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Here's the second half of my Anticipated Books YA post. For some of these I already have an (e)ARC or review copy, so they'll definitely be read and reviewed. And for the rest, I'll have to see whether I get the chance to get my hands on them.
Jennifer Archer – The Shadow Girl (Mystery, HarperTeen)
Sometimes I forget for an hour or two that she's with me. Sometimes I convince myself that she was only a dream. Or that I'm crazy.
For as long as Lily Winston can remember, she has never been alone. Iris, a shadowy figure who mimics Lily's movements and whispers in her ear, is with her always—but invisible to the rest of the world. Iris is Lily's secret.
But when Lily's father is killed in a tragic accident, his cryptic final words suggest that he and Lily's mother have been keeping secrets of their own. Suddenly, Iris begins pushing Lily more than ever, possessing her thoughts and urging her to put together the pieces of a strange puzzle her father left behind. As she searches for answers, Lily finds herself drawn to Ty Collier, a mysterious new boy in town. Together, Lily and Ty must untangle a web of deception to discover the truth about her family, Iris . . . and Lily's own identity.
Catherine Fisher – Obsidian Mirror (Fantasy, Dial Books)
The obsidian mirror. Its power is great and terrible. Men have been lost in it, the dead brought back to life through it, and the future annihilated by it. Or it will be, unless the mirror is destroyed. One has been sent from the future to do just that. One protects the mirror at all costs, obsessed with its power. One needs the mirror to find a murdered father and save his life. Only one can succeed.
The mirror can send you to the past, but it will not bring you back.
Jordana Frankel – The Ward (Science Fiction, Katherine Tegen Books)
Sixteen-year-old Ren is a daredevil mobile racer who will risk everything to survive in the Ward, what remains of a water-logged Manhattan. To save her sister, who is suffering from a deadly illness thought to be caused by years of pollution, Ren accepts a secret mission from the government: to search for a freshwater source in the Ward, with the hope of it leading to a cure.
However, she never expects that her search will lead to dangerous encounters with a passionate young scientist; a web of deceit and lies; and an earth-shattering mystery that's lurking deep beneath the water's rippling surface.
Helen Grant – Silent Saturday (Mystery, Random House Children's Books)
Seventeen-year-old Veerle is bored with life in suburban Brussels. But a chance encounter with a hidden society, whose members illegally break into unoccupied buildings around the city, soon opens up a whole new world of excitement – and danger.
When one of the society's founding members disappears, Veerle suspects foul play. But nothing can prepare her for the horror that is about to unfold when an old foe emerges from the shadows… No one is safe, and The Hunter will strike again…
Karen Mahoney – The Stone Demon (Fantasy, Flux)
The just-unleashed demon hordes have delivered an impossible ultimatum to the Order of the Crow: produce the Philosopher's Stone, or suffer a reaper storm of demonic tribulation. If alchemist's apprentice Donna Underwood can't recreate the mythical artifact, the world will be plunged into a devastating modern-day Dark Age.
Pitting her dangerously unpredictable powers against a vengeful demon king, two maleficent faery queens, and an immortal magus with his own shadowy agenda, Donna must be willing to make the ultimate sacrifice–but this time, even death may not be enough.
Emily Murdoch – If You Find Me (Contemporary, Indigo)
A gripping mystery – can Carey finally face the terrible secret she's been keeping?
A fluid, compelling and thought-provoking debut. Sisters, Carey and Jenessa, live with their mother in the heart of the woods – until Mum disappears and a social worker arrives with Carey's father. Suddenly the sisters must adapt to the wider world. But Carey is burdened by a terrible secret that she fears will destroy her new life and new relationships. Can the truth set her free?
Jennifer E. Smith – This Is What Happy Looks Like (Contemporary, Headline)
When 17-year-old Graham Larkin sends an email to a friend about his pet pig, Wilbur, the last thing he expects is a response from the other side of the country, from one Ellie O'Neill. As their online friendship blossoms, they begin to reveal more about themselves, but crucially leave out the truth about Ellie's past and Graham's career as a Hollywood heartthrob. But, now that they're together, it's impossible to keep their secrets for long and there's a lot to overcome if love is to blossom…
Scott Tracey – Moonset (Fantasy, Flux)
Justin Daggett, his trouble-making sister, and their three orphan-witch friends have gotten themselves kicked out of high school. Again. Now they've ended up in Carrow Mills, New York, the town where their parents–members of the terrorist witch organization known as Moonset–began their evil experiments with the dark arts one generation ago.
When the siblings are accused of unleashing black magic on the town, Justin fights to prove their innocence. But tracking down the true culprit leads him to a terrifying discovery about Moonset's past…and its deadly future.
Martha Wells – Emilie and the Hollow World (Fantasy, Strange Chemistry)
While running away from home for reasons that are eminently defensible, Emilie's plans to stow away on the steamship Merry Bell and reach her cousin in the big city go awry, landing her on the wrong ship and at the beginning of a fantastic adventure.
Taken under the protection of Lady Marlende, Emilie learns that the crew hopes to use the aether currents and an experimental engine, and with the assistance of Lord Engal, journey to the interior of the planet in search of Marlende's missing father.
With the ship damaged on arrival, they attempt to traverse the strange lands on their quest. But when evidence points to sabotage and they encounter the treacherous Lord Ivers, along with the strange race of the sea-lands, Emilie has to make some challenging decisions and take daring action if they are ever to reach the surface world again.
K.L. Armstrong and M.A. Marr – Loki's Wolves (Fantasy, Atom)
In Viking times, Norse myths predicted the end of the world, an event called Ragnarök that only the gods can stop. When this apocalypse happens, the gods must battle the monsters – wolves the size of the sun, serpents that span the sea beds – all bent on destroying the world.
But the gods died a long time ago.
Matt Thorsen knows every Norse myth, saga, and god as if it was family history – because it is family history. Most people in the modern-day town of Blackwell, South Dakota, are direct descendants of either Thor or Loki, including Matt's classmates Fen and Laurie Brekke. However, knowing the legends and completely believing them are two different things. When the rune readers reveal that Ragnarök is coming and kids – led by Matt – will stand in for the gods in the final battle, Matt can hardly believe it.
Matt's, Laurie's and Fen's lives will never be the same as they race to put together an unstoppable team to prevent the end of the world.
Alex Flinn – Towering (Fantasy, HarperTeen)
High in my tower I sit. I watch the birds fly below, the clouds float above, and the tall, green forest stretch to places I might never see.
Mama, who isn't my mother, has kept me hidden away for eight long years. My only companions, besides Mama, are my books – great adventures, mysteries, and romances, that I long to make my reality. But I know that no one will come to save me—my life is not a fairy tale after all.
Well, at least no one has come so far. Recently, my hair has started to grow rapidly and it is now long enough to reach the bottom of the tower from my window. I've also had the strangest dreams of a beautiful green-eyed boy.
When Mama isn't around, I plan my escape, even if it's just for a little while. There's something— maybe someone—waiting for me out there and it won't find me if I'm trapped here TOWERING above it all.
Dan Krokos – The Planet Thieves (Science Fiction, Starscape)
Two weeks ago, thirteen-year-old Mason Stark and seventeen of his fellow cadets from the Academy for Earth Space Command boarded the SS Egypt. he trip was supposed to be a short routine voyage to log their required spacetime for summer quarter.
But routine goes out the airlock when they're attacked by the Tremist, an alien race who have been at war with humanity for the last sixty years.
With the captain and crew dead, injured, or taken prisoner, Mason and the cadets are all that's left to warn the ESC. And soon they find out exactly why the Tremist chose this ship to attack: the Egypt is carrying a weapon that could change the war forever.
Now Mason will have to lead the cadets in a daring assault to take back the ship, rescue the survivors, and recover the weapon. Before there isn't a war left to fight.
Bennett Madison – September Girls (Fantasy, HarperTeen)
Critically acclaimed author Bennett Madison presents a darkly imaginative and painfully honest novel about oblivious parents, sibling rivalries, first loves… and mermaids. This modern reimagining is perfect for fans of the irreverent wit of Ned Vizzini and the seductive magic of Alex Flinn's retold fairy tales.
Lauren Miller – Parallel (Science Fiction, HarperTeen)
Abby Barnes had a plan. The Plan. She'd go to Northwestern, major in journalism, and land a job at a national newspaper, all before she turned twenty-two. But one tiny choice—taking a drama class her senior year of high school—changed all that. Now, on the eve of her eighteenth birthday, Abby is stuck on a Hollywood movie set, miles from where she wants to be, wishing she could rewind her life. The next morning, she's in a dorm room at Yale, with no memory of how she got there. Overnight, it's as if her past has been rewritten.
With the help of Caitlin, her science-savvy BFF, Abby discovers that this new reality is the result of a cosmic collision of parallel universes that has Abby living an alternate version of her life. And not only that: Abby's life changes every time her parallel self makes a new choice. Meanwhile, her parallel is living out Abby's senior year of high school and falling for someone Abby's never even met.
As she struggles to navigate her ever-shifting existence, forced to live out the consequences of a path she didn't choose, Abby must let go of the Plan and learn to focus on the present, without losing sight of who she is, the boy who might just be her soul mate, and the destiny that's finally within reach.
Chelsea Pitcher – The S-Word (Contemporary, Gallery Books)
Lizzie wasn't the first student at Verity High School to kill herself this year. But the difference is, she didn't go quietly.
First it was SLUT scribbled all over the school's lockers. But one week after Lizzie Hart takes her own life, SUICIDE SLUT replaces it—in Lizzie's own looping scrawl. Photocopies of her diary show up in the hands of her classmates. And her best friend, Angie, is enraged.
Angie had stopped talking to Lizzie on prom night, when she caught Lizzie in bed with her boyfriend. Too heartbroken to let Lizzie explain the hookup or to intervene when Lizzie gets branded Queen of the Sluts and is cruelly bullied by her classmates, Angie left her best friend to the mercy of the school, with tragic results.
But with this new slur, Angie's guilt transforms into anger that someone is still targeting Lizzie even after her death. Using clues from Lizzie's diary and aided by the magnetic, mysterious Jesse, Angie begins relentlessly investigating who, exactly, made Lizzie feel life was no longer worth living. And while she might claim she simply wants to punish Lizzie's tormentors, her anguish over abandoning and then losing her best friend drives Angie deeper into the dark, twisted side of Verity High—and she might not be able to pull herself back out.
Christian Schoon – Zenn Scarlett (Science Fiction, Strange Chemistry Books)
Zenn Scarlett is a bright, determined, occasionally a-little-too-smart-for-her-own-good 17-year-old girl training hard to become an exoveterinarian. That means she's specializing in the treatment of exotic alien life forms, mostly large and generally dangerous. Her novice year of training at the Ciscan Cloister Exovet Clinic on Mars will find her working with alien patients from whalehounds the size of a hay barn to a baby Kiran Sunkiller, a colossal floating creature that will grow up to carry a whole sky-city on its back.
But after a series of inexplicable animal escapes from the school and other near-disasters, the Cloister is in real danger of being shut down by a group of alien-hating officials. If that happens, Zenn knows only too well the grim fate awaiting the creatures she loves.
Now, she must unravel the baffling events plaguing her school, before someone is hurt or killed, before everything she cares about is ripped away from her and her family forever. To solve this mystery – and live to tell about it – Zenn will have to put her new exovet skills to work in ways she never imagined, and in the process learn just how powerful compassion and empathy can be.
Amy Tintera – Reboot (Science Fiction, HarperTeen)
La Femme Nikita meets Maximum Ride in this action-packed debut novel about seventeen-year-old Wren, who rose from the dead as a Reboot and is now the government's top soldier—until she is given an order she refuses to obey.
Sage Blackwood – Jinx: The Wizard's Apprentice (Fantasy, Quercus Children's)
Never stray far from the path is the rule every child in the Urwald Forest follows. Every child, that is, except a boy named Jinx.
Jinx is an apprentice to Simon, a wizard who is just a little bit evil. When one of Simon's spells robs Jinx of his ability to see other people's thoughts, he decides to head off into the forest to try recover his magic.
Jinx's mission brings him face to face with a very evil, soul-sucking wizard, the terrible Bonemaster. With help only from Elfwyn, who is cursed with a truth-telling spell, and Reven, who is far too polite to be useful in a fight, it looks like Jinx's magic could be gone forever …
John Carter Cash – Lupus Rex (Fantasy, Ravenstone)
Isyl and Cormo are two quail who must risk their lives when they are driven from their home by the crows when the Murder fractures over the decision of who shall rule the Tree. The disorder this brings to the region comes to the attention of the wolf Asmod and he sees an opportunity to make himself King. To restore order the quails must venture far from their home to seek an audience with a potentially dangerous ally, the hawk Pitrin. As the forest trembles with the approach of Asmod's army, the two quail will find themselves entangled in an epic struggle, as they fight to bring peace to the Field.
Cassandra Rose Clarke – The Pirate's Wish (Fantasy, Strange Chemistry Books)
After setting out to break the curse that binds them together, the pirate Ananna and the assassin Naji find themselves stranded on an enchanted island in the north with nothing but a sword, their wits, and the secret to breaking the curse: complete three impossible tasks. With the help of their friend Marjani and a rather unusual ally, Ananna and Naji make their way south again, seeking what seems to be beyond their reach.
Unfortunately, Naji has enemies from the shadowy world known as the Mists, and Ananna must still face the repercussions of going up against the Pirate Confederation. Together, Naji and Ananna must break the curse, escape their enemies — and come to terms with their growing romantic attraction.
Shannon Delany – Weather Witch (Fantasy. St. Martin's Griffin)
Some fled the Old World to avoid war and some fled to leave behind magic. But even the fiercely regulated New World—with its ranks and standards and emphasis on decorum—cannot avoid the power that wells up in certain people and influences weather and calls down storms. So the Weather Witches—those who can control the weather—are hunted by Testers and Wraiths and made to power the Grounded population's ships, their lights—their every luxury—in a time before either steam or electricity takes hold. Jordan Astraea, a high-ranking member of The Nine is from a flawless background with seemingly no taint of magic or witchery. But on the night of her seventeenth birthday celebration the Wraiths and the Tester appear and blame her for summoning an unscheduled storm. Taken from her family and near-boyfriend, Rowen, Jordan is sentenced to be Made—to become a Conductor—and be enslaved as a living battery for an airship. But breaking Jordan may prove the very thing the carefully constructed New World society cannot survive. And the chance of losing Jordan forever may make Rowen become the hero he would have never dared otherwise be.
David Fleming – The Saturday Boy (Contemporary, Viking Children's Books)
Eleven-year-old Derek Lamb likes superhero comic books, Saturday morning cartoons, and Chocolate Ka??Blams, but he'd gladly trade all of these things to have his father home. For as long as Derek can remember, his father has been in Afghanistan piloting Apache helicopters for the US Army. The letters they write to each other are all they have to bridge the distance—ninety-one letters to date. But just when Derek's best friend becomes his archnemesis, a time when Derek could use his father's advice most, the letters stop. Derek's whole life is on the brink of change and he doesn't even know it.
P.J. Hoover – Solstice (Fantasy, Tor Teen)
Piper's world is dying. Each day brings hotter temperatures and heat bubbles which threaten to destroy the Earth. Amid this Global Heating Crisis, Piper lives under the oppressive rule of her mother, who suffocates her even more than the weather does. Everything changes on her eighteenth birthday, when her mother is called away on a mysterious errand and Piper seizes her first opportunity for freedom.
Piper discovers a universe she never knew existed—a sphere of gods and monsters—and realizes that her world is not the only one in crisis. While gods battle for control of the Underworld, Piper's life spirals out of control as she struggles to find the answer to the secret that has been kept from her since birth—her very identity…
Imogen Howson – Linked (Science Fiction, Quercus Children's)
For years, Elissa has suffered nightmarish visions and unexplained bruises. Finally, she's promised a cure, and an operation is scheduled. But on the eve of the procedure, she discovers the truth: she's seeing the world through another girl's eyes. A world filled with wires, machines and pain. Elissa follows her visions, only to find a battered, broken girl.
A girl who looks exactly like her. A twin she never knew existed.
Elissa and Lin go on the run, but even after changing their looks and clothes, they're barely a step ahead of the government agents who are ruthlessly tracking them down. For Lin and Elissa are too valuable to let go, and the dark truth at the heart of it all is too shocking to risk exposing …
Elizabeth Knox – Mortal Fire (Fantasy, Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Sixteen-year-old Canny Mochrie's vacation takes a turn when she stumbles upon a mysterious and enchanting valley, occupied almost entirely by children who can perform a special type of magic that tells things how to be stronger and better than they already are. As Canny studies the magic more carefully, she realizes that she not only understands it–she can perform the magic, too, so well that it feels like it has always been a part of her. With the help of an alluring seventeen-year-old boy who is held hostage by a spell that is now more powerful than the people who first placed it, Canny figures out the secrets of this valley and of her own past.
Stephanie Kuehn – Charm & Strange (Contemporary, St. Martin's Griffin)
Andrew Winston Winters is at war with himself. He's part Win, the lonely teenager exiled to a remote Vermont boarding school in the wake of a family tragedy. The guy who shuts all his classmates out, no matter the cost, because his darkest fear is turning into a vicious wolf, just like his father. But he's also part Drew, the angry young boy with violent impulses that control him. The boy who spent a fateful summer with his brother and teenage cousins, only to endure a family secret so painful it led three children to do the unthinkable. Over the course of one night, while stuck at a party deep in the New England woods, Andrew battles the pain of his past and the isolation of his present. Before the sun rises, he'll either surrender his sanity to the wild wolves inside his mind or learn that surviving means more than not dying.
Alex London – Proxy (Science Fiction, Philomel Books)
Knox was born into one of the City's wealthiest families. A Patron, he has everything a boy could want—the latest tech, the coolest clothes, and a Proxy to take all his punishments. When Knox breaks a vase, Syd is beaten. When Knox plays a practical joke, Syd is forced to haul rocks. And when Knox crashes a car, killing one of his friends, Syd is branded and sentenced to death.
Syd is a Proxy. His life is not his own.
Then again, neither is Knox's. Knox and Syd have more in common than either would guess. So when both boys realize that the only way to beat the system is to save each other, they flee. Yet Knox's father is no ordinary Patron, and Syd is no ordinary Proxy. The ensuing cross-country chase will uncover a society of rebels, test both boys' resolve, and shine a light onto a world of those who owe and those who pay. Some debts, it turns out, cannot be repaid.
Amy McCulloch – The Oathbreaker's Shadow (Fantasy, Random House Children's Books)
Fifteen-year-old Raim lives in a world where you tie a knot for every promise that you make. Break that promise and you are scarred for life, and cast out into the desert.
Raim has worn a simple knot around his wrist for as long as he can remember. No one knows where it came from, and which promise of his it symbolises, but he barely thinks about it at all – not since becoming the most promising young fighter ever to train for the elite Yun guard. But on the most important day of his life, when he binds his life to his best friend (and future khan) Khareh, the string bursts into flames and sears a dark mark into his skin.
Scarred now as an oath-breaker, Raim has two options: run, or be killed.
Sarah Jamila Stevenson – Underneath (Contemporary, Flux)
With New Agey parants and a Pakistani heritage, it might have been difficult for Sunny Pryce-Shah to fit in. Thankfully, she had her older, popular cousin Shiri to talk to–until now. Shiri's shocking suicide brings heart-wrenching pain and grief, and also seems to have triggered a new and disturbing ability in Sunny: hearing people's thoughts.
It's awful, especially when Sunny learns what her so-called friends really think of her. Feeling more comfortable with the Emo crowd, she tells them about her strange talent and uses it to help cute, troubled Cody. But when his true motives are revealed, she isn't sure whom to trust anymore. Sunny hopes to find answers in Shiri's journal. Was her cousin also cursed with this "gift"? Will Sunny end up like Shiri?


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I am "working" this week at Interface Technical Training by attending the new Silverlight 4.0 class taught by Dan Wahlin.
While Dan was dazzling the attendees with his Silverlight prowess, I got inspired to convert a game I wrote in version 1.0 of Silverlight to the latest version.
While the game is upgraded to v4.0 of Silverlight, the game could use more revisions in terms of feature enhancements. Nonetheless, I offer the humble code to anyone who would like to make improvements.
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Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: In this theory, O.J.'s son was the murderer.
William Dear joined Sports Radio 610 in Houston with MaD Radio to discuss why O.J. is innocent, why he believes that with 100 percent certainty, why Jason Simpson should be the main suspect, O.J.'s role in being at the scene following the murders, how that situation played out, how it got by the police and if he's attempted to give this information to the authorities so that they can charge Jason Simpson.
Why do you believe O.J. Simpson is innocent?:
"First of all, let me predicate I was speaking in front of the International Council of Investigative Reporters and Editors … when the so-called car chase scene was going on and I made the statement to 600 or 700 people … that it was probably something concocted by his lawyers and he'd scream and holler he couldn't get a fair trial. My son said, 'Dad, you're assuming he's guilty.' … I decided I'd come out to Los Angeles. Within two weeks of the murders, I climbed over the back gate, sat at her front door and looked at where the blood where Ron Goldman was and where Nicole was. … It's been 18 years, but finally I'm able to put it together with documentation - no theory, no nothing. It's fact."
Do you're saying this is 100 percent factual?:
"Our suspect that you've probably heard about at the time was 5-foot-11, 235 pounds, 24 years old and, believe it or not, he was on probation for assaulting his previous employer with a knife. That starts it off from there."
And this suspect you're talking about is O.J.'s oldest son, Jason, who he had with another woman?:
"Yeah it was from his first marriage. … We found, in the storage facility, that the suspect had put away photographs of him wearing the knit cap that was found at the crime scene, in bed with his dog. You have to understand that the knit cap that was found at the crime scene … It contained hairs from an African-American man and dog hairs. Yet, it was not solidly convincing whether or not it was O.J.'s hair. But we have the photograph of our suspect in bed with that dog and with that knit cap that we believe was found at the crime scene, in addition to his diaries which he talked about, 'It's a year to the night that I cut away my problems with a knife.' We have the psychiatric records where he checked into Cedar-Sinai Hospital just weeks prior to the murders and told the active physician on duty that he was about to rage. He was out of medication."
It isn't out of the realm of possibility, though, that O.J. could have put on the hat in the photograph and went over there and committed the murders, right?:
"That's true. Listen, I'm going to tell you right now, there's no doubt in my mind, after doing this 18 years, that O.J. was at the crime scene. But after the murders. We have, in that box that was found in his storage facility, a knife. It was a sheath knife that matched the proper length. … We took the knife, along with the autopsy photographs, to several, but in one particular case … [an expert] and he compared the laceration on Nicole's scalp to the butt of the knife and it matched."
So do you believe Jason committed the murders, then O.J. arrived at the house, put it together that it was Jason's knife and then felt he had to protect his son?:
"No, I'm saying that what happened was, in all probability, when he left, if our suspect left and had the murder weapon, contacted his dad. His dad knows that he had psychological problems. … He wasn't sure whether or not his son was telling him the truth, so he jumps in the car, puts on a pair of gloves, comes through the back, sees Nicole, takes off one of the gloves, bends down, checks her, head goes one way, the body the other. He drops the glove, looks up, sees Ron Goldman, realizes, 'Oh my God, he is telling me the truth,' and he runs out and gets into the Bronco. Keep this in mind, that whoever committed the murder would've had blood all over them, including the knuckles on Ron Goldman, which was badly bruised. You could see where he had struck the assailant a number of times. … The total amount of blood [in the Bronco] would have fit on my thumbnail. … There was no blood on the break and no blood on the accelerator."
Was this just missed by the police?:
"I think they zeroed in on O.J. and from that point on, he wasn't going to turn in his son. And the fact that we believe he was there after the murders certainly contributes to it. Again, even though people have described him as narcissistic, that he would look out strictly for himself, as a parent, I can see some of the things he's done and he cares about the kids. Maybe he felt at that point that he owed that to his son. Who knows what he was thinking? But I will promise you this, he didn't do it. In my book, everything that I have done has been backed up with documentation and I'm praying they'll reopen this thing and look at it."
Have you discussed this with authorities?:
"Oh we've tried. You'll see in the book about four or five letters. We met with the Attorney General's staff in 2008 and they were excited. I promise you. … They looked at all the evidence … and they were overly excited. … Then we received an email, 'Not interested. Case closed.'"
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Menlowe Ballet continues its tradition of tapping into the star talent of the Bay Area ballet world with the choice of Dennis Nahat as guest choreographer for its April 4-6 production, "Transcendence."
A former principal dancer with the American Ballet Theater and the longtime artistic director of Ballet San Jose, which he founded, Mr. Nahat recently worked with Menlowe Ballet dancers in the company's Menlo Park studio in preparation for the performance of his acclaimed "Pas de Cinq."
The spring production, staged in the Menlo-Atherton Performing Arts Center, will also include the premiere of Menlowe Ballet artistic director and co-founder Michael Lowe's individual work, "Transcendence," and a reprise of his dynamic and well-received "Tribute," which debuted at the company's November show, "Lineage."
In response to sold-out performances last fall, the Menlowe Ballet has added a fourth performance to the spring production, with matinees on Saturday and Sunday in addition to the Friday and Saturday evening shows, said Lisa Shiveley of Atherton, the company's co-founder and executive director.
Mr. Lowe, who during his dancing career was a star performer and choreographer with the Oakland Ballet, has created numerous dances for Menlowe Ballet, including "Double Happiness," "Serei," and "Cirque." But Ms. Shiveley said the company also wants to feature the work of guest choreographers, and "we always wanted to do something with Dennis."
"We courted him," she said. "He was on our dream list -- and it's a great marriage."
Mr. Nahat said he's known Mr. Lowe for years, and was eager to work with the company. "Everything they do is dynamite," he said in a recent interview. "Their work is as good as (that of) any Bay Area company dancing now."
The "Pas de Cinq" to be featured in the April production is from a full-length "Swan Lake" Mr. Nahat created in the late 1980s. The piece "is in lieu of the 'Pas de Trois'" from a traditional version of the ballet, but "is more streamlined in that it reduces the number of princesses dancing," he said. "I always felt there were too many princesses," he added wryly.
The "Pas de Cinq" is a longer piece than the segment it replaces in "Swan Lake." "It's a nice little excerpt that can be performed by itself," he said.
Mr. Nahat was recruited to dance with the Joffrey Ballet while still a teenager studying dance and music at the Juilliard School. He trained with such luminaries as Martha Graham, Jose Limon, Martha Hill, and Anna Sokolow.
He co-founded the School of the Cleveland Ballet in 1972, and the Cleveland Ballet four years later. He was serving as artistic director of that company when he created a joint venture between Cleveland and San Jose. The local company was known as the San Jose Cleveland Ballet, later becoming Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley, and in 2000, Ballet San Jose.
His achievements in the world of choreography include more than 100 works for ballet, opera, Broadway, film, and television. His "Blue Suede Shoes," set to 36 Elvis Presley songs, aired on the PBS television series Dance in America and was nominated for two Emmy awards.
After leaving Ballet San Jose in 2012, he founded the San Jose-based nonprofit Theatre Ventures International School and Productions.
Michael Lowe's choreography has also earned him high and wide praise. Although his thematic range is broad, he is noted for a contemporary form that borrows from classical dance, but is rooted in cultural themes.
The dance "Transcendence," which receives its premiere with this production, is an example. Describing its genesis, Mr. Lowe writes: "In 2001, I traveled alone to China on a research project for a new cultural ballet that I was choreographing for Oakland Ballet. One evening ... some locals took me to visit a Shanghai nightclub.
"The ambiance inside this club was immediately otherworldly, edgy, and mysterious, and made me feel, and somewhat fear, that at any time, anything might happen.
"In 'Transcendence,' I attempt to capture this atmosphere, pairing it with a choreographic idea that's been percolating in my mind for a while. We all hear stories about senseless acts committed when human emotions overcome judgment, empathy and humanity. Here, I explore this tragic human weakness and its consequences, contrasting it with that which calls upon us to transcend our human failings and limitations."
If you go
"Transcendence," the spring production of Menlowe Ballet, will be performed Friday through Sunday, April 4-6, in the Menlo-Atherton Performing Arts Center at Menlo-Atherton High School, 555 Middlefield Road in Atherton. Tickets are $28-$48, and may be purchased at menloweballet.org or by calling 800-595-4849.


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|visiting one of my favorite clients gardens today...i find sooo many pretties to delight my heart. with record breaking heat and highs in the 80's...spring has sprung super early!! pollen and bugs included.
|i have been working on this garden for 8ish years now and the climbing vines on the pergola have never been so prolific and fragrant..
|three of my all time favorite vines AND i am a vine lover!
a tangle of
carolina jessamine,
evergreen clematis armandii
and new dawn rose
(which will bloom later).
|i just love how they mingle.
|the evergreen clematis armandii has a heady intoxicating fragrance and most loverly tropical looking leaves that actually, yes indeedy, stay green all year.


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Oklahoma led all teams with seven honorees. The Sooners' Lara Albright was nominated with a 4.00 grade point average. She is one of six OU gymnasts on the first team. Iowa State also had six first team members, while West Virginia placed five.
Elizabeth Stranahan (Iowa State) and Kayla Nowak (Oklahoma) become three-time Academic All-Big 12 First Team members, while Henrietta Green and Michelle Shealy (Iowa State) earn first team recognition for the second straight year.
Seventeen of the 18 honorees make up the first team.
First team members consist of those who have maintained a 3.20 or better GPA while the second team selections hold a 3.00 to 3.19 GPA.
To qualify, student-athletes must maintain a 3.00 GPA or higher (either cumulative or the two previous semesters) and must have participated in 60 percent of their team's scheduled contests. Freshmen and transfers are not eligible in their first year of academic residence. Senior student-athletes who have participated for a minimum of two years and meet all the criteria except percent of participation are also eligible.


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Smoking Cessation after Diagnosis of Lung Cancer
My question is about terminal lung Cancer. What are the benefits of smoking cessation if the patient is terminal? I am wondering if the stress of withdrawal will reduce their quality of life. If you know of any references that could help me out, I would appreciate it since I have not been able to find any journal articles.
Mitchell Machtay, MD, Radiation Oncologist, responds:
Is smoking cessation an important part of supportive care of the cancer patient, or an example of "too little, too late"? As noted by the questioner, there are few studies dealing with the pros and cons of aggressively trying to get patients with metastatic lung cancer to defeat the addiction that more than likely landed them in the oncologist's office in the first place.
It is generally agreed that for patients with a potentially "curable" cancer, smoking cessation is crucial to having the best possible outcome. For example, a study in patients with head and neck cancer showed that patients who continued to smoke had a 27% lower chance for cure than those who did not smoke throughout treatment [Browman, 1993]. A good article on smoking cessation in patients with head and neck cancer was written by Harari et al. in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 1995 [Harari, 1995]. Similar findings of improved cancer outcomes and fewer side effects from therapy have been reported for patients receiving definitive therapy for lung cancer with curative intent.
It is not entirely clear whether there are any benefits to smoking cessation for patients with "terminal" cancer (meaning cancer that has metastasized or spread throughout the body, with an expected survival of 6 months or less). I too have not had any success finding any scientific articles on this topic. Nicotine addiction is a serious illness, and nicotine withdrawal can cause or worsen many symptoms, including anxiety and depression. Certain medications, such as anti-depressants and/or nicotine replacement therapy, can help cancer patients to decrease or eliminate their tobacco intake and should be strongly considered. While smoking cessation is unlikely to prolong life expectancy for people with very advanced cancer, there are some potential "short term" benefits even with a limited life-span. These might include:
- Less strain on the heart and overall circulatory system.
- Decreased chance of pneumonia and other respiratory complications.
- Improved appetite.
- Decreased heartburn and/or other gastrointestinal symptoms.
- Increased ability to tolerate radiation therapy and/or chemotherapy if these therapies are needed.
Finally, it is not unusual for patients with advanced lung cancer to require home oxygen therapy to relieve symptoms. Continued smoking in this setting is, of course, extremely hazardous both to the patient and his/her family.
People make a conscious decision (albeit irrational and unduly influenced by the tobacco industry) to start smoking. However, it is not possible to simply "decide" to quit this terrible addiction. Patients with cancer have free will and may decide to attempt to quit. Whether they do or do not, it is the duty of their physicians to make honest recommendations and support their patients' decisions. In my practice, I recommend to all patients (and their family members) to stop smoking if they can. However, in people with a very limited life expectancy (particularly if less than 6 months), I stress quitting less than I do for patients who are potentially curable.


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By Rochelle L. Levy
The Trustees of the American Film Institute selected Barbra Streisand to
receive AFI's 29th Life Achievement Award.
It is not easy to characterize the artistry of Barbra Streisand. The
unprecedented scope of her talent encompasses all the major
disciplines — acting, directing, singing, composing, producing and writing.
To excel in just one medium is rare indeed; to excel at the lot is nothing less
than extraordinary. She is, accordingly, universally recognized as a true
Renaissance Woman.
The recipient of an Honorary Doctorate in Arts and Humanities from Brandeis
University, Streisand is a rare honoree, the only artist to earn Oscar, Tony,
Emmy, Grammy, Golden Globe, Cable Ace and Peabody Awards. She has been honored
by France as a Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters, and she has received
America's Medal of Arts from the National Endowment for the Arts.
The forces that drive Barbra Streisand stem from a rich amalgam of personality
traits stretching back to her childhood: a longing to express herself, an
uncompromising vision and a healthy dose of chutzpah. While the breadth of her
creativity transcends gender, Streisand's artistic choices have
indisputably been informed by her femininity, particularly by the absence of
her father, who died when she was just 15 months old.
Although Streisand got her start as a singer, performing as a teenager at The
Lion, Bon Soir and The Blue Angel in Manhattan, her first love was always
acting. She describes herself as "an actress who sings." She won two
Grammy Awards in 1963 for her first album, "The Barbra Streisand Album;"
currently, she has a career total of 10. She is still the highest-selling
female recording artist ever, with 42 gold, 26 platinum and 13 multi-platinum
albums. She has had #1 albums in each of the last four decades.
After starring on Broadway as Miss Marmelstein in "I Can Get It For You Wholesale"
(for which she won the New York Drama Critics Award) and as Fanny Brice in "Funny
Girl," Streisand segued easily into television, where she received an
Emmy for her first network special, MY NAME IS BARBRA. In 1968, Streisand
reprised the role of Fanny Brice for her film debut in FUNNY GIRL. This was no
typical ingenue; rather, Streisand's delightfully bawdy, refreshingly
ethnic, highly original Fanny forced critics and audiences alike to take
notice. Streisand had effectively used her unconventional looks and style,
blended with her enormously original talent, to assure herself a place in
American cinema history. Her screen debut earned the newcomer a Best Actress
Academy Award, and she later became the first female composer to win the Best
Song Oscar, for "Evergreen."
Over the next 15 years, many films followed, including hits such as WHAT'S
UP, DOC?, THE WAY WE WERE and A STAR IS BORN. During this time, Streisand was
drawn to a project that had been close to her heart since 1968, when she first
read Isaac Bashevis Singer's short story, "Yentl, the Yeshiva Boy."
Upon reading the story's first four words — "After her
father's death" — Streisand felt a visceral connection to the
material. Film rights finally became available in 1978, at which time Streisand
acquired them and began to plan its film adaptation. And she needed all the
confidence and fortitude she could muster.
Naysayers were numerous, but Streisand's fervor never wavered. She immersed
herself in the world of YENTL, becoming the first woman to produce, direct,
write and star in a major motion picture. Author/rabbi Chaim Potok was struck
by the level of her commitment. "At times it is difficult to determine
where Barbra ends and Yentl begins; the edges of the two personalities blur
into each other," he remarked. "She seems filled and possessed by the
YENTL proved to be not only a huge personal success for Streisand, but also, in
a broader context, a triumph for female filmmakers during an exceedingly fallow
creative period. Whereas in 1916, there were 12 female directors making films,
67 years later, in 1983, while Streisand was shooting YENTL, she was one of
only two women shooting a major motion picture. "I felt pressure
working on YENTL because it was one of the first big budget movies made by a
woman, and I thought, 'My God, if this doesn't succeed in some way,
then it'll hurt a lot of female directors in the future.'"
Fortunately, for those future directors, she won Golden Globes for both Best
Director and Best Picture.
Following YENTL, Streisand directed THE PRINCE OF TIDES (1991) and THE MIRROR
HAS TWO FACES (1996). THE PRINCE OF TIDES was the first motion picture directed
by its female star ever to win a Directors Guild of America nomination, as well
as seven Academy Award nominations. Barwood Films (formed in 1972 and through
which she produced these three films, as well as UP THE SANDBOX, NUTS and A
STAR IS BORN) has focused on creating television movies and documentaries that
explore pressing social, historical and political issues — issues that have
only received such wide broadcast due to the force and conviction of Barbra
Streisand's involvement.
Barbra Streisand's passions extend to humanitarian causes, most notably
through her work with the Streisand Foundation and her unabashed participation
in the political process. Her acclaimed speech, "The Artist as Citizen,"
delivered as an address to the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard
University, is reproduced in Sen. Robert Torricelli's book, "In Our Own
Words," which compiles "the most extraordinary speeches of the 20th
The Streisand persona has always been larger than life. Call it perfectionism,
call it conscientiousness, but reduced to its simplest element, you are left
with a woman to whom the quality of the work is the final arbiter. She is an
artist whose commitment pushes her to the heights of excellence. Yet, that very
same commitment often invites criticism, perhaps because she is a woman — a
woman who speaks her mind and dares to succeed.
Barbra Streisand's career defies conventional definition. She has conducted
herself on her own terms, remaining unbowed by Hollywood pressures to change
her appearance, to tone down her personality and to ease up on her attention to
detail. A strong, willful, vulnerable, honest woman, Barbra Streisand serves as
a role model for young women everywhere, as an example of passion, commitment,
fortitude and determination. For the tremendous joy this consummate artist has
brought to audiences worldwide as she transports us with her wondrous talents
both in front of and behind the camera, the American Film Institute is honored
to present Barbra Streisand with AFI's 29th Life Achievement Award.
NOTE: Due to licensing restrictions, the telecasts of the AFI Life Achievement Award Tribute are currently not available for distribution or purchase.
©2019 American Film Institute. All rights reserved.


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Sir! No Sir!
Like the Vietnam War itself, the GI antiwar movement started small and within a few years had exploded into a force that altered history. Like the times from which it grew, the movement involved organized actions and spontaneous resistance, political groups and cultural upheaval. Today, at a time when American troops are again fighting a protracted, questionable war, this military insurgency is all but eliminated from collective memory. Even though it profoundly impacted American society, it rarely appears in historical accounts. This chronicle features news reports from local and national television broadcasts and archival images from newspapers and magazines. Recently shot interviews with individuals involved in the struggle include: Hollywood actor and activist Jane Fonda; soldiers imprisoned for refusing to fight, train other soldiers, or ship out to the frontlines; Vietnam veterans who became antiwar activists or joined the over 500,000 soldiers who the Pentagon listed as deserters during the war; the leader of the Presidio 27 mutiny; and soldiers who went on strike while in Vietnam among others. As well, the film includes never-before-seen Super-8 and 16mm film footage of events in the GI movement shot by GIs and civilian activists.
Jane Fonda, Donald Duncan, Howard Levy, Dave Cline, Keith Mather, Randy Rowland, Susan Schnall, Louis Font, Bill Short, Terry Whitmore, Joe Bangert, Billy Dean Smith, Jerry Lembcke, Ed Asner, Troy Garity
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When life deals you lemons . . .
I thought it was interesting that there was not a mention of Macs in the thread on Apple's results for the first quarter of 2012.
Instead, it was all about iPhones and iPads. That's not surprising since Apple is turning into a two-product family, and the Mac isn't one of them.
At first glance, it looks like the Mac is still doing well, with a Year over Year increase of seven percent.
However, when you look at the Quarter over Quarter figures the Mac declined 23 percent.
A decline is not surprising, since just about all computer companies declined in sales in those two quarters, just as they did for several years previous.
But the drop in all company's sales was was far less than 23 percent - worldwide it was 3.5 percent, in the US 13 percent. And it looks like the Mac declined 21 percent in the US.
All of the above numbers come from Apple's results and Gartner.
And I presume from now on we can't refer to Canalsys figures that were so widely heralded here a few months ago.
Yes, even when you call tablets "PCs" and add them to desktop and laptop figures, H-P still sells more total than Apple.
http://www.canalys.com/newsroom/hp-rega ... -pc-market


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SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea lauded the military might built up by deceased leader Kim Jong-il Thursday, likely tying his young successor to the same policies that have set Northeast Asia on edge as the impoverished state inches closer to nuclear weapons capability.
A gathering of 100,000, soldiers in uniform and bare-headed civilians, gathered in silence in wintry sunlight in the capital Pyongyang to mourn the passing of the man who had led the country for 17 years until his death on December 17.
Kim Jong-un, a jowly man in his late 20s who will become the third of his line to lead North Korea, took centre stage overlooking the central square named after his grandfather to listen to tributes to the "great revolutionary."
"Great Leader Kim Jong-il ... laid the foundation for our people to live on as autonomous people of a world-class military power and a proud nuclear state," parliament chief Kim Yong-nam said in the eulogy.
The North has conducted two nuclear tests.
Larry Niksch, who has tracked North Korea for the non-partisan U.S. Congressional Research Service for 43 years, believes it could take as little as one to two years to have a working nuclear missile once it produced enough highly-enriched uranium for the warhead's core fuel.
That could threaten regional security and give the North a powerful bargaining tool in extracting aid for its economy.
North Korea's state television footage showed the young Kim flanked to his right by the country's top military general Ri Yong-ho on the balcony of the Granc People's Study House. Also nearby him were Defense Minister Kim Yong-chun, and his uncle and the key power-broker in the transition, Jang Song-thaek.
Jang, 65, is believed to be the regent heading a select group of caretakers, as the brother-in-law of Kim Jong-il who survived purges to become his closest confidant who oversaw the power succession before his death of a heart attack.
He stood behind the younger Kim in Wednesday's mass funeral parade, escorting the hearse carrying the coffin.
Solemn and grimacing, the younger Kim, believed to be born in early 1984, stood motionless throughout the ceremony. He only came to the forefront of the North's dynastic succession last year by taking on key military and ruling party posts.
"Comrade Kim Jong-un is the highest leader of the party and people who takes on Great Leader Kim Jong-il's philosophy and leadership, personality and morals, courage and audacity," Kim Yong-nam said.
Mourners, their heads bowed as the ceremony concluded, spilled over to both sides of the Taedong River as temperatures stood at about minus 10 Celsius (14 Fahrenheit). Boats moored on the river and trains in their yards blew their whistles for three minutes to mourn Kim Jong-il's passing.
The eulogies were short on boasts about economic achievements from a strongman who used his Songun, or "military first," policy to divert resources to build a conventional and weapons of mass destruction program.
The North's economic output is now smaller than in the 1990s under the rule of his father Kim Il-sung, who founded the state in 1948, and it has been squeezed harder under international sanctions for its missile and nuclear tests.
Gyorgy Toloraya, a Russian expert who is Director of Korean Programs at the Institute of Economy at the Russian Academy of Sciences, who met Kim Jong-il for the first time in 2000 described him as "fast and witty and having "a remarkable memory" on any subject.
"...one exclusion might be modern economics, in which he, it seemed, was not so very interested, regarding it just as a tool for rich Westerners to extract profits from their fellow compatriots and poor countries," Tolaraya wrote on 38North, a website published by the U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
Most Korea-watchers do not expect the North to stage a repeat of the attacks it undertook in 2010 when it killed South Korean civilians with an artillery barrage and, according to most observers, sank a South Korean naval vessel. It denied sinking the vessel and says it was provoked into the barrage.
It may take Kim Jong-un some months to assume the full panoply of official titles held by his father.
"The real question is whether the new Kim has the cruelty and cunning, qualities that his father and grandfather Kim Il-sung possessed in plenty, to preserve in the long run the essential engine of the destitute dynasty he inherits," wrote Sung-Yoon Lee of Tufts University, a leading North Korea watcher.
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Madam Secretary: A Memoir (Paperback)
A national bestseller on its original publication in 2003, Madam Secretary is a riveting account of the life of America's first woman Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright. For eight years, during Bill Clinton's two presidential terms, Albright was a high-level participant in some of the most dramatic events of our time—from the pursuit of peace in the Middle East to NATO's intervention in the Balkans to America's troubled relations with Iran and Iraq. In this thoughtful memoir, one of the most admired women in U.S. history reflects on her remarkable personal story, including her upbringing in war-torn Europe and the balancing of career and family responsibilities, and on America's leading role in a changing world.
With a new epilogue by the author, Madam Secretary offers an inimitable blend of Albright's warm humor, probing insights, and distinctive ideas.
About the Author
Madeleine Albright served as America's sixty-fourth secretary of state from 1997 to 2001. Her distinguished career also in-cludes positions at the White House, on Capitol Hill, and as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. She is a resident of Washington D.C., and Virginia.
Praise For…
"One of the most diverting political bios in recent memory."
— Entertainment Weekly
"Her portraits of foreign leaders are lively and evocative. . . . The result is a book that creates a sense of policy made by real people."
— The New Yorker
"Madeleine Albright has written a different kind of memoir. . . . It's Albright unplugged."
— USA Today
"Albright is frank, assertive. . . . straight-shooting."
— The New York Times
"The fascinating story of a remarkable person who has served her country well."
— The Dallas Morning News


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Libraries in Music Teaching Institutions
Terms of reference
The Libraries in Music Teaching Institutions Section focuses on topics of special interest to librarians working in educational establishments that teach music, providing an international platform to communicate, exchange knowledge and discuss all aspects of music libraries embedded in music teaching institutions. Working in collaboration with other IAML Sections, Groups and Committees where areas of interest intersect, principal areas of discussion include, but are not limited to, improving information literacy in students and staff, supporting and facilitating research, and promoting awareness of library collections.
The section usually has two sessions during the annual congress. One of them is often a joint session with another Institutional Section. For example the first session in Sydney was held together with the Public Libraries Section and dealt with the interaction between these two types of libraries.
The second session in Sydney had "Ethnomusicology in Conservatories" as the theme. Other issues recently presented were "Artistic Research", "Rare Collections in Conservatories" and Bibliography in Conservatories".
Find below, under "Activities," the result of the international questionnaire, "Networking and access to music collections", with links to web sites and online catalogues of several music teaching institutions around the world. This questionnaire was carried out by Jane Gottlieb, Federica Riva, and Yasko Todo. The results were published in 1998 and were presented at the IAML conference in San Sebastian (see Fontes 46/1-2, p. 147-148).
- The Commission oversaw the working group for Libraries in Music Teaching Institutions and Accreditation (2011-2014)
- A Limti blog was created in 2008 by Pia Shekhter, and used till 2009.
Questionnaire: Networking and access to music collections (1998)
2017 - 2020
Chair: Charles Peters (William & Gayle Cook Music Library, Indiana University, Bloomington)
Vice-Chair: Ilvi Rauna (Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, Tallinn)
Secretary: Aris Bazmadelis (School of Music Studies Library, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
2014 - 2017:
Johan Eeckeloo, Belgium (chair) - Ilvi Rauna, Estonia (vice-chair) - Claire Kidwell, UK (secretary)
2011 - 2014:
Johan Eeckeloo, Belgium (chair) - Birgitta Sparre, Sweden (vice-chair) - Claire Kidwell, UK (secretary)
2008 - 2011:
Pia Shekhter, Sweden (chair) - José Carlos Gosálvez Lara, Spain (vice-chair) - Johan Eeckeloo, Belgium (secretary)
2005 - 2008:
Anne Le Lay, France (chair) - José Carlos Gosálvez Lara, Spain (vice-chair) - Pia Shekhter, Sweden (secretary)
2002 - 2005:
Anne Le Lay, France (chair) - Yasuko Todo, Japan (vice-chair) - Angela Escott, UK (secretary)
1999 - 2002:
Federica Riva, Italy (chair) - Yasuko Todo, Japan (vice-chair) - Angela Escott, UK (secretary)
1996 - 1999:
Federica Riva, Italy (chair) - Yasuko Todo, Japan (vice-chair) - Jane Gottlieb, U.S.A. (secretary)
- Libraries in Music Teaching Institutions Section - Congress Summary
- 2009 conference in Amsterdam
- 2008 conference in Naples
- Programme for 2007 conference in Sydney
- Programme for 2006 conference in Göteborg
- Questionnaire results: Networking and access to music collections (1998)
- Programme for 2005 conference in Warsaw
- Programme for 2004 conference in Oslo
- 2003 conference in Tallin
- 2002 conference in Berkeley
- Abstracts and session report from 2001 conference
- Abstracts from 2000 conference
- Abstracts from 1999 conference
- Abstracts form 1998 conference