. The programme is entitled „Makerspace – Programm für Selbermacher“ (Makerspace – a programme for DIY people). It includes workshops for ‘makers’, i.e. for people who want to be active themselves. After a short introduction library patrons can get familiar with various topics and try out various techniques – supported by experts, of course. These experts are either volunteers or people who get expense allowances. Taking part in these activities is usually free of charge, there is only a charge for the material. Promotion is being done mainly via social media channels such as Facebook, Twitter and Blog as well as via a mixxt community. The only traditional means of advertising is a flyer with a very modern and ‘cool’ design. People register online and the first feedback is encouraging. Many are delighted and surprised that a library offers such a programme of events. This has been profoundly changing the way people perceive the library and the image they have of it – the library is being seen as an innovative and modern place where to join in doing things.
At the start of the programme in March 2014 there was a choice of 20 courses. They range from an introduction into SketchUp to Arduino workshops and painting with the iPad.
This programme of events is being organized by the ‚makerspace-team’ – a cross-hierarchical team made up of innovative staff members from all age groups, who are happy to try out new things. All team members are also doing their regular jobs, no additional staff was recruited. They are all inspired by a fascination with new developments. We plan to continue steering this course, the programme will be updated and modified – the makers are the people of Cologne. The Makerspace project gets funds from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia as it is a pilot project.
Another new concept is called „Digitale Werkstatt – Programm für Einsteiger“ (Digital workshop – a programme for beginners). This is the motto for two-hour taster workshops on blogging, skype, tablets, podcasts, facebook, twitter, searching the internet, internet safety, digital photo albums and much else. What is special about this low-threshold programme – which addresses mainly best agers – is the organisational structure behind it: there are always two staff members in charge of a workshop and there are cross-hierarchical teams including trainees as well as library managers. We offer two series of workshops (about 20 workshops each) per year, in spring and in autumn. This means that each staff member in charge of a workshop has to hold it only twice a year. Staff members who were going to hold a workshop could choose a topic and took part in a ‘Train the trainer’ workshop. The focus of the taster workshops is mainly on trying out things after a short introduction. When a series of workshops is over it is evaluated and the programme is updated and optimised. Our customers can take part in the workshops free of charge. The ‘Digitale Werkstatt’ is part of the EU project „DLit 2.0“ in co-operation with the Foundation “Stiftung Digitale Chancen”.
Another programme to be mentioned in this context is geeks@cologne, which addresses mainly young people who are interested in new technologies. At a so-called Twittwoch (derived from Twitter and Mittwoch=Wednesday), people were offered UFO fizzy lemonade and talks on the role of social media in space travel. At a Science Slam young scientists were given the chance to present their topics and research projects for 10 minutes. Geeks in Education was about adding new aspects to the image of education. The librarian Eli Neiburger from the US talked about the advantages of gaming and his gaming projects in Michigan. André Spang, a teacher from Cologne, gave an insight into his iPad classes. At an event called “Webcomics – Die Notwendigkeit zu Bloggen” (‘Webcomics – the necessity to blog’) the participants could feel like comic bloggers. These are only some examples of this series of events, which is publicised almost exclusively via social media channels. The events attracted 80 to 250 participants, which shows that they were well received.
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Blended Library Research Project with the University of Konstanz, GermanyI believe this is part of my problem. It is so hard to meet people, so I've restored to trying the online route recently (again). The problem is I'm one of the most average looking guys possible, which doesn't help with online because how do you make an impression in the 2 minutes someone might take to look over your profile? I keep re-evaluating my profile, doing touchups, adding pictures or trying to make my bio more interesting, but it's really difficult. There's obviously an art to this that I don't quite get.Uhh. No. Notice how everything you've posted (and what a lot of other people are posting) is Well-Worn? There's a very good reason for that and it has nothing to do with *market manipulation*.
Most people already know these values, but I'll paste them here for the purpose of this explanation.

* Factory New - 0.00-0.07
* Minimal Wear - 0.07-0.15
* Field-Tested - 0.15-0.38
* Well-Worn - 0.38-0.45
* Battle Scarred - 0.45-1

Notice anything interesting about Well-Worn? The range is only.07. This also happens to be the same range for Factory New. But OBVIOUSLY there is not the same demand for a Well-Worn skin. You are *more likely* to get a MW, FT, or BS skin when unboxing items or getting a drop in-game. It's simple math and probability. So fewer Well-Worn items = less competition between sellers = usually higher listed prices even though there is not as much demand. 

Please try to think these things through before going straight to OMG OMG OMG MARKET MANIPULATION OMFG SOMEONE PLEASE STOP THEM!!!1!

#TLDR: Well-Worn is more rare than Minimal Wear, Field-Tested, and Battle Scarred. And is equally as likely to be dropped as a Factory New skin.Jamaica will host a five-day regional workshop on gender-based violence (GBV) policing later this month.
The July 18-22 event is being organized by the Jamaica Constabulary Force the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), UN Women and the European Union.
The organizers say the workshop will be attended by high-level international experts, who will exchange experiences and lessons learned with senior law enforcement officers in the Caribbean who are tasked with managing Dedicated Domestic and Sexual Violence Units (DDSVUs).
The event will bring together senior officers from the IDB’s six Caribbean member states – The Bahamas, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.
The five-day workshop aims to address the technical day-to-day GBV case management with unit leaders.
National Security Minister, Dr. Horace Chang, Police Commissioner Major General Antony Anderson, as well as Lorenzo Escondeur, IDB Country Representative in Jamaica, Tonni Brodber, Representative UN Women Multi-Country Office Caribbean and Fredrik Ekfeldt, Minister Councilor, Deputy Head of Delegation for the EU to Jamaica will address the opening of the workshop.
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Here is a little weather from Base Camp (Khare). Enjoy!
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