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Welcome to MagiStream's Official
Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Table of Contents:
The basics
The keep
Common expressions and abbreviations
The basics:
What is MagiStream?
MagiStream is a virtual pet site. The goal is to catch eggs of various creatures and get them hatched and grown up by having other people click on them.
How do I get my first eggs?
The first eggs should come from the Stream. It can be found by clicking the MagiStream banner at the top of each page. A total of nine eggs will be there. Click on one to have it added to your Keep. Eggs that get taken will automatically be replaced by new ones, so there will always be nine eggs in the Stream.
How do I hatch my eggs?
To hatch an egg, it needs to be clicked by people. The more people click your eggs, the faster they will hatch. In order for that, you need to make clickable links of your creatures available. Go to your keep and click the 'embed' link next to one of your eggs. Copy the BBCode provided. You can also click the 'embed multiple' button in the upper right corner of your keep to embed several creatures at once.
Afterward, put the codes into your signature. To do that, go to 'User Control Panel' -> 'Profile' -> 'Edit Signature' and paste them into the box provided. Don't forget to click 'Submit' or it won't save the changes you made.
Where do I go to hatch my eggs?
Post around the forum with your eggs in your signature to have people see and click the eggs. There are also several threads dedicated to clicking eggs in the Reindeer Games section of the forum. Please note that except in those click threads, it is not allowed to put the eggs directly in your post.
You can also post your eggs on other sites, but please make sure those sites allow that kind of thing to be posted.
What is gold and how do I get it?
Gold is the currency on the site. It is used to purchase creatures from the site shops and to trade with other players.
You get one gold piece every time you click a creature unless it is frozen or owned by Nobody/Anonymous. You also get gold for every post you make. The amount of gold per post depends on the length of the post and decreases with the number of posts you make until you refrain from posting for a while. It caps at 60 gold.
What are shards and how do I get them?
Shards are a gift to those who donate real money to the site. For every dollar donated, you receive one shard. They can be used to purchase special creatures that are not available any other way. These cost 2, 3 and 5 shards respectively.
Where can I see a list of all creatures?
There are various fansites that have lists of creatures available. This thread will give you links to those sites.
When do my eggs hatch?
The exact amount of clicks necessary to hatch an egg varies per species and is secret. However, you can see how far along it is by checking the progress bar to the right of your creature in the keep. The upper bar will tell you how far along the current stage the creature is, the lower one how far until it has reached the final stage.
How many creatures can I have?
There is no limit to the number of hatchlings and adults you can own. However, you may only have four live eggs at any time. If you want to get more eggs, you will have to freeze, release or hatch one of your eggs first.
Where can I get creatures?
The main place to get creatures is of course the Stream. A number of creatures can also be found in the shops and cost either gold or shards to purchase. Some creatures can be found in quests; how to get those will be detailed in the 'quest' section further down. Several creatures are available by throwing gold in the Koi Pond. Hybrids are creatures only available by breeding certain species with each other. Finally, there are limited creatures available only through events at specific times of the year.
What is freezing?
Freezing is done using the 'freeze' button on a creature. This will lock the creature in its current stage. Frozen creatures will no longer grow, do not provide gold when clicked and do not count against the egg limit. Freezing is only available on eggs and hatchlings. Note that freezing cannot be undone.
What is releasing?
Releasing is done using the 'release' button on a creature. This will permanently remove the creature from your keep. There is no way for anyone to get that creature again.
What is breeding?
Breeding allows two of your creatures to lay an egg. Further details on breeding will be given in the breeding section below.
Can I give my creatures names?
You can name a creature by clicking the "name" button next to it. Names can be up to 25 characters long and may only include letters in the English alphabet, spaces, hyphens ( - ) and apostrophes ( ' ). Several creatures may have the same name, even if they are owned by the same person.
Please note that while renaming a creature is possible, it costs some gold. The fee ranks between 2k and 100k, depending on the rarity of the creature. Before giving a name to a creature, consider well whether it is the name you want that creature to have.
Can my creature die?
Creatures on MagiStream do not get sick or die.
How are genders determined?
With a single exception, all creatures have males and females. There is always a 50% chance for either gender. Some creatures will have different sprites for the two genders; this is called dimorphism. The one exception is the Delroch, which is always male.
Why are there so many eggs of the same type in the stream?
Some creatures come in so-called floods. A flooding creature will have a very high chance to appear in the stream, meaning most eggs during that flood will be that creature. The most notable of those is the Lakiran Platypus, which will flood twice a day for fifteen minutes. Many limited event creatures also come in floods for several days.
What are Allies?
Allies are representatives of other sentient species found in the world of MagiStream. They can be gotten through quests. Since allies are not pets but friends, you cannot breed or trade them.
How do I breed my creatures?
To breed a creature, click the 'breed' button next to the creature. The following page will give you a list of creatures you own that it is compatible with. Click on one and the two creatures will try to get an egg. A breeding is not always successful.
Can all creatures breed?
First of all, only adult creatures can breed. Donation pets and creatures from the Koi Pond usually cannot breed. Those of them that can will only produce hybrids, never creatures of the same species. Event creatures are not always able to breed, either. Allies do not breed. Newer creatures from the Stream or shops also take some while to have the breed option added to them. Finally, the Elephant Snail cannot breed for story-related reasons that are detailed in its description.
Which creatures are compatible?
In general, creatures can only breed to the opposite gender. Most creatures able to breed can breed to their own species. There are also species that can interbreed, and many of these will produce hybrids. The fansites have lists of which species can have hybrids.
What chance is there to get an egg?
The chance of getting an egg is determined by the species of the parents. Some creatures are very likely to produce an egg, while other creatures are picky breeders and will fail often.
How many eggs can a pair have?
Each breeding attempt will give one egg if it is successful.
How long do I have to wait between breeding attempts?
Creatures can breed every three days. If your creature has been bred recently, its profile will have a counter showing you how long ago it was last bred.
My creatures refused to breed. Can they still breed again later?
If a breeding attempt is not successful, that doesn't say anything about the parents. They will still be able to produce an egg in a later attempt and will always have the same chance to produce an egg.
Can donation pets breed?
Yes, donation pets may breed. Each breeding costs three shards. Breeding is only enabled if you have three shards available on your account. The three- and five-shard pets from a given month may breed together with a chance at either a three or a five shard egg being produced. As donation pet breeding cost shards, an egg is guaranteed. If you do not receive an egg, please contact an admin. Note: This does not apply when breeding Cobalt Wyverns to Emerald Wyverns, Golden Crystalwings to Blue Crystalwings and Rewin Dragons, or Purple Crystalwings to Blue Crystalwings or Rewin Dragons as these breedings do not require shards and so have a chance to fail.
What are families?
Families are lineages of creatures that share a family name. They are all offspring of one progenitor pair. A family can be given a crest and description by the creator.
How do I create a family?
To create a family, first you need a pair of creatures able to breed with each other as progenitors. Click the 'breed' button on one of them. Before you choose the partner, click the 'Create a family' button in the upper left corner, then enter a family name in the box that appears. There is a limit of 20 characters for the family name. Afterward, click the partner. If the breeding is successful, the pair and the offspring will automatically have the family name added to them. If the breeding is unsuccessful, the family will not be created.
Family names are unique; if you try to choose a family name that is already in existence, you will get an error message and be asked to choose another one. Also note that creating a family is irreversible. Once it is created, it cannot be undone.
What special rules apply to families?
The progenitor pair of a family will only be able to breed with each other, not with any other creature. Except for the progenitor pair, creatures with the same family name are not able to breed with each other. Any offspring from a pairing that includes a creature with the family name will automatically be part of the family and have the family name added to it.
What happens if I breed two members of different families?
The offspring will share the family of one of the parents. Which one is determined randomly, with equal chance for either.
How do I edit the crest and description of my family?
Find a member of the family and click on the link to the family name in its profile. That will bring you to the family page. Click on the 'Edit' button. There you can enter the url for a crest and a text for descriptions. Don't forget to click 'Save Changes' once you're done.
Can I remove a creature from my family?
Once a creature is part of a family, it cannot be removed. Not even freezing or releasing the creature will change that. If you have limits on what creatures should be bred into a family, make sure to only give family members out to people you trust to keep the rules.
What is trading?
Trading allows you to give or receive creatures and gold from other players.
How do I trade?
Here's a quick guide how to operate the trade system:
1. Find the user you want to trade with. Find a post of theirs, and click Trades under their avatar. Alternately, go to your trade panel and enter the username of the person you want to trade within the box.
2. Click the creatures you want to send to that person. That will make the fade out a bit. Enter the gold amount you want to trade to the other user in the box provided. Do not use a dot or comma to separate digits (i.e. if you want to trade a thousand gold, write it '1000', not '1,000'.)
3. Click 'Save Changes'. The trade should now show the creatures/gold added to the trade.
4. Enter your account password in the box and click 'Confirm Offer'.
5. You will now have to wait until the other side adds their side of the deal and confirms the offer.
6. Once the offer has been confirmed by the other side, enter your account password again and click 'Confirm Offer'. The trade will now be concluded.
Can every creature be traded?
Unfrozen eggs cannot be traded to prevent people from exceeding the egg limit. Allies cannot be traded either, since those are considered friends, not pets.
What do the different messages in the trade panel mean?
A trade will tell you who started it and who it is currently waiting for. If the trade says 'from you to _____', then you created the trade. If it says 'from _____ to you', it was created by the other side.
If the trade is 'initiated', the one who created it hasn't entered their password yet.
If the trade is 'waiting for response', the creator entered their password and is waiting for the recipient to do so.
If the trade is 'waiting for confirmation', the creator needs to put in his password again to finish the trade.
The Keep:
How can I sort my creatures?
There are two ways to sort your creatures. Default sort will put them in the order they were released, with each species sorted as adults / hatchlings / eggs. Custom sort will allow you to put your creatures in any order you choose. In addition, you can create tabs in your keep to put creatures in different groups. To put creatures in default sort, click the 'Default Sort' button at the top right of your keep. Default sort will only apply to the tab you are currently in. To custom sort, click the 'Custom Sort' button. You will then be able to drag and drop the creatures in your current tab. Please don't click on the image of the creature but next to it, or the drag and drop will not work.
How do I create tabs
The first tab of your keep will be titled 'Main'. Next to it, there's a plus sign. Click it, then enter a name for the tab in the box provided and click 'Yes'. The limit for tab names is 24 characters. You can have a maximum of 50 tabs.
Can I sort my tabs?
You can move a tab by clicking on it and dragging it wherever you want it to be. The order will automatically be saved once you let go of it.
How do I move creatures between tabs?
Click the 'Toggle Move Links' button at the top of your Keep. That will show links to the different tabs next to each creature. Click on the link to the tab you want the creature to be in and it will be moved there.
Can I rename tabs?
No, a tab cannot be renamed.
Can I delete tabs?
Except for the main tab, all tabs can be deleted. Go to the tab and it will display a small 'x' next to the name. Click on that, then choose the tab to move the creatures in this tab to from the drop-down menu provided and click 'Yes'
What are quests?
Quests are small stories you can play through. They will usually require you to do things and give you a special creature at the end.
Where can I find quests?
Quests can be found in the World. Most will start at the Keep, but require you to go somewhere else later.
What requirements do quests have?
Starting a quest doesn't have any requirements. Most quests will need you to have certain creatures or a specific amount of gold to proceed, though. If these are eggs or hatchlings, those creatures will be taken from you. Adult creatures required by a quest will usually stay in your Keep, though.
What do I need for this quest to proceed?
Most quests will spell out for you what creatures you need to move on. Some will make it a bit more difficult, but the text will always contain hints about what you need.
The quest doesn't take the eggs/hatchlings I got for it. What is wrong?
All eggs and hatchlings required for quests need to be unnamed, unfrozen and not be part of a family.
Is there a time limit on quests?
A quest, will never go away. You can take as much time as you want and the current step will stay until you decide to proceed.
I finished the quest and didn't get a creature! Is this a glitch?
Some quests don't give creatures but unlock other areas on the site. Look around if you can find anything new.
What are societies?
Societies are groups of like-minded magi that dedicate themselves to one aspect of the magistream world. That may be creatures of a specific element or another aspect.
How do I join a society?
Each society has a quest associated with it that will make you a member if you complete it.
What are the benefits of a society?
Joining a society will give you access to the specific shop of a group, which contains unique creatures that can only be found there. These creatures will in some way be associated with the society in question.
How many societies can I join?
You can only be a member of one single society at any time. The quests to join any other society will not show up for you as long as you are already in one.
Can I leave/switch between societies?
There is a quest in the Etainian Desert called "The Face Changer" that will do nothing except remove your affiliation from a group. Please note that this comes at a quite steep price, so choosing to join a society is a decision that shouldn't be made lightly. Once you are no longer member of any society, you can complete any of the society quests, even ones for those you have already been a member of previously.
What societies are there?
Currently, these are the societies available:
Dark Brotherhood: specializes in dark creatures
Society of the Trident: specializes in aquatic creatures
Herbalists: specializes in plants and nature
More societies are always in the works.
What is gifting?
During certain holidays, gifting will be enabled. During that time, you can send eggs as presents to other users which they will be able to open at a later date.
How do I gift?
There will be a 'give' button next to eggs allowed to be gifted. Click that, then fill the form that comes up. You have to enter the username of the person you want to gift. You also have the option to send a small message with the gift, and you can make the gift anonymous if you don't want the one you gift to know it came from you.
Can every egg be gifted?
As a rule, frozen eggs cannot be gifted. Other than that, it depends on the event. Some gifting events will allow every kind of egg to be gifted, others will have special eggs to be gifted during that event. If an egg doesn't have the 'give' button, it cannot be gifted and vice versa.
How many gifts can I give?
You can send out as many gifts as you want, there is no limit. However, no person can receive more than 25 gifts total, and you cannot gift a single person more than three eggs. If you try to gift someone who is already full, you will get a message telling you so and the egg will stay in your Keep.
How do I know how many gifts I have?
Scroll down to the bottom of your Keep. There will be a message that will tell you how many presents you have received.
How do I open my gifts?
Gifts cannot be opened until a certain date that will usually be mentioned in the announcement. Once that date is here, go to the bottom of your Keep. It will still tell you how many presents you have. Click the link next to that saying 'open one' to open a present. You can do that until you have opened all your presents. You can open presents even if you already have four or more eggs.
Do I get anything for gifting?
First of all, you'll get that warm, fuzzy feeling that you have done something nice for others. Other than that, once you have given out a certain amount of gifts (which can vary from event to event), you will receive a small badge in your public Keep that will tell people you participated in that particular event. Some gifting events will also provide you with a special creature if you gave out enough gifts. The respective egg will be among your presents.
What do all those differently colored usernames mean?
Regular users have black usernames. Blue names are admins, responsible for the running of the site. Teal names are moderators who keep the peace on the forum. They are aided by forum moderators, who have red usernames and are responsible for only certain parts of the forums. Green names are artists, who create the creature sprites and other art for MagiStream. Purple are donators, people who have donated at least 10 dollar to the site. Finally, orange are NPCs; these are characters from the world of MagiStream that perform various site-related functions.
Who is this "Master Belmos" I keep hearing about?
Master Belmos is an NPC and heads the Nursery of the Keep, the place where creatures that have no other home get cared for. Master Belmos will take in any creatures you no longer want, you only need to send either him or NurseryHelper a trade with the creatures you want to get rid of. Master Belmos is able to unfreeze and unname any creature, which means even frozen eggs and named creatures are welcome.
Those creatures are then later used in special Nursery events by Master Belmos, which can usually be found in the Merchant District.
Is there a way to change my username?
You cannot change your username yourself. If you want a new one, send a polite message to Morgaln and ask for your username to be changed. Make sure to provide the new name you'd like to have. A username may only contain English letters and numbers, no other characters. You can get one name change every six months.
What are those 'bots' I see in the user online list?
Names in white followed by [bot] or [spider] are search programs used by sites like Google and Yahoo to take information from the internet. They are completely harmless.
Who are Anonymous and Nobody, they seem to own a lot of creatures?
Creatures listed as owned by "Anonymous" have been released. Creatures that are owned by "Nobody" are currently in a trade.
I found someone breaking the rules! What do I do?
If it is a post, report it by using the report button. It can be found in the upper right corner of every post. You can also PM a moderator. A list of moderators can be found here.
What do I do when I found a glitch?
Either post it in the thread about site errors, or send Tristan a PM.
Why do my images not display properly?
Try to clear your cache. This thread will tell you how.
My question wasn't answered by this thread. Where do I go?
You can post your question in the Support and Suggestions forum.
Common expressions and abbreviations:
Referring to the site:
MS: MagiStream
MD: Merchant District
AH: Auction House
Referring to creatures:
SB: Streamborn or shopborn; designates creatures acquired directly from the stream or a shop (as opposed to being bred).
QB: Questborn; designates creatures acquired directly from a quest (as opposed to being bred).
GB: Giftborn; designates creatures acquired directly from a gifting event (as opposed to being bred).
Hybrid: A creature that can only be acquired through breeding.
DP: Donation pet
Sales and auctions:
k (preceded by a number): a thousand; e. g. 1k = 1000, 5k = 5000.
SB: Starting bid, the first bid in an auction.
AB: Autobuy, an automatic win in auctions.
MI: Minimum increase, the minimum amount a bid has to exceed the previous bid by.
QS: Quicksale
LTB: Looking to buy
LTS: Looking to sell
LTT: Looking to trade
RP: Roleplay
Mining: clicking large amounts of creatures to earn gold
Keep mining: clicking through keeps of people with a lot of creatures
Image-free mine: A list of links without embedded images to make mining faster


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 203 diseños de 26 diseñadores freelance.
The Simmons Company or The Simmons Company - Real Estate Appriasal & Consulting
I am the co-owner of a commercial appraisal firm. We specialize in appraising commercial real estate across the state of Kansas. Commercial real estate includes retail, restaurants, office buildings, apartment buildings, industrial buildings, warehouse, etc. WE DO NOT APPRAISE HOUSES. Our office is based in Manhattan, Kansas, which is a town of 55,000, but we also work in many small and large towns across Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri. Although Manhattan is a metro area, we are in the middle of the flint hills (google: Konza Prairie) and our area is by no means flat.
What do we do? We inspect a commercial property and determine what the market value of that real estate is, and then we report that market value in a 10-90 page appraisal report that is printed and delivered to our client, and is also sent electronically in PDF format.
I've added some comments since original post. I would really like to guarantee this project, but need to see a little more variety. I would like to see the logo reflect some indication of my business. A logo with an "S" variation doesn't say much about our business.
Our clients are mostly banks and lawyers. Our appraisals are 80 percent of the time, going to a bank for lending purposes, and 10 percent of the time going to a law office for an estate or tax purposes. The remaining 10 percent of our customers are individuals.
Just to give a little more information, our clients generally come to us, so we don't advertise at all, except for our free yellow pages listing.
1.The logo should be easily printed/displayed on business cards, stationary, websites. The logo will be displayed on the cover, first page, and possibly within the footer of every single appraisal we produce.
2.The logo should be no more than 3-color, ideally 2-color, but should also work in black and white applications.
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4.The logo should present a professional company, and should convey wisdom, neutrality, simplicity and professionalism.
Inspiration notes:
Colors: Purple, Green, Black, Grey, Orange, Red...Please NO BLUE. No bright vivid colors. I must admit, I do enjoy seeing some of the subtle geometric shape designs, but I am not totally committed to that.I have always been inspired by Frank Llyod Wright patterns and designs. Mark/Icon could resemble or give sense of a building. See this contest for inspiration: http://99designs.com/logo-design/co…roup-38792
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DMOZdmoz, dmoz.org
DMOZ from directorymozillaorg, an earlier domain name is a multilingual open-content directory of World Wide Web links The site and community who maintain it are also known as the Open Directory Project ODP It is owned by AOL but constructed and maintained by a community of volunteer editors
DMOZ uses a hierarchical ontology scheme for organizing site listings Listings on a similar topic are grouped into categories which can then include smaller categories
- 1 Project information
- 11 System failure and editing outage, October to December 2006
- 12 Competing and spinoff projects
- 2 Content
- 21 Maintenance
- 22 License and requirements
- 23 RDF dumps
- 24 Content users
- 3 Policies and procedures
- 4 Controversy and criticism
- 41 Ownership and management
- 42 Editor removal procedures
- 43 Allegations that editors are removed for criticizing policies
- 44 Blacklisting allegations
- 45 Hierarchical structure
- 5 Software
- 51 Search
- 52 Editor forums
- 53 Bug tracking
- 54 Interface
- 6 See also
- 7 References
- 8 External links
Project information
DMOZ was founded in the United States as Gnuhoo by Rich Skrenta and Bob Truel in 1998 while they were both working as engineers for Sun Microsystems Chris Tolles, who worked at Sun Microsystems as the head of marketing for network security products, also signed on in 1998 as a co-founder of Gnuhoo along with co-founders Bryn Dole and Jeremy Wenokur Skrenta had developed TASS, an ancestor of tin, the popular threaded Usenet newsreader for Unix systems The original category structure of the Gnuhoo directory was based loosely on the structure of Usenet newsgroups then in existence
The Gnuhoo directory went live on June 5, 1998 After a Slashdot article suggested that Gnuhoo had nothing in common with the spirit of free software, for which the GNU project was known, Richard Stallman and the Free Software Foundation objected to the use of "Gnu" So Gnuhoo was changed to NewHoo Yahoo! then objected to the use of "Hoo" in the name, prompting them to switch the name again ZURL was the likely choice However, before the switch to ZURL, NewHoo was acquired by Netscape Communications Corporation in October 1998 and became the Open Directory Project Netscape released Open Directory data under the Open Directory License Netscape was acquired by AOL shortly thereafter and DMOZ was one of the assets included in the acquisitionDMOZ size by date, 1998 to 2015
By the time Netscape assumed stewardship, the Open Directory Project had about 100,000 URLs indexed with contributions from about 4500 editors On October 5, 1999, the number of URLs indexed by DMOZ reached one million According to an unofficial estimate, the URLs in DMOZ numbered 16 million in April 2000, surpassing those in the Yahoo! Directory DMOZ achieved the milestones of indexing two million URLs on August 14, 2000, three million listings on November 18, 2001 and four million on December 3, 2003 As of April, 2013 there were 5,169,995 sites listed in over 1,017,500 categories On October 31, 2015, there were 3,996,412 sites listed in 1,026,706 categories
From January 2006, DMOZ published online reports to inform the public about the development of the project The first report covered the year 2005 Monthly reports were issued subsequently until September 2006 These reports gave greater insight into the functioning of the directory than the simplified statistics given on the front page of the directory The number of listings and categories cited on the front page include "Test" and "Bookmarks" categories but these are not included in the RDF dump offered to users The total number of editors who have contributed to the directory as of March 31, 2007 was 75,151 There were about 7330 active editors during August 2006 As of April 2013 there were 97,584 editors
System failure and editing outage, October to December 2006
On October 20, 2006, DMOZ's main server suffered a catastrophic failure of the system that prevented editors from working on the directory until December 18, 2006 During that period, an older build of the directory was visible to the public On January 13, 2007, the Site Suggestion and Update Listings forms were again made available On January 26, 2007, weekly publication of RDF dumps resumed To avoid future outages, the system now resides on a redundant configuration of two Intel-based servers
Competing and spinoff projects
As DMOZ became more widely known, two other major web directories edited by volunteers and sponsored by Gocom and Zeal emerged, both now defunct These directories did not license their content for open content distribution
The concept of using a large-scale community of editors to compile online content has been successfully applied to other types of projects DMOZ's editing model directly inspired at least three other open content volunteer projects: music site MusicMoz, an open content restaurant directory known as ChefMoz and an encyclopedia known as Open Site Finally, according to Larry Sanger, DMOZ was part of the inspiration for the Nupedia project, out of which Wikipedia grew
ContentDMOZ front page, January 2006
Gnuhoo borrowed the basic outline for its initial ontology from Usenet In 1998, Rich Skrenta said, "I took a long list of groups and hand-edited them into a hierarchy" For example, the topic covered by the compaialife newsgroup was represented by the category Computers/AI/Artificial_Life The original divisions were for Adult, Arts, Business, Computers, Games, Health, Home, News, Recreation, Reference, Regional, Science, Shopping, Society, Sports and "World" While these sixteen top-level categories have remained intact, the ontology of second- and lower-level categories has undergone a gradual evolution; significant changes are initiated by discussion among editors and then implemented when consensus has been reached
In July 1998, the directory became multilingual with the addition of the World top-level category The remainder of the directory lists only English language sites By May 2005, seventy-five languages were represented The growth rate of the non-English components of the directory has been greater than the English component since 2002 While the English component of the directory held almost 75% of the sites in 2003, the World level grew to over 15 million sites as of May 2005, forming roughly one-third of the directory The ontology in non-English categories generally mirrors that of the English directory, although exceptions which reflect language differences are quite common
Several of the top-level categories have unique characteristics The Adult category is not present on the directory homepage but it is fully available in the RDF dump that DMOZ provides While the bulk of the directory is categorized primarily by topic, the Regional category is categorized primarily by region This has led many to view DMOZ as two parallel directories: Regional and Topical
On November 14, 2000, a special directory within DMOZ was created for people under 18 years of age Key factors distinguishing this "Kids and Teens" area from the main directory are:
- stricter guidelines which limit the listing of sites to those which are targeted or "appropriate" for people under 18 years of age;
- category names as well as site descriptions use vocabulary which is "age appropriate";
- age tags on each listing distinguish content appropriate for kids age 12 and under, teens 13 to 15 years old and mature teens 16 to 18 years old;
- Kids and Teens content is available as a separate RDF dump;
- editing permissions are such that the community is parallel to that of DMOZ
By May 2005, this portion of DMOZ included over 32,000 site listings
Since early 2004, the whole site has been in UTF-8 encoding Prior to this, the encoding used to be ISO 8859-1 for English language categories and a language-dependent character set for other languages The RDF dumps have been encoded in UTF-8 since early 2000
Directory listings are maintained by editors While some editors focus on the addition of new listings, others focus on maintaining the existing listings and some do both This includes tasks such as the editing of individual listings to correct spelling and/or grammatical errors, as well as monitoring the status of linked sites Still others go through site submissions to remove spam and duplicate submissions
Robozilla is a Web crawler written to check the status of all sites listed in DMOZ Periodically, Robozilla will flag sites which appear to have moved or disappeared and editors follow up to check the sites and take action This process is critical for the directory in striving to achieve one of its founding goals: to reduce the link rot in web directories Shortly after each run, the sites marked with errors are automatically moved to the unreviewed queue where editors may investigate them when time permits
Due to the popularity of DMOZ and its resulting impact on search engine rankings See PageRank, domains with lapsed registration that are listed on DMOZ have attracted domain hijacking, an issue that has been addressed by regularly removing expired domains from the directory
While corporate funding and staff for DMOZ have diminished in recent years, volunteers have created editing tools such as linkcheckers to supplement Robozilla, category crawlers, spellcheckers, search tools that directly sift a recent RDF dump, bookmarklets to help automate some editing functions, mozilla based add-ons, and tools to help work through unreviewed queues
License and requirements
DMOZ data was previously made available under the terms of the Open Directory License, which required a specific DMOZ attribution table on every Web page that uses the data
The Open Directory License also included a requirement that users of the data continually check DMOZ site for updates and discontinue use and distribution of the data or works derived from the data once an update occurs This restriction prompted the Free Software Foundation to refer to the Open Directory License as a non-free documentation license, citing the right to redistribute a given version not being permanent and the requirement to check for changes to the license
In 2011, DMOZ silently changed its license to a Creative Commons Attribution license
RDF dumps
DMOZ data is made available through an RDF-like dump that is published on a download server, older versions are also archived there New versions are usually generated weekly An DMOZ editor has catalogued a number of bugs that are encountered in the DMOZ RDF dump, most importantly that the file format isn't RDF So while today the so-called RDF dump is valid XML, it is not valid RDF and as such, software to process the DMOZ RDF dump needs to be specifically written for DMOZ data
Content users
DMOZ data powers the core directory services for many of the Web's largest search engines and portals, including Netscape Search, AOL Search, and Alexa Google Directory used DMOZ information, until being shuttered in July 2011
Other uses are also made of DMOZ data For example, in the spring of 2004 Overture announced a search service for third parties combining Yahoo! Directory search results with DMOZ titles, descriptions and category metadata The search engine Gigablast announced on May 12, 2005 its searchable copy of DMOZ The technology permits search of websites listed in specific categories, "in effect, instantly creating over 500,000 vertical search engines"
As of 8 September 2006, DMOZ listed 313 English-language Web sites that use DMOZ data as well as 238 sites in other languages However, these figures do not reflect the full picture of use, as those sites that use DMOZ data without following the terms of the DMOZ license are not listed
Policies and proceduresDMOZ was co-founded by Rich Skrenta
There are restrictions imposed on who can become an DMOZ editor The primary gatekeeping mechanism is an editor application process wherein editor candidates demonstrate their editing abilities, disclose affiliations that might pose a conflict of interest and otherwise give a sense of how the applicant would likely mesh with the DMOZ culture and mission A majority of applications are rejected but reapplying is allowed and sometimes encouraged The same standards apply to editors of all categories and subcategories
DMOZ's editing model is a hierarchical one Upon becoming editors, individuals will generally have editing permissions in only a small category Once they have demonstrated basic editing skills in compliance with the Editing Guidelines, they are welcome to apply for additional editing privileges in either a broader category or in a category elsewhere in the directory Mentorship relationships between editors are encouraged and internal forums provide a vehicle for new editors to ask questions
DMOZ has its own internal forums, the contents of which are intended only for editors to communicate with each other primarily about editing topics Access to the forums requires an editor account and editors are expected to keep the contents of these forums private
Over time, senior editors may be granted additional privileges which reflect their editing experience and leadership within the editing community The most straightforward are editall privileges which allow an editor to access all categories in the directory Meta privileges additionally allow editors to perform tasks such as reviewing editor applications, setting category features and handling external and internal abuse reports Cateditall privileges are similar to editall but only for a single directory category Similarly, catmod privileges are similar to meta but only for a single directory category Catmv privileges allow editors to make changes to directory ontology by moving or renaming categories All of these privileges are granted by admins and staff, usually after discussion with meta editors
In August 2004, a new level of privileges called admin was introduced Administrator status was granted to a number of long serving metas by staff Administrators have the ability to grant editall+ privileges to other editors and to approve new directory-wide policies, powers which had previously only been available to root staff editors
All DMOZ editors are expected to abide by DMOZ's Editing Guidelines These guidelines describe editing basics: which types of sites may be listed and which may not; how site listings should be titled and described in a loosely consistent manner; conventions for the naming and building of categories; conflict of interest limitations on the editing of sites which the editor may own or otherwise be affiliated with; and a code of conduct within the community Editors who are found to have violated these guidelines may be contacted by staff or senior editors, have their editing permissions cut back or lose their editing privileges entirely DMOZ Guidelines are periodically revised after discussion in editor forums
Controversy and criticism
There have long been allegations that volunteer DMOZ editors give favorable treatment to their own websites while concomitantly thwarting the good faith efforts of their competition Such allegations are fielded by ODP's staff and meta editors, who have the authority to take disciplinary action against volunteer editors who are suspected of engaging in abusive editing practices In 2003, DMOZ introduced a new Public Abuse Report System that allows members of the general public to report and track allegations of abusive editor conduct using an online form Uninhibited discussion of DMOZ's purported shortcomings has become more common on mainstream Webmaster discussion forums Although site policies suggest that an individual site should be submitted to only one category, as of October 2007, Topixcom, a news aggregation site operated by DMOZ founder Rich Skrenta, has more than 17,000 listings
Early in the history of DMOZ, its staff gave representatives of selected companies, such as Rolling Stone or CNN, editing access in order to list individual pages from their websites Links to individual CNN articles were added until 2004, but were entirely removed from the directory in January 2008 due to the content being outdated and not considered worth the effort to maintain There have been no similar experiments with the editing policy since then
Ownership and management
Underlying some controversy surrounding DMOZ is its ownership and management Some of the original GnuHoo volunteers felt that they had been deceived into joining a commercial enterprise To varying degrees, those complaints have continued up until the present
At DMOZ's inception, there was little thought given to the idea of how DMOZ should be managed and there were no official forums, guidelines or FAQs In essence, DMOZ began as a free for all
As time went on, the ODP Editor Forums became the de facto DMOZ parliament and when one of DMOZ's staff members would post an opinion in the forums, it would be considered an official ruling Even so, DMOZ staff began to give trusted senior editors additional editing privileges, including the ability to approve new editor applications, which eventually led to a stratified hierarchy of duties and privileges among DMOZ editors, with DMOZ's paid staff having the final say regarding DMOZ's policies and procedures
Robert Keating, a principal of Touchstone Consulting Group in Washington, DC since 2006, has worked as AOL's Program Manager for DMOZ since 2004 He started working for AOL in 1999 as Senior Editor for AOL Search, then as Managing Editor, AOL Search, DMOZ, and then as Media Ecosystem Manager, AOL Product Marketing
Editor removal procedures
DMOZ's editor removal procedures are overseen by DMOZ's staff and meta editors According to DMOZ's official editorial guidelines, editors are removed for abusive editing practices or uncivil behaviour Discussions that may result in disciplinary action against volunteer editors take place in a private forum which can only be accessed by DMOZ's staff and meta editors Volunteer editors who are being discussed are not given notice that such proceedings are taking place Some people find this arrangement distasteful, wanting instead a discussion modelled more like a trial held in the US judicial system
In the article "Editor Removal Explained", DMOZ meta editor Arlarson states that "a great deal of confusion about the removal of editors from DMOZ results from false or misleading statements by former editors"
The DMOZ's confidentiality guidelines prohibit any current DMOZ editors in a position to know anything from discussing the reasons for specific editor removals However, a generic list of reasons is for example given in the guidelines In the past, this has led to removed DMOZ editors wondering why they cannot login at DMOZ to perform their editing work
Allegations that editors are removed for criticizing policies
David F Prenatt, Jr, former DMOZ editor netesq, and another former editor known by the alias The Cunctator, both claim to have been removed for disagreeing with staff about changes to policies, particularly DMOZ's copyright policies According to their claims, staff use the excuse of uncivil behaviour as a means to remove bothersome editors
Blacklisting allegations
Senior DMOZ editors have the ability to attach "warning" or "do not list" notes to individual domains but no editor has the unilateral ability to block certain sites from being listed Sites with these notes might still be listed and at times notes are removed after some discussion
Hierarchical structure
Criticism of DMOZ's hierarchical structure emerged by around 2005 Many believe hierarchical directories are too complicated With the emergence of Web 20, folksonomies began to appear, and some editors proposed that folksonomies, networks and directed graphs are more "natural" and easier to manage than hierarchies
The ODPSearch software is a derivative version of Isearch which is open source, licensed under the Mozilla Public License
Editor forums
The ODP Editor Forums were originally run on software that was based on the proprietary Ultimate Bulletin Board system In June 2003, they switched to the open source phpBB system As of 2007, these forums are powered by a modified version of phpBB
Bug tracking
The bug tracking software used by the ODP is Bugzilla and the web server Apache Squid web proxy server was also used but it was removed in August 2007 when the storage servers were reorganized All these applications are open source
The DMOZ database/editing software is closed source although Richard Skrenta has said in June 1998 that he was considering licensing it under the GNU General Public License This has led to criticism from the aforementioned GNU project, many of whom also criticise the DMOZ content license
As such, there have been some efforts to provide alternatives to DMOZ These alternatives would allow communities of like-minded editors to set up and maintain their own open source/open content Web directories However, no significant open source/open content alternative to DMOZ has emerged
See also
- Internet portal
- List of web directories
- ^ "Dmozorg Site Info" Alexa Internet Retrieved 2015-08-04
- ^ a b "The GnuHoo BooBoo" Slashdot Retrieved April 27, 2007
- ^ Zurl Directory, archived version of Topixcom blog entry dated May 29, 2004 by Skrenta, founder of the ODP
- ^ ODP and Yahoo Size Charts by ODP editor geniac
- ^ a b ODP reports by ODP volunteer administrator chris2001
- ^ ODP Front Page Retrieved August 15, 2006
- ^ ODP Front Page Retrieved April 2013
- ^ "Dmoz's Catastrophic Server/Hardware Failure" October 27, 2006 Retrieved November 15, 2006
- ^ dmozorg technical problems at resource-zonecom Retrieved January 13, 2007
- ^ The Hamsters' New Home, in: Open Directory newsletter issue Winter 2006 Retrieved December 26, 2006
- ^ Zeal Terms of use taken from Archiveorg
- ^ GO Network Terms of Service and Conditions of use taken from Archiveorg
- ^ ChefMoz Fine Dining Menu, in: Open Directory newsletter issue Autumn 2003
- ^ help on open-siteorg
- ^ Glyn Moody "Interview of Larry Sanger in ''The Guardian''" Theguardiancom Retrieved 2014-06-18
- ^ Danny Sullivan, NewHoo: Yahoo Built By The Masses, Search Engine Watch, July 1, 1998
- ^ Kids and Teens Launches! Open Directory Project Newsletter, November/December 2000
- ^ "Kids&Teens Guidelines" Dmozorg Retrieved 2014-06-18
- ^ "ODPExtension" Mozilla based add-on, ODP Magic formerly known as ODP Extension
- ^ Gnu Project: Non-Free Documentation Licenses
- ^ "Open Directory RDF Dump" Rdfdmozorg Retrieved 2014-06-18
- ^ ODP/dmoz Data Dump ToDo List
- ^ "Google Streamlining: Say Goodbye to the Google Directory and Labs!" Pandia Search Engine News July 21, 2011 Retrieved July 25, 2011
- ^ 500,000 Vertical Search Engines, a press release from May 12, 2005
- ^ Category: Sites Using ODP Data on wwwdmozorg Retrieved September 8, 2006
- ^ "Become an Editor at the Open Directory Project" Dmozorg Retrieved 2014-06-18
- ^ a b "ODP Communication Guidelines" Dmozorg Retrieved 2014-06-18
- ^ a b "Open Directory Project Administrator Guidelines" Dmozorg Retrieved 2014-06-18
- ^ "ODP Directory Editorial Guidelines" Dmozorg Retrieved 2014-06-18
- ^ How To: ODP Editor Is Competitor posted on Webmasterworldcom in 2000
- ^ ODP Meta Guidelines: Editor Abuse and Removal Retrieved October 9, 2008
- ^ "Open Directory Project: Public Abuse Report System" Report-abusedmozorg Retrieved 2014-06-18
- ^ "How to suggest a site to the Open Directory" Dmozorg Retrieved 2014-06-18
- ^ Open Directory Project Search: "topix" Retrieved October 18, 2007
- ^ Multiple URL's in DMOZ posted on Webmasterworldcom in 2003
- ^ http://wwwdmozorg/News/, taken from Archiveorg
- ^ Laisha, The History of the Open Directory Project in Search Engine Laisha's List, June 1999
- ^ a b c "Open Directory Project Meta Guidelines" Dmozorg Retrieved 2014-06-18
- ^ Meet AOL's DMOZ Staff Team, DMOZ Blog, January 8, 2009
- ^ Robert Keating LinkedIn
- ^ a b XODP Yahoo! Group Message Archive
- ^ Arlarson, Editor Removal Explained, Open Directory Project Newsletter September 2000
- ^ "Guidelines: Account Removal" Dmozorg Retrieved 2014-06-18
- ^ Thread: Editor account expired on Resource-Zone
- ^ Thread: Can't Login on Resource-Zone
- ^ David F Prenatt, Jr, Life After the Open Directory Project, Traffickcom June 1, 2000
- ^ CmdrTaco October 24, 2000 "Dmoz aka AOL Changing Guidelines In Sketchy Way" Slashdot
- ^ Add Note to URL Feature, in ODP Documentation
- ^ Hriţcu, C April 8, 2005 "Folksonomies vs Ontologies"
- ^ Shirky, C March 15, 2005 "Ontology is Overrated: Links, Tags and Post-hoc Metadata" ITConversations
- ^ Hammond, T; Hannay, T; Lund, B; Scott, J April 2005 "Social Bookmarking Tools I" D-Lib Magazine
- ^ "Open Directory Search Guide" Dmozorg Retrieved 2014-06-18
- ^ FSF: Non-Free Documentation Licenses: "The primary problems are that your right to redistribute any given version is not permanent and that it requires the user to keep checking back at that site, which is too restrictive of the user's freedom"
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Thomas Seton Gordon is the subject of today's remembrance.
Thomas was born 29 November 1890 in Owen Sound. After attending OSCI, he attended Victoria College and the University of Toronto where he earned his BA in political science. Thomas joined the University of Toronto's Canadian Officers' Training Corps (C.O.T.C). He attended a training camp in Quebec.
On 22 May 1915, at the age of 25, Thomas joined the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force as a private with the 2nd University Company. He was 5 foot 11 inches with fair complexion, blue-grey eyes and dark brown hair.
Thomas went to England in June where he was promoted to the rank of sergeant. While being reviewed by King George, his Majesty and the Earl of Lonsdale selected Thomas to be commissioned as a lieutenant. Upon examination, he received his command with the 11th Battalion Border Regiment. In November 1915, Thomas went to the trenches in France. He served on the Somme front in the Albert section.
During the early morning of 22 January 1916, the enemy was shelling the trenches. It is reported that Thomas heard the cries of the wounded and he left the trenches to go to their aid. Tragically, he was wounded when a shell struck him. That night Thomas died. Thomas is buried at Warloy-Baillon, Grave Reference C.6.
A full military memorial service was held at Knox Presbyterian Church (now United) Owen Sound to honour Thomas. His father, Thomas Gordon, town clerk, received a message of condolences from their Majesties.
The church was filled for the service. The Gordon family pew was draped in purple.
Photographs courtesy Charles Gordon of British Columbia.
References available upon request.


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Decisions on school cancellations, late starts and early dismissals are always given careful consideration. When it is necessary to cancel school or have a late start, the decision is usually made by 5:30 a.m. The district tries to avoid late starts and early dismissals because of the issues created for many of our families. Early dismissals and late starts will only occur when it is absolutely necessary.
Information about Robbinsdale Area Schools school cancellations, late starts and early dismissals are announced on the district website: www.Rdale.org, on our district Facebook site: www.facebook.com/RobbinsdaleAreaSchools, on Twitter: twitter.com/ISD281 and on:
WCCO-TV (channel 4)
KSTP-TV (channel 5)
KMSP-TV (channel 9)
KARE-TV (channel 11)
There are several levels of closings/cancellations due to difference circumstances:
Level 1A – Severe Weather: Schools are cancelled (never open) due to snow, ice and other inclement weather.
Level 1B – Severe Temperature: Schools are cancelled (never open) due to extreme cold
Level 2 – Inclement Weather: Late start due to inclement weather
Level 3 – Early dismissal due to inclement weather
Level 4 – Weekend Weather that is inclement: Weekend facilities users will make their own determination about holding activities.
Level 1A – Severe Weather
If schools are closed because of weather conditions such as snow, ice or loss of heat or electricity in a building:
Unless otherwise announced, all school-sponsored activities during the day and in the evening will be cancelled. This includes all extracurricular activities, field trips, athletic events, concerts and similar activities.
All community education classes and activities will be cancelled.
All early childhood and early childhood family education classes and events will be cancelled.
All district and school meetings will be cancelled.
Adventure Club sites will be closed.
Activities at school facilities sponsored by city parks and recreation departments or other outside organizations will be cancelled.
Level 1B – Severe Temperature
If schools are closed because of wind chill or extreme cold:
Unless otherwise announced, all daytime activities will be cancelled.
Unless otherwise announced, all school-sponsored activities in the evening WILL NOT be cancelled. This includes all extracurricular activities, field trips, athletic events, concerts and similar activities.
Unless otherwise announced, district and school meetings WILL NOT be cancelled.
Unless otherwise announced, all community education classes WILL NOT be cancelled.
If schools close due to cold, only Adventure Club at Neill Elementary will be open. Only families currently enrolled in the district's Adventure Club may attend.
City parks and recreation departments and other outside organizations will make their own decisions about their activities. Contact the sponsoring organization about whether the activity will be cancelled.
Parents may pick up their children at school during any weather emergency by going to the school office. Parents are urged to make prior arrangements for their children in case of late starts or early dismissals. Adventure Club parents: please refer to the Adventure Club website for more information.
Level 2 – Late Start Due to Inclement Weather (i.e. snow, ice)
Information about the late start will be placed on every page of the district website, on Facebook, Twitter, and the news channels.
Morning classes for Creative Play preschool and ECFE will be cancelled. Afternoon and evening classes will be held.
Adventure Club sites will open at 8:30 a.m. (Theirs is also a two-hour late start.)
Level 3 – Early Dismissal Due to Inclement Weather (i.e. snow, ice)
Information about the early dismissal will be placed on every page of the district website, on Facebook, Twitter and the news channels.
There will be a Messenger call and email to all families notifying them of the early release.
After school programs and sports offered through the school are cancelled.
Adventure Club will remain open. Staff may contact parents requesting that they pick up their children within one hour of the early dismissal. Please see the Adventure Club site for more information, or call 763-504-5320.
Community Education classes and activities will be cancelled or held, based on manager discretion, unless all are cancelled by the Executive Director of Community Education. Information regarding cancellations will be posted on the Community Education website.
Individual community permit holders will make their own decision. Please contact the district's facilities department with your decision before 3 p.m. on weekdays.
Level 4
Weekend Winter Weather Guide
Individual schools and community organizations will make their own decisions about whether their activity will be cancelled. In order for users to make informed decisions, we provide the following clarification.
Custodians or building supervisors are expected to report to their building, regardless of the weather conditions, when they have been scheduled to work, unless they are otherwise informed. The procedure to inform is as follows:
Regular weekend users will be provided with rosters of custodians and building supervisors who supervise buildings on weekends.
If users decide to cancel their weekend activity they should contact, directly, the custodian or building supervisor scheduled to work that weekend. If users fail to contact the custodian or building supervisor to notify of the cancellation they will be billed a minimum of two hours staff time.
Users may decide to cancel their activity, but would like the custodian or building supervisor to report to the building to post cancellation signs or to inform participants who arrive at the building. In that situation, users will be billed a minimum of two hours staff time.
Users who are not able to make direct contact with the custodian or building supervisor will be instructed to contact one of the emergency telephone numbers for the district facilities scheduling staff.
In case of severe weekend weather, users can expect the following service:
Contractors are scheduled to plow all other lots, when buildings have weekend activities, whenever it snows two inches or more. Contractors will also remove snow on sidewalks and entrances within three feet of the door.
Custodians and building supervisors will finish clearing the areas nearest the door and scatter salt where needed.
Users who cancel weekend activities will be responsible to contact participants or announce the cancellation through the media.
The following clarifies individual responsibilities whenever severe winter weather affects weekend activities.
Activity Leaders will be responsible for:
Deciding whether or not to cancel their activity.
Notifying program participants of the cancellation.
Calling the building supervisor or custodian supervising their site to advise them of their cancellation.
Advising the building supervisor or custodian whether or not they should report to the building to post cancellation signs and to inform participants who arrive at the building.
Custodians will be responsible for:
Reporting to the building where they are scheduled to work, unless notified by activity leaders that all activities are cancelled.
Removing snow from outside walks and entrances.
Reporting to work even if all events are cancelled, if requested by an activity leader to post cancellation signs and inform participants.
Insuring coverage of the assigned building by contacting severe weather substitutes, if necessary.
Notifying the Program Director of Community Enrichment and Engagement if all events for the building are cancelled and the building will be closed.*
Facilities scheduling staff will be responsible for:
Acting as a centralized communication link and problem solving unforeseeable issues.
*Thank you for your cooperation. Questions? Call Jennifer Bridgeman, Facilities Scheduler, (763) 504-4917, or Aviva Hillenbrand, Program Director of Community Enrichment and Engagement, (763) 504-4905. Emergency contact numbers for these individuals are distributed, as needed, on separate listings.
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Doctor Who Reinvents the Christmas Classic
- Publication: Times Colonist
- Date: 2011-12-23
- Author: John Crook
- Page:
- Language: English
Author Clement C. Moore was referring to St. Nicholas when he wrote of "a right jolly old elf" in his famous poem. But he just as easily could have been referencing a certain peripatetic, centuries-old Time Lord who zips freely through time and space yet holds a special place in his heart(s) for Earth humans, especially children. That probably explains, at least in part, why Doctor Who and Christmas have become synonymous in the show's U.K. home base. And now, for the second consecutive year, the Space channel carries this year's Christmas episode — set in World War II England — on Sunday, Dec. 25, the same date it airs in both the United Kingdom and the United States. Series star Matt Smith, who currently plays the 11th incarnation of the Doctor, couldn't be happier about it. "I think there is a sort of magic and scale to the Christmas episode," says Smith, who at 29 is the youngest actor yet to take on the role. "The Doctor and Christmas go hand in hand. In many ways, he treats every day like it is Christmas, so when it really is 'that day,' he's like, 'Whoa! Here we go!' Also, it was just great fun to have snow in September." The actor is talking about the fall production in Wales necessitated by the special's holiday premiere date, with crews transforming a real forest into a winter wonderland for exterior scenes. Smith says that put him into a holiday mood faster than almost anything else.
"It was completely exciting," Smith says. "Ever since I saw Jim Carrey filming The Grind) in September or whenever it was, I thought, 'Wow, that must be so much fun!' And it is. What was amazing was the snow in all the pine trees, because we were in that real pine forest, and that brings back all those sense memories, because it's not really Christmas, is it, without that scent?"
Doctor Who fans watching at home will have to furnish their own scent-sations to the experience, but there's plenty of traditional holiday sentiment in the story, which opens on Christmas Eve 1938, as Madge Arwell (guest star Claire Skinner) rescues an injured "Spaceman Angel" who promises to repay her kindness anytime she decides to make a wish. Three years later, a distraught Madge and her two children, Lily and Cyril (Holly Earl, Maurice Cole) flee war-torn London for a ramshackle house on the coast, where her efforts to give the kids their best Christmas ever get a boost from a madcap caretaker (guess Who?) whose mysterious Christmas gift leads them into a magical wintry world.
As fans may notice, the story doesn't accommodate an appearance by the Doctor's current companions, Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) and her husband, Rory Williams (Arthur Darvill). Smith admits that he misses the pair on a personal level, just because they've become friends with whom he enjoys spending time, but the new characters in this Christmas episode offer rewards of their own.
"We've got new characters in this one: Lily and Cyril, the children, who are just brilliant, and Madge Arwell, the mom, and all these other wonderful characters, which makes it easier to bear, I suppose," he says. "That's one of the great things about this job: we keep getting all these wonderful guest actors: the Michael Gambons and David Walliamses and James Cordens. It's like a wonderful master class for me."
Despite the change in time period for this special episode, Smith retains his signature Doctor Who costume characterized by a tweed jacket and bow tie for his scenes. A self-professed lover of clothes, Smith recognizes how big a part this costume has played in establishing the personal quirks of his idiosyncratic Doctor.
"I've always enjoyed clothes, really, and to be able to dress as the Doctor is one of the best things, because all of the actors who previously played the role had these great signature pieces, and when you're trying to develop (the character) in its initial stage, you can't help being aware that previously there were these very iconic designs," Smith says. "Actually, for Children in Need, a charity over here, Steven Moffat wrote a sketch about the Doctor's clothes, and then we auctioned them off and raised 50,000 pounds for charity. I know, right? Brilliant!"
Moffat's sketch, which can be found on YouTube, also reflects another ongoing joke between head writer and star, namely a propensity for forcing Smith into situations on the show that require him to get nude, or close to it.
"The funny thing about that sketch was that I had to get pretty naked," Smith says. "Steven constantly is threatening me that if I ever call him 'Grumpy' that he's going to get me naked in Doctor Who. And he does!"
As for the new Christmas special, Smith says he hopes Doctor Who fans embrace it as part of their holiday experience, just as he still enjoys watching Christmas movies from his own childhood.
"I don't get misty-eyed, really, because I'm not a misty-eyed kind of guy, but I definitely can get the old lump in my throat. I love a good Christmas film," he says. "In fact, in November, to celebrate, my friend and I were watching Santa Claus with Dudley Moore and John Lithgow, and it was totally, totally brilliant. That may be my very favourite Christmas movie, I think. I saw it many times as a child. That, and Home Alone. I love that one, too."
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The market for astronomical online software has really exploded in the past few years, and amateur astronomers and educators have reaped the benefit. What was offered by many companies for prices sometimes over 100$ a pop now can be had for free. Programs such as HNSky, Stellarium, and Google Earth all offer Planetarium-style software that can be run right on your desktop. This week, well look at Microsofts entry into the market with their World Wide Telescope (WWT).
One thing that initially struck me about the WWT was the ease for loading and use. Several larger astronomy programs have a knack for crashing or locking up mere mortal computers that many of us employ in the field. Released in early 2008, it runs pretty seamlessly for a Beta application. And this isnt just a knock off of Google Earth; WWT gives you full access to a spectrum of surveys, from Hubble, WMAP to 2-MASS and more. The WWT promises unrestricted access to astrophysical data in an online community format. Im particularly interested to see what users do with this access and the homemade tours they produce.
So, how useable is this software for in the field astronomy? Well, WWT does come with telescope controlling capability via the popular ASCOM series of controllers; in theory, one should be able to download the software plus the ASCOM drivers, connect and configure the telescope, and use it to point the instrument at various objects. Most new telescopes are now of the GOTO variety, although Ive used similar software in a manual pointing capacity. Ive heard of some users having difficulty getting the WWT to work in this regard we welcome any personal success/failure stories as we have not yet attempted the use of WWT in this mode.
As a simulator, WWT does the job pretty well. For an example, we simulated next months South Pacific eclipse from various locales, and the WWT performed flawlessly. While use of the time controls and spatial location is pretty straight forward, we would like to see the inclusion of a local horizon and transit meridian to get a sense of our local bearings an overall orientation does exist in the lower right side of the control panel but a plug-in addressing this would be handy, lest your telescope start pointing at the ground
Which brings us to what I believe is the WWTs greatest asset; its use for education. Star party clouded out? WWT would be a tremendous backup resource with its numerous tours of the sky; just keep in mind that its not a true stand-alone program as it does require an Internet connection to operate in the field. Right click on an object, and it gives you a quick look list of data. The format for star info is particularly refreshing it gives you proper name, SAO, and just about any other pertinent catalog designation, all in one shot. This eliminates tedious cross referencing, as your scope may refer to a star by its esoteric forgotten medieval name (!) while youre trying to hunt it down by SAO designator
And heck, WWT is just plain fun to play with I love the ability to probe the universe in infrared goggles, or pan around the Phoenix Lander site. Now in its second year, Im really interested to see what folks will do with this new web-based tool and how new data will be integrated. One could easily see amateur astronomers banding together to use the data to scout out new comets or asteroids, or creating historical, you-are-there tours of the cosmos, or perhaps simply sharing their latest images or favorites via the community. You can never have too many planetarium programs, and WWT makes a worthy and unique addition to any growing collection.


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COLUMBIA - The city of Columbia kicked off its Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. birthday celebration Thursday with the "Columbia Values Diversity" breakfast. The celebration included a keynote address by Martin Luther King III, son of the slain civil rights leader, and an artistic performance by MU professor Clyde Ruffin.
The performance was directed by Ruffin and included music sung by the Columbia Diversity choir and experts on King's "I Have a Dream" speech.
After the performance, Martin Luther King III took the stage and spoke about his father and issues he said America faces today.
"It took 20 precious children and 6 adults deaths before the nation said we have to do something about gun control," said King.
"Six out of ten cartoons and TV shows are violent. We've created a culture of violence and we embrace it instead of saying how do we create a culture of non violence?"
King went on to say he hopes people do not celebrate his father's birthday as a typical holiday by resting and relaxing, but said he hopes people will continue to the fight for equality.
King also said that his father's birthday this year is special because it falls on President Obama's inauguration day.
Diversity award winners were also honored at the breakfast. Job Point won the group award and Tyree Byndom won the individual award.
The celebration of King's birthday continues on Monday with the "Poor People's Breakfast" and the Annual Candlelight Walk.


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Our friends at Drunk Jays Fans have unearthed an arrest report written by a Toronto police officer about a fan who ran onto the field at a Blue Jays game on May 5. It is perhaps the best arrest report ever written.
It reads:
On May 5, 2013 at approximately 3:18 PM the Toronto Blue jays were surprisingly winning against the underrated Seattle Marriners. Our hapless Jays limped along to the bottom of the 8th inning. At one point, the Jays were considered World Series contenders. One can almost forgive the accused for his below described actions.
Luckily, the accused ran onto the field from level 100 and wasn't forced to jump from the 500 level out of sheer frustration.
In any event, the accused before the court, Joseph [Redacted], in what can only be described as an attempt to inject some kind of spark in our listless Jays, ran onto the field "interrupting" the game, giving jays fans a brief respite from their season long agony.
The accused was subsequently placed under arrest to applause, transported to 52 Division where he was released on a Form 10/11.1.
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Unless they decided to file for extensions, most people have put the 2013 income-tax filing deadline behind them.
Unless they decided to file for extensions, most people have put the 2013 income-tax filing deadline behind them.
Of course, there�s probably some sting remaining. This isn�t the Internal Revenue Service�s most popular time of the year.
And this year, the IRS gave the public new reason for frustration and suspicion.
Agency lawyers have claimed they don�t need a search warrant to read email and social media messages from citizens.
Newly released documents show that the IRS has taken the position that Americans enjoy �generally no privacy� in electronic communications including email, Facebook chats and Twitter direct messages, Cnet.com reported.
The documents, obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union, show the IRS position is that those messages lose Fourth Amendment protections once they�ve been sent from an individual�s computer. That means the IRS can obtain them in tax investigations without needing a search warrant signed by a judge.
Part of the problem is that the federal law that governs law enforcement access to email, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986, is hopelessly outdated. The law requires a warrant if email is stored on a provider�s server for 180 days or less, but there is no such requirement for older messages.
A federal appeals court ruled in 2010 that the government must obtain a probable cause warrant before compelling email providers to turn over messages, but some providers aren�t following the ruling.
Some lawmakers have criticized the IRS for its position on email searches, but the public would be better served if Congress concentrated on updating the privacy act.
Despite the suggestion of the IRS, people do believe that they�re protected from government snooping on their electronic communications. It�s time that privacy laws catch up with rapidly changing technology and assure Americans of those protections.


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Cardiogenic (kar-dee-oh-JE-nik) shock is a condition in which a suddenly weakened heart isn't able to pump enough blood to meet the body's needs. The condition is a medical emergency and is fatal if not treated right away.
The most common cause of cardiogenic shock is damage to the heart muscle from a severe heart attack. However, not everyone who has a heart attack has cardiogenic shock. In fact, on average, only about 7 percent of people who have heart attacks develop the condition.
If cardiogenic shock does occur, it's very dangerous. When people die from heart attacks in hospitals, cardiogenic shock is the most common cause of death.
The medical term "shock" refers to a state in which not enough blood and oxygen reach important organs in the body, such as the brain and kidneys. Shock causes very low blood pressure and may be life threatening.
Shock can have many causes. Cardiogenic shock is only one type of shock. Other types of shock include hypovolemic (hy-po-vo-LEE-mik) shock and vasodilatory (VAZ-oh-DILE-ah-tor-e) shock.
Hypovolemic shock is a condition in which the heart can't pump enough blood to the body because of severe blood loss.
In vasodilatory shock, the blood vessels suddenly relax. When the blood vessels are too relaxed, blood pressure drops and blood flow becomes very low. Without enough blood pressure, blood and oxygen don't reach the body's organs.
A bacterial infection in the bloodstream, a severe allergic reaction, or damage to the nervous system (brain and nerves) may cause vasodilatory shock.
When a person is in shock (from any cause), not enough blood and oxygen are reaching the body's organs. If shock lasts more than a few minutes, the lack of oxygen starts to damage the body's organs. If shock isn't treated quickly, it can cause permanent organ damage or death.
Some of the signs and symptoms of shock include:
If you think that you or someone else is in shock, call 9–1–1 right away for emergency treatment. Prompt medical care can save your life and prevent or limit damage to your body's organs.
In the past, almost no one survived cardiogenic shock. Now, about half of the people who go into cardiogenic shock survive. This is because of prompt recognition of symptoms and improved treatments, such as medicines and devices. These treatments can restore blood flow to the heart and help the heart pump better.
In some cases, devices that take over the pumping function of the heart are used. Implanting these devices requires major surgery.
Clinical trials are research studies that explore whether a medical strategy, treatment, or device is safe and effective for humans.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. current account deficit shrank to its narrowest in nearly two years in the third quarter as weak domestic demand and lower oil prices curbed imports, a government report showed on Tuesday.
The Commerce Department said the current account gap, which measures the flow of goods, services and investments into and out of the country, fell to $107.5 billion, the lowest level since the fourth quarter of 2010, from $118.1 billion in the second quarter.
That represented 2.7 percent of gross domestic product, the smallest share since the second quarter of 2009, and down from 3.0 percent in the second quarter.
The smaller deficit, if sustained, should help support the dollar, even as the Federal Reserve continues its aggressive easing policy to boost economic growth.
"With imports falling further in October, look for the current account gap to decrease again in the fourth quarter," said Sal Guatieri, a senior economist at BMO Capital Markets in Toronto.
"Next year, faster growth in emerging markets should support exports, extending the improvement in the trade balance. A gradually shrinking current account deficit means the U.S. is becoming less dependent on foreign funding, which should be a long-term positive for the greenback."
Economists polled by Reuters expected the third-quarter current account gap to narrow to $103.4 billion from a previously reported $117.4 billion.
The shortfall on the current account has shrunk from a peak of 6.5 percent of GDP in the fourth quarter of 2005, in part because of a significant increase in the volume of oil exports.
In the third quarter, the deficit on goods tumbled to $173.9 billion from $185.7 billion in the prior quarter, while the services surplus rose to $49.4 billion from $48.3 billion.
The surplus on income decreased to $50.8 billion from $52.1 billion in the second quarter, putting a wrinkle on the report. The drop reflected an increase in dividend payments abroad.
But foreign investment in the United States rebounded $282.0 billion after decreasing $143.6 billion in the second quarter. There was also an increase in purchases of U.S. Treasuries and shares during the quarter.
"The third quarter also saw a marked increase in investment into U.S. currency and U.S. Treasury securities, likely a function of the increased uncertainty seen in the markets during the period," said TD Securities' Gennadiy Goldberg.
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- Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey
In her professional life, she's an entomologist, researcher, teacher, mentor, artist, photographer, and author.
In her private life, she's a wife and mother.
Her specialty: darkling beetles. You'll often find her at her "home away from home," the Bohart Museum of Entomology where she studies with major professor Lynn Kimsey, Bohart Museum director and UC Davis professor of entomology.
Fran Keller is the designer and impetus behind the many Bohart Museum of Entomology posters and t-shirts. Posters include Butterflies of Central California, Dragonflies of California, California State Insect (California Dogface Butterfly) and Pacific Invasive Ants. T-shirts spotlight dragonflies, butterflies and walking sticks. (Access them at the Bohart's online gift shop.)
Fran Keller also found time to author a children's book on the California dogface butterfly, with sales benefitting the Bohart Museum.
If you belong to the Entomological Society of America (ESA) or another entomological organization, you've probably seen her leading symposiums, presenting talks, and conferring with other scientists.
There's not much that she CAN'T do.
So, on Wednesday, Fran Keller will probably convince her audience that darkling beetles are more exciting than any other insect. After all, her enthusiasm is well known and led to her UC Davis honor as an outstanding teacher.
Keller's exit seminar, "Taxonomy of Stenomorpha Solier, 1836 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Asidini," will be from 12:05 to 1 p.m., Wednesday, May 29 in Room 1022 of the Life Sciences Addition, located on the corner of Hutchison and Kleiber Hall drives. Plans call for the seminar to be videotaped for later public viewing on UCTV.
"My research focuses on a very large genus which historically had 88 species and no modern species level work for several taxa for nearly 175 years," Keller said. "Part of my research focuses on a group of flightless species restricted to the Sierra Transvolcanica or southern Transverse range in Mexico. Using biogeography, morphological analyses and the examination of over 10,500 specimens, I recognize 51 valid species of Stenomorpha Solier, 1836, with seven newly recognized subgenera, while 37 formerly recognized species are synonymized or newly combined."
"Certain Stenomorpha species occur in California vernal pools but are not listed as vernal pool species," Keller said. She also will discuss the importance of taxonomy in conservation.
If time allows, Keller will discuss her other projects, working in the Bahamas and mentoring students, as well as her recent research on morphology and developmental patterns of gene expression.
Keller received her associate science degree in biology and chemistry, with highest honors, from Sacramento City College in 2001 and then transferred to UC Davis where she received her bachelor's degree in evolution and ecology (2004), and her master's degree in entomology (2007).
She served as a teaching assistant for a number of courses at UC Davis and has also presented guest lectures, including "Insect Sex and Mating Systems" and "Insects and the Environment—Ecological Physiology."
Among her many awards at UC Davis:
- Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award, May 2008
- Division of Biological Sciences (DBS) Commencement Speaker, June 2004
- DBS Departmental Citation for Outstanding Achievement in Academics and Research in Evolution and Ecology, Spring 2004
- Outstanding Senior, 2004
- Undergraduate Research Conference, Oral Presentation, April 2004
- President's Undergraduate Fellowship, Spring 2003
Her students applaud her teaching skills, her enthusiasm, and her care and concern. Said one student: "It's reassuring to know that out of a maze of 30,000 students and faculty at Davis that there are people like Fran who really care."


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For those of you on Twitter - I'm on Twitter, too!
I went on last night between periods in the hockey game and came away with a few followers ... but no genealogists.
So I'm asking all those genealogists with Canadian family connections to follow my "comings and goings" on at http://twitter.com/GenealogyCanada, as I intend to use Twitter as a place to post the events I attend and the blogs I write.
So hop on over to Twitter, or to the blog, and get your genealogical fix for the day!


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