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Bilingual thoughts on life, language, learning, and all things Latina.
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Sudando la gota gorda
My sister (who knows me well) assured me the air is up and working, so no worries when we go to her house this afternoon for my nephew's b-day. (Because if I know I will be required to sit on someone's deck in the humidity, getting sucked on by mosquitoes, with that horrible trickle of sweat running down by back… I'll think up ANY excuse not to go. ) My mom and dad just had central-air installed last year. (How did they live without it?) Prior to that, I avoided their home the entire summer. And my husband has scored mega points today for getting up early to install two window units in the house. (He knows me even better – I am the biggest bitch when it's hot and muggy.)
I'm sooooooo thankful my school is air-conditioned. So it's not so bad, as long as we don't have a fire drill and have to bolt out of the building, down the street, and stand in the heat until someone remembers to call us back in. Of course, the kids are sent outside for recess. They come back in afterwards all cranky, smelly, and red-faced.
I must say, I was quite proud of myself yesterday at school. It was Field Day, 85, and muggy. I wore my staff shirt, capris, sneakers (YES, we were allowed on this day to wear them!) and I was OK as long as the kids didn't beg me to play a game. When I got moving a bit though, I felt the sweat starting at the back of my neck. By the end of the day, my long brown hair was a damp, frizzy mess. But the kids loved seeing their maestra acting like a kid.
Come to think of it, it was fun. Sweaty, but fun.
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- Merydith said...
Hi Cassy, thanks for stopping by. They always sing together and sometimes go on a contest together. My sis beat my Dad so many times already. They do it for fun. My Dad is coming over in the US at the end of summer and I am sure she will miss him so much.
I miss teaching. I taught history briefly. It was so hot yesterday here too. We had a tornado that passed a little south of us and it is not a pretty sight. Trees and electric pole all over the place. I am glad we are alright. You take care :o)
- June 8, 2008 at 9:24 PM
- Pearmama said...
One of the major reasons why I bought my house was because of the real wood floors and the central a/c. Like you, I am a total biatch when it's hot out. It's not that humid out here, but the whether can get as high as 113 in August. Those days, I don't go outside for anything. I really hate it. I get all grouchy just thinking about it!
- June 11, 2008 at 12:21 AM

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Mobile Device Usage: Singapore v/s Hong Kong
Singapore and Hong Kong have been the most rapidly developing and fiercely competitive metros in Asia Pacific in the last four decades. Hong Kong has a longer history as a business center but Singapore has caught up quickly. It's only natural that among other socio-economic and financial comparisons the two cities also get compared for their connectivity and mobile usage.
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- Tablet adoption in Singapore is slightly higher than Hong Kong
- Singapore continues to favor iOS while Android is more popular in Hong Kong
- News Information /Weather is amongst the most popular category on mobile phones
- Singaporeans get their Sports updates on mobile devices while Hong Kong residents bid and shop "on the go"
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coat - H&M; blouse - H&M; jeans - Cheap Monday; shell necklace - from Munich shoes - local shop
J is wearing a Billabong shirt, Uniqlo jeans, Oakley sunglasses and Puma shoes
Great booties.
Love Grace.
think i saw you on chictopia! love those boots
great shoes and I love the fall background!
His shoes are great!!
lovely lovely shoes. :)
Love your outfit - especially the blouse and the boots! xx
Nice look!
warst du heute gegen halb 5 am luzerner bahnhof?
Anda: Ja, war ich tatsächlich ^o^
oh du hesch so so herzig usgseh
anda: Oh, Danke ♥ >.<
Beautiful outfit !!
And I love love the flutter sleeves on your blouse:)
And you two look so adorable together !
Added you to my blogroll if you don't mind<3
these photos are adorable! I love your top!
Cute blog xxx
tolles outfit :)
love your shoes and top.
your top is gorgeous. i love your boot as well. <3
love your blouse and the Puma shoes !


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MEElectronics M9P In-Ear Headphones
What it is:
The second-generation M9P In-Ear Headphones are designed for durability and a great dynamic sound that equals other earphones at twice the price. All of MEElectronics headphones cost less than $100, and the M9P retails for $29.99. The M9P features an in-line single-button microphone remote for hands-free calls, pausing music and switching musical tracks. The M9P includes a case, an improved, tangle-resistant cable with low microphonics (to prevent cable noise caused by friction when moving), four sizes of silicone tips and a gold-plated connector to work with iPods, iPhones, most BlackBerrys, MP3 players, laptops and devices that accept a 3.5 mm jack.
The good:
I'm an earphone/earbud snob. And after discovering online that most retailers sell the M9P for less than $18, I was skeptical about these "award-winning" headphones. I expected to hear a tinny, bass-free "yeow" sound instead of the "wow" sound I got. These earphones have a rich bass sound that doesn't drown out the treble. Phone calls are crisp and clear without mic static. A smaller set of ear tips fit me better and were more comfortable than the double-flange buds that the M9P wears in the box. The cord doesn't tangle, and I was impressed that the M9P connects with all my devices so I can listen to tunes on my MacBook Pro, iMac, iPhone, iPod or Kindle. They even work with my travel TV.
The bad:
I wish the in-line microphone remote could raise and lower volume. That's my wish for the next generation.
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Scrapbook Soup Julie Fei-Fan Balzer uses pen and ink techniques in the first segment. She shows how to embellish Facebook and blog calling cards and a tin to hold them. Next, Emma Lou Beechy demonstrates how to make a three dimensional stamped flower without hand cutting to decorate a scrapbook page. D
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Paint This With Jerry Yarnell "Jerry's Lily Pond, Part 1" (16X20 Acrylic) This painting develops a lily pad pond with its flower being the center of focus. The canvas is prepared with an olive green mottled background. Jerry then starts by sketching the lily pads using elliptical shapes to create flatness. D
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This Old House "Barrington Project, Part 4 of 10" With the exterior shingles going up on the house, builder Andy Tiplady shows host Kevin O'Connor why he's using red cedar instead of white, and how he is creating the signature flair on the building between the first and second floors. Inside, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey shows Kevin how he's heating and cooling the house using a hydronic system that is integrated with a solar hot water system on the roof. Solar contractor Kevin Price also helps with solar panels for electricity, now that the price of the panels has come down 50 percent in the last four years. D
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Ask This Old House "Installing New Vinyl Trim; Installing a New Dishwasher" Host Kevin O'Connor works with a siding contractor to install new vinyl trim around a window. Then, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey helps a homeowner install a new dishwasher. D
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Rough Cut - Woodworking with Tommy Mac "Shaker-Inspired Night Stand" The Shaker-inspired Night Stand is one of Tommy?s favorite projects. This particular piece really shows off Tommy's style in using rough cut lumber and gives Tommy a chance to put a contemporary spin on a traditional piece.G
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Rick Steves' Europe "Andalucia, Gibraltar and Tangier" Exploring the quintessence of Spanish culture in Andalucia, Rick rolls down from whitewashed hill towns to the coast and takes in the windsurfing at Tarifa. He catches a bit of Britain on the Rock of Gibraltar and then sails to Africa for a Moroccan finale in Tangier.G
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I have seen straight people in coma who would like they would be having a better time having gay sex then him. Yes his body is great and he has a great cock, but then just watching him and listing to him speak you like "what a douche"
I have seen straight people in coma who would like they would be having a better time having gay sex then him. Yes his body is great and he has a great cock, but then just watching him and listing to him speak you like "what a douche"
Big Tex"Dont Hate Because You Aint"
I know everyone wants to see him choke on a big one or at least fuck a man hole - but he is undeniably one sexy fucker.. I'd watch him fuck a chick , a watermelon, you name it.. i love hair and he doesn't even have any and i still think he's hot.. guess it's his "str8'ness' that i find hot...
He won the *********** Award the other night for Best Personality. He's hot alright but guys like him are a dime a dozen these days.
^^ I guess that site is prohibited here on JUB. If you check most of the blogs, you know which awards I'm talking about.
cody is hot man....
There's a lot of vitriol being spewed against Patrick Bateman/Dorian Grey but I hate Cody more.
My marriage can't be used to kill a whole high school full of kids. Register your freaking guns. - Jasun
Sure the pics are nice but i have to agree with BixTex the guy is a ass hole. I think he has more fun with himself then with any guy or girl
Why do you guys say he's an asshole?
he is str8.
but doing gay ONLY for pay.
Had he sucked a dick yet ?
I just watch the free previews on his website. He's really hot but Is his site worth a membership?
his sites not worth the money [he looks bored in most vids and his cumshots are nearly always dribbles] but you do get all the other nextdoor sites and tommyd and masonwylers so it's worth it for them really
got to agree with everyone else . . .
i can't stand cody and i'm glad i'm not alone. he and brodie can got take a long walk off a short pier
he might be hot, but he's a tool. cancels out
There is a vid of Cody and Tommy where Cody jerks off Tommy a bit....Its the only form of male on male I've seen Cody do.
he's nice.....
He's hot...but I do wanna see him fuck a guy.....or a trans-sexual while sucking the dick
i won't front, the dude's got a hot body and a powerfully appealin' cock, but he does seem like a dork, and it's funny, i've sort of always assumed he's a fairly gay-oriented bi guy (or just plain gay) who wants to keep up a 'straight' pose for the sake of dudes who find his 'straightness' a turn-on. my reasoning is that when he fucks women it never seems like he likes them very much. and he always seems much more into a guy sucking his cock than anything else.
I think he's hot too but I just stumbled on his Myspace (I saw his comments on another Myspace friend's profile and he was calling the guy a stud and asking him about getting with other guys). Any way, Cody's myspace is private and the headline says he'll only add guys who look straight and girls and no one else.
I tried to add him and got denied!
Is he serious?! This guy has guys suck his dick all the time, obviously he has a lot of gay fans and he won't add them? That's ridiculous!! I kind of want to send him a message telling him off. Does anyone else want to send him a message?
he's hot but i have to agree with everyone else...he is in a bi porn and he needs to either suck a dick, take a dick, or give a dick...because at this point he's just fucking chicks and getting sucked by guys...getting sucked isnt shit....a monkey could do that for goodness sake.
Floating in a deep sea.
i like how the majority of the comments are
"he's hot but...."
he's got a nice tan. no homo
LOL!!! I love how he will only accept men who look straight and woman. He better be careful with biting the hand that feeds him. Gays will cast him out in 2 seconds if he gets to weird. Look at Tom Cruise!!
you know cody wants the cock, and probably has it behind closed doors. he even said in one of his earliest videos that he's open to trying anything.
I just think that he realised that he could keep up this whole "i only let guys suck my cock" thing and is milking it for what it's worth
He is beautiful to look at, and for those for whom that is enough, well, the product is there I guess. He wouldn't be making money if there wasn't a market for it.
But part of me wishes there wasn't such a market for it. I mean, there are gay guys out there as we all know who are just as hot if not hotter than him, and they are clearly, definitely CRAZY for the cock. Why that guy?
I know . . . it's a psychological thing and who can explain what excites a person and blah blah blah. Plus, being black there are so many parallels I can see to the internalized oppression we sometimes face that I think I have all the whys and wherefores down. I just . . . he doesn't interest me.
I want kissing. I want the fire in the eyes, the lust, the grinding, the mutual engagement of both guys in what's going on. Not someone who seems like he's doing gay guys a favor by letting them suck him.
i reckon all we'll get outta cody is him jacking a guy off a bit like he did in the bi four way with tommyd, mia and ruby. he's nothing but a tease
this is from Cody's blog on his site:
First there are a few things I want to get straight. And this is the truth. Mark my words!!! I do not have a myspace, a facebook and/or a craigslist profile? I had someone contact me, and I didnt know who they were. They said I was rude to their friend on facebook. That is not me. Only this is. Last week I was out with some friends and I was hit up, and they had said we are friends on myspace Sorry thats not me either. And tonight I was asked if I have a craigslist profile. I didnt even know u could do that on craigslist. lol So I just want everyone to know that this is the only real CoDy.
there's a lot of fakers on MySpace I guess...
He does do that crazy shaking when he cums. That is kinda a turn off. How long do you guys think it will take b4 he fucks a guy or gives a guy head? I think he will fuck a guy in the next few years.
^ In the next few years? If he's still around in a couple years, he'd better have done something more by then. Of course as long as he has fans that pay to see him just stand there and be serviced, he'll probably continue as is. I think he'd probably fuck a guy before he'd blow them.
yeah i wouldnt pay for his site. its pretty dumb and redundant.
...why is that thread here? i was kinda havin some straight comments...
he may have at one time had some genuine potential but his arrogance won the day - he's hot in some simple fantasy way -- but no way as hot as he thinks he is. he needs to bend over and take it like a man - oh, he probably has but just not sold it yet
his site is stupid..this week it was suppose to be something different and new...its him doing workouts..
I don't understand all the hate for Cody. So what if he doesn't go all the way with guys... That's just not part of the package he's selling and he's never advertised himself as such. There are plenty of other straight guys that will get into it with other guys, and you can't hate Cody for not being them.
I like him. He's got a great body and clearly loves showing it off, which I find attractive whether you're gay, straight, or bi.
Oh don't get me wrong--I do recognize him as a beautiful man to look at. It's seeing him in action that leaves me cold, whether it's with a girl or a guy.
i just think his site sucks. he is a really attractive dude and all. and he doesnt have to go all the way with guys. but the way he is with the guys in his vidoes, like he is doing them a favor for letting them blow him. 90% of his views are probably gay guys but you dont like them? then just do straight porn and leave well enough alone.
funnily enough if cody were to top or bottom OR do oral I think he'd be a lot like leo giamani (granted, leo is hot and versatile but on the whole not an engaging performer) and take an interest in the ceiling or a wall. you know everything but his scene partner.
Nice Nice !!!!!!!!!!!!
he's incredibly smoldering hot...and for some reason, he reminds me of Thor..that comic character. lol
I don't deny that Cody Cummings is hot... but there is only so much I can stand watching him stand there being serviced.
has he even topped a dude?i can't blame him for getting this far and making a good chunk of change but he's missing out on some good fucking by not topping. dudes give awesome head but assholes are a lot tighter than pussies so cody's missing out.
Cody Cumming is kind of a douche, but he has amazing feet!


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If you had to learn one thing about tuning your edges, it should be edge beveling. The point of beveling your edges is to back the effective portion of them away from the snow.
You file your base edge at an angle away from the base which backs it away from the snow, and then file your side edge at the same angle, in turn, maintaining an edge that is still 90 degrees. The edge hasn't been dulled, it's just been moved into a position that's less likely to catch. Leaving you less likely to scorpion.
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So, I got into several partial pugs yesterday. My wife, buddy, and I decided to run some Heroics to gear up a couple of toons. I went on my Rogue wearing all blue PvP gear, my wife on Boomkin #2 (which will be a healer), and my friend on his mage. We had some very interesting tanks or heal to say the least.
It was mostly dumb tanks though.
First tank stated as soon as we got into the instance "I have never tanked this before". Well, that is fine, you have to start somewhere and he apparently knew the fights at least. Did I mention he was wearing PvP gear? Yeah. Tank is the worst role to have PvP on.
Well, we end up wiping a couple of times on the first boss, which is Sylvanas. On the first attempt, the tank ran outside the ring and died. The second attempt, he was attacking a different target than everyone else and the healer died before getting out of the ring. Then he asked if we knew how to do the fight.....despite the fact that I had marked the spot on the ground for which ghould to kill. Each fight would have been fine if either the tank or the healer had stayed out of bad.
So, we take it down on the third try. Next up is Baine.
We head over to Baine where 3 out of 5 of our group die after my wife accidentally aggros trash while following the tank who was not really paying attention.
Tank asks if we know the fight. Healer says know. Tank pulls immediately. FACEPALM. At least we took it down in a single try.
The we get to Murozond. As soon as we get there, the tank runs in and does his damn best to not get aggro. Our mage friend dies. Healer goes through all of his mana as we were down a DPS and the PvP tank did not give us time to CC anything. As soon as our friend is rezzed, the tank charges in. Healer has very little mana. Mage at half health. Nothing CCed. We end up wiping on the trash.
We come back in, clear the trash and one shot the boss. Bleh. Not a very fun start to our night.
Second instance, we get Well of Eternity.
Paladin tank this time with almost 250k health. Apparently he does not care for the mechanics of the instance. He tried to chain pull as much as possible without letting the shadow walk stacks build up. It took too long to kill shit. Immediately after killing the second felguard, he pulls the next group with 5 stacks of shadow walk and a couple stacks of the damage debuff on him. DERPADERP.
I honestly cant remember if we one shotted the first boss or not. We may have. Anyways, we head up to Azshara. We start the fight. Tank is not holding aggro. Healer gets his face smashed in. We wipe.
We start again. Tank stands near Azshara until after the mobs show up and run around smacking everyone around. We wipe again. Healer leaves and we get another.
We end up finishing the rest of that instance with no issues.
Third instance. Dumb tank, bad healer.
We actually kill the first two bosses with little issues besides a near wipe at the first boss due to the AOE at the end. We then wipe.....on the trash leading to Benedictus.
Dumb tank "Damn dat was shit. Knocked me off da hill yo." That was how he talked. I think it is harder to type like a retard than to type normal.
We end up clearning the trash next time and get to Benedictus.
We wipe because we didnt know his shitty ground bad stuff was inside the protective bubble. Good one Thrall!
We go back in. We wipe again because the healer does not cleanse the sheer attacks on his.
We go back in. Tank leaves and we get a DK tank, who is not dumb.
At the beggining of the fight, the dumb ass healer dies. My wife battle rezzes him. He still doesnt cleanse the shears. Two of our DPS die. We squeak out victory after the healer dies.....again.
We ended up doing one more instance, but I dont remember having as many issues.
I got two new daggers and a ring out of all of this. The daggers were what I most wanted to replace, so overall, I guess it was a success.
Pugs still suck.
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
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I find it hilarious that a lot of healers don't think to dispel the Shear.
I had one who was willing to heal me through it, TWICE, without even bothering to look at the debuff.
Okay, maybe hilarious isn't the word to use.
- August 8, 2012 at 4:54 PM
Why does nobody want to kill the trash on Baine - I've wiped so damned many times on that. Is there some People for the Ethical Treatment of Trash society that I'm not aware of?
- August 9, 2012 at 9:30 AM
- Darraxus said...
@ Puppy: It would be so much easier. Dispelling shit makes healing a piece of cake.
@Anon: To me, it is so easy to avoid and people stand in the bad on the trash, using resulting in a wipe anyways.
- August 9, 2012 at 11:20 AM
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A Pair of Perfectionists
I stare out the window and watch the storm blow in. Winds toss the trees, and their branches bend and sway. As I was biking over to the library this afternoon, I felt the strong breeze as a welcome relief from the heat of the day. The sky, then as now, is ominous, but ensconced as I am in my second-story alcove, I don't mind; we need the rain. When my husband and I relocated to Alabama in June, we moved into a house just a few blocks away from a lovely local library, and I come every weekday to write and create. And today, I think about the ways in which I am akin to my brother Willie, the traits that tie us together.
My brother and I are both perfectionists; it's hard for us to feel as though we've failed at anything. We get frustrated if we can't master a skill quickly, and we need encouragement in order to keep going. On the phone last week, my mom told me that Willie had started doing something strange with his Sudoku books: When he'd reached a puzzle with a level of complexity that daunted him, he'd started filling in random numbers. Our mom felt that he was capable of solving the most challenging puzzles, but Willie had, apparently, decided otherwise. During his daily Sudoku time, he'd fill in the boxes with incorrect numbers, rather than leave them blank. Our mom told him, "Willie, if you don't like to do it, you don't have to do it! It's okay." Willie did not like the idea of changing his daily routine, or being called out on his new practice of "cheating" the numbers. He tore his Sudoku book to pieces later that day.
When I hear stories like this, I just shake my head, ruefully. A younger version of me would be critical, with thoughts such as, "Seriously! Why can't he just chill out? It's not a big deal." Now, however, my thoughts are different. Having acknowledged how much I struggle with perfectionism, I am more merciful toward my brother. As Willie finds reassurance in his "Oops, no big deal!" mantra, I know that those same words have the power to put me back in perspective, too. And since my (very patient) husband has been teaching me to drive our stick-shift pickup truck for the last few weeks, I've become better acquainted with my tendency to personalize "failure." When I stalled out several times at a stop light on a drive through our town, I felt such embarrassment and frustration that I handed the keys to my husband. As he drove us away, I promptly burst into tears. (If there had been a Sudoku book instead of a pickup truck before me, I might very well have torn it up.)
No matter that I'd managed to navigate the truck from one side of town to the other before the goof-up occurred. No matter that, as it turned out, I was in third gear at that stop light … and if you try to go forward in third gear from a stop, you are bound to stall out. In the moment, though, none of those facts mattered much to me; I was awash in shame. I couldn't drive the way I wanted to, and I'd screwed up in front of other drivers, and in front of my husband. I'd stood out from the crowd in a negative way. I wanted to quit, and maybe move to another town.
But then we got home, and went for a long walk in the fading light. Walking is like meditation for me, and it is for Willie as well—he loves to go for long walks and take the lead. As my husband and I moved through the streets, I thought of my brother and dried my tears. Willie and I both need to learn that perfection isn't about never messing up. Instead, I believe, it's about the strength and maturity it takes to pick oneself up and try again. A storm had blown through me that day, but as it passed, there was quiet, and a chance for redemption.


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A voice mail asking police to make a beer run, left in 2010 by the Democratic candidate for Westfall Township supervisor, has surfaced.
A voice mail asking police to make a beer run, left in 2010 by the Democratic candidate for Westfall Township supervisor, has surfaced.
William Jamros called the Eastern Pike Regional Police Department office after hours on July 26, 2010, complaining that he had run out of alcohol.
The message, directed at Assistant Police Chief Eric Stewart, goes like this:
"Eric, how you doing? Bill Jamros. Saturday evening. I don't know, it's about 9:30, 10 o'clock. Hey, I've got a little situation up here we might need your assistance with. Evidently, we run out of alcohol, and, we need somebody to do a beer run for us. And I was wondering if you might be able to help us out? Please return my call "�" and then Jamros gave his phone number, said thank you, and hung up.
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Jamros said police never did bring him any beer.
He is the only Democrat running for one of the two open seats on the Westfall Board of Supervisors.


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Ah, summer, we heart you and your endless beach days. What we don't heart are the breakouts, bites, burns, and other skin woes. "UV rays, heat, humidity, and chlorine all do a number on our skin," says Los Angeles-based facialist Kate Somerville. But there's no need to hibernate; these quick (and easy) solutions will have you looking gorgeous all season long. Ready?
So it's summer, and...You hit the beach, fell asleep, and woke up lobster red
Your skin solution: Pop two ibuprofen ASAP to reduce swelling, and soak a washcloth in a bowl of ice cubes and skim milk. Once the towel is chilled, wring it out and apply to your skin for 10 minutes, says New York City dermatologist Joshua Zeichner, M.D.: "Proteins in milk have an immediate anti-inflammatory effect." Then douse your skin in a soothing after-sun mist like Victoria's Secret After Sun Nourishing Spray, $12, victoriassecret.com, and dab a one percent hydrocortisone cream on extra-red spots. If your scalp is scorched (ouch!), spritz on an aloe-based moisturizer like Vaseline Spray & Go Moisturizer in Aloe Fresh, $6.50, target.com, before bed, suggests Glamour deputy beauty editor Simone Kitchens. "Let it sit overnight, and in the morning jump into a cold shower, rinse with a hydrating shampoo, and let your hair air-dry," she says. Next time do yourself a solid by wearing SPF and a hat!
So it's summer, and...Your face is breaking out from sunscreen
Your skin solution: Clear up your complexion fast by cleansing with a one percent salicylic acid wash in the morning and at night, and by using a spot treatment on any red or inflamed bumps. To prevent future breakouts, though, stick with a light, oil-free sunscreen like Murad Age-Proof Suncare Water Resistant Sunscreen SPF 30, $30, ulta.com. And avoid water-resistant formulas, which can trap oil and sweat in your pores. "It's like having a plastic sheet on your face," says San Francisco-based dermatologist Kathleen M. Welsh, M.D. But that means if you're swimming, you'll need to swipe on a gel-based sunscreen 15 minutes before you go in and reapply as soon as you've toweled off. Meanwhile, to combine UV protection and coverage as you're clearing up, use a lightweight BB cream or try a mineral powder like Jane Iredale Powder Me Dry Sunscreen SPF 30, $46, nordstrom.com, instead of foundation.
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Your skin solution: Steal celebrity makeup artist Rose-Marie Swift's red-carpet secret: First, exfoliate with a plant-based enzyme mask to get rid of your flakes (you don't want a gritty scrub; it's too abrasive on burns). Then apply a face oil, and use your fingers to pat on a moisturizing foundation like RMS Beauty Un Cover-Up, $36, netaporter.com. "The oil plumps up and evens out your skin, making foundation go on smoother," explains Swift. If you're still dry, press a few more drops of oil on top of foundation to minimize patchiness. And let this be a lesson for the future: sunscreen, sunscreen, sunscreen!
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Your skin solution: What you've heard is true: "While retinol thickens skin overall by boosting collagen, it exfoliates the top layers, making skin more susceptible to sunburns," explains Miami-based dermatologist Flor Mayoral, M.D. You can use retinol in the summer, but follow Glamour beauty director Ying Chu's advice: Wear SPF 30 or higher, and put plenty on—about a teaspoon on your face and neck. "Reapply at least once every two hours if you're outdoors," adds Chu. You could also switch to a retinol hybrid formula with SPF like RoC Retinol Correction Daily Moisturizer, $25, ulta.com, which is less irritating than a prescription, though not as strong.
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Your skin solution: If you're trying to hide big-time strap marks, find a foundation that matches your tan perfectly (usually one to two shades darker than your natural skin tone). Go outside (yes, outside—natural light works best for this sort of task), and swipe the foundation over pale spots with a small brush or sponge, blending really well at the edges, advises Swift. Set it with translucent powder to make it completely smudge-proof.
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Your skin solution: You'll need to shave—ideally the night before your beach or pool day (to minimize stubble and ingrowns). Here's your plan: (1) Hop into a steamy shower for five minutes to soften your skin. (2) Use shaving oil (which doesn't clog your razor as much as a foam or cream) and a fresh blade for the closest shave possible (we like the Gillette Venus Snap, $10, target.com). (3) Don't rush, especially over tricky areas like your bikini line, knees, and shins. "Shaving too quickly or putting too much pressure on the blade can cause nicks, which look worse than stubble," Somerville says. (4) If ingrowns are your problem, swipe an exfoliating treatment (we like Malin+Goetz Ingrown Hair Cream, $34, bloomingdales.com) on sensitive areas afterward to keep skin smooth and bump-free.
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Your skin solution: Calm existing breakouts with a bacteria-fighting benzoyl peroxide cleanser. (FYI, the skin on your back is thicker than that on your face, so let the wash sit for at least 30 seconds before rinsing, to unclog pores.) Avoid future spots by wiping down with a salicylic acid pad (we like First Aid Beauty Blemish Patrol Pads, $30, sephora.com) after a workout or anytime you feel sweaty or greasy. If things are really bad, apply an extra-strength lotion with 2 percent salicylic acid like Clearasil Ultra Rapid Action Treatment Lotion for Face, Chest & Back, $11, drugstore.com.
So it's summer, and...Your legs are bruised, blotchy, and veiny
Your skin solution: For a fast fix, give yourself an allover bronze. Just stick to Glamour fashion and beauty writer Lauren Bernstein's self-tanning commandments: Exfoliate first with a body scrub like Caudalie Crushed Cabernet Scrub, $38, sephora.com; always apply self-tanner from the bottom up (to avoid streaks when you bend over); and buff out splotches on elbows, knees, and ankles with a damp washcloth at the end. If you need instant results, opt for a quick-drying formula like Jergens BB Body Cream, $12, target.com. For a long-term vein solution, consider Vbeam pulsed-dye laser treatments, which cost about $400 per session and typically require three to five office visits, each done four weeks apart. They work wonders, but you'll want to have the treatments done during tights season.
So it's summer, and...You were eaten alive by mosquitoes and can't stop scratching
Your skin solution: Step one: Resist the urge to itch—it'll just make things worse. Steps two through four: Clean bites with soap and water, ice the area to calm inflammation, and take an oral antihistamine like Benadryl if there's an allergic reaction (i.e., you have major swelling). Another good idea if you need more relief: Soothe skin with a healing balm like Clean George Boo Boos and Bites Stick, $9, cleangeorge.com. Or mix two tablespoons of baking soda with one tablespoon of warm water until it forms a paste, and apply it on your bites, suggests Micheline Reboh, aesthetician at Paul Labrecque Salon and Spa in New York City; once it's dry, wash it off and repeat if necessary. To hide bites, pat on a yellow-based concealer that matches your skin tone exactly. Next time, use bug repellent (always on top of sunscreen) about 20 to 30 minutes before heading outside.
So it's summer, and...Frankly, your feet are a mess
Your skin solution: Try this 10-minute DIY cleanup once a week, suggests nail guru Ji Baek: Soak feet for five minutes in a tub of warm water (add half a cup of milk to help soften calluses and rough skin), then use a stainless steel foot file or a Clarisonic Pedi, $200, sephora.com, to slough dry skin off the balls of your feet, toes, and heels. Rinse with a minty shower gel and finish with a moisturizing hand cream, which isn't as greasy (or, often, as pricey) as a foot formula. For a pedicure that lasts and lasts, prep nails with a residue-removing primer—we like Rescue Beauty Lounge Base Coat Prep, $20, rescuebeauty.com—then paint away. And if chips happen, do what Baek does: Slick on a generous topcoat of glitter polish for a whole new effect!


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Alan's Hollywood Hills home is a dream: fantastic view, an office with a fireplace, a speakeasy (yes!), and a newly remodeled kitchen with an oh-so-pretty blue backslash. See more photos below:
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As part of the remodel, Alan took out the wall between the kitchen and the living room to open it up the living space. Wondering about the source of those colorful framed prints? They're actually vintage teaching aids from Uncommon Objects in Austin, Texas that Alan framed himself. "They were so beautiful," he said. "They're double sided which made me a little sad to have to lose a side!"
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You refer to pinko rags, and say you're defending my freedom of speech. You only hate a couple of groups (which is fine – they are okay to hate) so you're "not narrow-minded." Really?
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ummm... thanks for the love-ly walk through your garden. Now, off to work!ReplyDelete
Hello Adrienne:ReplyDelete
Your garden does indeed look beautifully refreshed after the rain. You say that there is not much blooming but there is an enormous amount of interest to catch the eye. You have obviously used evergreens and architectural features to give structure to the garden and they work wonderfully well.
Fabulous pics! Your garden is so charming. You are a lucky girl.ReplyDelete
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The new banner looks great! Thanks for the beautiful tour too. The garden is wonderful!ReplyDelete
Your garden is stunning! Love that magnolia, I admire them whenever I see one and have often thought it might be nice to have one in my garden but I can never decide which variety to choose!ReplyDelete
I never tire of your lovely pictures and garden...they are always so well presented.
Just gorgeous. Thank you for such a pretty tour. We have another snow storm outside this morning. I can't wait for the return of spring.ReplyDelete
Lovely post and beautiful garden! Here in Iowa it is 25 degrees and more snow is falling on top of the deep blanket of white on the ground. I am waiting for Spring and flowers!ReplyDelete
merci pour ce gentil commentaire sur VITA
j' aimerais beaucoup visiter également sont jardin
même son livre est épuisé
vous pouvez aussi aller sur mon autre blog
j'y ai mis dans le haut à gauche une possibilité d' inscrire votre billet
du jour ,avec une vignette, il reste en place 7 jours
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Your garden is gorgeous! Lush and green and wonderful. You have more blooming than we do, my friend. I love seeing your gardens and your home. Such a sweet place to stop for a visit.ReplyDelete
Your garden looks so lovely and green. Nothing here is green, in fact, it's supposed to snow all week. I would give anything for a wee bit of your lovely green. I can hardly wait until it gets that green here, but it's at least a month away.ReplyDelete
Everything looks so lush and beautiful there! I can hardly imagine experiencing such beautiful year round. Oh that would be wonderful. xoReplyDelete
Quel sourire, le matin c'est un rayon de soleil pour la journée, merci !ReplyDelete
We are still snow covered here, and sadly, nothing is green. It is nice to see there is green elsewhere. Your magnolia is lovely as are your camellias in the last post.ReplyDelete
So pretty to see some green lawn. We still have 4 inches of snow on everything! MimiReplyDelete
is that another new banner? oh, your garden looks great - especially that curved shrub (bottom picture)ReplyDelete


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A dozy Liverpool fan has made a tattoo blunder, getting his skin inked with his idol Kolo Toure's name with a very noticeable spelling mistake.
The hapless fan had 'Kolo Touro' permanently inked onto his foot. The Anfield defender has taken pity on the youngster via Twitter and, after joking that he would change his name, even offered to meet the fan and have 'Touro' printed on his shirt.
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You could have been out riding today, or you could have been skiing with all the… hmm… 4 people I can find in this picture? Our people really still holding onto the dream of a ski season? Isn't it time to give up and get back on your bike? The past two Sundays we've done the same ride, a strange loop with two climbs that are normally tough to get together in a logical manner- Page Mill & West Alpine. Basically the same road from both sides of Skyline. Back in the day I didn't care much for Page Mill, so I didn't climb it all that often. I certainly had no awareness of what a good time was, unlike Kings, 84 & Old LaHonda. Sometimes Page Mill would get tossed into the Sequoia Century, sometimes a club training ride. What's wrong with Page Mill? It's not those nasty steep sections in the middle; I used to live for nasty steep sections. Rather, there's something about it, especially the first third, that makes it really difficult to develop a rhythm.
But today Kevin wanted to ride it again, and invited Andrew from the shop to come with us. But not until first enjoying the pre-ride fuel stop at the Woodside Bakery, of course. Two gnarly pastries, on large mocha later and we're (sluggishly) off & running. Too bad it wasn't a coffee to go, as it got pretty cold heading through Portola Valley, a surprisingly-low 39 degrees. It very quickly warmed up on the climb though! And surprisingly, I'm beginning to get a feel for that climb. Who knew.
It's interesting that heading north on Skyline between Page Mill and Sky Londa twice in one day doesn't seem repetitive, but it's not. Can't explain it. But if you're going to climb both Page Mill and West Alpine in the same day, there's no good way to avoid it.
Heading down 84 towards LaHonda I was really looking forward to climbing West Alpine. Don't know why. Once on the West Alpine climb, I was having a tough time figuring out what I had been looking forward to, especially after Kevin and Andrew took off! I eventually caught back up to Andrew, but Kevin just kept going, and going, and going… until I come around a corner and there he is, at the side of the road, having had a seizure. Andrew looked perfectly happy to stop for him though, so I just kept going, figuring the two of them would ride up together.
I figured incorrectly; as soon as Kevin was feeling better, he went full throttle and quickly ditched Andrew. Nice guy. I still had to wait a few minutes for him at the top though, and my time was actually pretty decent.
Can't imagine how much nicer it could have been for a day in mid-January, with temps rising to the mid-70s. Seriously, time to drop that ski dream and get back on your bike!


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Daylight Saving Time means spring is here and the sun will shine for a little bit longer each night. Yet in order to gain extra sunlight, an hour of sleep had to be sacrificed. While some workers may temporarily have trouble getting out of bed each morning, others deal with sleep deprivation all year long. A ranking from mattress retailer Sleepy's reveals the professions that get the least amount of zzz's each night. According to the list, which is based on independent analysis of individual sleep habits as reported in the National Health Interview Survey, the following 10 jobs are the most sleep-deprived. Median hourly and annual wages are according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. --Debra Auerbach, CareerBuilder
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This book was very interesting to read. I had a hard time putting it down. My favorite part was when the mine collapsed. This part was very exciting because I didn't know what was going to happen to Otto, the main character.
Otto reminded me of myself because he traveled to Minnesota from Lehtimaki, Finland which is a great distance. I have traveled great distances, too. I've traveled from Kentucky to Arizona and to Cozumel, Mexico and to many other places.
I love this book because Otto reuses things he finds. He uses sticks from the woods to make a chair. He uses crates to make cupboards. I like to reuse and find new ways to use things that nobody wants anymore.
I would recommend this book to fourth graders because the words are hard to read. An adventurous audience would like this book because Otto comes from another country to live in America. I also think that the part where the mine caves in would attract readers, too.


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Food spawns traditions– or maybe it's the other way round. But you get what I mean, don't you?
Most of life's biggest celebrations, observations, and events center around food, gorgeous food. Special kinds of foods mark special occasions. Growing up, food was always the centerpiece of just about any day in our lives that was out of the ordinary. Puran Poli for Holi. Modaks for Ganesh Chaturthi. Chavde, Chakali, and Karanjis for Diwali. Shrikhand-Puri for Gudi Padva, the Maharashtrian new year (while most dishes were usually made at home, the Shrikhand was always bought "ready-made" from the bustling, family-owned Vijay Store in Vile Parle which made, unarguably, the best shrikhand ever).
When there was nothing to celebrate, the food alone would sometimes lift a day above mere ordinariness.In my home too, where celebrations don't necessarily follow the beaten path, a number of traditions have evolved around food and, sometimes, its availability. And many of these delicious celebrations happen in summer.
When I planted my zucchini, for instance, I waited eagerly for the day I could collect enough of its flashy yellow blooms to make my favorite zucchini flower pakoras (I did, earlier this week). Light as gossamer, these have to be eaten to be believed, and they made the day one to cherish and remember.
Also in summer, I wait for the tomatoes to start forming on their delicate green vines so I can make Green Tomato Masial, one of Desi's favorite foods that I usually cannot cook during the long months of winter because the only tomatoes I can buy here are already ripe. And when else but in summer can I make tons of different dishes featuring eggplants in every hue (you know it's my favorite veggie)?
One more dish that's like a tiny celebration in itself is a biryani.
I've posted biryani recipes before, and they're all delicious, but this time I was looking to make a simple vegetable biryani. For inspiration, I turned to the VahChef.
The VahChef's vegetable biryani is not vegan, so I needed to make some substitutions, like using my "tofu yogurt" instead of regular yogurt, and skipping the paneer (you could add firm tofu cubes). I also ended up making other tweaks to the biryani masala (he uses storebought masala in the recipe, but I wanted to try making his version of a biryani masala from another of his videos). The masala had some strange ingredients in it, like prunes, which I honestly would never have thought of adding to a biryani masala. But I did, and because the prunes I had were not quite dry, my blender ended up gasping and choking and begging for some water before it could move on. To make a long story short, my masala ended up being a wet one rather than in powder form. But all was well and ended well, and the biryani masala and the biryani were nothing short of spectacular. I also substituted the anardana, or pomegranate powder, with some aamchoor, or mango powder, because the role of the anardana in biryani masalas is to tenderize the meat. And here in Holy Cow world we don't have to worry about tenderizing dead animals.
So here's the recipe. Hope everyone's enjoying the summer. Have a great weekend, all!
- 1 onion, sliced very thin and fried on medium-high heat with 2 tsp oil until quite crispy. Set aside.
- 1 1/2 cups basmati rice, soaked for about half an hour, then drained
- 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
- 1/2 cauliflower, separated into florets
- 2 medium carrots, cut into 1-inch pieces
- 3 small potatoes, cut into a 1-inch dice
- 4 green cardamom pods
- 4 cloves
- 2 cinnamon sticks, about 1-inch each
- 1 recipe tofu yogurt -- blend half a block of firm tofu with 1/2 cup soymilk and juice of half a lemon.
- 1/2 cup chopped mint leaves
- 1/2 cup chopped coriander leaves
- 2 green chilies, slit down the middle
- 1 tbsp cumin seeds
- 1/2 cup cashewnuts, chopped
- 1/4 cup raisins
- A generous pinch of saffron, soaked in 1/2 cup of warm water for about 30 minutes
- 1 tbsp canola or other vegetable oil
- Salt to taste
- Heat 2 cups of water and add to it some salt.
- When the water comes to a boil, add the rice. Bring the rice back to a boil, lower the heat, and cook about 4-5 minutes or until all the water is absorbed. Be careful not to let the rice stick to the bottom of the saucepan. You want the rice to be mostly -- not all the way-- cooked. Set aside.
- Heat the oil
- Add to it the cardamom, cinnamon and cloves and saute for a few seconds. Add the cumin seeds and the ginger-garlic paste and then the veggies-- potatoes, carrots and cauliflower florets.
- Saute the veggies for about five minutes, stirring frequently, so they take on a golden-brown sheen.
- Add 1/2 a recipe of Biryani Masala (recipe on the Indian Spice Blends
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- Mix well and cover the saucepan. Allow the veggies to cook until they are almost tender. Add salt to taste and take off the fire.
- Spray a thin coat of oil in the base of a large pot with a tight-fitting lid. Now take half the cooked veggie mixture and spread it in the bottom of the pan.
- Pour out half the cooked rice and spread it on top of the veggies.
- Sprinkle the cashewnuts and raisins evenly over the rice.
- Add another layer of the remaining veggie mixture, and then the remaining rice.
- Sprinkle the saffron water on top, cover the pot with a lid, and place in a preheated, 350-degree oven for 30 minutes.
- After taking the biryani out of the oven, let it stand, uncovered, for at least 10 minutes.
- Serve piping hot!
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The expanding need for an open information sharing infrastructure to promote scholarly communication led to the pioneering establishment of arXiv.org, now maintained by the Cornell University Library. To be sustainable, the repository requires careful, long term planning for services, management and funding. The library is developing a sustainability model for arXiv, based on voluntary contributions and the ongoing participation and support of 200 libraries and research laboratories around the world. The sustainability initiative is based on a membership model and builds on arXivs technical, service, financial and policy infrastructure. Five principles for sustainability drive development, starting with deep integration into the scholarly community. Also key are a clearly defined mandate and governance structure, a stable yet innovative technology platform, systematic creation of content policies and strong business planning strategies. Repositories like arXiv must consider usability and lifecycle alongside values and trends in scholarly communication. To endure, they must also support and enhance their service by securing and managing resources and demonstrating responsible stewardship.
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Sustainability: Scholarly Repository as an Enterprise
by Oya Yildirim Rieger
Over the past two decades, advancements in information and communication technologies have ushered new modes of knowledge creation, dissemination, sharing and enquiry. Open access has emerged as an alternative and viable publishing model and an increasingly vital component of the scholarly communication infrastructure. The vision of an open and robust information infrastructure aims to facilitate the broad dissemination of research outputs of all types including research data to allow use, nullification, refinement and reuse. Creating a ubiquitous, comprehensive and linked research data environment requires a seamless network of content, technologies, policies, expertise and practices. It is also critical to view this scholarly organization as an enterprise that needs to be maintained, improved, assessed and promoted overtime.
Open access does not entirely remove fees and access limitations, but it replaces and reconfigures them for the key stakeholders in the scholarly communication endeavor. As we explore a range of issues related to research data curation and management, it is prudent and timely to consider how these services will be maintained and developed in order to flourish over time. What we may consider an exploratory or pilot initiative often ends up transitioning into production, sometimes with insufficient time to think through implications. Therefore as we envision research data support, it is critical that we consider long-term development and management issues upstream as a component of an enduring service infrastructure. Simply put, sustainability is the capacity to endure. For repositories, sustainability entails long-term maintenance of responsibility, which has technical, socioeconomic, policy and business dimensions and encompasses the concept of stewardship, the responsible management of resource use. At the heart of the concept is the ability to secure resources such as technologies, expertise, policies, visions and standards needed to protect and enhance the value of a service based on the needs of the user community technologies. In the pursuing discussion, based on Cornells experience with arXiv, I highlight the key premises of sustainability.
arXiv Sustainability Initiative
Started in August 1991 by Paul Ginsparg, arXiv.org is internationally acknowledged as a pioneering digital archive and open-access distribution service for research articles. The e-print repository, which moved to the Cornell University Library in 2001, has transformed the scholarly communication infrastructure of multiple fields of physics and plays an increasingly prominent role in mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance and statistics. As of August 2012, arXiv included over 770,000 e-prints. In 2011 there were 76,578 new submissions and close to 50 million downloads from all over the world. arXivs operating costs for 2012 are projected to be approximately $550,000, including six FTE staff, server maintenance and networking.
Since January 2010, Cornell University Library (CUL) has undertaken an effort to establish a sustainability model for arXiv. As a three-year interim strategy for 2010-2012, CUL initially established a voluntary institutional contribution model and invited pledges from 200 libraries and research laboratories worldwide that represent arXiv's heaviest institutional users. Since scholars worldwide depend on the stable operation and continued development of arXiv, this strategy aimed to reduce arXiv's dependence on a single institution, instead creating a broad-based, community-supported resource. Keeping open access academic resources such as arXiv sustainable entails not only covering the associated operating costs but also continuing to enhance the resources value based on the needs of the full range of user communities. Cornells sustainability initiative has striven to assess and strengthen arXivs technical, service, financial and policy infrastructure. One of the goals of the business planning initiative has been to engage the institutions that benefit from arXiv to assist in defining the future of the service.
The arXiv membership model, which will be launched in 2013, is an outcome of the three-year planning process and was facilitated with a planning grant from the Simons Foundation. The model is founded on a set of operating principles for arXiv and presents a business model for generating revenues. The background information about the planning activities is available at
http://arxiv.org/help/support. The business model is composed of four sources of revenue: Cornells annual funding of $75,000 per year and indirect expenses (represents 37% of direct expenses), $50,000 per year gift from the Simons Foundation, annual fee income from the member institutions and a $300,000 per year challenge grant from the Simons Foundation based on the revenues generated through membership payments. The substantial gift from the Simons Foundation aims to encourage long-term community support by lowering arXiv membership fees, making participation affordable to a broad range of institutions. Based on institutional usage ranking, the annual fees are set in four tiers within the $1,500-3,000 range.
Sustainability Principles
arXiv as a sociotechnical system consists of technical systems and standards activities and practices involved in developing and using the system and the social arrangements and organizations that provide it with a structural framework. The sustainability planning process aims not only to investigate how to diversify revenue models but also to ensure that arXiv strives to meet a set of operational, editorial, financial and governance principles and can set an example of a transparent and reliable community-supported service. Based on Cornells experience in planning the future of arXiv, the following discussion proposes five sustainability principles, including the consideration of disciplinary cultures, creation of a governance structure, stability of technological components, creation of content policies and adherence to managerial best practices [1]
Deep Integration into the Scholarly Community and Scholarly Processes. Disciplinary characteristics, work practices and conventions of academia play an important role in researchers assessment and appropriation of information communication technologies. Repository deployment cannot be fully understood without comprehending how a specific technology is embedded in its social context. The information and communication technology integration characteristic of disciplinary communities often mirrors underlying differences in epistemic cultures. arXiv is a scholarly communication forum informed and guided by scientists and the scientific cultures being served. Through Paul Ginspargs leadership, which is rooted in both the academic and information science communities, the service has consistently focused on the disciplinary cultures represented in the digital repository and on community need [2]. arXivs wide international acceptance attests the importance of relying on user- and evidence-based strategies for informing IT modifications and enhancements, user support services and associated repository policies.
Clearly Defined Mandate and Governance Structure. Although best practices in developing technical architectures and associated processes and policies underpin a digital repository, organizational attributes are equally important. The Trustworthy Repositories Audit & Certification: Criteria and Checklist (TRAC) tool (http://trac.edgewall.org/) emphasizes that organizational attributes affect the performance, accountability and sustainability of repositories. The first criteria in the TRAC assessment tool are governance and organizational viability. Similarly, subject repositories must have clearly defined mandates and associated governance structures to reflect a commitment to the long-term stewardship of a service.
The general purpose of governance is to ensure that an organization has the means to envision its future and the management structures and processes in place to ensure that the plan is implemented and sustained. Good governance is participatory, consensus oriented, accountable, transparent, responsive, efficient, equitable and inclusive. However, it also needs to be nimble and flexible not allowing any gridlocks or excessive groupthink.
The key editorial, governance and economic tenets of arXiv are delineated by a set of principles (https://confluence.cornell.edu/x/xKSTBw). CUL holds the overall administrative and financial responsibility for arXivs operation and development, with strategic and operational guidance from its Member Advisory Board (MAB) and its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). CUL manages the moderation of submissions and user support (including the development and implementation of policies and procedures), operates arXivs technical infrastructure, assumes responsibility for archiving to ensure long-term access, oversees arXiv mirror sites and establishes and maintains collaborations with related initiatives to improve services for the scientific community through interoperability and tool sharing. MAB is elected from arXivs membership and advises CUL on issues related to repository management and development, standards implementation, interoperability, development priorities, business planning and financial planning. SAB is composed of scientists and researchers in areas covered by arXiv and provides advice and guidance pertaining to the intellectual oversight of arXiv, with particular focus on the policies and operation of arXiv's moderation system.
Technology Platform Stability and Innovation. The existing repository ecology is a complex of architectures and features that are optimized to fulfill the specific needs of institutional, subject or archival repositories. The landscape is becoming even more heterogeneous with the addition of scientific social networking sites that profile local scholarly activities and open data initiatives that focus on data curation models. A critical component of a sustainability plan is to consider this rich context and understand how the service fits within the broader framework. In particular, we need to factor in the following three aspects:
- Interoperability arrangements that link a given repository to related systems, services and communities
- Features that support supplementary information objects such as underlying data, auxiliary multimedia content and research methodologies
- Functionality and arrangements that lower barriers to contributing content to multiple complementary repositories.
Among the critical roles of repositories is facilitating the preservation function. Digital preservation (used interchangeably with archiving) refers to a range of managed activities to support the long-term maintenance of bitstreams, thereby ensuring that digital objects are usable. However, ensuring enduring access involves more than bitstream preservation. It must provide continued access to digital content through various delivery methods. As we assess the value of subject repositories, it is important to differentiate between bitstream preservation and preserving access. Also, some subject repositories may opt to institute best practices for managing digital content but may not be in a position to assume full preservation responsibilities. It is therefore critical to assess the clearly defined roles and associated procedures that pertain to this responsibility.
There is often an inherent tension between technological stability and innovation. Although dependability and consistency are important service attributes, also essential is keeping pace with evolving user needs through research and development (R&D) projects. Accordingly, assessing resource needs and planning for investments in staffing and equipment are challenging tasks on both the maintenance and R&D fronts. However, given the uncertainties associated with the development and testing of new features and services, an innovation agenda needs to be carefully thought out in order to ensure that operational stability is not undermined.
The sustainability of arXiv also depends on enabling interoperability and creating efficiencies among repositories with related and complementary content to reduce duplication of efforts. For instance, Cornell has collaborated with the NSF Data Conservancy project (http://dataconservancy.org/) to launch a pilot interface that allows arXiv submitters to upload data associated with their articles directly to the Data Conservancy repository. Links to the data are added in the arXiv record automatically. This service is a research project, however, and arXiv and the Data Conservancy make no guarantee about continued availability of datasets uploaded via this mechanism past the end of 2011.
Systematic Development of Content Policies. Content curation and stewardship roles have traditionally been shared by libraries and publishers publishers with a focus on creation and distribution and libraries specializing in discovery and preservation. In digital information environments, repository services such as arXiv blur the distinction between libraries and publishers. An essential criterion in assessing open access, online resources is the availability of clearly defined collection policies and submission guidelines that reflect the content curation and stewardship role of the hosting institution.
Although arXiv is not peer-reviewed, submissions are reviewed by subject-based moderators. Additionally, an endorsement system is in place to ensure that content is relevant to current research in the specified disciplines. It is also critical to have clearly articulated policies about the copyright status of the deposited materials as well as conflict management processes (such as responding to concerns in regard to rejected submissions). arXiv supplements the traditional publication system by providing immediate dissemination and open access to scholarly articles (which often appear later in conventional journals).
arXiv complements, rather than competes with, the commercial and scholarly society journal publishing market. Among the challenges are ensuring the authority and integrity of e-prints and distinguishing between succeeding versions, such as a pre-print paper and its published version in a scholarly journal. It is therefore critical that the repository and preservation community address the versioning of scholarly articles, tracking them from initial submission to pre-print archive to final publication in a formal scholarly journal. Other challenges include linking the burgeoning corpus of institutional repositories with related subject repositories in order to achieve version control as well as creating a critical mass of related materials on particular topics. Cornells participation in the Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) author identifiers initiative (http://www.orcid.org) aims to enable better author linking and allow improvements in ownership claiming.
Reliance on Business Planning Strategies. Business plans offer an overall view of a given product and its relevant user segments, key stakeholders, communication channels, competencies, resources, networks, collaborations, cost structures and revenue models. The primary purpose of a business planning process is to convey a clear value proposition to justify investment in a service or product by its potential users. The value proposition describes the benefits that a product or service provides. In other words, value propositions respond to this question: Why should an institution purchase your product or service? Since the focus of the value proposition is on the customer, it should be stated from the end-users perspective. Value propositions may be based on a range of characteristics such as service features, customer support, product customization and economical pricing. The key challenge in creating a value proposition is addressing the needs of all stakeholders. For instance, in the case of arXiv, the stakeholders include scientists, libraries, research centers, societies, publishers and funding agencies. Although they are likely to have common goals, each group attaches value to a specific aspect of arXiv. For instance, from the end-users perspective, scientists highest priority for arXiv is likely to be the robustness and reliability of the repository and access features.
Business models also convey financial plans. In a collaborative business model such as the arXiv Membership Model it is critical to clearly define and justify the pricing model and the budget to understand how revenues are being generated and spent. Maintaining, supporting and further developing a repository involve a range of expenses including management, programming, system administration, curation, storage, hardware, facilities (space, furniture, networking, phone), research and training (such as attending meetings and conferences), outreach and promotion, user documentation and administrative support.
Looking Ahead
The arXiv case study illustrates the need to manage repositories holistically by taking into consideration a range of lifecycle and usability issues, as well as factoring in changing patterns and values of scholarly communication ecology. Increasing emphasis on open science and the burgeoning data management mandates usher a complex suite of technology, policy and service needs. We must consider the sustainability requirements upstream and remember that the services we are experimenting and creating now have long-term implications. Bowker et al. [3] argue that understanding the new information infrastructures requires an integrative view that goes beyond studying only technical, organizational or social aspects. Such an integrative approach involves comprehending the emerging infrastructure within the context of day-to-day routines, evolving academic practices and business procedures. Viewing scientific repositories as enterprises will ensure that the emerging scholarly communication structures and practices will be effective, efficient and enduring.
Resources Mentioned in the Article
[1] Rieger, O.Y. (2011). Assessing the value of open access information systems: Making a case for community-based sustainability models. Journal of Library Administration, 51, 1:485-506. /
[2] Ginsparg, P. (2011). arXiv at 20. Nature, 476, 145147, doi:10.1038/476145a. Retrieved August 21, 2012, from http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v476/n7359/full/476145a.html.
[3] Bowker, G.B, Baker, K., Millerand, F., & Ribes, D. (2007). Towards information infrastructure studies: Ways of knowing in a networked environment. In J. Huntsinger, M. Allen, and L. Klasrup (Eds.), International Handbook of Internet Research. London: Springer.
Oya Yildirim Rieger is associate university librarian for digital scholarship and preservation services at Cornell University Library. She oversees the librarys digitization, online repository, digital preservation, electronic publishing and e-scholarship initiatives with a focus on needs assessment, requirements analysis, business modeling and information policy development. She can be reached at oyr1<at>cornell.edu.
Articles in this Issue
Information Architecture Overview
Information Architecture in the Age of Complexity
The Architecture of Information
Optimizing Websites in the Post Panda World
A Metaphor for Content Strategy
A Conversation with Eric Reiss, Author of Usable Usability: Simple Steps for Making Stuff Better
Sustainability: Scholarly Repository as an Enterprise
Spelunking in the Archives: Or How I Learned to Love the Art of the Unexpected
IA; Attending to the Existing Landscape
RDAP: NSF DMP Content Analysis: What Are Researchers Saying?