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Chapter 2. Interstate Library Compact
Subchapter 1. CompactChapter 3. Public Libraries21. Policy and purpose-Article I.Subchapter 2. Provisions Relating to Compact
22. Definitions-Article II.
23. Interstate library districts-Article III.
24. Interstate library districts; governing board-Article IV.
25. State library agency cooperation-Article V.
26. Library agreements-Article VI.
27. Approval of library agreements-Article VII.
28. Other laws applicable-Article VIII.
29. Appropriation and aid-Article IX.
30. Compact administrator-Article X.
31. Entry into force and withdrawal-Article XI.
32. Construction and severability-Article XII.41. Town participation restricted.
42. State library agency defined.
43. Compact administrator, appointment.
44. Withdrawal, notices.
Subchapter 1. Free Public Library ServiceChapter 13. Department of Libraries67. Public libraries; statement of policy; use of facilities and resourcesSubchapter 2. Incorporation of Libraries101. DefinitionsSubchapter 3. Municipal Libraries
102. General authority; procedure.
103. Powers generally.
104. Public libraries; trustees, managers or directors.
105. General powers.
106. -Vacancies.
107. -Bylaws.
108. -Employment of agents and employees.
109. Exemption from taxation.
110. Merger.
111. Protection of library property; penalties.141. Establishment and maintenance.Subchapter 4. State Aid
142. Appropriations.
143. Trustees.
144. Annual report.
145. When no trustee elected or appointed.
146. Public documents and volumes.
Subchapter 1. General Provisions601. Appointment of state librarian; powers and duties.Subchapter 2. Aid To Local Libraries
602. Board of libraries.
603. -Officers; meetings.
604. Books and materials.
605. Duties and functions of the department of libraries.
606. Other duties and functions.
607. Actions to recover books.
608. Audio-visual revolving fund.
609. Fees for library materials.
610. Nonprofit foundation for public library services.631. General provisions.
632. Requirements.
633. -Appropriation by municipality.
634. Aid to free public libraries.
635. -Requirements.
§§ 1-8. Repealed. 1969, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 18, eff. March 31, 1970.
§ 21. Policy and purpose-Article I.
Because the desire for the services provided by libraries transcends
governmental boundaries and can most effectively be satisfied by giving
services to communities and people regardless of jurisdictional lines,
it is
the policy of the states party to this compact to cooperate and share
responsibilities; to authorize cooperation and sharing with respect
to those
types of library facilities and services which can be more economically
efficiently developed and maintained on a cooperative basis, and to
cooperation and sharing among localities, states and others in providing
joint or cooperative library services in areas where the distribution
population or of existing and potential library resources make the
of library service on an interstate basis the most effective way of
adequate and efficient service.
1963, No. 119, § 2, eff. May 28, 1963.
As used in this compact:
(a) "Public library agency" means any unit or agency of local or state
government operating or having power to operate a library.
(b) "Private library agency" means any nongovernmental entity which
or assumes a legal obligation to operate a library.
(c) "Library agreement" means a contract establishing an interstate
district pursuant to this compact or providing for the joint or cooperative
furnishing of library services.
1963, No. 119, § 2, eff. May 28, 1963.
§ 23. Interstate library districts-Article III.
(a) Any one or more public library agencies in a party state in
with any public library agency or agencies in one or more other party
may establish and maintain an interstate library district. Subject
to the
provisions of this compact and any other laws of the party states which
pursuant hereto remain applicable, such district may establish, maintain
operate some or all of the library facilities and services for the
concerned in accordance with the terms of a library agreement therefor.
private library agency or agencies within an interstate library district
cooperate therewith, assume duties, responsibilities and obligations
and receive benefits therefrom as provided in any library agreement
to which
such agency or agencies become party.
(b) Within an interstate library district, and as provided by
a library
agreement, the performance of library functions may be undertaken on
a joint
or cooperative basis or may be undertaken by means of one or more
arrangements between or among public or private library agencies for
extension of library privileges to the use of facilities or services
or rendered by one or more of the individual library agencies.
(c) If a library agreement provides for joint establishment, maintenance
operation of library facilities or services by an interstate library
district, such district shall have power to do any one or more of the
following in accordance with such library agreement:
1. Undertake, administer and participate in programs or arrangements
securing, lending or servicing of books and other publications, any
materials suitable to be kept or made available by libraries, library
equipment or for the dissemination of information about libraries,
the value
and significance of particular items therein, and the use thereof.
2. Accept for any of its purposes under this compact any and all donations,
and grants of money, equipment, supplies, materials, and services,
(conditional or otherwise), from any state of the United States or
subdivision or agency thereof, or interstate agency, or from any institution,
person, firm or corporation, and receive, utilize and dispose of the
3. Operate mobile library units or equipment for the purpose of rendering
bookmobile service within the district.
4. Employ professional, technical, clerical and other personnel and
terms of employment, compensation and other appropriate benefits; and
desirable, provide for the in-service training of such personnel.
5. Sue and be sued in any court of competent jurisdiction.
6. Acquire, hold, and dispose of any real or personal property or any
interest or interests therein as may be appropriate to the rendering
library service.
7. Construct, maintain and operate a library, including any appropriate
branches thereof.
Do such other things as may be incidental to or appropriate for the
out of any of the foregoing powers.
1963, No. 119, § 2, eff. May 28, 1963.
§ 24. Interstate library districts; governing board-Article IV.
(a) An interstate library district which establishes, maintains
or operates
any facilities or services in its own right shall have a governing
which shall direct the affairs of the district and act for it in all
relating to its business. Each participating public library agency
in the
district shall be represented on the governing board which shall be
and conduct its business in accordance with provision therefor in the
agreement. But in no event shall a governing board meet less
often than
twice a year.
(b) Any private library agency or agencies party to a library
establishing an interstate library district may be represented on or
with the governing board of the district in such manner as the library
agreement may provide.
1963, No. 119, § 2, eff. May 28, 1963.
§ 25. State library agency cooperation-Article V.
Any two or more state library agencies of two or more of the party states
may undertake and conduct joint or cooperative library programs, render
or cooperative library services, and enter into and perform arrangements
the cooperative or joint acquisition, use, housing and disposition
of items
or collections of materials which, by reason of expense, rarity, specialized
nature, or infrequency of demand therefor would be appropriate for
collection and shared use. Any such programs, services or arrangements
include provision for the exercise on a cooperative or joint basis
of any
power exercisable by an interstate library district and an agreement
embodying any such program, service or arrangement shall contain provisions
covering the subjects detailed in article VI [section 26 of this title]
this compact for interstate library agreements.
1963, No. 119, § 2, eff. May 28, 1963.
§ 26. Library agreements-Article VI.
(a) In order to provide for any joint or cooperative undertaking
to this compact, public and private library agencies may enter into
agreements. Any agreement executed pursuant to the provisions
of this
compact shall, as among the parties to the agreement:
1. Detail the specific nature of the services, programs, facilities,
arrangements or properties to which it is applicable.
2. Provide for the allocation of costs and other financial responsibilities.
3. Specify the respective rights, duties, obligations and liabilities
of the
4. Set forth the terms and conditions for duration, renewal, termination,
abrogation, disposal of joint or common property, if any, and all other
matters which may be appropriate to the proper effectuation and performance
of the agreement.
(b) No public or private library agency shall undertake to exercise
or jointly with any other library agency, by means of a library agreement
power prohibited to such agency by the constitution or statutes of
its state.
(c) No library agreement shall become effective until filed with
compact administrator of each state involved, and approved in accordance
article VII [section 27 of this title] of this compact.
1963, No. 119, § 2, eff. May 28, 1963.
§ 27. Approval of library agreements-Article VII.
(a) Every library agreement made pursuant to this compact shall,
prior to
and as a condition precedent to its entry into force, be submitted
to the
attorney general of each state in which a public library agency party
is situated, who shall determine whether the agreement is in proper
form and
compatible with the laws of his state. The attorneys general
shall approve
any agreement submitted to them unless they shall find that it does
not meet
the conditions set forth herein and shall detail in writing addressed
to the
governing bodies of the public library agencies concerned the specific
respects in which the proposed agreement fails to meet the requirements
law. Failure to disapprove an agreement submitted hereunder within
90 days
of its submission shall constitute approval thereof.
(b) In the event that a library agreement made pursuant to this
shall deal in whole or in part with the provisions of services or facilities
with regard to which an officer or agency of the state government has
constitutional or statutory powers of control, the agreement shall,
as a
condition precedent to its entry into force, be submitted to the state
officer or agency having such power of control and shall be approved
disapproved by him or it as to all matters within his or its jurisdiction
the same manner and subject to the same requirements governing the
action of
the attorneys general pursuant to paragraph (a) of this article.
requirement of submission and approval shall be in addition to and
not in
substitution for the requirement of submission to and approval by the
attorneys general.
1963, No. 119, § 2, eff. May 28, 1963.
§ 28. Other laws applicable-Article VIII.
Nothing in this compact or in any library agreement shall be construed
supersede, alter or otherwise impair any obligation imposed on any
library by
otherwise applicable law, nor to authorize the transfer or disposition
of any
property held in trust by a library agency in a manner contrary to
the terms
of such trust.
1963, No. 119, § 2, eff. May 28, 1963.
§ 29. Appropriation and aid-Article IX.
(a) Any public agency party to a library agreement may appropriate
funds to
the interstate library district established thereby in the same manner
and to
the same extent as to a library wholly maintained by it and, subject
to the
laws of the state in which such public library agency is situated,
may pledge
its credit in support of an interstate library district established
by the
(b) Subject to the provisions of the library agreement pursuant
to which it
functions and the laws of the states in which such district is situated,
interstate library district may claim and receive any state and federal
which may be available to library agencies.
1963, No. 119, § 2, eff. May 28, 1963.
§ 30. Compact administrator-Article X.
Each state shall designate a compact administrator with whom copies
of all
library agreements to which his state or any public library agency
thereof is
party shall be filed. The administrator shall have such other
powers as may
be conferred upon him by the laws of his state and may consult and
with the compact administrators of other party states and take such
steps as
may effectuate the purposes of this compact. If the laws of a
party state so
provide, such state may designate one or more deputy compact administrators
in addition to its compact administrator.
1963, No. 119, § 2, eff. May 28, 1963.
§ 31. Entry into force and withdrawal-Article XI.
(a) This compact shall enter into force and effect immediately
upon its
enactment into law by any two states. Thereafter, it shall enter
into force
and effect as to any other state upon the enactment thereof by such
(b) This compact shall continue in force with respect to a party
state and
remain binding upon such state until six months after such state has
notice to each other party state of the repeal thereof. Such
shall not be construed to relieve any party to a library agreement
into pursuant to this compact from any obligation of that agreement
prior to
the end of its duration as provided therein.
1963, No. 119, § 2, eff. May 28, 1963.
§ 32. Construction and severability-Article XII.
This compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes
thereof. The provisions of this compact shall be severable and
if any
phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this compact is declared to
contrary to the constitution of any party state or of the United States
the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance
is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this compact and
applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance
not be affected thereby. If this compact shall be held contrary
to the
constitution of any state party thereto, the compact shall remain in
force and effect as to the remaining states and in full force and effect
to the state affected as to all severable matters.
1963, No. 119, § 2, eff. May 28, 1963.
Subchapter 2. Provisions Relating to Compact
§ 41. Town participation restricted.
No town of this state may be a party to a library agreement which provides
for the construction or maintenance of a library under article III,
subdivision (c-7) [section 23(c)7 of this title] of the compact, nor
its credit in support of such a library, or contribute to the capital
financing thereof, except after compliance with any laws applicable
to towns
relating to or governing capital outlays and the pledging of credit.
1963, No. 119, § 3, eff. May 28, 1963.
§ 42. State library agency defined.
As used in the compact, "state library agency" with reference to this
means, the department of libraries and any department of state government
providing library services.
1963, No. 119, § 4, eff. May 28, 1963.
§ 43. Compact administrator, appointment.
The governor shall appoint an officer of this state who shall be the
administrator under article X [section 30 of this title] of this compact.
1963, No. 119, § 5, eff. May 28, 1963.
In the event of withdrawal from the compact the governor shall send
receive any notices required by article XI(b) [section 31(b) of this
of the compact.
1963, No. 119, § 6, eff. May 28, 1963.
§§ 61-66. Repealed. 1969, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 18, eff. March 31, 1970.
§ 67. Public libraries; statement of policy; use of facilities
and resources.
(a) The general assembly declares it to be the policy of the state
Vermont that free public libraries are essential to the general enlightenment
of citizens in a democracy and that every citizen of the state of Vermont
should have access to the educational, cultural, recreational, informational
and research benefits of a free public library.
(b) The trustees, managers or directors of a public library may
use library
resources as a community center. Community centers may serve as forums
exhibition areas for the exchange of ideas that encourage the growth
artistic, educational, literary and scientific knowledge as well as
intercultural understanding of the Vermont citizenry. Public libraries
cooperate with community groups to provide these services.
Added 1997, No. 73 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.
Subchapter 2. Incorporation of Libraries
As used in this chapter,
(1) "Municipality" means a town, city or incorporated village only and
not include school districts, incorporated school or fire districts
or any
other governmental incorporated units.
(2) "Public library" means any library established and maintained by
municipality or by a private association, corporation or group to provide
basic library services free of charge to all residents of a municipality
or a
community and which receives its annual financial support in whole
or in part
from public funds.
Amended 1989, No. 28, § 4.
§ 102. General authority; procedure.
(a) Trustees to whom real or personal property is devised, bequeathed,
granted, conveyed or donated for the foundation and establishment of
a public
library, may, unless otherwise provided by the devisor, grantor or
donor of
the property, in order to promote the establishment, maintenance and
management of the library, form a corporation under the provisions
of this
section and section 103 of this title.
(b) The trustees may make, sign and acknowledge and file in the
office of
the secretary of state a statement in writing setting forth the intent
of the
trustees to form a corporation, a copy of the will or instrument by
which the
endowment of such library is provided, the name adopted for the corporation,
which shall not be the name of a corporation already existing, and
the name
of the municipality in which the library and the principal place of
of the corporation will be located, the managers who may be designated
trustees, managers or directors of such corporation, and the names
of the
trustees, managers or directors who are to constitute the original
board and
who shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualified
provided in section 106 of this title.
(c) The secretary of state shall, upon receipt of the statement,
issue to
the incorporators, under seal, a certificate of which the statement
shall be
a part, declaring that the organization of the corporation is perfected.
incorporators shall record the certificate in the office of the county
of the county in which the library is to be located. Upon recording
of the
certificate, the corporation shall be deemed fully organized and may
to carry out its corporate purposes and receive by conveyance from
trustees the property provided for the endowment of the library.
corporation may hold the property in whatever form it was received
conveyed by the trustees, until that form is changed by action of the
Amended 1989, No. 28, § 5.
An organization formed under the provisions of section 102 of this title
shall be a body corporate and politic to be known by the name stated
in its
certificate. It shall have and possess the ordinary rights and
incidents of
a corporation, and shall be capable of taking, holding and disposing
of real
and personal estate for the purposes of its organization. The
provisions of
a will, deed or other instrument by which an endowment of a library
provided, and accepted by the trustees, managers or directors, shall,
as to
such endowment, be a part of the organic and fundamental law of such
§ 104. Public libraries; trustees, managers or directors.
The trustees, managers or directors of such corporation shall compose
members and shall not be more than 15 nor less than five in number.
Amended 1999, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 79, eff. May 24, 2000.
The trustees, managers or directors shall elect the officers of the
corporation from their number and have the control and management of
affairs and property of the corporation, may accept donations and,
in their
discretion, hold the donations in the form in which they are given
for the
purposes of science, literature and art germane to the objects and
of the corporation. They may, in their discretion, receive by
loan, books,
manuscripts, works of art, and other library materials and hold or
them under the conditions specified by the owners.
Amended 1989, No. 28, § 6.
(a) They may fill by election vacancies occurring in their number.
(b) When a trustee, manager or director is elected to fill a vacancy,
certificate under the seal of the corporation, giving the name of the
elected, shall be recorded in the office of the county clerk where
articles of incorporation are recorded.
Amended 1963, No. 16, eff. March 20, 1963.
They may make bylaws for the management of such corporation and library.
The bylaws shall set forth the officers of the corporation and define
prescribe their respective duties.
§ 108. -Employment of agents and employees.
They may appoint and employ from time to time agents and employees,
as they
may deem necessary for the efficient administration and conduct of
library and all the affairs of such corporation.
§ 109. Exemption from taxation.
When the instrument providing the endowment declares that the institution
shall be a free public library, such library and other property of
corporation shall be forever exempt from taxation.
Two or more library corporations in the same municipality or in different
municipalities may, by a majority vote of the members of all the
corporations, at meetings warned for that purpose, unite and assume
corporate name of any one of the corporations. The plan of incorporation
shall contain regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of
Amended 1989, No. 28, § 7.
§ 111. Protection of library property; penalties.
(a) A library may recover in a civil action damages for detained
or damaged
library property, together with costs and reasonable attorney fees.
(b) A person who wilfully damages or defaces or removes without
authorization any recording, book or object available for public use
or loan
from a library or repository of public records or documents or who
any library property for more than 30 days after a written notice to
the property has been mailed shall be fined not more than $ 500.00
for each
offense. Each piece of library property shall be a single offense.
Added 1989, No. 28, § 8.
Subchapter 3. Municipal Libraries
§ 141. Establishment and maintenance.
(a) A municipality may establish and maintain for the use of its
public libraries.
(b) A municipality may provide library services to the residents
of other
municipalities, upon terms to be agreed upon, and may annually contract
a library or library corporation to furnish library materials to its
residents free of charge and may appropriate money for that purpose
and may
annually appropriate money for the maintenance, care, increase and
support of
a library held in trust for the residents of the municipality.
Amended 1989, No. 28, § 10.
A municipality establishing and maintaining a library or contracting
library services may appropriate money as necessary for suitable facilities
and for the foundation of a public library and shall appropriate money
annually for the maintenance, care and increase of the library in an
voted at its annual meeting.
Amended 1989, No. 28, § 11.
(a) Unless a municipality which has established or shall establish
a public
library votes at its annual meeting to elect a board of trustees, the
governing body of the municipality shall appoint the trustees.
appointment or election of the trustees shall continue in effect until
changed at an annual meeting of the municipality. The board shall
consist of
not less than five trustees who shall have full power to manage the
library, make bylaws, elect officers, establish a library policy and
control and manage property which shall come into the hands of the
municipality by gift, purchase, devise or bequest for the use and benefit
the library. The board may appoint a director for the efficient
administration and conduct of the library.
(b) When trustees are first chosen, they shall be elected or appointed
staggered terms.
Amended 1989, No. 28, § 12.
The trustees shall annually make a report to the annual meeting of the
municipality of the condition of the library and of the management
expenditure of moneys as have come into their hands.
Amended 1989, No. 28, § 13.
§ 145. When no trustee elected or appointed.
When no trustees have been elected or appointed, moneys raised for a
shall be paid out by an agent to be appointed by the governing body
of the
municipality until trustees are elected or appointed pursuant to section
of this title.
Amended 1989, No. 28, § 14.
§ 146. Public documents and volumes.
(a) The governing body of the municipality may vote to place in
the library
a copy of any documents and volumes received by the municipality and
also a
copy of any documents and volumes received from the state, except library
materials provided by law to be kept in the office of the town clerk,
as it
shall designate. These materials shall remain the property of
municipality, but their use shall be enjoyed by the library until the
governing body votes otherwise.
(b) The state librarian shall deliver to a public library that
has been
voted the use of documents owned by the municipality, the duplicate
and volumes published or provided by the state which, in the judgment
of the
board of libraries, can be delivered without prejudice to the department
libraries. The documents and volumes shall remain the property of the
but the library shall use them until the state librarian is directed
by law
to demand their return to the department of libraries.
(c) When a public library exists in a municipality and is not
by it, the municipality may, at an annual meeting, by a two-thirds
vote, make
the provisions of subsection (a) of this section apply to the library;
in case of such vote, the provisions of subsection (b) of this section
apply to the library the same as if it were established and maintained
by the
Amended 1989, No. 28, § 15.
Subchapter 4. State Aid
§§ 181-185. Repealed. 1969, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 18, eff. March 31, 1970
Subchapter 5. Traveling Libraries
§§ 221, 222. Repealed. 1969, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 18, eff. March 31, 1970
§ 601. Appointment of state librarian; powers and duties.
(a) After consultation with the board, the secretary of administration,
with the approval of the governor and with the advice and consent of
senate, shall appoint a state librarian for an indefinite term. The
secretary, after consultation with the board, may remove the state
from office. Any person appointed state librarian must be a professional
librarian and must possess a degree in library science from an institution
accredited by the American Library Association. The state librarian
serve as the administrative head of the department of libraries, and
serve as secretary to the board of libraries, but shall not be a member
the board.
(b) As administrative head of the department of libraries the
librarian may appoint and engage employees subject to the provisions
chapter 13 of Title 3.
(c) The state librarian shall distribute, in accordance with sections
1152-1163 and 1191-1193a of Title 29, and other official lists maintained
the state librarian, the acts and resolves of the general assembly,
legislative directory, the Vermont Statutes Annotated, the Vermont
key number
digest, the journals of the senate and house of representatives, the
reports and other official reports and documents. The state librarian
maintain records of all documents which he or she distributes.
Added 1969, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. March 31, 1970; amended
No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 10, eff. May 6, 1996
A board of libraries, referred to in this chapter as "the board", is
established. The board shall serve in an advisory capacity to the state
librarian. The board shall consist of seven members appointed by the
with the advice and consent of the senate. At the time of appointment
of the
initial board one member shall be appointed for a term of one year,
and two
members for terms of two years, two for three years and two for four
Thereafter, all appointments shall be for a term of four years. The
may appoint a member to replace any member of the board who dies or
to serve for the balance of the unexpired term of office. No person
shall be
appointed to the board for more than two full terms, consecutive or
otherwise. In making appointments to the board the governor shall,
as the
governor finds feasible, consult with educational officials, librarians
library administrators, the Vermont Bar Association, or other segments
of the
Added 1969, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. March 31, 1970; amended
No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 9, eff. May 6, 1996.
The board shall elect annually a chairman and a vice-chairman.
The chairman
shall preside at meetings of the board; the vice-chairman shall preside
the absence of the chairman. The secretary shall record the votes and
proceedings of the board.
Added 1969, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. March 31, 1970; 1995,
No. 148
(Adj. Sess.), § 14(a).
All books, documents, pictures, maps, pamphlets and other documentary
material, and all films and film strips, belonging to the state and
placed by law in the custody of another department or agency of the
shall constitute material of the department of libraries.
Added 1969, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. March 31, 1970.
§ 605. Duties and functions of the department of libraries.
The duties and functions of the department of libraries shall be to
administer and maintain:
(1) A law library to serve the supreme court, the attorney general,
members of the judiciary, the legal profession, members of the legislature,
officials of state government and the general public.
(2) A collection of state documents and of documents relating to other
states, and local and federal governments. It shall arrange for
designate depositories of state documents which designation is to include
Bailey library at the university of Vermont. The department may
reports and documents published by federal agencies and by other states
countries, and may arrange for the exchange of official reports and
publications with federal agencies, and with governmental agencies
in other
states and countries.
(3) An information and reference service to state government, including
comprehensive collection of current information relating to matters
of public
policy and topics pertinent to state government.
(4) A general library collection of a sufficient size and scope to reinforce
and supplement the resources of local and regional libraries.
All materials
of the department of libraries shall be available for free circulation
to all
citizens, institutions and organizations under regulations of the state
librarian except that the state librarian may restrict rare or reference-type
materials to one location. The department shall arrange, classify
catalog all materials in its custody and provide for their safekeeping,
shall rebind books as needed. The department shall provide service
to other
libraries in the state, schools and individuals, and may provide service
mail or book wagon or otherwise.
(5) A service of advice and consultation to all libraries in the state,
order to assist them in realizing their potential. This service shall
provided at a regional level as well as at the state level. The
may provide centralized cataloging and other related technical services
libraries in the state to the extent feasible.
(6) All libraries in state correctional institutions and all state
institutions for the treatment of the mentally ill and mentally handicapped.
(7) Reading materials for the blind and physically handicapped.
Added 1969, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. March 31, 1970; amended
No. 162 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.
§ 606. Other duties and functions.
The department, in addition to the functions specified in section 605
this title:
(1) Shall administer any grants-in-aid to libraries which may be available
from state funds, and may prepare plans and applications to obtain
aid monies which may be available.
(2) Shall compile and publish annual statistics covering all libraries
the state, including those maintained by the department of libraries.
(3) Shall provide consultative services to other libraries in the state,
shall encourage formation of central records of library holdings.
(4) Shall promote improved communications among libraries in the state
well as cooperative use of facilities.
(5) May provide facilities in cooperation with other libraries for storage
of little used materials.
(6) May conduct seminars, workshops and other programs to increase the
professional competence of librarians in the state.
(7) May receive and administer gifts of real and personal property accepted
by the governor on behalf of the state under section 101 of Title 29.
(8) May dispose of by sale or exchange, or may discard, material which
obsolete or has ceased to be useful, because of its physical condition
otherwise. Any proceeds from the sale or disposition of materials shall
credited to a special fund established and managed pursuant to chapter
subchapter 5 of Title 32, and shall be available to the department
for the
purchase of library materials. Materials constituting public records
or which
are archival in nature may be disposed of only following thirty days'
to the commissioner of buildings and general services.
(9) Shall be the primary access point for state information, and provide
advice on state information technology policy.
Added 1969, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. March 31, 1970; amended
No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 4(a), 11, eff. May 6, 1996; 1997,
No. 59, § 15, eff.
June 30, 1997.
§ 607. Actions to recover books.
The attorney general, at the request of the state librarian, shall institute
appropriate legal proceedings in the name of the state for the recovery
books or materials of the department unlawfully taken or withheld by
Added 1969, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. March 31, 1970.
§ 608. Audio-visual revolving fund.
There is established within the department of libraries a revolving
fund for
the audio-visual services unit to cover expenses of distribution of
audio-visual materials. Receipts to the fund shall be from postage
delivery charges assessed by the department to users of materials from
Added 1981, No. 108, § 323.
§ 609. Fees for library materials.
(a) The department of libraries is hereby authorized to collect
following fees:
(1) Department of libraries
$0.10 page (first 30 pages free to
photocopies Vermont libraries and Nelinet
libraries); $0.50 page if copied by
department of libraries staff
(2) Microfilm or fiche $0.10
page or fiche (first 30
from department of libraries
pages/fiches free to Vermont libraries
or University of Vermont
and Nelinet libraries); $0.50 page if
copied by department of libraries staff
(3) Photocopies, microfilm
Exact cost billed by other library
or fiche of materials from other
libraries not covered by (1)
and (2)
(4) Telefacsimile Requests up to
29 pages, $7.50 plus
$0.50 per page; requests of 30-59
pages, $12.50 plus $0.50 per page
(b) The fees collected shall be credited to the library sales
special fund
established and managed pursuant to 32 V.S.A. chapter 7, subchapter
5, and
shall be available to support the cost of reference and law postage
collections' acquisitions. Pursuant to subdivision 603(2) of Title
32, these
fees may be adjusted.
Added 1995, No. 186 (Adj. Sess.), § 17; amended 1997, No. 59, §
16, eff.
June 30, 1997.
§ 610. Nonprofit foundation for public library services.
the purpose of raising funds from private sources to enhance public
services in Vermont. All funds from private sources shall be used for
to Vermont public libraries as defined by section 101 of this title
further any purpose considered to be in harmony with the original purpose
the gift. The state librarian shall not spend more than $5,000.00 of
appropriated funds in any one fiscal year to establish and to administer
nonprofit foundation. No funds raised from private sources shall be
used by
the state librarian to replace funds appropriated for the operation
of the
department of libraries. Annually, the state librarian shall file a
with the general assembly describing the funds received and grants
made by
the foundation.
Added 1999, No. 152 (Adj. Sess.), § 30a.
Subchapter 2. Aid to Local Libraries
On application by the board of trustees of a public library in a town,
or incorporated village not having a free public library owned and
by such town, city or village, the state librarian may expend $100.00
of the
moneys annually available for the purposes of this chapter, for books
such town, city or village, and shall select and purchase books for
purpose of establishing a free public library in that town, city or
Added 1969, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. March 31, 1970; amended
No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 15, eff. May 6, 1996.
A town, city or incorporated village shall not be entitled to the benefits
of section 631 of this title, unless such town, city or village has
elected a
board of library trustees as provided in chapter 3 of this title and
voted to instruct such trustees to make application therefor to the
librarian and unless such trustees have provided, in a manner satisfactory
the board, for the care, custody and distribution of the books furnished
under this subchapter.
Added 1969, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. March 31, 1970; amended
No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 15, eff. May 6, 1996.
§ 633. -Appropriation by municipality.
A town, city or incorporated village voting to instruct its board of
trustees to make application to the state librarian under section 631
of this
title, shall annually appropriate for the maintenance of its free public
library a sum not less than $50.00, if its grand list is $10,000.00
or over,
or a sum not less than $25.00, if its grand list is less than $10,000.00
not less than $2,500.00, or a sum not less than $15.00 if its grand
list is
less than $2,500.00. The selectmen of such town or the trustees
of such
village shall annually, in the month of September, draw an order on
treasurer of the town or village, payable to such trustees, for the
amount of
such appropriation, without the town, city or village having voted
Added 1969, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. March 31, 1970; amended
No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 15, eff. May 6, 1996.
§ 634. Aid to free public libraries.
The state librarian may assist free public or other nonprofit libraries
which formulate and implement plans for the systematic and effective
coordination of libraries and library services. Grants may be
made in
accordance with standards of the service, consistent with the Federal
Services and Construction Act, chapter 16 of Title 20, United States
code as
Added 1969, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. March 31, 1970; amended
No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 15, eff. May 6, 1996.
If the board of trustees of a free public library, any part of whose
has been paid for with state funds, fails to provide for the safety
public usefulness of such books or fails to pay the annual appropriation
accordance with section 633 of this title, the state librarian shall
in writing the trustees of such library as to the requirements of the
librarian in respect to such books. If such trustees neglect to comply
such requirements for sixty days after the serving of such notice,
such books
shall thereafter be under the full control of the state librarian.
Added 1969, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. March 31, 1970.


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Iceage Sign to Matador for New Album
Danish punks to follow up their game-changing debut
After thrashing us to blissful bits last year with their debut New Brigade — a "jagged, visceral .... 12-song, 24-minute call to arms" says SPIN's Marc Hogan — Copenhagen punk revisionists Iceage have signed to the venerable Matador Records, and are sending a second album our way February 19. Its predecessor, which we dubbed the 23rd best of the year, was actually released in 2010 in the band's native Denmark, so this has been a long time coming. Of course, they didn't just, um, chill out in the meantime. They toured the land like freshly thawed, centuries-starved beasts and talked to us about their high school roots. Matador promises further news about the new long-player in the coming weeks, but for now, they've dropped some European dates on us. See those below, after revisiting the video for "You're Blessed."
Iceage tour dates:
Nov. 21 - Belfast, UK @ Limelight
Nov. 22 - Dublin, IRL @ Academy 2
Nov. 23 - Manchester, UK @ Soup Kitchen
Nov. 24 - Edinburgh, UK @ The Third Door
Nov. 25 - York, UK @ Stereo
Nov. 26 - Wrexham, UK @ Central Station
Nov. 27 - Nottingham, UK @ Bodega
Nov. 28 - Bristol, UK @ Croft
Nov. 29 - London, UK @ Hoxton Bar and Kitchen
Nov 30. - Brighton, UK @ Green Door Store
Dec. 1 - Oxford, UK @ Cellar
Dec. 14 - Copenhagen, DK @ Mayhem w/ Lower
Dec. 15 - Arhus, DK @ Splab w/ Lower

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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION The girlfriend of a prisoner, who admitted to conspiring with a guard last fall to smuggle marijuana to her boyfriend inside his cell at the Windsor jail, was sentenced Monday.
Trisha Belliveau, 23, of St. Johnsbury pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of transportation of marijuana into a detention facility and was sentenced to a three- to six-month sentence that will run concurrent to a three- to 8-year sentence that Belliveau is already serving for a previous, unrelated conviction.
Belliveau was herself out on furlough Aug. 23, 2013 when, she later told investigators, she met up with (now former) corrections officer Brett Duke Jasinski, 46, of Chester at a gas station in Ascutney. Thats where Jasinski allegedly accepted $150 to take packs of cigarettes and a couple of bags of weed and deliver them to inmate Wesley Kidder, 23, who was serving a sentence for sexual assault.
Kidder has since pleaded guilty and was sentenced to spend an additional three months in jail after his original sentence expires, while Jasinski pleaded innocent in December and is still awaiting trial.
The transport was discovered August 2013 after a shakedown of Kidders cell in which a cellphone was found that showed pictures of a large amount of marijuana cigarettes the inmates had apparently been photographing. An investigation by Corrections officials and the Vermont State Police turned up security camera footage that detectives said showed Jasinski carefully placing an opened bag of chips into a trash can next to his desk and then returning to check on it several times, before the tape showed one of Kidders cellmates enter the guards area, go straight to the trash can and retrieve the bag before carrying it back to his cell.
During Mondays sentencing Windsor County Deputy States Attorney Rhonda Sheffield expressed disgust that the maximum penalty for conspiring to get drugs into a prison in Vermont is only six months.
Judge Carroll asked Belliveau about the state of her relationship with Kidder. Hes still my boyfriend, Belliveau said.
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Dufour 385
by Sail Staff, Posted February 28, 2005Ever since Dufour Yachts was purchased by Cantiere del Padro several years ago, older Dufour designs have been systematically replaced with newer, more stylish models. Italian designer Umberto Felci first drew new 34-, 40-, and 44-foot performance cruisers, and now he's turned his eye to a new 38-footer that is the first in Dufour's revamped cruising line. The
Impression 434
by Bill Springer, Posted February 28, 2005Slovenia-based Elan Marine has established a presence with its line of Rob Humphreys–designed performance cruisers over the past several years, but the new Impression 434 by Elan is an entirely different animal. Unlike Elan's low-slung racer/cruisers, the 434 is aimed directly at the cruiser looking to reel off quick passage times while enjoying spacious
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Dibley 23
by Sail Staff, Posted February 28, 2005Colorado may not be the first place you'd look for a builder offering a new trailerable sportboat, but Watershed Sailboats is indeed in Colorado. The Dibley 23 is a trailerable sportboat Watershed is building with New Zealand–based designer Kevin Dibley of Dibley Marine. Dibley worked closely with Watershed founder Tim Reiter to develop a trailer-friendly design
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Final Sips of Summer: Easy Cocktails for Labor Day Weekend
Back to school, back from vacation: isn't it cruel that fall's back-to-business calendar inevitably coincides with the long-delayed arrival of summery-feeling weather in San Francisco? But if you're not spending the weekend in Black Rock City, you can pretty much look forward to having the city's best hangouts to yourself. Save the bitters and bourbons, the house-concocted amaros and hyssop tinctures for the lengthening dark nights that will be drawing in soon; for these last, best carefree days, break out the Ritz crackers and pour the drinks that go down chill and easy.
Who knows better than a college student how to get a cheap, festive buzz on? On a recent meander through Missoula, home of the University of Montana, we stopped in at Black Coffee Roasting Company, an excellent small-batch, organic craft roaster. As the barista pulled us a couple of fine cortados, he reminisced about a recent road trip he and his girlfriend had taken, which ended up–where else?– in the hour-long line at Tartine Bakery. And then he shared his favorite up on the roof on a Sunday morning drink: the Pablosa, a fizzy combo of Pabst Blue Ribbon and orange juice. Mix student-budget sparkling wine with juice and you're just starting your hangover all over again. At least with this kind of canned brew you know what you're getting: call it a session beer on the serious cheap.
Once we started thinking of beer as a mixer, well, what sweet to spicy vistas opened up before us! My friend Annika recalled family members downing V8 and beer. For that Baja beachside feel, there's Clamato and beer, garnished with a skewer of pimento olives and a whole shrimp or two. For drinkers who like it hot, try squirting fresh lime juice and a little sriracha sauce into Tecate, maybe add a few drops of fish sauce, and call it a Srirachelada, a Thai-American spin on a Mexican michelada. (The tequila or mezcal chaser is up to you).
At the Hotsy Totsy Club in Albany, beer's the mixer in two cocktails on the summer list: the Devil in Red Dress (pisco, lime juice, and Strawberry Harvest lager from Louisiana'a Abita Brewing Company), and Beer Street & Gin Lane (gin, lemon juice, and pilsner with a grapefruit twist). At the recent Yacht Rock II, CUESA's summery, nautically-themed edition of its quarterly Cocktails from the Farmers Market event, Matt Fleeger of North Beach's 15 Romolo was right on trend with his complex, spicy-fruity S.S. Minnow Summer Punch. A blend of fresh strawberries, tarragon, and hot peppers with a touch of absinthe and some warming blood orange liqueur from Germany called Pur Likor Spice, it was washed ashore by a smooth, golden wave of pilsner. The Express Lane, a beer cocktail on 15 Romolo's regular menu, tarts up a glass of pilsner with a shot of the Basque-born, tongue-twisting liqueur Ordoki Patxaran–a nod to the bar's location in the old Basque Hotel.
And if just mixing with beer isn't enough for you, enroll in Oakland's Food Craft Institute's upcoming hands-on how-to, the Business of Beer, running from Oct 24 through Dec 21. No mere brewing 101, this is the chance to put your porter to the test and take your beer crafting experience to the next level.
Then again, sometimes even a cold beer isn't cold enough. Because what's summer for, if not a frosty round of girly blended drinks? Recently, my pal Christina, an otherwise vegetarian, ayurvedic-minded conscious eater, discovered whipped-cream and birthday-cake flavored vodkas. She now shows up at picnics with jars full of crunchy-spicy-salty puffed rice and chickpea snacks, tubs of lentil and veggie salads, and a thermos of Key Limetinis, made with coconut milk, stevia extract, key limes (also sold here as Mexican limes), and whipped-cream vodka. A glass of this tastes amazingly like coconut-key lime pie. If you use regular limes, which are tarter than key limes, you can make a Tropicatini by blending in some ripe mango chunks. Doesn't get much more summery here than that!
Makes 1 drink
- Ingredients:
- 1 can Tecate, chilled
- 1/2 lime
- 1/2 tsp sriracha sauce, or to taste
- A few drops fish sauce, optional
- Pinch of kosher salt, plus more for salting the glass
- Instructions:
- Wipe the 1/2 lime around the outside edge of a glass to wet it. Sprinkle salt into a saucer. Swish edge of glass through the salt.
- Squeeze lime into glass. Add sriracha sauce and fish sauce, if using. Fill glass with beer. Add sprinkle of salt. Taste and add more sriracha, lime, and/or fish sauce as needed.
Key Limetini
Makes 1 drink
- Ingredients:
- 1 oz whipped-cream flavored vodka
- 1/2 cup coconut milk
- 6 drops liquid stevia extract, or to taste
- Juice of 2-3 key limes or 1 regular (Persian) lime
- 1/2 lime
- 1 tbsp graham-cracker crumbs
- 1 lime wheel, for garnish
For the glass:
- Instructions:
- Wipe the 1/2 lime around the outside edge of a chilled martini or cocktail glass to wet it. Sprinkle graham cracker crumbs into a saucer. Swish edge of glass through the crumbs to coat.
- In a blender, combine vodka, coconut milk, stevia, lime juice and 2 handfuls ice cubes. Blend until mixture is smooth and thick.
- Pour into prepared glass. Garnish with lime wheel.
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Stephanie Rosenbaum Klassen is a longtime local food writer, author, and cook. Her books include The Art of Vintage Cocktails (Egg & Dart Press), World of Doughnuts (Egg & Dart Press); Kids in the Kitchen: Fun Food (Williams Sonoma); Honey from Flower to Table (Chronicle Books) and The Astrology Cookbook: A Cosmic Guide to Feasts of Love (Manic D Press). She has studied organic farming at UCSC and holds a certificate in Ecological Horticulture from the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems. She does frequent cooking demonstrations at local farmers' markets and has taught food writing at Media Alliance in San Francisco and the Continuing Education program at Stanford University. She has been the lead restaurant critic for the San Francisco Bay Guardian as well as for San Francisco magazine. She has been an assistant chef at the Headlands Center for the Arts, an artists' residency program located in the Marin Headlands, and a production cook at the Marin Sun Farms Cafe in Pt Reyes Station. After some 20 years in San Francisco interspersed with stints in Oakland, Santa Cruz, Brooklyn, and Manhattan, she recently moved to Sonoma county but still writes in San Francisco several days a week.-


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Stop Arts Council Cuts in Wales
to appeal to the Arts Coucil, about their recent cuts in Wales, Many Local and Commuinty Projects that were funded by the Arts Council have now been cut from their funding from the Arts Council - We Believe that this is a big MISTAKE.. and that the many Performing arts, Musical, Drama based Theatre Groups are a great importance to many individuals and Schools and deprived areas. The Arts Council have cut 3 out of 8 theatre groups in the Wales Area - such as Speactcle Theatre based in the Rhondda Valleys and Theatr Gwent.. with the funding from the Arts Council that has now been cut, each of these companies have to now seek other funding and raise money to be enabled to carry out there mission and aims in educating and teaching Peoples from all ages and backgrounds the importance of Welsh Culture, Drama, Theatre and Music and Many other Drama Genre types and not only other Arts based but Basic skills such as commuincation and team building that many adults and children can carry with them throughout life.
I thik this is an incredibly important issue that could, but must not be allowed to, lead to a fall in the quality of British Theatre
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3 years ago Comments: These kinds of cuts have often proven to irresponsible and short sighted when they have been inacted in the past throughout Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales. The creative Arts sector plays an important part in teaching and expressing cultural heritage and it has also proven to be a critical piece of many areas local economies. Cutting a public service is often seen as an easy way to make up a deficit in the economy rather than take a serious look at restructuring the economy and removing the causes of high national debt. Once funding for these services goes it is very hard to get it back.
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4 years ago Comments: Deeply shocked and saddened that such a dedicated, successful and worthwhile undertaking could be cut. I want my taxes to go to this sort of outfit not the companies that are reproducing set pieces for the well off. How are we ever going to escape the cycles of deprivation and criminality if you can't grasp the benefit of outfits like SPECTACLE? Please try and get a grip on reality - INVEST my taxes in this company.
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A new kind of baseball owner
John Henry grew up listening to Harry Caray and playing table-top baseball. You can also call him a stathead.
Originally Published: August 15, 2002
By Rob Neyer | ESPN.com
The nature of markets is to trend. The nature of life is to trend. -- John Henry, quoted in The New York Times, 7/26/2002
When John Henry was 25 years old, he took over the family farm. That was nearly 30 years ago, and since then he's become quite wealthy, having established a hugely successful investment fund group. So wealthy, in fact, that he's owned a small piece of the New York Yankees, a very large piece of the Florida Marlins, and now a very large piece of the Boston Red Sox.
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The Purifiers have gathered the most deadly pieces of the X-Men's past -- but their plans are far from over...While Bastion continues to shape the future, Mathew Risman sets in motion an attack that will forever change two of our heroes. If the team can't stop them from achieving their ultimate goal, mutantkind has little hope of survival.
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Henry Flitcroft was a major English architect in the second generation of Palladianism.
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precision telekinesis
Posted 19 April 2014 - 01:44 PM
How should a warband with psyker character aboard deal with this?
Posted 19 April 2014 - 01:55 PM
Easy, numbers. Any psyker with this can only target a specific number of things, one by the looks of it. That is potent but he cannot use it to stop a group of armed people from tearing him apart in the space of one turn, he simply wont have enough actions to kill an entire group.
Alternatively characters can find ways to cover themselves in protective wards/symbols/icons to shield themselves from the trickery of the warpspawn. Khorne aligned will find his attempts to mess with their gear very distasteful and will happily knock seven shades of... out of them.
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Posted 19 April 2014 - 02:08 PM
Posted 19 April 2014 - 02:46 PM
Turning the safety on the enemy's weapon at best results in a lost Half-Action for the said enemy - the time it takes for them to ready their weapons. The only one of those that I would consider a problem would be to unload the enemy's weapon - this is something that clearly cannot be done in a single turn, nor be something that would be easily doable.
In both cases, the GM should arbitrate, but even in the best of circumstances, that's a pretty hard thing to pull off, so feel free to use that Hellish (-60) Difficulty, or require him to spend several rounds just shooting into the air - mind you, wresting it from the enemy's grip is either a Grapple or Strength Test, which the enemy in question can oppose, and if he doesn't wrest it from the enemy, odds are he'll either drop the weapon freaking out, or just aim it wherever he pleases - which he'd be doing anyway.
Setting off a grenade he can clearly see from the enemy is definitely legit, however. It's just as legit as having one of your other players aim their weapons at the grenade in question, and it should be pretty hard, so make use of those Difficulty ratings. Either way, it's a totally legit strategy. If it becomes a problem, just have the enemy start securing their grenades, or, again, require more than one round, since he has to grab the grenade, keep it steady, and then pull the pin, or pull off the protective cap and then pull the pin, or anything to that effect.
I also want to mention that Precision Telekinesis can be Sustained, and such should also totally legitimately be able to grab grenades being thrown at the players and throw it back.
Edit: Keeping in mind that Precision Telekinesis is a sustainable power, for many things like this, remember that it's subject to the rules for sustaining, which means that other powers will be reduced in Psy Rating and so on.
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Talking Necrons. Dreadknights. Centurion Armour. Sororitas-murdering Grey Knights.
These things are dumb and do not exist. This is non-negotiable and undebatable.
Posted 21 April 2014 - 09:31 AM
Some other things you could do is pull an enemies trigger before he is ready/ at a diplomatic meeting to cause havoc, nudge the barrel slightly, undue support straps/ belts ( seriously I have this image of a blood crazy Khorne cultists tripping over there own pant legs as the Tzeentch witch laughs) ect.
I do agree with fgdsfg that it should be a difficult test to affect something that small.
Thinking about it even if you just cause an enemy to lose a half action a turn turning the safety on it can still cause a lot of grief as they can no longer aim and shoot that turn or move and shoot that turn. Imagine if you are a sniper that has spent an entire round aiming for the bonus but then you lose all that by having to fiddle with the safety switch.
as for unloading a weapon, most solid/las weapons I imagine are like today where all you have to do to unload the weapon is hit a button and the clip pops out, so that could cause havoc right there and I'm sure it would cause a plasma or melta gun to misfire or jam if the ammo container was no longer fully inserted into the weapon.
and lets not forget vehicles, twisting the key to off while someone is trying to pull a high speed turn on there attack bike would defiantly cause trouble.
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Posted 21 April 2014 - 01:56 PM
Remember that you can only do such things you could do otherwise. And it's not that easy doing such things otherwise, which would translate into the actions using PT.
Posted 22 April 2014 - 02:37 AM
Remember that you can only do such things you could do otherwise. And it's not that easy doing such things otherwise, which would translate into the actions using PT.
Well that's a truth some some modification to it. Yes, you can only do such things you could do otherwise. But at the same time, you can do things you would absolutely never be able to do without fearing for your life.
Htsmithium mentioned attack bikes, so I'll stick to that - imagine slamming your whole body into an attack-bike as it's getting close to you. In person, you'd die. With Precision Telekinesis, you can do it without any problems at all.
Talking Necrons. Dreadknights. Centurion Armour. Sororitas-murdering Grey Knights.
These things are dumb and do not exist. This is non-negotiable and undebatable.


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Yet for all the changes of the digital age, old media has more clout than might be thought. Today's syndicated columnists, operating in a media culture defined more than ever by opinions, have their work appear not only in print but also on newspaper websites. Their writing is extracted, summarized, and linked by numerous other political sites. E. J. Dionne, who has been writing columns for The Washington Post since 1993, figures that he now has the potential to reach "a bigger audience" than Lippmann ever did. David Brooks, with a syndicated New York Times column and regular weekly political wrap-up gigs on National Public Radio (with Dionne) and on the PBS NewsHour (with Mark Shields), is an omnipresent opinion-dispensing megaphone to all close—and millions of casual—followers of American politics. When he devoted his July 5 Times column to a plea for Republicans to accept revenue increases as part of a deal to raise the debt limit, Politico quickly followed with an entire story on reactions from prominent voices in the blogosphere.
So traditional print columnists still matter—and, for sure, are perceived to matter by the political powers that be—for a reputed ability to influence public opinion. And in the Barack Obama White House, after a 2008 campaign relying heavily on the new tools of social, interactive media and, as ever, television images, the most prominent columnists have been assiduously courted from his first days in office. "I think their feeling was that, even in this world of infinite voices, there are X number of people who shape what we do as a society," with the columnists as a key segment of that elite, said Ronald Brownstein, a National Journal columnist who has spent time with the president and key advisors. It may be, Brownstein added, that Obama took a media-strategy page from Bill Clinton's playbook: "You campaign in television and you govern in print."
As part of this governance strategy, certain columnists come to be seen as political proxies, with Brooks, on the center-right, viewed as a stand-in for independent voters open to persuasion from Obama, and Brooks's Times colleague, Paul Krugman, on the liberal end of the spectrum, seen as the embodiment of a restive Democratic base.
Today's columnists, as ever, frankly treasure their presidential access. "To me, the big temptation is, if you're tough in your columns, they won't invite you over any more," Brooks said. He added, though, that Obama had not displayed a punitive streak: "I don't think it's necessary to soften what you think."
Indeed, the president has a reputation for straightforward, wide-ranging dealings with the pundits. He typically meets them in off-the-record sessions with either one particular columnist or about a half dozen at a time. He's not known as a leaker, willing to drop some juicy bit of inside, not yet public, information. "In many ways, he thinks like a columnist," with an interest "in what ideas are hitting" in the political culture, Brooks said.
"They've been pretty philosophical discussions—not on the news of the day," Jonathan Alter, an ex-Newsweek columnist now with Bloomberg and an MSNBC analyst, said of his off-record talks. One, held in the Roosevelt Room in the summer of 2010, focused on education policy and was also attended by Brooks and Joe Klein of Time among others.
Alter also pointed to a difference in style between the respective approaches to the pundits of Obama and Bill Clinton, also a Democrat but a very different kind of cat in dealings with journalists. "He doesn't really kiss our ass, and I respect him for that," Alter said of Obama. Clinton, even though he seemed at heart to despise the press, sometimes flattered the pundits—"He's just a seducer in every part of his life," Alter noted.
But while Obama may be a soft or even an indifferent seller, he had by his side in his first two years in office a salesman extraordinaire—his irrepressible chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel. Now Chicago's mayor, he was a legend among the pundits for a morning to midnight full-court press (usually pushing column ideas) via the telephone, e-mail, and face-to-face talk-fests. During the health care debate, for example, Emanuel pounded home the notion that the lack of a public option shouldn't be a litmus test for whether any final piece of legislation truly was progressive or not. (His successor, William Daley, is more apt to leave such outreach to others in the White House.)


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A couple of Wednesdays back, Jason Barkac of Tempe Marcos de Niza won the shot put and the high jump at a meet against Phoenix Mountain Pointe.
The throw (45 feet, 4 inches) and jump (6 feet, 1 inch) would have been in the top 10 of the 5A-II state meet last year.
It should be noted he did that after volleyball practice.
Barkac is the second-leading hitter on the Padres' volleyball squad.
"He was hanging around a couple of the volleyball players and he came to a couple of open gyms in January, and I looked at him and said, 'Wow, I haven't seen that many people catch on to the sport that fast,'" Marcos volleyball coach Scott Miller said.
"Now he is one of my go-to players, one of my top two hitters."
But neither track nor volleyball is his best sport. Barkac is the Marcos punter and has been consistently booming the ball 45 yards in workouts, while also playing tight end and defensive end.
"I got some letters so hopefully I can go somewhere," he said of his college hopes. "But that's going to be hard because they want me to play club volleyball but I can't do both."
If he had to choose?
"I would have to go with football," he said. "My parents really want me to try football and I really want to get into college because I would be the first in my family to get through college. That's my goal, doesn't matter what sport."
LACROSSE CHAMPIONSHIPS: The Arizona Youth Lacrosse League's (AYLL) state title games are set for tonight at Scottsdale Desert Mountain High School.
The doubleheader kicks off at 7 p.m. with the Division II game between Chandler Hamilton and Tempe Corona del Sol. The Division I title game follows at 9 between Phoenix Brophy and three-time defending champion Scottsdale Chaparral.
This is Chaparral's sixth straight year in a title game. It has won the last three state titles and four of the last five. Brophy got Chaparral's attention earlier in the season by ending the Firebirds' 49-game winning streak.
POUNDING PADRE: Tempe Marcos de Niza's Amanda Gerlach hit three home runs this season. According to the school's Web site, Gerlach's homers put her in a tie for fourth on the school's all-time list. She's also believed to be the first Padre in school history to hit multiple home runs in a single game after she hit two against Phoenix Camelback on Monday.
BALLARD BACK: Former Phoenix Mountain Pointe boys basketball coach Sam Ballard is a volunteer assistant at Grand Canyon University. Ballard resigned from Mountain Pointe last week after 10 years at the school to pursue college coaching and will now work under Scott Mossman. Ballard will continue to teach history at Mountain Pointe.
SOFTBALL SIGNING: Coronado softball player Andrea Ortega has signed with Fresno State. She leads East Valley 4A batters with a .727 average (32-for-44) and has four home runs and 22 RBIs on the year.


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Mike Mullen now owns this 1961 Citroën, painted years ago by an art school in Minneapolis.
Normally, Mike Mullen doesn't approach his work with giddy anticipation. Mullen, 55, is a court officer in Detroit, Mich., who evicts people whose homes are in foreclosure.
So imagine his surprise when he opened up a garage and found a 1961 Citroën parked beside five other European sports cars. This wasn't just any 1961 Citroën. This 1961 Citroën featured a psychedelic, pop art, Peter Max-inspired paint job from rubber to roof.
Turns out that the artists, possibly university students or teachers, transformed the car from ordinary to OMG in Minneapolis about 40 years ago. Mullen, who now owns the car, is dead set on finding them to say thanks and, probably, "What were you thinking?"
"Once you see it, you'll say, 'Oh, my God, who painted this?'" said Mullen, a divorced dad of two grown daughters. "The doors are done so perfectly. Just strokes, no layering."
He has a few leads but is hoping that the wide reach of this daily newspaper will net him an answer. Here's the story so far:
Last summer, Mullen was inspecting a foreclosed house in Detroit to determine what kind of crew he'd need to clean it up. The home featured three garages. He opened them up and found six classic European sports cars: an Austin-Healey, a Jensen-Healey, two Saab Sonetts, a Triumph TR8 and the eye-popping Citroën.
He tracked down the homeowner, who told him the cars weren't his. They belonged to a woman named Pam Hansen, who moved from Minneapolis to Detroit in 1992 for work. Her husband, Paul Hansen, an engineer, road racer and car collector, joined her a year later, bringing the cars with him and renting the garages to store them.
After Paul's untimely death from cancer in 1997, Pam couldn't bear to look at them. "Easier to forget about them and just write a check," she said. She made a few attempts to sell the cars over the years, without success.
In July, she received a phone call out of the blue from Mullen, telling her the cars needed to be moved. She drove over and Mullen immediately realized things were going to get emotional.
"Quite a few times, she broke down in tears," Mullen said. "She'd had the cars in storage for 16 or 17 years."
He helped her get the cars towed to her house. He told Pam, who calls him "a really kind person," to let him know if she'd ever sell the Citroën. Two weeks later, the car was his, for "under $10K," he said.
At a yard sale soon after, Mullen parked the Citroën in front of his house. "An airbrush artist pulled up, and he goes crazy!" Mullen said. "'Dude!,' he said. 'This is all Peter Max!'"
Mullen admits he couldn't remember exactly who Peter Max was. "The Beatles! Yellow Submarine!" the guy said. "If Peter Max painted this, it's worth a million bucks."
"What?" Mullen said.
(To be accurate, Max's pop-art style strongly influenced the Beatles' film, but he was not part of the production.) Mullen didn't waste any time. He called the Peter Max Studios. And?
"And they said Peter Max did not paint this." Mullen laughs. He still loves the car. But he hasn't driven it yet, although he had a "passionate impulse" to take it to the recent Woodward Dream Cruise, a popular celebration of classic cars, held in Michigan.
"I wanted to get dressed up as a hippie," Mullen said. "But, when that airbrush guy came by and said it might be worth a million, I thought, uh-oh, it's going in the garage." That's where it remains as his search continues, now with Pam's help.
"These were all my husband's babies," she said, "but I love to track histories of old cars. I'm interested in what inspired them to do this. It's beautiful work and well-preserved."
She tracked down original documents that showed Paul bought the painted car in 1975 from a man named Terrance Dickinson. Dickinson, who lived at the time in Richfield, said he bought the car from a college student who said it had been painted by his art school.
But which art school? What students? Or was it teachers? Anybody want to step forward?
Mullen wonders with a laugh if the artists might be afraid to own up to their work. Those 1960s kids are probably parents now, even grandparents.
Perhaps, Mullen said, they need more time to prepare their answer for when one of their precocious progeny asks, "So, Grandpa, what inspired you to put those huge mushrooms on there?"
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Nice alternative to traditional chili flavors. With time, I prefer dried beans, soaked overnight and boiled slightly - I find canned beans too mushy. You can definitely amp up spices to your taste level.
This was truly delicious. I played with it a good deal, adding some hamburger, taking out the hot sauce, and adding garbanzo beans. The seasonings and ingredients in this recipe set the stage for a great meal.
I have made this many times now, each time to rave reviews. Don't skimp on the orange zest, it is the one element that sets this wonderful dish apart. Great for vegan guests.
So easy and delicious! Great combo of spices with orange , not heavy at at all. It was a little thick for me so added about 1/2 cup red wine - veg broth would have been fine too. Served with a dollop of fat free Greek yogurt and cilantro . Company very impressed. I am not vegetarian but did not miss meat at all! Refreshing spin a standard recipe and will be made many more times.
This is a disappointing dish, even with some of the tweaking recommended by other cooks below. There are much better vegetarian chilis around!
I altered it quite a bit because I don't like using canned beans. First I soaked the beans overnight. Then I took a soup pot and sauteed some oil and onions for 5 minutes or so. After that I threw in the beans, lots of garlic, all the spices, salt, and pepper. Stir constantly over medium heat and then, after 5 minutes, add the diced tomatoes, continuing to stir for another 4 minutes. That way everything gets really well-coated and seasoned. Then I added just enough stock (never water) to cover the beans by an inch, turned it on low and cooked it for an hour. It came out very rich and well-seasoned. Since I used my own stock I didn't have to depend on canned beans and their generally bland flavor.
This is my go-to chili recipe. Inexpensive, easy, and feeds a crowd. Tonight, I added butternut squash and adobo sauce. I also halved the orange juice. Turned out phenomenal.


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Over the long term, Cramer said the Revlimid news simply isn't that bad. It has delayed, but not killed, the drug's approval in Europe by about 18 months. Celgene still has a healthy stable of other drugs in the pipeline to help it grow. In fact, Celgene has nine drugs in phase two and phase three clinical trials.
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2013 and earlier-Subaru Forester Prices Paid and Buying Experience
aedh Posts: 4Up here in Northern NJ, I just bought a Woodland Green Forester X, automatic with cargo tray and custom tailpipe cover for $19,517 (after the $1750 off) + tax, title, and their $125 doc fee (bs fee, I know... but whatever). Final OTD price was $21,020.44, financed through a credit union at 5%.
Is that a decent price?
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ezshift5 West coastPosts: 855..after mfrs rebate (curr: $1500) plus tax/license/doc this week in NoCal..............
Actually with the dealer indicating that '05 production has ceased and inventory is all downhill from now on.........................................................
Since 02, the highway mpg has improved consistently (currently: 30).....I'm wondering if the '06 will continue the upward trend. Fuel economy really appeals here in Freeport...........................best, ez -
callmeh Posts: 2Bought a LL Bean on Monday with Premium Sound Package 2, Armrest Extension, Hood Protector, Mirror w/ Homelink, and Tint. MSRP was a touch over $28,000. With rebate it was $24,000 (no trade). All three Houston Subaru dealers were looking at the same deal. McRee offers a free loaner and is close to my office. Also, my first tank (during break-in) gave me a surprising 30 MPG.
shadowlight Posts: 9Currently own a 98 Legacy 4 door sedan, in the market for second car and have couple of questions related to Forester. Can the back seat handle two car seats and a adult passenger (5' 6'', 140lb or so). The other questions is what are the current incentives on the 05 Forester? Looked at the Edmunds Incentive page and zip for Subaru? Saw a post earlier that has $1500 in CA? I live in NJ, so any information on the incentive in NJ would be helpfully.
Checked www.kbb.com also and Subaru had $1750 in Penn-Jersey area, but it expired on 5/2/05.
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lawkim Posts: 2I have a quote in So Cal for a forester xt automatic with no options (pretty basic) at $23K with $2K rebate - the guy said he's selling at invoice price. Is this a good deal? Also, do you guys think the rebates will stay in June? I don't need the car until June, but I wasn't sure if I can still get the same discount.
ateixeira Posts: 72,587We hear about this dilemna every time this year.
Prices will only go down. So that would imply you should wait. The last left over will likely be the biggest bargain.
Selection, however, will also become scarce. If you are picky about color and options, do not wait, buy one now. I think they already stopped making the 2005s so the selection has already begun to dwindle.
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dancer1 Posts: 1We got a price of $24,141 for a 2005 Forester XS with an automatic transmission from the local dealer in FL. Includes the destination charge. The dealer fee is $399, bringing it up to $24,540. Minus the $1,500 rebate it comes to $23,040.
Then taxes, tag transfer, trade in, have to be computed later.
We plan to visit dealer on 05/30/05 and offer to buy it for $20,000 and see what he says. If it does not come down to about $21,000, we will walk away and tell him we will shop around and/or come back at the end of June to dicker again. We will not be choosy about color. We are not in any hurry to buy.
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bug054 Posts: 1Just bought a Forester X - manual a few weeks ago when rebates were still $1750. Had a few extras already on it, cargo mat, tweeters, tail pipe cover. We added a few more, rubber floor mats, dimming mirror and rear bumper cover. Paid $19,000 which included the rebate. No tax here in Oregon, so just $168 more to cover the license for 4 years! Hope that's helpful - great fun to drive! Love it!
wantanewcar Posts: 7shears4me, it doesn't matter what state you buy a vehicle in; you pay the taxes from the state you live. So if you currently don't live in Oregon and don't plan on moving there, then, unfortunately, the "no tax in Oregon" isn't applicable to you. Some people are lucky with this; I'm not one of them.
gomps Posts: 5Did you mean that the $23K included the rebate? If so that sounds good, $417 over invoice right? How did it turn out?
I am in San Diego and just starting to talk with dealers. So far I got a quote way over MSRP and someone ignoring what I asked for (a quote for the XT man. and XT automatic) and quoting me for a fully loaded XT automatic premium package.
I'm wondering if the dealers will quote high because thay figure the buyer is in danger of losing the rebate on June 2nd?
I'll keep you updated... -
gomps Posts: 5I am in San Diego. I am getting quotes like this;
XT man with rear bumper cover, splash guards, cargo tray & auto dimming mirror/ compass with homelink and security system upgrade (I don't know how much these extras would add to it) for $23846 w. rebate.
XT man no extras $23 990 w. rebate.
XT auto PP includes cargo tray, bumper cover, splash
guards, auto dimming mirror/compass , securtiy system upgrade for $25477 w. rebate.
XT auto PP no extras $25490 w. rebate
All these quotes include the rebate so they all seem a high to me.
Also, does anyone know what a fleet discount (when dealing with the fleet manager through a credit union) would normally be? These quotes have that discount.
I get the feeling that the rebate is meaningless here. The dealer just quotes what they want to get after the rebate. -
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: Migration Alert Warm Weather Has East Coast Seaduck Hunts Suffering
Migration Alert: Warm Weather Has East Coast Seaduck Hunts Suffering
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By Michael R. Shea,
Field & Stream's Atlantic Flyway Duck Reporter
Earlier this week I reported on poor puddle duck hunting along the
Atlantic flyway
. Well, the bad news extends to
hunters. A survey of guides up and down the coast points to low numbers, high pressure, and hard days on the salt water.
"I hate to say it," said Clifton Ames of Ten Mile Guide Service. "I don't want to give you a bad report and have no one come hunt, but we're seeing fewer ducks." Ames hunts Maine's mid-coast, traditionally know for some of the best eider hunting in the country, but over the last three or four years, as winters seem to get warmer and warmer, the flocks are getting thinner and thinner.
"The biggest flocks you'll see now is 400 and 500 birds," he said. "Ten years ago it was 10 times that. We're still getting birds--the guides that are good at it--but the hey day of setting up the decoys and three guys having a limit in the first half hour doesn't happen any more. The hey day is over."
Ames has noticed eiders showing up later, too, and thinks the warmer weather keeps them loafing in northern Canada longer. Years ago it wasn't uncommon to see huge flocks in October in Maine, and hunting stayed hot nearly all season long. Now Ames suggests his clients book trips in January.
With fewer eiders, though, there seem to be more scoter. "I don't know if there are more scoter, or if we're looking at them harder because there are fewer white birds," he said. More scoter here seems to support the theory that warm weather is holding birds farther north than usual, as scoter typically winter south of Long Island Sound. Ames also reported good numbers of Oldsquaw and goldeneyes.
Down the coast in
, conditions sound a little better, according to Capt. Jack Golini, of Jack Charters. He generally hunts the Merrimack River south to Boston Harbor. "The eiders are starting to move down," he said. "I'm seeing a few more birds moving in earlier than they did last year, which has me thinking it could be a cold winter." A push of scoters recently moved south, he said, and now the waiting game for colder weather and more migrators begins. Oldsquaw and goldeneyes are also starting to show, he said.
Farther south, in Rhode Island, it's yet to really happen for eider hunters. Despite thin numbers, Avery Pro Staffer and Swampers guide Brian Rhodes managed to put clients on two banded eiders last weekend--very bright, old drakes, as you can see in the photo above. One of the birds was banded in 2005 in Washington County,
, making it a seven-year-old bird. Still, he said, it's been pretty slow.
"Hopefully cold weather will move in, because the birds are pretty shot out. Last week two groups of guys set up 300 yards on either side of me. Another group of guys came out late," Rhodes said. "The pressure on these birds has been unbelievable." He figures with the warm weather the season is running a month behind.
Down off the
New Jersey
coast, things don't sound much better. "Seaducks are hit or miss," said Mike Briel, of West Wind Outfitters. He typically hunts Barnegat Bay south to Atlantic City. "Not a lot of seaducks out there. Oldsquaw are doing well, but surf scoter are few and far between. We had a good barrage earlier in the year, but with no new weather coming in it's been slow."
Right before Sandy there was a good push of birds, but since then it's been slow, with a lot of high pressure hunting situations, like Rhodes described. Briel said he's gotten to the point where he's not hunting weekends.
"Everything I'm hearing, from here down to Maryland, guys are sweating bullets to get a limit together," Briel said. "But that's the thing about duck hunting: never count on anything."
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"I didn't speak with as much clarity as I would have liked," Murphy told the Hollywood Reporter while on the set of Glee Friday afternoon. "Who am I to say 'F*** you?' That's not what I meant. I completely understand when artists don't want a show or another artist to interpret their songs. In fact, I respect it. It's their personal work and I'd feel the same way. We get turned down all the time and I've don't fight it or even go back after a rejection."
Murphy mentioned to the publication that Bjork recently turned him down after a request to use one of her songs was issued—which he says was fine with.
"She read the scene and didn't think it was the right fit for her song," he said. "I told her, 'That's completely cool,' and she said to come back to her down the road. We deal with that every day." Meanwhile, a Bjork song on Glee? Guess it couldn't be any trippier than when the cast did Yeah Yeah Yeahs' "Heads Will Roll" on the Super Bowl episode.
The Reporter goes on to mention that Glee guest star Gwyneth Paltrow apparently mediated a truce between Kings Of Leon and Murphy. "We've been trading texts and emails and I support them," the TV exec said. He added that he's now learned a lesson: "Don't say f*** you to someone in the press."
That's nice. But we still won't hold our breath waiting to hear "Use Somebody" on Glee.