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Archived Documentation for the UF Digital Library Center ( from approx. 2012) : Average Times for Digitization Activities ; Average File Sizes; and Project P lanning Resources Digitization Activities and Average Times Below is a list of the component activities in digitization offered by the DLC with estimates of average times per component. All digitization complies with national standards. See the average file sizes and project planning pages for more resources for planning projects. Estimating pages: "A cubic foot of records comprises about 2,000 pages." ( http://www.archives.gov/foia/ufos.html ). The average archive box is 5 inches. Calculating Costs In consultation with the DLC, use this spreadsheet to calculate costs Labor: unless otherwise specified, labor is calculated for the salary and benefits of a Library Associate 2. (Current fringe rates are linked here ) Overhead: when applicable, added automa tically on the workbook as shown on the "Totals_All" sheet (and can be removed as applicable) Server Costs: server costs are calculated per annual web and archival costs. Abstracted, simplified chart, assuming other supports in place, based on the examp le projects detailed below: Bound books 7 hours Disbound books 2 hours archival/photos 11 pages / hour large format 2.5 hours born digital 50 pages / hour print newspapers 40 pages / hour vended digitization, newspapers on microfilm, NDNP compliant 210 pages / hour
vended digitization, newspapers on microfilm, non compliant 29 pages / hour Oral history files, 30 minutes; born digital; with PDF transcript 1 set (audio and PDF) / hour Bound book: assumes average of 200 pages; however, cost is based on volume; average is 4 11 hours, assuming average of 7 hours Disbound book: cost is based on item size; dissertations, theses; anything of at least 200 page s that can go through the high speed scanner Archival/photographs: all print photographs that are not oversized; aerials, regular photographs; manuscripts and archival materials where the physical collections have already been processed Large format: times are similar for A/V items Print newspapers: for broadsheet newspapers that must be cut Born digital: includes ingest of vendor materials; harvest and processing UF serials; FTP receipt/harvest and processing newspapers; partner CD/DVDs Other formats: other formats may require specialized staff skills and should be estimated based on actual materials. For instance, materials in the round require skilled staff time for set up, capture, and post processing (a minimum of 8 hours for hat sized and smaller o bjects) with additional time required for travel and set up for imaging conducted off site and for larger objects. Material Type by Equipment and File Size Material Type Unit Equipment File Size in TB Total Hours Bound books 1 book CopiBook 0.00579357147 (20.25MB/page as average of rgb/bw; 300 pages) 7 Disbound books 1 book HighSpeed 0.00579357147 2 archival/photos 1 page Flatbed 0.0000193119049072265625 0.09 large format 1 page large format 0.0002384185791015625 2.5 print newspapers 1 page CopiBook 0.00006103515625 0.025 vended digitization, newspapers on microfilm, NDNP compliant 1 reel (1,000 pages) workstation only 0.00006103515625 5 vended digitization, newspapers on microfilm, non compliant 1 reel (1,000 pages) workstation only 0.00006103515625 34.5 Example Projects: Bound Books: Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature (NEH Grant, Phase III) Overview Details Catalog records created by Cataloging DLC handled digitizati on (imaging, image processing, QC with structural metadata, OCR, loading, and archiving) for 2,500 books over 2 years, or 1,250 books per year. For each of the two grant years, dedicated staff
Copyright status already known to be public domain Physical material prep. and post proc. by Preservation DLC digitization total average time for a 200 page book: 4 1/6 11 hours time for cost share in the DLC: 2.15 FTE Total of 2,500 volumes or 500,000 pages over a two year period 1,250 volumes per year 6,000 pages/week; approximately 30 volumes of 200 pages each Scanning & Initial image processing (deskew, crop) Kodak DCS 24n megapixel DSLR camera: 3 min/page x 200 pg = 600 min/60 = 10 hrs/volume Copibook scanner: .60 min/page x 200 pg = 3 1/3 hr/volume Flatbed scanners: 3 min/page x 200 pg = 600 min/60= 10 hrs/volume Pre processing, QC and preliminary XML creation (derive jpgs from master tiff images, create table of content images t o use in XML creation, check for missing and/or unacceptable images, assign page numbers, division names, and chapter titles). From numbers recorded in previous two phases, approximately of the volumes imaged have no errors necessitating rescanning; of the volumes have errors 40 min/volume for imaged volumes with no errors 60 min/volume for imaged volumes with errors Mark up (metadata review and revision; text review): 10 min/volume The full grant proposal is online here Aerial Photographs: Florida Aerial Grant (LSTA Grant: Phase III) Overview Details Metadata and material prep and post proc.: Map Library DLC digitization: 1,390 hours for 13,418 imag es: 9.6 photos/pages per hour Plus: DLC cost share of .23 for one year for ingest of another 7,473 already digital images, and training and supervising students Digitize 13,418 historical aerial photographs and 120 paper indexes Incorporate 7,473 aerial photographs from FDOT In total, link 21,417 aerial photos to georectified images OPS Scanning: 1,125 hours (Five scanning technicians for 15 hrs/week for 15 weeks each) OPS Metadata/quality control student: 225 hours (13,418 images @ 60 images/hr) OPS Digital camera operator: 40 hours
(120 paper index images @ 3 paper index images/hr) DLC cost share of .23: for ingest of other 7,473 images, system upgrades, and training and supervising students Large Format Architectural Drawings/Photographs: Flagler Architectural Drawings (NPS Grant proposed) Overview Details 267 architectural drawings/ blueprints OPS time: 654 hours Average pages per hour, without factoring in cost share time: 0.40 pag es per hour Plus: DLC cost share, years 1 and 2 267 architecture drawings, blueprints and related material OPS time: 654 hours DLC cost share, year one: .10 DLC cost share, year two: .18 Archival and Mixed Materials: Historic Everglades (NHPRC Grant) Overview Details Spreadsheets for metadata by Special Collections Material prep. and post proc. by Preservation Digitization by DLC: Monthly averages 3,216 pages/260 hours = 12.369 pages per hour Plus: DLC cost share, .30FTE for each of the thre e years DLC cost share: .30 FTE for each of the three years 99,690 pages (90,400 pages; 9,040 letterbook pages; and 250 photo prints/ negatives) in 31 months; average of 3,216 pages per month Overall average of 3,216 pages per month; actual production per month will vary for the letterbooks and photos, which are more time consuming OPS: 1.25 FTE for each of the three years; or 60 hours per week for 31 months; 4.33 weeks per month, or 260 hours per month Monthly: 3,216 pages/260 hours = 12.369 pages per hour Based on experience with test sets, we're building in a 10% reshoot rate for pages, 15% reshoot for letterbooks, and 15% for photos. Adjusted estimates are: 99,440 pages 10,396 letterbook p ages 288 photographic materials. This estimate assumes use of CopiBook scanner with white sheet
backing for letterbooks, and, use of flatbed scanners for all photographic materials and other pages. Some individual sheets may withstand sheet feed scanner based on experience with similar collections, but we will not count on it. All pages images will be 300 dpi color (24 bit) images. All photographic materials will be 600 dpi grey scale (8 bit) images. Student labor, no staff costs, archival pages: $0.2 5/page scanning + $0.25/page image correction/QC + $0.03/page mounting/archiving + $0.01/page media + $0.02/data logging each file Subtotal: $0.56/page + $0.06 (10% error correction) Each page unit = $0.62/page Student labor, no staff costs, ph otographic materials: $0.40/page scanning + $0.25/page image correction/QC + $0.03/page mounting/archiving + $0.01/page media + $0.29/data logging each file Subtotal: $0.98/item + $0.09 (10% error correction) Total each photo unit = $1.07/im age Time Requirements by Workflow Component Digitization Workflow Category Type of Process for the Workflow Category Processing Required Average Time Requirements Metadata Catalog record available DLC evaluates existing record, ingests, and massages records as needed. Average time: 1 5 minutes per item Spreadsheet available and accurate DLC reviews, enhances, imports, and verifies. Average time: 40 minutes 2 hours per spreadsheet; average spreadsheet has 200 items Longer for extensive
spreadsheets or those with new mappings or categories. Note: this is only for the import process. The DLC trains others on what information is needed and assists in creating spreadsheet until the creator is comfortable doing so alone. Spreadsheet available, but incomplete or inaccurate Example: a Word file with a table with a single line listing titles, authors, and dates without any consistent separation (n o columns, tabs, or commas that can be used to create tabular data). DLC finds a way to separate the rows into tabular data if possible, or copies and pastes all information into a spreadsheet in the correct format. Then, DLC sends the spreadsheet to the s elector with any recommendations for added fields and asks for feedback. Average time: 1 minute per item to create the spreadsheet item Additional time required : 40 minutes 2 hours for the completed spreadsheet No catalog record, spreadsheet, inventory, finding aid, etc. & Materials can be determined. Example: a box of only books with no other information. DLC reviews materials, sorting and creating metadata as possible. DLC offers training for future spreadsheet and metadata creation. OR Average time: 10 minutes per item. Additional time required : 40 minutes 2 hours for the completed spreadsheet OR Average time: one or more 1 hou r meetings + Cataloging
For items needing actual catalog records in a traditional format, DLC sets a meeting with Cataloging and together they es tablish a workflow to have the items cataloged in Cataloging and then returned to the DLC for digitization. time to catalog materials. No catalog record, spreadsheet, inventory, finding aid, etc. & Materials cannot be determined. DLC reviews materials, sorting and creating metadata as possible. After sorting and review, DLC staff create a brief spreadsheet. If a Collection Manager is available, DLC staff send the spreadsheet and ask ask the Collection Manager for feedback. If no Co llection Manager is available, DLC staff attempt to work using the newly created spreadsheet. Average time: varies and can only be determined on a case by case basis Copyright Permissions cleared Permissions status clearly documented and provided when physical materials received. Average time: 0 1 minute to check documentation in files and update if needed. Officially Published in US pre 1923, Clear Public Domain Information is available in a published document. No requirements to consult documentation on length of copyright by year or country; no requirements to consult book copyright renewal database. Average time: 1 minute to read and verify information to veri fy status as cleared. Archival, permissions status communicated after inquiry Average time: 1 3 minutes to call or email to check and update documentation. Permissions not cleared, but permissions status and the need for DARK archiving clearly documented and provided when physical materials received; Dark Archiving, if identified as such, requires no additional res earch. Average time: 0 1 minute to check documentation in files and update if needed.
Or Permissions status easy to ascertain Permissions not cleared, but wanted and permissions status clearly documented and provided when physical materials received; Or Permissions status easy to as certain Requesting permissions Average time: 20 minutes Average process includes checking all pertinent copyright rules, searching for copyright holder, sending permissions request to copyright holder; updating documentation in files that permissions r equest was sent and noting the information found on the copyright holder. When applicable, scheduling for follow up inquiry. Note : Some materials are significant enough for the allocation of additional resources for pursuing permissions. Those are a case by case basis and normally require at least 2 hours. At least 30 minutes of this time is normally in meetings with collection managers where the necessary background is communicated on how to possibly locate the rights holder and why the particular materi als are significant. Unclear Copyright Status, Holder, etc. Copyright research, and requesting permissions. Average time: 10 20 minutes for copyright research Copyright research consists of searching for information on the materials and copyright holder. If information can't be located quickly, the item is deferred unless it warrants additional resources. Additional average time required: 20 minutes to request p ermissions. Only
required if copyright holder is located. Material Preparation Disbinding a book Also includes any clean up of physical materials, placing in folders and boxes that are labeled and placing those on appropriate book trucks or shelves to be reviewed for appropriate imaging technology Average time for disbinding a book: 8 minutes per bo ok Cutting newspaper pages (normal newspaper size*) Includes placing in boxes that are labeled and/or placing those on appropriate book trucks or shelves to be queued for imaging *Some newspapers (i.e.; Iguana ; Justice ) are 8 1/2 X 11 and are cut u sing a paper cutter, and then go through the high speed scanner. Average time: 20 minutes per inch of newspaper One month of newspapers from August 2008, with no born digital titles, is 16 inches. One month of newspapers from October 2009, with 37 newspa pers born digital (total of 72 newspaper titles in the Florida newspaper queue), would be under 1/2 of this or under 8 inches. Preparing archival files Sorting, separating, unfolding, flattening, removing staples, paperclips, debris, etc. Average time: varies and can only be determined on a case by case basis Collating, de duping Breakdown Separating out / checking title: 5 sec/title Collating for input into tracking: 2 secs for monthly, 30 secs for daily Inputting into tracking (cal ling up tracking, inputting, printing tracking sheet, placing on Average time: for new and non organized or inventoried collections, varies and can only be determined on a case by case basis Average time for collating newspapers: 47 seconds for one month of a monthly newspaper; 3:45 for one month of a daily newspaper
shelf, record in xls for physical tracking): 40 secs for monthly and 3:10 for daily Average time for de duping: varies, but close to collation time after initial physical material ingest, inve ntory, and review; duplicates do add an additional time component if they cannot be discarded or returned and must be arranged and kept for an unknown length of time Imaging: Physical Materials Books Disbound, and can go through the highspeed scanner Average time: 10 15 minutes for 300 normal pages (300dpi grayscale, time increases if many color pages) Average time, brittle: 45 60 minutes for 300 pages *Time level varies if the scanner has to be c leaned. Brittle pages must be scanned at a slower rate to help prevent rips and jamming. Books Bound, average book Average time, scanned on a copibook: 90 110 minutes for 300 normal pages (no foldouts, tip ins or oversized pages) Average time, if oversized: use times listed for maps and oversized items below Average time with processing: See the post
processing for images section for books for a more accurate assessment of the time for scanning and image processing for a single item Processing time required is directly related to the imaging technology, so it will vary based on the scanning equipment used. Maps and Oversize Items One full capture using the large format camera, not multiple captures and splicing (as is require d for many oversize materials) Average time: 15 minutes for a single capture and processing Average time for multiple captures and splicing: 30 minutes for two captures (includes processing and splicing), 10 minutes for each additional capture (e.g.; 3 captures=40minutes; 4 captures=50 minutes) Photos, Loose Photos, loose and not oversized, are scanned on the flatbed scanners at 600 dpi Average time: 1 3 minutes to scan per photo Photos, Mounted (scrapbook, etc) Photos, Mounted (scrapbook, etc) Average time: 45 60 min. for 75pgs Photos, Aerials Average time estimate for scanning and image quality control is based on three successful Florida aerials grants. Average time: 9.6 photos/pages per hour Slides, 35mm Color slides are scanned at 4000dpi and with the bulk loader, to scan 24 per hour Time increases for older, non plastic mounted slides because they tend to jam the slide scanner. Average time: color slides 4000dpi 24 per 60 min. to scan
4x5 color transparencies 4x5 color transparencies 600dpi Average time: 3 min. per transparency to scan only Slides, Glass Scanning only: 4x5 600dpi 3 min. 4x5 900dpi 3.5 min. Average time: 3 3.5 minutes each Archival materials Average times for archival materials vary widely because of: special handling needs and average length. If all of the pages are for the same item and can be handled the same way, the overall time is reduced and overhead from switching to a new item and lab eling it is reduced as well. Average time, scanned on a copibook: 90 110 minutes for 300 normal pages (no foldouts, tip ins or oversized pages; no need for backing; all pages are for the same item) Newspapers: Current Average time per page in color: 30 sec Average per page in black and white: 15 sec Newspapers: Bound Additional time depends on: the gutter; whether the paper can be captured 1 up or 2 up; turning odd and even pages; whether a glass plate is required to flatten the pages Average time per page: at least 3x more than for unbound newspapers Newspapers: Brittle (requiring large format camera) Average time: at least 3x more than for normal unbound newspapers, can be even higher Object, Flat Using DSLR camera Average time: set up time can be several hours for a single shot; set up is the largest time component Object, Rotation Using DSLR camera connected to turntable in DLC. Additional time is required for equipment packing, traveling to location, setup, and Average time: set up time can be several hours for a single item for 126 images; set up is the largest time component
repacking and returning. Digital Reformatting / Digital Conversion from Analog Audio: Record Cassette tape Reel to Reel tape Video: VHS Record Average time: Actual digitization time equivalent to length of audio or video file. Thus, 1 hour of audio takes 1 hour to digitize. Set up time is in addition to this; however, estimate includes set up time within t he actual time required because of variances from the degree of supervision needed for the digitization process. Digitization time may or may not need direct supervision at all times. If it needs to be supervised or not impacts how much other work can be done simultaneously, Other work is most often image post processing. Digital File Ingest Imaging Ingest: Retro files Files on CDs, DVDs, portable hard drives, SAN Average time: varies Example: ingesting the 94 issues (for v. 1 18) burned to disk for FLMNH bulletins required over 12 staff hours. Time required was to work with the disks (two had cyclic redundancy errors), normalize the file quality, qc the files and notice that pages were missing, locate the missing pages or rescan, reprocess, and then OCR and load. Imaging Ingest: Born Digital IR Materials Variables include server space available, number of items, size of each item, format of each item (PDF, HTML, AVI, AVI streaming which n eeds to be ripped or which requires contacting AT for copies) Average time for 1 volume, new item: 4 min. Time includes entering item into tracking, downloading item, exporting/converting to TIFF Additional volume for serial item already in tracking: 1 4
minutes Average time for new groups of materials: varies based on number and type of items Example: HPC documents found, required 3 days Example: Hard drive from Harn museum for publications and newsletters, required 5 days Imaging Ingest: Born Digital Newspapers 1 3 minutes per issue covers time to check spreadsheet, add item to tracking with brief data, match new BIBVID to vendor naming structure, and bulk rename, checking data while doing so. Average time: 1 3 minutes per issue, if from a hard drive, not tarred or zipped, do not have errors, and have some human readable title and date identification (in the file name itself, in a spreadsheet or xml file) Average time if on CD/DVD: 5 15 minutes per item.* *Includes time to copy files from CD/DVD to a hard drive. Also includes time to recheck copy process because the CD/DVDs have a much higher likelihood of errors. Imaging Ingest: Vendor Files Variables are: File identification and usable structure for batch renamin g; Files on drives or decaying Average time: varies Examples: Vendor digitization of newspapers on microfilm, when digitized to NDNP standards, has an average of 9 hours per reel o r 210 pages per hour.
disks; Files tarred and zipped have greater frequency of integrity errors; Vendor digitization of newspapers on microfilm, when not done to NDNP standards, tends to average a minimum of 70 hours per reel or 29 pages per hour. Post processing for digital files Splitting pages Required for bulk digitization from microfilm scanned with 2 pages per image. Average time: varies. Splitting separate items For digitized microfilm, partner files, and retro ingests not separated into items Average reel has 5 10 items. Time required depends on the quality of the film and the accuracy/inclusion of description images (i.e. targets that say the item title & reel position). Average time: 15 30 minutes to split a reel of digitized microfilm int o items Scan, crop, deskew, levels for Baldwin Books Scanning & Initial image processing (deskew, crop) Kodak DCS 24n megapixel DSLR camera: 3 min/page x 200 pg = 600 min/60 = 10 hrs/volume Copibook scanner: .60 min/page x 200 pg = 3 1/3 hr/volume Flatbed scanners: 3 min/page x 200 pg = 600 min/60= 10 hrs/volume Average time if DSLR camera: 3 min/page Average time if scanned with Copibook scanner: .60 min/page Average time if scanned on a flatbed scanner: 3 min/page *Please note: in most cases, the times for scanning and image processing are inseparable because the imaging technology used does alter the amount of image processing (deskewing,
cropping) required. Crop, deskew, levels, color correction disbound volumes Average time for disbound volumes : 60 90 min for 200 pgs Batching and Copyright blur Time depends on the amount of material in copyright. Okeechobee News normally requires 1 minute; Miami Times normally requires 30 minutes Avera ge time: 1 30 minutes Quality Control Review and Structural Metadata Creation Brief items Short research items (under ~40 pages) where a table of contents is very unlikely to be used and wouldn't prove of much benefit only have pagination and quality review during QC; no table of contents style metadata is added Average time: 1 3 minutes per i tem (item is normally under 40 pages) if no errors IR Average time: 1 3 minutes per item (item is normally under 40 pages) if no errors Newspapers Sections (A, B, C) and page numbers added, final quality review of item Average time: 1 3 minutes per item (item is normally under 40 pages) if no errors Books, Complex Average time estimate for QC alone is based on the Baldwin Phase III grant time requirements. Average time: 40 60 min/volume (average of 40 for volumes with no errors and 60 for volumes with errors) Photos, Aerials Average time estimate for scanning and image quality control is based on two successfully completed grants for Florida aerials. Average tim e for scanning and image quality control : 9.6 photos/pages per hour OCR; Loading; Archiving to FDA and Internally OCR Average time: OCR runs constantly against available materials. Average labor time is 15 20 minutes per day for all materials to be processed that day. Time is to check process, refine any jobs as needed, and correct any errors.
Archiving to FDA FTP and loading drives and mailing (forms, error correction, ingest of reports) Average time: 3 hours to set up external hard drive for file transfer and start file transfer (10 minutes), transfer files (varies based on size of all files being transferred; done on a sepa rate machine and does not interfere with other work), and then drive to drop off the drives and drive time to return to work. Average drop off has been 10 hard drives in one trip. Goal is to have FDA catch up on backlog and be able to FTP daily work and ha ve that process easily without the need to use external hard drives. Archiving internally Required components of burning DVDs: 1. Labels: printed in batches of 100, 5 minutes to renumber and print: .33 seconds printing time for each label 2. Labeling each DVD: 10 sec 2. Burning: 7 8 minutes per DVD (4.4GB) 3. File sort: 20 seconds per DVD 4. Filing DVD: 10 seconds per DVD 5. Transferring files: moving files from the SAN to a local drive to burn locally and not across the network. Done o vernight to reduce time delay; otherwise can take 1 3 Average time required with burning DVDs: 9 minutes for each DVD (4.4GB)* *Note: DVD time is as though there's no overlap during burning. Normally 3 4 DVDs are being burned simultaneously. Thus, instead of 9 minutes each equally 36 minutes for 4, the time for 4 is closer to 15 minutes with the 9 base plus additional overhead and checking time. Average time expected with Tivoli automation: 0; time wo uld be replaced with 100%
hours depending on drive availability and system time load verification Load and metadata verification Average time: 1 hour per day for brief validation using only file names and the m=han page; spot checking under 10% of load item s Post processing disposition & ongoing changes and corrections Returning physical materials, updating holdings records to discharge or withdraw item from DLC Example: all IFAS documents must be completed before they can be returned, and they must be properly ordered for all issues. This means that the DLC must store all completed items, keep them in order, and must only file newly completed items in the correct order. O nce all are done, only then will the holding records be updated in one large batch. Average time: varies on requirements for returning items. Material reclamation Pulling folders, relabeling boxes Average time: varies. Metadata updates, Manual Involves updating the metadata of one or more items. Single items are done manually and large projects (including serial hierarchy changes) employ combination of automated and manual methods. Average time: 10 minutes/title (manua l assignment) Serial Hierarchy Prior work required manual updates for each item (10 minutes X 100). With new tool, DLC staff can update serial hierarchy for batches of items. Tool is being refined for optimal performance. Average time: 10 minutes for 100 items As Abby Smith notes in the CLIR report on "Strategies for Building Digitized Collections": Reliable and meaningful cost data about digitization are rare and not often useful in comparative contexts. Costing out the elements of digitizing means beginning with selection and going to physical preparation, cataloging, physical capture, creation of m etadata, mounting and managing files, designing and maintaining the site, providing additional user services, and going through to implementing a long term preservation strategy. Virtually every step in digitization involves human intervention and skill, a nd these costs, unlike those of storage, for example, are unlikely to go down. ( Section 4; 2001)
Estimated Times from Other Digital Library Centers Brown University Library's Estimated Timelines for Production ( online ) Estimated duration will be defined per project. Projects should be in the Digital Technologies production queue at least 4 months before they are requested to be comp lete. Submissions made without adequate planning time will be reviewed on a case by case basis by ITS representatives and approved only if there are resources available. Scans, images for the web, digital projects Flatbed scanning (10 14 items an hour) C amera Room o Book or Broadside with no problems -5 6 pages per hour o Problematic Book (closely bound, fragile, rare, custom support) -3 4 pages per hour Metadata -10 15 minutes per item Quality Control for color, cropping, artifacts, and metadata -tot al 5 minutes per item (reshoot if necessary) Create submission package Project management (coordination, communication) -20% of overall project effort Website development Production time is dependent on the scope of the project. Estimate for a minimum o f 4 6 weeks for production of a web project, an estimate which will fluctuate and may in fact be longer if the overall volume of work is high. Types of work ( Glossary ) Digital collection : framework to access materials which include digital scans (repository items) plus additional content including history, essays, keyword searching, genre searching Digital exhibit : smaller groups of materials which showcase selected items; scanned objects are presented with descriptions within a curated, narrative flow Web site : non collection driven Maintenance of collections, exhibits, and web sites : continued development that oc curs after the site officially launches. This activity is handled as a different project. Digitization : finite number of items to be scanned that are not related to a specific collection or exhibit Print materials : Designing promotional materials for Libra ry related activities only (i.e., brochures, calendars, posters, catalogs, bookmarks, signs) Application Development : software that improves efficiency for users and improve efficiency of internal processes Web Services Support : includes Josiah, and specia l systems support Technology projects : such as ABET Event coordination : including documentation and other promotional activities (OUL requests) Metadata creation : creation of MODS records for material; if MARC records already exist in Josiah, those may be converted to MODS; if no MARC records, MODS must be created with SR
assistance; additional decisions to be made: should there be authority control of headings; should there be subject analysis; abstracts must be provided for materials Average File Sizes Online files are approximately 1/3 of the archival file size. Type Average Archival File Size Online, Derivatives (33%) photo 27 MB 8.91 MB archival page, color 27 MB 8.91 MB archival page, grayscale 13.5 MB 4.45 MB average archival 20.25 MB 6.68 MB newspaper page 64MB ( Texas Digital Newspaper Program ) 21.12MB microfilm reel (1,000 frames) 64,000 MB 21,334 MB Map/large format 250 MB 82.5 MB 30 minute oral history audio & PDF transcript (born digital; multiple derivatives; assumes 500MB audio and 15 page PDF at archival grayscale size) 705 MB (varies) 233 MB (varies) 30 minute video from DVD file (born digital; multiple derivatives; assumes maximum full DVD size of 4.4GB) 3.5 GB ( varies; assumes 1GB original file and alternate formats that add an additional 2.5X the size) varies widely (can even be 0 if streaming via YouTube or similar and full files available only on request) slide, 35mm (scanned at 4000dpi) 52 MB 17.16 MB Color transparency (scanned at 900dpi) 52 MB 17.16 MB Resources: MB to GB to TB converter Estimating pages: "A cubic foot of records comprises about 2,000 pages." ( http://www.archives.gov/foia/ufos.html ). The average archive box is 5 inches.
Project Planning Resources for Library Faculty and Staff A number of variables impact the actual time it takes to complete a project; on average: One third of the effort will be project planning, preservation preparation, management, and oversight One third of the effort will be archival description and indexing One third of the effort will be the actual digitization ( cite ) New Projects Projects/Collections o Proposal template for n ew digital collections/projects o See the Smathers Libraries Copyright Policies One off and small requests with the digitize on demand queue o Online form to enter and track requests o Tracking spreadsheet Draft training for metadata for new projects Draft timeline for new projects For only one or two items, contact us to see if the digitize on demand process can meet the request Information for potential partners I nformation in this document originally available : http://digital.uflib.ufl.edu/technologies/documentation/average_times.htm http://digital.uflib.ufl.edu/technologies/documentation/average_filesizes.htm ht tp://digital.uflib.ufl.edu/technologies/projectplanning/


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Germany wants to bundle three tranches of aid to Greece into one payment of more than 44 billion euros, German newspaper Bild said on Tuesday, citing German government sources.
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text: Hello List, Being both a Mosix and Beowulf enthusiast I would like to combine my masters on to one machine. I have followed the list for some time and understand many folks run hybrid systems. However I am running the Scyld release 2 distribution and the kernal versions required by Mosix is that of a plain vanilla type from kernel.org. My assumptions are that Mosix is kernal specific and Scyld is not so picky. In short my question is how do I go about it? Should I install plain Red Hat, plain kernel, Mosix then Scyld RPMS? Install the Scyld master, plain kernel, Mosix and Scyld again? I am not a kernel junkie and still pretty deep into the learning curve. I think a to do list with considerations and caveats would start me down my path, but feel free to get overly detailed! Please feel free to take it off list with me as well. If I get it working I promise to write a white paper or contribute the procedure in some way. BTW: I am not trying to mix the slaves. Thank-you Bill -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://www.beowulf.org/pipermail/beowulf/attachments/20010321/d56cb5a2/attachment.html>


text: hi ya steve On Tue, 22 Feb 2005, Steve Cousins wrote: > I'm in the process of getting a couple 16 Bay 6.4 TB RAID units. The > vendors who have given me quotes have a SATA-SCSI version for around > $14,000 each. I can get a similarly equipped StorCase unit for around > $11,000. With the StorCase I envision that I'd be more on my own if > anything went wrong. However, with the cheaper price, I'd be able to buy > a spare RAID controller to have on hand in case one of them failed and > still save a couple grand. let's say $300 for 300GB (sata) disks ==> $4,800 for 16 disks ... - pata disk is $150-$200 for 300GB disks - i'd put 2 or 3 raid controllers in it instead of 1 .. unless there is an absolute requirement that there is only 1 disk subsystem that has the capacity of 6TB on "one disk" i'd prefer to have 2 6TB systems for the same $$$ than to have one name brand or commercial system backup of the 6TB or 100TB/rack of data is more important in my book than "brand name" > Does anyone have experience with any or all of these? Is it worth the > extra money to have a "burned-in" device supported by some company? a good burn in tests will lasts about 30 days .. of 24x7x30 continuous disk exercise ... it's not worth the "burn in time" and it'd be more important to find out how and what their rma process and timing is for replacing bad parts/subsystems ( 4hr turn around vs 4 day turn around etc ) after it passes, and it ships to you, all burn in tests is sorta void, since the disks and cages could shift a few tenths of mm, and the cards and disks wont be seated properly again ... things move(shift) in "cheap cases" c ya alvin


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I'm presently drafting a monster post trying to tell a story of stories about the Epicness of the DMY Maker Lab. The vibe was so intense with maker energy and fun, that at times I nearly cried with joy.
As well as the emergence of the space (see below), there were a number of product outputs which I will attempt to document as best I can. I apologise in advance for the absence of documentation and accreditation, because I do not know the creators of all objects. However I encourage them to come forward and share their files and processes.
Luis was building a light frame for the starch plastic lampshades, it subsequently evolved into a futuristic helmet that did the talking for him @ Pecha Kucha DMY.
Laser cut rings were proving a popular hit, I hope we can get some photo's of Zelda's name knuckle dusters
Mendel constructed a laser cut frame for starch plastic lighting, but we decided it was beautiful in it's own right.
I was very pleased with the lightness of this lampshade. It's unfinished beta quality indicates maker process, and invites the user to finish it.
Some laser cut bling
I love this laser cut necklace, will try and get the source files from waag (hopefully it will be entered in the (Un) limited design competition, the same applies to the bag below.
There was a lot of starch plastic (FKA bioplastic) iterations, at the event and more we hope to follow.
Big thanks to everybody who helped make this event rock - especially these guy's, DMY, Etsy and Becks
The DMY Maker Lab was a collaborative emergent event, created by everybody that attended. If you were a part of it, please tell your story.
We will be having a public "Decompression" on Tuesday for those interested to hear and share stories and outcomes from the event, plus exploring where next for the Open Design City
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Do Phiten products really Work?
For years we have seen some of our favorite Major League Baseball players wearing that colorful and decorative necklace on the mound or in the field. Little did we know that the product is based on scientific evidence that it helps heals the body and is not just a selective MLB fashion statement.
For years the multi-colored titanium bands have adorned either on our favorite players wrists or neck and that has been a huge selling point for kids and adults to try out the products for themselves. There is a huge group of current MLB players who have tested the product and still wear them on the field or on the mound for games during the season. In recent years, the Boston Red Sox have two players who have visually been pro-titanium necklaces.
Both starting pitcher Josh Beckett, and current American League Most Valuable Player Dustin Pedroia can be seen with multiple necklaces on their body daily for games. The Rays also sport the stylish necklaces with Rays starter Scott Kazmir and Bullpen pitcher Dan Wheeler wearing their necklaces daily.
The biggest drawing point to these titanium bands being worn by both players and the general public is the manufacturers claims that they can decrease muscle discomfort, help increase blood circulation, promote a sense of relaxation stabilize energy flows, and sooth stress and tension. Each of these reasons would be a great reason for any athlete trying to stay at their top levels and physical best for 162 games during the regular season.
The company responsible for this new baseball fashion plate concerning the titanium-filled bands is Japanese-based Phiten. The companies website even boasts a the necklaces and wrist bands as "energy transport systems", and the company maintains that the product "amplifies the energy management system increasing the efficiency of each and every cell."
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But even with great endorsements from players like Beckett and the New York Yankees starter Joba Chamberlain, the product has scientific research done overseas, but no credited United States laboratory has done significant research into the product yet.
The Phiten corporation was founded by Japanese chiropractor Yoshihiro Hirata back in 1983. The products distributed by the company currently are titanium discs, a wrist band, and the often observed necklaces. Most of the items shipped have been purchased online at http://www.phiten.com, but some area sporting good stores have begun to distribute the products in the United States. Locally, the best known store to have them in stock is the Sports Authority sporting goods stores.
The titanium-infused necklaces first gained prominence in Japan, where they are still popular with athletes. According to the company, the necklaces and bracelets work by stabilizing the electric flow that nerves use to communicate actions to the body. "All of the messages in your body travel through electricity, so if you're tired or just pitched nine innings, the electricity isn't flowing as smoothly as it can," said Joe Furuhata, a Phiten spokesman. "Our products smooth out those signals."
With athletes harboring great superstitions and wanting to keep up with good luck charms, could the Phiten products just been on their bodies when they had great games and not have a significant level of enhancement over their physical being. The psychological effects of believing something is good for you has been proven time and time again. If I told you Cod Liver Oil would prevent a type of cancer in people aged 25-35 years of age, you know that within a months time there would be numerous products on the grocery shelf to combat the problem.
I have owned a pair of them for several and I suffer from some neck discomfort from a former injury. I have worn them for about three years and finally took them off about 6 months ago and have not put them back on my neck. I did feel some relief at first from the product, but then the same symptoms came back after three months. Do the bands have a limited shelf life I did not know about, or could I have mentally convinced myself they were the reason for the neck pain numbing down a bit for that period of time.
I can attest to more of a feeling of relaxation and comfort in my mental being that totally physical at that time. There currently is no study or conclusion drawn by scientists that the product either works or is a farce. I guess the basic belief that it works might be the best medicine here. But just like the human body can convince itself to lift up a 2-ton car off a person trapped by sheer adrenaline or mental power, this product does not make claims of enhancing your physical power or performance.
It's pure claim to fame is the fact it can do wonders in relieving stress, anxiety, and for the most part muscle discomfort. And for a professional athlete, sometimes the hardest thing to do is believe in something you can not see. There is currently no scientific evidence to support Phiten's claims. "There's no science and physiology," said Dr. Orrin Sherman, chief of sports medicine at the New York University Hospital for Joint Diseases said in an blog posting on http://www.Scienceline.org. "There's just no way the chemical structure of the body can be influenced by magnets that small. It's all superstitions with no scientific basis."
So if the product does put Pedroia, Beckett or even Kazmir into a better place mentally, why should we worry about it all. I remember in college during a Psychology class the fact that sometimes a "placebo" can have the same effect mentally on the body as the same dose of the correct medicine for pain or discomfort. Could the Phiten necklaces also have that same effect as a pain reliever pill or medicine to the body.
But with most of today's baseball players also believing in the act of the streak and the formation of good luck in odd places, maybe the advent of the Phiten necklaces is a small part of the overall mental preparation for Beckett and Pedroia. If you think the necklace is doing some good and is creating a more positive performance out of you, why would you even think of discarding the product until you find another "lucky charm."
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Rays – there was a boy in my Kindergarten class wearing one of the necklaces today. Maybe some of the players "feel" relief using them. I suspect the company is sitting on a gold mine with all the kids wanting to be just like their favorite big leaguer.
That is something I purposely left off the blog to see if anyone besides me see the financial windfall of a player wearing an item.
I know if Evan Longoria tomorrow started hitting with Carolina Club bats, there would be a run on the wholesaler for his bat style.
It is an adverse thing that goes with popularity. If you like something and it gets out, then people will want to try or use the same product even if you are not officially endorsing it.
Rays Renegade
As a kid yes I want to be like my favorite players but they work! I have a friend who sits next to me in literacy class and his neck was hurting. I gave him my phitten for ten minutes and he said it worked. Maybe it is the mental effects or something but don't tell that to me. Great story by the way very interesting.
I have a bracelet and necklace…but I got them just because I thought they were pretty :O) Hee! No clue if they do anything at all, but they look nice. They even make silly little discs that look like round bandaids – your can stick them anywhere and it is supposed to help I guess…but again, who knows. They just look like band aids to me :O)
Thanks Bob.
I just know that sometimes the best cure for pain can be your own mental state and the sense of serenity and peace you can will within yourself.
Placebos have been around for centuries, and who know what of today's pills and ointments are basically "snake oil" but we believe in their properties.
I have a feeling it is mostly mental, but it did help my neck for a period of time before I began to think about it more.
So like most things in life it will come down to your faith in the product and your loyalty to its benefits or powers.
Rays Renegade
I have had a few women tell me that are a "must have" baseball accessory, and I guess your comment put it in perfect perspective.
They do have a fashionista look to them, which was probably by design by the inventor.
But the great thing about them is the mystery like Chinese herbs on if they actually work or are good for you in the long run.
Guess we will just have to keep buying them and hoping for the best.
Rays Renegade
I think I'll go with you on this one. When i first got my phiton i did feel a little relief on the bad headaches i get but after a while that relief wore off. I think its temporary. All though I lost my phiton I would still wear it for style.
So many MLB players wear them now that it has almost become a secondary uniform requirement for them on game day. I also wore one for a few months and did have a bit of relief,but not sure if it was the mental state or the titanium kicking in at times.
But it is like anything inlife that if you believe it is helping you, that might be half the battle.
Rays Renegade
Looks like the jury is still out after all these years. Gerry


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I strive to live life
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We in the Major League and if you swinging at me
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Walking for the dying, hiker stares death in the eye
A snowshoe hike across Yosemite National Park almost turned tragic last weekend when 46-year-old long-distance walker Colin Skinner found himself high on the Tioga Pass Road with soaking wet boots, wet socks and frostbitten feet.
But a fortuitous meeting with two Yosemite National Park rangers at midnight may have saved his life.
At the very least, it saved his feet.
"I was camped along the road, having just come up from Lee Vining, and I was in my tent, sleeping," Skinner said Tuesday from his hotel room in Mammoth, where he was recovering. "They were on their way in to see some of their ranger friends, and they stopped to check on me."
At that point Skinner, a resident of England, was on the last 250 miles of his second walk across the country to raise awareness for The National Hospice Foundation's mission to bring high quality care to terminally ill people.
He had just come from Bishop, where he met with Bishop's all-volunteer hospice team and he said he was still in pretty good shape, although surprised by the slow pace he was setting.
"I normally can cover between 20 and 35 miles a day, walking in roads, and in 1988, when I did this same walk, it took me only three days to cross Yosemite," he said.
But this time, conditions were completely different.
"I did a few really dumb things," he said.
"The snow this time was really, really heavy and wet, unlike last time when the snow was firm and easy to walk on. Yet the nights were still very cold. The combination of these things made sure my boots, once they got wet, never really dried out. The other thing is I only had enough food for four days, since that was how long I expected it to take me."
He told the rangers, Rob and Laura Pilewski, about his worries of the time he was making and his lack of food that cold night. The rangers encouraged him to turn back, given his lack of food, but he decided not to, thinking things would get better.
They didn't.
Over the next two days, as he struggled to get to the winter cabin just beyond the park entrance gate, he began to realize he was in over his head.
"By the second day, my feet were staying wet, and I was beginning to lose feeling in them for some time. I tried putting them in my sleeping back to dry them out, but all that did was keep them from freezing solid. It didn't dry them out. By the third day, I knew I was in trouble."
At this point, turning back was looking worse than going on.
"I didn't turn back," he said, "because I knew there were some people ahead of me—the rangers and at least a few other skiers I'd seen, and I didn't know if there was going to be anyone else coming up the road, so I kept going."
On Friday morning, when he finally got to the cabin, dragging his numb feet with him he said he was hoping and praying someone would be there.
There was: the same two rangers he'd seen Wednesday night on the road at midnight.
They checked out his feet and agreed that it was time to get him out of the park and down to someone who could help before it was too late and he lost his toes.
They snowmobiled him down to the gate where Mono County Search and Rescue team members met him and took him to Mammoth Hospital.
He isn't sure if his toes will ever fully recover, he said. It could be another four months before he knows. But one thing is clear; his long distance walking days are probably over.
"The doctors were pretty clear about that," he said.
Skinner has been walking for a cause since he was 17, when he caught the Good Samaritan bug.
"I was asked to do a marathon for a school near us for disabled people and I did it," he said. "We raised a lot of money. We were actually able to help them."
Skinner, who has a doctorate in molecular biology and a wife and child in England, took up the hospice cause sometime later, after working as an orderly in a hospital and seeing how little time and compassionate care terminally ill or dying people could get there.
To bring more attention to the need for hospice, he said he has walked across England three times and America twice, excepting the last 250 miles between Yosemite and San Francisco this last time; all the while carrying his pack and the big blue placard he made to bring attention to the work hospice facilities do.
"When you are in the hospital, they are just trying to save your life, fix things, but when there is no way to fix things, then what?" he said.
"People still need care, compassion, affection. They still need to feel like they are human beings, even if they are dying.
Skinner has written a book about his previous walks, and authors a blog.


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We have been denied TG:UK for too long, but we'll get a taste of the car world's most popular show on November 2nd. Richard Hammond will air a special on Bond cars along with some additional Top Gear action.
Top Gear states that the Hamster is coming back not in the Top Gear Christmas Special, but on a 50 years of Bond cars retrospective.
Expect the Goldfinger Aston Martin DB5, the submarine Lotus Esprit, and a preview of Skyfall's upcoming automotive content.
Richard Hammond is Richard Hammond, though, and he wouldn't make a Top Gear special without trying to make a Bond car of his own. Expect an ambitious-but-rubbish invisible car (it wouldn't be their first) and a homemade submarine Lotus Excel.
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P.F. Chang's - Dulles
Less noise would be good. Had a party of eight. Would have liked a round table. Hard to visit with your party spread out and the noise from radio.
Not crowded. Decent coupon. Food is good quality and well prepared. Service was slow.
Valentine's Day!!! Greta wait staff, food was excellent and ambiance relaxing and set their get tone for a romantic evening.
Went for Chinese New Year. They were very short staffed. Took almost an hour to get our food. When we said something we were told "Well other people have waited longer". Not the best response.
Food and service was great but the restaurant was extremely cold! We asked the waiter if the heat could be turned on once we had our meal and he told someone in the back and they fixed the issue but not sure how no one realized how cold it was! Other than that, always great.
No consistency, one meal is good, the next one is horrible. Tonight our dishes were dry, no sauce, my beef was shoe leather, and the serving was tiny. Our server was new, screwed up our orders, but I can forgive that, everyone has to learn sometime, but the failure in the kitchen is not so easy to forgive.
Every time my friend and I come to this restaurant, they are always out of some type of food that affects what we want to order. Every. Time. This time around they said they were out of a curry sauce and I heard the waiter talk to the table behind us saying that they were out of oranges so he couldn't order the orange chicken. If you are out of oranges, go to the freakin grocery store down the street and buy more!! That is an easy thing to buy. Another issue was when I came to get take out one day and I wanted to order the gluten free chicken fried rice on the kids menu. The woman taking my order told me they didn't have that option and I couldn't order it. I said I order it all the time and she insisted that they didn't have it. Finally she went and asked another employee if they had it and she said yes. Obviously you all have it if it's on the menu!!
Very slow service, the food was subpar and wasn't even served near cold
Didn't think restaurant was as good this time as on previous visits. Food tasted fine, but service seemed slow. Seemed to be understaffed - table clearing/bussing was a big problem: okay to put leftover food in plastic take-home containers, but waiters should not be scraping off dirty plates at tables in front of customers? Maybe it was because it was Christmas eve??
Service was very poor. Had to wait 15 minutes for someone to come to our table and we probably would still be sitting there if I hadn't gone to see where our waitress was . Food was average, very expensive for the small portion sizes. Probably will not eat there again.
Holiday event - food was just okay. Seemed less flavorful than last time and some of the batter on the honey chicken dishes were still mushy / undercooked *chicken was cooked tho
Good beef and broccoli, wonton souo
Very Poor Customer Service. The booth was Not tidy.
The Ambience was Not Great.
Great experience, outstanding customer service
We had a larger group than usual and were accommodated. Service was very good in spite of the heavy volume of people on this night. Always a great "go to" place to eat.
I love food at PF Changs! However the service wasn't that great. The server wasn't very enthusiastic and was slow. The portions were a little smaller than usual, they brought out a kiddie portion of Fried rice when we clearly ordered an adult portion. The server told us the kitchen was a "Disaster" that night. Overall the food was still decent but the service was subpar. I would go back for the food, but there are plenty other choices out there.
Making a reservation on OpenTable was super easy and convenient. Everything else about our experience was just fair. The Hostess wasn't very friendly and acted as if we were inconveniencing her by being there. The waitress was extremely slow and we all commented we had never heard so many dishes break during the time we were there. The food was just mediocre. Also the music was too loud for us to have a reasonable conversation. Too many other options in our area for Asian food to go back any time soon.
Longer than usual waiting, but the food was good. Our service was a little slow, but our server was friendly.
Love the food. Especially the lettuce wraps. Definitely worth the hour drive.
Had a reservation for Friday night. When we got to the restaurant we were told that their reservation system was down and so we had no reservation. So we grabbed two seats at the bar. Bartender was great, food was fine, but if the reservation system was down, how did we make the Open Table reservation? And we got dining points but we never checked in to our reservation. Sounds to me like the staff just didn't want to bother with reservations, they'd rather make everybody wait. I've had problems with the staff at this location before, their attitude is somewhere between "ignore the customer" and "f=== you". There are too many choices in the area that have competent staff and management. I doubt that I'll be back and I definitely won't recommend it.
Chang's has no record of the open table reservation so had to wait 30 minutes past reservation time. Then they got the food order wrong. Not a great dining experience.
We've been to Benihana MANY times! It is the go to celebration restaurant for my 30 year old son and 21 year old daughter's birthdays. Last night was for my daughter's 21st. The whole Benihana show gets a little stale after going for 9 million years and being an adult BUT last night was different. We had our first ever female chef, Sandra, and she was amazing! She omitted a bunch of the corny stuff (e.g. she didn't wear a hat so we didn't get shrimp tossed in her hat) which we all appreciated. She substituted stale tricks for amazing manual dexterity and truly impressive hand eye coordination. For the first time in years, we all really WATCHED her cook and totally enjoyed the performance! Whatever she's being paid, Sandra deserves a raise!


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BOONE, NC Feb. 20, 2013 – Senior Cathryn Hardy led the College of Charleston women's basketball team with 17 points, including 12 in the second half, but the Cougars fell on the road at Appalachian State, 74-65 on Wednesday.
Junior Afreyea Tolbert scored in double-figures for her seventh straight game with 15 points and junior Alyssa Frye scored in double-digits for her 10th consecutive game with 11 points.
Junior point guard Jillian Brown added eight assists and Hardy also grabbed nine rebounds, seven of them offensive boards.
In the first half the Cougars (12-14, 8-9) gave up nine offensive rebounds, which Appalachian State (18-6, 12-4) converted into 15 second chance points. The Mountaineers had a 15-2 advantage second chance points and a 37-30 lead going into halftime.
In the second half the Cougars grabbed 17 offensive rebounds, which they converted into 20 second chance points, but they gave up an additional 10 second chance points to the Mountaineers on eight offensive rebounds.
Appalachian State, led by 18 points from Anna Freeman opened the second half on an 8-2 run to push their lead to 13. The Cougars responded with a 7-1 run and cut the deficit back to seven on a three-pointer from Frye. Appalachian State would go right back up by 13 as they answered with a 6-0 run in two and a half minutes to go up 52-39 with 10:13 left in the game.
In a game that had three ties and six lead changes, the Cougars trailed by as many as 19 at 67-48 with 4:10 left to go in the game. They would not go down without a fight as they went on a 13-4 run to close the gap to 10 on a Cathryn Hardy offensive rebound and put back, to put the score at 71-61 with only 44 second left to go.
The Cougars got 18 points from their bench, including nine points and a season-high eight rebounds from sophomore Mikaela Hopkins.
With her seven offensive rebounds Hardy moved into fourth-place on the Cougars DI record list for offensive rebounds in a single season. She now has 104 on the season and is 10 offensive boards away from tying that record.
Up next the Cougars return home for senior night on Monday Feb. 25 at 7:00 p.m. The Cougars will honor their three seniors: Cathryn Hardy, Latisha Harris and Megan Fischer.


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Dear Four,
You're a month away, and you're already kicking my ass. How is it that you're kicking my ass from the future? I miss Three. I never thought I'd say that. Please advise.
Dear you,
Just as I have successfully beaten you down, so have I kicked Three right to the curb. And yeah, I'm here early. So? Why should I explain myself? Poop to that, I say. Poop. Poop in your butt. (Good one, me!)
We all know who's causing the problem, here. We would be getting along just fine, me from the future and you from the now, if you would only comply with my demands. If you were to provide me (for breakfast) with a twelve-pack of cinnamon Trident (slightly aged so that the cinnamon is not too cinnamon-y) and an ice-cream sandwich and a Playmobil catalog and let me watch violent cartoons while pointing to items in the catalog and shouting I WANT THAT, all while dripping ice cream on my clean pants, then we'd get along just like… pee… on a … foot. (Yes!)
Sure, I may be setting the bar fairly high, but it's only because I know you can handle it. Just as I know you secretly love it when I fling my surprisingly dense body at your head and whup you with my light saber and then smash my lips into your eye socket. Soon you will be so smitten that you will forget that Three ever existed. You'll be all, three? That wimpy jerk who liked to watch Miffy? Did Three ever ask you to marry him? No, Three couldn't make the commitment. But I'm Four, baby. And I'm totally your man. Now get me that ice cream and gum, and make it snappy.
In summary, I'll be here for a while, and I am going to poop on your head THAT DOES NOT STOP BEING FUNNY!


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Hi everyone allow me to briefly introduce myself. My name is Zachary. love
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Now I am in Big Island Hawaii for the foreseeable future. my friend brian owns some land in kenya which anyone would be welcome to utilize for fasting, meditation. also opportunities for helping with permaculture/fruit forest design project are there. he may be able to help you along w your "awakening process". feel free to message me for more details.
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some few pics here from one of friends propertys in kenya, sorry quality / quantity not very good : ) have been intending to write more description abt kenya + this property + the other property on mfangano island, but busy at present.
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for your viewing pleasure ; ) aloha from hawaii
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just want to check in and let everyone know ,,,, the body is still alive ; )
and we still trying to raise money for some lands
and ... i'm in hawaii... and might possibly travel to mainland this fall and kenya this winter if things flow that way... and would really love to meet any of you guys in person who might be hanging out in oregon, cali, wash, hawaii, kenya , florida ? particularly but let me know where you're at i really want to meeet other like minded ppl
u can contact me from some links if ur determined, dont priv msg me here i won't see it
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Hm, I see Hawaii as a perfect place, climate etc. for fasting and breatharian lifestyle ...what do you want more
How are you going with Kenya?
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here are some benefits of being in the countryside of kenya :
it's much closer to the equator , and therefore generally much warmer
everything is f###### dirt cheap in kenya hard to spend more than 3-4 bux a day on unl fruit. granted u might only get banana, mango, papa, cado, sugarcane, nanasi, tikitikimaji, maybe a sugar apple or soursop if lucky....
but ... generally much much much better air quality than hawaii
much stronger sun
much more topsoil i have about 5-30 centimeters of topsoil in hawaii... and most of the places are much much closer to 5 than 30...
on the land i own in kenya i have about at least 400 CM of pure black topsoil with no rocks ( i dont know how deep it goes but we dug a shitter that's at least 12 feet deep, said land is 2500$ an acre )
you can live in kenya with all your expenses met food , visa, transport, as a modest person for about $2-3,000$ per year, maybe much less if you're cheap...
people are infinitely generous with housing and food, u could get away with hardly ever paying for either one, visa is 50$ every 3 months.... transport is pretty reasonable but long and not that fun / luxurious....
it just depends if you're willing to significantly limit your time in front of phone / computer/ most other white people/ instant gratification.... etc
and in return you get to interact with a very pure , peaceful, intelligent, strong race of people that is far superior to our white race in nearly every manner and a very pure environment.... if you can find what's left of it that hasn't been destroyed ( that part is pretty m uch the same wherever you go. ) ! aloha from hawaii
email me if want
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I will likely post more here over next months but wanted to post a small general update and say, I will be heading back to kenya for approx 5.5 months starting late sept/ early oct. Already have ticket purchased.
I feel open to inviting others even though I realize it might come at a big cost (of my time.) But of course i'm really only looking to invest in dedicated serious aspirants. I will post more relevant info about kenya and my land in time
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I can't post details but my money situation is very poor and if anyone has money books rocks frns laptop old smartphone marang seeds etc they can donate would be a real blessing no donation too small must arrive at my p.o. box by September 20 bless u all thanks for reading
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I knovv the feeling.
Its so easy to get money upon sacrificing and exploiting..
Hovvever to not do so, overall being the better factor; aint easy.
Gotta be far enough; at times I guess an investment may bring to a farther and better point - hovvever both in some lifesituations and circumstances there are severe strainpoints.
Like this; partially almost like tricking me to take legal drugs prescribed to "get farther" in sobriety, vvhile there is a pretty bad strain on intake of such in lifesituation of me - hereunder relational interconnection. I'd end up stuck even if I said goodbye to everyone I knevv on such a point.
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Thank you. How are you doing?
Feel free to reach out to me.
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Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2018 8:52 am
Post subject: proper source of income is vital
Regarding money situation,
by a not so nice production line,
I vvas guided to understand the follovving:
Upon having a buffer and a surplus of money,
there becomes a room for errors and issues,
especially upon being an enlightened person,
that means a lot less stress and strain.
In case of asking me hovv I am doing,
very alone, very tired of norm civilization and living,
just looking ahead to get out and to a better place,
I had begun that path 2016 but some things happened,
like manipulated back of sorts, also simply afraid,
not having experienced anything like that,
"its all because I vvas afraid"..
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Actually feeling rather optimistic at this time ! @
Will post more once I'm back home. Visa issue a bit challenging. Hope we can get back to tropics. I think transitioning back to raw fruitarian liquidation etc important.. but some people maybe have the will to just quit
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now i'm back in kenya, near kitale, if anyone is seriously interested in coming here, let me know i will get back to you though it might take weeks since i'm not on the internet regularly now. wish me luck hoping to go inward a lot more with few distractions
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well i'm not sure if i'm anywhere near the "goal" of "becoming" food free or breatharian etc but i'm still here in kenya, and if anyone is interested in staying here in the countryside... i'll be here the next 3 months or so... but you're welcome to come stay probably whether i'm there or not... welcome...
i am in process of writing up a brochure/ information about staying if anyone seriously interested
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