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Christina Aguilera + A Great Big World Get Emotional in 'Say Something' Video
Simplicity is key in the emotional video for the Christina Aguilera x A Great Big World duet 'Say Something.'
Xtina, looking gorgeous in a black slip dress and her hair slicked back, sings and cries. The boys of AGBW play piano and sing, and look lost in thought.
The performance footage is spliced with powerful and emotional images of an old man crawling into a hospital bed with his wife as she passes away -- grab a tissue.
There's also a scene of little girl hiding under bed with her dog. Then there is a couple that is breaking up and disentangling themselves. These scenes are woven throughout and they capture the difficult of life and the sometimes fleeting and otherwise enduring nature of human connections.
The song is heavy and the video matches the intensity.


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Commuter Student Orientation
Last updated: June 2, 2016
All commuter students are asked to attend all three days of activities in the beginning of Welcome Week, starting on Friday, August 26th as well as attend the additional programs throughout the week.
We understand that as a commuter it may seem like a lot to ask to drive in for all three days, but the activities offered on this first Friday, Saturday, Sunday will help all students and especially you as commuters to connect with other students, make friends, and become full members of the Western community ("Entering the Gates"). Many of these activities are informational and fun at the same time ("Voices of Students") and something you would not want to miss, something you may still talk about for weeks afterwards.
So don't think of yourself as just a commuter student but as a student who will take part in all activities such as student organizations (sign up at Clubs Carnival), who becomes a SuperFan, supporting our athletic teams and clubs during home games, someone who cares about Western and gets involved.
Check out the Commuter Student website and join the Commuter Student Organization (CSO).
How to get connected at Western
In beginning your education at Western, it is important to get connected with both your faculty and your peers. To that end there are a number of activities that we suggest you consider attending. For example, every Thursday you could attend the Midtown Coffeehouse at 8 p.m. in the Colonial Corner. The evening usually starts with an hour of open mic, followed by a featured performer. The Coffeehouse is always free and sandwiches, soda and of course coffee are always on the house.
On some Fridays you could attend the PAC Movie Night usually scheduled for 8pm in the Student Center Theater. This event is also free to all students and a fun way to see a movie a second time or even the first if you've missed it in the theatres. Friday After Hours in the Colonial Corner from 10 p.m. to midnight is another fun way to spend a Friday late evening.
Perhaps the best way to connect with Western is at Clubs Carnival. Virtually every student organization will have a table to present their program to new students. In addition there will be music and amusements. Please keep checking back to find out where and at what time Clubs Carnival will be scheduled.
And at the end of the day, you can relax and unwind and have a cup of Starbuck's coffee at The Daily Grind in the Westside Campus Center.
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"CODOH" – Where everything is.
SMITH'S TALK IN TEHRAN at Iranian Holocaust Conference in 2008
Monday, February 18, 2008
About This Blog
After I had asked the question several times, I realized I had never heard anyone else ask the question. Why was that? If four millions – or as we must say nowadays -- maybe a million, were killed in gas chambers at Auschwitz, surely there was one academic on one campus somewhere in America who could provide the name of one person, with proof, who was killed there.
It occurred to me to ask Professor Deborah Lipstadt herself. She is the key public spokesperson for the Holocaust Lobby on the American campus. Of course, she did not respond. It is against her principles – I understand this and do not mean to complain about it, though every once in a while I will probably mention it – it is against her principles to discuss anything with anyone who doubts what she believes about the use of WMD (gas chambers) by Germans during WWII.
So I would write Professor Lipstadt directly, and copy my original letter to her to academics and journalists at Emory and other campuses and see if anyone was interested in the question. I would pretend that such folk can afford to be interested responding to the question. Who among them will be willing to risk their reputation, their career, and their income, over this simple question?
As of this writing I have begun my lonely quest for that one name, with proof – one out of a million names. It has been suggested to me that that is about what my chances are of any academic risking it – one in a million. I cannot believe that that will prove to be so. Surely one professor, on one campus somewhere in America, will rise to the occasion.
Regarding your comments, I will follow Professor Lipstadt's example: I will post those that interest me. And as Professor Lipstadt has it, I will not correct 'typos' in email. It may turn out that Professor Lipstadt will be my model in many ways. I believe that would be wise of me. She is a real pro, she is very successful, she is above criticism, she has access to substantial funding, and she is taken seriously by the mainstream press. Who else would I better follow?
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- frank scott said...
maybe it was alfred e. neuman?
would mad magazine count as a reliable source?
hi bradley...regarding proof, as i just asked someone else, does anyone have a count of the admitted to fraudulent tales of the holocaust? you know, the folks who later recant and say they were in shock or telling about their nightmares or whatever?
as opposed to the run of the mill instances of far fetched mythology, often due to shock and suffering, more often due to financial hustles and mental illness...
a count of those tales - the ones that even major media acknowledge, in passing - would be valuable information...no?
more important, as i've asked before ( including of you?), is there any news as to what, if anything,has been revealed by that enormous collection of german archives which was opened to scholars (?) back in november of '07?
anyway, hello, and how are ya??
reach me at:
- March 3, 2008 at 4:24 PM
- TGGP said...
Also, there appears to be a forum where people respond to revisionism called Real Open Debate on the Holocaust
- March 9, 2008 at 3:57 PM
- Bradley R. Smith said...
I'm asking for the name of one person, with proof, who was killed in a gas chamber at Auschwitz. For the moment I will leave a debate over the Holocaust to those who do not want to reply to The Question.
- March 9, 2008 at 5:43 PM
Debating with believers is the fastest way to get nowhere. I've had more fruitful discussions about the nature of Christ with Born Again christers than those clinging to the Big Lie.
"Holocaust .... it's bigger than Christ!"
- August 6, 2008 at 2:43 AM
- dan said...
You know, Bradley, you look from ur photo like a cool cat, and at 78, i wish you more years and many happy returns. I am Jewish. From Boston area. Non-relgious. Atheist. And I can understand what you are trying to do with your blog and your ideas and it is good to question everything, yes, even the Holocaust, the figures, what really happened there.....sure...but it seems that most people i meet on the net who want to question the Holo C, and even I want answers, too, me who is Jewish, but what i see most often about people who want answers here are people who don't really seem to have much empathy...EMPATHY....not sympathy...but EMPATHY...for Jewish people. I am not saying they antisemitic, no no no. But they seem to lack EMPATHY.....so i think the first step in addressing the real issues and stats of the Holo C is to develop EMPATHY for the Jews....and this is hard to do in a country like USA where you were born and raised......first, develop EMPATHY...and then, yes, go and ask these important questions...but what i mostly see not from you but from others is a kind of blind, rote hatred of Jews......where this comes from I do not know....i don't blindly hate anyone... except SNAKES, which i was programmed to hate blindly by reading those old Bible stories of Adam and Eve and the big bad snake...so i wonder where does this blind hatred of Jews come from. I am sure your Mexican wife has the same feelings towards Jews that you do. First, develop EMPATHY....then go find the truth, yes....i support you......
- December 20, 2008 at 9:05 PM
- MB said...
Mr. Smith,
You are a hero of mine. I previously thought that all of my heroes were dead, but I was wrong. Mind you, I'm not an idealistic kid, but a 53 year old man. Please keep plugging away and be assured of my modest support. You are tops.
May God (if there is one) bless you.
With warmest possible regards,
- April 15, 2009 at 3:03 PM
Perhaps its is impossible ask you questiona, Mr Bradley, because there is no obituary for that people that dies in the gas chamber there was no document about these people or did destroy by the nazis in the end of the II great war, as the sugest Rudolf Höss in a interview with Dr. Leon Goldensohn, psychiatrist of Nuremberg´s trial...
You ask for direct proof, and this is impossible and you know that, but there are evidences that proof the gas chambers exists, and you know that too...
- October 13, 2009 at 1:11 PM
- Yury said...
Mr. Bradley, thank you for your blog.
- October 16, 2009 at 6:41 AM


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Someone should get Antonio Brown to sign a bar napkin, and ask him what he thinks of Todd Haley.
According to Ed Bouchette of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Steelers wide receiver "confronted" his offensive coordinator on the sidelines in the second half of Monday's loss to the Bengals, and "angrily complained" he wasn't seeing enough of the ball.
According to the report, Haley and Brown were both still "seething about it" Tuesday.
There was no video footage of the incident, but the pattern of the game indicates something changed. Brown was targeted three times in the first half, with two catches for 35 yards. He was targeted six times in the second half.
Fellow starter Emmanuel Sanders was targeted 10 times, but No. 3 wideout Jerricho Cotchery was targeted five times in the first half, and nine for the game.
Such frustrations aren't uncommon, especially on 0-2 teams. But for a team that's struggling on offense the way the Steelers are, seeing one of their highest-paid players going off on the sidelines is going to be an issue.


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Dana's Low-Carb for Life (Podcast)
CarbSmart Magazine!
Ever wish there were a low carb magazine? You look at Cooking Light and think "Why isn't there something like that for low carbers? Geez."
Wonder no more. As of about 10 days ago, CarbSmart.com has launched a tablet-magazine. You know, articles, recipes, pretty pictures, all that stuff. And it's tres cool!
(Please note: As of this posting, the magazine is available for iPad users. My understanding is that CarbSmart is working out formats for other platforms/devices, and this should be available before long. So for now, please do not attempt to install the CS app or purchase the magazine unless you have an iPad. We're working on it!
How it works: The CarbSmart Magazine application runs inside iTunes Newsstand on your iPad. The app itself is free, but once you have it installed, you may buy a single issue for $3.99, or a full subscription for $19.99. This is why the application says it is "free", but is empty when you have first installed it.
We apologize to those who have had trouble. This technology is very new to us, and we are both learning as quickly as we can. -Eric)
We have the Best of 2012 Roundup, but that's just for starters. The Spotlight of our first issue is Fat Fasting and super-high-fat diets in general. Jacqueline Eberstein, RN, who worked with Dr. Atkins for 30 years, has written an article about how to tell if the Fat Fast is for you, and we'll tell you the 10 best foods for Fat Fasting. The Roundup includes my articles from when I first tried Fat Fasting, and Di Bauer's experiences with it, as well.
And RECIPES! Do we have recipes! In Dana's Kitchen you'll find Smoked Salmon and Asparagus Frittata, Ham, Cheddar and Broccoli Quiche, and Green Eggs and Ham. And do you know Susie T. Gibbs of Fluffy Chix Cook? She's smart and sassy and funny, and her recipes are, if anything, more impressive than my own. She's doing our Budget Low Carb Column, and for our first issue, she's really blown the kitchen doors off: Easy Beef Stroganoff with Buttery Cabbage Noodles, Un-Corned Beef Pot Roast & Pan-Browned Winter Vegetables, Oven-Fried Catfish, and Swiss Chard with Oven Roasted Grape Tomatoes. We'll both be contributing recipes exclusively for CarbSmart Magazine on a monthly basis.
It's a tad late now, but we also have Passover recipes from Barbo Gold, of Barbo's Low Carb Kitchen -- Aunt Sadie's Brisket, Low Carb Charoset, Barbo's Noodle Kugel. Yes, Passover is over. But brisket tastes great any time, and Passover will come again next year.
Amy Dungan fans, she's on board, too. This issue she's reviewed Tom Naughton's documentary FatHead -- it's not new, but we won't rest till everyone's seen it. Amy will be covering low carb success stories, too.
And have I mentioned design? Those of you who weary of my visual-deficient blog will be pleased to know that Azure Zebra Productions has given us a vital, zingy, totally engaging visual style. Great photos! Great layout!
In our second issue, we'll have a spotlight on the surprising health benefits of ketogenic diets. If you think it's just weight loss, you're going to be dazzled! We're also starting Kitchen Table Wisdom, with tips from the Low Carb Community (that's YOU), Ask the Low Carb Doctor with Dr. James Carlson and of course, more recipes! We're actively recruiting more writers weekly.
In short, we're on the fast track to being everything you could want in a low carb magazine. Download our first issue today, and we're convinced you'll want to subscribe!
(Again, the CS app for iPad is free to download, but you will then need to choose a single issue for $3.99, or a full year's subscription for $19.99. -Eric)
Addendum, for anyone having trouble:
I have had a few folks report having trouble getting this all to work. My apologies if this is the case for you. The technology is very new to me, but I'll do my best to get it straightened out.
First thing is to make sure you're using an iPad.
Next, are you able to open the CarbSmart app in iTunes Newsstand on your iPad at all? It's a little odd that way, like an app inside an app. (Took me a couple of tries to work it out.) Go to Newsstand (which is on the first screen on my iPad), and open the CarbSmart app from there. If the CS app is not there, then you'll need to go to "Store" in Newsstand (it's really the iTunes app store, but it installs the CS app inside Newsstand), search for "carbsmart", and download/install it.
Then, open the CS app, go to "Store" and see what options show up for purchase. Tap once anywhere on the screen in the app, and "Store" shows up as a button at the bottom. Tap that. That's where you should see all your options for purchase, which should include $3.99 single issue, $19.99 yearly subscription, and a recurring pay-by-month $1.99 subscription.
If there is nothing in the Store, then we've got a problem, and I'll have to check with a colleague who knows this stuff better than I do. Hope this helps!
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Another request for android (Google play) app
Android is as big if not bigger then iTunes.. Please make this happen. Just like this diet (erk lifestyle) follows the science and not the herd... All the smart people have droids! :p
We have kindles, and iPhone and an android, but sold the iPad because it was to redundant.... Please make this available on at least one other format then iPad.
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Carb Smart
Is this available online too? I don't have a tablet
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While I know that the magazine will become available for other formats as well as a downloadable PDF version, I don't think we expect to have an actual online version of each issue as such. But a lot of material can be found at the CarbSmart.com website.
A PDF can also be read in a browser, so that's probably your way to go, once that format is available.
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Fat fast
Just found out about you! Wondering more about HCG and Fat Fasting together. Wouldn't that make you gain or stall?
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Carb Smrt Magazine
Will it be available for the Nook or to download on my computer? Because of my poor eyesight, I would much rather be able to download it on my computer. Than You
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What if I don't own a tablet?
I don't own a tablet or iphone or Kindle Fire. Can I somehow get this magazine on my PC?
It sounds like a great magazine, but I can't imagine spending hundreds of dollars just to get access to it.
p.s. Love the Fat Fast Cookbook
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CarbSmart Mag.
I am getting ready to download the app now. I hope it works better then the "Fat Fast" book I downloaded to kindle on my Ipad and it won't open except in Cloud which I don't do. So I have had the book for over a month and can't read it. Oh well maybe the Droid edition will work better. I am such a die hard fan of yours Dana that I will buy the Droid app also. Hope I have better luck with the magazine,I am very excited.
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Just for iPad?
Yes! I have had that exact experience -- I've often wished for a low carb magazine when I see Cooking Light, etc. I am so technology ignorant so bear with me -- is this just for the iPad?
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Great stuff! Will they ever
Great stuff! Will they ever be making it available for Android devices as well, though?
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I *think* we're planning on an Android format edition, but I would have to check on that. I know we're doing the Fat Fast Recipes book in 'Droid soon, and would assume it's also in the works for the magazine.
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Kindle, Zinio, or Android needed!
I think my Kindle Fire HD tablet will handle any of these three formats. But I don't see an app for it that will read iTunes/iPad format. You already published the Fat Fast Recipes in Kindle, so it shouldn't be too much of a problem to convert the magazine as well!
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Oh, you're right... I was thinking it was a Kindle format, like the Fat Fast book, but it's actually iTunes Newsstand. I can do some looking into this...
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How do you buy subscriptions
I downloaded the magazine app for iPad. The library is empty. How do you buy a subscription? When I try from the app in the newsstand it says no in app purchases are allowed
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Looking into it...
Hi Cyndi,
Sorry you are having trouble. This technology is all new to Dana and me, and we are learning as quickly as we can. I'm aware of some folks having trouble, and will do my best to address these problems, with the help of our other CarbSmart colleagues.
It sounds like you were doing everything right so far. I'll see if I can find out why you might be having trouble buying an issue from within the app. I'm pretty sure that's how we did it.
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Sunday, April 8, 2012
Dumb Bunny Gets All the Attention
20 comments:
oh my gosh thats funny so is the Cadbury egg bit too, thats my kind of eggs!!!Happy easter
- April 8, 2012 at 9:48 AM
- TheFairyyellowbugQueen said...
Happy Day to you Kristin, art friend!! Oh go buy yourself a really delicious chocolate egg. Wait until the sales starts. Yukking it up here, *smiles* Norma
p.s. the Summer of Fun is ahead of all of us hey?
- April 8, 2012 at 10:42 AM
- Daniele Valois said...
oh poor Dutch! I would so give you some eggs baby doggie! ...and man, you're getting big!!!
Happy Easter. Don't wear yourself out. and eat chocolate...I did!!! Godiva chocolate bunny! Kelsey had to scold me for eating her bunny!
- April 8, 2012 at 11:07 AM
- Kathy, PaperPumpkin said...
Hahaha! Love this! Happy Easter, Kristin!
- April 8, 2012 at 11:49 AM
- missy k said...
Oh, just look at that sweetness!
Happy Easter to you all :)
Love Karenx
- April 8, 2012 at 12:08 PM
- craftattack said...
Love that doggy photo, and the lie with the eggs is worth remembering! Happy Easter! Hugs, Valerie
- April 8, 2012 at 12:28 PM
- Lesley Edmonds said...
Awww bless him!
- April 8, 2012 at 12:34 PM
- Netty said...
Still laughing at those brill words.... Happy Easter Kristin to you and your dear family, Annette x
- April 8, 2012 at 2:21 PM
- Mandy said...
Happy Easter right back at you and yours..its Monday here and yep..i ate chocolate...and have lots more in there to eat..lol...it is Easter after all..xxx
- April 8, 2012 at 2:25 PM
- Sandi said...
Dutch? Oh he is adorable..have had boxers and bullies in our family, the best family pets. Happy Hoppy to you and yours Kristin!
- April 8, 2012 at 4:27 PM
- Jenny said...
Ha... love it... yes the chocolate variety are more delicious....
Happy Easter....
Jenny x
- April 8, 2012 at 5:10 PM
- sugar Creek said...
Awe poor thing! You could've put some bunny ears on him! ;)hehe Hope you had a great Easter!xx
- April 8, 2012 at 6:23 PM
- Janelle said...
Happy Easter. I hope you and your family has a wonderful day. I left my dog at home for the holiday, but my in-laws dog kept stealing candy from the kids. Silly dog is going to have a tummy ache tonight.
- April 8, 2012 at 7:38 PM
- Cameron said...
Awww....look at that sweet little face!
Hope you had a wonderful Easter, too!
- April 8, 2012 at 11:31 PM
- Diane said...
Oh--so sweet!
I'm sure he still had a wonderful Easter with his family even without the eggs...
- April 9, 2012 at 4:06 AM
- Scarlett Clay said...
LOL, that quote has me smiling and giggling...I have been battling my Cadbury cravings since Valentine's! Those little 170 calorie eggs have totally ruined my month! :)
- April 9, 2012 at 9:09 PM
- Joyce van der Lely said...
awwwwwww, the eyes...I am a ucker for eyes...... xoxo
- April 9, 2012 at 11:41 PM
- Joanna said...
Awww! I've forgotten about your newest addtion! What a face :D
- April 10, 2012 at 3:37 PM
- joanna said...
omg, he's soooo cute! Dutch? is that his name? Hope you had a nice Easter. Loving your journal as well:)
- April 11, 2012 at 10:02 AM
- Terri Neggers said...
Oh my gosh, what a face on your dog, he is precious. Makes me want to laugh and cry at the same time!
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Feds Threatening To Confiscate Musicians' Instruments
In the history of really bad ideas, this one's got to be close to the top.
Lawmakers are scrambling to save the summer concert season from federal agents poised to seize the instruments of rock and country stars because the wood used to make them may have been illegally harvested–and without their knowledge.
Romney's Plans For Day One
The Romney campaign has released an ad explaining some of the things that he'd do on his first day as President:
GOP Readying Plans For ObamaCare Ruling
Prior planning prevents poor performance, and the GOP seems to be taking that rule to heart while waiting for the Supreme Court to rule on ObamaCare.
If the law is upheld, Republicans will take to the floor to tear out its most controversial pieces, such as the individual mandateand requirements that employers provide insurance or face fines.
If the law is partially or fully overturned they'll draw up bills to keep the popular, consumer-friendly portions in place — like allowing adult children to remain on parents' health care plans until age 26, and forcing insurance companies to provide coverage for people with pre-existing conditions. Ripping these provisions from law is too politically risky, Republicans say.
Let The Firestorm Begin: Literary Promotional Booklet Claims Obama Born In Kenya
Please note, like Andrew Breitbart, I have never been a "birther." However, I believe that Obama has through much of his adult life fictionalized — that is, lied about — many things about himself. It is in that spirit that I present this:
Breitbart News has obtained a promotional booklet produced in 1991 by Barack Obama's then-literary agency, Acton & Dystel, which touts Obama as "born in Kenya and raised in Indonesia and Hawaii."
The booklet, which was distributed to "business colleagues" in the publishing industry, includes a brief biography of Obama among the biographies of eighty-nine other authors represented by Acton & Dystel.
It also promotes Obama's anticipated first book, Journeys in Black and White–which Obama abandoned, later publishing Dreams from My Father instead.
At Least Three House GOP Offices Burgled
Hmmm… crimes of opportunity, or deliberately targeting Republicans (emphasis in original)?
"The evidence points to someone with access to my office, and other offices in the Capitol complex, as the perpetrator," freshman Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., surmised in a letter to the House's Office of the Chief Administrative Officer.
Other offices hit—many of which handle information dealing with issues of national security, though nothing of a sensitive nature was reportedly taken—include those of Reps. Jerry Lewis, R-Calif., and Jon Runyan, R-N.J.; the Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security; and the Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
Those looking for some common link might note that Lewis serves on Appropriations; Gowdy sits on Oversight; and Runyan is a member of the Armed Services Committee. Also, staffers on the House Oversight Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia, Census, and the National Archives, which Gowdy chairs, reported that $200 of their money went missing during business hours.


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This new, regular feature on NHLNumbers will share interesting stats-related posts from around the web almost every day.
Welcome to edition number eight of the rebooted Number Chains. In this space you will be able to find the best analytical hockey writing from around the internet on a close-to-daily basis. Subject matter will include statistical evaluation, financial analysis, contractual issues, and (sometimes) closely-related tangential works. If you have something you would like to submit for a future edition (your writing or that of someone else) feel free to send it to me via Twitter @JoshL1220 or leave a comment.
Welcome to another hockey-less week. That may not be the most original introduction to a post, and I have little doubt that reading it several times is annoying, grating, and tiresome. But, such is the lockout in general. Speaking of the lockout, "news" broke this weekend. On Saturday the NHLPA and NHL met for several hours. I'll let Bill Daly and Steve Fehr expound:
"We had a series of meetings yesterday (Saturday) and exchanged views on the most important issues separating us," wrote Daly in an email to TSN on Sunday morning."We plan to meet again sometime early this week."
Fehr sent out a release later Sunday morning saying that he agreed with how Daly summed up the session.
"Hopefully we can continue the dialogue, expand the group, and make steady progress," said Fehr.
The secret meeting in the secret location supposedly went well, and both sides will be meeting again tomorrow. Whether or not any actual progress was made is anyone's guess, but at this point it's foolish to get your hopes up one way or the other. The emotion swings aren't justified at this point.
After the jump, Larry Brooks gets emotional (angry?) about the owners role in the lockout, JW muses about Anton Lander, and a few other tasty treats.
* In Sunday's New York Post Larry Brooks torched the owners. Among the highlights of the article are several references to the "owners lockout" and the canceller-in-chief (Gary Bettman…if you didn't catch the not-so-subtle jab). As if you needed further clarification, Brooks definitely points his finger at one side:
By the way, you know what's hilarious? The notion the players deserve blame for this, for having had the audacity to hire someone who would diligently represent their interests — that's what's hilarious.
The column isn't all owner smashing. Brooks proposes a fix to the escrow issue:
I would suggest a large part of the solution would be to decrease escrow — and thus the amount necessary to fund make-whole — by altering the way the floor is calculated.
Percentage-of-the-gross is a guaranteed shortcut to a dead-end in a league where 90 percent of the money is generated locally and in which the payroll of smaller market teams is dictated by the dramatic annual increase revenue of a handful of monster franchises
In 2006-07, the second year of the system but the first season for which the numbers were established by actual revenue and not an estimate, the $28 million floor was 63.6 percent of the $44 million cap. No one complained about that.
If the cap reaches $88 million — and it will at 50-50 before all that long if revenues continue to increase at historical rates—then the $72 million floor will represent 81.8 percent of the ceiling.
Forcing teams to hit the floor increases escrow and complicates make-whole. The answer is to set the floor at a percentage rate of the cap — say, 65 percent rather than the $16 million hard number — which would thus minimize escrow and diminish the make-whole gap to a workable number.
* Bruce Garrioch wrote about the thawing relationship between the NHL and NHLPA.
* A guest post was written for Canucks Army by Fy Virani, an individual with an insider story to tell about the weird CHLPA story.
* Jonathan Willis took a look at the job security of Anton Lander.
Outside of rehashing the same two stories over and over it was a pretty slow weekend. Happy Monday.
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The Nikon 1 J4 may be a good mirrorless camera, but Nikon really needs to turn up the volume when you consider the strong competition.
Big improvement, still needs work
'world's smallest, lightest interchangeable lens camera'
'extremely capable camera'
'Despite rife competition, this Sony still manages to offer ample appeal despite a couple of bumps in the road along the way.'
Crammed in between the Alpha 5000 and 6000
'fantastic travel camera'
'Doesn't include external battery charger.'
'If this wasn't enough, the SH-2 also allows you to record silent high-speed movies for slow-motion playback. '
'Fixed screen.'
'For a compact camera, the Canon PowerShot G7 X can produce alarmingly good photos. '
'Plenty of special effect features to use. '
'Wide aperture zoom lens.'
'Great image quality from 1in sensor.Flexible '
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'Outstanding image quality and performance make this classically designed rangefinder model a must have for anyone looking to upgrade from a point-n-shoot or just someone looking for a compact ILC to travel with.'
'In-body image stabilization.'
'Battery here life is a respectable rather than exceptional 350 images from a full charge – but that is about average for a compact system camera in this suggested £499 price bracket. '
'very capable camera'
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Obama tears up as he honors Newtown educators
Feb. 15 - U.S. President Barack Obama awards presidential medals posthumously to six educators killed in the Newtown school massacre. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION) STORY: President Barack Obama, marking a poignant moment in his push to curb gun violence, awarded presidential medals posthumously on Friday to six educators killed in the Newtown school massacre, saying they gave their lives to protect "the most innocent and helpless among us." Obama bestowed the honor, which recognizes citizens who have performed "exemplary deeds" of service, on four teachers and two administrators killed in the December 14 shooting rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, a tragedy that sparked nationwide calls for tighter gun control laws. In a White House ceremony, Presidential Citizens Medals, the nation's second-highest civilian honor, were presented one-by-one to the slain women's families, many of them in tears as Obama embraced and consoled them. Twenty first-graders were also killed in the attack by a lone gunman. Obama said the educators came to school that morning with "no idea that evil was about to strike." "And when it did they could have taken shelter by themselves, they could have focused on their own safety, on their own well-being, but they didn't," he said. "They gave their lives to protect the precious children in their care and gave all they had for the most innocent and helpless among us. That's what we honor today." Obama, who has called the day of the mass shooting the worst of his presidency, is moving swiftly to try to build momentum for gun control legislation, using his otherwise policy-heavy State of the Union address on Tuesday to make an impassioned appeal. But he faces an uphill battle against a powerful pro-gun lobby and a strong U.S. tradition of hunting and gun ownership. The right to bear arms is enshrined in the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Principal Dawn Hochsprung, school psychologist Mary Sherlach and teachers Rachel D'Avino, Lauren Rousseau, Anne Marie Murphy and Victoria Soto were killed in the attack carried out by the 20-year-old gunman, Adam Lanza. Obama paid tribute to the slain educators in a ceremony that also honored a dozen other Americans in fields that included child development, gay rights, military veterans assistance, immigrant outreach and helping disabled women. They were selected from among nearly 6,000 nominations.


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Wisconsin Army National Guard's Maj. Dave Brown, Jr., and his wife, Rachel - winners of the CBS reality program "The Amazing Race," were greeted by Maj. Gen. Don Dunbar, adjutant general of Wisconsin, Bucky Badger, friends and others at the Dane County Regional Airport May 7 following their victory which aired the night before. The couple participated in the show's 20th season immediately following Dave's year-long deployment to Iraq in support of Operation New Dawn. Wisconsin National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Jon LaDue


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HBO Latino premiered the inspiring documentary Habla Women on Thursday April 18th, and it's about time! Habla Women is a continuation of the Habla series which has given Latinos a voice to share with their community experiences and cultural issues that have helped shape their lives. The hour-long film covers various topics such as nurturing, truth, sex, the term puta, and being afro-latino among others. The cast is an inspiring array of women from a boxer (Marlen Esparza) to a writer and editor (CFL E.I.C. Michelle Herrera Mulligan) to a chef (Daisy Fuentes) proving that Latina women can and do in fact do it all.
Guaranteed to make you both cry and laugh, the cast and their stories will inspire you to be strong and proud to fight for what you believe in. What's amazing about Habla is that for the very first time all of the cultural issues and traditions that make us who we are have a platform to be discussed on, and by intelligent Latina women. But seriously, when is the last time you watched something and saw your tia, abuelita, mom, and yourself reflected in the cast? For me that had never happened, and after finishing the film I felt extremely proud to be Latina and to come from where all of these other women come from. I'm sure you'll be just as inspired once you watch as well.
Have you seen Habla Women yet? The film will play two to three times a week throughout the spring season on HBO Latino.


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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Washington, D.C., recently released a list of U.S. metropolitan areas with the largest number of energy-efficient buildings in 2008 that have earned EPA's Energy Star status — EPA's label for high efficiency. The list is headed by Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston, Washington, D.C., Dallas-Fort Worth, Chicago, Denver, Minneapolis-St Paul, Atlanta, and Seattle.
"Energy Star buildings typically use 35% less energy and emit 35% less greenhouse gases than average buildings," says EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson. "EPA commends all of these cities and all of the others, as well as countless individuals, who are now using more energy-efficient appliances and dwellings. They are saving energy, saving money and protecting our environment."
In 2008, more than 3,300 commercial buildings and manufacturing plants earned the Energy Star status, representing savings of more than $1 billion in utility bills and more than 7 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions. These buildings include schools, hospitals, office buildings, courthouses, grocery stores, retail centers, and auto assembly plants. The total for Energy Star qualifying buildings and plants in America is now more than 6,200 with overall annual utility savings of more than $1.7 billion and the prevention of the greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those of more than 2 million cars a year.
To view a list of Energy Star buildings and plants, including those in the 2008 Top 25 Cities, visit the Energy Star Web site.


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of the American Society for Information Scinece
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Volume 25, No. 2
December / January 1999
Inside ASIS
New Directors Take Seats on ASIS Board
With the conclusion of the 1998 administrative year, the ASIS Board of Directors welcomed four new members to the body and bid farewell to those who had faithfully served the group for the preceding three years.
Joining the Board following their election by the membership-at-large were Eugene Garfield, founder and chairman emeritus of Institute for Scientific Information, president-elect; George Ryerson, senior science information analyst, Chemical Abstracts Service, treasurer; and Gary Marchionini, Boshamer Distinguished Professor, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Victor Rosenberg, associate professor, University of Michigan, as directors-at-large.
Ascending to the presidency for the new administrative year was Candy Schwartz, professor at Simmons College, who served the last year as president-elect.
In addition, Julie Hurd, science librarian and associate professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, was re-elected to a second term as Chapter Assembly Director. Douglas Kaylor, Wright State University, was elected Deputy Director.
Four departing members of the Board were thanked for their efforts. Debora Shaw, immediate past president; Ernest A. DiMattia, Jr., treasurer; and Steve Hardin and Bonnie Lawlor, were thanked for their distinguished service and contributions to the society. Janet Arth, University of Minnesota, was also thanked for her service as Deputy Chapter Assembly Director.
The 1998 ASIS Annual Awards
The Best of Information Science Honored at the 1998 ASIS Annual Meeting
Winners of the prestigious 1998 ASIS Annual Awards were announced and honored throughout the recent ASIS Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh. Nominated by practitioners and scholars throughout the information field and selected by juries of their peers, dozens of outstanding representatives of the field of information science were cited for the highest levels of contributions in their selected specialties.
Award of Merit
Henry Small, director of corporate research, Institute of Scientific Information (ISI), is the recipient of the 1998 ASIS Award of Merit. Dr. Small is cited for outstanding contributions to the field of information science and technology and for his groundbreaking work on co-citation as a dynamic measure of the connectedness of scientific literatures. In pioneering this measure and applying it in several fields of science, he has introduced many novel concepts, such as citations as concept symbols, citation context and content analysis.
His recent work in visualizing literatures through maps in two or three dimensions provides extremely valuable tools for researchers and students at all levels. His contributions continue to live in frequent citations by scholars in many fields, reflecting his profound influence on our understanding of the discipline of information science.
Few individuals have contributed as much as he to the theoretical base of our field; even fewer will have made a genuinely lasting impact on how we view our spheres of intellectual activity. Moreover, the fruits of his sustained research while at the Institute for Scientific Information have translated into a suite of practical, yet elegant, products from which information scientists and others are able to draw real benefits on a daily basis. (See page 23 in this issue of the Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science to read Dr. Small's acceptance speech.)
Special Award
From time to time, the ASIS Board of Directors determines that an individual who might not otherwise meet the criteria of the ASIS awards is nonetheless worthy of recognition by the Society for long-term contributions to the advancement of information science and technology which have resulted in increased public awareness of the field and its benefits to society. To these individuals, the Board confers the ASIS Special Award.
For 1998, Herbert A. Simon is recognized for the breadth of his research in and the magnitude of his contributions to computer science, psychology, economics, philosophy and numerous other fields. (See page 13 in this issue of the Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science for a report on Dr. Simon's plenary presentation at the Annual Meeting.)
Watson Davis Award
The Watson Davis Award, named for the founder of the Society, is given annually to an individual who has shown continuous dedicated service to the membership through active participation in and support of ASIS programs, chapters, SIGs, committees and publications.
The 1998 Watson Davis Award was given to Judy Watson, Chemical Abstracts Service, in recognition of her 17 years of active participation in the Society. Judy has worked on many levels within ASIS, including membership and leadership on such national committees as Awards and Honors, Budget and Finance, Conferences and Meetings, Leadership Development, Membership and Publications; contributions to SIGs/BC and STI; and service as director of the Chapter Assembly and as director on the ASIS Board of Directors. One of the comments submitted in support of Judy's nomination was that she is "thoughtful and candid, accepts responsibility willingly, regularly works with newer members to help them develop their leadership potential."
Research Award
The ASIS Research Award recognizes an individual or organization for outstanding research contributions in the field of information science. The 1998 ASIS Research Award recipient is Marcia J. Bates, professor in the Department of Library and Information Science at UCLA's Graduate School of Education & Information Studies. Dr. Bates has a long and distinguished record of research on searching of information systems, beginning with her doctoral dissertation on factors affecting subject catalog search success. Subsequently, she has examined interface design issues and developed interfaces to facilitate directed searching as well as browsing as a search technique. Many of her research contributions have explored the role of language in information retrieval.
She has influenced numerous other researchers, and her key works are considered classics in the field. For her work in the area of searching tactics, she received the Best JASIS Paper Award in 1980. After that award, she continued her research and publication in the areas of information seeking, searching and user-centered design of information retrieval systems.
Among her more recent works cited by the award jury members is her participation in the Getty Online Searching Project. In this work, she has focused attention on the information-seeking behavior of humanists in an electronic environment. Humanists have been less frequently studied than scientists, and her work has identified some unique aspects of their information-seeking behavior when contrasted to that of scientists. One of the jurors remarked, ". . . it has forced a re-examination of the way in which information systems are designed for their client groups." A supporting letter noted that "this study represents a landmark."
The ASIS Research Award has been presented only eight previous times.
James Cretsos Leadership Award
The James Cretsos Leadership Award recognizes a new ASIS member who has demonstrated outstanding leadership qualities in professional ASIS activities. Named for James Cretsos, 1979 ASIS president and continuing contributor to the Society, the 1998 award goes to Michael Leach, librarian in the Harvard University Physics Research Library.
Since joining ASIS in 1995, Mike has been a driving force behind a whole array of chapter initiatives and has been at the helm of many national efforts. He began his ASIS leadership efforts by planning chapter events and moved rapidly to chapter board responsibilities and on to chairing a SIG and teaching CE courses at ASIS Annual Meetings and for the chapter. Throughout the period of increasing national responsibility, Mike has maintained his active local role.
Among the many activities cited in comments in support of Mike's candidacy for the award are the following:
Best JASIS Paper Award
Howard D. White and Katherine W. McCain, both at Drexel University, are the winners of the 1998 Best JASIS Paper Award, recognizing the best paper published in the Journal of the American Society for Information Science, evaluated on the basis of professional merit, contributions to the field and presentation quality.
Their article, "Visualizing a Discipline: An Author Co-Citation Analysis of Information Science," appeared in JASIS volume 49, issue 4.
ISI Citation Analysis Research Grant
The ISI/ASIS Citation Analysis Research Grant supports either research proposals or research underway that is based on citation analysis. The 1998 recipient of the grant is David Dubin of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Campaign for his proposal, "Evaluation of Document Clustering Tendency: Citation-Based Clusters for Validation Studies."
Dr. Dubin wrote of the proposed outcomes of his project:
"This research will contribute a better understanding of clustering in bibliographic data and of the measures by which clustering tendency can be assessed and measured. This understanding will aid and support the use of clustering algorithms in the design and deployment of information retrieval systems."
ISI Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award
The ISI Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award recognizes an individual who has demonstrated sustained excellence in teaching information science. The jury considers, among other criteria, innovative and imaginative use of teaching materials and methods and impact on students, colleagues, administrators and others.
The 1998 Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award is presented to Elisabeth "Beth" Logan, associate dean and associate professor at the School of Information Studies at Florida State University (FSU). Beth teaches in the areas of information science research, bibliometrics and various aspects of information retrieval systems design and use. She holds information science degrees from Case Western Reserve University.
Beth's approach to teaching is student-centered, with an emphasis on informed problem-solving. As one example of innovation, Beth offered a course on "Electronic Information Sources and Services" using only the Internet. Students were requested not to attend class or meet with the instructor face-to-face. Analysis of this experience (including student feedback) was used to enhance future Web-based course delivery.
Letters in support of Beth's nomination point to those characteristics which make for memorable teachers: imagination, energy and enthusiasm; an ability to convey excitement about a topic; and a capacity always to find time for a student needing help or advice. Doctoral students describe her as a mentor and a guiding light. Faculty colleagues speak of her teaching effectiveness and her commitment to the profession. She consistently receives excellent assessments in course evaluations, and earned the School's Student Appreciation award in 1996.
Best Information Science Book Award
The Best Information Science Book Award is given annually to the author(s) and publisher of an outstanding book relevant to information science, including all communications activities and information science and technology fields defined in the purpose of ASIS.
The winner of the 1998 Best Information Science Book Award is Robert Korfhage, professor in the Information Science Program at the University of Pittsburgh, for his book Information Storage and Retrieval, published by Wiley Computer Publications.
As noted in the award citation, "This is an excellently written survey of information retrieval. It is a concise and clear coverage of a broad range of information retrieval topics that should be useful both as an introduction to the field and as a reference guide to the more esoteric information retrieval literature. There are many examples and diagrams to ease students' understanding. There are carefully designed questions and exercises at the end of every chapter, which will prove very beneficial to diligent students and extremely helpful to instructors. . . ."
Dr. Anthony Debons accepted the award for Dr. Korfhage, who was unable to attend the Annual Meeting. Dr. Korfhage passed away shortly after the meeting (see obituary on page 9.)
Books considered for this award are judged on their importance to information science and technology, readability, validity, originality, research significance and scholarship.
UMI Doctoral Dissertation Award
Tomas A. Lipinski of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is the winner of the 1998 UMI Doctoral Dissertation Award for his dissertation entitled "The Communication of Law in the Digital Environment: Stability and Change within the Concept of Precedent."
Tom draws on his background in law and library and information science to produce research offering new insights to both fields. He carefully documents his data collection and analysis procedures. His efforts to investigate the research questions empirically allow him to test whether trends hypothesized by other researchers are actually observable. This dissertation offers new understandings of the evolution of precedent for legal scholars and demonstrates a new domain of application to those interested in bibliometric techniques.
Completed dissertations submitted to the UMI Doctoral Dissertation Award jury are judged on the importance of the topic to information science, quality of the literature review, appropriateness and soundness of the research methodology, analysis of the results and conclusions, and clarity or presentation.
ISI Information Science Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Scholarship
The ISI Information Science Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Scholarship, a cash award sponsored by the Institute for Scientific Information, fosters research in information science by encouraging and assisting doctoral dissertations submitted by graduate students who have completed their course work for their doctoral degrees.
The 1998 ISI Information Science Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Scholarship was awarded to Karla Hahn for her proposed research, "Electronic Journals as Innovations: A Study of Author and Editor Early Adopters." Ms. Hahn is a student in the College of Library and Information Services at the University of Maryland.
The jury noted several reasons for selecting Ms. Hahn's proposal. First, the topic she has selected is timely and important. While it is generally agreed that electronic journals will have a significant impact on the dissemination of scholarly communication, we have little information on which to predict that impact. Second, the research plan and methodology devised by Ms. Hahn are entirely appropriate to the topic, valid and rigorous. Finally, the information within the proposal was presented in an exceptionally clear and organized manner. Taken as a whole, the research described in the proposal is of the highest scholarly standards.
Chapter Awards
Chapter-of-the-Year Award
The Chapter-of-the-Year Award recognizes outstanding chapters for their participation in and contributions to ASIS and the advancement of information science. The Chapter-of-the-Year Jury recognized two chapters for the 1998 award.
Los Angeles Chapter
The Los Angeles Chapter of ASIS (LACASIS) organized seven programs last year that collectively reached 423 attendees with an average meeting attendance of 60. Their meetings covered a wide range of topics from the retrieval of information from the Internet to maintenance of Web sites. They did not neglect student members or those new to the profession � other meetings included a résumé writing workshop and a career panel discussion. The chapter recognizes special members in an annual awards banquet that features a distinguished speaker from among the membership as well as two awards acknowledging service to the chapter. This chapter excels at involving its members; about 35 are active locally with others active on the national level in various capacities. Examination of their newsletter reveals the impressive level of participation. Surely this is a factor in the retention of members by the chapter. Their newsletter also conveys a sense of enthusiasm for ASIS activities that has led to their winning this award four times during the last five years.
New England Chapter
The New England ASIS (NEASIS) Chapter organized four well-attended meetings last year. A one-day conference on knowledge management drew 136 attendees and produced a net revenue of over $4000 for the chapter. The chapter also offered a full-day continuing education workshop on search engines and sponsored an awards dinner recognizing the winner of their Student Paper Award as well winners of their Distinguished Contribution to the Profession Award and the Outstanding Chapter Member Award. This chapter provides a membership directory and a student travel award; it also funds, through the Infoshare Program, ASIS membership for someone who would not otherwise be able to participate in ASIS. This chapter is fiscally sound, socially conscious and focused on member services.
Student Chapter of the Year
The Student Chapter-of-the-Year Award recognizes the ASIS student chapter that has participated in and contributed the most to ASIS and the advancement of information science.
The 1997 Student Chapter-of-the-Year award was presented to the University of Hawai'i Student Chapter. The chapter members were recognized for their range of activities, but specifically for community building. The chapter reached out to students with similar interests in other university programs and used a variety of means to serve part-time students and members at geographically dispersed locations.
Chapter Member-of-the-Year
The Chapter Member-of-the-Year Award recognizes the service of an individual to a particular chapter. It is given for significant contributions to the membership of the chapter through participation in and support of its meetings and publications; fundraising; recruitment; or other significant activities. For 1997, two winners were selected.
Penelope "Penny" Jane O'Connor of the Northern Ohio Chapter of ASIS (NORASIS) is regarded by her chapter as "the glue that holds it together." She has been a member of NORASIS since 1991. In that first year of membership and the following she served as newsletter editor. In 1992, when Predicasts left the Cleveland area, taking the incoming chair and many members with them, Penny stepped in as chair. She served as chair for two years, then as chair-elect for one year and as chair again in 1995-96. Currently she is recording secretary.
Penny has done an outstanding job in getting new members to become involved in the chapter and to be officers. Some were new in town; others were new to the profession. Penny provided new officers with "corporate memory" and gentle reminders about the flow of the chapter year. One of her chapter colleagues said, "NORASIS currently exists as a direct result of Penny's participation in every area of the chapter."
Beata Panagopoulos of the New England Chapter has assumed many roles in the New England Chapter since she first worked on the Program Committee in 1993. She was co-chair/chair-elect of the program committee in 1994 when the chapter offered programs on imaging, gopher development and natural language searching. She assumed the role of chapter chair in 1995 and continues on the board as the current chair of the membership committee.
In addition to her service as a chapter officer, Beata has also contributed to the chapter newsletter with articles on chapter and national meetings. In 1997 she published the chapter's Membership Directory. She has audiotaped chapter programs on a regular basis and made them available at cost to those who were unable to attend. For the past two years Beata has organized the chapter's Student Paper Awards. She also worked with a team of chapter members to redesign the chapter's awards meeting, an annual event featuring a Distinguished Lecturer and the announcement of the Student Award winner.
Best Chapter Publication Award
The 1998 Best Chapter Publication Award, recognizing the best publication produced by a chapter (or jointly by two or more chapters), was presented to the Los Angeles Chapter (LACASIS) for its newsletter, OASIS.
The newsletter is currently in its 35th volume, and is nicely laid out with good graphics and page design. The four issues submitted for jurying were all impressive in content with news of the chapter, advertising and other articles of interest to the chapter's constituency. A recurring column, "What do You Recommend?" provides recommendations of favorite digital resources from chapter members and other LA-area information professionals.
LA's newsletter serves a geographically dispersed membership, some of whom may find it difficult to attend its meetings or the Society's national meetings. Articles contributed by a wide range of members describe the content of meetings they have enjoyed and convey a sense of the networking benefits to be derived from attendance at professional events. This chapter has found innovative ways to tap the resources of its membership. OASIS was previously recognized as Best Chapter Publication in 1995 and 1996.
SIG Awards
Best SIG Publication Award
The Best SIG Publication Award recognizes the best publication produced by a SIG (or jointly by two or more SIGs) during the previous year.
The 1998 Best SIG Publication Award goes to SIG/Classification Research (CR) for Volume 8 of Advances in Classification Research, proceedings from the 8th ASIS SIG/CR Classification Research Workshop. Edited by Efthimis N. Efthimiadis, the papers are representative of the quality and depth of recent research in this field. Five previous volumes of proceedings from the annual workshop have been honored with the Best SIG Publication Award.
News from ASIS Chapters
Tefko Saracevic, professor in the School of Communication, Information and Library Studies, Rutgers University, and former ASIS president, was the guest speaker of the Pittsburgh Chapter of ASIS and the University of Pittsburgh Student Chapter of ASIS at a colloquium entitled Digital Libraries: Interdisciplinary Conceptions, Challenges, Opportunities.
The annual Los Angeles Chapter of ASIS (LACASIS) Contributions to Information Science Award Dinner was scheduled for November. The award recipient is Seymour Lubetzky, professor emeritus of the University of California-Los Angeles, renowned for his contributions to cataloging theory and his influence in the development of the "Paris Principles" and the 1967 Anglo-American Cataloging Rules. At the same event, the chapter planned to award its Margaret McKinley Scholarship to Holly Ying.
The ASIS Wisconsin Chapter planned a November meeting entitled High Speed Networking and Internet2 in Wisconsin, featuring speeches by Tad Pinkerton, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and James Lowe, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. They were to be joined in a panel discussion by Bruce Allen, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
The Florida ASIS Chapter planned its annual meeting and workshop on Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask about Metadata. Among the scheduled presenters was Vicki L. Gregory, associate professor, University of South Florida. Bahaa El-Hadidy, associate professor, University of South Florida, and chair of the chapter, was to conduct the annual business meeting.
The Minnesota Chapter of ASIS, in conjunction with the local SLA chapter, scheduled The Business Intelligence Audit: First Step to the Knowledge Advantage for its November meeting. Featuring a presentation by Ron Peters, a marketing and information consultant, the meeting was to provide an overview of how to conduct a business information audit and its benefits.
The New Jersey Chapter of ASIS (NJ/ASIS) has announced the recipient of its 14th annual Distinguished Lectureship Award, honoring individuals who have made significant contributions to the field of information science. Michael Lesk, division director, Information and Intelligence Systems, National Science Foundation, will receive the award at a series of events on the Rutgers University campus in December. The award presentation was scheduled for an evening session at which Lesk would discuss Why Digital Libraries? Earlier in the day, Lesk was to address students and other interested persons in a colloquium entitled How Much Information Is There in the World?
The New England ASIS (NEASIS) Chapter will begin the new year with a January look at XML: What You Need to Know! Recognizing that XML is the heir apparent to HTML as the markup language for the Web, the speakers at this half-day program will discuss the differences between the two languages and explore the effects that XML will have on content, libraries, document management and the role of information professionals.
News About ASIS Members
William Moen, assistant professor in the School of Library and Information Sciences, University of North Texas, was selected for the Electronic Natural History Museum Reinvention Laboratory, a U.S. government initiative to develop a plan for an electronic natural history museum under the auspices of the U.S. Geological Survey Biological Resources Division.
Joan Mitchell, chief editor of the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) since 1993, has been named executive director and editor-in-chief of OCLC Forest Press, publisher of the DDC. She succeeds Peter Paulson, who will retire on December 31. Paulson has led Forest Press since 1985.
Mohammed M. Aman, dean of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Library and Information Science, has been named 1998 Librarian of the Year by the Wisconsin Library Association.
Among the eight candidates for three-year terms as rotating members to the Federal Library and Information Center Committee (FLICC) were two ASIS members. They are Pamela Mason, assistant to the deputy administrator in the Agricultural Research Service, National Program Staff, Department of Agriculture, and Margarita S. Studemeister, director of the Jeannette Rankin Library Program at the United States Institute of Peace.
Robert S. Taylor of Syracuse, New York, and 1968 president of ASIS, exchanged wedding vows with Faye Golden, former director of the Liverpool Public Library, in August.
Amanda Xu, formerly a librarian in the MIT serials and acquisitions services department, has joined KnowledgeCite, Inc., as chief product designer for the KnowledgeCite Library in Boston. She will be responsible for all content design in the library.
James Shedlock, director, Galter Health Sciences Library, Northwestern University, is a candidate for president-elect of the Medical Library Association (MLA). Wendy N. Carter, Washington, DC, is a candidate for the MLA Board of Directors. In addition, the following are among the candidates for the MLA Nominating Committee: Kay Cimpl Wagner, director of the Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center Health Services Library, LaCrosse, Wisconsin; Dottie Eakin, director of the Medical Science Library, Texas A&M University, College Station; and Elizabeth H. Wood, head of research and reference services, Health Sciences Library, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland.
Among the winners of research awards to be presented by the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) at its annual conference in January are three ASIS members. Yin Zhang, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, will receive the Methodology Paper Awards for Using the Internet for Survey Research: A Case Study. Hong Xie, Rutgers University, will receive the Dissertation Award for Planned and Situated Aspects in Interaction IR: Patterns of User Interactive Intentions and Informaiton Seeking Strategies. Karen E. Pettigrew, University of Michigan, and a co-researcher will receive the Research Grant Award for The Use of Theory in Library and Information Science Education and Research.
Valerie Florance has begun leading a two-year project at the Association of American Medical Colleges in Washington, DC, to engage health care professionals, information technology experts, educators, researchers, institutional leaders and consumers in defining the ways medical schools and teaching hospitals can best use information technology to improve the health of people and communities.
Blaise Cronin, dean and professor of information science at Indiana University, has been awarded a higher doctorate in social science (D.S.Sc.) by the Queen's University of Belfast.
Patricia Earnest, formerly California Library Services Act Program Coordinator, has been appointed planning consultant for the California State Library. She will be responsible for assisting local libraries in their planning efforts and for planning relevant to statewide programs and initiatives.
News from Institutional Members
Seven ASIS Institutional Members were among 41 organizations nationwide to receive first-ever National Leadership Grants from the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (ILMS). More than 250 applications were received for grants in four categories: education and training in library and information science; research and demonstration projects to increase access to resources; preservation or digitization of library materials; and model programs of cooperation between libraries and museums to improve community service. The following ASIS members received grants:
Education and Training
Dominican University Graduate School of Library and Information Science, $165, 622 for a two-year project to prepare a selected group of classroom teachers for endorsement as elementary school library media specialists.
Louisiana State University School of Library and Information Science, $43,502 for a one-year project to develop an archival training course to be offered through interactive compressed video to librarians in Arkansas and Louisiana.
University of Maryland College of Library and Information Services, $94,400 for a two-year project to recruit individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds to the master's degree program in library science.
University of Oklahoma School of Library and Information Studies, $151,416 for a two-year project to support master's degree students in the department's Education Project to Enhance Cultural Diversity.
University of North Texas School of Library and Information Science, $226,791 for a two-year project to produce expert managers of digital images and information.
Research and Demonstration
University of Michigan School of Information, $189,026 for a two-year project to investigate the role of librarians in assisting users to find community information on the Internet.
University of Pittsburgh, $189,215 for a two-year project to deliver digital copies of articles from Chinese language academic journals via the Internet to researchers throughout the United States.
UNC Names New Dean
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has named Joanne Gard Marshall the new dean of the School of Information and Library Science. Marshall, professor of information studies at the University of Toronto, replaces Barbara B. Moran, who has returned to teaching and research on the school's faculty.
Paul Evan Peters, who helped found the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) and served as its executive director from 1990 until his death in 1996 at age 48, was honored posthumously with the Distinguished Alumni Award from the School of Information Sciences (SIS) at the University of Pittsburgh.
Peter's earned a master's degree in information science at Pitt and completed nearly all work on his Ph.D. in the university's interdisciplinary department of information science. His award was bestowed at the recent ASIS Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh. SIS Dean Toni Carbo, former ASIS president, presented the award to Peters' widow, Rosemarie Kozdron, pictured on the left.
Robert R. Korfhage
Dr. Robert R. Korfhage, professor emeritus in the University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences, died at his home in Squirrel Hill on November 20. Dr. Korfhage had spent more than 35 years on university faculties before his recent retirement.
Dr. Korfhage was the author of 10 books, the most recent of which, Information Storage and Retrieval, was honored in late October by the American Society for Information Science as the Best Information Science Book in 1998.
Contributions in Dr. Korfhage's memory can be sent to the Robert R. Korfhage Award, a scholarship fund which was established upon his retirement. Checks should be made payable to the University of Pittsburgh and mailed to School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, 135 North Bellefield Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15260.
Jenrose Weldon
Jenrose Weldon, instructor in library science at the University of Maryland, where she was a doctoral candidate in the College of Library and Information Services, died of a heart ailment in late October at her home in College Park.
Mrs. Weldon was a graduate of the University of South Carolina and the University of Maryland. She was a Fulbright scholar in women's studies at a university in Hamilton, New Zealand.
Among her previous professional experiences were stints as a school librarian in Dayton, Ohio, as research librarian for the Ford Foundation in Washington, and as director of information services and executive director of the Business and Professional Women's Foundation in Washington.
Deadline for Proposals for 1999 ASIS Annual Meeting Nears
The deadline for proposals for participation in the 1999 ASIS Annual Meeting, Knowledge Creation and Utilization: The Keys to Organizational Effectiveness, is December 15. This deadline covers both intents to submit contributed papers and proposals for panels, technical sessions and other presentations.
The meeting will be held November 1-4, 1999, in Washington, DC.
Information and forms for making submissions are available at
www. asis.org/Conferences/index.html
Papers Sought for Graduate Student Research Forum
The ASIS Metropolitan New York Chapter and the ASIS Student Chapter at Long Island University invite submissions of research papers for possible presentation at the Graduate Student Research Forum, April 30, 1999, at the Palmer School in Manhattan.
Graduate students in any discipline of information studies at either the master's or doctoral level are invited to present papers. Research in any area of information studies is welcome. Among the areas expected are information science, communication sciences, information management, library science and computer science.
A committee will select the papers for inclusion in the forum. Evaluation will be based on abstracts and will be appraised in terms of relevance, originality, clarity of expression, appropriateness of methodology and level of study. A $100 prize will be awarded for the best paper presented.
Submissions should include the title and a 150-300 word abstract; short professional biography of the author(s); address, phone number and e-mail of the presenter; address, phone number and e-mail of the faculty sponsor; and a signed note from the faculty sponsor indicating sponsorship of the presenter.
Abstracts should be submitted on diskette as either Microsoft Word or WordPerfect files. The deadline for submissions is February 15, 1999; notification of acceptance will be sent by March 1. Accepted papers must be submitted in full by April 5.
NFAIS Publication Offered at Discount to ASIS Members
The National Federation of Abstracting and Information Services (NFAIS) announces the publication of Computer Support to Indexing, written by ASIS members Gail M. Hodge and Jessica L. Milstead. The report describes the current environment of database indexing, the use of indexing with metadata, plus the surrounding issues, policies and developments since the advent of the Web.
Computer Support to Indexing provides an overview of the general design of existing indexing systems, aids to the clerical aspects of indexing, support to intellectual decisions, quality control, management and system implementation. It also discusses factors affecting the future of computer support to indexing.
As a special benefit of ASIS membership, members can purchase this book for $200 ($235 to non-members of NFAIS). Order Computer Support to Indexing (ISBN: 0-942308-50-6) from NFAIS at 215/893-1561.
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SNOW HILL � In the heat of a budget shortfall, Greene County�s finance officer, Shawna Wooten, has announced her resignation.
SNOW HILL � In the heat of a budget shortfall, Greene County�s finance officer, Shawna Wooten, has announced her resignation.
Interim County Manager Richard Hicks said she had told him she would be resigning Feb. 28, but she hadn�t presented a written resignation as of Monday. Wooten could not be reached Tuesday for comment.
About 75 people, many of them county employees, attended Monday night�s Greene County Commissioners meeting where Hicks discussed the budget shortfall, calculated at $160,523. But the numbers haven�t moved yet and changes to the budget will cause shortfall fluctuations.
�We�re still at $320,652,� he said. �We think that number will grow because of these issues here. We still have not identified any additional revenue sources.�
However, the $50,000 reduction from Greene County Schools, $18,000 from Lenoir Community College and a few other reductions he had discussed earlier will likely bring the shortfall down to somewhere higher than $200,000.
�We�re still probably at least $200,000-plus being short,� Hicks said. �The employee health insurance was a $40,000 recommendation to reduce those costs.�
The board agreed to set aside the implementation of a monthly $90-per-employee health insurance cost-share. At the previous meeting, Hicks had recommended employees pay that share and table furloughs. Following the board�s decision Monday, he said he recommended the board reconsider employee furloughs again.
�We�re in our eighth month of the budget year,� he said. �That does not leave a lot of time until June 30. The estimated savings to the general fund for the furloughs is around $60,000.�
Sheriff Lemmie Smith spoke up.
�Are the furloughs going to apply to the sheriff�s department?� he asked. �Because that�s going to put me shorthanded on dispatch, and I�m already shorthanded.�
Hicks recommended furloughs will apply to all the departments.
�Then who�s going to sit in dispatch because there�s no way,� Sharon Marshburn, a dispatcher sitting in the audience, said. �There�s only seven of us trying to cover it and we�re already shorthanded.�
As several others spoke out, Chairman Jack Edmondson called the meeting back to order.
�We will work with the dispatchers on this thing,� he said. �But right now, we got something to discuss and we�re going to stay in order.�
Commissioner Denny Garner suggested the board consider furloughs at the next meeting to give time to think it over.
�Mr. Garner, it just seems to me and the other employees,� Major Doug Stocks of the Sheriff�s Office said, �that every time something comes up, you all want to put it off until the next meeting. Now whether that is so you can talk about it or so you can hope nobody is here at the next meeting, I don�t know.�
Garner said the furlough came up at that meeting.
�If you want us to go ahead and pass the furloughs,� Garner said, �I�m all in favor of it. But I want to try to come up with a solution that we can work with you guys.�
The board tabled a motion for passing the furloughs. It also recessed the meeting until 8 a.m. today to discuss the issue further.
For budget updates, Hicks had good news and bad news. The Golden LEAF check for $394,000 should be in the budget next week. He also said one taxpayer paid a $30,000 bill that wasn�t planned to be paid until after June 30. But the bad news is another taxpayer with a $36,000 bill filed for Chapter 7.
Revenue from ambulance fees will likely be about $550,000, rather than the previously estimated $600,000, he said.
�So, I guess I�m not as optimistic as I was before,� Hicks said.
On the expense side, the rescue transmittal fee was originally budgeted for $65,000, but later reduced to $40,000. A portion of the Medicaid reimbursement check had already been counted on last year�s budget and other portions went to other county rescue squads.
�When we got that money in,� Hicks said, �a fairly good size check had to go to the area rescue squads because they were the ones that actually answered those calls.�
Expenses are already at $50,000 and there are still five months left in the year, he said.
Margaret Fisher can be reached at 252-559-1082 or email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @MargaretFishr.


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Have you taken a look at the new Generations Refill provided over on Reason 101? If you haven't, you should definitely check it out.
I'm usually the first person to be skeptical about new refills. Refills, like this site if I'm going to be completely honest, are a collection of sounds and ideas that suit someone else's music or someone else's ideas. Refills are generally instrument patches and effects that fit someone else's notion of what is clever or what sounds good, and so even when I find one I like, I usually only find a few patches that are useful to me among hundreds of patches that I would rather not be bothered with or required to sift through. So, what makes the Generations Refill different?
Do you remember how you felt when you finally understood how Reason worked and how flexible it was? You realized that the cabling wasn't the gimmick so many people claimed it was and the various devices suddenly made sense. You understood that within Reason, you were only limited by your own creativity. Well, the Generations Refill is a lot like that, but in place of Reason's existing devices and Factory Sound Bank provided samples and Combinators, Rob at Reason 101 has provided a series of Combinators that are meant to be used in the same way that Reason's devices are intended to be used, cabled together in clever ways, to achieve intriguing and sometimes surprising sonic results.
I should explain that a bit more. Rather than provide you with, say, a UN-16 Unison that can be used in a variety of ways, the Generations Refill provides Combinators that fill those same roles, routed with other Combinators saved within song files, so that you're essentially given Combinators filled with other Combinators, resulting in routing and effect options that go far beyond what is usually provided in a refill.
Interestingly, this isn't a one size fits all proposition. The Generations Refill provides a number of setups that will be immediately useful to you. In addition, it provides many useful instrument patches and effect Combinators, allowing you to build your own setups and processing, by creating new routing with tools he has provided. Basically, the Generations Refill is a massive toy box and comes with permission to play.
I've been lucky enough to have seen "sneak previews" of this refill as Rob has built it and I've been impressed and intrigued by his approach. Seeing it as a complete package is even more impressive. While many refills provide you with basic sounds and ideas, the Generations Refill provides you with tools, powerful ones. Simply put, the Generations Refill will be useful to Reason experts and newbies alike and I really can't say enough good things about it. Well done, Rob!
A new instrument or effect patch, every day, for Propellerhead Software's Reason.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Reason 101's Generations Refill
Posted by Patch-A-Day Robbneu at 2:00 PM
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3 comments:
- Lewis.72 said...
Nicely said Robb. I'm still wrapping my head around the many cool combinators in Generations. As a sound designer refills like this go beyond great sounds for me, introducing new ways to use Reason and create.
- August 3, 2010 at 3:56 PM
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- August 6, 2010 at 1:00 AM
- Patch-A-Day Robbneu said...
Thanks, Lewis. I agree... there's a lot to wrap one's noggin' around, but more than a few inspiring and clever ideas that are worth exploring. Rob's Generations Refill is really different than the usual collections you find. I just can't say enough about it.
- August 6, 2010 at 1:46 PM
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The Lorax was #1 at the box office for the second straight week. That dismayed conservatives, no doubt, who dissed the movie because of its anti-pollution, anti-unsustainability message. But it's no surprise to anyone who actually saw the entertaining movie based on the Dr. Seuss classic.
But "whoever was in charge of promoting the film either didn't get the message, or didn't care," as Kate Sheppard of Mother Jones has explained:
… the movie is being used to promote a new gasoline-powered crossover SUV from Mazda. Mazda is partnering with the film and the National Education Association for the Read Across America program. The automobile maker has agreed to give a $1,000 donation to 21 schools in 20 cities to support their libraries, and an additional $25 every time a kid convinces their parents to go take a Mazda for a test drive.
The most glaring indicator that the marketing department is out of touch with the film is that it includes a musical number from the Once-ler about how capitalism is awesome and everyone needs a Thneed, which plays over a scene of his company decimating the landscape with all its biggering and biggering. It includes a flash of a billboard featuring an image of the Lorax, who is definitely not happy about this situation, sporting a Thneed under the headline "Lorax approved!" Somehow, the irony was lost on the marketing department, which has backed a long list of 70 "Lorax-approved" launch partners.
There's also an ironic mention in the movie that 5% of the environment-destroying corporate profits go to charity
Cartoonist Ruben Bolling created this humorous strip on the Lorax today: