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ENOLA, Pa. -- John "HOUSE" Taylor is perhaps the biggest football player on the gridiron. At 6'11, 500 pounds, he's a human wrecking ball, according to this media report from Pennsylvania CNN affiliate WISHTV.
(CNN/WHP)- A football player with a minor league team in Central Pennsylvania is making quite a name for himself.
John Taylor, number 71, is 6'11" and weighs 500 pounds. Even though he's earned the nickname "House," he's built more like a mansion.
As a lineman for the Central Penn Piranha, his job is to take up space.
"Don't run my way, pretty much that's what I do," said Taylor.
Don't fall into the trap, though, of thinking House is all-powerful. He says he is not.
"There's sometimes when people expect super human things. I'm still a human," said Taylor.
In fact, most games he's watching, not playing, waiting for that moment when the other team only needs a few tough yards. Still, everyone who comes in contact with House never forgets him.
"One time, I actually fell and he fell on top of me, I could have swore I had two broken ribs," said player Nate Gibson.
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The latest college football polls are out and now it's time to rip them to shreds. Senior college basketball writer Gary Parrish has been calling out voters in the major hoops polls for thinking a little bit too far outside of the box when it comes to their AP ballots every week.
With the football season starting, I thought I'd steal take the baton on the idea from my colleague and keep all of the writers across the country who vote honest. I've come to know a good number of these people through time and twitter but relationships do not matter, bad votes do.
AP Poll Coaches Poll
(Details of AP ballots courtesy of PollSpeak.com)
Poll reactions: ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, SEC
Rodney Dangerfield "No respect" team of the week: Illinois
The fighting Zookers are 24th in the AP Poll and unranked in the coaches this week after beating a solid Arizona State team that was ranked last week. The Illini have a very favorable schedule, perhaps the easiest in the Big Ten and plenty of solid young players on both sides of the ball. They have two good coaches in offensive coordinator Paul Petrino and defensive coordinator Vic Koenning who have made a world of difference and should be higher based on what they showed against a good team last Saturday.
Overrated: Texas, Florida
Let's face it, there are a lot of voters who want Texas and Florida to be good. They're national powers with big fan bases, they've been very good in the past and it is much easier to rank teams knowing the Longhorns and Gators are somewhere in the top 10. When it comes to Florida, they've really only played one game - a win against a shaky Tennessee team - and have never left the cozy confines of The Swamp. They have a whole new staff and a team full of players we're really not sure of outside of Jeff Demps or Chris Rainey. They're ranked 15th right now which is just ok but for the 10 voters who had them in your top 12, shame on you. And Doug Lesmerises of the Cleveland Plain Dealer? 8th, really? A Florida team who blew out FAU and beat Tennessee is the 8th best in the country?
Finally, Texas. Kudos for Andy Staples of SI.com for leaving the Longhorns off his ballot completely and justifying it. Of their wins, UCLA is terrible, BYU got killed at home by Utah and Rice is, well, Rice. And that game was on The Longhorn Network so you know something was up. If you look at the ballots you'll also find a familiar name with Texas higher than anyone at 13th: Doug Lesmerises. I know it's not fun to cover Ohio State nowadays but don't punish the rest of the teams around the country by keeping UT and UF ranked high.
California Craziness
A trio of voters from California (CSN Bay Area/CBSSports.com's Ray Ratto, San Jose Mercury News' Jon Wilner, LA Daily News' Scott Wolf) are an interesting voting block. Some would call them progressive, others would call them extreme and just about everybody else will call them crazy given their fluctuations in their ballots each week. All three are consistently in Pollspeak's group of "extreme voters" so we'll highlight the most baffling decision(s) out of each.
My man Wilner finds himself in this space once again as Wolf must be doing just enough to have been the only one of the trio to not make an appearance. He has both USC's ranked higher than anyone with the eastern version fifth and the western version 14th. Georgia and Mississippi State are somehow still on his ballot ahead of Virginia Tech, Baylor and Arkansas. Yes, really. I swear Jon has been working too hard on the realignment mess to actually watch any games. Actually, I hope that's the case because he's a nice guy but a terrible, terrible voter.
What were you thinking? Ohio State
On Saturday, I witnessed first hand how terrible Ohio State was when they played Miami. The Buckeyes looked a step slower than the Hurricanes, turned the ball over, couldn't complete a pass to save their life and never did find a quarterback. Not a bad performance, an awful one. Yet somehow, seven voters decided to put Ohio State ahead of Miami on their ballots despite the head-to-head match up. I understand Ira Schoffel works in Tallahassee but come on.
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Our tech team at CBSSports.com is pretty awesome and came up with this neat tool to take a look at team and region bias in the AP Poll. Check it out below, it's a fun thing to play around with.
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Hey GoodOl... I'm not sure if you're aware of how the poll works, but the writers are responsible to watch as many teams play as possible and reasonably rate ALL of the teams based on their performance. Just because you are closer to a team is no excuse for you to vote for that team.
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Whoa! That IS "pretty awesome"... Your tech team came up with a fancy multi-graph that shows people most familiar with teams tend to rate that team higher than similar teams they haven't seen? Seriously...? That makes NO SENSE... I mean, you're telling me, if it came down to rating Boise State or LSU at a similar place in a poll, the people who've seen Boise State play more will tend to vote higher for them, and the people who've seen LSU play more will vote higher for them?
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. - It was a matchup NASCAR could only dream of: Melanie Troxel and Ashley Force going head-to-head in the first all-female Funny Car elimination round.Troxel won the round, made it to the finals and ultimately claimed the title Sunday at Thunder Valley Nationals - making her the first woman in NHRA history to win in both its nitro classes. Troxel downplayed the significance of her matchup with Force, trying hard to remove gender from the historic moment. ""Everybody wants to make a big story about Ashley and I running against each other,' she said. ""For me, it's not about the other female out here. I think it's pretty sad if we have to just compare ourselves against each other.' She's right, of course. Female competitors are no longer a sideshow in most forms of racing, and Troxel's championship proved women are succeeding at a consistent pace. Except in NASCAR, that is. As the most celebrated day in motorsports approaches this week, the differences in gender equality have never been more profound. Danica Patrick headlines a trio of women who will compete Sunday in the Indianapolis 500, but NASCAR won't have a single woman in its showcase Coca-Cola 600 later that day or in any of the NASCAR-sanctioned events spanning 10 days of racing at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Three decades after Janet Guthrie became the first woman to race in the 600, NASCAR still boasts all-male fields at its premier Sprint Cup level. In fact, no woman has raced in the 600 since Guthrie, and the Cup series has not had a female racer since Shawna Robinson ran seven events in 2002. ""I don't think it's something NASCAR is really concerned about. A female driver is not something they really need,' veteran racer Mike Wallace said. ""For a while, a lot of people thought it was a novelty. And I've had people close to me say, "Girls can't drive.' ""Well, maybe they can't. But maybe there are one or two who can, and we just need to give them a chance.' Wallace speaks not as a driver with 605 career starts spanning NASCAR's top three series, but as the father of a 20-year-old female racer who dreams of someday making it to the Cup Series. Although she has just one career start in the Truck Series, Chrissy Wallace has taken over the role as NASCAR's best bet to make it to the big time. She's doing it on her own, piecing together a schedule of seven planned truck races this year for Germain Racing. She was a respectable 18th in her debut at tricky Martinsville Speedway and hopes improvement over her next several races will lead to the funding she needs to run a full schedule next season. ""You have to have decent finishes and win races to attract a sponsor,' Chrissy Wallace said. ""If we don't get one, we're probably only going to be able to do a limited schedule next season. It's all based on performance.' It's all part of the vicious cycle in racing, where success is as much dependent on financing as talent. It takes an extraordinary financial commitment to help a child grow from go-karts to bandaleros to late models and maybe someday into stock cars. Not every family has the resources - Denny Hamlin's parents mortgaged everything and nearly went broke helping him. Drivers vying for the top level are getting younger and younger in NASCAR, where team owners constantly are scouring short tracks for the next big thing. Just look at Joe Gibbs Racing, which is counting the days until protege Joey Logano's 18th birthday next month, when he can make his Nationwide Series debut. ""The issue we have to confront is one of preparation,' said Marcus Jadotte, who oversees NASCAR's diversity issues. ""We need to get more young women involved at a young age and hold that interest so their developmental path is that of a normal young male driver.'
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Later today, the Washington D.C. Hockey Analytics Conference will take place, as a handful of online analytics personalities will gather at Georgetown University to present a variety of studies and findings in the field of hockey analytics. Our own MoneyPuck will be in attendance to present the following study on simulating former entry drafts based on his height and scoring cohort success percentage model, so let's wish him the best of luck!
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Much ink has been spilled in the analytics community on the importance of scoring at the junior level as an indicator of future success, with many analysts lamenting the perceived bias teams have in selecting size over skill. Josh Weissbock and myself addressed this in our work on predicting the future NHL success of both forwards and defensemen. We found small players had a lower likelihood of making it in the NHL than their taller peers who produced at the same rate offensively. Smaller players that did make it were generally prolific scorers at the junior level. Far from a validation of drafting size over skill, the implications of the study were rather intuitive and predictable: draft the higher scorer, and if scoring is equal, pick the bigger player.
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Saudi Arabia unveils part of strategic missile force – a deterrent move against Iran?
Saudi Arabian strategic missiles display carries messages to Tehran, Baghdad, Islamabad and Washington
Saudi Arabia publicly displayed its Dong Feng-3 (DF-3) ballistic missiles for the first time in a 29 April 2014 on a parade that marked the end of the largest ever military exercise held in the kingdom. The military exercise and official display of the ballistic missiles, which were acquired secretly from China in 1987 were clear signals Riyadh is directing to both Washington, Tehran and Baghdad. Riyadh acquired the missiles from China during the height of the 'city war' phase of the Iran-Iraq, after Washington refused selling short range ballistic missiles to the kingdom.
The Saudi Arabian strategic missile force currently operates ballistic missiles located at least in three bases south and west south west of Riyadh. Bases with similar facilities were located since the early 2000s north of Al Sulayyil, and at a mountain range in Al Jufayr, the third base near Al-Watah was reported only recently. As part of its modernisation the Royal Saudi Strategic Missile Force has moved in 2010 into a new and modern headquarters facility located in Riyadh. The main advantage of this missile is that it is solid-fuelled, therefore being more responsive and survivable. The CSS-2 is powered by liquid fuel, and therefore requires a lengthy preparation before flight. Through the fuelling process that could take up to three hours the missiles are vulnerable and exposed to pre-emptive attack.
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According to the Saudi media, the exercise, code-named Abdullah's Shield, involved Saudi troops. The manoeuvres were held in the kingdom's Eastern province at King Khaled Military City, in Hafr al-Batin, facing Iran and Iraq, and were timed to coincide with the ninth anniversary of King Abdullah's ascension to the throne. A long list of VIPs attending included the King of Bahrain, Crown Price of Abu Dhabi, and Kuweiti minister of defense. An interesting preeminent guest at the exercise and parade was Gen. Raheel Sharif, the Pakistani chief of Army Staff. According to persistent rumours spreading in the Arab media, Pakistan has helped Saudi Arabia to equip some of its ballistic missiles with nuclear warheads.
The Saudis wanted to signal several things with the exercise and their guest list." Bruce Riedel, the director of the Intelligence Project at the Brookings Institution wrote in Al Monitor, "First is a message of deterrence to Tehran and Baghdad. The Saudis see the two Shiite-dominated states as existential foreign threats to the kingdom and view the increasingly tight alliance between them as a clear and present danger.
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Jamaican singer Malijah has teamed up with Reggaeland for his debut album 'Dancing Shoes', released on March 8.
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Through the eyes of a child
Overheard at the library from a 9 or 10 year old boy in a tone of awe on his way out, "This place is like endless wonder!"
- Kristin, Mountlake Terrace Library staff
Awesome services hooked me on the library
First off, I haven't been reading much for long. My interest and explosion into reading only started a couple years ago. I'm in my 20s. However, I now realize how I've been doing things incredibly wrong.
I'm a software developer and consultant. A couple years ago, I hadn't read a book since school. I bought a Kindle on impulse with a weak resolve to start reading. The first book I read was Ender's Game. Then I read some Dan Brown. Pretty soon, I was hooked and loved to activity of reading and everything that comes with it. I was buying books on my Kindle left and right.
After a while, I bought the Amazon Fire HD. From there, I discovered Immersion Reading which is where the professional narration plays on top of the books, with the word being highlighted as it narrates. This got me hooked on Audible and I started paying the monthly membership at $14.99. Fast forward until a few months ago when I realize that I've actually become quite an avid reader and can hold intelligent conversations about many literary keystones. I'm not also able to spot subtle references to books in movies and TV. It dawned on me that I haven't seen the inside of the library since probably middle school! So I go open a library card.
Now, keep in mind. My entire reading experience thus far has been on various Kindles. I'd buy a new one (or two) each year and have them in all of my rooms and bags, each for their own purposes; Paperwhites, Voyage, Kindle Fire HD, Fire HDX, Fire HD6, Fire HD10, etc. So, I don't immediately see the benefit of using the library since I view paper books as a bit of a downgrade and was instantly turned off. Now, in the meantime, as a movie buff I've built an incredible Blu Ray library. To the point where I've created my own application to track my library. Where I buy things from, what I paid, what editions I own for movies, what formats, rentals, and the latest feature I just added was 'watches' where I can make an entry everytime I watch a title recording my rating for that viewing, what format I watched it in, etc. Giving me INCREDIBLY stats into my spending habits, watching habits, and a great digital catalog.
It's during this Blu Ray library building that I realize how much I love OWNING my stuff. I love the fact that I OWN these movies, their special features, the disc, the box, it's something that I never truly appreciated. I began buying my music, mostly MP3s that I'd keep an organize on my hard drive. Anyway, I developed this sense of ownership. Then when I looked at my Kindle, I was disgusted at the amount of money I've spent on my Kindle and Audible library, definitely four figures. I figured I'd at least give the library another shot, just to save money since I won't be getting ownership. I started checking out books and definitely became more attached to reading paper books over time and developed a love for the library. The atmostphere, the selection, the whole system.
I knew the library offered digital books, but I always thought it was some terrible system not even worth trying. Turns out, Overdrive is actually pretty damn awesome and it even adds the check outs THROUGH Amazon so I get to keep the same awesome Kindle reading experience. I started using Overdrive heavily. Saving money, reading more, and getting to keep the Kindle experience I loved...while ALSO like paper books now.
I then went on to my libraries website to see what other awesome things I'm missing out on and I found Freegal! Through my library, I can get 3, DRM free, legal, completely free songs every month! It's not some indie library either, I was able to download a 256kbp MP3 of Adele's new Hello...THE DAY IT WAS RELEASED! This will help me add to my music library which is growing nicely with a $20/mo investment. Being a software developer that uses Linux, I have an apt for keeping my digital files organized, sync'd, etc. So I'm not even having to use some 3rd party cloud service for this. All on my servers!
So, free books and audiobooks through Overdrive, free books through the Library, 3 free songs through Freegal, how can this get any more awesome? Blu Rays!!! The library has an incredibly amazing collection of Blu Rays available to check out, feeding the movie/TV buff in me. So now I'm going to the library just about every other day. Not only checking out novels, but skimming through "Dummy" books, and random biographies, even ATLASES! Which leads me to the ultimate discovery.
My library has a deal with a language learning site, a competitor to Rosetta Stone! So I can learn many major languages FOR FREE! At first, I was skeptical thinking it'd be some dumb online Rosetta Stone wannabe. Nope! It's definitely on par, if not better in some aspects, than Rosetta stone! I was incredibly excited. More importantly, as a Linux user, I've never been able to actually use the Rosetta Stone software. A couple years ago they made all of their courses available online through a browser, which was great! So I was able to take Rosetta Stone courses on Linux. However, the ONE language that I wanted to learn, Rosetta Stone still has not made available through a browser, meaning I still don't have access to it through RS; Latin. The company the library goes through...HAS LATIN! FOR FREE! ONLINE! WORKS WITH LINUX!
Bottom line is, it blows my mind how the vast majority of people don't utilize the public library. They are awesome!
- Greg, Mukilteo Library customer
Love those audiobooks!
I am an 83-year-old resident of Whidbey Island who has always been a reader. I find now that I enjoy books on tape and DVDs more than reading and appreciate being able to access these at the library.
- Edith Juliana Williams, Coupeville Library customer
Helping a child "Let it go!"
A child came up to the circulation desk obviously peeved. Her lip was out and she kept glancing back to the children's area with an annoyance that could not be missed. Her mother told me that another child really annoyed her child and she (the child standing before me) was totally fried.
I noticed she was checking out materials of the new Disney movie, Frozen. I said to the little girl, "What is the name of the two characters?" She told me. Then I said, "Remember when Elsa sang the song, "Let it go?" Her head nodded enthusiastically.
I threw my arms toward the sky like the character in the movie and said, "Let it go!" She nodded, copied my gesture and then in a woeful sigh said, "Yes ... Let it go!"
I overheard her mother endorsing the idea and the little girl repeated, "Okay, I'll let it go!" as she walked out of the building in a much better mood.
- Susan, Stanwood Library staff
Her favorite place in the world!
At Edmonds library a woman leaned over to me as she walked by the information desk and whispered "This is one my favorite places in the world," and gave a big smile as she continued on her way.
- Jenny, Lynnwood Library staff
Four-year-old's discovery leads to life of reading
I discovered the library at age four. I could read by then at kindergarten level and I found so many books to amuse me. I could take them home, I could read them at the library ... there was really no end to options for me. Now, the library is my favorite place and I am constantly buying new books. I have so many they would probably fit on about ten bookshelves.
- Monroe Library customer
Sno-Isle Library book saved my life at Sasquatch Music Festival!
In 2006, I decided to attend my first-ever rock music festival. I had been to a concert or two before, over the years, but never a multi-act all-day event. That year the Sasquatch Festival had Wolfmother, HIM, Bauhaus and Nine Inch Nails. Now, I was over 40, and didn't have a clue about this thing called a mosh pit. I just wanted to have a good clear view of the stage. So I went very early, so I could get a nice spot up front. There were hours to go before the music started. So I took a library book with me to pass the time- "Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown.
I read for awhile, and more and more people were coming. I was at the very front, very center, right by the stage. It was a standing area with a metal rail fence separating the crowd from the stage. The first couple acts, everything was okay.
But then one of the bigger acts started up. Suddenly, the crowd surged forward, and there were all these young men slamming themselves around behind the front rows of people. More and more people poured in.
Then a really popular song started. The crowd screamed and surged forward, shoving everyone before them up tight againt the metal fence. With a little five-foot-three, forty-odd year old woman right at the forefront of it.
The top rail of the metal fence came just to the bottom of my throat.
Suddenly I couldn't breathe. The crowd had us shoved in so tight the metal was pressing my airway closed, an iron rod across my neck.
I had my library book in my hand. I had picked it up when things started getting a little crazy, afraid it would be trampled or lost. Now, strangling between an immovable object and an irresistible force, some instinct told me what to do.
I started pulling the book up and around in front of me, a couple inches at a time, as the pressure shifted slightly with the movements of the crowd behind. The smooth plastic dust wrapper and strong rigid hardcover made it easy to force upward, a shove at a time. Soon I had it up to my throat.
One last shove, and "Da Vince Code" snapped into place between my throat and the fence, shielding my airway like a piece of armor. I sucked in a glorious lungful of air!
All around, people were getting hurt, fainting, having to be pulled out by security and handed off to medics. But thanks to my library book, I made it through the whole evening.
I ended up with two cracked ribs, a puffy bruised neck, and a great story to tell. Thank you Sno-Isle Libraries! And, by the way, library director - the extra expense of hardcover editions? It's totally worth it!!
- Keela, Arlington Library customer
'Now I can get a library card!'
Young customer came in and said he registered for a card. I asked for his ID and asked if he had something with his current address on it. He said, "Yes, I actually just got my first bill - something I think most people wouldn't think was great, but I thought 'Yes! Now I can get my library card!'"
- Jenny, Lynnwood Library staff
I Heart My Library...all of them
So many books, so much information, so many programs, so many friendly faces. My library expands my living room, it is my salon where I can entertain and then leave the patrons to themselves. My Grandmother Melva was a school librarian and I was her library aide and so enjoyed sharing with others the favorite books of the time and reading to little ones just beginning to enjoy books. Smiles and thanks so for being my libraries.
- Kat, Langley Library customer
A card for someone who 'never comes to libraries'
A woman came to the Information Desk to ask about printing a document from the public computers without a library card. I explained that it was not necessary for her to be a registered borrower to use our computers, but that this was a perfect opportunity for her to get a library card. I asked whether she'd like to do that and she smiled and said "Oh, I never come to libraries." I said "Let me tell you what you can get without ever coming to the library." I briefly explained about the variety of electronic media resources available from Sno-Isle Libraries and, in those few seconds, she decided she needed a library card after all.
She came in thinking the library had nothing to offer outside the physical confines of a building. She left with her free ticket to electronic media heaven, accessible from anywhere with a connection to the Internet.
I love that moment when someone realizes the library has more than they expected – it's magical, every time.
- Marie, Oak Harbor Library staff
Library staffer serves as customer's replacement book hound
A quick note to acknowledge the difference Pam (Winstanley) has made in my life. I used to read what I found under my bed, which worked and was convenient because I was married to a book hound and she had lots of interesting choices hiding under there. But, divorce happens and now there are just dust bunnies and spiders under there and my reading has grown Increasingly Impoverished and Lonely. Enter Pam, who suggested I visit the Freeland Library. Not only that: she has made some great book suggestions. So, apparently I don't have to be married to find great things to read!
- Taylor Clark, Freeland Library customer
Auto-renew service is much appreciated
Barbara, a Langley customer, just shared with me how much she appreciated our auto-renewal service. She checked out a DVD, and said it took her some time to find a friend with a DVD player so she could watch it, but was absolutely thrilled that it auto-renewed and allowed her to enjoy the material. She said she loved the "small town service" and that it respected her time and schedule to let her enjoy it.
- Kaley, Langley Library staff
'Mission accomplished' for visitors to Lynnwood Library
On April 24, I was working the Lynnwood Library Reference Desk and a four adults approached me and asked if we had old telephone directories. I replied "No" and asked what they were looking for. The woman said they were looking for an old address for someone (her mother) from the early 1980s. I said we had city directories and we started looking in a couple that matched their time frame.
In the course of looking, I gathered that the woman's mother and her boyfriend had lived in Lynnwood for one year in the early 1980s. This party of four in front of me - woman, her current male partner, her son and son's boyfriend were from San Francisco. They had flown up here to find the old residence. She thought it would be easy to find, but with so many changes - when they arrived in Lynnwood they quickly became lost.
I thought of Ancestry.com and we started searching. The mother/grandmother had a very common name, but they had her birthday. Plus they knew the birthday of the man the mother/grandmother had lived with at the time. As we searched, the library became busy and I suggested they try looking themselves and gave them a temporary pass. The woman kept saying "you are being so kind - thank you so much".
I set them up on a workstation and they had me come back once and asked for assistance. About 10 minutes later, the woman announced - we found it! As they left she walked up to me and gave me a big hug and whispered "You have no idea what this means to me." She had tears in her eyes as she said it.
- Steve, Lynnwood Library staff
'You don't know how wonderful you are'
Today a customer with shaky hands came in to request a book saying, "You're better at computers than I am, would you mind looking something up for me?" I said I would be happy to. We found the book and she said "Oh, and there it is! You know, I have always had the best luck coming to this desk. You guys don't know how wonderful you are. I moved here from a town of 100,000 people and there was only one library! Here it feels like there is practically one on every corner. Well, not really, but every one of them has always had really great people. I've always seemed to find what I needed. So thank you!"
- Jenny, Lynnwood Library staff
Thanks to Coupeville Library employee Rabbitt Betzner
I would like to commend an employee of the Coupeville branch, Rabbitt Betzner.
Rabbitt Betzner, left, lends a helping hand
- Lynda Mclure, Coupeville Library customer
Visiting 30 libraries in my 30th year
It's December 31st. The last day of 2014. I turned 30 this year. And I accomplished my "30" goal-- visit 30 libraries in my 30th year.
Jocelyn Richardson in front of her home library in Monroe
So, 21 Sno-isle libraries. Plus 9 more, but not all on my motorcycle (Duvall, Columbia City, Woodinville, North Bend, two in Everett, WA. Then Tigard and Portland in OR and Vancouver Central branch in B.C.). And I have pictures at each library.
There is so much more to say about my 30 library experience-- spills, thrills, books I read, pilgrimage motorcycle trip to one of our favorite kid's book locations, and foster children joining our family (and getting their first library cards). But for now, I'm just proud to say that I finished :)
I wonder what new libraries I will visit in 2015...
- Jocelyn, Monroe Library customer
Kids Love Programs
Edmonds Library hosted a Lego Slam on Saturday, November 15th. For an hour, kids created and built contentedly. They eagerly looked at the Lego books on display. After the program, a mom caught my arm and said, "thank you so much for having this program. It brought my two boys back into the library. It brought them back to reading. They even checked out some books!"
- Maureen, Edmonds Library staff
Older and younger make connections at library
This week at the Granite Falls Library, I was assisting a young man at the circulation desk. An older man got in line behind him with a set of World War II videos that he wanted to purchase from the friends book sale. The younger man commented on the World War II videos, and he asked the older gentleman if he had served in the war. The older man said he didn't serve in World War II, but he could remember it. He said that he had actually served in the Korean War. The two men from very different generations introduced themselves to each other and ended up having a very lively conversation about wars and war collectibles. Onlookers might have guessed that they were old friends and not imagined the two had just met. They shook hands as they parted ways, and the younger man thanked the veteran for his service. It was wonderful to see the intergenerational connection being made here at the library.
- Lisa, Granite Falls Library staff
E-book acquisition 'truly outstanding'
I am a patron of three different public libraries (in different states and countries), one of which was named the top library in N America last year. I just wanted to let you know that the Sno-Isle ebook acquisition is truly outstanding, your online browse and reserve book system is exceptional, and the co-operative Sno-Isle library system turns what could be a small (but heroic) library into a significant force in the more rural regions of Washington. Well, well done! These are high kudos from someone who has found libraries a source of great value and personal joy since my first visit to one some 55 years ago. I have since been associated with several universities with internationally revered collections, but I have always found that the local public library system was as important for allowing me to explore popular culture through fiction in a way that research libraries simply cannot and will not. I just wanted to say, you guys are the greatest! Thanks so much!
- Lisa, Oak Harbor Library customer
Librarian magic
I used to just hate it when a customer would come into the bookstore where I worked and describe a book they could not live without. They did not remember the title or the author's name. Sometimes all they could say was , "It had a yellow cover...".
Well, August 20, 2014,it was my turn and the Librarian at the Freeland Branch of Sno-Isle actually found both of the books (one is in the collection)!
Well done! I truly appreciate her help.
- Joanna, Freeland Library customer
Thanks for the newest graphic novels
I really appreciate how Sno Isle Library stocks graphic novels as soon as they are available. I took a pay cut and can no longer afford to buy comics. I love graphic novels so it means alot that I am still able to read my favorite characters by getting the books from the library. Keep up the good work!
- , staff
Library 'feels like Christmas any day of the year'
I wish to thank Shannon Dye, Children's Librarian, at the Monroe Sno-Isle branch for allowing me to bring 10-20 students four times this summer to the special events. None of the students in our elementary care/summer day camp had their own library card until now. My library card is among my most valuable possessions. When I enter the library, it feels like Christmas any day of the year.
I love Sno-Isle Libraries because I am able to bring guests, and kids who love the atmosphere. I was amazed at how "awed" they were to see the bikes I had described as part of our summer quiet reading time "contest".
I feel it is important for every person to know libraries are free. They can go ask a question, find information and even get homework help!
The Marysville Library allowed me to use a quiet room to tutor a few high school students weekly last year, then the library placed me on a tutor's referral list. This is how I wish to spend time when fully retired. THANK YOU for everything you have thought of and prepared for us.
- Jan, Monroe Library customer
'All the newly released DVDs I wanted'
Two months ago I canceled my subscription to a mail order DVD rental service because it took up to six months to get a newly published DVD.
Then I looked at one of the rental machines in town and was reluctant to use it because of the one-day return policy.
One night my wife says, "What about the library?" Amazingly she found all the newly released DVDs I wanted. They were available 4 months before I could get them from the mail order service and I have up to a week to return them. Wow! The Sno-Isle Libraries continues to amaze me.
Boon to the community
A customer told me that she remembers going to the Monroe Library as a child at the former library building. She said she remembers how small it was, and that when this one was built it was a real boon to the community. She continues to marvel that such a small town has such a fabulous library.
- Lisa, Granite Falls Library staff
Incredible homework help
I was staying right outside of Stanwood for a work conference. I had been on the road the whole week before and had no time to even look at my assignments that were due that Monday. After my work conference was dismissed for the day, I jumped online to see what homework I had due that night, I assumed it was the typical 5-6 page paper. But not this time! I needed to make a collage out of magazine, Internet, and newspaper photos, as well as words and images from news stories and websites that focus on a single cultural group. GREAT! Being at the Masters level, I really did not expect this! How am I going to get this done when I had no magazines, no printer, no scanner, no scissors, and no glue. I quickly got online to see if Stanwood had a library. I was in luck! By the time I arrived it was well past 5pm. The staff were INCREDIBLE! I told them my situation and they jumped right in providing me everything I needed to succeed. I happily paid the fees to copy and print. Before I knew it, my collage on Poverty was complete. I dropped what few bucks I had left in the Friends of Library book sale box. But really it was not enough. I will never forget how helpful the staff was and how user friendly the entire library was. I wished I lived closer because I would be so proud if that were my hometown library!
- Rae, Stanwood Library customer
Customer gets a problem solved in an unlikely setting
I went to the Toyota Dealership with a friend. While waiting in the quiet room a woman came in. She was very distraught. After she completed her phone call she overheard me coaching my friend on using the regular catalog, eCatalog and talking about downloading eContent. She made a comment that she was having trouble with her Nook. I told her I would be willing to try to help her. She logged on to the computer that was available and she showed me where she was having a problem. While I couldn't solve the immediate problem I showed her many things on how to get her problem solved, including the Overdrive support page. She was amazed at the number of available resources available to her. She couldn't wait to go in to Arlington to try their book a librarian and eCoaching sessions. She came in mad about the car but left feeling good about the library.
- Rabbitt, Oak Harbor Library staff
Free movies! Yay!
A new customer with a new library card expressed delight at being able to check out movies for free.
Wonderful programs
A customer commented on the spring spectacular school age program line up. She appreciated the wonderful programs.
- Lisa, Granite Falls Library staff
We see you, we value you and we welcome you
They walk in with stooped shoulders, downcast eyes and defeated grimaces with seemingly the weight of the world on their backs. Job losses, divorces, loss of a beloved mate, homelessness... it's all the same. World weary souls in search of information or a simple diversion of activity. What they get in addition to information sought is a smile and affirmations from staff of being "seen" in a world where they are mostly treated as invisible. I think of the fictitious bar, "Cheers, where everybody knows your name". The library can be that safe place of affirmation and camaraderie. A place to get an "atta boy or atta girl" pat on the back. We see you, we value you and we welcome you. More than just an information palace, the library is a place of safe harbor and a life line to bone weary souls in search of a friendly face and human comfort.
- Susan, Stanwood Library staff
License to Learn
A few years ago I spent a lot of time in the Snohomish Library studying for a state licensing exam. The quiet and inspirational atmosphere proved conducive for learning, because I passed the exam!
- Jon, Snohomish Library customer
I adore Sno-Isle Libraries
I grew up in Everett and became a patron of the Sno-Isle Library System when I was about six years young. My library card was my first "real" plastic card and I worshiped it.
From the time I was able to sound out words on the page, I'd always loved the satisfaction I gained from reading, and I spent every summer as a child absolutely devouring books, forever longing to color in one more box on my Summer Reading Adventure tracking sheet. My eyes were bigger than my stomach, so to speak, and I checked out gobs of books at a time - more books than I ever would've been able to read before they were due. My mother, after helping me move my loot from the library to the car and then from the car into the house on numerous occasions, instigated a rule in which I could "only check out as many books as I could carry." On my next trip to the library, I brought with me a Rubbermaid tub, filling it to the brim while glaring at my mother in mock defiance. She just laughed.
I'm still an avid reader and Sno-Isle patron. As an adult, I've had the opportunity to familiarize myself with two other library systems, and Sno-Isle is by far my favorite. Sno-isle has the most comprehensive selection of books and movies I've encountered; I almost always find what I'm looking for, no matter how obscure or specific it might be. At least once a month, I search for an item, my expectations low, and upon finding it, think to myself, "They actually have that? Awesome!"
Still, books aren't the only thing in Sno-Isle's arsenal of treasures. A friend came over to my house not long ago and saw a few hot new DVD releases sitting on my mantle. "You got these from the library? For free?" he asked upon seeing the Sno-Isle barcode on their cases. "Didn't these movies just come out on DVD?" I answered yes to all. "I can't believe they have these movies at the library!" he exclaimed in surprise as he flipped through the stack.
Sno-Isle has teamed up with Freegal, which is a legal music download service with artists like Justin Timberlake, Beyonce, Kelly Clarkson, Pink, John Mayer, The Fray, Pitbull, Miley Cyrus, Mumford & Sons, John Legend, Train, Sara Bareilles, and One Direction. As a Sno-Isle Library cardholder, I get three free downloads per week. Three free songs a week, people!
It doesn't stop there. Sno-Isle has more free resources at its patrons' disposal than I ever realized. Did you know that you can learn languages through Mango, get help with resumes and homework, receive full access to Consumer Reports' online magazine, and utilize search engines of published articles and papers? There are resources upon resources! I recently discovered Khan Academy, a free, hip website offering quality education on a smorgasbord of topics to those who want to learn for the sake of learning. Sign me up!
It's true that you never really know what you have until you lose it. I once had a dismal experience with another library system, after which I sorely realized how much I missed Sno-Isle. I had three overdue books in my possession, which I eventually returned, but the library kept sending me notices that I owed money. I called them to clear up the mistake. "The books aren't lost," I explained in frustration. "I returned them." "I see that," replied the librarian, "but you still owe the late fees."
Late fees? What are those? As a born-and-bred Sno-Isle patron, I had no idea that late fees were the norm on overdue library materials. I finally realized how lucky I'd been all those years! I've definitely had overdue and even lost items (yikes!) on my record before, but I've always returned them, at which point Sno-Isle kindly wipes my slate clean.
Sno-Isle is also generous with its check-out guidelines. Anyone can check out any item for three weeks and can renew an item up to five times, provided no one else has requested it. I've seen other library systems be stingier with their popular items (such as newly released DVDs), reducing the check-out period to a mere seven days. Despite Sno-Isle's lenient check out time frame, I always receive my requested materials in a timely manner. Even if I'm number 350 on the holds list for a popular new movie, I get the DVD reasonably quickly. Sno-Isle anticipates the needs of its patrons when it comes to highly sought after items, and it always seems to have a large number in circulation.
I adore Sno-Isle Libraries - all that knowledge and entertainment at my fingertips, and for free! What could be better?!
- Michelle, Mill Creek Library customer
Launch Pad For Adventure
"The library is our family's launch pad for adventure. It's our haven. It's our treasure trove. We could never be able to have such a collection for ourselves. What a blessing the library is for our community!" – Ruthann Larson, Lake Stevens, Wash.
(Permission to use her name was sent by email 8/22/13, original quote from a Facebook comment)
- Ruthann, Lake Stevens Library customer
Love of learning becomes family tradition
I homeschooled my three children for seven years, and I could not have been successful without the help of the Lynnwood Library. This privilege has helped me to instill a love of learning, as well as a love for the written word, in my children. It is something I will always treasure.
- Michele, Lynnwood Library customer
No Age Limit for Learning New Things
There have been times in my life when I haven't been able to buy the books I want, so libraries have been a way to deal with my problems, going places I have never been and learning new things even at 60 years of age. Libraries are pathways to learning and fun.
- Annette, Lake Stevens Library customer
The Family That Skypes Together, Stays Together
We have a family that frequents our library. One of their older boys is away in California and the other day was his birthday. The father asked us for help installing Skype on his laptop. We quickly showed him how to sign up and he walked away in awe at how simple it was.
Shortly after, I heard "Happy Birthday" being sung from our meeting room. I looked over to see the mom and dad and four of the siblings gathered around the laptop, singing! With closer inspection, I was able to see their son's smiling face on the screen and even wish him a "happy birthday" myself. I was so thrilled to see this family "gathering" and had to smile at this clever application of technology.
The library remains a center for people, ideas, and culture; a place where families can congregate, even if it means using our high-speed Wi-Fi to do so. His mom's only complaint was that she wasn't able to hug him through the computer.
- Asheley Bryson, Darrington Library customer
A Helping Hand
On Saturday, Aug. 7, artist and fly fisherman Bob Banks taught a Fly Tying class at the Marysville Library. Three people attended. Unsuccessful program? Not in the slightest.
One of the attendees, John, had flown in from Missouri to visit his brother-in-law and met Bob the day before through the Evergreen Fly Fishing Club. John works with veterans and had heard about a device called the 'Evergreen Hand,' which enables people to tie fishing flies with just one hand.
Bob's assistant Jesse Scott, who also works with disabled veterans, is the designer of the device. When John had the opportunity to spend the two-hour workshop experimenting with the Evergreen Hand, he was delighted! He kept exclaiming, "I can't believe I'm getting to use this!" Then Jesse told John he could take it with him to use with veterans in Missouri, and the smile that split John's face is something I will never forget!
Getting to be a partial catalyst in helping people halfway across the country in a way I could never have imagined gives me one more reason to be thankful for my profession and the variety of services Sno-Isle provides.
- Mark, Marysville Library staff
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Story Archive
- Through the eyes of a child
- Awesome services hooked me on the library
- Love those audiobooks!
- Helping a child "Let it go!"
- Her favorite place in the world!
- Four-year-old's discovery leads to life of reading
- Sno-Isle Library book saved my life at Sasquatch Music Festival!
- 'Now I can get a library card!'
- I Heart My Library...all of them
- A card for someone who 'never comes to libraries'
- Library staffer serves as customer's replacement book hound
- Auto-renew service is much appreciated
- 'Mission accomplished' for visitors to Lynnwood Library
- 'You don't know how wonderful you are'
- Thanks to Coupeville Library employee Rabbitt Betzner
- Visiting 30 libraries in my 30th year
- Kids Love Programs
- Older and younger make connections at library
- E-book acquisition 'truly outstanding'
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The first 8 months of life have not been easy for little Kelsen J Wood. He has been in and out of the hospital, undergone surgery in both eyes, and is currently confined to a hospital bed in the ICU at Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City, UT. He is relying on the Berlin Heart that he is connected to in order to keep him alive while he waits patiently for a heart transplant. This could take weeks, this could take years...
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Thomas Chandler "Chan" Gailey, Jr.. Gailey was most recently the head coach of the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League; he was formerly the head coach of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets college football team.
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The PSFCA Clinic will be held in Happy Valley at the Penn Stater Hotel. The block code for the guestrooms is PENB14D the rate is $89 single or double occupancy $99 triple or quad. Rooms are going fast and that they should try to book there rooms prior to Jan. 31,2014
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Hotels in The Adirondacks
Opt for the Mother & Daughter Retreat Package, which includes 75-minute facials, manicures, pedicures, and a two-night stay at this country lodge on a private Lake George island with a Donald Ross golf course.
After a devastating fire in 2005 damaged the original 1882 main house, the hotel reopened a new five-suite 30,000-square-foot main building in August of 2008. The new lodge's style is updated Arts and Crafts with antique local furniture.
Rustic, all-suite lodge featuring white-pine beams, cast-iron fireplaces, and well-equipped rooms (full kitchens; private patios) abutting the 6 million acre Adirondack Park.
The cozy Victorian hotel on Signal Hill was built in 1912 and overlooks Mirror Lake. There are 10 tidy, affordable rooms and a stellar restaurant that draws on the region's bounty.
Like your meals, lodging is simple but memorable—there's no TV, and your light is by propane lam, but every unit has a lake view. Far from feeling deprived, you'll be transported, especially when the rain dances on the roof of your cabin.
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Adrian Wojnarowski: Sources: Sacramento Kings GM Pete D'Alessandro – who lost authority to Vlade Divac – will be a significant candidate for St. John's AD job.
Chris Mullin and Ed Pinckney are close friends dating back to their Big East playing days, and sources told SNY.tv he's the favorite to fill the third spot, which has remained open since Mullin took the job April 1. "There's a lot of different candidates," Mullin said last month. If Pinckney joined the staff, St. John's would have a loaded set of recruiters going forward. Pinckney is a former NCAA champion and Villanova assistant who knows the recruiting ropes as well as anyone.
The Kings have yet to formally announce their new power structure, but sources say that Divac has supplanted both general manager Pete D'Alessandro and former Kings adviser Chris Mullin — who just jumped to the college game as the new coach at alma mater St. John's — as Sacramento's lead basketball decision-maker. The future of D'Alessandro in Sacramento, especially after the departure of his closest ally in the organization in Mullin, is unclear. Sources say, however, that the Kings have already launched a search to add another front-line basketball executive to work alongside Divac whether D'Alessandro stays or departs.
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OK fellow magicians: A close friend of mine has fallen on hard times and as the grand finale his car just crapped out. So he is trying to sell a chunk of his magic collection and put me in charge. It's a big list so to make it VERY easy to read, manage and see what's available I have created a Google Doc Spreadsheet showing all the items, prices, condition, S&H and it's availability. All you have to do is click the link at the very bottom of this post and you will be taken directly to the list, no Google account required. Here's a few particulars to keep in mind:
NONE of the DVD's are in hard cases. Some are scratched but all have been tested and play. He reduced them to a disc binder to conserve space, so you will receive the ORIGINAL DISC only, NO CASE. I would prefer to keep sets together if at all possible. The shipping is $1 FLAT PER DVD. A four volume set is $4 to ship etc.
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SO what are you waiting for? Click the link below and browse and find something you like!!! Thanks for looking and if you are having any difficulties please contact me!
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Veil reported during the Thursday meeting of the Lyon County Commission that he hopes to reinstate the county's participation in the Tri-Net Narcotics Task Force.
The LCSO pulled out of the Tri-Net Task Force last year, when it did not receive the grant funding it had been using to participate in the program. The Tri-Net Narcotics Task Force is a cooperative of the Carson City, Douglas County and Lyon County sheriff's offices. ...


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Iridas, an industry leader in uncompressed playback technologies announced the release of Service Pack 2 for FrameCycler 3.5. This update introduces a key component of the new Iridias color pipeline. With SP2, FrameCycler playback applications now allow users to view sequences with SpeedGrade .look files applied. Color graded playback is thus now possible from every workstation or screening room at any point in the filmmaking process.
Since version 3, FrameCycler has allowed for calibrated playback of sequences with 3D look up tables. The Service Pack 2 update introduces a new dropdown menu for SpeedGrade .look files. This allows for the application of two LUTs simultaneously: for example for display device calibration together with color grading. The result is accurate playback and review of color graded sequences whether for digital dailies during production, or throughout post-production.
"Now you can see what the shot will look like in the final movie," said Oliver Hotz, president of Origami Digital (who did the previs and extensive vfx work on THE AVIATOR). "This will simplify a lot of production and post-production work. It would have been really great if we had had the capability to review shots with the old two-strip and three-strip film looks applied right in our FrameCyclers when we were doing THE AVIATOR."
"This is a first in the industry," echoed Michael Gallo, Iridas vp of product development. "With the growing role of digital technologies in filmmaking, the need to communicate and display color the way the cinematographer intended has become critical. With FrameCycler, and the SpeedGrade color pipeline, this is now possible."
To take full advantage of these new capabilities, Service Pack 2 requires an NVIDIA FX graphics card. Other systems can use .look files as a single load-time LUT during playback. FrameCycler 3.5 Service Pack 2 is free for owners of FrameCycler 3.0 and 3.5. Owners of previous versions of FrameCycler are eligible for upgrade pricing.
Munich, Germany-based Iridas (www.iridas.com) first introduced uncompressed realtime playback in 2001. It continues to be the leading developer of resolution-independent playback and non-destructive color grading technologies for film, broadcast, entertainment and scientific research. Iridas' SpeedGrade, FrameCycler, DDS (Digital Daily System) and others applications are used by many major animation and post-production houses, including Warner Bros. Feature Animation, Industrial Light & Magic, The Moving Picture Co., ReelFX, Lowry Digital and many others.


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For more than two decades, Annapurna Stained Glass has offered original stained glass windows, restorations and repairs in Seattle, Washington. We offer custom design and pattern services including hand beveling and etching. Our highly experienced team also possesses the skill and expertise to repair art glass, ceramics and stemware.
Offering restoration and repair services, the restoration process restores an item to its original state, while a repair process will show noticeable differences from the original state. Depending on the current state of your item, we may recommend one process over the other. Regardless of which services are required, we take pride in the quality of our stained glass work. Most importantly, we value the satisfaction of our customers.
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