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Bluffton dog park meeting Aug. 5
The Friends of Bluffton Dog Park's next meeting to elect board members will be at 7 p.m. on Aug. 5 at the Bluffton library, 120 Palmetto Way.
Six new board members are needed. Positions to be filled include treasurer, secretary, vice president, and three at-large board member seats.
Anyone interested in being on the fundraising committee is asked to attend since Bark in the Park 2013 forms will be distributed and planning will begin. For more information, contact Charles Bumgardner at 384-2830.
New S.C. 170 traffic signal begins operations
Last week, the new traffic signal began flashing yellow along S.C. 170 in both directions. For motorists coming off U.S. 278 westbound, the light was flashing red.
A traffic study was completed at the intersection. The study showed a traffic signal was warranted for the safety of the motorists exiting U.S. 278 west bound and turning onto S.C. 170 as well as the motorists wanting to turn onto U.S. 278 off of S.C. 170.
The traffic light was to be in full operation this week.
St. Andrew By-The-Sea church to cookout
St. Andrew By-The-Sea United Methodist Church invites the community to a free cookout and worship service from 5-7 p.m. Sunday at the Rotary Community Center at Oscar Frazier Park, 10 Recreation Court. Bishop Jonathan Holston will be giving a short message and musician Lavon Stevens will provide music.
Hamburgers, hot dogs, and beverages will be served. There will be activities for children. The event will be held rain or shine.
While reservations are not required, it will assist food planning by registering at www.hhiumc.com, or calling the church office at 785-4711. St. Andrew By-The-Sea is located at 20 Pope Avenue on Hilton Head Island and the Bluffton Ministry Center is located at 29 Plantation Park Drive, Suite 101.
Hardeeville Catfish pageant July 27
The Hardeeville Catfish Festival pageant is accepting applications through Thursday for women ages 50 and above. The pageant will be held at 7 p.m. July 27 at the Hardeeville school auditorium, 150 Hurricane Alley. To sign up for the pageant, go to hardeevillecatfishfestival.org to fill out an application.
For more information, contact LaTrell Spikes at 784-5035.
'When is it time to call Hospice?' meeting July 29
Caring Neighbors Inc. will be having a presentation by Darlene Schuetz, director of public relations for the Hospice Care of the Lowcountry, at 4:30 p.m. July 29 at Colleton Point pavilion in Rose Hill Plantation.
Schuetz will be covering "When is it time to call Hospice?" as well as types of service offered, Veterans program and more. Please call Caring Neighbors at 368-2096 in order to register for this informative program.
Hilton Head Choral Society rehearsals
The Hilton Head Choral Society starts rehearsals from 7-9 p.m. Sunday at All Saints Episcopal Church, 3001 Meeting Street for the September Pops concert. While no audition is required to join, the ability to read music and previous choral singing experience is useful.
The Society kicks-off the 2013-14 concert season Sept. 20 with the concert, "From Sea to Shining Sea."
Call 341-3818, email email@example.com or go to www.hiltonheadchoralsociety.org for more details.
Spanish books needed
Johanna Holm of the Barkin' Basement, a thrift shop in Ridgeland which helps to support the Jasper Animal Rescue Mission would like to offer more Spanish books to its customers. Anyone wishing to donate can call 717-2088 and the Barkin' Basement will arrange for a pick-up. The store is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Barkin' Basement is located at 10876 N. Jacob Smart Boulevard, Ridgeland.
Free balance screening and fall risk assessments
Hilton Head Hospital is offering a free balance screening and fall risk assessment for those 55 years old and up or any adult who has a fear of falling.
The balance screening and fall risk assessment consists of 15 activities which will help assess a person's risk of falling; performing activities related to standing, sitting and picking up objects.
The assessments take place from 2-4 p.m. at the Hilton Head Hospital outpatient rehabilitation center, 24 Bethea Drive on Aug. 20 and Sept. 17. To schedule an appointment, call 877-582-2737. Registration is required, walk-ins will not be permitted.
'A Savannah Anthology' writing contest
Entries are needed for the 2013 issue of "A Savannah Anthology." The writing contest is open to residents of Georgia and South Carolina.
Fiction and non-fiction entries up to 5,000 words will be considered. Deadline for the contest is midnight Aug. 15. Entries must be submitted through the Savannah Authors website using the template and biography sheet available. There is an entry fee of $10 per entry.
The first place winner will receive $100, second place $50 and third place $25. Certificates of merit will be given to those receiving honorable mention. The contest is a project of Savannah Authors, a Savannah-based writing group. More information about the contest may be found at savannahauthors.org.
For more information, contact Alice Vantrease at 912-308-3208.
Sleep apnea seminar set for July 25
Lowcountry orthodontist Frank Barbieri will host a seminar about sleep apnea and its effects on overall health from 9:30-10:30 a.m. July 25 at the Lakehouse. The seminar, "Snoring and Sleep Apnea: The Silent Killer" is open to all Sun City residents.
Barbieri opened an office last year to help patients suffering from snoring and sleep apnea at The Heritage Medical Center on Hilton Head Island.
July AARP driver safety courses
The AARP driver safety 6-hour course will be held 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 27 at Pinckney Hall. Learn how to deal with the realities and dangers of driving as people age. Find out about new laws, changes in the law, gated community and insurance requirements and to best deal with road reconstruction issues.
For insurance certification please bring your driver's license, your AARP number and lunch. The cost is $12 for members and $14 for non-members. For more information, call Joyce Tartow at 705-5692 or email email@example.com or sign in Pinckney Hall.
May River to perform 'Johnny Mercer & Me'
The May River Theatre Co., Inc. will perform "Johnny Mercer & Me" at 8 p.m. Aug. 9-10, 16-17, 23 and at 3 p.m. Aug. 11, 18, 25. "Johnny Mercer & Me" explores the tormented life of popular American songwriter and singer John Herndon.
The play is a look at fame, the limitations of love and the struggle of women in a male-dominated world.
Reserve seating can be purchased from July 15 through Aug. 23 by calling the box office at 815-5581. Box office hours are from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. All tickets are $25. General information about the May River Theatre can be found at www.mayrivertheatre.com or by calling 705-3833.
Volunteers in Medicine needs volunteers
Bluffton-Jasper County Volunteers in Medicine seeks volunteers. As a clinic that provides free healthcare to the uninsured, the services include general medical, gynecology, diabetic care, nutrition counseling, patient assistance programs and more.
The clinic is in need of additional doctors, nurse practitioners, nurses, and administrative personnel. Qualified volunteers are needed to add to the staff. To volunteer, contact Karen Lavery at firstname.lastname@example.com or call 706-7090.
Palmetto Bluff concert series
Palmetto Bluff will host monthly music concerts for the public on Tuesday and Aug. 27.
Palmetto Bluff's waterfront 'Village Green' will again be the concert venue. Earl Williams Band and Shrimp City Slim will provide the music.
Admission for each event will be $25 per vehicle at the Palmetto Bluff gate which will open at 5 p.m. Music begins at 6:30 p.m. Food and beverages will be available for purchase at the concert. Attendees are asked to bring their own lawn chairs and blankets. There are no advance ticket sales.
For more information, go to www.PalmettoBluff.com and look under "Events" or call the main number at 757-3333.


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When applying Agile strategies at scale you are likely to run into one or more of the following complexity factors:
- Geographical distribution. Is your team, including stakeholders, in different locations? Even being in different cubicles within the same building can erect barriers to communication, let alone being in different cities or even on different continents.
- Regulatory compliance. Regulations, including the Sarbanes-Oxley act, BASEL-II, and FDA statutes, to name a few, can increase the documentation and process burden on your projects. Complying to these regulations while still remaining as agile as possible can be a challenge.
- Entrenched policies, people, and processes. Most agile teams need to work within the scope of a larger organization, and that larger organization isn't always perfectly agile. Hopefully that will change in time, but we still need to get the job done right now. Your existing culture and organization can really hinder your ability to scale agile approaches, then a few "simple" changes can really help your efforts.
- Legacy systems. Although the politically correct term would be "proven assets" the reality is that it can be very difficult to leverage existing code and data sources due to quality problems. The code may not be well written, documented, or even have tests in place, yet that doesn't mean that your agile team should rewrite everything from scratch. Some legacy data sources are questionable at best, or the owners of those data sources difficult to work with, yet that doesn't given an agile team license to create yet another database.
- Organizational distribution. When your teams are made up of people working for different divisions, or if you have people from different companies (such as contractors, partners, or consultants), then your management complexity rises.
- Degree of governance. If you have one or more IT projects then you have an IT governance process in place. How formal it is, how explicit it is, and how effective it is will be up to you. IBM has been doing a lot of work in this topic over the past few years, and just recently Per Kroll and I have done some work around Lean Governance strategies.
- Team size. Large teams will be organized differently than small teams, and they'll work differently too.
- System complexity. The more complex the system the greater the need for a viable architectural strategy. An interesting feature of the Rational Unified Process (RUP) is that it's Elaboration phase's primary goal is to prove the architecture via the creation of an end-to-end, working skeleton of the system. This risk-reduction technique is clearly a concept which Extreme Programming (XP) and Scrum teams can clearly benefit from.
It is definitely possible to scale Agile software development to meet the real-world complexities faced by modern organizations. Based on my experiences, I believe that over the next few years we'll discover that Agile scales better than traditional approaches. Many people have already discovered this, but as an industry I believe that there isn't yet sufficient evidence to state this as more than opinion. My goal with this blog is to provide advice for scaling Agile so as to increase your chances of success.
So, it looks like I have my work cut out for me. My strategy will be to address common questions which I get when working with customers and with internal IBM development teams. I have the privilege to work with a variety of software development teams worldwide, helping them to become more agile. They're all struggling with the same basic issues although don't recognize it because they're too focused on their own situation. So hopefully I'll be able to spread the word about what's actually working in practice.
Why agility @ scale? It's agility at scale discussed on the Internet.
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Possible NYT layoffs rattle media
In the news business, no one is safe — not even senior editors at The New York Times.
The media business was shaken on Friday when it was reported, first in New York Magazine and confirmed by POLITICO, that managing editor John Geddes, assistant managing editors Jim Roberts and Rick Berke, dining editor Susan Edgerley, and former Times Magazine editor Gerry Marzorati could all be casualties of the Times' effort to cut costs.
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"It is hard to imagine there are too many sacred cows left in any newsroom, given the general state of our industry," Raju Narisetti, the head of The Wall Street Journal Digital Network and a former Washington Post managing editor, told POLITICO, without specifically responding to The New York Times cuts but talking about ongoing cost-cutting efforts across American newsrooms.
( Also on POLITICO: Layoffs at Bloomberg Gov)
The Times underwent a round of buyouts and layoffs in 2009, but the possible departure of high-level Times staffers signals just how dire the current state of news media is.
"In today's news environment, nobody's job is safe. Not mine. Not yours. Not Marcus Brauchli's, who was recently forced out [as editor] at The Washington Post, which is reason enough for me to reiterate my maxim that everybody in our business should always be looking for their next job," said Jack Shafer, the Reuters media critic who was fired from Slate last year. "I trust that the great people forced out at the Times will soon get the good jobs they deserve."
Times executive editor Jill Abramson told staff in December that the paper had to cut 30 newsroom positions, but would be "forced to go to layoffs" if it could not secure enough voluntary buyouts. With the Jan. 24 deadline for those buyouts fast approaching, only two staffers — culture editor Jonathan Landman and reporter Jacques Steinberg — have publicly accepted the offer, though others are believed to have done so privately.
(In an email to POLITICO following publication of this article, Edgerley said she was not going to be asked to leave. "I am not leaving the Times. I love the work, the place and the people and plan to stick around," she wrote. Roberts, who declined to comment when contacted by POLITICO, later tweeted, "I am not being laid off.")
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In a memo to staff on Friday, Abramson denied rumors that layoffs were imminent. "It is NOT true that we already know that interest in the buyouts won't be robust enough to prevent involuntary measures," she wrote.
Abramson also sought to temper some of the hype and the rumors. "We had buyouts and layoffs in 2009. These are not different," Abramson told POLITICO Friday afternoon.
But sources at the paper, who spoke to POLITICO on condition of anonymity, said this time feels different.
"Whatever sense of invincibility that Times employees still feel after the earlier rounds of cuts is being chipped away in this round," said one Times Guild member, who is not affected by the latest round of cuts.
"The fact that only non-Guild members are at risk of being fired right now is grist for some very uncomfortable gallows humor around the newsroom," the staffer continued. "But no one believes this round will be the last. … Everyone believes more cuts will come eventually. That's partly why this round stings so much."


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A Chicago singer who appeared on the Mexican version 'The Voice' in 2011 has died after he was shot in an ambush while celebrating his birthday with friends, officials said Saturday.
The Cook County Medical Examiner's office confirmed that 45-year-old Alejandro "Jano" Fuentes died on Saturday. He was shot three times in the head late Thursday outside his Tras Bambalinas School on Chicago's southwest side.
The shooting happened just after 10 p.m. Thursday in the 4300 block of South Archer in the city's Brighton Park neighborhood.
Police said Fuentes was in a vehicle with a passenger when a man with a gun walked up and ordered him out of the car. When Fuentes resisted, the gunman shot him several times in the head, critically wounding him.
Fuentes was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital and the gunman fled on foot before getting into a car a short distance away.
Friends of Fuentes say he and his assistant were leaving Tras Bambalinas, an academy for young performers owned by Fuentes, to celebrate his 45th birthday.
"We are feeling confused and we have no explanation why all these things are happening," said close friend Miguel Sanchez, whose two children attend Fuentes' academy. "We are very sad because it's something you don't expect to happen to your close friends."
According to those who know him, Fuentes moved to Chicago three years ago to take part in a play. He liked the city so much he decided to stay and open his studio. Video posted by the studio earlier that day shows a group inside singing him Happy Birthday.
Fuentes was a top 10 finalist in Mexico's version of "The Voice," called "La Voz," in 2011.
"He loved to help everyone, it didn't matter who it was," said Alejandra Arellano, who works at a bakery next to Fuentes' studio. "We're sad. We're concerned and also because of the violence."
Police have released few details about what may have prompted the shooting. But some believe the shooting was not a random act of violence.
"It wasn't random," Sanchez said. "This guy, they were waiting for him. They were waiting for him to come out of the school."
The Associate Press contributed to this story.


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Two new DDS (direct digital synthesis) sweep function generators from B&K Precision, models 4007B and 4013B, improve upon the former models 4007DDS and 4013DDS with an enhanced user interface as well as lower prices. Models 4007B and 4013B can generate sine and square waveforms from 0.1 Hz to 7 MHz and 0.1 Hz to 12 MHz respectively. Both models also output triangle/ramp waveforms from 0.1 Hz to 1 MHz and provide variable output voltages from 0 to 10 Vpp into 50 ohms or 20 Vpp into open circuit. These new models offer affordable solutions to educators, technicians, and hobbyists who need low-cost, entry-level sweep function generators without compromising on quality.
Notable improvements to the interface over previous models are bright, informative LCD displays and numerical keypad for simple entry of waveform parameters. Convenient waveform and range selection buttons are provided to make adjustments quick and simple. Users can also easily navigate through the intuitive LCD display with menu function keys.
Additionally, the instruments provide linear and logarithmic sweep functions, variable DC offset from -4.5 V to 4.5 V (into 50 ohms), and adjustable 20% to 80% duty cycle up to 1 MHz for square and triangle waveform output. A Sync output is accessible on the front panel for outputting TTL level pulses synchronized to the main output.
Backed by a standard 3-year warranty, models 4007B and 4013B have built-in overvoltage protection (OVP), overcurrent protection (OCP), and short circuit protection on the main output to prevent accidental damage to the instrument.
Available immediately, B&K Precision's 4007B and 4013B DDS sweep function generators list at $375 and $425, respectively.


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- 2 tablespoons cider vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon celery salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Splenda artificial sweetener
- 1 bag (16 ounces) shredded coleslaw mix (cabbage, purple cabbage, carrot)
In a small bowl, whisk together mayonnaise, vinegar, celery salt, and Splenda. Place coleslaw mix in a large bowl. Pour dressing over and toss to coat well. Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour to allow coleslaw to "soften." Stir well before serving.
Yield: 4 1/2 cups.
Serving size: 1/2 cup.
Nutrition Facts Per Serving:
Calories: 42 calories, Carbohydrates: 5 g, Protein: 1 g, Fat: 2 g, Saturated Fat: 1 g, Cholesterol: 0 mg, Sodium: 217 mg, Fiber: 1 g
Exchanges per serving: 1 nonstarchy vegetable, 1/2 fat.
Tami Ross is a Diabetes Nutrition Specialist and Certified Diabetes Educator in Lexington, Kentucky.


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News Corp. shareholders approve plan to split
NEW YORK (AP) — News Corp. said Tuesday that its shareholders have approved the company's plan to split into two publicly traded companies.
Approval has been expected and clears the way for News Corp. to complete the separation of its entertainment and publishing businesses on June 28. The company's board of directors approved the split late last month.
The company said shareholders' approval came with an overwhelming majority of support. It did not immediately break down vote totals.
After the split, the company holding its TV and movie properties will be 21st Century Fox. The new News Corp., a smaller entity, will be focused on newspapers and publishing. Both will be publicly traded, under separate ticker symbols.
Rupert Murdoch, who controls News Corp.'s stock, will be chairman of both companies and CEO of Fox.
Investors have been supportive of the split, as most see the publishing unit as a drag on earnings and revenues.


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Agenda: April 18, 2013 Community Involvement PEG
Community Involvement Policy Expert Group
Meeting No. 11
Date: April 18, 2013
Time: 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Location: City Hall, 1221 SW 4th Avenue,Portland, Pettygrove Room
Meeting Goals
- Report out on community involvement and equity connections in Working Draft Chapters 2-8
- Discuss and refine organizational structure for Working Draft Chapter 1 Community Involvement
Welcome, Meeting Overview and Introductions (6:00 p.m. / 5 minutes)
Presenter: Deb Meihoff, facilitator
Updates and Announcements (6:05 p.m. / 10 minutes)
Presenters: Paul Leistner, Office of Neighborhood Involvement (ONI) and MartyStockton, BPS / PEG Co-leads
- Work and progress from the PIAC Comprehensive Plan Work Group from April meeting
- Update on outcomes from community workshops and other community conversations
PEG REPORTS: Findings of Community Involvement and Equity related Policies in Chapters 2-8 (6:15 p.m. / 45 minutes)
Presenters: CI PEG members, as follows:
Introduction – Greg
Chapter 2 Housing – Greg
Chapter 3 Economic Development – Morgan M.
Chapter 4 Watershed Health and the Environment – Desiree
Chapter 5 Urban Design and Development – Linda and Robb
Chapter 6 Public Facilities and Services – Polo and Glen
Chapter 7 Transportation – Marty and Glen
Chapter 8 Administration and Implementation – Sara
Description: PEG members will report out on their findings of relationships and/or areas that need to link more closely to the policies of Chapter 1 Community Involvement and issues surfaced in the equity review of the Working Draft (as it relates to community involvement).
Background materials:
- Equity analysis questions - review against question no.5
- Summary of Equity Technical Memo by Anita Yap (Dec. 2012)
- Working Draft Part 1 of the Comprehensive Plan
FACILITATED DISCUSSION: Discuss and Refine Organizational Structure of Chapter 1 (7:00 p.m. / 45 minutes)
Facilitator: Deb Meihoff
Description: The PEG co-leads will review options to restructure Chapter 1, followed by a facilitated discussion. The discussion will conclude with a group decision on the best way to organize the community involvement goals and policies that most clearly and effectively communicates the intended outcomes and ease of use.
Background Materials:
- City of Portland Public Involvement Principles
- Blueprint for a Citizen Involvement Program, pp.5-7 - Oregon Citizen Involvement Advisory Committee (2008)
- California's Institute for Local Government Public Engagement Principles
- How is the Comp Plan Currently Used - handout
Public Comment (7:45 p.m. / 10 minutes)
Next Steps and PEG Check-in (7:55 p.m. / 5 minutes)
Presenter: Marty Stockton, BPS
- Preparation / assignments for May meeting
- PEG Check-in: Are you getting the information and support needed to be effective? Is the process working / what changes do we need to consider? Please complete evaluation form.
Adjourn (8:00 p.m.)
For more information, please contact either Marty Stockton, BPS at 503-823-2041 or email@example.com; Paul Leistner, ONI at 503-823-5284 or firstname.lastname@example.com; or Deb Meihoff, Facilitator at 503-358-3404 or email@example.com.


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Incentivizing lower tuition increases
Michigan is putting its money where its priorities are in keeping public university tuition increases in check.
The Detroit Free Press has an interesting article today about how the state has set aside a pot of higher education money to be given to the Michigan schools that keep tuition increases low.
Central Michigan University was the big winner this year. The school raised its tuition by only 2 percent, so it will get 19.6 percent of the approximately $9 million in bonus money the state designated for this purpose.
It's not the end-all, be-all answer to the escalating cost of higher education, but it is a positive way to encourage a sound public policy goal.
According to the Free Press story, the fund was created by state lawmakers and Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder. They set aside the money to apportion to public universities that held tuition increases under 4.1 percent. With that incentive in place, all 15 of the state's public universities came in under 4.1 percent.
That's an achievement in and of itself.
The spiraling cost of college tuition is taking a toll on middle class families trying to educate their children. As state aid dwindles, the cost has fallen largely on the backs of students and their families. The amount they are borrowing for higher education has increased dramatically.
President Obama's recent proposal to tie federal aid offered to higher education institutions to tuition control is another step down this path.
In his State of the Union address in January, the president said:
"Let me put colleges and universities on notice: If you can't stop tuition from going up, the funding you get from taxpayers will go down."
Though some higher education officials chafe at this approach, it's one worth pursuing.


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Left fielder Scott Podsednik will move to center field once Carlos Quentin returns from plantar fasciitis of the left foot, Guillen said. Quentin will accompany the team to Cleveland and Kansas City and could start a minor-league rehabilitation assignment next month.
Ozzie, also, said that he won't move Alexei to CF:
Guillen has read plenty of e-mails from Sox fans suggesting he move Ramirez to center field.
"He's going to be my shortstop as long as he wants to be," Guillen said. "I'm going to stick with it. All the fans out there, they want me to move him to center field. They're not going to see Alexei in center field."
Ramirez is batting .382 (13-for-34) over his last eight games.
"Alexei, he impressed me the way he's been hitting lately," Guillen said. "He went from .095 to .270 almost. Sometimes, I think he's carrying his bat to shortstop."


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LA Galaxy 2, San Jose Earthquakes 2 | MLS Match Recap
CARSON, Calif. – Landon Donovan's three-month farewell tour opened Friday night at StubHub Center, and it looked an awful lot like the LA Galaxy's past two outings – except the San Jose Earthquakes refused to back down.
The Galaxy dictated terms from start to finish, created repeated scoring opportunities while barely giving their California Clasico rivals a sniff at the net, and settled for a 2-2 draw after conceding twice on first-half counterattacks.
Gyasi Zardes scored his ninth goal of the season to pull LA (9-4-7) back from one deficit and Omar Gonzalez nodded home a corner kick at the start of the second half to divide the points with San Jose (6-8-6).
Chris Wondolowski netted his eighth goal of the year for the Quakes, and newly signed Designated Player Matias Perez Garcia scored on his debut as they pushed a point ahead of Chivas USA at the bottom of the Western Conference.
The Galaxy, who climbed alone into third place in the West, a point ahead of FC Dallas, found success through Donovan, who announced Thursday he will retire at season's end. The veteran set up LA's first goal with a long run and nearly netted a winner in the 52nd minute.
San Jose scored on both of their first-half chances, going ahead twice against the run of play in the first 31 minutes. The Galaxy enjoyed nearly constant possession – 72.5 percent in the first half, repeatedly connecting a dozen passes and more – but left ample space in their half of the field that the Quakes worked to exploit.
They counterattacked effectively twice in the first 45 minutes, and both resulted in goals.
The Galaxy created nearly a dozen good first-half chances, and outshot the Earthquakes, 10-2, but saw six of those shots blocked and put only two on frame. One of those was Zardes' strike in the 29th minute, his ninth goal of the year, sixth in as many games, eighth in nine games, and 11th in his last 13 starts, all competitions.
Donovan set it up with a long run through gaping space, then feeding Robbie Keane on the left. The Irish striker took the ball into the box and fired, and it bounded off Jean-Baptiste Pierazzi and dropped to Zardes, who slotted it between two defenders and past goalkeeper Jon Busch.
San Jose went ahead again within two minutes, thanks to Perez Garcia. Atiba Harris took a pass from Shea Salinas, carried it forward and sent a ball toward the top of the Galaxy box. Wondolowski redirected it with the back of his heel, and the debutant cracked it first time with his left foot, a rocket that went off Jaime Penedo and into the ceiling of the net.
The Galaxy continued their domination in the second half – they finished with a 24-3 shot advantage, took 10 corner kicks (to none for San Jose) and held 69.8 percent possession – and the Quakes' advantage was gone just four minutes after the break. Gonzalez lost Harris on his run above the 6-yard box to head down Stefan Ishizaki's corner kick, bouncing it between Busch and Salinas, who was hugging the right post.
The Galaxy open a two-game road swing on August 16 at Columbus, with a game the following weekend at Colorado. The Earthquakes next are home that same Saturday against FC Dallas.
MLSsoccer.com Men of the Match
|What We Saw
|Chris Wondolowski (SJ)
|Slick tight-angle finish and insane backheel to set up Perez Garcia – Wondo's on a post-World Cup tear.
|Gyasi Zardes (LA)
|Heads-up put-back for LA's first, and continues to prove he is the target man Galaxy have been pining for.
|Jason Hernandez (SJ)
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This document is also available in these non-normative formats: html version.Copyright 2005, Agfa Healthcare
This note summarizes selected aspects of our investigations into the use of proof-based technologies to validate and manage medical knowledge. In the course of our investigations we have found great benefit in being able to validate, restructure, and extend the data using a variety of tools and proof based engines. As our experience grows in this area, a number of key requirements are emerging. This paper discusses some specific use cases and then re-casts them in terms of requirements on the underlying rule based systems.
This section describes the status of this document at the time of its publication. Other documents may supersede this document. This document is maintained at Agfa Healthcare.
This document has been prepared as a position paper for the W3C Workshop on Rule based systems.
A list of all current W3C related Agfa Healthcare Technical Reports can be found at http://www.agfa.com/w3c/Notes/Overview.html.
1 Introduction
2 Details
2.1 Refactoring
2.2 Expressiveness.
2.3 Rapid Authoring
2.4 Validation.
2.5 Named Formal Definitions.
2.6 Extendability.
2.7 Interoperability.
2.8 Re-Use of Knowledge.
3 Conclusions
The past decade has seen amazing advances in our ability to acquire medical facts. These facts range from new clinical or theoretical discoveries (see [WIHIR]) to our ability to collect and utilize large volumes of patient diagnostic and treatment data. This information has the potential to drastically affect peoples medical treatment and lives in both a positive and negative manner. Proper usage of medical knowledge can literally mean life. Errors of ommission or outright mistakes can mean death or injury.
Our investigations so far have shown that the semantic web is an effective mechanism for representing a wide range of medical knowledge. For example, we have been successful in recasting published clinical guidelines (see [TRIP]) in a usable form using n3 and have been able to use a variety of proof engines to validate clinical contexts against such guidelines.
The sheer volume of largely unstructured, constantly changing facts, procedures and guidelines together with the very human need for assurances of correctness and validation against established procedures make this subject area an ideal area for applications of semantic web technologies.
Our experiments to this point made use of [N3] and rules together with systems such as Euler [EULER], CWM [CWM] and Jena [JENA] to model situations requiring both forward and backward reasoning and take into account some experience with describing the semantics for content MathML [MATHML].
In the course of these investigations we have been able to make several observations concerning the rules, the data, and their interaction.
The key items that we wish to take into consideration when reviewing the infrastructure of rules are outlined below.
We have had a continual need to refactor our rules as we discover new factors that come into play and struggle with finding the right combination of facts and meta-like rules such as transitivity versus collections of expanded rules
There has been a continual tradeoff between expressiveness and the decidability of the resulting queries.
In the early stages of development (at least until visual editing tools mature) the ability to quickly write down meaningful facts and statements in a human readable form has been essential.
The ability to easily author rules in a human understandable format is essential to developments in this area. History has shown that this was essential to early development of the Web. This only becomes less important after usable editors become widely available. Another case in point is MathML. Given the complexity of writing advanced semantic constructs in MathML the successful authoring of MathML is closely tied to the use of tools.
There is a need for easy methods of validation of both syntax and against a chosen structure. In the long term, this may be addressed by authoring tools, but quick convenient validation is essential to successful authoring.
As we work with different implementations we have developed a library of Rules. There would appear to be a need include rules by name.
It is important to allow for systems that support different logical models. How do we advertise the capabilities of a system? How do we behave when desired functionality is not supported?
We need to at least consider mechanisms for naming individual rules. This can have considerable impact on our ability to quickly author and experiment. Conventions such as name spaces in order to be clear when a named rule is really the same rule is essential.
As the collection of proof based technologies matures and different balances between expressivness and decidability are explored, the need to plan for extendability becomes important.
We should not have to re-design the language to add new functionality. There are potential lessons to be learned in the design of content MathML and in its appendices providing more formal mathematical definiions.
We have needed to consult a variety of proof engines and tools during our investigations. while a diversity of features has been benificial, the notions of discoverability and interoperability emerge, and might even benefit from the notion of a compatibilty layer.
During the course of our investigations we have had the constant need to feed results from one system into another. One of the key outcomes of this activity must be to establish that interoperability.
Througout, it has proved helpful to be able to separate the core "re-usable" knowledge from temporal or state specific knowledge and to use meta-structure whereever possible.
The actual data that is produced by a proof must also be valid input to the next proof, or for direct addition to our knowledge pool.
We do not presume to have absolute answers to the questions raised here. Nor do we presume that such a list is complete. An effective design will be the result of balancing these needs and most of all through buy-in by the stake-holders. A satisfactory outcome of such a workshop would be some consensus of where to draw the line and an explanations of how the emerging design addresses each of these questions. We look forward to working with participants to move forward in an organized fashion.


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Angry Charlie is angry. :)
Rage on, girl! More Molly Pitcher than Shrinking Violet…
HAHAHAAAAAAAA "…is it for the shouting or because I said shit?" Dying.
In a lot of ways I agree with Charlie, I found it more disheartening when my history class would tack on a really random and 'minor' achievement like a; "and this one girl, named Sally or something was there too." after they talked all the big acts of men. Throwing in a less significant achievement for sake of gender equality just makes women seem less important than if they weren't mentioned. Plus discussing why women didn't have rights and say is far more interesting than throwing in an obligatory girl who warped a bandage around someone.
There are many significant women in history, from the American Revolution off the top of my head I can name the Daughters of Liberty, Abigail Adams, Deborah Sampson, Sybil Ludington, and Prudence Wright (she was captain of at least 30 women who defended their town from Tory spies, including her brother)
Is that Tess towards the back?
Ooh, good catch on Tess!
haha and the edna lady's there too!!!
Omigod! These pages just keep getting better and better! I mean, really, I absolutely LOVE the background! It so looks like a teenage Charlie in so many ways. Like seeing all the random school kids in there too-is that Tess in the 1st panel? She looks pretty darn scared ('specially in the 6th panel).
Love the joke at the end!
This comic is my all time favorite! Keep up the awesome pages! :)
It's so true! Lovely Comic!
LOVE the teacher's face!! bahahahaha, priceless…
Don't make Charlie angry… You wouldn't like her when she's angry… :D
Please tell me this is based off of some sort of personal experience.
Haha, I love this :) Go Charlie!
Reminds me of when I got sent to my guidance counselor to talk about "respect" when I disagreed with my history teacher in high school once, heh… Funniest part was he didn't think I'd done anything wrong, just advised me to keep my mouth shut so I wouldn't get in trouble with the teacher again!
Do i spy tess in class??
like 3rd row?
I liked reading about the significant women. But I do agree, to some extent. Why can't we just focus on the important things and people, regardless of their gender?
I don't think they're teacher has ever heard one of his students be that passionate before. XD I take it she went to an all girls school then?
Squee!!!! Update!!!!! :D This has made my Friday! ^-^
Oh Charlie…if I ever teach history, I hope I have a student like you, lol.
You go, girl!
yessss go Charlie :)
You're back! Yay! I love the update :)
Three cheers for Charlie!
Good for her for speaking her mind. I bet she's getting sent to the principle's more for the swearing than the shouting (or at least, I hope so).
Good to see Dovecote's still running! <3
Ohhh, this is too familiar. So glad for the update, too!
Yay! More Dovecote!
I love the matter-of-fact way Charlie says "Principal's office?" like this is a common occurrence. Apparently she has disagreements with her history teacher on a regular basis.
I miss Dovecote :( where did you guys go??
Oh man. That last panel. xD
I also agree with her some. Mention the important women, but don't mention a woman to mention a woman. :-/
Someone threw out something an all-girls school…. Can you have a guy teacher at an all-girls school? (That'd be kind of creepy >__>)
What! No more comic?nnnarrrrgggggggggggh!
I do believe Charlotte got sent to the Principal's office cause of the shouting. Definitely not the S-H-I-T part.


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NEW YORK -- Stocks are opening sharply lower on Wall Street following the presidential election and dire warnings from Europe that a broad recession there is now all but certain.
Index futures had been higher early Wednesday but reversed course after the European Union slashed its growth forecast for next year, sending European stock markets sharply lower.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 196 points to 13,046 points shortly after the opening bell.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index lost 17 points to 1,411 and the Nasdaq composite was off 37 points at 2,974.
European markets gave up early gains and turned sharply lower. Investors are also worried about what Washington will do about looming tax increases and government spending cuts.


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The death of the victim of a gang rape in India has set off a fresh wave of national grief and outrage. The WSJ's Nisha Gopalan considers whether it could also lead to legal changes to protect women's rights.
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Unless you have been on some remote island without access to communications, you cannot have escaped noting that there is a significant backlash in the media and in financial circles against the wholly justified complaints about the Financial Sector for the way they have mistreated their customers, repeatedly engaged in fraudulent practices, paid themselves obscene bonuses and generally conducted themselves in a manner which is guaranteed to generate disgust and antipathy among right-thinking people.
The backwoodsmen have come out of the trees and have started their predictable calls for a cessation of 'City Bashing' for fear that it is likely to 'damage the good name of the City of London'! Foreign business won't want to come here to work, we are told, if they get the feeling that the British people are 'anti-business'! Don't take any notice of these protestations, there was some tame back-bench M.P or industry spokesman saying exactly the same thing at the time of the South Sea Bubble!
The financial sector, we are told, is responsible for earning huge sums of money for the benefit of the British economy, and their profits go to maintain a high degree of tax revenues for UK plc.
Well, that's what we are told, and it is a persuasive argument, I mean it's difficult to argue about the Corporation Tax that these institutions must be paying!
Well, I don't think anyone who points out that the financial sector is run by a gang of spivs, wide-boys, dodgy croupiers and con-men is necessarily 'anti-business'! Anti-liars however is another matter all together!
I am not apologising for these hard words, because today, we have been entertained to another classic case of Banker's lies, and guess what, they are all about tax!
It seems that HMRC have clamped down on two shoddy tax avoidance schemes that were being adopted by UK banks. In the present case, Barclays Plc said it was the bank at the centre of two tax avoidance schemes, loopholes that the government had said they would close and raise more than 500 million pounds in tax that would otherwise have remained unpaid.
Barclays said it had notified Britain's tax office about its plan to buy back its own bonds, on which it and other banks have made hefty profits in recent years. Well, there's nothing particularly admirable about this, anyone seeking to promote a tax-avoidance scheme has to run it past H.M Treasury first, so Barclays were only doing what they were supposed to do anyway, although it is interesting to note that Barclays had already started to adopt the use of the scheme, prior to seeking approval! Perhaps they hoped that the Treasury wouldn't grasp the nettle and legislate retrospectively!
The Treasury said on Monday the scheme and another one were "highly abusive." That is putting it mildly. These were nothing short of an attempt to create a wholly artificial tax-avoidance scheme, and at a particularly hard time when the Government is expecting the rest of us to pay our fair share to get us out of the financial mess the bloody banks created in the first place!
Why do I accuse the banks of gross mendacity?
Well, Barclays and other banks have signed up to the Banking Code of Practice on Taxation, which contains a commitment not to engage in tax avoidance. They have now been shown to have broken that code and that was 'unacceptable', a Treasury spokesman said! He went on;-
"All the banks have signed a code of conduct, they have said that they wouldn't be engaging in aggressive, artificial tax avoidance arrangements of the sort that we have seen disclosed to the HMRC, and in those circumstances, when we were aware of what this bank was doing, it is right that we took strong action," he added.
The Treasury is willing to shut down more bank tax loopholes schemes, Treasury official David Gauke said on Tuesday.
"We are willing to act because in these particular circumstances the behaviour is not acceptable and we are prepared to step in,"
More damaging however than the financial hit could be the reputational damage. Only last November, Barclays boss Bob Diamond was pontificating on the need for banks to accept responsibility for past mistakes and show how they can contribute to society and economic growth to improve their standing with the public.
This is the sort of thing bankers say in public! What they do in private is completely another matter, as this shabby exercise of fiscal dodgy-dealing demonstrates.
The Treasury spokesman said;-
"I suspect the bank in question is regretting what it has done. It's not going to do them any reputational good and they've not made any money out of it,"
That's all very well, but it does not punish the banks enough for this shameless attempt to get out of their responsibilities to the country. Remember, banks are underwritten by H.M.Government, well, no, actually that's you and me who have to cough up if they look like failing. There is a price for this unique privilege, which is that the greedy bastards pay their taxes, in full, and on time.
What all this tells us is that they still don't get the real picture. They still haven't understood why so many ordinary, hard-working people, hate them so much. Cameron and his cabinet of millionaires need to wake up and realise that these continuing examples of double standards and fiscal sleight of hand are seriously damaging the perception of legitimacy that banks and governments need, in order to stay in business. That legitimisation comes from the people, and if they begin to get the impression that all the banks' protestations of honour and commitment are just another bunch of cheap lies, which is what they have just been proven to be, then they will rightly withdraw their willingness to accept anything the financial sector says, and they will carry on bashing the bankers for all they are worth, and rightly so!
So, let us start by recognising some unpalatable facts before we consider easing off our criticisms of the Square Mile.
Remember how much we are told the banking sector contributes to the tax take of this country? In 2011, our banking sector contributed only 7% of Corporation Tax receipts to H.M Treasury, yes that's right, the munificent amount of 7%! Mind you, 30% of the FTSE 100 companies paid no Corporation Tax at all, so we should be grateful for small mercies, but whichever way you look at it, it wasn't very much.
HMRC have done us all a very good service by this unusual exercise in retrospective tax clawbacks. They have not only recovered a figure close to half a billion pounds in unpaid tax, but they have demonstrated, in the clearest of terms, what a bunch of lying, cheating bastards are running the UK Banking Sector, and have confirmed the wisdom of keeping up the pressure on their wrongdoings and exposing them at every turn!


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The United States is a nation of immigrants and we recognize the contributions that Americans who came to this country from all over the world have made. That's why House Democrats continue to work for common sense, comprehensive, and balanced immigration reform: reform that secures our borders, respects the rule of law, and provides immigrants with a fair chance of achieving the American Dream.
Meanwhile, President Trump and his Administration have worked to instill fear in communities by splitting families apart and threatening to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which was established under the Obama Administration to protect immigrant children brought to the United States by their parents through no fault of their own. In addition, President Trump continues to call on American taxpayers to foot the bill for an ineffective and costly border wall.
Democrats strongly oppose Trump's reckless enforcement policies and believe that Congress must pass comprehensive immigration reform. Comprehensive reform is not only the morally right thing to do, but it is also good for our economy and will help our fiscal outlook. According to the Congressional Budget Office, comprehensive immigration reform would reduce the deficit by $900 billion over the next twenty years, including $200 billion in the first decade alone.
Comprehensive immigration reform is supported by a majority of Americans, as well as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the AFL-CIO, the agriculture community, the technology community, the faith community, and others. Democrats continue to urge House Republicans to allow the House to work its will and bring immigration reform legislation up for a vote.


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Known to generations of Americans for his stirring call to arms, "Give me liberty or give me death," Patrick Henry is all but forgotten today as the first of the Founding Fathers to call for independence, the first to call for revolution, and the first to call for a bill of rights. If Washington was the "Sword of the Revolution" and Jefferson, "the Pen", Patrick Henry more than earned his epithet as "the Trumpet" of the Revolution for rousing Americans to arms in the Revolutionary War. Henry was one of the towering figures of the nation's formative years and perhaps the greatest orator in American history.
To this day, many Americans misunderstand what Patrick Henry's cry for "liberty or death" meant to him and to his tens of thousands of devoted followers in Virginia. A prototype of the 18th- and 19th-century American frontiersman, Henry claimed individual liberties as a "natural right" to live free of "the tyranny of rulers"—American, as well as British. Henry believed that individual rights were more secure in small republics than in large republics, which many of the other Founding Fathers hoped to create after the Revolution.
Henry was one of the most important and colorful of our Founding Fathers—a driving force behind three of the most important events in American history: the War of Independence, the enactment of the Bill of Rights, and, tragically, as America's first important proponent of states' rights, the Civil War.
Harlow Giles Unger, a former distinguished visiting fellow in American history at George Washington's Mount Vernon, is a veteran journalist, broadcaster, educator, and historian. His books include The Last Founding Father and four other biographies of America's Founding Fathers, plus many more. He lives in New York.
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- David I. Williams
- 13-05-13
A Decent Book on an Amazing Character
Patrick Henry is one of those characters in history that many people know his name, but know little about him. Many are familiar with the line from his famous speech where he declared "Give me liberty or give me death." Few know much more about him. Harlow Giles Unger has set out to change that. In the past Unger has written about James Monroe and John Quincy Adams. In this book he turns his attention to Patrick Henry. Henry was not like a lot of his Virginia colleagues. He was not born to a wealthy planter. After failing at a few business ventures he finally took up the study of law. Before long he had established himself as a well respected attorney. Henry's strong appeal was his common sense and his love of liberty. He was a radical long before it was popular.
He was married twice. He had six children with his first wife and twelve more with his second. Many in his own time joked that he was the true father of his country. Henry was a man who believed in personal liberty. The belief was so strong that he opposed the ratification of the Constitution. Like many in his age he feared the dangers that a strong national government posed. He particularly feared the lack of a Bill of Rights in the Constitution. He was not happy that the Constitution was ratified, but he refused to oppose the new government.
Unger is an entertaining writer. If he has one major flaw it is to take the side of his subject a little too freely. In his biography of Monroe he felt the need to downplay the importance of John Quincy Adams. In his biography of Adams he builds him up as being incredibly important. One glaring example stuck out in this book. When Edmund Randolph and Thomas Jefferson gave their approval of the Constitution, despite serious reservations, Unger implies not only that Henry thought that there was a conspiracy between these men and Washington, but also that such a theory might have credence. It is absurd to imply that George Washington bribed Randolph and Jefferson with cabinet positions. No evidence is given, just a random thought thrown out. The occasional lapse aside Unger is a good writer, if a bit on the enthusiastic. There are so few books on this important founder that it is well worth checking this book out.
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
- BDHumbert
- 19-06-17
The early history of our nation has been something I have enjoyed doing via audible. Franklin, Washington, Jefferson, Monroe and Madison have all provided a lot I did not already know. But my new hero is Patrick Henry. I wish he had been able to convince others to follow his views on liberty and less government
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
- Jean
- 23-01-15
Engaging easy readable biography
In reading this book I have learn a great deal of information about the life and work of Patrick Henry. Henry was mentioned in every biography I have read of the time frame, from George Washington to James Madison, Henry was discussed in the book but only in passing. Historians have paid the most attention to the founding fathers that attained the presidency. At the bottom of the bag, nowadays are those founders who were important for a brief period on the national level but whose working career was at the local level. Henry was the first governor of Virginia. People like Samuel Adams and Patrick Henry did not get much attention.
Harlow Giles Unger, an historian and former visiting fellow at Mount Vernon, has written a delightful biography that tries to rectify the prior lack of attention paid to Patrick Henry. The author provides an insightful glimpse into the life and work of one of the most important men who helped bring about the creation of the American republic.
Unger provides an overview of the life of Henry. The book is not a comprehensive biography. The author delves into the key events in Henry's life explaining how the episodes discussed helped to shape Henry's work and approach to politics. The book covers Henry's earliest days as a backwoods lawyer. Unger covers Henry's friendships and family life (he fathered 18 children) as well as his relationship with George Washington.
What I found most interesting was the discussion of some of Henry's cases as a lawyer. For example, Henry argues in defense of a group of famer's who had refused to pay the Church tax to support the established Anglican Church of Virginia colony. Henry's opposition to what he saw as both a violation of religious liberty and the freedom of the people to be secure against oppressive taxation by distant imperial and colonial governments.
Unger's book is a fascinating study of one of the most colorful and important public men of the founding era. If you are interested in the formation of this country this is a book to read. William Hughes narrated the book.
5 of 6 people found this review helpful
- Timothy
- 28-03-13
A good overview
I had very little knowledge of Patrick Henry entering into this listen. As influential as he was initially in the American Revolution, he is often overlooked today. What I liked about this book: the book did a great job of laying out the facts of Henry's life and place in eighteenth century American in an orderly fashion.
What I did not like: I did not find the book to be a particularly critical overview. It presented Henry in a glowing light but did little to go deeper in regards to analyzing his place in history.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
- stanley casacio
- 05-12-18
Patrick Henry show we must always challenge
challenging & questioning government is necessary to stop it from taking away our freedoms that was Patrick Henry's fear because as he said the only way to know the future is to understand the pass
- 07-05-17
Good read on one of the greatest founding fathers.
Lots of info on formal declarations etc. good book, informative. would receive for anyone looking for Henry's early work.
- mamallama554134
- 24-06-15
What an amazing life! Seems like he was a man of moral and principal who was able to live up to his own high ideals. I have enjoyed each of the Unger biographies I have listened to, very good story teller. Hughes did a great job with the narration.
- shu
- 21-04-15
Good book annoyingly narrated
What did you love best about Lion of Liberty?
Love? Can we go with "What did you like best ..."? Presented a dimension of Founding Father politics not revealed in typical school history classes. Explains the genuine concerns many reasonable people had about ratification of the Constitution.
What other book might you compare Lion of Liberty to and why?
"James Madison and the Struggle for the Bill of Rights" covers much the same subject. "Lion of Liberty" is by no means a comprehensive biography of Patrick Henry, but does a better job with the Ratification issue. "Struggle for the Bill of Rights" tends to flog the subject with too much detail.
How could the performance have been better?
Book was read much too fast. Had to slow it to 85% to reach a comfortable listening pace. The NARrator's TENdency to STAMP on certain SYLlables is a deTESTable and IRriating habit that RUined the performance. Learn to speak in an even tone, William, or give it up! And slow down. Listen to Simon Vance or Stephen Hoye.
1 of 2 people found this review helpful
- Brian
- 05-03-15
Good historical data
This book was okay but seemed to become a bit repetitive, I found myself thinking of other things that I had on my mind and needing to go back and listen to what I missed.
- goodspear
- 01-08-16
A book King George would have been proud of...
Any additional comments?
A selective and sly composition masquerading as history, though betrayed by it's unsubstantiated bias and modern progressive contempt. A prime example being it's careful excuses for the Stamp Act, while blaming colonial discontent on their own unsophisticated selves, as they cling to their pulpits and militia commanders. Sound familiar? Like all effective lies, they must ride on a current of truth to be accepted by the intellect. I don't recommend making the tiring effort to tease useful truth out of this book while there are so many more honest accounts of the time. While I search for a decent book on Patrick Henry, I whole heartedly recommend "Samuel Adams: A life", which is here on Audible as well.
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As you are no doubt aware, ACRL is drafting a replacement for the Information Literacy Standards. They're hoping for feedback on their draft of the Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education (Part 1 and Part 2) by
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The Reference & Instruction Librarians of Carleton and St. Olaf got together and, over the course of 3 meetings, synthesized our comments into a unified response. Here is what we have now submitted to ACRL as answers to their questions.
In what ways will the focus on threshold concepts help you to generate conversations with other campus stakeholders (such as disciplinary faculty partners, members of the general education curriculum committee, and academic support services staff)?
The term "threshold concept" has not yet come into widespread use here on our campus, but the concepts themselves will provide valuable support and backing for conversations we have with our campus stakeholders. They resonate strongly with our work on our campus. In particular, the messages of the framework that will most strongly support our work include: a) that this is firmly rooted in critical thinking, but still defined in a very information-based way, b) that this is about building "credibility within [an] ecosystem" and performing "expert moves" within a context (from lines 170 and 173), c) that we focus on student learning strategies rather than a simple ladder of skills, and d) that context can't be separated from information literacy, but that information literacy is all about ethical and effective participation in a community's discourse. The context-based language will help us communicate with faculty, giving us official vocabulary to talk about the ways in which information literacy is both a discipline unto itself and also integrated into other disciplines.
How do the sections for knowledge practices and assignments/assessments provide helpful guidance when considering implementing the new Framework? What else would you want to see in these sections?
The "Knowledge Practices" sections do a good job of taking the threshold concept and delineating representative "expert moves" that help increase credibility within a community. Since the concepts are, by definition, difficult to grasp, these sections provide instructors and students alike with a handhold while grappling with the larger concept.
The "Metaliteracy" sections have such potential, but currently fall short. They are far too focused on social media and the producer/consumer metaphor. There is such a wealth of information on metacognition in the scholarship of teaching and learning, and we suggest that this would be a richer, more framework-like direction to take these sections – not removing the social media aspect, but adding crucial focus on self-knowledge, reflection, and putting that self-knowledge to use to participate effectively in the community (whatever platform that participation uses). Emphasis on reflective practice is crucial.
The assignments and assessments sections will be helpful during the transition to and adoption of the new Framework, but they will quickly become dated. We suggest that these be housed in a supplementary document aimed at helping librarians make the transition to thinking and teaching based on the Framework for two reasons. First, they would not bog down the central document of our profession with suggestions that will never be generalizable in the way that the rest of the document is. Second, they could be updated on a regular basis without necessitating full-scale revision of the Framework.
We plan to include additional materials in a subsequent phase (described in the welcome message). What other elements would you find helpful that aren't mentioned in our plans?
"Ethical Participation" is listed in the definition of information literacy (line 162), but hasn't yet made much of an appearance in the framework itself. It should either be woven into the current threshold concepts or be given its own concept. And of course, it is far more complex than simple citation practices or copyright adherence. It also involves knowing what kinds of evidence can support what kinds of claims, etc.
Metacognition is a vital component of critical thinking and learning. You gesture toward it both with the new focus on affect and also in the metaliteracy sections, and you have a section mentioning it on line 246, but calling it out specifically and integrating the richness of the scholarship on the topic would greatly enhance the Framework.
A third suggestion is to include, either woven into the others or as a stand-alone concept, some discussion of the importance of managing one's research materials (bibliographic management, appropriate back-ups and security, file management, data management, research notes, etc). This has implications not just for grants and general effectiveness, but also for increased creativity. Well organized files and notes help researchers see patterns and connections that may not be apparent otherwise. Well documented decisions about research, research materials, and products of research aid in sharing and reuse (or better decisions about keeping some information private).
Is there anything else you would like for us to know?
Definition of Information Literacy:
Line 161: Change the order of the list to "finding, using and analyzing scholarship, data, and other information"
Structure and Terminology:
The "experienced researcher" formulation can be problematic. We see what you are trying to achieve with that formulation, but in practice it can often make it seem like only experienced researchers are actually creating anything. Take Line 425 for example: "with the experienced researcher adding his or her voice…." That makes it sound as if less experienced researchers are not adding their voices – like they have to wait to get some sort of certification before they can create meaning.
The term "Learners" is used throughout the document. We feel that this is jargon that may become dated. Since ACRL explicitly serves college and research libraries, and since the audience here is for less experienced researchers, we feel that "students" more accurate and simply describes the audience here. We understand that "Learners" also comes from the language of K-12 education, and that continuity is useful between standards, but "students" resonates with faculty far more strongly and will help us get faculty on board with this document.
And finally, the first concept is named using a very short sentence: "Scholarship is a conversation." We feel that the other concepts would be better served by this construction than by being forced into the "noun as noun" construction (which muddies the waters at best and causes outright confusion at worst).
Notes on the "Scholarship is a conversation" section:
"Negotiate meaning" (line 425) does not work well for all disciplines, but "negotiate understanding" works well. We recommend "negotiate understanding."
This section would be greatly enhanced by including some discussion of ethical participation. Conversations die quickly if people don't think you're participating ethically.
It might also be worth emphasizing that engaging with sources in a conversation does not mean parroting back what other people have said. So conversations involve adding to the body of knowledge rather than summarizing. The act of synthesis is vitally important, but simple summary is insufficient.
Notes on the "Research as Inquiry" section:
Inquiry can mean an iterative process or a single question. Perhaps it would be clearer to formulate this as a very short sentence (like "scholarship is a conversation" already is). We suggest "Research is iterative inquiry."
Line 487: "open or unresolved" is limiting and actually untrue for some methodologies. In many disciplines people go back over the same ground. You could probably just cut this portion of the sentence and be fine.
Notes on the "Format as Process" section:
This section was nearly impossible to understand as it is written. We feel it needs quite a bit of work. The concept as it is currently named makes almost no sense to any of the people we have asked. For one thing, "Format" in library jargon most often describes print/digital/microform/etc. Perhaps what you mean here is "genre" or even "product." Please consider removing the term "format" entirely. The title would probably be best served by a short sentence rather than a "noun as noun" construction — we suggest something like "Product informs process."
The scope and focus of the concept is also murky. It seems to be trying to teach two things at once: 1) the process and method matter and help predict what you can get as an end result, and 2) some genres of end product impose methodological constraints. In addition, while the section acknowledges some emerging forms, as a whole it is highly book- and article-focused. This focus leads to a sense that this is primarily about understanding a static set of things. In reality new forms emerge, and it is important for students to be able to recognize the non-static "alive-ness" of the universe of output types.
Finally, we would also love to see in this section a good way to talk about the different artifacts of a publication you find online: pre-prints, working papers, etc.
Notes on the "Authority is constructed and contextual" section:
This is a hugely important concept that could be strengthened by adding some language about the economics of information (how does research get funded? What gets distributed? Who gets access and through what funds?). This is also tied to the problems of "filter bubbles" where Google and others rank results based on what they know about you already, and your friends feed you information that they like or know you will like, and it becomes harder and harder to stumble on information from other perspectives.
This section could also be strengthened by adding some mention of the importance of knowing both how to navigate information power structures and also influence those structures (via scholarly conversation).
We suggest cutting the example of the Weather forecasts and sticking with a stronger version of what appears on line 21 of part 2: "Scholars within a discipline DO value specific publications or publishers over others." We also note that previous threshold concepts in this Framework have not relied on examples as much, so it would both strengthen this section and even out the writing style of the document to leave the examples out of this portion.
Notes on the "Search is Strategic" section:
This section could perhaps be subsumed into the section on Research as Inquiry.
If it is not merged with the Research as Inquiry section, we offer several suggestions for improvement. First, under "Dispositions," add a bullet saying that expert researchers are flexible and patient (or tenacious) – they're willing to keep digging, to take what they've learned and apply it to new searches, etc. Also add the importance of creativity in search. That combination of creativity and iterative work are crucial to strategic searching, and it is also necessary when students are trying to decide whether results are relevant to them or not. Lack of creativity or tenacity lead to two common problems: Results are "not on my topic" (don't name my full topic in its title or abstract), or the first 5 results are sufficient regardless of whether they adequately fill the information need.
This section could also be strengthened by mentioning the importance of reading (result lists, abstracts, articles) in order to learn the vocabulary of the scholarly conversation you're delving into. Since search systems rarely go beyond matching the exact character string of each word you type, if you're typing the wrong words you will get disappointing results. (This also ties back to the concept of engaging in a scholarly conversation – interlocutors have to understand each others' language.)
This section focuses rather narrowly on search systems and doesn't leave much room for exploration, either guided or free-flowing.
Finally, on line 175 of part two: "I-Search papers" is jargon with a pretty narrow audience. We recommend aiming for more generalizability