The Open Access movement was taken by surprise this week when a petition suddenly appeared on the server of the German National Parliament (Bundestag) proposing an amendment to the pending changes in German copyright law that would require all scientific publications resulting from public funding to be made "openly accessible."
In effect, the petition is asking the German government to mandate all publicly-funded researchers to make their papers freely available on the Web.
The petition, drafted by Lars Fischer, a 31-year-old former chemist and now science journalist from Heidelberg, appeared from nowhere and sent the old guard of the OA movement into a bit of spin. It was, says German OA advocate Eberhard Hilf, "an audacious move by a young man".
Hilf immediately posted details on his blog and the German Coalition for Action "Copyright for Education and Research" rapidly put together a press release (English version here) in support of Fischer's initiative.
The petition has, however, attracted some criticism from OA advocates, who argue that it is vague and imprecise, and does not state exactly what the German government should do.
Nevertheless OA advocates have been flocking to sign it, and the number of signatures has been growing at a rate of 150 an hour. The petition can be viewed in German (and signed) here.
Intrigued by events, I contacted Fischer to find out more. He told me that he had tried to get help and advice from the OA movement when drafting the petition, but although some had shown initial interest they had subsequently "dropped the ball", leaving him to produce the final text.
No doubt it did not help that there is still no OA Foundation, or central organisation, to whom people with good ideas can turn for support — a point I made three years ago.
Below I publish my email conversation with Fischer.
RP: Who are you, what is your occupation, and why did you start the petition?
LF: I am a chemist working as a science journalist. I'm also editor at the German-language science blog portal scilogs.de, which is operated by Spektrum der Wissenschaft, the sister magazine of Scientific American.
The petition began with something called the Heidelberg Appeal, which was effectively a smear against Open Access. I learned that many scientists were as outraged as I was about the falsehoods in that document.
Because of that I prepared a draft that began a lively discussion in my blog. A few months later, during "Open Access Week" I submitted my text to the Bundestag server, where it was published last Monday.
RP: Last time I looked there were over 8,600 signatures. How quickly is the number growing?
LF: At one point there were about 150 new signatures being added each hour. Currently the rate has dropped somewhat, to about one per minute. I expect it to pick up a bit after the weekend.
LF: The goal is to get as many signatures as possible. The Bundestag FAQ says that if 50,000 signatures are reached within three weeks, the petition will be discussed publicly in the Bundestag Petition Committee, in a session where I'm entitled to take part. But even if fewer people sign, every accepted petition will be reviewed by two members of the Committee, so every vote counts.
Actually, other petitions have been accepted with far less than 50,000 votes, notably a dark sky petition this year, which had about 8,000 signatures. As far as I understand it, a hearing in the committee may lead to a legislative initiative, which will then be voted on by the Bundestag.
RP: Can the petition be signed by anyone in the world, only German nationals, or what?
LF: Signatures can be from anywhere in the world, but as far as I know only German nationals are counted. There are already signatures from Great Britain, France, USA, Australia and others, as well as from the German-language European countries.
RP: Do you think your proposal would succeed if it was debated?
LF: I don't know. I think it depends not only on the number of signatures, but also on the support of major scientific organisations and political parties.
RP: What is the purpose of the petition?
LF: The purpose is to demonstrate that there is broad public support for Open Access and to promote open debate about intellectual property laws in science. As far as I see it, Open Access has always been treated — even by its supporters — as a niche topic for experts. But that is wrong. It is an issue that in the long run concerns everyone, and many people understand that.
RP: As you say, your petition calls for Open Access. How would you define Open Access?
LF: There are two kinds of Open Access. My petition is about the so-called "green road to open access". This means that scientists always retain the right to make their publications freely available to the public, e.g. on their website or in some kind of repository. And they would be required by law to do so, too.
This doesn't change anything about the way scientific journals operate. Many publishers already offer such agreements to scientists.
The other option is the "golden road to open access", which means that the journals themselves offer their publications free of charge. This is not the goal of my petition.
RP: What exactly are you proposing?
LF: My proposal would require publications that came out of taxpayer-funded research to be available to the public. I also propose establishing a central digital repository that is searchable in a number of different ways. This would be to make the work of German scientists more accessible, since experience shows that papers that are publicly available and easy to find get cited more often.
That is another idea behind the petition: to help German scientists to stay competitive internationally.
RP: Is your proposal just meant to apply to government research-grant-funded research, or also for government-funded institutions?
LF: The petition only deals with research that is funded with taxpayer's money. I don't think it would be helpful, or indeed possible, to force such a policy on academic institutions — at least right now.
RP: How do you envisage your proposal being achieved in practice?
LF: I will need the help of experts and members of parliament to create the exact legislative proposal. That is the purpose of the hearing in the Petition Committee, I guess.
RP: Would I be right in thinking you are proposing that Germany introduce a scheme similar to the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) mandate (which includes a 12-month embargo on authors making their papers freely available), or something different?
LF: This is the basic idea. I think it is best to stick to what is known to be working. There may be some differences due to the different structure of research funding. Personally I'm no fan of an embargo, though.
RP: You talk of creating a central digital repository. You don't think researchers should make their papers available in institutional repositories then?
LF: In principle institutional repositories would probably be sufficient, but a central archive would certainly be in the best interests of German scientists.
RP: Why is Open Access necessary? Do you think that the issue is about a) researchers getting access to research papers; b) members of the public getting access; or c) both groups?
LF: Currently the publishing system requires scientists to give away their research to publishers, who sell it back to universities and libraries in the form of journal subscriptions. These subscriptions have become so expensive that even major libraries can't afford all of them anymore, thereby considerably reducing access, even for researchers at well-funded research institutions.
Open Access offers a way around this problem. I don't think there is much of a choice in this matter anyway. The Internet is changing the way the world works, and the increased importance of Open Access is part of this change. Science depends on openness and exchange of information, between researchers as well as between science and society. Thus, Open Access in some form comes natural to science.
RP: What does the petition mean when it says, "The general structure of the scientific publication system is not affected by this petition."
LF: It means that there is nothing entirely new in the proposal. Many scientists, publishers and institutions already practise "green" Open Access to a certain extent. The petition aims at expanding already available options.
RP: By, as you say, making it compulsory. I.e. a government mandate on researchers to self-archive their papers. Do you believe this would offer any threat to science publishers? Does that matter?
LF: Open access offers a fundamental challenge to scientific publishers. But the current trend toward Open Access is driven by technical innovation and economic realities, not by petitions. I recently did an interview with Bora Zivkovic of PLoS ONE, in which he discusses the matter at length.
The petition only acknowledges those realities and proposes a way to deal with them. Scientific publishers will have to deal with those changes, too, one way or another. The fate of the petition doesn't matter in this bigger picture.
RP: While the leaders of the international Open Access movement support your petition, there has been some criticism of it. For instance, Stevan Harnad has said, "Lars Fischer's statement is vague and thereby poses some risk of having no practical effect unless it is made clear exactly what the Bundestag is being asked to do, why, and how."
And the de facto leader of the OA movement Peter Suber commented to me: "While the petition points in the right direction, it's a missed opportunity to be more specific and useful. It doesn't help OA supporters in parliament understand what steps would most help the cause. This matters, unfortunately, because experience has taught us that some of the steps that occur to people first don't help and could hurt (for example, mandating green OA with a loophole for resisting publishers or mandating gold OA). Moreover, it does less than a more focused statement could to answer the many misunderstandings about OA circulating in Germany as a result — but also as a cause — of the Heidelberg Appeal. I've signed the petition and support the strategy to sign it and add clarifying statements. But I wish the original language had been stronger from the start."
Do you, in hindsight, wish that you had consulted with the leaders of the international OA movement before drafting the petition? Might you not have had a better chance of achieving your objective if you had done?
LF: In fact I tried to get the attention of a number of German Open Access initiatives. I mailed several organisations about this, none of which responded. The petition was also open for discussion in my blog for several weeks and after that in a wiki. The issue came up several times on Twitter and was re-tweeted several times.
I completely agree that there could have been a better petition with expert help. But there was none, and not for lack of trying on my side. With hindsight I could have contacted the international movement, but that didn't occur to me at the time.
Nevertheless I'd like to express my thanks to the German Open Access Community and especially the Coalition for Action "Copyright for Education and Research" for the support they are giving now that the petition has gone public. I think, with the movement now behind the petition, we will make an impact and demonstrate that Open Access has considerable public support.
RP: Thank you for your time. And good luck!


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South Florida tech boosters make economic development pitch 'on steroids'
Jeff Ostrowski
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For decades, South Florida economic developers and business leaders have coveted the high-paying tech companies clustered in California and Boston. In the 1980s, they dreamed of turning the region into Silicon Beach.
More recently, the InternetCoast Economic Development Advisory Council of Boca Raton pitched South Florida as a tech hub, although its revenues have dwindled in recent years.
The latest effort, pushed by the Miami-based Technology Foundation of the Americas, envisions South Florida as the tech gateway to Latin America. The group is bankrolled by Miami entrepreneur Manny Medina, and its signature event is eMerge Americas, a conference next week in Miami Beach that has lined up speakers from such tech giants as Facebook and IBM.
"It's like InternetCoast on steroids," Chief Executive Diane Sanchez said of her marketing initiative.
Dale Gregory, executive director of InternetCoast, takes no offense. He'd like the conference to create "dramatic changes" in South Florida's tech scene.
"I'm hoping that's going to stimulate a lot of new thinking about how we can change our economy to be more innovative," Gregory said.
Sanchez said she's wooing video game maker Electronic Arts, which could tap into Latin game developers with an office in Miami, and Amazon Web Services, which might build a data center in Broward County or Palm Beach County.
One huge hurdle: Florida isn't known for its wealth of skilled workers or its innovative companies. Florida awarded 48.7 college degrees per 1,000 people ages 18 to 24 in 2011, compared with the national mark of 55.2 degrees per 1,000 young adults, the National Science Foundation said in February. Meanwhile, Florida companies received venture capital totaling a paltry 26 cents per $1,000 in gross domestic product in 2012, well below the national mark of $1.73.
"We're not going to be a Silicon Valley," Sanchez acknowledged.
But, she said, tech companies are keen on gaining a foothold in Latin America, and South Florida can accommodate them.

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Adams: "Now we seem to be selling our best players and you are never going to recruit a championship squad selling all your best players"
Saturday 2 May 2020 13:23, UK
Tony Adams lays into Arsenal's recruitment and says the club could lose striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Tony Adams fears Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang could become the latest big-name player to depart Arsenal this summer.
Gunners legend Adams says the club will not become Premier League contenders again while they continue to pursue what he considers a flawed transfer policy.
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Arsenal won the top flight title four times (Premier League twice) while Adams was at the club - and went on to claim a third Premier League crown in 2004.
They have not added to that haul since and, with the London club only ninth in the Premier League, there has been speculation top scorer Aubameyang may leave.
Adams thinks that is the sort of deal that has become all too common at the Emirates and told Sky Sports: "Quite possibly, he could walk out the door.
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"I loved [former manager] Arsene Wenger's principles, that no player was bigger than the club, and he moved players on if it made sense for the club financially.
"He was strong with that and he got Champions League football every year but it did stand in the way of recruitment - so we have become a club that is selling the best players.
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"If I was a coach I'd be saying 'don't sell Aubameyang at any price, we need to recruit, bring players through the academy and keep our best players'."
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Adams pointed out that the board at Arsenal adopted a completely different strategy during his heyday at the club.
He said: "They bang on about the class of '92 [at Manchester United] - in our class of '83 we had six internationals in our youth team - Niall Quinn, Paul Merson, Michael Thomas, Rocky [David Rocastle], me and Martin [Keown].
"But put that on top of [board member] Danny Fiszman putting a lot of money into the club in '95, '96 and we were getting world class players come to Arsenal football club.
"[Manchester United manager] Alex Ferguson came in for me but I wouldn't leave and I said to the chairman 'have we got ambition at the club?'
Adams explains why Sporting Chance, the addiction programme he set up for athletes, is the thing he's most proud of in his career
"He said 'don't worry, we are injecting a lot of money and we are going to go for it'.
"I stayed and the rest is history - Dennis [Bergkamp] came and Nicolas Anelka, [Patrick] Vieira, Manu [Emmanuel Petit], Robert Pires - we had five World Cup winners in the team.
"It is a completely different club today and I think recruitment at Arsenal for a good few years has not been great.
"Now we seem to be selling our best players and you are never going to recruit a championship squad selling all your best players."
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'Everton goal was spiritual for me'
Adams says his most cherished memory with Arsenal is scoring against Everton in 1998 to clinch his third league title.
"It was very spiritual for me," said Adams, who made 504 appearances for the Gunners over the course of 19 years.
Adams talks us through his iconic goal against Everton on his last appearance for Arsenal on the final day of the season
"It was one of those orgasmic moments in my career, I think I can call it! My third title and I'd been two years into my recovery and about 18 months without a drink at that point.
"I was free in the head and feeling happy off the pitch as well as on it. To burst through and smash that one in, a lad who couldn't kick it with his left foot when he was 11.
"It's great, the other day someone said to me 'I thought you were left footed', and I said 'That's the biggest compliment you could eve give me!'.
"It was a very special moment. I've got some great memories but that's probably the best."
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Internet Infrastructure: Stability at the Core, Innovation at the Edge (Part 2 of 5)
By Danny McPherson Executive Vice President and Chief Security Officer at Verisign
For nearly all communications on today's Internet, domain names play a crucial role in providing stable navigation anchors for accessing information in a predictable and safe manner, irrespective of where you're located or the type of device or network connection you're using. Over the past 15 years hundreds of millions of domain names have been added to the Internet's Domain Name System (DNS), and well over two billion (that's Billion!) new users, some ~34 percent of the global population, have become connected. And whether they know it or not, they all use the DNS daily to navigate to their favorite websites, chat with friends, share photos, and conduct business. This process is in large part made possible by the DNS root server system, which serves a critical function in the stable operation of the Internet. Made up of 13 root servers operated by 12 different organizations, the root server system makes available the DNS's root zone, which holds the lists of all domain names and addresses for the authoritative servers for all 317 existing top-level domains (TLDs), like .com, .net, .gov, .org, and .edu to name a few.
Even though the Internet has grown exponentially in the last decade, throughout this immense growth period the DNS root zone contents have been quite stable, with an average growth rate of less than 5 net new TLDs per year. This stability is largely credited to the hierarchical tree structure of the DNS, which enables decentralized (i.e., delegated) responsibility for administration and operations (see Figure 1).
As you might expect, the depth of the hierarchy of names below each TLD varies considerably. For example, certain generic TLDs (gTLDs), such as .com, where organizations commonly obtain domain name "delegations" directly from that TLD, generally fan out more than country code TLDs (ccTLDs) that heavily employ more structural organization based on things like functional categories or geopolitical boundaries (e.g., www.elections.state.ny.us).
Figure 1: Sample Hierarchical Allocation Structure – this figure illustrates the hierarchical allocation structure of the DNS, where nodes in the DNS tree are grouped into administrative regions called zones, and because a zone comprises only adjacent nodes, the zones also form a hierarchy (hence "hierarchical tree structure").
As noted above and illustrated in this DNS-OARC plot, the growth rate of the root zone has been fairly modest over the past 15 years, adding only 66 net new TLDs since 1999 (45 of which are internationalized domain names, or IDNs). As part of the Root Zone Maintainer role, Verisign maintains the authoritative database containing the root zone data for distribution to all the root servers. Twice per day, whether there have been root zone changes (e.g., new name servers, IPv6 addresses, new TLD delegations, etc.) or not, Verisign generates a new root zone file from this database and makes it available to all the root server operators. Figure 2 illustrates changes in the root zone over the past ~58 months. Between June of 2008 and March of 2013 there were 1,371 total changes (~0.8 changes/day average), adding only 37 net new TLDs.
Figure 2: Total Zone Changes June 2008 through March 2013 – Between June of 2008 and March of 2013 there were 1,371 total changes (~0.8 changes/day average), adding only 37 net new TLDs.
In mid-2010 the root zone was first signed with Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) to enable authentication and object integrity, and Delegation Signer (DS) records (used to identify and verify the DNSSEC signing key of a delegated zone) were added; arguably the most abrupt and impactful change to date. Even then, the rate of change in the root zone has been fairly modest over the past decade, although the combined impacts of the relatively recent introduction of IPv6 AAAA records, IDNs, and DNSSEC records over the last couple of years do have pronounced effects when considering the resulting zone churn and aggregate size of the zone in context.
The relatively low rate of churn in the root zone and slow growth has contributed to the stability of the zone over the years. However, the proposed rate of introduction of new gTLDs (and their corresponding name server, IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, and DNSSEC records) being discussed today introduce much more volatility to the root zone and will likely increase the root zone size considerably.
Figure 3 illustrates the historical root zone growth as a baseline, from which we projected what the root zone size might look like after we add the first 1,000 new gTLD delegations as proposed by ICANN (using a simple linear model). The current tide seems to suggest that a maximum of 1,000 new gTLDs per year would be an acceptable provisioning threshold into the root once delegations begin. We used that number as a basis to estimate a rate of 20 per week of additional TLDs and simply projected the scale of the root zone contents from June 2013 out 50 weeks (leading to a total of 1,317 total TLDs and associated resource records at completion of the exercise).
Figure 3: Projected Trends in Root Zone Growth with New gTLDs – Figure illustrates the historical root zone growth as a baseline, from which we projected what the root zone size might look like after we add the first 1,000 new gTLD delegations as proposed by ICANN (using a simple linear model).
As you can see, over the past 14 years the average rate of introduction on new gTLDs was ~0.12 TLDs/week (66 total). Our 20 new delegations per week is only an assumption as the mechanisms and policy framework to manage this are not clearly apparent (i.e., not available or even published) at this time. Yet, this increases the rate of growth by a factor of 174. A rough estimate after one year and 1,000 new gTLDs yields a considerable increase (in size and frequency) in nearly all these attributes of the root zone:
Zone file size: 278KB to 4.85MB (~17x)
Rate of new delegations: 0.12 TLDs/week to 20/week (~174x)
Change management churn: ~0.8/day @317 TLDs to 3.32 @1317 TLDs (~4x)
While in and of itself an increase of ~1,000 delegations doesn't represent a large zone file relative to other zones and systems in the Internet, it's certainly a marked one for the root zone itself that could have far-reaching implications—there's a lot at risk if something breaks in the root, as everything below it (i.e., everything) could be impacted. Couple this risk with the fact that the root server system is operated by 12 different organizations with vastly different capabilities, it's dependent upon hundreds of discrete servers globally to operate correctly, and that no holistic system exists to monitor, instrument, or identify stresses or potentially at risk strings (e.g., SAC045 [PDF], PAYPAL which is discussed in the SSR and which we'll discuss in more detail in later blog posts) across the root server system currently, and this risk is amplified.
Now consider that the need for these root server system capabilities have been recommended time and again as a critical dependency for the introduction of new gTLDs, since at least 2009 by expressly chartered and independent expert teams, including Scaling the Root [PDF] & TNO Root Scaling Study [PDF] teams and ICANN's very own Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) [SAC042, SAC045, SAC046]. Some would argue that the stability and security of the entire new gTLD program (and existing registries) was predicated on the existence of such an early warning system and instrumentation capability; after all, nearly all navigation on the Internet ultimately begins at the root. Yet, many of these recommendations to operationalize capabilities before delegations begin, in order to establish baselines and identify risks associated with currently unknown at risk strings (which cannot be gauged strictly on existing query volume alone, yet that hasn't even been evaluated across the system), such as those described by PAYPAL in a recent letter to ICANN, remain unresolved.
In fairness, the holistic monitoring and instrumentation capability usually isn't a problem, as a single operational entity typically operates a zone's authoritative servers. However, the root is very atypical among DNS zones in that so many different organizations operate its authoritative servers. Called root operators, each of the 12 operates a single letter, with the exception of Verisign, which operates two (A & J). It would be hard to pick a more diverse set of organizations than the current set of root operators. The set contains commercial, non-profit, educational, and governmental organizations, and there's some arguable robustness and resiliency realized through this diversity.
Complicating the issue of monitoring, instrumentation, and zone distribution even more, many root server operators use various techniques, including IP anycasting, to operate multiple instances of a single letter simultaneously in more than one location around the globe. More information on the root server operators and locations can be found on the Root Server Technical Operations website. Once the root zone file itself has been provisioned it needs to be distributed to the various root servers. As previously indicated, some of the root operators only operate a single server for their letter, while others operate tens or hundreds of servers globally, and often times in low bandwidth, low power, and lossy networks in developing regions. the root zone has to be distributed to all of these locations without fail.
There are also direct resolution-centric issues that need to be considered once new gTLDs are members of the root zone ecosystem. For example, we must seek to understand the impact to the dynamics of query traffic to root name servers, the efficacy of caching and other scaling techniques in broad use today, as well as anticipate the impact of unstable registry operators in a flatter, more dynamic, and more volatile Internet namespace.
However, to begin understanding the effects of a much more volatile root zone, we must first understand the current query dynamics to the root server system for each proposed new gTLD string before these rapid changes occur, we must put an early warning system in place as has been called for by all the requisite technical advisory committees to ICANN, and we must specify a careful new gTLD delegation and corresponding impact analysis capability, and we must ensure that we have a well vetted "brakes" framework codified to be able to halt changes, rollback, and recover from any impacts that the delegation of new gTLD strings may illicit.
It's all simply good engineering that will enable the safe secure introduction of new gTLDs to the Internet.
By Danny McPherson, Executive Vice President and Chief Security Officer at Verisign
Danny is responsible for all aspects of Verisign's information systems and services, as well as information and corporate security. Additionally, he represents Verisign in key forums focused on critical infrastructure, engineering, research, security, and online trust. With over 20 years of experience in the internet network operations, security, and telecommunications industries, McPherson brings tremendous technical leadership and operational expertise to the company.
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Franz Albert Seyn
Franz Albert Alexandrovich Seyn (Russian: Францъ Альбертъ Александрович Зейнъ) (July 27, 1862 – summer of 1918) was a Russian general who was Governor-General of Finland between November 24, 1909 and March 16, 1917.
Before he became Governor-General Seyn had been a staff officer in the military district of Finland and an aide to the Governor-General. Seyn contributed in the Russification of Finland as he followed in the foot-steps of his assassinated (1904) predecessor, Governor-General Nikolai Ivanovich Bobrikov. Finnish autonomy was further limited and in laws passed in 1908 and 1910 the Duma, instead of the Finnish Diet, was given rights to make laws concerning the Grand Duchy of Finland.
After the February Revolution the Russian Provisional Government arrested Seyn on March 16, 1917 and brought him to Saint Petersburg where he apparently was killed the next year.
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Since its foundation in 1995, CUAS has made history. Back then we started with 2 programs and about 70 students; currently we offer 30 study programs that educate almost 2000 full- and part-time students. About the same number of CUAS graduates is impressive proof of the necessity and importance of this academic institution. Through ever growing acceptance of the programs as well as the high demand for our graduates in industry, the programs will be further developed in the coming years.
CUAS has developed into a unique educational institution in Carinthia. Through constant further development of the degree programs at CUAS and intensive cooperation with the worlds of business and science, those studying at the university can be certain of a progressive education with its finger on the pulse of time. CUAS lives the vision of direct practical experience. Full- and part-time lecturers, as well as guest speakers from industry and business ensure an interdisciplinary, internationally oriented education. Degree programs are offered in the fields of civil engineering and architecture, engineering, as well as management, healthcare and social issues.
The quality of our education is emphasized through the development of innovative teaching and learning methods, such as, blended learning, which offers students and professors greater flexibility in the creation of a suitable learning environment. Furthermore, the CUAS library offers educational support through state of the art facilities. On all sites CUAS libraries administrate 33,000 media.
In February 2015 Carinthia University of Applied Sciences together with companies from the region of Carinthia has signed the Diversity Charta.
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This beautiful wind chime commemorates an extraordinary life with notes from the last line of Bob Dylan's classic, "Blowin' in the Wind". Dylan's timeless message rings with the wind in memoriam of a loved one's time on Earth. It is the perfect tribute to a family member, friend, or treasured pet.
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Instagram Launches a New Logo
In a bid to move away from being seen purely as a photo app, instagram is launching a new-look logo.
The updated icon is designed to reflect how "vibrant and diverse your storytelling has become", the company says.
"Inspired by the previous app icon, the new one represents a simpler camera and the rainbow lives on in gradient form."
More than 80 million photos and videos are now shared every day on Instagram.
It has 400 million users and overtook Twitter back in 2014.
"When Instagram started, it was primarily a place to edit and share photos," the firm explains.
"Five years later, it's a global community of interests where people share photos and videos."
"Every photo and video – from the littlest things to the most epic – opens a window for people to broaden their experiences and connect in new ways," says Instagram
Users will also notice the familiar blue backdrop is changing to white.
The simpler design "puts more focus on your photos and videos" without changing how you navigate the app.
The redesign started a year ago, "We wanted to create a look that would represent the community's full range of expression – past, present, and future." Instagram tells Newsbeat.
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I currently play for three different bands.
One is a mono-family full-ensemble called "All that is left over after an immense soundwave of unexpected silence". To sum it up, it's an instrumental music band where I am the main lyricist. I also happen to play guitar, bass, drums, keys.
In the early 2010s, I joined a band names "Coconut's wail". We do shoegaze (aka post-rock) and we play mostly in holiday time, but it's always great fun.
There is then the London-based band called "The dark side of the dark", where I play with my friends March and Stefano. We haven't decided on our genre yet, but we are making progress. We'll get there, we promise.
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The PrimePro 12TS is Venturer's first professional tablet, aiming to take on the iPad Pro and Microsoft Surface Pro 4, while also providing a significant discount compared with these rivals. With this in mind, it comes with better specs than previous models from Venturer, namely the BravoWin and EliteWin 2-in-1 tablets, as well as some professional touches including a leather backed keyboard cover.
This tablet/laptop from Venturer aims to be both and it feels a little like it falls in the gap between, a little heavy and ungainly to be a tablet, but not featuring the full power of a dedicated laptop. We're not convinced it will replace a serious work laptop, but may be a great choice if you're looking for something you can take to meetings and still perform a bit of last minute work while you are there.
The PrimePro 12TS includes a 1.8GHz Intel Atom quad-core processor and 4GB of RAM, which if you know your specs is equivalent to the kind of power you can find in a mid-range smartphone nowadays. It's not unusual for a tablet of this type and the PrimePro is only slightly under-specced when compared with the entry-level Surface Pro 4 (which also happens to cost more than twice the price) but don't expect it to be running rings around a top-end laptop.
In practice, it feels fairly nippy at first and as long as you're sticking to single tasks it does a very good job. Where it starts to feel a little sluggish is when you start using it as you would a main laptop, running a range of tasks at once with various tabs open.
It only has 64GB of storage space which isn't a lot but it does have a microSD card slot so you can easily upgrade this if you need to.
If you take it as a small laptop it feels neatly designed and a good compact device, but in the field of tablets it's quite bulky. It doesn't have the premium finish found on the iPad Pro, or even the Surface Pro 4, with quite a chunky, rubbery body and the buttons and ports jumbled on one side. The screen has a fairly large bezel around the outside with one end thicker than the other, meaning the screen doesn't quite sit in the centre of the tablet when setup on it's side as a laptop.
The screen is one of the best parts of this tablet. It's a reasonable resolution (1920 x 1200 pixels) plus its 12.2-inch size and letterbox aspect ratio makes it ideal for splitting the screen between two windows. This means you can quickly work from two documents at once, which is a particular pain on most tablets.
The touchscreen is responsive and easy to type on if you haven't attached the keyboard, and it can go up to a decent level of brightness if you need to work in direct sunlight.
The keyboard is of a decent quality for a supplied cover. The keys respond well and feel good to the touch, which is not easy to achieve with keyboard covers. Thanks to the shape of the tablet it's also a decent size so it doesn't feel cramped and the keys are regular size. Even the trackpad does a reasonable job, although if you will be using for any extended period of time we would strongly suggest using a mouse – easy thanks to the included USB slot.
Overall it feels like it is on a par with a mid to low end built in keyboard on a laptop, it's not perfect by any means, but for a slim addition that works as much as a cover as a keyboard it's a very commendable effort.
The cover folds into two different shapes to provide a stand for the tablet at different heights. It's a nice touch although we only found ourselves using the higher setting as the fold in the cover felt more secure.
Once folded up, the cover has an elastic string for fastening up into a neat package that feels like it provides a decent level of protection to the tablet.
An 8 hour battery life means it should be good to use for work on long train trips and once you're at your destination it can be charged either through the 5v charging slot, or handily, through the microUSB slot.
Priced at around £350 it isn't a budget tablet, but once you take into account the specs and the fact it comes included with a keyboard cover you can see that it does offer very good value. It's considerably cheaper than either the Surface Pro 4 or iPad Pro entry level models (neither of which include a physical keyboard for their prices).
Ultimately it feels like a good tablet for taking to meetings at work, it's portable and smart, plus for a tablet it has not only a USB port but also an HDMI slot for connecting to a TV or projector. It is capable of performing most tasks when needed, but we wouldn't say it is up to the job of being a main computer replacement.
It's not the highest powered in its niche but it delivers a decent feature set and is well put together. We would say it's a solid 3 star machine, but available for this price it deserves a whole extra star just for its value alone.


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Cancer 'vaccine' kills multiple types of cancer in experiment with mice
"We found a way to get the body to reject cancer by putting stimulants of the immune system directly into the cancer," said Dr. Ronald Levy, a researcher at Stanford Cancer Institute.
By Serena Gordon, HealthDay News
In a study with mice, researchers said a "vaccine" killed lymphoma, breast cancer, colon cancer and the deadly skin cancer melanoma. Photo by John Keith/Wikimedia Commons
THURSDAY, Feb. 1, 2018 -- Could a cancer "vaccine" fight more than one kind of malignancy?
A new study in mice suggests it's possible: A shot containing two compounds that stimulate the immune system was injected directly into tumors and killed those cancer cells.
Not only that, it also destroyed rogue cells from the tumors that had already traveled to other sites in the rodents' bodies, researchers reported.
What's more, they said this approach worked for lymphoma, breast cancer, colon cancer and the deadly skin cancer melanoma.
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How did the researchers accomplish the feat?
"We found a way to get the body to reject cancer by putting stimulants of the immune system directly into the cancer," said study author Dr. Ronald Levy, director of the lymphoma program at the Stanford Cancer Institute in California.
"The immune system can recognize cancer and kill it, but the cancer is inhibiting the immune cells. If we stimulate the immune cells, we can get them to do their job at the tumor and do the job elsewhere," he said.
RELATED Study: Cancer survival rates improve worldwide, but slower in poorer countries
So will this approach work in humans?
Levy said he has no reason to believe it wouldn't. And because the treatment is injected directly into the tumor in very small doses, side effects would likely be minimal.
But Dr. Len Lichtenfeld, deputy chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society, was considerably more cautious about the treatment's potential.
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"This study had excellent results. The mice had substantial responses, and the mice lived longer. But it's important to remember that it's a mouse study. Lab studies in animals don't always translate to people," said Lichtenfeld, who had no part in the study.
He noted it's a good sign that both agents used in the new treatment are already being tested in people.
Levy and his colleagues explained that as cancer begins to develop, the immune system recognizes cancer cells as foreign invaders and sends cells to attack and destroy the invader. Specifically, T-cells often infiltrate and attack cancer cells.
But as the tumor grows, the cancer cells may come up with ways to suppress the activity of the T-cells, according to the researchers. This allows cancers to grow at the original site, and to release cells that allow cancer to spread to other parts of the body.
The two agents used in the experimental vaccine act on the immune system in different ways, according to Levy. One makes immune system cells work better and prompts them to call in reinforcements, while the other triggers the immune cells to multiply and migrate.
By injecting the two immune-stimulating agents directly into the tumor, the treatment only boosts immune cells that have learned to fight against that particular cancer. So when the immune cells leave the tumor, they only seek out cells from that specific cancer, Levy said.
So far, the researchers were able to eliminate four types of cancer in the mouse study. In the majority of those cases, one treatment was enough to eliminate the cancer.
The researchers expect to start a small human trial including 15 people with lymphoma soon.
Levy said he imagines that this treatment would be one tool against cancer, and that it would likely be combined with other treatments to overwhelm the disease. He noted that when treatments such as surgery and radiation are combined, some cancers can already be treated successfully.
Lichtenfeld pointed out that there are still a lot of unknowns about this treatment: Will it work on everyone? How many cancers might be impacted? Does it have the potential to overstimulate the immune system?
The bottom line, he said, is that this is an interesting, and certainly important, study, but further research is needed.
"Hopefully, this research will move forward quickly," Lichtenfeld added.
The study was published Jan. 31 in the journal Science Translational Medicine.
Learn more about immunotherapy for cancer treatment from the American Cancer Society.
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Study confirms risks of COVID-19 in pregnancy for unvaccinated mothers, babies
Unvaccinated pregnant women are putting themselves and their baby at risk for serious complications of COVID-19, according to new research out of Scotland.
Starting hormone therapy in teens may improve mental health for transgender people
Transgender people get greater mental health benefits if they start gender-affirming hormone treatment when they're teens instead of waiting until they're adults, a new study finds.
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Study finds 1 in 10 people with COVID-19 remains infectious beyond 10 days
One in 10 people with COVID-19 still could be infectious beyond 10 days, and some could remain so for as long as two months, a new study suggests.
Politics to blame for increased stress, fatigue, other health woes, survey finds
Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Talking about politics makes people in the United States sick, literally, a study published Friday by the journal PLOS ONE found.
COVID-19's silver lining: speeding vaccine tech for other diseases
NEW YORK, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Scientists have been working with mRNA technology for more than two decades, and many believe that it can produce vaccines against cancer, malaria, heart disease, HIV and other diseases.
Monoclonal antibody for arthritis in cats receives FDA approval
Arthritis can keep a cat from doing many of the things that kitties love to do. But now there's hope: The first treatment to ease arthritis pain in cats has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Social media posts by celebrities often promote junk food
Images of people eating and drinking are a staple of social media, but new research finds such posts from celebrities often puts the spotlight squarely on junk food.
Less than a tablespoon of olive oil a day slows death risk, study says


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Home » News » V&A begins redevelopment study for Hartford's former Kmart property
V&A begins redevelopment study for Hartford's former Kmart property
Posted by Vandewalle on Oct 9, 2019 in News | 0 comments
HARTFORD, WISC. (with excerpts from gmtoday.com) — Since Kmart closed its Hartford Plaza location along Highway 60 in the city, the site has had very little activity. Within the last few months the city applied for and received grant money from the state's Brownfield Grants Program, which is coordinated by Washington County.
"The grant was for about $24,000 and other remaining costs are to be paid by Equitable Bank, who has taken over the property," said Hartford Area Development Corp. Executive Director Tom Hostad. "We are all hoping a site redevelopment study can show other possible uses for the land so a developer can be enticed into redeveloping the location."
Vandewalle and Associates, the planning firm that has done previous work for the city successfully, was awarded the contract for the study.
"We want to determine the best way to move forward to market this property and we feel this study should be able to make the correct decision," said Mayor Tim Michalak. "The bank has been helpful in stepping forward and working with us on this. The bank currently has a company working to sell the property."
Michalak said those involved want to see what is the property's best use.
"We certainly have had thoughts about we feel that property could sustain for the betterment of the entire community, but you have to have a developer that's willing to step up with you and partner with you on that," Michalak said. "I'm very optimistic. It is a prime location. Conducting the study is showing that the community is willing to marshal its resources to work with a developer that has the imagination to move forward with something the city believes is something profitable for a developer and a real benefit to the city."
Michalak said Hartford is not the only community that's been dealing with what some are calling "big box blight" when they leave the community.
"We don't want to get someone in there for just for the sake of filling it for the short term; we want to have a plan that will be a long-term solution that we won't have to worry about the property for a long time," Michalak said.
You can read the full article here.


The Leaflet package includes convenience functions for creating color legends. In this section, we will build on the example from the Colors page.
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Use the addLegend function to add a legend. The easiest way to use addLegend is to provide pal (a palette function, as generated from colorNumeric et al.) and values, and let it calculate the colors and labels for you.
The addLegend() function is aware of the different types of palette functions, and will create an appropriate default rendering for each type. For example, contrast the legend created for the colorNumeric-based palette above with the colorQuantile-based palette below. The latter shows probability ranges, with a value range tooltip.
addLegend() has several other parameters that allows you to customize the legend in various ways. Rather than using pal and values, you can explicitly pass in colors and labels. You can change the title and color opacity.
You can also conveniently customize the label appearance by passing labFormat=labelFormat(). labelFormat() has parameters that customize the separator between ranges, the number of digits to render, and prefix/suffix for each label. If your label formatting needs extend beyond what labelFormat() can provide, you can also use a custom function as the labFormat argument; see the Details section in ?addLegend for a description.


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Collectibles Extravaganza & Celebrity Guests
Posted on May 6, 2018 May 17, 2018 by Gary Sohmers
Since the Twentieth Century, the Collectibles Extravaganza has always merged a unique blend of vintage and modern collecting categories, along with celebrity guests signing autographs for fans and collectors. From Adam West's first appearance at the show in 1985, until Adam's final fan convention appearance at the show in 2017, our shows have maintained a level of uniqueness for an experiential fan environment.
The NorthEast ComicCon & Collectibles Extravaganza Summer edition will take place July 6-8, 2018 at the Boxboro Regency Hotel & Conference Center in Boxborough, Massachusetts. Activities include artists, live entertainment, cosplay, video gaming, celebrities signing autographs, puppets, and panels.
Celebrity guests at NorthEast ComicCon announced so far include Micky Dolenz (The Monkees), Barry Williams (The Brady Bunch), John O'Hurley (Seinfeld, National Dog Show, Dancing With The Stars winner, Soap Operas), CJ Ramone (The Ramones), Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake (WWE Wrestler), Bill Diamond (Fraggle Rock, Dark Crystal, Puppeteer), Jeff Kline (Darby Pop/Bruce Lee Comics), Kadrolsha Ona (Queen of the Paranormal), Joe St. Pierre (Marvel Spider-Man Comics Cover Artist), Keith Champagne (DC Comics Artist), Rusty Gilligan (Captain America, Heavy Metal movie) and Will Murray (Co-creator of SquirrelGirl) among others yet to be announced.
On Friday, July 6th, Micky Dolenz will be appearing at a 50th Anniversary Screening of The Monkees groundbreaking film "HEAD" on a Big Screen with Concert Sound at the Regent Theatre in Arlington MA including a Q&A with Micky about the film hosted by Clay N. Ferno. Admission to this reserved seat screening is only $20 and includes a weekend pass to the NorthEast ComicCon activities at the Boxboro Regency. A portion of the proceeds from the screening going to Cystic Dreams Fund for Cystic Fibrosis.
The event is open at the Boxboro Regency Friday on July 6 from 4:00 until 8:00 pm with the exhibitors, artists, authors, and celebrities, along with video gaming and cosplay fun, and is followed by an after party concert at the Boxboro Regency Hotel.
Saturday and Sunday will find all the celebrities at the Boxboro Regency all day to sign autographs (for a fee) and photo ops (for a fee), from 10:00 am until 6:00 pm, with early admission available for an added fee. For those with a VIP pass, doors open a half hour earlier each day.
Our Saturday night AfterParty at the Hotel will include live entertainment, including 10 lucky people who get to sing Karaoke with Micky Dolenz, for the cost of a donation to benefit the Make A Wish Foundation. The AfterParty is open to everyone who purchases a weekend pass in the Hotel Cosplay Courtyard next to the indoor pool to watch and listen to all the fun. There will be a cash bar at the hotel for people with proper ID.
General admission is cost-effective for families with Advance purchase tickets, Friday, July 6th is only $10 advance and $20 at the door which will include admission to our Friday Night ConcertParty at the Boxboro Regency. Saturday July 7th is only $15 in advance and $20 at the door from 10 am till 6:00 pm, and Sunday, July 8th is only $12 advance, $20 at the door but only $10 beginning at 1:00 pm in the afternoon. Weekend Pass is only $20 advance, $30 at the door for all 3 days, and includes both the ConcertParty and AfterParty.
NorthEast ComicCon offers VIP Experiences that are all inclusive at a discount for the fan who wants it all.
A Micky Dolenz VIP Experience for $129.99, and includes (1) Weekend Early Entry Admission to all events at Boxboro Regency Hotel July 6-8, (1) Reserved Seat at the 50th Anniversary screening of the Monkees movie "Head" at the Regent Theatre in Arlington MA on Friday July 6 between 7:00 and 10:00 pm, doors open at 6:30 pm, (1) Regular photo or other flat item autographed in person by Micky at the Regent prior to the screening or at the Regency Saturday or Sunday, with VIP access to autograph queue, (1) Selfie Photo Op with your own phone or camera, up to two people with Micky at the Regent prior to the screening or at the Regency Saturday or Sunday, (1) Reserved seat for the Q&A in the Seminar Room at the Regency (time and day to be announced), (1) Reserved Seat at the Saturday night special event, "Sing with Micky for Make-A-Wish" in the hotel Courtyard, (1) Special VIP Laminate pass with lanyard and only 50 available. The VIP Experience can be purchased at www.NorthEastComicCons.com.
"Sing with Micky for Make-A-Wish" is a special opportunity for 10 lucky people to sing Karaoke on stage with Micky Dolenz in front of a crowd of friends and fans for Charity at our Saturday Night AfterParty at the Regency Hotel, with more info available at www.monkeemeetandgreets.com.
The Barry Williams VIP Experience includes (1) Weekend Early Entry Admission to all events at Boxboro Regency Hotel July 6-8, (1) Regular photo or other flat item autographed in person by Barry with VIP access to autograph queue, (1) Selfie Photo Op with your own phone or camera, up to two people with Barry, (1) Reserved seat for the Q&A in the Seminar Room at the Regency (time and day to be announced), (1) Special VIP Laminate pass with lanyard and only 50 are available for only $89.00.
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The Summer Northeast ComicCon & Collectibles Extravaganza has Early Bird and VIP attendees entering at 9:30 am Saturday and Sunday. Exhibitors and Artists Showcase Friday, July 6th is open from 4:00 to 8:00 pm, followed by a Concert AfterParty. Advance discount tickets are on sale, and children 10 and under are free admission when accompanied by an adult! There is a fee for autographs and photo ops with celebrities.
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NEComicCons' mission is to show the next generations where the jobs are in the creative arts and entrepreneurism with education, mentorship and fun! Our vendors and guests support the mission with their attendance and involvement.
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Q: Update type of trigger is not working in Zapier I am trying to create a trigger (Poll based) in Zapier app/integration which should run the zap when an existing item will be updated.
API response contains an array like this:
[
  { id: 1, title: 'AWS', time: '2021-12-03T11:41:13.615Z', modTime: '2021-12-03T11:41:13.615Z' },
  { id: 2, title: 'GCP', time: '2021-12-03T11:41:13.615Z', modTime: '2021-12-03T11:46:13.615Z' },
]

Now, as per the doc, if an item will contain id and updated_at key then it should work if same record will be updated with last modified timestamp field.

To make an update trigger, use an API endpoint that lists all items, both new and updated, or alternately an endpoint that lists only updated items. Zapier needs a composite id field that changes whenever the item is updated (ideally z.hash('md5', item.id + item.updated_at)), so subsequent updates aren't be filtered out by Zapier's deduper.

For that, I created a new key updated_at and copied the value of modTime key. But this trigger is working only for new records and not for any update in existing record. Am I missing something ? I can make id every time new like this { id: rec.id + ':' + rec.modTime ... } but it will run for new records as well which I don't want.
Here is my code:
// import statements

const listData = async (z) => {
  const records = await getTaskList(z);
  return records.map((rec) => ({
      ...rec,
      updated_at: rec.modTime
  }));
};

export default {
  display: {
    description: 'Triggers when a task will be updated.',
    label: 'Task Updated',
  },
  key: 'task_updated',
  noun: 'Updated Task',
  operation: {
    outputFields: outFields,
    perform: listData,
    sample: getSampleData(),
  },
};

A: Great question! The Zapier deduper only cares about the field named id. That's why your solution of only adding a key only works for new items- the deuper doesn't look at updated_at at all and is working as intended (new items only). From those docs:

Zapier needs a composite id field that changes whenever the item is updated

So your second approach is correct. The id field should be a combination of the original id and the updated_field. This will trigger for all new and updated objects.
Filtering out new objects depends on the API you're sourcing data from. You can do a .filter before your .map, but will need a way to identify new (not updated) objects. Shot in the dark, but if time is the created date and modTime is the updated date, you could filter to only return objects where time !== modTime. But, this may not be the case.
Ultimately, whatever you reeturn from listData will get send to the deduper and triggered on if that zap hasn't seen that id before.
Hope that clears it up!


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The Mac vs. PC has hit the New York Times! I hope everyone else saw this...actually it might still be there so it's worth a look! This is just part of the ongoing battle between the all powerful Mac and the PC. I thought it was a pretty good Ad. It started off with the Mac and PC character pictured below, watching people going into the Apple store to buy a new Mac.
But as you can see in the second photo, the PC caught up and decided to jump into the frame and tried to stop these people from going in! Anyways, this is just a series of creative ads that Mac has come out within recent weeks as Windows launches their new Windows 7. I'll make sure to post some of the other ads in the next few days!


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Twenty years ago, the SS United States was tied up to a wharf on the Delaware River in South Philadelphia to rust away next to Home Depot and Ikea and the cars whizzing by on Columbus Boulevard. The plan was to eventually ???
Once upon a time, this was the largest and fastest ocean liner on earth. Building it was the forty-year obsession of a man who never spent a day in school studying ship design; William Francis Gibbs was a lawyer by training, but in 1913, a year after that thing happened with the Titanic, he left his law practice and started drawing sketches for a bigger, better, safer, faster passenger ship.
The ship is 980 feet long, more than 100 feet longer than the Titanic. It's divided into 20 watertight compartments reaching almost fifty feet above the waterline, and it's designed to keep on sailing even if as many as five of the compartments are breached and flooded. It's also virtually fireproof; the only wood on board was in a Steinway grand piano.
When the SS United States was finally constructed after World War II, certain of its design features, including its four propellers and the shape of its hull underwater, were classified military secrets, in case the ship were ever refitted as a troop transport. Its maiden voyage from New York to Rotterdam–during which its engines ran at about about two-thirds of full speed–took less than four days, setting an Atlantic crossing speed record that was only broken by subsequent SS United States crossings. To this day, no other ocean liner has ever been built that could sail any faster.
But air travel, of course, waits for no ship. In 1969, the SS United States sailed for the last time under its own power. After idling for a while in New York, it was towed to Ukraine, where it was stripped of all its fittings (and of the asbestos that had helped make it so fire-resistant). Eventually, it was tied up a pier in Philadelphia, designer Gibbs's hometown, where business plan after business plan for the hulking hull never could attract the hundreds of millions of dollars that would be necessary just to stop the rust and turn it into something commercial, perhaps a floating hotel that would never leave the pier.
A nonprofit conservancy organization, meanwhile, has had to raise $60,000 a month just to keep the rusted thing afloat. This year is the final deadline, they say; if the money for a real plan doesn't show up this year, the ship will finally have to be scrapped.
At the moment, there's a new plan: Crystal Cruises, a Hong Kong–based cruise line, has taken over the monthly maintenance costs and signed an option to buy the ship within a year. The company says it is currently studying the feasibility of restoring it as a luxury cruise vessel, which could cost something like $700 million.
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Renovating your home is stressful enough on its own, but include children and the pressure can be overwhelming. Here are three tips to help your family survive an upcoming renovation.
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Making meals in large batches that can be quickly reheated or prepped helps keep your days on schedule. Setting a bathing time that allows all to get in and out of an in-progress bathroom efficiently and without disturbing any unfinished work is a good habit to get into.
2. Safety hazards. Ensure tools are always stored out of little hands' reach and safely put away at the end of each day. New "toys" can be appealing to children who may have seen plastic versions of hammers, drills and saws in their own playrooms, but might not realize how dangerous the real ones are without adult supervision. Sealing off nearby HVAC ducting or vents, using plastic hang sheets, and vacuuming with a HEPA-filtered vacuum twice a day are integral to protecting your family from dust and allergens.
3. Tackle one room at a time. Trying to upgrade more than one space at a time can be a recipe for chaos — or worse, injuries. Choose one room or area to fully complete before moving onto the next. This helps keep potential hazards and air allergens contained to one space at a time, which in turn makes it easier to keep kids away from the area.
If you're planning a home renovation, help and expert advice are available at the Destination Renovation booth of the 2017 GTA Home & Reno Show, running February 17 to 20 at the International Centre in Mississauga. Find more information at www.gtahomeandrenoshow.com.
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The smooth execution of all meets is dependent upon the families of the swimmers. Please plan to have at least one family member time during a meet. Each lane needs 3 timers (at least one from each team). During home meets, we need timers AND helpers in the Snack Shack, which is run during the entire meet to offset expenses for the team.
The week leading up to a meet, a SignUp Genius list will be sent out to allow you to sign up to time and to also sign up to bring things for the meet or the Nutrition Table. The Nutrition Table is only for AWAY meets. This table has fresh fruit, light snacks, and cold, electrolyte water for the Swimmers. Please make sure you sign up to contribute.
For away meets, we usually have a team lunch planned. A team lunch is where the store donates a portion of our sales back to our team. The team lunch location is announced the week prior to the meet. This is a great team-building/bonding time. We hope you can make them.
Arrive at the pool at least 15 minutes before the scheduled warm-up time begins. This time will be listed in the meet information handed out to all swimmers and also in the team newsletter. It is very important for all swimmers to warm-up with the team. A swimmer's body is just like a car on a cold day-he/she needs to get the engine going and warmed-up before he/she can go all out. The team usually sits in one place together, so look for some familiar faces.
Upon arrival, find a place to put your swimmer's towels, swim bags and/or chairs.
Find the check-in place. Make sure your swimmer checks in with his or her coach!
Once "checked in", write or have the swimmers write each event-number on his or her hand in ink. This helps him/her remember what events he/she is swimming and what event number to listen or watch for. It also helps to note the heat and the lane.
The meet will usually start about 10-15 minutes after warm-ups are over.
All questions concerning meet results, an officiating call, or the conduct of a meet, should be referred to a coach. He or she in turn, will pursue the matter through the proper channels.
Psyche Sheet or Heat Sheets. Not all summer meets have a psyche sheet available for sale [A psyche sheet lists all swimmers in each event in order of "seed time". When the team entry is sent in, each swimmer and his/her previous best time (up to the date that the entry was submitted) in that event is listed. If the swimmer is swimming an event for the first time, he/she will be entered as a "no-time" or "NT". A "no-time" swimmer will most likely swim in one of the first heats of the event.] A Heat sheet may be available close to the start of the meet that lists the actual heat and lane a swimmer will be competing in. The team will have this sheet even if they are not available for purchase at the meet. It will be posted in the team area.
It is important for any swimmer to know what event numbers he/she is swimming (again, why they should have the numbers on their hand). He/she may swim right away after warm-up or they may have to wait awhile.
Clerk of Course: The swimmer will be asked to report to the "clerk of course". Swimmers should report with his/her cap and goggle.
o The clerk will usually line up all the swimmers and pass them off to the runner to take them down to the pool in correct order. You can expect at least at least 2 (and usually no more than 4) heats of each event.
Tell him how great he/she did! The coaching staff will be sure to discuss stroke technique with your swimmer. You need to tell him/her how proud you are and what a great job he/she did.
Take him/her back to the team area and relax.
This is another good time to have then go to the bathroom, get a drink or something light to eat.
Make sure, you, as a parent, check with the coach before leaving to make sure your swimmer is not included on a relay. It is not fair to other swimmers who may have stayed to swim on a relay where your swimmer is expected to be a member and she is not there. Relay participation or not, if possible, please stay until the end of the meet to show team spirit!
For away meets, we usually have a team lunch planned where the store will donate a portion of our sales back to our team. The team lunch location is announced the week prior to the meet.
Results are usually posted somewhere in the facility. Awards are often gathered for a team and given to the coach at the end of the meet. The coach will give the awards to the swimmers at a later time.


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Local students fare well in mock trial competition
St. Norbert College students recently participated in a mock trial competition at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn. The team finished fifth out of 46 teams. Junior student Elizabeth Totzke, Appleton, won an award for her perfect score as an attorney, and junior student Zac Dickhut, Waupun, won an award for his perfect score as a witness. Other local students who participated include Hunter Van Asten, Kaukauna; and Hanna Reinke, Appleton.
Mock trial is a combination of theater, improvisation and debate. Students are presented a fictional legal case that is either criminal or civil in nature. One school represents the plaintiff and the opposing school represents the defendant. Approximately half of the team play witnesses who take the stand to testify in the fictional case, being examined by attorneys portrayed by the other half of each school's team.
Mock trial prepares students for professional legal careers by teaching evidentiary rules, trial etiquette and argument foundation.
Dairy Diversity exhibit enhances experience at Farm Wisconsin
Milk Source LLC is partnering with the Farm Wisconsin Discovery Center to provide a $100,000 gift to support the educational experiences for visitors. The organizations are interested in telling the story of modern sustainable agriculture and premier animal care.
The future Dairy Diversity exhibit will feature an interactive wall of dairy products, everything from butter, yogurt, cheese and ice cream. Also included in this exhibit will be the opportunity to explore how dairy processing facilities safely prepare these foods for the market. Visitors can experience this exhibit along with dozens of others after the grand opening of the Farm Wisconsin Discovery Center in summer 2018.
U.S. Cellular boosts Homeless Connections
U.S. Cellular stores in Appleton have partnered with the Homeless Connections Center to provide basic necessities and school-related items to people in the Fox Valley area that are homeless or at-risk of homelessness.
The U.S. Cellular stores collected donations from the community throughout October and early November and delivered them to the Homeless Connections Center.
In addition to donating more than 300 items specifically requested, several U.S. Cellular volunteers made and served breakfast to the center's residents and patrons.
Wild Ones, Bubolz receive Green Gifts from Cellcom
Fox Valley Area Chapter of Wild Ones and Gordon Bubolz Nature Preserve have been selected to receive a Cellcom Green Gift.
Wild Ones received a $750 gift to support its Toward Harmony with Nature Conference.
The 22nd annual Toward Harmony with Nature Conference will be Jan. 27 in Oshkosh. The event focuses on the benefits of native plants such as preventing rain water runoff, nourishing the soil, and thriving without fertilizer and provides strategies for incorporating native plants into landscapes and properties. To learn more or to register, visit towardsharmonywithnature.org.
The Gordon Bubolz Nature Preserve received a $1,000 Green Gift to support educational programming.
With the expansion of the educational center nearing completion, the preserve will be able to accommodate hundreds of additional children with its programming. The Green Gift from Cellcom will help purchase nets for the frogging programs and GPS units for geocaching programs. These programs are a part of the preserves "Need for Nature Movement."