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Plans are underway to upgrade the software for the M-Pathways Student Administration and Human Resource Management (HRMS) systems to PeopleSoft Higher Education (HE) version 8.1.
The decision was based on a number of factors, says Laura Patterson, associate vice president for administrative information systems. "The initial decision in 1995 to buy administrative software, as opposed to writing our own, was a strategic one. The University made a commitment to share data for management and best business practices. Staying current in the software advances us toward that strategic goal," she says.
Also, most staff members currently work in the M-Pathways system through PeopleSoft panels. "We've been hearing from campus for some time that delivering the administrative systems via the Web was desirable, and there are just a few Web-based processes currently offered," Patterson says.
PeopleSoft HE version 8.1 provides Web interfaces to all transactions. Upgrading now will allow the University to remain in a vendor-supported environment and expand Web self-service activities.
The upgrade process is underway at Michigan Administrative Information Services (MAIS). Feb. 2004 is the target date for completing the software upgrade for the M-Pathways Student Administration and HRMS systems. HRMS includes data related to human resources, payroll and benefits administration for the Ann Arbor, Flint and Dearborn campuses, and the University Hospitals and Health System. The M-Pathways Student Administration system includes data related to recruiting and admissions, student records, advising and degree programs, curriculum, financial aid and student financial operations for the Ann Arbor campus. Flint and Dearborn employ different student administrative software and will not be affected by the upgrade.
The services that currently are delivered via Wolverine Access at http://wolverineaccess.umich.edu include student registration, academic advising (teaching support) and registration for Office of New Student Programs (ONSP) orientation sessions that are part of the Student Administration system. University staff members who manage human resource activities in HRMS use the Web for employee recruiting, selection and hiring activity, and in employee human resource administration. University staff can update their home address information on Wolverine Access as well. All these transactions will be adapted to the new PeopleSoft version 8.1 Web interface.
Plans also have been approved to upgrade theM-Pathways Financial system to PeopleSoft version 8.8 software with a tentative date of Feb. 2005. Work on this part of the project will not begin in earnest until fall 2003 because PeopleSoft has not yet released the software. A complete analysis will take place next year before confirming the time schedule.
One change that will impact University hospital timekeepers and units interfacing with the payroll system is that the time and labor functionality will be modified significantly with the upgrade. Other changes relate to how M-Pathways systems users will access information. "University staff will notice the new look and feel because information will be presented on Web pages instead of panels," says John Gohsman, director of the MAIS Student Administration and HRMS system divisions, and director of the MAIS HE Upgrade Project. "They'll also navigate through the system differently after the upgrade."
Initial software demonstrations and discussions are underway between MAIS, central offices and unit liaisons. During the coming 15 months, central office and unit staff will be involved in the project in a number of ways as decisions are made on how best to present information using Web pages.
In preparation for the upgrade, MAIS has implemented a "soft freeze" of the current software to allow staff to work in a stable environment. This means that few changes other than those needed to keep financial aid and tax information current will be made during the upgrade preparation period.
Information about the upgrade project will be available on the M-Pathways Web site at http://www.mpathways.umich.edu beginning in December. In addition, University staff members who currently use the M-Pathways systems will receive information via e-mail and through the unit liaisons for their departments. Training will be provided prior to the upgrade in 2004, and while it is recommended, much of it will optional. The MAIS Help Desk will continue to support individuals using the M-Pathways system if they have questions or need assistance.


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Quirky PC brawler/shooter Zeno Clash did pretty good business on PC. So good, in fact, that the game looks set to make an appearance on Xbox Live Arcade.
Chatting with Eurogamer, Carlos Bordeu - co-founder of Zeno Clash devs ACE Team - says that they are "currently talking with a publisher" for a potential XBLA release of the game. And that's not all. He also says that, should it happen, this console version would ship with extra content not seen in the PC edition of the game.
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Emily Badger is a former staff writer at CityLab. Her work has previously appeared in Pacific Standard, GOOD, The Christian Science Monitor, and The New York Times. She lives in the Washington, D.C. area.
This year, the Knight News Challenge has been soliciting project proposals that would open up and leverage government data anywhere at the national, state and local levels (in the U.S. and abroad). As of last week, 886 projects are vying for a share of the $5 million in funding, all in response to this question: "How can we make the places we live more awesome through data and technology?"
Amid all of the submissions are some familiar innovations we've already encountered at Atlantic Cities, formerly as nascent ideas now competing for a chance to scale up: our favorite guerrilla wayfinding campaign from Raleigh, North Carolina; Code for America's playful StreetMix web app; the San Francisco-based Urban Prototyping Festival; and a community-driven transportation planning project based on the kind of data analytics we wrote about here.
But that's barely scratching the surface of all the proposals that Knight has corralled. We've put together a list of 12 ideas from the competition that are new to us and that we think would be worth developing (and we've included the applicants' description of their programs). Through Friday, you can comment on (or "applaud") any of the submissions as applicants continue to refine their proposals. On the 29th, Knight plans to announce a set of semifinalists, who will be invited to complete more detailed proposals. The final winners (there's no predetermined number of them) will then be announced in June. Our picks, in no particular order:
1. Chicago School Select: A personalized decision tool for parents choosing public schools
"Parents now can choose a public school for their children – but are overwhelmed by the process. Our web application will let parents indicate what attributes of a school are important to them, then rank and compare schools based on those attributes."
"Floodprint helps communities actively track changing flood footprints due to development and extreme weather by collecting data from citizens and governments, informing better policy decisions to reduce flood risk and community vulnerability."
3. Free Hosted Open Data Portals for Local Governments
"Provide a sustainable free open data hosting and publication service for local governments lacking the resources to deploy and maintain their own dedicated open data portal, to be built with open source software and standards-based cloud services."
"Public meetings are broadcast online. They should take input online as well. This tool would help people who are unable to physically attend a public meeting to register their vote and have their voice heard on decisions elected officials are making."
5. Why Don't We Own This? Detroit
"Why Don't We Own This? puts the government and the people on the same platform to share data, communicate, and plan for the use of urban space. WDWOT is x-ray glasses to see who owns the world around you, where opportunities are, and what's at risk."
"Without open, easy procurement government will consistently pay too much for the development and implementation of yesterday's technology. Procure.io is a proven system to make government buying simpler and increase government's access to tech."
"The Possible City is a web platform that will enable citizens to instigate organic growth of communities and economies through the re-purposing of vacant properties for innovative new uses."
8. HousingCheckup: Access Your Home's Full Health and Safety History
"Everyone deserves to live in a safe and healthy home. HousingCheckup provides tenants and their advocates access to a property's complete health history, including landlord information, current code violations, and past health and safety inspections."
9. Traffic crash data browser and map
"Chicago Crash Browser is a new tool needed by planners and engineers to analyze where the Chicago should invest in infrastructure upgrades to eliminate traffic fatalities by 2022, and educate residents & elected officials about transportation safety."
10. eCitizens: Like Google Alerts for Local Gov Docs - using your keywords
"eCitizens helps local municipal government make their records available, searchable and usable by anyone! We get and store agendas, minutes and reports from America's municipalities and alert you when keywords you care about are mentioned."
11. MapMill - Crowdsourced Disaster Damage Assessment
"This MapMill modification allows anyone to rate the damage depicted in aerial photographs following a disaster. These geolocated judgements are used to form a damage assessment grid to help prioritize efforts on the ground by professional responders."
12. Anywhere Ballot — what if anyone, anywhere, could vote on any device?
"Anywhere Ballot is a "ballot in a box" tool that local governments, nonprofits, and citizen orgs can use to create ballots, hold elections, and see results in an accessible, trusted way. Some day, we hope it changes the way we vote in all elections."
What's a parent to do when all of the schools and daycares suddenly close? For some workers in some places, options are starting to emerge.
Will COVID-19 change how cities are designed? Michele Acuto of the Connected Cities Lab talks about density, urbanization and pandemic preparation.
Renters in apartments and houses share more than just germs with their roommates: Life under coronavirus lockdown means negotiating new social rules.
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As food, water and medical help finally trickles in to the survivors of the earthquake that devastated Haiti, experts have begun to weigh in on what steps are next on the path to rebuilding the Island nation.
Donations have begun pouring in from individuals, corporations and governments eager to help in the region, which, when the dust settles, will likely have suffered hundreds of thousands of casualties and lost countless buildings and homes. This on top of its chronically broken economic and political institutions.
The question of the day: how can we fix a broken Haiti?
- Long-term recovery has to begin with immediate reformation of Haiti's political institutions, Anne Applebaum writes for The Washington Post, saying the nation could face "mass starvation" and "civil war" in the near future. "Haiti does not have decades, it has days -- maybe hours -- before fresh disasters strike," she writes.
- James Dobbins writes for The New York Times that the silver lining of the Haiti quake is that outside nations have the chance to rebuild the country's failed institutions on new, effective foundations. "Repair or replace the buildings, by all means, but also insist of fundamental reforms in their management," Dobbins writes.
- Reform in Haiti was needed long before the quake, Charles Madigan writes for the Chicago Tribune, saying the raised awareness is an "opportunity" for wealthier nations -- and individuals -- to help change the nation for the better. "Haiti has been an earthquake forever. It was just playing out in slow motion," he writes.
- American policymakers have the chance to do right by Haiti in the coming months, Derrick Jackson writes for the Boston Globe. Though Obama's administration has temporarily stopped deportations it also needs to grant protected status to Haitians, according to Jackson, who writes that Obama has the "chance to do what no other American president has done: dig America out of the many faults in its policy towards Haiti."
- No matter what steps are taken, bringing Haiti back will be a slow effort -- but could give the world a roadmap on how to handle future natural disasters in impoverished regions, engineering expert Anne Kiremidjian writes for CNN. Haiti needs to rebuild its power, water and structural systems, not to mention handle countless casualties and land loss: but "if Haiti and helpful nations around the world respond correctly to this tragedy," Kiremidijian writes, "perhaps it will never be repeated."


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Kylie Marcus Combines Of Funk And R&B With "Yellow Shirt"Her music has an aura of Barbra Streisand with a bit of Pharrell William's flair for getting groovy on tracks
From the entertainment capital of the world comes an exciting new artist ready to make you get your groove on. The newest singing sensation Kylie Marcus has hit the ground running straight to stardom with her latest single and video "Yellow Shirt". A soulful combination of funk and R&B, Kylie Marcus' music knows no bounds, and her personality outshines even the most beautifully sung choruses she can belch out deep within her.
Kylie's style has an up-tempo, contemporary R&B feel to it and some added funk for good measure. Her music has an aura of Barbra Streisand with a bit of Pharrell William's flair for getting groovy on tracks; and that is an accolade in itself. She prides her self with having a nice smooth vocal range but let's her strong personality take over songs, which definitely take her to the next level.
Her single, "Yellow Shirt", was produced by Jean-Michel Soupraya and even he couldn't resist to get down and jive to the record. "Yellow Shirt" feels like a sheet music straight from James Brown, as it has a real up-tempo rhythm to it with a vibe you can just loose yourself in. The funk in the background chugs away at the beat as you are engulfed with Kylie's mischievous lyrics and persuaded to listen to her like a siren's call. As the funk keeps playing, there is a moment where the bridge comes in to soothe your heart and give you a needed break from all that dancing. It's here where you can truly enjoy her vocal range and experience Kylie Marcus' talents as a singer. But nevertheless the song goes right back to it's original groove. Musically speaking, this song's energy is overwhelming and forces you to let go and feel good.
Kylie's lyrics are driven by her personality, as she is trying to be flirtatious with a man in a "Yellow Shirt". However she is aggressive and knows what she wants, and will sing her away to her man's heart, even though he might be taken. Her fun and frisky delivery offer the listener a coy, humorous tune to boogie to and may even be an anthem to empower women and let the guys take a break from doing all the flirting; not all girls play hard to get!
Kylie Marcus has done an excellent job with combining a touchy subject and making it carefree. Not only that, the song's energy propels her to a Motown-esque echelon of music that is slowly making a comeback in today's mainstream musical tastes. Kylie Marcus' voice, coupled with her strong, sassy style, will be something to keep an ear out for as she already has a strong radio presence. Be on the look out for her new music slated to come out later this year and if you're a man, you might be in for a surprise if you're wearing a "Yellow Shirt".
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Toshiba When it comes to recording TV shows, Toshiba's RD-XS32 gives you plenty of options: you can store them on the 80-gigabyte (GB) hard disk for a short stay, give them a permanent home on a write-once DVD-R, or burn them onto an erasable DVD-RW or DVD-RAM disc. VCR Plus+ helps make it easy to time-shift programs, and the supplied wired infrared emitter lets the recorder change the channel on your cable box. Transferring shows from the hard disk to DVD is fast work - 24x speed for DVD-R/RW and 12x for DVD-RAM. The back panel has two composite- and S-video inputs with stereo audio as well as a progressive-scan component-video output. There's also a set of front-panel inputs, including a FireWire (a.k.a. i.Link) port to feed in your camcorder footage. Price: $600. www.tacp.toshiba.com, 800-631-3811
Infinity The name says it all - Infinity's Total Solutions speaker system covers all the bases for a 5.1-channel home theater. The five magnetically shielded satellites each have a 3/4-inch tweeter and dual 3 1/2-inch midrange drivers, while the subwoofer has a 12-inch driver and a 250-watt amplifier. Each driver uses Infinity's Metal Matrix Diaphragm (MMD), based on a proprietary technology that anodizes both sides of an aluminum core to produce a rigid, lightweight material. Rated frequency response for the satellites is 120 Hz to 20 kHz ±3 dB, while the subwoofer is rated down to 34 Hz (±3 dB). A base for the center speaker and four swivel wall-mounting brackets are included. Floor stands are optional. The system comes in a platinum or charcoal finish. Price: $1,099. www.infinitysystems.com, 516-674-4463
B&W That's no bowling ball - it's a subwoofer. B&W's Pressure Vessel design literally takes the edge off your sub, and the semispherical shape does away with internal standing waves. The PV1 is rated down to 21 Hz (±3 dB) but has "useful output" all the way to 18 Hz (-6 dB). In other words, you'll feel it as much as hear it. Dual 8-inch aluminum drivers are on opposite sides of the cabinet, and a recess on the bottom contains all controls and connectors, including RCA line-level inputs, a pass-through line output, and speaker-level inputs via an RJ-11 jack. The onboard amplifier is rated to deliver 500 watts. Finished in silver with gray trim, the PV1 measures about 13 inches in diameter and weighs 45 pounds. Price: $1,500. www.bwspeakers.com, 978-664-2870
Panasonic To kick off what it calls the "vision era" of television, Panasonic is releasing its Viera line of flat-panel TVs this spring. The Viera TH-50PX25U/P plasma TV (shown) has a built-in HDTV tuner and an HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) input, a new copy-protected connector that can carry both audio and video and is starting to appear on some DVD players. The 50-inch set also has a CableCARD slot, which enables it to receive scrambled digital cable channels without the need for a set-top cable box. Secure Digital (SD) and PC Card slots let you conveniently view digital photos on the TV. Contrast ratio is rated as 3,000:1. Price: $8,500; optional Viera stand, $899. www.panasonic.com, 800-211-7262
NAD In addition to Dolby Pro Logic II and DTS Neo:6 processing (including DTS 7.1 Matrix) for 5.1- to 7.1-channel playback from two- and four-channel sources, NAD's T 773 receiver includes proprietary EARS processing. EARS is said to create more "natural" surround sound from two-channel sources. And by surround sound, we're talking seven channels of amplification rated at 110 watts each. The amp's PowerDrive circuitry automatically adjusts the amplifier's power supply based on the speakers' impedance for optimum performance. There's a second pair of front-channel speaker outputs for a second zone, and you can store five different A/V presets, which include things like speaker level, distance, and sound processing. The three component-video inputs let you switch HDTV signals. Price: $1,799. www.nadelectronics.com, 781-784-8586
RCA Once you've checked that big-screen HDTV monitor off your list, you'll need a digital TV tuner like the RCA DTC 210 to pull in high-def broadcasts. The set-top box can receive terrestrial HDTV programming as well as DirecTV satellite offerings, and a standard analog tuner complements the digital one. An integrated program guide has seven-day listings for both over-the-air and DirecTV programs. Digital video can be output in the 1080i, 720p, 480p, or 480i formats, and the analog outputs will simultaneously feed standard-def video to a VCR or a second TV. Video connectors include DVI (Digital Visual Interface), component, and VGA, plus there are optical and coaxial digital audio outputs. The supplied remote control operates with both infrared and RF signals so you can use it just about anywhere. Price: $599. www.rca.com, 800-336-1900
Plastract Get rid of those black bars forever with Plastract's STR-42663104P plasma TV. Out of the box, the 42-inch screen has a 16:9 aspect ratio - just right for HDTV and most DVDs. But as soon as you switch to 4:3 material, the retractable top rises, extending the screen to the perfect shape. Detection circuitry automatically scans the proportions of any incoming signal and adjusts the screen shape to match. For video with aspect ratios wider than 16:9, the set comes preprogrammed with thousands of pan-and-scan codes so it can fillet flicks on the fly. There's even a square setting for when you want to play the included digital chess game. Resolution varies from 1,366 x 768 to 1,366 x 1,366. Price: TBA April 1. 800-PLASTRACT


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CaseLogic makes a good CD case.
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This is the second 92 Capacity DVD case that I have purchased from Case Logic. I use this case to store my DVD collection and it works great, I am currently an undergraduate student in college and the compact size of this case is perfect for my life style. It sits right on the shelf with all my textbooks, because it has roughly the same height and spine width as a two inch ring binder. One the features I like a lot about this case in particular is The handle on the binding of the case which makes it very easy to carry around. I definitely will buy a third one as my movie collection continues to grow.
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A celebration of life for Jacob Enrique Valdiviezo will be held on Monday, April 15, at 4:30 p.m. in Agnes Flanagan Chapel.
A sophomore from San Francisco, Jacob died while visiting his family during spring break. He is survived by his parents, Carlos and Margarita, and his older brother, Carlos.
Jacob graduated with honors from Archbishop Riordan High School, where he played cornerback on the football team. Jacob continued to pursue his passion for football during his time at Lewis & Clark, playing wide receiver and special teams for the Pioneers. He was planning to major in economics.
Jacob was an inspirational figure with a wonderful, positive spirit. He was a great motivator and made friends easily. Jacob's smile and good nature were in constant evidence, and he will be deeply missed by our campus community.
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Three-quarters of people in some parts of England are overweight or obese, according to a new league table of the country's fattest towns and cities.
For the first time, England-wide data reveals the fattest and thinnest parts of England and the scale of the obesity crisis.
Overall, 63.8% of adults in England are overweight or obese, with a body mass index (BMI) of 25 or over.
The fattest local authority area is Copeland in west Cumbria, where 75.9% of people are overweight or obese.
This is followed by Doncaster (74.4%), East Lindsey in Lincolnshire (73.8%), Ryedale in North Yorkshire (73.7%), Sedgemoor in Somerset (73.4%) and Gosport in Hampshire (72.9%).
Then follows Castle Point in Essex (72.8%), Bolsover in Derbyshire (72.5%), County Durham (72.5%) and Milton Keynes (72.5%).
The fattest region is the North East, where 68% of people are overweight or obese, followed by the West Midlands at 65.7%.
The fattest county overall is Cumbria, with 68.3% of people overweight or obese, followed by North Yorkshire and Staffordshire, both on 67.9%.
Meanwhile, the thinnest local authorities include several in London, such as Kensington and Chelsea (45.9%) and Richmond upon Thames (47.6%).
Tam Fry, from the National Obesity Forum, said: "The publication of these figures has to be welcomed because they will give local authorities a better chance of fighting obesity than did 15 years of tackling the epidemic from Westminster.
"County and town halls were handed the poisoned chalice of doing something about the epidemic only last April but were underfunded for the task.
"The overall figure of 64% for the country is bad enough but when figures rise to around 80% for some local areas, one has to believe that the problem may be insurmountable.
"The projection that 50% of the country could be obese before 2050 could unfortunately come to pass unless really radical steps are taken now by central government to tackle the problem."
Joseph Clift, policy manager at the British Heart Foundation, said: "These new figures hold a mirror in front of the country's waistline and it reflects a very unhealthy picture.
"Put simply, too many people weigh too much.
"This should be a catalyst for action at a local and national level.
"The Westminster government need to introduce consistent regulation for advertising unhealthy products on TV and online to stop food companies exploiting loopholes.
"Local authorities need to be designing towns and cities in ways which encourage people to be more active, whether that's by walking or cycling.
"They also need to ensure everyone has access to high-quality green spaces where people can play sport or be active."
Professor Kevin Fenton, director of health and wellbeing at Public Health England, which released the figures, said: "Many local authorities are already working hard to reduce obesity levels and these new data will help all local areas monitor their progress in tackling these long-standing problems.
"People who are overweight or obese have an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, heart disease and certain cancers.
"Excess weight can also affect self-esteem and mental health. Overall health problems associated with being overweight or obese cost the NHS over £5 billion each year.
"There is no silver bullet to reducing obesity; it is a complex issue that requires action at individual, family, local and national levels. We can all play our part in this by eating a healthy, balanced diet and being more active."


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I'm getting mixed messages again. Just before the Olympics, a ranking official observed heptathlete Jessica Ennis was, and I quote, 'fat'.
Ennis' coach quite rightly retorted the official in question spoke nonsense. Many of my male friends volunteered to examine pictures of Jessica, in the name of sport and national interest you understand, to decide for themselves if she was up to the job of completing a heptathlon.
They're selfless, my friends. True heroes.
The boys and pretty much everyone else quickly decided she wasn't carrying too much weight at all, and what do you know, Jessica cleaned up in her sport this August. In fact, since so many UK women athletes won medals and were just generally ace during the Olympic fortnight, most have been declared desirable, beautiful, healthy, and indeed the female ideal by the public and media alike.
I was chuffed as well to hear some of the more curvier women in the public eye at the moment have topped a survey by cosmetic surgery group MYA concerning desirability. 1,056 participants across the UK were asked which celebrity body parts they preferred. Kim Kardashian had the most desirable body in all and Beyonce, bottom (with Kim second and Jennifer Lopez bringing up the rear, if you'll excuse the pun) and legs. Both Kardashian and Beyonce have very curvy figures – and are the epitome of health.
The survey found that '…when it comes to women's body parts, bigger is considered better. Respondents favoured full lips, wide eyes and filled-out bottoms. We've really seen a U-turn in attitude towards body shape. It's great to see curvy women like Beyoncé and Kim Kardashian topping the list for best body. I imagine that if we repeated the study 20 years ago, or in the US, we'd have drastically different results.'
The MYA survey was compiled some weeks before the Olympics. Were those participants questioned now, I wonder how many of the healthy, fit women athletes – Ennis, boxer Nicola Adams, swimmer Rebecca Adlington, and cyclist Victoria Pendleton – would be included, having been celebrated by the media at the female ideal since they won medals and not before, tellingly. It's only right we hold up these amazing women as role models but curvy fit celebrities should be given their due also, the likes of Beyonce has always maintained her amazing body via exercise – and being healthy.
The singer, actress and model will never be thin, it simply isn't her body shape. Anyone who has ever seen a Beyonce concert knows that the sheer amount of dancing she does throughout (she doesn't stop!) means she must be physically fit. Were she not, the woman wouldn't be able to keep up.
Swimmer Rebecca Adlington is broad shouldered – she has to be, to swim that fast – and if she didn't have her amount of muscle and healthy body fat she wouldn't be able to do her job. Fact.
Both women are 'curvy', the very word certain corners of our media use as a euphemism for being overweight.
Being curvy and full figured does not make you fat, anything but. The likes of Rebecca Adlington and Beyonce are testament to that.
I hope this new way of looking women continues, and very different body shapes continue to be celebrated.


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Detector Characteristics
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- Introduction
- Read-out Modes
- Dark Current and Bad Pixels
- Cosmic Rays
- Linearity Correction
- Saturation and Persistence
The GSAOI detector is formed by four Rockwell HAWAII-2RG (H2RG) arrays with 2048 x 2048 18 μm pixels each. The arrays are mounted in a 2 x 2 mosaic that create a 4080 x 4080 pixel focal plane. There is a gap of ~2.5 mm between the arrays, corresponding to ~2.4" on sky. The arrays have an additional four rows and columns around the outer edges that read out as reference pixels and are not illuminated. The HAWAII-2RG arrays are sensitive to light out of 2.6 μm and use a HgCdTe array layer. Each array is readout through four amplifiers that simultaneously read out 512 x 2048 pixels in ~ 5.3 seconds. GSAOI arrays are normally read out using the Fowler sampling technique (see below for details) to reduce read noise. Each array also contains a programmable On-Detector Guide Window (ODGW). These ODGWs provide tip-tilt information for up to four natural guide stars to GeMS. See On-Detector Guide Windows page for details. The table below summarizes the basic GSAOI array properties.
|Rockwell HAWAII-2RG HgCdTe
|Array sizes
|2048 x 2048 pixels each (2040 x 2040 active)
| Detector area
|4080 x 4080 pixels (~ 85" x 85")
|Physical Pixel size
|18 μm
|Pixel scale
|Spectral Response
|0.9 μm to 2.6 μm (data / plot)
|~ 2.4 e-/ADU
|Dark current
|~ 0.01 e-/s/pix (~12 e- in the maximum integration time of 20 minutes)
|Well Depth
|~ 120,000 e-
|On-Detector Guide Windows (ODGW)
|One programmable ODGW per detector
Read-out modes
GSAOI arrays are normally read out using a technique known as ''Fowler sampling'' (Fowler & Gatley 1990, ApJL, 353, L33) to reduce read noise. In this mode, a set of multiple non-destructive reads are made at the beginning of an exposure and at the end of the exposure. The two sets of non-destructive reads are averaged and the signal is formed from the difference between these two averages. Each array is continuously read out and reset in "idle" mode between science exposures. This prevents the arrays saturating, and maintains the readout electronics at a stable operating temperature. When a science exposure is initiated, the current idle mode read is interrupted and the science exposure is started.
The table below summarizes the three read-out modes implemented in GSAOI for Bright, Faint and Very Faint objects. Note that the readout noise can be reduced by optimizing the readout method. For example, tests performed in the laboratory and confirmed during the commissioning, show that the read noise can be reduced to ~10 e- if we use 8-8 Fowler sampling (16 NDRs). However, the penalty in the read noise reduction is the increase in the read out time by a factor of two, from 26.2sec to 47.7sec.
|Fowler Samples (FS)
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|Read Noise
|Read Out time
|Min. Exp. time
|Bright Object
|28 e-
|10.0 sec
|5.3 sec
|Faint Object
|13 e-
|26.2 sec
|21.1 sec
|Very Faint Object
|10 e-
|47.7 sec
|42.2 sec
The table below shows the gain and read noise values for each GSAOI array.
|Bright Object
|Faint Object
|Very Faint Object
|Gain (e-/ADU)
|Read Noise (e-)
|Read Noise (e-)
|Read Noise (e-)
Dark current and Bad Pixels
The dark current in the GSAOI arrays is very low (~0.01 e-/s/pix) and stable. This produce a dark charge of ~ 12 e- in the maximum integration time of 20 minutes (set by cosmic ray hits, see below). However, there are a large number of "hot" pixels. The "hot" pixels appear as a single high dark current pixels with adjacent moderately high dark current pixels ("cross" shape). An example is given below, where the "cross-shaped" hot pixels are clearly seen in the 300 sec dark current image. The "cross-shaped" hot pixels appears to be due to high leakage current in the central pixel, which affect its neighbors through capacitive coupling between adjacent pixels.
Dark current images show spatial structure within each array. The level of the structure can get up to 10 ADU above the mean of the full array, but it is of the order or smaller than the standard deviation of the pixel values around the mean. This means that in any dark subtracted image, the dark structures will be within the noise. The existing spatial structures show temporal variations in time scale of seconds to hours, however the variations are smaller than the standard deviation around the mean values. The dark current also shows temporal variation in amplitude within each array, in the same time scale, of the order of 2 to 6 ADUs. This amplitude variation is smaller than the standard deviation from the mean. All these effects are very small and dark subtraction in the form of dark frames are not required for the different types of science and calibration frames. The normal near-IR observing techniques will be enough to take care of any dark current counts/structure.
The GSAOI arrays have imperfect cosmetic quality. This is due to the existence of 'dead' pixels (debonded), light emitting-diode pixels, "killed" spots, and excessive dark current areas. Bad pixel masks are necessary to construct to correct by the imperfect cosmetic and hot pixels. The procedure to derive a bad pixel masks can be found here.
Cosmic Rays
The GSAOI arrays are sensitive to the cosmic rays. Cosmic rays interact with the CdZnTe substrate above the HgCdTe array layer and appear to forward scatter photons or electrons that strike the detector in a diffuse pattern extending over a diameter of ~ 20 pixels. Generally, these events add only a few hundred electrons to the pixel signal. However, their diffuse nature makes cosmic ray detection difficult in real time.
The cosmic rays removal appears to be more effective if multiple science exposure, at the same location on the sky, are recorder and then median of these frames are used to remove these event. However, this requires a reduction of the integration time to a point where cosmic ray hits contaminate only a small fraction of the detector area.The test results show that this integration time limit is around 15 minutes. This is supported by the results obtained during the GSAOI commissioning.
Linearity Correction
The GSAOI arrays are intrinsically non-linear due to their source-follower-per-detector architecture. The linearity correction per detector has been derived during the commissioning, and is implemented in the standard GSAOI IRAF reduction package. Once corrected by non-linearity, the data are found to have less than 2% departure from linearity at 96% of the saturation limit (see Saturation and Persistence). For count levels below 80% of saturation, the linearity correction is better than 1%.
The implementation takes the form of a quadratic polynomial fit:
Linearity Correction Factor = a+b*ADU+c*ADU*ADU
The data used to derive the parameters a,b,c above was a set of well-illuminated H and Z-band flats, and the resulting values are shown in the table below. Sigma(res) corresponds to the residual dispersion of all points in the fit.
| sigma(res)
| 0.9947
Saturation and Persistence
Saturation of the GSAOI arrays occurs at about 50,000 ADU, which also results in a strong persistence. The persistence causes saturated images to appear as faint artefacts in subsequent exposures. Read out methods using more non-destructive readouts result in lower noise that reveals residual images for several hours so care should be taken to avoid saturation. Note that while not exposing, the arrays are continually reset pixel-by-pixel at 5s per frame. This will normally prevent the arrays saturating on the exposed field between integrations.
The table below shows the GSAOI array saturation values and count levels (in percents of the saturation level) where the data diverges >5% from linear relation before the linearity correction is applied. The table also shows the level where the linearity corrected value diverges >2% from the linear relation.
Because the arrays become >5% non-linear at ~50,000, it is recommended to keep the counts below ∼40,000 ADU (~96,000 e-) per co-add. Saturation can be checked using the ITC.
|Saturation (ADU)
|5% (without lin. correction)
|2% (with lin. correction)
| 52,400
| 73%
| 97%
| 50,250
| 64%
| 97%
| 53,700
| 76%
| 98%
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You're All The Weakest Link: Bad Law Permits Bad Takedowns, Which Google Handles Badly
from the a-chain-of-broken-links deptGoogle Operating System is a Blogspot-hosted blog offering "unofficial news and tips about Google." Earlier this month, the operator, Alex Chitu, checked his email to discover that a 2008 post had been removed by Google in response to a DMCA takedown. This was confusing to say the least:
Apparently, this is the infringing post: http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2008/02/lyrics-for-youtube-music-videos.html (Google Cache). It's a post about a Greasemonkey script that allowed you to show music lyrics in the YouTube interface.
I've managed to find the DMCA notice: "The URL listed below is one of nearly 20 song lyrics sites who have attempted to post lyrics for the song titled 'Alden Howell' by the artist Inspection 12. The lyrics posted on this and other sites are not accurate and the artist has not given them permission to post lyrical content. Inspection 12 has been making efforts to contact these websites directly in order to have the content removed. We are attempting to have this URL and others like it to be excluded from google search results for the name 'Alden Howell'."
Unfortunately for Inspection 12, that blog post doesn't include their lyrics. In fact, it only includes a screenshot with lyrics from a much more popular punk band. Inspection 12 has never contacted me and no post from this blog mentions 'Alden Howell' (except for this post, obviously).
As Tim Cushing wrote in a recent headline, "in the long history of specious DMCA claims, this is definitely one of them." Chitu, unlike many people who are rightfully too intimidated by potential liability, filed a counternotice... and it was rejected.
So we've got an obviously non-infringing post that has been wiped off the web and, at the time of writing, is still gone. That's not okay, and it's time to ask how it happened. There's no shortage of reasons.
Firstly (or more accurately lastly), we've got Google's handling of the DMCA request. As Chitu points out, it was just a search result takedown, but Google chose to actually take the post off of Blogspot as well. That wasn't an accident, it's their process:
From time to time, the Search team may receive copyright removal requests for search results that link to other Google products like Blogger or YouTube. In these cases, we forward these requests to the appropriate teams to evaluate the allegedly infringing material.
Actually, maybe "process" is too generous. If they "evaluate" the requests (twice, apparently—once at Search and then again at Blogger), surely they would filter out a takedown like this one that doesn't even pass the laugh test. And not only did these two evaluations fail to catch it, the review they supposedly conducted after receiving a counternotice still didn't catch the error. Given the nature of the law and the requirements it places on Google, all of this is somewhat understandable, and would be somewhat excusable but for one thing: Google's terrible customer service. Blanket, form-letter rejections that ignore all reason and logic, sent by a faceless monolith, are among the most infuriating things a customer can receive. Good luck getting actual help with a human being.
But the buck hardly stops at Google. It doesn't even really land there. After all, why did Inspection 12 file this takedown in the first place? Chitu asked them just that:
I've contacted Inspection 12 and they say "that must have been submitted in error. not fully understanding the DMCA notice. our intent wasn't to post on a blog or complaints about a blog. it was to submit a complaint to google about websites that are posting lyrical content that is falsely described as Inspection 12 lyrics in order to sell ringtones."
That's a lot better than some of the furious missives we've seen in the past when copyright holders have been called on their shenanigans, but there are still some big problems. If you're "not fully understanding the DMCA notice," then you are not allowed to file it. How can you sign your name to say you have a "good faith belief" in something if you knowingly don't understand what it means? Inspection 12 is clearly guilty of abusing the DMCA process. But one thing they're probably not guilty of is perjury.
And that brings us to the final problem, where the buck really does stop: the DMCA itself. As we've discussed before, the prescribed text of a DMCA takedown notice employs some clever wording to imply (intentionally or otherwise) that it's more strict on the rightsholder than it actually is. The "under penalty of perjury" language is surgically separated from the bulk of the notice—it applies only to the statement that you are the copyright holder or an authorized agent of the copyright holder. As for the statement that the material you are targeting is in fact infringing, that's just made under a good faith belief. That is a much lower bar, and while it's not great to stand in court and have it demonstrated that you asserted a good faith belief when there was none, it's hardly a clear-cut and substantial safeguard against abuse the way "penalty of perjury" is.
So let's be clear on this: the DMCA is harsh on anyone messing with copyright holders by incorrectly claiming rights they don't own, but lenient on copyright holders abusing the public.
Nobody is blame-free here, except Chitu and his blog. Google needs to handle these requests better, and Inspection 12 should never have sent that notice (nor should they be wasting their time on a DMCA campaign against lyric websites in the first place). But the real culprit is the DMCA itself, which is constantly pushing companies like Google in this regrettable direction, and makes it all too easy for rightsholders like Inspection 12 to abuse the law. Until we get a system that holds both sides of the equation to the same standard, and until copyright holders demonstrate that they can use the takedown system judiciously and responsibly, all their protestations about online services not doing enough to fight infringement will fall on deaf ears (or be drowned out by laughter).
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Hale County was created by the Alabama legislature on 1867 Jan. 30. It was named for Lt. Col. Stephen Fowler Hale, a Confederate officer killed at Gaines' Mill, Virginia. Hale County is located in the west-central section of the state, and is drained by the Black Warrior River. Hale County is bordered by Tuscaloosa, Bibb, Perry, Marengo, and Greene counties. It encompasses 661 square miles. Greensboro is the county seat. Other towns and communities include Moundville, Havana, Wedgeworth, Cedarville, and Sledge.
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UCTheater necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 59 diseños de 20 diseñadores freelance.
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Khoubiz (Arabic flat Bread)
1\2 cups plain flour
11\2 cups whole wheat flour
2 teaspoons yeast
2 teaspoons raw sugar
3\4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon olive oil
1\4 cup yogurt, mix with 3/4 cup warm water. Or as need
1)Combine all dough ingredients. Knead to make soft dough. Knead dough about 5 minutes or until smooth and elastic.
2)Place dough in oiled bowl, cover, and stand in warm place about 10 minutes.
3)Divide dough into 8 pieces. Roll each to a 20 cm round.
4)Cook khoubiz 1 at a time, 2 minutes for each side
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text: Whenever I went back to visit Malaysia,my mom sure cooked "lui hu char" for me.I think this dish is popular among Nyonya or Penangite only.Well,since my mom is ex-Penangite ,she cooked this dish all the time especially when there is a festival.In Hokkien we called it "Lui Hu Char".Lu hu char literally translated to English as Fried Squid.Actually the main ingredients is not squid but jicama(sengkung) .Jicama is a crispy, sweet, edible root that resembles a turnip in physical appearance, although the plants are not related.Jícama is high in carbohydrates in the form of dietary fiber. It is composed of 86-90% water.Usually we wrapped lettuce over this dish ,then pairing with sambal belacan(spicy shrimp paste)...thinking about it now make me drooling...wish I can have some now!!


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Elements Of Style
Inspired By: The Joule Hotel
I spent my weekend in Dallas, Texas at the RewardStyle Conference held at The Joule Hotel. I don't think I've been an enamored with a hotel's lobby design in a long time. Giant, breathtaking Lindsey Adleman chandeliers anyone??? Yeeeeaaaahhh, pretty much a designer's mid-century influenced dream, if you ask me. Since this was mainly a style blogger gathering, I found myself drawn to hanging with the few lifestyle bloggers like Caitlin from Sacramento Street, Jaime from Furbish Studio and Erin from Apartment 34. After years of interacting on the internet only, it's so fun to get to hang out with these ladies in the flesh! But back to the lobby, here are some quick Instagrams (follw me here!) I took to file away for inspiration.
Amazing barstools by Garza Marfa…
And speaking of inspiration, here's a little living room concept based on the seating area by the coffee shop (best latte I have EVER had, by the way!) A mix of leather, pink, light blue, gold and marble- and a Adelman looking chandelier I found on Etsy for a fraction of the cost of the real deal.
sofa // chandelier // art // pink pillow // patterned pillow // coffee table (and a cheaper option) // chair // rug // pouf // side table
And one other REALLY excited bit about this weekend? I got to see the prototype for the handbag I designed for Gigi New York which will come out in the next few weeks in 5 colorways!!! Trust me, as soon as it's out and you can buy it, I will sing it from the mountaintops. It's AWESOME, you guys!


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"Man is an animal that diddles, and there is no animal that diddles but man."
At Christies Auction House today in New York, an 1827 first edition copy of an Edgar Allan Poe poetry collection, Tamerlane and Other Poems, was sold for $662,500 -- the most ever for a 19th century book of poetry. The 40-page collection, and Poe's very first publication, was inspired by the work of British poet Lord Byron. Only a dozen copies are known to exist of the fifty initially pressed. Oddly enough Poe did not attach his name to Tamerlane; the author is only indicated as "A Bostonian." Also sold at auction was a two-page, hand written manuscript containing the first 8 stanzas (of 16 stanzas) of "For Annie" ("Thank Heaven: the crisis --- the danger is past....") from 1849, written just months before his death at age 40. The manuscript, which was written for a one of Poe's loves, Nancy L. Richmond, far exceeded the $50,000-$70,000 estimate, netting a mind blowing $830,500 at auction, breaking the 19th century literary manuscript record.
The book and manuscript, both somewhat worn and wrinkled, came from the private library of television producer William E. Self (he was the executive in charge of production for such classic shows as Batman, Lost in Space, The Green Hornet, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Ghost & Mrs. Muir, and Land of the Giants). Both pieces were sold to anonymous bidders.
"As for myself, I am simply Hop-Frog, the jester — and this is my last jest."


text: You've probably used the phone today. Are you worried yet? The National Security Agency's secret collection of phone records from Verizon was on most Americans' minds Thursday. The Obama Administration is defending the practice as a necessary tool to keep the nation safe from terrorist attacks. Britain's Guardian newspaper broke the story about the secret court order authorizing the seizure of Verizon records. And the disclosure has opened up a whole bag of questions about how far the government is reaching into our privacy in the name of security. James Bamford has written extensively about this. His latest book is "The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America."


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The all-new display engine in the NVIDIA GPU drives up to four displays simultaneously, whether they're directly connected to the board or connected using a single cable using DisplayPort 1.2's new multi-streaming capabilities. With support for the next-generation DisplayPort 1.2 standard, each DisplayPort connector is also capable of driving ultra-high resolutions like 3840x2160 at 60 Hz with 30-bit color. The flexible display connectivity of the Quadro family makes it easy to deploy multiple displays across a desktop, build an expansive digital signage wall, or create a sophisticated stereoscopic 3D CAVE environment.
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If you do anything to work on the mental side of your ski racing during this off season, it better be mental imagery. Why, you ask? Because there is no more powerful mental tool than mental imagery, and it can have a huge impact on your ski racing. And here's my challenge to you: If you're not on an organized and consistent off-snow mental imagery program, you're not doing everything you can to achieve your ski racing goals.
I say this with such conviction because it had that effect on me when I was a young racer at Burke Mountain Academy. One summer I took a course at a local college that introduced me to the power of mental imagery. I applied it to my ski racing as part of my final project for the class and then continued to use it throughout the following fall and into race season. The results were nothing less than spectacular. From doubt came confidence. From distraction came focus. From anxiety came intensity. From caution came aggressiveness. From DNFs came consistency. And from decent results came the best results of my career. And I attribute my leap in performance almost entirely to mental imagery.
When I studied mental imagery in graduate school, I learned why it is so powerful. Imagery is used by virtually all great athletes and research has shown that, when combined with actual training, it improves performance more than training alone. Imagery also isn't just a mental experience that occurs in your head, but rather impacts us in every way: psychologically, emotionally, physically, technically, and tactically. Think of mental imagery as weight lifting for the mind.
My belief in the power of mental imagery continues to grow to this day through my work with ski racers, from juniors to Olympians. With few exceptions, racers I worked with who committed to consistently using imagery off- and on-hill developed a confidence, focus, and mindset that they didn't have before. It showed every time they got into the starting gate and, more importantly, when they crossed the finish line.
Keys to Quality Mental Imagery
There are four factors that impact the quality of mental imagery: perspective, control, multiple sense, and speed. You can develop each of these areas so you can get the most out of your imagery.
Imagery perspective. Imagery perspective refers to where the "imagery camera" is when you do imagery. The internal perspective involves seeing yourself from inside your body looking out, as if you were actually skiing. The external perspective involves seeing yourself from outside your body like on video. Research indicates that one perspective is not better than the other. Most people have a dominant perspective with which they're most comfortable. Use the perspective that's most natural for you and then experiment with the other perspective to see if it helps you in a different way.
Control. Have you ever been doing imagery and you keep making mistakes – for example, you keep leaning in or sitting back? This problem relates to imagery control, which is how well you're able to imagine what you want to imagine. It's not uncommon for racers to ski poorly in their imagery, and it often reflects a fundamental lack of confidence in your skiing. When I started using imagery as a youth, I couldn't go three gates in my head without hooking a tip! If mistakes occur in your imagery, you shouldn't just let them go by. If you do, you'll further ingrain the negative image and feeling which will hurt your skiing. Instead, when you ski poorly in your imagery, immediately rewind the imagery video, edit it, and rerun it until you do it correctly.
Multiple senses. Good imagery is more than just visual; that's why I don't like to call it visualization. The best imagery involves the multi-sensory reproduction of the actual ski racing experience. You should duplicate the sights, sounds, physical sensations, thoughts, and emotions that you would experience in an actual race. Visual imagery involves how clearly you see yourself skiing. Vivid auditory images are important because the sound of the skis on the snow, for example, tells you about the snow conditions. If you get nervous before a real race, you should get nervous in your imagery.
The most powerful part of race imagery is feeling it in your body. That's how you really ingrain new technical and mental skills and habits. A useful way to increase the feeling in your race imagery is to combine imagined and real sensations. Imagine yourself skiing and move your body with the imagined skiing. You see World Cup racers doing this during inspection and in the start area.
Speed. The ability to adjust the speed of your imagery will enable you to use imagery to improve different aspects of your skiing. Slow motion is effective for focusing on technique. When you first start to work on technique in your imagery, slow the imagery video down, frame by frame if necessary, to see yourself executing the skill correctly. Then, as you see and feel yourself skiing well in slow motion, increase the speed of your imagery until you can ski well at "real-time" speed. If your goal is to see and feel yourself skiing fast and aggressive, you can speed up your imagery.
Be Realistic in Your Imagery
Imagine realistic conditions. Imagine yourself performing under realistic conditions, in other words, always do imagery under those conditions in which you normally compete. If you're usually seeded farther back and the courses are usually chewed up, imagine yourself on rough courses. Only imagine yourself racing under ideal conditions if you typically start in the early seeds and can expect hero snow.
Imagine realistic skiing. If you're a junior racer, don't imagine yourself skiing like a World Cupper. Instead, imagine yourself skiing the way you normally ski, but incorporate positive changes into your skiing that you are working on.
Develop An Off-Snow Imagery Program
The key to effective mental imagery is consistency. You wouldn't expect to get stronger by lifting weights once every few weeks. You wouldn't expect to get better technically by skiing once in a while. The same holds true for mental imagery. The only way to gain the benefits of mental imagery is to use it consistently.
Set imagery goals. Set specific goals for what areas you want to work on in the off season. For example, you might focus on some technical change, being more relaxed and focused, or just going really fast and finishing.
Climb imagery ladder. Create a ladder of training and races scenarios in which you will be skiing in the upcoming season. The ladder should start with training on easy hills and progress to more demanding training situations, less important races, and increase through more important races up to the most important race in which you'll compete next year. Then begin your imagery on the lowest level of the imagery ladder. Stay at that rung until you reach your imagery goal. When that is achieved, stay at that step for several imagery sessions to really reinforce and ingrain the positive images, thoughts, and feelings. Then work your way up the ladder until you're skiing the way you want in your imagery at the very top of the imagery ladder.
Training and race-specific imagery. Select training and race situations that are appropriate for your level of development. In other words, if you're a U16, don't imagine yourself racing in the World Cup at Wengen. Imagine yourself racing on a specific hill in a particular event in a specific race with a precise start number, like a NorAm slalom at Vail running 47th. Then select a different hill, event, and race for each imagery session, thus reaching their imagery goals on different hills and in varying events and conditions.
Imagery sessions. Imagery sessions should be done 3-4 times per week, but it shouldn't be done too often because, as with any type of training, you can get burned out on it. Set aside a specific time of the day when you'll do your imagery (just like you do for your physical training). Find a quiet, comfortable place where you won't be disturbed. Each session should last about 10 minutes.
Imagery journal. One difficulty with imagery is that, unlike physical training, the results aren't tangible. An effective way to deal with this problem is to keep an imagery journal. These logs should record key aspects of every imagery session including the quality of the imagined performance, any thoughts and feelings that occur (positive or negative), problems that emerged, and what you need to work on for the next session. Imagery journals enable you to see progress in your imagery, thereby making it more rewarding.
The Final Turn of the Season
So, here's the deal. I can't guarantee that an offseason filled with mental imagery is going to result in a quantum leap in your ski racing like it did for me so many years ago. But I will say that if you commit to a serious mental imagery program, there's a darned good chance that you will be much better prepared mentally than you were this past winter. And if you combine the imagery program with an intensive physical conditioning regimen and quality on-snow training, then I can say with confidence that when you slide into the starting gate at your first race next winter, you'll be able to say, "I'm as prepared as I can be to ski fast and achieve my goals."
If you're interested in using mental imagery as part of your summer training program, I offer two MP3 audio options (listed below most of my books in that link) that will guide you through relaxation and race imagery scenarios for SL/GS and SG/DH.
Note: This article is yet another encore presentation of one that never gets old.