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Chand, Prem; Arora, Jagdish; Naga, Moses M; Pradhan, Dinesh Ranjan (INFLIBNET Centre, November 6, 2008)[more][less]
Abstract: The paper highlights the usage trends of access to e-journals in ten universities of North East India. The preliminary findings from the data of last five years revealed that there is an upward trend. The paper briefly describes open access journals and the measurement tools of e-journals. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1149 Files in this item: 1
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Saha, Nimai Chand; De, Suman; Paul, Nirmalendu (INFLIBNET Centre, November 6, 2008)[more][less]
Abstract: The paper contains the substantial implication of the changing web as "web 2.0" for libraries and recognizes that while these implications keep very close to the history and mission of libraries. It describes the theory and definition to the practices of librarianship, specially addressing how RSS feed (popular tool of Web 2.0 technologies) might make changes in libraries provide access to their collection and user support for accessing the same. RSS aggregator applications installed in a library system, and coupled with the social network of the library, will enable users to have a single, customized personal library page that syndicates all the library content of interest to them and their research, elimination of irrelevant information. It also highlights the Download and installation of RSS reader software along with the activation process. Lastly, it provides the list of resources (both software & services) and libraries using these tools. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1157 Files in this item: 1
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Khan, Bairam; Das, Amit Kumar (INFLIBNET Centre, November 6, 2008)[more][less]
Abstract: This paper highlights the present status of Institutional Repository (IR) in India by its collection type, subject coverage and total number of digital repository collections available to academic community as open sources. For this purpose, the Directory of Open Access Repositories (OpenDOAR) and the Registry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR) have been consulted. This paper focuses to develop humanities and social sciences institutional repositories in India. Results have been shown by collection type and subject coverage. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1121 Files in this item: 1
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Kotecha, Dhaval H (INFLIBNET Centre, November 6, 2008)[more][less]
Abstract: Libraries are using cutting edge item level RFID technology in a closed loop system. Today, more and more libraries are adopting RFID as it streamlines workflow in the area of self service, book returns, shelf management and inventory. The potential benefits of using RFID in libraries from the perspective of its main stake holders- the organization; library staff and its patrons shall be highlighted. The paper discusses underline NCIP standards development, practical issues related to RFID working in a library environment and touch upon basic RFID issues concerning equipment maintenance & support; software compatibility; privacy and standardization. Real potential of RFID as a cross-institution platform for identification will be limited by use of proprietary RFID systems and hence recommends system integrators, vendors and libraries to adopt standards & follow best practices guidelines issued by NISO for use of RFID in Libraries. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1106 Files in this item: 1
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Dabholkar, Rekha; Prabakaran, R; Kurahatti, B T (INFLIBNET Centre, November 6, 2008)[more][less]
Abstract: Building an Institutional Repository has twin objectives. It servers as a digital archive of the total research output created by the academic community of an institute. It makes freely accessible over the internet this intellectual output to all those who are interested in it, thereby promoting the knowledge development. TIFR too is therefore planning to build its Institutional Repository and as a prelude to this has undertaken a pilot project. This paper discusses some of the details of this initiative. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1140 Files in this item: 1
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Thakuria, Juli (INFLIBNET Centre, November 6, 2008)[more][less]
Abstract: Paper deals with open source institutional repository software specially DSpace. After defining the terms, it discusses implementation of DSpace as an institutional repositories. DSpace has developed a model that allows users to use the system, submit and use content, and administrators can organize and configure the system. In order to be more usable to different types of users, the software provides a configurable submission and workflow process that can be fit to any organization's information needs. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1113 Files in this item: 1
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Islam, Md. Anwarul; Mezbah-ul-Islam, Muhammad (INFLIBNET Centre, November 6, 2008)[more][less]
Abstract: Improved communication and easy information access are directly related to the social and economic development of a country. Access to telephony and ICTs world, development has become more widespread in developing countries like Bangladesh. This study aims to identify the information facilities of rural communities in Bangladesh and understand the challenges and opportunities. It also explores how CIC can be strap up to promote development rural communities in Bangladesh. Questionnaire, documentary sources and observations are the major methods of this study. The study identifies that CIC will make easier community peoples life to enter information arena with an easy environment and help them to increase their skills, expertization in their respective fields. Different problems are also appears for establishing CIC and it also suggests some suitable suggestions for further improvement of CIC in Bangladesh. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1097 Files in this item: 1
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Kumar, B Vijaya; Murthy, A Omkar (INFLIBNET Centre, November 6, 2008)[more][less]
Abstract: The advent of Information and Communication Technologies and Impact of Information explosion have brought many changes in diverse field of knowledge, especially in medical sciences which had profound impact on medical professionals, practitioners, students in pursuing their research and patient care. The medical professionals require pinpointed, accurate and speedy information for updating their knowledge. Due to the elasticity of budgets and hike of journals and books prices every year, keeping in view of user needs , libraries are forced to join a consortium. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1119 Files in this item: 1
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Manhas, Rajeev (INFLIBNET Centre, November 6, 2008)[more][less]
Abstract: The enforcement of change happening in the knowledge creation and information management force to traditional library becomes a digital/ hybrid library (Yadav and Chidambaram, 2008). There are a number of university and institutional libraries, which are in the process of conversion of traditional library system into modern digital library systems. The credit for this movement is gone to Open Source Digital Library Software (OSDLS). Due to the OSDLS, digital library planning and development in practice has been increased in the world. The university library of Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS) has also started digital library initiative and development of the Health Sciences Digital Library (HSDL) using open source Greenstone Digital Library Software (GSDL). The objective of this article is to give the analogy of road map for the plan and development of HSDL. It also narrates the digital library activities carried out in BFUHS university library. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1147 Files in this item: 1
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Shind, Ganapathi (INFLIBNET Centre, November 6, 2008)[more][less]
Abstract: Institutional repositories emerged as a new strategy that allows universities and research institutions to apply serious, systematic leverage to accelerate changes taking place in scholarship and scholarly communication through the digital content. The increased demand for scholarly information, especially in science and technology demands scholarly societies and universities for centralized access to institutional rich resources revealing the scientific output. Digital publishing, global networking, more research, and increased communication among communities of scholars are driving the demand for broader access. The paper explores the essence of developing Institutional Repositories as a hidden treasure to the academic and research community providing its conceptual development. Further, mentions the issues to be considered before developing institutional repository in the form policy documentation on the part of the institution. The initiatives undertaken by the Academic and Research Libraries in India towards building Institutional Repositories have also been highlighted. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1146 Files in this item: 1
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Devi, Thiyam Satyabati (INFLIBNET Centre, November 6, 2008)[more][less]
Abstract: Institutional repositories have largely taken place in universities. Librarians are taking leadership roles in planning and building these repositories, fulfilling their roles as experts in collecting, describing, preserving, and providing stewardship for documents and digital information. The UNISWA Library has taken a step forward for building up an institutional repository of its own. The purpose of this paper is to document UNISWA Library experiences in developing its Institutional Repository. It will also describes how UNISWA Library planned to set up its institutional repository. The main aim is to create a permanent record of the institution's scholarly output in digital format, and to make the Repository globally and openly accessible. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1104 Files in this item: 1
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Pathak, S K; Mishra, Ashrushikta; Sahoo, Geetanjali (INFLIBNET Centre, November 6, 2008)[more][less]
Abstract: Purpose : To highlight the potential of web services for libraries. Approach : A brief description of web services is followed by future of web services and present scenario in India. Findings : Web services offer many advantages to the library community, but the majority of these advantages need standardization of web services and active involvement/participation of library staff. Conclusion : This paper is a clariol call to the library community to be actively involved, perpetrate orientation programmes to users and prevent the loss of proprietary web services by supporting the development and use of standard web services. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1156 Files in this item: 1
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Gonsai, Atul M; Sheth, N R (INFLIBNET Centre, November 6, 2008)[more][less]
Abstract: This paper outlines wireless network infrastructure establishment in an outdoor environment and provides experimental methodology and planning test site for an infrastructure mode of IEEE 802.11b/g wireless LAN, using a various types of wireless devices. The paper is also giving in-depth data for real implementation of wireless network. This paper focuses on various benefits of the wireless outdoor network, access point and its use. The paper also gives proper attention for new wireless network establisher to calculate link budget and Fresnel Zone for implanting outdoor IEEE 802.11b/g wireless outdoor network. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1138 Files in this item: 1
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Awwal, K M Abdul (INFLIBNET Centre, November 6, 2008)[more][less]
Abstract: The aim of this initiative is to creat a high speed state of-the-art research and education network and a flagship digital library consortium for all public and private universities and research institution of Bangladesh similar in sprit that many other countries have undertaken. The University Grants Commission of Bangladesh would like to invigorate the ICT infrastructure of the universities of Bangladesh befitting to the 21st century and to provide access to the latest ICT tools of education to all students, faculty and researchers in Bangladesh. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1159 Files in this item: 1
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Sharma, Ajay Kumar; Meichieo, Kevinino; Saha, Nimai Chand (INFLIBNET Centre, November 6, 2008)[more][less]
Abstract: The Institutional Repositories (IR) is a very powerful idea that can serve as an engine of change for any Institution. In this digital age, everyone wants contents and to be successful information service providers. So, Information Center and Libraries needs to develop services in such a way so that the end users may manipulate the content, as per their requirements. Therefore, in the present scenario, IR's are become an indispensable component for information and knowledge sharing in the scholar world. IR provides a method for capturing and maintaining today's electronic detritus so that tomorrow's scholars can understand the thinking behind the published record. Again, for the standard IRs each and every institution should have to equip its library professionals so that they can be able to cope up with the ever-growing changes in this part. In view of the above, this paper tries to explore the contents of IRs and skill requirement for the implantations of the successful Institutional Repository. The paper also discusses the benefits, standard, sustainability & funding, legal considerations to some extents. In addition with this the paper also tries to present the Indian current scenario of the IR. Authors have also discussed about the software's that are easily available to create and maintain in institutional repositories i.e. Open Source Software and Commercial Digital Repository Software. Further, brief about the current Indian scenario of IR and Failure of IR also discussed in brief. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1145 Files in this item: 1
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Chandel, A S; Sumer, F R (INFLIBNET Centre, November 6, 2008)[more][less]
Abstract: Paper discusses the need for developing institutional repositories for bringing visibility to their research put and interoperability. States that the contributions of the institutions and their own researchers remain diffused and scattered in various sources hidden to the potential consumers of the institutions themselves, as well inaccessible to the contributors of the research papers. Paper raises certain issues associated with institutional repositories needing professional attention to resolve them. Suggests as to what contents should fall under the purview of the institutional repositories and with what priority. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1137 Files in this item: 1
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Kamila, Kanchan (INFLIBNET Centre, November 6, 2008)[more][less]
Abstract: This paper discusses about the history, definition, and features of open source software (OSS); some FLOSS (Free / Libre /Open Source Software) and their companion software; installation procedure of Koha on windows, setting of system preferences and operating parameters of Koha and concludes with the openness of Koha. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1141 Files in this item: 1
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Jena, Puspanjali; Khuntia, Deepak Kumar (INFLIBNET Centre, November 6, 2008)[more][less]
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to provide a view of the state of library 2.0 issues and implications for the use of technology. This paper offers an overview of library 2.0 as a tool and driving force for today's learning scenario, This paper looks at resources related to what has become know as library 2.0 practices and services: focused on technology collaboration, social networking tools, visualization among others. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1135 Files in this item: 1
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Maharana, Bulu; Sahu, N. K.; Deb, Ms. Arundhati; Bhue, Siba; Majhi, Sabitri (Inflibnet center, November 6, 2008)[more][less]
Abstract: Mashup is one of the many new phenomena in the Web 2.0 environment. They are largely experimental, but some of them are very useful, well-designed and very popular. Google Maps is the most popular component of Mashups. Amazon, Yahoo! Maps, and photo-sharing site Flickr are also a source for many of the sites. The libraries have been well adapting to the emerging technologies to integrate contents and services in order to provide innovative services to the users. The paper defines Mashup and discusses its various aspects with specific reference to the libraries. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1165 Files in this item: 1
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Munshi, M Nasiruddin (INFLIBNET Centre, November 6, 2008)[more][less]
Abstract: Marketing approach aims at determining the needs, wants and demands of the target clients through designing and delivering appropriate products and services more effectively for the purpose of achieving organizational goals and objectives. This paper is an attempt to conceptualize the strategic approaches of marketing mix to library and information centers. Has also been drawn up a model plan of marketing for special library systems of Bangladesh. Finally, it recognizes some benefits of proposed marketing plan. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1107 Files in this item: 1
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Keep Food Legal Heads to Chicago to Speak at IJ Mobile Food Vending Symposium
We are excited to report that Keep Food Legal executive director Baylen Linnekin has accepted an invitation to speak at the University of Chicago School of Law next weekend as part of an Institute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship symposium on street food, mobile food vending, and food trucks. The IJ Clinic, a joint project of the Institute for Justice and The University of Chicago Law School, is hosting the one-day symposium as part of its campaign to ensure that regulations permit a vibrant street food scene in Chicago, where rules currently place needless burdens on mobile vendors at a time when demand for street food has exploded in the city.
Linnekin will sit on a regulatory-reform panel at the Saturday, Apr. 14 conference, My Streets, My Eats: Chicago Mobile Food Symposium & Meet Up. He will discuss mobile-food vending regulations and highlight his forthcoming law-journal article on mobile-food advocacy, which he co-authored with Jeff Dermer of Dermer Behrendt and Matt Geller of SoCalMFVA.
Nationally known IJ Clinic symposium panelists include Gregg Kettles, currently with the Los Angeles mayor's office, who wrote one of the earliest law-review articles on regulating street vending; food journalist Heather Shouse of Timeout Chicago, author of the book Food Trucks; and Sean Basinski, of New York City's excellent Street Vendor Project. To learn more and to register for the free symposium--which will feature food served by various Windy City trucks--go here.
In related news, Linnekin will teach an undergraduate-level course on food entrepreneurship and social media at American University in Washington, DC in fall 2012. Course registration for students in the Washington, DC area is now open.


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Old Port Sea Grill
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The ambiance would have been rated higher if it weren't for the acoustics due to the open ceilings, making it difficult to have a conversation with anyone who is not seated directly next to you.
Our birthday celebration was perfect from the beginning with casual drinks at the bar. Great attentive staff that knows the menu and pace of the dining moment. We loved every minute spent there! Definitely a place we will be back to someday when we visit. The food was delicious - and being with a "foodie", there wasnt a complaint about anything in site. Accolades on presentation and flavor from the starters to dessert. So glad we had this experience! Dan really made it a night to remember!
Enjoyed everyone there - very pleasant waitstaff. Food very good, however, way too much butter on flounder dish (which is why I could not give top review marks for 'fit for foodies'. Had enough leftover oils on dinner plate that it could be poured off. Other than that, my party of three enjoyed our dining experience there & would consider returningl.
Our dining experience was very close to the reviews we had read prior to making our reservation. The ambience was a little noisy but overall was what we were looking for. My wife and I are avid cooks using nearly all fresh foods with very few prepared ingredients and are very conservative on our use of salt in our home recepies. So we sense the salt use in the restaurant foods and think they all should adjust their recipes to reduce the salt amounts. I would pass this to Old Port Sea Grill too.
I have eaten her Three times now, and the food has always been excellent. Fresh fish well served. The prices are resonable for a nice place in Old Port, service was fair could have been more attentive. Will be back
We got a great window table! Service was efficient. I had the lobster which tasted great but was not warm. Next time I will crack it myself. We both had the chicken curry soup which was very spicy and tasty. No room for dessert!
Whenever we have guests visiting from away who want a seafood meal, this is our go to restaurant. The seafood is consistently fresh and well prepared. The large aquarium as you enter is a nice touch. The desserts are always tasty.
Seafood was excellent, clams, lobster and scallops. When you are that close the ocean eat the fresh seafood.
Have eaten here a number of times. Have found the food to be very good each time and the staff very willing to accommodate my gluten-free dietary requirements. Wait staff very professional and accommodating.
Had tried a restaurant across the street and wanted to try something different. Online reviews said fresh oysters were good here. Turns out online reviews are true. The oysters here are really fresh, really clean. It is truly a place where you can savor the taste differences among the different regional oysters. The "small sampler" for $45 is really a deal and excellent.
We got there at 6:30 and left by 7:30. I was surprised it was so quiet. The food was great! We were able to get a window seat and do some people watching. Substantial drink list. Great set up. Large bar. We had crab cake app which was delicious but a little cold in the center still. We also had two lobster rolls that were delicious as well. Good to note this was on a Saturday night.
Noise level distracts from the overall experience.
We were traveling with another couple and I had to make reservations. I had never been to Portland and our friends are real foodies who eat out constantly. After looking at a lot of reviews, I settled on this place. I was soooo very happy that I did. Everything was perfect. Starting with the drinks, we all LOVED what we ordered. Our appetizers were wonderful (two had a half dozen oysters) and our main courses were simply perfect. I had the halibut and it was simply outstanding. We all ended up having dessert (blueberry tarts for two of us) and they were the ideal ending to a wonderful meal. Our waitress was very funny and professional. All in all a great find for us and I can't wait to come back.
Excellent lobster dinner in relaxed atmosphere on vacation. Service attentive but not intrusive. Highly recommended.
My husband, daughter and I had lunch at Old Port Sea Grill. For a first course we had calamari, which was excellent. My husband had the fish and chips which he said rivaled the best fish and chips he has ever had. Quite a compliment coming from him! My lobster roll was composed of large chunks of lobster meat and our daughter's salmon was very good. Only drawback is that our meals were quite expensive especially given that we were there for lunch. So go for great Maine seafood but recognize that it will be on the expensive side.
My wife and I shared an order of calamari followed by grilled fillets of salmon and swordfish with asparagus. The fish tasted fresh and the cooking and presentation were very good (the fillets might have been a little less done for our taste.) Service was comfortable and competent, and the light-filled dining room with plenty of space between tables was a relief from noisy, crowded Portland establishments. Not for hipsters, perhaps, but a quality experience.
The seafood is fresh and well prepared and the wine list (by the glass) has good options. Contemporary decor and cozy atmosphere. Only disappointment was the plain white bread. I would return.
On an overnight visit to Portland we ended up in a hotel right next door. We ate here because it a) had good reviews and b) was very close. Four of us ate a variety of entrees and enjoyed several different drinks. The food was all tasty and well prepared, and the service was uniformly polite and attentive. Next time we visit Portland, we'll pick the hotel based on this restaurant, instead of the other way around.
The Bacon wrapped scallops were to die for. Extensive menu selection of seafood and more. A+ atmosphere for fine dinning experience.
Food was unexpectedly great (swordfish), but noise level from the bar made it difficult to follow conversation at our table, which was as far away from bar as possible. Maybe plan to go again when there isn't a playoff game on, which was being broadcast on bar's tv
Booked an early lunch as we were between shore excursions during a cruise which stopped in Portland. They could not have been more accommodating to our early lunch time frame. Imagine our delight when lunch was superb! The husband thoroughly enjoyed his fish and chips while I smacked my lips over Truffle Chicken Salad. The hand cut fries were some of the best that I have been served . Topped off with a divine coconut creme brûlée made out stopped memorable. We are planning a return to the Portland area and this restaurant will definitely be a stop for us.
Whenever we decide to go out to dinner, we often think of the places that have gotten a lot of notoriety, specialize in a certain food, or are our go to spots. But every time we wander into Old Port Sea Grill (within walking distance), we always leave happy. We are the one of the pickiest couples I know when it comes to food, and this place never disappoints. Their seafood is ultra fresh, the preparations are perfect, and the flavors - well, let's just say that they're not afraid to make food taste good. Basic yes, but the preparations were perfect. Go there, and make it a staple in your restaurant choices!
Social bar and good seafood app menu - Oyster selection; lobster dumplings. Entree selection is good and combinations are creative. Dessert menu is creative and delicious. Good location for business dining. Higher priced for this town.
Very good restaurant on the waterfront in Portland Great raw bar and Sea food
The fish you are served is fabulous, and the aquarium full of decorative and exotic fish is too. This was my second visit and it was just as satisfying as the first.
My girlfriend and I ate here after running in a local half marathon. I used to work in the city and of course ordering lobster in a restaurant means your a tourist, because most Mainers cook their own lobsters. However, if you are a tourist this is a great place for lobster and other seafood dishes. We sat in the bar area at the back table. Only problem, the staff congregates in the area because it is near the kitchen and service station. Given that fact, I still couldn't understand why it took so long to get service and water refills. The restaurant is right across the street from the water, and a great place to stop by while you shop.
The oysters were absolutely delicious and a close second were the mussels. The lobster dinner was more than worth it as well as the seared tuna. Overall it was really great!
Lobster dumpling had a nice kick. The encrusted salmon was great.
Forget the lobster roll..... The mussels are the best I've had!!! Also had the butternut squash soup which was really good.
A rainy, cold Sunday evening & the place was quite quiet, as we were the only guests. We were seated quickly, drink orders taken & Menues presented. I opted for 2 starters for my meal : BBQ calamari (Don't be fooled by the name) was delish with a subtle curry flavor & a nice cup of clam chowder with plenty of clams (not overloaded with potato!). My Fiancé enjoyed the flounder. A very pleasant dining experience.


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Design Research Studio have been nominated in this years Restaurant and Bar Design Awards for two projects, The Collection and The Restaurant at The Royal Academy.
The totally independent awards are the only concept of its kind dedicated exclusively to design. The Awards invites and receives entries from the world's top architects, designers and hospitality operators. The Collection and The Restaurant at The Royal Academy are both entered into the Restaurant or Bar in Another Space category.
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This isn't the first time police have charged Hurd with exposing himself to women.
We knew about cases here in Colorado Springs, but we have now learned of another case out of Monument.
When he missed his court appearance Wednesday, we stopped by the home address police put down for Michael Hurd on his arrest papers.
A woman answered the door and told us Hurd didn't live there. She did admit to knowing him, but wouldn't answer any more questions, like where she thought Hurd might be.
We asked neighbors if they've seen Hurd around their neighborhood near Powers and Woodmen before. They told us he lives at the house we stopped by off and on.
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Volume XXI, Issue I January 2012 The mission of the Ad Valorem Division of the Oklahoma Tax Commission is to promote an ad valorem property tax system which is fair and equitable to all taxpayers by implementing standard valuation methodology, tax law conformity, and assessment administration compliance. Oklahoma Ad Valorem F O R U M Continued on page 2... "IAAO Zangerle Award Winner: 1997 and 2010" Director's Notes: Happy New Year 2012 Unlike last year, Oklahoma's January has not been a real deep freeze, but there's still time for hard core cold weather. It's hard to believe that we're ready for another legislative session and it's been a year since the inaugural ceremony for Oklahoma's first female Governor in 2011. This year in 2012 we have some other firsts. Although the Oklahoma Assessors Association celebrated the 100th anniversary of the appointment of the first county assessors, they didn't actually take office until the first Monday in January 1912. So we have a second anniversary to celebrate either on January 1 (the actual first Monday) or on January 8, 1912 because apparently most County Commissions waited until then. (History is always a little more complicated than it seems.) The Ad Valorem Division has published its Business Personal Property Schedule for 2012, and it's been posted out on the web. The 2012 Schedule is a good effort, and we are pleased with the input we received from all parties involved. We are sending email notices on new material to remind people to look out on the web. Public Service is preparing its renditions for mail out by February 14, 2012. Mike Isbell and his staff are making plans for the fifth Capitalization Rate Conference on March 29 and 30th. We hope to post the forms for Public Service on February 1. We are expecting a busy year. The Ad Valorem Division has sent out the letters of improvement and concern for 2012. If your county received one, please review it carefully. It is our hope that the letter will clarify areas of concern before those issues become compliance problems. So please look at these letters in the spirit in which they are offered: a way to address possible compliance issues early in the process. IAAO did a great article on the Oklahoma Chapter of IAAO in the latest issue of Fair and Equitable featuring Mike Morrison of Oklahoma County for winning the George Keyes Award for outstanding service to the IAAO Chapter for 2011. Congratulations to Mike. Wade Patterson, Garfield County Assessor, is chair of the IAAO Communications Committee. We are preparing for the CODA meeting next month. Hope to see everyone there. We'll have some idea about some of the plans the Legislature has for the next session. The Ad Valorem Division has been talking with President Scott Kirby who's been burning up the road since he first took office. He was at the Capitol for a meeting on January 12 and a Rules Hearing on January 18th. He's doing a good job working with the Ad Valorem Division.
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ASA's Anti-Israel Gesture Politics
"Big Win for Boycott Movement" reads the headline of the Inside Higher Ed report on yesterday's decision by the American Studies Association (ASA) to shun collaboration with Israeli academic institutions. The report correctly points out that this is the second time this year that an academic body in the U.S. has endorsed the boycott, following a similar decision in April by the Asian American Studies Association. The report goes on to observe that the ASA move,
…is seen as a major victory for the movement for an academic boycott of Israel. The academic movement to boycott Israel has considerable support in Europe, but has been largely opposed by major academic associations in the United States, citing longstanding objections to countrywide boycotts as antithetical to academic freedom…Supporters of the boycott have argued that just the discussion of the idea at a meeting as large as the American Studies Association marks a significant departure for American academe.
It is certainly true that supporters of the boycott are now hoping for a ripple effect elsewhere in academia. As one boycott activist remarked on Twitter, "these victories don't exist in a vaccuum (sic)–they're part of a much larger movement." Still, when understood in the context of recent history, the ASA decision looks much less like a "victory" and much more like a demonstration of the kind of futile gesture politics beloved on the far left.
Why Newtown Didn't Lead to Gun Control
Today's release of the 9-1-1 tapes from the Newtown massacre has caused America to relive the horror of the awful day on which a mad gunman killed 20 first-graders and six staff members at the Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012. This has prompted a spirited debate in the media about the wisdom of broadcasting these tapes and news organizations have differed in their decisions. Count me as being on the side of those who chose not to expose the public to the tapes since they add little if anything to our understanding of the event and only serve as a form of crime porn to titillate the public. But the main question members of the liberal mainstream media are asking today is the same one they will be posing in 10 days when we get to the first anniversary: why didn't the disgust Americans felt at this atrocity lead to the enactment of stricter gun-control laws? But while they wonder how it is possible that the liberal media offensive didn't buffalo politicians last winter, they're even more perplexed as to why Newtown didn't change public opinion on the issue. Indeed, as a new CNN/ORC poll reveals, a majority of Americans today oppose stricter gun-control laws.
The CNN poll shows that last January, at the height of the media offensive—and after President Obama decided to make the issue the centerpiece of his second-term legislative agenda—on behalf of gun control, 55 percent of the public backed tougher gun-control laws. The new poll shows that number down to 49 percent. This has to shock liberal pundits and journalists who have been operating under the assumption since Newtown that only a crazed minority of gun nuts and NRA members were opposed to the president's gun agenda.
But the answer to their question isn't much of a mystery. The majority of Americans understand not only that more legislation won't stop lunatics from shooting people with legal or illegal guns, but they also don't trust the government to enforce stricter laws fairly or to respect the constitutional rights of gun owners.
China's Strategic Patience
Because China was not under any serious foreign military threat, its decision to declare an "air defense identification zone" over an area that includes islands claimed by both Japan and China was unnecessary. Because it was unnecessary, there are two obvious ways of looking at it. Either the gratuitous display of power was meant as a prelude to real aggression, or it was a bluff.
If the former, then the second act may have been averted when the U.S. flew B-52 bombers through the airspace, causing China to back down. If the latter, the bluff was called for all the world to see. In either of these scenarios, China looks like a paper tiger–a phrase used often in reference to China, but again repeated when it looked like China would do nothing too troublesome to defend the flag it planted. But both these analyses stem from judging events news cycle by news cycle–a typically Western habit exacerbated in the age of Twitter.
There is a third way of looking at it, though, and there is reason enough to think it aligns with how the Chinese government viewed the episode, which is still unfurling with Joe Biden's visit to China today. This perspective is hinted at on the map of the air defense zone, of which the New York Times has an excellent version here. The Chinese air defense zone is predominantly in conflict with Japan's airspace claims, but about a third of the zone looks to be encroaching on Taiwanese airspace, which, of course, is much closer to the Chinese mainland. It also overlaps with some airspace claimed by South Korea.
Obama's Plan Won't Persuade Palestinians
Anyone who thought the Obama administration is concentrating so much on its push for détente with Iran that it can't simultaneously launch a new push for Israeli concessions to the Palestinians was wrong. As the New York Times reports this afternoon, a former U.S. commander in Afghanistan that is currently serving as an advisor to Secretary of State John Kerry is heading to the Middle East to brief the Israelis on a detailed plan for the West Bank that the U.S. envisages will be implemented in the wake of a peace agreement. Though President Obama has repeatedly pledged that he would not seek to impose a U.S. plan on the parties, the Times's friendly sources at the State Department say retired Marine General John Allen will be bringing with him a specific scheme for the future of the West Bank.
The sources say it won't be presented to the Israelis as a take-it-or-leave-it proposal. But there's little question that the general's arrival must be seen as part of an effort to strong arm the Israelis into abandoning the West Bank and specifically giving up most of its demands that a future Palestinian state be prevented from posing a military or terrorist threat to its Jewish neighbor. More to the point, it may be part of an effort to impose an international military presence in the region that would replace Israeli forces.
It's possible that Israel will agree to some of the elements of the American plan even though they are loath to put themselves at the mercy of Western powers that will, as with other peacekeeping forces, be more interested in preserving the status quo than in preventing terror. But the real obstacle to the administration's hubristic push for an agreement will come from the Palestinians. The same article that spoke of Allen's mission discussed the remarks of chief Palestinian Authority negotiator Saeb Erekat at a dinner last week in Jerusalem in honor of the United Nations' annual "day of solidarity" with the Palestinians. Erekat's remarks in front of a friendly audience made it clear that if President Obama is serious about achieving Middle East peace, he needs to be concentrating on pressuring the Palestinians to see reason rather than expending so much effort on trying to strong arm the Netanyahu government.
A Frightening Portent for New York City
One interesting aspect of Bill de Blasio's landslide victory in the New York mayoral race last month is that it leaves the city with very little electoral life outside the Left. The City Council speaker will almost certainly be someone as left-wing as the mayor; the new public advocate hails from the same left-wing political machine (the Working Families Party) as de Blasio; and most of the newly elected members of the City Council are doctrinaire as well. So the question immediately arises: Who will stand against Leftist infamies when they occur? We will find out in the next day or so, because the first major one has just happened.
There is a new City Council member from the neighborhood in Brooklyn called Crown Heights, which is ethnically the city's most interesting—a mix of blacks mostly of Caribbean origin and ultra-Orthodox Jews mostly from the Lubavitch Hasidic sect. Her name is Laurie Cumbo, and this week she decided to take to Facebook to express some thoughts about the recent spate of violent "knockout game" attacks in which passers-by find themselves being struck hard in the face by someone's fist for no reason. She reports that at a community meeting called to discuss the violence, she said this:
many African American/Caribbean residents expressed a genuine concern that as the Jewish community continues to grow, they would be pushed out by their Jewish landlords or by Jewish families looking to purchase homes. I relayed these sentiments at the forum not as an insult to the Jewish community, but rather to offer possible insight as to how young African American/Caribbean teens could conceivably commit a "hate crime" against a community that they know very little about.
Her insight into why a thug would punch a 19 year-old Hasidic kid in the face in the middle of her district while his friends watched, in other words, boils down to Jewish money. Cumbo knows she is treading on delicate ground here, so she attempts to mitigate the damage: "I respect and appreciate the Jewish community's family values and unity that has led to strong political, economic and cultural gains." And then she went all in: "While I personally regard this level of tenacity, I also recognize that for others, the accomplishments of the Jewish community triggers feelings of resentment, and a sense that Jewish success is not also their success."
Enrichment Leaves Iran Path to the Bomb
The U.S. foreign-policy establishment has been adamant in its support for President Obama's nuclear deal with Iran. They believe criticism of the accord reached in Geneva from Israel and Americans who worry the president has thrown away the West's economic leverage in pursuit of a foolish hope of détente with the Islamist regime is wrong because the deal is a reasonable first step toward ending the threat of a bomb. If America's policy were actually to achieve that end and conclusively forestall any hope of an Iranian bomb, that establishment consensus will prove to be correct. But unfortunately the indications coming out of Washington make those assumptions look silly.
Though it didn't make headlines, the confirmation that any follow-up deal with Iran will protect their "right" to enrich uranium is the worst sign that the ultimate conclusion to this story won't wind up making Obama and his cheerleaders look too smart. The Washington Free Beacon first reported yesterday that the administration was exploring ways to craft a nuclear agreement that would give Iran its own "domestic" enrichment program:
"Over the next six months, we will explore, in practical terms, whether and how Iran might end up with a limited, tightly constrained, and intensively monitored civilian nuclear program, including domestic enrichment," White House National Security Council (NSC) spokesman Caitlin Hayden told the Washington Free Beacon.
"Any such program," she said, "would be subject to strict and verifiable curbs on its capacity and stockpiles of enriched uranium for a significant number of years and tied to practical energy needs that will remain minimal for years to come."
But the problem with the curbs any such deal would put in place is that they could be easily and quickly evaded in any nuclear breakout toward a bomb. By leaving Iran's nuclear infrastructure in place and giving them the ability to build up their stockpile of nuclear fuel, the West is relying on monitoring, inspections, and agreements to ensure that won't happen. But the only way to ensure that it won't is to insist on Iran dismantling its centrifuges and exporting its hoard of enriched uranium. By not only tacitly acknowledging Iran's enrichment in the current deal and then also openly saying that it won't insist on those practical measures in follow-up talks, the administration is dooming any hope that its strategy will achieve the objective of preventing an Islamist nuke.
Scott Brown, ObamaCare, and Regionalism
Scott Brown's career on the national stage has been a study in contradictions. He is a Northeast Republican with a working class, rather than coastal elite, political identity. He won Ted Kennedy's Senate seat when the late senator passed away by running against the health-care reform effort that was associated with Kennedy perhaps more than any other politician aside from President Obama. He then accrued broad popularity and high approval ratings, yet lost his reelection bid anyway.
Out of office, the contradictions continued: he declined to run for Massachusetts's other Senate seat when it opened up, and so he was a popular and skilled politician without office–a gifted campaigner without a campaign to run. Yet passing on the other Senate seat still made some sense, because he could run for governor of Massachusetts instead. That election would likely pit him against less formidable competition for an office to which Bay State Republicans get elected routinely, unlike the Senate. And it would offer him a chance to raise his national profile, in the event that he, like most politicians, was looking downfield.
But then he passed up the gubernatorial election as well. What gives? Perhaps, some wondered, he was actually considering running for the Senate from neighboring New Hampshire. The Granite State is more hospitable for Republicans than Massachusetts, and it would be a boon to any national aspirations he had because Republican support in New Hampshire is not the anomaly it is in Massachusetts. Now, it seems, Brown has taken another step in that direction:
Conservatives and Poverty
In a recent Mars Hill Audio Journal discussion, Ken Myers interviewed the church historian Peter Brown on the early church's approach to wealth and poverty. (Brown is also author of the masterful 1967 biography, Augustine of Hippo.)
According to Myers, while those in ancient Rome did participate in alms giving, in Roman and Greek culture there wasn't the compassion for the poor that was present in Jewish and Christian understanding because "there was nothing like Yahweh's love for the oppressed in their moral imagination." For the pre-Christian cultures of antiquity, he observed, civic generosity involved a love for the city but not a love for the poor as such.
This is how Professor Brown put it in a lecture:
In directing so much attention to the care of the poor, Jews and Christians were not simply doing on a more extensive scale what pagans had already been doing in a less whole-hearted and well-organized manner. Far from it. It takes some effort of the historical imagination to realize that around the year 360 CE, love of the poor was a relatively novel and for many humane and public-spirited persons still a largely peripheral virtue. As for organized care of the poor, this was a practice that cut against deeply ingrained and still vigorous traditions of public giving from which direct charity to the poor was notably absent.
It is this Jewish and Christian understanding that eventually helped shift people's attitudes. "Securing justice for the poor and upholding the cause of the needy," in the words of the Psalms, became not just a private but also a public concern. Throughout the Scriptures, in fact, rulers are judged by whether the weak and the disadvantaged in society are cared for or exploited.
A Method to Karzai's Madness?
Hamid Karzai's refusal to sign the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) with the U.S., which has been laboriously negotiated with the Obama administration, is maddening–but it does come with a silver lining: Karzai's foot-dragging is showing that there is widespread popular support for a continuing American troop presence and of course for the money that comes with it. There was a telling vignette at the loya jirga that Karzai called to endorse the agreement–and whose verdict he is so far ignoring. As Najib Sharifi, a Kabul-based analyst, notes:
Almost 40 minutes into Karzai's speech, a female senator, Belqis Roshan, from Farah, a province which lies along the border with Iran, raised a banner covered with anti-BSA slogans that compared the signing of the agreement to committing Watan Feroshi, or treason.
What the senator had not judged was the response she received from other participants. Chants of "Death to slaves of Pakistan" and "Death to slaves of Iran" suddenly filled the hall, prompting even Karzai to laugh, something he has not done publically for years. He finally intervened, urging calm, and called on the jirga participants to not accuse those who opposed the BSA of being spies for neighboring countries.
Ambassador Is Proxy Target for Israel's Foes
Ron Dermer hasn't yet even been formally credentialed in Washington, but the criticisms of him are already starting. As a feature in Politico Magazine published today noted, many on the Hill and in the White House, as well as Israel's open foes, consider it to be open season on the new Israeli ambassador to the United States. In the piece written by JTA's Ron Kampeas, it was made clear that the administration and some Democrats are unhappy about Dermer's appointment since they are angry about the possibility that he will lobby Congress to undermine the White House position on nuclear negotiations with Iran or see him as a natural ally of President Obama's Republican foes.
But complaints about Dermer have little to do with unfair accusations that he will behave inappropriately. As Kampeas illustrated in his account of some of the meetings the new ambassador has already held with members of Congress, Dermer is not looking to get involved in partisan battles that would pit Republicans against Democrats. If Dermer worries some people in Washington, it is because, like his boss Prime Minister Netanyahu, he understands American politics and will be a skilled advocate for his nation rather than a cipher that can be ignored.
Using the Bedouin to Attack Israel
For Israel's critics, the "day of rage" staged by some Israeli Bedouin is a perfect opportunity to trot out some of their standard cant about the Jewish state stealing Arab land. That was the conceit of a letter signed by many of the British artists and propagandists who can usually be found protesting Israel's existence or its right to defend itself as well as by a gathering of members of the European Parliament. Others held demonstrations around the world at which sympathy for the Bedouin and contempt for Israel flowed freely. Even some left-wing Jewish groups, like Rabbis for Human Rights, have chimed in with specious comparisons of the government's actions to Jewish victims of anti-Semitic oppression in Tsarist Russia. But like many of the sins that Israel is charged with by ideological foes, the real story of what is happening with the Bedouin is nothing like the simplistic morality tale of Zionist perfidy that we are hearing.
The Bedouin protests center on an Israeli government plan formulated by former Minister Benny Begin and Udi Prawer, the director of planning in the Prime Minister's Office, to actually help the poorest segment of the country's population. The Bedouin are concentrated in the Negev Desert, where they have existed as nomads for generations. A government commission has called for the relocating of some 30,000 of them to new towns where they can receive government services that are impossible to deliver to people roaming the countryside or living in small, scattered shantytowns.
As Haviv Rettig Gur writes, in an excellent analysis of the situation published in the Times of Israel:
Israel has already recognized several of the haphazard tent-cities of the Bedouin "dispersion," but could not keep doing so indefinitely for the simple reason that the Negev Bedouin are the fastest growing population in the world, according to the Israeli government. They double their population every 15 years, and are expected to reach 300,000 by 2020. There simply isn't any sustainable way to accommodate such a fast-growing population without municipal planning and multi-story housing.
And nowhere in the EU Parliament's gathering of Socialists and Democrats could one learn that the Bedouin are being moved just three to five kilometers down the road from their current place of residence, and not out of the country.
While the Israeli Bedouin have legitimate grievances with the government, the notion that they are having their land stolen or being turned into just another group of homeless Palestinian refugees is bunk.
Christie and the RGA: Analyze This
Rarely are Republican Governors Association chairmanships as complex and overanalyzed as Chris Christie's promises to be. Thanks to a confluence of circumstances, the New Jersey governor's every action as RGA head now is assumed to be about something else entirely. The phrase "proxy war" is hovering above his young tenure at the RGA, but it's not always immediately clear which proxy war his actions are conducting.
For example, one gubernatorial race on next year's calendar is New York's, where Andrew Cuomo will try to win a second term. The state GOP seems unlikely to put up a candidate who could make the race competitive, and Christie recently met with one prospective GOP nominee, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino. Someone told the New York Post's Fred Dicker that, apparently, Christie was ready to back Astorino against Cuomo. Thus, as Dicker said, next year would provide the first real "Battle between Gov. Cuomo and Chris Christie."
According to this story line, the possible Cuomo-Astorino race would be a proxy fight between Cuomo and Christie. But Cuomo immediately insisted that, in fact, Christie told him he would not back Cuomo's opponent. Dicker reported the supposed about-face (Christie says he's made no commitment) and quoted a GOP operative complaining about the head of the RGA not fully backing a Republican against a prominent Democrat:
The Problem with Turkey's "Zero-Problem" Foreign Policy
With the Iranian nuclear deal dominating news from the Middle East last week, another significant development got less attention than it deserved: the expulsion of Turkey's ambassador from Egypt. For a country that once boasted of "zero problems with its neighbors," losing ambassadors in three Mideast countries–Israel, Syria, and Egypt–in roughly two years is no mean feat. To grasp how extraordinary this latest downgrade is, consider the fact that Cairo has never expelled Israel's ambassador, even during high-tension periods like the second intifada.
This, of course, shows once again that Arab leaders care much less about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict than their rhetoric might imply. But beyond that, it points to a serious problem with Turkey's foreign policy that ought to prompt some rethinking in Washington–not only about its reliance on Turkey hitherto as its key Mideast partner, but also about its burgeoning romance with Iran.
Ostensibly, Turkey's breaks with Israel, Syria, and Egypt are completely unrelated: They were prompted, respectively, by Israel's 2010 raid on a Turkish-sponsored flotilla to Gaza, the Syrian uprising, and Egypt's military coup against the Muslim Brotherhood government. In fact, however, all stem from a common cause: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Islamist worldview and policies.


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For Bozeman's younger community members the option to serve is now close to home. On Wednesday, a New Air National Guard recruitment office opened its doors in the Gallatin Valley Mall. The first recruit? Matt Hronek, a freshman at Montana State University.
Hronek plans to finish his degree but also wants to follow in his father's footsteps. His father is the 120th fighter wing commander and on Wednesday, he he was proud to swear his son in as a new Airman First Class.
"I have five kids, he's my youngest son and I think it was really neat that that he kind of said, 'ah ya know my dad's not totally wrong' and this is a great way to serve," said Matt's father, Colonel Peter Hronek.
Recruitment officials hope the new location will attract more students and community members
"We're in an excellent location so we're excited to be acquiring people from the MSU locations, around the mall the schools the high schools. It's a great community they've been wonderful, very accepting to have us here," said TSgt Jessica Gaukler.
For Matt, this big step hasn't quite sunk in but he knows it will soon...
"Probably when I go to my first guard drill in a month."
If Matt he has any problems, he probably won't be complaining to his father...
"It's pretty crazy to think that one day I'm gonna have to salute him."
This is the 3rd satellite recruiting office in the state. The other two offices are located in Missoula and Great Falls.


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I dare-say this will actually cause a little glut of coins once you throw in the facebook goals, but I'd be lynched by everyone else here if I did, so I'll shut up.
This will mean a total end to the grinding. Biggest loss per song seems to be 150 (unless you're really bad at the game). Usually, playing a song would lose you 50 coins (assuming the usual result over all the songs played by everyone is 5 stars). One 1000 coin goal completed lets you play 20 songs.
The Score Wars payout can easily be farmed by two people working together to get a ton of coins. Even if you don't have facebook you can farm the score wars for an easy 900 (no power-ups, 4 stars). My conclusion is that people are going to start amassing a crapload of coins.
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just played 2 songs in a row, gold stars on both, and i only got 300 coins for each? (well 600 for first time play but yeah)
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