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2008 December 12 Ourimbah NSW The 2008 Enhancing Student Success Conference - 'Working Collaboratively with Students in a Diverse University Environment' Student Support Services at The University of Newcastle, in association with ANZSSA (Australian and New Zealand Student Services Association) and National Disability Co-ordination Officer (NDCO) Program http://www.newcastle.edu.au/conference/enhancing-student-success/
December 11 2008 London What does it cost and who pays? Scholarly communications globally and in the UK. Research Information Network http://www.rin.ac.uk/what-cost
2008 December 8-9 Washington, DC Coalition for Networked Information Fall 2008 Task Force Meeting.http://www.cni.org/tfms/tf.meetings.html
2008 December 8-9 Amsterdam NL GL10: Tenth International Conference on Grey Literature "Designing the Grey Grid for Information Society" Grey Literature Network Service (GreyNet) http://www.textrelease.com/gl10conference.html
2008 December 4-5 Sydney Open Access Publishing: A two-day Public Knowledge Project Workshop. Australian Partnership for Sustainable Repositories http://www.apsr.edu.au/open_access_publishing/
2008 December 4-5 Sydney eResearch and Australian Literary Culture Symposium. Sponsored by Australian literature @ the University of Sydney and AustLit. Call for Papers. Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com
2008 December 2-4 London Online Information 2008 http://www.online-information.co.uk/index.html
2008 December 1-3 Edinburgh, Scotland 4th International Digital Curation Conference: "Radical Sharing: Transforming Science?" In partnership with the National e-Science Centre and supported by the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/dcc-2008/
2008 December 1-3 Portland, Oregon ARL/ACRL Institute on Scholarly Communication. The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) http://orbiscascade.org/index/isc
2008 December 1 Perth Gaining Stakeholder Buy-in for your Library Services. Key Forums http://www.keyforums.com.au/event_details.aspx?type=masterclasses&id=40
2008 November Budapest 2008 Alliance Conference: Keeping the Records of Science Accessible: Can We Afford It? The Alliance for Permanent Access Conference report now available. http://www.alliancepermanentaccess.eu/index.php?id=3
2008 November 27 Sydney Library Services in the Indigenous Context:UNILINC Seminar Series. http://www.unilinc.edu.au/events/seminar.html
2008 November 26-28 Melbourne AuSakai 08: "Open Education:Community-Developed Learning and Teaching Tools." http://www.monash.edu.au/eeducation/ausakai08index.html
2008 November 26-28 New Delhi International Conference of Asian Special Libraries (ICoASL 2008) On Shaping the future of special libraries: beyond boundaries, organized by SLA - Asian Chapter in association with Society for Library Professionals (SLP) & Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres. http://units.sla.org/chapter/cas/ICoASL2008.html
2008 November 25 Canberra Gaining Stakeholder Buy-in for your Library Services. Key Forums http://www.keyforums.com.au/event_details.aspx?type=masterclasses&id=39
2008 November 19-21 Canberra 18th Annual AAIR Forum: Enhancing Quality Research: a Global Perspective. Australasian Association for Institutional Research (AAIR) Forum. http://www.leishman-associates.com.au/aair2008/
2008 November 18 Canberra Broadband, libraries and the creation of Australian digital culture. Organised by Charles Sturt University and supported by the National Library of Australia and ALIA http://www.nla.gov.au/initiatives/meetings/austdigitalculture.html
2008 November 17-18 Baltimore, Maryland, USA The 2008 SPARC Digital Repositories Meeting. SPARC ®, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition http://www.arl.org/sparc/meetings/ir08.html
2008 November 12-14 Sofia, Bulgaria Sofia 2008: Globalization and the Management of Information Resources. Hosted by The School of Library & Information Management, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas et al http://slim.emporia.edu/globenet/Sofia2008/index.htm
2008 November 12-13 Melbourne IDEA 2008: Enabling Technology: Forging a Digital Future. Sponsored by DEEWR, Link Affiliatesis and the University of Southern Queensland. http://www.linkaffiliates.net.au/idea2008/
2008 November 8 London Finding and Re-using Open Scientific Resources. Open Knowledge Foundation Workshop. http://blog.okfn.org/2008/10/09/workshop-on-finding-and-re-using-open-scientific-resources/
2008 November 6-7 Melbourne The Higher Education Information Technology Summit. Informa Australia www.informa.com.au/higheredIT
2008 November 5-8 Charleston, South Carolina XXVIII Annual Charleston Conference: Issues in Book and Serials Acquisition. http://www.katina.info/conference/program.php
2008 November 5-7 Mooloolaba, Queensland Learning Technologies 2008 Conference: Learning Connections. Hosted by LearnTel Pty Ltd http://www.learningtechnologies.com.au/index.cfm
2008 November 2-5 Auckland, NZ LIANZA Conference 2008: Poropitia Outside the Box. The New Zealand Library Association Inc. (trading as LIANZA) http://www.lianza.org.nz/events/conference2008/index.html
2008 November 1-3 Chicago 2008 Digital Humanities/Computer Science (DHCS) colloquium. Sponsored by Northwestern University, IIT and the University of Chicago. http://dhcs.uchicago.edu/
2008 October/November
cities AAF Shibboleth Rollout Workshop. MAMS,
Macquarie E-Learning Centre of Excellence http://federation.org.au/rollout
October 13 - 14 Sydney, Macquarie University
October 16 - 17 Canberra, Australian National University
October 20 - 21 Brisbane, University of Queensland
October 27 - 28 Perth, Curtin University
November 3 - 4 Adelaide, University of South Australia
November 13 - 14 Melbourne, Monash University
2008 October 30 Glasgow Digital Literacy in an E-World: 8th Annual SLIC/MmITS/SCURL E-Books Conference. http://www.slainte.org.uk/events/EvntShow.cfm?uEventID=1638
2008 October 29-30 Sydney Innovative Financing for Universities: exploring the latest and most innovative financing options. Informa www.informa.com.au/uni-financing
2008 October 2831 Orlando, Florida EDUCAUSE 2008 http://www.educause.edu/conference/annual/
2008 October 24 Melbourne The Evolving Library: Choices, Challenges and Change: The 6th Health Libraries Inc. Conference. Health Libraries Inc. http://home.vicnet.net.au/~hlinc/Conference2008/ConferenceIndex2008.htm
2008 October 24 Sydney RDA: next generation cataloguing standard. Australian Committee on Cataloguing (ACOC) http://www.nla.gov.au/lis/stndrds/grps/acoc/acocseminar2008.html
2008 October 20-26 Limassol, Cyprus VSMM 2008: Digital Heritage: Our Hi-tech-STORY for the Future: Technologies to Document, Preserve, Communicate, and Prevent the Destruction of our Fragile Cultural Heritage. International Conference on Virtual Systems and MultiMedia (VSMM) http://www.vsmm2008.org/
2008 October 20~22 Shanghai, China The 4th Shanghai International Library Forum: Intelligence, Innovation and Library Services. Organizer: Shanghai Library/ Institute of Scientific & Technical Information of Shanghai http://www.libnet.sh.cn/silf2008/english/english.htm
2008 October 17 Canberra Cultural Acquisitions - Where from and what for?: annual one day Seminar. ALIA Acquisitions Committee. http://www.alia.org.au/groups/acqnat/activities/index.html?2008-10&acqnat
2008 October 17 Sydney Basic Paper Conservation Workshop. Preservation Australia http://www.preservationaustralia.com.au/workshops_seminars/workshops/basic_paper_conservation.php
2008 October 1617 Arlington, Virginia Fall Forum: Reinventing Science Librarianship: Models for the Future Sponsored by ARL & CNI http://www.arl.org/events/fallforum/forum08/oct08schedule.shtml
2008 October 16-17 London, UK Internet Librarian International 2008: Translating 2.0 Technologies for Tangible Benefits & Transparency (with preconference workshops on Wednesday, 15 October) Information Today http://www.internet-librarian.com/index.shtml
2008 October 14-16 Arlington, Virginia 153rd ARL Membership Meeting. Association of Research Libraries http://www.arl.org/events/currentmm/index.shtml
2008 October 14-16 Beijing, China International Conference on the Development of Subject Librarianship and Personal Librarianship. Organized by the Library Society of China Academic Library Division, BALIS University Net Library of Beijing, and Capital Normal University Library in cooperation with DRCnet (Development Research Center of the State Council of P. R. China). Contact: email@example.com
2008 October 14 Brisbane ARROW Repository Day: Repositories : into the future. Australian Research Repositories Online to the World (ARROW) http://arrow.edu.au/news/event2008program.php
2008 October 13-17 Prague, Czech Republic DRAMBORA Auditors' Training: Prague 2008. Digital Repository Audit Method Based on Risk Assessment (DRAMBORA) http://www.repositoryaudit.eu/training/prague-2008/
2008 October 13-17 Prague, Czech Republic Starting out: Preserving Digital Objects - Principles and Practice: DPE/Planets/CASPAR/nestor Joint Training Event: http://www.wepreserve.eu/events/prague-2008/
2008 October 6-7 Atlanta, GA Collaborative Library Resource Sharing: Standards, Developments, and New Models for Cooperating: A NISO Educational Forum. http://www.niso.org/news/events/2008/resshar08/
2008 October 1 - December 19 Brussels, Belgium International Training Programs on INFORMATION: STIMULATE = Scientific and Technological Information Management in Universities and Libraries: an Active Training Environment (Edition 8). University Library - Vrije Universiteit Brussel, in co-operation with KUL and UA, co-ordinated by VLIR-UOS http://www.vub.ac.be/BIBLIO/itp/stimulate8/stimulate8-announcement.htm
2008 October 1-2 St Lucia, Qld 2nd Next Generation Learning Spaces Colloquium. Invitation only. Contact your Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic). Hosted by the University of Queensland. http://www.uq.edu.au/nextgenerationlearningspace/forum-2008
2008 September 29-October 3 Melbourne eResearch Australasia 2008. Workshops and meetings will follow on 2 and 3 October. The conference is sponsored by AeRIC, the Australian eResearch Infrastructure Council. http://www.eresearch.edu.au/
2008 September 29-30 Brisbane The 3rd Annual University Governance & Regulations Forum: Discussing strategies & design for good governance & regulation. Informa Australia http://informa.msgfocus.com/c/14SNEjnbfO8fz5L
2008 September 29-30 St Pancras, London iPRES 2008: The Fifth International Conference on Preservation of Digital Objects: Joined Up and Working: tools and methods for digital preservation. Hosted by The British Library. http://www.bl.uk/ipres2008/
2008 September 26-28 Athens World Summit on the Knowledge Society. The Open Research Society (ORS) http://www.open-knowledge-society.org/summit.htm
2008 September 26 Brisbane Preparing for RDA: Resource Description and Access. CAVAL training program. http://www.caval.edu.au/course-description.html?CID=33Also October 13, Sydney and October 15, Melbourne
2008 September 25-26 Cincinnati, OH Moving Mountains and Crossing Rivers: A Symposium Exploring Library Courier Services. SouthWest Ohio and Neighboring Libraries http://www.swonlibraries.org/movingmountains2008/
2008 September 24-25 Brisbane
Access and Research Conference 2008.
Hosted by Open Access to Knowledge (OAK) Law http://www.oar2008.qut.edu.au/
Post-Conference Workshops on Friday 26 September.
2008 September 24 Sydney Writing a Disaster Preparedness Plan. Preservation Australia http://www.preservationaustralia.com.au/workshops_seminars/seminars/disaster_preparedness_plan.php
2008 September 23-24 Philadelphia, PA A Space Odyssey: Storage Strategies for Cultural Collections. The Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts http://www.ccaha.org/uploads/media/2007a1b464e0f6bb417c8f804aee456f.pdf
2008 September 22-26 Berlin DC-2008 -- International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications: Metadata for Semantic and Social Applications. http://dc2008.de/
2008 September 19 Sydney Care of Collections. Preservation Australia http://www.preservationaustralia.com.au/workshops_seminars/seminars/collections_care.php
2008 September 19 Aarhus, Denmark First Workshop on Very Large Digital Libraries. Sponsored by the DELOS Association. In conjunction with the 12th European Conference on Research and Advanced Technologies on Digital Libraries. (ECDL 2008) http://www.delos.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=618&Itemid=
2008 September 18-20 Odense, Denmark Digital Content Creation: Creativity, Competence, Critique : The second international DREAM conference. University of Southern Denmark. http://www.dreamconference.dk/
2008 September 18-20 Dublin, Ireland Research Evaluation, Metrics and Open Access in the Humanities: A Coimbra Group Workshop. http://www.coimbra-group.eu/20_Coimbra_Group_seminars.php
2008 September 18 Aarhus, Denmark Information Access to Cultural Heritage (IACH) workshop. The IACH 2008 workshop is co-located with the European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries http://ilps.science.uva.nl/IACH2008/
2008 September 15 Washington, DC Promoting Digital Scholarship: Formulating Research Challenges in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Computation: A one-day symposium co-sponsored by CLIR and the National Endowment for the Humanities. [White papers available]
2008 September 14-19 Aarhus, Denmark ECDL2008: 12th European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries. ECDL 2008 is jointly organised by the State and University Library and Aarhus University. http://www.ecdl2008.org/
2008 September 11-13 Oxford Oxford e-Research Conference 08. It is being organized by a consortium of research projects in association with the journal Information Communication and Society (iCS) http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/microsites/eresearch08/
2008 September 9-11 Leeds, England ALT-C 2008: Rethinking the digital divide: 15th International Conference of the Association for Learning Technology.http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2008/
2008 September 9-10 Melbourne Innovation 2008: The future of research and development in Australia. Business/Higher Education Round Table & Informa Australia www.informa.com.au/innovation Post Conference Workshops 11th September 2008
2008 September 9 Cranfield
University Understanding Organisational Cultures: Impact on Repository
Growth and Development. Sponsored
by JISC Repositories and Preservation Programme. The
presentations and breakout group feedback... now available.
2008 September 8-11 Edinburgh, UK UK e-Science 2008 All Hands Meeting: Crossing Boundaries: Computational Science, E-Science and Global E-Infrastructures. http://www.allhands.org.uk/2008/
2008 September 8-10 Paris, France IMHE2008: The quality, relevance and impact of higher education. OECD IMHE http://www.oecd.org/site/0,3407,en_21571361_38973579_1_1_1_1_1,00.html
2008 September 3-5 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania "Constant Content and Autonomous Authors - The New Role of Publishers in the Era of Empowered Authors." The Society for Scholarly Publishing Top Management Roundtable https://www.sspnet.org/Events/spage.aspx
2008 September 3-5 Hobart 10th Annual Conference of the Australasian Research Management Society. http://www.arms2008.com.au/
2008 September 2-5 Alice Springs, Northern Territory Dreaming 08: ALIA Biennial Conference. Australian Library and Information Association. [Papers now available] http://www.alia2008.com/
2008 September 2 Parramatta NSW Digital Humanities: Past, Present, Future: A one-day symposium presented by the Centre for Cultural Research at the University of Western Sydney. Contact: Dr Elaine Lally, firstname.lastname@example.com
2008 August 25-29 Tilburg, The Netherlands Digital Libraries à la Carte. Ticer, Tilburg University http://www.tilburguniversity.nl/ticer/08carte/
2008 August 26-27 Sydney Streamlining Government Policy Implementation Conference: Drive Change, Innovation and Communication. Institute for International Research (IIR) http://www.iir.com.au/streamlininggovt
2008 August 18-19 Montreal IFLA Satellite Postconference: Library statistics for the 21st century world. The conference is organized by Montreal Public Libraries System and Concordia University Libraries System and sponsored by IFLA Section on Statistics and Evaluation. http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/portal/page?_pageid=4397,7659621&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
2008 August 17-20 Wellington, New Zealand DEANZ 2008 conference: My Place, My Space, My Learning - Distance and Virtual Education. The Distance Education Association of New Zealand (DEANZ) http://www.deanz.org.nz/conf2008/
2008 August 10-14 Québec, Canada World Library and Information Congress: 74rd IFLA General Conference and Council http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla74/index.htm See also IFLA Express 2008 - Nr 1
2008 August 8 Melbourne Data Management Planning: Putting Policy into Practice. Australian Partnership for Sustainable Repositories. http://www.apsr.edu.au/data_management_plan/index.htm Overheads and podcasts are now available.
2008 August 8 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada IFLA Satellite Conference on RDA: A New Standard for a Digital World. Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA (JSC) http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/jsc/rdaiflasatellite.html
2008 August 7-9 Perth Australian Society of Archivists conference (ASA) Contact: Dr Karen Anderson
2008 August 46 Seattle, Washington Library Assessment Conference: Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment. Association of Research Libraries. http://www.libraryassessment.org/
2008 August 4-5 Denver, Colorado A Reference Renaissance: Current and Future Trends. Organised by BCR (Bibliographical Center for Research) http://www.bcr.org/referencerenaissance/
2008 August 3-5 Perth ICHORA4: The 4th International Conference on the History of Records and Archives. The theme of this conference will surround Indigenous and community recordkeeping, Indigenous and community responses to Colonial archives, and Indigenous and community archives. Contact: Dr Joanna Sassoon
2008 July 31 Sydney Libraries & e-Learning. Key Forums Australia http://www.keyforums.com.au/event_details.aspx?type=masterclasses&id=35
2008 July 21-31 Kuala Lumpur International Congress on Archives (ICA). International Council on Archives http://www.ica.org/static.php?ptextid=congres&plangue=eng
2008 July 21-23 Cairns, Queensland National University Finance & Procurement Conference 2008: A Sustainable Future? Financial and Procurement Challenges for Australian Universities in securing Environmental Sustainability. Higher Ed Services http://www.hes.edu.au/page/conferences/2008-finance---procurement-conference/
2008 July 13-17 London PCF5: Access to Learning for Development: The Fifth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning. Sponsored by: University of London External System, Open University & UNESCO http://www.pcf5.london.ac.uk/
2008 July 10-11 Belfast The JISC/CNI Meeting: Transforming the User Experience. The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/events/jisc-cni-2008/
2008 July 8-11 Gold Coast, Queensland QUESTnet2008: Social Engineering Your Network. Queensland Education, Science and Technology Network (QUESTnet) Hosted by QUT. http://www.questnet.edu.au/questnet2008/
2008 July 7 Cambridge,
UK Emerging publishing models: exploring new ventures for science publishing.
by the RIOJA (Repository
Interface for Overlaid Journal Archives) project. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ls/rioja/meeting/
2008 June 26July 2 Anaheim American Library Association Annual Conference http://www.ala.org/ala/confservices/upcoming/upcomingconferences.cfm
2008 June 25-27 Toronto, Canada ELPUB2008: Open Scholarship: Authority, Community and Sustainability in the Age of Web 2.0. The International Conference on Electronic Publishing hosted by Knowledge Media Design Institute at the University of Toronto. http://www.elpub.net/
2008 June 25-26 Melbourne University Planning and Design Forum 2008. Informa Australia www.informa.com.au/UniDesign
2008 June 24-27 Berne, Switzerland Archiving 2008. The Society for Imaging Science and Technology http://www.imaging.org/conferences/archiving2008/
2008 June 23-25 Newcastle-upon-tyne, UK 3rd International Plagiarism Conference: "Transforming practice for an authentic future" Northumbria Learning http://www.plagiarismconference.com/
2008 June 18-20 Manchester 4th International Conference on e-Social Science. National Centre for e-Social Science http://www.ncess.ac.uk/events/conference/call/
2008 June 17 Brussels, Belgium IDF Open Meeting: Resource Access for a Digital World. International DOI Federation. Hosted by the Office of Publications of the European Union (OPOCE) http://www.doi.org/doi_presentations/members_meeting_2008/
2008 June 16-19 Yeppoon,
Queensland 5th International Lifelong Learning Conference: Lifelong
Learning: Reflecting on Successes and Framing Futures. Hosted
by Central Queensland University http://lifelonglearning.cqu.edu.au/2008/
Symposium on Personal Learning Environments 2008. http://cddu.cqu.edu.au/index.php/Symposium_on_Personal_Learning_Environments_2008
2008 June 11-14 Seoul, Korea ICSTI Public Conference & General Assembly: New Frontiers for Scientific and Technical Information'. International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI) Hosted by the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI), http://icsti2008.kisti.re.kr/
2008 June 8-10 Fredericton Build on Success in the Learning Commons! The Canadian Learning Commons' 3rd annual conference. Hosted by the University of New Brunswick. http://www.lib.unb.ca/CLCC3/
2008 June 7-15 Sudak, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine Crimea 2008: Fifteenth Jubilee International Conference: Libraries and Information Resources in the Modern World of Science, Culture, Education, and Business. The Conference is held under the auspices of IFLA http://www.gpntb.ru/win/inter-events/crimea2008/eng/inf.php
2008 June 5-8 Phoenix, Arizona NASIG 23rd Annual Conference "Taking the Sting Out of Serials" North American Serials Interest Group, Inc. (NASIG) http://www.nasig.org/news/2007/01/nasig-2008-phoenix-arizona-june-3-9.html
2008 June 5-7 Maribor, Slovenia Get the Good CRIS Going: Ensuring Quality of Service for the User in the ERA: 9th international Conference on Current Research Information Systems. Organized by IZUM, Slovenia and euroCRIS. http://www.cris2008.org/
2008 June 4-7 Aberdeen, Scotland ETD 2008: Spreading the Light: The 11th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations. The Robert Gordon University http://www2.rgu.ac.uk/library_edocs/etd08/papersandposters.htm
2008 June 4 Phoenix, Arizona Metadata in a Digital Age: New Models of Creation, Discovery, and Use. NISO Pre-conference at NASIG 2008. National Information Standards Organization http://www.niso.org/news/events/2008/metadata08
2008 June 3 Hong Kong Emerging Paradigms for Academic Library E-Book Acquisition and Use: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities. This conference is an initiative of the Electronic Resources Academic Library Link (ERALL) project, and is organized by the City University of Hong Kong and the Chinese University of Hong Kong http://www.cityu.edu.hk/lib/ebook_conf/program.htm
2008 June 2-7 Dubrovnik and Mljet, Croatia Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA): The annual international conference and course. http://www.ffos.hr/lida/
2008 May 28-30 Adelphi, MD Annual Symposium: © Monopoly: Playing the Innovation Game. Center for Intellectual Property, University of Maryland University College http://www.umuc.edu/distance/odell/cip/symposium/symposium.shtml
2008 May 21-23 Espoo, Finland Higher Education: Spaces and Places. OECD IMHE Programme on Educational Building (PEB) A full report will soon be available on the PEB website. http://www.oecd.org/document/23/0,3343,en_2649_35961311_40811863_1_1_1_37455,00.html
2008 May 21 Brisbane Directions in Research Systems and Repositories - a Forum for Research Information Managers Collaborative Research Administrators Group (CRAG) http://www.hes.edu.au/page/collaborative-group-management/collaborative-research-administrators-group/forum---research-systems-and-repositories/
2008 May 19-22 Sydney, NSW 11th Annual Open Forum for Metadata Registries. Metadata DownUnder - Metadata, Semantics and Interoperability in Practice. Metadata OpenForum http://www.metadataopenforum.org/
2008 May 13 London E-books and E-content 2008. Hosted by UCL's Centre for Publishing, part of the School of Library Archive and Information Studies. http://ucl.ac.uk/slais/e-books/
2008 May 12-16 Scotland, UK TAPE workshop on the curation and preservation of audiovisual collections. University of Glasgow. Training for Audiovisual Preservation in Europe (TAPE) http://www.hatii.arts.gla.ac.uk/news/tape.html
2008 May 7-8 London EPublishing Innovation Forum. From the organisers of London Online http://www.epublishing-forum.com/
2008 May 6 Bolton, UK CETIS MDR SIG Meeting. JISC Centre For Educational Technology and Interoperability Standards. Metadata and Digital Repositories SIG http://wiki.cetis.ac.uk/6th_May_2008%2C_Bolton
2008 May 5-6 San Francisco, CA Digital Resources: Working with Formats Beyond Serials. National Information Standards Organization http://www.niso.org/news/events/2008/digresources08/
2008 April 30 London "Beyond the RAE 2008: Bibliometrics, League Tables and the REF". Jointly sponsored by King's College London and Thomson Scientific http://scientific.thomson.com/kcl/ This timely event focuses on the increasing importance of bibliometric data in the controversial university ranking systems and the proposed use of citation data for the research output aspect of the Research Excellence Framework (REF), the successor to the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE).
2008 April 28-30 St. Paul, MN Higher Education Solutions: The Community Source Way! 17th JA-SIGConference. Java Architectures Special Interest Group. http://www.ja-sig.org/conferences/08spring/index.html
2008 April 21-24 Auckland, New Zealand Digital Discoveries: Strategies and Solutions: 29th annual IATUL Conference. International Association of Technological University Libraries (IATUL) http://www.aut.ac.nz/iatul2008/
2008 April 21-23 Lund, Sweden NCSC 2008: Fourth Nordic Conference on Scholarly Communication. Lund University Libraries http://www.lub.lu.se/en/ncsc.html
2008 April 21-22 Amsterdam International Copyright Symposium - The Book in the Internet Era: Copyright and the Future for Authors, Publishers and Libraries. Dutch Publishers Association (Nederlands Uitgeversverbond, NUV), the Dutch Writers Guild (Vereniging van Letterkundigen, VvL), the Netherlands Library Forum (FOBID), and the Dutch Foundation for Copyright Promotion (Stichting Auteursrechtmanifestaties, STAM) http://www.amsterdamworldbookcapital.com/index.cfm?page=Copyright%20symposium
2008 April 17-18 Helsinki Advocacy and Marketing for Libraries Conference. The Finnish Library Association, the Library of the Finnish Parliament, and the Helsinki Metropol (HelMet) Libraries in Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa and Kauniainen Cities http://suomenkirjastoseura.fi/etusivu/lehti/tapahtumia?modeyksi=yksi&teksti_id=10620
2008 April 15 Birmingham, UK JISC Conference 2008. Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) http://www.jisc.ac.uk/events/2008/04/jiscconference08.aspx
2008 April 14-15 Vienna, Austria Programme for Planning the Future with Planets: a two-day tutorial on preservation planning. Planets, Preservation and Long-term Access through Networked Services http://www.planets-project.eu/events/pp-vienna-2008/programme/
2008 April 10 London The Shape of the Future? Business Models and Sustainability in the Digital Age: A Peer-reviewing Workshop. Wellcome Trust with Ithaka and the Strategic Content Alliance http://www.wellcomecollectionconference.org/Location/index.htm
2008 April 10 Canberra Innovative Ideas Forum. National Library of Australia http://www.nla.gov.au/initiatives/meetings/InnovativeIdeas2008.html
2008 April 9-12 Montréal, Québec, Canada Museums and the Web 2008. http://www.archimuse.com/mw2008/
2008 April 8-10 Melbourne AEI Industry Forum 2008. Hosted by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations http://aei.dest.gov.au/AEI/Events/AEI_Industry_Forum08_About.htm
2008 April 7-11 London, UK Digital Futures: from digitization to delivery. King's College London is pleased to announce the Digital Futures 5-day training event for 2008. The Digital Futures is run by King's Digital Consultancy Services and the Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London working in co-operation with PALINET, USA. http://www.digitalconsultancy.net/digifutures/
2008 April 7-9 Arlington, VA, USA 23rd Annual Computers in Libraries conference and exhibition. Information Today, Inc http://www.infotoday.com/cil2008/
2008 April 7-9 Torquay, UK UKSG 2008 Annual Conference. UK Serials Group (UKSG) http://www.uksg.org/events/annualconference
2008 April 7-8 Minneapolis, MN Coalition for Networked Information Spring 2008 Task Force Meeting. http://www.cni.org/tfms/2008a.spring/
2008 April 7 London What to preserve? Significant Properties of Digital Objects. JISC/BL/DPC workshop. Organised by JISC, the British Library and the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) http://www.dpconline.org/graphics/events/080407workshop.html
2008 April 3-4 Sydney The 6th Annual Higher Education Summit. The nation's premier gathering for the Higher Education Sector. Informa Australia http://www.informa.com.au/highereducation
2008 April 1-4 Southampton Open Repositories 2008: the 3rd International Conference on Open Repositories. Hosted by the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton. http://or08.ecs.soton.ac.uk/
2008 April 1-3 Singapore IFLA International Newspaper Conference 2008: Old Issues, New Issues : Impact of Digital Technology upon Contemporary and Historic Newspapers. Jointly organised by IFLA and the National Library of Singapore http://blogs.nlb.gov.sg/newspaper_conf08/
2008 March 31 Sydney 2008 The Arts, and the Innovation Agenda Workshop. Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences http://www.chass.org.au/events/2008/art/
2008 March 28 Melbourne
Education and Workforce Summit 2008.
Make a submission
2008 March 28 Philadelphia PA The Future of Bibliographic Control: A Time of Transition. National Federation of Science Abstracting and Indexing Services (NFSAIS) http://www.nfais.org/events/event_details.cfm?id=49
2008 March 26-28 Philadelphia, PA Academic Library Planning and Revitalization Institute. Academic Impressions http://www.academicimpressions.com/pdf/0308-library-planning.pdf
2008 March 18-21 Atlanta, GA ER&L 2008: Electronic Resources & Libraries. http://www.electroniclibrarian.org/ocs/index.php/erl/2008
2008 March 1718 Sydney Australian Higher Education Congress 2008: Big School is Big Business! http://www.acevents.com.au/education2008/programme.html
2008 March 15 London, UK OKCon 2008: Open Knowledge: Applications, Tools and Services. The Open Knowledge Foundation http://www.okfn.org/okcon/
2008 March 14 Washington, DC NISO Digital Preservation Forum: Planning Today for Tomorrow's Resources. National Information Standards Organization (NISO) http://www.niso.org/news/events_workshops/digpres08/
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Study evaluates solutions for U.S. Courts, justice agencies' long-term facility needs
Identify and evaluate alternatives for long-term housing for the U.S. Courts and related Justice Department agencies in Des Moines, IA to determine the most viable solution.
Our team worked closely with GSA representatives throughout the evaluation and analyses process to develop a completed study that addressed relevant criteria and met the client's needs. SFS developed four viable alternatives that would meet the needs of the tenant agencies through 2023 with expansion capabilities. Each alternative was evaluated against technical, financial and security criteria, as well as the GSA's requirements to achieve a minimum of LEED Silver certification and meet GSA Design Excellence Program goals.
SFS documented the four viable scenarios in a Feasibility Study Report developed for the GSA, along with the recommendation of a preferred alternative. The option that best met the established criteria was the construction of a new U.S. Courthouse on a new site in the Des Moines central business district: it best met technical criteria, was the most advantageous use of taxpayer-appropriated funds, and provided the best housing alternative to meet the mission-related space needs of the U.S. Courts and related Justice Department agencies. The financial analysis considered costs associated with land acquisition, renovation, new construction, floodplain mitigation, geotechnical conditions and relocation expenses. The selected option has the lowest net present value and estimated total project cost of all alternatives considered.

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However, our new living room isn't ready for a tree, and I won't fit one in the sitting room, so tonight we are going for a late-Thanksgiving-meets-Christmas spirit. And I guess we could say that we are also celebrating the fact that the wi-fi is functioning again. I think that alone calls for a glass of red ... and a blog post!
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A Mansfield ISD student-athlete can now say he is the best high school diver in the state.
Hunter Jaynes, a senior at Lake Ridge High School, won the gold medal in 1-meter diving at the recent UIL Swimming & Diving State Meet in Austin.
He scored 506.05 in the 5A division finals, which was more than 27 points higher than the winner of the 6A division.
Jaynes won a gold medal in the state event as a sophomore. Last year, he came in second place.
The University of Alabama commit will continue to work hard and has his eyes set on being a world champion. He said he ultimately wants to compete internationally for Team USA.
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March 4, 2006
CANTON, N.Y. - For the second time in as many games, No. 2 St. Lawrence broke open a 3-2 game in the third period, topping Yale 6-2 to win the teams' ECACHL Quarterfinal series two games to none Saturday afteronoon at Appleton Arena. Two of the Saints' goals were empty-netters, as Yale senior goaltender Sarah Love made 53 saves in the last game of her record-setting career.
Yale was a heavy underdog in the series but managed to put a scare into the Saints in both games. St. Lawrence entered the weekend second in the NCAA in scoring offense (4.06 goals per game), scoring defense (1.18 goals per game), power-play percentage (.231), penalty-killing percentage (.904), scoring margin (2.88) and winning percentage (.879). But in both games of the series the Bulldogs hung with the Saints until a late barrage determined the outcome.
"We gave everything we had," head coach Hilary Witt said. "I can't be more proud of the effort we gave."
In game one the Bulldogs (11-15-5, 8-8-4 ECACHL) took an early 1-0 lead but were down 3-1 by the end of the first and went on to lose 6-3. In game two St. Lawrence (30-3-2, 16-2-2 ECACHL) jumped in front but the Bulldogs entered the first intermission with the score tied.
Love, who was pulled from yesterday's game after allowing two goals early, made her first save of this game three minutes in by smothering a Crystal Connors backhand. Right after that she stopped an Abbie Bullard slap shot.
"I knew she would be fine," Witt said of Love. "We just tried to tell her to have fun. She played great."
The Bulldogs allowed two power-play goals in game one, and had another goal scored right after a penalty expired. The same troubles beset them early in this game, as Yale's first penalty led to St. Lawrence taking the lead. Alison Domenico stuck in a rebound at 5:19 for the 1-0 advantage.
The Saints controlled play, keeping the puck in the Yale zone for the majority of the time, until Crysti Howser drew a tripping penalty 5:31 in when she got the puck in the slot. While the Bulldogs did not score on the power play, they did have a flurry of activity in front of the SLU net and were able to generate some offensive momentum.
Yale's work finally paid off at 8:44 when Sheila Zingler wristed one past Saints netminder Jessica Moffat to tie the score at one.
St. Lawrence went on the power play again with five minutes remaining in the first period, but Love denied Carson Duggan in the slot after a perfect feed off the boards from Annie Guay. Love then gloved a wrister from Kate Michael, and Danielle Kozlowski blocked another shot as Yale executed its first successful penalty kill of the game.
The Saints picked up the offensive pace as the period drew to a close, but Love stopped a Michael slap shot and a chance from right in front of the net for Connors after a turnover in the final two minutes. She finished the period with 15 saves.
The Bulldogs killed off another penalty six minutes into the second, and right after that Deena Caplette stole the puck in the St. Lawrence end and fed Howser for a shot that Moffat was just able to glove. That set up a faceoff to Moffat's right that Howser won back to Carry Resor. Resor sent one through traffic and into the net at 7:50 to give the Bulldogs a 2-1 lead.
That lit a fire under the Saints offense, as they began peppering Love with shots. She stood tall on one flurry midway through the period, and shortly after that the Bulldogs faced another penalty-killing situation.
Love stopped Emilie Berlinguette from point-blank range at the start of the Saints power play, then sprawled out to deny Michael before Caplette was able to clear the puck. A great job of forechecking by Zingler killed off some more valuable seconds, and Love sticked aside a shot by Kerri Wallace as the penalty came to an end.
Moffat denied a Caplette backhander off a pass from Howser after that, and the Saints continued their offensive assault. A St. Lawrence rush with under three minutes to play forced another Yale penalty, and this one ended in the game-tying goal. Berlinguette snuck one past Love at 17:50 to tie the score.
The real heartbreaker came at even strength. With two fewer skaters than the Saints in the lineup throughout the series, the Bulldogs were hanging on at the end of the period until 9 seconds remained. Love had 21 saves for the period, but Berlinguette tipped one past her high for a 3-2 lead heading into the second intermission.
A minute into the third Love made another fantastic play, coming out to poke the puck away from Duggan on a breakaway, but the Saints offense remained relentless. Five minutes in, with most of that time spent in the Yale zone, Abbie Bullard put St. Lawrence up by two goals.
The Bulldogs finally put a shot on net when Sarah Tittman sent one in, and right after that Moffat denied Kozlowski on the doorstep. That play forced the Saints into an obstruction-hooking call. On the power play, Maggie Westfal sailed one just high and Moffat stopped a Howser backhand.
A penalty on the Bulldogs with eight minutes left actually gave Yale a golden opportunity, as Caplette stole the puck and got a short-handed shot on net that Moffat could not control. Caplette slid the rebound wide. The Saints then went back on the attack, but a nice clear by Westfal ended the power play.
Love then made the type of spectacular save that she has been known for throughout her career, somehow gloving a Casey Hughes shot from just outside the crease while on her back.
"She was great," Witt said. "What a game to end your career on. She was unbelievable."
With 3:37 to play Yale called timeout but could not stop St. Lawrence's momentum. The Bulldogs pulled Love for an extra attacker with 1:45 to play, but just as she was getting off the ice Hughes controlled the puck in the neutral zone and sent in the first empty-net tally. With five seconds remaining, Connors added another empty-netter for the 6-2 final. Moffat finished with 19 saves.
St. Lawrence, the No. 1 seed, now hosts the ECACHL semifinals and championship next weekend. The Saints will play the lowest remaining seed. The five goals that Yale scored as the No. 8 seed in two games equaled the total that previous No. 8 seeds had scored in the previous eight games combined.
The game also marked the end of Love's remarkable Yale career. She finishes as Yale's career leader in save percentage (.914) and goals-against average (2.68), and is second to All-American Laurie Belliveau in total saves (3,088).
Her numbers for this season included the third-best save percentage (.919) and goals-against average (2.44) in school history.
Love and her classmates, Caplette and Lisa Jacque, leave Yale with more wins (48) than any class in school history, one more than the team had in the 10 seasons prior to their arrival combined.
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The history of the Hypercontractivity Theorem is complicated.
The history of the Hypercontractivity Theorem is complicated.
Recalling the social choice setting of Chapter 2.5, consider a $2$-candidate, $n$-voter election using a monotone voting rule $f : \{-1,1\}^n \to \{-1,1\}$. We assume the impartial culture assumption (that the votes are independent and uniformly random), but with a twist: one of the candidates, say $b \in \{-1,1\}$, is able to secretly bribe $k$ [...]
With the $(2,q)$- and $(p,2)$-Hypercontractivity Theorems in hand, let's revisit some applications we saw in Sections 1 and 2.
At this point we have established that if $f : \{-1,1\} \to {\mathbb R}$ then for any $p \leq 2 \leq q$, \[ \|\mathrm{T}_{\sqrt{p-1}} f\|_2 \leq \|f\|_p, \qquad \|\mathrm{T}_{1/\sqrt{q-1}} f\|_q \leq \|f\|_2. \] We would like to extend these facts to the case of general $f : \{-1,1\}^n \to {\mathbb R}$; i.e., establish the $(p,2)$- [...]
Although you can get a lot of mileage out of studying the $4$-norm of random variables, it's also natural to consider other norms.
An immediate consequence of the Bonami Lemma is that for any $f : \{-1,1\}^n \to {\mathbb R}$ and $k \in {\mathbb N}$, \begin{equation} \label{eqn:2-4-hypercon-k} \|\mathrm{T}_{1/\sqrt{3}} f^{=k}\|_4 = \tfrac{1}{\sqrt{3}^k} \|f^{=k}\|_4 \leq \|f^{=k}\|_2. \end{equation}
As anyone who has worked in probability knows, a random variable can sometimes behave in rather "unreasonable" ways. It may be never close to its expectation. It might exceed its expectation almost always, or almost never. It might have finite $1$st, $2$nd, and $3$rd moments, but an infinite $4$th moment. All of this poor behaviour [...]
In 1970, Bonami proved the following central result:
The Hypercontractivity Theorem Let $f : \{-1,1\}^n \to {\mathbb R}$ and let ${1 \leq p \leq q \leq \infty}$. Then $\|\mathrm{T}_\rho f\|_q \leq \|f\|_p$ for $0 \leq \rho \leq \sqrt{\tfrac{p-1}{q-1}}$.
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Spy camera MINOX DSC presented Design Award at the Marketing & Services trade fair in Frankfurt
MINOX, the traditional manufacturer based in Wetzlar, is renowned as a provider of innovative optical products with fine precision mechanics.
The company became world famous with its legendary spy camera that was used in many James Bond films. In September last year, this German brand with tradition launched another highlight on the market: the first digital spy camera MINOX DSC.
The outstanding design of this small but ingenious masterpiece - developed in cooperation with Volkswagen Design - has now been distinguished with the much sought after Design Plus Award.
The comments of the jury: Geometrically distinct, linear, German design incorporating purist photo technology. With a resolution of five million pixels it can compete with the conventional large digital cameras. The miniature classic camera has reached the 21st century and sets standards in the combination of innovative technology, easy operation and minimalist aesthetics.
The Design Plus Award was presented by the German Design Council (Rat für Formgebung) in cooperation with the Frankfurt Trade Fair (Messe Frankfurt) at the opening of the Marketing & Services fair on June 8, in Frankfurt.
Our photo: Managing director of the German Design Council, Andrej Kupetz, and managing director of the Messe Frankfurt Ausstellungen GmbH, Thomas Schütz, presenting the Design Plus Award to MINOX managing director, Thorsten Kortemeier.


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Washington, DC – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood issued the following statement today:
"President Obama's historic investments in a national high-speed rail network will enable America to win the future by creating construction and manufacturing jobs today and laying the foundation for future economic growth. By building safe, reliable and energy-efficient passenger rail corridors we will be able to help small businesses thrive and move people and goods more quickly than ever before. I am thrilled to congratulate the State of Washington, BNSF, and Amtrak for their contributions to the agreement signed today by the Federal Railroad Administration and Washington DOT that will make $590 million available for work to begin on significant improvements to the popular Cascades corridor, which connects Eugene, Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver. Thanks to the hard work, dedication, and flexibility of all parties involved in the negotiations, this agreement will immediately put Washingtonians to work in good paying jobs, significantly improve rail service for commuters and travelers, and preserve the world-class freight rail system America has today."
Additional background on the agreement:
As part of the President's long-term vision to give 80% of Americans access to high-speed rail in the next 25 years, this initial $590 million in funding for high-speed and intercity passenger rail will create more than 6,000 direct and indirect jobs in the Washington region. And thanks to the performance standards included in this agreement, travelers will benefit from two additional daily roundtrips between Seattle and Portland, a 10 minute reduction in travel time, and reliability improvements of up to 88%. With the signing of this agreement, 5 of the 6 high-speed rail corridors that require coordination with freight railroads now have a signed agreement in place. The Department of Transportation will build on this momentum to realize President Obama's vision of a national high-speed rail system that will allow American workers to out-build, out-innovate, and out-compete the rest of the world.


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The sooner you can transplant seedlings after they germinate, the better they can survive and continue growing. Delay transplanting your seedlings after they have become crowded and have true leaves, and you'll get stunting, resulting in slower growth.
The first green leaf-like structures you see on seedlings are called cotyledons. The cotyledons contain all the energy necessary for germination and the development of the first true leaves. To minimize transplant shock, transplant seedlings soon after the first true leaves appear.
Small plants grow rapidly, and the sooner you transplant them the faster they grow. Transplant bedding plant seedlings into individual three- or four-inch pots in cell packs such as 804. Metro-Mix, Sunshine Mix, Farfard Mix or Pro-Mix can be used as a transplant medium. These commercial blends have sufficient fertilizer to supply the needs of the transplants for six weeks. Eliminate the need for later fertilizer by blending one-third by volume compost made from lobster or crab waste with the commercial mix.
Your growing medium must be moist, neither wet nor dry. Using the point of a plant label or the point of a knife, lift each seedling or clump of seedlings from their growing medium. With the same instrument, separate the clump of seedlings into individual plants. Using your fingers, lift each seedling by gently grasping the cotyledon. Never lift young seedlings by grasping the stem. The stem is the permanent part of the plant while the cotyledons are only temporary structures engineered to drop from the stem as soon as the plant becomes well established. If you accidently squeeze the stem, you can permanently stunt the plant's growth.
At this point of development, the seedling will require full sun. Minimum temperatures should not drop below 65 degrees. The containers should be irrigated only when warm and dry to a fingertip pressed lightly on the surface of several containers.
Consider conditioning the plants by placing them outdoors in partial shade for at least a week before transplanting them into the garden.
Seeds of cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, peppers and lettuce should be sown now, from late February through early March. Seeds of tomatoes should be sown approximately five weeks before they are to be transplanted into the garden — unless you desire to transplant tomato plants with tomatoes already attached to the stem.
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Alex Apostle On Arming Teachers – School Threats [AUDIO]
MCPS Superintendent Dr. Alex Apostle is taking nothing for granted when it comes to school safety.
Dr. Apostle commented Thursday that he is very much against the idea of arming teachers in Missoula schools, however, he wants to make sure classrooms are as safe as they can be. Apostle sat down with Missoula police officials Thursday morning for a frank discussion about school safety, and he said he was completely impressed with the willingness of the department to help any way they can.
Monday morning, students, teachers and parents encountered officers outside each MCPS elementary school, and according to patrol captain Chris Odlin, the officers will continue their presence until further notice.
Apostle said he listens carefully to students as they talk amongst themselves about how this individual or that from another school may pose a threat, so, rather than ignoring the student, he takes whatever steps he deems necessary to negate the possible threat.
Apostle reiterated his call for a task force of educators, parents, law enforcement and community members to discuss school safety sometime in the new year, so that positive changes can be made to enhance security.
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Henry Herrick, along with his wife Editha, were among the original thirty who founded the First Church of Salem, MA in 1629. This was the first Puritan Church in the new colony. They arrived as part of the Higginson and Skelton fleet (Winthrop) to Salem in 1629. Rev. Francis Higginson and Rev. Samuel Skelton were the spiritual leaders of the fleet of five ships and about 300 settlers sent to Nahumkeake (Salem) by the Massachusetts Bay Company in 1629.
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A year has passed since the start of the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster—the largest accidental oil spill in history. Over a span of five months, a total of more than 170 million gallons of oil gushed into the Gulf of Mexico and swept toward the fragile ecosystem of the Mississippi River Delta and adjacent Gulf Coast.
It's still too early to measure the full extent of the oil's impacts on Gulf Coast waters, beaches, and saltmarshes, to the region's economy, or to its millions of birds. In this video, Cornell Lab director John Fitzpatrick summarizes what we do know, and reflects on our obligation to restore this national treasure's health. Below the video, you'll find other resources about the spill, its aftermath, and the way forward.
"We do have options to actually improve the landscapes, not just make them worse," Fitzpatrick says in the video. He's referring to a major effort to restore the vital but disappearing wetlands of the Mississippi River Delta. To learn more about this important opportunity to restore the Delta, watch our video.
The effects of such an immense spill on nesting birds were not as catastrophic as they could easily have been, thanks in part to the distance of the well from the coast as well as the amount of oil that was dispersed and sank instead of forming slicks. However, dispersed oil entered the ocean food chain in unknown amounts and may continue to have effects on food supplies for many years—long-term ecological monitoring is essential to understand these effects and to learn more about the advisability of using chemical dispersants in future spills. Direct deaths of birds from oil exposure are still being determined—researchers are beginning studies that will help estimate the number of birds that died but were never found. Our own high-definition video footage makes it clear that thousands or tens of thousands of seabirds, shorebirds, and wading birds were exposed to small amounts of oil that would have been undetectable from a distance or without the use of high magnification. These birds would suffer from increased energy requirements, toxic effects of the oil, and decreased waterproofing abilities, but their ultimate fate is impossible to determine. Only through long-term monitoring of populations can we get an idea of the degree of these indirect impacts from oil.
Even before the BP oil spill, the Mississippi River Delta was in crisis. In the past 80 years, more than 23,000 square miles of wetlands have been lost from this vast region. The two main causes are the containment of the Mississippi River, which keeps sediment from rebuilding the marshes, which are constantly sinking; and canals and oil and gas pipelines that cut through the bayous, funneling salt water into the brackish and freshwater marshes, killing the vegetation, and increasing erosion. Land loss in the Delta is one major reason why Hurricane Katrina had such devastating effects on New Orleans—there simply wasn't enough land in between the city and the open Gulf to lessen the storm surge. The size of the problem is huge, but the solution is fairly straightforward: sediment-laden waters must be diverted from the channelized Mississippi River and allowed to flow through the marshes once again. If there's one ray of hope to come from the BP oil disaster, it's that the damages can be put to use in healing the Delta's ills, making the land more resilient not just to oil spills but to other threats as well. Organizations including Environmental Defense Fund, Audubon, National Wildlife Federation, and Ducks Unlimited are pushing forward on this issue. Because we believe that the only way to begin to return the Mississippi River Delta to a healthy condition is with this sort of holistic approach, we prepared a short film (24 minutes) that helps explain how the Delta came to be, what its ecological and economic value is, and the general approaches that can be taken to repair it.
The Deepwater Horizon disaster happened in part because of insufficient environmental oversight—widely reported examples included BP not having enough spill-response material in the Gulf, lacking the technological skill to quickly stop the spill once it started, and including in their disaster-response plan ways to safeguard walruses and killer whales, which do not live in the Gulf of Mexico. Last summer, the spill served as a reminder of the continuing need for environmental regulation, and many politicians and the public called for stricter rules to prevent future disasters. For example, official documents including the Mabus Report to the President recommended that 80 percent of the fines assessed from Clean Water Act violations be channeled into restoration of the ecological health of the Delta. But by the end of the year the nation's economic problems had reclaimed the spotlight. As government budget battles fixate on spending cuts, it's imperative to remind our politicians that environmental protections cost far less than environmental disasters.
Ask virtually any scientist working to understand the spill's ecological effects and they're likely to name one major obstacle: baseline data. Whether the focus is birds, whales, or other animals, scientists have only partial knowledge of what the Gulf was like before the spill. Like pencil marks on a door frame recording your children's height as they grow, baseline data tell us where we were, so that we can understand what has happened since. They're a crucial piece of the scientific method, and they can only be collected ahead of time, through monitoring programs. Unfortunately, monitoring work is easy to undervalue, right up to the point where a major change such as an oil spill happens. Then the data become priceless—but only if we've collected them. You can help by supporting the funding of ecological monitoring. And you can help directly by getting involved in citizen science. Programs in which you serve as the eyes and ears of scientists—programs like eBird, NestWatch, and FeederWatch—allow data collection at a scale that simply can't be achieved any other way. Even if you don't live anywhere near the Gulf of Mexico, your observations are valuable as a part of the baseline that we may one day need just as much.
As much as oil disturbed life along the Gulf Coast, much more of it remained at sea where it threatens ocean life. In the darkness of the ocean, the best way to study animals is by listening to them—something that our Bioacoustics Research Program has been doing for more than 30 years. Working with NOAA, our researchers set up 21 underwater recording devices along the Gulf Coast seafloor from Louisiana to South Florida. By the middle of July, these units were in position and recording the sounds of sperm whales, Bryde's whales, pilot whales, and dolphins. Some units recorded sperm whales calling 24 hours a day, every day; others near the Florida panhandle recorded up to 20,000 vocalizations suspected to be of Bryde's whales, a very poorly studied species thought to number only 15 to 40 individuals in Gulf waters. The data are now being compared to maps of the oil's spread across the Gulf of Mexico to find out if whales altered their behavior in response to the oil-covered water. Our scientists will present their findings to NOAA in an interim report on May 11. The recording units remained underwater for five months after which we replaced them with new units to continue recording. Monitoring will continue through at least this summer, and we hope to find support to continue monitoring for the next several years to understand the effects of the spill.
The Cornell Lab has produced science-based, broadcast-quality media to support groups working to restore the Mississippi River Delta, including the Common Ground Initiative led by Audubon, the Environmental Defense Fund, and National Wildlife Federation. Our media are also being used by the Louisiana state government, private foundations, and national and regional conservation organizations to raise awareness of wetlands loss and influence conservation decision-making. For example, we are providing our videos to the State of Louisiana Master plan effort for restoring the Delta's wetlands, including screenings for the Science and Engineering Board and Education and Outreach Boards, and the Framework Development Team.
In the year since April 20, 2010, more than 4,000 bird watchers in Gulf Coast states have submitted 119,132 bird checklists to eBird, a year-round citizen-science project that monitors birds around the world. During the height of the spill, eBird added the capability to report oiled birds directly to our databases, and participants filed nearly 900 checklists with oiling information. eBird is the only year-round data set that is free and available to everyone. This makes it ideally suited to being used by local, state, and national organizations when prioritizing clean-up efforts and restoration of critical habitats. Organizations that use eBird data include Audubon state chapters, National Audubon Society, Louisiana State University, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. When the Migratory Bird Habitat Initiative went into action last fall, eBird data collection was a central part of the monitoring protocols put in place by Audubon, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences, and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to standardize the measurements of its effectiveness.
We can answer your frequently asked questions, give ideas about how you can help (whether you live near the Gulf or not), and provide links to more information and plans for the future. We've also prepared a series of in-depth videos that help you understand the vital ecosystems of the Mississippi River Delta.
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How much strength training is enough to build muscles and garner some health benefits? Kent Adams, director of the exercise physiology lab at Cal State Monterey Bay, says most healthy people can follow the basic guidelines from the American College of Sports Medicine, which recommends doing eight to 12 repetitions of eight to 10 strength-training exercises twice a week. (That's in addition to doing moderately intense cardio workouts for 30 minutes a day, five days a week.)
But how can you tell whether you're using enough weight to build muscle? If you can lift a weight easily 10 to 12 times without breaking a sweat, it's too light. The muscles need to be challenged, so by the end of a set of 10 repetitions, the weight should be extremely challenging to push or pull. This also goes for body-resistance exercises, such as push-ups or abdominal crunches.
For those who have never used weights before, investing in a few sessions with a personal trainer is a good idea. A certified trainer can not only tell you what exercises to do, but can show you how to do them correctly to avoid injury.
Want to get started with resistance training? Quincy Burgers, assistant personal training manager for Crunch Fitness in Los Angeles, suggests a few simple exercises that can be done at home:
Squats: Start with feet shoulder-width apart and hands in the air, maintaining a straight line from the fingers to the shoulders to the spine. Slowly drop into a squat, bending the knees as if about to sit in a chair. Go back to a standing position and repeat. If you feel pain in your back, that means core muscles (the ones surrounding the trunk, including the back) are not being activated. This exercise targets the quadriceps, hamstrings, glutes, calves and core muscles. Keeping the arms up also activates muscles in the shoulders and back.
Push-ups: Start in a plank position close to the ground with the body elevated by the feet and hands, palms on the ground a little wider than the shoulders. The body should be stable and the abdominal muscles engaged. Push the body up with the arms, making sure core muscles are activated — if they're not, too much strain will be placed on the back. Lower back down to the ground and repeat about 15 times, or as many as possible. This exercise can be modified by holding the body up with the knees instead of the feet, but make sure there's padding underneath, such as a yoga mat or towel. This exercise targets chest, core and shoulder muscles and triceps.
Lunge: Stand with feet shoulder-width apart, hands on hips. Take a step forward, creating a 90-degree angle with the front knee, making sure the knee does not extend past the toes. The back leg also bends, with the weight on the ball of the foot and the heel up and off the floor. Keep the back, neck and head straight and aligned. Push off with the front foot back to a standing position. Repeat with the other foot. Do three sets of 10 repetitions on each side. This activates the hamstrings, quadriceps, glutes, calves and core muscles.
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Tuesday, August 18
Traditional Montessori: Folding and Rolling
Folding cloth is introduced early on in Montessori. First, folding in half, then quarters, then a diagonal half and last triangular quarters. I was in need of some and made these just by cutting with the pinking scissors and using leftover fabrics. (A word on fabrics, after looking at my pictures I realized my fabric choice is a little "busy" a solid color would have been better because it is not distracting. Since these are not the first introduction with folding for my daughter, she is working on the last set, I will still use these. But when I first introduce folding with my youngest I should use a solid color.)
Each square has a line on both sides indicating where the fold will be. The child first traces the line with what we call the "working fingers" (index and middle).
Before each fold the child traces the line with the fingers.
If the cloth has been folded correctly the line acts as the control of error (the way in which the child can independently tell if the activity was done correctly) and the child will see if the line is along the fold.
Extensions of this work include folding paper, folding or rolling napkins for meals, and folding clothes.
7 comments:
- Gypsy said...
Your posts are so fantastic, thank you so much for putting such a rich resource online like this. I will dig out my mum's pinking shears and have a go!
- August 19, 2009
- Jennifer said...
yesterday I was trying to think of a way to teach my Little one how to fold napkins. Thank you! Thank You!!
- August 19, 2009
- Ange said...
Hi, I'm wondering when to introduce this and rolling up the rug/mat's to play on with my girls. I have one that just turned 1 and one that just turned 2. My 2 year old is SO busy and doesn't seem to want to take the time to roll it. Any ideas?
You're great!
- August 20, 2009
- Amy said...
Hi Ange- Your so kind! If you have a specific area for the table mat and/or floor rug to keep it rolled up they will benefit from watching you. Whenever you work with them, get out the rug -carry it level and carefully with two hands. Set it gently on the floor and slowly unroll it left to right- yes, we Montessorians are particular! It will be as if you are giving a lesson on it every time you use it just by demonstrating. When you are done, model careful rolling and returning to the spot. Even if you don't think they are watching be persistent and they will start doing it too, soon enough. These are typical 3-6 lessons. Once the rug and mat can be rolled by your 2yr old introduce folding in half. I neglected to mention there are typically four cloths in a set, so have 4 cloths for folding in half and start there. You can also stitch the line instead of drawing one like I did for a better look.
- August 21, 2009
- Ange said...
Thanks Amy!!!! That helps a lot.
- August 21, 2009
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Here is a nice tray to go with your beautiful folding cloths:
It is square, sized to the folding napkins, unfinished wood - and is so beautiful in its simplicity :)
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SOCORRO, N.M., July 2, 2004 – "The Amazing Randi," world-famous magician, escape artist, author, and most recently, debunker of pseudo-sciences, will be the featured speaker at an upcoming presentation at the Summer Science Program at New Mexico Tech.
James Randi will present "Investigating Pseudo-Science and Pseudo-Technology in the 21st Century" at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, July 9, at the university's Workman Center, room 101/102. The lecture is offered free of charge and is open to the public.
Randi is recognized internationally for his tireless and successful investigations of psychic, supernatural, and "magical" claims, dealing with popular subjects that border on both science and mythology. In the recent past, he has been featured on various national television programs, including Nova, Dateline, 20/20, and Larry King Live.
The Summer Science Program (SSP) is a six-week-long residential enrichment program in which gifted high school students from around the world study and work to complete a challenging, hands-on astronomical research project involving asteroids.
SSP has proven to be one of the most prestigious research programs for secondary school students since its founding in Ojai, California in 1959. Last summer, SSP opened a second campus in Socorro, with the support of New Mexico Tech, Los Alamos and Sandia national laboratories, and others, attracting 36 teenage scientists from Massachusetts to Hawaii.


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Ho, boy, this is terrific, if you enjoy Rube Goldberg-esque contraptions, which we do: some fine undergrads at Purdue University have come up with a device that pops a balloon in 300 easy steps. Necessary? Of course not. Hypnotic and rewatchable? You bet. [via Gadgetbox]
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Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases: Where Pediatricians Can Go for Reliable Information and Resources
Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases: Where Pediatricians Can Go for Reliable Information and Resources
Authors: Dale Halsey Lea, MPH, RN, CGC, FAAN, National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), National Institutes of Health (NIH); Henrietta Hyatt-Knorr, MA, Office of Rare Diseases Research (ORDR), NIH; Janine Lewis, MS, CGC, Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center (GARD), ICF International, William Feero, MD, PhD, NHGRI, NIH
One of your patients, a 6-month-old male, begins to show signs of developmental delay, curvature of the spine, failure to thrive and stool abnormalities. You make a referral to a genetics specialist, who diagnoses Bassen-Kornzweig syndrome, a rare inherited disease that prevents a person from fully absorbing dietary fats through the intestine. The parents have received genetic counseling, but still have questions. They need verification about how and why this happened, and whether there are other parents who have had children with this disease whom they can contact. Where do you look for reliable information to assist you in answering these questions?
Pediatricians are at the front lines of patient care. Families often assume that their pediatrician will be well versed in the latest genetic discoveries. Today, with incredible day-to-day time constraints and the availability of over 1,500 genetic tests for rare genetic conditions, this is a tall order. To help pediatricians and all health care professionals meet the challenge of providing timely and reliable information to patients and their families, the Office of Rare Diseases Research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently launched a searchable Web site for its Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center (GARD). The free site is located at: http://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/GARD. The Information Center is funded by the Office of Rare Diseases Research (ORDR) and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). The Information Center has responded to more than 22,000 inquiries on 6,000 rare and/or genetic diseases since it was established in February 2002. Inquiries for information come from physicians, nurses and other health care professionals, as well from patients and/or their families who might have been directed to the site by their health care professional. The Web site includes a feature that enables users to quickly locate disease-specific information and resources, e.g., links to answers to previously asked questions that the information specialists have received about the specific disease.
Additionally providers and their patients can contact, free of charge, GARD's information specialists by e-mail, toll-free telephone and or an international access number (see sidebar for details) for questions in English or Spanish. Information specialists provide users with authoritative information drawn from public domain sources such as Web sites, brochures, medical literature and patient support organizations. While patients and their families often contact GARD seeking direct referrals to health care professionals, genetic counseling, or treatment or medical management suggestions, GARD cannot directly provide this type of information. GARD is in a working partnership with the health care community, always strongly recommending that patients contact their own health care providers about questions regarding their medical care. Usually patients requesting information by e-mail or phone receive a response within 4 to 7 business days. However, depending on the nature of the inquiry, the turnaround time for inquiries from health-care professionals is often much faster. An urgent request may receive a response within 24 hours or even immediately.
Do you have any children in your practice have eluded diagnosis despite your having referred the patient to every specialist you could think of? Such a situation can be frustrating for health care providers, patients, and families alike. To provide a resource for patients who represent medical mysteries, the NIH has recently initiated a new clinical research program for undiagnosed diseases. The Undiagnosed Diseases Program will focus on the most puzzling medical cases referred to the NIH Clinical Center hospital in Bethesda, Md. by physicians across the nation (See: NIH Launches Undiagnosed Diseases Program). NIH has enlisted the expertise of more than 25 of its senior attending physicians from a wide ranging variety of specialties to evaluate patients enrolled in the program. Patients being considered for the NIH program must be referred by a health care provider and must provide to NIH their medical records and diagnostic tests. The subset of patients who meet the program's entry criteria will be asked to undergo in person evaluation at the NIH Clinical Center hospital, which may take up to a week. For more information about the Undiagnosed Diseases Program go to: Undiagnosed Diseases Program (See sidebar for additional information).
As you care for children who have genetic, rare or undiagnosed diseases, you must have access to reliable sources of information about the diseases to share with other health care providers and your patients and their families. As of 2008, pediatricians and families now have, free-of-charge, two NIH-funded programs - The Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center and the Undiagnosed Diseases Program - that can provide individualized support resources.
The Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center is funded under an NIH contract to the ICF International, contract GS-23F-8182H. Dale Lea and Henrietta Hyatt-Knorr are NIH Co-project Officers, Janine Lewis is Director of the Information Center. Dr. Feero is the Special Advisor to the Director for Genomic Medicine at the National Human Genome Research Institute of the NIH.
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Minnesota Action Team inspires youth involvement
Local high school students recognized for their efforts to promote community involvement during the 2004-05 school year
MLB Players AssociationMINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- Prior to Wednesday's game at the Metrodome, Twins players Lew Ford and J.C. Romero presented certificates of achievement to the Minnesota Action Team -- a group of highly motivated and community minded students -- for inspiring hundreds of their high school peers to get involved helping the needy. The Minnesota Action Team is part of an expanding youth volunteer initiative created by the Major League Baseball Players Trust and Volunteers of America, the national human services organization. With the guidance and inspiration of Ford and Romero, the Minnesota Action Team successfully encouraged over 300 students to log more than 1,000 hours volunteering at various Volunteers of America programs throughout the Minneapolis area. The Action Team began their efforts last August, when the players and students recorded a volunteerism video, and participated in training sessions where they discussed the importance of community involvement. Recognized on the field Wednesday for their participation in the Minnesota Action Team were team captains Michael Anderson, Michael Durkin, Sarah Foley, Kari Foley, Alex Gast, Olivia Killeen, Morgan Moores and Christopher Staral. Pam Hoepner, director of corporate partnerships for Volunteers of Americas Minnesota affiliate, joined Ford and Romero in presenting the certificates of achievement to the Action Team. In addition to Minnesota, Action Teams are inspiring thousands of high school students to get involved in Boston, Denver and Philadelphia. The Major League Baseball Players Trust and Volunteers of America plan to take the Action Team national by launching programs in additional cities. All Action Teams enjoy the support of Donruss Trading Cards. The Players Trust is a charitable foundation established and administered by Major League baseball players and makes financial and in-kind contributions to charities around the world and encourages others to get involved supporting causes they believe in. For more information on the Players Trust and the Action Team, please visit www.mlbplayers.com.
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The City Council's ordinances and enrolled bills committee is scheduled to discuss an ordinance mandating that telephone poles be placed in a manner wholly consistent with Americans with Disabilities Act rules.
TAUNTON — City Council's ordinances and enrolled bills committee is scheduled to discuss an ordinance mandating that telephone poles be placed in a manner wholly consistent with Americans with Disabilities Act rules.
The ordinance would require, in accordance with ADA rules, that each pole be installed at least three feet away from the edge of the road.
Committee Chairman David Pottier said he doesn't object to the ordinance, but notes that existing federal and state law already mandate compliance. Passing the ordinance, he said, if nothing else would serve as an extra safeguard for enforcing that specific statute.
The issue of some telephone/utility poles in Taunton impeding safe passage for people in wheelchairs came up in September during a meeting of the council's ADA committee.
That night, committee members also complained about "double poles" — where a temporary pole is used to bolster another that has been damaged — installed either by Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant or Verizon.
Other agenda items this week include five claims submitted by drivers whose vehicles reportedly were recently damaged by potholes.
Two of those were reported to have occurred near the intersection of Crapo and Tremont streets. Another two occurred when vehicles hit a pothole near 10 Ingell St. near the Marvel Oil building. One of those claimants includes City Clerk Rose Marie Blackwell.
The fifth pothole is described as being on Stevens Street near the William C. Murphy Bridge.
Claims for vehicle damage resulting from potholes typically are forwarded to the city's law office.
Also in this week's council agenda is a letter from the city's retirement board announcing the "retirement for superannuation" of city assessor Barry Cooperstein.
The 63-year-old Cooperstein, a onetime city councilman who also served on the school committee for 20 years, will retire on Feb. 17.
Contacted by phone, Cooperstein declined to discuss why he decided to retire other than that "it was time."


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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Penn State swimming and diving program has announced the addition of assistant swim coach Steve Barnes, who becomes the fourth member of head coach Tim Murphy's staff.
"Steve Barnes comes with five years of experience as a head coach," said head coach Tim Murphy. "He grew up in the Philadelphia area, so we are looking forward to him reconnecting with the club coaching community and being a real good recruiter for us, an excellent recruiter for us."
Prior to arriving in State College, Barnes spent the last four seasons as the head coach of the Wabash College swimming and diving program. Under Barnes' leadership, Wabash set three new school records in the 2013 season. During his tenure, Wabash produced two All-Americans in swimmers David Birrer and Evan Rhinesmith at the 2011 NCAA Division III Championships. Barnes is looking forward to the opportunity of being a Nittany Lion.
"I am very excited to join the family here at Penn State," said Barnes. "Penn State and the athletics program have a rich history of tradition and success and I look forward to adding to its success. I want to thank Charmelle and head coach Tim Murphy for this opportunity and am thrilled to be a Nittany Lion."
Before his time at Wabash, Barnes spent three seasons at Kalamazoo College as an assistant coach. The Hornets set an NCAA record, 39 school records, 17 conference records, won 36 individual and relay conference titles, qualified for 59 NCAA "B" cuts and 16 NCAA "A" cuts, and had nine individual top-eight finishes at the at the NCAA Nationals in his stint with Kalamazoo.
Barnes graduated from Ithaca College in 2005, where he was a four-time All-American and team MVP for the Bombers. He was named the 2002 Empire Eight Conference Swimmer and Rookie of the Year, was a 2005 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America honoree, and was selected as the Ithaca College Athlete of the Year from 2002-2005. Barnes holds the Ithaca records in the 500, 1000 and 1650-yard freestyle races and was part of the record-setting 800-yard freestyle relay team.


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