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State of Vermont • Agency of Administration Department of Libraries NEWS |
109 State St., Montpelier, VT 05609 • (802) 828-3261 • http://www.libraries.vermont.gov |
H. Douglas, Governor
• Sybil Brigham McShane, State
No. 129
• September, 2003
Does your public library plan to apply for telecommunications discounts ("e-rate") during 2003-4? Does your library plan to apply to the Vermont Dept. of Libraries for federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds for computers to access the internet during 2004? If you answered yes to either of these questions, the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) may apply to your library. If you answered no to both of these questions, it does not.
On June 23, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) which requires schools and libraries to adopt and implement Internet safety policies and to operate "technology protection measures" (blocking and filtering) if they receive certain federal funds. CIPA applies to libraries and schools that receive
All schools and libraries covered by virtue of their use of e-rate discounts for Internet access, Internet service, or internal connections must certify compliance to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Schools and school libraries covered through use of title III funds certify to the Department of Education; libraries covered through use of Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) state grant funds certify to the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) through their state library agency.
On July 24, 2003, the FCC set a July 1, 2004, deadline for libraries applying for e-rate discounts to comply with CIPA. "Consistent with the implementation framework established by Congress, libraries receiving e-rate discounts for Internet access or internal connections shall have one year from July 1, 2003, which is the start of funding year 2003, to come into compliance with the filtering requirements of CIPA," the FCC said.
According to the American Library Association Office of Intellectual Freedom, the requirements of CIPA are specifically tied to use of LSTA funds" to purchase computers used to access the Internet, or to pay for direct costs associated with accessing the Internet." If no LSTA funds are received by the library, or if those received are used for purposes other than those quoted, then CIPA does not apply. In addition, CIPA does not apply to academic and college libraries because they are not eligible for e-rate discounts and are not covered under the LSTA provisions because those sections apply only to public and public school libraries.
In recent years, the Department of Libraries has used some LSTA funds to award public libraries grants for connectivity or computer upgrades. State Librarian Sybil Brigham McShane noted that libraries that have received computers and funding in the past would not be impacted. In addition, while the Department of Libraries has previously received e-rate funding so that local libraries might use the Vermont Automated Libraries System (VALS)/K12net to access the internet, it will no longer request e-rate funding for that service.
Statutory requirements
The statute requires that libraries receiving e-rate discounts or LSTA or ESEA funds for computers or Internet access adopt a policy for minors and adults that includes blocking or filtering technology, even if minors are unlikely to use the computers. Computers reserved for staff use would also need to employ internet filtering software. However, the requirements of CIPA do not apply to libraries that purchased computers with federal funds before federal FY2004, which begins October 1, 2004.
The law defines a "technology protection measure" as "a specific technology that blocks or filters Internet access to visual depictions that are (A) obscene . . .; (B) child pornography . . .; or (C) harmful to minors . . ." Although the law clearly requires the use of filtering or blocking technology, it does not require the use of specific filtering software or services. Instead, CIPA requires schools or libraries covered by the new requirements to certify that they are using technology that blocks or filters access to visual depictions of the type specified in the legislation.
CIPA does allow for filters to be disabled under limited circumstances. An administrator, supervisor, or other authorized person (e.g., a librarian) may disable the blocking or filtering technology "to enable access for bona fide research or other lawful purposes." If the school or library is covered by CIPA because it receives e-rate discounts for Internet access, Internet service, or internal connections, then the blocking or filtering technology may be disabled for research or other lawful purposes only "during use by an adult." An adult patron would not "have to explain . . . why he was asking a site to be unblocked or the filtering to be disabled."
While libraries may not use e-rate funds to purchase filtering software, LSTA funds may be used for this purpose. McShane noted that it is possible that grants for filtering software may be available should LSTA state funding increase. More details will be available in the fall.
For further,
above information was taken from the ALA website, particularly the CIPA
page. For more
information and for
updates as they occur, check http://www.ala.org/cipa/.
The Department of Libraries and the Vermont
Library Association's Intellectual Freedom Committee will
pass additional
information as it occurs on to local libraries.
To discuss the Supreme Court's ruling in more
detail, call VLA
IFC Chair Gail Weymouth at the Sherburne Memorial Library, Killington,
As many of you have heard, the Supreme Court's recent ruling on the federal Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) requires libraries applying for certain telecommunications ("e-rate") discounts to be in compliance by the start of Funding Year July 1, 2004. Being in compliance means that libraries must enforce "an Internet safety policy that includes use of a technology protection measure, such as filtering software, blocking software." It is important to note that only those libraries wishing to receive funding for either internal connections or Internet access services need to comply. Public libraries with services defined in the telecommunications services area (voice or data line service) are exempt from compliance.
If you are uncertain which category your e-rate funding falls under, consult the Schools and Library Division's Eligible Services List (ESL) located on their web page (http://www.sl.universalservice.org/). As public librarians struggle to interpret the Supreme Court decision on CIPA and its impact on their libraries e-rate services, it will be helpful to review some of the major changes that have occurred over the past year and how or if they may effect your library's future e-rate funding.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ruled July 24 that public libraries subject to CIPA requirements must undertake efforts in the current funding year and be compliant by the start of Funding Year 2004 to remain eligible for the e-rate. Compliance for public libraries includes the enforcement of an Internet safety policy that includes filtering or blocking software. It's important to note that the law does not require filtering of text and has not addressed the issue of email filtering. According to the court, a filter, referred to in the law as a technology protection measure, must protect against access to visual depictions that include obscene, child pornography, or harmful to minors images.
The law does not specify any particular software (client) programs, such as a Web browser, email, or chat software or any specific standards, other than the general protect language of the law. A library is given wide latitude in selecting the type and brand of software it plans to use and there is no such thing as an "FCC certified filter or CIPA certified filter." If your library does decide to install filters to meet CIPA requirements, be aware that the filtering software must be installed on every computer that has Internet access. The court clearly ruled "there is no provision in the e-rate language of CIPA that allows unfiltered access by minors for any purpose at any time." However, adult library patrons, 17 years or older, may ask library staff to unblock sites or disable filters without explanation.
What next? If you have applied for e-rate funding for Funding Year 2003 (current) and have been waiting to file your Form 486, it's important to remember to download and use the revised version. If you have already filed a 486 and are only applying for telecommunications, you will NOT have to submit the newer version. If, however, your library is applying for Internet access or internal connections, and has filed the older version of the 486, you must re-file and submit the new Form 486. The deadline for filing a Form 486 still remains either 120 days after the applicant's service start date or 120 days after receipt of a Funding Commitment Decision Letter (FCDL), whichever is later. Last funding year the final filing date for a Form 486 was October 28, and this will probably be the same for this current funding year.
If you have any questions regarding filing of an e-rate form(s) or the CIPA decision, you can always contact Department of Libraries staff for assistance. State Librarian Sybil McShane has released e-rate updates over VALS and will continue to do so as information becomes available. Below is a list of Web sites that are excellent resources for e-rate information and updates. Again, please contact a DOL staff member or me if you have questions or need assistance with an e-rate problem.
E-rate Internet Sources
Department of
Libraries e-rate information site with
access to Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) Supreme Court
Decision for
June 23, 2003, links to other e-rate information resources and DOL
ALA CIPA site has all the court decisions, reports, and updates: http://www.ala.org and click on the "CIPA Updates" from this page to connect.
Wisconsin State Library e-rate information page maintained by Bob Boucher. An excellent e-rate site for background information, e-rate updates and FAQ's: http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dltcl/pld/cipafaq.html
SLD site where you can download forms, read updates and FAQ's and generally stay informed of any and all e-rate changes: http://www.sl.universalservice.org
Regional Librarian
Yes, the replacement for the "old" telnet email system is finally here! On August 1, Sheila Kearns, Information Technology Manager, announced a mailing by US Post to directors of all public libraries that are Vermont Automated Libraries System (VALS) users. That mailing contained information on the new accounts and how to access them. "With your help we hope that the transition to the new mail system will go as smoothly as possible," Kearns said. She urged librarians to watch for the mailing's arrival, review all of the material carefully, and then follow the instructions to start exploring the account. Kearns noted that until librarians have completed the required steps outlined in the information, they should continue to access their "old" telnet mail as they have always done.
"We truly believe that this new email system will be simple and straightforward to use," Kearns said, "but once you review the materials and take an initial tour your new account, if you have questions you may contact Bob Longe or me (828-6952 or 828-3261) for assistance." Also Mara Siegel will continue to offer "Introduction to VALS" workshops that will include instruction in using the new mail system and DOL regional consultants will be familiar with the basic functions of the new email system and will be able to provide you with some guidance as well.
Public and community libraries will be receiving standards application packets in early September for return to the Department of Libraries by November 3, 2003. A library must apply each year in order to be considered for standards. Any Vermont public or community (joint school-public) library may apply for standards, which represent a basic level of service as defined by the Vermont library community. The number of libraries meeting standards has risen from 42 in 1972 to 131 in 2003, with 83 libraries meeting the 1998 version.
The Vermont Board of Libraries approved revised minimum standards in late 1998 which need to undergo the Legislative Administrative Rules process and may become official in 2004. Therefore, this year public libraries may again meet either the 1986 standards or the newer, 1998 version. All libraries - whether applying for standards or not - should complete and return the Public Library Report in order to remain eligible for Department of Libraries services, to be listed accurately in the Vermont Library Directory, and to receive interlibrary loan and other materials in a timely manner.
Librarian Sybil Brigham McShane noted that she has received a
number of questions recently about what the Department considers
service" and practices for determining whether libraries meet
standards. To help
answer some of these questions, this
year's application forms include notes similar to the
Note: It
is the practice of the Department of
Libraries to define "basic services" to include all items a library
circulates (e.g., print and nonprint materials), reference service,
interlibrary loan, programming (except for recovery of the cost of
and public access computing (including internet access).
Note: It is the
practice of the Department of
Libraries, in determining per capita tax support, to include the
populations of
all municipalities providing tax support.
Note: It is the
practice of the Department of
Libraries to require that interlibrary loan service be provided free of
and without restriction to all registered borrowers.
Voluntary donations may be solicited.
If a library applies for standards and is found not to meet them, it may request help from the Technical Assistance Team (TAT). The TAT will include a member of the Board of Libraries, a Department of Libraries consultant, and a public librarian or trustee from your area. They will help the board and librarian develop a written Standards Action Plan, with specific steps and a timeline for meeting standards during a period of no more than one year. Libraries working with a will be eligible for the services that the Department of Libraries provides to libraries meeting standards. In 2003, the Montgomery Town Library took advantage of this program.
year's timeline is very
similar to previous years':
Oct. 15, 2003 - compliance date for standards that do not have to be
met in
the last completed fiscal
3, 2003 - application deadline (postmark date). All
completed forms should be signed by the librarian and the board
and returned to Marianne Kotch, Dept. of Libraries, 578 Paine Tpke. N.,
Dec. 16, 2003 -
Board of Libraries meets to determine which libraries meet standards
Dec. 31, 2003 -
Department of Libraries notifies all applicants if they meet standards
or not
Jan. 31, 2004 -
Deadline for receipt of appeals from libraries found not meeting
Feb. 17, 2004 - Board of Libraries holds public hearing on
appeals and makes recommendation for final decision by State Librarian
notification by Feb. 24, 2004
Help, information, and additional forms are available from Marianne Kotch, Director of Public Library Support Services, 828-2320; forms are also available at the Department's website http://www.libraries.vermont.gov under "Librarians' Resources".
On Friday, September 26, from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, Vermont librarians and trustees will have a unique opportunity to visit a number of public libraries that have renovated, expanded, built new facilities, or made other physical changes in recent months. All of the libraries are located along the Connecticut River and on or near Route 5. Besides offering an excuse to enjoy Vermont during foliage season, the tour will be a chance to see how various libraries have organized and decorated their spaces. Photographs and questions will be encouraged.
Sponsored by the Department of Libraries and the libraries involved, with support from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library Services and Technology Act, the schedule for the tour is as follows:
9:00 am
Baldwin Memorial Library, 33 Main
St., Wells River
1892 gift of Col. Baldwin and doubled using volunteer labor in 1975,
only store-front
library recently expanded again. Start
the day with a cup of coffee here.
10:00 am
Tenney Memorial Library, 4886 Main St.
S., Newbury (distance: 6.23
Romanesque building recently doubled in size.
11:00 am
Bradford Public Library, 215 Main St.
(distance: 6.23 mi.)
"mini-Athenaeum" was recently painted and redecorated.
12 noon
Fairlee Public Library, Main St.
(distance: 8 mi.)
A former restaurant serves as the library's
new home,
dedicated in May, 2003.
Bring your
lunch to eat here with drinks provided.
Or have lunch
along the way.
1:30 pm
Norwich Public Library, 368 Main St.
(distance: 17.81
expansion projects in the past 30 years have helped the library grow
with its
2:30 pm
Quechee Public Library, 1957 Quechee
Main St. (distance: 13
Renovated only
a few years
ago, this former insurance company building was expanded in 2002, as
Phase 2.
3:30 pm
Hartland Public Library, 153 Rte. 5
(distance: 11 mi.)
renovated building shares a meadow with the town recreation field. Stop for a creamie after
your visit.
Local librarians and/or trustees will be at each library beginning at the above times to give tours and answer questions. All of the libraries have prominent signs. Parking is limited at some libraries, so be prepared to walk a block or so. The times are approximate and will depend on the number of people attending and the speed of your driving. Join or leave the tour at any point during the day. Please let us know you are coming by calling Marianne Kotch, 828-2320 or sending email to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Recent ranking tables compiled by the U.S. Census Bureau on behalf of the Federal-State Cooperative System of Public Library Data (FSCS) reveal that, in 2000-2001, Vermont was 16th in the nation in library visits per capita, but that Vermonters still visited their public libraries more often than the average for all 50 states and DC. Vermonters made an average of 5.17 visits to their public libraries during a period when the national average was 4.34 per capita. Vermont libraries also ranked 25th in circulation transactions per capita at 6.66, but the national average was 6.53. Other rankings are as follows:
Statistic for FY2001 |
Vermont ranking |
VT average |
Natl. average |
Reference transactions per capita |
37 |
0.74 |
1.08 |
Interlibrary loans received per capita |
13 |
74.26 |
70.46 |
Book and serial vols. per capita |
5 |
4.74 |
2.8 |
Audio materials per 1,000 population |
21 |
135.45 |
125.07 |
Video materials per 1,000 population |
19 |
112.79 |
91.88 |
Current serial subscriptions per 1,000 pop. |
1 |
14.30 |
7.15 |
Total paid FTE staff per 25,000 pop. |
23 |
12.90 |
12.18 |
Total paid FTE librarians per 25,000 pop. |
4 |
7.68 |
4.06 |
Paid FTE librarians. with ALA-MLS per 25,000 pop. |
35 |
1.82 |
2.75 |
Other paid FTE staff per 25,000 pop. |
46 |
5.22 |
8.13 |
Per capita total operating income |
32 |
$23.25 |
$30.02 |
Per capita state operating income |
47 |
$0.07 |
$3.82 |
Per capita local operating income |
36 |
$16.16 |
$23.20 |
Per capita operating income from other sources |
4 |
$7.01 |
$2.82 |
Total operating expenditures per capita |
27 |
$24.13 |
$27.64 |
Total collection expenditures per capita |
32 |
$3.37 |
$4.19 |
Total staff expenditures per capita |
26 |
$15.64 |
$17.70 |
Salaries and wages exp. per capit |
22 |
$13.54 |
$14.37 |
The data for Vermont public libraries were submitted to FSCS in 2002 and are available, along with all of the other 50 states and District of Columbia at the National Center for Education Statistics website http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/libraries/public.asp. This site also contains the public library Peer Locator Tool, offering libraries the ability to compare their data to those of other public libraries nationwide.
This year's New England Library Association annual conference will offer a wide variety of programs under the theme of Network, Equity, Literacy Advocacy on October 26-28, 2003, in Worcester, MA. One of the most energetic speakers, former Middlebury public librarian Sally Gardner Reed, will focus on small libraries and Friends groups in two programs. Some other program topics include adaptive technology, personal safety, wireless technology, teen programming, early literacy, and counting statistics electronically. Special discussion sessions will focus on issues relating to equity, small public libraries, and trustees, and appearances by authors R. A. Salvatore, Robert Pinsky, M. T. Anderson, Sarah Smith, G.H. Ephron, and Jessica Speart will round out the offerings. Details and registration information are available at NELA's website: http://www.nelib.org/
by Marjorie D. Zunder, Director of Library and Information Services
828-3261; email@example.com
titles in DOLCAT ready for borrowing:
organization management…
New titles in
DOLCAT also available to borrow:
Hint: Many Department of Libraries books with "REF" in their call numbers do circulate
numbers for DOL_ILL…
DOL_ILL, we keep a log of your interlibrary loan
request numbers to help us track your requests.
Simple, sequential request numbers are easier to work with. If you send DOL_ILL five
requests on the
same day with request numbers 03-1, 03-2, 03-3, 03-4, 03-5, we only
need to
record 1-5. If, on
the other hand, you
send five requests, all on the same day, with numbers such as 2804,
2821, 2892,
2901, 2903, we must record 2804, 2821, 2892, 2901, 2903. It is important that you
give each of your
requests a unique number. In
it saves lots of time if you also keep your request numbers simple and
from Vermont College of the Union Institute and University…
Vermont College library (M761J) is friendly to
other Vermont libraries, but not listed in DOL's web2 catalog. DOL_ILL_MAIL often gives
M761J as a
location. You can
view the Vermont
College of the Union Institute and University library holdings at http://cardcatalog.tui.edu/WebOPAC/index.asp
and send requests to email@example.com
from Vermont Law School…
may also find the Vermont Law School (R811L) in
replies from DOL_ILL_MAIL. Although
some materials at R811L may not circulate, you can view the holdings
for this
library at http://julien.vermontlaw.edu/
and send requests to email@example.com
Link to
the Vermont Interlibrary Loan Code…
is now a link to the Vermont Interlibrary Loan Code on the Department
Libraries web site. Under
Government and Library Information, click on Librarians'
Resources. On
the next screen, scroll down to Interlibrary
Loan Code, Vermont.
materials not owned…
public and school libraries, when you receive a
request for an item that your library is listed for in PUBCAT or
K12CAT, but no
longer owns, please report this error to DOL_ILL.
Send the request to DOL_ILL with a note asking to have
library's symbol deleted from the record in the VALS catalog.
lost or damaged cassettes…
are concerned about copyright law when
they need to replace lost or damaged cassettes.
Some even consider borrowing cassettes through ILL to make
replacement cassettes. This
is usually
not necessary. When
you buy cassettes
from a book jobber, the jobber will often replace lost or damaged
cassettes at
no cost.
Lorraine Lanius, Head, Technical Services
Individual MARC
Records from DOLCAT, PUBCAT and K12CAT…
MARC records can be individually
downloaded from
DOLCAT, PUBCAT and K12CAT by using the following procedure:
the web catalog, call up a record.
on "MARC display."
on "Download MARC Record."
The record will appear as one long line of
your browser choose "File" and then "Save
the record locally and give it an extension you
library system uses such as ".mrc".
a strange name appears for the file, you can rename it
Edition of Dewey Available…
newest edition of the unabridged Dewey Decimal
Classification, edition 22, is now available from OCLC.
With the new edition classes have been
updated and revised to keep pace with today's changing world. The manuals have been
streamlined and new
numbers and topics have been added to the index. An online version,
is available as well. Dewey
orders can
be placed by email at email@example.com,
on the web at www.oclc.org/dewey,
or by
calling 1-800-848-5878. The
edition 14 will be available in January of 2004.
Newspaper Project Database Updated…
The address for the Vermont
Newspaper Project
database has changed to http://vtnp.uvm.edu
and has a new look. Links
from the
previous home page at http://danalib.uvm.edu/vtnp/vnphome.html
are now
directed to the new address reflecting a migration from InMagic to the
Voyager software platform. The
includes a wealth of Vermont newspaper titles dating from the 18th
century to the present along with information about Vermont
repositories. New
browsing options are available as well
as more flexibility in searching using name, place, and keyword options. Holdings displays have
been improved giving
each year its own line in the display.
The update and maintenance has been made possible by the Systems Department and Newspaper Project staff at the University of Vermont, the Vermont Department of Libraries, and Nora Blake, the former Vermont Newspaper Project Coordinator, who initially designed and implemented the database. The Vermont Newspaper Project is a collaborative endeavor of the University of Vermont Libraries and the Vermont Department of Libraries and is part of the United States Newspaper Program at the Library of Congress and funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities to preserve and provide access to the nation's newspaper resources.
by Amy Howlett, Southeast
Regional Consultant
Department of Libraries, 1 Hospital Court, Bellows Falls, VT 05101
Need a good idea to spur your creativity? Here are just a few collected during the Adult Programming workshop this summer. Earlier this year, we published, Good Ideas 2003, our biennial compilation of tried-and-true ideas from Vermont public libraries. Copies are still available from regional libraries and at the central office in Montpelier. This regular column will supplement that publication..
Kimball Public Library, Randolph,
joins forces with
the local bookstore and the Three Stallion Inn to sponsor author
programs. The
bookstore contacts the author and sells the books. The restaurant does
an excellent soup, salad and dessert for $12. Program night is the last
Wednesday of the month. Featured speakers have included Joe Citro,
Mayor, and Henry Homeyer. The bookstore gives 10% of book sales to the
Library—not a real fundraiser, but great promotion and
audience building.
on the Road…
Tolle talks about the Barnet
Library with groups like the Chamber of Commerce, Rotary, Lions and
Her twenty-minute message: libraries have changed radically. Instead of
and shush, we are technology, current information, rising circulation
usage. Promotion has brought in $40,000, twice the match needed for the
appropriation in the library capital campaign.
Active Rotarian Penny Pillsbury of the Brownell Library,
Essex Junction,
plans Rotary programs one month a year. Her best idea? A book
discussion on the
often-banned Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine
in the Library…
Want more men in the library? Plan
a work project. Cathi Wilken in Guilford is contacting a stonewall
builder for
a community-wide work afternoon. Participants will learn the basics
from local
builder/author Dan Snow, and build the library a new wall. Ellen Roth
and Lee
Bonamico at the Aldrich Library, Barre, plan a fall series with similar
working topics: putting your garden to bed, putting in new floors, and
a new face on the walls. Selling the series will be easy—use
big tools to
attract attention to the books on the topic. Spring follow-up:
Victorian house
painting, perennial gardens, and building decks and outdoor furniture.
Seniors: a Resource
Manual for Missouri Libraries
is a useful handbook that covers programming, publicity, technology,
etc. by
the Missouri Task Force on Library Services for Older Adults
– free for
printing and downloading at http://www.sos.mo.gov/library/development/services/seniors/manual/default.asp
...Art Resources Transfer distributes books, videos, and interactive materials on art and cultural issues, at no cost for materials or shipping, to public, school and alternative libraries in rural and inner-city areas through its Distribution to Underserved Communities (DUC) Library Program. The goal is to create access to contemporary art and cultural issues for readers regardless of economic or geographic circumstances via local libraries. Supported by grants from the NEA and individuals, the DUC Library Program has been helping libraries rebuild collections for 13 years. To request a catalogue of free books, write, call, or email: Art Resources Transfer, Inc., DUC Library Program, 526 W 26th St, Ste 614, New York, NY 10001, tel (212) 255-2919, fax (212) 352-8448, firstname.lastname@example.com.
...Public Libraries and GASB 34 Reporting was recently published by the Wyoming State Library and offers "a non-authoritative guide to the new financial reporting" using accrual accounting methods. If your library's treasurer is stumped about GASB 34, this may be the place to start. It is available from author Jerry Krois, (307) 777-6333, or on the web at http://www-wsl.state.wy.us/.
...The Vermont Humanities Council's new reading/discussion catalog is available online at http://www.vermonthumanities.org/. 40 themed series are new this year, including intergenerational "American Stories across the Generations," "Mysterious Lens on American Culture," and a second Vermont writers series.
..."Accessibility for Historic Buildings: A Field Guide" from Nancy Boone, Vermont Division for Historic Preservation, National Life Building, Drawer 20, Montpelier, VT 05620-0501, (802) 828-3045.
...Vermont Hand Crafters, Inc. (VHC) Community Craft Presentations, opportunities for libraries to introduce community members to those who make up the crafts industry in Vermont. Presentations are as diverse as their respective talents and may consist of a lively audience participation approach, a detailed instructional demonstration, or any number of other presentations and may vary in length. The craftsperson may or may not charge a nominal fee. Please phone and make arrangements directly with them after reviewing the list at http://www.vermonthandcrafters.com/ For more information, contact VHC director Cynthia Humiston Weed at 1-800-373-5429.
... Cultural Facilities
Grants of up to
$5,000, administered by the Vermont Arts Council in conjunction with
Vermont Historical Society, the Vermont Museum & Gallery
Alliance, and the
Vermont Division of Historical Preservation.
The purpose of the grant program is to enhance, create or
expand the
capacity of an existing building to provide cultural programming. Improvements such as
wiring, heating, ADA
accessibility features (e.g. bathrooms and ramps), lighting, and stage
work are
eligible. Deadline
is September
29. For guidelines
and application
forms, check the VAC's website: http://www.vermontartscouncil.org/.
...Department of Libraries
regional consultants are happy to provide miniworkshops on a variety of
at local libraries for local staffs, groups of library staffs, and
trustees. Some of
the most popular
topics include an introduction to the Vermont Online Library, the
interview, personal safety, working with volunteers, and trustee
orientation. Currently
in development
are miniworkshops on interlibrary loan procedures and readers' advisory. For more information,
contact regional
consultants Michael Roche, Amy Howlett, and Marianne Kotch.
…The fall, 2003, "TAP-VT" catalog of workshops is now available from the Vermont Alliance of Nonprofit Organizations (VANPO) lists a vast array of expert-led seminars and workshops for directors and boards, from "Schmoozing 101" to "Fundraising 101" to "Effective Presentation Skills," at locations from Bennington to Williamstown. For a catalog, contact VANPO, PO Box 8345, Burlington 05402, 862-0292, http://www.vanpo.org/.
…NELSSA , the New England Library Support Staff Association, is a small, dedicated section of NELA looking for more members. NELSSA plans programs for the annual NELA conference and is also looking for nominees for officers for the coming year. If you would like to become more active in library support staff issues in the region, contact Karen Cook, Hawthorne-Longfellow Library, Bowdoin College, 3000 College Station, Brunswick, ME 04011-8421, (207)725-3683, firstname.lastname@example.com.
…The School of Library & Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will again offer a popular interactive continuing education course via the Internet. This fall Virtual Collection Development, September 2 - December 15, 2003, is also available for graduate credit. Students can participate at any time of day, and will receive a password to access our online courseware, which provides the means to post assignments, do readings, and discuss the topics with other students and the instructor. For more information about the course content and format, and registration information, see http://www.slis.wisc.edu/academic/ces/vcd.html.
…From "Anime & Manga" to "Dreamweaver," the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Simmons College offers a variety of online courses and day/half-day workshops, both in Boston and at Mt. Holyoke College. For details, check the website at http://www.simmons.edu/gslis/ce/index.html.
...The Vermont
Secretary of State's website (http://
will soon be including a "Reader's Corner" with three components
bibliography of Vermont books
(perhaps categorized by age/genre), beginning with "Green Mountain
Sampler" developed by Grace Greene of the Department of Libraries;
(2) short book
by Secretary of State Deborah Markowitz and by students; (3) interviews with Vermont
authors conducted by
students. The site
also includes
information about the state such as state emblems, places to visit, a
quiz, and
other facts.
...The Vermont Library Assn. personnel committee's Increasing Public Library Compensation guide is now available at http://www.vermontlibraries.org/betterpay.pdf.
...Department of Libraries Law Librarian Paul Donovan has identified websites useful for legal reference services. These websites were reviewed in his workshop earlier in the summer and are available at http://www.geocities.com/pdonovan/legalref/legalref.htm
...The Warrior Librarian Weekly, offering fun and advice for librarians by an Australian school librarian: http://www.warriorlibrarian.com/ Features include "Website of the week" and "Quote of the week." Here's a sample of the latter: Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience. -- Scott Adams (Dilbert's Guide to Stress)
Mon., Sept. 1 - State holiday. Department of Libraries central office and regional libraries closed.
Wed., Sept. 3, 9:30 am – Introduction to the Internet and Internet Searching miniworkshop, Persons School, Brattleboro. Repeats Sept. 9, 9:30 am, Gates Training Lab, Midstate Regional Library, Berlin. Contact: Mara Siegel, 828-2320, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Wed., Sept. 3, 1:00 pm – Advanced Internet Searching miniworkshop, Persons School, Brattleboro. Repeats Tues., Sept. 9, Gates Training Lab., MRL, Berlin. Contact: Mara Siegel, 828-2320, firstname.lastname@example.com
Mon.- Wed., Sept. 8-10, 9:30 am – Children's Services workshop, MRL, Berlin. Contact: Grace W. Greene, 828-6954, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Thurs., Sept. 11, 9:30 am – Vermont Library Assn. board meeting, Kreitzberg Library, Norwich Univ. Contact: Ellen Hall, 485-2169, email@example.com.
Fri., Sept. 12, 9:30 am - VALS basics miniworkshop, Gates Training Lab., MRL, Berlin. Contact: Mara Siegel, 828-2320, , firstname.lastname@example.com.
Tues., Sept. 17, 9:30 am – "Children's Resources on VOL and the Web" workshop, Gates Training Lab, MRL, Berlin. Repeats Fri., Sept. 19. Contact: Grace W. Greene, 828-6954, email@example.com.
Tues., Sept. 17, 9 am – Chittenden County Libns. meeting, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington. Contact: Anita Danigelis, 863-3403.
Thurs., Sept. 18, 9:30 am – Children's librarians fall meeting to plan summer reading program 2004, MRL, Berlin. Contact: Grace W. Greene, 828-6954, email@example.com.
Fri., Sept. 19 – 9:30 am – Children's Resources on VOL and the Web workshop, MRL, Berlin. Contact: Grace W. Greene, 828-6954, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Tues., Sept. 23, 9:30 am – Franklin-Grand Isle Librarians meeting, Swanton Public Library. Contact: Marilyn Barney, 868-7656.
Tues., Sept. 23, 9:30 am – Rutland Co. Libns. meeting, Castleton Free Library. Contact: Amy Howlett, 463-0142, email@example.com.
Wed., Sept. 24, 9:30 am – Vermont Online Library Basics, Gates Training Lab, MRL, Berlin. Contact: Mara Siegel, 828-2320,, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Thurs., Sept. 25, 9:30 am – Central Vermont Librarians Assn. (CEVLA) meeting, MRL, Berlin. Contact: Marianne Kotch, 828-2320, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Fri., Sept. 26, 9 am – Fall Tour of Libraries Along the River, beginning at Baldwin Memorial Library, Wells River. Contact: Marianne Kotch, 828-2320, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Tues., Sept. 30, 9 am – Red Clover Award conference, Lake Morey Inn, Fairlee. Contact: Vermont Center for the Book, 875-2751, http://www.vermontbook.org/news.html.
Thurs., Oct. 2, 9:30 am – Public Library Directors quarterly forum, MRL, Berlin. Contact: Marianne Kotch, 828-2320, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Fri., Oct. 3, 9:30 am – Children's Books and Activities Program Swap, Aldrich Public Library, Barre. Contact: Grace W. Greene, 828-6954, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Tues., Oct. 14, 9:00 am – Vermont Library Association Public Library Section workshop on Vermont Online Library in YOUR Library: Tips for Using, Promoting and Gaining Local Support for Research, Rutland Free Library. Contact: Martha Reid, 879-7576, firstname.lastname@example.com
Wed., Oct. 15, 9:00 am – Children's Materials Review Session, Brown Public Library, Northfield. Repeats Thurs., 10/16 – Sherburne Mem. Library, Killington; Tues., 10/28 – Milton Public Library; Wed., 10/29 – NERL, St. Johnsbury; Tues., 11/4 – Kurn Hattin School, Westminster. Contact: Grace W. Greene, 828-6954, email@example.com.
Grace W. Greene,
Children's Services Consultant
Librarians Fall Meeting…
Don't miss the annual
gathering to plan summer reading programs and network with other
librarians! This year the meeting will be on Thursday, September 18 at
a.m. at the Midstate Regional Library in Berlin. We will plan our 2004
on pets, and choose a theme and title for 2005. Anyone who works with
in a public library is welcome to attend. The meeting will last until
noon, but
feel free to take a lunch and continue sharing while you munch.
Fall Materials Review
Sessions: Two
live sessions!
We will continue to do Materials
Review as I did
this past spring, except that I will do two live sessions in the fall: one in Northfield, and one
in Killington.
RETN (Regional Educational Technology Network) will videotape the
presentation, and that videotape will be shown in the other three
locations. The
books, with the reviews
inserted in them, will accompany the videotape, so whichever site you
you will have access to all the books. In addition to the books that I
review orally, there will be many nonfiction books recommended by the
media, and books recommended by volunteer reviewers. A regional
librarian will
be at each of the three videotape locations to facilitate the program. All programs will begin at
9:00 a.m. There
will be a formal part to the program
and then plenty of time to examine all the books.
The schedule is as follows:
Brown Public Library, Northfield |
Wednesday, October 15 |
Sherburne Memorial Library, Killington |
Thursday, October 16 |
Milton Public Library |
Tuesday, October 28 |
Northeast Regional Library, St.Johnsbury |
Wednesday, October 29 |
*Kurn Hattin School, Westminster |
Tuesday, November 4* |
*Please note the new location in the southeast. Kurn Hattin, a residential school, has a gorgeous new meeting room with state of the art equipment. Directions to the Kurn Hattin School: Take exit 5 from I-91 (theWestminster/ Rockingham exit). Just down the hill from the exit, take the first right onto the Westminster Heights Road. Travel two miles. Just before the campus, the road goes over route 91. Take the first entrance on your right, "Kurn Hattin Home," drive up the hill and park in the Upper Parking Lot. The program will be in the Mayo Center, with coffee and snacks available in the lobby just inside the main entrance.
Summer Feast…
do not forget to fill out your evaluation
form and return it to me by September 15, 2003. Because statistics are
important when we are planning and budgeting, we are REQUIRING
libraries to return the very short and simple form. This is the price
of the
summer materials. We provide a free manual, two kinds of posters,
records, certificates, and bookmarks, and all you have to do, in
return, is
fill out and send back the evaluation form. If yours is missing, we
would be
happy to send you another by mail or email.
DCF News…
first–ever DCF conference was such a success, that we are
going to
have one next year. It will be held at Lake Morey Inn in Fairlee on
Friday, May
7, 2004. Virginia Euwer Wolff, National Book Award winner, will be the
speaker. In
addition, there will be
workshops on various aspects of reading, discussing books, linking to
managing a literature program, etc. Books (both those on the 2004-2005
master list and ones by Wolff) will be for sale.
Registration forms will be sent out to all libraries and
in early spring, but save the date now.
Please alert all the 4th-8th
grade teachers that
you know, too!
Website update: The address for the DCF website has changed. It is now at the very-easy-to–remember address of www.dcfaward.org. Roger Crowley, our very dedicated volunteer webmaster, has spent many hours over the summer updating and reorganizing the site, so please check it out.
Committee opening: There will be one three-year opening on the DCF committee beginning in March, 2004. Please let interested parents, teachers and community members know about this opportunity. Applicants should send a letter of interest, a brief resume and two reviews, one positive, and one negative, of any children's books of their choosing, to: Grace W. Greene, Children's Services Consultant, Vermont Department of Libraries, 109 State Street, Montpelier, VT 05609. Deadline: October 3, 2003.
Handouts: There are two helpful handouts this year for those doing the DCF program, both of which were available at the Vermont Library Conference. One is a compilation of activity pages that committee members did for 7 of the books, and the other has Rapid Reviews and discussion questions for all books, done by Linda Morrow and Liz Bourne. If you did not pick up copies you may request them from Jenn Weed at firstname.lastname@example.com or 828-3261.
Boston Globe Horn Book
Boston Globe Horn Book Awards for excellence in children's
literature were
announced in June. The award winners'
acceptance speeches will be
published in the January/February 2004 issue of The Horn Book
Magazine. The winning titles and two honor
books for each
category are as follows:
Picture Book - Big Momma Makes the World written by Phyllis Root and illustrated by Helen Oxenbury (Candlewick )
Fiction - The Jamie and Angus Stories written by Anne Fine and illustrated by PennyDale (Candlewick )
Nonfiction - Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey by Maira Kalman (Putnam )
Book honor books:
Dahlia by Barbara McClintock (Foster
written by Walter Dean Myers and illustrated by
Christopher Myers (Holiday )
honor books:
Feed by M. T. Anderson (Candlewick )
Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson (Putnam)
honor books:
Fly: The Story of the
Wright Brothers
written by Wendie C.
Old and illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker (Clarion)
of the Whale: The
True Story of the Whaleship Essex by
Nathaniel Philbrick (Putnam)
Dates to
Banned Books Week is
September 20-27, 2003. This is a perfect
time to alert your community to the problems of censorship and
challenges. The
Banned Books Week Kit
information is now online: http://www.ala.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Our_Association/Offices/Intellectual_Freedom3/Banned_Books_Week/BBW_Kit/BBW_Kit.htm
or http://tinyurl.com/ggor
SLAMMIN' @ your libraryTM is the theme for Teen Read Week, October 19-25, 2003. This theme celebrates the popularity of poetry with teen readers. More information is available by visiting www.ala.org/teenread, the official Web site sponsored by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). The Web site, www.ala.org/teenread, includes sample press releases and public service announcements, information on poetry slams and open mic nights, new sources of information about poetry contests and reading, articles by experts about poetry including recommended lists, and program ideas by state from across the country. Participants are encouraged to register on the Web site, and an 'Official Participant Certificate' can be printed to identify a Teen Read Week participating site.
News is published four times each year by the Vermont Department of Libraries and is distributed to all Vermont libraries, trustee chairs, state legislators, and others who care about Vermont libraries. News is available upon request in Braille, in large print, or on disk. Call 828-3261. NEWS is supported in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, a federal agency, through the Library Services and Technology Act. Editor: Marianne Kotch, (802) 828-2320, email@example.com
Department of Libraries, 109 State
Street, Montpelier, VT 05609-0601
Sybil Brigham McShane, State Librarian - email@example.com |
828-3265 |
Library and Information
Services Division |
828-3261 |
Public Library Support
Services Division |
828-2320 |
Vermont Automated
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wyntersun replied on Permalink
How do you always seem to know what I NEED the moment I need them? I was just at Lowes today trying to figure out if I could make these myself.
Make cute planter boxes from wood for just $15 each!
Projects built from this plan. Thank you for submitting brag posts, it's appreciated by all!
Either 2 – 1x6 @ 8 feet long OR 3 – 1x4 @ 8 feet long
2 – 1x2 furring strips @ 8 feet long
1 – 2x2 @ 8 feet long
4 craft finials
1 ¼" PH screws
NOTE: If 2 – 1x6 x8' boards are cheaper than 3 – 1x4 x 8' boards, use three rows of 1x6s instead of four rows of 1x4 for the sides. I'd also make the legs 20" long instead of 18".
1 ¼" finish nails
Wood glue
Hardware cloth, tar paper or other material or plastic planter for containing soil on slats
Please read through the entire plan and all comments before beginning this project. It is also advisable to review the Getting Started Section. Take all necessary precautions to build safely and smartly. Work on a clean level surface, free of imperfections or debris. Always use straight boards. Check for square after each step. Always predrill holes before attaching with screws. Use glue with finish nails for a stronger hold. Wipe excess glue off bare wood for stained projects, as dried glue will not take stain. Be safe, have fun, and ask for help if you need it. Good luck!
4 – 2x2 @ 18" long (legs)
16 – 1x4 @ 15 ¾" OR 12 – 1x6 @ 15 ¾" (sides)
10 – 1x2 @ 15 ¾" (bottom slat system)
First build two ends as shown above. Note that you can build shorter or longer sides - it's all the same basic construction.
To the two ends that you built, add the cleats. It's easier to do this now then later.
Now add the sides - easy peasy!!!
And finally, lay slats down. You may wish to add gardener's cloth to the bottom to protect the wood.
wyntersun replied on Permalink
How do you always seem to know what I NEED the moment I need them? I was just at Lowes today trying to figure out if I could make these myself.
Guest replied on Permalink
I have been wanting these for my front porch. Thanks for the plans. I'm thinking about using ceder fencing.
What type of wood was used?
tracysmith replied on Permalink
From my experience, the "furring strips" usually refers to a lower grade pine or white wood. :-)
wyntersun replied on Permalink
I was trying to figure out if I had enough scraps to make one of these this week. Lucky for me, I saw that our neighbor was throwing out a perfectly good new pallet and had my son run across the street and rescue it for me. Score!
I love this plan and I think that I have enough scrap wood to build one. But I was looking for a plan that would hve a planter on the end and a bench in between them. I saw one at the store today and thought that would be really easy to build and I think I could even do it better then they did for $200. I a a little scared to do it with out a plan. Worried about hw tall everything should be.
JHansen replied on Permalink
You could build two of these to use as the ends, and just put the bench slats across the top. Go with the 20 inch height, and I think you would be fine.
Plant Stands replied on Permalink
Sounds like a silly question, but do you fill these guys with dirt or just put plants already in pots in there?
SavySamantha replied on Permalink
I love these!I have been to TJ Maxx like a dozen times looking for some of these. I finally gave up and decided to try and make me some, (at a fraction of the cost.) Thank You Thank YOu for posting ! =)
JenWoodhouse replied on Permalink
I just built these and am totally loving them! Thank you for the plans!
I'm pregnant and nesting and your carpentry projects are giving me such a creative outlet! THANK YOU!
I had some trouble with the pocket holes. It took me quite some time to get the sides up! Any tips on making them with an ordinary drill?
michaelje replied on Permalink
I just built these and am totally loving them! Thank you for the plans!
I'm pregnant and nesting and your carpentry projects are giving me such a creative outlet! THANK YOU! hermes outlet , babul-ilm
The keen carpenter replied on Permalink
The more I look at this site the more excited I get. I have found a place here in Victoria, Australia that is happy to give anyone wooden pallets. You can usually get some great wood from them, especially if they are the heavier ones - sometimes they are made of hardwood!
Aafke -- if you don't have a Kreg jig to make the pocket holes, I'd probably just put the legs on the inside of the box and attach the side pieces from the outside into the legs. Then maybe tack on a trim piece to hide the nails/screws.


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We have a tall oak tree that I am worried about. While the leaves and such look ok, the bottom of the tree is turning black. Butterflies are landing on it I assume sucking up the sap and such and hornets seem to be making homes inside cavities in the bark. Some of the bark is loosening up and I fear the tree is dying. Any advise if great appreciated as I am very concerned. (I can take pictures if that would be helpful). |
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- Posted by dan_staley 5b/SS 2b AHS 6-7 (My Page) on Wed, Jul 13, 11 at 15:43
Pix Dan |
- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Wed, Jul 13, 11 at 16:03
look for aphids while you are at it.. ont he leaves or new tender growth .. and also look for .. ants .. as they tend to herd the aphids for the honeydew.. which turns black as it rots ... ken |
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I will try posting the links here to the pics: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/guynvb/IMG_1273.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/guynvb/IMG_1276.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/guynvb/IMG_1275.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/guynvb/IMG_1274.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/guynvb/IMG_1277.jpg The tree damage is darker than it appears in the pics as there is a glare. I do see ants and probably aphids. They are making holes in the tree. We have some Terra powder that kills ants and I'm wondering if might be a good idea to sprinkle it on and around the tree. |
Thanks for the info on posting pics, Brandon. |
- Posted by dan_staley 5b/SS 2b AHS 6-7 (My Page) on Wed, Jul 13, 11 at 18:11
Looks like butt rot and some opportunistic insect taking advantage of decay-decline from here. I wonder if it was weakened in the land clearing process, change in water regime and stress of now being open-grown. If the symptoms are the same around more than .5 of the circumference, you may want to start making plans for removal and replacement. Nonetheless, distance diagnosis isn't going to work absolutely with this, as a certified arborist with a Shigometer or device to find decay (old-timers with a mallet sometimes are fine too) will do a better job than a simple visual, but you're looking at at least a motorcycle payment to come out and poke around. Dan |
- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Wed, Jul 13, 11 at 20:44
butt rot ??? .... sounds like what the kids got .. when i didnt change their diapers often enough ... lol was the lawn??? created by heavy equipment when the house was built??? i agree a local expert is needed.. but its dying.. and i doubt that there is any cost efficient treatment .. how long it takes to die.. what.. a decade or two.. or a few years.. unknown ... but i am not a tree professional .... and would defer.. probably been dying since the bulldozer cleared the land.. how long ago was that ... ken |
Dan, When's the last time you saw an arborist use a shigometer? And, do they still make vacuum tubes for those things? |
Nice Red-Spotted Purple (aka White Admiral) butterfly! |
- Posted by dan_staley 5b/SS 2b AHS 6-7 (My Page) on Thu, Jul 14, 11 at 0:26
brandon, whatever its called. Resistometer thingy. Dan |
Should be seen on site by a Certified Arborist qualified to evaluate potentially hazardous trees. What might it land on if it goes over unannounced? |
- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Thu, Jul 14, 11 at 9:22
to add drama to what jean said: will it kill you in your sleep if and when it falls down.. is the house in danger??? [or the neighbors, even if you dont like them.. lol] ken |
Well looks like my last post is not here now. Weird but anyway.. Well, the house and land was cleared in 2002 so has been a few years now. Luckily, the tree is located on the side yard and is growing on the edge of a deep ravine so we should be ok. We will monitor it closely and if it dies we will chop it down before it has a chance to fall on us! Thanks for all your suggestions! |
- Posted by dan_staley 5b/SS 2b AHS 6-7 (My Page) on Mon, Jul 18, 11 at 23:02
Chances are higher that a tree will fall into an opening. One of my undergrad profs wrote that finding up while doing something else. Dan |
- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Tue, Jul 19, 11 at 11:53
still no reply to the grading question ... though 8 or 9 years seems like a long time to us.. in the tree world.. where an oak can live a century or two ... that is not so long.. was the area graded to make a clearing for the lawn and the house??? ken |
You could poke around with a nail(and hammer) to find any build up of sap to help let it drain away. Keep the area clean and dry. Angle your holes so they drain downward. |
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Fortunately, there's still one area where hockey fans seem to have eternal optimism: prospects. Almost every hockey fan holds out hope that one of their favourite team's prospects is going to turn into an all-star – centring the top-line, manning the point on the first-unit powerplay, or backstopping the team to victory. While you do get the occasional Debbie Downer who despairs that their GM will find even a fourth-line winger through the draft, most fans emphasize the positive when looking at their team's prospect pool and downplay the negative.
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Aristotle observed that all was in motion. Everything was in a process of change.
The cup was full, but now is empty — emptied by the drinker. The tree once standing, has fallen — the stream eroded the bank. The arrow, once still, flies — propelled from the taut bowstring.
But before that, the cup was a lump of clay in the hand of a potter. The stream was diverted by a beaver dam. The bow was bent by the archer. Always a prior movement and prior change. Aristotle realized that we could not go back like that forever. At some point we had to come to an originator of all this motion. An originator which could not have been set in motion by anything else. A Prime Mover, Unmoved. This is the god of the philosophers.
Thomas Aquinas liked what Aristotle had done. He thought the reasoning quite sound, but that Aristotle had missed something. The question is not merely what causes the motion of things. But what causes the things. For it is not merely that all around us we see things which are dependent on something else for their motion, they are dependent upon something else for their very existence. They are contigent.
What we need is not merely a Prime Mover Unmoved, but Being Uncontigent. That is, Being which depends on nothing else. Being itself. But in order for this Being, depending upon no one and nothing else for existence, to share this quality of existence with all other things — contingent things — an act of will is required. Being itself must will to bring other things into existence. Therefore Being itself must be personal, be a person, because only a person possesses a will.
This Personal Being must be Sprit because all persons who possess bodies are contingent beings, dependent upon something outside of themselves to come into being and remain alive. So God is Spirit.
Other things logically follow — God must be perfect, for as the source of all Being He can lack nothing and His perfection extends to all aspects of His Being including His knowledge and His power.
Having come with Aquinas this far, we know that there is a God. We know that God is a person. But we don't know God personally. We don't know what kind of person God is. And we have come as far as we can, as far as our senses and intellect can take us. In order to know God personally, we must wait for Him to reveal Himself because we cannot make contact with spirit through any of our senses. We must wait and listen for this God to reveal Himself to us. How do we prepare ourselves for this Revelation? Through the preparation of Advent.
Then, wonder of wonders, this God does reveal Himself. He speaks His Word. His Revelation bridges that gap between the spirit realm and our senses. He comes into our world, taking our nature, so human senses can behold and hear and touch Him. His Word comes as God because it is the self-revelation of God, and comes as Man because it is spoken to men. We call this coming the Incarnation and we celebrate it at Christmas. Christmas is the celebration of the Incarnation.
The Incarnation and the Life, Ministry, Crucifixion and Resurrection of Christ, reveal to us that this Personal God is three Persons united in a relationship of love. Being, then, is Love. Wow.
Existence is communicated to all contingent things — including human persons — by an act of love. Everything that is depends on God's love to exist. Wow, again.
"God is love." This is the God of the Catholic Church. This is the only God there is.
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Chemicals Needed for Life and Good Health
Food minerals are required for life and good health. They consist of inorganic (compounds without carbon and hydrogen) salts and are found in the foods you eat.
In this project, you will examine the functions of different food minerals and their effect on the human body. You will learn about the deposition and growth of calcium crystals within the body and demonstrate reverse calcification of a bone. You will also look at the effect of mineral ion concentration inside and outside body cells.
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Purpose: To demonstrate the effect of acids on bones.
- steak knife
- uncooked chicken leg
- 1-quart (1-liter) jar with lid
- Carefully cut as much of the meat away from the chicken leg bone as possible.
- Examine the flexibility of the bone by trying to bend it with your fingers.
- Place the cleaned bone in the jar.
- Cover the bone with vinegar.
- Secure the lid on the jar (see Figure 31.1)
- After 24 hours, remove the bone from the jar and examine it for flexibility.
- Replace the bone in the vinegar.
- Examine the bone for flexibility each day for seven days.
CAUTION: Wash your hands after handling the chicken because uncooked chicken can be contaminated with salmonella bacteria.
The flexibility of the bone increases daily. At the end of the test period, the bone feels very rubbery.
During fetal development, strong fibers of protein called collagen form a matrix (pattern) for bones. The matrix is shaped like the bones but is very flexible. The matrix solidifies by a process called calcification. During this process, calcium phosphate or hydroxyapatite, Ca10 (PO4)6(OH)2, is deposited in the fibers of collagen and gives the bones strength and rigidity
In this experiment, soaking the bone in vinegar leaches out the calcium compounds, resulting in reverse calcification. The rubbery bone-shaped form that results is the original collagen "mold" for the bone.
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Bacteria in your mouth chemically change some of the sugars in food into acid. This acid, like vinegar, reacts with the hydroxyapatite compound in your teeth. Does body temperature speed up the decalcification reaction? Does temperature affect the speed of the reaction between the acid and the calcium compound? Repeat the experiment two times, first storing the jar containing the vinegar and bone in the refrigerator, and then using a thermos bottle of heated vinegar. Heat the vinegar to about 100°F (38°C), pour the hot liquid into the thermos bottle, add the bone, and secure the lid. Reheat the vinegar each day.
CAUTION: Wear heat-resistant oven mitts to protect your hands when pouring the hot liquid.
Make a daily comparison of the flexibility of the bones.
- Can a decalcified bone resorb (absorb again) calcium? Soak the rubbery bone in a solution of 1 teaspoon (5 ml) of calcium oxide (pickling lime from the grocery) and 1 quart (1 liter) of water. Test the flexibility of the bone each day for seven days.
- Malcolm Bourne, a food scientist at Cornell University, is working on a process of putting the firmness back into cooked vegetables. He lowers the cooking temperature and adds calcium to the food. Bourne claims that the calcium molecules chemically combine with the pectin (gluey material that binds vegetables fibers together) in the vegetable. This "salt bridge" holds the vegetable molecules together, resulting in a firmer texture.
- Sodium is the major cation (positive chemical particle) in extracellular fluid (fluid outside the cell membrane). It is responsible for keeping water in the blood from entering the cells. Potassium is the major cation inside the cell, and it keeps water from leaving the cell. When the concentration of either of these ions (charge particles in solution) gets out of balance, water moves into or out of cells until a new balance is achieved. The movement of water through the cell membrane is called osmosis.
Blanching is the process of cooking vegetables briefly at a high temperature to drive out gases that can cause sour tastes and smells. Blanch 1 quart (1 liter) of fresh string beans by placing them in 2 quarts (2 liters) of boiling water and keeping the water at a boil for five minutes. Remove from the heat, cool, and test their crispness by bending several beans back and forth with your fingers.
Test Bourne's blanching process by adding 1⁄2 teaspoon (2.5 ml) of calcium oxide (pickling lime) to 2 quarts (2 liters) of water. Heat the water to approximately 150°F (66°C). Place 1 quart (1 liter) of fresh string beans in the water for five minutes. Remove, cool, and test for crispness as before. Compare the crispness of these beans with the crispness of the beans in the first blanching process. You could repeat the Bourne process, changing the amount of calcium oxide added to the water.
- To demonstrate the effect of an increase in sodium ions in extracellular fluids, mix 1 tablespoon (15 ml) of salt in 1 cup (250 ml) of water in a small bowl. Cut three potato slices, each about 1⁄4 inch (6 mm) thick. Check their flexibility by bending the slices back and forth with your fingers. Place the potato slices in the salty water (see Figure 31.2). After 15 minutes, test the flexibility of the potato slices again.
- To demonstrate the effect of an increase in minerals inside a cell, place the same potato slices in a bowl of fresh water. After 15 minutes, test the slices for flexibility as before.
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The new iteration of the Apple TV device was released upon the eager public last week, a full four weeks after Steve Jobs had announced it at the September 1st Apple keynote event, and in time to honor Jobs' promise that users would have their hands on it before the end of September. But with this launch, there are clues that Apple launched the device earlier than even they had anticipated, probably so they would gain an advantage over Google TV. Let's look at the evidence…
The new Apple TV was launched with a user interface that was remarkably similar to the one found in the first generation Apple TV, except, that is has been built from the ground up using the iOS software that Apple has been carefully shepherding into the majority of their mobile devices. Given the dramatic redesign of the hardware, it seems strange that Apple would choose not to redesign the software. Even more strange is that Apple are disguising the very well-designed iOS software to look like something else. this suggests that, while a new hardware design was apparently designed, engineered and prepared for release, there was not enough time before launch to complete a redesign of the UI. Small modifications of an existing UI seemed like a bit of a shortcut to reduce launch time.
Furthermore, teardowns have revealed that the Apple TV has up to 8GB of flash memory onboard, with an empty space adjacent to the flash memory that could apparently have been used for another 8GB for a total of 16GB. While this, in itself, is not unusual as buffering HD media streams would require a fair amount of storage space, it would suggest that this onboard storage could potentially be used as space for Apple TV apps. And while Steve Jobs has hinted that this could be something that would be incorporated in the future, it seems that it could have been done before launch.
Apple also seems to be struggling to get all of the major TV networks to sign up to their new rental model, something that could potentially impact upon the adoption and earning potential of the new device. Could agreements have been put in place with greater ease if Apple had not been up against a deadline? Who knows?
What is clear is that the Apple TV is a fantastic new revision of an existing concept in terms of hardware and viewing of cloud streamed media. But given the muted reception, enhanced only by the low price point and potential capabilities of the new device, will we see the Apple TV being purchased by the majority of users purely for the purposes of being jailbroken? The competition is getting hotter with the imminent release of Google TV and Apple will need to pull something out of the bag in the coming months to get consumers, and networks, excited about subscribing to the Apple TV model.


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Posted on May 23, 2012
Recently I attended a fundraising breakfast for my home-state U.S. Senator and listened with interest as each of the dozen or so lobbyist in attendance made their plea for this or that. I was present without a specific agenda at this particular event, so I decided to use my two minutes to ask the Senator about why Congress seems so deadlocked on energy and environment issues when the private sector is rapidly embracing sustainability. My question was met with somewhat of a blank stare.
Nearly every company represented around the breakfast table that morning had taken some notable action to reduce business costs and environmental impacts by better managing their use of resources such as energy, water, and land. Most the lobbyists, however, were less than well-versed on their own corporate sustainability practices.
Striking a similar note, Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) shared at a recent Congressional hearing that he had cautioned his daughter, a student in environmental management at Duke University, not to use the word "sustainability" with people as they wouldn't know what she was talking about.
The truth is, Washington is late to the party on a movement that is thriving in the private sector. Corporate sustainability executives arrived on Capitol Hill this past week to share what the buzz is all about with the Senate subcommittee responsible for children's health and environmental responsibility.
As reported by Bloomberg, representatives from Intel Corp., Proctor & Gamble Co., Eastman Chemical Co., and FedEx Corp., presented to a group including U.S. Senators Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Tom Udall (D-NM). They shared their companies' "epiphanies" on sustainability, including how Intel links sustainability performance to employees' bonuses. (Read here about how my firm VOX Global's client AT&T has been particularly focused on pursuing the triple bottom line of people, planet and profit.)
When I worked in the Senate in the late 1980s and later at the U.S. EPA, Beltway insiders typically focused on legal and regulatory approaches to environmental resource challenges and risks, which is natural. But as the executives noted, the business community is moving rapidly ahead of Washington in identifying ways to better manage use of and impact on natural resources. It simply makes good business sense, while having the added value of being better in the long run for our communities and our planet.
Notably, much of this work towards improving the sustainability of business operations is done in partnership with the very organizations they have typically sparred with in Washington. Look no further than the now long-standing relationship between Walmart and the Environmental Defense Fund to see how strange bedfellows and even natural enemies can actually accomplish positive change.
As Senator Udall noted, "The emerging trend toward corporate environmental responsibility in the business world is in contrast to Congress's increasingly growing division."
Wake up and smell the (fair trade) coffee Washington. You might learn a thing or two from the private sector on this one.
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VAULT'S VERDICT: CBIZ and Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C. are ideally looking to hire social individuals with excellent communication skills and strong academic backgrounds. Former interns say they were treated like first-year staff during their internships...