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A man wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of a woman six weeks ago was captured Friday morning in Baltimore, Anson County Sheriff Tommy Allen said.
Reginald O'Dell Jr., 31, was taken into custody by federal marshals at a residence, Allen said.
"We knew he was in the Baltimore area," Allen said. "My office had been working with the SBI and the U.S. marshals on this matter. We knew it was just a matter of time before we would find him."
O'Dell faces first-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon charges. Those stem from the shootings of a man and woman on Dec. 30 in eastern Anson County. The woman, 32-year-old Dorian Miles of Polkton, was killed. Hason Pressley, 33, of Wadesboro was shot in the chest but survived.
The shooting took place about 3:30 a.m. Dec. 30 at a home on Branch Street in Lilesville. Investigators said at the time of the shooting that the suspect and victims knew one another.
Allen said O'Dell was taken into custody in Baltimore "without incident." He said the extradition process was under way to return O'Dell to Anson County.
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On Saturday, Dec.1, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m ., at Cavelero Mid High School the Lake Stevens School District's Community Education program will be hosting the 26th annual Dickens Fair.
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The annual awards program will be held from 5:30-8:30 p.m. on Saturday June 28, 2014 at KJ's Dim Sum & Seafood Restaurant in conjunction with the 2014 ALA Annual Conference. Several winning authors have confirmed in attending the banquet.
Cynthia Kadohata. The Thing About Luck. Children's Literature Winner
Ji-li Jiang. Red Kite, Blue Kite. Picture Book Winner
Marissa Moss. Barbed Wire Baseball, illustrated by Yuko Shimizu. Picture Book Honor
Leza Lowitz and Shogo Oketani. Jet Black and the Ninja Wind. Young Adult Literature
Adult Non-Fiction Winner: Cindy I-Fen Cheng. Citizens of Asian America: Democracy and Race during the Cold War
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Densho was first introduced to me while working on the book project "Speaking Out for Personal Justice: Site Summaries of Testimonies and Witnesses Registry from the U.S. Commission of Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians Hearings (CWRIC),1981," published by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center. It was my introduction to library and archival work, and subsequent involvement with the preservation of Japanese American historical materials. Densho is a wonderful reference in my current digital archives internship at the Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center in Portland, Ore. It is our hope that you explore this rich digital archive of Japanese American wartime incarceration and history.
APALA would like to thank Geoff Froh and Brian Niiya from Densho for their time and willingness to participate in this interview. The following article presents a version of our interview that has been edited for clarity and brevity. Geoff Froh, Deputy Director for Densho, and Brian Niiiya, Content Director for Densho and Editor of the Densho Encyclopedia, both provided answers to my interview questions.
Ann Matsushima Chiu (AMC): How did Densho as a nonprofit organization come about? Where does Densho's content come from?
Densho began in 1996 with the idea of interviewing Japanese Americans about their World War II concentration camp experience "to educate, preserve, collaborate and inspire action for equity." Inspired in part by the Survivors of the Shoah Project, a Steven Spielberg-led endeavor to record the testimony of Holocaust survivors on video, Densho's founders recognized that with the advent of personal computers, digital video, and the Internet, the collection, preservation, and distribution of high quality video life histories could now be accomplished for a fraction of the cost. Densho decided early on that it would make its materials available without charge for anyone using them for educational purposes and that it would house no physical collection that the digital files offered on its website would be its main "product." In conducting its interviews, Densho found that many interview subjects also had photographs or documents that added to the stories they told. Densho added digital images of these items to the website, and began to seek out additional similar objects from both individuals and families and from institutions to add to its digital archive. In addition, Densho has a good deal of public domain material from various governmental archives. In recent years, Densho has included to its archive full interviews conducted by makers of documentary films about the wartime incarceration. Densho has also actively sought mutually beneficial collaborations with collecting institutions that allow important material that had been buried in archives to reach much larger audience through Densho's online archives.
AMC: Amongst the many collections, such as the Visual History Collection, Photo/Document Collection, Oral Histories and Incarceration Camp Facilities, one of the archives that caught our eye was the Camp Newspapers Collection created by Japanese Americans in incarceration camps during World War II. It is interesting to have such rare digital objects of this nature available to the public.Could you share any interesting research that has come about through the availability of Densho's collections? What are the rules for reuse and publication of digital images on Densho.org?
Densho is well established among scholars of the Japanese American World War II experience, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that most recent scholarship on this general topic has made use of Densho's resources, including such important recent books as Greg Robinson's "After Camp: Portraits in Midcentury Japanese American Life and Politics" (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2012); Gordon K. Hirabayashi with James A. Hirabayashi and Lane Ryo Hirabayashi's "A Principled Stand: The Story of Hirabayashi v. United States" (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2013), Eileen Tamura's "In Defense of Justice: Joseph Kurihara and the Japanese American Struggle for Equality" (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2013), and Ellen Wu's "The Color of Success: Asian Americans and the Origins of the Model Minority" (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2014). Many graduate theses and students' assignments make use of Densho resources as well. Densho holds a strong belief that the responsibility of an archival institution begins with preservation; but must extend to the active use of its holdings. Core to Densho's strategy for encouraging the dissemination of its materials is a simple framework for licensing and reuse. The majority of oral histories conducted by Densho, along with many of the digital photos and objects in its collections are offered under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This grants the right to freely reuse and remix Densho's content as long as it is properly cited and for noncommercial purposes (see: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/). For many of the other digital objects in its collections not covered under Creative Commons, Densho has secured the rights to grant license for other educational projects. The most current information about using Densho content and licensing is available at: http://www.densho.org/default.asp?path=/archive/usingcontent.asp and http://ddr.densho.org/using/.
AMC: What are some unique characteristics of Densho that API information professionals would especially be interested in?
One Densho resource that would be of interest is the Densho Encyclopedia. A free, professionally edited, online encyclopedia that includes contributions from many of the leading scholars of the Japanese American experience, the encyclopedia is aimed at nonspecialists looking for concise information on that experience. Encyclopedia articles include citations and references readers may consult for further information as well as links to selected Densho resources relevant to that topic. The encyclopedia would be useful for information professionals in fielding reference requests, writing or updating finding aids for archival collections, or determining which book or videos on the incarceration experience to purchase, among many other uses.
AMC: Are there any education projects or community collaborations that Densho would highlight in particular?
Densho's education efforts in recent years have centered on a program of workshops that trains high school teachers across the country to use Densho's digital resources to teach not only about the wartime incarceration, but about larger issues of civil liberties in wartime. The most recent project involved 625 teachers from 22 states. Recognizing that even that number of teachers can reach only a fraction of the students in the country, Densho is currently working on an online version of the teacher workshops.
With regards to collaborations, Densho is involved in formal partnerships with several community organizations including the Heart Mountain Interpretive Center, the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, the Japanese American National Museum, the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai'i, Oregon Nikkei Endowment, and the Hawai'i Times Photographic Archive Foundation. In each case, Densho is working with the institution to digitize objects in their collections to add to the Densho Digital Repository. Densho collaborates with many other organizations informally.
AMC: What message would you give to librarians/archivists regarding their value to digital collections like Densho? How would Densho like to engage future APA information professionals?
Densho would like to continue to build partnerships with institutions that collect materials about the Japanese American World War II experience and is interested in hearing from information professionals who manage these collections, whether about possible collaboration or about the common issues we face. In an era when so many turn to the Internet for research, Densho is committed to building the best online resource in our topic area, and we'd like to be as inclusive and open as we can.
For more information on "Speaking Out for Personal Justice: Site Summaries of Testimonies and Witnesses Registry from the U.S. Commission of Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians Hearings (CWRIC),1981," visit http://www.speakingoutforpersonaljustice.com.
Editorial assistance provided by Jeremiah Paschke-Wood.
I am a Muslim. I am an American. My father is Indonesian and my birth mother is Okinawan. I grew up in the Monterey Bay area in northern California. Growing up, I was never perceived as Asian. At one time, I chose "Pacific Islander" as my ethnicity, since my peers kept telling me that real Asians looked a certain way. That way didn't look like me. Before I started wearing a headscarf, people assumed that I was Mexican. It was not an unfair assumption. The majority of the ethnic minorities in my primarily Caucasian town were Mexican or of Mexican descent. But it became rather tiresome to try to defend my inability to speak Spanish or know about my culture, when it really was just what others assumed as my culture. Not that I knew a ton about either of my inherited cultures in the first place. So, to add another layer to what I was supposed to know, a collective history of people over the last 1,400 years from different continents, cultures, languages, races – just because we shared a common religion – was just a little bit daunting.
A 2009 Gallup report found that the American Muslim community is the "most racially diverse religious group surveyed in the United States." African Americans constitute 35 percent of this demographic and more than a quarter classify themselves as racially white, (yes, Virginia, a lot of Arabs check the white box), 20 percent are Asian, 18 percent identify as other, and 1 percent identify as Hispanic. So many Muslims have talked about our large "imagined community"[1] and what it means here in the United States. In this country, as in others, the Muslim community is a blend of Islamic ideas and identities. What it means to be Muslim is a conscious existential choice rather than a cultural given. It is a microcosm of the larger world and an amalgamation of identities, practices and norms that vie for a place of being authentic, Islamically and morally correct.
Since Islam is more of a blending of my cultural norm and ethnic identity, nationality took precedence in my identity, and I identified as just an American. I went to school, hung out with friends, did my homework and was involved in multiple extracurricular activities. It didn't even occur to me that I was different from my friends, except that I knew I was Muslim, Indonesian and Japanese. I did have a teacher ask one time if English was my second language and a parent ask if anyone had ever discriminated against me because I wasn't white. That was when the concept of identity really entered my consciousness. I asked my friends what they thought of me. They just said they saw me as me, and that meant more to me than anything else. It still does. The concept of a colorblind society was an idea that disturbed me, though, and I began to realize the privilege my peers had and what my own privilege had been.
Then 9/11 happened. I can honestly say that before then, I never thought I would wear a scarf. I was deeply interested in my faith, but it was much more in the context of history and spirituality rather than in actual practice. Until I went to college and met other Muslims, I only knew some of the social and religious normatives in the "mainstream" Muslim community. As I grew in my faith, I adopted more of these social mores, and my identity became more complex. When I put on my scarf, I automatically became an Arab. People assumed that I knew Arabic, that I didn't know English, and that some man in my family was oppressing me, forcing me to veil myself.
Even my own family's perception of me changed. One of my uncles was worried that I was never going to have fun again. My identity became faith first, then ethnicity and nationality. Yet, I was a minority within a minority, as most of the students in my Muslim Students' Association were Pakistani and Arab. Strangely, though I was already supposed know everything about my collective Islamic history, my parents resented my adopting more Arab dress. I thought it was fine if I was wearing clothing from everywhere and everyone, but Indonesia wasn't very well represented in Islamic fashion, at least in the States. And though this has changed in recent years, I found that unless they had been to the archipelago, other Muslims did not know much about Indonesia, other than that it is the most populous Muslim country in the world. It is a strange thing to think, in a community that is so large and diverse, it is almost an accepted norm to know each other by stereotypes.
I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to study abroad in Turkey in 2003. Like most study-abroad experiences, it was enlightening in so many ways, both frustrating and rewarding. What I found amusing, though, was the perception of Muslim Americans by the Turkish students I met. I had a conversation with a slightly inebriated young man who had watched "Malcolm X" and thought all Muslims in America were black. I thought it was funny when one of the Turkish girls on my floor said that they loved the slight chink in my eyes and declared me to be Asian, not questionably Asian. I was also able to travel a bit, visit other countries in the region. My overall takeaway from that experience was realizing just how American I am, despite, or perhaps because of, my multi-layered identity. Upon returning to the U.S., I felt like my identity had fractured even more.
When I was young, my cousin's cousin came over from Indonesia to visit one summer. Upon meeting me, then a teenager, he declared me to be hancur. Hancur is an Indonesia word and has an array of meanings. In this particular context, it was used to describe something broken. It was not a nice thing to say. People with multiple backgrounds can have a view that might even be described as multi-faceted — layering mixed cultures, American identity, religion outside of the status quo and the perception of others. Such a viewpoint can lead to confusion, despair and the idea that one is never enough. I felt this way particularly during graduate school, despite my attending a program that had a cohort that was substantially diverse and in a very multicultural city. Graduate school can be an isolating experience for everyone, but I felt almost unwelcome, though I received my MLIS at my undergraduate alma mater. Little incidents, like hearing someone say there was too much of a focus on diversity in our program, having books knocked out of my hands as someone brushed past me, or facing glares in class from those that perceived me to be strongly prejudiced against the LGBT community, were flooring. The latter particularly disturbed me, as a relative had just come out to our family and I was helping my friend, a trans-man, acclimate to the area and to his physically expressed, postoperative identity.
Added to that was my attendance at a professional librarian panel program, in which a known critic of Islam was invited to speak. This panel was intended for an audience of ethnic and multicultural librarians as a representation of my community. By extension, it was meant to represent me. I felt even more unwelcome in the library field.
Graduate school allows a student to develop skills and explore professional opportunities, but I found myself paralyzed into inaction. I entered the library field because of my interest and belief in the power of libraries. I wanted to provide information and dispel misinformation, not only in general, but specifically false impressions about any of my communities. I thought that it would be empowering for the public to see a person who looks like me working at the local level and to see that I was a normal person. I do regret not being more active, or more willing to advocate for myself during my graduate school years, but I was unwilling to share so much of myself with people whom I thought would not accept me even if I tried. It was much later though, with the help and support of a few good friends, and the recommendation of a professor to join APALA, that I was able to find my feet and my voice again.
There are problems that I face everyday, or at least on a regular basis. I have had patrons leave me proselytizing material, had a child ask if I was going to blow up the building, and have even received an anonymous death threat while on the job. I have been called "that Korean lady," "that White lady" and, my favorite, "the lady with the rag on her head." Like all of us in the public eye, I have had my share of negative experiences and I am sure there will be more over the course of my career. Working as a children's librarian has also given me some of the most rewarding experiences of my life.
Finding support from other professionals in the field who have had similar experiences helped me to move beyond those negative experiences. Now more than ever, I am determined to stay true to my initial career goals, develop professionally and share my experiences with others. I hope that people will see me for who I am beyond my appearances and beyond stereotyping in the field and out of it.
Ariana Sani Hussain
Children's Librarian at District of Columbia Public Library
Washington, D.C.
Editing assistance provided by Melissa Cardenas-Dow and Jeremiah Paschke-Wood.
[1] See Anderson, B. (1983). Imagined communities: Reflections on the origin and spread of nationalism.
Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism by Benedict Anderson
The New Imagined Community by Uriya Shavit
Pew Research Center:
Muslim Americans: Middle Class and Mostly Mainstream
How Muslims Compare With Other Religious Americans: http://www.pewresearch.org/2007/07/06/how-muslims-compare-with-other-religious-americans/
Encyclopedia of Muslim-American History by Edward E. Curtis IV
Muslim American Youth: Understanding Hyphenated Identities through Multiple Methods by Selcuk R. Sirin and Michelle Fine
Living Islam Out Loud: American Muslim Women Speak edited Saleemah Abdul-Ghafur
I Speak for Myself: American Women on Being Muslim edited Maria M Ebrahimji & Zahra T Suratwala
Muslim Women in America: The Challenge of Islamic Identity Today by Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, Jane I. Smith and Kathleen M. Moore
Love in a Headscarf by Shelina Janmohamed
Does My Head Look Big In This? by Randa Abdel-fattah (YA)
The Butterfly Mosque: A Young American Woman's Journey to Love and Islam by G. Willow Wilson
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Katie Seitz is a new APALA member. She is currently getting her MSLS at Simmons College GSLIS with a concentration in archives and expects to graduate in August 2015. Through the Simmons chapter of the Progressive Librarian Guild, Katie curates a lecture series for the Simmons Anti-Racism Working Group. This project features various LIS professionals invited to Simmons College to speak about race and racism in the field. Additionally, she is an intern at the Massachusetts State House Special Collections department, Roxbury Community College Archives and has an upcoming archives assistantship with Tufts University's Digital Collections and Archives.
Katie is working hard towards her goal of being a public librarian and archivist:
I enjoy the service and community aspects of library work and the chance to publicize history that comes with archives work. I have welcomed the opportunity to grow in different ways at my various internships, whether that's learning how to put together a MARC record or writing a blog post about a Civil War-era collection of papers. Some days I still can't believe that I will soon get to do this work professionally.
She identifies as a multiracial Korean American. She writes,
My mother is Korean and my father is white of Ashkenazi Jewish heritage. Though I was raised in a predominantly white town, my mother sent me and my sister to Korean school every Saturday and we got to spend time with Korean American family and friends. I am so grateful for her hard work in helping us maintain a connection to Korean language and culture.
Having joined APALA just a few months ago, Katie looks forward to becoming more active with APALA in the future:
I was so glad to connect with other A/PI people in the LIS world. This profession is not diverse, and we must advocate for our own concerns because no one else is going to do it for us…. I have only been a member for a few months, but I have been so impressed already by the way that APALA works to promote A/PI visibility, supports and celebrates its members, and is responsive to member voices. I have a deep commitment to promoting social justice and I am excited to be part of a group that has an active, conscious membership and engagement with social issues. Of course, I'm also looking forward to meeting people at conferences and in the Boston area!
Welcome to APALA, Katie!
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A new revenue forecast has been put in place for fiscal year 2014. The updated forecast predicts that State General Fund (SGF) revenue will decline sharply in FY 2014 (July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014). The decline occurs even though the Legislature just raised taxes in an effort to blunt some of the effect of the 2012 tax bill, which lowered income tax rates dramatically.
The new forecast adjusts the official April Consensus Revenue Estimate to account for tax law changes made by the Legislature. This updating process happens each year in June and often goes mostly unnoticed, but last year and this year the June adjustments have been substantial.
The key table from the updated estimate is shown below.
Look especially at the last line labeled "Total Receipts." In FY 2012 the SGF collected $6.412 billion. Then estimated revenue falls to $6.250 billion in FY 2013 (which ended June 30). In FY 2014 the revenue estimate falls again, this time all the way to $5.885 billion.
As part of the tax bill passed in early June, policymakers increased tax revenue by phasing out a number of state income tax deductions, but the changes do not nearly offset the income tax rate reductions approved last year. FY 2014 individual income tax collections are still expected to fall $337 million from the FY 2013 level.
The estimate of sales tax collections to the SGF also declines. During the recession the state sales tax rate was temporarily raised from 5.3 percent to 6.3 percent. The rate was supposed to drop back to 5.7 percent on July 1, 2014, with 5.3 percent going to the SGF and 0.4 percent to the Highway Fund. The Legislature extended the rate at 6.15 percent. However, the combination of taxing at a slightly lower rate and giving a portion of the sales tax collection to the Highway Fund means the SGF gets less in FY 2014 than in FY 2013.
State officials will now track monthly revenue collections against this updated estimate until November, when the official Consensus Revenue Estimate for FY 2014 will be updated again.
—Duane Goossen, KHI's Vice President for Fiscal and Health Policy, served as state budget director for 12 years in the administrations of three governors — Republican Bill Graves and Democrats Kathleen Sebelius and Mark Parkinson. He also served in the Kansas House of Representatives from 1983 to 1997.


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One…One…One. One life. One Love. One Mind. One TRUTH is all there is. There is nothing that exists outside of God. All life, all love, all strength , all flowers, all doves, all sunrises and sunsets, reside within the One, God. The beauty is that I AM that one life, one love, one my mind. I am an integral, vital and important part of God. For this to be true about me, it has to be true about every single person who reads this and every single person who does not read this. Flowers, doves, sunrises and sunsets all around, on me. Okay, okay, on God.
I have access to all life, love, strength, flowers, the big breasted male dove protecting his family which reside right outside my living room picture window. What I know for sure is there is only TRUTH and I can only know TRUTH and I graciously accept what God is infinitely revealing to me and that is TRUTH. There is only one individual, one entity in this entire universe that can accept these gifts of TRUTH designed just for me from The Divine and that is me. I AM the one and only TRUTH in my life. And so in this exact moment of time and space I choose to live my TRUTH. Right here and right now I choose life, love, happiness, expansion, flowers, doves, sunrises and sunsets as my unconditional birthright. I accept my TRUTH this day, which is more than I could accept yesterday.
I AM a Divine Being of Light. I embrace and circulate every ounce of Good that comes my way. I open my awareness to the perfection of the wholeness of my TRUTH through the continual nudging of Spirit. I celebrate the sacred TRUTH that I am whole perfect and complete in this moment and in every moment moving forward and I celebrate this spiritual TRUTH. I am here to do God's work; to express the Divine in my every thought and action. I AM conscious and aware and alert to God's sacred presence in my life and I commit to remain conscious of my wholeness so that I live in a state of holy peace and love in beautiful and luscious connection with the Divine of who I AM. My TRUTH and sacred knowing is to manifest and circulate love, compassion, strength, inclusiveness, laughter, happiness, peace, and a sacred space for all who enter.
My heart is filled to overflowing with gratitude and I simple say Thank YOU God for revealing my TRUTH.
I release my Word into the Law knowing it cannot come back to me void. IT IS SO! IT IS DONE! IT IS COMPLETE! AND SO IT IS!
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10 years after introducing 43 Things to the world, we have decided we have met our last goal: completing the incredible experience that has been 43 Things. Please join us in giving one last cheer to all the folks who have shared their goals with the world, as well as all the people who have worked at The Robot Co-op to build this incredible website. We won a Webby Award, published a book, and brought happiness to a lot of people.
Starting today, 43 Things users can export their goals and entries from the site. Starting August 15, we will make the site "read only". 43 Things users will still be able to view the site and export their content, but we won't be taking any new content from users. We hope to leave the site up for folks to see and download their content until the end of the year. Ending on New Year's Eve takes us full circle.
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Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are sharing computational resources and expertise to improve the detail and performance of the Community Earth System Model, a scientific application code that is the product of one of the world's largest collaborations of climate researchers.
Mysterious electron acceleration explainedFebruary 27, 2012 2:48 am | by David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | News | Comments
A mysterious phenomenon detected by space probes has finally been explained, thanks to a massive computer simulation that was able to precisely align with details of spacecraft observations. The finding could not only solve an astrophysical puzzle, but might also lead to a better ability to predict high-energy electron streams in space that could damage satellites.
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Inventing new metal products is tough. R&D finds out how recent R&D 100 Award-winning technologies have fared in the marketplace.
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Searching for a solid that flows like a liquidFebruary 2, 2012 8:06 am | News | Comments
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ORNL microscopy reveals atomic antenna behavior in grapheneJanuary 31, 2012 7:12 am | News | Comments
Atomic-level defects in graphene could be a path forward to smaller and faster electronic devices, according to a study led by researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The study suggests that point defects, composed of silicon atoms that replace individual carbon atoms in graphene, could aid attempts to transfer data on an atomic scale by coupling light with electrons.
Metadynamics technique offers insight into mineral growth and dissolutionJanuary 24, 2012 3:42 am | News | Comments
By using a novel technique to better understand mineral growth and dissolution, researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are improving predictions of mineral reactions and laying the groundwork for applications ranging from keeping oil pipes clear to sequestering radium.
Neutron scattering provides window into surface interactionsJanuary 17, 2012 10:36 am | News | Comments
To better understand the fundamental behavior of molecules at surfaces, researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are combining the powers of neutron scattering with chemical analysis. Scientists have a fundamental interest in how molecules behave at solid surfaces because surface interactions influence chemistry. Understanding these interactions allows researchers to tailor materials for a specific desirable outcome.
ORNL experiments prove nanoscale metallic conductivity in ferroelectricsJanuary 9, 2012 10:00 am | News | Comments
The prospect of electronics at the nanoscale may be even more promising with the first observation of metallic conductance in ferroelectric nanodomains by researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
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TORONTO — Lowering speed limit on streets in built-up areas would significantly cut down on the scores of pedestrians killed every year in Ontario, a report released Wednesday concludes.
Among its 25 other recommendations, the review by the Office of the Chief Coroner urges municipalities to adopt a "complete streets" approach that takes into account pedestrian safety and the province to adopt a strategy aimed at making walking both safe and convenient.
"Common driving errors and common pedestrian behaviour should not lead to death and injury," said deputy chief coroner Dr. Bert Lauwers, who led the review.
"The traffic system should help users cope with increasingly demanding conditions."
The study looked at the 95 pedestrians killed in Ontario in 2010. Among its findings were that two-thirds of the deaths occurred on roads with posted speed limits higher than 50 kilometres an hour, while only five per cent occurred below that limit.
That speed kills is an inescapable fact, Lauwers said, citing statistics that show a pedestrian hit at 50 kilometres an hour is five times more likely to die than if hit at 30 kilometres an hour.
"The data are irrefutable," Lauwers said. "The higher the rate of speed at which a pedestrian is struck, the greater the chance of death."
As a result, the report urges the default limit in the province be reduced to 40 kilometres an hour — down from the current 50 — unless otherwise posted. Municipalities should further restrict traffic in residential areas to 30 km/h, it said.
Seniors are especially vulnerable, accounting for 36 per cent of those killed while representing only 13 per cent of the population, according to the report.
In an interview, Lauwers said it appeared drivers and pedestrians were about equally responsible for the fatal collisions.
While 20 per cent of pedestrians appeared to have been distracted by cellphones or similar devices or pets they were walking, 21 per cent of drivers failed to yield to those on foot at intersections or crosswalks.
On hand for the release was Marie Smith, with United Senior Citizens of Ontario, who talked about how her 89-year-old friend was hospitalized for four months and her companion killed when they were hit from behind by a driver making a left turn.
"Drivers today seem to be in such a hurry that we need to slow traffic down," Smith said in urging implementation of the recommendations.
In a statement, Transportation Minister Bob Chiarelli gave no guarantees the province would do so, saying only the government would review them "in a timely manner."
A pedestrian advocacy group called the report a "breakthrough" for walkers and also urged implementation of the recommendations.
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"Encouraging walk-friendly outdoor environments not only reduces the risk of injury or death from vehicles, it helps to decrease the 21,000 Canadian deaths per year that result from sedentary lifestyles."
Kennedy noted that provinces such as B.C., Alberta and Nova Scotia have cut speeds in school zones to 30 km/h and Ontario should follow suit.
Children accounted for three per cent of the pedestrian deaths in Ontario in 2010.
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Findings of the pedestrian deaths review
Ontario's Office of the Chief Coroner released a review into pedestrian deaths on Wednesday.
Some findings:
• 67 per cent of fatalities occurred on roads with speed limits above 50 km/h.
• Five per cent of deaths occurred at speed limits below 50 km/h.
• Seniors (13.2 per cent of population) accounted for 36 per cent of deaths.
• Children accounted for three per cent of deaths.
• Peak hours for collisions between 2 p.m. and 10 p.m., Monday to Friday.
• January is the deadliest month.
• 76 per cent of fatalities occurred in urban areas.
• 31 per cent hit crossing midblock, 14% on sidewalk or shoulder, 25% at intersections.
• Drivers and pedestrians roughly equally responsible.
Among recommendations:
• Design streets to be safe, convenient and comfortable for every user.
• The province should develop a "walking strategy" and safety education program.
• Earmark infrastructure funding for pedestrian facilities.
• Lower unsigned default speed limit to 40 km/h on residential streets from 50 km/h.
• Allow municipalities to erect non-signalized pedestrian crossings in midblock areas.
• Transport Canada should make side guards mandatory on heavy trucks.
Source: Pedestrian Deaths Review, Office of the Chief Coroner of Ontario
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This coat is based on Burda's Talea Coat. I must admit that the seam ripper was my best friend on this project. I never made a coat before, and this one is listed as an Advanced level pattern. The biggest problem I had was following the instructions. Sometimes the diagrams and terminology didn't seem to match the pattern itself. I think also, given that it's an Advanced level pattern, that a lot of knowledge on how to sew a coat was assumed.
That said, I also drafted and inserted a lining for the first time (using the bagging method). And then had to do and re-do a lot of sewing because the lining and the hem did not seem to match up. All in all, however, I'm very happy with how it finally turned out. Next time, I would add interfacing to the front facing to give it more structure. And buy extra thread — There's a lot of top-stitching on this baby!
I used a wool blend melton for the coat and a dark teal poly/satin for the lining. The photos don't capture the color of the lining, but it's a nice bright teal. The buttons are from Mood NYC.
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You all know what's happening. You see it taking over the supermarkets, the florists, even the dentist's office: Hearts. Everywhere.
We call this epidemic of red and chocolate, Valentine's Day, and it can either be a source of bliss or agony, depending on your fragile state of mind.
Despite the plethora of books out there that declare people to own their single status, let's face it, most people aren't completely satisfied with their vibrators or Youporn.
The trouble is Valentine's Day stigmatizes this one group rather cruelly. This scarlet lettering has inspired restaurants to hold anti-Valentine's Day themed dinners for bitter women. Chocolate cake and sorrow for dessert. I've been to a couple. Imagine restaurants filled with grimacing vodka-infused women and confused bus boys.
In Japan, it's worse. Instead of one day of emotional suffering, the country celebrates a complementary holiday called "White Day" on March 14. Valentine's Day in Japan is exclusively for men. Women will buy ludicrously priced chocolates for their true loves, who will hopefully return the favor on White Day, with even more lavish presents. The first White Day, celebrated in 1978, was concocted by a delicious candy company that has been earning very sweet profits since.


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Pavlov Media Acquires Shouting Ground Technologies
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., March 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pavlov Media, one of the nation's largest private providers of broadband services to student housing and multifamily real estate owners, today announced it is acquiring Shouting Ground Technologies. Shouting Ground Technologies (SGT) provides cutting edge managed IT and network technology solutions. Shouting Ground Technologies is based in Champaign.
Shouting Ground Technologies will keep its name and operations and stay in Champaign. SGT customers will see no change in service. Customers with any questions should call (217) 351-7921.
"Pavlov Media builds and operates broadband and television networks and this move complements our long-term business strategy," said Mark Scifres, CEO for Pavlov Media. "SGT has an outstanding reputation in the Champaign-Urbana area for helping customers with IT and network needs and that blends with Pavlov Media's plans to continue expansion of network services," he added.
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Pavlov Media, founded in 1994 and headquartered in Champaign, Illinois, is one of the nation's largest private providers of broadband services (Video, Data and Voice) to multi-family real estate owners. In addition, the company, through its citywide and regional networks, offers commercial grade services in several of its larger markets. Pavlov Media operates in 140 markets throughout the country. For more information, visit www.pavlovmedia.com. About Shouting Ground Technologies: SGT has been serving technology needs in Champaign County for the past 18 years. SGT has a proven track record and years of industry experience managing IT needs and delivering network solutions. For more information, visit www.shout.net. SOURCE Pavlov Media, Inc.
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by Sarah Stockton
In an interview, Madeleine L'Engle once said: "In the King James version [of the Bible]...imagination is always a bad word. I went through and found phrases like, 'Put them down in the imagination of their hearts' or 'their imaginations are always only to do evil.' In the 1600s imagination was a negative word."
This quote started me thinking about how I have always assumed that imagination and its application through creative expression is a good thing, a sign of the presence of the creative spirit. Yet when I examine what I know about our educational system, I realize that although we may espouse our faith in the creative imagination as an essential part of the learning process, we design systems and protocols that quell a child's imagination. When I contemplate the state of many faith traditions and practices, I recognize that creative participation and imaginative engagement are not encouraged, are even actively discouraged. Are we afraid that something dark, shadowy or uncontrollable will arise when we allow people to freely create, to freely imagine, to freely participate?
"Use your imagination," we tell our children. Are we willing to accept the outcome of that directive? What if they imagine themselves into the kinds of people we don't understand, or don't even like? It's true that when we begin to imagine and begin to create, we run the risk of not being completely in control of the outcome. That is both the joy and the sobering reality of what we do.
Creativity and imagination are for me, neutral forms of energy until we choose to imbue these processes with moral or spiritual values. We can either beckon or refuse to encounter the creative, or holy, spirit, when we create. Many people believe that the "spirit" has nothing to do with creativity. I believe that when we engage in the creative and imaginative process, we can venture into the holy, for we bring whoever we are into that flow. We can participate as moral and compassionate creators or not; we can create as deeply or as shallowly as we choose. That is why some people find "imaginative" ways to create pain and suffering, (Hitler) and others create havens of love and compassion (Gandhi). As people, we have been given the gift of creativity, the gift of imagination. We must use them wisely.
If there is any moral imperative I live by, it is this: To create is a blessing, and a responsibility. To suppress creativity in ourselves or in others and to quell or ban imagination without good reason is a desecration of the human spirit. Yet to create without regard for the consequences degrades us all.
SojoMail reader Sarah Stockton is a freelance writer from San Francisco, California. More of her writing is available at: http://www.wordcrafter.com
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The makers of the popular children's show "Sesame Street" last week announced the debut of a new Muppet character - an HIV-positive girl designed to help children learn how to deal with AIDS.
The character, which will debut in September on the show's South African version, will be used in an attempt to de- stigmatize AIDS and promote discussion in a nation where 4.7 million people - one in nine - are infected with HIV.
"We want to show children that it's okay to touch [an HIV- positive person], okay to hug, that a person can still be a constructive part of the community," explained Joel Schneider, vice president of New York-based Sesame Workshop, which creates the show for many countries.
Republican congressional representatives reacted quickly to the news, warning PBS that while the character is suitable for South Africa, she is not welcome on U.S. television.
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Fund managers say that although they would like to invest in poor nations and force change for the better, companies are too opaque to even allow them to get started.
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Joe Heckel writes from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania:
The Pledge of Resistance began in late 1984, with the circulation in Sojourners magazine of a pledge to resist a U.S. invasion of Nicaragua. How about a Pledge of Resistance to a U.S. invasion of Iraq?
Tim Callaway writes from Calgary, Alberta, Canada:
Thanks for "Robbery with a fountain pen" [SojoMail 7/17/02], another excellent editorial by Jim Wallis. Wasn't it Don Henley who sang, "Cuz a man with a briefcase can steal more money than any man with a gun?"
Mary Swiger writes from Blacksburg, Virginia:
Please unsubscribe me. I'm really not interested in reading Mr. Wallis' socialistic interpretation of history ["Robbery with a fountain pen"], since I have been alive long enough to have experienced all the events to which he gave his personal biased slant, from Franklin Roosevelt's tenure to the present.
David Paterson writes from London, England:
I think Jim Wallis falls into President Bush's trap of being long on "moral tone" and short on "concrete solutions." The growth in executive incentives, particularly in the U.S., was driven by the desire to get managers to act in the interest of shareholders. Clearly something has gone wrong when managers with their snouts in the trough have manipulated the measures by which they are assessed. However, this does not necessarily invalidate the objective. It means the system needs to be refined and better measures of performance adopted. At its best, a well-regulated market economy is quite capable of harnessing private vices for the attainment of public virtue.
Diane Jones writes from Mountain View, California:
Shortly after reading about Christian Right support for settlements in Palestinian areas, I received a request for a donation "to send skilled Jews to Israel from the U.S. and Canada." The reasoning used was that if Christians and Jews in the U.S. do not send more settlers, the "Arabs will soon outnumber the Israelis." What an appalling excuse. This is the sort of thing that gives Christians a bad name. I am sure that many Jews do not approve any more than I do.
Susan Saxe writes from the Alliance for Jewish Renewal:
Last week in SojoMail, Thomas Lash wrote: "I understand the Norse god was a fighter and that the Old Testament god was a ruthless, jealous, and vengeful deity, but the Christian god is supposed to be a god of love...."
OUCH! I'm sure Mr. Lash meant no harm, but his understanding of the God of the Torah (which you Christians call the Old Testament) is rooted in such a deep misunderstanding of Judaism and the Hebrew scriptures that I hardly know where to begin. Sadly, much Christian education is based on triumphalist misunderstandings of Judaism and the source texts that we share. Happily, many Christians today are deepening their faith and practice (and healing old wounds) through new understanding of these texts. As a representative of a Jewish organization, I don't presume to counsel Christians and I certainly don't want to proselytize. Perhaps some other readers can offer suggestions as to how their fellow Christians can begin educating themselves about the Jewish wisdom tradition in which the Rabbi of Nazareth's teaching was rooted.
Clifton McIntosh writes from Chicago, Illinois:
An Israeli friend tells me that the potato patch joke in SojoMail [7/17/02] is an old one in which the farmer used to be an Israeli whose son was in a British jail during the mandate. Consider also, then, how the joke could be changed so that the farmer is an old Pashtun whose son is being held at an American military base in Afghanistan or Cuba. The problem is that in some respects the joke wouldn't fit as well.
First, in the Afghani/American version, the son would be declared by the U.S. to be an illegitimate combatant deemed not to have any rights under the Geneva Convention. This means his father would not know for sure whether or not he was being held by the U.S. and the son would not have any right to communicate with anyone outside of the detention camp. But even if he were allowed to receive and send letters, and even if he had been allowed to send the message about the guns, the Americans would eschew the risk of sending U.S. soldiers into the farmer's field. Instead, an unmanned flying drone equipped with an air-to-surface missile would be sent to blow up the field. And there would be some chance that the missile would go astray. So, you see, it's better if it's Israelis because they're more humane. At least the field got plowed and the houses around it were still standing.
David Polhemus writes from Prescott, Arizona:
Nancy Jalbert's response to the question about where CEO's go to church made me think of a similar question.... "How many have an Ichthus symbol on their back bumper?" Does it mean anything about how one runs his or her business? It doesn't seem to affect how one drives a car.
Patricia Denny writes from Chagrin Falls, Ohio:
In response to Nancy Jalbert wondering where the wayward corporate titans were educated. I, too, have often wondered the same thing. It seems that most of our colleges and universities contain separate schools with separate and conflicting missions. The business schools seem to be teaching the opposite of what the humanities are teaching. Most universities were never founded to educate in business. Nevertheless, it seems that the business schools have grown so disproportionately over the past 50 years that they have crowded out humanities. Humanities and business are teaching conflicting and confusing messages. No wonder people are graduating from these schools with little sense of meaning and purpose for their lives.
Bernard Welch writes from St. Augustine, Florida:
Scott Rosner's "hope and prayer [Boomerang - 7/17/02] that someday our nation will be effectively controlled by the Christian Right" is a chilling oration. The Christian Right would join forces with a rabid nationalism that would create religious fascism at its worst. A modern-day version of the repressive theocracies of the Puritans from which freedom-loving peoples fled.
We can already see glimpses of this in the orchestral- choral pageants celebrating the 4th of July staged by fundamentalists in which side-stage cameos depict devout Christians saving the world for Jesus and democracy before and after patriotic hymns. The theory of "divine right" is revived. Not for kings this time, but for narrow-minded religious potentates like Jerry Vines who would attack other religious leaders with his word, apparently ignoring the fact that Jesus challenged the religious and temporal leaders of his own country, for their arrogance and exploitation of the poor.
Tristin Hassell writes from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland:
In response to Scott Rosner, did we learn nothing from the Constantinianism of Christendom? I would hate to see what would happen if the Christian Right really did get into power. They'd be jailing homosexuals and making the Pledge of Allegiance mandatory in church. Ever read Hebrews 13:11-16? We have no lasting city here but hope for the one that is to come. We are a pilgrim people and are called to be outside the city gates, not up on the walls defending the city against the "barbarians." For God's sake, the last thing we need is to get back on the nostalgic bandwagon of "let's get Christians in the White House."
Honey Rubin writes from Marietta, Georgia:
Thank you Gayle Holten [Boomerang 7/17/02]. If love were our shared foundation and goal, every other issue would resolve itself organically. Hooray for your voice of compassion and sanity!
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Phoenix Suns center Shaquille O'Neal has signed up to become a volunteer with the Tempe Police Department.
"O'Neal came in here last Thursday to apply to be a volunteer," Tempe police spokeswoman Sgt. Cindy Davies said.
The Suns regular season will end next month, and Davies said O'Neal would most likely begin volunteer duties then.
Before coming to Phoenix, O'Neal was a reserve officer for the Miami Beach Police Department when he played for the Miami Heat. When he played for the Los Angeles Lakers, he also volunteered with the L.A. Port Police.
In January 2006, O'Neal toured Tent City with Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and was sworn in as a reserve deputy. At the time, he said wanted to be a sheriff after his basketball career.
Davies said she is unaware of what type of duties O'Neal will be given.
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Second post here (after introduction post). I have all my equipment ready, and the ingredients for my first brew should be here on Monday. Just had a few quick questions.
I will be making 5-gallons of a pilsner using Muntons Export Pilsner Connoisseurs (3.3lbs), and Briess Pilsen Light DME 2 Lb. I have my trust "The Complete Joy of Homebrewing" and am starting with their beginner recipe since I thought it would be best to do a simple, successful recipe to get some confidence under my belt.
I will be placing those ingredients in 1.5 gallons of boiling water for 45 minutes and then following the "standard" procedures for fermenting and such. Does that recipe seem to be ok?
Also, I picked up an ounce of Cascade Leaf Hops and was thinking about seeping them. Being my first time, how much time should I steep them at the end of the brew for a mild bitterness? Or should I not use them at all?
Thank you in advance for the help. It's great to have such a great forum.
Johnny Mills
I vote for hops Someone will tune in soon on as to how much.... Good luck broham.....
You're going to get a good beer making it by the book. But for some mild bitterness, I'd take about a quarter of your cascade and add it at the beginning of the boil. Since you've got it, I'd split the remaining 3/4 into two piles, and add one each the last 10 minutes and last minute of the boil. Get yourself a nice Pale Ale out of the mix!
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Sounds great! I think I'll try that. REALLY looking forward to it. Thank you both for the comments. I'll let you know how it turns out. Cheers!
I have to ask, not having read the book (well, maybe a long time ago), but are you doing a lager yeast? When one says Pilsner, that means doing a lager yeast, and lagering is more complicated because of temperature control.
You can brew anything with ale yeast, such as US-05, which ferments well at 60-72 degrees (keep on the cooler end!). It won't taste the same exactly, but it'll be close and the temperature is easier to manage.
Follow KeystoneHomebrew's suggest for the hops for now. Can I assume the Munton's extract is already hopped? (Sorry, been a while since I've used them)
For 1.5 gallons, however, the amount of malt extract (liquid and dry) is too much. Does the procedure have you mix it with more cold water(boiled and then cooled) before fermenting? If not, it's not going to be right, IMHO.
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Well don't I look like an idiot. ha. I know nothing about pilsners. I am new to the world of "good" beer. Still figuring out the difference in types of beer. Lagers versus Ales, etc. And I was going to use an ale yeast. I'm not trying to make the best beer in the world, just trying to make my first.
The Muntons Export Pilsner Connoisseurs is already hopped. And yes, I would be mixing it with 3 gallons of cold water in my carboy.
Thanks for the advice. I know I have A LOT to learn.
Any chance an ale yeast won't work with a Pilsner LME?
The yeast included in that kit (I've made it several times) is in fact an ale yeast. That seems kinda weird, but they know a new brewer isn't going to have a dedicated fridge to ferment a lager in.
The procedure how you have it is fine. You can stuff about 7 pounds of extract into 1.5 gallons of hot water, so you're well under that.
Yeast is yeast, and sugar is sugar. Any yeast will eat any simple sugar. Ale yeast will happily munch on Pilsner LME. With reference to LME, the word "Pilsner" just means it's light-colored. Go for it with some US-05 (or whatever comes with the kit) and get a nice pale/blonde ale.


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The Five Must-Have Skills Every Child Needs to Succeed
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Aren't we all beholden to our self-control? No matter how smart we are, if we don't discipline ourselves and resist our desire for instant gratification, we won't get very far. The same is true for your child, and that's why it's important to instill early on the importance of waiting for rewards in a variety of situations, so that your child is able to stay focused and persist through challenging circumstances – academic or otherwise!


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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the largest contract chip manufacturer in the world, announced its revenues – which have increased for eight consecutive quarters -- should reach record levels as its chips are used in more high-end smartphones. The company bases this on greater than anticipated sales and expects double-digit growth as more 20-nanometer chips enter the market. It did not state what its current or targeted market share for high-end smartphone chips might be. It estimates its second-quarter revenue will grow NT$180 billion ($6 billion) to NT$183 billion. Increased adoption of Long-Term Evolution technology is also driving chip sales, company executives report. (Reuters)(Bloomberg)
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