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This Privacy Policy sets out the approach taken by Zuri Group ("we", or "us") to the personal information of subscribers and visitors to its website, www.mobilealum.com, and any other website 'Powered by Zuri Group' ("the Sites"). By browsing VMI Alumni Mobile App and the services within it (collectively the "Services"), you ("you") agree that your personal information and data (collectively, "Personal Information") will be dealt with in accordance with this privacy policy.
Zuri Group acts a data controller in its use of your Personal Information, as described in this privacy notice.
Privacy and confidentiality are at the heart of the Services. We treat Personal Information acquired from you seriously and make every effort to comply with our obligations under applicable privacy statutes. Additionally, we understand the importance of maintaining the confidentiality of any information stored about you while using the Services. We respect your privacy – Zuri Group's entire service depends on treating Personal Information properly, in the strictest confidence and with sensitivity.
The Personal Information you provide by using the Services is owned by you, and you may ask us to correct or delete any such information at any time, by sending us an email stating in the subject heading, "Remove Details." Further information about how you can manage and delete information about you is set out in paragraph 4 below.
Except as otherwise in this Privacy Policy, the definitions and interpretations contained in our General Terms and Conditions shall apply to these Terms also.
- Information Collection
We collect Personal Information when you register for an account, when you use certain Services (including when you sign up for an account, create or share, and message or communicate with others) and when you visit certain Site pages. This can include information in or about the content you provide or about how you use our Services, such as the types of content you view or engage with, the people and groups you are connected to and how you interact with them or the frequency and duration of your activities.
When you register with us, we will ask you for and/or collect Personal Information, directly (for example, to enter your name, email address, birth date, gender, post code, occupation, industry, personal interests etc.) or indirectly.
By registering with us, you acknowledge and agree that we may access and store your Personal Information anywhere in the world. Further information is below in paragraphs 2 and 3.
Once you register with us and sign into our Services, you are not anonymous to us.
If you contact us in relation to any of the Services (via email, telephone, post or otherwise), we may collect and retain your contact details and your communication for the purpose of handling your query and keeping records of communications.
We also collect information about you from VMI Alumni Mobile App of Business (the "Member Organization") and from other people when they use our Services, such as when they send a message to you, or upload, sync or import your contact information. We also work closely with other third parties (including, for example, business partners, advertising networks, analytics providers, search information providers), and we may sometimes receive information about you from them. All such information may be combined with the data you provide to us when you register with us and/or when you use the Services, and the combined data may be used by us for the same purposes outlined in this notice.
- How we use your Personal Information
Personal Information and other details about you that you supply as part of the registration process or that are collected by us when you use the Services are used to provide you with the Services and information as set out in our Terms of Use. We will not use that information for any purpose other than as set out as part of the Services.
We will use information provided by you to help you advance your career through inside connections, leverage your professional network, get introduced to people, socially interact with other users, create and/or share and/or find business opportunities and stay in touch your Brother Rats. You consent to the use of your profile and Personal Information being used for this purpose.
We use information for the following general purposes to fulfil your requests for services, improve our services, contact you, conduct surveys and for the purpose of internal reporting. You agree that we may transfer your Personal Information for the general purposes set out above within Zuri Group and to the Membership Organization.
We reserve the right to send you certain communications, such as service announcements and administrative messages and other communications relating to our Service, without offering you the opportunity to opt out of receiving them. Your rights to opt-out of other types of communications will be unaffected.
Where you have provided your explicit consent, your name, email address and contact number may be used to provide you, or permit selected third parties to provide you, with information about services we feel may interest you (you may unsubscribe from this at any time by emailing us at email@example.com
- Sharing your Personal Information
The Personal Information you provide us will be displayed to other users of the platform, including your email address, unless you choose to hide your Personal Information from other users.
We do not rent, sell, or share Personal Information about you with other people or non-affiliated companies except to provide products or services you've requested, when we have your permission, or under the following circumstances:
- Responding to court orders, legal process, or to any legitimate request by authorities with which we must comply; and
- To investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of our terms of use, or as otherwise required by law.
In reference to general Site activity, you retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in all information and contents which you submit, post or display on or through the VMI Alumni Mobile App. By using the Services you grant us a nonexclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use such information and contents that you post on the app for the purposes set out in paragraph 2 above, and for the purpose of enabling us to provide the Services through the app. Such a license does not include permission for us to commercialize (for our own purposes) the information and contents you have posted. This license will end in relation to certain information and contents that you delete from the VMI Alumni Mobile App when such certain information and contents are deleted, and will end in relation to all such information and contents on the app when you delete your account from the app, unless the relevant information or contents have been shared with others and they have not deleted such information or content.
You authorize for us to display and make available for download to authorized third parties all media recordings of you which you submit to us or post on VMI Alumni Mobile App or through the Services.
You also agree that we may transfer your information to the Membership Organization to use for its development and advancement purposes (including in connection with the Membership Organization's work with alumni, friends and donors to support students, faculty, research and outreach initiatives at the Membership Organization).
- Edit and Delete your Information and Preferences
You can edit your Personal Information on your account at any time.
We may restrict any change being made to any report produced about you, if we are of the opinion that such report is not a fair and true representation of you.
We will endeavor to correct any material error in your Personal Information that you make us aware of.
You may delete your account by emailing us at firstname.lastname@example.com, verifying your password once more and confirming your choice to terminate the account. We may, however, retain certain aspects of your account and other Personal Information for the purposes of maintaining records of our dealings with you, analysis and/or statistics.
Please note that:
- Information that you have shared with others and that others have shared about you is not part of your account and will not be deleted when you delete your account or request that information about you be deleted; and
- It may take some time to delete data stored in backup systems
- Confidentiality and Security
Your Personal Information is stored in electronic and physical records maintained by us and/or our service providers.
The security of all personally identifiable information associated with you is taken very seriously and all Personal Information supplied is treated confidentially. We therefore have several security measures in place to try to protect against the loss, unauthorized use and corruption of any Personal Information that is under our control. We review our security and privacy policies regularly and improve them where it is reasonably possible to do so. We do not guarantee that loss, unauthorized use, corruption and/or alteration of information will never occur, but we use all reasonable efforts to prevent it.
Please note that the input of data over the internet is never fully secure. We cannot, therefore, guarantee the security of data you submit via the Sites in transit over the internet and any such submission is at entirely your own risk. Please ensure that you never leave your device logged on or use the Services in a public place where others can potentially see your details.
- Posting on Publicly Accessible Areas
A publicly accessible area is any area of VMI Alumni Mobile App and/or Services that is accessible by the general public and may be indexed by search engines.
We may offer you the opportunity to post, submit and exchange content and information on publicly accessible areas and you should exercise caution if you choose to disclose Personal Information in a publicly accessible area. Remember that this information may remain indefinitely in the publicly accessible area of VMI Alumni Mobile App and Services.
You are solely responsible for any Personal Information that you disclose and disseminate on VMI Alumni Mobile App and through the Services.
We shall not be held liable for any loss of information. Any information you submit to us is at your own risk of loss.
- User-to-User Communication and Sharing
You are solely responsible for your interactions with other users.
We reserve the right, but have no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other users and to restrict, suspend, or close your account if we determine, to our sole discretion, that doing so is necessary to enforce these Terms.
We cannot guarantee that other users will not use the ideas and information that you share to and/or through our Services. Therefore, if you have an idea or information that you would like to keep confidential or don't want others to use, or that is subject to third party rights that may be infringed by your sharing it, do not post it to and/or through our Services. We are not responsible for another's misuse or misappropriation of any content or information you post.
- Transfer of personal data outside the U.S.
Whilst we are based in the U.S., we and/or our service providers may have servers located outside the U.S. where the laws may not give the same level of protection to personal data as within the U.S. Notwithstanding, we confirm that any transfer of personal data of U.S. data subjects to outside of the U.S., will be undertaken only using a method specifically permitted under U.S. and U.S. law. By submitting your personal data, you agree to allowing your personal data to be transferred, processed and stored overseas as set out in this paragraph.
Data that we collect from you may also be processed by persons operating outside the U.S. who work for us or for one of our suppliers. Such persons may be engaged in, among other things, the provision of certain services which allow us to provide the Services to you. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy notice.
- External Links
Although we only look to include quality, safe and relevant external links to our Sites, users should always adopt a policy of caution before clicking any external web links mentioned throughout a Site.
If you follow a link to any external web link mentioned throughout a Site, please note that these external websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal information to these websites.
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- Changes to this Privacy Policy
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Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcome and should be addressed to: email@example.com.


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Adapting Your House for a Person with Down's Syndrome
Due to the spectrum of intellectual disability that a person with Down's syndrome may experience, what is needed in the home can vary widely. Leslie Kenny, who works in the Family Support Program of the United Arc in Greenfield, MA, said that the age of the individual with Down's syndrome can also be a factor.
The United Arc provides an array of services for individuals of all ages with developmental disabilities as well as their families. "What tends to be the most difficult (in the home setting) is the greater tendency for people with Down's to develop Alzheimer's as they age," said Kenny.
However, reflecting on the needs of children with Down's syndrome, Kenny said that "it is first and foremost that families realize they (the child with Down's) need a lot of opportunity for stimulation while keeping the home environment safe at the same time."
In terms of what family members need to adapt in the home, Kenny said it always depends on the individual's ability level. It is helpful to have an organization, such as the United Arc, go through the home and make recommendations and supply resource choices. The primary goals of an advocate would be to look at safety and self-care issues in the home for the person with Down's syndrome. Experts can recommend strategies for remodeling in Seattle and cities across the US, or just make recommendations for using what you have.
"Twenty or thirty years ago there wasn't a lot out there for people to access (for help with family members who have Down's syndrome). There are a lot more national resources now such as the National Down's Syndrome Congress," she said.
Kenny said that an important component to anyone's home that has someone residing with them who has Down's syndrome is supportive space for the care giver. For example, any private space, library, office, or bathrooms with a little extra, like a whirlpool can go a long way to maintaining emotional balance in the household.
Most, if not all states have agencies that respond to adaptive needs in the homes of people who have intellectual or physical disabilities. In Massachusetts, we have the Assistive Technology Service. Carl Johnson, who works with the agency as an adaptive equipment designer, said if you have someone living with you with Down's to try to have the simplest layout possible in your home. "If you have a complicated or highly modern home with lots of push buttons, furniture, and technology, that can be hard for a person with Down's. You want everything to be as straightforward as possible," said Johnson.
Johnson added that no matter what you are looking at in the home – from door knobs and latches, to appliances and plumbing, the more basic the better.
In terms of appliances, nothing is more important than safe usage of a stovetop. "There is a type of stovetop you can purchase, for example, that has a relational pattern between the burners and the knobs. There are pictures on the knobs so that the person doesn't even need to be able to read," said Johnson.
If you are looking at security in your home, Johnson said that there is a padlock produced by Master Lock called "Speed Dial", which is an extremely simple lock and code system that still provides a reasonable level of security and is easy to use by a person with Down's.
Johnson agreed with Kenny that adaptations to the home for a person with Down's syndrome are very individual, and that professional guidance is a good idea. Kenny also suggested The National Down's Syndrome Society for further assistance.
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Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki warned lawmakers on Wednesday that the partial government shutdown means that about 3.8 million veterans will not receive disability compensation next month.
Shinseki, in testimony before the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, said pensions to more than half a million vets or surviving spouses will also be derailed if the stalemate over a temporary spending measure drags on into late October.
The Associated Press reports:
"Shinseki drew comparisons to the last shutdown in 1996, a time of sustained peace. The current shutdown occurs as the war in Afghanistan is in its 13th year and as hundreds of thousands have returned from Iraq. They are enrolling in VA care at higher rates than previous generations of veterans.
" 'They, along with the veterans of every preceding generation, will be harmed if the shutdown continues,' Shinseki said."
Rep. Jeff Miller, the Republican chairman of the committee, questioned whether the administration had given accurate and complete information to veterans as to the full impact of the shutdown.
"We've had some difficulty in the last couple of weeks getting good information about VA's contingency plan and the effects a lapse in appropriation would have on veterans," he said.
Shinseki told the committee that the VA had planned for an orderly shutdown but that "unprecedented legal and programmatic questions" have arisen.
Update At 1:30 p.m. EDT. White House To 'Fix' Death Benefit Problem
After much criticism from Republican lawmakers over the halting of emergency benefits to families of service members killed, press secretary Jay Carney told reporters Wednesday that the president has directed lawyers at the Defense Department and White House budget office to find an immediate legal fix for paying death benefits.
"When [the president] found out that this was not addressed he directed that a solution be found and we expect one today," Carney said.
NPR Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman says 26 service members have died since the shutdown began, six of them in Afghanistan, but unless the issue is resolved, their families will not receive the $100,000 death benefit owed them.
The death gratuity is usually paid within three days, Bowman says.
Officials say four of the servicemen died in a roadside bomb attack in Afghanistan on Sunday. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is traveling to Dover Air Force Base on Wednesday for the arrival of their remains.
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As of October 1, 2012, USAID has ended its programs in Russia. Please visit the U.S. Embassy Moscow website for additional information on USAID's departure from Russia.
Over the past two decades, USAID has provided assistance that has helped the Russian people improve public health and combat infectious diseases, protect the environment, develop a stronger civil society, and modernize their economy. As Russia has grown into a middle income country, the nature of USAID's work has evolved beyond primarily providing technical assistance with a large focus on collaboration. By 2012, the majority of USAID's engagement revolved around the promotion of an open and innovative society in Russia and a strengthened partnership between the U.S. and Russia. The work led to many breakthroughs and transformations. Click here to learn more: USAID in Russia Fact Sheet.


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Hiroki Kuroda (4-3, 3.21) vs. Randy Wolf (3-3, 4.11).
The Dodgers are so bad we're running out of ways to write about their weak-ass shit. They've scored two runs in their past three games. Yet...tonight they might actually have a shot at scoring more than one run. Old friend Randy Wolf was rocked by the Padres in his last start, giving up five earned runs in 3.1 innings. Am I right, or am I just blowing smoke up Eeyore ass?
Sax's note: Gluttons, meet punishment. SoSG Alex Cora and I are back at it tonight, both on field level, third base side (in separate seating areas; after last night's french fry territory debacle, we opted to bring our respective spouses and sit with them instead. BECAUSE THEY SHARE, AC). At least we'll score some bobbleheads.


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DARRINGTON, Wash. — Becky Bach watches and waits, hoping that search crews find her brother and three other relatives who are missing in Washington state's deadly mudslide.
Doug Massingale waits too, for word about his 4-month-old granddaughter. Searchers were able to identify carpet from the infant's bedroom, but a log jam stood in the way of a more thorough effort to find little Sanoah Huestis, known as "Snowy."
With little hope to cling to, family members of the missing are beginning to confront a grim reality: Their loved ones might never be found, remaining entombed forever inside a mountain of mud that is believed to have claimed more than 20 lives
"It just generates so many questions if they don't find them," Bach said. "I've never known anybody to die in a natural disaster. Do they issue death certificates?"
Search crews using dogs, bulldozers and their bare hands kept slogging through the mess of broken wood and mud again Wednesday, looking for more bodies or anyone who might still be alive nearly five days after a wall of fast-moving earth destroyed a small rural community.
But authorities have acknowledged they might have to leave some victims buried.
Wednesday afternoon Washington State Patrol spokesman Bob Calkins said additional remains were found, but authorities would wait to release more specific information Wednesday evening.
Previously, authorities said they believed they had found 24 bodies from the slide that swept through a rural area north of Seattle on Saturday, though not all had been removed from the area.
Dozens of people remain unaccounted for, although that number is expected to go down.
Trying to recover every corpse would be impractical and dangerous.
The debris field is about a square mile and 30 to 40 feet deep in places, with a moon-like surface that includes quicksand-like muck, rain-slickened mud and ice. The terrain is difficult to navigate on foot and makes it treacherous or impossible to bring in heavy equipment.
To make matters worse, the pile is laced with other hazards that include fallen trees, propane and septic tanks, twisted vehicles and countless shards of shattered homes.
"We have to get on with our lives at some point," said Bach, who has spent the past several days in the area in hopes that searchers would find her brother, his wife, her 20-year-old great niece and the young girl's fiance.
The knowledge that some victims could be abandoned to the earth is difficult to accept.
"Realistically, … I honestly don't think they're going to find them alive," Bach said, crying. "But as a family, we're trying to figure out what to do if they find no bodies."
Bach spoke via phone about a wedding the family had planned for summer at the rural home that was destroyed. And how, she wondered, do you plan a funeral without a body? "We'll probably just have a memorial, and if they find the bodies eventually, then we'll deal with that then."
A death certificate, issued by the state, is legal proof that someone has died. Families often need them to settle their affairs. The authority to issue them starts with a county medical examiner or coroner, said Donn Moyer, spokesman for the Washington State Department of Health.
If and when it appears there is no chance of finding someone, people can ask the county to start that process.
In previous mudslides, many victims were left where they perished. Mudslides killed thousands in Venezuela in 1999, and about 1,500 bodies were found. But the death toll was estimated at 5,000 to 30,000, so the government declared entire neighborhoods "memorial grounds."
Two Washington National Guard Blackhawk helicopters arrived at the site Wednesday to relieve sheriff's helicopter crews that had been working since Saturday.
The Blackhawks' sole mission is body removal, said Bill Quistorf, chief pilot for the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office.
Other survivors began to grow impatient Wednesday that they weren't allowed to return to the sites of their homes to search for their valuables and keepsakes.
"This isn't right. All of us who are still alive need to have access and find what we can of our lives," said Robin Youngblood, who said her son-in-law was turned away from the slide site.
As families grieved, officials were pressed again Wednesday about warnings from years ago that showed the potential for catastrophic landslides in the area.
In 1999, a draft report by geomorphologist Daniel Miller conducted as part of an ecosystem restoration study highlighted the potential risk of a landslide. That has raised questions about why residents were allowed to build homes in the area and whether the county had taken proper precautions.
Snohomish County Emergency Management Director John Pennington said authorities took steps to mitigate risks and warn people of potential dangers, especially after a 2006 landslide in the area. But the sheer size of this disaster was overwhelming.
"It haunts me," a sometimes-emotional Pennington told reporters. "I think we did what we could do. Sometimes large slides happen."
He said the landslide risk has been high this winter because of heavy rains, adding officials will try to learn from this tragedy.
Meanwhile, hundreds of rescuers kept slogging through the muck, following search dogs over the unstable surface of the immense pile.
For the last three days, "the most effective tool has been dogs and just our bare hands and shovels uncovering people," Snohomish County District 21 Fire Chief Travis Hots said. "But the dogs are the ones that are pinpointing a particular area to look, and we're looking and that's how we're finding people."
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Alexandria police are searching for an Arlington man wanted in connection for allegedly assaulting a woman during an attempted rape in the early morning hours of September 11.
Police say Shaun Carlan, 44, took an unidentified woman into a wooded area between the 4600 and 4900 block of Eisenhower Ave. about 2 a.m. and began to punch her. He also attempted to sexually assault her, said Ashley Hildebrandt, department spokeswoman.
The victim, suffering non-life threatening injuries, broke free of Carlin, fled and later contacted police, authorities said.
The pair knew each other before the assault, Hildebrandt said, though how well is not known. Police have been investigating the incident and are asking the public's help in tracking down Carlan. He is described as a white man, about 5-foot-11 and weighing roughly 200 pounds.
Authorities are acquainted with Carlan, who pleaded guilty to charges of unlawfully wounding and assault and battery in October 2010 for attacking two individuals in August of that year. Carlan was sentenced to 3 years and 3 months of jail time, though all but nine months of the term was suspended, according to court documents.
Released in June, Carlan was just months into his three years of supervised release when the alleged assault occurred. His probation office last saw Carlan on September 9, court documents say. Three days later, he failed to show up at his job and was subsequently fired.
Staff members at Carpenter's Shelter, where Carlan was staying, say he vanished on September 11. His last known contact with law enforcement was on September 13, when he told his therapist he was leaving the area, according to court documents.
City detectives investigating the attempted rape contacted Carlan's probation officer the next day, documents say.
Anyone with information regarding Carlan's whereabouts is urged to contact the police department's criminal investigations section at 703-746-4711 or the nonemergency line at 703-838-4444.


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So it turns out Chris Christie is fat.
If, somehow, that fact had escaped you before, surely it came slamming home last week after he appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman. There was the 50-year-old governor of New Jersey jokingly snacking on a doughnut as the talk-show host — who has taken a jab or two at Christie's weight — gently asked him about his girth. The bit was in keeping with how Christie usually deals with weight-related humor. He seems to feel the best defense is a good fat joke.
The laughter curdled the following day, however, as Dr. Connie Mariano, a former White House physician, told CNN that Christie is a "time bomb" who, if elected, might die in office. Christie exploded, calling her "completely irresponsible," and a "hack," and told her to "shut up" about his health. After that, Christie reportedly spoke to her by phone and, presumably, told her what he really thinks about her. All of which has ignited a national debate that has raged from the couch on The View to the op-ed page of The New York Times.
And here, several things need to be said.
The first: Christie says what really bothered him is that one of his young children heard the doctor say his dad might die and came to ask if that was true. Even granting that Christie's response was over the top, is there anyone who cannot empathize with the fatherly anguish that caused it?
The second: Does anyone really believe Christie does not already know he is overweight? Or that he is not already aware that this carries serious health risks?
The third: When has the hectoring of friends ever convinced an obese person to make a serious and lasting commitment to weight loss? Does it not more often trigger resentment than resolve? So how much less effective is national hectoring likely to be?
The fourth: There is something disingenuous in framing this as a question of Christie's medical fitness for the presidency. The present holder of that office is a recovering nicotine addict and surely the lethality of tobacco is at least as great as that of fat, if not more so. Yet, in 2008, when the nation was debating his fitness for office, the fact that Barack Obama was a smoker rated barely a mention.
What is on display here, then, is neither noble concern for Christie's health, nor high-minded rumination over what constitutes physical fitness for the presidency, but, rather, irresolution, the schizophrenia of a fat people, hooked in equal measures on fried chicken and Nikes, supersize drinks and fad diets. It is a blithe duality that makes it possible for a morning show to do a cooking segment filled with butter and cheese one moment and then in the next, with barely a twinge of irony, pivot to a segment on how to choose the best exercise equipment.
The problem with Christie is that he makes the irresolution manifest. His corpulence registers differently than does that of a Kirstie Alley or an Al Roker. On a celebrity, it is seen as human drama in which we have a rooting interest. Christie doesn't get that pass, because he isn't a celebrity — he is a politician, a leader, and maybe, a future president.
And the tone of this conversation, the high profile of this conversation — indeed, the very fact of this conversation — seems to suggest that in such a person, fat is almost a betrayal. If elected president, after all, Christie would be the living representative of all of us. One suspects that fact gives many people pause.
Because if Christie does, in fact, represent us, irresolution becomes more difficult, duality more threadbare, and the guy who says his pants shrunk in the wash must find a new excuse.
So don't hate him because he's bountiful. The governor is a mirror, reflecting truths we decline to accept. Some people seem to think that, once declined, a truth thereby goes away.
Fat chance.
(Leonard Pitts is a columnist for the Miami Herald, 1 Herald Plaza, Miami, Fla., 33132. Readers may contact him via email at firstname.lastname@example.com.)
© 2013 The Miami Herald Distributed by Tribune Media Services, Inc.
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Online Reference
- 1 Libraries Using Virtual Reference Services
- 2 Software We Like for IM Reference
- 3 Software for SMS Reference
- 4 Software We Like for Online VoIP, Video or Co-Browsing Reference
- 5 Online Reference Assistance, AKA Virtual reference
- 6 Easy Screen-Capture Technology
- 7 Reference Management Technology
- 8 Blogs/Websites to Watch
- 9 Specific Blog Posts/Articles to Check Out
- 10 Resources for IM Reference Training
Libraries Using Virtual Reference Services
- Libraries Using IM Reference - organized geographically - please add your library to this list first if you're offering IM reference as it is the definitive list.
- Libraries Offering SMS Reference Services
- Libraries Offering VoIP or Video Reference
You can also check out the LISWiki's List of libraries providing virtual reference services for a list of libraries providing Virtual Reference services of all kinds.
Software We Like for IM Reference
If you would like to recommend software, please sign your name to the recommendation so that we know it's not from a vendor. An explanation of why you like this software would be great too!
- Trillian - Multiple network program (Recommended by Meredith)
- Pidgin - Open Source, multiple network (Recommended by Meredith)
- Fire - Open Source, Mac, multiple network (Recommended by Aaron)
- Adium - Open Source, Mac, multiple networks (Recommended by Aaron)
- Miranda - Multiple networks, thin client, great plugins for scripts using spell checker, works well under low bandwidth, Open Source (Recommended by Steven)
- Web-Based Instant Messengers: A Mini-Guide - listing of 12 web-based IM options
- Mosio for Libraries - Multi-Channel (Chat, Email and Text Messaging) via a web-based interface - accessible to patrons via support tabs/widgets (Recommended by Noel)
- Libraryh3lp - Anonymous widget on the website so users don't need to use Aim, Yahoo, MSN. Can receive Aim, Yahoo, MSN IMS also. Can run on multiple computers, doesn't display when the library is closed, nice stats/saved transcripts. Inexpensive. (Recommended by Susan)
- LiveZilla - Personalisable widget with Windows client software. Offline chat requests are sent via email. Free! (Recommended by Tom)
- RefChatter Altarama (vendor for LibraryH3lp)
Software for SMS Reference
- Google SMS
- Altarama's Reference by SMS
- AIM Hack: Your users can:
- Send a message to 246246 (AIMAIM)
- Enter the text "send [library's AIM address] [question]" (without quotations or brackets)
- For example:
- send anytownlibrarychat what are yr hours?
- From that point on, send and receive messages as you normally would. (Your patron doesn't need to use the account prefix, etc. for each message during the session)
- Standard messaging rates will apply
- Text a Librarian, Powered by Mosio for Libraries - Text Message (SMS) Reference Services. Available in 16 countries and now combined with Mosio for Libraries full patron support software suite - all channels (Text Messaging, Web Chat and Email).
- LibraryH3lp Twilio SMS Gateway - Patrons text a phone number, not a short code/keyword combination. US phone numbers only; international texts can be received and sent. Text messages can be flexibly routed and transferred among librarians.
- LibraryH3lp Android SMS Gateway - Library provides the Google Android phone and creates a gateway using LibraryH3lp. Patrons text a phone number, not a short code/keyword combination. Text messages can be flexibly routed and transferred among librarians.
- LibraryH3lp Google Voice Gateway - Library obtains a Google Voice account and phone number. Patrons text a phone number, not a short code/keyword combination. Librarian respond via IM as with other LibraryH3lp questions.
- Upside Wireless is an SMS gateway company used by UCLA Libraries
- OmniReference is a Multi-Channel Virtual Reference tool. Allows you to select a local number. Patrons can initial a chat through text or the widget on your library's website.
- Twilio Provides US phone numbers and APIs for developers to use in creating their own applications. Libraries with programming resources available could roll their own SMS service.
Software We Like for Online VoIP, Video or Co-Browsing Reference
If you would like to recommend software, please sign your name to the recommendation so that we know it's not from a vendor. An explanation of why you like this software would be great too!
- Skype - Free VOIP Software (Recommended by Meredith)
- Unyte - Free 'screen-showing' software, works well with Skype (Recommended by Dansich)
- Windows Live Messenger - Free Voice, Video, Sharing features (Recommeded by Colin]
Online Reference Assistance, AKA Virtual reference
For a working definition see LIS Wiki Virtual Reference
For guidelines, see ACRL Virtual Reference Guidelines
For "Best Practices," see Library Success: Online Reference wiki includes international list of libraries providing online reference service.
Online Reference Providers (Software and Outsourcing)
- ATG LiveHelp- Generic help desk platform
- QuestionPoint OCLC platform specific to library reference service
- Tutor.com Tutoring platform
- Altarama VRLplus platform specific to library reference service
Easy Screen-Capture Technology
Jing, a Techsmith product, allows you to make quick videos on the fly. It is easy to initiate and produce a recording to be uploaded on a Screecast.com account. Although Jing doesn't offer much in the way of editing capabilities, it works really well for e-mail reference and reference via chat. Instead of typing instructions out, show them with a quick screencast. Also, you can easily import the file into Camtasia (also a Techsmith product) and do some editing from there. For more information, visit http://www.techsmith.com/jing/.
Reference Management Technology
Reference Management, Statistics Software, and Ways to Measure Reference Interactions:
- Desk Tracker by Compendium
- Gimlet
- Libstats PHP/mysql open source program
- RefTracker by Altamara
- Desk Stats by Altarama
- SiteScripter
- ZOHO Creator 2 apps for free
- See iLibrarian Reference Statistics with ZOHO Creator
- Reference Effort Assessment Data A method developed by Bella Karr Gerlich to collective qualitative data on reference interactions.
Collegial Reference" communicatiing amoung colleagues:
- Google sites If your institution doesn't have an intranet readily available, Google sites is a easy way to create a private site for sharing between colleages. News, policies, login details for technology can be centralized using a very easy interface that those without any technical affinity can use.
Blogs/Websites to Watch
- Walking Paper by Aaron Schmidt
- Librarian in Black by Sarah Houghton-Jan
- Digital Reference by Stephen Francoeur
- AskAway @ Winnefox by Joy Schwarz
- Dissertation Research Blog by Lissa Lord
- LibrariDan by Dan Sich
- Library H3lp
Specific Blog Posts/Articles to Check Out
- IM Talking Points at Walking Paper by Aaron Schmidt.
- Instant messaging and security: how to talk to IT at Librarian in Black by Sarah Houghton-Jan
- Collaborative reference work in the blogosphere by Jerrey Pomerantz and Frederic Stutzman
- Teens and Technology from the Pew Internet & American Life Project (July 2005)
- AOL Second Annual Instant Messaging Trends Survey
- IM Me by Aaron Schmidt and Michael Stephens. Featured in Library Journal in April, 2005
- Chat Reference at Morrisville State College Library by Bill Drew. Featured in Ronan, Jana, ed. Chat reference : a guide to live virtual reference services
- Virtual Reference Software Comparative Review by Jody Condit Fagan. The Charleston Advisor, April 2005, pp. 16-35. (Behind a subscription wall.)
- How Americans Use Instant Messaging from the Pew Internet & American Life Project (September 2004)
- Web-Based Chat VS. Instant Messaging by Sarah Houghton-Jan and Aaron Schmidt. Featured in ONLINE, Jul/Aug 2005.
- web-based chat vs. instant messaging by Caleb Tucker-Raymond at the L-net staff information blog.
- Papa's Got A Brand New (Virtual )Bag by Darren Chase
- War... What is it good for? by Luke Rosenberger from lbr weblog. Post looks at the "war" between web-based virtual reference services and IM.
- Web-based chat and IM: Not "either/or" but "both/and" by Stephen Francoeur from Digital Reference.
- IM Reference: What We've Learned (Homer Township @ Illinois Library Association; October 14, 2005)
- Virtual Reference @ Your Library by Sarah Houghton-Jan. Featured in KnowledgeQuest, Jan/Feb 2005.
- Trillian training materials - by Beatrice Pulliam, a great training for using Trillian in providing virtual reference services.
- See You Online: Gender Issues in College Student Use of Instant Messaging by Naomi S. Baron, Department of Language and Foreign Studies, American University. In addition to interesting findings, this paper includes useful terminology for discussing IM.
- Instant Messaging: Quick and Dirty Reference for Teens and Others by Sarah Houghton-Jan. Featured in Public Libraries, Jul/Aug 2005.
- IM goes live at UNLV Libraries by Sherri Vokey at ::schwagbag::
- Building and Maintaining Digital Reference Services ERIC Digest by Joann M. Wasik (1999).
- Implementing an instant message (IM) reference service by Alec at Librarians at the Gate
- Gaim Setup for Library IM Services by Pam Sessoms and Charles Cobine, UNC-Chapel Hill's Davis Library.
- Using Fee-Based Databases in a Virtual Reference Setting September 2006
- Collaboration as the Norm in Reference Work by Jeffrey Pomeranz A review of the article in RUSQ Fall 2006
- Maximiek, Sarah and Brown, Elizabeth and Rushton, Erin (2006) Connecting to Students: Launching Instant Messaging Reference at Binghamton University. College & Undergraduate Libraries. Volume: 13 Issue: 4, 2006
Resources for IM Reference Training
- Learning How to Use Instant Messaging Software- developed in the fall of 2007 to train reference staff unfamiliar with the basics of IM, licensed under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA License.


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Starting the year with a comforting bowl of homemade creamy black lentils. While last year the Bollywood Cooking series focused on many popular street food and restaurant dishes, this year my concentration for the series will be good, down-to-earth, homey food. The type of food I grew up on. My mum is and my grandmother was exceptional in the kitchen. The dishes cooked in their kitchens were beyond scrumptious - they were the solid foundation that gave us footing and reminded us of our roots.
That was important, especially for my grandmother who feared that all her grandchildren, who were born and/or brought up outside of India, would forget where they came from. My grandmother spoke to us only in Hindi.
"How else will you all learn your language!" she would say. We would laugh and in return we teased,
"Nani we will learn from all the Bollywood films!" Knowing very well that although she enjoyed a good Bollywood flick, she did not approve of all that "Western" influence depicted in the films.
The result: we speak Hindi, albeit with an accent (not including the cousins living in India) and some better than others. When we all get together we often speak in Hindi and remember Nani - how she would scold us how she would love us.
I come from a Sikh Punjabi family and grew up with very close ties to my mother's side of the family. We would spend many vacations with my grandparents sometimes in the US but often in India. Life in both countries could not have been more different.
India is colorful, loud and full of life. My grandparents house in Delhi was always alive. Neighbors and friends would go in and out, discussions and gossip would be held on the veranda with anyone who happened to go by and had time, we children would run around shouting and laughing and no one ever told us to be quiet and in the background the radio would always be playing tunes of old Hindi songs from the 60s.
"I am never lonely in India!" My grandmother would say when asked which country she preferred.
When the family was visiting, it was obvious that the kitchen was the hub of the house. It seemed that everything revolved around food and mealtimes. My nani and mum, who was the eldest of four children, were always busy buying or cooking food. Flour would be kneaded to make fresh chapaatis for each meal, vegetables cut and prepared for the various sabzis and lentils or beans picked for stones and cooked into thick creamy bowls of goodness.
My grandfather was a vegetarian and my grandmother was not - so you can imagine how much she enjoyed our visits when she had a good excuse to cook lamb or chicken. But that is for another post.
It was dal however, that enjoyed the most popularity. Everyone had their favorite type and my nani would make it a point to cook one favorite for each meal.
Indeed dal is the answer to every discomfort. Feeling unwell, exhausted, depressed or low, my mother's remedy to all was a bowl of comforting dal and steaming rice - dal chawal, as it is called in Hindi - lentils and rice.
There must be truth in her remedy because today when I miss her, or am exhausted, or feeling down or homesick, I take out a packet of dal, pick it over for stones, cook it in the pressure cooker, while the rice cooker prepares fluffy scented rice and no sooner have I taken the first spoonful, I instantly feel a little better.
My favorite type of dal dish is and always has been Kaali Maa Di Dal - a delicious, rich Punjabi dish with a mix of creamy whole black sabut urad lentils (black gram), channa dal (or split Bengal gram dal) and a handful of black kidney beans.
The name of this dish is in actual fact derived from the main ingredient - sabut urad. In Punjabi this particular type of lentils are called "maah". Contrary to popular belief the maa in the name of this dish does not mean mother - even though the Hindi word for mother is maa. Knowing that, we can now decipher the entire name of the dish:
- Kaali = Black
- Maa = Sabut Urad
- Di = of
- Dal = Lentils
So, basically it means that you are getting a lentil dish made of black sabut urad. Too trivial? On the contrary this dal dish is anything but trivial. The spices and aromas make this a wonderfully complex flavored dish full of texture.
There are certainly several different recipes for preparing this particular type of maa di dal, sometimes disguised under the elegant name of Dal Makhani - buttery dal. Every Indian cook (or mother) has their own recipe for maa di dal. However, this recipe for a traditional Punjabi Kaali Maa Di Dal is my grandmother's and adapted by my mother. I never got a chance to learn how to make this favorite dish of mine from my nani, but as I grew up eating and loving my mother's version I thought it would be nice to start the year by sharing mum's creamy black lentils with you - or as we would say in Punjabi Maa di Kaali Maa di Dal ;-)
Don't Forget!
- Monthly Mingle theme this month World of Spice Cookies
- Deadline January 5
- Bake delicious cookies sweet or savory highlighted by a spice
- One lucky winner will win the cookbook a Field Guide to Cookies
- Come on over and join us. Details here.
Recipe: Mum's Creamy Black Lentils - Kaali Maa Di Dal
Printable version of recipe here.200g whole black lentils - black sabut urad, washed several times in cold water and soaked overnight
80g split Bengal gram - channa dal, washed several times in cold water and soaked overnight
50 - 80g red kidney beans, I used canned kidney beans, washed several times
15g fresh ginger, peeled and cut into two pieces
5-6 garlic cloves, peeled
2-3 green chillies
4 green cardamom pods
2-3 bay leaves
2 sticks cinnamon
1 teaspoon black cumin seeds
Pinch asafetida powder
1/2 teaspoon Kashmiri chili powder
3 tablespoons ghee, use clarified butter or unsalted butter as a substitute
160g red onions, finely chopped
400g can crushed tomatoes
50ml heavy cream
Handful of coriander leaves, chopped
- In a large saucepan add the sabut urad and channa dal and fill with about 6 cups of water. Bring to a boil uncovered on medium heat. On the surface you will notice a foamy substance, skim off as much of this substance as possible.
- In a food processor add the ginger, garlic and chillies, pulsing until minced.
- Once the water has reached a rolling boil, add the minced ginger-garlic mixture and stir. Throw in the cardamom pods, bay leaves and cinnamon. Reduce the heat and covered, simmer gently until the legumes have softened and are cooked - about 1 hour.
- While the legumes are cooking, heat a skillet on medium heat and melt 2 tablespoons ghee. Once the ghee is hot add the cumin seeds and allow them to cook until they sizzle and sputter - about 5-8 seconds. Add the asafetida and Kashmiri chili powder, stir well. Finally add the chopped onions and stir-fry until golden brown - about 5 minutes.
- Pour in the canned tomatoes, reducing the heat to low. Simmer the sauce until the ghee (or butter) begins to separate - about 6 to 10 minutes. Stir occasionally. Sprinkle some salt to taste.
- Once the legumes are ready - they should be soft and tender - stir in the tomato sauce. Mix until incorporated. Add about a cup of water to the skillet and scrape off any bits of the sauce, then pour it into the legumes.
- Add the kidney beans and simmer, covered until they are soft and tender - about 8 minutes.
- Pour in the cream and heat through. Stir in the remaining ghee and serve, sprinkled with chopped coriander leaves.
Serving tips:
- This dal is just delicious with plain Basmati rice, scented with cloves and cardamom pods. It's the way my mum and I enjoy the dish best.
- My father enjoys this with Arabic or Lebanese bread, breaking pieces off and dunking it into the creamy mixture.
- Tom loves this in a similar way but likes using crispy rustic French baguette instead and a drizzle of fresh lime juice.
- Soeren simply enjoys this as a soup, spooning the goodness with a huge spoon.
Food Guide Tip: Learn everything about legumes, including how to cook them, select and store them.
Now that I am so far away from home and my family, dishes like these keep me grounded and soothes any homesickness I might be feeling - at least for a while. The gorgeous aromas of the spices envelop me and bring me close to my parents and brother. It reminds me how my brother would grump about "always eating dal!" but deep down inside he knew that it was more than dal - it was home!
Mum's creamy maa di dal was full of flavor and delicious richness. She sometimes mashed the kidney beans to make the sauce thicker and velvety. The lovely nuttiness of the three legumes is wonderfully highlighted by the sweetness of the tomatoes and the spices completes the entire dish adding a piquant flavor. It's just comfort in a bowl!
I am kind of late - it's far beyond the deadline - but I wanted to enter this to Suganya's session of My Legume Love Affair, Sixth Helping. Suganya, I hope I can bribe you with a bowl of this creamy comforting Kaali Maa di Dal.
More legume love affair from WFLH:
Creamy Coconut Red Lentils | Black Bean Chili with Saffron Rice | Channa Masala |
From around the blogs:
- Oberoi Style Dal Makhani - A Life (Time) of Cooking
- Dal Makhani - Buttered Black Gram Beans - Apple Pie, Patis, & Paté
- Dal Maharani - Foodie's Hope
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Alfred P. Sloan Jr.
Alfred Pritchard Sloan Jr. was born in New Haven, Connecticut, May 23, 1875, the first of five children of Alfred Pritchard Sloan Sr. and Katherine Mead Sloan. His father, a machinist by training, was then a partner in a small company importing coffee and tea. In 1885 the family moved to Brooklyn, where it was particularly active in the Methodist Church. (Young Alfred's maternal grandfather was a Methodist minister.) Alfred Jr. excelled as a student both in the public schools and at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute where he completed the college-preparatory course. After some delay in being admitted to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (which considered him too young when he first applied), he matriculated in 1892 and took a degree in electrical engineering in three years as the youngest member of his graduating class.
Mr. Sloan began his career as a draftsman in a small machine shop, the Hyatt Roller Bearing Company of Newark, New Jersey. At his urging, Hyatt was soon producing new antifriction bearings for automobiles. In 1898 he married Irene Jackson of Roxbury, Massachusetts. The next year, at age 24, he became the president of Hyatt, where he supervised all aspects of the company's business. Hyatt bearings became a standard in the automobile industry, and the company grew rapidly under his leadership. In 1916 the Hyatt Roller Bearing Company, together with a number of other manufacturers of automobile accessories, merged with the United Motors Corporation, of which Mr. Sloan became president. Two years later that company became part of the General Motors Corporation (itself established in 1908 as the General Motors Company), and Mr. Sloan was named Vice President in Charge of Accessories and a member of the Executive Committee.
Mr. Sloan was elected President of General Motors in 1923, succeeding Pierre S. du Pont, who said of him on that occasion: "The greater part of the successful development of the Corporation's operations and the building of a strong manufacturing and sales organization is due to Mr. Sloan. His election to the presidency is a natural and well-merited recognition of his untiring and able efforts and successful achievement." Mr. Sloan had developed by then his system of disciplined, professional management that provided for decentralized operations with coordinated centralized policy control. Applying it to General Motors, he set the corporation on its course of industrial leadership. The next 23 years, with Mr. Sloan as Chief Executive Officer, were years of enormous expansion for General Motors and of a steady increase in its share of the automobile market.
In 1937, Mr. Sloan was elected Chairman of the Board of General Motors. He continued as Chief Executive Officer until 1946. When he resigned from the chairmanship in 1956, the General Motors Board said of him: "The Board of Directors has acceded to Mr. Sloan's wish to retire as Chairman. He has served the Corporation long and magnificently. His analysis and grasp of the problems of corporate management, his great vision and rare good judgement, laid the solid foundation which has made possible the growth and progress of General Motors over the years." Mr. Sloan was then named Honorary Chairman of the Board, a title he retained until his death on February 17, 1966. For many years, he had devoted the largest share of his time and energy to philanthropic activities, both as a private donor to many causes and organizations and through the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, which he established in 1934.
Mr. Sloan, a realist as well as a humanist and philanthropist, looked upon the Foundation as an extension of his own life and work. Although he recognized the inevitability of change that might dictate a different course, he expected that the Foundation would "continue as an operating facility indefinitely in the future…to represent my accomplishments in this life." His accomplishments during his lifetime were of the highest order, and in themselves provide the most dramatic and lasting tribute to his extraordinary talent. Through the Foundation, his accomplishments have been extended and expanded.


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Tips for Buying an Energy Efficient House
Buying an energy efficient home can be a great investment that will save you money on energy costs in the long term in addition to increasing the resale value of your home, when you're ready to move on. With increasing consumer awareness of environmental issues, it's growing much easier to find energy efficient homes, but it helps to be armored with some tips before you set out on your home buying journey. Savvy buyers can find the perfect house for their needs and negotiate the best deals.
If you're using a real estate agent, which is a very good idea unless you're familiar with real estate transactions, look for one who has experience with green homes. Some may have attended certification programs on green real estate, while others simply have experience based on previous home sales and the community in general. As you conduct interviews to find the right real estate agent for you, ask about prior experience, the kinds of homes on the market, and recommendations the agent may have for you.
Be aware that energy efficient homes can come with some immediate cash benefits for buyers. Some may qualify for special mortgages as well as tax credits and rebates to defray the cost of the home. If a home isn't quite as energy efficient as you like but it has promise, you may qualify for assistance with modifications to increase its efficiency. Ask your real estate agent about these options and make sure to factor them in as you look at homes for sale; a high sticker price might be mitigated by long-term energy savings and immediate rebates designed to encourage green home purchases.
Some homes may be certified by independent or government agencies to indicate that they're energy efficient. Some examples include Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) for homes, EnergyStar, and the Passive House Standard. If a home is certified, ask to see the documentation, as it will provide specific information about how well the house performed in testing and what the standards of the certification are. Uncertified homes aren't necessarily a bad buy; you'll just need to perform a more careful evaluation.
An energy efficient home should be designed with the local environment in mind to maximize efficiency. The thermal envelope, which protects the home from the elements, should include insulated windows, high R-value insulation, and appropriate measures to limit cracks and drafts. The green Chicago remodeling company GreenWerks often adds expanding foam insulation to existing structures, but there are plenty of other types of effective insulation available. These all help the home stay hot in the winter and cool in the summer, and reduce the amount of energy that needs to be spent on heating and cooling. You can request an energy audit to determine how much heat is lost and where the primary sites of heat loss are located.
Another factor to consider is the location of the home, not just in the old real estate sense of "location, location, location," but its literal position on the lot. The home should take advantage of prevailing climate and environmental conditions; for example, a row of windows facing south to catch the sun would be a good thing, while the same set of windows on the north are not desirable. Landscaped lots also tend to be more energy efficient, especially if they contain mature trees and shrubs which act as a heat sink to control temperatures around your home, as long as they're not too close. A looming tree can cast a shadow on the home and make it difficult to heat in the winter.
Smaller homes tend to be more energy efficient, which is another thing to consider. If you're willing to scale down to a smaller lifestyle, your home will be less costly to run.
You should also look at the heating and cooling systems to see what's been installed. These systems come with ratings that provide information about how much energy is required to run them. A well-insulated home should require less energy to heat and cool overall, and the best systems will be designed to work with the home to get the maximum returns. Appliances are another issue; some are more efficient than others, and could be costly to replace. Others may be certified through energy efficiency programs, which can make them very appealing.
As you look at potential energy efficient homes, remember that you don't have to live with what you buy. You could make modifications such as a remodel or appliance switch out. A certified home in your preferred neighborhood might be out of your price range, but it's possible you could buy a home that needs some work for much less, and you could use tax credits and other incentives to perform the work it would need to be more efficient. Your real estate agent can provide specific advice on the best modification decisions for your needs.
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New Lego robotics kit talks to iPhones
Lego bricks are getting cozy with the iPhone and other Apple devices in the latest incarnation of the Mindstorms robotics kit.
Lego is set to announce Monday that a new, $350 Mindstorms EV3 kit will have the ability to talk to iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches through Bluetooth wireless connections. That means Lego builders can use the devices as remote controls for their robots, or create simple programs that are then sent to the robots to control their actions.
Lego said the kit will go on sale in the second half of the year. It was announced as the International CES gadget show begins in Las Vegas this week.
Remote control was already possible with Android smartphones and the most recent Mindstorms kit, the NXT. Apple devices didn't work because the "brain" of the kit—a juice-box-sized electronic brick—lacked a chip that would identify the Lego gadget to Apple devices.
Also new in the Mindstorms EV3 kit is a "two-eyed" infrared sensor that can pick up signals from a small infrared remote and locate it. In the kit, Lego includes the blueprints for a snake robot that uses its eyes to sense if someone is close to its head, in which case it strikes.
The EV3 will also be the first Mindstorms kit to be available in Chinese, Korean, Spanish and Russian. Previous kits have been in English, Japanese and a few other European languages.
As with earlier kits, the EV3 includes four motors and five different sensors. The new brick is compatible with earlier sensors and motors and is "more hackable than ever," according to Lego. The first Mindstorms came out in 1998.
Suggested age for the EV3 is 10 and up.
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Gluten-Free Goddess Almond Zucchini Mini-Muffins
Temptation. A to Z.
Almond flour and zucchini mini-muffins sweetened only with pure maple syrup. That's right. No cane sugar. Almond flour and bourbon vanilla bring their subtle, natural sweetness to gluten-free muffin recipes, so why cloak it with a heavy dose of sugar? And adding a lip-smacking kiss of ginger wakes up the zucchini (which tends to fall asleep in baking recipes, due to utter lack of commitment and verve).I've added quinoa flakes for extra protein, and brown rice flour to round out the whole grains. And a small bit of tapioca starch- to give these whole grain based muffins some lift. Now the only hitch is, don't eat all twenty-four at once, Darling.
Tell yourself you're only going to eat one.
Well, maybe two.
Don't think about three.
Or imagine four.
Because that fourth delectable bite of nary a muffin- really, it's only a tease of a muffin- might stir your desire for a fifth. And the next thing you know, half the mini-muffin pan is empty. And you are standing, wide-eyed and innocent, brushing baby sized crumbs off your chin, when your husband swings around the corner into the sunlit kitchen and inhales, declaring, Sweet Caroline, it smells good in here! What did you bake?
And thinking lickity-split fast you tell him, I made a dozen almond flour zucchini mini-muffins.
Want to try one?
Karina xo
Karina's Gluten-Free Maple Sweetened Almond Zucchini Mini-Muffins
Recipe originally posted June 2011.I was pleasantly surprised at how light and delicate these almond flour, brown rice, and quinoa flake muffins were. In fact, I had to eat three just to make sure the first impression of sweet muffin bliss was not a fluke. I hope you'll like this delicately flavored low sugar muffin as much as I do darling.
2/3 cup almond meal
1/2 cup quinoa flakes (hot cereal flakes, not whole quinoa)
1/2 cup sorghum flour
1/4 cup cassava or potato starch (not potato flour) or tapioca starch
2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon xanthan gum or gelatin
3/4 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 cup pure maple syrup
1/4 cup light olive oil
2 organic free-range eggs, beaten (or for vegan: Ener-G Egg Replacer for 2 eggs, mixed)
1 tablespoon bourbon vanilla
1 packed cup shredded zucchini, patted dry
Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Line a mini-muffin tin with paper liners, if you like. Or let them bake naked like I did (just grease the pan). In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the almond meal, quinoa flakes, sorghum flour, potato starch, baking powder, xanthan gum, sea salt, ginger, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Add in the maple syrup, oil, beaten eggs, and vanilla. Beat the batter until it is smooth and slightly sticky.
Add in the shredded zucchini and stir by hand to combine.
Spoon the muffin batter into twenty-four mini-muffin cups. Don't worry about smoothing the tops. Bumpy is cool.
Bake in the center of a preheated oven for about 20 minutes, until the tops are golden and firm to the touch. A wooden pick inserted into the center should emerge clean.
Cool the muffin pan on a wire rack for five minutes. Gently ease the muffins out of the pan to continue cooling on the rack (don't cool them in the hot pan- they'll get soggy).
Cook time: 20 minutes
Yield: 24 mini-muffins
Recipe Notes:
Why I prefer sorghum flour- beyond the soft texture and lovely crumb- I'm now using less brown rice and brown rice flour, and eating fewer rice cakes, etc. Here's why- there is elevated arsenic in rice.These light as air little babies are lovely for breakfast, or a late morning espresso.
Warm from the oven they are sublime.
As far as substituting various flours- yes, it is possible. And I suggest following my suggestions in Baking Substitution Help. Medium weight gluten-free flours do best subbing for fellow medium weight g-free flours. So if you avoid brown rice flour, for instance, try millet flour, teff flour, or certified oat flour as an appropriate sub. I seldom never recommend using those metallic tasting (not to mention, gassy!) bean flours, or ho-hum gritty-sticky white rice flour.
These have less sugar than your average muffin. As always, enjoy sugary treats in moderation. Gluten-Free Goddess advises consuming no more than 2 tablespoons of sugar a day.
Recipe Source: glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com
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More gluten-free zucchini muffin goodness from food bloggers:
Elana's Pantry: Zucchini Chocolate Chip Muffins
Tasty Yummies: Zucchini Muffins with Almond Flour
Kalyn's Kitchen: Low-Sugar Flourless Zucchini Muffins with Pecans


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And there were protests and arrests at the Wells Fargo annual shareholders meeting in San Francisco yesterday. The demonstration - led by the Occupy Movement - was over the bank's foreclosure and lending policies. Hundreds of protesters bought bank shares so they could attend the meeting and disrupt proceedings. [POST-BROADCAST CORRECTION: While hundreds sought to disrupt the meeting, several dozen people representing community groups had purchased stock.]
As Aarti Shahani, of member station KQED, reports, activists plan to target more corporate annual meetings using this tactic.
AARTI SHAHANI, BYLINE: Outside the California Merchants Exchange Building, people holding certificates of Wells Fargo stock lined up in front of police barricades.
ADAM KRUEGER: We are legal shareholders. We're not letting any other shareholders in until they let us in.
SHAHANI: Dozens of shareholders and proxies were denied entry, Adam Krueger included. An organizer with the 99 Percent Shareholder Spring, he says Wells Fargo, the country's largest mortgage servicer, isn't doing enough to solve the housing crisis.
KRUEGER: We demand: Stop the foreclosure factory, reduce principal where - to help keep families in their homes, and pay your fair share.
SHAHANI: Inside the meeting, recording wasn't allowed. CEO John Stumpf was interrupted repeatedly by protesters. Security escorted them out. The meeting ended in just 37 minutes. Not a single shareholder - protester or otherwise - raised their hand during Q&A. Stumpf joked, well, that's a first.
His spokesman, Oscar Suris, said after the meeting.
OSCAR SURIS: We're not opposed to hearing different points of view. But we think it's more productive, frankly, rather than have combat to have cooperation.
SHAHANI: Activists go next to General Electric, which they say doesn't pay enough in taxes.
For NPR News, I'm Aarti Shahani. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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All persons need to be protected against pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, which is being reported in increasing numbers in most states in the U.S. There were 658 cases of pertussis reported in North Carolina in 2012, compared with 126 cases in 2011. Since January 2013 there have been 319 cases state wide and 72 of those cases are from Forsyth County.
Pertussis disease is highly contagious and is spread from one person to another by coughing or sneezing while in close contact with others. Babies receive protection through DTaP vaccine but are not fully protected until they are 15-18 months of age and have had at least four doses. Older children and adults, whose protection may have decreased through the years, often become infected with pertussis and spread it to vulnerable infants. About half of all infants who have pertussis have to be hospitalized, and some of these will die from complications of the disease.
Tdap vaccine (for older children and adults) is required for students entering middle school and is highly recommended for all adults who have not yet received it. The Tdap vaccine has been available only since 2005.
Due to the whooping cough outbreak in our county and state, Tdap vaccine is now available to anyone. It is free, regardless of insurance status, for a limited time. Forsyth County Dept. of Public Health, at 799 N. Highland Avenue, Winston Salem, offers the Tdap on a walk-in basis in Clinic 3 during the following regular hours:
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Number of Lego bricks individually cut and trimmed? 125
Number of Lego "studs", placed one by one? 442
Hours to create? "at least" 8
Site of the crazily devoted Mom responsible? Jumpin' Monkies
And get this: she's not a professional baker, y'all. Wowza. (Thanks to Such Cool Stuff for the link!)
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It's no surprise that readers of the tabloids and gossip blogs have taken note of the unique choice of headgear worn by V. Stiviano, former girlfriend of disgraced L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling; but, are they actually buying their own "Paparazzi Visors"? Apparently so, according to the New York Daily News:
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Stiviano roller skated out of her house on Wednesday in the rainbow-hued head gear to face — or not — a crowd of reporters camped in her driveway.
SaintChic says it is also the creator of "the popular Bondage Pant." No word on whether that's another must-have item for the "silly rabbit" of a racist billionaire.
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10. Monitor Your Computer for Running Tasks or Unauthorized Access
If you're at work and want to keep an eye on your home machine—whether it's keeping track of a download or making sure someone else isn't trying to use it—you can do that with Dropbox. All you need is a screenshot tool (like one of our favorites) and some way to automate it (like this AutoHotkey script). Then, just periodically check your Dropbox folder, and you'll have a chronological timeline of everything happening on your screen at home. You can also use Dropbox to check your home computer's IP from afar, and even locate your laptop if its been stolen.
9. Securely Share Files, from Saucy Pics to Paperwork
We all know Dropbox is great for sharing files, but it's particularly good for sensitive information, like tax returns, passwords, or saucy photos (note: saucy photos not recommended). Dropbox encrypts everything you upload, and downloads it over a secure HTTPS connection, meaning that file is secure from start to finish. Of course, you can also encrypt it in a ZIP file first for extra protection, too. Just don't be reckless!
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