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My travels as a Canadian writer hold taken me to every state and district in the state. Last hebdomad returned me to the west sea-coast our eastmost state. Readings and composing shops took me to its northern tip ( simply one route travels there ), south to Port aux Basque and to many gorgeous places in between. Sandy Chilcote of Occident Newfoundland-Labrador World Libraries celebrity ensured that I got to see spots goodly off the beaten way, excessively - among them: Port aux Choix, where we spied a heavyweight; Phillip 's Garden, a 2200 twelvemonth old Paleo-Eskimo site, and L'Anse aux Meadows, where the Vikings landed 1000 geezerhood ago; and Big Falls, a favorite place for salmon sportfishing. We saw Sun, rainfall, snowfall, rainbows, and fog - I 'm tempted to tell beat one day, but that Mightiness be an hyperbole. With all the autumn color, it was all fantastic.

Naturally I seed pots of enthusiastic readers and authors, overly. I especially basked the shops attended by striplings and seniors ( and a couple of people in between ). I 'd savour making more of those in any of Canada 's other gorgeous places.

Disregarding how beautiful the spot, how welcoming and friendly the people, how honoring the shops and readings, it is ever great to be place again, excessively. Thanks to Newfoundland Populace Libraries and to Canada Council for doing this trip possible.

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The hunt events from Google are getting worse to a degree that is annoysme. The ground is that Google hunt holds been done `` smarter ''. While seeking for a few footings, Google now says that the hunt upshot should include too hunting footings that are sayed to be linked.

Some instances.

As I am interested in dragonflies, and I am Dutch ( the Dutch word for dragonfly is `` libel '' ), I make rather frequently utilize the hunt term `` libel ''. I am cognizant that this word holds a entirely unrelated signification in English, but that import is mostly curb by employing multiple hunt footings in Dutch, or for instance adding the name of an country in netherlands. Or by laying the language to Dutch. But, seeking for "libel Nederland"
springs as the first hit a Dutch woman 's mag named `` Libelle ''. Yes. I see the similarity in the words. Words can be similar but can hold a wholly different significance.

Another instance. Recently I was essay to chance some info about law-makers on net seclusion. The words `` net '' and `` privateness '' are utilise in Dutch to, but law-makers is `` wetgeving ''. That last word 's justly in Dutch, so you 'd conceive that it would return merely Dutch hunt events. Goodly, it makes n't. Check it out: seeking for "privacy internet wetgeving"
does Google conceive I might besides be seeking for something moisture, like `` wet dreamings poesy '' or `` wet women '' or `` wet ink printing ''. So material like this is entered between the effects.

Google believes it is smart by saying I am obtuse. That is really irritating.

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As of Apr 2009, we are proud to welcome two new add-on to eonian sistership, our Mu Etas!

Presenting our
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# 18 Amy `` Amia '' Chan
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PE: Vivian `` Arden '' Cheung
Pop: Betty `` Religion '' Chan
Bigs: Carrie `` Alela '' Li and Hanna `` Azura '' Changjiang

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My last station covered the chance I shoulded see with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer in a little grouping scene. He told a few things about healthcare that I though were notable.

Firstly, he stated that Microsoft develops engineerings that are meant to be utilise across all industries. He stated they were a horizontal package company. But, he attended to state that healthcare is the one perpendicular that is fragmented among many package suppliers. Since there are no SAPs, Microsoft is doing investings in that industry.

I hold holded clip to reflect on this and I hold 2 ideas:

1. Epos is nighly attaining the point of holding the same marketplace clout as an SAP ( peradventure they are at Lawson position ).


2. Microsoft might desire to canvas why that is the instance and what happed to all of the other large companies that conceived healthcare would be low hanging fruit for a large company ( IBM, Alltel, American Express, Mho and Ameritech spring to mind ). Healthcare is perplexed.

Ballmer likewise spoke about Microsoft HealthVault. While he was clearly a truster in a web-based Personal Wellness Record for patients ( PHR ) he enquire aloud how Microsoft would do any money making this. Clearly a inquiry he holds enquire without getting a satisfactory reply. Even when I advised that the EHR motivator from the federal stimulus measure would convey new chances he maked not sound optimistic about the shares that investing would bring back the bottom line.

My following station will get on Ballmer 's advice for CIOs, which I loved.

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Artcard # 221

The EPUG-UKI-SMUG SFX and Metalib Dayschool 2009
passes on Tues 20 October 2009 at the British Library, St Pancras, London ( the day following the fall 2009 EPUG-UKI meeting at the same locale ).

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Now that Thaddaeus is over a twelvemonth old, we 've buyed exchangeable carseats for him, alternatively of utilise the infant auto place. Goodly, yesterday we purchased a new machine, so today, I determined I was attending lay the new automobile place in the new auto. It darn near conveyed me to teardrops of defeat. This motorcar set concern is really overpowering for ME I desired to utilize the latch for instalment, but you ca n't instal on the Centre place utilizing the latch. I maked n't desire Judas in the outward-bound places, and he postulate to rest rear-facing until he outgrows the weight boundary. Course, those exchangeable machine places are jumbo and my motorcar, particularly, holds a rattlingly little back place.

The house in the adjacent house to us is purchasable and course people are coming to look at the house while I am sitting in the backseat of the machine in the drive ( in my pajamas, no less ) referring to motorcar place manuals and all around looking unhinged. At least the conditions was n't 100 grades while I was trying to make this. So, it fundamentally took me two hrs, taking out both the motorcar sits to compare whcih machine each one would work better in, and rolling upwardly a cover to get right installment in both motorcars. I was sweaty and chafed by the terminal of it. Hopefully I wo n't require to set or go anything awhile.

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The Quinnie and I ( and a couple of friends )

Superb!
Here is a example of the overwhelmingly powerful issue of experiences in making client conduct and trueness.
The new merchandise is clearly less efficacious than the choice, yet clients prefer it 66 % after the add-on of the experiential ingredient.

Suggestion: Cut your costs by dropping features and re-invest in adding experience. The upshot are apparent.
have a look:

Thank you Volkswagen for the vision to attempt this undertaking.

Rudy Vidal
Committed to

The finalists for the GGs (kind of like a Canadian version of the Pulitzer) in Poetry
were denoted this forenoon. I functioned as a jurywoman for the procedure and americium rather pleased the listing. Course there were many more I would wish to hold included, but I maked what I could. Good circumstances to all the finalists. Consequences denoted in November.

Poesy

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Over at Techdirt
, Michael Masnick holds spatted Sony for supporting the unfastened ePub formatting on its ebook reader. Masnick indicates out, and he Holds right, that openness can be a competitory vantage, especially against an founded rival with a closed system, such as Virago Kindle.

It e'er gives me a second 's interruption when tech or publication observers depict the laterality of the Kindle. It certainly holds savour a good deal of splashy media attending and web comment, but I ca n't assist but be questioning. For one thing, we simply make n't hold adequate data on the figure of Kindle units sold and the sum of content being purchased/downloaded for Kindle, especially not comparative data with other platforms. And secondly, for those of us who make n't sleep in the United States, the plug over the Kindle is hardly seductive when it is not available in our marketplaces. Meanwhile, smartphones keep to multiply at amazing rates.

But if we accept for the time being that the Kindle makes hold aleadership place in the ebook marketplace, Masnick does a compelling point. Vying makers of ebook readers may be best functioned by fortifying and supporting an unfastened platform. It could be the only manner to furnish an substitute offering to consumers that holds sufficient value to tempt them offly from the leader.

But an unfastened platform is merely half the equation. For this to work, consumers too merit accession to open content. The ability and right to travel their content between devices is a valuablebenefit publishers can offer their clients. And without any extra investing, it opens publishers up to new marketplaces that are maked when makers, package developers or on-line retailers make new applicationsand purchasing chances. This was elegantly shown when Lexcycle established Stanza for iPhone.

Not merely is there a competitory vantage for publishers in supporting unfastened formattings, but there Holds a concern peril in not
have intercourse. Publishers should be cautious of favouring Kindleor any shutted formatlest they happen themselves locked inwards without any form ofnegotiating place on footings of trade. Cory Doctorow already warned you of this months ago

More publishers offeringmore content in unfastened formattings, and more makers supporting unfastened formattings on their devices, wreak a virtuous round.

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