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CATEGORY: Library Automation
Follett Challenge's Semifinalists, Video Winners Span the U.S.
Sponsored by Follett, the sixth annual Follett Challenge - an advocacy program that rewards groundbreaking educational programs - will reward $200,000 in Follett products and services to the most innovative K-12 programs teaching 21st-century skills to students.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 01 Mar 2017
Follett Launches New Makerspace Bundles for K-12 Libraries
The new kits make it easy for schools to partially—or completely—transition to a makerspace.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 25 May 2016
Follett Acquires Baker & Taylor
With combined sales of $3.6 billion, the two businesses will offer librarians, patrons, educators and students access to the best curated physical and digital content wherever learning and reading take place in the community, the announcement states.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 18 Apr 2016
IDEA WATCH: Reinventing Libraries for the Future–Part 2
Like public libraries, school libraries and librarians are in transition. Identifying trends in the Aspen Institute's "Rising to the Challenge: Re-Envisioning Public Libraries" report can provide valuable insights into new thinking about school libraries as well.
Column/Idea Watch
- Posted 01 Mar 2016
- Mar/Apr 2016 Issue
Carolyn Foote
Follett, EBSCO Announce eBook Partnership
600,000 EBSCO-hosted eBook K-12 titles can now be ordered through Titlewave.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 01 Feb 2016
Follett Launches Students' Choice List
The monthly list is developed by compiling regularly generated, real-circulation statistics straight from school libraries, providing educators with regularly updated year-long trends based on what students are checking out of their school libraries.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 20 Nov 2015
Follett Integrates with eBook Providers to Create Open Content Repository for PreK-12 Districts
The product integrations ensure that once users have logged into Follett's Destiny, they can access OverDrive or MackinVIA content without being presented with another separate login prompt from those vendors' platforms.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 02 Nov 2015
TOOLS FOR LEARNING: Next-Generation Learning Management–Improved Systems for an Improved Educational Experience
LMSs have come a long way. As author Victor notes, today's systems are more accommodating to social learning and collaboration and to mobile learning, allowing for course content delivery, student registration, curriculum management, assessment, reporting, and more.
- Posted 01 Nov 2015
- Nov/Dec 2015 Issue
Victor Rivero
Follet Unveils 'Managed Services' Offering
Managed Services is directed at administrators and designed to help districts eliminate both routine and seasonal tasks involved in managing resources, ultimately saving significant time, money and space.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 05 Oct 2015
THE NEW MEDIA CENTER: Media Center Design Principles Worth Fighting For
Mary Alice has been involved in many media center designs over her long career. This month, she discusses design ideas that enable school libraries to function well upon being redesigned
to continue to function well as needs change!
Column/The New Media Center
- Posted 01 Sep 2015
- Sep/Oct 2015 Issue
Mary Alice Anderson
THE PIPELINE: Next Up--Beacons!
This month Stephen writes about some technology that is just entering the pipeline and has the potential to change everything … yes, again ... in libraries, in schools, in retail, and in every community engagement space.
Column/The Pipeline
- Posted 01 May 2015
- May/Jun 2015 Issue
Stephen Abram
Follett's Destiny Upgrade Offers New Features, Including EasyBib Integration
Integrating EasyBib within Universal Search will help students simplify the process of making citations and bibliographies, saving them time and effort with their research. For example, users can now effortlessly receive citations in MLA, APA, Chicago and other styles.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 02 Apr 2015
Follett Introduces Destiny Resource Manager
Destiny Resource Manager is a new, universal system that enables K-12 districts to track and manage all school assets. It represents an evolution from Follett Destiny Asset Manager as it will monitor barcoded textbooks in addition to traditional assets such as laptops, tablets and equipment.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 08 Dec 2014
Follett Introduces New Search Interface in Destiny 12.0 Release
The new search interface allows students to seamlessly search and access all print and digital content within the Destiny Library Manager platform.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 24 Apr 2014
IDEA WATCH: Dissecting Ebooks and Libraries--An Evolving Market
In theory, ebooks can provide your students with easy access from all of their devices to reading material, writes Carolyn. But for libraries, there are all sorts of issues to be resolved in order to offer ebooks to our students. Developing an ebook collection is more fraught with questions than answers.
Column/Idea Watch
- Posted 01 Mar 2014
- Mar/Apr 2014 Issue
Carolyn Foote
Follett Announces Ebook Partnership With Penguin Group (USA)
This latest agreement is part of Follett's continuing effort to expand access to popular digital titles.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 13 Feb 2014
Alma Launches Free K-12 School, Learning and Information Management System
Alma consolidates school, classroom and information management into one simple, intuitive and secure cloud-based system that minimizes busywork and improves efficiency, according to the announcement.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 03 Feb 2014
Follett Launches Simon & Schuster Ebooks to Schools
Follett continues to secure major publisher partners and to further expand its collection of popular ebook titles for PreK-12 students.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 19 Dec 2013
OverDrive's Checkout Terminal, OverDrive Media Station, Now Broadly Available
The in-library ebook kiosks enable readers to browse ebooks, audiobooks and other media on a touchscreen monitor in libraries or any location where libraries want to introduce readers to their ebook catalog.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 12 Nov 2013
OverDrive Updates School Digital Libraries Solution
Overdrive has added new features to its digital school library solution, including a fully-updated user interface providing a more informative, user-friendly experience. New features include enhanced metadata, robust search tools, filters and improved title detail pages and menus to make finding a title easier.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 07 Nov 2013
Follett Offers New Release of Destiny Library Management System
A streamlined ebook experience highlights the Destiny 11.5 Release, along with enhanced digital and mobile features for teachers and students.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 16 Oct 2013
Interview | Tim Springer: A New Mobile Approach to the Learning Space
Tim Springer (HERO, Inc.), Don Orth (director of technology at Hillbrook School), and Chris Petrick (Bretford Manufacturing) discuss what it takes to create a mobile world for an academic setting, the issues and challenges, advice on managing the process, and the purposes behind it all.
- Posted 01 Sep 2013
- Sep/Oct 2013 Issue
Victor Rivero
Follett Launches New Release of FollettShelf with an Enhanced HTML5 Reading Environment for K-12
FollettShelf with the new Follett Enlight reader connects districts, classrooms, and libraries with easier access to digital content.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 22 Aug 2013
EBSCO and EOS International Partner to Enhance Library Discovery
The partnership allows mutual customers to take advantage of EBSCO Discovery Service and EOS library automation software products.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 24 Jul 2013
New Schoology Features Enhance Blended Learning
The new features include customizable award badges for use in motivating students; a new parent interface to improve communication between parents, students and teachers; and updates to the iOS and Android mobile apps that enhance the use of external media.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 03 Jul 2013
NoveList and TLC Expand Relationship to Include ILS Integration into NoveList Select
NoveList Select content is now displayed alongside library data in TLC's (The Library Corporation) LS2 PAC.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 11 Jun 2013
Follett Releases Destiny 11.0
A key feature of Destiny 11.0 addresses the improvements Follett made to its capabilities for using eBooks and mobile devices to support digital learning, including a Destiny Quest mobile app for Kindle Fire devices to further support the 21st century learner. The app currently supports users of Apple and Android devices.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 27 Mar 2013
Follett Challenge Helps Schools Share their Innovation with the World
The Follett Challenge will award $200,000 worth of Follett products and services to six winning schools, and also provide educators with a platform to show off their innovative teaching programs to the world through traditional and social media.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 13 Feb 2013
OverDrive and SirsiDynix to Deliver eResource Central Integration
SirsiDynix' eResource Central will provide one-click electronic resource and e-book delivery. The initiative with OverDrive is a major step forward in the project, making available OverDrive content in a meaningful integration that will benefit both libraries and their users.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 14 Jan 2013
Follett Integrates Destiny 10.5 with FollettShelf, Follett Digital Reader
The integration is designed to make a district's library more efficient and effective by providing engaging tools for students and teachers to find, share and use digital resources more efficiently, and to support anytime, anywhere learning.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 01 Nov 2012
OverDrive Releases Free OverDrive Media Console App for NOOK
With the new OverDrive app, users of NOOK HD, NOOK HD+, NOOK Tablet and NOOK Color can wirelessly borrow ebooks and MP3 audiobooks from the library.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 01 Oct 2012
Follett Announces Joint Release of Destiny 10.5, FollettShelf Enhancements with New Follett Digital Reader
The joint release is designed to improve the foundation of Follett's eBook platform, helping to better manage the check-in/check-out process, and provide improved access to books and notes, whether online or offline.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 21 Sep 2012
Follett Software Announces Digital Content Partnership with Curriki
Curriki's database will be integrated into Follett Software's Destiny Library Manager and Aspen Curriculum & Learning solutions.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 06 Sep 2012
Follett Software Unveils Aspen Curriculum & Learning
Aspen's newest chapter - the addition of curriculum and learning - creates a collaborative environment for curriculum teams, media specialists, librarians and teachers, bringing paid digital content, free and open-source content, and locally created resources together in a single system.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 05 Sep 2012
Follett Sponsors K12DigitalDecisions.com Website
Follett Library Resources and Follett Software, part of the Follett School and Library Group (FSLG) that also includes Follett Educational Services and Follett International - sponsored the website to serve as a one-stop resource for school and district librarians and administrators to find the information that will help them create the best digital strategy customized to their specific needs.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 30 Aug 2012
Jones e-Global Library launches 'College Ready' Edition of Online Library
The online library for grades 9-12 was announced at the 2012 National Charter Schools Conference.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 29 Jun 2012
Follett Software Partners With Leading Content Providers
The partnerships are reflective of a larger digitally focused initiative to strengthen the connection between the library and the K-12 classroom curriculum.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 25 Jun 2012
EBSCO Publishing Releases EBSCOhost Collection Manager
The new EBSCOhost Collection Manager introduces a simplified ordering process, easier ways to search and browse ebooks and audiobooks and manage collections.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 25 Apr 2012
Follett Software Company Unveils Destiny 10.1
Destiny's integration with Titlewave and Aspen highlight the new release.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 17 Apr 2012
Cool Links: Gale Aims to Transform the Online Library Experience with Gateways
Gale Cengage has a new idea it's trying out in the public library realm that we should observe. It's Gale Gateways, "designed to represent the unique way in which a community interacts with its public library." Find out about it through these "cool links."
News/Cool Links
- Posted 14 Mar 2012
BELLTONES: Sourcing the Crowd--Common-Sense Measures for Hard Times
A song that keeps repeating in Mary Ann's head these days is "Hard Times Come Again No More," no doubt owing to the hard times and education budget cuts her public school colleagues are experiencing in Texas. In an effort to chase away this earworm with some positive thinking, she asked herself and other educators what they can do in the face of these cuts. See what the crowd came up with.
- Posted 01 Jan 2012
- Jan/Feb 2012 Issue
Mary Ann Bell
THE NEW MEDIA CENTER: Technology Management--Daily Realities and Lingering Concerns
Media specialists know to double-check that all technology is in working order, even when the activity has previously worked well. Springboarding off her updated Tips for a Successful Internet Experience planning checklist for media specialists and teachers, Mary Alice delves this month into continuing questions about lab scheduling, file storage, and printing.
Column/The New Media Center
- Posted 01 Jan 2012
- Jan/Feb 2012 Issue
Mary Alice Anderson
Follett Software Company to Release Destiny 10.0
The upgrade features Destiny Quest Mobile App, plus more than 50 enhancements requested by customers.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 15 Dec 2011
Gale Cengage Announces Redesigned User Interface for Gale Virtual Reference Library
After extensive user analysis and market feedback, the interface for Gale's online ebook platform has been overhauled with improved navigation and organization, and a vibrant and engaging display to draw in students, researchers, professionals and general readers, the announcement states.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 08 Dec 2011
Follett Challenge Winners Unveiled, Honored
The Follett Challenge was designed to reward school libraries for applying technology, content and creativity in ways that engage students, foster literacy and promote critical thinking.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 03 Nov 2011
The Library Corporation/TLC Releases LS2 Mobile for Android
Originally released in November 2010 for Apple's iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch, LS2 Mobile allows people to connect with their public or school libraries 24 hours a day from any place with mobile or Wi-Fi Internet service.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 18 Aug 2011
EBSCO Publishing and Innovative Interfaces Demonstrate Partnership with EBSCO Discovery Service and Encore
The result of the partnership is a smarter experience for mutual customers and library users who begin their search from Encore, according to the announcement.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 09 Aug 2011
EBSCO Publishing Delivers eBooks and Audiobooks on EBSCOhost Alongside Databases and Other Digital Content
EBSCOhost now provides content from the most in-demand publishers available via new acquisition models including expanded ownership plans to serve the needs of libraries and their patrons.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 29 Jul 2011
Follett Launches Textbook and Device Management Package
The new package is designed to help K-12 districts tackle the print-to-digital transition by enabling the efficient tracking and managing of textbooks as well as the devices used to support students in the classroom.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 13 May 2011
Follett Software Offers Free Integration of One Search Into Destiny Library Manager 9.9
Follett Software also offers upgrade and implementation services to assist customers in their move to Destiny 9.9.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 31 Mar 2011
EBSCO Publishing Releases 24 New Ebook Subject Sets
The subject sets are part of a rapidly growing collection of ebooks that are offered in collections grouped by subject matter.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 23 Feb 2011
Follett Software Company Releases New Version of Destiny
Destiny 9.9 offers a range of improvements designed to allow existing Destiny Library Manager and Destiny Textbook Manager customers to save time, increase efficiency and help drive student achievement.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 07 Jan 2011
SirsiDynix launches BookMyne 2.0 iPhone Application
BookMyne features mobile access to in-demand library information, holdings and services.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 19 Nov 2010
TLC Releases Smart-Phone App
LS2 Mobile is a smart-phone interface that allows people to connect with their public or school libraries from any place with mobile or Wi-Fi internet service.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 05 Nov 2010
TOOLS FOR LEARNING: Libraries Get Social—Social Media, That Is!
There's a quiet—or not so quiet—shift happening in school libraries across America. The social media revolution—reflected in all manner of shiny iPhone apps, blogs, Nings, Facebook pages, and other social networking tools, sites, and platforms—is real, and it's running like a loud line of students straight through the stacks, into the common areas, taking a sharp turn, and heading right on up to the teacher librarian/media specialist's desk. Are you ready for it? In this article, Victor Rivero addresses issues, answers, and resources to help.
- Posted 29 Oct 2010
- Nov/Dec 2010 Issue
Victor Rivero
Follett Acquires X2 Development Corporation
The acquisition includes the Aspen Student Information System, a popular web-based solution designed to simplify school district data management through the integration of key K-12 applications.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 05 Oct 2010
EBSCO Publishing and NoveList Debut a New Interface
The new interface will include all the characteristics librarians enjoy along with changes that make recommendations easier to obtain, searching more intuitive, and allows quick access to more content.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 06 Aug 2010
TLC Debuts Textbook Management and Asset Tracking
Textbook Management and Asset Tracking is a web application that can manage the task of distributing and accounting for textbooks as well as assets such as calculators, computers, and even padlocks, the announcement states.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 22 Jul 2010
ebrary Announces New Pilot Program for Public Libraries with Free Access for Local Schools
The new pilot program combines more than 20,000 ebooks from leading publishers under a simultaneous, multi-user access subscription model; free access for local public high schools; do-it-yourself epublishing tools; and complimentary marketing services.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 27 May 2010
THE MEDIA CENTER: Weeding, From Alphabet Books to Zip Drives
If you have been diligently weeding your media center, there may not be books full of dust bunnies or obsolete technology around. But for many media specialists, weeding is a continuing need and a frequent topic of inquiry in discussion groups such as LM_NET. In Mary Alice's state group, there are often questions about what to do with specific items such as VHS tapes or offers to sell AV equipment or materials. Get your garbage cans ready as she examine the task of weeding in this month's Media Center column.
Column/The New Media Center
- Posted 01 May 2010
- May/Jun 2010 Issue
Mary Alice Anderson
H.W. Wilson to Transition OCLC Database Subscriptions from FirstSearch to WilsonWeb
H.W. Wilson and OCLC are working together to transition library subscriptions for H.W. Wilson databases provided on the OCLC FirstSearch service to the WilsonWeb platform.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 18 Mar 2010
Follett Digital Resources Signs Five More Publishers To eBook Distribution Agreements
With these agreements, a total of more than 62,000 K-12 and public library titles are now available for purchase online through parent company Follett's ecommerce sites, Titlewave and TitleTales.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 04 Feb 2010
SirsiDynix Symphony 3.3.1 Released
Topping the list of new features is support for Microsoft SQL Server as the underlying database for the ILS application server.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 02 Dec 2009
The Library Corporation (TLC) Optimizes LS2 PAC Software to Work With Google Analytics
Customer libraries can now find answers to questions such as: Which of the library's titles are searched for most often? How much time do borrowers spend looking through the library's collection? Or which subjects merit the most interest from card holders?
News/Breaking News
- Posted 13 Nov 2009
SirsiDynix Announces General Availability of SchoolRooms 3.0
SchoolRooms gives students access from a single interface to library resources, online databases, and approved web content alongside new and past curriculum specifically created for SchoolRooms users. Version 3.0 features new administration tools that allow teachers and librarians to customize and adapt the product to meet the needs of students and parents.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 01 Oct 2009
H. W. Wilson Releases Tenth Edition of Middle & Junior High Core Collection
The latest edition of the collection development resource for school libraries lists over 8,000 recommended books, 2,000 more than the previous edition. It also features "short list" indicators for the "most highly recommended" works and more specific grade levels indicators than the previous edition.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 18 Sep 2009
Social Networking Through Your Library Automation System: What Librarians and Vendors Have to Say
A year ago, Barbara Fiehn wrote in Multimedia & Internet@Schools about the emergence of social networking features being added to school library automation systems. At the time, Follett's Destiny was the leader among school automation vendors in implementing the social networking or Web 2.0 features, and some schools and media specialists were getting on board. A good deal has transpired in the ensuing year. So here's an update based on a user survey Barbara did as well as information from interviews she conducted with vendors at the recent American Library Association (ALA) conference in July 2009.
- Posted 01 Sep 2009
- Sep/Oct 2009 Issue
Barbara Fiehn
TLC Debuts LS2 Kids, Library Software for Younger Library Users
LS2 Kids has an intuitive, easy-to-use interface that helps children find exactly what they're looking for within a library's collection, according to the announcement.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 20 Jul 2009
THE MEDIA CENTER: From Card-O-Log to Catablog
Multiple-drawer card catalogs have long been relegated to storing bulbs and batteries in media centers or nuts and bolts in garages. Static OPACS accessible only in the media center have become web catalogs accessible throughout the school and beyond; WebPACS have evolved into full-featured, one-stop-shopping access points for media centers' collections, websites, databases, customized lists of state award winners, top checkouts, ebooks, book excerpts, and thumbnail images of book covers. As Mary Alice explains this month, media specialists use these next-generation systems to create reading lists, webliographies, and more, enabling students not only to find books but to contribute to the catalog's content.
Column/The New Media Center
- Posted 01 Jul 2009
- Jul/Aug 2009 Issue
Mary Alice Anderson
ITI Cross Links: OCLC Releases NetLibrary Media Center
OCLC has released the new NetLibrary Media Center, a full-featured desktop application that allows library patrons to easily search, manage, transfer, and listen to downloadable eAudiobooks. (From Information Today, Inc.'s NewsBreaks Weekly Digest)
News/ITI Cross Links
- Posted 22 Jan 2009
Follett Digital Resources Signs Four More Publishers to eBook Distribution Agreements
With these agreements, a total of more than 51,000 K-12 and public library titles are now available for purchase online through parent company Follett's ecommerce sites, Titlewave and Titletales.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 05 Jan 2009
EBooks and 21st Century Learning
The potential of ebooks in schools can be forecast by the sheer popularity of ebooks in society in general. Over the last 5 years, ebooks are the only book publishing segment consistently showing double-digit sales increases. Why should librarians and other educators jump on this bandwagon? Twenty-first-century school libraries really must provide the tools and resources students need to develop technology and information literacy. Read Deborah McKenzie's feature to learn more.
- Posted 01 Jan 2009
- Jan/Feb 2009 Issue
Deborah McKenzie
The Library Corporation Announces New ILS Platform
LS2, known as "Indigo" during its project phase, is a new development platform for TLC and a new unified ILS that will include Web, client, and mobile interfaces.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 03 Nov 2008
Social Networking and Your Library OPAC! [Available Full-Text, Free]
While many schools are blocking access to social networking applications on the internet, school library automation OPACs are beginning to provide such applications to students and staff. Barbara Fiehn talked with some library automation vendors and others about this emerging trend to see what they're up to, and with some school library media specialists to gain some insight to their hesitations and acceptance. Read on to see what she learned.
- Posted 01 Sep 2008
- Sep/Oct 2008 Issue
Barbara Fiehn
H.W. Wilson Debuts Essay and General Literature Index Retrospective: 1900-1984
The H.W. Wilson Company is launching Essay and General Literature Index Retrospective: 1900-1984, a new resource that cites tens of thousands of essays from anthologies and other sources.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 07 Aug 2008
Follett's Latest Destiny Release Includes Free eBooks
Users of the new Destiny Library Manager release can choose from a list of classic titles in the middle- and high-school ranges, available through a special arrangement with Follett Library Resources. Once downloaded, the ebooks are searchable and available through Destiny Library Manager.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 10 Jul 2008
SirsiDynix Releases Horizon 7.4.1
SirsiDynix released SirsiDynix Horizion 7.4.1, as well as Horizon Information Portal (HIP) 3.09 and 4.13 for North American sites.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 14 Jan 2008
SirsiDynix Launches Symphony 3.2
SirsiDynix announced the general release of the Symphony 3.2 customizable integrated library system.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 23 Dec 2007
Follett Releases InfoCentre 3.0
Follett's new version 3.0 of InfoCentre streamlines library management and offers access to more services.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 25 Oct 2007
New Follett Destiny Release Helps Administrators Monitor Server Health
Version 8.0 also lets students rate library books, helps districts transfer textbooks
News/Breaking News
- Posted 18 Oct 2007
School Library Automation Revisited—2007!
Northern Illinois University library science professor Barbara Fiehn is back again, reporting on library automation for the school media community. This year, after working hard with an automation system to gain some new perspectives, she talked to other users—see her survey results—and to the vendors.
- Posted 01 Sep 2007
- Sep/Oct 2007 Issue
Barbara Fiehn
Sagebrush Books Hatches New Name and Logo
Effective immediately, Sagebrush Books has changed its name and logo. The company is now operating under the name Tandem Library Group and can be found online at www.tandemlibrarygroup.com.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 07 Feb 2007
ITI Cross Links: ebrary Introduces New Online Ordering Platform
Using the eBOP platform, librarians preview ebooks and other content, purchase and subscribe to individual titles, or create a custom collection on the fly. (From Information Today, Inc.'s NewsBreaks Weekly News Digest)
News/ITI Cross Links
- Posted 29 Jan 2007
Library Automation in K–12: A 2006 Update, Part 2
Last year, in her two-part series, "The Voice of the Vendors: Futures in School Library Automation, Parts 1 and 2," Barbara Fiehn shared the results of her conversations with Follett, Sagebrush, Companion Corp., Dynix, Mandarin Library Automation, The Library Corporation (TLC), Innovative Interfaces, Inc., and Sirsi Corp. This year, she is once again touching base with as many of these companies as she can to find out what's new and compelling in the market in general and in their offerings in particular. Here, in Part 2 of her Library Automation in K–12 Update 2006, she introduces Softlink and provide news since her earlier coverage of Follett Corp.—including its acquisition of Sagebrush's library automation products—SirsiDynix, and Mandarin Library Automation, Inc.
- Posted 01 Nov 2006
- Nov/Dec 2006 Issue
Barbara Fiehn
An Update on the New Sagebrush Corporation—Savia LLC
While researching her soon-to-be-published November/December 2006 MultiMedia & Internet@Schools article "Library Automation in K-12, a 2006 Update—Part 2," Barbara Fiehn spoke with Sagebrush Corporation executives shortly after Follett acquired Sagebrush's library automation products. Here's her brief report on what's happening to the rest of Sagebrush Corporation.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 21 Sep 2006
Barbara Fiehn
SirsiDynix Forms New Team to Deliver K-12 Market Solutions
The SchoolRooms online portal and a simplified library management system interface are among the offerings for school libraries.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 06 Sep 2006
Library Automation in K–12: A 2006 Update, Part 1
Last year, in her two-part series, "The Voice of the Vendors: Futures in School Library Automation, Parts 1 and 2," Barbara Fiehn shared the results of her conversations with Follett, Sagebrush, Companion Corp., Dynix, Mandarin Library Automation, The Library Corporation (TLC), Innovative Interfaces, Inc., and Sirsi Corp. This year, she is once again touching base with as many of these companies as she can to find out what's new and compelling in the market in general and in their offerings in particular. Barbara also identified several other important players in the K–12 automation market—Book Systems, Library Soft, and Surpass—and has added discussions of their products and services. Here, in Part 1 of her Library Automation in K–12 Update 2006, she covers these three companies and notes what's new at Innovative Interfaces, Sagebrush, and TLC.
- Posted 01 Sep 2006
- Sep/Oct 2006 Issue
Barbara Fiehn
Follett Digital Resources Acquires Interactive Constructs, Inc.
Through the acquisition, Follett Digital Resources will be better positioned to meet the growing digital delivery needs of educational publishers and schools, the announcement states.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 17 Aug 2006
TLC's School Products Division Releases Web Circ
The browser-based, streamlined circulation interface has been specifically designed for schools.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 07 Aug 2006
Follett Acquires Sagebrush Corporation's Library Automation Business
The Sagebrush library automation business will initially operate under the Sagebrush name as a subsidiary of Follett Software Company and over time will be integrated into Follett Software Company. Sagebrush Books, Sagebrush Library Services, and Sagebrush Viewpoint will continue as a new separate Sagebrush company.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 27 Jul 2006
TLC Introduces BiblioFile with Multilingual Cataloging
The new release of BiblioFile is a generational upgrade to the company's ITS•forWindows cataloging program.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 26 Jul 2006
Follett Introduces Enhancements To Destiny Resource Management Solution
Version 6.5 of Follett's Destiny Resource Management Solution features enhancements that make the product even better adapted to the specific needs of K-12 districts, according to the announcement.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 07 Jul 2006
Sagebrush Corp. Creates New Data Management Tools to Integrate with Library Automation
Sagebrush District Reports Manager and Patron Manager allow for ease of use and better district accountability, according to the announcement.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 05 Jul 2006
New Edition of H.W. Wilson's Fiction Catalog Now Available
The Fifteenth Edition of the Fiction Catalog is available on WilsonWeb and in print.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 13 Apr 2006
Follett Introduces New Destiny Offering
Follett's Destiny Asset Manager uses a browser-based interface and scanner technology to keep track of all of a district's fixed and portable assets, making sure districts get the most value for their budget investment, according to the announcement.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 01 Mar 2006
Helping Students Make the Jump to University Level Research
Many students experience "library anxiety" when making the switch from high school to college. While school librarians do an excellent job teaching information literacy skills to their students, they may find themselves asking, "What other skills are important for my students to learn before they leave high school, and what resources are available for them?" Having worked for years as a librarian and with librarians in school and academic settings, the authors offer solid advice and ideas for school librarians to help students bridge the gap between the high school library and academic libraries.
- Posted 01 Mar 2006
- Mar/Apr 2006 Issue
Carrie Esch and Amy Crawford
COMPanion Corporation Releases Alexandria v5.5.1
The new version of the library automation system includes a powerful new WEB Librarian interface and numerous additional added benefits and performance enhancements, according to the announcement.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 01 Feb 2006
Sagebrush Announces Pinpoint v2.0, Upgraded Integrated Search Tool
Pinpoint helps students access and use the best district resources for learning by gathering, evaluating, ranking, and reporting the most relevant results (as defined by the district) from multiple sources simultaneously, according to the announcement.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 07 Dec 2005
Mandarin Library Automation Announces Z39.50 Client Added to Mandarin Oasis
This client allows librarians to search Z39.50 sites and easily add items to their library catalogs from these sites, according to the announcement.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 22 Sep 2005
Sagebrush Education Resources Announces State Standards Alignments
Sagebrush's online bookstore now offers titles aligned to state curriculum standards in all 50 states for the core subject areas of language arts, math, social studies, and science.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 16 Sep 2005
Bowker Partners with Libraries for Implementation of New ISBN-13 Standard
Bowker has released a variety of new resources to assist library professionals with the operational changes necessary to transition to the new global ISBN-13 standard that takes effect in 16 months.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 07 Sep 2005
Sagebrush InfoCentre
Sagebrush InfoCentre provides site-based library automation and the flexibility to streamline processes to capture most of the cost savings found in a centralized system.
Archives/In the Spotlight
- Posted 01 Sep 2005
- Sep/Oct 2005 Issue
Sagebrush In-Hand v3.3 Released
The upgrade enables users of the new Sagebrush InfoCentre Library Management System to use In-Hand in their libraries to simplify inventory, remote circulation, and in-house tracking, according to the announcement.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 17 Aug 2005
Mandarin Oasis
Mandarin Oasis is a centralized Web-based library management system that allows access to library resources through any workstation with a Web browser.
Archives/In the Spotlight
- Posted 01 Jul 2005
- Jul/Aug 2005 Issue
The Voice of the Vendors: Futures in School Library Automation, Part 2
This article—Part 2 of Barbara Fiehn's two-part series on a group of library systems vendors that are active in the K–12 realm—reflects interviews with vendors who work with a wide range of library environments: Mandarin Library Automation, The Library Corporation (TLC), Innovative Interfaces, and Sirsi Corporation were asked to talk about current and future developments in library automation.
- Posted 01 Jul 2005
- Jul/Aug 2005 Issue
Barbara Fiehn
EDITOR'S NOTES: A Resource for Your Summer Planning Time
Column/Editor's Notes
- Posted 01 Jul 2005
- Jul/Aug 2005 Issue
David Hoffman
News@NECC: Sagebrush Announces InfoCentre 2005
InfoCentre offers library media specialists the choice of implementing a fully distributed or partially distributed infrastucture, so that they can run their library as they do today and help IT reduce systems maintenance and technology costs, according to the announcement.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 28 Jun 2005
Sirsi and Dynix Announce Merger
The new company, SirsiDynix, will continue development of both the Unicorn and Horizon 8.x/Corinthian ILS platforms.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 21 Jun 2005
ITI Cross Links: Thomson Gale Offers Customized Collection-Creation Tool in Virtual Reference Library; Adds Content to Databases
Thomson Gale has announced the newest enhancement to Gale's Virtual Reference Library, the eBook Subcollection Manager, plus enhancements and additional entries to databases. (From Information Today, Inc.'s EContentMag.com.)
News/ITI Cross Links
- Posted 27 May 2005
R.R. Bowker Partners with H.W. Wilson to Deliver Bowker's Book Analysis System for School and Public Libraries
Bowker's Book Analysis System enables library professionals to perform quick core and gap analyses of their book collections.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 25 May 2005
Mandarin Releases Oasis Web-Based Library Management Software System
Mandarin's new Web-based automation system is centralized, offering one-point installation, maintenance and updates.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 16 May 2005
Mandarin Library Automation Announces Mandarin M3 Software Available as Free Download
As Mandarin Library Automation, Inc. shifts to a services-based model, it has begun offering the basic Mandarin M3 library management software package as a free download.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 16 May 2005
EDITOR'S NOTES: Fresh Concepts and Content
Column/Editor's Notes
- Posted 01 May 2005
- May/Jun 2005 Issue
David Hoffman
The Voice of the Vendors: Futures in School Library Automation, Part 1
For this article, author Dr. Barbara Fiehn spoke with four vendors—Follett, Sagebrush, Companion Corp., and Dynix—to determine what, in their estimation, would be "coming soon," what would be coming "within five years," what the salient trends to watch might be, and what else mattered in the world of library automation for K-12. (Note that she'll be speaking with another group of automation vendors for their perspectives in Part 2 of this story, for the July/August 2005 issue.)
- Posted 01 May 2005
- May/Jun 2005 Issue
Barbara Fiehn
COMPanion Corporation Launches Textbook Tracker v3.03
COMPanion says its Textbook Tracker v3.03 cross platform textbook management program will enable users to hold students and parents accountable for lost and damaged textbooks, thus saving schools/districts money.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 08 Apr 2005
Cool Links: All About ISBN-13
News/Cool Links
- Posted 28 Feb 2005
THE PIPELINE: The Top Five Priorities for School Libraries and Their Disctricts
We now have some pretty good track records on some new technologies that make access to information—both physical and intellectual access—simpler and, therefore, we hope, better. Hurdles to that access exist in both the physical and virtual worlds. Requiring a PC or specific browser to access information sets a hurdle in place in the virtual environment. Requiring information to be used within a library during specific hours is a hurdle of sorts too. Here are five key technologies that improve access in one way or another, or both.
Column/The Pipeline
- Posted 01 Jan 2005
- Jan/Feb 2005 Issue
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I'd like to give you a preview of the new Sewing With Nancy series, Sew Techie Covers. This week the first episode is the featured video on Sewing With Nancy's Online Video Site. The show is also available to all PBS stations—soon you should find the series on Public TV.
In this first episode you'll learn these three easy stitching techniques:
- E-appliqué tips
- How to Stitch Techie Circles
- Undercover Stitching accents.
These easy stitching techniques are all great ways of personalizing a cover for your iPad, original Kindle, or a larger Tablet. Intrigued? Just click and watch! To create these great ideas, I used Clover's E-Tablet & Paper Tablet Keeper Templates—a product that I designed!
Undercover Stitching Showcase
I know that not all of you click to watch the video, sigh… To give you a little idea of what you may be missing, here are the highlights of one of the three easy stitching techniques, Undercover Stitching (otherwise known as bobbin work).
- Wind 6- or 12-weight thread in the bobbin, using conventional bobbin winding techniques. I selected Madeira's Decora 6 wt. thread. Note: If your machine has difficulties winding heavier thread, wind the thread by hand. Thread the needle with all-purpose thread.
- Insert the bobbin into the bobbin case.
- Back the fabric with interfacing, and add a second stabilizer and length of interfacing in the stitching area. Then, arc the stitching line on the wrong side of the fabric.
- Choose a nonsatin, decorative stitch. An outline or open stitch is best suited for bobbin work. Lengthen the stitch for best results. Test the stitch on a sample fabric.
- Check the look of the stitch on the right side. My test stitch had a few hiccups! So, I adjusted the settings, lengthening the stitch. It doesn't always go perfectly for me either!
- Helpful Hint! Some machines handle heavier thread in the bobbin if you bypass the bobbin case tension. In short, don't pass the thread through the bobbin case tension guide.
- Also, test a variety of stitch settings, lengthening/shortening or narrowing/widening the stitch length and/or width. A straight stitch is also ideal! A narrower stitch width setting was used for the strap.
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In a series of quick fire questions, we ask Wigan fans for their views and predictions on Wigan and Rugby League
… Next up is @NRDCollectables a follower from our Twitter Page
Your first Wigan game?
I grew up in Shrewsbury, Shropshire so my first memories were the Challenge Cup games in the late 80's. I fell in love with the game and ended up following Wigan. My first visit to Central Park was against Sheffield in 1994. Looking back now it gives me immense pleasure to think I've seen probably one of the greatest teams to grace the game play live
What is your most memorable moment being a Wigan fan?
There's been a few over the years but nothing comes close to the pure emotion of the playoff comeback win at Bradford. I've never hugged so many random people in my life. That is one feeling I'll never forget
Who is your favourite all-time Wigan player?
Inga! I've never witnessed a crowd rise as one in anticipation as they did for Tuigamala whenever he got the ball. There was an expectation that he was going to do someone brilliant and still makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up thinking about itEmbed from Getty Images
Who is your favourite Wigan player?
From the current squad Dom Manfredi. We've had some world class wingers but he has something different. He always appears to break the first tackle and hopefully he'll comeback as good as he was before his injury
Name one player that you would love to see play for Wigan – past or present
Someone like Darren Lockyer would've been good to see in the Cherry and WhiteEmbed from Getty Images
What is your favourite away ground and why?
Always liked to Huddersfield for some reason, no idea why just always liked going thereEmbed from Getty Images
Which opposition player do you fear the most when they play Wigan?
Don't honestly fear anyone. Most teams seem to raise their game when they play Wigan so mostly fear Wigan not turning up or turning up without intensity rather than worry about the opponents
Your top 8 prediction for this year?
Not in any particular order – Wigan, Castleford, Hull, Wire, Saints, Catalans, Leeds, Leigh
If you could change one thing about Rugby League, what would it be?
More terrestrial TV coverage to bring our great game to the masses
Who do you think will win the Steve Prescott Man of Steel Award this year?
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Peter Gough was born in Nova Scotia in 1947. He has a home and studio in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia.
Gough began his art education at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, having received a scholarship to the college in 1969. Three years later, Gough attended Andrews University in Michigan, USA and continued his fine art education under the influence of sculpture Allan Collins, who designed the Kennedy Memorial for John F. Kennedy at Runnymede.
A realist painter, Gough is influenced by his rural surroundings and is constantly aware of the challenges it faces by urban progress. Firmly rooted in the physical reality of the places he chooses, at a moment in time, his paintings are imbued with a luminosity that transcends realism.
"His work is sheer magic. The magic lies in the essence of light."
Tom Butterfield, Masterwork Foundation, Bermuda
Gough has exhibited in the United States, Scotland, England and Canada. He is represented in galleries across Canada and the U.K. His works are in many private, corporate and public collections throughout Europe, the United States and Canada. One of his paintings was presented to his Royal Highness, Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh on his royal tour to Canada in 1997. In 1992 Peter was awarded the Canada 125 medal for the creation of the Canada 125 logo.
To read Kate Wallace's feature in the Telegraph Journal's "Salon" about Peter Gough's art please click here
An essay by Suzanne Robicheau on Peter's work is featured in the Winter 2015 edition of the Atlantic Salmon Journal along with many beautiful images... please click here


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Page revised in October 2015.
All images © by Roberto Piperno, owner of the domain. Text edited by Rosamie Moore. Write to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Page revised in October 2015.
Quinque adeo magnae positis incudibus urbes
Tela novant, Atina potens, Tiburque superbum,
Ardea, Crustumerique, et turrigerae Antemnae
The Aeneid - Book VII - vv. 669-676
|So five great cities set up anvils and forged
new weapons: powerful Atina, proud Tibur,
Ardea, Crustumeri, and towered Antemnae.
(translation by A. S. Kline)
According to Virgil, Tibur (today's Tivoli) was one of the five most important towns of Latium prior to the foundation of Rome in 753 BC.
|Tum gemini fratres Tiburtia moenia linquunt,
fratris Tiburti dictam cognomine gentem,
Catillusque acerque Coras, Argiva iuventus;
Et primam ante aciem densa inter tela feruntur.
Ceu Duo nubigenae cum vertice montis ab alto
descendunt Centauri; Homolen Othrymque nivalem
Linquentes curso rapido: dat euntibus ingens
Silva locum, et magno cedunt virgulta fragore.
Book VII - vv. 803-810
|Then twin-brothers, Catillus, and brave Coras,
Argive youths, leaving the walls of Tibur,
and a people named after their brother Tiburtus,
borne into the forefront of the army, among the dense spears,
like cloud-born Centaurs descending from a high peak
in the mountains, leaving Homole and snow-covered Othrys
in their swift course: the vast woods give way as they go,
and, with a loud crash, the thickets yield to them.
(translation by A. S. Kline)
The town, according to Virgil, was named after Tiburtus, the elder son of Catillus the Elder, the leader of a group of Greek settlers who was the actual founder of the town. Coras, another son of Catillus, gave his name to Cori.
One of the Aniene River waterfalls at Tivoli and a detail of an etching by Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Historians believe that the name of the town meant either "by the hill", because Tivoli is situated on a hill commanding a view over the Roman countryside, or "by the water" because the town is near a series of waterfalls made by the Aniene River, which empties into the Tiber at Ponte Salaro.
Tibur fought against Rome, but eventually accepted peace conditions by which it retained a certain degree of self-administration. In 45 BC Julius Caesar granted full Roman citizenship to its inhabitants. It was the beginning of a prosperous period for the town during which many wealthy Romans spent the summer at Tibur and eventually Emperor Hadrian built a large villa three miles from the town.
The acropolis of ancient Tibur
The acropolis of ancient Tibur was located on an isolated rock opposite the waterfalls and in the Ist century AD the site was chosen for building two temples right on the edge of the precipice. During the late XVIIIth century Grand Tour travellers could not miss an excursion to Tivoli to see the ruins of these temples. They often commissioned their own portraits with the temples in the background (you may wish to see the portrait of Sir Windham Knatchbull Wynd by Pompeo Batoni - external link).
Tempio di Vesta
The ten surviving Corinthian columns of Tempio di Vesta are very fine and on top of them there is a nice frieze with festoons and bucrania. The dedication to Vesta, the Roman goddess of family and sacred fire, is not supported by evidence. The dedication was based on the fact that the Temple to Vesta in the Roman Forum was round (on the same grounds a temple near the Tiber was believed to be dedicated to Vesta). The temple at Tivoli was turned into S. Maria della Rotonda, a church having the same name of the Pantheon in Rome, another round temple.
Tempio della Sibilla
Tempio della Sibilla and Tempio di Vesta form a complex similar to that of Tempio di Portuno and Tempio di Vesta near the Tiber. The dedication to Sibilla Tiburtina is not supported by evidence. There are few references to a Tiburtine Sibyl (seeress) in Classical authors, but during the Late Empire Christian writers claimed that the Tiburtine Sibyl prophesied the birth of Jesus Christ to Emperor Augustus. Another prophecy by this Sibyl, which is reported in medieval documents, describes the advent of a Final Emperor. It is very popular among those who build upon apocalyptic texts to support their religious beliefs. The temple at Tivoli was a church dedicated to St. George until 1884, when the ancient structures were freed from medieval additions.
(left) Tempio della Tosse seen from Villa d'Este (above) and from the old road to Rome (below);
(right) etching by G. B. Piranesi
Tempio della Tosse, most likely a Roman tomb, is located outside Porta del Colle near
the ruins of a Roman villa which belonged to Maecenas, a friend of Emperor Augustus. The reference to Tosse (Coughing) is not fully explained. It was used as a church, but in the XVIIIth century it was abandoned and Giovanni Battista Piranesi, who
had a penchant for picturesque ruins, depicted it in one of his etchings. The building still exists and it seems to be kept
in the same poor state it was in the XVIIIth century.
Giuseppe Vasi and Piranesi printed and sold their views of Rome in the same period, but they catered for slightly different customers. Vasi started first and with some approximation we can say he targeted a Roman Catholic customer with a large number of views dedicated to churches, monasteries and other religious buildings; besides the text accompanying his prints provided a lot of information about religious orders, lives of the martyrs, parishes, etc..
Piranesi targeted foreign travellers and many of his views were dedicated to monuments of Ancient Rome: he was particularly fond of Tivoli. The image used as a background of this page shows a detail of Tempio di Vesta in an etching by Piranesi.
Ancient walls (IVth century BC) near the Town Hall
During the Roman period Tivoli did not need walls, but in the Vth century AD when the Visigoths and the Vandals plundered Rome, the inhabitants of Tivoli restored the pre-Roman walls which protected the southern and western sides of the town (the other two had natural defences). A section of these walls is visible near the XIXth century Town Hall of Tivoli. Their construction technique is similar to that of the Mura Serviane, the Republican walls of Rome.
(left) Porta Romana; (right) Roman sarcophagus turned into a fountain
The entrance to the ancient town was marked by an imposing gate, built with travertine, the stone which was quarried near Tivoli and which was shipped to Rome via barges from Ponte Lucano. The gate is similar to the inner gate of Porta Tiburtina, the gate of Rome from which the road to Tivoli started.
Tivoli shows many examples of reuse of ancient Roman materials. A sarcophagus with the busts of a couple was reused by a wealthy XIIIth century inhabitant of Tivoli for his tomb in the cathedral. In the XVIIth century it was moved to a nearby square where it became part of a small public fountain (a very common end for ancient sarcophagi).
(left) Roman columns in Piazza Palatina; (right) column found inside a medieval building
Columns and capitals taken from ancient buildings can be seen at several locations in Tivoli. In most cases the diameter-to-height ratio of the columns was modified to fit the needs of the new buildings. In general the columns had a decorative purpose; in some instances, such as at Piazza Palatina, they indicated that the palace had asylum rights i.e. the guards could not arrest people inside the building. In other cases columns and capitals were used as construction material and their presence was discovered by chance.
(above-left) Roman capitals walled in the porch of the Cathedral; (above-right) Roman materials in a medieval house; (below) Roman buildings near the Cathedral
In 1883 chance excavations near the Cathedral led to the identification of two Roman buildings: a temple to Augustus and a Mensa Ponderaria, the office where official measurement standards were kept. This has led archaeologists to believe that the XVIIth century Cathedral and the nearby medieval buildings stand on the site of the ancient Forum of the town.
In 1948 the opening of a modern road near Rocca Pia, the fortress of Tivoli, led to unearthing the ruins of an ancient amphitheatre dated IInd century AD. Inscriptions found at the site indicated the names of two donors: M. Tullius Blesus who paid for the inauguration ceremony and M. Lurius Lucretianus who paid for a venatio (slaying of beasts) and twenty gladiatorial fights (you may wish to see a mosaic found at Leptis Magna showing venationes and gladiatorial fights).
Excerpts from Giuseppe Vasi 1761 Itinerary related to this page:
Giuseppe Vasi
Other pages on Tivoli:
Medieval and Renaissance Tivoli
Villa d'Este - the Palace
Villa d'Este - the Gardens
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In order to facilitate user switching, Google has recently introduced the fast user switching feature to Chrome. With the help of it, you just need two clicks to get switched into other user account. Hence relatively, its a very nice feature for those Google Chrome copies, which are used by multiple users on the same system. Newest build of Chrome are shipped with this feature enabled by default:
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My goals and priorities have changed greatly since being blessed with two kids who fill a hole in my heart that I didn't even know existed. I love them with every ounce of my soul but the reality of my current situation is that, while I wouldn't trade them for the world, I have no clue what I'm doing.
I started staying at home when my daughter was 9 months old after we had just moved to another state. No Grandparents, no friends, no extra help. It was my choice to stay home, a decision I made in fear of having no family support outside of my husband in a town I knew nothing about. I didn't know who to ask for daycare referrals or if I would find a job that I loved as much as my previous work. Staying home was an easy decision because it was safe for me at the time. Besides, I could always go back to work…
You know what else is expensive? A sitter. So instead of going on dates, I use my babysitter budget to attend doctor and dentist appointments which are always booked at least 3 months later than they should be. Another expense- women's clothing. My heels have long worn out and I no longer have the need to wear real clothing. Yoga pants and t-shirts have taken over my closet because they are cheap, easy to clean and I know exactly what size I need when I'm running into Old Navy to stock up while my son is screaming in the stroller for more snacks because he can't go 3 seconds without having something to chew. Makeup? You must be joking.
The truth is, I'm totally out of my element. Most days I'm trying to keep my head above water in a life I never imagined for myself. I don't know how to do this Mom thing. It's like it's Opposite Day every day…wasn't I supposed to be at work this morning? Where did these stretch marks come from? Can't I call Grandma to help get Layla to her doctors appointment so Jack doesn't miss his beloved swim class? I love them dearly and wouldn't change it for the world but good grief, this is not what I expected.
I am jealous of the confident moms. Motherhood comes so naturally to those women. I suck at this. I go to bed feeling guilty about something EVERY night. The kids watched too much TV, we didn't leave the house today, Layla's hair hasn't been brushed in two days, I didn't give them their vitamins (for the past 6 months), Jack needed me and I told him to "wait one more minute" so I could finish laundry and forgot about him so he moved on. I'm sitting here writing a blog about the fact that I feel out of my element while one kid naps and I'm making the other one lay down because she's grumpy? Yep, Guilty McGuilterson.
I feel like my kids deserve more, I can never do enough. Maybe because they are growing up in an environment so different from how I was raised? My grandparents literally lived next door, the other set was a bike ride away. If I asked my mom for ice cream and she said no, I just marched over to Grandma's and got me some ice cream. My kids' grandparents live half way across the country now. Maybe if we had family in town I would feel more confident? Maybe I'd go out more or feel more energized just knowing free, yet loving, help was an option?
Being a mom is hard when you have the expectations of motherhood NOT changing your life. So if you are a version of my former self reading this (I'm talking to you pregnant Moms sitting in an office eating lunch while you browse blogs with your heels kicked off) let all your expectations go. Life gets messy with kids, and I'm not just talking about all the poop. They will turn your world upside down and open your eyes to a love you can't even imagine. Don't underestimate your ability to handle it, but don't over emphasize keeping your life as you know it.
Today I'll celebrate the fact that because I feel like I suck at parenting, I'm probably not.
|Katie Hall Creative
You lose a piece of yourself when you become Mom. But maybe, as I'm
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The 2017 Cadillac Escalade touts itself as the King of SUVs. Is it worthy of the mantle?
The 2017 Cadillac Escalade
The standard engine is a 6.2L VVT V8 engine with 420 horsepower and 460 lb.-ft. f torque. In fact, that's the only engine available in the Escalade and it's more than adequate for any task you might throw at it. To help you control all of that power, there are some important standard features. Surround Vision is a four-camera system that combines to create a bird's eye view of your Escalade and its surroundings. Seeing your vehicle top down makes it easy to maneuver in tight parking lots. Additionally, Automatic Park Assist is standard, too. Your Escalade can locate parking spots big enough to accommodate it, and steer you in automatically.
Fit for a King?
As you might expect, the Cadillac Escalade is also packed with tons of comfort, convenience, and entertainment features. OnStar 4G LTE WIFi, Wireless Charging, Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, and Heated, leather steering wheel are all standard. 16-speaker, Bose Centerpoint Surround Sound audio is also standard. The setup delivers breathtaking sound quality and volume for every passenger in the Escalade's expansive cabin. There's also Bose Active Noise Cancellation which emits negative sound waves to counteract any distracting engine or road noise. As a result, you can certain you'll only hear what you want to hear, even when driving at speed.
The array of standard features in the 2017 Cadillac Escalade is pretty impressive – and it should be with a starting MSRP of $85,010. But Cadillac also offers three trim levels above the base model. First is the Escalade luxury, then Premium and Platinum.
Escalade Luxury (MSRP: $91,475)
Notable features include:
- 22" wheels with chrome inserts
- Driver Awareness Package with Forward Collision Alert, Lane Keep Assist with Lane Departure Warning, Safety Alert Seat, Side Blind Zone Alert, and Rear Cross Traffic Alert
- Rear Camera Mirror
- Full Colour HUD
Escalade Premium (MSRP: $96,390)
Notable features include:
- Adaptive Cruise Control and full-speed Front and Rear Automatic Braking
- Front LED cornering lamps
- Third-row 9" entertainment screens
- Selectable Four-Wheel Drive
Escalade Platinum (MSRP: $107,305)
Notable features include:
- Premium semi-aniline and Mulan leather seating
- Sueded-microfibre headliner
- 18-way, power seats
- Unique chrome grille
- 22" premium painted wheels with chrome inserts
Arguably, in 2017, the Escalade is better than ever. Predictably, Cadillac's full-sized SUV is confident on the road and remarkably comfortable on the inside. The King of SUVs is sleek, stately, and unmistakable on Canadian highways.


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Yesterday I continued with the Recon Ron pull-up program. I had reached Week 20, then I slackened and started consistently following the program again around two weeks ago. I started again at Week 11. Last week I skipped week 12 and went to Week 13, and that is going ok.
After the pull-ups, I had dinner, rested a while, then officially began Week 3 of the Max Capacity Training Program that I talked about in this post. I say 'officially' because last week I had an unofficial test run.
Week 3 follows the 'Time Attack' protocol, where you are supposed to do a specific number of repetitions of each exercise in as short a time as possible. The number of repetitions to be done is calculated from your scores in earlier workouts. It is entirely up to you in what sequence or in how many sets you will meet the target.
I was required to do
- 129 squats
- 108 push-ups
- 108 Lunges
- 210 seconds plank bridge
I was aiming to complete each exercise in 4 sets, and I mostly did. I finished the workout in a little under 22 minutes.
Keep exercising!


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Why is the game dying?
since February there is no content, the connection to the server is still terrible, and it is only in this game. It is a pity because the gameplay was good and I waited for the game to develop and as a result I see that the game is dying.Why developers do not develop this game?
Sloclap, you guys not responding to this stuff only makes matters worse.
Why have you guys decided to just ignore posts like this?
sloclap is focusing on a new game. absolver is kept running but thats it. dont expect any more content for absolver. but you can expect News to their new project. probably this year


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Trying out a new take-charge persona and sick of the persistent dwindling of the Gay & Lesbian Student Union at SRJC I imagined up a poster series. As I describe it in my diary (9/4/87): "provocative. interesting. unusual. quotes. items. poems. whatever.
"First one:
Have you ever watched a beautiful woman and thought,
'Damn! Wrong sex!'"
I talked it up to two GLSU cohorts and, I reported, they "both sound enthusiastic."
Unfortunately I was given a rougher time when "I introduced my poster series to a much enlarged GLSU. Many having been attracted to the teaser in the [SRJC student newsletter the] Bear Facts, 'We're planning a party.'" (diary, 9/9/87) It's also true that at the beginning of a semester more people turn out for everything.
"Show off first poster. Big laugh. Almost instantaneous objection. Woman new to club wants it changed to, 'Have you ever looked at a beautiful person and thought, "Damn! Wrong sex!"'
"… Well, we wrangled. I said I wanted to be editor & be something of a dictator on it. Don't think that went over great guns. But Clift's suggestion of making a list and voting on the 'saying of the week' made me nauseous None of this voting crap. And compromise. Compromise takes all the zip out of the stuff. I had to leave in the midst of the argument cuz I was just on half hour lunch break. Guess I'll hafta schedule more time for this thing. Apparently the talk continued in my absence. Frank said maybe I should do it on my own if I dint want interference. Fine, I sed, but the idea was to help the club. I'm going to start it out myself with teaser posters this week. A less controversial poster next week. And see if I can still get club sponsorship [as in, reimbursement for photocopying]. But if this lies around waiting for a big DECISION then it'll never happen. I certainly won't do it."
Saturday 9/12: "I drove over to JC campus this eve and tacked up posters that say, 'Watch this space' and 'Read the Writing on the Wall.'"


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If the cheesy title of this book suggests to you that it may not be a particularly rigorous book about the brain, your brain is working well. While the material is of obvious interest to anyone who has no familiarity with the topic, this presentation of it is a bit careless.
The book discusses the basics of how our brains work, but often covers topics in a disappointingly unscientific manner. For instance, Eagleman raises the questions, "Are our brains dependent on social interaction? What would happen if the brain were starved of human contact?" (p. 144). Rather unbelievably, he seems to think we can learn something about this from the experience of Sarah Shourd who was arrested by Iranian border guards on suspicion of being a spy from the United States. He says that with the exception of two half-hour periods each day, she spent the next 410 days in a cell by herself. He says it was her social deprivation that caused her brain to suffer and even to hallucinate. (p. 145). Eagleman would have to tell us much more about her circumstances during the 410 days before his readers could sensibly join him in reaching this conclusion. For all a reader can know, she suffered because she had nothing to do. She may also have been fearful of what might happen to her. She was being held against her will, and Eagleman tells us nothing about her living conditions or how she was treated. Suppose someone freely chose to go on a 410-day adventure in some isolated place without human contact for the duration. If she had enjoyable things she wanted to do the whole time, would she necessarily return with emotional scars? Eagleman states that Shourd's two male companions were also imprisoned but were put in the same cell. (p. 144). Shourd ended up marrying one of these men, and Eagleman comments that he carried emotional scars from his experience as well. (p. 145). He does not mention how the other man fared. So he tells us about the consequences for one person who was imprisoned by herself and for one person who was imprisoned with a companion. Since both suffered emotional scars and since they suffered from adversities besides a lack of social contact, the story provides little support for the theory that our brains are dependent on social interaction.
Eagleman is also sloppy in discussing one of his own experiments in which he set out to determine whether we are born with the ability to make social judgments. (p. 135). He had parents sit with their babies and watch a puppet show (one baby at a time) in which one bear is helpful to a duck and another bear is mean to the duck. After the show, Eagleman would bring both bears out to the baby and let the baby choose one. He says that "almost all" the babies chose the bear that was nice in the show. (p. 136). He does not tell us how many babies he did the experiment on. He does not tell us whether half the time he had the bear with the green shirt play the nice role and half the time he had the bear with the white shirt play the nice role. He does not tell us whether when he was offering the bears to the babies he knew which one had played the nice role in that performance. If he knew which bear had played which role, he might have unconsciously cued the baby to take the nice bear. The parent might also have done this. And obviously if the same bear played the nice role each time, there might have been something else about that bear that made it more attractive to the babies. In addition, these babies were not newborns. They were "less than a year old." (p. 135) Even if the experiment was well conducted, which cannot be determined from its description in the book, it could not distinguish between what the babies knew when they were born and what they learned in their first months on the outside.
Much of the research discussed in the book is presented in a way that suggests there might have been major flaws with the design of the research. Eagleman regularly does not bother to rule out obvious alternative hypotheses for the research's results. Also disconcerting is the amount of research discussed that seems as if it would have been a waste of resources even if it had been well done.
Eagleman also makes broad claims about other species without citing any basis for them. He claims that aside from human beings, "the rest of the animal kingdom only chases its basic needs." (p. 114). He also states that only our species worries about the fact that we die. (p. 173). These claims seem to be good candidates for being falsehoods and definitely warrant more supporting evidence than the none he provides.
Eagleman also makes odd comments about our own species. He says that as hunter-gatherers we survived "on scraps" and that today "we have clean rivers that we can call into our well-adorned caves when we desire." (p. 161). While I realize the book was written before the outrage in Flint, Michigan came to light, this characterization has never been true for much of the world's population. He also thinks our species owes its "runaway success" to our brains (p. 161) and that we have "thrive[d]" all over the planet (p. 148). To characterize a species that continues to multiply beyond all reason and that terrorizes itself and other species as a "runaway success" that is "thriving" seems fanciful. More realistically, our brains seem powerful enough to cause a lot of trouble and not powerful enough to refrain from doing so. And this book illustrates how our brains are powerful enough to understand a lot about how our brains work but not powerful enough to always see the shortcomings in our reasoning.
© 2016 Gail Merten
Gail Merten has a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Arizona and a J.D. from Arizona State University. She works as an attorney in Washington, D.C., and tries to use her brain in ways that do not cause too much trouble.
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Resurrecting a team of ageing icons who once ruled their profession is a dangerous proposition. What would happen if someone enticed Pelé, Diego Maradona and Paul Gascoigne onto a pitch for a kickaround these days? Probably little in the way of football skill, but plenty in the way of flogging Viagra tablets, ranting hysterically at journalists and drunken offers to go fishing with any nearby nutter on a killing rampage. Times change. Yet we all live in hope, which is why many have been waiting anxiously for The Expendables, boasting a cast that resembles an '80s action flick lover's wet dream - but with added testosterone.
Sylvester Stallone miraculously managed to group together stalwarts of the genre like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Dolph Lundgren, Jet Li, Eric Roberts and Mickey Rourke for some heavy duty macho posturing in this project. Sadly though, the star-spotting element is the most impressive part of this movie about a bunch of mercenaries trying to take out a South American dictator and rogue CIA defector (a suitably hissable Roberts) while seeking to rescue a very bland damsel in distress. One shouldn't knock the plotting for being distinctly old-school, but criticism deserves to be levelled at the manner in which so much talent is squandered.
As mercenary leader Barney Ross, Stallone still possesses the physicality to cut it as an action hero, even though his face now looks as if someone has stitched Michael 'Beppe' Greco's goatee and Michael Jackson's eyebrows onto Sly's old Spitting Image puppet. Perhaps the permanently startled expression he wears was caused by a frank look at his own screenplay rather than surgery? Raspy-voiced Brit Jason Statham shares the leading man duties as knife-loving Lee Christmas and provides much of the film's tongue-in-cheek humour with his amusing quips. The pair convince as staunch purveyors of bromance, but the rest of their team - including Li, Lundgren, Terry Crews and Randy Couture - barely register.
What made Stallone's vastly underrated 2008 return to the Rambo franchise so enjoyable wasn't a script that had any pretensions of usurping The Bard with its literary ambitions. Instead, the exhilaration stemmed from rooting for one guy with an easily defined and focussed mission - to blast the s**t out of nasty dudes in increasingly explosive and inventive ways. It was simplistic and primal, but very effective. Route One in football terms. In contrast, the screenplay for The Expendables shoehorns in too many ill-defined characters and does a poor job in juggling them. The convoluted mess barely allows the actors much scope to make an impact, or the audience to feel fully immersed in events.
Fortunately, a brief but wonderful church-based scene involving Schwarzenegger, Willis and Stallone is almost worth the price of admission alone. Similarly, the underused Mickey Rourke conjures up an emotional epiphany during a mournful monologue he delivers as the usually swaggering tattoo artist Tool. This is in stark contrast to the delivery of the dialogue elsewhere, which is barely comprehensible at times due to the slurred pronunciation of certain actors. Subtitles on the DVD release are a must!
Donning his director's cap (much more advisable than a Planet Hollywood one), Stallone displays his technical mastery of the action genre. The chase and battle sequences are all frenetic yet mostly retain a strong sense of clarity to allow the audience to follow events and know whether it's the goodies or baddies being pummelled. There are also plenty of visceral thrills for those who can stomach body mutilation, with torsos and limbs frequently flying all over the place. The scale of the warfare increases as the plot progresses, although the bloated climax puts the story on hold for an extended period in favour of endless fiery explosions. It's like a big budget representation of staring at the pilot light in your gas boiler for half an hour.
Combining a lightweight plot with a bountiful cast, The Expendables tries to do too little with too much. It ticks a lot of the mandatory action genre boxes with its big bangs, slimy villains, one-liners and curiously named heroes, but provides a largely hollow and unengaging experience. Expendables? Disposables more like...


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Books About Pelikan
Over the years, Pelikan has made available their archives to facilitate the research and development of several books about the brand, its history, writing instruments, advertising, etc. These publications have been rather limited in number and were made in relatively small runs, sometimes of just a few thousand copies. The net effect of this is that while these are great tomes of information, they are often times incredibly hard to find and command a significant price when encountered for sale.
Pelikan Catalog
150 Years
By Pelikan AG
1988 (Hard Cover) – German/English/French/Spanish
ISBN-13: None | 128 pages
A special edition catalog to celebrate the company's 150th anniversary in 1988. Sections included for •Typewriting, •Copying and projection, •Stamping, marking, sealing and glueing, •Correcting, writing and drawing, •Writing instruments, •School and kindergarden, and •Hobby and leisure time.
Pelikan Schreibgeräte
Writing Instruments 1929-1997
By Jürgen Dittmer and Martin Lehmann
1998 (Hard Cover) – German/English
ISBN-13: 978-3909485888 | 133 pages
This book gives a comprehensive survey of the pens manufactured by Pelikan from 1929 to 1997. In addition to pens, there is information on the company's history, brand development, and other products such as inks. Long considered to be an indispensable resource for the Pelikan collector.
Pelikan Schreibgeräte
Writing Instruments 1929-2004
By Jürgen Dittmer and Martin Lehmann
2004 (Hard Cover) – German/English
ASIN: B004G8HQY0 | 188 pages
This book is a second edition and, similar to the first, it gives a comprehensive survey of the pens manufactured by Pelikan from 1929 to 2004. This is a very different volume than the first though and both volumes should be read for a more complete understanding. In addition to pens, there is information on the company's history, brand development, and other products such as inks. Reportedly limited to just 2000 copies produced.
Ein Unternehmen Schreibt Geschichte (A Company Makes History)
By Kathleen Allner, Thomas Schwark, and Jürgen Dittmer
2008 (Hard Cover) – German Only
ISBN-13: 978-3910073319 | 136 pages
A special exhibition of Pelikan's history opened in the Historical Museum of Hanover, Germany on February 20, 2008 and ran through July 13th. This was part of a year long effort on the company's behalf to commemorate the 170th anniversary of the brand. A book about the history of the Pelikan company along with product info and excellent photographs/illustrations was released alongside this event. Always of interest, depictions of some of Pelikan's earliest adverting posters are included. Unfortunately, it is only written in the German language which limits its audience but it remains a nice resource.
The Brand (How the baby bird got into the nest, and how many)
By Detmar Schäfer
2013 (Hard Cover) – English
ISBN-13: 978-3923976911 | 168 pages
Pelikan – The Brand was released as Pelikan was celebrating its 175th anniversary. The book marks the occasion by tracing the development of the Pelikan trademark and brand from its inception. There are a great many high-resolution advertisements and historical documents depicted, some of which were previously unknown.
Deutsche Werbegeschichte
Am Beispiel Günther Wagner – Pelikan
By Heinz Rings
2015 (Hard Cover) – German/English
ISBN-13: None | 292 pages
The title of this book translates to "History of German Advertising by the Example of Günther Wagner – Pelikan." This tome is 292 pages with 600 sensational illustrations of Pelikan ephemera taken from Mr. Rings' collection as well as Pelikan's own archives. Deutsche Werbegeschichte takes a look at Pelikan's advertising history from 1880 through the year 2000. The book is available in hard cover and is written in both German and English with translation provided by Tamara E. Koch. Published in 2015, Heinz Rings has clearly outdone himself, providing an extensive catalogue of advertising over the years in print and other media. To the best of my knowledge, it is currently only available for purchase from the author via German eBay (seller: Pelikaner2).


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Used Book Sale
Organized each year by parent volunteers, the used book sale affords an opportunity for students and their families to sell their used text books and save money on books for next school year. Participation in this book sale is strictly voluntary. All books may be purchased from the school during class-level book sales in early August on the third floor. The date is announced annually. Check the calendar for details.
Used Book Sale volunteers and Jesuit High School are not responsible for any checks/books that may be lost or misplaced.
Used Book Drop-off Procedure
A volunteer will be available to accept used books at the end of the prior semester and a day before the sale date.
An envelope with the following printed information must be included in each book that is dropped off for sale:
- Name of book (Algebra I, etc.)
- Name of student
- Phone number of student
Each book turned in should have the student's name printed inside the book to help keep the proper book matched to the proper envelope.
Books that will not be accepted for sale:
- Workbooks
- SAT books; PSAT, ACT, SAT prep course books
- Writing Handbook
- State books
Donate Used Uniforms and Paperback Novels
Volunteers will also accept donations of used uniforms and paperback novels used in Jesuit's English classes (for example: The Merchant, Beowulf, April Mornings, Lords of Discipline, Number the Stars). Used uniforms and paperbacks should be in good condition and able to be reused. Donated uniforms and paperbacks will be sold at the Used Book Sale in August. Remember: this is a donation. Do not include an envelope as students will not receive a check for the sale of any novel.
Used Book Sale Procedures
The sale of non-state textbooks will be held in early August. Books will be priced at 50% off the original cost of book.
You will need the student book list to purchase books. If you did not receive the list in the mail, a duplicate list will be available at the book sale.
You do not need to come to the used book sale for state books. State books are marked on the book list and will be posted the day of the sale.
Payment is made by check only – a separate check must be made for each book purchased. Checks must be made out to "Cash." A cashier will place checks directly into envelopes. Please do not put your payment in envelope until a cashier has verified the payment.
Pick-Up Days for Money
The day after the sale: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The first full week of school: Principal's office (Room 235) during school hours. All money not picked up by Friday of the first full week of school will become the property of Jesuit.
Pick-Up Date for Unsold Books
Unsold books will be available for pick-up on the day after the Used Book Sale. Books not picked up on this day will become the property of the school.
If you have questions about the book sale, please contact Christine Zazulak at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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From high grassy meadows at 8,100 feet to soaring granite cliffs over 10,000 feet, Staunton State Park's varied geology, soils, water features, and climate support rare and unexpected plant communities and a rich diversity of wildlife and provide a myriad of outdoor recreation opportunities.
Colorado's newest state park opened to the public on May 18, 2013. The park is located approximately 40 miles southwest of downtown Denver, north of US Highway 285 and about six miles west of Conifer. The Park sits divided between Park and Jefferson counties, in Pine, Colorado.
The first 1,720-acre parcel of land was donated to then Colorado State Parks in 1986 by Frances Hornbrook Staunton. Subsequent parcels of land were added over the years to make up the now 3,828 acre park. Read more about the story of Staunton State Park at our history page.
Staunton State Park is the legacy of Frances H. Staunton. As her beneficiaries, present and future generations are entrusted with this land--to enjoy, protect and treasure as she did.
Staunton has a new bike bell program! Bells can be found at the Meadow and Mason Creek Parking lots, along with the bike rack outside the visitor center. Bikers can return the bells to any of these locations after their ride. The goal of this program is to improve safety and comradery out on the trails. Thanks for your participation!
The visitor center is officially open. Come on in to get your vehicle pass, Staunton retail, brochures, licenses and information.
A state park pass is required on all vehicles entering the park. The daily fee is $9.00.
The kiosk accepts credit cards only.
We now have a self-pay kiosk available for your convenience if the visitor center is closed.
You may purchase daily passes, hang tag (transferable) or annual parks passes from this kiosk, you will receive a receipt for annual and hang tag passes that you may redeem at any CPW office.
If using cash please plan ahead and bring exact change to purchase your pass at our self serve station (separate from the credit card kiosk) if the entrance station is unattended.
Reservations for the 2020 season will open May 1, 2020 at 8am.
Please visit the track-chair information page and check out the reservation availability calendar.
Pets are permitted at Staunton. To ensure the safety of you and your pet, all pets must be under your physical control and on a six foot leash at all times.
Check out our Historic Homestead and Davis Ponds Adventure missions.
Download the app (for iphones or Android phones) and the missions ahead of time before coming to the park, and it will work without needing cellphone service.
Pond Conditions - 3/24/2020
Both ponds are stocked seasonally on the first of the following months - May, June, July, August and September.
Our ADA accessible fishing pier is complete and ready to be fished from. Please contact the park about how we can provide an accessible fishing experience.
Access to the ponds is from the Ranch Hand and visitor Center Parking Lots. There is no public access below the dams on Elk Creek Road. Do not drop people or equipment off at this location. Violators will be ticketed.
For more information contact staff at 303-816-0912.


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text: I founded this business not out of passion but out of curiosity. Marketing is dominated by opinion, the opinion of a few Vs. the life experiences of the many. I wanted to know, where the hell was real life in all of this? I do all of this because it is fascinating, because I was told you couldn't and because I think it is the most important question we have to understand about our society today.