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A/N: Okay, I had my final exam today, and whether I failed it or not, I'm free, so YAY! So, with end of the semester, end of the month, etc., I've decided to end this story. Hope you enjoy the (rather long) last chapter!
"I---cannot---BELIEVE you two!"
"Me neither! If you were gonna go and ruin the whole night by having sex, you could have at least invited me and Zeke to---"
"Yoo knoo, this just prooves what I've always said," Ezekiel muttered, poking at his destroyed dinner with a barbecue fork. "Premarital sex is a bad idea! It's wrong, it's sinfool, and you knoo what comes from it?"
"Burnt chicken?"
"Zeke's right," Izzy said, wagging her finger at Cody and Jasmine, who were standing awkwardly amidst the ruined scene. "You guys shouldn't have gone off and postponed working on the party for sex. You should have been like me and Zeke, and had sex before you came here and then---"
"Izzy, STOOP talking RIGHT NOO!"
"Hey!" Izzy snapped. "Don't you take that tone with me, Mister Man!" Then she suddenly grinned, wrapping her arms around him. "I mean, come on...you know what it does to me."
Duncan snarled at her, while Ezekiel just covered his face and the others looked sheepishly away. Cody gave a lopsided grin, though. "Heh. Must be tough for you with that one around, eh Zeke?"
"Oh yes!" Duncan cried, throwing up his hands. "Let's all feel sorry for Ezekiel, with his hot nymphomaniac wife constantly throwing herself at him. I mean, really man, I don't see how you manage! Grrr!"
Duncan was shoving all his and Leshawna bed sheets violently into the wash, pouring in half a bottle of laundry soap straight from the bottle.
"This is perfect. Perfect!" he screamed, slamming the bottle back down without even putting the top back on. "Thanks to you two, the food is ruined, the decorations aren't done, Leshawna is gonna be back in fifteen minutes, and worse of all, I have Cody-sex all over my sheets!"
"You know, we didn't actually have sex," Cody said. Then, speaking bitterly out of the corner of his mouth, "Though we would have if you'd given us five more minutes..."
Ezekiel, still wrapped in Izzy's arms, blinked. "Five minutes?" Cody opened his mouth, felt his face burn, then looked quickly away.
"Hey, you know, we said we were sorry," Jasmine said, crossing her arms.
"Well, what were you two thinking?! No, really! What the hell was going through your heads that made you decide to jump into MY bed together when you were supposed to be helping me make this stupid surprise party work?!"
Jasmine shrugged awkwardly. "He's famous and cute."
"She's hot and thinks I'm cute."
"Gah---Zeke! How's the chicken?!"
Pulling away from his wife, Ezekiel poked the meal again; several black flakes fell off. "Not good, eh."
Ezekiel groaned. "Can you salvage any of it?! Even enough for one plate?!"
"Then do it! You three! The ones who are trying to destroy my marriage!"
"Yeah?" Izzy said casually, while Cody and Jasmine shared looks of annoyance.
"Get to work! Decorate! Blow up balloons! And I don't mean 'blow up' as in explode, Izzy!"
"Aw, man."
Duncan sighed, then looked at his watch again. "Oh…and where are Tyler and Bridgette?!"
The door opened. "Here we are, man!"
"Jeez, what happened in here?"
"Ooh, ooh! Zeke and I got locked in a bathroom, and then Cody and Jasmine had sex!"
"Never mind that! Did you get everything?!"
"I think so," Bridgette said, as she and Tyler set the bags down on the kitchen table. "We got chips, tortillas, dip, salsa, little hot dog things---"
"Little tofu hot dog things," Tyler muttered, sticking out his tongue.
"Oh, be quiet---um, we also got some carrot sticks in case anybody wants something healthy, some---"
"What about the cake?"
"The cake."
Bridgette froze in the act of unpacking the groceries. Tyler looked startled.
"…We were supposed to get that, dude?"
"You didn't tell us that!"
"I said 'get the snacks for the party!' Cake is a snack!"
"No it's not, man! Cake is, like, the main course! We thought you were getting the cake!"
"Oh, you have got to be freakin' kidding me!"
"Well, whudda we do?!"
"Go out and get a cake!"
"But where---?"
"ANYWHERE! Just hurry!"
Tyler spun around, slammed his knee into a table and then hopped out of the apartment, holding his leg. Duncan let out a scream and grabbed his head in his hands, collapsing into another chair.
"Okay, Duncan? Calm down," Bridgette said, holding up her hands.
"No! Everything is a disaster! Leshawna's whole birthday is going to be ruined, and all because everybody---"
"Everybody?" Jasmine interrupted, glaring. "Excuse me, but I think you mean 'you.' Shawnie's birthday was ruined when you forgot about it. And that's not any of our faults."
"You had sex with Cody in my bed!"
"Which wouldn't have been a problem if you had remembered Leshawna's birthday in the first place!"
Duncan sighed, putting his head in his hands. "You're right," he grumbled. "You're totally right…well, except for the 'you and Cody having sex in my bed wouldn't have been a problem' part, that's unforgivable. But uh…Leshawna's gonna kill me!" he moaned, head falling onto the table in despair.
"No she won't!" Izzy said brightly. "We can fix all this! All we have to do is stall for time. Now quick!" she said, suddenly pushing him off the chair. "You go and call Gwen and Harold, get them to stall for time! I promise you, fifteen minutes, we'll be ready to get this party started!"
"Are you kidding?! There's no way we can---"
"You dare doubt my powers?! GO! CALL NOW!"
"Alright, alright, jeez…"
"I want to thank you guys for this again. It really did help to cheer me up a little."
"No problem," Harold said, smiling at her in the rear view mirror. "Do you want us to drop you off to get your car?"
"Eh, we're closer to home anyway. I'll just take Duncan's car if I decide to storm out."
"Good thinking," Gwen said with a grin.
Harold's cell phone rang. "Hello?"
"Hey, Harold, it's me."
"Oh hey Dun---uh---" Gwen stared at him in wide-eyed horror; Harold stuttered for a moment, trying to correct himself. "Duh---duh---Dylan, Dylan! It's my brother Dylan," he added quickly, when Leshawna raised an eyebrow at him. "Hey, Dylan! How are Nancy and the kids?"
"Okay, listen. Things here are going badly."
"Oh, really?"
"What's the matter?" Gwen asked.
"Uh, 'Nancy and the kids' aren't good."
"Okay, listen, man. You and Gwen need to keep Leshawna away as long as possible."
"I don't know---uh, get dinner or something! Zeke's meal didn't really work out well, so that's okay."
"But we already had dessert."
Leshawna raised an eyebrow again. "Why does your brother need to know what you've eaten?"
"He's, uh---inviting me and Gwen over for dinner." Then, back to Duncan, "Uh, I'll do the best I can, man."
"Okay, thanks. I gotta go, Izzy's probably already destroyed the house by now---"
Click. Harold made a face and stowed his cell phone away. Gwen looked at him and Harold gave her a grave look.
Leshawna sighed in the backseat. "Well, we're almost home to my loving husband," she muttered, slumping forward.
"Hey, you know what?" Gwen said. "Maybe we shouldn't head home quite yet. I mean---we don't have to be home yet, do we, Harold?"
"Well, the baby's at your mom's house for the night, so no, we don't have to go home."
"Yeah, okay, then. Um---hey Leshawna, wanna do something else? Something…else…y?"
"Huh? I thought you two were driving me home?"
Harold felt his face grow red. "Well, I mean, you know, um---"
"You don't want to go home yet, do you?" Gwen asked. "I mean, with Duncan…and the fighting and everything…"
"…Okay, what is the matter with you two?"
"Nothing! We just---we just want to help cheer you up, that's all."
"Mm-hmm." The crossed arms and narrowed eyes clued the two into the fact that Leshawna wasn't even close to buying their act. "Riiight. But really, you two, you've done enough. I'd really just like to go home, please."
Gwen and Harold looked at each other. "Alright…" Gwen said slowly, silently praying that a.) they would hit a lot of red lights, and b.) Duncan would be able to hurry up and finish getting the party in shape.
Leshawna, meanwhile, leaned back in her seat, eyes still narrowed. Let's see what that fool husband of mine has thrown together this time.
"Okay, Gwen and Harold are going to try to stall but we still have to oh my gosh what happened?!"
The entire room was decorated with streamers, balloons and banners, the tables covered with carefully placed bowls of snacks. Bridgette, Cody and Jasmine were just putting the finishing touches on everything while Izzy watched, arms crossed and a maniacally triumphant grin on her face.
Duncan walked up to her, flabbergasted. "What the---this place was a mess two minutes ago! How'd you guys get this all done so fast?"
"Well, Izzy's a great motivator," Bridgette said, casting Jasmine a nervous look as they finished hanging a banner.
"Uh…yeah," Jasmine agreed. Izzy just smiled wider. Duncan raised his eyebrow.
"What did she…you know what? I've spent enough time in jail, I don't want to know. HEY ZEKE! HOW'S THE FOOD COMING?!"
He poked his head out of the kitchen. "Terr'ble. I coodn't get anything out of that bird, eh. Soo, we had too goo too Plan B."
"Izzy suggested frozen pizza!"
"Which is a great use of my foor years in culinary school, eh," Ezekiel muttered, rolling his eyes.
"Well, while that cooks come out here and help me set the table, okay? That way we'll be all ready when Tyler gets here with the stupid cake."
"What are we going to have to drink? Will there be booooze?" Izzy asked, as Ezekiel came out of the kitchen with a collection of plates.
Duncan chuckled. "Heh-heh-heh…no. Not for you, anyway. I remember what happened at our wedding."
Izzy scoffed, looking annoyed. "Oh, please, will you stop bringing that up? I put the fires out!"
"You made them worse!"
Izzy quirked an eyebrow. "Worse?…or better?"
Cody snickered. Bridgette and Jasmine gave him a look. "…What? I used to watch that show."
"Well, anyway, I'm gonna get something to drink," Izzy said, waving her hands as she disappeared into the kitchen.
"Just doon't touch the food!" Ezekiel called.
"Yeah, yeah…"
Izzy grabbed a bottle of soda from the fridge and popped it open, swigging it all down in one chug. Once complete she leaned back and let out a mighty belch.
"Nice one, Izzy!" Cody called from the living room.
She deposited the bottle in the trash and started to walk back. But as she passed the stove she paused, quirking an eyebrow.
The frozen pizza was in the oven, baking at 200 degrees Celsius. That couldn't be right, could it? Izzy always cooked them MUCH higher than that.
The box was still on the counter; Izzy picked it up and read the instructions. No, Zeke had gotten it right, it said to bake at 200 degrees for half an hour. But that didn't seem right, especially since Leshawna and the others were going to be back so soon. What if the pizza wasn't done by then? It would be a disaster! They'd have to wait, and that would just ruin everything, having to wait for food on your birthday, wouldn't it? Izzy couldn't allow that!
Izzy cranked up the oven temperature to maximum. "There we go," she said, cheerfully and with a decisive nod, before going back into the living room to help the others prepare.
"Ah, damn that farkakte bell! Why did I ever install it---hello!" the baker said, emerging from the back room to find a panting, sweaty costumer leaning against the counter as if he were about to collapse. "What do you need, sir?"
"A cake! Need---cake---quick!"
"Alright, and what kind of cake do you need?"
"Uh---the best---you have, I guess."
"Alright." The man turned, looking among the assorted goods behind him. "Our top products cost about ninety, a hundred---"
"We are a high-class establishment, sir," the baker said, quirking an eyebrow and sounding annoyed.
Tyler sighed. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a handful of bills. "What---can sixteen bucks---get me?"
"AGH! What the---NOT AGAIN!"
Ezekiel grabbed the hose from the sink and tried to spray down the fiery oven, to no avail. Meanwhile, everyone in the living room went running towards the kitchen---including Bridgette, who tripped on a spare balloon lying on the floor, stumbled forward with her arms flailing and accidentally brought the HAPPY BIRTHDAY! banner crashing down.
The others burst into the kitchen, eyes wide. "What do we do?!" Jasmine called, reeling back from the heat.
Cody pointed at the sink. "Grab a pot and fill it with water---or something!"
"Don't worry! Izzy will handle it!"
She leapt forward, pulling out a fire extinguisher---nobody quite knew where it came from---and sprayed it at the oven, sending white foam flying through the air.
Unfortunately, Izzy's aim wasn't very good.
She did (though possibly only because the fire extinguisher was out of foam) and blinked. The fire was out, but the entire room---the walls, the counters, the ceiling, the floor and the Ezekiel---were covered with fire extinguisher…stuff, barely visible through the fumes that still filled the room.
Duncan gaped at his ruined kitchen, mouth open and, the others thought, possibly close to tears. Izzy, however, put her hands on her hips and beamed. "See? Izzy always puts the fires out in the end!"
It was about thirty seconds before anyone spoke again. Duncan's mouth was opening and closing, his body was shaking, and Cody, Jasmine and Ezekiel exchanged looks, wondering what was about to happen.
"I…am going…to KILL---"
"They're here! Gwen and Harold's car just pulled up outside!"
Everybody ran from the kitchen to the living room, where Bridgette was standing at the window in horror. Outside they could see Harold and Gwen, looking incredibly nervous, climb out of their car with Leshawna, who looked incredibly pissed. Duncan took several steps back, dazed.
"But they're---not supposed to---okay!" He took a deep breath. "It's okay. We still have the presents, and the room is decorated, and---wait, what happened to this room?!"
Bridgette looked nervous. "I…tripped? A…couple of times."
All the decorations were on the floor in a mess, except for one solitary streamer that still hung down, looking rather forlorn. Most of the snacks had been knocked onto the floor. Duncan made a little choking sound as Bridgette's cell phone rang. She answered it, watching him nervously.
"Hey, babe!"
"Tyler, where are you?"
"I'm coming down the street right now, I got a great cake and---"
"Don't come up! Leshawna and the others are already here, they'll see you!"
"But---what am I supposed to do?!"
"Uh…" Bridgette looked around wildly. Duncan was still standing there in a daze, head reeling. Ezekiel, Izzy and Jasmine just gaped, as Cody snapped his fingers. "The fire escape!"
"Yeah! Tyler, use the fire escape. I think it leads up into Duncan and Leshawna's bedroom."
"The fire escape?! But---"
"Just do it and hurry!" she snapped. "Oh, and love you, bye." She quickly hung up before he could respond.
"Quick! Everybody---try to fix things before they get up here!" Jasmine said desperately, grabbing a handful of streamers in her arms. "Cody, get the music playing!"
"On it!"
"Hey, here's a fun idea!" Harold said desperately, as Leshawna marched over to the elevators. "Let's take the stairs! That'll take longer---" Gwen elbowed him. "Ow! Uh---be better for our heal---"
Leshawna ignored them and pressed the elevator button. The doors slid open. "Oh, goody. We don't even have to wait," she said dryly.
"Yeah…goody," Gwen muttered as she and Harold boarded.
"Get those streamers up!"
"There's no time!"
"Well, we need some decorations, I---whooooaaaa---"
"Oh, Bridgette, don't fall. don't fall---"
Duncan, standing frozen amidst the chaos, groaned. "Well...I never really liked that vase anyway..."
The elevator opened; without a word Leshawna marched down the hall.
"Whoa, Leshawna, wait up!"
"Yeah, gawsh!"
"Well, I'm just in a hurry to see what that bastard of a husband of mine has done this time!" Leshawna snapped, not slowing down. "Probably thinks he can just throw together some little surprise and that's all it's gonna take to make me happy! Well, he's got another thing coming this time!"
Gwen and Harold looked at each other. Both were thinking the same thing.
If Duncan wanted to fix things with Leshawna, this party better had better be awesome.
"Quick! Pick the chips up off the floor!"
"But it's been more than five seconds---"
"Screw the rule! Cody! You got that music playing yet?!"
"Just about, I---AGH!"
Despite being "fixed," as Cody pressed the PLAY button a massive jolt of electricity shot through him (again), so strong that he flew back and knocked into Bridgette as she came rushing past. She let out a cry as both Cody and the energy hit her, stumbling back and falling onto the ground right in front of the hallway.
"I'm here, I'm here!" Tyler cried, panting as he ran out of the bedroom with a bakery box in hand. "The cake's a little smashed but I---oof!"
Tyler stumbled and tripped over his girlfriend, and the cake went flying…
…right as the door flew open with Leshawna on the other side.
Everybody froze.
The cake slowly slid down from Leshawna's face, then splattered to her feet on the floor. She stood there, chocolate all over her face, two round pieces of fruit around her eyes like an absurd pair of glasses.
Slowly, Leshawna reached up and peeled one off of her face, holding it out. "What…is this?"
Tyler smiled nervously. "Uh, pineapple slices! Y-you like pineapples, right?"
Leshawna growled while Duncan put his face in his hand and groaned.
"OUT! Everybody out! Move it, get!"
Leshawna herded her friends into the hallway. "Are you sure?" Bridgette asked as Leshawna shoved her away. "I mean, we could help you guys clean---"
"Just get out!"
Everyone stood outside the door for a second, frowning. Tyler kicked at the ground. "Sorry, dudes!"
"Happy birthday anyway, Shawnie!" Jasmine called. Then she sighed, turning away from the door. "Well, this night was a bust."
Cody nodded. "Yeah." Then he paused, looking away with a small smile on his face. "…So, would you be interested in coming back to my place?"
She gave him a look before a small smile appeared. "…May-be, Baby Boy."
They grinned at each other for a moment before walking down the hall together. Cody whipped out his cell phone. "Hey, Noah? How much would it cost for you to not be in the apartment tonight…?"
Izzy elbowed Ezekiel as they followed them down the hall. "Pssst. Zeke. Guess what those two are gonna do?"
"They're gonna have sex! Hot, naked pre-marital sex! Hee-hee-hee-hee!"
"Ugh…I swear yoo were not this perverted when I married yoo, eh."
"Yeah, but that's before we were having sex, wasn't it?"
Finally left alone, Leshawna sat down at the table and sighed, her face in her hand. Duncan stood a few feet off, looking at the messy floor.
"Well, thanks a lot, Baby Boy," Leshawna grumbled, looking up to stare at the trashed apartment. "This sure was a great birthday you gave me right here."
"This was supposed to be a big surprise party," Duncan mumbled, kicking halfheartedly at a balloon as it drifted near his foot. "I wanted to have a big surprise for you, to…you know. Make up for this morning."
"Hmph. Great."
"Well, what? You can't blame a guy for trying."
"But you never try!" Leshawna said, turning around to face him. "Not until you've already messed up, anyway. Look at this place!" She waved a hand at the huge mess. "All the work you did in the last few hours just for---this. Don't you realize this could have all gone a lot smoother if, I don't know, you started on this party before today?"
"Hey! I---…and the others, I guess---worked our asses off here! I'm sorry it didn't turn out to your high standards, but---"
Leshawna threw up her hands. "You don't get what I'm saying at all!"
"Well, would you please just explain it, then?! JEEZ!"
"I'm saying I don't want you to forget my birthday in the first place!" Leshawna cried. "I don't care about some damn party! Even if you had managed to pull this off, I don't want some party you throw together at the last damn second just to apologize for screwin' up! I want you to not screw up in the first place! You wouldn't have needed to do anything to make me happy if you'd just remembered my birthday this morning!"
"Well, I'm sorry!" Duncan said, spreading out his hands. "I forgot!"
"You mean you don't care!"
"No, I mean I forgot! Just this once, I'm sorry, it slipped my mind!"
"It always slips your mind!"
"No it doesn't."
"Oh yeah?" She crossed her arms and raised her eyebrow. "What's our wedding anniversary?"
"Mm-hmm, that's what I thought. What about the first time we had sex?"
"Ah-HA!" Duncan said, pointing. "That one I know! It was July 13th!"
"Does it even occur to you that the first time we had sex was ON our wedding day?!" Leshawna screamed, throwing her hands up in the air.
"…Oh yeah."
"See?! This is what I mean! You have no trouble remembering something if it's important to you! You can't remember the day we got married, but you can remember the day we had sex. You can't remember my birthday, but you always remember yours. You can recite your favorite movies from memory, but you don't even listen when I tell you to take the damn trash out every night! It's really nice to see where I stand with you!"
Leshawna suddenly turned away again, but as she spun around Duncan could have sworn he saw tears in her eyes. When she spoke again, it was slow and angry, through clenched teeth, but shaking.
"I'm just sick of this, Duncan. I'm sick of you always screwing up and then just doing something to try to make it up to me. I'd rather have a simple 'Happy Birthday' in the morning then a thousand fool parties you could whip up for me. But it always just seems that you want to put me off and put me off until you have to deal with me. All I want is for you to give a damn, but you can't even do that."
"But I---uh---ee---crap."
Duncan's shoulders slumped while Leshawna sat with her arms crossed over her chest. It was a long minute before either of them broke the silence.
"…I'm sorry."
"Pffft. Yeah. Sure."
"No, seriously. I---" He kicked awkwardly at the floor again. "I didn't mean to…to make you feel…unimportant or anything. There's gotta be some way to make it up to you. I'll---tomorrow! Tomorrow is your new, honorary birthday. I'll---I'll wish you 'Happy Birthday' and make you a big breakfast and---we'll invite everybody back over---to help clean up this mess," he muttered out of the side of his mouth.
Leshawna scoffed. "I'd rather you just remember the actual date."
"I'll do that too! On my honor." Leshawna turned to him and raised an eyebrow. Duncan shrugged. "Alright---and someone more honorable than my honor. Seriously. I'll prove it to you by this July, how about that?" He wriggled his unibrow playfully. "I mean, you know I won't forget our Sexiversary."
Leshawna snorted despite herself. Then she sighed, picking up the rag she had been using to clean her face. "Damn I must look a mess," she muttered. "I can already feel the rash from those damn pineapple pieces around my eyes---my work clothes are ruined, my makeup's all running, I feel like I still got chocolate all over my face---"
"Uh, yeah, you missed a few spots."
"Where?" Leshawna brought the towel up to her face as Duncan approached.
"Right---here" He kissed her forehead "and here" he kissed her cheek "and…here…"
He pressed his lips against hers; she scowled slightly, but then allowed it. The two were still kissing as Leshawna rose to her feet, and they kissed all the way down the hall to their bedroom before sitting down on the bed.
When they finally pulled apart, Leshawna was smiling slightly, which made Duncan grin. "Happy birthday, Leshawna."
"Hmph. Thanks, Baby Boy."
He lay her head on his shoulder, and he stroked her back for a moment, smiling.
"Uh, Baby Boy?"
"Yes, my special birthday girl?"
"Where are all our sheets?"
Duncan sighed. "...You don't want to know."
Duncan learned to remember special occasions, at least to an extent. Granted, he couldn't actually remember what special occasions were coming up on which days, but he developed the habit of remembering when some date of significance was coming up and preparing for it in advance. As a result, Leshawna not only got Duncan to buy her presents for her birthday, wedding anniversary and Valentine's Day, but also started getting them on days like Arbor Day, Duncan's parents' anniversary, the anniversary of when Duncan got out of juvie and even Courtney's birthday.
Meanwhile, Courtney's husband Trent forgot her birthday that year and spent the next week sleeping on the couch.
Cody went back to his own apartment with Jasmine and paid his roommate, Noah, $100 so he could take his girlfriend Eva out for the night and leave the two of them alone. Unfortunately, Cody rushed him out so quickly that Noah didn't have time to grab his cell phone, keys or allergy medication, and Cody and Jasmine were too "distracted" to hear him banging on the door, screaming that he had accidentally eaten a cherry and needed his pills or he was going to *insert choking sound here.* Eva had to rush him to the hospital. She returned the next morning and finally got Cody to open the door, and then beat him mercilessly and made him pay for Noah's hospital bills.
Ezekiel, hearing about all this, used this as an opportunity to once again scold Cody on the moral issues of premarital sex. Unfortunately, this distracted him from his usual Izzy-watching duties, and during those five minutes he was distracted she caused approximately $10,000 worth of damages and attacked three men whom she claimed the "crazy Duncourt fangirls" had sent to spy on her. She then fled to Alaska and was missing for the next five weeks.
Tyler and Bridgette went home and made pasta for dinner. Unfortunately Tyler accidentally snuck up on Bridgette as she was cooking the noodles, causing her to spill the boiling water onto him. He spent the night sharing a hospital room with Noah.
Geoff and Lindsay wound up eloping to Vegas and got married by an Elvis impersonator before being captured by Neo-Nazi terrorists. Since neither of them actually appeared in this story, however, that's kind of a moot point, except that Izzy wound up rescuing them with a machine-gun wielding duck named Groucho, leading the American and Canadian governments to excuse most of her previous crimes.
A/N: Aaaaand that's the rather weird end. Next up I plan to finally start publishing that Ezekiel/Bridgette story of mine, plus deal with all those other stories I have going in various fandoms...oy. Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed, especially you, Winter-Rae. Happy now-belated birthday again! And to everyone---please review!
(P.S.: Groucho the Duck is the property of the Kobold Necromancer and is used without permission. And everybody else is the property of Teletoons and is also used without permission. ...Is it odd that I care more about stealing the duck for one line than any of the others for the whole story? Hmm.)


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The Magic Princess Story
This is a short story I handed in for my creative writing class. I wanted to write a story with some magic and adventure, and this is what became of that desire. Since it's my first story on Protagonize, and since I've already finished it, I'd prefer to keep it solo. But I'm open to suggestions.
Emily's bedroom was illuminated solely by the warm yellow glow from the lamp on the nightstand beside her bed.
"Goodnight, Emily," whispered Emily's father, slowly shutting the door behind him.
"Daddy," a voice came from the mound of stuffed animals and blankets, "you didn't tell me a story yet."
Daddy sighed, the lines on his forehead deepening. He left the door open and came to sit beside his daughter on the bed. Suddenly, as if turned on by a switch, his face brightened with mischief. "What kind of story will it be tonight?"
"One about magic!" exclaimed Emily, hungrily, sitting up in bed.
"Magic again?"
"And a princess."
"An ugly princess?"
"No. A beautiful one." Emily folded her thin arms stubbornly across her chest, frowning.
Her father chuckled. "Alright, alright." He repositioned himself on the edge of the bed. Emily lay back down, propping her head up with her hand to face her father.

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Austin's Gary Clark Jr. says his musical career began when he was 12 -- a mentor pushed the guitar towards him, and next thing he knew, he was playing on stage with blues legends like harmonica hero Walter Higgs. Eventually Clark ditched high school classes for six-string practice. In this edition of In My Room, a collaboration between Hive and Yours Truly that brings musicians into intimate settings, Clark Jr. shows off his years of practice on his songs "Bright Lights" and "When My Train Pulls In." Watch him effortlessly glide over those strings -- we can't help but think that Higgs is beaming with pride. Hey, even Clark's high school teachers are probably smiling.
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- Although the various branches of physics differ in their experimental methods and theoretical approaches, certain general principles apply to all of them. The forefront of contemporary advances in physics lies in the submicroscopic regime, whether it be in atomic, nuclear, condensed-matter, plasma, or particle physics, or in quantum optics, or even in the study of stellar structure. All are based upon quantum theory (i.e: quantum mechanics and quantum field theory) and relativity, which together form the theoretical foundations of modern physics. Many physical quantities whose classical counterparts vary continuously over a range of possible values are in quantum theory constrained to have discontinuous, or discrete, values. The intrinsically deterministic character of classical physics is replaced in quantum theory by intrinsic uncertainty. According to quantum theory, electromagnetic radiation does not always consist of continuous waves; instead it must be viewed under some circumstances as a collection of particle-like photons, the energy and momentum of each being directly proportional to its frequency (or inversely proportional to its wavelength, the photons still possessing some wavelike characteristics). This book presents state-of-the-art research from around the world.
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When you stay at Courtyard by Marriott Milwaukee Brookfield in Brookfield, you'll be in the suburbs and convenient to Brookfield Square Mall. This hotel is within the vicinity of New Berlin Hills Golf Course and Monkey Joe's.
Make yourself at home in one of the 148 air-conditioned guestrooms. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include desks and complimentary weekday newspapers, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Don't miss out on the many recreational opportunities, including an indoor pool, a spa tub, and a fitness center. This hotel also features complimentary wireless Internet access, a fireplace in the lobby, and complimentary use of a nearby fitness facility.
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Featured amenities include complimentary high-speed (wired) Internet access, a 24-hour business center, and express check-out. Planning an event in Brookfield? This hotel has 1,600 square feet (149 square meters) of space consisting of conference space and meeting rooms. Free self parking is available onsite.
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Patients at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre have a new tool when it comes to managing their mental health. The personal health tool is called 'Mood Tracker', and is now available through Sunnybrook's MyChart™ service for patients and clinicians. It was developed in partnership with the Psychiatry clinician team, led by Dr. Ari Zaretsky, Chief of Psychiatry and VP Medical Education. Mood Tracker allows patients who use MyChart™ to record moods and feelings they experience throughout the day on their mobile devices and computers.
"We are very excited to see the mental health community using MyChart™ to support their needs," says Sarina Cheng, Director IS & eHealth Strategies & Health Records Department at Sunnybrook. "The Mood Tracker feature can be used as part of the patient plan in Psychiatry and other clinical areas, allowing patients to play a more active part in their health monitoring outside the walls of the hospital."
Recorded moods and feelings are plotted by Mood Tracker to visually illustrate the range and patterns over the course of the day or week. The patient can then share these results with their psychiatrist and other physicians if they choose to monitor mental health status in between visits.
"Research suggests that when we empower patients to track their moods and feelings, their outcomes will be better," says Dr. Ari Zaretsky, clinical champion for the Mood Tracker tool. "Tracking encourages patient independence by providing the ability to see exactly what their day-to-day experience is through charts and graphs. Often pictures have greater impact than words, and offer insights that might not have been apparent before."
In addition to Mood Tracker, the hospital is piloting the online release of information for mental health notes through MyChart™. This means patients can now request and access their physician's mental health notes confidentially. The release of information occurs securely through the doctor's mobile device and they can select what they share.
"We are integrating and expanding personal health management into the physicians' care planning," says Sarina Cheng. "This approach to healthcare encourages patients to take an active part in their wellness, which ultimately benefits the whole continuum of care, patients and their families."
MyChart™ is a way for Sunnybrook patients to access and manage their own personal health record online. MyChart's clinical health information comes directly from Sunnybrook's electronic patient record system. The information in the MyChart™ record can be used by patients anywhere, anytime to monitor care while traveling, set up family records, keep a diary to monitor symptoms, manage a family member's health information and care plan, keep care providers up to date, access care in the community and set up emergency information.
Sunnybrook's MyChart™ is available to the 1.6 million patients currently in the Hospital's electronic patient record system.
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All I Ask, Of Love
You're so good at crushing my spirit.
How and why would a person possibly be good at something like that?
You should be good at uplifting and enriching, not breaking down and burdening.
I'd like to see the love in your eyes, for once.
Hear the love in your voice, and not that fake sugar-coated "you're my honey bun bumblebee" love but real love. You love me.
I'd like to feel the love within your touch. Your hugs are empty and unemotional, hard and rough around the edges.
I'd just like to be loved by you, for once. Can you do that for me? Can you show me that you love me? Because I guarantee that would make it a lot easier for me to show you that I love you, too.
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It was astounding how quickly things changed. One moment Rin was a promising intern, the next a wanted fugitive. Every radio station, every TV channel was issuing alerts in her name, saying that she had violated government policy and stolen federal property. She hadn't had much of a choice, considering how the odd thing had attached itself to her, and there it had stayed.
"That'll be 54.60, please."
Rin looked up from beneath the baseball cap, just long enough to shove a bill on the counter and grab the plastic bags at the checkout, leaving the store. Her long, silky black hair was tucked under the hat, sunglasses hiding her brown, almond-shaped eyes. She'd had to grab a few essentials; cans of food, water bottles, a first-aid kit. Returning to her apartment would have meant an instant arrest. She had tried, though, and found security blocking the front doors. Despite being a good hundred yards away, she could hear a command coming in on their communication devices.
"Alpha squadron, you have permission to shoot the target. Repeat, fire upon sight."
The guards had all mumbled 'roger that' in unison, oblivious to the sight of a petite brunette slinking off across the road. It was a pity for them, really.
Rin noticed a few black cars at the end of the road and, seeing the tiny, unlit sirens inside them, made off in the opposite direction. Undercover cops. No doubt on the lookout for a certain Japanese twenty-one year old. Chuckling at how unimportant her previous life was now, Rin turned sharply into an alley, looking up only to see cops at the other end. She turned, looking to retreat, but found her exit blocked by more officers.
One of them drew a gun and held it point blank towards her, pulling the trigger. Rin jerked aside impulsively, hearing a cry and turning to see a cop fall, clutching at a bullet in her chest. They all stared, stunned, but drew their own weapons. Instincts kicking in, Rin jumped up, palms against either side of the narrow alley, and felt herself scrabble up the wall as if it was a second nature to her. Leaping onto a rooftop, she ran, jumping from building to building with the blood pounding in her ears.
She was spurred on by pure adrenaline, the sound of bullets flying at her and, on top of that, shock. What she could do, so suddenly, it was anything but natural. It felt that way, though, felt like it was a part of her, and always had been. Sighing and feeling the cool metal on her neck as she ran, Rin felt a sense of exhilaration rush through her, making her smile ever so slightly. The wind was in her hair, caressing her cheek, a world of sound and sight and smell opening to her. It was magical...extraordinary. Or better yet, extraterrestrial.
After running for ten or so miles, having shaken off the walking officers long ago and still not tired, Rin had picked up the pace, eager to lose her new pursuer. A helicopter, loud and noisy, had appeared halfway through her run and closed in, making her baseball cap fly off and her straight hair whip about her. The helicopter picked up the pace, too, and suddenly veered in front of her, cutting off her path.
Instinct taking over again, Rin leapt up and grabbed the landing skids, flinging the chopper aside as if it was a piece of paper, smashing it into the road below. She continued running, watching as the mangled remains of the copter burst into flames, cold fear hitting her system like an overdose on caffeine. Not just fear of the government, or the device plugged into her neck, but herself. What she was capable of doing, and what her reshaping world would drive her to do.
That pilot, despite who she or he had worked for, probably had a family, people who cared about them. She'd ripped that from them, suddenly, just because they were trying to make a living. Rin had never made enemies before but, realizing what her powers meant, knew she would. And soon.


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New Braunfels Herald Zeitung (Newspaper) - September 29, 1995, New Braunfels, Texas FRIDAYLocal football teams head to Austin for road tests this weekend. See Page 5 50 CENTS Ll.........i The Plaza Bandstand New Braunfels Herald 22 Pages in two sections ■ Friday, September 29, 1995 i . ................ » ■ — Serving Comal County and surrounding areas for more than 143 years ■ Home of JUSTIN WRIGHT ........................................................ — ...-I,,..t 4 lo So-I lr- Ho is -V . JtST Mr •C>2V £ y. SFi'Qp,. 9 ' Y«N^u filS0. Tv * '***- Vol. 143, No. 230 Inside Editorial........................................4A Sports...........................................5A Market Place........................9A-14A Comics.........................................1B Stammtisch Birthday wishes from the Herald-Zeitung! The New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung extends birthday wishes to: Justin Wright, Cody Ryan Luehlflng, (one year), Jarek Ray Zepeda (one year), Anne Weis-man, Manuel E. Martinez III, and Blanca 'Minihaha' Farias. Happy anniversary to Lionel and Sarah Lopez (five years), Joe and Susie Pina (one year), and Izzy and Maria Alvarado. County Fair schedule The 102nd Comal County Fair runs through Sunday at the County Fairgrounds on Common Street. Events include: Friday, Sept. 29: Pet Parade 9:45 a m. (downtown) Fair Parade 10 a.m. (downtown) Local High School Bandsl-3:45 p.m. Dan McCoy 4-6 p.m. Jay Erie and Blieder's Creek 8-midnight Rodeo 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30: Chili Cook-off 9 a.rn.-2 p.m. Dan McCoy 1-3 p.m. Wimberley Fire Ants 3-6 p.m. Kinder Tanzen, Sue Schwab 6-7 p.m. Quai ter Moon 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Rodeo 8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. I: Children's best western dress contest 4-6:30 p.m. Jazz Cowboys 1-3 p.m. Ed Kadlecek & the Village Band 3-5 p.m. Carlene Walker 7-11 p.m. Livestock, poultry, baked goods, canning, preserving, clothing, art and crafts, and photography will also be on display and judged during the fair. There will be a carnival, games, food and drinks available throughout the fair for everyone to drop by and enjoy. German choral groups to gather here More than 300 singers from around the state will gather for the 1995 Saengerfest at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 1 at the Saenger-halle. The Gemischter Chor Har-monie of New Braunfels welcomes German choral groups from around the state to this Sesquicentennial event. Hermann Sons Lodge to meet The New Braunfels Hermann Sons Lodge #21 will have its meeting Oct. 1 at 3 p.m. at the lodge hall. Meat furnished. Members bring a covered dish. New Orleans Night in Gruene The Gruene Mansion Restau rant and the American Cancer Society Gala Planning Committee are hosting New Orleans Night in Gruene, Tuesday, Oct 17 from 6:30 p.m. until 10:30 p.m. The Cajun-style dinner buffet will include shrimp etouffee dirty rice with sausage, black ened chicken, complimentary beer and wine and more. The event will benefit the ACS, and help underwrite the 1996 Starlight Gala. Seating is limited so reserve your tickets by calling 629-6153 or 606-4115. Herald-Zeitung photos by MICHAEL DARNALL Truck crash A truck, driven by Erin Pedraza, crashed into a tree on Hueco Springs Loop Road yesterday at 3:30 p.m. Pedraza and her passenger, Jennifer Foreman were wearing their seat belts. Both were taken to McKenna Memorial Hospital for treatment of minor injuries. CISD bond issue OK, district says By DENISE DZIUK Staff Writer Officials from the Comal Independent School District responded to claims that they were breaking the law with the upcoming bond vote. At Wednesday's board meeting, a member of the Association of Citizens for Education said the board may be breaking the law, claiming a tax bond cannot be used to pay for renovations and athletic facilities. CISD Superintendent Jerry Major said he has spoken with Ed Esquivel, the district's bond attorney, and Marcia Ozer, in the public finance div ision of the Attorney General's Office. He said both said the current bond request is legal. Major said the law says the word "construction." He said both the attorney and the Texas Attorney General's office have said that the interpretation of "construction" has included building new facilities and renovating and repairing existing ones. Esquivel also said that the term "school structures" has been expanded to included appendages, such as gymnasiums, stadium, tracks, and others that go along with the operation of the school. * *• »*■ He said this interpretation has boon challenged twice, once in 1940 and again in 1951, and both times, the ruling said they could be built using tax bonds. "Basically, the petition has no merit according to both Esquivel and Ozer," said Major. "The bond was properly called, and it's our intent to continue with the election on October 14." Rodeo Queen crowned The 1995 Comal County Rodeo Queen and her court were crowned last night at the PROA rodeo at the county fair. Pictured are: Queen Christine Phelan, Princess Whitney Schneider, and Duchess Adrienne Pierce. An Alarming Trend City police spend a lot of time and money chasing false alarms By SUSAN FLYNT ENGLAND Staff Writer False security alarms are happening at an alarming rate — to the tune of about 84,720 New Braunfels tax dollars this year. "Over 90 percent of false alarms are end user (owner) mistakes," said Sean Toney of Alarm Automation, a division of Seiler Fire Equipment Inc. The New Braunfels Police Department has responded to 1,414 false security alarms from Jan. I to Sept. 26, 1995, said Administrative Sergeant John McEachem. "There have been two actual intrusions," he said. Two police officers respond to each alarm, McEachem said. "These are answered in a hurry," he said — they prepare for the worst-case scenario. "We did a study on it some years back, and we came up with $60 per call," he said. Multiplied by the number of false alarms that means about $84,720. "There are 705 security alarms under permit at this time," McEachem said. "That's a tremendously high proportion of police calls per capita in that segment of the city's population," he said. New Braunfels passed an ordinance requiring alarm system owners to get permits from the city. "Along with the permits come some rules," McEachem said. Each alarm owner is permitted five false alarms a year. Each alarm beyond that is considered a class C misdemeanor. A class C misdemeanor carries a possible fine of not more than $200 per infraction. "The people who cause the false alarm problem pay for it," he said. "It shouldn't be dealt with through the ordinary taxing system." Security industry figures agree that alarm system owners make a lot of mistakes and cause false alarms — but they don't have to, Toney said. Customers get thorough training when they buy their alarms, Toney said. "The installers will give you a pretty good grounding if you let them," McEachem said. But owners often don't follow up to make sure they remember what they learned. There are five common user errors, Toney said: 1) Error entering code, 2) Didn't enter code quickly enough to disarm system, 3) Armed and moved around inside while interior was still amied, 4) Exited while perimeter was armed, 5) Authorized entry w ithout code (forgot * code). Security alarms do keep criminals away from homes and businesses, McEachem said. ■■..111... ........ Tips on Preventing False Alarms ■ Make sure everyone who uses your security system understands how it works. Anyone who has a key to your home should know how to operate your system. Extra training on using your system can be helpful. ■ Have your system tested if you are experiencing false alarms too often. Outdated security equipment can be replaced with improved technology that has builtin Jibe alarm immunities. ■ Notify your dealer immediately if you think your system isn't working proparty. ■ Test your system regularly and drill on operation procedures. If you are not tme ofthe correct procedures for use and testing of your system, call your dealer for details. iMfBng m nee wily Gyiiom ■per» ■ New Braunfels residents need to get a permit from the New Braunfels Police Department. ■ Permits can be picked up at the police station. You can have one mailed on request if you call 608-2179. ■Permits cost $24 per year. A renewal notice will be sent each year. "If you're dealing with an alarmed premises that sounds an alarm at that site, you'll probably chase the guy away," he said. Out of two homes, one alarmed and one not. the burglar w ill choose the house without an alarm, Toney said. "They're not looking to make their break-in hard," he said. Window decals and yard signs are a good deterrent, Toney said. "lf they even see the signs, they'll go for another house." he said Security alarm system features have become fairly standardized, Toney said. Most come with "perimeter protection" for doors and windows, inside motion detectors, indoor or attic sirens, and a control panel (where you punch in the codes to ann and disarm). Also available is monitonng by the security company. Alarms are routed to the monitors, who then relay information to the police. By relaying a password to the monitor, the ow ner can avoid false alarms reaching the police. Security alarm systems aren't cheap, they can run in the thousands of dollars. "Whether they're cost effective or not I don't know," McEachem said. "They prov ide a great sense ofsecunty for people " Guadalupe River flow boosted to 170 cubic feet per second Herald-Zeitung photo by MICHAEL DARNALL The combination of an increased release from Canyon Reservoir plus a warm weekend weather forecast is a bonus for water sports enthusiasts who want to extend the summer recreation season. According to Tommy Hill, chief engineer for the Guadalupe-Blaneo River Authority' (GBRA), the Canyon Reservoir re'.ase was increased to 170 cubic feet per second (eft) at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 26 and w ill remain at this rate until further notice. Hill explained that reservoir level and inflow help to determine the release rate. The current level of Canyon Reservoir is 908.62 feet mean sea level (nisi). Reservoir water between 800-909 feet nisi falls within the "conservation pool" range and is managed and released by GBRA. However, the Corps of Engineers is responsible for controlling •>ter in the reservoir's "flood pool" (909-feet nisi), which captures Hood waters to tr "ct people and property downstream. e current inflow at Spring Branch is 292 cfs, and is "higher right now due to recent rainfall and runoff above Canyon Dam." said Hill. County to fund child abuse position cut by state By DENISE DZIUK Staff Writer The Comal County commissioners approved a contract for about $ 14,000 with the Child Protective Service Agency to help fund a position that was cut from state funding. Sherry Flume, supervisor for child protective services in Comal County, said the agency is working hard to help the children in Comal County. Last year, 309 case of child abuse and neglect were investigated by the agency. However, the number of children involved is higher because some of the cases involved up to IO children, she said. "Comal County is a great place to live, but it's not so great if you're an abused or neglected child," said Flume. Flume said she believes headway is being made in reducing the number of cases. She said the agency has had 182 cases through August. She said the same period last year had 195 cases. She said it is only a slight decrease but it is largely due to the Family Preservation Program. The goal of the program is to identify families with children who are at largest risk for becoming abused or neglected and work to reduce that risk with the children still in the home. She said she expects an even larger decrease after the program has been in existence longer. The county currently has 40 chil dren in foster care. "I will not hesitate to remove a child from the home whose life is in danger. Some (children) just can't be maintained at home because it's just too dangerous," she said. State funding for the program was cut, and one ofthe positions cut was the social service technician. Flume said this is a hands-on position, and works directly with the family. The technician transports the family to therapy and doctor appointments, helps obtain sen ices, and teaches parenting, nutrition, and hygiene skills. She said she thinks the number of cases would increase if this position were cut. Flume asked the county to approve a contract to help fund the position for 'Comal County is a great place to live, but it's not so great if you're an abused or neglected child.' — Sherry Flume one year, saying that abused children tit Comal County are "defenseless and voiceless and need our help." The county would contribute $ 14,175, and the remainder would come from federal hinds. Commissioners court voted unanimously to enter into a contract w ith the agency. "It's kind of like pay me now or pay me later," said Commissioner "Moe" Schwab, "lf we can save one child from going to juvenile probation or later, adult probation, it's well worth the $14,000." In other business, the court approved a contract with the Water Oriented Recreation District (WORD), in which WORD gives the county SS,OOO, The funds are to be used for buoys and other material required for the Canyon Lake Buoy Program. A public hearing was also set for Get.12, at IO a m. at Commissioners Court to consider proposed street name assignments for the C omal County area.The prospect of a lasting peace in the Middle East gets brighter. See Page 4A. ;
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"Big Heads" don't know Future is wide open Restructuring Monographs Acquisitions: Adopting New Technologies to New Markets Michael Luesebrink, MLIS, PhD Monographs Acquisitions Librarian Florida State University Libraries It's a Matter of Economics The contemporary academic library of the Twenty-First Century is in the midst of transformation… From traditional librarian centric, supply side driven model To an innovative user centric demand driven model Acquisition units are at the forefront of this transformative process Objectives of Discussion Describe changing acquisitions workflows Adapting technological efficiencies Describe changing acquisition's role in 21st century information landscape Innovative economic models i.e. PDA Describe new staffing roles in acquisitions Adopting new skill sets Traditional Acquisitions Cycle Patron uses book, finds references Request placed by patron Book placed in Stacks Order placed with vendor Book sent to Acquisitions Book invoiced, processed Changing Workflows Libraries Monographs Acquisitions Unit organizational Structure: Past Traditional model: Monographs & Serials Monograph Acquisitions Unit Staff of seven Staff roles: Ordering and invoicing monographs Library of Congress cataloging Changing Workflows Libraries Monographs Acquisitions Unit organizational Structure: Today Staff of five; two less library associates Staff roles Ordering and invoicing Reduced Library of Congress cataloging Actually substantial increased productivity So, what's changed? Innovative Models: Patron Driven Acquisitions Patron Driven Acquisitions (PDA): Innovative acquisitions model Seamless acquisition or lending of e-books Purchase triggered by threshold Hybrid model evolving Patron Driven Acquisitions Cycle E-book in PDA profile/ package Book now part of collection Patron sees E-book in OPAC Book is seamlessly acquired Patron accesses e-book Book triggers threshold Changing Role of Acquisitions PDA: Historical Context PDA programs emerged in early 2000's Different models are developing For example Florida has statewide initiatives UF-FSU SUS consortium initiative Changing Role of Acquisitions PDA: What does it bring to the table? Point of demand acquisition responds to users Efficient use of funds Research studies are inconclusive Changing Role of Acquisitions PDA: What are publishing issues? Supply driven Muddied waters of book publishing industry Copyright/licensing issues Publishers rely on print revenue streams. Academic publishers like e-journal model E-book technology more user friendly Approval plan conundrum Changing Role of Acquisitions PDA: How does it affect acquisitions staff and change workflow activities? Saves time placing orders and invoicing, a good fit in demand driven market Segues well with e-book market: focus - price, delivery time, content Allows selectors to focus, identifying difficult to find items, and refine strategic collection development outcomes Changing Role of Acquisitions PDA: How does it affect acquisitions staff and change workflow activities? Acquisitions need strong IT skill sets Need adaptability and flexibility Critical thinking skills Adopt new technologies as they emerge In Summation "On demand information delivery requires that libraries re-conceptualize how they provide information to users. The fundamental library role of facilitating access to information remains, but how libraries accomplish this and who their partners will be are changing significantly." Douglas Jones The Future of Bibliographic Control Scope of this discussion Current trends: Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Description (FRBR) Resource Description and Access (RDA) Library Linked Data Timeline of the Collection and Organization of the Human Record… and into the Future Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records Entity-Relationship Model User Tasks • Find • Identify • Select • Obtain Entity = Work Attributes Title Creator Value Value A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens Group 2 Entities Group 1 Entities Work created by Expression realized by Person Family Manifestation Item produced by Corporate Body owned by Final Report. Section 3.2 Group 1 Entity Work has as its subject Work Person Expression Manifestation Item Group 1 Entities Concept Object Family Event Corporate Body Place Group 2 Entities Group 3 Entities IFLA. Final Report. Section 3.3 AACR2 Record RDA Record FRBR and RDA lay the foundation for Library Linked Data Now: Boxed Data (MARC record) Future: Library Linked Data on the Semantic Web A A C R 2 I S B D A A C R 2 M A R C Title: The Nature and future of the catalog / edited by Maurice J. Freedman. Publication: Phoenix, AZ : Oryx Press, 1979. Description: xvi, 317 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Subject: Cataloging--Congresses. Added name: Freedman, Maurice J. Next Gen Catalog Dumb Terminal OPAC Boxed Data Semantic Web & Linked Data Post-MARC metadata XML-based data sets and catalogs Bowen, Jennifer. Moving Library Metadata toward Linked Data: Opportunities Provided by the Exensible Catalog. Library Linked Data Elements of description expressed as data sets linked by identifiers Linked Data Timeline of the Collection & Organization of the Human Record… and into the Future Innovations? Embedded Metadata: Not only for electronic documents Nano chip RFID embedded paper New interfaces for Post-MARC cataloging: Fields for free text Fields that auto fill Pull down from controlled vocabularies Bibliography » » » » » » » » » Bowen, Jennifer. Moving Library Metadata toward Linked Data: Opportunities Provided by the Exensible Catalog. Proc. Int'l Conf. on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications 2010. p. 44-59. Clancy, Michael. From Memory to Written Record. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1979. ______. Looking Back from the Invention of Printing. In Literacy in Historical Perspective. Edited by D.P. Resnick. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1983. Coyle, Karen. Understanding the Semantic Web: Bibliographic Data and Metadata. Library Technology Reports (46:1; January 2010). Eisenstein, Elizabeth L. The Printing Press as an Agent of Change: Communications and Cultural MoreRFID - Secured Digital to Introduce Nano Chip RFID Embedded Paper in Q4 2007. <http://www.morerfid.com/details.php?subdetail=Report&action=details&report_id=3366&dis play=RFID>. Accessed April 9, 2012. Rubin, E. Richard. Foundations of Library and Information Science. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 2000. p. 208-261. Transformations in Early Modern Europe. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1979. Thompson, James Westfall. Ancient Libraries. Hamden, Conn.: Archon, 1957. All graphics created by Annie Glerum. All images either public domain or Creative Commons license. Attributions for timeline animation: 3000 B.C . Marcin Wichary; Book of the Dead #1. McKay Savage; Cordoba Mihrab. James Gordon. Online Catalog : Encoded MARC Bibliographic Record 000 01563cam a22003377a 450 001 6563162 005 20080703101713.0 008 711222s1961 dcu b 000 0 eng 010 __ |a 61064605 035 __ |a (OCoLC)ocm00185973 040 __ |a DLC |c CWR |d DLC |d OCLCQ |d BTCTA |d OCLCG |d DLC 042 __ |a lccopycat 043 __ |a n-us--- 050 00 |a UA927 |b .M23 1961 100 1_ |a Mack, Raymond W. 245 14 |a The occasion instant : |b the structure of social responses to unanticipated air raid warnings / |c by Raymond W. Mack, George W. Baker ; Foreword by Robin M. Williams, Jr. 260 __ |a Washington, |b National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council, |c 1961. 300 __ |a xv, 69 p. ; |c 25 cm. 490 1_ |a National Research Council (U.S.). Disaster Research Group. Disaster study, |v no. 15 500 __ |a National Research Council. Publication 945. 504 __ |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-69). 650 _0 |a Civil defense |z United States. 650 _0 |a Air warfare |x Psychological aspects. 700 1_ |a Baker, George W. |q (George Walter), |d 1915- |e joint author. 810 2_ |a National Research Council (U.S.). |b Disaster Research Group. |t Disaster study ; |v no. 15. 830 _0 |a Publication (National Research Council (U.S.)) ; |v 945. 856 41 |3 Table of contents |u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0804/61064605.html MARC 21 ILS, CC AACR [1] Current Cataloging Standards Anglo American Cataloging Rules – AACR2 These are to be replaced with: Resource Description Access - RDA New bibliographic description standard for the digital age Now Libraries are being told to look to the future and expose the bibliographic data in our catalogs as linked data on the Semantic Web. Semantic Web and Linked Data The Semantic Web is a "web of data" that enables machines to understand the semantics, or meaning, of information on the World Wide Web. "W3C Semantic Web Frequently Asked Questions". W3C. Viewed October, 18, 2011. Current Visualization of the Linked Data Cloud [2] Within the cloud: LCSH and VIAF [3] The Machine Application layer of Linked Data is where most librarians hit a wall when getting involved with Linked Open Data. The explanation of Extensible Markup Language (XML), Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs), Resource Description Framework (RDF) with talk about subject, predicate, object triples is difficult to understand. Tim Berners-Lee (2006) the originator of the linked data concept, outlines its four main rules: Use URIs as names for things Use HTTP URIs so that people can look up those names When someone looks up a URI, provide useful information, using Web standards Include links to other URIs so that they can discover more things [4] With limited staff and very tight budgets, many libraries will wait to see what direction the earlier adaptors will go. Most Academic Libraries catalog their original records in OCLC and then export into their local catalogs. Policies and licensing issues with data is a big concern. In the blog "Managing Metadata" - Sept. 27, 2011 by Laura Smart @ Caltech Libraries: » Focus instead on authority records and on enhancing our repositories. We can add value for our customers. Concentrate on the unique metadata that exposes the work of the faculty, researchers and Ph.D. graduates in our organizations. VIAF Virtual International Authority File http://viaf.org/ VIAF, implemented and hosted by OCLC, is joint project of several national libraries plus selected regional and trans-national library agencies. The VIAF project's goal is to lower the cost and increase the utility of library authority files by matching and linking widely-used authority files and making that information available on the Web. VIAF Members National Library of Australia National Library of the Czech Republic Bibliotheca Alexandrina (Egypt) Bibliothèque nationale de France Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Getty Research Institute National Library of Israel Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico (Italy) » Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal » » » » » » » » » » » » » » » » » » Biblioteca Nacional de España National Library of Sweden Swiss National Library Library of Congress/NACO Vatican Library NUKAT Center (Poland) Library and Archives Canada National Széchényi Library (Hungary) RERO (Switzerland) Russian State Library-test VIAF have the "potential" for international sharing The authorized forms can be shared through the VIAF project What is important is not the "text" but the URI (uniform resource identifier) Example: http:viaf.org/viaf/35605 URI Example: http:viaf.org/viaf/35605 » » » » » » » John Paul II, Pope, 1920-2005 Jean-Paul II, pape, 1920-2005 Juan Pablo II, Papa Jean Paul II, pape Johannes Paulus Papa, II. 1920-2005 Iohannes Paulus PP. II, 1920-2005 Jan Pavel II., papež, 1920-2005 » » » » » » » Johannes Paulus II, påve, 1920-2005 Jan Paweł II (papież ; 1920-2005). Ioannes Paulus <papa ; 2.> John Paul II, Pope lived1920 1920-2005 , אפיפיור,2 יוחנן פאולוס . م2005-1920 ، البابا، الثانى،يوحنا بولس VIAF ID:35605 Bibliography » "Encoding bibliographic data: the things and strings of the semantic web", Karen Coyle. ALA Presentation. June 24, 2011. [1] » "Linked data: the play's the thing", Ed Jones. ALA Presentation. June 24, 2011. [2-3] » "Practical strategies for cataloging departments," Rebecca L. Lubas, editor. Libraries Unlimited, c2011. p. 40. [4]


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