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Q: C# Microsoft.DirectX.DirectShow cause crash on load I am using Microsoft.DirectX.DirectShow to play 2 or more audio files at the same time.
I tried it in my computer with directx11 and it works fine.
but I also tried it in directx 10 and 9 and It crashed onload..
any Idea why and how to fix it?
I can accept other ways to play 2 or more audio files at the same time (not only WAV)
Thanks

A: You can use WMPLib > Windows Media Player Library
add Windows Media Player reference (References > Add Reference > COM)
and use this code:
using WMPLib;

WindowsMediaPlayer wmp = new WindowsMediaPlayer();
wmp.URL = url; //filepath

wmp.controls.play();

wmp.settings.volume = volume; //(int between 0 to 50)

//get duration as double
WindowsMediaPlayerClass wmpi = new WindowsMediaPlayerClass();
IWMPMedia wmpinfo = wmpi.newMedia(url);
int duration = wmpinfo.duration
//end

wmp.controls.stop();


Independent oxyfuel torches with different fuel gases and oxygen have been utilized to either cut or weld parts of structural steel. All these torches normally use acetylene, gas, propylene, and hydrogen. They are perfect for bodily and small scale manufacturing.
This is the very best instrument for drilling heavy items that can't be moved or lifted.
A chilly saw is a handheld and mobile saw machine using an electric engine and a round, toothed blade. MELFAB Engineering provides complete Metal fabrication in Melbourne. Cold generators produce the lowest price per cut among most of the sewing methods. The blade rotates at high speed for rapid, precise cutting edge.
The machine offers flexibility and control to the alloy fabricator as the strain exerted, blade strain, and manual arm can be corrected manually. The manual management feature is situated in the front of the saw, which makes it simpler for the fabricator to watch cuts since they're made.
A shot blaster can be used for polishing, cleaning, and rust steel constructions. The machine utilizes spherical shots or chunks, sand, and silicon carbide granules to wash and polish the surfaces, which makes them ready for additional coatings.
This system is used for the automated generation of plate steel parts that need punching for any shaped holes, form cutting edge, shape thermal cutting through high definition plasma screen, drilling, and component marking.
A press brake system can be used to fold or bend the mats and plates of structural steel by hammering them involving a fitting punch and die, group. This system is used to convert steel strips and sheets into stations, girders, segments, and angles. The same as press brakes, the cambering machine can be utilized to modify the kind of steel. But rather than bending or folding steel sheets, then it transforms the beams and sections to horizontal or vertical arcs.
This is still another machine employed in structural steel fabrication. An ironworker is one machine that could perform several tasks like shearing, punching, notching, cambering, bending horizontal plates, angles, bars, sticks, and stations.


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Herald employees to pay for parking at new location
On October 14, 2011 By Dan KennedyIn Media
When the Boston Herald moves from the South End to the Seaport District in early 2012, it will be accompanied by a hefty bill for some Herald staff members: up to $150 a month for parking. That's according to a "Dear Herald Employee" letter from publisher and owner Pat Purcell, obtained by Media Nation earlier this week.
"Free parking in Boston is a rarity and, sadly, there will not be free parking for any employee — myself included — when we move to the Seaport Center," Purcell writes.
Employees currently pay nothing to use the expansive parking lot next to the Herald's plant. So having to pay $1,800 a year for 24/7 parking amounts to a considerable reduction in pay.
Purcell begins his letter by saying he has been unable to meet with the staff in person because of recent hip-replacement surgery, and goes on to say that the new location has extensive public-transportation options, including a free shuttle bus that travels back and forth to North Station. He adds that there are other non-monthly parking lots in the area, though no rates are mentioned.
You can read the full text of Purcell's letter here.
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7 thoughts on "Herald employees to pay for parking at new location"
Michael Corcoran
Wow, that is a major blow to workers. I would be quite displeased if I was on the staff.
Adam Riglian
So, presuming 21-22 work days in a given month, you now have to pay about $7 just to go to work.
An $1,800 reduction at my last newspaper job would have amounted to about 6.25%, nothing to sneeze at in an era of permanent salary freezes. Hope the Herald folks have a better deal than I did.
I wanted my company to move into that space!
John F.J. Sullivan
I'm sure lots of reporters and people who work on the night desk will be able to avail themselves of the "extensive public transportation options." That statement just looks like a second middle finger to the staff.
How, again, is the Guild working on behalf of newspaper staff?
Laurence Glavin
This won't affect Howie Carr and Michael Graham; they just phone their stuff in, both literally and figuratively.
Jack Sullivan
The contract used to require Guild employees to have a car for reporting on the editorial side and account servicing on the commercial side and that's why the owner (Murdoch, then Purcell) was required to have free parking available. Is that no longer part of the contract?
Mike Rice
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Greetings everyone! I should have posted this a month ago - but things have been rather busy on the Beyond Buckskin train!
Last year I began the BB Top Lists, wrapping up the biggest moments of the previous year.
1. ETSY SHMETSY: A year ago, I became aware of the dark side of Etsy. In this post, I called them out, stating, "Etsy is a breeding ground for Native American stereotypes, tackiness, and tastelessness." One of the people I highlighted in this article got her feelings hurt, and her friends decided to attack me, my profession (evidently teaching Native American art history is a joke to this select group of 'Indians'), and I was told I should be respectful to a 'community elder.' Elder?
Well, I did some research and wrote this lovely post, "Your Elder's Name is Google" (right). Later I would write a few more articles, stating "Indian Headdresses Should Not Be On Etsy," and asking "Does Etsy Condone Trademark Violation?" I also called out this guy named Eagle Spirit (seriously, reread this article, it's a good one).
2. URBAN CONTINUES TO BE A THORN: Oh Urban Outfitters - the case continues! Recently, when a company gets caught with their pants down, they make some sort of statement. Not UO. They were even trying to have the court case moved to Pennsylvania and far from the Navajo Nation capital. So, it drags on. There was this video, A Letter to Urban Outfitters, which was filmed at my alma mater, Dartmouth College, and Fashion Law Institute also covered the issues, bringing home the point that there's More At Stake Than A Court Victory.
3. THE LONE RANGER: The Lone Ranger Trailer was released! (well 2 of them) And we still can't agree whether or not it's going to be a #gamechanger, or if it's just the same ol' Indian song and dance (and broken English).
4. ACROSS THE POND: There was 'Navajo' fashion in the UK. The UK hates real Indians. Loves imaginary ones.
5. REDFACE AND OTHER 1491s VIDEOS: The 1491s released a couple of videos that had more of an intellectual bent than usual, and I loved it. They launched this video in response to Indian mascots, playing Indian, and redface. They also posted this delightful video (I have a cameo!) called I'm an Indian Too.
6. CHILD'S PLAY: Hey man, start your kids off on the right foot with toys inspired by stereotypes. Hello Kitty was infected with the Tribal Trend bug and rolled around in some 'Aztec' glitter. In fact, Adrienne Keene and I were asked in an article to discuss the 'Aztec' trend (is 'Aztec' the new 'Navajo'?!). And then there was this Lalaloopsy doll: "Feather Tell-a-Tale" with her friend, the bear whose body is a bear head (right). At least she doesn't have a tomahawk.
7. VIDEOS, POP MUSICIANS AND OTHER WANNABEES: There were a lot of folks doing some tacky Native appropriations, including this person at Katy Perry's birthday party, Blondfire and their "Where the Kids Are" video, the Flo Rida approved football uniforms (wtf?), this Korean pop video, and a whole slew of companies released tees or hoodies with Indian skulls in headdresses emblazoned on the front.
8. HALLOWEEN: Every year we brace ourselves for Halloween - we never know what kind of Pocahottie hot mess Native appropriations are going to come out of the woodwork on this day. So we had this checklist in hand, while this article made me cringe, but we were happy to hear that one company pulled their Sassy Squaw children's costume (I can't believe that such a thing could even exist).
9. 20 SIGNS: In case you're concerned that you might be a Native-inspired hot mess, I came up with this list of 20 signs you might be taking the Native trend too far. Just tryin' to help out!
10. NO DOUBT: Oh Gwen! Why did you betray us! No Doubt yanked their Too 'Hot' video, and we talked about it here and here (among other places).
11. HEADDRESS OUTBREAK OF 2012: Now this was simply uncanny - it was as if the headdress was contagious and starting popping up on everyone's heads. The headdress was misappropriated by this Colorado Boutique, this student, and some chick who calls herself Gypsy Soule and claims she can do whatever she wants, because she's Cherokee. There was also the Hipster Sister (below) spotted at Kateri's canonization. The whole thing = bizarre.
Then there was the Victoria's Secret Bloomer Headdress Incident of 2012 (below). I first saw it here, then Huffington Post offensively asked if it was offensive, Chelsea Vowel talked about it, Ruth Hopkins for Last Real Indians wrote a great article on it, Native Appropriations chimed in, and a Petition was started. And then they finally apologized on Facebook. Then our buddy Snoop joined the ranks of 'honoring' us by making a mockery of a sacred tradition - on Thanksgiving!
12. PAUL FRANK: Last, but certainly not least, was Paul Frank's Racist Powwow. I wanted to put this one last because hopefully it will become a great example of how bad situations can turn lovely. See, in this world, we're going to come across people who don't know they're being offensive (hey, it happens!) but we need to work together. The Paul Frank case is shaping up to be a great example of how to apologize, listen, come up with solutions and creative ideas, learn, pass on that new knowledge to others, and move forward.
What was your take on the whole Crystle Lightning take on the headdress issue? Myself, I found it wrong, no matter the intention. What is your take on our own people misappropriating our people's or other tribes culture and or traditions?
Whatever gives you the idea that the UK hates Native Americans? The bigoted minority who might, couldn't give a toss as their narrow minded stupidity and hate is directed at Indians. From India. And having prints and designs inspired by Native American traditional designs isn't theft of heritage. It's INSPIRATION. Admittedly if the company had wanted to "Go Native" they could have gone with celtic designs as that is closest to UK native. I agree that there are many people who do do it wrong, particularly the proliferation of fake, innapropriate and badly made headdresses. But that doesn't mean that an English designer shouldn't use Indian or Pakistani design themes in their clothing. Cultural exchange doesn't happen by standing with swords drawn on both sides and one shouting "GIVE US YOUR CULTURE WE WANT IT" and the other shouting "ANYTHING THAT LOOKS LIKE OURS BUT ISN'T SHOULD BE BURNED". You do great work on here and through the boutique of promoting Native designers. And I applaud you for it. I also applaud your articles against people like Paul Frank and UO who ARE being offensively tasteless. But I feel that a kneejerk reaction to any use of native american designs as inspiration for designers who are not Native is a little extreme.
Unlike the US government and secttions of industry, not everyone is out to destroy your cultures and trivialise and ridicule your identity. Some just think Native designs are pretty. And who could argue with that?


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'Satisfied with current state': FIFA inspector on stadium condition at Zenit Arena
Published time: 27 Feb, 2017 15:33 Edited time: 11 May, 2017 12:21
Stands of the Zenit Arena in St. Petersburg © Mikhail Kireev © Sputnik
FIFA's competitions director says the organization's inspection commission is satisfied with the current state of St. Petersburg's Zenit Arena. The venue will host 2017 Confederations Cup and 2018 World Cup games in the northern capital of Russia.
A five-day FIFA delegation's visit that will continue until March 3, and include all four cities that will host the Confederations Cup games has started in St. Petersburg on Monday.
"It's a great pleasure for me that I don't have to wear the safety hat here anymore," Colin Smith told the press, talking at the arena, TASS reported.
Director of FIFA Competitions Division Colin Smith at the Zenit Arena in St. Petersburg © Mikhail Kireev © Sputnik
"Now we can talk about the football, about the field, rather than discussing the construction process.
"Overall we are satisfied with the job that has been done here. Although, there are some things that still need to be complete. The city assured us that everything will be ready by June," he added.
Smith has also added that this is the last FIFA's visit to the city before the start of the Confederations Cup.
"This visit is very important to us," said St. Petersburg Deputy Governor Igor Albin.
"We have hosted the testing events on the arena – a bike show and a concert. We've tested the logistics and the safety. The results were very good."
Kremlin to host World Cup Russia 2018 finals draw in December
During the previous international football governing body visit in October 2016 the inspection was critical over arena's retractable pitch, which causes vibration levels higher than allowed by FIFA standards.
This time Smith says the issue still remains, but will be resolved shortly.
"The solution has been found. There is a two-week work plan, and following this period the vibration issues will be fixed. We are positive about it."
The 2017 Confederations Cup will run from June 17 to July 2, 2017 in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan and Sochi.
The World Cup is scheduled to take place from June 15 to June 14, 2018, in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, Sochi, Kaliningrad, Ekaterinburg, Samara, Volgograd, Saransk, Nizhny Novgorod and Rostov-on-Don.
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Q: How can I integrate Eventbrite sign-ups with existing users on my custom wordpress site? I have a wordpress site where I have users and want to manage events through eventbrite. I also want to be able to track which users sign up for which events, which users actually check in to events, etc. Ultimately I want my users to log in to my website and see a list of all the events they've attended in the past (with my organization). From there can can submit feedback for events, etc.
What's the easiest way to do this? Is there any way to validate a user at the process of sign-up on Eventbrite? Or do I simply ask for their user_id in a custom form field and hope they didn't mistype it.
Thank yoU!

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Note, I work on the Platform team at Eventbrite

There are multiple questions here:

I want to be able to track which users sign up for which events,
  which users actually check in to events, etc

For this you will need to make API requests as yourself, to get information about your specific events and the attendees who have registered for those events.  Specifically, event_list_attendees will give you the stats for attendees in a given event, and the barcodes statuses will show you whether someone has checked in.

Ultimately I want my users to log in to my website and see a list of
  all the events they've attended in the past (with my organization).
  From there can can submit feedback for events, etc.

Since you only want the user to interact with your events here, the best way to do this is to store all of your events and attendees, and build up what you want around that data.  I don't know of a Wordpress plug-in which will do that out of the box.
Most of the APIs we have now are organizer-centric.  Really, the better way to do this would be to have a user authenticate via OAuth2 and then you could make API requests on their behalf.  We're currently working on a new RESTful API which will better support scenarios like this.

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The Kapil Sharma Show: Abhishek Bachchan Reveals Ajay Devgn Scolded Him When He Tested COVID-19 Positive
A new promo has been released by the channel, wherein Abhishek was seen revealing some gossip.
The Kapil Sharma Show: Abhishek Bachchan Received An Earful From Ajay Devgn For Getting Covid-19 ( Photo Credit – Instagram / Ajay Devgn ; Facebook / Abhishek Bachchan )
Bollywood actors Abhishek Bachchan and Ajay Devgn are all set to appear on The Kapil Sharma Show to promote their new film The Big Bull. During the show, Abhishek will be seen spilling some beans about receiving an angry call from Ajay after he tested positive for the coronavirus last year.
A new promo has been released by the channel, wherein Abhishek was seen revealing to the comedian-host of the show that Ajay gave him an earful about not being careful during the time infection was widespread. Following which, the actor said that he thought back and realised he had met him 5-6 days before being tested positive for Covid-19.
In a hilarious exchange of conversation, when Kapil Sharma asked Abhishek, "What did you do during the lockdown?" the latter laughed and replied, "We did corona." Abhishek and his entire family, including Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya and daughter Aaradhya, were tested positive of Coronavirus. They were even hospital following the diagnosis.
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Abhishek in a more serious tone then said, "He (Ajay) was the first to call me. He said, 'What is this? What is going on? How has this happened to you?' Then I realised that five or six days before that, he'd come to meet me."
Abhishek Bachchan then also talked about his upcoming film The Big Bull, which is based on Harshad Mehta, was first offered to Ajay Devgn. "Bol Bachchan, The Big Bull and two-three other projects that came to him (Ajay) first. He said 'I should not do it'. Make it with Abhishek. He himself produced those projects," he said. Take a look at the promo below:
Previously, during an interview with Hindustan Times, Abhishek Bachchan spoke about his experience of contracting Covid-19 from July to August 2020. He said, "I was more filled with concern for my family than anything else. My father, wife and daughter got it too, thankfully the rest of the family did not. Obviously, you're concerned about your loved ones and want them to be alright. There's little that you can do. I've to thank all the doctors and nurses who cared and worked so hard. I never actually had time to sit and contemplate. At that time, energies and concentration is all on your loved ones. After recuperating, I was back to work."
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The program will feature representatives from several professional associations in the Washington, DC area to address the roles of 'learned societies', as collective organizations of scholars, in meeting the information needs of researchers, teachers, practitioners, policy makers, journalists, and students. As ANSS Currents went to press, we have confirmed participation by Bill Davis, Executive Director, American Anthropological Association; and Dr. Felice Levine, Executive Officer, American Sociological Association. We are awaiting confirmation by a third association executive director.
The 1998 program provides a follow-up to the 1987 ANSS program, "THE FUTURE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH AND LIBRARIES: TOWARD THE YEAR 2000," at which a panel of scholars in sociology and anthropology speculated about the direction in which they believed their disciplinary research and information needs were headed.
Neither tickets nor pre-registration are required for attendance. A busare required for attendance. A business meeting follows the program.
The Section will also sponsor its customary tour of a local research library. This year, proximity to the Smithsonian means a rich array of resources await us. Dr. Margaret Dittemore, head of the John Wesley Powell Library at the Smithsonian Institution, will introduce us to her library, itself closed for construction during our visit. However, we will be able to visit the National Anthropological Archives elsewhere in the building, as well as the underground library of the National Museum of African Art and its associated Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives.
The tour will be on Tuesday morning, June 30, and will accommodate 50 people, in two groups of 25. Reservations should be made by contacting Greg Finnegan at Tozzer Library, Harvard University, 21 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge MA 02138-2089 or gregory_finnegan@harvard.edu, no later than June 1.
The two ANSS Executive Committee meetings at Midwinter were dedicated to reports from ACRL and ANSS meetings, exchanging information, sharing ideas, and confirming directions for ANSS. ACRL reports that it is financially sound. The Annual conference made money, and the next one planned will be in Detroit in 1999 with the theme of "Racing toward Tomorrow." ACRL plans to review and revise its strategic plan. How the sections will participate is unclear, but ANSS will ask for formal participation by the sections. ACRL has the goals of increasing liaison activities with other professional organizations and heighten participation of sections in planning activities – two goals ANSS heartily supports.
All the ANSS committees made reports, which can be found here in ANSS Currents. The Nominating Committee's report on the difficulty of finding candidates for offices generated much concern. Like other sections in ACRL, ANSS has a small pool of active members, many of whom are otive members, many of whom are overcommitted, underfunded to attend conferences, or sought for office by other ALA units. ANSS will continue to work with ACRL to address this problem.
As linguistics has arisen as an area of interest to ANSS members, the Anthropology Librarians Discussion Group will devote its next meeting to this subject. If it is found that there is demand for a separate discussion group, this will be further explored.
Discussion turned to the status of anthropology and sociology literature in electronic formats. ANSS will explore what is available in electronic form and explore taking an active role in advising appropriate groups in determining the literature that could be converted and maintained in electronic format. Lynn Schmelz offered to look into the coverage of JSTOR as an example.
The report from the Tozzer Library included the news that retrospective conversion will be completed summer 1998.
Records will then be available in Hollis, Anthropological Literature, and RLIN. At the Smithsonian, the John Wesley Powell Library will be closed for renovall Library will be closed for renovation for one year, beginning March 1998. Only 7,500 books will be accessible during the renovation. Maggie Dittemore was encouraged to report at ALA Annual on the selection process and criteria. The National Anthropological Archives will remain open, although they are housed in poor conditions and lack staff. It is hoped that in the future there will be more collaboration between the Powell Library and the Archives. Lynn Schmelz reported that HRAF plans to publish more titles electronically, including an encyclopedia of prehistory and a collection in archaeology.
There is little news on other national efforts. CoPAR has not met and LARG is still compiling the book on resources in special collections in anthropology.
Executive Committee meetixecutive Committee meetings are open, and ANSS members are encouraged to attend and participate.
The Committee is planning a program focusing on the leadership of librarians in building locally focused collections and preserving social history. The theme of this program would emphasize the creativity, knowledge, productivity and diversity of method on the part of librarians in order to preserve local, social history for the use of students, faculty, and other constituencies.
During its initial meeting, the Committee considered several interesting suggestions, some of which focus on New Orleans. Examples considered by the Committee include library collections which document the Mardi Gras Indians, communities of recent immigrants, gay and lesbian communities, or local television news broadcasts as records of community events and everyday life.
As is the norm, the Committee will arrange for a tour of a local faciliarrange for a tour of a local facility which exemplifies the program theme.
The Bibliography Committee met twice at ALA Midwinter. During those meetings, the committee discussed three reviews: Royce Kurtz's review of the ICPSR Web site which focuses on searching the Data Archive, Martin Shapiro's review of IBSS Extra (International Bibliography of the Social Sciences), and Beth Cramer's review of Population Index on the Web. The committee also continued work on the criteria for analyzing indexes and abstracts that has been revised by Jim Haug. The committee hopes to finalize these criteria at the next annual meetings. Finally, the committee discussed future projects. Draft reviews of America History and Life, Anthropological Index On-line, Coombsweb-ANU Social Sciences Server, and Sociofile will be prepared and presented at the next meetings.
The Liaison Committee was scheduled to meet Saturday at 8 am during ALA Midwinter. Due to severe weather conditions, most committee members were absent, and the meeting was subsequently canceled. Newly appointed committee members include: Suzanne H. Calpestri, Maxine Craig, and Christine Whittington. Fifty copies of ANSS Currents were mailed to newsletter and journal editors, libraries, and library schools in December. Of these, 12 went to addresses outside the U.S. Work on the Subject Specialists Directory continues. A draft version of the web form is now functional and will soon be tested.
The committee completed its work during August and September 1997. Potential candidates for Vice-Chair/Chair Elect and Member-at-Large were identified and contacted. Formal letters of acceptance were received from nominees, as required by ACRL. The ANSS slate of candidates was sent to ACRL in late September. Having completed its work, the committee did not meet in New Orleans.
The Publications Committee met on Sunday in New Orleans and began, as usual, by critiquing the most recent issue of ANSS Currents. Ideas picked up from issues of other section newsletters were discussed.
Several committee members will be taking on new editorial duties. Gary McMillan is now co-editor of ANSS Web with Joyce Ogburn. He will be focusing on the site's design, but he also introduced some new ideas for content which were discussed. Gary hopes that more ANSS members and even non-members can contribute to expanding coverage of ANSS Web. Mary Nofsinger will be assuming ANSS Currents co-editor duties immediately, joining Isabel Quintana. Ellen Gilbert is stepping down after serving as co-editor for two years. Pauline Manaka will be taking over the role of owner/moderator of ANSS-L over the coming months from Steve MacLeod, who created the listserv in 1994. Steve announced that there are 392 subscribers to ANSS-L.
Regarding the committee's membership, it was agreed thaee's membership, it was agreed that clarification was needed on whether editors of ANSS Currents, ANSS Web and ANSS-L should continue to be called ex-officio members. Since they are and should be voting members, and furthermore need to be appointed so that ACRL records are accurate, we will cease calling them ex-officio. ANSS procedure will require newly assigned editors not already on the committee to be appointed to it, and committee members continuing as editors to be reappointed if their terms end.
The Review and Planning committee met on Sunday, January 11. Several topics were discussed. First among these was how the Sections could become more involved in the ACRL's strategic planning process. In the last strategic planning episode, the Sections did not have the opportunity to actively participate but only to react to what the ACRL Board proposed.
The next topic of discussion was the miscommunication between Sections and the ACRL Office. These included mailings going to the wrong people, incorrect committee rosters, ple, incorrect committee rosters, conflicting deadline dates and other incidents and inconsistencies. Chris Smith and Joyce Ogburn agreed to compile a list of these problems and communicate with the ACRL Office concerning their resolution.
We also considered Jim Williams,' Chair of the Nominating Committee, report to the Executive Committee. This report described the difficulties in finding people to run for Section office, especially the Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect position. Unfortunately, we had little success in coming up with solutions to this perennial problem. Finally, we discussed the preliminary planning for the ANSS program for the 1999 Conference.
At the ALA Midwinter meeting, the weeding of collections was discussed. Several common circumstances were identified. Regardless of size, space constraints compel almost all academic libraries to discard some materials. While most institutions have collection development policies to direct acquisitions, written policies for weeding are not as common and, where extant, tend to be less prescriptive in nature. Multiple copies of older monographs and major journals are often owned by libraries, reflecting a time when materials budgets held greater buying power as well as an era when photocopying was not readily available.
Most institutions base withdrawal decisions partly on use. The need to retain certain works for their historical value is recognized. Librarians are also inclined to keep books written by, or which include contributions from, local faculty members. The preferences of teaching faculty are important, although pleasing the faculty to maintain good relations can result in keeping materials which are no longer useful. The hls which are no longer useful. The holdings of other libraries are often taken into account. Finding the work is available elsewhere within the state or within a geographic area not infrequently influences the decision to withdraw a work. Repositories are a desirable option, but the slant of such collections can change and works listed as being owned by a facility may in fact be missing.
The dispensation of discarded materials is a part of the weeding process and was also discussed. Restrictions often govern the disposal of materials from state-supported schools and state laws vary greatly. Some states prohibit the placement of withdrawn items into book sales, although they may be given to other state-supported institutions. Exchange arrangements are a desirable option for the useful disposal of unwanted books and journals. An information clearinghouse for anthropological works is needed.
The possible influence of JSTOR and comparable commercial services, which offer the full-text of journals, as a factor in weeding serials collections was raised. Such services must be purchased and subscriptions must remain active for this course to be feasible, although exploration in this area is worthwhile. Electronic journals are often not entirely equivalent to theoften not entirely equivalent to their printed versions, however. Book reviews, letters to the editor, and advertisements are not infrequently omitted as are complete articles on occasion. These circumstances must be taken into consideration.
Discussion group meetings are open to all. ANSS members are encouraged to attend and participate.
An unexpectedly large number of librarians attended the 1998 Midwinter meeting of the Sociology Librarians Discussion Group in New Orleans. Terry Owen, products manager for Sociological Abstracts, attended as a guest speaker. He discussed recent changes to the index, and solicited feedback from librarians regarding improvements they would like to see made in the product.
Among the changes to Sociological Abstracts that Terry noted were the elimination of the identifiers structure. That information has been put into the minor descriptors field. Terry pointed outdescriptors field. Terry pointed out that book reviews are now available on the CD-ROM version, so that the CD-ROM and on-line versions are now virtually identical. The speaker also mentioned that although Sociological Abstracts indexes conference papers, not all of them are available via document delivery. If there is no note field in the record for a conference paper, users must contact the author of the paper directly.
Terry acknowledged that there had been some indexing problems with the backfile, and that plans to index the backfile to 1974 using thesaurus terms are being considered. Although it is not possible to access the list of journals indexed in Sociological Abstracts on-line, a complete list of journals is available at the Sociological Abstracts web site at http://www.socs.org. The journal list for Sociological Abstracts is combined with the list for Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts. Terry went on to mention that Sociological Abstracts can now be accessed from IC Search Bank and also from Cambridge Scientific Abstracts. Several versions of the index are also available through FirstSearch, but the per search version is only a subset of the original and indexes only 220 journals. The FirstSearch software is not as powerful as some CD-ROM versions such as Silverplatter's because it does not permit searching by individual fiel permit searching by individual fields.
Sociological Abstracts also features interdisciplinary coverage of related subject areas. Terry described the criteria used to select interdisciplinary articles for inclusion. For example, if an article is authored by at least one sociologist, or if the word "sociology" appears in the title, it may be included. Many non-English articles are also indexed, and 35% of the articles are written in languages other than English.
Terry noted that the Sociological Abstracts web site features many resources of interest to librarians. There are links to bibliographies of current interest and to professional organizations. Overall, the site includes links to over 700 sites related to sociology and sociology-related fields. Anyone needing assistance in using any Sociological Abstracts product can send an email request to socio@surfnet.com or call 1-800-752-3945.
The co-conveners ended the meeting by asking those attending for suggestions for possible discussion topics for the annual meeting in Washington, DC in June. Self-nominations are also sought for a co-convener to replace Sally Willson Weimer if she is elected to be the next chair of is elected to be the next chair of ANSS.
Documenting Cultural Diversity in the Resurgent American South, published last Spring by ACRL, is the 1997 Recipient of the Brenda McCallum Memorial Award of the American Folklore Society. This volume, edited by Margaret R. Dittemore and Fred J. Hay, is based on the papers presented at the 1991 and 1993 ANSS programs at ALA Annual.
The Brenda McCallum Memorial Award is given for "exceptional work dealing with folklife archives or the collection, organization, and management of folklife materials." It is especially appropriate that this publication receive this award because the book is dedicated to Brenda's memory and because Brenda helped organize the 1991 program.
It is also another significant demonstration of the importance of ANSS programs to our membership, social science librarians in general, and the subject disciplines ANSS serves. Documenting Cultural Diversity in the Resurgent American South is reviewed in the March, 1998 issue of College & Research Libraries.
Complete and abridged versions of the 1997 ACRL President's Program in San Francisco are now available for borrowing by ACRL chapters wishing to use these as part of local programming, as well as by libraries and individuals. The program, "Imagining the Learning Library," features presentations by Betsy Baker, of Northwestern University, and by several mern University, and by several members of the Disney "Imagineers".
The full program runs 2.5 hours on two half-inch tapes; the abridged version runs 72 minutes on one half-inch tape. ACRL encourages state and regional chapters to bring this program to those of their members who may not have been able to travel to ALA last summer.
To borrow the tape for a 3 week period, send an ALA-approved interlibrary loan form to the ALA Headquarters Library, 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2795. A nominal fee may be charged to cover postage. Advanced reservations for the tapes will be honored by calling 312-280-3277 or via e-mail at larc@ala.org. Questions regarding the program contents should be addressed to Elisa Topper in the ACRL Office, 312-280-2523 or etopper@ala.org.
June 15 is the deadline for submitting proposals for papers and panel sessions for ACRL's 9th National Conference, that will be held in Detroit, Michigan, April 8-11, 1999. The conference theme, "Racing Toward Tomorrow," is explored in six subthemes: creating lifelong learners, shaping the changing environment; changing work roles; developing alternate resources; expanding the knowledge base; and creating alliances and partnerships.
Details about preparing a proposal and attending the conference are available on ACRL's Web site at http://www.ala.org/acrl/prendex.xml. The "Call for Participation" was also published as an insert in the January issue of ACRL News.
Ed Summers is now the electronic resources cataloger at Old Dominion University Libraries.
Our section's home page now contains almost everything you ever wanted to know about ANSS, including how to get involved, information about officers, committees, programs, and conferences, ANSS publications, and historical highlights. There's a volunteer form for those interested in contributing through committee assignments, as well acommittee assignments, as well as links back to the ACRL and ALA web sites.
As the annual conference approaches, be sure to check ANSSWeb for up-to-date information on committee meeting times at ALA.
Please send your comments and suggestions to Joyce Ogburn jlogburn@u.washington.edu.
ANSS Currents (ISSN 0888-5559) is published by the Anthropology and Sociology Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago IL 60611; (312)944-6780.


Below is the free all-in-one astrology summary reading of Ann born on Thursday 14 March 1935. Ann was born in the month of the Western Zodiac (star sign) Pisces and the year of the Chinese Animal Pig.
In Numerology the divine number is derived from the first name Ann. Eastern astrology uses the date of birth Thursday 14 March 1935 to establish the animal sign in a 12-year cycle of the Chinese calendar. Western and Celtic/Druid astrology are using the divine bodies and their relations in conjuction with date of birth and both use a monthly calendar.
Ann was born on Thursday 14 March 1935 in the month of the Western Zodiac (star sign) Pisces and in the year of the Chinese Animal Pig.
Astrological signs of Ann born Thursday 14 March 1935. Free Astrology Reading Summary with matching Star sign Pisces, Chinese animal zodiac Pig, Druid tree symbol Lime and Birthstone Aquamarine.


It's game time! Now that American football season is over, I need a new hobby. I love old school games, and you cannot get more old school than these two.
According to a fantastic site (linked below), one of the first Jesuit priests to arrive in the Visayan islands, Father José Sanchez, wrote in 1692 about sungka, called kunggit in parts of Panay. Sungka is a form of mancala, the "sowing" or "count and capture" games known across Asia. However, it is distinctive enough in its play that it has become a cultural touchstone for Filipino migrants and overseas contract workers.
Sungka is played on a carved wooden board with seven small "houses" (bahay) and one head (ulo) at either end. Small stones or cowrie shells are placed in the houses and then redistributed in gameplay. The Filipino version has two especially cool rules if you're a mancala enthusiast. For example, the first move is played by both players simultaneously, and the player who runs out of stones first gets the next turn. Second, you can capture your opponent's pieces across from you when you land in an empty house on your side. These changes make the game both more fair and more fun.
Creative Commons photo on sungka by EJ Sabandal.
Beyond mere entertainment, sungka has been used to teach advanced mathematical concepts and to divine one's marriage prospects—so everything important in life. "The feminist poet and communication scientist Alison M. De La Cruz wrote in 1999 a one-woman performance called Sungka, which analyses the societal and family-related expectations in regard to gender-specific behavior and sexuality, race, and ethnic affiliation, by comparing it to a game of sungka." That sounds interesting, eh?
Creative Commons photo of Spanish Cards by Nuno Ribeiro.
Panguingue is a 19th-century rummy card game that uses eight traditional Spanish decks. You can make your modern deck a pseudo-Spanish one by removing the 8s, 9s, and 10s, and some folks also remove a set of spades to make 310 cards total. With these cards removed, the jack follows the 7 card. This game is similar to the in-hand rummy you might already know, but one interesting distinction is the fact that you can fold your entire hand in the first move before you bet. After that, you're in it until someone wins it. Wait a second, you say. Betting? Oh, did I not mention there can be lots of gambling involved? That's the exciting bit.


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TOP TEN LIST OF CONSERVATIVE DOWNERS
Essential as election campaigns are, I'm not a fan. They always seem to bring out the worst in us: too much lazy punditry on the latest polls, too many analysts droning on and on as masters of the bleeding obvious, and leadership tours reduced to little more than orchestrated photo-ops and tightly controlled rallies. When was the last time anyone did some real reporting from the campaign trail? I'm not blaming the journalists. Everything is so packaged nowadays, what is there to report? Comment on the electoral horse race, focus on the occasional gaffe or two and that's about it.
Meanwhile, partisanship and emotions run high, leaving little room for anything approaching illuminating debate. Not to mention the wealth of misleading attack ads and nastiness on the hustings, this time, mostly from the party of you know who. Is this what democracy has become? An appeal to the lowest common denominator? Demonizing your opponent as if he or she were running to deliberately ruin and bankrupt Canada, just because they have different views than you do? I'm so old I can remember when politics was a relatively honourable pursuit.
This dispiriting campaign is the worst in memory. Although the three major parties have platforms sufficiently varied to give voters a decent range of options, manipulation of the democratic process and the relentless, divisive drive of the Conservatives to nudge their support up to the 39 or so per cent that produced a majority last time is enough to drive one to pee in a cup….or call up Rob Ford….or both…. It is to despair.
Thank goodness for that seventh inning and José Bautista!
Just to further jolly myself, herewith my Top Ten list of deliberate electoral shenanigans by the Conservatives that, taken together, illustrate just how much this country needs a breath of fresh air on Monday. Cast a happy vote!
(This just in: none of it worked……hehe)
The three-month campaign. Shades of Bob Dylan's never-ending tour, this is by far the longest, most expensive campaign in Canada's modern political history. It's a marathon no one wanted but the Conservatives. It was a calculated decision they believed would be to their advantage: more total money to spend, lots of time to overcome any gaffes or bumps on the road (Duffy, anyone?), and difficult for the opposition parties to maintain momentum. Plus, perhaps reducing the turnout by boring people to death. As for me, I'd rather be on Pluto, where campaigns last only three weeks.
As Joel Gray sang in Cabaret: "Money makes ze world go round." Not only do the Tories have a political war chest absolutely stuffed with cash, they took advantage of being in power by spending oodles of taxpayers' money to flood us with pro-government ads in the months leading up to the campaign.
Dividing Canadians. As we have learned over the years, Stephen Harper could care less about the 60 per cent of Canadians opposed to the direction he is taking the country. As long as the anti-Harper vote is split between the NDP and the Liberals, he can claim victory with less than 40% of the popular vote. He's not the first political leader to exploit that, of course, but it's never good for the country. We are better together, than divided.
Never has a major political party been less willing to debate the issues. First, the Conservatives kiboshed the heavily-watched, English-language TV debates that have long been part of the political process. (Harper did debate on Radio-Canada — twice!– but that was in Quebec, where les Conservateurs had nowhere to go but up.) And at the same time, Tory candidates across the land have been missing in action at most all-candidate meetings. Sure, these grassroots gatherings rarely change anyone's views, and they can sometimes turn into partisan gong shows but they are part of the process. Turning one's back on the public in this small way shows contempt for democracy.
There has rarely, if ever, been a government so obsessed with controlling its message. This has carried on into the campaign, where all reporters have experienced difficulty getting access to the Prime Minister for even a brief question, along with the inevitable, brusque control of political events by security.
Yes, the date of the talks were set, but did the Conservatives, representing Canada, even consider asking them to be postponed for a month or so? Maybe a naive suggestion, but negotiating a major trade deal, with profound implications for the country, in the midst of an election campaign that, conceivably, you might lose, verges on the surreal. All behind closed doors, all without involving the Canadian people, and still without disclosure of more than a few meagre details. The rest is silence. How are voters supposed to make a decision on the merits or otherwise of Trans-Pacific Partnership, the largest free trade deal ever negotiated?
Like Republicans to the south of us, the Conservatives seem to believe it's better for their chances to make voting a bit more onerous. Hence, extra ID requirements for some, and unprecedented legislative proposals to restrict the independence of Elections Canada Some of this was withdrawn after a huge public outcry. But it showed where their hearts lay: the weaker Elections Canada and the lower the turnout, the better for the Conservatives, since a greater percentage of their supporters vote than all those young people. In the meantime, past budget cuts have surely contributed to the many well-pulicized, voter list fiascos and the schmozzola at many advance polling stations. It all smacks of a two-bit democracy.
The politics of fear and division. Ethnic Chinese and Punjabi voters have been targeted with specific ads in Chinese and Punjabi, making absurd claims that Justin Trudeau supports making pot accessible to kids and setting up neighbourhood brothels? Why are they the only groups targeted? Then, there are those election pamphlets suggesting ISIS would be attacking people in their bedrooms, if the Conservatives were not bombing ISIS. Tory candidate Dianne Watts, once a sensible mayor of Surrey, originally distanced herself from the messaging. She told reporters she had her own style. A day later, presumably after receiving a phone call from election headquarters, she embraced the fear-mongering.
A blanketing of the airwaves with attack ads on Justin Trudeau's economic policies during the campaign's final few days that are even more misleading than usual. Observed Globe and Mail economics reporter David Parkinson: "They paint pictures of their opponents' economic platforms that are about as close to reality as a Dali canvas."
The niqab. Hammering away on such an inflammatory topic in the heat of an election campaign to win votes is reprehensible. This issue brought me down more than any other. Speaking of José Batista, also thank whoever's up there for Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi. He says it beautifully. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/divided-canada-stands-to-lose-what-makes-it-great/article26848363/
(Cartoon by Steve Nease)
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ADIOS, BUENVA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB
It was a magical night, mixed with a heavy dose of poignancy, as the vaunted Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club made its final appearance in Vancouver. There will be no more tours. Many of the aging Cuban music stars we got to know and love from Ry Cooder's venture to Havana in the 1990's are no longer with us.
Only five Buena Vista originals remain, and one of them, the incomparable diva Omara Portuondo, will soon be 85. She could barely walk onto the stage at the sold-out Chan Centre. As soon as the music started up, however, her fountain of youth kicked in, transfixing us still with the haunting power of her voice and an aching ability to caress the lyrics. Spanish really is the loving tongue. For most of her short set, we were on our feet, showering her with the adulation befitting a legend who toured with Nat King Cole and began singing and dancing at the Tropicana Club way back in 1950. Legend, thy name is Omara.
The other old-timer who held centre stage for his own mini-concert was Eliades Ochoa. Although a relatively youthful 69, his strong voice now has a husky rasp to it Otherwise, he was the same endearing cowboy, clad in Johnny Cash black, with Stetson and a guitar, who was such a part of the initial group. In addition to his consummate musicianship, there is a lovely sweetness to Ochoa that just makes you smile when he's on stage. Not only that, he shared his concern about the environment. Introducing a song about "la luna", Ochoa noted: "Because of climate change, we may all end up living on the moon…"
(The other originals were trumpeter Manuel 'Guajiro' Mirabal, who stayed in the background, energetic laud player Barbarito Torres, who seemed to have aged barely a whit, and the 54-year old "kid", Jesús 'Aguaje' Ramos, band director and trombonist extraordinaire.)
The now familiar saga of the Buena Vista Club remains one of my favourite feel-good stories. All those once celebrated veterans of the pre-Castro years of Cuban son living out their years, gradually forgotten as the revolution ticked on. Then, suddenly, out of nowhere, Ry Cooder drops in from some kind of music heaven, and they become world-famous. At their age!
What was going through the minds of 90-year old Compay Segundo, 79-year old Ruben González, 71-year old Ibrahim Ferrer and Omara Portuondo, as they left their modest rooms in crumbling Havana for the bright lights of New York and a concert at Carnegie Hall? On Wim Wenders' affecting documentary, you could virtually feel them pinching themselves, staring out at the rapturous audience, their faces lit with such joy and emotion. Yet they were far from over-awed. Their swagger and aplomb from the old days remained intact.
The day after their Vancouver appearance, we dug out the Buena Vista Social Club video (no DVD for us) and enjoyed it all over again. But this time there was the added, bittersweet reminder of the missing, so full of life back in 1998. In a nice touch, on a large, backdrop screen, the Vancouver concert ran silent profiles of members who had died, with many black and white photos from their early performing days when they were kings.
Meanwhile, their first CD remains the best-selling world album of all time. It charmed everyone, everywhere. The music is so infectious, with that rollicking Cuban beat, yet so simple -– songs about a couple going to the beach, an apartment burning down, someone heading off to the store and, of course, the enduring enchantment and mystery of love. Always sung with passion.
Many of those at the Chan were Spanish-speaking, and there's nothing quite like an Hispanic audience. Many were soon up out of their seats and dancing wherever they could find a bit of room. It was great. Although many of the backing musicians had past connections with the original performers, organizers wisely injected some youth to the band. Singers Idania Valdés and particularly Carlos Calunga reminded us how it must have all looked and sounded at the Tropicana Club all those years ago.
All in all, it was a wonderfully satisfying night from musicians we will never see again. I couldn't help think of the last few lines of Fern Hill by Dylan Thomas, the best poem ever written on the passage of time.
"Oh as I was young and easy in the mercy of his means,
Time held me green and dying
Though I sang in my chains like the sea."
Gracias and adios, amigos.
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John Moyle Field Day Contest 2017 – Get Out There!
The John Moyle Memorial Field Day Contest is fast approaching, due to be held on the weekend of March 18th and 19th this year. While AREG is not mounting a major club station this year, it is, as it did last year, encouraging as many members as possible to take to the road and activate portable for the contest.
At least two members have indicated that they will be on air portable (VK5GR and VK5AKH). Even if you cant mount a portable station, why not enter the home station category? Activity on the bands is the name of the game from 160m to Microwave! Dont forget digital modes and CW as well, as there are categories for them too.
Looking forward to working everyone during this years field day event!


BERLAND MEYER retired from the Wausau School District in June of 2005. He spent 36 years in the District beginning as a student teacher in 1969 and leaving as a Central Office Administrator. During his tenure with the Wausau School District he had many positions including teaching 5th grade, being the Technology Coordinator, Director of Research, Title I Director, Elementary Principal, Director of Bi-Lingual Bi-Cultural Services, Assistant Superintendent for Instruction, and, finally, Deputy Superintendent.
Berland's roots are in Milwaukee where he attended the Milwaukee Boys' Technical and Trade High School with plans to become a plumber. While he can still solder a pipe fitting he changed directions and got his BS in Elementary Education from the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point. After being placed by the university in Wausau for his student teaching experience he was hired by the District and planned to stay there for one year. One became two, and two became five, and five became 36!!
Berland has a Masters Degree from the UW Stevens Point and Specialist Degree from the UW Superior.
After retiring he worked for the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction in the Division for Student and School Success specifically working with Title I schools across the state. He served as the DPI Title I Liaison to the Racine School District and helped to develop a series of Annual Principals' Leadership Retreats.
Berland's wife Bev, retired from the DC Everest School District in 2006. She continues to do literacy work in area schools. They have two daughters; Jennifer, a Strategic Analyst for McKinsey & Company, and Julia, who is finishing her PhD in Cancer Research at NYU. Jennifer's husband Josef completes their tight little family.
Berland is active with Habitat for Humanity in Wausau. He oversees the house construc- tion activity for that affiliate. He has been involved in 20 house construction projects in the 6 years he has been retired. He completed his two-year term as President of the Wisconsin Retired Educators' Association in 2011 and is now in his two-year term as Past President. Berland helped present WRS seminars to WREA members across the state. He's grateful to Jane Elmer, past Executive Director of WREA, for her guidance and support and for all the work she has contributed to WREA and WCOA.


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Kieran Walshe is Professor of Health Policy and Management at Manchester Business School, and head of the health management group at MBS. He is also a non-executive director of the Christie NHS Foundation Trust, a board member of the UK Health Services Research Network and a member of the US AcademyHealth International Advisory Board. He was a member of the REF2014 panel for public health,health services research and primary care. He was associate director of the National Institute of Health Research health services and delivery research programme from 2012 to 2015, and directed the NIHR service delivery and organisation research programme from 2008 to 2011. He edited the journal Health Services Management Research from 2011 to 2015 and was a board member and scientific committee chair of the European Health Management Association from 2008 to 2015. From 2003 to 2006 he directed the Centre for Public Policy and Management in Manchester Business School, and from 2009 to 2011 he directed the university's Institute of Health Sciences.
He has twenty-five years experience in health policy, health management and health services research. He has previously worked at the University of Birmingham, at the University of California at Berkeley as a Harkness Fellow, and at the King's Fund in London, and has a professional background in healthcare management. He often works at the interface between research, policy and practice and values the opportunities it offers to engage with the policy and practitioner communities and to put ideas into action. He has particular interests and expertise in quality and performance in healthcare organisations; the governance, accountability and performance of public services; and the use of evidence in policy evaluation and learning. He has led a wide range of research projects funded by the ESRC, Department of Health, NIHR, and EU FP7 programmes, and other government departments and NHS organisations. He has advised many government agencies and organisations, in the UK and internationally, including acting as an advisor on health reforms to the House of Commons health select committee. His current research is mainly focused on reforms to health professions regulation, on the use of inspection and rating in the regulation of healthcare organisations and services; and on organisational capabilities and processes for improvement.
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Engineers design surfaces that send rain flying away, potentially preventing icing or soaking
Credit: Kripa Varanasi
CAMBRIDGE, MA — In many situations, engineers want to minimize the contact of droplets of water or other liquids with surfaces they fall onto. Whether the goal is keeping ice from building up on an airplane wing or a wind turbine blade, or preventing heat loss from a surface during rainfall, or preventing salt buildup on surfaces exposed to ocean spray, making droplets bounce away as fast as possible and minimizing the amount of contact with the surface can be key to keeping systems functioning properly.
Now, a study by researchers at MIT demonstrates a new approach to minimizing the contact between droplets and surfaces. While previous attempts, including by members of the same team, have focused on minimizing the amount of time the droplet spends in contact with the surface, the new method instead focuses on the spatial extent of the contact, trying to minimize how far a droplet spreads out before bouncing away.
The new findings are described in the journal ACS Nano in a paper by MIT graduate student Henri-Louis Girard, postdoc Dan Soto, and professor of mechanical engineering Kripa Varanasi. The key to the process, they explain, is creating a series of raised ring shapes on the material's surface, which cause the falling droplet to splash upward in a bowl-shaped pattern instead of flowing out flat across the surface.
The work is a follow up on an earlier project by Varanasi and his team, in which they were able to reduce the contact time of droplets on a surface by creating raised ridges on the surface, which disrupted the spreading pattern of impacting droplets. But the new work takes this farther, achieving a much greater reduction in the combination of contact time and contact area of a droplet.
In order to prevent icing on an airplane wing, for example, it is essential to get the droplets of impacting water to bounce away in less time than it takes for the water to freeze. The earlier ridged surface did succeed in reducing the contact time, but Varanasi says "since then, we found there's another thing at play here," which is how far the drop spreads out before rebounding and bouncing off. "Reducing the contact area of the impacting droplet should also have a dramatic impact on transfer properties of the interaction," Varanasi says.
The team initiated a series of experiments that demonstrated that raised rings of just the right size, covering the surface, would cause the water spreading out from an impacting droplet to splash upward instead, forming a bowl-shaped splash, and that the angle of that upward splash could be controlled by adjusting the height and profile of those rings. If the rings are too large or too small compared to the size of the droplets, the system becomes less effective or doesn't work at all, but when the size is right, the effect is dramatic.
It turns out that reducing the contact time alone is not sufficient to achieve the greatest reduction in contact; it's the combination of the time and area of contact that's critical. In a graph of the time of contact on one axis, and the area of contact on the other axis, what really matters is the total area under the curve — that is, the product of the time and the extent of contact. The area of the spreading was "was another axis that no one has touched" in previous research, Girard says. "When we started doing so, we saw a drastic reaction," reducing the total time-and-area contact of the droplet by 90 percent. "The idea of reducing contact area by forming 'waterbowls' has far greater effect on reducing the overall interaction than by reducing contact time alone," Varanasi says.
As the droplet starts to spread out within the raised circle, as soon as it hits the circle's edge it begins to deflect. "Its momentum is redirected upward," Girard says, and although it ends up spreading outward about as far as it would have otherwise, it is no longer on the surface, and therefore not cooling the surface off, or leading to icing, or blocking the pores on a "waterproof" fabric.
The rings themselves can be made in different ways and from different materials, the researchers say — it's just the size and spacing that matters. For some tests, they used rings 3-D printed on a substrate, and for others they used a surface with a pattern created through an etching process similar to that used in microchip manufacturing. Other rings were made through computer-controlled milling of plastic.
While higher-velocity droplet impacts generally can be more damaging to a surface, with this system the higher velocities actually improve the effectiveness of the redirection, clearing even more of the liquid than at slower speeds. That's good news for practical applications, for example in dealing with rain, which has relatively high velocity, Girard says. "It actually works better the faster you go," he says.
In addition to keeping ice off airplane wings, the new system could have a wide variety of applications, the researchers say. For example, "waterproof" fabrics can become saturated and begin to leak when water fills up the spaces between the fibers, but when treated with the surface rings, fabrics kept their ability to shed water for longer, and performed better overall, Girard says. "There was a 50 percent improvement by using the ring structures," he says.
The research was supported by MIT's Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation.
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After a few lengthy months with sparse entries the title finally tells you what I've been up to.
Yes its finally happened, I'm having my own exhibition, and while its been an ambition of mine and in fact on my bucket list I never thought it would actually come about.
I will of course be posting updates as the days and weeks progress but this blog is an invitation to you all.
So save the date: 24th – 27th of May. If you're in the UK please come down to The Burford Gallery in the Cotswolds. I would love to show off what I've been snapping for the past few years. For the full information about the event follow this link.
The photographs will be mainly of the Cotswolds and from around the UK although I will be slipping in some shots from the rest of my travels.
So please come along, the Cotswolds are worth a visit regardless and I'll be incredibly pleased to meet you out of the virtual world.
Here is the first batch of photographs getting mounted and ready for the exhibition.
Congratulations James. I'd like to see your pictures. I'll see what I can do.
Wow, that's so amazing, congrats!!
Incredible news as I have my week off then so I may well pop down, very exciting to mix the virtual and the actual world.
Wowow well done James this is amazing news, I've followed you since 2010 and this feels like a little victory for me too as I have always loved your work. Congrats, although I won't be able to make it as I live a bit far away…..New Zealand!
Awesome!!! That is, hands down, the coolest of the cool news! So happy for you!!
Thanks thats really kind, thinking it might be a bit far for you to come right?
But someday when I do visit England (yesssss!!!) with my family, we will definitely come see your photographs! There are a few I absolutely want to see in person. Fingers crossed!
Where do you live again? You should England is an incredible place, I am a bit bias though!
It has been my dream, for the longest time, to visit England. I want to see the England of literature. Shakespeare, Austen, Dickens, James Herriot, Oscar Wilde, Charlotte Bronte….. I want to stay somewhere in a quaint little cottage in the countryside with meadows spotted with crumbling walls and a wild, riotous garden and have tea and crumpets under an Alder tree and go on rambling walks through rain or sunshine.
I've lived here almost all my life and I still find myself completely in love with it.


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Michael Braverman (center), IR-4's manager of International Capacity Building Programs explains the Good Laboratory Practice requirements of a field trial to Lucy Namu (right foreground), head of Quality Assurance and Laboratory Accreditation of Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) and senior program manager, Science & Technology Capacity Building Branch USDA/FAS Jason Sandahl (left).
On December 11, 2017, seventeen senior government officials signed a joint statement acknowledging the productive work of the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) in building knowledge and capacity for developing countries in the area of pesticide maximum residue levels (MRLs).
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Learn more about IR-4 and these projects. Read about Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF). Review the joint statement.
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Q: Using user inputs from readline to compute summaries of variables of a database in r studio I am working with a large database. 35682 obs and 256 variables. I would like to create a data frame with the summary of certain variables. My idea is to ask the user to write the names of the variables and then to compute the summary of those variables. To ask for the variable names I have coded this:
prompt <- "Digite el nombre de las variables separadas por un espacio: "
EXP <- as.vector(strsplit(readline(prompt), " ")[[1]])

This vector contains the name of some variables of the large data base, the ones that the user is interested in. To create the data frame I used this code:
DescriptivosII_III2017 <- data.frame(variables,mean, max, min,desvest)

And what I need to do now is to get the names out of that vector and let r know that these names are the names of some variables in the big data base. And that it must compute the summary of all of those variables and add that info to the data frame. How can I do this?


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Sydney councillor's Chinese consultancy links prompted ICAC interest
Sydney councils
By Angus Thompson
Updated November 29, 2021 — 9.16am first published at 5.00am
A Liberal Sydney councillor contesting the upcoming elections piqued the interest of the corruption watchdog for failing to disclose her involvement in an overseas consultancy promising to connect Chinese and Australian officials.
The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption said information provided to the oversight body last year suggested Nancy Liu of Georges River Council "may have failed" to declare her involvement in a range of business interests, including entities registered overseas.
Georges River councillor Nancy Liu's involvement in an overseas consultancy has raised the interest of ICAC. Credit:St George and Sutherland Shire Leader
Online recruitment material promoting one of the Chinese registered businesses Cr Liu has operated, Guangzhou Aolu Business Information Consulting, touted her position as an Australian local councillor. Councillor Liu told the Herald she had never mixed her position as an elected official with the business.
The ICAC didn't investigate the matter, instead referring it to the Officer of Local Government and council. The OLG later said it was satisfied with Cr Liu's response and the issue had been finalised.
Cached content from another website (which has been taken down) linked to Chinese business records for the entity says its aim is to provide a "world-class professional consultancy service for government agencies and corporations ... especially those from China" in state and business issues, among others.
The website goes by the branding "Australia-China Economic and Technology Connection Centre", with a business address that has been declared by Cr Liu in council documents.
"ACETCC can find corresponding provincial (state) and municipal partners in Australia for Chinese provinces and municipalities, establish friendly relationship between provinces and cities, and develop together," the website says. A standard travel itinerary on the website proposes meeting both state and federal government officials, as well as visiting Hurstville, in Sydney's south.
It claims to have helped promote a sister-city deal between Ma'anshan, in the Anhui province, and an Australian government area. The former Kogarah council, which merged with Hurstville in 2016 to become Georges River Council, formed a sister-city relationship with Ma'anshan in 2003, five years before Cr Liu was elected to Hurstville Council.
In a photo gallery on the site, one caption describes a meeting with a Hurstville deputy mayor.
Cr Liu's disclosure of interests showed no business interests in 2019. However, her 2020 disclosure, dated a day later than the ICAC letter, showed she had received income from the Guangzhou company, of which she described herself as the head of the organisation and its public face.
However, she denied being the head of the organisation to the Herald, instead saying she used to be a shareholder, and she didn't know before last year she had to disclose interests in overseas companies.
A screenshot of the Australia-China Economic and Technology Connection Centre, promoting Australian trips for Chinese officials.
She also said she provided contracted services for the Guangzhou business, which owned and operated the website, and she "did not have any insight or input into what was on it". She said the photos on the website had been taken before she was elected. She also said she had not had any involvement with the Guangzhou business since the pandemic began.
Part of the website talking about Australian culture described Aboriginal people as not wanting to "live in government-provided houses, and prefer to live in dirty wooden houses". It said the difference between westerners and Indigenous Australians was the latters' "clothes are rarely washed and look very dirty".
Cr Liu said she wasn't aware of the passage on the site, condemned it, and described it as "completely wrong and inappropriate".
In a disclosure in February this year, she also declared having received income as a casual administration officer from Australia China International Commerce Pty Ltd, a company she was a director and shareholder of until 2008 when her husband took over.
One of the previous trading names for that company was the Australia-China Economic and Technology Connection Centre, the branding carried by the website with which the other Chinese entity was connected.
The September 2020 ICAC letter, seen by the Herald, said the information provided "has been of interest to the commission and does suggest the possibility that Ms Liu may have failed to declare her involvement in a range of private businesses" when completing her disclosure of interests.
The letter, from ICAC senior assessment officer Justin Benitez, told the information provided "does appear to indicate that Ms Liu may have private business interests which involve the introduction of Chinese delegations to NSW and Commonwealth public authorities and officials".
However, Mr Benitez said the commission wasn't satisfied Cr Liu misused her position as a councillor to promote her own business interests. "That said, the commission does not entirely discount the possibility either," he said.
According to the letter, the claims were not investigated by the commission, and instead forwarded to the local government watchdog as well as the council. The council declined to comment, with a spokeswoman saying it couldn't disclose information about any complaint or investigation.
A spokesperson for the Office of Local Government, responsible for investigating misconduct claims, said the watchdog looked into Cr Liu's disclosure of interests following the ICAC referral and was satisfied with her response in taking "prompt action" to update the register. She was also cautioned to be "more vigilant".
When asked about the allegations of Cr Liu misusing her position, the spokesperson said any evidence of wrongdoing should be reported to the relevant authority, despite it having been made clear it had already been reported to them. No further response was given and Cr Liu said she wasn't questioned about that issue by the OLG.
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