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Writing Children's Books For Dummies
384 pages
March 2011
Table of Contents
Author Information
Part I: The ABCs of Writing for Children.
Chapter 1: The Basics of Writing Children's Books.
Chapter 2: Children's Book Formats and Genres.
Chapter 3: Understanding the Children's Book Market.
Part II: Immersing Yourself in the Writing Process.
Chapter 4: Setting Up Your Workspace.
Chapter 5: Starting with a Great Idea.
Chapter 6: Researching Your Audience and Subject.
Part III: Creating a Spellbinding Story.
Chapter 7: Creating Compelling Characters.
Chapter 8: The Plot Thickens: Conflict, Climax, and Resolution.
Chapter 9: Can We Talk? Writing Dialogue.
Chapter 10: Setting the Scene.
Chapter 11: Finding Your Voice: Point of View and Tone.
Chapter 12: Writing Creative Nonfiction and How-To Books.
Part IV: Making Your Story Shine.
Chapter 13: Editing and Formatting Your Way to a Happy Ending.
Chapter 14: To Illustrate or Not to Illustrate.
Chapter 15: Finding Feedback and Encouragement.
Part V: Getting Published and Promoting Your Book.
Chapter 16: Getting an Agent to Represent You.
Chapter 17: Finding the Perfect Publisher and Signing a Contract.
Chapter 18: Following the Publishing Process.
Chapter 19: Donning Your Publicity Cap.
Part VI: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 20: More than Ten Great Sources for Storylines.
Chapter 21: Ten Best Ways to Promote Your Story.


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Do you love to knit? Are you passionate about knitting for charity? Or, you would like to know more about knitting for charity -- worthwhile charities to knit for, free patterns you can use for charity knitting projects, great new techniques, information about yarn or supplies, and so on?
If so, you have come to the right place!
At Knitting for Charity, we love to use our favorite hobby to benefit people in need all over the country and the world. And what better way to help others through our needles than to share what we find with you, fellow knitters and would-be knitters?
Let Me Introduce Myself
I'm Nicole Haschke. As you may know, Nellie the Knitting Nut and her friend Kitty originally started this website. They took on Kyla Quinlan, who then took over the website.
I was a member of Kyla's team for a few years. She decided to move on to other endeavors, and she asked me to take it over. I am now the sole flag-carrier for this illustrious site!
So, let me share a little bit about myself. I've been knitting for almost as long as my younger daughter has been alive! When she was about 4 months old, I received a gift from a fellow knitting friend. She sent me a box full of yarn, needles, and a cute little "Learn to Knit" book.
I gave it a try one day while baby was napping, and I was hooked immediately! My first project was a little change purse with a button. Then I made a small bag. Next I made myself a scarf. I couldn't stop knitting!
A year or two later, I discovered charity knitting. I was so happy to find a way to combine my newest obsession with a way to help people. I especially loved it because it meant that I could use my meager resources to do not only something I loved, but also something that could help make the world a better place.
A few years later I joined Kyla's team, and the rest is proverbial history.
Here's a little more about me: I now live in Oklahoma after living most of my life in Ohio. I'm married, and we have two beautiful girls. My collective pet name for them is "the girlios." Our family is rounded out by our dog, Winnie, a black terrier mix who loves nothing better than to climb into my lap while I'm trying to knit! (I love her anyway, though.)
Aside from knitting and writing, my hobbies include tennis (both watching and playing), social media, and dyeing my hair crazy colors. I enjoy volunteering at both girlios' schools, and I lead children's worship at our church.
I just love this website! I really enjoy sharing with all of you the many wonderful charities available to knit for, as well as free patterns, ways to save money on knitting, and tips on how to make your knitting even better and more fun. I am so thankful to all our subscribers and visitors who have done so much to help others by knitting for charity.
Here is just a little bit of the feedback we have received from some wonderful charities:
From our Friends at The Humble Stitch sites.google.com/site/thehumblestitch
Folks, one person I forgot to thank - someone essential to our success - was Kyla at Knitting for Charity. An astounding 35% of traffic to our website came from her wonderful, positive article about The Humble Stitch. Thank you, Kyla!
From Steve at Kids Knits www.kidknits.org:
I am Steve, the father of Ellie, who is the founder of KidKnits. We have been noticing a steady flow of traffic to our website, www.kidknits.org ever since the blog post was made, and we wanted to express our thanks... We appreciate what you are doing through your blog, and would love to know if we could help you in any way.
From Christine at Knots of Love www.knotsoflove.org:
Hi! This is a fabulous piece!! I can't thank you enough for writing it. As you know we donate over 3,000 caps per month and if I had more caps I could EASILY donate them. I am certain we will garner many move volunteers because of this magnificent mention. Thank you so very very much!!
From Lora at Outreach to Appalachia outreachtoappalachia.webs.com:
I just wanted to say THANK YOU so much for featuring my group in your newsletter! We have grown by leaps and bounds since it has come out and people have found us. I have such a heart for the people of Appalachia and the poverty that they suffer daily that it is awesome to have so many new helping hands! I am forever thankful. Have a blessed day!
In short, you'll find the answers to just about ALL of your questions about knitting for charity - how great the need is, the variety of projects you can get involved in, what kinds of yarn to use, how to save a ton of money knitting for charity... and much, much, more!
So explore these pages. I know you'll find something to get started knitting right away...

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Friday, June 22, 2012
Ever feel like you are making a herculean effort and receiving microscopic results? Like the mountain you're trudging up looks like a speck of sand to everyone around you? But that speck of sand feels like it's going to eat you alive??
I'm over tired, under appreciated, frustrated, annoyed, sad, needy, and really wishing some people would acknowledge my effort. Then in the next second I wonder if I just half a$$ed it, would it be easier to handle? Or would I still feel like a failure b/c I know I wasn't giving my all?
I have some derby drama going on and I don't even know if it's all in my head or what. I feel like I give all that I can to this league and team and I'm constantly trying to do things to make me better. I push myself past breaking at every practice while others do the bare minimum. I ask for jobs that I see a need for and get shot down constantly. But yet when it comes down to bout day, I'm still just one of the "new girls". I'm on a line this time but I am in the position where I will substituted out on a regular basis with girls much less skilled than I am.
I keep thinking maybe I care too much, try too hard, or I'm just not as good as I think I am. Don't get me wrong...I know I'm not an expert but I really give it my all and try to learn everything I can.
If I'm not taking care of my family or at work, I'm doing volunteering with derby. Or thinking about derby. Or working out to be better at derby. Or researching things to learn more about derby. I spend all my extra money on dues, jerseys, equipment, and traveling to away games. I've done this since day one and it's been almost a year now. It's my passion and I really LOVE it most days.
Then I wonder if it's worth it. I miss my family on practice days. I'm sore and exhausted on a constant basis. I always feel like I should be somewhere else no matter what I'm doing.
Is the effort ever going to be good enough? Or will people with more seniority or natural ability that don't have to give the effort always get the prize while I'm left crying on the way home (after pushing so hard at practice that I want to vomit)?
I'm not giving up because I'm not a quitter. But I can't say it doesn't hurt somewhere deep inside. Saw a quote that was perfect for my feelings today: Tough times don't last; Tough people do. I'll keep calm and carry on. It's has to get better, right??
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In our league, we have a 70% attendance policy. All leagues are different, I'm not sure what yours is. If it's something similar, why not sit down with your attendance girl and figure out how many practices you can miss- and spend them with your family?
I say talk one on one with your captains or bench coach to see why you're being subbed for girls with less skill. Perhaps a skill evaluation might be worth it? It might be painful and suck to hear, but at least you'd have specifics to work for, yanno? Like pack awareness, etc. Maybe they want specific players paired up together. Maybe you don't skate well with certain skaters. I know I'm not a good B2 with this one girl because she doesn't know how to pair up. She does her own thing.
In terms of jobs. Some people are just jerks and don't know how to let others help. Maybe they've been burned from people vaguely saying, "I'd love to help" and then not coming up with anything. My teammates tell me "Oh I'll help with the blog!" and then never follow up. Maybe ask one of the admin girls specifically what they need done? Or go to one of your league founders? And ya know what, if they're not going to give you more, then screw it. You manage to get wrapped into more drama if you have more responsibility sometimes. And then you go "Man, I just wanna skate."
You and I both know that the effort of derby will pay off. It has already paid off, hasn't it?? We all go through slumps. Sometimes it's hard to get through them. And then, what, we listen to a Bonnie seminar? We go watch a really awesome All Star game for another league? It won't take long til you get back in the derby love mindset. You just need to get through your slump. Just take it easy at practice. Remember not to kick the puppy. There's no need to exert yourself to the point of an emotional/physical breakdown. I learn better if I have a clear head and can store what I've done. If I leave delirious, I'll never retain it.
If you're feeling like crap, then something's wrong. Take a week off? Turn derby off and see how you feel. But I bet you $100 that you'll be yearning to be back on the track within a day.
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Hang in there. Sometimes it's our own perceptions that get us. Keep on trucking and working hard. It will get you where you want to be. Is there anyone that you feel like you could talk to about how you're feeling? Bring it across like what more would it take for you to be in the position that you're striving to reach. Being "newer" maybe they think "you" don't think you're ready..who knows. Worst case scenario...you'll at least know where you stand. Wishing you the best! Hope this is just a small valley and soon you'll be back on top of that hill!
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I understand where you are coming from. I am not naturally athletic or remotely coordinated. I have to work 10x's harder at most things to be just average.
And for me, the more I want something and the more I care..the worse I suck. I get too emotional and crawl up in my head and over think everything. I'm like Lenni from "Of Mice and Men" and I love it too hard. I squeeze it and crush the life out of it. Does that make sense? The best games I've had are the ones where I say "F* it!" and just play. The best times I have are when I don't think. I don't worry about the "what ifs" or where I'm rostered or what might happen or who said what about whom.
It might not be a bad thing if you took a little step back for a minute. Know what I mean?
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Aw, hon, we all have these days. Sounds like you just need a break. Maybe give yourself a stress-free and derby-free weekend. Or at least let yourself sleep in and relax a bit. Weekends always have a way of making things better. :)
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Pippa Middleton has reportedly been on several dates with the brother of Made In Chelsea's Spencer Matthews.
According to The Sunday Mirror, the pair were seen having dinner together "in a secluded booth" at London's Hakkasan.
An onlooker told the paper: "They were deep in conversation and only had eyes for each other. Pippa was all smiles and kept giggling. They stayed for nearly three hours and didn't seem to want the meal to end."
James is Spencer's older brother. The 37-year-old is the chief executive of an investment advisory firm and a former Eton pupil. Pippa, who is currently promoting her first book, Celebrate, split from her city broker boyfriend of three years, Alex Loudon in 2011.
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taxes and condo fees have devoured their anticipated profits, Zilbert
says. And because rental rates have not kept pace with appreciation,
renting their units will not cover the cost of ownership. Many will
need to sell their units almost immediately.
Speculative investors have virtually disappeared from
the condo market, says Defortuna -- a sign that the boom days of
recent years are giving way to more normal times, with more moderate
Flipping properties?
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"Someone who paid $500 a square foot for a unit can put it on the market for $700," he says. "There's another option for the buyer who just wants to unload an apartment and step away. They can find a replacement buyer at a slightly higher price, so they can cover the broker commission and get their original investment back."
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Melting Pot on KPFK #4: First Hour
Melting Pot on KPFK #4: Second Hour
Our second chance to raise funds for KPFK was yesterday, and even though it was Father's Day we did a little better than the week before. A lot of that had to do with all the special "free" premiums we had to give to subscribers during the show, including tickets to see the Black Keys and the Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra. Additionally, virtually all of the music is available to subscribers to KPFK, just click here to see some of our CD premiums. Based on how things are going with this fundraiser there's a chance we'll be doing one more fundraising show this Sunday, but hopefully we'll be back to business as usual…
Melting Pot Fundraising Special #2
Playlist: 6-20-2010
{opening theme} Booker T. & The MGs – Melting Pot – Melting Pot (Stax)
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Love – The Good Humor Man He See Everything This Way – Forever Changes (Elektra)
Gonjasufi – Sheep – A Sufi & A Killer (Warp)
Quantic – Cumbia Del Mar – Dog With A Rope (Tru Thoughts)
Murs & 9th Wonder – I Used To Love H.E.R. – Fornever (SMC)
Richard "Groove" Holmes – Song For My Father – Onsaya Joy (Flying Dutchman)
Orgone – The Cleaner – Cali Fever (Ubiquity)
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Dum Dum Girls – Lines Her Eyes – I Will Be (Sub Pop)
Ray Frazier & the Shades of Madness – I Who Have Nothing – California Funk: Rare Funk 45s From the Golden State (Now-Again)
Seu Jorge & Almaz – Rock With You – Seu Jorge & Almaz (Now-Again)
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings – If You Call – I Learned The Hard Way (Daptone)
Quantic – Selections from Dog With A Rope – Dog With A Rope (Tru Thoughts)
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Bill Withers – Excerpt from Still Bill – Still Bill
Various Artists – Selections from California Funk – California Funk: Rare Funk 45s From the Golden State (Now-Again)
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Antibalas – Si Se Puede – Liberation Afrobeat Vol. 1 (Ninja Tune)
Saravah Soul – Fire – Cultura Impura (Tru Thoughts)
The Black Keys – The Only One – Brothers (Nonesuch)
Orgone – Selections from Cali Fever – Cali Fever (Ubiquity)
Mehrpouya – Soul Raga – Pomegranates (Finders Keepers)
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Noosh Afarin – Gol-E Aftab Gardoon – Pomegranates (Finders Keepers)
Francois Wertheimer – L'Automne – The BYG Deal (Finders Keepers)
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Jamie Lidell – Enough's Enough – Compass (Warp)
Flying Lotus – Do The Astral Plane – Cosmogramma (Warp)
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Enrique Olivarez Y Los Vampiros – Al's Place – California Funk: Rare Funk 45s From the Golden State (Now-Again)
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Working Plan for Digital Information
Revised March 13, 1997
Corrected September 15, 1998
The University Library selects and provides information resources to the University's faculty, students, and staff in support of research and teaching. This basic mission is fulfilled through programs and services that are responsive to changes in scholarship, publishing, and education. In 1990 the Library promulgated Goals for the Year 2000 to establish directions to be pursued in the final decade of this century, with lead responsibility for implementation assigned to distinct organizational units. As anticipated at that time, developments in information technology have created new means of achieving the Library's mission. These changes are profound and pervasive: digital activities now permeate all areas of the Library and present choices requiring allocation of resources and priority-setting. This document focuses on five goals that constitute priorities for digital initiatives in support of the Library's overall mission.
The Library is already actively exploiting information technology and delivering information to users in digital form. Ongoing, core functions such as selection decisions, providing access to information, delivery of services to users, and the preservation of Library collections are increasingly influenced by digital options and opportunities. Several current projects, such as retrospective conversion and the CIC Virtual Electronic Library, are among the highest priority objectives enumerated in this document. Inter-institutional collaborative efforts and partnerships with faculty and campus units in the acquisition and creation of digital sources are important features of the new information environment. The University Library and others are transforming themselves into a national or global digital library composed of a distributed network of managed repositories and access tools. Traditional Library responsibilities of selection, organization, access, preservation, and instruction in use increasingly encompass electronic materials and shared resources. Specific digital information goals will guide the Library's aggressive effort to encourage and facilitate these transitions.
Now and into the foreseeable future, the Library and its users will operate in a mixed environment of print and digital information sources. Our locally owned collections in traditional formats will continue to be essential, but an increasing amount of new publications used by the University community will be stored in digital form and retrieved via networks. The transition to digital formats will vary by discipline. Digital formats are already the dominant medium for abstracting, indexing, and other bibliographic services, and the preferred if not yet dominant medium for reference literature. The amount of current journal literature in digital form, through still a small portion of the total universe, is growing and may be on the verge of exploding. For articles and research results electronic delivery offers major advantages of timeliness and economy and will increasingly become the preferred method of content delivery. Electronic versions of lengthier texts, where print may remain the preferred medium for reading and study for some time, are needed for computer-aided analysis.
The Library must continue to anticipate and adapt to an environment in which change is a constant, in which print and new technologies coexist in dynamic relationships to each other, and in which there are multiple, fragmented, heterogeneous information domains. The Library will play a leadership role in selecting, organizing, and providing paths and instruction for effective use of electronic information. The five goals enumerated in this document express the Library's commitment to promote access to and use of digital information. Cooperative activities, consultation with users, and an appropriate organizational infrastructure are essential components of digital library initiatives. Since specific strategies will continue to evolve, annual implementation plans provide a flexible structure of ongoing analysis and planning. Working Plan for Digital Information is intended to inform and engage the Library staff and University community, while itself being continually reviewed, revised, and renewed.
Working Plan for Digital Information
Digital Information Goals
With Associated Objectives and Strategies
Revised 3/13/97
*Strategies marked with an asterisk are high priority.
Greatly expand access to, and facilitate and promote the use of, digital information in support of the University's teaching and research mission.
Objective A:
Focus resources where they best support the present and anticipated future information needs of the research and scholarship of the University.
*1. Be proactive in the area of the electronic delivery of
journals and preprints as the trend seems both clear and
advantageous to the patron. Invest in e-journals and support
technologies, experiment with various forms of delivery, and
promote the use of e-journals to the campus community.
*2. Look for opportunities to reduce costs and increase access by evaluating products and negotiating with vendors as they develop and market their electronic journal consolidation products. (Examples include the Blackwell Navigator and well as products being developed by Swets and Ebsco.)
*3. Develop a strategy and action plan for selectively digitizing portions of the existing collection for the purposes of preservation and access.
4. Work with information producers and software developers as they begin pilot projects prior to the release of new electronic sources and services. Examples include JSTOR (Journal Storage Project), GOBI (Yankee Book Peddler's Global Online Bibliographic Information) and ARTFL (American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language).
5. Look for opportunities to reduce costs and increase access by evaluating products and negotiating directly with publishers as they begin to release electronic products that are of interest to the University of Chicago in those cases where CIC (Committee on Institutional Cooperation) or other multi-library groups have no interest in the product.
6. Work with publishers to develop and negotiate pricing and usage models that include clear and consistent billing practices, that allow for easy and widespread distribution of the product to authorized users, and to foster good communication about upcoming products.
Objective B:
Provide user-friendly electronic access paths to digital information.
*1. Use the World Wide Web, if necessary via Z39.50 gateways, to support unified access for users to information resources as well as bibliographic information about our own and other institutions' collections.
*2. Create a unified environment for Library-managed electronic resources that provides, as needed, customized navigation tools, local documentation, and access to user training and staff assistance.
3. Encourage University-wide access to information resources, avoiding, when possible, department-specific solutions.
4. Encourage acquisition of campus-wide, network resources which permit desktop access rather than resources which are site-specific.
5. As a factor in the resource selection process give preference to those resources and interfaces that encourage user self-sufficiency.
Objective C:
Provide the technical infrastructure within the Library, and actively foster its development throughout the University, to facilitate access to, and use of, digital information.
*1. Provide facilities (equipment, space, connectivity, software, printing) to allow users to work inside the Library with materials in all formats.
2. Implement a facility to deliver networked, campus-wide access to CD-ROM products.
3. Encourage, monitor, and develop campus- and CIC-wide security conventions, including identification, authentication, authorization, and accounting systems.
4. Activate in-Library laptop connections.
5. Participate in the SecureWeb project for intra-institutional authorization.
6. Provide public document scanning facilities in the Library to support the creation of digital text and documents by users.
Objective D:
Ensure that digital information with lasting value is preserved for future access.
*1. Support and participate in the development of national and consortial solutions to the archiving and preservation of digital information. For example, projects such as JSTOR and the Research Libraries Group (RLG)/ Commission on Preservation and Access Task Force on Archiving Digital Information are critical programs that will support our local collecting and archival priorities.
2. Institute a Library-wide review and policy formulation of archival requirements for various types of publications. The policy should address and reduce factors that inhibit the investment in and use of digital information. Decisions such as the following should be incorporated into resource selection decision-making and recorded: (1) do not archive; (2) retain non-electronic copies locally or consortially; (3) use non-library archiving agencies; and (4) create and maintain local digital archives.
Objective E:
Inform and educate the University community about available electronic information and how to find and use it.
*1. Develop a plan to market Library services to the University community. Use a variety of print and electronic media to inform the campus community about digital information sources. For example, develop an annual Library Electronic Information Fair to highlight new and developing resources and activities.
*2. Maintain a collaborative approach to the creation and development of user education programs within the Library. Draw upon the skills and talents of librarians and Library staff to identify and deliver user training and education programs. Foster the perspective that the acquisition of training skills and the development of programs is the responsibility of all librarians. Develop and deliver on-site Library instruction programs aimed at the College and emphasizing research strategies and practices relating to electronic resources.
*3. Make explicit to the University community that the Library plays a significant role in the development and delivery of user education and instruction programs for digital information at both broad and specific levels.
4. Encourage a dialogue within the University and the Library about the purposes and impact of this Working Plan in order to gather information and recommendations for its implementation.
Objective F:
Promote awareness of copyright issues, particularly the implications of various copyright agreements on faculty publications for subsequent transmission of electronic materials.
*1. Work with the University Provost and Deans to reach administrative understanding of general principles and practices regarding copyright.
*2. Develop consistent, Library-wide policies and procedures regarding licenses and agreements for access and use of digital information.
3. Support and participate in broad collaborative efforts to effectively deal with current and developing copyright regulations and related contract law and other legal issues. Efforts sponsored by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the CIC are key programs for Library involvement.
4. Ensure the adequate understanding of copyright and related issues by Library staff. Library procedures and activities should reflect Library policy about copyright. Librarians should be able to communicate basic information about copyright matters to patrons.
Objective G:
Encourage, support, and promote University and Library initiatives and enterprises that lead to the development and management of locally created digital information.
1. Work with the University Press, in the context of the CIC or ARL/American Association of University Presses (AAUP), to encourage development of alternative, non-commercial, electronic publications.
2. Work with faculty departments and designated University electronic support staff to aid local, Web-based publication of faculty articles, e-prints, research, and the creation of standard metadata for them.
3. Establish guidelines and policies for digital publications as well as electronic versions of works published or produced by Library departments and units.GOAL 2
Achieve greater efficiency and effectiveness in fulfilling the Library's responsibility for providing, managing, and maximizing electronic access to Library- or campus-held or owned information sources, through the Library's online catalog and other means of access, creatively utilizing new technologies where possible.
Objective A
Provide integrated electronic access to Library- or campus-owned or held physical or electronic information sources by creating bibliographic records for materials regardless of format.
*1. Complete the retrospective conversion project, expanding it to collections not included in the basic plan, and for which different approaches may be required, such as music recordings and government documents.
2. Aggressively pursue machine-enhanced access through systematic overlays of higher-level records, and expanded search capability for individual records.
3. Maximize outsourcing by pursuing value-added vendor services for cataloging records (e.g. Blackwell North America's Table of Contents and authority control services, Yankee Book Peddler's Cataloging-in-Publication data upgrade).
4. Continue to evolve standards for bibliographic access which promote expedited processing.
5. Apply collection-level records more aggressively and systematically to book, pamphlet and archival collections.
6. Create electronic finding aids for archival, visual and artifactual collections.
7. Adopt policies which promote expeditious movement of uncataloged materials to the classified stacks, e.g. "class, uncat" treatment for W materials.
8. Prioritize uncataloged or partially cataloged collections listed in the Inventory of Unprocessed and Partially Processed Arrearages, and develop a plan to address high-priority collections.
9. Initiate a process for evaluating the provision of electronic access to materials which by policy have not been cataloged.
Objective B
Develop the capability to create, maintain and use Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) embedded in the cataloging record to provide linked access to digitized information which is created or maintained locally.
*1. Continue present work to incorporate records for locally-held electronic information resources into the Library's catalog.
2. Adopt policies for local maintenance of URL information in cataloging records.
3. Ensure that Horizon is capable of using URLs.
4. Ensure that staff receive appropriate training and documentation in creation, maintenance and use of URLs.
Objective C
Explore options to expand access through the Library's catalog to information held in non-library locations on campus
1. Identify non-library locations/collections which are of potential interest to Library users.
2. Review the Media Review and Implementation Report for pertinent information on media holdings.
3. Evaluate the priority of providing access to each location/collection relative to Library users' needs.
4. Initiate contacts with responsible personnel.
Objective D
Improve access to course reserves by moving toward an electronic reserves environment for the University.
*1. Critically examine the advantages and disadvantages of commercial packages for electronic reserves, vs. "do-it-yourself" approaches, which make use of existing software such as Adobe Acrobat.
2. Determine what the Library can do to support this effort.
3. Promote an approach which places responsibility with the faculty, rather than the Library, to provide the electronic versions of the material.
4. Work with faculty to provide guidelines for electronic reserves and publicize the availability of this mode of access to reserves.
Expand the universe of information available to faculty, students, and staff through cooperative, coordinated resource development agreements and programs that ensure access to materials.
Objective A:
Expand and improve access to and delivery of all formats of information when resources are not directly owned, leased, or locally held.
*1. Implement the CIC Virtual Electronic Library (VEL) Interlibrary Loan/Document Retrieval Project.
2. Promote awareness of available resources not locally held, and facilitate the requesting of materials by the campus community.
3. Aggressively seek and implement strategies to efficiently manage an ever-increasing volume of interlibrary loan and document delivery requests.
4. Develop additional bi-lateral or reciprocal access and loan agreements with institutions holding resources of special interest to the community.
Objective B:
Investigate investment models and opportunities that encourage multi-library information projects.
*1. Continue to identify opportunities to reduce costs by negotiating consortial licensing agreements with vendors through CIC and other groups of libraries. (An example would be licensing Britannica Online via the CIC.)
2. Collaborate with CIC and other institutions to provide shared access to electronic information. (An example would be providing access to Current Contents through the Argonne National Laboratory.)
3. Pursue collaborative building of information resources by participation in selected multi-institutional projects. (An example would be participating in Health Web.)
Through communication and collaboration, ensure that Library collections and services meet the immediate and long-term needs of the University community.
Objective A:
Make an effort to understand the character of information use in the various disciplines. Engage faculty and students in planning, priority-setting, and decision-making about information sources, their format, and modes of access and delivery. Determine the Library's most useful roles in providing or supporting these information needs.
*1. Establish a faculty committee to work with the Library in understanding and advising on issues related to the changing information environment, with emphasis on digital information. The faculty committee should also act as a conduit for early forecasting of information needs through the University academic divisions and the role the Library might play in meeting these needs.
*2. Develop strategies for broad consultation with faculty and students on the selection, use, and archiving of digital information. Use informal and formal processes for collecting information on priorities and implementation plans.
3. Support explicit job expectations for bibliographers to work systematically and assertively with academic departments.
4. In order to better focus Library efforts, conduct further research into information-gathering practices among academics, focusing on these practices within an increasingly electronic environment.
Objective B:
Increase support for the information needs of students and particularly undergraduates, taking into account the University's intent to expand the size of the College and provide new facilities and services for undergraduates.
*1. Consider the Harper College Library and ways in which it might be re-deployed as a gateway library, emphasizing electronic resources, information, and on-site instruction.
2. Develop and deliver methods of interactive learning ("just in time" strategies) making use of the campus network.
3. Establish a role for the Library as the primary Web instructor for the University, emphasizing current and future uses of the Internet in teaching, research, and publishing.
4. Conduct further research into how students, especially College students, access information, and how they are likely to do so in the future.
Objective C:
Seek opportunities to collaborate with other departments and units within the University.
1. Form closer collaborations and alliances with Network Information Service, the Press, and other relevant University units to further the development and delivery of digital information.
2. Incorporate support for instructional technologies into strategic planning, drawing on the University Provost and Library reports on media.
Provide the appropriate administrative and physical infrastructure to support provision of digital information within the Library's mission.
Objective A:
Regularly assess the goals and objectives of the Working Plan for Digital Information and modify the organization of Library staff and services to maintain and enhance users' access to digital information.
*1. Prepare an annual action plan for digital initiatives, with clearly specified responsibilities, for discussion by Management Council and review by the Library Board.
*2. Specify the discrete needs of digital initiatives in the annual budget planning process.
3. Within the context of the Library's overall mission, conduct an annual review and evaluation of the Working Plan for Digital Information.
4. Conduct a review of the Library's organizational structure to ensure the support and implementation of goals and strategies.
5. Name a person (or group) to manage/oversee digital information initiatives.
6. Name a person (or group) to manage/oversee each strategy in the plan.
Objective B:
Modify when necessary the physical arrangement of the Library's collections and services to improve users' access to information in all formats.
1. Incorporate the relevant portions of the Working Plan for Digital Information into the Regenstein reconfiguration project with priority for implementation.
2. Develop plans for physical arrangement of electronic equipment, computer training facilities, and public service points in all libraries that are consistent with each other but responsive to the special circumstances of each library.
3. Survey the departmental libraries to determine their physical needs in relation to information technology (space, equipment, building infrastructure, etc.).
4. Develop priorities and funding strategies for physical modifications in departmental libraries in consultation with appropriate University departments, divisions or schools.
5. Design projects for physical modifications that support the effective delivery of digital information and seek funding to implement them.
Objective C:
Develop budgetary and collection development approaches that facilitate investment in information technology.
*1. Provide cost accounting and financial analysis capabilities that will aid in making decisions about allocation of all resources.
2. Encourage investment in electronic resources by establishing funds dedicated for their purchase.
3. Allocate a realistic annual budget for acquisition of desktop computer equipment and software that includes a fixed amount for replacement of older machines.
4. Fund innovative and experimental projects in digital technology and electronic information through fund reviews and reallocation.
5. Don't duplicate in print what is available digitally.
6. Explore equipment leasing, outsourcing and other strategies to give maximum flexibility in upgrading desktop hardware and software.
7. Reallocate resources from printed to digital materials.
8. Use selection strategy that weighs value and importance of resources independent of format.
9. Seek University community support for budgetary and collection development approaches.
10. Budget funds annually to extend and upgrade network infrastructure in all Library locations.
Objective D:
Provide Library staff with the skills and knowledge to facilitate the use of information technology and to effectively incorporate digital information into the Library's services.
*1. Review and rationalize Library structures for training--including but not limited to those aimed at Horizon, desktop software applications, and Internet and Web use--to ensure that appropriate technology training opportunities exist for all situations.
2. Create a status report, easily accessible on StaffInfo, that records progress in the review and selection of major electronic information sources for all subject areas. A dynamic record of titles proposed, under discussion, and selected will serve to keep bibliographers and reference staff alerted to new proposals and developments in the acquisition of digital information sources.
3. Identify and maintain a pool of trainers on the Library staff, and offer "train the trainer" opportunities to improve their skills.
4. Provide Library staff with suitable training facilities and access to computer equipment.
5. Coordinate with ACS (Academic Computer Services), other campus units, and the CIC to provide a full range of technology training opportunities for staff through joint development, shared offerings, information exchange, and other cooperative avenues.
6. Modify and replace furnishings to accommodate new technologies and to mitigate ergonomic stress on the staff.


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There are two -- and only two -- arguable justifications for public broadcasting in this country: cultural nationalism and intellectual elitism. Everything else is spin from the CBC's (highly energetic) PR department.
Of the two justifications, the nationalism one is the weakest. The idea that Canadians still need a publicly funded network to "tell each other our stories" (or whatever Sheila Copps-ian cliche now happens to be in circulation) is outdated. Canada is home to dozens of privately owned nationally broadcast television channels and hundreds of radio stations, most of which cater in some way to our various obsessions: Ottawa politics, fear and loathing of the United States, local human interest and, of course, hockey. And then there's the Internet -- which has allowed everyone from grain farmers to native groups to urban housewives to create their own (entirely free) all-Canadian social networks and news feeds. The CBC had a substantial role in keeping this country stitched together during the 20th century. But that role is now obsolete.
That leaves elitism -- a more promising (if less politically attractive) avenue for justifying the CBC's annual consumption of $1-billion in public cash.
On that subject, here's a guilty confession. Though I've spent a good part of my National Post career railing against the CBC's left-wing bias (anyone remember a noisy 2003-era op-ed feature called "CBC Watch"?), I listen to The World at Six and As It Happens every day during my evening commute. My listening habits have nothing to do with cultural nationalism. (When I'm at home, and have the chance to log on to Internetstreamed audio, I usually switch over to Washington-based National Public Radio.) Rather, it's journalistic elitism: CBC Radio simply delivers smarter, more substantive news than any other Canadian on-air alternative. If the CBC disappeared tomorrow, I'd miss it -- which is another way of saying I don't mind seeing Barbara Budd and Bernie McNamee getting paid with my tax dollars.
The counter-argument is that if the CBC had any real value, the private sector would step in to offer the same service. But I doubt that's true. As the proliferation of shallow, angry, sensationalistic news programs on U. S. cable television and radio networks shows, a totally private media market often yields nothing more than different flavours of ranting. For Americans looking for something more moderate and intelligent than Rush Limbaugh and Keith Olbermann, the only option often is NPR or PBS, CBC's (approximate) radio and television equivalents.
This is not a knock on the angry men of the airwaves, and their call-in enablers. Obviously, millions of Americans and Canadians love to hear umbraged everymen reiterate the same half-dozen bumper-sticker solutions to the nation's problems ("Kick the bums out," "lock 'em up," "trade for Ovechkin," etc.). But those of us looking for a meatier alternative need a radio network, too--and the CBC is it.
On the other hand, if we're going to justify the CBC's existence as a public service for snobbish newshounds -- which, as I'm arguing, is the only viable way to do it -- a lot of the Ceeb's current roster has to go. Today's CBC television schedule, for instance, includes The Simpsons at 5 p. m., Wheel of Fortune at 5:30 p. m. and Jeopardy! at 7:30 p. m. All this should be junked and replaced with egghead CanCon. Fewer people will watch it, but at least those viewers won't be able to get it anywhere else.
The CBC's radio managers should go more upscale, as well. The producers of As It Happens, in particular, may want to listen to NPR's Morning Edition for tips on how to trim down an interview-driven radio-magazine segment. Many of the AIH clips go on way too long -- especially the seven-minute human-interest snoozers near the back of the show featuring Saskatchewan jam-jar collectors or what not.
The hokey-jokey motif that too often permeates CBC Radio -- a fixture of the introductions to both AIH and The Current, as well as the cloying high-energy sound-bites sprinkled between shows -- has got to go, too. Ditto the self-conscious Strombo-inspired attempts to dumb down the language, tone and subject matter for a youth audience. (I stopped listening to Metro Morning here in Toronto when, many years back, they hired some teeny bopper to go out and review taco stands). CBC Radio is supposed to be a serious-minded service for serious-minded adults. Act like it.
Oh, and one more thing: The CBC should be a service for elitists of all stripes -- not just the left-wing variety. It would be nice, for instance, if an American Iraq war resistor could pass through Toronto without automatically scoring a gig on The Current; or if the subject of Iraq could come up without George Galloway being interviewed; or if missiles could hit Israel without Carol Off commiserating with a Hamas apologist.
Don't make me bring back CBC Watch, Carol. Oh please, don't make me bring it back.


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BROTHERS IN BAMAKO Eric Bibb & Habib Koite (Stony Plain) 4/5
Somewhere on the road between Memphis and Mali, these two musical soul brothers met, conspiring to bring us a rich blend of blues and West African music. The result is something greater than the sum of its parts, a deep spiritual well- quiet, strong, inspiring.
Growing up in Mali, West Africa, Koite is heir to ancestral knowledge set to song that places him among the most influential voices of contemporary Africa. Eric Bibb comes from the traditional blues sound, producing an earthy mix of folk and gospel dating back to the work songs of the deep south. The two approaches fit together naturally, spectacularly so.
Brother In Bamako (Mali's capital city) is just the two men, their voices and instruments, weaving magic. I was deep into reading Pete Townshend's biography and starting the chapter dealing with the death of Keith Moon when I put this CD on. Feeling vulnerable and questioning as a result of what I was reading, this disc was just the spiritual balm I needed to feel that everything would be okay- funny how that works, isn't it?
Brothers In Bamako is quiet and spiritual, in any way you need it to be, good music to listen to when you're thinking about stuff. At 54 as I look back while wondering how many more miles I have to go, Eric Bibb and Habib Koite have made music to make such contemplation possible.
TOP TRACKS: Tomboucto, Send us brighter Days, Blowin' In The Wind
THEM MENZ Dalannah Gail Bowen (Quest) 5/5
There's been a lot of great blues in 2012, but this just might take the cake. Bowen is the most powerful voice I've heard all year, and this is one hell of an album.
Some records take a few spins to find your way in, but Them Menz had me by the heart before Dalannah and her amazing band had even gotten to the first chorus of the first song. As a singer she is a force of nature- part Etta James, part Koko Taylor with the sass of Memphis Minnie. She's been at for 4 decades and has opened for artists like The Guess Who, Led Zeppelin, BB King and Willie Dixon back in the day.
Her life story is equally compelling, a survivor of addiction and homelessness who now gives much of her time to support the poorest neighborhood in the nation, Vancouver's downtown east side. "I promised myself that I would live in gratitude for (this) second chance and share the gift that I have been given, this voice that seems to touch people and connect with them" she says. Them Menz, striking the perfect balance between raw, powerful blues and sophisticated jazz, is a thoroughly uplifting experience.
When Bowen sings she leaves it all on the floor, holding nothing back. Being in the presence of such greatness cannot help but lift you up too. This is one of the very besat albums of the year, in any genre.
TOP TRACKS: Timin', Mean Man, Just Don't Like The Deal
BLUES IN OTHER COLORS David Maxwell (Shining Stone) 4/5
Not since I first heard Harry Manx's West Eats Meet have I been this intrigued by a blending of music. Maxwell is a Grammy and Blues Music Award winning keyboard player and, as the title implies, this disc is a heady mix of blues with music from other cultures.
"Blues In Other Colors represents a snapshot of the melding of traditional blues with music from other countries to which I've been drawn" explains Maxwell in a blurb on the back cover of the CD. BIOC is an entirely instrumental album and he is joined in the studio by a host of all-stars including Harry Manx. Maxwell blends the traditional blues instruments of guitar, bass, drums and keyboards with exotic instruments from India, West Africa, Morocco and Turkey, to expand the music beyond thr traditional borders of the blues.
"There is a 'blues' sensibility in the vocal and instrumental folk and classical music from many places around the world" notes Maxwell. "For instance, one can 'feel the blues' in some of the traditional music of Spain (flamenco), Northern and Western Africa, many countries in what is referred to as the near and middle east, as well as parts of Asia, India and Japan."
Blues In Other Colors is a blues cruise around the world that I highly recommend.
TO PTRACKS: Just the Blues, Blue Dream, Heart of Darkness
RESTLESS Working Class (Independent) 3/5
Some soulful uptown blues Nova Scotia style here to get your motor runnin'. There's a great soul vibe at work too, which makes Working Class's new CD good company.
This is a mix of mostly original material with great covers in Al Green's Let's Stay Together and Bill Withers' Ain't No Sunshine. Strangely, the vibe I got from this CD when I first threw it on was the band in the 50's high school dance scene in Back to The Future, must be the similarity in instrumentation- guitars, trombone, sax, keys, drums, bass-or, perhaps the fact that Restless sounds like a good time waiting to happen.
From the reggae grooves of Light Of Day to the swing of the opening track Walk Alone, there are too many styles incorporated here to call this a blues album in the strictest sense. A lot of the tunes have an uptown swing to them, and the production is pretty sweet- good top end with some punch on the bottom, and the instruments are placed across the stereo signal as they would be on stage- nothing jammed to the far left or far right- giving the album a natural and almost 'live' feel.
Restless is a groovin' good time, worth tracking down. Go to the band's website (www.workingclassband.com) for options on how to lay your hands on a copy.
TOP TRACKS: Walk Alone, Restless, Let's Stay Together
LIVE AT HULL 1970 The Who (MCA/ Universal) 4.5/5
Another archival release from The Who. Whomever is sweeping out the proverbial vault- and one has to assume it's Pete Townshend- has uncovered a real treasure.
Having just read Townshend's biography Who I Am I was, understandably, in a Who frame of mind. Hull was recorded the night after their now famous Live At Leeds and, from what I've read, this is a much sought after gig and was only available previously as part of the long-deleted Leeds box set.
Hull 1970 is likely to include some revelations for Who fans that are already familiar with the recording. It has been re-mixed, an important element of which is some of John Entwhistle's bass parts on a few songs. They had been missing from the original recordings due to a mix-up on the night. Were they found on the tapes, or some imported from the Leeds tapes? Don't know, don't care- it sounds great.
The Who were touring Tommy at the time, opening with a dozen songs from previous albums before taking on their famous rock opera. Everybody was in fine form on the night, to a man- Roger's vocals to Pete's soloing, Entwhistle's bass playing easy puts him up there with John Paul Jones and Geezer Butler. I must single out Who drummer Keith Moon, however. Loved his performance here- manic, chaotic and freakishly precise. Even as a drummer I never liked his style before, that perpetual motion "hit everything at once, repeatedly" approach not attractive at all. But perhaps for the first time, I can hear and feel why people like Neil Peart cite Moon as an influence.
Casual fans don't need to bother with this- any of their Greatest Hits discs will do well enough. But for fans that want every note these guys played, or anyone that just likes the sound of a great live gig, Live At Hull 1970 is absolutely for you.
TOP TRACKS: Young Man Blues, I Can't Explain, The Acid Queen, We're Not Gonna Take It
MY GUITAR'S MY ONLY FRIEND James "Buddy" Rogers (Blue Wave) 3/5
Some solid guitar-based blues here from the Vancouver-based axe slinger, a little dirty around the edges but otherwise pretty clean and up. I like it, but I do like my blues rougher around the edges than this.
On first listen, Rogers will remind you of Robert Cray and The Powder Blues Band- so it was hardly surprising to find out that PBB guitarist Tom Lavin produced this set. Rogers is a good guitarist, citing Johnnie Watson, Jimmy Vaughan and the 3 Kings as influences. He started playing guitar at age 10 and ended up sitting in with some of the greats on the Vancouver scene like Tom & Jack Lavin (Powder Blues), Jim Byrnes, Russell Jackson and Muddy Fraser.
My Guitar is an upbeat, arty blues record with tunes like Let's get Loose and Guitar Sue, plus a couple of Powder Blues classics in I'm On The Road Again and Sweet Little Girl. James is a good player but to my ears the album just sounds too damned cheerful. I'm by no means a blues purist but I like some grit and desperation in this music, it touches me deepest when you can hear the pain in a singer's voice, or if his or her guitar occasionally howls and screams as if the world is coming down around them- hope that makes sense!
This disc is good, but sounds too much like Powder Blues Jr. to be truly great.
TOP TRACKS: Disappearing Baby Blues, Buddy's Walk, Sweet Little Girl
PIANOLAND Deanna Bogart (Blind Pig) 4/5
Very cool album here. Bogart isn't your average piano player, and calling this blues is too narrow a definition- sure there's blues in it, but that's just the beginning.
"In art, as in life, you can't have magic if you're not willing to risk the train wrecks" she says, and ain't that the truth? I haven't been this captivated an intrigued by a piano player since I first bought the soundtrack to Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown by the Vince Guaraldi Trio. There's lots of swing and boogie woogie on Pianoland there's even a track called Boogie Woogie Boogie that has a fascinating jazz edge to it.
Bogart's band follows along right in her hip pocket, giving musical flights of fancy a steady take off platform; there's Scott Ambush on electric bass, Jeff Reed on upright bass, guitarist Dan Leonard and drummer Mike Aubin, whose presence is perhaps the most obvious throughout.
As a singer Deanna somewhat recalls a cross between Carly Simon and Carol King. The album is mostly songs written by Bogart with some James Taylor, Willie Dixon, Pete Johnson, Errol Garner and Harold Arlen thrown in too. The performances are, in turn, sensitive, rollicking and sassy, like the swingin' version of Dixon's I Love The Life I Live. Blues? Not really. Jazz? Not exactly. Both? Probably.
I was a fan before the first song was half done, and I think you will be too.
TOP TRACKS: In The Rain, Death Ray Boogie, I Love The Life I Live


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My son is 2 years eleven months old. At his pre K school a teacher mentioned that his sounds as a baby cry. (Not thet he is a crying baby but he actually sounds as if it was a younger child crying) She also noticed that my son repeats everything you say to him but doesn't seem to understand concepts very well. I am looking into having a speech pathologist evaluating him for posible speech delays since his vocabulary isn't very extensive. Any other suggestions? Is the cry something I should be concern, if so with what so I can look into it.In Topics: Speech or language impairment
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Pre-Game Notes
Fresno State captains: 4, 13
Fresno State won the toss, deferred to the second half. Bulldogs to defend the south goal.
1st Quarter
Kyrie Wilson recorded his first sack since the Cal Poly game around the 10-minute mark on a third down.
Derek Carr hit Davante Adams on a 58-yard touchdown pass at 8:18. It is Adams' 16th TD catch of the season, which sets a new Fresno State record and ties the Mountain West record for the most in a season.
That was also Derek Carr's 30th consecutive game with a touchdown pass, which is the longest active streak in the FBS.
With four completions on that first drive for the Bulldogs, Derek Carr set a new MW record for most attempts in conference only games at 317, surpassing BYU's John Beck.
Josh Quezada's 33-yard touchdown run at 2:59 was his longest rush of the season.
Fresno State led 14-0 after the first quarter despite the fact UNM had the ball for 12:05 of the 15 minutes in the opening stanza.
2nd Quarter
Davante Adams caught his second TD of the game at 13:50, a 44-yard score. That gave him the Mountain West single-season record all to himself for most TD receptions and the MW record for career TD catches with 31.
Adams also went over 100-yards receiving on that catch, which is his fifth 100-yard receiving game this year and 11th of his career.
The Bulldogs scored 21 points on their first 13 offensive plays.
Isaiah Burse scored a 26-yard touchdown run off a fumblerooski. It was Burse's 18th career touchdown, fourth rushing.
Ejiro Ederaine's sack at 7:32 gave him a sack in five-straight games and was his 10th of the season.
Derron Smith, on a fourth-and-12, recorded a sack for a loss of 12 yards. It was Smith's third sack of the season.
On a 52-yard pass to Isaiah Burse, Derek Carr went over 300 yards passing in a game, his 18th career 300-yard passing game and eighth of the season.
Fresno State had 418 yards of offense on just 31 plays - an average of 13.5 yards per play in the first half.
3rd Quarter
Davante Adams caught a 59-yard TD pass from Derek Carr, the duo's third TD hookup of the game.
This is Derek Carr's 13th career game with four or more TD passes, the most of any active quarterback. He has six of them this season.
Josh Harper scored on a 59-yard touchdown pass from Derek Carr at 8:59. It was Carr's fifth TD pass of the game, giving him 100 in his career. He becomes the 18th player in FBS history to have over 10,000 passing yards and 100 touchdowns.
Derek Carr threw his sixth TD pass of the game - a 11-yarder to Josh Harper, at 4:59. It was his sixth TD pass of the game, tying the school record.
Harper's three TD catches is a new career-high and with Davante Adams' three TD's. This is the first time in school history two receivers have had three TD catches in the same game.
Fresno State scored 28 points in the third quarter, the most in Bulldog Stadium history and that ties for the most in a third quarter in Mountain West history.
4th Quarter
Fresno State went 700 yards of offense for the third time in school history. The 'Dogs went on to set new school and Mountain West records for total yards in a game with 820.
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Saturday, March 10, 2012
Naina Neer Bahaye
Here's my take. I haven't done a particularly great job of creating the karaoke track but this being a vocals heavy song, hopefully that can be excused. Look forward to hearing your thoughts.
Song: Naina neer bahaye
Film: Water
Music: A. R. Rahman
Lyrics: Sukhwinder Singh
Original singer: Sadhana Sargam
Posted by Sindhuja Bhakthavatsalam at 3:33 PM
12 comments:
- Deepthi Krishnamurthy said...
A flawlessly amazing rendition of one of my favorite songs! Babe, you rock!
- Monday, March 12, 2012 12:54:00 PM
- Swarna Raj said...
Beautiful singing! And as you mentioned, this is one of Sadhana Sargam's best songs and you definitely did justice to it.
- Swarna (www.swarnaraaga.blogspot.com)
- Thursday, March 15, 2012 4:28:00 AM
- Sindhuja Bhakthavatsalam said...
Thankoo again Deepu!
Thanks a lot Swarna!
- Sunday, March 18, 2012 12:39:00 PM
- Karthik Nagarajan said...
Sindhuja, amazing rendition of one my favorite songs.
Karthik N.
- Wednesday, March 28, 2012 5:11:00 PM
- Sindhuja Bhakthavatsalam said...
Thanks a lot Karthik.
- Friday, April 06, 2012 12:01:00 PM
- Naani said...
Wow, great singing!!
- Saturday, April 28, 2012 7:33:00 PM
- Sindhuja Bhakthavatsalam said...
@Naani: Thanks!
- Wednesday, May 02, 2012 7:48:00 PM
- dokka srinivasu said...
Dear Madam
Please look into my blog on Smt.M.S.Subbalakshmi (M.S.Amma)
- Saturday, June 23, 2012 7:23:00 AM
- Archana Hari Iyer said...
nice blog, sindhuja. you have done an amazing job with the song, i must say. today was one of 'those days' for me- have had this song on loop since 9 am this morning and have been in a trance although it can get very noisy in my home- i have a 4 yr old daughter, sahana (yes, i love the raga, and hence her name) and twin boys(read powerhouses) rishi and arjun. they are all of 2 and yet have me wrapped around their invisible 'vaal'. i hail from a family of singers(no, not professional, not all of them anyway) and music lovers and have had the privilege of being exposed to a variety of music. my children are very young but all three of them show a great liking for music. arjun has an uncanny ability to hum a couple of lines (in his own gibberish words) in perfect pitch after listening to the song (any song) i want to send the kids to a good music school here in fremont. do you or your guriji have any recommendations? thank you in advance. i hope you would read my message and respond. sorry for a really long post btw. and i love smilies too :-)
- Monday, December 10, 2012 5:48:00 PM
- Sindhuja Bhakthavatsalam said...
Thanks very much, Archana Hari Iyer - could you email me at sindhuja dot b at gmail dot com? I might know of teachers in Fremont... Very nice to hear your kids' interest in music at such young ages!
- Thursday, December 13, 2012 1:49:00 PM
- ramadevi swaminath said...
Sinthuja, Love your voice, stumbled on your page from your Uyirum neeye and you are amazing. Brilliant renditions of all the songs. Best wishes
- Saturday, June 08, 2013 8:11:00 AM
- Usha Padmanabhan said...
Hi Sindhu
Just happened to stumble upon your blog while searching for a karaoke for this song .
Superb voice and rendition! Effortless singing !
Congrats!Thanks for sharing.
One of my most fav songs and Yes one of SS's Best. The beauty is in its simplicity and least amount of music.
ARR did the same thing with Earth.
BTW, do you know where I could acquire the Karaoke for this song.
My email ID is
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Judith Anderson O'Neil is a nationally recognized martial arts competitor and instructor, holding the highest ranking in martial arts among Delaware women and one of the highest in the country.
O'Neil earned a first-degree black belt in 1978 and is currently a seventh-degree, and she also holds a second-degree black belt in Filipino Modern Arnis. During a 10-year tournament career in sparring and kata (1975-84), she earned second place in 1978 and 1979 in the Martial Arts Rating System National Championships in the Women's Black Belt Kata division.
She and nine others will be inducted into the Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame this Thursday night during a ceremony at the Chase Center on the Riverfront.
She is a 1991 inductee into the World Martial Arts Hall of Fame, and the next year she was inducted into the Eastern USA Martial Arts Association Hall of Fame. She was also the National Wonder Woman of the Year by the National Organization for Women in 1979 for community service.
O'Neil helped develop the Dyna-Tots program for preschool children and has conducted self-defense clinics for women. She also produced and starred in a weekly cable television show, "American Karate," which aired locally for 10 years.
O'Neil coached two varsity sports at the University of Delaware and excelled in a third. As a student, she scored four goals in a 1972 field hockey game to set a record that lasted 37 years. She also coached the Blue Hens' first varsity women's lacrosse teams in 1978 and '79, and as the women's swimming coach those same years, she led the Hens to 16th place in the Eastern AIAW championships.


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None of us OB'ers have kids yet, but it seems like we're at the age where a LOT of our friends are. Every other day, someone's announcing the birth of a bundle of (crying, pooping, screaming) joy. And so we buy a lot of baby gifts. Is it just us, or does it seem like all decent quality baby gear has no adult appeal? Diaper bags in particular instantly mark you as "one of them;" there's no way to disguise it as something else. Or is there? We just found this Sourpuss Kiss diaper bag ($35) at Psycho Baby and are tempted to sock one away for when one of us brings forth new life. Everybody's favorite glam-rockers are emblazoned on the wipe-clean cover of what looks like a messenger bag, but really holds a changing pad (included) and all the stuff baby needs to stay happy when you're out on the town. Now we kind of want to find one with a picture of Eddie Murphy from the 1980's emblazoned with the phrase, "My girl wants to potty all the time!"
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College Hockey:Ferris State Knocks Off Western Michigan
Bulldogs Eke By Broncos
KALAMAZOO, Mich — Dominant goaltending, aggressive play in the open ice and a good transition game proved to be the difference for Ferris State Bulldogs, who knocked off Western Michigan, 2-1 in this early-season CCHA battle.
The game for FSU was its first conference game of the season, and WMU was coming off a huge win over then the number-three Michigan State Spartans.
The Bulldogs (3-2 overall, 1-0 CCHA) got the scoring started quickly at 4:22 into the game as freshman left winger Casey Haines lit the red lamp for the first goal of the game. Cody Chupp and J.T. Dahlinger were given the assists on the goal.
"Number one, both goaltenders played very well tonight, but more importantly both teams played excellent on defense as well, which proved to be the difference in this one-goal game," said FSU head coach Bob Daniels.
On the other side of the glass, WMU head coach Jim Culhane agreed that both teams played well, leaving both with chances.
"The difference in the game was they were able to capitalize on one of their scoring opportunities and unfortunately for us we were not able to do that," Culhane said.
Bulldog goaltender Mitch O'Keefe was the reason the Broncos could not match the score. The sophomore made 25 saves in the game, 10 in the final period, as the Broncos were firing early and often at the FSU netminder.
To start the second period, the Bulldogs didn't waste anytime to increase their one goal lead, as Chupp took the pass from the left wing right past Bronco goaltender Daniel Bellissimo, for a 2-0 Bulldog lead.
A couple of penalties later, sophomore defenseman Chris Frank slapped what was the Broncos lone goal of the night, past O'Keefe. The goal came off a rebound from center Paul Szczechura whose shot bounced right back to the approaching Frank. Left-winger Mike Lesperance was also given an assist on the play.
"I was just skating up and I really don't do that too often, so I really had no idea what I was doing and just took a whack at the puck and luckily it went in," Frank said.
After the goal, WMU (1-2 overall, 1-2 CCHA) seemed to take the game in hand, as the 'Lawson Lunatics' and the rest of the 2,782 screaming fans started to create a loud environment for the Bulldogs to handle.
"There was a period there right after they scored when the crowd came alive, and the team which played well all night long got a little extra dump of momentum on their side," Daniels said. " We got backed up on our heels a little bit, I don't think we tightened up at all, I just think we were on our heels, and from that point allowed them to dictate the game for quite awhile."
With so many scoring opportunities around the net, the Bronco skill players and forwards just couldn't push the puck past the Bulldog goaltender.
"Our skill guys and forwards were doing a good job at putting pressure in the second and third periods at hammering around the puck around the net, and sometimes he just got lucky and other times he just ate the puck right up into his glove," Frank said.
Culhane agreed with Frank about liking his teams will and determination throughout the game tonight, and during the season we will be in a lot of one and two goal games.
"The offense is generating chances, but were the type of team that is not going to come out and score six or seven goals on a given night, we are going to play a lot of one and two games this year," Culhane said.
Bellissimo and the Broncos' penalty killing team again held the Bulldogs to just four shots on the power play in six different power play situations. Throughout the game, the Bronco netminder blocked 24 of 26 Bulldog shots fired at him.
The Broncos travel up to Big Rapids for another game with the FSU on Saturday night, and on both sides it is looking to be more of the same kind of play with only minor adjustments being made.
"Saturday's game should be more of the same as tonight, both teams making just minor adjustments, no big changes seem to be necessary," Daniels said. "We are going to look at our faceoffs, and try to improve on them."
The two teams will faceoff again Saturday in Big Rapids at 7:05 p.m. before both teams hit the road next weekend. The Broncos will travel to Nebraska to take on Nebraska-Omaha and FSU will travel to Alaska.
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Following an autopsy Friday, the Oakland County Medical Examiner's Office released the name of the young black man gunned down Thursday night outside a Novi apartment complex. The victim was identified as Joe-Von Meshawn Cole, 22.
Novi police received several 'shots fired' 911 calls at about 10:50 p.m. last night from residents of the Saddle Creek apartments on Sagebrush, off Novi Road, near 9 Mile Road.
Responders found a young man's body outside a building. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Novi police processed the scene with the assistance of the Michigan State Police.
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God, I've spread myself across the board in a bad way. First I'm into this one thing then I move onto a new thing breaking the foundation being built for the first thing. I've focused on writing then went to drawing traditional (as was always the case) then went onto photoshop as of now. I made a tumblr to help me with challenges and to set myself straight with work, but I'm still haunted by the previous journal entry. However, there could be a compromise where the previous challenge gets done with photoshop and tumblr with traditional. Just throwing ideas out to myself............................
........THEN there's the whole problem of me getting...shit, the thought just disappeared from me. (I wish I didn't spell disappeared with an extra s). OH! Now I remember.....
........THEN I'm trying to relearn everything and new things. Relearning gesture. Trying to learn figure drawing. I have a new damn sketchbook with a micropen and pencil, but I'm limiting myself to the book being nothing but character designs. Even then I drew something on the back of one character and felt like I ruined the whole sketchbook. AND IT'S ONLY GOT 2 DRAWINGS!!! 2!!! In reality I hope to figure out the figure drawing in November or the logistics mainly. And I'm looking at online classes which I also need to do with figure drawing in November.
........AND THEN I'm going to try doing Nano month (the writing thing) just because I think it can help me keep me grounded (and hopefully get me a movie deal with a young adult novel based on something...lol...yeah). I did do a writing thing that kept me grounded except for the last three days or so, well until the end of this month. So there is hope.
....AND THEN I got to keep working out -- I'm fat. But that's personal stuff and blah, blah, blah.
...and last but not least I want to finish Flower Project, maybe that's something I'll work mainly on in Nov.
Drawing and writing.
Oh, and posting stuff on here! POST, JON! POST!!!


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Over 7 million PlayStation 4's have been sold worldwide as of April 6, Sony announced today.
As of April 13, more than 20.5 million PS4 software sales have been made both digitally and at retail, rising its attach rate to 2.93 games per console, up from about 2.3 in January.
Additionally, Sony noted that more than 135 million shares have been "captured" using DualShock 4's Share button and that Twitch and Ustream broadcasts reached over 4.9 million streams, with approximately 90 million spectate sessions.
"The response from the global gaming community for PS4 has been overwhelming and we are truly humbled that gamers are selecting PS4 as their next generation console of choice," Andrew House, president and group CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. said in a press release. "The PS4 journey has just begun, and although we are still facing difficulties keeping up with the strong demand worldwide, we remain steadfast in our commitment to meet the needs of our customers, and surpassing the wildest expectations of gamers by delivering new user experiences that inspire and engage. We look forward to unveiling many of these experiences to our fans in the coming months."
Last month, when the PS4 released in Sony's home country, Japan, the company announced that PS4 unit sales sat comfortably over 6 million, surpassing their expected sales by the end of March 2014 (5 million units).
In late January, Microsoft announced that the Xbox One sold more than 3.9 million units. Where their sales are at now remains to be seen, however we will let you know as soon as it's revealed.