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It's not every day that I'll take the time to stay up late to blog something – but I think this is important and wanted to share it with our readers. I'm sure you'll hear and read many things about the Digital Public Library of America in coming days(weeks, months, years), if you haven't already. That said, let me explain why I think this is important.
I've been following the development of the DPLA for about a year now, and the conversations surrounding it have been almost as exciting as the idea itself. So what exactly is the idea? In their own words,
No project has yet succeeded in bringing these different viewpoints, experiences, and collections together with leading technical experts and the best of private industry to find solutions to these complex challenges. Users have neither coherent access to these materials nor tools to use them in new and exciting ways, and institutions have no clear blueprint for creating a shared infrastructure to serve the public good. The time is right to launch an ambitious project to realize the great promise of the Internet for the advancement of sharing information and of using technology to enable new knowledge and discoveries in the United States.
What this sounds like to me, and the reason it feels so important, is that a group of capable and brilliant folks from a variety of reputable institutions (libraries, institutes, universities) have identified a need, and have initiated a grand idea to address that need. There are and will continue to be many issues that'll need to be explored, as they note on the website, including Governance, Content and Scope, Legal Issues and More. However, I still think the matter at hand rings out loud — that information is invaluable and that it is our duty to provide access to it, to the best of our ability, with the tools available to us, always and forever.
A few key points I think Library School students should pay attention to:
1. Someone else already wrote this, and I can't remember where I read it… but… there's something to be said about the name, "Digital Public Library of America." "Digital." "Public" "Library." "America." There's has been considerable discussion about the inclusion of "Public" in the title, and since it's stayed I think it is worth interrogating for a second. When we hear about a public library we have very specific ideas about what that means, correct? Will this body be living into the ideal of a public library, or will it be something entirely new? Is that a positive or a negative thing for all the public libraries out there? And, America. Already bold, seeking to include all of America is nearing brash. I do hope that this will truly be representative of America as the project grows, but again, it's incredibly complicated and too early to know. Lastly, digital. That makes sense… utilizing the growing web of connections through technology to allow access to great resources. And yet, we still are fighting to solve the digital divide. Collecting every great resource into one central location of the web is amazing, but there will still be tons of folks who will not be able to see it, use it, or learn from it.
2. Who is involved? I'd encourage you to look over the list of names associated with this project. There are many people included in this that I personally have a huge amount of professional respect for, but you should formulate your own opinions. Are these people accurately representative of the future of what our great grandkids may know as the "public library"? The DPLA has worked to include many voices, by opening a public listserv (the 1st I've ever subscribed to), and a wiki. As Governance is solidified, this body could grow the DPLA in one specific way or another.
3. The technical infrastructure of the DPLA will affect all libraries and many information institutions (again, my opinion). There's been a lot of talk lately about Linked, Open Data, and developing one standard by which these gigantic collections will be pieced together. If this goes as planned, we all (librarians) will need to have a real, solid working knowledge of how Linked Open Data functions in order to continue to make our work as information professionals useful to our user/patrons. (Also, check out Linked Open Data in Libraries, Archives and Museums – LOD-LAM)
I could go on, but following a great Twitter conversation Zack and I had while I was writing this — I'd love to hear your thoughts. Is the DPLA all hype? How will this affect our profession? Our graduate education? Should we revolt against MARC and DCMI? Against Library of Congress and NARA? Why isn't this thing called "Digital Archive of America"?
I'd encourage you to take the time to read these posts – one from Jessamyn West and one in Library Journal.
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A friend texted me the news while I was driving back from the Avalanche's optional skate Friday. Butch Mousseau, the Colorado hockey referee who has his NHL striped jersey and skates on display at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, died of a brain hemorrhage in Grand Rapids, Mich. Mousseau, who is of American Indian descent, tripped last Friday during warmups in an NCAA playoff game and hit his head on the ice. His hands were in his pockets. His brain swelled. Doctors couldn't save him.
The news made Saturday's Avalanche-Wild showdown seem unimportant. In fact, after I filed a quick online Mousseau obit Friday, and then two or three write-thrus, I became disinterested in writing the COL-MIN advance story. It stinks. And I don't care. After talking to DU Pioneers radio guy Jay Stickney via phone from Minnesota, where he's preparing to call Saturday's NCAA Tournament regional game between DU and Boston U., I had a tough time looking at my computer through tears. Stickney and Mousseau were fraternity brothers at Colorado and lived and worked in Maui after graduation.
Referees/linesmen and sports writers don't usually cross paths outside the rink. But because of former longtime linesman Tim Swiader of Denver, I was introduced to the WCHA officiating clan about 10 years ago. I consider Swiader and former WCHA ref Don Adam, now the NCHC officials czar, good friends, and I enjoyed my brief time hanging out with Mousseau.
Mousseau worked for the WCHA for 16 years, and also did NCHC games since that Colorado-based league began in 2013.
"Butch loved officiating and he had great respect for the student-athletes and coaches. No matter how difficult or intense a game might be, Butch always wore a big smile on his face. This smile had a tremendous calming effect on everyone. On the occasions where would disagree with a call, his self-deprecating humor and warm personality would quickly diffuse an emotional situation. He was very well-liked by everyone and perhaps the most popular official in the WCHA. His unique war 'whoop' on delayed icing was his unique way of signaling his fellow officials. He will be missed terribly by everyone who knew him." — George Gwozdecky, former Denver coach
Swiader is now the NCHC video guy. "After working 25 years working both minor professional and NCAA Division 1, Butch was one of the guys that I felt 100 percent confident going into a big game. I always knew where he was and where he is going," Swiader said in an email. "Off the ice, Butch was one of the nicest guys you would ever meet. He would do anything at any time. When I got hurt, he would be one of the first to call to see how I was doing. He always had a smile on his face and was the first to initiate a handshake.
"I am not an emotional kind of guy but I have run out of tears today."
Wild at Avalanche on Saturday, 1 p.m.
Avs LW Cody McLeod on Friday:
Patrick Roy Part 1 Friday:
Patrick Roy Part 2 Friday:
Avs D Francois Beauchemin: Exciting games to play. Everybody is watching us and saying we re in a tough situation. But you have to take it as a positive thing and just get excited and motivated by it … We have to approach it like a must-win situation. We have eight games left. We know where we re at. Obviously, it s a must-win situation … We control our own destiny. We win tomorrow, we re right back in it. We all know that if we lose we put ourselves in a really tough situation.
Roy: It s not time right now to look at the big picture. If you re looking at the big picture it s going to be scary.


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Strong quake jolts China's Sichuan, killing 156
BEIJING (AP) — A powerful earthquake struck the steep hills of China's southwestern Sichuan province on Saturday, leaving at least 156 people dead and more than 5,500 injured, nearly five years after a devastating quake wreaked widespread damage across the region.
Saturday's quake, while not as destructive as the one in 2008, toppled buildings, triggered landslides and disrupted phone and power connections in mountainous Lushan county. The village of Longmen was hit particularly hard, with authorities saying nearly all the buildings there had been destroyed in a frightening minute-long shaking by the quake.
"It was such a big quake that everyone was scared," said a woman who answered the phone at a kindergarten hours later and declined to give her name. "We all fled for our lives."
Rescuers turned the square outside the Lushan County Hospital into a triage center, where medical personnel bandaged bleeding victims, according to footage on China Central Television. Rescuers dynamited boulders that had fallen across roads to reach Longmen and other damaged areas lying farther up the mountain valleys, state media reported.
The China Earthquake Administration said at least 156 people had died, including 96 in Lushan. In the jurisdiction of Ya'an, which administers Lushan, 19 people were reported missing and more than 5,500 people were injured, the administration said.
The quake — measured by the earthquake administration at magnitude-7.0 and by the U.S. Geological Survey at 6.6 — struck the steep hills of Lushan county shortly after 8 a.m., when many people were at home, sleeping or having breakfast. People in their underwear and wrapped in blankets ran into the streets of Ya'an and even the provincial capital of Chengdu, 115 kilometers (70 miles) east of Lushan, according to photos, video and accounts posted online.
The quake's shallow depth, less than 13 kilometers (8 miles), likely magnified the impact.
Chengdu's airport shut down for about an hour before reopening, though many flights were canceled or delayed, and its railway station halted dozens of scheduled train rides Saturday, state media said.
Lushan reported the most deaths, but there was concern that casualties in neighboring Baoxing county might have been under-reported because of inaccessibility after roads were blocked and power and phone services cut off.
As the region went into the first night after the quake, rain started to fall, slowing rescue work. Forecasts called for more rain in the next several days, and the China Meteorological Administration warned of possible landslides and other geological disasters.
Tens of thousands of people moved into tents or cars, unable to return home or too afraid to go back as aftershocks continued to jolt the region.
Lushan, where the quake struck, lies where the fertile Sichuan plain meets foothills that eventually rise to the Tibetan plateau and sits atop the Longmenshan fault. It was along that fault line that a devastating magnitude-7.9 quake struck on May 12, 2008, leaving more than 90,000 people dead or missing and presumed dead in one of the worst natural disasters to strike China in recent decades.
"It was just like May 12," Liu Xi, a writer in Ya'an city, who was jolted awake by Saturday's quake, said via a private message on his account on Sina Corporation's Twitter-like Weibo service. "All the home decorations fell at once, and the old house cracked."
The official Xinhua News Agency said the well-known Bifengxia panda preserve, which is near Lushan, was not affected by the quake. Dozens of pandas were moved to Bifengxia from another preserve, Wolong, after its habitat was wrecked by the 2008 quake.
As in most natural disasters, the government mobilized thousands of soldiers and others — 7,000 people by Saturday afternoon — sending excavators and other heavy machinery as well as tents, blankets and other emergency supplies. Two soldiers died after the vehicle that they and more than a dozen others were in slipped off the road and rolled down a cliff, state media reported.
Premier Li Keqiang flew to Ya'an to direct rescue efforts, and he and President Xi Jinping ordered officials and rescuers to make saving people the top priority, Xinhua said.
The Chinese Red Cross said it had deployed relief teams with supplies of food, water, medicine and rescue equipment to the disaster areas.
With roads blocked for several hours after the quake, the military surveyed the disaster area by air. Aerial photos released by the military and shown on state television showed individual houses in ruins in Lushan and outlying villages flattened into rubble. The roofs of some taller buildings appeared to have slipped off, exposing the floors beneath them.
A person whose posts to the micro-blogging account "Qingyi Riverside" on Weibo carried a locator geotag for Lushan said many buildings collapsed and that people could spot helicopters hovering above.
The earthquake administration said there had been at least 712 aftershocks, including two of magnitude-5.0 or higher.
"It's too dangerous," said a person with the Weibo account Chengduxinglin and with a Lushan geotag. "Even the aftershocks are scary."
While rescuers and state media rushed to the disaster scene, China's active social media users filled the information gap. They posted photos of people fleeing to streets for safety and of buildings flattened by the quake. They shared information on the availability of phone services, apparently through data services.


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Twelve years before the events at the focus of the series, the nine-tailed demon fox attacked Konohagakure. It was a powerful demon indeed; a single swing of one of its nine tails would raise tsunamis and flatten mountains. It raised chaos and slaughtered many people, until the leader of the Leaf Village - the Fourth Hokage - defeated it by sacrificing his own life to seal the demon inside a newly-born child, whose origins are as yet unknown. That child's name was Naruto Uzumaki.
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Staples Singers vocalist Cleotha Staples dies at age 78
In a family of vocalists, it was Cleotha Staples' smooth and velvety voice that helped set apart the sound of the influential and best-selling gospel group The Staple Singers.
Staples, the eldest sister and member of the group her father Roebuck "Pops" Staples started in the 1940s, died Thursday at age 78. She was at her Chicago home and had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease for the past decade, said family friend and music publicist Bill Carpenter.
The group included sisters Pervis, Yvonne, Mavis and Cynthia, but Cleotha was the backbone, defining herself by being the "strong, silent type," said Carpenter, author of "Uncloudy Day: The Gospel Music Encyclopedia."
"When she was young they used to call her granny because she acted like a granny in terms of being wise and always sure of the best thing to do," Carpenter said.
Staples, known as "Cleedi," was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with her family in 1999 and received a lifetime achievement award from the Grammys in 2005. The Staple Singers gained a huge audience with their first No. 1 hit "I'll Take You There" in 1972 and followed with top 40 hits "Respect Yourself," ''Heavy Makes You Happy," and "If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)."
The family's music career had its roots with Pops Staples, a manual laborer who strummed a $10 guitar while teaching his children gospel songs to keep them entertained in the evenings. They sang in church one Sunday morning in 1948, and three encores and a heavy church offering basket convinced Pops music was in the family's future.
The Staple Singers was born. Two decades later the group became an unlikely hit maker for the Stax label. The Staple Singers had a string of Top 40 hits with Stax in the late 1960s, earning them the nickname "God's greatest hitmakers."
When the children were younger, it was Cleotha's high voice that influenced Pops Staples' guitar playing and in turn influenced The Staple Singers sound, Carpenter said.
"When Pops used to sit them in a circle and play music with them he was sort of feeding off of her voice," Carpenter said. "It was high in a light way, sort of soothing and velvety so his guitar playing bounced off of that."
Cleotha Staples was born April 11, 1934, in Drew, Miss., the first child of Pops and his wife, Oceola. Two years later, the family moved to Chicago, where Pops worked a variety of jobs performing manual labor and Oceola worked at a hotel. Chicago also was where the family's four other children were born.
Pops and Mavis primarily took the lead on the group's vocals, but a 1969 recording of duets featured Cleotha's voice on the song "It's Too Late," a bluesy ballad about a lost love.
The family also became active in the civil rights movement after hearing the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. deliver a sermon while they were on tour in Montgomery, Ala., in 1962. They went on to perform at events at King's request. It was during that period that the family began recording protest songs, such as "Freedom Highway," as well as gospel. The group even covered Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind."
At the end of her life, Cleotha Staples lived near her sisters Mavis and Yvonne on Chicago's South Side. Carpenter said the sisters were vigilant caretakers of Cleotha, just had she had been when the sisters were younger.


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Research in Motion will unveil BlackBerry 10 in just over two weeks time on January 30, but you won't be able to buy the phones running the new operating system until sometime after the global launch event. The exact date should be revealed on the day, however in November last year, RIM's chief operating officer let slip in an interview that BB10 phones would be on sale within 30 days of the event.
Now, an image has circulated on the Internet purportedly showing a screenshot taken from Best Buy Canada's stock control system, where a BlackBerry 10 device headed for the Bell network is listed for release on February 28. Coincidentally – or not – that's 29 days after the official debut.
What's more, the screenshot also provides the retail price of the phone, a rather high $799. Although which model of BlackBerry 10 this refers to isn't stated, we'd be surprised if the QWERTY N Series device was so extravagantly priced, and expect this to be for the touchscreen Z10. Even so, a presumably SIM-free cost of $800 puts it just $50 shy of an unlocked 64GB iPhone 5 from Apple, and at least $250 more than the average cost of a 16GB Samsung Galaxy S3.
Of course, there's nothing to say the price – or the release date, for that matter – seen in the image is genuine, and both could be placeholders waiting for RIM to provide solid, official information at the end of the month.
We had the chance to spend some quality time with BlackBerry 10 during CES 2013, and found it had improved considerably since out first meeting with RIM's potential savior some six months ago. However, here's hoping that steep price tag isn't right, as the last thing RIM wants to do is price itself out of the market.
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For the last 17 years, BioWare has operated under the guidance of founders Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk, two medical doctors who quit their practice to make the kind of epic, choice-driven RPGs they wanted to play. That era is coming to an end, as the pair today announced their retirement from BioWare and from the video game industry.
"After nearly two decades in videogames, I've decided to move on to pursue an entirely different set of challenges," Muzyka writes in a post explaining the decision. Zeschuk echoed similar sentiments in his own farewell post: "This decision isn't without significant pain and regret, but it's also something I know I need to do, for myself and my family. I've reached an unexpected point in my life where I no longer have the passion that I once did for the company, for the games, and for the challenge of creation."
After having "largely personally achieved what I wanted in videogames," Muzyka writes that he will be moving into the field of entrepreneurship; focusing on investments with strong social impact in areas such as education, health care, and animal rights. Zeschuk, meanwhile, writes that his post-BioWare life will involve more time with friends and family, as well as work on "some personal passion-driven projects related to craft beer" (that includes a Web-based interview show called The Beer Diaries). "I'm not going to be working in games for a while, and there's a strong possibility that I won't be back," he writes.
Both founders gave immense thanks to the teams of developers and publishers they've worked with over the years, the fans that have supported them, and to Electronics Arts. The company retained the pair as upper management after purchasing BioWare in 2007.
"I know this might be concerning for some of you but the leaders at BioWare have had some time to think about it—to think about how the games, the fans, and the creative teams would move on without the two guys who started this organization back in 1995," BioWare Edomonton and Montreal General Manager Aaryn Flynn writes in a reaction to the announcement. "We—including Ray and Greg—think the studio is solid and the team here is ready to embark on a whole new era of games."
The loss of the two founders will not delay the development of any of BioWare's current projects, Flynn writes, including the recently announced Dragon Age 3: Inquisition and new multiplayer content and standalone releases in the Mass Effect series (which will continue under the guidance of Executive Producer Casey Hudson). Flynn also teased "an all new game set in a fictional universe, built from the bottom-up with all new gaming technology" from the studio.
Muzyka and Zeschuk have overseen the development of all of BioWare's biggest RPG franchises, including Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Dragon Age, and Mass Effect. The pair was honored into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame in 2011.


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SEOUL – North Korea said on Thursday it would carry out further rocket launches and a nuclear test that would target the United States, dramatically stepping up its threats against a country it called its "sworn enemy."
The announcement by the country's top military body came a day after the U.N. Security Council agreed to a U.S.-backed resolution to censure and sanction North Korea for a rocket launch in December that breached U.N. rules.
North Korea is not believed to have the technology to deliver a nuclear warhead capable of hitting the continental United States, although its December launch showed it had the capacity to deliver a rocket that could travel 6,200 miles, potentially putting San Francisco in range, according to an intelligence assessment by South Korea.
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"We are not disguising the fact that the various satellites and long-range rockets that we will fire and the high-level nuclear test we will carry out are targeted at the United States," North Korea's National Defence Commission said, according to state news agency KCNA.
North Korea is believed by South Korea and other observers to be "technically ready" for a third nuclear test, and the decision to go ahead rests with leader Kim Jong-un, who pressed ahead with the December rocket launch in defiance of the U.N. sanctions.
China, the one major diplomatic ally of the isolated and impoverished North, agreed to the U.S.-backed resolution and it also supported resolutions in 2006 and 2009 after Pyongyang's two earlier nuclear tests.
Thursday's statement by North Korea represents a huge challenge to Beijing as it undergoes a leadership transition, with Xi Jinping due to take office in March.
China's Foreign Ministry called for calm and restraint and a return to six-party talks, but effectively singled out North Korea, urging the "relevant party" not to take any steps that would raise tensions.
"We hope the relevant party can remain calm and act and speak in a cautious and prudent way and not take any steps which may further worsen the situation," ministry spokesman Hong Lei told reporters at a regular press briefing.
North Korea has rejected proposals to restart the talks aimed at reining in its nuclear capacity. The United States, China, Russia, Japan and the two Koreas are the six parties involved.
"After all these years and numerous rounds of six-party talks we can see that China's influence over North Korea is actually very limited. All China can do is try to persuade them not to carry out their threats," said Cai Jian, an expert on Korea at Fudan University in Shanghai.
Analysts said the North could test as early as February as South Korea prepares to install a new, untested president or that it could choose to stage a nuclear explosion to coincide with former ruler Kim Jong-il's Feb 16 birthday.
"North Korea will have felt betrayed by China for agreeing to the latest U.N. resolution and they might be targeting (China) as well (with this statement)," said Lee Seung-yeol, senior research fellow at Ewha Institute of Unification Studies in Seoul.
U.S. urges no test
Washington urged North Korea not to proceed with a third test just as the North's statement was published on Thursday.
"Whether North Korea tests or not is up to North Korea," Glyn Davies, the top U.S. envoy for North Korean diplomacy, said in the South Korean capital of Seoul.
"We hope they don't do it. We call on them not to do it," Davies said after a meeting with South Korean officials. "This is not a moment to increase tensions on the Korean peninsula."
The North was banned from developing missile and nuclear technology under sanctions dating from its 2006 and 2009 nuclear tests.
A South Korean military official said the concern now is that Pyongyang could undertake a third nuclear test using highly enriched uranium for the first time, opening a second path to a bomb.
North Korea's 2006 nuclear test using plutonium produced a puny yield equivalent to one kiloton of TNT – compared with 13-18 kilotons for the Hiroshima bomb – and U.S. intelligence estimates put the 2009 test's yield at roughly two kilotons
North Korea is estimated to have enough fissile material for about a dozen plutonium warheads, although estimates vary, and intelligence reports suggest that it has been enriching uranium to supplement that stock and give it a second path to the bomb.
According to estimates from the Institute for Science and International Security from late 2012, North Korea could have enough weapons grade uranium for 21-32 nuclear weapons by 2016 if it used one centrifuge at its Yongbyon nuclear plant to enrich uranium to weapons grade.
North Korea has not yet mastered the technology needed to make a nuclear warhead small enough for an intercontinental missile, most observers say, and needs to develop the capacity to shield any warhead from re-entry into the earth's atmosphere.
North Korea gave no time-frame for the coming test and often employs harsh rhetoric in response to U.N. and U.S. actions that it sees as hostile.
The bellicose statement on Thursday appeared to dent any remaining hopes that Kim Jong-un, believed to be 30 years old, would pursue a different path from his father, Kim Jong-il, who oversaw the country's military and nuclear programs.
The older Kim died in December 2011.
"The UNSC (Security Council) resolution masterminded by the U.S. has brought its hostile policy towards the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (North Korea) to its most dangerous stage," the commission was quoted as saying.


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Fed says growth pause temporary, keeps up stimulus
The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that the U.S. economy "paused" in recent months because of temporary factors and reaffirmed its commitment to try to stimulate growth by keeping borrowing costs low for the foreseeable future.
The Fed took no new action at its two-day policy meeting. But it stood behind aggressive steps it launched in December to try to reduce unemployment, in a statement released after the meeting.
In December, the Fed said it would keep its key short-term interest rate at a record low at least until unemployment falls below 6.5 percent. Unemployment is currently 7.8 percent. And the Fed said it would keep buying $85 billion a month in Treasurys and mortgage bonds to try to keep borrowing costs low and encourage spending.
The Fed's decision to continue its stimulus programs was largely expected and had little impact on stock and bond prices.
Earlier in the day, the Commerce Department said the economy unexpectedly shrank at an annual rate of 0.1 percent from October through December. The first quarterly drop in growth since the final months of the Great Recession was mainly because companies restocked at a slower rate and the government slashed defense spending.
In its statement, the Fed said "economic activity paused in recent months, in large part because of weather-related disruptions and other transitory factors."
Despite the slowdown, the statement noted that hiring continued to expand at a moderate pace, consumer spending and business investment increased and the housing sector showed further improvement. And it said strains in global financial markets have eased somewhat, but cautioned that risks remain.
The statement made no mention of deep cuts in defense and domestic spending that will take effect in March if Congress and President Barack Obama don't reach a deal to avert them. Those cuts threaten to keep growth weak in 2013.
Diane Swonk chief economist at Mesirow Financial, suspects the minutes of the meeting, which will be released in three weeks, will reveal some concerns members hold about the budget issues' impact on the economy.
"The Fed is very cognizant about how it characterizes the economy," Swonk said. "They are worried about a self-fulfilling prophecy of talking the economy down too much."
The statement was approved on an 11-1 vote. Esther George, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, cast the lone dissenting vote. George, who is a new voting member, expressed concerns about the risk of higher inflation caused by the Fed's aggressive policies.
In December, the Fed signaled for the first time that it will tie its policies to specific economic barometers. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke made clear during a news conference that even after unemployment falls below 6.5 percent, the Fed might decide that it needs to keep stimulating the economy. Other economic factors will also shape its policy decisions, he said.
The guidance was designed to give consumers, companies and investors a clearer sense of when super-low borrowing costs might start to rise.
The Fed also said it would continue its bond purchases until the job market improved "substantially."
When it buys bonds, the Fed increases its investment portfolio and pumps more money into the financial system — something critics say could eventually ignite inflation or create dangerous bubbles in assets like real estate or stocks.
On Friday, the government will release its jobs report for January. The unemployment is expected to remain 7.8 percent. That still-high rate, 3½ years after the Great Recession officially ended, helps explain why the Fed has kept its key short-term rate at a record low near zero since December 2008, just after the financial crisis erupted.
Still, some private economists think the Fed will decide to suspend its bond purchases in the second half of this year. They note that the minutes of the Fed's December meeting revealed a split: Some of the 12 voting members thought the bond purchases would be needed through 2013. Others felt the purchases should be slowed or stopped altogether before year's end.


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We got a chance to go even more in depth with a our full review of the iRiver Astell & Kern AK100 music player.
At $700, iriver's Astell & Kern AK100 is easily the most expensive music player on the market. But as you might imagine, the AK100 is not a normal music player, which is why we didn't call it an MP3 player. Playing "mastering quality" music at a maximum sample and bit rate of 192KHz and 24bits respectively, the AK100 plays music files that are eons above not only your regular low-fi MP3s, but also way beyond even CD-quality WAV files.
As we got the unit in our hands, we were less than impressed with its user interface. Far from the smooth intuitive experience of an iPod or iPhone, the AK100 reminds us more of Microsoft's first attempts at MP3 players. It's square, clunky, and a bit slow. It also leaves out features that we've all come to take for granted, like onboard speakers, a camera, and a high-resolution screen. But none of that really matters to iriver, or presumably to its target consumer audience. As iriver explained, the company isn't going for the 99 percent who want cheap, convenient music on their sleek device. Instead, it's chasing that slim margin of the public that is completely fed up with the anemic, thin representation of the music they love, and want to actually have an experience – and that's exactly what the AK100 delivers.
We were very skeptical about the AK100, not only because of the price, but also because we've seldom heard music that has been transferred well into the high-bit and sample rate. Also, there are questions about how to obtain the hi-fi content the device needs. For now Astell & Kern is partnered with HD Tracks, and although it offers a decent amount of content, it's nothing compared to what's easily available in MP3 format. Basically, we just weren't sure the difference between WAV files and the super hi-fi FLAC files on the AK100 would be that noticeable. But we're here to admit, we were very, very wrong.
At first we tried to listen critically, as we usually do with new audio gear, trying to hear the long sustain of cymbals, the definition of percussion hits, and the breadth of the low bass tones. All were very impressive through our AIAIA TMA-1 headphones, but nothing really extraordinary. But as the music progressed, we began to realize that listening to content at this high level is much more about an emotional experience than a regular listen. Our aural exploration of the high-rate rendering of Led Zeppelin's "Dazed and Confused" can best be described as almost psychedelic. We've heard the song more times than we want to think about, and yet at the high rate we were soon covered in goosebumps and feeling every note of the song to our core. As we moved on to a cello concerto, we were also amazed by the ridiculous clarity that was provided, while still delivering a smooth and organic overall tone. We heard every string twitch, and even every breath the performer took as he intensely performed the complicated piece.
We're still unsure if even the audiophile market is ready to pay $700 for portable sound, no matter how high the quality. And aside from the no-frills design of the device, for now content issues will be a problem for some listeners. But as bigger industry players like Neil Young and others begin to craft new resources for the hi-fi sound file market, the AK100 should become more and more useful as a device. We walked out of the suite and stared at the brand new iPhone 5 in a whole new light. As they say, you can't un-listen, and we have a feeling it's going to be a very long time before we get used to the cold, weak sound of our paltry MP3 files again. Unfortunately, for now we are the 99 percent.
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My great aunt Lillie Killeen is on the left with her boyfriend (whose name I don't know) and someone else I don't know (taken between 1918-1920).
My grandmother Lucille Rucker (later Davis) on the left with school friends probably about 1920
My great grandmother Mary Frances Jollett Davis with her brother-in-law and sister, Jack and Emma Jollett Coleman in April 1929. Mary Frances had become a grandmother for the second time just a few months before.
My great aunt Velma and her husband Woody Woodring and great aunt Violetta Davis Ryan April 1929 - walking across river rocks in dress shoes! Crazy kids ~
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Judge Extends Ariel Winter's Guardianship; Evidence of Emotional Abuse Found
Modern Family's Ariel Winter will remain under the temporary guardianship of her sister after evidence of emotional abuse by her mother was presented in court, The Associated Press reports.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Levanas ruled Tuesday at a hearing that Winter's mother, Chrisoula Workman, will not regain custody of her 14-year-old daughter. Winter had been removed from her mother's home six weeks ago and placed with her sister Shanelle Gray after an initial guardianship hearing determined that she was suffering from abuse. Workman has denied the allegations, but a report by child protective services cited in Tuesday's hearing found "substantiated" evidence of emotional abuse. Evidence of physical abuse, however, was "inconclusive."
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The judge also denied a guardianship request filed by Winter's father, Glenn Workman, and added that he wants to help the family work towards reconciliation rather than let the Department of Children and Family services take over the case.
"I guarantee if it stays here, it will get better," Levanas said.
A trial to determine Winter's permanent guardianship has been set for Dec. 12.
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So I found a list of 55 questions related to books and reading on Tara Therese's blog. I thought they were interesting enough to answer myself. BUT there's a twist. If I wrote out answers to all 55 questions in a single post you all would not read all the way through. I know because I wouldn't. Instead I'm going to answer 10 questions each day this week with the final 15 coming on Friday. This is a little different from what I normally post, but eh. Let's go ahead and get started.
1. Favorite childhood book
I wasn't a big reader as a child. So I'm going to have to to say Crispin: The Cross of Lead. This is the first real book I remember reading, though I have no idea when it was. 2003 maybe? No clue. You'll notice that this is the book I mention in my ridiculously long bio on my About page.
2. What are you currently reading?
It's actually a book written by a fellow blogger. But we have some stuff coming for that so I won't say.
3. What book do you have on request at the library?
Unfortunately, none. I haven't used the library much in recent years. Maybe I should. Well see.
4. Bad book habit
Bad book habit? I have no bad book habits. Unless you're damaging your books by dog earing the pages or bending the covers all the way back, then I don't see what habits there could be. I mean, not talking to a human being for 12 hours straight because you've been reading isn't bad, right?
5. What do you currently have checked out from the library?
Well this is stupid. Nothing. If I actually used the library, then I'd most likely have something on request, right? Dumb question asker. (Who am I yelling at?)
6. Do you have an e-reader?
Of course. But don't go punching me in the face. It was given to me as a gift by someone I no longer talk to. It's a Kindle Keyboard. So it's one of the first models, though I've never had any problems with it. I've read maybe 20 books on it in three years.
7. Do you prefer to read one book at a time or several at once?
I feel like I've written posts about all of these questions. One book for me. Everyone who reads several is a crazy person. Just kidding. Nope.
8. Have your reading habits changed since starting your blog?
Well yes, but the blog has nothing to do with my reading. Last year I was finishing up my undergrad and then writing my first book. This year I've just been lazy.
9. Least favorite book you've read this year
Easy. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl.Didn't like it at all. Not going to explain further because I've already written about it.
10. Favorite book you've read this year
Another easy one. The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank. Best book I've ever read. If you haven't read this for some reason, then you need to right now. Right now.
So there you have the first 10 questions and tomorrow shall bring 10 more. Any thoughts? Also, I just realized that she skips random numbers in her post, so I may have less than the 55 I'd said unless I start searching the internet for others who have answered the questions. We'll see.


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Gay marriage passes Illinois Senate: Future murky in House
Gay marriage passes the Illinois Senate with a 34-21 Valentine's Day vote. It faces a tougher sell in the Democrat-controlled House, despite support from Gov. Pat QuinnSar.
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The push to allow same-sex marriages in Illinois got its biggest victory to date Thursday with a historic Valentine's Day vote in the state Senate, and supporters expressed confidence that within two weeks President Barack Obama's home state could join nine others that have lifted their gay-marriage bans amid shifting public opinion.
With a 34-21 vote, senators advanced the measure to the House, where it could be a tougher sell even though Democrats also hold a majority there. Gov. Pat Quinn, a Chicago Democrat, has pledged to sign it into law should the House pass it too.
Senate approval was a significant — and at times elusive — step forward for the issue, just two years after legislators approved civil unions. Never had a plan to lift the gay-marriage ban won approval on the floor of either chamber.
The bill's sponsor, Sen. Heather Steans, D-Chicago, called it "a vote for the history books." She said the measure's strong showing in the Senate — where it needed 30 votes to pass — and the support of one Republican were good signs of what's to come.
Rep. Greg Harris, D-Chicago, said "the prospects are very good" in the House, though he declined to discuss the roll call so far or say when a hearing will be held. But other supporters said it could be within the next two weeks.
"As soon as we can send this bill to the governor and it becomes the law of the land I will be very happy person and so will tens of thousands of families across Illinois," Harris said.
Polls show voters' feelings shifting rapidly in favor of gay rights. President Barack Obama said last year he supports same-sex marriage, and in November voters in four states either approved or voted down bans on gay marriage.
Illinois wasn't the only state where supporters of legalizing gay marriage picked Valentine's Day to publicize their cause.
In Oregon, the state's leading gay-rights group formed a campaign organization to get a constitutional amendment on the November 2014 ballot. And in Minnesota, more than a thousand activists rallied at the state Capitol in support of legalizing gay marriage, just months after voters defeated a measure that would have banned it.
Opponents have said they're concerned the bill would force religious organizations to allow same-sex marriage ceremonies in their fellowship halls, parish centers, or even in their sanctuaries.
Steans has said that's not the case. But before approving the measure Thursday, the Senate attached an amendment that states no church or other religious organization may be sued if they don't allow their parishes to be used for same-sex marriage ceremonies. The amendment was an effort to further reassure Republicans in hopes of picking up at least some bipartisan support.
It worked. Sen. Jason Barickman, R-Champaign, was the only Republican to vote yes. He said he was a no vote until the amendment, which he worked on with Steans.
Barickman received a round of applause from onlookers in the Senate gallery when he stood during floor debate and explained his vote.
"I believe that the people of Illinois want our government to give individuals freedom over their life decisions," Barickman said. "We want fairness under the law, and so for me, this is simply the right thing to do."
After picking up seats in November, Democrats entered the current legislative session with control of 40 seats in the Senate, where 30 votes are required to advance most measures. The Senate Executive Committee approved the gay marriage bill on a party-line vote last week, setting up Thursday's floor action.
Jim Bennett, regional director for Lambda Legal, said supporting same-sex marriage is "both politically smart and morally right."
"I think it's a safer vote to vote with us than to vote against us at this point," Bennett said.
The issue has caused internal conflict among Republicans as the party works balance its efforts to appeal more to younger voters, minorities, and women with the more socially conservative positions of some members.
After Illinois GOP Chairman Pat Brady announced his support for gay marriage during the lame-duck legislative session, saying it was a civil rights issue, some Republicans called for his ouster. Opponents of gay marriage pledged to fund primary challenges to any Republican who voted in favor of the bill.
Three Democrats joined Republicans in voting no, while two were absent and two voted present.
In addition to religious freedom concerns, opponents said Thursday they worried that the bill would change what children are taught in schools. Others said it would diminish the sanctity of marriage.
"People have a right to live as they choose," said Sen. Kyle McCarter, R-Lebanon. "They don't have a right to redefine marriage for all of us."
Supporters said it was a matter of civil rights. Several lawmakers talked about family and friends who are gay and wanting to give them the same rights and protections that opposite-sex couples enjoy.


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A street in Singapore that I have long been familiar with from my many encounters with it throughout my childhood and my days going to school in the area is Waterloo Street. Well-known back in the 1970s for the 'sarabat stalls' – a row of food stalls which was a destination for not just good teh sarabat (ginger tea), but also where some of the best Indian rojak in Singapore was to be found, Waterloo Street was also where many rather stately looking buildings could be found – particularly along the stretch that is directly opposite the former St. Joseph's Institution (now the Singapore Art Museum) which I attended. One which did stand out – was a white building with blue windows and a blue Star of David which we referred to as the synagogue, the Maghain Aboth Synagogue.
The synagogue was always a place that seemed mysterious to me, and one that has remained a mystery until very recently when I had an opportunity to see its insides through a Preservation of Monuments Board (PMB) Monument Open House walking tour. Maghain Aboth Synagogue, which translates as "Shield of our Fathers", one of two Jewish houses of worship found in Singapore (the other being the Chesed-El), is the oldest existing synagogue not only in Singapore, but also in South-East Asia. Gazetted as a National Monument in 1998, the synagogue provides a link not just to a small but historically significant ethno-religious community in Singapore, but also to the trade motivated diaspora of Baghdadi Jews which saw the arrival from India of the first members of the community in Singapore in the 1830s.
The Maghain Aboth wasn't the first synagogue in Singapore. The first was one that was housed in a shophouse. Established in 1841, it was to give Synagogue Street its name and served the community until the 1870s. The limited to its capacity coupled with a fast growing Jewish population in Singapore required a larger building than the shophouse which house a congregation of forty. The land at Waterloo Street (which until 1858 had been known as Church Street) on which the present synagogue, the Maghain Aboth stands, was secured in the 1870s by Sir Manasseh Meyer (who later also built the Chesed-El as a private synagogue) and the Maghain Aboth was built. The synagogue designed in the neo-classical style was completed in 1878 with several extensions added over its 134 years, including a second level seating gallery to allow women to worship. It was close to the synagogue that a larger community of Baghdadi Jews began to settle around – giving rise to the Jewish quarter around the nearby Middle Road and Selegie Road area that came to be known as the Mahallah.
The layout of the synagogue is very similar to but is much less elaborated decorated than the Chesed-El. The centre of the hall which faces Jerusalem features a bimah, a raised wooden pulpit where the rabbi leads prayers and reads from Torah scrolls (Sefer Torah) during services. At the west end of the hall, the most sacred part of the synagogue, the the ahel or ark is arranged. The ark is where the Torah scrolls are kept, covered by a parochet or curtain.
A more recent extension to the compound on which the synagogue stands is where the stained glass fronted Jacob Ballas Centre now towers over the Maghain Aboth. Built as a community centre, the Jacob Ballas Centre is named after a very successful stock broker, the late Jacob Ballas, who was a prominent member of the community. The centre houses function rooms, offices and accommodation for the rabbis, a kosher slaughter room for fresh chicken, a kosher restaurant as well as a kosher shop. For more information on the Maghain Aboth and the Jacob Ballas Centre, do visit the links below.
Resources on the Jewish Community, Sir Manasseh Meyer and the Maghain Aboth Synagogue:
Jewish Community in Singapore (on The Jewish Community of Singapore)
Jewish Community in Singapore (on The Jewish Times Asia)
Sir Manasseh Meyer (on infopedia)
Maghain Aboth (on infopedia)
Maghain Aboth Synagogue (on The Jewish Community of Singapore)
Maghain Aboth Synagogue (on PMB's website)
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There appears to be another arcane world record in Grand Rapids, this time for the most people wearing sunglasses at night.
Gilda's LaughFest organizers in the past three years have overseen record-setting attempts for donning false mustaches, wearing chicken beaks and tossing rubber chickens.
The fourth annual festival of laughter kicked off Thursday with an effort to break the sunglasses record. Participants received official bright yellow LaughFest sunglasses.
Guinness World Records says the current mark was set in July 2012 by 1,642 people at Chicago's Wrigley Field. LaughFest spokesman Tyler Lecceadone said the group's count shows that 1,675 people wore sunglasses Thursday night.
"We had a seriously fun time at this year's world record attempt," said Wendy Wigger, president of LaughFest and of Gilda's Club Grand Rapids. "It was great to see the growing community support and excitement surrounding the fourth year of LaughFest. It was the perfect to kick off the 2014 festival. We thank all of the participants who came out and donned sunglasses to help us break the world record. "
In 2013, 1,532 people at LaughFest put on false mustaches to set the Guinness World Record for the most people wearing fake mustaches at a single venue.
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"I feel really good about how we finish the story, all of us together," Linney told reporters at Showtime's winter TV previews Saturday. "Certainly, the lesson that I learn over and over and over again in anything creative is that nothing is ever what you think it's going to be ever. Things happen that you never think will happen."
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When the show returns on Monday, April 29 at 10/9c, it will return as a "limited series event," aka four hour-long episodes subtitled Hereafter. Although things may not have gone originally as planned, Linney was happy to reflect on the "huge journey" she went on with the show. "It's been an enormous education for me the past three years and the four seasons," she said. "It's allowed me the luxury of [figuring out], how do you execute what's in your being, your mind ... and then how do you put that forth? How do you translate from the ephemeral to something that is produced? So it was a huge education and I'm greatly relieved and I'm nostalgic already."
After wrapping production on the series shortly before the holidays, Linney joked that she was still recovering from the process of working on a television series. "I went to bed for about two weeks and I've just gotten up," she said.
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In addition to her education behind the scenes, Linney talked about how she evolved physically and superficially to film the final episodes, and the final part of Cathy's battle with cancer. "I think we didn't want to glamorize the challenge of illness and what happens to you physically," she said. "I lost some weight along the way. We cut my hair. There were all sorts of things that we did to honestly sort of approach the physical transformation of what happens when someone is seriously ill."
Although Cathy's cancer will worsen this season, producers avoided giving any further spoilers about her condition. "We're not saying necessarily that this character dies," executive producer Jenny Bicks said. "I will say that the final scene of the series will be very nostalgic for viewers of the show because we reintroduce visual elements that we've played with throughout the course of the series. It's a visually stunning moment and a very happy moment."
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This post has been inspired by Thomas Macentee's 2012 update to the 2011 "Genea-Opportunities" series of blog posts.[1] Longtime readers may recognize that it was this discussion that originally led to the birth of this blog in its current incarnation. The second topic Thomas has proposed for this week is "Careers in Genealogy."
How does one define professional genealogist?
The answer to this question causes great controversy in the genealogy community. This is because there is no real answer. Some believe that only those who conduct research for paying clients can be considered professional genealogists. Others believe that anyone earning income in a genealogy-related field can be considered professional genealogists. Still others believe that anyone–whether they earn an income or not–who conducts research at a "professional level" is a professional genealogist. The Association of Professional Genealogists includes members belonging to all of these groups and more.
I previously addressed the inclusive definition of professional genealogist in my (once again aptly-titled) post, "What is a professional genealogist?" In the post I stated my opinion that the field of professional genealogy entails a large number of related careers focused on high-quality genealogy practice. Not just professional researchers, but also writers, lecturers, publishers, teachers, and others.
In the past few years, however, the field of genealogy-related careers has expanded even beyond this. One comprehensive list was published earlier today by Thomas MacEntee in his Geneabloggers post "Careers in Genealogy – A 2012 Update."[2] Reading the list I noticed a few of these more recent career choices differ from other alternative (i.e. not research-focused) careers in genealogy, notably Analyst and Marketer.
How do these career options differ from Writer or Educator? It all comes down, in my mind, to the skill set/knowledge base at the center of these careers.
There is no question that a person who performs high-quality genealogy research for paying clients is a professional genealogist. Writers and lecturers use different skills, certainly, but at the core of their work is a research skill set and genealogical knowledge base. A successful writer or lecturer about genealogy subjects is necessarily a skilled researcher.
Look at Thomas's definition of "Marketer":
Marketer: Another growth area in the genealogy industry especially when it comes to social media. There are many genealogy companies and even professional genealogists who either want to have their social media presence set up for them to run. And there are some who actually want to hire a social media "agent" to administer their online presence for them. It helps to have an understanding of the genealogy and family history industry to do this effectively.[3]
The last sentence notes that "an understanding of the genealogy and family history industry" is necessary for this position, but genealogy research skill is not a part of the job. This is a marked difference from other "professional genealogy" career options.
Would it still be appropriate to call a marketer a "professional genealogist"? The answer to this is not quite so clear-cut.
I cannot take credit for creating the term, but I believe that genealogy professional better describes the nature of the Analyst and Marketer career options that Thomas describes. The person following these paths is clearly a professional analyst or marketer (or archivist, etc.), and the focus is certainly on the genealogy field. But this career option simply does not utilize a genealogical research skill set or knowledge base.
In examining career options and separating them, I am not judging one option as better or more legitimate than another. I myself have certain services that I offer that would more aptly fall into the "genealogy professional" category rather than the "professional genealogist" category.
For example, one service that I offer almost exclusively to other professional genealogists involves presentation design. Even though I help to design presentations that deal with genealogical subjects, my research skill does not come into play at all in conducting this work. Another example is that of website design and programming. I know at least three professional genealogists who offer website design and programming among their services (and I am working with one of them to help me with a major overhaul of my own website).
The difference is one of semantics only. I believe that both groups fill their own very important roles in the field of genealogy. Professional genealogists–who may be great researchers but horrible marketers or presentation designers–can benefit greatly from the different skill sets brought into the field by genealogy professionals.
And of course, as aspiring professional genealogists will often hear, very few genealogists outside of Salt Lake City can support themselves by relying solely on research. Most of us must offer multiple services: not just research, writing, and lecturing. The current trend in the genealogy profession is that many new professionals are bringing their "outside" skill sets into their genealogical practice. As this trend continues, we will likely see many more career options created, and a growing percentage of "genealogy professionals" among the professional genealogists.
What do you think?
[1] Thomas MacEntee, "GENEA-OPPORTUNITIES – 2012 UPDATE," Geneabloggers blog, posted 9 July 2012 (http://www.geneabloggers.com : accessed 9 July 2012). Thomas MacEntee, "GENEA-OPPORTUNITIES (LET'S MAKE LOTS OF MONEY)," Geneabloggers blog, posted 18 April 2011.
[2] Thomas MacEntee, "CAREERS IN GENEALOGY – A 2012 UPDATE," Geneabloggers blog, posted 10 July 2012.
[3] Thomas MacEntee, "CAREERS IN GENEALOGY – A 2012 UPDATE," Geneabloggers blog, posted 10 July 2012.
If you would like to cite this post:
Michael Hait, CG, "Professional genealogists and genealogy professionals,"Planting the Seeds: Genealogy as a Profession blog, posted 10 July 2012 (https://michaelhait.wordpress.com : accessed [access date]). [Please also feel free to include a hyperlink to the specific article if you are citing this post in an online forum.]


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Mickelson opened with a pair of 15-foot birdie putts, dropped in a 40-foot putt at the turn and made back-to-back birdies late in his round Friday. He finished with a 5-under 67 for a two-shot lead going into the weekend at the Wells Fargo Championship.
Quail Hollow, renowned for pristine conditions, had everything go wrong with spring and wound up with putting surfaces that are mostly choppy with brown patches where the grass has died. Two greens were entirely replaced by sod last week.
Despite that, Mickelson has taken only 50 putts in two rounds. And the most staggering statistic of all? He hasn't missed from inside 10 feet.
"I think that the greens are putting very, very good, obviously, because I've putted them well," Mickelson said. "But with them being slower, we're able to putt them aggressively. We're able to take some of the break out without fear of racing it way by. And I've made a concerted effort to leave uphill putts, which has allowed me to putt even more aggressive and play even less break. And that's made a big difference in my putting."
For a tournament that already has had six major champions win in the 10-year history, Mickelson is missing from the list. And it's a title he dearly wants. He was at 9-under 135 heading into the weekend, though there is plenty of star power around him.
Nick Watney played with Mickelson the opening two rounds and looks efficient, going bogey-free on the back nine. He had a 70 and was at 7-under 137, along with George McNeill (68) and Scott Gardiner, the 37-year-old tour rookie who had missed eight straight cuts coming into the Quail Hollow. Gardiner, the first Aboriginal Australian to become a pro golfer, ran off four straight birdies at the turn and had a 67.
Rory McIlroy struggled with the speed of the greens — he felt they were much faster than Thursday — but rallied on the front nine with three birdies for a 71. Lee Westwood twice hit into the water on the par-5 seventh and still escaped with a bogey by making a 25-foot putt. He had a 68. They were in a group at 6-under 138 that included Rod Pampling, the ninth alternate and last man in the field.
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Garcia used his wedge to knocked in a 5-footer on the third hole, only this wasn't any protest about the overall conditions of Quail Hollow. He had a scrape mark left by cleats, which he described as 3 inches long and nearly an inch high.
"I thought the only way I could make this putt was to get lucky," Garcia, and he wasn't feeling lucky on this day. The prudent move was to hit a 52-degree wedge, chip it just over the rough turf, and he pulled it off beautifully. It was a throwback to the days of the stymie, when players didn't mark their golf balls, or to a generation ago in summer events when spike marks could be an inch high.
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