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by Andrey Rudenko
It is difficult and interesting to observe how products of intellectual work exist after their creation. Is anyone reading the written book? Is somebody enjoying the painted picture? Are people listening to the new song? Let's assume that is true. But is anyone commenting on the book on the forums or citing it on Goodreads.com? Is the price of painting going up? Are hundreds of thousands making TikTok videos on the song? With such metrics, authors of the work can get an insight into how their works change people's lives and the world's fate.
The same thing goes for scientific publications. Some research results can prompt some scientists to an in-depth study of the issue or even force politicians to give an update on laws. How will scientists, institutes, and funders understand that the hours of research have been well spent? They need specific quantitative and qualitative indicators that lie outside the realm of personal oral discussion.
The approach to popularity assessment of scientific research has changed with the advent of the Internet into our life. All this and much more make the scientific article headway: a link in a Wikipedia article, a post on a social network, an entry on someone's blog, a comment on that blog. Therefore, there emerged a necessity to expand the range of tools for measuring this success. Altmetrics was designed for that purpose.
How is ADCI Solutions related to science and measuring such metrics? We have our Bibliography & Citation product, which solves the problems of exporting and importing bibliographic data on Drupal CMS websites for institutes, research centers, and libraries. In this article, we will talk about the historical development of statistical methods for analyzing scientific publications, and how you can control the growth in popularity of such publications through an altmetrics badge.
From bibliometrics to altmetrics
Where did that all begin - the idea that any information can be assessed by the vestige it leaves behind?
In 1926, the American mathematician Alfred Lotka described the power-law distribution of publication productivity of authors belonging to any field of research. The linguist George Zipf as well as Lotka developed an interest in statistics and discovered another pattern - the word frequency law in natural language in 1932. In 1934, another discovery was made by the British librarian Samuel Bradford, who described the first application of Bradford's law of distribution to identify core scientific journals. And finally, in 1936, the American sociologist Robert Merton graduated with his doctoral dissertation at Harvard on the topic "Science, Technology, and Society in 17th Century England", which was important for the development of the scientific discipline of infometrics. Discoveries listed above laid the foundation for this discipline in the 20th century. But the main researchers of this field found the roots of infometrics at the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century.
Infometrics is the study of quantitative aspects of information. It takes a little bit from each of the disciplines. Let's look at what disciplines we are talking about.
Bibliometrics investigates the quality and impact of the work for scientists and institutes in the scientific world via indicators such as the Hirsch index, citation index, impact factor, and efficiency index. Scientometrics uses the same bibliometric indicators and explores the development of science. Webometrics looks into the quantitative aspects of the construction and use of information resources, structures, and technologies on the Web, and drawing on bibliometric and informetric approaches.
Altmetrics: the manifesto by Jason Priem
Altmetrics takes a little bit from each of the disciplines above. It evaluates the contribution of scientists and institutions to science, as well as bibliometrics, but uses alternative metrics relevant to the Internet environment for this.
The term came from a hashtag on Twitter. Тhe co-founder of Impactstory - Jason Priem, was the first to use it. He considers his overriding goal is to provide the maximum availability of scientific articles online. In October 2010, Priem and his colleagues released Altmetrics: a manifesto. It says that ways of assessing the impact of articles on research activities remain valuable in practice, but they are slow and outdated therefore they don't fit the present. The impact factor and other metrics became insufficient.
The need for a new methodology was urged on by the fact that:
articles are discussed in blogs and social networks,
articles are not embodied in the paper form only anymore,
now, their digital copies can be stored and processed in reference management software such as Zotero and Mendeley.
And such activities give rise to new ways to measure the impact of scientific work - altmetrics.
Jason Priem writes: "Altmetrics are fast, using public APIs to gather data in days or weeks. They're open – not just the data, but the scripts and algorithms that collect and interpret it. Altmetrics look beyond counting and emphasize semantic content like usernames, timestamps, and tags".
How and whom does Altmetrics help?
The year after Jason Priem's manifesto came out, the Digital Science company released Altmetrics. Product developers have taken on the role of those who look for information about mentions of research works in various alternative sources, process this information, and give it to their clients: researchers, institutes, publishers, organizations, foundations, and other interested parties. The collected information is visualized in a colored badge, such as a donut in which every color corresponds to a specific source.
The service monitors the following sources for the mention, citation, and links from scientific articles:
Public policy documents,
Mainstream media,
Blogs,
Citations,
Online reference managers (Mendeley, Zotero, etc.),
Post-publication peer-review platforms,
Research highlights,
Wikipedia,
Open Syllabus Project,
Patents,
Multimedia and other online platforms.
The benefits that scientists and organizations received from the Altmetrics service is confirmed to have benefited by numerous cases. For example, Altmetric data helps the Biodiversity Heritage Library to identify its most popular content to better tailor its posts and the content the Library shares to ensure maximum engagement. "Springer Nature", a British-German academic publishing company, is keen to transform the way it offers services to authors and readers, and to make sure they maximize the value of the new technologies they bring in - as a result, they found the solution in Altmetric too. With Altmetrics, MIT Press got the opportunity to gather data that helped them identify their most popular articles. And these are just some examples.
There are some conditions for Altmetrics to track citations:
this publication should exist at least;
work is assigned an identifier such as DOI, ISBN, PubMedID, etc. You can find your type of identifier in the list of identifiers tracked by Altmetrics. Special services are involved in the assignment of identifiers;
work was cited in one of the sources which Altmetrics works with.
If any of these conditions are not met, then the donut will show nothing.
Let's move on from theory to practice.
How to add an altmetrics badge to the website
The badge with Altmetrics will be displayed on the website if you connect the Altmetrics service to the JavaScript library page:

You also need to add an HTML markup to the page, which will be replaced later with a badge:

Pay attention that the HTML markup contains an attribute that includes the ID of the publication, which in our example is the DOI. Examples of using other identifiers, detailed instructions for pasting the badge are available on the Embeddable badges page.
The Altmetrics badges can be free to display on their academic websites for individual researchers. Institutional repositories are also permitted to display the Altmetrics badges for free. Altmetrics departments, academic websites, and subject repositories require a license. Please see this page for more information.
What is the Altmetrics module and how does it work?
The Altmetrics module is the part of the Bibliography & Citation (or BibCite) Drupal project, developed and supported by ADCI Solutions. BibCite helps to organize and save bibliographic data about the content ranging from web pages to books and scientific research works. The project also helps to design citation of sources according to thousands of standards that have been accepted at different times in different organizations.
The module solves a simple but important problem - adds a donut with its citation information to the page of a Drupal site with an article.
The module does not track anything and does not collect any statistics. It's just an easy way to insert the JavaScript code and the markup into your site.
How to set up an Altmetrics badge using the module
When you have one or two badges, it is not a problem to configure the markup yourself, and the instructions above will be useful. But when one bibliography contains hundreds of references imported from one place to another, then a dynamic component arises - this is an identifier (DOI, ISBN, PubMedID, or other) that needs to be inserted into the markup. In this sense, the Altmetric module makes life easier. It connects the JavaScript library of the Altmetrics service and itself configures the HTML markup for the donut. Without it, you would have to write code or use third-party modules such as Display Suite.
A large number of references are difficult to process manually. The Altmetrics module helps to cope with this task.
Now, we will show you how to insert a badge on a bibliographic entity page step-by-step. We skipped one necessary step - the module download: since you have a Drupal site, you can do this by default.
Step 2. Моve on to the Extend tab, type Altmetrics in the search, and put a check in the checkbox in front of the module name.
Step 3. Let's go to the Manage Display tab and look for the Altmetrics badge among the fields.
But do not try to find it first in the list of fields, scroll to the end.
Step 4. If you imported a bibliography into a website (for example, from a BibTex file), then you would find DOIs on the Edit tab of your bibliographic entity. It is inserted automatically. But if you start a new entity manually, then the DOI field needs to be filled in manually also.
Step 5. If the module is enabled and DOI entered in the relevant field, you will see the Altmetrics donut lower half of the scientific article page.
Step 6. As we said, you do not need to write code with the Altmetrics module for the donut to appear in a convenient area on the page. You just need to drag the Altmetrics badge field. Let's put it above the author's name for clarity.
And here is the result.
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Gustavo Dudamel conducts Dvořák's Symphony "From the New World"
Antonín Dvořák's Ninth Symphony, composed in New York, presents itself as colourful, yearning, with a somewhat exotic touch – an inspired fusion of American impressions and symphonic music. In an exciting juxtaposition, Gustavo Dudamel will also conduct John Adams's City Noir. Here too there is a fascinating mixture of styles, this time between classical music and jazz of the 1940s and 1950s.
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Timothy McAllister Saxophone
City Noir for orchestra
Symphony No. 9 in E minor op. 95 From the New World
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Philharmonie | Introduction: 19:00
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The very title of John Adams's three-movement orchestral work City Noir indicates that the piece was inspired by film noir: the idea for the piece came to the composer by "reading Kevin Starr's multi-volume cultural and social history of California. In the 'Black Dahlia' chapter of his Embattled Dreams: California in War and Peace, 1940 – 1950 Starr chronicles the tenor and milieu of the late Forties and early Fifties as it was expressed in the sensational journalism of the era and in the dark, eerie chiaroscuro of the Hollywood films. This whetted my appetite for an orchestral work that, while not necessarily referring to the soundtracks of those films, might nevertheless evoke a similar mood and feeling, the tone of the era." City Noir at its outset, with little in common with Adams's minimalist works from the 1980s and 1990s, gives rise to a number of musical associations, ranging from Stravinsky to Gershwin, Bernstein and Milhaud to John Coltrane, before nervous jazz rhythms and recurrent patterns truly transport the listener back to America of that time – at the latest in the central middle movement, with its typically American mixture of classical and jazz style, in which the music, Adams says, "yearns toward but keeps retreating from the archetypal 'blue' note. But eventually the song finds full bloom in the voice of the solo trombone, a 'talking' solo, in the manner of the great Ellington soloists Lawrence Brown and Britt Woodman (both, fittingly enough, Angelenos)."
Gustavo Dudamel, who premiered Adams's homage to the great age of bebop to great acclaim at his inaugural concert as Music Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, is now turning to the work with the Berliner Philharmoniker, with whom he had the "coolest" debut of all time in 2008, according to the Tagesspiegel. The programme continues with Antonín Dvořák's symphony From the New World – a work in which the composer as director of the New York National Conservatory of Music avowedly attempted with the help of stylised musical folklore "to portray characteristics such as are distinctly American". Obviously successfully, because after the triumphant premiere the critics of all the New York newspapers agreed: they had heard "a study in national music" (New York Times). No one these days should doubt, however, that Dvořák's masterpiece is deeply rooted in the Bohemian musical tradition.
About the music
Soundscapes of Los Angeles and New York
John Adams and Antonín Dvořák Explore Urban Themes
Los Angeles at Night – John Adams: City Noir
Many composers have attempted to capture and convey the soundscape of a modern city. The centre of New York, with its skyscrapers, crowds of people and traffic noise, inspired Edgard Varèse to compose his orchestral work Ameriques. Leonard Bernstein also depicted New York in West Side Story in 1957, and Aaron Copland celebrated the city seven years later in his Music for a Great City, a symphonic suite based on a film score. While edgy jazz rhythms and brass sounds predominated in Copland's work, Steve Reich used original audio material such as voices and noises combined with instrumental sounds in City Life, his musical portrait of New York, composed in 1995.
But what does Los Angeles sound like, the metropolis on America's West Coast, which is intersected by highways in all directions and is usually depicted as a place of palm trees, warmth and light? When John Adams composed City Noir in 2009 he instead explored the dark side of this city, its empty streets at night and the often violent intrigues carried on there. He associated Los Angeles with American crime films of the 1940s and 50s, thrillers like The Maltese Falcon, Double Indemnity and The Big Sleep. The French critic Nino Frank coined the term "film noir" for these productions.
In City Noir John Adams drew on this Hollywood tradition and the series of uniquely American jazz-oriented orchestral works beginning with Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. He described his own composition as a three-part symphony, but also as the score for an imaginary film in the film noir genre. The first movement, The City and its Double, opens with restless seething above double bass pizzicatos, shot through with sharp tutti accents. An uneasy tranquillity suddenly sets in above the tick of a jazz drummer, like a film cut – Adams envisioned an empty street at a late hour. Scurrying figures join in, along with rapid scale passages that cross the entire tonal range. Long melodic lines gradually soar upward. There are passages in which aggressive brass dominates and soft, delicate string sounds, until the nervously pulsating kinetic energy of the opening returns in the full orchestra. A melody in the horns and cellos is punctuated by brass accents, building up to a wildly chaotic tutti which finally ends in a single note. Calm prevails, as though the city were ridding itself of its nightmares and finally indulging in sleep.
In the second movement, The Song is for You, which follows immediately, we first hear soft sonorities until an alto saxophone begins to play a melancholy melody. The blues echoes here and in the trombone solo accompanied by the strings were inspired by Stan Kenton and Duke Ellington. The music intensifies with vigorous agitation and even becomes brutal for a short time, spurred on by harsh timpani blows. Then it is also condensed into a single note and ends with enigmatic string tones.
In the finale (Boulevard Night) John Adams had two younger exponents of film noir in mind: Roman Polanski and David Lynch. Polanski painted a dark picture of the Los Angeles underworld in his 1974 film Chinatown. The story takes place in the Chinese district of this California city in 1937, so Jerry Goldsmith used stylistic elements of that era in his film score. Adams quotes his music in an expressive trumpet solo. The deceptive calm vanishes after harsh timpani blows following machine-like motion à la Rite of Spring. A saxophone theme returns several times with different instrumentation. According to the composer, this music "should have the slightly disorienting effect of a very crowded boulevard peopled with strange characters, like those of a David Lynch film – the kind who only come out very late on a very hot night". Agitated rhythms reminiscent of a wild chase scene in a dense polyphonic texture dominate the conclusion.
In Search of a National Music for the US – Antonín Dvořák's Symphony "From the New World"
Towards the end of the 19th century New York's musical life was still strongly influenced by German and Italian traditions. Only gradually did the desire for a distinctively American music grow. Jeannette Thurber, a music lover and daughter of a Danish immigrant violinist, contributed significantly to the achievement of this aim. She established the National Conservatory of Music of America in New York in 1885. Six years later she sent Antonín Dvořák a telegram inviting him to become its director. For only eight months of teaching and six concerts a year he would receive $15,000 – 25 times his income in Prague. Dvořák arrived in New York in September 1892. Two months later the composer wrote to a friend in Prague: "The Americans expect great things of me and the main thing is, so they say, to show them to the promised land and the kingdom of a new and independent art, in short, to create a national music!"
Dvořák sympathized with the wish of his patron to support the black population in particular. At the conservatory he met the African-American vocal student Harry T. Burleigh, who earned money for his lessons by sweeping the floors. The Negro spirituals Burleigh sang as he worked fascinated the new conservatory director. In a newspaper interview in May 1893 he declared: "I am convinced that the future music of this country must be founded on what are called Negro melodies. These can be the foundation of a serious and original school of composition, to be developed in the United States." Dvořák engaged Burleigh as his assistant; the student served as the composer's copyist but often sang for him as well in order to provide him with inspiration for his work.
Without directly quoting spirituals, plantation songs or Native American music in his Ninth Symphony, the composer nevertheless drew on several characteristic elements. For example, the pentatonic scale and plagal cadences are already found during the slow introduction. In the main theme of the first movement Dvořák used the syncopated rhythm known as the "Scotch snap". Other American peculiarities include the diminished sevenths and the accompanying drone fifths in the second theme. The melancholy English horn theme in the slow movement is based entirely on pentatonicism. Dvořák also recognized the technique of circling around a central key note, as he used it in the main theme of the finale, as a characteristic feature of American folklore. Unlike his earlier symphonies, in the new work he did not develop the themes symphonically for the most part but repeated them unchanged, making the work more accessible.
Dvořák's symphony was announced as the result of his studies of "Negro and Indian music", and the premiere by the New York Philharmonic was accompanied by great anticipation. The audience already cheered after the second movement, and Dvořák had to take a bow from his box. The triumph was even greater at the conclusion. The New York Herald Tribune praised the new work as "a symphony which proves that there is such a thing as American art music".
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Translation: Phyllis Anderson
Gustavo Dudamel was born in Barquisimeto in Venezuela in 1981 and trained as a conductor, violinist and composer: he studied the violin with José Francisco del Castillo at the Latin American Academy of Violin and took lessons in conducting with Rodolfo Saglimbeni. In 1999 he was appointed music director of the Simón Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela and began conducting studies with the orchestra's founder José Antonio Abreu. Today, he is music director of the entire El Sistema project and continues to lead the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. He was only twenty-three when he won the Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition organized by the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra in 2004. Since then he has become an iconic figure in the world of classical music. He is honorary conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, where he served as principal conductor from 2007 until 2012. Since the 2009/10 season he has been music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. At his initiative, the Los Angeles Philharmonic has dramatically expanded the scope of its community outreach programme, including most notably the creation of Youth Orchestra Los Angeles (YOLA), influenced by the philosophy of Venezuela's admired El Sistema. In addition, Dudamel is a regular guest conductor with renowned orchestras such as the Vienna Philharmonic, the Berlin Staatskapelle and the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich. His many distinctions include the Royal Philharmonic Society's Music Award for Young Artists (2007). Dudamel was inducted into the "Ordre des Arts et des Lettres" as a Chevalier in Paris in 2009 and into the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in 2011. He has been named Musical America's 2013 Musician of the Year; in 2014 he received the Leonard Bernstein Lifetime Achievement Award for the Elevation of Music in Society. Dudamel made his debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker at its annual Waldbühne Concert in June 2008; in June 2015 he last conducted the orchestra in works by Mozart and Mahler.
Timothy McAllister, who made his solo debut with the Houston Civic Symphony at the age of 16, is now one of the world's leading saxophone virtuosos. He regularly performs with renowned American and European orchestras, and played at the premiere of John Adams' orchestral work City Noir with the Los Angeles Philharmonic under the direction of Gustavo Dudamel in 2009. Timothy McAllister also took the alto saxophone part in Adams' work at numerous guest appearances with Dudamel in San Francisco, Chicago, Philadelphia, New York, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Seoul and Tokyo. In 2013, Timothy McAllister also premiered John Adams' Saxophone Concerto, written for and dedicated to him, at the Sydney Opera House with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra under the direction of the composer, an event that attracted international attention. Moreover, the musician has performed the premieres of more than 150 other works written for him by composers such as William Bolcom, Martin Bresnick, John Harbison, Jennifer Higdon, Libby Larsen, Gunther Schuller and many others. Timothy McAllister plays soprano saxophone in the PRISM Quartet, with which he has also premiered several jazz-oriented works, including by Greg Osby, Tim Ries, Matt Levy and Tim Berne. The saxophonist has taught at the Institute for New Music at the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University, at the Herberger Music Institute of Arizona State University, at the University of Arizona School of Music, and at New York's Crane School of Music. He is currently a professor at the School of Music, Theatre and Dance at the University of Michigan. He also teaches at the Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan during the summer months. In these concerts, Timothy McAllister appears with the Berliner Philharmoniker for the first time.
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As I have talked about (a LOT) during my treatment for FBC (f-bomb breast cancer), cancer therapy (especially chemo) can have side effects and that surface long after treatment for the original disease is gone. Some such side effects include liver damage, heart disease and even cancer itself. Yes, chemo can in fact cause other types of cancer.
And, yes, cancer brings out the f-bombs in me. Ahhhh, FBC.
On Good Morning America this morning, Robin Roberts told viewers (quite bravely, I might add) that her treatment for breast cancer triggered another serious disease called Myelodysplastic Syndrome, a/k/a MDS.
WTF is it, you ask? Myelodysplastic syndrome (formerly known as prelukemia) is a rare, malignant (i.e., cancerous) blood and bone marrow disorder.
WTF is bone marrow, you ask? Well, as you may recall from my FBC days, I like to explain things. So, to better understand what happens to your blood when a person has myelodysplastic syndrome, it helps to know the fundamentals about normal blood cells and where they come from.
Red blood cells (RBCs) are the major part of your blood. They carry oxygen and carbon dioxide throughout your body.
White blood cells (WBCs) include several different types. Each has its own role in protecting the body from germs. WBCs play a major role in fighting infection. Infections are more likely to occur when there are too few normal WBCs in the body. The three major types of WBCs are neutrophils, monocytes and lymphocytes.
Platelets are the cells that help control bleeding by helping blood to clot normally. When you cut yourself, the platelets collect at the site of the injury and form a plug to stop the bleeding.
Bone Marrow is the soft, spongy material within the bones where blood cells are made. All blood cells begin in the bone marrow as stem cells. Stem cells are very immature cells. When there is a need, the stem cells are signaled to develop into mature RBCs, WBCs or platelets. Make sense?
Ok, so MDS is when things go haywire with the bone marrow, i.e., when the blood-forming cells in the bone marrow are damaged. This damage leads to low numbers of one or more type of blood cells. And because we need our RBCs, WBCs and Platelets to fundamentally fuel and protect us, this is not good.
Frequent fevers or infections as a result of low numbers of infection-fighting cells.
The primary approach to treating MDS is a bone marrow transplant.
The goal is to take bone marrow from a healthy donor who has similar immune markers on their blood cells (in Roberts' case, the donor will be her sister who is considered a perfect match – Silver Lining) and use it to replace and repair the abnormal bone marrow in the MDS patient. Before the transplant, Oncologists use chemotherapy to eliminate all of the cells in the patient's bone marrow and then infuse the new bone marrow. Basically, the chemo wipes out the nonfunctioning bone marrow to make room for the new, donated bone marrow.
Who is at risk for MDS? Prior treatment with chemotherapy is the most important risk factor for MDS. Patients who have been treated with certain chemotherapy drugs for cancer are more likely to develop MDS. Other risk factors include: familial MDS, smoking (who on earth smokes anymore? I mean, really.), age, genetic syndromes, and being a man.
Robin Roberts is so cool. She is turning her own scare with a rare bone marrow disorder into a call for organ donation (Silver Lining).
I received my MDS diagnosis on the very day that Good Morning America finally beat the Today Show for the first time in 16 years. Talk about your highs and lows! Then a few weeks ago, during a rather unpleasant procedure to extract bone marrow for testing, I received word that I would interview President Obama the next day. The combination of landing the biggest interview of my career and having a drill in my back reminds me that God only gives us what we can handle and that it helps to have a good sense of humor when we run smack into the absurdity of life.
See what I mean about cool? Sounds to me like she has found a whole lot of Silver Linings amidst her very trying circumstances.
I know that I'm not alone when I wish her all the very best (Silver Lining).
I think about this sort of thing all the time as a breast cancer survivor. I have had one too many friends get even more sick from side effects than they were with cancer. It's insane. Robin Roberts sets such a good example of pressing through it all.
Thanks so much for your comment! The toxicity of side effects sure is jarring. Best wishes to you!
i have to say the one thing that scares me is that this can happen, or that the cancer will return else where . while i dont dwell on it it is kind of always there!
It is something that we all learn to live with, isn't it Florence? Just knowing that the other shoe "can" drop…but hoping that it doesn't!
Thanks, Hollye, for your honesty. Yes, the other shoe can always drop. When I read your BLOG, and did the math, I realized it's been 11 yrs since my stage 2 diagnosis (lobular – double mast.). Wow!
Wish I could forget about the other shoe (the ultimate FBC thing). Sometimes I forget – more and more as time goes by –then a "Robin" story scares me — but, maybe only for a day.
What has worked best for me is deeply, happily feeling involved in writing and (like you, I think) being active in the great outdoors. I need to hike and backpack – even to the point where my grandson will kindly help me up Mt. Whitney!
Thank you so much for your note, Patricia! Wow, 11 years. Amazing. I'm so glad to hear that you are cancer-free. Wonderful! I am also so happy to hear that you enjoy writing and being outside. They are definitely two of my favorite things! Thanks again for your note. Best wishes!
Tears reading this. Robin's comments made tears come to my eyes. Both you and she are an inspiration and an example of how our lives are a mixture of the good and the bad. Sending prayers and strength to all.
Thanks, dear Maili. She is definitely an inspiration…and an example of how to handle this FBC disease!
Indeed, Camila. Best wishes on Thursday. I always found it such a strange feeling to "hope" to be able to take chemo. Please stay in touch!
I saw her on the news last night and couldn't stop thinking about her and what she must go through now. Yes, she sounds like such a strong and positive person who looks for silver linings. It was good to hear her sister is a perfect match… but what a shock it must have been to learn what was happening and that it was caused by chemo. Sometimes I feel so angry at the disease – not the chemo as it helps many of us. In saying that, hopefully there will be a better way to fight cancer in the future!! I'm sure she's in the best possible hands and I'm with you in wishing her all the best.
Thank you for this information, Hollye.
Absolutely, Kim! I sure do hope that there will be a better way to treat cancer as well. We sure do need it!
Thank you for taking the time to explain the importance of all those bloody initials…WBC, RBC, BM…it helps so much to have a visual picture of what someone is going thru and now I can visualize the toxic blood cells needing to be eliminated. Must be all of those initials after your name that help you sort out all the gritty details. I appreciate your thorough explanation.
Have a blessed day. I know this is another scary step in someone's journey who has survived cancer.
Absolutely, Bonnie. My pleasure. Thank you for your comment!


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The gaming session of Goldbeard online slot machine is controlled by interactive panel in the bottom of the gaming screen. By using the Bet regulators, you can set the bet per line – from 0,20 to 100. The Lines button allows to choose 1-20 lines, which can also be done by pressing special numerical buttons on the side of the reels. To tune the automatic spins, use the Autoplay button. You can choose from 5 to 25 spins in the special pop-up window of slots free online game and press OK to confirm. Press Spin button to start a single Spin. To open the Paytable and get information on bonuses use the Help interactive menu.
The top part of the Goldbeard game screen contains a table with information on game balance, bet per line, prize for last spin and the size of the random jackpot. Also, there is information on how many times and on which lines did the player play.
The set of symbols that you have to combine for getting prizes can be divided into three groups: special, valuable and cheap ones. All of them perform different functions, have different coefficients and bring different bonuses. For example, when the Wild symbol, depicting Goldbeard the pirate, appears at the line, in substitutes for any cheap or valuable symbol, completing the combination. In the main game, it can only appear on first or fifth reels. If there's two Wild Symbols on one line, the prize will be multiplied by two, and the player gets free spins.
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What number did each prize symbol have on it.
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The behaviour of the Wild Symbols, depicting Goldbeard, also changes. In the main game, it can only appear on the first and fifth reels, but during the free spins it can also appear at the third one. So, the possibility of getting a Wild Symbol increases, which in turn increases the chances for getting winning combinations and additional bonuses. By combining a bigger amount of Wild Symbols with triple prize the player gets a chance to earn even more game coins.


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Q: PHP | check which classes / methods don't have tests setup I'm using codeigniter / codeigniter-phpunit / phpunit and it's all working great.
I'm currently going through and adding tests for my models and their methods but it's all getting quite big now, especially when new methods are being added to classes that already have tests configured.
Other than TDD (Test Drive Development) as I still have a lot of existing code I need to build tests for, is there a tool that I can use that will scan all my classes/methods and then show which ones do not have a corresponding test written for it?
Then I can slowly work my way through the the classes/methods that have missing tests.
I appreciate this isn't a belt a braces solution as it can't quantify the quality of my existing tests or anything like that, but it would be nice to have a list of methods which are missings tests for a starting point.
Thanks All
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A: You want to see your code coverage, You can read about this for phpunit here:
https://phpunit.de/manual/current/en/code-coverage-analysis.html

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Edenrobe is a fashion forward apparel brand that has just launched their latest campaign #LetWomenBe by edenrobe woman. This new campaign features the versatile face, Sana Javed who represents the face of the modern woman in Pakistan. This collection has launched on March 9, 2019 and is an exciting and eclectic mix of ensembles that are simply to die for. While the collection itself has some incredible pieces, we are blown away by the narrative of this year's line. The collection has been launched with a unique set of principles laid down by the brand. Not just this, the collection itself is a stellar combination of colours, prints and embellishment.
The latest campaign by edenrobe is versatile and bold. It address a serious grievance in our society, the lack of women empowerment. The concept of their new line revolves around celebrating womanhood and real femininity. Through this campaign, the brand hopes promote the inclusion of women as part of society at par with men thereby empowering them. They ask the basic question: why should a woman in the working sphere be treated like an alien? There is nothing out of place when a woman leaves her home to go out into the public sphere for work or education or even leisure. Therefore, a working woman or rather any woman, should be nothing out of the ordinary no matter what she chooses to make of her life. She could be a doctor, an engineer, The campaign pays homage to the women who take a chance. Those who step out of the comforts of their designated spaces and reach out to claim their own territory.
This impressive campaign addresses the real woman of our society. Not just the glitz and glamour we see on billboards. It is about talking to women as an integral part of society who are equitable to men. As part of their campaign, they have launched a whole line of apparel. This apparel is perfect for the woman who is courageous and daring. It is for the confident woman who dares to dream.
The brand has also launched a video that resonates with a similar fact. The video dares the society to stand between women and their dreams. We see women side-by-side men, doing everything a man can do. For example, riding a bike, winning awards, playing cricket and more.
#LetWomenBe by edenrobe is a line of unstitched apparel with more than 113 designs featuring 1 piece, 2 pieces and 3 pieces. The collections include a Mother's collection, Chiffon Dupatta, Premium, Silk Dupatta and Woven collection. It aims to cater to all the real women who stand tall side-by-side men and create a place for themselves in society. All outfits are made with breezy fabrics perfect for the coming summer featuring alluring shades of the season. We love the colourful embroideries and playful prints that offer a multi-dimensional approach to womenswear. You can dress it up or down with a simple change in accessories and lip colour. This is one of the key reasons, edenrobe is a top choice for the merciless summer.


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Google I/O — ежегодная конференция, ориентированная на разработчиков, проводимая компанией Google для обсуждения развития открытых технологий и сервисов Google. Проводится в Moscone Center (Сан-Франциско, штат Калифорния) в мае или июне с 2008 г.

Google I/O использует стиль, сходный с более ранними конференциями Google, такими как Google Developer Day (май 2007) и Geo Developer Day (май 2006).

На Google I/O проходит более 100 сессий.

Название Google «IO» может означать «Innovation in the Open», либо input/output (ввод-вывод). Кроме того, «I» и «O» напоминают двоичные цифры «1» и «0».

1-я конференция (2008 год)
Основные темы: OpenSocial, App Engine, Android, Google Maps API, Google Web Toolkit.
Среди выступавших: David Glazer, Alex Martelli, Steve Souders, Dion Almaer, Mark Lucovsky, Guido van Rossum, Jeff Dean, Chris DiBona, Josh Bloch.

2-я конференция (2009 год)
Основными темами в 2009 году стали продукты и технологии Google: Android, App Engine, Chrome, Google Web Toolkit, OpenSocial, Google AJAX APIs и анонсированный сервис Google Wave.

3-я конференция (2010 год)
На конференции в 2010 было объявлено об открытии исходных кодов видеокодека VP8 и о создании формата видео WebM. Также объявили об Chrome Web Store.

4-я конференция (2010 год)
Представлены продукты: Android, App Engine, Chrome, Enterprise, Geo, Google APIs, Google TV, Google Web Toolkit, Social Web, Google Wave.

5-я конференция (2011 год)
Первый день: Android, второй: Chrome и Google Chrome OS.

Анонсированы сервисы для Android:
 Google Music
 Обновление Honeycomb до версии 3.1
 Объединение двух ветвей ОС в Android Ice Cream Sandwich

Для Chrome и Chrome OS анонсированы:
 Ноутбуки «Chromebook» от Samsung и Acer
 Возможность покупок в приложениях из Chrome Web Store
 Веб-версия Angry Birds.

2012 год
Конференция проводилась 3 дня.

Первый день: Android, Google+, Project Glass.

Анонсированы: ОС Android версии Jelly Bean (4.1); Project Butter; Google Now. Устройства: Nexus 7 (планшет, 7 дюймов), Nexus Q, Project Glass.

Объявлено, что Android прошёл 400 млн активаций во всем мире.

Выпущены:
 Offline-карты для Android
 Версия 2 SDK для Google Drive
 Новые 3D снимки для Google Earth for Android
 Новый API для Youtube
 Новое мобильное приложение Youtube.

Второй день посвящён Google Chrome, The Cloud и Project Glass.

Объявлено, что:
 Google Chrome имеет около 310 млн активных пользователей
 Gmail — около 425 млн пользователей.

Анонсирована платформа Google+ для мобильных устройств (в том числе SDK для Android и iOS).

Объявлен выпуск:
 Стабильной версии Google Chrome для Android
 Google Chrome для iOS
 Google Drive для iOS
 Offline доступ к Google Docs
 IaaS сервис Compute Engine для запуска научных вычислений на мощностях инфраструктуры WSC Google.

В последний день объявлены сервисы Mobile App Analytics и Google Analytics для Android.

2013 год
Конференция, как и годом ранее, проводилась 3 дня (15-17 мая). Регистрация участников началась 13 марта, 2013 в 7:00 (GMT-7). Все билеты были проданы всего за 49 минут, несмотря на цену в $900 ($300 для учащихся) и добавленное с этого года требование о том, что все участники должны иметь аккаунт в Google+ и Google Wallet.

В первый день анонсировано:
 Google Play Music All Access
 Google Play Games
 Обновлённые Google Play Services
 Google Play для образовательных целей
 Android Studio development environment
 Samsung Galaxy S4 со стоковым Android, продаваемый через Google Play
 Улучшенный и видоизменённый Google+
 Google Hangouts для мгновенного обмена сообщениями
 Улучшенные и видоизменённые Google Maps
 Обновлённый поиск Google для Android
 Объявлено, что Android прошёл 900 млн активаций во всем мире.
 Google TV обновлено до Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean.

Во второй день в основном обсуждались приложения для Google Glass и Google+ Development.

2014 год
Конференция Google I/O проводилась в Moscone Center 25-26 июня 2014 г.

Были анонсированы:
 Android L
 Android Wear
 Android Auto
 Android TV
 Android One
 Google Fit
 Улучшения Chromebook-ноутбуков
 Gmail API
 Мобильное приложение Google Slides для Android.

Google раздал посетителям следующие подарки:
 LG G Watch или Samsung Gear Live
 Motorola Moto 360 (будет выслан по почте после выхода на рынок)
 Google Cardboard — складываемый из картона держатель для смартфона, превращающий его в очки виртуальной реальности.

2015 год
 Был представлен Android M.
 Представлено независимое от Google+ приложение Google Фото.
 Представлен сервис Now On Tap, предлагающий полезную информацию на основе того, что отображается на экране смартфона.
 Представлены инструменты для интернета вещей: Weave и Brillo.
 Добавлен офлайн режим для карт и голосовой навигации.

2016 год
 Представлен новый мессенджер под названием Google Allo, который имеет встроенный Google Assistant. Интересной особенностью можно назвать режим «Шепот/Крик», позволяющий выразить эмоции пользователя с помощью смены размера текста для отправки. Функция позволяет работать как со словами, так и с картинками. Встроенный помощник от Google ответит на любой интересующий вопрос, умеет создавать секретные чаты, как Telegram, и имеет E2E-шифрование. Allo уже доступен для платформ Android и iOS.
 Представлен голосовой помощник Google Home, который способен отвечать практически на любые вопросы пользователя, запоминать мероприятия владельца и выполнять различные задания: бронировать билеты, столик в ресторане, включать или выключать свет, заводить будильник и т. д. Физически Home представляет собой небольшой цилиндр со встроенными микрофонами, динамиками, модулями Wi-Fi и Bluetooth.
 Анонсировано приложение для видеозвонков Google Duo.
 Показана третья сборка Android N, система получила около 250 изменений, включая изменения в многозадачности, поддержку виртуальной реальности и улучшение безопасности.
 Показана платформа Daydream для разработки VR-приложений для смартфонов. Она позволит создавать различные программы и игры для очков виртуальной реальности и будет работать на Android N.

2022 год
Основные темы:
 Android 13
 Immersive View
 Search With Scene Exploration
 Privacy Control For Ads
Matter
 Google Wallet
 Pixel 6a
 Pixel Buds Pro
 Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro (preview)
 Pixel Watch (preview)
 Pixel tablet (preview)

См. также
 Yet another Conference

Примечания

Ссылки
 Google I/O: 2015, 2016

Конференции по информатике
Веб 2.0
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Less is More. The design philosophy behing the Minimal Sideboard. The oval design with 5 drawers was created thinking about simple and clean lines that contrast with the Luxurious Gold Leaf giving this table the Premium feel that only our clients deserve. It can have a completely personalizable base instead of the wood legs, and also customisable finishes for the drawers and main structure.


Lean Back and Release is the debut recording from composer Molly Joyce. The work is a digital EP featuring two tracks for solo violin with live and pre-recorded electronics performed by violinists Adrianna Mateo and Monica Germino, and received press from multiple outlets, including being praised as an "intoxicating, deepening experience" by Das Klienicum and an interview with Joyce by the Hartford Courant, which proclaimed that "with 'Lean Back and Release,' Joyce's music will likely receive even more acclaim."
Joyce's "versatile and confident touch" (Anearful) is laid bare in the EPs title track, "Lean Back and Release," acclaimed for being written to "superb effect" by The Wire, was first performed professionally at the 2014 Bang on a Can Marathon by violinist Adrianna Mateo, for which Mateo was praised as "triumphant" by Time Out New York. The piece is driven by a very gradual descent for the violin in range, imagining the violinist steadily "leaning back" and finally "releasing" the distinct low register of the violin. Two accompanying pre-recorded violin tracks accompany the live violin in order to propel this descent. The recording was engineered and mixed by Andrew McKenna Lee, and mastered by Greg Kalember.
The title track is followed by a more recent work, "Shapeshifter," originally written for the Dutch duo of violinist Monica Germino and sound engineer Frank van der Weij. Premiered in April 2015 in The Hague and Amsterdam, "Shapeshifter" is motivated by the concept of control and losing it. It is driven by the fact that with the duo, Frank is typically not seen visually, and therefore the idea of him controlling Monica's sound and gradually letting go of that control is highlighted throughout the piece, and for Monica to gradually "shape-shift" to a new and divergent sound. The recording was engineered by Frank van der Weij, Krišs Veismanis, and mixed by Michael Laurello, and mastered by Greg Kalember.
"'Lean Back and Release' and 'Shapeshifter' represent some of my first explorations into composing for acoustic instruments with accompanying electronics, and specifically how these instruments' sounds can transform electro-acoustically. With both works I was striving for a clear form that is driven by the changing range of the solo violinist, and how that change can be driven by an electronic backing track that is also derived from the acoustic violin.


Registration is LIVE for Symposium 2017!
Registration for Symposium 2017 is LIVE!
The online registration site for the 2017 Literacy and Learning Symposium is now open!
We hope that bringing you the full program line up, and a variety of training and learning opportunities well in advance will help you better plan your PD priorities, and budgets, for Fall 2017.
Over the last few years, we have heard a lot of feedback about wanting access to a broader range of more in-depth sessions, and a real need for more formal and informal networking opportunities.
We have been very intentional in building this year's program with a variety of options, to suit a variety of learning styles and goals.
Just go to https://www.calp.ca/symposium/home/about-the-symposium.html or click the "Symposium" tab from the CALP Portal's main navigation menu to find full information about this year's program, the venue and details on booking hotel rooms as part of the Literacy & Learning Symposium 2017 room block at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel West Edmonton.
This morning we launched registration for the 2017 Literacy & Learning Symposium!
Our goal in bringing you the full program details well in advance is to help you plan your PD priorities (and budgets) for the fall, before CALPs submit their 2017-18 grant applications and proposed budgets to Advanced Education.
More one-day and two-day training opportunities!
More half-day professional development sessions to delve further into a topic area!
More opportunities to connect, share and learn from each other and to build communities of practice!
Once again this year, you will have the option of attending all 5 days, from Monday to Friday, or just the day or days that suit your needs for one flat fee. The registration fee for this year's Symposium is $175.00.
We are so excited to launch the new "Professional Learning Plan" feature on the CALP Portal.
If you have an account to access the Portal, you can now use it to track your own professional learning goals, your training and PD, and to print a transcript of all the training you have attended.
To get started, it's as easy as scrolling down to the bottom of your My Portal dashboard to find the light blue box, "My Professional Learning".
You can click the "Add" button to set up a new goal, or click "View All" to see the complete Learning Plan page, including your registration history and training history.
We've also put together a quick-start guide to help you get your learning plan set up.
Last month we launched 2 new e-Learning workshops: Essential Skills, and Learner Support Services.
These micro-learning workshops are designed to provide you with bite-sized information that you can work through at your own pace. If you haven't had a chance to check out the e-learning workshops yet, just log into your Portal account and click on the "e-Learning" tab.
Later this month, we will be launching another new workshop on "Assessment for Learning". Be sure to keep an eye out for the new workshop the week of March 13th.
If you do not have a Portal account, and would like to access the e-Learning workshops, please contact office@calp.ca to request a login.
It's hard to believe it has been 2 years since CLN started working on the development of the CALP Portal! In February of 2015, CLN received funding through eCampusAlberta to support the development of an online "one-stop-shop" for all things CALP.
As the "project" phase of the Portal development has wound down, we'd like to know from you how you think we've done.
We have enjoyed the adventure of building the site, and all the things we have learned from you along the way, but we'd like to hear a little more.
Please take 3 to 5 minutes to fill out a quick survey to let us know what you like about the Portal, what you use most often, and where you think we have room for improvement.
CLN is pleased to partner with AWES to make this training available to CALPs. Register for any of these events on the CALP Portal under the "Training and Events" tab.
Basic Facilitation Skills For Not-For-Profit & Government Organizations training workshop is hosted by Community Learning Network, partnered with professional facilitators from Community Development Unit, Alberta Culture and Tourism.
This training provides hands-on 'learn while doing' accessible instruction in the art of group facilitation. This is a practical, in-demand workshop that provides learning through instruction, discussion, small and large group work, practice and feedback.
We are pleased that we have been able to coordinate two offerings of this training this spring. Working with our partners at Alberta Culture and Training, CLN will host this 3-day training. The registration fee is only $175.00.
Registration for this event is publically accessible, and open to CALPs, partners and community members.
Registration for this event is currently open on the "All Members and Partners" training calendar on the CALP Portal (member login required), and will open to the broader community on March 16th.
The CALP Database is a secure online data management system that is hosted and managed by the Community Learning Network, and accessible free of charge to CALPs throughout Alberta. The Database allows you to track learner and registration data, as well as to track and manage information required for CALP reporting to Alberta Advanced Education (such as learner demographics, volunteer hours, outcomes and indicators, etc.).
This spring, we have been working to update the CALP Database to align with the new CALP Grant Final Report form from Advanced Education.
In addition to ensuring that the reports are aligned to the CALP grant, we are currently working with the Database development team to make some additions and improvements to the system.
The updates will be launched over the weekend of March 10th - 13th, to minimize disruption for current users.
Since the release of the 2016-17 CALP Final Report form, we have seen increased interest in learning more about the CALP Database. This month, we will host 2 webinars so you can learn more about the system, and how it can help you manage your data and your reporting.
This webinar will be a high level introduction to the CALP Database, designed for CALPs who are NOT currently using the Database, but would like to know more.
CLICK HERE to register for this introductory online session.
This session will be tailored to CALPs who ARE currently using the Database, to provide information on the system changes, and how they will affect end-users.
CLICK HERE to register for this intermediate level webinar.
Last fall, CLN worked with Advanced Education to release a Request for Proposals to develop a ½ - 2 day training program designed to meet the PD needs of CALP staff. Of the proposals that were received, 5 were identified to move forward.
These 5 projects, funded through the Community Adult Learning Program, will all be piloted and showcased at the Literacy & Learning Symposium in September. Registration for the pilots will be based on a first-come, first-served basis as part of your Symposium registration.
Each month, in celebration of CLN's 30th Anniversary - the "pearl" anniversary - this year, we will be featuring "Pearls of Wisdom" from CALP staff, volunteers, and partners. We would love to hear what you have learned through your work, from your colleagues, or from your learners.
This month, Joan Haggarty shared a quote that she finds inspiring and relevant to the work of the Community Adult Learning Program.
Joan works with the East Prairie Metis Settlement CALP Program. Congratulations Joan, CLN will be sending you a small token as a thank you for sharing.
If you would like to share your Pearl of Wisdom, email Odette at news@calp.ca with the word "Pearl" in the subject line. If your submission is featured, we will send you a special token of appreciation. That's right - there are prizes to be won!
Spring regional meeting planning is in full swing. If you haven't yet, please be sure to "Save the Date" for your meeting.
Meeting agendas and registration will be available on the CALP Portal approximately one month prior to your meeting date.
If you have any questions, please contact your Regional Support Staff any time!


Shopping malls is a public place and it plays a crucial role in the community. This is a one-stop center where people get what they want under one roof. A renovation is a great idea because it is the right thing to do if you want to give your mall a facelift. However, there are some other issues that come with this decision.
Renovating a shopping mall is a big endeavor and it will definitely use quite a lot of time. In order to succeed in renovation a shopping mall, you need good planning.
An obvious consideration is an exact time to renovate. There are certain times that you should not even consider renovating your mall. Holidays are those seasons because many people do their shopping and would hate to go to a shop that is under construction. You have to look for slow seasons when there is less customer flow and this will be the best time to renovate.
Consider also to inform everyone involved with your shopping mall, be it the customers or staff on your plans to renovate. This will create awareness and will avoid frustrations when customers find their favorite place is closed.
During the process of renovation, you need to keep open communication with your tenants inside the mall and give them your thoughts about the store they have lent. In case you need to shift their location or any other thought, you need to let them know.
For a great looking mall, you need to consider doing a general renovation even to the retail stores in there.
Rearrange the initial configuration of the store so as to give the mall a brand new look.
Renovate the parking area and the entrance so that they can look different from the way they used to be.
Renovate the name, yes, the name change gives your mall a new course and purpose and this makes it look like it has been reborn any past will be forgotten.
Improve the community areas such as social districts where you can give customers premium services at a fee. This will make you collect more money and add value to your services.
We will give you guidance and steps towards making the entire renovation process simpler and less stressing. We will additionally give you mind blowing ideas on the latest trend in the malls that makes the customers feel more cared for and keep coming back.


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Washington — The 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) has unsurprisingly recommended added sugars comprise no more than 10 percent of daily calories, but acknowledges that there is room for candy in healthy diets.
The guidelines recognized that for some foods, such as candy, moderation through portion control is a reasonable strategy for achieving the added sugar recommendation. Further, the report emphasizes it's a target to promote overall healthy eating patterns.
Sugar sweetened beverages are called out as the major source of added sugars in the diet in the DGA report, while "sweets & snacks" are identified as contributing 31 percent of added sugar intake. Candy is included in the latter category, which also encompasses items such as cakes, cookies, ice cream and other desserts, even though confections represents just 6 percent of added sugars in the diet.
In addition to limiting added sugars, the guidelines recommend reducing saturated fats and sodium, while increasing consumption of fruits/vegetables, whole grains, diary and lean protein.
The latest guidelines represent a shift from previous versions as these recommendations focus on eating patterns to developing good dietary habits, instead of a "good for you/bad for you" approach, which targeted specific foods and nutrients.


The Space Force was the elephant in the room at the symposium, which drew space experts from around the world to The Broadmoor. While the acting secretary of defense said the service planned to encompass the military's space efforts, officers, including Army space boss Lt. Gen. James Dickinson, avoided the topic.
Dickinson, one of the keynote speakers Thursday at the event, instead focused on the Army's mission with not a word about its uncertain future.
"It's important to talk about how important space is to the United States Army," he told a crowd that packed The Broadmoor's International Center.
While the future of the Space Force remains in the hands of Congress, it would likely consume the Army's space efforts, which date back to the 1940s. The Space Brigade, the only unit of its kind on the planet, ensures that ground troops get the satellite services that have grown increasingly important in battle since the 1991 Persian Gulf War.
"When most people think of the Army, they don't think of space," Dickinson said.
The Air Force space contingent is the best known and dominates Peterson and Schriever Air Force Bases. The Army's Space Brigade, meanwhile, was hidden in rented quarters near Fountain and Powers boulevards since its founding in 2003.
The brigade's new digs are on one of Fort Carson's main streets. That puts the space soldiers amid their comrades in infantry and armor units.
"There's no question that the 1st Space Brigade is part of the Fort Carson team," the unit's commander Col. Eric Little said at a ceremony to cut the ribbon on the new headquarters.
"It's a great and fitting end to the Space Symposium to cut this ribbon and go back to our mission," Dickinson said as he welcomed the brigade to its new home.