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Category: 2008
Annual conference of the American Library Association, held in Anaheim, CA June 26-July 2, 2008.
Building and supporting Koha
Building and Support Koha, an open-source ILS
Saturday June 28th, 2008, 10:30-12:00
Hyatt Regency Orange County
John Houser, Senior Technology Consultant for PALINET, and Johsua Ferraro, CEO of Liblime, set out to answer common questions about open-source ILS systems with a focus on Liblime's support for Koha. The format was an interview, and the resulting questions and answers were recorded. Watch for a link to the podcast version here.
Representative questions and answers follow, but these are only samples of an extremely rich discussion of general and very specific technical details.
Don't necessarily plan to save lots of money on an open-source ILS, as planning to contribute to development efforts has many advantages–primarily that you get to set the priorities for new features in the ILS. A representative of a Koha library in the audience pointedly disagreed, stressing that in his case there were significant cost savings.
How does Liblime makes money if the software is free?
By supplying services related to installation, migration, and ongoing support of Koha and Evergreen systems.
How hard is migration?
Migration is hard from any ILS to any other ILS, and Koha is not an exception. But it's not necessary to have your own staff to do the hard parts.
How does support for an open-source ILS differ from commercial ILS support?
There is no vendor lock-in. Libraries could contract with any vendor to support the system, which is based on widely used web technologies like MySQL and PHP.
How supportive of new users is the Koha community?
Open-source software communities can sometimes be hard for new users to approach, but Koha's tends to be fairly friendly and helpful, and Liblime staff contribute to it.
The session was lively, and included a lot of audience participation. There were about twenty questions and comments from the audience.
How does custom work for a particularly library get accepted into the project as a whole?
Koha is a smaller project than something like Firefox, and is fairly open to outside input. New code is reviewed and tested.
Will there be support for Vufind?
PALINET will support Vufind from version 1.0
Why should I join the WALDO consortium in migrating to Koha?
Your library peers are setting the specifications and helping to build the system you'll be using.
What support is there for reporting and statistics?
There are built-in reporting modules, but because the software is built on MySQL almost any report-writing software will work with Koha. And direct access to library data is never a problem.
There were also questions about the cataloging and acquisitions modules, system requirements, API's for scripting, ERM, digital library software, and many other topics.
Open Source Legal Issues
Monday, June 30th, 2008
Hyatt Regency Orange County
Walt Scacchi of UC-Irvine stepped in as a last-minute replacement speaker for Karen Sandler of the Software Freedom Law Center and gave a talk entitled "Research Results for Free/Open Source Software Development: Best Practices for Libraries? (and some legal issues too)" based on his empirical research on open-source project processes, practices, and community development
The talk was rich in details on who open-source developers are and what they do. Using the current stats at Sourceforge as a starting point, he estimated approximately 180,000 current open-source software projects, of which approximately 18,000 (10%) are currently being succesfully developed. The largest area of open-source development is in games, in large part driven by the fact that the very successful Sony game systems are built using open-source software.
Open-source developers tend to use the tools they build, which is not necessarily the case for commercial developers. About 1% of open-source software users are developers. Two-thirds of developers contribute to more than one project, 5% to more than ten.
80% of open-source developers say they contribute to projects to learn new tools, new skills, or new software. Most also build because it is fun.
Most open-source developers spend far more time reading online documentation and interacting with other developers than they do writing code. This means the community aspect of open-source software is actually more important than the code, which is contrary to the usual opinion of programmers as anti-social. The social aspect of open-source development, including developing one's reputation and future job prospects, but also collaborating with other like-minded programmers, is critical to the success of a project.
Open-source developers tend to subsidize their own work by contributing (obviously) time, but also equipment, server space, money, and many other things to their projects. This makes commercial software company comparisons of "total cost of ownership" suspect.
Scacchi described software as literature, and referred to the many thousands of developers as readers of it. Then pointedly asked whether libraries are building collections of it. There was silence in the room, but iBiblio, hosted by the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, is actually doing this and hosts one of the largest open-source software libraries.
He also described the confusing array of open-source licensing arrangements and the problems conflicting licenses can cause. A good source of basic advice on these issues can be found in the Software Freedom Law Center's Legal Issues Primer for Open Source and Free Software Projects.
Small projects tend to fail unless they can forge alliances with other, similar projects. A large project, or a cooperating cluster of projects, can generate the critical mass necessary for success. The question to ask about a project is whether it could or would continue if its current main developer left. He pointed to the example of the Linux kernel, the heart of the operating system, to which the original creator, Linus Torvalds, contributes less than 1% of the code. A sustainable project generates code and a community.
Open Source Open Services – Emerging Technology Interest Group
Joe Ford convened the Emerging Technology Interest group managed discussion on "Open Source, Open Services"
Darrell Gunter began by discussing Collexis research projects and applications for libraries. Fascinating work is being undertaken on computationally derived ontology, what Collexis refers to as Fingerprinting. [Bibliographic ontology (like FRBR or FRAD not getting any play in the semantic portion of the presentation). ] Screenshots of tools (presentation slides to be posted to the LITA wiki) included the Knowledge Dashboard, which is being used for Hypothesis Generation by scientists. Biomedexperts.com discussed as a Collexis partner with tools for researchers including expert visualization, social network graphs of who is publishing with whom. Asklepios Group discussed as a user of collexis tools which utilizes mobile technology for patient-side consultation and comparison of relevant treatments.
I would characterize Collexis methodology as relying on computationally derived indexing for data visualization (btw-the intellectual foundations of LIS exist (partly) in the aforementioned FRBR ontology). To some extent one has to question the use of the term semantics here, in that behind their derived "meaning" are sets of algorithms, which don't actually answer the question "what exists" but rather "what exists in the databases we compute from" – in my opinion. I think of Karl Jaspers and his idea on the limitations of certain kinds of empiricism.
Neeru Khosla of CK12 introduced the Flexbook, a collaboratively authored and produced textbook. Neeru modeled the assembler interface which allows the user to select chapters for their desired book. Flexbook is pitched as a low cost way to create textbooks. CK12 is looking for librarians to provide indices, meta information, keywords to this interface to help organize the chapter content. I would characterize this work as sort of a Textbook2.0 in that the user can easily piece together the book they want and suit it to their exact student needs and not pay an exceedingly high cost. Regarding quality: Neeru informs us that chapters can come from wikis such as Wikipedia and from donated textbook content. If you are interested in learning more contact email@example.com
If you are interested in semantic type stuff see the w3c.org page.
Drupal4Lib BoF at ALA Anaheim
We got a great crowd of around 20 people for our Drupal 'Birds of a Feather'. The above is a shot of everybody in the BIGWIG Bloggers' room — just before we got kicked out by some group from YALSA (bums, we'll get even)!
(We then proceeded to the next available empty room and had our get-together there.)
First up on the agenda was setting up the Drupal IG, making sure we have enough signatures and asking for volunteers to serve as Chair and Co-Chair. For the first year, Leo Klein (i.e. me) graciously volunteered to serve as chair and Ian Chan as co-chair.
The name for the IG is 'Drupal4Lib' and our purpose is "to promote the use and understanding of the content management system, Drupal, by libraries and librarians".
Next on the agenda was the true meat-and-potatoes of the BoF: shooting the breeze about Drupal and demonstrating a few sites we were working on.
The group consisted of librarians at all levels of experience from expert to beginner. Some were shopping around for a CMS and hadn't yet decided which one to choose. Some had already deployed Drupal in one way or another — if only locally on their laptop — and wanted to learn more about it.
Jon Blackburn showed us the FSU Library site, Tracy Sutherland gave us a taste of the soon-to-be launched Amherst Library site (public mockups here…) , and finally, Co-Chair volunteer Ian Chen gave us a taste of his wonderful work from his portfolio site.
Unfortunately my nifty little projector was suffering relocation fits and kept on shutting down. [Note to attendees: if you weren't able to show us a site because of projector problems, please post them here].
All in all the surprising thing was how quickly the time went. I personally found the BoF extremely rewarding. There aren't many opportunities to meet face-to-face with colleagues united by an interest or curiosity in Drupal.
I really look forward to our next get-together — in Chicago?
Top Technology Trends from Sarah Houghton-Jan, ALA 2008
I had a lovely time presenting virtually, despite the sound issues on all ends. It still was a rather successful demonstration of virtual participation, and I think that was wonderful. Big thanks to Maurice York for organizing this for myself and Karen.
I have 5 Trends I'd like to throw out there. I was able to cover three of them (#s 1-3) in the live presentation, but apparently the echo in the room made parts of what I said difficult to hear. So, here's what I said verbatim, near as I can remember (plus the bonuses of #s 4 and 5). Let's hit it.
#1: Bandwidth
Every library complains about bandwidth. Many people have faster access at home than at the library, which is a reversal of what we used to see when people came into the library to use our connections. The problem is multimedia, which is wonderful, but it is huge. And when you put 40 people downloading audio and video files, playing live online games with people in Singapore, and streaming radio stations , you get bandwidth clogged-up-ed-ness. And if you're not set up so your staff network is separated from your public network (which you should be), your staff find that their work is slowed down to a snail's pace too. There are a number of solutions out there like paying to up your subscription with your ISP to the next level or switching from copper to fiber. But this faces all organizations, not just libraries, so until a global solution is found, I think that we will see more of libraries' IT budgets going to bandwidth every year…which means other projects may be put off.
#2: Sustainability
We talk a lot about the new and the beautiful. But answer me this: how many abandoned and dead library blogs are on the web? How many no-longer-updated library MySpace profiles are there? Few libraries thought about how much it would take to sustain these presences. Taking a holistic view of how much staff time it takes to maintain the library's existing web presence, and allowing for additional time for new projects, is something that all libraries should begin. The smart ones do it now, but as our web presence grows and takes up more of our overall resources, we need to pay the same kind of attention to staffing it as we do for a physical library.
#3: Looking away from the bright shiny things and at ourselves instead
Tell me which of the following sounds familiar to you:
- "We wanted to do it, but our administration didn't see the value in the technology and didn't want to devote staff time or funds to it.†-OR-
- "We had to go through 6 committees and rewrite 4 library policies to get approval to start a blog, so it took a year to get it going.†-OR-
- "Our web and IT staff have a project back-log of more than a year so any new ideas have to wait.â€
Libraries, as organizations, are not nimble. We desperately need to look at how we make decision and how we encourage innovation in our libraries. Nearly all of the libraries I have visited or worked in do not encourage innovation.
In fact, innovation is discouraged through the structure and practices of our organizations. A huge barrier is the generations-old librarian "fear of failure†that is so great that no one is allowed to try anything unless is has been planned to death and has already been implemented in 80% or more of other libraries. Staff are also hesitant to innovate because of the multi-level bureaucracy that libraries seem to love. These bureaucracies are seemingly insurmountable to us regular ol' staff because of three things:
- the natural frustration we all have with complex bureaucracies that make us want to cry
- the reality that "the little guy,†which many of our new librarian staff are, probably isn't on the committee that makes the big decisions
- and third, people don't have the extra time in their workdays for the hours required to organize a project to make its way through the bureaucracy. The staff are already over-burdened by their other duties and few people want to work an extra 5 hours every week just so they can be the ones trying new things in their workplaces.
We create walls between us and innovation and then put down on paper that we want to innovate, that we have a strategic plan to move us forward. "Huzzah!†we say to ourselves. And yet, our plan falls woefully short of what we really need to get us to where our customers expect us to be.
Here's what I want to see for a library technology plan—
DOs: Go try new things. The more things the better. The more things that we hear about failing, the better, because that means you're trying lots of new things. Pilot new things if possible. We'll fund you when we can, but if we can't please try getting sponsorships. And, finally, let us know how it goes.
DON'Ts: Don't dislocate your shoulder playing wii bowling at a gaming night. Please.
Until we break down the walls that stand between libraries and innovation, all this talk of shiny new things doesn't mean a thing. The libraries that have broken down those walls, or at least found secret passageways through them here and there, are the ones who we see innovating, the ones we see featured in Library Journal or Computers in Libraries. It ain't the ones with a committee structure that looks more complicated than my family tree. The advent of the rush of new technologies in libraries is almost forcing the issue, making us reconsider how we make decisions and manage projects. I think this is a wonderful thing, and am watching what libraries do as they move through this change.
#4: Catalogs
I want to build on something that Eric Lease Morgan wrote in his Trends on the LITA Blog. He was writing about the next-gen library catalog and emphasized the importance of helping customers to use the content they find in the catalog by tagging, reviewing, sharing, syndicating, etc. I wish to second that sentiment with one addition. These activities need to be global. They should not be limited to the content created by your library's users or users of other library catalogs from the same vendor, as is the case with some of today's products. In other words, tags and reviews should be shared across libraries, platforms, and across all boundaries. Syndication and sharing should work with common and popular existing websites and services like Yelp, Facebook, and Amazon. We are no longer individual community libraries folks…at least not online. We're all one, and acting like it will help us stay relevant in our users' online experiences.
#5: Open Access Content
Libraries are going to soon start getting off of our pricey pedestals and only featuring digital content that we pay for. Yes, we all pay thousands of dollars for some excellent downloadable audio books, encyclopedias, journals, and a lot more. But all of that lovely open access (read: free) digital content that exists out there through sites like the Directory of Open Access Journals, Project Gutenberg, and more are credible and respected, and we owe it to our users to let them know about this content.
Questions from the Audience
InfoCommons – what's the right set-up, hardware, software?
In addition, there was a question from someone in the audience, directed to me, about what software and hardware would make a good InfoCommons. I'm still confused about why that was addressed to me, but that's OK. I will admit that this is not an area of expertise for me. My library is currently in the very early stages of beginning planning for an InfoCommons in our main location and perhaps at a few key branches. My best recommendation would be to ask the users. See what they tell you they want. So, instead of answers, I'll leave you with questions. Do they need video editing software? Furniture that can move? Laptops they can check out instead of standing desktop computers? Do they want audio mixing software? Which types of device ports? Do they want specific animation software? Do they need to be able to download stuff (if your library currently doesn't allow that)? Do they want special printers? Talk about that. See what they tell you. Research what other libraries have done, and use that as a possible starting point. Much has been written on the subject by people a lot more involved in this area than I am. Trust them, not me 😉
LITA Public Libraries Technology Interest Group Meeting
The PLTIG business meeting focused on further developing our program idea for Annual 2009. The program looks at how various libraries and consortia have used technology to bring their summer reading programs "online"–from patron front-ends to backends for creating statistical and tracking reports. (How many repeat customers did your summer reading program have this year?) Discussion focused on speaker selection, developing guidelines for speakers, preparing a resource list for attendees, and publicity options.
The group also discussed plans for Midwinter. Instead of hosting a managed discussion as we have done in the past, we decided simply to hold a business meeting. We'll work further on the 2009 program at Midwinter as well as begin the process of planning for Annual 2010.
As part of the Midwinter discussion, we also touched on the perennial topic of "what's the purpose of this IG?" We concluded that our purpose was to provide programming on technology topics of interest to persons in public libraries and that we'd do well to market ourselves to new members this way. We're hoping that a narrower focus that's more easy to get a handle on will help us attract new members.
So if your interested in technology in public libraries and want to get involved in programming at annual conferences, be sure to look us up at Midwinter.
LITA Blogger's Room
Just so that everyone is aware: the LITA Blogger's room, open to anyone who needs a quick 'net connection, can be found at:
Hilton convention center, Carmel Room. The Carmel room is up 2 escalators from the lobby.
See you there!
Live Streaming from ALA Annual 2008
This is not an organized LITA endeavor, but as a proof-of-concept for BIGWIG, I am going to be streaming as much as I can from ALA Annual 2008. The service I'm using for this is called Ustream, and the live channel can be found here:
Because of the vagaries of internet access at the various convention hotels, it remains to be seen exactly what I will be able to do…but I'm going to give it a try! Even if you miss the live stream, all of the videos will be at the above URL to peruse at your leisure. If you are interested in trying to catch me live, I'll be announcing it over on Twitter.
Electronic Resources Management IG Meeting in Anaheim
Please join us at the Electronic Resources Management Interest Group (ALCTS/LITA) meeting otherwise known as the "Friday Night Meeting".
When: Friday, June 27th 6:30-8:00pm
Where: Anaheim Convention Center Room 203 A
1. IG Business (5 Minutes)
2. SUSHI- Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative (SUSHI) Open Forum – Adam Chandler and friends. Adam will be presenting the results of a SUSHI survey he is conducting of COUNTER
members and then using that as a lead-off for a discussion about what the challenges and opportunities related to SUSHI implementation are. (30 minutes)
3. CORE-Cost of Resources Exchange update – Ted Koppel and/or Jeff Aipperspach (15-20 minutes)
4. KBART-Knowledge Base and Related Tools Working Group – Nettie Lagace (15-20 minutes)
5. Update report on the ONIX family (Licensing Terms, Books and Serials) – Brian Green (5-10 minutes)
6. NISO Update – Todd Carpenter (10-15 minutes)
We look forward to seeing you in Anaheim.
Zoe and Clara


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Ms. Chu has also co-authored a checklist of best practices for charities while serving on the New York City Bar committee on non-profit organizations. She currently serves on the New York City Bar committee on Art Law and on the audit and development committees of the Brooklyn Arts Council board of directors.
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No. 44 Texas Tech Hosts Oklahoma State, No. 12 Oklahoma
Seniors Jeff Bryan, Raphael Pfister, Gabriel Wanderley and Vitor Manzini lead Texas Tech this weekend.
April 11, 2013
LUBBOCK, Texas – No. 44 Texas Tech will close out the home slate of the 2013 tennis season this weekend, as Red Raiders host Oklahoma State on Friday at 6 p.m. and No. 12 Oklahoma on Sunday at 1 p.m. at the McLeod Tennis Center.
"This is a special weekend four us as we celebrate four seniors – Jeff Bryan, Vitor Manzini, Raphael Pfister and Gabriel Wanderley," said Red Raider head coach Tim Siegel. "This group has been a part of some special teams here at Texas Tech and done some special things. They have not only represented our program well, but present the University and themselves in an outstanding manner."
Texas Tech will host Oklahoma State on Friday night. The Cowboys are 11-10 overall and 0-2 in Big 12 play this season. OSU is led by Chris Haworth (10-8) and Brady Bohrnstedt (12-6).
On Sunday, the Red Raiders will host the Sooners on Senior Day. No. 12 Oklahoma is 15-5 on the season and 2-0 in Big 12 action. The Sooners are paced by Costin Paval (14-3), Guillermo Alcorta (14-2) and Dane Webb (14-5).
Texas Tech's seniors have been key contributors to the lineup this season. Manzini (13-12) has anchored the No. 1 position, while Pfister has played 4-5-6 and gone 18-6 this season in singles. Wanderley (8-6) has also been a key contributor in the lineup and has filled in everywhere from No. 3 to No. 6 this season.
The seniors have also been mainstays in doubles, as Manzini has gone 13-7, Bryan has recorded a 12-5 record in dual matches, while Pfister is 11-5 and Wanderley is 7-9.
Over the last four years, this senior class has gone 69-32 and advanced to the NCAA Championships for three consecutive years.


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The Jeffersons.
The adventures of George and Weezie movin' on up the East Side have always been a joy. There's no way I couldn't love a show with fellow Philly native Sherman Hemsley, Mary from 227 and Lenny Kravitz's mom, right?
So there I was, on my off day watching The Jeffersons, stumbled upon this guy and posted this photo to my Instagram. I was fascinated. Because there's nothing like a 1970s balding Afro, the bald-fro.
I wrote next to the photo: "As a balding man myself, maybe it's time I bring this look back? But maybe with full-on Martin Van Buren muttonchops?"
But now I'm thinking about that old rub, hair politics. And, on top of that, blerd hair politics!
Not so familiar with hair politics? Sit right down and I'll tell you a tale.
Nearly everything is up for debate when it comes to black people thanks to that sociocultural bag-of-cats known as race, and hair is no exception. Whether it's dreadlocks, straight hair, weaves, conks, Afros, baldies or shaved heads, black hair has long been seen as an indicator, authenticator, validator, or violator.
Those aspects of black hair and black hair politics typically come from the white gaze, a racial dominance rooted in a Western Eurocentric view that sees black hair – in its natural state and tendencies – as unruly, unkempt, wild, even ugly. No cornrows or dreads in the corporate office, and a high-top fade is reserved for hip-hop artists and NBA players only.
It could be worse. I could be female. My experience is nothing compared to the haterade bath received when living under the double yoke of racism and sexism. Doesn't matter if she's a news anchor who decides to wear her hair short and natural. Or a platinum-selling pop star going long and blonde. Or a gold medal-winning teenage gymnast wearing her permed hair in a makeshift ponytail. Or the eldest daughter of the leader of the free world.
The hair politics happen inside the race as well as from outside, with talks of "good hair" and "black hair," on the spectrum from straight to kinky. My mother talked of "training" my hair by brushing and combing constantly, as if it were some wild animal. And the shame that would be bestowed if my hair appeared too nappy. You know, what it does naturally.
Blerds are not immune to hair politics, either. They have their own.
I've almost never had cool hair. Never. As a kid, I had the basic high-and-tight. No parts cut into the hair, no sick fades, no high top, nothing. Wasn't allowed. So, basically, the Carlton and the Urkel.
Later on, I could have had cool blerd hair.
The bushier the head, the higher in the blerdocracy you could ascend. Spike Lee, Cornel West, Touré, W. Kamau Bell, Larenz Tate in Love Jones, D.L. Hughley, they're all waiting for me up there.
If you want to show off as an educated, thoughtful, artistic, sharp-edged black man, grow that shit out. Even Chris Rock has gotten in on the game. (Rock also directed the documentary Good Hair, which explored the subject of black women and their complicated relationship with hair.)
The blerd hair game got me, for a while, during those college years known as the late 1990s, coupled with no budget for frequent haircuts. And then a girl I liked mentioned one day that I would look good with a shaved head, the suddenly awesome trend of the early 2000s. She planted the seed that became a tree, and out came the razor.
I'd dropped 15 pounds, too, and was muscular for the first time in my life. (Thanks, fellow crome-domer Billy Blanks! That Tae Bo was awesome.) The girl I liked? She said I looked sexy. Bam! From blerd to bad with the flick of a Bic.
And so I stayed, leather jackets, ribbed T-shirts and all, for a solid five years or crome-domery. Chances are I looked like a littler, younger Chi McBride. (Go watch Human Target, OK? It lives on in DVD form!)
Turned out that hair, just like youth, was wasted on the young. By the time I wanted hair again at 25, it wasn't growing back so well any more. And I was back to the Carlton high-and-tight. The balding man's best friend.
These days, I hit up the ghetto barbershops like I grew up in, and they can add a little flavor. But it's still the high-and-tight.
I don't lament my hair often, but every once in a while, I see the hair growing fuller, and I think about whether I really want it back. The sides are thick and wooly, and then rise to thin patches up top, unearthing unnatural undulations to my silhouette.
Do I dare to keep going? Do I let it grow, undulations be damned? My bald-fro friend on The Jeffersons stands before me like folicular Everest. He dares me.
The Instagram and Facebook friends, they dare me. My wife, who likes pretty much any look I take on, also is game for a furball-headed husband.
But my bald-fro Jeffersons man dares me to go farther, to do more than he ever tried. Those Martin Van Buren muttonchops are calling me. Take them on, and perhaps I could go back to one of the greatest blerds of all: Frederick Douglass.
Douglass, whose brilliance not even slavery and the constant threat of death by abolitionist-hunters could extinguish. Whose unstoppable kinky mane and proud whiskers were both stately and rebellious.
Whose home I once visited as a child. Whose biography I have read a few times.
Whose Independence Day speech I've heard passionately read every July 4 by fellow famous blerd and Harvard alumnus, How To Be Black author Baratunde Thurston.
Yes. I could do that. One day.
Thursday, January 31, 2013
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Siemens Shifting Focus
Company slimming its Energy Sector, discontinuing Solar & Hydro Division
Posted on October 22, 2012
As part of its own program that emphasizes a stronger focus on core activities, Siemens is changing its business strategy in regards to renewable energy.
The company will divest its solar business activities and focus its renewable energy work on wind and hydro power.
As part of this reorganization, Siemens' Energy Sector will be slimmed down and the Solar & Hydro Division will be discontinued.


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Science fiction has penetrated art, literature and popular culture. But how can we separate fact from fiction, when many bizarre Sci-Fi ideas later turn out to be correct? The annual Sci-Fi Meets Sci-Fact lecture is a fun evening of information and entertainment. This lecture is suited for the young-and the young at heart.
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Aztec football preview and review: Week 9 vs. UNLV
Five things we learned about SDSU in its 39-38 OT win over Nevada:
1 -- Rocky Long is fearless
Not every college football coach could have made the call Aztecs coach Rocky Long made in Saturday's game. Faced with the prospect of a tie or a loss, Long opted to go for two instead of kicking the extra point, and it worked out in his favor. Long said his decision wasn't influenced by the go-for-it chart. That one was all-intuition. He's living up to his reputation as a risk taker who isn't afraid of the unconventional. His strategy won't work every time, but if we've seen anything from Long, it's that he's never afraid to try.
2 -- Rocky trusts his defense
Late in the fourth quarter, with Nevada on the SDSU 44 and pressing forward, the Wolf Pack completed a 2-yard pass, only to incur a holding penalty on second-and-10 that would have pushed them back 10 yards to make it second-and-20. Long declined the penalty, making it third-and-8, and putting the onus on the defense to stop Nevada's drive. This, despite the fact that the defense struggled in the second half of a game that had become a shootout. The defense validated Long's trust in them by stopping Nevada QB Cody Fajardo for a two-yard gain on the next play and proving that, when needed, they can come up with the big play. Not bad.
3 -- Aztecs can win on the road against good competition
You have to look back to 1996, when the Aztecs beat No. 16 Wyoming 28-24, to find the last time the SDSU football team put together such a significant win. This victory over Nevada came on the road, however -- perhaps making it more impressive. And it came against a 6-1 team with a fearsome offense that most of the Mountain West has failed to defeat. Winning that game changed the outlook of the Aztecs' season. They're now 5-3 and one win away from bowl eligibility, and Long is 13-8 as SDSU's head coach, with a huge upset victory under his belt. That's something you can build on.
4 -- Dingwell did just fine in Katz's stead
Hearts dropped into stomachs when Ryan Katz went down with his broken ankle in the first quarter, and Aztec fans all over wondered if that was it for their team. Game, set, match, Nevada? No way the Aztecs can compete without their biggest offensive weapon, right? Wrong. Backup quarterback Adam Dingwell came out of nowhere and rallied the team to overcome an 11-point deficit and pull out the win in dramatic fashion. This was one for the record books. Was this Dingwell's coming out party? Only time will tell.
5 -- Chance can be clutch!
Chance Marden, the Aztecs' much-maligned kicker, killed any final doubts about his abilities Saturday when he made three huge field goals and finished the night with 11 of the Aztecs' 39 points. The biggest moment of his career came with three seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, when, after being iced twice by Nevada calling timeout, Marden converted a 35-yard field goal to send the game into overtime. Marden is now 7-of-10 after starting the season 0-for-3.
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Do people really have a problem with the screens of their smartphones cracking? I hear about it all the time, but have never actually had it happen. Given, I am pretty careful with my phone and thus have not had it fall very often. That, and most of the time I see people using an Otterbox or some other protective cover, so I never really thought that this would be much of a problem, but I guess that it is. New technology may be incredible, but it is not always all that durable, and smartphones are no exception to that. If anything, from how often I hear about this sort of thing happening, they may well be the example. In regards to this, I expect that there will be cause for much celebration given the news of a new, shatterproof screen that may soon be on the market.
Scientists from the University of Akron have recently developed a see-through electrode that will make smartphone screens much more resistant to damage. The team has demonstrated the shatterproof tech by showing how a transparent layer of electrodes on a polymer surface could be both incredibly tough and incredibly flexible. This was shown by the new film being able to retain its original shape and its functionality despite being bent 1,000 times. In addition to that, this new coating has the same transparency as our currently used designs but has even greater conductivity. In their showing, they demonstrated how it could withstand repeated scotch tape peeling and bending tests. This new design is a great improvement over the currently used indium tin oxide (ITO) coatings, which are more brittle, more likely to shatter, and are actually more expensive to manufacture. This novel new film can be easily, and cost-efficiently fabricated in economical, mass-quantity rolls which will make it a true competitor to ITO, which was one of the initial goals of the project.
This incredible new coating was designed by Yu Zhu, UA assistant professor of polymer science, Darrell Reneker, professor of polymer science also at UA, and UA graduate students Tianda He and Aozhen Xia.
According to Professor Zhu, "We expect this film to emerge on the market as a true ITO competitor. The annoying problem of cracked smartphone screens may be solved once and for all with this flexible touchscreen."
We can only hope.
A new smartphone screen, more resistant to cracking and shattering than before as well as cheaper to produce overall? Sounds like a win/win to me.
So, for everyone out there who has dropped their brand new smartphone and had the screen crack or shatter, this one is for you. Soon, such things will be problems of the past as this new shatter-proofing will help ensure the safety of your phone despite any clumsiness or random accidents. As for me, I am going to continue to be careful with mine as, knowing my luck, me talking about how I have never had this happen to me has just jinxed me and I might soon need this new coating on my phone too.
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what should I do about extremely slow safari? I supposedly have 10 Megs from my cable company, but it seems to be running at less than one-tenth that. Mail program seems OK, and my son says his notebook is real fast on the same wireless router. I am on Imac running Tiger. connecting directly to the router doesnt help.
also, I have never been able to set up folders in my Mail, though it will set up smart folders. I get an error message about a path not being there, or something like that.
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You can test out if Safari is slower than it should be by using another browser for a few minutes and see if another one is faster. If a browser other than Safari is faster, Safari probably needs to be reset.
To reset Safari, open Safari. Click the Safari menu heading and click Reset Safari. It gives you options to reset. You can select or deselect what you want but to totally reset it, select them all. Then see how Safari runs.
I wouldn't reset Safari until testing another browser. If another browser is slow too, the problem isn't Safari.
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I tried downloading firefox, but it would take several DAYS at the connect speed... so since I dont have
another browser, that isnt helpful. I already found the reset and clicked on several that seemed innocuous, but am anxious that I would lose all my bookmarks, and settings if I do the whole shebang.
So far, unfortunately, this isnt helpful can you guide me any further?
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Ok, since your internet connection is too slow to download Firefox and you've already tried resetting Safari, let's try resetting Safari's preferences. To do that,
1) Quit Safari.
2) Open a Finder window by clicking the smiling face icon in the lower left of the Dock.
3) Click on your Home folder in the left sidebar.
4) Open the Library folder.
5) Open the Preferences folder.
6) Locate the file named com.apple.safari.plist and throw it in the trash.
7) Close the Finder window.
8) Open Safari and see if it runs faster now.
If that doesn't help much, put additional DNS numbers in from OpenDNS.com. To do that:
1) Open System Preferences and click on Network
2) Click the Advanced button.
3) Click the DNS tab near the top of the window.
4) Click the Plus button near the lower left corner.
5) Add these numbers. Click the plus button once to add the first set, click it again to add the second set:
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6) Click the Ok button.
7) Click the TCP/IP tab near the upper right corner and click the Renew DHCP Lease button.
8) Once back at the main Network window, click the just over the lock icon and click Set Service Order.
9) Drag the method you are using to connect to the internet to the top.
10) Click Ok
11) Click Apply in the lower right corner.
See how Safari runs now.
If things aren't speeding up yet, create a new user account in System Preferences/Accounts. Quit all applications in your current user account, log out of the current account, login to the new account and surf around with Safari and see if it's faster in the new account.
Let us know how things go after this.
There are more things to try if this doesn't get things going good.
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I'm not getting any "advanced" button on system preference, Network.
First suggestion didnt help any.
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Ok, that's the procedure for Mac OS 10.5. I took for granted that's what operating system you are running. So, I'll redo that for you if you can tell me what operating system you are running. You can find that by clicking the Apple logo in the upper left corner and selecting About This Mac.
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os 10.4.11
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Let's try this in Mac OS 10.4.11.
Put additional DNS numbers in from OpenDNS.com. To do that:
1) Open System Preferences and click on Network
2) Click the second button from the top where it say "Show" and click Airport if you are using Airport
3) Click the TCP/IP tab near the top of the window.
4) Add these numbers in the DNS Servers box.
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5) Click the Renew DHCP Lease button then click Apply in the lower right corner.
6) Click the "Show" again at the second button from the top and select Network Port Configurations.
7) Drag the method you are using to connect to the internet to the top. Airport if you are using Airport.
8) Click Apply in the lower right corner.
9) Quit System Preferences.
See how Safari runs now.
If things aren't speeding up yet, create a new user account in System Preferences/Accounts. Quit all applications in your current user account, log out of the current account, login to the new account and surf around with Safari and see if it's faster in the new account.
Let us know how things go after this.
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none of this has helped. I am still getting download speed of 140 Kbps.
If you have any other ideas, OK, otherwise I think this is a failure.
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In your original question you said you used your son's computer for comparison. What download speed is that computer getting?
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I would still like to know what speed your son's computer's download speed is. Either way, you said your download speed is 140 kbps. Since that is still two and a half times the speed of 56k dialup, downloading Firefox (which is 17.3 megabytes) should only take 2-4 minutes. So you can compare the speed of Safari with Firefox. You can download Firefox here:
You can test your download speed here:
I suspect the high speed modem. The usual best remedies for resetting the modem are; if the modem has a reset button that a paper clip or something similar and be inserted in, keep the modem connected and hold the reset button for 30 seconds. Give the modem a couple of minutes to reset itself, then check your speed out.
Or, unplug your modem and router's power plug. Wait 30 seconds, power up the modem. Give it about 2 minutes to set itself up. Then power up the router and give it about 2 minutes to power up. Check your connection speed after that.
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thanks. I will do that.
I dont know if my son ran a speed test, I suspect not
....he was just saying that in response to
my question. He is back at school now
so we cant retest it right now
I will push accept now, as you did ;a ton of work.
if you want I will let you know what happens when
I do the shut down later.
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It would be great to compare another computer on your network to see if that one would get the same download speed as yours. If it is the same, the problem is not your computer but the modem or router. If my last suggestions don't help, you are at the point where it is probably best to call your internet provider to tell them the problem and tell them that you've tried surfing wireless and directly to the modem. This eliminates them blaming the router for the problem. Maybe they can track your speed throughput right there on the phone or come replace your modem.
On your end the only other suggestion I would have is reinstalling the operating system. But, I would ask your internet service provider to come out and test your connection before you go as far as reinstalling the operating system.
Thanks for the accept and do let us know if things speed up.
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I think what it is, the cable modem is shot.
ISP is gonna replace it.
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Hopefully that gets you going high speed again. Sorry it took so much troubleshooting. Many times our first instincts are to blame the computer. Let us know if that ends up being the problem.
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Jun 18 2009 / Thursday
I found a note outside my door this morning, Jose had to get up early to make a flight out to Seattle so he could catch up with the rest of the enjoi team for a couple of demos. It was another nice day in London and we rolled by Southbank to see what was going on, since the weather was so nice tons of people and performers were out, we sat by the river Thames and enjoyed the scene, eventually we got around to skating. London is a sick city but is by far the dirtiest city I have been to, check out the photo of Davis and Malto walking up the street, check out the dirt floating around the air, it was insane.
Dirty London...
Warmup ollie!
Oli & Malto
Street performer...
Farewell note...
And a few straggler photos from Mr. Don Brown himself!
Oli & Shier
Chicks dig Sean...
Devine got fans...
Devine & Sean!
Davis got fans too!
Sheck & Tyler & Devine!


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Rising bilateral trade with China, growing consumer wealth and high confidence level among its traders will push India to the top league of trading nations beginning 2013 and it is set to retain the fastest growth rate till 2020, says HSBC.
"The growing Indo-China bilateral trade is set to increase significantly and the country will be the fastest expanding market for Chinese products, with import growth averaging 20 per cent annually during 2013-15 and 17 percent during 2016-20, while exports clipping at 23 per cent during 2013-15 and 19 percent during 2016-20," says the HSBC trade forecast released today.
India tops the tables for all 23 markets surveyed as either their fastest import or export growth partner out to 2020, it said.
The country also tops the HSBC trade confidence index apart from having the most promising global outlook with 61 per cent of traders expecting to see growth.
"With a score of 135, India is the most confident country. Optimism has improved in the past six months with 71 percent of importers and exporters surveyed expecting trade volume to increase and another 24 per cent anticipating business to remain at current levels," said the report that covered 5,800 exporters, importers and traders over the past six months in 23 markets.
This upside to trade will be backed by the growing consumer wealth that will push the country to be the fastest growing trade market - import or export or both - among the 23 largest trading markets, according to the forecast.
The optimism comes from a dual speed trade rebound as South-South corridors become more established, driving growth to 2015 before being rejoined by the developed world in the later part of the decade, notes the report.
As per the report, India and China will be joined by emerging trading nations like Vietnam, Indonesia, Egypt, Turkey, Mexico and Poland to record significant trade growth in the next three years.
South-South trade continues to show up as a trend.
Brazil's fastest growing trade partners are India, Vietnam and China and Mexico's imports from India and China will grow 13.9 percent and 13.4 percent respectively between 2016 and 2020, the HSBC report said.
Indonesian exports, led by commodities, to Asia (ex-Japan) are expected to grow at around 10 percent annually during 2021-30, with shipments to India and China leading the growth during 2013-15.
Singapore's exports to Asia (ex-Japan) are forecast to rise by 7 per cent on average during 2021-30,


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Tallahassee, Florida- July 3, 2012
In an effort to expedite the recovery process for businesses damaged by Tropical Storm Debby, Governor Rick Scott today activated Florida's Small Business Emergency Bridge Loan Program. The program will provide emergency, short-term, interest-free loans to small businesses in 36 eligible counties to assist in reestablishing business during the interim period before other aid and insurance claims are processed.
"Providing emergency financial assistance to businesses impacted by Tropical Storm Debby will aid them and their employees in getting back to work," said Governor Scott. "So many of Florida's small businesses are the lifeblood of their communities, and this program will help assist them in returning to business as usual as soon as possible."
The Florida Small Business Emergency Bridge Loan Program provides an expedient cash flow to businesses physically damaged by a disaster. The short-term loans help bridge the gap between the time damage is incurred and when a business secures other financial resources, including regular profits, payment of claims or longer-term loans. Governor Scott has allocated up to $10 million from the state's General Revenue fund for the program, of which $5 million will be made available immediately. The additional $5 million will be used as necessary.
Owners of small businesses with two to 100 employees in counties impacted by Tropical Storm Debby (see attached map) may apply for short-term loans for $1,000 to $25,000 from Thursday, July 5 to Wednesday, August 15, 2012. Loans are granted in terms of 90 or 180 days and are interest-free for that time period. To be eligible a business must have been established prior to the issue of Executive Order 12-140, signed by Governor Scott on June 25, 2012, and demonstrate physical damage as a result of Tropical Storm Debby.
Florida's Small Business Emergency Bridge Loan Program was first activated in the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew in an effort to provide short-term emergency funding to businesses in need of immediate cash flow. Since then, the program has minimized the economic impacts of the Winter Storm of 1993, the Northwest Florida Floods of 1994, tornadoes in 2007, and Hurricanes Opal, Georges, Charley, Frances, Ivan, Jeanne, Dennis and Wilma.
To complete an application, or for more information on the program, visit www.floridadisasterloan.org. For questions regarding local administration of the Emergency Bridge Loan Program, contact the Florida Small Business Development Center Network State Office at (850) 473-7800 or toll-free at (866) 737-7232.
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Midtrimester amniotic fluid concentrations of interleukin-6 and interferon-gamma-inducible protein-10: evidence for heterogeneity of intra-amniotic inflammation and associations with spontaneous early (<32 weeks) and late (>32 weeks) preterm delivery
1Ob/Gyn Unit, Department for Health of Mothers and Children, Azienda Ospedaliera, Padova, Italy
2Perinatology Research Branch, NICHD/NIH/DHHS, Detroit, MI, and Bethesda, MD, USA
3Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
4Ob/Gyn Unit, Department for Health of Mothers and Children, ASL 9 Treviso, Italy
5Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soroka University Medical Center, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of The Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
6Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
©2012 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin Boston. This content is open access.
Citation Information: . Volume 40, Issue 4, Pages 329–343, ISSN (Online) 1619-3997, ISSN (Print) 0300-5577, DOI: 10.1515/jpm-2012-0034, June 2012
Publication History
- Received:
- 2012-02-21
- Revised:
- 2012-03-09
- Accepted:
- 2012-03-19
Introduction: Intra-amniotic inflammation is traditionally defined as an elevation of amniotic fluid interleukin (IL)-6. Previous case control studies have suggested an association between an elevated midtrimester amniotic fluid IL-6 and preterm delivery, although such an association has been recently challenged. Intra-amniotic inflammation can also be defined by an elevation of the T-cell chemokine, Interferon-gamma-inducible protein (IP)-10. An elevation in amniotic fluid IP-10 has been associated with chronic chorioamnionitis, a lesion frequently found in late spontaneous preterm birth and fetal death. In contrast, an elevation in amniotic fluid IL-6 is typically associated with acute chorioamnionitis and funisitis. This study was conducted to examine the relationship between an elevation in amniotic fluid IL-6 in the midtrimester and preterm delivery at or before 32 weeks of gestation, and the amniotic fluid concentration of IP-10 and preterm delivery after 32 weeks of gestation.
Materials and methods: This cohort study included 847 consecutive women undergoing genetic midtrimester amniocentesis; in 796 cases, amniotic fluid and pregnancy outcome was available for study after exclusion of abnormal karyotype and/or fetal congenital anomalies. Spontaneous preterm delivery was defined as early (≤32 weeks) or late (after 32 completed weeks of pregnancy). The amniotic fluid and maternal blood concentrations of IL-6 and IP-10 were measured by specific immunoassays.
Results: 1) The prevalence of preterm delivery was 8.3% (66/796), while those of early and late spontaneous preterm delivery were 1.5% (n=12), and 4.5% (n=36), respectively; 2) patients who had a spontaneous preterm delivery after 32 weeks of gestation had a higher median amniotic fluid IP-10 concentration than those who delivered at term [median 713 pg/mL, inter-quartile range (IQR) 509–1427 pg/mL vs. median 589 pg/mL, IQR 402–953 pg/mL; P=0.006] and an elevation of amniotic fluid IP-10 concentration above 502 pg/mL (derived from an ROC curve) was associated with late spontaneous preterm delivery [odds ratio 3.9 (95% CI 1.6–9.9)]; 3) patients who had a spontaneous preterm delivery ≤32 weeks of gestation had a higher median amniotic fluid IL-6 concentration than those who delivered at term [median 2052 pg/mL, IQR 435–3015 pg/mL vs. median 414 pg/mL, IQR 209–930 pg/mL; P=0.006], and an elevated amniotic fluid IL-6 concentration above 1740 pg/mL (derived from an ROC curve) was associated with early spontaneous preterm delivery [odds ratio 9.5 (95% CI 2.9–31.1)]; 4) subclinical intra-amniotic inflammation, defined as an elevation of IL-6 (≥2.9 ng/mL) or IP-10 (≥2.2 ng/mL) concentration above the 95th percentile of patients who had uncomplicated term delivery (n=652 for IL-6 and n=633 for IP-10), was observed in 6.3% (50/796) and 5.8% (45/770) of cases, respectively. Although each type of inflammation is a risk factor for spontaneous preterm delivery, many patients had a term delivery without complication; 5) the amniotic fluid in the midtrimester did not contain microorganisms detectable with cultivation techniques.
Conclusions: Intra-amniotic inflammation is heterogeneous. Some patients have elevated amniotic fluid concentrations of IL-6, and are at risk for spontaneous preterm delivery before 32 weeks of gestation, while others have an elevated IP-10 (a chemotactic T-cell chemokine) and such patients are at risk for spontaneous preterm delivery after 32 weeks of gestation. A fraction of patients have subclinical intra-amniotic inflammation and deliver at term. The clinical significance of this condition remains to be determined.
Keywords: Chemokines; chorioamnionitis; chronic chorioamnionitis; cytokines; early preterm labor; late preterm labor; maternal anti-fetal rejection; midtrimester amniocentesis; pregnancy
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True to their historical counterparts, the weapons in "Beowulf" run the risk of breakage during heavy use, forcing the player to grab an enemy's weapon or kill them with his bare hands. But, Beowulf does not fight alone. Gather an army of a dozen Norse warriors and order them to guard your back or join you in attacking a foe using squad-based tactics. Successfully commanding your thanes is as important as delivering the fatal stroke in ensuring victory.
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