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Major City: Nerja
Distance: <4 mi
Community: Type: VillaArea: View / Mountain
Bedrooms: 4
Sleeps: 8
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This week's #FoodieFriday takes us down a historical memory lane of five of the most bizarre and questionable diets during the 19th and 20th centuries. Many women, in an effort to meet harsh societal standards of beauty for women, adopted these diets.
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Cognizant Interview questions for manual testing
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation provide information technology (IT) consulting and technology services, as well as outsourcing services in North America, Europe, and Asia. The company is having a P/E ratio of 32.4, equal to the standard computer software & services industry P/E ratio and above the S and P 500 P/E ratio of 16. The company's strength can be seen in multiple areas, such as its healthy revenue growth, largely solid financial position with sensible money owing levels by most events, imposing record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income and good cash flow from operations. Although the company may port some minor weakness, we feel they are improbable to have a significant impact on results.
Here given few questions for Cognizant Interview questions for manual testing.
1. What if an organization is growing so fast that fixed QA processes are impossible?
This is a common problem in the software industry, especially in new technology areas. There is no easy solution in this situation, other than:? Hire good people? Management should 'ruthlessly prioritize' quality issues and maintain focus on the customer? Everyone in the organization should be clear on what 'quality' means to the customer
2. How does a client/server environment affect testing?
Client/server applications can be quite complex due to the multiple dependencies among clients, data communications, hardware, and servers. Thus testing requirements can be extensive. When time is limited (as it usually is) the focus should be on integration and system testing. Additionally, load/stress/performance testing may be useful in determining client/server application limitations and capabilities. There are commercial tools to assist with such testing. (See the 'Tools' section for web resources with listings that include these kinds of test tools.)
3. How can World Wide Web sites be tested?
4. How is testing affected by object-oriented designs?
Well-engineered object-oriented design can make it easier to trace from code to internal design to functional design to requirements. While there will be little affect on black box testing (where an understanding of the internal design of the application is unnecessary), white-box testing can be oriented to the application's objects. If the application was well-designed this can simplify test design.
5. What is Extreme Programming and what's it got to do with testing?
Extreme Programming (XP) is a software development approach for small teams on risk-prone projects with unstable requirements. It was created by Kent Beck who described the approach in his book 'Extreme Programming Explained' (See the Softwareqatest.com Books page.). Testing ('extreme testing') is a core aspect of Extreme Programming. Programmers are expected to write unit and functional test code first - before the application is developed. Test code is under source control along with the rest of the code. Customers are expected to be an integral part of the project team and to help develope scenarios for acceptance/black box testing. Acceptance tests are preferably automated, and are modified and rerun for each of the frequent development iterations. QA and test personnel are also required to be an integral part of the project team. Detailed requirements documentation is not used, and frequent re-scheduling, re-estimating, and re-prioritizing is expected. For more info see the XP-related listings in the Softwareqatest.com 'Other Resources' section.
6. Why is it often hard for management to get serious about quality assurance?
Solving problems is a high-visibility process; preventing problems is low-visibility. This is illustrated by an old parable:In ancient China there was a family of healers, one of whom was known throughout the land and employed as a physician to a great lord. The physician was asked which of his family was the most skillful healer. He replied,"I tend to the sick and dying with drastic and dramatic treatments, and on occasion someone is cured and my name gets out among the lords.""My elder brother cures sickness when it just begins to take root, and his skills are known among the local peasants and neighbors.""My eldest brother is able to sense the spirit of sickness and eradicate it before it takes form. His name is unknown outside our home."
7. Why does software have bugs?
miscommunication or no communication - as to specifics of what an application should or shouldn't do (the application's requirements).? software complexity - the complexity of current software applications can be difficult to comprehend for anyone without experience in modern-day software development. Windows-type interfaces, client-server and distributed applications, data communications, enormous relational databases, and sheer size of applications have all contributed to the exponential growth in software/system complexity. And the use of object-oriented techniques can complicate instead of simplify a project unless it is well-engineered.? programming errors - programmers, like anyone else, can make mistakes.? changing requirements (whether documented or undocumented) - the customer may not understand the effects of changes, or may understand and request them anyway - redesign, rescheduling of engineers, effects on other projects, work already completed that may have to be redone or thrown out, hardware requirements that may be affected, etc. If there are many minor changes or any major changes, known and unknown dependencies among parts of the project are likely to interact and cause problems, and the complexity of coordinating changes may result in errors. Enthusiasm of engineering staff may be affected. In some fast-changing business environments, continuously modified requirements may be a fact of life. In this case, management must understand the resulting risks, and QA and test engineers must adapt and plan for continuous extensive testing to keep the inevitable bugs from running out of control - see 'What can be done if requirements are changing continuously?' in Part 2 of the FAQ.? time pressures - scheduling of software projects is difficult at best, often requiring a lot of guesswork. When deadlines loom and the crunch comes, mistakes will be made.? egos - people prefer to say things like:'no problem''piece of cake''I can whip that out in a few hours''it should be easy to update that old code'instead of:'that adds a lot of complexity and we could end upmaking a lot of mistakes''we have no idea if we can do that; we'll wing it''I can't estimate how long it will take, until Itake a close look at it''we can't figure out what that old spaghetti codedid in the first place'
If there are too many unrealistic 'no problem's', the result is bugs.
? poorly documented code - it's tough to maintain and modify code that is badly written or poorly documented; the result is bugs. In many organizations management provides no incentive for programmers to document their code or write clear, understandable, maintainable code. In fact, it's usually the opposite: they get points mostly for quickly turning out code, and there's job security if nobody else can understand it ('if it was hard to write, it should be hard to read').? software development tools - visual tools, class libraries, compilers, scripting tools, etc. often introduce their own bugs or are poorly documented, resulting in added bugs.
8. How can new Software QA processes be introduced in an existing organization?
A lot depends on the size of the organization and the risks involved. For large organizations with high-risk (in terms of lives or property) projects, serious management buy-in is required and a formalized QA process is necessary.? Where the risk is lower, management and organizational buy-in and QA implementation may be a slower, step-at-a-time process. QA processes should be balanced with productivity so as to keep bureaucracy from getting out of hand.? For small groups or projects, a more ad-hoc process may be appropriate, depending on the type of customers and projects. A lot will depend on team leads or managers, feedback to developers, and ensuring adequate communications among customers, managers, developers, and testers.? The most value for effort will be in (a) requirements management processes, with a goal of clear, complete, testable requirement specifications embodied in requirements or design documentation and (b) design inspections and code inspections.
9. What is verification? validation?
Verification typically involves reviews and meetings to evaluate documents, plans, code, requirements, and specifications. This can be done with checklists, issues lists, walkthroughs, and inspection meetings. Validation typically involves actual testing and takes place after verifications are completed. The term 'IV & V' refers to Independent Verification and Validation.
10. What is a 'walkthrough'?
A 'walkthrough' is an informal meeting for evaluation or informational purposes. Little or no preparation is usually required.
11. What's an 'inspection'?
An inspection is more formalized than a 'walkthrough', typically with 3-8 people including a moderator, reader, and a recorder to take notes. The subject of the inspection is typically a document such as a requirements spec or a test plan, and the purpose is to find problems and see what's missing, not to fix anything. Attendees should prepare for this type of meeting by reading thru the document; most problems will be found during this preparation. The result of the inspection meeting should be a written report. Thorough preparation for inspections is difficult, painstaking work, but is one of the most cost effective methods of ensuring quality. Employees who are most skilled at inspections are like the 'eldest brother' in the parable in 'Why is it often hard for management to get serious about quality assurance?'. Their skill may have low visibility but they are extremely valuable to any software development organization, since bug prevention is far more cost-effective than bug detection.
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Devine Stories
About Angels in Our Lives
The Plaque Angel Story
In 1994, my husband and I moved into a nice large home with plenty of room for our four children to grow. I had placed a plaque of the Guardian Angel on the wall in the hallway leading to the bedrooms of our four children, just as my mother had done when my siblings and I were young. In fact, it was the same angel plaque.
My children were told of the story of the Guardian Angel and of the importance of the plaque to me, since my mother had passed away several years before. The plaque always stayed on the wall, with the angel watching from above the heads of our children at sleep and play.
On the coldest day of the year in January 1996, our family suffered a devastating house fire. Unfortunately, it was started by our then four-year-old daughter, who was playing with a discarded "child-proof" lighter in her bedroom.
I was on the phone when the smoke detector sounded. I was not thinking of the possibility of an actual fire raging upstairs, since we had problems of the detector sounding without reason for three days prior. As I approached the stairway, I was shocked to actually see smoke and the flicker of flames.
My husband had just arrived home from work as I was running out of the door with three children ...
I didn't have my baby!
My husband ran up the stairs and flew into the room where the fire was. There was our daughter, still sitting on the floor, cross-legged, staring at the flames that swelled around her. She was not touched by the flames, heat or even smoke. She was safe!
The next day, my father, oldest brother and I walked through what remained of the well-built older home. As we carefully walked up the ice-covered steps to the second floor, I caught sight of the plaque on the wall.
It was not burned, but badly covered in soot. Everything around was either melted or burned, but the angel plaque remained intact.
I took the angel plaque into my hands and held it in front of me as I cried.
"Thank you for protecting my baby," I said softly, looking at the angel plaque. My tears fell directly onto the completely blackened family heirloom.
Almost instantaneously, a life-sized Guardian Angel began to appear through the blackness, right before our eyes!
Through the fire, the Guardian Angel protected not only my children, but also the beloved plaque she adorns.
I still have the angel plaque. It is still blackened, and some of the varnish has chipped off, but she still watches over my family, as she will watch over the families of my children for many years to come.
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Well, alot has happened since I first came to the vine. Through time, there have been many newcomers. Some have proven to be extremely foolish and annoying. On the other hand, there were others who quickly became some of the greatest RPGers/assets to the vine. In this forum pick three people who are relatively new who have become great members of the vine.
I'll start.
1) Andferne - A hero's hero. He's got original ideas and alot of ability. When he first started, he was pretty much a god(or at least his character was). Now, he's totally reinvented himself and it has been a smooth, natural change. Seriously, the man does a great job. Also, he made a non-powered police account("Jim") and has done some awesome RPGing with that character. Well done, man.
2) BatgirlBabs - When she first came to the vine, she didn't have a clue about RPGing, lol. Now, she's really developed her character and has become one of the greatest female roles ever to grace the vine with her presence. Keep up the good work, Babs.
3) Renegade Lantern - Back when he first joined, he jumped into the middle of it. Hell, I remember when he, Eradicator, and myself were in the 13th(RIP). Ever since then, he's come up with new and great ideas. One thing that I admire about his character is that he never backs down to anyone. Excellent job, man.


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D-8 Group to Hold 3rd Annual Summit in Cairo
The economic group of eight developing Muslim
countries, known as the D-8, is scheduled to hold its third annual summit on 25 February in Cairo, reported the Iranian News Agency (IRNA).
Comprising Egypt, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Iran, Nigeria, Malaysia, Pakistan and Turkey, the D-8 was formed in 1997 following an initiative by the then Turkish Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan to promote inter-Muslim economic and trade cooperation.
The D-8 summit will be attended, for the first time, by the secretary-general of the Organization of the Islamic Countries (OIC) and the chairman of the Islamic Bank for Development, said IRNA.
The second summit was held in Dhaka in March 1999.
This group, devised as a potential developing world partner to the G-7 group of rich countries, is also open to non-Muslim countries – Albawaba.com


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Kim Kardashian: Psychic Predicted Fame - Her Fashion Dreams and Intimate Phone Call with Kanye West (PHOTOS & DETAILS)
Kim Kardashian has got back! The reality TV star tweeted yet another swimsuit photo, this time it was a one-piece. The dark-haired starlet took a stroll along the beach and stopped for a photo she then captioned, "Happy Sunday."
Kardashian relaxed Sunday as her fashion reveal as New York Magazine's cover girl debuted Monday. Benjamin Wallace of NY Mag met with the superstar icon and delved into the "Zen Kim", her true aspirations in the fashion industry, and her newsworthy relationship with Kanye West.
Many fashion critics don't find the Kardashians' contribution or efforts in the fashion industry tasteful or authentic. "I think she sees fashion as another means for making money. I don't think she's ever going to want to go to a fashion show for her love of clothes. She's going to want to get paid for going to that show," says a fashion executive to the magazine. Despite the criticism, Kim insists that her love for fashion is real and that she puts a lot of effort into her fashion businesses. "I love designing," Kim tells the magazine. "All morning I was talking to my sisters about different designs."
To Kim's credit, she entered the style world long before she was famous. The reality star started her career as a wardrobe stylist and she and her sisters opened up a few boutiques. Since the Kardashians' rise to fame, the sisters have expanded on their fashion businesses. Kim co-founded the popular ecommerce site, ShoeDazzle and has joined her sisters in creating fashion lines for Sears and other retailers. Kim has also covered high-fashion publications like W, Harper's Bazaar, and L'Uomo Vogue. However, she is missing one cover that most celebrities with her fame level snag with ease - American Vogue. Rumors of Anna Wintour "hating Kim Kardashian" fueled after Kim's beau Kanye West showed up to NYC's swanky Met Ball solo. Because Kim never misses a fashion event (or an opportunity to be snapped with her high-profile boyfriend) many questioned her absence. According to gossip, Wintour banned Kim from attending. Kardashian's rep denied the rumors and Wintour's right-hand-man André Leon Talley told a crowd that "not even Kim Kardashian could take away from fashion."
Although fashion won't make a place for Kim, Kim has made a place for fashion not only in her massive family business empire but also in her relationship with West. "If I have a design meeting, or he has one, we come back and talk about how our meetings went [..] It's cool, 'cause you can definitely get more in-depth with someone who actually knows what you're talking about ... So that's been a fun similarity we have. I think that's something maybe I didn't value as highly as a quality I cared about in someone." The couple is now rumored to be starting a shoe line together.
Kim Kardashian is now "Zen Kim." She prides herself on not reading tabloids or checking her Google alerts anymore. She is more relaxed than she has ever been; she even enjoys a drink once in a while - something she is known to avoid. The media-centric star also claims to not have any aspirations to cover any magazine, including Vogue. "I don't really have goals as far as, I want to be on a cover or something like that," Kim says. "I think my goals are more just expanding my line, and having my line be really successful. That's the ultimate goal, I think, for me. I don't say, 'Oh, I want to be on this magazine or I want to do this.' It's all fun. And I love, definitely, turning into a different character. I think each shoot has a different personality."
The Kardashian takeover doesn't seem like it will die out anytime soon. The family's success may have been destined. After the O.J. trial Kim's father, Robert Kardashian went to a psychic. "He didn't believe in psychics, so he didn't want to tell a lot of people, but the psychic was like, 'Your last name, Kardashian, is going to be known worldwide.' And my dad was like, No it's not, this woman's crazy."
Kim's interview was ended by a phone call from her boyfriend. The magazine captured the intimate conversation between the most talked about couple. Although there's no transcript of West's dialogue, Kim is heard saying:
"Hello? Hey. Just leaving the zoo. I'm finished with my shoot and I'm just finishing up. I'm heading actually to your place right now. Where are you? Okay. So maybe I'll go in and change and then I'll eat ... What time is that at? Seven? Will you be done? ... Okay, so, that's an hour. So I'll just wait at the place. Will you come get me? Okay, well, I don't have a car. Do you want me to just take a cab? Or can your car come get me first? ... Where is 'up here'? Is it far? Okay, well, um, maybe-" etc., etc. Kim signs off: "Okay, bye. Love you, too. Bye."
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Del Bosco wins seventh World Cup
January 16, 2014
VAL THORENS, FRANCE — Chris Del Bosco returned to winning ways on Thursday with victory in a ski cross World Cup race in Val Thorens, France, that was halted after the first round of heats due to strong winds.
Del Bosco, who famously finished fourth at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games when he crashed while going for gold, went into the first of two crucial back-to-back races needing a podium to all but punch his ticket to the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games after a challenging start to his 2013-14 campaign. It's not clear at this point if Thursday's results will count toward Olympic qualification, but Del Bosco will get another chance today in the second of two back-to-back World Cup races in France.
The 31-year-old resident, who grew up in Eagle-Vail and now lives in Montreal, was second in the qualification round on Wednesday and won his round of 32 with ease Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals before the race was called due to the wind. With final results based on qualification and the first heats, Del Bosco was awarded the race, while Canadian teammate Dave Duncan, of London, Ont. — winner of the past two ski cross World Cups — was seventh.
A second World Cup race — the final Olympic qualifier for Canadian racers — is due to be held on today.
"I definitely felt like I could have kept going. It was kind of frustrating because you want to win by winning the final, but it was out of my control," said Del Bosco, the 2011 world champion and X Games gold medalist. "There's not really any more I could have done.
'Crunch time'
"It was getting down to crunch time and I knew what I needed to do. I needed to podium. Sochi qualification is kind of a gray area. I don't really know how that works — I'm going to just regroup here and get ready to give 'er again tomorrow."
Del Bosco, historically a slow starter, has endured a tough start to his 2013-14 season, with a 15th-place finish in Innichen-San Candido, Italy, his best result prior to Thursday. He was second in the test event in Sochi, Russia, last season, so in theory he just needed a podium to punch his ticket to the 2014 Games.
"This year started kind of rough for me. I knew if I just kept digging it would happen," Del Bosco said. "I had a good day of qualifying yesterday and followed it up today with some strong skiing."
Eric Archer, Canada's head coach, was happy with the way his racers coped with conditions that have changed dramatically during the course of the past few days. The Canadian men and women had strong qualification rounds Wednesday and had started well Thursday before Mother Nature intervened.
"We had started the women's quarterfinals and got through the first three when the wind picked up on the top flat. It made one of the features dangerous, and they decided to call it at that point," Archer said.
"We've just got to hope for a good weather window tomorrow and hopefully we can get the race off. We are skiing well. The athletes are stepping up, but right now we are battling Mother Nature again. Del (Bosco) has had some pressure on him here — he knows the situation he's in. He hasn't had great results this year, but he's been very focused this week and had two very good qualifying runs. He won his heat by a long ways."
The Olympic qualification window for ski cross closes Sunday, so Friday's race represents the last chance for Canadian racers to qualify for nomination to Canada's team for the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games. Marielle Thompson has already met the qualification criteria for nomination, while Duncan, Brady Leman and Kelsey Serwa look to have punched their tickets to Sochi based on results to date.
Thursday was Del Bosco's first win since March 19, 2012, in Myrkdalen-Voss, Norway. Del Bosco hurt his shoulder in training before the start of the 2012-13 season, leading to a truncated campaign.
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Public librarians acquire, organise, promote and disseminate a range of resources to meet the diverse needs of the community. They support independent learning and encourage reader development. They also provide a variety of information on:
- business;
- the community;
- careers;
- learning;
- recreation.
Public librarians are proficient in the use of ICT as part of the role involves assisting the public in accessing the internet and other web-based services.
They may also spend time talking to, and building up relationships with, members of the public and assisting with specific learning needs or community groups.
Public librarians may run events in the library for the local community and work with local schools and colleges.
The role of a public librarian usually includes:
- keeping up to date with newly released publications in order to select library resources;
- managing budgets;
- organising resources in an accessible way;
- stock maintenance, including the weeding out of old resources;
- anticipating community needs and trends to ensure library services are used as much as possible;
- promoting the use of the library through displays, talks and community events, which may involve work in the library or going out into the community;
- providing reader, advisory and information services to the public and local businesses;
- organising library provision for specific community groups, such as minority ethnic groups, schools, youth organisations, adult learners and pre-school groups;
- developing the use of ICT to improve service delivery;
- dealing with enquiries and assisting library users in accessing ICT and other resources;
- undertaking reader development activities, which may or may not be directed at specific groups;
- providing services to socially excluded groups;
- working with other agencies and bodies, such as museums and educational services, to develop services and initiatives in the community.
Some senior librarians are involved in additional activities including:
- managing and motivating a team of staff who could be working in several libraries;
- acquiring resources/funding;
- overseeing the building of new libraries or the refurbishment of existing libraries;
- giving presentations to groups;
- strategic development of the service.
- Salaries for graduate trainees tend to range from £16,000 to £20,000, depending on the location and area of library work. See CILIP: Graduate Training Jobs for graduate roles providing an introduction to library and information work.
- Starting salaries for newly qualified public librarians can be around £19,800 to £24,500.
- Gaining chartership can increase salaries, and with two to five years' experience chartered librarians could earn around £24,000 to £30,000.
- At management level, senior librarians might achieve a salary of £32,000 to £40,000, while a head of service could earn between £45,000 and £55,000.
Salary levels are dependent on many factors, including local authority (many local authorities have their own independent pay scales), career route/progression, the size and location of the employing authority and degree of responsibility.
Income figures are intended as a guide only.
Working hours
Public librarians can work a typical 9am to 5pm day, but the working week may also include evenings and weekends. Part-time work and job-share opportunities may be available.
What to expect
- Working conditions vary - buildings can be modern and purpose-built or cramped and old. Settings also vary and can include large central libraries, smaller branch libraries serving particular communities, and mobile libraries visiting rural or outlying areas.
- Self-employment and freelance work is unlikely. However, it might be possible to take on some consultancy work after a number of years of professional practice.
- Most opportunities are in towns and cities.
- The work environment can be busy and pressurised, involving constant contact with the general public and handling a large number of enquiries.
- Travel between sites or in a mobile facility may be required.
- Absence from home overnight and overseas travel are uncommon.
Although this area of work is open to all graduates, a degree in one of the following subjects may be particularly useful:
- computer science;
- information science/management;
- librarianship;
- software engineering.
For professional posts, you need to have one of the following:
- a first degree accredited by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP);
- a degree in any subject plus a postgraduate diploma or Masters in librarianship or information science/management accredited by CILIP.
There are currently more accredited postgraduate courses, with relatively few undergraduate degrees. Details of all accredited undergraduate and postgraduate courses are available at CILIP Accredited Qualifications. Full-time, part-time and distance learning options are available. CILIP-accredited courses allow you to obtain chartership further along in your career.
Postgraduate courses usually require candidates to have relevant work experience. If you haven't obtained this as part of your first degree, you will need to arrange something within a library or information service, either paid or voluntary, to build up some experience. Search for postgraduate courses in librarianship.
Graduates with a non-related degree who have no or little library and information work experience can gain entry to the profession via CILIP's Graduate Training Opportunities scheme. This scheme provides traineeships, usually lasting ten months to a year, after which graduates complete a Masters-level qualification accredited by CILIP. There is the chance that you will be offered a job by the placement provider once the training is complete. For current opportunities see CILIP: Graduate Training Jobs.
With an HND or foundation degree only, it may be possible to enter as a library assistant and then work up to a full librarian position by gaining extra qualifications and undertaking further training. Library assistant posts are often used by people gaining experience before taking a postgraduate qualification.
As public libraries are often vulnerable to local authority reorganisation or spending cuts, post-qualification positions can be difficult to get.
You will need to show evidence of the following:
- strong ICT skills;
- interpersonal, listening and language skills, including the ability to interact with a range of people;
- written and verbal communication skills;
- enthusiasm and the ability to motivate yourself and others;
- teamworking skills;
- a flexible attitude to work;
- the ability to prioritise your work and meet deadlines;
- good presentation skills;
- versatility;
- the ability to think logically;
- organisational and self-management skills.
To work in specialist libraries, for example in a university or hospital setting, you may need specific knowledge of the subjects covered.
Public libraries are operated by local authorities and offer a variety of services. Schemes may cover areas such as web awareness, homework clubs and reading groups.
Many major cities have large, central libraries with extensive loan stocks, specialist reference collections, rare and valuable materials and possibly music collections, with sub-branches in other cities and counties.
Towns and villages usually have smaller libraries. The role of the library in the community will greatly influence the type of positions available. Many branches are used as community centres and some provide a base for citizens' advice bureaux, volunteer bureaux and other community information services.
Some libraries devote space to town and village festival information, writing and literary events and meetings with authors. Some local authorities also run prison libraries and mobile libraries so access can be given to rural communities.
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Look for job vacancies at:
- CILIP: Graduate Training Jobs - paid traineeships for graduates with little or no experience of working in library and information work.
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Specialist recruitment agencies handle vacancies for full-time, part-time, temporary and permanent positions, both nationwide and sometimes abroad, see:
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Three levels of professional registration are available: certification, chartership and fellowship and these are provided by the CILIP.
For all three levels you must undertake a range of continuing professional development (CPD) activities reflecting on your personal performance, organisational performance and on your knowledge of the wider library and information service profession. You need to have a mentor and must submit a portfolio to evidence your training and development.
Most members gain chartership two or three years after graduating. Fellowship, the highest level of professional registration available, is open to those who hold a senior position within a library service, or have made a significant contribution to the profession. The criteria for all levels of professional registration are available on the CILIP website.
Post-experience Masters degrees for mid-career professionals are available full or part time, or by distance learning, although it is unusual for employers to fund studies at this stage. Research degrees are also offered by university libraries and information studies departments.
Staff may be sent on in-house or external courses to develop specialist skills. CILIP currently delivers on-site training courses in the following areas:
- business skills;
- cataloguing and classification;
- copyright and licensing;
- library and information management;
- management and personal development;
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- working with children and young people.
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Geographical mobility and a willingness to change posts are essential for promotion and career progression. You may need to move between jobs in order to experience more than one type of work or setting, and it may be the case that promotion involves a change of employer or location.
Competition at all levels is keen, so perseverance and dedication are essential, not only to find a first post but also any subsequent promotions.
Large libraries often have a clear structure for promotion to management positions with responsibility for a specific subject, service or site. Such positions usually require a number of years of professional experience. Managers can be responsible for particular areas of library service, for example, services to minority groups, or take overall responsibility for a specific area, such as acquisitions.
In small libraries, promotion and development opportunities are limited unless you move to other libraries, areas or authorities. Very senior roles are rare and highly competitive.


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Pure Tone Audiometry
(Darla; 2003)
By Scott Reid | 2 January 2003
Aarktica's Or You Could Just Go Through Your Whole Life and be Happy Anyway was a beautiful mixture of experimental pop, Low-esque slow-core (album opener "Aura Lee" was one of the best songs I heard in 2002), ambient drone and richly textured space rock. Though it certainly dragged in places (the awkward production of "You're Landlocked, My Love" and the plodding lull of eight and a half minute closer "Song for a Free Williamsburg"), its many striking moments ("Aura Lee," "A Correspondence in Film," and "Nostalgia = Distortion") made it one of the most interesting and compelling albums I heard last year. Just one year later, Jon DeRosa comes back with the follow-up, Pure Tone Audiometry, a similarly frustrating album that can't quite seem to create or maintain a solid affecting mood. This time around, though, there's no real standout track, either (certainly nothing on the same level as the highs of Or You Could…)—making most of the album a long build up with no real climax.
Opener "Out to Sea" reminds me of the awkwardness of "You're Landlocked, My Love," and though the production seems much more suited to the vocal melody than "Landlocked," the melody is equally banal and unexceptional, continuously repeating itself without ever developing. It isn't until the vocal melody is abandoned for some beautiful background female vocals, a repeating sample and a focus on the sound-moving-backwards production that the song becomes remotely worthwhile. The next track, "The Mimicry All Women Use," starts with heavily delayed guitar, slowly building into what can be best described as "Nostalgia = Distortion" without the melody or presence. In a post-rock climax, the song repeats the distorted guitar lines over and over, ending slowly without developing (trend…) the potentially good riff (it actually reminds me a little of The New Year's excellent "Resurrection") at all.
After the underwhelming opening ten minutes comes one of the album's best tracks, the ambient drone piece "Snowstorm Ruins Birthday." High pitched guitar lines layer over each other as layers of synth and noise wash around it, creating one of the album's few enjoyable climaxes and one of its few affecting moments. Sadly, it's also the shortest song on here (perhaps its secret), and once it abruptly ends, "Ocean" kicks in with another straight-forward guitar riff and mediocre melody. The song develops into a far less enjoyable "Aura Lee" re-make with its Low-esque structure and harmonies, forgetting this time around to include an interesting melody with it. Granted, the production is beautiful and the strings actually sound warm and natural (as opposed to, say, Dave Fridmann stuff), but it's not enough to save the song from floating by and becoming completely forgettable.
"Big Year" is even less remarkable, extrapolating the same boring guitar lines over eight and a half minutes, only sporadically bringing in fairly superfluous elements that do nothing to make the song even remotely interesting. The vocal melody seems completely pointless, as well—coming in and out at various points in the song, serving to at least break up the arduous monotony of the track. Once again, the highlight of the second half is the drone piece: a beautiful and stark number named "Water Wakes Dead Cells," which sounds as if it were recorded underwater, encased in a blissful wall of noise and distanced synth lines.
The song ends with a ringing tone, which leads into the epic "Williamsburg Counterpoint." An obvious nod to Or You Could Just…'s closer, Song for a Free Williamsburg, the song succeeds where its predecessor did not: it manages to create a beautiful and alarming mood, one which constantly develops and keeps interest throughout its twelve and a half minutes. It slowly moves from drone to repeating guitars and drums reminiscent of & Yet & Yet-era Do Make Say Think and calmer Explosions in the Sky. Violins sneak in as a distorted guitar creates a layer of feedback and noise, all of it combining without ever really reaching a climax. Instead, the song deteriorates, letting the violins and feedback fade out as a single guitar ends the album on a stunning note.
It's strange that what is so strong about this album are the same elements that lagged on their last full length, and the poppier moments that were so stunning on that album are what hold back this Pure Tone Audiometry. It's still worth checking out just for its excellent ambient and post-rock pieces (especially the last seventeen or so minutes of the album), but those that were hoping the new album would expand on the more straight-forward catchy moments of "Aura Lee" or "Nostalgia = Distortion" will be sorely disappointed. It'd be nice to think that in the future Jon might be able to balance the two elements with surprising skill and create an album with moments as affecting as "Williamsburg Counterpoint" and "Aura Lee" without sacrificing the variety that has allowed for such hit-and-miss ventures so far. An album that could combine such stunning pop and ambient songs with the more interesting post-rock elements would be an extremely respectable accomplishment, a balance that Aarktica is still struggling to find.


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"Customer feedback across the industry indicates that the introduction of hundreds of new domain name extensions within a relatively short period of time will create confusion and uncertainty among web users and SMEs in New Zealand and internationally. As a leading domain name registration and web services provider, we have made it our mission at Freeparking to ensure New Zealand small businesses are provided with the highest level of support to navigate such an historic change and take advantage of the new marketing opportunities arising from this event" says Maria Brosnan, Business Manager at Freeparking.
To help New Zealand businesses and marketers in what's regarded by industry analysts as the biggest change to the Internet since its inception; Freeparking has released a dedicated online pre-registration Watchlist through which customers will be able to submit their expression of interest for any new domain name extension. The initiative is designed to simplify and assist New Zealand users interested in securing new domain names or simply wanting to be kept up to date with new developments as they happen. Businesses are encouraged to register their interest and to actively monitor the release of domain names which may be of particular interest to their industry or profession.
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Born: April 27, 1954
Died: May 24, 2010
Age: 56
Funeral services will be held 10:30 A.M., Friday, May 28, 2010 at the First Congregational Church in Peterson, Iowa.
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Rick Duane Anderson, the son of Duane and Phyllis Struve Anderson, was born April 27, 1954 in Cherokee, Iowa. He received his early education and graduated from the Sioux Valley High School in 1973.
On July 31, 1976, Rick married Debra Schultz at the Congregational Church in Peterson. Following their marriage, Rick farmed in the Peterson area and also operated Custom Farming. Rick was a member of the Congregational Church where he was currently serving as Moderator and Trustee and also had been a youth leader. He also was a member of Pork Producers, Lions Club, Peterson Coop Elevator board member and served as a 4-H Leader. In his spare time, Rick enjoyed fishing, hunting and snowmobiling. Rick enjoyed spending time with his friends but most of all he loved being with his family.
Rick passed away on May 24, 2010 at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD at the age of 56. He is preceded in death by his grandparents: Leo and Lena Struve and Olin and Josie Anderson; his father-in-law, Alfred Schultz.
He is survived by his wife, Deb of Peterson; children: Tait Anderson and his fiancé, Emily Paul of Pierre, SD, Gage & Kellie Anderson and their son, Reid of Peterson, IA, Bryn Anderson of Marshalltown, IA and Bree Anderson of Peterson, IA; his parents, Duane and Phyllis Anderson of Peterson, IA; brother, Jon & Janet Anderson of Peterson, IA; sister Cheri & Greg Brown of Peterson, IA; mother-in-law, Doris Schultz of Lone Rock, IA; brothers-in-law, Gary & Sherry Schultz of Ankeny, IA, Tim & Kathy Schultz of Rice Lake, WI and Todd & Deb Schultz of Black Hawk, SD; several nieces and nephews; other relatives and many friends.
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I am so sad to hear of Rick's death! It has been a long time since I have seen him, but he always had the best smile for anyone when he said 'Hello' I am sorry for the pain and loss of all his friends and family.
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Dear Deb and family,
Just received word of your sad loss via email and Jody Terwilliger Johnson. At times like these we often question God's plan and it is hard to understand. May He who is greater hold you and comfort you in His arms and send you friends and angels to support you. Our prayers are with you!
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Tuesday, June 01, 2010
Dear Deb and Family, I wanted you to know I'm thinking of you all. I was so sorry to hear of Rick's accident. God be with you all.
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Sunday, May 30, 2010
If this is the third time you've received this, I apologize but I think I have done something wrong an I wanted to make sure you received our most sincere and loving condolances. Rick was a great guy. We enjoyed him so much and we know that you will all miss him terribly. We are truly sorry for your loss but may God bless you in remembrances of him.
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010
We were very saddened to hear of Rick's passing. You are in our prayers. God Bless.
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Our hearts and prayers go out to all of Rick's family. May His healing love be with you.
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Liberal National Party challenger Teresa Gambaro has edged closer to taking the seat of Brisbane, bolstering the Coalition's claim that it has more seats than Labor in the quest to form a minority government.
Ms Gambaro said yesterday she was "very pleased with the progress'' after she extended her lead to 1719 votes with more than 85 per cent of the votes in the seat counted.
She had recorded 51.14 per cent of the vote on a two-party-preferred basis, compared with 48.86 per cent for veteran Labor MP
"I'm being very patient, remaining positive and keeping my fingers crossed,'' she said. "But I am not claiming victory yet because there are still a lot of postal votes to come.''
Ms Gambaro lost her seat of Petrie in Brisbane's north-east in 2007 when Labor's Kevin Rudd came to office.
She was first elected to parliament in 1996 when John Howard came to office.
Mr Bevis has held Brisbane since 1990 but a redistribution made the seat less notionally Labor, reducing his margin from 6.8 to 4.6 per cent before the election.
Several analysts have already awarded the seat to Ms Gambaro.
The Australian Electoral Commission progress count yesterday showed little change in the overall projected result. The Coalition is still expected to pick up 73 seats (including the WA Nationals'
But it was still unclear whether Mr Crook should be included in the tally of 73, given he insists he should be viewed as an independent.
Opposition Leader
Both parties are negotiating with the independents to form a minority government, which is expected to take at least the rest of this week.
Overall, with 80.39 per cent of the national vote counted, the ALP leads on the two party-preferred result, 50.40 per cent to the Coalition's 49.60 per cent, representing a 2.3 per cent swing to the Coalition.
Mr Abbott has pointed to the Coalition's superior primary vote result as support for his party to lead a minority government. Labor's primary vote was 37.9 per cent against the Coalition's 44.2 per cent.
Another seat that was on a knife edge for most of last week, Hasluck in Perth, was formally claimed by the Coalition yesterday.
Liberal candidate Ken Wyatt, who will be the first indigenous person to take a seat in the lower house, was holding a comfortable 984-vote lead over Labor incumbent Sharryn Jackson with just over 92 per cent of the vote counted.
Mr Wyatt described it as a historic result and preferred not to dwell on a hate-mail campaign from some voters who said they would not have voted for him had they known he was indigenous.
"I've had that all my life, growing up as an Aboriginal in the '60s, '70s and the '80s,'' he said.
"In 50 years' time, historians will be analysing why Hasluck chose an indigenous candidate and what they'll discover is . . . that they chose a person who they believed would represent the interests of everybody within Hasluck.
"They chose someone who had the skills in education, health and the bureaucracy and understood the
system . . . who will stand up and deliver.''
Liberal deputy leader Julie Bishop said the party was proud to introduce the first indigenous MP to the lower house, declaring there was no place for racism within the Liberal Party.
In Corangamite, Labor member Darren Cheeseman extended his lead on Sunday. He was 1107 votes ahead of Liberal challenger Sarah Henderson with almost 92 per cent of the vote counted.
ABC political analyst Antony Green has already called Corangamite for Labor.
Independent and former Iraq War whistleblower Andrew Wilkie claimed victory in the Tasmanian seat of Denison on Saturday.
Mr Wilkie met Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Saturday to present her with a list of 20 issues important in garnering his support for a minority government. Mr Wilkie will meet Mr Abbott in Canberra today.
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Mr Southcott was almost 1400 votes in front with 90 per cent of the vote counted.
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Advanced rotor designs break
conventional helicopter speed restrictions
A fast future awaits for rotorcraft with coaxial rotor systems and pusher propellers.
Rotational tip speed in this figure is 300 kts. If the helicopter flies at 100 kts the resultant relative wind on the advancing blade is 400 kts and only 200 kts on the retreating blade. The difference in lift across the rotor disc is called dissymmetry of lift.
The larger fuselage has more drag and weight, which allows for more cargo space but again adds weight to the aircraft.
AVX Aircraft Pres & Chief Engineer Troy Gaffey says tandem rotor systems are inefficient for high-speed flight and have a high amount of download on the fuselage. High download, structure, support, weight and drag are all penalties that act against going fast, and while the CH47 is impressive, it will not be able to achieve speeds the military is searching for in FVL.
Coaxial rotor systems have been around for a while and are used on the Russian Kamov KA50 as well as other types from the same company. The KA50 has 2 stacked coaxial rotor systems turning in opposite directions. This provides the increased lift of 2 rotor systems without taking up a lot of space like a tandem system.
The main advantage of opposing rotation is that the aircraft no longer needs an antitorque system. One of Newton's laws of motion states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. This means that, if the rotor system on a conventional helicopter turns to the right, the fuselage wants to turn to the left.
To combat this tendency, conventional helicopters are equipped with tail rotors to keep the fuselage straight in all phases of flight. On the KA50 the rotors are fully articulating and they lead, lag and flap, which means they are moving around a lot and must be spaced well apart from each other—thus the very tall mast and long push/pull tubes, which increase drag.
Unfortunately, the coaxial rotor system on the Kamov still experiences retreating blade stall, and so doesn't completely solve helicopter high-speed regime issues.
Intermeshing K-Max
Intermeshing opposing rotor systems, as seen here on the Kaman K-Max, use 2 rotor heads with only 1 transmission. This system reduces weight and does not require a tail rotor system.
A variation of both coaxial and tandem rotor systems is the intermeshing rotors of the Kaman K-Max. One version is currently operated for the US Marines in Afghanistan as an unmanned external load aircraft.
Kaman Business Development Mgr George Schafer says the advantage of the intermeshing rotor system is that it forms a dual rotor system without the large size of the tandem system. Since they share a single transmission, he explains, the 2 rotor systems do not require a large fuselage and the K-Max has very little parasitic fuselage drag.
The transmission, engines and external loads are directly beneath the rotor system, making for an excellent external load aircraft. The intermeshing rotors turn in opposite directions, so no tail rotor is required—this allows all power to be used for lifting.
Blade pitch is controlled by Kaman's servo flap control, in which control tubes go up through the mast and out the inside of each blade, which operates a flap and changes the blade pitch.
Using this system decreases the parasitic drag of external pitch pull tubes and negates the need for a hydraulic system. Lower aircraft weight translates into decreased operating costs and a higher power-to-weight ratio for external load operations.
Sikorsky X2 and S97 Raider
Exceeding 250 kts in test trials, Sikorsky X2's sleek design and innovative ideas won Sikorsky the Collier Trophy for its successful program.
Sikorsky's X2 helicopter has 2 rigid rotor systems stacked relatively close together with very stiff blades. Kevin Bredenbeck, chief test pilot of the X2, says that having stiff blades and 2 rotors stacked close together creates less drag and gives excellent performance in high-G maneuvers.
Hoping to expand the optional envelope of rotorcraft while retaining vertical lift ability, Sikorsky took lessons learned from the advancing blade concept (ABC) it developed earlier and applied them to the X2 program. X2 Chief Engineer Steve Weiner notes that the coaxial system on the X2 is nothing like the system on Kamov's helicopters. The closely stacked dual rotor system acts as a "deswirler," which increases hover performance and decreases drag.


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Building info-skills by degrees : embedding information literacy in university study
Peach, Deborah & Abbott, Wendy (2004) Building info-skills by degrees : embedding information literacy in university study. In 21st IATUK Conference : Library Management in Changing Environment, 30 May - 3 June 2004, The Library of KraKow University of Technology, KraKow, Poland.
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Late last year teaching staff at Griffith University participated in a symposium entitled 'Spotlight on Generic Skills & Flexible Learning'. This event brought together academic staff as well as library staff, learning advisers and other support staff interested in teaching and learning issues. The discussion was based on the premise that the University has a responsibility to ensure that its courses emphasise broad educational values and 'produce highly sought after graduates with globally applicable skills for the international market'(1).
It was acknowledged that the University consistently scores very highly with graduates for its development of generic skills. However at the same time staff expressed concern at the challenge of developing more flexible, student-centred learning environments that have generic skills embedded across all programs (2). As a result there has been much debate in the University about which skills are important, how they will be acquired and how they could effectively be built into the curriculum. One outcome of these discussions is the project described in this paper. What follows is an overview of the project and a discussion about the integration and development of information literacy as a generic attribute in the curriculum and some suggestions on ways forward.
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