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RootsTech is fun as well as educational. It gets a solid 10 out of 10. The participants in this Conference will help to determine the future of genealogy and a lot of technology. The Bloggers are a wonderful, enthusiastic and diverse group.
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The keynote speaker on Saturday is Tim Sullivan, the President and CEO of Ancestry.com.
He talks about the future of genealogy in a presentation entitled,
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He starts by saying technology should get out of the way and help people
do genealogy. The keynote and other presentations are live on RootsTech.org.
Ancestry.com has a soon to be announced DNA business. A couple of
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including censusrecords.com, the new company from brightsolid.com. Tim is joined by a panel of Ancestry.com product leaders. The team addresses a series of questions selected from Bloggers.
Here are some random observations on the commentary:
Meeting the needs of both experts and those just starting genealogy.
is happening in the science of Genomics? Dramatic improvements with a
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things about your ancestors like what town they lived in, in the past.
They will be analyzing millions of genetic markers using massive amounts
of data using Cloud computing and massive parallel processing.
Much of the progress of the technology/genealogy industry is based on the individual innovation of entrepreneurs.
Statistics about mobile users on Ancestry.com (remember these presentations are online at RootsTech.org
so if you are interested in anything that I mention, go back to the
site and listen to the entire presentation). 12% of all visits to
Ancestry.com are from mobile devices up from 8% just a few months ago.
They are going to be developing their products on mobile first rather
than desktops.
How is Facebook.com important
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Ajax is a the name for a set of technologies that, in various forms (and with different appellations), has been around since 1997. Ajax became a de facto standard for websites around 2007, and it contributed significantly to changing the perspective of Web development. However, it is not far-fetched to state that Ajax has been the poisoned arrow in the heel of ASP.NET Web Forms.
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The growing adoption of Ajax mined the foundation of ASP.NET Web Forms hiding the underlying HTML and JavaScript from server-side developers. Microsoft has been quick with updates to the ASP.NET Web Forms API to give developers more and more control over the emitted HTML and JavaScript, and this made it possible for all sites based on Web Forms to incorporate some Ajax capabilities.
In the context of a website, Ajax capabilities essentially mean the ability to download data from HTTP endpoints for the most-part hosted on the same domain as the site. Such HTTP endpoints are expected to serve plain data instead of HTML markup, so that client-side code can update the page in a much smoother way. For ASP.NET developers, there's been just one way of implementing these necessary HTTP endpoints using one of the flavors of the Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) API.
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WCF was originally designed to support SOAP and WS-* standards over a wide variety of transportation protocols. More importantly, WCF was devised to be totally independent from the transportation protocol, whether HTTP, TCP, FTP, MSMQ, or others. But it soon became clear that WCF had to be revisited to provide quality support for non-SOAP services, and specifically, it needed to serve efficiently plain XML, text, and JSON over HTTP.
Over the years, developers relied on various extensions to WCF, such as the
webHttpBinding protocol and the REST starter kit. None of them really warmed developers' hearts though. While WCF generally worked well over HTTP, some structural aspects were viewed as cumbersome. It's hard to deny that WCF tends to overuse attributes and configuration. In addition, WCF was not well designed for testability.
And while Web Forms developers were experiencing difficulties using WCF for implementing HTTP endpoints, ASP.NET MVC was providing a much more seamless experience to developers enabling them to always use controllers to return both markup and JSON or XML.
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While WCF remains the foundation for interoperable applications, developers often need to remove the heavy machinery of WCF to deal with common simple scenarios, which require only a thin, HTTP-focused framework. Essentially, all that developers usually need is a basic framework to build endpoints to receive and upload JSON data via HTTP.
.NET Framework 4.5 comes with a new API that incorporates most of the good aspects of ASP.NET MVC controllers, but lives outside of ASP.NET MVC. This new API is called the "Web API" and is available only in .NET 4.5 applications. You can use the Web API from both ASP.NET MVC and ASP.NET Web Forms and, more importantly, the programming patterns are just the same.
To an external observer, the Web API looks mostly like a duplicate of the ASP.NET MVC controller. Indeed, overlapping between ASP.NET MVC controllers and Web API components does exist. However, you should really view the Web API as an attempt to unify all existing practices for building HTTP services for ASP.NET under a single programming pattern.
Inside the Web API
The Web API is based on controller classes. Web API controllers are similar (but not identical) to ASP.NET MVC controllers. From a developer's perspective, all that is required is the creation of a plain C# (or Visual Basic) class inherited from
ApiController. This controller class is expected to expose public methods that accept any sort of arguments and return any sort of serializable data types.
In an ASP.NET Web Forms application, you just add a class to the project and write the public methods you want to be able to call back from client Web pages. Most of the time, you won't even care about formatting the output to JSON. If a method is conceptually expected to return an array of
Customer objects, you just return that array from your method. Web API comes with an underlying framework that takes care of a number of things with a convention-over-configuration kind of approach that has both pros and cons. The following code snippet offers a glimpse of the basic Web API controller:
public class CustomerController : ApiController { public IEnumerable<Customer> Get() { return new Customer[] { new Customer(1), new Customer(2) }; } public void Post(Customer customer) { ... } public void Put(int id, Customer value) { ... } }
The Web API framework assumes you want to build a REST-based API for some kind of data object for example, a
Customer. You have methods that follow the REST approach and give parameters of the specified type
Post, and
Get. The underlying framework maps the detected HTTP verb to any public method whose name begins with a matching substring, such as
DeleteXxx, and the like. The returned value is automatically serialized to JSON unless a different format is expressly requested through the
Accept HTTP header.
If you want to shape the public API in a way that does not use REST, then you must resort to attributes and a programming style that is similar to standard ASP.NET MVC controllers. Either way, the new Web API is a welcome addition providing a testable and unified API, and a way to build HTTP services that are not tied to IIS, but can be hosted everywhere.
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A Valencia mother was charged after police say she overdosed and endangered her 5-year-old child in January.
Christine R. Banfield, 29, of Valencia, was charged Wednesday after an investigation by Middlesex Township police into an incident in the 100 block of Kelly Street, Valencia, at 5 p.m. Jan. 12.
Police charged Banfield with misdemeanor endangering the welfare of children after officers say Banfield was intoxicated to the extent that she passed out and left an exposed syringe where her 5-year-old son could have gotten it.
Middlesex Township Sgt. Randy Ruediger said Butler County Children and Youth Services was consulted during the investigation and was aware of the incident, but did not have any information regarding custody of the child.
Banfield was charged by summons on Feb. 21. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for April 18 before Magisterial District Judge Sue Haggerty.
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When I started writing and publishing my works, I never thought I would publish more than maybe two novels. Well, now I'm up to eight novels, and setting to write my ninth. My goal this year was to write and publish at least two novels, and I did that, with three. I also thought I'd never write sequels or a series of novels in the same universe, but I have. I'm sure some wonder if I'm going to have any sequels to some of my older novels, and I've been asked, but right now, I don't know. Here's an update on my current novels and future works.
Out of Time It took me a long time to get this novel right, but I finally did. Anyway, I thought about writing a sequel, but at the moment, I have no idea where I'd want my time travelers to go. I did start to write something about Janet Erickson, the captain of the Einstein, but I got stuck after a page or two of writing. I have an idea of what I might want, but I'm not sure if it's a novel length story, a novella, or a short story. If I get around to writing it out, I'll see.
Don't Mess With Earth – I actually sent a short story version of this in the mid-1990's to the Writer's of the Future contest, but got nowhere with it. I wrote a full length novel, but this is one of my stories that people either like or dislike, and I re-wrote it into a version of Shattered Earth, changing the beginning, and making the novel longer by over 25k words. I have been asked by 1 or 2 readers if I'm going to tell the story of the Ragnor after Earth destroys them for the most part, but I really don't know. I wrote a page a year or so ago, but haven't returned to it. We'll see.
The Usurper – No sequel. I wrote this mostly to push buttons, and if you've seen some of the reviews I've received on Amazon, you'll know that I did just that.
New Frontier & Final Frontier – Final Frontier is the sequel to New Frontier, so I'm not sure about another sequel. I might one day go back to Final Frontier to include a chapter or two near the end, because I glossed over what happened to the Soviet Starship Gagarin in one of the alternate timelines, but if I say more than that, it would be spoiling the story for those that haven't read it.
My End Times Series of novels – The next novel I'm going to write is about the story of Michael Evans, starting with his grandfather, who I'll have palling around with Hitler in WW2. The Evans' will try to manipulate events from behind the scenes, get England to balk at giving Israel as much land as they were going to give them after the war, finance the enemies of Israel, start to interfere in American society, and have appearances by the grandparents of the main characters from Times of Trouble. How Evans finds David Collins and the Iranian, and how they manipulate events before the Tribulation. I think I'll begin writing it in November, taking time to do a lot of research while I'm doing it, and possibly getting it finished in early 2013. I was also thinking of at least one young adult novel in the series, even though Times of Trial is kind of leaning towards that, since Greg and Laura are two of the main characters, and they're teens, but I'll just have to see how that works out.
As for short stories, I've come up with a few of those, but a lot of them are so different in genre, I don't know if I should put those in a short story collection, but I will think about it. Next year, I want to publish at least three more novels, if possible.


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Younger age, less prominent prolapse and concomitant hysterectomies are associated with a higher risk of peri-operative and mesh-related complications after prolapse repair with trocar-guided transvaginal mesh, according to a study presented by a Russian group at the 28th Annual EAU Congress.
This retrospective multicenter study, which included 677 patients from 6 centres, aimed to evaluate intraoperative, early postoperative and mesh-related complications for surgical management of female pelvic organ prolapse (POP) with application of trocar guided transvaginal synthetic mesh.
In the course of the study the patients underwent POP surgery from 2006 to 2010. The patients were operated for symptomatic genital prolapse POP-Q stage 2 to 4. Patients were systematically seen within 1 and 3 months and then evaluated again during the study via phone interview and those who reported complaints during interview were evaluated in the office settings. Quantitative data with normal distribution were analysed via Student test; whereas Fisher exact test was used for the non-parametric criteria.
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These photos will be featured on the massive Times Square digital billboard, as well as be printed for each individual and shared socially. An on-site tattoo bar will give out temporary half-sleeve "Blindspot" tattoos as well. Finally, 10 fully tattooed Jane Doe look-alikes will be walking around Times Square handing out temporary tattoos to promote awareness for the series.
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The cast includes Sullivan Stapleton ("300: Rise of an Empire," "Strike Back"), Jaimie Alexander ("Thor: The Dark World," "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."), Marianne Jean-Baptiste ("Broadchurch," "Without a Trace"), Rob Brown ("Treme"), Audrey Esparza ("Black Box"), Ukweli Roach ("The Royals") and Ashley Johnson ("Much Ado About Nothing").
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In a match highlighted by three stylish goals, Valencia rode a brace from Aritz Aduriz to a 2-1 victory over the Houston Dynamo in the 2012 edition of the BBVA Compass Dynamo Charities Cup Thursday night.
From the first kick both teams looked to go forward, opening up the game and putting together some thrilling plays early. By the 17th-minute mark the crowd had been treated to three well-taken goals – the two from Aduriz and a golazo from Calen Carr.
Aduriz was the star early, leading the Valencia charge with a brace inside 20 minutes that reflected the typical Spanish flair. Spearheading the attack for Los Che in the absence of Roberto Soldado – who appeared for Spain in their 4-1 win over South Korea Wednesday – the one-time Spanish international was clinical in finding space and converting chances early.
Aduriz first capitalized just 71 seconds into the match after Pablo stripped Adam Moffat at midfield and sent the striker through on goal. Tyler Deric got a hand to the 31-year old's shot but it was not enough and Valencia took the early lead.
The goal was the result of the type of early pressure from Valencia that put the Dynamo backline under constant strain in the first quarter-hour.
While Valencia was pushing forward they left plenty of space to counter, which Carr exploited in the 14th minute.
The newly anointed Houston right winger weaved his way through the visitors' left side and hit a left-footed cracker from 22 yards that found the far top corner to pull the score back to 1-1.
The even scoreline was short-lived, thanks again to Aduriz. Just three minutes after Carr's goal, the striker was again the beneficiary of quality service – this time from Pablo Piatti to make it 2-1.
The second half did not have the same level of positive, free-flowing play. Part of that was due to line-change type substitutions typical of friendlies.
Still there were a few moments to make the fans sit up and take notice. The first came just seconds into the second half as Pablo threatened another early goal. However, Deric was in position to stop the Spaniard's attempt.
Second half sub Cam Weaver played a fantastic ball for Mac Kandji in the 52nd minute, and the Senegalese striker took his chance on goal from distance – passing up a streaking Weaver – only to be stuffed by Valencia goalkeeper Guaita, who made three saves on the night.
Aduriz got a look in the 78th minute to turn his brace into a hat trick but Deric, who was up to the task for most of the night with four saves, shut him down in front of goal.
Kandji had a chance to equalize late, finding time and space at the back post on a Brian Ownby cross, but his shot was smothered by Guaita, who had command of his area all night.
In the end Valencia made Aduriz' early exploits stand to take the Charities Cup home to Spain. Houston has the weekend off from MLS play and will make their second trip of the season to the Cascadia region on June 10 to face the Vancouver Whitecaps.
BBVA Compass Dynamo Charities Cup
Houston Dynamo vs. Valencia CF
May 31, 2012 – BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston, TX - Attendance: 22,039 (sellout)
Scoring Summary:
VAL – Aduriz (Pablo) 2
HOU – Carr (unassisted) 14
VAL – Aduriz (Piatti) 17
Houston Dynamo – Tyler Deric; Warren Creavalle (Colin Rolfe 76), Jermaine Taylor, Bobby Boswell (Nathan Sturgis 46), Corey Ashe (Oscar Recio 60); Calen Carr (Colin Clark 60), Adam Moffat, Luiz Camargo (Brian Ownby 60), Brad Davis (Josue Soto 76); Will Bruin (Cam Weaver 50), Brian Ching (Mac Kandji 46).
Substitutes not used: Tally Hall
Valencia CF – Vicente Guaita; Miguel, (Albert Dalmau 58) Victor Ruiz (Jose Pardo 63), Angel Dealbert, Joel Johnson (Antonio Barragan 76); David Albelda, Pablo Piatti (Daniel Parejo 46), Pablo, Jonas (Carlos Gil 46), Tino Costa (Portu 63); Aritz Aduriz.
Substitutes not used: Diego Alves, Jeremy Mathieu
Misconduct Summary:
Referee: Jason Anno
Referee's Assistants: Adam Garner, Jonathan Johnson
Fourth Official: Hayden Edwards


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Md Sohail Ahmad, a senior wireless security researcher at AirTight Networks, which develops wireless security products, recently talked with Dr. Dobb's editor in chief Jon Erickson about the state of wireless security.
Dr. Dobb's: What's unique about wireless security?
Ahmad: Wireless brings a fundamental paradigm shift to security in that the network access and data transmission is now over the air which is a shared and unbounded medium (radio waves spill way beyond your premises). This means that without appropriate security, it's very easy for an unauthorized user sitting in the parking lot outside your building or even few blocks away to steal your data in the air and similarly to gain access to your organization's network through the air. The Wi-Fi (802.11) is an open standard, operates in unlicensed frequency band, and hardware and software is available off-the-shelf, which maximizes this risk. This risk is absent in wired networks.
Dr. Dobb's: What's the biggest wireless threat?
Ahmad: Wi-Fi access points (APs) are inexpensive and available off the shelf. Most portable computers like laptops and netbooks as well as smartphones (e.g., iPhone, Blackkberry) and consumer devices (e.g., printers) come with Wi-Fi built in. These devices are flooding the enterprise, in turn putting enterprise security into the hands of end-users more than ever before. End-users could inadvertently (or maliciously) put enterprise security at risk, for instance, by plugging in an unsecured Wi-Fi AP into the enterprise network, or sharing their enterprise network access with outsiders over Wi-Fi. This threat from unmanaged, unsecured Wi-Fi devices and the flood of Wi-Fi endpoints into the enterprise and the lack of awareness among administrators and users about it, is the biggest wireless threat.
Dr. Dobb's: What's the biggest security mistake companies make?
Ahmad: As far as wireless security is concerned, the biggest mistake organizations can make is to apply wired network security philosophy and solutions to implement wireless security. Often network administrators make the mistake of thinking that having solid wired security is enough to take care of Wi-Fi security risks. On the contrary, unsecured Wi-Fi attached to the enterprise network, can open a backdoor for hackers to enter the wired enterprise network while completely bypassing all wired security measures such as firewalls, wired IDS/IPS, and content filters.
Dr. Dobb's: Are there emerging wireless security standards?
Ahmad: Given that Wi-Fi transmissions are over the air, the security of inflight wireless data starts with strong encryption and authentication. The earliest Wi-Fi security protocol was the Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) protocol, which is now known to be broken; the latest is Wi-Fi Protected Access version 2 (WPA2), which uses the advanced encryption standard and 802.1x based authentication. While WPA2 has so far done its job in protecting Wi-Fi networks from outsiders, a flaw in the protocol that was recently demonstrated at BlackHat Arsenal 2010 and Defcon18 exposes WPA2-secured Wi-Fi networks to insider attacks.
Dr. Dobb's: How safe are airports for wireless users?
Ahmad: Not only are airports rife with Wi-Fi hotspots that are used by travelers, but many businesses and critical operations (e.g., baggage handling, ticketing) are increasingly relying on Wi-Fi. This makes airports a prime target for Wi-Fi based attacks. AirTight Networks has conducted a Wi-Fi security study by scanning over 30 airports worldwide. The report from this study is available here. Most Wi-Fi hotspots on airports use Open Wi-Fi configuration which is extremely insecure for Wi-Fi users. Given the well-known risks of using Open Wi-Fi, some hotspot providers (e.g., Tmobile) are migrating to the WPA2 protocol for Wi-Fi security. But travelers using these hotspots should beware of the recently uncovered Hole196 vulnerability in the WPA2 protocol that exposes the inherent lack of inter-user data privacy among authorized users of a WPA2-secured Wi-Fi network. Details of WPA2 Hole196 vulnerability are available here.
Dr. Dobb's: What' s the easiest thing companies can do to enhance wireless security?
Ahmad: Like any security, there are no shortcuts to wireless security. Companies should follow some best practices to protect their networks from wireless vulnerabilities and threats:
- Use WPA2 (AES and 802.1x) to secure your Wi-Fi network from outsiders.
- Use a wireless intrusion prevention system to continuously monitor your airspace and proactively detect, block, and locate threat-posing Wi-Fi devices or those that may be violating your company's security policy.
- Educate end users about risks from careless use of Wi-Fi on their endpoints on premises or on the road, such as at airports and coffee shops.
Here is a check list of best practices for wireless computing on public networks:
- Remove undesirable wireless networks from your wireless network connection profile
- Remove any peer to peer network from your wireless network connection profile
- Connect only to trusted networks which are known to you
- Disconnect immediately if you accidentally connect to an unknown network
- Turn off your wireless card when you do not need to be connected over wireless
- Use a VPN client when connecting over insecure public Wi-Fi hotspots
- When a VPN client is not available, use a secure Web browser (SSL)
- Avoid accessing confidential, sensitive or valuable information over unencrypted connections
- Upgrade your Wireless software regularly. Always keep your laptop's wireless drivers updated to the latest version
- Review points 1 - 9 every time you are connecting wirelessly


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These new socks allow consumers to wear their flip flop and thong sandals — even when the temperature doesn't normally permit it. Designed for surfers, travelers and yoga enthusiasts going from indoors to outdoors, Sol Socks are made of soft and lightweight fleece material, which keep the consumer's feet warm in all kinds of weather. The socks come in a wide variety of colors and sizes to fit any adult's feet. They are designed for individuals who would like to slip on a pair of sandals and keep their feet warm while walking from a health club out in the cold weather to their car.
Contact: Sol Socks, phone: 410-366-0206; e-mail: [email protected]; www.solsocks.com.
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Star Trac's new Instinct™ line of commercial selectorized strength machines consists of 10 single function and nine dual function stations along with 12 benches and racks that can be used in any combination. The Instinct line is the fifth full line of strength equipment from Star Trac featuring easy-adjust ratcheting seats along with walk-through designs and consistent locations of weight stacks. Sixteen of the 19 selectorized pieces feature a compact, 55-inch weight stack tower, and the fully shrouded weight stack accommodates the safety needs of all levels of exercisers. In addition, full-color, illustrated placards and red-colored adjustment knobs make it an easy-to-operate solution for members in health clubs and YMCAs as well as for hotel guests and community-living residents exercising in unsupervised facilities.
Contact: Star Trac, phone: 800-228-6635; www.startrac.com.
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IntelaMetrix™ uses ultrasound technology for body composition analysis for its BodyMetrix™ products. BodyMetrix™ is easy-to-use, non-invasive, affordable and is integrated with BodyView™, a reporting and personal imaging software program that provides a complete report on body composition, BMR, trends, health risks and recommendations. BodyView™ also incorporates 3-D visualization of present and future views so members can visualize their goals.
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Life Fitness introduced two new core-training products: a Back Extension and Leg Raise. The Back Extension features an adjustable pad support that accommodates users of all sizes, and its lower roller support provides stabilization throughout the exercise. The Leg Raise features a unique back pad support that conforms to the user's back, providing a more effective and comfortable exercise than traditional leg raise machines. The core-training pieces are biomechanically correct with an ergonomic design. They feature oval tubing and contoured upholstery, which complement other premium Life Fitness products.
Contact: Life Fitness, 5100 River Rd., Schiller Park, IL 60176; phone: 847-288-3300; www.lifefitness.com
Training Aids
Harbinger introduced a training aid that helps exercisers get the most out of the traditional push up. Its new Push Up Bars allow for more effective upper body muscle building by helping alleviate stress on the wrists that occur when doing a traditional push up. The bars can also be used at different width intervals to strengthen a variety of upper body muscles including reverse push ups and tricep dips. They are made with "Delta" shaped bases that provide a stable training platform. The base also features non-skid rubber pads for traction and padded foam grips for increased comfort. The bars' polyethylene construction can support up to 350 pounds of load weight on each bar. The bars themselves weigh just over one pound, so they are easy to transport.
Contact: Harbinger, 35 Executive Ct., Napa, CA 94558; phone: 1-800-729-5954; fax: 707-257-5843; www.harbingerfitness.com.
Affiliated Acceptance Corporation (AAC) provides security and control with its Biometric Fingerprint Identification software. Users can control member access by eliminating the sharing or loss of membership cards. This is the newest addition to a line of member check-in and identification products offered by AAC, including customized member ID cards and key tags, access card readers, pin number control and video imaging.
Contact: AAC, P.O. Box 790001, Sunrise Beach, MO 65079; phone: 800-233-8483; www.affiliated.org.
Heated Mats
Bodymat is a full-sized, cushioned electronic mat that provides a therapeutic stretch experience to users. The mat offers users a deeper stretch, relaxes muscles, increases oxygen flow, stimulates nerve endings and provides a soothing experience for users. The mats are designed for health clubs, personal trainers, physical therapists, rehabilitation specialists and group exercise instructors. The mats retail at $289.
Contact: Bodymat; phone: 800-942-0127; www.bodymat.com.
Disinfecting Wipes
GymWipes Antibacterial Towelettes are an easy and hygienic way to lower the risk of infection and cross contamination. The towelettes are pre-moistened, disposable, surface disinfecting wipes, that stop the spread of germs on surfaces. GymWipes safely sanitize commercial fitness equipment and kill 99.9 percent of germs that can cause illness.
Contact: 2XL Corporation, 27 McIntosh Ave., Clarendon Hills, IL 60514; phone: 888-977-3726; e-mail: [email protected]; www.gymwipes.com.


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Stockton's bankruptcy trial brought out a truly dismaying fact: Even if the city gets bankruptcy on its terms, it will be back in the hole by $100 million over 10 years.
Stockton's bankruptcy trial brought out a truly dismaying fact: Even if the city gets bankruptcy on its terms, it will be back in the hole by $100 million over 10 years.
How can this be? Isn't bankruptcy a clean slate?
Yes and no. Through bankruptcy, the city hopes to save about $23 million a year until better days.
The problem: increasing costs.
As costs go up - of public employee compensation, of money owed to creditors, but deferred by bankruptcy restructuring - city revenues will fall short.
So the city projects it will be $10 million a year short for 10 years.
This means the city will have to raise taxes. City officials were about to make this clear when Mayor Anthony Silva deliberately upstaged them with the hasty rollout of his Safe Streets plan, funded by his proposed half-cent sales tax.
What the mayor ignores is that there might be three new tax proposals in the offing. We need to think them through.
Nor is it enough, I should add, that a wonderful expert like William Bratton endorsed the mayor's plan. Bratton knows policing. He does not grasp the full impact of the mayor's proposal.
But Stocktonians must.
The three looming taxes are:
� The mayor's. The Safe Streets plan would place a half-cent sales tax increase on the ballot this summer. The tax would raise $18 million in restricted funds to pay for about 100 more cops.
� The city's. Barring a new boom, the city will have to add a tax to cover, or at least reduce, annual shortfalls projected through fiscal 2020-21.
� The sheriff's. The jail is full. The sheriff needs to pass a tax to pay for operations of more jail space.
The problem is obvious: voters probably will not swallow three new taxes. Especially because the state and Uncle Sam recently increased taxes.
So voters might approve Safe Streets, but then say no to a general city tax.
"Not only will it blow up our plan for financial restructuring - and our plan to get out of bankruptcy - it may provide enough ammunition for our very aggressive creditors in court to bump us out of bankruptcy," City Manager Bob Deis said. "And then we'll have a complete fiscal meltdown."
Or voters might approve more cops but no jail expansion. Arrests without jail; that could be one of the costliest exercises in futility in city history.
The council and mayor have been advised of this by the city's pre-eminent bankruptcy attorney, by the city attorney and by the city manager. The council gets it.
They mayor has ignored it.
Any tax should be worked up by all parties in the county's law enforcement system. And subject to staff analysis and deliberation by the council.
Three words there: The Marshall Plan. Due out in full next week.
Silva defended his plan. "If we end bankruptcy with no improvement in public safety, property values will never improve. Fix Stockton, and normal revenue will come back."
This may be true, in part. Then again, the equation may be too simplistic. After all, even if more cops restore order, and that puts upward pressure on property values, Proposition 13 restricts property tax increases.
That in turn limits property tax revenue. In other words, Silva's economic recovery through policing might not work for years.
This is why throwing a monkey wrench into a general tax is irresponsible. It could lay the city low for years to come.
There's more. While the mayor's plan would raise money through its tax, there appears to be money holes in the plan, too.
Most broadly, it relies on a user tax. There is no guarantee this tax will raise $18 million a year. People may not spend at expected levels. Yet the 100 cops are locked in.
But the plan does not pay the full cost of the cops. It puts the hit on the General Fund potentially for millions more. And the General Fund (see: bankruptcy, above) is insolvent.
"As soon as we start hiring police officers under this ballot measure, there will be shortfall, and the General Fund will have to pick it up," warned Deis. "They would have to add cops and eliminate every department in the city."
Silva said perhaps the number of police could be flexible, reduced to, say, 80, if revenues fell short - though he promised 100 at his plan's rollout last week.
I'll say this for the mayor; he is extraordinarily flexible. So much so that it is difficult to interview him about his plan.
Silva means well. He is trying his best to fulfill his mandate. But his plan has gone through more drafts than Finnegan's Wake. Key parts are still being revised. He rolled it out anyway.
Challenged on certain aspects, the mayor and his advisors sometimes seem to change the policy on the spot.
"We're in drafting mode," advisor Allen Sawyer said.
Drafting mode: either that means the mayor is keeping open to community input, or aspects of his ad hoc plan keep sinking under the weight of their untenability.
Sawyer said the General Fund could be protected. Other components of the mayor's plan could be cut to preserve funding for 100 police. But isn't this a different answer than the mayor's?
I'm wondering: if the mayor is disregarding the city attorney, whose legal advice is he listening to?
N. Allen Sawyer went to prison seven years ago along with former lawmen Monte McFall and Baxter Dunn in San Joaquin County's largest public-corruption scandal.
The charge he plead guilty to, Honest Services Mail Fraud, was later ruled unconstitutional. Sawyer's position is that he was exonerated. He is engaged and seeking solutions. I listen to him.
But we need to know more about the parallel government the mayor has created.
To his credit, Silva takes tough questions. But he vacillated between answering, referring me to advisors, and huffing in frustration that negativity is bad.
"When people say something like, 'You can't throw cops at the problem, because it's a broken criminal justice system,' you're hurting the criminal justice system even by saying that," Silva said.
No ... no, you are not hurting the criminal justice system by debating policy. Or by opining that the mayor's crime-fighting solution, however popular with voters, will have unintended consequences.
Worst case, it could botch the fresh start Stockton has toiled so hard to gain through Chapter 9.
Contact columnist Michael Fitzgerald at (209) 546-8270 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Visit his blog at recordnet.com/fitzgeraldblog.


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Avant_MUTEK Soirée Announced for Montreal's New Satosphere
April 19: Pole, Demdike Stare, Jacaszek, and Miles
March 19, 2012
After generating broad levels of enthusiasm last week upon revealing the first crop of headliners for its 13th edition, MUTEK is proud to announce an AVANT_MUTEK event in Montreal on April 19th. A one-of-a-kind exhibition for the Montreal public, this hometown thank-you event will feature international artists Pole, Demdike Stare, Jacaszek, and Miles performing in the brand-new, state-of-the-art Satosphere, which MUTEK's unique brand of digital creativity will be occupying for the first time.
This AVANT_MUTEK event, in collaboration with the Society for Arts and Technology, serves as a prelude to the festival, giving MUTEK a golden opportunity to take full advantage of the dome – a hub for Montreal innovation – and its seemingly endless immersive potential. Over the course of the night, this "Sensorium" will present four performances that speak to the narrative breadth of the MUTEK experience. Audiences will be led through the embryonic beginnings of an A/Visions audio-visual performance from Polish ambient-classical producer Jacaszek, who arrives to Montreal courtesy of the Polish Cultural Institute of New York, to the energy and innovation of a full-fledged Nocturne, as delivered by festival veteran and dub-techno pioneer, Pole.
The lineup for the night is presented under the banner of I.C.A.S. (International Cities for Advanced Sound), a network of organizations and festivals worldwide, which will hold its next annual meeting at MUTEK_2012. In the lead-up to this important international gathering, the program for the AVANT_MUTEK night was developed in close collaboration with Unsound Festival (Krakow and New York) and Communikey (Boulder, Colorado), sharing some of the booked artists with these two partners, who will both be presenting their latest editions in late April.
JACASZEK, a pillar of Poland's ambient scene, gets the ball rolling, accompanied by two classical instrumentalists and a visual artist. He'll be followed by DEMDIKE STARE, the British duo of Miles Whittaker and Sean Canty, signed to the Modern Love label, and who proved to be unequivocal festival favourites at MUTEK 2010. Then, POLE's Stefan Betke returns to his musical roots by flooding the dome with his minimal, electronic dub compositions. In February, the Berlin-based Betke delivered what was widely regarded as one of the finest performances of Berlin's CTM Festival. The showcase continues well into the wee hours with Whittaker, who will also perform a solo set as MILES, presenting another dimension of his musical passions. Immersive visual performances by ZEF & SANTO and DIAGRAF.
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Tickets available online via the SAT website.
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As Summer in the city reaches its finale, this blog will take a moment to pause. Embarking on travels near and far we will rejoin you after Labor Day with inspirations from our journey. Until then…..
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As Summer in the city reaches its finale, this blog will take a moment to pause. Embarking on travels near and far we will rejoin you after Labor Day with inspirations from our journey. Until then…..
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It's been twenty-five years and Wert&Co. has held true to our original mission (and our early ads in the beloved, now folded, ID magazine), working "where converging disciplines find their place" and "where design is integral to business success."
In 1995, Google was still three years away from being founded, social media meant classmates.com (although the term had not been coined), and design as a discipline was fairly rooted in its' classical forms. Wert&Co.'s office had a room for portfolios, a hallway's worth of paper resumes and interview notes on 4×6 notecards held together by rubber bands and paper clips.
Design's journey to the C-suite had begun and, although we didn't know it at the time, the pivotal moments and boom and bust cycles of that era, led to the wider understanding that design leadership should play a central role in business strategy — not just providing useful products and services, but creating experiences that people love.
Today, the story of the true value and impact of Design and Innovation in business is still being written.
Our clients and candidates are thinking about the ways people address smart roads and smart cars, the future of consumer experiences within hospitality and travel, the changing landscape of luxury and retail in a new consumer era, governments and elections, modernizing education, the future of media, structural equality in society, privacy and security, and transforming health care for the aged. They are doing this while experimenting with distributed global workforces, automation, and new communication systems at scale.
All in all, it has been quite a journey, and we're looking forward to the future as Design continues to play an essential role with tangible impact on people's lives, shaping countries and cultures, with a common purpose to deliver a better world, not only for today but for future generations.
Judy was delighted to be featured on the High Resolution video podcast series. Focused on Design Leadership, High Resolution is the passionate endeavor of Bobby Ghoshal and Jared Erondu, showcasing some highly inspired dialogues.
Our conversation ranged from Wert&Co.'s history recruiting creative leadership over the last two decades to some of our behind the scenes insights and tools, and even our favorite children's book Harold and the Purple Crayon and how it can serve as a metaphor for mapping one's own professional (and personal) journey.
On our recent business trip to the left coast (after a pit stop for the fascinating Renaissance Weekend in Utah), we were finally able to visit the renovated SF MOMA. And while we don't exit thru the gift shop, well, actually we did. And the bookstore left us with plenty of summer reading inspiration — from A Smile in the Mind: Witty Thinking in Graphic Design (the classic had a new edition out last year — over 1,000 visual examples of humour, irony and playfulness in graphic design and branding over the last few decades) to the Little Book of Hygge (which just might make us look forward to the winter or at least a visit to Copenhagen!).
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Blog: Visitors Become Everyday Heroes through the Power of Words
You have the tools. During our January 2017 installment of PAMM Free Second Saturdays, three questions were posed to visitors as a way to remind us of the tools that we carry and how we can use them meaningfully:
What is a community or social issue that is important to you?
How can you be an everyday hero?
What is your power?
In an effort to prompt self-recognition and accountability, participants were asked to write down and share responses publicly. Themed around word power and superheroes, the questions fostered realizations and urgency. Participants constructed plans to tackle issues of interest through the lens of a journalist. The goal was to engage the public to tap into their own potentials, championing their individual ability to change things.
Reaching for their color of choice, visitors wielded pencils mightier than swords.
Responses then became the subject matter for their Second Saturday Post. Visitors were asked to reflect and synthesize their thoughts into a front page newspaper headline. Constructed with family and friends, the newspaper served as a platform to talk about community and social issues.
To combat the seemingly never-ending problems that we face today in the contemporary world, everyday heroes revealed their capes:
"Helping people when they fall down"
"Being my Best! –Olivia"
"helping mommy"
Responses packed a punch. A wave of active citizens reached to new heights through the power of words.
"My Power is thoughtful."
"Art is my superpower"
"Power of teaching"
Fresh off the press, the headlines were challenging and thoughtful and triggered intergenerational discussions about how we treat others, homelessness, the environment, and racial injustice. Children and adults alike looked into their worlds to explore how they can be everyday heroes in their own communities.
At the end of the day, as visitors dashed, jumped, and flew out of the museum, a seemingly average Saturday was transformed into something heroic.
What is a community or social issue that is important to you? Share your thoughts with us on Instragram/Twitter #PAMM @pamm.
About Alex Zastera and Lorie Ofir
Alex Zastera and Lorie Ofir are lead teaching artists and PAMM Teen Arts Council (PTAC) program facilitators at Pérez Art Museum Miami. They are both practicing artists in the city of Miami, favoring paint as their media. Lorie is an avid dolphin spotter, makes a mean quiche, and always thinks with a positive spin on things. Alex is wildly unafraid of a fashion statement, a height that keeps people looking up, and the glue that holds people together.


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Restructuring will bring about greater efficiencies and alignment with strategic goals
University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe this afternoon announced a reorganization of the UM System that will help keep pace with the changing dynamics of higher education, better serve constituencies on the four University of Missouri campuses and enhance operational efficiencies systemwide.
"As I near the end of my first year as president of the UM System, it is clear to me that higher education is changing rapidly, and as leaders of public higher education in Missouri, we, too, must embrace transformational change and adapt our structure to better meet both the opportunities—and challenges—that come with change," Wolfe said. "We must align resources with priorities, including aligning the executive team at the system with the strategic direction of the campuses, as well as look for efficiencies to better meet our mission of teaching, research, service and economic development."
To this end, Wolfe is realigning and consolidating several of the responsibilities of the most senior positions within system administration. He will consolidate the previously separate roles of vice presidents of Academic Affairs and Research and Economic Development into a new Vice President for Academic Affairs and Research. This person will take the lead role in working with the chief academic officers on each campus as they embrace the significant changes in student learning and educational delivery that are occurring throughout higher education, as well as work with the campus chief research and economic development officers to secure federal research dollars and promote economic development within the state.
"Our mission of research is what sets us apart from many of the other higher education institutions in the state, and our ability to conduct research throughout our system that leads to improved quality of life, enhanced revenue and job creation is one of our greatest benefits to the state and nation," Wolfe said. "Yet, this landscape continues to change as competition for declining federal dollars that facilitate this kind of research escalates. Our university system—and ultimately the people of Missouri—will benefit from enhanced focus in this area."
In addition, the new Vice President for Academic Affairs and Research will lead the system's strategic planning efforts, which will guide the university's strategies, actions and budget in the next five years and beyond, as well the institutional research, student access and success, academic program review and eLearning functions at the system. The current system leaders and staff in these units and academic affairs and economic development will report under the new Vice President of Academic Affairs and Research. A nationwide search will begin in the coming weeks.
Wolfe is also combining the system's Government Relations and Strategic Communications departments into University Relations, which will be led by Steve Knorr, currently the Vice President of Government Relations. University Relations will be responsible for strategic communications, government relations, and external affairs at the national, state and local levels.
Wolfe also announced that Vice President of Finance and Administration Nikki Krawitz will be retiring in June and the system will be focusing the position's job duties when they conduct a search for a new vice president. This position will have primary responsibility for universitywide financial planning, including the university's budget, management of its endowment, retirement trust funds and debt, as well as the university's treasury, accounting, procurement, risk management and facilities planning and development functions.
"Vice President Krawitz is a highly respected and trusted resource within the university system, the state of Missouri, and nationally," Wolfe said. "The university has benefited from her tireless advocacy for public higher education, and in particular from her leadership of our financial resources."
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It was a great day for swimmers, especially for two who hail from the East Bay.
Nathan Adrian of Berkeley won a gold medal in the men's 100m freestyle by one-hundredth of a second at the London Olympics on Wednesday.
His win, by the smallest of margins, marked the first time an American won the gold medal in the 100 freestyle since 1988.
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Not only did he dominate, but anchor swimmer Allison Schmitt overcame a half-second lead by the Australians in the final leg of the race, to lead her women's team to victory against the Australians - with a margin of more than a second. And Dana Vollmer, a Cal graduate who has already won a gold medal in the 100 fly, won another gold as part of the Team USA relay, along with teammates Missy Franklin and Shannon Vreeland. The trio set an Olympic record of 7:42.92 seconds, while the Aussies logged 7:44.41
Back in the men's swimming event, Adrian clocked 47.52 seconds to win by 0.01 ahead of world champion James "The Missile" Magnussen of Australia.
Adrian pounded his fist on the water, then put his hands over his eyes as if he couldn't believe the scoreboard.
"I had no idea, to be honest,'' said Adrian. "I'm a guy that has a lot of speed and I can go out fast and I die a little more than he does. It's a little nerve-racking the second 50. I just had to really focus on it and stay strong.''
Magnussen touched in 47.53 to take the silver medal and Brent Hayden of Canada finished in 47.80 for bronze.
Fans immediately began tweeting their support of Adrian, commenting not only on his win, but his incredibly good looks too.[View the story "Fans cheer for Berkeley's Nathan Adrian, winner of Olympic gold." on Storify]
In other Bay Area swimming news on Wednesday, San Jose's Scott Weltz placed fifth in the men's 200 meter breaststroke.
Despite not medaling, the finish is quite an accomplishment for the Bellarmine High graduate. Weltz made it to the final of a senior national meet in June. In 2008, he was 38th in the U.S. Olympic trials in the 200-meter breaststroke.
Sam Shulz, Lori Preuitt and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Port-au-Prince - In response to the earthquake that struck Haiti one month ago, Haitian authorities, United Nations agencies and donor countries will continue to provide medicines and medical supplies to health facilities in Haiti through a large-scale coordinated effort run out of the country's central pharmaceutical store, known as PROMESS (Program on Essential Medicine and Supplies) in Port-au-Prince.
"PROMESS will continue to fulfill its mandate and distribute drugs and medical supplies to the public health facilities and health centers and make sure that the people most in need will receive the necessary medicines," said Dr. Mirta Roses, Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).
All donations received by PROMESS will be distributed at no cost to public health facilities, health centers and provisional health services which don't depend on international NGOs and are accredited by the Ministry of Health of Haiti. The PROMESS Management Committee agreed this week that international organizations, NGOs, and charitable organizations authorized by the Ministry of Public Health will be able to obtain supplies from PROMESS, defraying costs under the system in place before the earthquake.
The Ministry of Health of Haiti is taking seriously and investigating allegations of charges for services or medicines to patients in public hospitals receiving supplies free from PROMESS, Dr. Roses noted.
PROMESS has been operating in Haiti for years prior to the earthquake and was a critical first responder in the emergency. Founded in 1992, PROMESS is being strengthened as the central supplier of pharmaceuticals and medical supplies for Haiti so it can continue to serve health needs. Organizing and distributing medical donations has been one of the most vital tasks for humanitarian workers following the earthquake.
Haiti's health system has multiple providers, both for profit and not for profit, in which the majority of services recover some of the costs from users. The Ministry of Health, PAHO/WHO and partners have established a method of operation for PROMESS that guarantees supply to the population--in terms of quality, quantity and timeliness--as well as the continued existence of PROMESS.
PROMESS is also an important component of reconstruction plans for Haiti's health systems--in addition to medicines health supplies and equipment for priority programs, it is also the central storage for vaccines. Supplies and devices for priority programs provided by UNICEF and UNFPA are also included in PROMESS
"Without PROMESS we would have had a second catastrophe," Dr. Alex Larsen, Haitian Minister of Health, said recently at the PROMESS warehouse.
Health workers from AMURT (Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team) receiving essential medicines and medical supplies from PROMESS staff.
Operations for the World Health Organization (WHO)/Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) country office were run out of PROMESS in days following the quake. When roads were blocked with rubble, staff went on foot carrying drugs from PROMESS to deliver them to UN and nongovernmental organization partners working in health.
As the humanitarian operation intensified, more and more shipments of medical supplies started arriving at Port-au-Prince airport, located close to PROMESS. To meet the increased logistical challenges, WHO/PAHO is running programs that coordinate all donations from many governments, including the United States, into a single system to ensure medicines are delivered as quickly as possible to where they are needed.
PROMESS continues to supply medicines and related supplies to health facilities throughout Haiti, not just Port-au-Prince. Following the quake, PROMESS was virtually the only source of drugs and medical supplies in the country, and there was a dramatic increase in demand from established health facilities and from temporary field hospitals that had mobilized to support the relief effort.
As medical donations began streaming into Haiti, PROMESS adjusted to the need to streamline the truckloads of material arriving daily at PROMESS, and to distribute them to where they were needed most.
Going forward to sustain efforts as PROMESS responds to new challenges, the Haitian government, WHO/PAHO and USAID have been visiting organizations, hospitals and clinics throughout Haiti to assess medicine shortages and link the facilities to the PROMESS warehouse.
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It's funny, I'm not afraid to die. After surviving wanting to have commit suicide, I want to live more now than ever before, but I don't fear it. Isn't that a bit strange?
Laura McDaniel says:
I'm not afraid of death, more just if I'm a burden during. 🙂 Been to 'those' funerals (as a child) with open caskets & memories of stupid family members arguments. I want to be cremated, ashes through to the winds over the ocean! That's how I want to celebrate death!
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Christopher Lindsay says:
Once you have children (or get married), it is very important to get a will.
"Every man dies. Not every man really lives." William Wallace
insanitybytes22 says:
Amen, Mitch. "Jesus didn't die just to get us into heaven, He died to get a bit of heaven into us." When we leave this world, we should leave it so full of heaven already, that all we are doing is stepping from one room into another.
To go along with my dark humor, somebody once told me death was nothing. We've already endured the most painful, traumatic, experience of our lives, birth! Naked, bloody, cold, screaming….
Perspective is everything. 🙂
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redeemedview says:
"And if there's even the slightest possibility of an afterlife, could anything else be as important?" – Right! We are just way too distracted with the cares and wants of this life. sigh…
BelleUnruh says:
Death has always been very real to me, even as a child. I suupose it is one of the main reasons I ran to God. The thought of life forever with God is so exciting and appealing to me now. I don't fear death, but I worry about how I will die. I know I should just trust God about that, so I pray.
Very eye opening. I am very unprepared for death. The fear of dying does not scare me ,but the fear of the people I leave behind does. I will no longer be there for my boys or my family. Death is a real mystery in itself. Hope it does not come for me anytime soon. At least not until I have really lived lol As of now there is still so much I want to accomplish!! Need a bucket list so I can start scratching things off
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MistressoftheInk says:
Nice reflection. Being acutely aware of the inevitability of death could intensify the way we live.
carhicks says:
I am not afraid to die, I know what waits me there. Having said that, I am not done living yet. I think that is the biggest thing, there is always something more we want to do. I want to be here to participate in the life of my grandchildren and there is so much more that I would love to do in life.
greenpete58 says:
You may think you know what "waits" you in death, but you really don't. Nobody does. Some things are intended to be a mystery.
Roos Ruse says:
Excellent point, Mitch (yet again). I became familiar with death when I was very young. I bemoaned the cruelty of each loss for the early part of my life. Our gracious Lord took His time teaching me to trust Him in all things, and especially with death. Now I too am quite prepared to die, but better prepared to live. I'm happy to see here that we're all in good company!
"Prepared to die, but better prepared to live." Exactly. The two are intimately tied, I think.
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True! But you can't let the inevitability of death control your life. Although that's not really what you're saying, it's important to make that distinction. Live a good life in anticipation of the afterlife. Although if you're post on how science is making it possible for us to live forever is believed…. 😉
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We're pleased to announce that JISC has funded us to work on the SALT (Surfacing the Academic Long Tail) Project, which we're undertaking with the University of Manchester, John Rylands University Library.
Over the next six months the SALT project will building a recommender prototype for Copac and the JRUL OPAC interface, which will be tested by the communities of users of those services. Following on from the invaluable work undertaken at the University of Huddersfield, we'll be working with ten years+ of aggregated and anonymised circulation data amassed by JRUL. Our approach will be to develop an API onto that data, which in turn we'll use to develop the recommender functionality in both services. Obviously, we're indebted to the previous knowledge acquired by a similar project at the University of Huddersfield and the SALT project will work closely with colleagues at Huddersfield (Dave Pattern and Graham Stone) to see what happens when we apply this concept in the research library and national library service contexts.
Our overall aim is that by working collaboratively with other institutions and Research Libraries UK, the SALT project will advance our knowledge and understanding of how best to support research in the 21st century. Libraries are a rich source of valuable information, but sometimes the sheer volume of materials they hold can be overwhelming even to the most experienced researcher — and we know that researchers' expectation on how to discover content is shifting in an increasingly personalised digital world. We know that library users — particularly those researching niche or specialist subjects — are often seeking content based on a recommendation from a contemporary, a peer, colleagues or academic tutors. The SALT Project aims to provide libraries with the ability to provide users with that information. Similar to Amazons, 'customers who bought this item also bought….' the recommenders on this system will appear on a local library catalogue and on Copac and will be based on circulation data which has been gathered over the past 10 years at The University of Manchester's internationally renowned research library.
How effective will this model prove to be for users — particularly humanities researchers users?
Here's what we want to find out:
- Will researchers in the field of humanities benefit from receiving book recommendations, and if so, in what ways?
- Will the users go beyond the reading list and be exposed to rare and niche collections — will new paths of discovery be opened up?
- Will collections in the library, previously undervalued and underused find a new appreciative audience — will the Long Tail be exposed and exploited for research?
- Will researchers see new links in their studies, possibly in other disciplines?
We also want to consider if there are other potential beneficiaries. By highlighting rarer collections, valuing niche items and bringing to the surface less popular but nevertheless worthy materials, libraries will have the leverage they need to ensure the preservation of these rich materials. Can such data or services assist in decision-making around collections management? We will be consulting with Leeds University Library and the White Rose Consortium, as well as UKRR in this area.
(And finally, as part of our sustainability planning, we want to look at how scalable this approach might be for developing a shared aggregation service of circulation data for UK University Libraries. We're working with potential data contributors such as Cambridge University Library, University of Sussex Library, and the M25 consortium as well as RLUK to trial and provide feedback on the project outputs, with specific attention to the sustainability of an API service as a national shared service for HE/FE that supports academic excellence and drives institutional efficiencies.


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Cincy's Hall inductees set for Red-carpet treatment
Club to enshrine Griffey Jr., Parker, Oester, Beckley in special weekend
CINCINNATI -- Major League Baseball's oldest franchise has 75 players enshrined in its Hall of Fame. That number will increase by four on Sunday evening, when Ken Griffey Jr., Dave Parker, Ron Oester and 19th century first baseman Jake Beckley are inducted into the Reds Hall of Fame during a gala following Cincinnati's series finale with the Marlins at Great American Ball Park.
They will join baseball luminaries such as Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan, Frank Robinson and others already enshrined, and the weekend will be packed with celebratory events to honor their careers.
Before Friday's 2-1 Reds loss to the Marlins, Griffey Jr., Parker and Oester were on hand for a meet and greet at the Reds Hall of Fame, which is adjacent to the ballpark. Immediately following the game, the three were introduced, along with more than 20 other Reds legends, on the field before fireworks lit up the sky.
On Saturday, the three players will again participate in a meet-and-greet session, and will be honored in a ceremony on the field before the Reds-Marlins contest. The master of ceremonies will be longtime Reds broadcaster Marty Brennaman, and Griffey Jr., Parker and Oester will each address the crowd and throw out ceremonial first pitches.
The induction gala on Sunday will have a very local feel to it, as the three living inductees all have ties to the Queen City beyond baseball.
Griffey Jr., the son of Reds Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Sr., grew up in Cincinnati while his father played for the Reds as part of the Big Red Machine that won back-to-back World Series championships in 1975 and '76. Griffey Jr. was drafted by the Mariners out of Cincinnati's Moeller High School in 1987 and after 11 seasons with Seattle, was traded to his hometown Reds, for whom he played from 2000-2008.
Griffey Jr. is sixth on the career home run list, having belted 630 homers over his 22-season career. The 1997 American League MVP, 13-time All-Star and 10-time Gold Glove-winning center fielder hit 210 homers with the Reds, including his 400th, 500th and 600th.
Parker grew up in the shadow of Crosley Field, the Reds' home prior to the construction of Riverfront Stadium. He attended Courter Tech High School before being drafted by the Pirates in 1970. After winning the 1978 National League MVP award and helping Pittsburgh to a World Series championship in 1979, the right fielder joined the Reds in 1984. In four seasons with Cincinnati, he was a two-time All-Star and led the NL with 42 doubles and 125 RBIs in 1985.
Oester was born and raised in the Queen City, attending Withrow High School before being drafted by the Reds in 1974. He spent his entire 13-season career with Cincinnati, debuting in 1978 and winning a World Series ring in his final season as a member of the 1990 championship squad. The middle infielder was a career .265 hitter.
Beckley had a 20-year career from 1888-1907, playing for the Reds from 1897-1903. He batted .325 over his seven seasons with Cincinnati, batting over .300 in six of those seasons. When he retired in 1907, his 244 career triples ranked first all-time. He was posthumously inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971.


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TOKYO — Fighting exhaustion and radiation fears, engineers struggled anew today to complete the crucial task of hooking a crippled nuclear plant to the electricity grid to help cool down damaged reactors. The official count of dead and missing in the quake and tsunami soared above 18,000, making this Japan"s worst disaster since World War II.
In the earthquake zone, tears trickled down the cheeks of some survivors and rescue workers who observed a solemn moment of silence at 2:46 p.m. Friday, marking a week since the magnitude-9.0 temblor slammed Japan"s northeastern coast.
The quake set off a chain of events culminating in the nuclear accident now ranked at 5 on a 7-point international scale. Still unknown is whether restoring power to the damaged reactors will significantly aid cooling efforts. The full extent of damage to cooling pumps from hydrogen explosions and corrosion from seawater that has been pumped in has not been assessed.
In what many considered an inevitable, and perhaps tardy, move, Japan"s nuclear regulatory agency Friday upgraded the severity of the still-unfolding disaster at Fukushima, 150 miles north of Tokyo, from 4 to 5 on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale, meaning it is "an accident with wider consequences." The 1979 Three Mile Island incident, previously considered the second-worst accident in history, was rated a 5 — and it did not cause injuries or a significant release of radiation. The Chernobyl nuclear accident was a 7 — "a major accident" as defined by the scale.
In the earthquake and tsunami zone, hundreds of thousands of people remain displaced. Although the government pledged to accelerate relief efforts, hardship from hunger and cold remained rife. In the quake-shattered city of Miyako, City Hall official Tatsuyuki Kumagai said many of the sheltering survivors were suffering from deep anxiety that frayed at customary Japanese fortitude.
"Some cry, others say they"re sick of the food. Or they really want to take a bath," he said. The stress, he said, "comes out in different ways."
Establishing a final toll will probably take weeks, but the National Police Agency said the official death count had reached 7,197, exceeding that of the 1995 Kobe earthquake, and the number of those unaccounted for stood at 10,905. Recovery crews have yet to comb through enormous piles of tsunami-deposited debris in some remote areas.
As of today, about 300 workers were operating inside the 12-mile evacuation zone surrounding the battered nuclear plant, A few dozen were in the complex itself, government and utility officials said. A nuclear safety official said their main objective was to attach power lines to two of the worst-hit reactors.
Other last-ditch measures are under discussion, however, including the drastic option of entombing the complex in cement to stave off a large-scale leak of radiation.
Emergency workers sprayed water toward the reactors for about an hour after midnight, said Kenji Kawasaki, an official from the nuclear safety agency, and more dousing could occur later today. Workers also managed to restart a diesel-powered backup pump that would be used for cooling reactors 5 and 6, the public broadcaster NHK said.
The government and the plant"s operator, the Tokyo Electric Power Co., are on the defensive amid rising public anger over what many regard as an incomplete picture of events at the plant, coupled with what has been seen as a feeble relief effort.
In a possible sign of growing sensitivity to public criticism, the health ministry announced that it would ask the army for help in moving hospital patients who were trapped inside the 12-mile evacuation zone around the Fukushima plant. That word came shortly after NHK aired a segment portraying harrowing conditions at a hospital in the city of Minanisoma, part of which falls within the evacuation zone.
Seeking to deflect accusations of secrecy, Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Friday that the government has told the public everything about the accident at the plant. "(Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio) Edano and I have been disclosing all of the information that we had," he said.
Earlier, Kan pledged in a meeting with the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Yukiya Amano, to disclose as much information as possible about the unfolding nuclear crisis.
"The situation at the nuclear plant remains unpredictable," Kan said in the nationally broadcast news conference. "We will definitely overcome this crisis. I want people of this country to feel safe again."
Amano has described the situation as "very grave and serious" but pointed out that, until now, an uncontrolled release of large amounts of radiation had been avoided and that there was little danger to public health outside the evacuation zone.
Reassurances were not enough to halt an exodus of foreigners from the country who continued to pack international airports and flights out. Many Japanese also are leaving the country, or seeking shelter with friends and relatives in southern cities considered safe.
Adding to Japan"s growing sense of isolation, the Food and Drug Administration in Washington said it would monitor foods imported from Japan for radiation exposure.
Nearly 1 million homes remain without electricity in the quake zone, and rolling blackouts have been taking place elsewhere. As the threat of blackouts has intensified, one activist called on Japan to unplug millions of vending machines that dispense everything from hot corn soup to bouquets of flowers.
Japan has 5.5 million vending machines, each using as much power as an average household, said Canadian speechwriter and publicist John Harris, who is based in Japan"s Chiba prefecture. Add that up, and it requires as much power as the entire capacity of the troubled Fukushima nuclear plant at a time when Japanese are being asked to conserve electricity, he said.
The nearly 1 million machines operated by Coca-Cola — which because they use both refrigeration and heating are the "biggest power hogs" — are still running even as train service is curtailed, he said.


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ALEXANDRIA BAY - Stockbridge Valley's girls basketball team was eliminated from the Class D playoffs with a 58-33 loss to Alexandria Bay on Friday. Lorraine Beard and Rachel Calhoun scored 17 points apiece to lead the hosts in the victory. Olivia Marshall scored 14 to lead coach Jackie Fort's Cougars in defeat.
"A lot of people didn't think the 'Fab Five' was going to do anything in Stockbridge," said Fort of her five-player team. "They proved them wrong. These girls have battled through some games. I'm very proud of these girls."
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Alexandria Bay 14 16 13 15 - 58
Stockbridge Valley (6-12): Cassie Marshall 13, Teresa Meeker 2, Olivia Marshall 14, Sarah Papa 4.
Alexandria Bay (10-9): Lorraine Beard 17, Rebecca Hitchcock 8, Rachel Calhoun 17, Hannah Lynch 6, Morgan Weaver 3, Emma Kearns 5, Anna Simpson 2.