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The closest thing I have to having Irish in me is a tattoo on my left arm that is Celtic in origin but art nouveau in appearance. Yes, it's an armband and yes I got in the early 90's, who didn't? I think the year was 1991 and the place was Seattle. My friend Non and I took the Green Tortoise, i.e. hippie bus, from Berkeley to Seattle and then a Greyhound from Seattle to Vancouver. We were 20 and adventurous.
We stayed in a couple of hostels (I think) and wandered aimlessly. One of the few things I recall is that we lived off of fast food fish and chips from some joint that was swarming with hungry seagulls and getting got lost in downtown Seattle. While trying to figure out where to go next on our map a little old lady walked up this pair of greasy haired, pierced, tattooed girls with army issue backpacks and offered her assistance. I'll never forget how nice she was. That was my first real impression of Seattle.
I don't know if I was set to get a tattoo in Seattle or not, but once we got there the urge was overwhelming and it HAD to be Celtic. Did you notice what year this was? But as we know, I don't necessarily like to follow trends, so it also had to be unique. Non and I spent hours in the bookstore and then hours in the library looking for the perfect design. What I found is something I have yet to see in any other book. The design comes from an artifact. A Celtic carving found on a scabbard discovered I wish I knew exactly where and when. Non and I purchased the thousand page book, took it the tattoo artist, whose name was Hubba Hubba by the way, and then, of course, promptly returned the book.
Hubba Hubba was a, not surprisingly, chubby little man. He sweated profusely as he was tattooing my arm and charged me only fifty bucks. He said, "because your hot". Uh, ok?
That tattoo is set a little lower on my left arm than your typical armband and is not as ornate as the original photograph (it would have bled into a big blob) and it is, by far, the tattoo I get the most compliments on. Especially from women, for some reason.
All I really remember about the Canada part of our trip are two things. Sitting in the queue on the Greyhound bus waiting to get into Canada and watching a man and a woman run for their dear lives from (or was it to?) the border, and being held at the border when returning to the States. I had a passport (and had no problems), but Non didn't. We are both brown and I guess they thought she was trying to deport from Canada. Does that even happen?
In honor of the Irish in (or on) all of us I made Irish Lamb Stew and Irish Soda Bread for St. Patty's Day, with a tiny bit of a Mediterranean twist.
Adapted from Epicurious
I went a little heavy on the spices and condiments, but, as you'll see from the measurements, I've given you the option of going a little lighter.
This was, by far, the best stew I've ever made.
What you'll need~
A handful or two of flour to coat your lamb
1/4-1/2 cup olive oil
1-1/2 – 2 lbs lamb from a leg cut into 1-inch pieces
3-4 whole cloves of garlic, peeled
4 cups beef stock
1/2 cup Guinness
1/2 cup red wine
2-4 tablespoons tomato paste
1-2 tablespoons dried sage
1-2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
2-4 bay leaves
3-4 tablespoons Irish butter
6-7 cups russet potatoes, sliced and halved
1 shallot thinly sliced
1 large onion sliced and halved
2 cups carrots cut or chopped into chunks
Fresh parsley
Pat each chunk of lamb dry with a paper towel and then dredge through flour. Heat the olive oil in your largest pot over medium heat. Add lamb and shallots and sauté until brown on all sides. About 5 minutes. Stir in stock, beer, wine, tomato paste, dried sage, Worcestershire sauce and bay leaves. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to a simmer and cover. Let cook for an hour stirring occasionally.
In the meantime, melt butter in your next largest pot over medium heat. Add potatoes, onions and carrots. Sauté until veggies are softened and golden. About 20 minutes.
Add vegetables to stew and simmer uncovered for another 40 minutes. You want your lamb to melt like butter on your tongue.
Sprinkle with a handful of parsley and serve hot.
Adapted from Epicurious
This bread also turned out amazingly well. I used chopped dried figs instead of the traditional currants. Feel free to use whatever dried fruit that turns you on.
What you'll need~
2 cups all-purpose flour
3 cups whole-wheat flour
1/2-cup raw honey
1-tablespoon baking powder
2 teaspoons kosher salt
1-teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup or so Irish butter, cut into cubes
1 cup dried figs, chopped
2 1/2 cups buttermilk
2 eggs
Preheat your oven to 350 and butter a large loaf pan or two smaller loaf pans. You can also grease a baking sheet and form the dough into a boule.
In a large bowl whisk the flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda. Add butter. Use your fingers to break the butter apart in the flour (one of my favorite things ever). Rub until the flour become coarse and crumby. Stir in dried fig pieces.
In a separate bowl, whisk buttermilk and eggs. Briefly warm your honey on the stove or in the microwave until it is just softened. Whisk honey into buttermilk and eggs.
Stir wet mix into flour mixture until well blended.
Pour dough into bread pan(s) and use a small knife to cut and X or X's into the top.
Bake bread for about an hour and 15 minutes rotating pan halfway through.
Serve with a generous smear of Irish butter.
Source: http://leeksoup.wordpress.com/2011/03/16/to-the-irish-in-on-all-of-us-irish-lamb-stew-and-soda-bread/
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On March 30, in PLIVA, Inc. v. Mensing (consolidated with Actavis Elizabeth, L.L.C. v. Mensing), the Court will hear oral argument regarding whether a state can hold manufacturers liable for failing to include additional safety information that is not required by the FDA. Steven D. Schwinn, an associate professor of law at the John Marshall Law School and a co-editor of the Constitutional Law Prof Blog, previews the case for the American Bar Association's PREVIEW of U.S. Supreme Court Cases; the ABA has generously agreed to share some of its previews "" which are authored by practitioners and scholars in the field "" with SCOTUSblog. You can read Professor Schwinn's preview here; PREVIEW's website is here.
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Turkey is a "source of inspiration" to show how Islam and democracy can go hand-in-hand, the country's deputy prime minister has told CNN.
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Where did this week go, you guys?
I imagine that this is how life would feel if you were addicted to prescription drugs. All fuzzy and hard to keep track of. Yeah, so I'm still sick and hitting the drugs pretty hard. And by drugs I mean cough syrup. I think I might frequent my friendly urgent care after I leave work today. I've been sick for close to three weeks now. It might be time to look to a higher power (cute doctor and antibiotics?) for healing.
I spent a little bit of time this week getting in touch with some of the people we met in South Africa. An email here, a Facebook friend request there. Not that I expect that we'll religiously keep in touch or become longtime friends or anything, but...you never know. And it has been sort of fun discussing our trips and all of the excellent soccer.
So, I guess that those first few paragraphs are just explaination for why I'm writing about random people even though I cannot imagine that any of you care. Blame the cold meds.
Random guys from the midwest: we met them in Melrose Arch - an upscale shopping area with a big screen outside so you could sit outside, have dinner and watch the match of the night - one evening and we stood and talked to them for-evah.
One of the guys emailed me (maybe I should mention that this guy reminded me so much of my will-always-have-a-thing-for high school best buddy/almost boyfriend that I had a dream about him that night). Friended the other on Facebook. I seriously thought that these guys were "older," not, like, old or anything but obviously not 22 either. Come to find out they're all a year younger than me. fml.
Random girls and one gay guy from NYC: they stayed at our hotel. SUCH a wild group. I'm pretty sure they were drunk 80% of their trip. We're all Facebook friends now and I absolutely loved looking at the pictures of their trip and maybe one day I'll be in NYC visiting Anna or Aviva (or both) and we can meet up and start planning for Brazil in 2014.
Random guy from Liverpool who was there with the girls from NYC: Nicest man ever. He actually met one of the NYC girls on a plane years and years ago and has managed to keep in touch with her. I think that's so cool. I should try to be friendlier.
Random kid from Atlanta: He was on the safari with us. And I was nice enough to hook him up with information on how to get to get tickets/transportation to the last USA game because I'm nice/cool like that. He was sort of lacking personality and his pants were too short.
Woman who owns our original hotel: OMG. She was way, way too nice and did way, way too much for us considering that we weren't even staying on her property anymore. She spent an entire day with me and Meg at this touristy place just because. She is so incredibly sweet and kind and I'd love to go back and stay at her place once it is fixed up or go to her other property where they do a full-on safari. Or both. Loved her.
Random guy FROM MY HOMETOWN who we met in a bar: I had just enough information to easily find him on Facebook but I've yet to request him because I think I'll look like a stalker. Which sort of is what I am.
Maybe I should just embrace it.
Friday, July 09, 2010
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laughing at the comments above as i was planning to write - embarce your inner stalker!
that is one thing i love/hate about travelling. you meet these amazing people but it can be hard to stay in touch. my officemate is from south america and have travelled a lot - doing an amazing job at keeping in touch. anywhere, near or far, that he travels these days, he knows someone. i need to channel that!
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Those who have beaten breast cancer comprise the largest population of cancer survivors in the United States, the authors said. Many return to the workplace after treatment, but symptoms and long-term side effects can impact their ability to do their work. However, the good news is that very simple strategies can address these issues.
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"No effective intervention exists to improve employment outcomes following any cancer diagnosis, including breast cancer," Sesto said. "There was a need to develop an interdisciplinary resource that provides customized information and decision support tools on how to effectively manage some of the problems that people may encounter in the workplace during and following cancer treatment. In our preliminary testing, both employers and survivors found the information in WISE to be helpful."
Sesto said she hopes that WISE will help not only survivors who have returned to the workplace but also the roughly 30 percent of previously employed cancer survivors who have not returned to work. If WISE proves to be a successful and viable tool, Sesto and her team will develop additional tools that can be used by survivors of other types of cancer.
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McIntire softball-saver runs for Council
Bob Fenwick, the man credited for rallying citizens and saving the Dewey D.S. Shiflett softball fields at McIntire Park, now says he's running for City Council on a stop-the-Meadowcreek Parkway platform. Charlottesville Tomorrow has video of his announcement.
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Don't think that will be enough. How about stop the parkway and stop the $200 million dollar dam/pipeline fiasco and dredge the Reservoir.
Now that might win the election.
Sue, I think he is WILLING and has the grit to stop it all. Read up and ask questions. Give the man a chance and he will make a difference for you and others.
Sure hope so. The County refuses to pay for the dredging study so it's time to stop playing Mr Nice Guy and elect someone who will show them whose boss.
Szakos needs to clarify exactly what she stands for or this guy is getting my vote for sure. I'm not really thrilled with Norris, but he looks like the best we've got this go round. The race for number 2 could be the most interesting thing to happen in city politics in a while.
Unless Szakos comes out strong for the dredging option for the water plan I'm for Fenwick no matter what his stripes. We could use a moderate on Council.
ââ?¬Å?I am a registered Republican and I thought I would run as a Republican, but so many people were telling me ââ?¬Ë?With the positions you have you are going to feel a lot more comfortable running as an Independent," Fenwick told C-VILLE.
On another hot-button issue facing City Council, Fenwick is decisive. ââ?¬Å?I favor the dredging option, no question.
Why don't you try and stop the Louisiana Purchase as well. It's called history.


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Bullying is defined by the ABA as the repetitive, intentional hurting of one person or group by another person or group, where the relationship involves an imbalance of power. Bullying can be physical, verbal or psychological. It can happen face-to-face or through cyberspace.
What is bullying?
Bullying affects lots of young people and happens in many schools but it's the way it's dealt with which makes the difference between life being tolerable or a misery for many.
There is no legal definition of bullying. But it is usually defined as repeated behaviour which is intended to hurt someone either emotionally or physically, and is often aimed at certain people because of their race, religion, gender or sexual orientation or any other aspect such as appearance or disability.
Bullying can take many forms including:
Bullying can happen anywhere: at school, travelling to and from school, in sporting teams, between neighbours or in the workplace.
Cyber bullying is bullying through a mobile phone or online (eg by email, instant messanger or on social network sites). Cyber bullying is just as serious. Read more about cyber bullying.
If you are being bullied at school, tell a friend, tell a teacher and tell your parents. It won't stop unless you do. It can be hard to do this so if you don't feel you can do it in person it might be easier to write a note to your parents explaining how you feel, or perhaps confide in someone outside the immediate family, like a grandparent, aunt, uncle or cousin and ask them to help you tell your parents what's going on.
Your form tutor needs to know what is going on so try to find a time to tell him or her when it won't be noticeable. You could stay behind on the pretext of needing help with some work. If you don't feel you can do that, then speak to the school nurse. Don't be tempted to respond to any bullying or hit back because you could get hurt or get into trouble.
Bullying includes:
Bullying and body language
Body language tells us a lot about other people. Think about the last time you walked into school. How did you feel? Confident and powerful? Or timid and worried? If you're trying not to be noticed and looking at the ground a lot while darting into school it can make you more noticeable. You look defensive and vulnerable. If you step out boldly you send out a quite different message of confidence. You may not be very confident but you'll certainly look it.
Try to stay in safe areas of the school at break and lunchtime where there are plenty of other people. If you are hurt at school, tell a teacher immediately and ask for it to be written down. Make sure you tell your parents.
Bullying is very upsetting and if you feel you can't cope, tell your parents and go to see your doctor. Many doctors are very sympathetic about the effects of bullying and yours may be able to write a note for the school explaining the effect that bullying is having on your health.
People bully others about perceived differences, including appearance, religion, behaviour, disabilities or illness, family, even how well you are doing at school or how popular you are. It is always best to try and dismiss bullying remarks. If a bully sees that they can upset you then they will keep trying. Many people are the victim of bullying and it is important to remember that noone should be bullied.


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Part 2 - Succession and Career Planning – the why and how!
A succession and career planning system requires investment. The economic downturn has resulted in limited funds available to staff "bench" positions, which are often developmental positions for the "up and comers".
A working system results in having (ideally) more than one suitable person "ready" for a key job opening. In order to have choices, an organization needs to identify who is ready now and who may be ready in the future (and what the development path should be).
Key roles filled internally have a higher success rate, culturally, than those filled externally. A favored method is to recruit into the organization at a lower level and groom from there.
A well-developed career planning process increases the retention of superior employees since they recognize that time, attention and skill development are being focused on them for the purpose of their career development. When companies continue to challenge and reward talented employees, they reduce their drive to seek opportunities elsewhere.
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Keep the process simple, otherwise managers will not use it, and establish organizational metrics. Some key steps include:
Career advancement should be a substantive and meaningful part of performance reviews. Managers and employees should discuss and document the desired career path, ultimate career goal and "stepping stone" jobs within the organization. With the generational move to shorter term tenures with organizations, employees have to feel that there is something in it for them, in order to stay with the same organization.
The metrics that a company establishes for Succession and Career Planning might include goals such as the percent of executive level vacancies that are actually filled with an internal promotion vs. an external hire, or the percent of promotions that actually come from the high-potential pool. These are lagging indicators, which need to be accompanied by leading indicators such as the percent of divisions/managers that have completed succession plans in place.
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text: Amongst the Hebrews, and other ancient people, dancing was part of a religious ritual (Exod. 32: 19), but the cultic dance of David wearing only a short linen ephod as he led the Ark to Jerusalem (2 Sam. 6: 14) was deemed by his wife Michal to cheapen the royal dignity. Dancers are mentioned in the NT as welcoming the homecoming of the prodigal son (Luke 15: 25), and as part of children's play (Luke 7: 32), but also, more sinisterly, when the daughter of Herodias excited the guests of Herod Antipas (Mark 6: 22).


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Withdrawal From A Course
Students who wish to withdraw from a course must consult with their academic advisor and complete the official schedule change form that is available in the Office of the Registrar. Students may withdraw from a course during the first 11 weeks of the semester; exact dates are shown in the online academic calendar. A grade of "W" will be entered. W grades do not count in the student's semester or cumulative GPA. The withdrawal is not official until the paperwork is processed through the Office of the Registrar. A student who simply stops going to class or who fails to process the withdrawal form according to the deadline will receive a letter grade based upon the entire semester's work.
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I made her chocolate pudding for when she returns and I am tidying up her room next! This should take a while!


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The Office for Metropolitan Architecture has been announced as a finalist in the competition to design media company Axel Springer's new Media Campus in Berlin. One of three practices chosen along with BIG and ole scheeren, OMA is now entering the final stage of the competition. The winner is expected to be announced in the new year following a series of public consultations.
"Springer has launched a corporate move from 'print' to 'digital media' – in which our building will act both as a symbol and a tool; a palace to lure the elite of (Germany's) digital Bohemia to its compound in Berlin." says OMA.
"The genius of print is that it is a cheap, physical, hyper-accessible embodiment of a complex collective effort, for which so far the digital has been unable to find an equivalent. Architectural offices are similar to newspapers in that they produce complex assemblies and selections from radically different sources of information."
"As architects, we have experienced the advantages: speed, precision, smoothness. But we have also suffered one crucial consequence: the relationship between the worker and his computer, which isolates him in a bubble of introverted performance, inaccessible to collective overview."
"In the classical newsroom, dominated by smoking, typing journalists, each inhabitant was aware of the labour and progress of his colleagues and of the collective aim: a single issue, with the deadline as a simultaneous release. In the digital office, staring intently at a screen dampens all other forms of attention and therefore undermines the collective intelligence necessary for true innovation."
"We therefore propose a building that lavishly broadcasts the work of individuals for shared analysis. The new office block is injected with a central atrium that opens up to the existing Springer buildings – a new center of the Springer campus."
"The essence of our proposal is a series of terraced floors that together form a digital valley. Each floor contains a covered part as a traditional work environment, which is then uncovered on the terraces. Halfway through the building, the valley is mirrored to generate a three dimensional canopy."
"The public can experience the building on three levels – ground floor lobby, meeting bridge, and roof-top bar. The meeting bridge is a viewing platform from which the visitors can witness the daily functioning of the company and how it evolves. The common space formed by the interconnected terraces offers an alternative to the formal office space in the solid part of the building, allowing for an unprecedented expansion of the vocabulary of workspaces: a building that can absorb all the question marks of the digital future."
All of the Axel Springer Media Campus proposals are currently exhibited at the Deutsche Architektur Zentrum (DAZ).


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Call for papers: 14th annual conference of the Society for Higher Education20-22nd March 2019
20-22nd March 2019, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
Transformation of Society – Transformation of Knowledge
Knowledge production and communication in a changing life environments
Highly developed societies are experiencing a process of transformation towards becoming a knowledge society. Knowledge societies may be characterised by knowledge becoming the most important organisational principle. The creation of societal developments is consciously based upon and guided by knowledge. Scientifically-based knowledge is therefore of key significance as it provides the foundation for rationally-based decision making and is used to this end.
Higher education institutions (HEIs), or academia in its entirety, are, however, coming under pressure from various sources, some of which are linked to societal developments:
· Digitalisation is alleviating access to science and scientific findings, which are then being used and checked by the general public. We can see a greater participation by the general public in scientific discussions. As a result, we are also witnessing a greater scepticism towards the authority of the science system as a single source of relevant knowledge. Science needs to find new ways of transmitting the relevance of its methods and rules for the generation of knowledge to the wider society.
· With regard to how research and teaching are presently being undertaken, digitalisation may be described as a game changer. New means of gathering and processing data are opening up the disciplines and influencing the scope of research (in the sense of knowledge gain and methods) and are also generating new research questions. Digitalisation is also being used within academic development to help a wider public access R+D.
· The context of knowledge production is also changing. If we look at the grand challenges such as climate change and demography, traditional organisations of science in the form of mainly (mono)disciplinary discourse or intra-scientific communication about the relevance of findings are coming under pressure equally. Interdisciplinary research and research which draws upon external expertise outside of academia (transdisciplinarity) are gaining in significance. The science system is being challenged by questions about its mode of conduct.
· Questions about the relevance of scientific methods are becoming all the more pressing, since scientific knowledge, as a result of its underlying transience and its contestability, is being challenged as capable of only supplying limited guidance. The scientific acceptance of contestability and transience is itself becoming the main object of criticism and lack of acceptance. So the question arises as to the extent in which "third mission" (e.g. knowledge transfer, social impact of scientific knowledge) is being seen as a reaction to this development.
· Additional changing contexts are increasing competition in academia overall and greater institutional autonomy through the introduction of new forms of governance. Concurrently, greater autonomy also sees actors within academia under greater legitimisation pressures on their output, which affects their actions between profilemaking and strategic compliance on the one hand, and "façade management" and opportunistic alignment on the other.
These developmental trends, which have been described above according to both ongoing observation, but also through higher education research, allow a multi-level structure to be created, out of which we can develop concrete questions regarding various areas of academia:
· Societal megatrends such as digitalisation, but also social processes, such as a decreasing public complexity tolerance towards scientific knowledge, may be seen as the contextual macro-level, on which the entire academic system is being developed (in both organisational and epistemological regard).
· The institutional contexts for individual HEIs and other academic institutions (e.g universities, Max Planck-Institutes) can be seen as the meso-level, in which changing governance systems come into effect and influence external development (at macro-level).
· Individual acts by scientists and staff (e.g. those in 'third space', but also students) relating to changing (external or institutional) contexts may be understood as the micro-level. Individual or organisational learning processes and adaptive achievements in relation to changing contexts are here of interest.
Higher education research reflects the adaptivity of academia in changing contexts at different levels, in addition to the challenges facing existing ways of being within academia in general. The 2019 Annual Conference of the Society of Higher Education Research (GfHf) in Magdeburg wishes to examine the status quo of the relationship of academia to society overall. Conceptual, theoretical and empirical abstracts, which address developments in research, teaching, learning, transfer, science and knowledge management) on any (or all) of the above-named levels, are welcome. The conference will be divided into six tracks:
Track 1: Transformation in research: How is the relationship between society and academia developing? What can academia do to ensure public acceptance of the scientific method? Which requirements are needed to translate scientific results into strategic action? Which forms of communication between academia and society are needed?
Track 2: Transformation in Teaching and Learning: How are societal transformations acting upon the organisation of HE teaching? How are employer expectations regarding qualifications and career paths developing under the impact of the digital revolution? Which challenges are these having upon teaching and learning, for example with regard to constitutive characteristics such as academic development, including discourse, debate and the verifiability of knowledge? Which status do subject expertise, soft skill qualifications and interdisciplinary knowledge occupy and in which ratio to one another in degree programmes?
Track 3: Transformation in third mission and knowledge transfer: How can the knowledge system react to public demands for more participation, access and critical dialogue concerning knowledge production? How can reduced tolerance of complexity and the abusive use of information ("fake news") be addressed effectively? How can academia maintain its role as a producer of relevant governance knowledge in complex social processes?
Track 4: Transformation of knowledge management (self-governance and governance): How can academia deal with increased public pressure regarding its effectivity and transparency? Are public transformation processes changing discussions and how can academia use relevant developments for itself (e.g. in the sense of improved cooperation and communication?)
Track 5: Open Track: We would also like to welcome abstracts that do not relate to the conference theme, but which are suitable for public debate.
Track 6: English language Track: We welcome contributions by international authors in this English language track. The track is open to contributions from all thematic areas (tracks 1-
Contributions may be either as presentations or as academic posters. Please submit abstracts (max. 500 words) via our conference website: www.gfhf2019.ovgu.de by 19th October stating the proposed track in which your abstract should appear. There is a limit of two abstracts per author. The review process is scheduled to be completed by 14th December. Abstracts should include the following:
Research question(s) and relevance
Theoretical framework
Methods and database(s) (in empirical research)
(expected) results
We look forward to your submissions.
Conference team:
Prof. Dr. Philipp Pohlenz
Claudia Wendt
Sylvia Knobloch
Any questions regarding the call should be addressed to firstname.lastname@example.com.
For information about the German Society for Higher Education research please visit their
website: www.gfhf.net.


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I commute by bike when I can, and blog about it sometimes. Lately I've seen a neat trend: celebrities talking about transportation. Not long ago, Brad Pitt was on The Daily Show, and someone pull-quoted this gem from him:
After looking at this (exhaustive) page of celebrities on bikes, it seems he isn't the only one. But a lot of those look more like weekend cruises than commutes. Yes, but! Look at LeBron James:
LeBron James biking to work. Photo credit: @jacknruth
King James is jamming in traffic, on the way to work. Just like a regular guy! (Except for $16 million difference in our salaries, I mean.)
But that ain't all, sports fans. Turns out that in 2008, at least, a large number of pitchers for the Baltimore Orioles were commuting by bike: "At last count, the cyclists include Jeremy Guthrie, Luke Scott, Aubrey Huff, Brian Burres, Garrett Olson and Lance Cormier."
The original story in the Baltimore Sun is unavailable, but coverage in Streetsblog said that Guthrie rode to Camden Yards six days a week during long home-stands (on Sundays his wife dropped him off after church). His comment:
"There are some side benefits," Guthrie said. "It's the overall idea of being outside and exercising instead of driving. I hate cars, I hate driving, I hate doing something I don't have to do. For me to drive downtown is a waste of gas; it's a waste of my time. I can ride faster than I can drive."
I can't ride faster than I drive, but I do like the idea of having healthy legs.


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- PFC (letter P)
You are very conscious of social proprieties. You wouldn't think of doing anything that might harm your image or reputation. Appearances count, therefore, you require a good-looking partner. You also require an intelligent partner. Oddly enough, you may view your partner as your enemy; A good fight stimulates those sex vibes. You are relatively free of sexual hang-ups. You are willing to experiment and try new ways of doing things. You are very social and sensual; you enjoy flirting and need a good deal of physical gratification.
- PFC (letter F)
You are idealistic and romantic, putting your lover on a pedestal. You look for the very best mate you can find. You are a flirt, yet once committed, you are very loyal.. You are sensuous, sexual,and privately passionate. Publicly, you can be showy, extravagant, and gallant. You are born romantic. Dramatic lve scenes are your favorite fantasy pastime. You can be a very generous lover.
- PFC (letter C)
You are a very social individual, and it is important to you to have a relationship. You require closeness and togetherness. You must be able to talk to your sex partner before, during, and after. You want the object of your affection to be socially acceptable and good looking. You see your lover as a friend and companion. You are very sexual and sensual, needing someone to appreciate and almost worship you. When this cannot be achieved, you have the ability to go for long periods without sexual activity. You are an expert at controlling your desires and doing without.


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text: Augustana's music is the heartland equivalent of Coldplay and Keane, with a touch of mid-'90s adult alternative throwback (think Counting Crows or the Wallflowers) also peppering the band's rootsy, piano-based rock. Although based in California, the group formed in southern Illinois in 2002, while singer/keyboardist Dan Layus and guitarist Josiah Rosen were studying contemporary Christian music at Greenville College. The band's original lineup also included bassist Simeon Lohrmann, second keyboardist David Lamoureaux, and drummer Kyle Baker. This lineup released a pair of self-distributed CDs -- the full-length Midwest Skies and Sleepless Mondays and the EP Mayfield -- in 2003, but the conservative climate of Greenville College proved to be too confining for the band's two co-founders. Choosing music over academia, Layus and Rosen left Greenville for Los Angeles in 2004, jettisoning the rest of the band and re-forming with a new lineup that included keyboardist John Vincent, bassist Jared Palomar, and drummer Justin South. The reformulated Augustana signed with Epic Records in 2005 and released their major-label debut, All the Stars and Boulevards, in September of that year. A slow starter, the album gradually rose to national attention on the strength of "Boston," a heartfelt ballad that was featured on an episode of Scrubs in early 2006. To encourage this increase in Augustana's popularity, a limited-edition reissue of the album (with extra songs and video content) was released in September 2006. By the following year, All the Stars and Boulevards had finally made its way into the Billboard Top 40 -- a whopping 19 months after its initial release. Augustana then returned in 2008 with a new lineup (Josiah Rosen had left the band for a solo career in early 2006, only to be replaced by guitarist/mandolin player Chris Sachtleben) and a new album, Can't Love, Can't Hurt. More rootsy than the band's debut, Can't Love, Can't Hurt produced a pair of modestly successful singles and sold 400,000 copies worldwide. It also laid the foundation for Augustana, the band's self-titled third album, which appeared in 2011 and featured an even more rootsy, anthemic sound. Producer Jacquire King, the man behind Kings of Leon's breakthrough album Only by the Night, oversaw the project. ~ Stewart Mason


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Farron Cousins | July 27, 2011
By Farron Cousins • Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 11:49
A new study from the Journal of Community Health concludes that cancer rates in areas of Appalachia where mountaintop removal mining (MTR) is taking place are more than twice as high as areas that are not near MTR sites. According to the study, as many as 60,000 individual cancer cases can be linked directly to exposure from MTR debris.
As reported on Alternet, the study was the first of its kind to involve a door-to-door questionnaire, where researchers used community members' own stories and medical records to determine the results. These door-to-door interviews were conducted in mountaintop removal mining areas, as well as non-coal mining counties for use as a control.
From the Alternet report:
According to the new study: "The odds for reporting cancer were twice as high in the mountaintop mining environment compared to the non mining environment in ways not explained by age, sex, smoking, occupational exposure, or family cancer history." The study found:
Surface water and ground water around MTM activity are characterized by elevated sulfates, iron, manganese, arsenic, selenium, hydrogen sulfide, lead, magnesium, calcium and aluminum; contaminates severely damage local aquatic stream life and can persist for decades after mining at a particular site ceases. In addition, elevated levels of airborne particulate matter around surface mining operations include ammonium nitrate, silica, sulfur compounds, metals, benzene, carbon monoxide, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and nitrogen dioxide.
Citing extremely high levels of uterine and ovarian, skin, urinary, bone, brain, and others forms of cancers, the study additionally noted:
Arsenic, for example, is an impurity present in coal that is implicated in many forms of cancer including that of skin, bladder and kidney. Cadmium is linked to renal cancer. Diesel engines are widely used at mining sites, and diesel fuel is used for surface mining explosives, coal transportation and coal processing; diesel exhaust has been identified as a major environmental contributor to cancer risk.
The findings of this new study are especially alarming when paired with a recent study about the increasing number of birth defects in MTR areas. The birth defect study, conducted by researchers at Washington State University and West Virginia University, found that birth defects were 26% more likely to be seen in children that had been exposed to MTR wastes while in the womb.
DeSmogBlog reported in a January 2010 post about another study of the impacts of MTR on health:
A group of the nation's leading environmental scientists is calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to stop issuing new mountaintop mining permits, arguing that the ecological and human health costs of the controversial mining practice are "pervasive and irreversible." …
Along with this environmental devastation, the authors confirm major impacts on human health in the Appalachian region, including "elevated rates of mortality, lung cancer, and chronic heart, lung and kidney disease in coal producing communities" according to the study.
As Jeff Biggers on Alternet put it, these studies show that MTR is not only an environmental threat, but now poses a serious, documented threat to human health.
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Alternet -- a far-leftwing
Alternet – a far-leftwing website, not exactly a credible source of information. And the original study is blocked behind a subscriber wall, so it's probably very likely that your (or, more accurately Alternet's, from which you've cut n' pasted) representation is wildly exaggerated and falsified. You are working for a PR company, afterall.
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Alternet -- a far-leftwing
Alternet – a far-leftwing website
Just another silly Baked and faked fear mongering tray of bull shit.
Does ANYONE believe this crap?
Ford Brown replied on Permalink
Wow! just wanted to say that I was blown away by the staggering statistics concerning mining and cancer. there are a lot of lives that are affected or will be affected by this. an a bit of a lighter note I just read a great review at Chris Farrell Membership Reviews about helping others overcome financial difficulties.
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Ha-ha! Awesome!
Ha-ha! Awesome!
Rob replied on Permalink
The paper notes that the
The paper notes that the miners who participated in the survey did not have an unusually high cancer rate. They called this a "possible healthy worker effect".
Thats a good one!


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This workshop covers the capabilities of the sound studio space in the Odegaard library. We will cover studio reservation procedure, the purpose and usage of equipment in the space, and how to use the space to record audio in a variety of ways.
Students can expect to leave this workshop with a basic understanding of the sound studio space and digital audio recording.


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I am a new comer in the Visual basic World and facing a critical problem.
I have made a program using Visual Basic 6.0 and MS Access in the Back End. The MS Access version is Office XP. I have created a setup programme using Package and Setup Deployment.
But When I run the Setup Program in another Computer, There is an Error Saying that The Msado20.tlb could not be read. and afterword the Programme doesn't work and shows a msg saying "Can not Create Object Adodc".
It is a serious problem and i can't go forward because of that problem.
But these problems doesn't crash in the computer with Visul Basic 6.0.
Please Help Me.


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Disco Bear
I have been dying to make this card ever since I saw it at Regionals. Another very unique card that took a bit of time, but was well worth it because it is so cute! Don't you just love that sparkly disco ball? I'm thinking this one will be hard to give away, so if you happen to find it in your mailbox you will know you are extra special because I am only making ONE! The finished size of this card is
5 1/2" square.
SS: Beary Best Friends
CS: Basic Black, WW, Creamy Caramel, DSP: Pawsitively Prints, Night and Day, Razzleberry Lemonade
INK: Chocolate Chip, Markers: Melon Mambo, Black journaling, Pixie Pink
Accessories: Build A Bear Dies, Big Shot, Punches: 1 3/8", 1 1/4" circles, Sticky Sheet, Silver Chunky Glitter and Fine Galaxy Glitter Pin It Now!
Princess Tea Party
We had a house full of Princesses: Princess Gracie, Princess Vivi and Princess Sylvia.
A feast fit for a Princess: Peanut Butter and Jelly triangle sandwiches, cucumber sandwiches,
deviled Princess eggs, fruit, tea sized tarts, cupcakes, of course, and two cakes:
This is the cake that Julie knew I was making, but when I saw the Cinderella coach cake idea I just HAD to make that one too. Just say it is good practice.
How sad when it gets all cut up.
Presents for the Princess.
Gracie and Gramma (who is just a grown up Princess)
Grandpa Great was the only Prince allowed at the tea party.
Glass slipper party favors for the three Princesses. Gracie thought she had to try hers on just like Cinderella in the movie.Pin It Now!
SS: Princess Time
CS: Basic Black, Pretty Passion, WW
INK: Pink Passion
ACCESSORIES: Swiss Dot Embossing Folder (local craft store), Pennant Die, BIG SHOT,
With Sympathy
It is so sad when someone passes away, but what a great hope we can have of seeing our loved ones and friends again someday in the presence of the Lord. Recently an older gentlemen from our church passed away. He and his wife were very special in our lives growing up. His wife (who passed away many years ago) was my Sunday School Teacher, and one of their daughters was our classmate in High School. They had seven children so I decided to send a sympathy card to each of them, and this is the one I chose. I thought it had a masculine feel. Hard to see, but I used Crystal Effects on the tree branches with micro beads to give it more of a 3 dimensional look.
SS: Thoughts and Prayers
CS: Chocolate Chip, Sage Shadow, Very Vanilla, Manchester DSP (retired)
INK: Chocolate Chip, Sage Shadow
Accessories: Sponge, Crystal Effects, Micro BeadsPin It Now!
Trash or Treasure – The Face-Off – Part 4
Okay here we go again and it is another little jar. I tell you, it was hard coming up with ideas for all these jars. I kept thinking in 'threes' – like the three bears or the three little Princesses that will be at my grand daughters birthday party, but I really wanted to do them separately because I knew that Rachel would have great ideas – she has quite an imagination. So here is my last one. It was a milk chug from a Burger King Kids Meal. With Halloween right around the corner I thought that I should recreate this into a Halloween treat using our Build A Bear Workshop Dies sold exclusively through Stampin' Up!
I just love the fun colors of the Halloween M&M's don't you? Thought they would look much better in this little jar than around my hips. Click http://rachelscraftroom.blogspot.com/ to see what Rachel did with her Milk Chug jar.
SS: Eat Drink and Be Scary
CS: Retired DSP from Glenda's stash, Chocolate Chip, Basic Black, Yoyo Yellow, Pumpkin Pie
INK: Basic Black
Accessories: Black Grosgrain ribbon, Build A Bear Dies: Stampin' Up! Bear and Kooky Spooky, dimensionalsPin It Now!
Halloween Cards
Here are the Halloween cards that I made for my family. Thought you might like to see them. Julie and Jeremy's card: a cute pumpkin made with our Sweet Treat Cups and Pumpkin Patch Stamp Set, and filled with Julie's favorite orange flavored Tic Tac. The Spider card is for Jeff and I made one for Tyler too. It's a good guy card don't you think? Especially since Jeff is the "Bug Man" for his job. Once again I used a Sweet Treat cup to hold only the black M&M's from the Halloween bag of M&M's, and an embossing folder bought at a local craft store.
This pretty Purple card is for Jessica who absolutely loves the color purple and it is filled with the yummy Halloween colored M&M's. The stamp used in Jess' card is called Sweet Centers. I also used the Wood Grain Background stamp and Holiday Best (Hostess level 1 stamp set)
Joey's card just had to be "Joe Cool" waiting for the Great Pumpkin. The Pumpkins are stamped using Autumn Harvest Stamp Set and the little leaves were punched from a non-SU mini punch. Gracie's cute little Witchy Bear card is made using the Big Shot and the Build a Bear dies exclusive to SU, the Holiday Best SS, Cast a Spell DSP, and the large and small star punches. I really should have made Gracie's little bear into a Princess because she is going to be Cinderella for her first adventure in Trick or Treating. I can't wait to see how cute the kids will be when they come to Trick or Treat.Pin It Now!
Party Hearty
What a fun card this was to make!! Once again I borrowed a stamp set from my friend, but this little bear is so much fun I couldn't resist.
SS: Party Hearty, Under the Stars, On Your Birthday, Everyday Flexible Phrases (retired)
CS: Melon Mambo, WW, Bermuda Bay, DSP, Close to Cocoa, Creamy Caramel
INK: Melon Mambo, Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Melon Mambo Polka Dot Ribbon, 1/2" Circle Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, Fire BradPin It Now!
2 Cakes, 2 Cards
This week I was asked to make cakes for two different families whose boys were having birthdays. Grant loves basketball so asked to have a basketball themed cake. HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANT!!
And here is the card I made to go along with his basketball birthday…
SS: It's Your Birthday (retired)
CS: Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie
INK: Basic Black ink and Journaling Marker
ACCESSORIES: Bubble Embossing Folder (local craft store)
Here is the Star Wars Themed Cake that Steven wanted for his birthday cake… HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEVEN
And here is the card I made to go along with his Star Wars themed birthday…
SS: None
CS: Basic Gray, Basic Black, Not Quite Navy, Glossy White, Rockabilly DSP (retired)
INK: Not Quite Navy Marker, Black Journaling Marker
ACCESSORIES: Punches: Key Tag, Word Window, Stars – large and small, 1/2" & 1/4" square punches, (The rest was done by hand), DimensionalsPin It Now!
Cookie Dough Truffles
Tyler loves to work with Gramma in the kitchen. This week we decided to make Chocolate Cookie Dough Truffles. They were VERY Yummy!!!! and very easy to make.
1/2 C butter
3/4 C brown sugar
2 1/4 C flour
1/2 can sweetened condensed milk (about 1/2 C + 2 T)
1 tsp. vanilla
Cream butter and sugar. Add flour, milk and vanilla.
Stir in: 1/2 C mini chocolate chips
1/2 C walnuts (Optional - I did not add this to mine)
Shape into 1" balls and freeze until firm.
1 1/2 C lb semi sweet candy coating (I used milk chocolate -Wilton melting chocolates)
Dip balls in chocolate. Store in refrigerator. One batch makes about 46 dough balls (depending on how much you sneak while preparing)Pin It Now!
Baby Card
SS: Nursery Neccessities, Wings of Friendships, Fun and Fast Notes (Sentiment)
CS: Soft Suede, Pretty In Pink, WW
INK: Soft Suede, WW craft
Accessories: Punches - Scalloped Edge and Scalloped Circle, 1 3/8" circle, 1/2 pearls from the Pretties Kit Pin It Now!
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheese Pie
You can see that I used a boughten graham cracker crust which caused me to only be able to fit about 1/2 of the chocolate pudding so I would imagine if you made your own graham cracker crust and used a larger pie plate you would get more chocolate in your pie. Either way, it was still very good and I had some pudding left over to savor. Thanks Kelly for sharing this recipe!!
1/2 C peanut butter
1/2 C powdered sugar
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
8 oz. Cool Whip/ divided
1 pkg chocolate instant pudding
1 3/4 C cold milk
Graham Cracker Crust:
2 C crushed graham cracker crumbs
1/2 C melted butter
Combine and pat into a pie plate, You can refrigerate for 30 min or bake at 350 degrees for about 8 minutes and cool completely before filling.
Peanut Butter Layer:
Mix Peanut Butter, powdered sugar, and cream cheese until smooth. Add 1/2 the cool whip. Fold gently until combined. Place in pie crust.
Chocolate Layer:
Mix chocolate pudding and milk with wire whisk for 1 min. Pour on top of peanut butter layer.
Refrigerate at least 2 hours. Top with remaining cool whip.
ENJOY! Pin It Now!
Trash or Treasure - The Face Off - Part 3
Rachel really challenged me with this one when she gave me an empty fabric bolt. My first thought was to make a Welcome sign with Stampin' Ups! Decor Elements, but I didn't have the Welcome words on hand. I'm not much of a painter, so I went back to the drawing board when I thought of making a photo board. Dale spray painted it black for me, then all I had to do was wrap it with gold cording add a little decorations and pictures of my favorite subjects: Tyler and Gracie!!! Pin It Now!
Christmas Greetings
Christmas Cocoa DSP (Holiday Mini)
Berry Christmas
A Cardinal Christmas (Sentiment)
Christmas Cocoa DSP (Holiday Mini) What makes this Designer paper so cool is that it is flocked. I love that raised effect.
A Wish For Peace
This last one is my favorite because my friend Sue designed it for our class. Thanks Sue! Pin It Now!
Grandville HS Craft Sale
Mom's post has been high-jacked by Julie - if you already read this once - scroll down to the bottom to see my additions
Yes, I am doing two posts today, so don't get confused. Make sure you scroll down to see the cake I made for a friend in the second post.
Grandville's Craft Sale went very well for me yesterday. Thank you to those who stopped in to see me and a BIG THANK YOU to those to made purchases.
As the morning began it seemed to start much slower than the previous year and as I sat there alone I was thinking whether or not it was worth the work and cost involved to participate in GVHS Craft Sale. But as the day went on it picked up, but even so when the guys came by to see if I wanted to sign up for next years sale I was still "iffy". I did a quick calculation on how much I made and still could not make a firm decision, but then I called my friend Sue and she agreed to do the sale with me next year so I went ahead and signed up.
Right after that call my booth got extremely busy and I started selling, selling, selling and even selling out of some things. I hardly had time to breathe, and within a half hour I made about half again what I made the entire morning. Yeeha!!
Another thing that helped me to decide whether to come back to next years sale was the great people who came to my booth. Everyone was so complimentary so I thought I would share some of their kind words... Pardon me while I toot my horn...
"I've been looking for you at other craft sales, I'm glad I found you here"
"I used all the cards I bought from you at last years sale so now I need to stock up again"
"Your cards are the best"
"I'm a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator too, but I'm going to buy some of your stuff" (for ideas, patterns, etc.)
"How can you sell your stuff so cheap?"
"See you next year"
"Wow! it must be fun to be you" - I think this is my favorite one!!
"Thank you for being here"
"I was here earlier, but I just had to come back"
"Your stuff is so cute"
"Are you going to be at any other craft sales this year?"
"You should have a store"
This one is from the lady in the booth next to me: "I'm surprised you have anything left - you've been so busy" -(and she bought a nice amount from me too)
Another GREAT compliment is when Glenda showed up and bought something for an idea for her BIG SHOT class next week.
Thanks everyone for the encouragement! See you all next year!!
This is Julie - highjacking mom's post. Since I helped mom set up her blog and help her do maintenance on it - I have access to it too - he he!!! I stopped by mom's booth at Grandville yesterday and I just wanted to say how proud I am of her. Her booth was crazy busy (no one else was like that) and she barely had a chance to talk to us. I was glad to be able to help her out at least a little bit by getting her something to drink (which Gracie promptly stole from her and spilled on the floor - who was watching that kid anyway???) Okay so I was glad to help her out by getting her another drink, and I snapped a few pictures.
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Gracie loves to "help" Gramma when she decorates a cake!!


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|Vessel Name:
|Five Islands
|Vessel Make/Model:
|Lagoon 37' TPI
|Hailing Port:
|Calgary, Alberta, Canada
|Ralph & Karen
|Married 26 years and looking for new adventures to share. Wanting to learn more about the world and about ourselves.
|Five Islands is named after a small island located in the Winnipeg River where many memories were made. We view our boat as the opportunity see amazing places that will create quality memories like the ones made at Five Islands.
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ROMANTIC GETAWAY: We get it, we really do, but it always amuses us, too, a bit, when Southern California couples pine for faraway island getaways when we have some gorgeous and remote-feeling isles just an hour or two away. True, they look a bit different from the whole swaying-palm-tree travel-brochure type thing -- our Golden State islands look very much like a lot of the mainland Golden State, in fact, though perhaps a little wilder and rockier and lonelier -- but they are indeed across water. So when Valentine's rolls around, and twosomes around SoCal start to talking about where to spend the weekend and what the budget might be, we want to stand on the nearest rooftop and shout "Catalina! It's right over there! It's an island!" It's a good thing we don't, of course, because that would be startling and strange to see a stranger doing that.
STILL... It really is a nice romantic island-y getaway, given the rentable golf carts and the tandem bikes built for two and the deals. Oh yes, there are deals on California's most famous island, even on Valentine's Day. One we're looking at? The Pavilion Hotel's Romance Package, which starts at $289 per couple and runs throughout February. Goodies include in-room bubbly and strawberries and a three-course tasting menu at Avalon Grille. The Aurora Hotel also is offering a romance deal, and, yep, bubbly is involved as well as a half dozen roses. Your takeaway? It's a pretty island getaway that isn't too pricey and it doesn't involve a mondo plane ride. Could it be your Valentine's vacay? Easily.
AND ABOUT FAMOUS ISLANDS... We know, we know. Alcatraz is up there on the famous-California-island-list. Thing is you can't spend the night there, and there are no tandem bicycles or golf carts for rent (though, of course, a day trip is much recommended).


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LibrePlanet software freedom conference announces line-up
The FSF describes LibrePlanet as the place where global free software community members and newcomers meet together to learn from each other, share accomplishments and face challenges. This is the fifth annual LibrePlanet conference.
"This year's LibrePlanet conference is perfect for all experience levels. Whether you're interested in learning more about what free software is and why you should use it, or whether you've been contributing code to free software projects for years, there's something for everyone at LibrePlanet," said Libby Reinish, an FSF campaigns manager.
Keynote speakers for the event include Foundation president, Richard Stallman, who led the development of the free software GNU operating system and started the free software movement, Karen Sandler, executive director of the GNOME Foundation, and Leslie Hawthorn, an internationally known community manager, speaker and author who now manages community action and impact at Red Hat, Inc.
This year, the conference theme is "Commit Change," and the program focuses on technology's role in struggles for justice, community, and freedom. From software developers to activists, academics to computer users, this convergence is about working together for software freedom.
Throughout the conference, over 25 sessions in three simultaneous tracks will feature workshops and sessions like, "Free software communities and the cloud," "Demystifying Blender: Quick ways to get into 3D Graphics with free software," and "Outreach Program for Women: Lessons in Collaboration." On Saturday, the FSF will announce the winners of its annual Award for Projects of Social Benefit and Award for the Advancement of Free Software. Sunday will feature a special workshop by Upstream University, with the goal of training students and developers to contribute code or documentation upstream in a free software project.
"We are at a critical moment for software freedom. Companies like Microsoft and Apple are looking for sneaky ways to increase their stranglehold on freedom by locking down their computers and spying on their users. This is a must-attend event for anyone who values free speech and privacy in the electronic era," said John Sullivan, executive director of the Foundation.
LibrePlanet 2013 will be live-streamed at http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Watch_Live. More information about LibrePlanet 2013: Commit Change can be found at: http://libreplanet.org/2013.
About the Free Software Foundation
The Free Software Foundation, founded in 1985, is dedicated to promoting computer users' right to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute computer programs. The FSF promotes the development and use of free (as in freedom) software -- particularly the GNU operating system and its GNU/Linux variants -- and free documentation for free software. The FSF also helps to spread awareness of the ethical and political issues of freedom in the use of software, and its Web sites, located at fsf.org and gnu.org, are an important source of information about GNU/Linux. Donations to support the FSF's work can be made at http://donate.fsf.org. Its headquarters are in Boston, MA, USA.
About the GNU Operating System and Linux
Richard Stallman announced in September 1983 the plan to develop a free software Unix-like operating system called GNU. GNU is the only operating system developed specifically for the sake of users' freedom. See http://www.gnu.org/gnu/the-gnu-project.html.
In 1992, the essential components of GNU were complete, except for one, the kernel. When in 1992 the kernel Linux was re-released under the GNU GPL, making it free software, the combination of GNU and Linux formed a complete free operating system, which made it possible for the first time to run a PC without non-free software. This combination is the GNU/Linux system. For more explanation, see http://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html.
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