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OBAMA MEETS WITH LEADERS, THEN NEWS CONFERENCEPresident Obama has a full schedule today. It's his last day at the G-20 summit in Russia: he'll meet with presidents of China and of France .. and then... he'll hold a news conference this morning... around 9 Central time.Next week, the House and Senate are expected to vote on his request to authorize missile strikes against Syria.
OBAMA MEANS TO HIT HARDER THAN PUBLIC IS BEING TOLD?Meanwhile, an ABC report claims that the Obama administration intends to hit Syria with missiles fired from bombers, not just ships....
G20 SUMMIT EXPECTED TO FOCUS ON SYRIAThe G20 Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia is underway, and is filled with talk of Syria. President Obama has been lobbying the U.S.
CASTRO FOUND DEAD IN CELL53-year-old Ariel Castro is dead. The Ohio man sentenced last month to life in prison plus 1000 years for kidnapping and raping three girls ... and holding them hostage for a decade, apparently committed suicide. He was found hanging in his cell last night.
OBAMA'S CALL FOR STRIKE AGAINST SYRIA CONSIDERED TODAYPresident Obama's call for a U.S.
SEVERAL DROWNINGS REPORTED OVER HOLIDAYWhen we have free time, many of us head to the water. And, sadly, there are usually deaths during holiday weekends.
Sherri Shepherd from "The View," "30 Rock," and "Everybody Loves Raymond" is at Zanies Comedy club tonight and tomorrow night (Aug 30th and 31st). www.zanies.com Belcourt Theater's Midnight movie... tonight at tomorrow night is Teen Witch.... www.belcourt.org
Bring a blanket or lawn chair and enjoy Shakespeare in the Park: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Thursdays through Sundays, including Labor Day, at Centennial Park.
OBAMA MEETS TO DISCUSS SYRIAPresident Obama will meet with top Congressional leaders this afternoon on Syria. They'll be briefed on intelligence and plans for a possible military strike against the country. Obama is supporting a so-called "shot across the bow" for Syria in the interest of U.S. national security.
SOME MEMORY LOSS MAY BE REVERSIBLEA new study is suggesting that age related memory loss may be reversible.
U.S. MILITARY STRIKE AGAINST SYRIAAmerican military members, and money, look to be headed into another conflict. Senior U.S. officials say a military strike against Syria may come as early as tomorrow, and could include three days of missile attacks, which would be meant to send a message to the Syrian President rather than knock him from power.
JOB FAIR TODAY IN RUTHERFORD COUNTYIf you need a job, there's a big job fair in Rutherford County today at the Goodwill Career Center in Murfreesboro.
Parts of Middle Tennessee have been declared a disaster by the government after the flash flooding earlier this month. This means that many with damages are eligible for low-interest federal loans to make repairs. You have through October to apply for assistance for physical damage and until next May to apply for assistance for economic injuries. This declaration covers Nashville, plus parts of Cheatham, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson and Wilson counties.
Former Tennessee Titans linebacker Keith Bulluck spent some time Saturday night in the hoosegow after an apparant altercation with a cab driver. The driver, Habib Hashi, said Bulluck became enraged when told the cab was already taken and swiped $100 bucks from his hand and choked him. In a statement, Bulluck hints it didn't happen exactly like that. Court records show that the driver, Hashi, has been convicted in the past for filing a false accident report.
TRAFFIC INFO FOR THIS WEEKENDI-24 TO HAVE JUST ONE LANE OPEN AT MURFREESBOROInterstate 24 will be reduced to one lane eastbound this weekend for repairs to a bridge in Murfreesboro. An oversize load damaged the Epps Mill Road bridge at exit 89 in February. Eastbound travel will be reduced to a single lane at 8 p.m. CDT Friday through 6 a.m. Monday. Workers will attach a steel plate to a beam under the bridge to strengthen it. TDOT will use portable message boards to alert drivers of the expected travel delays.
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ABC News' John R. Parkinson (@JRPabcDC) reports:
On the same day that Rep. Anthony Weiner's wife, Secretary of Clinton's close aide Huma Abedin, is set to return from a trip to the Middle East and Africa, one of the women who corresponded online with the congressman — former porn star Ginger Lee — is set to hold a news conference in New York early Wednesday afternoon to discuss the interactions with the embattled lawmaker.
It's another distraction that Weiner probably would prefer to do without as he seeks treatment for an undisclosed condition and works to save his career and marriage.
A spokeswoman for Rep. Weiner had no comment anticipating Lee's newser, where the former adult actress is expected to explain her Twitter and e-mail relationship with Weiner.
The presser is set to begin at 12:30 p.m. at the Friar's Club in Manhatten. Lee will be accompanied by her attorney, Gloria Allred.
After Weiner posted the infamous lewd photo on his official Twitter account, Weiner reportedly attempted to do some damage control and instructed Lee via multiple emails to lie about their communications.
On June 1, he emailed her: "The key is to have a short, thought out statement that tackles the top line questions and then refer people back to it. Have a couple of iterations of: 'This is silly. Like so many others, I follow Rep. Weiner on Twitter. I don't know him and have never met him. He briefly followed me and sent me a dm saying thank you for the follow. That's it,'" according to an email obtained by TMZ.
On June 2, Weiner emailed Lee, "Do you need to talk to a professional PR type person to give u advice? I can have someone on my team call. [Yeah, my team is doing great. Ugh]." TMZ reports that the same day Weiner sent Lee a proposed statement she could give to the press: "I have nothing to do with the situation involving Rep Weiner. I follow his twitter feed. And for a brief time he followed me. Much has been made of the fact that I have posted about my admiration for Rep Weiner and his politics. All I can say about that is that I'm a fan of his. Rep. Weiner sent me one short direct message thanking me for following him. I have never met Rep. Weiner and he has never sent me anything innappopriate (sic) …"
According to a news release promoting today's news conference, Lee "will explain how the relationship began, what Congressman Weiner asked of her when the scandal became a problem and whether or not she still supports Congressman Weiner. Ms. Allred will discuss the next step for Ms. Lee."
Weiner is reportedly seeking treatment for an undisclosed condition at an undisclosed location. Despite calls for his resignation from President Obama, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and House Speaker John Boehner, Weiner has been granted a two-week leave of absence from the House of Representatives.
ABC News' Devin Dwyer and Michael Falcone contributed to this report

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I have just finished reading (or more like skimming, actually) a book entitled Reading and the Reference Librarian: the importance to library service of staff reading habits. The main argument of the book is that librarians do their job better if they read something on the side, and they don't mean professional literature. They mean things like newspapers, magazines, fiction, etc. By having a well-rounded diet of information, the authors (Juris Dilevko and Lisa Gottlieb) say we will be able to better help patrons and combat the deprofessionalization of librarians.
The first claim makes a lot of sense. In my last position the reference desk was right next to the current periodicals display and we were encouraged to flip through Time, Newsweek, and so on when on the desk. This was enormously helpful when helping students come up with topics, knowing what was the zeitgeist, and figuring out what the heck they were talking about. It helped professors see us as knowledgeable about world events and topics relevant to their courses. And it helped to make the reference desk time even more enjoyable.
As for the deprofessionalization argument, I think their claim could be summed up like so: Reference has become more about answering questions from a variety of sources and less about being well educated. The move toward this "call center" mentality harms the image of the librarian, while the idea of the well-read and well-educated person on the desk can only help us.
This short description of the book isn't really doing it justice. It was an interesting and thought-provoking read, and I think I will revisit it when I have a bit more time to drink it all in...
As mentioned previously, I'm running for ALA Councilor at Large this year. I'm also now running for NMRT Director. I don't really have any groundbreaking new ideas to implement or long-lasting beefs with ALA that I feel the need to air; I just have a tendency to volunteer to do things. I also like ALA and think it's been a great organization for the most part and want to help out and be involved.
However, for the ballot I have to write a "statement of professional concerns." I'm trying to find a good way to make the above sound interesting; to not sound like a fruitcake but still be thought-provoking and someone you might vote for. This is what I have so far:
Now that I have my MLIS and a steady job, I seek to give back to the profession and ALA by becoming more involved. Though I'm relatively new to librarianship, I have much to offer. I have recent and varied experience as a paraprofessional and professional, which allows me to relate well to issues faced by all library staff. I have worked in public, special, and academic libraries of all sizes, and can conceptualize the differences and similarities in working in these environments. I can understand and focus on issues involving libraries and those who work in them, and help bring ALA's attention to these issues. As a recent library school graduate, I bring perspective on what is currently occuring in library education. As a native and current resident of the Pacific Northwest, I offer more representation in ALA for libraries and library workers in the West.
Anyone have any thoughts?
I've really gotten a lot out of conference blogging, so here's a selective wrap-up of a short two-day retreat the Academic and Special Libraries Division and Public Library Division of the Montana Library Association had last weekend. I don't think a lot of folks from Montana are reading this (if you are, show yourselves!) so hopefully the rest of you may find it interesting.
The Rise of the Creative Library--this session, presented by Jim Heckel of Great Falls Public Library, provided an overview of concepts outlined by Richard Florida in his book _The Rise of the Creative Class_ and how they fit in with libraries. The main thesis is that flourishing communities adopt the three T's--technology, talent, and tolerance.
Not Ready For Prime Time Freedom Fighters--an amusing and informative skit-based presentation by a number of folks from various public librarians. Much interesting discussion ensued on what to do when law enforcement comes to visit, how to deal with subpoenas and warrants, and how to handle book challenges.
Dial R for Reference--presented by Brent Roberts of Montana State University-Billings. This was a great interactive refresher on the reference interview. Lots of small group discussion and presentations. I really recommend this concept to any organization looking for a workshop or continuing ed activity--we can all use some brushing up on the reference interview.
There was also a lot of great food and the retreat itself was in a lovely location. I definitely recommend an event like this--very casual and low key but filled with lots of useful info.
There is a student sitting right next to my office door, studying. Every time I leave or come back in I feel like I should apologize for disturbing her.
Anyhow, I'm posting to out myself. I nominated myself as a candidate for ALA Councilor-at-Large and was selected to be on the ballot. I am an intern on the Intellectual Freedom Committee so I have to be at the conference for the same length of time as Council, so I decided, "What the heck. I have opinions and I like to express them!" Now I have to work on *articulating* them so that others will support them and, therefore, me. Watch this space for further updates!
Things have been crazy with my first annual review and the start of the semester but I hope to start blogging (journaling?) again more frequently. It's such a useful tool for developing my thoughts and getting feedback from librarians outside my institution.
Those of you on DigRef may have seen Bernie Sloan's message about AskMeNow, a new SMS (cell phone text messaging) reference service targeted directly at users. It's currently in beta and claims 15,000 users. While in beta it's free but it looks like they may start charging.
It works by having the user call a (for me, non local) phone number on their cell phone and leave a voice message with a question of any sort. It's promoted as an alternative to 411 but they say they'll answer any question to which the answer is available on the internet. They then text message the user's cell phone with the answer, usually within three minutes.
I decided to put it to the test. After signing up, I called them with the question, "How many librarians are there in the United States?" Almost exactly three minutes later, I got a text message that said, "There are 137,000 librarians in the U.S."
It was quick, but was it correct? There was no source cited, which was of course a problem for anyone interested in valid information. I went to the Occupational Outlook Handbook and found that "librarians held 167,000 jobs in 2002" according to BLS. So I went to Google and typed in "number of librarians." The first hit was ALA Fact Sheet #2, which said there were about 137,000 librarians based on their own research.
This was an interesting experiment. I'm curious now how AskMeNow answers questions. Is it just some guy listening to these voice messages, then going to Google and text messaging back info from the first hit? Will anyone besides me use for research-type questions? Is this something our library could adopt, or did the noncompete clause in the license agreement mean that we can't do that?
For those of you interested in running your own little experiments or just learning more, visit www.askmenow.com.
First of all, in honor of the day, yarr, me hearties!
Since my spouse's computer died a few weeks ago, taking with it (we thought) the first chapter of his dissertation along with other writings and such, I feel the need to remind us all to back up our work frequently. Of course, we are already doing that, right?
It turned out that they were able to fix the computer and the dissertation chapter was unscathed, but *then* last week our external hard drive that we share and back stuff up onto died forever, with all my grad school work on it. I have hard copies of most of it so I'm not too upset, but my spouse had all his iTunes music on there which is gone forever...I don't even want to think about how many dollars went down the drain with that.
Lessons learned--back up frequently, back up your backup, and paper is the best format for archiving academic work! Also, you should maybe burn that iTunes music to CD. I hope you all don't have to learn that the way we did. Back up that data!
A few months ago, I was saying something at a meeting about making a tutorial for the online catalog when one of the catalogers interrupted.
"You said *card* catalog!" she declared.
"I did?" I said.
"You said online card catalog. There's no cards involved. Card catalog is an outdated term!"
Hmm. I worked as a cataloger for a couple years before this job and it seems like a lot of what goes into a catalog record is still tied to the card format. The concept of main entry, LC subject headings, serials holdings especially--things like that. When I'm instructing students now on how to use the online catalog, I ask them if they've ever seen a card catalog, and to picture the online interface searching through the drawers. To me, this explains a lot of the funky stuff about searching an online catalog that makes it different from using an article database or search engine. Of course, it's getting to the point where few students have seen card catalogs any more so I may just have to abandon the analogy for instruction.
I'm just curious what the LISNewsterz think. Is there still a connection between the online catalog and the card catalog? Or am I, as the catalogers here tell me, hopelessly out of date with the cutting edge craft of cataloging?
A patron just came up to the desk and asked me, "What time would 10:40 be?"
I have to admit that this question threw me a bit. I would guess that 10:40 is the time that 10:40 would be, generally speaking. So I said, "I'm sorry, I don't understand your question. What do you mean?"
He repeated, "I need to know what time 10:40 is."
After a few rounds of this, he said he was talking about Pacific time. He had an eBay auction he was bidding on, and needed to know what 10:40 Pacific is in our time zone. They're one hour behind us, so it would be 11:40. Then we had a few back-and-forths on that point, and eventually he wandered off.
Sometimes, this job is just kind of surreal.
I think I covered most of the big stuff I did in my first five reports. The other sessions I attended (LITA's top ten tech trends forum, the ACRL President's Program, Obama, Sedaris) have been covered very well elsewhere and I don't have much to add.
The things I most enjoyed about this year's conference: the E-Reference session I blogged about in report #5, seeing old friends, meeting new ones, volunteering at the Scholarship Bash, being in Chicago, getting a sweet hotel deal.
The things that bummed me out: missing the OCLC Blogger Salon (a comedy of errors involving conference buses, a rescheduled alumni event that I didn't know was rescheduled, and an overwhelming desire to take a nap), not seeing as many old friends as I would have liked, not being able to do everything on my schedule.
Thanks to all who have read these reports; I'm glad that I can organize my thoughts and impressions well enough to share some tidbits with you all. I can't recommend conference blogging enough. I feel as if this one will really stick with me.
The program's full title was "E-Reference Services: What Are Our Users Telling Us?" and the news was perhaps not as good as we'd hoped. This was a very useful session, however, probably the most useful one I attended. The presenters highlighted a lot of the frustrations and challenges facing VR services from both the patron and librarian end of things. Key points were the difficulty in evaluating services honestly, problems in funding, and lack of commitment to services. The presenters also shared some great anecdotes and quotes from users.
The first presenter, Sarah Weisman from Morris County (NJ) Public Library, discussed her library's service stats and web analysis. Chat and email reference make up a very small part of their reference questions. She mentioned generally that libraries have become the "provider of last resort, not of first choice" and shared some thoughts on how to better ourselves and our online services through marketing, reduction of costs, and standardization of services.
Chuck McClure of FSU was the next speaker and had a humorous and informative presentation on assessment of VR services. It was interesting to hear that he considers exit surveys a waste of time, since everyone always says they're satisfied no matter how their experience turned out. I was also surprised to find that public libraries perform better than academic with regard to providing service via chat and email reference. Again the idea of funding and sustainable services came up. Chuck cautioned us to think about whether we want to consider VR a core service, and to keep the future in mind (video reference, anyone?).
The concluding speakers, Sarah Morris from Colorado and Laura Kortz from NJ, discussed the top users of VR, teenagers, and the results of a focus group they did with incoming college freshmen. They suggested that, to increase popularity of the service, we needed to work on marketing, make the service more like instant messenging, and allow users to foster an ongoing relationship with specific librarians on the service and rate the librarian that answered their queries.
It was a great session with a realistic view of the problems VR faces, but offering lots of food for thought on how to fix it. I had to leave early to get to another meeting so I unfortunately missed the Q&A. I have pages and pages of notes from this session, so if you want to learn more about a specific part of it just let me know and I can probably flesh it out a bit.
I just thought I'd solve the poster session mystery I brought up a couple of weeks ago to say that I did get my poster reprinted at the correct size. It was a little fuzzy around the edges--apparently I had created it in the wrong size or something. Oh well, live and learn.
For some reason the ALA poster session space seems to always be in a weird corner of the exhibition hall. This year was no different, with us practically standing in a stairwell toward the back of the hall. Not too many people stumbled across us there.
I think about 20-30 people cruised by my poster. They seemed interested in the topic (What do Distance Education Faculty Want From the Library?) and wanted to know the answer (for us to teach their students how to use the library, outside of their own courses). I had about ten people sign up for me to send them more information, and a couple emails after I got home from people who'd missed the session but wanted to know more.
This was my first professional poster session--we'd done a few in library school--and all in all it was a good experience. It was fun to meet my poster neighbors, and I had a good time talking about my research with those who walked past. Some probably heard more than they wanted to know!
If I do a poster session in the future, I'll be sure to:
Feel free to take a look at the handout here and let me know what you think. I wanted to get a picture of my poster too but I left my camera at home for this conference. Maybe I'll take a picture of the mini-version and put that up sometime soon....
The official DLS program was a bit of a disappointment to me as a new member of the Distance Learning Section. The topic was "Distance Learning: We Know Where We've Been, but Where are We Going?" I arrived a bit late, so the first speaker was already talking. His theme was that of the greying profession and the upcoming gap in leadership. Like so many young librarians, and as a member of a search committee for a position where we have 120+ applications, I just don't buy into this myth. There are tons of librarians out there eager to work and ready to step into leadership roles. The presenter during this part was one of the authors of the AL article on the ACRL heads' desired leadership traits in new librarians that got everyone so riled up a few months ago.
The second presenter had an interesting look at diversity issues in distance education. Unfortunately she didn't have a lot of statistics or examples to back her up and her presentation showed it. Still, it was good to point out that we need to be aware that distant students are different from the traditional on campus population.
The final speaker askd whether new grads were ready to provide distant library services. She concluded that for the most part they were. Gee thanks!
The DLS also hosted a breakfast and business meeting. This was a much more enjoyable and valuable experience for me as a new member. I got to meet a lot of other distance librarians and came to understand that part of the problem is that everyone at the conference had been in the section for a very long time and many of the librarians in the section seem to be nearing retirement. So I guess they have a bit of a biased view, with so little new blood coming in. Hopefully I and the other new, younger people in attendance helped ease their fears a bit. They are a very welcoming and friendly group of people and I have never felt more at home going into an ALA meeting. So, all my fellow newbies take note--here's an interesting part of the profession that we can get involved in!
At ALA this past weekend, I attended a couple of OCLC sessions.
The first was called "Reference in Context: QuestionPoint & 24/7 Reference, Meeting Users at Point of Need," held Saturday morning. It was basically an hour showcase of the new virtual reference software brought about by the merger of 24/7 and QuestionPoint. This is the software our consortium uses so I figured it was a good time to learn a bit more about it.
I found out that we'll be able to get a bit more info on our patrons if they are willing to provide it. We'll be able to see what library in the consortium they're coming from and what browser they're using. We'll also be able to have more than one chat open at a time. This is probably not likely to happen for a while--I've been staffing the chat site for a few months now and have only had one chat question.
OCLC also explained the method behind 24/7 coverage. Basically your consortium or whatever is its own 'queue' and librarians from other queues staff your site when none of your home librarians are available. In exchange, you are asked to pick up the slack in others' queues when you're on (and also pay $$$ to OCLC). Interesting.
I learned a bit more about prepared scripts for greetings, genealogy questions and the like. This is something we're just starting to use here. The Knowledge Base was also discussed--it's like a wiki for the service where you can create or append pages for frequently asked questions.
I also found out that some libraries apparently use the QP-24/7 software to track face-to-face and phone reference queries. It makes sense, because you can compile stats and increase follow-up, but I'd no idea anyone would do that.
The other OCLC session I attended was the Update Breakfast on Sunday morning. I sat at a QuestionPoint table (there's tables for all the different products/types of services OCLC offers, plus a few 'general' tables) and listened to Jay Jordan tell us what's new at OCLC. After his presentation, I chatted briefly with the fellow at OCLC who manages QP. There were people who wanted to talk to him more than I did, however, so I didn't stick around too long after. I've been trying to attend the OCLC Update Breakfast for a year or two now at various conferences and I think it's definitely worthwhile if you work closely with their products. Plus, free food!
I'm going to try to do a post for each of the big activities I did at ALA. The first thing I did after picking up my badge-holder (why did I have to do this? does anyone know why I couldn't just put the badge they sent me before the conference into an old badge holder and just go?) was attend the Exhibits Opening.
I've never been at the opening before and it's best summed up in two words--mob scene. Librarians going after swag is a scary and awe-inspiring sight. I am not big on the swag since I have enough useless stuff cluttering up my office and house, but I did pick up a cute tote bag or two, some neat pens and pencils, and way more advance copies of books than I really needed. I got the all-important Unshelved badge ribbon. And I scoped out where my poster session was going to be held. They had a lovely spot for the poster sessions--under the staircase in the convention center, far away from most of the exhibits.
I'm not sure I learned much about exciting new products and services or made connections with existing vendors during the opening, but it was exciting to see librarians running around collecting all the free crap they could carry! I came back later when it was calmer for a more sedate walk through and examination of the offerings.
Hey, I managed to snag one of the highly coveted internet terminals by being at the convention center terribly early in the morning. Go me!
So far I've skipped over lots of meetings on my to do list. I always forget about the travel time between meetings when I plan from home.
Let's see--yesterday I attended the Exhibits Opening (just 'cause I happened to be registering at the time), an OCLC session, the EBSCO lunch, the ACRL Distance Learning Section Program, the Harry Potter Party at the Scholastic Booth (guess what, butterbeer is apparently Miller Lite), part of the Opening Session (Mayor Daley is a hoot!) and the Scholarship Bash. This morning I attended the OCLC Update Breakfast. Soon I will be off to the E-Reference meeting and the Ovid lunch. It's all about the free food. I mean, learning. More later!
Holy smokes, I just got my first chat question over QuestionPoint. It was an author looking to sell copies of her book. Well, at least it wasn't geneaology. I sent her some contact info for libraries in the area the book was set. I was so excited I was bouncing in my chair. I'm such a nerd.
In other news, I got my poster for my poster session printed and it came back about 1/4th the size it should have been. Whoops. It is being reprinted now but I may have to have an anxious day tomorrow making something else to take over instead. Guess that's what I get for waiting till the last minute.
Anyhow, if you're at ALA and in the poster session area Monday at 11-12:30, be sure to stop by and see if I have a tiny poster or what. It's like a mini-mystery. (ha! mini mystery! tiny poster!)
All the cool kids are posting their schedules on their blogs, so I guess I will too. Here's where to catch me when (at least until I get tired of it all and decide to spend the rest of my trip in the exhibit hall or the Field Museum). Stars and question marks denote conflicts that I haven't worked out yet. If you want to meet up, post back here or email me!
Saturday, June 25, 2005
9:30-11:00 Guidelines for Distance Learning Library Services Revision Hearings
Palmer House room: Salon XI
**10:30-12:00 Tenure and Continuous Appointment: Is It Worth It?
11:00-12:00 OCLC QuestionPoint & 24/7 Reference, Meeting Users at Point of Need
Embassy Suites - Lakefront room: Salon A-C
11:30-1:00 RefWorks Lunch and Learn
Fairmont room: Regent Room
?12:00-1:00 EBSCO Academic Librarian Database Luncheon
Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, 1st level, Conference Center 10, 11, 12
**11:30-1:00 Beta Phi Mu Member Assembly Mtg. and Lunch
McCormick Place room: N138
1:30-3:30 Distance Learning: We Know Where We've Been, But Where Are We Going?
Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers room: Sheraton BR V
**3:00-4:00 Ethical and Legal Issues in Reference Discussion Group
Palmer House room: Clark 10
3:30-4:00 NMRT Membership Meeting
Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers room: Sheraton BR III
4:00-5:00 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Pre-Publication Booth Party
Scholastic Booth #1316
**4:00-5:00 ALA Membership Meeting I
McCormick Place room: Grand BR A
5:00-6:00 Scholarship Bash Volunteer Meeting
Meet by Bash Booth
5:30-7:00 ALA Opening General Session w/Barack Obama
McCormick Place room: North Hall
7:00-8:00 Dinner
8:00-9:30 Volunteer shift at Scholarship Bash
Museum of Science and Industry
Sunday, June 26, 2005
7:00-9:00 OCLC Update Breakfast
Hilton room: Grand Ballroom
8:30-11:00 DLS All-Committees Meeting
Chicago Marriott Downtown room: Chicago D
**9:30-11:00 LITA Distance Learning IG
Hilton room: Conference Room 5I
**10:30-12:00 E-Reference Services: What Are Our Users Telling Us?
Hotel Intercontinental room: Grand BR
11:00-12:00 OCLC QuestionPoint & 24/7 Reference, Meeting Users at Point of Need
Le Meridien Chicago room: Salon III
12:00-1:30 Ovid Luncheon Update Session
Hilton room: Williford B
1:00-3:00 NMRT All Committee Meeting
Chicago Marriott Downtown room: Chicago D
**1:30-3:30 Booklist Readers' Advisory Forum: Chicago Writers
Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers room: Chicago BR VII
**1:30-3:30 Tiny Trackers: Protecting Privacy in an RFID World
McCormick Place room: S404
3:00-5:00 ALA PRESIDENT'S PROGRAM: Coming Full Circle: The Library as Place
McCormick Place room: Grand BR B/C
4:00-7:00 UIUC Graduate School of Lib. and Info. Science Alumni Association Annual Mtg
Bob Chinn's Crab House, 315 N. LaSalle S
**5:30- Library Bloggers Meet and Greet
OCLC Blue Suite, Hyatt McCormick
7:30-11:00 NMRT Social
Chicago Marriott Ballroom D/E
Monday, June 27, 2005
8:30-12:00 DLS Disc. Group, Business Meeting, & 15th Anniversary Celebration
National-Louis Univ. Atrium, 122 S. Mich
Table #3, Exhibit hall @ Convention Center
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-3:30 Googling the Better Mousetrap- Cyber Resources on the Front Lines of Reference
Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers room: Chicago BR VI/VII
1:30-5:30 Time for a Reality Check: Academic Librarians in a TiVor-lutionary Age
Hilton room: Continental A/B
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I'm doing some research into disaster and emergency planning. One of the sample documents I'm looking at is one of those checklists for bomb threats, which I find amusing because I think we'd be lucky if a person don't panic and run out the building if someone calls with a bomb threat, much less dig out a checklist and work through it. Anyhow, the third item on this particular list is to "notify a co-worker via nonverbal gestures that you are taking a threatening call." Just wondering if any LISNewsterz have ideas for these gestures, because most of the ones I'm thinking of would also be nonverbal indicators that the person I'm talking to is clueless or really annoying, like strangling myself or miming an explosion. Maybe I just need to learn some new nonverbal gestures...
If you check out http://www.chicagocrime.org/types/, there's a list of Chicago crime reports by type. Clicking on the type of crime brings up a Google map with locations of instances of that crime on it. Learn which areas to avoid, or possibly to seek out, depending on how crazy you want ALA Annual to get!
Catching up on some reading today and this quote caught my eye. From Meola, Marc. "Chucking the Checklist: A Contextual Approach to Teaching Undergraduates Web-Site Evaluation." Portal: Libraries and the Academy, Vol. 4, No. 3 (2004), pp. 336:
a scholarly controversy arises, does anyone ever ask a librarian to step in and resolve it?
If a question about the accuracy of political or economic information occurs, are librarians
ever invited to Sunday morning talk shows to evaluate? In courts of law, when
medical or psychological information is presented, are librarians ever invited to testify
about the accuracy of the information?
Heck yeah, let's get librarians on those talk shows! Oh, wait, there's another sentence in that paragraph:
When push comes to shove and information
needs to be evaluated, it is subject expertise and not librarian expertise that is valued.
Dang, there goes my media pundit/trial consultant dreams...


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3 It has two olive trees beside the lampstand, one to the right of its bowl and one to the left." | 3 Also there are two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left." |
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MINNEAPOLIS — With a series of off-days giving him the flexibility to do so without pitching anyone on short rest, manager John Farrell has shuffled his starting rotation in advance of this weekend's American League Championship Series rematch with the Detroit Tigers.
He pushed Jake Peavy ahead of Felix Doubront this week against Minnesota, lining up Peavy to face the Tigers on Sunday.
Doubront had been scheduled to start Tuesday night with Peavy following. Peavy instead started Tuesday night, and Doubront will start Wednesday. Clay Buchholz will follow on Thursday as scheduled.
Though the announcement came Tuesday afternoon, Farrell said the switch "has been in the works for probably the last week."
With the Tigers collectively teeing off on lefties — led by Victor Martinez (.839 slugging percentage) and newcomer Ian Kinsler (.556 slugging percentage) — Farrell wanted to line up as many righties as he could. That meant pushing Peavy up a day.
Sending Peavy to the mound against Detroit is no guarantee of success. The Tigers knocked Peavy around in Game Four of the ALCS last October, tagging him for seven earned runs in three inning.
"Just given the way their lineup stacks up, what they've doing against lefthanded starting [pitching] — more than anything, just the flexibility of the schedule that gives us a chance to match up a little bit better," Farrell said.
Cold reality
Just when they'd gotten a chance to experience warm weather in Texas, the Red Sox found themselves back in hoodies and pullovers on a 50-degree evening in Minnesota. Their next hope for a warm day will come on Friday in Boston, when the forecast suggests the temperature will be above 70 degrees.
Warm weather can't come soon enough for Xander Bogaerts.
Bogaerts has seen his on-base percentage drop from .394 to .361 during a 1-for-16 stretch over the last five games. He went into play Tuesday night having not managed an extra-base hit since May 1. He managed only an infield hit and a walk in three games deep in the heat of Texas.
"There have been time where he's put some added pressure on himself, particularly when men have been on base, where he's been not as patient and taking the same trusting approach as when he's been at the plate with the bases empty," Farrell said.
But while playing in the warm weather, the Aruba native did start to feel a little bit more like himself. That's something he expected — and something that would be in line with last season, when he saw his slugging percentage jump 100 points between April and May while he was at Double-A Portland.
And then in his first at-bat in Minnesota — even with the first-pitch temperature a chilly 51 degrees — he tripled off the top of the center-field fence. It was the same smooth swing with explosive power he'd shown so much in the minor leagues.
What does the warmer weather do for his swing?
"When I'm cold, I feel tight," he said. "I just can't get loose. It's just a weird feeling. Before you hit the ball, you just don't feel natural. I don't know how to explain it. It's just a weird feeling."
Even though he didn't get more than one hit in Texas, he did start to feel a little bit natural.
"Texas was good," he said. "I haven't gotten any results, but I've seen myself driving the ball a lot more, hitting more balls out to the outfield. I've still got to start driving the ball the other way."
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Middlebrooks was hit by a pitch on the outside of his right hand on Saturday in Texas, and he was held out of the game Sunday as a precaution. The young third baseman is hitting .211 with a .338 on-base percentage and .368 slugging percentage so far this season. He's hit three doubles and two home runs.
Star treatment for Tito
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) � A congresswoman from New Hampshire is asking the U.S. government to clarify how families can obtain coverage under the federal health insurance law when children are eligible for Medicaid. The Associated Press reported this week that parents in New Hampshire, California and Florida have been surprised to learn that children who qualify for Medicaid can't be covered under subsidized family plans purchased through the federal online markets. In response to the AP report, Democratic U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter wrote to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Tuesday asking it to issue guidance to insurers and the public by Monday. Some children are going uncovered temporarily while their eligibility is determined. Others are stuck with no options because they were denied Medicaid but can't be added to their parents' plans. |


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Light a Candle composed by Andy Beck. Choir Secular. SATB choir. Choral Octavo. Choral Designs. Christmas; Secular; Winter. 12 pages. Published by Alfred Music (AP.37922).
The candle is a universal symbol of peace and hope. This seasonal selection honors the tradition with its captivating music and heartwarming text. At the end, four spoken greetings embrace various holidays. As a special touch, project animated images from the VideoTrax DVD on a large screen during performance.
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37 "Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven; | 37 "Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. |
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When I was child, my oldest sister would take my nephew and I to a pizza place called 'Godfathers Pizza'- there are still a few around on the East Coast. I fell head over heels in love with their baked spaghetti! A dish they would make with the leftover spaghetti from the day before. For years I craved the specific flavor of the Godfather's sauce until one day I bought a jar of Classico Italian Sausage with Peppers and Onions spaghetti sauce. WOW! Was I shocked and happy to find it was almost exactly like I had remembered the Godfather's sauce to be. Recently I discovered that Newman's Own also makes a close second called Sockarooni Sauce! Either way, here is my recipe for Baked Spaghetti. I also encourage you to use either of these sauces on homemade pizza! Enjoy!
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- 1 lb sweet Italian turkey sausage
- 1/2 lb spaghetti
- 1/8 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1 (24 ounce) jar spaghetti sauce, Classico, Newman's Own, divided
- 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, fresh grated not the ground kind
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 cup Italian cheese blend, mozzarella
- 1Pre-heat oven, or toaster oven, to 350 degrees.
- 2Remove sausage from casings, crumble and brown in a frying pan until cooked through. Drain all oil from the sausage.
- 3Mix the jar sauce with the sour cream. Ladle 1/4 cup of the sauce into the bottom of a 8x8, 9x9 or 10x10 baking dish. Top with 2 tsp of the fresh grated parmesan.
- 4Meanwhile, cook spaghetti according to package directions, drain and toss with sausage, red pepper flakes, the remaining spaghetti sauce, 1/4 cup of the Parmesan cheese and 1/2 cup of the Italian cheese blend.
- 5Place the spaghetti mixture on top of the sauce in the baking dish. Place the cheese mixture on top of the spaghetti.
- 6Finish off with remaining cheese mixture on top.
- 7Place baking dish in the oven for 20-25 minutes. Allow to cool for 10 minutes before serving with a crusty bread.
- 8NOTE: The larger the dish you use, the thinner your recipe becomes in height. An 8x8 baking dish will yield a 3in high pie, whereas a 10x10 dish will yield a 2 inch high pie. You can also make this recipe with leftover spaghetti from a previous meal. Simply make sauce with the sour cream and mix with your spaghetti as in STEPS 3 & 4. Top off as in STEP 6 and bake as directed in STEP 7.
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Serving Size: 1 (151 g)
Servings Per Recipe: 6
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- Calories 385.4
- Calories from Fat 134
- 34%
- Total Fat 14.9 g
- 22%
- Saturated Fat 4.1 g
- 20%
- Cholesterol 58.1 mg
- 19%
- Sodium 1089.8 mg
- 45%
- Total Carbohydrate 41.2 g
- 13%
- Dietary Fiber 3.5 g
- 14%
- Sugars 9.5 g
- 38%
- Protein 20.8 g
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Every country has different local conventions for writing telephone numbers. Writing a telephone number in a different format will look strange to a resident, and may lead to incorrect dialing when area codes are omitted for local calls.
All numbers on this page are written for dialing within that country, and do not include any international dialing codes. In examples, a numeric digit is used only if the digit is the same in every number, and letters to illustrate groups. X is used as a wildcard to represent any digits in lists of numbers.
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United States, Canada, and other NANP countries
24 countries and territories share the North American Numbering Plan, with a single country code and dialing plan. All area codes are the same length, so areas with many phone numbers overlay multiple area codes.
The traditional convention for phone numbers is (AAA) BBB-BBBB, where AAA is the area code and BBB-BBBB is the subscriber number. The format AAA-BBB-BBBB or sometimes 1-AAA-BBB-BBBB is often seen; the number 1 is the long-distance access code, and is usually required before the area code when calling long distance. While this appears to be a dialling pattern, it is actually part of the Directory Number, because the Country Code for the US is 1. Sometimes the stylized format of AAA.BBB.BBBB is seen, more common since the rise of the Internet and the dot-separated notation of domain names and their subdomains.
Since mandatory ten-digit dialing began in certain areas for long distance even within area codes around 1995 (in order to make a large new range of area codes available), and even for local calls in some metro areas, the notation in those areas has sometimes changed. The area code is now often prefixed as "AAA-" (no "1-"), or sometimes "AAA " (with only a space), instead of "(AAA) ". In metro Atlanta (the world's largest-area toll-free calling zone[citation needed]), it is common for example to see people write shorthand 4, 6, or 7, followed by ")" (end parenthesis) or "-" (hyphen), or sometimes "/" (forward slash) or just a space, instead of the full 404 (the city), 770 (the suburbs since 1995), or 678 (overlaid on both in 1998). This however will be complicated by GPSC's choice of 470 for the next overlay code.
In Mexico, mobile phone numbers are always written with the area code as XXX-XXX-XXXX, regardless of the area code's length. In Guadalajara, for example, where the area code is 33 and the phone numbers begin with 3 or 1, mobile phone numbers are usually of the form 331-XXX-XXXX or 333-XXX-XXXX.
Danish telephone numbers are 8 digits long, and normally written in four groups of two separated by spaces, AA AA AA AA. In recent years it has also become common to write them in two groups of four, AAAA AAAA
French telephone numbers are 10 digits long, and written in groups of two separated by spaces, for example, 0A AA AA AA AA.
German telephone numbers have no fixed length for area code and subscriber number.
There are many ways to format a telephone number in Germany. The most prominent is DIN 5008 but the international format E.123 and Microsofts canonic address format are also very common.
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DIN 5008 with Extension | 0AAAA BBBBBB-XX |
DIN 5008 international | +49 AAAA BBBBBB |
E.123 local | (0AAAA) BBBBBB |
E.123 international | +49 AAAA BBBBBB |
Microsoft | +49 (AAAA) BBBBBB |
Old | 0AAAA-BBBBBB |
Very old | 0AAAA/BBBBBB |
Numbers are often written in blocks of two. Example: +49 (A AA) B BB BB (Note the blocks go from right to left)
The very old format and E.123 local form are often used by older people.
Dutch phone numbers are 8, 10 or 11 digits long (including the trunk prefix '0'). The area code ('A') is commonly separated with a dash ('-') and sometimes a space from the subscriber's number ('B'). Alternatively, the area code (including the trunk prefix) can be enclosed in parentheses.
The length of the area code for landlines is either 2 or 3 digits, depending on the population density of the area. This leaves 7 or 6 digits for the subscriber's number, resulting in a format of either 0AA-BBBBBBB or 0AAA-BBBBBB. Cellphone numbers are assigned the 1-digit area code 6, leaving 8 digits for the subscriber's number: 06-BBBBBBBB. Service numbers (area codes 800, 900, 906 and 909) have either 4 or 7 remaining digits, making them 7 or 11 digits in total: 0AAA-BBBB or 0AAA-BBBBBBB.
The trunk prefix '0' is dropped when prefixed by the country code: +31 AA BBBBBBBB, +31 6 BBBBBBBB, etcetera.
Norwegian telephone numbers are 8 digits long. A number to a fixed line is written in four groups of two separated by spaces, AA AA AA AA. Cellphone numbers are written in three groups, AAA AA AAA. This makes it easy to determine if the B-number is SMS capable.
Telephone numbers in Russia are 10 digits long. The area code ('A') is usually written between brackets. The three groups of numbers of the subscriber's number ('B') are separated by dashes ('-'), for example, (AAA) BBB-BB-BB. The length of the area code for landlines is usually from 3 to 5 digits, depending on the population density of the area (eg. (AAAA) BB-BB-BB, (AAAAA) B-BB-BB). Sometimes numbers are written +7(AAA)BBB-BBBB to include Russia's country calling code (spaces surrounding the area code and/or the last dash sometimes omitted).
Spanish telephone numbers are nine digits long, starting with '9' for fixed lines (excluding '90x') or with '6' for mobile phones. They are normally written as a first group of three numbers and then three groups of two separated by spaces, for example, AAA AA AA AA, though three groups of three AAA AAA AAA and 2-3-2-2 AA AAA AA AA (a holdover from when numbers were only seven digits long and written 3-2-2) are also seen. Mobile numbers are usually grouped by threes AAA AAA AAA.
Swiss telephone numbers are 10 digits long, and usually written 0AA BBB BB BB where 0AA is the "national destination code" and BBB BB BB is the subscriber number. Sometimes numbers are written +41 AA BBB BB BB to include Switzerland's country calling code. Certain nationwide destination codes, such as for toll-free or premium-rate telephone numbers, are written 0800 BBB BBB or 0900 BBB BBB. There are also "short numbers" for emergencies such as 112 that are written 1CC or 1CCC.
United Kingdom
United Kingdom telephone numbers are complex due to varying length of area code, and a history of inadequate changes to increase the number of available telephone numbers.
Most telephone numbers in the UK have 10 digits after the '0' trunk prefix, however, there are some 41 geographic areas (e.g. 01204, 01276, 01527, 01900, etc; and 0169 77) and some non-geographic numbering ranges (e.g. all of the 0500 and part of the 0800 range) which include some telephone numbers which have only nine digits after the '0' trunk prefix.
It is customary to put 01 and 02 geographic area codes in parentheses to show that the area code does not need to be dialled by callers located within the same area. This is recommended by Ofcom and in ITU-T recommendation E.123. Parentheses are not normally used on non-geographic area codes.
The majority of telephone number ranges covering smaller cities and towns and most rural areas (and not matching the pattern 01x1 or 011x) have area codes formed of four digits, after the '0' trunk prefix. They are written (01AAA) BBBBBB. There are a small number of these areas (about 7%) where the local number has only five digits, and these are written (01AAA) BBBBB.
There are also a very small number (about a dozen) with an extra digit on the end of the area code and then a five digit local number, written as (01AA AA) BBBBB; and just one area with similar (01AA AA) area code but only four digits in the local number, written as (01AA AA) BBBB.
Larger urban areas have shorter STD codes. These area codes match the pattern 01x1 or 011x, and the numbers are written as (01AA) BBB CCCC, e.g. (0118) 946 0555. The BBB part can be used to identify which exchange the number is based in. These area codes consist:Leeds 0113;Sheffield 0114;Nottingham 0115;Leicester 0116;Bristol 0117;Reading 0118;Birmingham 0121;Edinburgh 0131;Glasgow 0141;Liverpool 0151;Manchester 0161 andTyneside/Durham/Sunderland/Washington 0191.
Some of the largest urban areas, and Northern Ireland, have the shortest STD codes. These area codes match the pattern 02x and the numbers are written as (02A) BBBB CCCC, e.g. (020) 7222 1234. The BBBB part can be used to identify which exchange the number is based in. These area codes consist:Greater London 020;Southampton/Portsmouth 023; Coventry 024;all of Northern Ireland 028 andCardiff 029.
London numbers written or spoken as if the area code is 0207 or 0208 are incorrectly formatted. Similar formatting problems affect all 011x and 02x area codes changed between 1995 and 2000 by PhONEday and the Big Number Change.
Numbers for mobile telephones are formatted as 07AAA BBBBBB as they always contain ten digits after the '0' trunk prefix. Pager numbers follow the 076AA BBBBBB format.
Most non-geographic numbers (in the 03, 08 and 09 ranges) are formatted as 0AAA BBB BBBB. However, this convention is not always followed and numbers in non-geographic ranges are sometimes written in various other formats. Sometimes this is to try to make the number easier to read and remember, but this can also confuse the reader as to the true nature of the number, and therefore the true monetary cost of calling it.
All 0500 and some 0800 freefone numbers have only nine digits after the '0' trunk prefix and so are written as 0A00 BBBBBB. These numbers were allocated pre-2000 and no more new numbers have been allocated in that format since then. The remainder of the 0800 range and all 0808 numbers are formatted as 080A BBB BBBB as they contain ten digits after the '0' trunk prefix.
Two telephone helplines within the regular code space have a total of only seven digits after the '0' trunk prefix, namely 0800 1111 for ChildLine and 0845 4647 for NHS Direct in England and Wales.
The 055 corporate numbers, 056 VoIP numbers and 070 personal numbers are often formatted as 0AA BBBB BBBB but some other formats are occasionally seen. It is especially important that personal numbers are not confused with mobile numbers as personal numbers are very much more expensive to call.
When calling from abroad, the initial '0' trunk prefix is not required, and so the E.123 format is recommended, e.g. +44 20 7222 1234 for a London number, +44 118 946 0555 for a Reading number, +44 151 496 0555 for a Liverpool number, +44 1223 345678 for a Cambridge number, and +44 7700 900555 for a mobile telephone number. UK numbers shown with a zero immediately after the country code, either with or without parentheses, are incorrectly formatted. Most non-geographic numbers with 03xx, 0500, 08xx or 09xx area codes cannot be connected when dialled from outside the UK.
Domestically, there are also a number of special service numbers such as 100 for the operator, 123 for the speaking clock and 155 for the international operator, as well as 118 AAA for various directory enquiry services, and 116 AAA for various helplines. For some services, the number you call will depend on which operator you use to connect the call. Both 112 and 999 work for calling the emergency services. These numbers cannot be called from abroad.
Telephone numbers in India are 10 digits long (excluding an initial zero which is required at times) and fall in at least four distinct categories:
- Landlines: Written as 0STD-NUMBER, where STD is the Subscriber Trunk Dialing code (long distance code) and NUMBER is the phone number. The total length of STD code and NUMBER is 10 digits.
- Mobiles: Written as XXXXX-YYYYY for ease of remembering (though the prefix is either 2-digits or 4-digits in the numbering plan). Mobile numbers which are not local need to be prefixed by a 0 while dialing, or by +91 (91 is the country code for India). A mobile number written as +91-XXXXX-YYYYY is valid throughout India, and in other countries where the + is recognized as a prefix to the country code.
- Toll Free: These are usually ten digit numbers beginning with 1-800. Sometimes they are accessible (or are toll-free) only when called from the government-owned telephone corporation, BSNL/MTNL.
- Service numbers: These are usually three or four digit numbers (e.g. Police is 100) used to access an emergency service (Fire, Ambulance, Police, Roadside assistance) or a value-added service.
Australian telephone numbers are 10 digits long, and can be written (0A) BBBB BBBB or 04MM MBB BBB (for mobile telephone numbers), where 0A is the optional "area code" and BBBB BBBB is the subscriber number. 04MM M are allocated per mobile network. When the number is to be seen by an international audience, it is written +61 A BBBB BBBB or +61 4MM MBB BBB. When written for a local audience, the optional area code is omitted.
Ten-digit non-geographic numbers beginning with 1 are written 1X0Y BBB BBB, where X is 8 for toll free numbers, 3 for fixed-fee numbers and 9 for premium services. Six digit non-geographic numbers are written 13 BB BB or 13B BBB; these are fixed-fee numbers. B's are sometimes written as letters. Occasionally, non-geographic numbers have more or fewer digits. These are written according to the third digit: if it is 0, the ten-digit pattern is used; otherwise, the six-digit pattern is.
Central America
Central American countries have the confusing custom of writing the country code for Central American countries (whether their own or another country) in parentheses instead of putting a + sign, as recommended by E.123, hence they would write (506) 2222-2222 instead of +506 2222-2222 for a number in Costa Rica. It is quite common for Central American businesses to write the whole phone number, including the country code in parentheses, on business cards, signs, stationery, etc.
Costa Rica
Costa Rica telephone numbers are 8 digits long, usually written in the format 2NNN-NNNN (for landlines) and 8NNN-NNNN (for mobile telephone numbers). Toll-free numbers use the format 800-NNN-NNNN and premium-rate telephone numbers are written 90x-NNN-NNNN where x varies according to the type of service offered. There are also "short numbers" for emergencies such as 911.
When Costa Rica switched from 7 to 8 digit numbers, it used a scheme similar to the 8 digit number scheme already in place in El Salvador at that time.
El Salvador
El Salvador telephone numbers are 8 digits long, usually written in the format 2NNN-NNNN (for landline use) and 7NNN-NNNN (for mobile telephone numbers). Premium-rate numbers start with a 9.
Honduras has 7 digit landline numbers usually written NNN-NNNN, and 8 digit mobile numbers written NNNN-NNNN. The fact that landline and mobile numbers have different lengths sometimes causes confusion.
South America
Argentinian telephone numbers always consist of 11 digits, including the geographical area code.
The Area Code
The area code can have 3, 4 or 5 digits, the first being always 0 (indicative of long distance calls). Moreover, in 1999 the whole country (except Buenos Aires, and Greater Buenos Aires) was divided into two zones. Roughly and with exceptions, one includes most of the northern half of the country; and the other, most of the southern half, though the actual reason for this division is not geographical, but the fact that each zone is administered by a different company.
So, the second digit of area codes can be 1 (only in Buenos Aires and Greater Buenos Aires code "011") or else a 2 (for towns in the southern half of the country) or a 3 (for the northern half). For example, (011) for Buenos Aires, (0341) for Rosario, (02627) for San Rafael. And the subscriber's number will accordingly have 6, 7 or 8 digits, to complete the eleven digits.
Phone numbers are mostly written as:
- (011) xxxx-xxxx (Note that only the (011) code has 3 digits),
- (0xxx) xxx-xxxx or
- (0xxxx) xx-xxxx
The area code is usually written between brackets.
The Subscriber's Number
In 1999, a general reform was introduced to telephone numbers, including the 1, 2 and 3 for area codes as explained above, and adding a 4 at the beginning of all subscriber's numbers. However, since the reform some local numbers starting with a 5 are beginning to appear. Moreover, a hyphen is usually placed to separate the last four digits. Code areas do not usually include one single city or town, but several neighbouring towns. So, the part before the hyphen (called a prefix) is usually indicative of either a town within the code area, or even of a part of a larger city, which is assigned several prefixes. As a matter of fact, each area code has only a limited number of prefixes assigned, and these are locally limited within the area.
For example the (0342) area has numbers with a 456- prefix, mostly located in the centre of Santa Fe. It also has numbers with a 460- prefix, usually for phone lines in the north east of the city. And there are lines with a 474- prefix, located in Santo Tomé. But no 444- prefix exists within this area. As for the part after the hyphen, it may usually be any succession of four digits, though sometimes a prefix is shared by two or more small towns, and then, the first digit after the hyphen carries the distinction between towns.
Sometimes, a prefix is reserved for official numbers, that is for offices depending on the national, provincial or local state. In the (0342) area, this is 457-, and phones within this prefix communicate with each other, by simply dialling the four final digits, though from other phones the prefix must be dialled as well.
Mobile Phones
Mobile phones use the same area codes as landline telephones, but the number begins with a "15", added to a string of 6, 7 or 8 digits, just as described above. Besides after the "15", the remaining of the number can start with a 3, a 4, a 5 or a 6. This "15" may be dropped though, when a call is made to a mobile phone in a different code area. And when sending text messages, the receiver's number is best dialled both without the "15" and with the long distance code, even if both sender and receiver share a code area, but without the initial "0".
To sum up, given the mobile phone (011) 154-123-4567, you will call it by dialling:
- 154-123-4567 (within the same code area),
- (011) [15]4-123-4567 (from a different code area, including or omitting the 15),
And you will send messages to:
- 11 4-123-4567 (even when your phone has also a 011 number).
Special Numbers
Two sorts of special numbers exist in Argentina. On the one hand, three-digit numbers are used for special services such as to call the police, fire brigade or emergency doctors, as well as to hear the official time. Also telephone companies have three-digit numbers to report a problem in the lines, or to ask for another subscriber's number, when a paper directory is not available.
Additionally, there are other longer numbers. These include (but are not limited to):
- 0800 xxx abcd
- 0810 xxx abcd
- 0600 xxx abcd
(where the xxx indicates the same digit dialled three times, and a, b, c and d may each be any of the ten digits)
0800 lines are used by companies, and it is the receiver and not the caller who pays for the call, so that potential clients are encouraged to contact business companies for free.
0810 lines are paid by the caller, but the cost is for a local call, even if you are calling from a different area. The remaining is covered by the receiver.
And 0600 numbers are special more expensive lines, that serve such purposes as TV games, fund collecting for charity companies, hot lines, etc. Basically a part of the extra money charged to the caller is sent to the owner of the line.
Often the abcd or even (xx)xabcd part of the number is chosen, if available, to form a word that is representative of the company holding the number.
Brazil is divided into 67 two-digit geographical area codes, all of which with eight-digit numbers, in the format (AA) NNNN-NNNN. Phone lists can use NNNN NN NN. Telephones can also be written with carrier selection codes, in the format (0CCAA) NNNN-NNNN, and when a carrier number is not suggested, one can replace carrier code for xx or XX.


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14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about. | 14 Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside. |
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Thank you all for the discussion and input!
Problem fixed, here's the wrap-up:
The president's office called within 2 hours. They got the Protection Plan dept on the line, and determined that my problem was covered, just as I thought. They apologized for the hassle, and sent a technician out on Friday who fixed the problem.
The cable was installed just under eight months ago. It is fastened at a height of two stories above ground, thus ruling out any DIY repair effort. The technician found the last plastic tie on the ground. It had snapped and broke open. He showed me the cable. From the stress points where the plastic ties had been placed, you could see that the initial installer apparently used five or six plastic ties to hold a cable along an 87 ft. length of wall. That's not an act of God. That's a failure of the material due to substandard work and taking shortcuts.
I saw that there are quite a few cables fastened to the wall of the house. All were installed at least ten years ago. Most are secured directly to the wall with cable staples. Some have plastic ties fastened to the more stationary cables. Every single one is intact.
I asked the technician if he could fasten the cable lower down so I could replace the ties myself in future if need be. He didn't want to do that but put ties at short intervals so there is much less strain on each individual tie. He seemed confident that this would last, and I hope and trust he's right.
Yes, I was very irritated when I initially got off the phone. When I called, I got a CSR who kept repeating "we're not going to help you with that," wording that got on my nerves after about the fourth time she said it. When I asked if she could transfer the call to the Protection Plan department, she refused: 'what for, they don't have more information than I do. I can send you an email with the plan details.' The call left me frustrated, because I was convinced – correctly, as it turns out – that this was their responsibility. A securely fastened cable shouldn't fall, and it most certainly shouldn't fall within eight months. Not only that, but the Protection Plan covers "wear and tear," including for the wiring. Anyway, I don't need to parse it, since the president's office and the Protection Plan rep they brought in on the call accepted DTV's responsibility without hesitation.
Since the CSR not only refused to help but also shot down every suggestion I made to try to get a second opinion, I went searching for another solution. I found the link to Ellen Filipiak right here, in the DTV Tips 'N Tricks section. The link goes to an email form on DTV's site. It's not exactly a state secret and I am impressed and appreciative that they do indeed pay attention and fix things.
Overall I'm happy they solved the problem and gratified that they responded almost immediately after I sent the email. The cable looks securely attached and I hope it stays that way. I wish they would be able to make it possible for this type of cable to be installed within a homeowner's reach, because fastening replacement plastic ties is a very simple repair if you can reach it, but impossible if it's hanging two flights above ground.
Smiles, glad things worked out for you even though some on here said not to use Ellen's office. What those people don't understand is that each subscriber is important no matter the size of your account. All the advertising/PR in the world is of no use if your own subscribers are bad mouthing you to the public. Ellen's office does not know what is going on unless you inform them and give them a chance to make things right.


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Developing the APR Action Plan
The final step of Academic Program Review is the submission and approval of an APR Action Plan. The template for the Action Plan is on this page and can be accessed here:
The Action Plan is initiated by the academic unit, approved by the dean, and discussed with the provost. It is the provost who approves the final APR Action Plan.
The purpose of the APR Action Plan is to define the unit's direction for the next five to seven years, based upon information and recommendations provided at various stages in the review process (the Self-study, the Chair's and Dean's Letters, the External Reviewers' Report, and the APRC Report).
I. Process. When developing your APR Action Plan, recommendations contained within the Dean's Letter, the APRC Report, and the External Reviewers' Report should be addressed. If the unit disagrees with a recommendation, the Action Plan should articulate the basis for this disagreement. If the unit agrees with a recommendation, the recommendation may be incorporated into the Action Plan.
Once the unit's APR Action Plan is drafted, it should be forwarded to the appropriate Dean for review and comment. After the Dean has approved its content the Dean will forward it to the Director of Academic Program Review, who will arrange a discussion meeting with the Provost.
II. Format, structure, and content.
The Action Plan consists of four parts, and should be kept to 3 pp. maximum, using Times New Roman 12 pt, single spaced. It is generally prepared by the unit chair in consultation with the relevant dean or associate dean.
1. Status of Action Items from Prior Review
Were the items from the Action Plan in the previous cycle partially completed, wholly completed, or incomplete? Do the partially completed/incomplete items still need to be addressed or are they no longer relevant?
2. Major Findings in Current Review
Give a numbered list of the major findings from the department's current Self-study, External Reviewers' evaluation, Dean's Office evaluation, and the report of the University Senate's Academic Program Review Committee. Prioritize the list of major findings according to what your department thinks are the most significant, actionable findings.
3. Action Steps for the Coming Cycle
For each of the major findings in the previous step, provide a plan for implementing a response to the finding. For clarity, key each action step to its major finding in the same numbered order. Some major findings may have more than one action step attached. For example major finding #3 may be addressed by action steps 3a, 3b, and 3c. Each action step should be SMART:
- Specific: it addresses the major finding with one or more concrete activities
- Measurable: it provides a means (such as a quantifiable target or a list of specific actions) by which you and your dean can tell whether the step has been achieved
- Assignable: it identifies specific actors in the unit who will undertake it
- Realistic: it can actually be accomplished, from a personnel and resource standpoint
- Time-related: it describes stages to be implemented before the next APR cycle
Keep in mind that, in the current environment, there are no new funds from central administration for APR, so most of the Action Steps should consist of budget-neutral quality improvements. If the Action Step you envision requires new resources (e.g., faculty hires, staff, technology), the resources will have to come from one of three sources: 1) reallocation of existing resources within the department; 2) reallocation of resources from your College; 3) grants or other new revenues. If you are looking for new resources that will require input from the College, you should discuss this with your dean while preparing the Action Plan.
4. Signature and Date Lines
The Action Plan needs to be signed and dated by the unit chair, the relevant dean, and the provost.


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Chen Qiulin was born in China in 1975 and now lives and works in Chengdu, Sichuan Province. She graduated from the printmaking department of the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in 2000. She has had solo exhibitions at the Today Art Museum, Beijing; University Art Museum, University of Albany; Max Protetch, New York; Long March Space, Beijing; Big Factory, Shanghai; and Internet Affairs, Chengdu. She has participated in numerous group shows in the United States, Europe, and Asia, including Displacement: The Three Gorges Dam and Contemporary Art, Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago; the Seventh Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea; China Power Station Part 2, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo; and The Wall: Reshaping Contemporary Chinese Art, Albright-Knox Gallery and University of Buffalo Art Galleries, Buffalo, New York. In 2007 she was awarded an Asian Cultural Council grant. Her work is in the collections of Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna; the Denver Art Museum; the Bohen Foundation, New York; and the Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts.
Chen's work is discussed in Shu-chin Tsui's presentation The Gendering of Space: From Ruin Aesthetics to Urban Narratives.
Gao, M. 2005. The Wall: Reshaping Contemporary Chinese Art. Buffalo, NY: Albright Knox Art Gallery.
Vine, R. 2009. "Chen Qiulin: Max Protetch." Art in America 97(8): 144-5.
Wu, H., J. McGrath, S. Smith, David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, and Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. 2008. Displacement: The Three Gorges Dam and Contemporary Chinese Art. Chicago, IL: Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago.


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