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Review: For Gamers
Cooler Master's CM Storm division definitely aims at gamers with style and its products are well made, durable and stylish as well. The latest product coming from CM Storm is called the Trooper, and it only takes a glance to realize that your hardware will be nicely secured inside.
The Trooper is a full tower computer case. It's made mostly of steel and although it weighs 13.7kg (net weight), the handle on top of the case allows for easy transport.
Extended sides and the handle mean that the case is aimed at gamers who like to attend LAN parties. Of course, the Trooper is not only about good looks, as it packs many latest and greatest features.
Model Number
All Black
Steel body, Front Mesh / Plastic bezel
( W ) 250 x ( H ) 605.6 x ( D ) 578.5 mm
Net Weight
13.7 KG / 30.2 lbs
Motherboard Type
XL-ATX, ATX, Micro-ATX
5.25" Drive Bay
3.5" Drive Bay
8 ( converted from 5.25" bay by two 4-in 3 HDD modules )
2.5" Drive Bay
13 ( converted from 5.25" bay by two 4-in 3 HDD modules )
Cooling System
Expansion Slots
I/O Panel
USB 3.0 x 2 ( internal ), USB 2.0 x 2, e-SATA x 1, Audio In and Out ( Supports HD audio )
Power Supply Type
Standard ATX PS2 / EPS 12V
Maximum Compatibility
CPU cooler height: 186 mm / 7.3 in
We saw that the package took a very hard hit, breaking the Styrofoam protection on several places. Luckily, there was no visible damage and only after we dismantled the case did we see that the plastic part we found on the floor comes from the top panel.
Cooler Master ships plenty of accessories with its cases. Since this is a full tower case, you'll get one 8-pin CPU extension cord, few metal rails for mounting floppys or additional 3.5'' driver, eight 3.5'' brackets (which usually come mounted but can now be found in the box), eight zip ties, motherboard speaker and all the screws you'll ever need. The manual is quite clear on all the aspects of using the Trooper.
The front and top panels are quite detailed and unique. The first thing that grabbed our attention is the control panel and the handle. Note that although the handle seems a bit uncomfortable, it is not. In fact, it's quite comfortable and carrying the Trooper definitely did not feel like carrying 13.7kg.
The carrying handle comes rubber coated but is actually made of metal and connected to the main chassis – in other word, it's as tough as they get. The top panel holds a silent 200mm fan. Although the top panel shroud can be taken off, there is no need for that as the dust filter beneath can be taken out for cleaning.
When we first opened the case we noticed that the protective Styrofoam is damaged and that two smaller plastic parts fell out. At a glance, the Trooper seemed just fine, but further inspection revealed that the parts come from the top panel.
The top panel plastics is tough enough and only one plastic column was damaged. The top panel is held in place with six latches and four columns so missing one will not be a problem. On the other hand, the Trooper has proven it's quite a combative case.
The control panel is nicely designed and accessible. On top of the front panel, just below the control panel, is a 2.5'' hot-swap unit called the X-Dock. The panel also has a digital rpm controller, which allows for rpm control of the four fans and six regimes of operation.
The front panel has no dust filters since each of the nine mesh grill drive bay covers acts as a filter. A thin and tightly woven mesh grill can be found inside the covers and you can simply blow the dust off. One cover has a 3.5'' drive cutout that may come in handy for a floppy drive or card reader, whereas the package also holds a 5.25'' converter.
The front panel drive bay covers can be removed by grabbing them from the sides, pushing inwards and pulling. The plastic is tough but bends just enough to ensure easy handling.
The top three covers hide the 5.25'' bays; the next six hide two 4-in-3 cages whereas the bottom one covers a secret drawer.
The Trooper's front panel is quality made so there's no need to take the entire panel off just to mount a DVD drive – all you need to do is remove the cover and you're good to go. In case you have more than three 5.25'' drives, removing one 4-in-3 cage will make room for another three 5.25'' devices (or, of course, six 5.25'' drives if you remove both 4-in-3 cages). While we don't think anyone will need that many 5.25'' devices, it's comforting to know it's still possible.
Once both 4-in-3 cages are taken out, there is enough room to mount a 480mm (Quad) watercooling radiator. The Trooper is about 482mm tall (measured from the inside).
The secret drawer on the bottom holds some spare parts for the Trooper. There is plenty of room inside and our Sentinel ZeroG gaming mouse (40mm tall) fit like a glove.
The left and right side panels look alike and have large mesh grill parts. However, the mesh part is larger on the left side panel, which will also take two 12cm fans. CM Storm uses special long screws for mounting fans and the company ships eight with the Trooper.
The fans that cool the 3.5'' drives draw air through inlets on the left side panel while hot air exists freely through the grill on the right side panel.
Two layers of mesh grill on the side panels acts as a filter. The left side panel weighs about 1.6kg while the right is about 60g heavier due to less mesh and more metal. Both panels are very tough and, more importantly, can be removed and mounted easily.
The rear panel has nine expansion card holes, which means it will allow for three or four dual slot cards in CrossFire or SLI. The tenth, vertical expansion slot has a special mouse and keyboard anti-theft system. The vertical slot can also be used for CCFL (Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamps lighting) or similar. The rear panel holds a single 14cm fan.
The PSU is mounted on the bottom with an external dust filter below it. We had some minor issues with removing the filter as 2cm, which is the distance from the floor to the case, was not enough to reach underneath the case and release the filter. So, you'll have to lift the case a bit. The same goes for the other, larger filter on the bottom of the case.
The feet are made of plastic with anti-vibration rubber coating underneath. Although the feet seem fine, we were surprised to see them made of plastic rather than metal.
The Trooper is a full tower case that will take XL-ATX, ATX and mini-ATX motherboards. It packs plenty of space and brings a few innovative features as well. There are no toolless mechanisms on expansion slots or 5.25'', but we prefer screws anyway and since all the screws are thumb screws, mounting equipment is a piece of cake.
While most well designed cases boast a removable HDD cage, the Trooper went a step further. Namely, the case has two 4-in-3 HDD cages where each can hold four 3.5'' or 2.5'' drives. The cages can be removed or rotated. The picture above shows the HDD cage in two different positions.
Both HDD cages come with 12cm fans. Both cages face the left side panel by default. However, you can improve cooling by turning the HDD cage to face the front panel, in order to take in fresh air.
The HDD cage fans come with red LED lamps that can be turned off via the control panel.
One HDD cage can be replaced with three 5.25'' devices, meaning that the Trooper will take nine 5.25'' drives.
We said that the HDD cage will take a total of eight 3.5'' drives but the converter allows for an extra 3.5'' spot in one of the 5.25'' bays.
The metal plates that keep the HDD cages in place come with rubber anti-vibration grommets. The drive brackets also suppress vibration via rubber grommets.
CM Storm constructed new drive brackets that are very flexible in the middle, making mounting a breeze. Once the drive is placed inside, the brackets are quite tough. The rubber grommets are fixed inside so they won't be falling out during mounting.
Cooler Master made sure that each metal part is clearly marked for users to know how to turn the parts before mounting.
Mounting CPU coolers on an already mounted motherboard in the Trooper is a piece of cake thanks to the large cutout we wanted to see for a while now. Namely, the motherboard tray is made of thick metal so the large cutout will not affect rigidity of the tray.
The cable management holes are wide enough and large, whereas additional notches on the back of the motherboard tray are definitely a welcome feature. Although many cases had problems with rubber parts on cable holes falling out, Cooler Master used its old trick of securing them with metal latches.
The cables from the front panel have two USB 3.0 connectors among them, although they're only for connecting to Intel's internal USB 3.0 header. There are no additional converters for connecting the ports to USB 3.0 connectors on motherboard I/O panels.
There is about 2cm of room beneath the right side panel, so you won't lack room for cable management in the back.
The bottom panel has a small 2.5'' drive cage that can hold four drives. This cage can be removed and replaced with two 12cm fans.
The Trooper easily managed EVGA's X58 4-way SLI (XL-ATX) motherboard, HD 6970 graphics and Thermalright's HR-02 CPU cooler. The maximum allowed graphics card length (without taking the HDD cage out) cards is 322mm. As for CPU coolers, the Trooper will allow for coolers up to 186mm tall. The fans are quite loud when running at maximum rpm but can be made quieter. Naturally, we did not expect complete silence from a gaming case with plenty of inlets/outlets as it's the cooling performance that matters.
The Trooper is a computer case that will definitely grab your attention as it's one of the best designed gaming cases we've seen so far. Those who opt on the Trooper will not only get a chance to brag about a great case but will also be able to carry it to LAN parties, thanks to the built in handle.
There is plenty of room inside the Trooper to mount XL-ATX motherboards, longest graphics cards (SLI and CrossFire), CPU coolers up to 186mm, etc. The cooling performance offered by the four standard fans is good but the company left room for additional fans or water cooling. The integrated digital fan controller with six predefined operation regimes will take care of rpm management. Thanks to the fans with red LED lamps, the Trooper looks even meaner while gaming.
If you're looking for a case that will take plenty of drives, then Trooper should definitely top your list as it can take up to 14 SSDs, 9 HDDs or 9 5.25'' drives. The case has all the standard interfaces for storage and the front panel holds two USB 3.0 connectors and e-Sata, as well as one X-Dock docking station for 2.5'' HDD/SSD drives.
We must admit that the Trooper woke up the gamer in us, so while you're reading this review, we're knee deep into gaming because, let's face it – who'd say no to this.


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Peter Jennings and Mike Wallace Agree
Page One
Reporters First, Americans Second
In a future war involving U.S. soldiers
what would a TV reporter do if he learned the enemy troops with which he
was traveling were about to launch a surprise attack on an American
unit? That's just the question Harvard University professor Charles
Ogletree Jr, as moderator of PBS' Ethics in America series,
posed to ABC anchor Peter Jennings and 60 Minutes correspondent
Mike Wallace. Both agreed getting ambush footage for the evening news
would come before warning the U.S. troops.
For the March 7 installment on
battlefield ethics Ogletree set up a theoretical war between the North
Kosanese and the U.S.-supported South Kosanese. At first Jennings
responded: "If I was with a North Kosanese unit that came upon
Americans, I think I personally would do what I could to warn the
Wallace countered that other reporters,
including himself, "would regard it simply as another story that
they are there to cover." Jennings' position bewildered Wallace:
"I'm a little bit of a loss to understand why, because you are an
American, you would not have covered that story."
"Don't you have a higher duty as an
American citizen to do all you can to save the lives of soldiers rather
than this journalistic ethic of reporting fact?" Ogletree asked.
Without hesitating Wallace responded: "No, you don't have higher
duty... you're a reporter." This convinces Jennings, who concedes,
"I think he's right too, I chickened out."
Ogletree turns to Brent Scrowcroft, now
the National Security Adviser, who argues "you're Americans first,
and you're journalists second." Wallace is mystified by the
concept, wondering "what in the world is wrong with photographing
this attack by North Kosanese on American soldiers?" Retired
General William Westmoreland then points out that "it would be
repugnant to the American listening public to see on film an ambush of
an American platoon by our national enemy."
A few minutes later Ogletree notes the
"venomous reaction" from George Connell, a Marine Corps
Colonel. "I feel utter contempt. Two days later they're both
walking off my hilltop, they're two hundred yards away and they get
ambushed. And they're lying there wounded. And they're going to expect
I'm going to send Marines up there to get them. They're just
journalists, they're not Americans."
Wallace and Jennings agree, "it's a
fair reaction." The discussion concludes as Connell says: "But
I'll do it. And that's what makes me so contemptuous of them. And
Marines will die, going to get a couple of journalists."
Revolving Door
New to U.S. News.
Mortimer Zuckerman, owner of U.S. News & World Report, has
successfully lured Michael Barone away from The Washington Post
where he's been an editorial writer since 1982. Barone, co-author of the
Almanac of American Politics, became a Senior Editor in early
From 1974 to 1981 he served as Vice
President of Peter Hart Research Associates, a Democratic polling firm.
Among the clients handled by Barone: Ted Kennedy's 1980 presidential
From the Hart of Europe.
Time's Robert Miller revealed the liberal background of one
staffer in his March 27 "From the Publisher" column. Kenneth
Banta, a Chicago and New York based Time reporter starting in
1981 "took a leave of absence in 1984 to work as an issues adviser
for Gary Hart's first unsuccessful presidential campaign."
The partisan political foray was no
hindrance to his career. Banta is now Time's Vienna-based
Eastern European Bureau Chief.
Wiring the Hill. The
Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call reports two wire service
veterans have switched from reading to writing press releases. Wendy
Benjaminson, a political editor at UPI's national desk until she became
a Capitol Hill reporter in December, is now the Press Secretary to U.S.
Representative Barbara Kennelly, a Connecticut Democrat
Republican Lynn Martin of Illinois has
hired David Fox, an Associated Press reporter in Washington the past two
years, to be her Press Secretary. Fox held a variety of radio and TV
positions in the Midwest before joining AP ten years ago.
Hazzardous Duty.
Katherine Gibney, an editor and reporter for the Atlanta Journal
and Atlanta Constitution since 1984 has joined the office of
Congressman Ben Jones as Press Secretary. The freshman Democrat from
Georgia gained fame by starring as "Cooter" in the Dukes
of Hazzard TV series.
Nixonian Times.
Los Angeles Times Publisher Tom Johnson, formerly an Executive
Assistant and Deputy Press Secretary to President Johnson, has promoted
another aide to a former President. In February Johnson made Lawrence
Higby President of the Orange County edition of the Times.
Higby, once a Deputy Assistant to Nixon, had been a Vice President in
charge of marketing for Times Mirror Cable Television.
Despite Legal Troubles
Leftist Reporter Given PBS Show
What does one do with an aging,
left-leaning reporter who's battling civil suits for libel and copyright
infringement? If you are the Public Broadcasting System, you give him a
weekly half-hour public affairs show forum for his views.
Each week more than 70 PBS affiliates air
The Kwitny Report, hosted by former Wall Street Journal
reporter Jonathan Kwitny. On a recent broadcast, Kwitny featured a
hostile profile of anti-communist guerrilla leader Jonas Savimbi,
calling him, "just one more blood-stained autocrat on the U.S.
taxpayers' payroll." Some footage was supplied by the Cuban U.N.
In February, Kwitny was found liable in
Southern District of New York Federal Court of copyright infringement
for his 1984 book, Endless Enemies. The book denounced American
"interventionism" in Central America and elsewhere in the
world, while comparing Cuban Dictator Fidel Castro favorably with Polish
Labor Leader Lech Walesa.
Despite the removal of Endless
Enemies from the shelves by nervous book store owners during
litigation, Kwitny hawked it at the end of a March broadcast last year
as a premium to subscribers to PBS' New York affiliate, WNYC-TV, which
produces The Kwitny Report. This resulted in a second
infringement suit against Kwitny. He is also fighting libel suit from a
1987 appearance on a local New York Cable program in which he repeated
the charges made in Endless Enemies. At present, PBS doesn't
seem bothered by either Kwitny's legal difficulties or his enthusiasm
for promoting left-wing views "considering that none are ever seen
on television anywhere," according to Kwitny in WNYC's monthly
program guide.
Janet Cooke Award
Today: Salvador Slant
There is cause for both optimism and
pessimism in El Salvador today. The densely-populated Central American
nation has achieved a milestone: its second national presidential
election has put new life into the fledgling democracy. But while
democratic principles are being exercised, the now nine year-old civil
war rages on. Despite one million dollars a day in U.S. economic and
military aid, the government still cannot crush the FMLN communist
insurgency, funded and supported by the Soviet Union, Nicaragua and
Corruption and mismanagement by the
Christian Democratic centrist government and the 1986 earthquake set the
economy and democracy back, but the continuous economic sabotage and
terrorism by the communist rebels is the root cause of the misery, death
and instability.
It was not the decade long crimes of the
communists that concerned the networks when covering recent elections.
Instead, reporters concentrated almost exclusively on the atrocities of
the right. Garrick Utley's March 12 Sunday Today report was the
most one-sided and earns the April Janet Cooke Award.
Political murderers by the Salvadoran
army and right wing paramilitary death squads are still occurring in El
Salvador and Utley certainly had a duty to note it. But his eight and
one half minute long report never mentioned the equally bloody murders
committed by the FMLN. The opening of his report showed just how
selective he planned to be: "The war is still going on there. The
right-wing death squads were controlled for a while, but now the number
of the victims is increasing again."
Reinforcing his theme, Utley conveyed the
story of the death of Miguel Lazo: "Our story is about a body which
was dug up. Miguel Lazo was his name, a teacher and a union official,
murdered it is believed by one of the death squads linked to the armed
forces... he knew that union officials are prime targets for the
right-wing death squads."
The number of political deaths has not
risen drastically as Utley claimed. In 1980, the number killed by
right-wing and left-wing death squads combined was 750 per month; in
1981, it was 444. The number came down steadily throughout the decade
and averaged 22 in 1986, 23 in 1987, and 18 in 1988. Human rights groups
put the number at 21 per month so far this year. Despite the improved
situation, Utley still singled out government forces: "This too was
Miguel Lazo's world, a confrontation between union members and their
supporters, and the army in the capital San Salvador itself. The armed
forces see the unions as allies and sympathizers of the Marxist-led
guerrillas. The unions see the armed forces as the force of repression.
This soldier wanted to open fire, but was ordered not to. The killing
can always be done at night, anonymously, as it happened to Miguel Lazo."
What about the left-wing murders? The
U.S. Embassy estimated that of the 185 killings of non-combatants in the
first ten months of 1988, 54 were clearly perpetrated by the FMLN;
another 60 were probable FMLN murders. The left-leaning and FMLN-sympathetic
Salvadoran Catholic Church claimed most 1988 murders were committed by
the "security forces (92)," while another 60 were committed by
"death squads (not further defined)." It did, however,
attribute 44 killings to the FMLN.
While the numbers are conflicting, it is
clear the communists are killing and aiming at high profile figures to
sabotage local political structures and the democratic process. Among
the killings by the FMLN in 1988: eight mayors, one ex-mayor, and one
governor. Another 80 mayors received death threats from the communists
and were intimidated to resigning.
Utley noted "the increase in
violence from the left as the war moves into the city" and showed
the rebels making Molotov cocktails, but the 22-year news veteran
deliberately left out the FMLN's assassinations and their disruption of
the recent elections. Instead, he harped on ARENA founder Robert
D'Aubuisson's link to death squads, complaining that "many people
see" Arena presidential candidate Cristiani "as the front man
for the real power in the party."
asked Garrick Utley to discuss these points, but he repeatedly declined,
explaining: "I don't talk about the work. My attitude is that the
work has to speak for itself. Every viewer or reader can have their
interpretation of it. I can't get into the details of this or that, or
it just becomes an open-ended, very subjective approach to it."
When told that MediaWatch
wants to provide reporters with the opportunity to defend their stories,
Utley responded: "I appreciate you calling, but I don't get into
debates on this sort of thing. The report is there. No report is made in
heaven." Probably true, at least Utley's report wasn't made there.
Unless it was in FMLN-heaven....if there is one.
CBS Spikes Pro-Life.
From March 20 to 25, pro-life Operation Rescue demonstrators barred
entrances to abortion clinics in California. According to Newsweek,
police arrested more than 700 protestors. On March 22, CNN PrimeNews
covered the story. On March 23, NBC Today and Nightly News
looked at the event. On March 24, ABC's Good Morning America
and NBC Nightly News mentioned the protests. And on March 25,
ABC, CNN, and NBC carried the news.
CBS This Morning and Evening
News viewers never heard about the demonstrations. CBS spiked the
story. However, not all protests were blacked out by CBS. On March 28, This
Morning news anchor Charles Osgood easily found the time to show
three lonely demonstrators opposing nuclear power at Three Mile Island.
Gorbachev's Useful Flacks.
Early March marked the fourth anniversary of Gorbachev's rise to power.
During the March 11 CBS Evening News, Moscow correspondent
Barry Petersen admired Gorbachev's "courage to end Soviet
involvement" in Afghanistan. "The Soviets didn't win,"
Petersen declared, "but Gorbachev did." Ironically, Petersen
also found Gorbachev's Moscow "triumph" over "cold
warrior" Reagan noteworthy, forgetting it was President Reagan's
support for the Afghans that defeated the Soviet Army.
ABC's Rick Inderfurth joined the lovefest
during the next day's World News Sunday. "On the
international stage," Inderfurth declared, Gorbachev "is a
superstar, the toast of the West." Inderfurth considered Gorbachev
a "popular leader, despite those long [food] lines."
Inderfurth praised the upcoming "first contested elections since
Lenin's day," forgetting that in January 1918 Lenin used armed
sailors to stop the Constituent Assembly from falling into the hands of
non-Bolsheviks, Russia's only real experiment in democracy.
NBC's Missed Gap In Glasnost.
On March 11 CNN PrimeNews interviewed Soviet dissident
Konstantin Karmonov, once a political prisoner and victim of abusive
treatment in Soviet mental hospitals. Asked about the current status of
Soviet psychiatry, Karmonov replied, "as for its essence, nothing
has changed." The next morning, The New York Times
concurred, with a front page headline, "U.S. Psychiatrists Fault
Soviet Units." The subhead read: "Team Finds Inmates Are Still
Held for Political Reasons."
NBC Nightly News anchor Connie
Chung, however, told viewers just the opposite: "U.S. officials in
Moscow said today they have been unable to determine, after meetings
with patients in Soviet mental hospitals, whether they are being held
because of their political beliefs."
Turner Turns On NBC.
Turner Broadcasting Service head Ted Turner has never been known to keep
his personal opinions to himself, a reputation demonstrated again
recently. Speaking before the Washington Metro Area Cable Club on March
8, the CNN owner claimed General Electric, the parent company of NBC, is
run by "bozos" and "thieves" who have been
"indicted and admitted to stealing from the Pentagon," making
GE the "most corrupt corporation in America." According to
Turner "these crooks, these convicted felons, should be behind
Maybe it's just coincidence, but in late
April NBC is launching the Consumers News and Business Channel, a new
cable competitor.
Lashing the Whip. When
House Republicans elected Rep. Newt Gingrich their Whip, some major
newspapers and magazines immediately cast doubt on his views and skills.
The March 23 Washington Post reported "his ideas are often
far from the mainstream of even Republican thought." According to Time,
"Gingrich is a bomb thrower...more interested in right-wing
grandstanding than in fostering bipartisanship." U.S. News and
World Report said Gingrich "resembles a frisky chipmunk
scurrying from idea to idea and storing too many bad ones."
But when Rep. Tony Coelho was elected
Majority Whip in 1986, the reporters took a much different slant. The
New York Times told readers "Mr. Coelho's politics are about
mid-range on the Democratic spectrum," and the Los Angeles
Times asserted "Coelho is not known as an ideologue" and
"just what he stands for remains a mystery."
The truth is that Gingrich is no more
conservative than Coelho is liberal. Gingrich averages about an 80
rating from the American Conservative Union while Coelho gets a similar
approval level from the liberal Americans for Democratic Action. In the
eyes of the print media, not all whips are created equal.
Spencer-itis. The
National Association of Children's Hospitals issued a study that
provided reporters with an opportunity to simultaneously attack past
Reagan policies and urge increased social spending. Naturally, CBS
couldn't resist.
Dan Rather introduced Susan Spencer's
story on the health threat posed to poor kids by asserting,
"children are already suffering from cutbacks during the Reagan
Administration." Spencer blamed the children's health care
"crisis" on "social apathy, in particular on Reagan era
budget cuts." Spencer highlighted the report's call for
"immediate expansion of medicaid which now covers only half the
children in poverty."
ABC was the only other network to cover
the study. Peter Jennings reported the study's concern for "child
abuse, accidental death, and chronic illness," but he refrained
from gratuitous Reagan-bashing.
Alar Alarm. On February
26 CBS' 60 Minutes gave an exclusive report on a study produced
by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), a liberal environmental
lobby, charging the pesticide Alar makes apples unsafe to eat. The
segment by Ed Bradley so alarmed viewers it led to a nationwide apple
scare that took three government agencies weeks to calm down.
Viewers weren't told that months earlier
CBS guaranteed the NRDC prominent 60 Minutes coverage of their
study well before the network had any idea of its validity. In the
report, Bradley called Alar "the most cancer-causing agent in our
food supply" and let Rep. Gerry Sikorski (D-MN) talk grimly of
children dying in cancer wards.
60 Minutes didn't mention
opposing views, like a report by the National Academy of Sciences which
found no evidence that any individual pesticide "makes a major
contribution to the risk of cancer in humans." Not only did 60
Minutes give exclusive license to the claims of a liberal lobby, it
needlessly scared millions of parents and school officials with a
politically motivated and scientifically dubious report.
Ms. Streep Goes to Washington.
Where should we turn for expert advice about food? According to CBS News
medical correspondent Susan Spencer on the March 16 Evening News,
"amid scary reports of cancer-causing chemicals on apples,
cyanide-laced grapes from Chile and potential problems with just about
all fruit, Capitol Hill today turned to actress Meryl Streep, who seemed
to sum it all up." Streep's profound question: "Are we not
allowed to know what's on our food?"
Deadbeats for Dukakis.
Michael Dukakis' Massachusetts budget deficit woes caught the eye of CBS
correspondent Richard Schlesinger on the March 10 Evening News.
Schlesinger was desperately seeking
someone in the Bay State not mad about the Duke's spending spree that
has turned a $400 million surplus the year before into a $600 million
deficit. He reported, "the Governor's most vocal supporters are
government officials and employees, who worry that budget cuts will
eliminate vital services." Couldn't be they're worried about their
jobs, could it?
Ellerbee's Elucidations. The
same week CNN anchor Mary Alice Williams left for NBC, Linda Ellerbee
showed up. In her first PrimeNews commentary, she told her
audience a little something about herself: "Well, am I a liberal, a
conservative, or what? What."
Has Ellerbee come to any decisions in
other areas? "I believe in sunny summer mornings when the grass is
sweet and the wind is green with possibilities. I believe in chili with
no beans and iced tea all year round...that Beethoven would have liked
Chuck Berry." CNN may never be the same again, unfortunately.
One-Sided Susan. The CBS
Evening News used its March 5 "Inside Sunday" segment to
investigate ethics. Susan Spencer analyzed the new administration, but
curiously omitted using anyone who would defend President Bush or offer
a different point of view from the standard "sleaze factor"
For her testimony, Spencer relied on
sources like Fred Wertheimer of Common Cause, who wondered if Bush would
abandon Reagan's "no-expectation ethics" and Ira Katznelson of
the New School for Social Research, who, Spencer reported, thought
"all this ethics talk is merely a diversion to avoid tough
problems, like drugs, homelessness, and poverty."
Failing the Fair Litmus Test.
In its recent study of guests on ABC's Nightline, the far-left
media critics at Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) complained
that not enough liberals and leftists are allowed on to offer
alternative viewpoints. Among those considered not "liberal"
-- Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT), who
"accepts much of the [anti-communist] rhetoric and plays the role
of insider opponent, disagreeing on specific administration tactics
without challenging the underlying assumptions of the policy (i.e., that
the U.S. seeks to bring "democracy" to Nicaragua)."
-- Rep. David Bonior (D-MI), another
Contra aid opponent. FAIR complained that Nightline
"tilted the discussion rightward by excluding forthright opponents
of U.S. policy in Central America," then listed Bonior, duly noted
as anti-Contra.
-- Tom Wicker, The New York Times
columnist, because he "is in no way connected to the movement
opposing U.S. policy in Central America."
-- Michael Kinsley, Editor of The New
Republic. FAIR took exception to labeling the anti-Contra Kinsley a
"journalist of the left," saying his magazine was pro-Contra
and "centrist" at best.
Cabbage Patch Currier.
"Cabbage patch commandos" is how CBS News reporter Frank
Currier disparagingly referred to those with opinions differing from his
on the ownership of semi-automatic weapons. Currier used CBS airtime as
a platform to preach for gun control. At one point during his March 15 Evening
News report from a Texas shooting range, Currier hoped "this
controversy... could signal the beginning of the end of America's love
affair with guns."
Currier concluded by "wondering if
America's romance with firepower is really worth the price." Cooler
heads prevailed at The Wall Street Journal. In a March 24
editorial, the Journal explained that the dispute is "less
a public-policy debate than a cultural clash. The cosmopolitan culture
doesn't know one kind of weapon from another...the bedrock culture may
not like white wine and Brie, but is plenty smart enough to recognize
when it is under attack...it does know what it's talking about
Dubious Source. In the
heat of the Tower debate on the Senate floor, The Washington Post
transformed a single unsubstantiated allegation into a damaging front
page story. On March 2, Bob Woodward wrote of a visit Tower made to
Bergstrom Air Force base in the late '70's. Woodward interviewed Air
Force sergeant Bob Jackson, who accused Tower of having "liquor on
his breath" and "staggering out of the car and up the
steps." He also accused Tower of attempting to fondle female
Woodward claimed to have other
"informed sources," but didn't identify any of them. The very
next day, Senator John McCain contacted several military personnel who
contradicted Jackson's story. Furthermore, Senator McCain discovered
Sergeant Jackson had been discharged in 1978 for "mixed personality
disorder and anti-social and hysterical features."
The CBS Evening News picked up
Woodward's story the night before, but didn't mention the next day how a
U.S. Senator had discredited their coverage. The next day, Woodward
wrote an article over the furor his story had created, but the damage to
Tower's reputation had already been done.
Troute Fishing. ABC's
Dennis Troute expanded the March media frenzy over assault rifles to
include handguns. For the March 14 World News Tonight Troute
revived a five month old study from the New England Journal of
Medicine. Extolling the virtues of Canada's gun control laws,
Troute compared Seattle and Vancouver. To show the value of gun laws,
Troute noted there were 36 homicides with guns in 1988 in Seattle and
six in Vancouver.
According to the NRA, however, the murder
rate among whites was the same for both cities, and the percentage of
gun-related homicides in Vancouver remained the same before and after
implementing gun control. Troute missed both these points. Troute also
failed to note that there are 960 registered handguns per 100,000 people
in Vancouver, while New York City has only 930. By Troute's logic
Vancouver should be a more dangerous place. Not surprisingly, Troute
concluded, "crime would be much more deadly here if guns were as
widely available as they are in the U.S."
No Home for Media Myths. In
an NBC News special last year, Tom Brokaw portrayed the homeless are
"people you know." That's just one of several media myths
proven inaccurate by an article in the March 20 issue of U.S News
and World Report. As Senior Editor David Whitman contended,
"homeless men and women are...sadly isolated from the mainstream of
American life."
Another popular media untruth is that
there are three million homeless. Whitman cited a study by the
"nonpartisan" Urban Institute that puts the number at 600,000.
Harold Dow, in a report for the February 16 edition of the CBS News show
48 Hours, complained that "people have jobs but simply
can't afford a place to live." Whitman explained the more prevalent
problem is "about two thirds of homeless adults have at least one
serious personal problem that helps put them on the streets."
Hopefully, reporters will read Whitman's piece and bring a more
rational, fact-based perspective to their coverage of the problem.
Hopeful vs. Hopeless.
NBC apparently thought little of democracy in El Salvador, but the
network was quite impressed by the recent elections in the Soviet Union.
On March 19 Garrick Utley led off Nightly News: "The
results are coming in from election day in El Salvador. Not the vote,
but the dead." NBC reporter Ed Rabel told Utley "the
polarization has already begun." Later on the same broadcast, Utley
grew more upbeat: "Now we want to show you something truly
extraordinary that happened in the Soviet Union today." After the
report, Utley commented: "And who would have ever thought that it
would get this far in the Soviet Union?"
Third-Degree Burnes. On West
57th the night before El Salvador's elections, CBS correspondent
Karen Burnes painted another pessimistic portrait of the nation's
troubles. Burnes began by showing "El Salvador's elite" laying
by the side of a swimming pool and attending a small rally for the ARENA
party. "Their mood is buoyant: they are confident they will triumph
in this presidential election." Burnes then reported the FMLN's
line, sympathetically saying that they have "no choice but to fight
to break out of a system that enriches a tiny minority while the rest
struggle for food and shelter." Her main source was leftist Father
Ignacio Martin-Baro, who predicted more U.S. aid would only bring
"more destruction, more death."
While Burnes concentrated on the FMLN and
their insurgency in the cities, she ignored their assassinations of
mayors and attempts already begun to disrupt the free and fair
elections. The left in El Salvador captured a whopping 4 percent of the
Charlie's Angles. The
morning after ARENA's victory, Good Morning America co-host
Charles Gibson interviewed William Walker, the U.S. Ambassador to El
Salvador. Gibson focused on a single theme: "Given the fact
that...ARENA was actually running the vote in some areas, is this a
meaningful and valid election?" Gibson proceeded to ask if
"the United States [can] work with ARENA," "Is it a
defeat for U.S. policy?" "Is this a democratic force, is this
a group that works for human rights?" "Who really runs the
ARENA party...Mr. Cristiani or...Roberto d'Aubuisson?" Former New
Left leader turned conservative David Horowitz appeared bit later in the
same show. He objected to Gibson's line of inquiry: "Every question
that you asked was designed to delegitimize the ARENA Party, if it wins,
and the election process. I mean, that is the Left mentality which we
wanted to sow: doubt about the good will of America, about its place in
the world, and about its democratic allies."
Koppel on
Television & Morality
Nearly two years ago ABC Nightline
anchor Ted Koppel gave the commencement address at Duke University. For
reasons unknown, Koppel declined Readers Digest's request to print a
condensed version. MediaWatch has come across
a copy of this extraordinary and refreshing calling for a return of a
moral standards. Here are the highlights.
America has been Vannatized as in Vanna
White -- Wheel of Fortune's vestal virgin. Through the mysterious
alchemy of popular television Ms. White is roundly, indeed all but
universally adored. She turns blocks on which a letter is displayed. She
does this very well; very fluidly and with what appears to be genuine
enjoyment. She also does it mutely. Vanna says nothing. She speaks only
body language; and she seems to like everything she sees. No,
"like" is too tepid. Vanna thrills, rejoice, adores everything
she sees. And therein lies her magic.
We have no idea what or even if Vanna
thinks. Is she a feminist or every male chauvinist's dream? She is
whatever you want her to be. Sister, lover, daughter, friend. The viewer
can and apparently does project a thousand different personalities onto
the charming neutral television image and she accommodates them all.
Even Vanna White's autobiography, (an
oxymoron if ever there was one) reveals only that her greatest nightmare
is running out of cat food; and that one of the complexities of her job
entails making proper allowance for the greater weight of the letter
"M" or "W" over the letter "I," for
example. Once, we learn, during her earlier, less experienced days, she
failed to take that "heavy-letter-factor" into proper account
and broke a fingernail. I tremble to think what judgment a future
anthropologist, finding that book, will render on our society. I tremble
not out of fear that they will misjudge us; that they will judge us only
too accurately.
I am increasingly driven to the
conclusion that, on television, neutrality or objectivity are simply
perceived, or at least treated, as a form of intellectual vacuum, into
which the viewer's own opinion is drawn. I find myself being regarded
not as an objective journalist, but as someone who shares most views;
even those that are incompatible with one another. As in the case of
Vanna White (although mercifully to a lesser degree) many viewers
project onto me opinions they would like me to hold.
We have been hired, Vanna and I, to
project neutrality. The problem is that the "Vanna factor,"
has evolved more and more into a political, an economic, even a
religious necessity. On television ambiguity is a virtue; and television
these days in our most active marketplace of ideas.
Let's take inventory for a moment. Sixty
percent or more of the American public, roughly 140 million people, get
most or all of their news from television. What then should we or must
we conclude? Whatever your merchandise, if you want to move it in bulk,
you flog it on TV. Merchants trying to sell their goods, politicians
trying to sell their ideas, preachers trying to sell their gospel or
their morality -- all of these items are most efficiently sold on TV. If
that doesn't scare the living daylight out of you, then you're not
paying attention.
Never mind the dry good. Television and
toilet paper were made for one another.
But let's focus on our national policies;
let's look at our principles -- our ethical and moral standards. How do
they fare on television? We've learned, for example, that your attention
span is brief. We should know; we helped make it that way. Watch Miami
Vice some Friday night. You will find that no scene lasts more than
ten to fifteen seconds.
Look at MTV or Good Morning America
and watch the images and ideas flash past in a blur of impressionistic
appetizers. No, there is not much room on TV for complexity. You can
partake of our daily banquet without drawing on any intellectual
resources; without either physical or moral discipline. We require
nothing of you; only that you watch; or say that you were watching if
Mr. Nielsen's representative should call. And gradually, it must be
said, we are beginning to make our mark on the American psyche. We have
actually convinced ourselves that slogans will save us. "Shoot up
if you must; but use a clean needle." "Enjoy sex whenever with
whomever you wish; but wear a condom."
No. The answer is no. Not no because it
isn't cool or smart or because you might end up in jail or dying in an
AIDS ward -- but no, because it's wrong. Because we have spent 5,000
years as a race of rational human being trying to drag ourselves out of
the primeval slime by searching for truth and moral absolutes. In the
place of Truth we have discovered facts; for moral absolutes we have
substituted moral ambiguity. We now communicate with everyone and say
absolutely nothing. We have reconstructed the Tower of Babel and it is a
television antenna. A thousand voices producing a daily parody of
democracy; in which everyone's opinion is afforded equal weight,
regardless of substance or merit. Indeed, it can even be argued that
opinions of real weight tend to sink with barely a trace of television's
ocean banalities.
Our society finds Truth too strong a
medicine to digest undiluted. In its purest form Truth is not a polite
tap on the shoulder; it is a hallowing reproach.
What Moses brought down from Mt. Sinai
were not the Ten Suggestions, they are Commandments. Are, not were.
The sheer brilliance of the Ten
Commandments is that they codify, in a handful of words, acceptable
human behavior. Not just for then or now but for all time. Language
evolves, power shifts from nation to nation, messages are transmitted
with the speed of light, man erases one frontier after another; and yet
we and our behavior, and the Commandments which govern that behavior,
remain the same. The tension between those Commandments and our baser
instincts provide the grist for journalism's daily mill. What a huge,
gaping void there would be in our informational flow and in our
entertainment without routine violation of the Sixth Commandment. Thou
shalt not murder.
On what did the Hart campaign flounder?
On accusations that he violated the Seventh Commandment. Thou shalt not
commit adultery. Relevant? Of course the Commandments are relevant.
Simply because we use different term and tools, the Eighth Commandment
is still relevant to the insider trading scandal. Thou shalt not steal.
Watch the Iran/Contra hearings and keep the Ninth Commandment in mind:
Thou shalt not bear false witness. And the Tenth Commandment, which
seems to have been crafted for the 80's and the Me Generation. The
Commandment against covetous desires; against longing for anything we
cannot get in an honest and legal fashion.
When you think about it, it's curious,
isn't it. We've changed in almost all things -- where we live, how we
eat, communicate, travel; and yet, in our moral and immoral behavior we
are fundamentally unchanged.
Jesus summed it up: Thou shalt love thy
neighbor as thyself. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
So much for our obligations towards our fellow man. That's what the last
five Commandments are all about.
The first five are more complex in that
they deal with figures of moral authority. The Fifth Commandment
requires us to honor our father and mother. Religious scholars through
the years have concluded that it was inscribed on the first tablet among
the laws and piety toward God because, as far as their children are
concerned, parents stand in the place of God. What a strange conclusion!
Us in the place of God. We, who set such flawed examples for you. And
yet, in our efforts to love you, to provide for you, in our efforts to
forgive you when you make mistakes, we do our feeble best to personify
that perfect image of love and forgiveness and Providence which some of
us find in God.
Which brings me to the First and, in this
day and age probably the most controversial of the Commandments, since
it requires that we believe in the existence of a single and supreme
God. And then, in the Second, Third, and Fourth Commandments, prohibits
the worship of any other gods, forbids that his name be taken in vain,
requires that we set aside one day in seven to rest and worship Him.
What a bizarre journey; from a sweet, undemanding Vanna White to that
all-demanding jealous Old Testament God.
There have always been imperfect role
models; false gods of material success and shallow fame; but now their
influence is magnified by television. I caution you, as one who performs
daily on that flickering altar, to set your sights beyond what you can
see. There is true majesty in the concept of an unseen power which can
neither be measured nor weighed. There is harmony and inner peace to be
found in following a moral compass that points in the same direction,
regardless of fashion or trend.
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I found my 01C X77 in '72, bought it in '73. Trim rings were original to the car as far as I could tell - fingers on all, not 4 clip. When I parked it on the street at school, I used to pull the rings and derbys, and store in the trunk to keep 'em from getting gone. I got pretty good at pulling them off without a screwdriver/lug wrench, but boy, did they ever scratch up the YH's. 4 clips would have probably been better ?
The printed date on that paper is 9-23-66 and can be found at all the Corvette places. Does anyone have one with a later date like 1969.Mike
At this point I am staying with the finger clips because that is what I was told and I will post the results in June!
Interesting to note my GM Camaro parts book dated Aug/74 shows only 1 trim ring for 1969 Z28 - # 3901708. Then a later issue GM Camaro parts Book dated Sept/75 shows - # 9796696. No trim ring attaching style notes are included in either parts book description.My GM Chevelle Parts Book dated Apr/76 shows the # 3901708 trim ring as - 2&1/2" wide -Attaches with 4 clips, fitting 74-76. It then also shows # 9796696 as a supplemented part number for this ring. Then it shows # 9796696 fitting 70-73 Monte Carlo and it says - Approx 2&1/2" Wide - Attaches with 4 Clips.I do know that later issue # 9796696 trim rings had the serrated teeth or fingers and were still available from GM I think until approx. 2007? There is also 2 versions of this ring, early issue had Black Serrations and the later issue had Silver Serrations. I have a NOS set of the # 9796696 and the boxes are dated Mar/2000 and they have the silver serrations. My personal opinion is that the # 3901708 - 4 clip style trim rings were the original line installed trim ring on the Z28, and the later issue # 9796696 trim ring with the serrations was a mid 70,s service trim ring, and was also used by the dealer to replace existing 4 clip trim rings after that part number # 3901708 was superceded to # 9796696.Jerrys Book only mentions that 2 styles of trim rings were used. No Offence meant but I honestly don't see how a legends judge could comment with certainty that in or around Feb 1969 they went to the fingers all the way around the ring to stop the 4 clip design falling off, when the Early dated 1974 GM Camaro and Chevelle parts Book do not show the Serrated type trim ring.


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ORLANDO, Fla. - The attorney for George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watchman charged with shooting and killing Trayvon Martin, has released what the defense says is a new picture of 17-year-old Martin as part of discovery on Wednesday.
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O'Mara says missing entries regarding phone calls requires expert analysis. He also said in the motion that he wants to interview new witnesses "who have only most recently been identified through presently evolving discovery."
Zimmerman wasn't arrested until 44 days after Martin's death last February, sparking nationwide controversy. He has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder, claiming self-defense.
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Library Legislative Day
Thursday, March 27, 2003
Schedule of Events: 9:30-10:00 a.m. Registration at DDL 10:00-11:45 a.m. Orientation/Information Sessions 12:00-1:30 p.m. Reception at Legislative Hall 12:00-2:00 p.m. Legislative Appointments
See Page 3 for
FY2004 Initiatives
Delaware's Blue Hen Chicken Announces the 2003 Blue Hen Children's Book Award Winners!
Table of Contents DLA Initiatives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 DLA Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 DelAWARE® UpDATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Delaware Virtual Reference/Gates Computers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Upcoming Workshops. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Lessons from Lewes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 ALA Midwinter Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 2
2003 Blue Hen Children's Book Award Nominees
Chapter Books
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
The Blessing of the Animals by Michael J. Rosen
Dancing in Cadillac Light by Kimberly Willis Holt
Skeleton Man by Joseph Bruchac
Storm Warriors by Elisa Carbone
Picture Books
Going Someplace Special by Patricia McKissack
The Great Gracie Chase: Stop that Dog! By Cynthia Rylant
The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson
The Stray Dog: From a True Story by Marc Simont
Sunshine & Storm by Elisabeth Jones
2004 Reviewing Committee
Chapter Book Committee
Terri Jones, Hockessin Public Library Carrie Lubiniecki, Selbyville Public Library Maureen Miller, Lewes Public Library Melissa Rabey, Elsmere Public Library Kari Smith, Smyrna Public Library Hilary Welliver, Dover Public Library
Picture Book Committee Mary Borecki, Appoquinimink Community Library Marie Cunningham, Harrington Public Library Jackie Harad, New Castle Public Library Robin Lank, Milford Public Library Karen Quinn, Corbit-Calloway Memorial Library Vilma Ten, Seaford District Library
2004 Blue Hen Children's Book Award Nominees
Chapter Book Nominees
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Girl in a Cage by Jane Yolan & Robert J. Harris
When my Name was Keoko by Linda Sue Park
Blue Eyes Better by Ruth Wallace-Brodeur
Hush by Jacqueline Woodson
The Four Ugly Cats in Apartment 3D by Marilyn Sachs
The Rope Trick by Lloyd Alexander
Gooney Bird Greene by Lois Lowry
Picture Book Nominees
Dear Mrs. La Rue: Letters from Obedience School by Mark Teague
Big Al and Shrimpy by Andrew Clements
The Recess Queen by Alexis O'Neill
Zathura by Chris Van Allsburg
Sleeping Beauty as retold by Mahlon F. Craft
One Candle by Eve Bunting
New York's Bravest by Mary Pope Osborne
Louisa May and Mr. Thoreau's Flute by Julie Dunlap & Marybeth Lorbiecki
The Birds of Killingworth by Robert D. San Souci
Humble Pie by Jennifer Donnelly
Central Park Serenade by Laura Godwin
I stink! By Kate McMullan
Raccoon Moon by Nancy Carol Willis
Barbara Keesey, President of Children's Services Division
To find senators & representatives in your district, go to http://www.legis.state.de.us/4
Exhibits & Folder Additions
by 3/15/03
INTRODUCING A NEW MONTHLY COLUMN BY Terry Plummer
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Library Directors and Reference Librarians
from public, academic, and special libraries
throughout Delaware are planning the
implementation of Delaware Virtual
Reference. Training and implementation
have been scheduled for April 2003. The
service will be available from participating
library web pages and from the state portal,
http://www.delaware.gov. To participate
in this Delaware Virtual Reference service,
contact Annie Norman at -
Gates Foundation
to Provide
Computers to
Delaware Libraries
Trainers from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are
sweeping through Delaware public libraries to install and
provide training for library staff on the new Gates Library
Computers. Eligibility was determined based on a formula
which considers the poverty level in the area surrounding
the library. Wilmington Library will be the site of the Gates
Training Lab. A total of 88 Gates Library Computers have
been issued to 10 libraries in Sussex—Bridgeville, Delmar,
Frankford, Georgetown, Greenwood, Laurel, Millsboro,
Milton, Seaford, & Selbyville; 4 libraries in Kent—Dover,
Harrington, Kent County Dept. of Libraries & Milford; and
in New Castle County—Newark Free Library, Wilmington
Library & branches. The Delaware version contains MS
Office & Tutorials, Encarta Reference 2003, and 4 Magic
School Bus programs.
New International
Literary Award in Memory of
Astrid Lindgren
An important literary award in memory of the
Swedish children's author, Astrid Lindgren (1907-
2002) has been established by the Swedish
Government to promote literature for children and
young people. It will be awarded for the 1st time
in June 2003.
Astrid Lindgren, creator of the much loved
characters Pippi Longstocking, Emil, The Brothers
Lionheart, and Karlson On the Roof, has had and
continues to have enormous influence on
literature for children and young people in Sweden
as well as in many parts of the world.
The aim of the prize is to enhance world-wide
interest in literature for children and young
people. Astrid Lindgren was very committed to
children's rights and always spoke out on their
behalf. It is therefore important that this prize
should promote children's rights at a global level,
in keeping with her humanistic beliefs.
The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for Literature
will be awarded to authors "who in their writing
have produced literature for children and young
people of absolutely the highest artistic quality
and in the humanistic spirit associated with Astrid
Lindgren." Individuals or others who promote
reading among children and young people as well
as illustrators may also be rewarded.
A jury consisting of 12 Swedish researchers,
authors, illustrators, librarians and literary critics
has been appointed to nominate and select
winners. One member of the jury represents
Astrid Lindgren's family. Every year in March, the
jury will announce the winner in Vimmerby, Astrid
Lindgren's home town, which is situated in the
county of Småland in southern Sweden. The price
will be awarded in June at a ceremony in
International Federation of Library
Associations and Institutions
ALA Announces the 2003
Midwinter Awards at
March is the Month of—
Academy Awards, American Red Cross
Ethics Awareness
Freedom of Information (3/16)
Frozen Food
Help Someone See
International Listening Awareness
Irish-American Heritage
Music in the Schools
Kites, Noodles, Nutrition
St. Patrick (3/17)
Women's History
Optimism, Play the Recorder
Poison Prevention Awareness
Spring, Umbrellas, Youth Art
April is the Month of—
Administrative Professionals (4/23)
Autism Awareness
International Guitars
Keep America Beautiful
Child Abuse Prevention
Fools, Frogs, Gardens,
Holocaust Remembrance (4/29)
(National Library Week 4/6-4/12, 2003)
Poetry (http://www.poets.org/npm)
Stress Awareness
Keep your membership current
Upcoming Workshops
Academy Co-Sponsors
Consumer Health Information
Workshop for Librarians…
In cooperation with the National Library of
Medicine-Middle Atlantic Region and the
Delaware Division of Libraries (DDL), the
Academy will present training in consumer
health information resources for reference
librarians working in public, school, and
academic libraries. Topics include
MEDLINEplus, ClinicalTrials.gov, PubMed, and
the NLM Gateway. DDL will host the training at
the Division of Libraries training classroom in
Dover, DE on March 25-26, 2003. For
registration details and online form, go to our
website at http://www.delamed.org.
Mini-Medical School for
Librarians—Sponsored by the
Philadelphia Regional Chapter
of the Medical Library
Association and PALINET...
Friday, March 28, 2003, 8:30 a.m.—4:30 p.m.
Bluemle Auditorium, Thomas Jefferson Univ.
233 South 10th St. Phila., PA 19107
This CE program will provide an introduction to
the basics of clinical medicine. The day-long
event will include a series of six tailored lectures
by health professionals on a variety of health
sciences topics. Health Sciences and special
librarians and public librarians who work with
consumer health issues should attend.
Registration deadline is March 24, 2003. http://
Harvard Design School
Announces Summer
Seminars for Library
Seminars on library design and planning
The Library Planning Process: A Guide
for Public Library Trustees and Others
Involved in Improving Public Library
Facilities—July 24-25, 2003.
Instructors: Anthony Tappé, Tappé and
Associates, Architects & Planners,
Boston, MA; Nolan Lushington,
consultant, Hartford, CT. Guest
speaker: Jeffrey M. Hoover, Tappé and
The Planning and Design of Public
Libraries—July 30-August 1, 2003.
Instructors: Anthony Tappé, Tappé and
Associates, Architects and Planners,
Boston, MA; Nolan Lushington,
consultant, Hartford, CT. Guest
speakers: Jeffrey M. Hoover, Tappé and
Assoc.; Elisabeth Martin, Brooklyn Public
Library, Brooklyn, NY.
Visit their website at http://
We are drowning in
information but
starved for
From Bristol Myers Squibb,
Inc. (BMS)—Wilmington,
Due to the December 2002 closure of the
BMS Information Center located at the
duPont Experimental Station in Wilmington,
Academy library operations has acquired
188 new or existing journal titles in the
areas of psychiatry, substance abuse,
immunology, pharmacology and neurology
which complement our existing collection.
The psychiatry and substance abuse
journals were sent to the Academy's circuit
library located at the Delaware Psychiatric
Center. Significant portions of the titles are
on microfilm, which will augment our
collection without putting significant strain
on space resources.
LSTA Watch…
The Library Services & Technology Act
(LSTA) under the Institute of Museum and
Library Services, which provides federal
funds in support of Delaware library projects
including the Reference Centers,
InterLibrary Loan, Summer Library Reading
Program, Delaware Library Technology
Education Center, and Delaware Library for
the Blind and Physically Handicapped, ended
on September 30, 2002. LSTA has been
reintroduced as HR13, with Representative
Castle as one of the original signers, and as
SB238. On February 13, the full Education
and the Workforce Committee voted to
favorably report out HR13. Many members
of the full committee were present and the
vote was unanimous in favor of the bill.
This bill will go to the floor with 102
sponsors, a significant
Number that should aid in its speedy passage.
The Senate bill, SB238 now has 24 sponsors.
Check http://THOMAS.loc.gov under the bill
number to retrieve the list. Please encourage
support for this important source of funds for
Delaware libraries.
Executive Order 35…
Governor Minner signed Executive Order 35 on
January 15, 2003 to officially form the Task
Force on School Libraries. The Task Force has
been working "unofficially" since the early
1990's to improve Delaware K-12 school
libraries. To log on to the Governor's web
page, Executive Orders: http://
Open World Looking for U.S.
Communities to Host Russian
Library Managers in 2003…
The Open World Program is a U.S. Congress-sponsored
initiative of the independent Center
for Russian Leadership Development at the
Library of Congress. They have brought 6,000
emerging Russian leaders to the U.S. for
firsthand exposure to American democratic,
economic and civic institutions. Open World
plans to bring 180 Russian library managers to
the US in 2003, and seeks local communities to
host them for five to seven days, taking part in
professional and cultural activities. If you think
your library and community would like to host
a delegation of five Russian librarians between
May 14-21 or October 5-12, 2003, or if you
have questions, contact Vera DeBuchananne,
Open World Program Manager at
email@example.com. For more information visit
Lessons from Lewes
The Lewes community loves its library, and that was never more evident than on
Wednesday, January 22, when the Lewes Public Library suffered major damage in the Barbara
P. Moon Children's Wing as the result of the rupture of a frozen sprinkler line in the peak of
the roof above the ceiling.
Water came pouring into the room and so did over 50 volunteers, Fire & Emergency support
teams, City of Lewes employees from City Hall, Board of Public Works, and the Lewes Power
Plant to quickly assist the staff in saving the collection of over 10,000 children's books. Within
one hour after the first water flowed, our circulation staff and volunteers had rallied the 50
volunteers to come ready to help with towels and hair dryers. Every book was out of the
room in 3 hours. We were able to salvage all but 300 books. One computer was lost when
circuit breakers were affected.
On Sunday, January 19 a domestic water line also froze and burst. Due to the Lewes Fire
Department's response to the alarm, the Main circulation Room and the Reading Room of the
library were saved from any major damage.
Within 72 hours of the sprinkler line rupture, the children's books were relocated to the
Reference & Research Wing, cleaned and ready for the re-opening. We would not have
salvaged what we did, or opened as quickly, without the immediate help of so many
community volunteers. The State Library Staff brought the disaster recovery kit and helped
us dry books. The Rehoboth Beach Library & Sussex County Library brought crates, book
carts, and dollies. Lewes dairy loaned us over 100 milk crates to store our Juvenile Non-
Fiction until we can return to the Children's Wing. The dedicated staff at the library worked
long days and throughout 2 weekends to return to our regular hours of operation on Monday,
January 26. We have fully re-opened with Story Hours in the upstairs large meeting room
and programs continue as scheduled.
We have learned about the need for immediate response to remove items from the affected
areas, how to begin remediation quickly, triage the condition of books, what an Industrial
Hygienist does, how to do a Fire Watch every half hour in all areas of the building and more
about sprinkler systems than we ever realized. It has been an experience none of us will
forget. This library is a treasure for this community and we really understand that a library is
only as strong as the community that supports it.
Chrys Dudbridge, Director Lewes Public Library
Photos Courtesy Dennis Forney
ALA-APA is located at http://www.ala-apa.org.
Individual contributions from ALA members
will be an important part of funding the ALA-APA.
Look for a new contribution line on the
annual ALA membership renewal form.
Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA)
Litigation on CIPA continues in the U.S.
Supreme Court. Oral arguments are
scheduled for March 5, 2003. The outcome of
the case will determine the public's right to
receive information and the role of the public
library as the forum to exercise that right.
Details about the case are available at http://
Member-Forum Listserv
Members interested in learning more about the
issues, projects, and activities of ALA,
including the various divisions and
roundtables, may subscribe to the Member-
Forum electronic discussion list. The purpose
of the list is to encourage member
participation. It provides a forum for members
to communicate directly with ALA officers,
staff, and councilors. To subscribe, send an e-mail
message to email@example.com with the
following command as the first and only line of
text in the body of the message: subscribe
member-forum [your name]. Type in your full
name without the brackets.
Julie Brewer, DLA Chapter Councilor
Chapter Councilor Report from
2003 ALA Midwinter
Council Meetings
USA Patriot Act
The ALA Council took a number of actions to
protect access to government information and
to protect the privacy of library users. The
Resolution on the USA Patriot Act & Related
Measures That Infringe on the Rights of Library
Users (available at http://www.ala.org/alaorg/
oif/usapatriotresolution.html) urges libraries to
educate users, staff, and communities about
the process of compliance with the Act, as well
as the resulting dangers to individual privacy
and confidentiality of library records. The
Resolution urges libraries to adopt and
implement appropriate patron privacy and
record retention policies. It refers to a recent
ALA publication entitled, Privacy: An
Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights,
located at http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/
privacyinterpretation.html as a resource for
drafting new policies. The resolution also urges
Congress to provide oversight of the
implementation of the Act, to hold hearings to
determine the extent of the surveillance on
library users and their communities, and to
amend or change the sections of the law that
threaten or abridge the rights of inquiry and
free expression.
ALA Allied Professional Association (ALA-APA)
The ALA-APA is now up and running with new
bylaws, a business plan, and an operating
budget. The purpose of the ALA-APA is to
enable certification of individuals in
specializations beyond the first professional
degree, and to work for better salaries, pay
equity and increased status for librarians and
other library workers. More information about
UD Library Joins NERL
The University of Delaware Library recently joined
NERL (NorthEast Research Libraries), a consortium of
academic research libraries primarily in the
northeastern U.S. with program offices at Yale
University Library. NERL members work to license
electronic materials under the most favorable terms
and conditions possible and also work on other matters
of common interest and benefit in terms of access and
Craig Wilson, Asst. Director for Library Collections,
serves as the UD Library representative to NERL.
Susan Davi serves as alternate.
Executive Board Contact List
Win Rosenberg, Rehoboth Beach Public Library
226 Rehoboth Avenue
Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971
227-8044/227-0597 fax
Vice-President/President Elect
Suzanne Smith, Dickinson High School Library
1801 Milltown Road
Wilmington, DE 19808-4099
992-5500/992-5506 fax
Nick Chiarkas, University of Delaware, Morris
Newark, DE 19717-5267
831-0234/831-1046 fax
Sheila Anderson, Dover Public Library
45 S. State Street
Dover, DE 19901
736-7030/736-5087 fax
ALA Councilor
Julie Brewer, University of Delaware, Morris Library
Newark, DE 19717-5267
831-1594/831-1046 fax
Immediate Past President
Paula Davino
President, Children's Services Division
Barbara Keesey,
Appoquinimink Community Library
120 Silver Lake Road
Middletown, DE 19709
376-4190/378-5293 fax
President, College &
Research Libraries Division
Peggy Prouse, Del Tech Terry Campus
1832 Dupont Highway
Dover, DE 19901
857-1106/857-1099 fax
President, School Library Media Association
Allison Kaplan, Coordinator, SLMA Program
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716-2940
831-1584/831-8404 fax
President, Paraprofessional and Library
Support Division
President, Public Library Division
Susan Menson, Bear Library
101 Governor's Place
Bear, DE 19701
838-3303/838-3307 fax
President, Trustees Division
Standing and Special Committees
Continuing Education Committee (Standing)
Annie Norman
Intellectual Freedom & Open Access
Committee (Standing)
Susan Menson, Chair
Legislative Action Committee (Standing)
Elizabeth C. Baxter, Chair P.O. Box 1319
537-1432/537-9106 fax Bethany Beach, DE
email@example.com 19930-1319
Membership Committee (Standing)
Joan Stover Dover Public Library
736-7030/736-5087 fax 45 S. State Street
email@example.com Dover, DE 19901
Public Relations Committee (Standing)
Annie Norman, Co-Chair
Publications Committee (Standing)
Pamella A. Russell, Sussex County
Dept. of Libraries
P.O. Box 589
Georgetown, DE 19947
855-7890/855-7895 fax
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Need to
Know & Grow
Scholarships, Awards & Citations (Standing)
Janet Chin Hockessin Library
239-0706/239-1519 fax 1023 Valley Road
email@example.com Hockessin, DE 19707
Directory Committee (Special)
James Cayz, Delaware Div. of Libraries
43 S. Dupont Hwy. Dover, DE 19901
800-282-8696/739-6787 fax
Handbook and Bylaws Committee (Special)
Susan Pettit, Technical Services, Bear Library
838-3314/838-3319 fax 101 Governor's Place
email@example.com Bear, DE 19701
Job Placement Committee (Special)
Casey O'Connor, Delaware Div. of Libraries
43 S. Dupont Hwy. Dover, DE 19901
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Long-Range Planning Committee (Special)
Pat Birchenall, Appoquinimink Community Library
118 Silver Lake Rd
Middletown, DE 19709
376-4190/378-5293 fax
State Friends (Special)
Carol Harrington (liaison)
834-1735 phone & fax
Webpage Committee
Jane Tupin, Delaware Div. of Libraries
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800-282-8696/739-6787 fax
State Librarian
Annie Norman, State Librarian
Delaware Division of Libraries
43 S. Dupont Hwy.
Dover, DE 19901
800-282-8696/739-6787 fax
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"There is a serious disconnect in how people view the threat of cybercrime ... [it] is much more prevalent than people realize." –Adam Palmer, lead cyber security advisor, Norton
If I were to ask you to guess how much global economic harm is caused by cybercrime every year – in terms of dollars, now – how big a price tag would you come up with?
Do you think cybercrime causes $50 billion in annual losses, in terms of data stolen and productive time lost dealing with the fallout from various nefarious virtual attacks? Maybe it's more on the order of $100 billion per year in losses.
Well, according to a new study conducted by Symantec, which produces the Norton antivirus software line, direct losses to cybercrime – in terms of money and/or data stolen, systems crashed, etc. – amounts to $114 billion annually, with an additional $274 billion worth of time lost on the part of corporations and individuals alike dealing with the fallout from cyber criminal activities.
[Below you'll find a few other frightening cybercrime factoids to ponder as well. Note the timeline shown at the beginning of this clip, as the advent of the "Internet Age" is paralleled by a steady increase in all sorts of electronically-focused criminal activity.]
Thus, Symantec believes total global annual financial losses related to cybercrime hovers near the $388 billion mark – a sum far bigger than what the global "black market" takes in from sales of marijuana, cocaine and heroin combined (a figure calculated by the United Nations to be $288 billion annually).
Now, of course, this is a survey conducted by a company with a pretty big stake in the "anti-cybercrime" market, so some fairly large grains of salt must be included when digesting its results.
Still, as more and more of daily commerce gets increasingly buttressed by all sorts of electronic supports – especially ones designed to speed cargo across borders and comply with a host of other security requirements – trucking companies should give Symantec's Norton Cybercrime Report 2011 more than a casual perusal.
Indeed, as my boss Jim Mele noted in the cover story he penned for Fleet Owner's September issue, cargo thieves are now in many cases creating false companies created with all sorts of electronic help so they can more easily steal valuable freight.
I mean, why break into a freight terminal to steal something, when you can just go online and have a trucker deliver what you want to steal right to your own fake front door?
Turning back to Symantec's Norton Cybercrime Report – which is based upon 20,000 interviews conducted by polling firm StrategyOne across 24 countries between February and March this year – it revealed that more than two thirds of adults (69%) that spend a significant amount of time online say they've been a victim of cybercrime in their lifetime.
By extrapolation across the world's population, that roughly means every second 14 adults become a victim of cybercrime, resulting in more than one million cybercrime victims every day, according to Symantec's research.
The latest twist in cybercrime is that it's increasingly going mobile. Symantec's study finds that 10% of "online adults" reported experiencing cybercrime on their mobile phone. In fact, Symantec noted in its Internet Security Threat Report, Volume 16 that there were 42% more mobile vulnerabilities in 2010 compared to 2009 – a sign that cybercriminals are starting to focus their efforts on the mobile space.
The number of reported new mobile operating system vulnerabilities increased as well, from 115 in 2009 to 163 in 2010. In addition to threats on mobile devices, increased social networking and a lack of protection are likely to be some of the main culprits behind the growing number of cybercrime victims.
[Below, Steve Vinsik, vp-global security solutions for Unisys Corp., talks about how it's the cyber crimes you DON'T hear about that are the most worrisome. You'll also notice that towards the end of this clip the audio track starts running ahead of the video a little bit.]
Symantec's s study also identifies men between 18 and 31 years old who access the Internet from their mobile phone as the most likely potential victims of cyber criminals. In this group, four in five (80%) say they've fallen prey to cybercrime in their lifetime, the firm's survey found.
Globally, the most common – and most preventable – type of cybercrimes are those caused by computer viruses and "malware" (shorthand for "malicious software") with 54% of respondents saying they have experienced it in their lifetime, Symantec noted, followed by online scams (11%) and phishing messages (10%).
Earlier this year, Symantec's own security activities found more than 286 million unique variations of malware compared to the 240 million reported in 2009, representing a 19% increase.
"Cybercrime is much more prevalent than people realize," noted Adam Palmer, lead cyber security advisor for Symantec's Norton division, in the report.
"Over the past 12 months, three times as many adults surveyed have suffered from online crime versus offline crime, yet less than a third of respondents think they are more likely to become a victim of cybercrime than physical world crime in the next year," he pointed out. "And while 89% of respondents agree that more needs to be done to bring cybercriminals to justice, fighting cybercrime is a shared responsibility. It requires us all to be more alert and to invest in our online smarts and safety."
This "disconnect," between awareness and action, is further illustrated that while 74% of respondents say they are always aware of cybercrime, many are not taking the necessary precautions, said Palmer.
Symantec found that 41% of adults it surveyed indicated they don't have an up to date security software suite to protect their personal information online.
In addition, less than half review credit card statements regularly for fraud (47%), and 61% don't use complex passwords or change them regularly. Among those who access the Internet via their mobile phone, only 16% install the most up to date mobile security.
Companies from across the trucking spectrum need to sit down and think about these statistics here, especially the long term ramifications for freight security. Since so many of us now use a variety of "smart phones" in our work and personal lives, the opportunity for co-opting such electronic mediums in the trucking space is incredibly high right now.
So whether you believe all of Symantec's results or not, the firm's cybercrime report should at least encourage truckers to give more thought to how they secure the electronic avenues that criss-cross their operations every day.


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The Collectibulls "All Paws Rescue Drive"Join us this holiday season on 12/10/16 for a fun filled day of giving back & activities for the dogs. The Collectibulls partnered with 2 dog rescue groups, who are also involved in the bully breed community. Our mission is to deliver as many gifts as possible to "All Paws" waiting to go to their new homes.
Event time: 10am-3pm
Location: WolfGang k9 training facility: 350 W Rosecrans Ave Gardena, CA 90248
$5 admission and we ask that everyone please donate a gift relevant to dogs such as, bowls, dog toys, collars and leashes, etc. *Blankets are recommended*
At 1pm Wolfgang will demonstrate some training techniques for everyone to watch.
Dog agility course will be accessible for everyone to test out
We ask that all dogs in attendance stay on a leash at ALL times. No vicious or aggressive dogs will be allowed.
Proceeds will be donated to the Washington Bully Alliance (WABull) rescue group, a non profit dog rescue who typically obtains dogs through owner-surrender situations necessitated through financial hardship or life changes. They then work to locate permanent and well-suited placement for the dog.
Proceeds will also be donated to the SD Bullies Rescue Mission. SDBullies Rescue Mission is a safe house animal rescue for special needs canines and canines who are in need of loving homes, regardless of their situation. It is our mission to protect the welfare of all animals. SDBullies Rescue Mission graciously accepts surrenders of any bully breed, age and medical condition.
For anymore info please call 310-560-2632 (John)