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Sales tax is charged based on the customers shipping address, only to states where oaknyc.com has a physical presence. Currently this includes:
New York:
0.00% will be applied to all clothing and shoes under $110
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8.875% will be applied to all accessories, home goods, etc.
Sales tax is not charged on gift certificate orders, however sales tax may be charged when the gift certificate is redeemed.
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What if the item i want is sold out?
Although we make every effort to keep sufficient stock of items listed on our site, occasionally we do sell out of certain products and sizes. If we are out of stock on an item you have ordered, we will notify you via e-mail. Any changes will be reflected in your order total as well as your shipping confirmation.
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Please allow 3-5 business days processing time for your order to ship. When shipped, you will receive an email with shipping and tracking information.
Please allow one week extra processing time during peak business periods such as sale and holiday. Shipping times may vary due to availability of merchandise. orders are not delivered on the weekends or federal holidays.
OAK does not ship to P.O. boxes.
OAK holds the right to refuse shipping to any order.
OAK is not responsible or liable for any loss or damage to packages once they leave our facility and are into the care of the shipping carrier.
Do you ship internationally?
Please allow one week extra processing time during peak business periods such as sale and holiday.
Please note that international orders are often subject to duties and taxes in addition to the price oak charges, and are billed by your country's customs department upon arrival.
OAK cannot estimate or cover taxes or duties on international shipments.
Any charges for taxes or duties are due to UPS at the time of delivery. As a helpful tip, we have found customers are less likely to be charged duties and taxes on multiple smaller orders as opposed to one large order, but it varies by country.
International customers are responsible for the duties and taxes that are required within their countries.
We are unable to provide free returns for international orders at this time. Please note any duties and or taxes paid will not be refunded.
Where do you ship from?
Orders are shipped from our distribution center in North Bergen, NJ. If an item is out of stock at our distribution center, it will be shipped to you separately from one of our retail stores at no additional cost. If we are unable to fulfill your order due to an inventory error or website glitch, we will refund your payment in full.
What is your return/exchange policy?
Unfortunately we aren't able to offer price adjustments on any items. Items discounted 40% or above from the original price are returnable for store credit only.
Items discounted less than 40% off the original retail price: Customers are eligible for a full refund if the items are received 14 days from the day the package was received by the customer. All return postage is the customers responsibility.
14 days after receiving the package: items are only returnable for store credit.
Items discounted 40% off or greater from the original retail price: customers are responsible for return shipping and receive store credit only.
All returns must be made within 14 days of receiving their package. Merchandise must be returned with all original tags attached, in any original packaging, unwashed, unworn and unaltered.
Footwear returns must include the original shoe box in its original condition and without postage labels. Oak has the right to deny credits if the goods do not meet the return policy requirements. shipping and handling charges are non-refundable. please refer to "how do i return an item" for specific instructions.
OAK does not accept any returns on women's swimwear, as well as men's + women's undergarments.
Unfortunately oak is unable to provide online exchanges. If an exchange on an item is necessary for a different size, style and/or price we would be happy to issue a return for store credit or a refund, depending on what the order is applicable for, but would request that you purchase the desired items through the website as a separate transaction. Please see below for the correct return procedure.
How do I return an item?
In order to return an item purchased on oaknyc.com, you need to submit an RMA (return merchandise authorization) form. To request an RMA form for returns, please visit this page: www.oaknyc.com/a/returns
If you have an existing oaknyc.com account you can log-in and access the RMA request form from your account dashboard
From there, follow the prompted steps regarding your return. Once completed, click on submit to request authorization. Your request will then be sent to our customer service team, and will be approved on a case-by-case basis. We reserve the right to deny any RMA form requests that do not align with our current returns policy
Once approved, you will receive an email with a link to your RMA form, which you will need to print and include in your package back to us.
If you have any questions regarding RMA forms, or our return policy, please e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com
Shipping Costs
In the event of a return of an unwanted item, the customer is responsible for return shipping costs. We will issue return shipping labels on a case by case basis in the rare occurrence of receipt of damaged or wrong items.
- OAK NYC Returns
- c/o Bergen Logistics
- 5903 West Side Avenue
- North Bergen, NJ 07047
OAK will not accept responsibility for reimbursement or compensation of lost packages without proof of delivery.
When your return is received, we will credit the same credit card account with which the original purchase was made. We will process your return as soon as possible but please allow up to 2 weeks for your refund to be processed and up to two billing cycles for the return to appear on your credit card statement. Store credits will be issued for gift returns or upon request.
Can i return my items to an OAK retail store?
Yes. You can return any item you bought on the site to either of our four brick and mortar stores, in NY and LA. Please bring a copy of the receipt / confirmation email (physical document or on your phone is fine).
Do you have a price adjustment policy?
Unfortunately we aren't able to offer price adjustments on any items. Items discounted 40% or above are returnable for store credit only.
What is your policy on privacy?
We respect your right to privacy. At oaknyc.com we collect only the information necessary for us to complete your order or to contact to you regarding the status of your order. The information we collect includes your name, email address, shipping address, and billing address. OAK does not store your credit card information.
OAK will not rent or sell your name or personal information without your permission.
OAK does utilize "cookies" to help recognize you as a repeat visitor and to track traffic patterns on our site. This information is completely anonymous. We use this information to improve the user-friendliness and functionality of our site.
OAK reserves the right to update this privacy policy at anytime. Updates to our privacy policy will be sent to the email address that you have provided us.
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Student discount
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General discounts
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Purchasing a gift card:
You can add an electronic gift card to your cart from the main gift certificate page. Once the gift card has been added to your cart, you can continue shopping, or checkout.
Upon placing your order, the electronic gift card(s) will be emailed to the recipients. The recipient will receive an email alerting them that they have received a gift card, and provide them with a gift code.
Please note that gift cards purchased on OAKNYC.COM can only be used to purchase items online at OAKNYC.COM, and gift cards purchased in one of our four NY and LA brick and mortar stores can only be used to purchased items in an OAK brick and mortar store.
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Customers can use their gift code to purchase items from oaknyc.com. During the checkout process customers have the option of using a gift code for payment. In the event that the gift code's value does not cover the total cost of the order, the customer will need to provide their credit card information to cover the remaining balance. In the event that the order total is less than the value of the gift code, the remaining gift code balance will be available for future purchases.
Please note that currently gift certificates purchased online are virtual and not redeemable at our brick and mortar locations. We apologize for the inconvenience. To purchase a physical gift certificate please contact one of our retail locations directly.
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Checklist: Before Moving Out
1. Choose a Lawyer/Notary
2. Contact your insurance company to terminate your insurance on your home to be effective on your possession date (the day you move out and give up your keys)
3. If using a moving company or renting a truck, call now, they book up quickly!
4. If you are living in a strata, contact the strata management company to arrange for your move out date (reserving the elevator).
5. If you pay your property taxes monthly, make sure to contact City Hall to have them discontinue the automatic debits from your account.
6. Contact Terasen Gas, BC Hydro, Shaw/Telus/Rogers (cable company) to arrange to have services discontinued or transferred to your new address, effective the day you move out, or hand your keys over.
7. Visit the post office to arrange for a change of address.
8. Contact your lawyer/notary approximately 10 days before your completion date to arrange for a time to come in and sign all of the paperwork.
9. On possession date meet with Alisa to hand over your keys to your home.

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Given that 3.41% of anganwadi children were found to have SAM, the total number of malnourished children could be very high.
According to replies tabled in the state assembly on Wednesday, there are 1.97 lakh malnourished and 24,762 SAM children in 46 talukas of five districts in the state -Banaskantha, Patan, Navsari, Junagadh and Kheda district.
Alarmingly, 68% of the 1.97 lakh malnourished children are in eight talukas of Patan alone. The vast majority of SAM children -14,371 of 24,762 -in those five districts, were in Patan.
The Socio-Economic Review of Gujarat 2015-16 says that the Gujarat government in May 2015 had decided to make the state free of malnutrition.
The reports says SAM children who had medical complications and failed the appetite test were referred to child malnutrition treatment centres or nutrition rehabilitation centres being run at the district level.
SAM children without medical complications who passed the appetite test were provided complementary therapeutic food under the Community-based Management of Malnutrition programme at anganwadis, to bring them out of the SAM condition.
Vasuben Trivedi, minister of state for women and child welfare said: "The state government is also equally worried and we have hence decided to implement Dudh Sanjivani project, which was announced in the budget for the year 2016-17. The government will now serve milk five days a week and this will cover 12 lakh children and pregnant women, apart from the 15 lakh students covered under the MidDay Meal scheme."


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I'm very excited to announce that my next book, The Edge of Mortality, is now accepting pre orders on Inkshares. Inkshares is a crowd funding platform that allows me to pitch my book to hundreds of potential readers, who may pledge support for a particular project if they like what they see. Read more about their model here.
Dear readers, I'm asking for your support in any way you can. The book is half way done and your support will (quite literally) decide if this book lives or dies. A quick like or share on social media would go a long way in getting the word out, and if you'd like to go the extra mile, I'd be extremely grateful for that precious pre order. You can read and follow the story so far and pre order on the project site. The site will be refreshed…
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text: I don't know about you but we have had several laminate bookshelves over the years – you know the cheap ones you can buy at Target or Walmart for next to nothing. They do the job but they are not very cute. Case in point – this piece that's part of our home office setup.


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I doubt many of you remember Steel Battalion, the mech game for Xbox with the 200-dollar cockpit controller. If you do, you probably think it's hilarious that the game's sequel, Steel Batallion: Heavy Armor, has ditched the controller for Kinect-augmented approach.
What you see here is the newest gameplay trailer for Heavy Armor, which was shown at Capcom's Captivate showcase. Yes, that is the same event where the new Resident Evil 6, DmC and Lost Planet 3 trailers came from.
Though Steel Battalion takes place in the near future, modern technology has somehow been destroyed, and the world has reverted back to a world strangely reminiscent of World War II. Despite the technical setbacks, the US created a new type of vehicle, the "Vertical Tank", "VT" for short... or "giant robot" if you can't bring yourself to say "VT".
While most games look to streamline features and controls as much as possible, Steel Battalion makes every function at your control separate, adding to feeling that you are a part of the crew that controls the tank, not the tank itself.
Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor circle strafes onto shelves June 22nd.


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According to Libra Horoscope 2020, there's a lot of influence that may break up your peaceful life. As an air sign, will a Libra have enough ability and strength to overcome the upcoming … [Read more...] about An Overview of Libra Horoscope 2020 – What Is Waiting for You Ahead?
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We've been sharing the results of our annual research on nonprofit investments in technology staffing and budgets in multiple ways this year: with the full report, an infographic with the key benchmarks, a webinar – and we also introduced a dynamic benchmarking tool this month.
Well, if you thought we'd stop there, think again!
With the help of the design team at Lemon.ly, we created another infographic to tell the story of smarter nonprofit technology investments.
More dollars and more staff isn't always the answer; it's how you invest those resources and capacity that really make the difference. The infographic below (you'll want to view the whole thing) connects the dots between some specific actions – like having a technology plan, evaluating the ROI of technology projects, and investing in training for staff – and overall organizational effectiveness when it come to managing technology for your mission.


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Hales Corners Library 35th Anniversary Exhibit
This year the Hales Corners Public Library is celebrating its 35th anniversary. The Wisconsin Library Heritage Center is helping out with its exhibit of Wisconsin Library Memorabilia which will be on display now through the end of February. As part of its celebration the library sponsored a contest to design a new library card. The winner and other entries are located HERE. The library will have a 35th anniversary birthday party on Sunday, January 23rd, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Congratulations Hales Corners!
Carnegie's Wisconsin Legacy - An Exhibit
"Andrew Carnegie's Wisconsin Library Legacy - An Exhibit of Memorabilia Featuring Wisconsin's Carnegie Libraries" will be on display at the Middleton Public Library (WI) for the month of September. November 25th will be the 175th anniversary of Carnegie's birth. Sixty Wisconsin communities were the recipients of 63 public library grants from Andrew Carnegie. In addition, two academic institutions also received Carnegie library grants. Fourteen of these Carnegie buildings have been razed, 28 are no longer used as libraries, but 23 are still being used as libraries. Most of those being used as libraries have been expanded and in some cases they are the smaller part of the expanded library. A number of Carnegie buildings have been repurposed as historical museums, and others have become office buildings. Wisconsin has the only Carnegie building serving as a bed and breakfast (Ladysmith). One former Carnegie is now a private residence (Superior, East Branch). For public libraries, Wisconsin communities received a total of $1,045,511. For the two academic libraries it received $104,000. Wisconsin ranked seventh among the states in the number of communities receiving grants for public libraries. A total of 7 grants were received in 1901, the first year that communities in Wisconsin received Carnegie grants. The East Branch of the Superior Public Library was the last Carnegie library constructed in Wisconsin (1917). The exhibit at the Middleton Public Library includes postcards depicting 62 of the 65 Wisconsin Carnegie libraries. The exhibit also includes more than 30 souvenir china pieces along with souvenir spoons and paper weights. The exhibit is sponsored by the Wisconsin Library Heritage Center, a program of the Wisconsin Library Association Foundation. The curator for the exhibit is Larry T. Nix. The Wisconsin Library Heritage Center maintains a section on its website devoted to Wisconsin's Carnegie libraries. This post is also being published in The Library History Buff Blog.
A Tale of Two Libraries Exhibit in Menasha
Located near the fireplace on the main floor of the Menasha Public Library is an extraordinary antique bookcase. The unusual revolving bookcase was part of the Tabard Inn Library, an early 20th century commercial lending library that spanned the nation. The Tabard Inn Library was a subsidiary of an even larger enterprise called the Booklovers Library. Both libraries were founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Seymour Eaton, a Canadian born writer, educator, and entrepreneur. During the month of April there will be a special display at the Menasha Public Library related to the Tabard Inn Library bookcase and Eaton's two libraries. The display will be located on the Art Wall near the fireplace and in the display case adjacent to the circulation desk of the library. The exhibit consists of a variety of printed ephemera and artifacts for the two libraries collected that I have collected over the years. In addition to the items related to the Tabard Inn Library and the Booklovers Library there will be selected items from the Wisconsin Library Memorabilia exhibit which has been displayed at a number of Wisconsin libraries.
Community Advertising Envelopes
One way that communities in the first two decades of the 20th century sought to attract new businesses was through advertising on envelopes. These envelopes typically included pictures on the front of the envelope that depicted significant buildings and attractions in the community. The back of these envelopes included written text which made the case for locating in a particular community. During this same period new public library buildings were being built in communities across the country, many as the result of grants from philanthropists such as Andrew Carnegie. So it is not surprising that libraries are often one of the buildings being depicted on the front of the envelope. The envelope above is for the community of Stoughton and it has an image of the building that housed the city hall, the library, and the opera house. This envelope was mailed in September of 1905. In December of 1905 Stoughton received a grant from Andrew Carnegie to build a separate public library building. Both buildings are still in existence in Stoughton and the Carnegie building has been incorporated into an expanded public library. A previous post shows postcards depicting both buildings. A community advertising envelope for Sheboygan can be seen here. In 1992 the Postal History Foundati0n in Tucson, Arizona received a collection of 1,204 community advertising envelopes. An analysis of the envelopes found that Wisconsin communities had the second highest number of envelopes - 75. Only Michigan with 76 envelopes had more.
Library Buttons
Library buttons are fun and they are an interesting collectible, but they can also be artifacts that link us to our past. In the image above are four buttons that each have a Wisconsin library story to tell. The crossed out AB 720 button was created to oppose a piece of library legislation that was supported by the majority of the Wisconsin library community and was passed into law. The "Bark In The Dark" and the "It won't fit in the box" buttons were created for the particpants of two different groups that were charged with revising Wisconsin's public library standards. The phrases reflect frustrations at critical points in the process of developing the standards. The Jim Danky button recognizes the retirement of one of Wisconsin's stellar librarians. To see more library buttons including others from Wisconsin click here.
Library Charging Systems
In 1881 under the direction of Librarian Klas Linderfelt, the Milwaukee Public Library implemented a new charging system. Linderfelt made a presentation on library charging systems at the 1882 American Library Association conference in Cincinnati, Ohio. In that presentation he identified twenty questions that should be answered in evaluating a library charging system. The first four were: 1) Is a given book out?; 2) If out, who has it?; 3) When did he [she] take it?; and 4) When is it to be sen for, as overdue? Another Milwaukee Public Library innovation was the pencil dater. Library charging or circulation systems have been evolving for many decades. I was recently interviewed by John Kelly of the Washington Post about the stamping of library books with the date due. Kelly wrote an article in his blog today about the move to printed receipts in public libraries. As a result of the Kelly interview I scanned my library card collection to the Library History Buff website which included this well used Milwaukee Public Library card from the 1920s.
Lawrence Bookplates
Two bookplates from libraries of Lawrence University are shown above. The first is for the Samuel Appleton Library which was a 1963 addition to the Carnegie Library which was razed to make way for the Seely G. Mudd Library which opened in 1976. Samuel Appleton was the person for who the City of Appleton is named for. The second bookplate is for the John Herbert Farley Memorial Library of Lawrence College. This is probably a book collection within the library not an actual library building. According to Pete Gilbert, Lawrence University became Lawrence College in 1908 and then changed back to Lawrence University in 1964 when it merged with Milwaukee-Downer College. So the bookplates dates to before 1964. Bookplates are collected by a number of collectors. I have a collection of library bookplates, but not many from Wisconsin libraries. I would love to add more to the Wisconsin Library Memorabilia collection. Hint hint.
Larry Nix, I have some questions about the obtainment of land for the Milwaukee Public Library in 1886. Can you email me so I can ...
Memorabilia Exhibit Milwaukee
Today, with the assistance of my wife Kathy and Dawn Lauber of the Milwaukee Public Library (MPL) staff, I installed the Wisconsin Library Memorabilia exhibit at the Central Library of MPL for the month of April. MPL generously made available eight display cases for the exhibit which is on the second floor of the library. It includes one of the largest collections of Wisconsin library memorabilia ever assembled. This exhibit is supplemented by MPL's permanent vintage library office exhibit (see photo below, pardon the glare from the glass). The permanent exhibit includes an example of the pencil dater that was invented by the Milwaukee Public Library. In addition to the pemanent exhibit MPL will be displaying other items including some vintage wooden cases used to transport books to the branch libraries. Of course, a visit to MPL's magnificent Central Library which was originally built in 1898 is a treat in itself.
Williams Free Library - Beaver Dam
The City of Beaver Dam is home to the historic Williams Free Library building which was built in 1890-91. It housed the Beaver Dam Public Library until its move into its current facility. The building is an outstanding example of the Richardsonian Romanesque Revival style which was inspired by architect Henry Hobson Richardson. The building has been depicted on several of the souvenir items in the Wisconsin Library Memorabilia Exhibit which are pictured above. The Williams Free Library is named for John J. Williams who donated $25,000 for the construction of the building.
Before moving to Madison, Wisconsin Library Hall of Fame inductee Frank Avery Hutchins was a resident of Beaver Dam and served on the library board. Hutchins was an early advocate for open shelves in libraries and the Beaver Dam library was one of the first public libraries in the nation to implement this concept.
The Dodge County Historical Society has been located in the former library building since 1985. The Williams Free Library is on the Wisconsin Library Heritage Trail and is well worth a visit.
Maxon Bookmark
Henry E. Legler, former Secretary of the Wisconsin Free Library Commission, wrote the following about the Maxon bookmark in his 1918 book Library Ideals:
"What is known far and wide as the Maxon book- mark originated in Wisconsin, and was the conception of the Rev. Mr. Maxon, then resident in Dunn County. It has been reprinted on little slips in hundreds of forms, has circulated in every state and territory in the country, and doubtless a full million copies of it have been slipped between the leaves of children's books. It may fittingly be reproduced here:
'Once on a time A Library Book was overheard talking to a little boy who had just borrowed it. The words seemed worth re-cording and here they are:
'Please don't handle me with dirty hands. I should feel ashamed to be seen when the next little boy borrowed me.
Or leave me out in the rain. Books can catch cold as well as children.
Or make marks on me with your pen or pencil. It would spoil my looks.
Or lean on me with your elbows when you are reading me. It hurts.
Or open me and lay me face down on the table. You would not like to be treated so.
Or put in between my leaves a pencil or anything thicker than a single sheet of thin paper. It would strain my back.
Whenever you are through reading me, if you are afraid of losing your place, don't turn down the corner of one of my leaves, but have a neat little Book Mark to put in where you stopped, and then close me and lay me down on my side so that I can have a good comfortable rest.'"
Note the illustration of a "Maxon bookmark" is from a library supply catalog of the period with a slight variation in wording.
I wrote a column about the Maxson bookmark and its history - http://www.bibliobuffet.com/content/view/174/284/ I have always hoped...
The Bookworm
The original painting of a very popular image showing an elderly gentleman standing on a ladder in a library is owned by the Milwaukee Public Library. The painting is "The Bookworm" by Carl Spitzweg. The collector who donated the painting to the library also gave several Spitzweg paintings to the Milwaukee Art Museum. Shown here is the painting on a postcard. Prints and posters of the image are readily available on the Internet by searching "Spitzweg bookworm".
Charles R. McCarthy (1873-1921)
Charles R. McCarthy was inducted into the Wisconsin Library Hall of Fame at the Wisconsin Library Association Conference in Appleton on October 22, 2009. McCarthy was the first head of the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library which began as the Documents Department of the Wisconsin Free Library Commission and eventually became the independent Legislative Reference Bureau. The Legislative Reference Library was the first of its kind in the nation and served as the model for the Congressional Reference Service of the Library of Congress. McCarthy was a leader in the Progressive Movement and wrote The Wisconsin Idea. McCarthy's leadership of the Legislative Reference Library was so well thought of by the State Legislature that a memorial plaque of McCarthy was placed in the Assembly Chambers of the State Capitol. When McCarthy died in 1921 his body lay in state in the State Capitol where thousands of people passed his bier.
WLHC Booth Update
WLHC Steering Committee member Pete Gilbert at the WLHC booth at the WLA Conference.
The Wisconsin Library Heritage Center hosted a booth in the exhibits area of the 2008 WLA Conference which took place November 4-7 in Middleton. The exhibit featured selected items from the Wisconsin Library Memorabilia Exhibit which is available for display at individual libraries. The booth provided an opportunity for members of the WLHC Steering Committee to interact with a great many conference goers.
A big hit with those viewing the booth exhibit were the library souvenir spoons.
Seymour Eaton's Libraries
At the turn of the 19th century entrepreneur Seymour Eaton established two national commercial libraries that had an impact on Wisconsin. The first of these libraries was the Booklovers Library which provided home delivery of books by subscription. The Booklovers Library might be described as the Netflix of books for this period. It had a circulation in the millions.
The Milwaukee Library Centre for the Booklovers Library was located at 463 Broadway. This photograph is from a 1902 promotional brochure for the Booklovers Library.
The Booklovers Library pre-dated parcel post so delivery was accomplished through a combination of express companies via train and wagon and the Booklovers Library's own fleet of horse drawn wagons. This illustration from a promotional brochure shows the distribution plan for Eastern Wisconsin. For more on the Booklovers library click here.
The second of Seymour Eaton's libraries was the Tabard Inn Library which was also a paid subscription library. This library had stations in the form of revolving bookcases located in drug stores and other commercial establishments throughout the United States including Wisconsin. The bookcases held 120 books which were changed from a central location every week.
A photograph of a Tabard Inn Library Bookcase which is currently located in the Menasha Public Library. A member deposited five cents in a compartment in the bookcase The carved message around the top of the bookcase reads "The Best Reading Rooms In the United States Are the Homes of the American People". The Menasha Public Library is on the Wisconsin Library Heritage Trail. For more on the Tabard Inn Library click here.
Library Artifact from Hell
Over the years I have collected a variety of library artifacts which reflect Wisconsin's library heritage. Many of these are included in the exhibit of Wisconsin Library Memorabilia which is sponsore by the WLHC. Most of these artifacts have been relatively easy to acquire, but one artifact required considerably more effort. I call it the library artifact from hell and here is its story.
With the beginning of the restoration of the Capitol's East wing in 1999, the State Law Library moved out of the Capitol into temporary quarters. A decision was made to discard all of the library's heavy cast iron shelving except for a few sections that would be used in the Supreme Court Reading Room in the Capitol. The shelving was dismantled and piled on the lawn of the Capitol. Rob Nurre, a fellow history buff, discovered that the iron shelving was on the way to the dump and mounted a rescue effort in July of 2000. Rob rented a U-Haul truck and four of us showed up in the morning of one very hot day to salvage as many sections of shelving as each of us thought we could use. I parked my car on the street in a two hour parking spot thinking the task could be taken care of within that timeframe. However, sorting the pieces of heavy iron shelving so that we were assured of having the correct number and kinds of pieces to reassemble the shelving was no easy feat. By the time I realized my two hour parking meter had run out, I already had a $20 ticket. Did I say that it was a hot day. Did I say that it was heavy iron shelving. After a lunch break during which I discovered that I had another $20 ticket we finally completed loading the U-Haul truck. Rob then drove the truck to each participating person's home where the correct pieces were unloaded. I think it was after 5:00 p.m. when I finally got my pieces unloaded.
I now had lots of different pieces of iron shelving on my garage floor. Because of the weight and height of the shelving, the only place that I could place the shelving was in the garage. The problem was that the only wall in the garage where I could place the shelving was already being utilized. So basically I had to re-arrange the entire garage in order to put the shelving there. While I was at it, I decided that this was a good time to paint the garage. When I finally had the garage painted and the wall where I wanted to put the shelving cleared, I still had a bunch of iron pieces of shelving on the garage floor. Fortunately for me, Rob ageed to come over one Saturday and help me assemble the shelving.
As a result of this effort, I now have four sections of shelving in my garage from the State Law Library that are almost 100 years old. It turns out that this type of shelving has an interesting history. The shelving was originally designed by engineer Bernard Richardson Green for the Library of Congress. The design came to be known as the Library of Congress or Green (Snead) standard. The shelving was manufactured by the Snead & Company Iron Works of Louisville, Kentucky. If Wisconsin ever gets a library heritage museum, I will be happy to contribute my library artifact from hell.
A photograph of the shelves in my garage.
A photograph of the shelves in the Supreme Court Reading Room in the State Capitol.
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Television and ads
After some hesitation, I've accepted the blogad that you'll see on the side of this post, from something called the Smart Television Alliance. According to their website, it's a coalition of nonprofits "united by a shared commitment to improving what our nation's children see on television." That sounds like a decent goal. So why the hesitation?
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Coming from our little ad-free world, it was a real shock to be visiting my parents Columbus Day weekend and to encounter all the commercials in the baseball games. (Although merseydotes says it's better than the football games.) Since D doesn't see commercials all the time, he was fascinated by them. I kept on reminding him that they were ads by asking him what they were selling. (Best answer, in response to a Marine recruiting ad, "uh… war?")
In related news, I just got a copy of Lisa Guernsey's new book on tv and kids, Into the Minds of Babes. Review coming when I get a chance.


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Margolis said he plans to make a formal announcement soon.
Margolis, a 64-year-old retiree, was elected mayor in 2012. Before that, he served on the Village Council from 2003 until 2009, when he resigned to run unsuccessfully for Palm Beach County supervisor of elections.
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If you have never tasted beer pickles you are in for a treat. The entire pickling liquid flavor profile is brightened up by the beer and the taste of the pickles gets a lively edge. Of course, the choice of beer matters.
We actually have two methods for making beer pickles to offer to your attention – one for refrigerator beer pickles and one for natural beer pickles. Both are equally easy and the main difference is in the ingredients you need to use.
The refrigerator beer pickles method uses vinegar (i.e. acetic acid) as the souring agent. It is Chris' preferred one in terms of resulting taste. For this post we made it with juicy hazy IPA and added a lot of heat to further flavor the pickles.
The natural beer pickles method relies on natural fermentation (i.e. lactic acid) as the souring agent. Taste wise it is my favored one as I am not the world's biggest vinegar fan (even though I do take ACV with the mother daily). For this post we used a well balanced crisp American lager .
What You Need to Make Beer Pickles
By way of equipment you really just need clean wide mouth mason jars with screw lids. We used quart sized jars as they make it much easier to stuff whole pickling cucumbers inside. Be sure that your jars are sterilized.
Next, you need salt, sugar, water, beer, and vinegar as your main pickling liquid ingredients.
To flavor the pickles you need:
- black and yellow mustard seeds, jalapeno, Fresno chile, red pepper flakes and (optional) your favorite pre-mixed pickling spice for the refrigerator pickles
- fresh garlic, dill and black peppercorns for the natural beer pickles
Of course, the key ingredient – high quality, fresh, crisp cukes. I cannot accent the freshness factor of the cucumbers (or other vegetable you are considering to pickle) enough. But I will try.
If you want crunchy, full-bodied pickles you must start with fresh, in season little cucumbers.
We really only pickle cucumbers (Kirby) in summer when we can get them at the farmers' market soon after they have been picked. Sometimes we also pickle lemon cucumbers which we grow in our own tiny garden.
How to Make Beer Pickles
Once you round up your ingredients you can follow the (almost identical) steps to each of the two approaches.
Prepare the pickling brine for each method (detailed instructions below in the recipe card) and let it cool down completely. Wash and dry the cucumbers and arrange them into mason jars along with the seasonings.
Carefully fill each jar with pickling liquid (use a vessel with a spout for convenience) and make sure that the cucumbers are completely covered with liquid. Close lids and store in the refrigerator or in a cool place (for the natural pickles, to allow them to ferment).
Flavors You Can Expect
Each method results in a differently tasting pickle.
With the first approach where vinegar sours the pickles and the brine includes boozy, hoppy and flavorful IPA expect bold, yet very well-balanced flavors. A bit of everything with a definitive snappy edge from the beer.
With the second approach the sour taste comes from natural lacto fermentation – the lactobacillus bacteria naturally covering the skin of the pickles and present in the air will slowly get to work and produce tart lactic acid. The resulting pickles will start off tasting somewhat salty and the flavor will transition to a mild sweetness with just hints of garlic, dill and pepper. A very mild sourness ties everything together and there is an unmistakable yet measured malty presence underlying the entire taste experience.
Suitable Craft Beer Styles for Pickling
Pale ales and IPAs are by far the most commonly added styles to pickling brine. However, there are many other options. Lagers like the American lager we used here or Noble hops flavored German pilsners are great contenders.
Also consider amber ales, red ales, English ordinary bitter or special bitter ales as well as saisons. Beers with rye in the grain bill work great and so do wheat beers (especially those fermented by clean American yeast strains).
And do not be afraid to experiment. You know your taste buds best so please them accordingly.
NOTE: As a general rule of thumb remember that for the natural method the beer should be with low ABV and not hopped late in the boil. Just like too much salt in the brine the alcohol and the hops can interfere with the work of the naturally occurring lactobacillus cultures on the skins of the cucumbers. To avoid slimy pickles do not overdose on the salt and use a beer style as recommended here.
Twists on Beer Pickles
Consider the recipes for the two methods we provide here as a starting point to a beer pickling adventure. You can customize the seasonings as well as the craft beer styles to create the flavors that appeal to you the most. For example:
- turn up the heat in the natural beer pickles by adding red pepper flakes or fresh chiles
- use fresh herbs such as thyme or tarragon instead of dill
- pickle other veggies with dense consistency – we've beer pickled baby carrots, haricot verts, cauliflower florets, jalapenos and our lemon cucumber harvest
- use hops salt instead of regular salt to infuse with more hops flavor (better suited for the vinegar soured refrigerator pickles)
Beer Pickles (Two Ways)
For Refrigerator Beer Pickles
- 1 lb fresh cucumbers, smaller sized, fresh from market, unwaxed (recommend Kirby)
- 12 oz IPA or pale ale
- 1/4 cup water
- 2 cups vinegar (apple cider or wine)
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 tbsp salt
- 1/4 tsp peppercorns
- 1/4 tsp yellow mustard seed
- 1/4 tsp black mustard seed
- 2 cloves garlic peeled, lightly smashed, quartered
- 1/2 tsp chili flakes
- 1/4 tsp pickling spice (optional)
- 1 jalapeno thinly sliced
- 1 Fresno chile thinly sliced
For Natural Beer Pickles
- 1 lb fresh cucumbers, smaller sized, fresh from market, unwaxed (recommend Kirby)
- 2 1/2 tbsp salt
- 2 cups beer (low ABV and not aggressively hopped)
- 2 1/2 cups water
- 6 sprigs dill
- 3 cloves garlic, large peeled, lightly smashed, quartered
- 1/2 tsp peppercorns
- Clean and dry the cucumbers.
For Refrigerator Beer Pickles
- Combine the water, beer, vinegar, salt and sugar in a small pot and bring to simmer. Stir to dissolve sugar and salt and let cool down completely.
- In sterilized mason jars arrange the cucumbers and the sliced peppers, add the peppercorns, mustard seed, garlic, chili flakes and optional pickling spice.
- Fill the jars with the cooled down pickling brine and make sure the pickles are submerged, use pickle weights if you have them. Close the lids and store refrigerated. Turn jars upside down and back up every day. Pickles should be ready in about 7 days.
For Natural Beer Pickles
- Combine the water, beer and salt in a small pot and bring to simmer. Stir to dissolve the salt and let cool down completely.
- In sterilized mason jars arrange the cucumbers and the dill, add the garlic and the peppercorns.
- Fill the jars with the cooled down pickling brine and make sure the pickles are completely submerged, use pickle weights if you have them. Close the lids and let sit in a cool spot to ferment for 5-7 days. Be sure the temperature does not exceed 75 F as this may encourage bacteria other than lactobacillus to grow even in the presence of the beer.
- Taste in a few days - they should have a very mild sour taste followed by a flavorful sweetness. If you want deeper taste, let ferment for another day or so. After that store refrigerated and consume relatively fast.
A jar of beer pickles makes a lovely gift for craft beer lovers and pickles lovers with a sense of adventure. Just tie a cute handmade label with some twine around the jar and you are ready to go. Gifting that is. Also check out our other DIY gift ideas for beer lovers.
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When you suffer from an addiction which threatens your health, and you're lucky enough to be offered support, it is encouraged, that you cut out whatever it is you're addicted to.
It's very straight forward.
An alcoholic is told to stop drinking. They are discouraged from visiting anywhere which might sell or promote the consumption of alcohol, at least until they are well enough to be in those kinda social environments. This can take months, or years. Sometimes they may never feel strong enough to visit a bar an order a lime soda, whilst their friends sip pints. And that can be ok, because there are other more suitable venues which might be safer for them, a coffee shop, or a cafe for example.
A drug abuser is offered medicine to help ease them down from their addiction. They too are encouraged to avoid situations which might lead to substance use, or trigger a re-lapse.
A person looking to pack in the fags is encouraged to explore a wide variety of smoking alternatives. Patches, gums, e-cigarettes. All available from the NHS, or the high street.
There are hospitals and rehab centres across the country which work to protect and support patients dealing with addiction. Here, they are offered psychological support to treat the mental illness which goes with addiction. They are given advice about making positive lifestyle choices,and physical support as their bodies learn to deal with the change which comes from cutting out a once dependable substance.
Most work on the common evidence, that it takes 21 days to break a habit.
Which is what made overcoming Bulimia, that bit more difficult for me.
For 6 years I was addicted to the binge, purge cycle. A common by-product of Bulimia.
I should note, I am not directly comparing an eating disorder to the enslavement of substance abuse, nor am I belittling the struggles of overcoming a life threatening addiction.
But what makes eating disorders more difficult to treat, is that when other addicts are given support to help cut our their addiction. Bulimics are offered support to get better, but told to continue eating, 3 times a day.
Your body doesn't need alcohol or cigarettes to survive. But you must eat. Which is why, when I was incapable of doing so properly, I felt like such a failure. There was no way I could eat 3 meals a day and keep them down. Everything was done in excess. I couldn't imagine eating a bowl of cereal, without having a second, or third. I could never fathom eating a sandwich for lunch, without finishing the loaf. Come dinner time, I would be so hungry from already having purged twice, that I would overeat to compensate, and so the cycle began. I had no control over my eating habits.
During the height of my illness, I felt more vulnerable and pathetic every day. I punished myself for feeling like this by continuing the binge, purge cycle. I was furious at myself. Why could I not do what newborn children do instinctively? Was I more incapable than an infant?
It was the punishment more than anything which kept me trapped in the cycle. That and the secrecy. I thrived (or what I thought thriving to be at the time) on the knowledge that I knew something no one else did, that I had a huge secret that nobody but me and my thoughts knew about. Power and control are commonly associated with eating disorders, and it was the lack of control around me which propelled me to want to control my Bulimia. Schedule, and routine where essential and helped me to feel organised and gave me a structure which I felt to be lacking in my everyday life.
The illness started when I was at college and joined me through most of University, I acknowledge now that it was the struggle to adapt to change, which laid the foundations of the disease. Exhausted from a constant emptiness and midnight binge, purge cycles, I skipped classes and on the rare occasions I did attend lectures, I was so busy thinking about my next binge that I never really felt present. It threatened to ruin my academic career, something which I will regret for the rest of my life.
Before the Bulimia I adored dressing myself. I took so much pride in my appearance. I explored the history of textiles, I scoured the art world for new outfit inspirations, rummaged through antique stalls for the finest jewels.
As a bulimic I wore black. Everyday. Nothing but. Occasionally a dark grey, but only on a good day. I draped myself in layers of cotton, linen and wool. nothing that would cling to me. Nothing which would even hint at my original form, or god forbid, my stomach. My stomach which was always so bloated from constantly throwing up. I had no social life to speak of - surrounded by the most fabulous friends and family, and I was folding into myself, unable to hold a conversation without my mind wondering off onto the subject of food. I would stand in front of the mirror for hours to find the latest flaw, it was my favourite past time.
I remember running my hands across my ribs as I sucked in my stomach, wishing I could stay this way, but I was only ever 'perfect' for as long as I could hold my breath for. As I exhaled out, my frame would returned to it's shabby self, so too did my bloated, round belly, stuffed above the perfect bones I knew were underneath.
My nails could never be long, or they'd catch on my throat and I'd be coughing up bloody and nursing an already sore throat.
There was a constant imprint of my top teeth on the upside of my hand. A perfect copy. The scars of which are still faintly outlined on my knuckles.
My teeth, my teeth I'm still paying the price for. They're ruined. I'm so embarrassed to write that I've already lost 1 tooth because of it. Thankfully it's near the back.
Quite often blood vessels would burst in my eyes, which looked rank, obviously. They were always bloodshot and I struggled to keep them open.
My skin was always dry and cracked, especially around my mouth.
My heart used to beat like crazy, and it scared me to death. At night I was so dizzy that I never knew if I was passing out, fainting, or falling asleep.
The dehydration meant my face and neck were constantly swollen and puffy, as were my ankles, feet and hands. Everything was swollen. Which made me think I was fatter, which made me need to throw up, which meant the cycle continued.
Physically, it was the worst my body had ever looked.
But it's not the physical alterations which I remember as being most life ruining, but rather the mental side effects, which accompanied the disease.
The depression mostly. The insomnia which was caused by the sugars in the food I binged on. (As sugar is consumed quickly through the gums, you could never get rid of it by being sick. After a binge your body is empty of food, but full of sugar which is what makes diabetes so common in bulimia sufferers) The paranoia, the fear that someone would catch me, the embarrassment I felt when leaving the bathroom. And the punishment. Never feeling deserving of anything. Health, wellness, affection, intimacy, coherence, confidence. Which was great, because as a Bulimic I was never able to have those feelings.
I was engrossed by this. I calculated that 80% of my time awake was spend thinking about food, how to get it, and how to get rid of it. There was no room for anything else.
I was suffering a gut wrenching mental illness, which felt incurable. When someone breaks their leg you can wrap it up, give them antibiotics, and wait for the body to heal itself. A mental illness feels all consuming. You have the one tool capable of fixing yourself constantly to hand. Your brain. But it feels broken. There's a voice in there which tells you not to help yourself, persuades you into believing that you honestly couldn't help yourself. That you're not worthy of help. Learning to control these thoughts, is what makes the recovery of a mental illness so difficult. My secret was controlled by these thoughts.
But eventually, like all secrets, I was found out. My friend, my hero, walked me to my doctor, sat me down, held me hand, and told me to tell her everything.
Turns out she'd known for a while.
When I told my mother, she said. 'Do you feel better already, by saying it out loud? By acknowledging that it exists inside you?'
And I did. I absolutely did. I suddenly felt like I'd stepped out of the darkness, that I was already on the road to recovery.
Just saying it, I am a Bulimic, and I need help. Felt like I was helping myself already.
Talking to my family and friends made it easier for me to see how serious of an issue it was and with the incredible help support of my loved ones and my local GP, I was offered counselling and therapy to help me overcome my illness.
Recovery really started to feel more and more like an option for me during one on one sessions with my ABA (Anorexics and Bulimics anonymous) Councillor. Talking positively about the illness, sort of slowly started to push out the negative. Talking really gave me the tools I needed to fix myself. She and I would meet for a coffee, and chat and walk for hours. She was an incredible woman whose story helped me feel less alone. I still walk everyday because I know just how beneficial it is for my mental health.
I don't know if I'll ever be able to call myself a recovered Bulimic. I don't know if anyone could. It's the type of disease which stays with your whole life I imagine, because you still have to eat, 3 times a day.
But since beginning my journey, I've fallen back in love with food, with dressing, but more importantly, I've finally fallen back in love with myself. I feel like I've been reconnected with an old friend, which is great news for me, because I am fuckin, fab as hell.
It was never my intention to write such a personal blog here, but writing anonymously has given me the confidence to lay myself out, and writing it down feels a bit like counselling. I'm so proud to say that today, I feel physically and mentally as healthy as I ever have. And I eat, well, 3 times a day.
If even one person reads this, and feels ready to ask for help, then I want them to know you're not alone. If you're ready to take the step, then please, Go see your GP, they will help point you in the direction of local meetings and help set you up with a councillor. Or head over to b-eat to check out what help and support is available for you.
Or email me. If you need someone to phone when you're struggling in the supermarket, or you just wannna grab a coffee and take a walk. Then please, drop me an email : firstname.lastname@example.com
How you can get involved with EDAW
There are ways you can get involved too by helping to raise awareness of eating disorders:
- Share your own experience – contact your local media or give a talk in your community (or even post something like this!)
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The Grammys is charged as the greatest night in music, but then, such a significant number of our most loved stars are observably missing. Where is Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Drake, or Justin Bieber? Bieber's greatest music snapshot of 2017 was singing on the breakout hit "Despacito" but then when Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee played out the melody amid the honors appear, Bieber was mysteriously absent.
TMZ reports that Bieber won't make any public appearances or attend any awards show this year until he finishes his next album. "Despacito" is nominated for three Grammys (Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance) and yet the Biebs doesn't want to promote or perform anything until it's his own music. That's fair, however, the Biebs hasn't released an album Purpose, in 2015. So who knows how long he remains MIA from the public eye. The Biebs also skipped the Grammys last year as well.
To be fair, Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee didn't need Bieber to slay their performance, but we would have welcomed an appearance from the recently under-the-radar star. Also, "Despacito" was a hit long before Bieber lent his vocals to the remix. The original song was released on January 12th, 2017, but the Bieber remix didn't hit airwaves until April 17th, 2017.
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Justin reportedly is still not going to show up at this year's event, despite the fact that "Despacito" is nominated for a number of awards. He also won't be performing the track alongside Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee. He's passing on the performance because he doesn't want to make any appearances before the album's done. The music is still in the works. We can't wait to hear it!