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We all know it does mean revert. The question is why. What's making volatility mean-revert? Is it some sort of cyclical behaviour of option traders? The way it's calculated? Why?
Volatility is mean reverting if the underlying security doesn't drop to zero.
If the security has some underlying "value" then its price is co-integrated with that "value". The volatility is the uncertainty of that price as it tracks the security's "value".
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I may have missed something, but the question was "Why is volatility mean-reverting?". I realize that the standard answer is that the VIX (I'm assuming he's asking about the VIX) is related to the historical volatility of the S&P. A simple version of that relationship provides a reasonable R^2 (see Fig. 1). It relates the VIX to the S&P "wiggliness" (30-day standard deviation of the daily log differences of the S&P), but it doesn't explain why more or less "wiggliness" takes place. To explain that, I have to look at the underlying fundamentals.
Figure 2 below, shows the S&P Price (in gray) and what I think is the underlying S&P VALUE (in red). Both lines refer to the left hand scale. This VALUE is calculated from my estimate of sustainable earnings and the appropriate P/E ratio. It is what I think an Investor would set for the "value" (money generating value) of the S&P.
The blue line is the VIX, and is read on the right hand scale. On the right hand side of the graph, I have divided the VIX range into three regions. From past experience, a VIX of 20 or less seems to be a time of "Don't Worry, Be Happy". Personally, that's when I worry the most, but the market seems to be in a care-free state, so I tagged it as such. Next, for a VIX from about 20 to 40, the market seems to be in an "I'm Nervous" state (not care-free, but also not panicky). For a VIX above 40, a "Panic" state seems to show up.
Our current VIX of 28 puts us in the "I'm Nervous" state.
Now to the issue of WHY.
Don't the Happy/Nervous/Panicky states of the VIX have to be consistent with the level of the S&P Price (not just its "wiggliness")? If I'm "Happy" then I'm happy with the level of the Price. If I'm "Nervous" aren't I nervous about the level of the Price? If I'm "Panicky" then isn't the level of the Price nose-diving?
As an Investor, the only way I can be "Happy" with the level of the Price is for the Price to be somewhere near or below my estimate of the VALUE of the S&P. That happened from 1991 to 1997, 2003 to 2007, and part of 2010 and 2011.
As an Investor, I will be "Nervous" with the level of the Price when the Price is too high compared to the VALUE or when some external "thing" is going on (for example, the Euro-mess). That happened in 1990, 1997 to 2003, part of 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011.
And, as stated above, when "Panic" takes place, the market sells everything and the Price level nose-dives (1998 LTCM/Russian thing, 9/11/2001, July and Sept 2002, Sept 2008, the Debt-mess in 2010 and 2011).
So, if all of the above fits the hypothesis, then "Why is volatility mean-reverting?" can be answered as.....the market has, and probably will continue to spend most of its time in the "Don't Worry, Be Happy" state or the "I'm Nervous" state (i.e. reverting to a state that is not extreme).
I agree that my three-sentence answer at the top of this post left out a lot of details, but it is the short version of the same answer.
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I must be getting old and forgetful. In your comment below, you asked for references (which I forgot to include above). Here are a few:
With a little Googling, you'll find more.
In my answer above, I purposely didn't get into my technique for setting the "value" of the S&P. It always starts an argument about which is best, Modified Gordon Models, Modified Miller-Modigliani Models, Modified XXXX Models, or whatever. The bottom line is, no matter what valuation technique you use, you'll always find some form of "equity risk premium" that is related to volatility. It's just common sense......there has to be a "price" for being "Nervous" or "Happy".
Another issue that usually comes up has to do with using Historical Volatility versus Implied Volatility. All I can say is, the volatility part of the equity risk premium existed long before options were traded.
Volatility is mean reverting because you can prove by contradiction that it cannot be otherwise. You have an intuitive understanding of why, but you need something closer to a proof.
Assume volatility is not mean reverting. At time t, the effect of the random component of the volatility on its level will be $\sigma \cdot \sqrt{t}$
For an arbitrarily large
Therefore volatility cannot NOT be mean reverting.
It is mean reverting due to the addition of new information into the market.
Imagine a very very simple case: the world only has two traders trading chicken feet. Trader A and B both think it's worth around \$10-\$11 per foot because historically, they have been trading that range all else constant. So vol is low.
Suddenly, GSK announces chicken feet cause cancer, trader A thinks they're worthless and trader B thinks some people dont care so he thinks they're worth \$5. It'll trade in the \$0 - \$5 range (higher vol). As the truth slowly unfolds, their opinions will converge (lower vol).
Becareful though, this doesn't mean you can capitalize on shorting vol when vol is above the mean (vice versa), realized vol may kill you. And market usually reflects mean reversion if you look at the term structure during crisis, front few months gets bid way more than the back months so you'll have a very descending term structure.
This is a hard question because you have to explain i) why does volatility mean revert, AND the opposite effect ii) why does volatility exhibit clustering/persistence? GARCH models can describe this behavior but they do not explain.
We need a model of investor behavior that can explain both phenomenon. I think Rama Cont has a strong answer in his 2005 paper Volatility Clustering in Financial Markets: Empirical Facts and Agent–Based Models:
I would give a kind of commonsense answer: Volatility is basically measuring the range of fluctuation of the underlying. There is always some fluctuation (noise), some average range, but there are times when people are panicking and esp. risk-averse (falling stocks, crashes, high vola) and there are times when people are esp. calm (rising stocks, low vola).
So its a little bit how our world is and what drives markets in general (fear, greed -> lots of psychology) ...and no, there is nothing special about options traders here...
Do you believe it would be otherwise? Certainly we wouldn't expect low volatility to revert upwards, so you must be asking about why volatility spikes are short-lived.
Volatility spikes are often news related, either micro (merger announcement, bankruptcy notice, patent rejected, etc) or macro (rate changes, commodity bubble bursting, etc). That news isn't perpetual; the dust settles at some point and the world moves on.
Related question: Why do media frenzies die down? Same answer.
It is not the volatility that mean reverts, but the price! The volatility (attempts to) measure the deviations from the "equilibrium" or the "stable price" (even though we might never observe it).
It is not really a cyclical behaviour of traders, but one can look at it as a continuous game of tug of war between the bulls and bears where any player can change sides at any time depending on her perception of future movements of price.


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Rethinking Campfire Food: 15 Healthy, Easy Ideas + 2 Recipes
For me, the best part of camping isn't the rugged hiking trails, swimming in a pristine lake or sleeping under the stars — it's the food! It's easy to get caught up in a junk-food rut when packing for a camping trip — potato chips, over-processed hot dogs and preservative-laden packaged foods. But planning campfire meals that are better for you is easier than you might think.
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I have a file
"abc" with permissions 440 .The owner of this file is
"root" and the group of this file is
"groupabc" . I have a user
"user1" .Is their anyway I can see the contents of files
"abc" using the user
"user1" ?
I don't have the root password.
What comes to my mind is that since file
"abc" belongs to the group
"groupabc" ,so if I can add the user
"user1" to the group
"groupabc". I should be able to view the contents of the file
"abc". I tried command
usermod ,but since I don't have the
sudo access ,It didn't work.Is their anyway I can view the contents of the file


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I'm going to hang my TV to the wall and I want to know how much from ground is standard for 52 inch TV?
First, sit on your couch in the ideal viewing position (ie: where your butt imprint is). The bottom 1/3 of the TV should be at eye level when mounted. Everyone has an opinion about exact positioning, but this is more or less the general rule of thumb I've found from various sources, and it has always worked well for me.
I find most people mount them too high. No one likes sitting in the front-row at the movie theater, so why do it at home?
A small addition to Steven's answer: Our eyes are designed to focus 8' away from us when looking directly ahead, at our hands when looking down, and not so much looking up.
I would not want to be looking up at the TV. I have found that snacking is uncomfortable when looking anywhere above straight ahead as well as a pain in the neck. I think I would go for the center of the TV at the eyeball height of an average person.
Just to add another preference: I like my TV a little lower; eye level around 2/3 up the screen (more in line with OSHA's computer monitor height ergonomic recommendations).
The only real answer is to try it, preferably with an adjustable-height table or something before it's permanently mounted. I built an entertainment cabinet a year or so ago, and in preparation spent several weeks with my TV on a coffee table with various stacks of books to find a good height. If you just spend 2 seconds looking at a cardboard cutout taped to the wall you're not going to get a good sense of how it feels.


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I accidentally removed one of the content databases from a web application. I mounted it back but now the content database shows zero site collections in it.
I really messed up the production system, can anyone help me?
I accidentally removed one of the content databases from a web application. I mounted it back but now the content database shows zero site collections in it.
I really messed up the production system, can anyone help me?
This is an old point but I did want to point out something. When you run the command:
If you happen to spell the database name wrong it will create a new database in SQL and it will then show you 0 sites. I've seen it happen and I've done it before.
Just thought I might pass that tip on.
You probably need to update the site map in the config db:
I know this question is nearly a year old, but we recently had a similar problem and I thought I'd post here in case it helps anyone else. We had the same issue, a web application that, according to central admin, had a single content database with 0 site collections in it.
I ran the following commands:
Which outputted 2 instead of the 1 I was expecting (and that central admin was showing).
These findings led me here.
So I ran the suggested SQL query on the config database looking for the dodgy database reference in the Xml.
When I had this guid I ran the suggested commands:
However, this gave a null reference exception.
I then ran these commands:
Finally I ran the commands that Wictor suggested
And central admin finally accepted that there was a site collection in the content database and over the course of an hour or so the web application started working properly again (I'm guessing that this was caused by numerous time jobs).
Did you check to make sure that you mounted the right db. If you type the database name wrong it will create a new database and it will show 0 current site count. I know - I've done this and because I didn't refresh the sql node I didn't see the new content_database listed.
For example: Your content database is named:
You meant to type
But instead you type:
You will see that the database is attached to the web app but it will show 0 for the currentsitcount. Now if your upset that your site isn't up in the first place its easy to type the wrong name in powershell. What is annoying to me is that a new database is created and attached to the web application. I wish it would just throw back an error and state that the database doesn't exist but it doesn't. It just goes along its happy way and creates a new empty db for your web app.
This may not be what happened to you but this happened to me and its an easy mistake to make and can set you off on a wild goose chase.
Ok, I assume that you have removed the Content Database from the Web application but that is still existing in the SQL Server.
You can attach the Content Database using
Run a
It's possible the reason is because the version numbers for your FARM 1 SQL DB is different from the one on FARM 2.
Try upgrad both servers to the same built number.


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If you want to start a passionate conversation, ask a past Emerging Leader (EL) about their experience in the ALA Emerging Leaders program. Created by former ALA President Leslie Burger as one of her presidential initiatives in 2007, Emerging Leaders was initiated to put new librarians "on the fast track to ALA and professional leadership" (learn more on the wiki). If you talk to any of the roughly three hundred participants in Emerging Leaders so far, you are likely to find that they have a powerful opinion on the subject. Some loved it, some hated it, and some express profoundly mixed feelings. A very few are neutral. In this blog post I will be exploring those differing responses from past Emerging Leaders as part of a critique of the high-profile program.
Emerging Leaders is intended to recognize and train approximately one hundred outstanding new librarians each year and guide them toward becoming leaders within ALA and the profession. Participants are selected in part by their accomplishments and leadership potential, and in part by the desire to have a geographically and culturally diverse class. The program involves a one-year commitment and requires attendance at that year's Midwinter and Annual Conferences (a full day workshop takes place at each), plus unmeasured time working on a group project in the interim. ELs spend the six months between conferences working in small groups on an ALA-related project. The EL projects vary widely and are introduced into the program by individuals or committees from across ALA.
Disclaimer and admission of bias: I was an EL in 2008 so my experience serves as the impetus for and subtle bias of this post. I'm writing from a blend of personal experience, anecdotal evidence, and survey data. Though I strive in this post to maintain an objective distance, my own Emerging Leaders experience is best described as a roller coaster ride full of high points and deep frustrations. I applaud the program's goals but I believe that there is a significant gap between the inspiring, boundless encouragement given to ELs to reenvision ALA and the reality of how change might actually happen within the organization. I am proud to have been an Emerging Leader and I hope that this post may be the start of some small movement to improve what is, at its heart, a truly impressive initiative.
Literature Review
While the talented new librarians you will meet in Emerging Leaders are generally very willing to say what they think, I was unable to locate even one written critique — either positive or negative — of the program by a participant (if you know of any, please post them in the comments below). Very few have written about their experiences except to post the occasional non-evaluative summary of the program events and workshops. In fact, other than a tongue-in-cheek blog post by The Annoyed Librarian (who has not been an EL) and a well-rounded slideshow report by Rachel Vacek, there is little in any published medium other than PR and related announcements.
From this we may draw one of several conclusions: (1) Past ELs don't have any opinions about the program one way or the other; (2) Past ELs don't write much or aren't interested in writing about the program; or (3) Past ELs are, for some reason, uncomfortable about critiquing their experience in the program. Based upon a variety of personal email exchanges and in-person conversations, I am going to immediately rule out the first possibility. I have met ELs from every year of the program and all have been vocal about what they see as its strengths and weaknesses. In truth, their energetic praise and criticism played a large part in my decision to tackle this topic in a blog post. As for the second possibility above, a few quick searches will show that many past ELs are prolific writers and bloggers. While it is possible that they simply don't have any interest in discussing their EL experiences in their writing, I find that unlikely.
I find the third possibility above to be the most plausible, and offer my own feelings as evidence here. First of all, this is a high-profile program that is quite attractive on resumes and CVs, and the library world is very small. Writing a critique about Emerging Leaders, and being willing to accept any potential negative feedback from such a critique, takes courage. On the other hand, among those I know who have been through the program, I have heard more than one admit to feeling too emotional about the experience to put their thoughts on paper. Personally it took me nearly a year to gain the distance and perspective required to approach this post, and even after much encouragement and feedback from others, I still offer it with some hesitation.
Survey of Past Emerging Leaders
In order to write about the Emerging Leaders program with some authority, I gathered feedback and opinions from as many past ELs as possible. Accordingly, this post is based not merely upon my own experience, but upon the insights of nearly fifty past ELs who took the time to complete a survey about their experiences in the program. Admittedly this is a self-selected sample, and it is likely that ELs who had strong feelings about the program were more likely to respond. I conducted the survey in Google Forms and distributed it to the listservs for the 2007 and 2008 ELs, a pool of approximately 220 librarians. I omitted 2009 ELs from the survey because they have not yet completed their program.
The survey was composed of eleven questions, six of which were open-ended with a box for unlimited text responses. The remaining questions were multiple choice or ratings (see Appendix below for the list of questions). None of the questions in the survey were required, and respondents were encouraged to pick and choose those they preferred to answer.
Results summary
There were 46 respondents, divided roughly by year with 57% of respondents identifying as members of the 2008 Emerging Leaders class, and 43% from the 2007 class. Overall, the results to the ratings questions were positive. When asked to rate the value of their experience on a 1-5 scale, with 5 being highest, 60% of respondents rated the program as a 4 or 5. When rating their experience based upon how much they enjoyed it the ratings were slightly lower, with 43% rating the program as a 4 or 5. However, an additional 41% rated the program at the midpoint level of 3. As an additional indicator of the perceived overall value of the program, 61% of respondents indicated that they would recommend Emerging Leaders to others. 78% (36 respondents) felt that the program made a difference in the trajectory of their career and/or ALA involvement. The great majority described a positive impact; only 3 of those respondents indicated a negative impact in that the program discouraged them from continuing in ALA.
The responses to the open-ended questions were far more mixed, and will be described in the following sections of this post.
Worthwhile aspects
Overwhelmingly, survey respondents pointed to networking as the most rewarding part of their Emerging Leaders experience. Out of 38 who answered the question, "What aspects of the program did you find worthwhile, if any?," twenty-five referred to "networking," "making new friends," and/or "meeting people" as a positive result of their participation. One respondent described "meeting other enthusiastic librarians" as a worthwhile part of their experience. Another simply answered, "Networking, networking, networking."
Similarly, an additional seven respondents pointed to their group work, in terms of having the opportunity to work with and get to know a small group of people, as a worthwhile aspect of the program. One respondent explained it this way: "Working in small groups was a real plus. I probably would never have met my groupmates through any other channel, and it is great to see them at conferences and catch up."
Eleven respondents indicated that the most worthwhile part of Emerging Leaders was the doors the program opened for them in terms of committee work, recognition, and resulting presentation and publication opportunities. In the words of one respondent, "The recognition I received from other conference attendees because of my EL ribbon on my name badge was surprising to me…. Just wearing the ribbon served as a conversation starter and the networking opportunities are there for the taking. The opportunity to continue working at the national level upon the completion of the program is the greatest benefit."
Another respondent commented that it was "a great way to become more involved when getting your foot in the door seems intimidating."
I agree strongly with these assessments. Being handed the opportunity to meet so many like-minded librarians who share my passion and desire to make positive contributions to the field was a stunning experience. Granted not every EL was quite that driven — I do know that a few dropped out along the way — but the vast majority of the librarians I met through Emerging Leaders are impressive individuals, and I have continued to stay in touch with many of them through email, Facebook, and this blog. I cannot overstate the value of the Emerging Leaders networking experience.
Out of 39 who responded to the question, "What aspects of the program did you find disappointing, if any?," eighteen indicated some aspect of the conference workshops, and another fourteen pointed to their group projects. Specific comments about the workshops varied, although many expressed the wish that there had been less lecture, more interactive sessions, and more advanced leadership training. "Really expected to have more 'leadership' training," said one respondent, "similar to ARL's leadership workshops, with in-depth discussion and activities around aspects of leadership in a library organization. Found that it was little more than 'here are 5 qualities of good leaders.'" Others described the content of the leadership training workshops as "rudimentary," "weak," or "trite."
Additionally, several respondents felt that those facilitating the workshops were not responsive to their ideas and feedback. As one respondent explained, "The ALA leadership that spoke to us regarding what can ALA do to enhance or encourage more participation by newer librarians – when we provided feedback and comments in an open forum – I got the distinct impression that there was not an interest in new ideas. Rather they were looking for confirmation that what steps they were already taking were satisfactory. There wasn't an opportunity for a free exchange of ideas between the old guard and the new guard."
Another observed, "You have a room full of folks who are energized and the energy didn't go anywhere." This sentiment was repeated throughout the survey responses.
A large number of respondents felt that their group projects were "busy work" and did not see that their efforts were providing any results. "Emerging leaders participants do a lot of good work for the projects," said one respondent. "I was disappointed that the work was not used more within the ALA system. While doing the project for project's sake provides good training experience, the outcomes can be useful for the organization." Others compared the projects to "another library school assignment" or evaluated them as "not all that engaging or useful."
Overall, my own greatest disappointment in the program was being encouraged to offer creative ideas and feedback in the interests of effecting change within ALA, and then watching the bubble burst over and over again. Whether it was a conversation about how to make ALA more responsive to new librarians, or the "World Cafe" events in which we brainstormed what the ideal organization would look like, our collective vision was praised, collected, and (I imagine) filed away at the end of the session, with no opportunities to further develop or pursue it.
Alternative visions
In response to the question, "If you were asked to take over the Emerging Leaders program, or to create a new program to foster leadership among new librarians, what would it look like?," past ELs had a variety of relevant ideas and suggestions. Regarding the content of Emerging Leaders workshops, respondent comments generally focused on three primary issues they would address. First, they would emphasize interactive leadership training as the program's primary goal and reduce the emphasis on generating greater ALA participation. As one respondent stated, "it would have a larger goal than putting participants 'on the fast track to ALA leadership.' I think it should focus on helping participants attain their personal and professional best and how ALA can help them get there."
Second, respondents disliked the current lecture-based format and many indicated that they would incorporate active learning exercises and guided small group discussions moderated by experienced ALA members. Third, many would add a variety of inspirational and "Mover and Shaker"-type guest speakers from within and outside of ALA whose experiences and knowledge would be relevant to ELs. Several suggested creating venues to facilitate free and open discussion among and between Emerging Leaders and those at various levels of ALA leadership. One respondent had a clear vision of a potential format they would institute: "Instead of posing organizational change questions to the group as a whole I would offer Issues Discussion Tables, letting participants choose the issues most important to them and to which they feel they can offer definite courses for change. Issues Tables might include: ALA Structure, ALA Student Chapter Solutions, Virtual Membership, etc. A 1.5 hour session with a mentor/moderator could provide real, progressive ideas."
In terms of program format, many respondents would develop intensive training programs that included week-long retreats or a year-long, involved program with multiple meetings at each conference and ongoing virtual participation. One respondent summed it up, "It would have to be more involved. More than just 2 meetings. More virtual participation, discussion." Many respondents thought an ideal class size for a leadership program would be small (one suggested a class size of 50 participants). Consistent with this, many felt that such a program should be highly selective, accepting only candidates with the clearest leadership potential.
Some respondents favored incorporating a mentoring program, possibly by having past ELs mentor subsequent participants or groups, or by holding "tours" of high-level ALA meetings for participants. Many emphasized the need for communication and community building activities among EL participants and alumni, such as an online community and/or regional meetups for ELs (or projects assigned by region) that provide networking and development benefits without required conference attendance.
Among those who would include group projects, respondents indicated that those projects would be designed to have clear relevance, impact, and purpose within ALA, and provide room for innovation. "I'd give the young/new librarians more room to innovate in their projects instead of assigning them grunt work from the various divisions," said one respondent. Some suggested models in which ELs identify and design their own projects, are fully integrated into existing committees, or are employed as interns at high levels of ALA structure. Others believed that group work interfered with the leadership training goals, and could be omitted altogether in favor of other activities.
An alternative vision proposed that differed somewhat from the others was stated thus, "Why have the program if the only benefit is to get a committee appointment? Just have a program to get people on committees." Others mentioned BIGWIG and an unspecified AASL program (perhaps the Collaborative Leadership Institute?) as models they would draw on.
From my experience in the program, I can attest that there was quite a bit of grumbling amongst the ELs during the full-day sessions at each conference. The majority of ELs are borderline or full-fledged Millennials, and being "talked at" is not a way we effectively learn. And while we can learn through lecture if we must, the content in our sessions assumed that we knew very little about leadership or interpersonal skills in general, which was largely untrue. A higher level of content and more skill-based activities would have greatly enriched the sessions for many of us.
Clearly Emerging Leaders is generating widely differing reactions among participants. Some of the responses are extremely positive, and many past ELs express gratitude and pleasure for having had the opportunity to participate. One respondent asserted, "being an EL has changed my life…. It was a great way for me to get involved in a career that I truly love." Others made similarly glowing statements. Meanwhile, other past ELs say they have become "embittered" and describe the program as "a waste of time." My personal response to the experience was mixed; as a whole I found the experience rewarding but like many others I was frustrated by some of the elements of the program that didn't fulfill my hopes for what it could be.
At its root, much of my own and the survey respondents' frustration with Emerging Leaders may derive from a discrepancy between our expectations and the reality of the program. Comments from many of the respondents indicate that they began the program with the hope of making a difference by bringing their new ideas and energy to ALA, but felt that they were not offered an effective venue to do so. One respondent acknowledged that discrepancy, saying, "I would recommend the program with a huge qualification regarding expectations and outcomes." Implicit in this comment is an indication that their expectations for the program were too high, at least compared to the reality of the experience.
From what I have seen, there is a direct connection between those individuals who are most passionate about making a positive difference in libraries and those who are most frustrated by the Emerging Leaders program. The frustration is a product of feeling that their EL experience was something akin to standing in a doorway, enjoying a spectacular vision of the future, and having the door slammed in their faces. Said one respondent, "I felt a great disconnect with the leadership of ALA and have concerns for the professional organization and what current leadership is doing to pave the way for new ideas." Another respondent echoed those concerns and took a step further: "I am not sure…that we are making much of a difference within ALA. We had many ideas, but nothing has been done with them. Perhaps we need to extend the program to a post piece that deals with the ideas that we've come up with and creating a strategic plan on how to implement them."
If one were to make change to the Emerging Leaders program based upon this feedback, there are two potential paths that could lead to a more satisfying experience for participants. The first is to simply remove the elements of the program that give participants the impression that their creative ideas for remaking ALA are welcome and to focus on the skills specific to leadership instead. Discussions and brainstorming sessions about how to improve the organization could be removed from the program in favor of an increased focus on leadership overall. This approach would eliminate the disappointment caused by ELs feeling that their creative ideas were invited and then discarded.
The alternative path is far more complex but arguably more exciting. It would require the organizers of Emerging Leaders, and the ELs by extension, to become more aggressive in seeking out opportunities in which ELs might share their creative ideas with those in ALA who are best positioned to consider and respond to them. It might involve having a group of ELs write a proposal to ALA Council on some pressing issue. It could tie certain ELs to current ALA presidential initiatives, or other high-level committees and task forces. Or perhaps at the end of each program year, it would involve ELs presenting a list of ideas and/or proposals to representatives of current ALA leadership. Perhaps ELs could work on more meaningful, longer-term projects they would hand off each year to the next group of participants. Above all, it demands enabling ELs to begin putting into motion some of the creative ideas they are generating in workshop sessions. There are many potential ways to offer ELs the sort of exposure and feedback that survey respondents indicate they are seeking; the point is to start building those bridges.
What do you think? I invite my fellow ELs to add your insights and comments below. In this post I am only beginning to dig toward the root of the issue, and maybe with your help we can bring it out into the light. Perhaps the true movement toward change that comes out of Emerging Leaders doesn't have anything to do with the program at all — perhaps it is made by those of us who have come together out of the program inspired, furious, motivated, and passionate with a network of colleagues who feel the same way. After all, that is the spirit behind In the Library with the Lead Pipe; it is not a coincidence that five members of our blogging team are past ELs. And as we move forward in our careers we carry with us that nearly religious belief in change, and the knowledge we need to make it happen. Perhaps, in the end, we are the change we wish to see.
Appendix: Survey Questions
- What year were you an Emerging Leader? (multiple choice)
- Please describe your overall experience in the Emerging Leaders program. (open-ended)
- Please rate your experience in the program, in terms of how valuable it was to you. (rating, 1-5)
- Please rate your experience in the program, in terms of how enjoyable you found it to be. (rating, 1-5)
- What aspects of the program did you find worthwhile, if any? (open-ended)
- What aspects of the program did you find disappointing, if any? (open-ended)
- Has the Emerging Leaders program made a difference in the trajectory of your ALA participation and/or your career? (multiple choice)
- If you answered "yes" to the previous question, how has it made a difference? (open-ended)
- If you were asked to take over the Emerging Leaders program, or to create a new program to foster leadership among new librarians, what would it look like? (open-ended)
- How likely are you to recommend the Emerging Leaders program to others? (rating, 1-5)
- Is there anything else you'd like to share regarding your experience as an Emerging Leader? (open-ended)
Many thanks to everyone on ItLwtLP for help in crafting the survey and drafting this post, to the many ELs who took the time to respond to the survey, to Latanya Jenkins for her thoughtful feedback on a draft, and to Derik Badman for reviewing multiple drafts and providing me with some small (but needed) kicks in the butt.


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What are the requirements for making yogurt at home. Is there a solid recipe for making yogurt?
I was sure that with all the questions and answers we have had about yogurt that this simple question must surely have already been asked. But I couldn't find it.
Making yogurt is simplicity itself.
The goal is to introduce heat-loving (thermophillic) bacteria to milk, keep them warm so that they munch on the lactose in the milk turning it into lactic acid. The acidity and warmth denatures the milk proteins and turns the whole mass into a gel.
The steps may vary a little depending on your equipment and the bacteria that you use.
Making your own yogurt is a fun activity. You get to pick what goes into it so there is no sneaky ingredients and you can make it for a fraction of the cost of commercial. Play around with different starters. Different bacteria will produce yogurt with different qualities and it is interesting to experiment.
Here is my recipe.


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What Color Will My Baby's Eyes Be? A Genetic Explanation
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Recessive and Dominant Genes
In this example, all of the children will have brown eyes. This is because each child receives a recessive gene from one parent and a dominant gene from the other parent. The dominant gene will override the recessive gene on each occasion.
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Award deadline March 31st
For immediate release: March 6, 2009
For more details: www.sexies.org
Read anything in your local (or national) paper that reported on sex in a surprisingly informed, non-hysterical way? The Sex-Positive Journalism Awards want to know about it.
Last's year's winners were selected from over 100 entries submitted by both writers and readers, and they covered subjects from sex in nursing homes, prostitution, and sex in Iran to Kink.com and panics over Internet sex. The winning articles were published in a dozen states in all corners of the United States (and one Canadian province), and represent a range of genres, from news to advice columns.
What they all have in common, however, is that they succeed in embodying the Sex-Positive Journalism Award's criteria (www.sexies.org/criteria.html) for responsible sex journalism far better than the vast majority of their counterparts, helping to improve the quality of dialogue around sex and create a more well-informed reading public.
But there's a long way to go. "Mainstream journalists are generally hopeless at covering sexuality. It's not entirely their fault, but it would be great if this award managed to offer both support to
journalists who'd like to do a better job, as well as some needed legitimacy for the subject matter,"
wrote About.com's Sexuality Guide Cory Silverberg when the awards were first announced.
"The media's frequent failure to apply balanced journalistic standards to sex-related topics affects
real people's lives," adds Carol Queen, PhD, co-founder of the Center for Sex and Culture.
The winners of the 2009 Sexies will be chosen by an outstanding panel of judges, who have expertise in both journalism and sex-positive advocacy: Dan Savage, author of the popular sex-advice column "Savage Love"; Carol Queen, PhD, writer, speaker, educator, and activist with a doctorate in sexology; Debby Herbenick, PhD, MPH a research scientist and associate director for the Center for Sexual Health Promotion at Indiana University and sex columnist; and award-winning journalists Doug Henwood, Liza Featherstone, Amanda Robb, and Kai Wright. (See full bios at www.sexies.org/judges.html).
The Sexies will be given for articles in four categories: news, feature, opinion, and regular column,
plus "unsexy" (the most egregious violation of the Sexies' criteria). Articles must have been published in 2008 (2009 articles can be submitted now for next year though) in an edited print or online publication in the U.S or Canada (personal blogs do not quality). Submissions are due by March 31, 2009.
Both writers and readers can submit articles for consideration. For full guidelines see
www.sexies.org/criteria.html. To make entries please use our entry form at www.sexies.org/submit.php
The Sexies' board is composed of journalists Miriam Axel-Lute and Doug Henwood, The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom, The Center for Sex and Culture, and the Coalition for Positive Sexuality. We are sponsored by Babeland, UltraVirgo Creative and the David Weinbaum Memorial Foundation. We are seeking additional corporate sponsors and individual donations to support our mission. Donations can be made at www.sexies.org/support.html
The Sex-Positive Journalism Awards Criteria
We are seeking pieces of journalism that:
* touch on sexbsexual practice, health, or behavior--in some manner (stories just about sexual
orientation do not qualify)
* are intended for a general audience
* meet high overall standards of reporting, fact-checking, and writing
and do at least one of the following:
* show evidence of fairness in seeking sex-positive sources to respond to sex-negative ones
* ask hard questions about the motivation and background of sources who rely on sex-negative soundbites
* avoid biased or sensationalistic language
* cover newsworthy topics, events, or issues that might tend to be swept under the rug because of
controversial sexual content
* report accurately, respectfully and with nuance on sex research results
* contain fair, accurate, and non-sensational portrayals of sexual subcultures
* keep a clear separation between sex crimes, such as sexual assault or pedophilia, and things that
merely make people uncomfortable, such as consensual kink, teen sexuality or gay priests; and help
readers who may not be familiar with the issues make the distinction
* specifically challenge sex-negative assumptions or practices in society at large or in a specific
* educate the public as to the diversity of sexual behavior without sensationalizing
* celebrate sexuality as a positive force in human lives
We are not looking for racy or sensationalistic stories. The awards will be something any traditional
journalist should be proud to hang on his or her wallba testament to journalistic standards of fairness
and accuracy about a charged and controversial subject.
According to the February 7th article:
Peter LaBarbera, executive director of Americans for Truth commented that he is not sure if he is more surprised by one of the sponsors of the event or by one of the activists who will be honored. "It's incredible to me," he continues. "But the Democratic Party is endorsing an event where they're actually presenting an award for sadomasochism."
A sponsorship acknowledgement notes that the Democratic National Committee gave at least $2,500 to help pay for the event. The recipient of the "Leather Leadership Award" is Guy Baldwin, a psychotherapist who has successfully lobbied against treating sadomasochism as a mental health problem.
To see the entire article, go to: http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?
In point of fact, the Democratic National Committee did not sponsor Creating Change or the Leather Leadership Award.
The Task Force does have a strong history of supporting the BDSM-leather-fetish communities. In previous years, this included awarding their Leather Leadership Award to Dave Rhodes of The Leather Journal and Tony DeBlase, creator of the Leather Pride Flag, as well as providing tracks and roundtables for activists dedicated to leather community issues.
"Those who persecute our communities know that The Task Force and the BDSM-leather-fetish communities have shared agendas in promoting tolerance and non-discrimination for sexual minorities, including those involved in alternate lifestyles. We grow stronger the more we stand together," says NCSF Spokesperson Susan Wright.
From Guy Balwin's acceptance speech for the Leather Leadership Award at Creating
"One of the many reasons it is important for The Task Force to be sending these signals of acknowledgement and legitimacy out to the LGBTIQQ world is that when our enemies in the struggle for self-determination look in our direction, they can't see the amazing diversity represented in a room like this one. No, to our enemies, we all look the same. They make none of the distinctions that we, ourselves, have made. To our enemies, garbage is garbage, no matter what color we are.....how old we are.....how we smell, or how we play. And that's just one reason it's important that we build bridges between our diverse communities and that's why this award to me today matters to all our communities. But the effort to build these bridges will be
wasted unless they are vigilantly maintained from both sides." b Guy Baldwin
We ask you to send a short note of appreciation to the Task Force:
Roberta Sklar, Communications Director
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Dear Ms. Sklar,
Thank you for your recognition and inclusion of the BDSM-leather-fetish communities in your annual conference, Creating Change. The Leather Caucus and workshops on alternative sexuality have been very important to the LGBT members of our communities, providing a place where we can gather with our peers and discuss activist issues.
I congratulate you on choosing to give your Leather Leadership Award this year to Guy Baldwin for his activist efforts on behalf of the leather community. I proudly support The Task Force and am glad to join together on our common and shared goals of equality for all Americans.
(your name)
Guy Baldwin is a Los Angeles-based psychotherapist, author and activist on behalf of "erotically uncommon people." Baldwin may be best known for his monthly essays which appeared in Drummer Magazine and were collected in his 1993 book, Ties That Bind. Baldwin is a former titleholder, having served in 1989 as Mister National Leather Association and also as the 11th International Mr. Leather. In 1987, Baldwin launched the DSM Project to mobilize mental health professionals worldwide to press for changes to the official clinical definitions that had long been used to label leather people, gay and otherwise, as pathological. The DSM Project succeeded with the publication of new and substantially improved language in 1993 in the Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM).
The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom is a national organization committed to creating a political, legal, and social environment in the United States that advances equal rights of consenting adults who practice forms of alternative sexual expression. NCSF is primarily focused on the rights of consenting adults in the SM-leather-fetish, swing, and polyamory communities, who often face discrimination because of their sexual expression.
National Coalition for Sexual Freedom
822 Guilford Avenue, Box 127
Baltimore, MD 21202-3707
The NCSF Incident Reporting & Response (IRR) program provides assistance to individuals and groups within the alternative sexual expression communities who become victimized because of SM, leather, fetish, or swing practices.
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Famous Adoptees or Adoptersby Beth Rowen
For many people today, adoption is a way to create a family. For others, it's a way to expand an existing family. Indeed, one can't pass through the checkout at a grocery store without seeing pictures of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's growing brood plastered on the cover of tabloids. But millions of people have experienced the joys of adoption long before it became a media event. Follow this slideshow to learn about other historical figures who are either adoptees or adoptive parents.
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Louisa May Alcott, American author (1832–1888)
In 1879, Alcott took in her niece and namesake, Louisa May Nieriker or "Lulu," after her sister May died. Lulu was 2 years old at the time.
Alcott first achieved wide fame and wealth with Little Women (1868), one of the most popular children's books ever written. The novel, which recounts the adolescent adventures of the four March sisters, is largely autobiographical, the author herself being represented by the spirited Jo March. Good Wives (1869), Little Men (1871), and Jo's Boys (1886) are sequels. Alcott wrote her last story, Lu Sing (1888), to gently encourage Lulu to improve her behavior and act more like a "proper little Alcott girl.". Excerpted from Columbia Encyclopedia.
Fun Fact: Alcott's first book, Flower Fables (1854), was a collection of tales originally created to amuse Ralph Waldo Emerson's daughter, Ellen.
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Or do you have to provide your own?
That;s going to depend on the company. While it's by no means unheard of it's not what a typical office manager at a typical (non-creative type office) would see as a normal computer peripheral, so you may have to make a case for having your office purchase it.
If you're working at a very graphics-intensive shop, however, it probably would be considered standard equipment for a designer.
I work at a graphics intensive design agency.
Unfortunately, design tablets are not seen as essential hardware. Nobody here uses them, but I'm sure if I made the case that my speed and efficiency would improve with one, then a purchase may be made.
It depends entirely on the agency, but at the same time it depends entirely on the user.
Just add to @Daniel Hanly's and @lawndartcatcher's excellent answers... If you are considering bringing in your own, you will want to check with your company's IT department, or whomever holds responsibility for computer integrity, because plugging in your own kit may be a violation of company policy.
Assuming you're a long-term worker on company premises, you should make a case that it's required in order to achieve an outcome beneficial to them (precision, efficiency, ability to deliver new kinds of artwork).
Then they can either accept it's required, and that they should buy it for you, or reject it and accept the status quo.
I don't think there's ever a good case for bringing your own in.
I think it really depends upon the company.
If a company is one which stays on top of current software versions, rather than working with 4 to 6 year old versions. That's a good sign.
If a company encourages designer training or training reimbursement, that's a good sign.
I've worked for companies with follow these general mindsets and for companies which would never. I've honestly never had an issue requesting a Wacom tablet when equipment is being upgraded or when I was hired if the company was proactive rather than just letting things run until the wheels fell off.
For an entry level position... it may be difficult unless there are more senior designers/directors already using tablets or at least already understand the benefits.
In any event, I would strongly suggest you do not bring in your own tablet. There's all sorts of legal stuff which could arise from you supplying hardware or tools to a work-for-hire position (fulltime/part time employment). Its unlikely anything would come of it, but if the company were litigious should you have a falling out, it could end up being more trouble than it's worth.
edit: erm... oh.. just saw the date on this.... Probably no point in my response :)
I think it clearly depends on what you do... If you are Web Designer you probably will never need it and let say if you are an illustrator or painter than you should probably have.


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ARH401S: Photo S (2014-2015)
CURRICULUM PROGRAM: Visual Arts
COURSE TITLE: Digital PhotographyS
COURSE LENGTH: 18 weeks
About the Program:
CAVEAT: Students will not use profanity, obscenities, or sexually explicit images to create or display art work as determined by the DoDEA educators.
Major Concepts/Content: In this course students will explore digital photography and related technologies for the production of Fine Art. Projects will require exploration and experimentation. The integration of technical skills and aesthetic expression are emphasized along with a study of photographic themes and important artists associated with those themes. Emphasis is placed on the principles of photography.
Major Instructional Activities: Students will be given assigned readings and writings that are relevant to the subject matter. Using equipment, hardware, and software, students will create, manipulate, and enhance projects individually and as part of a group. Students will participate in classroom discussions related to the topics.
Major Evaluative Techniques: Students will be required to demonstrate the proper use and care of photographic tools, hardware, and software. Student work will be evaluated for originality, craftsmanship, effort, time utilization, and quality with consideration given to individual students' talent, experience, and/or limitations. Both written and oral tests will be used to evaluate knowledge of course content.
Course Objectives: Upon completion of the course, students should be able to:
- Identify the uses of the basic technology and various components necessary to the use of digital photography
- Produce works of art
- Use digital imaging equipment and software in the production of artwork
- Identify, analyze, and synthesize the elements of art and principles of design as they relate to photography
- Identify the ethical and unethical uses of photography as an art form in the New Millennium
Course Notes: Repeatable Course - Subsequent Enrollment Requires More Rigor.


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Temporally Correct Algorithms for Transaction Concurrency Control in Distributed Databases
Date: May 2001
Creator: Tuck, Terry W.
Description: Many activities are comprised of temporally dependent events that must be executed in a specific chronological order. Supportive software applications must preserve these temporal dependencies. Whenever the processing of this type of an application includes transactions submitted to a database that is shared with other such applications, the transaction concurrency control mechanisms within the database must also preserve the temporal dependencies. A basis for preserving temporal dependencies is established by using (within the applications and databases) real-time timestamps to identify and order events and transactions. The use of optimistic approaches to transaction concurrency control can be undesirable in such situations, as they allow incorrect results for database read operations. Although the incorrectness is detected prior to transaction committal and the corresponding transaction(s) restarted, the impact on the application or entity that submitted the transaction can be too costly. Three transaction concurrency control algorithms are proposed in this dissertation. These algorithms are based on timestamp ordering, and are designed to preserve temporal dependencies existing among data-dependent transactions. The algorithms produce execution schedules that are equivalent to temporally ordered serial schedules, where the temporal order is established by the transactions' start times. The algorithms provide this equivalence while supporting currency to the ...
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Teen ages: Youth market romance in Hollywood teen films of the 1980s and 1990s
Date: May 2001
Creator: Murphy, Caryn E.
Description: This thesis examines the differences between teen romantic comedy films marketed to Generation X teenagers in the 1980s and Generation Y teenagers in the 1990s, focusing on the presentation of gender roles, consumptive behavior, and family. The 1980s films are discussed within the social context of the Reagan era and the conservatism of the New Right. The 1990s films are examined as continuing a conservative sensibility, but they additionally posit consumption as instrumental to achieving an idealized romance. Romantic comedy is traditionally a conservative genre, but these films illustrate female liberation through consumption. The source of difference between the cycles of teen romantic comedy is attributed to the media's attempt to position Generation Y teenagers as ideal consumers.
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Designing a Social Marketing Plan to Promote Hispanic Participation at Prostate Cancer Screenings
Date: December 1995
Creator: Zimmerman, Suzanne M. (Suzanne Marie)
Description: Prostate cancer is the most commonly occurring cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death for men in the United States. Because early prostate cancer is frequently without symptoms and data on how to prevent prostate cancer is lacking, early detection has the greatest potential for decreasing mortality. Studies have shown Hispanics/Latinos to be less likely than whites or African-Americans to utilize prostate cancer screening exams. The purpose of this descriptive study was to design a social marketing plan which could be used as a model to promote Hispanic/Latino participation at prostate cancer screenings. Information obtained through medical and marketing literature review, the author's experiences serving on the promotion committee of a community-sponsored prostate cancer screening project, and interviews with 51 Hispanic/Latino prostate cancer screening participants is described and incorporated into a guide with recommendations for future program planners.
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Survey of the Solid State Conformation of Calix[4]arenes
Date: August 1997
Creator: Obrey, Stephen J. (Stephen James)
Description: The characteristics of seventy-six calix[4]arene crystal structures derived from the Cambridge Crystallographic Database are presented. This survey is a discussion of the inter and intramolecular effects on the solid state cavity shape and molecular recognition ability of the compounds. In addition to this survey, four new calix[4]arene crystal structures are presented. The conformational characteristics of these four calixarenes are determined by a complicated array of inter and intramolecular interactions in the crystal packing.
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Interactions of Clean and Sulfur-modified Reactive Metal Surfaces with Aqueous Vapor and Liquid Environments : A Combined Ultra-high Vacuum/electrochemistry Study
Date: May 1998
Creator: Lin, Tien-Chih, 1966-
Description: The focus of this research is to explore the molecular-level interactions between reactive metal surfaces and aqueous environments by combined ultra-high vacuum/electrochemistry (UHV-EC) methodology. The objectives of this work are to understand (1) the effects of sulfate ions on the passivity of metal oxide/hydroxide surface layer, (2) the effects of sulfur-modification on the evolution of metal oxide/hydroxide surface layer, and (3) the effects of sulfur adsorbate on cation adsorption at metal surfaces.
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The Effect of the Note-test System of Teaching Basic College Chemistry on Student Achievement, Attitude, and Critical Thinking Ability
Date: December 1970
Creator: Collier, Donald Davis
Description: The problem of this study was to determine the relative effectiveness of the note-test system and the traditional lecture system of teaching basic college chemistry.
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A Collapsing Result Using the Axiom of Determinancy and the Theory of Possible Cofinalities
Date: May 2001
Creator: May, Russell J.
Description: Assuming the axiom of determinacy, we give a new proof of the strong partition relation on ω1. Further, we present a streamlined proof that J<λ+(a) (the ideal of sets which force cof Π α < λ) is generated from J<λ+(a) by adding a singleton. Combining these results with a polarized partition relation on ω1
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Effects of Performance Levels of Subject Matter Experts on Job Analysis Outcomes
Date: December 1997
Creator: Boyd, Charlotte Friedersdorff
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Woodrow Wilson in the Council of Four: A Re-Evaluation
Date: January 1965
Creator: Brown, Dora M.
Description: It was Woodrow Wilson who played the dominant role in the Council of Four. With his dedication to the vague, often contradictory Fourteen Points, and with the power of the office of President of the United States supporting him, he determined the very nature of the treaty. Wilson's use, and misuse, of his influence over his colleagues makes him responsible for much of the final form of the Treaty of Versailles.
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DNA Typing of HLA-B by PCR with Primer Mixes Utilizing Sequence-Specific Primers
Date: August 1997
Creator: Chiu, Angela Chen-Yen
Description: The aim of this study was to design a resolution typing system for the HLA-B gene. This technique involves a one-step PCR reaction utilizing genomic DNA and sequence-specific primers to determine the specificity of each allele and to produce a larger primer data base ideal for serological analysis. The application of this technique to serological analysis can improve serology detection which is currently hindered by antibody cross-reactivity and the unavailability of useful typing reagents.
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Biodiversity Charter for Schools
This charter aims to support your school at a local level to be a sustainable school.
The Biodiversity Charter was created to support BASIC-21 a Birmingham Sustainable School initiative. Together with the Litter Charter it helps you plan and implement actions that improve your environment. Eco-Schools and Healthy Schools are two other initiatives supported by this charter and because it encourages outdoor, hands on activities it also supports Every Child Matters, Learning Outside the classroom and BBC Breathing Places for Schools.
How can you help biodiversity?
Get your school involved in protecting and promoting biodiversity in Birmingham.
promote biodiversity in your school grounds with the assistance of the Wildlife Trust.
Attract birds and other wildlife to your school grounds through the RSPB Bird Friendly Schools programme.
Link children with nature to protect biodiversity in the future by learning about wildlife and the environment through the Education Naturally or Forest School programmes run by Birmingham City Councils Parks Ranger Service.
How can we help you?
Birmingham Park Ranger Service.
We offer a wide range of biodiversity linked activities including our education Naturally programme for primary schools, Forest Schools programmes, field study sessions, work experience placements and project support. We can visit your school but we also offer a range of safe accessible green spaces across Birmingham that you can visit.
Website: www.birmingham.gov.uk/educationnaturally
The RSPB has fun and inspiring education projects that can help your school to achieve the Birmingham Schools Biodiversity Charter. Why not become a Bird Friendly School, monitor your very own wildsquare around your school grounds or take part in our hands on Living Classrooms programme at Sandwell Valley nature reserve.
Contact RSPB Birmingham Office
Telephone 0121 616 6850
Email firstname.lastname@example.com
Web www.rspb.org.uk
The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country
We passionately believe that children should have access to the outdoor environment both for education and play.
One of the most accessible and sustainable methods of delivering this is through developing school grounds. To support this we have created a series of products, collectively know as the Outdoor Classroom These products not only benefit the environment, but also the whole school community;- the children, the staff and parents who have the opportunity to engage in our workshops.
Web: www.bbcwildlife.org.uk
Please contact us and we will talk to you about completing your checklist.
If you can tick every box in the yes column your school is obviously very biodiversity friendly.
If you are unable to tick yes on all the boxes please return your form anyway because we can help you. We provide educational visits, activity sheets, advice on wildlife gardening, building bird boxes and feeders, wildlife information and we can help you create your own Biodiversity Action Plan, it's really easy when you discover the resources that are available.
Why not find out more about biodiversity in Birmingham by getting out and about and visiting some of Birmingham parks and open spaces? For more information visit our parks web page at www.birmingham.gov.uk/parks


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Yoga Storytime with Carrie
Place:Children's Storytime Room
Next Yoga Storytime: Friday, November 15
This free program for kids ages 3 to 5 years old is led by Carrie Nelson, and combines yoga, games, music and storytelling. Parents are encouraged to attend (it's fun for you, too!). Space is limited to the first 15 kids, plus their parent or caregiver, to show up. No sign-up needed.
Please wear comfortable clothes; bring water and a yoga mat or towel, if you have one.
This program occurs once a month.


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Recipe: Apple-Shallot Roasted Turkey with Cider Gravy
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Brine-Cured Roast Turkey
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Here is my situation. After almost 2 years I was able to convince my boss to use TDD, version control, coding standards for the entire team and a MVC framework for our web projects.
I was finally there. It should be heaven but it's ending up like hell.
I prepared some material about MVC and code samples showing common unit tests. Showed to the team, explained how things should be done and got their support. It seemed all fine, after all, team members were very experienced.
I also made sure that the members had time to do things. At first, writing tests can take a very long time. So I tried to make them comfortable with "losing" this time without any manager asking them to do things quickly and dirty.
After 15 days I was doing the first review of the code. And the result was not good. I found business logic on controllers and on views and the tests folder were almost empty
How do you deal with these kind of things? Do you recommend any tools that can help me on code review or this is something that I have to do manually?
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6 People You've Never Heard of Who Probably Saved Your Life
It's interesting how a man can become a local hero by saving just one life--or how a fictional character can be considered a superhero by saving a few thousand--when there are people relatively unknown to history who have saved many, many times more.
These are men and women who saved millions of lives, without whom you might not exist, and whose names likely never came up in your history class.
#6. Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov
Nuclear war... Doomsday... WWIII... forget about everything Stanley Kubrick, James Cameron or (God forbid) Alan Moore ever mused on the subject. Fact is stranger than fiction, and the truth is we came closer to nuclear annihilation than even the most taut Cold War thriller would let on. More than once.
For instance, you probably know that during the Cuban Missile Crisis, the U.S. and USSR came closer to nuclear war than ever before. But you probably don't know that if it weren't for one man, we would all be wandering around a charred, radioactive wasteland today. And that guy wasn't JFK.
It's 1962, communist Cuba had gone nuclear, John F. Kennedy had the entire island under quarantine, Nikita Khrushchev was not intimidated by the young president and Kevin Costner's reputation as a legitimate actor was on the line.
For real, they cloned Bobby Kennedy for this movie.
In the center of this hot-zone was the nuclear-armed Soviet Foxtrot class submarine B-59, which on October 27, 1962 decided whether you personally would be alive right now. While surrounded by a group of 11 U.S. destroyers and the aircraft carrier USS Randolph, the submarine was eventually subjected to a barrage of depth charges.
Taking this as the opening shots of WWIII (which they kind of were), Captain Valentin Grigorievitch Savitsky ordered the B-59's nuclear-tipped missile be launched in retaliation to the U.S. surface ships. Had this been the case, it is likely that the U.S., USSR, Cuba and most of Europe would have had a full shooting-war on their hands, cowboy hats and all.
Picture this happening about 30,000 times, and all at once.
That is, if not for a guy named Vasili Arkhipov.
According to Director of the National Security Archive Thomas Blanton and former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, a guy called Vasili Arkhipov "saved the world". The thing is, to launch a nuke, the top three Soviets on the B-59 needed a unanimous vote. Captain Savitsky and Political Officer Ivan Semonovich Maslennikov were all for it, but Arkhipov, a mere second-in-command, was not all that wild about wiping out human civilization.
The three got into an argument, and Arkhipov eventually persuaded the political officer that nuking the U.S. Navy was a bad idea, and that they should resurface instead (even if it meant, you know, death). Captain Savitsky was not happy with this, but since he did not have the votes to go nuclear, the submarine surfaced, and the crisis was averted. So yeah, find out where Vasili Arkhipov is buried right now, and send him a fruit basket large enough to be seen from freaking space. He may have been a communist, but you owe him your damned life.
Of course, after that terrifyingly close call the U.S. and Soviets realized we were all walking a tightrope above a pool of lava, and that we should make peace with one other before tripping into Armageddon. Ha! Nope: We kept the Cold War going for decades afterward and in fact came just as close to annihilation again thanks to a false alarm in the 1980s (the Soviets had false radar signals showing the U.S. had launched on them.) Yet another Soviet officer, Stanislav Petrov, would risk everything by standing down.
Man, the Soviets sure saved our asses a lot during our war against the...Soviets.
#5. James Harrison, GoldenArm
James Harrison has magical blood.
Specifically, his blood contains an extremely rare enzyme that can be used to treat babies dying of Rhesus disease. If you've never heard of that disease and figure it's not a big deal, well, wait for the numbers.
Harrison, being a generous type, has donated his rare, life-saving blood roughly 1,000 times over 56 years. This has saved the lives of--seriously, you're not going to believe this--over two million babies around the world.
His dedication to blood donation has earned him the nickname "the man with the golden arm," which makes us feel like douchebags for giving that nickname to NFL quarterbacks instead. Any way you cut it, saving two million babies is always going to trump saving a game with a choice interception.
"Yeah, two million. I'm hoping to hit three, but whatever. I'm in it for the babies."
The whole thing is kind of a "pay it forward" situation for Harrison, who needed major chest surgery when he was 13-years old, and soaked up 13 liters of blood over the course of three months. "The blood I received saved my life so I made a pledge to give blood when I was 18." This has turned out to be the second most important vow in history.
Not only is he continuing to save lives every day now that he's entering his twilight years, but his blood has also been used to develop a vaccine called Anti-D to keep those babies safe. Forever.
#4. Viktor Zhdanov & Donald Henderson
While most extinctions are really nothing mankind should brag about (except for that smartass giant bear), the successful war humanity waged against the Variola virus--better known as smallpox--spanned over 10,000 years, claimed 500 million lives, required a U.S./Soviet alliance to crush and is generally something that the entire world can be proud of.
Like this, only real.
It all started in 1958, when the sinister-sounding Dr. Viktor Zhdanov, Deputy Minister of Health for the USSR, proposed to the World Health Assembly that a global effort be launched to eradicate smallpox: one of the oldest, deadliest and most painful diseases in human history. Since this offered the Free World their best chance to do something productive with the Soviets now that Yuri's Revenge was over, the planet held on to their butts, and signed off on the idea.
The initiative was accepted, and eventually headed by American physician Donald Henderson, M.D., who basically agreed to play the role of Dr. House for the duration of the whole world-saving thing. Thanks to Dr. Zhdanov's brilliant (and we can't help but suspect secretly evil) vision and Dr. Henderson's American-made true grit, these real life Avengers won humanity's war against smallpox through globally-administered teamwork and vaccinations.
However, the virus is still alive in laboratories under round-the-clock supervision by U.S. and Russian personnel just in case, you know, either side chooses to weaponize their sample.
Hey, even if these guys don't show up, we still have plenty of brave Russian soldiers we can count on to stop the other Russians for us.


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The Arcticlike the canary in the coal minehas reacted more quickly and dramatically to global warming than many had anticipated. Hundreds of scientists are urgently trying to predict just how the Arctic will change and how those changes will in turn affect the rest of the planet. But plenty of other people, driven by profit rather than data, are interested as well. The riches of the worlds last virgin territory have spurred the reawakening of old geopolitical rivalries. The United States, Canada, Russia, Norway, and the Danish territory of Greenland all control areas around the Arctic Ocean. We face a new era of oil rigs and drill ships, of tankers taking shortcuts from Yokohama to Rotterdam, as well as a potential fight over the Arctics treasures.
Alongside the winners from an open Arctic sea are the many losers, from the nomadic reindeer herders of Siberia and Scandinavia to the Inuit hunters of Alaska, Greenland, and Canada. Other creatures that rely on the vast expanses of sea ice, including seals, birds, and whalesand the ecosystems within which they livemay disappear to be replaced by different creatures.
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The background to my question is as follows. I currently rent a virtual private server from a major hosting company, which I use to run a minecraft server. I have a suspicion that there may be bad ram on the host that I'm running from due to the fact that the game's map files keep corrupting. Given that the process I use to operate the server has the game's map files stored in ramdisk, this is why I suspect that there may be a memory error.
So, my question is, if one does not have root on a system, and does not have physical access to the system, what indications or troubleshooting steps might I use to prove/disprove that the problem is bad ram on the host system?


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I understand that in nature wind would never get high enough, but I am just curious as to whether physics would allow this to occur or not.
I think that some confusion is here. Wind speed is determined by differences in the air pression between two points. The max. limits that we observe must set the max wind speed. Wind is the movement of a mass of air. The Sound speed determines the sound barrier. Sound speed is determined by considerations about density, temperature... and is a property about the relative speed of the wavefront of a sound event (a perturbation of te medium - air, that propagates) in relation to te the air (considered at rest). The speed of sound in relation to the ground is the vector addition/subtraction of the sound speed (+-340m/s) with the speed of wind in relation to the ground. The max wind speed is observed in the jet streams in altitude and in the tornados and hurricanes at surface. Somewhere we can find the max speed of the exhausted air in the jets and determine if air moves trhu the air with a speed superior to the speed barrier. Nothing prevent this from happening with enough thrust. I've no time to search now, sorry.
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Wind is caused by differences in pressure. Wikipedia's discussion of atmospheric Wind is here.
However I suspect that what is requested is whether the velocity can ever exceed the speed of sound for air > Mach 1 ie supersonic wind. Well there is such a thing as a Supersonic Wind Tunnel which is generated by pressure difference ratios of 10 or so. This corresponds to the use of a nozzle with those pressure ratios between input and output streams. There are also videos of objects in these tunnels.
The hypothetical Hypercane only has winds of around 800kph, so even this extreme situation is well below the soundspeed.
I'm not so sure that some gas giants might not have local winds in excess of the sound speed, here is wikipedia on Neptune "Neptune has extremely dynamic weather systems, including the highest wind speeds in the solar system, thought to be powered by the flow of internal heat. Typical winds in the banded equatorial region can possess speeds of around 350 m/s, while storm systems can have winds reaching up to around 900 m/s, nearly the speed of sound in Neptune's atmosphere. Several large storm systems have been identified, including the Great Dark Spot, a cyclonic storm system the size of Eurasia, the Scooter, a white cloud group further south than the Great Dark Spot, and the Wizard's eye/Dark Spot 2, a southern cyclonic storm."
I suspect Gas Giants can have high local wind speed with respect to the local speed of sound, because wind systems may extend to great depth/pressures, where the sound speed is much greater, so that the ratio of soundspeed at depth, versus soundspeed high in the atmosphere can become quite large.
Pure air sound velocity is very high and is not attainable for the atmosphere pressure differences. However in a two-phase mixture (air-water, for example) the sound velocity can be very low and comparable with the wind velocity.
Wind speed is how fast the air is moving. The laws of physics don't have a privileged rest frame, so it can't have a bounded speed.
Imagine you're in a supersonic airplane. From your point of reference, you're stopped and the air is moving. Hence, supersonic wind.
I would suggest giving the subject matter a platform, obviously atmospheric wind currents bound within its own air pressure constraints could never naturally reach critical mass. However applying this theory to a directed finite point, one could suggest that using frequency adaptation, within a weapons platform similar to haarp technology, a high frequency air pressure canon could induce wind speeds with enough force to cause a sonic boom, good luck holding the weapon.
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ST. CLAIRSVILLE - Edison senior standout Kylie Long scored a goal with 10:23 remaining in overtime to lift the Wildcat girls' soccer team to a 1-0 victory over East Liverpool Wednesday night in an Ohio Division II Eastern District Sectional semifinal at Red Devil Stadium.
Edison advanced to the sectional co-final at 2 p.m. Saturday at Red Devil Stadium. Edison will take on local rival Beaver Local, which scored two goals in the second half to beat Big Red, 2-0, Wednesday.
"The last time we played down here, we scored a goal in the first five minutes of overtime," veteran Edison head coach Jeremy Angelo said. "Tonight, we did the same thing. Last year, we scored to advance to the district final. This year, we scored to move to a sectional final.
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OT WIN — Edison's Meghan Scott looks upfield during Wednesday's 1-0 win in overtime over Beaver Local in the sectional tournament at St. Clairsville.
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"Our girls kept playing. They kept fighting. They didn't give up.
"We had some opportunities. We missed them, but we kept playing."
With the loss, the Potters drop to 8-10 to end the season.
"It's always tough to lose a sectional game, but it is even worse when you lose in overtime," first-year East Liverpool head coach Katie Smith said. "I am really proud of the girls. They have improved so much over the previous few seasons.
"This year is just a stepping stone to where I want to take the program. The program is moving in the right direction. It is going to be hard to lose these seniors, but we have got a good group of underclassmen ready to step up.
"I am proud of the effort they put forth tonight. We played more than 80 minutes with only two subs."
Both teams had opportunities, but neither team was able to capitalize on its chances. The Wildcats had two shots inside the box in the final 3:25 of the first half, but they were unable to get one into the back of the net.
Bethanie Bube had multiple chances to score throughout the game for the Wildcats, but East Liverpool goalie Chelsea Possage made some key saves on her as well as the rest of the Edison players to keep the game scoreless.
Possage finished the game with eight saves.
East Liverpool also had some good chances to score in the game, but Edison goalie Jen Sheets and the Wildcats' defense was up to the challenge.
"Both teams had possession, and both teams had chances to score," Angelo said. "It was a back and forth game. Neither team did anything stupid."
Sheets finished with seven saves. Meghan Brooks assisted on Long's goal.


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After your Thanksgiving meal tomorrow, you may be planning to shop the Black Friday sales.
But, all across the country people were lining up Wednesday to get the best deals.
While it's only Wednesday, Black Friday shoppers are already preparing to get their best deal, and Best Buy right here in Bowling Green got its first shopper at 10 this morning.
"I will try to rough it out and be here all day," said Jose Garcia, a Black Friday shopping expert. For six years, he's set up camp the day before Thanksgiving.
"The first year, I did it was because my sister was in college, and I wanted to get her a good laptop, and when you see that $800 laptop all year around and they mark it down to $400. A deal like that you better be one of the top fifteen in line or else you most likely won't get it," Garcia says.
He says the first few years he was always the first person in line, but three years into it, someone else set up camp before him.
"I decided just for jokes, I wanted my title back, and I decided I wanted to show up at 10 o'clock this morning on Wednesday," he says.
Black Friday shopping is something Jose has down to a science.
"You have your aps. They'll tell you last minute deals, and with a lot more people doing Black Friday, a lot of stores have started price matching," Jose says.
The shopping experts agree.
"You can go online and there's few resource that we have available to look at all of your sales ads at once online," says Elisabeth Fielder-Hix with the Kentucky Savings Group, "Know what you're going to buy before you go out shopping on Black Friday, and the biggest thing on breaking a budget is impulse buying."
Shoppers and couponers alike agree that it's technology that helps you find the best deal this year, and here are some helpful black Friday websites: