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Once you've registered for Open Farm Sunday it's time to plan. Below is some essential information to help you prepare for your event. Don't forget if you have any questions then please get in touch:
The handbook has lots of useful information to help you organise a successful Open Farm Sunday visit and covers everything from promoting your event to collecting feedback. It also has a template risk assessment and lots of top tips on how to ensure your event is engaging and safe.
Plan your route by taking account of interests and needs of your visitors, time available, distance, weather. Put signs up at the entrance, for parking, toilets etc. and if possible have 'give-aways' ready – farm facts, leaflets, stickers, maps. If you operate guided tours or trailer rides, put a sign up saying where the activities will start from and when... good communication with visitors helps them find their way.
Have a Plan B for bad weather but don't let it ruin your day. Inevitably rain especially, or cold, will mean that fewer people will come and you will almost certainly need less parking, less help and fewer refreshments. However you can lessen the impact of bad weather by stressing towards the end of your publicity material that (assuming this is the case) there is still plenty to see and do indoors, that attractions will be moved to the barn etc. Suggest people come in boots, stout shoes or wellies and bring a jacket if the weather is poor. At the beginning of June, check the seven day forecast for your area and keep checking it.
To spread the workload and demonstrate the breadth of knowledge, skills and expertise in farming - team up with your farming neighbours, agronomist, vet, conservation advisor and sponsors. You could ask them to help publicise the event, or invite them to say a few words on the farm tour to give you some breathing space! You could also involve other local people and groups in the community to get involved such as the Young Farmers, the Scouts etc.
We don't envisage an entry fee for Open Farm Sunday events. However, if you want to raise have a cause that is close to your heart such as a local charity, or charge for specific activities such as tractor and trailer ride, make sure you make that clear on your website entry and on your publicity material.
Health and Safety is important but it should not overshadow your day. The key is to assess the risks and plan around them. We've compiled some of the key information and golden rules for you. Read more
Let the characters from Shaun the Sheep help your visitors find their way around your farm and encourage them to keep their hands clean. We've got lots of signs for you to download and print out - take a look in the download library here
If possible have a map of the farm on hand or have volunteers at the entrance to help direct customers.
Make it memorable: Using props and hands on activities really helps visitors' to remember their day. LEAF have also produced a booklet with step by step instructions for 12 other activities to help make farm walks and talks memorable, fun and interactive. A new website 'Farming is Magic' also has lots of great ideas and short video clips to inspire you to host engaging on farm visits - the site has been developed by experienced OFS hosts, Susie Emmett and David Jones who is also our OFS East of England Co-ordinator.
Make the link between your farm and people's fridges: Always start off from plate to plough and make your story relevant to your audiences' lives. If you process your own food have it out on display or buy some that could have been produced on your farm to help visitors make the link
Keep it personal - Your visitors are far more likely to remember stories about you, your family, your animals, why you love farming, why you wanted to become a farmer. They are less likely to remember how many acres you farm, number of cows, crops and specific stewardship options
Being positive, prepared and jargon free - If you get a tricky question, do not try and answer on behalf of the industry, but keep it personal to your farm which is far more positive.
Event size and publicity - There is a range of different ways you can publicise your event to get the numbers you would like. Whether you're wanting a small scale event for a select few people, an event for the masses, or somewhere in between, we've got some useful information showing you how you can get the numbers you want. Read more
Photos don't forget to take lots of photos of your event and send them to us (email@example.com) We'd love to see them shared with us on social media too. We're on Twitter (@openfarmsunday) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/LEAFOpenFarmSunday). If you plan to take photographs or video of visitors for any marketing or promotional activity (such as websites, Facebook, sending to your local media, leaflets, etc.) you should get consent from visitors. We have produced some materials to help which you can find in our download section.
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I recently watched a 60 Minutes episode about "The 99ers" -- those who have been unemployed for 99 weeks or more.
If you're a 99er, this blog post is aimed squarely at you. I'm going to tell you how to get a job within 99 days by following one simple tip.
Although there's only one thing you need to do to get a job within 99 days, that doesn't mean it'll be easy. You're going to have to learn to think and act differently, and that's hard.
First, some background: I've never been out of work for 99 weeks. In fact, I've never been out of work, period. But that doesn't mean it's been easy for me. My father immigrated from Costa Rica, and he instilled in me a work ethic that was foreign to my elementary, middle and high school friends. My parents told me that if I wanted to go to college, I was going to have to pay for it -- all of it -- on my own. And so I did. I sold sodas when I was 10 years old to construction workers in my neighborhood. I sold candy bars on my school bus every day coming home from school. I re-sold neighborhood parking spaces in high school to students so they could park during the school day, and in college I sold Frisbees and discount club cards. My entire life, if I wanted an income, I've had to go out and find it myself. I tell you this because I want you to know where I'm coming from: Everything I've accomplished, I've done on my own. Nothing has been handed to me. So I had to learn from a young age how to be self-sufficient. I had to learn to be an entrepreneur -- how to create value... how to create something out of nothing. And if you've been out of work for 99 weeks or more, now you have to learn how to do that, too. You have to stop relying on others to help you. You have to look inside yourself and find a strength inside of you that you may not realize is there.
The only way to do that is to get over your fear. Fear is all that's stopping you from being employed. Fear is all that's stopping you from having a great job, or from being an entrepreneur yourself. I'm going to show you how to get over your fear, and by getting over your fear, how to follow the one simple tip you'll need to be successful. You can't follow my tip, though, until you've conquered your fear, so that's step one.
Days 1 - 7: How to conquer your fear and find strength inside yourself
The first step to conquering your fear is to get over any embarrassment you might have about what I'm about to ask you to do. You might have a great undergrad degree. You might have a master's degree, or a Ph.D. But if you've been unemployed for 99 weeks or more, none of that matters. Get ready to put your pride aside so you can get back into the workforce. There's a cost to everything, and your pride may be costing you an income. So in this 99 day plan to you getting a job, we're going to spend the first week helping you find the strength inside yourself that I know is there.
I'm going to ask you to do the scariest thing you can possibly imagine: To make a fool of yourself by creating value. The reason you necessarily have to make a fool out of yourself is because embarrassment = opportunity. For example, I recently hacked a taxi cab line. If you watch the video, you'll see that I made a fool out of myself doing it. But that's why there was an opportunity -- nobody else could get over their fear of embarrassment to try what I did. And people will respect you for having the guts to make a fool of yourself -- or at the very least, they'll admire the results you'll achieve.
So here's how I want you to create value to get over your fear of embarrassment: Follow the steps in this blog titled Litmus Test: Can You Be an Entrepreneur? I want you to spend a week making a fool of yourself by buying restaurant discount vouchers at Costco can reselling them in front of the restaurants. Every day for seven days, I want you to try reselling these vouchers. Is this a scary thought? Are you already making excuses about how you can't accomplish this goal? Get over it. Learn to be relentlessly resourceful. If you're already telling yourself you can't achieve this goal, you have a losing mentality. You are helping yourself fail. You can do this -- it's not rocket science. You just have to get over yourself enough to try it. Here's a smattering of the objections I can imagine you might be coming up with to give yourself an excuse not to try it:
There's not a Costco near me. So what? Is there a Costco near any of your family members or friends? Have them pick the vouchers up for you and mail them to you. What about Sam's Club or BJs? What about using Restaurant.com? I chose a random zip code, 82003 in Cheyenne, WY and got several results on Restaurant.com, like a $50 gift certificate for $20 to Shadow's Pub & Grill. Don't make excuses, just find a way to get a voucher for a restaurant that you can sell for more than you paid.
I'm not licensed to sell stuff. So what? Our nation is built on the backs of entrepreneurs and risk takers. Get into the mentality of asking for forgiveness instead of asking for permission. When I first started my real estate company in 2003, I didn't have any clients. But I knew that at a certain intersection, people would wait at a light to make a left turn into a new housing development. And I figured that many of those people probably didn't have a Realtor. So I stood on the corner at that light with a sign and flyers. It was embarrassing! I got stopped by cops all the time. But none of them made me leave -- they were all impressed that I had the drive to try an innovative way of finding new clients. And that's what I want you to do. Don't let any of these lame excuses stop you. As Yoda says "Do or do not. There is no try." So either decide that you're going to do this, or do not, and stop reading this post right now, because you don't want a job badly enough.
Start small, with just one voucher. Try to sell that. If you buy it for $70 and it's worth $100, then try to resell it for something like $90 to the people walking into that restaurant. Go down to $80 if you have to. Just make a bit of margin on the voucher. Prove to yourself that you can.
Once you've stood in front of restaurants reselling vouchers for seven days, you'll be ready to move onto the next step.
Days 8-99: Learn to Be Impressive
Once you've gotten over your fear of creating value, you'll be ready to follow my one simple tip for getting any job you want.
|Here's the only tip you need to get a job in the next 99 days:
Be Impressive.
That's it. That's all you need to get a job in the next 99 days. You just have to be more impressive than anyone else that wants the job you want.
This tip is a bit abstract, and easy to dismiss. But I'm going to spend the rest of this post making it really concrete for you. I'm going to show you how to be impressive, no matter what job it is that you want. But it all boils down to this one tip. If you're impressive, nothing else matters. Your salary requirements don't matter. Your job experience doesn't matter. The fact that you've been out of work for 99 weeks doesn't matter. None of it will matter based on an inverse correlation of how impressive you are, meaning the more impressive you are, the less any of the other stuff matters.
First, let's talk about how not to be impressive. Here's a quick laundry list off the top of my head, from personal experience screening people who I've hired in the past, of ways to leave the wrong impression, or even worse, no impression at all:
That's just a top 20 I rattled off in 5 minutes -- there are more, but the point is this: The more impressive you are, the less any of these things matter.
I'll take technically impressive engineer with bad personal hygiene and a primadonna attitude because I know he or she will get the main job done that needs doing, and do it very well.
If you're impressive, you can get away with a lot. And if any of the 20 points above apply to you, you'll need to be especially impressive because you'll be starting from a deficit compared to other candidates.
The Inside Knowledge You Need to Be Impressive
Being really impressive can be hard, and takes a lot of work. The most impressive way to be impressive (pardon the pun) is to be the best at what you do, period. For example, this guy played the harmonica at Carnegie Hall. There aren't many harmonica players that get to do that, and it's impressive. He did it because he was arguably the best harmonica player in the world. This guy dreamt of being the best puppeteer in the world, and got to work alongside Jim Henson, creating the character of Elmo that we all know and love. That's impressive.
Tiger Woods is impressive. Michael Jordan is impressive. Steve Jobs is impressive. If you dedicate your life to doing what you love, you'll have a shot at being the best in the world at it, and that will allow you to open doors that would otherwise be closed to you.
However, if you've been out of work for 99 weeks, it's likely that you never got the opportunity to pursue your passion (or, let's be honest: More likely, you never got over your fears enough to pursue it -- it's ok, just accept reality for what it is and move on, because you're over that fear now, right?). And being out of work for 99 weeks is a tough time to start pursuing your passion. You're probably very resource constrained -- maybe you're living on food stamps -- and it would be very hard for you to turn to your family and say, "I've always wanted to be a master puppeteer. I'm going to start learning the skill now." Make no mistake, though -- while I'm not advocating you become that person due to practical constraints you're probably facing right now, I am saying that you should choose a field you will enjoy. The more you enjoy what you're doing, the more impressive you'll be at it. And if you do have the time and money to figure out what you're truly passionate about, then by all means, start becoming the best in the world at it right now. You don't have a second to lose.
For the rest of you, though, to be impressive, you don't have to be the best in the world. You just have to be better than everyone else who wants the same job you do. And believe me, that bar is probably set quite low. So I'm going to show you how to be just impressive enough to get you a job in 99 days. But in the back of your mind you should remember that the more impressive you are, the easier this whole process will be.
I'll let you in on a little knowledge you need to be just impressive enough. As the CEO of a technology company in San Francisco, CA, I can tell you one thing: Every good CEO is always recruiting. The people in his or her organization dictate how well the organization will perform. If you can impress the CEO, you'll definitely be able to land a job at the company. That's just one way to be impressive -- I'm going to walk you through a number of strategies to learn how to be impressive in days 8-30 of your job hunt. You spent the first 7 days learning to create value and get over your fears, now you'll spend the next 3 weeks honing in on what you want and figuring out how to be just impressive enough at it to get the job.
You Have to Know What You Want
Many people go through life not knowing what they want. There's no way for you to reach a goal you haven't set. So let's start days 8-30 by having you figure out what you want in your job search.
Ideally, you'll want to hone your list of prospective employers down to three at most. Ideally you can pick one place you really want to work and focus on that. As I said earlier, there's a cost to everything, so the more places on your list, the less you'll be able to focus on any one of them. Make a top list of potential employers. Figure out where you want to work. Don't limit yourself. Just decide based on whatever is important to you, where the best place of employment is for you. Don't worry about who has job openings -- that doesn't matter. If you're impressive enough, a company will hire you no matter what job openings they've published.
Spend a max of two days -- days 8 and 9 -- figuring this out. Do you want to work for companies that are in a certain city? If so, there are lots of lists like this one or this one (I picked "Oklahoma" as an example) that will tell you what companies are headquartered in your city. You can Google "Chamber of Commerce [city name]" to find local businesses, like I did here for El Paso, TX. Or maybe you're willing to work anywhere -- you just want a company with great benefits? Use a list like this one to find employers with the best benefits. Maybe you have a certain skill -- let's say you are a machinist. Find a a list of employers in your field through an association like NTMA (here's their list of over 2,000 member companies).
You're probably used to searching for a job by looking at job openings. I'm telling you not to do that. I'm telling you to start by deciding what you want. Why limit yourself to the jobs section of a newspaper? If you're impressive enough, it won't matter whether there's a published job opening that hundreds of other suckers are applying for. In fact, it's probably better that there isn't a job posted, because the reality is that any company will hire someone who creates value, and if there isn't a job posted, you'll have fewer people competing with you for a job. And you learned how to create value in days 1-7, right? You can do this.
Let's use the machinist example to illustrate this point. I picked, at random, one of the machine shops from the NTMA directory: F & F Machine Specialists. Let's say that for whatever reason, I really wanted to get a job at this shop. Maybe it was in my city, or I had a special skill I knew they needed.
My first step would be to learn as much as I could about this machine shop. A quick Google search reveals a bit about them. I can tell you from this page on their site that their president is David A. Behrens -- the site even has his email address. By Googling his name + city I can find this page, which states that F&F "has an annual revenue of $10 to 20 million and employs a staff of 50 to 99." That's good intel to have -- I know it's not a small five person shop. I can also find this page, which tells me that David is 53 years old. I also noticed that the OEM Account Manger is Karen Behrens, who shares a last name with David. This tells me theirs is likely a family operation, and that she may be his wife or daughter. I can also find this page, which is the local NTMA directory page with other businesses in the same chapter.
I can also learn what tools they use in their shop from their website. If I were a machinist and I'd used any of those tools, I would have a great "hook" to use to start a conversation with the company.
Does all of this sound a bit creepy? It's all public information! You may have a fear that by knowing too much about this employer or its president that you'll seem weird. And in fact, you will -- you'll know a lot more about the company than anyone else looking for a job there, and that's a very good thing. Imagine being able to go into an interview saying, "Mr. Behrens, I know your shop uses a 2004 Mazak Nexus 510C Vertical Machining Center. I've used that machine for the past 10 years. Nobody knows it better than I do. I'd like to ask you for the opportunity to come in and work with that machine for one day in your shop, at my own expense. I'm confident that by the end of the day, you'll see how you can increase output by hiring me."
Do you see what I've done in the paragraphs above? I've done 10 minutes of research on a random machine shop located in Mishawaka, IN to learn enough about it to:
This may not work the first time you try it. It may not work after you try it 10 times. But it will work if you try it enough times, because you're doing things that make you stand out from all the other candidates. There are many other little tricks you can use to be just impressive enough. Here are some that spring to mind specifically related to F&F and our fictional machinist role:
As you can see from my examples above, much of being impressive is doing just enough to stand out from everyone else who's in the same position as you are. Thinking creatively about your situation and doing things that take you outside of your comfort zone are key elements to being impressive. That's why spending the first seven days selling restaurant vouchers is so important -- it takes you much further outside of your comfort zone than you would otherwise dare to go. Spend the next 8 through 99 days applying the points above in a methodical fashion, and I'm confident you'll land a job. Good luck -- I'd love to hear your thoughts and comments.
Footnote: Do you not have anyone else to turn to for enough capital to buy $70 worth of vouchers? If you can pass my GeekSpeed challenge in 2 minutes or less, then I'll consider funding your first $70. Like I said above, it'll be easier for you to get the $70 from friends or family, but if you have nowhere else to turn, leave a comment below with your sub 2 minute GeekSpeed entry and we'll discuss further. Why the GeekSpeed challenge? To prove that you care enough about this and to weed out those who don't.
In all my years, I have never read such a great post! You get it! First job at 11 years of age and never looked back. Retired at 42 living in Uvita, CR. When you come home, please visit me. I hope this helps so many people. Show Value! and you will be working next week!
I may be one of the few people who would argue that much of the world revolves around fear and expectations, but let me try to present the argument to you.
First, the part on fear.
Fear plays a major, major role in all of our lives. In fact, it's kind of like an invisible friend that follows you around wherever you go. Every single decision you make has some element of fear attached to it. When I say that, I mean that fear played some part in the decision making process. While that may not be a huge deal, the huge deal is that we rarely acknowledge its participation in the decision making process.
Fear is like gravity. It's always there, and we get used to it. Fear sometimes spurs people into action, and other times withholds people from acting.
Like I said, every decision we make has an element of "fearsomeness" consideration. Do you turn left on the yellow light or wait? What if a police man sees you? What if you get hit? But what if the car behind you thinks you're going to pull through the light and they hit you from behind? All elements of fear. That's an easy example, but what about the more subtle ways fear affects us. Some people grow up with parents that tell them 'you can be anything you want to be.' Others have parents who say 'you have to be a doctor (or lawyer or XYZ) to carry on the family tradition.' The fear that the child won't honor the heritage of the family dictates that whole person's life. Imagine! One simple emotion dictating a person's entire life. If that's not deep-in-your-gut, mind blowingly significant I don't know what is. And few people face their fears! Instead we mask fear by other terms. "She's just shy" or "I'm just not good at [insert skill]." For example, being a telesales representative is not an easy job. I've rarely seen fear show its face so clearly as when you put a phone in front of someone and ask them to start cold-calling. Few people can stand up to the constant rejection. Oh, and how about public speaking? How many people would rather die than speak in front of an audience (literally - studies show many people would rather die!).
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My biggest fear is failure. Failure to achieve, failure to accomplish, failure to triumph, failure to succeed. I fear the unknown. Not because of its possible endings, but because of the possibility that I might not be able to conquer the unknown. Yet here I am, alive and breathing, in my right state of mind, fulfilling my destiny, and pursuing a legacy. How do I do it amidst my fear? It's simple…I overcome fear.
In order to overcome fear I had to first realize where it came from. Timothy said "For God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power and of love and a sound mind". I think fear is not addressed properly these days because we don't talk about where it originates. Fear is not something that is obsolete. It's a feeling that hangs around and lurks. Fear is a genuine state of mind; it's just not a Godly state of mind. Once I recognized that fear didn't come from God, it raised the question who does fear come from? The next time you are fearful of something think about where it came from and remember the Lord says "Fear not". In fact he says it 365 times in the bible, see the coincidence?
Another thing I do to overcome fear is, I fight Fear with Fire. What do I mean by that? My fear of having a fear of anything is what helps me overcome. I despise fear, and like I mentioned earlier I know fear is not of God so my fear of fear keeps me from fearing the things I use to fear. Instead I use my fear to fight fear completely.

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2015 marks the 106th Anniversary of the Santa Claus Parade in Winnipeg. This year the Parade is very excited to be partnering with the Grey Cup Festival Committee to produce the Grey Cup Festival Santa Claus Parade. Be a part of this long standing tradition and volunteer. Volunteers are an integral part of the Parade and help build communities. This event is all about bringing people together to celebrate one of the most magical times of the year.
Please complete and return the form located on this website. We will notify you after that date of your "Elf" assignment and the date and time of the orientation/training session.
Volunteers are invited to attend the Volunteer Appreciation and Awards evening. The event will be held at Manitoba Hydro Place, Gallery, 360 Portage Avenue. Time & date to be announced.
From the 2015 Grey Cup Festival Santa Claus Parade a huge hug of thanks for helping make this another successful event. Celebrate 106 years. Join the celebration and sign up today.
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As of Wednesday, I'm letting the City Council off the hook. And city staff.
There will be no more writing about their craziness and good times.
I've been thinking about a great way to write this but couldn't come up with anything so I'll just be straight with it: I'm leaving the Savannah Morning News and taking a position at St. Joseph's/Candler.
I've been very lucky to have you as such loyal (and sometimes critical) readers. That's made writing the City Unfiltered really fun.
So in my new job I won't have time to snoop around City Hall and do my usual stuff.
The City Unfiltered won't go away, but the topics will change and, at least at first, won't be updated as much. Truthfully, the last few weeks I've felt weird about updating it because I was sad about the end.
I'll keep you updated on what's, um, up.
But - again - thank you for being great readers. I'll miss you.
UPDATE A source from Tybee said that it's about time I got a real job. Ha!
Another update: AWESOME videos posted in the comments.


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This Week in NDSA, Digital Liaison Mike Dutkewych continued work on an audio digitization project for the Detroit Public Library's Burton Historical Collection. For the last several weeks, Mike and two other volunteers from the WSU School of Library & Information Science have been utilizing the school's Digital Media Projects Lab to assess and digitize a box of reel-to-reel tapes from the Burton's Ernie Harwell Collection. Although some tapes show signs of degradation, most are in fine shape and offer a unique (and fantastic sounding) glimpse into the early years of one of America's most storied sports broadcasters. The students are using the SLIS DMPL's Ampex ATR-100 reel-to-reel tape machine and Audacity 2.1.1 open-source audio editing software to digitize the half-a-century-old recordings.
SLIS student, Mara Powell, has been a volunteer at the Rabbi Leo M. Franklin archives at Temple Beth El for almost a year. She first started as part of a mini-practicum for LIS 7730, Administration of Visual Collections. After the project was over the archivist asked Powell to stay on as a student volunteer and she has contributed her time since.
Powell has worked on digitizing the fragile scrapbooks of the granddaughter of the Rabbi Leo Franklin (for whom the archive is named), providing rich historical context to some of their prevalent congregation members. She has assisted the Temple archivist in her research activities for her lecture about discovering the life stories of the people buried at Temple Beth El's Lafayette Cemetery through headstone inscriptions. Through this project, some forgotten congregation members were remembered again. Powell says, "It was great to be able to contribute to this cultural history."
She has also processed a collection from the Hebrew organization, NA'Amat, formerly Pioneer Women. NA'Amat is an organization that strives to enhance the quality of life for women, children and families in Israel, the U.S. and around the world. By organizing and creating a finding aid on PastPerfect software for this collection, she has been able to provide access for the community to research this group.
Currently, Powell is assisting in preliminary research for next year's Jewish History Lecture.
The Wayne State Alumni Spring 2015 magazine has a great feature story on the Burton Historical Collection at Detroit Public Library, which recently turned 100. Burton director and SLIS alum Mark Bowden, MLIS '96, is interviewed, along with current SLIS student Devin Erlandson and SLIS faculty member and coordinator of the Archival Administration certificate program, Kim Schroeder.
The piece can be viewed here: http://mydigimag.rrd.com/publication/?i=258480, pages 40-48.
By Jennifer Wright, WSU MLIS Candidate
In the rush to fix electronic outages as swiftly as possible, it can be easy to miss connections and overall trends in favor of focusing on the immediate concern: restoring access to users. This represents a missed opportunity to address overarching themes and longstanding issues with particular resources. This presentation provided an overview of the newly-implemented tracking process for electronic resources at the University of Michigan, which allows for greater and more detailed data than they had previously collected on which vendors' products are failing to perform, how often, and in what ways. While the resulting data are well-placed to inform future purchasing decisions, they do raise questions about where responsibility lies when it comes to long-term issues that all parties (publishers, content providers, and institutions) are aware of, yet which none of them has fixed. Of particular note are issues regarding faulty metadata distributed widely across the purchasing environment, holdings and their maintenance as ownership of resources changes hands, and the functioning (or lack thereof) of OpenURL link resolvers with open-access content and bundled abstracts and reviews.
After several months of testing, implementation rolled out in spring of 2013, and served to support many of the initial decisions made regarding vendors and outage types tracked. Tweaks made during the learning curve phase involved deciding whether to adopt a priority system, the extent to which to utilize the timer, how do rationalize the policy decisions of other workspaces within the outages workspace, and when to enact dynamic vs. static linking. Having a programmer well-versed in the creation of Footprints implementations across the Library greatly aided both the planning stages as well as the few months of growing pains prior to the production phase.
Initial findings provided a number of surprises, ranging from the fact that, while memorably thorny to resolve, problems regarding the proxy server makeup the merest fraction of total outages. Additionally, those vendors or outage types anecdote might have ranked as occurring quite often, did not always come across that way in the statistics. Because of the inability to fix, for example, bundled content issues, tracking them and providing the appropriate response does not take long, and they do not loom large in the troubleshooters' consciousness. However, bundled content problems account for a great number of outages experienced, though they remain unfixed either by content providers or link resolver vendors. Additionally, a number of outage types previously undistinguished from each other in the "Other" free-text problem type field have been highlighted for separate categories of their own in the future. These include User Error (where there is in fact no outage), Temporary Glitch (where the outage was momentary and unable to be reproduced by the time troubleshooters came to fix it), and Concurrent User Limits (where users are unable to access a resource because the maximum number of users are already viewing the resource). All in all, the case study serves to highlight access issues both prominent and insidious with regard to electronic resources in large institutional libraries.
My name is Maeve Devlin, and I am in the process of forming a student organization for SLIS graduate students interested in working with children and young adults. The hope is to create an organization that can give you the opportunities to connect with other students with the same interests, discuss topics and ideas with fellow classmates, learn more about your career through workshops and visits from current professionals, and gain valuable volunteer and leadership experience through service projects and events.
If you are interested in this student organization, please contact me at email@example.com. With enough interest, I hope to have an online portion available for graduate students who are unable to make it to campus. Thank you!
National Digital Stewardship Alliance – Wayne State Student Chapter here with another installment of This Week in NDSA!
What better way to start off the semester than with a new "This Week in NDSA…"?!
Over the summer of 2014, I had the opportunity to complete my digital practicum at the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
ICPSR is the world's largest archive of behavioral and social research data. Similar to the curatorial work done on the Mona Lisa, ICPSR researchers organize, describe, clean, enhance, and preserve data—"data stewardship."
I helped Dr. Amy Pienta, Director of Data Acquisitions, update their data collection development plan, which provides depositors, data produces, and users with information about what types of data ICPSR accepts, intellectual property rights related to their data, and how these data will be curated and preserved. Though most social science data is accepted, ICPSR hosts and sponsors several special collections, such as: Resource Center for Minority Data, Terrorism and Preparedness Data Resource Center, and the NCAA Student-Athlete Experiences Data Archive.
For more information, take a look at these sites:
ICPSR www.icpsr.umich.edu
Resource Center for Minority Data www.icpsr.umich.edu/RCMD
Terrorism and Preparedness Data Resource Center www.icpsr.umich.edu/TPDRC
NCAA Student-Athlete Experiences Data Archive www.icpsr.umich.edu/NCAA
We hope everyone has a fantastic semester!
Christopher (Chris) Bonadio
NDSA Secretary
The Wayne State University School of Library and Information Science Announces Expanded Partnerships with National Cultural Institutions:
In conjunction with the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and the Smithsonian, the School is offering a condensed internship in Washington DC, various local NARA offices and Presidential Libraries. This will happen during Wayne State's Spring Break which is March 16-20, 2015. This is a great resume enhancement but it is not for credit.
Candidates will be hand chosen from the pool of applicants. This is competitive and applicants will need to be able to pay for airfare, a reduced hotel rate(in DC) and other living expenses. The School is supportive of student fund-raisers, however, and is examining ways to assist students in coordinating bake sales or other options.
These kinds of projects can give you the edge in job searching when you graduate so please consider this great opportunity.
Please submit a resume, unofficial transcript, three references and a cover letter to the Project Coordinator, Kim Schroeder (email@example.com) by February 6, 2015.
In your cover letter please mention what types of skills you offer and desire to develop. Also, specify, which location that you prefer (see list below).
Students must have satisfactorily taken LIS 7710, had some metadata coursework or job experience and be a current student. (In some cases, students with solid archival or historical professional background and DCM courses may be considered).
NARA Projects
Please find below the proposed project proposals for participation in Wayne State University's Spring Break Program (March 16-20, 2015).
Facility: Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library & Museum
Address: 200 S.E. 4th Street, Abilene, KS 67410
Project Description:
The proposed assignment is to cross-index copies of the White House Gift Unit cards for films, tapes and sound recordings to entries in our audiovisual accession logs and document the findings. The work will determine the provenance of individual items and whether those items are covered under an existing deed of gift. The proposed project will give the intern experience in archives administrative practices.
Skills needed: Knowledge of basic archival practices including accessioning. Basic word processing is needed to update accession logs.
Facility: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum
Address: 4079 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, NY 12538
Project Description:
The project intern will have an opportunity to fully digitize a small yet historically significant archival collection from the holdings of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library. Tasks include preparing materials for digitization, image capture, metadata creation, digital file management, and archival description. Upon completion of the project, the resulting digital collection will be added to the Library's FRANKLIN digital repository, opening the materials to a global online audience. Through this project, the intern will also gain a greater understanding of the National Archives and Records Administration and the presidential library system.
Required Skills: Basic knowledge of archival theory and practice and familiarity with Microsoft Office software. Prefer experience with Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Acrobat software.
Facility: George H.W. Bush Presidential Library
Address: 1000 George Bush Drive West, College Station, TX 77845
Project Description:
Last year we hosted two gentlemen (Steve and Sean) from Wayne State and they did terrific work for us and by their own account really enjoyed their experience.
Although the duration of the program is short, we will engage the student(s) on a number of levels, include at least one day handling research and reference duties in the research room and learning about the public side of a presidential library and b) at least two days participating in a large project to rebox, preserve and relocate our unclassified holdings. This project includes hands-on work with the records, limited preservation, the transfer/disposition of non-record materials and database management. Finally, we will provide the student with a basic "intro to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)" course that will provide a broad overview on the FOIA process at Presidential Records Act (PRA) libraries from intake to review to the research room. This part of the program will include readings that are provided as part of our new employee orientation.
At the end of the program, the student will leave with a solid understanding of how a presidential library manages the FOIA process.
Facility: Herbert Hoover Presidential Library
Address: 210 Parkside Drive, West Branch, IA 52358
Project Description:
The proposed project will involve scanning materials pertaining to Laura Ingalls Wilder and the Little House on the Prairie books. The papers of Rose Wilder Lane include a series of correspondence with her mother discussing, in detail, how to tell some of the Little House stories. These are the most heavily used materials in our collection and photocopies have traditionally been served to researchers.
The project involves scanning folders of correspondence and manuscripts that are either fragile or specially protected due to high risk of theft. The student will scan PDFs of the folders for easier access, TIFs for preservation purposes, create folder level metadata, and write a brief summary of their experience both for social media and inclusion in our Foundation's newsletter.
Prefer a student familiar with metadata which will allow them, under supervision, to document their work into NARA's online catalog.
Facility: NARA – Chicago
Address: 7358 South Pulaski Road, Chicago, IL 60629
Project Description:
Students will receive an overview of functions performed at National Archives Chicago facility. This will include:
- Contribute to an ongoing processing project of maritime records;
- Assist with reference operations;
- Interview and observing staff in functions such as accessioning, records management, description, and outreach;
- Contribute to an ongoing holdings maintenance project; and
- Update our finding aids with the records they reviewed.
Some familiarity with archives, either through practical experience and/or classwork.
Facility: NARA – Ft. Worth
Address: 1400 John Burgess Drive, Fort Worth, TX 76140.
Project Description:
The student intern(s) will be working on our "Slave Manifest" project which consists of working with records of the U.S. Customs Service in New Orleans, Louisiana from 1807-1861. These manifests are pre-printed fill-in-the-blank forms which were required by law and captured a variety of very detailed information. They include the name of the vessel, its ports of departure and arrival, dates of certification by the collector of customs (or surveyor), the captain or master's name, and a description of each slave on the vessel, including name, age, sex, height, name of owner or shipper, and color.
The interns will be gathering and indexing the information from these manifests by entering the data into a database. They will also assist in gathering resources to develop a handwriting guide
for others to use when researching these records. Our staff will be available each step of the way to train and give them the best archival experience possible. In this short time, the interns will gain experience in preservation, description, and information dissemination.
Facility: NARA – Philadelphia, PA
Address: 14700 Townsend Road, Philadelphia, PA 19154
Project Description:
The two projects listed below will allow students to conduct research and create content for public viewing on the National Archives at Philadelphia Facebook page, which will help the student gain exposure to the record holdings and resources available at the National Archives at Philadelphia and beyond, as well as get experience in the metrics of social media outreach and marketing from a humanities institution, as is in the context of the LIS program. Because the focus on outreach in March will be to complete microprojects that commemorate the sesquicentennial anniversary of the closing of the Civil War in April, the student will be working with Records of the Provost General Marshal (Record Group 110). Choices of microprojects to work on within that group will be outlined below.
Skills Required and Preferred: Strong critical thinking skills and being able to adequately write descriptive text. Being able to read old handwriting is a plus. Being able to lift 30 pounds or more is also a plus.
- Letters Notifying Surrender
- Everyone knows that General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant in the courthouse in Appomattox, VA, on April 9th, 1865. To commemorate the 150th anniversary of this event, we will explore a potentially under-researched aspect of the results of this, which would be how it affected those coordinating the troops.
- Estimated time of completion: 20 hours
- Posting on Facebook the week of April 6th to April 10th.
- Steps:
- Identify letters / telegrams / memoranda in the "Letters Received" and "Telegrams Received" series within RG 110 advising districts of the surrender at Appomattox.
- Review the "Letters Sent" and "Telegrams Sent" series to identify reactionary statements to the surrender.
- Scan the selected documents to the shared hard drive.
- Create a descriptive piece of text to accompany the scanned letters on Facebook.
- Ideally, this will be in the format of a photo album, therefore captions and citations will accompany each individual scan.
- The Offices Within
- Create a spotlight on the functions of the Volunteer Recruiting Service.
- Estimated time of completion: 16 hours
- Posting on Facebook the week of April 27th to April 30th.
- Steps:
- Use the Guide to Records of the American Civil War at the National Archives at Philadelphia (which will be provided) to locate records relating to the Volunteer Recruiting Service.
- Compile a descriptive photo album (much like above) using records from the "Volunteer Recruiting Service" records. Look for records that might describe the various functions of the service.
3.Write a short piece to accompany the scanned documents (much like above).
- Will teach the student the intricacies of the accessioning process, in a life-cycle environment. And will provide a real-life, practical MPLP project, with records for which the MPLP approach was created.
- Estimated time of completion: 40 hours
- Steps:
- Locate and pull accessions from the Records Center.
- Conduct preservation risk assessment.
- Complete other steps to meet NARA's minimal processing standards (stable box, labeled with basic information and bar code that links to the holdings database; update descriptive information in the National Archives Catalog and narrative finding aids for accretions to existing series, or create a series description for new series).
- Scan boxes to shelves in the Archival bay, and upload that data to the holdings database.
Smithsonian Projects
Various D.C. Facilities: Please list preference in application
Creating EAD Finding Aids for various entities including the Archives of American Art, National Museum of American History, and the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives (National Museum of African Art). Students would be working with EAD / AT cleanup and legacy data importing. At EEPA, they would be helping to create new finding aids. Students would gain experience with creating and updating EAD finding aids using one or more of the following : AT, NoteTab, oXygen, MARCEdit, Excel and SI's EAD conversion tools.
Facility: Freer Gallery of Art
Digitizing the famous art collector, Charles Lang Freer's Manuscript Collection containing correspondence and financial information. This material will be shared with the Freer House in Detroit Michigan. http://www.asia.si.edu/about/charleslangfreer.asp
Hello everyone! Fall term has wrapped up and the National Digital Stewardship Alliance – Wayne State Student Chapter hopes it went well for you!
The break between terms is a great time to relax a little, decompress, maybe even catch up with friends, family or hobbies. Eventually another term will start up again with the hustle and bustle of new courses and projects. Our student group will be holding its annual Colloquium in the spring and we urge any and all students interested to submit a proposal for a poster or presentation! The deadline for submitting proposals for this year's Colloquium is February 8th.
Did you complete a project or assignment this term related to digital preservation? How about an internship or practicum? Do you work as a digital practitioner as part of your job? Showcasing your work while you are still a student is a great way to gain experience, confidence and exposure! Not to mention, it is an excellent opportunity to learn about what others in the field are up to and to network, network, network~!
Therefore, we'd like to send out a reminder for our Call of Proposals! The details are located below, or you can read about it on our blog: https://wsustudentndsa.wordpress.com/2014/11/23/2015-wsu-ndsa-colloquium/
Join us next week for the School of Library and Information Science Fall Open House! The Open House will take place Thursday, November 13, 2014 from 5-7 p.m. on the 3rd Floor of Kresge Library. You can RSVP by clicking on the link below. SLIS Open House Thursday, November 13, 2014 from 5-7 p.m.
The SLIS Open House is a great chance to learn more about our MLIS program (available online), career opportunities in the information profession and chat with SLIS faculty members from each of our pillars: Library Services, Information Management, and Archives and Digital Content Management. There will also be SLIS Admissions representatives, current SLIS students and alumni available to answer any questions you may have about what an MLIS can do for you. In addition, you can learn more about scholarship opportunities and graduate student assistantships, and tour our state of the art Digital Media Projects Lab.
WSU librarians will be demoing a pair of Google Glasses with a custom WSU-designed app! Also, WSU librarians and a current GSA will be available to provide details about the details about the Winter 2015 GSA position that is currently open. They will be accepting resumes from students in person!
We will have an admissions representative at the Graduate Open House the Welcome Center, but the main action will be at the SLIS Open House "Meet and Greet" on the 3rd Floor of Kresge Library, so we hope you will join us there! Questions? Feel free to contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com or 313-577-1825. We look forward to seeing you!
The School of Library and Information Science is happy to announce the availability of one Graduate Student Assistantship (GSA) position starting in Winter 2015 in WSU Libraries. The assistantship provides a full tuition scholarship (up to 36 credits) for a master's degree in library and information science (MLIS), an annual $16,838 stipend, health insurance and representation by the GEOC (Graduate Employees Organization Committee). Further details and link to the job postings are below.
- Graduate Student Assistantship Position within University Library System (Purdy/Kresge and Undergraduate Libraries)
- GSAs provide direct user assistance at information/reference desks through in-person, phone, and virtual reference; assisting patrons with the catalog, internet, databases, and use of computers. In addition, GSAs collaborate on the development of library guides, provide information literacy instruction, and participate in special projects as assigned; such assignment may be based on interest, and can include work with discovery services, material processing, eResources, acquisitions, and digital publishing. The special project duties are facilitated by the discretion of the GSA Coordinator and/or other Staff Librarians.
- The GSA employment experience is designed to provide a wide overview of academic library operations, with a focus on developing skills in operational areas increasing in responsibility and independence over an approximate two year period.
- Open to both new and current students.
- DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: Sunday, November 16th by midnight.
- For further details on requirements, download the full GSA job posting.
- Apply at http://slis.wayne.edu/wsu_gsa_application.php.
Students can learn further details from WSU librarians and apply in person for this GSA position at the SLIS Open House in 315 Kresge Thursday, November 13, 2014 from 5:00-7:00 pm!


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OMG I love thiaaaas^^only idiots would hate your art^^
... I don't think it is idiot ism if someone has different taste in art.
but yes. hating is not good still
but yes. hating is not good still
XD....it was just meant of kidding....heh..i meant...youre art is so gourgeous...that..is only...stupid people who would say it was ugly....cause I SURE LOVE ITTT XD XDD
and again you were rude for some people who doesn't have same taste as you. shus you.
I still appreciate it if you love my art.
I still appreciate it if you love my art.
It was a complement...-_-....i mean if people hates your drawings, then they are idiots,,because..your drawing art is amazing..cause..people are blind..if they can't..see how beautiful youre art is....
Thats a cool picture.. i think i have seen one using that picture in a RP just some days ago..
well that can happen.
I know how it is to get art/character used for RP's and havent been asked for premision.. It happend whit my OC thats over 7 years old and its not so fun if a character get used like that when you have put down lot of time on a character, pictures and the design...
and as this character is not mine either it is just.. rude. O_o rude to use picture I have made and with someone elses character in it.
i know right.. in my gallery i have made a gift art of her character named rocky a purple wolf. and i saw someone used it for a RP on a webbsite and i think i should kill the person.. A Art you spent minutes-days on for giving it to someone and its another character on and found that someone have take it and clame it as theirs ._. thats just so rude... And i have seen many art thiefs on this webbsite.. Like this Samurai wolf named Takeru is used by many.. and they clame it as theirs.. And i just dont like when ppls use others picture whitout asking... Im on this webbsite and searching up stolen pictures and searching up the real artist and ask/tell it about the picture..
looks like it should be in a real cartoon its kick ass
fantastic drawing
so cute D: <3 and so well done
How do you impress me so damn much? You're one of the very few artists that can do that! I'm very hard to please ya know........
So beautiful ! I like his/her glance ( i don't know if it's a male or a female )
omg i love ur art its awsome
Would it be rude if I asked u a question
How in earth could that be rude? just asking? why do people fear to ask me questions?
im sorry !_! i just met u sort of but how do u paint ur artwork or do u just naturaly know how 2 paint awsome :3
This is so awesome, I love the whole look of it ^-^
love it<3
So beautiful hun, everything you do you do it perfectly ;w; <3
Wow this is beautiful! I love the pose and the anatomy is great! And the shading is amazing! Awesome work!
I love your attention to anatomy.
TÄÄ ON IHANA!!!; OO siis se tunne ku tuun jonku verran kestäneen deviantart tauon jälkeen käymään täällä ja nään sulta tulleen uuden kuvan! pyörrynXD tää on niin kertakaikkiaan upee! osaat käyttää niin taidokkaasti tota sun piirto-ohjelmaa ja ofc sun piirtotaitoaXP
Your coloring style, is by far, my favorite out of everyone. <3
Beautiful one
+fav ^-^
+fav ^-^
awawawawww~ Vähän hieno *3* Toi asento ja kaikki on niin hienoo. Ja kadehdin aina noita taustojasi >:C Tässäkin kuvassa ei ole kuin tuollainen maa, mutta sekään ei onnistuisi miun taidoilla. Olet kyllä lahjakas~
:3 kiitos kiitos
tosin mua ittee ärsyttää tässä työssä just se seikka et tässä on vain maa xD
tosin mua ittee ärsyttää tässä työssä just se seikka et tässä on vain maa xD
ollos hyvä :3
mm-m. Mutta se maa on niin hienosti tehty, että se on hino (joo mitähän mä taas selitän :'D)owo
mm-m. Mutta se maa on niin hienosti tehty, että se on hino (joo mitähän mä taas selitän :'D)owo
Se on tosi ihanan näkönen!!! <3<3
OMG that is so cute !!! wish i can order art like that


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Diamonds, Daisies, Snowflakes... New York!
Movin' On Up: A skewed history of New York City as depicted by the opening themes of 1970s TV shows
The wonderful Jean Stapleton, has passed away at age 90.
Good Night Edith.
Good Night Edith.
Half Déjà Vu
"This family album isn't all-encompassing. 'The Sopranos' had many parents and grandparents, and it spawned many more offspring than can be covered in one slide show. We've just focused on some of the more colorful ancestors and descendants in the family tree."
Richard Nixon watched 'All In the Family'
Richard Nixon watches [transcript] 'All in the Family.'
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text: Founded by Jeff Brown in October, 2012, Purple Walrus Press was an online publication based in Ypsilanti, Michigan which featured alternative news, views and music and theater reviews. The PWP announced its termination on November 28, 2014. However, on March 21, 2015 Purple Walrus Press resumed operations and publication. However, as of May,2015 the publication has ceased operations. A print edition was published between October 2012 and August 2013, copies of the print edition can be found on the website under Back Issues.


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Tod the fox by SpiritwollfWatch
©2010-2016 Spiritwollf
I had to whip up a quick birthday card for my sister yesterday and guess who made the front page! Yes, lil Tod here! I just added a plain bg to post it. I think he came out pretty good, I didn't even use that many refs, only a few screenies from google and my other Tod pic.
It's pretty rough since I had to make it so quickly, there are a lot of rough lines still in there so be nice.
Other Tod:
Awww ain't he cute???
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It's pretty rough since I had to make it so quickly, there are a lot of rough lines still in there so be nice.
Other Tod:
Awww ain't he cute???
Background: [link]
Awesome! Tod means death in german. Isn't that weird?
Really good style
my gosh its tod so cute!
So cute <3
love the tod
AW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO CUTE!!!! i loved this movie, it was SO cute. I wish i owned it :/ oh well!
aha Tod is freakin beast x) i always wanted his voice when i was younger :S his and Simba's lol x)
He sure is lol! Lol!
haha but yea nice pic wish i could do art like that lol x)
^^ Thanks. It just takes practice and patience. And a love for what you're doing! And who wouldn't love drawing Tod?? XD
Ohh, I love Todd as well (In Dutch his name is Frey, I love that name!)
Too cute!!!!
There are rough lines in there? I don't see any and this is so cute and you did great on this!
Well not rough lines, I mean I did it pretty quickly so my lineart isn't the greatest.
Thank you!
Thank you!
ah so cute ^^
Awwww! So adorable! :3
I loved this movie as a kid!! So good!! Also great job on capturing the Tod expression .
Tod is the cutest fox ever!
I love tod
OMG SO CUTE!! dude you draw Todd very well


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Valerie Dohren
Where Is The Night - Poem by Valerie Dohren
Where is the night that I may rest
In silent solitude
Amidst the moonlit starry skies
With peacefulness imbued
The dark to steal my languid soul
Above, beyond the sea,
That I may reign forever fixed
In sweet serenity
Beneath my eyes, the earth shall turn
Whilst I remain so still
Thus contemplating such desire
Man's eager need to fill
But here I stay 'midst earthly gloss
Caught ever by its spell
Yet tethered by all worldly things
Within my heart to dwell
So high upon the ragg'ed clouds
Of dreams long borne, I fly
Through yonder storms and battlefields
Where all are wont to cry
Until the day when I shall loose
All chains that capture me
And soar above to regions where
My heart and soul be free
Comments about Where Is The Night by Valerie Dohren
Howard 'the motivational poet' Simon (5/11/2015 2:24:00 PM)
Full of freedom and bursting with beauty. Well done my friend! (Report) Reply
* Sunprincess * (2/5/2014 5:40:00 PM)
......love this gem...the last stanza came so clearly into view...thought I was watching a movie...beautiful
love your poem so much... (Report) Reply
Walterrean Salley (4/25/2013 7:44:00 AM)
Shows the sweet and lovely side of night. Many times, at the end of the day, I am so worn and look forward to the night for the nurturing it offers. Very lovely creation here. (Report) Reply
Yasmeen Khan (4/18/2013 9:01:00 AM)
A wish to meet eternity because soul is tired and weary and chained in the course of days and nights...a soft and mellow poem by a very mature poet (Report) Reply
Sally Plumb Plumb (4/16/2013 7:09:00 AM)
Kelvin Owusu (4/15/2013 4:57:00 AM)
a peaceful poem, thoughts of a blissful dreamer excellent write (Report) Reply
David Wood (4/13/2013 3:05:00 PM)
Only in my dreams am I truly free. A lovely poem Valerie. (Report) Reply
Aftab Alam Khursheed (4/13/2013 12:10:00 PM)
A poem that calls for freedom freedom of any kind..soul's freedom from body, to get rid og tiredness and rest in peace is also the freedom from age, poem speaks about the quality of the poet.....thank you Valerie wanna to read more, (Report) Reply
Anthony Di''anno (4/12/2013 8:25:00 AM)
Another well thought out and hypnotic poem Val. I love the way your pen sounds the notes of your heart. Lovely :) (Report) Reply
Ray Quesada (4/12/2013 1:41:00 AM)
very musical - i really think this deserves a 10. Glad i stumbled onto this one tonight - (Report) Reply
Josh Dinkin (4/10/2013 10:59:00 PM)
Diane Hine (4/9/2013 9:00:00 PM)
We always travel to fabulous places when we read your poems Val. (Report) Reply
Leanna Noto (4/9/2013 8:43:00 PM)
I really enjoyed reading this poem it is very lovely! (Report) Reply
Dave Walker (4/9/2013 11:34:00 AM)
A beautiful poem, a really wonderful flow to it. (Report) Reply
Godfrey Morris (4/8/2013 10:11:00 PM)
Unwritten Soul (4/8/2013 3:44:00 AM)
You are mastery in soothing writing poetry...somehow this poem really fit me well..and night is always my time where i and moon have a journey in the sea of celestial dark...well done and very well done haahaha liked it much_Soul (Report) Reply
Valsa George (4/7/2013 11:33:00 PM)
We hopefully wait to 'soar above to regions where our heart and soul are free. Beautiful! ! (Report) Reply
David Wood (4/7/2013 2:51:00 PM)
A beautiful poem particularly the last stanza. I like it. (Report) Reply
Hazel Durham (4/7/2013 2:39:00 PM)
Night time is like a soothing balm to relish tranquillity and peace bound by complete freedom of spirit!
Inspired write! (Report) Reply
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Valerie Dohren's Other Poems
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Phenomenal Woman
Maya Angelou
Still I Rise
Maya Angelou
The Road Not Taken
Robert Frost
If You Forget Me
Pablo Neruda
Langston Hughes
Annabel Lee
Edgar Allan Poe
Caged Bird
Maya Angelou
Rudyard Kipling
Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening
Robert Frost
A Dream Within A Dream
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I wasn't lying when I said this dress is versatile. In terms of comfort, it's really not all that different from a nightgown, but I feel like the army green color makes it a bit more rustic and ideal for outdoor wearing. Future spring/summer staple officially tried and tested. So...what the Hell is this crap I hear about a cold snap? Not ok.
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i wish i looked like that when i was hanging out in my backyard... you look amazing! that dress can be worn just about any which way.ReplyDelete
The denim tie up is fantastic with that lovely dress. And I agree, that dress is truly versatile. Gorgeous jewelry, too!ReplyDelete
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Loveee your denim + silk!ReplyDelete
I'm so glad those shirts have your seal of approval too! Although maybe I should stop teaming mine with leopard print, high waists and bleach blonde hair...ReplyDelete
Just gorgeousness as always! Love love those boots.ReplyDelete
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I LOVE this look!! I literally gasped when I saw the first photo - everything is so perfect, and I love how different this is from the first time you wore this dress!ReplyDelete
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I love the flexible items. It looks great for a lazy day becuase of how flowy it looks.ReplyDelete
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Loving the fall of the dress......also like the way you've added a casual touch with the knotted denim shirt! You're sure lighting up that backyard girl!! :)ReplyDelete
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I love the juxtaposition of the floaty dress with the rigid military boots and rugged chambray.ReplyDelete
Your style is amazing! You always have such a cool pictures and clothes...ReplyDelete
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true laidback chic style!ReplyDelete
I would never in a million years of thought to pair that dress with those boots & a chambray shirt, but it looks AMAZING! What an awesome outfit.ReplyDelete
You look amazing. What a gorgeous dress. It works so well with the denim shirt.ReplyDelete
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great outfit! love how the tied up denim looks!ReplyDelete
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Beautiful outfit! The draping of the dress is gorgeous. I love how you always manage to make elegant pieces look casual and appropriate for every day wear. Good job!ReplyDelete
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Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
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Chinese immigrants in the United States are broadly affected by cancer health disparities. We examined the cancer screening attitudes and practices of physicians serving Chinese immigrants in the New York City (NYC) area by mailing a cancer screening survey, based on current guidelines, to a random sample of physicians serving this population. Fifty three physicians (44%) completed the survey. Seventy-two percent reported following the guidelines for breast cancer, 35% for cervical cancer screening, and 45% for all colorectal cancer screening tests. Sixty-eight percent of physicians were satisfied with their current rates of cancer screening with their Chinese immigrant patient population. Physicians serving the Chinese community in NYC follow cancer screening guidelines inadequately. Cancer screening rates in this population could likely be increased by interventions that target physicians and improve awareness of guidelines and recommended best practices.
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