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Patent US6754559 - Automatic vending machine and sales method thereof - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsAn automatic vending machine which is highly reliable and which does not require any complicated operations when performing sales using a non-contact IC card, and a sales method therefor are provided. When a non-contact IC card is held up for a first time against an automatic vending machine in standby...http://www.google.com/patents/US6754559?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6754559 - Automatic vending machine and sales method thereofAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS6754559 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 10/228,349Publication dateJun 22, 2004Filing dateAug 26, 2002Priority dateSep 11, 2001Fee statusPaidAlso published asUS20030050890Publication number10228349, 228349, US 6754559 B2, US 6754559B2, US-B2-6754559, US6754559 B2, US6754559B2InventorsEiji ItakoOriginal AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Nippon ConluxExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (3), Referenced by (11), Classifications (24), Legal Events (7) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetAutomatic vending machine and sales method thereof
US 6754559 B2Abstract
An automatic vending machine which is highly reliable and which does not require any complicated operations when performing sales using a non-contact IC card, and a sales method therefor are provided. When a non-contact IC card is held up for a first time against an automatic vending machine in standby mode, monetary amount information on the card is displayed on a display section without any monetary amount information being extracted from the card, whereupon the lamps of product selection buttons corresponding to products which are available for sale are illuminated. After a product has been selected, the non-contact IC card is held up for a second time, whereupon payment processing is performed such that the monetary amount information on the card is updated.
short range communication means for performing short range communication with a communication medium which is carried by a user; reader/writer means for reading from the communication medium via the short range communication means an authentication code for this communication medium and monetary amount information stored on this communication medium, and for rewriting the monetary amount information stored on the communication medium following a sale of a product; storage means for temporarily storing the authentication code and the monetary amount information read out from the communication medium by the reader/writer means; product dispensation means for dispensing a product; and control means in which a judgment is made as to whether or not the sale of a product is possible on the basis of the authentication code and monetary amount information read out from the communication medium by the short range communication means, whereupon, if the sale is possible, this authentication code and monetary amount information are stored in the storage means and the selection of a product is awaited, and in which the authentication code and monetary amount information of the communication medium are read for a second time by the short range communication means following the selection of a product, whereby, if the authentication code and monetary amount information read out for the second time and the authentication code and monetary amount information stored in the storage means match, the monetary amount information stored in the communication medium is updated to monetary amount information obtained by deducting a price of the selected product from the monetary amount information which was read for the second time, and, following the update of the monetary amount information, the product is dispensed by the product dispensation means. 2. The automatic vending machine according to claim 1, further comprising means which, when the product cannot be dispensed by the product dispensation means, reads the authentication code of the communication medium from the communication medium for a second time, and which, if the read out authentication code and the authentication code stored in the storage means match, adds the price of the product which could not be dispensed to the monetary amount information on the communication medium.
3. The automatic vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the communication medium comprises a non-contact IC card, and
the short range communication means reads from the non-contact IC card an authentication code of the non-contact IC card and monetary amount information stored on the non-contact IC card when the non-contact IC card is within an effective distance of radio waves emitted from the short range communication means, and rewrites the monetary amount information stored on the non-contact IC card following the sale of a product. 4. The automatic vending machine according to claim 2, wherein an effective distance from radio waves emitted by the short range communication means is several centimeters.
5. The automatic vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the communication medium comprises a portable communication terminal having infrared communication means, and wherein the short range communication means performs infrared communications with the infrared communication means of the portable communication terminal to read from the portable communication terminal an authentication code of the portable communication terminal and monetary amount information stored on the portable communication terminal, and rewrites the monetary amount information stored in the portable communication terminal following the sale of a product.
6. A sales method of an automatic vending machine for selling a product by performing payment processing by means of short range communication with a communication medium which is carried by a user, comprising:
a first step of reading an authentication code of the communication medium and monetary amount information stored on the communication medium from the communication medium; a second step of judging whether or not the sale of a product is possible based on the authentication code and monetary amount information read in the first step; a third step of, if the sale of a product is possible in the second step, storing the authentication code and monetary amount information and awaiting the selection of a product; a fourth step of selecting a product; a fifth step of reading the authentication code and monetary amount information of the communication medium for a second time following the selection of a product in the fourth step; a sixth step of comparing the authentication code and monetary amount information which were read for a second time in the fifth step and the stored authentication code and monetary amount information; a seventh step of, if the authentication code and monetary amount information which were read for a second time and the stored authentication code and monetary amount information match in the sixth step, updating the monetary amount information stored on the communication medium to monetary amount information obtained by deducting the price of the selected product from the monetary amount information which was read for a second time; and an eighth step of dispensing the product following the update of the monetary amount information in the seventh step. 7. The sales method for an automatic vending machine according to claim 6, further comprises:
a ninth step of, if a product cannot be dispensed in the eighth step, reading the authentication code of the communication medium from the communication medium for a second time; and a tenth step of, if the authentication code read out in the ninth step and the stored authentication code match, adding the price of the product which could not be dispensed to the monetary amount information on the communication medium.
The present invention relates to an automatic vending machine which enables merchandise sales processing using a non-contact IC card and a sales method thereof, and more particularly to an automatic vending machine which enables highly reliable merchandise sales processing without complicating operations, and a sales method thereof
Automatic vending machines which enable the purchasing of products using a non-contact IC card have been proposed in the prior art.
In Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-176251, when a user depresses a set button on an automatic vending machine, products become selectable after the price of a single product or the entire amount is deducted in advance from monetary amount information which is stored on the card of the user. In a case where the entire amount is deducted from the monetary amount information stored on the card, the user selects a product, and following payment for the selected product, the balance which remains following subtraction of the cost of the product that was paid for from the entire amount of the monetary amount information stored on the card, which was deducted from the card in advance, is refunded to the card.
In Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-232955, product selection becomes possible when the user depresses a purchase button or when a human-detecting sensor detects the user. After the user has selected a product, the cost is deducted from the card and the product is dispensed.
However, in a system in which an amount of money is deducted from the card prior to purchase, as in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-176251, the product cost may not be returned when the user does not purchase the product.
Further, upon selection of a product in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-232955, the user may select a product which costs more than the amount of money on the card.
It is therefore an object of this invention to provide an automatic vending machine in which a user can check which products may be purchased prior to the selection of a product and in which payment is deducted from a card after the user has selected a desired purchase, and to provide a sales method thereof
In order to achieve the aforementioned object, an automatic vending machine of the invention described in claim 1 comprises: short range communication means for performing short range communication with a communication medium which is carried by a user; reader/writer means for reading from the communication medium via the short range communication means an authentication code for this communication medium and monetary amount information stored on this communication medium, and for rewriting the monetary amount information stored on the communication medium following a sale of a product; storage means for temporarily storing the authentication code and the monetary amount information read out from the communication medium by the reader/writer means; product dispensation means for dispensing a product; and control means in which a judgment is made as to whether or not the sale of a product is possible on the basis of the authentication code and monetary amount information read out from the communication medium by the short range communication means, whereupon, if the sale is possible, this authentication code and monetary amount information are stored in the storage means and the selection of a product is awaited, and in which the authentication code and monetary amount information of the communication medium are read for a second time by the short range communication means following the selection of a product, whereby, if the authentication code and monetary amount information read out for the second time and the authentication code and monetary amount information stored in the storage means match, the monetary amount information stored in the communication medium is updated to monetary amount information obtained by deducting a price of the selected product from the monetary amount information which was read for the second time, and, following the update of the monetary amount information, the product is dispensed by the product dispensation means.
The invention in claim 2, according to the invention in claim 1, is constituted such that when the product cannot be dispensed by the product dispensation means, the authentication code of the communication medium is read from the communication medium for a second time, and, if the read out authentication code and the authentication code stored in the storage means match, the deducted monetary amount information is added to the monetary amount information on the communication medium.
Thereby, when a product cannot be dispensed due to the occurrence of a malfunction in the automatic vending machine such as a product blockage, the price of the product that could not be dispensed may be refunded to the communication medium. Further, in the invention of claim 3, according to the invention in claim 1, the communication medium comprises a non-contact IC card, and the short range communication means reads from the non-contact IC card an authentication code of the non-contact IC card and monetary amount information stored on the non-contact IC card when the non-contact IC card is within an effective distance of radio waves emitted from the short range communication means, and rewrites the monetary amount information stored on the non-contact IC card following the sale of a product. In the invention in claim 4, according to the invention in claim 3, an effective distance from radio waves emitted by the short range communication means is several centimeters.
In the invention of claim 5, according to the invention in claim 1, the communication medium comprises a portable communication terminal having infrared communication means, and wherein the short range communication means performs infrared communications with the infrared communication means of the portable communication terminal to read from the portable communication terminal an authentication code of the portable communication terminal and monetary amount information stored on the portable communication terminal, and rewrites the monetary amount information stored in the portable communication terminal following the sale of a product.
Further, the invention in claim 6 is a sales method of an automatic vending machine for selling a product by performing payment processing by means of short range communication with a communication medium which is carried by a user, comprising: a first step of reading an authentication code of the communication medium and monetary amount information stored on the communication medium from the communication medium; a second step of judging whether or not the sale of a product is possible based on the authentication code and monetary amount information read in the first step; a third step of, if the sale of a product is possible in the second step, storing the authentication code and monetary amount information and awaiting the selection of a product; a fourth step of selecting a product; a fifth step of reading the authentication code and monetary amount information of the communication medium for a second time following the selection of a product in the fourth step; a sixth step of comparing the authentication code and monetary amount information which were read for a second time in the fifth step and the stored authentication code and monetary amount information; a seventh step of, if the authentication code and monetary amount information which were read for a second time and the stored authentication code and monetary amount information match in the sixth step, updating the monetary amount information stored on the communication medium to monetary amount information obtained by deducting the price of the selected product from the monetary amount information which was read for a second time; and an eighth step of dispensing the product following the update of the monetary amount information in the seventh step.
Further, in the invention of claim 7, according to the invention in claim 6, the method further comprises: a ninth step of, if a product cannot be dispensed in the eighth step, reading the authentication code of the communication medium from the communication medium for a second time; and a tenth step of, if the authentication code read out in the ninth step and the stored authentication code match, adding the price of the product which could not be dispensed to the monetary amount information on the communication medium.
Thus, according to this invention, when a non-contact IC card is held up for the first time against an automatic vending machine which is in standby mode, the automatic vending machine simply displays the balance of the card and indicates the products available for sale without extracting any of the monetary amount information from the non-contact IC card. When the non-contact IC card is held up for a second time following the selection of a product, payment processing is performed such that the monetary amount information on the non-contact IC card is updated, and hence, no unnecessary payment deductions are made from the cards of users other than a user with a definite desire to purchase a product, as a result of which highly reliable card sales can be realized.
Moreover, when a product cannot be dispensed due to a product blockage or the like and in spite of the fact that payment has been extracted from the card, processing to refund the payment is performed by holding the card up to the automatic vending machine for a second time, whereby card sales with an even higher level of reliability can be realized.
Furthermore, the antenna section can be easily attached to a banknote identifying machine or the like, and thus an existing automatic vending machine can be made to respond easily to slight improvements. The automatic vending machine may also be used with cash, and therefore product sales can be realized with ease.
FIG. 1 is a view showing an example of the appearance of the external constitution of an automatic vending machine according to this invention;
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the constitution of the main components for controlling sales using a non-contact IC card from among a control circuit of the automatic vending machine according to this invention as shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a flowchart explaining a sales mode determination method in the automatic vending machine according to this invention;
FIG. 4 is a flowchart explaining sales processing in card sales mode in the automatic vending machine according to this invention; and
FIG. 5 is a sequence chart explaining in detail sales processing in card sales mode in the automatic vending machine according to this invention.
An embodiment of the automatic vending machine according to this invention will be explained in detail below with reference to the attached drawings.
FIG. 1 is a view showing an example of the outer appearance of the automatic vending machine according to this invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the constitution of the main components for controlling sales using a non-contact IC card from among the control circuit of the automatic vending machine in FIG. 1.
In FIG. 1, an automatic vending machine 10 is an automatic vending machine which performs product sales by means of cash and which is also capable of product sales using a non-contact IC card. The automatic vending machine 10 comprises a product display section 20 in which product samples are displayed and a plurality of product selection buttons 21 are arranged so as to correspond to each product, a coin insertion slot 31 for inserting coins, a banknote insertion slot 32 for inserting banknotes, a return lever 33 for returning change, a display section 40 for displaying various types of information such as monetary amount information, sales mode lamps 41, 42 for indicating the current sales mode, a coin return port 5, a product dispensation port 6, and an antenna section 7 for supplying power to the non-contact IC card and performing data read/write operations.
A lamp is provided on the product selection buttons 21 for indicating that the corresponding product is available for sale. This lamp lights up when the corresponding product becomes available for sale in response to the value of the product (cash or monetary amount information stored on the non-contact IC card) being inserted into the automatic vending machine 10.
The antenna section 7 emits radio waves constantly and performs communications by supplying power to a non-contact IC card placed within the area of effectiveness of the radio waves. Here, the area of effectiveness of the radio waves emitted by the antenna section 7 is set at a range of several centimeters from the antenna section 7, whereby communications with the non-contact IC card are not performed when a user purposely holds the non-contact IC card away from the antenna section 7. Placing the non-contact IC card within the area of effectiveness of the radio waves emitted by the antenna section 7 will be referred to hereinbelow as “holding the non-contact IC card up to the antenna section 7”.
The sales mode lamps 41, 42 display whether the automatic vending machine 10 is in cash sales mode (whereby sales mode lamp 41 is illuminated) in which sales are performed using cash, or card sales mode (whereby sales mode lamp 42 is illuminated) in which sales are performed using a non-contact IC card. This sales mode is determined by an initial operation which is performed in respect of the automatic vending machine 10 which is in standby mode. If cash is inserted through the coin insertion slot 31 or the banknote insertion slot 32, then cash sales mode is determined, whereas if a non-contact IC card is held up to the antenna section 7, card sales mode is determined.
Note that a sales mode selection button for selecting the sales mode may also be provided as a separate component on the automatic vending machine 10, whereby a user operates this sales mode selection button to determine the sales mode.
Further, if the automatic vending machine 10 is to be capable of sales using non-contact IC cards only, then the coin insertion slot 31, banknote insertion slot 32, return lever 33 and coin return port 5 become unnecessary.
As is illustrated in FIG. 2, the automatic vending machine 10 is constituted by a main control section 11, a card reader/writer (R/W) 12, a money processing section 13, a product dispensation processing section 14, a display section 40, and the antenna section 7.
The main control section 11 performs overall control of the sale of products by controlling each section of the automatic vending machine 10. The card reader/writer 12 is connected to the antenna section 7, and performs read processing and write processing of data from the non-contact IC card which is held up to the antenna section 7. The money processing section 13 performs processing for accepting money corresponding to the value of a product, returning change, and so on. The product dispensation processing section 14 performs product dispensation processing based on control signals from the main control section 11. The display section 40 displays various types of information (the amount of money inserted etc.) relating to product sales on the basis of control signals from the main control section 11.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart explaining the flow of processing of the automatic vending machine in standby mode to the determination of the sales mode.
As is illustrated in FIG. 3, the sales mode of the automatic vending machine 10 is determined by whether cash is inserted or a non-contact IC card is held up to the automatic vending machine in standby mode. If cash is inserted (YES in step 101), cash sales mode for performing sales processing using cash (that is, sales processing similar to that of a typical automatic vending machine) is determined (step 104), and if a non-contact IC card is held up to the antenna section 7 (YES in step 102), card sales mode for performing sales processing using a non-contact IC card is determined (step 103).
FIG. 4 is a flowchart explaining the flow of sales processing in the automatic vending machine 10 when in card sales mode.
When a non-contact IC card is held up to the antenna section 7 (YES in step 102), the card reader/writer 12 reads from the non-contact IC card an in-built authentication code and monetary amount information stored on the card and then notifies the main control section 11 thereof (step 201). The main control section 11 checks the authentication code read from the non-contact IC card by the card reader/writer 12 and makes a judgment based thereon as to the validity of the non-contact IC card (step 202). If the card is judged to be valid (YES in step 202), the sales mode lamp 42 is illuminated to indicate card sales mode, whereupon the read out monetary amount information is displayed on the display section 40 and the lamps of the product selection buttons 21 corresponding to products which are available for sale within this monetary amount are illuminated (step 203). The main control section 11 temporarily stores the authentication code and monetary amount information read from the non-contact IC card as a transaction code.
When one of the buttons from among the product selection buttons 21 with illuminated lamps is depressed (YES in step 204), the main control section 11 confirms the product to be sold by extinguishing the lamps of the product selection buttons other than the depressed product selection button 21, and then waits for the non-contact IC card to be held up to the antenna section 7 for a second time (step 205). When the non-contact IC card is held up to the antenna section 7 (YES in step 205), the card reader/writer 12 reads the authentication code and monetary amount information from the non-contact IC card and notifies the main control section 11 thereof (step 206). The main control section 11 compares the transaction code comprising the authentication code and monetary amount information read out the second time with the previously stored transaction code to judge whether or not the two transaction codes are identical (step 207). If the codes are identical (YES in step 207), the price of the product corresponding to the depressed product selection button 21 is deducted from the notified monetary amount information, whereby the monetary amount information stored on the non-contact IC card is updated (step 208). Thereafter, an order for product dispensation is given to the product dispensation processing section 14. The product dispensation processing section 14 receives the order from the main control section 11 and dispenses the product corresponding to the depressed product selection button 21 to the product dispensation port 6 (step 209).
If, on the other hand, the transaction code of the non-contact IC card which was held up following the depression of the product selection button 21 does not match the stored transaction code (NO in step 207), the main control section 11 checks the authentication code of the non-contact IC card which was held up following depression of the product selection button 21 (return to step 202), and if this authentication code is valid (YES in step 202), updates the stored transaction code (authentication code and monetary amount information) to the transaction code of the non-contact IC card which was held up following depression of the product selection button (step 203).
In other words, if the transaction code of the non-contact IC card which was held up prior to depression of the product selection button 21 and the transaction code of the non-contact IC card which was held up following depression of the product selection button 21 do not match, sales processing subject to the non-contact IC card which was held up prior to the depression of the product selection button 21 is canceled, whereupon sales processing is performed from step 202 with the non-contact IC card which was held up following depression of the product selection button 21 as the new transaction partner.
Note that the automatic vending machine 1 may also be immediately reset to standby mode when the transaction code of the non-contact IC card which was held up prior to depression of the product selection button 21 and the transaction code of the non-contact IC card which was held up following depression of the product selection button 21 do not match (NO in step 207).
When a product cannot be dispensed through the product dispensation port 6 due to product blockages or the like and regardless of the fact that the product has been selected and the price thereof charged from the non-contact IC card (NO in step 210), the main control section 11 informs the user of the malfunction by displaying such information on the display section 40 and waits for the non-contact IC card to be held up to the antenna section 7 (step 211). When the non-contact IC card is held up to the antenna section 7 (YES in step 211), the card reader/writer 12 reads the authentication code from the non-contact IC card and informs the main control section 11 thereof (step 212). The main control section 11 compares the notified authentication code and the previously stored authentication code (step 213), and if the two authentication codes match (YES in step 213), the price of the corresponding product is refunded to the non-contact IC card (step 214).
Note that the modes of awaiting depression of a product selection button 21 (step 203) and awaiting a non-contact IC card to be held up (steps 204, 211) are canceled after the elapse of a predetermined amount of time, whereby the automatic vending machine 10 is reset to standby mode.
Further, the modes of awaiting depression of a product selection button 21 (step 203) and awaiting a non-contact IC card to be held up (steps 204, 211) may be canceled upon detection of an operation of the return lever 33, and the automatic vending machine 10 may be reset to standby mode according to the will of the user. Also, a specialized reset button for resetting the automatic vending machine 10 may of course be provided.
FIG. 5 is a view explaining a specific example of product sales by means of the automatic vending machine 10.
First, a user holds a non-contact IC card up to the antenna section 7 of the automatic vending machine 10 until the sales mode lamp 42 is illuminated.
The automatic vending machine 10 checks the validity of the card by reading the authentication code and monetary amount information from the non-contact IC card which has been held up to the antenna section 7. If the card is valid, the sales mode lamp 42 indicating card sales mode is illuminated, whereby the lamps of the product selection buttons 21 corresponding to the products which are available for sale are illuminated. The read out authentication code and monetary amount information are also stored.
The user depresses the product selection button 21 which corresponds to the desired product from among the illuminated product selection buttons 21.
The automatic vending machine 10 confirms the product to be sold by extinguishing the lamps of the product selection buttons 21 other than the depressed product selection button, or in other words by leaving only the lamp of the depressed product selection button 21 illuminated, and then requests the user to hold the non-contact IC card up to the antenna section 7 for a second time. This request may be performed by causing the touch panel surface of the antenna section 7 to flash or the like and then by illuminating the touch panel surface at the same time as the non-contact IC card is held up to the antenna section 7 so as to inform the user that the automatic vending machine 10 has moved into transaction status. Notification of the timing at which to hold up the card may of course be performed by another method (for example providing a separate transaction status lamp and illuminating this transaction status lamp to inform the user of the timing at which to hold up the card).
The user checks the product for which a sale has been confirmed by looking at the lamp of the product selection button 21, and then holds the non-contact IC card up to the antenna section 7. The card is held up continuously until notification as to the completion of payment processing is received from the automatic vending machine 10.
The automatic vending machine 10 reads the authentication code and monetary amount information from the non-contact IC card held up to the antenna section 7 and compares this code and information with the previously stored authentication code and monetary amount information. If the two match, the monetary amount information on the non-contact IC card is updated to the monetary amount which remains after the price of the selected product has been deducted from the read out monetary amount information, whereupon the user is informed as to the completion of payment processing. Then, the corresponding product is dispensed from the product dispensation port 16. Notification to the user of the completion of payment processing is performed, for example, by a beeping sound or by causing a change in the state of illumination of the touch surface of the antenna portion 7 or in the state of illumination of the separately provided transaction status lamp.
In other words, when a user wishes to purchase a product from the automatic vending machine 1, the user must hold the non-contact IC card up to the automatic vending machine 10 twice. The first time is in order to switch the automatic vending machine 10 to a state in which products are available for selection, and the second time is in order to implement payment to the automatic vending machine 10.
Accordingly, when the user simply wishes to check the balance on the non-contact IC card without purchasing a product, the non-contact IC card is held up to the automatic vending machine 10 only once, whereby the balance of the card is displayed on the display section 40. Since the monetary amount information of the card is not updated, the balance on the non-contact IC card can be checked freely.
Further, as was mentioned briefly in the above embodiment, a transaction status lamp for displaying the status of the transaction with the non-contact IC card may be provided. For example, this transaction status lamp is extinguished when the automatic vending machine 10 is in standby mode and illuminated when the non-contact IC card is held up such that the automatic vending machine 10 moves from standby mode to awaiting product selection status. When the product has been selected and the automatic vending machine 10 is waiting for the non-contact IC card to be held up for the purpose of payment, the lamp is caused to flash, thereby informing the user that the automatic vending machine 10 has entered transaction status. Note that instead of the transaction status lamp, light may be emitted from the touch surface of the antenna section 7.
Further, an example using a non-contact IC card was explained in the above embodiment. However, the present invention may also be applied to wireless communications using IrDA (optical communications and the like) installed in a portable communications terminal (a portable telephone or the like).
More specifically, by constructing the antenna section 7 of the automatic vending machine 10 from an IrDA interface comprising an infrared transceiving element or the like, the sales method described in the above embodiment can be applied without further modification to sales using IrDA installed in a portable communications terminal.
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A year in the life through pictures: 2009
Went to the Diner with my dad for lunch today. Josh was happy not to sit in a highchair.
I'm DONE!!! So happy and proud of myself! Thinking I will start again, just go here:
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(So original, I know!)
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Labels: diner, Final Picture, Josh
A view out the window of our plane on the way home.
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Labels: clouds, Plane
My sister and I were having a blast in the biggest Disney Store in the world. (In Downtown Disney) We tried on loads of hats and laughed our a$$es off.
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Labels: Disney Store, Hats
I loved that when you walked into DHS it looked like it was set in the 50's.
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I love Epcot, it's just so pretty there!
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I so wish this was my final picture. Oh well, just imagine it is;)-
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Labels: It's a Small world, Magic Kingdom
Our Hotel in Downtown Disney
Josh got a cool present today from my mom's friend. I've been playing with him all day!
Labels: Josh, play-doh
On the way to visit my sister in da Bronx today
Went to the park and the floor was made of this stuff. Pretty cool.
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Josh was trying on my mom's hats tonight. He loves them!
Labels: hat, Josh
Josh and daddy had fun playing with Pinocchio and Jiminy Cricket on the plane
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Labels: Josh, Plane
Walked past my favorite graveyard today. It's looking gorgeous in there again.
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I had to go to my consultant's for a test today. I've been meaning to take a picture for ages. This place reminds me of a Laura Ashley store display. It's very relaxing and peaceful in there, I'll say that.
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On the way to pick up Josh at Nursery I saw this tree was blooming. Reminded me of Cherry Blossoms in DC for some reason
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How cute is Molly in her Cadet Uniform. (I called it a costume first!) She even won a medal!
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The men who own the freehold of the land that our house is on decided to park this ugly camper in the second visitor space. They think by doing this one of the home owners will cave and buy the spot from them. WE WON'T!!! I'm getting ready to cover that piece of crap up though;)-
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Labels: Ewwwee
Josh made a tunnel for his trains to go through.
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Labels: train, tunnel
Josh's Vitamins, which he reminds me to give him. "Mummy, don't forget my Itamins!!!"
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Josh is up to three Pizza sticks now. He is just eating so much, it's great!
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I'm a bit concerned! :/
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Labels: Jesse and Woody
This is one of my Mother's Day gifts this year. A digital frame. It's very cool!
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We went to see my In-laws for Mother's Day. We went back to a pub we have been to I think a little over five years ago. The view is gorgeous and the food was as well!
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Labels: boats, Pub
We went to town today to see my friend Amy perform in her Rock Choir. They were fabulous! Mindy and her girls met us! I tried to embarrass them by dancing!
Labels: Mindy, Rock Choir, Town
Ever since Geeta's Popcorn picture I've been craving it. I made some today and it was YUM! My picture is not as good, but hey;)-
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Labels: Geeta, Popcorn
My mean husband left this out to torture me (I'm convinced) I was so tempted to take it and run. Slather on some butter, YUM!!! Curse HIM!!!
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Time flies. This picture was taken a year ago. Josh has not changed that much (IMO)
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I was not feeling well at all today! Poor me!
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Went to Ikea today.
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My mom bought this for me from the US. At first I was kind of bummed because I love Ranch, (I'm not as bad as some people though) but I do like certain brands. BUT, I was pleasantly surprised. First with the little hole pouring thing. It' brilliant. Just the right amount comes out, and, it tastes great! I'm hooked! I hope they have a blue cheese too!
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Labels: Ranch Dressing
I bought a card for my mom so I could send it to her for the Mothers day in the US.
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Mindy gave these to me for Christmas and my Birthday! They gave me the push to sort out my British Citizenship. YAY!!!
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Labels: Citizenship, Mindy, Passport covers
I'm so excited! This came in the post today. My ceremony is on the 29 April after we get back from NY.
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I love this time of year. It's starting to get warmer and the flowers are blooming. Spring is in the air.
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I received the letter exactly a month after my appt. with the checking service, though, the letter was dated 28 Feb. So excited! My ceremony will be 28 April after I'm back from the US.
The building society (I don't know what to call them, Rich and some of the other people in our building development) have placed these logs on the grass up along the Drive in hopes people will not park there. It looks kind of cool I think.
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Labels: drive, logs
Josh and Madi had fun jumping off the ledge today. It was not a far jump, but they both managed to fall down a bunch. Neither of them seemed to care though, they screamed with laughter the whole time!
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Labels: Jump, Madi, Party
Rich loved the brownies I made so much last week, he requested more. I made these for the party we are going to tomorrow.
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I know! I saw it in the theater with my chick-flick friend. I liked it. I bought it when it came out. Second time around not so much. I wonder why?
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Labels: Heehee
I was looking out the kitchen window and saw Mr Frog sitting near our door! He seems to want to come in!!!
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My new phone! It's Red!!! I LOVE it!
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It WILL be put away soon. I think Rich just wants to clean it before putting it away. I'm sad, another reminder my baby is growing up.
Labels: highchair
I asked Rich to buy all three noses. He bought two and some toy you throw and it laughs. Josh is scared of the toy, of course! Why didn't he just listen to me?
We took off the protective cushion thing we've had around the table since Josh could walk. Getting ready to cover the table with a nice table cloth and have Josh eat at the table, rather then use his highchair, which we are putting away!
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Another Magazine, but I was so excited to find this in my small Smith's train shop. (You can usually find them in the bigger ones, in London)
This whole Octo Mom thing, makes me cringe.
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Labels: Magazine, octo mom
I'm really sad for Jade. No one deserves this!
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Labels: Jade, Magazine
Josh asked Rich to make a mommy for Harold and voila!
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Labels: Harold's mommy
Jill and Avery came over today. They are leaving to go back to NY in a month! We will miss them, but will see them when we visit my parents. (Funny that Josh has to sit in the highchair and Avery has been out of hers for ages! I was hoping he'd follow in her footsteps. NOPE!)
Labels: Avy
Josh finally got Harold to add to his collection. It was between him and Bertie the Bus.
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365 days of Josh

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The Medium is the Message: March 2009
Twitter Lag Disrupts Virtual Conference Attendance
I spent a good chunk of today 'attending' the Computers in Libraries conference by keeping up with the #cil2009 infostream while listening to TWiT live via ustream. Around 1:40p (in the east) I saw someone in TWiT chat screen a mention that they just felt an earthquake in San Francisco. Indicative of how my information seeking behavior has changed, the first thing I did was perform a Twitter Search. Within 20 seconds of my initial search, which had hundreds of results, over 1500 additional results were available. The number of updates increased rapidly. Around and hour later the infostream from Computers in Libraries virtually stopped. There was initially a 21-minute update gap between 2:46p and 3:07p . I thought maybe it was time for a coffee break at the conference. Eventually, Twitter began to back fill those posts with a delay of 15-minutes. By 4:15p the delay dropped to around 5-minutes. A similar delay was occurring with the #earthquake posts. Until I hear another explanation, I will attribute the delay on the increased number of updates about the earthquake putting a heavy load on the system. It also highlights the reality that we need to be careful about the increased reliance on this single system. A 10-minute update delay in my virtual conference attendance is nothing when compared to the potentially devastating effect of such a system overload if relied upon for real time communication of emergency situations. Sphere: Related Content
3/30/2009 02:12:00 PM
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It’s Time to Embrace Newer Forms of Scholarly Communication
I decided to write a letter to the promotion and tenure committee after being tenured back in 1997. I had completely forgotten about the letter until I recently uncovered it. In re-reading it, I do not know if I'm more surprised about my insightful comments 12-years ago, or more disappointed that all of the issues I presented are STILL issues. From my letter:" The fact that my web publications are not in the traditional peer-review mold may mean they hold little weight in the tenure process. This perception comes from the fact that no reference them appeared in my tenure review letter..."I certainly understand the importance and significance of peer-reviewed, paper-based publications. The growing number of traditional publications in my dossier should demonstrate this understanding. However, electronic communication is becoming a significant part of the library profession. Just as technology is changing the manner in which we perform our jobs it is also changing how we communicate our theories, ideas, and concepts. As a profession, librarianship needs to adapt to these changes for our scholarly communications to advance..."Finally, I have had discussions with tenured and nontenured library faculty that real a need for an open dialog regarding electronic publications and resources during the tenure and promotion process. I encourage the Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure Committee to begin considering how such a dialog can begin so future candidates will understand how electronic publications will be recognized."Yes, these issues are not only still on the table but are discussed in an article by Sarah Kubik entitled Getting Serious About Research Online appearing in the March 20, 2009 edition of Inside Higher Ed. Kubik is an associate faculty member in visual communications and design at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne.Kubik makes the argument that while it once made sense to equate print with quality, it’s time to embrace newer forms of scholarly communication as being valid. She points out that even the new Modern Language Association Handbook for Writers of Research Papers no longer recognizes print as the default medium. Issue: academics still care about the output delivery method when it should be all about the content. Important scholarly communications are now being delivered using any number of personal communications conduits including blogs, online journals, e-mail, forum posts, podcasts, Twitter tweets, text messages, or instant messages. Still, academics dismiss this type of content as being less valuable. From Kubik:"If the Tribune Company decides to lessen its production of printed papers because they are too costly, does this mean that they are implying that printed content is less intellectual than Web content? Of course not. But academic circles are not all following suit. Online-only journals often have no impact factor scores, yet the students who use Google will find these journals pop up more frequently than the traditional publications. Perhaps this move toward paper-free publications will speed up the process of submitting an article, waiting for the first review, re-submitting the article with changes, waiting for the next review, (hopefully) getting the article accepted, and then waiting to have the article printed in the journal."For promotion and tenure purposes it is still all about about print. Nothing more needs to be said.Issue: Even when academics do recognize the value of electronic content, there is a tendency to use the lack of a traditional peer-review process to devalue it. Yes, we now have to be able to judge the quality of online content. Yes, a quality filtering process is needed. Yet, I do not think such a process has to be in place before there can be a wider acceptance of scholarly communication in all its form. The mindset that processes for identifying content quality and peer-review have to be in place before the content can be accepted may be the single reason we are no closer to a solution then when I addressed the issue up 12 years ago. At least some institutions, such as Oregon State University, have begun to address both these issues in their criteria: While the kinds of scholarship for faculty across the range of positions at the University will vary, the requirement that the significance of the scholarship be validated and be communicated to publics beyond the University will sustain a uniformly high standard. In some fields, refereed journals and monographs are the traditional media for communication and peer validation; in others, exhibitions and performances. In still other fields, emerging technologies are creating, and will continue to create, entirely new media and methods. In consideration for promotion and tenure, scholarship and creative activity are not merely to be enumerated but are to be carefully, objectively, and rigorously evaluated by professional peers, including ones external to the University.While open to interpretation, one can say that not only does (the other, other) OSU support scholarship in all of its possible forms, but that scholarship should be evaluated in the context of the communication method. More importantly, scholarship must be "communicated in appropriate ways so as to have impact on or significance for publics beyond the University, or for the discipline itself." I am now the Chair of the P&T Committee I sent my letter to 12-years ago. I have found, however, that getting a dialog going is much easier said then done. I now realize the foundation of the culture of scholarship lies at the full professor level. Still, I was able to get a dialog moving by arranging the first ever meeting between P&T and the full professors. Hopefully, changes will not take another 12 years. Sphere: Related Content
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Transitioning to the Digital Dossier
The past few years have been filled with numerous analog to digital transitions. Why not propose another?Each year I am responsible for generating a Faculty Annual Report (FAR). The FAR is essentially a core dossier that contains narrative focusing on my activities over the past year. In 1994, my FAR was generated by photo copying documents from one year to the next and adding new items in with a typewriter (!). The image on the right is my first FAR. Word processing templates were phased in a few years later which allowed me to cut and paste content electronically. My dossier and associated CV are used as documentation of my activities for the purposes of promotion and tenure review. More specifically, they provide critical information for external peer-reviewers. While the dossier I create is technically digital, the processes used to communicate and distribute the document treat it as if it were analog. External reviewers receive a print dossier along with printed copies of scholarly materials via snail mail. Since the dossier is a flat text file, even if sent has an attachment the reviewer still needs to cut and paste URLs. With all the connectivity to content that we now have, academia really needs to rethink the dossier paradigm and transition it from analog to digital. I speculate that this transition WILL happen in the next few years anyway, why shouldn't academic librarians be the first? With a digital dossier:The only information that would be sent to an external reviewer would be a single URL. I think I'm making a reasonable assumption here that MOST academic librarians are online and would prefer digital rather than have a stack of paper. The reviewers could generate the paper versions, if that is the format they prefer. All network-based content (e.g. web sites, blogs) would be hyperlinked and navigated to though the digital dossier. This would allow certain scholarly communications to be viewed and interacted with in their native formats (side bar: I once had an interactive web site printed off and sent to external reviewers). Traditional content would be made accessible through the use of any combination of OpenURL / Link Resolvers / DOI. Most academic librarians have online access to a growing amount of published literature. Why print content off when it can be linked?Content in open access publications or stored in institutional repositories could also be linked. Presentation materials stored on services such as SlideShare could also be linked. Sure, the evaluation of monographs would be a problem - in the short term. Over the past few years, Ohio State has been developing an expertise system called OSU:Pro. Your university may have built a similar system to store and build dossiers. The wonderful thing about OSU:Pro, and other expertise solutions, are their potential to create a digital dossier. We aren't there - yet. All the materials are still printed off and sent through the mail. The argument I hear is that paper is provided for the convenience of the reviewer. They can throw it in their briefcase and take it with them. I think the ubiquity of the Internet pretty much cancels out that argument these days. Serving as an external evaluator takes a good deal of time. I know I would be more willing to serve if it were easier to access all the supporting documentation online. However, the barriers to the digital dossier are primarily of a cultural, historical, and work flow nature - not technical. Sphere: Related Content
3/15/2009 03:06:00 PM
Repurposing 23 Things for Health Sciences Educators?!
"23 Things" is a library staff development learning concept centered on social collaboration tools. It was conceived by Helene Blowers in 2006, and libraries and library organizations of all sizes and types have adapted the idea for their own staff. The focus of the program is a hands-on, self-directed, and innovative way to introduce staff, volunteers, trustees, and others to Web 2.0 tools like blogs and wikis.This afternoon I 'attended' a 2-hour 23 Things Summit that had over 250 participants. The summit consisted of 'presentations' from several successful programs who shared their best practices and lessons learned. I am not going to spend any more time on the summit since you can revisit it here. (Note: the number of attendees Twittering the event made the summit a trending topic on Twittersearch and Twittergrid, )I think we now have enough anecdotal and survey evidence to say that the program is a success in the library community. Both the technical knowledge and technology learning behaviors of participants does change by the end of the program. Great job to all!As an academic librarian, however, I have noticed that the same concerns and issues that lead to he development of 23 Things within the library community also exist in colleges and departments across our campus. Colleges and departments are being pressured more and more to include social and Web 2.0 technologies into their educational experiences. In fact, I have a introductory meeting tomorrow to discuss a 'social networking strategy' for our college of medicine.My first response to the meeting request that I received last week was essentially "it is great to have a strategy, but it will not be effective if the faculty don't understand or know how to use the tools. We need to come up with a way to get them engaged."About 90 minutes into the summit a light bulb went off. It was was an exciting 'AHA' moment.What I will be discussing at the meeting tomorrow is the idea of '23 Things for Health Sciences Educators.' It will essentially be a re-purposing of the 23 Things concept for the continuing education of health sciences faculty. What's that? Sure, library staff can participate as well!The more I think about it I think this is an idea worth pursuing grant funds for. I also felt that idea is the way to go once I realized something. The audience I am looking at is the health sciences. The program is called 23 Things. Humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes. I see the logo now, a double helix. With such a neat theme the program would have to be successful!If this is such a good idea, why am I telling you and giving away my great idea? Perhaps, it is to find some possible collaborators to move this idea to a state, NLM midwest region, or national initiative? At the very least, it is to document the idea...
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The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journeyby Candice Millard [B R67m]After Theodore Roosevelt failed in his last attempt at the Presidency, he was talked into an expedition on a South American river that many doubted ever existed. Joined by his son Kermit, several naturalists from noted geographic societies, a priest, and a failed Arctic explorer, they set out on an ill planned venture in the unknown rain forest. Plagued by insects, Indians, fever, and shortage of supplies, Roosevelt contracted a serious illness that almost drove him to suicide. After surviving the debacle of the expedition, he returned home only to be ridiculed and doubted about his extraordinary accomplishment. For lovers of historic adventure and suspense. -- recommended by Rayma S. -- South Branch Library[ Publisher's page for River of Doubt ] [ Reading Group Guide for River of Doubt ]Have you read this one? What did you think?Ten new reviews appear every month on the Staff Recommendations page of the BookGuide web site. You can visit that page to see them all, or watch them appear here in the BookGuide blog over the course of the entire month.
There are some great series that will be getting new installments early in the 2008, and a few that got their newest addition late in 2007. Here are some of our favorites:“The Winter Rose”, by Jennifer Donnelly: Set in 1900 London, the second volume in Donnelly’s “Tea Rose” trilogy tells the story of India Selwyn-Jones. Though a noblewoman by birth, India has recently graduated from the London Women’s Medical College. Rather than set up her practice in fashionable Harley street, she heads to the dangerous streets of the East End, where she feels she will be truly needed. When one of London’s most notorious gangsters, Sid Malone, comes to her for treatment, India must face her growing feelings for a man who represents everything she detests. (Due out January 8)“Why Mermaids Sing”, by C. S. Harris: It’s another in the new and very popular Sebastian St. Cyr mystery series, set in Regency England. This time, Sebastian must find a serial killer who is doing in the sons of some of England’s most powerful families. These crimes were mentioned towards the end of Harris’ last St. Cyr novel, and solving them will no doubt prove to be a daunting and dangerous task for the darkly charming young viscount. (Out November, 2007)“The Queen of Bedlam”, by Robert McCammon: The long-anticipated follow-up to McCammon’s much-loved “Speaks the Nightbird” reunites readers with law clerk Matthew Corbett, now living in New York, and working for a new magistrate. This book promises to be as engrossing a read as “Nightbird”, as Matthew becomes embroiled in the hunt for a serial killer that the press has dubbed, “The Masker”. Only out since October of 2007, it’s already showing up on some “Best of the Year” lists. (Out October, 2007)“Silent in the Sanctuary”, by Deanna Raybourn: Raybourn made a smashing debut last year with her complex, historically evocative mystery, “Silent in the Grave”. Now, she gives us another tale of Lady Julia Grey and her reluctant partner in crime-solving, Nicholas Brisbane. This one has murder, jewel thieves, and an ever-increasing attraction between the two main characters. It can’t come out soon enough for Raybourn’s many fans. (Due out January 1)“Fire Study”, by Maria V. Snyder: The next book in the “Study” series finds the magically gifted Yelena trying to stop an overly-ambitious clan from creating a magician who can control fire. Wars threaten, and danger lurks around every corner as Snyder’s smart and stalwart heroine once more tries to save her world. (Due out March 1)“The Seduction of the Crimson Rose”, by Lauren Willig: Readers who have been avidly following Willig’s time-hopping chick-lit series will rejoice at the release of yet another installment. This time, it’s up to dark-haired socialite Mary Alsworthy and the mysterious Lord Vaughan to save England from the evil plots of the Black Tulip and his spies. Adventure and romance are sure to ensue, both in the nineteenth and the twenty-first century, where literary scholar Eloise Kelly may just finally get a date with hunky Brit Collin Selwick. (Due out January 28.)
Silver Bells: A Holiday Taleby Luann RiceA touching holiday romance with a bit of a paranormal twist. Christopher Byrne, Nova Scotia Christmas tree farmer, deals with the disappearance of his teenaged son, Danny, during their annual selling trip to New York City. Librarian Catherine Tierney mourns the loss of her husband during a previous Christmas season. Together, with the help of their friends and the timely assistance of the holidays, they can help each other come to terms with their losses and concerns to find a hope for the brighter future. This book was adapted into a very nice Hallmark Hall of Fame production for television in 2005, in which quite a bit of the supporting plot was altered, but actually improved on the storyline. Watch for it in case it airs on television again this holiday season! -- recommended by Scott C. -- Bennett Martin Public Library/Reference[ author Luanne Rice's blog ]Have you read this one? What did you think?This review was pulled from the archives of past Staff Recommendations on the BookGuide web site.
Spineless Wonders: Strange Tales From the Invertebrate Worldby Richard Conniff [592 Con]They're weird. They're creepy. They have disturbing personal habits, and they're all around us. They're invertebrates, and we share our world with them, or maybe they just share theirs with us! Conniff takes us up close and personal with such seemingly common critters as the housefly, the leech and the ant. You will never look at a beetle in quite the same way again after reading this, and you may have new respect for the hagfish and the tarantula. No, these beings are not like us, but they have lives that are just as complex and full of drama. This is a fun way to learn more about a seldom-mentioned part of the animal kindgom. -- recommended by Lisa V. -- Bennett Martin Public Library/Reference[ New York Times review ] [ article by Conniff on the writing of the book ]Have you read this one? What did you think?Ten new reviews appear every month on the Staff Recommendations page of the BookGuide web site. You can visit that page to see them all, or watch them appear here in the BookGuide blog over the course of the entire month.
Do you like "Top 100 Lists"?The members of The Mystery Writers of America have recently assembled a list of what they consider to be the Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time.Check out their list and let us know what you think...any essential titles missing, or are there any here you're surprised to see? Any that are now on your "must read" list?Comment here and share your views!
The 47th Samuraiby Stephen HunterThe newest thriller in the Bob Lee Swagger series is highly recommended to those who like their heroes with a highly developed sense of duty and honor. In 47th Samurai, Swagger is asked to return a sword his father had taken from a Japanese soldier in a battle at Iwo Jima. Swagger makes a special trip to Japan to return the sword and shortly after discovers that the sword has been stolen and the family brutally murdered. Bob Lee begins a quest for atonement and along the way becomes immersed in Japanese organized crime, history, and culture. If you like high-action, all-out thrillers you'll love Stephen Hunter and the Swagger novels. If you shy away from graphic fight sequences, this may not be the novel for you. While the action is intense, the characters are well-developed and the plot tightly researched. -- recommended by Sean S. -- Eiseley Branch Library[ Publisher's page for Stephen Hunter ] [ The Unofficial Stephen Hunter web site ]Have you read this one? What did you think?Ten new reviews appear every month on the Staff Recommendations page of the BookGuide web site. You can visit that page to see them all, or watch them appear here in the BookGuide blog over the course of the entire month.
Pontoon by Garrison Keillor [on CD]Spend some time with the folks of Lake Wobegon as they prepare to celebrate a wedding and mourn the passing of one of their fellow denizens. This compact disc is narrated by the author and is sure to please even those who have never visited Lake Wobegon. -- recommended by Tammy T. -- Bennett Martin Public Library/Collection Management[ Public Radio's Prairie Home Companion web site ] [ Garrison Keillor page on Wikipedia ]Have you read this one? What did you think?Ten new reviews appear every month on the Staff Recommendations page of the BookGuide web site. You can visit that page to see them all, or watch them appear here in the BookGuide blog over the course of the entire month.
A Test of Willsby Charles ToddThis is a classic British police procedural with several twists. The setting is Upper Streetham, a small village in Warwickshire, England. The time is 1919, the world still reeling from the Great War. The detective is Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge, recently returned to police duty from the bloody battlefields of World War I. The victim is Colonel Harris, a career soldier, also recently returned from the war to his estate outside Upper Streetham, where he lived with his ward, Lettice Wood. Miss Wood is recently engaged to Captain Wilton, a young soldier back from the war, also. As you might suspect, World War I and its aftermath feature prominently in this mystery. A woman in the village continues to be shunned because she fell in love with a German prisoner of war detained in the Upper Streetham during the war. Hickam, the town drunk, who suffers from shell shock, was the last person to see Colonel Harris alive. And our Inspector Rutledge, also suffering from shell shock, is dealing with his first murder case since his return to police duty, and his own very personal nightmares. As a captain in the army, Rutledge was forced to order the execution of a young soldier for refusing Rutledge's command to fight. This young soldier, Hamish MacLeod, haunts Rutledge, speaking to him in a voice that only Rutledge can hear. The central question of this mystery is who would want to kill Colonel Harris, a well-liked man for the short amount of time he actually spent in Upper Streetham in between his numerous military postings? Why has the romance between Lettice Woods and Captain Wilton suddenly cooled? Will Inspector Rutledge be able to find the killer or will he succumb to the inner torment and chaos always hovering at the edge of his next thought? With the voice of the dead, young soldier constantly questioning his judgment and character, the hunt for the killer of Colonel Harris will truly become "a test of wills." -- recommended by Evelyn D. -- Bennett Martin Public Library/Technical Processes[Also available in unabridged book-on-cd format.][ A Test of Wills page on the official Charles Todd web site ]Have you read this one? What did you think?Ten new reviews appear every month on the Staff Recommendations page of the BookGuide web site. You can visit that page to see them all, or watch them appear here in the BookGuide blog over the course of the entire month.
The last few days have seen two newsworthy announcements in the media of interest to fans of fantasy fiction.First, the Bad News:Author Terry Pratchett, known for the immensely popular Discworld series (and Good Omens in partnership with Neil Gaiman), announced through artist friend Paul Kidby's website that he has been diagnosed with a rare form of early onset Alzheimer's Disease. Click on the BBC news article for more information.And the Good News:Following the death of James Oliver Rigney Jr., who wrote fantasy under the pseudonym Robert Jordan, there was uncertainty as to whether the unfinished 10th and final volume in Jordan's hugely successful Wheel of Time series would ever see the light of day. Jordan's publisher announced on December 7th that Nebraska's own Brandon Sanderson has been tapped to finish Jordan's final book. See the full article on publisher Tor's web site!
The Complete Essays of Montaigneby Michel de Montaigne [844 Mon]These highly personal thoughts on a variety of subjects (friendship, superstition, the limits of knowledge, etc.) explore how one can know oneself, and thus, better know the world. -- recommended by Bob B. -- Bennett Martin Public Library/Reference[ The Essays of Montaigne at Wikipedia ] [ The Complete Essays of Montaigne at Project Gutenberg ]Have you read this one? What did you think?Ten new reviews appear every month on the Staff Recommendations page of the BookGuide web site. You can visit that page to see them all, or watch them appear here in the BookGuide blog over the course of the entire month.
Speaks the Nightbirdby Robert R. McCammonOne of the fiction best-sellers this winter is bound to be the new book, The Queen of Bedlam, featuring the character Matthew Corbett. Matthew made his first appearance, however, in this gripping, highly entertaining novel of witchcraft and intrigue set in a small Colonial Carolina town. The year is 1699, and Matthew is acting as law clerk for a magistrate who has been called upon to hear the case of a woman suspected of witchcraft. The two men run into trouble almost immediately, and the path of their investigation never does run smoothly. There's a lot going on behind the scenes in the settlement of Fount Royal, and no one is who he or she seems to be. Pirates, Spanish gold, Satanic manifestations and more figure into this suspenseful and detailed story. Is the lovely Rachel Howarth guilty of trafficking with the Devil, or is she the victim of those who will gain by her death? That's the question that Matthew sets out to answer, and his search takes him down a twisting, turning path of deceit and death. Prepare to stay up late reading this one, and don't forget the sequel, which is getting great reviews. -- recommended by Lisa V. -- Bennett Martin Public Library/Reference[ Speaks the Night Bird page on the official Robert McCammon web site ]Have you read this one? What did you think?Ten new reviews appear every month on the Staff Recommendations page of the BookGuide web site. You can visit that page to see them all, or watch them appear here in the BookGuide blog over the course of the entire month.
One copy of J.K. Rowling's handmade Harry Potter tie-in, The Tales of Beedle the Bard, complete with hand-drawn artwork by Rowling, bound in Moroccan leather and ornamented with sterling silver and moonstones, has been sold at a Southeby's auction to Amazon.com for $4 million.The other six copies of the book were all apparently given as gifts to friends and associates of Rowling, with this single copy going to auction, to benefit The Children's Voice, a charity founded by Rowling and Baroness Nicholson of Britain's House of Lords.The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a book mentioned prominently in the text of the final Potter novel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which was released this past July.For more information, including images of/from the book and reviews of the stories in the book, visit Amazon.com's Beedle the Bard site.
Mostly the Truth...Sometimes Not!Tag team booktalkers Carol S. and Deanne J. presented a look at a selection of interesting fiction and non-fiction titles recently for both the Gere Books Talk series (Nov 19th 2007) and Bethany Books Talk series (Nov 30th 2007). You can click any of the linked titles below to see the availability of these titles at locations of the Lincoln City Libraries, and in many cases to see plot blurbs. You can also check out the Book Talk Booklists index on BookGuide to see many other recent and past book talk lists.Good Good Pig: The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood by Sy MontgomerySickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood by Julie GregoryLoving Frank by Nancy HoranThe Post-Birthday World by Lionel ShriverBlue Death: True Tales of Disease, Disaster and the Water We Drink by Robert MorrisThe Heartless Stone: A Journey Through the World of Diamonds, Deceit and Desire by Tom ZoellnerDancing With Rose: Finding Life in the Land of Alzheimer's by Lauren KesslerTouch and Go: A Memoir by Studs TerkelBest of Friends: Two Women, Two Continents, and One Enduring Friendship by Sarah JamesThe Fortune Hunters: Dazzing Women and the Men They Married by Charlotte HaysOne Perfect Day: The Selling of the American Wedding by Rebecca MeadMaxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders by James D. ScurlockThe Lincoln Highway: Coast to Coast From Times Square to the Golden Gate by Michael WallaceAnimal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara KingsolverTwinkie, Deconstructed: My Journey to Discover How the Ingredients Found in Processed Foods Are Grown, Mined (Yes Mined), and Manipulated Into What America Eats by Steve EttlingerThis Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession by Daniel J. LevitinSkylight Confessions by Alice HoffmanBlack Wind by Clive and Dirk CusslerMurder on K Street by Margaret TrumanRun by Ann PatchettNorth River by Pete Hamill
A Fatal Graceby Louise Penny"A stupid, vapid and vindictive woman" is how one of the residents of Three Pines described CC de Poitiers. Chief Inspector Gamache and his team from the Sûreté du Quebec had trouble finding anyone in the tiny village that had a good word to say about CC. As a result, their suspect list was long. Her henpecked husband, her spineless lover and any of the eccentric residents. Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, who we first met in Still Life, came back the village of Three Pines in southern Quebec to find CC's murderer. Gamache renews his acquaintance with the artist couple that eke out a living doing what they love, a poet fixated on death and the gay couple who run a B&B and a bistro as he investigates the latest crime. It was Boxing Day. The villagers met at the legion hall for a community breakfast. Then they headed out to the frozen lake for the annual curling tournament. While everyone cheered the players CC collapsed on the ice. The locals thought it was a heart attack and rushed her to the hospital. The doctor realized that CC had been electrocuted and contacted the Sûreté du Quebec. Gamache and his team have to determine how a woman can be electrocuted while sitting on a frozen lake with a small group watching the annual curling tournament. No one else in the group even received a small electrical jolt, let alone one big enough to kill them. The rest of the villagers were sitting in stands on shore and none of them left their seats. How could someone have killed her? -- recommended by Donna G. -- Loren Corey Eiseley and Bess Dodson Walt Branch Libraries[ Fatal Grace page on the official Louise Penny web site ]Have you read this one? What did you think?Ten new reviews appear every month on the Staff Recommendations page of the BookGuide web site. You can visit that page to see them all, or watch them appear here in the BookGuide blog over the course of the entire month.
Tolkien: A Biographyby Humphrey Carpenter [B T578c]I have enjoyed reading about the development of "The Lord of the Rings" into a published work -- a process that took J.R.R. Tolkien over a decade to complete! -- recommended by Kim J. -- Bennett Martin Public Library/Reference[ The Tolkien Library web site ] [ Bio on The Tolkien Society web site ] [ official J.R.R. Tolkien Estate web site ]Have you read this one? What did you think?Ten new reviews appear every month on the Staff Recommendations page of the BookGuide web site. You can visit that page to see them all, or watch them appear here in the BookGuide blog over the course of the entire month.
Rayma S. presented the booktalk Cowboys, School Marms and a Good Horse at the Gere Branch BooksTalk series on Friday, November 16th at the Bethany Bookstalk series, and on Monday, November 26th at the Gere Bookstalk series. Her talk, if it's not obvious from the title, was on the "Westerns" fiction genre, both classic and modern.Links in the following list will take you to each book's individual entry in the Lincoln City Libraries' catalog, where you can see plot blurbs and check on availability.The Virginian by Owen WisterTo the Last Man: A Story of the Pleasant Valley War by Zane GreyHondo by Louis L'AmourWhispering Smith by Frank H. SpearmanThe Rounders trilogy by Max EvansCreek Mary's Blood by Dee BrownMountain Windsong: A Novel of the Trail of Tears by Robert J. ConleyLily by Cindy BonnerThe Shootist by Glendon SwarthoutThe Mercy Seat by Rilla AskewJourney of the Dead by Loren D. EstlemanThe Far Canyon by Elmer KeltonLonesome Dove and Zeke and Ned by Larry McMurtry
The Murder Leagueby Robert L. FishThree elderly ex-mystery writers, fallen on hard times, decide to put their intelligence to use and set up a "Murder League." They advertise for clients and will dispatch someone for £1,000 plus expenses. Their goal is £10,000 to invest for themselves and live off the interest. They successfully complete nine such arrangements, but an innocent bystander is arrested for the 10th murder. Being men of integrity (?!) they fess up to their involvement, then hire a famed defense attorney. A fast read; humorous tale. The end has a surprise twist that will make the reader laugh out loud. -- recommended by Charlotte K. -- Reference/Bennett Martin Public Library Have you read this one? What did you think?Ten new reviews appear every month on the Staff Recommendations page of the BookGuide web site. You can visit that page to see them all, or watch them appear here in the BookGuide blog over the course of the entire month.
Mistletoe Mysteries Display - Dec 2007 (closeup)Originally uploaded by BookGuide at LCL The main December fiction display is now up at the Bennett Martin Public Library in downtown Lincoln, NE -- Mistletoe Mysteries, based on our extensive holiday themed booklist of the same name!
Period Pieces: A Book TalkSean S. presented the booktalk Period Pieces at the Gere Branch BooksTalk series on Monday, December 3rd, 2007. Focusing on a variety of works (mostly fiction) set in a variety of different time periods, Sean will also present the same booktalk at the Bethany Branch BooksTalk series on Friday, December 14th, 2007 at 10:30 a.m.Links in the following list will take you to each book's individual entry in the Lincoln City Libraries' catalog, where you can see plot blurbs and check on availability.Silk by Alessandro BariccoMister B. Gone by Clive BarkerPale Blue Eye by Louis BayardGame of Their Lives by Geoffrey DouglasBook of Air and Shadows by Michael GruberHavana by Stephen HunterShotgun Rule by Charlie HustonA Conspiracy of Paper by David LissThe Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott LynchCloud of Sparrows by Takashi MatsuokaA Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter MillerThe Dragon Scroll by I.J. ParkerFencing Master by Arturo Perez-ReverteThe Spanish Bow by Andromeda Romano-LaxPerfume: Story of a Murderer by Patrick SuskindWorld Without Us by Alan Weisman


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Posted: October 5, 2017 | Author: Robert (Bob) Cordery | Filed under: Terrain | 10 Comments
So why bother to paint the baseboard … and why choose that colour?
I chose to paint the baseboard so that I could use it ‘as is’ if I wanted to, but the main reason was that by a bit of careful placing, I could create trenches that were actually below the level of the rest of the terrain.
As to the choice of colour … well it seemed to be the best choice for a neutral colour that would go with both the green and sand-coloured terrain that I had painted.
Posted: August 11, 2017 | Author: Robert (Bob) Cordery | Filed under: MIscellaneous musings, Terrain | 12 Comments
The second thing was that hills are easier to model with Heroscape than they are with Hexon II. They may end up looking like ‘old school’ stepped hills, but the figures don’t slide off them and they can be made to be more rugged, with lots of different levels being possible.
The end result of my ‘messing around’ can be seen below:

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