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The editor, peer review, issue driven model seem like it's old and tired. I don't me that the editor/peer* review part of the publishing is old and busted, it's the issue driven model that seems so old and busted when compared to the new hotness of "publish when you wanna" way of doing things. I've seen people write about the peer review components built into the web and blogging because we have people reading and commenting on what we write. While this is one kind of peer review, it's not the same thing, and I don't think it's a good replacement for how things are currently done. Editors and reviewers are key to any good writing process. I can't entirely agree with the line of thinking that peer review happens by being linked to, or it happens after the piece is posted via comments. At least I can't entirely agree with it at this point. Links and comments can and should be one part of the peer review process, but editors and reviewers should be as well. I really think a top quality "journal of the future" should have all of the above.
But anyways, to my point, can't we combine peer review and blogs into some kind of peer reviewed blog? What do we gain by having one issue of 14 articles comes out once a quarter as a single issue? What would be wrong with having a new article once a week? What is it about a journal that says it must come out as a single issue? "Because that's how it's always been done" doesn't seem like a good answer, there must be something else.
Why must we wait for the next issue of X? Why can't we get an article a day that's gone through the peer review process? Do we gain something from having an issue a month or quarter? While this isn't really about LISNews, why can't half of what we post to LISNews be a peer reviewed, scholarly and original article? Actually, maybe I need to rephrase my question; what do we have to lose by moving away from issues towards publishing on a very irregular basis? I'm very curious about how people feel about this.
I'm sure I'm not the first one to think about this, if I was a better librarian & writer I'd do an exhaustive literature search. If I wasn't so lazy I'd search a word or two on Google because I bet someone is already doing this kind of thing. But I'm a blogger, I'm lucky if I can string together 3 or 4 sentences into a readable paragraph. But like a good blogger I can't resist rambling on about an unoriginal idea that deals with how blogs are revolutionizing some damn thing or another.
*[pee passes spell check and I was about 1 second away from hitting save having written pee review :-)]
I was doing some digging for other things in the log files and remembered I haven't been reporting the Journal stats recently, so here's some numbers.
Interesting to note the journals are now read FAR more via their RSS feeds than the journal pages themselves, so first a breakdown of total hits.
Walt's #1 at a total of about 6,800 recorded hits.
Next is me with about 6,600 hits
Slashgirl has alotta fans, she's at #2, with just over 5,800 hits.
nbruce has one IP that hits her feed far too often, and that lands her at about 4,700
Next up, tomboy, shoe & birdie tie with about 1,800 each
djfiander, Daniel and mdoniel all round out the top 10 with about 1,200 hits.
Those are the total hits, what about the web pages?
I'm #1 at about 1,100 hits with nbruce just a few hits behind at almost 1,000.
Daniel is third with about 800 hits, mdoneil, Bibliofuture & slashgirl have just a few less.
slashgirl, birdie, and Redcardlibrarian all fall at around 650 hits.
And rounding out the top 10 is Ashtabula guy with about 550 hits.
If you need to know just RSS hits, you can do the math on your own.
Overall the journals pages were viewed just over 162,000 times. The total number of pageviews during this same time was just over one million. The articles page was about 156,000, the two main feeds where at about 180,000, the index page was about 60,000, and the comments page was about 30,000. All this, and more, from about 41,000 unique IP addresses.
These numbers are a real PITA to pull out of Urchin, but I will try to remember to pull them out for this month when I run the numbers. Something important to keep in mind, these numbers are a) for the date range 04/30/2005 - 06/15/2005 and b) much lower than they should be due to Urchin crashes last month. These numbers are for about 25 real days, even though the range is much larger. So if you want to figure out how many hits these journals get in "real" a month, I'd say divide that number by 25 and multiply the result by 31. So my guess would be Walt's LISNews journal gets hit around 8,000 times a month.
Also note hits != reads. All I can say is that something downloaded these specific pages X number of times over a given time period. An educated guess says about 30-40% of hits are "things," 60-70% are real live people reading the pages that are hit. "Things" being bots, search engines, feed aggregators, and other electronic beings that are doing something with the page.
1. Tabbed Browsing: People seem really excited IE is getting tabbed browsing. People seemed really excited when Mozilla et. al. got tabbed. I just don't get it. Is having a few more windows opened really that much of a problem? I still need to use two keys on my keyboard to switch between the tabs. What's the big deal? I normally have about a million windows open and I never have a problem finding what I need, I just can't figure out what I'm missing with the tabs. Do they posses some magical powers I'm not aware of? Do they organize things in a way that I'm missing? These are not rhetorical questions, someone help me out here, I just don't get it. I've got about a googlzillion plugins in my Mozilla, most of them are super useful and get regular use, but I never feel the need to open a new tab.
2. RSS Aggregators: People seem really excited about the ability to read a billion blog posts on one page. This one I can understand. The urge to read what hundreds of people are writing about is understandable. So, it's not that I don't understand, it's that I don't care. I don't care if I missed another link, another story or another thought from the blogosphere. I think I keep up with the people I enjoy reading fairly well most of the time and that's good enough for me. I suppose I'm on the supply side of RSS, and I've never felt the need to be a hyper-consumer of RSS. If I spend more than a few minutes a day reading blogs I always feel like I'm wasting my time. I don't mean to sound like an arrogant bastard again, but I really do have better things to do. I know I'm missing things, I know there's tons of good stuff being written, and I know I can learn a lot, but I just don't have the time. Yes it might just be ironic that LISNews offered some of the first RSS feeds, and yes it may be ironic I also run a web site that aggregates RSS feeds. And let me just say because it's not for me doesn't mean it's wrong. There's nothing wrong with you having a million feeds in your aggregator, it just doesn't currently fit in with how I use the web at this point in my life. For now I'll just keep working to make sure you have something to read in your aggregator.
My name is Blake, and I'm a cranky old man.
Here's Some Numbers I pulled out of the database that might be of interest. They show who's been busy doing what, and a few other numbers that might be of interest, all broken down by month.
There's a few more nunmbers I can probably pull out of there, so if you can think of something else interesting, let me know. I'll be adding more as I have time.
"Marketers use word of mouth to pop the top on retro beer"
I never thought I'd be trendy again, but the USA Today says I am, so I'm very excited. "Just as young consumers might wear '70s-look sneakers or sip '50s cocktails, many are bellying up to the bar for the beers Grandpa drank — maybe a Rheingold, a Leinenkugel's or a Utica Club."
I first tried Leinenkugel's in Columbus a couple years ago and it was some damn fine $4.99 a six pack beer. I've never seen it here in WNY, that is until last week I spotted a 6er @Wegmans, though it's $7.99 here. The article also mentions Yuengling, which has appeared everywhere around here, but tastes like pee. I still have yet to hear anyone talk about Leinenkugel, so I'm acting like a good marketing tool and writing about it here. I had this amazing raspberry wheat beer the other day, if I could just remember what the heck it was I'd give them a plug too. So I sit here writing about & driking "retro beers," brands that might bring to mind old men in ribbed undershirts but are finding new life with the young. Except I'm not young, and it doesn't bring to mind old men in ribbed undershirts, though it does remind me of the beer store on 5th Ave in Columbus.
I've been trying to come up with an impressive mission statement ever since I read Michael Porter's call for writing personal mission statements. I'm just stumped. I couldn't really come up with much in the way of anything for myself, though I did rewrite the LISNews "about us" page just a bit. It still needs more work, but at least I fixed some glaring spelling mistakes and stupid grammar errors. LISNews still doesn't have a "real" mission, but I guess we're getting there.
I did make an attempt at writing my own mission statement, but didn't have much luck, I guess mostly because I'm not quite sure what I want to be when I grow up. I tried to stick with Michael's idea of "doing only good" but that's such a subjective thing. I'll betchya some of my ideas of "doing good" would make GregS*'s skin crawl and certainly vice versa. Google's idea of "Don't be evil" doesn't always seem to be completely non-evil, though generally it's just a bit less evil than others. Good and Evil can be subjective sometimes, but more often than not, most of us could agree on what makes an action good, and what makes it evil. Like LibraryMan, my statement would also be in a constant state of flux as I fight to keep myself (and my profession) relevant. So I tried to figure out what it was that I do, searching for my "thing." If I have one, it unfortunatly doesn't seem to be the part of any trendy headline catching trends. Much of what I do is behind the scenes; command line, boring Linux stuff. My work isn't sexy, quotoable, or even interesting to all but a few geeks. It's all good, no evil, so it wouldn't make a good moive. I don't seem to be trendy. I'm more of a trend watcher. I try to spot trends, and maybe guess at how they will play out long term. Trying to undertand them in the middle of a sea change as it happens, trying to figure out the tide, who's driving it, and where it'll leave us. In my every day work I tend to think short term and practical, something that doesn't lend itself very well to a mission statement. "be practical" is probably the lamest mission ever, though I'm not sure it's any worse than "don't be evil."
So back to a mission; rather than trying to understand which direction we are headed, and having a mission to match, I thought a mission, if I can ever write one, should be about finding ways to unite librarians, and ensure that people outside of the library world see all libraries as relevant and important and worth funding. I believe we are in the midst of a huge shift brought on by technolgy and politics and it's more important than ever we are good marketers. That's about the best I could do. I'll work on being practical, good and not evil.
If you consider yourself a fan of alternative music, you might want to turn on VH-1 Mega Hits and have a look (and listen). Apparently at some point towards the end of last year they switched formats and are playing "adult alternative" music now. Must be music aimed at Gen-X (the best generation). I'm starved for music at work since I can't stream anything (network issues) or even play music on my computer (sound card bug). I can only get in 2 radio stations, both AM, and both just barely. One is our local neocon affiliate, and the other is a station out of southern Ontario. I can only take so much hate, and so much Canadian news, so radio isn't an option for more than a few hours a week. I'm not quite sure why the AM signals make it through my 6 foot concrete walls, but I can't find anything on FM. So I'm limited to carrying in all the music I listen to at work. Since discovering the new format at VH1 Mega Hits I've been using a VCR to record the audio and I'm amazed at how much I like what they're playing. The odd thing is there are no commercials. I've recorded about 15 hours so far and I've not heard a single commercial. I've read some internet rumors they're going to be switching format soon, so I better fill up all the old tapes I can find. So anywho, have a listen, there's some interesting things being played. And hey, Keep on Rockin'
Daniel's Story Is Getting Traction.
The Boston Globe ran some excerpts today, and there's a bunch of other articles now, the most interesting, for me, was This One In The USA Today. It looks at the media coverage, or lack thereof, so far in the US, a few interesting quotes in there.
A "Completely Unrelated" Story today says a story published in the New York Times on Wednesday revealed repeated changes to descriptions of climate research that had already been approved by government scientists and their supervisors. Press Briefing on this.
Library Journal has a new site this week. The retina burning RED is mostly gone, replaced by a clean design. The new site includes the new LJ Tech Blog. I'll be posting there, should be a fun! I've always though LJ has some of the best content around, and it'll be neat to be part of that.
We've been in the new house for just over a year now, and we've finally met most of the neighbors. It's an older neighborhood, full of late '60's suburban-utopia cookie cutter homes. People are friendly, diverse, hard working, and mostly keep to themselves. Our neighbor to the south is 92, has Alzheimer's, and needs full times aids. Across the street was a husband and wife, in their 80s, husband just died. Behind is a woman in her 50s, just retired this month. Other neighbors include a couple about our age with 2 young kids, and across from them, a very loud family. But this is a tale of the people who live next door, on the north side. They're newish, so none of the other neighbors seem to know anything about them.
I met the Mrs. shortly after we moved in, she was out walking the baby. She's about our age, attractive, nice enough, speaks heavily accented English, and was always friendly. I'd see the Mr. in passing, I'd describe him the same way, though I've never had a real conversation with him, but always get a smile a wave. They had 2 kids, one I'd guess was about 2, and the other not even 1. Part of their fence fell into our yard last year, and they just fixed it last week. They had 2 cars, an S Class Mercedes, and a little black Chevy. We'd see them coming and going, we never spent time chatting but we seemed to have a friendly non-relationship. Then one day, late last fall, everything changed. [cue the scary music]
The driveway was filled with cars, people were coming and going all the time. Then the S Class disappeared, replaced by an old Honda. The Mrs. and the 2 kids we'd seen so often before also seemed to vanish. People who had spent time at the house don't seem to come around, but I frequently see a new group of people. Now that spring has finally sprung, another surprise, a new born baby, and a babysitter. So, something changed last fall. I think I last saw the Mrs. in September and I remember thinking she looks like she might be pregnant. Any conversations I can hear over there aren't in English, so it's not like being a nosy neighbor is going to answer any questions for me.
I've learned quite a bit about Mr. & Mrs., thanks to the internet, but nothing that solves the mystery, or even gives me a clue. So what happened to the Mrs.? Where are the other 2 kids? Where did this new baby come from? What happened to the Mercedes? My goal this summer is to answer these questions, I shall solve the mystery. My leading theory was divorce, until that new baby showed up. Why would she take the 2 older kids with her and leave a new one behind? Then I thought maybe she went back home for the winter, but winter is long gone. So, I have many theories: Murder, accidents, deportation, kidnapping, UFO abductions, and last, but most boring, divorce. Other possibilities include Sasquatch attacks, Chinese organ thieves, the guys in the silent black helicopters, or simply "them."
Blah. Speaking at 2 memorial services in 2 weeks has been a bit too much. The past week @LISNews has been almost completely LISNews-free for me, only the second time since I started the site that I've been away for so long, normally 7 hours is a lot for me, 7 days is unheard of. I peeked in a couple times to make sure everything was still running, but I have no idea what's been going on. Doesn't look like much has changed, though at first glance it seems like there's a good number of commentors. I see some new names in the list. I'll try and dig through all the comments and stories I've missed, and it looks like there's been some neat journal entries. I'm very interested in looking at what stories were posted and how the comments fell. Hopefully a Blake-Free LISNews was an improvement. I've always wanted to put myself out of a job! I assume that nothing crazy happened while I was gone, or someone would've emailed me. If anything happened you think I should've noticed let me know.
Unfortunately Urchin took a big dump last month, so the numbers for May are, for the most part, an educated guess. Considering how bad web server log stats are to begin with, the numbers for May are about useless, but there they are anyways. I had been working on a new script that spits out some good monthly summaries, so I'll throw that out for good measure soon, it's an interesting look at the site over time. I think it still needs some work, but it should be good 'nuff in its current state.
Total Sessions 320,000
Total Pageviews 930,000
Total Hits 2,300,000
Total Bytes Transferred 20 GB
Average Pageviews Per Session < 2
Average Hits Per Session 7
Average Bytes Per Session 75 KB
Average Length of Session 00:10:00
Speaking of TV, ok, so I wasn't, but I have no good segue, I had originally expressed some reservations on the new Dr. Who when it premiered on CBC a few months ago. I think I've gotten over my objections now, which means I have a new show to replace Battlestar while it's in repeats for the summer. The Dr. and his companion, Rose Tyler, have such fun on screen chemistry, it'll be hard to watch someone take over for The Dr. next year.
Boingboing had a funny post the other day calling books "treeware"
There's about a million other bits I wanted to write about over the past week, I'll get there sooner or later.
I was pleasantly surprised at the response to my Jobs post the other day, I'm thinking I might be on to something, more than a few good ideas and volunteers. So allow me to ramble on a bit more. Continuing on the path of making LISNews more, uh, better, I was wondering if we (as authors mostly) need to think about LISNews is a slightly different way that we have been in the past. LISNews is essentially one web site, lisnews.com or at least that's how I've always thought of it, lisnews.com. I've also thought of it as three sites, the news, the journals, and the comments, but essentially it's still lisnews.com. But what if we thought about LISNews as one site (lisnews.com) with many sections (public.lisnews.com, harry.lisnews.com, academic.lisnews.com). Each section could have an editor with powers to post to their own section. Each section could have a unique RSS feed, mailing list, and audience. We're already doing this with the wireless section, and that's the most popular section by far, Bill Drew has been editor-in-cheif there for almost a year now.
I don't think this would really change the way most of us do our jobs now, but if we're able to add some new people to the crea, it might add in some new voices and add more interesting stories. It might also change how those of us with super secret authors powers work. There would be a few of us whith "root powers," that is, just a few of us that can do anything. Then there would be the section editors who can do anything on their sections, as well as post to the index page. Then there would be dozens (hundreds? Millions?) of regular authors who would be able to post only to their own sections.
The good thing with this approach is it doesn't really mean any more work for me, a big plus, heck it might even mean less work. It could bring more people and more interesting stories, and if it fails, well, no harm done. I *think* slashcode is already designed for this, so it should be fairily easy to do.
So what needs to come first? I think if I want something new to happen it's going to take some work. That is, I don't think this is something that will just happen naturally, as much of our growth has, or it would've already. Do I need to set up an editorial board from the authors we have currently? Do I need to be for more original writing? Do I need to email all the bloggers to see if they want to post to LISNews? It makes sense to approach bloggers now since they're already out there. But I know that they're not really a bunch that will see much value in collaboration. So, again, just more ideas and questions.
Today being pile on Wal-Mart day, I thought I'd share my recent experience. I never shop at Walmart, but this week was different. I don't really have a rule about avoiding it, I just don't like them, and I never seem to have any reason to go there, so I don't. The Wal-Mart near my 'hood added on a grocery-mart recently and this week I finally caved in to my wife's gentle prodding and decided to have a look. The biggest surprise, for me, was the people. I'll stick with the old idea, if you can't say anything nice about someone, don't say anything at all. I'll just say I actually experienced culture shock, 5 miles from home. I actually do now believe all that I've read about Wal-Mart paying poorly, because they clearly have the bottom of the barrel of retail employees.
I compared what prices I could, and Wal-Mart was slightly cheaper on some things, and about the same on others. Two things that stuck out in produce section (other than the toothless manager), were the oranges and the potatoes. The oranges where about 6 cents cheaper, but were clearly much larger than what I see at Wegmans. The potatoes were slightly more expensive at Wal-Mart, but were about double the size of Wegmans. I've never been happy with Wegmans potatoes, I'm a man who likes a big potato. Most of the other produce at Wal-Mart was marginal at best. We bought a watermelon that was terrible.
So while the Potatoes were impressive, and the oranges were bigger, it was just painful shopping there. The lines were forever long, most of the employees, and many of the customers, looked like they were on work release from Attica. The layout of the store was annoying, and parking was a nightmare. The prices came out just slightly in favor of Wal-Mart, not enough for me to worry about. Overall, I saw no compelling reason to return.
I suppose my biggest reason for not shopping there is rather simple, and it just comes down to choices. I have a choice between giving my money to the #1 employer in the country (Wegmans), or giving my money to a company that many people believe is dragging our country to an early grave (Wal-mart). I have a choice between extremely friendly & hard working employees who seem to care about the place they work, and employees who couldn't care less about their jobs, company, me or themselves. I have a choice between a company who is owned by a Western New York family, and one that is publicly traded. Given those choices, whether I believe the hype about Wal-Mart, or not, I'll choose Wegmans, even if it costs me a few bucks more a week.
I've always tried to make LISNews a collaborative site. LISNews is not "Blake Carver's LISNews" (Though I see people write that), it's just LISNews. I never wanted LISNews to be "mine all mine", my goal has always been to provide a site for others to communicate and share with each other. LISNews is collaborative because many authors post stories and because much of what we post is suggested by and written by other people. We also allow comments by anyone on every story, and of course anyone with an account has their own little mini-LISNews, to do with as they see fit. There are hundreds of people that make LISNews so interesting. I think we've assembled a fairly active community already, but I think we can always use a little more help.
So in an attempt to make the site more interesting, more useful and maybe even more popular, I'm suggesting Jobs @LISNews. It's an idea to add more people to the "creation" side of things around here. Since we don't get paid, there really are no "real jobs" @LISNews, we all just pitch in when we have some time to post a story or two and this works quite well most days. I've always taken a very hands-off approach to managing LISNews (something I've been criticized for) because I think openness leads to better discussions and a more interesting and inclusive site. Maybe rather than the completely unstructured, freewheeling approach we currently follow, a little more structure would help? Maybe giving some people more defined roles would help make what we have to offer more interesting. Maybe, maybe not, I'm not sure, and this is why I'm asking all ya'll for feedback. None of the following ideas are really new and we already do much of what I've sketched out here. In any case, I cobbled together some ideas to see what the LISNews community thinks.
This isn't a solicitation for resumes, or a list of open positions, but rather just a call for feed back on the idea.
Reporters: This is not a blogger, this is not link poster, this is not HTML monkey, this is a reporter. A good ol' fashioned reporter. Someone who goes out and interviews people, ok, so I can't send them to Australia or California, but they can conduct interviews by email, phone, Skype or Aim. Wouldn't you love to read (or hear) an interview with Desiree Goodwin, Don Saklad, Michael Gorman or Laura Bush? I know I would, I also know I'm not the man to do these kinds of things. I suppose we can always wait till next month to read about things that happened last month in some of the major print publications, but some things are better if they are timelier.
Weekly round-up writer: This job would hold the distinction as the most difficult to say job title. Go ahead, try to say that 5 times in a row. Steven M. Cohen did fantastic job with this for awhile, I think we called it Friday Round Ups, and they were always the most popular stories of the week. It's like the semi-weekly Slashback on Slashdot. Round-Ups are basically just short summaries and follow-ups on stories and comments that were interesting from the previous week. This is something that would take a bit of time each day, or maybe an hour or so of writing once a week to compile. This is probably one thing I could do if I had less to do elsewhere.
Editor/Author for each topic: LISNews has several different sections, and each section could have it's own editor. Our first attempt at this was the Wireless Section. Bill Drew has been editing that one, and even though the section doesn't get many stories, it's quite popular, so I think if we added more editors for each section we'd really be expanding out base. Wireless is our most popular section. We could also add a new section or two. This might make LISNews more interesting, though it might make it more confusing. We're not big on putting stories into topics, I can't speak for everyone else, but I just never think of it. Approaching the site as one site, with many sections might change it a bit.
Editor In Chief(s): I'm not really sure what an editor in chief does at a real newspaper, but I do know what they'd do here. The chief(s) would clean up formatting, grammar, spelling, remove dupes, fix links, suggest new stories. I guess this wouldn't be a new job since it's something we already do (and need to do more of), and at least 2 other authors have unlimited powers to change anything on the site. This would not be a position for a new or untrustworthy member of the site. There's essentially 3 of us now, so I'm not even sure we'd need more.
List Serve Monitor: Someone who watches the lists their on and sends along any interesting threads. I think it's safe to say the vast majority of discussions in our profession still happen via email.
Internet Monitor: What's new on the web? Any new blogs of interest, and new sites, tools, or search engines? The internet monitor would post links to new and interesting sites.
News Monitor: Google News Alerts will only get me so far, more people watching more sources for more stories will make LISNews more interesting.
Programmer and/or Sys Admin: This one probably doesn't need much explaining. Someone needs to maintain the code that runs on the server, and the server that runs the code. That's been all me up till now.
So Anywho... Just something to chew on this week if you don't have anything else to occupy your time. Let me know if you have any thoughts. I have no plans to start "hiring" any time soon, this is just more of me thinking aloud.
1. Installation: "Google Made Something New!!! I must install it and use it every single second of the day!"
2. Elation: "Oh My God!! This is the greatest thing I've ever seen, I must write about it in my blog!!"
3. Discovery: "I just read on another blog this is spyware! Egads, what should I do?"
4. Anger: "I'm so mad! How could they do this, I'd expect this behavior from Microsoft, not from Google! Don't be evil my ass!!"
5. Uninstallation: "That's it! I'm so mad I am taking this off my computer! I'll be sure to tell everyone they should do the same. Google is becoming more like Microsoft every day. I'm going to use Yahoo! from now on."
6. Rationalization: "Boy, I sure do miss that thing, maybe that anonymous data they are collecting really won't be used against me. Besides, it's not like they're Microsoft."
7. Quite Acceptance: "Well, I might as well just try it again, it's not like it's hurting anyone, besides they wouldn't do anything evil with my data, like Microsoft would."
8. Reinstallation: "I'll try it again, but just for this week, then it's back to Yahoo."
9. Denial: "Boy, I sure was hard on them last week; I'd better just keep this to myself, if anyone asks I'll just deny I've started using it again."
10. Acceptance & Admission: "I guess it's time to fess up, I've been using the new Google thing for quite some time again, and I'm hooked. All that data they're collecting, it's all anonymous anyways, I'm sure they won't use it for anything."
I just ran a search for NFPA on Google and it said to me, Not happy with these results? Try alternate searches.
That "alternate searches" page did some nice clustering, up top, "Previews shown below for: fire protection, paralegal, national foster care association"
Smart! Semantic indexing is coming sooner than I thought.
I ran a few other searches for the heck of it, some hits, some misses, and some, meh
OSU: "ohio state", oklahoma state university, oregon state university
PSU: penn state, portland state university
Ruby: sam ruby, ruby tuesday, ruby programming, ruby windows
SAddam: saddam hussein, iraq, bomb saddam
Babies: : baby pictures, pregnancy, baby care, premature babies
Microsoft: windows media player, msn, microsoft internet explorer, microsoft software
Linux: linux kernel download, mandrake linux, linux doc, linux journal
Apple: apple computer, apple quicktime, apple mac, newton
ALA: american library association, punta ala, aste, "a la"
Chevy: chevy chase, chevy parts, chevy trucks, classic chevy
Mopar: mopar parts, mopar muscle, 62 65, mopar collectors guide
Perl: perl cgi, perl tutorial, active perl, cpan
Clinton: clinton cards, clinton county, hillary clinton, george clinton
SquirrelMail : mail, squirrelmail login, squirrelmail download
SLA: service level agreement, sla industries, kunstbande sla
LITA: lita nude, amy dumas, trish stratus, lita wwe
MYSQL: php mysql, mysql front, mysql faq
Bush: bush music
This one's just beggin' for alternate titles:
It's right to write right here.
Write right here.
The right to write right here.
Why not write right here?
You gotta fight for your right to write right here
Since my very first announcements for LISNews over 5 years ago I've had a dream that we'd be a source for more original content. A quick peek at the stats shows original work is quite often the most popular story posted on any given week. It looks to me like people who read LISNews want to read more original reporting, essays, and stories. The LISNews audience reads comments, our one definite source of original work. I don't expect us to be the new Library Journal, but if you're like me (and you should be), you'd love to see more original writing here @LISNews. We've always been a great source for news from the popular press, but we're not normally a primary source. There's nothing wrong with that, but it would be neat if we had more original postings.
I'm not sure what we should be looking for, but it's not much different from what I read in the journals section, though it might be slightly more "newsy" most of the time.
So think about submitting something you've written. It doesn't need to be 5,000 words on the most important thing impacting our profession today. It can be a brief story about something your library is doing, something you saw at a conference, or something you read on LISNews you feel needed a response. In the past we've posted interviews, book reviews, conference reports, short stories, and collections of librarian jokes.
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I done gone and messed up the mail list real good this week. Hopefully I pieced it back together again for tomorrow's edition. I think all bugs are now fixed and the improvements will make it more useful. Testing the list is next to impossible so I'm flying by the seat of my pants.
For no good reason whatsoever I added a bunch of new "This page was generated by a XXXXX of XXXXX XXXX for XXXXX." that you may see at the top of the home page when you're logged in. Not a big deal, but it may be more amusing now. It cracks me up from time to time.
I've been adding more quotes to the database that holds the quotes for the footer that shows up on all pages. There's a pretty good collection in there now.
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For Americans, the calculation is worrisome. Thailand is the United States' second-largest supplier of foreign seafood. Of America's total seafood imports, one out of every six pounds comes from the Southeast Asian nation. The accounts of ex-slaves, Thai fishing syndicates, officials, exporters and anti-trafficking case workers, gathered by GlobalPost in a three-month investigation, illuminate an opaque offshore supply chain enmeshed in slavery.
In the wild-caught seafood industry, forced labor persists because the first crucial supply-chain steps take place in a lawless, saltwater abyss.
SAMUT SAKHON, Thailand, and PREY VENG, Cambodia — The laundering begins in a sub-zero chamber floating far from civilization. It is filled with heaps of fish, and men dressed like eskimos.
This is the fridge room on a vessel known as a "mothership." These hulking vessels serve as deep-sea resupply stations for trawlers seeking fuel, meat, medicine, spare parts and even laborers to replace men lost at sea.
The ship's most important function, however, is receiving wild catch into its icy bowels and ferrying it to onshore fishmongers. Some motherships and fishing boats operate under the same syndicate. Motherships that don't collect a fee for transporting catch to the buyer, typically a fishmonger stationed at a specific dock. Once a squid or sardine comes aboard the mothership, there is almost no way to know whether it was netted by paid fishermen or sea slaves.
"Motherships have freezing capacity to hold high-value fish for long periods of time," said Lisa Rende Taylor, chief technical specialist with the United Nations Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking. "The fish is taken back to Thai ports for sale and, most likely, export if the fish is of high value."
"The boat that caught it may or may not have used slave labor," she said. "There's just no way to know who actually caught these fish because of the way unregistered boats work with motherships many kilometers away from the shore."
Most of the fisheries supply chain between the US and Thailand, America's second-largest supplier of foreign seafood, can be traced. These are the links that can't.
Slavery in Thailand's deep-sea fishing trade is an open secret, acknowledged by the US, the UN and some within the Thai government. It is not all-pervasive. Thailand's biggest seafood export, shrimp, is sourced from coastal farms subject to spot checks. Most "Thai" tuna, the nation's second-largest seafood export, is actually imported from abroad and processed for re-export.
But in the wild-caught seafood industry, forced labor persists because the first crucial supply-chain steps — catch and transport — take place in a lawless, saltwater abyss.
"It's brutal out there," said Bpa Ouan, a fishing syndicate chief based in Samut Sakhon, the Thai seafood industry's industrial hub. His name is a nom de guerre that means "Poppa Fatty."
"The law is soft," he said. "We have to handle problems ourselves."
Overfishing in Thai waters has drawn the nation's vessels into increasingly distant seas. A UN report estimates that 40 percent of Thailand's seafood output is caught in foreign territory. Thai vessels now ply the near waters of Malaysia and Indonesia as well as the far seas by Bangladesh and even Somalia.
Bpa Ouan, now 50, began as a 16-year-old deckhand. Later, as a captain, he earned a reputation for fearlessness by illegally trawling Vietnamese waters in the 1990s.
"Their navy sucked but they'd always fire on sight," he said. "I saw lots of guys get shot up. They'd wait until we anchored and start blasting. You'd have to yank the anchor quick or just cut it and tear out of there."
The trade has always rewarded men who inspire fear and obedience. Before he swore off alcohol, Bpa Ouan boozed for free in Thailand's port-side karaoke dens. As a syndicate boss, he now administers rewards and punishments, payments and fees. He is surrounded by tattooed bruisers who call him "daddy," an honorific for powerful men in Thailand.
"I'm like the master and they are my students," said Bpa Ouan, his coiffed hair tinged with pewter-gray streaks. "They're like my children."
For his five biological offspring, however, the fish trade is off limits. "No way," he said. "You don't want your kids doing this."
Murky waters
Most deep-sea fish — legit or caught by slaves — travels through the same steps: trawler, mothership, onshore fishmonger, processing plant, exporter, importer and, finally, supermarket or restaurant.
The world of Thai trawlers is particularly opaque. "Not all of these fishing boats are bad," Rende Taylor said. "There are good ones as well. But picking out the bad seeds is very difficult."
Reckoning the number of men in slavery on Thai vessels is almost impossible, she said. "Thousands" is a common estimate among anti-trafficking agencies.
Attempting to measure the trade's criminality is exasperating: even figures on legal operations are elusive. The trade is

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I found an oak growing on my land, shaded from very little light. The tree was 12' tall and 5" trunk at the soil level, tapered to 2 1/2" at 30". The bark is unreal from soil level to 20". It has a little reverse taper that was below the ground, which is now uncovered with sucker shoots starting to sprout out, hopefully this will help thicken the trunk base. The tree was shortened to 36" this past winter. It has a very big tap root. Should I cut around the tree to establish feeder roots first then in a couple yrs. cut the tap root when it is collected. Thanks for any additional help and advice. JW |
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Oaks usually have very long tap roots. This oak has very large(4"-6")leaves. Large leaves on a bonsai don't look very realistic. I know it's not what you want to hear but personally I'd pass on this species as a bonsai. |
Welby, I know about the leaf size not making an ideal bonsai, but the bark on this tree is 1 1/2" thick and looks like it could be hundreds of yrs. old. I'm still looking for advice for collecting the tree. |
Some Chesnut oaks have remarkably coarse, hugely furrowed, corky bark (as fire-protection?), tho not sure I've seen it on such a small tree -- it takes time to develop it. They can be dwarfed by extreme xeric conditions (like growing on steep shale barrens), but I don't think they tolerate shade for very long. So it's hard to guess the exact nature of this tree. And not sure we're even talking about the same bark characteristic? It sounds like a neat discovery, but offhand seems too large to deal w/as a potted tree, IMHO. Your proposed efforts sound reasonable, tho. |
Beng, The tree is growing close to my property line. My woods border a cow pasture.on this side. The trees growing close to the fence are all growing to the light. The woods along the fence were very grown up,I have since cleaned it out so more light gets to all the trees I have topped. I will probably take 3or4 yrs. to collect this tree, so when I do cut the tap root there will be hopefully enough feeder roots to survive. The tree's bark is just unreal for the size of the tree. I will just have to put up with the larger leaves. PS. The tree was growing straight up for 4' then it turned an almost 90 degree angle and was growing beneath the heavy tree canopy. |
Sounds like it was badly bent, but not broken in youth, survived somehow & subsisting on meager sunlight. So it may be older than one might think -- and/or it has an "extreme" coarse-bark trait. There may be other Q. prinus around to compare. Good luck w/the project. |
when you collect it and it recovers, can't you completely leaf prune it to get smaller leaves to come back? forgive my ignorance as I'm pretty new to bonsai, but aren't the leaves supposed to develop smaller when they come back on completely defoliated and well ramified deciduous trees? |
Theres mention of collecting oaks I just read on a thread somewhere. The secret to compensating for lack of fine roots is spaghnum moss. Treat it like an airlayer and persevere thru the sulking period (of possibly 2-3 years) and you should be rewarded with a flush of growth eventually. Deep potting after applying rootone-like hormones further up the trunk/rootage is another method. Look around. WF |
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University Hospital receives $46,000 from P&C Foods to fight breast cancer
The Breast Care Center at the University Hospital of SUNY Health Science Center in Syracuse received a check for $45,954 from P&C Foods to help support breast cancer research.
The check, presented March 12, represents what P&C Foods raised from its customers and employees during a fundraising campaign that featured Buffalo Bills defensive back Chris Spielman and his wife, Stefanie, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in July and has been undergoing extensive treatment. Spielman sat out the 1998 season so he could spend time with his children and his wife during this time.
"We are extremely grateful for the generous support of P&C Foods and its customers," said Dr. Patricia J. Numann, medical director of University Hospital and director of the Breast Care Center. "This money will help our research efforts and strengthen our educational programming for our patients."
Penn Traffic, the parent company of P&C Foods, created the Stefanie Spielman Fund for Breast Cancer Research, with proceeds helping breast cancer research at hospitals in communities the company serves. In total, Penn Traffic is contributing $222,000 through the fund.
"We've been a part of the Syracuse community for a long time, and we knew that people would embrace such a positive effort," said Nick Campbell, senior vice president of marketing for P&C Foods and Penn Traffic. "It's a good feeling to be reminded how much people care about ending this dreaded disease."
The Breast Care Center at University Hospital receives patients from all across central and upstate New York, including Massena, Utica, Binghamton and Oswego. More than 33,000 patient visits have been made to the center since it opened in 1986.
For each $1 donation, fund contributors had their names placed on pink ribboned footballs, which were hung on walls and windows throughout P&C stores in New York from November 1998 through January 1999.
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Oh, and I hope you like **** talking.
I'm a guy who likes beer...I don't get offended by much. Just don't talk bad about my wife or my dog and we'll get along just fine. Hah.
I finally moved to San Diego last week, I'm looking forward to meeting you guys!
It might be time for CHUG meeting part two!
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This was my favorite scent when I was with my ex. Him and I actually picked it out together, and I think he bought me a set, although I can't exactly remember now as it has been a long time. I loved this perfume, and only got rid of it because I had to make a new beginning. I won't buy it again, but only because it reminds me of the past. Otherwise, this is a very nice perfume. Much better than Valentino V Absolu, which is somewhat similar, although not as nice.
Deep red is quite pleasing. There are not too many perfumes that strike a neat balance between young - playful - flirty - fruity with some edge and character. I'd rather call it an introduction to orientals than a fruity floral, actually.
Starts with an intense blast of fruits (mostly clementine, mandarin, blood orange and blackcurrant) which are very delicious. I often find fruity notes hard not to end up into something generic and here they don't.
Then I get the exotic kick of ginger and at last it develops in a playful mix of juicy fruits, mildly spicy ginger, the lovely sandalwood and not too sweet grown up vanilla.
The flowers are not really noticeable to me but judging by the notes I find the idea of combining the dramatic tuberose with the delicate freesia and the salty hibiscus quite unusual.
This perfume unfolds as time goes by and every stage is more interesting than the previous. It certainly evokes the feeling of warmth and inner tension, has good longevity and silage is nearly perfect: neither nuclear strength nor close to the skin.
I wouldn't call it sophisticated but for a fun night out with girlfriends it would be a perfect match.
An all-time favourite, I first bought Deep Red when I was 16, Im 22 now and always re-purchase when I run out! Its dark and sexy, I would describe it as a fruity-floral with some woody tones. Again its a really strong, long-lasting fragrance, on me it smells sweet and musky, with a hint of spice. Its meant to be more of an evening fragrance, but I really enjoy 1-2 spritz of it on my skin in the mornings, such a feminine and sensual fragrance.
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YES , YES AND YES! This perfume is sooo amazing. Currently is too expensive for me but I will definitely buy it again ;)
I like it, but it's not so special really. I could take it or leave it...it just smells so much like several other fragrances.
My first EVER perfume that I classed as my signature scent, and I was 16! Holds a sentimental value as my nana bought me the giftset for Xmas, but died on the 23rd Dec so never got the chance to give it me. Will always remind me of her! LOVE IT!
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I have my bottle of EDP for more than 13 years now as a gift from my father, but it was too mature for my taste when I received it. So it stood neglected, packed away, forgotten, until I discovered it in a move... how could I ever not love this?
Its sweet, cute, yummy, playful-sexy and mature at the same time. I can smell gardenia more clearly than in my Crystal Noir, but it blends more beautifully here and it is not overpowering. So sweet.
I wear it mostly on winter and usually when I go out. I do not want to smell so sexy when I am in the office...
The bottle is also beautiful, frosted red glass with some transparency and a firmly clicking silver top. Classy and beautiful.
It is not one of my signature perfumes but I would definitely wish to buy again.
Also, as I said I have it for more than 13 years. It still smells the same (I tried it last year in a store). I do not know about perfumes, do they all last that long? It certainly says a lot to me about its quality.
This is my favorite Hugo Boss fragrance for women. It is very sexy and sensual. It has a definite vanilla vibe to it with fresh ginger, that gives it a nice kick. In a way it reminds me a bit of Dior's Hypnotic Poison only a bit fruitier than that one.
Oh dear, I hate not liking a perfume. Usually I like most.
This one, I bought online because of all the great reviews (generally I agree with MUA) and it seemed like my kind of perfume - heavy without being overpowering. But I just can't stand it. It honestly smells like (my friend's words but I agree) a cheap cologne. Very similar to Neroli Jasmine by the Body Shop - which is cheaper and nicer and I actually use as an air spray sometimes. I've worn it 5 times since I got it, so I've given it a chance, worn in on my body and clothes (smells the same) and I just really don't find anything I like about it. However, I will say that for the people who have given this perfume 5 stars, I envy you, because I'm sure you must have some kind of body chemistry that turns this into perfection, because the notes you describe just smell nothing like the bottle I have :(. Maybe I got an expired bottle? (Bought from Strawberrynet if anyone is interested) It could just be one of those that I'm not meant to like (ie Angel which I'm still hoping I'll suddenly adore!). Still give it a spray, you might really like it, everyone is different :) but I'll be sticking with my Armani Code, Addict, Hypnose.
This is one of my signature scents.Whenever one of my friends smells this perfume, he/she always connects it to me!
I have been wearing this scent for the past 8 years, and i love love love it!
It is on the heavy side, but again, its just a great perfume!
I always get complements by men, that say my perfume is amazing..the two words characterizing it: SEXY and ALLURING.
unfortunately, fans of this perfume, STOCK UP!It has been discontinued!:(
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FDA releases records access final rule and guidance documents
FDA issued a final rule that affirms its regulations on record-keeping to be consistent with the expansion of FDAs access to records as required by the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The amendments to the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act made by FSMA allow the FDA access to records beyond those relating to specific suspect food articles if the agency reasonably believes that other food articles are likely to be affected in a similar manner. In addition, the FSMA amendments permit FDA to access records relating to articles of food for which there is a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, the article of food will cause serious adverse health consequences or death to humans or animals. The expanded records-access authority is designed to improve FDAs ability to respond to and contain safety problems with the food supply for humans and animals. Click here for more.
The FDA is making available a guidance document FDA Records Access Authority, and a second guidance, Why You Need to Know About Establishment, Maintenance, and Availability of RecordsSmall Entity Compliance Guide. Comments on both guidance documents are being accepted.
Food safety with any fresh or fresh-cut fruit or vegetable has been and will continue to be a high profile topic across our country, and our world, for many years. As a result, the NWA continues to work with the NWPB in support of the Crisis Management program that the NWPB is leading. If at any time there is an issue related or reported to be related to food safety with watermelon, the team will engage in the process. The NWA is part of that team, and will be diligent in our collective efforts if such an issue should arise.
The unfortunate fact is that outbreaks and recalls seem to be part of our everyday lives. When we grow foods that we consume out in nature we face that possibility, ever so slight as it may be. It is estimated that there are well over one million servings of fresh fruits & vegetables consumed daily, with one in one million possibly causing illness. Nutritional experts have suggested that the nutritional values that our bodies derive from consuming fruits & vegetables far out-weigh the minimal risk of any illness. The odds are heavily in our favor. However, federal rules, regulations and laws place requirements on our businesses to perform food safety and traceability procedures that will eventually be monitored by our government. The Food Safety Modernization ACT (FSMA) is the most extensive revamp of our countrys food safety law ever, and includes a tsunami of rules and guidances that will take years to implement. The rules, once published in their final forms, will be implemented on schedule and set the floor for expectations in farming, packing, shipping and numerous other areas involving fresh fruits & vegetables. The NWA has been heavily involved all along these multiple paths to represent you while helping to submit comments that will help FDA to create rules that are sensible while adhering to the law that Congress has charged them to implement. However, in late 2013 the federal indictment and arrest of two farmers sent a ripple effect throughout the produce industry. As a result, the NWA held a grower-shipper seminar at the 2014 national convention to discuss outbreaks, recalls and readiness aspects with the attendees. We plan to hold more of these sessions in the future, and bringing in additional experts from farming and legal aspects. The NWA is partnering with our friends at United Fresh Produce Association to offer their Recall Readiness Program to our members. The Ten Point Checklist can be reviewed by clicking here, and the Program Brochure and details can be accessed by clicking here. Before an outbreak or recall should ever darken your business, ask yourself Are we ready? None of us want to go through an outbreak or recall, but when one does occur, we must all be ready - - your business, your legal counsel, your communications experts, your association and marketing board, and your customers (one and all). Remember the Boy Scout motto BE PREPARED!
"The 2nd edition of the Commodity Specific Food Safety Guidelines for the Fresh Watermelon Supply Chain is now available for your use. Please call the NWA, USDA, your State's Department of Agriculture or any of the third party audit firms with your questions or needs. It is up to each and everyone of us to make sure that our farms and sheds (including laborers) are following best practices to minimize the possibilities that could plague our crop industry. Please join us in this effort, and continue to help the Watermelon Industry to be safe, healthy and nutritious.
Watermelon is an important crop in North and Central America, and one of the healthiest and safest fruits available to consumers today. It is because of the multiple generations of Americans that have enjoyed watermelon, and the hard working people in the industry that produce and supply our crop, that we began an industry-wide initiative in the spring of 2010. Labeled, "Watermelon is Not a Melon", we began a process of submitting comments to help FDA obtain information about current practices and conditions for the production and packing of fresh watermelon. As an industry, we are concerned about food safety requirements and rules as they relate to our crop. While we agree with GAP and GHP standards of food safety, we believe that FDA needs to make significant changes to their previous direction as it relates to a commodity-specific and risk-based approach.
Finding consumer information about recalled food products grew a bit easier with the launch of a FDA website that compiles recall notices in a searchable table. Click here for more
2009 Melon Standards - FDA 2009 Melon Guidance - Guide to minimize Microbial Food Safety
Traceability Case Study on Watermelons: Produce Traceability Initiative releases their final recommendations and action plan - HarvestMark Leger Case Study
2005 Melon Standards: - Melon Food Safety Guidelines (Spanish) - Melon Guidance Document - http://www.cfsan.fda..gov/~dms/prodgui4.html
Food Safety Guidelines: - Voluntary Food Safety Guidelines for Watermelon - Food Safety Questionnaire - Self Assessment Sheets - USDA Grading & Certification - Introduction to Voluntary Guidelines for Control of Microbial Hazards - Traceability Committee Lays Groundwork for Industry-wide Standards - UFPA Traceability


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Water harvesting slakes thirst at an innovative Kenyan inn
(Read article summary)Faced with an expensive and unreliable municipal water supply, an entrepreneur collects rainwater for his inn in an underground tank, creating an abundant supply for the guest rooms, toilets, bathrooms, kitchen, and restaurant.
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KAKAMEGA, Kenya
When Gaitano Likhavila was still working as an accountant at the provincial hospital in the west Kenyan town of Kakamega, he ran into a situation that got him thinking about water.
"There was a serious water shortage that made the hospital administration almost close down the hospital. At the same time, a lot of rainwater from the roofs was wasted, running down to the River Isikhu, but nobody thought of getting hold of this free water," says Likhavila.
In 2007, he left the hospital and set up a business, now known as the KwelaKwela Inn, along the Kakamega-Kisumu highway. The venue, which occupies three-quarters of an acre, is well-known for traditional African foods, cultural performances, drinks, and lodging, and has a large garden for outdoor functions.
But as he built his business he faced one big challenge: a shortage of water. At first he paid local women to carry water on their heads from the Isikhu River, about 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) away, for cooking, drinking, washing, and other daily use.
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"It was very expensive for me, because I needed a lot of water to run my business on a daily basis. Not that the water from government was not available, but it was not reliable," he explains.
But the Isikhu River also dries up between rainy seasons when there is very little precipitation, and the situation has been getting worse each year due to changes in the weather patterns, experts say.
"Today there is no predicting [the weather]," said Moses Agumba, head of the Lake Victoria South Water Services Board, which operates in the area. Increasing deforestation and climate change have made rainfall erratic, he said.
The Lake Victoria Water Development Authority, a government department that connects homes to piped water supplies, depends on the Isikhu River to pump water into its storage facilities. When water shortages hit, rationing becomes the only way to serve the population.


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Krewe of Gemini Coronation This Saturday
Coming up this Saturday, the Krewe of Gemini will celebrate their newly revealed royalty for the 2015 season!
Coming up this Saturday, the Krewe of Gemini will celebrate their newly revealed royalty for the 2015 season!
With the Krewe of Gemini set to roll this Saturday, March 1st, there are a few things the Shreveport Police Department wants to make you aware of to ensure a fun and safe parade day for everyone.
Saturday night (February 15, 2014) we had the pleasure of being the guests of Metro PCS at the Krewe of Gemini Grand Bal at the Shreveport Convention Center.
Elizabeth Morales and myself went to The Office on Shreveport Barksdale Highway before the Krewe of Gemini parade this past Saturday! They had all kinds of craziness going on!
With the Krewe of Gemini set to roll tomorrow in Shreveport, Bill Goodin with the Shreveport Police Department has some helpful hints and reminders on Mardi Gras etiquette!
Locals and visitors alike will get a brand new way to enjoy the whole local Mardi Gras experience with Parti-Gras 2013.
Yesterday's Preview section of the Shreveport Times had the parade route incorrect for Gemini!
The Krewe of Gemini will take to the streets of Shreveport for the largest "Original Parade" on February 18th beginning at 4:30 pm.
And we have all the details for you! Read on for all you might need to know!
I'm getting totally excited for the Krewe of Gemini's Coronation tomorrow night! My brother-in-law, Robby Woods, will be relinquishing his title as Captain and we couldn't be more proud of his auspicious reign! All Hail!


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Midas touch? Hugo Chávez plans to use gold to end 'dictatorship' of US dollar
(Read article summary)The Venezuelan president announced plans to nationalize his country's gold industry and move Venezuela's reserves out of Western banks and into the banks of more friendly nations.
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La Paz, Bolivia
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez appears to be becoming more vociferous by the day as he announces plans to nationalize the country's gold industry and reorganize foreign reserves, just days after returning from a second round of chemotherapy in Cuba.
The socialist leader has finally announced plans to nationalize Venezuela's gold industry after years of talk on the subject, as well as end the "dictatorship" of the US dollar by transferring foreign reserves to more friendly nations.
Under Mr. Chávez's plans, Venezuela is to transfer more than $6 billion of reserves from banks in the United Kingdom and Switzerland, among others, to countries including China, Russia, and Brazil.
Around 211 tons of the 365 tons of Venezuelan gold reserves held at foreign – banks including the Bank of England, Barclays, and the Bank of Nova Scotia – are to be repatriated. "We've held 99 tons of gold at the Bank of England since 1980. I agree with bringing that home," Chávez said on state television. "It's a healthy decision."


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Moving In Checklist
The day is not over. Now you have to move in. Make use of our Moving In Checklist to prioritize your objectives within your new home.
How To Work With The Movers
Chances are that you will be at your home before the movers arrive. While you are awaiting the arrival of the movers you should make sure that everything is properly running in your home. Also, check to make sure that the utilities are running. If your appliances are not working the way that it should then you should make a note of it, and get it repaired as soon as possible.
Tracking your shipment
☐ If you want to check on the status of your moving truck consult the local branch. They should be able to track it for you. Make sure that there are proper accommodations for the van to park and unload, and be prepared to meet them upon arrival.
☐ If the moving company did not require for you to pay in advance then make sure that you have a money order or a cashier's check� ready. Adjust your schedule to be present to meet the movers, and supervise the unloading.
☐ Make sure to check your belongings. Make sure that nothing is missing or damaged. If there is a discrepancy, record it on the inventory sheet before you sign it. Your signature on the inventory sheet states that you received all your belongings, and that everything was in the same condition as before. If this is not true you must personally tell the management of the company. Keep the receipt for your taxes and insurance.
☐ Make sure the movers have a floor plan. This will aid them in unloading quickly and efficiently.
☐ Instructing the movers to place the furniture in certain rooms is ultimately your responsibility. However, it is also your responsibility to unpack everything else, unless your agreement stipulated more.
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☐ Make sure you allow your appliances to adjust to room temperature for at least twenty- four hours before use. This will minimize the possibility of them being damaged.
☐ You will want to replace all the locks in your home for security reasons. You want to be sure that no one else has a copy of the house keys.
☐ Familiarize yourself with the neighborhood by getting the phone books and maps.
☐ The next step after unpacking is updating the photo inventory of your home and updating your insurance files.
☐ Make sure that your previous bills have been transferred or cancelled.
☐ Confirm your address change in important places so that you can receive your mail at your new home address.
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Garmin extends cycling team sponsorship through 2013
The Garmin-Slipstream Pro Cycling Team has extended its sponsorship, which was to end in 2010, to the year 2013 due to overwhelming support from fans and racers.
During the 2009 season, Garmin-Slipstream compiled 29 victories, including three stage wins in the Tour of Spain and top-10 overall finishes in the Tour de France by Bradley Wiggins (fourth) and Christian Vande Velde (eighth).
Colorado launches high school mountain bike league
Tom Danielson of Garmin-Slipstream will lead a fundraising ride to support Colorado's first high school mountain biking league in Boulder, Co., part of the National Interscholastic Cycling Association (NICA).
Mountain biking has grown in popularity in recent years through varsity high teams located in California. Teams are in the works in Washington state as well.
Despite ban, electric bikes gain favor on city streets
"Motor-assisted" bicycles may be fast, but they are still illegal on NYC's streets. Too powerful for the bike lane, but not as motorized as a scooter, the e-bike is gaining popularity amongst city riders.
Delivery men in Chinatown use the bikes to pedal through 12-14 hour workdays. Some cyclists just like the ease of a climb-free ride. However, some "purist" cyclists are unwilling to share the roads with their motorized counterparts.
Sources say that Albany is passing a bill to amend the law and allow e-bikes that can go up to 20 mph and use no more that 1,000 watts of energy.
League of American Bicyclists announces Fall 2009 bike-friendly communities
The League of American Bicyclists has awarded 15 new cities and 3 renewed cities the title of Bicycle Friendly Community. The organization is revolutionizing the transportation and sustainability of America's cities. In cities named BFCs, the number of commuters has greatly increased.
This fall's winners are:
Breckenridge, CO - New Silver
Anchorage, AK - New Bronze
Baton Rouge, LA - New Bronze
Calistoga, CA - New Bronze
Grand Rapids, MI - New Bronze
Greensboro, NC - New Bronze
Greenville, SC - New Bronze
Indianapolis Marion County, IN - New Bronze
Iowa City, IA - New Bronze
North Little Rock, AR - New Bronze
Riverside, CA - New Bronze
Sioux Falls, SD - New Bronze
Sonoma, CA - New Bronze
St. Louis, MO - New Bronze
Tallahassee, FL - New Bronze
Boca Raton, FL - Renewal Bronze
Chandler, AZ - Renewal Bronze
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Paving work scheduled for Interstate 4's Fairbanks Curve has been delayed because cooler weather is expected.
Work was supposed to begin Monday on a project that involves stripping and grinding down the concrete on the roadway and then laying down a new asphalt surface over the top of the ground-down concrete.
The Florida Department of Transportation said temperatures must be at least 65 degrees to lay asphalt.
FDOT said the delay does not put the project behind schedule.
The cost of the project is estimated at $377,838.
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Therese Marie Michaud
Therese Marie Michaud, 85, Englewood, Colo., died Monday, Aug. 18, 2014, at Porter's Hospital, Denver.
Therese Marie Michaud, 85, Englewood, Colo., died Monday, Aug. 18, 2014, at Porter's Hospital, Denver.
She was born Sept. 22, 1928, in Fort Collins, Colo., to Bernard and Valeria (Schmid) Gilsdorf.
She was devoted to her family and her Christian faith.
Survivors include four sons, Tom Michaud, Bernie Michaud and wife, Susan (Bergman), Lakewood, Colo., Michael Michaud and wife, Mary (Rivera), Denver, Gerard Michaud and wife, Renee (Werth), Hays; six daughters, Kate Michaud, Patricia Clark and husband, Dennis, and Janet Huber and husband, Stephen, all of Denver, Barbara Michaud, Wasilla, Alaska, Marie Pierce and husband, Charlie, Highlands Ranch, Colo., and Regina McCutcheon and husband, Mark, Aurora, Colo.; a daughter-in-law, Janice Michaud, Denver; two sisters, Mary Rose Bousselaire, Lakewood, and Bernadette Gross, Denver; 28 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren, and another joining the family soon.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Eugene J. Michaud in 2009, and a son, Joseph E. Michaud in 2009.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, 2298 S. Logan, Denver; burial will be at 12:30 p.m. Monday in Fort Logan National Cemetery (Staging B).
Viewing will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Bullock Mortuary, 1375 E. Hampden Ave., Englewood. This will include praying the rosary, a wake and visitation.
Memorials are suggested to Developmental Services of Northwest Kansas, P.O. Box 310, Hays, KS 67601.


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Amid eurozone turmoil, Germany borrows money for free
(Read article summary)Germany sold $5.7 billion of debt today to yield 0 percent, a reflection of how much Europe's largest economy has diverged from its southern neighbors who are paying far more to borrow.
Francois Lenoir/Reuters
Germany's central bank borrowed €4.5 billion ($5.7 billion) today. The interest demanded by lenders in return? Nothing, a measure of the panic in the rest of the eurozone.
"That's a very good result for us," said a spokesman of Germany's Federal Finance Agency in Frankfurt, which manages the sales. "It is an impressive illustration of investors' search for quality."
But the first time in history the German central bank sold two-year notes to yield zero percent is evidence of how much trouble the rest of Europe is in. The free money for Germany amount to a loss for investors after inflation. Why are bankers willing to lose money on a loan to Germany? Because it isn't Greece. Or Italy. Or Spain.
Germany is not only one of the few growing European economies but its domestic finances are rock solid, unlike its eurozone peers. Spain and Italy are paying more than six percent to borrow, because investors fear they'll default. European bankers, worried about ending up holding worthless paper, have few good options but the Bundesbank.
Seven percent is perceived as the threshold beyond which borrowing becomes unsustainable – Greece, Portugal and Ireland all asked the European Union and International Monetary Fund for financial aid after their borrowing costs breached that threshold.


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