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When the College commemorates the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr. each year, two major facets of the College's mission coalesce in the same memorial celebration: the commitment "to assert the kinship of all people and to provide interracial education with a particular emphasis on understanding and equality among blacks and whites"; and the commitment "to stimulate understanding of the Christian faith and its many expressions and to emphasize the Christian ethic and the motive of service to others." In the late 1970s, the Campus Christian Center intentionally worked to help the College fulfill these two commitments by beginning the Martin Luther Day, Jr. Celebration. The Campus Christian Center provided significant support for this program initially, and for many years, with funding from annual grants that the Center received for various ministries from the Dr. William M. Scholl Foundation. After the establishment of the Black Cultural Center (BCC) in 1983, this program became an integral feature of the service and work of the BCC, although the Campus Christian Center has continued to serve as the other primary co-sponsor of this program.
Currently, the Campus Christian Center, the Black Cultural Center, and the African and African-American Studies Program, with support from several other departments and student organizations, lead the College in co-sponsoring a series of events to remember the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. and to recognize its relationship to the historic mission of Berea College, in order to re-empower the community of Berea College and its sphere of influence with this vision of social justice.
The Commemoration of the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr. occurs during January each year. The annual commemoration includes a variety of events and activities, some of which follow:
- Service of worship and inspiration at Church of Christ, Union, in Berea, Kentucky;
- Community Luncheon following worship at Church of Christ, Union;
- Commemorative March from the steps of the church to Berea City Hall; and
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Convocation in Phelps Stokes Auditorium on the Berea College campus.


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In her more official moments, her blazers and jackets again tend to accentuate her shape, but they are more relaxed with softer shoulders - think quintessential
Where we start to see the gumshoe problem rear its head is from the waist down. A properly equipped detective needs to carry her piece, her rod, her lead dispenser - and that requires a holster and a belt capable of holding one. While we have nothing against big belts or big belt buckles, hip holsters have been out since the Lone Ranger. We suspect Benson chose this type over a shoulder holster because the latter would seem to frame her chest in an abnormal fashion. So a wise decision there, we think.
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THE Zimbabwe Stock Exchange industrial index inched closer to the 180,00-point mark yesterday as the equities market continued roaring on strong foreign buying. The mining index was also up in the sky, elevated by gains in Hwange Colliery Limited.
After trades, the industrial index gained 2,48 percent or 4,34 points, to 179,34 points. The mining index gained 4,25 percent or 3,43 points to close at 84,07 points.
The ZSE stocks have had a solid run since the beginning of the year, lifted by the growing appetite for heavyweight stocks which include Delta Corporation, Econet Wireless, Innscor Africa Limited, DHLZ and British America Tobacco (Zimbabwe).
Market analysts expect that the strong rally at the close of last year would be maintained this year as the global economic outlook improves. However, head winds remain as the economy is hugely undercapitalised, with most companies still weighed down by expensive debt.
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"The sentiment has generally improved . . and you see how they (foreigners) have been chasing after Delta's, Econet, OK and other heavyweight stocks," said the stockbroker who cannot be named because he is not allowed to talk to the Press without the approval of the regulator, Security Exchange Commission of Zimbabwe.
"But stocks that are not well capitalised will remain seriously depressed."
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Cigarette maker BAT hit an all-time high of US500c in trades worth US$250 000 while Delta jumped US4,01c to another new high of US126,01c in deals worth US$1,7 million.
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TSL responded positively to financials for the year ended 2012 released yesterday where a final dividend of US0,43c was declared. It gained US1c to its all-time high of US12,5c. Interfresh led the fallers after losing 33,33 percent to US0,1c. Tractive was US0,60c lower at US9c ahead of its suspension from trading on the bourse today.
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> he personally respond my question , so does his TA.
> This is not cheating , i was just consulting your guys.
chan, i was just saying "be aware". i was very careful to make that clear.
how could you misinterpret that?
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> [mailto:email@example.com]On Behalf Of Nicole Carlson
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> Subject: Re: [vox-tech] can you run it faster for my 110 program?
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> > if your professor doesn't consider it cheating, do it here.
> > that's all i ask. use common sense. if you have no idea, then ask your
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> > nicole, your a cs grad, right? do you have any words of wisdom for us?
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Both your low-level TCP/IP and your management experience should be useful in helping you make the switch into network administration (particularly the former, which is a skill in pretty high demand). A CCNP would probably be more valuable than a CCDP, because the people who design networks (where the CCDP applies) are seldom the same people who take care of them on a day-to-day basis (where the CCNP applies). If you can put together a resume and cover letter that explain how your prior experience helps to prepare you to run a network (where management is essential, both in dealing with the technology and the people who make it work), I think you will be pleasantly surprised by how marketable your combination of skills turns out to be.
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The long-awaited, complete guide to making gourmet cheeses is finally here! We welcome to our shelves the gorgeous and informative new book, Mastering Artisan Cheesemaking: The Ultimate Guide for Home-Scale and Market Producers [1] by Gianaclis Caldwell.
Mastering Artisan Cheesemaking [1] is more than just a cheese cookbook. Caldwell's mission is to give aspiring cheesemakers the deep know-how to become intuitive, experimental — and really good at what they do.
Take a look at the book's acclaimed design by browsing the introduction, here [2]. Or a set of sample recipes, here [3].Gianaclis was recently interviewed by Ann Saxelby on her radio show Cutting the Curd, which airs on the Heritage Radio Network. Listen here [4]. In the video below, made by the Oregon Cheese Guild a few years ago, Caldwell explains her philosophy: "Take the milk you have, and the environment that you have, and make as many different styles [of cheese] as possible, until you learn what your milk, your environment, and you, are happy making." It's this careful and generous philosophy that informs her new book, Mastering Artisan Cheesemaking [1].
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A couple of weeks ago, we showed you how Spirit Airlines used the Manti Te'o story as part of a marketing gimmick. Well, the discount airliner is back at it this week, with the New York Yankees Alex Rodriguez their target. A-Rod was linked late last week in a story by the Miami New Times, to a Miami-based company that sold PEDs to him as late last season. MLB is conducting their own investigation into the matter, which includes other Major Leaguers such as Melky Cabrera, Gio Gonzalez, and Nelson Cruz. Spirit wasted no time to try and capitalize off the latest PED story involving A-Rod. Check out the screen shots below (H/T Big League Stew) I wonder if the publicity ends up increasing ticket sales for Spirit, or if just leads to good hearty-laughs? For what it is worth, the Te'o ad was much more clever.
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Tutus on Tour (2013)
Bournonville, Tudor, Baldwin, Simmons, Eddy & Bradshaw
at Founders Theatre, Hamilton
From 25 Oct 2013 to 26 Oct 2013
[91 mins]
Reviewed by Debbie Bright, 26 Oct 2013
Congratulations RNZB on your 60th anniversary this year!
This performance is the Hamilton stopover of a tour covering 47 venues, from Kaitaia to Stewart Island, and running from 23 October to 4 December. For this biennial tour, the company divides into two mini companies - with two sets of costumes, props, scenery and transport - that travel and perform, so that all centres can be covered in the time frame. The repertoire chosen generally consists of a number of short dance works that demonstrate a wide range of styles and genres, ranging from classic divertissements to local emerging talent, chosen to appeal to both experienced and inexperienced audience members, and to be performed on small regional stages.
The first half of this programme, reflecting the Tutus on Tour ethos, consists of five diverse pas de deux. For the second half of this 60th anniversary tour, the company offers a newly developed version of Peter and the Wolf . The two distinct halves of the programme provide a very satisfying and entertaining banquet. The adaptability and practicality of the production's stage setting is indicated to the arriving audience by means of the open stage (no Act Drop) and a single visible spotlight which sheds a pool of yellow light on the stage floor. Yet, the easy mobility of the set should not fool the viewer into supposing that they will not see the professionalism, skill and virtuosity for which the RNZB is known both nationally and internationally.
Flower Festival at Genzano - Choreographer: August Bournonville (1805-79)
Music: Edvard Helsted and Holger Simon Paulli Costumes: Gary Harris
Dancers: Katherine Grange, Kohei Iwamoto
This pas de deux is a short but satisfying taster of Bournonville's work. According to the programme, this particular piece is offered as a tribute to the company's Danish founder, Poul Gnatt, and also to the numerous times that the RNZB has presented Bournonville's work over the company's life time. In spite of the simplicity of stage set, I am drawn into the work and reminded of Danish and other European Classical Ballet traditions. I see Bournonville's very rapid precise footwork and his (unusual for his time) insistence that both men and women have important roles in his works. Grange performs with skill and finesse the detailed footwork and quicksilver leaps demanded by the choreography, while portraying the shy demur young woman being wooed by her suitor. Iwamoto presents a strong masterful suitor who protects and guides his chosen, while performing with stunning accuracy his fast tight footwork and precise and (to use a cliché) gravity-defying leaps.
'Charlie' From FrENzy - Choreography: Mark Baldwin
Music: Split Enz Costumes: Tracy Grant Lord
Dancers: Abigail Boyle, Dimitri Kleioris
In startling contrast to the first pas de deux, Baldwin, in this 2001 work, brings together apparently disparate elements of highly skilled and articulate classical dance and the music of Split Enz. The result is that Baldwin creates a work that is demanding for performers and audience (not unlike the stage acts of Split Enz). According to the programme, the costuming was inspired by the highly distinctive visual style of Split Enz; here the contrasts and contradictions are also evident. The highly skilled, long-limbed, articulate dance offerings of both Boyle and Kleioris provide, in full, the dynamics, contrast and drama of the work. I am left with impressions of intertwining and interweaving of sinewy bodies, conflict, attraction and challenging juxtapositions. This is a case of Split Enz meets classical ballet with unexpected non-classical ballet moments. Well done, Boyle and Kleioris!
Little Improvisations - Choreography: Antony Tudor (1908-87)
Music: Robert Schumann, Kinderscenen, Opus 15 Costumes: RNZB wardrobe department. Dancewear by PW Dance & Sportswear
Dancers: Bronte Kelly, Helio Lima
This (1953) work is presented by arrangement with the Ballet Notation Bureau and the Antony Tudor Ballet Trust, and is staged and coached by Amanda McKerrow and John Gardner. In this work, I see a young man and woman, who embody the playful, quirky, sulking, affectionate and mischievous interactions reminiscent of children, adolescents and lovers. They can turn any object, even a tablecloth, into a plaything, or a symbol of something more serious. The children and adolescents are clearly being monitored by an unseen adult presence; the lovers have the last word. I gain all of these impressions from the dancing and acting skills of Kelly and Lima. These two dancers blend unerringly the demanding and witty elegance of Tudor's movements with the rapport and relationship demanded by the roles.
Through to You - Choreography: Andrew Simmons
Music: Arvo Pärt, Spiegel im Spiegel Costumes: Tracy Grant Lord
Dancers: Maree White, Loughlan Prior
This 2009 dance duet is the work of an (at that time) emerging choreographer born in New Zealand but with a successful national and international career. The skillful lighting design allows the dancers to appear and disappear, to interact and to dance alone. I am left with images of long limbs intertwined and reaching, of lyricism, and a blending of sound, somberness, mystery, warmth and attraction, simple costumes, yellow lighting in shifting strips, satisfying choreography, and strong, well trained and beautiful dancing bodies. Thank you Simmons, White, Prior, Percy and others.
Wedding Pas de Deux from Don Quixote - Choreography: After Marius Petipa
Music: Ludwig Minkus Costumes: Original designs by Gary Harris
Dancers: Kitri/Basilio: Mayu Tanigaito, Paul Mathews
This work blends the classicism of the original Russian take on a Spanish story with elements of modern choreography and design; nevertheless, this work retains its flavour of being among the classic divertissements offered by classical ballet companies worldwide: slow controlled and elegant pas de deux, solos and grands pas de deux that include the expected moments of virtuosity in leaps, turns, fouettés, high extensions and balances. Tanigaito and Mathews dance their hearts out and I am left with impressions of youth and experience, tentativeness and confidence, strength and vulnerability.
Peter and the Wolf - Choreography: Catherine Eddy & Brendan Bradshaw
Music: Sergei Prokofiev Design: Robin Rawstorne Orchestra: Orchestra Wellington Narrator: Te Radar
Dancers: Peter: Kohei Iwamoto; Sister/ Bird: Adriana Harper; Father/ Wolf: Paul Mathews; Duck: Bronte Kelly;
Cat: Katherine Grange; Grandmother: Maree White; Soldiers/ Hunters: Joseph Skelton, Helio Lima, Abigail Boyle, Arata Miyagawa; Shadow Boys: Dimitri Kleioris, Loughlan Prior
Woah, this is truly a show-stopper! As the programme states: "This is an eccentric and adventurous story that will appeal to children of all ages." I agree!
Peter and the Wolf is an incredibly refreshing and very funny treatment of a classic children's story of music and narration that was designed to teach children some of the key instruments in an orchestra while communicating a cautionary tale. The only element of this particular production that remains relatively unchanged is Prokofiev's composition. The first setting of Rawstorne's brilliant design is revealed towards the end of the interval, indicating immediately a treatment of the story outside of the usual. This set continues to intrigue and amuse as the dancers manipulate elements in unexpected ways and for unexpected uses. Te Radar's narration is, predictably, Te Radar and New Zealand in tone; we hear of how the grandmother is "miffed", and "nek minnit", as tragedy strikes. Very clever and witty costuming, use of props, choreographic choices, and exaggeration in almost every aspect complete a danced story that is hilarious. Having said that, I am not fooled into imagining that the physical danced elements are easy; they are not. Skill and control can often become more important when humour is portrayed. The virtuosity of the performers is not lost. Each of the characters appears well-cast, carrying his or her role with flair, skill and acting ability, and with a strong sense of the ridiculous. The audience is quickly loosened into giggling and freely laughing. The shadow boys and soldier/ hunters are applauded as loudly as the key characters at the conclusion. It's mad, it's crazy, I love it!
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Yesterday was Grace's 8th Birthday...I had wanted to post a message but as the day went on, it became increasingly hard for me to do so...
April 20th will always be Grace's birthday...a day to celebrate her incredible life...we found it fitting to gather with a few friends for balloons and pink cupcakes. Colin and I had McDonald's french fries for lunch and we made tacos for dinner. I thought how happy she would have been that this year; her birthday was on a Tuesday, a dance day! It is forever a day to think of how loving and how full of life she was, remembering her excitement for birthdays (whether it was hers or anyone else's) and cake!
It is, however, a difficult day because we cannot shake the feeling that she should be here, celebrating with us. All day yesterday, I tried so hard to focus on how happy she made us from the moment she was born, but all I could end up feeling was how sad I am that she is not here. I was so glad when it was time for the kids come and release the balloons, play on the play set and eat cupcakes! I thank you to all of our friends who remembered Grace and our family yesterday with kind gestures, thoughts and prayers.
I am sure that Grace was smiling and dancing as she celebrated in heaven while we celebrated here...maybe she is even having cake again today with fellow DIPG warrior Andrew (www.caringbridge.org/visit/aws) for his 9th birthday! Someday, dear Grace, we will share cake together again!
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IT WAS hailed as the discovery of the century. But now the researchers who reported the first detection of primordial gravitational waves say they are not so sure after all.
The team used a telescope called BICEP2, based at the South Pole, to study the cosmic microwave background (CMB), the earliest light emitted after the big bang, which now permeates the universe.
In March, they reported a twisting pattern in their view of the CMB that they put down to gravitational waves, wrinkles in space-time that could have been produced when the baby universe went through a rapid growth spurt. They announced the find at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and posted the results online.
But doubts about the sighting soon emerged. Other objects, such as dust within our galaxy, can also mimic this twisting pattern. To rule out dust as a cause of the signal, the BICEP2 team turned to other telescopes that map the CMB, including the Planck satellite. Its full dust analysis is not expected until October. So the BICEP2 team initially used a preliminary Planck map presented at a conference in 2013. This led to worry that the team had underestimated the amount of twisting caused by dust.
Last week, the first peer-reviewed version of the BICEP2 results appeared in the journal Physical Review Letters (doi.org/tcr). It omits some of the results based on Planck, and backtracks on the certainty that the signal is not due to dust.
At least eight other groups are already working towards replicating the results, including the Planck team, so we should soon know the truth. "Doing a full analysis of BICEP2 and Planck will be really powerful to help identify, really nail down what the signal is," says Colin Bischoff at Harvard University.
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Hats off to Twitter
Appropriately enough, I came across Twitter's spoof recruitment video via a Tweet.
If you haven't seen it, watch it now because it's brilliant: At Twitter, The Future is You!
It works so effectively not only as a parody of the cheesy recruitment videos we've all seen, but also as an effective riposte against the highly polished ads made by other companies such as Apple and Google. (Although to be fair, Twitter makes them too.)
Twitter used a hack week project to make the best/worst recruitment video of all time, and they've created one that reflects the company's quirky personality. (How many other web services provide a 'Fail Whale' when they fall over?)
The result is three minutes of fun, with a sharable hashtag and a bespoke Twitter account @jointheflock. In short – an effective social media campaign.
Hats off to Twitter.


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I think that has worked for cycling here in the states. I have no idea anymore what the channel is called now that airs state-side cycling as well as the TDF and others, but my DVR catches them.
When I last watched WSBK on Speed, Speed didn't bother to inject any of the usual home announcer drivel, or in-between nonsense.
They still managed to cut away to commercials right at the wrong time. I take that as their way of maintaining suspense. of course ty'd return two to five laps later depending on how many back-to-back "Flo" commercials they could pile up.
The odd thing I noticed was the video quality was better than the video quality of MotoGP feed.
My streaming of MotoGP off the subscription from my iPad through the AppleTV puck was better than that even.
Makes me wonder what the marketing morons at Speed really know about video or broadcast other than NASCAR demographics.
If as the industry pundents say Speed are trying to become a mainstream sports provider, they are coming from a long way back. They have cornered themselves with all the backwash of this and that garage shows along with their cash-cow NASCAR, I don't see them edging anybody out of the US football or baseball arena.
They built themselves into a "motorsports" network except the mainly cover NASCAR and auctions.
How either of those hold any audience interest beyond five minutes is well beyond my guess.
In the US all international sport is approached by mainstream media from only our point of view. If at all. If there happens to be a competitor from the US in the filed the focus is on that person no matter how little their performance matters to the event or overall or championship.
I still maintain the best commentary example for any sporting event is the team of Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen and their cycling racing commentary.
If I were proposing to produce racing for US consumption I'd build a team like these two. they are not condescending but, informing and entertaining. Might have to look further than the usual shallow pond of talking heads.
Greg White started off as another racer-turned yelling into the mic sideman, the networks seem to cultivate. He is growing into a more soft spoken and knowledgeable insider-view host. It is clear he loves the sport and enjoys his job and spending time with the participants. striking the balance between insider buddy and journalist will make the difference.
I don't think you learn the trade of hosting these things in schools or overnight. You need good direction and a mentor.
That mentor can't be the NASCAR yelling idiots. And the direction can't come from marketing.
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Carmen and Camille Launch "Mix. Promote. Sell." Remix Campaign on Indaba
Twin sister pop-rock act Carmen and Camille recently launched a very cool CC remix project with Indaba Music. They've made the audio stems from their previously unreleased song "Shine 4U" available under a Creative Commons Attribution license, and are encouraging people to use them in new songs. Since the stems are under CC's most permissive license, you're free to not only share but also sell and commercially license your remix, as long as you give the duo credit for supplying the source material.
The sisters, whose music has been featured on MTV's TRL and who have licensed many of their tracks to shows such as The Hills, worked closely with Indaba on the project. Says vocalist/guitarist Camille, in the project's press release:
"I think what makes us most excited about the outcome of this campaign is getting to hear our song redone in many different ways. We can't wait to hear what people can add to the track. And the new versions of the song may bring us new fans that it would have taken us a long time to reach, which is great."
We think these two have the right idea!
Upload your remix to Indaba Music through July 21st, 2009. Winners will be announced on August 14th; prizes include Camel Audio software, Sennheiser headphones, and pro memberships to Indaba Music.
Indaba tells us that entries are currently at the rate of about 1,000 per week, which means there's a huge amount of music being created that will be available for all kinds of uses under the CC license that Cameron and Camille chose. We'd love to hear from anyone who ends up selling or commercially licensing their remix – if this applies to you, please shoot us a note at email@example.com Comments »
GOOD: "We Like to Share" interview series
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This past December, I conducted a series of interviews with people about the value of sharing information and resources in their respective fields of work. The interviews were edited into a podcast for GOOD entitled "We Like to Share" that was made available to people who attended the GOOD December series of events in Los Angeles. Last week, GOOD began posting CC BY-licensed text versions of the interviews on its website and will roll out one a week over the next few months. The first interview is with Chris Hughes, one of the co-founders of Facebook, who was the online strategist for the Barack Obama campaign. Check back at "We Like to Share" each Thursday (starting tomorrow) to read interviews with iconic sharers like Jimmy Wales, Chris Dibona, Frances Pinter, Jesse Dylan, and Curt Smith.
Our OVC Wrapup
We wanted to give big thanks to Ben, Dean, Elizabeth, Adi, and all the volunteers to helped make the fantastic Open Video Conference happen. Myself, Jane and Alex K were all in attendance on behalf of CC and we figured we'd post a wrap up about our experience at the conference.
At the CC Salon NYC / OVC Pre-party, I was able to record my conversation with Brett Gaylor, the director and creator of RiP! A Remix Manifesto which also screened at OVC. You can download our interview in ogg here, or mp3 here, available under a our Attribution license. Fans of Adam McHeffey will be happy to watch a YouTube video of his performance here. And last but not least, thanks to Erik Möller from the Wikimedia Foundation for guiding us through Wikipedia's switch to CC-BY-SA.
And of course, we couldn't forget about Blip.tv for supplying the beer at the salon, For Your Imagination Studios for the space, and Parker and Wesley for helping out with setup and breakdown. We couldn't have done it without you guys!
As for the OVC itself, we were blown away with the focus and intensity in every panel and session. I repeatedly heard from attendees how nice it was to have 100% of a conference focused on an issue that typically receives only 10% of the attention. One of my favorite presentations was by Chris Blizzard from Mozilla showing of Firefox's 3.5 Ogg Theora capabilities. Here's a quick screen cast some of the capabilities Chris showed off at the conference:
On Saturday afternoon I gave a well packed luncheon presentation on Open Video, Metadata, and Creative Commons. You can download the slides from my presentation here.
Here's a brief summary from Jane and Alex who attended on behalf of ccLearn:
ccLearn also attended the first ever Open Video Conference and had a blast. We think much of the OVC's success is due to the fact that so much of it was relevant to openness in general that education naturally fit the bill. "Open Video in Education" especially blew us away by the diversity of forward thinking present in the room by both open education advocates and those with little to no experience with open educational resources (OER). Most everyone in the room, including the audience, were in agreement that open video and open technologies are essential to the future of education. The expressed concerns were more about how to convince the higher-ups at their institutions to see the light.
To reiterate, the session was not lacking in representation. Someone remarked how the variety of perspectives yielded a kind of "transformer panel." From Bjoern Hassler (Cambridge University's Centre for Applied Research in Educational Technologies) who set the tone in the beginning by assuming that it is (or should be) apparent to everyone that CC BY is the best license for OER, Tiffiny Cheng (Participatory Culture Foundation) who highlighted Miro, the open source free high definition video player, to UC Berkeley's webcast.berkeley, the panel was diverse but consistent in their view that open video for education is essential, that CC licenses for that video is a given, and that—to quote an audience member's words—"You have to do more than just tape lectures."
Finally, you can also watch most of the main hall sessions on the Livestream feed page for the OVC, though Flash is required. We're assured these will be available in Theora in short order.
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Night Of The Living Dead: Reanimated
Night Of The Living Dead: Reanimated is a collaborative project that takes George Romero's cult horror classic, Night of the Living Dead and very literally reanimates the entire film. Featuring work from a huge number of artists, the project as a whole is being released under a CC BY-NC-ND license with individual artists retaining rights to their contributions. It is well documented that the original film is in the public domain and in that spirit, Mike Schneider – the projects curator – is releasing all of his notes and documentation under a CC BY license so others have a leg-up in making their own iterations of the project.
The project is currently looking for independent venues to screen the film come this fall and is slating a DVD release for the upcoming winter – be sure to contact the project leads for more information. Similarly, they are currently soliciting collaborators for their next project, Unseen Horror.Comments Off on Night Of The Living Dead: Reanimated
Public (UK) perception of copyright, public sector information, and CC
The UK Office of Public Sector Information has published a report on public understanding of copyright, in particular Crown Copyright, the default status of UK government works … and Creative Commons. It contains interesting findings, though I really wish it had included two additional questions.
Among the general (UK) public, 71% agree that government should encourage re-use of content it provides, and only 4% disagree.
The survey asked whether people felt encouraged or discouraged from using content when seeing "copyright" alone or alternatives on a web page:
|Crown Copyright
|Click-Use Licence
|Read Terms & Conditions
Clearly, copyright discourages use. Of the alternative notices tested in this way, only "Read Terms & Conditions" noticeably encourages use. As the presentation notes, this option is likely to be recognized as non-transactional.
Adding a transaction, potentially monetary, as overhead to copy & paste discourages re-use. You'll occasionally hear us and advocates of open licensing generally talk about reducing "transaction costs" — see, that's not just blather! One way of looking at public licenses such as CC licenses is that they make re-use non-transactional — they pre-clear at least certain re-uses.
Unfortunately, the survey did not evaluate a CC license notice in the same manner — whether it encourages or discourages use. 87% of the general public did not recognize the license icon associated with the CC Attribution license. It's hard to say whether this is good or bad — a small proportion recognizes the image — on the other hand we're talking about the general public and one specific image.
Hopefully this or a similar survey will be repeated in the UK and elsewhere to see how recognition increases, or does not. Furthermore, future surveys should test not mere image recognition. Typically a license icon is paired with a statement such as "This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License." And of course the icon and text are linked to a "human readable" deed explaining the terms, as well as a "machine readable" annotation so that seeing a license notice on a web page isn't the only vector for discovering the content as re-usable without a transaction.
Even more unfortunately, they survey did not evaluate whether "public domain" encourages or discourages use.
Overall, it is fantastic that this survey was done and published. Clearly the public wants to be encouraged to make use of its own information and a non-transactional alternative to default copyright is necessary to make that encouragement.
While we've come a very long way toward enabling effective sharing and re-framing copyright for the digital age, one must strongly agree with Glyn Moody's assessment:
It looks like much more work needs to be done to get the message out about Creative Commons and its licences.
You can help — release works under one of the CC licenses (or into the public domain), use and recommend licensed works, and if you're able, please support the effort financially.
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Youtils.com Helps You Attribute and Track Images
Youtils is an online service that enables content owners to track how their online images are being used on sites hosting their content. Right now, the site supports our Creative Commons Attribution license. When you sign up and upload your images as an owner, you can see interesting metrics such as where images and photos are published, the frequency in which they are accessed, and which images are most popular amongst images offered for reuse.
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EFF Teaches Copyright, without an agenda
When it comes to copyright, our youth are too often bombarded with extremes. The entertainment industry giants propagate a skewed perspective by launching anti-copying educational programs, leaving out much of the balanced information necessary to cultivating user's awareness about her real rights to a resource. This results in students thinking that they can react in only one of two ways: by breaking the law in the face of overbearing restrictions, or by doing absolutely nothing at all with copyrighted works, effectively stifling the learning that comes of creatively engaging with them.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation recognized this problem and went to work on a copyright curriculum that would not only be fair and balanced in perspective, but comprehensive in its scope by encouraging discussion and self-education. From the press release,
"Kids are bombarded with messages that using new technology is illegal… Instead of approaching the issues from a position of fear, Teaching Copyright encourages inquiry and greater understanding. This is a balanced curriculum, asking students to think about their role in the online world and to make informed choices about their behavior."
ccLearn has taken a look at Teaching Copyright and we commend it. The curriculum is created and vetted by lawyers and promotes a balanced teaching perspective, clearing up much of the misinformation that is current industry propaganda. Like EFF Staff Attorney Corynne McSherry says, "Today's tech-savvy teens will grow into the artists and innovators of tomorrow." We need to help them "understand their digital rights and responsibilities in order to create, critique, and comment on their culture. This curriculum fills an educational void, introducing critical questions of digital citizenship into the classroom without misinformation that scares kids from expressing themselves in the modern world."
The entire curriculum and accompanying resources on the Teaching Copyright website are licensed CC BY, which appropriately encourages students, teachers, and anyone else to adapt it to various educational needs and contexts.2 Comments »
Why Did the White House Choose Attribution and not Public Domain?
The microblogs have been a-buzz this morning about news of the launch of the official White House Flickr stream featuring photos from Obama's first 100 days in office. While the photos are licensed under our Attribution license, one could make the very strong argument that they're actually in the public domain and can be used without attribution (though one would have to be careful and respect the personality rights of the private citizens featured in some of the photos). The photos are likely in the public domain because they are works created by the federal government and not entitled to copyright protection. As you might recall, the Whitehouse.gov's copyright notice indicates as much.
Why would the White House then choose Attribution for their Flickr stream? Simple, unlike communities like Wikipedia and Thingiverse, Flickr doesn't allow their photographers to choose Public Domain as an option to release their work to the world. So the Obama team must have picked the next best option: Attribution only.8 Comments »
Braithwaite's CC Licensed Wallets
Braithwaite creates men's wallets whose PDF designs are CC licensed. Their model really exemplifies the kind of thinking we're seeing a lot of these days – set the digital versions free and offer the unique physical goods and experience for a price. Braithwaite explains their decision as follows:
As of April 14, 2009, we have used Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License to license our unique wallet designs allowing anyone to distribute, copy, or produce them as long as authorship credit is retained. The right to use our designs does include commercial use.
Since there are no 'patents' in regards to the fashion industry, we have decided to blow the lid off with our work by making it freely available to anyone. This also allows our designers to retain the rights to their work. When designers submit their work to us, we recommend that they first license it with Creative Commons to make sure their rights are protected.
You can download the wallet designs on the pages of their respective designers, and orders begin shipping April 22nd.Comments Off on Braithwaite's CC Licensed Wallets
Cloud Commons
Creative Commons licensing has been highlighted in a couple prominent discussions of "cloud computing" documents recently.
Last week Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz wrote about Sun's cloud computing strategy:
Second, we announced the API's and file formats for Sun's Cloud will all be open, delivered under a Creative Commons License. That means developers can freely stitch our and their cloud services into mass market products, without fear of lock-in or litigation from the emerging proprietary cloud vendors.
The API specification Schwartz writes about is released under a CC Attribution license.
Today Microsoft's Steven Martin wrote critically of a cloud computing "manifesto" that has apparently been developed behind closed doors:
To ensure that the work on such a project is open, transparent and complete, we feel strongly that any "manifesto" should be created, from its inception, through an open mechanism like a Wiki, for public debate and comment, all available through a Creative Commons license. After all, what we are really seeking are ideas that have been broadly developed, meet a test of open, logical review and reflect principles on which the broad community agrees. This would help avoid biases toward one technology over another, and expand the opportunities for innovation.
Of course a document can be at first developed in private, then released in public under a CC license, but Martin is certainly correct that a document that is open in its development and in what can be done with it upon release ought to be published under a CC license, as should the debate and comment surrounding document creation.
The manifesto Martin discusses apparently is still private, though a commenter on his post notes that the Cloud Computing Community Wiki has taken up the challenge to develop its own cloud computing manifesto in public under a CC Attribution-ShareAlike license. Of this, Sam Johnson commented on Martin's blog:
Here's hoping that when this consortium reveals itself their work will also be available under a CC-BY-SA license so we can cherry pick the better parts, but in the mean time if you have anything to add then please feel free to do so.
It's really great that the necessity of releasing specifications, manifestos, and other documents under liberal CC licenses has such broad buy in. Among other things, the practice probably saves lots of money and frustration — big companies don't have to spend on lawyers to negotiate copyright terms on the documents they collaborate on nor to develop onerous terms that individuals and others must agree to in order to contribute to such documents — to say nothing of the opportunity cost of not pre-clearing documents for translation and inclusion in educational materials.
However, it's also important to note that applying a liberal CC license to a specification or other computing-related document is only one of a number of steps required to ensure that a computing technology is and remains really open. For example, is the technology patent encumbered? Is there an open source reference implementation? We sketched this out in a bit more detail almost a year ago in a post titled What good is a CC licensed specification?
Consider the above an opportunistic public service announcement rather than a criticism of Sun or Microsoft in these particular instances. Martin's post is about a manifesto about interoperability — so a CC license may be all that is needed for that document to be open, at least after publication — though perhaps the document should recommend more than that of cloud computing initiatives that develop specifications intended to be interoperable. The rest of Schwartz's post (actually it is 4th in a series of 4 posts) talks a lot about the free software community and building on open source software, so it is possible Sun is doing everything possible to make the cloud API it proposes open — I just haven't evaluated whether that is the case.
It's also worth noting here that not only big companies are thinking about keeping cloud computing open (if you're annoyed by use of the fuzzy "cloud" term and have managed to read this far, congratulations) — many in the free and open source software community have related concerns and have begun to develop their own manifestos and guidelines (unsurprisingly, available under CC Attribution-ShareAlike), which interestingly address all of the above and other issues of software freedom and free culture.
Now go forth and make the cloud interoperable, open, and free (as in speech), understanding that CC licensing specifications and manifestos is a necessary step, but only one of many steps toward fulfilling your mission.☺
Update 2009-03-30: The Open Cloud Manifesto is now available, and it is indeed published under CC BY-SA.Comments Off on Cloud Commons


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Original name: Dorotea of Brandenburg
Nov. 10, 1495
Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. She belonged to the Hohenzollern Dynasty and her parents were Margrave John the Alchemist of Brandenburg and Margravine Barbara, a Princess of Saxe-Wittenburg. With special dispensation from the Pope, and in famously lavish ceremonies, she married firstly in 1445 her second cousin King Christopher (III) of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, who died without children three years later. Secondly the following year she wed King Christian I of the same Kalmar Union of the three kingdoms. She was the only queen of Denmark to be married to two consecutive kings. With Christian she had 5 children, among whom were future King John ("Hans") of Denmark-Norway-Sweden, King Frederick I of Denmark-Norway and Queen Margaret of Scotland, married to James III. Queen Dorothy was an energetic woman, and was very influential in government business. She was given the Castle of Kalundborg and other Danish estates, the provinces of Nericia and Vermillandia in Sweden and Jempthalandia in Norway as her dowry. She was also promised a huge cash settlement in the event that she might have to go into exile in the future. When Christopher died, Dorothy ruled Denmark until Christian was elected. He was prompted by the electors to marry her for financial reasons, but did not mind. Their marriage was happy. Dorothy thoroughly enjoyed her first visit to Sweden and after Christian lost that country she worked tirelessly with him to regain it, using her church contacts to that end and even going all the way to Rome, after his death, to try to get the Swedish rebels excommunicated and her son John reinstated. She died at Kalundborg in 1495 still unhappy about losing her Swedish properties, which remained a matter of contention between Sweden and Denmark for centuries.
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