text:
For contributions to the newsletter and Letters to the Editor, please email the editor of SPAWNews: email@example.com.
Those of you who are SPAWN members, be sure to visit the Members Only Area to read this month's Market Update. Go to http://www.spawn.org and click Log In. You will be asked for your username and password.
If you are not a member, join now online: http://www.spawn.org/join.htm
From the President
Welcome to all the new members and subscribers who have discovered SPAWN this month!
I have been working hard on the 4th annual Self-Publishers Online Conference, which is next week. SPAWN is a sponsor and you'll notice a couple of our members are speaking at the event which will be May 8-10.
If you're an author or book publisher, you don't want to miss it: 16 expert speakers, Exhibit Hall, Q&A, discussion area and more. Enter the coupon code SPAWN12 at checkout to save 10%!
Read more and register at http://www.SelfPublishersOnlineConference.com
Susan Daffron (email@example.com)
President & Webmaster, Small Publishers Artists and Writers Network (SPAWN)
President, Logical Expressions, Inc.
Editor's Note
Which would you rather do—alligator wrestling or public speaking? It seems a no-brainer, but many people would stop, think, and maybe ask, "Just how big is the alligator?"
Public speaking, done well, won't get you as dirty as alligator wrestling. If you're afraid you'll embarrass yourself, make a joke of it. Say, "I'm a little nervous—well heck, I can't even breathe! If I faint, haul my body off to the side of the stage and administer chocolate until I'm all better." Listeners will relate. Public speaking is ranked as our number-one fear.
Making small talk while remembering someone's name, rank, and employment is akin to rubbing your stomach and patting your head. Speaking to a group can be easier because you cantalk about your work. It's what's on your mind every day and what you enjoy most. Once you get started, it will be fine. Trust me. And there's always that chocolate antidote.
I once introduced Susan RoAne, author of How to Work a Room, to a mixed audience of strangers and people I knew. The strangers were easier. I mentioned that Susan's book gave me the ability to make small talk, but speaking in front of a crowd was still a nerve-wracking experience. Someone in the front row snorted, "Yeah, right."
I guess it was a compliment that meant I was doing okay, but I replied, "Oh sure, you be her friend and then tell her you can't introduce her because you can't speak to a bunch of strangers, and see how far you get!" The laughter broke the ice; I lived through it and didn't fall on my face even though I was wearing three-inch heels. You gotta look good whether on your feet or on your face.
And as Susan showed me, when all else fails, coercion and squinty-eyed looks from the sidelines work.
— Sandy, Editor, SPAWNews, firstname.lastname@example.com
SPAWN Market Update
by Patricia Fry
The May issue of the SPAWN Market Update provides:
- A link to a directory of over 65 e-book publishers
- A new e-book distributor with nearly 75 e-book outlets
- A directory of online critique groups
- A directory of blogs for authors
- A guest blogger opportunity for authors with 1,000 hits per day
- Ten paying opportunities for photographers
- A huge website jammed with good and bad information about hundreds of publishers
- Two new publishers seeking mysteries, memoirs, science fiction, short-story collections, horror, historical fiction, paranormal, criminal series, and more
- Leads and support for freelance writers/journalists
- And more…
Whether this is your first visit to the member area of the SPAWN site to read the SPAWN Market Update or your 1,001st, you won't be disappointed. What we're offering is the equivalent of hundreds of specific resources, dozens of hours saved in research, and possible savings or book-sale earnings that could way surpass your SPAWN annual membership fee. For example, find someone to publish and distribute your e-book and earn a few hundred bucks in the coming months. Hire an e-book distributor and score several good outlets for your e-book resulting in hundreds of sales. Visit some of the blogs for authors and discover additional book-promotion leads, resources, connections, etc. Score with one of the magazines or publishers we mention this month. Get a guest-blogger invitation and receive excellent exposure. We all know that exposure can lead to sales and additional opportunities, connections, etc.
Will this issue of the SPAWN Market Update generate the success you desire? Only if you read it and follow up on some of the resources we bring you.
A few of you have never visited the member area. You've even lost track of your login information. Now that's no way to get the most out of your SPAWN membership. If you have problems logging in, remember to use your whole name, no spaces (ex: PatriciaFry) and then your password. Can't remember your password? Click on Lost Password? and then enter your email or user ID. It will send you a new password that you can put in a nice, safe place for the next time. You don't want to miss the Market Update!
Some of you are subscribers only. You have yet to join SPAWN and receive all of the benefits. Join this month by going to www.spawn.org and click on Join/Renew.
Report from the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
By Patricia Fry
It was another busy weekend at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. What a great event for authors. SPAWN had the equivalent of two booths and we arranged space inside for some of our members to sell their books. We sold a total of around 100 books. (I sold out of Publish Your Book and Promote Your Book and had to take orders.) Three members were so enthused about their sales and the exposure that they have reserved space for next year. Most members made some amazing connections. Here are some of them:
- An editor from a major magazine approached one of our author members about writing his story.
- One member made contact with representatives from several book clubs. She has decided that her novel would be a great book-club book.
- Another member connected with someone who wants to recommend his book to her clients and students.
- Dozens and dozens of visitors picked up and looked over some of the members' books we had on display.
- We handed out several SPAWN member applications and signed up three members on the spot.
- I collected contact info from several great sources for upcoming issues of the SPAWN newsletters.
- We handed out around 250 copies of the SPAWN Catalog of Members' Books and Services, which means that many of our members' books are being noticed and may be ordered.
- Likewise, I met dozens and dozens of authors who expressed an interest in my editorial services.
- And we learned new marketing techniques and ideas for new publicity forums from one another.
You cannot go out in public with your meaningful nonfiction or entertaining fiction book, or even a lovely children's book, without making some worthwhile connections. So I hope that all of you with books are seeking out public appearances, becoming known through social media, and following up on the people you meet while out and about.
Read comments in the Member News section by some of the members who staffed the booth.
Ask the Book Doctor:
Advertising versus Speaking Engagements, Gerund Use, and Singular Verbs
By Bobbie Christmas
Q: I've been offered a big discount on an ad in a national magazine that appeals to poets and other writers. The magazine plans a special section that features new writers, and I want to promote my poetry book in that section. What do you think? Should I spend my money promoting my poetry book in a magazine?
A: When was the last time you bought a book because you saw an advertisement in a magazine? Let me guess: never, right? You're not alone. Although I do not set myself up as an advertising guru, I worked in advertising for many years, and I never heard of a book ad that brought in much revenue. Yes, the ad may get the book some recognition, so that when potential buyers later see the book in a store, they may be influenced to buy it, but few people pick up the phone or go to a computer to order a book from an ad, especially an ad for a poetry book.
Who is most likely to buy a poetry book? Someone who has heard that poet's work. Where can potential buyers hear a poet's work? At gatherings for writers, of course. For that reason, my number-one suggestion is to use your time and money getting booked to speak at venues where you can read your poetry and sell your books face-to-face.
Q: Why is it considered poor English usage to begin a sentence with a gerund?
A: If by "poor" you mean incorrect, it's not consistently true, although it can happen, and if by "poor" you mean "weak," it can be true, but again, not necessarily. To say using a gerund at the beginning of a sentence is always poor, weak, or incorrect is an over-generalization. Once I explain the problems a gerund at the beginning of a sentence can cause, however, you will see why smart writers avoid them.
Gerunds—verbs turned into nouns by adding ing, such as laughing, cooking, and walking—are common and proper English. That said, -ing formations often weaken writing when they call for passive verbs to drive the sentence. For example: Hanging from the rafters, the bats were upside down. "Were" is an inactive verb that shows no action. Recast the sentence, and see what you get: The bats hung upside down from the rafters. "Hung" is a stronger verb than "was," because readers can visualize "hung," and it shows action, even if not much, and therefore it is a stronger verb than "was."
Worse than weak writing, though, are dangling modifiers, and gerunds, especially at the beginning of a phrase or a sentence, often act as the culprits in dangling modifiers.
Let's examine, for example, the following sentence: Waving good-bye, the boat pulled away, while we watched the shore fade in the distance. As written, the boat waved good-bye, because the word "waving" refers to the next noun, the boat. That example is typical of a dangling modifier created by beginning the sentence with a gerund. If you want to keep the gerund in the beginning, you could rewrite the sentence this way: Waving good-bye, we watched the shore fade in the distance while the boat pulled away. In the recast form, the word "waving" refers to "we," which is correct.
Another way that gerunds result in weak writing is that many writers get into a pattern of overusing them, especially at the beginnings of sentences. Strong writers, however, avoid overusing any structure.
Q: Which is correct? "Neither of us rides (or ride) the bus."
A: When saying something negative that applies to each of two people, the word "neither" calls for a singular verb: "Neither of us rides the bus."
Bobbie Christmas, book editor, author of Write In Style (Union Square Publishing), and owner of Zebra Communications, will answer your questions, too. Send them to email@example.com. Read more "Ask the Book Doctor" questions and answers at www.zebraeditor.com.
Always a Warm Welcome
by Helen Gallagher
I've loved libraries since I was a toddler. The public space and private time opened my imagination and taught me there is a special place to explore and learn. Plus I got to take books home without having to ask my mom to buy them for me.
I spend time at public libraries whenever I travel, and enjoy seeing the collection of diverse society. Today libraries are part cafe, part theater, a strong community resource, and of course they are my favorite place to book my author events.
Public librarians plan their schedules far in advance, and are always looking for programs their patrons will enjoy. Authors are especially welcome because our books are perceived as a sign of credibility.
Not convinced? Here is another reason why public libraries are a great place to speak: their schedules require them to find interesting seasonal programs. Authors can pitch an event in the season of romance, travel, life transitions, and memoir. Evergreen topics will always find a home at a library. Librarians have to fill a new calendar every month of the year.
While being an author is a good way to get invited, it is best not to think the presentation is about you selling your books. The book gives credibility, but in addition to hearing a reading from the book, the audience expects a wider array of information about your topic, and about your experiences. The talk must go far beyond the book. I always make sure the audience knows I am donating a copy of my book to the library.
I do programs for writers on a range of topics from blogging to e-books to publishing and author marketing. I provide libraries with a list of topics, and they call when they are planning their next season. They share news of successful events with other libraries, which leads to more referrals. They also do all the promotion for your event, including in local newspapers. They take reservations and set up the room according to your needs with professional equipment and seating.
I'm sure compensation for speakers varies around the country. In the Chicago area, rates are $250 and up for a one-hour presentation or writing workshop.
Sign up with a local speakers' bureau if you want even more visibility among libraries, associations, and area non-profits.
Helen Gallagher is SPAWN's membership chair. She is devoted to retaining and recruiting members. She is a national speaker on technology, writing, and the beautiful way they intersect in publishing today. email@example.com.
Start Locally
by Patricia Fry
Personality sells books, and public speaking is a great way to promote your book without having to travel to spread the word. Most authors begin their speaking journey in familiar territory.
Start your speaking tour by arranging to talk at pre-scheduled meetings. Get a list of local groups and organizations that meet regularly in your city/county. Find this in the front pages of your phone book, or at your local Chamber of Commerce or your city's website.
If you belong to a club or organization or know people who do, use these connections to get your toes wet as a public speaker. Contact the program chair for your college alumni organization, your businesswomen's club, and your church auxiliary and arrange to speak about your appropriate book. Call on your co-worker who belongs to a couple of civic organizations, your cousin who heads up a book club, the principle of your children's school, your friend who is a librarian, and the neighbor who is a supporter of a local Boys and Girls Club. If your book is appropriate to the group, ask your contact to recommend you as a presenter.
Do a little research to discover the types of programs potential clubs/organizations feature and which organizations' meetings are open to guest speakers. Once you become familiar with speaking before readymade groups who are accustomed to hearing a speaker every Thursday, for example, consider organizing some local presentations through established groups that don't typically have guest speakers. From there, you can get more creative. With the assistance of store managers, librarians, corporate or church leaders, or teachers, for example, you might devise programs at appropriate venues and invite the public.
Study your local newspaper regularly for listings of clubs and organizations as well as announcements of special events occurring at the women's center, schools, senior facilities, animal shelter, Moose Lodge, library, city hall, churches, retail stores, etc. Depending on the topic of your nonfiction book or the theme of your novel, you might arrange to speak to nurses, vegetarians, horse owners, adoptive parents, real estate brokers, homeowners, educators, adult victims of child abuse, daycare workers, pet owners, or a general audience.
Your book topic might be appropriate for some rather unique venues and presentations. An author of a poetry book might participate in a poetry slam and/or read her poetry at a local coffeehouse, natural food restaurant, private home, local spa, or retreat center. You could talk about your animal- or pet-related book at a feed store, pet shop, animal shelter, vegan restaurant, wildlife preserve, kennel, cattery, the lobby of a busy veterinarian's office, a gift shop, animal rehabilitation center, park, forest-service property, campground, stable, and more.
The key is to use your imagination and then make it happen.
This article is excerpted from Patricia Fry's upcoming book, Talk Up Your Book, How to Sell Your Book Through Public Speaking, Interviews, Signings, Festivals, Conferences and More (Allworth Press, 2013). Several SPAWN members contributed some great stories and perspective for this book. Watch for the launch in the fall.
Five Reasons you Can – and Should – Teach Workshops
by Dena Harris
Writers and publishers sport multiple hats—editors, marketers, accountants, office administrators, sales, and the list goes on. We may not enjoy Excel spreadsheets, but we tolerate them because they're part of the job.
Yet, too often we view public speaking as optional. Why? There is no quicker way than through public speaking to niche yourself as an expert and appeal to agents, editors, and employers as someone who is a standout writer.
For those who feel queasy at the notion, there's hope. Below are five reasons why offering a workshop is a fun and simple alternative to public speaking.
1. Workshops Are a Less-Scary Version of Public Speaking
Many writers who aren't comfortable speaking at a podium find themselves at home in the classroom. There's less pressure to "present" and more natural give and take between you and attendees, removing the dread of having to stand and "give a speech."
2. It Doesn't Matter What You Teach
Just because you write for the insurance industry doesn't mean you need to offer a class on benefits. The fact that you're teaching anything confers a "halo effect" upon your author platform. What attracts agents and editors is not so much a specific topic, but the fact that you're a writer who's out there, unafraid to present.
3. Workshops Build Your Platform
There's no denying the symbiosis between speaking and writing. The more speaking you do on a topic, the easier it is to niche yourself as an expert in that area. Similarly, the more writing you do in one area, the more people will seek you out as a speaker. This leads to increased exposure and an easier time landing writing assignments and being sought as a go-to writer in your field.
4. You Can Team Teach
Still unsure about standing in front of a group alone? Recruit a friend (or friends) to team teach with you. I have a friend with a strong fiction background, while my strength lies in non-fiction. Together we teach a six-week workshop that covers both subjects. Although we divvy up the work, my writer's resume and author platform is enhanced by being associated with a fiction workshop, as is his with non-fiction.
Another idea is to arrange a panel of speakers, of which you are one. The panel can be part of a workshop series or can stand alone.
5. Workshops Increase Income
Are you going to get rich teaching workshops? Unless you're Nicholas Sparks, probably not. You may even decide not to charge for your workshop or panel. Where the payoff arrives is in referrals, assignments, exposure, and name recognition. It's the book sales at the back of the room… the ghostwriting assignment you land as the result of having met someone in a workshop you taught… or the extra "oomph" in that paragraph in your query letter that explains why you're the best person to write a particular article or book.
If you're interested in putting together a workshop but are not sure what to teach, pay attention to what people ask you when they discover you're a writer. We've all been invited out to coffee so a would-be writer could pick our brain about the writing or publishing process. Aside from the fact that our time and knowledge is worth more than a tall Starbucks latté, consider how professional you appear when your response is, "I teach a half-day workshop that answers beginning writers' questions. I've attached a flyer with class times and pricing. I hope you can attend!"
Have fun, no fear, keep writing. Dena Harris is the owner of Spotlight Publishing, Inc. (http://www.spotlight-publishing.com/ ) and the author of several humor books, including Who Moved My Mouse? A Self-Help Book for Cats that has been translated into six different languages. Her next book from Ten Speed Press is due out in Fall 2013. She is a frequent workshop presenter. www.DenaHarris.com firstname.lastname@example.com
Until They Say Yes
by Lucinda Crosby
I've discovered that when you are an unknown author from a minuscule publisher without limitless funds for PR, developing an accessible, engaging, enlightening, and amusing presentation about your book and your writing and then contacting book clubs and writing clubs and Rotary Clubs, garden clubs, historical societies, whatever….until they say yes is a slogging but effective way to build street cred—and a repertoire of topics. Done well, 1) you'll sell books like hotcakes, 2) you'll get great references for future events, and 3) your name will get passed to other interested parties/groups, often unbeknownst to you.
It helps that I have an acting background. I've found that the energy level usually required for children's theater is the right framework for my approach.
I use my entire body. I make sure my voice is warm and travels up and down the tone scale. I dress specifically for an audience. I subtly alter the length of time per section depending on the restlessness of the audience. I try to take questions as I go. The first ten minutes of every seminar, workshop, or speech is pretty much the same: how I taught myself to read at age three, the influence my grandmother and father had on my relationship with the written and spoken word, the wondrous storytellers and people I knew who expressed themselves so uniquely. These ten minutes have been rehearsed and rehearsed, sometimes in front of my publicist or other patient friend, sometimes in front of a mirror, or sometimes all alone. I know where the laughs are. I know the power of the message, where folks will nod, where they'll connect.
This uniformity of opening gets me into the body of the speech and grabs the audience. They begin to trust my competence. This allows me to relax and enjoy whatever topics fleshes out the remainder of my time.
Here's the thing: every writer and/or author has at least one fascinating story about their "life of the word," how they fell in love with a story or with storytelling. On the audience side, who doesn't want to peek behind the wizard's curtain—go backstage—be allowed into the creative process behind the scenes? It's like House Hunters International—we all are driven to see how the other is really living—especially those who are where we wish to go.
I picked out five amazing and not-too-long readings from my book, no more than a page or so. I've practiced them to extract nuance and opportunities for gestures or emotional underlining. I read three or four, depending on time. They drive sales like an engine drives a train! Remember, who you are and what you're writing about must be important to you or it won't be important to anyone else…so act with importance.
The first-born of Crosby's novels, Francesca of Lost Nation, released in late 2010, has earned five literary honors, including being listed in the 2011 version of 50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading. Her next release, scheduled for mid-2012, is a children's tale called The Adventures of Baylard Bear: a story about being different. Both books have just received nominations for Dan Poynter's International e-Book Awards. To engage Crosby for your conference, please contact Laura Dobbins (760) 301-4279.
Ignoring the Audience Can Be a Good Thing
by C. Hope Clark
Writing fiction doesn't necessarily require me to speak, but being editor of FundsforWriters.com does. Organizers of writing conferences ask me to participate at events across the country, and while speaking did not come easily for me, I soon learned how to manage. Before long, I developed tricks and a keen sense of the dynamics of a room full of people. I soon learned who and what to ignore in that audience, and to save your sanity and self-esteem, you should, too.
Just as you cannot write a book that pleases everyone, you will not please everyone in a room when you are speaking. If you speak more than a few times, you'll soon develop pet peeves, but you can also develop a thick skin in dealing with, or ignoring, them.
Someone will walk in late.
Don't worry about them. Life happens, and especially at a conference, audience members find themselves lost in conversations, caught on phone calls, and wrapped up in special talks with agents and editors. Don't stare at them. Instead, turn your attention to another part of the room so the late entrant isn't embarrassed. Your audience pays attention to where you are focused.
Someone will get up and leave early.
I've done it several times. When a conference has multiple speakers at one time, I've entered a room, started listening to a speaker, then realized this was not a subject I needed. Rather than waste the time of both the speaker and myself, I quietly slipped out and stealthily slid into another session. Frankly, any seasoned speaker is calloused to the comings and goings of the audience and should never miss a beat as it happens. Never take it personally. Again, you can't be all things to all people.
Someone will fall asleep.
I chuckle at this one, because in a sea of people, the one dozing often thinks nobody notices. A speaker has a fantastic vantage point to see everything and anything. When I recognize more than one head nodding, I take that as a warning that I need to step up my game. My voice changes or I skip to another topic that's more captivating. Instead of being insulted by some sleepyhead, consider it a wakeup call for you. But if the room is thoroughly engaged with you, ignore the napper. He apparently needs his rest.
Someone will talk.
If friends sit together, they'll inevitably chat. Most are polite enough to limit the back-and-forth, but if they aren't, change something. Speak louder. Make a sudden shift in topic. Move across the room. Ask a question of the crowd. Speak with your attention on them. Chances are the friends aren't trying to be rude. They might even be discussing what you just emphasized, sharing an example that pertains to your point. But with a little shift, you can draw their attention back to you so they don't bother their neighbors with their talk.
Audiences don't always behave. But you don't have to let them ruin your presentation. Understanding that someone won't go along with the norm empowers you to keep your momentum going so everyone has a better experience, including the ones breaking the rules.
C. Hope Clark travels the country speaking at writers' conferences, promoting not only FundsforWriters.com, her award-winning website for writers, but also her debut novel Lowcountry Bribe, A Carolina Slade Mystery. You can find where Hope will next speak by visiting www.chopeclark.com. Also consider visiting www.fundsforwriters.com, voted 101 Best Websites for Writers by Writers Digest Magazine for the past eleven years. Her newsletters reach 43,000 readers. www.fundsforwriters.com
Overcoming Shyness in Public Speaking
by Joanna Celeste
I am no expert at public speaking, but I have been called upon to deliver speeches to crowds numerous times (at graduations, accepting awards, as a bridesmaid, etc.) even when I was so shy that talking to people at all, let alone en masse, could bring on a panic attack. Through experience, and by incorporating what worked for me as a salesperson, I now actually enjoy public speaking. This is what I learned:
- Treating people as I would like to be treated, and taking the time to work out who my audience will likely be, what they are interested in, and what I would want or need if I were in their place, tends to be helpful. In sales, my most successful tactic was listening to people before giving my pitch.
- It's valuable to write down what I want to say beforehand. Otherwise I ramble.
- Practicing what I want to say with an inanimate object (e.g. a mirror, wall or—as a kid, my teddy) builds my confidence. Then I can talk to people without tripping over my tongue.
- Taking my notes with me helps me stay on point, and when I need to take a deep breath I can sneak one in while glancing at my notes.
- To prepare, I remind myself that I know what I want to say, that it's important to me to share this, and that I can pull this off. I find one person in the room (my mother, a friend, someone familiar) whom I can "hook" onto when I realize that I can't do this, and then I tell that person what I want to say, and once I'm back in the groove I move my attention to another person.
- I walk into a room or to the podium with good posture and my version of grace and confidence. (I think of Audrey Hepburn.) I always smile, even if I'm suddenly struck at how bad an idea this is.
- I approach the crowd as a mass of individuals—I direct my speech to one person at a time, usually for about a sentence, and I look them directly in the eye. I can't talk to People because I'm not in a conversation with People, I'm having a one-to-one conversation with several persons simultaneously.
- Above all, if I'm sincere in what I want to say, and I make a point to connect with the persons I'm sharing my thoughts with, I tend to be successful. And while I may kick myself later for the occasional rambling, I'm in the moment and I have fun despite being somewhat nervous inside.
A tip from the experts:
"Good public speaking is seven parts attitude and three parts mechanics (organization, body language, and rhetorical devices). You can wow an audience with a forceful message and a good attitude." Getting Over Yourself: A Guide to Painless Public Speaking by Barbara Rocha http://www.amazon.com/Getting-Over-Yourself-Barbara-Rocha/dp/0966000129/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1334634570&sr=8-1
Joanna Celeste is a storyteller and budding technical writer. Her published stories, poetry, articles and How To's are on her website, http://www.notionsofagirl.wordpress.com.
Ten Tips for Public Speaking—How to Find Your Confidence from Toastmasters
Feeling some nervousness before giving a speech is natural and even beneficial, but too much nervousness can be detrimental. Here are some proven tips on how to control your butterflies and give better presentations:
1. Know your material. Pick a topic you are interested in. Know more about it than you include in your speech. Use humor, personal stories, and conversational language—that way you won't easily forget what to say.
2. Practice. Practice. Practice! Rehearse out loud with all equipment you plan on using. Revise as necessary. Work to control filler words; practice, pause and breathe. Practice with a timer and allow time for the unexpected.
3. Know the audience. Greet some of the audience members as they arrive. It's easier to speak to a group of friends than to strangers.
4. Know the room. Arrive early, walk around the speaking area and practice using the microphone and any visual aids.
5. Relax. Begin by addressing the audience. It buys you time and calms your nerves. Pause, smile and count to three before saying anything. ("One one-thousand, two one-thousand, three one-thousand." Pause. Begin.) Transform nervous energy into enthusiasm.
6. Visualize yourself giving your speech. Imagine yourself speaking, your voice loud, clear, and confident. Visualize the audience clapping—it will boost your confidence.
7. Realize that people want you to succeed. Audiences want you to be interesting, stimulating, informative and entertaining. They're rooting for you.
8. Don't apologize for any nervousness or problem—the audience probably never noticed it.
9. Concentrate on the message, not the medium. Focus your attention away from your own anxieties and concentrate on your message and your audience.
10. Gain experience. Mainly, your speech should represent you—as an authority and as a person. Experience builds confidence, which is the key to effective speaking. A Toastmasters Club can provide the experience you need in a safe and friendly environment.
Visit a Toastmasters meeting!
Toastmasters groups meet in the morning, at noon, or in the evening in communities and corporations all over the world. No matter where you live, work, or travel, you'll likely find a group nearby.
www.toastmasters.org Article reprinted courtesy of Toastmasters.
Member News
SPAWN President Susan Daffron is one of the organizers of the fourth annual Self-Publishers Online Conference (SPOC), which will be held May 8-10, 2012. At this virtual event, you can learn how to write, publish and promote a book all from the comfort of your own home. SPOC offers 16 expert speakers, 15 presentations, and live Q&A calls that are all focused on how you can successfully self publish fiction and non-fiction books and ebooks. Register at: http://SelfPublishersOnlineConference.com (Use the code SPAWN12 to get 10% off)
Roberta Raye got wonderful feedback from a contact she made at LATFoB. Here's her experience: I am new to SPAWN, and decided to join the gang at the LATFoB on Sunday. I could tell pretty early that it wasn't going to be a huge sales day for me, but wanted to make the most of it, so I decided to capture e-mail addresses by having a drawing for a free book. I got over forty-five –email addresses, sold eight books, and made some incredible connections. My promo giveaway, a handmade mini-book that looks just like my real book, is full of sweet reviews. I autographed each one. I handed out over four hundred of those, basically on faith that people would interact with them before they threw them away.
Nancy and Biff Barnes also attended the LA Times Book Festival and had an excellent experience. She says, "I know that it is tough for a lone author to recoup the cost of the booth, but I recommend attending for the education it provides. For our editing and book design business, it definitely was the right place to be. There is something about meeting people face-to-face and feeling a good connection that just doesn't happen online. We will be going to more book festivals from now on! www.StoriesToTellBooks.com
Here's a promotional hint from Barbara Florio Graham: When I self-published Mewsings/Musings, I had bookmarks run with the laminated covers, and found that people really liked a sturdy bookmark that didn't get dog-eared or disintegrate when wet. I put a description of the book with ordering info on the back, but when I had the second batch printed, I left the backs blank to allow me to add labels containing whatever information I want to give out. The latest labels contain my photo, promote Prose to Go, and include my e-mail address (my website is already on the front). www.simonteakettle.com
Leslie Korenko was honored at the Ohio Genealogical Society's convention in Cleveland recently. She received the Henry Howe award for outstanding Ohio history book published within the last five years. Leslie won the award for her two books about Kelleys Island. She is working on the third book in the series (1867-1871 – The Lodge, Suffrage & Baseball) www.KelleysIslandStory.com
From Martha Heineman Pieper, Ph.D.: Independent booksellers across the country voted Mommy, Daddy I Had a Bad Dream! to the Summer 2012 Kids' Indie Next List — "Inspired Recommendations for Kids from Indie Booksellers." www.mommydaddyihadabaddream.com
(Note from Executive Director, Patricia Fry: This was one of the most popular member books on display in the SPAWN booth at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. If the author had been there, she could have sold dozens of copies.)
Dallas Woodburn, SPAWN's Youth Director, won the Asian Studies Fiction Award for her story Three Sundays at The Grove. She also received news that two of her plays will be produced this summer: A Frog in Boiling Water will be part of Hurricane Season at the Eclectic Company Theatre in Los Angeles, and The Stars in Illinois will be produced by the Santa Paula Theatre Company. Woodburn also received a Committee for the Education of Teaching Assistants (CETA) Teaching Award from Purdue University, where she teaches undergraduate creative writing, composition, and business writing courses. http://dallaswoodburn.blogspot.com/
From Hope Clark: Lowcountry Bribe: A Carolina Slade Mystery from FundsforWriters editor C. Hope Clark (Bell Bridge Books, Feb 2012) is soaring at Amazon and B&N. Forty-eight reviews on Amazon, forty-two of them five-star. A professor plans to use Lowcountry Bribe in her Regional Literature class, and Hope's 10th grade English teacher has invited her to speak at her book club. Amazing what a book can do to your life—in such a good way. Hope will be on book tour through Pennsylvania, Iowa, and Oklahoma the first week in May. C. Hope Clark Editor, FundsforWriters
Rex Owens will have a small article in The Writer, May edition 125 Years of The Writer and You.
Contests, Events and Opportunities
The Contests, Awards, Events, and Opportunities listings are located on the SPAWN blog. Please use these links to get the latest information
Contests and Awards
Events and Opportunities
About SPAWN
SPAWN is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization. SPAWNews advises "caveat emptor" when dealing with venues, contests or promotions unknown to you.
Learn more about SPAWN at the Website


text:
About the Reviews
I am doing these reviews to be of an added benefit to the many photographers that are following me on Google+ and as well as to the regular readers of this blog.
I am writing my posts not simply to the maker of the image but in a fully educational format with tips and concepts that will apply to all.
If there is sufficient response to this set of reviews I will open up another submission phase and do another set of reviews.
I assume there will be as this time I have 17 items submitted on Google+ and many of them seemed very interested, excited and sincere.
They did it by including the phrase Real Reviews Welcomed +Scott jarvie
My reviews are long and in depth looks into the pictures… I don't simply say you should have done this or that… but I also say having taken the picture as you did you could make the following changes.
Yes I did two extra reviews that I promised… and I'm probably hurting on time because of that. Next time I might do less. But I do want more submitted… because it's fun.
I didn't look at any of the reviews that other people might have wrote on the pictures prior to me… except in the sunset picture.
I spent a long time writing these dang reviews… and life needs to continue now… so if you have a problem with grammar or spelling, don't read my review. Seriously… don't. You don't deserve my insights if you're just gonna get distracted by my faults. I really do need to move along. If someone privately wants to rewrite and send me the rendition, while 100% maintaining my personality in the writing… go ahead I'll fix it up.
Image #1
By Janqi Oo – From kampar,malaysia
"Shot this during a cub prix in my hometown."
My Review
Well first off it's awesome that you have the red biker in the front; certainly the most photogenic of the bunch. Had it been switched up I think the red biker might have been a distraction in the background.
I also love the colors and textures found throughout the picture, specially the textures.
Wasted space on the left. While I can appreciate not cropping into the honda logo on the left it doesn't help the image, so as long as you're not shooting for Honda I'd come in. If you were reshooting I would have not given him so much space on the left but since it's said and done what you can do now is crop… maybe move it over to right after that honda sign.
Also another cropping problem is that the bike did not receive a proper border underneath. You need at least a tad bit more space under that wheel.
A small item to consider that can be easily be cleared up is the white painting in the bottom right. Yes there's lots of painting on the ground in the picture, but this one is the most in focus, furthest forward and the brightest meaning it will be the most likely to garner attention. It is very easy to clone/heal that out; even in lightroom.
And one last thing about the picture. As much as I like the image… it just isn't terribly exciting sad to say. Catching them on a turn when they're laying low to the ground or doing something awesome would have spiced it up.
But as it stands with the background and the moment you've been given it did well.
Image #2
By Ugo Cei from Pavia, Italy
This Picture
"On my way home from a business trip, I decide to take a detour along the coast. It's the end of May and I know the sun will stay up till late in the evening.
After a few kilometers of twisting, narrow roads, I arrive in Vernazza, where I easily find a parking spot (had it been July or August, this would have been impossible).
I cross the small town and head up on the steep rocky trail that leads to Monterosso. When I reach the highest point on the trail from which the town below is still visible, I am completely covered in sweat. I find a space to place my tripod, secure my camera to it, with polarizing filter, and catch the last rays of the sun hitting the town as it sets behind the mountain at my back.
Later, I precariously climb down the slope until I come to another point I had previously spotted. There, I wait for the sky and the sea to turn a deep cobalt blue and the town to light up for the night. I take a few more shots, climb down the last steps in almost total darkness and head back to my car.
Nikon D90, Nikkor AF-S 18-105mm @18mm, f/5.6, 2.0s, 200 ISO."
A quick word
I was excited to review this one because I am a self professed Italio-phile (meaning I love all things Italian) I really want to go back to Cinque Terra … I haven't been there since 2004 when I wasn't so awesome at photography.
The subject sits there, specially in travel photography, we see and we take… we don't pose the buildings. What do we have the most control of in a picture? We can change our exposures, but even still the light is given from above. We do get to choose our framing.
When I look at images from photographers I gravitate first to what framing did they select, what borders around the main subject did they give. Did they seem to get it by mistake or get it from a solid eye for what they're doing.
My Review
I love the colors, I love the time of night it was taken. He mentions it was twilight.
He must have had a tripod to shoot at 2seconds length or propped it up against something.
The dark blues and the streetlights are awesome.
I love the perspective he chose… from above.
If I were to take the picture as it is and work on it I'd say at least put those leading lines in the corners.
You already have one coming from a corner in the bottom left but how about cropping it in a bit on the bottom right and heck you're already soooo close in the top left might as well just move it down a little bit.
For me the weak part of this image is the sky… compared to the dark blues below the sky just can't compete… it seems to detract from the main scene ever so slightly.
I hesitate to just say crop it all out because then we'll loose that leading line that of the hill coming right from that corner. I hesitate… but I'd do it.
Show this city with it's only backdrop being the water. However there is another problem The top of that building in the distance is just a bit too close to the horizon line… if only it were to have just a tad more space.
A Solution for everything: If we revisited the past… we would have shot from a higher angle. It solves so many things. You don't get the sky in there and there's also more room above the top building and you can still get all 3 of those things in the corners as effect leading lines from the corners. AND you avoid those bushes from interfering as much.
Yes the bushes are in the way, I don't mind them being in the picture … but they are covering boats and part of the most dynamic portion of of the scene.
Other things to have tried were longer shutter speeds for a smoother water… but the problem is the boats would move and not be as sharp. Also it would have been interesting to see what would have happened if a circular polorizer was used… to get a glimpse a bit further into the water. Not saying I'm for sure it would have been better… just saying I would like to see what would have happened.
In the end obviously an awesome picture… and I can't wait to make my way back there. We'll hang out there right Ugo?
Image #3

subset: commoncrawl


text:
There was a time when we used to drive away from school in J's beat up ol' Honda (now passed down the generations and in my proud possession) with music blaring out of the speakers (considerably more valuable than the chassis), uniforms in disarray and windows thrown open in order to announce to the world that Fuck you and We were finished school for the day and Eat my shorts. The constant rotation of new music through those afternoons never failed to excite but, despite what we thought was socially acceptable and even potentially cool, we were usually the only vehicle pulling away from campus in such preposterous fashion. Needless to say, the impact of our grand escapes was never quite right. Either we'd leave too early so the other kids didn't cop the full brunt of the bass or the CD player would get stuck on an interlude track and we'd make our getaway to whimsical, daggy strings and pianos. We could never quite align the big chorus or the drop with the part where the biggest group of impressionable kids would walk past. So we got a siren.
I can't quite remember whose idea it was in the first instance or how we might have justified it to ourselves at the time but it seemed like a fool-proof plan. Download a siren mp3 from Kazaa and play the thing on loop until we were safely outside the vicinity of the school and could revert to acting like normal human beings again. And it worked to devastating effect. Once we got over the stupidity of attempting to look like an undercover cop car (which I'm not sure I ever quite did), there was nothing better than the siren track, embedded cunningly on every mixtape we made for a year or so, for making a 'look at me' statement. We weren't doing anything nearly as important as saving lives or fighting fires but damn, our doppler-affected noisemaker turned heads.
The same must be said of Dr Dre's 'Zoom'. Featuring LL Cool (rather than Snoop Dogg who the instrumental may have once been recorded for), the song is off the 'Bulworth' soundtrack (a '98 Warren Beaty flick I definitely want to see now) and on it, was vying for attention alongside RZA, Black Eyed Peas' 'Joints and Jam' and Pras Michel's 'Ghetto Supastar'. Thus, along with throwing 2Pac ('Got My Mind Made Up'), Quincy Jones (needling synths off 'Ironside' theme) and Biggie ('as we proceed…' off 'Who Shot Ya?') into the mix, Dre went all out and just dropped some sirens in for the hell of it. The result is something which would have gone down exceedingly well on those afternoon escapes – a hard-hitting track built around the ritual uttering of that Mazda catchphrase and layered to the nth degree with sound effects and crowd calls and typical, aggressive Cool J lyricism. In the same way as 'California Love' with Tupac still sounds fresh today, 'Zoom' is thick with production and hyperactive enough, its video post-apocalyptic cool enough to keep the fickle attentions of modern audiences. At 14 years old it, like much of Dre's repertoire, has aged well. If only we'd had the sense to tap him to soundtrack our afternoon escapades…
Dr Dre – Zoom (Ft. LL Cool J)


text:
Brain Aneurysms
Contact Information
Request an Appointment Find a Doctor
An estimated one in 50 Americans has an aneurysm, a sac formed by local enlargement of the weakened wall of an artery, a vein or the heart, caused by disease or injury. A ruptured aneurysm occurs every 18 minutes in the United States. Fortunately, advances in technology and surgical techniques have led to more successful treatments and better outcomes for people with an aneurysm. The experts at Indiana University Health are recognized leaders in detection and treatment of aneurysms. We provide the hands-on experience, surgical skill and sophisticated technology required for aneurysm care. As Indiana's only certified Comprehensive Stroke Center, IU Health is in the top 2 percent of hospitals in the nation for stroke care.
With a commitment to leading-edge technology, the physicians at IU Health provide diagnostic testing using the latest brain-scan equipment. Sophisticated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography scan (CT scan), and CT and cerebral angiography imaging allow our physicians to pinpoint the exact location, size and shape of an aneurysm. This leads to highly precise and more successful treatment.
IU Health is a national leader in treating people with aneurysms, using innovative treatments options. We offer advanced surgical treatments, including:
Jump ahead on this page
Coil Embolization
In this delicate procedure, one of our experienced interventional neuroradiologists inserts a catheter—a thin, flexible tube—into an artery in the groin and guides it directly into the aneurysm. Then, tiny metal coils are threaded through the catheter into the aneurysm. The coils fill the aneurysm, blocking its blood supply and "starving" the aneurysm, eventually causing it to shrink.
Surgical Clipping
Clipping is a surgical procedure used to cut off an aneurysm's blood supply; it can also be used when it does rupture. In this procedure, our skilled neurosurgeons make a small opening in the skull and place a tiny clip at the base of the aneurysm. The clip blocks blood from entering the aneurysm, which can prevent a rupture and cause the aneurysm to shrink. Clipping is a well-established treatment option for aneurysms.
Learn more about brain aneurysms.


text:
Lookupuk.com - England Genealogy Board
Message #23373
Board Name: England Genealogy
Yvonne Ebb
Moss Vale, NSW Australia
Oct 07, 2001
LOMBE, William Henry.
I am searching for information on the Lombe family. William Henry Lombe married Elizabeth Barron Milner on 14.11.1818 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England. He died 8.4.1762. His son William Henry Lombe went to Tasmania, Australia in the 1800's.
Reply to this message
Previous Message
Next Message
Boards Menu
Search Boards


text:
Knowledge is power
A Professional or Enterprise Pluralsight account is required to access Transcender®* practice exams. Sign in below or sign up for a free team trial.
Authors: Jeff Adkin, Ron Schindler
This path is designed to help you prepare for Exam 70-346: Managing Office 365 Identities and Requirements. Watch this path to advance your skills in provisioning, managing, monitoring, and troubleshooting Microsoft Office 365 identities and cloud services. These courses cover the pre-2017 exam objectives.... Read more Read less
System Administrator Network Administrator IT Manager Office 365 Cloud Services Azure Active Directory
This series of courses will help prepare you for the 70-346 exam. The 70-346 exam is the first of two required exams for the MCSA: Office 365 and will give you a grasp of Office 365 identities.
by Jeff Adkin
Mar 4, 2015 / 2h 40m
Intermediate • 2h 40m
(Covers pre-2017 objectives) In this course viewers will learn how to support Office 365 to prepare for the 70-346 exam. We will go over setting up rights management and how we use it. We will also look at reporting and monitoring on the Office 365 environment using the Office 365 portal, PowerShell, and System Center Operations Manager. From there we will go over submitting service requests, as well as using the tools provided to us in Office 365 to support our users.
by Jeff Adkin
Aug 6, 2014 / 4h 3m
Intermediate • 4h 3m
(Covers pre-2017 objectives) In this course, viewers will learn the initial portions of Office 365 Identities to prepare for the 70-346 exam. We will go over the background and history of Office 365 in order to give a solid base to build upon. We will then work through how and why licensing, service descriptions, and DNS records are needed. The goal at the end of this course is to be ready to bring on our pilot group and begin preparing for the next phases of onboarding and supporting.
by Jeff Adkin
Nov 21, 2014 / 2h 59m
Intermediate • 2h 59m
(Covers pre-2017 objectives) In this course, viewers will continue their learning about Office 365 Identities. We will begin by going over Administrator Roles and understanding how to manage Office 365 identities. We will setup Dirsync to replicate our internal users into Office 365. To allow our internal users to authenticate off of our internal AD, we will be setting up an ADFS server. With Server 2012 R2, we no longer use the ADFS Proxy and instead will be setting up the Web Application Proxy server. Once we have completed all of the above, we will then go through managing Office 365 identities with PowerShell, understanding commands, and going through demo scripts.
by Ron Schindler
Jan 17, 2014 / 5h 10m
Intermediate • 5h 10m
(Covers pre-2017 objectives) Office 365 is all you need to run your business locally or internationally. Office 365 is made up of 3 servers and multiple tools and addon software. Learn about Lync server for communications, Exchange Server for mail services, and SharePoint server for collaboration and for the backbone of the Office 365 environment. We take a look at how to administer each of these as well as how to administer the Office ProPlus and the powerful SkyDrive Pro. This course will be breaking down all the moving pieces and how they affect users of Office 365, but more importantly, how to administer the services to give all users a great experience.
Learners interested in this Path should have experience with the Office 365 Admin Center, Microsoft Exchange Online, Skype for Business, SharePoint Online, Office 365 ProPlus, and Azure Active Directory.
A Professional or Enterprise Pluralsight account is required to access Transcender®* practice exams. Sign in below or sign up for a free team trial.
We use cookies to make interactions with our websites and services easy and meaningful. By using this website you agree to our use of cookies. This message only appears once. Learn more.


text:
I don't know if my colds are any worse than anyone else's of if it's just that colds affect me more because of my messed up sniffer. In any case, I hate colds. This one, is no different.
A Day Without Me (Part Two: My Redemption)
1 year ago
For starters, my name, The Red Kenyan, is dripping with irony. This blog is a document of one average runner's struggle with the marathon, and distances beyond.


text:
Chris, thanks for the reply. Sure, shoot me the file. A couple comments below- tex Chris Lilley wrote: > > On Wednesday, July 3, 2002, 9:24:37 AM, Tex wrote: > > TT> What is the proper way to add ruby to a 1.0 transitional doc, > > aha, you refer to 'transitional' vs 'strict'. Yes, transitional is > being phased out. There is little presentational gloss remaining in > transitional that you can't do (better) with CSS. ok. Maybe I missed it, but a clear indication not to pursue the approach would save time. Also, based on my (limited) experience with browsers, not all CSS features are supported or supported the same way, which is why I wanted to maintain some of the older usages. > > TT> or > TT> alternatively to > TT> have a 1.1. doc that accepts the older html markup? > > TT> The page in question is: > TT> http://www.i18nguy.com/unicode/unicode-example-ruby.html > > That file is not even well formed. So since its not XML, its not XHTML > 1.0. Prior to adding Ruby, it had passed the W3 validator. (Unless I messed it up adding Ruby...) > Six edits (missing spaces between attributes, missing quotes around > attribute values) made it well formed. > > It was then invalid, because of the ruby, as you note. > > Altering the doctype to XHTML 1.1 strict showed a couple of errors - > use of the lang attribute (easily fixed by deletion, xml:lang was > already there, or by search and replace to xml:lang if not). > > Then there was the ultra-simple presentational stuff > > <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFED" link="#0000EE" > vlink="#551A8B" alink="#FF0000"> > > totally simple to replace in less than a minute. You already had a > link to a stylesheet anyway. And some gratuitous use of center tags, > again not needed because class="ctr" looks like there is styling > applied ... and some bare text not inside paragraphs a couple of > places ... and use of the name attribute instead of the id attribute > for link destinations. The gratuitous centers were there because some browsers did not center the items otherwise. > > Thats it. 7 minutes elapsed time (including blow by blow commentary > email), valid XHTML 1.1 strict document. XML Spy is wonderful ;-) > > Should I mail it to you? Yes please. I'll try it out with a few browsers. tex > > -- > Chris mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Tex Texin cell: +1 781 789 1898 mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com Xen Master http://www.i18nGuy.com XenCraft http://www.XenCraft.com Making e-Business Work Around the World -------------------------------------------------------------Received on Wednesday, 3 July 2002 13:40:37 UTC
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.3.1 : Wednesday, 21 September 2016 22:37:22 UTC


text:
Tri-Cities Research District Speaker Series: Building a research park: a university perspective
Thursday, November 13, 2008
4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Add to Calendar
Location: Washington State University Tri-Cities, CIC Room 216Tri-Cities Research District Speaker Series: Building a research park: a university perspective
- Thursday, November 13, 2008
- 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
- Location: Washington State University Tri-Cities, CIC Room 216
About the Series:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and Washington State University Tri-Cities (WSU-TC) are teaming to host the speaker series dedicated to educating stakeholders, the community, and other interested individuals and organizations on what it takes to successfully build a research park. Speakers, experienced in developing research parks across the country, will share their experiences in locating federal funding and investors, recruiting tenants, and collaborating with universities, national laboratories, and industrial interests.
Who's the speaker?
The event's speaker, Bill Dean, Director of the Piedmont Triad Research Park in Winston Salem, North Carolina. The second speaker in the series, Dean will share his experience in developing a research park in collaboration with a major university; Wake Forest University and other local universities.
Dean has over 16 years of experience bringing together university science and technology opportunities to address the challenges of building innovation ecosystems. His understanding of and relationships with key stakeholders in business and academia have moved biomedical research out of the laboratory environment to help patients through a variety of commercialization strategies.
There is no charge to attend this event; however, you must pre-register by Friday, November 7, 2008. Light reception to immediately follow.
To register, please e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com or call Alice Ettesvold at (509) 375-2068 with the following information:
- Name
- Company/organization affiliation
- Phone number.


text:
"Ending the Turf War: Circulation, Reference, and Instruction on One Team" by Ken Johnson and Susan Jennings from Appalachian State
Circ ref and instruction on one team to address interteam issues. Approach is figure out way. To say yes as much as possible. Reducing service differences between teams helped them do that. Lot of folks have ventured down this path. How many have actively combined circ and reference in the library? How many people think it's intriguing, how many people think it's awful? Libraries differ organizationally and culturally. We think we were successful at it. Ken johnson is coordinAtor pf learning and research services team. Susan Jennings is lead librarian for desk services, teaks desk services for user centered services. True commons. Responsible for material delivery and delivery to faculty offices.
Appalchiannstate in NW corner of NC. Has sixteen thousand five hundred students, part of unc system, new library in june 2005, gate count is over one point two million, forty one faculty and forty-nine staff members.( Slideshare? I'm getting queasy with the swooping slide moves.) traditional organization, access, ref & instruction, independent service standards. Team based, so as coordinator he is sort of head but the librarians report directly to university librarian, not a lot of authority and folks are autonomous. Staff have more direct reporting line. Access were rule enforcers and logistically moving m aerials, reference and instruction were the yesmen.
Service culture had been dated and rigid policies, enforcement mentality, no food and drink. Eye to protecting collection from pesky users who might damage. Strict fines model, inflexible library hours. Policies hadn't been reviewed in two decades. No appeal, strict interpretation of fines. Only enforcers in library of food and drink, nobody else seemed to care. Resisted pleas to increase hours from student government and felt they couldn't accommodate requests to increase from 114 hours per week. Eleven staff and one library faculty coordinator. Reference team, nine librarian faculty, web librarian, two staff and two. Part timem adjunct libs.
Impact factors creating opportunity for change. First, new building opening in 2005, termed library and information commons, collaborative space, computers, campus units that hep with student learning, faculty development for online courses. Tremendously popular building. New strategic plan, library admin felt that once were settled in new building needed to look at org structure. And student body had been pushing for extended hours.
New strategic plan had new mission statement to change culture, and focused on improved and elevated cuts service expectations, extending hours andaccomodating weds, expanding services, better use of space. Old vs new mission statement. Old is not memorable, 42 words long. New is mission of app state is to assist those who pursue knowledge. They can emphasize that with all incoming library workers, that is what The work is about. Brandable, water bottles, tshirts flash drives, grocery bags.
Reorganization. Does org still meet needs of patrons moving forward? Guiding principles were to improve communication between teams, better decision making, innovation, service orientation. Get people who need to be talking together every day on same team or department. 2008. Formed Learning and Research Services team. Not happy with name, but thats it. With structure, original access was one librarian eleven staff. Coordinator reassigned, doc delve staff split between acquisitions and collection management. Interlibrary loan borrowing went to acquisitions, lending went with collection management, stacks manta went with collection management. Reserves staff moved to tech services team including web efforts. Remainder was circ desk manager, microform and periodicals, and night supers went to new team. Reference and instruction coordinator promoted to assoc uni librarian. Librarian promoted to head, web librarian to tech team, two sup staff team went to tech but do front line tech support. Retained two part time librarians and other libs. Now eleven librarians and seven staff, new org chart makes more sense. Eighteen people, largest team in library. Coordinator, directly supers three night supers, librarians titles changed. Six info lit liBrarians. Lead desk services librarian with three desk supers under that position as well as microform staff member. E learning librarian does anything related to reusable learning objects, training materials for student assistants, etc.
Susan: combined team focus. Had to come together philosophically. Focus on more user centered environment, former decisions made based on what was good for the librarians and staff. Wanted to raise the bar in customer service, did not want to say no all the time. Wanted to work together in team environment providing middle ground for public services. Wanted to develop new services but tweak existing because hadn't been evaluated in long time. Before merge, reference libs thought access only checked out books. Now they know it's a lot more. Goal to develop more blended service. Hope was for no pointing between desks. The physical difference between circa and reference in new library is twenty feet. Didn't wan tot pass them off but address point of need. Major priorities were to evaluate and revamp policies. Extending loan periods, relax loans, i plement grace periods.d train librarians, staff and Students on three service points. Approached by taking core believers, four members were cross trained in first wave at circulation desk. Two more waves. Now seventeen of eighteen are completely crpstrained. Struggled with appropriate level of knowledge for running each desk. What were basic needs to effectively work that desk. Then needed to change groupthink of enforcement. Idea of brusque enforcement, wanted to get away from it for better library pr. Wanted to try new things, develop new services. Like study room reservations automated. In process of transforming larger group study rooms into collaborative group spaces, putting in whiteboards, TVs. Began trying to communicate in new ways. News blog on website, kids walking around with iPhones, facebook, tweeting. Needed to go where students were. Wanted to eliminate boundaries. Access services decisions affected all, but rarely got external input from other teams in library. Wanted to take cues from outside the library successes. Ucrops grocery store in Richmond with great customer service, family owned. Chick fill a great customer service. We forget the niceties of those courtesies.
Did we succeed? In many ways yes. Engaged librarians in day to day operations of library. Expectation of number of hours per week of public service desk work. Wanted to help patrons at point of need. Reference librarian mentors students and staff and provides service. Training was a two way street, staff at reference desk, etc. Cross trained and shared forty student assistants of one hundred. Have student training summit, four hours of training, great thing waS bringing folks from all over the library to train students. Centralized scheduling- prior was paper for access, reference was electronic. All electronic, nominal fee per year for their system with trade board, etc. (get what software this is). Systematic way of collecting stats. Access hadn't collected anything but the Typical Week. E dedd up consolidating and tech folk created electronic tick system on every system that dumps into back end. Newly created thirteen member student advisory group. Volunteers from student body who wanted to improve library, solicits feedback from everyday users, use them as guinea pigs.
Examples of service improvements. Making policies humane, esp those not looked at in twenty years. Not just for patrons but for staff, sometimes you feel brutalized in enforcing. Example is laptop policy. Person is one minute late. Auto ten dollar charge, PR nightmare. Fifteen minute grace period. Has made life so much easier, especially if desk is busy and cant get to it right away. Video replacement policy was that if you lost it you got charged five hundred twenty dollars because ed sets cant be bought of a piece but in whole set. Charge for lost book was forty dollars with twenty processing. Now also allow replacements. Wanted more connection with tech services, so connected services with tech support via walks and instant messaging. Especially at night is helpful. Improved chat service, just a widget with choices for reference, tech and distance learning so you can choose who you talk to, no login required. Just added text to library feature, publicizing with magnets. Eliminated no food policy. Transformed to 24/5 facility, long process because when moved into new building, was expectation access services would be third shift, did not sit well with staff. Working with library admin, they outsourced the overnight. They didn't want services, just the space. Security monitored atrium. Three person security from two am to seven am, no third shift library. Got the money because students put up one hundred k of student fees to fund it so they could get the space. They close building at midnight to community members, guards check for ids at midnight and if you don't have it you must leave. Makes students feel safer.
Key factors were administrative support, a core of believers, coordinator that understands the big picture. Lead librarian that understands and can figure out mechanics and details, motivated staffer to take on student training, developing trust between disparate teams, open communication. Coaching approach.
Challenges. Culture shock of guardians vs free access. Appropriate roles for librarian faculty members. They are faculty librarians with ex
Ectations of scholarship, service and teaching. How do you balance those competing demands? Is time beat suited working the desk?
Outside perceptions, from other teams within the library. "lot of money being paid to check out books to people." occasionally service issues, but fewer issues. Keeping eighteen members engaged and up to date. Determining appropriate training levels, a d. Staying ahead of the curve, some policies not looked at for a long time.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Access Services 2010: Session I - Ending the Turf War
No comments:
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


text:
I had quite a bit to post last week, but I was way too busy with work to think about the blog. Today, I want to catch up a bit and pass along a few of the links that I have meaning to share recently.
The Paper Bicycle, designed by Nick Lobnitz, was recently exhibited at Velo City 2010 in Copenhagen (the bike that you see pictured here has the event's logo on the chain guard). It comes as a 1 speed or an 8 speed, but as Philip Douglas of Simpel points out, "for hire systems it also comes with the new NuVinci N360." Personally, I am happy to see a new bike that was designed with bike sharing programs in mind. In addition to the Paper Bicycle, Nick designs bike trailers. You can read an interview with him on that subject at the Bike Trailer Blog.
On a related note, Sightline Daily posted recently about cargo bikes. The article covers several different types and features quite a few pictures. Definitely worth a look.
A few weeks ago, Brian Mitchell sent me images of an electric hub-driven bicycle that he designed as a team project with three other students. I never got around to mentioning it, but you can see several pictures of their prototype in this designboom post.
Christophe Robillard is another design student who recently submitted a concept bike. You can see images of his Victor city bike at his blog.
The "world's fastest electric bike" has been hitting the design blogs lately. The carbon fiber frame PG-Bikes Blacktrail, which looks a lot like an old café racer, has a claimed top speed of over 60 mph. All that speed doesn't come cheap though. The limited edition e-bike will set you back 59,500 € (close to $77,000).
Atomic Duck is an online project to develop an open source velomobile. Patrick Fenner of Deferred Procrastination explains:
"The Atomic Duck is intended for daily commuting, as an option for some of the people who want to ditch the car, but still want the weather protection. It's being released open source, so you'll be able to see how it comes together as design continues, full designs will available online, it'll be open for anyone to tinker and improve, and we'll be asking for local businesses to produce it, in an attempt make it available everywhere in the world."
Sounds like a very interesting project…definitely one that I will be watching.
There seems to be a lot of bicycle themed jewelry on the market these days. Some of it is quite unimpressive (and a bit tacky), but the stainless steel Penny farthing and tandem earrings and pendants from Polli are nicely executed. Polli is an Australian uses recycled materials and has been certified as Low CO2 by the Carbon Reduction Institute. They have new bike themed designs coming out soon (including the earrings pictured here), so keep an eye on their website for those.
According to The {Design} Blog, this e-trike concept produces sustainable energy using photosynthesis. Nice renderings, but I am skeptical.
Another concept bike I don't think I have posted before is "The Glide", an urban fixie that features hubless wheels, an integrated iPhone dock, and a very aggressive riding position. Though the design is completely impractical, it is an interesting form study. I know that some of you don't disagree, but I still sort of enjoy seeing "blue sky" concept bikes like this from time to time.
Finally, a long rambling post like this one wouldn't be complete without a Tour de France mention. Murray alerted me to this great collection of photos at the Boston Globe, which I think really captures the excitement of this year's race. Today's stage was another one that kept that excitement going. The change in the GC made me think though… maybe Third Eye should step in as Saxo Bank sponsor for next year. Seriously though, I do run a chain watcher on my road bike, and they are not uncommon in the pro peloton either. Hindsight is 20/20, but that ounce of prevention would have really paid off for Schleck today.
5 Comments
July 20, 2010 at 11:42 am -
That "world's fastest electric bike" is ridiculous. You can get a custom-built electric motorcycle that'll hit 150 mph for the same price or less. Not the same thing, of course, but really, who is the market for that?
July 21, 2010 at 6:47 am -
Mr Schleck did use a chain watcher, so that once of prevention was in place.
May be it wasn't adjusted correctly though?
great post
i think i'd opt for the Ducati Desmosedicci RR for 77K…..
it'll kick the electric bikes' ass.


text: ECML/PKDD-2005: 16th European Conference on Machine Learning (ECML-2005) and 9th European Conference on Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases (PKDD-2005) CALL FOR ORGANIZATION PROPOSALS In 2005, the ECML/PKDD-2005 conferences will be held again. The purpose of this call is to invite groups interested in hosting the conferences to submit proposals. The group selected to host the two conferences will propose a Program Chair and a Conference Chair - the organizing group, the location as well as the program/conference chairs will be selected at the ECML/PKDD-2004 meeting of the European ML/KDD community in Pisa, Italy on September 22, 2004. For details of ECML/PKDD-2004, see http://ecmlpkdd.isti.cnr.it/ Proposal submission: - Short proposals - just an expression of interest - should be submitted before July 30. - Full proposals, with more details on the organization, should be submitted before September 1st. After proposal submission, the ECML/PKDD-2004 chairs will discuss the submissions together with the members of advisory board of ECML/PKDD-2004 (consisting PC chairs of ECML/PKDD-2001 and 2002 and 2003), aimed at providing feedback to the organizers, before their proposals are presented at the ECML/PKDD-2004 community meeting in Pisa. Full proposals should address the following issues: 1. Proposed Dates. The conference should be scheduled for five days (two days reserved mostly for workshops and tutorials; three days for paper sessions and invited talks). Due to the presence of ICML-2005 (in early August) in Europe (Bonn) the conference should be held in October, in any case, the dates should be coordinated with ICDM-2005 in order that the two conferences should not occur in the same week. 2. Local Parameters. - Accessibility. Is it easy and inexpensive for people (especially graduate students) to travel to the conference site? (Compute mean airfares from Europe, but also North America, and Asia. Include ground transportation from relevant airports to the site.) - Meeting Rooms, AV Equipment, etc. What are the physical facilities like? Consider rooms for plenary sessions, parallel sessions, workshops, tutorials, and poster sessions. What are the charges, if any, for using them? - Meals and Lodging. Is there low-cost, quality housing available for attendees (especially graduate students)? How far from the meeting rooms? Where will attendees eat? Please estimate costs for meals and lodging. - Demo facilities. Will there be computing equipment and space available to support demos? - Other features. You may mention any other aspects of the site or the region that are relevant. 3. Local ML/KDD Community. Is there a local ML or KDD group/community that will be involved in the organization and funding? 4. Opportunities to co-locate with other conferences. 5. Organizational and Institutional Support. Is there a conference office that can help with local arrangements? Submission deadline: - Expression of interest: July 30, 2004 - Full proposal: September 1st, 2004 Send your proposals to: Fosca Giannotti KDD Lab. - Istituto ISTI - Area della Ricerca CNR di Pisa - Via G. Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy tel.: +39 050 3152999 fax.: +39 050 3138091 e_mail: fosca.giannotti at isti.cnr.it http://www-kdd.isti.cnr.it and cc to: ecmlpkdd at isti.cnr.it Proposals will be ranked according to cost and accessibility, proposed dates, opportunities for co-location, attractiveness of the location, and experience of the host group. Proposals for the joint ECML/PKDD conference will have strong priority over the proposals which would not plan the collocation of these two European events. This ranking will be presented by the ECML/PKDD-2004 chairs to the ECML/PKDD-2004 community of ML/KDD researchers, who will vote and select the best proposal. ---


text:
February 24, 2018
Welcome to Bradford's Blog. We are delighted you are here. This blog was created as a virtual cafe where we can meet and post interesting articles, stories, share personal experiences and ideas, ask questions and comment about various topics related to Suicide Prevention Education.
We hope that you become part of a growing movement to raise suicide prevention awareness, education and training in our community, including schools. This is your opportunity to make a difference with others.
Help us promote our message of hope and life by recommending our website and blog to others. Visit our website at www.inmemoryofbradford.org, read our story and get involved.
You never know how your words can impact another who is in crisis.
Thank you for your voice.
You must be logged in to post a comment.


text:
Al Williamson TributeWednesday, June 16th, 2010
Over at ComicTwart they are doing an Al Williamson Tribute. I don't follow the ComicTwart Blog regularly, though I should as a few friends are involved.
Al Williamson was a huge influence on me at a time in the the early '90's when my work was making the transition from promising amateurishness to early pro-level (though, oddly enough it was after I crossed that threshold that work started to be harder to find) and for a time drawing as much like Al Williamson as I could without slavishly swiping was the goal. I've moved away from that in the last ten years or so, though more due to the subject matter of the work I do than any loss of interest in the Alex Raymond/Hal Foster school of Art that Al synthesized so well.
Anyway, the Comic Twart theme of the week got me inspired and I decided to join the fun. I sketched this out last night in between pages of script of the latest storyboard. If I can squeeze in the time, I'll try to ink it before the end of the week.
EDIT – Here are the inks fresh off the tablet!
Over-sized mushrooms and little spotted lizards say "Al Williamson" to me!


text:
Jenny - posted on 09/14/2009 ( 7 moms have responded )
Anyone having problems with their insurance paying for meds and supplies? My 3 y-o has CF, epilepsy, a laryngeal cleft, aspiration, CLD, ect....she has a g-tube, on numerous meds, and has been to the Aerodigestive Clinic in Cincinnati and National Jewish in Denver. Our doctor tried to get Mallory a VEST but the insurance denied it...just like they deny her formula and supplies. They also argue paying for her Pulmozyme, Hypertonic Saline, and Tobi...anyone else going through this? We work and have been denied for governement assistance. We have anthem insurance.


text:
kula causes
The Weekly Good: KULA Helps You Turn Loyalty Points, Rewards And Miles Into Charitable Donations
It seems like every time we make purchases online or in a store, we're collecting some sort of points or rewards. For the most part, those points go unused, mostly because the companies who give them out don't do a great job of explaining what you can actually do with them. You know the deal, you purchase a video game and you get some GameStop points that you can use after you… Read More


text:
Four Ozen athletes sign to play college sports
Published 10:59 am, Thursday, June 6, 2013
Four Ozen athletes signed their letters of intent to play various sports at the college level this fall in the foyer of Ozen's main gym.
The group of four was highlighted by Bealoved Brown. She signed to run track at LSU after playing basketball and running track at Ozen.
The other athletes that signed included three-sport standout Jakobi Jones, who signed with South Plains College to run track and field, as well as SanQueisha Rawls signing with Angelina College for basketball, and Paige Marks signing with Howard Payne University to play soccer.
Jones, the 2013 Class 4A state champion in the boys triple jump, is going to arguably the best junior college track and field program in the country. SPC, located in Levelland, near Lubbock, has won seven-straight NJCAA track and field national championships.
"I feel relieved," said Jones about signing. "I have close friends at Texas Tech. I feel like I'll help them and become a great person there before I leave."
Brown will head to one of the best and most prestigious track programs in the NCAA as the 4A girls 200 meter dash champion. Tammy Walker-Brown, her mother who also coached her and Rawls in girls basketball, was appreciative of the entire signing ceremony.
"I was very fortunate to be around such an outstanding group of kids," Walker-Brown said. "Who performed and showed pride on and off the field."


text:
Moscow (Jul. 1)
Fifty percent of the declassed Jews in Moscow have regained the right to vote, it was announced here today as the last day passed for the reinstatement of those without the right to vote. Of the 9,000 declassed Jews in one district of Moscow, 4,500 have been reinstated while in some parts of Ukrainia entire villages have been reinstated. Many of those reinstated are former traders but religious workers and former wealthy merchants are still voteless.


text: Luca Mainini is an italian visual artist and writer who is not afraid to share his thoughts. Whether it is a bloody love for Zac Efron or lipstick crashing into the World Trade Centers, Luca is willing to push it, and I love it. This guy likes to get wild. I mainly enjoy his paparazzi project were he is shown as a "drunk and fat" mess. Plus his collage work is fun too.


text:
New food truck, Simmer, will hit the streets in May with soups, salads, panini
Milwaukee's food trucks have slowly been rolling out — on the rare day this spring when the weather has cooperated — and a new truck called Simmer is due to join their ranks May 6.
Steve Perlstein, a chef for 12 years, most recently at Buca di Beppo, and his wife, Jennifer Block, are launching Simmer.The food truck will have made-from-scratch soups, stews, dressings and sauces for its salads and panini, and will have vegetarian and gluten-free menu items.
Some of the menu items on a given day might be cassoulet orpho, and muffaletta or cheese-tomato panini.
Soups will be 8, 12 and 16 ounces, at $4.50, $5.50 and $6.50, panini will be $7 to $9; and salads, $4.50 for a side and $8 to $10 for an entrée.
"It's always been my dream to have my own restaurant," Perlstein said. "My wife and I originally considered opening a brick-and-mortar soup restaurant downtown, but as we thought more about it, a truck sounded more interesting, more workable, more affordable to open, and also much cooler."
Simmer is in the midst of a fundraising campaign online at Kickstarter, the crowd-funding site. Starting in May, it will be on the streets and at festivals and farmers markets. Perlstein said Simmer also will cater events.
Simmer is on Twitter @SimmerMKE and Facebook.
Simmer photo
- Firewise Barbecue food truck getting ready to roll
- McCormick & Schmick's closes Mayfair Mall restaurant after lease expires
- The building and the neighborhood draw Hamburger Mary's to the La Perla site
- East side Red Dot closes, but there's interest in opening a new bar there
- Philly Way closes in Walker's Point
- Phoenix affiliate buys La Perla building
- Dandan restaurant to open July 29 in the Third Ward
- Kasana will pop up at Great Lakes Distillery on the weekends for grilling and brunch
- New pub planned at shuttered Taylor & Dunn's; changes for Sake Tumi, Kabana Grill
- Pastry chef drops plans for west side bakery, joins Black Shoe Hospitality instead
Looking to go out tonight? Get all of dining critic Carol Deptolla's reviews plotted on an interactive map. Go to map
E-mail Newsletter
Food and Dining includes reviews, recipes and more. Tuesday afternoons and Friday mornings.
Enter your e-mail address above and click "Sign Up Now!" to begin receiving your e-mail newsletter Get the Newsletter!
Critic's Dining Reviews
Dining Map: View all of dining critic Carol Deptolla's restaurant reviews plotted on an interactive map.


text:
My avii
αŋɠяэα мэηɖσzα ♫
** I don't see how you can hate
From outside the club you
Can't even get in, Leggo
Yellow model chick
Yellow bottle sipping
Yellow Lamborghini
Yellow top missing
Yeah yeah
That sh*t look like a toupee
I get what you get in 10 years, in two days
Ladies love me
I'm on my cool J
If you get what I get f*ck what you say
She wax it all off, Mr Miyagi
And them suicide doors, Hari Kari
Ask me anything you want to know IF you see me around (:
Lmfaooo, ,YOU reek man. (: ikid.
You smell good.(:
My best friends.♥
My hater. I Don't like her.
Arts | Painting | Drawing | Sketching | water colour | Blue |
oil paint | pastels | acrylic | God
ohhey, Whatchu doing
on my profile? ;D


text:
From time to time, I will put a particular beer in the spotlights and give you guys some additional background information on it. I'll start with Carolus Classic from brewery Het Anker in Mechelen, because it has just been elected as one of the seven best beers in the world on the World Beer Awards 2012 in London.
An international jury had to make a selection from some 600 beers, divided in seven categories. Gouden Carolus Classic came out as winner in the category 'World's Best Dark Beer'. The judges described the beer as: 'Full, rich nose of molasses, toffee and pear drops. Powerful yet smooth. Strong toffee flavour and raisins on the palate. Rich, spicy and sweet. Lovely warming alcohol and chocolatey notes. Plenty of body with rich fruit flavours and a long warming finish.'
Gouden Carolus Tripel, from the same brewery, received a nice prize as well. It won the subcategorie 'World's Best Belgian Style Tripel'. The judges were convinced by the complex aromas of the golden beer.
The brewery where Golden Carolus is brewed exists since the Middle Ages (1471). Emperor Charles of Spain, who grew up in Mechelen, even had his favorite beer delivered to him in Spain. In order to honor him, the beer was given the name Gouden Carolus (Golden Carolus) after the golden coins that were used during his reign. Even today, both Gouden Carolus Classic and Gouden Carolus Tripel are still brewed in the antique brewing hall with its copper kettles.
Of course, the two Golden Carolus beers were not the only Belgian beers to win a prize at the World Beer Awards, Mort Subite Oude Gueuze was also elected best in the world in the category 'World best Sour Beer' and amongst others Mort Subite Kriek, Brugse Zot, Petrus Aged Ale and Rodenbach Vintage 2009 won in their respective subcategories. But that is something for another time …


text:
Course Levels
All – Open to anyone who wants to come and work with the tutor or within the theme of that particular course. Course content and repertoire will reflect a wide variety and you should feel confident to tackle some of the repertoire suggested at whatever level you are currently working. The tutors will adapt their advice and teaching on an individual basis.
Beginner – For people who have perhaps a little limited experience of the voice or relevant instrument, perhaps they have sung/do sing in a choir or played an instrument at school. You may not be able to read music and do not need to have had any formal training at all, or may have forgotten any formal training they have had and want to get started again.
Intermediate – You may have had some individual tuition at some point in your life and want to refresh this. You may be moving on to the next stage, e.g. thinking about having regular lessons or playing/singing in a more formal ensemble on a more regular basis; perhaps you are working towards a grade exam or performance in some capacity. You can probably read some music.
Advanced – You have had some individual tuition with a teacher and play your instrument regularly or sing regularly and probably solo. You may be working towards an advanced grade exam or diploma or be a current or recently graduated music student. You may be a more seasoned performer who wants to work on a specific area or work in ensembles.
A typical Jackdaws weekend course will have a maximum of 10 participants, but this can vary depending on the tutor and type of course. For example, a course with two tutors or a tutor and accompanist will have 12 spaces. Day courses are limited to 20 attendees.
You can book onto any Jackdaws course through the relevant course pages on our website, or by contacting the office on 01373 812383 or emailing firstname.lastname@example.com. If you require Bed & Breakfast, please let us know at the time of booking. This is charged in addition to course fees starting at £39 per night (includes booking fee).
Upon receipt of your booking form and non-refundable deposit we will send confirmation of your booking and provide a questionnaire for you to complete and return to us detailing your choice of repertoire for the weekend. Your deposit can be paid online using a Credit or Debit card with PayPal (no PayPal account is necessary – use "Guest Checkout") or by phoning the office on 01373 812383.
The final balance is due 3 weeks before the start of the course; once we have received the balance we will allocate your Bed and Breakfast, if applicable, and send you details a week before the course so that you can make contact with them before the day and let them know what time you will arrive.
Course Timetable
Below is a timetable of a typical Jackdaws weekend course. Timings may vary slightly between courses.
Jackdaws Course Information sheet
Day of arrival (Thursday or Friday)
Supper 6.30pm
Session 8pm – 9.30pm
Middle day (Next 2 days if 4 day course starting Thursday)
Session 10am – 11am
Coffee 11am
Session 11.30am – 1pm
Lunch 1pm
Free time 2pm – 4pm
Tea 4pm
Session 4.30pm – 6pm
Free time 6pm
Supper 6.30pm
Session 8pm – 9.30pm
Last day (Sunday)
Session 10am – 11am
Coffee 11am
Session 11.30am – 1pm
Lunch 1pm
Session (Concert as appropriate) 2pm – 4pm
Tea 4pm
Please note timings may vary depending on tutor.
During a course, Jackdaws will be open until each day from 9am and will close on Friday and Satuday at 9:30pm and 4:30pm on Sunday.


text:
Leading Lady: Adele Covers "Vogue UK"
Seeing soulful songstress Adele on the cover of the October issue of Vogue UK is breathtaking. Vixens adore the soulful songstress for singing her way into your emotions, and looking incredible while doing it. The curvy Brit knows how to look chic and stunning without looking uncomfortable or self-conscious. In the issue, she rocks a blue Burberry lace dress as large drop curls frame her face and winged eye liner accents her eyes! She's simply stunning!
Grab the mag full of autumn essentials from newsstands on Thursday, September 8.


text:
ARA's BAM laboratory excels in developing custom testing for bioaerosol and microbiology applications. The BAM laboratory has over 12 years experience providing custom testing solutions for both government agencies and private industry. We also have a great deal of expertise in developing and performing standardized tests using consensus standards for evaluation of developmental and finished products.
430 West 5th Street
Panama City, FL 32401 US


text:
If you're looking for a high-speed analog rate input, you've come to the right place.
The SNAP-AIRATE-HFi works with TTL, CMOS, and open-collector outputs.
Each of the module's two isolated channels can be configured for a 0.1-second measurement interval with an input range of 20 Hz to 500 kHz, or a 1-second measurement interval with an input range of 2 Hz to 500 kHz.
Typical use is for high-speed (up to 500 kHz) pulse scanning. Testing engines is just one example.
See full description and specs for the SNAP-AIRATE-HFi.
Use both modules with a SNAP PAC rack-mounted controller or a SNAP PAC brain.
Mount them on a SNAP PAC rack alongside other SNAP modules— analog, digital, and serial—whatever you need for your application.
Channel-to-channel isolation. The two channels on each of these high-speed modules are isolated from each other. Channel-to-channel isolation gives you complete freedom from ground-loop problems even on grounded devices connected to channels on the same module.
Transformer isolation. All SNAP analog modules provide transformer isolation, which prevents ground loop currents from flowing between field devices and causing noise that produces erroneous readings. Ground loop currents are caused when two grounded field devices share a connection, and the ground potential at each device is different.
Optical isolation. All SNAP I/O modules provide optical isolation that protects sensitive control electronics from industrial field signals: 4,000 volts of transient (4000 V for 1 ms) protection.
Questions? Give us a call: 800-321-6786
The call is free, and we're glad to help.
Call today. 800-321-6786
Outside the U.S. and Canada: +1-951-695-3000
Meet the high-speed SNAP-AOD-HFi, an analog time-proportional output (TPO) and pulse width modulation (PWM) module that sends pulse outputs to high-frequency transducers.
This module would be great for simulating tachometer outputs in test bed applications, for example.
Each of the two isolated TPO channels can switch 100 mA of load current ranging from 2.5 VDC to 24 VDC supplied externally, over a period range of 0.00001 second to 64.25 seconds (0-100 kHz).
See full description and specs for the SNAP-AOD-29-HFi.
Yes, you read that right.
Like most of our I/O, the SNAP-AIRATE-HFi and the SNAP-AOD-29-HFi are guaranteed for life.
And like all our products, they include free product support from our experienced engineers in our Temecula, California headquarters.
Commercial and industrial businesses, OEMs, and system designers have used Opto 22 products for almost 40 years to monitor, control, and get data from all kinds of machines and devices.
Learn more about Opto 22.


text:
Civet Tincture from AbdesSalaam Attar Profumo
Swings between smelling fecal and smelling like mothballs. I do not get any urine smell here as I do with the synthetic civet. I think natural civet is much more pleasing, however, I am really impressed that synthetic civet comes as close as it does to the natural scent. I recognize this scent very well from Jicky, and of the concentrations I've tried, the civet in Jicky extrait comes closest to smelling like this natural civet. In the drydown, it has a sweetness that is unexpected, but helps me see how this can blend so well in oriental bases that include sweet balsamic notes.