Podcasts about main conference

Topics covered in this episode: PyCon 2024 is up? Ruff formatter is production ready gil--; Why is the Django Admin “Ugly”? Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by Scout APM Connect with the hosts Michael: @mkennedy@fosstodon.org Brian: @brianokken@fosstodon.org Show: @pythonbytes@fosstodon.org Join us on YouTube at pythonbytes.fm/live to be part of the audience. Usually Tuesdays at 11am PT. Older video versions available there too. Michael #1: PyCon 2024 is up? May 15 - May 23, 2024 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Conference breakdown: Tutorials: May 15 - 16, 2024 Main Conference and Online: May 17 - 19, 2024 Job Fair: May 19, 2024 Sprints: May 20 - May 23, 2024 Tickets aren't on sale yet Unfortunately, I'm not going (see health and safety guidelines) Attendance numbers over time on Wikipedia Brian #2: Ruff formatter is production ready We reported the alpha release in September It's fast, 30x faster than Black Provides >99.9% compatibility with Black, with a list of known deviations More configurable Bundled with ruff, ruff format Still in Beta, but considered production-ready Integration extensions for VSCode and PyCharm Michael #3: gil--; The Python Steering Council has now formally accepted PEP 703 ("Making the Global Interpreter Lock Optional in CPython") The global interpreter lock will remain the default for CPython builds and python.org downloads. A new build configuration flag, --disable-gil will be added to the configure script that will build CPython with support for running without the global interpreter lock. "In short, the SC accepts PEP 703, but with clear provisio: that the rollout be gradual and break as little as possible, that we can roll back any changes that turn out to be too disruptive – which includes potentially rolling back all of PEP 703 entirely if necessary (however unlikely or undesirable we expect that to be)." Removing the global interpreter lock requires substantial changes to CPython internals, but relatively few changes to the public Python and C APIs. The implementation changes can be grouped into the following four categories: Reference counting Memory management Container thread-safety Locking and atomic APIs Brian #4: Why is the Django Admin “Ugly”? Vince Salvino Some great quotes from the article: "The Django admin is not ugly, rather, no effort was made to make it a beautiful end-user tool.” - Ken Whitesell “The admin's recommended use is limited to an organization's internal management tool. It's not intended for building your entire front end around.” - Django docs “The Django admin was built for Phil.” - Jacob Kaplan-Moss “Even in the 0.9x days we used to have a image that said “Admin: it's not your app”.” - Curtis Maloney As Curtis put it, “encouraging people to build their own management interface, and treat admin as a DB admin tool, has saved a lot of people pain... the effort to customise it grows far faster than the payoffs.” Extras Brian: Local Conferences: Big Potential Michael: Data Science Jumpstart with 10 Projects course is out! PSF is X-ed out (or are they?) GPT4All is pretty excellent Fosstodon invites from us (expires Nov 7 2023) Joke: Searching YouTube for bug fixes

In this week's episode we are talking to the incredible Helen Silver-MacMahon and Cat Auden from VetLed. We have recorded this special episode ahead of the VetLed 2023 Veterinary Human Factors Conference. We hear a lot of voices in our profession calling for change of all sorts.  Maybe you are too…but how do we really do that? How can we improve things for the long-term, and not just apply ‘sticking plasters' to problems? Hopefully this episode will help in starting to answer some of these questions! At VetLed the team passionately believe that taking a Human Factors approach to change in veterinary practice will make a fundamental difference to both the patients under our care… and the people delivering that care. The jam-packed online two day-conference schedule features nearly 24 hours of cutting-edge CPD, and over 40 speakers with a range of diverse and highly interactive sessions from panels, discussions, lectures, key-note sessions, TED-style talks, and abstract presentations and networking:   https://www.vetled.co.uk/conference   If you are listening to this podcast after the event… do not fear! The Main Conference runs live online, but ALL content is recorded and available on replay for 6 months after conference day (23rd and 24th February 2023).   In our clinical segment this week we continue a discussion about leptospirosis with our very own Scott. This week we chat about the diagnosis and treatment of this challenging condition. To learn more about vtx and what we do, please check out our website:   www.vtx-cpd.com

La sesta edizione dei Retail Awards, che si è svolta in occasione della Main Conference di Forum Retail, ha svelato e premiato i retailer più talentuosi dell'anno.A guidare il pubblico alla scoperta dei finalisti e dei vincitori è stato Giacomo De Lorenzo, Head of Partner Success Italy di Klarna. Nelle 8 categorie in gara, si sono distinte le seguenti aziende:

Enjoy session 1 of 7 from Grace Agenda 2022 Main Conference in Moscow, ID. When a man and woman say, “I do,” they are launched together into a grand adventure with numerous unexpected twists and turns. Along with all the blessings from marriage, there are also sleepless nights with crying babies, expensive car repairs, burnt dinners, potential drama with extended family, and turmoil in the world. The world thinks that when a marriage is confronted with hardship, either spouse can push the emergency eject button and simply move on due to “irreconcilable differences.” But Christian couples are commanded, in sickness and health, riches and poverty, good times and bad, to display the glory of Christ and the church. To do this takes gritty faith, covenant fidelity, and joyful forbearance. Grace Agenda 2022: Marriage Bootcamp aims to equip Christian couples to ride into the turbulence of the world in which we live with a fearless resolve to glorify God in their home and so advance the kingdom of God in the midst of the smoking crater that is Western Civilization. — The last several years Christ Church has tried an experiment in grace and has not charged for the Grace Agenda conference. In keeping with this spirit of grace, we are accepting free will donations at https://www.graceagenda.com/donate.

Enjoy session 3 of 7 from Grace Agenda 2022 Main Conference in Moscow, ID. When a man and woman say, “I do,” they are launched together into a grand adventure with numerous unexpected twists and turns. Along with all the blessings from marriage, there are also sleepless nights with crying babies, expensive car repairs, burnt dinners, potential drama with extended family, and turmoil in the world. The world thinks that when a marriage is confronted with hardship, either spouse can push the emergency eject button and simply move on due to “irreconcilable differences.” But Christian couples are commanded, in sickness and health, riches and poverty, good times and bad, to display the glory of Christ and the church. To do this takes gritty faith, covenant fidelity, and joyful forbearance. Grace Agenda 2022: Marriage Bootcamp aims to equip Christian couples to ride into the turbulence of the world in which we live with a fearless resolve to glorify God in their home and so advance the kingdom of God in the midst of the smoking crater that is Western Civilization. — The last several years Christ Church has tried an experiment in grace and has not charged for the Grace Agenda conference. In keeping with this spirit of grace, we are accepting free will donations at https://www.graceagenda.com/donate.

Enjoy session 4 of 7 from Grace Agenda 2022 Main Conference in Moscow, ID. When a man and woman say, “I do,” they are launched together into a grand adventure with numerous unexpected twists and turns. Along with all the blessings from marriage, there are also sleepless nights with crying babies, expensive car repairs, burnt dinners, potential drama with extended family, and turmoil in the world. The world thinks that when a marriage is confronted with hardship, either spouse can push the emergency eject button and simply move on due to “irreconcilable differences.” But Christian couples are commanded, in sickness and health, riches and poverty, good times and bad, to display the glory of Christ and the church. To do this takes gritty faith, covenant fidelity, and joyful forbearance. Grace Agenda 2022: Marriage Bootcamp aims to equip Christian couples to ride into the turbulence of the world in which we live with a fearless resolve to glorify God in their home and so advance the kingdom of God in the midst of the smoking crater that is Western Civilization. — The last several years Christ Church has tried an experiment in grace and has not charged for the Grace Agenda conference. In keeping with this spirit of grace, we are accepting free will donations at https://www.graceagenda.com/donate.

Enjoy session 5 of 7 from Grace Agenda 2022 Main Conference in Moscow, ID. When a man and woman say, “I do,” they are launched together into a grand adventure with numerous unexpected twists and turns. Along with all the blessings from marriage, there are also sleepless nights with crying babies, expensive car repairs, burnt dinners, potential drama with extended family, and turmoil in the world. The world thinks that when a marriage is confronted with hardship, either spouse can push the emergency eject button and simply move on due to “irreconcilable differences.” But Christian couples are commanded, in sickness and health, riches and poverty, good times and bad, to display the glory of Christ and the church. To do this takes gritty faith, covenant fidelity, and joyful forbearance. Grace Agenda 2022: Marriage Bootcamp aims to equip Christian couples to ride into the turbulence of the world in which we live with a fearless resolve to glorify God in their home and so advance the kingdom of God in the midst of the smoking crater that is Western Civilization. — The last several years Christ Church has tried an experiment in grace and has not charged for the Grace Agenda conference. In keeping with this spirit of grace, we are accepting free will donations at https://www.graceagenda.com/donate.

Enjoy session 6 of 7 from Grace Agenda 2022 Main Conference in Moscow, ID. When a man and woman say, “I do,” they are launched together into a grand adventure with numerous unexpected twists and turns. Along with all the blessings from marriage, there are also sleepless nights with crying babies, expensive car repairs, burnt dinners, potential drama with extended family, and turmoil in the world. The world thinks that when a marriage is confronted with hardship, either spouse can push the emergency eject button and simply move on due to “irreconcilable differences.” But Christian couples are commanded, in sickness and health, riches and poverty, good times and bad, to display the glory of Christ and the church. To do this takes gritty faith, covenant fidelity, and joyful forbearance. Grace Agenda 2022: Marriage Bootcamp aims to equip Christian couples to ride into the turbulence of the world in which we live with a fearless resolve to glorify God in their home and so advance the kingdom of God in the midst of the smoking crater that is Western Civilization. — The last several years Christ Church has tried an experiment in grace and has not charged for the Grace Agenda conference. In keeping with this spirit of grace, we are accepting free will donations at https://www.graceagenda.com/donate.

Enjoy session 7 of 7 from Grace Agenda 2022 Main Conference in Moscow, ID. When a man and woman say, “I do,” they are launched together into a grand adventure with numerous unexpected twists and turns. Along with all the blessings from marriage, there are also sleepless nights with crying babies, expensive car repairs, burnt dinners, potential drama with extended family, and turmoil in the world. The world thinks that when a marriage is confronted with hardship, either spouse can push the emergency eject button and simply move on due to “irreconcilable differences.” But Christian couples are commanded, in sickness and health, riches and poverty, good times and bad, to display the glory of Christ and the church. To do this takes gritty faith, covenant fidelity, and joyful forbearance. Grace Agenda 2022: Marriage Bootcamp aims to equip Christian couples to ride into the turbulence of the world in which we live with a fearless resolve to glorify God in their home and so advance the kingdom of God in the midst of the smoking crater that is Western Civilization. — The last several years Christ Church has tried an experiment in grace and has not charged for the Grace Agenda conference. In keeping with this spirit of grace, we are accepting free will donations at https://www.graceagenda.com/donate.

Il 25 ottobre, in occasione della Main Conference di Forum Retail, si svolgeranno le premiazioni della sesta edizione dei Retail Awards, l'appuntamento di IKN Italy che celebra successi, valorizza le eccellenze e scopre talenti.

The work of Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) is vast and diverse, from SDoH to public health/pandemic response and so much more. This week, Matthew welcomes Lisa Bari, CEO of the Strategic Health Information Exchange Collaborative  (SHIEC), a national collaborative representing more than 81 health information exchanges (HIEs). SHIEC member HIEs serve 95% of the United States population.  What is an HIE? How do they differ from state to state and why are so many people, including Dr. Donald Rucker, former National Coordinator for Health IT, feel HIEs are game changers in health data exchange? Sign up for WEDI 2021, our annual springtime showcase of health IT education, best practices and emerging trends. Use the code PODCAST for 20% off our already affordable registration rates. The can't miss event of the spring is coming, May 14 and 17 (Pre-Conference) and May 18-20 (Main Conference). Register at wedi.org

Today on the Rated R Safety Show, we talk about what's going on in the world of news, and we discuss the new findings about Safety 2020

Today on the Rated R Safety Show, we talk about what's going on in the world of news, and we discuss the new findings about Safety 2020

Closing date for submission of “ BEEP” Scheme weights , extended..Ms. Aine O’Connor spokesperson for the Colaiste Treasa, KanturkCertified Irish Angus Beef Schools Competition Group reviewsprogress to date with the Competition.T.J. Gormley talks to Farm Talk Editor , John O’Connor,about the Cormac Tagging system and special guaranteeif ANY tag is ever lost. Cormac Tagging will be amongst theagri -services companies with a stand at the Macra AnnualAgri Conference taking place at the Rochestown ParkHotel, near Douglas , Cork, on the 11th of November.As defences are being drawn up to combat therisk of AMR ( ANTI- MICRTOBIAL RESISTANCE) farmersare getting ready to implement “ Selective DRY COW THERAPY”.Ms. Aoife Healy, B. & T. Dairy Advisor previewsthis impending system of selective dry cow therapy..The gardai, coastal services, and the IFA haveorganised a “CRIME PREVENTION INFORMATION MEETING”in Bantry for early next week. IFA West Cork ChairmanCorney Buckley outlines the key speakers and formatof this public meeting which is open to everyonewhether they are involved in farming or not.Shane Ross, Chairperson of Carrigaline Macra previewsthe Annual Agricultural Conference organised by thisbranch of Macra for the Rochestown Park Hotel,Cork, on Monday 11th. November starting 6.30 ( Trade Stands)and Main Conference 7pm..Chairperson Ms. Ella Mc Sweeney,“EAR TO THE GROUND TV FARM PROGRAMME”.amongst the key speakers Jim Woulfe CEO Dairygold.Other top spokespeople from the financial and agri sector.PLUS DETAILS OF MANY UPCOMING SOCIAL EVENTSAND MEETINGS..Technical broadcast production , John Foott atC103 Studios , Mallow. Podcast creation and post-broadcastediting by John Foott.. Farm Talk is kindly sponsored byDairygold Co-Operative Society Limited. Researched,edited, produced and presented by John O’Connor. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, we welcome Brendan Goodwin, the Regional Cyber Director for the Northeast & Mid-Atlantic at Alfred J. Gallagher Co. Brendan comes on the show to talk about "How Cyber Insurance can Augment Your Cyber Security Strategy." In the Leadership and Communications segment, Jason Albuquerque joins Matt to discuss if boards of directors responsible for cybersecurity, cybersecurity mental health warning, how to cope with a Mid-Career Crisis, and more!   Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/BSWEpisode118 Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/bsw for all the latest episodes! Visit https://infosecworld.misti.com/ and use the registration code OS19-SECWEEK for 15% off the Main Conference or World Pass!   Visit our website: https://www.securityweekly.com Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly

This week, we welcome Brendan Goodwin, the Regional Cyber Director for the Northeast & Mid-Atlantic at Alfred J. Gallagher Co. Brendan comes on the show to talk about "How Cyber Insurance can Augment Your Cyber Security Strategy." In the Leadership and Communications segment, Jason Albuquerque joins Matt to discuss if boards of directors responsible for cybersecurity, cybersecurity mental health warning, how to cope with a Mid-Career Crisis, and more!   Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/BSWEpisode118 Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/bsw for all the latest episodes! Visit https://infosecworld.misti.com/ and use the registration code OS19-SECWEEK for 15% off the Main Conference or World Pass!   Visit our website: https://www.securityweekly.com Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly

This week, we welcome Ed Moyle, General Manager and Chief Content Officer at Prelude Institute! Ed is on the Advisory Board for InfoSec World and joins us to talk about InfoSec World 2019 and its upcoming plans, where he'll be giving a talk titled "Cryptocurrency Lessons for Enterprise Blockchain"! In the Leadership and Communications segment, keep your employees and you’ll keep your customers, why leadership development is superficial and how to fix it, simple techniques to overcome negative emotions when negotiating with others, and more!   Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/BSWEpisode117 Visit https://infosecworld.misti.com/ and use the registration code OS19-SECWEEK for 15% off the Main Conference or World Pass. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/bsw for all the latest episodes!   Visit our website: https://www.securityweekly.com Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly

This week, we welcome Ed Moyle, General Manager and Chief Content Officer at Prelude Institute! Ed is on the Advisory Board for InfoSec World and joins us to talk about InfoSec World 2019 and its upcoming plans, where he'll be giving a talk titled "Cryptocurrency Lessons for Enterprise Blockchain"! In the Leadership and Communications segment, keep your employees and you’ll keep your customers, why leadership development is superficial and how to fix it, simple techniques to overcome negative emotions when negotiating with others, and more!   Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/BSWEpisode117 Visit https://infosecworld.misti.com/ and use the registration code OS19-SECWEEK for 15% off the Main Conference or World Pass. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/bsw for all the latest episodes!   Visit our website: https://www.securityweekly.com Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly

This week, we welcome Chris Long, Security Engineer at Palantir for our Technical Segment to talk about DetectionLab, a collection of Vagrant and Packer scripts that allow you to automate the creation of networks! In the Security News, 5G networks must be secured from hackers and bad actors, Zero-Day vulnerability highlights the responsible disclosure dilemma, a flaw in multiple airline systems exposes passenger data, security bugs in video chat tools enable remote attackers, and an original World War II German message decrypts to go on display at the National Museum of Computing! In our final segment, we air a Pre Recorded interview with InfoSec World Speaker Connie Mastovich, the Sr. Security Compliance Analyst at Reclamere to talk about the Dark Web!   Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/Episode593 Visit https://infosecworld.misti.com/ and use the registration code OS19-SECWEEK for 15% off the Main Conference or World Pass. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! To learn more about DetectionLab, visit: https://detectionlab.network Visit https://securityweekly.com/acm to sign up for a demo or buy our AI Hunter! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly

This week, we welcome Chris Long, Security Engineer at Palantir for our Technical Segment to talk about DetectionLab, a collection of Vagrant and Packer scripts that allow you to automate the creation of networks! In the Security News, 5G networks must be secured from hackers and bad actors, Zero-Day vulnerability highlights the responsible disclosure dilemma, a flaw in multiple airline systems exposes passenger data, security bugs in video chat tools enable remote attackers, and an original World War II German message decrypts to go on display at the National Museum of Computing! In our final segment, we air a Pre Recorded interview with InfoSec World Speaker Connie Mastovich, the Sr. Security Compliance Analyst at Reclamere to talk about the Dark Web!   Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/Episode593 Visit https://infosecworld.misti.com/ and use the registration code OS19-SECWEEK for 15% off the Main Conference or World Pass. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! To learn more about DetectionLab, visit: https://detectionlab.network Visit https://securityweekly.com/acm to sign up for a demo or buy our AI Hunter! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly

This week, Paul and John interview Randall Trzeciak, the Director of the CERT Insider Threat Center at Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute! Randall will also be speaking at InfoSec World 2019 about "An Effective Insider Threat Program" on Saturday, March 30th @ 9:00 am! In the Enterprise Security News, RSA Conference announces finalists for Innovation Sandbox Contest 2019, DigiCert announces all-in-one digital certificate management solution, Google's new Chrome extension warns you about stolen passwords, Signal Sciences raises 35$ Million to accelerate market expansion and tech innovation, and Palo Alto is in talks to buy Information Security firm Demisto!   Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/ES_Episode125 Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/esw for all the latest episodes! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Visit https://infosecworld.misti.com/ and use the registration code OS19-SECWEEK for 15% off the Main Conference or World Pass.    Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly Visit http://securityweekly.com/esw for all the latest episodes!

This week, Paul and John interview Randall Trzeciak, the Director of the CERT Insider Threat Center at Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute! Randall will also be speaking at InfoSec World 2019 about "An Effective Insider Threat Program" on Saturday, March 30th @ 9:00 am! In the Enterprise Security News, RSA Conference announces finalists for Innovation Sandbox Contest 2019, DigiCert announces all-in-one digital certificate management solution, Google's new Chrome extension warns you about stolen passwords, Signal Sciences raises 35$ Million to accelerate market expansion and tech innovation, and Palo Alto is in talks to buy Information Security firm Demisto!   Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/ES_Episode125 Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/esw for all the latest episodes! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Visit https://infosecworld.misti.com/ and use the registration code OS19-SECWEEK for 15% off the Main Conference or World Pass!    Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly Visit http://securityweekly.com/esw for all the latest episodes!

Legal Talk from Bruce Strauch and Bill Hannay All of us at Against The Grain - The Podcast have been busy lining up great new content and interviews for future episodes. Due to scheduling issues and Leah Hind’s trip to France for a conference, we had a gap to fill in the podcast schedule. Fortunately two of our regular contributors to the Against The Grain journal, Bruce Strauch and Bill Hannay were able to step in and put together a quick conversation around banned books (specifically D. H. Lawrence’s “Lady Chatterley’s Lover”) and the resulting litigation that ensued. Bruce Strauch, The Citadel, Professor of Business Law (Retired) Bruce Strauch, J.D. is a Professor of Business Law and Director of the Citadel Mentors Program. He holds degrees from UNC-Chapel Hill and Oxford, is extensively published in the field of copyright and trademark, is the author of nine novels and the publisher of a trade journal of the scholarly publishing industry. His wife Katina is the founder of the Charleston Conference and Assistant Dean for Technical Services and Collection Development at the College of Charleston (SC) Libraries; his son is a U.S. Army major and his daughter a medical doctor. Bill Hannay Partner, Schiff, Hardin, LLP William M. Hannay regularly represents corporations and individuals in civil and criminal matters, involving federal and state antitrust law and other trade regulation laws. He is an Adjunct Professor, teaching courses at IIT/Chicago-Kent law school in antitrust, intellectual property, and international business transactions, and is the author or editor of several books on antitrust and intellectual property law, including "The Corporate Counsel's Guide to Unfair Competition," soon to be published by Thomson Reuter's West Publishing. He is a frequent lecturer at The Charleston Conference. Mr. Hannay is active in the American Bar Association and is currently Co-Chair of the Joint Editorial Board for International Law, which is co-sponsored by the Uniform Law Commission and the ABA. He served as an Assistant District Attorney in the New York District Attorney's Office and was a law clerk for Justice Tom Clark on the U.S. Supreme Court. He is a graduate of Yale College and Georgetown University Law Center. We also have another weekly update from Katina Strauch from her rumors segment. Katina’s Notes: As you all might suspect it is getting HOT in Charleston! Air conditioning becomes essential and it’s time for flip flops and shorts and t-shirts. Speaking of t-shirts, I signed up for one from AAAS online to support science. I also noticed that Gale (and probably others) are into the t-shirt movement. Let’s pull out all our old Charleston Conference t-shirts! We are gearing up for the 37th Charleston Conference – What’s Past Is Prologue. As you all know, the dates have been moved up slightly making many of you very happy! November Nov 6 – 7: Pre-conferences; November 7: Vendor Showcase, November 8 – 10: Main Conference. Our keynote speakers are – Brewster Kahle Founder of the Internet Archive, the San Francisco–based nonprofit digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". Loretta Parham (CEO and Director of the Atlanta University Center). Loretta is the 2017 ACRL Academic/Research Librarian of the Year, and Georgios Papadopoulos, the founder and CEO of Atypon which recently sold to John Wiley. More speakers will be announced soon! charlestonlibraryconference.com PS Did you see that Loretta Parham is on the cover of the April, 2017 College & Research Libraries! The Charleston Conference Call for Papers was posted this week. Submit your proposal! Please! http://www.charlestonlibraryconference.com/call-for-papers/ Listen up! The innovator extraordinaire, Mark Sandler has won the 2017 Hugh Atkinson Award. Mark is the principal in Novel Solutions Consulting. He is indeed a leader of great vision with exceptional persuasive skills! Congratulations, Mark! Hip Hip Hooray! When I talked to Mark the other day, he and his wife were headed to Canada where they are planning to board a flight to Scotland! Just got an email from Mark Herring, the Director of Libraries at Winthrop. For those of you who are looking for a position in libraries, Mark has a few good ones. Head of Content Services and Library Development (http://bit.ly/2oRpBPv) And Acquisitions and Collections Management Librarian (http://bit.ly/2plFmzq). These are now posted on the ATG Newschannel at: http://www.against-the-grain.com/category/jobs/ ”Naked Lunch: The Musical” will be performed at St. Sebastian Players Theatre in Chicago June1, 2, and 3. It features the likes of Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Norman Mailer who are portrayed by several of Bill’s Yale Class of 1966. Naked Lunch is about one of the last landmark decisions on obscenity in the 20th Century and was just featured on Broadwayworld.com! http://www.broadwayworld.com/chicago/article/NAKED-LUNCH-THE-MUSICAL-Comes-to-St-Sebastian-Players-Theatre-20170420 Just reading about the Houghton Library at 75, A Celebration of its Collection a new book by Heather Cole and John Overholt which is due to be released on my mother’s birthday May 8. Houghton Library ― the primary repository for Harvard University’s rare books, manuscripts, and much more ― celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2017. Houghton’s holdings span nearly the entire history of the written word, from papyrus to the laptop. This anniversary volume presents a snapshot of the unique items that fill the library’s shelves. From miniature books composed by a teenage Charlotte Brontë to a massive medieval manuscript hymnbook; from the plays of Shakespeare to costume designs for Star Trek; and from the discoveries of Copernicus to the laptops of twenty-first century writers, the selections celebrate great achievements in many and diverse fields of human endeavor. I Hope to buy a copy! www.amazon.com Meanwhile, talk to y’all next time and happy summer! Katina