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Focus on making your publicity an inch wide and a mile deep, in other words having a tight focus on your speciality will help you attract publicity more easily. Having a niche that you can 'own' is the first (and most powerful) step to being the go-to expert in your field.
Being an expert comes with deep knowledge gained from both a technical and cognitive level in whatever you're doing.
Knowledge that's up-to-date that can be 'actioned' sets you apart. You become a problem solver, an analyser of issues that requires thought, creativity, inspiration and talent to solve.Powteach covers this in more detail and how you can apply it to your team building.
It's a hard gig being an expert because you can never fall back – you must keep your knowledge sharp and your ideas workable in today's ever-changing economy.
New problems and issues arise daily, but as an expert you recognise the patterns, to the point that a model or framework – a way of devising solutions – forms internally.
These frameworks are our Systems. The things we do as experts that differentiate us from others. It's the way we do things, the way we think and make change happen.
Systems don't happen overnight. They take time to develop, but once a pattern forms and the logic of 'your way of doing things' can be duplicated, you then have a unique way forward to stand out from the crowd and differentiate yourself.
Reading, listening and acting on knowledge is the only way to keep up with change.
And if we are doing those things, then sharing your expertise with others is the only way forward.
Publicity gives you that leverage to tell your story in a way that only the media can portray.
Learning how to do publicity well so that your message has clarity and purpose and is heard by others with problems to solve is what all small businesses need to do in a crowded marketplace.
Stand out by knowing how to package what you do and deliver it in a newsworthy way.
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The Mary Wingfield Scott historical marker has been designed and is proposed for the 100 block of East Franklin (in front of Linden Row):
Richmond native Mary Wingfield Scott is credited with the transformation of historic preservation in Virginia. Through her education and vision, Miss Scott introduced a scholarly approach to the movement, inspiring generations of preservationists. She founded the William Byrd Branch of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities in 1935, tirelessly documented Richmond's historic buildings, and advocated for their protection through changes in public policy. To educate the public, Miss Scott gave lectures, published regularly, and led walking tours of historic neighborhoods. She bought and restored Linden Row, ensuring its preservation when she donated it to the Historic Richmond Foundation.


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Recently I heard great news about royalty free images that people can use in blogs, websites, and presentations. I really do love photography and infographics, and digital literacy is a special interest of mine. I went to the Getty collection (http://www.gettyimages.com/) and registered to be a user. This is also free. I took a look at the collection, doing several searches, and became even more excited. I found lots of images that I could have used in past projects. There was one small problem. I was not sure how to get an image for free. If you click on a particular picture, a window pops up that offers pricing information on the right. The picture is watermarked so you cannot just copy paste from that preview. That was where I hit a wall. I knew I was overlooking something but could not figure out what. Then yesterday I saw this helpful blog entry via Facebook, thanks to Georgia Wells: http://blogs.wsj.com/personal-technology/2014/03/05/gettys-images-are-now-free-for-twitter-tumblr-and-personal-blogs/?mod=ST1
I knew I was missing something that was probably easy, and sure enough what I was not noticing was that BELOW the picture there was this symbol: < >
That of course should have clued me in to the fact that I could click on it and get the html code needed to insert the picture. That was my missing piece of the puzzle. Now I have a super resource for images for presentations, etc. I will still use Creative Commons and morguefile, but it's great to have this option both because of the ease and also because of the rich collection of images. Here is one I may use in an upcoming presentation:
And here's another great plus...Getty nicely puts attribution right below the image for you! If you want to have students add a formal citation you can, but I would say for many uses this is fine and much better than lack of any sort of citation which is too often the case. Give it a try!
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I am a professor of Library Science at Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas. My particular academic interests are technology, librarianship, and ethics. My publications include two books: Cybersins and Digital Good Deeds, 2006, Haworth Press Internet and Personal Computing Fads, 2003, Haworth Press
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Saturday, November 2, 2013
IL2013: Summing Up Is Hard To Do...
Conference Presentations are at this link: http://www.infotoday.com/IL2013/Presentations.asp
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Every year after attending Internet Librarian/Internet@School I say the same thing: This was the best conference ever! I depend on this gathering to give me food for thought, ideas for instruction, and topics for articles and presentations. These tend to carry me through the next year. There are many things that I have heard first at Internet Librarian that then become common knowledge as trends to follow. I took a look at my vita and was reminded that I have presented at IL since 2004, making this my 9th year. After every conference I have returned invigorated and inspired, and this year is no exception. Here are some things that stood out:
- During the first session, Peter Morville exhorted us to be inspiration agents in our jobs. This struck a nerve with me because I am quite concerned about the negativity and poor morale stemming from the current trend toward denigrating teachers and schools coupled with the inflated emphasis on mandated tests. He reminded us of the book Nudge and our need to promote a climate of encouragement and even humor in our classrooms and libraries.
- The sessions I attended were relevant and energizing. On the first day I was particularly taken with these ideas:
- Zoe Midler has the wonderful title of "Google Czar" at her school, Flagstaff Academy, Longmont CO. She works with both students and teachers to promote the use of technology in lessons and projects. My biggest takeaway was her emphasis on assessment at the end of endeavors. She employs not one but three follow-ups as described in a previous post to this blog. Together these tools, shared via Google Forms, help her know how to improve and also recount what she does so that there is clear documentation of her value in order to meet any questions that arise about her position.
- Tasha Bergson-Michelson from Castelleja School in Palo Alto reminded us that there cannot be one prescribed model that will work in all classrooms. Rather school librarians must build on existing tacit knowledge held by patrons and craft activities that build and expand upon that.
- In the 3rd Monday session, Mobile and Digital--Flipping the Library for 21st Century Learners, I picked up a list of great apps to try in the library: PicStich, InstaCollage, Flash Cards, Brainscape, Schoology.
- The 4th session, Making it Real: Institutionalizing a 21st Century Mindset, shared great things happening at Delmar Burke School in San Francisco. I picked up on a couple of catchwords that I need to explore: makerspaces and backward design. I hope to discuss these in future blog entries.
- The afternoon session called STEM to STEAM put me right at the edge of information overload and was a great end-of-day workshop. We learned about the STEM lab at ....school and how bringing in Arts and Design means that all areas of curriculum should now be valued. This was my first time to meet and hear Melissa Techman though I have followed her for years on Twitter. One advocacy idea she shared is something for all school librarians to consider. Do you often hear from parents that they appreciate what you do or that they are grateful for what you bring to their children? Whenever she gets such a compliment, she asks if she might have that person's email address. She is building a email list of library supporters in this way. If at some point her job's value is questioned, she will be able to send out a message to people that can vouch for her importance.
- I went into Tuesday's keynote with high expectations because the presenter, Lee Rainie from PEW Internet and American Life Project never disappoints. He shared significant trends from the previous year relating to librarianship. He reminded us that today's library patrons have different needs and interests from past users. Data from surveys shows encouraging news that Americans still value public and school libraries and respect and appreciate librarians. Still there is the ongoing need for better PR to get the word out about what libraries have to offer and how librarians can help users of all ages. One phrase he used seemed to really get traction in tweets from the session: "Quizes are like catnip to Internet users." My frequent use of Survey Monkey bears this out and validates future use for me. You can and should visit the PEW site and take advantage of the wonderful resources but getting to hear Mr. Rainie's commentary was, as always, a great treat.
- Tuesday's sessions were no less edifying than those from the day before:
- Jean Hellwege's inspiring account of a school project that is turning into a national movement to inspire kids to make a difference in the world was compelling. Your best bet is to go to her preso and see how a relatively limited classroom/library project grew into a life-changing movement for all concerned.
- The inimitable Carolyn Foote and her colleagues shared insights about eBooks. They offered a combination valuable information about the increasing and ongoing trend toward eBooks, along with some great practical tips. One thing Carolyn mentioned almost in passing was that she has a Bathroom Newsletter which she posts in the loo with enticing information about new and exciting materials and goings-on in the library. She also has a Teacher's Lounge Newsletter that she posts and updates. These are easy and fun ideas for getting the news out about your library or program. As with all sessions you will do well to go to her session at the conference site and pick up on all the great tips there.
- The last session I attended was a fitting finale to a great conference. I have heard Gary Price present at this venue a number of times over the year. Like Lee Rainie, he never disappoints. Gary used to be known for his site called Resource Shelf but now has a new site, Infodocket. Once again I was writing down ideas at a furious pace. Just go to his site for a treat. This year he exhorts us to use authentic real-life resources rather than just those specifically for teachers, students and librarians. Then we should work these sites into authentic lessons with lasting carryover for students. Here are a few of the resources he mentioned and which I want to explore:
- eBookshelf from DPLA (Digital Public Library of America)
- Stacklife
- MondoWindow
- FlightTracker--both this and previous are for following airline flights.
- Amtrack equivalent of plane tracker
- CSPAN Video Library
- Internet Archive--many of us know this site of course but he informed us that they have started TV News Archive
- Tunein and Uberstations for streaming audio from around the world
- Topomapper--worldwide topographic maps
- Docracy lets you track privacy statements
- camelcamelcamel tracks all products in Amazon!
- LA Public library database
- Journal TOCs lets you see tables of contents from many journals
- CoursePacker
- Word Lens...this is an app. Point your camera at text and it will translate it into another language!
- Use Google Street View to with students to have them make tours.
- Archive-It--directories of web pages by topic
- OpenDoar--OpenDOAR is an authoritative directory of academic open access repositories
- I thought I would round out my account with another list...these are catchwords and phrases that I want to remember and explore. Some are completely new to me and others are things about which I have some familiarity but need to learn more about.
- Backward design
- Makerspaces, makey makey, MakerFaires
- mindcraft
- Ira Sokol
- Museum collaborations and Nina Simon's blog, Museum 2.0
- Chad Sanseng, Nerd Camp, and Classroots
- Writing is Making! NWP...National Writing Project
- Meme posters
- Scratch plug and play programming
- scichat
- mozfest
- Duxbury Free Library little bits
- Learn to SEARCH Pinterest
- Book: Invent to Learn
- librarymakers website
- thiskindylife blog--Kindergarten teacher blog
- MOOCs in library world
- Mozilla Thimble
- I am so grateful and fortunate to be a part of this conference. To me it is invaluable and has been a major influence on my thinking, writing, teaching, and presenting over the years. Thanks again to David Hoffman and Carolyn Foote for pulling off a huge success again this year!
- APOLOGIA: I did not give websites for each tidbit I mentioned. It would simply take too long and I want to get this posted today. I DID, however, look up each one and got to a site using terms as listed. So Google on!
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Monday, October 28, 2013
IL 2013 First Day First Session Reflection...Internet@School Zoe Midler and Embedded Librarian in School
After keynote and just morning sessions at IL2013 my mind is already boiling over with ideas. One thing has bubbled to the top and it is about library research. The presenter stressed doing follow-ups after research activities. Presenter Zoe Midler is Google Czar at her school. She gave lots of ideas on her topic, being an embedded librarian in her school's environment. She uses many online tools for this. Lots of wiki ideas are included. What stood out the most for me was special activities that she does after a research activity:
1. First she has a followup form for collaboratiing teachers where they describe their project and tell what standards were achieved in the project. She said she learned that teachers are competitive! They really want to outdo one another as to standards met. These are shared on the school server. Idea of followup form is great!
2. Then there is a CUSTOMER SATISFACTION SURVEY for teacher where they share reactions to how things went, how to improve, etc.
3. Finally she does what she calls a POSTMORTEM in which she herself sums things up. This is how she documents what she did, and also teachers use this information in their portfolios.
That's a lot of follow-up! By doing these follow-ups she is able to learn from constituents and also document her work. This is so important for her to continually justify her position. Further she can critique her work and come up with ideas about how to improve in the future.
Thinking back to my school librarian days I can instantly see how I could have benefitted by doing all three follow-up activities. Further I am going to pass this on to my stucents and also think how I can consider more following up in my present role as a professor in a MLS program.
1. First she has a followup form for collaboratiing teachers where they describe their project and tell what standards were achieved in the project. She said she learned that teachers are competitive! They really want to outdo one another as to standards met. These are shared on the school server. Idea of followup form is great!
2. Then there is a CUSTOMER SATISFACTION SURVEY for teacher where they share reactions to how things went, how to improve, etc.
3. Finally she does what she calls a POSTMORTEM in which she herself sums things up. This is how she documents what she did, and also teachers use this information in their portfolios.
That's a lot of follow-up! By doing these follow-ups she is able to learn from constituents and also document her work. This is so important for her to continually justify her position. Further she can critique her work and come up with ideas about how to improve in the future.
Thinking back to my school librarian days I can instantly see how I could have benefitted by doing all three follow-up activities. Further I am going to pass this on to my stucents and also think how I can consider more following up in my present role as a professor in a MLS program.
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Saturday, October 26, 2013
LEADING UP TO IL 2013: How much do you practice for a preso?
I hope I am learning from past experience. Too often I have spent inordinate time putting together a presentation for a conference, class, or any venue. I have tweaked, added, deleted, re-added, yadda yadda. But then I have failed to practice in order to be ready to deliver the preso smoothly and with confidence. I am trying to do better today. In fact I just finished going through my presentation standing in front of a mirror. THAT is humbling but also a good idea. I am practicing today, and will do so at other times before my Tuesday time, which is as follows: E201 – Online Badges and Other Incentives-Get Motivational! 10:30-11:45 via Internet@School. I feel so lucky to be attending again this year. I do wonder how much rehearsing other speakers do. Sometimes it's evident one way or the other. How about you?
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Friday, October 25, 2013
LEADING UP TO IL 2013: Superstars at Internet Librarian!
I am going over the list of speakers at the upcoming Internet Librarian Conference next week in Monterey. As always I am bowled over by the caliber of presenters. Stephen Abram! Kenneth Haycock! Mary Ellen Bates! Marshall Breeding! Carolyn Foote! Joe Murphy! Greg Notess! Gary Price! Lee Rainie! Melissa Techman! Roy Tennant! My boss Holly Weimar who is presenting with me! I feel so lucky to be able to attend, and deeply honored to be presenting again this year. I know all the other speakers are dynamic leaders also. I think that the concentration of experts at this gathering is what makes it such a unique and special event. I go to other conferences to network and recruit as well as to learn. THIS is my chance to just listen and learn, and I am very grateful for it. Special thanks to Jane Dysart, Dave Hoffman, Carolyn Foote, Carol Nixon, and everyone else who makes this conference so important year after year. Kudos to Information Today for its many contributions. My association with this conference and with Internet@Schools Magazine have been invaluable to me throughout my career. I cannot adequately quantify what I have gained from my associations with both the conference and the publication over the years.
Next I went through the list and looked at job titles. These are ones that sound especially awesome and cool to me:
If I went through the list again I think I would find OTHER people to highlight. That's how amazing this conference will be again this year as always. Just don't get me started on session titles and how to pick!
Next I went through the list and looked at job titles. These are ones that sound especially awesome and cool to me:
- Meg Backus, ILS Administrator & Chief Maker, Chattanooga Public Library...I wanna be a Chief Maker. In fact I think I AM! I maneuvered Dr. Holly Weimar into taking my place as Department Chair.
- Tasha Bergson-Michleson, Instructional and Programming Librarian, Castilleja School. Wow I would have loved to be called PROGRAMMING LIBRARIAN at my junior high.
- Chanitra Bishop, Digital Scholarship & Emerging Technologies Librarian, Reference Services, Indiana University Bloomington...I like the sound of THIS job a lot!
- iane Cowen, Virtual Services Librarian, Santa Cruz Public Libraries...this job title has a very nice ring to it!
- Jenny Howland, Makery Facilitator, Lower School K-6, Katherine Delmar Burke School Fablabs K-12 Google Group, BAISNET, NYCIST...Sounds like a dream job!
- Richard Le, Teen Librarian, San Francisco Public Library...Teen Librarians are ALWAYS cool!
- Keith A Rocci, First Year Experience Librarian, Mabee Library, Washburn University Emporia State University...Every university would do well to have this position!
- Jeremy Snell, Web & Electronic Services Librarian, Mechanics' Institute...I had to look up this amazing institution. Now I really need to visit! http://www.milibrary.org/
If I went through the list again I think I would find OTHER people to highlight. That's how amazing this conference will be again this year as always. Just don't get me started on session titles and how to pick!
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013
LEADING UP TO IL2013: A Bit About Online Badging, My Preso Topic at Internet@Schools West 2013
I first got interested in badging over a year ago, when I was exploring the broader topics of gaming and MOOCS. Badges are often used in MOOCS. Pretty soon I was interested in online badging as a topic of its own, apart from gaming or MOOCS. I did some reading on the topic and rolled out my first badges to students in spring 2013. These are adult learners, degreed educators seeking MLS, Master of Library Science. The experience exceeded my expectations. Students really liked the badges and so did I. My presentation at Internet@Schools will describe my experiences, share survey results from students in our program who received badges, and offer some tips and cautions. I feel strongly that badges are great for increasing motivation and for recognizing positive student performance. I also want to stress that badges should NOT be tied to grades. They should be strictly kept apart. Also, there should be badges that any student can earn, not just the top achievers scholastically. Further, there should be clear descriptions of the badges that spell out how each can be earned. I chose to give badges for behaviors I wanted to promote: turning in work early, going beyond the expected with assignments, finding ways to respond to assignments creatively, and communicating well with peers via live and asynchronous chat and discussion boards. My strong recommendation is that badges be online only, posted to a common website, rather than physical objects. They should not in any way be allowed to go beyond simple recognitions. The excesses that happen with reading programs such as Accelerated Reader are to be avoided at all costs. Having spent most of my career in the K-12 environment, I feel confident that badging can be used reward students of all ages. In fact, the group with whom I had the most doubts was adult learners. I was afraid they might think it was too much like something for youngsters. This did not occur. I am looking forward to using badges as long as I continue teaching. I am still polishing my presentation, and will have the final version up at the Internet Librarian Conference Site by Saturday evening. I will also upload to Slideshare and will post that link through this blog. I will also share helpful websites. One I will mention right now is Cred.ly. This online service is great for creating and managing badges. I hope both attendees and readers will find this topic interesting.
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Sunday, October 20, 2013
LEADING UP TO IL2013: Tweaking Presentations...Do You Do It Too?
I wonder if all writers and presenters do this...I am addicted to tweaking articles and presentations. When counting down to a due date for submission or presentation, I find I cannot leave the thing alone. I keep going back and playing with it...changing images, rewording, adding, cutting, etc. Part of this is due to my obsessive-compulsive nature I guess, but another thing is that the more I think about a topic, the more I come across relevant information that I decide MUST be added. This is the case with my upcoming preso about using badges in schools and libraries. I uploaded my "finished" product several days ago and since then I have come across more information that seems both compelling and necessary. A lot has come out about this topic since I first started exploring it over a year ago. Thus I will be uploading again today or tomorrow with several new additions, and confess that may not be the last time. I will post another blog entry soon about badging in general but right now this brief posting is to ask how common is the practice of obsessively revising right down to the last minute. I don't think I'm alone...do you do the same?
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The company, based in Poway, California and listed on the Sydney and New York stock exchanges, climbed as much as 10.6 percent in Sydney trade and was up 5.9 percent at A$2.69 at 10:49 a.m. Net income in the quarter ended December rose 8 percent to $62.9 million, ResMed said in a regulatory statement.
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I, for one, would love to see a futuristic Legend of Zelda.
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Seriously. It's a stepladder.
I've already played all three games, but I may double-dip for this.
Ouch ... painful pun ... Solid review, though.
I really wanted the Persona Q model before the New 3DS was announced. Now it's still tempting, but I'm just not sure ...
This has been there since Child of Light was released, if not before. I remember seeing it and wondering if that meant Watch_Dogs would launch soon. Evidently not.
Error: "spin-offs such as Zero Suit Samus and Sheik."
My vote is definitely for Shulk. I was hoping he'd be added the moment they started introducing the new fighters.
@dok5555555 I have both versions, and both play identically for the core game (read: they're both awesome). The 3DS has some snazzy 3D layering and a Streetpass "arena mode" (not quite a battle mode: http://yachtclubgames.com/2014/06/streetpass-explained/ ), but the Wii U obviously has a larger display (though not a higher resolution) and the Digger's Diary ( http://yachtclubgames.com/2014/06/diggers-diary-detailed/ ). The Wii U version will also eventually have a four-player battle mode, presumably only for local play. In short: your call.
Received my Kickstarter backer codes for Shovel Knight on 3DS and Wii U last night. Both versions are wicked. Everyone should try at least one.
Count me in!
I have to wonder: Where will Shovel Knight hit on this chart? Only eighteen days to go!
Doesn't bother me one whit. GameStop has disappointed me for a while now; Amazon typically gets my business.
My girlfriend fought back when I first told her about this game, but I managed to convince her to try the demo before casting judgment. Now we're both getting copies.
Still getting them both, but this will definitely help to tide me through the game drought.
X gets my vote, but Bayonetta 2, Mario Kart 8, and Super Smash Bros. round out my must-have list for the year so far.
I'm not the biggest fan of baseball, but I'll give it a swing (no pun intended). I was already pleasantly surprised by Sub Wars; maybe Nintendo can surprise me again.
Definitely getting Teslagrad. I've already played Nihilumbra on PC, but it's pretty good, and it'll be a great fit for the GamePad.
Stick It To The Man reminds me pretty heavily of Psychonauts, which is never a bad thing, so I'll probably have to get it, too.
If Atlus brings this to the US, I'll finally upgrade to a 3DS XL. I still wouldn't mind that SMT IV one, either, not that that will happen ...
I'm dying to play it, but as usual, I'd rather have a great delayed game than a mediocre rushed one. If the game is released when it's actually ready to be, then it's released on time in my book.
High time! It was pretty much guaranteed that this would be announced, but the wait was killing me.
@King47 Acknowledged--a list of characters says next to nothing, and Shin Megami Tensei is nothing if not a niche franchise. That said, many of us familiar with the core mechanics of Shin Megami Tensei (especially demon fusion, weakness-exploitation systems, and the law-chaos scale) see how well they would blend with Fire Emblem's battle, relationship, and permadeath systems. It's by no means a surefire great game--it'll be a challenge to do both series justice while keeping the game balanced--but it holds great potential, and I for one am dying to hear more.
I feel like everybody's forgotten about Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem ... not that I expect an update this time around, either, but it'd make my day. I'll take any information on Monolith Soft's X and Bayonetta 2 that I can get, though. (I'm already planning on getting Tropical Freeze and Mario Kart 8; news about them is cool, but my hype quota is already full.)
I object to this survey for one core reason: The Wii U doesn't need a "killer app." It needs a must-have game.
While it's a pity that several games (especially The Wonderful 101 and Super Mario 3D World, which are magnificent) haven't already fit that bill, hopefully Mario Kart 8 or Super Smash Bros. will.
... And personally, I like the GamePad. It's actually more comfortable to me than most "normal" controllers, and while its potential is pretty obviously untapped, its presence isn't harming anyone. Remember the reaction to the Wii's motion controls (especially MotionPlus) before Skyward Sword came out? Same situation, folks.
High time!
Pretty shameless Metroid clone, yes ... but it still looks like it has potential. How long has it been since we've actually had a 2D Metroid game?
Drill Dozer is an amazing game and criminally underplayed. Seeing it come back for another round would be a dream come true.
I was painfully close ... only 70 coins short.
Only 165 coins short! I hope I can get enough before the stock runs out ...
I'm just waiting on news about Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem. As long as that comes out (alongside all of the newly announced Persona games, of course), I'm good.
I am ... completely stunned. Well played, ATLUS, and all, but ... huh. Really didn't expect to see this jumping the pond. Maybe I'll check it out.
This video would have been significantly more impressive with proper proofreading. That said, yes, the graphics are pretty. I look forward to finding out if the game is any good.
Sounds good to me. Mario--and most multiplayer Nintendo games, for that matter--seem to work best with a group of friends in the living room. For games like Mario Kart and Animal Crossing, it's high time that a good online multiplayer system be present (and lo and behold, it's there), and while I see how Mario could work online and why people would like for it to, I think Nintendo can afford to hold off for a little longer.
I continue to wonder if there's more to that ghost in Lumiose City. Surely they wouldn't leave an eerie event like that hanging ... right?
So many levels of jealous.
Backed Shovel Knight at the start, and can't wait to get my hands on it. This game's looking awesome!
Having a midnight launch here, and you bet I'll be there!
@unrandomsam Don't forget Outernauts. Or Aquanauts, back from when LEGO actually made construction sets instead of video games. (Of course, Psychonauts is easily the best of the lot.)
I quite liked Mutant Mudds, but nothing else from Renegade Kid has really caught my attention lately. Maybe this game will change my mind.
While everyone else is busy playing GTA V (or not), I'll be merrily skipping about in The Wonderful 101. Pity its release will inevitably be overshadowed. Maybe I'll look into the GTA franchise eventually. With enough convincing.
Downloading the Toki Tori 2 update, but getting The Wonderful 101 as a hard copy. I still love my discs when I can get them.
I just received the e-mail. It's legitimate: the name change is happening.
Wind Waker HD for me, but Shovel Knight comes in a close second. Seems it's going to be released soon, too!
Sold. Enough said.
Notable absence: Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem. I'm dying for information about that game ...
Quite frankly, I couldn't care less. I love New Leaf as it is.
I was up at midnight downloading this. SO worth it.
No worries here. This is why I upgraded my card months ago. There are few games more perfect for downloading than Animal Crossing.
I won't be able to download it right away, but the moment I can I plan to. The Mighty series just keeps getting better.
High time!
Pledged quite some time ago. I'm expecting raw, concentrated awesome.
Wreck-It Ralph was fantastic, and it was precisely that attention to detail that made it so. I need to watch it again sometime ...


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2008 Farm Bill provisions could continue, new version unsettled
"So that leaves the possibility of a one-year or multi-year extension of some version of the previous farm bill. That's something that we will have to keep an eye on over the next couple of weeks."
The 2008 Farm Bill extension expires in September.
Some policy actors have said that the farm provisions should be in a separate bill with the SNAP program in its own bill.
"I raise caution against separating the bill because as it stands, it makes the connection between farming and the consumption of food," Zulauf said. "Also, if you remove nutrition programs from the farm bill, will there be enough interest from legislators who don't have farming interests in their communities to get a farm bill passed?
"Separation of the bill could lessen broad-based support to get a farm safety net passed."
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You won't have to worry about Congress separating SNAP from the rest of the Farm Bill. They couldn't get consensus to pass the bill as it is. There's NO way they'll have enough consensus to separate the two. In my opinion, all in Congress are worthless and every one of them should be sent home.
Congress doesnt want to waste tax dollars on new farm equipment, welfare ranching and inspectors for jorse slaughter nor do they want to let children starve while farms get more money and farm bureau takes the meat of tax dollars to add to the tax dollars they already have. Hateful large farms talking bad about yhe horse industry wanting to kill of horses for cash after the european beef scandal opened their eyes to the rampant us farm greed. Then you have idiot dave duquette blaming people for not opening horse slaughter for starving horses, when in reality large farm greed also is responsible for starving those animals to pressure reopen of slaughter. I farm, i dont beg the government for subsidies
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798cc, 75bhp, 105mph, Insurance group
If you want something light and easy to ride, which makes a great commuter and is backed up with excellent ABS then your first choice should be the F700GS. It's not quite as much fun as other middleweight adventure bikes, but it's a good compromise. The only sticking point is the price. The BMW is the most expensive bike in ...
865cc, 60bhp, 110mph, Insurance group 12
Considering the price you get a lot of bike for your money. This 'junior cruiser' doesn't feel like a lesser bike; it's not underpowered, doesn't feel budget, is cool and still has big bike appeal. So good and such value for money I'd question why you'd want anything bigger unless you're a dedicated big custom fan.
124cc, 13.1bhp, 70mph, Insurance group 6
The CBR125R has been yet another of Honda's success stories. In its seven years of production, the sporty-looking learner 125cc has sold by the ship load all over the world, with good reason. It is easy to ride, comfortable, gives good fuel economy and, above all, it's a Honda… For 2011 the CBR125R has been updated. The mini-emperor has new ...
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Motorcycling needs new blood to ensure survival. Honda's take on this is to attract people into motorcycling with a cheap, honest and stylish workhorse – and the CBR250R is it. This all-new machine is not just suited to restricted cat' A licence holders, but also anyone who wants a simple, easy to ride, modern-dressed machine capable of returning high mpg ...
599cc, 100.6bhp, mph, Insurance group 14
Honda Europe was asked to produce a modern-day version of its famed CBR600F, the bike that helped kickstart the 600cc supersport arena in 1987. With blessing from Japan, the CBR600F ABS is the finished article. And very good it is too by being easy to ride, comfortable, good looking and can be ridden quickly very, very easily. It's keenly priced, ...
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As big-wheel scooters go the Peugeot LXR125 is hard to fault – the competitive price, stable handling and a good dose of practicality add up to well-rounded package. It looks relatively stylish to boot.
124cc, 13bhp, 78mph, Insurance group 4
Sadly, the two-stroke 125 is all but dead. The recent advent of credible, easy to ride and cheap to run four-strokes is killing sales of fickle, expensive smokers. Derbi's learner sportsbike gets an all-new design with a four-stroke engine for the first time, going head-to-head with Yamaha's YZF-R125.
398cc, 31bhp, 94mph, Insurance group 9
Strictly speaking, the BROS 400 is heavy, underpowered and outdated. But the cheap grey imports are surprisingly nice to ride – they're well balanced, steer well and the engine is flexible, torquey and characterful given its 33bhp output. That also makes it legal for new riders on a restricted licence.
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If your parents have a fair old wedge to chuck on your first bike, 125SM ownership is not only guaranteed to put a ruddy big smile on your face, but also pull the girls outside the local KFC. Nothing in its class looks as good. In 30 and 40mph limits (its natural hunting ground) it's rapid enough. But anywhere else ...
125cc, 15bhp, 73mph, Insurance group 5
Rieju's new Marathon 125 supermoto is powered by the same engine you'll find in Yamaha's YZF-R125 and WR125 range, albeit fitted with a 30mm Keihin carb instead of fuel injection. Costing £3199 this Spanish-made machine is actually £400 cheaper than Yamaha's own WR125X supermoto.
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Definition of girth in English:
girthLine breaks: girth
Pronunciation: /ɡəːθ /
1 [mass noun] The measurement around the middle of something, especially a person's waist: idle men of great girth an ivy-clad tree of immense girth [count noun]: a pike with a girth of 24 inches
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- Measuring ten metres in girth, weighing 23 tons and knocking on a bit at about 800 years old, the tree is an impressive - if ungainly - sight.
- His immense height and girth made him seem like a bull, enraged and ready to charge.
- Waist and hip girths were measured standing, at the level of the umbilicus and the level of maximal gluteal protrusion, respectively.
circumference, width, perimeter;
size, bulk, measure
1.1A person's waist or stomach, especially when large: he tied the knotted towels around his girth
2A band attached to a saddle and fastened around a horse's belly to keep the saddle in place.
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- So even if the girth gives, the saddle will stay on the horse's back.
- Leading him to a tree and commanding him to halt she hefted the saddle on and fastened the girth.
- Put the saddle on the horse, but don't tighten the girth too much right away.
North American cinch
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Middle English (in sense 2 of the noun): from Old Norse gjǫrth.
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Last night Matt went out with friends in Oakland, and when he returned to the pack of bikes, many had been stripped of parts. Matt had the Atomic 22 security set installed, so when the thieves could not steel parts, they sprayed his bike. Lame no doubt, but better then walking home, and replacing parts.
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|PLUTO Spatial Light Modulator – Microdisplay Features
|Display Type:
|Reflective LCOS (Phase Only)
|1920 x 1080
|Pixel Pitch:
|8.0 µm
|Fill Factor:
|87 %
|Active Area
|15.36 x 8.64 mm (0.7″ Diagonal)
|8 Bit (256 Grey Levels)
|Signal Formats
|DVI – HDTV Resolution
|Frame Rate
|60 Hz
The PLUTO phase modulator models are based on reflective LCOS microdisplays with 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution and a small 8.0 µm pixel pitch and are optimized to provide a phase shift above 2 π up to 1550 nm. The devices are packaged in an very small housing to ensure an easy integration into optical setups and applications. The PLUTO phase modulator series comprises 6 versions, optimized for the visible, a broad wavelength band centered at 850 nm, a version specialized for the near infrared around 1064 nm and a version optimized for typical telecommunication wavelength around 1550 nm (C-Band). Furthermore 2 high retardance display panels are available (visible and broadband 400-1100 nm) which enable a modulo 4 Pi or 6 Pi encoding of optical functions depending on the wavelength.
Applications range from holography, lithography, optical metrology, interferometry, optical tweezers, wave front corrections to phase shifting applications. The high fill factor of the display also ensures a high light efficiency.
|Special Optical Features:
|- Reflective LCOS Microdisplay
|- Phase Only Modulation
|- 2 π Phase Shift up to 1550 nm
|- 8.0 µm Small Pixel Size
The PLUTO displays show a reflectivity of approx. 60% and diffraction efficiencies of more than 80%. Thereby a total light efficiency of more than 50% per addressable diffractive device is possible. The driving of the PLUTO devices is as easy as with all HOLOEYE Spatial Light Modulators. A HDTV graphics card is sending HDTV resolution images to the device (via DVI) with a frame rate of 60 Hz. The Pluto Modulators are easily addressed as an external monitor.
PLUTO – Optimized for different Wavelengths Ranges
This version is optimized for the visible because of a broadband AR (anti reflection) coating for this spectral range.
This version is usable for a broad wavelength band around 850 nm and due to a broadband AR coating in the lower visible.
This version is optimized for the near infrared around 1064 nm with an AR coating for 1064 nm and a thicker LC layer.
This version is optimized for common telecommunication wavelenghts ranges around 1550 nm.
HOLOEYE developed two new phase only panels (PLUTO-VIS-HR and PLUTO-BB-HR version) which show a considerably higher phase retardation compared to the standard panels which enables mod 4 Pi or even mod 6 Pi phase functions to be addressed. This can be beneficial for wave front functions as this enables higher slopes and can reduce transition points in the addressed function compared to mod 2 Pi encoding.
For some applications a stable phase response is required. This can be accomplished driving the High Retardance panels with adapted settings for 2π phase retardation, however compromising the response time. The driving forces to the LC molecules in such a configuration are reduced and the phase signal typically shows a standard deviation of 0.2-0.7% (wavelength dependent).
Due to the high programmability of the drive electronics the same SLM can be adapted for different requirements.
- PLUTO-VIS-HR: High retardance version for the visible (high phase shift, low phase fluctuations)
- PLUTO-BB-HR: High retardance version for a broad wavelength band 400-1100 nm (high phase shift, low phase fluctuations)
PLUTO Spatial Light Modulator Kit – Contents:
|PLUTO Spatial Light Modulator – Scope of Supply
|PLUTO SLM Driver Box
|Phase Only Display incl. Flex Cable (1920 x 1080 Pixel)
|DVI-cable & DVI/HDMI-adaptor
|Serial Port Cable (RS232)
|Power Supply (5V DC, 3A)
|Display Mount
|Device Mount
|Operating Instruction / Manual
|Data Medium (CD or USB Flash Drive) with Manual, User Software and Application Software and PLUTO Software Package
PLUTO Phase Modulator – Software Features:
The PLUTO phase only modulator devices can simply be addressed like an external monitor using the standard DVI / HDMI interface of the graphics card. No additional software or dedicated hardware is needed to operate the SLM.
The device is delivered with a GUI (Graphical User Interface) based calibration software. The calibration software can be used to change geometrical settings, brightness, contrast and the electrooptical response by applying a new gamma curve or another digital drive scheme. For these advanced callibrations the RS232 interface has to be connected via a COM port of the computer (there are also USB to COM adapters available).
In addition HOLOEYE SLM Application Software is provided with the SLM. Key features of which are:
- Computation of computer generated holograms (CGH) from user defined images
- generation of SLM signals representing basic optical functions such as lenses, gratings, axicon and vortex functions
- superposition of CGH's with basic optical functions to combine functionalities
Besides that, for LabView users a Labview SubVi for enhanced addressing of optical functions is included.
|PLUTO Software Features
|SLM Callibration Software
|Brightness / Contrast / Geometry / Gamma Control
|SLM Application Software
|Basic DOE computations; Generation of optical functions (Circular Aperture, Fresnel Zone Lens, Axicon, Single and Double Slit …); Gratings (incl. Blazed and Sinusoidal)
|Labview SubVi
|Labview SubVi for enhanced addressing of optical functions (for implementation in user defined Labview programm for e.g. closed loop applications)
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Garage Attic Space
I own a townhouse, and the garage is separate from the house. It is a two-car garage, and is connected to four other garages on the street. In the attic space above the garage, I would like to lay down some boards to allow me to store holiday decorations up top. I have included photos of the attic space and the exterior of the garage. My questions are two.
1. The attic space has a 2x4 that is braced from the peak down to the base (shown in the photo). This brace is somewhat in the way (as it comes down right over top of the entry. Question is, was this just put up during initial construction? Would I be safe to remove it now that everything has been built?
2. Second question is that I have read a lot about not using attic spaces for storage, is it safe to use this space above the garage to store decorations? Wouldn't be that much weight. Would just get it out of the garage.
On my computer the pictures did not load, but I'm on dial up so lots of things do not come up.
If there's lots of 2 X 4's with metal plates on the sides of them there trusses not stick built rafters, and can not be cut.
A 2 X 4 ceiling rafter is only rated for about 6' for top loading, so thing about how big that garage is and you can see just how little can be stored up there.
A christmas tree and a few boxes of ornimintes should be all that's up there.
That piece of 2 X 4 laying flat in the middle is called a perllin. it's there to hold the trusses in alignment so the sheet rock below does not crack or pop screws as much. It's code to have at least one there. All the 2 X 4's at an angle are to support the roof and to hold up the ceiling and can not be cut.
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Noah's Ark
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A translation of a seventeenth-century Dutch poem on Noah and his ark is followed by colorful illustrations of every stage of the ark's journey
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Retells in pictures how a pair of every manner of creature climbed on board Noah's ark and thereby survived the Flood.
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The bee and the fox, the sheep and the ox--two of each kind trudged aboard Noah's famous vessel. Peter Spier uses his own translation of a seventeenth-century Dutch poem about this most famous menagerie.
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How fast do you reckon he was going? 60kms?
I know the Mazda pulled out, but at a sensible speed those carbon ceramic brakes should have been plenty to avoid that.
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Jack Myers' Think Tank: FCC Threatens Your Favorite TV Series, As Rosie Rages On
by Jack Myers on Apr 27, 12:00 PM
As the press obsessed on Rosie O'Donnell's exit from "The View" and gave passing notice to Heather Mills' last dance, it pretty much ignored a new report from the Federal Communications Commission suggesting Congress limit the amount of violence on TV and cable. Rosie on "The View" probably doesn't count in FCC definitions of violence, but in my opinion embracing and accepting her behavior is more destructive to young people than the vast majority of prime-time violence.
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When Enough Is Enough -- And Maybe Too Much
by Mike Bloxham on Apr 25, 2:45 PM
Mindshare's annual Clutter Watch study -- released just in time for the upfront frenzy -- is a valuable barometer for how the TV business is evolving pods, promos and other brand messaging. Each year that passes, the study becomes more valuable, enabling us to better understand trends while the business seeks to come to terms with an audience that seems to be fragmenting not only by channel, but also by platform.
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The Growing Area Of Dominant Influence
by Mitch Oscar on Apr 24, 11:30 AM
If memory serves me well, back in the mid-'50s two opposing media research forces were vying for hegemony over the naming and defining rights for the media term "a media market," a physical piece of property that was defined by many characteristics like number of people, homes, education, families, dwelling, income, boundaries, occupation -- that would stretch continuously in many shapes and sizes across the United States. The two top contenders were ADI (audience of dominant influence) and DMA (designated marketing area).
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Jack Myers' Think Tank: Journalistic Ethics Debated In Aftermath Of Virginia Tech Killings
by Jack Myers on Apr 20, 1:45 PM
This is an especially difficult column to write this week. All my instincts cry out to avoid participating in the emerging debate over the publication, distribution and redistribution ad nauseum of the photos, video and manifesto of sick, deranged Virginia Tech killer Cho Seung-Hui. Once again, the media is in the spotlight this week, as bloggers and discussion boards, as well as professional commentators and critics, debate the actions of NBC and others.
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Food For Thought -- Or Feeding Frenzy?
by Mike Bloxham on Apr 18, 4:45 PM
No one who has paid the slightest attention to the issue over the past couple of years can possibly be surprised by the FTC's announcement that this summer food and beverage companies will be receiving formal demands for details of their advertising and marketing strategies as they pertain to children.
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Who's Zooming Whom: Number 2
by Mitch Oscar on Apr 17, 11:30 AM
In the mid-'90s, when the FCC was publicly discussing the termination of analog broadcast transmissions -- sometime in the first decade of the 21st century -- and allocating digital spectrum to TV stations, I thought the promise of the digital terrestrial value proposition was terrific.
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Jack Myers' Think Tank: Imus' Firing Was More Economics Than Ethics
by Jack Myers on Apr 13, 1:30 PM
Should Don Imus have been fired by both MSNBC and CBS? The more appropriate question is why he was fired at this particular time, when he has been making blatantly biased and bigoted comments for more than two decades. The problem is that Imus has become increasingly bitter, scathing, cruel and insensitive -- while at the same time becoming less funny and generating declining revenues.
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News From Another Place
by Mike Bloxham on Apr 11, 1:00 PM
I spent a good deal of yesterday -- from about 7 a.m. -- within earshot of a TV. Worryingly, after all these hours of exposure to news on the Big Daddy of all media, I can recall only three things that happened in the world today -- none of particular importance in the larger scheme of things.
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Google in the Sky Looking for Diamonds
by Mitch Oscar on Apr 10, 12:15 PM
Last week's press coverage of Google and satcaster EchoStar's ensuing partnership generated a lot of questions from friends and family concerning its efficacy. The following is list of random thoughts I had -- not necessarily in order of importance -- about the engagement and its interim success. Please share yours when you have a moment.
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Jack Myers' Think Tank: As 'The Sopranos' Ends, What's The Next Big Programming Breakthrough?
by Jack Myers on Apr 6, 1:00 PM
This weekend HBO premieres the first of the final nine episodes of "The Sopranos." This landmark series promises to go out with a bang. Perhaps several bangs as two families square off, loyalties are frayed, and conflicts turn to gunshots. Where, though, does television go from here?
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Georgia coach Mark Richt got testy with a reporter following his team's 32-28 loss to Alabama in the SEC Championship Game on Saturday in Atlanta. A media member tried questioning Richt about his and junior quarterback Aaron Murray's tendency to lose big games when the coach snapped back. You can see the exchange at the mark with about two minutes remaining in the video below: Here's a transcription of what happened via Outkick the Coverage: Questioner: "There are some people whether it's fans, media, or whomever else that will maybe want to make further conclusions about you or your quarterback, specifically, in big games. Would you have any response to those people." Richt: "I don't know what you're saying. Why don't you just say it straight up what you're trying to say?" Questioner: "People will say that you and Aaron Murray specifically come up short on the biggest stage against the biggest opponents." Richt: "Is that what you're saying or everybody else — if that's
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at the top of the postulated hierarchy. Basically all the major groups that existed in the Indian race system, including the Aryans, were interpreted as having come from outside. The early corpus of Sanskrit literature was also the earliest extant record of the Aryan literature, and from this point of view, it is hardly a matter of surprise that the German Romantics would be enamoured of the beauties of Indian literature and philosophy. The third major ingredient of Indology of this period was a carefully constructed dichotomy between ancient India and the modern India and Indians. By the time the British came as rulers, the ancient Aryan civilization of India was degraded, and its rejuvenation could take place only under the British rule which in fact was a modern Aryan rule, because linguistically and racially the Anglo-Saxons were placed within the pristine Aryan fold.
In one sense this offered a kind of legitimacy to the British rule and European dominance in general, and the premise could also satisfy the Indian upper castes because through their ancient Aryan affiliation they could claim cousinship with their rulers. The German Romantic concern with the ancient Sanskrit literature and philosophy has had the effect of partly hiding the belief that all major changes in Indian culture and society could come to India only from outside. Presently, it is an acknowledged part of modern historical scholarship that various socio-political issues affect the way in which the past is reconstructed at a given point of time.
As per the People of India project undertaken by the Anthropological Survey of India between 1985 and 1992, the approximate number of the communities has been traced as 4635, located and studied in all states and Union Territories of India, related only to modern India. At the centre lies the concept of `race`. Indian race has been considered a better term than caste, tribe and other non-caste categories because the original aspects of these latter categories have been breaking down in modern India. In view of the breakdown or weakening of their traditional features, community, or to use an Indian term, `samudaya`, seems to be a more appropriate concept for an all-India reference than caste with its various local names. The second major point to note in this context is that a community is a dynamic category, continually redefining itself, its relationship with other communities and with its social and physical environments.
In the modern India, the study of races involves four types of communities. The first type comprises very large categories, including castes and minorities. The second type denotes mostly the major linguistic and cultural categories, such as the Assamese, Bengali, Oriya, etc. Even when they emigrate they are known by the state and the language area to which they belong. There is a third type of community, only about half a dozen of them which does not conform to the three-fold criteria of endogamy, occupation and perception. The fourth type of community like Adi Dharma, Adi Karnataka, Adi Andhra, etc., came up in the wake of the constitutional reforms of the 1920s and 1930s and continues to figure in the Government of India list of `scheduled castes`.
Of the 4635 identified races in India, there are 2209 main communities with 586 segments (mostly major). The division of Indian races categorise in the basis of their occupation and culture. Even a brief listing of these communities is not a matter pof concern, but one can certainly point out the infinite background factors leading to their community perceptions and identifications. In many cases, it is the nature of occupation. The places of origin, religious affiliation, food habits, languages, tradition etc can also identify a particular race. The narration is almost endless. Sometimes, there are markers of dress, ornaments, body-markings, etc. also play important part to denote particular races.
In the basis of language, the study of Indian races defines that an overwhelming number of communities are linguistically homogeneous. There are wide variations in the range of social organizations, beginning with clan organizations, marriage patterns, marriage symbols, and so on. Many of these variations are related to status, power and dominance of various community segments. The concept of purity and pollution is very important in allocating places in the basic social hierarchy which is by and large conditioned by the fourfold vama system, including the fifth category of untouchables. There are dual vama categories in 104 communities. The hierarchical divisions within a community can be impressive; but what is interesting now is that many of these distinctions are gradually disappearing and there is more emphasis on the identity of the community as a whole with the formation of political associations. Religious affiliations also are not static; there are various levels and forms of Hinduism, from monism to plain shamanism. The survey identified 70 traditional rural occupations, with the artisan communities having a countrywide distribution. Some of the widely distributed occupational groups are leather-workers (Chamars), mendicants and beggars (Jogis), potters (Kumhars), oil-pressers (Kalu) and barbers (Nai).
The image of diversity notwithstanding, society is not perceived to be fragmented by Indians. On a theoretical level this sharing of space, ethos and cultural traits is better explained by the results of a much earlier Anthropological Survey of India study of the distribution of the material traits of life in the country.
The relevant material traits were forms of villages, types of cottages, staple diet, oils and oil-presses, ploughs and husking implements, male and female dresses, footwear and bullock-carts. Some degree of regionalism is evident in the distribution of these traits and further this regionalism seems to be on the whole independent of language as well of physical types.
The degree of differentiation in Indian race is said to be less in respect of the country`s social organization. Similarities are many between the various castes and the linked productive organizations in different parts of the country, the distinction being based on finer shades only. Besides, as one considers other spheres of life, namely things like laws which guide inheritance or define the rights and duties of individuals in a kin group. They are eventually replaced by a unity of beliefs and aspirations which gives to Indian civilization a character of its own.
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The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword Cake Animated
Will Turnbow and his wife made this cake for their daughter's tenth birthday.
Based on The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, the cake includes Skyloft, the Sealed Grounds, the Faron Woods, and a ton of characters and other intricate details from the game.
"The Temple entrance is 6 batches of Rice Krispies and the backside of the temple is 9 cakes stacked as high as we could make it," Turnbow writes on his YouTube video's description. "The small tower on either side are styrofoam wrapped with fondant. My wife made and painted all of the characters out of clay except for Link (I was able to use my Figma Link)."
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Based on the 2010 Scientific American paper by Hazen, and the more technical 2008 paper of Hazen et al, both of which explore the effect of the biosphere on the tremendous number of mineral species that occur on Earth compared to the lesser number we believe we are seeing on other planets. This tackles the idea of mineralogy/geochemistry evolving over time as do biological systems, rather than being a static system with no hysteresis or temporal aspect to it. Students work in small groups to decide which groups of minerals have been most affected by a variety of biological influences, and how. Then the class as a whole compares their conclusions group by group.
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This course is designed to provide a broad perspective on the ongoing effects of biological processes and entities on the development of Earth as a geological object. Very early in the history of Earth, life emerged and the history of Earth has been profoundly affected by this circumstance ever since. Life distinguishes Earth amongst its fellow planets in our Solar System.


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text: Here's the recipe you requested (it's also in my cucumber article): In a Pickled Salad, from The English Housewife, by Gervase Markham, 1615: Your preserved sallats are of two kinds, either pickled, as are cucumbers, samphire, purslane, broom and such like, or preserved with vinegar, as violets, primrose, cowslips, gillyflowers of all kinds, broom flowers, and for the most part any wholesome flower whatsoever. / Now for pickling of sallats, the are only boiled, and then drained from the water, spread opon a table, and a good store of salt thrown over them, then when they are thorough cold, make a pickle with water, salt and a little vinegar, and with the same pot them up in close earthen pots and serve them forth as occasion shall serve. On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 9:24 PM, Stefan li Rous <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com>wrote: > <<<Tannins are desirable in pickling. Keeps the pickles crisp, that's why > we put grape leaves in, right? > > Selene Colfox >>> > > We do? > > Stefan > > > -------- > THLord Stefan li Rous Barony of Bryn Gwlad Kingdom of Ansteorra > Mark S. Harris Austin, Texas > StefanliRous at austin.rr.com > http://www.linkedin.com/in/**marksharris<http://www.linkedin.com/in/marksharris> > **** See Stefan's Florilegium files at: http://www.florilegium.org **** > > > > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Sca-cooks mailing list > Sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org > http://lists.ansteorra.org/**listinfo.cgi/sca-cooks-**ansteorra.org<http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/sca-cooks-ansteorra.org> > -- Ian of Oertha


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The Companion Animal Protection Society, the nonprofit I started more than 20 years ago, has investigated more than 1,000 puppy (and cat) mills, most of them USDA-licensed. Our undercover employment investigation brought down one of the largest and most notorious dog brokers in the country (she had 900 adults dogs and 400 puppies). We were also behind the OIG's scathing report on the USDA's failure to enforce the Animal Welfare Act as it pertains to this industry.
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