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Taylor Swift Surprises Fans With "Evermore," Her Second Album of 2020
Amy Gordon, Video Editor, Staff Writer
Christmas came early this year for all Swifties, as Taylor Swift released "evermore,"the "sister record" to "folklore." Fans were shocked when Swift announced just the night before that her ninth album would be released Dec. 11, less than five months after "folklore." Not only did Swift produce two albums this year, but she also released a documentary about the making of "folklore." Swift collaborated on a second album with producer and musician Aaron Dessner, who appears on the documentary.
Much like its sister album, "evermore" is an indie album with softer music, mostly relying on piano and string instruments. Although they have similar sounds, everything about this album is different for Swift.
"I've never done this before. In the past I've always treated albums as one-off eras and moved onto planning the next one after an album was released," Swift said on Instagram, announcing "evermore."
Swift has mastered many genres, such as country, pop, country-pop, you name it. She is constantly trying new things and experimenting. With "folklore," however, Swift was so inspired, she just had to dive back in and create even more stories, ones that she could not abandon. This means one thing: "evermore" has got to be good.
And it is. "Evermore" consists of fifteen songs, each one with its own story that has been carefully crafted to keep listeners intrigued and invested, all while making them easy to listen to with calming instrumentals.
Her most popular song from "evermore" is "willow," which already has a music video to accompany it. Swift also released a "moonlit witch version" of this song which provides more of an upbeat and pop tone. In Swift-fashion the singer-songwriter also released the heartbreaking song "champagne problems" co-written with Joe Alwyn. This is definitely one of Swift's sadder songs, telling a heart-wrenching love story of a rejected proposal and the pain that comes along with it. The lyrics may be hard to listen to, but the calming and dismal piano accompanying this tale keeps listeners engrossed. Although many fans suspected this song was about Swift and Alwyn's relationship, this rumour was quickly debunked by Swift. The couple has co-written two other songs on the album: "coney island" and "evermore."
Swift collaborated with other artists on "evermore." Bon Iver makes another appearance on the song "evermore," after he was featured on "exile" from the last album. The song "coney island" features The National, and "no body, no crime" features pop rock band, HAIM.
This album is full of new experimentations from Swift, all while transcending listeners into another world of woods and wonder. The excitement isn't over yet though, as bonus tracks are on their way. Fans can expect "right where you left me" and "it's time to go" to drop soon.
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In 2010 I worked with the YES! Association on the project EQUALITY AGREEMENT 2010 (5 YEARS LATER) (JÄMLIKHETSAVTAL 2010 (5 år senare)). EUQALITY AGREEMENT 2010 (5 YEARS LATER) was a collaboration between the YES! Association and the exhibition space Röda Sten in Gothenburg with the goal to develop an agreement with the objective to increase cultural, ethic and social diversity in the art world, while simultaneously pointing out that we all have a gender, an ethnicity, a class belonging and a sexual orientation, and that these positionalities influence both the course of the institution as well as the individual's agency and ability to act.
How can we "name" without risking to reproduce the confining categories that we want to leave behind? In which contexts can the act of "naming" instead work emancipatory and lead to increased agency? How can the right to self-definition work in the agreement and how can it be implemented constructively in the daily work at Röda Sten?
During the project, the YES! Association worked out an Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form and related agreements in a step to allow the Röda Sten to be able and willing to sign the YES! Association's Equal Opportunities Agreement.


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"In terms of immigration and integration policies it appears that Sweden is more progressive than other countries, but the tide is also turning.
A number of restrictions to existing migration and integration policies have been introduced, and the media discourse has shifted from positive welcoming of refugees and asylum seekers to portraying migration, and by extension, migrants, as a problem," ENAR press spokesperson Georgina Siklossy told The Local.
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Anyways, is there a specific name for the art version of Arzach? I can't seem to locate it.
PS: what do you think of the Arzach art book? I hear it's a trip.
All Moebius art is a trip.
I had seen a collected Arzach book, but it was called simply "Arzach".


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For some cheap, quick and bright 'art', take one pack of Solfint drinking straws and put them inside a 25cmx25cm Ribba frame. No cutting required.
You need to put in three layers, (you'll still have some straws left over) and it works best if you alternate the direction of layers. Put your first layer in, the one that will be on display, with the straws going up/down, the second layer with them going left/right, the final layer with them going up/down.
You could also use the Sommarfint straws.
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Durst, manufacturer of advanced digital printing and production technologies, is expanding its high-revenue large-format printing segment with a new leadership. Previously, the segment was divided into the areas of web-fed printing in Brixen and flatbed printing at the Lienz production site. With the introduction of the P5 technology platform and the future development of hybrid printing systems, the historically grown structure will be dissolved in favour of better efficiency in the daily dealings with Durst customers and the business unit will be controlled from the Durst headquarters in Brixen, northern Italy.
The new dual leadership will be formed by experienced Durst managers Christian Harder and Andrea Riccardi. Both employees have been with the company for over 20 years and have helped shape the evolutionary stages of Durst inkjet technology in all its facets. As the new Global Sales Director, Christian Harder has cross-segment know-how and has been responsible for successful worldwide sales management for Ceramics Printing in recent years. By concentrating the management function in the Group, Durst is now paving the way for optimal networking and integration with the relevant areas in development, software and services.


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Agreement groups in the US Senate
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PhD student Adrien Friggeri demonstrates a new clustering algorithm with a visualization of the agreement groups within the United States Senate over time.
As you might imagine, there are two obvious groupings, Republican and Democrat. It gets interesting though when you look at Democrats classified as Republicans and vice versa. For example, the 11 Republicans placed in the Democratic group of the 110th Congress:
Most of whom are either moderates or closer to the Democrats than to their own party. Charles Hagel was critic of the Bush Administration which he described as "the lowest in capacity, in capability, in policy, in consensus — almost every area" of any presidency in the last forty years. George Voinovich has been known to oppose lowering taxes and frequently joined the Democrats on tax issues. John Warner is a moderate Republican and has centrist stances on many issues, to the point that he once faced opposition of other members of his own party when he decided to run for re-election.
Be sure to click on the gray boxes to follow the trajectories of different cohorts.
Lawmaking through the House and Senate visualized
Mapping politically polarized cities
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john — May 1, 2012 at 6:20 am
this is an interesting pattern generator, essentially a muti-track time line.
It could be enhanced with the addition of some other selected topics, such as changes in the senate rules requiring 60 votes rather than a majority
Brad — May 3, 2012 at 12:54 pm
Do you mean when the cloture rule was amended from 2/3 of the senators present and voting to 3/5 of the duly chosen and sworn senators? This change was made in 1975 (94th Congress–prior to this chart's beginning) and is an easier threshold to meet for ending debate on an issue. The senate always has and continues to only require a majority for most votes.
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Two gas catalytic ovens from HERAEUS NOBLELIGHT have been installed at Life Fitness in Illinois, USA, where they are said to be helping to double production and save costs in the manufacture of high quality gym equipment. The company says they were fitted quickly and easily within a scheduled shut-down period, in the limited floor space available and were operational in less than a month.
The facility in Illinois is the company's largest manufacturing plant in the US and an essential part of the manufacturing process is that the equipment is coated with a powder lacquer, which is then cured under heat. Historically, the curing process has been carried out in a convection oven.
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HERAEUS NOBLELIGHT reports its range of gas catalytic, infra-red heaters has now been certified to ATEX 2 2G standard and this makes them suitable for applications in above-ground areas which may contain explosive atmospheres caused by gases, vapours mists or air/dust mixtures. The company says the heaters are designed for fitting in infra-red ovens, which are particularly suitable for powder coating and applications ranging from food drying, thermo forming and textiles drying to leather curing and curing coatings on heat-sensitive substrates, such as MDF.
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'''Marian Kramer''' has been at the forefront of the struggle of the poor, and a leader in the fight to stop the privatization of water in Detroit, Michigan. She has been the front lines of the welfare rights and civil rights movement from its origin in the 1960s. Kramer serves as the Co-chair of the [[National Welfare Rights Union]].<ref>[http://www.speakersforanewamerica.com/topicspkrs.php?fold=topics&page=Corporations Speakers for a New America website]</ref>
Marian Kramer is married to [[General Baker]].
[[Marian Kramer]] was married to [[General Baker]].
==Revolutionary Union Movement==
*[[Marian Kramer]], [[National Welfare Rights Union]]
==30th Anniversary speaker==
In October 2, 1993, the [[Institute for Policy Studies]] celebrated its 30th anniversary by holding a conference "Progressive Thought in the Post WWII Era" featuring discussions about a wide range of public policy issues. The panelists discussed a progressive approach to public policy issues since World War II. A key part of the conference was a panel consisting of [[Garry Wills]], Northwestern University history Professor; [[Eleanor Holmes Norton]], member of the House of Representatives; [[Marian Kramer]], President of the [[National Welfare Rights Union]]. It was moderated by IPS founder [[Richard Barnet]].<ref>[http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/WarII, U.S. Foreign Policy Since World War II, Oct 2, 1993, Institute for Policy Studies | Anniversary Celebration, CSPAN Library]]</ref>
==Black Radical Congress==
==National Welfare Rights Union==
As at October 5, 2008, Kramer served as Co-chair on the board of the [[National Welfare Rights Union]].<ref>[http://www.nationalwru.org/board.htm NWRU website: Board]</ref>
==US Social Forum National Planning Committee==
Contact Sheet for the National Planning Committee of the [[U.S. Social Forum]], [[Detroit]] 2010. Original April 09, 2009, Updated February 23, 2010.
*[[Michigan Welfare Rights Organization]], MWRO (Detroit, MI), Anchor organization - [[Marian Kramer]], [[Maureen Taylor]], [[Sylvia Orduno]] .
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==Poor People's Campaign==
[[Valerie Jean]] December 13, 2018 ·
I am so grateful for the #PoorPeoplesCampaign It gives me so much hope for the future.
These are just a few of my fav moments from the first part of 2018.
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The [[Poor People's Campaign]]:... See More — with [[Kim Redigan]], [[Elise Bryant]], [[Claire McClinton]], [[Luci Murphy]], [[Carolyn Baker]], [[Erica Williams]], [[Maureen Taylor]], [[Marian Kramer]], [[Tommy Tackett]], [[Darryl E. Jordan]], [[Charon Hribar]], [[Nia Eubanks-Dixon]], [[Jennifer Teed]] and [[Nicole Hill]].
[[Category:Poor People's Campaign]]
==LRNA==
[[Marian Kramer]] was a member of the [[Black Panther Party]] is a board member of the [[League of Revolutionaries for a New America]].
<ref>[Untold Glory: African Americans in Pursuit of Freedom, Opportunity, and ... By Alan B. Govenar p 1976]</ref>
[[Category:League of Revolutionarie for a New America]]
==League comrades==
[[Daymon J. Hartley]] January 5, 2014 · [[League of Revolutionaries for a New America]] leaders.
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With [[Cathy Talbott]], [[David Smokler]], [[General Baker]], [[Darryl Mitchell|Darryl Waistline Mitchell]], [[Nelson Peery]], [[Jerome Scott]], [[Dorothy Pinkney]], [[Marian Kramer]], [[Claire McClinton]] and [[Sandra Reid]]. Plus [[Edward Pinkney]].
==Speakers for a New America==
Circa 2014 '''{{PAGENAME}}''' was part of [[Speakers for a New America]], the speakers bureau for [[League of Revolutionaries for a New America]].
[[Category:League of Revolutionaries for a New America]]
==League of Rolutionaries for a New America MLK luncheon, Detroit==
[[Valerie Jean]] January 12 2019.
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With [[Tommy Tackett]], [[Marian Kramer]], [[Al Gladyck]] and [[Sandra Reid]] in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]].
=="Shoulders of giants"==
[[Valerie Jean]] January 17, 2016 near Detroit, MI ·
The long distance runners. As activists and organizers WE know WE stand on the shoulders of giants.
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The wisdom, strength, and power in this picture stems from decades long struggles with the [[League of Revolutionary Black Workers]] and [[Michigan Welfare Rights]]. ... See More — with [[Richard Fahoome]], [[Michael Berger]], [[Roshaun Harris]], [[David Smokler]], [[Marian Kramer]], [[Claire McClinton]], [[Al Gladyck]] and [[Michigan Welfare Rights Organization]] (MWRO).
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1 Revolutionary Union Movement
2 Malcolm X conference
3 30th Anniversary speaker
4 Black Radical Congress
5 National Conference to Reclaim Our Cities
6 National Welfare Rights Union
7 US Social Forum National Planning Committee
8 Poor People's Campaign
9 LRNA
10 League comrades
11 Speakers for a New America
12 League of Rolutionaries for a New America MLK luncheon, Detroit
13 "Shoulders of giants"
Marian Kramer has been at the forefront of the struggle of the poor, and a leader in the fight to stop the privatization of water in Detroit, Michigan. She has been the front lines of the welfare rights and civil rights movement from its origin in the 1960s. Kramer serves as the Co-chair of the National Welfare Rights Union.[1]
Marian Kramer was married to General Baker.
Revolutionary Union Movement
In 1968 and 1969, former Wayne State students such as General Baker, Marian Kramer, Ken Cockrel, Ken Hamblin, Luke Tripp, Charles Johnson, and others organized the Revolutionary Union Movement in Detroit's auto plants, which culminated in the League of Revolutionary Black Workers. Some of the organizers who split from the League joined former SNCC leader James Forman and founded the Black Workers Congress.[2]
Malcolm X conference
A conference, Malcolm X: Radical Tradition and a Legacy of Struggle was held in New York City, November 14 1990.
The "Black Women and Black Liberation: Fighting Oppression and Building Unity" panel consisted of;
Chairperson:
Vivien Morris, Freedom Road Socialist Organization
Panel:
Fran Beal, Frontline Political Organization
Vernice Miller, Center for Constitutional Rights
Barbara Ransby, Ella Baker - Nelson Mandela Center
Maxine Alexander, editor Speaking for Ourselves
Marian Kramer, National Welfare Rights Union
30th Anniversary speaker
In October 2, 1993, the Institute for Policy Studies celebrated its 30th anniversary by holding a conference "Progressive Thought in the Post WWII Era" featuring discussions about a wide range of public policy issues. The panelists discussed a progressive approach to public policy issues since World War II. A key part of the conference was a panel consisting of Garry Wills, Northwestern University history Professor; Eleanor Holmes Norton, member of the House of Representatives; Marian Kramer, President of the National Welfare Rights Union. It was moderated by IPS founder Richard Barnet.[3]
Black Radical Congress
In March 1998 "Endorsers of the Call" to found a Black Radical Congress included Marian Kramer, National Welfare Rights Union[4].
National Conference to Reclaim Our Cities
The Workers World Party instigated National Conference to Reclaim Our Cities was held Friday, November 11 2005, thru Sunday, November 13 in Detroit in the Wayne State University Student Center Ballroom.
People from the throughout the state of Michigan and delegations from New Orleans, Cleveland, Baltimore, New York and other cities will converge on the Wayne State University campus to develop strategies for the rebuilding of urban areas around the country. Under the theme: "Money to Rebuild New Orleans and all U.S. Cities, Not for War," this national meeting of grassroots, labor and peace activists will call for the feeding of the cities and the starving of the Pentagon.
Demanding funds for jobs, housing, Social Security, schools, healthcare and the environment, the conference will focus on the Bush administration's budget which slashed 150 domestic programs while it pushes the spending for war to over half a trillion dollars a year. Organizers of the event say that it is time to launch a struggle to win the right to healthcare, quality education, decent housing, food, utilities, and jobs at living wages.
A partial list of endorsers for this event includes: Maryann Mahaffey, President of the Detroit City Council, JoAnn Watson, member of the Detroit City Council, Donald Boggs, President of the Metro-Detroit AFL-CIO, Nathan Head, President of the Metro-Detroit Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, Ed Rowe, Pastor of Central United Methodist Church, Marian Kramer, Co-President of the National Welfare Rights Organization, the Gray Panthers of Metro-Detroit and Workers World Party members David Sole, President of UAW Local 2334and Abayomi Azikiwe, Editor of the Pan-African News Wire.
All day Saturday, November 12, there will be plenary sessions and workshops to discuss solutions to the urban crises across the United States and the role of the increasing militarization of both domestic and foreign policy of the national government.
This conference was open to the general public and was sponsored by the WSU student chapter of the the Workers World Party front Michigan Emergency Committee Against War & Injustice.[5]
National Welfare Rights Union
As at October 5, 2008, Kramer served as Co-chair on the board of the National Welfare Rights Union.[6]
US Social Forum National Planning Committee
Contact Sheet for the National Planning Committee of the U.S. Social Forum, Detroit 2010. Original April 09, 2009, Updated February 23, 2010.
Michigan Welfare Rights Organization, MWRO (Detroit, MI), Anchor organization - Marian Kramer, Maureen Taylor, Sylvia Orduno .
Poor People's Campaign
Valerie Jean December 13, 2018 ·
The Poor People's Campaign:... See More — with Kim Redigan, Elise Bryant, Claire McClinton, Luci Murphy, Carolyn Baker, Erica Williams, Maureen Taylor, Marian Kramer, Tommy Tackett, Darryl E. Jordan, Charon Hribar, Nia Eubanks-Dixon, Jennifer Teed and Nicole Hill.
LRNA
Marian Kramer was a member of the Black Panther Party is a board member of the League of Revolutionaries for a New America. [7]
League comrades
Daymon J. Hartley January 5, 2014 · League of Revolutionaries for a New America leaders.
With Cathy Talbott, David Smokler, General Baker, Darryl Waistline Mitchell, Nelson Peery, Jerome Scott, Dorothy Pinkney, Marian Kramer, Claire McClinton and Sandra Reid. Plus Edward Pinkney.
Speakers for a New America
Circa 2014 Marian Kramer was part of Speakers for a New America, the speakers bureau for League of Revolutionaries for a New America.
League of Rolutionaries for a New America MLK luncheon, Detroit
Valerie Jean January 12 2019.
With Tommy Tackett, Marian Kramer, Al Gladyck and Sandra Reid in Detroit, Michigan.
"Shoulders of giants"
Valerie Jean January 17, 2016 near Detroit, MI ·
The wisdom, strength, and power in this picture stems from decades long struggles with the League of Revolutionary Black Workers and Michigan Welfare Rights. ... See More — with Richard Fahoome, Michael Berger, Roshaun Harris, David Smokler, Marian Kramer, Claire McClinton, Al Gladyck and Michigan Welfare Rights Organization (MWRO).
↑ Speakers for a New America website
↑ [New Politics, vol. 6, no. 2 (new series), whole no. 22, Winter 1997]
↑ U.S. Foreign Policy Since World War II, Oct 2, 1993, Institute for Policy Studies | Anniversary Celebration, CSPAN Library]
↑ http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/45a/524.html
↑ Pan-African News Wire, October 30, 2005 Event: National Conference to Reclaim Our Cities (NCRC) Friday, November 11 thru Sunday, November 13
↑ NWRU website: Board
↑ [Untold Glory: African Americans in Pursuit of Freedom, Opportunity, and ... By Alan B. Govenar p 1976]
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Patients in west Suffolk are benefitting from a 'virtual' glaucoma service that has cut the time a patient had to wait for a test and review by half, according to West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust.
The trust is trumpeting the innovation, that allows patients to see a specialist opthalmolgist from private company Newmedica for a variety of tests and advice about the condition instead of several different staff at the hospital.
The trust says that the 'virtual eye clinic' that was set up two years ago has slashed patient waiting time and that the Newmedica team reviews around 100 to 120 patients test results every week, resulting in faster diagnosis and treatment.
Previously patients with or at risk of glaucoma would have been offered an appointment with a hospital consultant for both a follow-up test and a review, which the trust says took around double the time per patient compared to the service delivered alongside Newmedica.
Mr Inderraj Hanspal, consultant ophthalmologist and clinical lead at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, said: "Previously, to keep up with demand, we were running nine doctors' clinics a week as well as additional clinics at weekends. We had to employ locum doctors to help manage demand, but can now help the same amount of patients with only five doctors' clinics a week and no additional glaucoma clinics at weekends. This not only saves vital NHS resources, but means the time I was spending doing tests can now be with my high risk patients with more complicated conditions and progressive glaucoma." Glaucoma is the name given to a group of eye conditions that cause permanent sight loss by damaging the optic nerve. Most types of glaucoma have no symptoms in the early stages, so a regular eye test is the only way to know if you have the condition.


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At first, the idea of riding a bike with a dog around the world seemed ridiculous. I wanted no part in the idea.
It only took a couple weeks of sunny days stuck inside my office to come around and let Dave know I was in on his adventure proposal.
Yes, cycle touring with a dog certainly poses its challenges. We voluntarily added additional weight to an already heavy touring load, finding dog-friendly accommodation can be cumbersome, we have to visit many, many vets to obtain travel documents, and we wouldn't have had our tour any other way.
To see how we have mastered the art of finding dog-friendly accommodation, check out our tips for locating great spots on the road.
Despite the frequent obstacles we faced by having Sora along on this journey, we have no regrets over our decision to bring her. She was by our side 24-hours a day and provided comfort when our battered bodies could not handle another rotation of the pedals, she lay by my side when I prepared dinner each evening, and squished in between us each morning in the tent before each day.
We are frequently asked many questions about how to bike with a dog. From how to get your dog used to riding in a trailer, to what and how we pack, and how we visit certain destinations. Whether you're just wanting to tote your pup around the city for more car-free travel or you want to take your pup on your next bicycle tour, our tips on how to bike with a dog should help you prepare for your next journey, near or far.
When we switch from the manicured paved bicycle paths of Europe to the rugged gravel roads of South America, we also changed up our dog bike trailer format from the Tail Wagon to the D'Lite.
Related: See our reviews of the Tail Wagon and the D'Lite Trailers.
Size – Will your dog fit comfortably in this trailer for hours?
Space – Is there extra space to store your dog's gear like food, bedding, toys, etc.?
Terrain – Knowing the terrain you will be traveling is important. Will you need suspension for bumpy rides? Higher clearance?
Shading – If you're spending eight hours or more outside, your dog will undoubtedly feel hot under the blaring sun. Make sure your trailer has shading options and/or tinted windows and ventilation.
Durability – We beat up our trailers, taking them over cobblestone roads, gravel, rocks, across streams, up and over mountains. You name it, we pedaled over it. Sure, our trailers always appeared well-loved, but they never lost their functionality.
Stroller option – At first we thought this was a silly add-on, but we have used the stroller option numerous times. Whether in the airport as a catch all for our luggage, as transport for Sora when she has been injured or is recovering from surgery, or as a method of giving her privacy in crowded areas.
Does your dog bike trailer tip over on sharp curves? Then it's probably not the best choice for a long term tour.
Brakes – Make sure the trailer you're looking at has solid brakes. No one wants a dog in a trailer rolling down a hill!
Treat the trailer like a crate and repeat the same process as you did for crate training. Set up the dog bike trailer in your house (with the brake on!) and make it cozy. Line the bottom with your pup's favorite bed or blanket, toss in a toy, and feed her in the trailer. This makes it a safe space for your pup and ensures that your dog is comfortable.
This is something you may need to practice for awhile before taking the set up out for a spin.
You can also use the stroller function (or simply just push) to roll it around the house or driveway with your dog next to you. The giant rolling contraption can seem scary to your dog. Offer positive reward and praise when your dog approaches the trailer on her own or does not flinch when the wheels make noise or you begin to push.
Sora loved her trailer so much, that she would hop in on her own when she felt tired or wanted to get away from groups of people.
Keep the cozy set up of the trailer, lined with the bed and toys, and start out slowly by simply taking rides with your dog around the block. This will help get your dog used to the feeling of sitting inside a moving box.
Don't worry if your dog barks or whines at first. Over time, she should become accustomed to the feeling of the movement. Just be sure to give your dog regular positive reinforcement!
If your dog has a tendency to escape out of the trailer, you can try to use a harness or doggie seat belt like the Kurgo Harness and Seat Belt combo.
Gradually increase the length of your rides. Head to the park for a picnic. Go meet friends at your local brewery. Eventually test your entire set up for a simple overnight or weekend bike trip, if long term touring is your goal.
Can My Dog Run Alongside Sometimes?
Sure! Especially so if you have a high energy dog. We reserve this luxury to dedicated car-free bike paths and very low traffic gravel roads. Sora is our marathon training partner and so was well-prepared to trot alongside for longer distances. That said, due to the faster pace of travel by bicycle, we would limit her daily average to about 10km (6.2 miles) at any given time, stopping often to allow her to rest and offer water.
Like building running stamina, your dog will need to work up to running long distances at higher speeds. Running is a great way to do this, of course. You can also start with rides around your neighborhood, if it is relatively low-traffic, or try cross-country mountain biking, gradually increasing distance over time.
We love the Kurgo Springback Lite Leash and K9 Excursion Running belt. It's short enough to prevent her from pulling or running ahead of the front wheel and keeps her in line. Sora also loves it and becomes excited when we pull it out, as she knows that she'll be running.
Like backpacking, you want to try and keep your gear to a minimum, so depending on the length of your journey and the season in which you will be traveling, so will determine the gear you need to bring for your dog.
Leash. We prefer to use leashes that can be used hands-free so we can easily attach it to our waist or bike if our dog wants to run alongside. Two leashes we love are the Ruffwear Slackline Leash and the Kurgo Quantum Dog Leash.
Read about each leash in our detailed and honest reviews.
Microfiber towel. There will be muddy paws. We promise. This handy green towel from Kurgo does just the job.
Cooling vest. On hot days, you will want to make sure you keep your dog from overheating. A cooling vest will help keep your dog at a comfortable temperature. We have used the Ruffwear Swamp Cooler and the Kurgo Dog Core Cooling vest and like both pretty equally.
Travel bed. Select a comfortable, yet packable travel dog bed. Something you would use for backpacking or camping is perfect. There are several out there that we love, including the Kurgo Loft Wander Bed, the Ruffwear Mt. Bachelor Pad, the Ruffwear Highlands Bed, and the Whyld River Doggy Bag.
Read our review of the Kurgo Loft Wander Bed.
Furminator. Dog hair, don't care! Only sometimes we do. Like in tent. We have used a Furminator for years and it magically would make Sora give birth to a baby lamb with the amount of fur it got out.
First Aid Kit. Don't buy a pet specific first aid kit. They're twice the price of a human one. Just get a travel first aid kit for humans and add items for your dog, like Benadryl, Hydrogen peroxide, and a muzzle.
Collapsible food and water bowls. With the limited space, small collapsible items are key. Look for silicone, collapsible bowls, like the Kurgo Collaspe-a-Bowl or the Dexas Collapsible Travel Feeder.
For more on packing food for camping trips and long term travel with a dog, read this post.
Treats. Sora would never allow us to leave the house without treats, and the same rule applied to cycle tour. We always, always, had treats on had. My motto when it come to treats is that you should always be training! We are big fans of Zuke's Pet treats. They have tons of different flavors to fuel any adventure. Sora devoured the Super Food packs.
Food. Kibble carriers are great for bike journeys. Many dog food bags are not resealable, so we would just buy the smallest bag we could find and then transfer it to the kibble carrier. This one from Kurgo does the trick.
And Where Exactly Do I Put All this Gear??
We stored all of Sora's gear a number of ways. The smaller items, like the Furminator, Rexspecs, toys, and towel, we store inside a [kibble carrier]. Other items like her leash, food, etc. we would just store in the front of the trailer (meaning load-in end) where there is a deep pocket for storage. If your dog has a tendency to get into her food, then you may want to double bag it in a resealable container.
When the weather gets hot, we leave early and cycle late in order to take advantage of the cooler morning temps, however, we inevitably find ourselves pedaling in the heat of the afternoon more often than we'd like.
Sora has her own insulated water bottle and water bowl that we store in her trailer. We offer her water every time we stop and more frequently when the weather is about 70°F. We keep a close eye on Sora's panting level. If she is panting heavily, we stop more often to give her water and ensure that she's not overheating. We love the Kurgo Zippy Bowl and the Dexas Collapsible Travel Bowl, as they compact into a small size and easily fits into the pocket of her trailer, it clips to her leash or belt loops, so we can bring it along when we're exploring cities.
Dogs cool off by panting and sweat through their paws, so we will either we find a lake or river where she can get her paws wet, or we use a Ruffwear Swamp Cooler. Sora hates sitting on a wet bed, so we make sure to squeeze out as much water as we can before we put it on her.
Lastly, we also rigged a shade to catch the areas where the built-in shade didn't reach using a white sheet and magnets.
We carry a Kurgo Kibble Carrier to contain Sora's dog food. We were a little skeptical at first, but after using the bag for 12 months, we can't imagine traveling without one. It protects from critters from getting into her food when camping, plus, it keeps her food from the elements, including Sora herself.
When we stop in larger cities, we purchase three-kilogram bags of food and stay topped off to ensure we never run out. With the abundance of street dogs and other critters roaming around at night, we snap Sora's food to a high tree branch or store it inside her trailer overnight.
And there you have it! Whether you're off to to the local brewery to meet friends or heading out for an extended tour with your dog, you are now armed with our tips on how to successfully bike with a dog.
That's awesome! I'm so glad you figured out a way to bring your dog along.
These are great tips. I am in the very early stages of planning a doggy bike trip around Europe. Do you travel much off road. I'm not keen on road cycling and would like to do as much off road as possible so the dog can run free. Is this possible or is it difficult with a trailer.
In case you didn't see my reply to your other comment, here it is again. Feel free to reach out to us by email at info@longhaultrekkers.com if you have more questions!
We did occasional off road in Europe. With our set up, it's quite difficult. Our bikes don't have the right tires and the trailer is tough to navigate over gravel roads. That said, it's doable, if you have wider tires and your dog is athletic enough to run on the tough sections. We use Maps.Me or OSMAND to find routes, and talk to other cyclists or read routes on blogs. We figure it out day by day for the most part. Where in Europe are you planning to go?
Once I have decided on-road or off road I have got to look into which bike to get so I will consider the wider tyres. I don't want to get a road bike if I can spend most of my time off road and vise versa. I know I just have to do it but the bike will be a big investment and want to make sure I get the right one.
My dog is a spaniel so very athletic and loves the rough stuff.
I am planning on heading to italy to spend most of my time there.
Italy will be amazing by bike! We spent just a short amount of time there following the Alpe Adria cycle path, but would have loved to have spent more time in the mountains. Don't hesitate to reach out if you have further questions!
When I go cycling my dog doesn't need a leash to follow me, she's nicely trained and knows me as her alpha already. I mean, she's just almost a year and disciplined 😀 And I think she doesn't need a leash since here in my province I can bike on grassy areas and it's just me and my dog.
I wish Sora could follow alongside like your pup does! That's great that she's already dialed into you so well after just a year. What province are you in? We may be headed to BC this summer!
I'm thinking of doing an epic bike trip with my pup coast to coast here in the USA.
My question is, what was the top end speed you reached while pulling Sora and the trailer?
We average about 10k/h no matter how fast we went or how many hills. We are slow and between stops, getting lost, and eating, we always planned 1 hour = 10km. Hope that helps and enjoy your journey. It's not about the speed, but what you experience.
I'm thinking of traveling Europe with my dog Yoyo. I'm wondering what style of bike did you use and did you clip in.
That's awesome, Christina! I had a custom frame, but Dave used a Surly Long Haul Trucker. Really, any sturdy steel frame will do. We did clip in, though I trades for dual platform pedals eventually. Bike shoes really hurt my feet and I liked not having to have multiple pairs of shoes. It's up to you though! Dave liked the clip in with the trailer because it helped with energy efficiency.


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Iron Range Ore Used in Steel for New Laker
Once complete, the ship will be the first new laker since 1983.
Interlake Steamship Company's new ship will be built using steel produced from Minnesota iron ore. Photo courtesy of the Interlake Steamship Company
Construction of the first U.S.-flagged laker in more than 35 years is underway, and it's using steel produced from Minnesota iron ore.
Commissioned by the Interlake Steamship Company, the future 639-foot freighter will be capable of carrying 28,000 gross tons of cargo and is being built by Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay, Wis.
ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor in East Chicago, Indiana was the source of the steel used in a ceremonial first-cut-of-steel event back in August and is the main steel provider for the entire project, the company said in a news release this week. ArcelorMittal's Minorca mine in Virginia supplies Burns Harbor with iron ore pellets.
Use of the Iron Range's ore is welcomed news to Kelsey Johnson, president of the Iron Mining Association of Minnesota.
"You don't often see that the raw product that you're mining then becomes the product that you use to transport the product," Johnson said. "It's a really nice full-circle moment."
The new laker is Interlake's first new ship since the 1,013-foot Paul R. Tregurtha launched in 1981, and is believed to be the first Great Lakes laker made since 1983. Shipbuilding is expected to wrap up in mid-2020.
Gary Mohr, vice president of supply chain management at ArcelorMittal USA, said in a news release that it's fitting a vessel would be built using a product it will one day transport.
"The expansion of Interlake's fleet will further support water commerce and the movement of raw materials using the safest, most efficient and environmentally friendly method of transportation," Mohr said.
Mark Barker, president of Interlake, said relying on the Great Lakes regions' supply of steel and nearly 700 trade workers at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding helps the entire region.
"We live and work in the Great Lakes region, and promoting growth and the positive economic impact of Great Lakes shipping is integral to our mission and vision as a leader in this industry," Barker said.
"That's common across much of the industry," Johnson said.
"We try very hard to make sure that the source of those minerals is coming from a domestic source whenever possible so that we can kind of create our own demand on our system as well," Johnson said.
SOURCE: Duluth News Tribune
Categories: Economy, Members, Minnesota, News, Ohio, States/Provinces, The Great Lakes Seaway Partnership, Wisconsin
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I will never be asked on to the BBC (UK) radio programme, "The Jeremy Vine Show," again.
Note to non-Brits: Jeremy Vine is a perfectly nice guy who does a great radio show here in the UK. He is also one of the patrons of a local charity I support here in my home town of Milton Keynes, England, called Ride High. So he's an extra-nice guy.
Ring… ring…how to terrify an interviewee so creating some real radio entertainment!!!
This past weekend I followed my own advice about writing to someone who is dying, and knows it.
He is C., a friend from my youth who, in his early sixties now, has contracted an incredibly rare disease: approximately 2 in 1 million people get it. It is incurable and fatal within months of diagnosis.
When someone is dying, all they have left is memories.
It is vicious, evil, and the most cruel part is that the conscious brain is the last bit to go when everything else has given up. Victims can track their own decline almost to the end.
Only a couple of weeks post-diagnosis he no longer can work his laptop or read his emails. His son contacted all our old group of friends to say his dad is still OK mentally so if we wanted to share our thoughts, we had to do it now, via emails. He will be reading them to him.


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Assists Escapades Producer in implementing, planning and scheduling activities and innovative programs.
Facilitates socialization among the residents.
Invites/encourages residents to participate in planned activities.
Helps implement decoration of the community for special events, seasons and holidays.
Chaperones activities outside the community.
Assists with transportation for activity outings and regularly scheduled group trips.
A High School Diploma / GED Diploma. Pennsylvania requires drivers pass the BHSL Direct Care Competency Test. Recreation therapist certification preferred. Must possess a valid state driver license.
Previous experience in activity planning with older adults. Must have a genuine interest in working with older adults.
Must function independently, have flexibility, personal integrity and ability to work effectively with residents, personnel and support agencies. Position requires proficient interpersonal and communication skills; moderate reading, writing and grammar skills; auditory and visual skills; ability to bend, stoop, sit, stand, lift, reach, and push or pull a minimum of 50 pounds.
Working Conditions: Moves intermittently during working hours and subject to frequent interruptions. May be subject to hostile and emotionally upset residents, family members, personnel and visitors. Must be able to cope with mental and emotional stress of the position.


Baobab Satin 24 Piece consists of 6 of the Table Knife, Table Fork, Dessert Spoon and a English Teaspoon.
Baobab Satin 24 Piece consists of 6 of the Table Knife, Table Fork, Dessert Spoon and a English Teaspoon. Our Baobab cutlery is made using the finest quality 18/10 stainless steel and is available in a Satin finish.


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OpenText Releases Next Version of OpenText Exstream to Meet the Demands of the Digital World
Customer Communications Management
Oct. 4 2016 12:05 PM
OpenText (NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX: OTC), a global leader in Enterprise Information Management (EIM), announced the latest version of OpenText Exstream. The new release offers the fastest, most reliable communications production engine to enable digital transformation for companies.
OpenText Exstream helps companies in a range of industries and sizes optimize customer engagement through the design and delivery of personalized, consistent, anytime/anywhere communications, for better customer experiences across all channels. The new version includes capabilities that enable users to create responsive, mobile-ready content; generate robust, interactive charts; perform controlled in-context editing; and better handle PDFs.
"Our primary mission is to enable our customers to meet the demands of today's connected consumers in the digital world. Our continued innovation provides customers with high-impact features on a regular and frequent basis to help them keep pace in the competitive customer experience landscape," said Muhi Majzoub, EVP of Engineering for OpenText. "OpenText Exstream helps businesses connect digital communications with traditional channels through HTML5 and responsive email capabilities, supporting shared content and design objects."
This latest release of OpenText Exstream includes new capabilities for digital communications that allow customers to:
Create mobile-ready content with responsive features via improvements in HTML email output, to scale, collapse or hide content when viewing on small screens and devices.
Generate robust interactive JavaScript charts for mobile and web channels, or use an image of the same chart for PDF output, using new advanced chart add-ins.
Perform controlled "in-context" editing directly in the targeted layout for the communication, including email, PDF or print, with OpenText Exstream's updated thin-client, browser-based Exstream Empower Editor 2.0.
Gain PDF handling improvements with support for internal PDF hyperlinks, PDF/A-2a, PDF/UA and Page-Piece Dictionary indexing; and dynamically import HTML with formatted text, tables, images, and variable content.
OpenText Exstream is used by over 1,000 enterprises worldwide and was recently cited as a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Customer Communications Management, Q2 2016.
Part of the OpenText Customer Experience Management (CEM) suite, OpenText Exstream is a multichannel customer communications management (CCM) solution that helps businesses create insightful, impactful, real-time communications, to improve customer experience through relevant, meaningful communications delivered via the web, email, print, and SMS.
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OpenText enables the digital world, creating a better way for organizations to work with information, on premises or in the cloud. For more information about OpenText (NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX: OTC) visit opentext.com.
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Dr. Hofmann is a leading expert in the areas of robotics, autonomous systems, and control systems. He leads the recently opened Boston R&D lab for GreyOrange, a company that provides robotic warehouse automation systems. This lab will develop advanced mobile manipulation systems, autonomous warehouse navigation systems, and large-scale multi-robot optimization systems. Prior to joining GreyOrange, Dr. Hofmann led robotic software development as V.P. Autonomous Solutions at Vecna Technologies. He is also a co-founder of Gensym Corporation, a company that provides real-time expert systems for process control applications. Dr. Hofmann has lectured on topics in robotics and artificial intelligence at MIT. He received his undergraduate and Ph.D. degrees from MIT.


In this episode #96, I discuss subscription-based business models.
I interview Matt Eldridge of Melt Design in the UK, because he mentioned his pooches in an email!
Do you think that GIFs in LinkedIn messenger is a good idea?
I often think GIFs on LinkedIn generally are a big dodgy because you are engaging with the professional connections in your life and not your friends.
Well, GIF platform Tenor has announced that it will be powering GIF searches within LinkedIn Messaging, as reported by TechCrunch.
Google recently acquired Tenor to help the company bring up GIFs inside Google images and other services like Gboard more easily.
As part of the new integration, LinkedIn members will be able to search for GIFs within LinkedIn Messaging as well as access trending GIFs, and in the near future have a custom stream that shows what's being used most often within LinkedIn.
The update is now available for 50 percent of LinkedIn users, and will be rolling out to everyone else in the near future.
I love LinkedIn, but I'd be careful about GIFs!
Have you noticed the new option on Facebook comments?
You can now choose to have 'friends only' see your comments on a thread. With continued emphasis being put on privacy, the feature update appeared on my News Feed last week.
I like it, I think it give users more control and that can only be welcomed.
Drop me a comment on the Digital Training Institute Facebook Page.
Snapchat has Snapcodes, Facebook has Messenger Codes, now Instagram is launching its own QR code.
Nametags, which are scannable QR codes, will make it easier for Instagrammers to promote their account, across multiple channels both offline and online.
Instagram confirmed it is working on deploying this feature in the near future, which is already available to a small number of beta users.
Twitter user Genady Okrain shared screenshots and more information on how the new Instagram Nametags works.
In this episode, I interview Matt Eldridge, founder of Melt Design.
Matt runs an award winning creative agency that helps ambitious businesses and entrepreneurs put the right website, business systems, design and marketing in place to deliver excellent results and ongoing success.
I began working with Matt last month to help me scale up my online business.
In this interview, we discuss building a subscription-based business so you might discover if it's a model that would work for you!
In this episode, I share three ways I'm building subscriptions into my business model.
I've designed three JSB signature online courses to introduce my ideal customers to my full offering.
Each of these topics are niche and specific to my audience – public sector marketing and communications professionals, and they are practical courses with formulas which they can implement into their organisations.
I've also built a Digital Academy for Public Sector Marketing Pros. I'm often hired as a consultant to work on a specific project. However, sometimes it's just not possible for agencies to hire me on an ongoing basis.
My Digital Academy presents a unique opportunity for individuals to work with me directly for 12-months with high-level topics crucial to public sector organisations being covered in depth.
I'm also hosting my first Mastermind this year. However, I've invested significantly myself in being in Masterminds.
They are eager to build the profile of their organisation and themselves to build influence at home and abroad.
This 12-month Mastermind is limited to 10 people only and candidates will be selected on an application basis.
In this week's Ask JSB, my question comes from Michelle Baxter who has her own online business aimed at the dental industry.
Once registered members receive a welcome email with instructions on how to login to the members area, they are directed to the new members' landing page and I will be there (in video) to welcome them and show them the ropes.
There will be a short PDF download to explain the mechanics of the Academy and the expectations from a learning perspective – it's important we remind our clients that their learning is their responsibility.
We will also invite them into our members' forum and get them to introduce themselves.
There is an option of a 15-minute call with me to ask any particular questions.
This is a relatively new on-boarding process for me, so I will test and iterate it and will definitely share what worked and what didn't work in time.
In today's JSB's column, I share why I decided to go down the subscription road and how far down that road I am!
I want to be able to work a four-day week at some stage and this will also help me to achieve this personal goal – it's also Bobby's goal for me!
If you want help developing your subscription-based business, then get in touch. Simply email joanne@digitaltraining.ie.
The social media tool that saved my working week this week is FilmoraGo.
It's a video editing tool which you can use on the go, on mobile or on desktop, and is super easy to use and very user-friendly. I use it on both mobile and desktop.
Find out more at https://filmora.wondershare.com or download it for iOS or Android.


The ASAP 2020 Plus Chemisorption option permits you to obtain valuable information about the physical and chemical properties of your catalyst, catalyst support, adsorbents, and other materials. Its unique design provides a high level of system cleanliness to permit low-pressure chemisorption isotherms.
Pharmaceuticals: Surface area and porosity play major roles in the purification, processing, blending, tableting, and packaging of pharmaceutical products as well as their useful shelf life, dissolution rate, and bio-availability.
Ceramics: Surface area and porosity affect the curing and bonding of greenware and influence strength, texture, appearance, and density of finished goods. The surface area of glazes and glass frits affects shrinkage, crazing, and crawling.
Adsorbents: Knowledge of surface area, total pore volume, and pore size distribution is important for quality control of industrial adsorbents and in the development of separation processes. Surface area and porosity characteristics affect the selectivity of an adsorbent.
Activated Carbons: Surface area and porosity must be optimized within narrow ranges to accomplish gasoline vapor recovery in automobiles, solvent recovery in painting operations, or pollution controls in wastewater management.
Carbon Black: The wear lifetime, traction, and performance of tires are related to the surface area of carbon blacks used in their production.
Catalysts: The active surface area and pore structure of catalysts influence production rates. Limiting the pore size allows only molecules of desired sizes to enter and exit, creating a selective catalyst that will produce primarily the desired product.
Paints and Coatings: The surface area of a pigment or filler influences the gloss, texture, color, color saturation, brightness,solids content, and film adhesion properties. The porosity of a print media coating is important in offset printing where it affects blistering, ink receptivity, and ink holdout.
Projectile Propellant: The burn rate of propellants is a function of surface area too high a rate can be dangerous; too low a rate can cause malfunction and inaccuracy.
Medical Implants: Controlling the porosity of artificial bone allows it to imitate real bone that the body will accept and allow tissue to be grown around it.
Electronics: By selecting high surface area material with carefully designed pore networks, manufacturers of super-capacitors can minimize the use of costly raw materials while providing more exposed surface area for storage of charge.
Cosmetics: Surface area is often used by cosmetic manufacturers as a predictor of particle size when agglomeration tendencies of the fine powders make analysis with a particle-sizing instrument difficult.
Aerospace: Surface area and porosity of heat shields and insulating materials affect weight and function.
Geoscience: Porosity is important in groundwater hydrology and petroleum exploration because it relates to the quantity of fluid that a structure can contain as well as how much effort will be required to extract it.
Nanotubes: Nanotube surface area and microporosity are used to predict the capacity of a material to store hydrogen.


A cold area of high pressure will continue to spread colder conditions into the region. This will lead to highs only topping out around 45° despite mostly sunny skies. Wind will be out of the northeast around 5-10 mph.
Mostly clear skies tonight with lows dropping to around 28°.
High pressure will move to the east of the region on Saturday. This will place us in some southerly return flow. Thus, expect highs to rebound to around 55° under partly cloudy skies. Southerly wind of 5-10 mph possible.
Mostly cloudy skies will develop ahead of a cold front on Saturday night. This will lead to rain chances very late Saturday night and into Sunday morning. Lows will be around 45°.
The cold front should move through early in the day Sunday, leading to light rain possible Sunday morning. The rain will likely end around noon. The cold front will be fairly weak, so no storms are expected at this time. Highs will likely top out in the mid 50s.
Partly cloudy skies will be likely Sunday night. Lows will drop back into the mid to upper 30s.


Abstract: In "extreme" computational imaging that collects extremely undersampled or noisy measurements, obtaining an accurate image within a reasonable computing time is challenging. Incorporating image mapping convolutional neural networks (CNN) into iterative image recovery has great potential to resolve this issue. This paper 1) incorporates image mapping CNN using identical convolutional kernels in both encoders and decoders into a block coordinate descent (BCD) signal recovery method and 2) applies alternating direction method of multipliers to train the aforementioned image mapping CNN. We refer to the proposed recurrent network as BCD-Net using identical encoding-decoding CNN structures. Numerical experiments show that, for a) denoising low signal-to-noise-ratio images and b) extremely undersampled magnetic resonance imaging, the proposed BCD-Net achieves significantly more accurate image recovery, compared to BCD-Net using distinct encoding-decoding structures and/or the conventional image recovery model using both wavelets and total variation.


Angela Nuovo is Principal Investigator of EMoBookTrade and professor of History of the Book and Librarianship at the University of Udine. She has been Visiting Fellow at All Souls College, University of Oxford, in 2012, and the recipient of an Ahmanson Research Fellowship at the University of California Los Angeles in 2014. In 2016 she has been Gastprofessur für Italienische Literatur und Kulturwissenschaft (Cattedra de Sanctis) at ETH (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zurich). Among her recent publications: The Book Trade in the Italian Renaissance (Leiden-Boston: Brill, 2013; paperback edition 2015) and with Christian Coppens, I Giolito e la stampa nell'Italia del XVI secolo (Genève: Droz, 2005).
Francesco Ammannati has a Ph.D. in Analysis and historicization of production processes (Economic History). He received a degree in Economics at the University of Florence in 2003 with a thesis in Economic History entitled "The labour books of Andrea di Carlo di messer Bartolomeo and Co. (1470-1476)", a case-study which aimed to reconstruct the activity of a wool workshop acting in Prato in the second half of the Fifteenth century; and a Ph.D. at the University of Bari in 2007 (doctoral dissertation "The Arte della lana in Florence During the 16th Century - Comparative Analysis of the Production and Productivity Through the Busini Partnerships' Account Books"). His main research field is the pre-industrial European Economic history (13th-18th centuries); his scientific interests include in particular the history of manufacture and trade, with a focus on guilds, labour market and international merchant networks. He is also concerned about the evolution of the accounting practices between Late Middle Age and Early Modern Time. He taught as an adjunct professor the "Economic History" course at the University of Florence and since 2005 has collaborated with the Fondazione Istituto di Storia Economica "F. Datini" in Prato. At present, he is a Research Fellow of the ERC funded project EINITE (Economic Inequality in Italy and Europe, 1300-1800) at the Carlo F. Dondena Centre for Research on Social Dynamics of the L. Bocconi University in Milan.
Giliola Barbero obtained a Ph.D. in Literature of Italian Humanism at the University of Messina with a thesis about Gasparino Barzizza's Orthographia. From 1995 to 2008 she has worked as curator in Ambrosiana Library. Since 2005 she has managed the Censimento dei manoscritti medievali della Lombardia and for the Italian Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico she collaborated in the design of the national software Manus OnLine. She teaches IT for Cultural Heritage at the Catholic University of Milan. In the last years her main research subject has been the study of 16th century editions of Bernardino Telesio's works, a project promoted by the Centro Internazionale di Studi Telesiani, Bruniani e Campanelliani (Cosenza). For this purpose, travelling through European libraries, she described about 400 books and studied catalogues of ancient libraries, commercial enterprises and fairs. The Census is going to be published in Paris by Les belles lettres.
Andrea Bocchi graduated in History of Italian Language at the University of Pisa in 1989, studied at the Scuola Normale Superiore and Universität des Saarlandes, obtained his PhD at the Scuola Normale Superiore (2003) and University of Pisa (2010). Since 2011, he teaches at the University of Udine. He published commercial, mathematical, literary, and administrative documents from mediaeval Marche, Umbria, Tuscany, Veneto and worked also on modern texts (G. Mazzini, A. Manzoni). His most recent books focus on the European history of the word 'demagogue' (L'eterno demagogo, Turin, 2011); a 14th-century Latin-Italian dictionary (Il glossario di Cristiano da Camerino, Padua, 2015); the plays of a Venetian dramatist (Francesco Griselini, Teatro, Pisa, 2015). He is currently working on late mediaeval documents from Fano, Camerino and Ancona, the 15th-century portolano by Grazioso Benincasa, and the works of Michelangelo Florio. In EMoBookTrade he will provide assistance on linguistic issues for the publication of the Gabiano papers.
Flavia Bruni is a specialised librarian at the Central Institute for the Union Catalogue of Italian Libraries and Bibliographic Information (ICCU) and an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of St Andrews. She has a Master in History of the Reformation from the Sapienza University of Rome, a Master in Early Printed Books from the University of Siena, a PhD from Bologna and the diploma from the Vatican Library School. From 2009 to 2015 she worked as a Research Assistant for the Universal Short Title Catalogue project of the University of St Andrews. In 2015-2016 she was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Sapienza University of Rome for the ENBaCH - European Network for Baroque Cultural Heritage. Her research focuses on the history of books and libraries in Early Modern Italy alongside a longstanding interest and experience in the digital humanities for what concerns the digitisation of manuscript and printed books, text encoding and digital preservation. She joined the EmoBookTrade team to work on the stock book of the Venetian publisher and bookseller Bernardino Giunti (EMoBookTrade Objective 2).
Jasenka Gudelj is Associate professor at the University of Zagreb. She obtained her PhD from School of Advanced Studies Venice and was a postdoctoral fellow at University of Pittsburgh and Bibliotheca Hertziana, Rome. Her book European Renaissance of Ancient Pula (Zagreb, 2014, Croatian National prize for Science) explores the critical fortune of antiquities of Pula in the Renaissance art&architecture. Her other publications include four edited volumes and numerous articles on the circulation of architectural knowledge, its media and networks. She is currently PI of the Croatian Science Foundation research project Visualizing Nationhood: the Schiavoni/Illyrian Confraternities and Colleges in Italy and the Artistic Exchange with South East Europe. The EMoBookTrade project hosts her as visiting scholar for spring semester 2018 within the ERC Support programme for researchers for the application to European Research Council programmes (Call identifier 11-2017), in order to study the trade in architectural books, especially in the Eastern Adriatic Area.
Renaud Milazzo obtained his Ph.D. in History, Art History and Archaeology at the University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines with a thesis about the emblem book market in Europe over the period between 1531-1750 (Tutor: Prof. Chantal Grell). His dissertation will soon be published in the series Bibliologia by Brepols (Turnhout, Belgium). Dr Milazzo has published articles on topics related to the sale of emblem books printed by Christopher Plantin and Jan Moretus I, based on the archives of the Museum Plantin-Moretus in Antwerp. He joined the EMoBookTrade project team in July 2018 through the special project EMoEuropeBookPrices (funded by FARE-MIUR, Italy) with the goal of studying the manuscript catalogue of book prices recorded by Christopher Plantin and Jan Moretus I (1555–1593 ca.) at the Museum Plantin-Moretus in Antwerp.
Andrea Ottone earned a Bachelor in Philosophy from the University of Rome "La Sapienza" and a PhD from the University of Naples "Federico II" with a dissertation on book circulation within the southern Italian province of the Carthusian Order in late sixteenth century. In the framework of the RICI programme, a project concerned with the book holdings of the regular clergy in late Cinquecento Italy, he focused on the libraries of the Augustinian Order. He taught Western Civilization, European and World History as a Graduate Teaching Associate at the Ohio State University. He has published on topics related to book history, readership and censorship; his research interests also include the history of technology and the social history of Venice. Within the EMoBookTrade project he will study the stock book of Bernardo di Bernardo Giunti, publisher and bookseller in Venice.
Laura Pani is Professor of Latin Palaeography at the University of Udine, where she entered in 1994 as a lecturer; she is regular professor for the courses of Latin Palaeography, Advanced Latin Paleography and Diplomatics. Her research activity is focused on the history of Latin handwriting in the Middle Ages; she deals with manuscript traditions (particularly with Paul the Deacon's Historia Langobardorum), with carolingian manuscripts and writing centres and with the edition of documentary sources. She is chief editor of Scrineum Rivista. In 2012, she happened to discover that the manuscript London, British Library, Harley 5383, a rather obscure 14th century copy of Paul the Deacon's Historia Langobardorum, is entirely autograph by Giovanni Boccaccio. This discovery, also enhanced by the Italian press, allowed her to work further on Boccaccio's handwriting, books and library. As a member of the Permanent International Workshop on Cursive Handwriting, she is specialized in cursive handwritings from the Early Middle Ages up to the methods of teaching and learning handwriting in Italian schools during the 19th and 20th centuries. She joined the EMoBookTrade project team in order to study the evidence of literacy and written culture emerging from Gabiano's Papers.
Goran Proot obtained his Ph.D. in Language and Literature at the University of Antwerp with a thesis about Jesuit theater in the Southern Netherlands from the period 1575–1773. He has been director of the Short Title Catalogue Flanders project (STCV), a major bibliographical project documenting all pre–1801 hand-press books published in Flanders. He is editor-in-chief of the book historical journal De Gulden Passer, and he is president of the Flanders Book Historical Society. He has worked as curator of rare books at Antwerp University Library (2003–2009). In 2012 he became Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC. In 2014 he moved to the Bibliothèque Mazarine in Paris, where he directed the digital library and the conservation laboratory. On 1 November 2016, he joined the EMoBookTrade project funded by the ERC about the 16th-c. book trade under the direction of prof. Angela Nuovo at the Università di Udine, Italy. During the coming years, he will survey book prices from the period 1555–1630 in the archives of Christopher Plantin and his successors at the Museum Plantin-Moretus in Antwerp, in addition to French printed publishers' and booksellers' catalogues.
Erika Squassina graduated in Archival and Library Science in 2011, and four years later she obtained her Ph.D. in Book History at the University of Udine with a thesis about the privilege system in Venice over the period between 1469-1545 (tutor: prof. Angela Nuovo). Since 2013 she has worked as teaching assistant in the courses of Book History and Library Science at the same University of Udine. Since March 2016, she is a postdoctoral researcher at University of Cagliari where she is working at the project of a complete census of 16th-century editions in Sardinian libraries. For the EMoBookTrade project, she is responsible of the sub-project on the book privileges granted in Venice up to 1603 through the study of the archival records in the Venice State Archive.
Luigi Tessarolo, independent scholar, has been ICT Project Manager for many PRIN, FIRB and university projects, concerning latin poetry (websites Poeti d'italia in lingua latina tra medioevo e rinascimento, PRIN 1999 and 2001; Musisque Deoque, PRIN 2005 and 2007; Pedecerto, FIRB 2008), spanish literature (Miguel de Cervantes, Novelas ejemplares, PRIN 2004; La Pícara Justina, 2015; EPIGRAMA, 2017), the XVIII century drama for music (Pietro Metastasio, Drammi per musica, PRIN 1998; Carlo Goldoni, Drammi per musica, PRIN 2001; Libretti d'opera, 2002; Varianti all'opera, FIRB 2008), the Franco-Italian literature (RIALFrI, 2012), Ancient Greek epigraphy (AXON, 2015). In EMoBookTrade he is in charge for the technical-IT support.
Lisa Barbiani is EMoBookTrade Project Manager. Graduated in Foreign Languages and Literature (English – Spanish, 2004), since 2012 she is collaborating with the University of Udine in the management and financial reporting of European projects (mainly ERC projects).


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UNITED STATES V. AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSN., INC. (02-361) 539 U.S. 194 (2003)
201 F. Supp. 2d 401, reversed.
[ Rehnquist ] Concurrence
[ Kennedy ] Concurrence
[ Breyer ] Dissent
[ Stevens ] Dissent
[ Souter ]
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Breyer, J., concurring in judgment
UNITED STATES, et al., APPELLANTS v. AMERICAN
LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, INC., et al.
ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR
THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
Justice Breyer, concurring in the judgment.
The Children's Internet Protection Act (Act) sets con-
ditions for the receipt of certain Government subsidies
by public libraries. Those conditions require the libraries to install on their Internet-accessible computers tech-
nology, say, filtering software, that will help prevent computer users from gaining Internet access to child por-nography, obscenity, or material comparably harmful to minors. 20 U.S.C. § 9134(f)(1)(A)(i) and (B)(i); 47 U.S.C.
§§254(h)(6)(B)(i) and (C)(i). The technology, in its current form, does not function perfectly, for to some extent it also screens out constitutionally protected materials that fall outside the scope of the statute (i.e., "overblocks") and fails to prevent access to some materials that the statute deems harmful (i.e., "underblocks"). See 201 F. Supp. 2d 401, 448—449 (ED Pa. 2002); ante, at 11—12 (plurality opinion). In determining whether the statute's conditions consequently violate the First Amendment, the plurality first finds the "public forum" doctrine inapplicable, ante, at 8—11, and then holds that the statutory provisions are constitutional. I agree with both determinations. But I reach the plurality's ultimate conclusion in a different way.
In ascertaining whether the statutory provisions are constitutional, I would apply a form of heightened scrutiny, examining the statutory requirements in question with special care. The Act directly restricts the public's receipt of information. See Stanley v. Georgia, 394 U.S. 557, 564 (1969) ("[T]he Constitution protects the right to receive information and ideas"); Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union, 521 U.S. 844, 874 (1997). And it does so through limitations imposed by outside bodies (here Congress) upon two critically important sources of information–the Internet as accessed via public libraries. See ante, at 2, 6 (plurality opinion); post, at 6—7 (Stevens, J., dissenting); Board of Ed., Island Trees Union Free School Dist. No. 26 v. Pico, 457 U.S. 853, 915 (1982) (Rehnquist, J., dissenting) (describing public libraries as places "designed for freewheeling inquiry"). See also Reno, supra, at 853, 868 (describing the Internet as a "vast democratic" medium and the World Wide Web, in part, as "comparable, from the readers' viewpoint, to … a vast library"); Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union, 535 U.S. 564, 566 (2002). For that reason, we should not examine the statute's constitutionality as if it raised no special First Amendment concern–as if, like tax or economic regulation, the First Amendment demanded only a "rational basis" for imposing a restriction. Nor should we accept the Government's suggestion that a presumption in favor of the statute's constitutionality applies. See, e.g., 201 F. Supp. 2d, at 409; Brief for United States 21—24.
At the same time, in my view, the First Amendment does not here demand application of the most limiting constitutional approach–that of "strict scrutiny." The statutory restriction in question is, in essence, a kind of "selection" restriction (a kind of editing). It affects the kinds and amount of materials that the library can present to its patrons. See ante, at 6—7, 10—11 (plurality opinion). And libraries often properly engage in the selection of materials, either as a matter of necessity (i.e., due to the scarcity of resources) or by design (i.e., in accordance with collection development policies). See, e.g., 201 F. Supp. 2d, at 408—409, 421, 462; ante, at 6—7, 11 (plurality opinion). To apply "strict scrutiny" to the "selection" of a library's collection (whether carried out by public libraries themselves or by other community bodies with a traditional legal right to engage in that function) would unreasonably interfere with the discretion necessary to create, maintain, or select a library's "collection" (broadly defined to include all the information the library makes available). Cf. Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Tornillo, 418 U.S. 241, 256—258 (1974) (protecting newspaper's exercise of editorial control and judgment). That is to say, "strict scrutiny" implies too limiting and rigid a test for me to believe that the First Amendment requires it in this context.
Instead, I would examine the constitutionality of the Act's restrictions here as the Court has examined speech-related restrictions in other contexts where circumstances call for heightened, but not "strict," scrutiny–where, for example, complex, competing constitutional interests are potentially at issue or speech-related harm is potentially justified by unusually strong governmental interests. Typically the key question in such instances is one of proper fit. See, e.g., Board of Trustees of State Univ. of N. Y. v. Fox, 492 U.S. 469 (1989); Denver Area Ed. Telecommunications Consortium, Inc. v. FCC, 518 U.S. 727, 740—747 (1996) (plurality opinion); Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. FCC, 520 U.S. 180, 227 (1997) (Breyer, J., concurring in part); Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. FCC, 395 U.S. 367, 389—390 (1969).
In such cases the Court has asked whether the harm to speech-related interests is disproportionate in light of both the justifications and the potential alternatives. It has considered the legitimacy of the statute's objective, the extent to which the statute will tend to achieve that objective, whether there are other, less restrictive ways of achieving that objective, and ultimately whether the statute works speech-related harm that, in relation to that objective, is out of proportion. In Fox, supra, at 480, for example, the Court stated:
"What our decisions require is a 'fit' between the legislature's ends and the means chosen to accomplish those ends–a fit that is not necessarily perfect, but reasonable; that represents not necessarily the single best disposition but one whose scope is in proportion to the interest served; that employs not necessarily the least restrictive means but, as we have put it in the other contexts …, a means narrowly tailored to achieve the desired objective." (Internal quotation marks and citations omitted.)
Cf., e.g., Central Hudson Gas & Elec. Corp. v. Public Serv. Comm'n of N. Y., 447 U.S. 557, 564 (1980); United States v. O'Brien, 391 U.S. 367, 377 (1968); Clark v. Community for Creative Non&nbhyph;Violence, 468 U.S. 288, 293 (1984). This approach does not substitute a form of "balancing" for less flexible, though more speech-protective, forms of "strict scrutiny." Rather, it supplements the latter with an approach that is more flexible but nonetheless provides the legislature with less than ordinary leeway in light of the fact that constitutionally protected expression is at issue. Cf. Fox, supra, at 480—481; Virginia Bd. of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc., 425 U.S. 748, 769—773 (1976).
The Act's restrictions satisfy these constitutional demands. The Act seeks to restrict access to obscenity, child pornography, and, in respect to access by minors, material that is comparably harmful. These objectives are "legitimate," and indeed often "compelling." See, e.g., Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15, 18 (1973) (interest in prohibiting access to obscene material is "legitimate"); Reno, supra, at 869—870 (interest in "shielding" minors from exposure to indecent material is " 'compelling' "); New York v. Ferber, 458 U.S. 747, 756—757 (1982) (same). As the District Court found, software filters "provide a relatively cheap and effective" means of furthering these goals. 201 F. Supp. 2d, at 448. Due to present technological limitations, however, the software filters both "overblock," screening out some perfectly legitimate material, and "underblock," allowing some obscene material to escape detection by the filter. Id., at 448—449. See ante, at 11—12 (plurality opinion). But no one has presented any clearly superior or better fitting alternatives. See ante, at 10, n. 3 (plurality opinion).
At the same time, the Act contains an important exception that limits the speech-related harm that "overblocking" might cause. As the plurality points out, the Act allows libraries to permit any adult patron access to an "overblocked" Web site; the adult patron need only ask a librarian to unblock the specific Web site or, alternatively, ask the librarian, "Please disable the entire filter." See ante, at 12; 20 U.S.C. § 9134(f)(3) (permitting library officials to "disable a technology protection measure … to enable access for bona fide research or other lawful purposes"); 47 U.S.C. § 254(h)(6)(D) (same).
The Act does impose upon the patron the burden of making this request. But it is difficult to see how that burden (or any delay associated with compliance) could prove more onerous than traditional library practices associated with segregating library materials in, say, closed stacks, or with interlibrary lending practices that require patrons to make requests that are not anonymous and to wait while the librarian obtains the desired materials from elsewhere. Perhaps local library rules or practices could further restrict the ability of patrons to obtain "overblocked" Internet material. See, e.g., In re Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service: Children's Internet Protection Act, 16 FCC Rcd. 8182, 8183, ¶2, 8204, ¶53 (2001) (leaving determinations regarding the appropriateness of compliant Internet safety policies and their disabling to local communities). But we are not now considering any such local practices. We here consider only a facial challenge to the Act itself.
Given the comparatively small burden that the Act imposes upon the library patron seeking legitimate Internet materials, I cannot say that any speech-related harm that the Act may cause is disproportionate when considered in relation to the Act's legitimate objectives. I therefore agree with the plurality that the statute does
not violate the First Amendment, and I concur in the judgment.
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