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Easy Snowflake Candle Holder (from a Soda Can)
Introduction: Easy Snowflake Candle Holder (from a Soda Can)
Make this Super Easy, yet Beautiful Snowflake Candle Holder using NO SPECIAL TOOLS and an empty aluminum beverage can.
This is my original design. If you like it and want to mention it on another website, please make a link back here. If you're interested in seeing more Instructables that are easy, affordable and create something cool, without any special tools, then remember to follow me!
I have a lot more great ideas to share.
By the way, this is only my second Instructable, so feel free to give me your feedback!
So let's begin with the Snowflake Candle Holder.
Step 1: Materials
Aluminum Beverage Can (Empty)
Paper (One sheet. Whatever you have: lined, plain, it doesn't matter.)
Eraser (Only if you plan to make mistakes.)
Scissors (Smaller ones will be easier to use. Make sure they are fairly sharp.)
Tape (Any type strong enough to hold cardboard.)
Permanent Marker (In a color that will show up on the can.)
Cardboard - Thin. (I used 2 toilet paper rolls, but use what you have, that's thin.)
Ruler (Not shown in image.)
Candle (Use a tealight, votive, stem - whatever you'd like. A few drops of candle wax will help it stick.)
IMPORTANT NOTE: Aluminum cans may be very sharp when they are cut, so I would not recommend this project for children. Please take caution and use safety gloves or goggles, as you deem necessary. You assume all responsibility when creating this Instructable. You can also use sandpaper to dull the edges of the aluminum after you've completed this project, but it isn't necessary.
Additional Note: I was asked "how sharp are the edges?", and wanted to clarify that the edges themselves are not very sharp, but the cut points are. If you want to avoid this, simply adjust your design for more rounded corners. Also be sure to cut smoothly to avoid any jagged edges. Again, you can use sandpaper after its cut to smooth things further.
Step 2: Make Your Snowflake Design on Paper
Wrap a sheet of paper around an empty aluminum beverage can. Tape paper closed into a cylinder. Remove the paper and then fold it flat.
Cut your paper to roughly half the height of your can and then fold it into 3 Equal Parts.
IMPORTANT STEP: (Refer to Highlighted region of image.)
Using a ruler, mark 1/4 inch from one end and draw a line. Then mark 2 lines 1/16 inch wide along both lengths of the paper. The 1/4" area will be the only portion, after cutting, that will hold your paper together. The 1/16" area will be cut away (to the 1/4" line). This is important, otherwise you'll have a "paper doll" type effect - which we do NOT want.
Now draw a design in the unmarked area. What you are creating is 1/6 of your snowflake.
NOTE: You'll see that I made a large triangular area at the base. You may want to make your design base a little narrower than mine as you'll have to bend your can here and it may be a little hard to work with.
Carefully cut out your design. Make sure to leave the 1/4" area at the end UNCUT. But also make sure to cut away the 1/16" area along both sides of the paper to the 1/4" line only. (Refer to photos)
Now unfold your paper and cut it open between two of the snowflake arms.
Step 3: Make a Cardboard Template of Your Snowflake Pattern
This step is necessary to trace the design you made onto the can.
(Paper isn't rigid enough to do so, and cardboard is too thick to fold and make your design with.)
If you refer to the image, you'll see that you need a strip of cardboard larger than your paper design. Tape your paper design to the cardboard at the bottom only. Now trace the design and mark where the ends are.
Cut out the design, leaving a little extra cardboard past where the design ends. (This will help you secure it later.)
Once your design is completely cut out, take some tape, line up the marks you made to show each end and secure forming a loop.
Step 4: Trace Your Design and Cut the Can
Take your cardboard template and wrap it around your empty aluminum can.
(You'll notice that the 1/4" we marked out covers the tapered base of the aluminum can.)
Now you'll need to take your permanent marker and trace your design from the cardboard template. If you find the cardboard isn't sitting still, you can tape it down in an area you're not currently tracing. Then just reposition the tape as you go along.
After tracing the design, you can remove the cardboard.
With your scissors, carefully poke a hole near the top of the can and cut away the top.
Carefully cut out your design using your marker lines as your guide. (Your scissors should be on the inside of the lines, cutting away the marker portion as you go along.) - You'll need a little patience to complete this step, but it's worth the effort if you take your time.
Once your design is completely cut out, you will need to carefully bend down each of the snowflake arms by grasping the base area between your thumb and index finger. If you took into account my note in the design step, you'll have created a narrower base for your design than I did. This makes the bending process a little easier. If you didn't, that's okay (neither did I), so you'll just need to be extra careful not to tear the aluminum when bending each arm.
Once all 6 snowflake arms are bent down, you can add your candle. Tea lights will simply sit in the center. If you're using a votive or a taper candle, you'll want to drip some hot candle wax in the center of the can to adhere the candle to the holder.
Step 5: A Beautiful Snowflake Candle Holder
Voila! - Now you have a Beautiful Snowflake Candle Holder that you can enjoy or give as a gift.
* Don't forget to save some aluminum cans. I will post more easy 'ibles for you to do in the future.
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I liked this instructable! The instructions were clear and the whole thing is totally customizeable. I had a lot of scrap... everything... from Christmas so I used some thin cardboard. I did not like that the cardboard does not wrap around the can nicely when you have corners like I did in mine. This could be because I used cardboard that was too thick, I'm not sure and I will play around with other options for it. The can cut WAY easier than I thought it would, I recommend short scissors for detail work. I am going to try my rotary cutter on the next one I make to see if I like that better.
Thank you for this instructable. :)
As a possible replacement to cardboard if you use tape to 'plasticize' your pattern it will work as well. Lay your pattern out on a flat surface and cover it with tape, let the tape overlap the edges of your pattern. Flip and repeat, being careful here to avoid air bubbles. Trim the tape to match your pattern. Will last longer than cardboard too if you like the pattern enough. :)
Thank you! This was one of my first Instructables, and came to me one day while looking at a bag of recyclables. I hope you give it a try before Winter ends. ;)
I like! - I made something similar once, but just curled the sides down, not as pretty or intricate as yours. You have reminded me of another I made using half of the can and some wire, I suppose I'll have to do it again as an 'able... well done.
I saw this on RobotLover's Advent calendar and I have to say it is really pretty! I love the idea of it. Good job!
Thank you very much. I was lucky enough to be the last entry into the Advent Calendar. I'm glad you like it.
Thanks mischka. I wanted to make something that would be super easy for anyone to make. - Can't wait to see yours on the 20th!
Nice, detailed 'ible with very nice end result. I love it!
I may cut a few of these and attach them to my front door somehow. Maybe attach them to a wreath, or...
I hope you do! I would love to see what you come up with, so share your photos when you get a chance.
Thanks for the comment
nicely done ! Hanging them from trees or whatever with some string instead of using a candle would also be a cool look, either paint the "back" or have multicolored "snowflakes"
You're absolutely correct. I thought about that very same idea. You could also embellish the center with a shiny clear gem and really bling it out for the tree. Especially since it weighs almost nothing right now. They also have metallic spray paint which could be a whole lot of fun.
If you happen to make it for the tree, post your photo here. I would love to see it.
Thanks for the comment. :)
This is so pretty! My husband really like it. Another thing I can add to my to do list of Instructables. Thanks for sharing.
thank you... i was surprised when i saw it got featured.
Congrats on yours getting featured as well
How sharp are the cut edges? Do you know of a way to curl them a bit so they won't be a cutting hazard? I'm thinking about using them with an LED tea light as presents for my sister and her family and they've got a small kid.
Hi Cymru,
The cut edges aren't that sharp at all. I can rub my finger against them without any feeling that I'd get hurt, however, the points are a bit sharp.
So I would suggest that you do 2 things. Make the snowflake arms with rounder points (done at the paper design step), and then when you're finished, use a little sandpaper to smooth out any areas that your concerned about.
That should solve the problem. - Keep in mind also that it is made to support a candle, and therefor a flame. (Young kids should be taught to keep away from anything lit.)


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look here and complete the guide - http://www.wiihacks.com/homebrew/609...d-any-wii.html
I have installed the homebrew channel and gotten a lot of things working. But one thing I'm hoping for is wad installation, I know 4.3 blocks it. But I'm wondering if it's safe to downgrad the FW on the wii to something like 4.2 or 4.1 I know 4.0 and under is out of the question. The model number starts with lu92 So if anyone can shed some light on this that would be great.
P.S. If it's not safe, is there any way at all that I can get the internet channel at least if I can't downgrade? Keeps asking me to update so F that. lol
P.P.S. I used indiana pwns to mod it, in case that matters.
Thank you for the link. But I've already read through that page. I think you misunderstood my question. My wii is already soft modded. I wanted to know if it was safe to downgrade to 4.2, or if there was a way to force wads to install. With the 4.3 firmware it gives a 2011 error on install of wads. 4.3 blocks it. Are there any work arounds?
Then you've not successfully completed the softmod (was this even a wiihacks softmod guide you followed; that's a message telling you the trucha bug hasn't been restored). Mauifrog's guide speaks of downgrading, but you don't just downgrade as otherwise you'll brick --- IOS 60 has to be restored first. Perhaps this is more an issue of whatever IOS you're using for wad installation (should default to IOS 249).
How exactly do I set what IOS it chooses? Also why is the wii so complicated with all these IOS's and such? This is the most annoying system I have ever modded. And I hotswapped my original xbox. XD lol
Uh, press "A" when loads. It jumps to another screen where at the very top it says Selected IOS version <value> (value = whatever it says for you). Again, this is if you get that error in attempting to install a wad.
The guys that made the Homebrew channel did not intend for the use of backup loaders. That's where the cIOS comes in, in order to install a cIOS, you first need to patch (trucha patch) an IOS.
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Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market:
Lorillard Inc., up $1.21 at $77.98
Some FDA advisers said menthol tobacco, a big product for Lorillard, may not raise a smoker's risk of disease more than unflavored cigarettes.
Las Vegas Sands Corp., down $2.94 at $43.70
The SEC and the Justice Department are probing the casino company's compliance with a U.S. law forbidding bribes to foreign officials.
Boston Scientific Corp., up 36 cents at $7.52
RBC upgraded the medical device maker, saying new product launches will increase profit margins over the next few years.
Rosetta Stone Inc., down $1.77 at $13.19
The lanuguage software maker said there was weaker demand for its products from U.S. shoppers, and its forecast disappointed.
Warnaco Group Inc., down $3.14 at $55.57
The clothing maker said it was grappling with rising product costs and its guidance for 2011 fell short of Wall Street expectations.
Fifth Third Bancorp, down 65 cents at $13.95
The regional bank said that the SEC was investigating and had issued a subpoena for information related to its commercial lending.
Novavax Inc., up 36 cents at $2.96
The drug developer landed a big vaccine contract from the U.S. government and struck a licensing deal with a Korean pharmaceutical company.
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Daigotsu Hirata was a tainted bushi of the Spider Clan stationed with Daigotsu Masahiko in Zakyo Toshi in 1169. Among the Spider he was known as a paragon of Shourido, the Dark Power. [1]
Death of Hirata Edit
Hirata discovered the presence of a Scorpion spy in the city, Shosuro Masanobi, and killed her in the Month of the Dog. He vowed that he would keep an eye out for any more threats to their operations in Zakyo Toshi. Four Months later, in the Month of the Tiger, Hirata again discovered a Scorpion ninja. This time the Scorpion was actually following Masahiko and a ronin named Ieyasu, and Hirata attacked. Ieyasu, who was actually Bayushi Eisaku, killed Masahiko while Hirata and the ninja killed each other. Eisaku burned the bodies, to remove any trace of Hirata and Masahiko's tainted bodies. [2]
Return of Hirata Edit
Some time afterwards, Hirata returned as an undead, creating doubts on whether his body was truly burned. [3]
External Links Edit
- Daigotsu Hirata (Honor's Veil)
- ↑ Daigotsu Hirata (Honor's Veil Boxtext)
- ↑ Shadows & Lies, by Nancy Sauer
- ↑ Daigotsu Hirata (Celestial MRP Boxtext)
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Air Products & Chemicals Inc., an Allentown, Pa.-based company that liquefies natural gas, plans to build a manufacturing facility in Manatee County.
Air Products & Chemicals Inc., an Allentown, Pa.-based company that makes machines that liquefy natural gas, plans to build a manufacturing facility in Manatee County that will create an estimated 250 jobs.
The 300,000-square-foot plant, on 30 acres in Palmetto's Eastport Industrial Park, will process natural gas "heat exchangers" for easier transport to global markets.
The company was drawn to the area, in part, by an expanded Port Manatee and regional workforce training services, said Sharon Hillstrom, president and chief executive officer of the Manatee Economic Development Corp.
Air Products marks the latest in a series of economic development coups for Manatee County that began in late January, when Feld Entertainment Inc. — owner of the Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus and other events — announced plans to move to Ellenton.
Feld, which will add 235 jobs to an existing employment of about 150 in the county, intends to consolidate most of its worldwide operations as part of a $20 million purchase and renovation of a former Siemens Corp. complex.
The investment by Air Products, which generates annual sales of about $10 billion and has more than 18,000 employees in over 40 countries, could be even larger.
The new manufacturing plant, which would add its 250 workers over four years, is scheduled to begin operating in late 2013.
"Air Products investigated potential locations in the East Coast and Gulf Coast regions, looking for the right combination of deep-water port access and workforce availability," said Sandy McLauchlin, an Air Products' general manager.
To date, Air Products' heat exchanger units, which turn natural gas into liquid for easier shipping, have been exported from the company's operations in Wilkes-Barre, Penn.
"We believe the site we have selected in Florida offers exactly what we need," said Jim Solomon, Air Products' director of liquified natural gas.
The company's decision also came amid a raft of economic incentives.
The state has committed $1.75 million, while Manatee County approved up to $680,000 in performance-based incentives.
"Air Products' investment in Florida demonstrates our success in recruiting job-producing companies that strengthen our economy as well as our business climate," Gov. Rick Scott said in a prepared statement.
The county also granted transportation impact fee incentives estimated at nearly $47,000.
To qualify for the incentives, the company must create its jobs over five years with an annual average wage that is roughly 25 percent higher than the county average.
Additionally, Air Products qualified for FPL's new economic development rate, which is designed to help attract new companies to Florida. The utility's program reduces Air Products' base electric rate for four years and is expected to produce significant savings for the company.
For workforce training, CareerEdge, a nonprofit regional workforce collaborative that aligns employee training with employers' needs, has pledged $100,000 for Air Products' employees to receive customized welding training at Manatee Technical Institute.


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Voting with their feet?: local economic conditions and migration patterns in New England
Over the past several years, policymakers and business leaders throughout New England have expressed concern regarding the region's ability to attract and retain skilled workers, given the economic climate of the region compared with other parts of the nation. Indeed, net domestic migration for New England became increasingly negative after the 2001 recession, as the number of people leaving the region exceeded those entering. Examining the factors underlying these migration trends is important for determining what role, if any, public policy might play in addressing their potential impact on the region's labor supply. Using a logistic migration model, this paper examines the relative role of economic factors - namely labor market conditions, per capita incomes, and housing affordability - in determining domestic state-to-state migration flows. Using such flows from the Internal Revenue Service for each of the 48 states in the continental United States from 1977 through 2006, the model controls for demographic characteristics of origin states as well as state-specific fixed amenities, such as climate, culture, and natural features. The model's estimates show that while all three measures of relative economic conditions are significant determinants of migration, the magnitude of their impact varies. The estimates also show that the impact of these economic factors on state-to-state migration flows has changed considerably over time. For example, the importance of per capita income as a determining factor has fallen considerably since the late 1970s, while that of housing affordability has risen. Forecasts of net domestic migration based on the model show that while New England will continue to lose individuals to other states during 2009, the pace of out-migration will likely slow, particularly in Massachusetts. This is likely due to the fact that both the region and the Bay State are performing slightly better than the nation as a whole during the current recession. However, this trend may reverse itself if economic conditions deteriorate in the New England states relative to other parts of the country.
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A local automotive business was destroyed by flames Friday after a car caught fire.
A local automotive business was destroyed by flames Friday after a car caught fire, according to the Cleveland County Fire Marshal�s office.
Bobby Horton, fire inspector with the fire marshal�s office, said a car was being welded at NRP Automotive on Cherryville Road when it caught fire about noon.
The business is just southwest of Waco.
Workers tried to put the fire out but were unsucessful.
Horton said the building was �a total loss.�
He said he could not provide information about who owned the business.
According to Cleveland County GIS, the property is listed to Richard Edwards Jr.
The property owner could not be reached for comment Friday.
The road was closed for about an hour as firefighters from Waco Community Volunteer Fire Department, Cleveland Volunteer Fire Department and Fallston Volunteer Fire Department put out the flames and sprayed water on the smoking wreckage.


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Graduates are unduly pessimistic about their career prospects in the current climate, according to a recent employment study.
In a recent graduate survey, 72% believed most employers would be cutting graduate vacancies in 2009, but in fact the prospects are much brighter for accounting graduates.
A study by High Fliers Research found that the accountancy sector is set to recruit the most graduates in 2009 (20.9% of the entire market).
"The results highlight the disillusion among UK graduates that has been caused by the current economic conditions", said Dorothy Wood, UK head of education for the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).
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26 May 2012 – Many in the paddock and grandstands alike were thrilled to see Michael Schumacher on pole position in Monaco, even though the German was forced to take a five-place penalty which drops him down to sixth position for Sunday's race. One man who voiced his delight at the result was none other than ex championship rival Fernando Alonso.
Although being responsible for the crash with Bruno Senna in Spain saw Schumacher's 69th career pole instantly become Mark Webber's tenth, that did not stop cheers from the crowds situated all around the legendary street circuit.
Felipe Massa, who was fastest in Q2 but starts seventh - on the other side of Schumacher's Mercedes – also praised the efforts of his 2006 team-mate.
"Michael did a great lap and I congratulate him – it's a shame that he will then find himself very close to me on the grid tomorrow afternoon," said the Brazilian. "Let's hope we have a good race tomorrow and that a new championship can really get underway for me!"
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1In shallow glass or plastic dish, mix steak sauce and brown sugar; reserve 2 tablespoons sauce. Add beef to remaining sauce (about 1/4 cup); turn to coat. Cover and refrigerate, turning beef 2 or 3 times, at least 1 hour but no longer than 24 hours.
2Heat gas or charcoal grill.
3In 2-quart microwavable casserole, place potatoes and water; cover. Microwave on High 3 to 5 minutes or until potatoes are just tender. Place potatoes on sheet of heavy-duty foil. Spray potatoes with cooking spray; sprinkle with rosemary, thyme and paprika. Wrap securely in foil.
4When grill is heated, place beef and packet of potatoes on gas grill over medium heat or on charcoal grill over medium coals; cover grill. Cook 7 minutes. Turn beef and potatoes; brush reserved sauce over beef. Cover and grill about 6 to 8 minutes longer for medium beef doneness; remove from heat. Sprinkle salt and pepper over potatoes.


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A DEVELOPER who has made numerous attempts to build houses on a former sports field in Cowley has been told to call it a day.
Cantay Estates is currently making its fourth attempt to develop the sports pitch in William Morris Close after three previous bids have been rejected.
Its latest attempt involves building seven homes on the parking area rather than on the pitch itself.
But this has been given the cold shoulder by Oxford City Council planning officers who have said the application should be rejected.
City planning officer Fiona Bartholomew said: "The site retains the potential to help meet the city's outdoor recreational needs and is not surplus to recreational requirements. No replacement recreational facilities are proposed.
"It is not essential to develop housing on this site to meet housing land availability requirements, and there are no other mitigating or balancing reasons why housing should be developed on this site."
A final decision will be made by the east area planning committee when it meets on Wednesday.
Ahead of the meeting, city councillor for Cowley Marsh Saj Malik said that the land should be offered up to the nearby school or local sports clubs.
He said: "If the sports pitch was up for grabs I am sure many people would come forward.
"These plans have no support whatsoever.
"The developer knew that the city council wouldn't want to see the site developed but they bought the land and took a risk.
"This latest planning application is a sign of desperation."
Judith Harley, of the Old Temple Cowley Residents Association, said: "Although the land considered for this development is brownfield (the existing car park) it is still identified as protected open space in the local plan.
"It is not acceptable to take any of the identified open space for residential development as Oxford is already deficient in open space, especially for sports facilities. This is contrary to the local plan and completely unacceptable."
Normandy Crescent resident Bob Timbs, a former city councillor for Lye Valley, said: "The area is designated that there will be no more building allowed there and it should be left alone.
"The school is bringing in extra cars and it is upsetting people in the area so any other development will only make matters worse."
Cantay Estates, which is based in Park End Street, bought the club site, which has been standing empty for four years, in 2012.
The club was founded for car workers and their families as the Morris Motors Sports and Athletics Club soon after William Morris set up his Cowley factory in 1913.
It closed in 2009 with debts of £3m, just two years after moving into a new building in Temple Cowley.
Cantay agreed to sell the club building to the Tyndale Commu-nity School, which opened in September, but it has failed to be able to redevelop the rest of the site.
Three planning applications – for 43, 40 and 40 homes – have been refused by the city council. The second went to appeal but was thrown out by a government planning inspector.
The Oxford Mail contacted Cantay Estates but no one was available to comment.
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text: I am practically a complete newbie with smoking meats and I thought I`d share some results from my pork butt smoke. The butt came out extremely dry in my opinion and I`d love for some feedback from others as to how to improve on my next attempt. 1.Cooker..Brinkmann Gourmet Electric 2. Pork Butt..weight 7.3 lbs. 3.Prep..Infused with apple juice and then a rub my wife made that came from an online source. 4.Preheated cooker at 8:30pm with a water pan filled with warm water only about an inch below full. 5. Placed butt on cooker @ 9:00 pm with Taylor thermometer. 6. Check temperature one hour into the smoke and it was 138 f. 7.Checked again at the 3 hour mark and it was 141 and added water before retiring to bed. 8. Awoke @ 7:00 am and temp was 201 and added more water. 9. Let the butt cook two more hours for a total of 12 cooking hours and removed at 9:00 am. Temp was showing 206 Hindsight, when I awoke @ 7 and the temp was over 200 I wish I had taken it off then instead of cooking additional 2 more hours. Any and all suggestions are most welcome


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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Gov. Martin O'Malley wants school principals to make breakfast a priority for their students.
The Democratic governor is scheduled to host school principals for a breakfast in the Statehouse Wednesday morning.
O'Malley will talk to school administrators about how to make school breakfast programs more accessible to their students.
He is also expected to announce the expansion of a program to deliver school breakfast during instruction time.
The program, First Class Breakfast Initiative, which is led by the Partnership to End Childhood Hunger in Maryland, provided funding and assistance to 20 Maryland schools last year.
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In Focus: 2/21/2013
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The Athletics Department honored retiring President Jake B. Schrum and his wife, Jane, Feb. 15 by presenting them with a custom-made basketball that commemorates their years of service to Southwestern. Shown here making the presentation are head men's basketball coach Bill Raleigh, athletics director Glada Munt and head women's basketball coach Kerri Brinkoeter. (Photo by Lucas Adams)
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Dr. Edward B. Burger, the Francis Christopher Oakley Third Century Professor of Mathematics from Williams College who has gained a national reputation for educational innovation and leadership, has been named the 15th president of Southwestern University.
Burger will replace Jake B. Schrum, who announced last fall that he would retire from Southwestern July 1.
A native of New York State, Burger graduated summa cum laude with distinction in mathematics from Connecticut College and earned a Ph.D. in mathematics from The University of Texas at Austin. He has been on the faculty and served in several leadership roles at Williams College since 1990.
In 2010, Burger received the Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching from Baylor University, one of the most prestigious teaching awards in the world. He spent a year at Baylor serving as the Robert Foster Cherry Professor for Great Teaching, after which the university invited him to stay an additional year and serve as vice provost for strategic educational initiatives.
"Ed brings his national stature, acclaim and recognition to Southwestern," said Baylor University President Ken Starr. "I always felt that I was a better person after meeting with him, a little smarter than I was before."
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Every morning, it takes Stephanie Braccini 20 minutes just to get from the front door to her office. That's because on the way, she stops to visit five gorillas, nine chimpanzees and four orangutans.
Braccini, who graduated from Southwestern in 2002, is the Zoological Manager of Great Apes at the Saint Louis Zoo, the largest free-admission zoo in the country.
"No two days are ever the same," Braccini said. "If I get tired of working on my computer, I can walk 13 steps and observe an orangutan. I enjoy the fact that I have a relationship with each and every animal in the building."
Braccini's work centers around behavioral observation in order to give the apes the optimal living environment. She spends her days interacting with each primate and researching ways to improve their experiences with each other.
Read more here.
Two documentary screenings will be held at Southwestern in conjunction with the 2013 Shilling Lecture, which will feature Jane Goodall. Both screenings are sponsored by Professor Laura Hobgood-Oster's Paideia cohort. On Tuesday, Feb. 26, the group issponsoring a screening of the documentary "Reason for Hope" at 4 p.m. in Mood-Bridwell Atrium. On Thursday, Mar. 21, the group is sponsoring a screening of the documentary "Jane's Journey" at 7 p.m. in Olin 110.
Mezzo-soprano Kathryn Findlen and pianist Richard Masters will give a faculty and guest recital on Thursday, March 7, at 7 p.m. in the Alma Thomas Theater. The two will perform Kenneth Frazelle's Songs in the Rear View Mirror before their New York premiere of this piece at Carnegie Hall on May 20.
Findlen joined the Southwestern faculty in 2012 and Masters is on the faculty of The University of Texas at Austin.
Songs in the Rear View Mirror is a collection of 10 songs that creates a portrait of Southern life and art. The performance is free and open to the public. For more information, call 512-863-1504.
Media Coverage
The Austin American-Statesman, KUT-FM, the Austin Business Journal and Community Impact newspaper covered the announcement of Southwestern's new president. Read the Statesman story here. Read the ABJ story here. Read the Community Impact story here.
Alexandra Anderson from Career Services was quoted in a CBS News "Money Watch" story about the best place for college students to find a job. Read the story here.
The Williamson County Sun and Community Impact News covered the presentation of Southwestern's 2013 Martha Hurtado College Town Award.
The Chronicle of Higher Education, the Chronicle of Philanthropy and the Cleburne Times-Review covered President Jake B. Schrum's testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee about the value of federal income tax deductions for charitable contributions. Read the Chronicle story here. Read the Times-Review story here. The testimony can be viewed here.
Flute Instructor Adrienne Inglis will perform with the Round Rock Symphony Feb. 23 and 24. Inglis will perform Poem for Flute and Orchestra by American composer Charles T. Griffes. For more information visit www.roundrocksymphony.org.
Martín Gonzalez, associate professor of biology, has been profiled on the website of the American Society for Microbiology-Burroughs Wellcome Fund Science Teaching Fellows Program. The program is designed to strengthen the science teaching skills of the fellows participating in this program. Read the profile here.
Laura Hobgood-Oster, professor of religion and environmental studies, was invited to give a guest lecture at the University of Florida Feb. 21. The title of her lecture is "A Bond Into Eternity? Humans, Dogs, and Death."
Josh Long, assistant professor of environmental studies, had an article published this week in the journal City: analysis of urban trends, culture, theory, policy, action. His article is titled "Sense of place and place-based activism in the neoliberal city."
Senior Kira McEntire will have a ceramic piece titled "Diatom Vase" on display at the Art of the Republic of Science exhibition, which is being held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Texas Academy of Science at Schreiner University Feb. 28-March 2. McEntire is a biology and environmental studies major and is minoring in art.
President Jake B. Schrum completed a review of The Governance Committee, a draft manuscript from the Association of Governing Boards (AGB). This booklet is part of AGB's newly updated Effective Committee Series and has been written specifically for Governance Committee members of higher education institutions (including board chairs and presidents who generally serve as ex officio members), as well as the professionals who staff the committee.
Judith Sonnenberg, director of counseling services, has been elected president of the Texas University Counseling Center Directors Association. The association is comprised of counseling center directors from the majority of four-year colleges and universities throughout Texas and is a primary source of support, information and consultation regarding the diverse problems and challenges that face counseling centers and their directors. It is a three-year term: president elect, president and past president.
Several pieces by Mary Visser, professor of art and holder of the Herman Brown Chair, are included in the "Eye, Hand, and Mind" exhibition that is part of the IIIrd WE ASC World Education Culture Congress 2013 organized by the Shruti Foundation with joint sponsorship from the Manchester Institute for Research and Innovation in Art and Design and the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University. The exhibition, which originated at Southwestern, is circulating from Delhi, India, to London to South Africa. Southwestern graduates Laurly Hernandez and Alex Essex-Carmon also have prints in the exhibition. Read more about it here.
Todd Watson, director of systems and networks, has been selected for the 2013 class of the Leading Change Institute and awarded a scholarship that covers his tuition. The program, which is sponsored by EDUCAUSE and the Council on Library and Information Resources, is designed for leaders in the information sector who want to further develop their skills for the benefit of higher education. It will be held in Washington, D.C., June 2-7.


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Take that Milk out of Schools NOW!
The war on milk has shifted fronts. First it was sugar-laden chocolate milk, which parents and school administrators battled in recent years to remove from school-lunch menus. Now, it's plain old moo that's under fire.
On Thursday, a national doctors group petitioned the U.S. government to remove milk as a required food group from theNational School Lunch Program, the federally assisted program that has provided lunch to millions of public school kids since 1946. The doctors' reasoning: milk doesn't help protect kids' bones.
The promotion of milk to help build strong bones in kids is, "in effect, the promotion of an ineffective placebo," writes the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) in itspetition [PDF]. "Milk is high in sugar, high in fat and high in animal protein" — all of which counters its purported benefits to bone health, the committee argues.
The PCRM notes that dairy products, including milk, are the No. 1 source of saturated fat in Americans' diets. Drinking milk for the calcium it contains is therefore a losing strategy, especially since people can get their daily recommended calcium from other, more nutritious foods. And for millions of Americans who are allergic to milk — including 1.3 million children — or intolerant to the lactose it contains, drinking milk carries potentially severe health risks.
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"One of the only reasons people talk about dairy, or promote it at all, is because it is going to help build strong bones," says Dr. Neal Barnard, president of the PCRM. "Research has now made it abundantly clear that milk doesn't build strong bones. Whether we are talking about children who are forming bones or older people who are trying to keep their bone integrity, milk doesn't have a beneficial effect on either one."
Is that true? In March, a study published in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine followed a group of 6,712 girls over seven years, tracking their diets and assessing their likelihood of stress fracture. The researchers found that neither calcium nor dairy intake was associated with a lower risk of such fractures. Similarly, 2003 data from the Nurses' Health Study, which followed more than 72,000 postmenopausal women for 18 years, found that milk drinkers were no less likely to suffer a hip fracture than those who didn't drink the white stuff.
That's not to say that calcium isn't important for bone health. The mineral is crucial for the building of healthy bones and teeth — especially during the teenage years when bones are growing at their fastest — and for proper heart, muscle and nerve function. But drinking 3 cups of low-fat or nonfat milk a day, as the government recommends, doesn't guarantee you'll get the calcium you need, the PCRM argues. The amount of calcium your body ultimately absorbs from food depends on a variety of other factors, including your genes, how much vitamin D you get, how much you exercise, and other dietary influences (animal protein, sodium and caffeine prevent calcium absorption, for example).
The PCRM's stance is that, milk being an imperfect vehicle for calcium delivery, people should seek to consume the essential nutrient from other sources with "a more healthful, nutritional profile," such as beans, tofu, broccoli, kale, collard greens, cereals and other calcium-fortified beverages like orange juice and soy milk.
(MORE: The chocolate milk wars: A mom's perspective)
But then, when was the last time you saw a schoolchild with kale on his tray? Nutritionists argue that milk is still a primary source of calcium and one of the easiest ways for kids to get enough of the mineral daily. "I think it's irresponsible to take this beverage that children enjoy, especially among those who are unable to meet their nutrient needs for the day, and remove it from the lunch line," says Keri Gans, a registered dietician and author of The Small Change Diet.
And even if its benefits to bone health have been overblown, milk still packs plenty of other important nutrients: vitamin A, protein, potassium, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B12 and phosphorus. Further, a 2008 study of more than 7,550 kids found that drinking plain or flavored milk was associated with higher overall nutrient intake, and was not associated with weight gain.
Dr. Keith Ayoob, associate clinical professor of pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City, thinks milk should be part of every balanced diet. "Parents all over the country are trying to get kids to eat and drink foods that are good for them, and milk is one of them. It's a drink that kids really like," he says.
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The government's school lunch program requires that kids be offered fat-free or low-fat milk. The program's guidelines are based in part on the Agriculture Department's Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which recommend 2 to 2.5 cups of dairy a day for kids aged 2 to 8, and 3 cups a day for everyone over 9.
As far as bone health goes, however, it may be prudent for parents to focus less on kids' daily dairy consumption and more on their quota of exercise. Studies show that weight-bearing exercise like hiking, running or jumping rope is a key contributor to bone health in people of all ages, including kids and teens. But most people fall far short of the government's exercise recommendations — kids should be getting an hour or more a day — which helps explain why more than a third of American adults and 17% of kids and teens are obese. Losing weight also helps improve bone strength, as do refraining from smoking and drinking too much alcohol.
So, is it really necessary to ban milk from school lunches? This debate may have no winner. "Milk is a food like others. It is not poison; it is not a dietary essential. I can't think of any compelling reason not to include it in school lunches, but I also see no reason to require it," says Marion Nestle, professor of nutrition, food studies, and public health at New York University. "Milk demonstrably has nutrients. Other foods have the same nutrients. It's just a food. Like other foods, too much might be a problem."
Why get rid of it? If some parents don´t want their kids to drink it at school, don´t fucking buy it! For those who want their children to drink milk, buy it. It´s as easy as that. Make it a choice.
would you be complaining if the schools offered only junk foods, pizza, cheeseburgers, chicken nuggets, macaroni and cheese, and that's all?
Currently, my son's school has no other drink on their menu except milk , or flavored milk with their meals. Then Juice and bottled water is extra. He has a water bottle with him all day though, so he's good.
Quoting Anonymous:
FFS... I'm glad my school still has white and chocolate milk. Everyone can bugger off. I'll worry about my kids nutrition.


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SOUTH Tyneside West End star Emilie Fleming is appearing in a special live event in London's Trafalgar Square today.
The 23-year-old, from Boldon, is performing as part of West End Live 2014.
The event, now in its 10th year, runs from 11am to 6pm today and from noon to 6pm tomorrow.
The free annual festival showcases the best of the West End's entertainment and culture.
Emilie will be seen at the festival alongside other cast members from the hit show Les Misérables.
The former St Joseph's Catholic Academy pupil recently landed the role of Cosette in the production, which is running at the Queen's Theatre, in London.
She debuted in the part on Monday, and took to Twitter afterwards to express her delight.
She said: "Well that happened! Wow thank you to everyone for such an amazing response! We did it! Best night of my life!"
Emilie, a graduate of Guildford School of Acting, reached the live finals of BBC talent contest Over The Rainbow, which saw Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber searching for a Dorothy for his production of The Wizard of Oz, in 2010.
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Oct 19, 2011 David Tyler Uncategorized
If the public outcry at the Oct. 4 meeting of Skaneateles Board of Education displayed an obvious fracture in the community, the meeting Tuesday night showed the healing process had begun.
The board announced it had concluded its investigation into the varsity football program and will provide the results of that investigation to Section III officials and to Coach Tim Green. Although the timetable is unclear, board President Evan Dreyfuss said the report will be delivered "shortly" to the parties involved. It was not made public Tuesday night.
"We don't know how long Section III will take to digest the information and make a decision as to how to proceed," Dreyfuss said. "Once it's been processed, we'll wait to hear back from them."
"We're just glad we're in a position to start to move forward," said Superintendent Phil D'Angelo.
In preparing the report, Dreyfuss said the board and those who investigated the complaints regarding the football team spent a great deal of time separating the facts from unsubstantiated rumors. Previously, the district has indicated there were 63 complaints filed regarding the program.
Both D'Angelo and Dreyfuss said they believe the Lakers will be allowed to play out the remainder of their historic season, which has seen the team roll through the regular season to a perfect 7-0 record and a top seed in the Section III tournament.
"We'd like to see them win the title," D'Angelo said.
From the outset, it appeared the contentious atmosphere of the Oct. 4 meeting had been diffused.
Before the public comment period began, Dreyfuss commended the team and the coaching staff on an exceptional season.
"We wish you continued success throughout all of the playoffs," he said. "We're 7-0. We have a chance to do something that no other team has done here."
"This isn't an inquisition of any football team [or] any coach," he said. "This is a great opportunity to start a healing process."
During the brief public comment period, five residents addressed the board, primarily echoing his comments, commending the volunteers that make up the board, and wishing for a quick end to the entire saga.
One resident read a letter from Bill and Peggy Allyn, who were unable to attend the meeting. The letter supported the team, the coaching staff, and Green in particular.
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TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Nick Russell scored 19 points and Cannen Cunningham had 17 points and five blocks as SMU held off Tulsa for a 71-65 victory on Wednesday night.
Shawn Williams added 13 points and Ryan Manuel 11 for the Mustangs (15-15, 5-10 Conference USA), who made 7 of 9 free throws in the final 52 seconds after Tulsa made it a one-point game.
James Woodard scored 17 points and Scottie Haralson 13 for the Golden Hurricane (15-14, 7-8), who got within 64-63 on Shaquille Harrison's layup with 1:18 remaining.
Russell hit two free throws to push the lead back to three points, and Pat Swilling Jr. and Haralson missed 3-point attempts on Tulsa's next possession. SMU then began protecting its lead at the free-throw stripe.
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2003 Progress Report: Diminishing Materials Use and Air Pollutants in Foundries via an Integrated Advanced Oxidation Process: Characterization of Materials and Pollutants at the Nano-ScaleEPA Grant Number: R829581
Title: Diminishing Materials Use and Air Pollutants in Foundries via an Integrated Advanced Oxidation Process: Characterization of Materials and Pollutants at the Nano-Scale
Investigators: Cannon, Fred S. , Komarneni, Sridhar , Voigt, Robert C.
Current Investigators: Cannon, Fred S. , Bhide, Harsh , Clobes, Jason , Firebaugh, Joel , Furness-Newburge, Jim , Goudzwaard, Jeff , Komarneni, Sridhar , Land, Josh , Milan-Segovia, Nohemi , Voigt, Robert C. , Wang, Yujue
Institution: Pennsylvania State University
EPA Project Officer: Richards, April
Project Period: January 1, 2002 through December 31, 2004
Project Period Covered by this Report: January 1, 2003 through December 31, 2004
Project Amount: $325,000
RFA: Technology for a Sustainable Environment (2001) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: Sustainability , Pollution Prevention/Sustainable Development
The objectives of this research project are to: (1)employ a consortium of protocols to characterize and better understand the nano-scale effects that this advanced oxidation (AO) process has on green sand materials and air emissions; (2) experimentally identify and model AO effects as a function of distance from the molten metal interface; (3) apply this nano-scale data to enhance the extent to which the AO process effectively preserves and activates the coal within the green sand to adsorb and/or retain volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and thus prevent pollution before it happens; (4) apply this nano-scale data to enhance the extent to which the AO process preserves and activates clay that appears to be "dead" (i.e., unusable) in a manner that diminishes the wasting of spent clay; and (5) interface on the validation of these improvements at full-scale foundries via onsite trials informally coordinated by The Pennsylvania State University (PSU) team in collaboration with ongoing foundry operations.
Progress Summary:
Throughout the research period, tests have been conducted to characterize the effects of the AO system on emissions reduction and sand property improvements in green sand foundries. Testings conducted at the PSU laboratory indicated that AO treatment favorably changed green sand properties with respect to material conservation and emission reduction. The AO-treated green sand exhibited about twice as much pore volume and 50 to 100 percent higher m-xylene adsorption capacity as the non-AO-treated green sand. The AO-treated green sand also hosted 35 percent more cumulative surface charge than the non-AO-treated green sand. Moreover, the AO-treated green sand released less mass and VOC emissions than non-AO-treated green sand during the thermogravimetric analysis. These evaluations delivered key information to the present understanding of AO performance in full-scale foundries.
The mechanisms of AO processing on bentonite consumption reduction observed in a full-scale foundry were exploited. It was found that the ultrasonic component of the AO system could enhance the reclamation of active clay from the dust when the AO system was used in combination with the blackwater clarifier in a foundry. In addition, the ultrasonication caused a size reduction of the bentonite because of the delamination of bentonite particles. This size reduction improved the bonding efficiency of the bentonite. More important, it was found that the various advance oxidants in the AO water could degrade and mineralize the pyrolysis products of carbonaceous additives and core binders that were condensed on the bentonite surface after metal casting. This restored the damaged foundry properties of bentonite because of the pyrolysis products coating. As a combined result of these mechanisms, the bentonite consumption in the full-scale foundry could be reduced.
Experiments were conducted to evaluate the performance of the AO system (Sonoperoxone®) used in the green sand foundries. The research group monitored apparent OH*, hydrogen peroxide, and ozone concentrations in the liquid phase, along with gas phase ozone when operating an AO system. It was found that the combination of hydrogen peroxide, ozone, sonication, and underwater plasma enhanced the production of OH· radicals, and it was perceived that the OH· was the main AO species responsible for the emission reduction and clay reactivation.
Statistical tools were used to analyze critically more than 260 stack emission test results. It was found that considerable variation in VOC emissions could occur even when these stack tests were performed under identical production conditions. Furthermore, correlations between these stack test results and several lower cost surrogate sand system emissions tests were developed.
Full-scale foundries' experience verified the effects of the AO system on material and emission reduction. When compared with non-AO-optimized conditions, the AO system diminished air emissions noticeably during mold cooling and shakeout. The emissions reductions for noncore castings have been 63 percent for VOCs (C4 to C16), 45 percent for benzene, and 36 percent for methane and ethane, and these reductions all were statistically significant to the 99 percent confidence interval. Concurrently, foundries have found they can use 20 to 35 percent less clay and coal and achieve the same casting quality.
Future Activities:
We will study the effects of AO treatment on coal's properties and pyrolysis behavior, test the possible mechanisms of VOC emission reduction from coal because of AO treatment, and study the possible factors that affect methylene blue test results.
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|Land JD, Cannon FS, Voigt RC, Goudzwaard J. Perspectives on foundry air emissions: a statistical analysis approach. Transactions of the American Foundry Society 2004;112(N 04-040):1075-1081.
|Wang Y, Cannon FS, Neill D, Crawford K, Voigt RC, Furness JC, Glowacki CR. Effects of advanced oxidation treatment on green sand properties and emissions. Transactions of the American Foundry Society 2004;112(N 04-069):635-648.
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January 17, 2008
Call to order at 4:32 p.m. by President Fuchs
Present: Eckstein, Eisen, Englebert, Foth, Fuchs, Stanke, Werley
Absent: Enos
Also present: Director Saecker, J. Bongers (Head of Adult Services), K. Seefeldt (Administrative Assistant), Jim Englebert (Long Range Planning Committee member)
Authorization of Bills
1. Motion to authorize reimbursement of conference costs in 2007 to an employee in the amount of $417.02 by Englebert, seconded by Foth, and carried unanimously.
2. Motion to authorize payment of the December list of bills from the 2007 budget by Foth, seconded by Stanke, and carried unanimously.
3. Motion to authorize payment of the January list of bills from the 2008 budget by Eisen, seconded by Eckstein, and carried unanimously.
Consent Business
4. Approve minutes from the Library Board meeting of December 20, 2007.
5. Approve minutes of the Personnel Committee meeting of December 20, 2007.
6. Receive minutes from the Long Range Planning Committee meeting of December 19, 2007
Motion to approve the minutes from the Library Board meeting of December 20, 2007, the minutes of the Personnel Committee meeting of December 20, 2007 and to accept the minutes from the Long Range Planning Committee meeting of December 19, 2007 by Eisen, seconded by Engelbert, and carried unanimously.
Werley arrived at 4:39 p.m.
Discussion/Action Items
7. Meeting Room Policy. There was no public comment on meeting room policies as anticipated. No discussion took place.
8. Long Range Goals. Jim Englebert summarized the long range planning process on behalf of the Long Range Planning Committee and presented a draft list of goals for the Board's approval. Eisen thanked Englebert for guiding the committee through this process. Werley recommended that we have an assessment tool in place to evaluate progress on the goals. Director Saecker noted that drafts of the mission and vision statements for the Long Range Plan would be presented to the Board for their approval at their February meeting.
Motion to approve the draft list of Long Range Plan goals (see attached) as presented by Eisen, seconded by Foth, and carried unanimously.
Jim Englebert left the meeting at 4:50 p.m.
9. Director Goals for 2008. The following goals were presented for the Board's review:
1) Complete the Long Range Planning process and start implementing the goals and objectives designated for the year
2) Work to reinvigorate the Friends of the Library
3) Implement the 2008 LSTA Podcasting Studio Grant
4) Complete Winnefox Long Range Planning process where she serves as chair
5) Attend PLA, ALA and WLA conferences and serve on various boards and committees within them
6) Continue to serve on the Fox Cities Book Festival Board, the Fox Valley Library Council Board, the Hmong National Conference Planning Committee, and pursue other partnerships in the community
7) Continue to refine the Library's online presence
There was a consensus to change the wording in the first goal to read "and implement the goals and objectives designated for the year." Eisen asked if Director Saecker should include increasing circulation statistics as a goal. She stated that efforts are made on an on-going basis to achieve this. Discussion relative to the Library's Endowment Fund ensued. Director Saecker will explore the option of establishing a Foundation that would assume the responsibility of Endowment fundraising.
Motion to approve the Director's goals for 2008 as amended by Werley, seconded by Foth, and carried unanimously.
Director's Report/Information Items
10. Statistics. December lending was up 4.4% overall from last year, averaging 120 items per hour. 264 people attended programs held at the library last month. Director Saecker noted that Winnefox Library System provides annual statistical reports which give a breakdown of circulation by material types. This information is used to help evaluate our collection and the needs of our patrons.
11. Donations. We received a gift of stock valued at $1470 from Mowry Smith III, which was added to the general Endowment Fund. We also received an anonymous gift of $1,000 that was designated for the new outdoor library sign.
12. 3rd Quarter Endowment. The 3rd quarter Endowment report shows total assets of $230,189. We rolled over two CDs that came due in January. They have been reinvested for 12 months at a rate of 4.5%.
13. Sunday Hours. On January 6, the first Sunday in 2008 that we were open, we had 544 circulations. This averaged out to 136 circulations per hour. We are planning additional programs on Sundays in late January and February to encourage increased usage of the library.
14. LSTA Podcasting Studio Grant. We have been awarded an LSTA grant for $3799 which will allow us to offer podcasting equipment to the public.
15. Audio System for Co. E Room. We are in the process of getting two bids for the purchase of a new audio system for the Co. E Room.
16. Head of Technical Services. Beginning in January, Joe Bongers assumed the responsibility of managing both Adult Services and Technical Services. His predecessor also managed both departments.
17. 2009 Hmong National Conference. Director Saecker will serve on the planning committee for the 2009 Hmong National Conference which will be held in Appleton.
Motion to adjourn the meeting at 5:17 p.m. by Foth, seconded by Englebert, and carried unanimously.
Future meeting dates
The next regular board meeting will be held in the Gegan Room on Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 4:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Charlotte Foth, Secretary
Kris Seefeldt, recording secretary
Elisha D. Smith Public Library
Service Responses with Long Range Goals
January 2008
Celebrate Diversity
Goal: Increase participation in and number of cultural programs at the library that represent our community's diversity.
Goal: Increase visibility of cultural diversity within the library.
Goal: Increase participation by special needs groups, such as senior, homebound, mentally ill, homeless, physically challenged and mentally challenged people, in library programs and services.
Express Creativity
Goal: Provide a website that allows patron creation of content as well as equipment and tools that promote the creation of multimedia content.
Goal: Provide classes and programs to create creativity.
Goal: Provide the community with a space to display their creative endeavors.
Satisfy Curiosity (Lifelong Learning)
Goal: Do outreach to better serve underserved community members.
Goal: Create library programming for all ages to promote lifelong learning.
Goal: Provide information of local interest.
Create Young Readers
Goal: Create online content for young patrons.
Goal: Create programs that encourage reading by young patrons.
Goal: Increase usage of the library by young readers in upper elementary school through high school.


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Paella arancini. A savvy and sassy little appetizer that's inspired by an Italian classic but tastes contemporary as heck.
Paella arancini. They're essentially a riff on classic Italian arancini in which leftover risotto is formed into croquettes and fried, except we replace the risotto with paella. Like traditional arancini, these are fried until crisp and golden on the outside, creamy and comforting on the inside, then smothered in a rich romesco. They make an impressive appetizer or tapas or midnight nosh or, well, we've yet to experience a time of day when we didn't welcome these deep-fried orbs of creamy comfort.–Angie Zoobkoff
What To Do With Leftover Paella
We think the paella recipe that follows, which is made from scratch solely with the intention of turning it into these arancini, is particularly lovely. Although you can use any paella you fancy—including whatever leftover paella you happen to have on hand, even if you just have enough paella in the fridge for a couple servings. May as well put that leftover paella to lovely use.
Paella Arancini Recipe
- Quick Glance
- Makes about 20
- For the paella
- 2 tablespoons (30 ml) olive oil
- 4 garlic cloves, crushed (about 20 g)
- 1 tomato, finely chopped (about 150 g)
- 1 teaspoon (2 g) sweet paprika
- 7 ounces (200 g) cooked, peeled prawns or shrimp, finely chopped
- 7 ounces (200 g) Arborio rice (a generously filled 1 cup)
- 2 1/2 cups (600 ml) store-bought or homemade chicken stock
- For the romesco sauce
- 1 tablespoon (9 g) blanched almonds, roughly chopped
- 1 tablespoon (9 g) blanched hazelnuts, roughly chopped
- 5 tablespoons (75 ml) extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 large garlic cloves, chopped (about 10 g)
- 1 ripe tomato, diced (about 150 g)
- 1 small slice of bread, crusts removed (about 1 ounce or 25 g)
- 1 roasted red pepper from a jar (about 3 1/2 ounces or 100 g)
- 1 tablespoon (15 ml) red wine vinegar
- 1/4 teaspoon Espelette pepper* or a pinch cayenne pepper
- For the arancini
- 3 large eggs
- 4 to 6 tablespoons (30 to 45 g) all-purpose flour
- 1 1/4 cups (100 g) dried breadcrumbs
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 4 to 5 cups (1 to 1.2 l) sunflower oil, for deep frying
- Make the paella
- 1. Heat the oil in a 10-inch (25-cm) paella pan, a large wok, or a wide Dutch oven and cook the garlic over low heat for 5 minutes until softened. Add the tomato, paprika, and a little salt and black pepper, and cook for 5 minutes. Stir in the prawns or shrimp, then the rice. Add the stock, bring to the boil and simmer gently for about 20 minutes over low heat, until the rice is al dente and the stock absorbed. Let cool to room temperature and then cover and refrigerate the paella for 1 hour.
- Make the romesco sauce
- 2. Meanwhile, gently fry the almonds and hazelnuts in a large saucepan with 2 tablespoons of the oil over medium heat until golden, then remove with a slotted spoon. Add the garlic to the pan and cook until soft, about 2 minutes. Then add the tomato to the pan and cook for 5 minutes more. Transfer the tomato mixture to a blender or food processor, add the nuts, bread and red pepper, and blend until smooth, about 30 seconds. With the blender still running, gradually add the remaining 3 tablespoons oil and the vinegar until a smooth sauce forms. Add the Espelette or cayenne pepper and salt to taste.
- Make the arancini
- 3. Beat 1 egg and work it into the chilled rice mixture until combined. Shape into 20 balls about the size of golf balls.
- 4. Beat the other 2 eggs in a shallow dish. Place the flour and breadcrumbs in separate small bowls. Dust each ball lightly with flour, dip into the egg and then coat with breadcrumbs.
- 5. Pour enough sunflower oil in a wok or saucepan to measure about 2 inches (5 cm) in depth. Heat it until a cube of bread added to the oil crisps in 20 seconds, then add the arancini in batches of 5 or 6 at a time. Fry the arancini, turning them occasionally, until golden brown, 4 to 5 minutes. Drain on paper towels or a brown paper bag. Place on a warmed serving dish. Repeat with the remaining arancini.
- 6. Serve the paella arancini as soon as possible with the romesco sauce in a dish on the side.
- Espelette pepper is a type of pepper grown in Espelette in the Basque region of southwest France. It's particularly mild with a hint of smoke and sweetness and it's pretty much replaced black pepper in Basque cooking. You can use a small pinch of cayenne instead.
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This image shows the bandwidth of all current systems. The Athlon CPU bus has a higher bandwidth than the Pentium 3, and even with PC800 SDRAM, RAMBUS is only slightly faster than PC133 SDRAM that is compatible with current Socket A systems.
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This chart is interesting in that it compares the standard Athlons to newer, upgraded Athlon Thunderbird processors. Notice TBirds have half the cache size, but are now working at 100% speed of the CPU itself. There is also the mention of the AMD 760 chipset, showing that it may closer than we expect before we can start seeing these boards.
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A Conversation
Every weekend in the month of March, "In Real Life" took over Capricious Space in Brooklyn, NY with four-hour residencies by various art-related web sites. We felt the project stirred up some compelling ideas surrounding the presentation of online artistic activities within a gallery setting, and we attended as many residencies as we could. Finding a format to review everything that went on last month wasn't easy. We eventually decided to crib the form of curator Laurel Ptak's statement, a conversation between herself and art historian Leigh Claire LaBerge over Skype, and exchanged our impressions of "IRL" over email. - Brian Droitcour and Ceci Moss
Ceci: The first "IRL" residency I attended was the performance for Club Internet. Some have grumbled that this "performance" was boring -- just a bunch of people around laptops. But I stayed at the gallery for almost two hours, talking to Laurel about the use of (and resistance to) digital manipulation in commercial photography during the 1980s, the subject of her academic research that preceded her blog iheartphotogaph. I also had an interesting talk with Club Internet founder Harm van den Dorpel. I don't know if we really needed the gallery setting or even the production of Club Internet in the background to have that kind of dialogue.
Brian: Perhaps, but I liked how "IRL" scheduled their activity in the gallery as an event. Watching artists at laptops might have been boring, but making a display of the working process, I think, was the point. There's a lot of talk about the immateriality of art and other content online. I thought the title "In Real Life" was ironic, since the series of residencies challenges assumptions of what is or isn't real, by presenting bodies at laptops, the physical (and hence "real") side of the internet. Not every residency was as antisocial as Club Internet's. Why + Wherefore invited visitors to sit next to them at their computers and make playlists on iTunes or do funny image searches. They used their residency to reinforce social connections. But as with Club Internet, it was a process that occupied space and used equipment.
Ceci: The dullness of Club Internet's performance was also what made it authentic. Pull away the curtain and go behind the scenes, and all you see is a bunch of people sitting around their laptops. I agree, Why + Wherefore's segment was more fun, but that's because, instead of staging the production of an online exhibition, they used their residency as an opportunity to celebrate their site.
Brian: Other participants were more conscious about representing themselves as artists. Netmares/Netdreams, like Club Internet, spent their residency making an exhibition, but they took a literal approach to the title of "IRL" and installed objects in the gallery. Loshadka did the same, but it only took them fifteen minutes to fill the gallery with junk, dribbling paint on rags, stapling pizza to the wall and so on, before they resumed screen-based activities. The coincidence of Loshadka's appearances at "IRL" and Light Industry in the same week was illuminating because they were so different: a chaotic free-for-all vs. a quiet video-art screening in a dark room. It demonstrated the possibility of a variable practice, where a blog is just one of many activities, and upended the notion that online work has to be translated to physical space.
Ceci: In the introduction to last fall's issue of Vague Terrain, "Curediting: Translational Online Work," the editors cite Walter Benjamin's essay "Task of the Translator" as a means to reconsider the position of the curator of new media art. Just as Benjamin's translator must negotiate the porous and reciprocal relationship between two languages with the awareness that the original and translation are never fixed categories, the curator must also "translate" the original work to the context of its exhibition, whether online or off, with an attuned sensibility to the circularity of that exchange. Domenico Quaranta has an essay in there, "Lost in Translation. Or, bringing Net Art to another Place - pardon, Context," where he interrogates the assumption that the function of the new media art curator is to facilitate and find a home for the technology behind the work. This concept of the curator's job inaccurately frames his/her duties as a mediator between two separate spaces (online and off), when, in fact, the curator acts as a go between within two different contexts. Taking from "Task of the Translator" again, Domenico wishes to complicate the idea that translation is a simple transmission. As curator of "IRL," Laurel gave participants free run of the gallery, sidestepping the formality of a stock "new media art exhibition" which would potentially entail the limitations discussed in Vague Terrain. She had the advantage of working in the small, DIY space of Capricious, without the trappings of a big institution. As you point out, her approach ultimately foregrounded the multiple disciplines present in the practice of many of the participants. The technology was certainly visible, but I don't think it dictated the conversation.
Brian: I agree that Laurel escaped the issue of technology and translation by limiting her role to selection and organization. Her big gesture as a curator was the idea to put web sites in a gallery. Linguistic translation is about going back to the pre-verbal, to the idea behind the text, and finding the best way to express it in the new medium. The translator has to be a good reader to determine the back story of the original, while negotiating the slippery systems discussed by Benjamin. Laurel chose the end medium, Capricious, but let the participants be their own readers. They had to reflect on their work and decide how technology is relevant to it. In the end, almost everyone brought computers to the gallery, but nonetheless, many of the results can't be related to the idea of translation. The Highlights spent their four hours gluing a pyramid of cards to the wall, while their designers -- the ones who do the work of making the web site -- made and printed posters to advertise their performance as it was happening. They were not trying to represent their editorial activity; they just came up with something to do in a gallery for four hours. Then there was Paddy Johnson, who blogged on site. Visitors could see the back end of Art Fag City projected on a big screen as she posted about Alice Aycock and James Turrell. It evolved into a conversation -- unlike Club Internet, Paddy didn't want to ignore people as she worked. But it was less like a translation than a transposition, the movement of a domestic or office activity to a public space.
Ceci: This takes us back to the perennial question for the curation and presentation of immaterial mediums: what is the object? The most successful residents, I think, were conscious of the performative aspect of their time in the space, and considered the fact that, to a degree, they themselves were the object. Perhaps the best example is Tyler Coburn's performance, a "guided tour" of the internet. As he recited the audio from Andrea Fraser's Museum Highlights, a 1989 performance in which she gave a parodic tour of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Tyler used keywords from the speech to surf the web. This lead to unexpected and comedic results. Although Tyler was behind his laptop the whole time, it was enjoyable to watch.
Brian: The variety of "IRL" demonstrated the productivity of a situation where the curator delegates authority. If I'm not mistaken, Hans Ulrich Obrist pioneered this approach, and recently he let Raqs Media Collective organize a video-art exhibition within his Indian Highway show. It's also worth mentioning Why+Wherefore's "7 by 7," with seven online exhibitions by seven web sites, since several of the participants were also "IRL" residents. Delegation seems like a promising strategy for new media, when the curator is not just selecting pieces to put in a gallery but figuring out how to put them there. It's easier to let the artist decide. (It also seems relevant to the daily experience of the internet, where we "delegate" so much of our surfing, reading, and research to friends, bloggers, and publications we trust.)
But I think you're on to something with the performative aspect, the idea of making something to fit the limited time and setting in Capricious. We talk about internet art as ephemeral, but time spent in a gallery -- and thus the experience of any art -- is equally so. By constructing a temporary space in which to bring the producers and the audience of internet content together, Laurel was able to put the reality of these connections into relief.
"But I think you're on to something with the performative aspect, the idea of making something to fit the limited time and setting in Capricious. We talk about internet art as ephemeral, but time spent in a gallery – and thus the experience of any art – is equally so. By constructing a temporary space in which to bring the producers and the audience of internet content together, Laurel was able to put the reality of these connections into relief."
You know, I've never thought of that, how the internet can compare to art in that way. It's quite beautiful to be honest, thanks for the insightful read!
- Tyra, Credit Reports (Financial Rep/Consultant)
wow, this post by "Tyra" is amazing…is this spam in the form of art discourse?
How is it spam? By simply leaving a link?
Just saying that I liked the post, and hadn't thought about the internet like an art gallery..
Reminds me of "Library" by Levinson. When she scheduled people to go to the library en masse and read. Brilliant, I say.
- Jay, Quickbooks Training
I enjoyed the performance by ASDF:
"With Mylinh Nguyen sitting in the gallery and David Horvitz chatting live from Golden Age in Chicago, ASDF [made] available an ephemeral show of 48 artists existing for only 4 hours. Each art work [was] available, one at a time, for only 5 minutes. The works [were] sized to print and available for download (also including instructions so that viewers may print the works using basic consumer technologies). After the 4 hours are up all the original files [were] deleted."
The 8 1/2 x 11 artworks inkjet-printed and hurriedly taped to the wall in a line around the room were nothing to write home about but it was interesting to see the webcam projection of the crowd in Chicago with their identical group of objects in a line around their room. It felt like looking through a doorway into a parallel universe. Who are these people standing around with their Chicago versions of the art? Is that Chicago-me mugging for the camera?
ASDF''s was a work that took the real time/real space aspects of the gallery presentation into account, the internet vs white box dynamic, as well as the crowd or party vibe that became part of the art.
By the way, speaking of IRL, how about the insightful spam in these comments? I forgot to plug my online pet grooming service.
Just a link does not spam make….
Am I spam because i have anacnesite?


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