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Computer Science ColloquiumIm Rahmen des Informatik-Kolloquiums, das von den Instituten des Fachbereichs Informatik, der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Informatik (ÖGI), der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Datenverarbeitung (ADV) sowie der Österreichischen Computergesellschaft (OCG) abgehalten wird, spricht
Wolfgang Aigner
St. Pölten University of Applied Sciencesüber das Thema:
Visual Analytics as a Design Science DisciplineZeit: Tue 5.6.2018, 13:00, 60 Minuten
Ort: JKU, Physics Building, P215
ZusammenfassungDesign science research is a problem-driven approach characterized by the systematic analysis, design, creation, and evaluation of digital artefacts. Visualization and Visual Analytics aim to amplify cognition, but simply producing images is no guarantee that complex visualizations will be understood and are useful for gaining insights. Therefore, a human-centered approach is essential and should follow four main principles: early focus on users and tasks, design for human perception and cognition, continuous evaluation, as well as iterative design & refinement. But merely producing artefacts is not the only aim of design science research. To generate knowledge, models, and theories is as important in order to generalize insights and make them explicit and systematic for others to build on top of it. In this talk, several research projects will be presented to exemplify different aspects of Visual Analytics as design science discipline.
VortragenderWolfgang Aigner is scientific director of the Institute of Creative\Media/Technologies (IC\M/T) at St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, Austria and adjunct professor at TU Wien, Austria. In 2013 he received his habilitation in computer science for his work on ?Interactive Visualization and Data Analysis: Visual Analytics with a Focus on Time? from Vienna University of Technology, Austria. Wolfgang is an expert in Information Visualization (InfoVis) and Visual Analytics (VA), particularly in the context of time-oriented data. He performs research on concepts, methods, and software prototypes that support humans in dealing with large and complex information structures, to make them more comprehensible, facilitate exploration, and enable knowledge discovery. Wolfgang has authored and co-authored more than 125 peer-reviewed publications and he was involved in the acquisition and execution of a number of funded basic and applied research projects at national and international levels. His main research interests include visual analytics and information visualization, human-computer interaction (HCI), and user-centered design.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton has given John McCain a big gift. By winning three of four primaries Tuesday, the New York senator has regained her footing and guaranteed that the Democratic presidential nomination battle will go on for weeks if not months.
Now Senator McCain, the presumed GOP nominee, can work to unify his party, raise money, and sharpen his message against the Democrats. As Senator Clinton and Barack Obama go after each other, McCain and his campaign will be taking careful note of which attacks work best.
"He'll listen to Clinton criticizing Obama and Obama criticizing Clinton, and he'll say that he agrees with both of them," says Darrell West, a political scientist at Brown University in Providence, R.I. The drawn-out nomination fight is "very damaging for the Democrats."
Still, the Democrats head toward the general election with some strong advantages, starting with the weakening economy and the unpopular war in Iraq, which McCain fervently backs. Democrats have also far surpassed the Republicans in fundraising and primary turnout, a sign of their eagerness to put a Democrat in the White House after eight years of George W. Bush. The danger for the Democrats is that their nomination battle could get ugly, leading supporters of the losing candidate to stay home in November.
Democrats argue that their nomination contest ensures that their nominee will be battle-tested for McCain in the fall. Moreover, voters appear to have the appetite for an extended race. According to an ABC News/Washington Post poll released Tuesday, some 67 percent of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents believed Clinton should stay in the race even if she won just Texas or just Ohio.
"I think voters would be resentful if the party called it off," says Linda Fowler, a government professor at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., noting the high turnout in states unaccustomed to having a role in the primaries. "From the voters' perspective, all this intensive organizing at the grass-roots level is to the good."
Bush's endorsement
As for McCain, the Tuesday primaries handed him a majority of the delegates needed to secure the Republican nomination, prompting former Arkansas Gov. Mick Huckabee to abandon his presidential bid and President Bush to give McCain his official endorsement. Despite the president's low approval rating, his endorsement will help unite the party and win over conservatives skeptical of the independent-minded senator, analysts say.
"John showed incredible courage, strength of character, and perseverance in order to get to this moment, and that's exactly what we need in a president – somebody who can handle the tough decisions, somebody who won't flinch in the face of danger," Mr. Bush said Wednesday, appearing with McCain in the White House Rose Garden.
McCain's return to Washington was a victory lap of sorts after a bruising 16-month Republican presidential primary. He was visiting not only the White House he hopes to occupy but also the Republican National Committee headquarters that he essentially assumes control of now that he's the expected GOP nominee.
Obama's streak ends
With Tuesday's three wins – in Ohio, Texas, and Rhode Island – Clinton reversed an 11-contest losing streak. The seven weeks until the next major primary, in Pennsylvania on April 22, buy her ample time to raise money, sharpen attacks on her rival, and convince the elected officials and party leaders known as superdelegates that she is still a contender.
"She's back," Dr. Fowler says of Clinton. "This gives substance to her claim that she wins in populous states like California, and he wins in the little insignificant 'red' states. It just keeps things very confused."
The day offered Clinton a bright spot ahead of another challenging week. Wyoming's Democrats, who caucus on Saturday, vote in the club of red states Obama has dominated. In Mississippi, which votes March 11, more than half the Democratic primary voters are African-American.
Exit polls Tuesday show that nearly 6 in 10 late-deciding voters broke for Clinton, a sign that her increasingly aggressive tactics may be paying off.
Clinton's harder bite
Over the past week, she has pressed Obama to answer more questions about his ties to Chicago real-estate developer Tony Rezko, a former fundraiser who went on trial this week on federal corruption charges.
She highlighted reports that an Obama adviser allegedly assured Canadian diplomats that Obama's opposition to NAFTA – the North American Free Trade Agreement that is reviled in Ohio and some other struggling industrial states – was more political tactic than policy position.
And she launched a TV ad Feb. 29 featuring sleeping children and asking which candidate voters would rather have answer an emergency phone call at 3 a.m. (Obama is not implicated in the Rezko case, has disputed accounts of his adviser's NAFTA remarks, and has accused Clinton of trying to scare voters with the so-called "red phone" ad.)
"The Clinton campaign believes that not only have they checked Obama's momentum, they've found some themes they can prosecute against him," says Cal Jillson, a political scientist at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. "It will be up to Obama to develop some very credible responses."
Not only did the pillars of her base – white women, older voters, and Hispanics – stay loyal Tuesday, but she appeared to put the brakes on Obama's advances among white men. According to exit polls in Ohio, Rhode Island, and Texas, the candidates split independents, a group that typically has favored Obama.
Her margin of victory in Ohio, as in Rhode Island, was convincing: She took 54 percent of the Ohio vote to Obama's 44 percent, and in Rhode Island won 58 percent to 40 percent. The Texas race was nip and tuck, with Clinton at 51 percent and Obama at 47. Obama won big in Vermont, 60 percent to 38 percent.
The Florida and Michigan dilemma
Another new wrinkle for the Democrats is the possibility of "do-over" primaries in Florida and Michigan. Both states held their primaries earlier than the national party's rules allowed, and they were stripped of their delegates.
While Clinton "won" both primaries, the Democrats cannot seat her delegates without igniting all-out war in the party. But Democrats are hard-put to alienate their voters in two key battleground states by having no delegates seated at the Denver convention.
On Tuesday, two major Clinton supporters – former Democratic national chair Terry McAuliffe and Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell – floated the idea of having both states hold new primaries.
There are obvious reasons for the Clinton team, especially, to find a solution to this dilemma. The demographics of Florida, in particular, play to Clinton's benefit, having many older and women voters, plus transplants from New York, Clinton's home turf.
Michigan would be a tougher call. It is the most economically stressed state in the US, which plays to the same working-class voter base that handed Clinton a victory in Ohio, but it also has a large black population, which helps Obama.
Despite Clinton's victories on March 4, she still trails in the delegate count and would have to win by massive margins in the remaining contests to close the gap. Holding new primaries in Michigan and Florida sometime this spring may be the only way Clinton can make up her deficit in the tally of "pledged" delegates, those earned in primaries and caucuses.
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My Baby is now three (here she is at two). What a joy she is for our family. My nicknames for her are "dolly" or "monk" (short for monkey).
Baby is a sensitive soul and liberally bestows the balm of love and kisses on her family. I have been the beneficiary of hearing "I nuff you, mom" daily. Baby prances and dances through her day. She loves to read and be read to, declaring every book her favorite. She has discovered simple jigsaw puzzles, and enjoys coloring immensely. She loves her baby dolls, and enjoys dressing and feeding her charges. She is also our little drill sergeant. She is quick to tell everyone what to do, and how to do it. We're trying to discourage this tendency...but it is funny to hear a tiny voice encouraging me to speed up, slow down, or stop from the back seat as I drive around during errand day.
For her birthday I made both her and her dolly a new dress.
I adjusted my seam allowance to 1/2" for the zipper, but kept to 1/4" for the rest of the dress. I used some tiny pompom trim rather than piping around the neckband, vintage from my great-grandmother's stash.
Fun orange buttons finish off the dress.
For Baby's doll, I also adapted the banded peasant dress. Rather than band the sleeves or legs, I used elastic thread shirring.
I used the ribbon hemming technique I learned from the Lazy Days Skirt. I also used ribbon to make the button loop in the back band.
The dark blue fabric is the same chambray I used in Baby's skirt. If there is interest, I can post the directions for adapting the banded peasant dress for a dolly dress.
Now that she is three, I think Baby is probably not the best nickname for my dolly here in cyberspace. I am careful not to use my children's real names. From now on, I'll refer to her as Dolly. It suits her.
I can't forget to tell you, her favorite movie is "Tangled." She loves to go through the lines of "I love you more...I love you most" with me on a daily basis. So fun.
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TPW Commission Looks to Science for Solution to Quail Woes
AUSTIN –Texas quail hunters should not expect substantive changes for the 2012-13 season after the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission urged biologists to intensify quail conservation efforts, while minimizing the use of regulations as a means to address declining bobwhite populations.
"We don't see regulations as a defining tool to deal with the bigger, long term issues facing quail in Texas," said commission Chairman T. Dan Friedkin. "Quail conservation is a critically important issue and one that the department will continue to emphasize and invest resources in, but it's not a simple regulatory issue."
The chairman did not rule out the possibility of a regionally-zoned approach to quail seasons based on scientific justifications. The commission will discuss a proposed framework for the 2012-13 quail season at its May 23 public hearing and following the public comment period, render a final decision in August.
The commission signal to forego any major restructuring of the quail season for this year comes after careful deliberation of scientific studies and input from some of the nation's renowned bobwhite researchers. These scientists met in Austin recently to discuss the relationship between harvest regulations and population trends for quail. The group concluded that harvest regulations have little effect on quail population trends overall and that quail have been in decline over the long term due to losses in the quantity and quality of suitable habitat.
"Hunting did not cause quail declines," Robert Perez, upland game bird program leader for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, told commissioners. "Responding to annual variation in quail abundance gives the impression that populations can be influenced by regulatory changes when, in fact, weather and habitat are the driving forces."
The commission directed TPWD staff to redouble habitat management efforts using proven strategies and to continue to support habitat-based research. Specifically, TPWD should direct resources to development of focus areas that demonstrate successful quail restoration. These approaches are all part of TPWD's Upland Game Bird Strategic Plan which lays the groundwork for ongoing and future game bird conservation and management.
A focus area is generally larger than a county but smaller than an ecoregion with a boundary determined by opportunity, habitat potential and landowner and partner interest and participation. An example of a focus area is the Wildlife Habitat Federation site in South Central Texas where prairie grassland habitat restoration has been under way since 2004. Other potential sites have been identified through the Oaks and Prairies Joint Venture, a multi-state, federal conservation partnership focused on priority grassland birds.
A recent survey of states within the bobwhite range reported an interest in enhancing population monitoring efforts at the "focus area" scale, to measure the impacts of habitat manipulation and develop models that can be reproduced in other areas with restoration potential. This is becoming the national model for bobwhite quail conservation.
"Bobwhites respond to habitat improvements when they occur at a scale that can support a viable population," Perez noted. "When neighbors work together along with partners, quail can begin to recover. We need to demonstrate and document success at the focus area scale and encourage more folks to help old bob."
Much of the research and demonstration site work with bobwhite in Texas is funded with money generated by the Upland Game Bird Stamp program and matching grants through the federal Wildlife Restoration Program, celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. The funds allow TPWD's wildlife biologists to offer many services, including technical guidance to private landowners, surveys and research for development of hunting regulations, operation and management of Wildlife Management Areas in Texas, and research to develop techniques for managing wildlife populations and wildlife.
By law, Wildlife Restoration funding is limited to wildlife management, related public use, and hunter education. Funds collected from federal excise taxes paid by manufacturers (an 11% excise tax on sporting rifles, shotguns, ammunition, and archery equipment and a 10% tax on handguns) are distributed to states based on number of hunters and land area. Texas receives the maximum distribution allowable under the program, about $17.6 million in 2011.
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Albany, NY: Humane Lobby Day 2013 - April 17
Empire State Plaza Convention Center: Meeting Rooms 1 & 2
The Humane Society of the United States, New York State Humane Association, Humane Society of New York, New Yorkers for Clean, Livable, and Safe Streets (NYCLASS), and Farm Sanctuary invite our members, supporters, and other animal advocates to participate in the New York State Humane Lobby Day in Albany, and help make a tremendous difference for animals.
This is an exciting opportunity to meet directly with your elected officials and their staff about legislation that will significantly impact animals. There will be a briefing with tips for lobbying, and an overview of pending animal legislation which will prepare you to meet your elected officials and advocate for animals.
Legislators are most motivated when their constituents make time to meet with them face to face. By attending the 2013 New York State Humane Lobby Day, you can be instrumental in helping to protect animals from puppy mills, shark finning, factory farming and more! RSVP today to lend your voice for animals and make a difference in New York!
Pre-registration has ended. Please contact Patrick Kwan with any questions.
Chartered buses will leave early morning from New York City to Albany, and return in the evening after the event. Please register separately for the buses.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Time: 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Empire State Plaza Convention Center: Meeting Rooms 1 & 2
Albany, NY 12223
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Natural selection
Natural selection is the proposed mechanism that drives Darwinian evolution. It can be understood as a natural analog to the types of artificial selection methods employed by humans to produce the many different breeds of domesticated animals such as dogs, cats and cattle.
How natural selection works[edit]
All organisms in the real world encounter environmental pressures (often referred to as directional selection) that affect fecundity rates. These may take the form of inhospitable climate, scarcity of food or mates, predation by other organisms, accumulation of waste products over time, and the like. All of these pressures make it more difficult to survive and reproduce. Some individuals, however, may be better suited to deal with and overcome such pressures to ultimately reproduce and successfully rear their young. Those that are so suited ("fitter", or "fit enough"), pass on their phenotype/genes to the next generation; those that aren't, don't. Over time, the traits associated with more successful reproduction are thus "selected for" and tend to become more widespread in the population.
Darwin is often misinterpreted as proposing that those individuals who survive are the strongest and healthiest ones, an idea summarized in the phrase "survival of the fittest", which is actually due to Herbert Spencer (although Darwin used it, with attribution, in his book The Origin of Species). This idea has been used to reinforce different forms of social and scientific prejudice and is associated with the term Social Darwinism. The misunderstanding is based largely on the semantic ambiguity of the word "fit" (Darwin merely meant being suited to one's environment).


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Cascade Saddle Route
The Cascade Saddle Route is a popular alpine pass trip during the summer months for suitably experienced trampers.
Time: 1-2 days
Distance: 17 km
Type: Track Route
More information on the Department of Conservation site.
Day 1 Raspberry Creek to Aspiring Hut (2 1/2 hours)
The track starts at Raspberry Creek, 54 km from Wanaka and it's an easy two and a half hour walk along the west branch of the Matukituk River to Aspiring Hut.
The alpine style stone and wood hut has superb views of Mt Aspiring (3037 metres) from the floor to ceiling windows. This comfortable hut has plenty of magazines and books to read after watching the light fade over Mt. Aspiring.
Day 2 Aspiring Hut to Dart Hut (9 to 11 hours)
The track begins immediately behind Aspiring hut and climbs steeply through beech forest. After two hours the dense, beech forest gives way to views of Mt. Aspiring.
Above the bush line a further two-hour climb up a steep snow grass and tussock ridge brings you to the highest point, the Pylon (1835m) about four hours after leaving Aspiring hut.
The next two hours to Cascade Saddle are easy going compared to the previous four hours of steep climbing.
From the Saddle there are some amazing views. Below is `Heads Leap', a 1000m sheer rock face leading down to a valley. Dart Glacier is also in view and above - Mt. Aspiring dominates like a lord. At this altitude the Kea, the world's only alpine parrot, is commonly sighted. They are mischievous thieves who will take anything they can lay their beaks on, but for all that, they are real charmers.
From Cascade Saddle the route follows Dart Glacier giving close up views before it runs out into black ice.
The glacier is retreating and today is a shadow of its former self 18,000 years ago in the last ice age when it extended a further 135km to the southern end of Lake Wakatipu.
The barren alpine landscape is replaced with grassy banks and the roar of the Dart River. A mixture of rock cairns and orange standards mark the riverside route to the superbly situated Dart hut.
Many hikers come up the Dart River and use Dart hut as a base for a day trip to Cascade Saddle, return to Dart hut and continue down the Rees River. Not a bad idea as it avoids a 9 – 11 hour day carrying a heavy pack.
Day 3 Dart Hut to Shelter Rock Hut (4 - 6 hours)
From Dart hut the route to Rees Saddle crosses steep alpine terrain dominated by tussock grasslands and alpine herb fields of mountain buttercups and daisies.
Leaving Rees Saddle (1447m) the trail leads steeply down to the river. After an easy stroll, following the river, Shelter Rock hut comes into view.
Day 4 Shelter Rock Hut to Muddy Creek (6 - 8 hours)
The final day is walking the wide Rees valley carved out by ancient glaciers. The crystal clear Rees River flows over smooth river stones fringed by grassy flats parched golden yellow by the sun. Framed by beech forest the whole scene is dramatically back-dropped by mountains.
The walk along the riverbank comes out at Muddy Creek car park, 15km from Glenorchy
*Suitable for people with above average fitness. High level backcountry skills and experience, including navigation and survival skills required
*Complete self sufficiency required
*Track has markers, poles or rock cairns. Expect unbridged stream and river crossings
*Sturdy tramping/hiking boots required


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As far as the common organisation of the market (COM) is concerned, the word 'hops' covers the following 3 groups of products:
- hop cones, fresh or dried (CN 1210 10)
- hops in the form of powder or pellets (CN 1210 20)
- hop extracts (CN 1302 13).
Legal basis
The common organisation of the market (Regulation (EC) No 1308/2013) sets out the main legal provisions covering the hops sector: certification, producer groups and imports.
N.B. As of 1 January 2005, Community support for production, which had been set at €480/ha, was incorporated into the system of direct payments to farmers.
Production and sale
Some 2 600 farms in the European Union grow hops, covering 26500 ha - 60% of the total surface area used for hop-growing worldwide.
Hops are grown in 14 EU countries. Some 17 000 hectares are used for hop cultivation in Germany, accounting for 60% of the EU's hop-growing acreage and about one third of the surface area devoted to hop cultivation worldwide. The other main EU producers are the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovenia and the UK.
All over the world, but particularly in Europe, acreage is dwindling, one reason being the increasing yield of alpha acid and its decreasing use in beer. Alpha acid is the component of hops that gives beer its bitter taste and other flavours.
The European Union produces about 50 000 tonnes of hops annually. Its alpha acid output regularly exceeds 5 000 tonnes.
Annual hop production worldwide varies between 80 000 and 100 000 tonnes, corresponding to between 8 000 and 10 000 tonnes of alpha acid. Demand for alpha acid is estimated at about 8 000 tonnes, on the basis that an average of 4.1 g are needed per hectolitre of beer. Hop content varies depending on the type of beer concerned, particularly how bitter it is, and the variety of hop used. As a result of technological progress and consumers' growing preference for less bitter beers, hop content is falling year by year (it still stood at 6.3 g alpha per hectolitre in 1995).
Although world beer production is on the rise, demand for alpha acid is not increasing much. Since supply currently exceeds demand, average prices on the hop contract market and the free market have been fairly low since 2009.
Overseas trade
The European Union - and particularly Germany - is one of the hubs of the global market in hops. As regards external trade, the EU has traditionally been a net exporter. Over the last few years, the surplus has amounted to some 20 000 tonnes of cone equivalents. The main buyer is Russia, followed by the United States and Japan.
All but one of the EU hop-growing countries belong to the International Hop Growers' Convention (CICH), which seeks to promote the sharing of information, both among producers and between producers and the other parties in the sector (traders and brewers).


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City or tropics? Obama ponders where to put presidential library
As he embarks on his final years in office, President Barack Obama has begun to look beyond the White House to his next task: solidifying his legacy.
A group of longtime friends and supporters, including his former campaign manager and fundraiser, is in the midst of planning a multimillion-dollar presidential library that will house enough unclassified documents to fill four 18-wheelers and enough artifacts to fill a swimming pool.
In the coming months, Obama will decide whether to build the library in one of the cities he once called home or, perhaps, the place he's considering calling home after he leaves 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.: Honolulu, Chicago or New York.
"Each president shapes his presidential library around his own interests," said James Rutherford, the dean of the Clinton School of Public Service at the University of Arkansas, who played an influential role in the creation of the William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum in Little Rock. "The president really is the determining factor into where a presidential library will go and what its mission will be."
The Barack Obama Foundation expects to narrow a list of possible locations by late summer. The president and first lady will select the site early next year. Thirteen organizations submitted proposals to build a facility that will be much more than a library _ part museum, part education center and part archive. There will be a gift store and restaurant as well.
At least five are based in Illinois, where Obama launched his political career, and one each in Hawaii, his birth state, and New York, where he graduated from college. Illinois is thought to be the front-runner, though Hawaii has been lobbying for the library for years.
"It has been said that to understand where you are going, you must understand where you are from," Chicago State University President Wayne Watson said. "President Barack Obama is from many places. He was born in Hawaii and lived in diverse locations throughout his childhood. He was educated on the East Coast. Yet without a doubt, Barack Obama the leader was born into political action on the Far South Side of Chicago."
Despite a commitment to what the library foundation calls "transparency and fairness," some of the proposals remain shrouded in secrecy. The foundation has declined to release them and only some of the potential developers have announced their interest. Many didn't return calls to answer further questions.
Foundation officials, however, confirm that they already have rejected a proposal from a university in Kenya _ where Obama's father was born and where his half sister, Auma, lives _ to create the Barack Obama Institute for Peace and Democracy Studies in Nairobi, because it was "not responsive to the guidelines."
Rutherford said a library could do far more than shape a president's legacy. Just look at the Clinton library, he said, which revitalized a beleaguered downtown Little Rock.
Obama, like Clinton, has indicated he wants his library to become an anchor for economic development while reflecting the values and priorities of his public service career: expanding economic opportunity and promoting peace, justice and dignity throughout the world.
A pair of studies conducted in Chicago and Honolulu estimates a library could generate hundreds of million of dollars annually, create nearly 2,000 permanent jobs and lure up to 800,000 visitors each year.
Thirteen presidential libraries are scattered across the nation, from Boston (John F. Kennedy) to Yorba Linda, Calif. (Richard Nixon). The most recent, the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, opened last summer on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas.
Ronald Reagan's library in Simi Valley, Calif., is the most popular, with about 400,000 visitors annually. But Obama's could very well surpass those numbers because of his historic tenure as the first African-American president in the United States.
A 70-page document released by the foundation outlines what the library will house, according to the National Archives and Records Administration: more than 20,000 cubic feet of unclassified documents, 15,000 cubic feet of artifacts, 5,676 cubic feet of classified documents and 804 cubic feet of audiovisual records.
"The president's future library will one day serve as an important part of our nation's historical record, and our mission is to build a library that tells President Obama's remarkable story in an interactive way that will inspire future generations to become involved in public service," said Martin Nesbitt. a longtime friend and golf partner of Obama's who agreed to serve as foundation board chairman.
Donations will pay for the construction, but the federal government will maintain the facility. The state and local government may choose to contribute, though the Illinois General Assembly recently scrapped plans to commit $100 million to any potential project after some lawmakers grumbled.
So far, several wealthy supporters have donated a total of $850,000 to $1.75 million. The foundation has pledged to release the names of those who contributed more than $200 on its website on a quarterly basis, though only with donation ranges.
The donors _ all from Chicago and New York _ either raised money for Obama during one of his campaigns or were appointed by him to various boards. The Obamas and their staff pledged not to raise money for the library while in office.
Chicago officials argue that the library should be in their city, where Obama served as a community organizer and state senator. He taught at the University of Chicago while Michelle Obama worked at its hospital. Their daughters, Malia and Sasha, attended the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools.
At least five bids came from Chicago: the University of Chicago, the University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago State University, developer Dan McCaffery and the President Obama Library and Museum Campus Foundation, a community-based organization.
"Such a location would reflect the personal and professional lives of the Obamas, as well as their commitments to society," University of Chicago President Robert J. Zimmer said.
Hawaii is offering an oceanfront site for the library. Perhaps realizing the Windy City may have the edge, the University of Hawaii has agreed to partner with another site to create an institution with two campuses.
"Our global orientation, multicultural population, robust visitor industry and unrivaled natural beauty make Hawaii a logical destination to house and nurture the president's legacy," Hawaii Lt. Gov. Shan Tsutsui said.
New York was Obama's home during college and for a brief time after he graduated from Columbia University with an undergraduate degree in political science.
"We believe Columbia and New York City would provide a fitting platform for a post-presidency engaged in the vital issues of our time, while further adding to our core mission of teaching, research and public service," Columbia said in a statement.
The decision may end up having to do with where the Obamas choose to live after they leave the White House in January 2017. Obama said last winter that they might stay in the nation's capital for a couple of years to allow Sasha to graduate from high school there, but more recently some friends have said in published reports that they're considering moving to New York.


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Allure to the extreme. A powerful and dynamic composition. An aromatic-musky fragrance like a rush of adrenaline.
A man who thrives on extreme sensations, in search of new challenges. He loves to battle the elements and continually push himself beyond his limits.
A composition that teams the fresh and sparkling notes of Italian mandarin with the green, coniferous notes of Moroccan cypress gives a vibrant, aromatic impetus to the fragrance. Musky notes flourish in the warm and almondy accords of Venezuelan tonka bean, unfurling a sensual and enveloping trail.
ALLURE HOMME SPORT EAU EXTRÊME is sprayed in a cloud onto clothes and skin for a more intense fragrance.
To complement the Eau de Parfum, a full range of shaving and body products is available to intensify the fragrance throughout the day.


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Couple to wed Sept. 7
Courtney Geis and Kyle Klassen, both of Wichita, announce their engagement and forthcoming marriage.
Courtney is the daughter of Shawn Geis of Marion and Dale Geis of Lamont, Okla. Her grandparents are Marilyn Geis of Marion and the late Bob Geis and Terrie Todd of Whitewater. John and Lola Savoia of Hillsboro are her great-grandparents.
Kyle is the son of Shelley and Myron Klassen of Hesston. Lenora Klassen of Hillsboro, the late Don Klassen, and Anna Mae Goertz of Durham and the late Ben Goertz are his grandparents.
The bride-to-be graduated from Kansas State University in 2009 with a masters of interior architecture and product design. She is currently employed as an executive assistant.
The prospective bridegroom graduated from Wichita State University in 2008 with a degree in business administration. He graduated from the Graduate School of Banking at Colorado and is currently employed as a credit analyst for Equity Bank.
The wedding will be Sept. 7 at Botanica, the Wichita Gardens, in Wichita.
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Is that Odell Hodge?
By ODU Athletics
March 28, 2009
Odell Hodge, from Rich Radford's Blog on March 26, 2009
Before the Monarchs took the court for their noon shootaround in preparation for their game against James Madison tonight at 7 p.m., the sound of a basketball bouncing around in an empty Constant Center could be heard.
Investigating the noise turned up a familiar ODU face: Odell Hodge.
He was in the place shooting with his two sons, Matthew, 4, and Jayden, who will turn 2 next month. Just to warn anyone going to tonight's game, these kids have some serious curly blond hair.
Hodge was knocking down bank shots and watching his little ones launch air balls, all the while having a big ol' time.
Gracious as always, he sat down and gave some minutes. His handshake reminded just how powerful he was and still can be. Third on ODU's all-time leading scoring list with 2,117 points and third with 1,086 rebounds, the question is asked often: When will Hodge's No. 33 be retired and hang from the rafters at the Constant Center? But that wasn't one of the questions asked on this occasion.
"I'm still playing over in Belgium," he said. "It's been 12 years now, not all with the same team. But it's been good."
Hodge plays for Basketball Bree these days. He married Sofie Ceyssens, who has a brother, Jochen Ceyssens, who plays for the Sint-Jan Basket Antwerp team. Bree is in first place in the D2 standings at 22-3, Antwerp is hot on their heels in third place at 17-7.
And ODU fans will love this: Bree's colors are silver and blue.
It's a small world we live in, but sometimes I find it to be very big. I'd never heard of Bree, Belgium. Then, within moments of Hodge informing me that's who he plays for, Kim Clijsters announces she's coming out of retirement and wants to play in the U.S. Open. Her announcement comes from Bree, Belgium.
But back to Hodge.
Hodge will very likely be sitting behind the ODU bench tonight. He said his wife had gone on the internet -- Hodge had returned to Martinsville, Va., on a mini-vacation and was visiting his family -- when the fact that ODU would be playing at home tonight popped up on the screen.
"Sofie offered it up as a birthday present," said Hodge, whose 36th birthday is today. "It's ODU and JMU. I couldn't miss it."
Then again, Sofie might have seen this as a perfect opportunity to sneak off to MacArthur Center and do some shopping.
"I can't keep up with her when she shops," Hodge said. "She wants to look at everything. She told me to pick her back up at the mall at 4."
Sofie is 5-foot-9. The doctor has already told mom and dad that Matthew will likely be "somewhere between 6-10 and 7-foot."
If ODU wins tonight, they'd travel to Bradley to play on Tuesday in the final of the CollegeInsider.com Tournament.
Just mentioning Bradley brought back bad memories for Hodge, who played for ODU the last time ODU faced Bradley.
"We got robbed by the officials in that one," Hodge said.
ODU lost 79-75 at Bradley. Hodge had 25 points and 11 rebounds that night. It was 1994 in the second round of the NIT.
Hodge would love for his school to get another shot at Bradley.


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Marion police
Dec. 24: Officers found a vehicle in the cemetery with two males inside at 11:30 p.m.; K9 officer alerted with smell of marijuana; suspect was arrested on probation violation after a joint was found.
Dec. 26: Officers responded to a domestic disturbance.
Dec. 27: Officers found full cans of beer in the cemetery. Residence with open door checked; officers received no answer from residents but found lots of cats around and in a van.
Dec. 28: A report of an abandoned vehicle was taken. A report of criminal trespass was taken.
Dec. 29: A report of criminal damage to property was taken. Officers spoke with two drivers about a road rage incident. Officers responded to a possible suicide attempt by overdose; subject was taken to the hospital by ambulance but was not found to have taken any medication but was heavily inebriated.
Jan. 1: Officers took a runaway case report.
Jan. 3: Officers assisted with a reckless driving complaint. Officers investigated a reckless driving complaint. Officers assisted Marion County Sheriff with criminal threat case, trying to locate suspect.
Jan. 4: Officers assisted Dickenson County Sheriff with the recovery of stolen property. Traffic control was provided after two large hay bales dropped on Main Street; a warning was issued for an unsecured load. A tree stump was reported in the middle of Main Street. A reckless driving complaint was taken.
Jan. 6: Officers took a report of disorderly conduct at Country Lakes Café. A report of stalking and harassment was taken.
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Subject Matter: Chemistry
National Standards: NS.5-8.1, NS. 5- 8.2, NS.5-8.7
Borax powder
Baking soda
Wide-mouthed jar, one for each student
Pencils, one for each student
Food coloring
Magnifying lens
Craft stick
Package of black construction paper
Plastic spoon
Oven mitts or gloves – a pair for each student
Hot water
Molecule: the smallest physical unit of a substance that can exist independently. A molecule is made up one or more atoms held together by chemical forces.
Supersaturated solution: a solution that has been heated in order to dissolve more material than would be possible at room temperature.
Begin the lesson by having students watch the Science Friday Video, "Snowflake Safari". Ask students if they know any other examples of crystals besides snowflakes. Tell students that they are going to conduct two experiments. The first experiment will help them understand and define what a crystal is. In the second experiment, students will be able to create their own "designer" crystals.
Hand out one sheet of black construction paper to each student. Have students fold and cut the construction paper into four evenly squared pieces.
Have students place one small spoonful each of salt, sugar, baking soda, and yeast on each of the four separate squares of black paper. Then students can observe each substance with a magnifying lens. How are they similar to or different from one another?
Tell students that a crystal is a solid substance with a fixed and repeated pattern. Crystals will retain their pattern even when they are broken into pieces. Have students use a craft stick to crush each substance and then observe the substance again with the magnifying lens. Out of the four substances, which are crystals and which are not crystals? Have students explain their reasons.
N.B.: This activity requires the use of hot water. An adult should pre-heat the water in a microwave or on a hot plate, and then pour the hot water into a wide-mouthed glass jar for each student who is conducting the experiment. Review safety procedures with students and the importance of using oven mitts or gloves before touching the glass jar.
Have students slowly add and mix spoonfuls of borax powder into the hot water (about 3 tablespoons per cup of water). Ask students to describe the difference in the water before and after adding the borax powder. Tell students that they are creating a supersaturated solution. What do they think that means?
Give students the option of adding a few drops of food coloring to their solution for color. Ask students what color the resulting crystals will be without any food coloring added.
Hand out a white pipe cleaner to students and instruct them to bend the pipe cleaner into a shape of their choice (heart, star, circle, letter, square, etc.)
Hand out a second pipe cleaner and have students wrap the tip of the second pipe cleaner around the shaped pipe cleaner so that the shaped pipe cleaner looks like a dangling ornament.
Wrap the tip of the other end of the second pipe cleaner around the middle of a pencil, and place the shaped pipe cleaner inside the jar with the pencil resting on top of the jar to hold it in place. Make sure the shape is not touching the bottom or sides of the container and that the shaped portion of the pipe cleaner is completely immersed in the solution.
Carefully place the container in a secure area for the next few days. Ask students to predict what will happen as the solution cools down.
Have students observe the solution and record their observations over the next 1-2 days. Depending on the room temperature, crystals may begin forming within a few hours. Ask students to explain why these changes in the solution are happening.
Have students gently remove their crystallized pipe cleaner from the jar by the second day, regardless of any solution that remains. Have students use the magnifying lens to observe their crystal formations. Compare and contrast the crystal formations from the other students. What variables could have caused some of the crystal formations to be different?
Will substituting sugar or salt for borax yield the same crystal formations?
What determines the color of crystals found in rocks?
How is the crystal-forming process that occurs from slowly cooled molten material different from the method used in this activity?
How and why are crystals used in electronic devices?
Experiment with different variables using the same activity. What happens if the cooling rate of the solution is changed by refrigeration?
Have students research the various types of crystal shapes (lattices) and build models using crafts materials such as toothpicks, clay, marshmallows, gumdrops, etc. Have students explain the atomic structure of each crystal and how it forms that specific shape.
Preserve your own snowflake or view snowflake images online at Kenneth Libbrecht's website:
Measure the density of water, ice and snow and submit your data online


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The other day, Paul Kuharsky at his ESPN AFC South blog posed the question: With Peyton Manning leaving the AFC South, who is the new face of the division?
He puts Arian Foster and Andre Johnson as 1 and 2. The next players are Maurice Jones-Drew, Andrew Luck and Chris Johnson. He said he struggled on whether to put Brian Cushing over Chris Johnson.
I certainly agree with MJD. Luck is going to be all about immediate production. He is going to have the pressure to be the next instant Cam Newton because he will always be to some fans the NOT-PEYTON. Or the reason why Peyton had to go. (Yeah, the Colts can talk all they want about salary cap hades, rebuilding and whatnot, but do they pull the plug on The Peyton if they had the 3rd pick in the draft?).
Chris Johnson is a big meh. Talented guy who harmed his team because he wanted to get paid. Fantasy football killer. Who likes his story at all? To me he represents the ugliest elements of get paid, look at me, pro sports. In contrast, everybody likes MJD because he's a little dude who played hard and performed despite the struggles of his team. And then there's the lights out MJD hit on Shawne Merriman:
I don't like the Jaguars one bit, but you have to like MJD's effort.
Elements of Houston Iconic Status.
I think both Arian Foster and Andre Johnson have the elements of what Houstonians love in their players. They don't have to be oversized personalities (though Foster has a unique one). They don't have to have hype. The three elements that Houston sports fans love in their players are:
1. Excellence in what they do.
2. Love to work hard and not complain (about money, etc). Lunch pail.
3. They may not originally be from Texas (though bonus if they are), but they got to love Houston and its fans and express it.
Houstonians do not like excellent athletes who aren't perceived as hard workers. Houston is second in the country with Fortune 500 headquarters, but there's sort of a blue collar mentality here. The feeling of no matter your background or where you are from originally, if you work hard here, you can have success. They want their athletes to be a part of the city. To love it as much as they do.
My favorite Earl picture that sums this all up.
Arian Foster is a player who would be loved in any city for his performance on the field and his story making the lineup and then taking advantage of his opportunity. That he expresses love for Houston gives him the bonus love. Did you watch his post-signing press conference? If you didn't, it is here. And it is worth watching, just to hear his positive message.
And did you cry? It's okay, man. A lot of people told me that they cried.
On Sports Radio 790's Big Show, there was a discussion whether the love for Andre Johnson can be the same love as for Earl Campbell etc.
For day 1 Texans fans, the amount of love for Andre Johnson cannot be overstated. People buy AJ jerseys because of everything he means to the franchise. At one time, he was the most watchable part of the team. So many crazy catches I can remember even in horrific seasons I paid money to watch. He conducts himself the way fans like: No hype, a great athlete who still works very hard to improve his skills.
And he is a player that CHOSE to remain a Houston Texan, even though he could have left for a better situation. He CHOSE to help build this organization. CHOSE to be the key part of our history. He's so good he could have acted like a diva but never has.
I want the Texans to win the Super Bowl as much as any person on the planet. But I want it more for Andre Johnson for him to win one as a Texan. Everybody in town feels that way. His teammates feel that way. I'm afraid to even think of how much money I would be prepared to spend to have that happen (thankfully that's not even a choice for me).
Oh, and it isn't a bad thing that he publicly humiliated one of the most hated players in the league, and then apologized to fans for having to witness that:
It was weird to hear from fans from other cities who contacted me and said how much they liked the Andre Johnson beat down on that guy.
On 790, the argument was made that Andre was just a great player for years of a bad team. To me, that misses the mark what he means to this city. The league is hard on quality QBs and WRs as they get older because of the money and playing time opportunities. Knowing that, I dearly hope that AJ can retire as a Texan on his own terms. Later and not sooner.
If the Texans keep winning, there's plenty of candidates for icons. J.J. Watt for example. Who would have though a 3-4 defensive end rookie would have such an immediate impact on a team? And how well he played in the playoffs? And he is such a Houston-kinda player given his background and work ethic.
Connor Barwin is fun, produced when the Texans needed production, overcame a terrible injury, does a nice job of fan outreach.
There's a bit of a distance between Brian Cushing and the fanbase, but he gets style points for his almost cartoonish miked up opportunities and bloody face.
Texans fans want James Casey to get more playing time. Rice guy from Texas with a hard work background, Thor! build and does amazing catches when he gets an opportunity.
How about a right tackle being one of the spokesmen of a franchise? Eric Winston doesn't just do media. He has opinions. And backs them up. And doesn't take stuff from anyone. He's originally from Midland and hated the Cowboys growing up. He gets Houston points just for that.
Earl. Bum. Hakeem. Nolan. Bags and Bidge.
Houston proud. A number of Texans want to be added to our city's history, and make it better. And we are along for the ride.


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Emerging markets are getting a beating right now, but the tattered asset class could be poised to become the "comeback kid" of 2014, some analysts say.
Investors with a long-term horizon should look at investing in emerging markets, analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofAML) said in a note released on Friday, although they added that the current turmoil was a reason to be cautious heading into September.
(Read more: If August was bad for stocks, September may be worse)
"While policy makers have yet to panic sufficiently for an inflection point in global risk, an improving long-term, risk-reward trade-off could make emerging markets the comeback asset class of 2014," the BofAML analysts said.
(Read more: Will India resort to buying gold from its citizens to ease rupee crisis?)
The MSCI emerging market index has shed about 13 percent since late May and has tumbled about 5 percent in just over two weeks. The Indian rupee, meanwhile, dived to a new record low against the dollar this week and the Indonesian rupiah hit its lowest level in more than four years.


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From the juiced-box and not the soundtrack: Natalie Portman – Uncensored Rap
[Press Play for THE Natalie Portman rapping, "Shut the fuck up and suck my dick"]
Ramblings: "Black…" is Beautiful
Final Proof: 4½ Shots
You know how it is when you get drunk and look in the mirror? You look normal and you look normally when you catch your own eye as you stagger past the glass, but it's like one of those words you repeat over and over again until it no longer makes sense 'cause your face melts like ice in bourbon into that word you no longer recognize so you keep staring, waiting to see something familiar but the longer you look the more of a stranger you become so you start talking to yourself and when the reflection of yourself doesn't answer you flip it off and then you reach the point where you forget who is who and which one is you, the ass or the bastard behind the glass and if you're really shattered you fight the reflection with your fist in your face so that you and the glass are both cracked and bleeding. That's exactly the kind of reflections Black Swan will leave you with.
Black Swan is what we in the movie business call "fuckin' good" and just stop me if I start getting too technical for your lay asses. Why was it fucking good? Because it wasn't perfect but tried to be.
There's this quote and I'm pretty sure it's by Bono where he talks about John Lennon and Bono says what gets him isn't how Lennon hits the note perfectly, but the way his voice cracks when trying for it. Black Swan is that perfect crack. Because the movie isn't perfect, but it strives to be.
Dark and intense like any woman worth my salt, Black Swan takes us on a tour of broken glass on the other side of a jagged mirror. It's edgy, sharp and perversely intimate.
One word about Natalie Portman before we move on to the good stuff (or at least the better than shit stuff). i know there was some trashed talk about how she didn't really do the dancing and rather than give more attention than i already haven't to some unprofessional dancer looking to time lease her 15 seconds of infame, i'm gonna steer you to an article where the director details exactly how much tiptoeing Natalie did through the tulips. i'm also gonna add that no matter how much dancing Natalie did, she still rocked the tutu off the role and owned the Oscar even before she won it. Then, when you realize she actually did most of the steps, you rise to your feet in misty eyed spontaneous applause.
Buzz Kills (Watch Out for Spoilers)
Sex: 4 Shots
There's so much going on here i don't know which chicken to choke first.
Let's start with Natalie Portman. Natalie Portman was bendy as a red hot twizzler in this movie and just as tasty. Not only did she go there, she went there, danced on it, broke it, fixed it and brought it back. She fucking owned it and by "it" i mean "everything", including the sex and you had to know that's where i was going because i just gave a 4-shot sex rating.
For example, we start off with Natalie in panties and covering her own boobs with her hands, and from there it only goes up and "up" is the direction it goes, 'cause there's a scene of Natalie beating off in bed and then beating off again in the tub so that she can make the switch to Bad Swan and you so want to be with NP when she's Bad Swan because you get to spank her little tutu.
i'm gonna toss up the mandatory collage/wallpaper and then i'm gonna stick some single shots of her deep down in my drawers.
i see your Natalie and raise you Mila dollars.
Here's what i think is cool, any woman's whose last name can be used as slang for the female sex organ. Like "Kunis". As in, "Get a load of that Kunis." There was Kunis galore in Black Swan, let me tell you. In addition to all the hot, sweaty Kunis this film oozed with, there was some lesbian Kunis. Was it fantasy? Was it real? Was it a dream? Do we care as long as they show it? They showed it all right.
They showed everything from Mila and Natalie kissing to Mila eating out and i don't mean at a restaurant unless we're talking about the smorgasbord between Natalie Portman's thighs. Here's an eyeful of that but don't look too long or your eyes will get steamed up.
It's a little anti-climatic, (get it?—nope, not if it's anti-climatic), but here's a Kunis wallpaper and there's more to come in my drawers.
Then, just when you thought it was over, there's some of my Winona…
…who wasn't so hot in the movie as she was drunk but then there's a certain charm in that as well, am i right? If you'd like to Ryder, there's single shots of her filling my drawers.
For those of you more into Peacocks than Swans, here's some Vincent Cassel action.
Here's a bonus shot that will serve as a nice entrée for the Drink part of my show…
Drink: 2 ½ Shots
Black Swan was a little weak on the booze, but then i get that the focus of the film wasn't alcohol and, if you look at it from that perspective then there was a goodly amount of drink and drinking.
'Cause like Winona's character, Beth Macintyre, is an alcoholic and they have her drinking a lot. Like almost all the time. While i'm on Winona, she did such a good job acting drunk in the movie that she came away with the Alkie for Best Drunk Actress in the 2011 bArCADEMY AwkWARDS.
Here's the rest of the blow by blow:
- Thomas Leroy (Vincent Cassel) makes a toast to Nina Sayers (Natalie Portman) with champagne
- Lily (Mila Kunis) takes Nina out for a drink
Rock & Roll: 4 Shots
Sure, there wasn't a lot of rock and roll music in the movie, but i'm here to tell you this movie was wall to the balls to the wall Rock and Roll in its own personal way.
Boring Technical Crap
Written by:
Screenplay: Mark Heyman, Andrés Heinz, John McLaughlin
Story: Andrés Heinz
Directed by: Darren Aronofsky
Natalie Portman … Nina Sayers
Mila Kunis … Lily
Winona Ryder … Beth Macintyre
Barbara Hershey … Erica Sayers
Vincent Cassel … Thomas Leroy
Bottom Line
See it. Just shut up at do it. What are you still doing here? Oh, the drawer shots, right. OK, but see it right after the drawer shots and no dilly dallying mister.
Al K Hall's Drawers
Natalie Portman (30)
Mila Kunis (28)
Winona Ryder (39)
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On Christmas day, I attempted to log into notsoliteral.com to write a blog about my travels and thoughts on 2011 when I realized my blog was gone. I called GoDaddy.com and they informed me that the domain expired on Christmas and that they sold it to someone in Texas who had been bidding for it. Unfortunately, I never received notification that my domain was expiring and up for sale. I have at least 10 other domains which I renew throughout the year, but Notsoliteral.com was never notified.
There's nothing I can do right now about it. I'm pretty sad. I've been writing about my life - the highs, the lows, etc - for quite some time on that blog name. Now someone who wants it because it's a valuable business move owns it. It sucks.
I have not decided if I'll start another blog. Part of me is heart broken and feels like I lost a piece of myself. Another part of myself thinks I shouldn't be dramatic and should just pick up where I left off. Either way, here's where I stand now.
My personal domain is http://jamesryanmoreau.com
My Twitter handle is http://twitter.com/jrmoreau
and lastly, if you want to get in touch with me about anything, my email is james.r.moreau [at] gmail dot com.
Thanks for being courteous eyeballs for all these years. It means more to me than you might know.


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An exhibition titled Thrill Seekers: The Rise of Men's Magazines opened Thursday, October 4, on Level 1 of Olin Library, in the Grand Staircase Lobby and Ginkgo Reading Room. The display, presented by Washington University's Modern Graphic History Library, charts the growth of men's magazines from the 1940s to the 1960s. Highlights include original artwork, tear sheets, and whole issues of Esquire, Playboy, Sports Illustrated, and Fortune, as well as pulp fiction and girlie magazines. Artists featured include Al Parker, Robert Weaver, Ernest Trova, and Robert Andrew Parker, among others.
Thrill Seekers will remain on display until January 4, 2013. A digital version of the exhibit is available at http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/exhibits/show/mensmags/home.


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By Caroline Kryder, EOL Collaborator, and Breen Byrnes, EOL Public Information Officer
Where do you go to find information about species? Perhaps you head to the library to check out some books, but more than likely, you go online. The world has transformed the way it finds and consumes scientific information. Just a few years ago, access to knowledge about the world's 1.9 million species of plants, animals and microorgansisms on one free, trusted website might have seemed impossible, but now the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL; eol.org) is quickly making that dream a reality.
How can one organization possibly catalog life on Earth? By harnessing the collective energy of scientists, students, and people like you! EOL relies on a consortium of over 200 content partners, including the Smithsonian Institution, and more than 50,000 users around the world to compile information on every species. Since its beginnings in 2007, EOL has expanded from 30,000 to more than one million pages.
Technology plays a very important role in getting all the species information to the right place in EOL. Every day, EOL computers gather up information about living creatures that is stored in databases all over the world. These databases belong to our EOL Content Partners, without whom EOL could not exist. These same EOL computers then organize this information by the names of those living creatures. For example, even though EOL gets information about wolves from many sources, it is all organized together in one place to make it easy for you to find (search for "wolf" and see for yourself).
As new content flows into EOL, it is reviewed by experts called "curators" who help maintain EOL's high-quality information. We also make all of our information freely available for re-use under a Creative Commons license. EOL is a collaborative initiative, and we invite people like you to come to the EOL website to learn about living nature, leave comments, create EOL Collections, participate in EOL Communities, or share your expertise by writing articles, reviewing content, or by becoming an EOL Content Partners.
As EOL grows, we are expanding to become a global community of collaborators serving the general public, enthusiastic amateurs, educators, students and professional scientists from around the world. But we can't do it alone and we need you to join in this international effort to catalogue biodiversity. We have millions of visitors each year - are you one of them?
Let's get started! Here are some easy and fun ways to explore EOL and help us build our collective understanding of life on Earth -
- Visit our website at EOL.org and learn about a new species
- Register with EOL (it's free and easy) to access the full spectrum of tools and resources
- Build an EOL Collection of your favorite plants or animals to share with friends and family
- Listen to a podcast from our free series, One Species at a Time
- Build a field guide for an upcoming hike or vacation
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- Become a fan on Facebook to see gorgeous images, news articles and updates
- Add images to our Flickr group, or enter one of our regular photo contests (recent themes include Stinky and Seed Dispersal)
- Read our blog to keep up with our latest developments
- Tell your friends, families and teachers about EOL.org and help us spread the word!


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Thursday, December 26, 2013
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A petition with seven million signatures. Eight million people looking up the phone number of their Congress members. Hundreds of thousands of emails.
The numbers of the January Internet protest about the Internet bills Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, and the Protect IP Act, or PIPA, showed the world – and Congress – the formidable strength of the Internet's users.
But despite of the loud outcry against the bills, there has been minimal impact on the campaign finances of those running against SOPA supporters like San Antonio Republican Rep. Lamar Smith, who sponsored the bill.
Smith has raised nearly three times as much as both of the other Republican candidates combined, according to the Federal Election Commission.
Candidates running for House and Senate seats had to submit a report of their finances for the first three months of the year to the FEC earlier this week.
Smith campaign raised $210,574 in the first three months of the year while the campaign of former Arizona Sheriff Richard Mack has raised $25,289 and conservative activist and software engineer Richard Morgan has raised $7,160. Unlike Mack and Morgan, Smith also fundraised prior to the start of this year and currently has $1.3 million on hand.
Smith has also spent several times more than the other candidates combined. The $121,256 his campaign spent during the first quarter of this year surpasses the $5,808.96 spent by Mack's campaign and dwarfs the $647.89 Morgan's spent.
In addition, Morgan's campaign is more than $5,000 in debt.
Although any candidate could be helped by an independent expenditure committee, such as a Super PAC, none have spent any money to support a candidate in Texas's 21st congressional district race, according to the FEC.
Test PAC, an Internet-based non-committed PAC, has raised more than $11,500 against Smith, but has yet to endorse a candidate. Earlier this month, the Alliance for Internet Freedom was begun – another political action committee whose current focus is on ensure Smith is not re-elected.
Even with the opposition, Smith has a long history as representative for the district – he's served the area in Congress for 25 years and has won the last three elections by a margin greater than 40 percent. His re-election is "100 percent guaranteed" said Mark Jones, the chairman of political science department at Rice University, pointing out that Smith's incumbency and his role as chairman of the House Judiciary Committee make it easy for him to fundraise.
"I don't think any of the Republican incumbents are especially vulnerable, but Lamar Smith wouldn't even be at the top of the list of the most vulnerable," he said.


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- root - The home directory for the root user
- home - Contains the user's home directories along with directories for services
- ftp
- samba
- george
- bin - Commands needed during bootup that might be needed by normal users
- sbin - Like bin but commands are not intended for normal users. Commands run by LINUX.
- proc - This filesystem is not on a disk. It is a virtual filesystem that exists in the kernels imagination which is memory.
- 1 - A directory with info about process number 1. Each process has a directory below proc.
- usr - Contains all commands, libraries, man pages, games and static files for normal operation.
- bin - Almost all user commands. some commands are in /bin or /usr/local/bin.
- sbin - System admin commands not needed on the root filesystem. e.g., most server programs.
- include - Header files for the C programming language. Should be below /user/lib for consistency.
- lib - Unchanging data files for programs and subsystems
- local - The place for locally installed software and other files.
- man - Manual pages
- info - Info documents
- doc - Documentation
- tmp
- X11R6 - The X windows system files. There is a directory similar to usr below this directory.
- X386 - Like X11R6 but for X11 release 5
- boot - Files used by the bootstrap loader, LILO. Kernel images are often kept here.
- lib - Shared libraries needed by the programs on the root filesystem
- modules - Loadable kernel modules, especially those needed to boot the system after disasters.
- dev - Device files
- etc - Configuration files specific to the machine.
- skel - When a home directory is created it is initialized with files from this directory
- sysconfig - Files that configure the linux system for devices.
- var - Contains files that change for mail, news, printers log files, man pages, temp files
- file
- lib - Files that change while the system is running normally
- local - Variable data for programs installed in /usr/local.
- lock - Lock files. Used by a program to indicate it is using a particular device or file
- log - Log files from programs such as login and syslog which logs all logins and logouts.
- run - Files that contain information about the system that is valid until the system is next booted
- spool - Directories for mail, printer spools, news and other spooled work.
- tmp - Temporary files that are large or need to exist for longer than they should in /tmp.
- catman - A cache for man pages that are formatted on demand
- mnt - Mount points for temporary mounts by the system administrator.
- tmp - Temporary files. Programs running after bootup should use /var/tmp.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Linux File Structure
In the Linux file structure files are grouped according to purpose. Ex: commands, data files, documentation. Parts of a Unix directory tree are listed below. All directories are grouped under the root entry "/". That part of the directory tree is left out of the below diagram. See the FSSTND standard (Filesystem standard).
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Evening Knick fans! I hope everyone enjoyed the Knicks 102-87 victory over the Pistons. I've recently picked my jaw up off the floor from the sheer sight of seeing Iman Shumpert play basketball again, and will now attempt to recap what happened when Shump took over London. I'm hoping to do so coherently, but if I don't just know that it's because my brain is melted from seeing Shump Daddy play and/or I'm illiterate. Anywho, lets begin:
The Knicks started the game off on a 16-2 run, filled with ridiculous Carmelo Anthony three pointers and punctuated with a beautiful cross-court pass from Melo to Shumpert that resulted in a corner three that Shump buried. I made a loud shrieking noise. So did you, probably. Add another Melo un-godly three pointer and a couple other baskets and the Knicks were ahead 29-17 after the first quarter. In the second, the Knicks did their best to pull away, at one point going up by 18 and finishing the half with a 15 point lead. The majority of the Knicks scoring this quarter came from pick-and-rolls in which Amare Stoudemire either got fouled on the shot or finished around the rim. Then came the dreadful third quarter. The Pistons cut into the Knicks lead–at one point getting it to 4–due to poor pick-and-roll defense, stagnated offense, and missed jumpers. Chandler picked up a quick 4th foul, forcing Woodson to play STAT at center, and in turn having the defense deteriorate. Amare had trouble defending Greg Monroe inside, as well as helping in pick-and-rolls. On the offensive end, Melo resorted to shooting fallaways over double teams instead of passing out of them. The Knicks, as a whole, began getting very careless with the ball as a result of the Pistons big men aggressively doubling pick-and-rolls and turning it over like crazy. (They finished with 16 total.) The Knicks did, however, end the quarter on an 8-0 run and were up 12 going into the final period. The score differential remained around 12 for the majority of the quarter, with each team exchanging baskets. Melo made some lovely passes out of double teams; one to Novak in the corner and one to a cutting Amare that led to a foul. Then, Melo spun from the left block, identified the double in mid-air, and threw a quick pass to Prigioni under the basket. Pablo then threw a tasty touch pass to Tyson who threw down a dunk. That was a pretty cool sequence. Anyway, the Knicks ended up pulling their starters shortly thereafter and ended up winning by 15. Some specific notes:
- Melo started out on fire from three-point range, looking like the Melo we saw in the Olympics. He excelled off the catch, and even threw up one ridiculous heat-check pull-up that I wanted to go in with all my soul. However, after starting off 4-6, he cooled off drastically and ended 8-19. At times during the second half, Melo resorted back to his alter-ego "Bad Melo", who we saw play last year. Other than a couple of bad decisions in shooting over doubles, Melo played a solid game and set the tone early, helping the Knicks get out to a rare good start. Also, thanks for eating food now Melo!
- 17 points on only 5 shots? Why, that would be Amar'e Stoudemire! Indeed, STAT got a lot of calls inside after rolling to the hoop for baskets. He canned 11-12 from the line, added a couple of mid range jumpers, and played well offensively with Melo. I imagine the reason for this success is that Amar'e was playing the 5, and thus the floor spacing was very good. Defensively, he had some troubles. As mentioned earlier, he had issues guarding Greg Monroe, helping on Will Bynum penetrations, and boxing out Andre Drummond. While this was nothing new defensively, Amar'e had some nice finishes inside on offense and made some strides on that end.
- As pointed out by the great Seth Rosenthal on twitter, at one point in the first quarter Tyson Chandler (7) had more rebounds than the Pistons (3). He ended up with 14, and played a spectacular game. Tyson covered the entire court on certain possessions, bumping cutters in the paint, switching out onto the perimeter and the recovering inside, all while still protecting the rim. He thoroughly shut down Greg Monroe inside and gave Brandon Knight fits at the basket. Tyson is pretty good at basketball. Scary moment, however, when that rascal Austin Daye grabbed Chandler's arm mid-flight on what would have been a fastbreak dunk and Tyson took a terrifying tumble. (Alliteration, yo!) Anyway, I cursed loudly and threatened to fly to London and beat up Austin Daye, but he got a flagrant foul and I was satisfied.
- Woah! Three bullets and I still haven't mentioned Shump? My brain really is melted. The aforementioned god of basketball finished with 8 points on 3/7 shooting and was a +11 in 15 minutes on the floor. Shumpert started, played some hounding perimeter defense, nailed 1/2 corner threes and then was subbed out after about 4 minutes. Shumpert played throughout the 2nd and 3rd quarters in three more 4-minute intervals. He came up with a strip on Jason Maxiell, took the ball ahead and finished with a gorgeous euro-step reverse layup on the fast break. Later, he hit another corner three and threw a flashy no-look pocket-pass to Chandler on a dribble-drive. While 15 minutes isn't a lot, my takeaway from his game was that his jumper looked nice, the defensive intensity was still there, and he overplayed some passing lanes at times. Shump Daddy also tried to throw down the poster of all posters on multiple Pistons, but ended up airballing the dunk. He jumped really high though. Like a bird. A bird witha flattop. Also, the hair was…there are no words to describe the hair. Iman Shumpert's flattop defies adjectives.
- Steve Novak hit 3/6 threes and busted out the belt in London. He also hit a hilarious, off the dribble, leaning mid range jumper.
- I thought Pablo Prigioni played better than Jason Kidd today. Although Pablo didn't record a point (or take a shot) he took care of the ball better than Kidd and seemed more in-control at times. Which is weird, because, you know, Jason Kidd is always in-control.
- JR Smith added in 16 points on 6-15 shooting. JR played passing lanes well early on and picked off some passes in traffic, but counteracted that by losing the ball when doubled off pick-and-rolls. Good JR turns to Bad JR and vice-versa so quickly at times. He added 6 rebounds and 4 assist, and ultimately played a solid game.
- Chris Copeland ha—You know what? It doesn't matter. Shump played. Everything else is irrelevant.
Simply put, the Knicks played poorly, but the Pistons played really really really poorly and the Knicks won by 15. The Pistons missed 11 free throws, and had 15 turnovers. They missed a lot of shots at the rim, and had a putrid overall offense. I'm willing to attribute the uncharacteristic 16 turnovers from the Knicks to playing in Europe and getting thrown off with the Metric System in some way/Shump returning and giving everyone superpowers they didn't know they had and took a while getting used to. The Knicks have the Nets and Celtics coming up, and I don't care for those teams at all.
Well, the ReShumpification (all royalties to Seth Rosenthal) was completed today and the Knicks are now a new team moving forward.
Merry Shumpmas to all, and to all a good night.