MySpace considers outsourcing some of its technical infrastructure to Google but worries it could lose its competitive advantages over other social networks by doing so. Building more capabilities in-house would let MySpace customize features for its users, accept payments more easily from third-party apps, and potentially help it regain market share and expand profits by growing its user base.
This document discusses participatory projects at the Naturalis museum in Leiden, Netherlands. It provides details about the museum, including its large collection of 37 million specimens and 340,000 annual visitors. It then outlines three participatory projects the museum has undertaken: 1) "Help the Scientist", which allows primary school students to manipulate real fossils alongside scientists; 2) Crowdsourcing object labels, which rewards visitors who help label specimens with a pearl; and 3) "Many Hands", though few details are provided about this project. The document also lists potential challenges or considerations for scientists, collections, marketing, visitors, and education regarding participatory projects at museums. It concludes by presenting offers from four individuals to contribute resources or projects to
This document summarizes heart failure, including its classification, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, investigations, and management. Heart failure means the heart cannot pump sufficient blood for the body's needs. It can affect the left side, right side, or both sides of the heart. Management involves correcting underlying causes, reducing demands on the heart through diet and exercise, and pharmacological therapy including diuretics, ACE inhibitors, and other drugs to modify neuroendocrine and renal responses. The goals of treatment are to alleviate symptoms and improve prognosis.
The document discusses various tools and methods used by the National Weather Service (NWS) to provide weather situational awareness and emergency communications, including through social media. It describes communication platforms like NWSChat, Twitter, Facebook, and mobile apps that allow two-way information sharing. It emphasizes using social media to have a "transactional" relationship with the public, where information is confirmed from multiple sources before taking protective action. The NWS is experimenting with social media to better engage the public and emergency managers in weather discussions and decision-making.
This document summarizes a person's attempt to build a low-cost solar cooker using a discarded satellite dish. The author describes obtaining the dish and various methods tried to create a reflective surface, including small mirrors, aluminized bags, and adhesive paper. Initial tests showed the cooker could boil water in 30-35 minutes. Further improvements were made to the reflective surface. With an adhesive paper surface, a container of water showed bubbles in under 10 minutes and a full boil in over 20 minutes. The author concludes the cooker works but would like ideas to expand its size to be able to cook full meals and protect the reflective surface from UV degradation long-term.
The National Maritime Museum in Amsterdam underwent a reinvention from 2014-2016 which included developing new exhibitions, programs, and strategies focused on different audience groups. The museum's exhibition strategy involved creating different formats and atmospheres in different areas of the building to appeal to families, students, specialists, and other traditional museum visitors. Evaluation found the new approach increased visitation and satisfaction levels, though budget cuts and competition from other reopening museums impacted attendance. Temporary exhibits on slavery and life at sea helped attract diverse audiences. Future plans include augmented reality experiences and programs using the nearby Navy Dockyard.
MySpace considers outsourcing some of its technical infrastructure to Google but worries it could lose its competitive advantages over other social networks by doing so. Building more capabilities in-house would let MySpace customize features for its users, accept payments more easily from third-party apps, and potentially help it regain market share and expand profits by growing its user base.
This document discusses participatory projects at the Naturalis museum in Leiden, Netherlands. It provides details about the museum, including its large collection of 37 million specimens and 340,000 annual visitors. It then outlines three participatory projects the museum has undertaken: 1) "Help the Scientist", which allows primary school students to manipulate real fossils alongside scientists; 2) Crowdsourcing object labels, which rewards visitors who help label specimens with a pearl; and 3) "Many Hands", though few details are provided about this project. The document also lists potential challenges or considerations for scientists, collections, marketing, visitors, and education regarding participatory projects at museums. It concludes by presenting offers from four individuals to contribute resources or projects to
This document summarizes heart failure, including its classification, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, investigations, and management. Heart failure means the heart cannot pump sufficient blood for the body's needs. It can affect the left side, right side, or both sides of the heart. Management involves correcting underlying causes, reducing demands on the heart through diet and exercise, and pharmacological therapy including diuretics, ACE inhibitors, and other drugs to modify neuroendocrine and renal responses. The goals of treatment are to alleviate symptoms and improve prognosis.
The document discusses various tools and methods used by the National Weather Service (NWS) to provide weather situational awareness and emergency communications, including through social media. It describes communication platforms like NWSChat, Twitter, Facebook, and mobile apps that allow two-way information sharing. It emphasizes using social media to have a "transactional" relationship with the public, where information is confirmed from multiple sources before taking protective action. The NWS is experimenting with social media to better engage the public and emergency managers in weather discussions and decision-making.
This document summarizes a person's attempt to build a low-cost solar cooker using a discarded satellite dish. The author describes obtaining the dish and various methods tried to create a reflective surface, including small mirrors, aluminized bags, and adhesive paper. Initial tests showed the cooker could boil water in 30-35 minutes. Further improvements were made to the reflective surface. With an adhesive paper surface, a container of water showed bubbles in under 10 minutes and a full boil in over 20 minutes. The author concludes the cooker works but would like ideas to expand its size to be able to cook full meals and protect the reflective surface from UV degradation long-term.
The National Maritime Museum in Amsterdam underwent a reinvention from 2014-2016 which included developing new exhibitions, programs, and strategies focused on different audience groups. The museum's exhibition strategy involved creating different formats and atmospheres in different areas of the building to appeal to families, students, specialists, and other traditional museum visitors. Evaluation found the new approach increased visitation and satisfaction levels, though budget cuts and competition from other reopening museums impacted attendance. Temporary exhibits on slavery and life at sea helped attract diverse audiences. Future plans include augmented reality experiences and programs using the nearby Navy Dockyard.
This is a lightning talk I did at the December PDX WordPress user group meeting about the WP-Remix theme I used for a project that had a very fast turn around. The project was for a company that makes wall calendars and I had 3 days to provide a screen shot of the homepage a calendar page and 1 text page. After searching for a template I thought this one would be perfect, but it is difficult to work with unless you know HTML, CSS and perhaps a bit of PHP.
This document discusses crossing borders and frontiers in various contexts such as culture, geography, and learning. It contains snippets of poems, quotes, and discussions on a range of topics including Danish culture in the UK, hands-on history, audience research, community ownership, medical research priorities, storytelling techniques, and the aspiration of museums. The overarching theme is about exploring new ideas and perspectives through heritage, culture, and learning.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help boost feelings of calmness, happiness and focus.
This document discusses joint information systems and sharing information between different organizations during emergencies. It describes a joint information center used in Colorado that has 45 members from private organizations, non-profits, local, state and federal agencies. The joint information center staffs over 30 people annually and coordinates on a quarterly basis. It facilitates technology sharing and provides open information sharing, training opportunities, and resources to partners to help with events, exercises, outreach and preparedness.
Learn more about how you can enhance your SugarCRM with addons. Join the Atlanta SugarCRM meetup each month to mix and mingle with other SugarCRM users.
This is a lightning talk I did at the December PDX WordPress user group meeting about the WP-Remix theme I used for a project that had a very fast turn around. The project was for a company that makes wall calendars and I had 3 days to provide a screen shot of the homepage a calendar page and 1 text page. After searching for a template I thought this one would be perfect, but it is difficult to work with unless you know HTML, CSS and perhaps a bit of PHP.
This document discusses crossing borders and frontiers in various contexts such as culture, geography, and learning. It contains snippets of poems, quotes, and discussions on a range of topics including Danish culture in the UK, hands-on history, audience research, community ownership, medical research priorities, storytelling techniques, and the aspiration of museums. The overarching theme is about exploring new ideas and perspectives through heritage, culture, and learning.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help boost feelings of calmness, happiness and focus.
This document discusses joint information systems and sharing information between different organizations during emergencies. It describes a joint information center used in Colorado that has 45 members from private organizations, non-profits, local, state and federal agencies. The joint information center staffs over 30 people annually and coordinates on a quarterly basis. It facilitates technology sharing and provides open information sharing, training opportunities, and resources to partners to help with events, exercises, outreach and preparedness.
Learn more about how you can enhance your SugarCRM with addons. Join the Atlanta SugarCRM meetup each month to mix and mingle with other SugarCRM users.
This document discusses the degradation of plastics over time. It examines research on the breakdown of various plastic materials, such as polyethylene bottles and polystyrene cups, when exposed to different environmental conditions like weather, sediment, and heat over periods of 2 years. The research found that plastic type and environment significantly impact degradation rates, with thermal aging causing faster breakdown than weather or water exposure. Most plastics showed chemical changes within 24 months, with polyurethane breaking down most quickly. Cigarette butts were also examined and found to degrade into paper and acetic acid. Understanding plastic degradation can help address the global pollution problem.
This document discusses sustainable transport and packaging materials for artworks. It summarizes the risks involved in transporting cultural heritage like vibration, climate changes, theft and accidents. It outlines preventative measures like planning, confidentiality, gloves, experienced handlers, adequate packaging, labeling, fastening, couriers, supervision and equipment to control temperature and humidity. It also notes the dilemma between requirements for transporting art versus sustainable solutions. Different transport methods like trucks, planes, ships and trains are discussed in terms of sustainability. Finally, it provides examples of sustainable packaging and transport approaches like reusable crates, flexible packaging systems and virtual couriering.
1. The document provides guidance on practicing integrated pest management (IPM) in a calm and reasonable manner. It advises focusing IPM efforts on key areas like sanitation, exclusion of pests, and monitoring, rather than trying to inspect and treat everything.
2. Effective monitoring of pest populations involves using traps, record keeping, and identifying problem areas. Traps should be placed strategically and checked regularly.
3. Proper inspection is the foundation of any IPM program. Inspections should be routine and involve looking for pests, signs of pests, and conditions that could attract pests. Focus inspection on vulnerable areas and artifacts.