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While Usher chose to get seductive on 'Good Kisser,' he goes for the fun and flirty approach with his new song, 'She Came to Give It to You.'
While Usher chose to get seductive on 'Good Kisser,' he goes for the fun and flirty approach with his new song, 'She Came to Give It to You.'
Nicki Minaj, Jennifer Hudson, Ed Sheeran and more celebrated America with great performances at the 2014 Philly 4th of July Jam.
Nicki Minaj went on Twitter to clarify her statements that she made during her acceptance speech at the 2014 BET Awards.
Ariana Grande hinted at a "surprise epic team-up" for the deluxe version of her upcoming album, 'My Everything' and it looks like the cat is out of the bag as she's joining forces with U.K. singer Jessie J and Nicki Minaj for a new song.
Nicki Minaj raised a lot of eyebrows with her acceptance speech at the 2014 BET Awards on Sunday night (June 29).
Nicki Minaj was one of the more anticipated performers of the 2014 BET Awards and she proved to be one of the most creative too. It was as if the set pieces were featured performers as she went through 'Chi-Raq' and 'Pills N Potions.'
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Posted: 05/11/2009 - TORONTO (AP) - Jay Triano has signed a three-year contract to coach the Toronto Raptors, dropping the interim tag after taking over the team during the season.
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"It was a real delight," Michael Babinski, curator of the poetry collection at the University of Buffalo library, said of the material.
The collection, which includes letters, recordings and photographs to, from and about Frost, were donated to the University of Buffalo by Jonathan Reichert, a professor emeritus of physics and the son of Rabbi Victor Reichert, a close friend of Frost's, Babinski said.
He said scholars and experts are in the midst of studying the donation.
"The discovery remains in the hands of the scholars," he said.
Meanwhile, the library is digitizing it all to make it available for viewing online. Visitors to the University of Buffalo can also see the material in person, he said.
Babinski said experts have yet to discover unpublished poems, but the collection does have about 70 or so photographs and some material that looks like "a page that Frost may have been reworking." Reichert also donated a recording of Frost delivering a sermon at a Vermont church in 1942.
Frost lived on a farm in Derry from 1900 to 1911 before moving to Great Britain for four years. He then lived in Franconia at a home now maintained as "The Frost Place" year-round from 1915 to 1920 and then spent 19 summers there.
In Derry, he penned some of his most famous poems, including "Mending Wall" and "Tree at My Window."
He won four Pulitzer prizes for his poetry, including for the book "New Hampshire: A Poem with Notes and Grace Notes."
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Perfect home away from home for professional traveling nurse or doctor. Completely furnished in a quite and secured location.
A cozy beach cottage, truly a hideaway. Tucked behind the main house the cottage has its own private entrance. One bedroom, well furnished, kitchenette, spacious relaxing area with 47 inch new HDTV set up with satellite, Blue-ray DVD and Wi Fi. IPod docking station.
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A beautiful bathroom and walk-in shower. A perfect getaway for 2 people or 1 person. The cottage is newly constructed and ready to enjoy a wonderful stay at the beach. Outside, in front of the main house is an ocean view and a short walk to the end of the block to a green belt over looking the Pacific Ocean. Availability to a picnic table, benches to enjoy the view and beautiful sunsets, and a stairway to the beach.
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Rated 1 out of 5 by cjnewport worst starwood experience ever Upon arrival at the hotel I had to wait nearly 20 minutes to check in as there was only one desk agent. Agent was unaware of starwood corp promo "crossover rewards"...so I had to go to business center to print out program details in order to receive benefits. Was told internet would be free but it showed up on bill.. Room was tiny, located in basement with view of old concrete staircase. bathroom was tiny. no closet, instead just a motel type bar ...hotel is rather old and lacks anything other than boring, basic features November 20, 2014
Rated 1 out of 5 by beemurhy Horrible experience My husband and I were just at the Sheraton Universal this past weekend for his birthday on Saturday night 11-8-14. We enjoyed staying at this location in the past but things have changed unfortunately. This time our stay was filled with glitches. Saturday upon arriving we were surprised to find he front valet area filled with busses and large vehicles. It was so filled that we contented on to the self parking area, After attempting to enter a man approached and literally began screaming at my husband telling him he could not enter and that our vehicle would not fit. We have a standard suv nothing too tall. Our car fits in all standArd garages and we have never had a problem. This man was clearly very very angry when we attempted to enter so we backed up and turned around to go back to the valet/entrance area. I got out and spoke to one of the valet attendants to let him know what had happened at the garage area. He allowed us to park off to the side in front while checking in as we were leaving again for dinner. The front desk clerk seemed to have not been fully trained of simply was not up to welcoming us. She ran- swiped my bank-card a couple of times repeatedly- very quickly and then handed me the room key folio. I asked if she had any dinner and shopping suggestions and she said "No we don't really have much around here". So much for that..... We dropped off our stuff in the room and noticed that it really didn't seem clean but we were both too hungry to go back to the front desk to deal with it. We had a long drive from San jose and only were here for a day to take my husband to Universal Studios or his birthday- then turn around and drive back to San Jose afterward on Sunday. It was such a quick trip that I really did not want to waste time on room/hotel issues. Upon returning from dinner we asked the valet where we could self park our car since the man had yelled at us earlier and didn't want to go through that again. A nice younger valet said he would take us down to another lot- which he did- only to find out that it was blocked off by huge white stone blockades. He attempted to move them for us but could not do it alone. My husband got out and the two of them moved them together- still with great difficulty. These blockades were very heavy. We parked there and returned to our room. Tired and needing rest we got ready for bed. I was just appalled when using the bathroom. There were hairs everywhere- even stuck in the hairdryer cord. There was rust running down the shower wall from the metal hand rail. Some of the towels looked unfolded and out of place. Again, being tired I had to just let it go and get to bed. Our room faced the pool area which we usually like however not this night. The 10pm pool hours were not enforced at all. Screaming kids and partiers alike were still going in and out- banging the gate and making so much noise. I finally called the front dest and they said they would send security to quiet things down. It didn't quiet down until 11:30ish and it never really stopped completely. Strange loud sounds continued all night- similar to construction sounds. Banging sounds and chairs dragging etc. I really have no idea what it was but it was awful. After departing and feeling very unrested I came to find out that my credit card had been charged twice for the same amount of $276.87 totaling $553.74! Unbelievable. I have dealt with the duplicate charge with my bank, but it just one more unnecessary error. Again, it had been pleasant in the past when we have stayed here prior to this visit but thought you should be aware of how things went this trip and know that we will not be staying again. November 10, 2014
Rated 2 out of 5 by DissappontedGuest Unacceptable I was a little weary about booking this hotel due to the other reviews that I read but I thought I would try it anyway because of its location to Universal Studios. Upon arrival, we got into our room and there was hair in the bathtub, the toilet was wet and dirty, there was hair in one of the beds and the carpets were dirty. Sheraton Hotels are typically nice, this was rundown and in dire need of a makeover. The one positive was that we they did move us into a cleaner room (at least no hair in the tub and bed). Overall, the appearance of the room was unacceptable. November 3, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by SoloTraveler1 Employee Commendations I would like to commend the following employees who made my stay extra special: Coffee Barista - Jessica J. Restaurant Host - Carlos Club Room Hostesses - Rosalda and Maria I DO recommend that the PARKING be complimentary.. I stayed on points and I was not pleased to see I was paying more to park at the hotel then the parking at Universal Studios! November 19, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by soprano Wonderful Staff I am not an extensive traveller but have stayed in my fair share of hotels in North America, the Caribbean and abroad. This hotel is very clean and nice. The food was pretty good and the pool area was ok. The staff, ..... WONDERFUL!!! I can't say enough about how lovely they were. They made me feel like I mattered to them. Not in a fake way but in a very genuine manner. Juliet, you are awesome and Carlos, thank you for taking the time to be a gentleman. November 3, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by PCNY A Marvelous Experience We have stayed at this location a number of times. As Platinum reward members we were really given the royal treatment. We were offered a corner suite whicih was really lovely. The view was spectacular. Jerry the man who signed us in even walked me to the room to make sure it met with my satisfaction. That was to me above and beyond. The pool is heated and beautiful with little cabanas on the side. Everyone we encountered at the pool area was very friendly and helpful. The same could be said of the Club Lounge and valet service. Having the Sheraton bus take us to and from Universal Citywalk was very helpful. The drivers were friendly and efficient and the wait for the bus was never more than a few minutes. We will definitely come back to this hotel again. October 29, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Gymmom44 This Hotel is very comfortable We stay at this Hotel every time we are in town. Its clean, comfortable and very accommodating. I would recommend it highly to anyone needing a central place to stay in Burbank. November 11, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Looking2Enjoy Great Experience Upon arrival I needed to check make sure that the room would work for my week long visit. The Desk Staff was very helpful and let me check out the view before we got down to the Check In Process. That was important to do because I was there to take some pictures and the Window View I had was not going to work at all with the original room selection. They were very helpful and that made the Start of this Trip Excellent!! From that point going forward, every exchange and experience in the Hotel or with the Employees was simply a 10!! Thank You All!! Sen, Elli, Peggy... You are all Valuable Employees and made my Experience the Very Best!! I'll be Back!! October 27, 2014


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Bad Teachers and Egotistical Jerkwads Good lord, another journal. Well, sometimes I go for a month without writing one, so suffer! :iconinuevillaughplz:I've been asked about this recently, so thought I'd write about it just in case someone else might relate or find it encouraging.A lot of people are surprised to hear that I have only been painting since 2011. Well, it's true . I had coloured a few line arts here and there before that, but I never really tried at painting. I was dabbling and just slapping on colour, not bothering to figure out the programs or anything. Because I truly didn't believe I could do it. Backing up a bit, I'm someone who was a traditional artist. I have been drawing with pencils and paper since I was just a little tyke. Naturally, I wanted everything to do with art in school. :iconhandsomeonionplz:And that's where this little tale turns dark and mildly depressing :icon0inuscreamplz:I had this teacher, in my very first
dog lol Me: "You are so distinguished and sophisticated :3. "Mom: "What?"Me: "I'm talking to the dog <_< ..... what a handsome senior you are :3. You're fluff is so fluffy, and that piece of cookie in your beard might look slovenly on other people, but you make it work :3"Mom: "I can't hear you.."Me: " I'm still talking to the dog....and is that a new shampoo? It smells amazing. How does it feel to be so fabulous all the time, and be adored by everyone? Does it get tedious? I hear fame can really take a toll on the beautiful.."Mom: " o___O...are you?"Me: "...yes. I am still talking to the dog -_-."Mom: " He's a twit who ate my ham sandwich >:["lol I'm at my parents because I went to the hospital with my mother for her check up ( she was pretty sick the past 7 months, but is doing excellent now~). And there is NOTHING to do here o__@. NOTHING.I mean, I'm painting..
Chat with me? :3 [Online daily!][update: it's a permanent chatroom , so pop in regardless of when the journal was made~ :] Thanks!Hallo hallo,I am decided to reopen my chatroom, so if you wanna hang out, feel free to join here: chatroom. Everyone's welcome~ If you want to talk to me directly and ask questions, remember to tab me (type Z + tab) so I get highlighted messages. thank you! ♥ Don't be shy~:iconlovelyheartsplz:~Mikiko
RIDDLE OF THE SPHINX 600 POINT GIVEAWAY-400 POINT GIVEAWAY (EVERYONE WILL GET POINTS)-*Next one begins 6/15/2014* ***Before I begin, I should say this is my fifth giveaway. This is truly a monthly thing. I understand that if you've already participated, you might not want to re-read everything. Just a reminder- If you don't follow the rules you won't get any points***Do you want free points? Is entering contest after contest and waiting for weeks to hear about the results too tedious? DO YOU NOT WANT TO LEAVE YOUR LIFE UP TO FATE?! Okay, well, that just sounded like an infomercial. But, seriously. I've been there and I think it kinda sucks. Now its my turn to be the one offering up free points, and I'm changing it up a bit. No 'random number chooser', no '100th watcher'. I am offering a chance for everyone participa
Tapastic!Hey everyone,I have started uploading my minicomic on Tapastic, so if you frequent that site more often than Deviantart, feel free to follow me there~ ^3^http://tapastic.com/series/Mini-ComicI am going to start uploading one strip every week until I reach the most recent.Might also upload the Crash'n'Burn pages there as well, but I must check with my publisher first. :3Big thanks to namenad for suggesting/reminding me to join.Thanks for dropping by!-Mikiko
ART RAFFLE!!!! [WINNERS!!]:iconhellobear1plz::iconhellobear1plz::iconhellobear2plz::iconhellobear2plz::iconhellobear2plz::iconhellobear3plz::iconhellobear4plz:CLOSED!!!!!!!THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING!!!!! *V*The winners will be announced tomorrow in the same journal...~Current Entries: 27------------------------------------------------------------ ANNOUNCING WINNERS!!!And with the power of random.org, I shall announced the winning numbers!!!! And the result is... I'll just put the entries number here...~ AND THAT'S THE RESULT [dechu~] 1# Place Winner is...himeko7 Prize: a colored Halfbody or colored Chibi [you can choose]~2# Place Winner is...SerketStalker Prize
Avatar Revolution Contest (Closed)The Avatar Revolution Contest is now closed! Please feel free to change your icon or to keep the flat color, if you prefer. A few deviants will be helping me judge the contest entries, and the results will be posted soon. Hope you all had fun being part of this revolution. ----Our time has come, comrades! The Avatar Revolution has gained enough followers to allow for some amazing pixel creations. As suggested by iDJPanda, I will now be hosting a contest to serve as a fun culmination to our glorious revolution.The Task: Create the best artwork you can using only the avatars from the Revolution.Deadline: Saturday, July 19th.Rules:Anyone can participate. You do not have to be a part of the Avatar Revolution to play or win.You may create your artwork in a comment, a journal, or Sta.sh.You may use as many or as few avatars in your artwork. There is no minimum or
Just WeatherHi Folks,according to the fact, that the weather is completly crazy this year, here some nice bits about it.Hawaiian Colours by jbrumBrewing up a storm! by PatronyAurora by m-eralpCloud On Fire by MatureContntFilterOnReflection of the Sun by RobertRobledoThat's all for today. As always enjoy the pics and give credit to the artists. Love Finny
DeathNote Mystery Case (CLOSED) How To UseThe human whose name is written in this note shall die.This note will not take effect unless the writer has the person's face in their mind when writing his/her name. Therefore, people sharing the same name will not be affected.If the cause of death is written within the next 40 seconds of writing the person's name, it will happen.If the cause of death is not specified, the person will simply die of a heart attack.After writing the cause of death, details of the death should be written in the next 6 minutes and 40 seconds.--------------------------------------------------------How will you catch a criminal with a power to kill like a God?-Only on :devdetective-
Recent Faves*Scheduled. I'm away on a trip!*Enjoy some of my recent faves! thoroughbred by Hidden-TreasuryAnd they lived happily ever after ... by justcallmemike T e a ? by LimpidDLaila II - to the rescue! by BlackPepperPhotosbeautiful Chaos by glowinthedarkpainWhere shall we go next, bud? by Ariyx just love you by Keila-the-fawncatEternal sigh by nadril83The Three Sisters. by penwiper
Art in your Heart Participant FeatureThis is a feature for everyone who participated in my "Art in your Heart" writing prompt.John Constantine by KarantheartistFlower Lover by Clovis-thecutestcatThe Vampire by meritpOnly a Dream by Shadowkat67801001000 01110101 01101101 01100001 01101110 by LadyOfFrostXever Past's Chapter One by ComicLover12Lamp by Gossamier:reference: Lavender by irridescentstarsgirl of the lane by lovechild1994I'm not all right. Not at all. by monakadajIn All Its Majesty- Rakuen's Beauty by Fritsa-WolfWolfsbane by kiaraivers
Thank you! And an unexpected trip notice :)First of all, I want to thank you all for the copious amounts of messages, cake badges, and points today. You all made my birthday 20X better I came back from my day out to find over 120 birthday messages, full of such love and care. It made me so happy, I almost cried! No one from my actual life (except Matt) bothered to say "Happy Birthday" today, so really, thank you all SO much!Speaking about my trip, I took a few photos and wanted to share them with you. Just a warning, these are more so facebook type of photos, so don't judge the quality too much Matt and I woke up early and took to the beach. We walked along the waterfront for two hours and had alot of fun!The water was nice and calm. There is something about waves that just lulls me into a state of pure bliss We watched the sail boats go to and from a little island in the center of the ocean for a bit. It's amazing how fast those things move!
DropsHi Folks,sometimes beauty lays in the little things and a single drop can contains a whole universe.Drops by JoanLladoVein by AlontwigDust Drop by FallOut99Rainy Jewels by NamedaWater drop by WOJARTA Star is Born.. by jus4tadayA q u a by MarcoHeislerSpectrum I by LilyasThat's all for today. As always enjoy and give credits to the artists. I will do some more features before my pm is running out. Love Finny
(i'm not) angrythere's a space in mewhere the indignationis meant to nest;grass and threadheld together bysticks and mudcradling the emptiness.i scrambled the eggsof anger, whisked inmilky forgivenessand forgotthe size of fear.
Randomness I was tagged by :iconmsshinra:I'm tagged a LOT. So if I never responded, please don't hold it against me, I rarely do these. But today I'm procrastinating lol.1. Favorite X-men character and why?Nope o_O. LOL. I'm not much into marvel anything. If I were to pick one though, maybe Wolverine. He's a Canuck.2. Favorite movie of all time?The King and the Clown. It's a South Korean film and just beautiful and epic in so many ways. It's funny because usually I HATE drama or romance, but this is a period piece from 11th century Korea where the Emperor falls in love with Gong Gil, a male street performer.3. Would you want to live forever?God no . Can you imagine if you couldn't die, but like, horrible aggressive aliens took over the planet, destroyed everything you loved, and just stole you and experimented on you for eternity? D: It COULD HAPPEN.<


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Patrick White
Want To Write Or Be Written
Want to write or be written. Whatever comes first.
Want to slide down a Martian sand dune
like a hockey puck of dry ice etching clawmarks
into a copper plate as if I were trying to cling
to something I couldn't get a grip on like a snowman
thawing. A mirror melting. I want to plough
the desert in an hourglass into a Zen garden
where the stones flourish like weeds. I want to
swim in the wavelengths of my own mirages
in a month of heat, but there's a small, nasty voice
like a deerfly buzzing the wheelhouse in my head
that bites like a cattle prod of conditioned guilt
because I'd rather write a poem than fill out
the deadpan forms of the world. All those deathmasks
plastered over our faces like papier mache over the years
just to prove we've got some kind of nonrefundable identity.
Do this, do this, do this, and then, this. As if
business had become the sign of a healthy spiritual life.
Curse the opportunistic careerism of our pettiness.
I'd rather hide like a tiger in the stripes and shadows
that are cast upon him by the busy, busy villagers
tying a judas-goat to the stake of an hour hand,
forgetting that time's a waterclock, not a traffic cop,
to draw it out like fire from a moonrock.
Tears of blood flaring like the stamens of a matchbook
brief as a poppy blooming like a solar prominence.
No auroras in its wake. No scarves of light
lingering on the air like the fragrance of a mystic insight
into the humbling depths of our own ugliness and ignorance.
Que sais je. The clearest of all corneas. The Kepler
of all third eyes in orbit around some guru of a shepherd moon.
Life's a mystery, not a question. Don't expect me
to answer that. You can autofill your own blank.
Or try to second-guess your way out of the abyss
you wander in as if emptiness were a labyrinth
you had to follow your daily bread through
like the crumbs of the dreams you left behind as clues
to where your freedom went when you closed the windows
on what was once as wonderfully useless as a sunset about you.
Whatever it costs. Whether they cut me down
and make my skin into wallets to cover the expense
of hanging me from a heritage lamp post like a flowerpot
nesting in midair from the bough of a one-armed tree,
hemorrhaging violet petunias, I will still
heretically insist on how crucial it is just to drift
down your own mindstream as if your only purpose in life
were not to have one that moored you like a lifeboat
to a long walk off a short pier. You can sing to the stars
or you can call for help. You can water plants
like green lanterns in the window waiting for love
to hand out starmaps to your stem cells as if
you only direction in life were some kind of photosynthesis.
It's a dangerous calling to live creatively free.
There are always hounds barking in the distance,
coydogs yelping after the magic rabbit in the hat,
deerflies trying to land like kamikazes
on the flightdecks of your carriers in Pearl Harbour
whether they're out to sea or not, low-flying topedoes
released like snakes from the claws of sea-eagles
trying to train them to bite other people. Good luck
in the snakepit. I'm out of it like an emergency exit.
I'm not into mindwatching from a crow's nest
for any sign of trouble on the horizon. I'm not into
crawling across my thresholds like the rungs
of a burning ladder for the upwardly mobile.
I'd rather fall toward paradise than cling to it
like mordant ivy on a church. And truth to tell,
I'd rather search than find. Build my house
on the waters of life than a gravestone that covets
my relics like a bone-box in a Gothic cave.
Water's always on the move like a true pilgrim
following its own thought waves like tree rings
in the heartwood of a cross of terebinth
many springs have hung the fruits of life upon.
Peace be upon the pilot lights of the prophets
who taught the spirit how to make it through
another night without freezing to death in the firepits
of cold zodiacs feathered in shrouds of ash cloth.
Rites of passage trying to thrive like fish in the desert
around the great artificial barrier reefs of the moon
that ossify like dental plack and barnacles
on the decks of our spiritual shipwrecks
in the dead seas of life we're walking on
like root fires of our own radiance in the housewells of light.
Whether you make an ashtray or a body cast
out of your starmud, no matter, the dragons of life
burn no less hot in their urns than they do
in the furnaces and kilns of the stars whatever
prayer wheel they're being turned upon
like the inconceivable embodied like the sun,
the moon, and Venus, in the false idols of visionary insights
that shadow the ineffable with the simulacra
of the painterly senses that know of their own accord,
like unsuccessful saints, who better? - -there is no metaphor
for the light upon light, the mind upon its own waters,
until your seeing isn't discoloured by the eyes
you're looking into as if they were brighter than your own.
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US victims' lawyer: Arab Bank financed terrorists
A large Jordan-based bank funneled tens of millions of dollars to the families of suicide bombers and terrorist operatives with ties to Hamas during a deadly Palestinian uprising from 2001 to 2004, lawyers for American terror victims said Thursday at a federal trial in Brooklyn.
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A large Jordan-based bank funneled tens of millions of dollars to the families of suicide bombers and terrorist operatives with ties to Hamas during a deadly Palestinian uprising from 2001 to 2004, lawyers for American terror victims said Thursday at a federal trial in Brooklyn.
The funds were distributed over the counter in cash to relatives of dead bombers at Arab Bank branches in the West Bank and Gaza by bank officials who "knew these neighbors of theirs were evil and criminal people," attorney Tab Turner said in opening statements.
Arab Bank attorney Shand Stephens countered by telling jurors that Arab Bank had followed regulations requiring it to screen transactions against lists of known terrorists compiled by the U.S. and European officials and none were flagged. The bank, he added, was following the instructions of an organization run by the Saudi government, the Saudi Committee for Supporting Al Quds Intifada.
"The Arab Bank did not choose who to pay," Stephens said. "The Saudi Committee did that."
The civil case is the first time a bank has faced a trial under the Anti-Terrorism Act, which allows victims of U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organizations to seek compensation. The U.S. State Department designated Hamas a terrorist group in 1997.
American victims in two dozen attacks in Israel sued in 2004, accusing the bank of knowingly helping Hamas finance a "death and dismemberment benefit plan" for martyrs. Their lawyers on Thursday alleged that the Saudi Committee had used Arab Bank's offices in Jordan and New York to convert donations into U.S. currency before they were distributed to Hamas sympathizers.
The plaintiffs used flat screens in the courtroom to display a record of an electronic transfer naming Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and a list from a bank file of people designated for $5,300 payments based on deaths from "martyr operations." They also cited the confession of the mastermind of two attacks who claimed the money for weapons had been transferred through the United States and into his private Arab Bank account.
Doing business with Hamas "wasn't an accident," said another plaintiff lawyer, Mark Werber. "It wasn't a mistake. It wasn't routine banking. It was a choice that Arab Bank made."
The defense said the transaction naming Yassin wasn't caught because his name was misspelled on the bank's terrorist watch list. It also described the payouts to martyrs by the Saudi Committee as a broad humanitarian effort aimed at helping any Palestinian harmed by the conflict.
"A martyr does not mean terrorism," he said. "It does not mean a suicide bombing. It means somebody who's dead. And that money is going to the families of people who died. ... No one got paid for being a suicide bomber."
The case had stalled in recent years as the bank fought demands that it turn over customer account information and other financial records, arguing that doing so would violate banking secrecy laws in Jordan and elsewhere. In 2010, a judge issued sanctions against the bank for its "recalcitrance" in withholding evidence -- a penalty that would allow the court to instruct the jury that it could infer that it knowingly worked with terrorist organizations.
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Welcome back. I'm still on vacation at my condo in Puerto Vallarta and I'm enjoying every moment of it. My high school girlfriend Jeannie joined me yesterday from Chicago and I'm enjoying every moment of good quality time together with lots of laughs.
I turned down the invitation to go to Gretchen's Tupperware party for many reasons, but most of all due to my work schedule and conflicts. I was also not comfortable seeing Slade if he happened to be there. I would rather avoid any conflict or confrontation with him, as he's not worth my time or energy. Can you say "negative energy"?
None of my other castmembers have ever been to Coto Insurance's office so they have NO IDEA the responsibilities I have at my office. Between servicing new clients with retirement planning, life insurance selling, managing and motivating 10 employees full time and over 700 agents in the field it's more than a full time job. Their world is completely different than mine and I am 100% happy living in my world. Every day I wake I up and go to my office, I am making a difference in someone else's life and that is my motivation to do what I do, versus going to for instance a daytime/early evening Tupperware party.
I was really excited to award my staff with our first "Coto Beauty Day." I have the best staff in the world, they love me and respect me and I wanted to show my gratitude to them for their hard work and dedication. I hired Erin from OC Mobile Tan and Dr. Habermeil from Habermeil Aesthetics in Newport Beach to do the Botox. Everyone really loved it and even David obtained his first botox treatment (even though I didn't think he needed it). I have surprised my staff also in having a limo show up at the office and say "It's a Coto Field trip day - let's go to LA" and we all head to the city for lunch and a show. It's so much to fun to get to know everyone on a personal level versus just the "work mode" and I think that is one of the keys to our success. On boss's day this year, I had received amazing cards and flowers and candles in my office from my staff saying even though I'm tough at times, and I push them to be the best that they can be, that they appreciate me and LOVE working for Coto Insurance. That is the greatest gift I can receive is gratification from all of them. Our motto at our office is: We work hard, and we play hard! Do I hear a "woo hoo"??


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Join us for our picture of the month talk tomorrow on A View of Newcastle, also known as The Mayor's Barge on the Tyne (1827-8) by John Wilson Carmichael. No need to book, just meet in the Marble Hall at 11am.
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A film about Discovery Museum by the Museums and Galleries Disabled Access Group
A film about Discovery Museum in Newcastle by the Museums and Galleries Disabled Access Group.
Find out about Discovery Museum and what you can see here. You can also hear about the access facilities from the members of the group.
The group talks about their favourite exhibits and explains what help is available for visitors such as ramps, lifts, audio guides and pre-visit information packs.
The Secret Bunker
Kitty Brightwell, a former plotter in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) during World War II, tells the fascinating history of Newcastle's Secret Bunker. Find out how this RAF Fighter Command Headquarters in Kenton played a hugely significant role in the Battle of Britain.
The film can be used alongside a Box of Delight (our free artefact loan service for schools) from Discovery Museum, and ends with Kitty setting a Secret Bunker Challenge to participants using the artefact box.
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Formed in 1937, West Riding Sailing Club is one of the largest and oldest sailing clubs in West Yorkshire with around 300 members and 120 boats. We are situated five miles South-East of Wakefield on Wintersett Reservoir with a sailing area covering approximately 100 acres. We are easy to find, being located next to the Heronry Country Park. The club has a wide catchment area spanning Leeds, Huddersfield, Wakefield, Sheffield and Doncaster.
A new clubhouse built in 2006 is the pride of the club and hosts many social activities throughout the year. The club caters for all sailors from the novice to the experienced racer. The club races every Sunday during the year and Wednesday nights during the summer months. The water is open any other time for recreational sailing.
Autumn is looming, with cooler weather and short evenings, but there is still lots of sailing to be done. During the last few weeks, we have seen all sorts of weather – dull, drizzly, windless conditions to sunny but very lively days testing even the boldest crews. Some of our members have competed in national and international events and acquitted themselves – and our club – most competently. Congratulations to you all.
Some reminders of what's coming….
Results from Bart's Bash race can be found here. There has been a problem uploading the results to the Bart's Bash website so the official results don't appear yet. The good people at the Andrew Simpson Foundation are busy trying to clear the backlog.Read more: Barts Bash Results
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The Right's Real Fear: People Will Like The Spending
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Harold Pollack is a public health policy researcher at the University of Chicago's School of Social Service Administration, where he is faculty chair of the Center for Health Administration Studies. He is a regular contributor to The Treatment. For years, I have electronically subscribed to the Wall Street Journal. A simple accompanying pleasure is that I never click the "opinion" tab. The wicked and simple inner child of an otherwise great paper therefore never enters my world. Today, unfortunately, our paper man accidentally dropped off the Journal in place of the Times.
Gregg Not Joining Administration. This Should Upset Me?
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Judd Gregg has had second thoughts. He won't be joining President Obama's cabinet after all. Here's an excerpt from his statement: I want to thank the President for nominating me to serve in his Cabinet as Secretary of Commerce. This was a great honor, and I had felt that I could bring some views and ideas that would assist him in governing during this difficult time.
Betsy Is Still All Wetsy
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National Review's Science Fiction Fantasy
February 11, 2009
National Review's The Corner is counting down the top twenty conservative movies of all time. And checking in at number twenty is "Gattaca," a 1997 science fiction story starring Ethan Hawke and Jude Law. Wesley Smith writes it up.* The film, which I've never seen, is set in the future, when your genetic makup determines your destiny--what job you will do, how much money you will make, and so on. Hawke's character dreams of becoming an astronaut but cannot, because he is not "genetically enhanced" and lacks crucial physical traits, including sufficient height and perfect vision.
The Drug And Device Industries, At It Again
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Pretty much every sensible expert believes that the best hope for curbing medical expenses in the future is to be more choosy over which treatments patients get. Fortunately, it also turns out that we presently pay for a lot of care that is unnecessary, if not downright harmful. The most compelling and comprehensive evidence for this comes from John Wennberg and his fellow researchers at Dartmouth, who have demonstrated that patients in places like Miami get far more care than patients in places like Minneapolis--and yet the Miami patients don't seem to be better off for it.
Obama: Health Care Remains A Year One Priority
February 10, 2009
For those still doubting that major health care reform can proceed this year, even without Tom Daschle and even with a growing federal deficit, here is what President Obama said in Fort Meyers, Florida, today: My hope is, over the course of the year, I'm going to be able to work with Congress to move forward a bill that gets us on track to every single person in America being able to get affordable, decent health care coverage. Phrasing is obviously important.
The Press Is Doing A Good Job
February 09, 2009
Forty-five minutes into President Obama's first press confernece and, by my count, we've gotten not one silly question about horse-race politics or polls. Instead, we've gotten tons of substantive queries--about Obama's policy choies, the state of the economy, and so on. Serious times call for serious questions, I guess. D'oh. As I type this, somebody asks a question about the reports that Alex Rodriguez used performance-enhancing drugs a few years ago.
This Cobra Doesn't Bite
February 09, 2009
Anthony Wright is executive director of Health Access California, the statewide health care consumer advocacy coalition.
Obama Aide: Health Care To Be 'central Focus' In Budget
February 08, 2009
The Obama administration's health care czar may be gone, but here is one hint that its commitment to pursuing major health care legislation in 2009 remains in place. On Sunday, a senior administration official told me that health care would be a "central focus" of Obama's first budget proposal. The official didn't specify precisely what that meant: Would the administration be asking for funds to make sure every American has insurance, or just a portion? Would there be major reforms of the way medical care is delivered?
Petition: Cuts To Stimulus Will Hurt America. Literally.
February 08, 2009
More than 500 researchers and physicians have signed a petition protesting the Senate's decision to eliminate the public health provisions from the economic recovery package. Earlier this week Harold Pollack, public health policy researcher at the University of Chicago's School of Social Service Administration and a regular Treatment contributor, wrote about these cuts. He helped organize the petition drive, along with the members of Doctors for Obama, a grassroots physican organization dedicated to engaging doctors in health reform.


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So: Rock never stops. Is that a promise or a threat?
It sounds like both to me. But because one person's rock icon is another one's geezer, this is a show that should help you figure out which side of the line you're on. These days, Ted Nugent is known better for his extramusical activities spewing right-wing cant on the radio and mowing down four-legged animals with his crossbow. On the other hand, you can't claim he's not a responsible nut he preaches conservationism and gun safety and does, after all, eat what he kills. Less controversial than his offstage persona is what he's accomplished as a rock & roller. The Nuge's '70s albums Ted Nugent, Free for All and Cat Scratch Fever recently reissued with bonus tracks and extensive liner notes are enduring classics of rampaging guitar madness and fire-breathing intensity. Overall, he's recorded 29 albums and sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. Nugent's later efforts (such as his records with the dread-inducing "supergroup" Damn Yankees) may be negligible, but this is a guy with such classics as "Journey to the Center of Your Mind," "Stranglehold," "Dog Eat Dog" and "Wang Dang Sweet Poontang" to his credit. Plus, he's armed to the teeth, so it's best not to quibble with the quality of his accomplishments. You the man, Ted. Now put that thing down.
Also on the bill are Slade revivalists Quiet Riot, hair-metal heavies Slaughter, and Night Ranger, a group that earns credit for reuniting even before nostalgia for '80s acts came into vogue thanks to VH1's Behind the Music. Unfortunately, their recent albums Neverland and Seven have failed to reach the standards set by early hits like "Sister Christian," "Don't Tell Me You Love Me" and "(You Can Still) Rock in America." You know, if that last tune's title was a constitutional amendment that Nugent backed, some meaningful dialogue might be possible here.


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Your books AND CDs are organized by subject or type then author/composer. Actually, my books aren't organized anymore. We purchased four eight foot tall bookshelves and to maximize space put all the paperbacks together, all the big books together, etc. So, the books aren't in order by subject anymore. But, then my husband and I have gobs and gobs of books. That's what I get for marrying a historian. ; )
Happily surfing along last week, I suddenly lost my DSL connection. Working with tech support, I was told that sometimes, Windows ME and 98 will suddenly decide that it will no longer support DSL via USB connections. I was told I'd need to install an ethernet card and/or upgrade to Windows 200 or XP. I don't even have an ethernet port on my clunker, so dude, I'm getting a Dell (go ahead, make fun of me. I've told you before that try as I might, I just don't have geek cred). Wasn't planning on plunking bucks down for a new machine at this point, but my machine has been acting funky, needs lots of upgrades, and I'm taking on more freelance projects that require a reliable machine. How's that for justification? I wonder if I can write it off as a business expense (or would I have to demonstrate time spent on professional activity vs. time spent on, say, Neopets). Anyway, I'll be relying solely on my work connection until the new machine comes.
To recap: Since a week ago Friday, I got rejected for a job, my computer went kablooey, and I've missed nearly a week of work due to some horrible gastrointestinal virus that's swept my family, me being the most recent recipient. I still see the glass as half-full, but this week it's been full of urp. Tonight, though, thunderstorms are expected, and that's always enough to perk me up.
Man, did I have a patron today with bad oral hygiene.
Yes, someone wedged the men's room key in the lady's room knob and it snapped right off. I think perhaps we did have an extra key, because I think people were using the men's room later on. Today I had a lady nicely tell me that she was going to use the library, but she needed to use the bathroom first. Thanks for sharing!
It's hard to look up obituaries when you have no idea what the deceased person's name might be. No reference interview can change that simple fact.
Ever feel guilty when you don't have a book, or when you just can't answer a question (even if it's because a question is completely unanswerable?) I had a lot of reference guilt today.
I shouldn't have... The one subject I was asked about we probably should have had books on was prefaced with, "Do you sell the books you loan out?" No, no bells and whistles saying "You'll never see that book again" going off there, boy howdy.
So when a simple search didn't yield any results, I didn't push too hard. Instead I directed them to Borders, where they do in fact sell books.
Because I have been out, there hasn't been a newsletter from the library to the staff since May of 2003. What really got me motivated was my principal's comment during a staff meeting (long story) that he was going to visit and he didn't know what went on in the library. Sigh. So, I type a rough draft idea because I am going to let the newspaper staff send one out for me. That way some students will know what is going on as well.
Well, I am crossing my fingers. Not only do I have the usual stats, but I included two sections that will hopefully raise some eyebrows. The first asks teachers and students to be patience since we have multiple projects and apologizes for the lack of computers (two are broken - one since December). The second section talks about weeding, why I weed, the policy for weeding, and gives the following statistic - 45.6 percent of the collection is twenty years old or older. Hopefully, the information will cause some stir.
Whatever you do, don't read this book unless you've got a notebook handy and a lot of time free to read other books. My "To Read" booklist doubled when I skimmed through this.
Interestingly enough, while I recognized a few authors, Nancy seems to delight it talking about authors that you've never heard of in almost all the categories. Which is a Good Thing, of course
I drove by a library today, but alas, there was a super-white (as opposed to plain-old-white) Prius in Bennington, VT with our name on it, so we stopped not.
We hit the road at five-thirty five in a green Saturn this morning, and returned this evening at seven in our Prius. We got 52.6 MPG in less than optimal conditions (it was cold as hell as we passed over the mountains in central Massachusetts) and reached 0-60 without a hitch in less than ten seconds.
We loaded up the CD changer, we changed the wallpaper of the touchscreen, but damned if we could set the radio stations. After about five minutes of Celine Dionne we realized more drastic measures were called for and started hitting buttons on the audio touch screen indiscriminately. It worked (it works with Linux sometimes too, I found). We found a few good stations, but were unable to set them in memory. Thank god for the owner's manual. Deliver us from Celine Dionne.
We can coast from the corner to our driveway in "stealth mode", just running on the electric motor and totally silently. People on the street don't know we're coming.
No library stuff today, folks. Except that the assistant director also wants a white Prius (but he's going to get super-white...)
My favorite color names: Salsa Red (descriptive) and Tideland Pearl (um, yeah. And this color would be?)
For the record: Tideland Pearl is a minty green color.
The "Must Read Stories" topic has bugged me since the day I made it. I can't remember what I was thinking exactly (though I probably could figure it out by looking to see what the very first story was in the old LISNews Db), but it must've seemed like a good idea at the time. It's not used much, and seeing it on the homepage today kind of surprised me.
It's not that I'm against other authors calling something "Must Read," it's just that I can never seem to find a story important enough to apply such an honor. There've been some good stories over the years, Sony Barari, the Questia marketing thing, the interview with Pat Schroeder, and a few others, that I think everyone should've read at the time, but I just never feel that confident. I hate to "cry wolf" and use it too often, though never using it makes it equally useless I suppose.
Usually I think most of what I post should be read by everyone. Taking a quick peak at today's stories, yes, I'll stand by that statement. It was an eclectic mix of loosely library related stories that I think many people could learn something from. I know I took a bit away from everything I posted. The non-Blake stories were even better. Grades=driving, a nice google piece, a pro-filtering, book banning… all over the map, and that's just why I love reading LISNews, I never know what to expect next (Yes, obviously this can go too far). That's why it's not just my site, it's ours, it's not a meblog, it's a weblog. The past few weeks have seen a huge jump in the number of authors, or at least a huge jump in the number of people with the potential to be an author. I've added close to 30 new author accounts, though few have posted yet. In the 4+ years we've been around a lot of people have come and gone, very few have stayed on for more than a year or 2. The collaboration between all us authors, and all the other LISNewsterz is what makes the site so much fun, often the comments are often as interesting as the story itself.
I've been criticized in the past for not taking a more active role in editing LISNews. People have told me I should think of myself as a journalist, an editor, and act like it by forcing the LISNews authors to fall in line and focus the site. I have always waved my paw and said "bah" to those suggestions. It's all about collaboration, and I don't think we need more control at this point. I do think of LISNews as being journalisticISH, but I've never felt it fits the traditional definition of journalism. It's darn close, but we're not there yet, we're missing the originality that I would expect from a true gang of journalists (a gang of journalists come together and form some form of media outlet, which generally sells ads, and therefore becomes an advertising company). As the site matures I hope we do start to do our own original reporting, interviews, and whatever else we can come up with. Weblogs have not yet revolutionized journalism, but they may be causing some small amount of change, and that could lead to something. The day my mom tells me she read something on a blog is the day I think blogs have really caused a shift.
Weblog: You soaking in it
Meblog: One person's weblog
Post: Add a new story to the site; a story on the site
LISNewsterz: People who participate @LISNews
LISNews authors: People who have secret powers to post stories
Stories: Things that appear on the index page
Thread: The resulting discussion that sometimes ensues
Journal: Something every LISNewster has to write in/on/with
El-Eye-Ess-News-Dot-Com: LISNews.com
Ha, looks like New York around here. I may even give up grits. Just joking. We have had about eight inches of snow. WOW.
So, my son is still stuffed up, but I did find my kitchen counter. If I work some more, I may even have something to wear. Then, tomorrow, I can work on finding the floor. They have invented a robot vacuum cleaner that you can just let loose to do the rugs. Why haven't they invented a robot to do laundry and pick up clutter?
Well, at least the woodstove is going, and I am toasty warm.
From the snowy South ...
A thought I have had recently:Library science graduate work does not involve sitting around all day eating bon-bons, tearing up ILL forms, blowing off colleagues, torturing undergraduates, having a social life and doing such like that. There is work to be done like learning cataloging!
I got to play with the filter today. Or that is, I got to play with the last obstacle in getting the Linux terminal out. It's on the floor, it's ready to go. It's beautiful. But I can't get the filter to work with it. It shouldn't matter what browser I use, but it's not blocking a thing. I've been testing it. Now everyone thinks I'm a pervert.
No, they don't. They know why I'm doing it. I'm not liking it much though. It's sort of embarrassing. I always forget about the filter... I put the whole computer out on the floor and set it up for public consumption, and wham! I thought, "Shoot, the filter..."
So if anyone knows how to alter the Opera.ini file to get the proxy settings working send me the bit of code. The nice folks on the Opera board tried, but I'm still getting some nasty stuff when I type in "full frontal nudity". Our filter software is housed in Boston, in front of the firewall. I'm beginning to wonder about how well it all works anyway.
Oh my god, my head is going to explode! Too much to take in.
Today a woman accused a man of staring at her while she typed her email. She's right, he was. Like everyone there stares at each other on the computers. He was keeping his distance, though, so I didn't say anything. Well, keeping his distance more than most patrons. Then she got in a tussel with him, and I went over. She said that it was so loud in the library she couldn't think and that for the last twenty minutes (at the ten minute email terminal, I might add) she was getting stared at. She told me how uncomfortable that made her...
...then she touched my arm. Okay, I have this thing about being touched. You don't do it. That makes me uncomfortable. So whereas I could relate to her discomfort, and I can relate to her lamenting that people were staring, somehow I lost some sympathy. I told her I understood, and when I came over the guy backed off.
Being new, not only to this job but to the library field in general, I have little to go on as to where to draw the line at behavior. I don't want to stop kids from talking in the library if they are legitimately studying as well.... I don't want them to be loud, and I don't want to turn them off libraries forever. I do taking being stared at and being touched or any unwelcome approaches seriously. I do. It bugs the bejeebies out of me. But I also realize it's a public place, and people do have the right to sit there and... well... look at things. Preferably books, but if someone wants to look at the scenery and they aren't bothering anyone, then I'm not going to say anything. But I haven't gotten enough experience to really know where to draw the line.
Moreso, it's a relatively close public space. You're never really far from someone else. And people don't seem to realize that internet terminals are like ATMs... there's a code of conduct as to how close you stand. There is one particular chronic offender, who got mad at us yesterday and left in a huff. .
I am the systems librarian. I like technology. I like to share technology. I like people to benefit from technology. But boy, do I dislike people fighting over computers. For whatever reason. It's just silly.
There will be rioting when the access is card only. But that's the way it's going to be.
One day, I'd like to see two patrons get in a fist fight over who gets to take out War and Peace next. Sigh.
GUESS WHAT???? Tomorrow... we get a Prius! We found one in Vermont and will be there at nine tomorrow to pick it up. It's a white one, AI package. Almost exactly what we wanted. We wanted that particular package, in silver. White was our third color choice, but hey. Time to see if I can put Linux on it.
Think berries. Ummmmm...... What comes to mind? We've all heard of strawberries, blueberries, cranberries, blackberries, boysenberries, mulberries, etc.
What then is a LIE – BERRY?
Yes, I now work in a middle to upper class suburban school district, but before that, I was a public librarian – wait – or is that liberrian? Since things are absolutely dead serious at work with budget cuts and other crazy things going on, I think I will share some of my public library adventures. Humor keeps me sane. Well, that is a matter of opinion.
Just this past summer I was a Summer Reading Assistant at a branch of our city's library. I totally enjoyed it, but it opened my eyes.
"We're goin' down to the LIE-berry to get us some videos.�
Would Dewy be turning over in his grave right now? The scholars of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina are cleaning the dust from their ears. What?!? Did he just say liberry?
I wanted the staff of our branch to get T-shirts that had all kinds of berries on the front with a picture of our branch on the back. The slogan? The best berry of them all. Wouldn't that have been adorable? The branch down the street from the school that I now work at would not get the joke, but travel a little deeper into town and all of the "liberrians� would be howling!
Now I am in a school – both an elementary and HS and our state just came out with library media academic content standards. I added my own – "Every student will be able to pronounce library by the time they leave this school.�
Use this to wish me a happy birthday! Yes, it's true. I'm 44 today. Man, do I feel old.
I snapped. Went of the deep end. Had a cow. Flipped out. Suffice to say, that tears that have not graced my cheeks in nearly eight years (love those SSRIs) fell in abundance yesterday morning.
Due to an uncanny confluence of boring personal events, I arrived 30 minutes late to work. I phoned the school secretary, and arranged the details with her, and went about getting a ride to school.
Imagine my surprise to find my library lighted, open, and in use when I finally arrived! I immediatately phoned an admin and informed him of the sitch. Thank god our administration understands the wisdom of keeping expensive equipment and books monitored at all times.
Many people came and apologized for the snafu, but I just had that icky feeling you get when you know someone's been messing with your stuff.
As for the budget implications: My adult assistant was laid off for good this year, after having her hours cut in previous years. Without her I have very little flexibility. Plus, the whole "I'm the lone ranger for a user group of 1,000" issue just seems to have caught up with me this week. The secretary offered Xanax. Mine is not the only department hit by Oregon's budgetary folderol.
Oh, my ride to work yesterday morning? My father. Since my assistant was laid of he's been volunteering. The only thing he does is cover hard-bound books, but he's very good at it. Its nice to have him here occasionally -- my mom appreciates it too ;-)
So, it is snowing. Very pretty. I'm torn between being thrilled because I can put stuff up and find the house (I think I have a house - I'm not sure - I can't see it) and being irate because I will have to make this day up at work. They really need to build more snow days into the calendar.
We are using the makeup time (Thursdays from 3:00-6:00. Be there or be square) to work on SACS. Ah, yes the dreaded SACS process. Bad news: I'm the head of the standards and assessment committee. That means I get to find paperwork for ninety different standards to prove we are meeting those standards. Good news: It gives me something to put on my resume.
My five month old son has a cold or something. Poor thing. He is sleeping in his bouncy seat in front of the fire as I type this.
- A nice recording of the Montreal Symphony from the mid-seventies. This fine 1/4 inch audio tape is encoded with Dolby noise reduction.
- Argh, no it's not. Re-jig dubbing equipment.
- Wait! The label and documentation say it is Dolby encoded! Argh! Throw out CD-R. Start again tomorrow.
[next day]
- Re-jig dubbing equipment to decode Dolby.
- Wait! That timpani doesn't sound right! (No CD-Rs harmed this time) Argh^3
- "Audio engineer, is this encoded with Dolby?"
- "No."
- Re-jig dubbing equipment. Record to CD.
- Contact Senior Librarian: "How should I catalogue Dolby tape that is not Dolby?"
... and so it goes.
Snow, cold, wet...it must be library school in the Allegheny foothills!Now just to figure out how to apply AACR2r 2002 (with annotations to bring it up to the 2003 revisions) as to electronic integrating resources...
Somehow I ended up in the children's room last night to cover while there was a book group. I don't mind once in awhile, but let's go on record that I'm not fond of kids. I choose to be kid free. That being said, I appreciate that parents and teachers (and school librarians) have probably the most difficult jobs in the world. Although it was a bit of a refreshing change to unite kids with Clifford rather than throw out adults for having spent the last five hours hogging the internet.
I looked at our internet sign up sheet, which seemed to have the same six or seven names all over it. That worries me some. When the time management software is implemented, it really is going to be an hour a day. I mean, I know damn well people are going into chat rooms and that's what's sucking up the time. I don't know what to do though -- it's kind of a fine balance between, "Hi, I'm looking at your screen to check up on you" and patron privacy. Some chat rooms look a lot like email boards.
Today I am going to spend time tweaking the Linux box, to hopefully be put out the beginning of next week. The iMac will then be moved either back to Internet terminal #2 or I'll take the second one downstairs to put OS X Panther on it in peace. Linux is getting a warm reception from the staff as I kind of explained what I am trying to achieve with it.
Reference books are mighty expensive. I found we had one version of a series on standing order, when we really need both it and it's companion series on standing order. What a racket. After putting another series on standing order last month, I'm a little worried that this is decimating the budget.
So how late are your public libraries open? Last night I had a patron complain we were only open till nine (computers shut off at eight thirty, or we'd never get out of there). I think that's pretty late for a public library, many of which in the state have limited hours. I also explained we were open Saturdays, which isn't necessarily always the case as well. I don't know... the public library at midnight could be a dangerous place. Things people don't realize.
I love the concept. I want the reference ones because they could automatically be updated, and I could clean some shelves.
So, why don't I buy some?
Visit my school library. Heck, visit the school. Every teacher has one archaic barely squeeking into the Pentium age computer. They might as well be on dial-up. Visit the computer lab. Twenty-five of the same old computers. My library sports four brand new computers and four old models. One of the new ones has been broken since December. One since January. I serve 650 students. You do the math.
Well, let the students access them at home. No go. The students don't have computers or have a computer but no Internet access. Not just a few students. I haven't done a formal survey, but I could give a safe guess of 200 out of the 650. Chesnee is a small, rural community and times are hard.
So, no EBooks. Too bad. I want them. I drool at the thought. But then, there IS one more problem.
You can't snuggle in bed with them and a hot chocolate. At least, not yet.
Looking forward to the Dune concept of a book...
I have called, weekly, for the past several weeks trying to get toner for our print station. We're not out yet, but I suspect that we soon will be. It gets used a lot. This particular toner cartridge has alledgedly been ordered a billion times, and we have yet to see it.
Today, between local history, reference, and info, I need to devote some time to weeding reference, as a fellow LISnewser reminded me. I hadn't forgotten, actually, I'm just kind of avoiding it. With a passion.
Paul and I are jonesing for the Prius, which is on day... twentysomething of being on order. It definitely is a technojunkie car. We're scouring New England dealerships that may have some unclaimed here and there. Wish us luck.
Churches and bible societies all over are buying up jillions of tickets to Mel Gibson's move to donate to the public. Too bad they can't spend the money on canned food for the hungry or winter coats for the homeless. Meanwhile, I haven't decided if I'm going to see the flick...I did like "Maverick" ...and I don't mind subtitles...but if I see it, I'm spending my own ten bucks!


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