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Laura Spencer
Laura Spencer caught the radio bug more than a decade ago when she was asked to read a newscast on the air on her first day volunteering for KOOP, the community radio station in Austin, Texas.
After moving home to Kansas City, she learned the fine art of editing reel-to-reel tape as an intern and graduate assistant with the nationally syndicated literary program New Letters on the Air. Since 2001, she's focused her efforts on writing and producing feature stories as KCUR's Arts Reporter.
In 2011, Laura was one of 21 journalists selected for USC Annenberg's seventh National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Arts Journalism Institute in Theater and Musical Theater. She's received awards from the Associated Press, Kansas City Art Institute (Excellence in Visual Art and Education), Kansas City Association of Black Journalists, Missouri Broadcasters Association, Radio-Television News Directors Association (regional Edward R. Murrow Award) and Society for Professional Journalists.


text: Telepresence robots pop up in different guises, including the Rovio (which lacks a screen to truly telepresence your image), but now there's this DIY project to follow to build your own. At core Sparky the robot has a Mac-Mini, motorised carriage and a Make controller board—though you can use an arduino—and some custom software that works around Skype. Buy the gear, or cobble together your own from spare odds and sods, and you too can work at work while simultaneously sprawling on your sofa in your undies. Like we do. [Instructables via Hacknmod]

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February 2, 2012
A new look for the Library
At the Library open house on Monday, tour guide Kim Leggett, center, shows guests the new home of the permanent art collection, which includes works by Elijah Pierce, Aminah Robinson, Henry Cade Jr., and Kojo Kamau. Guests to the Library Open House were given tours of the completely renovated facility, highlighted by expanded instructional areas, a new silent study area, the relocated Writing Center, and much more. If you were unable to attend the open house and would like to take a guided self tour the Library, contact Leggett.
First Master Planning reports available online
The first two Master Plan reports from NBBJ are now online and available for review. During Phase I of the planning process, NBBJ conducted more than 100 interviews, focus groups and open forums to hear from campus and community stakeholders about the needs of Columbus State now and in the future. They also toured both campuses and all nine regional learning centers to study how our facilities are utilized. To find out what they learned, read the reports online here.
Deadline for Women Student Leadership Awards approaching
Don't miss the February 10 deadline to nominate a woman student you know for the Women's History Month leadership awards, coordinated by the Office of Student Activities and Athletics. Up to 10 students will be selected to receive the awards based on scholarship, leadership, community service and overcoming personal or professional obstacles. The awards will be presented at the annual Women's History Month event on Tuesday, March 6 at noon in the Conference Center Ballroom. Nomination forms can be found online here.
Get Published!
Spring Street seeks submissions
Spring Street, Columbus State's annual literary/visual arts journal, is currently accepting submissions from students, faculty, and staff.
Spring Street welcomes a diverse range of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, photography, and visual arts. The journal also accepts poetry written in foreign languages with an English translation.
Go online to the Spring Street website for more information and submission forms. You can make submissions via email to email@example.com, or drop them off in the Library or in Nestor Hall 420. The submission deadline is Friday, February 17.
Health Rewards Program briefings offered Feb. 9 and 22
Would you like to know more about the new Health Rewards Program offered though United Health Care, and the changes that went into effect September 1 for all covered employees?
Human Resources will offer two briefing sessions to fill you in on the program, and answer any questions you may have. The briefings will be offered:
Thursday, February 9, at 9:00 a.m. in CT 107
Wednesday, February 22, at 9:00 a.m. in CT 107
The sessions will be presented by Nichole Bowman-Glover, wellness coordinator and Deborah Robinson, benefits administrator.
RSVP for either session to Nichole Bowman-Glover or call ext. 3989.
TRiO students need donated items for service project
As part of a TRiO Day celebration on Saturday, March 10, students in Columbus State's TRiO Programs (Student Support Services, Upward Bound, and Educational Talent Search) will be completing a service project to assemble hygiene packs to be donated to The Broad Street Food Pantry.
The students will collect the products to be included in the packs, and they are asking campus for donations of toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap, shampoo and more. Donations can be dropped off in Franklin Hall Room 223.
Columbus State's three TRiO programs are federally funded college access and success programs that annually serve 729 middle school, high school, and current Columbus State students who are from low-income families or first-generation college students. TRiO programs provide the support, tools, and guidance that enable each student to set and achieve ambitious academic goals.
For questions about the TRiO service project email Stephanie Albrecht or call ext.5402.
HR offers newsletter The Partner
The Office of Human Resources is proud to present the first edition of their newsletter The Partner. Serving as your college partner for news and information for employee success, the monthly communication will give you the inside scoop on what you need to know as an employee as it relates to Benefits, Employment Services, Human Capacity Development, and Payroll. The Partner is also meant to be interactive with Columbus State employees, so if you have any questions about what's going on in Human Resources, feel free to contact one of the newsletter contributors and your answers may be featured in future publications! If you have any questions or comments, please contact Garren Cabral or call ext. 5075.
Christopher's Restaurant is open today
Check out today's menu for the student-run dining experience that is Christopher's! You can dine today from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. in Eibling Hall Room 05. Meatloaf, mashed potatoes and German chocolate cake sounds pretty decadent!
Cost Center Manager Training sessions are all new this year!
The Departments of Business and Campus Services, and Budget and Financial Planning invite you to an all-new session of Cost Center Manager Training. This session is intended to assist cost center managers, their assistants and others who work closely with cost center managers, to better understand some of the activities and processes in Business & Campus Services, relevant policies and procedures, and who to contact for common questions.
The session will not be Colleague training, but rather an overview of how the policies and procedures are carried out in practice every day. The training will cover financial and
administrative processes such as:
Purchasing, reimbursements and travel
General ledger reports
Project accounting
Friday, February 17, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. – NH Room 013 or
Tuesday, February 21, from 1 to 4 p.m. – WD Room 409
Even if you have attended Cost Center Manager Training before …you will want to attend this session! Business & Campus Services has a lot of new information to share with you.
Space is limited; please sign up by contacting Beth Bates at ext. 2640 by Tuesday, February 14.
Future City Competition hosts Ohio middle school students
The National Engineers Week Future City Statewide Competition held at in the Columbus State Conference Center January 21 was a great success, with 44 middle school teams from across the state competing to qualify for the national event, which will be held this month in Washington, D.C.
Students from Immaculate Conception Academy in Cincinnati placed first with their future city model and presentation, and will now travel to the finals. Organizers praised the event's first-time location in the Conference Center, saying that they heard "many, many positive comments from judges and teachers about the location--how much better they were able to hear in the judging rooms this year, and how nice it was to be in rooms with natural light and great views!"
After the competition, students and their families were given tours of Columbus State engineering labs and academic program information. Read more about Future Cities Competitions here.
Sitting on the VIP Judging Panel at the Future Cities Competition at far right is Dean Bortz, assistant professor in Construction Sciences, who joined Dr. Jeff Bates, professor in Environmental Safety and Health, in co-hosting the event. Conference Center Director Rita Bedritis and coordinator Paul Boaz handled all of the event logistics.


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Dark floors are particularly interesting. They tend to look dramatic but, at the same time, they are elegant and timeless and their versatility is just an impressive as their simplicity.
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News | April 2, 2014
NASA Selects 2014 Carl Sagan Fellows
NASA has selected seven scientists as recipients of the 2014 Carl Sagan Exoplanet Postdoctoral Fellowships. The fellowship, named for the late astronomer, was created to inspire the next generation of explorers seeking to learn more about planets, and possibly life, around other stars.
The primary goal of the fellowship program is to support outstanding recent postdoctoral scientists in conducting independent research related to the science goals of NASA's Exoplanet Exploration Program, namely, to discover and characterize planetary systems and Earth-like planets around nearby stars.
Significant discoveries and advances have already been made by previous Sagan Fellows. Recently, two Sagan fellows obtained the first ground-based optical image of an exoplanet. The technological advances they helped to enable have allowed them to take a picture of an extra-solar planet with essentially the same sensor as in your digital camera .
"The revolution in the discovery and characterization of planets beyond our solar system continues at a dramatic pace, and this year's Sagan Fellows will make important contributions to this dynamic field," said Charles Beichman, executive director of the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. "These young scientists will explore emerging new methods of finding planets through direct imaging and microlensing and develop innovative observational and theoretical tools for studying the atmospheres of these distant worlds."
The fellowship program, for selected postdoctoral scientists, was created in 2008.
The 2014 Sagan Fellows are:
-- Jayne Birkby, who will work at Harvard College Observatory in Cambridge, Mass., on "The Giant Planet Playground: Towards the Characterization of Earth Analogues." Birkby will use high-resolution ground-based spectroscopy to detect molecules in exoplanet atmospheres and identify biomarkers in Earth-like planets in the habitable zones of M-dwarf stars.
-- Timothy Brandt, who will work at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J., on "Speckle Suppression for High-Contrast Integral-Field Spectroscopy." Brandt will help to build a camera that takes separate images of extrasolar planets at all wavelengths at once to see extremely faint worlds and learn about their temperatures and compositions.
-- Ian Crossfield, who will work at the Lunar and Planetary Lab in Tucson, Ariz., on "Spectroscopy and Cartography of Cool Extrasolar Atmospheres." Ian will focus on understanding hazy atmospheres and clouds of extrasolar "super-Earth" planets and hot gas giants. He will also produce global maps and weather movies of cloudy brown dwarfs.
-- Vivien Parmentier, who will work at the University of California in Santa Cruz, Calif., on "Dynamical Exoplanet Atmospheres: Mixing, Clouds and Interaction with the Interior." He will study some of the most exotic exoplanet atmospheres in order to see how they influence the radii of hot Jupiters and mini-Neptunes.
-- Matthew Penny, who will work at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, on "Measuring the Galactic Distribution of Exoplanets." He will use the growing number of planets discovered by gravitational microlensing searches to estimate the frequency of planets around stars in different parts of our Milky Way galaxy to determine whether the large-scale galactic environment affects planetary systems.
-- Roberto Sanchis Ojeda, who will work at the University of California, Berkeley, on "The Shortest-Period Planets." He will use the vast amount of current data available, along with data in upcoming missions, to explore the diversity of super-Earth and Earth-like planet compositions.
-- Kevin Stevenson, who will work at the University of Chicago, Illinois, on "One Earth, Two Earth, Red Earth, Blue Earth: The Taxonomy of Extrasolar Planets." He will measure the atmospheric composition and chemical properties of extrasolar planets to constrain their nature and origin by developing a more rigorous exoplanet classification scheme. The ultimate goal is to identify the pertinent classification markers that will indicate the potential for life.
NASA has two other astrophysics theme-based fellowship programs: the Einstein Fellowship Program, which supports research into the physics of the cosmos, and the Hubble Fellowship Program, which supports research into cosmic origins. The Sagan Fellowship Program is administered by the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute as part of NASA's Exoplanet Exploration Program at JPL. Caltech manages JPL for NASA.
For more information about the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute, visit: http://nexsci.caltech.edu
The California Institute of Technology manages JPL for NASA.
News Media ContactElena Mejia
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
Steve Cole
NASA Headquarters, Washington


text: SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY COMMISSION Minutes of the regular meeting of Thursday, April 7, 2005. (As approved amended May 5, 2005) The San Francisco Public Library Commission held a regular meeting on Thursday, April 7, 2005 in the Koret Auditorium, Main Library. The meeting was called to order by President Higueras at 4:07pm. The following members were present: President Higueras, Commissioners Bautista, Coulter, Gomez, and Strobin. Vice President Steiman and Commissioner Chin's arrival was expected. AGENDA ITEM #1 PUBLIC COMMENT An anonymous member of the public commented on a March 14 (2005) New Yorker magazine article concerning the new Seattle Public Library relating a comment to controversies concerning San Francisco's Main Library planning and design. Jennifer, Mona, and Michael, teen library users, requested that the Main Library Teen Center be enlarged and that more materials of interest to teen users be added to the Library's collections. Mr. Peter Warfield also found the cited New Yorker article interesting. Mr. Warfield then recommended the Unabashed Librarian, a library world newsletter, the most recent edition of which included an article about the San Francisco Public Library. Mr. Warfield then suggested that the Randy Shilts, Epstein, and Adair important archival collections received by the Library thirteen years ago were not yet accessible to scholars despite promises made when they were accepted. Commissioner Chin joined the meeting at 4:19pm AGENDA ITEM #2 MAIN LIBRARY POE UPDATE REPORT Chief of the Main Library Kathy Lawhun presented an update report on the Main Library Signage project and an overview of the Phase II reconfiguration of the 1st Floor, (copies attached). The Acting City Librarian then presented a report on recent developments related to moving into the Library's Support Services Center at 190-9th Street, expected at the end of April/beginning of May. Mr. Underwood then discussed plans for transition of the 1st Floor areas in the Main Library from staff areas to public services. The Acting City Librarian next discussed recommendations in the Main Library Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE) Report, (copy attached). Public comment on AGENDA ITEM #2 MAIN LIBRARY POE UPDATE REPORT An anonymous member of the public noted that the two explanatory documents related to this item were not listed on the meeting's agenda; and were lacking sufficient detail to identify the sources of funding for the projects discussed or how budgeted figures related to specific projects. Mr. Peter Warfield suggested that the POE process on going for 5 years had still failed to address a great many of the essential changes the POE Report recommended, especially about more space for books. Vice President Steiman joined the meeting at 4:24pm. Commission discussion of AGENDA ITEM #2 MAIN LIBRARY POE UPDATE REPORT In response to questions by President Higueras and Commissioner Bautista, the Acting City Librarian and the Chief of the Main Library discussed in detail the proposed delivery and sorting room changes as well as purchase and potential operating costs involved in the recommended system. In response to a question by Vice President Steiman, Ms. Lawhun and Mr. Underwood noted that the new system would more effectively and efficiently process materials getting them more quickly back in the hands of users; requiring less staffing that could be reassigned to meet public services needs; and exposing materials processing staff to less risk for on the job injuries. Responding to a query by President Higueras, Ms. Lawhun then outlined why the proposed system vendor was chosen and suggested that the recommended equipment had a sufficient track record in actual operation to demonstrate its reliability. Responding to questions by Commissioner Coulter and President Higueras, the Chief of the Main Library and the Acting City Librarian emphasized that they were exercising great caution in going forward with this new system. Responding to President Higueras' question about Brooks Hall, Ms. Lawhun noted that the Library would require additional climate controlled storage for the archival collections, largely magazines and periodicals, presently held in Brooks Hall. The Acting City Librarian noted that there were no City plans to make changes in Brooks Hall. Responding to questions by Vice President Steiman, the Chief of the Main Library and the Acting City Librarian then outlined how materials would be relocated from storage and made available on the expanded collections on the 1st and 3rd floors. There followed a discussion about how best to house and plan for the expected expansion of city records and archival materials that were coming to the Library in its role as the City's archives. Mr. Underwood reported plans were also underway to address storing branch collections during BLIP closures. President Higueras noted that building a contemporary structure like the new Seattle Main Library was not feasible in San Francisco due to a provincial tendency; pointing out that our Main Library broke new ground as one of few such large urban libraries designed and built during the 1990's. President Higueras further observed that the POE Report recommendations totaling $28 million had presented possible options to address issues at the Main Library. President Higueras pointed out that it was never intended that all of the possible choices proposed in the POE Report would be undertaken. President Higueras further commented that the reported $16 million cost to reconfigure the Main Library (in 2005 dollars) represented a practical response to the POE Report's identified problems. Commissioner Coulter remarked that there had been many Byzantine issues that effected design development of the Main Library. In response to a query by Commissioner Bautista, Ms. Lawhun reported that there would be a soft launch of expanded wireless access at the Main Library beginning the next day. Ms. Lawhun then informed Vice President Steiman that wireless access would be included at the renovated branch libraries. AGENDA ITEM #3 CITY LIBRARIAN'S REPORT Acting City Librarian presented reports on the new Library Technology & Privacy Advisory Committee; the "Choosing to Participate" Exhibit; National Library Week; senior library staff vacancies; California Library Legislative Day activities; a visit to the Seattle Public Library; and exhibitions and programs. The Acting City Librarian introduced the Library's new Chief Financial Officer Jay Manglicmot, who gave the Commissioners a brief overview of his professional background. Mr. Underwood also discussed ongoing recruiting activities for a Chief of Branches and Chief of Operations. The Acting City Librarian called attention to this year's Library Legislative Day activities in Sacramento and presented a slide tour of the good and less successful features of the new Seattle Main Library he had recently visited. He concluded with an overview of exhibitions and programs. Public comment on AGENDA ITEM #3 CITY LIBRARIAN'S REPORT Ms. Sue Cauthen, Board of Supervisors Library Citizens Advisory Committee (LCAC), informed the Commissioners of her election as Vice Chair and Mr. Dan Weaver's election as Chair of the newly formed LCAC. Ms. Cauthen proposed to cooperate with the Library in carrying out its duties. Regarding the Library Privacy and Technology Advisory Committee, Ms. Cauthen noted that the legislation that created the body limited the ability of LCAC members to participate in Library created committees. Ms. Cauthen said that the Acting City Librarian had been asked to attend a meeting of the LCAC, but had not done so. An anonymous member of the public suggested that they had thought that the new City Librarian would have assumed office by April. This individual expressed concerns with the use of the term "stakeholder" to descriptions of the participants in the Library Privacy and Technology Committee. This person suggested that such committees should be composed of a diversity of views. Mr. Peter Warfield thanked Mr. Underwood for his presentation and discussed his views on the controversies related to the design and opening of the Main Library in relation to the Acting City Librarian's presentation on the new Seattle Main Library. Commission discussion of AGENDA ITEM #3 CITY LIBRARIAN'S REPORT The Acting City Librarian reported that he had not been asked to attend a meeting of the Board of Supervisors' Library Citizens Advisory Committee and would have done so had he been asked. Mr. Underwood reported that he had had detailed discussion with Mr. Weaver concerning the Library's plans for the Technology & Privacy Committee. In response to a query by President Higueras regarding the ACLU and EFF declining to participate in the Library's newly created Library Privacy & Technology Advisory Committee, Marcia Schneider, Library Chief of Public Affairs reported that she had been in contact with Lee Tien of EFF, who indicated that he would have to consult with Mr. Warfield. Ms. Schneider also said she had spoken to Ann Brick of the ACLU who indicated strong interest in following the progress of the Library's consideration of RFID. President Higueras then asked the Acting City Librarian to explain how staff's plan proposed to carry out the Commissioners direction to include input from the full diversity of views on RFID in the RFP (request for proposals) process. Acting City Librarian Paul Underwood outlined how the Advisory Committee's work would be carried out noting that the agenda for its first meeting was not yet set and that there would be additional information developed as the Committee's work went forward. Mr. Underwood informed President Higueras that the Committee had a target date of June 16th for a public forum at the Commission meeting to present its findings. Deputy City Attorney Catharine Barnes explained how use of an RFI (request for information) process would facilitate wide participation by potential vendors without prejudicing participation in a future bid process. The Acting City Librarian assured President Higueras that this process would allow full evaluation of options by the Library including encumbrance of any budgeted funds while considering how to proceed with implementation of RFID should the process succeed in identifying an RFID system that met the stringent requirements of the Commission and Library staff. Vice President Steiman observed that this process would not satisfy those who had made up their minds on this issue, but that that should not constrain staff in making its recommendations. Commissioner Coulter, a member of the Advisory Committee, found the individuals invited to participate on the Advisory Committee a diverse and interesting group and noted that the ACLU, (American Civil Liberties Union) and EFF's (Electronic Freedom Foundation) decision not to participate did not preclude future discussions with them on the issue. Commissioner Coulter found it important that the Advisory Committee's writ was to address the larger issues involved in protection of privacy and the best uses of new library technology. Commissioner Coulter found encouraging that a majority of LCAC members had voted in favor of cooperation with the Library. In answer to a question posed by Commissioner Bautista, Mr. Underwood noted that Library staff had not yet taken a position on RFID implementation. Mr. Underwood noted that representatives of Library unions and staff in general had indicated a willingness to work together with Library Administration to educate themselves and the wider public on this matter. Commissioner Chin left the meeting at 6:18pm. AGENDA ITEM #4 LIBRARY WEEK & WORKERS DAY RESOLUTION Acting City Librarian Paul Underwood read a proposed resolution honoring Library staff during the observance of National Library Week and National Library Workers Day (copy attached). Public comment on AGENDA ITEM #4 LIBRARY WEEK & WORKERS DAY RESOLUTION An anonymous member of the public said "stop the ignorance, stop the hate, don't give money to the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, don't accept money from the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library"; and then spoke in support of the proposed resolution noting that library staff could not be thanked enough for their service. Mr. Peter Warfield thought that the proposed resolution did a thorough job in calling attention to often unseen behind the scenes but critically important work done by library staff. Commission discussion of AGENDA ITEM #4 LIBRARY WEEK & WORKERS DAY RESOLUTION Commissioner Coulter lauded the skilled and hardworking staff of the San Francisco Public Library and called attention to the need to express appreciation for the support provided to Library staff by the Friends of the Library. Commissioner Coulter expressed dismay at the anonymous member of the public's comments and description of the Friends of the Library as a hate group and requested it be included in the minutes. In response to a question by Commissioner Bautista, Ms. Schneider explained how the Library Program attendance counts were gathered. President Higueras noted that the highlight of his service as a Library Commissioner was working with the Library's wonderful and passionately dedicated staff. MOTION: by Commissioner Coulter, 2nd Commissioner Bautista, for approval of the proposed resolution honoring the annual observance of National Library Week during April 10-16, 2005 and calling attention to and commending the dedication, professionalism, creativity, and hard work of the staff of the San Francisco Public Library on National Library Workers Day observed on April 12, 2005. Approved by the following vote: ACTION: 6-0 AYE (Bautista, Coulter, Higueras, Gomez, Strobin, and Steiman) President Higueras called a brief recess at 6:29pm. The Library Commission returned to session at 6:47pm. AGENDA ITEM #5 FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY REPORT Ms. Donna Bero, Executive Director of the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library provided the Commissioners with an update on recent and upcoming activities by the Friends on behalf of the Library. Ms. Bero lauded the work of the Commissioners on behalf of the Library; invited the Commissioners to the upcoming Library Laureates Dinner on April 22nd; looked forward to the arrival of the new City Librarian Luis Herrera; and thanked Paul Underwood for his leadership as Acting City Librarian. Ms. Bero next called attention to this year's Library legislative day activities in Sacramento. Ms. Bero then highlighted the true background and grassroots nature of the membership of the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library. Ms. Bero reported that its members reflected diversity of communities in San Francisco and that far from being an elitist organization serving the special interests of the few, it was a broad based group of people who loved and supported their public libraries. The Executive Director of the Friends noted that the Friends also provided free memberships for Library staff and Library volunteers and that there were several levels of individual memberships accessible to differing income levels. Ms. Bero noted most members were at the $10 to $100 level and that the Friends served as a conduit between the Library and community members, reading from letters sent to the Friends expressing love and support for the Library. Ms. Bero concluded her report discussing the Friends' regular Friday book sales outside the Larkin Street entry of the Main Library. Public comment on AGENDA ITEM #5 FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY REPORT An anonymous member of the public said "stop the hate, stop the ignorance, don't give money to the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, don't accept money from the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library". This person noted that they had worked hard to come up with this statement as an expression of opposition to the Friends' Capital Campaign for the Branch Libraries and their opposition to public private partnerships. This person concluded that they believed the Friends of the San Francisco Public library to be a hate group. Commission discussion of AGENDA ITEM #5 FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY REPORT Commissioner Coulter noted that the Friends of the Library made critically important contributions to our Libraries, especially raising funds to furnish and equip our Branch Libraries, and noted the demonstrated grassroots support for libraries. Commissioner Coulter noted that if the anonymous member of the public were successful in deterring generous donations to the Library that when new branches were open people would have to sit on the floor and perhaps thanks could then be attributed to the anonymous member of public in recognition of his preventing good things happening for the public. Vice President Steiman honored the work of the Friends of the Library noting that without their support and hard work in drafting and convincing the voters to adopt Prop. E (Library Preservation Fund 1994) we might be facing closure of libraries. Vice President Steiman remarked that the Friends were about as elitist as the PTA (Parent Teachers Association), and that what they do is give money to the Library. Commissioner Bautista observed that without the Friends support many important library services would suffer and represented citizen partnership and advocates for the libraries. Commissioner Strobin noted that this discussion reminded her to rejoin the Friends. Commissioner Strobin expressed her thanks for the support provided by the Friends. President Higueras expressed disappointment at the anonymous member of the public's use of rhetoric that impugns people and found unfortunate that the 4,000 members of the Friends should be characterized with such language. Commissioner Gomez noted that public comment was an opportunity for free speech, but commented that as one who had been targeted by real hate organizations, the anonymous public comment offered was insulting. AGENDA ITEM #6 LABOR UNION REPORT No report was presented. AGENDA ITEM #7 NEW BUSINESS No new business was offered. AGENDA ITEM #8 PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION: Commission Secretary, Michael Housh Public Comment on AGENDA ITEM #8 PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION An anonymous member of the public found unclear what they should comment on, not having heard a motion. This person questioned what they believed were staffing changes in the Office of the Commission Secretary. Commission action on AGENDA ITEM #8 PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION MOTION: by Commissioner Bautista, 2nd Commissioner Strobin to go into closed session pursuant to Government Code Section 54957 and San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.12(a) evaluation of the Commission Secretary, Michael Housh's performance. The Library Commission went into closed session at 7:05pm. Vice President Steiman left the meeting during the closed session. The Library commission returned to open session at 7:55pm. MOTION: by Commissioner Strobin, 2nd by Commissioner Bautista pursuant to San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.12: not to disclose any information discussed in the closed session evaluation of Commission Secretary, Michael Housh. ACTION: 5-0 AYE (Bautista, Coulter, Higueras, Gomez, and Strobin) AGENDA ITEM #9 ADJOURNMENT MOTION: by Commissioner Bautista, 2nd Commissioner Coulter that the meeting be adjourned. Approved by the following vote: 5-0 AYE (Bautista, Coulter, Higueras, Gomez, and Strobin) There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:57 pm. Michael Housh, Commission Secretary 5/5/05 Please note: Revisions to these Minutes by the by the Public Library Commission are in alternative typeface. Copies of Commission Minutes and handouts are available in the Office of the Commission Secretary, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 ATTACHMENTS to the April 7, 2005 Minutes: POE Report- 4/1/05 Library Technology & Privacy Advisory Committee memo 3/25/05 Library Technology & Privacy Advisory Committee meeting schedule City Librarian's Report - slides of the Seattle Main Library National Library Week and Library Workers Day Resolution Appendix A Library Commission meeting of April 7, 2005 The Public Comment Summary Statements included in these Minutes are authorized by San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.16... These summary statements are provided by the speaker. Their contents are neither generated by nor subject to approval or verification of accuracy, by the San Francisco Public Library Commission. The number of members of the public who spoke anonymously at this meeting. 1


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A bit on my hunter
Look – a WoW post (grin).
I do not know if I can get across to you the frustration I'm having as a hunter right now, but I'm going to try. You see, I don't know enough to gut-check my theory numbers. For that matter, I'm frustrated with which theory numbers to run. Confused? So am I.
Here's the deal. Right now, Urtica is 64, BM spec. I've gotten really, really comfortable with the spec. But I am also VERY aware that I'm being lazy. Actually, I HAVE TO BE lazy – which leads to some philosophical pondering on huntards.
Here's the deal. If I open up – really use my shot selection and talents – I yank aggro off my pet. And I am solo. I discovered this the other day when I chanced across a couple of friends who asked me to help them with Marticar. Now, I'd had my hands full the last three times I'd tried – party of five in the mid-60s of which one was my priest each time, at least two wipes each time. This time, my friend the 64 prot-warrior, his companion the 64 priest, and me with my 64 hunter and 63 pet. One wipe – but 5%? Ahem, settle, figure out my strategy, hit ALL the buttons, and Boom down he goes. And I was watching my Omen threatmeter, and I blew past my cat's threat. Heck, I'd have blown past the threat of my owl, and even the boar I tried for a bit. Holy. Crap.
Which brings me back to the pondering. A huntard is someone who doesn't know how to "figure out the strategy and hit ALL the buttons". Now, I'd always assumed it was because leveling a hunter as BM is fairly mindless – and that element is there. But I now suspect something more insidious — new hunters are PUNISHED for pushing their limits. Go overboard beyond a safety trap and POP! – the mob abandons your pet to try and gnaw on YOUR leg.
And lets face it. Once burned by doing something we all try not to get burned that way again. So, I'm wondering if at least some of the "huntards" out there are playing that way not because they don't know better but because, well, when they tried to do better they learned it was a bad idea. shrug – it's a possibility.
But all that philosophy is a digression. See, I have a problem. I am fascinated by the SV spec. Well, say better specs. I am still astounded at all the good options hunters have in all their trees, but SV is… There are some less than optimal choices, but you can make a good case for just about everything in the first five tiers. What you choose depends mostly on what you prefer – and you WILL have to leave something off. Now we come to my problem.
Right now, I'm a solo player. But I think I want to start running in BGs. And I can see a very nice couple of SV specs for that. Now I know that anyone under x5 in BGis a handicap — heck, under x8 is hurting. But countering this are a few minor points — I'm going to be a handicap anyway till I learn; With zero anything right now I need to start getting points/gear and the sooner I start the sooner I get; though it does gimp the victory a bit, it's still supposed to be fun for me too. (Boy, there's a post waiting to happen. Having fun that interferes with other people's fun. If you're not a selfish pig — and I've learned better — other peoples' fun matters too.)
Balancing that, SV has some nice things that sorta balance the fact of my lowliness. So, I've got a few options that'll make me useful in various BGs. The problem is…
It makes me worse at soloing. It will – I think – severely gimp my pets' ability to tank. And with the exception of AV, there's no XP in the battlegrounds. And it's nice to talk of kiting — and I must practice it more — but kiting is slower kills (and time running back for the next mob), and, well, I'm spoiled.
I want to get on up there – I've a couple of guilds who want my priest and will 'tolerate' a hunter of my level, but to play with them he really needs to be closer to 70 than he is at present.
Let me focus this ramble. I think I'm going to respec SV (again). It'll make me more useful in BGs, balancing the fact that at 64 I am going to get LOTS of "go away noob" comments. In addition to the insults, there'll be the fact that I won't be as good at leveling. And to add the last point of frustration, I'm not really sure what talents I should take – not just endgame, but the six I should leave off "for now" and grow into later.
'Tis a puzzlement, and I don't know enough to really decide.
On the other hand, it's not boring. (grin)
Have fun.
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For what it's worth, I've yet to meet a *good* hunter or warlock whose pet keeps aggro off of them. In my mind, if the pet can keep aggro, they're not putting out enough dps.
If you really want to have fun and be successful in PVP as a lower lvl survival hunter, attach yourself to a well geared mage/hunter/Spriest/moonkin, and cause as much disruption as you can. Your DPS will be terrible compared to an epiced 70s, but you can increase other people's ability to do damage by CCing opponents at every opportunity, and reducing the damage that they take.
I just respeced to SV for raid/group utility this week and have found it challenging and fun. Soloing is slower and pet has more difficulty keeping aggro due to the crit machine I have become, but feign death FTW. I don't know if I would recommend SV until 70 though, the BM tree is so friendly to leveling and soloing. I have a suggestion for BG strategy that is fun, specialize in teaming up with people that are on defense. A frost or fire trap by a flag with the pet stationed near by on aggressive, with you somewhere in hidding waiting for that stealthed player to approach the flag, bam…they hit the trap and the pet starts carving them up and you open up on them with concussive shot. That is a bad start of a fight for most people, and if you have teamed up with someone on defense then they should now be able to open up on the target with their bag of tricks. The other strategy is to let the other person on defense open up on someone, works well with warriors and feral druids, and then pour everything you have on their target. If you are a under level hunter in BGs always use your trinkets and cooldowns at the start of a fight, you may not live long enough to use them later. For a discussion of SV spec and talents for PVP I suggest looking at BRK's forums, where I have been getting my info.
The type of pet can make a big difference too. At level 70, I can pull aggro off my Carrion bird without any problem (Sting,Auto,Steady,Arcane,Auto,Steady, Hi Mr. Monster), but my boar can keep aggro pretty well (I'm gaining on his threat, but things die before I catch him). Another thing to consider is, don't be afraid to Feign early and Feign often.
Yeah, what Grover said. Get a boar – that will solve most of your "overaggro-ing the pet" problems, or they will a lot better than anything else will.
I can certainly sympathize with the insufficient stable slots issue. And it is worth keeping a cat around as a DPS pet. Still, it might be worth trying a boar again – 58 is just under the level required for max rank charge. The big disadvantage of a boar is that the highest level boar available is level 60, and being too low-level can make a big difference in the effectiveness of keeping aggro.
That said, the choice of pet is definitely a matter of taste, and it's easy enough to solve aggro problems with appropriate use of Feign Death, so whatever works for you is fine.


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Park Geun-hye, whose father ruled South Korea with an iron fist for 18 years, became the country's first female president on Wednesday….
Moon, a leftwing former human rights lawyer from the Democratic United party, conceded defeat and congratulated Park on her victory.
Park, 60, had to overcome resentment towards her privileged background and accusations that her Saenuri party was too close to the powerful chaebol conglomerates that dominate the South Korean economy.
OK: An expansionist China, an ultranationalist government in Japan, a dictator's daughter in control of South Korea, and North Korea firing missiles.
Anyone see a pattern here?
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Robert Bork died today at the age of 85. We wish him the best in the afterlife. In this life, I regret to say, he was consistently on the side of doing wrong when it came into contention with doing what was right.
Bork first came to prominence for his participation in the coverup of Watergate. When Nixon ordered the Justice Department, then under Elliott Richardson, to fire the special prosecutor who was investigating Nixon's misdeeds, Richardson refused, as did his deputy William Ruckelshaus. Both resigned rather than be part of Nixon's attempt to save himself. Bork had no such scruples (he claims he did so in consultation with Richardson and Ruckelshaus and for the good of the nation, but this is doubtful [Correction: Eliot Richardson confirmed that he approved what Bork did.).
To conservatives, Bork is a hero. After Bork's nomination to the Supreme Court by Ronald Reagan was defeated, Ted Kennedy in a moment of hubris, boasted that he had "Borked" the nominee. So conservatives, choosing to avoid the totality of the record, have seen Bork as a martyr to liberalism. What conservatives forget is that Bork was rejected 58-42, a bipartisan majority, and the largest majority recorded against any nominee to the Court.
Bork seems primarily to have been an opportunist. In an interview with the DC Bar, he says that as a young man, when socialism was ascendent, he was a socialist. During World War II, he was a college student. He partied until the last days of the war, when he enlisted. He was going to be a labor lawyer until the political climate changed, and then he joined Kirkland & Ellis, a macher corporate law firm.
He got on the faculty of Yale law, where he says he was treated well by the liberal faculty (not that Yale Law has ever been particularly liberal). And then, he says, the "uprising" (the protests of the 1960s) brought an end to all that good feeling. Bork, of course, went with the side that supported repression, and so ended up as Solicitor General for the Nixon Administration. After all, what are the ideals of conservatism if not massive concentration of power under the Executive, illegally making war, spying on the citizens, and criminal acts up to and including murder? Bork left that Administration fundamentally unrepentant:
BR: When you look back on the Nixon presidency, what do you feel?
RHB: I feel sad. Nixon had the intellectual equipment to be a great president. But he destroyed himself. And for what? I never would have believed that the president had something like the "Plumber's Unit" in the White House, breaking into Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist's office and all of that nonsense. It was not only wrong, it was so foolish. So unnecessary.
Unnecessary? How about alarming? or dangerous? or criminal? There is no hint of indignation in Bork's comments on Nixon.
But beyond the opportunism, there was something darker, and this was what was behind his rejection by a bipartisan majority of the Senate. The Washington Post:
At Yale, Judge Bork quickly became the conservative movement's Ivy League voice. He wrote a critique of the constitutionality of the 1964 Civil Rights Act for Sen. Barry Goldwater, and he became a member of Scholars for Goldwater when the Arizona Republican became his party's presidential nominee in 1964.
Judge Bork wrote an influential law journal article in 1971 outlining a school of legal thought later known as "intentionalism." He argued that judges should confine themselves to the "original intent" of the framers of the Constitution in determining what kinds of actions should be protected by the law. He also maintained that only "political speech" could be protected by the First Amendment.
Throughout his career as a legal scholar, Judge Bork repeatedly criticized a 1965 Supreme Court decision, Griswold v. Connecticut, in which a state law prohibiting married couples from using contraceptives was struck down. The court ruled that the state law was unconstitutional because it violated a constitutional right to privacy.
Judge Bork maintained that the constitution held no such provision.
The idea of "intentionalism" is a bit scary. It holds that what the Founders thought overrules any subsequent developments. Under what theory could one oppose the 1964 Civil Rights Act…
To enforce the constitutional right to vote, to confer jurisdiction upon the district courts of the United States to provide injunctive relief against discrimination in public accommodations, to authorize the Attorney General to institute suits to protect constitutional rights in public facilities and public education, to extend the Commission on Civil Rights, to prevent discrimination in federally assisted programs, to establish a Commission on Equal Employment Opportunity, and for other purposes.
…if not the belief that the Founders' endorsement of slavery trumped the Civil War, the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, and the bitter struggle of the 1950s and 1960s to end Jim Crow? According to Nancy MacLean, this is what he wrote:
Robert Bork argued that it was sophistry to distinguish property rights and
human rights; property rights were human rights of the highest order and "individual liberty"
depended on their sanctity. The issue, he said, "is not whether racial prejudice is a good thing but
whether individual men ought to be free to deal and associate with whom they please for whatever
reasons appeal to them." For anyone to tell these white citizens "that even as individuals they may
not act on their racial preferences" was "unsurpassed ugliness."
Similarly, opposition to Griswold was, even by the time of Bork's nomination, bizarre. Contraception had been legally available for twenty years, having been declared constitutional by the very Court Bork was nominated to be on! Bork's defenders have excused his writings as academic legerdemain, unrepresentative of what he would actually have done. But the reason the Senate rejected him was because they could not get him to state honestly what he believed. He sounded as if he was concealing a belief that his own views, masked as "intentionalism" could surmount every boundary imposed by the law. Robert Bork was not voted onto the Court because he sounded like a madman.
If one followed his subsequent career, that conclusion is confirmed. His book, Slouching Toward Gomorrah (a title of the greatest irony) is not a deeply intellectual work, but a bizarre pastiche of ignorance and demonization. Example:
On science: Bork claims that "the fossil record is proving a major embarrassment to evolution",
My favorite passage is his claim that there was no real domestic opposition to Vietnam, that it was all the result of a communist conspiracy. Quoting an unnamed visiting professor, he says:
"the first eruptions could be traced to a radical 'who had come down the Ho Chi Minh Trail from Berkeley.'"
It is no surprise to read later in the book that the killings of students at Kent State by Guardsmen who, facing no imminent danger, fired on unarmed protestors was "an inevitable tragedy."
After all, if opposition to the Vietman War was simply a communist conspiracy, the deaths of protestors are simply enemy casualties. And Slouching Toward Gomorrah was not written in the heat of the Vietnam War, but decades after it had been recognized as a terrible mistake.
It should also be noted that he accepted the idea of criminalizing homosexuality:
In a letter to the faculty, he wrote that "homosexuality is obviously not an unchangeable condition like race or gender" and that such "behavior, it is relevant to observe, is criminal in many states." Judge Bork's arguments did not persuade the majority of the faculty.
At the time (1977), that was not a remarkable position in much of the country, but it does mark him as a man whose idea of liberty extended only to straight white males– like the Founders.
In many ways, the life of Robert Bork illustrates what is wrong with modern conservatism. Driven by opportunism and inflated with ignorance and hubris, it has ceased to represent a reasoned defense of traditional values and, like the Confederacy, has come to represent a desperate attempt to prevent necessary reform even at the cost of destroying the nation.
Thank God Robert Bork never made it onto the Court. The "intentionalists" there now, men like Scalia, are frightening enough.
Added: A line from his Washington Post obituary struck me:
Late in life, after he had married his second wife, a former Catholic nun, Judge Bork converted to Catholicism.
"There is an advantage in waiting until you're 76 to be baptized, because you're forgiven all of your prior sins," he said in a 2003 interview with the National Catholic Register. "Plus, at that age you're not likely to commit any really interesting or serious sins."
It sounds to me as if he had no intention to repent of the angry divisions which he sowed in life. In his mind, I suppose, he had done the minimum of what Christian "law" requires with the expectation of getting the full reward. I suppose this makes him an opportunist even in death. That is truly, truly tragic.
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Rachel Maddow, in her show of 12/19, pointed out that Judge Robert Bork ruled that it was legal for an employer to order a woman to be sterilized and that if she did not do so, she could be fired.
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Article in Category:Adult Nonfiction and Category:Biography. These are all great reading:
- An American Childhood by Annie Dillard
- 1950's Pittsburgh seems wrong for a girl destined to be a nature writer, poet, and mystic, but the author remembers her city, family, and upper middle class society with warmth and humor.
- American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New China by Matthew Polly
- Matthew Polly, Kansan, Mandarin Chinese studying Princeton student, and self described "98 pound weakling", takes two years off from college to study kung fu with the monks of the famous Shaolin temple in China while knocking a few items off the list of "What's Wrong With Matt". A hilarious, very savvy dude comes of age.
- Between Two Worlds: escape from tyranny: growing up in the shadow of Saddam by Zainab Salbi.
- The founder of Women for Women International remembers her privileged but terrifying childhood as the daughter of Saddam Hussein's pilot, and her struggles in America as a teen-aged abused bride in an arranged marriage, cut off from her family by the Gulf War. Surprisingly upbeat, Salbi offers unique insights into the damage to ordinary domestic life caused by war, tyranny, and political repression.
- The Cannibal Queen: an Aerial Odyssey Across America by Stephen Coonts
- Following the success of Flight of the Intruder and before his emergence as an author of thrillers, Coonts purchased a 1942 Stearman, learned to fly the "tail-dragger" and took off with his 14-year-old son to visit all 48 states. The book is his journal. He meets mom-and-pop airport owners, other authors, and fellow seekers, and shares his opinions on nearly everything from politics and flying regulations to being a father. You can see him, still flying from his farm in West Virginia at his web site.
- Dreams from My Father: a story of race and inheritance by Barack Obama
- The president's first memoir, in a novelistic form with long quoted conversations and evocative descriptions, focuses on his search for a personal identity and purpose through school and college, work as a community organizer in Chicago, and a trip to Kenya to meet with members of his father's extended family. It is remarkable for its lucid style, perspectives into race relations in America and abroad, and brief portraits of remarkable individuals. It is important for Americans as a view into what "community" means to our government's leader.
- The Eaves of Heaven: A Life in Three Wars by Andrew X. Pham
- In the 60's American soldiers asked themselves what it must have been like for their Vietnamese contemporaries, who had spent their entire lives at war. Pham answers this question with power, beautiful language, and a surprising message of hope.
- How I Learned To Snap by Kirk Read
- Funny coming of age story of an outgoing, acid witted, young gay man in Lexington, Virginia, trying to negotiate Valley high school culture and a military father, but supported by his unconventional mother.
- I'm Looking Through You: Growing Up Haunted by Jennifer Finney Boylan
- English professor Boylan finally underwent a sex change, male to female, in her late twenties, but in this layered, funny, and poignant memoir describes what it was like to grow up haunted in body, forced to live the conventions of a boy's life in public, while soothing himself by wearing his sister's bras filled with balled up socks, in private. Boylan was also haunted from the beginning in the family home in Pennsylvania by multiple strange apparitions and sightings, that few others saw. In one of the saddest parts, Boylan struggles to work up the nerve to tell his sister, to whom he was very close, about the impending transformation, but inexplicably when he does, by telephone, opportunities having slipped by in the face-to-face, she reacts coldly, angrily, and refuses further contact. In the end Boylan realizes that we are haunted by ourselves, by our future and other selves, looking out at us each time we gaze in the mirror.
- Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
- Love, War, and the 96th Engineers (Colored): The World War II New Guinea Diaires of Captain Hyman Samuelson
- What made this book appeal to me was the number of different ways in which it could be read -- a detailed description of military engineering during World War II; a thoughtful presentation principles of leadership; a depiction of race prejudice (affecting not only the African-American troops, but the Papuans among whom they operated; and a chillingly frank portrait of love, loss, and betrayal. Samuelson is a thoughtful and complicated man, but always honest.
- Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam
- Homer and several of his friends, growing up in a small West Virginia coal town in the Sputnik era, become heroes of their town by learning to build and launch rockets. Also a moving and nostalgic portrait of a troubled family living in a simpler, more innocent time.
- Soldier's Heart by Elizabeth D. Samet
- Samet, a civilian employee, began teaching English Literature to West Point cadets in October of 2001, and among her first assignments was greeting the parents of plebes: "They were all eager mothers and fathers whose concern about their children's progress in composition hid a deeper anxiety about what distant corner of the world they might be deployed to in a few years." The title comes from a turn-of-the-century term for battle fatigue, and the book is an exploration of the sustenance that cadets-turned-captains took from their reading, and the lessons the students-become-soldiers taught Samet. Along the way there are unexpected insights into expected classics: Thuycidides, Henry V, War and Peace, and the Iliad, and surprising cadet favorites, such as Virginia Woolf's Orlando, the poems of Wallace Stevens, and St. Exupery's Wind, Sand and Stars.
- Three by Lillian Hellman
- Contains all three of Hellman's autobiographical works: An Unfinished Woman, Pentimento, and Scoundrel Time. "Unfinished" is about her life while growing up in New Orleans and also the story of her longtime romantic relationship with mystery writer Dashiell Hammett. "Pentimento", consists of individual portraits of people important to Hellman in her life. "Scoundrel Time" is an amazing recounting of the devastating attacks on Hellman and many friends by the House Committee on Un-American Activities during the McCarthy years.
- The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit by Lucette Lagnado
- Wall Street Journal reporter Lagnado writes of her loving, devoted relationship with her father. A dapper, successful capitalist he and his family lost all when they were forced to leave Cairo in 1963. Ultimately they settled in Brooklyn after a sojourn in Paris. Her father's strong Jewish faith seemed to sustain and occupy him as the family circumstances changed and declined. The reader gets a real sense of life and community in Cairo, Paris, and Brooklyn.


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Carmel Dip
A Grizzly Bear takes a swim after feasting on salmon.
Western Warrior
A close-up image of a male elk. The elk herds migrate out of Yellowstone National Park during the winter and are frequently spotted in the valley of Wapiti,Wyoming. "Wapiti" is a native word for Elk.
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Playful Friend
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The Mohawk
A young Plains Zebra poses for a photo.
Snow Bunny
A cottontail rabbit sits in the snow. They have to be alert because they are the favorite food for many predators.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
I Will Let You Be
In my opinion, Leopards are one of the most luscious creatures on Earth. They are seductively beautiful yet stealthily dangerous.
Birds Eye View
Raptor Center, Sitka, Alaska. Close-up of a bald eagle.
Galapagos Blue Heron
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Best Friends
Two young male giraffes hang out together in Botswana.
African Sunset
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Colors of Yellowstone
Resembling an aerial view of a coastline, this image is a close-up of a Yellowstone thermal pool. So next time you are traveling in Yellowstone National Park, get down on your knees and take a closer look at the algae and waters of the thermal pools. Grand Prismatic Sping, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
The Lesson
Mom and cub are standing on the ice looking in the water for fish and seals.
Svalbard, Norway.
A Whale's Tail
This isn't just any fluke but the fluke a a Blue Whale--the largest Mammal ever to live on Earth. They can reach almost 100 feet in length and their flukes are almost 20 feet wide. Norwegian Sea.
No Way Down
A mother polar bear looks for a way off the ice with her two cubs. The calm waters reflecting the bears made this a terrific composition. Svalbard, Norway.
Hip Hip Hooray!
Did you know that hippos kill more individuals in Africa than any other animal? They feel threatened if you get between them and the water where they feel safe. If you are in that "zone" they will charge!
Big Horn Portrait
Black and white photo of a Big Horn Sheep. Shoshone National Forest, Wyoming.
Some iguanas on the Galapagos Islands are quite colorful. I like to get down on the ground and let them crawl around me.


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Because it's the holidays and people will sue anything and everything is horrible, a California Instagram user has filed a class action lawsuit over that terms of service kerfuffle last week. Needless to say, this is dumb.
While Instagram likely overreached by claiming it could receive compensation by selling your photos for companies who may want to advertise with them, it quickly recanted. Not only that, but the terms of service that users took such issue with never even had a chance to go into effect.
So why the suit? Because Instagram is still insisting that it might—heavens forbid—show you ads. And if you decide to leave the service over it, you forfeit all your old photos.
Let's be clear about one thing: there's no way this lawsuit goes anywhere. At all. Instagram is a company, not a public utility. Serving you ads is the only way it can make money. It's the price you pay for all those fancy filters. If you don't like it, leave. The end. [Reuters]


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Story highlights
- Zimmerman's lawyer: "Justice prevailed"
- But "there is no reasonable likelihood of successful prosecution," he says
- This week, Zimmerman's girlfriend said she didn't want him to be charged
- Zimmerman was arrested in November after a dispute at her home
Florida prosecutors will not charge George Zimmerman after a domestic dispute with his girlfriend last month, State Attorney Phil Archer said Wednesday.
The decision not to pursue the case comes days after Zimmerman's girlfriend, Samantha Scheibe, said in a court document that she didn't want him to be charged.
"Upon reviewing the recent affidavit of the Ms. Scheibe and taking into account the conflicting statements about what occurred, the failure to cooperate with the ongoing investigation, and a lack of any other corroborating evidence or witnesses, there is no reasonable likelihood of successful prosecution," Archer said in a written statement.
Zimmerman's lawyer praised the move.
"On behalf of George Zimmerman, I am pleased that I was able to present credible evidence to reasonable prosecutors who took the time to listen and that justice prevailed," attorney Jayne Weintraub said in a written statement. "This demonstrates how great our system is."
Zimmerman was arrested on November 18 at Scheibe's Apopka, Florida, home after the two had a heated fight.
According to a sheriff's office report about the incident, Scheibe said that after an argument, Zimmerman broke a table with a shotgun and then pointed it at her "for a minute."
Authorities said he was arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault and misdemeanor counts of domestic violence battery and criminal mischief -- accusations that Zimmerman denied.
"I believe that the police misinterpreted me and that I may have misspoken about certain facts in my statement to the police," Scheibe said in a signed affidavit this week. "I do not feel that the arrest report accurately recounts what happened."
Authorities had probable cause to arrest Zimmerman last month, Archer said.
The Seminole County Sheriff's Office, he said, "as usual, did a thorough and highly professional job of investigating this case."
In the court document filed this week, Scheibe accuses authorities of pressuring her.
"When I was being questioned by police, I felt very intimidated," she said. "I was not allowed to call an attorney nor was I allowed to eat or drink anything for a very long time."
Heather Smith, a spokeswoman for the Seminole County Sheriff's Office, denied that claim.
"As you know, we provided media with the 911 call from Ms. Scheibe, which occurred prior to deputies responding," she said. "Apparently, Ms. Scheibe may have misspoken about the facts of her interview as she had access to her phone and was provided with food."
Zimmerman's arrest in November came four months after the former neighborhood watch captain was acquitted of second-degree murder and manslaughter charges in the death of teenager Trayvon Martin.
The high-profile case sparked a heated nationwide discussion of race as well as debate over Florida's "stand your ground" law.


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That's just a slice. The article goes into much detail, gives case studies and has a video.A belief that every Palestinian child is a potential terrorist may be leading to a "spiral of injustice" and breaches of international law in Israel's treatment of child detainees in military custody, a delegation of eminent British lawyers has concluded in an independent report backed by the Foreign Office.The nine-strong delegation, led by the former high court judge Sir Stephen Sedley and including the UK's former attorney-general Lady Scotland, found that "undisputed facts" pointed to at least six violations of the UN convention on the rights of the child, to which Israel is a signatory. It was also in breach of the fourth Geneva convention in transferring child detainees from the West Bank to Israeli prisons, the delegation said.Its report, Children in Military Custody, released on Tuesday, was based on a visit to Israel and the West Bank last September funded and facilitated by the Foreign Office and the British consulate in Jerusalem.It makes 40 specific recommendations concerning the treatment of Palestinian child detainees.The issue has come under increasing scrutiny by human rightsorganisations and visiting delegations over the past year. In January the Guardian highlighted the use of solitary confinement in a report on the experiences of children under the military justice system.
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Suffer little children
Here's a Guardian article detailing the "spiral of injustice" suffered by Palestinian children on account of racist rule by the State of Israel:
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Saturday, January 12, 2013
Gratitude Sunday #2
19 comments:
- Sherry@Back2Vintage said...
I'm grateful that I made it to the party this week! Thanks for hosting!
- January 12, 2013 at 4:54 PM
- Glenda/MidSouth said...
I am right there with you about the silence. I spent a quiet day at home today in the peaceful silence. It got up to 72 today and I should have been out and about, but needed silence. :)
- January 12, 2013 at 5:15 PM
- Joy@aVintageGreen said...
I am always grateful for silence. Time to focus, think, work.
I am grateful too that your post focused on silence and reminded me how much I appreciate silence.
- January 12, 2013 at 5:48 PM
- Jane and Chris said...
We have so much peace ,quiet and silence here that noise upsets me.
Jane x
- January 12, 2013 at 6:10 PM
- Betsy@My Salvaged Treasures said...
What a great way to spend the week. We all need to tune out every now and then. I'm grateful for not procrastinating this week and finally got two closets cleaned out. It sure feels good.
- January 12, 2013 at 6:58 PM
Thanks for hostessing, today I'm thankful for our church's praise songs! Mary
- January 12, 2013 at 7:30 PM
- ~Lavender Dreamer~ said...
It really does help you get focused to have some quiet time. I'll join in tomorrow morning! Sweet hugs my friend!
- January 12, 2013 at 8:21 PM
- Jenna LaFevor said...
Thanks so much for hosting!!
Jenna @ rainonatinroof.com
- January 12, 2013 at 8:46 PM
- The Cranky Queen said...
Amazing grace is what I think of on Sundays...relaxing, rest, silence (meditation & prayer). Thanx for being such a nice hostess. My castle door is always open to browse over at the "royal blog."
- January 12, 2013 at 11:57 PM
- AllyJo said...
I was quiet a lot this week. No TV and no radio. I just sat and hand stitched. It was nice to be quiet and clear my mind. Nice to see you! Have a blessed and good week.
- January 13, 2013 at 12:42 AM
- BlueShell said...
This is awesome.
A brilliant Idea. I'm glad!
- January 13, 2013 at 5:56 AM
- ImSoVintage said...
so happy to join in this week, Linda.
- January 13, 2013 at 7:07 AM
- Diann said...
Hi Linda, Considering I had a day this week in which I really needed to completely shut out the world and everything to be still and quiet around me, I can totally agree with this! thanks for hosting!
- January 13, 2013 at 10:32 AM
- Denise said...
More fun for all of us.Thank you for hosting.I am delighted to join your party-Denise
- January 13, 2013 at 10:44 AM
- Karen Mary Butterfly said...
Fun party! Happy to join! I am going mingle and make new friends! Thanks for having me!
- January 13, 2013 at 10:52 AM
- Denise said...
I can't get your right party address to go along with image. I have tried many times ? Maybe you can help Me please.
- January 13, 2013 at 11:08 AM
- Ellie VanCaster said...
I really appreciate silence after a particulary noisy day-I don't always know I'm missing it until I have it.
Have a good week.
- January 13, 2013 at 12:50 PM
- ~Lavender Dreamer~ said...
I'm linked up and enjoying everyone's post! Thanks for hosting!
- January 13, 2013 at 4:27 PM
- Betty@SouthernGrace said...
I'm working on my Gratitudes too! So thankful to find you at Lavender Dreamer!
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Earlier this week there was a controversial report in The Telegraph, which seemed to confirm the worst about the way Greeks avoid paying taxes:
Jubilation about the German deal to save the euro could prove short-lived if fresh news of Greek tax evasion gains wider currency. There are more Porsche Cayennes registered in Greece than taxpayers declaring an income of 50,000 euros (£43,800) or more, according to research by Professor Herakles Polemarchakis, former head of the Greek prime minister's economic department.
That seemed incredibly hard to believe, but the story got reported over and over again.
So we emailed Polemarchakis for the source of this factoid.
Here's what he said:
My remark was casual, based on what I had heard in economic policy circles in Greece a few years back.
So yeah, Herakles doesn't know, and it was just something he overheard.
But in case you want more, he adds...
Someone who researched the matter recently, and whom I trust, tells me that the per capita number of Porsche in Larissa (1 per 2627) is twice that of Porsche Cayenne in the OECD countries (1 per 4555).
This story was written by Joe Weisenthal and originally appeared on Business Insider on November 4, 2011, and was republished with permission.
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