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In his only UK public appearance to mark publication of his new novel, Numero Zero, the Italian novelist explored the nature of conspiracies and why great characters are never successful
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Have we really reached the end of capitalism? Why is Conchita Wurst a symbol of human revolution? And how can we teach out kids to change the world for the better? The Channel 4 economics editor behind new book Postcapitalism was here to answer your questions – read his answers in full here
Jason Schwartzman on fatherhood, meeting new friends and the inevitable robot revolution that will make slaves of us all
Take a look around Wes Anderson's bar, which The Grand Budapest Hotel director has kitted out with Steve Zissou pinball tables and Anderson-grade green Formica
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2 gentle rolling building lots on side by side equals 1 acre heavily wood located located just north of Loon Lake, Lulu Lake & Shawano Lake. Buy one lot for $8,900 or both for $17,800. Close to great fishing and ATV/snowmobile trails. Restaurants & golf courses nearby. Enjoy the wildlife & fresh air along with great country get-away. Call Now!
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Hotel Palazzo Sa Pischedda, Bosa
- Free breakfast, free WiFi, and free parking
Main amenities
- 16 guestrooms
- Restaurant
- Air conditioning
- Daily housekeeping
- Garden
- Computer station
- Front desk safe
- Convenience store
- Self-serve laundry
- Hair salon
- Multilingual staff
- Wedding services
For families
- Cribs/infant beds (surcharge)
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- Sofa bed
- Refrigerator
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
What's around
- In Bosa Historic Centre
- Bosa Castle (0.9 mi / 1.5 km)
- Church of Sant'Antonio Abate (0.1 mi / 0.1 km)
- Tannery Museum (0.2 mi / 0.3 km)
- Museum Casa Deriu (0.2 mi / 0.4 km)
- Church of San Pietro Extramuros (1 mi / 1.6 km)
Hotel Palazzo Sa Pischedda, Bosa
Hotel Info: 866-539-8117from $91
- Double Room Single Use
- Triple Room
- Double Room
- Superior Double Room, Terrace, City View
- Double Room, City View
- Quadruple Room
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Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 16 rooms
- Check-in time 2:30 PM-10 PM
- Check-out time is 11 AM
- Express check-in/out
Required at check in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
Travelling with others
- Children (4 years old and younger) stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding
- Pets stay free
- 1 per room (up to 8 kg)
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free WiFi in rooms
- Free self parking
Nearby Three Star Bosa hotels
In the hotel
- Free breakfast
- Restaurant
- Room service (during limited hours)
- Computer station
- Front desk (limited hours)
- Laundry facilities
- Hair salon
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Luggage storage
- Wedding services
- Multilingual staff
- Year Built 1896
- Elevator/lift
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Garden
- Television in common areas
In the room
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
- Minibar
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Sofa bed
- Private bathroom
- Shower only
- Bidet
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Plasma TV
- Satellite TV channels
- Desk
- Free WiFi
- Phone
- Refrigerator
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
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Special features
DiningSa Pischedda - Overlooking the garden, this restaurant specializes in seafood and serves lunch and dinner. Guests can order drinks at the bar and enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). A children's menu is available. Open select days.
On Site
- Personal motorized watercraft on site
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Mountain biking nearby
- Parasailing nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
- Scuba diving nearby
- Snorkeling nearby
- Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
Hotel Palazzo Sa Pischedda, Bosa's small print
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- Hotel Palazzo Sa Pischedda
- Hotel Palazzo Sa Pischedda Bosa
- Palazzo Sa Pischedda
- Palazzo Sa Pischedda Bosa
- Hotel Palazzo Sa Pischedda Bosa Sardinia, Italy
All guests, including children, must be present at check-in and show their government-issued photo ID card or passport.
Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 2999.99, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation.
Optional extras
Rollaway beds are available for an additional charge
Cribs/Infant beds are available for EUR 10 per night
We have included all charges provided to us by this hotel. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.
What's around Hotel Palazzo Sa Pischedda, Bosa
- In Bosa Historic Centre
- Bosa Castle (0.9 mi / 1.5 km)
- Church of Sant'Antonio Abate (0.1 mi / 0.1 km)
- Tannery Museum (0.2 mi / 0.3 km)
- Museum Casa Deriu (0.2 mi / 0.4 km)
- Church of San Pietro Extramuros (1 mi / 1.6 km)
Getting around
- Alghero (AHO-Fertilia) 73-min drive
- Free self parking
Recent reviews
Excellent 4.3 /5 from 100 reviews
Great location,friendly staff I would stay here again
Wel, it was by far our worst hotel room in all trip around Sardinia. When we arrived, we were given a brutal room on the 3rd floor with a tiny bathroom. It is so tiny, that if you need to leave the shower room you have to jump over the lavatory pan. And it was damaged brutally, air conditioning system was badly installed and so on. We asked for something else and we were given a double-floor room on the 2nd floor. A bathroom and the whole room were old and damaged, air conditioning is badly installed, you see pipes and cables. Brutal for the "top hotel in Bosa".
Really nothing negative to say about this hotel. Gigantic duplex room, decent wifi internet for Sardinia (even reached our room), fantastic included breakfast, and located nicely in the beautiful city of Bosa. Recommended!
Unusual room as bedroom was on a mezzanine floor, bad news if one needed th toilets in the night
not impressed
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Esplanade Studio Surf Beach
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Just a couple of minutes walk to a stunning Surf Beach this unique,modern,newly refurbished, studio sleeps 2 adults comfortably in a King size Sealy posturepedic bed.
The detached ,spacious,studio is 60 meters square interior, plus private outdoor/undercover area with dining setting and gas BBQ.The studio is separated from the main house[ on a large block] with native garden and privacy screening.
New kitchen with electric oven,gas cooktop,microwave,large refrigerator,sink,crockery,kitchen utensils and lots of little extras to ensure your comfort and relaxation.
All linen and bath towels provided.
There is a new ,modern ,spacious bathroom with shower,WC and vanity.
There is a split system heater/air conditioner.
For those cold winter nights,you can light a real wood fire and maybe share a warming Shiraz after a walk on our beautiful deserted beach.
The studio also displays original local artwork.
Sorry ,we are unable to accommodate children or pets.
We ask that our studio is left in a clean and tidy condition on departure with dishes washed and put away.
Great Natural Location
Esplanade Studio is situated in a quiet residential area just across the road from Phillip Island Nature Park sand dunes and a natural track onto a magnificent ,secluded surf beach.
Low tide provides opportunities for long beach walks along our stunning,golden,sandy beach in a pristine environment.Explore or even swim in the exposed rockpools.Enjoy surfing,swimming or fishing.
From May to September after sunset ,view the shearwaters returning to their burrows in the sand dunes after a days fishing to feed their young.What a sight
During the day you will perhaps spot the endangered ' Little Hooded Plover' running along the waters edge,not to mention a variety of seabirds..
Late afternoon you may see our resident wallabies in the sand dunes opposite.
Peace and quiet,yet only 5-15 minutes to Cape Woolamai, San Remo,Cowes,Grand Prix Circuit and the Penguin Parade.
A lovely really well presented studio.
Highly recommended short stay accommodation.
Heather NSW 3/3/14
Very comfortable,modern,clean and new.
Lots of additional extras , kitchen well fitted out and King size bed so comfortable
Sue VIC 11/2/14
We have had a very comfortable week in your lovely apartment.The beach walk to Forrest caves is spectacular.Thanks again for all the home comforts,
Liz and Shane VIC 12/4/2014
We really enjoyed our stay at your studio The place is beautiful and we loved the fireplace.We will definitely recommend this studio to all our friends,thank you very much for your hospitality and we will certainly be back one day.
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I inherited from a legacy project a file named core.proprties, which I put into .../classes/META-INF/... but, to my surprise, it didn't work as it was supposed to... a quick debug session revealed that the loading order was: 1) URL [jar:file:/C:/projects/analytics/blocks/cocoon-trunk/build/webapp/WEB-INF/lib/cocoon-core-2.2.0-M3-SNAPSHOT.jar!/META-INF/cocoon/properties/cocoon-core-store.properties] 2) file [C:\projects\analytics\blocks\cocoon-trunk\build\webapp\WEB-INF\classes\META-INF\cocoon\properties\core.properties] 3) URL [jar:file:/C:/projects/analytics/blocks/cocoon-trunk/build/webapp/WEB-INF/lib/cocoon-core-2.2.0-M3-SNAPSHOT.jar!/META-INF/cocoon/properties/core.properties] As you may notice, the loading gives precedence to files over JARs, but taking *only the file name* into account (I expected JAR names to be part of the sort key as well). So, if two or more blocks (JARs) have the same properties file name, what happens ? Regards, -------------------- Luca Morandini www.lucamorandini.it --------------------
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The Midway (book 1)Mature
you've heard the stories from the 'good guys' now lets hear the other side after all everyone wants their story heard.
(please comment constructively)
Gabriel, fallen angel the son of God befriends Dawn lord of the Underworld.
NOT another vampire story.
The long ornate corridor was well lit, and the figure walking down moved slowly and purposefully. If anyone had been watching him, he seemed to be almost reluctant to proceed any further as he stopped outside a set of massive, beautifully carved double doors. He paused and took a deep breath and pushed them open, walking into the large, elaborate throne room.
The huge room was empty of people apart from himself and the woman sitting on a raised platform, her flowing robes covered the legs of the chair she was seated on. She watched as the figure entered the room and knelt on one knee before her, his beautifully feathered wings spread slightly to avoid them hitting the floor.
"Rise" she said quietly, the figure on the floor stood up and linked his hands behind his back his booted feet slightly spread, his eyes looking at the floor. The woman stood, and walked down the small steps in front of her, she was smaller than the man in before her and had to look up slightly to see his face.
"Gabriel," she said quietly "I have received some news about you" she smiled, and Gabriel looked at her, he recognized the smile it meant trouble, but never had it been aimed at him before. She looked at a small door to her left and it swung open, two angels came in dragging a third between them.
Gabriel fought the urge to move and help him, as he saw a line of blood dripping down from the angels face, a darker line ran from his right eye to the corner of his mouth. Aura looked back at Gabriel, "Gabriel, you may be my son but the news that you are having a…" she paused looking for the word, "relationship, with this peasant is disturbing." she stopped waiting for him to speak, he said nothing, just carried on looking at the floor. His mother walked up to him, she put a hand under his chin and made him look at her, his bright blue eyes burned into hers,
"Do you deny this rumour?" she said quietly, he looked at her for a moment longer.
"No" he said simply, she released him,
"So not only are you breaking the rules of class you are also in a homosexual relationship with this creature" Aura spat, all traces of pleasantries gone now. "You are the heir to my throne, how do you propose to carry on the lineage if you are disobeying my direct orders" Gabriel said nothing.
The main doors opened up again and Gabriel looked around, he saw four figures enter the room.
"Mother" one of them addressed her, they all sank to one knee then rose in unison, "you sent for us?" Aura smiled.
"Yes, Maxwell," she said, she moved away from Gabriel, and back up the steps towards her throne, but she didn't sit down, "this… creature," she started nodding her head at Gabriel "is no longer a member of this family, he is no longer the heir to my throne no longer anyone's son, brother or…" she looked at the angel being held up by his arms, she smiled nastily, "…partner" Gabriel looked up at her he felt fire running through his veins, he knew what was coming next he had seen it often enough, "I sentence him to exile, for crimes against the crown"
Gabriel steeled himself for the next part as Aura pulled a knife from her robes, she moved back down the steps, one of his brothers moved forward. Gabriel shook his head at him and Sylver stepped back, the others looked at the floor, as Aura moved around behind her son, she took hold of one of his wings and Gabriel braced himself willing himself not to make a sound as the blade slit his wings rendering them useless. He stayed standing straight the only difference being that his breath was coming in short quick bursts as blood dripped to the floor.
Gabriel's arms were held by Aura's guards as he was marched through the city outside the huge palace at the centre of Paradise, Gabriel didn't argue, there was no point. People from the city joined the small procession through the streets to the edge of the city. He stood on the edge of the cliff as his mother did her piece, the guards had let go of him, seeing no need to hold him, most of the guards and the people in the city respected him, unlike his mother.
"Gabriel Black-Lightning" Aura was saying nearby "you have been found guilty of crimes against the crown, do you have anything to say before your sentence is carried out?" Gabriel turned away from her,
"Actually mother, I do " he said loudly "fuck you" he moved quickly and jumped of the edge of the cliff, he could hear shouting above him as he fell through layers of cloud, in his mind he fell slowly, the last thought he had as he sped towards the ground below him was how much he needed a cigarette, he smiled and then everything went black.


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As you know I test Windows XP Media Center edition – specifically the area of extensibility (which includes all the public APIs and the SDK) and the OnlineSpotlight area. I thought I'd write a bit about what a typical day is for me. What I test and how I do it…
Typically I'll arrive at the office sometime between 8am and 10am. That's a pretty big window, but it is not that uncommon around Microsoft, most people get in by 10am, but there always seems to be some people that get in later; they always leave later as well. The first thing I do when I get in the office is unlock my pitifully slow PC that I use for email and admin stuff and let everything update itself – Outlook to display my email, MSN Messenger logs in, and the few other apps I have running to update themselves (RSS reader, stock ticker, bug tracking app). Once all that's taken care I'll start going through my mail – starting with my inbox and anything I might have flagged that needs my attention. I read my email from home and will flag items that need a response from me that I can't necessarily provide from home – in general I won't have all the info. Once my inbox is out of the way that leaves all the rest of the overnight mail to deal with. Everything gets filtered into folders and grouped by conversation so I can easily see what to read and what to just mark as read without actually reading it.
Assuming there's nothing critical in my mail that requires me to actually do something I'll check a few news sources, read http://blogs.msdn.com , then I'll sync up the latest posts to the Media Center newsgroups. Most of the time there's nothing for me to respond to – the MVPs do a good job of answering the questions, but now and then I'll post an answer of follow-up with some more info.
By this time I haven't really done any work, so I'll continue in that trend and have some breakfast while I have a look at the bugs assigned to me – starting with the resolved bugs. These are bugs that either I've opened and have had action taken against them by someone else – they'll come back to me resolved as "Fixed", "Not Repro" (the developer or program manager couldnt' reproduce the problem), "Duplicate" (there's already a bug on the issue), "External" (the bug is caused by a component outside my group and a bug has been sent to them) or "By Design" (in the view of the developer or program manager the behaviour described isn't a bug, it's supposed to be like that). I start by looking at the ones that aren't "Fixed" to see if I agree with the resolution, if I don't I'll reactive the bug with more info or in the case of "By Design" and argument as to why the design shouldn't be the way it is. Next I'll check the active bugs – these are bugs that I need to do something about, these are bugs against my test cases – for the most part caused by a change in the product which makes the test case out of date; I'll update the cases and resovle the bug back to the tester who runs the tests.
I still won't have actually tested anything yet (unless I've checked out a "No Repro" bug). If a build has been released I'll install it on my test machine so I can check that the bugs that have been fixed are actually fixed (because they're aren't always really fixed…). I say "if a build has been released" becuase before I get my hands on a build, it has to pass a set of "build verification tests". If it fails any one of the tests it doesn't get released and a developer gets paged to fix the bug. This process saves a lot of time in that the whole organisation doesn't install a build that's horribly broken and all run in to the same problems and therefore wasting a lot of time. Of course it also means that a small bug in one area can delay everyone getting hold of a build that is otherwise OK.
While the build is installing I'll work on some admin stuff, updating test cases, writing new test cases, surfing the web, responding to email, etc… Once the build is installed I'll get through the resolved bugs and mark them as closed if I'm satisified that they've been fixed or re-activate them if I'm not. Often going through the resolved bugs will result in my finding one or more new bugs that I'll write up a report on and send them to the appropriate program manager to decide what to do with.
Everytime a new bit of code or a change to some existing code is checked in to the product the responsible person will send a "check-in mail" that lists the files they changed and a description of what they changed. I have a Outlook search folder that filters the folder that all these mails are delivered to – it filters it to just the developers that work on my area. I check that folder to see what has changed in my area and what I should look at first that morning. I'll quickly smoke test the area (no smoke, no fire!) and report any issues I come up with. If it's some new code I might need to write some new test cases to ensure it gets tested during a test pass. My team stores it's test cases in a database with a web-based front end. A test case will include an outline of the goal of the case – that is a brief description of the case, the required steps and then a section that explains the expected outcome and how to verify it – it's a bit like a reverse bug report.
Throughout the day I can be interupted by email, meetings and questions from colleagues and sometimes that'll be all I do in a day and sometimes there'll be no distractions, every day is different.
I'll ad hoc a bit in my area (and other areas if there's something new and exciting to play with – I try not to ad hoc watching TV too much ;-0) and see if I can find a new way to break the system that I hadn't thought about. Sometimes it's not clear if something is a bug or not in which case, depending on the severity of the bug I'll either email the program manager/developers for the area or walk over to their offices to talk them about it. If I know it's a bug I'll repro it a few times and be sure I know where the problem is and what caused it – this can often take a while to narrow down the minimum steps to reproduce the problem – but it's critical in writing a good bug report. Once I've got the steps down to what I think is the minimum required I'll open a bug. If the bug is an API bug – that is if I have to call an API from an HTML page in Media Center I'll quickly produce a page that reproduces the problem – easy to do as I keep a template with all the required framework pre-written, I just have to plug in the API call that causes a problem. I'll link this page in the bug report. So what should be in a good bug report? Well…
- A great title – I like to prefix the title with the area so it's easy to see where the bug is and then a brief description of the bug and if it's not obvious a description of why this is a problem for the user.
- A summary of the problem – describe the problem, how it occurs, why it occurs and why it's a problem.
- Clear repro steps – the steps need to be easy to follow and shouldn't assume any knowledge of how things work in the area.
- A description of what happens when the steps are followed – if it's a crash or a hang then a call stack should be included.
- A description of what the expected behaviour was.
- A screenshot if it's a UI bug – a picture speaks a thousand words.
- Any other information that's related to the bug, for example circumstances under which the bug won't repro.
- Depending on the area – hardware config. For example if I were to open a bug about TV playback I'd include the hardware config I was using including the driver versions.
For me that's what makes a good bug report. For other teams there's different requirements and each person does things slightly differently – this is what works me for though.
With what time I've got left in the day I have a few other things going on. I could be smoke testing a fix from a developer – they give me a private set of binaries that they believe fixes a bug and I'll test it out, verify it does fix the bug and doesn't appear to introduce and new ones. If it does introduce some major new ones I'll talk with the developer and see if they can fix it and the cycle repeats. Once we've got to a stage that the change hasn't introduced any major new bugs and has fixed the original bug then we're done and we say the smoke has passed. There's always some automation that can be worked on. Automating tests so they can be run without having to have a tester run them by hand.
That's what I manage to cram into a day. I'll leave the office anytime between 4pm and 11pm depending on what happens on that particular day. Next up, how I test Media Center…


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Pininfarina Passes Away At 85
It would be hard to sum up in a few paragraphs the incredible legacy the Pininfarina brand has left on the automobile industry. Sergio's, son of famed Gian Battista 'Pinin' Farina, born in 1926, joined the family company after graduating in mechanical engineering from Turin's Polytechnic University. He became chief executive in 1961 and then chairman when his father passed away in 1966.
From Ferrari To Peugeot. To say that Sergio Pininfarina defined a genre, seared his name on exotic cars and forever revolutionized the way we view cars is an understatement. Pininfarina has been the envy of many. Collaborating with carmakers form all over the world, Italians coach masters excel at the exact opposite of the Teutonic spectrum that dictates forms follows function. The heck with it with practicality! Passion dictates form, wild flowing lines and an emotional appeal that stops you in your tracks.
From the 1984 Ferrari Testarossa, to the 1996 Peugeot 406 Coupe, the 1986 Fiat 124 Spider, or the 2002 Ferrari Enzo, the 2003 Maserati Quattroporte and the 2004 Ferrari Scaglietti, Sergio has led a long and productive life. While we might most remember his collaborative work with Ferrari, Alfa Romeo and Maserati that started with his father, we might not remember as well his influence on Chevrolet, Cadillac, Bentley, and Volvo top name a few. The stunning 1947 Cisalfa coupe, designed by Gian Battista can be seen in New York's Museum of Modern Art.
Modernization, Keeping It Unique. But Sergio did the impossible. He modernized a one-off, unique, hand-build coach making process into a modern process. Going from 524 units per year to more than 50,000 in fifty years was one of his greatest business achievement.
While the firm had its fair share of problems in the 80s and then in this past decade, it managed to survive by rethinking itself. Much as local competitors Zagato and Bertone had opened its manufacturing doors to ease certain products off of assembly lines for car manufacturers, Pininfarina was able to maintain its relevancy throughout the decades.
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Arake's eyes fluttered open and he found himself lying on a hard, poky bed. His shirt had been removed and a blanket was up to his chest. He looked up at the ceiling seeing it was rock. He must be in some sort of cave. Beside him was a table with a bowl, and cloth and hanging on the wall was lit torch giving the cave a faint lighting.
He tried sitting up but his body was too weak.
"Don't get up," a low voice sounded. It came from the cave entrance. A tall hooded figure stood there. Arake stared at him.
"Who are you?" He managed to say. The figure removed his cloak revealinglong blonde hair, gray cold eyes and -- pointed ears.
"Your an elf." He nodde, came to the table and dipped the cloth into the bowl. He wetted it and then pressed it against his forehead.
"You have been terribly poisened, he said.
"Poisened," Arake replied remembering his encounter with that lizard thing.
"In a few days, hopefully you will regain your strentgh." The elf left the warm cloth set against the prince's forehead.
"How long have I been asleep?"
"About two days."
"I'm Ludok."
"Arake." Ludok nodded.
"Where am I?"
"Reptile Isle. One of the most dangerous islands that floats on the sea." Arake remembered his fathe and the others talking about it. They said they would stop on Reptile Isle. Coud they be here now?
"How did you end up here?" Ludok asked.
"I was on s hip when a storm hit. I went over board and then... I ended up here." Ludok stared at him with cold eyes a firm jaw.
"I saw otherd on the island. I wonder if you might know them." Arake sat up suddenly forgetting how weak he was.
"Really?" He was so excited it made his body ache. Ludok put a hand on shoulder and pushed him gently back onto the bed.
"Sshh, right now rest and I'll talk with you until morning." Arake closed his eyes.


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Over the course of each year, we offer 70 courses divided into fall, winter and spring sessions. These courses run for 4 or 6 weeks and range from art to music to philosophy, science and history. Many of our courses complement the arts & cultural offerings in Sarasota (opera, symphony, aquarium, etc). In addition to the stimulating classes, our students enjoy meeting like-minded fellow students.
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Washington Post believes mobile can be viable platform this year
The Washington Post is using its new iPhone app -- the first of several forthcoming products -- as a test of the market for paid mobile news, according to Goli Sheikholeslami, the Post's vice president and general manager for digital operations.
The paper is "quite bullish" on mobile being a viable platform this year. "We think that -- fingers crossed -- it is finally 'the year for mobile,' " Sheikholeslami told me during a phone interview on Wednesday.
Launched today, the Washington Post iPhone app costs $1.99 for one year's access. The app includes articles, columns, blogs and photo galleries that can be saved for offline reading in a "MyPost" folder.
The iTunes Store has created an expectation among consumers of paying for content on mobile platforms, Sheikholeslami said, which has opened the door for newspapers to experiment with their business models.
Sheikholeslami declined to share the Post's internal goals for downloads and revenue for the new app but said the overall mobile strategy exceeded its goals in 2009 and had a strong opening so far in 2010. Advertisers are becoming more interested in mobile platforms, too.
The Post is pursuing an iPad strategy, but Sheikholeslami said they were still "looking very intently at what we can do there" and were not ready to share any details. However, she was generally enthusiastic about tablets, saying they "combine the best features of both desktop and smart phone."
"Whether it is our photojournalism or videos, it gives us an opportunity to showcase" that content on the iPad's larger screen, she said.
Right now, news orgs such as the Post must weigh how much effort they will devote to developing apps for several different devices and operating systems. Sheikholeslami said they would like to see a standard that enables development on multiple platforms.
In the meantime, they're watching the market to see what takes off. "We sort of approach it thinking about the consumer adoption perspective. What are consumers going to gravitate towards?"


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Youngsters will be encouraged to play in office car parks outside work hours under proposals to tackle childhood obesity.
Government health advisers are calling on local councils to use 'non-traditional settings' to raise children's activity levels.
But the proposed guidelines caused anger last night because they follow the sell-off of dozens of school and community playing fields.
The Government's health advisers want car parks opened up after hours for children to play in
Around 200 full-size fields have been lost in the past decade and dozens more smaller grounds deemed too small or the wrong shape.
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, the NHS drug rationing watchdog, has developed a number of recommendations for increasing physical activity among children. It also has a role in promoting public health. It wants school fields opened before and after school and during weekends and holidays.
Youngsters should be given better access to parks, woodland and common land to 'stimulate their need to explore', its report says. Adults' assumptions that 'the outside is dangerous' should be tackled.
Other proposals - likely to be less popular with children - include getting them to help with the housework and spend less time watching TV.
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The guidance said: 'A sedentary lifestyle is estimated to cause 54,000 premature deaths a year.'
A leading headmaster said the loss of playing fields is a 'quiet scandal'.
Geoffrey Boult, head of Giggleswick School in North Yorkshire, said sell-offs had begun under the Tories but continued under Labour, which at the same time was making it a priority to combat childhood obesity.
'We have a Government which talks about tackling obesity while selling off playing fields,' he said. 'What a double message it seems to be giving.'
The CBI, which represents industry, warned that using car parks could be unsafe and raised fears over vandalism.
The Children's Department said it was 'not in the business' of cutting sports facilities at school. Sales of fields only now went ahead at closed schools or where land was surplus to local needs.
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A Sudden Change of Fate
Our childhood dreams can be fickle. As the daughter of a Baron, I knew what I was to become--an aristocrat, married off to a wealthy landowner with a mansion that would need looking after and servants awaiting orders. But I dreamed of so much more. There was a world out there that didn't order me to wear petticoats and scratchy lace or to appear at balls in low-cut dresses so as to attract suitors.
Out there, there was someone who would take me away from all this.
And of course, there was the girl the glass slipper belonged to.
But my dreams led me to become the maidservant of the most sought-after beauty in the land. No longer was I a baroness, I was a lowly servant, whom no one in my family would speak to.
But I am traveling in leaps and bounds.
A few years after I received the glass slipper, I turned sixteen. I had grown into my looks--long, brown hair, gleaming like chocolate in the light, big brown eyes, and pale, pale white skin. Suitors were lining up out the door to court me, but I would have none of them. I spent most of my time locked up in the attic, playing with the glass slipper.
My governess was angry with my father for permitting me to ignore all the eligible young men vying for my hand. As she put it one night (she had no idea sound traveled so well in our old home), "Arabella will waste away her years until she is nothing more than a spinster, and then what will you do with her?"
And then my father was summoned to join the King in London. He had no choice but to leave, and I was alone for five months.
At the end of these, my governess, with the consent of my father, had arranged a marriage with a neighboring baron's son. He was wealthy, young, handsome, but had an empty head, and I would have none of it. I left a week before my wedding, leaving only a note for my father and a letter of apology to Charles.
I lost my title and became a peasant, struggling to stay alive. All I took with me were some small scraps of food and the glass slipper. I was lucky to get an engagement in the house of the Duchess Hortensia, serving her daughter, Elizabeth.
And that's how it is that I found myself kneeling at the hem of Ella's ballgown, trying to get the petticoat even.
"Good god, Arabella," she sighed, running a hand through her long, brown hair, "why must I go to this ball?"
"My lady, your father demands it," I replied, not really paying attention. Ella had a tendency to twitch and I didn't want to upset all the work I'd already finished.
"Yes, but--"
The door swung open and I stood, afraid it might be the Duke. Instead it was the new coachman, who was responsible for seeing Ella to the ball.
"Lady Elizabeth?" he asked, a question in his voice. He looked from me, to her, and back to me. I raised an eyebrow in surprise. It's true I was dressed like the servant of a duchess--in elaborate finery--and it's also true that we did resemble each other very much, both with brown eyes, brown hair, and fair skin, as well as delicate bone structure and small lips, but really. Gerald had always said I was mousy.
And then Ella did the most extraordinary thing.
"'Tis her," she said, pushing me forward. "She was so kind as to help me with my gown."
"May we have a moment?" I asked the coachman, who ducked out into the hall with a nod of his head and closed the door behind him.
"My lady, please excuse my frankness, but what in the name of god are you doing?"
"Arabella, don't you see? This is perfect! We look so alike! You can go in my place. I've noticed how you carry yourself--you must come from a noble family of some kind. You're well-educated, and you know our family. With a little makeup to fix your complexion and some shoes to make you taller..."
"I beg you to reconsider," I said slowly, feeling discomfort creep into my veins and trying not to take offense at her criticism of my appearance.
"I ask you--no, I command you--to go to this ball in my place."
An hour later, I was wearing her gown and stepping into her carriage, and was no longer Arabella, but Ella, the most beautiful maiden in England. As snow fell around me, I gripped the brass railing and wondered what would shortly become of me.


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One of the biggest rivalries in American soccer will be rekindled as long-time foes Portland Timbers and Seattle Sounders FC highlight the third round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.
The Pacific Northwest clash headlines a third round filled with intriguing match-ups. The Houston Dynamo face off against the Austin Aztecs, the Kansas City Wizards will take on the Minnesota Thunder and the Cinderally story of the tournament, the Ocean City Barons, meet MLS power D.C. United.
In their first meeting since Seattle's "promotion" to MLS, emotions will be high as the high-flying Sounders will travel to PGE Park to take on a Portland Timbers side that has only lost once in USL First Division play this season. The Timbers are coming off a 4-0 drubbing of the Montreal Impact, and should prove a stern test for Sigi Schmid's men.
The Sounders-Timbers rivalry is just one of the local match-ups on the schedule, with USL newcomers Austin Aztex taking on Western Conference power Houston Dynamo. Austin got past another Texian foe in the Second Round, defeating the El Paso Patriots 2-0.
Both matches are on Wednesday, July 1st, and will be broadcast on USLLive.com.
The tournament's Cinderella story, the Ocean City Barons, will travel to Boyds, Maryland to take on DC United. Ocean City is the only PDL team left in the tournament, and will be a heavy underdog against the Eastern Conference leaders. In their Second Round encounter with Real Maryland Monarchs, the match was stopped in the 74th minute due to lightning, with the Barons leading 1-0. In 2005, Ocean City was involved in the highest scoring match in the professional era of the Open Cup, as they fell to Richmond Kickers 8-4.
The Wilmington Hammerheads and Harrisburg City Islanders are the only two USL Second Division sides remaining, and they will take on Chicago Fire and New England Revolution respectively. Neither USL team should be taken lightly; the Hammerheads have twice advanced past the third round (2003, 2006), and the City Islanders won their third round match as recently as 2007.
Rounding out the third round are three MLS/USL First Division tilts: Kansas City Wizards will travel north to face the Minnesota Thunder, currently in last place in USL-1. The Columbus Crew will play host to the Rochester Rhinos, and Chivas USA will head east to take on the Charleston Battery.
For dates, times, and broadcast information, visit USOpenCup.com.
Excited to see the Timbers and Sounders clash once again? Hoping Ocean City can pull the upset? Still waiting for a reason to care about the Open Cup?
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Judging from your name I'll take it you love Reggae. It's possibly the lowest form of music ever created. Congrats on an epic fail.
Garrett can't afford the good herb, yweak is cheaper in oregon
I would rather be a corporate fan of Seattle than an English wanna be Hooligan in Portland.
Another fine example of the jealous little sibling. Can't stand that Seattle has a chance to be one of the best expansion teams in league history, and the 30K plus that attend the games. I remember all the quotes coming from the south, Seattle only draws 4k for the USL they will never support the team.
As a soccer fan in the US you should welcome the new corporate environment to bring more people into the game, as long as it doesn't turn into the NBA. You can only hope that the Portland ownership can do half of what the Seattle group has done. If you don't have the environment then people won't go, other than diehards
I give ECS some credit, I used to think they were a joke (USL version), but they have shown they are trying to be inclusive to get everyone involved in the match. It seems as though each game the rest of the crowd is catching on to some of the simple chants.
The Timbers Army should take some lessons
"English wanna be Hooligan in Portland."
You clearly have no idea what a hooligan is do you?
Hooligan hipsters with ironic mustaches –Portland TA
"Clearly" I don't, so I will just say dummies in the Timber Army.
Seriously thought there are good fans down there, just some dumb ones that think it is more important to swear and start fights than actually find a way to help their team win. Or even to be upset that until this year the Timbers haven't advanced far enough to play a meaningful Open Cup game. Lucky for them the Sounders are in the MLS.
As for a rational discussion I hate to say a, but portland has a good chance of winning tonight. 1. Home field Adv 2. Sounders will not field best 11, at least I hope not. 3. Timbers are playing well right now.
Sounders will win if the game is tied at any point in the 2nd half, that is when you play the better players. Also if the Timber players can't control their emotions like past USL games a get early red cards. Of course I could say the same thing about the MLS sounders and all of their red cards.


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Malaysia is one of the peaceful and economically established countries in Asia, it has a rich culture and is the second home for thousands of people. Malaysia consists on 13 states, it has so many islands and is divided into islands in many parts. Malaysia is a tropical country where weather almost remains same the whole year, and raining begins anytime in the day or at night. Malaysia has borders with Thailand, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam. The capital of Malaysia is Kuala Lumpur and Malaysia got independence from United Kingdom on 31 August, 1957 (Pakistan got independence in 1947). The currency is Malaysian ringgit, and one USD is equal to 3 Malaysian ringgits (MYR or RM). I recently visited Malaysia and spent 12 days there, so I thought to share my travel experience with you.
Malaysia Visa & Return Ticket in Pakistan
In order to visit Malaysia, the first step for me was to get a tourist visa which is also called "Social Visa" in Malaysia, using this visa you can stay in Malaysia for up to 60 days and this is a double entry visa. I was in Karachi, Pakistan so I went to the consulate website and noted visa requirements from there which were the following:
- A passport valid up next 6 months
- Four passport size photographs
- Visa form to be filled out
- The copy of national identification card (CNIC)
- Bank statement of last 6 months with outstanding balance of PKR 200,000
- The bank account maintenance certificate and the visiting card of bank manager
- Return ticket
I just noted the above requirements with me and the next day I arranged these all within a few hours, after that I went to a near by travel agency who has been arranging visas for me, and I gave them all these details, they took only Rs5000 charges which included the visa fee (Rs4000) which they had to pay the Malaysian consulate. Visa was issued within 5 working days after I submitted my passport, and I got visa stamped on my passport. If you want to go to the consulate or embassy yourself then below is the link of Malaysia consulate in Karachi:
The ticket you have to confirm before your travel, because this is necessary to attach with the documents for visa approval, and I also did this by buying my return ticket from the Sri Lankan Airline, which is a very good airline in South Asia, and its tickets are cheap (Especially the round ticket). The return ticket costed me around Rs40,000 ($400). After getting the ticket and visa, in a cloudy morning I arrived at Kuala Lumpur international airport.
After Arrival at Kuala Lumpur Airport (Tips)
Now you have reached at Kuala Lumpur airport and you don't know where to go, the simple tip is to keep calm and relax. Kauala Lumpur airport is one of the biggest airports in the world, it's beautiful too!. Just go to the immigration counter (as everyone first goes there), after stamping your passport, just come out from the terminal, in the Lobby area of the airport, You'll find restaurants, currency exchanging shops and SIM cards counters. First of all exchange some of your currency with Ringgits, so you can buy necessary things (do not exchange all the currency at airport, because later you can find a better rate in the city). If you want to get a Malaysian SIM card then I'll suggest you to Buy the DiGi SIM card which is very cheap and works great, it also offers reasonable internet package. Buying SIM card will take a few minutes, because the person will take copy or your passport and will register the SIM on your name within a few minutes, they are official people from the respective companies at KL airport. I got my SIM within a few minutes.
Now after doing that, the next step is to reach your hotel if you have already booked a room using AGODA.com, but if you have not yet booked then reach the Bukit Bintang (Jalan Bukit Bintang) in the Kuala Lumpur Central (KLC), this area is fully a tourist area where you can find hotels, guest houses, apartments, bars, clubs, massage centers, restaurants, road concerts and many more activities. From the airport, you can go to anywhere in the city by bus or train, the bus option is more fast and convenient, and it's very cheap, because the Bus will take around 10 to 12 RM from Airport to the city center, and you'll have to buy ticket in the bus stands outside the Airport. If you can't find the bus station then just ask anyone in the airport or outside airport, they will give you direction to the bus station which is just a few steps ahead. But don't go to the city via Taxi, because it will be very expensive for you, the taxi driver will take at least RM70 to RM80 and I'll not recommend spending that much money when you already have beautiful air conditioned buses and train service available at Airport. You'll reach the city within 40 to 50 minutes if you are traveling by bus, and the amazing fact is that you'll explore the city while coming from the airport, it was an amazing journey for me from Airport to city, the Airport is a little bit far and outside the city, therefore it may take longer than expected sometimes when traffic is JAM.
Cheap Accommodation & Transportation in Malaysia
Malaysia is not an expensive country just because of the strong economy, prices are not higher and comparable with Pakistan & India, If you want to stay in a colorful and more secure area in Kuala Lumpur then there is no better place than Bukit Bintang which is very near to KLCC (Kuala Lumpur City Center), the first thing for you will be to arrange accommodation for you, and I'll suggest you to visit a few small hotels yourself and ask the price, and compare the price and facilities and then book a room, but book the room on per night basis, so if you find another better room the next day then you can easily leave the existing one. The price range for small 1/2 star hotel in Bukit Bintang area is around RM80 to RM100 per night, and I'll recommend you to stay in a guest house instead of hotel, because the guest houses have almost the same facilities and You'll actually save more than 50% money on this, You can easily find a guest house on RM40 to RM50 in the same area. But make sure to first check the room yourself and ask if you need anything specific thing in the room. And one amazing thing about this area is that You'll find a lot of free government buses which you can use to travel to the famous tourist places such as KLCC, Bird Park, Twin Towers and many more. Bus service is free from government which is clean and air conditioned.
And the last thing is that, wherever you travel in Kuala Lumpur or Malaysia, just take bus or train, do not use private car or taxi, because it will be three times expensive than the bus or train service. And the bus/train service in Malaysia is very nice and enjoyable, you'll not get bored.
How is Malaysia & its people?
Malaysia is a Muslim country and the people of Malaysia are from three different ethics, 50% are Malay people and all of them are Muslim, around 40% are Chinese people who follow Buddhism and 10% people are called Indian (from South India) also referred to as "Tamil Indian". In general, all Malaysian people are nice and peaceful, Malay is the official language of Malaysia, and in some states Chinese and Tamil are also official languages. Fighting, killing and protest etc are rare things in Malaysia, You can not easily find fighting or any clashes among people, it's almost a great peaceful country, especially I was in the capital Kuala Lumpur, and it was very peaceful and amazing. Malaysian people love their country very much and take care of their country, they love peace and they love cleaning, so you'll find all places clean and beautiful. If you ask anything from a common Malaysian, he/she will give you a nice and friendly answer to your question, and in some cases if you ask about a place which you don't know, they will give you direction for that place, and even in some cases the person will go along with you to help you reach your place if they have time (in one case this happened with me), see the below picture where a Malaysian student helped me reaching my destination.
Today's modern Malaysia is all about progress in every field, Malaysian people are very honest and hard working, they are the reason behind today's developed Malaysia, they don't compromise on their duties and responsibilities. They also respect foreigners. You'll find tourists and other foreigners everywhere in Malaysia and especially in the capital Kuala Lumpur.
What to do in Kuala Lumpur?
As I mentioned already, Malaysia has a rich culture, and above that Malaysia is a country of Multiple cultures, you can find people from different countries in Malaysia, alone in the capital KL, You'll find thousands of people from different countries who speak different languages, but everyone can speak English which is understandable. If you are a person who loves to discover new places and new people then Kuala Lumpur can be the great choice. There is everything you can expect from KL, there is night life, there is tourist attraction, there are beautiful parks, there are beautiful water parks, there are beautiful towers including the tween towers in KLCC. You can also find beautiful beaches near by Kuala Lumpur. If you are a lover of delicious foods then once again KL could be the best choice. I found many Pakistani/Indian restaurants in Kuala Lumpur, especially in the Chowkit and Bukit Bintang areas, meanwhile, you can find Arabic foods, Italian restaurants and Chinese food as well, there is actually a food court in Bukit Bintang area. However, I'll give you a list of popular places to visit when you are in Kuala Lumpur.
List of Places to Visit in Kuala Lumpur:
- Genting Highlands
- KLCC (Kuala Lumpur City Center)
- Petronas Towers (Also called Twin Towers)
- Kuala Lumpur Bird park (A beautiful park)
- Bukit Bintang (A tourist point, where you can stay as well)
- Batu Caves (A Historical Place)
- Kuala Lumpur Tower
- Islamic Arts Museum of Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur)
- National Mosque of Malaysia (KL)
- Thean Hou Temple (KL)
- Merdeka Square Kuala Lumpur
- National Museum
- KLCC Park
- Putra World Trade Center
- Stadium Negara (Negara means National)
Above are some of the famous tourist places in Kuala Lumpur, but this is not the limited list, there are many more places you can visit in KL as well as in whole Malaysia, and I'll just mention the Genting Highlands, Bird park and KLCC and Bukit Bintang myself, because I personally visited these places. The Genting highlands is one of the greatest places I've ever visited, it's hill resort on the top of the mountains of Pahang state of Malaysia, it's an elevation of 5700 fits. I reached there in 40 minutes from KL with a friend (Salman Khilji) we traveled in Bus, and after reaching the station, we then bought tickets of cable cars which took more 20 minutes to reach the top of the mountains where Genting highland exists.
It's an amazing place with so many beautiful attractions, you must not miss this place during your stay in Malaysia, it has five star hotels, food courts, entertainment halls, the world's biggest Casino and jungle areas. Twin Towers is also a great place to visit in KL, and birds park provides a peace of mind.
I was not able to visit other states of Malaysia due to the shortage of time and the illness ( I got ill in KL for 3 days), but I'll recommend you to have at least 15 to 30 day visit to Malaysia and visit the following states of Malaysia:
- Kuala Lumpur
- Johor Bahru
- Penang
- Selangor
- Pahang
You'll enjoy the amazing attractions there, and this will be one of your wonderful visits. You can also go to Singapore by road from the Johor Bahru city of Malaysia which is bordering with Singapore, and furthermore, You can go to Thailand by road via train or bus if you want.
Important Travel Tips for Malaysia
A few important tips which I want to give you in the summary of this travel story, these are not limited to, but as I experienced these myself so I'll share these few tips with you:
- Never take PKR with you in Malaysia, You'll not find a money ex-changer for PKR
- Exchange all your currency with Dollars before leaving your country
- Don't sit in a taxi before finalizing the rate (They may ask higher rate later)
- Don't give money to strange people for visa or work permit in Malaysia
- Only deal with people for visa & work permit etc if they have an official office
- Do not overstay in your hotel room, else you'll get RM20 fine per hour (No Justification)
- Double check your luggage before leaving your hotel (Hotel will not be responsible after you leave)
The Final Expenses Summary for 12 Days in Malaysia
- Visa Fee: $50
- Return Ticket: $400
- Accommodation & Food: $400 (12 Days)
- Entertainment & Transformation: $150
- Total: $1000 (For 12 day tour)
Final Words & Your Thoughts:
Finally, it was an amazing visit to Malaysia, everyone in Malaysia was so much friendly and lovely, even I liked the immigration officials at the KL airport who were young boys and girls smiling to each visitor upon arrival. Let me know if you have any thoughts on this or if you have ever been to Malaysia. Happy Traveling!


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Explaining addiction to children
Children living in homes where there is a substance use problem need to have the problem explained. Life at home may be chaotic. There may be strange behavior, arguments and tears. Outside the home, family members may act normal, keeping their problems hidden. If no one explains the problem, children may draw their own, often wrong, conclusions. They may respond to the situation in unhealthy ways. For example, they may:
- take on an unusual amount of family responsibility
- try to be perfect at everything they do
- become withdrawn and isolated
- become aggressive or act out in other ways
- use substances themselves.
Children living in homes where there is a substance use problem are likely to experience a variety of confusing feelings, including:
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- anger
- sadness
- uncertainty
- fear
- blame
- resentment
- guilt
- rejection
- shame.
Children need to know that it's ok to have these feelings, even the scary ones. They need to know that it's all right to reach out for help and to talk about their feelings. Having a healthy, caring, trustworthy adult in their lives can help them to sort things out.
Children in this position need to be helped to:
- identify and express their feelings
- know that other families have similar situations
- realize that they are not responsible for the person's problems or the person's recovery
- understand that recovery is a long and complex process with many ups and downs.
Explaining a substance use problem to children can be difficult and awkward. Give them only the amount of information appropriate to their age group. Here are some guidelines to keep in mind:
- Toddlers and preschool children understand simple, short sentences. They need concrete information and not too much technical language. Explain the problem simply and then try to make the child's life as normal as possible. After explaining the problem, engage the child in a fun activity.
- School-aged children can handle more information than younger children. They might already have had drug information sessions at school. Be prepared to answer their questions honestly.
- Teenagers can manage most information. They will have had drug awareness lessons at school, and may have questions about the substance their relative is using. Teenagers need to discuss their own thoughts and feelings about the situation. They may worry about what other people, especially their peers, think of them and their family. Sharing information encourages teenagers to talk and to ask questions.
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- Let children know that the family member has a problem with alcohol or other drug use. Explain that this affects the person's behavior, mood and judgment; when the person is using, he or she may say or do things that same person wouldn't say or do if sober.
- Reassure children that they did not cause the problem. Children may blame themselves for the person's problem. Explain that no matter what their behavior, they did not cause the person to drink or use drugs, nor can they change or stop the way the person behaves. Children may need to hear this often.
- Tell children that it is not their responsibility to take care of the person with the substance use problem. Children may worry about the person's health. Explain that it is not their problem to solve. It is an adult's job, such as a doctor's, to look after the person.
- Encourage children to continue with regular routines and to find other activities and interests outside the home that they enjoy, such as sports or drama. Allow children to be children. They should not take on the problems of the family home.
- Help children to identify a trusted adult whom they can contact if they need someone to talk to, or feel unsafe. Letting children work out who to ask for help can make them feel less isolated and more empowered. Make sure the person knows that the child may call, and that the child has that person's number.
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Talk with children about what to say to people outside the family. Families and children may not want others to know about the substance use problem. They may worry that others would view them negatively if they knew about the problem. However, if friends don't know about the problem, they can't offer support. This support can help everyone cope with the situation. Each family needs to discuss and decide how open to be about this issue. Encourage children to engage in healthy activities with their friends.
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Online Content Offline Content Billions of web pages Billions of items still unindexed DL Initiatives Only ~15% of books are in print ~85% of books are out of print and/or out of copyright – these books are only found in libraries GOAL: Create a comprehensive virtual card catalog of all books in all languages, while respecting publishers' rights Source: Google Digital Libraries Users Hyperlinks Index Metadata Search DL creation & processes Traditional Libraries I N D E X A Typical Library Collection The value is in the middle 15% ~15% In-Print ~65% or more Unclear copyright status • May be in copyright, but not for sale • Rights may have reverted to author • May be in the public domain Less than 20%** Public Domain 92% of the world's books are neither generating revenue for the copyright holder nor easily accessible to potential readers.* *Source: Covey, Denise Troll. "Global Cooperation for Global Access: The Million Book Project" **OCLC analysis of the Google Books Library Project: http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september05/lavoie/09lavoie.html DIGITAL LIBRARY DEFINITION Digital Library (DL) may be seen as "Collection of intelligent creations by human beings through their own language and culture. It also reflects cultural heritage besides providing archive and generating many research issues pertaining to Natural Language Processing" Digital Library ? Sun Microsystems defines a digital library as the electronic extension of functions users typically perform and the resources they access in a traditional library. These information resources can be translated into digital form, stored in multimedia repositories, and made available through Web-based services. According to other definition Digital libraries are "Organizations that provide the resources, including the specialized staff, to select, structure, offer intellectual access to, interpret, distribute, preserve the integrity of, and ensure the persistence over time of collections of digital works so that they are readily available for use by a defined community or set of communities". What is Digital library ? A Service? An Architecture? A set of Information Resources? A set of tools to locate, search, retrieve information? Possibly the tools to create such resources and services also fall within the purview of DLs Digital face of traditional libraries Include both digital collections and traditional Backbone and nervous system of libraries. Digital library Vs traditional library •Efficient & qualitative services by collecting, organizing, disseminating, retrieving and preserving the information. storing, •Preservation benefits besides making information retrieval & delivery more comfortable. •Online access to historical and cultural documents whose existence is endangered due to physical decay. Digital libraries necessarily include a strong focus on the management of digital content, just as traditional libraries have focused for long on the management of content in physical forms. Digital Content Management Most of the digital content that is being managed includes: • Human Language, in various forms character-coded electronic text, scanned images, printed or handwritten text or human speech. • Language technology helps in managing digital content • Management through learning from past experience also adds to manage content The major areas for great exploitation are: • Information retrieval, • multimedia, • database, • data mining, • data warehouse, • on-line information repositories, • image processing, hypertext, • World Wide Web and wide area information services (WAIS). Few advantages of digital libraries • Access anywhere • Reducing delays • Distributed storage – central access • Better cataloguing • Cross references to other documents • Full text search • Protected information source • Wide exploration and exploitation of the information The information explosion, the wide bandwidth data networks and the potential of Internet-based technologies - such as the Web - make digital libraries one of the important application areas of computer science. Process of Digital Preservation Centralized Server XML Meta File Creation using Dublin core Std. Book scanning status Reject the Book Yes No Scanned Image in TIFF format S/w to divide even & odd pages Conversion to TXT/RTF/HTML Uploading Batch cropping & Cleaning OCR Goals of DL Focused on digitization technology, metadata schemes, data management techniques, and digital preservation. Second-generation digital library exploring new opportunities and developing new competencies. 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Ingredients for DLs Hardware The minimum machinery to do the job Software The programs for handling data Digital Objects Articles, Conference Papers, Thesis,…… Basic Skills Things one has to learn Hardware A Server You'll need access to a web server A good PC Scanners Flatbed – Auto feed, Back to back MF Book Scanner Software Open Source Software (OSS) Dspace, E-Prints, Fedora, GSDL…… Proprietary software you can't avoid Image Editing and Optical Character Recognition Software have to be purchased Content is King The information content is more important than the systems used for its storage, management and retrieval Objects should not be "locked" in specific DLs or archives Creating DLs … Six steps Selecting Acquiring Digitization Creation Of Meta Data Organizing Archiving Providing Access Possible Delivery Formats Pure image formats: TIFF, JPEG Open encoded formats: XML, HTML, ASCII, and Unicode Hybrid formats: PDF, DjVu – can contain both image and text Proprietary formats: Microsoft Word, WordPerfect Digitization: Issues Copyright Access copy and archive copy File size Storage media( CD, Hard disc…) File format ( TIFF,JPEG…) Challenges in Digitization Building digital collections of national importance from existing texts, documents, images . . . Creating new digital documents & linking them Subject portals: Selecting and maintaining open source digital resources Developing / adapting management tools for digital collections Providing access to digital collections 25 Challenges.. Integrating digital & other library collections incl. integration of OPACs, subscribed e-resources and subject portals Establishing services for digital libraries online access & offline support education & training of users and librarians Addressing social, legal, policy issues 26 Challenges in Publishing Preservation of layout Searchability of content and metadata Efficient image compression Easy browsing of books Accommodating low bandwidth user Multilingual text support Multipaging Digital Library Support in India Funding Ministry of Communication & Information Technology (MIT) Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) Manuscript Mission of India Department of Scientific & Industrial Research (DSIRTRP) All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) University Grants Commission (UGC) Digital Library Initiatives in India Library Consortium in India Scholarly Science Journals Theses & Dissertations Institutional E-Print Archives Books (out of copyright) Manuscripts Newspapers Online Courseware Open Access at Metadata Level Portal and Gateway Services 29 Government of India Min. of C&IT Universal Digital Library Min of Culture National Manuscript Library Others CSIR E-Journals Consortium INDEST-AICTE Consortium UGC Infonet Consortium FORSA Consortium IIM Libraries Consortium Participating centers of DLI PTU-1 PTU-2 PTU-3 Rashtrapathi Bhavan CDAC Noida ERNET IIIT-Allahabad Digital Library of India CDAC Kolkata MIDC Pune University IIIT-H State & City Central Library University of Hyderabad Goa University IISc TTD Tirupati Sringeri Mutt IISc, IIAP, ASR Melkote PoornaPragya AKCE Anna University Kanchi Mutt SASTRA Mega Scanning Centres at IIITH, IIITA CDAC- Noida and Kolkatta Digital Library Initiatives in India Some Examples Digital Library of India http://www.dli.ernet.in/ April 20, 2009 Workshop on Institutional Repositories 33 http://www.ias.ac.in/ April 20, 2009 Workshop on Institutional Repositories 35 http://www.insa.ac.in/ April 20, 2009 Workshop on Institutional Repositories 36 http://medind.nic.in/ April 20, 2009 Workshop on Institutional Repositories 37 April 20, 2009 Workshop on Institutional Repositories 38 39 Manuscripts India has the largest collection of manuscripts in the world (5 million Approximately). India is the repository of an astounding wealth of ancient knowledge belonging to different periods of history, going back to thousands of years. Most of this knowledge belonging to different areas of intellectual activity such as religion, philosophy, science, arts and literature is preserved in the form of manuscripts. Composed in different Indian languages and scripts, they are preserved in materials such as birch bark, palm leaf, cloth, wood, stone and paper. National Manuscript Mission was launched five-year programme in Feb., 2003 by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India to get all the manuscripts and conserve them. http://namami.nic.in/ Archives of Indian Labour V.V. Giri National Labour Institute Heritage of Indian Working Class Commissions on Labour Oral History Collections Trade Union Collections Regional Collections Strike Collections Powered by Green Stone Digital Library http://www.indialabourarchives.org/ 43 Digital Libraries Benefits : Individual Gain access to the holdings of libraries worldwide through automated catalogs. Locate both physical and digitized versions of scholarly articles and books. Optimize searches, simultaneously search the Internet, commercial databases, and library collections. Save search results and conduct additional processing to narrow or qualify results. From search results, click through to access the digitized content or locate additional items of interest. All of these capabilities are available from the desktop or other Web-enabled device such as a personal digital assistant or cellular telephone. Conclusion Digital Libraries are redefining the role of libraries in society & the role of librarians & information specialists National level mechanism is essential to promote and coordinate open access and public domain digital library systems Improve awareness of open access Regular training – tools, processes, standards Support setting up of working models, services National Resource Centre for open access publishing International agencies like UNESCO, ICSU, ICSTI, CODATA need to actively promote and support developing country initiatives References Digitization Of Library Forum Survey 2010. IT Act . Available at www.mit.gov.in/it-bill.htm. A digital library for education: the PEN-DOR project. The Electronic Library, 17(2), 75-82. Government of India. 2000. "Background Report on IT for Masses" itformasses.nic.in/vsitformasses/page1.htm Government of India. 2000. IT for the Common Man: The Millenium IT Policy. Department of Information. Thank You


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I watched the Black Soul Hunters get on the wooden platform before me. One had a whip, another had dual daggers and the last had a longsword. I looked around and saw that some people were already done! We just started how is that possible? One of the Hunters charged towards me but I quickly sidestepped and he ran right past."Pathetic..." I stated. He heard and ran towards me swinging his longsword trying to slice me. As for me, I easily dodge those swings. The man was definitely tired, I could see it in his face. As he was off guard, I dashed towards him, frontflip and kick him off the wooden platform."Like I said, Pathetic..." I taunted.
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Last was the man with the dual daggers. He looked very familiar like I knew him from somewhere. He strangely looks like my dad. The man speaks, "Ah, look how good you've gotten my dear nephew." He was my uncle! Well that explains alot. "Well my grandmother taught me well along with this academy." I reply. He dashed towards me as I mimic his moves as he starts attacking. We both clashed metal and did every move exactly the same. "So did grandmother teach you too?" I asked. He nods and again dashes to me. Again we both do lots of the same moves but this time he cuts my wrist. I hear Albert shout out from the crowd "EMO!". I smile. I decided to do a different tactic. It is indeed risky but I will attemp it. I stand near the edge and wait for him to dash. As I inticipated he dashes but slower since he has gotten tired. He was about 2 meters away from me as I do a frontflip hit his leg with my dagger, watch him fall and grab my dagger and kick him off.
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