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UNION, N.J. (9/11/10) – SUNY Cortland scored 17 unanswered points in the first quarter en-route to defeating host Kean University in the season opener for both teams on Saturday afternoon at Kean Alumni Stadium.
In the New Jersey Athletic Conference game for both teams, sophomore Justin Autera had 227 all-purpose yards for the NJAC preseason favorite Red Dragons (1-0, 1-0 NJAC), including an 85-yard kickoff return for a touchdown to open the game.
For the Cougars (0-1, 0-1 NJAC), freshman outside linebacker Jerelle Peay (pictured right) made a game-high 11 tackles and junior safety Jamahl Williams had nine stops and a forced fumble.
After Autera returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown for the early 7-0 lead just 14 seconds into the game, the Red Dragon defense forced Kean to punt on its first three possessions, and the Cortland offense capitalized by scoring on its next two chances for the 17-0 advantage in the opening quarter.
The Red Dragons extended the lead to 14-0 when quarterback Dan Pitcher completed the 18-yard touchdown pass to Autera, capping the nine-play, 75-yard drive. On the drive, Pitcher completed 3-of-4 passes for 57 yards, including a 28-yard completion to sophomore wide receiver Kadeem Miller to move the ball into Cougar territory.
Cortland forced the Cougars into a three-and -out and subsequently moved the ball inside the red-zone before settling for the 33-yard field goal by junior Marc Corrado to push the lead to 17-0 with 1:55 left in the opening quarter.
The Cougars were finally able to get on the board with 4:07 remaining in the second quarter, as junior quarterback Thomas D'Ambrisi completed 6-of-7 passes for 70 yards, including the eight-yard touchdown pass to junior Louis Haynes to trim the Cortland lead to 17-6 after the failed extra point attempt. Senior running back Jay Gwaltney contributed a pair of rushes for 13 yards, while adding a 20-yard reception to set-up first and goal for the Cougars.
In the second half, the two teams first exchanged fumbles and then punts, before the Cougars were able to pull within five points late in the quarter.
After a Red Dragon punt gave the Cougars the ball at their own 36-yard line with just under seven minutes left in the half, Gwaltney had back to back rushes for the Cougars to move the ball out near midfield at their own 47-yard line.
D'Ambrisi followed with two straight completions to senior tight end Matt Puorro, first for 22 yards and then for 14 yards to give the Cougars a new set of downs at the Cortland 22-yard line. A D'Ambrisi rush for seven yards moved the ball inside the red zone, before D'Ambrisi and Gwaltney (pictured left) connected on the 15-yard touchdown reception, pulling the Cougars to within 17-12 following the failed two-point conversion attempt.
The Red Dragons opened the fourth quarter with a 41-yard punt by sophomore Pete Furey that pinned the Cougars inside the 10-yard line. Four plays later, the Cougars were forced to punt with Autera receiving the Billy Daniels' kick at the Cortland 40-yard line that he returned 55 yards before being tackled by Daniels at the Kean five-yard line.
On the subsequent drive, Sair rushed the ball twice to get the ball to the one-yard line, before the Kean defense held the line on third down and Sair never fully controlled the handoff on fourth-down to give the Cougars the touchback and a much-needed stop.
On the next Kean possession, the Cougars moved the ball out near midfield before senior defensive back Joe Lopez intercepted the D'Ambrisi pass along the sideline, returning the ball seven yards to the Kean 37-yard line. Four plays later, Autera scored his third touchdown of the day with the 12-yard run to extend the lead to 24-12 after the Corrado extra point.
The Cougars again had the ball near midfield with five minutes remaining, when Lopez intercepted his second D'Ambrisi pass, this time at the Kean 15-yard line before returning the ball 21 yards.
Kean forced the Red Dragons to punt after three plays, however on the ensuring Kean possession, the D'Ambrisi pass was tipped by junior Cody Allen and intercepted by Bill Smith to end the Cougar threat with less than three minutes remaining, as the Red Dragons were able to record a final first down before running out the clock.
Sair carried the ball 21 times for 77 yards, while Pitcher completed 11-of-20 passes for 179 yards and one touchdown. Autera, who had a rushing touchdown, touchdown reception and kickoff return for a touchdown, finished with 10 carries for 47 yards, three receptions for 36 yards and had 144 yards on returns.
For the Cougars, Gwaltney finished with 77 yards rushing on 17 carries, while also adding three receptions for 38 yards and one touchdown. Haynes and Puorro (pictured right) each had six receptions for 66 and 61 yards, respectively, as D'Ambrisi completed 19-of-29 passes for 197 yards and two touchdowns.
Defensively, Allen finished with 10 tackles, with Smith making eight stops and one interception in the victory for Cortland. Lopez added four tackles, two interceptions, one fumble recovery and one pass break-up for the Red Dragons.
The Cougars are on the road for their next two NJAC contests, first traveling to Morrisville State College on Saturday, September 18. Kickoff is set for Noon.


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ACC M5: Opening Night EditionPosted by KCarpenter on November 9th, 2012
- Washington Post: While most of the ACC is starting out their season (tonight!) with some overmatched competition (with apologies to Virginia who will take on George Mason), Maryland is opening their season with a real challenge. Though this year's Kentucky team is totally different from the beast that dominated college basketball last year, the Wildcats are still stacked with top recruits and still led by John Calipari. Maryland plans to put up a fight however, and the sudden eligibility of sensational wing Dez Wells puts a little muscle behind that hope. Though Calipari is making his traditional noise about how he feels his team is overrated and how he is concerned about the Terrapins, there is no doubt that Maryland is the underdog in this fight.
- Backing the Pack: Meanwhile in Raleigh, there remains at least one question: who will be the North Carolina State's fifth starter?Lorenzo Brown, C.J. Leslie, Richard Howell, and Scott Wood are no-brainer starters for Mark Gottfried, but the final starting slot has not yet been named. Gottfried said that he isn't sure who will start, while adding the caveat that he doesn't think it matters too much. The most probable choice is that the coach will go with highly-touted freshman guard Rodney Purvis, though there is an outside chance that the spot will be earned by T.J. Warren. Of course, it could always be some wild card option, but these two are the most logical choices.
- ESPN: In Chapel Hill, Roy Williams is dealing with a similar issue. Freshman Marcus Paige has been named a starter along with veterans Dexter Strickland, Reggie Bullock, and James Michael McAdoo. This leaves one open spot for North Carolina, and considering the named starters, the spot belongs to a big man. In the exhibition game, Desmond Hubert got the start, but freshman center Joel James shined when he got his turn. Williams suggests that little used sophomore Jackson Simmons and spindly freshman Brice Johnson could also get the start, but Hubert and James are the clear frontrunners for the spot with James holding an edge.
- Fox Sports: After a year spent playing home games in other peoples' gyms, the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets finally have a home court. Tonight the first game tips off at McCamish Pavillion, the new name for the renovated Alexander Memorial Coliseum. The building connects the Yellow Jackets to their storied past while also showcasing a dramatic environment for home games. While certainly new video and sound equipment are clear upgrades, the coolest addition to this court has got to be GT's embrace of theater-style lighting, the effect of lighting the court while keeping the stands relatively dark, an unabashedly neat effect that evokes Madison Square Garden and the Staples Center when the Los Angeles Lakers are playing (the Clippers use a different, more traditional lighting scheme). It's a neat idea and one that will hopefully add some extra atmosphere to the rechristened Thrillerdome.
- Wilmington Star News: The preseason Wooden Award Watch List has been released and six ACC players have been unsurprisingly tapped for the list. North Carolina State's C.J. Leslie and Lorenzo Brown, Duke's Mason Plumlee and Seth Curry, North Carolina's James Michael McAdoo, and Florida State's Michael Snaer represent the conference on the list. Considering that this list fairly closely mirrors most folks' All-ACC First Team, there isn't too much to complain about, though C.J. Harris and a couple players from Miami may have a reason to grouse. As always, this list doesn't include any of the impact freshmen who are expected to make their mark upon the conference, though they will surely be added once they show what they can do in the college game.


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Drug arrests in Orange County; deputies find meth, synthetic marijuana
Deputies in Orange County arrested two men and recovered methamphetamine, synthetic marijuana and numerous pieces of drug paraphernalia after a traffic stop on FM 105 in Orangefield near Orangefield Elementary School at a little after 1 p.m. on Feb. 13, according to a news release from the Orange County Sheriff's Office.
Chief Deputy Clint Hodgkinson reports detectives with OCSO's Special Services Division were patrolling the area when they observed a black Chevrolet pickup truck veer onto the shoulder of the road and then swerve back across the center dividing line on FM 105 near Grander Lane. As detectives conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle, they saw an object being thrown from a window of the truck, according to the release. Upon searching the vehicle, they reportedly discovered approximately 14 grams of methamphetamine hidden inside the truck, synthetic marijuana, two pellet pistols, and a variety of drug paraphernalia including pipes and scales.
The driver, 31-year-old Scott Patrick Shaunesey, and the passenger, 22-year-old Levi Ryan Gollihare, were both arrested for felony possession of a controlled substance in a drug-free zone. They face a higher charge with stiffer penalties due to their proximity to the elementary school. Both were transported to the Orange County Jail where they remain in custody as of the time of this report.
Sheriff Keith Merritt said he will "continue utilizing every resource the sheriff's office has available to take drugs off the streets and out of our neighborhoods in Orange County," the release stated.


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When your GM is absent, you'll have all the responsibility of running the show, leading and motivating your team to make our food the hero and deliver stunning service standards. We call it Serving Up Great Memories. You'll call it sheer dedication to ensuring that even the little details are spot on as you run a perfect shift every time.
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Billionaire investor Carl Icahn tweeted back in August that he had taken "a large position" in Apple, but we didn't know at the time what the number was, beyond speculation that it was more than $1B.
A regulatory filing now reveals that he purchased 3.88M shares, which at the time would have been worth $1.85B, reports Business Insider. With the increase in AAPL's stock price, and additional purchases Icahn made since, it's estimated that he now holds around $2.5B worth of Apple shares.


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Alana Rainey and Tony Dohren, both of Tigard, plan to marry in February 2014 in Minnesota.
Rainey is the daughter of Kyle and Mary Rainey of Apple Valley, Minn. She is a graduate of Apple Valley High School and Bethel University with a degree in political science and business. She works as a fitness trainer at 24 Hour Fitness in Tigard.
Dohren is the son of Dave and Judy Dohren of McMinnville. He is a graduate of St. Mary's High School and George Fox University with a degree in business and economics. He works for Patterson Dental in Portland.


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This is a short paper describing and evaluating our work earlier this year on direct device assignment in KVM, using Intel's VT-d IOMMU. Not much new here if you've read our other IOMMU papers, but it does make two contributions. First, it's the best (and only) available description (IMHO) of KVM's direct device assignment code, and second it's yet another data point on the relative performance of device emulation vs. virtual I/O drivers vs. direct device assignment. As always, comments appreciated. The abstract follows.
The I/O interfaces between a host platform and a guest virtual machine take one of three forms: either the hypervisor provides the guest with emulation of hardware devices, or the hypervisor provides virtual I/O drivers, or the hypervisor assigns a selected subset of the host's real I/O devices directly to the guest. Each method has advantages and disadvantages, but letting VMs access devices directly has a number of particularly interesting benefits, such as not requiring any guest VM changes and in theory providing near-native performance.
In an effort to quantify the benefits of direct device access, we have implemented direct device assignment for untrusted, fully-virtualized virtual machines in the Linux/KVM environment using Intel's VT-d IOMMU. Our implementation required no guest OS changes and---unlike alternative I/O virtualization approaches---provided near native I/O performance. In particular, a quantitative comparison of network performance on a 1GbE network shows that with large-enough messages direct device access throughput is statistically indistinguishable from native, albeit with CPU utilization that is slightly higher.


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T.I and Tiny put on a brave face for their family and throw Heiress a fun-filled christening. The time has come for a decision to be made about their marriage.aired 5/29/17
Tip is in hot water after a radio interview where he called Tameka a distraction. Tip takes it upon himself to reach out to people he's closest with so he can clear the air.aired 5/22/17
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Chinese Birth Year Signs
Have you ever wondered what your Chinese birth year sign is? Well first of all, what are these signs? You've probably seen these signs, also known as Chinese zodiac or astrology signs, when you go to a Chinese restaurant. A printed sheet of paper, used as a place mat, shows twelve animals and has a brief explanation of each. You are assigned an animal depending on which year you were born in. This is about the extent most of us look into these signs. Oh man, was I surprised when I looked into my own sign a little more…
My zodiac sign is the Tiger. I'm not convinced these signs are a real predictor, but I was blown away when I read a complete description of those born in the year of the tiger! Each sign comes with brief summaries in personality, health, career, relationships and some others depending on the source. It was almost spot-on for me in every area it described! How I am with people, at work, almost everything it said seemed to be describing me personally.
It's fun to learn more about the culture of the language you are learning, but whether or not you're learning Chinese, you should definitely check out your Chinese birth year sign. Is yours as accurate as mine? Let me know in the comment section!


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Telecoms software company OpenCloud has this month launched its Visual Service Architect (VSA) graphical development environment for JAIN SLEE (Service Logic Execution Environment). Designed for building apps for both fixed and mobile networks, this new tool is used in conjunction with OpenCloud's Rhino Telecom Application Server and Charging Sentinel.
VSA provides telecoms application developers with graphical visualizations of core application elements. Those elements can then be modified to extend and maintain existing services, or to build entirely new applications with automated code production.
The framework itself provides operators with more freedom to develop new concepts in-house and deploy or modify services rapidly, at what is claimed to be a much lower cost. The concept is to provide operators with greater independence, choice, and opportunity for innovation. It is a free, open, and standards-based tool that can be used alongside other OpenCloud or third-party developer tools.
According to OpenCloud, "Developing applications for telecoms has traditionally required specialist skills and while JAIN SLEE is an excellent technology for real-time execution of applications written in the widely adopted Java language, there has previously been a lack of tools to simplify development."
VSA is therefore positioned as a route for developers to easily visualize an entire application represented as a collection of on-screen elements — graphical "building blocks" — that automatically generate trustworthy code for a large proportion of the intended application.
Additionally, VSA supports application templates that provide a pre-designed starting point to accelerate the creation of new applications. In much the same way as web application developers switch between graphical and code based environments, VSA users are free to switch from the graphical environment to a direct coding interface when required.
"Telecoms operators have often been criticized for being slow to innovate. Up until now applications development has been a drawn-out and costly process, which was reliant on a core set of specialists who understood the complexities of telecoms protocols and asynchronous systems," said David Ferry, CTO of OpenCloud.
"Visual Service Architect reduces the level of expertise required. By replicating that expert knowledge and providing an intuitive graphical interface, which simplifies the design and implementation of telecoms applications, we have opened the door to the wider development community."
Ferry added, "Ultimately, as part of an open standards solution, it enables both operators and developers to innovate quickly, and independently, to meet demand for flexible and innovative applications that produce a tangible return — new revenue, margin opportunity, and competitive advantage."


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Bazaar Style
by Cico Books
If you love rummaging through thrift stores, or can't pass an antique shop without popping in, Bazaar Style is for you. Discover an exciting world of creative decorating that will make you feel comfortably at home in every room. Stylist Selina Lake and interiors writer Joanna Simmons show you real homes furnished with intriguing pieces from different eras and cultures, which mix and match colors, patterns, and designs. The look is so achievable because anything goes! Simply take the things you love and create a home that is truly yours. You'll discover an inspiring mix of vintage and retro influences, flea-market finds, and pieces inspired by a French brocante or Moroccan bazaar, which you can use to customize basic high-street buys. The book begins by showing you how to combine the Elements of the style to put the look together: Furniture & Storage, Textiles, Color & Pattern, Lighting, Wall Art & Collectibles and Display are all considered. In the second half of the book, Rooms, find out how the style works brilliantly in Cooking & Eating Spaces, Living Spaces, Bathing Spaces, Sleeping Spaces and Outdoor Living.
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Mackie SRM450v2 Active PA Speaker, Black (ex-display)
Mackie's SRM450v2 builds on the success of the original SRM450. Featuring new powerful Class-D Fast Recovery amplifiers, with an ultra-efficient, heat-minimising switching power supply, the SRM450v2 is made to be loud and stay cool, even when driven at top volume all night long. With all new transducers, including a neodymium woofer with 3-inch voice coil and heat-treated titanium compression driver, the SRM450v2 delivers even more punch and clarity than the original SRM loudspeakers.
Main Features
- 2-way bi-amplified, optimised Active loudspeaker system
- High-output precision titanium compression driver
- Neodymium long-throw low frequency transducer with 3-inch voice coil
- 300W class-D, Fast Recovery LF amp / 100W HF amp
- Ultra-wide, smooth dispersion via multi-cell horn aperture and HF waveguide
- Lightweight for ultimate portability (40lbs)
- Flyable, Pole Mountable, Floor Wedge-able
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The 'SRM' Stands for Sound Reinforcement Monitor
Over a decade ago, Greg Mackie and a dedicated team of engineers set out to create a portable loudspeaker that could deliver studio monitor sound quality. Unlike a relatively small, acoustically controlled studio where the 'sweet spot' is well defined, live venues vary greatly and most are far from acoustically balanced. Despite the challenges, after two years of extensive research and development, the first Sound Reinforcement Monitor was born — a loudspeaker that truly lived up to its name. The SRM450v2 continues the SRM450's tradition of studio monitor sound quality to deliver sound that makes any venue seem like a well-tuned studio.
Ultra-Wide Dispersion
Undoubtedly you've been to a show where the sound is all over the map. Stand in front of the band, it sounds okay, but move a little to your left or right and all of a sudden you've got mud in your ears. When the SRM450v2 loudspeakers are on stage, no matter where you stand, you hear sound with impeccable stereo imaging, depth of field and definition—at full-on loudspeaker levels. This is due to the SRM450v2's wide dispersion pattern, which is achieved through its multi-cell horn throat aperture.
Stunning Bass via Servo Feedback Controlled
Many portable loudspeakers produce lows that lack substance, they just don't have it in 'em to give you that chest-pounding punch. But the SRM450v2 delivers astonishingly deep and defined bass frequencies. In fact, it outperforms the original SRM450, which was renowned for its ability to deliver real low-down sound. That's thanks to the SRM450v2's servo feedback technology combined with its all-new woofer and 3-inch voice coil.
Based on Mackie's award-winning HR824mk2 studio monitor technology, the servo feedback damping electronic circuit within the SRM450v2 'locks' the woofer in place with the positive and negative outputs of the amplifier. This creates a solid direct-coupling that allows the SRM450v2 to deliver extremely deep bass from a small cabinet. The new lightweight woofer is lighter in mass, but still delivers the same deep low punch you expect. The new longer 3-inch voice coil allows the woofer to handle heat more efficiently, so it produces a consistently full dynamic range—even at maximum output. So you get full, thumping, detailed lows, even after long hours of use at near-peak volumes.
Super Low Distortion
With its combination of Class D topology and Fast Recovery circuitry, the SRM450v2 operates with incredible efficiency and delivers much more power and clarity. With this 'Class D Fast Recovery amplification', the SRM450v2 handles maximum volume, and associated heat, with ease, so there's no unwanted noise, and no thermal problems. Even after hours of sustained use at near-peak levels, your sound remains clean and your SRM450v2 keeps cool.
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Active loudspeakers are pushed hard: often to, or beyond, the limit. That's why Mackie have reliable protection circuitry built in to every one. The SRM450v2 employs a built-in limiter for less distortion at peak levels and an automatic sliding high pass filter to give you that little bit extra volume when the crowd demands more. Thanks to the advanced technology of its power supply and Class-D amp topology, the SRM450v2 is greater than 90 percent efficient, so more of the power from your outlet goes straight to the transducer, without the power supply and amp giving off loads of heat. Less heat means better performance, and longer life.
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The SRM450v2 is flexible when it comes to mounting. You can pole mount it, fly it horizontally or vertically from it's M10 mounting points or use it as a wedge monitor on the floor. Now moving it into place is easier than ever. Weighing in at about 18 Kgs, you'll have plenty of strength left over to play after loading in.
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MEMS in the mainstream — Music to my ears
June 25, 2012 — For the second year in a row, MEMS Industry Group was host to the Sensors Expo Pre-Conference Symposium, and this year's theme was "MEMS in the Mainstream: Commercialization and Product Realization — Leveraging the MEMS Infrastructure." I felt like a bandmaster — not trying to make the music, just trying to get the band with all its different instruments, rhythms, and tones to harmonize.
It's not a simple piece to orchestrate, because when you talk about commercialization and product realization and leveraging the micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS) infrastructure, you are talking about lots of different perspectives from equipment vendors to materials suppliers, from foundries to device manufacturers (some captive-fab, some fab-lite, some fabless), as well as from end-users and OEMs. Each of these "bands" has its own instrument, its own sheet music, its own style and its own "special sauce." You can see where I am going with this analogy. Like in music, MEMS can either work like a 10-piece orchestra in total sync and harmony, or it can sound like something the cat dragged in!
Thankfully, at our Sensors Expo pre-conference, we sounded a lot more like the 10-piece orchestra. We focused on utilizing the MEMS infrastructure to produce harmonious communication with our customer and our customer's customers, in order to get the product out in time, at cost, and in the right form factor.
Each of our presenters and panelists shared their own perspectives. They didn't always agree (oftentimes they didn't) and that's OKAY — because MEMS by its nature is not one-size-fits-all. Approaching the topic of MEMS foundry models from differing angles, John Chong of Kionix and Rob O'Reilly of Analog Devices Inc. (ADI) both gave fantastic overviews of MEMS foundry models, digging into which approaches work for them and why.
IMT's Craig Trautman and Silex's Peter Himes carried the foundry discussion a little further. As foundry companies, they were able to rise above the idea that everyone should go fabless, in support of the diversity and maturity of the MEMS industry. I think Craig summed it up well when he said: "There's no free lunch. There are pros and cons for various models of MEMS fabrication: fabless vs. captive). As a foundry, we have five customers 'living' at IMT. We give them free office space because a lot of the things that we do are really hard. The customer needs to collaborate to make it all work."
I loved hearing from the end-users, and those working closest to the end-users as these are the people who are truly driving the market for MEMS (and our future). As eloquently stated by Jim Clardy of Dell, "I want to avoid end-user scenarios where people have to wave a tablet around to get magnetometer calibrated. Sensors are collecting ambient data. What are the privacy and security concerns? Data must be shared with the cloud. Someone must track the user, his/her location, etc. Whoever controls those ecosystems is going to know A LOT about the end-user. This could be an adoption barrier."
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International and Health Libraries
So yesterday I went to the AGM of the West Country Branch of CILIP's Career Development Group at which I had been invited to talk about my experience of carrying out research in Malawi at a rural primary school library
The first presentation was delivered by Jane Villa from North Bristol NHS trust who talked about her experience of running a workshop in Kenya at the University of Nairobi on "Evidence Based Health Care: the role of the librarian" as part of the Kenya Health Information Partnership Her talk reminded me of something that I had become aware of when I was researching for my dissertation -that the health library sector are very good at building international networks, collaborating and finding ways of improving access to health information in developing countries. Jane said that international partnerships "have become mainstream in the NHS" so it is easier to secure funding for projects (however she was unsure how long this will continue under a new government). I think libraries in other sectors should be seen as important to the development process and I think that those who do seek to provide such services have a lot to learn from the health sector. Ok, for obvious reasons it is vital that researchers, practitioners and academics in developing countries have access to the most recent and relevant health and scientific information, but opening up access to information for other audiences is also vital. For example, school libraries are ideally placed to fill the resource gap faced by schools in developing countries, but the networks, collaboration, partnerships and needs-based evaluation are lacking in this area. Maybe we should look to international health partnerships and to organisations such as International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications for ways to rectify this. I believe this is vital…after all, school is where the researchers, academics and practitioners of the future are!
Thanks to Jane for such an interesting and informative talk.
Here is my presentation which followed (navigate through the presentation with the arrows at the bottom. It is better to view Prezi "full screen", so you can view the notes I have added, which can be accessed by clicking the title at the bottom of video, viewing it through VodPod and selecting "full screen" under the "more"menu on bottom right hand side )
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One of the event organisers mentioned that someone had commented to her how surprising it was to get two speakers at one event talking about international libraries! why is this?? I think this really needs to be rectified and we need to get out there as we really do have so much to give and so much to learn. International librarianship should be included in every library school course in my opinion. So many people have said to me they would not have considered all of the complex elements involved in library aid and the role that librarians have to play in international development, if they hadn't been in my talk. I love that at this and the AULIC event people have been genuinely interested in what I had to say and I hope that I have encouraged them to look a bit further afield and perhap even consider getting involved in similar projects themselves 😀
Prezi, me and my attempt at changing my approach to presenting
As mentioned above I did a similar presentation for an AULIC event in June which I didn't feel went so well so for this one I decided to change my approach. Things I wanted to change:
1) Props: Despite knowing my subject inside out and being very passionate about it I am terrified of going totally blank when a sea of faces are looking at me, forgetting the simplest of words and saying stupid things, so I use a full script as a crutch. It usually works for me as it is more of a comfort blanket than anything, I don't read it straight off and I do look up and address the audience…but this time it FAILED. It distracted me, stemmed my flow and made my talk seem staggered. (note: this wasn't helped by the fact some of my old tutors were in the audience, one of whom had been um..a little sceptical of my research ambitions…so I was VERY nervous) However, I noticed that when I took questions at the end of my presentation I came alive..my thoughts, opinions and knowledge flowed. All the nerves disappeared and the audience responded positively. So I decided NOTE FREE might be the way to go. I CAN DO IT, Go JoBo!!!…Eeeek!
B) Visual Tools: It was a requirement of my MSc course in library and information studies that we were assessed in controlled conditions once for each module as well as submitting one piece of written work. One of the few ways this could be done was by presentation, so over two years my cohorts and I presented almost to death! As a result I have become a bit tired of Powerpoint and almost compile them mechanically, so I decided it was time for a change and looked for other options. There has been a lot of talk on Twitter about Prezi and having seen some examples of great looking presentations on their website I decided to give it a go.
Prezi – my trials and tribulations
A lot of people I know have mentioned that they have been considering using Prezi themselves so I thought it might be useful to share my experiences. Judging by comments from my Twitter network people either seem to love Prezi or are a bit apprehensible to say the least. There is the danger that it can make an audience seasick as the presenter whizzes them around the material doing loop-the-loops and whirl-mcswirls. I looked at examples on Prezi of other Prezi presentations and established that there were some REALLY BAD examples and some REALLY GOOD ones like this one and this one . It became clear that with the best ones the authors had thought really carefully on the placement of the material within the presentation and the path that you took the audience through. The bad ones seem to get a bit carried away with the whizzy things Prezi can do, forgetting about the original point of doing a presentation. The most important this to remember is that THE OLD RULES OF PRESENTING STILL APPLY. It has to be clear, consistent and follow a coherent path. DO NOT use functions just for the sake of it. I remember the early days of Powerpoint when folk got a little carried away with flashing font etc …then we all agreed that SIMPLE IS BEST…this still applies.
Compiling a Prezi – my tips and thoughts
- Do NOT attempt to do it on a laptop without a mouse or Prezi misbehaves and shoots all over the place – I nearly launched my laptop out of the window on many occasions. It was much easier on a PC with a mouse. However, I have to say although I found Prezi infuriating to use but I am happy with the result. (it is embedded here as you can see and any thoughts would be most welcome – feel free to comment)
- Prezi has no spell check…and for someone who cannot spell (me!) that can be a problem…I hope there are no spelling mistakes in my presentation.
- I found it really useful to organise my thoughts in Prezi. It is so easy to move ideas around and delete/add to them that I used it initially as a mind-mapping tool in a way I couldn't with Powerpoint. I think this really helped me to improve the flow and make my points more concise (and the end result had barely a bullet point in sight!!!) It made it more dynamic and I really had to think about what I wanted to say and how…something that had become mechanical when compiling a Powerpoint.
- WARNING – I found Prezi extremely temperamental. Sometimes it would upload jpg images, sometimes it wouldn't (on one occasion it took me two hours to persuade it too and I never did figure out why it suddenly decided to play nice!) I also tried to add a YouTube video to it – a potentially useful function but in practice the video looked really pixelated and a bit rubbish when viewed through Prezi. I tried to address this by changing the format of the original video file on Zamzar.com to a flv file after some helpful advise from a lovely Twitter friend…only to be told by Prezi the file had become to big for it to be uploaded…grrrr! I managed to do it in the end by converting the YouTube video to flv on Zamzar, the result was a smaller flv file that uploaded and looked better. Please don't ask me why…I have NO idea! Perhaps someone wiser than me could explain???
- When I tried to download the final presentation (as advised by Prezi with really limited instructions) on to my computer to take as a back up (as all super prepared presenters should) I has so many problems. It would not download on my computer so I had to race into work and try on two different computers. It finally downloaded as a Zip file that had so many components in it I had no idea how to find the actual presentation! (again, perhaps someone could enlighten me on this?) so I had to go without a back up and access it online. I had been considering taking a Powerpoint back up with me in case of technical failure but I had spent so long faffing with Prezi and coaxing it to do what I wanted that I didn't have time…and quite frankly if Prezi was that great I shouldn't need a back up using another programme…the whole point was to be Powerpoint free! The upside to this was that in normal circumstances I would have gone to the event feeling terrified that Prezi would fail but, because I felt free from Powerpoint and the script, and because I had spent so long working on my presentation, I thought "what the hey..if all else fails? I know my subject. I know what I want to say. I will just talk sans visual aids!!" Ooooh! HELLO new confidence and embracing risky strategies! 🙂
- The non-pay version of Prezi insists that your presentations be publicly available. I don't mind this but it did make me really think about what details I should include. I normally put all my contact details on my presentations but I didn't with this one.I left on my name and where I work as people could easily find this anyway but I still do not know if I did the right thing. My presentation was for my audience but the tool I was using was making me limit the information I would normally have given them. This has led me to question whether this defeated the whole point?
- Prezi is not so easy to print out for people to make notes on but it is easy for people to access online without you having to post it anywhere that might require passwords etc and you can embed it in your blog which also serves to draw traffic to your blog and I hope to encourage feedback.
- Embedding the presentation in a wordpress.com hosted blog is not straightforward. After a lot of cursing I found (thanks to the same lovely Twitter friend mentioned above that I hear-by name Super Man) that the only way to do it was to sign up with VodPod and post it into my blog this way. I have been told it is easy to embed in wordpress.org and other blogs however.
- Prezi advises that after the event you add comments into your presentation so it makes sense without the presenter. This I have duly done, but again, it took ages. The only option available is to put these comments into the presentation itself, which I think makes it look messy, unlike with notation in Powerpoint which can be at the bottom and subtle. Due to the restrictive nature of the templates I also could not find a note-type font similar to those demonstrated in Prezi's guidelines so mine had to be red and bold to make it different from the rest of the text…..hardly ideal! I hope this does not cause to much confusion and annoyance to people looking at it. Let me know your thoughts? Maybe there is a better way of doing it but I could not figure it out…another usability issue!
If you are thinking of using Prezi then go for it but please make sure you have PLENTY of time and patience, consider whether it is appropriate for your audience and try not to make folk seasick. It has been suggested to me that the problems I encountered may have been because it takes a while to get used to using Prezi but I was working on it on and off for three weeks and in my opinion, if after this time I was still having problems with it, it is not user-friendly enough.
I think overall my presentation was a success. Without the shackles of a script my talk flowed and I was able to get back that old enthusiasm. I had spent so long organising my ideas and compiling my Prezi that I really felt like I knew what I what I wanted to say. Driving the Prezi was fine and I only lost my place once because I pressed the wrong button. I am yet to receive formal feedback from my audience but I got good verbal feedback from the people I did speak to. A really interesting discussion was had at the end of my presentation which indicated that I had succeeded in engaging my audience. This new approach really worked for me. I am in two minds as to whether I will use Prezi again and I await feedback from my audience and readers to help me decide.
Oh, I also learnt that it is probably is not a good idea to tweet your Prezi technical dramas when the person who invited you to speak is following you on Twitter…they may have a heart attack – Sorry Lizz!
Any thoughts on any part of this blog post be it my presentation subject, Prezi or the art of presenting in general would be most welcomed 😀
Thanks to the West Country branch of CILIP's Career Development Group for inviting me to speak. I had a lovely day and met some lovely people and thanks to Southmead Hospital Library for welcoming us and for the fascinating tour at the end.


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The flurry of phone calls right after the incident really got me thinking. Since it was the leading story for many European media, I expected the odd call from family abroad, but not so many from locals who know the area well and know we are at least a ten-minute walk from the site. We know several families living closer than us, and we didn't think to call them. I mean what are the chances that they be affected. Most of all I'd feel embarrassed, as if I was searching for someone with a gory story, wanting to be part of the drama.
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ADAM ROBEZZOLI organizes cultural events and is a developer/producer of several small games. As the founding member of the Attract Mode video game collective, he co-created the artxgame project which matches up artists and independent game makers to collaboratively create games. He also organizes Game Nights in LA to foster community and introduce interesting independently-created games to a wider audience.
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This book is part of a series. This book is the same as the others books because they still fight the Yeerks.
You might want to read it because you might like the suspense of the book. This book made me feel suspense like I will never finish the book. It also made me think what will happen next. There was a character that changed, Marco's mom. She is now Visser One, the leader of the Yeerks and now a slave.
I recommend this book because it has things that could never happen. It's also fun to think about what will happen next. I hope you read Animorphs #15, the Escape.


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Google Finance beta lives
Looks like a portal, smells like a portal...
Google has launched a beta version of its finance portal - it looks like Google news with some market report charts stuck on top.
But if you search for a company you'll be taken to a page that looks more like a traditional finance portal. It shows a graph of recent share price movements, a company overview, related news items and related firms, company management and even recent blog posts about the firm. Here's Google's own entry on Google Finance.
Related companies are "algorithmically determined" according to past associations and past Google searches - so they could be partners, arch rivals or subsidiaries.
Google account holders will be able to use the site to track a portfolio. The site is being launched as a North American service although it has some European relevance. It is likely to launch in Europe and the UK at a later date. The site does not yet cover bonds or options.
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We're sorting through the clutter about food labels, food production methods, and more.
By 2050, you'll have 9,700,000,000 neighbors.
Adding nearly three billion people to the global population in the next three decades presents a serious challenge: how can we produce more food without using more resources? If we don't act soon, we'll lose the battle for a food-secure world—and we need a frank and honest conversation about how we can change that.
That's where the ENOUGH Movement comes in. We're a global community working together to ensure that every one of those people has access to nutritious, affordable food—today and in the coming decades. We envision a world where all nine-and-a-half billion of us are nourished, resources are conserved, and more human potential is realized.
With proper tools and investment, agriculture output in Africa could increase over 200% by 2030.1
In countries around the world, cost is the primary factor in food choice.2
Malnutrition affects every country on Earth and more than one-quarter of the world's population.3
The increasing demand for affordable meat, milk, and eggs means we will need 60% more animal-sourced foods.4
Roxburgh, C., Dörr, N., Leke, A., et al. Lions on the Move: The Progress and Potential of African Economies. The McKinsey Global Institute. June 2010. Retrieved from http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/africa/lions_on_the_move
Elanco Animal Health. International Consumer Attitudes Study. Updated June 2013. Data on File.
Bertini, C., Glickman, D. The Chicago Council. Advancing Global Food Security: The Power of Science, Trade, and Business. May 2013. Retrieved from http://www.thechicagocouncil.org/sites/default/files/2013_Advancing_Global_Food_Security%283%29.pdf
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Feeding nine billion in 2050. 12 April 2013. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/174172/icode/
There is no one answer to the question of how we make our world more food-secure.
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Charles Holden was born in 1846 in Alabama. He died about 1914 in Weakley County, Tennessee.
Charles married Betty Mildred in 1868 in Monroe County, Alabama. Betty was born in 1847 in Alabama. She died on 16 Mar 1929 in Weakley County, Tennessee.
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Samuel Charles Holden was born in 1870 in Mississippi. He died on 19 Apr 1936 in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.
Harriet Susan Holden was born in 1872 in Leake County, Mississippi. She died on 8 Aug 1936 in Attala County, Mississippi.
Leonard Whitehead Holden was born on 23 Mar 1876 in Mississippi. He died on 12 Jan 1932 in Red River County, Texas.
Edward Paul Holden was born in 1880 in Mississippi. He died in 1919 in Denton County, Texas.
Esther Clara Holden was born in 1882 in Mississippi. She died on 1 Dec 1945 in Taney County, Missouri.
Henrietta H. Holden was born in 1885 in Mississippi. She died on 3 Jan 1954 in Wharton County, Texas.
Frank Benton Holden was born in 1888 in Mississippi. He died on 22 Dec 1938 in Harris County, Texas.


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|Reporting in the Astrophysical Journal, scientists write of a massive collision between two galaxy clusters. By studying the cosmic remnants of that smashup, they say leftover dark matter isn't behaving as current theory predicts. Astrophysicist Andisheh Mahdavi discusses this dark matter mystery.


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The David Inscription - Creation Moments
2 Samuel 2:4a: "And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah."
There are two major schools of thought among biblical archaeologists. Many archaeologists go about their work with the goal of providing background to biblical accounts with their finds. But another school, called "minimalists," refuse to accept anything the Bible says unless they find solid evidence for it.
For example, minimalists argued for years that David never existed except as a mythical figure. They even went so far as to argue that Jerusalem wasn't even a city at the time David was supposed to have lived. However, in 1993 archaeologists made a huge contribution to this debate. While cleaning up an excavation at the biblical Dan, one of the team members noticed an inscription on a stone that was sticking out of the ground. It turned out to be part of a victory monument erected by an Aramean ruler celebrating a victory over Israel and possibly Judah. It is written in the type of Hebrew letters used before the destruction of the first temple in 586 BC. It boasts of the victory over a king, whose name is missing, but mentions the "House of David/King of Israel."
Believers don't need such evidence to know that the Bible is trustworthy, even when it talks about historical events. However, now there can be no question that David was a real person.
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[Illinois] ECE 416 SPR Sensors II
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In this lecture, it is a continuation of the SPR Sensors discussed in the last one. We start off with the definition of a Surface Plasmon, which is an oscillation of electrons at the interface between a good conductor and a dielectric. A light is shot at the surface at a specific angle which causes the light to dissipate on the surface of the metal. However, for this light to be able to run parallel to the surface and not be reflected, there has to be an Evanescent Electric Field, which is an electric field confined to a surface. There is a drop off in the magnitude of the light as you move away from the surface in an exponential rate. When the light travels through, it is important to note that there is a refractive index that is effective in the system. There is light traveling between two different material at the same time and that light is going to be dependant on both materials, thus affecting the wave. As the Electromagnetic field travels laterally across, part in the metal and part in dielectric layer, the field "experiences" a refractive index that is the average of the two surfaces. The light that we shoot at the metal must be shot at a particular angle of incidence and polarization. For polarization, the Electric Field component must be perpendicular to the metal surface. We generate the SP Excitation by starting an Electric Field vector going up and down, so some component travels sideways. This leads to the coupling methods, which the most important is the Prism Coupling(Kretschmann Geometry). However, Waveguide Coupling and Grating Coupling Methods do exist. This means that any change in the dielectric permittivity that occurs in the evanescent field region results in a change of SP coupling.
My research group is focused on the application of sub-wavelength optical phenomena and fabrication methods to the development of novel devices and instrumentation for the life sciences. The group is highly interdisciplinary, with expertise in the areas of microfabrication, nanotechnology, computer simulation, instrumentation, molecular biology, and cell biology. In particular, we are working on biosensors based upon photonic crystal concepts that can either be built from low-cost flexible plastic materials, or integrated with semiconductor-based active devices, such as light sources and photodetectors, for high performance integrated detection systems.
Using a combination of micrometer-scale and nanometer-scale fabrication tools, we are devising novel methods and materials for producing electro-optic devices with nanometer-scale features that can be scaled for low-cost manufacturing. Many of our techniques are geared for compatibility with flexible plastic materials, leading to applications such as low cost disposable sensors, wearable sensors, flexible electronics, and flexible displays. Because our structures manipulate light at a scale that is smaller than an optical wavelength, we rely on computer simulation tools such as Rigorous Coupled Wave Analysis (RCWA) and Finite Difference Time Doman (FDTD) to model, design, and understand optical phenomena within photonic crystals and related devices.
In addition to fabricating devices, our group is also focused on the design, prototyping, and testing of biosensor instrumentation for high sensitivity, portability, and resolution. Advanced instruments enable high resolution imaging of biochemical and cellular interactions with the ability to monitor images of biochemical interactions as a function of time. Using the sensors and instrumentation, we are exploring new applications for optical biosensor technology including protein microarrays, biosensor/mass spectrometry systems, and microfluidics-based assays using nanoliter quantities of reagents. The methods and systems developed in the laboratory are applied in the fields of life science research, drug discovery, diagnostic testing, and environmental monitoring. -From Professor Cunningham's Faculty Profile
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Pop-up prison museum spotlights rare inmate artifacts
Incarceration is the mother of invention.
That's just one takeaway from a new exhibit opening Saturday at Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site in Philadelphia.
The facility, which closed as a state prison in 1970 and reopened in 1994 as a historic site, is featuring its first pop-up museum. On exhibit through April 1: 120 rarely displayed items, many of them made by former prisoners.
Not surprisingly, hand-made weapons predominate. Most were fashioned from dinner knives stolen from the officers' mess hall and filed to lethal status, though "one is made of quarter-inch plate steel. It's a terrifying object," says Sean Kelley, director of public programs.
Other highlights: a set of mini cutlery carved by an inmate from tiny bones plucked from his soup; an 8-pound key from the original 1829 front door, which some poor guard had to carry on his belt; an assortment of prison crafts, such as an ornate collage made of tinfoil; and the ever-popular inmate-crafted model ship, which, for some reason, has long been a staple of prison craft shops.
The temporary museum also features sections related to the process of arrival and departure from the facility.
Not all the inmates left under their own power, however. The prison's death ledger from 1829 to 1935, records more than 1,000 deaths. Murders and suicides took some lives, but tuberculosis was the No. 1 cause of death.
Regular tours take in the cellblocks — including the cells of such notorious inmates as Al Capone — death row, and solitary punishment cells.
The prison is open daily from March 15 to Nov. 30. Admission is $14 adults; $10 for students and children, though the staff recommends leaving little ones under 7 at home.


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If you can't get enough of "The Hobbit" before its December 14 release, you're in luck.
A dedicated fan compiled what looks to be every trailer and TV spot, including those from the UK and Japan, into one super trailer.
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DEP fines Chesapeake $1.1 million for fire, contamination incidents
The Department of Environmental Protection has fined natural gas driller Chesapeake Energy a record $1.1 million for a series of water contamination incidents and a well-site fire that injured three workers in the last year.
The company will pay $900,000 for allowing methane to migrate up faulty wells in Bradford County, contaminating 16 families' drinking water beginning in 2010. It also will pay $188,000 for a Feb. 23 tank fire at a well site in Avella, Washington County.
DEP Secretary Michael Krancer said the contamination fine is the largest single penalty the agency has ever levied against a driller while the tank fire fine is the highest allowed under the state's oil and gas law.
"Our message to drillers and to the public is clear," he said. "It is important to me and to this administration that natural gas drillers are stewards of the environment, take very seriously their responsibilities to comply with our regulations, and that their actions do not risk public health and safety or the environment."
The water contamination incidents in Bradford County are similar to those experienced in Susquehanna County: improperly cased and cemented natural gas wells allowed methane trapped in the shallow rock between the surface and the Marcellus Shale to escape into drinking water aquifers. It bubbled up in a private pond, a beaver pond and the Susquehanna River from as many as six sets of faulty wells in five towns.
In some cases, the methane became an explosion risk and families had to be evacuated from their homes. In other cases, residents could light their tap water on fire.
As part of the consent order issued by the department, Chesapeake will have to remediate the contaminated water supplies, take steps to fix the faulty gas wells and report any water supply complaints to the DEP.
If methane dissolved in the drinking water wells does not decrease within 60 days to a point far below any risk of explosion or asphyxiation, Chesapeake will have to restore or replace the affected water supplies if it has not done so already. For families who may refuse the company's fixes, Chesapeake will have to fund escrow accounts with an amount to be determined by DEP to pay to replace the water.
In a statement, Chesapeake said the methane contamination is "possibly caused" by natural gas drilling activities and that the company has worked cooperatively with DEP to address the issues since they emerged last year.
"Even though the results of our joint review remain inconclusive at this time, we believe proceeding with an agreement and taking prompt steps to enhance our casing and cementing practices and procedures was the right thing to do," spokesman Brian Grove said.
The company has changed its casing and cementing methods to add a third string of nested steel pipe to its wells - a practice that is now required by the state's updated gas drilling regulations.
The Bradford County contamination incidents addressed in the order are unrelated to a blowout at a Chesapeake well site in April that spilled an estimated 10,000 gallons of wastewater onto a field and into a stream.
The department has issued a violation notice in that case but has not yet assigned a penalty.
In the Avella incident, DEP found that Chesapeake was improperly handling condensate - the highly flammable natural gas liquid produced with so-called "wet gas" from the Marcellus Shale in southwestern Pennsylvania. Three subcontractors were injured on Feb. 23 when three condensate separator tanks caught fire while workers were testing and collecting fluids from the wells.
Chesapeake was using open tanks that allowed the condensate vapor to escape into the air next to several potential ignition sources, including flaring gas wells. The company will now have to get approval for a condensate management plan for each of its well sites, according to a DEP order.
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