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(Pictured: My son, the model. Yes, this is an…er… integral part of the home schooling process…)
Aside from my obvious reversion to being, like, 8, Easter is a difficult holiday for those folks who either like corn syrups, corn syrup solids, chocolate with their con syrups or corn syrup solids, or who likes Peeps (nobody knows what the heck those are).
Easter is filled with colorful confections which promise to melt in your mouth while your hips become cottage cheesy, and your teeth promise to rot out in an equal-to-Halloween sugar orgy of flavor-injected chemicals fit into forms and molds for annual consumption.
Don't fall prey to the little, plastic Easter baskets and the fake purple grass. The basket and the grass are less fattening, but you wouldn't eat those, would you? Never mind. I know that look.
Following are all of the reasons to avoid the siren calls of those sweets you always felt you held most dear:
These are what they might well use to make Pamela Lee's bosoms bigger. You want a natural breast enhancement that won't break down with time? Nothing says "I don't love silicon" like having your plastic surgeon implant Peeps into your mammarian bits. (Just mind the bumpy ears. You should probably bite them off first.) Bright side? If you're ever stranded on a desert island, it could become Dessert Island if you just dispense a couple of those little yellow bad boys like Pez and have a snack (as well as awe the indigenous people with your marshmallowy confections). (The candy, people! The candy!)
Tip: If you do go the candy route, don't make candy the entirety of the basket. Pick one favorite thing and limit to a serving. Sugar free candy is also an option, but be careful, since those sugar alcohols, even in small doses, can cause rectal blowout.
Hollow Rabbits
The best thing about hollow rabbits is their little, freakish, beady candy eyes. (You can pick those off and stick them to your eyelids. Not that I do that. Darn you, spoken inner dialog made visible.) There's just something inherently wrong with taking this much joy in destroying something wearing a bow tie. It's almost like we're taking out our carnivorous aggressions on something that looks like a chocolate symphony conductor. Take that, Four Seasons! Verdi promulgator, I eat your face! I say that for every Jeffrey Dahmer, the fixation began with hollow rabbits. So helpless, so friendly. So much a hapless victim to the molars, canines and bicuspids of society, all of whom want to say, "Look! I ate his butt!"
Tip: Fill colored plastic eggs with other things, from money to gift cards to iPod downloads, there are as many ways to fill a basket as your kids have interests. Other fun ideas include mini kites, a yo yo, play dough, accessories for Barbie or small Lego sets.
Jelly beans
These could be could be what gives Kim Kardashian a little extra junk in her trunk. Just pour 3 pounds of Brachs into your pants and you have instant caboose karma. (Sex tapes not included). But seriously. Don't they look like what rabbits would leave behind in the Magical Rainbow Forest? Chewy, small bits of colorful energy, all in pellets? I'm almost thinking those could be Leprechaun leavins at the end of the happy rainbow in Rainbow Land. Or Rainbow Sprite's Castle. Couldn't you see Strawberry Shortcake in her little Berry Rollers looking at Pupcake and Custard, with a Berry-pipe between her lips yelling Who left those? I stepped in some! Now my shoe sole is multicolored and smells like Smuckers!
Tip: Give a smaller basket. Those huge Easter baskets require more filler. Downsize the basket to make the bounty look greater. Better yet, a cute bowl or mug lined with a festive Easter napkin serves the same purpose.
Chocolate Cream Eggs
They might be perfectly good chocolate, but nobody obviously told Cadbury that there are liquid entrails made from corn syrup that shloop out all over your Sunday's finest. Please. This is a candy? Teenagers have acne with more character and even better special effects. Who, in their infinite wisdom, decided that the only way to make chocolate better was to insert unformed alien placenta inside? How appetizing is that? And it's become a tradition. Nothing says "Easter's A-Coming" like foil wrapped unborn otherworldly alliance members. On the bright side, you could take some of the cream filling and shove it in your nostrils, and then pretend to sneeze. It's a great parlor trick, even if Aunt Myrtle beats you with her purse and then makes you clean the upholstery afterwards.
Tip: Move it! Instead of plopping baskets on the sofa, put your kids' slow twitch muscles (and brains) to work with a scavenger hunt for their baskets (or prizes). GPS Easter Egg hunts… you may have heard it here first, folks.
Malted Milk Eggs
They're two of the most perfect foods in the candy Kingdom: malted milk and chocolate–only then they go and call them Robin's Eggs. Oh come on! Am I supposed to believe these came out of a venerable song bird's patoot on an early Spring morning? Is there a little magical tree, where, like the Keebler Elves, there live little cartoon birds squeaking out delicious chocolate, melt in your mouth confections? I just can't find it in my aortic pinata to enthuse about what came out of a bird's nether regions knowing what they've left on my car.
Tip: Make the day about an event over "stuff." Plan a trip somewhere to spend with your family (or a day for yourself). In the long run, candy and sweets are soon forgotten, but that day you spent in quiet reflection with a good book (or at a theme park) mean more memories.
Marshmallowy Eggs
As fugly as someone who's had too many plastic surgeries and can no longer move their face due to Botox poisoning and paralysis, we have these brightly-hued candies about the size of a quarter that are *almost* marshmallowy. I remember them from the 70's when my parents gave me at least half of a bag of those crappy candies as filler for the good stuff. Note to parents: they tasted like psychedelic, Croft superstars Razzle Dazzle Sigmund the Seamonster Witchypoo Butt then, and it tastes like… well, all that now, even 2 decades later. Now a mainstay, don't use these just because you can fill up the plastic eggs with just a couple. Packing peanuts have more flavor, and you won't have candies as taut as Joan Rivers (and with as much facial articulation) afterwards.
Tip: If there's candy at work, bring your own treats. These marscarpone bites are so easy and delicious.
Snickers Anything
I shake my fist at the Gods who Invented deliciousness with a chocolaty nougat that sticks to the thighs like the Hollywood Paparazzi after Brittney Spears. Darn you! Darn you M&M Mars! I wish I could smack talk your lip smacking perfection with aplomb and make you a part of a 'melt this and leave it in the public swimming pool' prank. The truth is, some things are just too delicious, too unspokenly savory to make look like Fluffy left a dumpling on the floor. I leave you in your wrapper, intact, sniffing intently. For now.
Tip: Can't help yourself? Take one bite with a healthy meal, savor it, and either share the rest with someone else (to keep yourself honest), or toss it out. If you're really desperate, pour dish soap or shampoo over what tempts you. You don't need blood sugar wooblies on bunny day. Why? Because you're somebunny special! (I know. Awwwwww)
Please note: These humorous mockeries are not intended to slam the companies making confections, but are for humorous purposes only. I claim no copyrights for the images I don't own (all but the top two pictures). Clicking the pictures will take you to the sites these came from.


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Most of the Linux kernel is written in the C programming language, with a little bit of assembly and other languages sprinkled in. If you're interested in writing code for the Linux kernel itself, which will explain some of the concepts and processes you'll want to be familiar with. But the Linux community is much more than the kernel, and ...Read More »
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Application developers, system administrators, network providers, kernel hackers, multimedia authors: these are a few of the categories of people who find that Linux has a particular charm. Unix programmers are increasingly using Linux because of its cost—they can pick up a complete programming environment for a few dollars and run it on cheap PC hardware—and because Linux offers a great ...Read More »

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Miller Electric has been manufacturing large, industrial-grade power supplies since 1929. They are one of the few power supply manufactures who actually design and build their own products, right here in the
While we were not able to obtain a review sample of Miller's flagship 10.5kW unit, we do have an exclusive review of the Miller XMT 300 PC, which can deliver up to 4,500 watts of pure DC power. Talk about having some extra reserve capacity… wow!
The Miller XMT 300 PC is an external power supply that is about twice the size of a typical mid-tower case and is designed to normally sit on the floor. It features a unique single, high-capacity +12V rail capable of delivering up to 375A (4,500W). A power distribution module mounts inside the PC where the normal ATX power supply would go and breaks down the incoming +12V to +3.3V, +5V, etc., along with providing a standard set of cables and connectors. This allows one XMT 300 PC to power multiple PCs at the same time.
Miller XMT 300 PC Key Features:
- Monstrous, single rail +12V output (up to 375A)
- External main power unit sits on the floor
- Can support multiple PCs at the same time
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- High efficiency operation (up to 87%)
- Active Power Factor Correction
- 1-Phase or 3-Phase line voltage
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Miller XMT 300 PC Specifications:
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The Miller XMT 300 PC power supply was evaluated on both features and performance. A full range of equipment was used to test the power supply under controlled load conditions. I used everything I had to load down the big Miller PSU unit including all of the new electronic loads, two resistor load banks, and my original PSU load testers.
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In a scathing bit of reportage from Bloomberg Businessweek we discover that retailer Target had received word that its security system had been compromised nearly two weeks before it moved to act on the information.
In fact, last year Target hired FireEye, a security firm, to watch their servers for malware. The firm, which has a Bangalore-based response team, informed Target HQ in Minneapolis that someone had hacked the company on November 30. And no one did anything about it.
In short, according to Bloomberg, "for some reason, Minneapolis didn't react to the sirens."
The piece, as a whole, is delightfully detailed. It describes Target's security system as well as FireEye's "honeypot" servers that fooled attackers into thinking they had dropped into running servers but instead let them fool around in a sandboxed environment while FireEye watched. Then things got a little hairy.
What this points to, in the end, is inaction on the part of Target and a clear effort by FireEye to shore up its reputation. If Target couldn't be bothered to delete the malware, this piece suggests it's not FireEye's fault. While it never devolves into throwing anyone under the bus, it's clear Target's CIO Beth Jacob, who resigned last week, bore the brunt of the blame.
It just goes to show you that the best laid plans of mice and men gang aft agley. You can read Businessweek's piece here.


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20130515 EDITORIAL: Cool heads needed in Manila row
EDITORIAL: Cool heads
needed in Manila row
A small group of city councilors from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP),
accompanied by DPP Legislator Pasuya Yao (姚文智), formed a half circle on Monday
morning as they burned reproductions of the Philippine flag and images of
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III outside the Manila Economic and Cultural
Office (MECO) in Taipei.
Yao and the participants at the small protest were expressing the outrage many
Taiwanese feel at the Philippine Coast Guard's killing of a Taiwanese fisherman
on Thursday. They were joined by dozens of members of the 908 Taiwan Republic
Alliance, a pro-independence group, who, along with DPP city councilors, lobbed
green flippers at the office.
Their anger at the use of indiscriminate force against an unarmed fishing vessel
— regardless of whether it indeed crossed into the Philippines' exclusive
economic zone, as Manila claims — was entirely justified, as were their calls on
President Ma Ying-jeou's (馬英九) administration to ensure that the matter is
resolved in a just and timely manner.
Since the killing of 65-year-old Hung Shih-cheng (洪石成) onboard the ill-fated
Kuang Ta Hsing No. 28, the DPP has been relentless in its criticism of the Ma
administration, accusing it of being "slow" and "soft" in its response, and of
lacking resolve. It has also called for a more muscular role for the military
than what the government has been willing to consider.
One wonders whether the outburst of nationalism and martial spirit is truly
intended to resolve the crisis or is simply an attempt to make Ma look bad, no
matter what.
It is true that the DPP has not been alone in doing this. Several legislators
from Ma's Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) have sounded like warmongers in the
past few days, and other members were present at a protest on Monday during
which eggs were lobbed at the building that houses the Philippine representative
However, all things considered, the Ma administration has handled the crisis
rather well and has managed to strike a balance between several related issues:
It has been firm with Manila; it has issued an ultimatum that will expire just
as this paper goes to print; it communicated with the US; it involved the navy
and reinforced the coast guard; and it warded off attempts at meddling by
In a show of both compassion and skillful diplomacy, it even promised to help
the family of a Philippine worker seek compensation on Monday after he was
killed in a car accident while being driven to Taiwan Taoyuan International
Airport, from where he was to be deported for overstaying his visa.
What more would the DPP have the Ma administration do? By going beyond what it
has done to date, Taipei would unduly risk escalating tensions with a neighbor
and a major source of manpower. Whatever short-term gains might be scored
against Ma and the KMT by accusing him of being "soft" on an "arrogant, rude and
unreasonable country" — DPP Legislator Chiu Yi-ying's (邱議瑩) words — are not
worth the long-term damage that would be caused to bilateral ties should the
situation deteriorate as a result of a more hardline policy in Taipei.
And whatever policy alternatives the DPP might have come up with had it been
forced to deal with a similar issue, desecrating another country's flag during a
protest is conduct most unbecoming.
It is a display of nationalism that has no place in a peace-loving country like
Taiwan. Members of the DPP should know better than anyone else that such
reckless acts are exactly the type of comportment they often deplore among
Chinese nationalists across the Taiwan Strait, who have turned such barbarism
into a national sport.
Taiwanese have been overwhelmingly even-handed in their response to the
incident. The DPP wins nothing by acting like a bully. Cool heads must prevail,
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BEIJING – China said Wednesday it had monitored two unarmed U.S. bombers that flew over the East China Sea in defiance of Beijing's declaration it was exercising greater military control over the area.
Tuesday's flight of the B-52 bombers underscored U.S. assertions that it will not comply with Chinese demands that aircraft flying through its newly declared maritime air defense zone identify themselves and accept Chinese instructions.
A Chinese Defense Ministry statement released Wednesday said the planes were detected and monitored as they flew through the zone for two hours and 22 minutes. It said all aircraft flying through the zone would be monitored, but made no mention of a threat to take "defensive emergency measures" against noncompliant aircraft that was included in an announcement on Saturday.
"China has the capability to exercise effective control over the relevant airspace," said the brief statement, attributed to an unidentified ministry spokesman.
The U.S. described the flights as a training mission and said they were not flown in response to China's latest move to assert a sovereignty claim over a group of uninhabited islands controlled by Japan. The two B-52 bombers took off from their home base in Guam around midday and were in the zone that encompasses the disputed islands for less than an hour before returning to their base, U.S. officials said, adding the aircraft encountered no problems.
The bomber flights came after State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said China's move appeared to be an attempt to change the status quo in the East China Sea.
"This will raise regional tensions and increase the risk of miscalculation, confrontation and accidents," she told reporters.
The U.S., which has hundreds of military aircraft based in the region, has said it has zero intention of complying with the new Chinese demands. Japan likewise has called the zone invalid, unenforceable and dangerous, while Taiwan and South Korea, both close to the U.S., also rejected it.
Australia also said it called in the Chinese ambassador to express concern about the sudden zone declaration.
"The timing and the manner of China's announcement are unhelpful in light of current regional tensions, and will not contribute to regional stability," Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said in a statement.
Beijing's move fits a pattern of putting teeth behind its territorial claims and is seen as potentially leading to dangerous encounters depending on how vigorously China enforces it -- and how cautious it is when intercepting aircraft from Japan, the U.S. and other countries.
Chinese reaction to the bomber flights was predictably angry, with some recalling the 2001 collision between a Chinese fighter and a U.S. surveillance plane in international airspace off China's southeastern coast -- the kind of accident some fear China's new policy could make more likely. The Chinese pilot, Wang Wei, was killed in the crash and the U.S. crew forced to make a landing on China's Hainan island, where they were held for 10 days and repeatedly interrogated before being released.
"Let's not repeat the humiliation of Wang Wei. Make good preparations to counter-attack," wrote Zheng Daojin, a reporter with the official Xinhua News Agency on his Twitter-like Weibo microblog.
Businessman Li Pengliang said the islands dispute had heightened anti-Japanese sentiment, but doubted the chances of an open conflict.
"The public is outraged, but I still believe that the leaders in power are sober minded. They will not act on impulse," Li said.
It wasn't clear whether Beijing had anticipated the forceful response from Washington and others, or how well it was prepared to back up its demands. Chinese scholars, who often serve as ad-hoc government spokesmen, criticized Tuesday's flights as a crude show of force and said Beijing wasn't looking for a fight.
"It's not that China didn't want to enforce its demands, but what how do you expect China to react?" said Zhu Feng, an international security expert at Peking University.


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January/February 2011
RAPTOR: Understanding your users' use of e-resources
Contributed by:
Dr. Rhys Smith
Engineering Consultant: Identity & Access Management
Information Services, Cardiff University
Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
[email protected]
Understanding e-resource usage in as great a level of detail as possible is increasingly important to academic institutions; not least because of the current economic climate and consequent likelihood of tightening funding. This understanding allows an institution to decide which resources they need to keep subscribing to, and which they may wish to unsubscribe from potentially resulting in real-world cost savings.
However, the recent trend of moving from centralised access management systems and IP authentication towards federated access enabling a more user friendly, personalisable user experience means that many existing tools to calculate usage statistics are no longer relevant.
The JISC-funded RAPTOR (Reporting, Analysis, and Presentation Toolkit for usage of Online Resources) project is building a software toolkit for reporting e-resource usage statistics by analysing log files from relevant software systems. Initially, supported software will be the Shibboleth Identity Provider, EZProxy, and OpenAthens LA, but the RAPTOR software is easily extensible so should be able to work with any such system (e.g., simplesamlphp, FreeRADIUS) with a minimum of fuss. It can also be extended to be able to interface with local identity information (e.g., through LDAP) to pull in additional information for enhanced reporting for example, to see e-resource usage by department.
The RAPTOR software is designed from the ground up to be easy for system administrators to install and configure, and its web interface easy to use for both technical and non-technical staff alike. Statistical usage information can be displayed directly in the web interface and exported to Excel/CSV formats.
Beyond institutional needs, many SAML federation operators have a need for highly aggregated statistics e.g., how many logins did the federation facilitate per day to show value for money for the federation funders. To help provide this, the RAPTOR software enables aggregation of usage statistics, controlled by policy, upwards to higher levels.
The RAPTOR project is due to complete and release its first full release in April 2011. For more information on RAPTOR, visit http://iam.cf.ac.uk/RAPTOR.
Science.gov Sports a New Image Search!
Contributed by:
Valerie Allen
Science.gov Product Manager
Sr. Technical Information Specialist
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information
Science.gov (www.science.gov) made its first foray into non-textual search and retrieval on its 8th Anniversary in December with a new image search. As in the basic and advanced searches, a federated search tool is applied to search and display returns in real-time, bringing an up-to-the-minute relevancy to the results that is not found in indexed searches.
Initially, three image databases are being searched, with more to follow. The current federated search includes:
In the image search, the most relevant images are pulled and displayed from each source. By selecting the title, you will be taken to the original source of the image for further viewing or additional information.
Along with the image search, other features became available with the recent update:
Science.gov is the USA.gov for Science portal and is celebrating 8 years of collaboration between major federal science agencies including: the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Interior, and Transportation; the Environmental Protection Agency; the Government Printing Office; the Library of Congress; the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; the National Archives and Records Administration; and the National Science Foundation. The Science.gov Alliance, with representatives from each of these agencies, guides the direction of Science.gov and is the decision-making body for features and content available on the site. Currently there are 45 authoritative databases and over 2000 scientific websites searched on Science.gov, providing access to 200 million pages of science information.
Science.gov is supported by CENDI, the interagency working group of senior scientific and technical information (STI) managers chartered in 1985.
Anianet and Springer Announce Cooperation to Promote Scholarly Collaboration
Contributed by:
Greg Tananbaum
Founder and CEO
Anianet: Connecting Scholars Worldwide
[email protected]
On November 16, 2010, Springer, the leading global scientific publisher and Anianet, the professional network for Chinese scholars and scientists, announced a joint initiative to stimulate Chinese participation in the international scholarly community. As part of their efforts to promote the highest quality research from China, Springer will promote their journals within the Anianet network, home to thousands of esteemed Chinese scholars in disciplines ranging from aerospace engineering to zoology.
As part of the collaboration, Springer will promote Anianet among their Chinese authors, editors, and reviewers. Springer shares Anianet's vision of shrinking the world by making it easier for Chinese scholars to connect with their western peers.
American Psychological Association Seeks Applicants for 5th Annual APA Excellence in Librarianship Award
January 7, 2011 "The American Psychological Association is seeking nominations for the 2011 APA Excellence in Librarianship Award, to be presented at the Educational & Behavioral Sciences Section (EBSS) Research Forum at the June 2011 American Library Association Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA."
"This Award was created to recognize an outstanding contribution to psychology and behavioral sciences librarianship within the past 5 years, and consists of a $2,500 check and an inscribed plaque...."
"...The APA Excellence in Librarianship Award is open to both librarians and allied professionals with at least 5 years of professional experience. It recognizes a contribution to psychology and behavioral sciences librarianship including instructions, project development, publications, research, or service."
"The application deadline is April 11, 2011. All materials should be submitted by e-mail."
For more information, please see the full press release.
Dominican University and Chicago Public Library Offer Workshop
on 21st Century Skills
January 7, 2011 "The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is
pleased to announce that Dominican University and the Chicago Public
Library will present a workshop on '21st Century Skills: How Does Your
Organization Stack Up?' The workshop will explore concepts introduced in
the IMLS report 'Museums, Libraries and 21st Century Skills.'"
"The Chicago event, to be held on February 4, 2011, was inspired by
IMLS's national campaign, Making the Learning Connection, which is
intended to assist communities as they build their capacity for helping
individuals of all ages acquire essential 21st century skills such as
critical thinking and problem solving, creativity and innovation,
communication and collaboration."
Announcing Scientific Reports, a new open access publication
January 6, 2011 "Nature Publishing Group (NPG) today announces the 2011 launch of Scientific Reports. An online, open access, peer-reviewed publication, Scientific Reports will publish research covering the natural sciences biology, chemistry, earth sciences and physics. Scientific Reports is accepting submissions from today, and will publish its first articles in June 2011. More information is available on the Scientific Reports website (www.nature.com/scientificreports)."
"All articles published in Scientific Reports will be open access and subject to an article-processing charge (APC). The 2011 APC rate will be US$1350/GB£890/€1046 per accepted manuscript. Authors will have a choice of two non-commercial Creative Commons (CC) licenses. NPG will make an annual donation to Creative Commons equivalent to $20 per APC paid for publication in Scientific Reports. Authors of the research paper concerned will be eligible for complimentary membership in the Creative Commons network, an international online community of people who support open access and open educational resources...."
"...Scientific Reports will publish original research papers of interest to specialists within a given field in the natural sciences. It will not set a threshold of perceived importance for the papers that it publishes; rather, Scientific Reports will publish all papers that are judged to be technically valid and original. To enable the community to evaluate the importance of papers post-peer review, the Scientific Reports website will include most-downloaded, most-emailed, and most-blogged lists. All research papers will benefit from rapid peer review and publication, and will be deposited in PubMed Central."
Call for Nominations: 2011 National Medal for Museum and Library Service
Nomination Deadline: February 15, 2011
January 5, 2011 "Supporters of outstanding museums and libraries are
encouraged to nominate these institutions for the National Medal for
Museum and Library Service, the nation's highest honor for exemplary
museum and library community service. The National Medal honors museums
and libraries that make extraordinary civic, educational, economic,
environmental, and social contributions. Medal winners receive a $10,000
award and are honored at a National Medal award ceremony held in Washington, D.C."
"Any individual, including a museum or library employee, may nominate a
museum or library in the United States and its territories for the
National Medal. Public or private nonprofit museums, including zoos,
art, history, science and technology, children's, and natural history
museums; historic houses, nature centers, and botanical gardens; and all
types of nonprofit libraries, including public, school, academic,
research, and archival, are eligible to receive this honor."
"For more information and to access the nomination form, please go to:
www.imls.gov/about/medals. A
complete application will include a five-page, single-spaced narrative;
financial statements for the past two fiscal years; and up to three
letters of support. These nominating materials are reviewed by members
of the National Museum and Library Services Board, a presidentially
appointed policy advisory board of IMLS. Based on their recommendations,
the IMLS Director selects the final winners."
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Innovative Online Game Teaches Scholarly Research Skills to Undergraduates
January 4, 2011 "Most undergraduates enter college with limited experience in scholarly research. Academic libraries may be unfamiliar to them and library databases unknown territory. Although 95% of 18-29 year olds use the Internet (Pew Internet survey, May 2010), their knowledge of information resources often doesn't extend much beyond Google and Wikipedia."
"A team of researchers headed by Professor Karen Markey and Associate Professor Victor Rosenberg at the University of Michigan's School of Information set out to address this issue by developing an online game that teaches university-level scholarly research skills. Bibliobouts is an online, social activity that teaches players the skills they need to research academic papers. The game is generating broad enthusiasm among both students and educators and in 2010 won its developers the University of Michigan Provost's Innovation in Teaching Award."
"The latest version of the game has just been released for classroom use for Winter 2011 and Fall 2011. The creators are inviting instructors and librarians to try the game in classes where research/writing projects could be improved with greater information literacy. a demo is available at www.bibliobouts.org. (To play, enter 'firstname.lastname@example.com' for email ID and 'demo' for password.)"
President Obama Signs Museum and Library Services Act of 2010
December 23, 2010 "The President signed into law the Museum and Library
Services Act of 2010 (S. 3984) on December 22, 2010."
"The new law reauthorizes the existing programs of the Institute of
Museum and Library Services with some important changes. The updated
language calls on IMLS to take an active role in research and data
collection and to advise the President and Congress on museum, library,
and information services. This Act also clearly recognizes how libraries
and museums contribute to a competitive workforce and engaged citizenry.
New language focuses on the development of essential 21st century
"The legislation advances the roles of libraries and museums in
education, lifelong learning, preservation and workforce development.
IMLS has been particularly active in providing leadership to align the
activities of libraries and museums around our national priority for an
educated workforce, a priority of the Obama Administration and essential
for a 21st century global economy. Many of the statutory changes update
current language to recognize the vitality and utility of the nation's
libraries and museums."
"The expanded authority facilitates IMLS's evolving role as a partner
with other federal agencies. The ubiquity of the nation's 122,000
libraries and 18,500 museums, the trust invested in them by their
communities, and their focus on learning and community engagement make
them outstanding partners in furthering our nation's policy goals in a
whole host of areas including health, education, cultural preservation,
the environment, and global awareness."
Senate Confirms President's Nomination of New IMLS Director
Susan H. Hildreth Becomes New Director of the
Institute of Museum and Library Services
December 23, 2010 "On December 22, 2010 Susan Hildreth's nomination to be
director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) was
confirmed by unanimous consent by the United States Senate. The
Institute, an independent United States government agency, is the
primary source of federal support for the nation's 122,000 libraries and
17,500 museums."
"Hildreth was previously appointed as California's state librarian by
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Prior to her position as California state
librarian, Hildreth was at the San Francisco Public Library, where she
served as deputy director and then city librarian. Her background also
includes five years as deputy library director at the Sacramento Public
Library, several years as Placer County's head librarian and four years
as library director for the Benicia Public Library, all in California.
She began her career as a branch librarian at the Edison Township
Library in New Jersey."
"Hildreth will serve a four-year term as the Director of the Institute.
The directorship of the Institute alternates between individuals from
the museum and library communities. She succeeds Marsha L. Semmel, who
served as IMLS Acting Director since March 14, following the departure
of IMLS Director Anne-Imelda M. Radice, Ph.D., at the conclusion of her
four-year term. Semmel is currently the deputy director for museums and
director for strategic partnerships."
FCC's net neutrality order protects libraries as "consumers," lacks strong protections
December 21, 2011 "The American Library Association (ALA), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and EDUCAUSE say the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) passage of its network (net) neutrality order today is a first step toward restoring an open Internet but does not go far enough to ensure community anchor institutions' content and services can be equally accessed by the public."
"While the groups say the FCC's clarification of the word 'consumer' guarantees the rule will apply to libraries and other educational interests, additional provisions sought by the associations are needed to achieve 'true' net neutrality. The order does not hold wireless to the same non-discriminatory standards as wireline access, despite the growing number of libraries, higher education institutions and users that utilize wireless technology to access content and information. Additionally, the practice of paid-prioritization must be banned to protect libraries and educational interests from being charged more to provide the public with the same quality of access to their educational and non-profit content."
"The Internet has become a cornerstone of the educational, research and computer services that libraries and other anchor institutions offer to students, teachers and the general public. These institutions rely upon the widespread public availability of an open, affordable Internet to provide equitable access to content and services, including distance learning classes, e-government services, licensed databases, job-training videos, medical and scientific research and many other essential services."
CrossRef Reaches 1000 Member Milestone
December 15, 2010 "CrossRef, the not-for-profit association of scholarly publishers that provides collaborative business and infrastructure services, has signed its 1000th voting member, St. Plum-Blossom Press of Melbourne, Australia. Voting members represent over 3200 publishers and societies that participate in CrossRef''s Digital Object Identifier (DOI) reference linking system."
"'CrossRef's membership is increasingly diverse,' notes CrossRef Executive Director Edward Pentz. 'Well over half of our participating publishers are not-for-profit. Most of our membership growth comes from small publishers all over the globe. In fact, our members now come from more than 50 countries. They employ all business models, from subscription access, to open access, to hybrid models.'"
"CrossRef is working to expand its network of sponsoring organizations around the world as a way of improving services to smaller international publishers. A recent agreement with the Organization of Open Access Publishers (OASPA), and long-standing arrangements with respected organizations in the developing world and in Asia allow publishers served by these organizations to take advantage of CrossRef services at a lower cost and with local support. CrossRef is working to expand such relationships in other regions to provide better service."
Open access options on 15 more Nature Publishing Group journals
December 14, 2010 "Nature Publishing Group (NPG) is pleased to announce open access options for fifteen further journals. Forty-one journals published by NPG now offer authors an open access option or are wholly open access, including 80% (40) of its 50 academic and society journals. In total, NPG currently publishes 83 journals, of which 49% offer an open access option to authors."
"Authors publishing in these journals can choose to make their article open access on payment of an article processing charge (APC). APCs vary, depending on the selectivity of the journal, the amount it publishes and associated rejection rate. Full details are available on each journal's website. Authors who opt to pay the APC will benefit from: a choice of licenses, including one that allows derivative works; immediate and permanent access for all to the final published version of their paper on nature.com and in PubMed Central; the rights to self-archive the final published version of their paper for public access immediately on publication...."
"...NPG's self-archiving policy ensures that authors of original research papers can comply with funder mandates for public access, regardless of which NPG journal they publish in. In addition, NPG offers a free Manuscript Deposition Service into PubMed Central and UK PubMed Central on 43 of its titles."
Qatar Foundation launches scientific journals platform QScience.com
December 14, 2010 "A major reflection of Qatar's investment in and commitment to research took concrete form when QScience.com, the digital publishing portal for research journals, was launched at the Qatar Foundation Annual Research Forum 2010. Developed by Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals (BQFJ), the scholarly publishing partnership between Qatar Foundation and Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, QScience.com publishes peer-reviewed research papers using open access which makes the material freely available to all."
"QScience.com initially hosts six scholarly journals covering the subject areas Cardiology, Information & Librarian Studies, Engineering, Education, Healthcare and Islamic Studies:"
"Other journals will be added in 2011. QScience.com's advanced technology makes research findings readily accessible and searchable using multimedia functionalities to support text, data, audio and video formats. It is also the first scholarly research platform to make journal abstracts available in both English and Arabic."
National Archives Contributes to Improved Digital Records Preservation and Access System
December 6, 2010 "The National Archives has contributed to the update of a groundbreaking system made available online today that supports long-term preservation of and access to electronic records. The 'new and improved' version of this 'PRONOM' system was developed in partnership with the National Archives of the United Kingdom and the Georgia Tech Research Institute."
"PRONOM is a web-based public technical registry of more than 750 different digital file formats that enables digital archivists, records managers and the public to precisely identify and confirm digital file formats. This identification is the first step to ensuring long-term electronic file preservation by enabling the identification of those file formats that are in danger of becoming obsolete."
"First developed by the National Archives of the United Kingdom in 2002, PRONOM was launched to the public as a free online service in 2004. Shortly after this launch, the US National Archives joined with the British Archives on this project and shared promising new developments from research conducted for the National Archives Electronic Records Archives now known as the National Archives Center for Advanced Systems and Technologies (NCAST)."
2011 National Leadership Grant Guidelines Now Available
Deadline for applications: February 1, 2011
December 2, 2010 "The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is
accepting grant applications for the agency's 2011 National Leadership
Grant (NLG) program. Applications, guidelines, and examples of
successful proposals can be found on the agency's Web site
"For the past 13 years, the National Leadership Grants program has been
the capstone program for IMLS, providing the agency's highest level of
support for innovative projects that generate transformative research,
new tools, models, services, professional practice, and alliances that
advance the awarded institution as well as the field. "
"National Leadership Grants also allow eligible institutions and their
partners to address field-wide challenges and initiatives such as those
described in: Museums, Libraries, and 21st Century Skills, Museums and Libraries
Engaging America's Youth,
Advancing Research and Practice in Digital Curation and Publishing, and the Future of Museums and
Ex Libris Delivers the Second Partner Release of Its Unified Resource Management Solution to Development Partners
December 1, 2010 "Ex Libris® Group, a leading provider of library automation solutions, is pleased to announce that the second installment of its next-generation framework for library services, the Unified Resource Management (URM) solution, is now available to development partners. Representing a major milestone in the development of URM, the latest partner release focuses on:
"The URM development partners are Boston College; Princeton University Library; Purdue University Library; and K.U.Leuven, which includes the LIBIS library network of 30 independent member organizations (universities, colleges, parliaments, specialized libraries) and a network of public libraries. The development partners will work intensively with the URM team over the next four months and provide in-depth feedback to Ex Libris on the solution's impact on improving and streamlining the full spectrum of their library processes."
Memento wins major international award for digital preservation
December 1, 2010 "The Institute for Conservation and the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) are delighted to announce that the Memento Project led by Herbert Van De Sompel and colleagues of Los Alamos National Laboratory and Michael Nelson and colleagues of Old Dominion University, USA, has won the Digital Preservation Award 2010."
"'Memento offers an elegant and easily deployed method that reunites web archives with their home on the live web,' explained Richard Ovenden, chair of the Digital Preservation Coalition. 'It opens web archives to tens of millions of new users and signals a dramatic change in the way we use and perceive digital archives.'"
"'The ability to change and update pages is one of the web's greatest advantages but it introduces a sort of structured instability which makes it hard to depend on web pages in the long term. For more than a decade services like the UK Web Archive and the Internet Archive have provided a stable but partial memory of a fragment of the web but users had no way of linking between current content and earlier versions held by web archives.'"
"'The Memento project resolves this by letting users set a time preference in their browser. The underlying technology then deploys basic, under-used features of the HTTP protocol to direct users to whichever archived copy of a website most closely matches their request.'"
National Archives And Records Administration And National Technical Information Service Sign Major Agreement To Preserve Digital Scientific Records
November 30, 2010 "The National Archives and Records Administration and the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) have entered into an agreement ensuring long-term preservation and access to the NTIS collection of authenticated and secured digital scientific, technical, and engineering information (STEI). The results of this agreement will have a positive impact on the public, academia, corporations and federal, state, and local government agencies."
"The Director of NTIS, Bruce Borzino, states: 'This new relationship with the National Archives strengthens the benefit of federal agency compliance with The American Technology Preeminence Act when transferring their agency STEI content to NTIS for dissemination to the private sector, academia, state and local governments, and federal agencies. Under this new agreement with the National Archives, agency transfers of digital STEI to NTIS will be regarded the same as if the agency transferred its permanent digital STEI records to the National Archives.'..."
"....The National Archives will work in partnership with NTIS to encourage and promote agency transfers of digital STEI materials to NTIS as successful fulfillment of an agency obligation to transfer permanently valuable digital STEI records to NARA. Currently, the NTIS collection consists of more than two terabytes of scientific, technical, and engineering information. Access to STEI records will be provided by NTIS. The National Archives will maintain a 'dark archives' back up copy of all the STEI records, and assume legal custody of the records when they become 40 years old."
University of Pittsburgh Library System Offers Free E-Journal Publishing Service
November 22, 2010 "Pitt's University Library System (ULS) is now offering free e-journal publishing services to help academic journals make their content available to a global audience while eliminating the cost of print production."
"The E-journal Publishing Program part of ULS' D-Scribe Digital Publishing Program, which partners with the University of Pittsburgh Press 'is in keeping with the ULS' commitment to free and immediate access to scholarly information and its mission to support researchers in the production and sharing of knowledge in a rapidly changing publishing industry,' said Rush G. Miller, Hillman University Librarian and director of the ULS."
"The ULS trains a journal's editorial staff in the use of Open Journal Systems (OJS) software, which channels the flow of scholarly content from initial author submissions through peer review and final online publication and indexing. OJS provides the tools necessary for the layout, design, copy editing, proofreading, and archiving of journal articles. The platform provides a vast set of reading tools to extend the use of scholarly content through RSS feeds and postings to Facebook and Twitter. E-journal articles can be discovered via blogs, databases, search engines, library collections, and other means."
MLIS Scholarships for American Indians and Alaska Natives - Apply Now for Circle of Learning
November 22, 2010 announcement from the San Jose State University Library "A scholarship opportunity is available to American Indians and Alaska Natives who want to earn a fully online ALA-accredited Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) degree. The Circle of Learning program is offered through a partnership between the San Jose School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) and the American Indian Library Association (AILA), and is made possible by a generous grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services."
"Current SLIS students as well as prospective students who plan to apply
for admission to the School's MLIS program for the Fall 2011 semester
are eligible for Circle of Learning scholarships. Please note that
Circle of Learning students need to be admitted to the School's MLIS
program before being considered for scholarship funding. Applications
are being accepted now through March 31, 2011 for admission to San Jose
State University's School of Library and Information Science for Fall
"Fall classes begin August 24, 2011. For more information about
how to apply to the School's fully online MLIS program, please visit:
http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/admissions/mlis_application.htm. Students
interested in applying for Circle of Learning scholarships should take
note of upcoming scholarship application deadlines. The Fall 2011
deadline to apply for Circle of Learning scholarships is March 25, 2011."
"Details regarding eligibility and application materials are available on
the project website at http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/circleoflearning/. Or you may contact Heather Devine, the Circle of Learning
Project Manager, at email@example.com. Heather would be happy to talk
with you and answer any questions you may have regarding this
scholarship opportunity. To learn more about the American Indian
Library Association and its initiatives to improve library and
information services for American Indians, visit
Oxford University Press announces major online project: Oxford Scholarly Editions Online
November 20, 2010 "Oxford University Press is proud to announce a major new digital publishing initiative: an online collection of OUP's scholarly editions in the humanities which will go live in spring 2012."
"Oxford's line-up of scholarly editions is unrivalled in its breadth and quality. They comprise authoritative texts of poetry, drama, and fiction, from all periods of English literature, and of other important writing from across the humanities. Such editions are the bedrock of humanities scholarship the primary sources upon which scholars rely for research and teaching."
"Demand for such primary sources to be made accurately and reliably available online has been growing as more and more research and study is done outside the physical confines of libraries, and with Oxford Scholarly Editions Online (OSEO) OUP is able to respond to this demand."
Five Museums and Five Libraries to Receive Nation's Highest Honor
November 16, 2010 "The Institute of Museum and Library Service (IMLS) has
selected five museums and five libraries to receive the 2010 National
Medal for Museum and Library Service. The National Medal is the nation's
highest honor for museums and libraries that make extraordinary civic,
educational, economic, environmental, and social contributions."
"As the primary source of federal funding for the nation's museums and
libraries, the Institute has a unique perspective on the vital role
these institutions play in American society. The National Medal for
Museum and Library Service was created to underscore that role. The
winners are as diverse as the nation's cultural landscape: small and
large, urban and rural. They have one thing in common: they have
developed innovative ways to serve their communities. Winners of the
2010 National Medal for Museum and Library Service are:
"The winners of the National Medal for Museum and Library Service are
selected each year by the Director of IMLS, following an open nomination
process and based on the recommendations of the National Museum and
Library Services Board."
Portico to Preserve CrossRef Metadata
November 16, 2010 "CrossRef and Portico announced today an agreement in principle under which Portico will preserve CrossRef's bibliographic and reference metadata in the Portico archive. This agreement would act as an extra level of insurance to the scholarly community, which relies on reference linking services from CrossRef."
"Ed Pentz, CrossRef's Executive Director, noted, 'This agreement with Portico represents the most recent in a series of steps CrossRef has taken to implement our plan for long-term sustainability. For CrossRef DOIs to be persistent links CrossRef itself must be persistent as an organization. We updated our membership terms to encourage member publishers to enter into archiving agreements for their own content and to ensure CrossRef can keep the bibliographic metadata even if publishers stop assigning DOIs or cease operations. We have implemented multiple resolution of CrossRef DOIs
to enable links to several archive locations for "triggered" content that is no
longer available from the publisher. And now, we will be able to take advantage
of Portico's quality digital preservation services to archive our own data in the unlikely event that CrossRef itself should cease to function without a successory organization in place.'"
"Portico is a community-supported digital preservation service provided by ITHAKA, a not-for-profit organization with a mission to help the academic community use digital technologies to preserve the scholarly record and to advance research and teaching in sustainable ways. Portico preserves 12,000 e-journals, 66,000 e-book
titles, and 39 digitized historical collections from 118 publishers on behalf of
over 2,000 societies and associations, and with the support of 710 libraries worldwide. The agreement with CrossRef would add bibliographic data with CrossRef Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) for more than 44 million records from more than 3200 publishers."
(On October 6, 2011 a hyperlink in the item by Rhys Smith was updated.)
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OCEAN CITY- The 12th Annual Mako Mania shark tournament gets underway next week with dozens of boats and teams of anglers competing in the first significant offshore tournament in the summer-long series of events in Ocean City.
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The event gets started next Thursday with a captains' meeting with the first of three official fishing days set for next Friday. Other fishing days include Saturday and Sunday, and the boats and their captains must choose to fish two of the three fishing days. Mako sharks are the featured species in the tournament although there are also divisions for threshers and bluefish, for example.
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Článek 15 - Právo svobodné volby povolání a právo pracovat
Právo svobodné volby povolání, zakotvené v odstavci 1 článku 15, je uznáno v judikatuře Soudního dvora (viz mimo jiné rozsudek ze dne 14. května 1974 ve věci 4/73 Nold, Sb. rozh. 1974, s. 491, 12. až 14. bod; rozsudek ze dne 13. prosince 1979 ve věci 44/79 Hauer, Sb. rozh. 1979, s. 3727; rozsudek ze dne 8. října 1986 ve věci 234/85 Keller, Sb. rozh. 1986 s 2897, 8. bod).
Tento odstavec rovněž čerpá z čl. 1 odst. 2 Evropské sociální charty, podepsané dne 18. října 1961 a ratifikované všemi členskými státy, a z bodu 4 Charty základních sociálních práv pracovníků Společenství ze dne 9. prosince 1989. Výraz "pracovní podmínky" je třeba vykládat ve smyslu článku 156 Smlouvy o fungování Evropské unie.
Odstavec 2 se zabývá třemi svobodami zaručenými články 26, 45, 49 a 56 Smlouvy o fungování Evropské unie, jmenovitě volným pohybem pracovníků, svobodou usazování a svobodou poskytovat služby.
Odstavec 3 je založen na čl. 153 odst. 1 písm. g) Smlouvy o fungování Evropské unie a na čl. 19 odst. 4 Evropské sociální charty, podepsané dne 18. října 1961 a ratifikované všemi členskými státy. Použije se proto čl. 52 odst. 2 Listiny. Otázka najímání námořníků se státní příslušností třetích států do posádek plavidel plujících pod vlajkou členského státu Unie se řídí právem Unie a vnitrostátními právními předpisy a zvyklostmi.
Artikel 19 1. Bevordering van voldoende werkgelegenheid is voorwerp van zorg der overheid.2. De wet stelt regels omtrent de rechtspositie van hen die arbeid verrichten en omtrent hun bescherming daarbij, alsmede omtrent medezeggenschap.3. Het recht van iedere Nederlander op vrije keuze van arbeid wordt erkend, behoudens de beperkingen bij of krachtens de wet gesteld.
Article 26 (1) Everybody has the right to the free choice of her profession and the training for that profession, as well as the right to engage in enterprise and pursue other economic activity. (2) Conditions and limitations may be set by law upon the right to engage in certain professions or activities. (3) Everybody has the right to acquire the means of her livelihood by work. The State shall provide an adequate level of material security to those citizens who are unable, through no fault of their own, to exercise this right; conditions shall be provided for by law. (4) Different rules for aliens may be provided for by law.
Článek 26 (1) Každý má právo na svobodnou volbu povolání a přípravu k němu, jakož i právo podnikat a provozovat jinou hospodářskou činnost. (2) Zákon může stanovit podmínky a omezení pro výkon určitých povolání nebo činností. (3) Každý má právo získávat prostředky pro své životní potřeby prací. Občany, kteří toto právo nemohou bez své viny vykonávat, stát v přiměřeném rozsahu hmotně zajišťuje; podmínky stanoví zákon. (4) Zákon může stanovit odchylnou úpravu pro cizince.
Artículo 35 1. Todos los españoles tienen el deber de trabajar y el derecho al trabajo, a la libre elección de profesión u oficio, a la promoción a través del trabajo y a una remuneración suficiente para satisfacer sus necesidades y las de su familia, sin que en ningún caso pueda hacerse discriminación por razón de sexo. 2. La ley regulará un estatuto de los trabajadores.
Section 35 (1) All Spaniards have the duty to work and the right to work, to the free choice of profession or trade, to advancement through work, and to a sufficient remuneration for the satisfaction of their needs and those of their families. Under no circumstances may they be discriminated on account of their sex. (2) The law shall regulate a Workers' Statute.
Article 13 In accordance with treaties, aliens in Slovenia enjoy all the rights guaranteed by this Constitution and laws, except for those rights that pursuant to this Constitution or law only citizens of Slovenia enjoy.
Article 49 Freedom of work shall be guaranteed. Everyone shall choose his employment freely. Everyone shall have access under equal conditions to any position of employment. Forced labour shall be prohibited.
Article 66 The state shall create opportunities for employment and work, and shall ensure the protection of both by law.Article 79 Aliens employed in Slovenia and members of their families have special rights provided by law.
13. členTujci imajo v Sloveniji v skladu z mednarodnimi pogodbami vse pravice, zagotovljene s to ustavo in z zakoni, razen tistih, ki jih imajo po ustavi ali po zakonu samo državljani Slovenije.
49. člen Zagotovljena je svoboda dela. Vsakdo prosto izbira zaposlitev. Vsakomur je pod enakimi pogoji dopustno vsako delovno mesto. Prisilno delo je prepovedano.
66. člen Država ustvarja možnosti za zaposlovanje in za delo ter zagotavlja njuno zakonsko varstvo.
79. člen V Sloveniji zaposleni tujci in člani njihovih družin imajo posebne pravice, določene z zakonom.
Article 35 (1) Everyone has the right to a free choice of profession and to appropriate training, as well as the right to conduct entrepreneurial or other gainful activity. (2) Conditions and restrictions with regard to the execution of certain professions or activities may be laid down by law. (3) Citizens have the right to work. The State shall guarantee, within appropriate extent, the material welfare of those who cannot enjoy this right without their own fault. The conditions shall be laid down by law. (4) A law may provide different regulation of the rights specified in paragraphs 1 to 3 with regard to the aliens. Article 38 (1) Women, minors and persons with disabilities are entitled to an enhanced health protection at work as well as to special working conditions. (2) Minors and persons with disabilities are entitled to special protection in labour relations as well as to assistance in professional training.(3) Details concerning rights listed in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be laid down by law.
Čl. 35(1) Každý má právo na slobodnú voľbu povolania a prípravu naň, ako aj právo podnikať a uskutočňovať inú zárobkovú činnosť. (2) Zákon môže ustanoviť podmienky a obmedzenia výkonu určitých povolaní alebo činností. (3) Občania majú právo na prácu. Štát v primeranom rozsahu hmotne zabezpečuje občanov, ktorí nie z vlastnej viny nemôžu toto právo vykonávať. Podmienky ustanoví zákon. (4) Zákon môže ustanoviť odchylnú úpravu práv uvedených v odsekoch 1 až 3 pre cudzincov. Čl. 38 (1) Ženy, mladiství a osoby zdravotne postihnuté majú právo na zvýšenú ochranu zdravia pri práci a osobitné pracovné podmienky. (2) Mladiství a osoby zdravotne postihnuté majú právo na osobitnú ochranu v pracovných vzťahoch a na pomoc pri príprave na povolanie. (3) Podrobnosti o právach podľa odsekov 1 a 2 ustanoví zákon.
Articolul 41(1) Dreptul la munca nu poate fi îngradit. Alegerea profesiei, a meseriei sau a ocupatiei, precum si a locului de munca este libera. (...)
Article 41 (1) The right to work shall not be restricted. Everyone has a free choice of his/her profession, trade or occupation, as well as work place. (...)
Artigo 47.º (Liberdade de escolha de profissão e acesso à função pública) 1. Todos têm o direito de escolher livremente a profissão ou o género de trabalho, salvas as restrições legais impostas pelo interesse colectivo ou inerentes à sua própria capacidade. Artigo 58.º (Direito ao trabalho) 1. Todos têm direito ao trabalho. 2. Para assegurar o direito ao trabalho, incumbe ao Estado promover: a) A execução de políticas de pleno emprego; b) A igualdade de oportunidades na escolha da profissão ou género de trabalho e condições para que não seja vedado ou limitado, em função do sexo, o acesso a quaisquer cargos, trabalho ou categorias profissionais; c) A formação cultural e técnica e a valorização profissional dos trabalhadores.
Article 47 (Freedom to choose a profession and of access to the public service) (1) Everyone has the right to choose a profession or type of work freely, subject to the legal restrictions that are imposed in the collective interest or the restrictions that are inherent in a person's own capabilities. Article 58 (Right to work) (1) Everyone shall possess the right to work. (2) In order to ensure the right to work, the state shall be charged with promoting: (a) The implementation of full-employment policies; (b) Equal opportunities in the choice of profession or type of work, and the conditions needed to avoid the gender-based preclusion or limitation of access to any position, work or professional category; (c) Cultural and technical training and vocational development for workers.
Article 24 Work shall be protected by the Republic of Poland. The State shall exercise supervision over the conditions of work.Article 65.1. Everyone shall have the freedom to choose and to pursue his occupation and to choose his place of work. Exceptions shall be specified by statute.(...)
Art. 24.Praca znajduje się pod ochroną Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. Państwo sprawuje nadzór nad warunkami wykonywania pracy. Art. 65. 1. Każdemu zapewnia się wolność wyboru i wykonywania zawodu oraz wyboru miejsca pracy. Wyjątki określa ustawa. (...)
Article 7 The State recognises the right of all citizens to work and shall promote such conditions as will make this right effective.Article 12(1) The State shall protect work. (2) It shall provide for the professional or vocational training and advancement of workers.
Article 11.(4) La loi garantit le droit au travail et l'Etat veille à assurer à chaque citoyen l'exercice de ce droit. Article 11.(6) La liberté du commerce et de l'industrie, l'exercice de la profession libérale et du travail agricole sont garantis, sauf les restrictions à établir par la loi. (...)
Article 11.(4) The law guarantees the right to work and the State sees to [the] assurance to each citizen [of] the exercise of this right. The law guarantees the syndical freedom and organizes the right to strike. Article 11.(6) The freedom of commerce and industry, the exercise of liberal professions and of agricultural labor are guaranteed, save for the restrictions established by the law. (...)
Article 48. Everyone may freely choose a job or business, and shall have the right to have proper, safe, and healthy conditions at work, as well as to receive fair pay for work and social security in the event of unemployment. The work of foreigners in the Republic of Lithuania shall be regulated by law. Forced labour shall be prohibited. Military service or alternative service performed instead of military service, as well as work performed by citizens in time of war, natural disaster, epidemics, or other extreme cases, shall not be considered forced labour. In cases where persons convicted by a court perform work regulated by law, such work shall not be considered forced labour, either.
48 straipsnis. Kiekvienas žmogus gali laisvai pasirinkti darbą bei verslą ir turi teisę turėti tinkamas, saugias ir sveikas darbo sąlygas, gauti teisingą apmokėjimą už darbą ir socialinę apsaugą nedarbo atveju. Užsieniečių darbą Lietuvos Respublikoje reguliuoja įstatymas. Priverčiamasis darbas draudžiamas. Priverčiamuoju darbu nelaikoma tarnyba kariuomenėje ar ją pakeičianti alternatyvioji tarnyba, taip pat piliečių darbas karo, stichinės nelaimės, epidemijos ar kitais ypatingais atvejais. Priverčiamuoju darbu nelaikomas ir įstatymo reguliuojamas teismo nuteistųjų darbas.
Article 23 - Teaching by researchers
'Researchers may, in addition to research activities, teach in accordance with national law. Member States may set a maximum number of hours or of days for the activity of teaching.'
Article 24 - Economic activities by students
'1. Outside their study time and subject to the rules and conditions applicable to the relevant activity in the Member State concerned, students shall be entitled to be employed and may be entitled to exercise self-employed economic activity, subject to the limitations provided for in paragraph 3.
2. Where necessary, Member States shall grant students and/or employers prior authorisation in accordance with national law.
3. Each Member State shall determine the maximum number of hours per week or days or months per year allowed for such an activity, which shall not be less than 15 hours per week, or the equivalent in days or months per year. The situation of the labour market in the Member State concerned may be taken into account.'
Article 25 - Stay for the purpose of job-searching or entrepreneurship for researchers and students
'1. The completion of research or studies, researchers and students shall have the possibility to stay on the territory of the Member State that issued an authorisation under Article 17, on the basis of the residence permit referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article, for a period of at least nine months in order to seek employment or set up a business. [...]'
Article 23 - Right to equal treatment
'1. Seasonal workers shall be entitled to equal treatment with nationals of the host Member State at least with regard to:
(a) terms of employment, including the minimum working age, and working conditions, including pay and dismissal, working hours, leave and holidays, as well as health and safety requirements at the workplace;
(b) the right to strike and take industrial action, in accordance with the host Member State's national law and practice, and freedom of association and affiliation and membership of an organisation representing workers or of any organisation whose members are engaged in a specific occupation, including the rights and benefits conferred by such organisations, including the right to negotiate and conclude collective agreements, without prejudice to the national provisions on public policy and public security;
(c) back payments to be made by the employers, concerning any outstanding remuneration to the third-country national;
(d) branches of social security, as defined in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004;
(e) access to goods and services and the supply of goods and services made available to the public, except housing, without prejudice to the freedom of contract in accordance with Union and national law;
(f) advice services on seasonal work afforded by employment offices;
(g) education and vocational training;
(h) recognition of diplomas, certificates and other professional qualifications in accordance with the relevant national procedures;
(i) tax benefits, in so far as the seasonal worker is deemed to be resident for tax purposes in the Member State concerned.
Seasonal workers moving to a third country, or the survivors of such seasonal workers residing in a third-country deriving rights from the seasonal worker, shall receive statutory pensions based on the seasonal worker's previous employment and acquired in accordance with the legislation set out in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004, under the same conditions and at the same rates as the nationals of the Member States concerned when they move to a third country.
2. Member States may restrict equal treatment:
(i) under point (d) of the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 by excluding family benefits and unemployment benefits, without prejudice to Regulation (EU) No 1231/2010;
(ii) under point (g) of the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 by limiting its application to education and vocational training which is directly linked to the specific employment activity and by excluding study and maintenance grants and loans or other grants and loans;
(iii) under point (i) of the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 with respect to tax benefits by limiting its application to cases where the registered or usual place of residence of the family members of the seasonal worker for whom he/she claims benefits, lies in the territory of the Member State concerned.
3. The right to equal treatment provided for in paragraph 1 shall be without prejudice to the right of the Member State to withdraw or to refuse to extend or renew the authorisation for the purpose of seasonal work in accordance with Articles 9 and 15.'
'(3) The free movement of workers gives every citizen of the Union, irrespective of his or her place of residence, the right to move freely to another Member State in order to work there and/or to reside there for work purposes. It protects them against discrimination on grounds of nationality as regards access to employment, conditions of employment and work, in particular with regard to remuneration, dismissal, and tax and social advantages, by ensuring their equal treatment, under national law, practice and collective agreements, in comparison to nationals of that Member State. Such rights should be enjoyed without discrimination by all Union citizens exercising their right to free movement, including permanent, seasonal and frontier workers. The free movement of workers needs to be distinguished from the freedom to provide services, which includes the right of undertakings to provide services in another Member State, for which they may post their own workers to another Member State temporarily in order for them to carry out the work necessary to provide services in that Member State.'
'(17) Protection against discrimination based on the grounds of nationality would itself be strengthened by the existence of effective bodies with appropriate expertise in each Member State with competence to promote equal treatment, to analyse the problems faced by Union workers and members of their family, to study possible solutions and to provide specific assistance to them. The competence of those bodies should include, inter alia, the provision to Union workers and members of their family of independent legal and/or other assistance, such as the provision of legal advice on the application to them of the relevant Union and national rules on free movement of workers, of information about complaint procedures, and of help to protect the rights of workers and members of their family. It may also include assistance in legal proceedings.'
'(25) This Directive aims to facilitate mobility of intra-corporate transferees within the Union ('intra-EU mobility') and to reduce the administrative burden associated with work assignments in several Member States. For this purpose, this Directive sets up a specific intra-EU mobility scheme whereby the holder of a valid intra-corporate transferee permit issued by a Member State is allowed to enter, to stay and to work in one or more Member States in accordance with the provisions governing short-term and long-term mobility under this Directive. [...]'
'7. In taking measures on employment and decent work in response to crisis situations arising from conflicts and disasters, and with a view to prevention, Members should take into account the following:
(a) the promotion of full, productive, freely chosen employment and decent work which are vital to promoting peace, preventing crises, enabling recovery and building resilience;
(b) the need to respect, promote and realize the fundamental principles and rights at work, other human rights and other relevant international labour standards, and to take into account other international instruments and documents, as appropriate and applicable; [...].'


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Constantly regenerating and maturing, the hematopoietic (blood-producing) stem cells in our bone marrow produce billions of red blood cells (RBC) every day. Cancer chemotherapy is notorious for injuring the bone marrow, leading to anemia, or low RBC counts. But just how chemotherapy harms the bone marrow has not been clear.
Anemia can lead to numerous health problems including chronic fatigue, tachycardia (abnormally rapid heartbeat), cognitive impairment, shortness of breath, depression and dizziness. In addition, studies have shown that cancer patients who develop anemia have a 65 percent increased risk of death compared with cancer patients without anemia.
In an earlier study, senior author Paul Frenette, M.D., professor of medicine and of cell biology and director of the Ruth L. and David S. Gottesman Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research at Einstein, found that sympathetic nerves within bone marrow direct the movement of hematopoietic stem cells. (The body's sympathetic nervous system helps in controlling most internal organs — increasing heart rate and dilating the pupils of the eye, for example.)
"Since many chemotherapies used in cancer treatment are neurotoxic, we wondered whether they might also damage sympathetic nerves in bone marrow itself, impairing the ability of hematopoietic cells to regenerate and to manufacture RBCs," said Dr. Frenette. "This possibility hadn't been examined before."
Dr. Frenette and his colleagues treated mice with seven cycles of cisplatin, a common chemotherapy drug with known neurotoxic effects. The cisplatin caused peripheral neuropathy problems similar to those seen in cancer patients. The mice were then given fresh bone marrow transplants to see how well their marrow would regenerate. Despite receiving fresh stem cells, the cisplatin-treated mice had delayed recovery of blood counts compared to controls — suggesting that the prior cisplatin treatments had affected the bone marrow and prevented hematopoietic stem cells from regenerating. By contrast, mice treated with carboplatin — a non-neurotoxic chemotherapy — recovered their ability to produce blood after bone marrow transplantation.
To confirm that healthy sympathetic nerves in the bone marrow are needed to regenerate hematopoietic stem cells and produce RBCs, the researchers selectively damaged sympathetic nerves in bone marrow using chemicals or genetic engineering. In both cases, the mice with the damaged sympathetic nerves were less able than control mice to recover after bone marrow transplant.
The researchers found that injury to these nerves could be reduced by giving mice nerve-protecting agents along with chemotherapy. Mice treated with seven cycles of cisplatin along with 4-methylcatechol (an experimental drug that reportedly protects sympathetic nerves) showed improved response to bone marrow transplantation, compared to controls.
Dr. Frenette and his colleagues now plan to look for compounds that can protect sympathetic nerves in the bone marrow without reducing the effectiveness of cancer chemotherapies.
source : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130505145810.htm