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CC goes to #Mozfest 2014
Creative Commons staff, affiliates, and supporters were active participants and contributors at this year's Mozilla Festival, which has become an annual rallying point for the Open Web and our shared values. Our sessions covered a wide range of issues, from new technology, to open education and science, to working as an open organization. Thanks to Mozilla for inviting us. We're already looking forward to next year's event.
Christos Bacharakis / CC BY-NC-SA
CC makes tools for makers
by Matt Lee and Ryan Merkley
In CC makes tools for makers, CC's Ryan Merkley and Matt Lee joined Mozilla dev Ali Al Dallal to talk about tools and technology solutions that could enhance the reach and value of CC-licensed works. CC shared some early screens for The List, a new mobile app that allows anyone to create and share a list of wanted images, and allows users to respond by taking pictures and sharing them in a global archive, all licensed CC BY. CC also shared CC Search, which will aggregate results from publicly-facing search APIs of openly licensed works. Ali demoed a prototype of MakeDrive, which will allow a user to search for a CC image, then grab it into their own local synced storage.
Participants broke into smaller groups to discuss challenges and opportunities, and identified solutions that were shared back with the group. Issues ranged from UX and usability needs to opportunities for monetization. Everyone was encouraged to join The List mailing list at creativecommons.org/thelist for updates, and to head to hackspace.cc to join the development process and contribute.
Portrait of a Creative Commons Artist
by Jane Park
In Portrait of a Creative Commons Artist, a group of musicians, filmmakers, museum curators, and arts education practitioners gathered to discuss the kinds of art being created in today's digital landscape and how and why they share their artworks and the artworks of others. Surprisingly, or unsurprisingly, the artists' motivations for sharing included no commercial goals. Motivations cited included wider distribution; to grow a community of like-minded artists; to elicit feedback or emotion; and result in new inferences and ways of thinking.
We also identified barriers to sharing in certain environments, such as child privacy in arts education and the time-consuming effort involved in cataloging artworks for museums. We addressed individual artists' hang-ups to sharing, such as fear of plagiarism and not being quite ready or confident in the quality of one's art to open it up for public criticism. Lastly, we brainstormed potential solutions to overcoming these barriers and help artists feel more comfortable with sharing their works online under more liberal re-use terms, such as Creative Commons licenses. Such solutions included: a tool that could display a canonical representation of your work, including all derivatives made from the original; a better attribution prompt enabling artists to specify exactly how they want to be attributed; and a registry of artworks in the commons. Additional needs included improved interaction design with artworks online, consulting or advisement on how to share such networked art, and simplified best practices around sharing and attributing open artworks. Full agenda and notes from the session are available, in addition to Kevin's coverage of the session in The Open Standard, "The Plight of the Open-Source Artist" — which is aptly licensed under CC BY-SA.
This session affirmed and informed our intentions with several CC projects in development, such as a registry of CC-licensed works, a smart phone application that would make it easier for photo contributions to the commons (The List), and the Free Culture Trust, a coalition of organizations that would offer comprehensive services to artists wanting to donate their art to the commons.
Mapping #SchoolofOpen and #TeachtheWeb to places
by Jane Park
In Mapping #SchoolofOpen and #TeachtheWeb to places, community members from Creative Commons, School of Open, and Mozilla Webmaker came together to physically map their open web education programs, such as Maker Party and the recent School of Open Africa launch. We "hacked" a map of the world by creating our own version of it, and most interestingly, Africa was front and center with the U.S. largely as an afterthought. After mapping, we self-organized into two streams: those leading open web education for adults and those leading open web education for kids and teens. After much discussion, we are now planning to better bridge our communities to increase our impact in several regions, including Africa, India, and the U.S. We will be creating a digital version of our Hack the Map activity, allowing others to add themselves virtually over time, and also planning a joint School of Open and Mozilla Webmaker event with our communities for 2015.
OpenMe – Kids can Open
by Jane Park
In OpenMe – Kids can Open, a few of us from the CC, School of Open and National Writing Project communities gathered to discuss current efforts around CC and open web education for kids and strategies for replicating those efforts in other jurisdictions. Kelsey Wiens, CC South Africa public lead and School of Open program lead for CC4Kids, shared her experience with piloting CC4Kids in schools. Generally, starting with private schools resulted in more favorable results, in addition to partnering with existing organizations with strong ties to schools, such as Innovate South Africa's Code4ct. We are now in conversation to pilot the CC4Kids model in the U.S. with the National Writing Project's Educator/Innovator network. To start, we will be hosting a webinar as well as sharing a call to the network for after school pilot participants.
Walking the talk – How to work open
by Jane Park
In Walking the talk – How to work open, CC facilitated the strand on Partnerships and collaboration, or how to better work together as open organizations with overlapping missions and projects. How do we not reinvent the wheel and collectively have greater impact? Part of the solution lies in better communications and transparent organizational practices, but how do we translate these needs into an action item? We brainstormed several "best case scenarios" and in the end came up with a strong list of concrete solutions, with an Annual Capacity Building Conference for open organizations at the top of the list. Such a conference would focus specifically on knowledge sharing for the purpose of building capacity within and outside of our organizations to achieve our missions and realizing our vision for universal access to research and education and full participation in culture. Other ideas included:
- A Natural Language Processing tool that links cross-organizational communications in different languages in one hub
- Culture training for organizations that encourages failure and knowledge sharing, versus an environment where keeping information secret results in a competitive edge
- Working groups of ambassadors in each city to represent all open organizations in that city (and that would work to bring in new organizations seeking representation)
- A Task Rabbit-like platform for open organizations that would match organizations needing capacity in a certain area with an organization that could provide it
Complete notes from the session are available, in addition to results from the Community Building track of which this session was a part. The wranglers for the track are now working on a community building toolkit and will be rallying all organizational representatives in the next few months to make one of the above ideas into a reality. We vote for the Annual Capacity Building Conference of open orgs!
Skills Mapping for Open Science
by Billy Meinke
In the Skills and Curriculum Mapping for Open Science session, facilitators and participants on Mozilla Science Lab's "Science on the Web" track came together to build a map linking together the many nouns and verbs that describe interactions between people and scientific research, all of which are connected the Commons. An underlying focus of the session was to identify the ways scientists and citizens interact with outputs of research including content, data and code.
Taking a simplified approach to mapping these nodes will lend to the ability of others to expand on the map, and to translate the nodes into learning objectives that can be included in education and training programs around open and reproducible science. Over the two days of the festival, we facilitated the mapping of outputs and interaction types, aiming to capture key statements that describe the way scientific artifacts are created, reused/remixed, and shared. We welcomed scientists and non-scientists alike to stop by and critique the map as it was constructed, and to add nodes or connections where they felt something was missing. Did you ever once produce a dataset for your research blog? Then you've created data! Have you ever downloaded an Open Access research paper? If you have, then you've reused content! Have you ever uploaded a script to Github? Then you've shared code! It's easy to drop most interactions people have with science into these buckets once we take a step back, and simplify the statements around what we do with scientific content and code in the Commons.
To allow others to build on the skills mapping done at Mozfest this year, a digital version of the map has been uploaded to Github , and is open for anyone to revise, tweak, and add to as they wish. Plans to expand this work include a full build out of high-level learning objectives, and alignment to existing Open Educational Resources in science training programs. A number of universities have expressed interest in piloting an undergraduate or graduate-level course on open and reproducible science, and the idea is that this map will be useful when developing such a course, revealing how and where skills learned in such a course apply to the way we work with content and code in the Commons.Comments Off on CC goes to #Mozfest 2014
Creative Commons in London: Open Ed Timeline and Mozfest
A few weeks ago, CC co-hosted an open education meetup in London with P2PU, the Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN), and FLOSS Manuals Foundation. We also led or participated in sessions and tracks on open science, makes for cultural archives, collaborations across the open space, and open education data at the Mozilla Festival immediately following the meetup. Several interesting projects have arisen from both the meetup and sessions, so we thought it worthwhile to mention here in case others would like to get involved.
Hit the Road Map: A Human Timeline of the Open Education Space
A Human Timeline of Open Education / CC BY
In addition to networking and sharing our common open education interests, participants of the Open Ed Meetup at the William Goodenough house collectively built a timeline of events that they felt marked important (and personal) milestones in the open education space, from the beginning of the Open University in 1969 to Lessig's countersuit against Liberation Music this year. The timeline was a great collaborative exercise for the group, and one that we hope is only beginning. As Marieke from the OKFN writes in her post,
"…the plan is to digitise what we have by moving all the ideas in to Google Docs and then create a TimeMapper of them. This may form part of the Open Education handbook. At that point we will be able to share the document with you so you can add more information, correct the date and add in your own ideas. We may even try to run more open education timeline events."
In fact, CC affiliates in Europe will be co-hosting the second Open Education Handbook booksprint with the OKFN and Wikimedia in Berlin as a result!
To see photos from the meetup, see both Creative Common's and OKFN's Flickr streams. Contribute to the timeline here.
Mozilla Festival
Getting hands-on with tools on the web for Open Science
by Billy Meinke
In another team-up with the Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN), we ran a session investigating tools on the web that help make science more open. Hinging on the theme of alternative ways to measure (altmetrics) scholarly impact, collaborators joined us in the session and got hands-on with tools that we can use to see how publications and other research outputs are talked about and shared on the web. To help build content for lessons linked to the Open Science course in the School of Open, participants tested a handful of free tools to see what they were able to measure, how usable the tools were, and considered ways to share this with others who aren't familiar with altmetrics. We will be organizing the content over the next few weeks, and offering the altmetrics lesson as a standalone exercise once it's complete. For more information about how the session went, see this blog post.
Collaborations across the Open Space
Mozfest: Collaborations Across the Open Space / CC BY
We also participated in a session with Wikimedia, OKFN, and other orgs to talk about how we could better collaborate and share news among our organizations so we don't keep reinventing the wheel. I won't go into detail here, as the wiki session writeup does it much better, and has continued to grow since the festival. For example, something as simple as a blog aggregator for all "open" related news would help those working in this space tremendously. To join our efforts, head over to the wiki and add your thoughts and be notified of follow-up meetings.
Digital Self Preservation Toolkit
One neat thing to come out of this year's Mozfest was the beginnings of a Digital Self Preservation Toolkit exploring the idea of what happens to your body of creative, educational, or scientific work when you die. Some questions we asked and discussed were: In your country, what happens to your work when you die? What steps can you take to ensure its posterity? How would you want it shared and who would you want to own it? Our initial aim was to develop a set of tools and tips to help people think through how they might want to release their work upon death, building on an idea that the Question Copyright folks had last year around a free culture trust. Skirting the technical and legal issues for the time being, we came up with a prototype IP donor badge that creators might use to signify their intent, a concept form that they would fill out, and a mock-up website where such a toolkit might reside. We are now continuing our efforts in collaboration with folks from numerous organizations interested in the same questions, and you can join us to move the project forward at the Free Culture Trust wiki.
OER Research Hub's Open Education Data Detective
Lastly, we'd like to highlight our collaboration with the OER Research Hub, who held a "scrum" on visualizing open education data called the Open Ed Data Detective. Participants experimented with open education data that the OER Research Hub made available, including data on School of Open courses.Comments Off on Creative Commons in London: Open Ed Timeline and Mozfest
Open Science Course — a cool connected science experience!
This past August, I facilitated an online peer-learning course in the School of Open introducing open science to newcomers, and Michelle Sidler worked behind the scenes to keep things glued together. This guest post was written by Michelle, and gives a look at how things went teaching an entirely free course on open science over the web. It's pretty cool.
Guiding Students through the Course
During last month's round of School of Open courses, I helped out with a facilitated version of the Open Science course supported by Creative Commons, the Open Knowledge Foundation, and PLOS. On four Tuesdays in August, Billy Meinke hosted online discussions with a handful of well-known members of the open science community while participants from around the world completed course modules and blogged about their experiences. Here's how things went down.
Note: The course materials and online discussions are available on the Open Science P2PU course page, and will continue to grow over the next few weeks as participants share blog about their experiences working with aspects of science that are either open or not.
Participant Blogs
While completing course units, participants blogged their experiences, offering reflections and insights about open science and sharing online resources they found. Participants were researchers and scientists from around the world, including biologists, climatologists, librarians, and even musicians.
Though we are still working through much of the blog posts, here are some examples of people learning about open access, open data, and open research for free through the School of Open:
The first of three modules introduced the topic of open access (OA), and after browsing through content about OA, learners were to report on the openness of published research articles they found on the web. A learner named Peter Desmet provided a fine overview of the history of open access and the different "flavours" of open access in an entry on his blog. The second module led folks to the topic of open data for science, where a peer by the name Odon shared her process of learning through her blog, Odonlife. Her writings offered definitions and descriptions of open data and assessed the openness of datasets she found online. Drawing from these lessons, she also described her experiences contributing to open data crowdsourcing projects and how they inspired her to start a similar project. For the third unit on open research, a peer in the course named Nicki Clarkson described the work of Jon Tennant, a paleontologist and open science advocate who deposited the data from his PhD research into the Paleontology Database, a repository for similar data. Jon even commented on her post, thanking her for the shout-out—another example of the ways in which open information brings researchers together!
Featured Speakers
In addition to supporting the online course participants, Billy Meinke hosted online discussions with many open science friends and advocates from many locales and types of involvement with science around the world. Guests from a variety of organizations joined open, broadcasted Google Hangouts and shared their experiences in open science with dozens of learners watching each stream. Thanks to all the guests who took the time to chat with us about open science! Links to the video and etherpad notes (taken during the live sessions) can be found on the Open Science course page.
Taking the Open Science course further
The Open Science course doesn't end when we complete the units and assignments. Continue the conversation by spreading the word to other scientists about this resource and encouraging them to participate. There has been interest in volunteer translation efforts and other adaptations of the material. Anyone is free to do so, in compliance with the CC BY-SA license on the course. Much of the material is licensed CC BY or CC0, which give even more open reuse rights!
If you'd like to find out more about what's happening with this course and others in the School of Open, head on over to the School of Open Google Group and join the discussion! You can also sign up to be notified when the next facilitated course launches, likely in Spring 2014.1 Comment »
Change Will Come, and ManyLabs Will Play An Important Part
I met Peter Sand a few months ago at a #Sensored meetup in SoMa. The setting was exactly like the hardware labs from my undergraduate engineering days, and Peter was there exactly like one of my buddies showing kits and circuits cobbled together to do science (except, Peter is quieter and more polite than most of my buddies). Peter founded ManyLabs, a San Francisco-based nonprofit that wants:
students of any age to become comfortable with data, scientific processes, and mathematical representations of the world. We want people to learn about the strengths and limitations of using math and data to address real-world problems.
Hmmmm… think about that for a minute. Peter is thinking really long-term. He wants to invest in kids today (although ManyLabs kits are suitable for and to be enjoyed by anyone of any age) so they become good at using math and data in the future. Now, that is my kind of guy.
ManyLabs has released a collection of interactive science activities and projects under the Creative Commons BY-SA license. Many of these activities and projects are based on Arduino, an open-source microcontroller board. While most Arduino-based education projects are focused on electronics, programming, or robotics, ManyLabs is instead aiming for compatibility with the existing curricula of biology, physics, math, data, and my favorite, environment classrooms.
Previously ManyLabs was using a CC BY-NC-SA license. "We moved away from a non-commercial license because we want to make usage of the content more flexible. We want the materials to make the widest possible contribution to education," explained Peter.
While the initial content has been seeded by a small group of contributors, ManyLabs hopes to make the site more community-driven by releasing authoring tools that will allow anyone to create, share, and modify interactive lessons. They also plan to release a platform for CC-licensed data that will allow students, teachers, and others in the community to share data gathered from sensors and manual observations. Together these tools aim to promote scientific reasoning and data literacy, both in schools and in the world at-large.
We are fully behind Peter and his mission. So, go ahead, share, sign in or sign up, and create a lesson. What better way to make the world more open than by teaching kids today about Open to ensure that tomorrow's world will be full of young people who would have known nothing else.Comments Off on Change Will Come, and ManyLabs Will Play An Important Part
Welcome to the School of Open, Class of 2013
Happy Open Education Week! We are happy to announce that the School of Open community has launched its first set of courses…
The Library of Congress / No known copyright restrictions
Sign up for these facilitated courses
this week (sign-up will remain open through Sunday, March 17). These courses will start the week of March 18 (next week!). To sign up, simply click the "Start Course" button under the course's menu navigation on the left.
- Copyright 4 Educators (US) – Sign up if you're an educator who wants to learn about US copyright law in the education context.
- Copyright 4 Educators (AUS) – Sign up if you're an educator who wants to learn about Australian copyright, statutory licenses and open educational resources (OER).
- Creative Commons for K-12 Educators – Sign up if you're a K-12 educator (anywhere in the world) who wants to learn how to find and adapt free, useful resources for your classroom, and incorporate activities that teach your students digital world skills.
- Writing Wikipedia Articles: The Basics and Beyond – Sign up if you want to learn how to edit Wikipedia or improve your editing skills — especially if you are interested in and knowledgeable about open educational resources (OER) (however, no background in this area is required).
All other courses are now ready for you to take
at any time, with or without your peers. They include:
- Get a CC license. Put it on your website – This course is exactly what the title says: it will help you with the steps of getting a CC license and putting it on your work. It's tailored to websites, although the same steps apply to most other works.
- Open Science: An Introduction – This course is a collaborative learning environment meant to introduce the idea of Open Science to young scientists, academics, and makers of all kinds. Open Science is a tricky thing to define, but we've designed this course to share what we know about it, working as a community to make this open resource better.
- Open data for GLAMs (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums) – This course is for professionals in cultural institutions who are interested in opening up their data as open culture data. It will guide you through the different steps towards open data and provide you with extensive background information on how to handle copyright and other possible issues.
- Intro to Openness in Education – This is an introductory course exploring the history and impacts of openness in education. The main goal of the course is to give you a broad but shallow grounding in the primary areas of work in the field of open education.
- A Look at Open Video – This course will give you a quick overview of some of the issues, tools and areas of interest in the area of open video. It is aimed at students interested in developing software, video journalists, editors and all users of video who want to take their knowledge further.
- Contributing to Wikimedia Commons – A sister project of Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons is a repository of openly licensed images that people all over the world use and contribute to. This challenge gets you acquainted with uploading your works to the commons.
- Open Detective – This course will help you explore the scale of open to non-open content and how to tell the difference.
And more… check out all the courses at http://schoolofopen.org/.
Join a launch event this week
School of Open at the Citizen Science Workshop / Levi Simons / CC BY
- P2PU: A Showcase of Open Peer Learning (Wednesday, March 13) – Join this webinar to see a showcase of some of P2PU's best learning groups spanning topics from education to open content to programming to Spanish and more, and learn how you can participate.
- Open Video Sudan (all week, March 10-17) – Join the Open Video Forum in improving "A Look at Open Video" and creating new courses and resources on open video in Sudan.
And more events as part of Open Education Week at http://www.openeducationweek.org/events-webinars/.
Spread the word
Just do these 3 things and call it a day.
- 1. Tweet this:
#SchoolofOpen has launched! Take free courses on #copyright, #OER, #openscience & more: http://creativecommons.org/?p=37179
- 2. Blog and email this:
The School of Open has launched! Take a free online course on copyright, CC licenses, Wikipedia, open science, open culture, open video formats, and more at http://schoolofopen.org/. Especially check out this course: [link to course of your choice here]. Read more about the launch at http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/37179.
- 3. Print out a copy of this pdf and pin it to the bulletin board at your work, school, or local coffee shop.
Debrief: Sprinting to Build an Open Science Course
Celebrating Open Data
Open Data Day 2013 can be described as a success. Why? Because hundreds of people participated in more than 100 events distributed across six continents all over the world, celebrating open data and all that we can do with it. Here at CC, we planned and executed a community-supported event to build open learning resources around the topic of Open Science, done in a hackathon-style sprint event that gathered people with diverse backgrounds and experience levels. An undergraduate student and a post-doc researcher, both from Stanford. An instructional designer from Los Angeles and an associate professor from Auburn University, plus a handful more of very talented people. Oh, and a mother and high school-aged daughter duo that simply wanted to see what "open" is about. We all connected to help build an open course to teach others about Open Science. Here's how we did it.
Open Content for Learning
It's worth mentioning that the course materials that were produced during the sprint will be openly licensed CC BY and shared so that their benefit to Open Education and Open Science are not restricted by legal boundaries. The material is being curated and will undergo a review process over the next couple weeks before being ported to the School of Open, a collaborative project by Creative Commons, P2PU, and a strong volunteer community of "open" experts and organizations. Though fitting the content to P2PU's online course platform was in the back of our minds, time and consideration were largely placed on identifying important ideas that explain what Open Access, Open Research, and Open Data mean for Open Science, and how we can engage more "young scientists" (this is an ever-broadening term) in the ways of Open.
The Net Works Effect*
Adding a layer on top of open content itself, which is elastic in nature, our approach to this hackathon-style event focused on being very lean, the type of event that can be run by anyone, anywhere, and requiring very few resources. We created a Google Drive folder and a set of publicly-editable documents to collect openly-licensed resources, map out a tentative module/lesson plan, coordinate communications between participants, and generally provide a single place to collaborate on Open Science learning materials. Connecting with other event organizers at the OKFN and PLOS, mailing lists, Twitter hashtags, and other forms of communication were established so that there was a support network for those who were organizing events and those who were interested in participating in Open Data Day events on some level. David Eaves, Rufus Pollock, Ross Mounce, and many others were loud and clear on the Open Data Day mailing list, making sure news about each event was passed around.
Dozens of #opendataday events taking place tomorrow, all over the world. bit.ly/13b0C91 #opendata
— creativecommons (@creativecommons) February 22, 2013
Before the event, a registration page was created for the course sprint. We offered a handful of in-person tickets for folks to come down to our office in Mountain View, as well as a number of remote participant tickets for those who were in different geographical locations. Google Hangout "rooms" were set up on laptop computers placed in physical conference rooms at the CC HQ, allowing remote participants to work in real-time with persons on the ground. To see a more detailed description of the day's event, see the schedule document here.
So what did we make? The sprinters involved in the project collected and organized resources that explain common aspects of Open Science. The main sections (access, methods, data) were helpful in searching for content, but there was a great deal of overlap between sections, which highlighted the relationhips between them. Beyond the collection of resources, sets of tasks were built that are meant to guide learners out beyond the course and into the communities of Open Science, interacting with the ideas, technical systems, and people who are opening up science. The Introduction to Open Science course on P2PU is still in a lightly-framed state, but the plan is to include the course in the launch of the School of Open during Open Education Week, March 11-15. If you're interested in helping make this transition or to help build or review other courses that we call "open," come introduce yourself in the School of Open Google Group. Or check out what else is happening on P2PU.
Beyond the course itself, we're going to take a look at the sprint process we used, and work out some of the kinks. This rapid open-content creation technique is manageable, low-cost, and builds the Commons. There's enough openly-licensed content existing on the web to produce a range of learning experiences, so now it seems that it's a matter of developing open technology tools to the point where we can build education on the web together, easily. For more information about this and other Open Education projects being worked on by Creative Commons, see this page.
We Got Together for Open
Thanks to those who were able to participate in the Open Science course, as well as those who contributed the planning documents leading up to the event. We've done well.
Related Posts
PLOS Sci-Ed Blog, Guest Post: Open Data Day, Course Sprints, and Hackathons!
David Eaves' Blog, International #OpenDataDay: Now at 90 Cities (and… the White House)
Debbie Morrison's Blog, A Course Design 'Sprint': My Experience in an Education Hackathon
Also: The Flickr album from the event can be found here.
*This phrase coined by P. Kishor here, describing the interconnectedness of Open Data Day events.2 Comments »
Open Science Course Sprint: An Education Hackathon for Open Data Day
An Education Sprint
The future of Open is a dynamic landscape, ripe with opportunities to increase civic engagement, literacy, and innovation. Towards this goal, the Science Program at Creative Commons is teaming up with the Open Knowledge Foundation and members of the Open Science Community to facilitate the building of an open online course, an Introduction to Open Science. The actual build will take place during a hackathon-style "sprint" event on Open Data Day on Saturday, February 23rd and will serve as a launch course for the School of Open during Open Education Week (Mar 11-15).
Want to help us build this?
The course will be open in it's entirety, the building process and content all available to be worked on, all to help people learn about Open Science. Do you know a thing or two about Open Access? Are you a researcher who's practicing Open Research? Do you have experience in instructional or visual design? This is an all-hands event and will be facilitated by representatives at CC, OKFN, and others in the Community. Open Science enthusiasts in the Bay Area are invited to the CC Headquarters in Mountain View for the live event. Remote participants will also be able to join and contribute online via Google Hangout.
The day will begin with coffee, refreshments and a check-in call with other Open Data Day Hackathons happening around the globe. The Open Science Community is strengthened by shared interests and connections between people, which we hope will grow stronger through networked events on Open Data Day. The Open Science course sprint at CC HQ will build upon open educational content, facilitate the design of challenges for exploration, and provide easy entry for learners into concepts of Open Access, Open Research, and Open Data. It will be done in a similar fashion to other "sprint-style" content-creation events, with lunch and refreshments provided for in-person participants. We're literally going to be hacking on education. Sound like something you'd be interested in?
Join us.
For details about the ways you can participate, see the Eventbrite page here.
To see the draft (lightly framed) course site on Peer to Peer University, go here.
For information about other Open Data Day events, see the events wiki here.
We need you, too! Basic skills for working with open datasets is important, and can be difficult to grasp. Who better to develop great lessons about working with data than you? Similarly, for those interested in building upon apps and projects from other Open Data Events, updated source code and repository information will be posted to a public feed (for now, follow hashtags #ODHD13 and #opendataday on Twitter).
For other information, contact billy dot meinke at creative commons dot org or @billymeinke.
This event is being organized by the Science Program at Creative Commons with support from the Open Knowledge Foundation, PLOS, and members of the Open Science Community.5 Comments »
Seeking Project Coordinator for Science and Data
Open Science Logo / gemmerich / CC BY-SA
Creative Commons is seeking a Project Coordinator for Science and Data! The Project Coordinator will organize, coordinate and manage projects related to data policy and governance and perform research and analysis on data governance topics across relevant sectors — particularly for science — and communicate results and recommendations from the project via writing and related outreach.
We are looking for someone who is experienced in policy analysis, development and processes, in addition to Open Source Software, Open Access/Open Data and other Open content projects. A science and/or legal background with international experience is highly desirable — especially as the position will be representing Creative Commons at global events in the Open Data and Open Science communities! See the job posting and apply at our opportunities page.
We will stop accepting applications after 11:59 p.m. PDT, May 25, 2012.Comments Off on Seeking Project Coordinator for Science and Data
Letter from CC Superhero Josh Sommer of the Chordoma Foundation
Josh Sommer
"I'm in a race; a race to outrun a rare and deadly form of bone cancer called chordoma, with an average survival of 7 years. To find a cure, there is a lot that needs to happen sequentially, so to win the race, I need science to move quickly. Fortunately, uncanny new technologies in genomics, computing, synthetic biology, etc. have put cures for virtually any disease within the realm of possibility. Unfortunately, the way we practice science is not designed to move on the timescale of an individual's disease.
Despite all of the technological advances that have been made in recent years, it still takes on average 1-3 years for results to be transmitted from one lab to the next; it still takes months or years for materials and data to be transferred between institutions; and untold masses of observations and creations never get shared at all. It's no wonder, then, why it takes decades for discoveries to be translated into new treatments, and why the hurdles are often just too large to overcome for small-market diseases like chordoma.
For anyone affected, or whose loved one is affected, by a life threatening disease, this is simply intolerable. Think about it: in the very recent past, humankind has developed the tools and know-how to cure disease, yet we are stifled from maximizing the potential benefit of these new tools by social and legal systems that evolved in a bygone era. This has to change.
But let's be realistic. Despite the fact that our scientific enterprise is not optimized for speed, it does have many virtues. And traditions such as academic tenure, peer review, intellectual property, and shareholder return are not going away any time soon – nor should they, necessarily. If we can sequence a genome in the course of a week, surely we can find sensible solutions to enable the data to be shared.
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You can see excellent examples of Pictish stone carvings about 5 miles northeast of Forfar alongside the B9134. Carvings of crosses, angels, serpents, and other animals adorn the stones, which date from the 7th to the early 9th centuries. Note the stone in the nearby churchyard—one side is carved with a cross and the other side depicts the only known battle scene in Pictish art, complete with horsemen and foot soldiers.
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Horowitz's Prophetic Dream—1948!
As we slowly work through the thousands of pages of documents in the Horowitz archive there are multiple surprises around every corner. What we are uncovering is truly amazing. Mr. Horowitz never discarded anything and we have his papers going back to about 1924, with a few things earlier. He was in touch with just about every President, King, diplomat, and world leader you can name, and often worked behind the scenes in ways that are only now coming to light. We are carefully copying and filing all the materials and putting them into topical and chronological order. I would estimate there are at least 500,000 separate items. What we have found so far seems to easily lend itself to a biography that I feel compelled to work on, something like: The Life of David Horowitz: The Untold Story. There is a "behind the scenes" tale that has never been told. Right now Eve my daughter and I are about the only ones working on these materials, but we expect that to change in 2005 as we are at the point of soliciting both volunteers from interested UIWU people who are in the area, as well as raising funds to facilitate some more trained archival support. Funding for the Library is separate from the operational work of UIWU.
We recently came across this letter (see below), written in August 1948, to Abraham Fuhrman, who was a loyal supporter of UIWU and David's work in the early days. I found this profoundly moving and inspiring. The biblical Hebrew Prophet Joel speaks of the former and latter rains, prophetically, as does Hosea (see Joel 2-3; Hosea 5-6), and he says "afterwards" it will be that "your old men will dream dreams and your young men will see visions." David ferventy believed that the inauguration of the prophetic "last days," the "footsteps of the messiah," as the rabbis call it, did indeed begin in the late 1880s with the "return to Zion," and more particularly in 1927 with various prophetic events in the Holy Land. David recorded hundreds of his dreams and I am keeping them together as I go through them. Rarely does one get as clear as this one. And notice the date of the dream--the 9th of Ab!
This was months BEFORE the November, 1948 election, where everyone predicted Dewey as the winner! Horowitz had already been involved in the Spring of 1948 in some behind the scenes moves in both the newly constituted UN (influencing three Central American votes) and with President Truman via his staff, to influence things in favor of the establishment of the State of Israel. This dream comes after all that. I hope you will find this dream, which came on the "9th of Ab," as significant as I have.
For more information on UIWU and Horowitz see:
United Israel's Statement of Purpose
James Tabor
To refresh your memory of the 1948 election here is a good Web site:
1948: The Great Truman Surprise
New York Times declared, "Thomas E. Dewey's Election as President is a Foregone Conclusion." Top pollsters predicted a Dewey win, as did leading national political writers. In fact, with the exception of Truman, everyone else was certain Dewey would be elected. Months before the election, Life ran a cover of a picture of Dewey with a caption that read, "The Next President of the United States." Headline after headline screamed Dewey as President.
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Policies & Procedures
Policy Statement
This statement is intended to inform cheerleaders, dancers, and mascot (parents and prospective cheerleaders, dancers, and mascots) of the various policies of Tennessee Tech University Spirit Programs. In all policy and program matters, members of the Varsity cheerleading squad, Golden Girls dance team, and Awesome Eagle mascot, shall first be good law abiding citizens of the nation, state, and city, and secondly, shall be exemplary representatives of the university. These policies are as follows:
I. Objectives
The TTU Spirit Program is a student activity. As a student activity, the first and foremost responsibility to the student is to support and not to comprise the student's academic career. Secondly, the program should aid in developing the student participant into a responsible, mature and independent adult. Specifically, the program is a means of improving the student's mental and physical well being. The Spirit Program is an activity where the student:
- will receive leadership training.
- will develop the ability to make decisions.
- will enhance the ability to respond to life's situations, e.g. conflict,frustration, control of heat, anger and hate, win/loss, react without too much emotion
- will cultivate social skills, e.g. development of self-confidence, development of interpersonal relationships, and generally will maximize the opportunity for student growth, change and maturity.
The primary purpose of the Spirit member is to be a member of the team, which has as its goal the support of athletics and of the university. The support is directed into three major areas:
- to lead; to raise the level of fan support for intercollegiate athletics; to lead in positive, vocal support for the team; and to solicit that support from TTU fans and project that support to the university and its teams.
- to participate in the athletic activity known as cheerleading, dancing and skits by performing tumbling skills, partner stunts, motions, pyramids, and dance movements; to perfect this athletic activity for keeping the crowd attention focused on the field/floor where intercollegiate athletic activity is taking place; and to entertain and compete as an appropriate role model.
- to serve as public relations ambassadors of intercollegiate athletics and TTU; to uphold, reflect, and project the goals and ideals of the university; to appear at both university activities, functions, and programs, and charitable and public causes.
II. Organizational Structure
A. Cheerleading
Tennessee Tech University has one varsity cheerleading squad. The gold squad members cheer for the TTU football team as well as the men's basketball teams. Generally there are 16 members on the squad: 8 male and 8 female. The purple squad members cheer all football games as well as women's basketball games. There are generally 12 members. Cheerleading at TTU is a student activity and, subsequently, is a part of the Student Affairs Division under Campus Recreation.
B. Dance
Tennessee Tech University has one dance team. The Golden Girl dance team members dance at TTU football games and TTU men's and women's basketball games. The Golden Girls will also work closely with the TTU Band and director and will be required to attend some of the band practices. The dance team at TTU is a student activity and, subsequently, is a part of the Student Affairs Division under Campus Recreation.
C. Mascot-Awesome Eagle
Tennessee Tech University has one mascot. Awesome Eagle will attend all TTU football games and TTU basketball men's and women's games. We will have two individuals who will split the requirements for Awesome Eagle. The Awesome Eagle Mascot at TTU is a student activity and, subsequently, is a part of the Student Affairs Division under Campus Recreation.
III. Scholarship Programs
A. Gold Squad-Cheer-in the form of cash or housing.
B. Purple Squad-Cheer-under review
C. Dance Team-under review
D. Mascot-in the form of cash or housing
IV.Travel Expectations
A valuable education experience at TTU is travel. In most cases, an official college chaperone (the cheerleading coach or designee) will travel with the squad. The TTU cheerleading squad will travel to a small number of designated away games throughout the football and basketball seasons. The TTU cheerleading squad may also travel to additional cheerleading competitions throughout the season.
The primary emphasis of this policy focuses on the behavior of the cheerleaders when they travel as a representative of the University. At all times, cheerleaders' behavior shall be exemplary. Behavior which is loud, boisterous, rude, unrestrained, rough, rowdy, offensively harsh or discordant, unruly, etc., shall subject a cheerleader to discipline.
V. Involvement at Functions/Events
In addition to football and basketball games, practices, and pep rallies, cheerleaders, dancers & mascot will attend a number of public relations and / or charitable events each year. The coach and advisor must approve in advance all appearances by the cheerleaders.
Appearances shall be at places and events which are considered in good taste. The cheerleaders shall appear only at events/ activities which will reflect positively on them as individuals and as representatives of the University.
VI. Rules and Regulations
A. Tryouts-Cheerleading, Dance Team & Mascot
- Anyone wishing to tryout for cheerleading shall:
- attend clinic taught by current TTU cheerleaders.
- have a 2.0 grade point average (2.5 GPA effective January 2006).
- Only with special permission from the cheerleading coach and advisor can one tryout for TTU cheerleading after he / she has left the squad on a previous occasion.
- At least 16 cheerleaders will be chosen at tryouts on Gold squad, 12 on Purple, 12 dance team members, and 2 Awesome Eagles.
- Additional alternate members of the squad may be named by the coach and advisor for additional members.
- Tennessee Tech Spirit Programs are a time-consuming activity. Persons who have other serious commitments (other than academics) of their time such as a child, spouse, a 20 hour or more work week, etc., are strongly encouraged to discuss their commitment with the cheerleading coach before trying out for the squad.
B. General
- Cheerleaders, Dancers & Mascot shall:
- maintain a 2.0 grade point average (2.5 GPA effective January 2006)
- be enrolled as a full time student at Tennessee Tech University
- For justifiable reason(s), the coach may make an exception to rule B.1 b. above
- Spirit Members shall not consume alcoholic beverages while in uniform
- Without special permission of the coach, spirit members, while in uniform, shall not go into a place where alcoholic beverages are served.
- If funds are available and the squad attends a collegiate cheerleading, dance or mascot camp, every member of the squad shall attend.
- Each spirit member shall have a complete physical by a physician prior to attending the college camp at the end of the summer.
- Spirit Members are expected to work as a team. Individual members of the squad may be close friends. Squad members' friendship or non-friendship shall not have a negative effect on the team.
- Each spirit member is responsible for all the clothing, uniforms, equipment assigned to him/her. Care must be taken to insure such clothing, uniforms, and equipment is in a clean and presentable condition. Each squad member shall safeguard his/her clothing, uniforms, equipment, etc., and therefore be personally liable for its replacement for loss or damage, excluding normal wear and tear.
- Other rules concerning TTU cheerleaders may be promulgated verbally or in written form by the coach and / or advisor. Violation of these additional rules may result in disciplinary action.
- Violation of any spirit program rules shall subject the squad member to discipline. The coach and advisor, with consultation or advice from the school administrators, always levy final discipline.
- A serious violation of these rules or repeated violations shall result in suspension from the squad. A squad member may be suspended from the program one or more games due to the violations of these rules.
- These rules and regulations are subject to addition and change when found necessary or beneficial. The coach makes final acceptance of all rules. The squad member is required to abide by all rules / regulations set by the coach and advisor and the college's student handbook.
C. Practices
- Cheerleaders, Dancers, & Mascot shall:
- attend all practices.
- Squad practice times:
Gold squad: Tuesday & Thursday 11am-1pm
Purple: Tuesday & Thursday 8-10 am
Golden Girls: Monday & Wednesday 3-5pm (Football) 1-3pm (Basketball)
- Tumble practices (Cheer only): 2 tumble classes per week (2 hours total)
- Agility and Flexibility training: 2 sessions per week (Cheerleaders & Dancers)
- Weight training: 2 sessions per week (Cheerleaders & Dancers)
- Practice schedule may be changed depending upon the availability of practice area and/or participation in a competition. Additional practice times may be added if felt necessary by the coach.
- DO not be tardy or absent from practice.
- DO notify the coach as soon as possible if he/she finds it impossible to attend practice or knows he / she is going to be tardy.
- DO give 150% at all practices, games, competitions, etc.
- DO not consume alcoholic beverages before a practice.
VI. Rules and Regulations Continued
D. Games
- Spirit Members shall:
- attend all home football and men's and women's basketball games, required scrimmages, and /or special scheduled games or activities
- arrive at the game site 1 hour prior to kick off or tip off, unless the coach, or captain, designate an earlier or later time
- A captain or captains may be selected by a vote of the entire squad or at the coaches' and advisors' discretion.
- attend all home football and men's and women's basketball games, required scrimmages, and /or special scheduled games or activities
E. Travel
- Travel to away games will be in accordance with budget restrictions and the University rules and regulations
- The squad or a portion thereof will travel with a chaperone as a group and return as a group. If a cheerleader chooses to go to or leave from a game by other transportation, he /she give up his /her privilege to cheer at the game except in special cases, which will be determined by the coach and advisor.
- Final authority of all decisions made while traveling shall rest with the coach. Decisions shall consider the advice and consent of the captains and majority.
- Make appearances at certain community and school events (dates and times will be announced well in advance in order to rearrange personal/work readiness).
- National competition at various cheerleading/dance events will be contingent upon qualification and the coaches' evaluation of the team's readiness.
VII. Attendance
- Each member must NOT be tardy to any practices, games, or other scheduled events. For each minute you are tardy the squad member must run 1 mile. Three or more tardies equal one unexcused absence
- Absences must be approved in advance by the coach. Pre-approved events may be academic related, doctor's excuse, etc.
- An unexcused absence will terminate the right of the squad member to cheer at the next game. Three or more unexcused absences will result in dismissal from the squad.
VIII. Injuries/Illnesses
Any illness or injury shall be reported to the coach and advisor immediately.
Any injury suffered during practices, games, or official functions will be treated by the University athletics trainers, and / or doctors. Initial expenses for such treatment shall be paid by the squad member's personal insurance.
If an injury or illness incapacitates a squad member, he / she shall not be permitted to practice and cheer for a period of time as determined by the trainer or doctor.
If a doctor recommends that a squad member should no longer cheer, due to injury or health problems, the squad member shall be removed from the squad. If chronic illness or injury causes a squad member to miss games or practices repeatedly, the squad member may be removed from the squad by the coach and advisor.
IX. Alcoholic Beverages/Drugs and Drug Testing
As stated earlier, cheerleaders are expected, first, to be good, law-abiding citizens of the nations, state, and city. This expectation is foremost when it comes to alcoholic beverages. Cheerleaders are reminded that as highly visible members of the University community, their actions and behaviors are under constant observation. Absolutely while in uniform, but also while not in uniform, cheerleaders are known, subject to scrutiny, and can easily be the object for criticism for their behaviors or actions, in particular, for over-indulging in alcoholic beverages. If a cheerleader finds him/herself in an uncomfortable situation for any reason, but especially because of alcoholic beverages, he /she should inform the coach as soon as possible.
Members of the squad she adhere the following rules:
- Spirit Members shall not possess or drink alcoholic beverages in a University car, van or bus.
- Spirit Members shall not consume alcoholic beverages before or during a game or a practice.
- Spirit Members shall not offer to procure alcoholic beverages for anyone under the age of 21.
- Spirit Members shall not attempt to coerce abstinent cheerleaders into drinking alcoholic beverages.
- Spirit Members who violate these rules shall be subject to disciplinary measures.
The University is committed to providing a safe healthy environment for the cheerleading program. Thus, conduct that involves the unlawful possession, use, dispensation, distribution or manufacturing of controlled substances by a cheerleader at any time will result in appropriate discipline up to termination from the cheer program. Similarly, the unlawful possession use, dispensation, distribution or manufacture of controlled substances by a cheerleader at any other time shall result in appropriate discipline, up to and including termination from the cheer program. Any sanction for such a violation outside of Spirit program functions / activities shall be made with consideration to the potential embarrassment or bad reflection on the cheer program, and / or the University. The legal use of prescribed medicines under the direction of a personal licensed physician is permitted.
Like all TTU athletes, members of the squad are subject to random drug testing; initial positive drug tests shall result in dismissal from the squad. Spirit Program members are expected to be good citizens, and therefore, carefully and faithfully abide by University rules and regulations and the laws and ordinances of the city or state in which they live or travel.
X. Health, Life-Style and Nutrition
The Spirit Program is committed to promoting healthy lifestyles and eating habits for squad members. Conduct which opposes this philosophy or poses unacceptable risk and disregard for the health, safety and welfare of participants is in violation of this policy and will result in appropriate disciplinary action up to and including termination from the squad.
Spirit Program members at Tennessee Tech University must be excellent athletes. Cheerleading involves some aspects of several athletics activities such as rotation and tumbling of gymnastics, stamina of basketball, strength of bodybuilding or football, balance and movement of dance, etc.
Partner stunts are a primary activity of the TTU Cheerleaders. Pyramids are partner stunts combined vertically (in levels not to exceed two and a half human heights) and horizontally (side-by-side partner stunts). The nature of these activities demands certain general physical requirements of the cheerleader. The squad members must have sufficient strength to base pyramids and to lift, hold, throw and catch other squad members safely. Squad members must be of appropriate size and weight such that they can be lifted, held, thrown and caught safely. Squad members must demonstrate flexibility which is necessary in the athletic aspects of cheerleading.
Dance members must also be of appropriate size and weight such that they are able to perform the necessary turns, leaps, and additional technique.
Program requirements
All squad members are required to perform mandatory weight training and cardiovascular workouts outside of practice on an individual basis. The coach will design specific weight, agility and flexibility programs. The cheerleaders will be required to meet and maintain certain predetermined fitness requirements.


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On each long touchdown run, Stefano Bicknese seemed to ease over the goal line rather than stomp through it. On each tackle, Joe Lombardo dragged the ball carrier down and returned to the huddle rather than pound his chest. And when the Tuskers had finally finished Sleepy Hollow 42-13 Thursday night, the team quickly played in the snow pile in the far end zone, but not for more than a few seconds.
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The search is on for three people wanted in a violent home invasion.
Frankfort police say three white males knocked on the door of a home on Parkside drive and then pistol whipped the man inside when he answered. At one point the gun went off.
"They came in according to the victim and kept hitting and kicking him," said Major Fred Deaton with Frankfort Police.
Deaton says the man with the gun then turned the gun on the victim's girlfriend, demanding money.
"She gave them everything she had then they left in a dark colored possibly Toyota Camry," Deaton said.
The victim did not call police. Investigators were called to Frankfort Regional Medical Center for a reported assault victim.
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I love edible finger paint. What's not to love? Your toddler gets to be creative, explore through their senses and you don't have to worry about them tasting it. It's the best of both worlds. It is also a great activity for fostering creativity!
We have made a few other edible paint recipes like this great greek yogurt finger paint. We especially love the greek yogurt recipe but I thought why not sweeten it up a bit? Enter the Pudding Paint.
-Vanilla pudding
-Food coloring
-Promotes creativity and exploration
-Teaches colors
-Builds fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination
-Promotes learning through the senses including touch, taste, sight, and smell
Prepare the pudding per the directions
When ready, divide the pudding equally into 4 containers (or how ever many colors you want)
Add the food coloring and stir!
EASY as that!
I laid out the paint and some extra tools that I thought she could use.
She used the pipe cleaner to dip in the paint
She started out with the pom pom by dipping them in the paint before she decided it was more fun to put them in her mouth. I had to watch her very carefully and I think we will be saving pom pom fun for the future!
She was having a blast painting and TASTING
The pudding makes a very nice smooth texture that I am sure feels great.
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- Budget, plans, develops, and manages the operations of the Department.
- Trains and develops staff to meet current and future needs of the department, comply with regulations, policies and procedures and build effective work methods to meet performance objectives.
- Establishes quantifiable long and short term objectives for the Community Development Block Grant Program which seeks to meet identified needs.
- Creates strategies that result in increased affordable/attainable housing for residents of the City.
- Administers special programs and grants which include, but are not limited to: the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG), the HOME Partnership Initiatives, the Housing Opportunities for Persons With Aids (HOPWA), the Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) Programs, the State Housing Initiative Partnership (SHIP), and the Housing Trust Fund, in accordance with appropriate rules, regulations, and guidelines.
- Coordinates the development of new programs to meet statutory requirements in the areas of equal housing opportunity.
- Develops and manages departmental goals, policies, procedures and programs.
- Researches complex housing and community development problems and prepares related comprehensive reports as required.
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- Ensures the administration of assistance programs for the preservation and renovation of existing housing; plans, develops and implements new housing programs, and coordinates a community-wide housing plan.
- Participates in and coordinates activities with other Departments related to housing and community development to ensure compliance with comprehensive plan policies, and City planning programs and processes.
- Thorough knowledge of economic, social and technological needs in the different community areas and resources available to meet them.
- Thorough knowledge of Federal and State housing and urban development guidelines.
- Proven skills in personnel and financial management, policy development, and verbal and oral communications; ability to speak effectively in public and to express ideas clearly in writing.
- Demonstrated ability working effectively with public officials, City employees, business owners and leaders, the development community, and community groups.
- Thorough knowledge of the latest development in new housing programs and available funding.
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- Ability to interact effectively with diverse community groups, elected officials, senior city staff, employees and the public.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a major in Political Science, Economics, Public Administration, Urban Planning or closely related field and seven (7) years of progressively responsible state or local government experience in housing, community development, and/or neighborhood revitalization or any equivalent combination of training and experience. Three (3) years of supervisory or managerial experience, required. A valid Florida driver's license is required. A valid driver's license from any state (equivalent to a State of Florida Class E) may be utilized upon application; with the ability to obtain the State of Florida driver's license within 30 days from day of appointment.
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Southern Fried Hockey
Let's take a break from the usual storylines involving the Rangers, Islanders, Wings, Leafs and free agents still available (I know I missed one or two other usual topics but you get the picture). Let's talk about the Thrashers. Probably not a great topic of interest to many of you, I would imagine. But it's always helpful to be able to see and understand the smaller parts of the big picture.As we all can see, the Thrashers are not what you would call a contender. Even with the acquisitions of this off-season, they will do no more than contend for a playoff spot (if even that much). But Thrashers management seems to understand and accept this, which is a bit out of the ordinary in this win-now-or-else era of hockey. The goal for the team is to be more competitive and to allow their talented prospects a chance in the NHL. And talented prospects they do have.
Veterans first.
Kozlov and McEachern provide the experience that Atlanta so desperately needs. Whether they score alot or a little makes almost no difference; their experience and stabalizing factor will be more important to the team. Smehlik and Krupp are older and injury-prone, but they are steady when healthy. And that is all that the Thrashers need. They have a stable of young Dmen on their way up; these two will provide excellent fill-ins until the time comes. Stefan has been a bust offensively but his defensive prowess is starting to show, and with that big frame he will be tough to go against. Other skilled players like Kallio and Bartecko need to find their offensive game and get on track.
Tremblay is starting to find his form as an offensive defenseman and Frank Kaberle would do the same if he can just get his confidence level up.
Prospects seconds.
Hartigan and Piros both have soft hands and that un-teachable gift for offense, they just need the experience. Agitators like Snyder, Tapper and Cowan will be very tough to play against. With only a very limited amount of games between the three of them, they already have somewhat of a reputation for being annoying (ask Lindros about Snyder). Many future NHL blueliners should come out of this crop. Safronov in time will be a great two-way defenseman; Exelby and DiPenta will be hard hitters in the back; Weaver will be just as steady as possible. Farther into the future brings big hitters like Lessard and Ustrnul and offensive threats like Foster and Nikulin.
Goaltending: Lehtonen.
Until he comes over to North America, the Thrashers have a fine group. Hnilicka will look better with a defense in front of him, Nurminen has the ability to be a star, Garnett is one of the best young goaltenders that no one has heard of.
Overall, the Thrashers future is definitely much brighter than their present. But with their recent acquisitions and the youngsters with a year under their belt, the present should at least be tolerable. Fans here in the south will enjoy it more and be ready for a brighter future (DYN: around 50% of the metro Atlanta population are northerners, more than enough to keep hockey alive in the south). Games against the Thrashers will be tougher this year and tougher still in the coming years.
It has already been proven that hockey can rise in the south. Now, we're just gonna make it rise a little farther south.


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|Clopidogrel Treatment during Pregnancy: A Case Report and a Review of Literature.
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|Management of ischemic heart disease in pregnant women is still difficult, as there is little experience with many of the newer treatments such as clopidogrel. The safety of clopidogrel in pregnancy is unknown, especially in combination with aspirin. Its use during gestation has been described in a few case reports. We describe the case of a 36-year-old woman in her 9th week of pregnancy with a history of chronic hypertension, dyslipidemia and CAD, who required antiplatelet treatment. Clopidogrel and aspirin were administrated until one week before delivery and a healthy child was born at 36 weeks of pregnancy by caesarean section, without any complication.
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Neev is played by Jay Bhanushali. Jay has been featured in a few Ads, but makes his debut on TV as an actor with Kayamath. Neev is a very practical, straight forward and spontaneous boy. A Casanova at heart Neev lives each day as it comes. He is very possessive about his family and friends. He treasures his friendship with Praachi. Neev does not know what love is and cannot understand how Prachi can believe in it so strongly. However as the story goes, Neev realises that he is in love with Prachi. They share some romantic moments, but their happiness doesnot last for long! After the death of her father, Praachi pretends to turn a new leaf in front of Neev, and forces him to marry her step sister Ayesha!!
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text: Story Event St. Paddy's in Palouse Wash. March 17 5:00 PM Palouse Community Center, 220 E Main St, Palouse, WA 509-878-1701 firstname.lastname@example.com Share this story print email The Palouse Arts Council is sponsoring the tenth annual St. Paddy's in Palouse celebration on St. Patrick's Day, Sunday, March 17th at the Palouse Community Center, 220 E. Main St., Palouse, featuring music by local favorites Potatohead and traditional Irish dancers. The event begins with an Irish dinner from 5:00-6:00. This year's meal includes corned beef, Irish soda bread, colcannon, and dessert. There is a no-host bar available with good beer and wine. The music starts at 6:00. Tickets are $16 for adults and $7 for kids 6-12 (younger kids are free) and are available at the door. Admission is limited to 125 people so come early! Back to Calendar


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WASHINGTON — One in three buyers of U.S. homes is paying cash, a record high number, according to data made available to McClatchy.
The trend is being driven by retiring baby boomers and rich investors, who unlike most first-time buyers can bypass tighter lending requirements to pay cash. They now rule the roost, composing record percentages of residential home sales.
It's meant the field is closed off for conventional purchasers in some hot markets, but in others it's meant forward momentum for the housing sector.
All-cash sales as a percentage of residential real estate sales stood at 33 percent from January to March this year. That's up from 31 percent for all of 2013 and 2011 and 29 percent for 2012. These are the highest percentages since the National Association of Realtors started collecting the data in 2008. Before that, it estimated that cash buyers historically represented less than 10 percent of all sales.
The group analyzed state-level numbers on behalf of McClatchy, and it found that states such as Florida, South Carolina and Wyoming had outsized cash sales during the first quarter of 2014.
The rising cash sales come despite a drop in one of the main draws for cash purchases: financially distressed properties sold through foreclosures or at a loss to the banks.
"What is surprising is how cash continued to remain high even though distressed property sales are declining. Distress sales invited all the cash purchases," said Lawrence Yun, the chief economist for the Realtors' group.
Distressed home sales declined from 26 percent of the national market in 2012 to 17 percent in 2013 to 15 percent in the first three months of 2014. It means that even as the housing market heals and conventional sales return, all-cash purchases remain a big chunk of residential sales.
Yun points to a couple of trends that are driving the boom in cash purchases, trends that fall into the broader debate about rising income inequality in the United States. One driver appears to be wealthy investors, foreign and domestic, diversifying into real estate. Another is baby boomers selling homes that were paid off and retiring elsewhere with the proceeds, purchasing homes.
"Trade-downs are certainly a reason," Yun said. "The five-year bull run on the stock market is also helping the upper-end households," he added, noting many are diversifying out of stocks after several years of big gains.
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Professional Football Continues in Erie Under New OwnershipDecember 29, 2009 - American Indoor Football Association (AIFA) - Erie Explosion Press Release
EPFI has a new operating lease with the Tullio Arena and a franchise contract with the AIFA for the return of professional football to Erie in 2010. EPFI will be releasing additional information in the next few weeks including: player signings, training camp information, cheerleader tryouts and the 2010 season schedule. In addition, EPFI will be sharing more information regarding the renaming of the team, to best reflect Erie and its hometown pride.
EPFI's vision is to secure the best talent representation to give the community a family-centered venue to rally around and demonstrate its hometown pride and love of the game. According to Bill Stafford, ownership group spokesperson, "We've been busy! Our team mantra has been `our town, our team' all decisions are being made with the community in mind. We hope to promote, support, and develop a winning team whose role in the community will be to encourage the forward movement of our city's economic development. Professional football will definitely be an asset to the increased activity in the downtown area, and, in fact, pull from the region for attendance and stimulation of our local economy - planned activities include community appearances, children's camps and more! With the support of the community and the dedication of the new ownership group, there are no limits to where we can take this thing!"
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Manny's father Rodolfo Rivera is a good old-fashioned dad, complete with rules and orders that Manny doesn't always follow. Although Rodolfo was once the greatest superhero Miracle City has ever seen (thanks to his Bronze Boots of Truth), he's since semi-retired and is focusing these days on fatherhood and his regular 9 to 5 job. That is, unless there's a major emergency, in which case Rodolfo will become White Pantera in a pinch. Rodolfo has a love-hate relationship with his dad, Manny's Granpapi, who just so happens to be the evil villain Puma Loco. Despite their differences and Grandpapi's desire to pull Manny over to the dark side, Rodolfo always puts his family first.
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Before the 2012 season began, there were some questions surrounding the University of Mount Union football team.
Before the 2012 season began, there were some questions surrounding the University of Mount Union football team.
Who would start at quarterback? At running back? Will wide receiver Jasper Collins be back 100 percent?
And the biggest question of all: How will the team handle coming off a third consecutive Stagg Bowl loss to Wisconsin-Whitewater?
The Purple Raiders handled it head on, and the result is undefeated Mount Union will be making its 22nd consecutive playoff appearance when it hosts Christopher Newport on Saturday in a noon kickoff.
"My main concern (was) what's it going to be like for the seniors," Mount Union head coach Larry Kehres said concerning possible Stagg Bowl doubt. "What's it like for those guys?
"I will throw out praise, lots of praise, to Keith Wakefield. I'm so glad I had Wake on my staff. He's not on it now — he decided not to come back this year — but he was through the winter.
"If there's one thing Wake likes to do it's help with weightlifting. Through that process, I noticed there was no pouting, no feeling sorry ... there was a kind of resolve that was developing.
"The upperclass players became very nontolerant of lateness, lack of effort by the younger guys. It was either get in or get out.
"It was a good thing that was happening."
What happened was an all-senior offense rallied around sophomore quarterback Kevin Burke. Make that young Burke rallied the offense.
Burke beat out classmate Roman Namdar in camp, after last year's Nos. 1 and 2s, Matt Piloto and Neal Seaman, were out due to eligibility and injury issues, respectively.
All the 5-foot-10, 185-pound Burke did was lead NCAA Division III in passing efficiency (193.40) and help Mount Union lead in scoring offense (51.7).
Burke made equal use of senior running backs T.J. Lattimore (126-837) and Blair Skilliter (60-404) and receivers Collins, Julius Moore, Shannon Stewart and Chris Denton.
"The style of football we're playing is a little different," Kehres said of Burke's read-option skills. "The quarterback is constantly reading the D-ends. It just takes a little feel to see how the defense is playing us."
Burke is equally good passing or running. He is completing 68.9 percent of his passes and has 24 touchdowns to four interceptions. Burke's also ran for 482 yards at 5.9 yards a pop.
"I'm tickled to death with the job he's done so far," Kehres said.
The defense blended together even more seamlessly. Though it had veterans and newbies alike, Mount Union dominated every key stat category nationally in D-III and racked up six straight shutouts at one stretch.
Seniors Nick Driskill, Isaiah Scott and Alex Nicholls anchored the secondary again and were joined by Skilliter, who has become a two-way player.
Page 2 of 2 - Charles Dieuseul moved from the line to linebacker and was just as useful as he was in '11, when he was an All-American. He now is teamed with rugged freshman Hank Spencer. While the tackles are upperclassmen Frank Orteca and Matt Fechko, the ends are sophomore Ted Rosalva and junior Nyejel Thomas.
The end result? Mount Union allows 4.5 points, 37.7 yards rushing and 119 yards passing a game — each best in the country.
"We've got a good thing going," Kehres said. "It's been a real good season.
"Now the playoffs begin."
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