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This one is an oldie from way back in September 2010. I barely recognize my tender young self, shuttling a nervous kindergartener off to school and conquering PMS for the first time. Remember the days pre-online registration, when the kids would come home the first day with a thick packet of forms to fill out? With a top-of-the-world senior in the house, the dwindling number of First Days is feeling all too real for me. I'm trying hard not to dwell on the 'lasts' too much. I was even sentimental about our final, sweaty walk-through registration. But I'm sure you'll excuse me if I draw the line on waxing romantically about the emergency forms.
What is it about a new school year? The air crackles with excitement for students and non-students alike. Not-so-deeply buried memories of new crayon boxes, new possibilities, and wondering who you'll sit with at lunch.
Or maybe not. I saw a friend at Mulberry's last Wednesday who sends her youngest off to college this year. For her, the week of back-to-school was bittersweet. She's already seen two kids' rooms go dark, and she's about to see the final one fade away. She said she was a little numb about the whole thing, confused about what to do.
For the rest of us, the start of school brings maybe too much to do. Too much to think about. And too many forms to fill out. Danea Adams told me she takes an annual first-day photo with her kids on her front steps. She recently noticed that she looks bleary-eyed and weary in every first-day photo she has, because she doesn't sleep well the night before. I'm in that club, too.
Last year I was reeling from two kids starting new schools (a kindergartener at Havens-at-Beach & a first time PMS'er) and one climbing aboard the much-anticipated buses. I didn't sleep well for a week before school started. I thought this year would be better. But I woke up at 2:30am Wednesday morning panicked because I forgot to tell my friend Liz about Piedmont's first-day etiquette. Luckily, she was put together enough to realize that 1) her husband was required to take the morning off work and 2) she needed a dazzling outfit for the "coffee" that first morning.
I wish someone had told me my first year, when I squandered all my energy on my reluctant kindergartener and slippery toddler, and don't recall even washing my face. I'm also pretty sure I wore sweatpants.
However challenging your first week turned out to be, it's good perspective to remember that everyone has a finite number of first days. Some day you'll be walking past strangely empty bedrooms, wistfully recalling the struggles to get teeth brushed and backpacks loaded. Perhaps then, in a quiet moment, you'll even be nostalgic for those duplicate registration forms.
When, exactly, did it become mandatory for every female under the age of 25 to purse her lips in a bizarre imitation of an about-to-be-kissed duck in photos? You may think this is a rhetorical question, but it is not. I looked it up. I found that the first Urban Dictionary definition for what was then called "myspace face" but quickly evolved to the site-neutral "duck face" was submitted on May 13, 2006. So this is already a decade-old phenomenon – that's why it's so profoundly tiresome. But why exactly do they do this baffling duck face thing? According to one delightful anti-duck face site (there are dozens), the point is to 'make it look like you've got big pouty lips, a super-defined jawline, and model-quality cheekbones.' Does anyone really believe that happens?
In these lazy, hazy days of summer you'll have to forgive me, but I'm drawn to recycling what I've already written. This is from way back in October 2012. Reading that mind-blowing article about the Twins of Bogota this weekend has me thinking about how much of our identity comes from our genes, how much is imprinted by our environment, and how much will always be an unfathomable mystery.
Hovering in our soda aisle during the PMS early release last week, I overheard one of those classic "out of the mouths of babes" comments. A 6th grader told another 6th grader, "Miranda is smart at all the hard things, but I'm smart at all the easy ones." Isn't that the truth? Don't most things you're not "smart" at seem hard, and those that come easily seem simple?


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In the last decade or so, there has been a noticeable shift in the direction of media and how we utilize and consume it. With circuits and transistors forging a sterile barrier between the artist and their art, many graphic designers have become increasingly jaded by pixel and print production via computers, opting for more hands-on trades like screen printing, letterpress printmaking, and most recently, sign painting. Additionally, with the growing number of grade schools erasing cursive handwriting from their education curriculum, I found it interesting that young designers, many of which whom are the last generation to learn cursive, have a fervent curiosity to learn the age old crafts of lettering and sign painting.
Similar to the purported death of print, handwriting has become something of an anachronism to many children. After all, the advancements of typewriters, word processors, computers, and now, smartphones, provide the ease and agility to create messages faster than traditional writing. Its act prompts the belief that prolonging an obsolete skill curbs our ability to move forward. Ironically, as the avidity to read becomes less and less compelling, there is a sense that society is reverting back to the age of hieroglyphics. Icons and ideograms become shortcuts for authentic metaphors of love or anger. Sending short texts and heart emojis satisfy a void a romantic letter might have filled decades ago. With a diminishing appreciation for penmanship, younger generations may not find value in continuing the craft of lettering. However, for sign painters, the act of practicing letterforms is not only a skill, an art, or even the basis of literal communication. It is the purest means of self-expression.
Learning foundations such as perspective through basic illustration, chemical development of 35mm film, or paste up production for a magazine spread, provide a cognizant grasp on the earliest, most essential understanding of each art process. It demonstrates a linear pattern of thought as our culture transitions from analog to digital, one medium at a time. Likewise, there is similar resurgence in audible media. Not only have vinyl records made a comeback, but another form of audio has peaked interest − podcasts. Podcasts are audio journalism, often containing consecutive episodes on a recurring topic, broadcasted digitally online. Podcasts such as the ever-popular Serial storyline have captivated millions of listeners simply through voice. Just like sign painting, it revives a simpler time of communication and entertainment.
Radio was an intimate medium permeating the homes of America, especially from the 1930s through 1950s. Some social commentators believed the power of radio would create a closer, more informed public, while others, like communications philosopher Marshall McLuhan, believed radio had the power to sway individuals to "irrational forces like fascism, communism, or even a corrupt and bankrupt capitalism." Today with podcasts, radio is even more democratized as almost anyone with a recorder and an opinion can create their own storylines and intrigue listeners.
Just like the revolving door of fashion, the media of yesteryear always seems to come back into style. It may be in different formats, but there is always the desire to preserve a small part of history. Just like the glide of a brush stroke or the familiarity of an old story, perhaps if a tradition is passed down to future generations, something peculiar and marvelous will grow from it. Indeed, it already has.

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WHY IT RATES: Travel professionals will have plenty of opportunities to network and acquire crucial knowledge from a ton of experts in just about every sector of the travel industry. -Michael Isenbek, TravelPulse Senior Editor
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James R. Forrest began his career in Atlanta, Georgia working for one of the largest corporate law firms in the world. Subsequently, Mr. Forrest practiced with Moore & Van Allen, PLLC, one of the premier law firms in the Southeast. After 7 years in 2 large law firms Mr. Forrest formed the Forrest Firm in 2011 to provide corporate legal resources to businesses and entrepreneurs in a markedly different, client-centric manner. The Forrest Firm provides pedigreed legal professionals that are responsive, accessible and most importantly, dedicated to ensuring that fees are predictable and transparent – empowering entrepreneurs to control direction and spend related to risk management.
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About Neotists
We are collective for creatives in the St Neots and Huntingdon area. It started as an idea in 2015 as a way to bring designers, artists, illustrators and photographers together to kick-start a dormant creative community.
We commission local creatives to collaborate on projects, run workshops and events for the community and provide opportunities and connections for professionals working in the creative industry.
St Neots is the largest town in Cambridgeshire with a population of 40,000 and it's set to grow over the next ten years. Creativity is integral for the future prosperity of a town and having an active creative community creates a cultural hub that provides opportunities and innovation.
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Our first webinar for the National Association for Public Defense, which "engages all public defense professionals into a clear and focused voice to address the systemic failure to provide the constitutional right to counsel, and to collaborate with diverse partners for solutions that bring meaningful access to justice for poor people."
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If you are in New York this weekend or next, please stop by Photoville's Container #58, where Living with Conviction is part of Blue Earth Alliance's grouop exhibit!
Vashon Gallery Walk and Conversation!
In partnership with Vashon community organizations Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) and Backbone Campaign, and 14 local businesses, the storytelling and advocacy organization, Living with Conviction presents a Community Conversation with formerly incarcerated individuals on August 5, 2018 from 4:00 to 6:00pm at the Vashon Maury Land Trust, 10014 SW Bank Rd, Vashon, WA 98070. The Conversation focuses on "legal financial obligations" (LFOs) that courts impose on criminal defendants at the time of sentencing. Until recently, 12% interest has been accruing on this debt from the date of sentencing. Failure to make monthly payments can result in re-incarceration, without the assistance of counsel.
Leading up to this Conversation is a Community Gallery Walk from July 8 through August 5, 2018, showcasing 14 portraits and personal stories of formerly incarcerated individuals, hosted at 14 local businesses. The portraits and personal stories highlight fathers and mothers, sons and daughters, and grandparents all struggling to survive and thrive, while also challenging the stereotype of what it means to be a "felon."
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In June 2018, Governor Inslee signed into law the removal of the 12% interest accrual on non-restitution-related LFOs – a tremendous improvement. But now, each of the thousands of individuals with accrued interest must petition the court for a waiver of that interest. In doing so, the Washington State legislature just increased the demand for free legal aid.
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On June 7, 2018, House Bill 1783 became effective. What that means is that there is no more 12% interest imposed on newly convicted individuals and no more interest accrual on existing LFOs, excluding victim restitution!
This is a huge improvement. But significantly, it is not retroactive. So everyone with LFOs, including all the participants on this project, still owe what they owe. And the interest already accrued does not go away.
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Good Morning To All. We made it to Friday and we will soon be well into our week end. Yippie!!!! Today I have a Christmas Card to share with you. I got the idea from another blog, but I must apolize I don't remember where. My cardbase is a piece of Cherry Cobber, just one of my favs. My next layer may surprise you but it worked. I didn't have any designer paper from the beautiful Deck The Halls and I fell in love with the music notes paper. So I got to work and I cut myself a piece of News Print DP and took a sponge to it. I used Always Artichoke Ink and sponged till I got it dark enough to resemble the piece in Deck the Hall DP. Then I took the holly stamp from Bells and Boughs and stamped a few time to add some background. I bet at first glance you couldn't even tell. My focal point is stamped in Cherry Cobbler from the same set and mounted on a piece of Very Vanilla. I used my nesties here but if you have the retired Cozzule Set that would work just fine. I stamped another piece of the holly on Very Vanilla, colored it with a marker and then cut it out and used a dimensional to mounted it on top. Added a few pearls and some 1/2" Cherry Cobber Seam Binding Ribbon. TIP: To get the all scrunched up look on your ribbon I took a piece of thread and stitched down the middle of my ribbon and ruffled it up until I liked it. I also had a piece of 1/8" Score Tape already on my card so I could tape it down as I ruffled. Easy Peasy. I hope you enjoyed this pretty Christmas Card and if you need any of the supplies to make this card please shop in my on-line store for any of these supplies. Thanks for stopping by today and chatting with me. I am looking forward to the new Occasion Mini. OMG it is full of cute stuff. Have a wonderful day. Toodles
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Winter Cricket Tournament
When: 7.12.2013 from 11:00 to 15:00
Where: HoSport Gym
This tournament is over. Three teams were having really great time.
One team was us the Barracudas, the second was prague team the Prague C.C. and third
team was a mixed team (little bit of us, little bit of them)
Each team played two matches and I think it was nice and succesful afternoon.
Hope to se you again guys, good game!!
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Kristiina Mäenpää
5 May – 28 May 2017
On a Postnatural Basis
I just can't see the forest for the floor. But I'll take the floor and call it a forest. Then I'll forget the forest, I'll forget the floor.
On a Postnatural Basis approaches photograph as part of the structures of the space and space as a photographic element. Through the artworks photograph appears as a life-imitating artificial surface, and as such it gets compared to the synthetic coverings of residential interiors and human-built environment. The dialogue between photograph and installed materials makes our living environment seem as an absurd illusion, in which natural and unnatural overlap.
The layered and transforming nature of culture can be seen as an essential theme of the exhibition. With layer by layer the understanding of authentic changes. A new wallpaper covers the old one, until the first layer becomes forgotten. The visible surface keeps on living its own life transforming into the new original.
Kristiina Mäenpää (b.1990) graduated as a visual artist from Turku Arts Academy in 2014. She lives and works in Turku. Her work is about interaction between space and photograph, cultural constructions and the influence pictures has on changes of culture and ways of thinking.
The exhibition has been supported by Sandudd Oy, Mattokymppi ja ATV Aninkaisten Tapetti ja Väri.
Welcome to the Opening on Thursday 4th of May at 6-8 pm!
Meet the artist on Wednesday 24th of May at 4-6pm!


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Thursday, September 29, 2005
It's banned books week!
ALA | Banned Books Week
Because I am too lame to do anything original, here is the 100 Most Frequently Banned Books list, with the ones I have read bolded, and selected commentary too!
Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin SchwartzHonestly, I can't even think of a reason for some of these to be banned. And I am very smart. Also, I probably missed some, because who the hell keeps track of how many Judy Blume books she reads? The list didn't even say which were her grown-up novels and which I read in grade school.
Daddy�s Roommate by Michael Willhoite
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (banned for being boring)
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling
Forever by Judy Blume
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Alice (Series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman
My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Giver by Lois Lowry
It�s Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris
Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine
A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Sex by Madonna
Earth�s Children (Series) by Jean M. Auel (er, I think. Book titles would be helpful)
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L�Engle
Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak (banned for a drawing of a naked baby boy! Three cheers!)
The Stupids (Series) by Harry Allard
The Witches by Roald Dahl
The New Joy of Gay Sex by Charles Silverstein
Anastasia Krupnik (Series) by Lois Lowry
The Goats by Brock Cole
Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane
Blubber by Judy Blume
Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan
We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier
Final Exit by Derek Humphry
The Handmaid�s Tale by Margaret Atwood (this one bored me too. Maybe I am the problem.)
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
What�s Happening to my Body? Book for Girls: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Daughters by Lynda Madaras
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Beloved by Toni Morrison
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
The Pigman by Paul Zindel
Bumps in the Night by Harry Allard
Deenie by Judy Blume (I think - one really loses track)
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Annie on my Mind by Nancy Garden
The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Sachar
Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat by Alvin Schwartz
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice) (revolting, only read a few chapters)
Asking About Sex and Growing Up by Joanna Cole
Cujo by Stephen King
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl (banned for bugs?)
The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell
Boys and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
Ordinary People by Judith Guest
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
What�s Happening to my Body? Book for Boys: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Sons by Lynda Madaras (No idea how or why, as there were no boys in the house...nevermind, I'm sure that's exactly why.)
Are You There, God? It�s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
Crazy Lady by Jane Conly
Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher
Fade by Robert Cormier
Guess What? by Mem Fox
The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende (does it count if I saw the movie?)
The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Native Son by Richard Wright
Women on Top: How Real Life Has Changed Women�s Fantasies by Nancy Friday
Curses, Hexes and Spells by Daniel Cohen
Jack by A.M. Homes
Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo A. Anaya
Where Did I Come From? by Peter Mayle
Carrie by Stephen King
Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume
On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
Arizona Kid by Ron Koertge
Family Secrets by Norma Klein
Mommy Laid An Egg by Babette Cole
The Dead Zone by Stephen King
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
Always Running by Luis Rodriguez
Private Parts by Howard Stern
Where�s Waldo? by Martin Hanford (is there actually any reading?)
Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Running Loose by Chris Crutcher
Sex Education by Jenny Davis
The Drowning of Stephen Jones by Bette Greene
Girls and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
View from the Cherry Tree by Willo Davis Roberts
The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
The Terrorist by Caroline Cooney
Jump Ship to Freedom by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
Sunday, September 25, 2005
I'm with Stupid.
Dumbest thing I've heard all day: An ex-supermodel (Amber Valetta) praising an ex-stuntman (Jason Statham) for his ability, as an actor, to perform his own stunts.
(On the "Inside Look" at Transporter 2 shown on the Transporter DVD.)
I'll post when I'm done killing!
We have a cold. Though I suspect it is Influenza (or, to put it colloquially, the flu), as people I know all over the country are down with the same thing. It is, at last count, "going around" Pittsburgh, Chicago, wherever Jason lives, Connecticut, Baltimore (the South African strain), and Los Angeles. Also probably some other places.
I have not posted about oh so many things. And now I forget what most of them were. And the ones I remember are secrets. (I just said that to make you curious. Did it work?)
I ran out of tea. Bye.
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
139 people crapped their pants this afternoon.
KCAL 9: JetBlue Plane Makes Emergency Landing
That pilot deserves a fucking medal.
(Edit: the article keeps changing, presumably as information becomes available. It seems worth noting that it said, until a few moments ago, that the plane dumped fuel over the Pacific; now it says the pilot was flying around to "burn off fuel," which might be true, but he was mostly circling because there was nowhere to crash land.)
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
for the record...
I stopped having hysterics days ago. I was hoping, though, that someone would worry, perhaps even panic, thinking that I was still hysterical. Oh well.
Incidentally, life has been grand lately. No, I shan't give details. My mother reads this.
Friday, September 16, 2005
I am having hysterics.
I called building management yesterday and left a message asking that someone come up and fix the screen door to our porch, which had come off its track. I described where we'd stashed the door, in case someone came while we were out.
I left the house at about 10:30 this morning and returned at 2:30. The door was not locked. Inside I found a maintenance slip stating that the work had been completed at 12:00. So my door was unlocked for TWO AND A HALF HOURS. Nothing appears to be missing, but I will have to basically inventory EVERYTHING I OWN.
To add insult to injury, the screen door was replaced on its track but the frame was bent so it doesn't open properly. So basically, shoddy worksmanship PLUS disregard for the safety of my belongings (and really, my person, as anyone could have been in here when I got home).
I called and left another message, demanding that the work be redone and an apology be issued.
Then I called Will in tears and demanded that he come home.
Is there anything else I should do? I see no point calling the police unless I discover anything missing. And even then, I am only going to do so as a formality before suing the pants off the management.
Please offer advice or calm me down or something.
Thursday, September 15, 2005
All hail me.
Screenplay finished.
Yes, I said FINISHED. Of course, there are massive revisions to take place before we can even show it to anyone. Like, the second and third acts. But whatever! I (figuratively) wrote "THE END!"*
attn: people with better vocabularies than me
I need a word that means slut, but refers to men, and was in use (doesn't have to be popular use) in 1919 but is still recognizable today.
Don't question me, just help.
and furthermore
I have been eating cheese for the past couple of days with no ill effects. Those Canadians really make excellent dairy products.
* Er, I am stoopid. I originally omitted quotation marks, making my use of the word "figuratively" inaccurate as I literally wrote the end of the script but only figuratively wrote the words "the end."
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Does it count as procrastination if...
...I'm supposed to be working on writing a screenplay, and instead I am reading the extremely informative blog of an established screenplay writer?
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
Is it really only Tuesday?
I've spent the better part of the last 24 hours reading a painfully long memoir.
I got up at 4:15 this morning (for reasons not related to the memoir), went back to sleep at 5:15, got up at 8:00.
I am very disoriented.
But I will make a hundred bucks out of the deal. (The reading, and the subsequent writing I am about to do about the book - not the getting up practically yesterday.)
The question is, do we need to move or get a new computer? Which is more urgent? Either way the money will go to savings for now. Like a grown-up!
Monday, September 12, 2005
Does the five second rule apply if it's been five seconds since I noticed the food was on the floor?
- food
- portfolio
- query
- upload
- collapse
(Because I am just that good, item number 1 was completed in the time it took me to post this.)
Sunday, September 11, 2005
On November 1, 2001, I rode a shuttle bus from Newark International Airport to Grand Central Station in Manhattan. I remember the bus rounding a bend on the highway and the New York skyline coming into view, and it was...broken. I curled up in my seat and called Will in California, crying quietly into my cell phone and trying not to look at my city.
In June of 2003 my father and I went to J+R Computer World. When we left we crossed the street and walked past a church. I was disoriented. "What's over there?" I asked him. It was the World Trade Center, once upon a time. I didn't recognize it because it was gone.
Last Monday Will and I went into New York with his parents and ate lunch with Erik and Nova. I couldn't find the place in the sky where the towers belong.
Thursday, September 08, 2005
Heath is my Jedi Master.
People have been harrassing me for something like two years to enable site feed. I have been refusing because this is my site so why should you be allowed to read the content elsewhere? But today Heath asked really nicely, so I enabled it. I am a total sucker. I bet he used mind control!
Wednesday, September 07, 2005
We are back in California. I wimped out on the side trips because I was exhausted and aching for home.
I plan to write about:
- knitting
- how much Continental Airlines suck
- in-laws
- where Kerry keeps her lipstick
- how I saved money on my car insurance
- some other stuff
But I probably won't. Not any time soon. Because I am LAZY and also BUSY.
For now, I give you this: On the way to Will's office this morning we were behind a car with the license plate "DA BZNZ." This presumably stands for "the business," as in "the film industry." But I prefer to think it means "the bee's knees."


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/ NEWS LETTER-Los
Angeles County Public library
Issued Monthly by the County Librarian
322 South Broadway Post Office Box I I I Los Angeles 53, California
Vol. 5 No. 12 June, 1952
More than 5,000 librarians from all parts of the country are
expected to attend the American Library Association's 7lst Annual
Conference to be held in New York, June 29 - July 5. "Books Are
Basic 11 is the Conference theme. The General Sessions will relate books to
cultural technology and industry, and to freedom of inquiry.
11The Alchemy of Books" is the theme chosen by Dr. Lawrence Clark Powell, University
Librarian, U.C.L.A., for his address which will be delivered at the opening session
of the Conference , June 30; Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt will discuss books as bridges
to international understanding at the Third General Session of the Conference.
A.L.A. President, Mrs. Loleta D. Fyan, l!dchigan State Library, will preside at
the General Sessions. In addition there will be more than 150 business and
program meetings covering all phases of librarianship.
As President of the Extension Section of the Public Libraries Division, Mr. Henderson
will preside at the Section's general business meeting, as well as at two
meetings of the Executive Board. He will attend meetings of the Public Libraries
Division and the sessions of its Executive Board and will represent the California
Library Association at the three scheduled meetings of the A.L.A. Council.
On July 4 Mr. Henderson will be interviewed by the press along with the five other
librarians representing the American Heritage Project demonstrations.
On the last day of the convention Mr. Henderson and Harold Hamill, Los Angeles
City Librarian, will mee,t with the New York Local Arrangements Committee to review
the many details connected with planning for a convention; they are co-chairmen
of the Local Arrangements Committee for 1953 when the A.L.A. will hold its
conference in Los Angeles.
With the adoption of the County budget for 1952-53 the Board of Supervisors
have provided us with the means for carrying forward an expanding
program of library service. With a modest increase in the Book Fund
of $17,000 and an appropriation for additional rented outJ.ets, with possibly one
County-constructed building, the coming fiscal year promises to be a busy and
productive one.
Other new equipment that we will have includes a dictating machine; a multilith
unit; a slide projector; a new station wagon; 20 typewriters, replacing worn out
machines; filing cabinets; and a new adding machine.
In addition, the budget provides for 15 new positions, professional and clerical.
LIBRtRY OF
Children's librarians have never ·felt a .very close kinship with
'the Library of Congress, but that is all to be changed in the
future, it would seem. Recently Mrs. Frances Clarke Sayers,
Superintendent of Work With Children in the New York Public Library
was asked to come to Washington as special consultant on the
development of a children's literature program in the Library of Congress.
In discussing the place of liter~ture for children in relation to all literature,
Mrs. Sayers points out that the children 1 s book field is :one that has intrigued
some of the greatest writers, and that books for young people often represent
creativeness that is found nowhere else except {n poetry. ·
But the real . reason ~he Library of Congress should be concerned with books for
children, Mrs. Sayers feels' is more comprehensive. Children Is books provide
more than education and amusement for children. They also contain evidence of
the development of the different techniques used in the art of writing, of story
telling, of illustrating, and of book design. A great deal has been written
about the influence of reading material on children, but in no one place are all
the theories gathered together.
Mrs. Sayers envisages a service that would coordinate information so that it
would be available for use by educators, writers, teachers, illustrators, juvenile
court workers, and others who work with children. She recommends further that
the Library of Congress be a clearing house for information in the field and that
it encourage special research which .is now lacking in the field of children's
literature. ·
Just-a few last words about the I AM AN .AMERICAN reading project
which is being held in 67 branches and stations throughout ' the
system this sunnner. Several branch librarians asked if they might
segregate the books being used for the project and were given
permission to do so. A limited ·number of small posters, bearing the words:
0 0ur .American Heritage - Books for the Reading Club", have been made and will
be available upon request to use with the special collection.
In sending in the report blanks and requests for additional reading project
supplies, please label them 11A ttention Mrs. Blunt, Children 1 s Di vision." Reading
project supplies are not carried by Mr. Miller, who delivers your weekly express
BOOKS AND NO'.I'ES The long delayed April issue of Books and Notes is about to
appear in a new fonn. The Library is considering preparing
catalogs for every branch in the County. As an experiment to learn more about the
possibilities and the difficulties in using an IW process, we ar.e going to prepare
.the April and the June issues of Books and Notes just as though they were. catalogs
giving author, subject and title entries for each i tern listed. There will be an
introduction attached which will explain how the Books and Notes was prepared and
also a . form that is to be filled out by each . bran.ch librarian after she has used
the April Books and Notes for a month. We want your considered reactions and your
suggestions after using the Books and Notes long enough to become familiar with it.
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We hope that you will find the new supply slips satisfactory.
Please start using these July 1. Please order conservatively and
mail your supply slip to Central 3 or 4 days before delivery is
expected. If for some reason we have not filled a certain item,
or the complete amount as requested, please re-order as we are eliminating
And let's spare Mr. Miller, the Express Driver. We are requesting that you refrain
from asking him for any supplies except real emergencies.
Will all librarians who are still using the Collection Report
Form No. 76R286 which was printed prior to July 1, 1951 please send
these old forms in to Central and order a supply of the later issue.
This will probably eliminate some of the confusion caused by the notation in regard
to the 10¢ charge for replacement of magazines, which has b~en discontinued for
so~e time. ~ ~ -
The Branches Division has recently received some ·attractive new
German books and if any branch has requests for such please let
Miss Marshall know. Would you like to have a selected list of
German books in our collection annotated in Gennan? If enough
would find this useful we might be able to make one. ·
Those branches that sometimes request Spanish books have by now received a list
11Libros en Espanol." Please have your patrons select from this if possible .
If you have not received a copy and really need one let the Branches Division know.
A number of favorable comments have come in on the American
Heritage television program which was on the air June 19,
10:30-ll p.m., Station KNBH. The American Heritage project
was featured in the "Los Angeles County in Action" program which is televised
monthly. Vvi th Joe Micciche as master of ceremonies, and with background music
by the County orchestra, the dramatization of a group of scenes from American
history was presented by the Pasadena City College drama class under the direction
of Lyndon Leavitt. A kinescope was made of the performance and we hope to have a
showing at Central to give the staff an opportunity to l earn more about the project.
Now that the Heritage discussion groups have concluded their discussions
at the branches a dinner meeting of group leaders was held on the
evening of the television show. At the dinner were representatives
from each of the six groups, as well as Mrs. Wright, Miss Christeson,
and Mr. Henderson. It was reassuring to learn what wide interest in the project
is shown by the leaders and the members of the groups. A number of suggestions
grew out of the conference which will be forwarded to the .American Library ·
.Association to use in planning future projects.
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East Les Angeles Junior College is offering a summer course in
Library Science , July 7 to August 15. The course is designed
for (1) persons employed in public libraries; (2) persons
employed in private libraries, for example, medical libraries, l egal libraries,
etc.; (3 )' any individual who has graduated from high school or who, because of
age and experience, is able t,, profit by this training.
Its purpose is (1) to assist in upgrading the individual in his present employment;
(2) to offer an opportunity to accumulate creditS toward junior college graduation;
(3) to better prepare the student for employment.
For additional information, ·contact East Los Angeles Junior College, 5357 East
Brooklyn Avenue, Los Angeles 22. Telephone: ANgelus 3-7261.
A class in public relations for librarians is being scheduled
on. the East Los Angeles College campus from July 7 to August 1.5.
It will meet at 7:00 p.m. Monday and Wednesday, and the instructor
will be John McCoy, Supervisor of Public Relations, Fluor Corporation, and a
member of the faculty at East Los Angeles. For further information about the
riourse contact Mr . McCoy at Box 7030, East Los Angeles Branch Post Office. ·
Mr. McCoy has . just completed an evening course at the County Library in public
relation& attended by 25 staff members fr9m the County and neigJ:lboring li~raries.
In order to attend library school, Bette Hood r esigned as branch librarian
at Gardena. She will be succeeded by Mrs. Antonie Bily who is transferring from
our branch at Hancho Los Amigos. The new Truck Driver assigned to the Lancaster
Mobilibrary is Robert Seaman. At Central, Mr s . Virc;inia Smi th Cook, Typist-Clerk,
has been transferred t o u ;(;- Iwfor i..!nce Di vision t o r eplace Mr s. Sumi, whose r esi gnation
was r eported l ast month . The new Typist-Clerk in the- Branches Division is
Mrs. Edith Wickham. The Libr arian I openi ng i n the Catalog Division has been
f i lled on a permanent appointment by Aurilda Jackson.
A leave for travel has been granted to Luigia Castiello, Typist-Clerk,
Order Division, for a trip to Italy which she will make with her mother. They will
sail from New York July 5th and ar e scheduled .to r each Naples on July lSth. Miss
Castiello will stay with her gr andpar ents at Naples and will spend some time
visiting other · poi nts of i nter est i n I ta.l y . Her mother has not seen the country
since 1928 and wishes to r eturn f or a visit wi th her r el at i ves there .
Upon completing the Basic Supervision Training Course offered by the County
Civil Service Department, certificat es were awarded recently to Giovanna Castelfranco,
Librarian II, Reference Division~ and Mrs. Genevieve Skelsey, Li brarian II,
- C::it aiog Di vision. This is a new course and the Civil Service Department wished to
have librar ians i n the class because of the type of supervi sion involved in our work
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Our talented Display Artist, Madelene Otteson, has done it again!
In the \forldwide Poster Contest sponsored by the Latham Contest
Foundation Mrs. Otteson received Honorable Mention in a competition
featuring the work of professional poster artists. Not to be outdone by her
mistress, at the Dog Show held in Long Beach Saturday, June 21, _Christie, the
Ottesons 1 Norwegian Elkhound, won the Blue Ribbon for ranking top in her class.
The second baby aITived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Kakuuchi on May 18. The mother is better known to the Library
staff as Rosie, our former Payroll Clerk. T~e baby's name is
Judy Terumi •
WEDDING BELLS The marriage of Gloria Tatz, Typist-Clerk in the Catalog
Division, to Gilbert Bernstein on June 6 was recently announced.
Mr. and Mrs. Bernstein will make their home in Kansas City.
A news item published in the DAILY QUILL, West Plains , Kansas,
under the heading "First Trip Here in 40- Ye.ar.s 11_, gives _an account
of Mrs. Beulah Wadleigh' s· vacation trip to her home town. Mrs.
Wadleigh took time to visit the library at Ylest Plains and also
visited with a number of friends that she knew in earlier years. In her contacts
with the press and her friends Mrs . Wadleigh gave a good account of this library,
in fact, one of the items quoted her as saying she was employed in the largest
library in the worldt She meant the largest county library. While on her vacation
trip Mrs. Wadleigh visited Kansas City and several other places in the area,
spending some time with two f ormcr library staff members, Vida Martin, formerly
First Assistant in the Order Division, 1942, and Evelyn Hastings, Assistant in
the Children's Division who left the service in 1938.
program and was
of Miss Nolte.
Succeeding Mrs. Bernice Gantt whose departure for Washington
Sta.te was covered in last month's letter, is Hope Blunt, formerly
Librarian II in the Children's Division. Joining the staff in
August, 1926, Mrs. Blunt has had a wide and rich experience in
children's work. She has also been supervising the exhibit
made Librarian IV in tho Children's Division on the recommendation
Early in June Captain Thein Swe, City Librarian, Rangoon, Burma,
paid us a two-day visit. Mr. Swe was sent by his Government to
inspect American libraries and to take the course at Columbia
University's School of Library Service. Interested in setting up a library program
for his country, rural and urban, Mr. Swe is studying county and municipal library
operations in the United States.
Three West German librarians inspected our Central and branch
facilities, June 16 and 17, coming to us from three neighboring
public libraries, Hilden, Essen and Duisburg. Finding great
interest in the County Library's service, our visitors from
West Germany. were studying branch buildings, bookmobile service,
our regional program, and the American Heritage Project. To give our visitors an
idea of a part of the area the County Library reaches, they were taken on a trip to
Lancaster by Mrs. Wright and Mrs. Sycour to observe tho bookmobile in action and to
inspect some of our branch-buildings.
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EMBOSSING Effective July 1, the new books will lu1 ~r1~elr,1 [o~r1t~
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DISCONTINUED no longer be embossed on pages 23 and
101. Instead; for purposes of identification,
a stamp (sample at right) will be affixed
to the back of the title page.
Marking the centenary of the public a ti on of Roget 1 s "Thesaurus of
English Words and Phrases", the Times Literary Supplement (London)
comments as follows: "There are. some reference-books which have
become so familiar as tools of the writer' s trade that they can
hardly be thought of as having a beginning . The thesaurus, like the dictionary,
seems to hav.e been always with us, and it comes almost as a shock to find that the
preface to the first edition of Roget's original Thesaurus of English Words and
Phrases is dated April 29, just a hundred years ago. The idea was not then new
to the compiler; for many years he pad been in the habit of using a word-list
which he had made for his own convenience, but it was only upon his retirement
at the age of 70 from an exacting round of activities which included the secretaryship
of the Royal Society that he found himself at leisure to expand his notes
into a full-sized work of reference. 11
Time Magazine, in the May 12 issue, gives a report on the thesaurus which includes
a picture of Roget which should be of special interest to librarians. The Time
article says 11Dr. Roget did not start out in life to be one of Britain's grand
masters of words. The son of a French Protestant minister, he was actually a
scientific prodigy. At 12 he was teaching himself advanced mathematics; at 14 he
entered the University of Edinburgh; at 19 he graduated as a full-fledged M.D.
Eventually he became the nation's leading authority on physiology and anatomy. 11
We learn further that Peter Mark Roget i nvented a slide rule and a pocket chess
board, and also gave attention to developing a computing machine and contri buted
a number of ar t icles to the Encyclopedia Brittanica .
Item 120 i n a recent bookseller's l i st reads: "Bindings to decorate
your breakfront . Nice ~ ' 3/4 and full l eather bindings, acceptable
titles my sel ection, at $15.00 per l i neal f oot. 11 And how much
simpler to handle bi ndings only when movi ng!
11It 1 s what you read when you don 1 t have to that
det ermines what you will be when you can•t help it. 11
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Occasioned by a study in administrative conmunications, the Reference
Division forwarded the following to the ·Business Division:
There was a dachshund, one so long
He hadn't any notion
How long it took to notify
His tail of his emotion;
And so it happened, while- his eyes
'· 1Jere · filling with woe and sadness,
ljj~ · His little tail went wagging on
> ~\ . Because of previ::o:::n:~·~tone
The New York Conference of the American Library Association will be reported
in the next issue of the News Letter.
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In view of the increasing rise in water demand, plans are afoot for contract extension of Barka I in 2020 and a new independent water project (IWP) in 2021. "Negotiations are going on for extension of the Barka I contract," Oman Power & Water Procurement Co (OPWP) revealed in its seven-year outlook for power and desalinated water supply in the country. Water demand in the northern region, which includes the Interconnected Zone and Sharqiyah Zone is projected to increase by 6 per cent per year, from 226 million cubic metres (m3) in 2015 to 328 million m3 in 2021.
In the Interconnected Zone, peak water demand is projected to increase by as much as 540,000 cubic metres per day (m3/d) by 2021. In Dhofar, the Directorate General of Water estimates water demand to grow at 8 per cent and peak water demand to increase from 88,000 m3/d in 2015 to 143,000 m3/d in 2021. According to the report, OPWP plans to begin procurement of a new IWP with capacity in the range of 80,000 to 100,000 m3/d to be in service in 2019. OPWP is also in consultation with Public Authority for Electricity and Water (PAEW) to finalise plans for procurement of desalination capacity to serve Ad Duqm and Musandam.
The Duqm IWP is being considered for 2019 with a capacity of up to 60,000 m3/d, depending on the extent to which industrial demands must be served. The Musandam IWP is being considered at Khasab with capacity of about 13,000 m3/d, OPWP said in its outlook report. PAEW has provided two demand scenarios — base and high — which together capture uncertainty in demand growth.
Both forecast scenarios reflect the impact of 2014 population statistics and updated forecasts by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI), and the impact of updates to PAEW plans for network expansion.
"The base and high scenarios differ primarily in the near-term pace of population growth, and the related effect on water demand", the report said. The base scenario reflects demand following the 2014 NCSI population projection, which projects a relatively low growth rate compared to actual growth over the past five years from 2009 to 2014.
"Considering the NCSI population forecast, network expansion plans and identified special projects, PAEW's Base scenario projects an average growth rate of about 6 per cent from 2014 to 2021", the report said.
The high scenario assumes that population continues to grow according to the 2009-2014 trend, until around 2020, then tapers off to realign with the NCSI projection by the late 2030s.
"Apart from the population trend, the assumptions for network expansion and special projects are similar to the base scenario. The high scenario projects an average growth in water demand of about 8 per cent over the forecast horizon to 2021", said the report. From 2017 to 2019, new capacity at Qurayat, Barka and Sohar is sufficient to meet targets despite retirement of the old Ghubrah units and contract expiration at Barka I, but for a modest deficit against the high scenario capacity target in 2017. In 2020, a deficit in reserves again emerges in the high demand scenario, though not in the Base scenario.
In general, the report said, economic assessments and recent procurement experience demonstrate the substantial cost advantage over multi-stage flash desalination technology. According to the report, a new IWP is also being considered for 2021 with notional capacity of about 300,000 m3/d, which would be sufficient to cover several years of demand growth. Procurement activities is expected to begin around 2017, which would allow several years to assess demand growth trends and contractual developments at existing plants before committing to the capacity requirement. Several potential sites are under evaluation, the report added.


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The Truth About Social ROI #EarnedMedia #SIM #CRM
I don't believe that there has been any real 'maturation of social media ROI', just that the variables for measurement have become more meaningful.
I've also made it a point in my work as a brand strategist and a social technologist – as well as someone with a creative storytelling background – not to look at the consumerscape through a clinical lense. In facing the challenges that inherently lie within the triage of paid, earned and owned media, I think a lot of the hard data we're exposed to is irrelevant, mostly because, from a user perspective, archetypes are constantly changing and segmentation now exists within a cross-functional and a cross-vertical (or 'horizontal') paradigm, and has for a while.
It's reflective of the times: Behaviors and attitudes are attributable to the flow of information, not brands or products. Sure, there are marked differences between brand and product engagement, but the story around engagement paints an entirely different picture, and one that is distinctly of its own merit.
When a brand asks, "What kind of consumer are you?" what it really should be asking is "Who do you share with and why?"
Social Influence Marketing (SIM) is unearthing some interesting truths about sharing and community mapping. In essence, what we are all discovering is that communities share uniquely and in ways that often defy archetypes. Why? Because information sharing – i.e. the dissemination of content in the form of video, text, audio and/or pictures – has what several researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have described as an "emotional communion" effect on people. In other words, the development of stories and their phenomenal qualities of adoption change the constitution of who we are as consumers, online or off.
Think about it. Each consumer, each person, is a part of an ecosystem. An ecosystem represents a community of people, and other communities of people they are connected to, ad infinitum or a cyclique. Ecosystems are essentially blind to the types of media that we consume. However, they are not blind – in fact they are quite sensitive – to the ways in which we consume them. This means that whatever website, portal, platform, mobile app, display unit or social network you choose to offer up as a part of the consumer journey is, at the end of the day, representative of a touch-point that comprises the same channel as all the other paid, owned or earned media it coincides with... it's just that the behaviors exhibited within those touch-points vary, but are nonetheless tied together through a compelling consumer experience.
Which leads us to attribution and everybody's favorite albeit elusive little beast, ROI.
There are two main types of attribution: direct and latent. Direct attribution shows us sales correlates between a user and his or her past behavior. So, for example, "Bob" is a part of my database and I know that I can reach out to him in a social environment, such as a Facebook fan page. I can use any number of DR or DM methods (such as email) to tell him about a new promotion, or, I can simply direct him to the fan page to interact with some exciting new content that speaks to his desires about, say, product performance. Bob is a part of a control group, or associated with other control groups, that I can actively monitor and attribute his likenesses and behaviors to historical behavior, such as the fact that he has visited a store this many times and through a referral of friends in his network. Ultimately, I know that Bob is likely to purchase my product either through a direct offering, or, by engaging him in a compelling story where the intent to purchase is activated through a direct call-to-action. Regardless, he can share that experience with his peers if he so chooses, and will likely benefit from that experience in some profound way in the future.
Latent attribution shows us the true value of a person's social graph and the respective communities that operate within it or alongside of it. Latency often calls to engagement as the source of activation, but does not preclude a sale from being a part of the consumer experience. In the case of "Bob", we might find that he is resistant to promotions and is far more interested in interacting with his peers, sharing information with them and following their advice when it comes to using products and/or purchasing them. If we are stonewalled in following his activity within Facebook (due to privacy restraints, for example), we can match his persona and respective behavioral and attitudinal attributes to others outside of Facebook and within other social environments. From there, we can make very educated and somewhat calculated assumptions about who his alliances are with and why, as well as how he shares information and for what reasons. And if he wants to purchase something, then he can, because he knows where to find the product and where to elicit the opinions of peers and experts.
You'll notice there are no real formulas mentioned here.
The rules for engagement and conversion vary, as well as the windows we have to activate them. The only constant we know of, truly, is that any relationship we want to build or strengthen takes time. How much time? Who knows. The variables are abundant and the opportunities are boundless. Direct or latent attribution can lead to a point of sale or conversion. What neither of them can do is tell us why "Bob" might not be around tomorrow. That depends on the relationship we have with Bob, and what he wants to tell us during the course of that relationship.
You'll also notice that I have referenced the words story, experience and engagement several times. Regardless of whether our analysis and subsequent media execution of attributes are direct or latent, the relationship between brand and consumer, and the relationships between consumers, are entirely contingent upon experiences that enlighten the individual and his or her respective groups to some degree... Something that makes the eyes pop, the lips curl, the mouth water and something, perhaps intangible, that urges the mind to look at the world from a new and different perspective. This is why disciplines like digital anthropology, experience mapping and adaptive analytics are so critical in the mix of brand solutions that we offer to clients: behaviors and attitudes live along, and cross over into, areas that are ethereal (what some might consider to be spiritual) in nature... We can't plan for them so much as we can adapt to them.
This is also why the creation of meaning is the lifeblood of any brand. And why content, as well as its development, curation and/or adoption, is so vitally important. Without it, there is no possibility for ROI. Further, the stories that unfold across multiple channels – whether pushed through a sales funnel or not – are the linchpins that build relationships. And as we all know, relationships are everything... Especially these days.
I would even argue that relationship-building is no longer a function of marketing, rather a manifestation of sound publishing – storytelling that harks back to the days of strong editorial guidance and journalistic integrity. In other words, finding a product is easy, but what I hear about it and from whom is what activates my intent to purchase it, all of which speaks to the strength of the brand behind it. And these days, it's not enough for a brand to talk about things it thinks matters to us, it must enlist the opinions of those who have spent time out in the field, digging in the trenches and understanding the experiences that culminate in our ongoing fascination with the human condition. If you don't believe me, just take a closer look at what brands like Coke, Nike, Red Bull, Levis and Wells Fargo have been doing.
So is ROI the Return on Intent? Intelligence? Insight? Or, is it simply the investment we put into relationships, some of which we may or may not be able to monetize?
What we do know is that all of it relies on our dedication to consumer relationships, and the relationships they share. Or, more simply, people. And as a marketer, if you can accept that brands are people, and that people are media, you're already one step closer to developing meaningful relationships that can last, and bear the fruit of a worthy and equitable investment.
[Many, many thanks to my colleague, Sheena Warmin, @sheenn, a highly talented Experience Architect who produced the image in this piece...]


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Maureen A. Miller, whose YA science-fiction romance Beyond: Four Worlds is new this week, joins us to answer some rapid-fire questions.
First, please tell us about your new release.
Maureen: Four Worlds was written for the fans of the series. Initially, the series was to have ended with Three Paths, but the demands for another book were heard! And I'm so glad that so many readers reached out to me, because bringing these characters back to life was like having family over for a cookout. OK, a cookout on another planet, but still, a lot of fun! Of course, given the naming convention of this series, Beyond, Two Suns, Three Paths, Four Worlds … what would I call book five if there was to be one? Five Golden Rings? OK, now I've got you humming Twelve Days of Christmas. 🙂
Let's get Down & Dirty …
Favorite '80s song or artist? Complete and total Wham! fan. Still mourning the loss of George. You put the boom boom into my heart …
Dog or cat? Well, the acknowledgments for Four Worlds mention my new Corgi puppy, as she was directly responsible for delaying the deadline of this book!
Can someone please tell me the age a puppy matures?! Can you give me an actual date so I can mark it on my calendar (with balloons and champagne)? LOL She has been a challenge, but she's so darn cute so she gets away with everything.
Biggest fear? Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes? Just two weeks ago I had an adult copperhead in the driveway. My husband was at work, so the next-door neighbor came over and "took care of it." I learned that the severed head could still bite you for two hours. Scarier than the snake itself was learning that the antivenin could cost up to $30K!
What's on your pizza? Extra, extra, extra, extra cheese. I feel that mozzarella can solve any crisis.
Best dish you make? Betty Crocker chocolate chip cookie mix. (Add butter and an egg.) Yup, I wish I could claim I was a culinary expert, but alas not. 🙂
Nickname as a kid? Miller Beer. Seriously. That was the infinite wisdom my first-grade class managed.
Last thing you bought online? Dog crate. Dog toy. Dog bone. Dog treats. Furminator!
What did you want to be when you grew up? Has anyone ever heard of Weeki Wachee in Florida? It is one of those roadside novelties — the home of mermaids. We actually lived near it when I was a child. My grandfather would take me on walks through the park. We would meet the mermaids and they would ask me, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" Expecting that I'd answer, "A mermaid." To my grandfather's horror, I told them I wanted to work in a factory.
Hidden talent? I can toss a mean baton. It's a talent I retained since childhood. I can twirl anything. Wrapping-paper rolls. Mops. Folded umbrellas. Flag poles. LOL, maybe I should go on America's Got Talent!
What TV show must you absolutely see, no matter what? I haven't experienced that gut-wrenching, Oh my God, I have to see this hunger since Buffy. For Buffy, I would throw myself out of a moving vehicle, rather than wait the few seconds to park the car and run inside to the TV.
What movie made you cry the most? The Notebook. I used to fly around the country for a living. I had the misfortune of watching The Notebook on a plane. Who does that? Who puts The Notebook on an airplane? One hundred passengers struggled to stifle their sniffles (men included). Everyone was using those little cocktail napkins to wipe their eyes.
About Beyond: Four Worlds:
Zak and Aimee are expecting a child. Fearful of the doctors on Earth detecting any genetic anomalies, they return to the safety of the Guardianship Horus where this unique toddler will be welcomed without question. Upon arrival, however, they learn that the Horus is not as safe as they anticipated. The massive craft is deteriorating, its structure crumbling after a series of celestial hits. Quite simply, the Horus must land…and fast.
Anthum. A planet so lush, so serene, dotted with grand temples and sparkling shoreline. This was the planet the citizens of the Guardianship Horus fled from after an epidemic. Once the virus was eliminated, they were able to return to the pristine land they once called home. Anthum isn't as pristine as their memories portray, though. Yes, it still looks beautiful, but it harbors secrets. Secrets that can force these settlers back into being nomads.
The young warrior, Gordeelum, crash lands in a valley high in the mountains. He is taken hostage by the citizens of that valley, and is given a grim sentence. His only hope is that his enemy can become his ally.
Fleeing Earth to protect their child, Zak and Aimee instead find themselves in a land filled with deception.
Will they survive this fourth world?
About Maureen
USA TODAY bestselling author Maureen A. Miller worked in the software industry for 15 years. She crawled around plant floors in a hard hat and safety glasses hooking up computers to behemoth manufacturing machines. The job required extensive travel. The best form of escapism during those lengthy airport layovers became writing.
Maureen's first novel, Widow's Tale, earned her a Golden Heart nomination in romantic suspense. After that she became hooked to the genre. In fact, she was so hooked she is the founder of the Just Romantic Suspense website.
Recently, Maureen branched out into the Young Adult science-fiction market with the popular Beyond Series. To her it was still romantic suspense … just on another planet!
Find out more at www.maureenamiller.com.


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Kachhwa Christian Hospital
Then the CHP (Community Health Project) team from Kachhwa Christian Hospital visited Mamotapur and introduced the idea of a Self Help Group. About fifteen ladies came together and formed a Self Help Group, and Gunja was one of them. Inviting the team to her home, Gunja shared about her personal life and family. The team encouraged her to make changes.
Then a great transformation was seen in her life when she stopped drinking. Through the Self Help Group, her family has been able to save money, and she started her own business in front of her home, earning a good livelihood for her family. Everyone is so thankful for this turnaround.
The next day a member of the group told Kachhwa Christian Hospital staff about his problem, and a Community Health Project team immediately went to his home and brought him to Kachhwa for treatment and x-rays. The doctor thought it best that he seek bone surgery at Robertsganj Hospital, so the CHP team took him the very next day for an operation, which was successful. Next they contacted the Delhi Center for Spinal Injury to acquire a tricycle wheelchair for Dharmendar. Now he is able to travel about on his own, and he has opened a small shop in front of his home to support himself.
Healing Is Found...
Advocacy Explains Insurance
Sometimes advocacy is the biggest thing EHA can provide to a struggling family. Often aid in one form or another is available from the government, but poor Indians lack the knowledge or skills to access it.
Through Kachhwa's Projects
Villagers Receive Much-Needed Training
A key priority for each of EHA's projects is developing the community's awareness of health concerns. At Kachhwa Christian Hospital nearly 900 adults from the surrounding villages have gone through some form of training in the education and micro-enterprise development program.
Some were trained as dental and eye technicians. Still others attended classes on sewing or air-conditioning installation and maintenance. Recently added was training for 25 nursery school teachers. Regardless of the program they chose, each participant has learned valuable skills that will enable them to support their families financially.
Busy Season for Eye Doctors
October to March is the busy season for Kachhwa Christian Hospital's resident ophthalmologist and team of technicians. During these months, the team conducts eye camps and cataract operations in the surrounding villages. Last year they conducted over 3,000 operations. They will very likely conduct at least that many again this year.
Surveys Help Pinpoint Greatest Need
Workers in the Kachhwa area are carrying out surveys to identify the "below poverty line" poor, and thus enable them to receive the government assistance available to them. With the information gathered through the surveys, workers will also be better able to assist with healthcare and provide subsidized treatment through Kachhwa Christian Hospital.
Another survey will identify the "differently abled" in the community. Several workers from Kachhwa Christian Hospital have been trained by another EHA unit to learn more about this field and to improve their own hospital unit to be involved in community-based rehabilitation.
In addition to the surveys, many of the second-level leaders are completing a Community Development Organizers program, which entails practical field work in the villages. Local young people are being taught in community health. Through all of these endeavors, the workers hope to raise up men and women committed to serving their community in the days ahead.
About Kachhwa Christian Hospital
Founded over a century ago, Kachhwa Christian Hospital is located in Uttar Pradesh in North-Central India. This area has the state's largest concentration of scheduled castes, a poor and marginalized group of people. KCH reached its strongest season in the early 1970s under Dr. Neville Everad. After he and his fellow doctors left, the hospital was difficult to sustain. It reached its weakest point in 2002. Since then, Kachhwa Christian Hospital has been strengthened with new staff and more innovative programs.
KCH focuses on reaching out to the surrounding communities. They serve people from 90 nearby villages with a total population of 120,000. In addition to the clinical services provided through the hospital, KCH also stresses community health and spiritual ministry, micro-enterprise development, education, and leadership development. They have a training center which allows villagers to choose training in various trades, including dental and eye technicians, sewing, air-conditioning installation, electrical work, and nursery school teaching. They also offer literacy training.
Eye care has been a recent focus for Kachhwa Christian Hospital. They have a new operating room for eye surgeries as well as a new overflow ward with fifty beds for eye patients. Two vision centers service patients, and they have an eyeglasses shop as well.
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New haven police are working to find the owners of thousands of stolen cell phones and other electronic devices that they recovered during a city-wide sting.
Police raided four New Haven businesses on Tuesday including: Wireless Experts, New Haven Furniture Plus, Elm City Wireless, and Wireless Wizard.
Along with recovering the devices, the police also arrested several people for making illegal sales.
If your cell phone was recently stolen in Connecticut, and you think the police might have it, contact: firstname.lastname@example.com


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July 08, 2015
Steph Deidrick
Roaring River State Park temporarily closes after flash flooding
Missouri State Parks has temporarily closed Roaring River State Park near Cassville due to flash flooding. The National Weather Service has declared a Flash Flood Emergency and advised the public not to travel in the area.
"I would like to commend our park staff for successfully evacuating our campers to higher ground and making sure all our visitors remain safe during this flooding," said Bill Bryan, director of Missouri State Parks. "As the waters recede, we will begin assessing any damage and will work diligently to get the park back in shape for guests to fish, camp and enjoy the outdoors."
Updated information for the closure will be posted here. Missouri State Parks is a division of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.


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My school and preschool photos
Welcome to my photo album!
I build this site to share some photos of my classmates. If you went to Preschool #123 or High School # 78 in Micro Area 65 or graduated from High School #8 in 1990 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan you just might find your face on one of those photos.
If you want to large version of photo please click on it.