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Millions of dollars in improvements across Community High School District 155 schools are underway and on track to be substantially completed by the time classes begin Aug. 14, district officials said Wednesday.
Pepper Construction is overseeing the $14.5 million capital improvement project, which is part of the district's anticipated $50 million, 10-year strategic facilities condition assessment developed in 2015.
The work, in response to state-mandated health/life safety inspections and input from the community, includes several projects at each high school – Crystal Lake Central, Crystal Lake South, Cary-Grove and Prairie Ridge.
The extensive work throughout the district includes new and upgraded windows, air conditioning, piping, flooring, tiling and asbestos abatement, as well as new tennis courts and other elements students will notice when they arrive for the 2019-20 school year.
The most noticeable work is being done at Crystal Lake Central High School, which originally was built in 1924. Since its first year, when about 100 students attended, the building has had four additions constructed, District 155 Superintendent Steve Olson said. Today, there are about 1,500 students.
"The school has been expanding as the community grew," Olson said during a recent tour.
He said the district works in a "financially prudent manner" during the summer break, which is only 62 days, to complete the work.
With Crystal Lake Central being almost 100 years old, some of the projects were a bit more involved.
Among other projects, the school is receiving new flooring throughout much of the second floor and in 12 classrooms.
Because the building is so old, the process involved the removal of two layers of wood flooring and asbestos abatement. Then came the installation of Styrofoam and lightweight concrete to build the flooring back up, said Jeff Daurer, director of operations support.
The work, which this year only involves about 25% of the second floor, entailed taking the flooring down to its original planking from the 1920s, he said.
Students there also will see new striping on the flooring in the auxiliary gymnasium and a new floor that "gives" a bit, protecting athletes from shin splints, Daurer said.
New air-conditioning units also were installed in 14 classrooms.
"Leadership believes we need air conditioning in all four buildings," said Jeremy Davis, District 155 assistant superintendent of finance and operation. "It's hard to focus when it is hot."
A clock intercom system, which leads directly to the office and can be beneficial in an emergency situation, also is being installed throughout the building.
Additionally, students and staff may notice some aesthetic updates, including the replacement of some 50-year-old turquoise glazed tiles in the science hall. Those are being replaced by a more contemporary, durable material able to withstand time, officials said.
Crystal Lake Central, Cary-Grove and Prairie Ridge each are adding a 21st-century foods classroom, which will be paid for in part by a $240,000 state grant.
Two summers ago, Crystal Lake South was equipped with a commercial kitchen that allowed students to obtain food handler and food service sanitation manager certifications.
The new foods classrooms will include a teacher's food preparation area with cameras allowing students at the six other food stations to watch what he or she is preparing. Among the student prep areas is one station compliant with Americans with Disabilities Act regulations.
Olson said the new classrooms that use cameras and video as part of teaching are the district's way of meeting the students of today with the ways they "engage" in instruction.
Olson also said the district's goals are to prepare students for college and the working world.
"We are not only getting kids college ready, but career ready," he said. "If they choose to enter the workforce (after high school), they will have the skills."
Part of that effort also includes a partnership with McHenry County College, he added.
"Students start learning skills here," Olson said. "If there is something a student is passionate about, we want to light the fire here. We are future-focused in our thinking."
The theater also is getting a bit of a face-lift with a fresh, dark stain on the wooden walls. Last year, the district installed new LED ceiling lighting as part of its energy-efficiency program.
At Cary-Grove, students on the first day of school will immediately see safer, freshly paved and reconfigured parking lots, where school buses now have their own lanes.
"The parking lots at Cary-Grove have not just been resurfaced; we redesigned the lots and have improved stormwater drainage, lighting, ingress and egress, and pedestrian safety," Davis said. "The strong relationship we have with the village of Cary has resulted in improvements at our entrances that will facilitate better traffic flows in and out of the school at key times."
Students in the science wing will feel a bit cooler, as air conditioning is being installed there, and tennis players at Cary-Grove will benefit from a brand-new tennis court.
Outside each building has a sign listing all of the projects being completed, and pictures and video are available on the school district's website.


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The initiative is part of the company's Start Something Priceless campaign launched on April 10th, which brought together Messi and Neymar Jr. to kick off the #TogetherWeAre10 social movement. #TogetherWeAre10 was designed to inspire Latin Americans to unite for a common cause: improving the lives of thousands of children suffering from hunger.
The goals scored by Messi and Neymar Jr. will now take on a new meaning. Over the next 21 months, each goal represents an opportunity to unleash the power of a meal. "Providing children in Latin America and around the world with access to a nutritious, daily meal ensures better cognitive and physical development," said Miguel Barreto, regional director, World Food Programme LAC. "Children who aren't hungry show enhanced performance and concentration at school, which helps them build a better future."
Goals will be scored both on and off the field. "I'm proud to be a part of this campaign that will help change the lives of thousands of children in my country and other regions of the world. I hope this initiative gives as many smiles as possible to all the children." Messi said.
"I'm happy I can help make sure that children in the region can have a plate of food and more hope. Latin Americans know we can do great things when we come together, and this is an example of that. Together we can fight hunger," Neymar Jr. said.
Aside from tuning goals into meals, Mastercard is also encouraging everyone in the region to take part and Start Something Priceless. Each time the hashtag #TogetherWeAre10 is used across social media channels, Mastercard will donate the equivalent value of one meal to the WFP. It's that simple: each use of #TogetherWeAre10 equals one meal.


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Westcon-Comstor to distribute Juniper Networks
Westcon-Comstor to distribute Juniper Networks
Westcon-Comstor Sub-Saharan Africa has been appointed as a value-added distributor for Juniper Networks, focused on secure, AI-driven networks.
According to a statement by the distributor, resellers across Sub-Saharan Africa will have access to Juniper's network solutions that are designed to simplify multi-cloud architectures for enterprises undergoing digital transformation.
The solutions focus on infrastructure orchestration, automation, programmability, ease of management, visibility and analytics, the statement continues.
Linsay Narayanan, Cyber Security and Next Generation Solutions Business Practice Lead at Westcon-Comstor Sub-Saharan Africa, said: "Through its commitment to simplify enterprise networks, Juniper is a valuable addition to our vendor portfolio because it cements our ability to provide end-to-end solutions for the network and datacentre, across multi-cloud and the edge. The company's secure and scalable solutions enable customers to benefit from disruptive technologies that let them traverse multiple clouds and better gear their business to take advantage of the potential connections powering the fourth industrial revolution."
Sander Groot, Director of Channels and Alliances, EMEA at Juniper Networks, added: "Westcon-Comstor unique approach to simplified networking delivers a huge business value for customers. Westcon-Comstor will open up new opportunities for channel and customers across Sub-Saharan Africa."
According to Westcon-Comstor, Juniper has been at the forefront of developments in SD-WAN and modern segment routing ... "putting Westcon-Comstor resellers in a position to capitalise on the power of 5G when it rolls out across the continent."
In September 2019 Westcon-Comstor was appointed distributor for Check Point in Sub-Saharan Africa.
At the time Tidiane Lo, Westcon Director at Westcon-Comstor Sub-Saharan Africa, emphasised the need for the industry to position robust security solutions to help combat cyber-attacks, and help resellers contribute towards fragile trust between businesses, customers, people and technology.


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The Classicist's Eye
How Beautiful It Is and How Easily It Can Be Broken: Essays
On the cover of Daniel Mendelsohn's new book, the lower part of a broken portrait bust from ancient Egypt confronts the reader with still smoldering intensity. The bust belongs to the Metropolitan Museum and is all that is left of a glamorous queen who reigned in the fourteenth century BC. Her lips, which survive intact, would do credit to the Botox industry. From the lower part of her cheeks and jaw it is clear that her face was carved in precious yellow jasper, but Harper's jacket designer has dramatically wiped out the royal color by bathing the entire object in a cool blue light. At the bottom of this arresting image is the long title of the book, which is taken from the stage directions of Tennessee Williams's play The Glass Menagerie: "How beautiful it is and how easily it can be broken."
The cover subtly evokes the range of criticism that Mendelsohn has gathered together in this volume. The world of classical antiquity that he studied throughout his undergraduate and doctoral career informs every essay in this collection, whether the subject is overtly classical, as in his pieces on movies about Troy and Thermopylae and stagings of Euripides' plays, or wholly modern, as in his sensitive appreciation of Noël Coward or his fiercely gay interpretation of Brokeback Mountain. If Egypt in the second millennium does not exactly count as classical antiquity, it was nonetheless a fundamental part of the past for the ancient Greeks and Romans, and it shaped, in ways that are still discussed today, their thought, religion, and art. It serves here to suggest the antiquity that Mendelsohn knows so well.
The quotation from Tennessee Williams that stands underneath the mysterious fragment of that antique face proclaims at once Mendelsohn's commitment to contemporary culture across a wide spectrum of books, theater, film, and opera. As he says in his introduction, Williams's line
acknowledges, with perfect simplicity, the inevitable entwining of beauty and tragedy that is the hallmark of the Greek theater, and is a consistent element in the works that have always moved me the most.
But Williams also represents the complexities of gender and sexuality, which are recurrent themes in Mendelsohn's critical writing. His revised doctoral dissertation, published a few years ago, was on women in the political plays of Euripides, and he turns here to some of Euripides' most memorable women with illuminating comments on modern interpretations of Medea, Iphigeneia, Clytemnestra, and others.
As for the blue light on the queen's originally yellow flesh, that tells us something too. Just as no visitor to the Met will ever see that Egyptian fragment as it appears on the cover, Mendelsohn is never content to see what the world sees when he reads a book or goes to a movie, opera, or play. When other critics were writing raves, he uncovered the weaknesses in Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones, Jeffrey Eugenides's Middlesex, and Colm Tóibín's The Master. Although he appreciated Natalie Dessay as Lucia di…
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4.5-6.5 inches of snow falls in county; wet, cold weather to continue today
November 28, 2004
Weather spotter Russ Gorham of Eaton had not been outside all day because, frankly, his teenage son is old enough to shovel for him.
But he knew it was cold when his 6-year-old lasted only 30 minutes sledding down their sloped driveway.
After slipping on his snow boots Sunday evening to take a peak at his weather gauge, Gorham said the holiday weekend snowstorm dropped about 1.25 inches in Eaton.
It seems like more looking around the yard, Gorham said, but that is not accurate because of drifts, which in places, were as high as 3-4 feet, he said.
Weather spotters reported 3.5 inches of snow in northeast Greeley and 3 inches in Johnstown, according to the National Weather Service. Darlene Wokersin said the Fort Lupton/Firestone area got about 2 inches by the time the snow stopped coming down at 5 p.m.
By 6 p.m. Sunday, Day Weather reported 5 inches in Greeley and between 4.5-6.5 inches throughout Weld.
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"It has been very, very busy. The snow never really stopped," said Jamie Pribble of Pribble Lawn and Landscaping, a landscaping and slow plowing business in Greeley. She and her husband, Tim, and a crew had been busy since 5 a.m. plowing areas around commercial businesses and parking lots.
The city of Greeley had 17 snowplows clearing roads around the clock starting Saturday evening.
Jerry Pickett, Greeley street superintendent, said crews will keep going as long as the snow does, which could be well into today, according to the weather service.
Wet, cold weather is forecasted through the day with a 30 percent chance of snow and a high near 25 degrees. New snow accumulation of less than one inch also is possible with a low of 9 degrees.
The weather will begin warming up Tuesday with a high of 33 degrees and low of 12. It will continue to gradually warm up throughout the week with a high of 37 degrees on Wednesday, 38 on Thursday and 44 on Friday.
Saturday and Sunday temperatures are expected to linger in the 40s, according to the weather service.


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Kids' golf program opens in Weston
When it comes to teaching the game of golf to kids, Karsten Beutnagel is above par.
The Weston resident recently opened Connecticut's second franchise of Total Golf Adventures, a Gaylord, Mich.-based firm founded in 2003 to provide students in kindergarten through eighth grade with access to the game through its at-school, after-school Golf Enrichment program.
"We want to get kids into the game early," said Beutnagel, a former human resources professional who in April graduated as valedictorian from the Golf Academy of America's Phoenix, Ariz., campus, before focusing on the new venture. "We find to really have an impact on golf is through the schools."
The state's first TGA franchise was opened by Brian Karavish in Glastonbury in September.
Beutnagel said he has begun developing programs with three elementary schools in Westport, a private school in Darien and the Norwalk Housing Authority. The native of Germany said he is looking to start programs in other towns throughout Fairfield County.
"Golf is more than just a game. It's about learning life's values of courtesy, self-confidence and patience," said Beutnagel, 46. "These are the skills we really try to drive home."
The programs, taught by golfers at the high school and collegiate levels, typically consist of eight weekly classes costing about $20 per class per child, Beutnagel said. Equipment, which includes golf clubs and Almost Golf training balls, are provided at the classes, which range in size from 10 to 15 kids, he said.
"You have to be passionate about golf and about teaching kids," Beutnagel said of the instructors. "It has to be a good balance between fun and fundamentals."
TGA has had more than 50,000 students participate in its programs at more than 1,800 schools.
"Our continued expansion of franchises in the State of Connecticut, as well as the New England region confirms the demand for structures, affordable and accessible youth growth of the game initiatives," Joshua Jacobs, TGA's president and chief executive officer, said in a statement. "We look forward to working with Karsten as he develops our in-school five-level education-based youth programs while instilling life values and character development."
The recession has driven more consumers and entrepreneurs than ever to franchises as both groups are seeking safe and predictable outcomes, said Steve Dubin, president of Boston-based New England Franchise Association.
"Potential investors are looking for a business with a proven track record and operations manual to replicate a successful process," he said, adding that the ongoing rash of company layoffs has caused many people to consider franchise ownership. "There have been many more new faces looking to buy franchises, particularly escapees from corporate America."


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Peace on Earth Begins at Home!
October 1- Dippin' To End DV at Cammie's Old Dutch / City Council Meeting Proclamation
October 2- Brown Bag in Bienville (11:30am-1:30pm)
October 3- DVA Vigil at Poarch Creek (noon)
October 4- DVA Display at Gov't Plaza/ Giant Musical Chairs at The Grounds (6pm-9pm)
October 5- Purple bag sale at Penelope's Closet ($5.00 per bag)/ Fall Festival at Holy Spirit
Anglican Church
October 6- Meet at Ralph and Kacoo's (downstairs)on the Causeway~ Take the Pledge Against DV with The Lighthouse of Baldwin County (2:00pm)
October 7- Rotolo's Give Back Night in Saraland (6pm-9pm)
October 11- DVA Display at Art Walk- in front of Crescent Theater (6pm-9pm)
October 12- Grand Opening of Rich's new Car Wash- 2369 Dauphin Island Parkway~ free car
washes/ donation to Penelope House (8am-7:30pm); Melton Health and Faith 4th
Annual Healthy Lifestyle Walk- Cottage Hill Park (8am-2pm)
October 14- DVA Display at West Regional Library / Mobile County Commission Proclamation
10:00 am
October 16- National Health Cares About DV Day/ DV101 at Univ. of South Alabama (6pm)
October 17- Hats and Pearls Luncheon at The Steeple (11am-1pm)
October 21- DVA Display at Bel Air Mall
October 24- Networking with a Cause at Azalea Manor (5:30pm-9:30pm)/ National Purple Day
October 26- Dr. Kathryn Coumanis Book Signing at Penelope's Closet (10am-12noon)/
Woofstock (6pm-9pm)
October 28- DVA Display at Mobile Regional Airport
*Red Beard Outfitters will hold a month long event where shoppers can turn in gently used jackets or new Pajamas and receive a discount on purchase in the store at 4354 Old Shell Rd, Mobile, AL 36608
*Penelope's Closet will take $1.00 off any clothing with purple on Fridays
*DVA T-shirts for sale at Penelope's Closet $10.00
There are nationwide Domestic Violence Awareness campaigns in October.
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Guatemalan Pays $280 Fine for Fatal Crash that Killed FBI Agent and Fire Marshal
In June, a Guatemalan was given a fine of $280 and no jail time for negligent driving that caused the deaths of an FBI agent and a deputy state Fire Marshal in Maryland. Negligent driving is a citation and punishable by a fine of $280 and "three points against his driver's license." He was arrested by ICE.
FBI agent Carlos Wolff, 36, crashed his vehicle on Interstate 270. Fire Marshal Sander Cohen, 33, stopped to help him at the side of the road. Garza Palacios drove up, swerved to miss their cars, and hit both men, killing them.
Sander Cohen was deputy chief of the Maryland State Police Fire Marshal's Office. Carlos Wolff was a supervisory special agent.
Prosecutors stated that Palacios drove in a "careless and imprudent manner" but that it didn't rise to the level of a more serious offense. Police determined that no alcohol or drugs were involved.
"This case is about an unfortunate accident. Mr. Garza Palacios feels terrible about the situation." Asim A. Humayun, Palacios' attorney– as reported by Fox News
If that were all there was, we'd probably believe him and move on. But that's not the whole story.
Garza Palacios, 28, was arrested by immigration officials for overstaying his work visa that expired in 2009. A detainer was filed for him back in 2015, but county officials did not honor it and released him.
Fox5 reported,
"ICE previously lodged a detainer with Montgomery County authorities in August 2015 after Garza Palacios was arrested on local charges. ICE said Garza Palacios was subsequently released from Montgomery County custody, but were not notified about it."
Palacios had been arrested for impaired driving in 2015, and served about 4 months in jail after he was arrested for vandalizing car windows and lighting a couch on fire. So he was no stranger to violating the law.
Why did Palacios even have a driver's license? His visa expired in 2009, which means he was no longer authorized to be in the US.
In most cases where a driver kills other people, there are charges of vehicular manslaughter. The person is not always convicted of that offense, but a fine of $280 for killing two people seems a little out of place, even if no drugs or alcohol were involved.
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On Windows Agents, LabTech assumes that all volumes have a drive letter associated with them. Volumes mounted to a path (CSV volumes, etc.) are not reported in the drive listing. This is a solution that uses a Remote EXE Monitor to dynamically detect mounted volumes and alert if the free space is below a configurable value. The batch file is a powershell wrapper that queries for mounted volumes with no drive letter and returns a list of all volumes with less that 10 percent free space. The free space level can be passed as a parameter, so it is easy to monitor for 20%, 5%, etc. All volumes have the same threshold however, there is no support for different thresholds on different volumes. The powershell section could also be extracted and used directly. On systems with no matching volumes, the result "No Mounted Volumes detected." is returned. If there are mounted volumes with no drive letter, the output will either be "All Mounted Volumes have above $FreeThreshold% space free.", or "Mounted Volumes at or below $FreeThreshold% free space:" with a list of all volumes that met the criteria. This was implemented as a remote EXE monitor. SQL is included to import the monitor definition to an agent (configured for agent ID 1). See the MountedVolumesFreeSpaceMonitor-README.txt file in the attachment for more details. After importing, the Ticket and Report Category and Alert Template should be verified or assigned to valid values. The monitor command is 'MountedVolumeDiskCheck.bat 10', where 10 represents the free space alert threshold. You can change threshold this globally if assigned to a group, or override the monitor on a per-agent basis to use a different threshold. After importing and testing this monitor on an agent, the monitor can be added to an appropriate group so that Windows Servers will be monitored automatically. The attachment has been moved. See https://www.labtechgeek.com/files/file/20-free-space-monitor-for-mounted-volumes/
Find Rogue DHCP Servers, No DHCP, etc.
DarrenWhite99 posted a topic in Cool ToolsThis post is largely just being moved from another thread into its own topic, BUT I have updated the monitor so that it is much simpler to implement. This is how I test for DHCP Servers: I use the DHCP Test Utility from https://blog.thecybershadow.net/2013/01/10/dhcp-test-client/ along with a VBScript I wrote to manage the EXE. (By default the tool will use a random MAC, and each query will consume another DHCP Lease) This tool is testing DHCP Client operations, so it should NOT be run on the DHCP server. It should be run from agents that are in a position to act like DHCP clients. (Even if they have a static IP, it's OK.) To install: Extract the ZIP files. Put the dhcptest.exe and dhcptest-wrapper.vbs into your LTShare\Transfer\Monitors folder. You can pull your own copy of dhcptest.exe from https://github.com/CyberShadow/dhcptest if desired. I have not had any problems with only using the 32 bit binary on 64 bit OS versions, but YMMV. Edit "EXE - DHCPEnvironmentCheck.sql" and replace the current agent id (1183) with a valid agent ID for the monitor. Save and then import in Control Center -> Tools -> Import -> SQL File. This monitor runs every 15 minutes. The VBS script will be automatically transferred to the agent by Automate. When it runs, it will check for dhcptest.exe and automatically download it from your server. Once the tool is in place, the script will perform a DHCP query on each active network interface and return the number of offers and DHCP Server IP's that responded. The Monitor Result should match ".*;DHCPServersActive=1;.*", which should be set to the number of valid DHCP Servers. I find this effective for the group monitor, and when I need to tailor it I can just check "Override Settings" and change the result expected to match the environment. You could easily add the IP of the DHCP server as part of the match condition, so that not only must the number of servers be correct, but the server IP must match. (Probably not important). So a result with DHCPServersActive=0 is telling you that you failed to get any offers. This is clearly bad (unless there should be NO DHCP servers). Active=1 means you got an offer (Typical State). Active=2 is saying that you got more than 1 offer. This is clearly bad If only 1 server is authorized. There are some DHCP error conditions that will not be caught: All responses are specific to this agent, what you see may not match other agents because of: 1. DHCP Server Out of Leases - If it has an offer for you, it will treat it like a lease even if you don't respond. Additional queries will continue to return the IP the server has reserved for you, but the server would ignore other requests if there are no leases available. 2: DHCP Request Filtering errors - If the switch is configured for DHCP Snooping and is blocking other devices, again success for you only is getting confirmation that YOU can get a lease offer. 3. Malfunctioning DHCP Clusters - An issue I have seen that is a blend of #1 and #2. If there are two DHCP Servers in a cluster, your initial request MIGHT prompt a response from both, but once they reconcile and decide which server should respond to you the other server will ignore you so you won't see two responses. But if YOU are getting an offer from an operating server, if the other DHCP cluster host is broken it may be ignoring other client requests. So this has limited utility for testing that your DHCP server is working. But it is perfect for testing if unauthorized DHCP servers are running, or if your DHCP server is failing to offer any leases (even if the service is running, etc.) DHCPMonitorCheck.zip
Remote Monitor Exceptions / Acknowledgement / Silence
phoenix posted a topic in Cloud PlatformHi All, First time posting so please be nice . I've recently configured some HP Hardware monitoring (thanks Joe.McCall !) and now am getting alerts for some systems which is great. I now need to configure the following: 1. Drive failure should alert within 5 minutes. The remote monitor is set to run every 5 minutes, and is continuous.This takes care of this requirement but introduces an issue with ticket alerts being generated continuously. Changing the monitor to 'once' would fix this but would introduce another issue which I am trying to solve (below) 2. The ticket should re-open once daily if the issue is still present. This would 'protect' us if a tech closed the ticket without the issue being resolved. Technically I can address the above by creating two monitors, but then this would create two tickets for each alert. As an alternative, I could 'silence' the alerts for a period of time, perhaps 24 hours by default? I'm not sure how to do this, but coming from a Zabbix/Nagios background, I assume this is pretty simple? I would like to be able to do this anyway, or at least create an exception because another issue I have with the hardware alerts is that some will always fail. We have some HP servers with non-genuine memory and HP SNMP will report this as a failure. Without removing the server from the search group the SNMP checks are applied to, how can I create an exception? It looks like exceptions are only possible with Internal Monitors and not Remote Monitors? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
Remote Monitor definitions are stored in the "agents" table. Monitor Results are stored in the h_agents table. To get the current state (results) for a remote monitor: SELECT computers.computerid, agents.AgentID, IF(IFNULL(groupagentscontrol.notgroupmaintained,1)=0,groupagents.name,agents.Name) AS AgentName, ELT(IF(h_agents.LastSuccessDate>h_agents.LastFailDate AND h_agents.LastSuccessDate>h_agents.LastWarningDate,1,IF (h_agents.LastFailDate>h_agents.LastWarningDate,2,3)), 'Success','Fail','Warning') AS LastState, ELT(IF(h_agents.LastSuccessDate>h_agents.LastFailDate AND h_agents.LastSuccessDate>h_agents.LastWarningDate,1,IF (h_agents.LastFailDate>h_agents.LastWarningDate,2,3)), h_agents.LastSuccessData,h_agents.LastFailData,h_agents.LastWarningData) AS LastData, ELT(IF(h_agents.LastSuccessDate>h_agents.LastFailDate AND h_agents.LastSuccessDate>h_agents.LastWarningDate,1,IF (h_agents.LastFailDate>h_agents.LastWarningDate,2,3)), h_agents.LastSuccessDate,h_agents.LastFailDate,h_agents.LastWarningDate) AS LastDate FROM computers JOIN agents ON computers.computerid=agents.computerid JOIN h_agents ON h_agents.agentid=agents.agentid LEFT JOIN groupagentscontrol ON groupagentscontrol.agentid=agents.agentid AND groupagentscontrol.computerid=agents.computerid LEFT JOIN groupagents ON groupagents.agentid=groupagentscontrol.groupagentid; This query will return all remote monitors (Remote and Network Monitors, associated to a computer). I included joins for the computers table so that you can match records from there, and for the tables that hold the configuration for group monitors so that you could also search for a monitor by the group agentid. A simpler query that ignores the group agent and computer relationships: SELECT agents.computerid, agents.AgentID, agents.Name, ELT(IF(h_agents.LastSuccessDate>h_agents.LastFailDate AND h_agents.LastSuccessDate>h_agents.LastWarningDate,1,IF (h_agents.LastFailDate>h_agents.LastWarningDate,2,3)), 'Success','Fail','Warning') AS LastState, ELT(IF(h_agents.LastSuccessDate>h_agents.LastFailDate AND h_agents.LastSuccessDate>h_agents.LastWarningDate,1,IF (h_agents.LastFailDate>h_agents.LastWarningDate,2,3)), h_agents.LastSuccessData,h_agents.LastFailData,h_agents.LastWarningData) AS LastData, ELT(IF(h_agents.LastSuccessDate>h_agents.LastFailDate AND h_agents.LastSuccessDate>h_agents.LastWarningDate,1,IF (h_agents.LastFailDate>h_agents.LastWarningDate,2,3)), h_agents.LastSuccessDate,h_agents.LastFailDate,h_agents.LastWarningDate) AS LastDate FROM h_agents JOIN agents ON agents.agentid=h_agents.agentid AND agents.computerid>0; For either query - To limit to a single computer id, include: WHERE agents.computerid='XXXX' To limit to a single monitor (agentid), include: WHERE agents.agentid='YYYY'


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text: Welcome! My name is Celine Loup. I'm an illustrator and comics artist. I started this blog to document my growth as a seamstress and knitter, and share my love of 1940s fashion as I transition to a fully hand-made wardrobe. You can read more about what led me to create this blog here.


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I've been cut off. Unfortunately, I'm not talking about a steady stream of allowance from my parents or a trust fund. No, I'm talking about access to scientific journals. Students typically have access to peer-reviewed scientific journals through their universities (and great resources such as the Web of Knowledge and ScienceDirect). These are the basis of our academic lives. It is where we hope that one day our studies and hard work will be published. To show the world what we've been specializing in and also to have a record of our research to share with the global scientific community. Or at least theoretically. But scientific journal access is EXPENSIVE!!
Nature and Science are the two highest rated multidisciplinary scientific journals in the world by impact factor ratings (Thomson Reuters) and SJR ranking (SCImago Journal & Country Rank). If you want to get access to the full articles published in such journals, you need to buy individual articles for about $30 a pop OR be a student with access rights. Students receive access to scholarly journals because part of their tuition fees pay the very very costly price of institutional subscriptions. This article also moans about these high prices which can be over $20,000 per year PER journal. Can you imagine? Now that I have my masters degree, I am no longer paying tuition and I've been given a swift kick in the butt on the way out the door to the real world again. During my quick departure, they ripped off the band-aid of academia and left me without access to my coveted journals. As a certified scientist, I feel naked without my journals. How am I supposed to continue without them? Do they assume that since I am going into industry and not staying in academia that I am no longer an academic? How does scientific knowledge even reach the public if it is locked in the high towers of university access?
PLoS One are still peer-reviewed and very well respected, but they are open access and meant as a means to share and exchange knowledge. Some journals have opened access to their archives, allowing free access to their older articles (The Royal Society has done this, so has JSTOR to a limited degree). Access to scientific research is especially challenging for developing nations who do not have the money to subscribe to these journals (which is ironic, because developing nations have the highest loss of biodiversity and lack scientific innovations which can reduce environmental degradation). The United Nationals Environment Programme has recognized this problem and has created OARE, Open Access to Research in the Environment.
If you would like to read my very first academic article which I co-authored, the full text should be accessible via this link. It is called "The oldest monitoring site of the Alps revisited: accelerated increase in plant species richness on Piz Linard summit since 1835" and was published in the journal called Plant Ecology & Diversity. The citation for it is:
Wipf S, Stöckli V, Herz K & Rixen C (2013) The oldest monitoring site of the Alps revisited: accelerated increase in plant species richness on Piz Linard summit since 1835. Plant Ecology & Diversity.Although this is an article you normally have to pay for, it appears to be open access for the moment. If for some reason you cannot access it, please let me know and I will send you a copy! (By the way, my second scientific article, based on my masters thesis, is in progress, and this time I will be the first author! It's a long process, but I will give you updates)
For more information on scientific journals and open access journals, here are a few links.
- This is a list of the highest rated journals in my field, Ecology. Most of these require very costly subscriptions. I miss them!
- Here is an article from the New York Times discussing scholarly journal access issues.
- This blog is dedicated to open access news and updates
- There is a Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
- A small list of open access journals - Oxford Journals
Interestingly, PNAS has added a new option that puts the onus of open access on the authors. They provide an open access option for authors submitting articles to be published in their journal which requires the institute from which the authors originate to hold a full institutional subscription to the PNAS journal (which costs up to $10,010) and then gives the authors a reduced price to submit their article. Interesting. I am curious if this business model works. This way, PNAS still receives funding through the larger institutional subscription but loses a little bit of money on individual submissions and future access to these articles. It's a step toward sharing knowledge but with a high cost still associated with it.
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Have you been affected by being cut off from access too? How do you feel about this? What would you be interested in researching if you had access to scientific journals?


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SMADE NEW YORK | First spy shot of Cadillac new performance coupe; the ATS-V; which is set to compete against the all-new BMW M4, and Lexus RC-F and the upcoming Mercedes-AMG C-Class Coupe. Like the M4 Cadillac is chosen to go to the twin turbo V6 powerplant, instead of a V8 like Lexus and Mercedes-AMG. The ATS-V Coupe will be using the Twin Turbo V6 found in the CTS Vsport. The all-new ATS-V Coupe is set to make its debut at the Los Angeles International Auto later in November.
Design wise the ATS-V Coupe is looking pretty much like the Coupes and the Sedan version of the ATS; The design also resembles a little bit of the CTS-V Coupe from a few years ago. However there are a few difference between the ATS Coupe and ATS-V Coupe range, on the new ATS-V Coupe you will find these awesome quad tailpipes; little bit like the BMW M4, where the tailpipes are stack closer to the middle of the car. The front grille is split in two pieces with meshing inserts and also a vent in the middle of the hood. One thing i am not feeling with the ATS-V in these spy shots are the rear spoiler, it is very weird, I absolutely never seen any spoiler like that before, especially one that comes standard on a performance oriented vehicle. However even with the bad spoiler – this is a car i can wait to checkout in person and drive comes November.
How do you all think this car looks in comparison to the BMW M4 and Lexus RC F? Leave your answer in the comment box below.
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The Brain of an IoT System: Analytics Engines and Databases
This is the fourth article in our series on building an IoT platform using open source components. In the earlier articles in this series, we looked at basic components of an IoT system and discussed a messaging based architecture which can serve as the nervous system to exchange information between the various IoT components. Now, let us look at what could be considered as the brain of an IoT system – the analytics engine which decides what to make of the information and the database(s) storing the information.
There are multiple different ways of building this 'nervous system and brains', and which specific approach we take depends on the use case. It usually involves trade-offs between speed, size, cost, features, support, etc. In this article, we develop a configuration which is suitable for both real-time as well as non-real time scenarios.
Choice of Analytics Engines and Databases
We have looked at the messaging architecture in the previous article. Now let us expand the scope further to add the details for analytics engine, storage, and connectivity beyond the MQTT message broker.
IoT Platform: MQTT and Apache Storm
The data received from the MQTT broker may need further processing, like adding a time-stamp (if not already present), identifying missing readings, filtering, etc. Tools like Apache Pig can be used for this. Another good alternative is Apache Storm, which provides preprocessing abilities in limited scale but also provides a very good analytics system. A single instance of Apache Storm can handle both of these tasks. For a large system, deploying separate instances can be considered. Apache Storm also has support for MQTT (by means of an MQTT Spout), which makes integration easy.
As mentioned elsewhere, the data in an IoT system should be stored at various points for historical archival purposes as well as for avoiding unnecessary repeat computations. Instead of writing data directly to a database through an MQTT client, an alternative way is to write it through Storm. Storm provides a mechanism called Bolt which can be used to interface with various databases. For storing incoming raw data and the preprocessed data, Cassandra or CouchDB (both from Apache) are good alternatives. The same databases could be used to store the results of the analytics and the reports. It is a good idea to provide an ability to write to HDFS via a bolt so that Hadoop can be used later on for off-line batch processing of really large data sets. This combination of the databases increases the complexity but gives more flexibility in real life use cases.
The bolts in Apache Storm are the processing units and can be chained together to perform stepwise, complex calculations. Bolts can be stateless (to monitor a single event) or can maintain state for calculation rolling metrics using sliding windows, event correlations, etc. Apache Storm provides real-time analytics capabilities and hence is very suitable for IoT systems. It has a distributed architecture and manages distribution of messages (data) itself without requiring any external components.
Another powerful alternative is Apache Spark, which primarily supports batch processing mode and provides only near-real time analytics capabilities. A comparison of these two is out of the scope here.
The visualization tools in the above diagram could be external custom tools or open-source tools like JasperReports. Similarly, the notification and alerting mechanisms could be third-party email clients and SMS service.
The architecture proposed above is suitable for smaller systems, but it does not scale very well for large system. In addition, MQTT does not provide any buffering mechanism. Both of these features are necessary when a large amount of data is coming in from a multitude of different sources. An intermediate messaging system like RabbitMQ or Apache Kafka can be used. Using such an intermediate broker between the MQTT broker and the analytics system helps improve the overall system performance as well as provides easy scalability.
IoT Platform: MQTT, Apache Kafka, and Storm
Apache Kafka already has MQTT support which makes integration effortless. Kafka sends the data received from an MQTT broker to different Kafka consumers. For example, one Kafka consumer could be used to send raw data to a database and another Kafka consumer could be used to send data to Storm for analytics.
In this series of articles on building an IoT platform using open source components we looked at what are the common logical building blocks in an end-to-end pipeline, how they communicate with each other and how they work together to provide a much bigger value. We also explored one of the many possible ways to create such a platform with specific open-source components with standards and modularity in mind. This modular architecture provides interoperability, scalability, performance, and fast time to market because it can be used as a fundamental building block for a variety of IoT use cases. The beauty of this open-source approach is that the integration of the individual components yields something much bigger than the sum of all components. After all, that is what IoT is all about!
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Violin sonata no.3
no.3 Op.108 in d-minor
The third and last violin sonata is a very contrasting work compared to the other two violin sonatas. Where the first and the second sonatas are very calm the third sonata is a typical example of the sturm und drang period that was especially present in the youth works of Brahms. It became one of the most fashionable pieces in the violin-piano repertoire and can be heard rather often compared to his other violin sonatas.
This piece was written in Thun, Swiss, between 1886-88 and dedicated to the pianist Hans von Bulow, who was a student of Franz Liszt and premiered as a conductor, among other pieces, the opera Tristan and Isolde of Richard Wagner.
This sonata is the only one of the set which has 4 movements. In time, the piece does not exceed the other two making it more compact in structure.
The first movement is written in an Alla-breva and has a very dark and 'foggy' mood. The themes in this movement are being used and developed extensively, a talent that Brahms was famous for. The piece is written in a sonata form and has a major development section in which he modulates and evolves all the thematic material that was introduced in the introduction. The recapitulation is expanded in comparison to the exposition leading it to the coda, which has an extended organ-point on D in the piano.
The second movement reminds us of the mood of the first sonata's slow movement, though in this sonata both instruments start together. It is written in a rather simple form and the extraordinary melody that Brahms wrote can be seen as one of the finest of all his compositions.
The third movement, which is written as a Scherzo does not have the happy Scherzo mood that can be found elsewhere. It reminds in mood more of the first movement. It is extremely playful and virtuosic for the piano which should be rather light in the sixteenth notes. The piece is very quick in mood-changes and gives a great contrast to the second movement. The coda which is very light and playful concludes the Scherzo in a rather different way than it started.
The fourth movement can be seen as a very stormy movement. It definitely is the most extroverted movement of all the violin sonata movements and the 6/8 metre brings a drive to the music that is most contrasting to the second and the third movement. The movement is written in such a way that both instruments are constantly in conversation, especially during the middle section where the syncopated rhythms give the impression of a very different metre. This movement can be seen as the most difficult movement, technically, for the piano. From the point of view of chamber-performance, the piano-part should be taken very cautiously due to overpowering the violin.


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Introduction: Halter Top Autodesk Sketchbook Pro!
My design is a halter top with tutu attachment . My thought process for this design was that it was hot out.
This halter top is made to help people beat the heat while wearing something that would be super fun to dance in.
The design of rectangles, ovals, and circles could be changed to the Betabrand logo as long as it is kept in a neon color with a somewhat abstract design around it.
The drawing itself is not the best but the point is that the Halter is one basic color with an abstract geometric design on it with a tutu of possibly alternating colors.
This is a design that small children would probably wear more often than adults but it is just a thought.
The design could also be changed so that the tutu could detach if someone didn't want to wear that part on certain days.
You could even make the tutu with a pattern like the skirt in the photo.
Step 1: Video of Sketchbook Pro Steps and Process! LINK
Here is the video of my process. I had to do some edits to the texture/size of my felt tip pen. I'm still a bit new to the program so I'm not sure of most of the things I do with Autodesk Sketchbook Pro.
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Quest Resource Management Group, LLC, a subsidiary of Quest Resource Holding Corporation (OTCQB: QRHC) (Quest), today announced that the Company's CEO Brian Dick won the prestigious 2013 Entrepreneur of the Year Award. The award was revealed at the Frisco's Chamber of Commerce 30th Annual Awards Celebration, which took place on January 24th.
"It is an honor to be among some of the city's brightest and progressive visionaries in the entrepreneur of the year category," said Brian Dick, Quest CEO. "We are very fortunate to be in a community like Frisco that gives us a competitive edge in recruiting talent, community resources, and leadership. I want to thank the Frisco Chamber of Commerce for this recognition as well as all of our employees at Quest for allowing us to achieve our aspirations in building this business. This award would not be possible without the hard work of our team and the support of this great community."
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Il Divo's four classically trained singers, assembled by pop impresario Simon, sing a mix of American and European pop on their self-titled debut.
On the classical chart, Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble's Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon remained at number one for the third straight week. The San Francisco Symphony's recording of Mahler's Ninth Symphony, the latest in the orchestra's self-produced Mahler series, was the biggest mover of the week, jumping from number 18 to number three in its second week.
The 5 Browns' eponymous debut remained at number two.
Other fast sellers includes Ren_e Fleming's Handel, which re-entered the chart at number 24.


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Ok, there's one part of me that doesn't hurt...maybe twoThat would be my heart, because I happen to be in love with my Valentine, who happens to love me back, and who also happens to be my husband. And two, my earlobes, because they are now sporting some gorgeous new diamond earrings that the same Valentine gave me.
Thank you sweetheart!


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Implements To Use During A Move
A lot goes into a move such as looking for a competent crew to work with, packing, getting documents in order, and looking for things to pack your possessions in. It may sound like a complicated process, but it can be easy with proper planning and the right tools. Furthermore, you do want your belongings to get to their destination in one piece.
Getting implements when packing for yourself
Professional movers such as Movers Milton offer their clients packing services because they understand that it can be a nerve-racking activity. Some of them also offer to rent their moving equipment to you so that you can have an easy time. However, some people don't want to hire experts because of one thing or another, and would rather do it themselves which is fine. All one needs to do is to make sure that you do not get cheap and inefficient supplies.
The first thing to get is strong quality boxes to keep the objects in. Apart from that, make sure that they are enough to fit everything so that you do not end up cramming so many items in one box, which can make them fall apart. Note that they will also be carried around, and so avoid putting heavy items all in one box, which might make the difficult to lift. It is advisable to put lighter objects in big boxes to make them easier to carry.
- One does not have to only but these cartons, as it is also easy to get free ones via sites such as Freecycle.
- You can also check in your local grocery or bookstores and ask them if they have good sturdy boxes that they were going to get rid of and that you could take.
- Also, if you get deliveries in the office where you work, you could ask politely if you could have the boxes since they will be discarded.
Supplies to keep your belongings safe
Apart from boxes, you also need to think about how to keep the objects secure during transit. The best way to stop them from rattling about and getting spoilt is always to pad the spaces that are left with packing peanuts or foam. Also, wrap chinaware and stack them vertically to keep them from breaking.
As for the drawers, makeup and jewelry trays, use the stretch plastic wrap to keep them shut to avoid them plying open and spilling things all over. This can also save on packing implements since you can move the items while they are still in there since the wrap seals it shut.
Another thing to think of is getting packing tape to secure the boxes. Go over with two lines of tape to certify that all the knickknacks will stay put. After that, label all the boxes to make it easier for the movers to know where to place each of them, and also for you to unpack.
For small objects such as screws and cables, one can use Ziploc bags to keep them from getting lost.
We recommend you to read "The Order Of Unboxing After A Move" and "Guidelines for Relocating to an Apartment".


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RHYL'S favourite fab four superfans are bringing Beatlemania back to town this Christmas.
Hot off a stint furnishing the town's festive celebrations with the music of John, Paul, George and Ringo at the annual light's switch on, The Cavernites return to Rhyl at the Pavilion on Friday, December 20 at 8pm.
The Cavernites are a professional Four piece Beatles tribute band from Liverpool, who perform a tribute show that recreates the vibrant sounds of The Beatles touring years between 1962 and 1966.
The band specialises in bringing the sound and look of The Beatles live shows back to life, taking the audience on a Magical Musical History Tour through One of the greatest musical decades of all time.
Their shows specialise not in merely recreating the recorded works, but in presenting The Beatles on stage live performances, presenting an energetic, vibrant show, recreating the atmosphere and power of a live Beatles concert.
They also use original instruments from the period, including names like Rickenbacker, Epiphone, Gibson and Fender together with a Ludwig drum kit, they also use original amplifiers, names such as Marshal, Fender and Vox. The Beatles look is completed by the use of original stage clothes.
To achieve this amazing recreation, The Cavernites lovingly take their stage sets from the actual ones used by The Beatles from their concert tours, performing classic hits from their early shows at The Cavern club, to worldwide Beatlemania shows at The Hollywood bowl and Shea Stadium as well as their last tour in 1966 The Budokan stadium in Japan.
Expect a few hits from their infamous last live performance on the Apple studious rooftop to make an appearance too!
More than just a tribute show, this is the closest possible thing to seeing the band live during Beatlemania!
Tickets are £5, to book visit rhylpavilion.co.uk or call the box office on 01745 330000.


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I spent a lot of time earlier in my career doing business plans, and helping other people do business plans. I'm beginning to think that an awful lot of that time was time wasted. Consider some of the conversations I have had recently, with heads of rapidly growing businesses.
"We started out as a consumer business — selling to employees. We didn't consciously decide B2C rather than B2B, we just started that way. But we found more and more employers asking to buy our product. So now we only sell to employers." And they have very impressive employers among their clients - Google, McKinsey & Co, Vodafone, Bloomberg...
And, from someone else, "this is a platform business, with applications in dozens of different areas. That means we need to think very carefully about where to start, and in what order we address the different potential markets. As a former strategy consultant [McKinsey] I had all the tools for this, but I didn't use them. Instead, we followed the money. If someone wanted to pay us for a particular application and it didn't involve anything that would have precluded us addressing other markets later, we took their money and gave them what they wanted. "
And remember Paypal. They started out wanting to build a cryptography business. The first money transfer application was simply a demo, and they had to be persuaded by their customers into developing it.
So, am I just saying you should stop overthinking, stop planning and just go out and do stuff? Would that it were that simple! What we are talking about is discovery-driven planning. It's a discipline, and there is a literature on it. There is a series of steps to follow, and these are valuable. But the really important thing, the thing that probably determines whether the method produces a result or not, is a mental attitude. Both the speakers I quoted above have MBAs from leading schools. The second one had worked for McKinsey for more than ten years. Both of them had invested a lot of time, effort and money into learning how to be right. If you had asked them for a view on a business issue, both of them had above-average credentials for claiming to get it right. Yet both of them were able to walk away from all that acquired expertise and recognise that they could quite possibly be wrong, or that their laboriously acquired skills weren't relevant.
This ability, to recognise that you are wrong and change course accordingly, is enormously valuable. Its absence can cause huge problems. During my career as a turnaround specialist I encountered businesses which had inadvertantly and unnecessarily breached their banking agreements and become insolvent, businesses where the management team could not be together in the same room without a third party present to ensure civil behavior, and a business which had managed to turn a simple £100,000 factory relocation project into a completely avoidable £5m catastrophe. But at no point did I hear any of the people involved say, or even hint, that "I might have been wrong." In fact, the CEOs responsible for these disasters had, in the face of all the facts, an above-average confidence in their own judgment.
I am coming to think that if you could develop the ability to change your mind when the facts change, you would be unstoppable.


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Ralph Noveloso is a sneakerhead.
While most of us don't give much thought to the shoes on our feet, sneakerheads like Noveloso are busy buying, collecting and reselling shoes, some worth more than 400 dollars.
Noveloso said, "I really wanted to collect sneakers because it was fun, but then at one point I realized that if they were just sitting in a box there was no value to me, but there was obvious value for other people."
Noveloso is a part of the "sneaker culture", where cultural significance has been connected to shoes. The most notable and widespread example of this is Nike's Air Jordan line, where the sneakers worn and endorsed by Michael Jordan seemingly merged the cultural significance of what he represented with the line of sneakers.
Another more current example of this is Kanye's Yeezy line with Adidas.
The most valuable of these sneakers are exclusively available for a limited time.
These factors are where the legitimacy of "sneaker culture" stems from. The culture allows for the sneakers themselves to hold a certain value in the market, giving them life even after production of specific models is halted.
Noveloso said his passion for sneakers is what helps make it profitable. It's about knowing what sneakers are worth and to whom.
Hubs that allow buyers and sellers to connect include kijiji, Facebook Market Place and Facebook groups.
Noveloso highlighted the website StockX as a tool that supports him in buying and selling sneakers.
"It's a tool that allows you to really see the value because if you really go to the market prices are fluctuating all the time."
For the full podcast with Ralph Noveloso: https://soundcloud.com/tepheniti/sneaker-culture-gh360-hosted-by-stephen-viti


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OUT OF EVERY ENDING COMES the beginning of something new. This title has been Rob Vieira's for many years, and now he's wrapping up that chapter of his life while I begin a new chapter of my own — and the first chapter of this text. Likewise, you, as a reader, are also entering something of a transition; you know something about programming, probably, but you're about to begin a completely new experience as a programmer of relational databases in general and Microsoft SQL Server 2012 in particular.
Database programming is a pretty big shift from most other kinds of software engineering. If you're at all like me, something brought you from your early programming experience (6502-based machines in BASIC for me) to databases. For me it happened at Microsoft in the early '90s, supporting a beta product that flew under the radar; I was asked to track certain aspects of the work I was doing in Access (2.0 at that time). Once I learned to do that, I was hooked, and a couple years on the Access support queue (learning SQL Server 4.2 and beyond as well) sealed the deal.
Working with SQL Server is a whole different animal from ordinary procedural programming. You get to think in mathematical and set-based terms, and learn how to ask carefully for what you want without spelling out how to actually accomplish the work. Transitioning from procedural programming to this kind of thinking without help is like trying to make a paradigm shift without a clutch. And yet this language, ...


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An American Tourist Was Killed In The West Bank
Three people, including an American tourist, were killed in a terrorist attack in the West Bank Thursday. The Jerusalem Post reports that a Palestinian terrorist opened fire at several cars which were stuck in traffic near the West Bank's Gush Etzion junction, near the settlement of Alon Shvut. The alleged terrorist, who apparently had an Uzi submachine gun, killed three people and wounded four others at around 4:35 p.m. local time. The suspect attempted to speed away, but he slammed into a car, and security forces shot and arrested him. The American tourist killed in the gunfire was either 18 or 25 years old, according to various media reports. The other victims reportedly include a 40-year-old Palestinian and a 50-year-old Israeli man. Israeli media noted that the others wounded in the West Bank attack, some of whom are also Americans, are being treated at Jerusalem's Shaare Zedek Medical Center.
This comes on the same day as a separate attack in Tel Aviv. A Palestinian terrorist stabbed three people, killing two of them and wounding the third. The suspect, who is believed to be a 36-year-old man, was arrested after being subdued by a civilian. That attack took place at the entrance to a store being used as a synagogue, when worshippers had just begun their prayer service. Afterwards, Hamas, a Palestinian Islamist militant group, tweeted a note of praise for what it called the "heroic attack in Tel Aviv." The two victims have been identified as 51-year-old Reuven Aviram, a resident of Ramla, and 32-year-old Aharon Yesayev, a resident of Holon. The third victim is apparently being treated for torso wounds at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center.
The attacks come almost exactly one year after the Nov. 18, 2014 killings of five worshippers, including three Americans, at a synagogue in Jerusalem. Violent attacks between Israelis and Palestinians have increased in frequency in the past two months because of tensions over a holy site in Jerusalem. BBC News explains that this started in September, after rumors circulated that Israel would relax rules concerning Jewish rights at the site. Israel has denied the claims.
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Community Coffee Mornings
Held on the second Wednesday of the month, from 9am-12 noon at the Loose Parish Pavilion. Anyone welcome to attend, including children and dogs. Book and Jigsaw swap available.
Coxheath & Loose Active Retirement Association
Coxheath & Loose Active Retirement Association usually meets at Coxheath Village Hall, ME17 4PT. To find out more visit https://www.calara.org.uk/
Tuesday Coffee Morning
Held at the Congregational Church from 9.30am-noon, on the first Tuesday of the month.
Thursday Afternoon Tea Club
Afternoon tea and a friendly chat. Run by All Saints' Church – Transport is available by contacting the Church Parish Office on 01622 741265.


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Disney's New Star Wars Ride Might Be 28 Minutes Long, and the Video Preview Is Insane!
All the hype around Disney's upcoming Star Wars land has led to some high expectations, and new footage suggests we have no reason to lower them. The creative masterminds behind Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge released a behind-the-scenes video that shares new details and visuals from the epic land and its rides, which will be up


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Published on Oct 15, 2018
Each year, the Center for East Asian Studies supports University of Chicago students through a variety of grants and fellowships, including Foreign Language Acquisition Grants (FLAG), Pre-Dissertation Research Grants, Dissertation Fellowships, and Professional Training Grants.
As students embark upon summer and academic year research and/or language study in China, Japan and Korea, we follow them on their journey and catch a glimpse of their work through shared stories and pictures.
Follow these students on our Facebook and Twitter pages as we highlight their studies and work abroad! #CEASStudentHighlights
Below is a listing of students who received awards for the summer 2018 and the 2018-19 year academic year that included travel, research and study abroad:
Japanese Foreign Language Acquisition Grants (FLAG) - Undergrads
- Meera Santhanam - Hokkaido International Foundation (HIF) Japanese Language and Culture Program in Hakodate, Japan
- Marlene Santora - Hokkaido International Foundation (HIF) Japanese Language and Culture Program in Hakodate, Japan
- Yaxin Xue - KCP International Japanese Language School in Tokyo, Japan
CEAS Chinese Language Study Grants for Chicago in Beijing Summer Chinese Language Program - Undergrads
- Thomas Hantzmon
- Kimberly Ho
- Gregory Wong
- Evan Xiang
- Bailey Yu
Travel Supplements for Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies (KCJS) - Undergrads
- Charles Slater
CEAS Pre-Dissertation Research Grants
- Rong (Carol) Fan, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
- Chenxin Jiang, Committee on Social Thought
- Carl Kubler, History
- Yujie Li, History
- Wan-Zi Lu, Sociology
- Stephanie Painter, History
- Hanna Pickwell, Anthropology
- Pao-chen Tang, EALC/Cinema and Media Studies
- Yuan Tian, History
- Chao (Alec) Wang, History
- Weichu Wang, History
- Panpan Yang, EALC/Cinema and Media Studies
- Yiren Zheng, Art History
- Jin (Sandy) Lin, Art History
- Keyao (Kyle) Pan, History
- Jiakai Sheng, History
- Bruce Winkelman, Divinity
- Daniel Edmiston, Linguistics
Philip A. Kuhn Dissertation Prize in Chinese Studies
- Yuqian Yan, EALC/Cinema and Media Studies
Kei-on Chan Dissertation Prize in Chinese Studies
- Nicholas Yoke Hin Wong, Comparative Literature
CEAS Dissertation Fellowships
- Li Dong, Sociology
- Yiying Pan, EALC
- Wen Xie, Sociology
- Yan Xu, Political Science
- David Krolikoski, EALC
- Hannah Roh, Divinity
Toyota Dissertation Fellowships
- Thomas Gimbel, History
- Aliz Horvath, EALC
- Helina Mazza-Hilway, EALC
CEAS Professional Training Grants, Japanese Studies
- Lina Mistron, History - Yamasa Institute, Honshum Okazaki City, Japan
- Yuanxie She, EALC - Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies, Yokohama, Japan
- Zhenru Zhou, Art History - Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies, Japan
- Jiayi Zhu, EALC - Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies, Japan
CEAS 2018 Summer Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships - Title VI Awards from United States Department of Education
- Drew Chaboyer, Divinity - University of Chicago Center in Beijing Summer Intensive Chinese Language Program
- Alex Haskins, Political Science - International Chinese Language Program at National Taiwan University
- Yujie Li, History - Hokkaido International Foundation Language and Japanese Culture Program
- Eilin Perez, History - Middlebury School of Korean Intensive Summer Immersion Program - US Program
- Tyler Neenan, Divinity - University of Chicago Center in Beijing Summer Intensive Chinese Language Program
- Ethan Waddell, EALC - University of Chicago Summer Language Institute - US Program
*All photos and stories featured are submissions from students listed above with submissions being voluntary.


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No Exact Aspects 2012-08-14August 14, 2012 at 2:43 am | Posted in Astrology, Lunations, Predictions | 11 Comments
Tags: aspects, Astrology, biquintiles, DailyPlanetaryGuide, newmoon, NoExactAspects, PAT, Patterns, Quintile, sesquiquadrate, solarfire, transits
The Daily Planetary Guide shows "No Exact Aspects" for today, August 14th. Over the years, I have noticed that some of these days with "No Exact Aspects" were of profound significance, but I could not determine why. Eventually, I discovered what I believe to the solution.
Higher order aspects, such as quintiles, bi-quintiles, septiles, bi-septiles, tri-septiles, and so forth are ignored by many if not most astrologers and often considered "minor aspects." They occur frequently, and their effect does not seem to last long. But, particularly regarding quintiles and bi-quintiles, they often bring with them a very powerful kind of "problem solving" window or energy. (Most astrologers speak of "energy" but I tend to think of "windows" of opportunity.)
On a day when the Ptolemaic aspects are absent, these aspects seem to gain more power as they "shine through." That is, without any strong Ptolemaic aspects to eclipse them, and hide their influence, they are more clearly seen. In a sense, they "announce themselves." These days are often remarkably powerful windows of opportunity for creative problem solving. (Maybe Llewelyn should consider identifying these days and the higher order harmonics present, starting with any exact outer planet higher order harmonics and working inward.)
Using one of my favorite tools, PAT, we obtain this chart:
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Some of these aspects have already perfected, and several important ones will perfect on August 15th. In many ways, August 14th is a day to prepare for the events that will culminate in the period between August 15th and the New Moon on the 17th.
I have also used Solar Fire to produce a similar aspect grid, set in Plano and a little after 3am. Except for the lunar aspects, these will change little in the next 24 hours, and only the Solar aspects will change significantly by the end of the week. Some of the aspects will fall out of orb and disappear. Others are "applying" and will perfect, starting on August 15th. But, mostly, they are in effect until the New Moon on the 17th.
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A few of you may be asking what is the different between PAT and Solar Fire. Well, obviously SF is far more powerful. But, what other difference? The answer is that PAT costs about $10 and is an easy way to get started. If you do that and find that you are truly interested in Astrology, then you might consider spending the $300 or so that Solar Fire costs. (If you do that, consider the companion tools Solar Maps and Jigsaw. They are worth it.)
A few will criticize this post claiming that higher order aspects are always in play. But, we admitted that at the beginning. What we are saying is this: (1) no day really exists where you have "No Exact Aspects," (2) on days of supposedly "No Exact Aspects" these higher order aspects become more significant, and (3) often these days of "No Exact Aspects" are actually powerful windows of opportunity for creative problem solving. (But, implementing the solution should probably come on a later date, in this case August 15th, during the "Cazimi" period of the New Moon on the 17th, or a day or two after the New Moon. Could be even a day or two after the New Moon. The 18th looks very "interesting" this year.)
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The next few days will be of pivotal importance to certain people. August 14th will be a day of preparation for most. The 15th and 16th will be days of action. Since all of these days fall BEFORE a New Moon, the best use is clearing out the old. This is a good time to get the junk out of the garage and donated to someone who can use it. Some of us, of course, will receive the old junk. Be careful not to throw a Rembrandt or Da Vinci in the trash. And, this is a very good time for smart shoppers to get great bargains.
I strongly suspect that we will see an announcement of great importance nationally or even globally in the next few days.
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Portumna Local Papers - 19 May 2010
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19 May 2010
Portumna Town FC
Killimor Traditional Music Festival
Woodford Spring Fair / Shragh Hall Update
Tree Planting in Portumna Forest Park
'Puck Idol' - Portumna Hurling Tribute Show
Portumna Contract Bridge Club
Poets' Picnic
Portumna Arts Group
Portumna Chamber of Commerce AGM
Portumna Leo Club - "Save Portumna Tennis Courts"
Portumna Rugby Club - Rugby Coaching Course Held in Portumna
An Gairdin Courses
New Businesses
Padre Pio – National Pilgrimage
Junior Golf Lessons
Portumna Town FC
Field of Dreams
: Portumna Town FC has registered for the Kellogg's Field of Dreams competition and the chance to win a €100,000 makeover of our pitch facilities at Shannon Road. Portumna Town FC would be grateful to receive any tokens collected by our supporters from special promotional packs of Kelloggs Cornflakes, Crunchy Nut or Crunchy Nut Feast. If you would like to donate your collected tokens to Portumna Town FC then please bring them to collection points in Portumna Library and Supervalu – Portumna. Alternatively tokens can be given to any of our coaches or committee members. Portumna Town FC would like to thank you in advance for any tokens collected on behalf of the club.
Oxford Utd look at Portumna U14 Player
: The club is delighted to report that Conor Barry, one of a number of talented players within our current U14 squad was selected to spend a few days at the end of April with Oxford Utd to take part in various training sessions and also to play in a match. Along with Conor, James Mullaney from Portlaoise Town FC was also chosen and the two boys were accompanied by their parents and Brian Flannery, head coach of the Midlands Schoolboys League.
Their first day began with a tour of the Kassam Stadium followed by two training sessions, one with the U19 academy and the other with the U15/16 academy. Friday saw them take part in another training session with the U19 academy which served as the platform for the assesment by the English FA of an Oxford coach to receive his UEFA "A" Licence, heady stuff indeed. Saturday was a free day and they got to go and see Birmingham v Burnley and it was back to business on Sunday to take part in an U15/16 game for Oxford against a very talented Bristol Rovers team. The game finished 1-1 and both lads played extremely well, fitted in very comfortably and never looked out of place. Both left a good impression on the coaches and future trips back to Oxford Utd. for the boys to take part in more games are a distinct possibility. All in all it was a fantastic experience for the boys and they thoroughly enjoyed it.
As well as acknowledging this achievement by Conor, Portumna Town FC is proud to be involved in providing youngsters opportunities such as this. Our league, The Midlands Schoolboys/Girls League, is a very progressive league and is making great strides in player development and creating opportunities for the youngsters playing in the league. As a club we are delighted to be able to offer children from the locality the opportunity to play football but It is also good to know that players like Conor who are ambitious, have a good attitude and who apply themselves in training sessions and matches will be rewarded for their efforts by being provided the chance, through the club, to pursue their dreams further. Well done Conor and we hope there will be many more players from Portumna Town FC who will be offered trips like this.
Killimor Traditional Music Festival
The June bank holiday weekend promises to be a music packed event at Killimor Village. From Friday 4th through to Sunday 6th June there will be music, song and dance all over Killimor. There will be an outdoor stage erected for live bands to play, family fun day on Sunday 6th, pub music sessions, with special guests invited to play. This should be a great event.
Woodford Spring Fair / Shragh Hall Update
Woodford Spring Fair
: An inaugural Spring Fair will be held in Woodford Youth Hall on Sun. 30th May from 12pm-4pm. Lots of local crafts and products will be on display with interest for both adults and children. Why not take a drive to scenic Woodford and check out what promises to be a novel and interesting occasion. Ample parking and free admission!!
Shragh Hall
: The refurbishment of Shragh Community Hall is nearing completion. An open invitation is extended to all to attend a community meeting to see the facility and discuss how it can be utilized with activities and events for all. Meeting will be held on Thursday 20th May 2010 at 8.30pm, we look forward to seeing you there.
Tree Planting in Portumna Forest Park
Portumna forest park was a lovely venue for the children from Kileen and Gortanumra primary schools to enjoy and experience the magical beauty of nature as she emerges from her winter sleep. Kevin Donlan and Ann Toughy told the children how important trees are for all our needs and how we must be aware of the dangers of forest fires and the impact that they have on wildlife. Four more trees were planted in the Bluebell Grove. Both children and adults enjoyed the experience, as there was great communication between children and adults. The event was organized by Friends of Portumna Forest Park and Coilte.
'Puck Idol' - Portumna Hurling Tribute Show
'Puck Idol' a very special tribute show to the hurling heroes of Portumna takes place on Friday 21st May at 8pm in the Shannon Oaks Hotel. Joe Canning's talents will be seen to extend from pitch to stage as he joins Shane O Rourke and Eoin Lynch to perform their unique version of Guns and Roses, while Ollie Canning, Andrew Smith, Eugene McEntee, Kevin Hayes give Westlife a run for their money. However, it's not just the hurlers who will be taking stage, the WAGS (wives and girlfriends) kick-start the night while the MOPS (mothers of players) will be joined on stage by our Boys In Blue for an unmissable act which will be sure to have the crowd in hysterics. There will be a host of surprise performances on the night.
The hugely anticipated event will take place in the Shannon Oaks Hotel and it is recommended that people buy their tickets well in advance for a night of unmissable music and entertainment. Raffle on the night will include, amongst other prizes, a chance to win a night away in the Wineport Lodge including champagne dinner. Tickets €10 on sale at Ladies Day, Hayes & Hayes Pharmacy, Palmerston Stores and Cul Sport. Enquiries to Susan at 087 6779267.
Portumna Contract Bridge Club
Portumna Contract Bridge Results 3rd May
: 1st Joan Ryan & Michael Torpey, 2nd Lorna Stoddart & Bertie Hanlon, Gross Geraldine Canning & Charlie Mullen & 3rd Eileen Touhy & Fr PJ Bracken
Portumna Contract Bridge Results Monday 10th May Final Night
: Player of the year Patricia Eames, 1st Bridget Brearton & Tony Ryan, 2nd Geraldine Canning & Conor Finch, Gross Eileen Smyth & Fr Finneran, 3rd Mary Jo Kelly & Fr PJ Bracken & 4th Lorna Stoddart & Bertie Hanlon.
Poets' Picnic
Sunday afternoon saw a large gathering of poets from Galway, Loughrea, Nenagh, Woodford and Portumna having a literary feast of words and rhymes in Alleendara, Woodford. A leisurely long lunch and a selection of poems on the theme of food and drink was shared by all. Certainly, the volcanic ash cloud was no hindrance to the inspiration of writers from both the Maple Poetry Group and BAFFLE. Portumna Pen Pushers were also represented and they will continue meeting on Thursdays in An Gairdin. Next meeting is on Thursday, May 20th. Interested writers, call 087 2931055.
Portumna Arts Group
Portumna Arts Group will have a meeting on Thursday, May 27th at 8.15pm in Na Calai CDP office, Abbey St. The meeting's focus will be on the forthcoming 3rd Shorelines Arts Festival in September. New members with new ideas are heartily welcome.
Portumna Chamber of Commerce AGM
Chamber of Commerce will be having its AGM in the Shannon Oaks Hotel on Tuesday 25th of May at 8pm. The AGM will include a members meeting to give out information on the Great Outdoors Festival taking place in July. The Chamber was founded in March 2008, since then it has done tremendous work in promoting Portumna, in order to continue with this work they need support, so if possible make time to attend this meeting.
Portumna Leo Club - "Save Portumna Tennis Courts"
The recently formed Portumna Leo Club has put their first project in motion and hope to meet with Portumna Town Development Committee and Cosmo Flood – Shannon Oaks Management, to establish how the derelict Tennis Courts on the Forest Road, can be brought back to life to the benefit of the community and people visiting Portumna this summer. The Leo's with the support of Portumna & District Lions Club will be involved in several fundraisers during the summer to support this project, for example Flourescent Disco and Mini Marathon.
Portumna Rugby Club - Rugby Coaching Course Held in Portumna
It goes to show how far Portumna underage rugby had come in such a short space of time, when the Connacht Branch feel that it worthwhile holding the first ever rugby coaching course in Portumna. This course was run over Friday evening and all day Saturday in the Shannon Oaks Hotel. Portumna rugby club sent in 9 coaches for the weekend and other fledging coaches from throughout the province joined them. This is an in depth course that is for those people who are going to be involved with teams under 13 and brings them through all aspects of coaching with a huge emphasis on safety at all times. Next season will be only Portumna's second season and incredibly they will 13 qualified coaches looking after teams from under 8 to under 11. There is a great peace of mind for the club and indeed for the parents knowing that trained and qualified people are there looking afterthe future generations of players.
An Gairdin Courses
An Gáirdín Papermaking with Hayley Aldous Sat 29th May 10.30am-2.00pm
: This course will introduce basic papermaking techniques. Participants will take home their own individual pieces. This is a fun and creative way to recycle.
An Gáirdín Blacksmithing Course with Mark Wilson Sat 12th June 10am-4pm
: This day will be an introduction to Small Scale Blacksmithing. The day will include how to make a simple forge fuelled by charcoal and using recycled metal to produce small items; jewellery, copper bracelets etc. Each participant will also make small hooks or a poker to take home.
Contact: An Gairdin at: 090 9741689
New Businesses
At a time when businesses seem to be closing, two people in Portumna have decided to take a chance and open their own shops. Edel Fallon has opened her hair salon on Brendan St the premises was formerly Starrs Shop. Tom O Brien has taken over the leasehold of Stronge's Bar on the Corner of Brendan St and the Town Square. Best wishes and good luck to both of these people. Give them your support.
Padre Pio – National Pilgrimage
At Holycross Abbey, Thurles, Co. Tipperary on Sunday 30th May from 1.30pm-4pm. Contact Gay Royston at 09097-41322, Kathleen Kidney at 09097-76458 or Ann Callanan at 09097-41740.
Junior Golf Lessons
Junior Golf Lessons will commence on Friday 28th May from 4.30pm, bring your child along to see what is available at the club. Lessons commence the following Friday 4th June, with John Coyle PGA Pro in conjunction with Junior Golf Ireland.
Just a reminder all upcoming matches and outings are on Portumna.net->Sports->Junior Golf. For further info contact Jim Hynes 087 6411711 or Mairead Taylor 087 2908610.
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Saturday, bank holiday weekend, half term. Bliss. Except for that jubilee thing. I may return to that. In the meantime here are Chantays with their 1963 surf-rock instrumental Pipeline, which made early use of wide stereo and was recorded upside down- bass, piano and rhythm guitar at the front with lead guitar and drums at the back. It was originally called Liberty's Whip but the band renamed it after watching a surfing film. It was their only hit.
The picture shows Edward James, poet and patron of surrealism, photographed by Man Ray. He doesn't look like a surfer.
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text: Maurice Jones-Drew is close to a couple of impressive feats heading into today's game against Indianapolis. He can win the league's rushing title and break Fred Taylor's single-season franchise rushing record. I think it would be great if he got both. He has been the lone bright spot on the Jaguars for several years. Considering what he's done this season on a team with a terrible quarterback and terrible receivers, his accomplishments have already been amazing. Getting the rushing title would be validation throughout the league of his greatness. Those of us here who are forced to watch the Jaguars every week, regardless of their record, know how good Jones-Drew is. I don't think he's appreciated much on a national level. From what I've seen, it would be hard to say there's another running back in the NFL better than Jones-Drew. He's an MVP-caliber player.


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College of Education and Human Development, Texas A&M University, USA
Received: April 25, 2016; Accepted: April 27, 2016; Published: May 04, 2016
Citation: Lara-Alecio R. Reflections Regarding Open-Access Journals and Social Justice. J Child Dev Disord. 2016, 2:16.doi: 10.4172/2472-1786.100024
How is an open access peer-reviewed journal, such as the Journal of Childhood and Developmental Disorders, aligned with social justice?
First, let me put forth my definition of social justice—and that is—basically acting in a fair and equitable manner. It is also breaking down barriers of unfair practice and inequities. Second, I believe that those reading this editorial would already be aware that open access peer-reviewed publishing means that scholarly materials are openly available to every individual in the world who has internet and who wishes to read about the particular topic presented that has been vetted via a double-blind, peerreviewed process among academic colleagues.
There are numerous issues related to social justice and open access publishing. Of course, journals, in general, whether they are open access or paid subscriptions, are leaves of up-to-date knowledge, or cutting edge information. Thus, access to journal material is imperative for advancing societies and, I might even go so far as to say–also moving individuals to higher levels of economic benefit based on the knowledge they gain that makes them better employees or for that matter, basically employable. Therefore, the social justice issues related to open access journals are the addressing of access, knowledge, poverty, and power.
In terms of publishing, there has been an increase in the cost of journals that university libraries must pay [1]. For certain, if it is difficult for United States and developed nation libraries to obtain journals, it is even more difficult and nearly impossible for developing nations' universities to obtain such costly publications. Open access journals (and I might add books) allow access to knowledge for students and researchers in countries that would otherwise not have it to advance their own research or to use in their teaching. Of course, to have university access, the individuals would have to be researchers, employees, staff, or students and for individuals at home to obtain the information having internet access is necessary—this—is another point of access that is related to social justice—meaning, is access to just-in-time, advanced, scientific information equitable for all? Access is highly related to poverty. If an individual cannot afford to be at the university or to have internet at home, then access is certainly limited. Furthermore, without access to information, knowledge is thwarted or stunted. Certainly, poverty and lack of access to information leads to knowledge disruption. In general, I am advocating that when there is such a knowledge disruption, societies as a whole do not advance as they should.
But, one might say, "The researchers at universities have access to journals and materials via their libraries." Even then, as indicated, not all universities can afford high-priced books and journals for reference and research. So, again, there is an inequity among the worldwide community of scholars in terms of access to knowledge, and once again, there is a knowledge disruption. Those who have access, it might be argued, have more power; that is, those who have access to information, own the power. Such a situation of lack of access sets up a system of injustice and inequity among scholars and their students.
Ultimately, there is one more issue related to social justice, and that is the proliferation of open access journals. It is not a just knowledge distribution to have journals that are paid for via libraries at high rates that provide a very rigorous peer-review process and then to have an open-access journal that may not provide rigorous peer review, or for that matter, not even one at all. This is an equity issue among the academic community for tenure and promotion. There was a time when tenure and promotion committee would not even consider online journals, much less open access ones. Today the tide has turned somewhat, but only toward those open-access journals that demonstrate the same equitable standards and non-open access journals that have a rigorous peer-review process prior to publishing.
One last statement that could also be an equity issue that is related to tenure and promotion is the fact that at times open access journals may not be fully open access in terms of charging for publication. I understand there is no income from libraries or subscriptions; however, perhaps there needs to be a scholarship system among journals that charge fees for publishing to advance economic parity among authors around the world. Some universities do not have funds to assist with publishing fees and it falls to the author to pay, while other universities may. This is a matter of equity of how knowledge is pushed out to the public or to the community of scholars and students.
For the reasons I have pondered, I believe that open-access publishing aids in pushing the envelope for social justice. It provides a more level playing field for all in terms of (a) delivering and obtaining knowledge, (b) understanding up-to-date scientific information, (c) increasing upward mobility and employability, and (d) ensuring greater societal gain.