So, vegan chocolate beet muffins! We're all pretty familiar with chocolate cake with hidden vegetables, but not zucchini this time – because beets are a little more mysterious, don't you think? Despite being made with whole wheat spelt flour and a pile of veggies, these are definitely chocolate muffins and they don't taste nearly as healthy as they are.
Clearly I've been in Germany for a while when I try to write 'schokolade' instead of chocolate for the title. We're in a bit of a weird season right now, where there is new plant life starting to pop up, but I'm still living off root vegetables that keep well during the winter months.
It's the strangest thing to have flowers blooming everywhere at the beginning of March – my parents are blocked in by over a metre of snow right now and all the highways have been closed at home for a couple days due to a big snowstorm. Isn't that what spring is like for everyone? Hah.
Beets are one of my favourite root vegetables. You might remember this vegan red velvet hot chocolate I posted in February, and I feel pretty good about posting another chocolate and beet recipe, because it's an awesome combination. They're meant to be. The first bite of one of these muffins might be a little surprisingly beet-y but the chocolate takes over pretty quickly.
Despite the bright red colour of the beets, you really can't see it in these muffins, because they're heavy on cocoa for a dark chocolate flavour. If you're looking for a naturally red chocolate cupcake, I recommend Traci's recipe over at Vanilla and Bean. It's vegan too.
My friend Ashley and I are going to Stockholm at the beginning of May (right before my wedding) so if you have any suggestions/recommendations please let me know in the comments! I've never visited other European countries, other than Germany, so I'm looking forward to it.
There are several notes for this recipe, because I did a few tests with some different ingredients – please read them for extra tips and substitutions.
Lightly sweet vegan chocolate beet muffins with spelt flour & coconut sugar. Even if you're not a fan of beets, you'll probably like these muffins.
Preheat the oven to 190C / 375F and grease or line a standard muffin tin.
In a large bowl, sift together the dry ingredients. Stir in the chocolate, reserving a couple of tablespoons for topping the muffins with.
In a smaller bowl, whisk together the milk and coconut oil until combined. Mix in the grated beet (everything will turn bright pink).
Add the wet beet mixture to the dry ingredients and stir just to combine. Measure out approximately equal amounts into each muffin tin and then top with the leftover chocolate.
Bake on the centre rack for 20-22 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted. Cool for ten minutes in the tin before removing and cooling completely on a rack. Store in an airtight container for up to three days.
• Don't worry about peeling your beet(s) if they're organic. Just give them a wash, you won't notice the skin in the finished product.
• I now use vanilla powder and chopped chocolate in place of vanilla extract and chocolate chips because extract and chips are prohibitively expensive and fairly rare here. Canadian/American readers, just add extract to the wet ingredients and use chocolate chips if you prefer. That goes for almost all of my recipes.
* I prefer dark cocoa powder in this recipe for a deeper chocolate flavour, but I have tested it with natural cocoa powder (cacao) because I ran out of dark cocoa. They'll be quite a bit lighter with natural cocoa and slightly more red, almost purple. I recommend using dark cocoa if you can, and don't bother using raw cacao in this recipe, it's a waste of money if you're baking it anyway.
Yes! Another way to sneak veggies into my kids. I love this recipe and I love beets so this sounds like a heavenly mixture.
Deep, dark, and delicious! These muffins look perfect.
I love the photos – amazing! They look so rich like paintings! And you are right chocolate and beets is an awesome combination. I am surprised it's not as popular as it should be!
I can relate so much to your "schokolade" mistake. I'm living in Spain (from Canada) and often write stuff in Spanish… even when i reread my posts I sometimes don't even realise it… Your muffins are looking divine! I love that you add the beets in there! Nothing like a good chocolate muffin! Great post!
What is oat or nut milk? Or what's a good substitute?
Hah, exactly! My boyfriend doesn't really like beets at all and he's demolished these muffins every time I've made them.
Thanks Julia, that's so sweet! Exactly! Beets are so versatile as a sweet vegetable, and I think they're so beautiful.
What tin containers did you use?
Hi Gabrielle, if you mean the muffin tin, it's just a standard one. You can see it in the third photo.
I am gluten free – is there a particular type of gf flour that could be substituted in this recipe?
Hi Vanessa, I haven't tried to make these gluten free, so I can't give a definite answer. I'm sure a standard GF blend would work, and I imagine buckwheat would as well, but I'm not 100% on that.
These are so moist!! I love them and can't wait to have my grandkids try them this weekend! Thank you so much for sharing!


Hi there I'm Adrian Ainsworth (Beastie) and my wife is Chrissie Gates (Peanut) and this is our blog all about cars and specifically the adventures we have had with our own cars.
Beastmaster.co.uk is our main site, or front page if you like and we have a number of satellite sites specialising in particular areas. These are PhotoBeast, WatchBeast, AutoBeast and Friday Cool, which are our quartet of websites designed and run by ourselves Beastmaster and Peanut, to enable us to share our interests in Photography, Watches, Cars and Gentlemen's Style.
Additionally we have a number of visual websites that display walls of photographs. iBeastie On The Fly allows us to blog on the move on any random thing that catches our eye and it also displays photographs from PhotoBeast and AutoBeast posts. Then we have a Wall of Watches which feeds primarily from WatchBeast and we have a Friday Cool Wall which displays photos on the theme of Gentleman's Style. Last but not least we have the Gentleman's Page which is a stylish wall of Beautiful ladies with beautiful cars. All our site blogs stream into The World of iBeastie window on the Beastmaster.co.uk front page.
Running side by side with the frivolity of our passions is The Life Blog, which maps out the battles and campaigns of Beastie in his personal war with the Big C since July 2010.
AutoBeast is a mish mash of occasional car reviews and motoring news, write ups of car events we have attended and on going features such as our Car of The Week. it will also showcase the adventures we have had with our own cars.
PhotoBeast was born out of our Project 365 (a picture a day which builds into a fascinating pictorial diary), and has been reinvigorated by our purchase of a Fuji X-E1 camera which has quite simply just put the fun back into taking photographs.
WatchBeast began with My Journey Through Time (a look at all the watches I have in my collection) and has continued with a Watch Blog reviewing watches that catch my eye and highlighting some watches I don't have but would like!


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Are We at the Brink of War?
A deep into the growing crisis following the U.S. assassination of Qassem Soleimani, the third most powerful Iranian leader.
Originally in Sojourner Truth Radio
Following the assassination of Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani, the U.S. and Iran find themselves on the cusp of a war that could cost millions of lives and trillions of dollars.
Why did Trump authorize the killing now? What does this mean for the region? Who was Soleimani and what was he doing in Iraq? Phyllis Bennis, director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, joined Sojourner Truth to answer these questions and more.
Listen to the original interview at Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod here.
Phyllis Bennis directs the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies.

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I am on my way to the grocery store in just a bit, when I saw this interesting offer in my inbox. Air Wick has partnered up with the National Park Foundation, and their new fall line is inspired by by these wonderful parks. A percentage of each purchase is donated to the National Park Foundation to help support and aid nearly 400 national parks around the country.
If you join the Fragrant Homes Club today, you will be able to print a $2 off 2 of their new National Park Fall Collection. Some of the new scents are Sweet Vanilla and Pumpkins, Apple Harvest, and Warm Spice and Twilight. Just print the coupon and take to your local store.
~UPDATE if you have problems and receive an error message it is because there is a high demand on their site today. If you receive an error message and then receive a sorry you you have already registered when you haven't, try again with your Facebook acct. This happened to me and I got through when I tried it using Facebook.


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Fred "Cappy" Capossela (1902–April 3, 1991) was an American thoroughbred race track announcer.

Early life and career
Capossela was born in Brooklyn in 1902. He got his start in thoroughbred racing in 1926 as a writer for the New York Evening Post. He also covered the sport for the Brooklyn Eagle. In 1934, Capossela called his first race at Tropical Park, where he filled in for the regular announcer for two weeks.

Announcing
In 1940, Capossela became assistant track announcer for New York's four thoroughbred race tracks, Aqueduct Racetrack, Belmont Park, Saratoga Race Course, and Jamaica Race Course. Three years later he was promoted to lead announcer. He also called races at Florida's Hialeah Park Race Track. From 1950 to 1960, Capossela was the "Voice of the Triple Crown" on CBS Radio and Television. He also called televised races on WNEW-TV's Schaefer Circle of Sports.

Capossela was known for his high-pitched nasal voice, his distinctive style in saying "It is now post time", and his accurate calls.

Late life and death
Capossela retired in 1971. After his retirement, he regularly attended weekend races at Hialeah and later at tracks in Southern California. Capossela died on April 3, 1991 at his home in Upland, California following a stroke.

In 1993, the Swift Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack was renamed the Fred "Cappy" Capossela Stakes in his honor.

References

1902 births
1991 deaths
American horse racing announcers
New York Post people
People from Brooklyn
People from Upland, California

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Danone Joins the Development of 100% Bio-sourced PEF Bottles
Danone Research and Avantium have entered into a joint development agreement for the development of PEF bottles for Danone, the world's second biggest bottled water business. The agreement forms another cornerstone of Avantium's commercialisation strategy to further co-develop the YXY technology for producing PEF bottles. The agreement with Danone marks the second major partnership for Avantium's YXY technology to produce PEF bottles.
"The agreement with Danone Research is a fantastic step forward on our path to commercialize PEF bottles," says Avantium's chief executive Tom van Aken. "Danone Research is at the forefront in contributing to the development of next generation bio-based plastic bottle. Our YXY solution for the packaging industry creates a new bio-sourced material delivering superior functional properties versus conventional PET technology (for example light weighting potential, barrier and thermal properties). We believe that the process economics and carbon footprint of PEF make it a suitable PET alternative. A recent study done by the Copernic Institute, showed that PEF has a 50-60% lower carbon footprint than oil-based PET. Finalizing the LCA study is part of the Joint Development Agreement. Avantium is currently validating the use of existing supply and recycling chains, enabling a full transition to bio-based PEF bottles in three to five years from now."
Based on the YXY technology, the Avantium and Danone Research joint objective is to contribute to the emergence of a new renewable material generation which will not be in direct competition with food. YXY is used as a fast and efficient chemical-catalytic technology to convert carbohydrates produced from plants, grains, energy crops, lignocellulosic matter, waste streams, waste paper or agricultural residues, into a wide variety of bio-based polymers. Based on ongoing R&D programs, Avantium will also continue to develop PEF from renewable feedstock not competing with food.
Avantium has recently opened its pilot plant in Geleen, the Netherlands, with the capacity of producing 40 tons of PEF for application development. The collaborations with Danone and The Coca-Cola Company are key to secure a smooth transition into the mass production phase of PEF bottles. Avantium is in active discussion with other leading brand owners to develop PEF bottles, fibers and film. In the longer term Avantium will license its YXY technology to enable large scale, world-wide production and use of its bio-sourced plastic materials.
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Greencroft Bottling invests £3m in filling lines
New Trolley Packer For the Dairy Industry Unveiled
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Digital Repository Librarian at Cal Poly
The Robert E. Kennedy Library at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo is recruiting a Digital Repository Librarian.
Here's an excerpt from the ad (Requisition #101983):
Under the general supervision of the Director of Information Resources and Archives, this tenure-track position has primary responsibility for the growth, development and maintenance of the library's institutional repository including the full range of work related to program and policy research, evaluation, and analysis. Contributes to digitized archival collections initiatives. The essential components of this position are to maintain and promote digital repository collections and services provided by the Kennedy Library, including developing and securing content, communicating with and providing support to contributors and users, drafting digital repository policies and procedures, working with Library Information Technology and vendor(s) to ensure system functionality, and establishing workflow and other procedures according to best practices and established standards.
Last Call: Tell the White House You Support Open Access by Thursday
The deadline for submitting comments to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy's public consultation on public access policy is January 21st.
If you do not want to submit detailed comments, you might consider indicating your support for the comments of one of the below organizations. The easiest way to do so is simply to send an e-mail message to publicaccess@ostp.gov indicating that you support their comments.
American Library Association and the Association of College and Research Libraries
Enabling Open Scholarship
If you wish to make detailed comments, either send them to the e-mail address above answering the 9 questions in the Federal Register or make comments at the appropriate OSTP post:
"Policy Forum on Public Access to Federally Funded Research: Implementation"
"Policy Forum on Public Access to Federally Funded Research: Features and Technology"
"Policy Forum on Public Access to Federally Funded Research: Management"
To post comments on the OSTP Blog, you must first register and login.
Author Charles W. Bailey, Jr.Posted on January 18, 2010 January 18, 2010 Categories Open Access
STM Reacts to Scholarly Publishing Roundtable Report
STM, an international association of around 100 publishers, has issued a press release regarding the recent Report and Recommendations from the Scholarly Publishing Roundtable.
Here's an excerpt from the press release:
STM takes issue, however, with some of the other recommendations and goals expressed in the Report. Firstly, while STM supports US agencies in the development of public access policies to the results of research funded by those agencies, we do not agree that the scholarly articles arising from publisher investment and value add fall under this category. Government research grants currently cover the cost of the research only. Government research grants do not cover the costs of publication.
Secondly, while welcoming the consultation and collaboration that has occurred with our industry, STM believes the goal of US agencies in establishing a "global publishing system" is redundant and wasteful and ignores the essentially international nature of STM publishing, which has, without any government assistance anywhere in the world, enabled more access to more people than at any time in history.
Thirdly, if there is to be no compensation for the use of journal mediated content, STM supports the need for embargo periods. There is, however, no evidence whatsoever to support the recommendation that embargo periods of 0 to 12 months could be adopted for "many sciences" without problem. STM is leading a three year experiment part-funded by the European Commission (the PEER Project) to find out the effects of various embargo periods on journals. We strongly encourage such an evidence-based policy investigation in the US as well.
Finally, while STM supports the recommendation that the final published article should be given primacy (the so called VoR or Version of Record) over the proliferation of other imperfect earlier versions, it is through this final version —and the creation and maintenance of their authoritative journals—that STM publishers provide significant added value; to make final published articles (VoRs) free immediately upon publication must involve some mechanism of financial compensation.
Author Charles W. Bailey, Jr.Posted on January 17, 2010 January 17, 2010 Categories Open Access, Publishing
Digital Production Librarian at the Claremont Colleges
The Libraries of the Claremont Colleges are recruiting a Digital Production Librarian.
The Digital Production Librarian for the Claremont University Consortium will work with faculty and staff from the seven Claremont Colleges and librarians on digitization projects for dissemination in the Claremont Colleges Digital Library (CCDL) and manage the full operations of the Digital Production Center including staffing, budget, digital conversion, metadata application, quality controls, production workflows, reports, cost analysis and documentation for training, policies and procedures. This position reports to the Director of Digital Initiatives, Records Management and Archives.
EFF: "12 Trends to Watch in 2010"
Tim Jones has posted "12 Trends to Watch in 2010" in the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Deeplinks blog.
2. Books and Newspapers: .TXT is the new .MP3
Since 2000, the music industry has most spectacularly flailed (and failed) to combat the Net's effect on its business model. Their plans to sue, lock-up and lobby their way out of their problem did nothing to turn the clock back, but did cause serious damage to free speech, innovation and fair use.
These days, the book and newspaper industries are similarly mourning the Internet's effect on their bottom line. In 2009, Rupert Murdoch changed the tone of the debate when he called those who made fair use of his papers' content "thieves". We think 2010 and beyond will see others in the print world attempt to force that view, and break the fair use doctrine by lobbying to change accepted copyright law, challenging it in the courts, or by placing other pressures on intermediaries.
A cluster of similar battles around user control are also gathering around e-reader products like Kindle and Google Book Search, many of which rewrite the rules for book ownership and privacy wholesale.
So, in 2010, will the printed word step smartly into the digital future, or will it continue to stay stuck in the denial and bargaining phase that dominated digital music's lost decade?
Author Charles W. Bailey, Jr.Posted on January 17, 2010 January 17, 2010 Categories Copyright, Digital Copyright Wars
Information Technology Specialist (Systems Analysis) at the Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is recruiting an Information Technology Specialist (Systems Analysis). The salary range is $105,211.00-$136,771.00.
This position is located in the R&D Digital & Web Initiatives Unit, Research & Development, Information Technology Services, Office of Strategic Initiatives. . . .
Installs and maintains Web-based systems and services using Python, Django, Javascript, UNIX, Perl and XML to build web-based applications and design frameworks.
Horizon Report: 2010 Edition
The EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative and the New Media Consortium have released the Horizon Report: 2010 Edition.
Today, the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) and the New Media Consortium (NMC) released the 2010 Horizon Report, the seventh edition of this annual joint publication. Each year, the Horizon Report describes six areas of emerging technology that will have significant impact on higher education and creative expression over the next one to five years.
The report identifies six technologies that are expected "to enter mainstream use in learning-focused organizations." Each of the six is assigned to one of three adoption horizons: one year or less, two to three years, and four to five years. For 2010, mobile computing and open content are identified in the one-year horizon; electronic books and simple augmented reality in the two- to three-year horizon; and gesture-based computing and visual data analysis in the four- to five-year horizon.
The advisory board for the project identified these technologies through comprehensive review, analysis, and discussion of research, articles, papers, and interviews. It then drafted a roster of over 110 candidate technologies, which it gradually refined to the six key technologies appearing in the 2010 report. This year, the advisory board consisted of 47 experts from numerous fields and was more internationally diverse than it has ever been. It included representatives from 10 countries: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, Japan, Nigeria, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Author Charles W. Bailey, Jr.Posted on January 17, 2010 January 17, 2010 Categories Emerging Technologies
Google D.C. Talk: ACTA—The Global Treaty That Could Reshape the Internet
The Google Public Policy channel has released Google D.C. Talk: ACTA—The Global Treaty That Could Reshape the Internet. ACTA stands for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, a very important intellectual property rights treaty that is being secretly negotiated.
Here's an excerpt from the announcement:
The panel will tackle important questions like: Will ACTA preserve the existing balance in intellectual property laws, providing not just enforcement for copyright holders but also appropriate exceptions for technology creators and users? Will it undermine the legal safe harbors that have allowed virtually every Internet service to come into existence? And will it encourage governments to endorse "three strikes" penalties that would take away a user's access to the Internet?
Assistant Dean for Collections and Technology at Western Washington University
The Western Washington University are recruiting an Assistant Dean for Collections and Technology.
The Western Washington University Libraries seek a dynamic, innovative, and decisive leader to serve as Assistant Dean for Collections and Technology. The person in this key leadership position will have policy, assessment, and planning responsibilities for Library IT, Collection Development, Cataloging, Acquisitions, and ILL, with a total staff of 25. We are in the early stages of re-visioning our organizational structure, and the Assistant Dean will provide leadership in rethinking past practices in light of new demands and opportunities. We are currently exploring ways to enhance the discovery of resources and information, expand support for digital collections, and improve the management of electronic resources. The successful candidate will be an accomplished leader who is skilled in managing change and building partnerships within the library, across campus, and the greater community.
Author Charles W. Bailey, Jr.Posted on January 14, 2010 January 14, 2010 Categories Library IT Jobs
ALA and ACRL Support Open Access in Comments to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
ALA and ACRL have submitted comments to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) calling for greater open access to federally funded research.
The ALA and ACRL have long believed that ensuring public access to the fruits of federally funded research is a logical, feasible, and widely beneficial goal. They provided information and evidence as the Executive Branch considers expanding public access policies, like that implemented by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to other federal agencies. Specifically, the ALA and ACRL recommend: which agencies should be covered, that policies should be mandatory, that earlier access is better, version and format recommendations, how to keep implementation costs reasonable, and the importance of supporting emerging scholarly practice.
While greater access to publicly funded research has long been a high priority issue for academic libraries, ACRL President Lori Goetsch, Dean of Libraries at Kansas State University, emphasized that now is the time for public and school librarians to tell their stories.
"What would it mean for members of your community to have better access to scholarly, scientific, and technical articles—paid with their own tax dollars through grants from agencies like NASA or the EPA?" Goetsch said. "How would it help small business owners starting up green technology companies? How would it help enhance teaching and learning in high schools?"
In the past, the ALA and ACRL have supported NIH Public Access Policy and endorsed "The Federal Research Public Access Act of 2009" (S. 1373) noting the latter, "reflects ALA policy regarding access to Federal government information by providing for the long-term preservation of, and no-fee public access to, government-sponsored, tax-payer funded published research findings."
The ALA and ACRL encourage all members to consider making comments, no later than January 21, to OSTP as individuals or libraries. More information is available on the OSTP Public Access Policy blog at http://blog.ostp.gov/category/public-access-policy. Comments can also be posted on OSTP's blog. Comments e-mailed to publicaccess@ostp.gov are also accepted, but may be posted to the blog by the moderator. General comments, addressing any part of the Request for Information, may be submitted. See the full notice Federal Register notice at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-30725.htm for details.
Author Charles W. Bailey, Jr.Posted on January 14, 2010 January 14, 2010 Categories ALA, Open Access
Librarian, Scholarly Communication at University of Massachusetts Medical School
The University of Massachusetts Medical School is recruiting a Librarian, Scholarly Communication.
Under direction of the head of the Research and Scholarly Communication Services Group this position is responsible for obtaining and managing information for library patrons specifically the research community at the University of Massachusetts Worcester (Medical School Graduate School of Nursing and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences); developing instructional classes on scholarly communication topics; evaluating and selecting electronic and traditional resources to provide information services and support outreach activities; actively develops professional competencies
Report and Recommendations from the Scholarly Publishing Roundtable
The Scholarly Publishing Roundtable has released the Report and Recommendations from the Scholarly Publishing Roundtable.
An expert panel of librarians, library scientists, publishers, and university academic leaders today called on federal agencies that fund research to develop and implement policies that ensure free public access to the results of the research they fund "as soon as possible after those results have been published in a peer-reviewed journal."
The Scholarly Publishing Roundtable was convened last summer by the U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology, in collaboration with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). Policymakers asked the group to examine the current state of scholarly publishing and seek consensus recommendations for expanding public access to scholarly journal articles.
The various communities represented in the Roundtable have been working to develop recommendations that would improve public access without curtailing the ability of the scientific publishing industry to publish peer- reviewed scientific articles.
The Roundtable's recommendations, endorsed in full by the overwhelming majority of the panel (12 out of 14 members), "seek to balance the need for and potential of increased access to scholarly articles with the need to preserve the essential functions of the scholarly publishing enterprise," according to the report. . . .
The Roundtable identified a set of principles viewed as essential to a robust scholarly publishing system, including the need to preserve peer review, the necessity of adaptable publishing business models, the benefits of broader public access, the importance of archiving, and the interoperability of online content.
In addition, the group affirmed the high value of the "version of record" for published articles and of all stakeholders' contributions to sustaining the best possible system of scholarly publishing during a time of tremendous change and innovation.
To implement its core recommendation for public access, the Roundtable recommended the following:
Agencies should work in full and open consultation with all stakeholders, as well as with OSTP, to develop their public access policies. Agencies should establish specific embargo periods between publication and public access.
Policies should be guided by the need to foster interoperability.
Every effort should be made to have the Version of Record as the version to which free access is provided.
Government agencies should extend the reach of their public access policies through voluntary collaborations with non-governmental stakeholders.
Policies should foster innovation in the research and educational use of scholarly publications.
Government public access policies should address the need to resolve the challenges of long-term digital preservation.
OSTP should establish a public access advisory committee to facilitate communication among government and nongovernment stakeholders.
Read more about it at "Scholarly Publishing Roundtable Releases Report and Recommendations" and "Scholarly Publishing Roundtable Releases Report to Congress."
Author Charles W. Bailey, Jr.Posted on January 14, 2010 January 14, 2010 Categories Digital Curation & Digital Preservation, Open Access, Publishing, Scholarly Communication
ALA Report: The Condition of U.S. Libraries: Trends, 1999-2009
ALA has released The Condition of U.S. Libraries: Trends, 1999-2009.
At every turn, news reports and research indicate fairly dramatic changes in U.S. library funding, services and staffing – most occurring in the last 18 months. According to a new report prepared by the American Library Association (ALA), libraries of all types are feeling the pinch of the economic downturn while managing sky-high use.
Compiled from a broad range of available sources, The Condition of Libraries: 1999-2009 presents U.S. economic trends (2009), and summarizes trends in public, school and academic libraries across several library measures, including expenditures, staffing and services. The report also highlights trends in services provided to libraries by library cooperatives and consortia.
"This report was prepared to inform and assist library leaders as they plan in these very difficult times," said ALA Executive Director Keith Michael Fiels. "It succinctly brings together diverse strands of data from the past decade to provide a useful benchmark for the library community and its advocates."
As communities and academic campuses develop future fiscal plans, it is clear that all types of libraries are visibly hard hit. In a fall 2009 report prepared by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 34 states had reported cuts to higher education, which impacts academic libraries; and 25 states had cut funding to K-12, which impacts school libraries. Total state budget shortfalls for fiscal year 2010 are $178 billion, and FY2011 are estimated to be roughly the same.
Public libraries also have been affected. While the full impact of the economic downturn remains fluid and the data challenging to assemble, what is known is that flat funding has been an obstacle—perhaps even a chronic problem—for many libraries this entire decade. Confirming evidence from a 2006 ALA study of public library funding, a 2009 survey conducted as part of the Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study revealed a worsening of funding – about 20 percent reported flat funding continuing in FY2010 and a majority reported budget reductions. Of those with budget cuts, about 20 percent reported 5-to-10 percent reductions in FY2010 from FY2009.
Library trends include. . .
College and University Libraries
While student enrollment at colleges and universities has declined since 2004, library use continues to increase. During a typical week in 2008, academic libraries reported more than 20.3 million visits, up from 18.7 million in 2006. They also provided more than 498,000 informational services to groups attended by more than 8.9 million students and faculty, up from 471,000 sessions attended by 8.3 million in 2006;
In fall 2008, 72 percent of academic libraries reported providing library reference service by e-mail or the Web, about the same as in 2006; and
Operating expenditures rose modestly during the period 2002 to 2008.
Author Charles W. Bailey, Jr.Posted on January 13, 2010 January 13, 2010 Categories Libraries
Systems Librarian/Library Technology Manager at Illinois Institute of Technology
The Paul V. Galvin Library at the Illinois Institute of Technology is recruiting a Systems Librarian/Library Technology Manager.
Here's an excerpt from ad:
Design, implement, and manage a broad range of information technology-based systems and services for the Galvin Library, three branch libraries, and IIT Archives. Collaborate with library staff on the development of technology-supported services in support of teaching, learning, and research.
Lawrence Lessig on "Open Content and the Ethics of Science"
A presentation by Lawrence Lessig, Director of the Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics and a Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, on "Open Content and the Ethics of Science" at the University of Amsterdam Symposium on Open Content is now available on Blip.tv.
Video of Lessig speaking
Slides synchronized to speech audio
Author Charles W. Bailey, Jr.Posted on January 13, 2010 January 13, 2010 Categories Scholarly Communication
Director, Integrated Library Systems at University of Southern California
The University of Southern California Libraries are recruiting a Director, Integrated Library Systems.
The Director, Integrated Library Systems (ILS) provides leadership in the planning, implementation, and management of the USC Libraries' core library information systems and software such as the ILS and related systems such as open URL resolvers and electronic resources management systems, ensuring that these services support the USC Libraries Strategic Plan. The Director, ILS supervises the ILS unit and works collaboratively with library personnel and campus users to identify, recommend, implement, test and maintain software and provide user and operational support for library systems. The Director is also responsible for identifying gaps in service and recommending enhancements and improvements to address these areas. . . .
Reporting to the Associate Dean with responsibility for technology, the Director, ILS manages the ILS unit and has responsibility for the day-to-day operations of the ILS (SirsiDynix Unicorn/Symphony) and will assume a leadership role in envisioning and defining services and/or improvements that could be provided by the ILS. The Director, ILS works closely with the Director of Technical Services and Director of the Digital Library and consults with Library administrators and colleagues to establish priorities within the department for maintenance, software upgrades and other enhancements; administers, directs, and reviews ILS systems; assesses internal and external user needs, participates in the strategic planning process and identifies new services and/or improvements for ILS users in consultation with Public Services and Technical Services personnel; supervises technical staff responsible for the functions of library systems; serves as the technical liaison to the ILS managers in USC's Law Library and Health Sciences Libraries; tracks projects and ensures that new services, upgrades and enhancements approved by the Dean's Cabinet are implemented in a timely fashion and tested prior to release; defines and refines processes and procedures related to the ILS unit and its interaction with users of the ILS system both internal and external to the USC Libraries; develops and manages the budget for the ILS unit and ensures that services offered by the ILS unit meet users expectations for cost and timeliness.
"Google Book Search and the Future of Books in Cyberspace"
Pamela Samuelson has self-archived "Google Book Search and the Future of Books in Cyberspace" in SSRN.
The Google Book Search (GBS) initiative once promised to test the bounds of fair use, as the company started scanning millions of in-copyright books from the collections of major research libraries. The initial goal of this scanning was to make indexes of the books' contents and to provide short snippets of book contents in response to pertinent search queries. The Authors Guild and five trade publishers sued Google in the fall of 2005 charging that this scanning activity was copyright infringement. Google defended by claiming fair use. Rather than litigating this important issue, however, the parties devised a radical plan to restructure the market for digital books, which was announced on October 28, 2008, by means of a class action settlement of the lawsuits. Approval of this settlement would give Google—and Google alone—a license to commercialize all out-of-print books and to make up to 20 per cent of their contents available in response to search queries (unless rights holders expressly forbade this).
This article discusses the glowingly optimistic predictions about the future of books in cyberspace promulgated by proponents of the GBS settlement and contrasts them with six categories of serious reservations that have emerged about the settlement. These more pessimistic views of GBS are reflected in the hundreds objections and numerous amicus curiae briefs filed with the court responsible for determining whether to approve the settlement. GBS poses risks for publishers, academic authors and libraries, professional writers, and readers as well as for competition and innovation in several markets and for the cultural ecology of knowledge. Serious concerns have also been expressed about the GBS settlement as an abuse of the class action process because it usurps legislative prerogatives. The article considers what might happen to the future of books in cyberspace if the GBS deal is not approved and recommends that regardless of whether the GBS settlement is approved, a consortium of research libraries ought to develop a digital database of books from their collections that would enhance access to books without posing the many risks to the public interest that the GBS deal has created
Author Charles W. Bailey, Jr.Posted on January 13, 2010 January 13, 2010 Categories Copyright, Digital Copyright Wars, E-Books, Google and Other Search Engines, Mass Digitizaton, Publishing
University of Tennessee, Knoxville Gets IMLS Grant to Study Value of Academic Libraries
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville School of Information Sciences has been awarded an IMLS grant to study the value of academic libraries. It will collaborate with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Libraries and the Association of Research Libraries.
Here's an excerpt from the press release :
Carol Tenopir, a professor in the School of Information Sciences, is the lead investigator on the project; Paula Kaufman, University Librarian and Dean of Libraries at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is a co-principal investigator; and Martha Kyrillidou, Senior Director for Statistics and Service Quality Programs, is leading the project from ARL.
The three-year grant, entitled "Value, Outcomes, and Return on Investment of Academic Libraries (Lib-Value)," will work to enrich, expand, test, and implement methodologies measuring the return on investment (ROI) in academic libraries.
"There is an increasing need for academic librarians to demonstrate the return on investment and value of the library to the various stakeholders of the institution and to guide library management in the redirection of library funds to important products and services for the future," Tenopir said. Academic libraries actively participate in the many changes in scholarship, such as the move to e-science, collaborative and participatory scholarship, and focus on new materials such as data, multimedia, and born-digital assets. To remain relevant and central to the academic mission in the future, academic librarians need to be able to demonstrate the value that the academic library provides to the campus community using proven methods of measurement that will allow librarians to determine where their efforts should be concentrated and how funding should be allocated.
The results of the study will provide evidence and a set of tested methodologies and tools to help academic librarians demonstrate how the library provides value to its constituents and ROI to its funders, and to measure which products and services are of most value to enhancing the university's mission. This project will greatly expand upon earlier studies to consider multiple measures of value that the academic library brings to teaching/learning, research, and social/professional/public engagement functions of the academic institution.
To ensure that the process will be rigorous, realistic, and highly visible in the academic library and university community, an experienced team of academic librarians and outstanding researchers bring their leadership, built on many years of experience, to the project. Two well-known researchers in the library field will serve as consultants: Bruce Kingma, an economist at Syracuse University, and Donald W. King, a statistician at the University of North Carolina at Chapel-Hill. Additional project participants include: Gayle Baker, Ken Wise, Rachel Fleming-May, Regina Mays, Crystal Sherline, and Andrea Baer at the University of Tennessee; Tina Chrzastowski at the University of Illinois; and Henry Gross, Gary Roebuck, and David Green at ARL.
Author Charles W. Bailey, Jr.Posted on January 12, 2010 January 12, 2010 Categories ARL Libraries, Grants, Research Libraries
Digital Programs Archivist at University of North Carolina at Charlotte
The J. Murrey Atkins Library at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte is recruiting a Digital Programs Archivist.
Collaborate in planning, creating, and managing digital collections
Implement quality control procedures
Prioritize and coordinate digital production
Investigate, plan, and manage format conversions and migration
Investigate and provide leadership in the implementation of appropriate metadata standards
Maintain and expand web applications on the Special Collections Website using standards-compliant markup, emerging web technologies, and best practices.
Collaborate in the planning, development, and implementation of electronic records preservation and access, particularly for University Archives related collections and manuscript collections
Provide leadership in defining preservation and access protocols for born-digital materials
Identify and collaborate with technical partners in Library Systems, UNC Charlotte ITS, and the College of Computing and Informatics to design and implement creative applications for access and preservation
A Landscape Study of Shared Infrastructure Services in the Australian Academic Sector
JISC has released A Landscape Study of Shared Infrastructure Services in the Australian Academic Sector.
In parallel with these investments, it has become evident that users in the higher education and academic sectors in Australia are choosing to use main stream Web 2.0 technologies in their daily work activities. However there is limited knowledge about who is using which Web 2.0 technologies and for what purposes. Moreover there is little information about why specific tools and services are chosen when institutional or nationally-funded services are available. JISC recently funded a study in the UK to investigate the adoption of Web 2.0 services by the higher education and academic sectors. The aim of this report is to survey the situation in Australia and hence enable comparisons with the UK. This survey therefore focuses on the current and active users of Web 2.0 tools and services in Australian Higher Education institutions and aims to identify what they are using and why.
Although the UK leads Australia in the development of collaborative eResearch services, the results of the survey indicate that the adoption of Web 2.0 technologies in the higher education sector in Australia is not significantly dissimilar to the situation in the UK. Users prefer to use Web-based services that are already adopted by the wider community and that are free, robust, simple to sign on to, and easy to install and use. Examples include: FaceBook, YouTube, Skype and Twitter. Although the most active use of Web 2.0 has been by early adopters (people who are not afraid to try out new tools, experiment with them and promote them to colleagues and peers), this situation is changing as more Web 2.0 technologies are becoming broadly adopted by mainstream users. Because Australia has not had the same level of investment in cyberinfrastructure and lags behind the UK in the development of services, it has been able to take advantage of services developed in the UK and USA (e.g., RoMEO, Shibboleth) – as well as the recent explosion of free, open source Web 2.0 technologies. In some ways, this delayed investment has been an advantage because there is not an established pool of services that is being superseded by commercial and open source Web 2.0 technologies.
See also the related report: Shared Infrastructure Services Landscape Study: A Survey of the Use of Web 2.0 Tools and Services in the UK HE Sector.
Author Charles W. Bailey, Jr.Posted on January 12, 2010 January 12, 2010 Categories Social Media
Project Manager Library Digital Programs at Johns Hopkins University
The Sheridan Libraries of Johns Hopkins University are recruiting a Project Manager Library Digital Programs (position duration is until July 31, 2014 with the possibility of extension).
The project manager is responsible for managing project communications, tasks, timelines, resources, fundraising, and grants for the Data Conservancy (DC), a $20 million project funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The Project Manager will reports directly to the Executive Director of the Data Conservancy and will be authorized to act on the Executive Director's behalf when necessary.
White House OSTP Asks for Additional Comments on Open Access until Jan. 21st
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) has requested additional comments about its public consultation on public access policy.
Many of you expressed a desire for more time to engage in the Public Access Policy Forum post-holidays. We heard you! While Phase III ended on January 7th, we have launched a two-week bonus period for all of you who signed off for the holidays. Therefore, all three phases of the Forum will remain open through January 21st.
In hopes that you will continue to build and respond to the thoughtful comments of your peers, we ask you to visit the Public Access Policy Forum portion of our blog to see all relevant posts and submit your comments in the appropriate forum:
Phase I – Implementation
Phase II – Features and Technology
Phase III – Management
In addition, be sure to check out the many comments and proposals submitted to our publicaccess@ostp.gov inbox, to which you are also welcome to submit comments or documents. Some comments are just text; some have links to documents that have been submitted.
Indiana University Gets $2.38 Million Grant from Mellon Foundation for Kuali OLE
Indiana University has been awarded a $2.38 Million Grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for the Kuali OLE (Open Library Environment) project.
IU will lead the Kuali OLE (Open Library Environment) project, a partnership of research libraries dedicated to managing increasingly digital resources and collections. Together, these libraries will develop "community source" software that will be made available to libraries worldwide.
Kuali OLE (pronounced Oh-LAY) partners include Indiana University; Florida Consortium (University of Florida representing Florida International University, Florida State University, New College of Florida, Rollins College, University of Central Florida, University of Miami, University of South Florida and the Florida Center for Library Automation); Lehigh University; Triangle Research Libraries Network (represented by Duke University and North Carolina State University); University of Chicago; University of Maryland; University of Michigan; and the University of Pennsylvania.
Large academic research libraries such as these manage and provide access to millions of items, using software to track interrelated transactions that range from ordering and paying for items to loaning materials to library patrons.
As the nature of library collections expands to include more digital materials—including leased electronic journals and digitized photograph collections—libraries are increasingly interested in developing management software for these resources, said Interim Ruth Lilly Dean of University Libraries Carolyn Walters.
"Libraries now create, lease and share digital materials, but the systems in place for cataloging and tracking these items are based on print collections," said Walters. "With this project, we benefit from working together with a community of academic libraries that want to change the way that information is managed in the scholarly environment."
"Research libraries are in dire need of systems that can support the management of research collections for the next-generation scholar," said Robert H. McDonald, executive director for the project and IU's associate dean for library technologies. "This approach demonstrates the best of open-source software development, directed partnership resource needs, and a market of commercial support providers to truly align with the needs of research libraries within the higher education environment."
More than 200 libraries, educational institutions, professional organizations and businesses laid the groundwork for the Kuali OLE project by participating in the original OLE project, a design phase that was supported by an earlier grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and led by Duke University.
Author Charles W. Bailey, Jr.Posted on January 11, 2010 January 11, 2010 Categories Digital Libraries, ERM/Discovery Systems, Grants, ILS/LSP
Digital Library Software Engineer at Harvard
The Office for Scholarly Communications at the Harvard University Library is recruiting a Digital Library Software Engineer.
The Harvard Office for Scholarly Communication (OSC) oversees the mechanisms by which the fruits of scholarship are communicated within and without the University, with a special aim to increase the availability of the scholarly output of the University and maximize the efficiency with which scholarly materials are made available to members of the Harvard community and beyond. The OSC department of the Harvard University Library (HUL) seeks a programmer/analyst for development and support of the DASH open access digital scholarship repository. This is a unique opportunity to serve as the technical lead on a project to collect and share the University's research with the world. Please Note: This is a one year term appointment with possibility of renewal depending on funding and performance.
Research Data: Unseen Opportunities
The Canadian Association of Research Libraries has released Research Data: Unseen Opportunities.
The purpose of the toolkit is to enable research library directors to raise awareness of the issues of data management with administrators and researchers on campus.
Data are valuable assets that in some cases have an unlimited potential for reuse. The awareness toolkit underscores the need to ensure that research data are managed throughout the data lifecycle so that they are understandable and usable.
"This is a very timely document" says Marnie Swanson (University of Victoria), Chair of the CARL Data Management Sub-Committee. "More than ever, data are a critical component of the research endeavor and this toolkit will help libraries raise awareness in the scholarly community of the importance of data stewardship."
Research Data: Unseen Opportunities provides readers with a general understanding of the current state of research data in Canada and internationally. It is organized into seven sections: The Big Picture; Major Benefits of Data Management; Current Context; Case Studies; Gaps in Data Stewardship in Canada; Data Management Policies in Canada; Responses to Faculty/Administrative Concerns; What Can Be Done on Campus?
Author Charles W. Bailey, Jr.Posted on January 11, 2010 January 11, 2010 Categories Data Curation, Open Data, and Research Data Management, Digital Curation & Digital Preservation


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The Ecologist Party (French: Parti écologiste, PÉ), founded as Écologistes !, is a centre-left French political party that holds pro-European views, created in September 2015 by François de Rugy, President of the Europe Ecology – The Greens (EELV) group in the National Assembly and Jean-Vincent Placé, the President of the EELV group in the Senate.

This party was initially created as a reaction to the decision taken by EELV of making alliances with the Left Front. The aim of UDE founders was to create a reformist centre-left party, accepting globalization and market economy, and supporting president François Hollande. The founders of UDE declared they wanted to become a strong ally of the Socialist Party, and attract people from EELV or from the Democratic Movement.

Since 2017, the party is part of La Republique en Marche!.

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The Heat are most peoples' obvious pick to win the East, but on Tuesday night Carmelo Anthony and the Knicks reminded everyone that they are still a force to be reckoned with.
Anthony scored 50 points, which tied his career high, as the Knicks defeated the East-leading Heat 102-90. Anthony's outburst proved that the boys of South Beach will still have some competition come playoff time.
Anthony drained 18 of his 26 field goal attempts, many of which were against Shane Battier, in New York's ninth consecutive win. Needless to say, the Heat – who were without LeBron James and Dwyane Wade – didn't have an answer for the red-hot Anthony.
The Heat were ailing from minor injuries – James sat out with a sore hamstring and Wade with a sprained ankle – and head coach Erik Spoelstra noted the importance of getting his guys ready for the postseason while giving other players valuable minutes and experience.
Meanwhile, the Knicks seem to be aiming to finish to season as strong as they can and seem to be playing with a chip on their shoulder. If Anthony stays hot and the Knicks continue to win, it's doubtful anyone in New York will complain.


to the pulpit and has given of her time and talent for the edification and growth of God's Kingdom on earth. She is an active member of the Missionaries, Sunday school, Pastor's Aide, Mass Choir, Class Leaders, and Ministerial Staff. She has been married for 53 years to Joseph Willis, and they are the proud parents of six beautiful children, Joseph Jr., David, Sonny, Tonya, Karen, and Jamaine. Rev. Willis works part-time as a nurse in long-term care. She is a 2015 graduate of Apex School of Theology with a B.A. Degree and is currently working on an M.DIV. She is passionate about being a committed and dedicated warrior in the Army of the Lord.
Rev. Fredrick W. Pegues, married to Tina Pegues and father to five children, Fredrick Jr., Johnathan, Christina, Faith, and Hope. A graduate of Guilford Technical Community College with an Associate's Degree in accounting. Currently General Manager for TWC Financial located in Greensboro, North Carolina. I truly believe that all ministry begins at home. I must be the Pastor in my household before I can begin to be Pastor anywhere else. I love God and believe that He is the reason for my existence. I once had someone ask me what I had done to deserve God's blessing. I could not think of one reason why God should bless me but I could think of plenty of reasons why He shouldn't. I serve with the understanding that God loves the unloved, heals the broken and forgives those that will not forgive themselves. My favorite scripture is Proverbs 21:1, The heart of the king is in the hands of the father and just like the rivers of water He turns them any way he wants. (My emphasis) It is my reminder that God is in control of all situations and all circumstances. I must let God be God!
Rev. Karen Willis has a passion for serving others. She received her ordination as "traveling elder" under the late Bishop Thomas L. Hoyt Jr. and is presently on the ministerial staff at Reid Memorial C.M.E. Church in Greensboro, NC. She is an anointed vessel of God that has an incredible gift of ministering in song. She sings with both the Mass Choir and Gospel Choir at the church, and outside the walls of the church as a special occasion singer.
Although Rev. Willis is a student in the Early Childhood Program at Guildford Technical Community College, much of her professional experience has been working as a Certified Nursing Assistant. As a caregiver, to witness a resident grasp a skill and smile, gives her great joy. Her motto is, "If I can help somebody along the way, then my living will not be in vain".
Min. Tina Cheek Pegues married for 28 years to Rev. Fredrick Pegues. Mother of five wonderful children, Fredrick Jr., Johnathan, Christina, and twin daughters Faith and Hope. A graduate of Rutledge College with a concentration in Business Administration. I have been in ministry for approximately 25 years.
I love the Lord and believe in His saving grace. I have a heart for the empowering and enlightening of our youth and young adults through the unadulterated word of God. I believe that the love of God can heal all broken hearts. By sharing and teaching the word of God with simplicity, I believe the Lord allows me to spread His love and healing power to the others that the Holy Spirit allows me to encounter daily.


In a world that feels bleak, it is important not to accustom ourselves to living without the hope that we can build a better future.
At Transpose: The Future (Barbican Centre, 6th-8th Dec), a collection of trans artists come together to explore how this could be done, through mediums ranging from opera to electronica and poetry.
Tickets from £5 (conc) to £15 (standard).


A polished Whitechapel mini bell. Cast from the highest quality bell metal bronze then turned and polished by craftsmen to create a superb looking and sounding mini bell approximately 2.5 inches high with an approximate diameter of 1.5 inches. An ideal gift.


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Mario Party 9 for Nintendo Wii
By Jen - Last updated: Monday, January 20, 2020
Are you looking for a great multiplayer game for the Wii that the whole family can enjoy? Mario Party 9 for Nintendo Wii is the perfect multiplayer game because two to four players can take part playing both competitively and cooperatively in this fun party game. Together, players move around a virtual board in a vehicle. Where you move to is determined by a roll of the dice which makes this a very accessible game to all ages and abilities. While some spaces have to be avoided, others trigger a minigame. The minigames are very varied, fun and have a much larger focus than any of the previous Mario Party games.
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword for Nintendo Wii
Zelda has been reshaped, revamped and vastly improved without any sacrifice to the franchise we have come to know and love. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword for Nintendo Wii pushes this game to new heights with one of the best reviewed action adventure games to date. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword utilizes the Wii MotionPlus technology to provide a very immersive gameplay that is extremely intuitive and enjoyable.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon for Nintendo Wii
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon is one of the most impressive games I have ever played. It is a highly realistic action game that gives you the thrill of a classic shooter game. However, Ghost Recon is not about staying alive and keeping your health points up and above your competition. All of the games in Rainbow series stick to one philosophy – "one shoot, one kill".
Cabela's Big Game Hunter Gun Bundle for Nintendo Wii
Do you like shooter games games? If you have any interest in trying something different with hunting games, check out Big Game Hunter. This is a hunting game that allows you to hunt from the comfort of your couch for fun. Big Game Hunter is first person oriented action with loads of action integrated into the storyline and the mission mode of the game. The challenges in this game let you hone your skills as hunter, tracker and outdoorsman. You also get a series of hunting challenges and mini games where you use different kinds of weapons and your intelligence to take on different prey.
Metroid Other M for Nintendo Wii
Nintendo Wii games have a tendency to not feel as epic as action adventure games on the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. Metroid Other M sets out to change this by offering an extremely ambitious Wii game with plenty of action. Metroid has always been a favorite for Nintendo fans and now it has taken and new form and has been reintroduced for Nintendo Wii as Metroid: Other M. It is a single player shooter game that has been set between the events of Super Metroid and Metroid Fusion.
Skylanders Spyro's Adventure Starter Pack for Wii
Are you looking for an Wii game with a difference? Skylanders Spyro's Adventure is an action adventure game for younger players (although I know a few adults who will love to play this too). It uses a unique style of gameplay where it incorporates physical action figures with the Wii game. In this pack, the Skylanders Spyro's Adventure Starter Pack, you get three action figures and a game peripheral portal.
Just Dance 3 (Wii)
Everyone's favorite dancing game is back and this time it's better than ever with Just Dance 3 for Nintendo Wii. There are over 40 all-new songs that will appeal to everyone from teenagers to grandparents- although seniors might not be able to keep up with the fast moves in this game. As everyone that has played this game before knows, the best way to play Just Dance is in a group. Multi-player options has been made so much more fun this time around with lots of new modes including Dance Mash-Up, Flash Mob, Dance Crew mode and Smart Shuffle.
LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean for Nintendo Wii
Want to step into the world of Captain Jack Sparrow on your Nintendo Wii? Pirates of the Caribbean has been a hugely popular franchise with plenty of great laughs throughout the movies. LEGO has decided to make Pirates of the Caribbean even funnier by making a LEGO style game out of the movie series. The weird and wonderful world of Pirates of the Caribbean comes alive in the colorful and fun LEGO brick form.
Wii uDraw Pictionary
Who doesn't like a good game of Pictionary? This game is made even more fun by the new uDraw Game Tablet. You don't have to worry about pens and paper, just gather your family and friends around your Wii and get drawing on the uDraw tablet. Pictionary on the uDraw Game Tablet offers an exciting new way to combine board games with your games console. It offers more than 3,000 clues and with its new multiplayer capabilities, up to four teams can play at a time. This makes uDraw Pictionary one of the best party games suitable for any age.
uDraw Studio Tablet Wii
Do you wish arts and crafts could be less of a mess? If you have a budding artist or two in your family then you will love this new game from Nintendo Wii. It brings a whole new type of gameplay to this console. The uDraw Studio Tablet allows you to explore your creative side. The game comes with a wireless tablet which has a tethered stylus and a 6 inch by 4 inch drawing area. It integrates the Will Remote right into its design and takes advantage of the controller's motion control capabilities and the buttons scheme while you draw on it. The tablet offers the functionality of devices like the Wacom Bamboo tablet in a more family-friendly version.
Super Mario Galaxy 2 for Nintendo Wii
Super Mario Galaxy 2 for Nintendo Wii is the sequel to the very popular game Super Mario Galaxy which is a space based adventure. The adventures of Super Mario Galaxy games feature across a wide range of unique planets and space environments. You can play this adventure alone or you can team up with your old buddy Yoshi as you complete tasks and puzzles to your heart's content. Fans of Mario will be delighted to see the return of power-ups. Special power-up abilities include the Bee and Boo Mushrooms and in addition to these, there are many other new varieties including the Rock Mushroom that temporarily turns Mario into a rock that can smash through barriers.
Zumba Fitness Wii
Are you not getting enough time to exercise? Is the regular exercise stuff not working for you? It is time to try Zumba Fitness, a fantastic exercise game and program for Nintendo Wii that lets you tap your feet to the Zumba dance exercise. Zumba is great for fitness and is exploding in popularity at the moment. This game is surprisingly challenging and very addictive. You have to work out to thirty heart pounding Zumba dance and exercise routines. Get a great workout from the motion sensing capabilities of the Nintendo Wii Remote. Zumba Fitness is optimized for Wii Motion Plus controllers and an exclusive Wii Remote Belt is included with the game.
Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 12: The Masters for Nintendo Wii
Golf is one of the most relaxing games you can play. It's even more relaxing to play golf from your living room. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters is one of the best golf games available for Nintendo Wii. It allows you to play golf in the shoes of your favourite pro golfers on the PGA tour. You play to win the ultimate prize in the golf sport, the Masters title.
Rock Band 2 Special Edition for Wii
Are you jealous of the functionality of Rock Band for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360? I know I was disappointed not being able to play Rock Band online with the Nintendo Wii but this game- Rock Band 2 Special Edition for Wii changes things. A lot. Now Rock Band for the Wii is just as good as playing it on other games consoles. Rock Band 2 Special Edition allows you to compete against other bands all over the world with the online-enabled World Tour mode.
The Biggest Loser (Wii, 2009)
Do you want to exercise more? Gym memberships can be expensive, time consuming and sometimes a bit unnerving so why not build up your fitness level from the comfort of your own home. There have been some great exercise games for the Nintendo Wii that encourage you to jump around your living room but now there's a new great release from the hit TV show fame. The Biggest Loser recognizes that not everyone is picked or in fact willing to take part in the TV show but gives you the same opportunity for weight loss as the contestants of the show.
Just Dance 2 for Nintendo WII
Are you someone who can't tear themselves away from the dance machine at the arcade? What about being able to dance along to your favorite songs at home? If you like the sound of that then you're not the only one. Just Dance is one of the most popular Wii games to hit the market. With fantastic songs and a great interface, it is a very fun game that is great exercise too. Lovers of the game were anxiously awaiting Just Dance 2 and now it is here.
Epic Mickey for Nintendo Wii
Take a break from your workout on the Wii Fit and have some fun for once. Step inside the incredible world of Epic Mickey, which tells the wondrous alternative universe story of what happens to Disney characters one they're forgotten. This is a game that borrows from all the classic designs and emotions that Disney evokes in us all and is a joy to play.
Wii Fit Plus With Balance Board
Did you love Wii Fit? Well now you can have even more fun and exercise with Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board. Wii Fit Plus has a bunch of new features to help you keep enjoy your workout.
Metroid Prime Trilogy (Wii, 2009)
Bored of playing the same old games on your Nintendo Wii? Want to try something different? Metroid Prime has found an ideal home on the Wii console. With all three of the games tucked into one package and an effective title menu, which gives direct access to any of the three titles, this game package really ensures you can have a good time running around shooting up those space pirates.
Your Shape (Wii, 2009)
Can't find time to get to the gym or simply don't want to pay their extortionate prices? Your Shape is one of a newer type of fitness game that uses camera-tracking technology to give you with an unprecedented level of accuracy and efficiency.
Super Mario Galaxy for Nintendo Wii
Do you love Mario? Well here's another great addition for your collection. In the graphically impressive Super Mario Galaxy for the Nintendo Wii, we find Mario doing whatever it takes to save Princess Toadstool from the clutches of evil Bowser. Mario takes to the sky to help him in his quest collecting star bits
Guitar Hero Wireless Guitar
Ok so you need a controller for your guitar hero on the Wii. Well to put it simply this is what you have to buy. Sure there are a little bit cheaper alternatives out there but this official Guitar Hero controller really is the only one worth having. A little bit of detail on what you get. Firstly you put your Wii Remote inside the Guitar Hero Guitar. There are five "fret" buttons: The green, the red, the yellow, the blue, and the orange. There is a control stick, like the one on the Nunchuk, and this you use to navigate around the Wii Menu. Underneath this is the strum bar.
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess for Wii
Did you love Zelda on your gameboy? What about on your Nintendo 64? Well get ready for the best interactive Zelda experience yet. They have finally made a game that is better on the Wii than any other console. If you feel like you're tired of just seeing kids games available for the Wii, then this is where it turns around.
Wii Sports Resort For Wii
Did you love Wii Sports? Remember all those laughs you had with golf and bowling? Well you're going to love Wii Sports Resort. This game is set in a tropical paradise and has tons of new sports and activities.
New Super Mario Brothers for Wii
Looking for a bit of Mario Bros. nostalgia? 2D Mario platform is back for the Wii and those who missed it are in for a treat. You'll find all your favourite characters, enemies, level layouts and even that great Mario music.
Wii Fit Plus
Did you love Wii Fit? Well now you can have even more fun and exercise with Wii Fit Plus. Wii Fit Plus has a bunch of new features to help you keep enjoy your workout.
FIFA Football 2009 (PS3, XBOX and PC)
We all know that Fifa gets better and better every year and Fifa 2009 is no exception. The most customizable game yet, Fifa 09 allows you to create your own players and test your football ability over a four season campaign. It is now more challenging than ever because you can't just hold down the dash button to defeat the defenders, it takes much more skill. You can work on and develop all your skills from shooting, positioning, passing, marking and you must do so to be top of this game. The best thing about playing Fifa these days is the ability to play with people all over the world right from the comfort of your own home. If you want to practice to beat all your challengers, there are plenty of teams and leagues to keep you busy for hours on end.
Here we are nine years after the original Super Smash Bros. was released and Nintento have delivered another cracker. This game brings the most iconic gaming characters together for a brawl that Nintendo fans are sure to go wild for. There are even a few non-Nintendo special guests including Sonic the Hedgehog and Solid Snake.
The party is back is is better than ever before with Mario Party 9 for Nintendo Wii. This is the best Mario Party game to date with lots of great new features and the addition of boss battles who crash the party so that players have to work cooperatively to take down the boss together.
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword for Nintendo Wii is the best Zelda game out there and might just be the best game available for the Wii. The game has been completely revamped and the gameplay is the most immersive yet with very intuitive motion-based sword play.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon for Nintendo Wii is an exhilarating game that shooter fans will love. You use advanced tactics and real-world weaponry to combat your opposition force, and as you progress in the game you can unlock some familiar faces from old Ghost Recon games.
The best selling hunting series available continues its popularity with Cabela's Big Game Hunter Gun Bundle for Nintendo Wii. This is a story driven game where you play as Jack Wilde, a young hunter being put through his paces. With lots of extras to unlock and a great gun peripheral, this is a very entertaining game for Wii users.
If you have wanted to experience the story behind bounty hunter Samus Aran, the world's most enigmatic female video game protagonists, Metroid Other M for Nintendo Wii is the game for you. This entertaining action adventure game offers a completely different one player game than is usually available on the Nintendo Wii.
The Skylanders Spyro's Adventure Starter Pack is a game with a difference for the Nintendo Wii. It comes with 3 Skylanders (Trigger Happy, Spyro and Gill Grunt), a 'Portal of Power' peripheral, character poster, trading cards, sticker sheet, web codes and batteries.
Just Dance 3 is fantastic follow up to an incredible popular gaming franchise for Nintendo Wii. This game has really stepped up its multiplayer mode making it one of the best games you can play as a group on your Wii. If you like to Dance and keep in shape, then Just Dance 3, with its all-new line-up of great tracks will definitely keep you moving.
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Data Show Park Chung-hee Pledged Allegiance to Japanese Army
A research institute specializing in studies of modern Korean history has released a Japanese newspaper's historic article showing that the late former President Park Chung-hee (1917-1979) made a pledge of allegiance written in blood to the Japanese army in 1939.
A copy of a daily published on March, 31, 1939, in Manchuria, which reports that the late former President Park Chung-hee made a pledge of allegiance written in blood to the Japanese army in 1939
/ Courtesy of Institute for Research in Collaborationist Activities
By Cho Jae-hyon
The release of the report by the Institute for Research in Collaborationist Activities came just several days after Park Ji-man, the only son of the late President, filed for an injunction with a Seoul court to get his father's name removed from a new list of collaborators with the Japanese colonial government. The court, however, turned down the injunction, Friday.
The institute plans to release on Sunday three books containing the names of about 4,300 Koreans who the institute says cooperated with Japan before and during the colonial period (1910-1945).
According to the released copy of the newspaper named the"Manchurian Daily," published on March, 31, 1939, in the Chinese area, which was also occupied by Japan at that time, Park filed an application to become an officer of the Manchurian military unit controlled by the Japanese army while he was working as a teacher at a provincial school in Korea.
After his first failure to join the army because of his age, he filed a second application bearing a pledge of allegiance written in his own blood ― "I pledge allegiance with my own life, Park Chung-hee."
On his third attempt, he was approved to enter a Japanese military school in 1940 and thanks to his outstanding performance there, he was transferred to the Japanese Military Academy in 1942. He graduated from the academy in 1944 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Manchurian military unit that year. In July 1945, he was promoted to first lieutenant.
The institute said it had decided to release the data as it had been bombarded with threatening calls from supporters of the late President in the wake of the news that his son filed an injunction to remove his father's name from the list of pro-Japanese figures.
An official from the institute said that the Manchurian daily was published by Japanese people in their mother tongue mainly for those living in the region.
"A Korean teacher's pledge of allegiance in blood to the Japanese army must have been big news even for Japanese people and that's why it made a headline at that time," the official said.
He said the Manchurian military unit was under the control of the Japanese Kwangtung Army and had been regarded as a stepping stone to move higher in the social hierarchy during the colonial period.
The official said the institute unveiled the data to help block the unnecessary expansion of disputes surrounding Park's pro-Japanese acts and instead open a new ground for reasonable discussions.
Park's son, the brother of former chairwoman of the ruling Grand National Party, Park Geun-hye, demanded on Wednesday that the court suspend publication of the books, denying that his father served in the Japanese army or persecuted independence fighters.
It's been 30 years since the former President was shot to death by his subordinate. People remain poles apart in their evaluations of the late President because of his mode of dictatorship.
He was a ruthless military general who led a bloody coup d'etat, but also initiated industrialization programs in the 1960s and '70s to pull the nation out of the lasting effects of the war.
chojh@koreatimes.co.kr
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Irene Kubovic, 82, St. Luke's Volunteer, Avid Reader, Photographer, Docent in Art Museums
Irene "Carol" Kubovic died peacefully on Dec. 25, 2021 at AdventHealth Orlando. She was 82. She was the devoted wife and partner to John Kubovic for over 60 years.
Irene "Carol" Kubovic, 82, died on Christmas Day. A memorial will be planned at a later date.
Carol was born on the Fourth of July in 1939 in Troy, New York. She was the eldest child of the late Kingdon & Irene Goetz. She was a graduate of Waterford High School in Waterford, New York in 1957.
Carol passionately enjoyed the arts and volunteering. She donated much of her time to her daughter's school in the Hernando School district, St Luke's Episcopal Church in Darien, and Norwalk Hospital. Carol was an avid reader, photographer, and docent to many of her local art museums. One of her greatest loves was New York City.
Carol is survived by her husband. John "Jack" Kubovic; her sister, Elaine Beattie (Bob); her daughter Paula Layton (Joel); three cherished grandchildren: Olivia, Charlotte and Jake, as well as many devoted lifelong friends.
Due to COVID-19, a small memorial will be planned at a later date. Interment will occur at Elmwood Hill Cemetery in Troy, New York.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations in Carol's name to AdventHealth Hospice Care of Central Florida.
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How does this compare to the Little Dot mkiii? (obviously the mkiii has no DAC, so I'm just comparing them as desktop headphone amps). I'm planning on using these with the 600ohm DT880s, which I hear work well with tube amps, but was wondering if the mkiii is worth the premium over the t1. I haven't seen too much information online directly comparing the two.
@hpfalcon Good news for you sir, we've got all of those here in the office. If you're interested, I can take a listen and compare the two amps for you later this evening. Let me know!
@hpfalcon Yup, figured you were interested in how the amp in the T1 compares to the MKIII. My plan was to use the T1 as a source, hook up my MKIII for a listen, then unplug it and compare with the headphone out on the T1 (using it's own integrated amp).


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Q: Reusing constants in the same angular module I have made my custom enum (see code), and I would like to reuse the constants declared as FOO and BAR without having to write the value of the constants again in the types array. How would I go about doing that?
var myApp = angular.module('app');
myApp.constant('MyEnum', {
FOO: "foo",
BAR: "bar",

types: [
    {id: 0, value: 'foo', label:"Foo"},
    {id: 1, value: 'bar', label:"Bar"}
]
});

I would like to do something like this in the types array:
types: [
    {id: 0, value: this.FOO, label:"Foo"},
    {id: 1, value: this.BAR, label:"Bar"}
]

but doing it like this gives me errors. Any suggestions?

A: You will have to use intermediate variables for this. Maybe to store them in the closure so you don't pollute scope with unneeded variables. For example:
var myApp = angular.module('app');
myApp.constant('MyEnum', function() {

   var __FOO = "foo",
       __BAR = "bar";

    return {

        FOO: __FOO,
        BAR: __BAR,

        types: [
            {id: 0, value: __FOO, label: "Foo"},
            {id: 1, value: __BAR, label: "Bar"}
        ]
    }
}());

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search filter All ContentAll JournalsJournal of Cell Biology
Article| December 15 1996
Treatment of melanoma cells with the synthetic retinoid CD437 induces apoptosis via activation of AP-1 in vitro, and causes growth inhibition in xenografts in vivo.
D Schadendorf
Department of Dermatology, Virchow Klinikum, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany.
M A Kern
M Artuc
H L Pahl
T Rosenbach
I Fichtner
W Nürnberg
S Stüting
E von Stebut
M Worm
A Makki
K Jurgovsky
G Kolde
B M Henz
J Cell Biol (1996) 135 (6): 1889–1898.
https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.135.6.1889
D Schadendorf, M A Kern, M Artuc, H L Pahl, T Rosenbach, I Fichtner, W Nürnberg, S Stüting, E von Stebut, M Worm, A Makki, K Jurgovsky, G Kolde, B M Henz; Treatment of melanoma cells with the synthetic retinoid CD437 induces apoptosis via activation of AP-1 in vitro, and causes growth inhibition in xenografts in vivo.. J Cell Biol 15 December 1996; 135 (6): 1889–1898. doi: https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.135.6.1889
Human malignant melanoma is notoriously resistant to pharmacological modulation. We describe here for the first time that the synthetic retinoid CD437 has a strong dose-dependent antiproliferative effect on human melanoma cells (IC50: 5 x 10(-6) M) via the induction of programmed cell death, as judged by analysis of cell morphology, electron microscopical features, and DNA fragmentation. Programmed cell death was preceded by a strong activation of the AP-1 complex in CD437-treated cells as demonstrated by gel retardation and chloramphenicol transferase (CAT) assays. Northern blot analysis showed a time-dependent increase in the expression of c-fos and c-jun encoding components of AP-1, whereas bcl-2 and p53 mRNA levels remained constant. CD437 also exhibited a strong growth inhibitory effect on MeWo melanoma cells in a xenograft model. In tissue sections of CD437-treated MeWo tumors from these animals, apoptotic melanoma cells and c-fos overexpressing cells were colocalized by TdT-mediated deoxyuridine triphosphate-digoxigenin nick end labeling (TUNEL) staining and in situ hybridization. Taken together, this report identifies CD437 as a retinoid that activates and upregulates the transcription factor AP-1, leading eventually to programmed cell death of exposed human melanoma cells in vitro and in vivo. Further studies are needed to evaluate whether synthetic retinoids such as CD437 represent a new class of retinoids, which may open up new ways to a more effective therapy of malignant melanoma.
Clonal selection in xenografted human T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia recapitulates gain of malignancy at relapse
Retinoids Regulate Survival and Antigen Presentation by Immature Dendritic Cells
Retro-retinoids in regulated cell growth and death.
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