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I just use my shirt and pants.Further down on the pants for dirtier stuff, cleaner as I go up and onto my shirt.This is backpackingLIGHT so you have to expect non-answers to your request for pack towel suggestionsOr Ken will tell you that you're not posting in the right forum : )Or Nick will ask about infomercials...
I have the towel linked above. I bought an XL and cut it in half. It weighs 2 oz or so. I like to swim at just about any opportunity and I don'tfind the weight obtrusive. My base weight goes between 12 and 17lbs. I'll never be a true UL'r. The towel dries well and I like it
the first and only direct answer to my question...the others seem to be just out to prove they have a 'better' way...Bill D
"Can you all tell me what is the lightest / best backpacking towel?" "So wondering if there is something better out there now."sigh.You should have added that it must be marketed as a pack towel. And that you are not open to new ideas or methodology. Old dog, new trick , not happening. I get it.Also the suggestion given is heavier than your current choice.
Edited by kthompson on 08/24/2013 22:56:15 MDT.
I've been using 0.6 oz of AquaDry, a synthetic chamois sold in...Target, I think, in the automobile section. It positively GULPS water off the tent in the morning. And works well for cleaning up the body. One third of an AD chamois is 0.6 oz.
Edited by Bolster on 08/24/2013 22:54:03 MDT.
Relax Bill, no one is critical of you. Most here are looking to minimize weight and focus on multiple use items when possible; while staying warm, dry, and safe. Most of us have some sort of "heavy" luxury item. If you want a pack towel, by all means get one. Just that a lot of folks here don't use them for the reasons already stated. Plus Max is gone for a couple months and there is no one to pick on and we need a diversion ;) -- but Max is a good kid and we like him :)
" there is no one to pick on and we need a diversion..."let's pick on Myles for posting in the wrong forumor Nick for not knowing what an infomercial is (I don't believe you by the way, you're just making a joke)
For wiping water off of me or my my gear, especially the tent, there is nothing better than a ShamWow but one of the coolest products I've found lately has to be Wysi Wipeswww.canawipe.comSuper dehydrated 9 X 10 inch cloth wipe that weighs only 1.5 grams.It re-hydrates with a few drops of water and is washable and re-usable and biodegradable. These are great for wiping off your face, neck and other unmentionable body parts.Amazon sells them for around 13.00 for 100 towels.
Edited by DharmaDog on 08/25/2013 02:36:50 MDT.
I've used an MSR (Cascade Designs) pack towel for years. Mine is 11" X 24" and weighs one ounce. It dries very quickly, has a snap button hang loop on one corner (I hang it on my pack to dry it out) and it dries quickly (and doesn't just push the water around the way some of the quick dry pack towels do). I suspect the Nano is just the updated, lighter version of my towel. I've had mine for at least 6 years and it's still in good shape.
I have the same MSR Pack Towel, but I cut mine in half, as it seemed unnecessarily large. It works ok, but like all synthetic towels, doesn't absorb water that well unless it's already thoroughly damp. I've been experimenting with a square cut from an old cotton flannel pillow case, which seems to work better. The fabric is pretty worn, so it's thin and dries quickly.
Bill,I have used two pack towels over the years that I would recommend. They are pictured below with a 20oz water bottle thrown in for scale:The one on the left is an Aquis Adventures Microfiber Towel which measures in at 9" x 13" and is super plush. The one on the right is a Cascade Designs Packtowl (Original) that was cut in half. It measures in at about 17" x 17.5" and is much thinner than the Aquis Towel, but also lighter.The Aquis weighs 35 grams (1.23 ounces):The Packtowl weighs 23 grams (0.81 ounces):Even though it's heavier I usually take the Aquis Adventures Microfiber towel because it just has a much nicer feel to it and is also a much more manageable size, IMO.If it's really sunny, and I think that I will need to cover my neck during a trip, I will take the Original Packtowl because I can use it in conjunction with my hat to provide shade for my neck.Both of the towels work well, but I honestly find that the Packtowl is unnecessarily large for most of my drying-off purposes.I find that a smaller towel, wrung out more frequently, is a much better system for drying things off than a larger towel. It is also much easier to pack and much easier to wring out.If I was you, I would go with a smaller packtowel than what you have been using. Try it out and see if it works for you. You don't need to buy anything too expensive. Those other "ultralight" Cascade Designs Packtowls suck in my opinion (they are not very absorbent), and to me seem just seem like a way for Cascade Designs to try and charge extra for something labelled as "ultralight." You could always get an original weight Cascade Designs Packtowl and cut it into a much smaller square than what I've got. You could easily go with a 8" x 8" square, and that would only weigh in at about 6 grams (when it was dry at least).I hope this was helpful. Good luck with your pack towel search!
Thanks Derek,I appreciate the work you put into that thorough response... helpful...though it does lack the spice of ego and personal attack of the previous responders :)Bill D
REI has the Cascade Designs Packtowels on sale right now, 35% off.
I've been using light loads with a lot of success. Cheap, barely weigh anything, compact, absorbent and a durable enough. Will they last forever? no, but I've used them for everything from a filter, to wiping off condensation, to scrubbing dishes, to starting a fire.
Thanks Corbin,but I have not had great experience with light loads... they pretty much shred after a few days... plus, they're not all that light... I find I need two of them to dry off in any kind of reasonable time... at .5 oz each that's 2 x .5 = 1 oz... which is more than the .8 oz packtowls that are available...why two towels? well.. when using cold water in a cold breeze I want to dry off as QUICK as possible to get warm again... one just doesn't cut it for me... even using two they are both shredded into fluff by the end of an 8 day trip... Personal choice, but I find the packtowels better for the job... more water absorption per unit weight and they hold up better...thanks for your response... but it is an option that I've tried...Bill D...
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nice tab, man. the only flaw that I found was in the chorus. When he repeats, "Why don't cha tell me" it goes from F#m to A---not D to A. other than that, great job
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Cha Cha Moon was opened by Alan Yau (of Hakkasan and Yauatcha fame) in 2008, but soon afterwards the Kuwait-based conglomerate that financed this brand-in-waiting became the majority stakeholder. It's a low-budget yet stylishly designed no-bookings restaurant serving the Hong Kong staple of soup noodles. But instead of focusing on Cantonese mein dong (noodle stall) classics, it offers a culinary journey that ricochets around Singapore, Malaysia and all corners of China. We played safe with an order of seafood ho fun, and a crispy duck lao mian. The lao mian (in this case, tagliatelle-like flat noodles) were served as a neat but claggy mound, the fatty duck to one side – a bit of an assembly-line dish. The ho fun at least contained a good array of seafood, though the rough chunks of onion and cloying sauce undermined the other components. Service was confused and haphazard. The once-stylish light shades – now badly scorched by the light bulbs – remain unreplaced, and the rest of the operation also seems to be showing signs of disrepair. Prices have risen markedly despite this, with 'main dishes' now costing £15 or more, though the smaller dishes (around £7-£9) are sufficient for most appetites.
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Truly delicious food in this ultra cool space.
It might be in one of the most foodie saturated areas in the West End (Kingsley Court) but Cha Cha Moon is heads and tails above them all. I've been eating there since they opened in 2008 and their Singapore fried noodles is still a knockout. Cheap, cheerful but generous on quality. The only catch is that it gets insanely busy on the weekends - and you might need to chase up a waitress or two for your meal. Otherwise, it's one for the hit list.
I went the one evening of a friend recommendation, I had Singapore noodles and some dumplings. The noodle came fast, but the dumplings came a while after I finished my noodles.
Crispy Duck Lao Mian is one of the best I have ever had in London."Order placed via dinein.co.uk.
A cheap yet satisfying lunch stop in the heart of the Carnaby St experience. If you're looking for a hearty alternative to expensive sandwiches on offer in chain cafes and also want to get away from the the busy streets, give this place a try.
These 1 star, revues seem fake.... it's reasonably priced, amazing food.... excellent noodle bar style service... 100% better than Wagamma and its type. When your in central London and want a quick bite to eat, this is your place.
The best noodles that I've ever had. Great non-alcoholic drinks menu. It's my favourite restaurant in London
Really wish I'd have read the reviews before going here. Should have really known as everywhere else in soho was a 30 minute wait yet Cha Cha Moon had loads of tables. Really is a poor mans wagamama, the Thai curry tasted like hot water with curry powder mixed in. I'd recommend persevering with the queue down the road at Busaba or failing that nip to the corner shop and invest 69p on a beef pot noodle, you'll enjoy a far more authentic and all round tastier experience
I went to Cha Cha Moon with a friend last night. The food was bad and the service was appalling. We were warned when we ordered that the food 'would arrive as soon as it's ready'. Our mains were served separately, with a 30-minute gap. The noodles were tasteless and unappealing. The duck salad at £8.50 ended up being pieces of duck with a couple of lettuce leaves. I had to ask for tap water twice as my order was blatently being ignored. The waiter finally swung ONE glass of water across the table as he dashed passed. At this rate, we might have had better service at a fast food joint. Not going back, that's for sure!
First and last time at cha cha moons.I was absolutely appalled by the service, 3 noodle dishes arrived 30 seconds after we had placed the order so naturally we didn't think it was for us as had ordered starters. The waitress was so rude and made it clear she was really annoyed when we realised one of the plates must be ours even though no sign of starters? 'But you just said this wasn't yours' (and sighed!) I have never had such poor service, and when we mentioned it on departure they explained it was because it was so busy. Manners don't cost anything! Left irriatated and the food was pretty poor anyhow - disappointed with my main but the starters were ok. DO NOT GO HERE!!
I have never bothered to review a meal before, but was moved to do so today following what was probably the worst food I have ever had in a restaurant. Truly inedible - and when I said so at the end of the meal the waiter didn't offer any apology, which added insult to injury. Yes its cheap, but any amount would be too much for the food I was served today.
Terrible place, avoid at all costs. Mushy, overcooked noodles, flavourless sauce and dry duck. Amazingly manages to be worse than Wagamama, quite a feat!
Truly Awful- one of the worst restaurants in London & overpriced. Will NEVER go back!
I've been to quite a few top notch restaurants and would recommend this one to my friends. Service has improved over the years but this isn't fine dining, its a noodle bar. Food is freshly prepared unlike other places I've been to. The char-grilled chicken lao mian and xo beans are my favourite dishes. The lemongrass, lime and apple is an excellent thirst quencher. If you're still hungry go for the banana and melon fritters, alot for one person but they're delicious and addictive. I don't understand why so many negatives, this restaurant has proven to be on of the best places for noodles at affordable prices. Well.. thats my opinion.
I don't understand why all these reviews are bad. I've eaten here often, never had an issue with the service (yes, it's not fantastic) and the food is great. Beef Pepper Udon and the Chicken dumplings are my favourites, but I've been here with friends, dates, people from work and enjoyed it every time. Ignore these other reviews.


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Brothers are doin' it for themselves: Hooper, Jerris, Polito & Rosenthal
In my career, I've worked as an associate literary agent, for a book publisher, at Reuters and in magazine publishing. Because of that, the rise of new media has particularly fascinated me. Even in the '90s, I could not believe it took a year for a book to come out once it was signed up. It can still take that long. Working at a magazine, it was incredibly frustrating to try to make a monthly magazine seem fresh when it was finally printed—about the best we could do was print an issue called "March" in January to make it seem newer than new.
In particular, I've been interested in how technology has affected self-publishing, which these days is pretty much synonymous with e-publishing. Back when I was pulling terrible manuscripts off the "slush" pile at the agency and, later, at St. Martin's Press, a self-published author was engaged in "vanity publishing" because there was almost no chance the book in question could have any value if the author hadn't been able to snag a traditional publisher.
Sam Rosenthal, author of Rye, which he describes as a "genderQueer erotic novel"—sex sells in self-publishing!—points out that the stigma of doing it yourself might have been unique to book publishing all along.
"I've run my own record label [Projekt Records] for many years. In book, it's called 'self-publishing,' while in music it's called 'an independent label.'"
Regardless, the ease with which one can now publish one's own work has made the traditional publishing model feel both cumbersome and less profitable, leading to some amazing books (and quite a few financial successes) to spring out of the self-publishing craze. And, of course, some real dogs. But if it's your dog, wouldn't you rather share it than be told by some gatekeepers that it doesn't deserve a chance? 50 Shades of Grey (which started life as a piece of online Twilight fan fiction) is one of the most amateurish pieces of nonsense I've ever read, and yet it's changed publishing—and its author's life—forever.
To get some perspectives on self-publishing, I reached out to several authors with diverse works, all of interest to an LGBT audience. Their insights might be helpful if you've ever considered becoming a part of what entrepreneurial guru Seth Godin has called our new "connection economy."
His journey to self-publishing If It's a Choice, My Zygote Chose Balls: Making Sense of Senseless Controversy started when he was approached by a (major) traditional publisher.
"Wait, there are topics besides LGBT rights?" Hooper jokes when asked why he felt compelled to write his book—a top seller on Amazon since publication. "This is the fight to which I have dedicated this part of my life, and I felt that I've had an interesting journey within (and leading up to) it and that I had an interesting way to tell it—so I did." As it stands, he's ready to produce more books. "I have several ideas, some of them LGBT but most of them not. One of the more frustrating things I encountered in the traditional publishing world is the sense that LGBT books are no longer necessary. This kind of thinking blows my mind. I might help to correct that oversight."
"This began a five-year process of working within the traditional publishing world, through which I teamed with multiple agents, editors and creative groupings," he recalls. His goal was to produce "a project that would be both poignant and marketable," but it was a classic case of too many chefs.
Rosenthal agrees about the creative conflicts that can come with the old-school publishing model.
"I didn't want some publisher telling me how to write the book they wanted to see; I wrote the book that I wanted to see."
"Everyone had advice," Hooper recalls, conceding that some of it was sound. "However, we never reached that perfect balance that I felt retained my voice and mission with a project that the big houses thought would sell in a way that made it worth their time."
Hooper felt compelled to create his own imprint—Good As You—and proceed on his own.
Frank Anthony Polito, a friend of mine whose acting career is readily evident in his cinematic (think: John Hughes) coming-of-age novels Band Fags! (2008) and Drama Queers! (2009), had already worked for a book publisher as well as being published by one when he decided to self-publish his thematic follow-up Lost in the '90s last year.
For Frank Anthony Polito, Lost in the '90s was a labor of love. "Lost in the '90s came about after I'd already written two other books that were set in the 1980s. I felt that moving into the next decade was a natural progression. Because I was writing for a 'young adult' audience, I wanted to share with readers the experience of life in another, simpler time—before cellphones and Facebook took over." He's currently writing a sequel to Drama Queers! called The Spirit of Detroit. "As of now, the plan is to self-publish by the summer. Again, I want to have the creative control that self-publishing allows."
"My agent spent an entire year submitting the novel to all the major publishers," he says. "While we were all in agreement that the writing was solid, most felt that teen readers wouldn't relate to the story's 1990s setting. Since I'd already written the book, I didn't want it to go to waste—I felt I had nothing to lose."
And then there is the case of Tony Jerris, whose dishy celebrity tome Marilyn Monroe: My Little Secret struck me as the type of book a traditional publisher would drool over. Jerris was introduced to Jane Lawrence several years ago, quickly becoming fascinated by her story of having been the president of Marilyn Monroe's fan club, one who both interacted with her and who claimed to have had sexual encounters with the sex siren as an adolescent.
"As a former New Yorker, I feel I'm a pretty good judge of character," Jerris says of his gut feeling that Jane Lawrence was telling him the truth about her intimacies with Marilyn Monroe. "With Jane, what you saw was what you got. She always wanted to tell her story—not for the purpose of sensationalism, but to show a side of Marilyn that was often misconstrued by the press. With that said, I had my work cut out for me to verify that what Jane was telling me was true." Her relatives' positions in the studio system helped to show that Lawrence had the kind of access she alleged. When Lawrence died, Jerris was a man on a mission. "If anything, her death kicked me in the butt to complete the story in my lifetime."
"Her apartment was like a shrine to Marilyn, with pictures and autographs, all authenticated by Christie's. She had always wanted to tell her story, but she wasn't a writer; I optioned her life rights." Thinking he had a sure thing, Jerris learned the hard way how the establishment works. "After finally finishing the manuscript, I shopped it to some of the top dogs in the literary world, and there were several interested in taking it on—had Jane been alive." Lawrence had died "out of the blue" while Jerris worked on paid projects and attempted to get a hold on how he wanted to tell her story.
Her death was a huge blow—"I'm a writer, not a medium!"—but it was not the end of the line. "I realized after one year that I could either keep seeking more agents/publishers, or just go for it and self-publish since that seemed to be the route a lot of writers were taking. So I did."
All of the books in this piece are—in my humble opinion—well worth your time. But I still wondered if others, even self-published authors, thought the old stigma of "vanity publishing" still applied.
Hooper doesn't see it.
"To be honest, I don't think there are these clear lines any more. Just like 'blogging' is a term that can encompass a million different sites, independent publishing can mean several different things. We now have news outlets and reporters putting out instant eBooks. We have sites like HuffPo that have their own publishing arms and major retailers like Amazon creating multiple different ways to create new content (or poach backlist content). We have indie authors who are picked up by major publishing houses that think they can market the product in a new and better way. These products can be terrible, grand or somewhere in between regardless of who puts them out. But now, people have more ways to give it a shot. The process has become very democratic in a very exciting way."
"There's garbage in all the channels," Rosenthal asserts. "I run my own independent record label and it's all about short runs and the underground. Most of the really good work is coming from the underground, so I don't even think about it in terms of 'vanity.' Really, the chance the next amazing writer is signed to a traditional publishing company is pretty unlikely."
But Polito, with his experience working for a mainstream publisher, is a bit more skeptical.
"Sadly, I do think the majority of self-published books aren't very good. I've taken a look at quite a few and most are not only poorly written, but the formatting is all wrong. The lines are indented too far—or not enough. The spacing is incorrect. Chapter headings and titles aren't the right size. I know what a 'real' book looks like, so I worked very hard to make my own self-pubbed book look just as good as any other."
Speaking of format, one thing that might boggle your mind if you're not big on e-reading (of the authors I spoke to, only Hooper is "a 100% e-reader") is the technical aspect of self-publishing. Along with creative considerations (Rosenthal heartily recommends spending money on an editor, most agree that a professionally designed cover is a wise investment), prospective publishers need to have a grasp on how to make their work available.
"Because I'd already published three 'real' books," Polito says, "I wanted to make sure that I had a hard copy of my book available. I went with CreateSpace, which is owned by Amazon. Overall, I found the experience quite satisfying. CS allowed me to choose my own imprint—for a $10 fee—unlike a lot of self-publishing platforms that want to be listed as the book's publisher. CS provides a template that I used to format the book's interior to the specific page size and provide services that will help writers who aren't able to do this on their own. Once the book is completed, you can order a hard copy proof or view the file digitally, and they offer discounts for writers to purchase copies.
"For Kindle, I created the file myself (using HTML on MS Word) and uploaded to Amazon via their Kindle Direct Publishing platform. Initially, I created a Nook Book on my own, but later decided to go with Smashwords."
All the bases should be covered.
Hooper says, "I use all of the platfoms (and my book is available on all three of the major e-sellers). With any form of publishing, platform is key. The consumer has so many options now and all of them are instantly available. If you don't have some sort of presence, it's really hard to make people care."
Something the authors agree on is that self-publishing, while making publication attainable, is no cake walk.
"The thing to remember is that everything is on you," Hooper warns. "Every last detail is yours to decide, which is both freeing and nerve-wracking. As someone who as been making my own editorial decisions on a daily basis for nine years, I was perhaps more comfortable with this process than others might be."
Jerris says simply, "Be prepared." Self-publishing is hardly worth it if you're just going to put the book out and see what happens. "Get the word out about your book and run with any and every article or TV/radio interview you have. The more people who know about it, the better, and that includes friends."
Polito stresses promotion above all.
"If you have the money to invest, I would say that the most important thing to spend it on is a publicist or marketing person. Or on advertising. Anyone can publish a book, but the goal is to make that book stand out—and SELL."
"Good As You is everything," Hooper says of his Web site's role in plugging his book. "Not just the site, but my social media outreach has been key to selling. Plus, through my work, I've been lucky enough to make major connections. The community really came out—from groups like HRC and GLAAD to allied sites like Towleroad to prominent voices like Dan Savage—and helped me push the product. It was an easier task than if I were an unknown activist."
This can be more challenging if your book isn't about a teenage girl seduced by an icon, you don't own a wildly successful blog and/or you aren't loaded, but there are options for any budget.
Polito has relied heavily on the free and far-reaching Facebook. "I've searched for any '90s-related fan pages and have posted about the book. It isn't as easy to do as it used to be and no one likes the hard sell, so I also did a free book giveaway via GoodReads. That helped getting people's interest in the book before it was published."
Rosenthal sought to create a book that would be unique. "It appealed to me as something that needed to be said. New ideas of gender, and relationships, and putting that into a context with interesting and humorous characters rather than serving it up as a dry, theoretical discussion. I wrote Rye to entertain myself." More than entertaining, it involved training. "It's been 15 years since I wrote my prior novel. It was a process of learning how to write in this format again, getting into the habit and working at it all the time."
And don't throw away the baby with the bathwater—plenty of traditionall methods of promotion can work as well with e-books as they do with the kind made from trees. Rosenthal did a Rye reading tour.
"In December, I was in San Francisco and Los Angeles. I arranged readings at two sex-toy stores and a kinky coffee shop. Now I am arranging readings on the East Coast."
But he's also done as much e-legwork as legwork, e-mailing 40 blogs a week in the hopes of generating what will expand into viral-level interest.
"A self-published book has to smolder before it can catch fire. That's done by word-of-mouth," he says. "I am working to get the word out."
If any of you have had good or bad experiences self-publishing in print or online, I'm all ears.


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1872: July 1: Otto Harrassowitz and Oscar Richter founded the company of Richter & Harrassowitz, Antiquariats- und Verlagsbuchhandlung, in Leipzig/Germany.
1874: Antiquariatskatalog 14 is issued, the first catalog entirely devoted to Asian and Oriental Studies.
1875: The partners separate. Otto Harrassowitz assumes single control of the company, now named OTTO HARRASSOWITZ.
1880: The export business to Scandinavia, Italy, the Balkan States is in full swing, covering largely German antiquarian books and imports from the Near East.
1882: On December 5, 1882, Justin Winsor, the Librarian of the Harvard College Library, writes to ask whether HARRASSOWITZ is ready to supply new German scholarly publications to the Widener Library. Otto Harrassowitz responds by return of mail and outlines his terms. This exchange develops into a close business association that is maintained to this day.
1884: In the wake of the purchase of the second-hand stock of Koehler's Antiquarium, the HARRASSOWITZ antiquarian activities concentrate on the Humanities and Social Sciences.
1884: HARRASSOWITZ publishes the newly founded "Zentralblatt fuer Bibliothekswesen". Beginning of the publishing activities in the subject of Books and Librarianship.
1885: A major increase of the contacts with North American libraries results in the foundation of an American Department at HARRASSOWITZ.
1897: At the 25th anniversary of the firm, more than 40 of the leading US research libraries have chosen HARRASSOWITZ as their supplier for current and antiquarian German publications. Our old coding system permits us to identify this group of "founding customers" of the HARRASSOWITZ Library Agency.
1901: HARRASSOWITZ first distributes, then publishes, the journal "Oriens Christianus". Asian and Oriental Studies are established as the major publishing activity.
1902: HARRASSOWITZ begins to publish the "Jahrbuch der deutschen Bibliotheken". Library Science becomes another key subject of the Publishing Section.
1908: Hans Harrassowitz, son of Otto, is the first representative of the firm to work and travel in the United States.
1915: Hans Harrassowitz takes over the directorship of the company from his father.
1915: When war actions block shipments from reaching North America, the standing order and journal issues for North American libraries are collected and stored until the end of the war.
1916: The University of Chicago Library entrusts a Blanket Order to HARRASSOWITZ to collect war materials, pamphlets, propaganda, ephemeral and fugitive materials. The Blanket Order concept is discussed controversially with the History Department on campus: "to give blanket orders to booksellers, as we have done in the case of Sotheran and Harrassowitz, is only safe where we have absolute faith in the good judgement and the absolute honesty of the dealer " (letter of J.C.M. Hanson, the Associate Librarian to the History Department of the University of Chicago, dated May 17, 1917).
1922: Antiquarian Catalog #392 (Tausend alte Drucke aus drei Jahrhunderten 1468-1772) is issued on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the company, at the height of inflation: The insert announces a 50% price increase for the items offered since the release of the catalog from the printers.
1923: Hans Harrassowitz travels to the United States to renew personal contacts and to negotiate new pricing policies for German books in the wake of the post-war economic situation in Germany.
1931: Publication of the first volume of the standard work: "Handbuch der Bibliothekswissenschaft", edited by Fritz Milkau and completed with the third volume by Georg Leyh in 1940 (2nd rev. edition, ed. by G. Leyh, 3 volumes in 4 parts, plus index volume, Wiesbaden 1955-1961).
1933: Karl Markert is forced to close his Slavica and Judaica Antiquariat Markert & Petters, joins HARRASSOWITZ, and becomes head of the Second-Hand Department. With his expertise, Slavic Studies turns into another key subject area in the HARRASSOWITZ antiquarian and publishing activities.
1936: A Richard W. Dorn joins the company as head of the department serving libraries in China.
1939: After the outbreak of World War II shipments go to libraries overseas as long as loopholes via Switzerland, Portugal, and Bermuda can be used. Once the embargo tightens, standing order and subscription materials are again collected and stored in countryside locations through the end of the war.
1941: HARRASSOWITZ shipments are screened by the authorities. Hans Harrassowitz receives an official reprimand for having distributed catalogs (Aschehoug/Oslo & Munksgard/Kopenhagen) that advertise works of Jewish authors, such as Vicky Baum, Lion Feuchtwanger, Hermann Kesten, Franz Werfel, Stefan Zweig, and Jakob Wassermann (letter of the Reichsschrifttumskammer of 30.10.41, copy to the Staatssicherheitsdienst).
1943: The offices of the company are totally destroyed in the air raid of the night of December 4, and so is the entire antiquarian and publisher's stock of close to a million volumes. Hans Harrassowitz continues to operate the firm out of his private apartment.
1945: Immediately after World War II, the Library of Congress Mission takes over the war-time stock of standing orders and subscriptions and, as part of the LC Cooperative Acquisitions Project, arranges for redistribution of the materials to research libraries in the USA.
1947: Hans Harrassowitz commissions Richard W. Dorn to establish a branch of the company in Wiesbaden in the American Zone after it became apparent that international trading arrangements could not be maintained from the Leipzig location.
1947: Otto Albrecht of the Music Faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, in his capacity as Cultural Officer of the US Military Branch in the American Zone, authorizes the establishment of HARRASSOWITZ in Wiesbaden.
1948: The word gets around. The first letter from the States reaches Wiesbaden even before the opening of the office has been announced, signed by Mr. John Fall, Chief of the Acquisitions Division of the New York Public Library (letter of Jan. 29, 1948).
1949: The Wiesbaden Office gains momentum fast. Felix O. Weigel joins Richard W. Dorn and revives the antiquarian and the Asian/Oriental Studies activities.
1950: Mr. Keyes Metcalf, Harvard Librarian, visits Wiesbaden and assigns the German Farmington Plan to HARRASSOWITZ. Other American Research libraries immediately contract individualized Secondary Subject Assignments with HARRASSOWITZ, including return privileges, thus, in effect, creating the first approval plans for German publications with HARRASSOWITZ.
1951: The East German authorities in Leipzig use a legal excuse to close and expropriate the company. The sections of the company are incorporated into newly established state controlled firms, such as Buch Export, Zentralantiquariat, VEB Bibliographisches Institut, and Verlag Enzyklopädie. The name of HARRASSOWITZ disappears in Leipzig in 1955. The legal decision was only revoked after unification in 1996.
1953: Richard W. Dorn makes his first trip to North America to reestablish the personal contacts with U.S. and Canadian libraries.
1954: Wilfred Becker Jr. joins the company and assumes the responsibility for the financial management.
1955: Wilfred Becker Sr. joins the company as partner and managing director.
1958: Richard W. Dorn travels to Australia as the first European bookseller to do so. All Australian university libraries become customers of HARRASSOWITZ. The same happens with New Zealand libraries a couple of years later.
1959: The German Government Foundation, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, initiates the long-term project by which an inventory is drawn up of the manuscript and incunabula holdings of German libraries. The Publishing House of HARRASSOWITZ is assigned the responsibility for these catalogs.
1960: Throughout the 1960s, additional Approval Plan contracts are negotiated with U.S. libraries for publications from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, beyond the original Farmington Plan assignments.
1964: Knut Dorn joins the company for Customer Services and Marketing. He upgrades and refines cooperation with U.S. libraries in the areas of Approval Plans and Collection Development.
1964: After the death of Hans Harrassowitz, his wife, Gertrud Harrassowitz, inherits his share of the company. The company is restructured to form a partnership with Gertrud Harrassowitz, Wilfred Becker Sr., Richard W. Dorn, and Felix O. Weigel as partners and managing directors.
1965: Wilfred Becker Jr. is accepted into the partnership.
1966: The Library of Congress assigns the Title II responsibility for German publications to HARRASSOWITZ and establishes a Field Office in Wiesbaden to organize the Shared Cataloging Project between LC, the Deutsche Bibliothek in Frankfurt, and HARRASSOWITZ. Current German books are supplied to LC with the cataloging information established in the Wiesbaden Field Office.
1966: Antiquarian Catalog 500 is released: "Orientalische Handschriften: Türkische, Persische und Arabische MSS des 14.-19. Jahrhunderts".
1970: HARRASSOWITZ extends its library services to include full coverage of European research publications, books and journals, in all fields.
1971: The Music Department, established in 1968, receives the first approval orders for European music scores from SUNY Buffalo and Northwestern University. Many other music libraries in North America join in on the program.
1972: Knut Dorn is accepted into the partnership and assumes the responsibility for the Library Services.
1978: HARRASSOWITZ establishes a service and contact office in the United States.
1980: A decade begins in which HARRASSOWITZ extends its role of a Subscription Agency servicing European SCI/TECH/MED journals to Academic and Research Libraries all over the world.
1982: The 100th anniversary of the business relationship between HARVARD and HARRASSOWITZ is celebrated in the Widener Library.
1983: Mrs. Gertrud Harrassowitz, the last bearer of the name of the company founder, passes away.
1984: The Publishing Department of HARRASSOWITZ and the Herzog August Bibliothek in Wolfenbüttel initiate a cooperative venture by which HARRASSOWITZ is entrusted with the distribution of the library's research publications on Baroque and Renaissance Studies.
1986: The archives of the Newberry Library identify the exact date (September 24, 1887) when the first order was placed with HARRASSOWITZ very shortly after the foundation of the library. The first two European booksellers of the Newberry, Stevens & Brown and HARRASSOWITZ, celebrate the 100th anniversary with the library staff in Chicago.
1986: Friedemann Weigel joins the company as partner, assuming the responsibility of the Information Systems Director.
1990: Ruth Becker joins the company as partner, assuming the responsibility of the Accounting Director.
1990: A decade begins in which HARRASSOWITZ extends its subscription services to include North American journals and journals published anywhere in the world. HARRASSOWITZ successfully moves from a European agent to a truly globally operating subscription agent.
1992: As a full project member of EDILIBE (Electronic Data Interchange for Libraries and Booksellers in Europe), HARRASSOWITZ actively participates in the design and development of UN/EDIFACT based standards for book EDI transactions between libraries and booksellers.
1994: OttoSerials, the HARRASSOWITZ online serials program is introduced. Through OttoSerials, free user-friendly access is provided to the entire HARRASSOWITZ serials database and to the customer service module for the library standing orders and subscriptions.
1995: In close cooperation with EDItEUR, the EDI standards for the complete cycle of monograph transactions are implemented by HARRASSOWITZ.
1996: The City Court of Leipzig officially declares that the expropriation and dissolution of the company of HARRASSOWITZ / Leipzig enforced by the former East German authorities in 1951 has not had any legal base.
1996: HARRASSOWITZ creates the company's Home Page.
1997: HARRASSOWITZ partners with HighWire Press, the Internet Imprint of the Stanford University Libraries, with the common aim in mind to employ web-based technologies to improve scholarly communication.
1997: HARRASSOWITZ celebrates the 125th anniversary and releases the announcement on E-journal Services.
1997: In a festive commemoration, Harvard remembers the year 1872: The 125 year anniversary of HARRASSOWITZ which coincides with their 115 year association with our company, as well as the establishing of the first formal Chair of German Language and Literature at Harvard 125 years ago.
1999: OCLC accepts HARRASSOWITZ records for inclusion in WorldCat.
2000: HARRASSOWITZ releases the first version of OttoEditions, the online database for monographs and music scores, launched with web based searching, library ordering, and claiming functions.
2000: A decade begins in which HARRASSOWITZ extends its subscription services to include electronic journals on a comprehensive basis. The company is accepted by libraries as a reliable partner in matters of e-resources management issues.
2001: RLG accepts HARRASSOWITZ records into the RLIN database.
2003: As part of a long-term business perspective, HARRASSOWITZ moves to a new custom-designed building complex on Kreuzberger Ring in the suburb of Wiesbaden-Erbenheim.
2005: OttoSerials, the HARRASSOWITZ online database for serials and continuations has been upgraded. OttoSerials is entirely webbased and represents HARRASSOWITZ' online management system for periodicals and standing orders.
2005: HARRASSOWITZ defines its service lines for the management of electronic resources by collecting and bundling the targeted features in HERMIS 4.0, the agenda for HARRASSOWITZ Electronic Resources Management and Information Solutions.
2007: HARRASSOWITZ is ISO 9001:2000 certified for its entire range of library services in providing scholarly books and periodicals to university and research libraries worldwide. The certification specifically mentions the effectiveness of internal communication within HARRASSOWITZ and refers to the high degree of motivation and performance on part of the HARRASSOWITZ staff.
2009: HARRASSOWITZ is entrusted with the world wide distribution of Parker Library on the Web, an interactive, web-based workspace designed to support the use and study of the manuscripts in the historic Parker Library at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. It is a foundation funded cooperative enterprise for which Cambridge University did the scanning of the images and provided the scholarly research and Stanford University developed the technology and the business model. Parker Library on the Web is a live project that is committed to the continuing update of the bibliography and the ongoing upgrade of functionalities to keep pace with new database technology developments.
2010: After a decade of successful handling of e-journals HARRASSOWITZ has included e-books into its portfolio. The HARRASSOWITZ database OttoEditions provides the underpinning for e-book work processes such as bibliographical searching, identification of aggregators as well as firm order and approval plan acquisition options.
2011: Nadja Dorn-Lange is accepted into the partnership of HARRASSOWITZ and assumes the responsibility for the book departments and the personnel management of the Library Service Departments.
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Well.. they gave me a script for 10/325 of Percocet for postop. I have been taking only 5 mg, and take it every 5-6 hours. If I take it more than twice in a day my ears ring so loud a high pitch ring (like just before a fourescent bulb burns out).
Anyway, does anyone else have this problem? Should I call and ask for something different? I'm allergic to NSAIDS and Aspirin, so no Ibuprophen, etc. Darvocet makes me horribly nauseous and so does Lortab, so those are out. Yesterday I tried to take just Tyelenol and at 1 a.m. this morning I totally paid for it, and today I have had horrible muscle spasms too.
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For a guide to best recordings of women's music, see this database. For Women composers of electroacoustic and experimental music, jazz, film music and music for the stage, see this list.
The Kapralova Society, 1998-2014. The women composers database has been developed with the assistance of its users, most notably with the assistance of Dr. Ellen J. Burns and her students at the University at Albany Departments of Music and Women's Studies. We gratefully acknowledge their contribution. For other resources relevant to this subject visit our women in music internet project.


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Seven people shot in Chicago shooting
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- June 03, 2014
SEVEN people including a teenager have been shot and wounded in a mass shooting at a Chicago coin laundry.
A 14-year-old was rushed to hospital in a serious to critical condition, the Chicago Tribune reported.
Many of the victims, most of whom were said to be young adults, were "laid out" on the floor of the laundry.
No one is in custody yet. Police told reporters they were working to confirm additional details.
Scene where 7 people were shot in Chicago tonight. Witnesses say some were inside Coin Laundry. pic.twitter.com/QhweYGcRUL— Rob Elgas (@RobElgasNBC) June 3, 2014
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Nov. 15, 2008
Eastern Washington University's turnover woes took a turn for the better in the second half.
The Eagles capitalized on a fumble and a blocked field goal in the third quarter and went on to defeat Northern Arizona 28-13 Saturday (Nov. 15) in a Big Sky Conference football game on Senior Day at Woodward Field in Cheney, Wash.
Trailing 13-0, Eastern scored the final 28 points of the game as its defense held NAU to minus-one yard rushing and recorded five sacks in the contest. Senior Greg Peach had a pair of sacks as he increased his single season (18) and career school records (35 1/2). Senior Lance Witherspoon had a pair of sacks on the same NAU possession in the fourth quarter, as well as forcing and recovering the key fumble that helped give Eastern the lead for good in the third stanza.
Redshirt freshman Zach Johnson had a blocked field goal and a team-leading 13 tackles, and junior Matt Nichols passed for 345 yards and touchdowns to senior Shane Hoffman and junior Tony Davis. Junior Aaron Boyce caught five passes for 157 yards.
It was the fifth-straight game Eastern has held an opponent to less than 20 points -- something that has never been done since EWU became a member of the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision in 1984.
"I was really proud of those seniors and I was really proud of the team in general," said Eastern head coach Beau Baldwin. "We just stayed with it. We were down 13-0 and we're making mistakes, and probably everything that could have gone a little bit wrong was going wrong.
"But we came together both offensively and defensively and made some plays," he continued. "We got back into it in the first half and make a lot of plays in the second half."
For 18 seniors, including 11 four-year letter winners, the victory ended the home season on a high note after losing the last two home games -- a 19-3 loss to Montana on Oct. 11 and a 15-13 setback to Sacramento State on Nov. 1. The Eagles are now 5-5 overall and 4-3 in the league heading into their season finale.
Eastern closes its season at Weber State next Saturday (Nov. 22) at 11:05 a.m. Pacific time. The Wildcats are trying to wrap-up the first outright Big Sky title for a team other than Montana since EWU did it in 1997. An Eagle win next Saturday will open the door for Montana to possibly earn a share of the Big Sky title for the 11th-straight year.
Northern Arizona, meanwhile, ended its season with a four-game losing streak after winning six-straight games. The Lumberjacks, ranked as high as 15th nationally this season, finished 6-5 overall and 4-4 in the Big Sky.
Northern Arizona scored on a pair of field goals to take a 6-0 lead, then capitalized on one of three Eagle turnovers in the half. The Lumberjacks returned an Eastern fumble 21 yards to the Eastern 24-yard line to set-up their lone touchdown and take a 13-0 lead with 6:03 left in the second quarter.
But a 53-yard pass play from Nichols to Boyce on the next offensive play of the game set-up a touchdown run by senior Dale Morris and the Eagles only trailed 13-7 at halftime.
An Eastern fumble on the opening kickoff of the second half was near disaster, but Johnson saved the Eagles with his blocked field goal. The turnover was EWU's fourth in the first 30:05 of the game, but in the last 29:55, the Eagles were flawless.
"Too many," Baldwin said of the four miscues by EWU, which has 23 giveaways this season and just 17 takeaways. "That's something that is going to be huge emphasis, and next year we have to be better in that area, no question. I think that has definitely hurt us in some ballgames.
"We were able to get away with it this week because we were able to come back and make plays," he added. "The defense did a great job even when they were put in tough situations."
Northern Arizona's had only one drive in the second half of longer than 15 yards, and that 65-yard march that ended with a missed field goal late in the third quarter. Eastern, meanwhile, had three of at least 42 yards, scoring on a pair of them.
Eastern's first score of the second half came with 8:26 left in the third quarter on Davis' 5-yard pass from Nichols. That gave Eastern the lead for good at 14-13 and came after Witherspoon got into the backfield on an NAU rushing attempt and forced and recovered a fumble.
Later in the quarter, Eastern drove 73 yards on seven plays as Nichols found Hoffman in the end zone for a touchdown to give EWU a 21-13 advantage. Hoffman, a walk-on whose brother Jesse is a backup safety, finished with four catches for 75 yards after entering the game with no catches in his EWU career.
In the fourth quarter, with Eastern clinging to the eight-point lead, Eastern drove 91 yards on 11 plays and scored on a 2-yard run by senior A.J. Jimerson. The big plays in that drive were a third-down rush for 26 yards by Nichols and a 38-yard pass to Boyce, also on third down.
Nichols, in fact, finished as EWU's leading rusher with 29 yards on three carries as Eastern's next-best rush in the game was just 12 yards. Nichols completed 25-of-42 passes as he had his sixth 300-yard passing game of the season and 12th in his 34-game career. He had a pair of interceptions in the first half.
"I think Matt did a great job even despite a few balls not going his way in the first half," said Baldwin. "He kept fighting and came back and played solid football."
Nichols actually didn't even start the game as senior Alex Smart was given the starting assignment, in addition to EWU's four senior running backs that included Morris, Jimerson, Alexis Alexander and Toke Kefu.
"We were hoping to get a little more out of it," Baldwin said of the makeshift lineup. "Alex is a good quarterback and I have confidence in whatever plays we put in his hands."
When the season began, Eastern was hoping for its fourth berth in the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision Playoffs in the last five years. But next week at Weber State, Eastern will try to salvage its 11th winning season in the last 13 years. And past history in regular season finales is certainly on EWU's side.
In 13 seasons since 1997, only twice has EWU failed to end the regular season with a victory (1998 and 2003). Eastern has ended the regular season with a victory the last four seasons -- as well as seven of the last eight -- including a 40-6 win over Idaho State to end the 2006 campaign. Eastern finished 3-8 that year before rebounding for a 9-4 finish in 2007.


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U.S. National Team beats Panama in Seattle
(Seattle, WA) — The U.S. Men's National Team was sparkling in a 2-0 victory over Panama in a World Cup Qualifying match from CenturyLink Field in Seattle. Jozy Altidore buried a rebound into the back of the net in the 36th minute to give the USA the lead before halftime. Eddie Johnson capped the scoring with a strike in the 53rd minute. The win moves the Americans into first place in the CONCACAF qualifying standings with ten points overall. Mexico and Costa Rica played to a scoreless draw, leaving each tied for second place with eight points. Team USA's next match is June 18th when it plays Honduras at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah.
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Split districts blamed
Daniel J. Chacon Journal Staff Writer
(SANTA FE, N.M.) -- Since the Santa Fe Police Department split its force into two districts in July, officers have been responding to emergency calls an average of 57 seconds faster, the department reported.
Response times for priority-one calls, which require immediate police attention, have decreased about 16 percent between July and November compared to the same time period last year.
Although not as significant, other types of calls for service have seen a decrease in response times, too.
"What it means for Santa Fe both for those who live here and those who visit is that the money being put forth for these police initiatives is showing a return value," Deputy Chief of Police Beverly Lennen said Friday. "It also shows our officers are out there working hard toward the goal of a safer community."
On average, officer response to priority-one calls, such as those involving weapons and injury, have dropped from 5 minutes 46 seconds to 4 minutes 49 seconds during the last five months the police force has been split into two sections, Lennen said.
"Fifty-seven seconds could really make a difference," she said. "So the split did work."
In July, the department's patrol division was divided into two districts as part of a five-year plan dubbed Vision 2003, which is designed to meet the challenges of policing in the city.
District 1 encompasses everything south and southwest of St. Michael's Drive and Old Pecos Trail. District 2 is situated north and northeast of St. Michael's Drive.
Each district is assigned 36 police officers and nine commanders, and both districts are separated into three sections to cover three shifts.
The split was meant to reduce response times. Officers are being dispatched primarily to calls within the assigned district, which covers a smaller geographic area that they should become more familiar with through increased contact.
"We still have some work to do, and the reason for that is our goal is to get that (priority-one) response time down to three minutes," Lennen said.
Once that goal is met, the department will try to improve the response times for other types of emergency calls, which also decreased once the force was split, she said.
In priority-two calls, which include all felonies not in progress, the department reported a 21-second decrease in response times. The response times for priority-three calls, such as minor larcenies and minor sex offenses, decreased 30 seconds.
There was a 49-second increase in the less serious priority-four calls, which include calls about loose animals and the need for police escorts during funerals or when a building is being moved.
"It's not like there's a significant reason for cutting a response time in that category," Lennen said. "That is not critical when a house is waiting to be moved."
The department, which continues to pay hefty amounts of overtime because of a staffing shortage, has other plans to cut response times even further. The department is developing a form that will be available throughout the city, possibly on the Internet, for reports that don't have to be filled out by an officer, such as a report of a minor accident for insurance purposes only, Lennen said.
"That way we can follow up on the priority calls and the more major cases," she said.
Additional officers-in-training will assist in decreasing response times once they hit the streets, Lennen said.
"We're still tweaking (the five-year plan), and we'll continue to do so," she said. "That's the whole point."
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EAST ALTON, Ill. — Police are investigating an incident in which two men harassed a 5-year-old girl and 9-year-old boy last Friday after following the bus that the children were riding. Investigators have contacted the district where the children attend school, and they are reviewing the camera system on the bus as well as footage from surveillance systems in the area.
When the children exited the bus at a bus stop, the two men turned their vehicle around to approach them, KMOV reports. Once they pulled up, the driver of the car greeted the children.
The children told the men they did not know them, and asked why they had been following their bus. The male passenger said, "because I'm a rapist." The children reported that the passenger and driver in the car then started laughing, gave each other a "high five," and drove off, according to the news source.
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