception of land rental, the Government of Liberia gets all the other types of revenues that it usually gets from the issuance of FMC and TSC."
The report even noted with interest that the FDA Board in paragraph eight (8) of one its minutes claimed, "that while the Board agreed that the NGO Coalition may have raised some strong points that might deserve consideration, their fears and concerns seem mainly to base on feelings and not facts".
During its investigations, the Committee discovered that all of the PUP permits were issued by FDA, and that FDA signed the individual contracts by and between the holders and the locals. "There is no provision in the National Forestry Reform Law authorizing FDA to cancel or suspend at will these contracts or any of them without allowing the legal process to take its course", the report said, adding, "under our law, the contractual obligations must be guaranteed by the Government and no laws should be passed to impair such right".
Quoting Article 20 of the 1986 Liberian Constitution, the Report said, "the Constitution provides that no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, security of the person, property, privilege or any other right except as the outcome of a hearing judgment consistent with the provisions laid down in this Constitution and in accordance with Due Process of Law..."
In its recommendations to the Senate Plenary, the highest decision making body of the Upper House, the Committees called for reinstitution of the permit and the conduct of an independent investigation into the allegations of Global Witness and other NGOs.
Based on the Committees' Report and recommendations, the Senate passed a resolution ordering reinstatement of the PUPs operations with immediate effect, and informed President Sirleaf as well as the House of Representatives.
In the wake of Government latest halt action contained in Executive Order Number 44, critics have termed the action unhealthy for the country's young democracy, as it would deprive ordinary Liberians of much needed resources.
"It is no secret that we are one of the world's poorest countries, and so the revenues expected from fees and taxes around timber harvesting from PUPs would immensely jumpstart key investment projects the Liberian government has designed as part of the current budget cycle and by extension part of the President's Five Year development agenda and the long term development roadmap, Vision 2030," says Citizens United to Promote Peace and Democracy in Liberia (CUPPDL), local rights group in a recent statement.
As furor over the suspension of PUP activities continues unabated, legal pundits are of the view that a final ruling into the matter would be tilted somehow in favor of legality instead of morality.


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