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Jarvis, Julia, 2 results 2
Yamada, Shirley, 1 results 1
Kabayama, Abe, 1 results 1
Brabant, Joseph A. (Joseph Anthony), 1 results 1
Buckler, Ernest, 1 results 1
Calverley, Charles Stuart, 1 results 1
Carman, William Bliss, 1 results 1
Chamberlin, Agnes, 1 results 1
Jarvis Family, 2 results 2
Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, 1 results 1
Earth Spirit Festival, 1 results 1
National Association of Japanese Canadians, 1 results 1
Fothergill, Charles, 1 results 1
Macleod, J. J. R. (John James Rickard), 1 results 1
Caroll, Lewis, 1 results 1
Buckland Wright, John, 1 results 1
Textual records, 121 results 121
Manuscript Collection, 135 results 135
Shirley Yamada Papers
Photographs, slides and negatives taken during Japanese Canadian redress campaign rallies in B.C., Ottawa and Washington, plus audio recordings of redress-related radio programs.
Yamada, Shirley
Joseph Brabant Lewis Carroll Manuscript Collection
[1866?]-1896
The collection consists of correspondence from Charles L. Dodgson, photographs (including an 1865 photograph taken by Carroll), memorabilia, and Brabant's notes and correspondence about the collection.
Brabant, Joseph A. (Joseph Anthony)
C. H. D. Clarke Papers
The collection is comprised of material related to Clarke's scholarly studies and life work in wildlife conservation and management. It includes: correspondence; drafts of published and unpublished reports and conferences; articles; reprints; diaries; negatives and photographs. His unpublished drafts also include such subjects as doxology, literature, and reflections on man's relationship with nature.
Clarke, C. H. D. (Charles Henry Douglas)
Douglas Family Papers
CA OTUTF MS COLL 00188 2B Annex
A small collection of letters, photos, commonplace books and memorabilia. The material chiefly relates to the Hughes family of St. Thomas, Ont.
Douglas Family
Dora Mavor Moore Papers
This collection consists of correspondence, scripts, photos, clippings, theatre programs and tapes covering the personal and professional career of Dora Mavor Moore. It excludes that part of Moore's career when she was director of the New Play Society and School. This material can be found in the New Play Society Papers (MS Coll. 228).
Moore, Dora Mavor
French Theatre Collection
[ca.1860]-1950
Plays in manuscript and typescript, articles, clippings, reviews and photographs pertaining to theatre in the French language.
James Scarth Gale Papers
Drafts of writings about Korea and translations of Korean texts; commonplace books, diaries, correspondence, family papers, photographs, his collection of manuscripts, photographs, printed appearances.
Gale, James Scarth
Klement Family Papers
Papers consist of "birthday books"- albums created by Anna Pachner Klement for her grandson, Tomaš (Tomi), beginning at age two, when he was diagnosed with Sydenham's chorea. Albums depict stories of a young boy and his adoring grandmother and the life of one Jewish family during the 1930's. Two years after Tomi's birth, Adolf Hitler came to power, and the albums begin to record the changing attitude towards Jews in Czechoslovakia. The last album was written in 1940 and in it Mrs. Klement describes how they are forbidden to go to the theatre or the movies. Also included in the family papers are photo albums, photographs, Anna Klement's diaries, poems by Anna Klement, family papers including obituaries, marriage certificates, etc., and Olga Klement's diaries as well as her art work, autobiography, correspondence, notebooks and betacam tapes.
Klement Family
Beverley Slopen Papers
Slopen, Beverley
Eric Wright Papers
1956-ongoing
Duncan Campbell Scott Papers
Personal and literary correspondence; notebooks with drafts of poems, unpublished and untitled novel. 1896-1946.
Scott, Duncan Campbell
Morton Shulman Papers
1882-[ca. 1982]
The collection consists of a bound typescript of Shulman's The Pfeffenhauser Clock, and a copy of Julia Jarvis' In Good Faith, with some of the graphic materials that she assembled in preparing it. Most of the material relates to Jarvis' parents, Arthur and Frances Annie Julia Roe.
Shulman, Morton
William Snaith Papers
The collection consists largely of papers concerned with industrial engineering, including the description and 103 photos of the building of the Leaside Bridge in Toronto. It also contains Snaith's personal accounts and diaries covering the years 1914-60.
Snaith, William
Halyna Stadnyk Papers
The Halyna Stadnyk Papers focuses on the activities of several members of the United Hetman Organization [Soiauz hetmantasiv derzahavnykiv]. Halyna Stadnyk is the main recipient of the letters in this collection. Her principal correspondents are Natalia Doroshenko and IaElysaveta Skoropads?ka-Kuzahim. Nataliaa Doroshenko (1888-1970) was a stage actress and a prominent figure in the theater world. She was the wife of renowned Ukrainian historian Dmytro Doroshenko. She lived in Canada from 1947 and in Munich from the 1950s. IaElysaveta Skoropads?ka-Kuzahim (1899-1976) was a civic leader and sculptor. Her father, Pavlo Skoropadsky-, served as hetman of the Ukrainian State in 1918. Forced to abdicate in November, the Skoropadsky- family fled to Berlin. There she helped with her father's political activities, while also resuming her study of sculpture. She was also actively engaged in organizing humanitarian assistance to Ukrainians in need following the 1932-1933 famine and during the Second World War. After the death of her father in 1945 and upon the death her sister in 1959, she assumed the leadership of the hetmanite movement. The collection also includes photographs of Danylo Skoropadskyi and other members of the hetmanite movement. There are a number of photographs of the Lypynsky- East European Research Institute in Philadelphia, as well as photographs of some of its members.
Stadnyk, Halyna
Mykhailo Sytnyk Papers
The collection consists of correspondence between Sytnyk and his mother in Ukraine, whom he found in the last years of his life; other relatives in Ukraine; and his wife Hanna Cherin. The letters from Volodymyr Vynnychenko, a writer and political leader, forms the large part of the correspondence. The collection also includes some of Sytnyk's personal documents. The collection also contains many photographs of Sytnyk. They were taken when he was living in Lviv, Kyiv, Germany, and the United States. He was photographed with famous Ukrainian literary figures, such as, for example, IaUri- Kosach and IaUri- Klen (pseud. of Oswald Burghardt). The collection also contains Sytnyk's publications. These include two of his manuscripts, and a number of clippings of his poetry published in different periodicals. The collection also includes many articles about Sytnyk. In addition, the collection consists of material collected by John Luczkiw for a collection of Sytnyks poetry entitled TaSvit paporoti (Flower of the Fern). Luczkiw compiled the bibliography of Sytnyks works that was incorporated into the publication. The collection is organized into six series: biographical records, correspondence, publications, photographs, bibliographical materials, and miscellaneous.
Sytnyk, Mykhailo
Henry Grattan Tyrrell Papers
[ca. 1882]-1929
The collection consists of notes and typescripts for Tyrrell's industrial engineering works and for his books on bridge design. It also includes family correspondence, personal diaries, scrapbooks and some family photographs. Papers of Tyrrell's youngest son, William Tyrrell, are also included.
Tyrrell, H. G. (Henry Grattan)
Emily Warren Collection
The collection consists of glass slides used by Emily Warren to illustrate her lectures in the 1920's and 1930's, as well as some lecture notes and other writings by Warren. It also contains a few items relating to John Ruskin, including five pieces of manuscript, a typescript of Constance McRae's book on Emily Warren, The Light must be Perfect (1981), and some of her research material. There are also two large volumes of coloured slides of Emily Warren's paintings.
Warren, Emily
Charles MacKay Willmot Papers
The collection consists of 43 architectural drawings, blueprints and related materials by Willmot, and include those for four major houses and two commercial buildings in Los Angeles. It also includes two blueprints by his father, Mancel Willmot.
Willmot, Charles MacKay
J.A. McNeil Papers
The collection consists of photos, manuscript notes and ephemera relating to Gilbert and Sullivan, and especially to the D'Oyley Carte Company across Canada in 1927. There is also some biographical material relating to J.A. McNeil.
McNeil, J. A. (John Alexander)
John George Mudge Papers
The collection consists of seven diaries detailing the life John George Mudge. When the diaries open, Mudge is living in Ireland where he owns a creamery at Ballygrenane, near Listowell. By 1904, he has moved to Devon and by 1906 he is working at Oxford House in East London. In the summer of 1907, he journeys to Canada, visiting Montreal, Ottawa, Winnipeg and Vancouver. The latter years of the diaries are illustrated with numerous photographs, postcards and ephemera.
Mudge, John George
Hugh Halliday Papers
The collection includes typescript drafts of Halliday's columns on birds and nature for The Toronto Star Weekly and other publications; alphabetical subject files; reader correspondence and correspondence with naturalists, birders, publishers, editors and friends (including extensive correspondence with Al Oeming, founder and director of the Alberta Game Farm, and one letter from John Diefenbaker); photographs of mushrooms, insects, animals and birds by Halliday; notes and sketches; print and ephemera.
Halliday, Hugh M.
Arthur Harvey Papers
This collection of Harvey family papers includes: correspondence to Arthur Harvey about his writings and other interests, to Jane Grist Harvey, his wife; photographs from the studios of Notman, Notman & Fraser, Simpson Bros., Stanton, Eldridge Stanton, Archambault & McCorkingdale, and Livernois; printed appearances and clippings.
Harvey, Arthur
Head Collection of Watercolours and Drawings
A collection of fifty-one watercolours and drawings of Canadian scenes by Sir Edmund Walker Head and Lady Head. They were made when Sir Edmund was Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick (1848-1854) and Governor-General of Canada (1854-1861). A fragment in Lady Head's hand from the cover of the portfolio in which many of the sketches were kept is also included.
Head, Edmund, Sir
Lawrence Hill Papers
This collection consists of extensive material - manuscripts, research materials, correspondence - related to published books by Lawrence Hill, including Any Known Blood; Some Great Thing; The Book of Negroes/Someone Knows My Name; Black Berry, Sweet Juice; Women of Vision: the Story of the Canadian Womens Association; Trials and Triumphs: the Story of African Canadians; The Deserter's Tale: the Story of an Ordinary Soldier Who Walked Away from the War in Iraq, among other titles and projects. It also includes correspondence, photographs, family histories and other material related to the life and work of Hill.
Hill, Lawrence
E. Hopper Ross Collection
The collection consists of anatomical drawings by Ross. The majority of the drawings represent a complete dissection of the human neck and torso, including all major organs. Their value lies in their artistic merit, and in the unique record they provide of the teaching methods of Max Brodel, one of the pioneers of medical illustration.
Ross, E. Hopper (Eila Hopper)
Otto Schneid Papers
The collection consists of research materials for Schneid's unpublished book on 20th century Jewish artists in Europe, manuscripts for his published and unpublished works, and galleys for his published writings. The research materials include correspondence with more than 120 Jewish artists, copies of their exhibition catalogues, and other published works, and photographs of their art. Most of these artists perished during the Second World War.
Schneid, Otto
Ernest J. Schwarz Papers
The collection consists of originals and copies of correspondence, proposals for productions, investors' agreements, contracts between the producers and the theatres as well as between the producers and actors; scripts, financial statements (including expenses, revenues, pre-production and production budgets, balance sheets); investors' kits, publicity, production and casting notes, programmes, flyers, newspaper and magazine reviews, resumes and photographs of actors, directors, choreographers and technical crews; videocassettes of some of the productions and a few properties.
The collection also contains the papers (contracts, proposals, financial statements, correspondence, notes, scripts, reviews of past productions, publicity and productions notes) of unrealized project possibilities.
Schwarz, Ernest J.
Edward Goodall Papers
Collection of six drawings in pencil, signed, by Goodall that were commissioned by the Illustrated London News for its series on famous Canadian universities and schools, including the University of Toronto. His drawings appeared in the May 6, 1961 issue.
Goodall, Edward
Martin Ahvenus Papers
This collection of papers from the famed Toronto bookseller includes administrative records from his shop Village Books, including invoices, correspondence, book lists, as well as individual files related to the running of the store and the publishing arm of Village Books. It also contains material related to Ahvenus' work as an appraiser, correspondence with various Canadian authors, a travel diary from 1993-94, and books, many of them signed and inscribed by the authors.
Avenus, Martin
Albert Ellis Allin Papers
The papers contain his diaries with field notes, scrapbooks, photographs, correspondence, drafts of articles, notes, minutes of meetings for organizations of which he was an officer, and printed materials including newspaper clippings of columns written by other naturalists but collected by Allin. Included in the correspondence are letters from J. L. Baillie whose papers are also in the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library.
Allin, Albert Ellis
John M. Barnett Papers
Nature notes on the Toronto area; Franklin Camp, Ont.; Victoria, B.C.; Flamingo Isle and Trinidad, B.W.I.; Florida; Texas etc. With many fine photos, drawings and plant specimens.
Barnett, John M.
William Arthur Deacon Papers
Collection of personal & business correspondence with authors,publishers, organizations, readers; minutes of the Canadian Authors Assoc.; manuscripts and typescripts of his writings and lectures as well as galleys and publicity for his books; clippings and scrapbooks of his columns and articles in the Globe & Mail and Saturday Night; 976 photographs of Canadian and international authors.
Deacon, William Arthur
Sharon Abron Drache Papers
CA OTUTF MS COLL 00684 (2B annex)
Includes extensive correspondence, manuscripts, etc. with Joe Rosenblatt, David Gurr; drafts, research and correspondence related to Barbara Klein-Muskrat: Then and Now; The Lubavitchers Are Coming to Second Avenue; Ritual Slaughter; The Mikveh Man; The Golden Ghetto; The Magic Pot; correspondence, research and drafts for piece on Richard Landon and the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library; Arthur Drache material; unpublished children's stories; family material; ghost writing; mentoring and other material related to the life and work of Sharon Abron Drache.
Drache, Sharon Abron
Julius Griffith Papers
Includes sketches and book jackets.
Griffith, Julius
Stanley Morisse Papers
Includes personal and professional correspondence; personal photographs; official documents; receipts and invoices; typescript drafts of books; newspaper articles, passports, cultural and political pursuits. Various highlighted items in his collection include many interesting photographs documenting the May Day Rallies of 1933-4 in Hamilton, Ontario-suggesting that he had an active role in organizing these demonstrations. There are also a number of newspaper clippings (primarily from The Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.), documenting such issues as communism, the war in Vietnam, Cyprus, various actions taken by the Canadian Government, and celebrities such as Marilyn Munroe and Princess Diana. A series of postcards document a trip taken by Sam Lawrence across Europe in 1936. Also featured is a collection of photographs of Lenin from 1897-1917 from a book of photographs entitled "Lenin" edited by Vladimir Il'ich and a collection of postcards documenting the Third Congress of Komintern in Russia, 1919. Lastly, there are two typescript books dedicated to Morisse and written by Georgoula Beikos entitled "The Greece That Fights: A Collection of Articles in Russian", and a book of poems written by political prisoners on the Cypriot island of Gioura after the Greek civil war from 1945-1949.
Morisse, Stanley
Bata Shoe Company Papers
[189-?]-2014
Includes corporate files from the Canadian Bata Shoe Company (including correspondence; legal and financial records; product development, marketing and promotional files; technical and production-related files, and human resources files). The bulk of the material was created by the Canadian Bata company, however many records relate to several of the oraganization's international outposts, including companies headed in Africa, India, Asia and Europe. The collection also includes press clippings and other publications about the Bata Company and its historical significance. There are also a small number of Bata family records, primarily for Thomas J. Bata (1914-2008), Sonja I. Bata, Tomáš Baťa (1876-1932) and Marie Bata.
Bata Shoe Company
Coach House Press Papers
This is the first accession of the Coach House Press (CHP) papers by the Fisher Library. It primarily includes files accumulated and maintained by Stan Bevington, founder of the CHP. (While Library and Archives Canada holds a significant amount of Coach House Press materials, Bevington held back many of his own personal files related to CHP, with the intention of donating them to the Fisher Library). The papers include accounting materials for the Press–price quotes, sales invoices, payroll information, etc. –and other materials related to the running of the CHP. It also includes material collected by Bevington, dubbed "Stan's ephemera," which contain handwritten notes written by Bevington, as well as correspondence, programs and other assorted and interesting items.
The collection is particularly noteworthy for its extensive collection of computer-related material, including the files for SoftQuad, the company co-founded by Bevington that was at the forefront of the digital age in publishing. Bevington is considered a publishing pioneer in the transition to digital technology from traditional typesetting.
Coach House Press
Bliss Carman papers
Collection of printed works with extensive manuscript revisions, partly in author's hand, and 48 photos of actresses in costume as characters from Daughters of Dawn; miscellaneous photos of Bliss Carman and others.
Carman, William Bliss
Alan Stein Papers
This collection features the bulk of material associated with Alan Stein's fine press imprint Church Street Press.
Stein, Alan
Sam Solecki Papers
Contains drafts of work; correspondence with various writers; photographs; files from 1982-1984 (re: Writer-in-Residence program, Massey College).
Solecki, Sam
Fritz Hauch Eden Crowe Papers
Contains the only known records of Captain Fritz Hauch Eden Crowe. The collection comprises of two leaves from a scrapbook, which has pasted-in watercolours and clippings, as well as three singular watercolours and one pencil drawing. These eleven watercolours and two pencil drawings were made during the course of his travels as a British naval officer and Consul-General to Portuguese East Africa at the following locations: Bahia Blanca (Argentina), Chupat, Patagonia (Argentina), Colonia, Rio Plata (Uruguay), Santa Catarina and Anhatomirim Island (Brazil), Simambaya Island (off the coast of Lamu, Kenya), Cape Verde (off the Senegalese coast), Egypt and Ascension Island (South Atlantic Ocean, 1600 km from the coast of Africa). Collected clippings demonstrate Crowe's interest in naval history and exploration. Crowe's papers also contain personal correspondence, notably three letters written to his mother (1863, 1872, 1878), and one to his grandfather as a 14 year old naval cadet. Correspondence and documentation also relates to his career as a naval officer and consul-general including a commission document, a letter of introduction and a letter from Crowe requesting retirement. The collected papers comprises some estate documents, such as an original codicil to Crowe's will, which makes arrangements for his young daughter, as well as documents outlining the distribution of inheritance from his Uncle and his parents.
Crowe, Fritz Hauch Eden
The Ronald Peters Gift of the Lester Douglas Personal Archives of Earl Horter, Hans Foy, David Karfunkle and Barbara Shermund
Contains the personal archives of Lester Douglas of four artists: Earl Horter, Hans Foy, David Karfunkle and Barbara Shermund. Douglas was acquainted with these artists through his role as the Director of Art and Printing for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States and through his work as a typographer and book designer. These collections include original artworks from all four artists, including drawings, paintings, etchings and engravings, some of them inscribed with dedications to Douglas. Apart from Horter, the artworks are contained in portfolios created by Douglas. Also included is correspondence from Horter and Foy to Douglas, as well as some ephemera, such as newspaper clippings and exhibition pamphlets for Horter, Foy and Karfunkle.
Peters, Ronald
Roderick Stewart Collection of Bethune
Contains extensive research, drafts and notes for work on Dr. Norman Bethune, as well as prints and photographs of Norman Bethune and Bethune memorabilia
Stewart, Roderick
Mark Gayn Papers
The collection consists of notebooks, diaries, drafts for writings, lectures, broadcasts, correspondence, pamphlets, newspapers clippings, films and photographs related to the journalistic career of Gayn.
Gayn, Mark
Girdwood Collection of Glass Lantern Slides, Niagara Falls and Area
[ca. 1850-1860].
Collection consists of 79 stereoscopic and panorama glass negatives taken by Girdwood and by commercial photographers, one of whom was possibly American photographer James Thomson. Fifteen of the slides depict scenes in and around Niagara Falls and are mounted with descriptions. Other locations depicted include Montreal and Ottawa, however, in many cases there is no information about either the photographer or location. Some of the negatives have been split into two pictures as each side contained a different image, and some of the negatives have only one image as they were taken as panoramas instead of stereo images.
Girdwood, Gilbert Prout
James Little Baillie Papers
CA OTUTF MS COLL 00127 (Downsview Offsite)
Correspondence with naturalists; a dictionary of naturalists; drafts for a life of Charles Fothergill; bird-watching journals kept by Baillie from 1920-1970; Baillie's weekly columns in The Toronto Evening Telegram, 1931-70 (on microfilm); some material by other naturalists.
Baillie, James Little
Birdsall & Son Papers
A collection of photographs and rubbings of bindings, tool designs, tooling patterns, designs, and drawings executed by the firm of Birdsall and Son, Northampton, England, from the 1840's to 1961.
Birdsall & Son Bookbinders and Stationers
J. O. P. Bland Papers
Correspondence with officials and British authors, journals kept while in China 1883-85 and 1906-1910, typescripts of chapters of his various published books, his unfinished autobiography, scrapbooks, photos and memorabilia.
Bland, J. O. P. (John Otway Percy)


© 1998 American Astronomical Society. Received 1997 September 19; revised 1997 November 12. This work was supported in part by NASA under contract NAS 7-918 to JPL, and by a grant to M. C. G. from the New Mexico Space Grant Consortium. We thank B. Stappers for kindly providing the ground-based data used in this work.


Easy to use. Does what it says.
Very straightforward functional app. Doesn't harass the user.
I use this app for a lot of my training, and it works really great.
Works well & easy to format!
I have been using the free version of this app for years and upgraded to the paid when their ads got annoying. This is a great app and well worth the price.
I love it! This app is my friend!
I used this app every day for my fitness classes!
This app is fairly easy to use. I can set up an endless variety of circuit programs for my classes and clients.
Love being able to create my own intervals. I use it everyday.
I love the app. But not the screen color! Can't figure out if I can change it.
Great flexibility for interval training.
Works well with Music in the iPhone. Visually it's great, as you can set down your phone across the room and see when sets and test periods begin and end.
Fantastic app! I've used this for years now and provides great flexibility with creating timers for my HIIT and interval workouts!
Love the features. Use it everyday.
I use the pro for timed exercises and it's great. Highly recommend.
I have used this app for many years for stretch/yoga/Pilates timing and have never had any problems.
Perfect for Galloway Method Runners!!!
Love this app. I am a marathon runner who trains with the Galloway Run-walk-run method. I used this app to create all the specific intervals I need for workouts and races. It works seamlessly with my music, audible books, and podcasts. Also great to use for yoga and stretching to help with holding poses for the right amount of time. Indispensable for my training!!!!
Easy, reliable, and customizable. It has helped me take my running to the next level.
I use Interval Timer for my martial art and Yoga practices. I can set up entire flow sequences and concentration periods in fairly elaborate routines. Some ways in which it could be improved would be the ability to enter various portions of a routine without having to start the entire portion over if interrupted. You can pause, but if you just want to back up a set or two, you have to edit or just begin from the top which can be time consuming and inefficient. But overall it's a fairly decent app.
Love this simple app! Use it in the gym for cardio and now that it's summer to ease myself back into running- I've set jog/walk intervals that are moving towards weaning off the walking all together.
Awesome app I can't wait for I watch support!
Great app, the major downside is that your history doesn't transfer when you upgrade to pro, and also can't add them myself through the calendar.
Great app works for me.
The music stops playing on third party apps once the timer goes off with 5is new update.
I downloaded the pro version thinking that it would give me the rest time function to recover in between sets. Still not possible. I'd like a refund. The seconds interval timer seems like a better bet. More expensive but it works!
I really enjoy this app, when I stick to it lol! Easy to customize - works well for me and makes me feel accomplished.
Updated version is not as responsive as previous version.
This has plenty of very useful workouts. What I really love is the customization. I can make my own program look and sound just the way I want. Thank you!
Easy to set up and use, well designed and flexible, it's reasonably priced for such a useful app.
It works, but could be better.
This app really needs to give you more options for configuring your workout. For example, you cannot change the order of a routine without re-doing it from scratch.
I LOVE this app. I mostly do jumprope/boxing style cardio and having a good interval timer is key! The only reason I've given it 4 instead of 5 stars is because I would REALLY love to be able to use this app on my Apple watch! It really breaks my concentration to have to fish out and unlock my phone whenever I need to pause the session or change my music. Add an Apple watch feature and this will be the best interval app period! Thanks!
Don't pay for the Upgraded version.
I wish I had done more research before purchasing the upgrade. There is no difference- was hoping for a countdown feature...or anything. Waste of 3 bucks. Don't do it!
Efficient, utilitarian, perfect. I didn't need the pro version, but upgraded because this app developer earned it.
Generally very solid and flexible app. Finally able to play shuffled playlists! I find the simple timing routines are plenty flexible for my needs, but there are more complex possibilities for specialized purposes.
Little difficult setting up, but awesome for interval training.
I used the free version for several years and liked it so much I payed for the full version to say thanks for a great product. Only app I have found like it. Super useful and customizable interval timer and plays music. Perfect!
I really dig this app. Easy to use-keeps ya on track with your workout and fine tuned very nicely. Must have for those unmotivated days!
Customizable. Easy to use. I have a library for the exercise formats I lead. Please consider adding a sound effect as the timer countdowns from 3-5 seconds. I like to work with the participants and cue the countdown.
Great application for workouts - interval runs, speed timing, cardio intervals- really, really cool!
I use it for TABATA as well.
I LOVE this app! I use it in my workout everyday. It's simple to set up, it never quits unexpectedly, and with it I've been able to create all the workouts that I need to read my fitness goals. Only downside is I can't link it to Spotify. Other than that, this is the best $2 or $3 I've ever spent on exercise "equipment"!
Thank you Mr. Cook. When you released the latest IOS upgrade it disabled my Apple music library. This is the third time it happened. As with the two previous ones, I had to troubleshoot it by myself (troubleshooting on line with even the a senior afvisor takes just as long; as my lifetime of 24 hours or more of troubleshooting with such wonderful people – truly wonderful professional – attests they are just as thwarted by the IOS BUGS) for four hours often and on for a week(inc signing in and out of everything). Not the first time this is happened. I think it's because m each time you release an upgrade, it it wipes out my credit card information. But who knows maybe it was just signing in and of apple tunes. Strange because I have a renewing paid up subscription to Apple Music and it was fully pay for it in before this upgrade. I was so frustrated I bought another subscription for Apple match for $27, Which seems to be a necessary part of re-activating Apple Music. I still cannot get the Apple Music playlists back or the personal playlist I created. When I pull those up there is no music in them. I I don't just go through this trouble because I pay for Apple Music. I do it because I love it and play it on my phone constantly throughout the day. I assume the Apple wants more subscribers to the service. If so, I humbly suggest, is Aamir Consumer, that you avoid this problem in future upgrades. M To compensate us for this, Please give us a Killswitch to stop our kids from playing games on their screens, which makes my teenagers meltdown. In other words, give me the adult organizers of family share ability to disable all apps used by child members of a family share group to block their use of the phone even altogether, independently of the ineffective such features counting by ones ISPs Comcast, Verizon etc. But I the ISPs would lose the revenue thev generate selling streaming data. In the interest of transparency, would please release the contract terms for the for Syd and the amount of money that you obtain from such agreements.. I would eat my hat if you don't share in that revenue – directly or indirectly. You may counter that I can simply turn off the Wi-Fi but of course0f course the rub is that the kids can simply turn on their data streaming, when I disable or Wi-Fi router ((which by the way is now built into the ISP cabe modem so I will lose my ability to access Wi-Fi). Perhaps I should write to my senator to ask you to testify before the senate interstate commerce committee, or whichever committee is now raking poor Mr. Zuckerberg over the coals. Thank you so much Mr. Cook, and your shareholders (Remembering that only a tiny fraction of society owns any stock trade it on the market it's either individually or even through their 401(k) or other institutional accounts. Best regards.
Just would like HRM connection you can view while doing HIIT workout. Can't Airdrop your workout templates to others.
A few modifications with regard to layout options would enhance the experience, however great at what it was intended to do.
I use this app every day. It's the best out there. I also liked the previous version which I bought. You still lose your workouts when you upgrade. Fix that please. Also, please use larger fonts for rep counts in portrait, and bigger control buttons in landscape orientation.
I used to measure sets by some number of reps. Now I base my routine on how long it takes to do each set. I schedule my entire routine in the app and the app keeps me moving. I know exactly when I will finish and I don't get distracted between sets.
Good changes easy to use.
Generally very solid and flexible app. Lacks a few refinements like being able to play shuffled playlists, but overall very good. I find the simple timing routines are plenty flexible for my needs, but that there are more complex things is nice.
Excellent workout app. I use it to customize my warrior Xfit workout as well as rounds for kickboxing. Very easy to make routines and add sounds.
This app does ONE thing really well. Kudos to keeping it simple, clean and smart.
Performs exactly as advertised! Have used for close to 6 years for walk/run marathon training. Well worth the price!
What's different with the upgrade?
I purchased the upgrade thinking it would give me more options, but there isn't anything different between the free version and paid version as far as I can tell. What a rip-off.
Interval Timer Pro does just what I want, without a lot of distracting, hard-to-understand extras.
Getting the PRO version is a waste of time. There's nothing "defining" or "groundbreaking" to make you pay $3 for the exact same features. Certain sounds were removed so you're actually getting less.
I'm a PE teacher and workout regularly. I use this app all the time. It's great.
Perfect for physical therapy exercises.
Works great for physical therapy exercises. Counts out the reps and the 'hold' time for each exercise.
This is a great app. I can customize for stretch time, workout time, and intervals in-between to relax and recover.
Works just fine for intervals & jumps- Get on your bike and ride!
I've used the free and the paid versions for over a year. I really like this app for its feature and flexibility for my workouts.
Still waiting for compatibility issues.
I submitted a bug report about the free version and paid versions not being compatible. Nothing has apparently been done about it yet. I would still recommend using the free version, because that's what I am forced to do at the moment. Considering, I created a number of workout routines, before deciding to purchase the full version, and there is no way to transfer them over.
Use it for a variety of classes. Easy to use and follow.
I have both this and RoundTimer app, which the latter has not been updated for iOS 11. Just downloaded it, and it works great.
This app works well. It takes a bit to get the hang of how it works but it is very adaptable and functional when you understand it. The Pro version is similar to the free but you have the ability to save your interval settings for individual workouts.
I use IntervalTimer every day and it does what I need.
I've been using this app since 2012 as a workout timer and have loved it. I decided to buy the paid version because I appreciate what this does. I use it for my workout times to increase efficiency by making intervals of work and rest time during weight training. I will now be using additionally to facilitate the Pomodoro Technique. I think this app has the best features and flexibility of multiple timers I have checked.
Use it daily for workouts during my lunch or breaks.
Just would like HRM connection you can view while doing workout. Can't Airdrop your workout templates to others.
Works great for my use, love the music integration. Needs ability to share workouts. I used the free version to test before buying the app and I had to recreate my workouts. Also, I use the app on multiple devices and I can't share workouts between them.
Perfect timer. As simple or as complex as you want it.
Works well and helps me stay on pace to improve my run times.
A lot to like with lots of options. Would like to see daily times display through the week. The weeks total time is good but not enough.
The display is bright and the options for customizing are plentiful. I use it for all my HIIT workouts.
I've been using this app for a few years and I love it. It has become my go-to for all of my work-outs; whether it's strength training cross-fit, or mountain biking. It has allowed me to add HIIT to whatever activity I happen to be doing for the day.
Works in the background while I use PandoraOne. Wish it could say the number of second remaining every 5, 10, 15, or 30 seconds. It could say ... "60", "55", "50", ... "5", "0". A spoken reverse exponential count would be very helpful. It could say ... "60", "30", "15", "10", "5", "4", "3", "2", "1", "complete"
The interface for saving workouts isn't intuitive, but it's easy once you figure it out. It's also limited to system sounds. It would be nice if it offered a wide variety of sounds.
Updating my review. The app has really come back to me since they made sharing optional. (Nothing worse then trying to get in a workout rhythm and clicking on the share after timer and spending time trying to figure out what went wrong with your app). Aside from a few audio issues one of the best apps I have worked with. Tip for the audio issue. Make sure to have at least one music or sound file on your device. Hit the play at the bottom and then you can correct your devices audio levels as opposed to it trying to change the ringer as default.
I love the app, but wish it had a watch companion app.
I use this app for helping me get exercise intervals in between hours of sitting at my computer - 30min sitting/3min exercising. Helps a lot.
Been looking for an app to train to run. All the apps start out fine but then jump the run/walk intervals way too fast. I create a run sequence that pushes me and then up the run time by 5 or 10 seconds and reduce the walk time same way. Perfect training tool. LOVE this tool.
I love the way I can set this app up to give me the intervals I need. I can have multiple programs to fit my mood or fitness. Well done.
Great app and amazing company!
Excellent app for routine. The company is great. They responded quickly for requests and fixed problems immediately. Amazing!!
Wish it could do three sequenced intervals...not just two. Otherwise it's great!
My go to app to customize my workouts and not worry about timing as it does it all for me. Plus Love the calendar function which allows me see the types of workouts I do.
I couldn't be more happier with this fitness timer. Handles music and playlists flawlessly. Highly recommend.
Love using this all but the latest update is pretty sloppy. Any music that is playing is turned down through the entire workout and not just when the timer beeps. Workouts are different colors in the list with no apparent reason.
Use this everyday and developer makes improvements regularly.
Excellent. Great improvements over previous version, which was very good to start with.
It would be better if there was a way to add any new IntervalTimer in the middle of a sequence.
I use this app every day. It's the best out there. I also liked the previous version which I bought. I finally "upgraded" to the paid version of the new app and am disappointed. It simply loaded a new app without migrating my workouts. That'll be a pain for me. I wish I could get an ready refund and stay with the free version.
I use this for an exercise program and I found it very convenient and easy to use without any problems.
Works well, have been using for several years. Updates keep coming and keep it up with latest phones.
Great app, I have been using it for years as a clock chime to count off time while I am working. I tend to focus too much and lose track of time. This app gently reminds me how much time I have left without interrupting the flow state. Gently is the key word. There only 1-2 sounds I can use, the rest are too jarring. And the trouble is I need to change the sounds periodically, because after a while I stop noticing them if I am too deep in thought. WOULD YOU KINDLY ADD MORE SOUNDS, which would be SHORT and PLEASANT. Or connect system own sounds. Thank you very much for considering. Wonderful app,otherwise, I use every day for several hours.
Been using this at the gym for years. Works fantastic! Worth the money over free ones.


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Suranga is a traditional Indian water management system.

Suranga may also refer to:

People
 Sumudu Suranga (born 1982), Sri Lankan cricketer
 Suranga Adikari (born 1979), Sri Lankan athlete
 Suranga Arunakumara (born 1978), Sri Lankan cricketer
 Suranga Chandratillake (born 1977), Sri Lankan entrepreneur
 Suranga Lakmal (born 1987), Sri Lankan cricketer
 Suranga Lokubalasuriya, Sri Lankan cricketer
 Suranga Nanayakkara (born 1981), Sri Lankan computer scientist and inventor
 Suranga Perera (born 1974), Sri Lankan cricketer
 Suranga Sampath, Sri Lankan blind cricketer

Places
 Suranga, Dhanbad, a census town in Dhanbad district, Jharkhand, India

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The Sacramento Bee just uncovered (through FOIA requests) that UC Davis paid a firm by the name of Nevins & Associates upwards of $175,000 to scrub references to the incident from the Internet.
…which is impossible. You can't scrub something from the Internet (which should be common knowledge, as many people have tried).
I'm completely dumbfounded that Nevins & Associates actually claimed they could deliver this result. I'm loathe to criticize colleagues in PR/digital, but this is the kind of behavior that gives digital professionals a bad name.
They should have told UC Davis the cold truth: you can't erase anything online – and trying to do so inevitably worsens the situation AND alerts more of the public to it. There's actually a name for this type of situation: the Streisand Effect.
Had they proposed that they would try to MINIMIZE the impact of the wealth of content about the pepper spray incident by amplifying positive messages, that would be fine. But words like "eliminate" and "scrub" should not be in the vocabulary of anyone who works in the digital world.
If your organization faces a crisis of perception, the only path to follow are Arthur W. Page's principles. The radically transparent era we live in has made them more relevant now than they were decades ago when he published them. Anyone who tries to convince you otherwise is not serving you well.


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You can easily tell if an egg is raw or hard boiled without breaking the shell, as long as you know a little science. This experiment uses physics to show how if you spin an egg you can tell if it's insides are viscous or solid! Thanks Happy Scientist Robert Krampf for this great tutorial on the science of eggs and physics of rotation.
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class DocumentsController < ResourceController
  before_action :expire_cache, only: [:index, :show]

  restful model: :document

  protected
  # Never trust parameters from the scary internet, only allow the white list through.
  def secure_params
    params.require(:document).permit(:name, :description)
  end

  def expire_cache
    expires_in 30.seconds
  end
end

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Q: Is there a way that I can calculate the cumulative value of radiobuttons I am writing a CBT based test program and I have already done the registration and login phase and also the questions' phase but I want to calculate the total score of a user on clicking on the finale submit button after the test, below is my code so far
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
Created on Mon Dec 23 16:05:02 2019

@author: Emma
"""

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
Created on Thu Dec 19 16:19:18 2019

@author: Emma
"""
from tkinter import *
from tkinter.messagebox import *

class Cbt:
    def __init__(self):

        self.window = Tk()
        self.window.title('CBT')
        self.fm = Frame(self.window)
        self.fm.pack(side = TOP, expand = YES, fill = BOTH)
        self.fm.grid_propagate(0)
        self.text1=StringVar()
        self.text2=StringVar()
        self.registration = Label(self.fm, text = "Registration Page", font=('arial',30,'bold') ).pack()
        self.name = Label(self.fm, text = "Username",font=('arial',20) ).pack()
        self.nametext = Entry(self.fm, width = 10,bd=20,textvariable = self.text1, insertwidth=4, justify='left', font=('arial',20,'bold')).pack()
        self.password = Label(self.fm, text = "Password",font=('arial',20) ).pack()
        self.passwordtext = Entry(self.fm, width = 10,bd=20,textvariable = self.text2, insertwidth=4, justify='left', font=('arial',20,'bold')).pack()
        self.regsubmit = Button(self.fm, width = 10, text = "Submit", command = self.reg).pack()
        self.roottext = ''
        self.roottext2 = ''
        self.roottext3 = ''
        self.roottext4 = ''

        self.window.mainloop()

    def login(self):
        self.log = Frame(self.window)
        self.log.pack(side = TOP, expand = YES, fill = BOTH)
        self.log.grid_propagate(0)
        self.text3=StringVar()
        self.text4=StringVar()
        self.login = Label(self.log, text = "Login Page", font=('arial',30,'bold') ).pack()
        self.name2 = Label(self.log, text = "Username",font=('arial',20) ).pack()
        self.nametext2 = Entry(self.log, width = 10,bd=20,textvariable = self.text3, insertwidth=4, justify='left', font=('arial',20,'bold')).pack()
        self.password2 = Label(self.log, text = "Password",font=('arial',20) ).pack()
        self.passwordtext2 = Entry(self.log, width = 10,bd=20,textvariable = self.text4, insertwidth=4, justify='left', font=('arial',20,'bold')).pack()
        self.logsubmit = Button(self.log, width = 10, text = "Submit", command = self.loginfunc).pack()

    def reg(self):
        self.roottext = self.text1.get()
        self.roottext2 = self.text2.get()
        if self.roottext != '' and self.roottext2 != '':
            showinfo("Success","Registration Successful")
            self.fm.destroy()
            self.login()

        else:
            showinfo("Failed","Registration Failed")

    def loginfunc(self):
        self.roottext3 = self.text3.get()
        self.roottext4 = self.text4.get()
        if self.roottext3 == self.roottext and self.roottext4 == self.roottext2:
            showinfo("Success", "Login Successful")
            self.log.destroy()
            self.question()
        else:
            showinfo("Failed", "Login Failed")

    def onClick(self):
        pass

    '''def cal():
        val1 = first.get()
        val2 = second.get()

        val3 = third.get()
        val4 = fourth.get()
        val5 = fifth.get()
        val6 = sixth.get()
        val7 = seventh.get()
        val8 = eight.get()
        val9 = ninth.get()
        val10 = tenth.get()'''

    def question(self):

        def cal(self):
            self.val1 = first.get()
            self.val2 = second.get()
            self.val3 = third.get()
            self.val4 = fourth.get()
            self.val5 = fifth.get()
            self.val6 = sixth.get()
            self.val7 = seventh.get()
            self.val8 = eight.get()
            self.val9 = ninth.get()
            self.val10 = tenth.get()

        self.fm = Frame(self.window)
        self.fm.pack(side = TOP, expand = YES, fill = BOTH)
        self.fm.grid_propagate(0)

        #confm, congroup=StringVar(),StringVar()
        first = StringVar()
        second = StringVar()
        third = StringVar()
        fourth = StringVar()
        fifth = StringVar()
        sixth = StringVar()
        seventh = StringVar()
        eight = StringVar()
        ninth = StringVar()
        tenth = StringVar()

        Label(self.fm, text = 'Where is the headquarter of UN situated?', font=('arial',20,'bold')).pack()
        Radiobutton(self.fm, variable = first, text = 'A. Geneva', value = 'a', command = self.onClick, tristatevalue = 0).pack()
        Radiobutton(self.fm, variable = first, text = 'B. Hague', value = 'b', command = self.onClick, tristatevalue = 0).pack()
        Radiobutton(self.fm, variable = first, text = 'C. New York', value = 'c', command = self.onClick, tristatevalue = 0).pack()
        Radiobutton(self.fm, variable = first, text = 'D. Addis Ababa', value = 'd', command = self.onClick, tristatevalue = 0).pack()

        Label(self.fm, text = 'The President of France is?', font=('arial',20,'bold')).pack()
        Radiobutton(self.fm, variable = second, text = 'A. Emmanuel Macron', value = 'a', command = self.onClick, tristatevalue = 0).pack()
        Radiobutton(self.fm, variable = second, text = 'B. Donald Trump', value = 'b',command = self.onClick, tristatevalue = 0).pack()
        Radiobutton(self.fm, variable = second, text = 'C. Francois Hollande', value = 'c', command = self.onClick, tristatevalue = 0).pack()
        Radiobutton(self.fm, variable = second, text = 'D. Laurent Gbagbo', value = 'd',command = self.onClick, tristatevalue = 0).pack()

        Label(self.fm, text = 'The full meaning of SQL is?', font=('arial',20,'bold')).pack()
        Radiobutton(self.fm, variable = third, text = 'A. Structured Query Language', value = 'a', command = self.onClick, tristatevalue = 0).pack()
        Radiobutton(self.fm, variable = third, text = 'B. Structural Query Language', value = 'b',command = self.onClick,  tristatevalue = 0).pack()
        Radiobutton(self.fm, variable = third, text = 'C. Structure Query Language', value = 'c', command = self.onClick, tristatevalue = 0).pack()
        Radiobutton(self.fm, variable = third, text = 'D. Structured Query Lambda', value = 'd',command = self.onClick, tristatevalue = 0).pack()

        Label(self.fm, text = 'An example of a developing country is?', font=('arial',20,'bold')).pack()
        Radiobutton(self.fm, variable = fourth, text = 'A. India', value = 'a', command = self.onClick, tristatevalue = 0).pack()
        Radiobutton(self.fm, variable = fourth, text = 'B. New Zealand', value = 'b', command = self.onClick, tristatevalue = 0).pack()
        Radiobutton(self.fm, variable = fourth, text = 'C. Croatia', value = 'c', command = self.onClick, tristatevalue = 0).pack()
        Radiobutton(self.fm, variable = fourth, text = 'D. Switzerland', value = 'd', command = self.onClick, tristatevalue = 0).pack()

        Label(self.fm, text = 'The most populated country in the world is?', font=('arial',20,'bold')).pack()
        Radiobutton(self.fm, variable = fifth, text = 'A. Phillipines', value = 'a', command = self.onClick, tristatevalue = 0).pack()
        Radiobutton(self.fm, variable = fifth, text = 'B. China', value = 'b', command = self.onClick, tristatevalue = 0).pack()
        Radiobutton(self.fm, variable = fifth, text = 'C. India', value = 'c', command = self.onClick, tristatevalue = 0).pack()
        Radiobutton(self.fm, variable = fifth, text = 'D. Brazil', value = 'd', command = self.onClick, tristatevalue = 0).pack()

        Label(self.fm, text = 'The capital of France is?', font=('arial',20,'bold')).pack()
        Radiobutton(self.fm, variable = sixth, text = 'A. Monaco', value = 'a',command = self.onClick, tristatevalue = 0).pack()
        Radiobutton(self.fm, variable = sixth, text = 'B. Paris', value = 'b', command = self.onClick, tristatevalue = 0).pack()
        Radiobutton(self.fm, variable = sixth, text = 'C. Lyon', value = 'c', command = self.onClick, tristatevalue = 0).pack()
        Radiobutton(self.fm, variable = sixth, text = 'D. Marseille', value = 'd', command = self.onClick, tristatevalue = 0).pack()

        Label(self.fm, text = 'The capital of Ethiopa is?', font=('arial',20,'bold')).pack()
        Radiobutton(self.fm, variable = seventh, text = 'A. Ethiope', value = 'a', command = self.onClick, tristatevalue = 0).pack()
        Radiobutton(self.fm, variable = seventh, text = 'B. Addis Ababa', value = 'b', command = self.onClick, tristatevalue = 0).pack()
        Radiobutton(self.fm, variable = seventh, text = 'C. Eritrea', value = 'c', command = self.onClick, tristatevalue = 0).pack()
        Radiobutton(self.fm, variable = seventh, text = 'D. Botswana', value = 'd', command = self.onClick, tristatevalue = 0).pack()

        Label(self.fm, text = 'The richest man on earth is?', font=('arial',20,'bold')).pack()
        Radiobutton(self.fm, variable = eight, text = 'A. Bill Gates', value = 'a', command = self.onClick, tristatevalue = 0).pack()
        Radiobutton(self.fm, variable = eight, text = 'B. Jeff Bezos', value = 'b', command = self.onClick, tristatevalue = 0).pack()
        Radiobutton(self.fm, variable = eight, text = 'C. Jack Ma', value = 'c', command = self.onClick, tristatevalue = 0).pack()
        Radiobutton(self.fm, variable = eight, text = 'D. Warren Buffet', value = 'd', command = self.onClick, tristatevalue = 0).pack()

        Label(self.fm, text = 'The president of FIFA is?', font=('arial',20,'bold')).pack()
        Radiobutton(self.fm, variable = ninth, text = 'A. Giovanni Infantino', value = 'a', command = self.onClick, tristatevalue = 0).pack()
        Radiobutton(self.fm, variable = ninth, text = 'B. Sepp Blatter', value = 'b', command = self.onClick, tristatevalue = 0).pack()
        Radiobutton(self.fm, variable = ninth, text = 'C. Michel Platini', value = 'c', command = self.onClick, tristatevalue = 0).pack()
        Radiobutton(self.fm, variable = ninth, text = 'D. Isa Hayatou', value = 'd', command = self.onClick, tristatevalue = 0).pack()

        Label(self.fm, text = 'The most powerful president/Prime Minister in the world is?', font=('arial',20,'bold')).pack()
        Radiobutton(self.fm, variable = tenth, text = 'A. Muhammadu Buhari', value = 'a', command = self.onClick, tristatevalue = 0).pack()
        Radiobutton(self.fm, variable = tenth, text = 'B. Donald Trump', value = 'b', command = self.onClick, tristatevalue = 0).pack()
        Radiobutton(self.fm, variable = tenth, text = 'C. Vladmir Putin', value = 'c', command = self.onClick, tristatevalue = 0).pack()
        Radiobutton(self.fm, variable = tenth, text = 'D. Benjamin Netanyahu', value = 'd', command = self.onClick, tristatevalue = 0).pack()

        finale = Button(self.fm, width = 10, text = "Submit", command = self.cal).pack()

cb = Cbt()

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Science Writing Finalist Will Now Angst About Competition
The finalists of the Scientific Blogging Competition were announced last Sunday. I was delighted to find my essay among them:
Autumn has arrived, bringing firework foliage, delicious squash, and, at least in the Pacific Northwest, an invasion of squid.
Humboldt or jumbo squid, sometimes mistakenly called giant squid, are grabbing fishing lures and washing up on beaches from Oregon to British Columbia. As a marine biologist fielding questions from reporters and citizens, my heart always sinks when I hear the inevitable query--delivered with a mixture of horror and fascination--"They eat people, right?" . . .
Yay! Honor and delight! Now, how are they going to select grand, second, and third prize winners from these thirty finalists? Public online voting:
Now it's the readers turn to tell us who their favorites are. The red CONTEST tab now lists all of our finalists. If you wish to vote for an article, click on the article of your choice, and then click the "VOTE" widget that comes up with that article. You can vote for an article only once per day, but you may vote for more than one article each day if you have several favorites. And be sure to come back the next day to vote again if you want to help your favorite finalists win.
Individuals do NOT need to be registered members of Scientific Blogging in order to vote. However, voting will close at Midnight Pacific Time on Sunday, November 22nd. So get your votes in while you can, and then stay tuned for the announcement of our winners on December 1st.
So, go vote for my essay! Okay?
Now, here are five things that make me feel weird about this contest:
1. The contestant pool. When I described the competition to a labmate and mentioned that it was only open to grad students from the ton ten (eleven) universities in the country, he immediately responded, "Well that's kind of elitist." Scientific Blogging has responded to similar accusations in their comment threads:
We have to keep the pool of writers small. If it goes off without too much of a hassle, we will open up the next one to all schools but we have a limited amount of people who can read the papers and help pare them down to a manageable number. . . . Obviously we're the only science site that is open to everyone so we aren't elitist, we are just making this first one manageable.
A site that's open to everyone isn't necessarily immune to accusations of elitism, but I certainly sympathize with the need to keep the applicant pool small, having read and graded my fair share of essays.
More than anything, this got me thinking about the original US News & World Report study. Who do they think they are, ranking the best science schools in the country? "Questionnaires were sent to the department heads and directors of graduate studies at each program in each discipline." I would sure love to know what kind of rankings they'd get if they sent questionnaires to the grad students instead . . .
2. I don't like asking people to "go vote for me" instead of "go read all the essays and vote for the one you think is best, and if that's really mine, then thank you for your praise." But Rule 3 of the contest is: "Encourage friends, family, and faculty to vote for you." So I'm following instructions. Selfishly.
3. Online voting makes me nervous. It's just too easy to game the system. How do you identify voters? As originally stated, the plan was that only registered users could vote. However, when they announced the winners, they announced new rules: voting is now open to anyone, registered or not. But they've got to track voters somehow--I'm guessing by IP address, a standard but imperfect practice. It allows people to vote as many times as they have network connections (at least one contestant has stated explictly in their article comments: "one vote per computer per day") and I rather wish they'd stayed with registered users only. True, there's nothing to prevent you from registering multiple accounts if you have multiple e-mail addresses, but it takes a lot more work.
4. And why does the voting go on for 22 days? I can certainly see the value of a long voting period in terms of giving voters time to hear about the contest, read all the essays, and decide on their favorite. But why give each voter (or rather, each network connection) 22 votes instead of one? And if you really want to give out multiple votes, still, is there any reason not to let people allocate them all in one day?
As I've talked about this system with other people, it's become obvious that this is the online voting paradigm. Upon reflection, it makes sense. These competitions are a great way for websites to drum up readership (which translates directly into ad revenue)*. From this perspective, you want to make people vote every day for as long as possible, so all the contestants' friends and relations keep coming back to your site, day after day. Not only does this create a big temporary boost in readership, but with sufficient exposure, some newbies might decide they like the site enough to stick around after the competition. Or maybe they keep coming back out of habit. In any case, win!
5. So, is this a networking competition or a writing competition? Not surprisingly, several comments on the website have addressed the idea that open voting to determine the winners is "unfair". After all, who's to say the "plebes" have the discriminative ability to pick the best essay? Scientific Blogging's Kim responded:
The voting is to determine the writers that not just "scientists" or science professionals find interesting, but that the general public find interesting as well. We are looking for writers that can cast a broad net, and make even those that "are not even interested in science" want to stop, and read, and potentially learn something new from one of our posts.
Hear hear! I fully agree with this definition of good science writing. But the big question is: are the people casting votes actually "stopping, reading, and learning something" or are they just taking two seconds to click a button? In other words, is the electorate actually made up of the "general public"? Or is it made up of the contestants' "friend mobs", who haven't actually read all the essays and may not have even read their friend's, but are nonetheless voting loyally and daily?
In answer to this question, SciBlogging's Hank argued:
There's nothing unconventional about letting the smartest audience on the planet pick the winner of a writing competition. The notion that some vague nepotism is somehow going to overrule a million people a month who read this site is not realistic.
Is it all that unrealistc? I'm not sure. Nepotism isn't the right word (commentor's word choice btw, not Hank's) but personal popularity (as opposed to writing popularity) or networking ability just might be.
Sure, the site gets a million readers a month. Do they visit the site every day, though, or just once a month? And however often they visit the site, do they know about the contest? The article announcing the finalists was one of the five featured articles on the front page for a few days, but it's no longer there. It wasn't mentioned in the e-newsletter at all. And even if you happened to visit the article, you had to read half-way down before you learned how to find the finalist essays (by clicking on the red CONTEST button). Maybe that should be obvious, but that red button had been there for the last two months, before finalists were chosen and voting opened, so unless you'd been keeping pretty close tabs on things, there's no reason you'd assume you could click on it and vote now. And even if every one of those million readers know about the contest, do they care enough to vote? Do they care enough to vote every day?
All these concerns are trivial, perhaps, but in my mind, they add up to the hypothesis that the vast majority of votes are coming not from the permanent sciblogging readership, but from friend mobs, voters visiting the site to read one article--their friend's--and vote for it. So, the more friends you have, and the more frequently you remind, cajole, and nag them, the more votes you'll get.
I realize this could all sound pretty negative and critical. The thing is, I like Scientific Blogging. I like Hank and Kim, and all the other bloggers there that I've been reading. Over the last month or two that I've been blogging with them, I got more and more excited about the idea of winning the internship and working with them.
But over the last week of voting, I've realized that this phase of the competition makes me uncomfortable. It's not that I think networking is an evil skill. If I were trying to drum up votes or donations for a larger cause (like Sasha does for her non-profit SOIL) then I would probably be more comfortable sending out lots of e-mails. In this case, though, the cause at stake is science communication. I'm passionate about it, but honestly, any one of the finalists is going to do a fine job. My desire to win is therefore purely selfish, and I don't want to harass people for a selfish cause. Besides, I've never had a very competitive spirit.
This experience might just be teaching me that I don't belong in internet competitions. And that's a useful thing to know about myself.
* Just to be clear: I'm not saying that drumming up readership is the only, or even the primary, motivation for holding a contest like this. Also, I'm not saying that it is a bad motivation. I am 100% in favor of good websites (like sciblogging) building up both their readership and their revenue so they can stick around and keep serving up good content.
Labels: ethics, internet, writing
Luke November 7, 2009 at 8:49 AM
I'm amused by your concern on point number 3, knowing you, your husband, and your circle of friends. If anyone wanted to game the anonymous voting system, you know the people to make it happen. Good luck!
Mike November 7, 2009 at 11:48 AM
Megan and I had some fun speculating about how one might conceivably be able to implement an online voting system that would actually only allow each person to vote once. It doesn't seem a priori impossible, but so far it seems like much more energy has gone into fancy ways to verify that people are who they say they are online, but hardly any into ways to verify that no one says they are more than one person.
Of course, as you point out, "one man, 22 votes" may be perfectly in line with sciblogging's goals, but it's an interesting thing to think about.
Danna November 10, 2009 at 1:24 AM
@Luke--Yeah, it's just disconcerting to have those people ask me "How badly do you want to win?" with a slightly maniacal glint in their eyes.
@Mike--It is a fun thought exercise, isn't it? We can continue brainstorming at TG with the whole family...
@Charles--Thanks much! I had the feeling there'd be some really obvious citation to make that point.
Patrick Adair December 1, 2009 at 9:11 AM
Hi Danna, this is Patrick, one of the developers at ScientificBlogging. I noticed your link in one of the comments on the contest-announcement articles, so I thought I'd drop by and say hello.
I'm currently working on the contest myself, and I suppose I want to reassure you that I personally have been sifting through just about every single vote that was submitted during the competition and making sure that it's valid and not the result of a trolling attempt like Charles pointed out. Hank's taking this verification very seriously, and he wants to make sure that only the best writers win, not those that get their hacker friends to autovote for them.
(Note: this is why the contest winners haven't been announced yet, even though it's Dec 1st. Verification is taking a bit longer than we thought to do. Shifty hacker-types and their.. hacker ways. :P)
@Mike: if you had more time than I had to implement all this, and more talented developers than I (not to mention if HTTP was a slightly more-sane protocol), then maybe you could develop a more secure system.
@Danna, keep up the good work, really. Squid-a-Day is an interesting blog, and I like reading this blog because I so rarely get a look into what our users think about the site in a well-thought-out and elucidated manner. Keep the feedback coming, and we'll be doing our best to make the site better for people like you. :)
Anyways, I've probably ranted on for too long, but I thought your analysis of our competition was so good that I felt like ranting here. Sorry if it's unwelcome; delete it if you wish.
Tl;dr: Contest winner announcements are coming soon; I think I've got the winners pinned down, I just need verification from Hank and Kim before we actually put anything up.
So long, and thanks for all the feedback!
Developer, ScientificBlogging.com
Danna December 3, 2009 at 3:43 PM
Hi Patrick. I really appreciate you stopping by--I was hoping to stimulate discussion! I'm glad to hear that you and Hank took vote verification seriously, although I never thought otherwise. I question not the intention, but the implementation.
I'm curious what "personally sifting through every vote" entails? Were you looking for unique IP addresses? If you disregard multiple votes from the same IP address, then you only allow one vote per firewall, although many people may be voting from behind the same firewall. I mentioned this problem in a chat with Hank and received no response, so I would be very interested to hear your take on it. Perhaps you've found a way around it. Or perhaps you decided to accept that consequence and say: tough luck. One vote per firewall it is. I would certainly understand the need to make a decision like that; I won't get out the pitchforks and tar! I would just like to know.
It may be that you and Hank are not comfortable discussing the details of "sifting votes" because you think that might compromise the security of future contests and votes. Obscurity is a weak, but not totally ineffective, form of security, so I personally think you'd be better off being transparent about the voting process so you can get criticism and improvement from "the internet's smartest readers".
But the most important point I tried to make is #5. Even if you secured the system perfectly against autovoting, that wouldn't change my suspicion that "the vast majority of votes are coming not from the permanent sciblogging readership, but from friend mobs, voters visiting the site to read one article--their friend's--and vote for it." Networking isn't hacking--but it isn't writing, either. Without supporting evidence (which I would love to see, if you have it), it seems naive to pretend that the winners were the best writers, not merely the best networkers.
Please rant back at me. I find these topics interesting, and would very much appreciate a continued dialogue.
And, I'm very glad to hear you've been enjoying my writing!
Danna December 9, 2009 at 10:45 AM
Hey Patrick! Thanks again for the time you've taken to respond thoughtfully and thoroughly.
Just out of curiosity, why did you decide to change the rules from the original "only registered users can vote" to allow anonymous voting? Sticking with registered users would have saved a lot of vote-sifting trouble.
In the end, it's the nature of the online voting beast to turn into a popularity contest. I'm glad to hear you recognize that "99% of the votes we got were just people voting for their friends" although it conflicts with the fact that "in the spirit of what we're trying to do, you can't just go to the page, click the vote button, and leave."
If you're going to have more of these competitions, I think there will have to be a very conscious decision whether you want the prize to go to the best writing or the best networking. Because you're absolutely right--it's not possible to get a bunch of folks on the internet to actually sit down and read all of the articles and evaluate which is the best before casting their vote. So if you want the prize to go to the best writing, you need a panel of expert judges who are committed to giving the contest the time and dedication it deserves. Alternatively, if you're going to run future competitions like this one and give the prize to the best networking, that's fine, but you'll have to acknowledge it up-front.
And I'm actually quite excited about the flip camera! I feel a little odd being congratulated for winning it, since it was a random drawing--yay me! I got my name pulled out of a hat!--but the sentiment is kind and I appreciate it.
Patrick Adair December 17, 2009 at 7:27 AM
Hi again, Danna. Sorry it's taken a week for me to get back to you; I keep forgetting to write! :)
From what I understand, we wanted more people to join the ScientificBlogging community and participate in the voting process, so we opened voting up to anonymous users.
See, people on the Internets don't like having to register for yet another site in order to comment on something they see or to vote on something. It's a big barrier to people participating on any site. The general hope is that you can let them use the service, and they'll like what they see or be intrigued by other services available to registered members that then they'll sign up and come more often.
I honestly don't know how one should conduct competitions on the Internet anymore; if it's anything more complex than rating pictures of LOLcats (or LOLPlankton, as the case may be... :P), then people are just going to give up unless they're a part of the community (which takes time and networking) and really want to see the best person win. Which is kind of ironic, since competitions like this are held so we can make people think that we think their opinions matter, thereby making them want to sign up and become parts of the community (but without the time investment).
Also, how does one hire judges for a multi-disciplinary science site like ours? A physicist like Tommaso might not be able to appreciate the interesting points of a hardcore biology article, for instance. (Which actually raises an interesting point: wouldn't the best article be the one that scientists from all the disciplines get, representing our reader base?)
Damn, I'm talking myself in circles again.
Anyways, that's all I can think of for this installment of Patrick Should Be Doing Troubleshooting But Decided To Talk To Users Instead, the new hit TV show!
Patrick Adair,
Danna January 24, 2010 at 2:20 PM
Yikes! I am sooooo sorry. Unbeknownst to me, this comment has been languishing in the bowels of Movable Type for the last month. Don't know what happened! Anyway, I finally unearthed & posted it.
I certainly understand that logins are a barrier to participation. People of the interwebs don't like registering, but they also don't like being manipulated. They know you're trying to "make people think that we think their opinions matter" but they also know that online contests are won by gaming the system. I stand by my assertion that "if you're going to run future competitions like this one and give the prize to the best networking, that's fine, but you'll have to acknowledge it up-front" because if you don't, people are going to feel cheated and manipulated.
As for hiring judges, wasn't the whole point of the competition to find good writing that appeals to the general public? If a biology article is too hardcore to be appreciated by a physicist, then it's probably too hardcore to be appreciated by the general public. You want generalist judges, people who know good writing, not necessarily people with PhDs. Professional writers and editors would probably be a good pool to draw from. But really, so would your next family reunion. I think it matters less exactly who the judges are, and more that they are people with no conflicts of interest who agree to sit down, read, and score every single article.
I'm honored to be entertained for this long as a guest on the new hit TV show. ;)
Weiss - Devin April 3, 2010 at 5:12 PM
Science certainly is a complicated subject, and also at times, a field with lots of ego at stake. That is easy to understand. There have even been bouts of "outsiderness" within the scientific community (molecular biology vs. ecology, or mathematics vs. physics), and examples of dogma rising above scientific acumen are too numerous (even once is too much as in the "Clovis first" mandate). Skepticism has long served science well, but it may be time to get a new paradigm -- a subtle, yet successful shift in mindset and thinking. Could "selfless restraint" fill that duty? It's got all the correct elements minus the excess baggage that all too frequently goes with skepticism. One glance at the "skeptics" forums and websites, and you can see the type of illogics that from time to time discover their way into scientific thinking.
essay writing July 21, 2011 at 5:50 PM
As for me I think competitions should be really tense because of this!

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