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University Library Newsletter Issue 24 Winter 2015
- From the University Librarian
- The Digital Humanities at UC Santa Cruz
- The Role of Libraries in Data Management Services
- Welcome!
Happy New Year from the University Library at UC Santa Cruz! I want to begin by thanking all of our generous donors and supporters for helping to make what we do possible and inspiring us to move forward.
I'd like to shine a spotlight in this issue on an exciting emerging area hinted at in recent newsletters: the University Library's role in digital scholarship. Our partnership with Ithaka S+R in surveying our faculty highlighted the need to help faculty manage their data. A majority of faculty reported collecting data, images, and media for their research but cited difficulty managing this scholarly output.
The University Library is working on several initiatives in this area that you will hear more about in the articles that follow. Our first ever Library-based postdoctoral fellow, Rachel Deblinger, who is focusing on developing a robust infrastructure to support work in the Digital Humanities and beyond, will describe her work since joining us in September of 2014 and her vision for the future. Rachel comes to us from UCLA where she recently completed her PhD in History and applied to a national Fellowship in Academic Libraries program administered by the Council of Library and Information Resources. You will also hear from Sue Chesley Perry, Head of Digital Initiatives, who is working with her department to ramp up services in collaboration with the California Digital Library to manage, preserve, and provide access to research data.
Our work to meet the demands in the area of digital scholarship has implications for services and spaces. We are taking this very seriously as we begin to reimagine some of the spaces in McHenry Library and in our work with the architectural firm EHDD to create an exciting vision for the Science & Engineering Library. I look forward to sharing these developments with you as they evolve.
Thank you again for your support!
Elizabeth Cowell
University Librarian
The Digital Humanities at UC Santa Cruz
Rachel Deblinger
Digital Humanities Specialist
Postdoctoral Fellow, Council on Library and Information Resources
Digital Humanities, as a field of study, applies digital tools and computational methods to the practice and study of Humanistic questions. More than a buzz word, the field is reimagining the role and impact of the university at the same time that it transforms the way students learn, faculty conduct research, and scholars communicate with each other and the broader public. As the new Digital Humanities Specialist and CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow at UC Santa Cruz, I have taken up the challenge of building a community around the practice and theory of Digital Humanities on campus and articulating the need for digital infrastructure that will support innovative and collaborative research and learning.
For the 2014–15 academic year, the Digital Humanities Research Cluster, supported by the Institute for Humanities Research and the University Library, has launched a robust calendar of events, including a speaker series around the theme "Digital Humanities & Cultural Heritage," a reading group focused on critical approaches to Digital Humanities, a series of Brown Bag Lunches designed to inspire graduate students to consider the possibilities of digital scholarship, and a series of informal Digital Happy Hours that enable faculty and graduate students to establish a shared vocabulary around digital engagement.
These events bring together audiences from across the campus to showcase digital research projects and inspire new questions and approaches. For example, on November 12, Michael Ashley, CEO of the Center for Digital Archaeology and Director of Development at Murkurtu CMS, challenged an audience of campus and community members to imagine using internet-based technologies to preserve endangered cultural memory for generations to come. (A video of the event is available at: http://ihr.ucsc.edu/event/michael-ashley-mukurtu/). At a November 24 Brown Bag Lunch, Assistant Professor of History Elaine Sullivan, Associate Professor of Philosophy Jon Ellis, and Sociology graduate student Tracy Perkins discussed their digital projects, providing examples for graduate students from across the divisions illustrating the process of starting digital work, finding grant support, and engaging the public and scholarly and educational audiences in their research. On December 4, nearly 25 faculty members, librarians, graduate students, and technologists gathered to explore "Why the Digital Humanities?" by confronting and demystifying the buzziest concepts in Digital Humanities, including visualization, big data, metadata, and text analysis.
The University Library plays an essential role in building this community and connecting the network of partners that enable digital engagement on campus. As a central hub of innovative digital work, the Library will ensure that UC Santa Cruz responds to the challenges of the digital age by creating opportunities for all community members to experiment with technology, develop digital literacies, build intellectual communities around the world, and explore new modes of knowledge making.
In the year ahead, the dynamic community of digital humanists at UCSC will continue to grow and new projects will take shape. The Library will remain an essential leader in coordinating and amplifying the impact of doing digital scholarship and the possibilities of Digital Humanities.
The Role of Libraries in Data Management Services
Susan Chesley Perry
Head of Library Digital Initiatives
One important role of the UCSC Library is to collect, preserve, and disseminate the research and intellectual output of the university. Our buildings and web presence hold millions of books, recordings, and journal articles providing that service. The academic research world is experiencing two sea changes that are transforming that role in exciting ways. First, UC researchers are now producing, storing, and disseminating digital data—providing the foundation for those books and articles—in vast quantities. The sheer volume this data is challenging the capacity of institutions to manage it and researchers to make use of it. The second big change is that several federal agencies that fund academic research (including the NIH, NSF, and NEH) have begun requiring grantees of federally funded research to share the primary data gathered in the course of work with other researchers. The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) requires agencies to collect or create information in a way that supports downstream processing and use. All of this data, and the need to manage and share it, are big challenges for our researchers, but the Library is here to help. Here are a few of the services we provide with the help of the California Digital Library (CDL):
The Data Management Planning Tool is a form-based website that walks researchers through the different funding agency requirements for managing and sharing data. It includes specific grant application requirements and sample plans for over 20 funders, including the National Science Foundation. The Library has customized the site with links to other campus units, templates, and guides for best practices.
Merritt is a repository service that lets researchers manage, archive, and share valuable digital content. The Library works with the CDL to set up "bright" collections of data that can be shared, or "dark" collections for data that are not ready for sharing or may have privacy issues. The repository is replicated at the San Diego Supercomputer Center and at UCLA, and the CDL staff run a variety of checks on the content so there is no fear of data loss.
This new service, about to be launched in early 2015, allows UCSC researchers to deposit and publish their datasets themselves. After deposit, the data will be indexed by search engines and downloadable by other researchers around the world.
Researchers can get a DOI (digital object identifier) from the EZID service for any digital file or dataset they have on the web. This gives the file a persistent URL, so that if the web address of the data changes, any links or citations to that URL will redirect to the new site.
Consultation: Perhaps the most important service we provide to researchers is consultation. We can provide guidelines on how best to document, manage, and generally care for the data created by UCSC researchers. These consultations are most often conversations that help researchers define their needs, because not all researchers in all disciplines think of their digital research materials as "data." We encourage faculty to think about digital files rather than spreadsheets and tables. Data can be digital images of letters taken with a camera at the National Archive. It can be genome sequences, online lab notebooks, the code and asset files of video games, digitized film clips, Excel spreadsheets, microscope images, and more. Librarians can provide guidance in managing each of these files, and meeting the challenge of the "data deluge."
For more information about the Library's data services, see our online guide at: http://guides.library.ucsc.edu/datamanagement
We are happy to welcome John Bono to the University Library at UC Santa Cruz as its Associate University Librarian, Planning and Resource Management. As a member of the Library senior management team and its principal budget, capital planning, and human resources officer, John will be a key contributor to the development and implementation of the Library's strategic plan. John will also serve as the UCSC representative to the systemwide Administrative Services Advisory Group.
After joining UC in 1998, John served in leadership roles involving resource management, business operations, contracting, and employee relations at the Berkeley and Santa Cruz campuses before becoming the Director of UCSC Procurement Services in 2010. He holds a bachelor's degree in Political Science from San Diego State University and a Juris Doctor from Quinnipiac University School of Law.
Contributors: Elizabeth Cowell, Rachel Deblinger, and Susan Chesley Perry
Production: Linda Hunt
Copyediting and proofreading: Mark Engel
Photography: Carolyn Lagattuta, Rachel Deblinger and Linda Hunt


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In preparation for our fourth safari to Africa (and second trip to Botswana), we spent nearly a year researching possible places to visit in Botswana and Namibia for our 6-person custom tour. We then contacted Letaka Safaris. Their staff was incredibly helpful in making suggestions to refine the details of our itinerary. We settled questions of timing, duration, guide availability, transportation and all the many issues that accompany major trip planning from the other side of the globe – all via email. Geraldine did a superb job of promptly answering our myriad emails/questions and helping to put our trip together.
We had adjusted the timing of our trip to coincide with the availability of the owner/guide,
Grant Reed – an excellent move on our part – and to optimize sighting wild dogs.
Grant has an incredible knowledge of all things "bush" and shared that knowledge in a way that enhanced our trip tremendously. His easy-going style, excellent people skills and great sense of humor made this a very special and enjoyable experience.
The first part of our trip was a three-night, tent-camp stay in Khwai where highlights included wonderful views of leopard with a kill and our much-sought-after wild dogs. Although we were in Khwai only three nights, Letaka's camp staff provided some of the best food we had on the entire trip. I know our two vegetarians were particularly pleased with the extra effort made to accommodate their dietary preferences. The staff saw to everything … professionally, cheerfully, and unobtrusively.
The remainder of our trip was lodge-based with excellent accommodations and continuous opportunities for bird watching, game viewing, and photography – all equally important for our trip participants.
In total we drove 2200 miles in 23 days, all in an open safari vehicle. This was a decision we had made before the trip, so we were well-prepared for the cold morning drives we encountered.
Our saddest day was the last, when we had to say goodbye to Grant and fly home after our journey-of-a-lifetime when we marveled at so many stunning birds, the amazing waterhole experiences in Etosha, and the breathtaking dunes of the Namib Desert, and, of course, the wonderful wild dog sightings in Khwai.
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BAEHR, JOHANN CHRISTIAN FELIX (1798–1872), German philologist, was born at Darmstadt on the 13th of June 1798. He studied at the university of Heidelberg where he was appointed professor of classical philology in 1823, chief librarian in 1832, and on the retirement of G. F. Creuzer became director of the philological seminary. He died at Heidelberg on the 29th of November 1872. His earliest works were editions of Plutarch's Alcibiades (1822), Philopoemen, Flamininus, Pyrrhus (1826), the fragments of Ctesias (1824), and Herodotus (1830–1835, 1855–1862). But most important of all were his works on Roman literature and humanistic studies in the middle ages: Geschichte der römischen Litteratur (4th ed., 1868–1870), and the supplementary volumes, Die christlichen Dichter und Geschichtschreiber Roms (2nd ed., 1872), Die christlich-römische Theologie (1837), Geschichte der römischen Litteratur im karolingischen Zeitalter (1840).


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Accompany us on a 2-hour English-language walking tour and…
- Get the truth about the financial collapse straight from Wall Street veterans
- Learn the difference between a CDO and a CDS, and how these two acronyms nearly destroyed the economy
- Hear what really brought down the "Too Big To Fail" organizations like Bear Stearns, Lehman, and AIG
- Discover the rich history of lower Manhattan, from the first Dutch settlers to the origin of a new nation
- See the New York Stock Exchange, Federal Hall, and The House of Morgan, and other famed architectural wonders
[Our guide] worked in the financial markets for the last 30 years and had tons of personal knowledge about the financial district's history, real estate and the markets themselves. The tour lasted about 2 hours and 15 minutes and every minute was educational and interesting. If you have never been downtown to the financial district, go on this tour!!
Tom, our guide, was so knowledgeable he brought the whole 'crash' to life for us. He was able to answer all our questions and his presentation was very engaging. I thoroughly enjoyed everything from the insights into key players to the history and function of the various institutions in the financial district.
We were very lucky to get Sandford, who provided a detailed and lively in-depth history at several vantage points in the Wall Street area. While covering all the key points of its history, Sanford added many interesting and curious details (often with great illustrations) that had everyone on the tour paying rapt attention, including our 14 year old daughter. We were lucky to have a tour guide that had insider experience as well as a background of research that enabled him to explain, to a general audience, how wall street worked, as well as how and when it didn't work.
Jonathon's personal background in the industry gave us a wonderful connection to Wall Street and the issues surrounding the GFC. His professional manner, deep knowledge and very friendly style really made you feel you were part of the 'Wall Street story' and New York in general.
...Full of financial history, lots of politics, a much deeper understanding of the who and why of all the players in the mortgage bank and insurance downfalls, and much background information from past boom and bust periods, with even some architecture and "big picture" Wall Street history thrown in. Our younger daughter is actually the reason we chose the tour - she took it 2-3 years ago and loved it.
I had worked for several years on Wall St., and never really appreciated the history of the premier financial center of the world. Tom was very engaging, and kept the diverse tour group attentive with interesting current and historical facts and information. He also incorporated entertaining anecdotes from his years as a trader.
Our guide Jon was very informative and though I work in the finance industry I still learned a lot.
George was a wonderful Tour Director. His knowledge of the events and historical places on this tour was most evident.
Tom was energetic and informative and I really appreciated the personal insights that came from his background as a broker in the New York Stock Exchange before the Global Financial Crisis... There wasn't a question I had Tom couldn't answer!
Despite having no interest in or experience with finance I had a great time on the tour... I can now discuss what a "bullish" market vs. a "bearish" market means. Sandy kept things moving and was easily understood and heard with his Mic. At the end of the tour he took the group's picture and emailed it to everyone. I loved that.
Sandy is an extraordinary tour guide with lots of ''inner circle'' knowledge of Wall street and the people who make Wall street so special. Amazing to hear the stories of the historical powers as well as the present ones who create wealth and destroy it with the same scrupless way of doing business. An eye opener for all of us from Europe as well as from the US.
He has reported on finance for many years and knows what happened at the financial moment of truth and why. In 120 minutes, in a short walk we revisited many of the fundamental events and personalities of American History...
As an Econ student visiting NY, I had great expectations about this tour.Jon was up to them. He started by clearly explaining the causes of the 2008 crisis, and then we moved on to get to know about the history of Wall St with attention to details that will be hard to find somewhere else.
jon white was an exceptional tour leader. His wealth of knowledge and experience made the tour real and full of interesting stories about events and people. He connected the events leading up to 2008 crisis with historical anecdotes. Excellent!
Sandy was our tour guide and he was FANTASTIC!... As a New Yorker working in finance, I especially enjoyed his inside information! Thanks, Sandy!
Tour ContentHow are The Wall Street Experience tours different than others?
These are the only tours designed and guided by Wall Street insiders, which provides first-hand accounts of Wall Street. If you want this additional depth of experience, these are the tours for you.
No other Wall Street tours have our depth of content and relevance. Our guides have managed billion dollar trading businesses, taught economics at MIT and written for finance and trading publications.
This is why Oliver Stone filmed us for the Wall Street 2 Movie DVD feature and why leading financial institutions such as Bank of America, Credit Suisse, and MF Global, as well as leading universities including UPenn and Columbia selected us for their group events.
The stories we tell, the answers we give and the interaction we can create is the difference.
We find those with an appreciation of finance and understanding of current events enjoy these tours more. You do not need to have a financial background as we don't assume that our audience does. Our tours are narrated without finance lingo. These are interactive tours and questions are encouraged. Check out the testimonials.
No, since the NYSE has been closed to visitors since 2001.
Tour LogisticsWhat do I need to bring on the tour?
If the weather is cool you may want to bring warm clothes as this tour takes place outdoors. It can be particularly windy in downtown Manhattan. If the weather is warm, you may want to bring something to drink. Feel free to bring a camera.
It is best to use the bathroom before the tour. There are no planned bathroom stops. However there are public restrooms along the way.
Yes, the tour will go on unless severe weather prevents your enjoyment. If we cancel the tour, you can reschedule the tour. Please contact us to find out if a tour is cancelled due to inclement weather. We will refund the ticket if we cancel the tour.
Yes, they are allowed.
Approximately 1 mile or 1.6 kilometers over 2 hours for the Financial Crisis Tour. While there are no hills, there are some steps.
The tour will end near our starting point.
Yes, but only if you share with the rest of us.
No dress codes required. You should dress in comfortable clothing. If the weather is cool you may want to bring warm clothes as this tour takes place outdoors. It can be particularly windy in downtown Manhattan. In the wintertime, DEFINITELY bundle up, wear extra layers and hats and gloves.
Tips are always appreciated by our guides, but never expected. They should be given if you believe your guide did an outstanding job, and further, if you as an individual want to demonstrate your appreciation to the guide for that job well done.
Ticket DetailsCan I reschedule or refund my ticket?
Yes, you can reschedule or transfer your ticket. You can refund your ticket if you let us know 48 hours before your tour.
Please purchase your tickets online in advance. We cannot guarantee availability at the tour.
Important Restrictions
- Please arrive 10 minutes early as the tour starts on time. You will not be able to catch up to the tour if late.
- Just tell the guide your name. No need to print out the ticket.
- ACTIVITY TAKES PLACE RAIN OR SHINE: The activity runs regardless of weather conditions. In the rare situation where the seller is forced to cancel the event, ticket-holders will be allowed to reschedule to another time (subject to availability) or offered a refund.
- ACTIVITY TAKES PLACE OUTDOORS: Dress appropriately for the weather.
Rescheduling Policy
- We understand that your plans sometimes change. That is why we try to be as flexible and accommodating as possible with our Flexible Reschedule Policy. What does this mean?
- Free Rescheduling Anytime: Reschedule your tour anytime without penalty even if you missed the tour.
- Refund after rescheduling: Once you have been rescheduled, there can be no refunds if you decide not to take the tour.
Meeting Location: Outfront of 15 Broad Street
Click to open map in new window:By Subway:
to Wall Street. Walk 1 block over to Broad Street.
to Fulton Street. Walk 6 blocks south to Broad Street.
to Rector St. Walk 3 blocks east to Broad Street and Wall Street.
By Car: Click here for a map of nearby paid parking spaces. Not recommended due to unpredictable traffic which may cause you to miss the tour.
Tour Bus Loading/ Unloading and Parking: Click here (opens in a new window) for DOT's permitted tour bus map in lower Manhattan.
Tour Ends: Federal Reserve Bank on Liberty Street and Nassau Street, about 5 blocks from the meeting location.


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A Hamilton County Criminal Court judge will rule if two cousins, charged in the beating and stabbing death of a local pastor, should receive separate trials.
"Both of these two individuals will be pointing at the other," attorney Dan Ripper said Monday during a court hearing.
Ripper represents Antonio Xavier Henry, 26, and had filed a request that the cases be severed, granting separate trials for Henry and his cousin Brendan Barnes, 17, who is represented by Executive Assistant District Public Defender Karla Gothard.
The cousins have told police and the Chattanooga Times Free Press that they beat Pastor David Strong, but each blames the other for the 29 stab wounds that a medical examiner says killed the 55-year-old man in his Glenwood Drive home.
Police found Strong's body Oct. 10, 2010, but think he was killed days earlier.
The pair left the Glenwood Drive home in Strong's vehicle and then withdrew about $600 from the pastor's bank account after his death, police said.
Ripper told Hamilton County Criminal Court Judge Don Poole that Henry and Barnes implicate each other as the killer of Strong in statements to police and the Times Free Press.
After the hearing, Ripper said that could set up "mutually antagonistic defenses," pitting separate constitutional rights -- the right against self-incrimination and the ability to confront your accuser -- at odds.
But District Attorney Bill Cox argued during the hearing that the "mere passing blame from one defendant to another is not enough to establish antagonistic defenses."
Ripper also had asked for redacted transcripts of statements from both defendants that the prosecution plans to use at trial and if the attorneys would use information from a jailhouse interview Henry granted the Times Free Press last year.
Executive Assistant District Attorney Neal Pinkston said they would not use information from the newspaper, which is shielded under Tennessee law.
Poole ordered the transcribed statements be entered into the court record by Oct. 24, one week before the next scheduled hearing on Oct. 31.
He told both sides to be open to set a trial date for some time in February or March.
Barnes' transfer from Juvenile Court and delays in evidence processed by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation crime lab have held up the case.
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9 Things You Can Do with Web Conferencing
Web conferencing is a quick, efficient, and affordable way to have high touch meetings and deliver interactive presentations. Here is a short list of things you can do with web conferencing:
1. You can conduct online meetings with prospects, clients, employees, vendors and colleagues. Web conferencing provides a number of advantages over traditional face to face meetings and teleconferences. Web meetings will never take the place of face to face meetings, but meeting online is cheaper, saves travel time, and is location independent. Online meetings offer more interaction than teleconferencing. Top tier web conferencing programs support video, desktop sharing, and other types of rich digital media.
2. Provide customer support – Web conferencing applications can help you provide support by allowing support personnel to share their desktops with your customers. Many web conferencing providers also have remote control capabilities, which can help your support team resolve problems faster.
3. Train your employees and clients – Forget about securing a meeting room and expensive overhead projector for your next training event. With web conferencing you can provide hands on training 24/7 to anyone, regardless of their location.
4. Lead generation events – Nothing can produce a list of red hot leads faster than a high value webinar. Once you've got the leads in the funnel you can start the sales process.
5. Collaborate on documents – Before online meeting software came along document collaboration was difficult and error prone. In the past you would make changes to a document, create annotations explaining the changes, then e-mail the document to a colleague for review. They would open it up, make edits, and send it back. With web conferencing you can team up on a document as if you were sitting in the same room looking over each other's shoulder.
6. Record meetings – Have you ever head the expression? – "When all is said and done, more is said than done." This is one of the primary reasons people have a strong distaste for meetings. With web conferencing software you can record the screen and the audio from your online meetings. This gives you a record of what was said, so that you can ensure things get done.
7. Manage remote workers – Globalization is changing the way companies do business. It's not uncommon for a business to have workers in different timezones, countries, and continents. Syncing up with your global work force is important, but it's not cost effective to fly to Mumbai every time you need an update on a software project. Long distance phone calls to Manila can also be expensive. Cut your long distance bill and travel budget by using an application like MeetMeNow to have a VOIP enabled web conference.
8. Reduce your carbon footprint – A nice side effect of online meetings is that they have less of an impact on the environment than traditional meetings. According to WebEx, you can save 2,690 pounds of carbon dioxide by moving your sales presentation online.
9. Create a company help desk – I mentioned earlier that you can use web meeting applications to troubleshoot your customer's technical support issues. Why not extend this same support to your employees. Don't send your tech support people down to HR next time Janet has a problem with Excel – just fire up your web meeting software and handle it from the comfort of your own desk.
This is just a small sample of things you can do with web conferencing software. The only limit on what you can accomplish is your own ingenuity.


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A young boy is a witness the murder of his family. Fifteen years later he sets of to find the four killers. Along the way he befriends another cowboy out for the same revenge and realizes he maybe connected to men he's looking for.


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Saudi Arabia Construction Market Discussed by Timetric in New Research Report Published at MarketPublishers.com
16 Dec 2014 • by Natalie Aster
LONDON – Saudi Arabia's construction industry was valued at around USD 70 billion in 2013, recording 10% CAGR during 2009-2013. The growth in the industry was supported by the 9th Development Plan for the period from 2010 to 2014. In the offing, the industry's expansion is expected to be supported by the rising tourism industry and massive investments in the residential and infrastructure sectors. Industrial construction is set to be supported by the government's focus on the diversification of the national economy. The industry's growth will likely be enhanced by the growing population plans to deal with the severe shortage of housing, as well as endeavors to develop the transportation network and renewable power infrastructure. The domestic construction industry's output is forecast to post a CAGR of just under 11% during the forecast period to be worth nearly USD 118 billion by 2018.
Infrastructure construction was the industry's leading sector as of 2013, accounting for over 35% of its overall value and posting 11% CAGR over the analysis period. Through to 2018, the market is expected to grow at the fastest rate, fuelled by robust economic growth, investments in infrastructure projects, and the government's plans to develop renewable energy.
New study "Construction in Saudi Arabia – Key Trends and Opportunities to 2018" elaborated by Timetric offers an in-depth analysis and forecast of the Saudi Arabian construction sector.
The report presents historical (2009-2013) and forecasted (2014-2018) valuations of the national construction industry (with the use of construction value-add and output methods); market segmentation by sector and project type; breakdown of values within each type of project (by cost type and type of activity). It gives an overview and deep analysis of key industry related themes, including cost management, regulatory landscape, pricing and funding issues. Detailed profiles of top-notch companies are at hand in the report, which is essential for those who want to take the upper hand over business rivals. The research study takes a keen look at the impact of different issues and trends with respect to the Saudi Arabian construction industry, as well as examines major opportunities and risks being faced by the industry participants.
Report Details:
Construction in Saudi Arabia – Key Trends and Opportunities to 2018
Published: December, 2014
Pages: 70
Price: US$ 1,950.00
More new reports by the publisher can be found at Timetric page.
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The Bordelon family isn't going anywhere anytime soon, and neither is Queen Sugar. OWN announced Wednesday that it would be picking up the epic family drama for a fourth season—surprising no one, given the show's dedicated fan base.
Erik Logan, president of OWN, in a statement announcing the decision, lauded producer Ava DuVernay for the show, pointing out its "well-deserved reputation for depicting nuanced characters, rich storylines and establishing an inclusive team that inspires and ignites much-needed conversations about our society today."
"We are very proud of this show, the incredible cast, producers, and crew, and can't wait for more of the Bordelon family in season four," he added.
The fourth season will continue the series' tradition of assembling all-female directors to helm Queen Sugar's episodes but will feature a new showrunner: Anthony Sparks, who previously worked as a co-executive producer on the show.
In a press release, OWN wrote that the showrunner change supports DuVernay's vision of "providing showrunner opportunities to those who have never before held the position." Sparks "has been a key component in the Queen Sugar writers' room from the series inception," the network added. He's worked as a writer on a number of other shows, including Undercovers, Lincoln Heights and The District.
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Dustin caught something in his ghost trap but it is certainly not a ghost. His mom is very suspicious of Dustin's skittish behavior. After evicting his turtle from its aquarium it is revealed that Dustin has captured a small slug like creature. Good news it likes Halloween candy and Dustin has plenty of that.
In a flashback we see the day that Eleven revealed herself to Hopper. We see them setting up the cabin. Rules are established. Keep the curtains drawn. Don't open the door unless you hear the secret knock. Don't go out alone especially in the daytime. Eleven is frustrated by Hopper continually telling her soon she can see Mike. She wants a definite answer to the end of her isolation.
Bob takes Will to school. On the way they have a conversation about standing up to your fears. Nancy missed her first class because Steve did not pick her up. Steve said he assumed Jonathan would pick her up. Nancy says she has no memory of the night before. It is clear that Steve is still hurt by the things that Nancy said that night.
Dustin has smuggled the creature into school and has named him Dart. Reptiles are usually exothermic but Dart doesn't like heat or light. He doesn't need water. Maybe this is not a pollywog after all. After a little research at the library Dustin is convinced he has discovered a new species. When Will sees Dart he has a flashback of coughing up a slug. When the creature screeches Will is further traumatized. The boys consider telling Mr Clark but chicken out. Max is annoyed that the boys won't let her in. She picks the lock and Dart escapes into the school. The little Pollywog is on the move.
Hopper continues to investigate the slime. When he draws circles on a map of affected area they radiate out with the lab in the center. He confronts Dr. Owens blaming him and his experiments for the dead crops. Dr. Owens tells Hopper to keep things quiet as the scientists work on the problem.
In a flashback Eleven asks Hopper if she has a mother. He tells her that of course she has a mother but she is gone. This left me wondering if we will get more information about Eleven's mother this season. While Hopper is at work Eleven breaks the rules. She goes out during the day and her powers are seen by a mother and her young child. The police are called to the incident and it seems as though Murray might not be crazy after all. Maybe there is a Russian girl with crazy powers. Eleven makes it to Hawkins Middle School looking for Mike. When she arrives Mike is talking to Max who wants a permanent place in their party. Mike is skeptical. He says all the positions are full. He begins listing each person's position and mentions that Eleven is their Mage. Max asks if she can do magic. Mike says that El had to move away and tries to change the subject. Max rides her skateboard around mike saying she wants the position of Zoomer. Eleven witnesses this scene and in her jealousy uses her powers to make Max fall off her skateboard then leaves.
Joyce watches the video from Halloween night and sees Will be bullied. That is not all she sees. When Joyce pauses the video she sees a shadow. Using thin paper she makes a tracing of it. When she compares her crayon scribbles to Will's pencil drawing they are very similar. What is it?
The search for Dart continues. The boys go in all different directions. Will finds the creature in a bathroom. Will runs out of the room. Whenever he is near Dart, Will has flashbacks of the Upside Down. Are they really flashbacks or does Will now possess "the sight" allowing him to see into the ethereal plane? Jonathan told Nancy that Will is home but is not the same. Dustin finds Dart and hides him under his hat then tells his friends he can't find him. I am worried that Dustin is starting to be more loyal to the creature. I hope he does not choose this pollywog over his friends.
In the final scene Will is facing down the monster. Will does not back down and the tentacles reach inside him. Do you have theories about what will happen next? Darrell and Addi would love to hear from you on The Stranger Things Podcast. Catch you next week in Hawkins where things continue to get Stranger.
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Here is a possible ghost picture that we received from a visitor. This photograph is presented here to give you, the readers, the chance to post your comments. What do you think?
Here is the information we received about the picture:
Hi, I had this email sent to me today, Tuesday 9th March 2010, from a friend named Stix. I have no idea if its genuine but Stix assures me that the guy who took the photo is very honest.
The story goes that the man who took the picture of his daughter had been noticing that things have been mysteriously moved all around the house since they moved into their new place. The baby's toys keep going missing and turning up in strange places!
The other day he took a photo of his little girl and this strange figure appeared in the fire place. It looks like a Victorian woman to me, I just hope its not a new phone application that allow people to manipulate pictures and engineer hoaxes. As I said before though the guy who took the snap does have a very sincere reputation.
Please let me know what you think about this, kind regards� Col Foster, from Brierley Hill, West Midlands.
Sent in by Col Foster, Copyright TrueGhostTales.com 2010


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According to a new survey from Interact, 69 percent of American employees who work virtually feel that their level of engagement suffers due to a lack of communication from management.
"Unhappy employees who are disconnected from their managers and the company cannot take ownership of the mission, goals or big picture, which is the minimum requirement for the kind of engagement that impacts a company's bottom line," said Lou Solomon, CEO and founder of Interact. "Today it is standard practice for corporations to have people scattered across the country and around the globe, but the success of any culture still rests on relationships and human engagement.
Other findings from the online survey include:
- 61 percent of employees who ever work virtually think those working in the office/workplace feel more engaged with management than they do.
- 50 percent report feeling disconnected from their colleagues.
- 53 percent of employees who ever work virtually indicate they have to work twice as hard as those in the office/workplace to make connections within their organization.
- 55 percent of American employees who ever work virtually say their boss communicates with them almost exclusively by email.
In order to keep team members engaged and ensure productivity, Interact recommends that executives be intentional and strategic about building a sense of connectedness with virtual workers. Leaders can find ways to stay close to employees including methods such as:
- Holding in-person town hall meetings, allow people to ask questions, and telecast them to the entire organization.
- Shrinking the number of people on project teams to allow for intimacy and trust.
- Discouraging an email-only culture, instead relying upon programs such as Skype and phone calls.
- Investing in high-quality video conferencing equipment.


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6th – 23rd September 2011
Susannah Evans and Jane Baker were commissioned by Rafiki Thabo to visit all students that Rafiki have been supporting for the last two years. Its aim was to gather professional photos of all students for future publicity and fundraising purposes for Rafiki Thabo to enable them to create a wider support base in the UK for the charity and raise its income. Interviews were also conducted with various students on the Rafiki programme and a Ugandan Committee was also set up. The Reverend Benon Byruhanga kindly volunteers his time for Rafiki Thabo and is the main link between the UK and Uganda. Reverend Benon Byruhanga has been a personal friend to Susannah for the past 11 years.
It was fantastic to be back in Uganda after 5 years away and introduce Jane to the beautiful country! We spent a few days in Kampala (Capital) where we were able to meet Sara Akampuria who has recently graduated in MA thanks to the support of Rafiki. We then travelled 8 hours on a very long bus ride to Kabale, SW Uganda where Rafiki is based. We were met by Rev Benon Byruhanga who has been a long standing friend of mine for the last 10 years and has been coordinating the work of Rafiki. It was fantastic to meet again and it was though no time had passed.
Benon was fantastic in working with Jane and I to form a timetable to enable us to visit every Rafiki student. In 10 days we went to 7 Secondary Schools, 1 University and 1 Nursery Training Institute. We met all the Rafiki students and talked to them individually and took photographs. Listening to their stories and the way Rafiki has given them hope was inspiring and humbling.


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We will show the Academy-Award winning movie—Inocente. At 15, Inocente was an undocumented immigrant forced to live homeless. This documentary takes you inside the life of this amazing young woman who struggles every day against despair in order to survive and pursue her dream of being an artist. She is homeless, creative, funny, and unstoppable. You will also have the opportunity to meet Inocente in person!


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How the PlayStation 3 Won the Current-Gen Console War
Mark Adams / Apr 15th, 2013 83 Comments
There's no denying it was a slow start for Sony's PlayStation 3 console. The console launched over a year after Microsoft's Xbox 360, it was way more expensive than its competition and it was in short supply at launch. However, those early adopters knew they were onto something very good, and for many it was the home console of choice.
Forward to over six years since the release and the PS3 is now not only the biggest selling of the two main consoles, but arguably has the best selection of games from both first, third and independent developers. Some see this as a minor miracle. At the beginning, there seemed to be no chance of Sony winning this generation's console war. However, in true Sony spirit they came, they saw the competition and they conquered. It was a long struggle, but worth it in the end. How did Sony achieve this feat?
The Games
[adsense250itp]There's no denying that Sony showed a lot of promise with the early releases on the PlayStation 3. The very first Resistance game was an example of the potential power of the console. Yet early cross-platform titles suffered horrendously from badly programmed ported games, which affected people's vision of how great the console was going to become in later years.
For those who stayed through the tumultuous early years, they were greeted with better and better games. When it came to Sony Exclusive titles, the full power of the PlayStation 3 was released. Over the years Sony produced the best looking games on any of the console platforms, with titles such as Killzone 2 & 3, the Uncharted Series (all three pushed graphical boundaries unseen on a console before), the Resistance series (number three being technically uber-impressive), the sensational God Of War 3, Gran Turismo 5, Wipeout HD, Heavy Rain and the stunning MotorStorm series to name just a few. But there is, of course, more to games than graphics, and each of those titles mentioned pushed the relevant genres to further heights. This push allowed console gaming to grow to a level where we expect much more from games now than we ever did before.
It was not just the big titles that pushed limits though, as gamers flocked to obscure titles such as Little Big Planet and chose to download titles from Sony's ever popular PlayStation Network service such as the PixelJunk releases, Flower, Echochrome 2, Dead Nation and the wonderful Super Stardust HD. For those people looking for a bit of retro-gaming, the PS3 can play PS1 games, and there are many to download on their download service, plus early PS3s played PlayStation 2 games, and now in 2013 there is a great selection of this software to download on PSN.
Quality is always far more important than quantity, and with Sony's approach to quality software, it has left gamers with a mind-blowing choice of top-notch games that will suit everybody's taste. Even as this generation comes to a close, Sony and developers writing for the machine are pushing out titles that are proving that there is still plenty of life left in the system.
One of the early criticisms of the PlayStation Network was that it paled in comparison to Microsoft's Xbox Live. What many people seemed to forget though was that Sony's offering was totally free, with no subscription and available to everyone upon purchase of a new machine. Over the years though, Sony has been fine-tuning the PSN and their store. For those of us who have seen the PSN since day one, note that the difference now between PSN and Xbox Live is that there really is not any.
For those who play online, they will know that PSN has always been rather robust. Although it lacked some of the features of Xbox Live, it did a good job of allowing players to play online together at no cost. Today, there really is no difference between the two online services, except you have to pay for Xbox Live, and anyone who says otherwise is living in a fanboy-dreamland.
The same can be said for the PlayStation Store. It is now got a huge amount of content, and thankfully due to Sony's ongoing quality system, the quality of the titles on PSN is unsurpassed. There are quality titles available for every genre, plus genres that we never knew could exist. Looking at the titles on offer on both PSN and Xbox Live, you would be hard pushed to realize which one was the pay service and which one was the free service.
Since its launch though, Sony has released PlayStation Plus which is a brilliant pay service. PS Plus offers an instant collection of various games upon subscription, with many titles discounted to Plus members, and a lot of titles given away free each month, plus free early access to demos and Betas. The positive of it is, that it is optional, you are not forced to pay Sony, and may do so only if you want to enjoy the benefits.
The Package
Sony's PlayStation 3 has been re-designed on a number of occasions, and the latest models are half the size of the original PS3. Of course, just like all console designs, one's opinion on its aesthetics are totally based on personal opinion. However, taking into account that around the World the PlayStation 3 is outselling other consoles, its newer designs are obviously doing their intended job.
Also on a cost versus cost basis of each console, many people see Sony's machine as the perfect choice because of its huge hard-drive, great game library, free internet access and so much more. In some territories there are also various coloured consoles available, which of course attract more customers.
Thankfully, Sony did not mess too much with the controller either. The PS3 Dualshock controller still remains a favorite with gamers, with its perfectly formed shape to enable hours of endless gameplay.
Closing Statements
There are territories where the PlayStation 3 is not doing as well as the Xbox 360. However, even in these areas the PS3 is selling extremely well. Around the World, the PlayStation brand is as popular as it has ever been, and the success of the PlayStation 3 has shown that you just cannot keep a good console down if the games are there that players want to play.
The future for Sony is looking promising again. After the earlier failure of the PS3, Sony will no doubt ensure that the PlayStation 4 will be the gaming platform of choice for the next generation of gamers.
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With all that's said and written about value-added crops, you get the idea it's a market that's open to just about anybody willing to sign on the dotted line.
The truth is that, just like the Marines, companies with contracts are looking for a few good men. And the more valuable the crop, the more selective they will be.
"Our company looks at it from the 20-80 rule. Twenty percent of the farmers will be growing 80% of the contract crops," says Kim Kuebler, ExSeed Genetics LLC, Owensboro, KY. "There's no doubt contract crops are the way ag is going."
Farm size isn't a criterion for landing those contracts, according to companies developing value-enhanced crops. "Our data base of high-oil corn growers shows there isn't a clear-cut farm size. It ranges from the small to mega-farmer," says Linda Wyss, Pioneer Hi-Bred's product manager, corn feed traits.
But at grower meetings sponsored by chemical companies, some farmers have been asked if they're willing to sign up for contract crops in 1,000-acre increments. Other companies specifically target growers with 2,000 acres or more.
Large contracts work particularly well for export crops.
"We look for barge-load quantities," says Kuebler. "One barge holds 50,000 bu. If we contract 1,000 acres with a farmer we'd anticipate 150,000 bu of production, or three barge loads. Three barges is the size of a hold in an export ship."
Conversely, the company has contracted as few as 100 acres with farmers, according to Kuebler.
Quality, more than quantity, however, will put you on the list of contract growers, according to Mike Stiefel, vice president of specialty grains at Wilson Genetics LLC, Harlan, IA.
"The better the product that you produce, the more you'll get," says Stiefel. "You better be one of the best at growing, drying and storing a crop. The higher on the value curve that a crop is, the more criteria there will be to grow it."
Where you farm may open or close the door to some contracts, particularly for export crops, according to Wyss. "It's the No. 1 criterion on my list," she says. "If you're not close to the Mississippi River or a railroad that serves the Northwest, transportation costs can reduce the value of the premiums. As the domestic market grows, it will put more sites on the map."
"I think we'll end up going to soil-type-specific value-enhanced crops," says Stiefel. "Some contracts will be geo-specific and regionalized based on growing conditions."
Wyss lists storage capacity as another main criterion for contracts. "You need to match contract fields to bins. Growers who have multiple bins have an edge," she says. "Sometimes several small bins work better than one large one to allow a grower to select multiple contracts or products."
Technology, both in the field and in the office, will be important if you want to grow contract crops. Growers who use computerized field maps and records coupled with precision ag practices will be preferred by companies in the value-added chain. In some cases, the contracts may dictate what machinery you use.
Companies will also expect you to be a regular Internet user. "Contracting will be closely tied to e-commerce," says Stiefel. "Farmers online will be finding marketing opportunities year-round. It's just a natural. I don't know that there's a better means of communication. The better operators are already online."
"The growers we're looking for may spend more than $500 a month on telephone, Internet and other communications in order to network with like-minded growers," says Kuebler. "They want to keep abreast of the latest developments in value-enhanced grains."
Who you know counts. The value-added chain links companies from genetics all the way through to the end user. If you want to be part of that chain, you need to know the rest of the links.
"A farmer needs to become part of one or more networks. It's a center of influence that puts you in the information loop," says Stiefel.
"The high-premium contracts will go to farmers already established in the chain. You need to understand the system and be aware of what's out there," adds Wyss. "It may mean you need to look for a new place to sell grain, work with different seed providers and get to know the end users and what their criteria are. Grower meetings can be a good place to start."
Minden, NE, farmer Dave Grams and his brothers meet most of the criteria the contracting companies look for. They farm several thousand acres, understand and use new technology and marketing programs and are looking for new profit opportunities. They recently bought an older elevator that includes eleven 20,000-bu bins. And they have grown a number of value-enhanced crops.
But these likely candidates for contracts cut back their acres this year. "In the past we've grown a number of value-enhanced corn and soybean crops," says Grams. "But the companies have de-tuned the contracts to the point the risk isn't worth the reward. This year the only specialty crop we're growing is popcorn."
The Grams' situation isn't unique. There's significant turnover among contract growers as the entire industry tries to figure out who ultimately will grow the contract crops.
But there's little doubt that contract crop acres will continue to increase.
"I think 10 years from now you'll see about one-third of the corn contracted as a commodity and another one-third contracted as a super commodity grown for a designated end use much like high-oil corn is today," says Kuebler. "The other one-third of the corn will be contracted as a custom-designed crop that meets the specific needs of a single end user.
"All the corn grown in Australia now is contracted before a seed is ever planted. That doesn't necessarily mean it will happen in the U.S., but I think it will," Kuebler says.


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- only available with dog insurance.
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