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Thomas H Thomas and his dinosaur
18 Mai 2017,
The first dinosaur footprints found anywhere in Europe
One sunny evening in September 1878, Welsh artist and naturalist Thomas Henry Thomas was wandering around the small village of Nottage, just outside Porthcawl. The rays of the setting sun were shining across a large slab of rock placed on the edge of the churchyard. The local villagers told him that the five strange markings on the rock were the footprints of the devil as he strode across the slab. The rock had lain between the church and the village pub for years, and was a local curiosity.
Thomas was a well-educated man, born in Pontypool in 1839, and had studied Art at the Royal Academy, before returning to Wales. He was a key member of the Cardiff Naturalists Society, and a well-respected artist as well. On discovering the footprints, illuminated by the setting sun in the churchyard, he was struck by the similarity between these markings and newly found dinosaur footprints in North America. He quickly sketched the prints and informed various local geologists. John Storrie, curator of the Cardiff Museum, visited the site and made a cast of the trackway.
The President of the Cardiff Naturalists Society was Colonel Turbervill, who arranged for the rock to be brought to the Cardiff Museum for safe-keeping.
Thomas H. Thomas wrote a short paper, in January 1879, describing the footprints and also his attempts at Bristol Zoo, to persuade a suspicious Emu to walk across modelling clay, for comparison! He described the footprints as "Tridactyl Uniserial Ichnolites", but left it to Professor W Sollas of Bristol University to publish a formal description, with the name Brontozoum thomasi. We now know that these footprints were made 220 million years ago by a medium-sized meat-eating dinosaur, similar to Megalosaurus which evolved later.
The original footprint slab was around 6' 6" long and 5' 6" wide, and about 6 inches thick, although excess rock was later removed to make it easier to handle and display. When the collections of the old Cardiff Museum were transferred to the new National Museum of Wales in 1907, the footprints were one of its most important acquisitions. Currently the fossil is on display in the Evolution of Wales gallery, as befitting the first dinosaur footprints found anywhere in Europe.
Wales has an important place in the evolutionary history of dinosaurs; not only this early set of footprints, but also another major trackway site near the town of Barry, which is one of the most significant sites of its age in Europe. The rocks of this area were laid down around 220 million years ago, at a time when Wales was a low-lying desert, similar to those in the Arabian Gulf today, and dinosaurs had just evolved. Over the next 20 million years, the sea-level rose and the deserts disappeared underwater. However the dinosaurs living on higher ground continued to diversify into different species, one of which was Dracoraptor, the small theropod dinosaur found near to Penarth in 2014, and now on display at the National Museum Cardiff.
Let us visualise that for you
27 Ebrill 2017,
Our collaborations with Cardiff University in the area of heritage science continue to grow. Just before Easter, Daniel Griffiths from the School of Engineering contributed towards our goal of developing monitoring tools for use by museum conservators.
One of the routine tasks of conservators is to keep an eye on the condition of items stored in museums. Being responsible for looking after Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales' five million objects, the team of less than 20 the conservators have their work cut out. In addition to the sheer number of objects in need of monitoring, for some categories of items there are currently issues with keeping adequate records for comparison with future condition assessments. We also want to objectivise the entire process to enable easier comparison between assessments undertaken at different times or by different people.
Presently, changes to collection items (if any) are detected by visual assessments and recording these in a text form, often supplemented with photographs. If such items are small and prone to chemical reactions, the results of which are difficult to describe, condition assessments are very difficult to undertake.
How do we make things easier, quicker and more objective? Daniel, a student in engineering, undertook a pilot study to create an overview of our options for non-invasive damage testing in geological specimens (specifically, in minerals). Some testing methods – such as acoustic emission, ultrasound, and X-ray and micro magnetic resonance imaging – were discounted early on in the project for various reasons. Any further techniques Daniel considered are based on imaging or scanning, grounded in the assumption that most damage to minerals is visible as changes in shape, integrity or colour.
Initial thoughts on using artificially aged pyrite were replaced in favour of CAD-designed and 3D-printed models of 'crystals': one set 'undamaged' and a second 'damaged' set with deliberately introduced yet precisely known 'decay features', such as holes and cuts. Daniel then scanned or imaged these models and compared the results for speed, ease of use, cost effectiveness and accuracy of recording of 'decay'.
The best results were obtained with the Artec Space Spider, a handheld high-resolution 3D scanner based on blue light technology with easy-to-use software. The downside of this technique is the high purchasing cost of this instrument and software. Mobile phone technology, which was one of the comparative techniques, is not yet evolved enough to provide useful (i.e., good image quality, faithful recording of defects smaller than 5mm diameter) results.
The results of this study are encouraging because they provide us with a good foundation for future development work. There are questions about the faithful recording of colour, especially of reflective crystal surfaces, and combining features of storage, processing and analysis of images through one single computer program.
Daniel was supervised by Prof Rhys Pullin and Dr John McCrory from Cardiff University's School of Engineering. We thank both of them for their support and cooperation in this project.
Find out more about Care of Collections at Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales here.
We need your advice
26 Mawrth 2017,
When someone has a great idea but cannot get it off the ground by themselves, they find a powerful partner with similar interests and join forces. We have done just that: we want to research how we can improve storage for the national Geology collection. We spoke to Oxford University who are that enthusiastic about working with us.
Now that we have a fundraising target and a really tight deadline. What do we do next? Phone a friend?
This is exactly what we are doing now. You are our friend. We are asking: who do you think we should talk to about raising the funds to enable this project to happen?
We know you are as passionate about our cultural and scientific heritage as we are. We need your advice on the best way to reach our fundraising target.
Allow me to introduce the project. Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales looks after 900,000 geological specimens. We use this collection daily to inspire, educate, and research. We have great stores but many minerals react with chemicals in the air and start changing. Sometimes they change so badly that they crumble to dust. Clearly, simply putting our geological specimens into lovely stores is not good enough to preserve them for future generations.
Now, if we want to become better at looking after your collections (they do not actually belong to us, but to you and everybody else in Wales), we need to know where we can make improvements. The challenge is, nobody really knows at present what exactly we need to improve on. We already work to the highest available standards, but the current standards do not tell us much about how minerals react with airborne chemicals.
We want to join forces with Oxford University and the heritage science network SEAHA http://www.seaha-cdt.ac.uk/ for a research project. We have 60% of the funding. All we need now is the remaining 40% and we are all go.
And this is where you come in.
This is the future of museums. We are happy to offer an opportunity to become involved in a high-profile project to improve the long-term storage of geological collections. If you know anyone we should speak to about fundraising please get in touch. If you would like some more information please download our 'Benefits to Partners' leaflet (in the right hand margin).
Thank you.
Find out more about Care of Collections at Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales here.
Conservation of Geological Museum Collections
8 Chwefror 2017,
Rock collections in the UK are an asset worth millions of pounds. Many exploration companies drill into the Earth's crust and extract cores for analysis – often at a cost of around £1,000 per meter of core. These provide the basic information before a commercial case for mining or extraction can be made and form part of the companies' commercial archives.
Museums also look after collections and many hold large numbers of valuable geological samples. A common misconception is that rocks are stable, they do not decay or get eaten by pests. Which is why fossils, minerals and rocks surely must be easy to look after.
But think of minerals found in caves or mines: not just dark, but also cold and damp. Many hydrated minerals occur here, for example melanterite or halotrichite. Take them out of the mine, put them in a museum store where they are protected and well looked after – and they will dehydrate. Lose water molecules, decay, and are lost.
There are many similar examples. Depending on the mineral species they will take up or lose water molecules, recrystallize into something else, react with air pollutants or oxygen. A bewildering range of chemical processes can lead to the destruction of geological specimens. Fossils are affected, too: lovely pyritised ammonites turn to dust. Many specimens of scientific or historic importance can be lost in this way.
Museums do their best to halt the decay but are hampered in their efforts by many questions yet unanswered. What levels of indoor air pollutants are safe for geological collections and how good do our air filtration systems need to be? At what point do museum conservators need to deal with a specimen damaged by chemical reactions? How do we even monitor collections of tens of thousands of specimens for damage routinely?
These and many other related questions will be investigated in a new research project at National Museum Cardiff. A recent pilot study (manuscript in preparation) demonstrated the complexity of potentially damaging processes in a typical museum store that are thought of usually as benign. Further expertise in the form of academic and industrial partners is now sought to develop the potential for addressing elementary questions of appropriate storage of geological collections.
The knowledge generated by this project will be of wide-ranging interest to cultural institutions and industrial companies alike. Scientific specimens and commercial collections will be kept safe with the set of guidelines and standards which the project will develop. We will have the proper tools to enable us to care for our geological heritage appropriately - whether kept in museums or as commercial assets.
Find out more about Care of Collections at Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales here.
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Anti-American NFL player, Colin Kaepernick disgraced himself, his team, and the entire NFL last Friday night when he refused to stand for the playing of the national anthem before the 49er's game against the Green Bay Packers.
Kaepernick refused to acknowledge the national anthem because he believes that African-Americans and other minorities are being oppressed in this country and that they are being openly targeted by police officers. "I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses Black people and people of color," Kaepernick stated after the game. "To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder."
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Hello by Kelly Clarkson - to be specific, the lyrics "is there anybody, anybody? Hello, hello, is anybody listening?"
Posted 04 June 2013 - 05:59 AM ( #1313 )
Slow Down - Selena Gomez.
Not a bad song. I've never really been much of a fan of Selena Gomez though. And The Cataracs aren't my favourite producers. Oh well.
Posted 05 June 2013 - 05:17 AM ( #1314 )
Take You - Justin Bieber
I'm sorry but I kind of like it
Posted 05 June 2013 - 07:47 AM ( #1315 )
Young And Beautiful - Lana Del Rey
Love Lana! Heard this on Triple J today, and decided to listen to it more. I really want to see The Great Gatsby, too.
Posted 05 June 2013 - 10:54 AM ( #1316 )
My dad mowing the lawn. Or is it workmen doing something random to the trees? I don't know or care. *gets headphones and MP3 player* I'm listening to an audiobook about the environment, animal cruelty and a deadly disease that scares me even though you can only get it if you eat meat, which I don't. That's what I was listening to last night. No wonder I didn't get much sleep. *stops listening to that* *selects random Kelly Clarkson song instead* Now I'm listening to Honestly by Kelly Clarkson.
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Keep your head up, nothing lasts forever!
Wear Me Out - Skylar Grey
Only got this song today, but I'm really loving it! Looking forward to Skylar's new album, "Don't Look Down".
Posted 17 June 2013 - 08:19 AM ( #1325 )
Swallow My Bullet - Porcelain Black
"You know I'm gonna-gonna get you, the world's a tiny place; there's nowhere you can hide."
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Luna left her dorm room with a book in her hand. She walked down the hall with the sound of the sound of her bare feet on the floor.
"Little town it's a quiet village." Luna started to sing. "Everyday like the one before. Little town full of little people, waking up to say."
"Bonjour!" Neville greeted Luna as she walked past.
"Bonjour!" Dean called out.
"Bonjour!" Hermione said happily to Luna.
"Bonjour!" Seamus sang.
"Bonjour!" Harry called to Luna.
"There goes the baker with his tray like always." Luna sang as a few house elves walked past with a tray. She started to read as she walked won the hall. "The same old bread and rolls to sell. Every morning just the same since the morning that we came, To this poor provintial town."
"Good Morning Luna!" a house elf said to Luna.
"G'morning Misure!" Luna replied.
"Where you off to?"
"The library..." Luna said as she shut the book. "I just finished the most wonderful story, about a beanstalk and an ogor and and..."
"That's nice." The house elf said, not really paying attention to Luna. "Marie! The bagettes! Hurry up!"
Luna shrugged and opened the book again and started walking away.
"Look there she goes that girl is strange no question." Cho, Lavender, Romilda and Daphne sang as Luna walked past. "Dazed and distracted, can't you tell?"
"Never part of any crowd." Daphne pointed out.
"Cuz her heads up on some cloud." Seamus agreed.
"No denying she's a funny girl that Luna." Everyone but Luna sang as Luna walked past.
"Bonjour!" Neville said to Hermione.
"Good day!" Hermione greeted.
"How is your family?" Neville asked.
"Bonjour!" Hermione said to Harry.
"Good day!" Harry replied.
"How is your girl?" Hermione asked.
"I need six eggs!" Cho said to Dean.
"That's too expensive." Dean replied.
"There must be more than this provincial life." Luna said as she entered the library.
"Ah! Luna!" Madam Pince said with a smile.
"Good Morning! I've come to return the book I've borrowed!" Luna replied. She placed the book on the table.
"Finished already?" Madam Pince asked.
"Oh I couldn't put it down. Got anything new?" Luna asked as she climbed onto a ladder and scanned the shelves.
"Not since yesterday!"
"That's alright." Luna said. "I'll borrow...this one!" She held out a red book.
"That one?" Madam Pince said. "But you've read it twice!"
"Well it's my favorite!" Luna exclaimed. "Far off places, daring swordfights, magic spells, a prince in disguise!" Luna leaned back.
"Well if you like it all that much, it's yours." Madam Pince said.
"But madam!" Luna tried to protest.
"I insist." Madam Pince said insistently.
"Well thank you! Thank you very much!" Luna exclaimed. She opened the book and started to read while walking towards the Great Hall.
"Look there she goes that girl is so peculiar." Dean, Seamus, Harry and Neville sang as Luna walked past. "I wonder if she's feeling well."
"With a dreamy far off look." Cho, Romilda, Hermione, Lavender and Daphne chorused in unison.
"And her nose stuck in a book." The men added.
"What a puzzle to the rest of us, this Luna." The two groups sang together.
"Oh! Isn't this amazing?" Luna sang as she sat down on a bench. "It's my favorite because you'll see." She turned to the Hufflepuff she was sitting next to and pointed at a page in the book "Here's where she meets prince charming. But she won't discover
that it's him till chapter three." Luna got back up and resumed walking toward the Great Hall for breakfast.
"Now It's no wonder that her name means beauty, her looks have got no parallel." Cho sang as she eyed Luna's pretty blonde hair.
"But behind that fair facade, I'm afraid she's rather odd." Neville said. "Very different from the rest of us."
"She's nothing like the rest of us." The students sang together. "Yes different from the rest of us is Luna."
Down the corridor, Malfoy shot down a small bird that happened to be flyng by. Crabbe caught it and placed it in a bag.
"Wow! You didn't miss a shot Malfoy!" Crabbe praised. "Your the greatest hunter in all of Hogwarts and the world."
"I know." Malfoy said with pride.
"No beast alive stands a chance against you." Crabbe continued. "And no girl for that matter." He added.
"It's true Crabbe. And I've got my sights set on the one." Malfoy proclaimed and pointed at Luna, who walked by while reading the book.
"The editor's daughter?" Crabbe said. "Really?"
"She's the one!" Malfoy insistes. "The lucky girl I'm going to marry!"
"But shes..." Crabbe paused to find the right word.
"The most beautiful girl in Hogwarts." Malfoy said. "That makes her the best! And don't I deserve the best!"
"I was gonna say odd but," Crabbe said. "Well of course, I mean you do, I mean...
"Right from the moment when i met her," Malfoy sang as he followed Luna. "Saw her, I said she's gorgeous and I fell...in a gal as old as she, who is beautiful as me. So I'm making plans to rule and marry Luna."
"Look there he goes, isn't he dreamy?" Pansy, Millicent and Tracey sighed. "Misure Malfoy, oh he's so cute! Be still my heart, I'm hardly breathing. He's such a strong, tall, dark, and handsome brute."
"Bonjour!" Hermione said icily to Malfoy.
"Pardon." Malfoy said as he tried to weave through the crowd.
"Good day." Luna said as she entered the Great Hall.
"Mais oui!" Cho sang.
"You call this bacon?" Romilda said in disgust.
"What lovely grapes!" Lavender said as she plucked graped out of a bowl.
"Some cheese." Neville said with a piece of toast in his hand.
"Ten yards!" Parvati said.
"One pound." Neville told her.
"'scuse me!" Malfoy nearly shouted.
"I'll get the knife." A house elf sang.
"Please let me through!" Malfoy said through gritted teeth.
"This bread–" Padma said.
"Those fish–" Susan sang.
"It's stale!" Padma tapped the bread against her plate.
"They smell!" susan held her nose.
"Madame's mistaken." Seamus and Dean said to Padma and Susan.
"Well, maybe so." Padma and Susan said in unison.
"Good morning!" the students in the Great Hall sang. "Oh, good morning!"
"There must be more than this provincial life!" Luna repeated as she made her way to her friend, Padma.
"Just watch," Malfoy said to Crabbe. "I'm going to make Luna my wife!"
"Look there she goes," the student sang as Luna walked past. "The girl is strange but special. A most peculiar mad'moiselle!"
"It's a pity and a sin." Daphne sang.
"She doesn't quite fit in." Seamus finished for Daphne.
"'Cause she really is a funny girl." The students sang as Malfoy tried to get to Luna. "A beauty but a funny girl."
Malfoy started shoving people out of his way. Luna sat down next to Padma.
"She really is a funny girl. That Luna!" the student sang. Everyone sat down and started eating and chatting with friends.
"Morning Padma." Luna greeted Padma.
"Good morning to you too." Padma replied. "Anything new?"
"I got a new book." Luna said.
Malfoy tripped and landed on the floor.
"Morning." Luna said to Malfoy.
"Hello Luna." Malfoy said in a muffled tone.
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PICS! Everything you need to know about Russell & Katy's exotic Indian wedding
The Happy Couple
Since their New Year's Eve engagement, Russell Brand and Katy Perry have become one of Hollywood's hottest pairings, with their all-out Indian wedding already being branded one of the most glittering events of the year. The pair tied the knot in front of 80 close friends and family in Rajasthan over the weekend, in a fiercely private ceremony. 'Russell Brand and Katy Perry are overjoyed to confirm that they were pronounced Mr and Mrs Brand on October 23,' a spokesman has confirmed. 'The very private and spiritual ceremony, attended by the couple's closest family and friends, was performed by a Christian minister and long time friend of the Hudson (Perry) Family. The backdrop was the inspirational and majestic countryside of northern India.'
Heading off on Honeymoon
After days of celebration and a special Indian ceremony, the newlywed Mr and Mrs Brand were spotted at Jaipur airport, boarding a swanky private jet ready to whisk them off to a remote, romantic location. Reports suggest the pair will enjoy their first few weeks as a married couple at a five-star resort in the Maldives, with a rep for the pair confirming: 'They have gone off on their own. This is special time for them now.'
A Birthday Treat
As if a sumptuous Indian wedding and luxurious Indian Ocean honeymoon weren't enough, Katy also celebrated her 26th birthday as they swept through the airport yesterday. Still dressed in full Indian attire, the new Mrs Brand accessorised her outft with a traditional gold 'Nath', or nose chain.
Wedding Confirmation
Russell and Katy went to great lengths to keep their special day under wraps, with Katy even announcing a break from Twitter during the special time. 'TWIT BREAK: Greatest gift u can give us is respect & ♥ during this private X. No use wasting ur X w/ STOLEN or FALSE info. Thnku for this,' she Tweeted to followers. But she couldn't stay away from the social networking site for long. Just the day after the ceremony, she posted a single snap with the simple caption: 'WE DID!'
The Wedding Venue
Katy and Russell's traditional Indian ceremony was held at the ultra-exclusive Arman-I-Khas resort, close to the Ranthambore Safari Park in rural Rajasthan. The pair jetted out early last week for their big day, and have since been spotted out and about around the luxury resort on several occasions. It's thought private security firms have been stationed around the hotel to put their minds at rest as they celebrate their nuptials with a week-long series of parties and events.
The Guests
It's thought around 80 guests flew out to India for Russell and Katy's special ceremony, to which only the pair's closest friends and family were invited. Last Thursday Russell's mum Barbera was spotted making her way through Mumbai airport, where later in the day Katy's parents also touched down. According to reports, the lucky few will enjoy six days of wedding celebrations, and rest their heads in luxury five star tents.
The Stars
With a guest list that reads like a who's who of Hollywood, we're sure Russell and Katy's nuptials were a suitably glittering affair. Jonathan Ross, David Walliams and P.Diddy were
were all thought to be in attendance out in India, but there was one noticeable absence… Superstar Rihanna – who organised the hen party, and was tipped to be Katy's maid of honour – didn't make the big day 'due to work commitments'.
The Dress
In the past, Katy has spoken about having John Galliano design her gown for the big day, but after she was spotted dashing into an Elie Saab boutique in Paris last week, we think a last-minute fitting could have given the game away. It?s thought Katy started off the day in traditional Indian attire ? donning a glittering blue sari and tradtitional Indian jewellery ? but made several changes during the 12-hour-long festivities. Russell meanwhile donned a nude-coloured traditional kurta before later wearing a long, elaborately embroidered coat. 'They are very much keeping to Indian tradition,' a friend told the Sun. 'There will be feasting and dancing. And Katy will be painted head-to-toe in henna tattoos.'
The Celebrations
Lucky friends and family are being treated to five days of celebrations at the remote luxury resort. It's thought the festivities kicked off in earnest on Thursday, with a beautifully decorated 'Bollywood-style feast' featuring traditional dancers and snake charmers.
The Activities
The pair are said to have hired a whopping 13 vehicles to take guests on exotic tiger safaris at Rajasthan's Ranthambore National Park. Russell was spotted enjoying one himself – with fellow comedian David Baddiel – in the days before the wedding. Lucky friends and family were also treated to camel rides, and chauffeured around the resort on motorbikes.
The Ceremony
It's thought Russell and Katy opted for a traditional wedding ceremony, conducted by a friend of Katy's family, but on Friday were also blessed by a Hindu priest ahead of the ceremony. In spectacular style, it's thought Russell arrived at the ceremony on the back of a white horse. Two elephants named Laxmi and Mala were spotted arriving at the hotel shortly before the procession began, and were said to have accompanied the groom, with a red carpet rolled out before them. It's thought Mr Brand entered amid a 'bharat', a traditional Indian wedding procession involving members of the family, to the sound of sitars, santoors and table drums. It's also thought that the pair sat on giant thrones after the ceremony, and reportedly 'burst out laughing' when they set eyes on the ornate seats earlier this week.
The Reception
After the formal ceremony, the festivities kicked off in full, with the bride and groom both giving speeches, and treating guests to a lavish Indian and Vegan feast. A whopping 1,380 cans of soft drink and 5,000 bottles of mineral water were reportedly shipped in for the big event, which is said to have featured a spectacular dance performance by Indian supermodel Jesse Randhawa and her husband, choreographer Sandhip Soparrkar. There were also fire eaters, jugglers, and even a fortune telling parrot.
The After Party
It's thought guests – who were asked to wear traditional Indian dress for the ceremony – will now enjoy a further three days of festivities, with celebrations set to continue at the swanky Taj Rambagh Palace Hotel in Jaipur, the scene of Russell and Katy's engagement. The lavish gala reception is expected to have an 'East meets West' theme, with celebrity guest P.Diddy rumoured to perform.
The Gifts
Although Russell and Katy asked not to be given gifts by guests (instead they asked for money which will be donated to charity) it didn't stop them lavishing special presents on each other. Russ spent thousands on a treat for the new Mrs Perry, buying Machli, a female Bengal tiger living at the reserve where they tied the knot. He's also said to have given his bride a glittering ruby, said to possess 'protective powers. Never one to be outdone, Katy splashed out on a baby elephant – also at the reserve – for her new hubby.
The Proposal
After a whirlwind, four-month romance, Russell popped the question to Katy with a £30,000 Cartier gold and diamond sparkler, during a romantic break in India. Russ treated his bride-to-be to the Christmas getaway and then proposed during a meticulously planned ceremony on New Year's Eve. The pair drank champagne and ate by candlelight, watching fireworks at midnight from the back of an elephant. Sneaky Russell hid Katy's two-carat rock among the flowers in their candlelit private garden, and the rest is history!
The Cost
Yes they were beautiful, but Kate and Jamie's lavish country nuptials didn't come cheap – it's thought the pair splashed out an eye watering £1 million on their special day. And next up comes the honeymoon. The pair were picked up by helicopter from their country pad, with Kate showing off her style credentials once again, in a chic Stella McCartney suit. It's thought the newlyweds could jet off to Thailand or Africa to tour and soak up the sun.


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| The Reverse Edge Blade chapter 1 . 4/10/2007
It's a cool fic! Your writing is so tense I just couldn't stop reading! I haven't read that many Itachi fics before, but this is the best one so far, it'll go in my favorites!
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The room is located by the Vistula River, with its famous bridge for tourists, which opens the way to explore the beautiful and so popular Kazimierz.
Additional attractions are the barges on the Vistula boulevards. Some of them are moored and made available in the form of restaurants and pubs while others are floating barges on which you can visit Kraków swimming along the Vistula boulevards. Opposite the tenement house is a worth seeing park. The Wawel Castle is located 800 meters from the house in a straight line. The Main Market Square is about 15 minutes (5 minutes from the Wawel Castle) walk along Krakowska and Grodzka streets. In the area you can find a whole bunch of shops, restaurants, etc.
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Great central location with clean rooms and toilet. The kitchenette however had a funny smell to it. But other than that it was a great stay :)
Very nice and tidy place. Perfect location in the Kazimierz district. I will come back.
The appartment was very nice and renovated. When I was here, the front door and staircase were horrible. So I was really afraid the room would look the same. But that was the complete opposite. The owner said that the front door and staircase would be renovated soon so for the next visitors I hope it's done.
Loved my stay here. Located in the Kazimierz district and close to everything! The apartment was so clean and super bright and cheerful. Had a very nice bathroom and shower. Having a small refrigerator was wonderful for breakfast things. Highly recommend the apartment. Greatly appreciated the transfer from the airport as well.
Great appartment in the Jewish quarter. Free pick-up from the airport. The square is about 20 minutes walking from the appartment. Only downside is that the appartment doesn't have good blinds or shutters. I would recommend this place to anyone.
Cool app. in front of beautiful square, right in Jewish District.
The appartment was very nice with a high standard. Wlan for free, even a 5:1 surround DVD player with a big TV-Screen. Everything was clean. It was in the middle of Kazimierz in a very nice surrounding. The service was great. I can highly recommend it. Mariusz speaks german and english and is very friendly and helpful. Next time in Krakow I will rent this appartment again.
The flat itself was in a good location and was very modern. The price was reasonable also.
However, there was no fans or air-conditioning and poor ventilation in the kitchen. Also the bedroom blinds allowed too much light in disrupting my sleep.
Worse still was that the host didn't speak English and was very unfriendly. Our arrival to the flat was disrupted by his poor organisation. I can't recommend it as a result.
Very nice situation, in the middle of the jewish district. The room is nice, clean, with everything you might need during your stay.
the room was very agreable, clean and comfortable. the host was also very welcoming
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A shortened version of the introductory and concluding chapters of a volume of case studies of American industry in international competition, this article examines the contemporary debate on industrial policy, building on lessons drawn from the case studies. The authors identify several possible economic and political rationales for an industrial policy, as it is one of the instruments with which the government can respond to the competitive difficulties of individual sectors in international trade. They conclude that, in the absence of such a policy, the government will continue to respond to stich difficulties with protectionist measures that thwart necessary economic adjustment and reduce our national economic well-being.
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With a stay at Hampton Inn Findlay in Findlay, you'll be convenient to Mazza Museum and Swing Time Sports Center.
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Artist: 2 Chainz
Track: Crib In My Closet
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Producer: Metro Boomin, 808 Mafia
Album: Freebase EP
Guys, you may not want to let your girl hear this one. If you thought that her complaining about getting a bigger closet was bad, well, it's about to become vengeful. As a standout selection from 2 Chainz' new EP, Freebase, Crib In My Closet is at the highest level of stunting when it comes to high end clothing. For assistance the Georgia Hair Weave Killer invites the Fashion Killa, A$AP Rocky, and the MMG Boss, Rick Ross, who oddly is often caught sans a shirt. Their common thread? All three own a closet (or two) bigger than most homes. I can already imagine this Metro Boomin and 808 Mafia-produced banger being played in each of their closets as soon as you open the sliding door.
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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DIRSERVER-997?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#action_12512638 ] Ersin Er commented on DIRSERVER-997: ------------------------------------ Well, although I think you do not refer to this issue can also be considered with one of our existing issues: DIRSERVER-955. If you suppose that we fixed this issue, with appropriate configuration (the one I mentioned in the previous post) no one can use userPassword in a search filter not they can read values from that attribute. Such a search operation would need grantFilterMatch and grantRead permissions on userPassword attribute. > Block search ability for userPassword attribute > ----------------------------------------------- > > Key: DIRSERVER-997 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DIRSERVER-997 > Project: Directory ApacheDS > Issue Type: Improvement > Environment: All > Reporter: Hans Lohmander > > I entered this issue on request from the user list where this topic came up. > The userPassword should not be available for search, > else password fishing is possible. > If you are allowed to do a search like > $ ldapsearch -b o=some.root -s sub 'userPassword="{md5}b4b5835f03bd6748e0cc25790d6f3498"' dn > it would render you all objects with the attribute userPassword equal to > "the secret password", which may not be such a good idea. > iPlanet DS 4.x allowed searches on ueserPassword attribute with > directory manager privs I found out. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.
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Last week one of Tulkinghorn's hacks attended what is already ranking as one of the most enjoyable, if bizarre, meetings.
First of all it was with Italians, always the most courteous of interviewees (especially with the laydeez). But the bizarre element reared its head because half the meeting took place in a kitchen.
Now, Tulkinghorn in no way wishes to embark upon any nationality stereotyping, but the reason the meeting was in a kitchen was because the hosts, London-based finance partners at Bonelli Erede Pappalardo Riccardo Sallustio and Andrea Tomas, wanted to reveal how to make a mocha. The verdict? "It was bloody strong."


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Gay couples can be wed in only some parts of Alabama after the state's chief justice issued an order to stop judges from granting licences.
The Supreme Court has refused Alabama's request to stop the marriages.
But some counties have followed the order of Chief Justice Roy Moore and will not grant marriage licences to same-sex couples.
Judges in other parts of in the conservative state have stopped conducting weddings altogether.
In one of the counties refusing to hold marriages, Autauga County, a female minister was arrested after offering to perform a same-sex marriage at the judge's office.
Anne Diprizio was charged with disorderly conduct after refusing to leave when asked, the Montgomery Advertiser reports.
Many same-sex couples living in the affected counties travelled to major cities such as Montgomery and Birmingham to get marriage licences.
But at least six gay couples, who had hoped to marry, filed federal lawsuits after Mobile County's marriage licence division did not open on Monday.


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I am currently working on a project, but before i build my device I need to know if one could use an electromagnet to repel ionized air molecules. .....
Quote from: starwarsmat on 19/03/2015 05:20:52I am currently working on a project, but before i build my device I need to know if one could use an electromagnet to repel ionized air molecules. .....Ionisation is an electrostatic effect not a magnetic one.You could use charged plates to attract or repel the ions.
A magnet will not repel charged particles, but it will deflect them. The force on a moving charged particle will be at a right angle to the direction it is moving in. In a uniform magnetic field, charged particles will ultimately move in circles.
My project is to create a device that will accelerate the air ions in one direction and to calculate their acceleration.
To see how the charge on the electron was originally measured, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_drop_experiment [nofollow]Air is (mostly) an insulator, so it is very hard to measure a flow of ions with a current meter, unless you create extra ions with a source, like a spark or a radioactive source. Air can be turned into a conductor by applying a voltage of > 1 Megavolt per meter. But then it sparks over, and the current is (momentarily) so high that it is very hard to measure.Warnings: Be very careful with high voltages (over 160V DC). By using plates very close together, you can create a strong electric field gradient, without using excessively high voltages.
Would there be another way to ionize the air first using high voltage and then create a negatively charged plate to accelerate these newly ionized molecules.
would this work for accelerating and creating the ions. with the enamel on wire on the inside of the tube stripped to allow the current to flow freely through the air acting as an electrode.
would this work for ... creating the ions.
would changing the medium that is being ionized allow for increased visibility such as submerging the device in water or oil?
I thought that the water wouldn't work just wanted to make sure. If I have the metal plates in my diagram 1.27 cm apart and i have the electrode 1.27 cm away from the plate could the corona discharge damage the source of hv?
is there another high voltage from low voltage generator I could create?
I was hoping to get a large enough density of air molecules ionized that the movement of air would have an impact on other objects that could be used to determine their velocity. As for the voltage i was hoping to have a controllable voltage source that would allow me to see the differences the voltage has on the speed of the ions.
My goal is quite similar to that, but I was hoping to make one more powerful so that it could push for example a soccer ball. then test how much the voltage attached affects the force and to see if the device can be scaled up.
assuming only one electron of charge is added to each molecule
Maybe not a single charge, but I'm pretty sure that varying magnetic fields can accelerate a plasma.


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Well aware of how important it is for executives to be able to enjoy good health and well-being, we have created SHA Corporate Retreats. The information leaflet can be downloaded in pdf here.
A high work load and worries, stress, the lack of physical exercise and bad eating habits all affect our health, quality of life and our productivity. That is why SHA is the perfect place to hold Management Committee meetings and events, executive retreats, team building and coaching sessions or even client loyalty events.
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The Healthy Life and the Michio Kushi rooms can be joined to create a bigger room that can hold 180 people. If the three conference rooms available at SHA are joined together, we can get an even bigger room of 282 m2 that can hold 250 people.


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Fifth studio album, recorded in Pittsburgh in 1994 and featuring guest producer Erik Lindgren of Arf! Arf! fame. This album is a return to their garage roots with tinges of psychedelia sprinkled in for good measure. Standout tracks include "Private Suicide," "All These Streets" which over the years became staples of the Cynics live repertoire and the 9:25 minute rave-up psych trip "Beyond the Calico Wall/STP-00117."Tags: 2lkj20n 90s garage reissues yoobl


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Oases of Culture: A History of Public and Academic Libraries in Nevada
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September 2003
BeschreibungThe creation of a library system in Nevada presented formidable challenges. Until the middle of the twentieth century, Nevada had the smallest population of any state in the Union, sparsely scattered over a vast area; most towns were very small; and the eco-nomy was largely based on agriculture and a boom-and-bust mining industry, uncongenial to the kind of long-term financial commitments needed to build, stock, and maintain libraries. Yet from the very beginning, efforts were made to create libraries. Many mining camps had reading clubs that offered residents a quiet place to peruse the latest newspapers and other materials, and fraternal orders, women's groups, and other organizations established small lending and subscription libraries. In "Oases of Culture, historian James W. Hulse recounts the tortuous and often colorful history of Nevada's libraries and the work of the dedicated librarians, educators, civic leaders, women's organizations, philanthropists, and politicians who struggled to make the democratic vision of free libraries available to all Nevadans. From the establishment of the State Library in 1865, only one year after statehood, through the creation of tax-supported public libraries after passage of a library law in 1895, to the development of today's modern university and community college libraries and the public-library information services that serve Nevada's booming and increasingly diverse population, Hulse recounts the trials and triumphs of Nevada's libraries. He also examines the role of Nevada librarians in fostering literacy and confronting the First Amendment controversies that have periodically shaken the nation's cultural foundations.
InhaltsverzeichnisThe First Forty Years - Pioneering Efforts In Reno And The Mining Camps; The State Library - The First Century, 1865-1965; Since 1965 - The State Library, The Nevada Library Association, And Fleischmann Gifts; Washoe County; Fifteen Counties - A Panorama; Clark County; The University Of Nevada, Reno; The University Of Nevada, Las Vegas; The Community Colleges.
PortraitJames W. Hulse is professor emeritus of history at the University of Nevada, Reno, and author of ten books.
Untertitel: Sprache: Englisch.
Verlag: UNIV OF NEVADA PR
Erscheinungsdatum: September 2003
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A's Overcome Lack Of Offense To Beat Rays
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (620 WDAE) -- Normally, when a team gets just a single hit, they end up on the losing side of the ledger. Wednesday was not one of those nights.
Erik Bedard and the Tampa Bay bullpen allowed just a single hit to Oakland, but a pair of fielding miscues allowed the A's to escape with a 3-2 victory over the Rays.
Oakland took an early lead thanks on Bedard thanks to a pair of miscues by Tampa Bay in the field. Yoenis Cespedes reached on a throwing error by Yunel Escobar. Bedard then walked Derek Norris and Brandon Moss to load the bases. Alberto Callaspo struck out, and Josh Reddick grounded into what would have been an inning-ending double play, but Sean Rodriguez's throw went in to left field, allowing Cespedes and Norris to score.
The Athletics remained without a hit until the fourth, when Brandon Moss hit a two-out, two-strike solo homer off Bedard to make the score 3-0.
That would be the only hit allowed by Bedard (2-2) on the night, though he also walked three and struck out six.
Tampa Bay crawled back into the game in the sixth, getting a leadoff hit by Wil Myers, followed by a walk to Evan Longoria. James Loney then singled in Myers to make it 3-1.
Brandon Guyer and Sean Rodriguez each popped out, but Yunel Escobar cut the lead to a single run with a base hit to center, scoring Longoria. The Rays could not get the game tied, though, as Desmond Jennings grounded into a fielder's choice to end the inning.
Tampa Bay had another golden opportunity to try and even the contest in the eighth, loading the bases with one out before Escobar grounded into a double play to kill the rally.
Alex Cobb (1-1, 1,89 ERA) will look to salvage the finalecoming off the disabled list, as he takes on Oakland's ace, Sonny Gray (5-1, 2.10 ERA). First pitch is scheduled for 4:10, with pregame coverage on WDAE starting at 3:00 with the Suncoast Hyundai Dealers Inside Pitch. Thursday's game will not be shown on television.


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Need Hank on Jib for Catalina 27 TM
I hope this is allowed on the site. The yard and rigging bill was more than I expected and I need a jib to get the boat home offshore and to use until I can save enough boat bucks to buy a new one. Looking for a hank on anywhere from storm to 135%. My e-mail address is
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Um... are you looking for a free hank on jib??
Since this is just temporary, check a couple of the used sail brokers. A 110 for a Cat 27TM would have a luff of about 34.5' and an LP of about 13.5 '. Anything close to that with hanks will work.
What happened to your Pacific Seacraft 25?:confused: :eek:
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No I'm not looking for anything for free, I'll pay fair price. I found a local loft with one listed but it had already sold.
I was dropping to much money into the PSC 25 (about a grand a week), hardly sustainable for my income. I blew through my budget in no time. I grossly underestimated cost and convienience of where to store the boat. If it was in my back yard and I had a shop with about a year it would have been a doable project but it wasn't. I sold it back in Sept/Oct and went travelling with work to save up for this Catalina. I have about the same in this boat right now as I did in the PSC and this one is almost ready to go except sails. Its not the perfect boat but it's livable and it'll get me down to the Bahamas and up and down the east coast until I can save for a more seaworthy design. I learned some good lessons with the PSC, albeit expensive ones haha. It was worth it. Brandon
Thanks for the replies. I've one contact from here about sails and for anyone else looking for Catalina 27 TM sails I've found that Tarten Ten jibs are a pretty close match. The I is a foot shorter but the other measurments are real close. Hopefully I'll be sailing home in a week! New rig and bottom paint....I'm ready to go racing!! Brandon
P.S. John, maybe one day I can get up to the PSC 34!!
Actually I think I'd be just as much if not more happy with the 31. Smaller is better!!
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Has anyone used this loft? I've been getting quotes for a new set of sails. I want to go with my local UK loft but KH uses the same Deminsion dacron for a third of the price. I would be able to get 4 sails for what it would cost for 2 at UK. Anyone use this loft or have coments?
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A sort-of interdimensional freelance hero finds himself in dangerousness. It is as dubious as it sounds.
There is a fine line between death-defying and abysmally stupid. It's a truth that I've learned in all of my years, and it's also why I've planned to leave a goodly sum of my earnings to a savvy publicist. A man's obituary should never paint an accurate picture if he can help it.
Take, for instance, my current dilemma. I'm hurtling through nega-space in a piecemeal vehicle that is half-engulfed in flames. The captain and proprietor of the ship is cursing me and shooting at others without looking. A pair of large men made up mostly of back hair and questionable hygiene are shooting back. The radio is playing Jon Secada, I think, which pretty much sums up the state of chaos.
On top of all that, I think I actually managed to score a date, if I read my email correctly.
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text: DSpace Community: This Community features the proceedings of conferences hosted by the KNUST or other bodies but had staff from KNUST attending and making presentations This Community features the proceedings of conferences hosted by the KNUST or other bodies but had staff from KNUST attending and making presentations http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/23 2017-05-29T03:59:24Z 2017-05-29T03:59:24Z Nutritional composition of breadfruits (Artocarpus spp. and Treculia africana) in Ghana Appiah, F. Oduro, I. Ellis, W.O. http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/10797 2017-05-05T11:10:49Z 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Title: Nutritional composition of breadfruits (Artocarpus spp. and Treculia africana) in Ghana Authors: Appiah, F.; Oduro, I.; Ellis, W.O. Abstract: Artocarpus spp. and Treculia africana are underutilized crops found widely in the tropics. In order to expand their use, their potential for use in food systems was determined by evaluating their physico-chemical properties. Standard procedures were used. Selected food products were then formulated using breadfruit flours as a substitute for conventional wheat flours. The study showed that their protein content ranged between 12.23 and 17.72%, whereas the crude fibre content varied between 1.67 and 2.91%; the carbohydrate content was between 57.00 and 70.15%. Potassium was the predominant mineral, ranging from 533.95 mg 100 g-1 in T. africana to 1313.3 mg 100 g-1 in Artocarpus camansi. Sodium content ranged between 37.5 mg 100 g-1 in A. camansi to 54.0 mg 100 g-1 in T. africana. The iron content was highest in Artocarpus heterophyllus (9.38 mg 100 g-1), while A. camansi had the lowest (2.20 mg 100 g-1). The results showed that the breadfruit species had good nutritional properties that vindicate their use as a stop-gap food. Promoting the production and consumption of breadfruits could help to meet the nutritional needs of consumers. Description: This article was published in Acta Hortic. 1128. ISHS 2016. DOI 10.17660/ActaHortic.2016.1128.3 XXIX IHC - Proc. Int. Symp. on Horticulture in Developing Countries and World Food Production Eds.: A. Gracie, M. Taguchi and G. Rogers 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Management Policies for Accessible Environment in Senior High Schools Dwirah, Stephen Opoku, Richmond Obuobi, Asabea Loretta Saafaa, Pascal Tagritaa Agyekum-Boateng, Francis Tudzi, Paul Eric http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/10509 2017-02-04T10:56:44Z 2015-08-01T00:00:00Z Title: Management Policies for Accessible Environment in Senior High Schools Authors: Dwirah, Stephen; Opoku, Richmond; Obuobi, Asabea Loretta; Saafaa, Pascal Tagritaa; Agyekum-Boateng, Francis; Tudzi, Paul Eric Abstract: In Ghana, governments and stakeholders of education over the years have been interested in drafting policies that are geared towards increasing Senior High School (SHS) student enrolment and infrastructural development without regard to how these facilities provided are accessed by PWD. Inspired by the initiative to incorporate Persons with Disability (PWD) into mainstream education, the study sought to identify and examine the management policies employed in managing facilities in selected second cycle institutions to make them accessible to PWD, specifically mobility impaired persons. The knowledge of PWD in the schools and stakeholders of education about the existence of the Persons with Disability Act, 2006, Act 715 was also assessed. The research focused on three schools in the Kumasi metropolis. Data collection was done through interviews as well as the administration of questionnaires. The simple random sampling technique was used for questionnaire administration in this research. Purposive sampling was used for the interviews. Furthermore, personal observations were employed in the study. Data was also collected from secondary sources. The study revealed that there were no management policies pertaining to PWD in the schools; there was poor coordination amongst stakeholders in addressing management issues; disability unfriendly facilities were still predominant in all the schools, and majority of the respondents were ignorant about the existence of the PWD Act, 2006, Act715. The advocacy for a barrier free environment has now taken a new dimension through the ultimatum given by the drafters of the Persons with Disability (PWD) Act, 2006, Act715 to ensure that public buildings in Ghana are disability friendly. Based on the findings, it is recommended that there must be advocacy for the strict enforcement of the provisions of the PWD Act, 2006, Act715. Trained facilities managers should be allocated to Senior High Schools (SHS) schools in predetermined zones. Description: Proceedings 6th West Africa Built Environment Research (WABER) Conference, 10-12 August 2015, Accra, Ghana, 2015-08-01T00:00:00Z Promoting Education on Inclusive Design of the Built Environment at KNUST Danso, Anthony Kwame Tudzi, Eric Paul http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/10508 2017-02-04T10:40:21Z 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Title: Promoting Education on Inclusive Design of the Built Environment at KNUST Authors: Danso, Anthony Kwame; Tudzi, Eric Paul Abstract: Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) represent the most marginalized, neglected and excluded persons in society hence the rise in the activities of various advocacy groups to ensure the inclusion of PWDs in society. One of the most sensitive areas of discrimination against persons with disabilities (PWDs) is barriers in the built environment. This study is aimed at promoting and improving inclusive design education and disability equality in Ghana. It therefore assessed the training of the graduates at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) who later become professionals of the built environment in Ghana. To achieve the objective of the study, the Course Contents of various departments that taught courses relating to the built environment were evaluated through a survey of 259 respondents made up of 23 lecturers, 127 students, 52 design professionals of the built environment and 57 Persons with Disabilities (PWDs). The findings revealed that the curricula of most of the Departments that taught built environment courses at KNUST were deficient in the principles of inclusive design. The PWDs on the other hand blamed the government and design professionals for the inaccessible built environment. The study recommends that the present curricula of all relevant Departments should be revised to incorporate elements of inclusive design and design professionals who are already practicing in the field should be given refresher courses by their respective professional bodies to make them more responsive to the changing trends of universal design. Description: This article is in the Proceedingss of the 6th West Africa Built Environment Research (WABER) Conference, 10-12 August 2015, Accra, Ghana, 961-977 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Enabling Technology Driven Library Environment in Sub-Saharan African Universities: a study of the Carnegie Continuing Professional Development Programme experience vis-a-vie the participants work enhancement Lamptey, R.B Baidoo, D.K Hassan, A.A Holmner, M http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/9855 2017-02-27T08:48:42Z 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z Title: Enabling Technology Driven Library Environment in Sub-Saharan African Universities: a study of the Carnegie Continuing Professional Development Programme experience vis-a-vie the participants work enhancement Authors: Lamptey, R.B; Baidoo, D.K; Hassan, A.A; Holmner, M Abstract: This paper investigated how selected information professionals in the Sub-Saharan African Universities who participated in the Carnegie Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Programme have become innovative in the use of new emerging technologies for service delivery. The main objective of the study was to know how participants were making use of the emerging technologies learnt during the Carnegie CPD programme and evaluated the effectiveness of the training programme on participant's job performance. The target group for the study was the beneficiaries of the Carnegie CPD Programme from June 2014 to June 2015 held at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. Triangulation method of a qualitative research was used. The questionnaire was posted on the CPD Alumni online discussions group platform for the participant to complete. Data collected was summarized and presented in the form of tables, graphs, charts and statements to depict a clear representation of the responses. The results were analyzed and discussed and logical conclusions were made. The study found out that the Information Communication Technology (ICT) skills of participants have been evidenced by the application of these skills on their jobs as experienced librarians. However, the demand for ICT and information literacy training by students and faculty have increased due to the exhibit of skills and innovations by CPD participants. The study therefore recommended that for any future CPD programmes that is intensive as the Carnegie CPD programme, participants should be given certificates that will highly be recognised by a university. In addition, librarians should begin to explore and aspire to participate in more CPD programmes to help them become more innovative in service delivery and to avoid becoming obsolete. Heads of Libraries should include in the yearly budget, new technology equipment for use by the libraries. Again, heads of libraries and academic registrars should recommend and approve CPD training programmes for the library staff. Also, financial support should be given by institutions for CPD programmes for librarians. Description: Paper presented at: IFLA WLIC 2016 – Columbus, OH – Connections. Collaboration. 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Youth Congress leader from Amritsar Vikas Soni, along with 10 other Indian political leaders from different states, will attend the 76 edition of the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) in the USA.
Soni is the only leader from Punjab who has been selected to attend the program in the USA.
In the nominating justification in the IVLP nomination, Soni has been mentioned as a "dynamic" and "the first elected (as opposed to directly appointed) president of the Amritsar district of the Indian Youth Congress (IYC)", "a great political organiser", "leading campaign coordinator for Congress party in the assembly and national parliamentary elections".
Giving details, Soni informed that the selection process for the program was undertaken by the USA government and the USA Embassy officials. "The USA visit under the IVLP will include a visit to Washington DC, Portland, Oregon, Little Rock, Arkansas and Chicago, Illinois. The expenses for the entire program are borne by the USA government," he said.
He added that the USA government had outlined the project goals that include introducing the structures and functions of the USA federalist system of the government, with emphasis on the division of authority and responsibility between federal, state and local governments, demonstration of successful models of cooperation among the state and local governments, NGOs, community organisations and the business sector to provide responsive governance.


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