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Information Literacy Action Plan
Implementation Timeline
Summary (in
context of Library User Education Program)
During the mid to late 1990s,
APSU library instruction was heavily influenced by technology.
Search strategies, the research process and important information
sources became secondary to the new focus of teaching students the mechanics
of using various periodical databases, the online catalog and the World Wide
Web. As a result, the current
Program resembles a training program more than it does an instruction program.
The problem to be solved is how to return to the User Education
Program's original plan, which was to instruct students in the information
management skills they need to be information literate and successful lifelong
learners. By solving this
problem, the Program will improve and contribute to campus information
literacy efforts.
of Problem
APSU students need to possess
information management skills, that is be information literate, in order to be
lifelong learners. Promotion of
information skills through the curriculum and a commitment to lifelong
learning were recently added to the revised University Mission Statement.
The Library's Mission and Goals document states that "Foremost
among [the Library's] functions is teaching and the provision of information
literacy opportunities to all levels of the University community, in order to
equip its members with the skills needed to be competent life-long
learners." Specific Library
teaching goals include:
Emphasize the role of teaching and instruction in all venues and forms,
including individual and technology-based instruction and formal course
integrated courses;
Develop creative mechanisms enhancing the Library's constituents'
information literacy, critical thinking skills, and life-long learning; and
Expand the Library's services to distance learning students including
those at off-campus sites.
Improving the User Education
Program by returning the User Education Program's emphasis to information
management skills, will enable the Library to fulfill its Mission and
contribute to the University's efforts to graduate students who are skilled in
the use of information and committed to lifelong learning.
The solution to the problem is
three-fold. First, create local
student information literacy outcomes based on the ACRL Information Literacy
Competency Standards. Second,
review and modify the APSU Library User Education Program's instruction to
teach toward these outcomes. Third,
develop a means to assess these outcomes, in order to determine if the User
Education Program is meeting the Library's teaching goals and ultimately
contributing to the University's Mission.
This solution is the most
promising of those considered, because it builds on the connections already in
place due to existing collaborative efforts and established relationships
among library faculty and other teaching faculty.
These connections radiate from the present Library User Education
Program through 1) the course-integrated library instruction provided in the
Heritage Program, 2) the course-related library instruction which makes up the
major portion of the Program and 3) special projects such as the Psychology
Research Guide website. Therefore,
the focus will be on modifying this Program, rather than beginning APSU
information literacy efforts from scratch.
The intention is that information literacy will begin by filtering
across campus via the User Education Program; additional information literacy
opportunities will likely surface over time.
Rather than reinvent the wheel, the recognized professional ACRL
Information Literacy Competency Standards will be used to develop desired APSU
student information literacy outcomes. Modification
of instruction will be necessary in order to meet these outcomes.
Reviewing the entire Program is necessary in order to gain an
understanding of 1) the present
instructional content covered, 2) the users reached, 3) the teaching methods
employed and 4) the current articulation gaps.
The review will allow specific instructional opportunities to be
targeted and instructional modification to occur as time allows.
Building in assessment of the Program's modified instruction using the
newly developed outcomes will allow future instructional improvement.
Plan Players
Support from the Library Dean,
College Deans and the Vice President for Academic Affairs will be sought,
since resource, mainly staff and time, will be needed to plan and implement
this process. Both library
faculty and other teaching faculty will need to be involved as players,
because the success of APSU information literacy efforts depends on the
creation of a shared vision among those directly affected.
The primary players will be the instruction librarians, other
librarians and selected faculty who will be asked to serve on a Team which
guides the process. The User
Education Librarian will facilitate this Team's work.
Additional teaching faculty who serve as library liaisons and the
University's Standing Library Committee will be educated about the need for
information literacy. Their
insights regarding developing APSU student information literacy outcomes will
be sought during the process.
Staff and time are the
resources needed to complete this process.
Space and technology are already present.
Because of current budget constraints experienced at APSU and in the
State of Tennessee, there is no chance for staff and time to be completely
dedicated to this process or even for the process to receive the highest
priority. Therefore, developing
the outcomes, reviewing and modifying instruction, and creating a means to
assess outcomes will have to be done over a larger period of time than might
normally be expected.
Plan Implementation Timeline
Instructional Systems Design will be used throughout this process.
- Oct 2000 The
User Education Librarian appoints a Team to guide the process.
This Team meets to discuss
information literacy and
the current User Education
Program's philosophy. (Bruce's 7
Information Literacy Conceptions and the subsequent Michigan interview
findings may be used as discussion fodder for the Team
to understand different ways
people, including students, approach information and also, as an introduction
to the ACRL Standards and Outcomes. Also,
the 'Best Models' website and other sources will be consulted.)
- Dec 2000
The Team drafts an Information Literacy Mission Statement and a
definition of Information Literacy.
- Mar 2001
The Team discusses ACRL Information Literacy Standards and drafts APSU
student information literacy outcomes to be
used on campus.
- Apr 2001
The Team prepares and holds sessions in which
faculty who serve as Library
Liaisons and
the University Standing Library Committee are
1) informed about information
literacy and
2) asked for input regarding
the drafted information literacy definition and the APSU student information
literacy outcomes to be used on campus.
2001 The
Team incorporates feedback received from
teaching faculty and the standing committee into the
final draft of APSU student information literacy
outcomes to be used on campus.
The Team reviews current
instruction provided on campus and targets specific instruction in which
modification will initially occur.
- July 2001
The instruction librarians draft modifications to the targeted
instruction in order to teach toward the new APSU Student Information Literacy
Outcomes. "Improvement Cycle Steps Toward
Effectiveness" will be used in this process.
The Team reviews and finalizes
the modifications.
- Dec 2001
Modified instruction is tried and revised as needed by instruction
librarians and classroom faculty.
The Team develops the means to
assess instruction to see if it meets outcomes.
- May 2002
Assessment of instruction occurs.
- July 2002
The Team assesses the solution outlined in the action plan; modifications
are made.
2002 -
The experiences gained in this process are used to modify remaining
instruction. Articulation (first
year through fourth year) goals will be included.
of the Solution
Team will evaluate the solution to see if it improved information literacy
instruction on campus. The Team
will consider
among those involved in the process will occur, including the faculty in whose
classes the modified instruction was included.


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OK, let's just dive in. BpA – or Bisphenol A – is an organic compound used in the manufacture of many plastics and resins. The most common plastic in the world uses BpA. You can find it in:
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- baby bottles
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- Baby food containers
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- cardboard milk containers coated with plastic
- the lining of tin cans
- Glad wrap and plastic food packaging
- CDs and DVDs
- some dental fillings, dental sealants and medical devices
- shop receipts (in highly toxic amounts – I suggest you decline receipts unless it's really important)
- sports equipment
- contact lenses
- the coating of water supply pipes
- soft drink cans
- The lining of tins of formula. Babies fed infant formula are among the most exposed to BpA, especially if the formula comes in a plastic bottle
- beauty products; it is used as a solvent and in the packaging.
You can also find it in the environment, for example in the ocean as plastic waste degrades and leaches BpA; and in fruit and vegetables that were packaged in plastic. You'd almost certainly find it in your own body, but more on that later.
In other words, that shit gets everywhere.
BpA is a xenoestrogen: it mimics the hormone eostrogen in human and animal bodies and disrupts our endocrine (hormone) systems.
By mimicking the effects of oestrogen, it interferes with hormone levels and cell signalling systems and elevates the risk of uterine fibroids, endometriosis, breast cancer, decreased sperm counts, and prostate and breast cancer, infertility, Type 2 diabetes, obesity and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
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The list of negative health effects associated in some way with exposure to BPA is remarkably long. The most visible effect may be aneuploidy, a chromosome abnormality found in more than 5% of pregnancies. Most aneuploid fetuses die in utero. About one-third of all miscarriages are aneuploid, making it the leading known cause of pregnancy loss. Among conceptions that survive to term, aneuploidy is the leading genetic cause of developmental disabilities.
Because kids are smaller than adults, the concentration of BpA in their bodies per kilo of body weight is greater. And because their brains are still growing, the effects are worse. What staggers me is how ubiquitous BpA is in products designed for and marketed to children and babies.
It's not new news that BpA acts like an eostrogen. In fact, BpA was invented in the 1930's during the search for synthetic eostrogens. I'm not sure who exactly takes the credit for adding it to millions of everyday products, but to that genius I'd like to say: fuck you.
To give these scary facts some back up, let's look at what the governments of the world have said about BpA.
- The notoriously big-company-loving and slow-moving US has admitted that BpA is of "some concern for effects on the brain, behavior, and prostate gland in fetuses, infants, and children at current human exposures to bisphenol A", and 6 states have banned BpA from children's products
- Canada has categorised BpA as toxic to both human health and the environment, and has banned its use in baby bottles
- The European union has banned its use in baby bottles
- Japanese canned food manufacturers have voluntarily removed BpA from tin can linings, and BpA levels in Japanese citizens have since declined up to 50%
- Denmark, France and Turkey have all passed bills banning BpA from certain products.
And New Zealand?
New Zealand's plastic regulations for food packaging and food and drink vessels is governed by Food Standards Australia New Zealand. They say:
FSANZ has evaluated the safety of BPA in food, including that consumed by infants and concluded that levels of intake of BPA are very low and do not pose a significant human health risk for any age group. For example, to reach the safe level (TDI)* for BPA:
- A nine month old baby weighing 9 kg would have to eat more than 1 kg of canned baby custard containing BPA every day to reach the TDI, assuming that the custard contained the highest level of BPA found (420 parts per billion) in a recent survey by CHOICE.
I'm guessing that FSANZ wouldn't do very well in School C maths.
Sure, your baby won't eat a kg of custard per day (though my toddler would sure like to try). But custard – or whatever item you want to substitute that custard for – is not the only BpA source your baby is exposed to. If they're formula fed, it's also in both the milk and perhaps the bottle. If you spoon feed, it's probably in the spoon, and maybe the bowl, and in whatever other food your baby is eating. It's in the plastic teether they chew on for comfort, and the plastic toys they play with. The plastic dummy they might use. In the shampoos and baby body lotions, bubble baths, plastic high chairs and baby bathtubs. In the sippy cup and sometimes the water in the cup. And a newborn baby that weighs 3kg not 9kg has a much greater exposure to BpA per kilo. Get the idea? It's not just one product that contributes to BpA build up, it's the fact our kids grow up in a plastic, BpA riddled world.
*Also note: the safe daily level was what researchers decided on more than twenty years ago. This was an era when studies into BpA were almost exclusively industry-funded. There's been a tonne of research since then, and most of it has not concluded that BpA is safe and benign.
FSANZ admits that the:
Australian Food and Grocery Council and New Zealand Food & Grocery Council members are voluntarily phasing out the use of BPA in polycarbonate plastic baby bottles and many companies have BPA-free options available.
But insists that "this is in response to consumer preference and demand and not an issue about product safety."
What a load of bollocks. For a country that claims to be "clean and green", we could certainly be doing much better to protect our children from toxins.
What's the solution?
Unfortunately, BpA is so commonplace that it's hard to avoid. But you can significantly reduce how much BpA you and your kids are exposed to.
1. Don't just pick BpA free plastics. OK, switch to BpA free plastics as a first step if you like. But be aware that BpA is not the only toxin in plastics; they can also contain phthalates and heavy metals like cadmium. One study showed that most plastics, even BpA free ones, leach hormone-like chemicals. There have also been cases where companies claimed to have BpA-free products which in fact still contained BpA. And some unscrupulous companies like Avent – who now market their products in NZ as BpA free – have simply sent their old shipments of BpA-containing products to the Middle East where there is apparently less consumer awareness of BpA.
2. Reduce your consumption of ALL plastics:
- Use cloth bags instead of plastic
- Drink tap water or use a glass or aluminium drink bottle
- Don't drink from water coolers
- Buy glass baby bottles if you need them, and glass storage containers for food.
- Buy wooden or fabric toys for babies and toddlers, or let them play with the metal saucepans and kitchen utensils, cardboard recycling or a sensory tray of rice or oats.
- Limit your use of tinned food
- Buy bulk foods instead of small quantities wrapped in plastic
- Swap your plastic electric jug for a metal one, and plastic chopping boards for wooden
3. Eat fresh food. A study in which families ate fresh, unprocessed food (and stored it in plastic-free containers) found: "After the intervention with fresh foods, BPA levels dropped on average by more than 60 percent and phthalate levels were cut in half. When the participants returned to their normal habits, their BPA levels went back up." This was after only three days eating fresh food. Pretty neat stuff.
4. DIY. Try making your own bread, muesli bars, cleaning products, cosmetics, hair care products, toothpastes and whatnot to avoid all the packaging. I'm pretty new at this, but so far all the recipes I've tried are ridiculously easy. For example: try switching your regular conditioner for diluted apple cider vinegar. I'm no Einstein, but even I can manage that.
5. Arm yourself with knowledge. There are loads of good resources out there, but here are a few I like.
Jeanne Haegele's tips on using less plastic
20 Things You Need To Know About Bisphenol A
Time Magazine's "The Perils of Plastic"
Wendyl's Green Goddess and Hazeltree Farm for their cleaning/beauty/baby recipes.


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STANFORD, Calif. (AP) - David Shaw has a message for anybody who believes he's going to leave Stanford for the NFL after this season: no chance.
The Cardinal coach said Monday night that the growing mention of his name for NFL jobs is ''very flattering.'' He said he was bothered by the speculation last year but now ''it's just a testament to being a really good college football program.''
Shaw was promoted from offensive coordinator after Jim Harbaugh left for the San Francisco 49ers in January 2011. He has led Stanford to a 34-6 record in three seasons, going to three straight BCS bowls and winning the past two Pac-12 titles.
The fifth-ranked Cardinal (11-2) will go for their second straight Rose Bowl victory against No. 4 Michigan State (12-1) on Jan. 1.


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Watch part twoOn The Listening Post this week; the reporting of the International Criminal Court's indictment of Omar al-Bashir, the Sudanese president, plus World of Warcraft, an online gaming phenomenon.
This week in the News Divide: The International Criminal Court recently issued an arrest warrant for Omar al-Bashir, Sudan's president, for war crimes and crimes against humanity. It is the first time the ICC has issued this kind of warrant for a sitting head of state or head of government. Since 2003 more than 200,000 people have been killed in the Darfur conflict and another 3 million have been displaced. But the ICC's charges against al-Bashir have many in the media, particularly in the Arab world, talking about the apparent double standard. To them, the court has one set of rules for an African/Arab leader, and another set for Western politicians. We take a look at the arrest warrant and the Sudanese government's media counter-offensive.
In part two, The Listening Post's Sam Sapin looks at World of Warcraft, a popular online game that claims to have more than 11 million registered players. But like many addictions, there may be a health risk involved. Our feature will assess the new media phenomenon, its real world implications, and the steps being taken to deal with this manifestation of online addiction. In this week's Newsbytes: Youtube is banned in Bangladesh; The Zimbabwean journalist, Jestina Mukoko, is released; Muntadher al-Zaidi gets three years in prison for throwing his shoes at George Bush; Hillary Clinton's crusade for the release of Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi; and Sky News appoints its first Twitter correspondent. Finally, our internet video of the week is a satirical video created from the team at The Onion featuring a mock release of the sequel to World of Warcraft, "World of World of Warcraft", which allows you to play the original game vicariously through new characters playing the original game.This episode of The Listening Post aired from Friday, March 13, 2009.
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The SFFaudio Podcast #264 – READALONG: The Martian by Andy Weir
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The SFFaudio Podcast #264 – Jesse, Jenny, Tam, Julie, Bryan, and Mike discuss The Martian by Andy Weir.
Talked about in this episode:
Dust on Mars is too thin to allow for sandstorms; terpkristin says NASA would never build a faulty antenna; and we finally introduce the book; is The Martian science fiction?; the one-way Mars mission Mars One; reminiscent of Heinlein's Farmer in the Sky; Mike tracks Watney's journey through Google Mars; why NASA picks boring locations to land their first missions; Andy Weir on Science Friday; the most far-fetched element of the book is its lack of budgetary concerns; Bradley Cooper in the film adaptation?; The Martian and Gravity have depressing implications; the novel's (Heinleinian?) lack of character development; Mark Watney is in "full on Macgeyver mode"; most pilots are boring; many LOLs in the book; Andy Weir's webcomic Casey and Andy; strong language in the novel; stoichiometry; feasibility of plot points; engineer-as-hero motif pitted against bureaucracy; Martian Odyssey by Stanley G. Weinbaum; Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe; Robinson Crusoe on Mars starring Adam West; The Makeshift Rocket by Poul Anderson, a spaceship powered by beer; From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne and First Man on the Moon by H.G. Wells; Robinsoniad; Thunder and Lightning series by John Varley; Rocket Ship Galileo by Heinlein, featuring Nazis on the Moon!; the United States falling behind in the Space Race; Stephen Hawking on the dangers of artificial intelligence; Mars Attacks!; the novel's lack of Earth focus makes it literally escapist; Heinlein's prophetic Destination Moon; send more potatoes to space; pop culture references; "I'm a space pirate."; The Case for Mars by Bob Zubrin, a non-fiction proposal for reaching the Red Planet; Red Mars and other Kim Stanley Robinson novels; Marooned starring Gregory Peck; Gravity; Apollo 18, a found-footage horror film; Falling Skies; Bruce Campbell and Martin Koenig in Moontrap; Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs; A Walk in the Sun by Geoffrey Landis; Transit of Earth by Arthur C. Clarke bears a strong resemblance to The Martian; new party game: "You an astronaut on Mars. What's the last music you listen to before you die?"; We Who Are About To by Joanna Russ; hope in fantasy and science fiction; Jesse hopes they don't make a sequel; locked-room scenarios; Portal; would Earth really expend so many resources to save a single human being?; Ascent by Jed Mercurio; T-Minus: The Race to the Moon; Limit by Frank Schätzing; Planetes; The Souther Reach by Jeff VanderMeer for more botanist action; The Apollo Quartet by Ian Sales; Voyage by Stephen Baxter, dramatized by BBC Radio.
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The SFFaudio Podcast #229 – NEW RELEASES/RECENT ARRIVALS
Filed under: New Releases, Podcasts, Recent Arrivals
The SFFaudio Podcast #229 – Jesse, Jenny, Tamahome, and Paul Weimer talk about NEW RELEASES and RECENT ARRIVALS.
Talked about on today's show:
Tam is back, Haruki Murakami, Kafka On The Shore, magic realism, Japan, kafkaesque, surrealism, 1Q84, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, pretty books, Chip Kidd, rice paper, Requiem by Ken Scholes, Julie Davis, Tor, magic staff, earth in the future, The Steel Remains, "oh crap this is the future", Gene Wolfe, Happy Hour In Hell by Tad Williams, Bobby Dollar, The Dirty Streets Of Heaven, urban fantasy, demoness tangling, Lankhmar, urban fantasy => a certain kind of fantasy, noir/detective => hardboiled, Otherland, Luke Burrage, cats, "the Walter Jon Williams effect", MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood, mostly dystopian, Oryx and Crake, quasi-humans, The Year Of The Flood, genetic engineering, racoon-pigs, storytelling mode, listening at 2X speed, competitive debate, Margaret Atwood's preview of a review of Doctor Sleep by Stephen King, a sequel to The Shining, Atwood's weakness for horror and terror, "because he's Stephen King", Will Patton, "don't judge me people", is there a stigma in literary circles?, Zoomer magazine's profile of Margaret Atwood as "Queen Of The Nerds", Twitter, tweetalong?, a genuine literary reputation, poetry, Orson Scott Card, does it matter?, dystopia, Dreamscape Audiobooks, The Night Lands by William Hope Hodgson, The House On The Borderlands, a very daunting book, big and ambitious, Lovecraftian?, The Scarlet Plague by Jack London, Earth Abides, class, mainstream post-apocalypse, Alas Babylon by Pat Frank, a toothless grandfather, Drew Ariana, Goslings by J.D. Beresford, plague talk!, The Children Of Men, Y: The Last Man, the newspapers, HiLoBooks, "Radium Age" Science Fiction, Gweek, The Road To Science Fiction, classicism, sexism, barbarism, The Iron Heel, numeracy and literacy, the size of the universe or the age of the Earth, Simon & Schuster Audio, Rivers by Michael Farris Smith, Jenny loves destroying the earth, wiping the slate clean, Fallout, Tobias Buckell, Interrupt by Jeff Carlson, Hunter Davis, Brilliance Audio, simultaneously published with print, Neanderthals, the pronunciations, Robert J. Sawyer, Discover Magazine, literally means not literally anymore, it's figuratively raining cats and dogs, The Darwin Elevator by Jason M. Hough, Julie Davis, Simon Vance, science fiction thrillers, John Scalzi, plague, space elevator, working for the enemy?, a compressed schedule, writing 2X, a first novel!, military SF, "we've complinished everything", Reflex by Steven Gould, Jumper, the physical audiobook industry (is it mostly for libraries), Paperback Audio, William Dufris, The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester, innate teleportation, the Jumper movie, Portal, post-humans, Nightcrawler without the bad smell, BAMFless, The Clockwork Man by E.V. Odle, Ralph Lister, no introductions makes Jesse sad, are there audio previews?, Affliction: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel (#22) by Laurell K. Hamilton, The Lord of Opium (Matteo Alacran #2) by Nancy Farmer, The Midnight Heir (Bane Chronicles #4) by Cassandra Clare and Sara Rees Brennan, building on The Hunger Games, Untouchable (Immortals After Dark #8) by Kresley Cole, Robert Petkoff, The Hunt or Capture, the reality TV version of The Hunger Games in The Hunger Games would be very boring, The Truman Show would be a very boring show to actually watch, in fiction the TV shows are without narrative, TVtropes show with an show, Hamlet, William Shakespeare did meta 500 years ago, epic traditional fantasy, traditional epic fantasy marriage, Crown Thief (Tales Of Easie Damasco #2) by David Tallerman, Giant Thief, sword and sorcery, golem or gollum?, Witch Wraith: The Dark Legacy of Shannara by Terry Brooks, Rosalyn Landor, , "Tolkien with the serial numbers filed off", "its all about the elfstones", The Lord Of The Rings, questing, trilogy vs. endless series, the Wikipedia entry for Shannara, a magical cataclysm, "a richer broader universe", Revolution, S.M. Stirling, Robert Jordan, the Dragonlance series, Daniel Abraham, subverting the quest trope, The Eye Of The World, George R.R. Martin, gathering forces and subverting expectations, children's fantasy, Roald Dahl, Matilda is read by Kate Winslet!, the musical of Matilda, The Twits, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Charlie And The Great Glass Elevator Futurama, Fry and the Slurm factory, Gene Wilder, great character names!, Dickensian names, The BFG, biography, crime, thriller, JFK's Last Hundred Days: The Transformation Of A Man And The Emergence Of A Great President, Death Angel (Alexandra Cooper #15) by Linda Fairstein, The Kill List by Frederick Forsyth, George Guidall, "now it's personal", Penguin Audio, adding heat urgency of character development, adding a baby, Breaking Bad babies, the invisible baby or worse the artificially aging child syndrome, Mork & Mindy, Shaman by Kim Stanley Robinson, 30,000 years ago, prehistorical romance, hard edged scientific, Clan Of The Cavebear, Monsters Of The Earth by David Drake, Seanan McGuire, Soldier by Harlan Ellison, The Terminator, The Outer Limits, James Cameron, Philip Wylie, Tomorrow!, John Wyndham, When Worlds Collide, The Answer, nuclear war with angels, The End Of The Dream, The Murderer Invisible.
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The SFFaudio Podcast #217 – NEW RELEASES/RECENT ARRIVALS
Filed under: Audio Drama, New Releases, Podcasts, Recent Arrivals
The SFFaudio Podcast #217 – Jesse, Tamahome, Jenny, and Marrisa VU talk about audiobook NEW RELEASES and RECENT ARRIVALS.
Talked about on today's podcast:
Hammer Chillers, Mr. Jim Moon, British audio drama horror anthology, Hammer Films, Janette Winterson, Paul Magrs, Stephen Gallagher, the official physical list, spaceship sci-fi, Honor Harrington, David Weber, Audible.com, Horatio Hornblower in space, broadsides and pirates, gravity propulsion, Steve Gibson, a telepathic treecat, Lois McMaster Bujold, Luke Burrage (The Science Fiction Book Review Podcast), David Drake, S.M. Stirling, 90% of Lois McMaster Bujold's sales are audiobooks, Sword & Laser, a girl writer, Prisoners Of Gravity, religion, J.R.R. Tolkien, George R.R. Martin isn't Tolkien deep, secondary world, The Curse Of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold, Blackstone Audio, Paladin Of Souls, Miles Vorkosigan, low magic vs. high magic, high fantasy, Westeros world vs. Harry Potter world, the Red Wedding (and the historical inspiration), the guest host relationship, John Scalzi, Redshirts, Agent To The Stars, The Human Division, The Ghost Brigades, Old Man's War, William Dufris, Wil Wheaton as a narrator (is great at 2x speed), snarky comedic Scalzi stories, Little Brother by Cory Doctorow, Kirby Heyborne, Fuzzy Nation, Andrew L., Starforce Series, Mark Boyette, military SF, Legend: Area 51 by Bob Meyer, Eric G. Dove, traditional fantasy, epic fantasy, conservative fantasy, elves princes quests, fewer tattoos more swords, Elizabeth Moon, Graphic Audio, truck drivers, comic books, westerns, post-apocalyptic gun porn, Paladin's Legacy, Limits Of Power, elves, simultaneous release, Vatta's War, horses in space, The Deed Of Paksenarrion, Red Sonja, non-beach armor, Elizabeth Moon was a marine, sounds pretty hot, Any Other Name, the split-world series, Neal Stephenson, Greg Bear, The Assassination Of Orange, Terpkristin's review of The Mongoliad Book 1, The Garden Of Stones by Mark T. Barnes, books are too long!, books are not edited!, cut it down, self-contained books, find the good amongst the long and the series, Oberon's Dreams by Aaron Pogue, Taming Fire, Oklahoma, urban fantasy, Blue Blazes by Chuck Wendig, Adam Christopher, blah blah blah quote quote quote, "Wow I've never read anything like this before!, a head like a wrecking-ball, cool artwork, Lovecraft sounds like the book of Jeremiah, Net Galley, a Chuck Wendig children's book, Under The Empyrean Sky, The Rats In The Walls, "two amorphous idiot flute players", Old Testament Lovecraft, Emperor Mollusc Vs. The Sinister Brain by A. Lee Martinez, lucky Bryce, Legion by Brandon Sanderson, we have sooo many reviewers!, Deadly Sting by Jennifer Estep, Jill Kismet, Flesh Circus by Lilith Saintcrow, Nice Girls Don't Bite Their Neighbors, a vampire child, B.V. Larson, The Bone Triangle, Hemlock Grove (the Netflix series), True Blood, Arrested Development, House Of Cards, House Of Lies, The Lives of Tao by Wesley Chu, Angry Robot, the Angry Robot Army, a complete list, Peter Kline, in the style of Lost, The Lost Room by Fitz James-O'Brien, Myst, Simon & Schuster, Random House, Joyland by Stephen King, Hard Case Crime, Charles Ardai, HCC-013, Haven, The Colorado Kid, setting not action, mapbacks, Iain M. Banks died, the Culture series, Inversions, Player Of Games, Brick By Brick: How LEGO Rewrote The Rules Of Innovation And Conquered The Global Toy Industry by David Robertson and Bill Breen, Downpour.com, At The Mountains Of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft, Edward Herrmann, Antarctica, Miskatonic University, The Gilmore Girls, M*A*S*H, 30 Rock, The Shambling Guide To New York City by Mur Lafferty, New York, great cover!, Spoken Freely … Going Public in Shorts, Philip K. Dick, Edgar Allan Poe, Abraham Lincoln, Mark Turetsky, Xe Sands, The Yellow Wallpaper, The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes, a time-traveling serial killer, Chicago, Jenny's Reading Envy blog, fantasy character names, Ringworld by Larry Niven, Louis Wu, The Shift Omnibus Edition by Hugh Howey, The Wool Series (aka The Silo Series) by Hugh Howey, a zombie plague of Hugh Howey readers, why is there no audiobook for Fair Coin by E.C. Myers?, The Monkey's Paw, YA, Check Wendig on YA, what is a "fair coin", rifling through baggage, dos-à-dos, The Ocean At The End Of The Lane by Neil Gaiman, Coraline, The Graveyard Book, Odd And The Frost Giants, The Wolves In The Walls, Audible's free Neil Gaiman story, Cold Colors, Shoggoth's Old Peculiar, Audible download history and Amazon's Kindle 1984, the world is Big Brother these days, George Orwell, dystopia, BLOPE: A Story Of Segregation, Plastic Surgery, And Religion Gone Wrong By Sean Benham, The Hunger Games, Philip K. Dick, The Man In The High Castle, alternate history, Antiagon Fire by L.E. Modesitt, Jr., William Dufris, what podcasts are you listening to?, Sword & Laser, Dan Carlin's Common Sense, Dan Carlin's Hardcore History, Sword & Laser's interview with Lois McMaster Bujold, ex-Geek & Sundry, Kim Stanley Robinson, KCRW Bookworm with Michael Silverblatt, The Geek's Guide To The Galaxy, Writing Excuses, A Good Story Is Hard To Find, the Savage Lovecast, WTF with Mark Maron, depressed but optimistic, Maron, Point Of Inquiry, Daniel Dennet, Neil deGrasse Tyson, S.T. Joshi, how do you become a Think Tank, a weird civil society thing, Star Ship Sofa's SofaCON, Peter Watts, Protecting Project Pulp, Tales To Terrify, Crime City Central, the District Of Wonders network, Larry Santoro, Fred Himebaugh (@Fredosphere),
Beyond the valleys, green and grand,
Peek the frightened eyes of the weak colossal Stan,
the giant boy of infant lands.
Stan grasps with Herculean hands the pinnacle peaks,
Clutching feebly with avalanche force.
It's azure bulky hides his enormous and titanic hulk
From the frightening lights of the big small city.
Stan's fantastic feet,
Like ocean liners parked in port.
His colossal thighs,
Like thunderous engines resting silently for a storm to come.
His tremendous teeth like hoary skyscrapers shaking in an earthquake,
like a heavenly metropolis quivering beneath a troubled brow,
above a wet Red Sea of silent tongue.
Stan, insecure in his cyclopean mass,
Feels fear for his future beyond the warm chill range of the bowl-like hills
That house his home and heart.
Stan fears a fall filled with
Judging eyes,
Whispered words,
Of mockery and shame.
How could city slick students stand Stan's pine scented skin?
His dew dropped pits dripping down in rivulets turned to rivers!
And what does a giant know of school and scholarship?
What can mere tests, of paper and pen, say
For the poor and friendless figure who quakes and sighs
Behind the too small mountain looming high over
A big small city to which young Stan has never been?
SFSqueeCast, vague positivity, Charles Tan, SFFaudio could use more positivity, Hypnobobs, Batman, weird fiction, Peter Cushing, The Gorgon, Christopher Lee.
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The SFFaudio Podcast #191 – READALONG: The World Jones Made by Philip K. Dick
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The SFFaudio Podcast #191 – Jesse, Tamahome, and Jenny talk about the Brilliance Audio audiobook, The World Jones Made by Philip K. Dick.
Talked about on today's podcast:
Racy?, 1950s, hermaphrodites, relativism is mandated by the government, reverse Nazism, the Wikipedia entry for relativism, relativism as a tool against disbelief, L. Ron Hubbard, The Way To Happiness, communism, "good explorations", Doug Cussick, political correctness, the opposite of communism?, China, Chinese communism, WWII, "Hitler was a precog", escape your fate by embracing your fate, seeing into the future after your death, the devolution of a mind in a dead brain, a molluscular and mineral afterlife, grab bag of ideas, giant alien jellyfish, Brilliance Audio, pollen?, spores?, polyps?, planula!, Floyd Jones (is he the hero?), the Venus babies, the people in the Womb, seven mutants in a warehouse in San Fransisco, artificial animals, Venusian wallpaper?, hot and moist, The Truman Show, people have to get off of Earth, the Moon as the 51st state, King Newt running the Moon, pantropy, tropism, genetic modification, Nexus by Ramez Naam, More Than Human by Ramez Naam, Kim Stanley Robinson, More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon, the ending, Jones as the new Jesus, contempt for the audience, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, kids getting off on power, suicide, Hitler's death, "how could a precog be wrong?", future knowledge of your own knowledge, its very confusing, is Cussick the main character?, rebellion by shoplifting, sexism, WWIII, "asparagus sucks!", women as litmus paper, she always held the majority opinion, visiting a racist elderly relative, "No grandma! That's wrong!", irony, the nameless character has a fascinating story, why don't we get a sense of the masses, paralleling the rise of Hitler, lebensraum, interesting scenes interspersed with less interesting scenes, domestic scenes vs. organizational scenes, Tyler's story, the Venus children, paranoia, Shell Game by Philip K. Dick, redundant exists, The Three Stigmata Of Palmer Eldritch, Counter Clock World, We Can Remember It For You Wholesale, The Zap Gun, Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?, Blade Runner, Robert Downey Jr., A Scanner Darkly, The Man In The High Castle, alternate history, most people who live in SF universes don't read SF, a BBC adaptation of The Man In The High Castle, an epic story about a guy who makes jewelry, Terry Gilliam, Anthony Boucher, "a hasty and disappointing effort", perk up vs. zone out, civil war or aliens?, a golden land of opportunity and adventure (and slime).
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Commentary: A "Top 100 Sci-Fi Audiobooks" List
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Last year somebody* pointed out that a list of "The Top 100 Sci-Fi Books" (as organized by the Sci-Fi Lists website) was almost entirely available in audiobook form!
At the time of his or her compiling 95 of the 100 books were available as audiobooks.
Today, it appears, that list is approaching 99% complete!
I've read a good number of the books and audiobooks listed, and while some of them are indeed excellent, I'd have to argue that some are merely ok, and that others are utterly atrocious.
That said, I do think it is interesting that almost all of them are available as audiobooks!
Here's the list as it stood last year, plus my added notations on the status of the missing five:
01- Ender's Game – Orson Scott Card – 1985
02- Dune – Frank Herbert – 1965
03- Foundation – Isaac Asimov – 1951
04- Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy – Douglas Adams – 1979
05- 1984 – George Orwell – 1949
06- Stranger In A Strange Land – Robert A Heinlein – 1961
07- Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury – 1954
08- 2001: A Space Odyssey – Arthur C Clarke – 1968
09- Starship Troopers – Robert A Heinlein – 1959
10- I, Robot – Isaac Asimov – 1950
11- Neuromancer – William Gibson – 1984
12- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? – Philip K. Dick – 1968
13- Ringworld – Larry Niven – 1970
14- Rendezvous With Rama – Arthur C. Clarke – 1973
15- Hyperion – Dan Simmons – 1989
16- Brave New World – Aldous Huxley – 1932
17- The Time Machine – H.G. Wells – 1895
18- Childhood's End – Arthur C. Clarke – 1954
19- The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress – Robert A. Heinlein – 1966
20- The War Of The Worlds – H.G. Wells – 1898
21- The Forever War – Joe Haldeman – 1974
22- The Martian Chronicles – Ray Bradbury – 1950
23- Slaughterhouse Five – Kurt Vonnegut – 1969
24- Snow Crash – Neal Stephenson – 1992
25- The Mote In God's Eye – Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle – 1975
26- The Left Hand Of Darkness – Ursula K. Le Guin – 1969
27- Speaker For The Dead – Orson Scott Card – 1986
28- Jurassic Park – Michael Crichton – 1990
29- The Man in the High Castle – Philip K. Dick – 1962
30- The Caves Of Steel – Isaac Asimov – 1954
31- The Stars My Destination – Alfred Bester – 1956
32- Gateway – Frederik Pohl – 1977
33- Lord Of Light – Roger Zelazny – 1967
34- Solaris – Stanisław Lem – 1961
35- 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea – Jules Verne – 1870
36- A Wrinkle In Time – Madeleine L'Engle – 1962
37- Cat's Cradle – Kurt Vonnegut – 1963
38- Contact – Carl Sagan – 1985
39- The Andromeda Strain – Michael Crichton – 1969
40- The Gods Themselves – Isaac Asimov – 1972
41- A Fire Upon The Deep – Vernor Vinge – 1991
42- Cryptonomicon – Neal Stephenson – 1999
43- The Day of the Triffids – John Wyndham – 1951
44- UBIK – Philip K. Dick – 1969
45- Time Enough For Love – Robert A. Heinlein – 1973
46- A Clockwork Orange – Anthony Burgess – 1962
47- Red Mars – Kim Stanley Robinson – 1992
48- Flowers For Algernon – Daniel Keyes
49- A Canticle For Leibowitz – Walter M. Miller – 1959
50- The End of Eternity – Isaac Asimov – 1955
51- Battlefield Earth – L. Ron Hubbard – 1982
52- Frankenstein – Mary Shelley – 1818
53- Journey To The Center Of The Earth – Jules Verne – 1864
54- The Dispossessed – Ursula K. Le Guin – 1974
55- The Diamond Age – Neal Stephenson – 1995
56- The Player Of Games – Iain M. Banks – 1988
57- The Reality Dysfunction – Peter F. Hamilton – 1996
58- Startide Rising – David Brin – 1983
59- The Sirens Of Titan – Kurt Vonnegut – 1959
60- Eon – Greg Bear – 1985
61- Ender's Shadow – Orson Scott Card – 1999
62- To Your Scattered Bodies Go – Philip Jose Farmer – 1971
63- A Scanner Darkly – Philip K. Dick – 1977
64- Lucifer's Hammer – Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle – 1977
65- The Handmaid's Tale – Margaret Atwood – 1985
66- The City And The Stars – Arthur C Clark – 1956
67- The Stainless Steel Rat – Harry Harrison – 1961
68- The Demolished Man – Alfred Bester – 1953
69- The Shadow of the Torturer – Gene Wolfe – 1980
70- Sphere – Michael Crichton – 1987
71- The Door Into Summer – Robert .A Heinlein – 1957
72- The Three Stigmata Of Palmer Eldritch – Philip K. Dick – 1964
73- Revelation Space – Alastair Reynolds – 2000
74- Citizen Of The Galaxy – Robert A. Heinlein – 1957
75- Doomsday Book – Connie Willis – 1992
76- Ilium – Dan Simmons – 2003
77- The Invisible Man – H.G. Wells – 1897
78- Have Space-Suit Will Travel – Robert A. Heinlein – 1958
79- The Puppet Masters – Robert A. Heinlein – 1951
80- Out Of The Silent Planet – C.S. Lewis – 1938
81- A Princess of Mars – Edgar Rice Burroughs – 1912
82- The Lathe of Heaven – Ursula K. Le Guin – 1971
83- Use Of Weapons – Iain M. Banks – 1990
84- The Chrysalids – John Wyndham – 1955
85- Way Station – Clifford Simak – 1963
86- Flatland – Edwin A. Abbott – 1884
87- Altered Carbon – Richard Morgan – 2002
88- Old Man's War – John Scalzi – 2005
89- COMING SOON (October 15, 2012) – Roadside Picnic – Arkady and Boris Strugatsky – 1972
90- The Road – Cormac McCarthy – 2006
91- The Postman – David Brin – 1985
92- NEWLY AVAILABLE – Stand On Zanzibar – John Brunner – 1969
93- VALIS – Philip K. Dick – 1981
94- NEWLY AVAILABLE The Cyberiad: Fables for the Cybernetic Age – Stanisław Lem – 1974
95- NOT AVAILABLE AS AN AUDIOBOOK – Cities In Flight – James Blish – 1955
96- The Lost World – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – 1912
97- The Many-Colored Land – Julian May – 1981
98- Gray Lensman – E.E. 'Doc' Smith – 1940
99- The Uplift War – David Brin – 1987
100- NEWLY AVAILABLE – The Forge Of God – Greg Bear – 1987
In case you were wondering, the list was compiled using the following criteria:
"A statistical survey of sci-fi literary awards, noted critics and popular polls. To qualify a book has to be generally regarded as science fiction by credible sources and/or recognised as having historical significance to the development of the genre. For books that are part of a series (with some notable exceptions) only the first book in the series is listed."
The "Next 100″, as listed over on Sci-Fi Lists, has a lot of excellent novels and collections in it too, check that out HERE.
[*Thanks to "neil1966hardy" from ThePirateBay]
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The SFFaudio Podcast #171 – NEW RELEASES/RECENT ARRIVALS
Filed under: Aural Noir, New Releases, Podcasts, Recent Arrivals
The SFFaudio Podcast #171 – Jesse, Tamahome, Jenny, Julie Hoverson, and Matthew Sanborn Smith talk about the latest NEW RELEASES and RECENT ARRIVALS in audiobooks and paperbooks.
Talked about on today's show:
Matt is sorry, audiobooks and paperbooks, The Mongoliad (Book 1) by Greg Bear, Neal Stephenson, Mark Teppo, Erik Bear, Joseph Brassey, Cooper Moo, E.D. deBirmingham, Luke Daniels, Brilliance Audio, "speculative history", shared worlds, Jenny appreciates the effort, Mongolian food yum!, Genghis Kahn And The Making Of The Modern World by Jack Weatherford, swordplay, Blackbirds by Chuck Wendig, Angry Robot Books, "our hirsute friend", "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose", Peter Boyle, The X-Files, "I'm on team more please", Counter Clock World by Philip K. Dick |READ OUR REVIEW|, Your Appointment Will Be Yesterday, "The librarians have all the power and they use it for evil.", Red Dwarf, Backwards, WWII in reverse, time's arrow, South Park, Dreadnaught: The Lost Fleet: Beyond The Frontier by Jack Campbell, military SF, Steve Gibson (of Security Now), "Gratuitous Space Battles", Battlestar Galactica, Star Wars, Battleship, Shadow Blizzard by Alexey Pehov's website, D&D style action, George R.R. Martin, Shadow Prowler, is there a Russian Goodreads?, Luke Burrage, The Scar, The Hot Gate by John Ringo, Baen Books, Sword & Laser, Omega Point (A Richards And Klein Investigation) by Guy Haley, an angry AI, The Steel Remains by Richard K. Morgan, "don't poke the nerds", Farmer In The Sky by Robert A. Heinlein, collective tractor problems, Tunnel In The Sky by Robert A. Heinlein, Silent Running, bringing earth from Earth, Nick Podehl, "solar operas", The Number Of The Beast by Robert A. Heinlein, a bloaty book, Sliders, lawyer world is our world, bickering about who is in charge, "sensual", The Number Of The Beast Wikipedia entry, Amidala is Ozma?, Space: 1889, The Year's Top Ten Tales Of Science Fiction: Volume 4 edited by Allan Kaster, After The Apocalypse by Maureen F. McHugh, Charles Stross, Robert Reed, Kiss The Dead by Laurell K. Hamilton, noir, Anne Rice, PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT (email Jenny if you're an audiobook reviewer in search of audiobooks to review), Thursday Next, Jasper Fforde, Hamlet, The Unwritten, Recorded Books, One Of Our Thursdays Is Missing by Jasper Fforde, Shadow Of Night by Deborah Harkness, a Martian day, Moon War by Ben Bova, the "Grand Tour" series, Kim Stanley Robinson, mowing the lawn while audiobooking, The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty, Downton Abbey, Cranford, The Orphanmaster by Jean Zimmerman, The Secret Pilgrim by John le Carré, A Perfect Spy by John le Carré, Michael Jayston, AuralNoir.com (SFFaudio's long forgotten clone), "it's about ideas", John le Carré as a narrator, Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household, James Bond, Sherlock Holmes, Penguin Audio, Potboiler by Jesse Kellerman, Breaking Bad, a surreal chain of events, Kirby Heyborne, Homeland by Cory Doctorow, Eric S. Rabkin's Coursera Course: Fantasy and Science Fiction: The Human Mind, Our Modern World, Night Watch by Linda Fairstein, A Game Of Thrones food, when is Winter coming?, Barbara Rosenblat, It's The Middle Class Stupid by James Carville and Stan Greenberg, is that a speech impediment or an accent?, I Hate Everyone … Starting With Me by Joan Rivers, "You're not the gay son I wanted.", Suck It, Wonder Woman: The Misadventures Of A Hollywood Geek by Olivia Munn and Mac Montandon |READ OUR REVIEW|, The Newsroom, Attack Of The Show, Michael Caine, audio biographies, My Life by Bill Clinton, Bossypants by Tina Fey, 30 Rock, SecondWorld by Jeremy Robinson, On The Beach by Nevil Shute, Phil Gigante, The Stainless Steel Rat, Fatherland, Kop Killer by Warren Hammond, wife wife wife, Spider Play by Lee Killough, Beware the Hairy Mango, 19 Nocturne Boulevard, Fatal Girl (anime audio drama), internal consistency, is anime a genre?, Hayao Miyazaki, Tony C. Smith's District Of Wonders network, StarShipSofa, Tales To Terrify, Crime City Central, Protecting Project Pulp, Lawrence Block, Lawrence Santoro is awesome, should we care about networks?, Mucho Mango Mayo (a new story every day), web-series writing month, Saki, H.P. Lovecraft, Jorge Luis Borges, Dis-Belief, cosmic horror, parallel universes.
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Duties and Responsibilities
The Hotel Housekeeper
will be responsible for performing
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cleaning guest rooms, maintaining linen
cart supplies, collecting dirty service
items, etc.
Hotel Housekeeper will perform
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Clean and service assigned guest
rooms in a timely and organized
Provide customer service to faculty,
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Minimum Requirements / Knowledge / Skill For
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Minimum Education Requirements /
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Example 2: Hotel Housekeeper Job Description
Job Summary:
The Hotel Housekeeper will be
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Provide the highest quality of
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Clean and return vacant dirty rooms
to a vacant ready status, and
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and carpets
Tidy rooms as needed
Replenish guest supplies and
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Maintain a clean and orderly
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Report any material discrepancies
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condition, (i.e., associate lounge
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inquiries immediately
After completion of 90 day training
period, be prepared to become a
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assigned guest room at a 90% or
above rating
Assist in the general clean and
carpet care program by changing
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Wear proper uniform at all times as
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6 months experience in the
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to: 1) Read a limited number of 2
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Reasoning abilities sufficient to
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Ability to use hands; reach with
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Ability to stand, walk, sit, stoop,
kneel, crouch, or crawl for long
Ability to climb and balance
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Specific vision required includes
close, distance, color, and
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Thorough knowledge of emergency
Ability to adhere to all work rules,
procedures and policies established
by the company, including, but not
limited to, those contained in the
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Some combination of formal
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following duties & responsibilities:
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maintain the building in good
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through work orders)
Examine and inspect the condition of
guest room linens and take
appropriate steps to ensure the
elimination of damaged items; manage
the maintenance of established par
levels and laundering quality of all
"in use" linen
Install and maintain adequate
controls to minimize waste and loss
through theft or damage of operating
supplies, furnishings and equipment
Operate a "Lost and Found" facility
for Hotel guests
Instruct assigned employees on the
safety policies and procedures and
report all safety hazards are
eliminated. Insure all personnel are
trained on OSHA regulations
Complete and route all occupational
injury/ illness reports
Prepare annual budget and operating
forecasts; prepare regular and
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records and files
Retain staff in line with
departmental goals
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Prepare annual capital requests as
Counsel, guide and instruct
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of their duties; prepare and
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appraisals of assigned employees
Recommend employee changes such as
hiring, promotion, demotion and
termination; recommend wage and
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within established limits
Monitor the Fitness Center to
include, but not limited to,
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overall maintenance needs
Responsible for providing
exceptional Red Carpet Customer
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Perform other duties as assigned.
Minimum Requirements / Knowledge /
Skill For Hotel Housekeeping Manager Job
Three to five years hotel
supervisory experience as a
Housekeeping Floor Supervisor
Proficient in Microsoft applications
(Excel, Access, Word)
Effective communication skills
(verbal, written, and presentation)
Effective mathematical skills
Fluent and literate in English
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Excellent interpersonal and customer
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Ability to perform the physical job
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Ability to work in areas containing
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Bachelor's degree (B.A./B.S.) from
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Hotel Housekeeping Supervisor will be
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Create an
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of choice
Responsible for actively building
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act as a mentor to employees in
order to provide superior customer
train, motivate, appraise and
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Conduct selected room inspections to
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of cleaning standards and
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services standards.
Perform any other related duties as assigned.
The Hotel Housekeeping Turndown
Attendant will
be responsible for cleaning guest rooms
while providing great customer service.
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required number of rooms, making beds as
assigned, training other housekeepers,
changing linens, cleaning toilets, sinks
and mirrors.
The Hotel Housekeeping Turndown
Attendant will work with cleaning
chemicals and housekeeping equipment,
and ensure that rooms are cleaned to
standard operating and quality
Hotel Housekeeping Turndown Attendant will perform
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Turn down required number of rooms
on swing shift
Ensure that rooms are cleaned to
required quality standards
Smile and friendly when interacting
with co-workers, guests and property
Follow all required safety and
standard operating procedures
Adhere to all company and regulatory
Report any wrongdoing to corporate
Work weekends and holidays
Act as a role model to other Service
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Prior housekeeping, cleaning or
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FIFTY SHADES OF GREY Teaser Shared by Beyonce; Full Trailer Drops Thursday July 24th
by Dave Trumbore Posted 154 days ago
When you want to bring some attention to your movie marketing, you get Beyoncé to post it on her social media account. It's not like Fifty Shades of Grey, the feature adaptation of E.L. James' erotic bestseller, needed any additional attention from its target audience, but hey, a little extra exposure is what this picture's all about. While this is a nice tease for fans, the full first trailer for the film drops on the 24th.
Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson, Fifty Shades of Grey stars Jamie Dornan, Dakota Johnson, Jennifer Ehle, Luke Grimes, Marcia Gay Harden, Max Martini, Eloise Mumford, Dylan Neal, Rita Ora, Victor Rasuk, and Callum Keith Rennie, and opens February 13, 2015. Hit the jump to take a look and listen to the new 50 Shades of Grey teaser.


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This is beyond ridiculous. Imagine the psychological damage that has been inflicted on the 6 year old from this. Click below to see how police found out about this horrific situation and what will happen next.
A Dallas woman is accused of forcing her 6-year-old daughter to record her having group sex repeatedly in recent months, according to police documents. The 24-year-old woman was in the Dallas County Jail on Monday on a third-degree felony charge of indecency with a child, punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Her bail was set at $50,000.
The names of the woman and her daughter are being withheld because The Dallas Morning News typically does not identify victims of sexual crimes. Identifying the mother might inadvertently lead to identification of the daughter.
A tip lead police on Saturday to a northwest Dallas apartment, where the mother lives. Officers arrived at the complex near Harry Hines Boulevard and Walnut Hill Lane about 5:15 p.m. and were told that the woman had forced her daughter to film her having sex with several men at the same time.
In an interview at the Dallas Children's Advocacy Center, the girl "detailed filming and taking photographs" of her mother engaged in sexual acts with men, the documents said.
In an interview at Jack Evans Police Headquarters, the mother admitted to having her daughter record her having sex with men. The woman "explained that there were three separate incidents involving six men" that her daughter recorded, the documents said. The encounters dated from March to this month, according to police. The mother added that "it was her idea to have [her daughter] make the recordings with a cellphone video recorder," the documents said.
A public defender listed as the attorney of record for the mother did not return a call seeking comment.
It is unclear if the identities of the men involved are known. Dallas police officials declined to comment Monday because the investigation is ongoing.
Child Protective Services placed the child in foster care and is conducting its own investigation. The girl is physically OK, CPS spokeswoman Marissa Gonzales said. This is at least the second time the agency has had contact with the mother. She was also investigated around the time her daughter was born because of concerns that the woman may have been using drugs, Gonzales said. Neither the mother nor the baby tested positive for any drugs and that case was closed in 2004, Gonzales said.
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5-star luxury hotel in Tinqueux with an indoor pool
Situated in Tinqueux, this luxury hotel is close to Lanson, Museum of Fine Arts, and Reims Cathedral. Also nearby are Tau Palace and Mars Gate.
Hotel Features
In addition to a restaurant, L'Assiette Champenoise features an indoor pool. Other amenities include a bar/lounge and tour/ticket assistance.
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The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. This luxury hotel also offers an indoor pool, a terrace, and tour/ticket assistance.
- Total number of rooms - 35
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Tours/ticket assistance
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- Phone
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- Private bathroom
- Television
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- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Cribs/infant beds (surcharge)
Eat and drink
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge.
A. Lallement - Onsite restaurant.
Room service is available.
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When you arrive
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
When you leave
Check-out time is noon
How you can pay
Your pets
Pets allowed
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Breakfast fee: EUR 33 for adults and EUR 17 for children (approximately)
- Pet fee: EUR 16 per pet, per night
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The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
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"Shortly before 7:00pm this evening [December 31, 2009] I received a phone call that would end this year and allow me to have a Happy New Year,"writes Steven Frischling, who was served with a civil subpoena on December 27, 2009, by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) as part of its investigation into how Frischling came into possession of security directive that he published on his blog, Flying with Fish, on Dec. 27, 2009. See "SD-1544-09-06 : This Comes To An End."
The directive was issued December 25, 2009, following Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab alleged attempt "to blow up Northwest Airlines flight 253 as it approached Detroit [Michigan, USA] from Amsterdam on December 25 with almost 300 people on board." The Federal Attorney in Detroit has charged the failed bomber with trying to blow up the plane. He is being held in a federal prison in Milan, Michigan," according to Reuters.
"My call this evening came from John Drennan, the Transportation Security Administration's Deputy Chief Counsel for Enforcement informing me that the TSA would no longer be pursing me for information regarding the identity of the person who sent me Security Directive SD-1544-09-06," Frischling added.
If you want to read the directive that lead to the led to the issuance of the subpoena, see TSA Security Directive SD-1544-09-06 : The Fallout From NW253. Also see Frischling's December 31, 2009, post headlined "The Fallout From SD-1544-0906 : The Feds Take My Computer" and "The Fallout From SD-1544-09-06 : The Feds At My Door" for more background.
According to blogger Chris Elliott, who was also served with a TSA subpoena, "The Department of Homeland Security has withdrawn a subpoena that would have required me to furnish it with all documents related to the Dec. 25 TSA Security Directive published on this Web site.
"The move came after I was granted an extension on the government's request earlier today. I also signaled my intent to challenge the subpoena in federal court next week."
If you want to read more about Elliott's ordeal, see his December 31, 2009, post headlined "Department of Homeland Security: Your subpoena "is no longer necessary." Also see his January 1, 2010, post headlined "To the team of friends, allies and advisers who helped make the subpoena go away."