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Below is the poem entitled Rage which was written by poet
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Robert Needles
I never heard their cries,
Over the sound of my music,
Begging me to not hack them apart,
Pleading for me to end what I started,
To put the blade down and give up.
They always brought me down,
And finally I cracked,
Raiding the old shed,
Finding a large iron axe,
Sneaking into their bedrooms,
And hacking away as they slept.
Watching their bodies jump,
And their eyes open,
Feeling their blood splash my face,
Seeing them for the beasts they were,
Looking past those frightened eyes,
Into their wicked souls.
They mean nothing to me anymore,
Their blood washes away my sins,
I don't need them,
Never really did in the first place,
They got into my way so many times,
And now I am alone at last.
I buried them to rot in their own gloom,
Deep behind the cellar walls,
Where not even the rats,
Can feast upon their putrid vile bodies,
And their minds will wither away.
My sins have been forgiven,
As I make my way to the chair,
I have rid my world of it's evil,
And my death is the price I must pay,
So be it,
But it shall not be in vain.
Death of the innocent is meaningless to me,
What was so innocent about them,
Making me dig my own grave,
Stabbing me in the back,
With a thousand daggers,
Ripping at my beating heart,
Tearing my mind to shreds.
I hope that people will learn,
That rage can kill,
Not just the ones around you,
But cause you to die inside.
I feel the energy rushing through me,
Like a live current moving through a wire,
Cutting off electrical impulses in my brain,
As I pray my last prayer
Goodbye cruel world,
For I leave you nothing but remorse.

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Corpus Christi city engineers give preview of street work for Bond 2014
CORPUS CHRISTI - Some of the city's worst streets — sections of Gollihar and Rodd Field roads — are top contenders to be rebuilt on a draft list for the 2014 Bond election.
City engineers compiled the list under a new policy to ramp up the city streets bond election program to every two years rather than every four, as it has been since 2000.
The pace of a $55 million bond program every two years will lead to an overall improvement in the city's streets system, City Engineer Dan Biles said.
Based on the city's current debt capacity, a 2014 Bond for $55 million of street work would cost property owners about $34 a year for each $100,000 of property, according to staff estimates. The bond would be on a ballot for city voters in November 2014.
The streets on the list for the bond program include collector and arterial streets in the worst condition. Also considered are streets with heavy traffic, a high number of wrecks and safety concerns, such as no sidewalks.
To determine which streets made the cut, Biles developed a scoring system to bring uniformity to the streets bond program process, which in years past was more vulnerable to the whims of elected leaders in office.
Each street in the city has a score to grade its pavement condition. The pavement condition score, which makes up half of Biles' bond scoring system, is based on a 100-point scale with zero being the worst score. Accident reports and the road classification make up 40 percent of Biles' bond equation, with public complaints rounding out the final 10 percent.
City staff are in the process of verifying the data used to compile the draft bond list, which was unveiled Tuesday during a presentation to the City Council. All bond lists require a formal vote by the City Council, which sets the ballot for an election. Biles said he will present to the council another draft later this year.
Twenty streets made the draft list for a total of $72 million in street work. That is more than the target amount of work the council has requested, but Biles said he included more streets to give the public a perspective of what could come in 2016. Gollihar and Rodd Field Road each have three sections listed, making up a bulk of the top 10 projects.
Rodd Field Road made the list based on Biles' scoring system, although it's also been requested for the 2014 Bond by council members who are concerned about the increased traffic on a section of road being considered for expansion and reconstruction. A new elementary school and several residential neighborhoods being built in that area have led to increased traffic, which council members say could bottleneck when those projects are completed and more people move to the area.
Gollihar Road connects some of the city's oldest neighborhoods to shopping centers and schools and has long been an example locals point to when complaining about the condition of city streets.
The ramped up bond program devoted to rebuilding some of the city's worst yet heavily traveled roads, is part of a comprehensive streets plan to begin reversing years of street maintenance neglect.
An underfunded streets maintenance plan has led to about half of the city streets in need of being torn out and rebuilt, which is much more costly than routine maintenance. During the past 30 years, city leaders continued to chip away at the streets budget, decreasing it from 10 percent of the general budget to 5 percent.
There's not enough money in the city's general fund to fix the streets.
For the past two years, mayor and council members have vowed to rebuild the maintenance budget through a fee-based program that would charge residents a $7 monthly fee and businesses as little as $4 or as much as $2,000 each month. Those funds would bring in $15 million a year to pay for routine maintenance.
Voters overwhelmingly have supported street work in bond elections. Since 2000, taxpayers have approved about $249 million in reconstruction work to tear out and replace crumbling roads and widen streets. That funding paid only for surface street work, not underground utilities which are paid for with obligated utility funds. For every $1 spent to repair a road, about $1 is spent to repair the utilities below, city staff have said.
In November voters approved $55 million worth of street reconstruction work in the 2012 Bond. The first project slated for widening and reconstruction is a stretch of Yorktown Boulevard, between Rodd Field Road and Cimarron Boulevard. Construction is expected to begin next month, city staff have said.
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AUBURN — Defensive coordinator Ellis Johnson spent part of Monday installing the dime package. Unlike traditional dimes which usually put additional corners on the inside receivers, Johnson prefers to have two "Star" safeties on the field, so Justin Garrett and Robenson Therezie were on the first unit.
"We did not get too much of that in the spring so that was very important," Johnson said. "We have probably overloaded the kids at this point but there's just no way around it. A lot of times when the defense can't hit without pads, one thing you like to do is really put your focus on install. Once you get the pads you go back to fundamentals. We'll slow down a little with that part on the mental overload and hopefully kids will start to polish things up."


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You've probably read, watched, heard and learned intuitively all sorts of good stuff about face to face communication. I don't want to challenge that. But I do want to remind you about one essential element. It's often lost in all the talk about what to say and how to say it.
The Secret
Successful face to face communication is all about meaning. That's it. And that's especially so at work. That's the purpose of the words, pictures, body language and the other communication elements. If we fail to convey our precise meaning, our communication has failed.
Thinking in Pictures
Decades ago I was a raw young trainer. To "teach" communication to front line supervisors my boss had a big chart which said "We think in pictures. We've communicated effectively when the picture in our mind is transferred perfectly into the mind of the person we're speaking to". Easier said than done, you might say. But it's still true today.
Saying What We Mean
Many of us aren't very good at saying what we mean. We may try hard. But sometimes we're satisfied to transfer a picture that's a bit fuzzy at the edges at best and quite indistinct at worst. Unknowingly, we forget that the listeners' real concern is not with the words we use. The listeners' prime concern is to understand what those words mean. We use expressions such as "Couldn't understand a word she said", "What's he saying?" "I'm not sure what he means" to express our concern. Listeners search for meaning all the time. That's why gurus talk about interpreting body language, eye contact, social space, clothing and all sorts of non-verbal clues. They help listeners find meaning.
Some Useful Techniques
- Speak clearly and distinctly.
Listeners will not tolerate speech that they can't understand because of poor diction.
- Avoid jargon.
Jargon is a "listener killer". If you must use jargon, explain it. If you're unsure whether your listeners understand technical terms, check with them first. And if jargon interferes with your message, don't use it.
- Use clichés sparingly.
A cliché is defined as "an expression used so often it has lost its force". I'll "stick my neck out" and say that if you're not "on the same page" as your listeners, you'll have a "negative impact" on "the end result" if you overuse clichés.
- Encourage questions.
I'll go a bit further and add "when listeners want to ask them". At the very least, let them know when they can ask their questions. If possible stop frequently and seek questions for clarification. I'm referring here to day to day conversation as well as announcements and presentations.
Speak To Express Not To Impress
Clarity is essential for effective face to face communications. Clarity of ideas leads to clarity of expression leads to clarity of understanding. It's not unusual for listeners to be mightily impressed by a speaker's words … but not have the faintest idea what the speaker means. That's speech making. It's not good face to face communication. It's highly prized in many places. The workplace isn't such a place.
There's much more to effective face to face communication than I've covered. I admit that. You can make it as complicated and elaborate as you like. Or you can reduce it to its very core. Either way, understanding what people mean when they speak is still the essence of effective face to face communication. That responsibility is shared between speakers and listeners. But clarity is the prime responsibility of the speaker.


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Today Google released Version 2.0 of the company's iOS native Gmail app. Gmail 2.0 comes with many app enhancements such as multiple user accounts, infinite inbox scrolling, predictive search results and more. Also added to Gmail 2.0 is the ability to respond to Google Calendar invitations directly within the app and also post comments to Google+ posts.
Stay up-to-date on all the cool apps the kids are fiddling with these days. Or if you're a kid, help your parents log-in to their iTunes account. They would like apps, too.


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Disabled Sailing At Carsington Gets Grant Boost
Posted: March 26, 2014|
Disability sailing in Derbyshire has received a welcome boost after Carsington Sailability, based at Carsington Sailing Club at Carsington Water, received a £10,000 grant award from Sport England to invest in new equipment.
The money will be used to purchase a hoist for transferring disabled sailors into and out of boats and a specially designed Access 303 dinghy, which will open up more opportunities for disabled people in Derbyshire to try sailing for the first time.
Malcolm Torry BEM, of Carsington Sailability, said: "This award will support the club's push to get more disabled people taking part in sailing. There is a demand for sport amongst the disabled community in Derbyshire and the new equipment will enable us to make more sailing opportunities available through the season.
"Having a second hoist will make transfers to and from wheelchairs quicker, enabling more sailors to get on the water. The new 303 Access Dinghy will provide two additional places per sailing session for people taking part in our programme, thereby increasing the opportunities for Sailability members to sail more often."
Lisa O'Keefe, Sport England's Director of Insight, said: "We know many organisations and clubs delivering sport struggle to provide sporting opportunities for disabled people because of a lack of access to specialist equipment. We are delighted to award these vital funds to Carsington Sailability, which will play a transformative role in opening up sport to many people who previously found it inaccessible."
Neil Wilkinson, RYA Sailability Regional Organiser for the East Midlands, added: "Sailing is all about what people can do not what they can't. It is a truly inclusive sport where people of all abilities can sail recreationally and compete on a level playing field. There is a freedom found on the water that people often can't find in their everyday lives and this new equipment will open up even more doors to sailing in the East Midlands for people with disabilities."
To celebrate the grant, Carsington Sailability hosts its annual Open and Fun Day for families and children on Saturday 19 July (11am-4pm). The Pirate-themed day includes competitions and sideshows with proceeds going towards Sailability funds.
Carsington Sailability is a recognised RYA Training Centre, meaning it conforms to the highest standards of quality and safety.
The award is part of Sport England's 'Get Equipped' fund, which was designed to build on the success of the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
£1m of National Lottery funding is being distributed to organisations across England to allow them to provide specialist equipment which will help make sport a practical choice for many more disabled people inspired by the Games. In December, Sport England's Active People Survey - an annual, in-depth measure of the nation's sporting habits – revealed a record number of disabled people in England now play sport each week.
The number of disabled people aged 16 and over playing sport once a week has increased by 62,000 over the last year, bringing the total number to its highest recorded figure of 1.67m, 351,000 more than in 2005 when London won the bid to host the Games. But, non-disabled people are still twice as likely to play sport as disabled people - 39.2% to 18.5% - which is why Sport England continues to focus attention and investment to address this imbalance.
For more information on how you can get involved in sailing at Carsington Sailability this year visit www.carsingtonsailingclub.co.uk/sailing/sailability


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In the words of the author "The theme of this book is self-similarity, which I call gnomonicity. ... The connotation of the term gnomon is that originally given by Hero of Alexandria, namely, 'A Gnomon is that form that, when added to some form, results in a new form similar to the original.'"
The most familiar form of a gnomon is the L-shaped object of that name (the gnomon of a square) that serves as the pointer on most sundials. This observation virtually completes the "Pharaohs" end of the story mentioned in the title.
Figurate numbers have familiar gnomons. The gnomon of the n-th triangular number, in its familiar rows-of-dots manifestation, is a row of n+1 dots. Other figures have analogous gnomons.
Continued fractions have obvious gnomonic tendencies, especially those with periodic regular representations. These lead naturally into physics, where ladder networks of resistors or capacitors are gnomonic, and their analysis leads back through continued fractions.
Most of us have seen the gnomonic properties relating the golden rectangle, the golden ratio and the Fibonacci numbers. In particular, the golden ratio, called phi in this book, is the limit of the ratios of consecutive Fibonacci numbers. If you construct a rectangle of sides 1 and phi, then the resulting rectangle is gnomonic and its gnomon is a square. Fewer of us know about what Gazalé calls the Silver Pentagon, a pentagon of sides 1, p, p2, p3 and p4, where p is a root of p3 - p - 1 = 0. This pentagon is also gnomonic, and its gnomon is an equilateral triangle.
After these topics, Gazalé spends what seems to be an inordinate amount of time on spirals, especially logarithmic spirals. Bernoulli loved them, too, but the exposition has more rotation matrices than most readers will enjoy.
Finally, we get to the other end of the programme announced in the title, fractals. Gazalé takes a route to fractals that begins with the Kronecker product of matrices. He adapts this to form a Kronecker sum of vectors, and then adapts that to give sequences that can be read as instructions on drawing images of fractals. It is an interesting approach, but again at times he lets the ideas be hidden by the notation.
In sum, this reader found the book generally interesting, though at times over-burdened with notation. There is a considerable variety of topics here, all linked by the unifying concept of gnomonicity.
Ed Sandifer (firstname.lastname@example.com) is professor of mathematics at Western Connecticut State University and has run the Boston Marathon 27 times.


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Chronic Encore Smokeshow Of The Day – Katie From SUNY Plattsburgh..
Katie makes us proud because she is not one of those West coast to East coast college girls who moves here and decides to be the hottest thing since tuna on rye. She is a true New Yorker from Staten Island. Just looking to develop into a smart and sexy businesswoman to secure her future and be in Playboy… Hey, its a good back up plan, right. Anyway, If you have ever been to P-Burg, you will know there aren't any beaches around for days. So Im guessing these photos are from Jersey.. We don't hate yah, just don't Jersey NY and your fine, Kate.!


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Woodbine: E.P. Taylor's depth may boost Barefoot Lady's odds
ETOBICOKE, Ontario — Barefoot Lady was shipping in from England below the radar when she won the Grade 2 Canadian Handicap over 1 1/8 miles of turf at odds of 7-1 here at Woodbine on Sept. 16.
Now, even with that success under her belt and another four weeks to establish a comfortable local routine, Barefoot Lady again could be overlooked with the likes of recent European arrivals Siyouma and Princess Highway, plus U.S. shipper Dream Peace, looming as the darlings of Sunday's Grade 1, $1 million E.P. Taylor Stakes. The Taylor is a Win and You're In event for the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf.
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The 13-horse field for the E.P. Taylor, a 1 1/4-mile turf race for fillies and mares, was announced Thursday morning, and Barefoot Lady is the fourth choice on Woodbine oddsmaker Ernie Perri's morning line at 6-1.
Barefoot Lady had failed to measure up at the Group 1 level in England, but established a reputation as a consistent horse and had come into the Canadian off a good fourth-place finish when facing males in the York's Group 3 Strensall Stakes at 1 1/8 miles.
"She's settled, she's happy, and she's trained well," said Alyson Deniel, assistant to trainer Richard Fahey who has been with Barefoot Lady since the 4-year-old arrived here the week before the Canadian.
Local rider David Moran picked up the mount on Barefoot Lady for the Canadian when her scheduled pilot, Jamie Spencer, came in well over the assigned 113-pound impost.
Tony Hamilton, a stable rider for Fahey who was in the irons for Barefoot Lady's most recent victory in England, will be here for the E.P. Taylor.
Siyouma early choice for Taylor
Siyouma, who checked in from France off a win in the Group 1 Sun Chariot over one mile of turf at Newmarket, has been made the 3-1 morning-line favorite for the E.P. Taylor.
Francois Doumen trains Siyouma, and Gerard Mosse retains the mount.
Dream Peace, a European transplant who recently was transferred to trainer Chad Brown in New York, is the second choice on the morning line at 7-2.
Ramon Dominguez has the mount on Dream Peace, who is coming off a close third-place finish in the Grade 1 Flower Bowl over 1 1/4 miles of yielding turf at Belmont.
Princess Highway, the third choice at 5-1, is trained in Ireland by Dermot Weld and finished seventh last time out in the Group 1 Prix Vermeille over about 1 1/2 miles at Longchamp.
Pat Smullen, brother of local Team Stronach trainer Sean Smulllen, has the mount.
All Star Heart, Stars to Shine, and Kapitale, the 2-3-4 finishers from the Canadian, all are returning for the E.P. Taylor, along with Moment of Majesty, who finished seventh that day.
Havant, Pagera, Trois Lunes all checked in from Paris late Tuesday afternoon along with Siyouma, and Vamo A Galupiar arrived from California on Wednesday.
Locally based Kissable, coming off a third-place finish in Saratoga's Glens Falls, is trained by Roger Attfield, who sent out Miss Keller to capture the 2010 running of the E.P. Taylor.


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A new trend that has seemed to make quite an impact on how our families are seated at the dinner table is the dining table bench. I tried this in our house last year and we are all really liking it! I think with young children it can be a bit easier to get in and out of and can help sitting at the dinner table a bit more fun and easy. I have seen and implemented this design a couple of different ways. In some cases a dining bench is used on both long sides of the table leaving just the host and hostess chairs and in other cases I have seen and used the host and hostess chairs, two side chairs on a long side and the dining bench on the other side. This style selection will be based on your space and your preference.
One thing to note when deciding if this design selection is right for you, consider how a bench will fit under your table. For example, if you have a trestle table you would need to measure the width between the trestles compared to the desired bench. But this look can be a great one to help keep a space feeling more open, larger and inviting. And you can pile several little ones on one bench for fun family meals with friends!
Here are a few spaces that have made great use out of the dining bench concept~
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This concept is also a great way to create a non 'matchy matchy' look in your home. It can certainly be hard for our logical brains to accept several different seating styles around one table but with the proper pieces you will love your new and unique dining space!


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Website: MDCPS Museums Magnet Program [1]
Have you ever wondered what resources educators in a museum magnet school might utilize? Explore the teacher section (under resources) to find images that can be downloaded free of charge and used in your classroom to teach math, language arts, science, and social studies content.
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1/4 cup
2 tablespoons
olive oil
1/2 large
onion, finely chopped
2 large
carrots, sliced
2 tablespoons
curry powder
1/2 teaspoon
ground turmeric
salt and ground black pepper to taste
1 pinch
red pepper flakes
1 head
cauliflower, broken into small florets
2 large
potatoes, peeled and cubed
I can't imagine making this recipe exactly as outlined here. Not sure how the potatoes and cauliflower would simmer without the addition of at least two cups of water (or broth). With the liquid, however, it got nice and saucy. I also doubled the carrots and added garlic.
Also, due to the low burning point of olive oil, it's a poor choice to use for frying. Olive oil also has a Mediterranean flavour that's not right for a curry dish, and it's expensive. Save your olive oil for a nice dressing and use regular vegetable oil and butter for this dish.
This was okay. I added a little extra curry powder and turmeric. I found it was a little dry so during cooking, added some water. (I would have used chick.broth but I didn't have any on hand)
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My husband loved this. I cooked the potatoes and cauliflower first though. Also added 1/2 c. frozen peas at his request. Great flavor, smells wonderful. Spicy.
This was a great recipe that even my curry-wary husband loved.
I made a few changes though.
1. Cut out the butter - indulgent and not needed. A touch of oil did the job.
2. I accidentally read the recipe backwards and doubled the tumeric and halved the curry. It was a wise mistake! It came out so yummy this way.
We ate it in fresh whole wheat pita bread and loved it! It's also great as a cold snack.
Very tasty, but i made changes as per some other reviews. I added enough water and vegetable stock for the vegetables to cook without pre-cooking, and added peas (good tip). I also upped the curry powder and turmeric, and added 3 large spoonfuls of creme fraiche 10 minutes before serving to make a creamy sauce. Served with pilau rice, poppodums and naan, this was a lovely alterntaive to a meat curry, and very light.
Agree this is a great starter recipe with so many possible variations. Some type of liquid is definitely needed in order to simmer the vegetables. Liked the suggestions of tomato paste and creme fraiche. I substituted thick chunks of yellow squash for the potatoes but may use potatoes another time. Didn't realize I had no turmeric on hand until I had the preparation well underway. I omitted the salt(because I used chicken broth)and pepper(reviewer's tip)and even with these omissions we thought it was very good. Since I didn't use potatoes I didn't see the need to pre-cook the vegetables so my cooking time was still only about 20-25 minutes. Glad I saw this recipe and thanks for the previous reviews - will definitely be making this again and again.
Excellent! I made this for dinner last night and it was great, had it for lunch today and it's even better! I subbed sweet potatoes for white, doubled the curry and turmeric and added 1 cup chicken bouillon for moisture.
Delicious! I followed the others suggestions to use chicken broth and/or water while simmering the potatoes and cauliflower. I used 1 cup broth and 1 cup water. Next time I will use 1/2 cup more of each, I would have liked just a bit more sauce. I also added a few other things for a bit more spice and flavor; 1/2 tsp. curry paste, 1/2 tsp. chili powder, 1 tsp. garlic, 1 tsp. fresh grated ginger and I did use additional curry and turmeric. Thanks very much for the recipe and the added suggestions to make the exact curry dish I was looking for!
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TT with HD: Ariane Carr
[Ed. note: AC was canvassing for the Ecology Center in an effort to support state legislation that would require manufacturers of kids' toys to disclose the materials used in their manufacture. The effort is aimed at eliminating mercury, lead, and arsenic from kids' toys. More information on that and other Ecology Center Campaigns is available on the EC website. There's a case mentioned below of a handmade wooden rattle] manufactured by Camden Rose, an Ann Arbor company, related to testing required by the Consumer Product Safety Commission--it's not a case related to the canvassing being done by EC.]
HD: All right, shall we actually teeter totter up and down? Is this going to work for you? I think I need to scoot forward.
AC: Do I need to scoot back?
HD: Well, I think I need to scoot forward, or if you go back.
AC: Is that better?
HD: So, how many houses have you been to tonight?
AC: You know, I would have to count them. But I have been to a lot. I did a section of Liberty. And 7th in between Liberty and Huron and [inaudible] Washington. I would estimate like 60-80. But I don't know for sure.
HD: So if you just had to ballpark guess what percentage of people actually answer the door and talk to you for more than just to say, "Oh, a clipboard? No, I don't want to talk to you."
AC: We usually contact may be a quarter of the people. And then maybe a quarter of those people are supporters or talk to us for a while, even if they figure out that they don't really support this issue. I get more than usual in Ann Arbor, because people tend to know more about the grassroots ...
HD: ... so when you say you get more in Ann Arbor, you mean you get more in Ann Arbor as compared to other communities ... ?
AC: More supporters. Not like a ton more but I'll get a lot more people in Ann Arbor that will sign stuff and put their name down.
HD: So what other communities have you canvassed?
AC: Well, this is only my second week. So I did parts of Plymouth and Saline. And they're close, too. Still, we are not local to them, so it's a different kind of talking to people.
HD: So when you say, "I'm with the Ecology Center in Ann Arbor," they might have a different response than, say, I would, because I say Oh, yes, our Ecology Center.
AC: You know what it is. They might have no idea what it is.
HD: So do you get a positive response to the "Ann Arbor" part of it? Or do you even actually present that as a part of the name? Do you say you're representing the Ecology Center and then if they ask you tell them or do you actually lead with Ann Arbor's Ecology Center?
AC: Usually I say "in Ann Arbor."
HD: So do people have a visceral reaction either way?
AC: No.
HD: Not that you can discern, after two weeks, anyway.
AC: I mean, basically everybody's nice. And if people don't want to talk to you, they just don't answer the door.
HD: So you are winding down for tonight?
AC: Yeah, we stop at 9:00.
HD: Well, what time is it now ...
AC: ... it's probably getting close ...
HD: ... it's about 8:30. Yeah, so the AATA board meeting went pretty quickly. [Ed. note: HD had just returned from the AATA board meeting, which began at 6:30pm] So remind me exactly what the specific issue was tonight. Because I think I basically didn't allow you to get to that! [laugh]
AC: We are working to phase out mercury, lead, and arsenic, from kids products and toys. We are working to do that by making sure that manufacturers have to disclose what chemicals they put in what toys. And then on a state level we want them to make a database that's available online that lists what chemicals are in what products.
HD: And then the goal is to ...?
AC: ... have people not to buy those products.
HD: And the goal legislatively is to pass a piece of legislation that would require who to do what?
AC: Manufacturers to disclose what chemicals are either in their products or manufactured in their plants.
HD: So the idea would not be to ban the manufacture, but to make them tell exactly what it is, you use that information to create this database, you create consumer awareness, and because nobody is buying their stuff, they stop making it?
AC: Exactly. That's the idea. Because we don't want to hurt local businesses or anything like that. Because when bans happen, recalls hurt small businesses and then you've got re-sale shops ...
HD: ... you know, there was the case of the guy, I am trying to remember the name of the business, but they make wooden kids toys--maybe you are familiar with it--I remember seeing it somewhere that in order to get the requisite testing, for one of his most popular wooden rattles is going to be problematic for him. Basically a small local Ann Arbor business that had been affected by some federal level legislation. I can look that up, [Ed. note: See link at the top. It's a Consumer Product Safety Commission issue.] I'll look it up and try to fill in the details.
AC: ... the signature for the state rep.
HD: Right, the state rep, who is Rebekah Warren.
AC: Right.
HD: You know, she lives just like right over there.
AC: Really?
HD: Yeah. So if you had like a really good arm, you could probably throw a baseball and hit her house from here. [Ed. note: This is a slight exaggeration.]
AC: I wonder if it's one of the ones that I knocked on.
HD: Did you do 8th Street?
AC: I didn't do 8th street, no.
AC: So it's probably not if she's over there. I was doing 7th.
HD: So who decides where you go on a given night? You just have a map and you've got to cover the entire area, seating is plotted out?
AC: We just do as much as we can. I don't know exactly, I am still technically "in training." This is just my second week. So they gave me a map and said you know, Be friendly! And all that kind of stuff.
HD: And try not to scare people. Great, well, thanks for coming to ride.


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Wednesday, August 15, 2012
The fate of a referendum on a new one-cent sales tax will be decided on Tuesday night as County Council votes for a third and final time.
If it is approved, the referendum would be on the ballot in November.
If its not approved, the measure is dead.
At the last Council meeting in July, about 20 people spoke during public comment, most urging Council members to vote against sending the proposal to a referendum.
In the end, Council voted 5-2 to give second reading to the ordinance.
Council members Bob Anderson and Ron Charlton were the only two no votes.
Anderson said he had hoped to trade some property tax for the sales tax. Charlton said he was swayed by the people who spoke in opposition to the proposal.
The county formed a commission to investigate how the money from a new one-cent sales tax would be spent. The commission put together a list of $40 million in projects, including $7.47 million for road improvements; $12.2 million for parks and recreation; $11.31 million for libraries; and $7.3 million for dredging in Georgetown and Murrells Inlet.
The new sales tax would have an eight-year lifespan. Another referendum would be needed to extend it.
County Council meets Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. on the second floor of the Old Courthouse at Screven and Prince streets in Georgetown.
Georgetown County Library Director Dwight McInvaill is defending himself against charges that he broke a state law that prohibits the use of public funds, property, or time to influence an election or the outcome of a ballot measure.
McInvaill used his county e-mail account to invite Sue Sledz, director of Murrells Inlet 2020, to a steering committee meeting for leaders in favor of the proposed one-cent sales tax referendum.
He said he was asked to send the e-mail by Jean Cross, vice chairwoman of the county Library Board.
After McInvaill sent his invitation to Sledz, Waccamaw Neck resident Charlie Luquire sent him an e-mail pointing out that using his county account for that purpose was a violation of state law.
My intent was not to do anything that was inappropriate, McInvaill said, even though I do not believe it was.
McInvaill spoke to County Administrator Sel Hemingway about his strong desire to not do something inappropriate, and said he would not be sending any more e-mails regarding meetings or the sales-tax referendum.
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Saturday, November 3, 2012
The Coastal Carolina Fair opens tomorrow at the Exchange Park in Ladson for a first-time ever 11-day run. The show will continue this year through Sunday Nov. 4.
Planned entertainment this year is Paul Revere & the Raiders, the Marshall Tucker Band, Jo Dee Messina, Little Texas, The Oak Ridge Boys, the Village People, Edens Ridge and American Idols Lauren Alaina.
The stage will also feature The Tams and The Embers, Hypnotist Mark Yuziak, The Lumberjack Show and comedian James Gregory.
Other events and shows include the American Bull Riders Tour as well as the popular agriculture area, animal barn and horse shows. The popular Flower Show is planned for two parts: First show Oct. 25-29; second show Oct 30-Nov. 4.
The annual event draws thousands from the Lowcountry and beyond. The proceeds benefit the charities of the Exchange Club of Charleston.
Fireworks shows are nightly. Sunday through Thursday the show will be at 8:45 p.m. and Friday and Saturday nights the show is at 10 p.m.
Tickets prices in advance and at the gate, are respectively, Children 6-12 $4 and $5; Adults $6 and $8; Hand Stamp ticket $17 and $20; Ride Coupon Book $17 and $20.
The Exchange Park is located on Hwy. 78 in Ladson. From I-26 take exits 205A or 203. Parking is free.
For more information go to www.coastalcarolinafair.org.
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Where Was President Obama Really Born? Can This Issue Finally Be Settled?
Where Was President Obama Really Born? Can This Issue Finally Be Settled?
All Voices ^ | August 4, 2010 | Kelly WoodcoxPosted on Tuesday, August 10, 2010 8:20:59 PM by 2ndDivisionVet
Over twenty-five percent of Americans, say that President Obama's 49th birthday is not this week. A poll called "where were you really born that day?" summoned this up into question.The persistent theory boosted heavily by conservative activists that Obama was not born in Hawaii, but that he was born outside of the country of the U.S.
The CNN/Opinion research Corp. survey said 27 percent of responsive people doubt that Obama's father is telling the truth or that his birth certificate is real. 42% have no doubts, 29% said he probably was born in Hawaii, but couldn't give a sure answer. Democrats backed Obama more than Republicans. 14 percent of Republicans said he was NOT born in the United States. This issue began over Obama in the 2008 presidential campaign and has become a topic of interest with Rush Limbaugh and the so called 'Birther' movement. Hawaii has already released a "certified" copy of Obama's birth certificate. The 1961 archives of two local newspapers in Hawaii also show his birth announcements! Snopes.com has also checked into it.Related Sources:http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/citizen.asp http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/born_in_the_usa.html
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Retired general : Congress should give Obama ultimatum
Retired general : Congress should give Obama ultimatum
WND ^ | August 10, 2010 | Bob UnruhPosted on Tuesday, August 10, 2010 8:30:34 PM
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A retired major general who is a decorated combat veteran and ran an abbreviated campaign for the presidency in 2008 says Congress should deliver an ultimatum to President Obama: Prove your eligibility or quit.The comments come from Major Gen. Jerry Curry, who served in Vietnam and commanded the U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground during his long military career.
He was answering questions on the "Talk to Solomon" show, and a video had been posted of his reaction to the question:Excerpt Read more at wnd.com …
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Nullification & The States
Nullification & The StatesWolves of Liberty ^ | 8/9/2010 | gjmeritsPosted on Tuesday, August 10, 2010 5:04:47 PM by gjmeritsFor decades, there have been those who have not only coveted political power, but have gained that power and have, through a variety of cunning devises, used not only the legislative, but the executive and judicial bodies of our government to accomplish a system of the centralization of power that now affects every area in the lives of the People of this country. This pernicious system of centralization is stamped with the indelible character of a growing aggravated oppression.Excerpt Read more at wolvesofliberty.com …
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James Burgess related that the Prophet, while addressing the Nauvoo Legion several miles east of Nauvoo in May 1843, said that "the time would come when the constitution and government would hang by a brittle thread and would be ready to fall into other hands but this people the latter-day saints will step forth and save it." James Burgess Journal, 1818–1904, Church Archives, vol. 1—found among loose sermons.
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World discovers a new hero: The air steward who lost his cool, grabbed a beer, slid down
They say it's best to go out with a bang.And as resignations go, Steven Slater's was certainly memorable.When a stroppy passenger swore at the flight attendant after he asked her to remain in her seat until the plane had stopped, he first commandeered the public address system to launch a four-letter tirade at shocked travellers. Steven Slater flew into a rage after a passenger tried to retrieve their luggage from an overhead locker too early, and went on to 'resign' in the most unambiguous mannerAlthough he has probably served his last in-flight meal, he has earned himself temporary celebrity online
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From interviewing Nicaraguan young people about the biggest problems in their community to tutoring elementary school students near the Willamette University campus, Lindsay Mumm '08 has made service an integral part of her college experience -- and she's traveled far and wide to do it.
When she graduates in the spring, she'll travel for yet another service opportunity. Mumm received a prestigious Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship, a program of Rotary International that places young people as "goodwill ambassadors" in various countries. These ambassadors do service activities, immerse themselves in language study and participate in academic coursework.
Mumm will travel to Chile, where she plans to study at the University of Concepción, located south of Santiago.
"I want to be in a place where you can connect with a smaller community," she says. "If I was in Santiago, a big city where everyone is running around all the time, I would just be another international student. It's important for me to get to know the community I'm working in."
Mumm, who is double majoring in Spanish and politics, hopes her future career will be in the area of international development, possibly working with a nonprofit organization. Working on immigrant advocacy in the U.S. also appeals to her.
Much of her exposure to underprivileged communities came through her participation in Take a Break, an alternative spring break program through which Willamette students travel to sites across the country for community service. Mumm worked on a Native American reservation in Nevada, did community improvement projects in Jonestown, Miss., and built houses and worked with schoolchildren in a Texas town near the Mexico border.
Her interest in Latin American culture was cultivated during the fall of her junior year when she studied abroad in Nicaragua. She initially considered going to Spain to hone her Spanish skills, but chose a Latin American country because she felt the area was crucial to future international development issues.
Through the School for International Training, Mumm participated in a program called Revolution, Transformation and Civil Society. "That really appealed to me because Nicaragua had a Socialist revolution in the '70s and wars in the '80s, and then had a successful Democratic transformation in the '90s. They're one of the few countries in the world that's been able to do that."
Mumm's final project for the program examined youth development issues in the small town of Estelí, north of the country's capital. She wanted to investigate the impact of a local youth network organization that addresses issues such as political participation, sexual health and community involvement. So she interviewed two different types of young people -- those who were involved with the organization and those who weren't.
She asked them two questions: what they thought were the biggest problems faced by their community and what they felt were their greatest influences in society. She found the contrast in their answers fascinating. "Those who were involved in youth organizations were much more elaborate in their views of the problems. They saw the problems as a means to a solution, whereas the youth who weren't involved said, 'Well, the politicians are corrupt and nothing's going to change.'
"Those who were involved really saw everything as a process and saw potential for change. It was really enlightening to see the power of youth organizations in giving these people ways to get involved."
For information on this scholarship and many others, contact the Student Academic Grants and Awards office on the second floor of Putnam University Center.


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Layoffs at Great Northern Paper
East Millinocket, ME – Great Northern Paper (GNP), announced Thursday that it must temporarily lay off employees as it continues to work on restructuring mill operations and lowering production costs toward its goal of restarting the mill. GNP temporarily stopped manufacturing on January 23 due to the current high costs of production combined with lower market prices for its products.
GNP spokesperson Scott Tranchemontagne said, "We understand this temporary work stoppage will be difficult for employees. This is a different course than expected when we began to restructure, but it is a necessary step. We continue to work diligently on addressing fundamental operational issues that must be overcome for GNP to restart and remain viable over the long term."
A total of 212 employees are receiving temporary layoff notices Thursday. Forty four employees will continue to work on cost reduction initiatives and keep needed systems running smoothly to allow for a production restart.
Tranchemontagne noted the successful start of Thermogen Industries in nearby Millinocket is critical to GNP's long term viability.
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This report is prepared bi-monthly in conjunction with the regular meetings of the Connecticut State Library Board. Items to be routinely covered include the following: the significant activities of the State Librarian and the staff, significant administrative decisions affecting the operation of the Library, status reports regarding in-progress activities, information regarding external events having an impact on the Library, media coverage of the Library, and information of general interest to the members of the Board.
The following report by the State Librarian, which will be included in the minutes of the January 26, 2004 meeting of the Board, covers the period of November 25, 2003, through January 25, 2004.
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The Agency continues to operate with a very tight budget, but was unaffected by recent third quarter allotment modifications ordered by the Governor in order to address the projected $84.8 million budget deficit. However, in a memo from Marc Ryan, Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, he states that it is "possible that additional allotment reductions may be required this year."
A draft plan for the celebration of the Connecticut State Library's 150th Anniversary is attached to this report. The mission of the Sesquicentennial is to:
Task Force on Older Adults
The Advisory Council on Library Planning and Development has established the Task Force on Library Service to Older Adults. This task force is charged with conducting statewide discussions in the library community to inform and engage other librarians in the life options library concept and to start to consider new service approaches for all libraries. I attended the first meeting of the Task Force on December 15 beginning at 1:30 at the MLSC. Pat Holloway, Elsie Okobi, Dick Schreiber, Susan Smayda, and Marge Storrs have agreed to serve on the Task Force. One of the first things the Task Force will be doing is conducting a statewide survey of public library services to older residents. Doug Lord and I are serving as State Library Staff to the Task Force.
greatKidsCT is a website designed and administered by the State Library. Its purpose is to improve the well being of young children by providing Connecticut's parents and other caregivers, and teachers, social workers, daycare providers, health professionals with information about children's health, development and learning. The site has been funded since its inception more than three years ago by foundation grants. Because these grants will run out by the end of the fiscal year, I have been looking for more stable funding. Recent meetings with the Department of Public Health may result in some ongoing support for the site and funding for the promotion of the site. It turns out that what we have been doing fits into a federal initiative that they have. We have also expecting a grant from the Traveler's Foundation to fund the production of bookmarks and brochures promoting the site.
Connecticut History Online
As part of the current grant for CHO, the State Library and the other partners (UConn, Mystic Seaport, Connecticut Historical Society, and the New Haven Colony Historical Society) need to come up with a permanent management structure for the project. I drafted a proposal that is being considered by the partners. The proposal calls for creating a separate statewide 501(c)3 membership organization. We are also considering seeking grant support to fund the establishment of this new organization.
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Attended meetings of After School Alliance, Connecticut Digital Library Advisory Committee (CDLA), Connecticut History Online Project Management Committee, Connecticut Library Association Executive Board, Connecticut Library Association Legislative Committee, and the Connecticut Library Consortium.
I also attended the Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors of the New England Document Conservation Center (NEDCC); a meeting of the Council of State Library Agencies in the Northeast (COSLINE); a meeting of the Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA); and the Mid-winter meeting of the American Library Association (ALA). I am currently the Vice Chair of the State Library Agency Section of the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA), a Division of ALA, and the ASCLA representative to ALA's Intellectual Freedom Committee.
As the COSLA Liaison to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, I have been invited to participate in a strategy development process that the Foundation is undertaking as it looks to the future of its U.S. Library Program. The Foundation is concerned with sustaining and expanding public access in libraries, ensuring that libraries will continue to serve as information resources for their communities. They have identified five areas as necessary for ongoing collaboration and effort: Keeping Libraries Open, Increasing Trained Staff, Keeping Systems Running, Increasing Connectivity, and Enabling Hardware and Software Upgrades. I am hopeful that the Gates Foundation will continue to make a financial commitment to libraries.
Reference Services
A new iCONN database, Heritage Quest, is now available to CSL patrons both at the Library and from home or office using their State Library library card.
Patrons have expressed appreciation for the new Archives/Secured Collections Library card, including the streamlined process for application and receipt of the card, and the ability to use the card for borrowing and public PC use in addition to access to material.
Use of the Ariel Document Delivery system to deliver interlibrary loans electronically has been discontinued. The procedure proved to be cumbersome and inefficient. Traditional methods of sending Interlibrary Loan materials will be continued.
Law/Legislative Reference Unit Head Denise Jernigan taught a section of Advanced Legal Research to a UConn Law School class on November 16.
Law/Legislative Reference Librarian Janis Lefkowitz spoke about CT legislative history and gave a Law Unit tour to a paralegal class from Hartford College for Women on November 8.
History and Genealogy Unit Head Richard C. Roberts attended sessions, gave presentations, and staffed a booth promoting CSL resources at the New England Regional Genealogical Conference (NERGC) in North Falmouth, MA on November 6-9. History and Genealogy Reference Librarian Carol Ganz also attended and assisted in staffing the booth.
Mr. Roberts and History & Genealogy Reference Librarian Carolyn Picciano gave a tour of the History and Genealogy Unit to the Connecticut Library Consortium's Genealogy Roundtable during their meeting here on November 19
Mr. Roberts also gave a History & Genealogy presentation to a Senior Citizens group in Bloomfield on December 8.
History and Genealogy Office Assistant Kevin Johnson performed as William Webb for CSL staff on November 14, and at the Martin Kellogg School in Newington on January 6.
Government Information Reference Librarian Nancy Lieffort and Federal Documents Librarian Nancy Peluso hosted a Connecticut GODORT (Government Documents Round Table) meeting on November 14 at the Van Block facility. They also gave the group a tour of the newspapers and other collections at Van Block.
State Librarian Ken Wiggin has been meeting with all IS Division Units as a follow up to the Staff Development Day. The meetings are designed to assist in better understanding the challenges facing staff due to the reduced staff and reduced budget. Mr. Wiggin met with the Collection Management Unit on November 25, the Government Information Unit on December 3, the Law/Legislative Reference Unit on December 5, the History and Genealogy Unit on December 17, and the Bibliographic Services Unit on December 23. All staff appreciated the opportunity to have an open discussion with the State Librarian, and progress in several areas resulted.
Press mentions
The "State Library Memorial Hall & Supreme Court Building" was selected by the Connecticut Chapter of the American Institute of Architects as one of its top five "architects' favorite buildings" in Connecticut. The selection appeared in an article on 'Top Five's' in the November issue of Connecticut Magazine.
To better protect and preserve the Library's unique collection of Connecticut State Documents (ConnDocs) and to provide needed space to shelve newly received ConnDocs, a proposal to move all the non-circulating permanent copies to the 6th level Cage is being considered. This would occupy the last large shelving space available in the Library. The Information Services Division area at Van Block is almost full. Space for continuing additions to the collection, in particular for legal material that is not decreasing print publication as are some other collection areas, will be needed in the next two years as the existing space is again completely filled. Options may include the additional use of compact shelving on level 1 (the only level which can support the increased weight of compact shelving) and/or considering using commercial offsite storage.
Aerial survey photos from the Dept. of Environmental Protection and the finding aids to them have been received for the years 1980, 1985, 1990, and 1995. Specially sized boxes have been ordered to provide appropriate permanent storage for the photos. The finding aids, which are mosaics of multiple photos, are in poor condition; the original vendor will be asked to make new mosaics to replace them. The original mosaics will be used as is for now in order to begin providing access to the photos. Access to the aerials will be more restrictive here than it was at DEP. Use is restricted to the Archives/Secured Collections Reading Area, where scanners and portable photocopiers are not permitted. Photocopies can be ordered through the Photoduplication service, and we may be able to provide scanned images at some future time.
The Library's copies of the 1965 and 1970 aerial survey photos are oversized and difficult to work with. To provide better access to these years, we may work to acquire those years' photos from DEP as well.
Ms. Peluso and Ms. Lieffort are sorting an attic collection of pre-1945 ConnDocs that are not needed by the Library. They offered the material to CT Depository libraries, state agencies, and the Library of Congress. Eight depository libraries have asked for documents, and the Connecticut Valley Hospital, the Banking Commissioner, and the State Treasurer's Office want copies of their old reports. The University of Connecticut is taking copies of all of their material. The Library of Congress wants copies of all documents to fill in their collections.
Due to the lack of Other Expenses funds, the Division had to discontinue binding of collections in November. Binding is an important method of protecting and preserving collections so staff are pleased that Mr. Wiggin has approved using the Historic Document Fund for binding of all Connecticut related items, including General Assembly proceedings and committee hearings, all State agency documents, and CT Supreme Court Records and Briefs.
Staff of the CTN (Connecticut Television Network) recently met with Mr. Wiggin, Ms. Jernigan, and Archivist Bruce Stark about donating DVD copies of videotaped legislative proceedings and hearings, Supreme Court sessions, and various agency meetings to the Library. Approximately 800 to 900 DVDs per year will be received, cataloged, and made available to patrons.
Microfilms of New Haven Probate Court Record Books from 1920-1960 donated to the Library by the Court will be available in the History and Genealogy Reading room. Kathleen Donovan, clerk of the New Haven Probate Court, resolved concerns that the films might include confidential material by confirming that all information about commitments and adoptions 40 years old or older is open public information, and that material pertaining to guardians of estates are public records. The films will not be cataloged at this time, due to the shortage of cataloging staff.
Mr. Wiggin, Information Services Division Director Lynne Newell, and Mr. Slovasky met with Dept. of Administrative Services staff concerning implementation of Executive Order #30, which calls for electronic publication of state documents. CSL will develop a component of the training DAS will do for agencies. The CSL component will instruct agencies on the methods and information required to fulfill the statutory obligation to provide the Library with all agency publications. The training may include the direct application of metadata elements by document creators.
Library Automation
New additions to the agency website include the list of Public and Special Acts Effective 1/1/04, Announcement of Public Library Information Kiosks Grant Availability, Advisory Council on Library Planning and Development August and October minutes , the November 2003 issue of The CONNector, the fourth edition of the Guide to the Archives in the Connecticut State Library, a Biography of Governor Roger Sherman Baldwin, Announcement of FY2005 Library Services and Technology Act grant program , and the 2004 Excellence in Public Library Service Award Entry Information
Mr. Roberts attended the Connecticut Professional Genealogical Council's (CPGC) 10th Anniversary program on November 13.
Ms. Jernigan and Law/Legislative Reference Librarian Cheryl Schutt attended a NELLCO (New England Law Librarians Consortium) strategic planning session at UConn Law School on November 7.
Law/Legislative Reference Librarian Steve Mirsky attended a NELLCO Reference Librarians meeting at Yale Law School on November 21.
Preservation Librarian Jane Cullinane attended the NEDCC (Northeast Document Conservation Center) Advisory Council meeting on November 14.
Bibliographic Information Unit Head Stephen Slovasky, Mr. Wiggin, and Project Librarian Karen Nadeski attended a Connecticut History Online II (CHO II) meeting at the UConn-Storrs Library on November 13. Ms. Nadeski also attended a CHO II catalogers meeting at UConn on November 17 and a CHO II technical meeting on November 4 at Van Block.
Personnel Law/Legislative Reference Librarian Steve Mirsky selected Chelsea Hammond to fill the Legislative Aide position funded by the General Assembly during the legislative session. Ms. Hammond will begin working in the Bill Room in February.
Library Technical Assistant Claire Murphy has been recalled from the layoff list to fill the Collection Management position vacated by Gary Klein.
Recruitment for approved Law/Legislative Reference Office Assistant and Preservation Technical General Worker positions will begin soon.
Long time Law/Legislative Reference General Worker Marta Pawlik's last day was January 5. Ms. Pawlik has accepted a position in the UConn Law School library. A request will be made to refill this position.
Connecticard Task Force
The Connecticut Library Association and the Advisory Council on Library Planning and Development formed a joint task force to examine the Connecticard program. The charge of the task force is to: examine the Connecticard statutes, funding levels and regulations, review the goals of the program, and explore possible improvements to address the impact on both net lending and net borrowing libraries and the library patron.
The Task Force has held two meetings. On November 18th the Task Force heard testimony from the three top net-lending libraries. They also had invited the net borrowers, one of whom submitted testimony in writing. There were four hearings scheduled around the state in December and January. The Task Force will consider the input at their meeting on January 27th.
Among the OPTIONS the Task Force are considering are:
Sharon Brettschneider and Joanne Turschman are serving as State Library staff to the Task Force.
Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA)
The Connecticut State Library announced the availability of $200,000 in Library Services and Technology Act funding for grants to libraries. The announcement, grant descriptions and applications are at: http://www.cslib.org/lsta/index.htm. Grants are available for Adaptive Technology, Outreach Programs for Children, Children in Poverty, Services for Older Adults, and Programs for Non-English Speaking. The Division of Library Development held two workshops on writing a successful application on January 15, 2004 at the Middletown Library Service Center and on January 21st at the Willimantic Library Service Center. Presenters for the workshop were Mary Engels, Susan Cormier, Sheila Mosman, and Douglas Lord. In addition, the Division will be sponsoring workshops on Outcome Based Evaluation on May 13th and 14th. This workshop will be mandatory for all successful grantees.
On November 17th through the 19th, 2003, Douglas Lord and Joanne Turschman attended the 4th Annual Institute of Museum & Library Services (IMLS) LSTA State Programs Conference in Washington, D.C. The conference provided technical assistance and increased communication between IMLS and the State Library Administrative Agencies. The primary focus was on preparing State Library staff to submit the Annual Report on-line. Other areas included were: telling your story about using IMLS funds in a compelling way; understanding Maintenance of Effort and other fiscal requirements; and learning about other IMLS programs. Connecticut's LSTA Annual Report for 2003 was submitted to IMLS in time for the January 21st deadline. Joanne Turschman was coordinator for the report.
Public Library Information Kiosks Grant
The Connecticut State Library announced the availability of grants for Public Library Information Kiosks, also called Electronic Branch Libraries or E-Branches. This grant program will fund the purchase of a turnkey vendor public library information kiosk, costs for the customized implementation and installation of the kiosk and for the first year maintenance contract. Implementation includes the customized design of menus, creation of links to websites, integration of kiosk software with Web-based online catalog, production of monthly and year-to-date statistical use reports, and maintenance of the kiosk's hardware and software. Funds will also be provided to install telecommunication lines, purchase routers, and prepare the site where the kiosk will be located. We estimate being able to fund two grants of approximately $25,000 each. The federal rules governing these funds require a 1:1 cost share. Two or more libraries may coordinate a grant request as long as one library has primary responsibility for the grant. The announcement and information can be found at www.cslib.org/ebranch.htm.
The Division of Library Development is participating in a pilot to develop a Connecticut version of the website www.webjunction.org. The Connecticut version of WebJunction will be the Division's website as well as incorporate the features of the national site that include sustainability assistance for technology as well as online training opportunities. A team from WebJunction came to the State Library in December to meet with various members of the Division staff about their programs and requirements for the website. WebJunction was developed by OCLC with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Tom Newman, Assistant Director of the Middletown Library Service Center, is coordinating this project for the Division.
Request For Proposal (RFP) Awarded to Auto-Graphics
The RFP for the next generation of reQuest was awarded to Auto-Graphics on December 18, 2003 pursuant to the recommendations of the Proposal Review Team. The award is contingent upon the successful negotiation of a contract. Implementation planning is proceeding in order to ensure that the new system will be operational no later than July 1, 2004, when our current contract expires.
New Database for iCONN – HeritageQuest Online
HeritageQuest Online became available for onsite access from all public libraries in December and for remote access using the number from a patron's public library card in January. This research resource for tracing family history and American culture combines digital, searchable images of U.S. federal census records with a digitized version of the popular UMI Genealogy and Local History collection. U.S. census images are currently available for 1790 through 1930. Census records can be searched by name, place of birth, age, ethnicity and other variables. The Genealogy and Local History collection places heavy emphasis on local histories (12,000) and compiled genealogies (7,000) but also includes a wide range of published works containing other valuable genealogical records such as tax lists, directories, land & probate records, military rosters, cemetery lists, and much more. For additional product information and a list of Connecticut publications included in the database, go to www.iCONN.org/moreinfolinks.html.
Three half-day training sessions on HeritageQuest were offered to public librarians at the Middletown Library Service Center on January 8, and January 9. One additional session will be held at the Darien Public Library on January 20. Four additional sessions are scheduled for February.
New Statewide Library Catalog Coordinator
Marisa Kalt joined the Connecticut Digital Library staff as Statewide Library Catalog Coordinator on October 20, 2003. This is a part-time consulting position. As statewide library catalog coordinator, Marisa will be responsible for the ongoing development of the reQuest catalog, ensuring its currency and integrity, and reQuest cataloging services, including CatExpress. Ms. Kalt will be the focal point for libraries wanting to add their holdings to reQuest. Along with her colleagues, Marisa will also be responsible for the implementation of the new reQuest system.
$$$ ReQuest Cost Reduction Efforts $$$
As the graph below shows, efforts to reduce the cost of updating the reQuest catalog by gradually replacing OCLC's MARC subscription service with direct contributions from the local systems of contributing libraries has been very successful, owing in large part to the high degree of cooperation shown by contributing libraries:
Comparing the total costs for the first six months of FY 2002 and FY 2003, the total cost declined from $45,299 in FY 2002 to $24,941 in FY 2003, or a savings of $20,358 over a six-month period. These cost savings are permanent and timely given the anticipated implementation of a new reQuest system and its associated start-up costs.
At the same time, Marisa Kalt has been working on documenting the system-specific step-by-step procedures that libraries need to follow to contribute records from their local systems. These procedures will be shared with the library community through the iCONN website as they are developed.
Wilson Online Training
H. W. Wilson has created an online, narrated training demo for Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated. To try the new 10 minute training demo: Go to www.hwwilson.com/_promotrials/ICON/icon.htm and click on Bio Reference Bank with Gray Young - August 2003 We will encourage other iCONN database vendors to develop similar tutorials for their products.
425 Million Images from Google Now in iCONN/Gale
Searching for images has never been easier. Using the new embedded Google Image Search, users can search for pictures based on their iCONN/Gale database search. To ensure that the embedded Google Image Search does not return inappropriate images, Gale has chosen to automatically default to the Google SafeSearch "strict" filtering option. While no filter is 100% effective, testing has shown that images that could be considered offensive are typically not returned via the Google Image Search. The Google Image Search feature has been automatically turned on in the following databases: Expanded Academic ASAP, General Reference Center Gold, Informe, OneFile, Junior Edition and the Student Edition.
iCONN Learning Activities Jane Emerson, iCONN Database coordinator, updated the "iCONN Learning Activities" – a series of lesson plans using iCONN databases and differentiated for elementary, middle and high school levels - made it available separately on the iCONN website at www.iCONN.org/staff/index.html. It was also distributed at this year's CEMA conference.
Other Activities
Dec. 8th through the 10th, Joanne Turschman, State Data Coordinator, participated in the annual professional development conference for State Data Coordinators, sponsored by the FSCS Public Library Data section of the National Center for Education Statistics, as well as the Census Bureau and NCLIS. The conference, held in Washington D.C., presented a review of data elements, technical assistance for electronic reporting, exercises on data analysis and web-based data tools, including the new Geomapping database for public libraries.
In December, the State Library submitted its annual State Library Agencies Survey to the National Center for Education Statistics. Our participation in this national effort, which requires data from every unit of our agency, has, for the fifth consecutive year, garnered the John G. Lorenz Award for timely and accurate submission of data. Joanne Turschman coordinated this submission. The report will be made available on the NCES web site at nces.ed.gov
All principal public libraries completed their Public Library Annual Report and Application for State Grant by the November 15th deadline. This completes the second year that these reports have been submitted online. Joanne Turschman, State Data Coordinator, managed the program and assisted libraries with their applications.
Judging of the Excellence in Public Library Service Awards will take place on January 27 and 28. Five judges from outside Connecticut will meet to decide award winners in four award categories. These awards, presented at the Connecticut Library Association Annual Conference, honor libraries that have provided outstanding service to their communities and have developed model library programs. The awards program is a joint project of the Connecticut State Library and Connecticut Library Association (CLA). Mary Engels, Director of the Middletown Library Service Center, coordinates the project.
Another joint project of the State Library and CLA is the upcoming exhibit of library photos at the Legislative Office Building. The exhibit will run from April 1 to 15, 2004. Deadline for libraries to submit photos to Mary Engels for the exhibit is February 2, 2004. All types of libraries are represented in the exhibit and it is expected that over 300 photos will be displayed this year. CLA's legislative potluck supper will take place on April 7th in Memorial Hall at the State Library to coincide with the exhibit.
On January 16th Mary Engels presented a workshop on weeding library collections to school media specialists in Plainville.
On March 2, 2004 the Division of Library Development will host a discussion of issues facing libraries reaching out to non-English speaking populations at the New Britain Public Library. The Division is exploring ways to support public libraries in their efforts to provide services to immigrants and people in their community who do not speak English.
Stephen Cauffman, reQuest Inter Library Loan (ILL) Coordinator, attended the Connecticut Library Consortium ILL Roundtable meeting at the Guilford Public Library on November 13.
William Sullivan, iCONN Administrator, and Stephen Cauffman exhibited iCONN at the annual Connecticut Educators Computer Association Conference and the Connecticut Educational Media Association Conference in November.
Jane Emerson, iCONN Database Coordinator, conducted an introductory training workshop on iCONN databases for teachers at East Hampton Middle School in October. Ms. Emerson also attended a meeting of the ProQuest Advisory Board in Ann Arbor, MI on November 2-4, 2003.
Stephen Cauffman provided an overview of Interlibrary Loan as part of a reference class at the Library Technical Assistant Program at Capitol Community College on November 18, 2003.
Marisa Kalt attended Introduction to Excel at Bridgeport Public Library on December 15, 2003.
William Sullivan and Stephen Cauffman coordinated a series of reQuest training sessions conducted by Nelinet: reQuest PAC Searching/Administration and Interlibrary Loan on September 24, WebCAT on September 30 and October 1, reQuest Full Cataloging on October 1, and Introduction to Descriptive Cataloging and the MARC Format on September 25.
On November 18, 2003, LeAnn Johnson and Archival Consultant Lizette Pelletier attended a grant training workshop conducted by The New York State Archives. The workshop was held at the Town Hall in Poughkeepsie, NY.
On November 19, 2003, Eunice DiBella, LeAnn Johnson, Mark Jones, Lizette Pelletier and Bruce Stark attended a Historic Document Preservation Committee meeting in Middletown, CT.
On November 21, 2003, Eunice DiBella, LeAnn Johnson and Lizette Pelletier attended a Competitive Grant writing workshop at the Central Connecticut State University Robert C. Vance Academic Center in New Britain, CT. The Connecticut Town Clerk's Association, as part of the Advanced Town Clerk's School, sponsored this workshop. Public Records Administration staff worked with Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) and the Town Clerk's Association to develop this important program. The instructor was Antonia Moran, Associate Professor of Political Science at CCSU. LeAnn and Lizette also made presentations at the workshop.
On December 9. 2003, Eunice DiBella and LeAnn Johnson inspected Dupont Business Archives, in Southington, CT and vaults at the Town Clerk's offices in Southington and Plainville.
Additional meetings were held during the month of December with the Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD). Eunice DiBella and Don Ballinger met with Debbie Russo, Bill Fredrick, and Al Amat. As a result of these meetings, DECD has an updated agency retention schedule and will begin sending agency records to the State Records Center. This updated schedule has consolidated and eliminated at least 25 individual outdated retention schedules.
Eunice DiBella attended meetings of the Electronic Recording of Land Records on November 13, 2003 and January 7, 2004 at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford.
On December 16, 2003, Eunice DiBella, LeAnn Johnson, and Don Ballinger met with representatives of the Department of Corrections (DOC) regarding electronic imaging services that DOC would like to offer to state agencies. They are seeking the approval of the Office of the Public Records Administrator.
Eunice DiBella submitted written testimony to the Freedom of Information Commission in December 2003 regarding Proposed Declaratory Ruling #94. This proposed ruling deals with e-mail and voice mail as public records. Eunice DiBella has been granted intervenor status and will testify at the hearing in late January on behalf of the State Library.
January 9, 2004 was George Miller's last day at the State Records Center in the position of part time clerk typist. George accepted a full time position as an office assistant at the Department of Corrections.
State Archives
On December 17, 2003, State Archivist Mark Jones visited the Insurance Department, Financial Regulation Division to do a records appraisal. On January 9, 2004, Mark Jones conducted a tour of the Van Block facility for staff of that department.
On Wednesday, January 21, 2004, Mark Jones will attend a luncheon at Trinity College sponsored by the Hartford Studies Project. Dr. Jones was one of the original founders of the project and has been associated with it for almost twenty years. At the luncheon, the Project Director will announce that the Rockefeller's Foundation Partnerships Affirming Community Transformation Program has awarded Trinity College a grant to complete "Hartford 1969/2004: A Community Film Project." During the ceremony, Mark Jones will be cited as one of the two independent outside commentators who wrote a letter of support for the project.
Assistant State Archivist Bruce Stark attended a meeting of Society of American Archivists 2004 Program Committee in Boston, December 5-7, 2003. Mr. Stark attended a meeting of Association for the Study of Connecticut History Program Committee, January 12, 2004 held at the State Library.
The Court Records Project is now fully back and running. At the end of 2003, we have processed 412 boxes, or about 100 feet of records. In addition, we have identified a total of 347 cases involving African Americans and Native Americans.
Bruce Stark is continuing to process our collection of local government records. Mr. Stark has completed work on the Hartland Town Records, (Record Group 062) which amounts to 27 boxes, or about 12 feet of records. Bruce also completed a finding aid for these records, which is available to researchers.


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