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Russian authorities may have succeeded at quashing dissent on television and mass media but a new generation of voters has found a way to still get relevant news: on YouTube.
While the older generation is exposed to the state media's spin on current events and may know little of recent nationwide protests which were ignored by most broadcast channels, millennials are watching the news on social networks.
Invisible over the airwaves, opposition leader and fierce Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has stepped up his presence on YouTube this year as he campaigns ahead of the 2018 presidential elections: a new Navalny Live channel now streams daily updates about the campaign and features a morning talk show.
Not only has Navalny's video alleging corruption by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev been viewed by more than 23 million people, his call for anti-graft protests to be held on March 26 and June 12 was heard by thousands of young Russians.
Out of the 866 people detained at the June 12 protest, 136 were aged under 18, according to Moscow police.
After the demonstration, "the Kremlin realised it's powerless over the internet," said video blogger Dmitry Ivanov, whose popular YouTube channel kamikadze_d is highly critical of the government.
"Politics is a new fashion among young people," said Ivanov, 30, a lawyer by education who has more than one million subscribers between the ages of 14 and 21.
"The authorities want to take the internet under their control as they did with the media," he said.
Political analyst Olga Kryshtanovskaya said pro-Kremlin trolls are "omnipresent" in social media and leave "perhaps half of the comments on influential blogs," but there is evidence that creating original content which appeals to youth does not come easy to them.
"The Kremlin is making an effort on the web, but a decade too late, and each year the lag grows more and more," political scientist Dmitry Oreshkin said.
- 'Selling out to the Kremlin' -
In late May, the Russian parliament held a special session on youth policy and invited beauty blogger Sasha Spilberg, who is popular among 10 to 14-year-olds. She said MPs should "be as transparent" with voters as she is with her followers.
Lawmakers later organised a "council of bloggers", sending invitations to Russian YouTube stars in genres ranging from political satire to stand-up comedy in an effort to reach out to young people.
But most of the invited bloggers skipped the event, and the council had to contend with lesser-known names.
Lisa Peskova, the daughter of Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov who lives in France and mostly posts selfies to her 48,000 Instagram followers, turned out to be the most famous social media star in attendance.
Those who didn't come to the council "didn't want to become an instrument of political propaganda," said Yegor Yakovlev, who was invited but did not go.
Nikolai Sobolev, who has over three million YouTube subscribers, put the idea of attending to his viewers in one clip this month, but got an overwhelmingly negative response.
After some fans accused Sobolev of "selling out to the Kremlin", he decided to opt out.
"It's because of censorship in the press and on television that political discussions have moved to the internet," political columnist Maxim Artemyev said.
But it is difficult to say how long this freedom will last.
The Kremlin has increasingly prosecuted online users for "extremism" and is looking to further restrict content. Some lawmakers have called for a ban on internet access for children and are seeking to end all anonymous online activity.


text: Stormbane is one of those bands that have a little thrash, a little death, a little black and a whole lot of just kick ass metal. Tortured in the Arms of Salvation is one of those CDs that need no real explanation from anyone. Take it shove it in your player and sit back to be mutilated. Be a where of the extremely aggressive style and burn down the house. " Drudenhaus", "Withered Martyrs", " Ruination Of The Flesh", " The Eyes Of Horror", and "Enter Oblivion" is just a taste to be engulfed into your soul of metal addiction.

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Twin Wheels closed sometime during the summer of 2015. They served great breakfasts. Fortunately, Wickenburg has several other places open for breakfast.
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Twin Wheels closed sometime during the summer of 2015. They served great breakfasts. Fortunately, Wickenburg has several other places open for breakfast.
I ordered like I did in the 60's, one item at a time, and the picture here represents well what I received. The staff was very helpful with information about the area.
At first I thought I might have to recuse myself from this review. You see, this is my most favorite restaurant in town, any town for that matter. The food is excellent, the portions are generous, and you can order it "your way" of any...More
Corn beef hash...YEAH!! Small town magic in a tiny cafe. Friendly waitress that call you :hon" and seems to always be packed.
The food is greasy but good. It's a vintage building and setting so it's hard to keep deep cleaned. Lots of locals name it as their favorite restaurant.
During a trip from the valley to las Vegas, we stopped for lunch. Love trip advisor helping me find gems like this. Not only was the food good, but the staff is so friendly and happy. Definitely a must go.
Volunteer at the museum recommended this place when my husband said he wanted a hamburger. The burger was good as was my patty melt. The sides were tasty and the service prompt. Convenient location on the main street.
Decided to take a drive to Wickenburg, AZ for my "favorite breakfast ". Our favorite restaurant was closed, but looking about the street, we spied another restaurant that held possibilities of a good breakfast... TheTwin Wheels Cafe. Turns out we had eaten there once on...More
We ordered the breakfast special and an omelette. The staff was great, the food was good, and the decor kept us engaged while we waited for our meal. We will go back the next time we are in Wickenburg. A great little western town to...More
I had a chicken liver omelette that was really good. The owner and the staff are friendly and wonderful. You may well have to wait a few for a table but it is well worth it.


text: Research Article | October 01, 2003Early Intervention Practices and Communication Intervention Strategies for Young Males With Fragile X Syndrome Penny L. Mirrett, Joanne E. Roberts, and Johanna Price Author Affiliations & Notes Penny L. Mirrett FPC Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Joanne E. Roberts FPC Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Johanna Price University of Memphis, TN Corresponding author: e-mail: email@example.com Copyright © 2003 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Article Information Development / Special Populations / Genetic & Congenital Disorders / Early Identification & Intervention / Language Disorders / Attention, Memory & Executive Functions / Research Articles Research Article | October 01, 2003 Early Intervention Practices and Communication Intervention Strategies for Young Males With Fragile X Syndrome Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, October 2003, Vol. 34, 320-331. doi:10.1044/0161-1461(2003/026) History: Received October 9, 2002 , Accepted June 30, 2003 Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, October 2003, Vol. 34, 320-331. doi:10.1044/0161-1461(2003/026) History: Received October 9, 2002; Accepted June 30, 2003 Web of Science® Times Cited: 17 View Article Figures Tables PDF PDF Supplemental Data Supplements Multimedia Share Email Twitter Facebook Pinterest Tools Get Citation Citation Mirrett, P. L., Roberts, J. E., & Price, J. (2003). Early Intervention Practices and Communication Intervention Strategies for Young Males With Fragile X Syndrome. Lang Speech Hear Serv Sch, 34(4), 320-331. doi: 10.1044/0161-1461(2003/026). Download citation file: RIS (Zotero) EndNote BibTex Medlars ProCite RefWorks Reference Manager © 2018 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association × Alerts User Alerts You are adding an alert for: Early Intervention Practices and Communication Intervention Strategies for Young Males With Fragile X Syndrome You will receive an email whenever this article is corrected, updated, or cited in the literature. You can manage this and all other alerts in My Account The alert will be sent to: Confirm × Sign In or Create a free account to receive alerts. × Purpose: This study describes speech-language pathologists' impressions of the communication difficulties of young males with fragile X syndrome (FXS) and the need for both syndrome-specific and individualized interventions. The findings of a regional study that identified speech-language pathologists' impressions of the speech, language, and behavioral difficulties experienced by males with FXS and an array of interventions used by speech-language pathologists to improve communication skills for these children are reported. Methods: Fifty-one speech-language pathologists providing intervention for males with FXS ranging in age from 2 to 9 years (mean age=6;3 [years;months]) were interviewed. Results: The majority of the speech-language pathologists reported that boys with FXS exhibit a visually based, experiential or wholistic learning preference. They emphasized the necessity of making environmental accommodations for limited attention span, difficulties with topic and activity transitions, sensory deficits, and low threshold for anxiety. They reported that speech goals focused on slowing rate and increasing precision for verbal children and both low and high levels of assistive technology for nonverbal or minimally verbal children. Language goals focused on listening, auditory comprehension, and narrative/conversation skills. Pragmatic goals emphasized social dialogue, role playing, and topic maintenance. Clinical Implications: This study suggests that young males with FXS present the clinician with a constellation of behaviors and communication impairments that are both syndrome specific and symptom familiar. The specific communication strengths and deficits described by clinicians working with these children are common to many children with speech and language impairments compounded by cognitive deficits. Intervention programs for young boys with FXS should also attend closely to the specific behavioral (e.g., increased anxiety, attention deficits) and sensory "overload" problems they often exhibit before designing a tailored intervention program. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This study was funded by Grant #H133G60186-97 from the Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education. Subscribe to view more For full access to this article, log in to an existing user account, purchase an annual subscription, or purchase a short-term subscription. 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Might as well write it down to remember it!
Hubby-Eric got a couple of free tickets to the Fair through his work, so we decided to go on the last day. Mostly because we already had another errand we needed to run in town, so we could kill two birds with one stone.
The Fair gates opened at 11am and there was a free shuttle from a local shopping center: so we planned to hit the shopping center sometime around 11, ride the shuttle down, and enjoy ourselves for a short time before heading off to do our other errands. We agreed that if we could find a fried Twinkie, we would share one. Otherwise, we had no particular plans.
The night before was windy. VERY windy, and rainy, which is rare here. The sounds of the wind blowing neighbors' garbage cans down the street woke me, and the changes in air pressure aggravated my fibro. Eric's cold got worse. Both of us woke up feeling miserable. Still, we decided after a slow morning that we could go do the Fair and our errands. We just planned to be deliberate and relaxed about it.
I layered my clothing as the wind was still blowing hard. Churchville was covered in a haze of dust. As we drove up the freeway to town it got a little clearer, but the wind was still blowing strong. We found the shopping center and parked, then waited at the stop examining the acorns dropped by a very young oak. I pocketed an acorn. I figure I'll plant it and see if anything grows. Seems unlikely, but stranger things have happened.
The bus ride was uneventful, and we got into the Fair at a good time. The place was pretty quiet as it was the morning of the last day. We started in the Dome... I haven't been in one since the Kingdome was imploded. This dome is much smaller, but had a better feel to it. Not so empty and echoing as the Kingdome always was. We wandered through the exhibits, stopping at the booth of the local comic book shop (the closest one to Churchville). I'd link to their website, but apparently they have none. We hurried past the Republican booth, and stopped at the Dems booth where I picked up a 2010 calendar. We mostly just wandered, but one booth sitter, desperate for business of any kind, managed to stop us by offering some samples of dips (Cucumber & Dill, Bacon & Cheddar, and Salsa & Sour Cream) on Bugles. Good stuff, but we weren't buying.
Back out in the open air, the wind was still blowing, but the clouds were finally moving out. We wandered the grounds and found a booth selling the deep-fried Twinkies, and so took the challenge. The thing was covered in powdered sugar, which quickly got all over me thanks to the wind, and a drizzle of chocolate syrup. It didn't taste like a Twinkie, but I'm not sure how I would describe it. I'm just glad I only had half.
After the experimental DFT, we went to the animal barns to see if we could find any of the animals owned by Eric's students. I didn't see any from the town he works in, but we didn't visit every single stall. We wandered the rest of the halls and such, and ended up at the gates a couple of hours after we had first arrived. We both wanted to eat, but the Fair fare was WAY too expensive for our tastes, so we headed off to Costco for a couple of hot dogs that together with drinks cost less than a single hot dog at the Fair. Then we finished our errands and went home, exhausted despite not having done all that much.
Monday, October 05, 2009
The Fair
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Malaysia Air Flight 370. One flight attendants thoughts
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The thoughts in this piece are mine. I can not speak for others. For all flight attendants, their first and most important duties are safety. Safety first. It's drilled into our heads from the first day…
Final hours and the wrap….
I wrote these words while sitting in the tractor on the last day…. The final hour…. Gosh… sitting in the big blue tractor – a New Holland T7040 watching Neil do the last few runs in a barley crop. The … Continue reading
Mini-diasters and opportunity…..
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Wednesday, October 31, 2007
"The Virtual Librarian" by Theodore Rockwell
"The Virtual Librarian, a new novel by Theodore Rockwell, is a surprising departure from the previous books of the award-winning author of "The Rickover Effect" and "Creating the New World." One of the departures is that initial promotion efforts will be carried out in "Second Life" (SL), a thriving virtual community in which ten million people buy virtual real estate, build virtual houses and businesses, pay off (real) mortgages, raise (virtual) pets and have love affairs. "Where better to find potential readers of a book on a virtual librarian?" asks Rockwell"
JISC Collections' Publisher Workshop
JISC Collections' Publisher Workshop: Meeting the challenges faced by the universities and maximising the take-up of your product - 29 November 2007 - London, UK
"Veropedia is a collaborative effort by a group of Wikipedians to collect the best of Wikipedia's content, clean it up, vet it, and save it for all time. These articles are stable and cannot be edited, The result is a quality stable version that can be trusted by students, teachers, and anyone else who is looking for top-notch, reliable information"
22nd Annual AIIP Conference
22nd Annual Association of Independent Information Professionals Conference - April 30 to May 4 2008 - Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Latanya Jenkins selected as the RUSA 2008 Emerging Leader
Latanya N. Jenkins, visiting assistant professor of Library Science, Diversity Fellow, Archives and Special Collection, Purdue University, West Lafayette (Ind.), has been selected as the 2008 Emerging Leader of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA)
"LingoZ - an online community building the world's largest dictionary. You can look up more than 4,500,000 terms, vote for definitions, post comments or add your own terms, definitions and glossaries, and meet people from all over the globe interested in translation and language"
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Digital Futures: from digitization to delivery
Digital Futures focuses on the creation, delivery and preservation of digital resources from cultural and memory institutions. Lasting five days, Digital Futures is aimed at managers and other practitioners from the library, museum, heritage and cultural sectors looking to understand the strategic and management issues of developing digital resources from digitisation to delivery - 7-11 April 2008, London, UK
ProQuest's Colonial State Papers now available
"ProQuest's Colonial State Papers are now available. Through a partnership with The National Archives in the UK, ProQuest is offering digital access to Colonial State Papers. Up until now, researchers wishing to study these documents in full colour have had to visit The National Archives. This exciting new project vastly improves access to these valuable hand-written materials, offering new insight into British trade, history and overseas expansion between the 16th and 18th centuries"
Communicating Astronomy with the Public
The first issue of the Communicating Astronomy with the Public Journal, a free peer-reviewed journal for astronomy communicators, is online
The InfoToday Blog at Internet Librarian
The InfoToday Blog is reporting on the Internet Librarian conference in Monterey, California
Carnival of the Infosciences #82
Carnival of the Infosciences #82 hosted by Young Librarian. Previous Carnivals can be found here
Monday, October 29, 2007
UNESCO launches new Literacy Portal
"In support of its efforts to achieve global literacy, UNESCO has launched its new Literacy Portal. The Portal consolidates UNESCO's literacy programme and serves as a gateway to sharing information on projects and activities all around the world. The Portal aims to enhance UNESCO's coordination of Education for All (EFA), the United Nations Literacy Decade (UNLD) and the Literacy Initiative for Empowerment (LIFE), a 10-year global strategic framework for achieving UNLD goals"
Sunday, October 28, 2007
LILAC 2008: The Librarians Information Literacy Annual Conference will take place on March 17-19 at Liverpool John Moores University, England
The Philadelphia Neighborhoods: Histories, Plans and Futures
"The Philadelphia Neighborhoods: Histories, Plans and Futures creates a web presentation of the full content of 86 neighborhood planning surveys prepared and published by the Philadelphia City Planning Commission between 1946 and 1990. These reports contain descriptions of current conditions of housing stock; population trends; property turnover; public transportation; community activity. Recommendations are made for future action. The project will facilitate university and public research on Philadelphia's architectural and social environment by providing access to a body of material whose content is of current and future interest but whose printed format is ephemeral and subject to physical deterioration and loss"
First Monday - October 2007
First Monday - Volume 12, Number 10, 1 October 2007 now available
The 37th Annual Workshop on Instruction in Library Use will be held at UBC Okanagan in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada from May 14-16, 2008
"Ezclopedia is an online, knowledge sharing website that provides a better alternative for qualified individuals to share their knowledge and provide free, reliable, trustworthy information and get the credit and revenue sharing they deserve for their sincere, knowledgeable efforts"
Germany's Library of the Year
A small, closed-to-the-public library at a prison in Münster, in west-central Germany, has received the national Library of the Year award
Saturday, October 27, 2007
London Transport Museum re-opens 22 November 2007
"The London Transport Museum re-opens 22 November 2007 after a two year, GBP22 million refurbishment and redesign project. It will tell the story of the development of London, its transport systems and the people who travelled and worked on them over the last 200 years. As well as exploring the past, the new Museum will also look at future transport developments and how transport has shaped five other world cities - Delhi, New York, Paris, Shanghai and Tokyo. Stunning new galleries will feature original artworks and advertising posters, and explore the extraordinary design heritage of London's transport system, as well as London transport at war and the expansion of the capital through the development of the London Underground"
ACRL Women's Studies Section Achievement Awards
The Women's Studies Section awards are given annually to honor distinguished academic librarians who have made outstanding contributions to women's studies through accomplishments and service to the profession. The awards recognize those who have made long-standing contributions to the field during a career (the Career Achievement award) and those who have made significant one-time contributions (the Significant Achievement award). The deadline for the 2008 awards is December 7, 2007
Information Law for Information Professionals
Information Law for Information Professionals: What you need to know about Copyright, Data Protection, Freedom of Information and Accessibility and Disability Discrimination Laws - 19 February 2008 - London, UK
"WOWIO opened on the World Wide Web in August 2006 endeavoring to dramatically expand access to important written works by eliminating the economic, geographic, and logistical barriers of readers while also ensuring that content owners are fairly compensated. WOWIO is today the only source where readers can legally download high-quality copyrighted ebooks from leading publishers for free. Readers have access to a wide range of offerings, including works of classic literature, college textbooks, comic books, and popular fiction and non-fiction titles. WOWIO is a privately owned company with headquarters in York, Pennsylvania, and engineering operations in Houston, Texas"
Friday, October 26, 2007
The Friday Brain-teaser from Credo Reference
The Friday Brain-teaser from Credo Reference - this week: Song Titles. Answers here.
1. The southernmost point of a long peninsula in Scotland gave its name to this No. 1 single in 1977 by Paul McCartney, who owns property there.
2. This reflective song sung by Christina Aguilera appeared on the soundtrack for the Disney animated film "Mulan".
3. This dreamy song was a worldwide hit for Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart of Eurythmics in 1983.
4. Jamie Cullum sang this song about enduring amorousness on the soundtrack of "Bridget Jones - The Edge of Reason" in 2004.
5. Jennifer Lopez topped the UK singles charts in 2005 with this correct song.
6. This bird was an instrumental hit for Fleetwood Mac in 1968.
7. Justin Timberlake suggested a flood of tears in this 2002 hit single.
8. This ornithological home was Weather Report's best-known number.
9. This poisonous song by Britney Spears was Choice Music Single for 2004.
10. This Bruce Springsteen song was a hot hit for the Pointer Sisters in 1978.
1. The southernmost point of a long peninsula in Scotland gave its name to this No. 1 single in 1977 by Paul McCartney, who owns property there.
2. This reflective song sung by Christina Aguilera appeared on the soundtrack for the Disney animated film "Mulan".
3. This dreamy song was a worldwide hit for Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart of Eurythmics in 1983.
4. Jamie Cullum sang this song about enduring amorousness on the soundtrack of "Bridget Jones - The Edge of Reason" in 2004.
5. Jennifer Lopez topped the UK singles charts in 2005 with this correct song.
6. This bird was an instrumental hit for Fleetwood Mac in 1968.
7. Justin Timberlake suggested a flood of tears in this 2002 hit single.
8. This ornithological home was Weather Report's best-known number.
9. This poisonous song by Britney Spears was Choice Music Single for 2004.
10. This Bruce Springsteen song was a hot hit for the Pointer Sisters in 1978.
Getting the Most Out of Your Institutional Repository: Gathering Content and Building Use
The National Information Standards Organization and PALINET will host a forum on Getting the Most Out of Your Institutional Repository: Gathering Content and Building Use, to be held December 3 at the National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD. This one-day event asks library and information service providers to think about how to take advantage of an organization's repository once it is implemented
"Ovid, has announced the release of OvidSP, its new electronic information search platform. OvidSP is the next step in the evolution of Ovid's two existing platforms, Ovid Web Gateway and SilverPlatter WEBSPIRS, and is designed to make searching high-quality scholarly and professional content faster, simpler, and more efficient for all users, from novice searchers to expert power users. All Ovid customers will be able to access the new platform beginning October 25, 2007"
Nominations for the 2008 Ross Atkinson Lifetime Achievement Award sought
Nominations are being accepted for the 2008 Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) Ross Atkinson Lifetime Achievement Award. The award recognizes the contribution of a library leader who has demonstrated exceptional service to ALCTS and its areas of interest (acquisitions, cataloging and classification, collection management and development, preservation and reformatting, and serials). Deadline is December 1, 2007
"National Geographic Maps and MetaCarta, Inc.have announced CartaLens, an innovative geospatial digital asset management solution for georeferencing, managing, retrieving and delivering digital assets"
Library of Congress collaborates with Xerox
"As part of the Library of Congress's mission to ensure that America's history and heritage are available and accessible for generations to come, the Library of Congress and Xerox Corporation are working together on a project to develop better ways to store, preserve and access treasured digital images. The collection includes such images as a panorama of San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake, a photograph of Abraham Lincoln taken four days before he was assassinated and a picture of the Wright brothers' first flight at Kitty Hawk"
2007 Whiting Writers' Awards
"The Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation has named ten recipients of the 2007 Whiting Writers' Awards. The awards, which are now $50,000 each, totaling $500,000, have been given annually since 1985 to emerging writers of exceptional talent and promise. Since its inception, the program has awarded more than $5 million to 230 poets, fiction and nonfiction writers, and playwrights. Among the past recipients who have achieved acclaim and prominence in their field are Jonathan Franzen, Sarah Ruhl, William T. Vollmann, Colson Whitehead, Jorie Graham, Kim Edwards, Z Z Packer, Denis Johnson, Tobias Wolff, Michael Cunningham, Lydia Davis, and Jeffrey Eugenides"
Kansas Memory
"Kansas Memory has been created by the Kansas State Historical Society to share its historical collections via the Internet. It supports the mission of the Society - to identify, collect, preserve, interpret, and disseminate materials and information pertaining to Kansas history in order to assist the public in understanding, appreciating, and caring for the heritage of Kansas. Kansas Memory provides a very tangible means of fulfilling the vision of the KSHS, which is to enrich people's lives by connecting them to the past"
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Internet Resources Newsletter - Issue 156
Internet Resources Newsletter - Issue 156 - November 2007 - edited by Roddy MacLeod, Heriot-Watt University, is now available
Emerald announces new publications
Emerald Group Publishing Limited has announced the acquisition of four new publications:
Social Responsibility Journal
Social Enterprise Journal
Tourism Review
International Journal of Development Issues
Social Responsibility Journal
Social Enterprise Journal
Tourism Review
International Journal of Development Issues
30th European Conference on Information Retrieval
30th European Conference on Information Retrieval - 30 March to 3 April, 2008 - Glasgow, Scotland
Survey: Academic Library Website Benchmarks
Primary Research Group is planning to publish a survey of academic library websites. This survey is restricted to college libraries, including 2-year, 4-year and university websites, and is open to the academic libraries of all countries. The survey should be taken by the library website webmaster or other individual knowledgeable about the day to day workings of the college website. Participants receive a free PDF copy of the estimated 100-page report
FreePint Newsletter 240
FreePint Newsletter 240 - 25 October, 2007 - now available
2007 Samuel Pepys Award
"A ground-breaking study of one of English history's great turning points - the political crisis that led to the overthrow of King Charles 1 - has won The 2007 Samuel Pepys Award. John Adamson's The Noble Revolt, published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson, won huge critical acclaim when it was published earlier this year..."
Crime Scene Edinburgh: 20 Years of Rankin and Rebus
"A major new exhibition marking the 20th anniversary of the first Inspector Rebus novel opens this week at the National Library of Scotland. Opening on Wednesday 24 October, Crime Scene Edinburgh is a timely retrospective on the career of the great detective and his creator, Ian Rankin. The exhibition at the National Library of Scotland comes in the wake of the release last month of Exit Music, the final Rebus novel, and marks a sort of homecoming for both author and detective: Ian Rankin wrote much the first Rebus novel, Knots and Crosses, in the Library's reading rooms, where he divided his time between fiction writing and work on his PhD thesis on Dame Muriel Spark"
"Pronetos is the social network for scholars. It is a home for University Faculty, Graduate Students, and Research Professionals of every academic discipline who want to be recognized as leaders in their field. Pronetos gives you a platform to network and collaborate with your colleagues all over the world. With Pronetos you have a forum for building ideas, a place to keep up with the latest trends and topics in your field, and the ability to nurture your professional legacy"
WorldCat Link Manager: New name, new features
"OCLC has an updated OpenURL link resolver with a new name: WorldCat Link Manager. Formerly known as 1Cate, WorldCat Link Manager allows users to link from an article citation to the full-text version of the article. The new name reflects the gradual merging of WorldCat data into Link Manager's knowledgebase (and vice versa), as well as the increasing integration that users can expect between Link Manager and WorldCat. The new name coincides with the addition of several user-requested enhancements"
JISC Inform 19 - Autumn 2007
JISC Inform 19 - Autumn 2007. Featuring a look at the revamped Go-Geo!, a portal project that links a wide range of geographically related resources; Alice Gugan on the ways the research community is using advanced data visualisation techniques to aid their work; an overview of the Student Expectations Survey, a vital research project undertaken by Ipsos MORI and commissioned by JISC; and a look at Open Source Software's place in the HE and FE world
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Library of Congress partners with British, Canadian and Australian National Libraries on RDA implementation
"Four national libraries have joined forces to implement a new standard for resource description and access designed for the digital environment in which libraries now operate. The Library of Congress, the British Library, Library and Archives Canada, and the National Library of Australia have agreed on a coordinated implementation of RDA: Resource Description and Access, the successor to the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules. These national libraries, together with representatives from professional library associations in Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States, are members of the Committee of Principals which oversees the work of the Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA, which is responsible for developing RDA"
2007 Quill Award Winners
The winners of the 2007 Quill Awards have been announced
Humanities Research Network
The Social Science Research Network has announce the creation of the Humanities Research Network. HRN will provide a world-wide, online community for research in all areas of Humanities, following the model of the other subject matter networks within SSRN
IATUL 2007 presentations available
IATUL 2007: Global Access to Science - Scientific Publishing for the Future - 11-14 June, 2007 - Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. Presentations now available
OCLC releases new international research study
OCLC has released the third in a series of reports that scan the information landscape to provide data, analyses and opinions about users' behaviors and expectations in today's networked world: Sharing, Privacy and Trust in Our Networked World
"Opportunity Online" hardware grants from Gates Foundation
"The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced $8.3 million in grants to help public libraries in 10 states provide quality access to computers and the Internet. The new "Opportunity Online" hardware grants are for public libraries serving communities with high concentrations of poverty and that are at risk of having outdated technology. Libraries must provide matching funds to be eligible for the grants. These required local funds are expected to total $4.75 million. This is the first of three rounds of Opportunity Online hardware grants. More than 1,000 library branches in Colorado, Delaware, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania, Utah, and Wyoming are eligible for grants in this round"
Bringing people together at the library: Rural Libraries as Place
Bringing people together at the library: Rural Libraries as Place - "webinar" from Web Junction - October 25 2007 at 11:00 am PT/2:00 pm ET
Newspapers Digitisation Project: British Newspapers 1800-1900
"The 19th Century British Library Newspaper Website, managed by Gale, was launched on 22 October 2007, with 1,000,000 pages of content. It is available to all Further and Higher Education UK institutions free of charge, thanks to funding from JISC, as part of its GBP22 million digitisation programme. Only HE and FE institutions can sign up for this unique resource at present"
British Library press releases RSS feed
The British Library has established an RSS feed for its press releases
Movers & Shakers 2008 nominations
"The editors of Library Journal need your help in identifying the emerging leaders in the library world. Our seventh annual Movers & Shakers supplement will profile 50-plus up-and-coming individuals from across the United States and Canada who are innovative, creative, and making a difference. From librarians to vendors to others who work in the library field, Movers & Shakers 2008 will celebrate the new professionals who are moving our libraries ahead. Deadline for submissions is November 15, 2007"
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Directory of Experimental Library Tools Sites
Ken Varnum of RSS4Lib states: "I've started compiling a list of 'library labs' - web sites where libraries of all kinds publicize their experimental, 'beta,' or trial services."
A century of parliamentary papers made available online
"Through an innovative public/private cooperative publishing model, ProQuest is partnering with JISC, The British Official Publications Collaborative Reader Information Service (BOPCRIS) at the University of Southampton, the British Library, and the University of Cambridge to make available the Eighteenth Century Parliamentary Papers free of charge to universities, colleges and research councils in the UK"
Monday, October 22, 2007
Haematologica/The Hematology Journal now online
The Ferrata Storti Foundation and European Hematology Association have announced that the full text of the Haematologica/The Hematology Journal is now available online
New Libraries on SUNCAT
Two new libraries have recently been added to SUNCAT: the University of Dundee and the Royal College of Music. SUNCAT now contains serials' holdings information for 66 UK research libraries
E-learning seminar series 2007/08
"The UK Centre for Legal Education will be offering an e-learning seminar series from 2007-08. The aim of the series is to provide four one day seminars which will deliver stimulating and challenging presentations and encourage dialogue on four key themes. The focus will be on emerging technologies and how e-learning can be embedded and integrated into modules within the law curriculum. The series will be of particular interest to law academics, educational developers and learning technologists. The seminars will be free standing and discounts will be given for attendance at more than one event"
Sunday, October 21, 2007
BibSonomy is a system for sharing bookmarks and lists of literature from the Knowledge and Data Engineering Group of the University of Kassel, Germany
A-LIEP 2007 - 2nd International Conference on Asia-Pacific Library & Information Education & Practice: Advancing Library and Information Education in Asian Countries: Convergence and Cooperation in Information and Communication Sciences - Taipei, Taiwan - 23-24 November 2007
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Ingenta Research Award
The Ingenta Research Award is given annually by the Library Research Round Table of the American Library Association to support research projects about acquisition, use, and preservation of digital information. All submissions must reach ALA on or before Thursday, January 31, 2008
LOEX of the West 2008
The call for proposals for LOEX of the West 2008, Las Vegas, Jun 4-6, 2008 is now open. Deadline for submission of proposals is Nov 30, 2007. This library user education conference brings together librarians from across the North American continent to share and discuss techniques, research and ideas in the realm of information literacy. This year's theme is "Hit the jackpot: successful experimentation and innovation in instruction."
Credo Reference adds ALA Editions titles
Credo Reference has signed an agreement with ALA Editions, the publishing arm of the American Library Association, to integrate two popular library and information science titles into the Credo General Reference collection
Libraries Going Open!
Libraries Going Open! - This movie, produced by AG Total Media, was commissioned by Internet Archive for the 2007 Open Content Alliance meeting held on October 17, 2007
Friday, October 19, 2007
The Friday Brain-teaser from Credo Reference
The Friday Brain-teaser from Credo Reference - this week: Sea Creatures. Answers here.
1. Is the sea anemone an animal or a plant?
2. The dolphin is a kind of whale. Is this true or false?
3. Which creature is being described here: "Any of numerous species of small fishes with a head and body shaped like the head and neck of a horse"?
4. How many legs do crabs have: six, eight or ten?
5. Which creature is being described here: "Any of various marine crustaceans of the subclass Cirripedia that, as adults, live attached to rocks, ship bottoms, etc."?
6. What kind of whale is also called an orca?
7. What is the word for young seals?
8. What are the only mammals to have adapted to living entirely in water?
9. Which swimming animal is also known as the sea hog?
10. When talking about sea creatures, what is a scrod?
1. Is the sea anemone an animal or a plant?
2. The dolphin is a kind of whale. Is this true or false?
3. Which creature is being described here: "Any of numerous species of small fishes with a head and body shaped like the head and neck of a horse"?
4. How many legs do crabs have: six, eight or ten?
5. Which creature is being described here: "Any of various marine crustaceans of the subclass Cirripedia that, as adults, live attached to rocks, ship bottoms, etc."?
6. What kind of whale is also called an orca?
7. What is the word for young seals?
8. What are the only mammals to have adapted to living entirely in water?
9. Which swimming animal is also known as the sea hog?
10. When talking about sea creatures, what is a scrod?
Inspec Direct
The Institution of Engineering and Technology has announced the forthcoming launch of Inspec Direct, a new web-based version of the Inspec Database that will be available directly from the IET
Scitopia.Org out of beta
Scitopia.org, a free, federated search portal created by science and technology societies, removed its beta label, marking the official launch of its service
UNESCO and Library of Congress sign agreement for World Digital Library
UNESCO and the US Library of Congress will join forces to build a World Digital Library, following the signing of an agreement by Abdul Waheed Khan, UNESCO's Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information, and the Librarian of Congress James H. Billington, at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 17 October, 2007
Max Planck Society terminates licensing contract with Springer publishing house
"Following several fruitless rounds of talks the Max Planck Society (MPG) has, effective January 1, 2008, terminated the online contract with the Springer publishing house which for eight years now has given all institutes electronic access to some 1,200 scientific journals. The analysis of user statistics and comparisons with other important publishing houses had shown that Springer was charging twice the amount the MPG still considered justifiable for access to the journals, the Society declared. "And that 'justifiable' rate is still higher than comparable offers of other major publishing houses," a spokesman of the Max Planck Digital Library told heise online"
LIBRES - September 2007
The September 2007 issue of LIBRES, the international refereed electronic journal devoted to new research in Library and Information Science, is now available
The World Almanac E-Newsletter - October 2007
The World Almanac E-Newsletter - Volume 07, Number 10 - October 2007 is now available
Thursday, October 18, 2007
The Online Library of Liberty
The Online Library of Liberty is "provided in order to encourage the study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals by making freely available on the internet the classic texts in the classical liberal and free market traditions"
Open Source Metasearch by Roy Tennant
"Software that searches multiple remote sources and merges the results for the user has been available for several years. Whether called federated searching, cross-database searching, or metasearching, it aims to make it as easy as possible for library users to find what they want from many different sources. Now, joining several commercial offerings in this space is a free, open source solution: LibraryFind" - more in Library Journal, October 15, 2007. More LJ articles from Roy Tennant
Institute of Museum and Library Services Leadership Lecture
IMLS will present the first annual IMLS Leadership Lecture, Power, leadership, strategic communications, and the future of libraries and museums, by Robert L. Dilenschneider, megatrends thinker and internationally recognized public relations expert - October 23, 2007
Darwin200 plans to celebrate the impact that Darwin's ideas about evolution, as well as his approach to the understanding of the natural world and his outstanding example as a scientist, continue to have on our lives. The celebrations are centred on Darwin's 200th birthday in February 2009, but will begin in July 2008 by commemorating 150 years since Darwin first presented his theory to fellow scientists. Darwin200 events will build up to November 2009, which is the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Free access to Oxford Language Dictionaries Online
Free access to Oxford Language Dictionaries Online is available until October 21, 2007
Journal of Electronic Publishing - Fall 2007
Journal of Electronic Publishing: a forum for research and discussion about contemporary publishing practices, and the impact of those practices upon users - volume 10 issue 3 - Fall 2007 is now available
Carnival of the Infosciences #81
Carnival of the Infosciences #81 hosted by Filipino Librarian. Previous Carnivals can be found here
Podcast: Promoting open access - how JISC is supporting the development of repositories
"Repositories are being established and developed across the UK to help make research papers and other resources freely available to all who want to use them. In this podcast, JISC programme manager Andy McGregor speaks with Philip Pothen about the recent developments in this area and how JISC's work is beginning to impact on further and higher education"
Information Research - October 2007
Information Research - Volume 12 No 4 - October 2007 - now available online
Wiley-Blackwell to publish Journal of Forensic Nursing
Wiley-Blackwell has announced that it has been selected by the International Association of Forensic Nurses to publish the Journal of Forensic Nursing in 2008
AASL launches collaboration with PBS
The American Association of School Librarians, a division of the American Library Association, is collaborating with the Public Broadcasting Service to feature select articles from the Knowledge Quest, AASL's official journal, on the PBS Teachers Web site
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Knowledge for Business
Knowledge for Business: Finding free resources for you and your users - January 17 2008 - University of East London, Docklands Campus, London, UK
Transformational technologies: Web 2.0 in the library environment
Transformational technologies: Web 2.0 in the library environment - 2 November 2007 - Glasgow Metropolitan College, Scotland
Charting Their Journeys: Explorers Record the Americas, 1500-1900
"From the search for a new trade route to the Orient to the race for a lunar landing, explorers have charted their journeys in wonderfully pictorial maps. What were the explorers' impressions? What experiences and observations prompted the explorers to record them on maps and charts? Who knew what, when? Join Ed Redmond, Geography and Map Reference Specialist at the Library of Congress, as we glimpse these journeys to the Americas through the eyes of those who lived them. Brought to you by the Digital Reference Team of the Library of Congress" - October 17, 2007 beginning at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time
Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlist
The shortlist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize has been announced
Celebrating Tibet at The Library of Congress
"The Congressional Gold Medal - the U.S.A.'s highest civilian honor - will be given by the U.S. Congress to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet on October 17. The award recognizes the Dalai Lama's advocacy of religious harmony, nonviolence and human rights throughout the world. In honor of the occasion, the Library of Congress will present Celebrating Tibet: A special display on the occasion of the presentation of the Congressional Gold Medal to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. Comprising 40 Tibetan items, the display will be on view from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday to Friday, October 16-19, in the Asian Reading Room, located in Room 150 of the Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First Street S.E., Washington, D.C."
Scandinavian Journal of Food & Nutrition moves to open access
Co-Action Publishing has announced that a contract signed with the Swedish Nutrition Foundation will guarantee that Food & Nutrition Research (formerly Scandinavian Journal of Food & Nutrition) will publish all content Open Access, free of subscription fees, as of January 2008
Daily Mail/Transworld First Novel competition shortlist
The shortlist for the Daily Mail/Transworld First Novel competition has been announced. Following the launch of the nationwide competition in March, 820 novels were sent in by budding writers of which six have been shortlisted. The judges are in the process of selecting the winner of the competition. The winner, who will be announced at the end of October will receive a GBP30,000 publishing contract with Transworld, to be published by Bantam in April next year
Monday, October 15, 2007
Lego Your Library: Social Software and Web 2.0 Building Blocks
Lego Your Library: Social Software and Web 2.0 Building Blocks with Geoffrey Harder and Kenton Good - Web Conference - October 16, 2007 - Developed for the Education Institute by Darlene Fichter's Northern Lights Internet Solutions, Inc. in Saskatchewan
Virginia Boucher/OCLC Distinguished ILL Librarian Award
The Virginia Boucher/OCLC Distinguished Librarian Award is an annual award sponsored by OCLC for practitioners who have made outstanding contributions in the area of interlibrary loan. The award consists of $2,000 and a citation and is presented at the STARS ILL Discussion Group meeting at the ALA annual conference. Nominations are due December 15 2007
U.S. National Institutes of Health launches extensive Open-Access dataset of genetic and clinical data
"The National Institutes of Health is launching one of the most extensive collections of genetic and clinical data ever made freely available to researchers worldwide. Called SHARe (SNP Health Association Resource), the Web-based dataset enables qualified researchers to access a wealth of data from large population-based studies, starting with the landmark Framingham Heart Study. Funded by the NIH's National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, SHARe will accelerate discoveries linking genes and health, thereby advancing scientists' understanding of the causes and prevention of cardiovascular disease and other disorders"
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Informa Healthcare catalogue
The Informa Healthcare catalogue is now available online
Information for Social Change Number 25
Information for Social Change Number 25 - Summer 2007 - Special issue on Libraries and Information in Conflict Situations
2nd edition of Citing Medicine available
"Citing Medicine, from The National Library of Medicine, provides assistance to authors in compiling lists of references for their publications, to editors in revising such lists, to publishers in setting reference standards for their authors and editors, and to librarians and others in formatting bibliographic citations"
Patient drug information available from PubMed
"Starting October 12, 2007, some PubMed users will see links to a drug information resource on over two million citations. PubMed's AbstractPlus display format includes links to "Patient Drug Information" from MedMaster; a publication of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, and a new monograph on the NCBI Bookshelf"
Saturday, October 13, 2007
BSI British Standards joins CrossRef
"CrossRef has announced that BSI British Standards has joined as a new CrossRef member. As a member, subject to the creation of an appropriate protocol, BSI will be able to register standards with CrossRef and implement interlinking with other scholarly and scientific publications"
Library of Congress receives collection of oral histories from prominent African Americans
The National Visionary Leadership Project has donated more than 200 original videotaped interviews from prominent African Americans to the Library of Congress. These oral histories, housed in the American Folklife Center, are the seed of what will be an open collection that will grow in the coming years
Ethics & Global Politics
"Ethics & Global Politics is an Open Access, peer reviewed scholarly journal published by Co-Action Publishing with support from the Department of Political Science at Stockholm University, Sweden. Ethics & Global Politics looks to foster theoretical contributions to the study of global politics by providing a forum for presenting novel ways of understanding and conceptualizing the global political challenges the world faces today"
Blackwell Book Services now a WorldCat Selection service partner
"WorldCat Selection subscribers can now receive notification records for Blackwell Book Services materials within the WorldCat Selection interface. WorldCat Selection, based on ITSO CUL (Integrated Tool for Selection and Ordering at Cornell University Library) software, allows selectors of library materials to view new title data from multiple materials vendors in one central, comprehensive system"
The Medieval Flower Book
From The British Library: The Medieval Flower Book By Celia Fisher - "Medieval manuscripts abound with exquisite depictions of flowers and plants; bright blossoms are scattered across intricately decorated borders and golden ivy leaves trail over the painted pages. This sumptuously illustrated A to Z guide to medieval botany takes a closer look at 100 major varieties of flowers and plants that appear within the centuries-old pages of these manuscripts - from acanthus, anemones and apples to violets, vines and wallflowers. Containing 140 images reproduced from the British Library's outstanding collection of illuminated medieval manuscripts, this beautifully illustrated new title examines each variety and provides intriguing explanation of their uses, history and symbolism" - Publication date: 24 October 2007
2008 British Columbia Library Conference
2008 British Columbia Library Conference: "Off the Shelf and Out of the Box: Creativity in Libraries" - April 17-19, 2008 - Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
ICIKM 08: International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management - March 24-29 2008 - Kathmandu, Nepal
Yale University Press adds digital content to OCLC NetLibrary
Yale University Press is adding digital content to NetLibrary. Notable books in the Yale University Press collection include Ali Allawi's The Occupation of Iraq, E.H. Gombrich's A Little History of the World, the Yale Series of Younger Poets, the Annotated Shakespeare, the Lamar Series in Western History, the Annals of Communism series, Yale University Press Health and Wellness series, upcoming Yale Drama Series titles, and upcoming Cecile and Theodore Margellos World Republic of Letters series titles
Friday, October 12, 2007
The Friday Brain-teaser from Credo Reference
The Friday Brain-teaser from Credo Reference - this week: Verse and Worse. Answers here.
1. Does "blank verse" usually have rhymes?
2. Who popularised limericks in his 1846 "Book of Nonsense" - was it Edward Lear, Lewis Carroll or Spike Milligan?
3. Does a limerick contain four, five, or six lines?
4. What kind of poem is an elegy, like Thomas Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"?
5. The commonest unit or foot in English verse has one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable. What name is given to this unit?
6. How many lines are there in a quatrain?
7. What is the name for the type of poem invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley, of which the following is an example?
Sir Christopher Wren
Said, I am going to dine with some men.
If anybody calls
Say I am designing St Paul's.
8. What kind of poem would be a cento?
9. What is macaronic verse?
10. Does a dactyl contain two, three, or four syllables?
1. Does "blank verse" usually have rhymes?
2. Who popularised limericks in his 1846 "Book of Nonsense" - was it Edward Lear, Lewis Carroll or Spike Milligan?
3. Does a limerick contain four, five, or six lines?
4. What kind of poem is an elegy, like Thomas Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"?
5. The commonest unit or foot in English verse has one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable. What name is given to this unit?
6. How many lines are there in a quatrain?
7. What is the name for the type of poem invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley, of which the following is an example?
Sir Christopher Wren
Said, I am going to dine with some men.
If anybody calls
Say I am designing St Paul's.
8. What kind of poem would be a cento?
9. What is macaronic verse?
10. Does a dactyl contain two, three, or four syllables?
Video Journal of Conference Presentations
"The Video Journal of Conference Presentations is a new kind of scientific journal dedicated to archiving conference presentations and providing citation information for them. The journal is built on the idea that conference presentations can have great impact on scientific development over the long term"
Leila Books adding records to WorldCat
OCLC has announced that Leila Books is participating in OCLC's Vendor Record Contribution Program, a way for vendors to contribute descriptive metadata for their materials to WorldCat as early as possible in the publishing cycle in order to make it easier for librarians to catalog their newest acquisitions
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Doris Lessing takes Nobel Prize for Literature
"The Nobel Prize for Literature has been won this year by the British author, Doris Lessing. Lessing, who is only the 11th women to win literature's most prestigious prize in its 106-year history, is best known for her 1962 post-modern feminist masterpiece, The Golden Notebook" - The Guardian
bepress 2008 Prices and News
The Berkeley Electronic Press has announced that prices for each of its peer-reviewed electronic journals will be unchanged in 2008, and will remain at 2007 levels. As in all previous years, no journal costs more than $500
2007 London Book Festival adds new categories
"The 2007 London Book Festival will accept poetry submissions and art/photography books for its annual program celebrating books that deserve greater recognition from the international publishing community. The 2007 London Book Festival will also consider published, self-published and independent publisher non-fiction, fiction, children's books, teenage, how-to, audio/spoken word, comics/graphic novels, e-books, wild card (anything goes!), science fiction, romance and biography/autobiographical works"
Thomson Scientific extends patent data, functionality of INPADOC
"Thomson Scientific has announced that the INPADOC/Patent Family and Legal Status database on Dialog has been enhanced with an extended content set, additional search capabilities and more comprehensive results for patent searchers"
FreePint Newsletter 239
FreePint Newsletter 239 - 11 October, 2007 - now available
British Library selects Nexsan as storage backbone for large-scale digital archiving project
"Nexsan Technologies has announced that its SATABeast disk-based storage arrays have been selected by the British Library. The Nexsan systems will serve as the storage backbone for the library's ongoing digitalisation project aimed at providing secure online access to 300TB of the nation's most treasured published archives both past and present"
Queen Elizabeth II: A Portrait in Stamps
"Since her accession to the throne in 1952, the Queen's image on UK and Commonwealth stamps has become one of the most familiar icons of all time - recognisable by people all over the world. This new book, jointly published by Royal Mail and the British Library to coincide with Her Majesty's diamond wedding anniversary, celebrates the key events in the life of the Queen and the British royal family through the hundreds of stamps produced during her reign, from the 1950s to the present day"
ALADN 2008 Conference
The web site for the ALADN 2008 Conference is now live. The conference will be held June 1-4 in Austin, Texas, USA
2007 National Book Awards finalists
"The 20 Finalists for the 2007 National Book Awards represent extraordinary writing from both established and debut authors. To be eligible for a 2007 National Book Award, a book must have been published in the United States between December 1, 2006 and November 30, 2007 and must have been written by a United States citizen"
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
HarperCollins launches site for new authors
"HarperCollins UK is launching a community website intended to find and nurture new authors online. Authonomy will initially be rolled out by HCUK in early 2008, with the intention of it becoming a global programme in the future. The site will connect unpublished authors with readers, and will allow anyone to participate. Readers will be able to support their favourite manuscripts, with HC guaranteeing to consider the most popular for publication. HC anticipates that many of the readers will be industry professionals looking for new talent" - The Bookseller
SAGE content now available to Calis members
SAGE and the China Academic Library and Information System have signed a one-year agreement to provide electronic access to over 450 journals starting in January 2008
Features added to CONTENTdm for digital collection management
"OCLC has added new features and functionality to CONTENTdm, the leading digital collection management software for libraries and other cultural heritage institutions, to make it easy for libraries to manage and access documents in Portable Document Format (PDF) and integrate digital collection growth into their current cataloging workflows"
DCC/DPE/DRIVER/Nestor Joint Workshop
The Digital Curation Centre (DCC), Digital Preservation Europe (DPE), Digital Repository Infrastructure Vision for European Research (DRIVER), and Network of Expertise in Long-Term Storage of Digital Resources (nestor) will be delivering a joint workshop on the long-term curation of scientific and scholarly digital repository content. This event will be held at Humboldt University in Berlin on 27-28 November 2007. This event is being organised as a follow-up to the 2005 DCC workshop on long-term curation within digital repositories which was held in Cambridge, UK
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
Digital Archive Fever
Digital Archive Fever: CHArt 2007 Conference - November 8-9, 2007 - London, UK
Web2forDev - Participatory Web for Development
Web2ForDev 2007 was the first conference devoted to exploring the ways in which international development stakeholders can take advantage of the technical and organizational opportunities provided by Web 2.0 methods, approaches and applications. Conference presentations/ lecture videos now available online
Balisage: The Markup Conference
"Balisage is designed to meet the needs of markup theoreticians and practitioners who are pushing the boundaries of the field. It's all about the markup: how to create it; what it means; hierarchies and overlap; modeling; taxonomies; transformation; query, searching, and retrieval; presentation and accessibility; making systems that make markup dance (or dance faster to a different tune in a smaller space) - in short, changing the world and the web through the power of marked-up information" - August 12–15, 2008, Montreal, Canada
BookStore Discovery from MPS Technologies
"To enable publishers to leverage their content in a rapidly proliferating e-environment, MPS Technologies has unveiled BookStore Discovery, a tool to enable publishers to make their book content discoverable and accessible to the widest possible audience. At the same time, it allows publishers to retain control of the content and continue to use the payment process on their website which helps enhance the user experience and build reader interest online, resulting in increased sales"
DoctorPortal from Elsevier
"Elsevier has announced the launch of DoctorPortal, an online repository of the most current medical information. DoctorPortal is advertiser-supported and based around enhanced online versions of the respected and freely available Doctor and Hospital Doctor magazines. Aimed at the UK's 150,000 primary and secondary care doctors DoctorPortal promises to be the news source for UK doctors"
Oxford Language Dictionaries Online
"Oxford Language Dictionaries Online provides you with authoritative, up-to-date translations of all the words and phrases you need, plus a wealth of tools and resources to help you learn and use language more effectively"
The IWR Professional of the Year
"Are you an outstanding information professional? Do you know one, or does a member of your team deserve the highest accolade? If the answer is yes, then nominate yourself or your colleague for the IWR Information Professional of the Year Award 2007. The award, which has been presented by this title for the last seven years, offers recognition for the individual who has made the most outstanding contribution to the profession in the last 12 months"
Talis Insight 2007
Talis Insight 2007 - Inspiration for Change - November 6-7, 2007 - Birmingham, UK
Monday, October 08, 2007
Robert Hooke, Britain's Leonardo, papers go online
"The papers of Robert Hooke, a 17th century scientist hailed as Britain's answer to Leonardo, have gone on line so that his pioneering work can now be appreciated by a global audience. Hooke (1635-1703), the first professional scientist, was always desperate for publicity and now, three centuries after Sir Isaac Newton allegedly tried to erase him from history, his papers have been made available on the internet by the Royal Society, London"
Swets acquires ScholarlyStats from MPS Technologies
"Swets extends its extensive product line through acquisition of the award winning ScholarlyStats, continuing its strategic focus on providing the ultimate portfolio of services for libraries worldwide"
U.S. Copyright Office announces customized email subscription services
"The U.S. Copyright Office has announced that it has implemented a new email subscription service to make it easier to receive messages on the topics that interest you. This service is an expansion and replacement of the existing NewsNet newsletter"
Frankfurt Book Fair 2007
Frankfurt Book Fair 2007 - October 10-14 - Frankfurt, Germany
Information Tomorrow edited by Rachel Singer Gordon
"In Information Tomorrow, Rachel Singer Gordon brings together 20 of today's leading thinkers on the intersections between libraries and technology. They address various ways in which new technologies influence librarians' actions and goals and offer ideas for using technology to meet patrons where they are. The result is an engaging, wide-ranging, and sometimes provocative discussion for systems librarians, library IT workers, library managers and administrators, and anyone working with or interested in technology in libraries"
October is National Medical Librarians Month
"Medical Library Association created the National Medical Librarians Month observance to raise awareness of the important role of the health information professional. Patients and those in the health care community need the specialized services that medical librarians provide now more than ever before..."
New GBP29m Bodleian Library halted
From The BBC: "Controversial plans for a new Bodleian Library in Oxford are now on hold because critics say the new scheme will spoil the city's world-famous skyline. Fourteen councillors have successfully petitioned for the plans to be debated at a meeting next month"
Sunday, October 07, 2007
Smart Libraries Newsletter - October 2007
Smart Libraries Newsletter by Marshall Breeding and Tom Peters: Delivering hard data and innovative insights about the world of library technology, every month - October 2007 issue now available
AALL Spectrum - September/October 2007
AALL Spectrum - Volume 12 No. 1, September/October 2007 now available
Saturday, October 06, 2007
Maney Publishing launches two new E-journal collections for 2008
"Maney Publishing is expanding its MORE (Maney Online Research E-journals) range with two new collections: Archaeology and Heritage and Language and Literature. These e-journal collections will allow educational institutions, libraries, consultancies and societies to access journal content online in packages highly specific to their subject area"
ERIC using Find in a Library feature
"Individuals who search ERIC may notice a Find in a Library link in search results. ERIC is partnering with OCLC to leverage WorldCat to provide users with a link from ERIC records to electronic and print resources available in libraries"
InfoBits - September 2007
The September 2007 issue of InfoBits, the information and instructional technology newsletter from the Information Technology Services at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is now available online
Friday, October 05, 2007
The Friday Brain-teaser from Credo Reference
The Friday Brain-teaser from Credo Reference - this week: General Knowledge. Answers here.
1. Name a state of the USA that begins with the letter "A".
2. Which famous jungle character was the son of Lord Greystoke and his wife Alice?
3. Tabasco is a kind of sauce, named after a state in which country?
4. Who wrote the books "The Sun Also Rises" and "For Whom the Bell Tolls"?
5. The Gobi Desert spreads across two countries. Name one of them.
6. Music is written on a framework of lines and spaces called a staff or stave. How many lines are there in a normal staff or stave?
7. Which German-born actress starred in the films "The Blue Angel" and "Destry Rides Again"?
8. The Nikkei index or Nikkei average indicates the relative prices of stocks and shares on the stock exchange in which city?
9. Is Amman the capital of Iran, Iraq or Jordan?
10. Where is mother-of-pearl found naturally?
1. Name a state of the USA that begins with the letter "A".
2. Which famous jungle character was the son of Lord Greystoke and his wife Alice?
3. Tabasco is a kind of sauce, named after a state in which country?
4. Who wrote the books "The Sun Also Rises" and "For Whom the Bell Tolls"?
5. The Gobi Desert spreads across two countries. Name one of them.
6. Music is written on a framework of lines and spaces called a staff or stave. How many lines are there in a normal staff or stave?
7. Which German-born actress starred in the films "The Blue Angel" and "Destry Rides Again"?
8. The Nikkei index or Nikkei average indicates the relative prices of stocks and shares on the stock exchange in which city?
9. Is Amman the capital of Iran, Iraq or Jordan?
10. Where is mother-of-pearl found naturally?
Biblio Tech Review - October 2007
The October 2007 issue of Biblio Tech Review is now available
Open Repositories 2008
Open Repositories 2008: the Third International Conference on Open Repositories - April 1-4, 2008 - Southampton, UK
31 new journals added to T&F's iOpenAccess option
"Taylor & Francis has announced that their iOpenAccess option has been extended to cover 31 journals in environmental and agricultural sciences, behavioural sciences and development studies. This is in addition to the 175 journals from T&F's Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics portfolios, 7 behavioural science journals from Psychology Press, and medical and bioscience journals from Informa Healthcare"
PCG unveils research into the evolution of renewals trends over the last four years
"Publishers Communication Group has recently published its latest research report: an analysis of journal renewal trends in the scholarly information sector over the last four years"
Emerald Backfiles
"To commemorate its 40th anniversary, Emerald Group Publishing Limited has been working with the British Library to digitize the full archive of its journals collection in business, management, library and information services, materials science and engineering. From early 2008, the Emerald Backfiles will be available online for the first time, providing users with direct access to historical articles in a fully searchable format. With a collection that dates back to the nineteenth century, Emerald Backfiles form an interesting and important record for business and management scholars and social historians alike. The extended archive will help to fill collection gaps, reduce shelf space and provide access to articles that have never before been published electronically"
Thomson Scientific launches Enterprise Alert Manager
"Thomson Scientific has announced the launch of Enterprise Alert Manager, an integrated RSS management and collaboration solution designed to simplify information distribution across an organization by allowing for easy deployment while reducing email load and network strain. It also helps centralize content management, including managing users' credentials for password protected content. With Enterprise Alert Manager, information managers can access, manage and deliver information from any RSS-based source, including Dialog, the Internet and internal, proprietary content. Enterprise Alert Manager also provides the ability to enhance content with editorial reviews, tag records with separate categories, customize information feeds for specific constituencies and provide users access to RSS content feeds via email, web browsers, portals, intranets, desktop applications and mobile devices"
1957-2007: Sputnik and the Space Race
1957-2007: Sputnik and the Space Race - A Guide to Selected Resources - Science Reference Section, Science, Technology and Business Division, Library of Congress
40th Guardian Children's fiction prize winner
"A wholefood shop owner from Wales has won the 40th Guardian Children's fiction prize with her first novel. Jenny Valentine, 37, scooped the GBP1,500 prize with Finding Violet Park, the story of a "friendship" forged beyond the grave between a teenage boy and the elderly woman whose ashes he discovers abandoned in a taxi office"
The Wise Guide - September 2007
The Wise Guide - monthly portal to the many resources available from the U.S. Library of Congress - September 2007 now available
A new look for Go-Geo!
"The place to discover geospatial information and services for those in education and research, has a new look. Users visiting Go-Geo! will find a new map-driven quick data search and a dedicated section for metadata resources, including information about metadata workshops, links to standards and support documentation for users wishing to create geospatial metadata using the Go-Geo! Metadata Editor tool"
Carnival of the Infosciences #80
Carnival of the Infosciences #80 hosted by Connecting Librarian. Previous Carnivals can be found here
Access 2007 full program
The full program for Access 2007, being held in Victoria, Canada, October 11-13, 2007, is now available
Spirit and Intent: Understanding Aboriginal Treaties
"Visitors to Ottawa will not want to miss the new temporary exhibition at Library and Archives Canada, Spirit and Intent: Understanding Aboriginal Treaties. Open to the public at 395 Wellington Street from September 24, 2007 to March 24, 2008, the exhibition features a large selection of treaty documents and artifacts dating from the 1600s to the 1990s. Discover some of our country's most important heritage records and gain insight into the voices, values and visions behind these agreements"
Thursday, October 04, 2007
Turkestan Album
From The Library of Congress: "The Turkestanskii Al'bom (Turkestan Album) provides a visual survey of Central Asia from the perspective of the Russian imperial government that took control of the area in the 1850s and 1860s. About 1,200 photographs, with some architectural plans, watercolor drawings, and maps, are arranged in four parts"
Oxford University Library goes live with SFX
Ex Libris (UK) has announced that the SFX link resolver is now operational at the Oxford University Library Services. The OULS has introduced SFX to manage the university's e-collection - consisting of over 22,500 e-journals and an extensive collection of e-books
Forward Prize for Poetry winner
Sean O'Brien has become the first person to win the prestigious Forward Prize for Poetry three times. O'Brien, 55, from Newcastle, was awarded the GBP10,000 prize for best collection for The Drowned Book. A professor of creative writing at Newcastle University, he has won the Forward Prize for Poetry twice before, in 1995 and 2001 - BBC
First issue of PMC Physics A available
PMC Physics A is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes articles on high-energy & nuclear physics, cosmology, gravity & astroparticle physics and also the instrumentation & data analysis of results in these areas
Dioscuri - the modular emulator
"Dioscuri is an x86 computer hardware emulator written in Java. It is designed by the digital preservation community to ensure documents and programs from the past can still be accessed in the future. Dioscuri version 0.2.0 is out now This release is capable of running various versions of MS-DOS, FreeDOS 0.9 Beta (included in package) and ELKS (Embeddable Linux Kernel Subset)"
Wiley InterScience Library Newsletter - September 2007
Wiley InterScience Library Newsletter Volume 3, Issue 5, September 2007 is now available
Back issues of Oral Tradition now available
"All back issues of Oral Tradition, from volume one, number one (1986) to the present are now available online, open-access, and free of charge"
2007 Oregon Book Awards finalists
The finalists for the 2007 Oregon Book Awards have been announced. Winners will be announced at the 21st Annual Oregon Book Awards ceremony, which will take place on December 2, 2007 at the Portland Art Museum
The Reader Digital Book from Sony
"The Reader Digital Book provides a new way to experience reading. It boasts an impressive 6-inch display utilizing breakthrough e Ink technology that's almost paper-like, making it easy to read even in bright sunshine. In addition, the screen allows for high contrast and high resolution, with a near 180 degree viewing angle. The text can also be magnified for readers with impaired vision"
University of California, Berkeley launches YouTube channel
"Further expanding public access to its intellectual riches through the most popular Web destinations, the University of California, Berkeley, has announced that it is making entire course lectures and special events available, free of charge, on YouTube. UC Berkeley is the first university to make videos of full courses available through YouTube. Visitors to the site can view more than 300 hours of videotaped courses and events. Topics range from bioengineering, to peace and conflict studies, to "Physics for Future Presidents," the title of a popular campus course. Building on its initial offerings, UC Berkeley will continue to expand the catalog of videos available on YouTube"
Wednesday, October 03, 2007
NetLibrary reaches 150,000-title milestone
"NetLibrary achieved a ground-breaking milestone September 20: it became the first eContent provider to offer 150,000 full-text eBook and eAudiobook titles to academic, public, special and school library users. The 150,000th title to go live was ECOhouse: A Design Guide by Sue Roaf, Manuel Fuentes and Stephanie Thomas, published by Elsevier (2007)"
DigitalPreservationEurope newsletter - September 2007
DigitalPreservationEurope newsletter - Issue 2, September 2007, has been released
National Energy Research Database
National Energy Research Database - compiles academic studies, technical reports, and research articles from the government and nonprofit groups into a single, searchable database dedicated to renewable energy
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
Introduction to EU information
Introduction to EU information: intended for librarians in public and academic libraries, this course will help you avoid common myths and misunderstandings about the EU and direct you to reliable sources of information - 8 October, 2007 - Sheffield Hallam University, UK
Konstanz Workshop on Information Literacy
Konstanz Workshop on Information Literacy - 8-9 November 2007 - Konstanz, Germany
Archives Hub Collections of the Month, October 2007
Archives Hub Collections of the Month, October 2007: Betty Boothroyd: "This month we look at Betty Boothroyd. Baroness Boothroyd of Sandwell is well known for having been the first woman Speaker of the House of Commons in the UK, a position she held from 1992 until her retirement in 2000"
The Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge - 2008
The Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge - 8th Annual Conference - May 17-20, 2008 - Timberline Lodge, one hour east of Portland, on the slope of Mt. Hood. Proposals are due December 30, 2007
New titles from Medknow Publications
Medknow Publications, a fully open access publisher of peer-reviewed scholarly journals, has added 12 new titles, for a total title list of 45
Information Today - October 2007 issues
The October 2007 issues of Computers in Libraries, Information Today, and Searcher, are now available
J-Link from Justis
"J-Link is a legal research tool that finds recognised legal references on any web page and automatically creates links to information in JustCite - all at the click of a button"
NOZA announces free foundation grant searching for nonprofits
"NOZA, Inc. has announced free access to its extensive database of foundation grants. NOZA's webservice is used by nonprofits and others to research the philanthropic history of prospective donors. NOZA's foundation grant searching service is a free version of its flagship prospect research service, a searchable database of over 25 million records of donations made by private individuals and companies to U.S. based nonprofits. Users can search NOZA's 825,412 foundation grant records free of charge, and without registering on the site"
JISC infoNet launches information management resource
"JISC infoNet has launched a resource to support the management of all types of internal information. The Information Management infoKit is based upon the well established principle of the information lifecycle which provides a consistent framework for good information management practice"
Creative Commons launches third annual fundraising campaign
"The goals of the 2007 campaign are to raise at least $500,000 and to highlight the Creative Commons community - the people dedicated to expanding the depth, breadth, and impact of free digital culture"
Monday, October 01, 2007
Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award
The Penguin Group is teaming with Amazon.com and Hewlett Packard for the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. Under the scheme, which runs to 5 November, contestants from 20 countries can submit unpublished manuscripts of English-language novels to Amazon, which will assign a small group of its top-rated online reviewers to evaluate 5,000-word excerpts and narrow the field to 1,000
Papers Past from National Library of New Zealand has been updated and improved
"Papers Past is one of the National Library's most popular digital collections. It contains more than one million pages of digitised New Zealand newspapers and periodicals published between 1839 and 1915"
Reminder: Banned Books Week 2007
Banned Books Week 2007 - September 29-October 6, 2007 - "First observed in 1982, Banned Books Week reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted. The event is sponsored by the American Booksellers Association, the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, the American Library Association, the Association of American Publishers, the American Society of Journalists and Authors and the National Association of College Stores. It is endorsed by the Library of Congress Center for the Book"
Birmingham City Council launches UK's first openly accessible free information zone
Birmingham City Council has launched what is believed to be the UK's first openly accessible free information zone, in a partnership with BT. Called birminghamfiz, the project enables people in the city centre with Wi-Fi enabled laptops, mobile phones, hand-held computers and gaming devices free access to information and services from the city council
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Princess SaraThe daughter of the feudal warlord Oda Nobunaga, Princess Sara is a talented ninja, but is considered an enemy by many ninja clans due to her father's actions and assassins are regularly sent after her. She is attended by a loyal retainer, Rikimaru, who is also a ninja. It is revealed that Sara climbs three mountains every day to stay fit. She once faked a marriage to Shimo-no-Hanzō to save Iga from an attack by her father and remains an ally of the ninja of Iga. Though she despises Kami-no-Hanzō's flirting, her love for him is so strong that she would rather die than live without him. She becomes pregnant with Kami-no-Hanzō's child. Her daughter Kaguya is eventually born after the attack on Iga and was delivered with Usagi's help.
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Rangers arrest 30 suspects in Karachi raids
According to a Rangers spokesman, the raids were carried out in Lyari, Safoora Goth, Alfalah Society, Surjani Town, Martin Quarter, Ram Swami, Ittehad Town, Peerabad, Bilal Colony and Frontier Colony areas of Karachi.
Thirty suspects including members of banned organizations and target killers were nabbed during the crackdown.
The arrested persons are being investigated by the para-military force.


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I got the recipe from the Serious Eats column "Dinner Tonight", which is an excellent resource when you don't know what to make for dinner. Here's their recipe:
Spaghetti with Rosemary
- makes 4 servings -
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons fresh rosemary leaves, minced (I used 1 tbs dried)
1 garlic clove, chopped
1/2 red chile, chopped (I used about 1/4 tsp dried chili flakes)
9 ounces canned tomatoes with juice, chopped
1 tablespoon flour
1 tablespoon milk
1 tablespoon water
12 ounces spaghetti (I used penne - no spaghetti in the house!)
1. Pour the oil in a skillet and turn the heat to medium. Toss in the rosemary, garlic, and chile. Cook until fragrant, about two minutes. Pour in the chopped tomatoes. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer, and cook for 30 minutes.
2. In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, water, and milk.
3. Bring a large pot of water to a boil for the spaghetti. Cook according to directions on the box.
4. When done simmering, season with the tomato sauce with salt, and then pour in the flour mixture. Mix together and then cook for 5 minutes.
5. Toss the drained spaghetti in with the rosemary sauce to coat. Serve with some grated parmesan.


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Cincinnati Reds vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Free Pick - 9/7/13
Los Angeles Dodgers (83-57) at Cincinnati Reds (80-62)
MLB Baseball: Saturday, September 7, 2013 at 1:05 pm (Great American Ball Park)
Zack Greinke (R) (14-3) (2.785) vs. Mat Latos (R) (14-5) (2.984)
The Line: Cincinnati Reds -121 / Los Angeles Dodgers +111 --- Over/Under: 7.5 See the Latest Odds
The Cincinnati Reds look to even their series with the Los Angeles Dodgers Saturday afternoon.
The mighty Dodgers proved to be human once again in a 3-2 defeat at Great American Ball Park Friday. The offense stalled and a solid perfomance went by the wayside to saddle Los Angeles with rare consecutive defeats. Starter Chris Capuano left after 1.2 innings with an injury with Stephen Fife giving up a pair of runs, while JP Howelltook the loss with a run given up as the team used seven hurlers to get through eight frames. The offense was Hanley Ramirez, who belted a two run bomb in the first inning. The Dodgers send a surging Zack Greinke to the bump in game two versus the Reds. Greinke has been a a major contributor to his team's hot streak, with six consecutive victories and seven in ten.
Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports
Cincinnati doesn't control their own fate in the National League Central so the only thing they can do is continue to win and hope the Cardinals and Pirates falter. The Reds held up their end of the bargain Friday and have won four of five overall. A struggling Mike Leake regained his early season form against the formiddable Dodgers. Leake gave up both runs on just five hits covering 7.2 frames to improve to 12-6 with Arnoldis Chapman picking up save number 35. The Cincy attack consisted of seven hits with Joey Votto swinging the big bat with a two run jack that proved to be the game winning blow. Mat Latos is scheduled to be on the mound Saturday hoping to slow down the Los Angeles attack. Cincinnati has been leaning hard on Latos who has gone 6-3 with a no decision over his last ten times out.
I was on the Dodgers Friday and was bitten by some bad luck with Capuano getting hurt. The team now faces a three game skid with Greinke needing another big game and I'll back him as a dog.


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24. Running in your speakers?
24a. Running in your speakers?
New store-bought speakers need to be run in. The same is true in case the hanging surrounds have been replaced. It is best to let the loudspeakers only play quietly for a week. You will notice that, over time, the surrounds become more flexible, the low spectrum deepens and that the music has a fuller sound.
Because of this speakers will naturally be run in through use. We recommend not taxing the loudspeakers too heavily during the first 48 hours. If, afterwards, you want to perform an accelerated run-in, you can do so here.
24b. Can I also perform an accelerated run-in of the speakers?
This is possible. To this end, Audiofriends has a run-in signal (for bass loudspeakers). You can run in your repaired loudspeaker with sweep van 20-40 Hz:
- Position the speakers opposite one another.
- Set one speaker to normal + on + and the other - on - .
- Reverse the other speaker appropriately: + on - and - on +.
- Download the sweep.
- Burn the sweep onto a CD.
- Arrange the same setup as below.
- Play the cd on 'repeat'.
- NOTE: Watch the cone of the bass loudspeaker carefully when you turn up the volume.
- If done right, you should hardly hear it.
- Run in with a lower volume during the first 24 hours.
- NOTE: Monitor the amplifier carefully to make sure it does not overheat.
- Slightly raise the volume after 24 hours.
- Let the speakers play for approximately 3-7 days.


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Building Teams that Achieve
Course Title: Building Teams That Achieve
Who Should Attend?
Those with responsibility for creating and maintaining effective workplace teams to achieve business objectives.
What practical benefits will I gain from attending this workshop?
You will gain fresh insights into the characteristics of effective teams by understanding:
the benefits of team work – how to recognise an effective team – the 4 stages of team development and how to move teams through them – choosing an appropriate leadership style – understanding team roles – the needs of individuals within teams – dealing with internal conflict – choosing your members – a range of practical team building exercises – an increased understanding of your strengths and areas for development.
Duration: Two days.
Note: this workshop will be designed and delivered to meet your specific requirements.


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Kinabatangan Orang-utan Conservation Programme
To develop and implement innovative solutions to conserve orang-utans, elephants and other iconic species in Malaysia
HUTAN is a grassroot non-profit organisation that was initially created to administer the Kinabatangan Orang-utan Conservation Project, with a special aim of studying to which extent orang-utans could survive in degraded forests in Sabah (Borneo, Malaysia). Since 1998, we are developing and implementing innovative solutions to conserve orang-utans, elephants and other iconic species found in the forests of the State. Over the years, we have developed a holistic approach combining scientific research, community engagement, education and capacity building.
The objectives of the project are:
- Enhanced scientific knowledge of orang-utan and elephant ecology and conservation status (current populations and area of viable habitat in Sabah are maintained and connected).
- 100% of the Sabahan orang-utans and elephants live within protected forests or in secure and sustainably managed forests.
- Improved policy framework for wildlife management within and outside of protected areas.
- Reduced level of human–wildlife conflicts (especially elephants and orang-utans).
- Enhanced community engagement in the conservation of the orang-utan and its habitat.
- Economic development in Kinabatangan and other key areas is compatible with the conservation of orang-utans and elephants.
WAZA Conservation Project 11005 is implemented by HUTAN, with support provided by Apenheul Zoo, Chester Zoo, Cheyenne Zoo, Cleveland Zoological Society, Columbus Zoo, Houston Zoo, Kansas City Zoo, Oregon Zoo, Philadelphia Zoo, Phoenix Zoo, Pittsburgh Zoo, Saint Louis Zoo, Hogle Zoo Utah, Zoo la Palmyre, Zoo Parc de Beauval and Zoos Victoria. Other stakeholders involved in the project include Sabah State Government agencies, Danau Girang Field Centre (University of Cardiff and Sabah Wildlife Department), University of Indiana, Danum Valley Field Centre (Royal Society of Great Britain), Land Empowerment Animals People, Partners for Community, GRASP, IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group – Section on Great Apes and Ape Alliance.
Visit www.hutan.org.my.
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text: Zina 2017 Tour is the first concert tour by Canadian recording artist Zina. It was launched in support of her First studio album. The tour was announced in September 2016 following the singer's performance new Single Everything I Feel. The tour will kicked off on Dec. 18, 2016 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and officially ending on December 29, 2017 in Detroit, Michigan. The tour will visit Montreal,Chicago, New York and Miami with more than 10 shows in total. This will be Zina's first American tour since June 2015 Since her last prefomance at the Jazz Festival in Kingston Jamaica.