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A colleague's post on Facebook about a virtual job fair -- for teenagers seeking summer employment -- got me thinking again about change.
This reflection followed a conversation with some of the good young adults hired recently by the Herald-Tribune.
I related to a couple of them how my first articles for this newspaper were written on an upright Underwood. One of the youngsters said he was familiar with a relic called an electric typewriter: No, I advised, there was no electricity involved; writers hammered away at keys on those manual Underwoods. (I'm worried they think I should be ushered into retirement or assigned to a museum of living history.)
Sorry, I digressed.
The Facebook entry cited the Youth Regional Virtual Job Fair May 12-18 -- sponsored by Suncoast Workforce and other publicly supported employment services that serve the region, including Manatee and Sarasota counties.
The Virtual Job Fair -- http://vjf.worknetpinellas.org/ -- will enable teens to browse for jobs at their leisure. More links to youth services in Manatee and Sarasota can be found at: http://suncoastworkforce.org/.
OK, so my public service message has been delivered to really young folks in our area who need to find summer jobs -- or, at least, to parents who think their teenagers need to earn some dough and learn a few lessons about life.
So, if you are old enough to remember typewriters -- manual or electric -- and the ancient history predating computers and the Internet, let's reminisce.
For me, having a summer job was more of a necessity than a learning experience -- if I wanted to have any spending money.
One of the biggest challenges in finding a summer job back in the day, before the Internet era, was, well, finding a job. There were no databases to search, no online friends to consult. A kid had to actually talk to other people -- other kids and adults alike -- and then go knock on the doors of prospective employers.
There were two good things about that process: Employers were more likely to be sympathetic in person than online; busy employers had less time and fewer tools available to vet prospective hires. Those factors definitely played in my favor.
For instance, one of my first summer jobs, which continued during Christmas breaks, was at the Western Auto on the main drag (Eighth Avenue) in Palmetto. The owner's daughters were friends, which helped, but the hiring decisions and work assignments were delegated to the store manager -- who assumed that, if the boss wanted me hired, I was old enough to have a driver's license and handy enough to assemble bicycles.
Wrong assumptions. I didn't have a DL and couldn't tell a lug nut from a peanut. That didn't stop me, however, from occasionally driving the Western Auto delivery van or putting together bikes (always felt bad for the kids who got the bicycles I "assembled." And since the manager didn't know my age, he didn't hesitate to send me and an older co-worker, all of 16, to repossess appliances purchased on credit.
It required a pretty large leap of faith for the owner of an aluminum-siding company to hire me as well, although I was never quite sure he realized that the older fellows he paired me with had me doing things like cutting aluminum soffit with a dull power saw -- and without any protective glasses guarding against flying pieces of hot, sharp metal. There were two redeeming aspects of that outdoor job -- a salary of about $2 per hour and a deep, dark tan.
An electrician's helper's job another year was a grind. The work site was a new, multi-story bank under construction on Sixth Avenue in Bradenton. Although the work was indoors, the windows had already been installed and there was no air conditioning. There was only one operating elevator operating, and it was reserved for moving large loads. So, most of my day was spent fetching stuff and walking up and down the stairs.
There was one upside, however: Every other Friday, the electricians would take me out for after work beers at the old LaVista lounge, where they ogled the bartender with a beehive hairdo and white hot pants -- all of which opened the eyes of a 17-year-old.
A job with the Bekins moving company wasn't bad, except for the day my partner and I dropped a piano down a flight of stairs.
Working as a pizza maker was actually fun. The male manager and female assistant manager -- both married -- conducted their affair for hours every night in the back office, leaving we pizza men to eat product and drink beer we smuggled into the walk-in cooler.
Painting dorm rooms in college was a decent gig, even though my co-worker and I were horrible painters -- which the campus decorator discovered, to her dismay, after she hired us based on our football coach's recommendation.
My final summer job was tending bar in college -- at Grin and Beer It, in Stevens Point, Wis. That gig had the most fringe benefits -- let's leave it at that -- and I learned one of life's most valuable lessons: Never run a bar tab against your next paycheck.
Tom Tryon is the Herald-Tribune's opinion editor.
Want to share your best summer job story for a future column?
Email Tom.Tryon@heraldtribune. On Twitter: @TomTryon.
Or get out that typewriter and mail a letter to Tom Tryon, 1741 Main St., Sarasota, 34236.
Tryon: Finding summer jobs wasn't virtual
A colleague's post on Facebook about a virtual job fair -- for teenagers seeking summer employment -- got me thinking again about change.


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Tonight's Concert Picks: XPN Welcomes The Spinto Band to Johnny Brenda's, Arctic Splash at Kung Fu Necktie, Cold Roses at MilkBoy, Parquet Courts at Voyeur for Making Time, Galentine's Day Cover Band Show at Cha-Cha'Razzi
XPN welcomes The Spinto Band to Johnny Brenda's tonight. Boasting a new album in Cool Cocoon and a viral-y popular video in "What I Love,' the Delaware natives have had a busy few months leading up to this hometown-area show, perhaps best exhibited by their coverage in The New Yorker and on NPR. As the band points out in this interview with The Key, their generally upbeat, happy sounding music often has much deeper, sometimes melancholy lyrics. Tickets and information for tonight's 21+ show with Language Problems and Alec Ounsworth can be found here. Watch the video for "What I Love" below.

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Seattle: A former platoon leader for the soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians says the allegations are "100 percent out of character" for the man, whom he described as a model soldier who has saved other soldiers` lives.
Army Captain Chris Alexander said Robert Bales worked as a stock trader before the September 11 attacks motivated him to enlist in the Army.
"I`ve always admired him for that — he had a good thing going, and he dropped it to serve his country," Alexander said on Saturday in a phone interview.
Bales enlisted about two months after 9/11 and had served with the 3rd Stryker Brigade based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord since September 11, 2002.
He became a staff sergeant in April 2008, following his second deployment in Iraq. He went to Iraq one more time before his fourth deployment, to Afghanistan.
Alexander, 32, spent three years as Bales` platoon leader, including during Bales` second deployment to Iraq. He described Bales as "one of the best guys I ever worked with".
"He always made sure his team was ready, that they were briefed on the mission, that the equipment was checked," he said. "Anything he was given to do, you never had to worry about it getting done and done well."
Alexander said he and others who served with Bales were stunned by the allegations.
Military officials say that after drinking on a southern Afghanistan base, the 38-year-old staff sergeant crept away March 11 to two slumbering villages, shooting his victims and setting many of them on fire. Eleven of those killed belonged to one family. Nine were children.
Bales was in custody on Saturday at the military prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kan., but had not yet been charged.
Alexander said that while serving with Bales, he saw no evidence that Bales had any more difficulty dealing with the stresses of battle than anyone else. If the allegations against Bales are true, "it`s 100 percent out of character for him", Alexander said.
"I`m not a psychologist, but you don`t go from being a solid NCO (non-commissioned officer) to this unless there are extenuating circumstances," Alexander said. "He is not some psychopath. He`s an outstanding soldier who has given a lot for this country."
Alexander added Bales has distinguished himself in battle more than once.
He described one incident in which Bales` unit was driving in Mosul and Bales spotted a man aiming a rocket-propelled grenade at them. Bales shouted to warn the unit, then shot the man as he fired the RPG, causing it to sail over the unit`s vehicle.
The wounded shooter fled and was later detained as he sought treatment at a hospital.
"Bales didn`t let his guard down," Alexander said. "There`s no doubt he saved lives that day."
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text: Invest in the Land You Own October 3, 2013 08:16 PM Tweet Improving the productivity of land with tiling, leveling, irrigation and soil enhancements is a less costly way to grow more bushels than buying land at today's market prices, experts say. Ten years ago, the story was different. © Darrell Smith TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Ed Clark Top Producer Business and Issues Editor Email Rethink the idea of boosting profits by purchasing land It's time to discard your old land strategy. "Think of land as an annuity," suggests Michael Swanson, Wells Fargo senior vice president and consultant. That means when you invest in increased crop production, you have a 30- to 40-year horizon. While that might seem obvious, it's not the way many land purchases are made, Swanson notes. Ten years ago, the best way to grow long-term income was perhaps to buy farmland. That's not the case today. "Farmland investment is almost bending backwards." As an annuity, land at $10,000 per acre with an average corn yield of 200 bu. costs $150 per acre, Swanson says. Land's share equals 33%, so you trade the $10,000 price tag for that 33% or 66 bu. per acre for the investment, moving forward. "If corn prices are $8 per bushel, that's a very good investment," Swanson says. "You get your money back quickly. But if corn prices are $4 per bushel, it takes about 40 years to get your $10,000 back." With increasing land prices and decreasing crop prices, Swanson sees a better way. He suggests boosting yields and making improvements to land you already own. For example, with tiling costs of $900 per acre, the cost of an annuity to boost productivity by 15 bu. per acre is $60 per bushel versus $150. "It's about bushels, not acres," he says. "Today, tiling is a better trade." Let's take a different look: $10,000 per acre land that yields 200 bu. per acre corn costs $2.50 per bushel for a 5% return and $3 per bushel for a 6% return, explains Mike Boehlje, Purdue University ag economist. That leaves little to cover all other costs using December corn futures for the next three years. The numbers are even more stark with land at $15,000 per acre. Per-bushel land costs for corn are $3.75 for a 5% return and $4.50 for a 6% return. For producers who believe they need to purchase land, buying less productive and less expensive land for improvement might be better for your bottom line than buying the highest-quality land at what could be the top of the market, Boehlje says. Unlike farmland values, land improvement costs have not increased much in recent years. That's because so much competition exists among dealers, in contrast to land sellers. "Farmland investment is almost bending backwards," Swanson says. Source: Wells Fargo Degree of Separation. Swanson likes land improvements, such as tiling and irrigation, because in the years ahead, the ability to manage water will likely separate those who are profitable from those who are not. Adding 7" to 8" of water when it's needed can boost yields from 150 bu. to 200 bu. per acre. Swanson did an eight-year calculation that showed an extra 4" to 5" of moisture applied when the corn crop needs it most is worth an additional $285 per acre in crop revenue. Back to news


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Imagine a shortstop having worked with the same second baseman for 13 seasons and then being asked to turn a double plays with a rookie and you've got an idea how Sebastian Janikowski feels.
Marquette King isn't technically a rookie, having spent last season on injured reserve, but he's not Shane Lechler, either.
Six games into the season, Janikowski is still getting used to having someone other than Lechler as his place kick holder as the Raiders host the Pittsburgh Steelers Sunday at O.co Coliseum.
In a 24-7 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs preceding the bye week, Janikowski had his most surprising miss yet _ a 51-yard attempt that came up short in Arrowhead Stadium, his favorite kicking venue.
"I was kicking the ball great in warm-ups,'' Janikowski said Friday. "I didn't miss anything. I just love that place. There's something about Kansas City.''
And then?
"Right when it hit his foot, I heard it,'' long-snapper Jon Condo said. "He didn't make good contact.''
"I was surprised,'' Janikowski said. "I didn't hit it real good and I kind of toed it.''
That makes four misses for Janikowski in six games. In Week 1, he missed wide left from 48 yards after not having failed from 49 yards and in since 2011. Janikowski was 4-for-5 the following week against Jacksonville, but was wide left from 35 yards out, his first miss under 40 yards in 50 attempts.
Janikowski missed from 52 yards against Washington.
He missed only three field goal attempts last season, all from 50 yards or longer.
Raiders coach Dennis Allen, who like most everyone else thought Janikowski was back on track with field goals of 47 and 50 yards without a miss in a win over San Diego, was again extending another vote of confidence to his struggling kicker.
"Everybody goes through a little bit of a rough patch,'' Allen said. "He obviously has. I think we all have pretty high expectations that every time he trots out there he's going to kick it through the uprights.
"When you look up at the end of the year I think all of us will be pleased with the results we've seen out of him.''
While King has worked diligently on his holding, and even put a balloon bouquet in front of Janikowski's locker the day after the San Diego game, changing place kick holders has been a bigger issue than expected.
Most kickers have to get used to different holders a number of times in a career. This is the first time for Janikowski and he's in his 14th season. Janikowski remembers things weren't smooth with Lechler when both were rookies in 2000 when he was 22 of 32 on field goal attempts.
"You've got to understand, when Shane and I came out the first year I think we missed 10 field goals together,'' Janikowski said. "It's like being a rookie again, and I think you've just got to work with the guy and get that confidence and trust. It might be better Sunday. It might take two more weeks. I don't know.''
Condo said there are nuances to the process that came second-nature to Lechler and Janikowski built up through years that can't be worked out with King in a mere matter of months.
"After 13 years, he gets used to Shane's body mechanics and the way he moves,'' Condo said. "Marquette or any other holder isn't the same as Shane. It can be as small as how he reaches for the ball, something that Seabass catches out of the corner of his eye on his approach.
"It all comes down to getting reps together and we're working on it as a unit, the three of us.''
— Running back Darren McFadden is hoping Pittsburgh's no-nonsense defense plus getting back center Stefen Wisniewski will help get the running game on track.
"You always know Pittsburgh is going to play hard-nosed defense," McFadden. "That'll be the case on Sunday, but we have some things that we want to do out there and hopefully make some big plays against them."
"A physical game fits my style. It's always good. I love running in these games. You wan tot be able to go out and show what you can do."
— Offensive coordinator Greg Olson said Thursday he had just begun to see some of the explosiveness from Jacoby Ford that he'd heard about from others.
Ford, who has three carries for 8 yards and seven receptions for 55 yards, believes he's been good to go since the beginning of the season and is waiting for his turn.
"It's just been a matter of trying to figure out different ways to get the ball in my hands and on special teams," Ford said. `That's been something we've been exploring around with this week."
Ford agrees he's still proving himself to a new staff.
"They saw what I did in the past but now it's time to go and show what you can do now," Ford said. "That's what I try to do whenever I get the ball in my hands, I just try to make a positive play every time so the ball just keeps finding my hands more and more."
— Right tackle Tony Pashos (hip), guard-center Andre Gurode (knee) and tackle Menelik Watson (knee) did not practice and were listed as doubtful, meaning they are highly unlikely to face Pittsburgh.
The Raiders will probably promote tackle Jack Cornell from the practice squad Saturday for line depth, meaning they'll have to release a player.
Center Stefen Wisniewski (knee) was limited but listed as probable. Cornerback Tracy Porter (shoulder) had full participation and is listed as probable. Linebacker Kaluka Maiava (hamstring) is questionable and safety Tyvon Branch (ankle) is out.
— Former Raiders quarterback Rich Gannon was at practice Friday as part of the CBS television crew which will broadcast the game.


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Chicago: Once again, Manchester United used a second-half surge to overwhelm a Major League Soccer opponent.
Trailing by a goal to the Chicago Fire at halftime, United got goals from Wayne Rooney, Rafael da Silva and Nani, rallying for a 3-1 victory in an exhibition match at Soldier Field on Saturday.
Playing in sweltering heat and humidity, United manager Alex Ferguson liked the way his team responded when they went down by a goal.
"It requires good patience, and we showed the patience," Ferguson said. "We don`t panic being down, we just play our game."
A crowd of 61,308 saw the preseason debut for new United goalkeeper David de Gea, who allowed an early goal on a header by Chicago`s Cory Gibbs in the 13th minute. But De Gea recovered to make some nice saves in his first action with his new team.
Ferguson said he initially thought De Gea was at fault on Chicago`s goal, but changed his mind after seeing a replay.
"When I saw it again, he had absolutely no chance," Ferguson said.
United midfielder Ji-Sung Park said the heat was a challenge for players on both sides.
"When it`s hot, it`s always difficult," Park said. "But we played our style, and we won. It was a pretty good match."
Trailing at halftime after being turned away several times by Chicago goalkeeper Sean Johnson, United brought on some of its top players as substitutes to start the second half — including Rooney, one of the world`s top players.
Rooney showed his ability to create an instant scoring chance when he chipped the ball over backup Fire goalkeeper Jon Conway, a second-half substitute, to tie the game in the 66th minute.
Then da Silva dribbled through the defense and used his left foot to flip the ball past Conway in the 75th minute. Nani sealed the victory with a goal in the 82nd minute.
While Chicago missed on a few chances to extend its lead, Fire interim coach Frank Klopas scoffed at the idea that his team let one get away.
"No," Klopas said. "Come on, guys, you`ve got to understand what we`re playing against. We put up a very good challenge. For me, more than anything, we made the game competitive."
With temperatures in the 90s and oppressively high humidity in Chicago, Ferguson went with a young starting lineup — and it showed early on, as United`s defense looked shaky at times and the Fire exploited it to take the lead in the first half.
Chicago took a 1-0 lead in the 13th minute when a long free kick by Marco Pappa was headed into the back of the net by Gibbs. Chicago went on to hold long stretches of possession for much of the first half and created a few more scoring chances — including a hard shot by forward Cristian Nazarit that went just wide of the goal in the 32nd minute.
It briefly appeared as though the Fire, who are near the bottom of the standings in the MLS` Eastern Conference, would save some face for the MLS after United trounced its first two opponents on its U.S. tour.
United beat the New England Revolution 4-1 and the Seattle Sounders 7-0 on Wednesday— although the Seattle game was close at halftime, with United leading 1-0.
"Chicago Fire played well," Ferguson said. "Very good in the counterattack, a lot of pace up front. They gave us some problems. They could have scored two or three more."
Saturday`s game featured the much-anticipated debut of De Gea, who left Atletico Madrid to join the Premier League champions in the offseason.
He did not play in the first two legs of United`s U.S. tour. He is expected to be the long-term replacement for Edwin Van der Sar, who retired at the end of last season, but hasn`t been handed the starting job yet.
De Gea recently helped Spain win the European under-21 championship.
Ferguson called De Gea`s technique "very good."
"When he needed to step up and make some key saves for his club, he did," Klopas said.
Klopas hoped his team`s strong showing in the first half made a good impression on local fans who enjoy top-level European soccer but haven`t been to a Fire match yet.
"I thought it was a positive impression," Klopas said. "We wanted to step on the field and play with confidence."
Ferguson, meanwhile, said he will begin getting his regular players ready for the season by allowing them to play 90 minutes in their remaining exhibition games, including Wednesday`s MLS All-Star game.
And Ferguson said he doesn`t expect United to add any more players in the summer transfer window.
"I think we`ll be starting the season with the players I have," Ferguson said. "And I`m satisfied with that. There`s nothing on the horizon at the moment, I can assure you."
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1920s Inspired Petal Dress
Added Sep 9, 2013
by melonhead
Roanoke, Indiana...
This past week I left my home of Indiana and moved to Savannah Georgia for college at Savannah College of Art and design. Before I left, I had one more custom garment to make for someone from my home town. I was working on finishing this dress right up to the day before I left. When I first met with the woman to go over what she wanted, she told me that she was looking for something with a nod to the 1920s/30s.
She's getting married in October and the theme of her wedding is based from that era, and she was hoping on possibly wearing this as a reception dress. So of course my mind immediately went to the gorgeous petal technique that I saw on the dress that Daisy was wearing in her opening scene of The Great Gatsby. I fell in love with that technique right away on screen, and I had been wanting try my own spin on it for a while now.
I drafted the pattern according to the woman's measurements. The dress is made from chiffon and the lining from satin. The lining is a completely separate dress from the overlay. I find that whenever I make a dress from chiffon it's nice to have the option to choose between different colored slips.
Every seam on the dress is finished off by either using a french seam, or by hand sewing the seams shut. Chiffon tends to fray easily after a couple of wears and if all the seams are closed the garment will last much longer. Each petal was hand cut and the edges on all the petals had to be slightly melted using a cigarette lighter to keep them from fraying. After all the petal edges were sealed I started pinning and hand sewing each petal individually to the dress. Many hours of hand sewing went into this dress, but it was such a fun dress to work on! I'd like to play around with embellishing different garments with petals as well.
More on my blog :) http://esther-fromthesticks.blogspot.com/2013/09/custom-made-1920s-inpired-petal-dress.html
Material Notes
Chiffon, satin, invisible zipper, thread, cigarette lighter.
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Sep 12, 2013, 08.49 AMby gfoster
This dress is so fantastic. I would say the Lady you designed it for is over the moon such a lovely colour as well. Best of luck with your studies you sure picked the right course for you.
Sep 12, 2013, 12.56 AMby sophia329
Beautiful! You have such a gift for creating things. Best wishes for your new beginning at school! :)
Sep 10, 2013, 09.30 PMby step-van-b
This is wonderful. I bet the lady was more than happy when you have presented this piece of art to her. I admire your creativity and sense of style.
Sep 10, 2013, 02.05 PMby blueartisan
Stunning work. Love the colour!
Sep 10, 2013, 11.57 AMby pampula
I'm speechless again, this might be my favorite dress form your desings so far (the fact that I'm obsessed with 20's fashion may have something to do with that) !!! The dress is so gorgeous, petal details, color and the quality of your sewing are incredible! I'm seriously in love with it!
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Oh wow, thank you so much! That's quite the complement just knowing that you like it! And I know, aren't the 20s just incredible?! :)
Sep 9, 2013, 09.36 PMby Irina Schwab
Wow, this dress is a dream. One of the most beautiful i've seen here xx
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Thanks you!
Sep 9, 2013, 07.10 PMby steffania
This is a masterpiece! I love it! You're so young and so talented! great!
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Aw thank you so much!
Sep 9, 2013, 06.21 PMby michelle ><><><
Beautiful! So proud of you! I just dropped my daughter off far away at college too! Have fun and work hard, enjoy this season off your life take advange of every opportunity to learn. God has a plan for you, you are Truly gifted! <><, michelle
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Sep 10, 2013, 01.31 PMby melonhead
Aw thank you Michelle for saying such kind words! And how exciting that your daughter is beginning a new season as well! I hope it's full of excitement and blessings :)
Sep 9, 2013, 05.13 PMby lucyrev
That is a work of art!
Sep 9, 2013, 03.46 PMby loukoulia
<3 <3 wow! just wow
Sep 9, 2013, 03.32 PMby yenny lee
Lovely! :D
Sep 9, 2013, 02.40 PMby Emily Munton
Stunning wow
Sep 9, 2013, 01.27 PMby Dibii
I love, love, love it!!!!! :)))
Sep 9, 2013, 12.45 PMby Bbtiny
It's stunning! I can't believe how much work you must have put into this dress. It is so lovely and perfeclty done with all these petals! Awesome! I love it!
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Behind Africa, my life is your life
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About the Book
This is a book about the life of an ordinary yet exceptional man, Joe Bayei, born and raised in the Okavango Delta in Botswana, a paradise for wildlife. He was my guide and tracker, and I was impressed by his knowledge. As I listened to him, an unknown world opened up, connecting me to the soul of Africa with all its living creatures. The Okavango's lush greenery, its iridescent birds flashing past, its antelopes playing in an unforgettable setting of serenity, in intense colours and unique light, give a glimpse of what could have been the beginning of life.
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Horror Rises from the Tomb (US - DVD R1)
Senior Naschy's severed head is back from the dead to possess Gabe Powers
An evil warlock is be-headed in Medieval France, and his witch wife hung for crimes against humanity. Hundreds of years later the warlock's distant relative, along with a group of treasure seekers, discover the head. Soon the evil head is possessing people into doing its bidding, which includes reuniting it with its long lost body. Sacrifices, zombies, and vampirism abound.
A good Paul Naschy movie is entertaining despite its obvious shortcomings. Very few fans will ever confuse their favourite Spanish horror-meister's silly and broad terror shows with high art, and non-fans are often confused as to the supposed charms of such clunky features, but there is a spark that keeps us coming back, hoping that the next one we see will be the good one we were waiting for. I'm eternally grateful for BCI Eclipse's new Spanish horror releases, but I've been a little disappointed with the entertainment value of their Naschy releases so far. Horror Rises from the Tomb is new to me, and I'm happy to say that I enjoyed every awkward frame.
A bad Naschy flick is a boring Naschy flick. Wonky dialogue, stiff acting, cardboard sets, and flimsy special effects can only be so amusing without an entertaining plot and speedy pace. Horror Rises from the Tomb is one of the briskest Naschy flicks I've ever seen; it's almost too fast. The editing is so jarring at points it's hard to believe half reels aren't missing. Coherent storytelling was never Naschy's strongest asset (he wrote the script for this film under his given name, Jacinto Molina), but the random nature of this particular tale is downright befuddling at times—which is, of course, half the charm.
Director Carlos Aured can put together a shot, but like so many European horror directors he depends too much on awkward zooms and focus pulls during the films more dramatic scenes. His work is more interesting during the films many brief murder set pieces, which are often much more disturbing then they have any right to be. Aured doesn't go for the all out gothic expressionism some of his Italian counterparts practised in the era, or the true grit that was common to his fellow Spaniards, but manages to find a somewhat satisfying middle ground, which also covers up some of the film's less than impressive production values. There's a slight hint of Bava and Hammer here and there, but nothing as tactile as Javier Aguirre's work on Hunchback of Rue Morgue.
Though not as absurdly gory as Hunchback of Rue Morgue, Horror Rises from the Tomb is likely one of Naschy's more violent films, especially for 1972 when graphic bloodshed was still pretty novel. The make-up effects aren't very good by modern standards, but stand up well considering the era and budget, especially Naschy's severed head, which leaks liquid smoke when reattached to his body. The nudity quotient is also pretty high, though not absurdly so for a Naschy picture. Fans of absurd sex and violence for the sake of sex and violence will probably find themselves entertained, though there are a few pulled punches here and there.
I can't express how happy I am to never have to deal with another pan-and-scan, grainy and dark as all hell VHS transfer of an obscure Euro horror film again. Even when a movie sucks flat out I at the very least have the pleasure of being able to tell what's going on. BCI does another good job here, preserving the film's original 1.85:1 aspect ratio and keeping things clean enough to discern without squinting. There's quite a bit of fine grain, which is heaviest in naturally lit outdoor shots, but nothing too messy, and dirt and artefacts are quite minimal overall. Details are sharp enough, though edge enhancement is a constant problem, especially in darker scenes. Colours appear slightly diluted, but warm colours pop with relative regularity, though sometimes they take the blacks with them. The overall image is a little on the dark side, but one suspects this is how the film was intended to look.
"I assure you you'll change your mind if you went, you can be assured of that."
You can write comedy this sharp on purpose, and that is why I almost always prefer the English dubbed tracks of low budget Euro-sploitation. Both the English dub and original Spanish tracks are presented in their original Mono, and are clean overall. High and shrill sounds, like the film's organ based soundtrack or the screams of the film's many frightened actresses, distort to a small extent, but the relative clarity of the dialogue and sound effects is pretty impressive. The Spanish track is much harsher than the English track, and the English track has more definition, but if you can't take the awful dubbing you'll have to make do by turning down the sound system.
After three BCI releases Naschy finally graces us with a commentary track. Here he is joined by director Carlos Aured and a moderator. The track sounds like it has been recorded with an old fashion tape recorder, and is in Spanish with English subtitles. The commentators spend a little too much time explaining specifically what happens on screen, but there's also a fair share of important behind the scenes information and a couple entertaining anecdotes. There's a whole lot of commentary time devoted to the beauty of the film's various femme fatales, but we shouldn't expect any less from this particular movie star or director.
Before we can watch the film, with or without the commentary track, we have to watch another spirited Paul Naschy introduction, filmed against the same pseudo-gothic backdrop seen in previous releases (I'm going to pretend it's Paul's basement). After the movie we're privy to the original Spanish language credits, a whole bunch of alternate, clothed versions of the film's many nude scenes, an original US trailer, and a very cool selection of stills, posters, and video boxes. In the box are more of those great Mirek Lipinski liner notes.
Vampires, witches, sorcerers, zombies, blood and boobs ensure a fine Saturday evening viewing, assuming the viewer is ready to suspend a little disbelief. Horror Rises from the Tomb is now possibly my second favourite Naschy feature behind Hunchback of Rue Morgue, though hopefully I'll be privy to several more before BCI Eclipse is done running through the man's filmography. This one comes recommended, with a few reservations.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – This weekend the Yale women's swimming and diving team will place its undefeated Ivy League record on the line at the annual tri-meet against Harvard and Princeton. The Bulldogs are 4-0 in dual meets this season with wins again Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth and Penn, but the Crimson and the Tigers are unbeaten in the conference as well. As Yale's last away meet before Ivy's, which will also be hosted by Princeton, this meet will be a good benchmark for Yale's swimmers and divers to look back to in four weeks when all eight teams convene in Princeton for the Ivy League Championships.
"We are excited to race against two very good teams," said Robert J.H. Kiphuth Head Coach Jim Henry. "It is a great chance to compete in the same pool the Ivy Championships will be held at next month."
The three teams competing this weekend account for 25 of the last 27 Ivy League Championship titles, and Princeton and Harvard have traded the top spot back and forth for the last 13 years. The Crimson are the winners of last year's Ivy League Championship meet, taking it back from the Tigers who held a 43-dual meet winning streak running up to last year's HYP meet.
Yale's season thus far has been mostly without fault. The team began the 2012-13 season with three successful scrimmages against Colgate, Lehigh and SCSU, followed by a win against Columbia in Yale's home opener. The Bulldogs then took first place at the Terrier Invitational in Boston, and racked up three more dual meet wins earlier this month. The squad has set four school records so far. At the Brown Invitational, however, the Bulldogs placed second behind Princeton after three days of competition.
The Tigers are ranked number one in the Ivy League as of earlier this month. Like Yale, Princeton also has a record of 4-0 so far, but with wins against Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth and Penn, and also like Yale the Tigers have a strong group of freshman swimmers. Princeton has freshmen that have met NCAA B-cuts in the 100-yard backstroke, 200-yard backstroke, 200-yard butterfly and the 400-yard IM.
Harvard has already raced – and won – against everyone in the Ivy League except for Princeton and Yale. As their last test before Ivy's, the Crimson enter this weekend unbeaten except for a sixth-place finish at the UGA Fall Invitational against some very fast teams from outside the Ivy League. Harvard will have some strong distance swimmers this weekend, including last year's Ivy League Champion in the 1000-yard and 1650-yard freestyle, as well as the second-place finisher in the 500-free at Ivy's last year.
The meet will take place this Friday and Saturday at Princeton's Denunzio Pool. Competition begins Friday at 6:00 p.m., and will continue Saturday at 12:00 p.m. The events scheduled for Friday are the 200-yard medley relay, 1000-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle, 100-yard backstroke, 100-yard breaststroke, 200-yard butterfly, 50-yard freestyle, and a 400-yard IM exhibition, and diving will be run concurrent with swimming. Saturday's events are the 100-yard freestyle, 200-yard backstroke, 200-yard breaststroke, 500-yard freestyle, 100-yard butterfly, 200-yard IM and the 400-yard freestyle relay.
Report filed by Tom Lynam '13, Yale Sports Publicity


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By SCOTT BECKER
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The Hood River Valley High School cross-country teams got in a different kind of workout this week by taking their annual preseason trip to Cloud Cap Inn on Mt. Hood.
The focus of the outing was to build team unity and train at high altitudes, while introducing newcomers to what cross-country is all about.
The overnight trip to the Crag Rat rescue base started with a nine-mile uphill run from the Cooper Spur parking lot to the cabin. A two-mile time trial in the surrounding trails followed the next morning for the boys team.
"This is the time of year to talk strategy, pace and set goals for the season and for life," boys head coach Rich Hedges said.
"After this, we concentrate so much on training that we have no time to talk about it. So we do it now and have them apply it in the time trial and hopefully for the rest of the season," he said.
The time trial uses the format of a cross-country meet to get a feel for what a meet is like and to determine who is in the best preseason condition.
The current leader for the boys team is sophomore Alex Jimenez, who made huge improvement during the 2002 track season, and posted a two-mile time of 9:55 — over one minute faster than his time at last year's trial.
"It wasn't too hard," Jimenez said. "It was just a relaxed, even effort. But now I feel more pressure being number one because last year I was like number seven or eight."
Senior team captain Jeff Fisher finished shortly behind Jimenez. "We're definitely going to be competitive this year," said Fisher. "A few varsity guys graduated last year, but we're so deep in talent that it won't be hard to make up for."
Other experienced seniors like Jon Gehrig and Eric Avila, plus young stars like Adam Mack, Jess Jennings and Chris Jennings should help close that gap.
HRV's recent move from the Mt. Hood to the Intermountain Conference is one area that could make up for itself. While most athletic teams will be missing classes and staying up late during long trips, the cross-country program will be minimally affected.
The transportation conflict within the IMC makes it so dual meets — where one team faces another league team — are not required, and league standings are based solely on the district meet at the end of the season. That format sets up all weekend invitational meets.
"Not having to do dual meets in the middle of the week is a testament to how strong the IMC teams are on the state level," Hedges said. "The IMC is home to powerhouses such as Mountain View, Hermiston and perennial state champion Bend.
"When you have to run two races a week, you end up pacing yourself over the season. Now, we can dedicate our whole week to training and put in a 100 percent effort on the weekend," he said.
Jimenez agrees. "I like our schedule better this year," he said. "We get more rest between meets, but the meets are going to be tougher."
Both teams will compete in their first meet, the Hermiston Invitational, next weekend.
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Pictured: Jeff Cohen tallied four goals, extending his point
streak to 19 games.
Photo courtesy: Gil Talbot Photography
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Jeff Cohen and Terry White each scored four goals, and Harry Krieger made nine saves, but the 11th-ranked Harvard men's lacrosse team fell to No. 17 Brown by a score of 13-11 before 1,705 fans at Harvard Stadium Saturday afternoon. Alex White won six faceoffs for the Crimson, which drops to 4-2 overall and 0-1 in the Ivy League.
After grabbing the game's first goal on a shot by Dean
Gibbons early on in the first quarter, Harvard struggled for the
remainder of the first quarter, as Brown (3-1, 1-0 Ivy League) went
ahead, 5-1, after the first 15 minutes. In the second, the
trio of Cohen, Kevin Vaughan and Terry White found the back of the
net, as the Crimson cut the deficit to three goals, 7-4, at
In the third quarter, Travis Burr connected with White for a goal at 8:30, as Harvard moved within two, 7-5. The Bears, however, netted four of the next five scores to regain a five-goal advantage, 11-6. With time winding down in the quarter, Jeff Molinari notched a goal off a turnover, and Cohen added a score in the early stages of the fourth, making it 11-8.
After Brown's Andrew Feinberg ended Harvard's two-goal run at 9:58, Cohen and White combined to score the next three goals, pulling the Crimson within one, 12-11, with only 2:08 to play. With time winding down, Feinberg tallied his fourth goal of the game with 53 seconds left on the clock.
Harvard held the final count in shots, 39-32, while the Bears owned the edge in ground balls, 35-24, and faceoffs won, 16-11. Brown also scored the only man-up goal of the game, going 1-for-4, while Harvard was held scoreless on one chance.
The Crimson remains at home to host Dartmouth Saturday, March 27 at 3 p.m.


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Some of the most active blog posts I've ever had were back in 2011 when former United Methodist pastor Chad Holtz was making UM news for his preaching and writing about Rob Bell, hell, and his addiction to pornography. Here is the post that got the most attention in comments.
I was greatly encouraged earlier this year when I saw that Chad had been brought to his knees and lifted back up again by Christ.
Now I add to that by learning — via a comment on this blog — that he is writing again. Actually, he and his wife, Amy, have been writing on a shared blog since July 2012. The blog is now on my blogroll. (Amy's posts about how she has endured Chad's betrayal of their marriage and found her own healing through it all are powerful reading. Here's a link to one she wrote in October, but a scroll back into the summer is worth the time, especially if you know people who are living through similar things.)


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(CHICAGO, IL – December 13, 2010) New York's Republican Leader Dean Skelos announced that he is creating a task force of party members to tackle the thorny issues affecting the State's horse racing industry. That's like the captain of the Titantic calling on penguins as crew members to tell him how to navigate around icebergs.
None of the Senator's cronies have the interest of horse racing at heart; they're just guys with their hands out, looking around for safe haven. One must wonder where he and the rest of the Empire State's legislators, regardless of which side of the aisle they are sitting on, have been as the country's number one center of the sport has been scratching and clawing for flotsam.
With the downfall of New York City OTB, the New York Racing Association faces unprecedented challenges to its purse structure and racing dates. Only a month ago, it seemed New York horse racing was about to enter a new golden age. With some reservation that this sentence is two words too long, now the franchise's leaders must decide whether to downsize immediately while the issues are sorting themselves out or to roll the dice and keep spending in hope that their upcoming share from the Aqueduct casino develops beyond forecast.
Dear Santa, what a gift it would be to the horse racing nation if the sport turned these sordid affairs into a pursuit of prosperity.
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Working Group Meeting Minutes 3/11/12
Present: Darah, Charlie, Jamie, D., Rami, Mandolin, Shoeshine, Eric, Betsy, Mark, +1
- Rami joins working group
- Community Agreements: tabled for this week (Betsy)
- Bookstore update: Teddy bought us paint (thanks Teddy!), the space is almost ready. Having this space is really positive. it's great there. Jim is super-cool. It is AWESOME. party planning soon (Darah)
- SIS Update: books are being catagorized (Charlie) and boxed. SIS is being shown for rental. If it's rented out we'll have 15 days notice.
- Metrocards: 5 people are currently receiving metrocards–Charlie, Darah, Germ, James and Chantel. Does everyone who receives them really need them? are we cool with who's receiving them. discussion. Kickstarter to get metrocards for the library? discussion pro & con kickstarters. what about other library money. GA money is going to run out in the next week or two. Why are we even having these meetings & posting minutes and being beat down by bureaucracy just to prove that we're a working group so we can get 5 metro cards and money that doesn't exist. What about our own library accounts. is there any money left in WePay? Why are we doing this? let's stop. it sucks. kickstarter/money discussion to be continued next week.
- Bike Coalition, Nomad Committee (?) (Mandolin) must attend safety training to get hooked up with a bike. Darah will step up for the training.
- Illuminator kicks ass (Betsy)
- DA updates (Jaime)
Thursday @ 3pm Bike Coalition @ Liberty Park
Tuesday @ 6 pm Directory Meeting 388 Atlantic–someone should go to this and get the training.
Thursday around 3:15 meet at Winter Garden for a BofA action
This Friday is the first closing bell march, they'll be happening every Friday from now on. Meet at the park at 2pm for sign making & organizing, after 3pm get ready for theatrics.
Saturday M17 is our 6 month-iversary/St. Patrick's day. A high arrest kind of day–get Jaime your details for jail support.
19th: foreclosure action in the Bronx
25th: Brooklyn pop-up Town Square
You too can attend DA meetings! Tuesdays at 5:30. May day meetings are Wednesday at 6:30 33 W14th and Saturdays at Judson.
the next re-occupation meeting is on the 22nd. Want real deets? Talk to Jaime IRL.
- Next week we meet in the park!
Working Group Meeting Minutes 3/4/12
Mobile Library update from Scales:
Almost done; still needs wheels. Sustainability wasn't very helpful. Maybe try Bike Coalition?
Thoughts on Chicago from Jaime and Briar:
*Book distribution/circulation — as low-arrest direct action and as service
*Reference services
*Inviting other non-occupation groups, such as RadRef
*Consortium meeting
Reminder of librarians' upcoming court dates
peoples library working group meeting minutes
12 February 2012, 6 pm
60 Wall Street, Atrium
facilitation: Jaime, minutes: Betsy
present: Amy, Anthony, Betsy, Captain, Chantal, Esther, Germ, Hristo, Jaime, James, Scales
James: People's Library branch at Project Carmine, Un-oppressive Non-Imperialist Bargain Books. The space we're using is currently about 60% cleaned out– still lots of work to do. Receiving donations from Jim (store owner). Donation box not set up yet. Carmine St. is open 12-midnight every day. It's going well. 34 Carmine. Q: do we have the sign from Molly? A: No. but there's a great piece of wood shaped like a rainbow that has great potential. Everybody should go & introduce themselves if they haven't already. Room enough to have space for a donation box for Archives, let's set that up.
Town Square at 86th Street yesterday went really well.
[POI food! — break for food]
Germ & James about Occupy Town Square. We got lots of books, gave away books. Got lots of isbns thx Darragh. Dancing, food, not many vendors. It was great.
Scales: building a mobile library out of wood. pictures on flickr @ $cales. It still doesn't have wheels. Q: what about wheels from sustainability? A: No. Q: timesup? A: no. Scales has some connections at a local bike shop. if that doesn't work he might just buy wheels. His brother works w/prometheus radio project. help communities set up radio stations. He's creating a podcast to extend the open forum we had at the park in a mobile format. Would like aesthetic input from the group thinking of covering it with whiteboard. Discussion ensues: whiteboard vs. chalkboard. Scales: encourages ppl to be involved in design aspects, concerns w/functionality. construction's happening in PA. can be pulled by anything.
Betsy: consortium going well, connected w/ lots of libraries. website now up at http://occupyconsortium.wordpress.com. have made contacts in Chicago. Looking ahead to May, does anybody know anybody in/around Chicago?
Esther: 1st bicycle coalition mtg on wednesday. getting bikes for marches & actions. bike w/trailer for medical supplies why not for library too. Next meeting = tuesday @ 3 pm 60 Wall.
There's another event on Tuesday from noon at Washington Square Park– who are you in bed with/breaking up with banks.
Town Square next weekend– Tompkins Sq. Park next Saturday w/book donations especially Spanish language for Tucson book bomb: seems to be going well. Frances not here, but 3/1 (to be confirmed) event at WordUp. Status of books in SIS? don't open boxes. haven't received books promised for Tucson yet.
We filed a claim against the city. in order to work within the legal system we had to put dollar amts. what wld we do with the money/hypothetical/30 days to respond then we actually sue.
Jaime: There will be a meeting about corner libraries with Colin at Center for Book Arts, 28 w. 27th street, 3rd floor, on Tuesday the 14th (valentine's day) at 6pm.
Jaime: Chicago G8/NATO May 18-21
May 1st events here and in Chicago. those of us who want to go, work as an affinity group for that event. as library serving 2 functions circulation (backpack full of books you can carry on yr back for 3 days) reference: answering lots of questions. including radical reference desk set, queerty, urban libraries. lots of ppl are going to go we shld invite other pple
replicating at the RNC. contact info for librarians or if yr going anyway get info to Jaime. & if you're going decide & let her know. nice to have medics.
start thinking aboutt if you can go. then what level of action/arrestability level you have WAY in advance so we can co-ordinate. also how are we going to get there. Esther's going. affinity grp formation for those actions.
planning meeting in Connecticut (where? when?).
if more people can go to DA meetings please do: Tuesdays at 5:30 60 Wall St. 2x/week.
James wants to build a backpack./good reason to look into bikes & trailers. frame packs/ mobility can be ltd in certain sits. frame packs but not pack it that heavy./all that's down the road.
When to get to Chicago? structural stuff starts 5/1 but there's also stuff going on in NYC. we need ppl here too.
librarians are badass. Patriot Act, Connecticut 4. (background info here: http://www.aclu.org/national-security/librarians-speak-out-first-time-after-being-gagged-patriot-act) Discussion of perceptions of librarians.
scales: blog presence shld be enhanced
Q: want us making decisions on the blog instead of email? A: Yes important in terms of transparency
blog: esther wants access & so do others. email addresses & numbers exchanged.
meeting over. thanks everybody!
Working Group Meeting Sunday, 2/5/12 6PM 60 Wall St
In attendance: Frances, Jaime, Danny, James
No formal facilitation
- Tucson Update
- All of the publishers and living authors have been contacted. Donations should be arriving shortly
- Consented on NOT marking books with OWSL as they are for the students and teachers of Tucson and not for OWSL
- Word Up Event set and scheduled for March 1. Who will be speaking? How do we get the word out to Spanish speaking community? Contact OWS En Espanol allies and Occupy Writers allies to line up speakers and participants. Also contact Outreach to print flyers for event.
- Sunset Park wants to have a book bomb drop off event as well. Contact Sunset Park GA to discuss good locations for action.
- Transportation and storage for books after book donation events? Contact Nathan for possible van rental assistance.
- SIS Supplies
- Where did all of our bins go? Missing all ten bins and lids purchased for D17 Action
- Two shopping carts missing
- Down to one working hand truck. Consented that handtruck should not be removed from SIS. Is only for moving books to and from the building. Shopping carts should be taken on outside actions. Should we buy more shopping carts? Perhaps lock them in SIS/Chained to bookshelves so only librarians can remove them?
- Un-Oppressive Non-Imperialist Bargain Books on Carmine St in West Village
- James working on cleaning out the back of store. Could use assistance
- Should be a great spring/summer hideout location. They have a backyard! Backyard book parties!
This was a quick meeting. Thanks all!
OWSL WG meeting, 1/22/12
60 Wall St, 6 pm
In attendance: Betsy, Scales, Michele, Hristo, Stephen, Germ, Chris, Darah, Frances, Sean
Michele took minutes. There wasn't formal facilitation.
- Unoppressive Non-Imperialist Bargain Books/ Darah
- Tuesday 1/24 4pm Red Cube NYPD book recovery action
- Book Mobile / Scales
- 1/29 Town Square
- Book collections/emails
- Housing Works Panel 1/30
- Occutrip
- Unoppressive Non-imperialist bargain books; Darah: 2 nights ago went to Jim's bookstore. He has back area that's currently cluttered…wants us to utilize some of his shelving. We were pretty for the idea. I want to see how we feel about that. Betsy: we have to get the books out. But we talked about space a while ago – did something get resolved? Who is this guy? Is it a real store? Hours? Hristo: Was there a long time ago. He lives in the back in an apartment. Kinda open 24/7. He's been there 30 years. Darah: Open till midnight except on Sunday, till 10. His rent is being raised. But he's not coming to us for money. Wants us to help him fundraise. Betsy: Good idea to have it there. And our next meeting there. Hristo: We had a meeting there before. Betsy: Main concern is that I don't want us to get played. Does he want someone to work there? [Part of the original proposal is that we would provide an unpaid intern] Darah: I offered to work for free. Hristo: He offered to pay us if we work. Sean: He's coming from a really good place. Betsy: Can we meet there and everyone build a relationship with him? Darah: We could go there after the meeting. Hristo: He says the sooner the better, but there's no rush. Scales: Seems like a strange statement to make. Hristo: Issue with rent being raised…and he wants to make use of the space. He thinks that if there is something like the OWS library it will show his landlord that he's doing something with the space. We're not going to put all our books there at once. Scales: Not against having books there. Good idea to have meeting there next week. But at the same time I don't like the idea that….we are being rushed into something because someone is gaining something from it. Darah: Similar to 86 Amsterdam: The books are still there; people are benefiting from them. It doesn't have to be a huge amount of books. It can be an experiment. Scale: Slow increments of testing out the space. Can we propose to have meeting there, and if we all agree? Frances: What about the fact that it is a retail space? Darah: This came up when I talked to him, and it doesn't bother him. Frances: How long? Hristo: Indefinitely. Sean: Would suggest that we establish similar relationships with other bookshops, like Word Up. Frances: Would propose that these bookstore libraries be lending libraries, not a book giveaway in a commercial store. Chris: If the leaning library were moved to a different space, he would feel left in the lurch? Darah: no…I don't see that it will make much of a difference… Michele: But he wants to have OWS there to show his landlord activity… Scales: Should be tabled, but we should have meeting there next week so more people can see space… POI Hristo: Occupy Town Square action is the same day – Jan 29 – as our next meeting. Darah gets on the phone with the owner to tell him we'll be there next week. So, next week's meeting will be at Unoppressive Non-imperialist Bargain Books, Sunday Jan 29, 6pm, 34 Carmine (at Bleecker.) Needs to go up on nycga, our website, FB, Twitter, skywriting, etc.
Betsy: What about the café in Greenpoint that Eric talked about? Michele: Shouldn't keep having meetings in different places…
- Tuesday 1/24 4pm Red Cube NYPD book recovery action:
Jaime's thing. She texted thus: 'This is happening! Have everyone invite friends.' (paraphrase) We need to post online. How much info to post? Need to clarify with Jaime what info she wants to go out, what exactly is being organized, and Stephen will tell contact at VV.
- Bookmobiles/Scales: Scales has been building in PA with his father, who knows how to build things. Basic idea: large containing devices with 3 wheels that can be pulled by car/bike/Tricycles/1-2 humans. Will hold approx 500 books. Scales draws us a picture. 2 shelves on either side. Kind of like an ice cream cart or rickshaw. Question: should area above wheel be a shelf or something else? Scales wants it to be functional library, so what if there are desks there? Mass sparkles. Also a donation/return slot? There will also be lighting so we can use it at night. AWESOME. One thing he needs is wheels and tires. Something like small BMX or mountain bike wheels. Hasn't found source of cheap wheels. Didn't want to do craigslist – Wants to make a prototype…and then make multiple ones. Need to take mobile libraries to less privileged places… Wheels are really important… Stephen: what if we ask VV for a free ad? Frances: what about asking sustainability? Scales: Main thing: tire needs to be air tire. Has to be inner tube tire. Thick and durable.
- Town Square 1/29, 11-5pm, Washington Square Park – Frances said library would represent, so let's represent! It's going to be mini-occupation…
- Book collections/emails.
Where are the books? Gaysquat, in Bushwick, some at 86th st, some at Occupy Office, some at Stephen's, some at farm. Mostly at SIS. (Side convo about Charlie's idea to move the library to back of SIS…maybe not feasible….separate issue.) Frances: I just want us not to get too scattered…and we keep getting random emails about book pickups…Anybody want to leap on crazy emails, hop to it!
- Housing Works Panel 1/30
Frances: we are invited to speak. Steve S. may have it covered. [Details??]
- Occutrip
Frances: anybody want to go on the trip? Still taking applications. What is it? A mutlileg trip of NY occupiers traveling for one week at a time, via bus, to different places. This week Providence and Boston. Starts Wed. What is contact info? Frances will resend the link when she's home. She can't go and is requesting that others apply to go in her place.
Task: Michele will add newby Chris (who is involved with OccU and Education/Empowerment) to working group list!
Library Working Group Meeting Minutes 1/8/12
1/8/2012 6:00PM OWSL meeting minutes
Charlie is facilitating Steve S. is taking minutes
Announcements: We brought books to West-Park, the Farm, other occupations J-17 Action
DA is having a march on Tuesday, January 17th starting from the red cube at noon and led by women and the female-identifying. The theme is glitter. Library has been asked to participate. Frances wants us to invest in a few shopping carts for mobile actions. Up sparkles.
OWSL no longer goes to SC? Charlie does not see a reason for us to go and thinks we shouldn't go as a statement of its dysfunction, offers amendment that fewer people should be part of SC so there isn't as much shouting. January 20th is the date set by SC to reorganize itself. Point of love followed by introductions of group members present Frances suggests we propose SC follows same guidelines as NYCGA site We consent to propose this and also that spokes sit in a circle
SIS meeting on Wednesday, 3 pm. Frances is going. Charlie wants more shelves. Book collection report back on cataloging. Jaime says it's all done. Office staffing. Our turn is up for 1/13. Jaime is going to be there from 5-9 pm
Danny is representing us in a Skype conference with people at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign regarding innovative libraries. Related to Hristo and Betsy's attempts to develop a consortium of OWS libraries.
Physical space for the library Sean wants to show solidarity with struggling bookstores and possibly put some of our books in them.
Some bookstores who like us:
Unoppressive Nonimperialist Bargain Books (West Village) St. Mark's Bookstore (East Village) Word Up (Washington Heights) Revolution Books (Garment District)
Housing Works (SoHo)
Some bookstores who may have mild interest in helping us:
McNally Jackson (SoHo) Greenlight Bookshop (Fort Greene) Bluestocking (Manhattan?)
Tim is going to start a squat on Staten Island in a house and is offering to open it to the public. Art venue and music venue. Fundraising, etc. Meant to be permanent. It's in St. George, an abandoned house with a work permit that expired in 2007. Working with Occupy Staten Island and Jail Support. We can also have our future book donations sent there. Up sparkles.
We Pay account. It's still open. Money withdrawn from it has to be reported as income. Frances returning receipts to Accounting. She will serve as accounting point person from this point on.Librarian court dates. Charlie on the 20th and Zachary on the 12th. Library action TBA. Tuesday 24th. Time and place also TBA. We're going to pay $30 a year to make our WordPress blog ad free.
Spokes Council this week. Charlie spoking on Monday, Frances on Wednesday, Steve on Friday.
Library Working Group Meeting Minutes 12/11/11
Facilitating: Laura/Frances
Stack: Karim
8. Occupy writers/ Jeff Sharlet (Michele)
Library Working Group Meeting Minutes 12/4/11
Those of you in attendance at last nights' meeting know that it was a difficult one. We spent the majority of our time with our guests from OWS Mediation discussing problems we have encountered with communication, respect, transparency, accountability, and appropriate group communications. It was a long night. We did come to some resolutions for the time being, and agreed to work together on a living document regarding our working group policies. You can take a look at the beginnings of that document here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hgAhjLXNrT8Aez38YN5vBA2wJubSh9yrXPQ3kks9ZUI/edit?hl=en_US&pli=1
First and foremost there were a lot of items on the agenda that were tabled because of the mediation. We have scheduled an additional working group meeting for this Wednesday, December 7 at 5:30 PM at 60 Wall St to discuss all of the agenda items that we did not cover. Those agenda items were as follows:
*Op Eds
*The Email Lists
*Community Accountability
*Archive Working Group Report Back
*Cataloging/Library Thing
*People's Library's Relationship to OWS
*Occupy Wall Street Review
*The Rebuild OWS Library Email/Twitter/Facebook
Before I get to the mediation, we had several guests from different organizations who came to share information with us.
1) Darragh from Education and Empowerment announced that there will be a Read-In on December 17 in Times Square. For more information or to volunteer you can email him at firstname.lastname@example.com
2) Tom and Veronica from Word Up in Washington Heights came to tell us all about their awesome shop uptown and to offer us their assistance. They are located at 176th and Broadway, and have been operational since June. They are 100% volunteer operated, and most of their books are under $3. They have a 1000 square foot space, and a built in stage, where so far they have held over 200 performances. POI: Washington Heights has the largest concentration of children and youth in all of Manhattan. They are willing to give us space to give away our books.
3) Margarita from the St. Mark's Bookshop is writing an essay on the destruction of The People's Library and would love to talk with working group members. Additionally she pointed out to us that the bookselling community wants to help us, and just needs to know how. The St. Mark's Bookshop would love to display some of our destroyed books on one of their shelves. POI: This is not possible at this time because our damaged books are evidence in our ongoing legal suit. But the sentiment is greatly appreciated.
Okay! On to the Mediation. Please note that what follows is a summary, and not a transcript. Additionally the names of individuals have been redacted to protect their privacy. The following points were raised by members of the working group and highlighted by mediation:
1) There is a feeling amongst certain working group members that one particular member has not been respectful to the other members. It was stated that, "You have to give respect to get respect," and certain members feel that respect is severely lacking from this individual.
2) The point was raised that this same working group member has also sent emails on behalf of the library to outside individuals that certain members found hostile in tone and inappropriate for our collective purposes. There was a point raised repeatedly that certain members felt the need to mend the damage done by this individual regarding these outside offers of assistance.
3) There was a point raised by several working group members that this individual's behavior is distracting us from important library work that needs to be accomplished, i.e. almost the entire meeting was spent discussing this individual's behavior and what steps should be taken to address it, despite the fact that this individual was not present for the meeting. The point was also raised that this is the third time that Mediation has been present at a meeting to help us facilitate a solution to these problems, and that this individual has not attended any of those sessions.
4) A point was raised by several working group members that it was inappropriate to discuss this individual without them being present at the meeting. This was countered with the point that this individual seems to avoid meetings with mediation. (See #3)
5) A point was raised that this individual's negative behavior far outweighs its contributions to the working group. This point was countered with the POI that this individual did a lot of blog and email work in the early days of the occupation.
The following items were consented upon at the end of the meeting:
*An important POI was raised. You cannot block a group consensus after the fact. If you are not present at the meeting when consensus is reached, you cannot block via email. That is out of process.
*If any individual behaves in a manner that another working group member deems disrespectful, or if it "gets nasty again" any working group member has the right to ask that member to refrain from all email and blog communications until they attend a mediation session with the other members of the working group.
Library Working Group Meeting minutes
28 November 2011 6:30 pm
Moonstruck Café 244 Madison Avenue, New York, NYC
present: Elena, Emilio, Nathan, Michele, Jaime, Danny, Scales, Betsy, Zach L., Catherine, James, Bill, Charlie, Laura, Amanda, Jenny, Stephen, Max, Briar
Facilitator = Frances, Stack = Zach, Time = Amanda, Minutes = Betsy
- Set agenda
- Introductions
- Team
- Book count
- Legal update
- Community accountability
- Future
& more detailed introductions
Review of hand signals (ordering food)
Team (Danny)
who we are and what we're doing. team building. fuses are getting shorter, email threads are getting nastier. we've braved arrest, faced legal issues, I don't see strong team mind. I see that we're all very different. our community breaks down very quickly. example of the dog. we're supposed to be in it together. POI: she's never been to a WG meeting. (people don't want to talk about the dog example because of all the new folks at the meeting.) anything to be aggressive to each other isn't advancing us.
(discussion breaks down a bit)
L: incident wasn't library-related. (or was it?) we should have team spirit. keep solid. keep it open, keep talking.
Book count (Zach)
when processing new books, write the date at the top of the sheet along with ISBNs. Zach runs through numbers of books.
of 1275 books returned only 578 are ok
he's separated personal books from OWS books. about 272 are personal property, not library. we only got back about 1000 books. after legal procedures, let's put out a memo telling people we have personal books and we can try to return them.
Q: what about personal book requests? A: any requests that have already come in for personal books, you can forward to Zach or tell folks we're processing the books for legal purposes. Q: is saying 80% of our books are gone are destroyed accurate? A: it's probably more. 80% isn't wrong. 85% missing or destroyed 15% usable. and that's only books, not computers, archival material, infrastructure etc.
Legal update (Bill)
12 of us met with Norman Siegel to discuss how to follow up after our press conference last week.
Our demands:
- acknowledgement from the city that what they did was wrong, and statement taking full responsibility for their actions
- replacement of books and providing us a public space for the library
- commitment that they won't do it again.
Bill and Betsy nominated as point people for Siegel. We're going to try to bring a civil case. there is no precedent. Sanitation department claims they gave us 3,000 books but they didn't.
-Ginsberg Society is pissed that their donation was destroyed. -There is no case law on destroying everything. -Assuming a case is brought, is the library a legal entity? -There have been cases about particular books being destroyed, but not an entire library. -isn't censorship of the entire movement? -not sure, we didn't talk about it. we're not propaganda for the movement. -maybe we can make the case that the library's presence was an act of speech.
Community accountability (Michele)
drafted by several working groups. commit to consent, commit to anti-oppression, commit to conflict resolution and accountability. get back to Michele re: library's support. -The occupation isn't in park anymore is it still relevant? -OWS wants to reinforce principles. lead by example. it's about the movement not the space. -timeline for this? -it's still a draft. -I've been staying in public spaces and they are insane. people are stealing, touching, all sorts of inappropriate. there needs to be something. Safer Sapces did a great job. -even if it's only in our own working group, we need to get our values out there. more important now in diaspora. -just because you're not on the court doesn't mean you're not on the team. -doesn't need to just be a library thing.
Future (Scales)
the library focus has shifted without physical infrastructure. discussion about our vision of what the library is, what the future is in order to develop new infrastructure. bookmobiles? physical space? the core needs to get consensus on what we as a library want to do and how to function without a park.
-easy for us to continue to have a presence at actions. Jaime is willing to work with DA to let us know when things are happening. -we need to be more on top of actions that are not ours. Q: to what extent have you tried to get space? A: we've written proposals, contacted a few downtown groups for space without success. investigating pop-up space and collaborations. we need space. -Zuccotti isn't good. -SIS is unrealistic. doesn't want to go through GA to get money. -mobile library. -winter is coming we need to prepare. need to think winter. Q: where are the books now? A: storage.
-mobile library is fun. Stephen's writing an article for OWSJ. it was fun to give books out in front of Barnes & Noble. -Medics are squatting near Marcy Ave (J). -looking for places every day. Q: what about the Strand carts? A: Betsy spoke to them, they're not cheap, they have a deal with the city. -We've got a lot of books coming in to SIS and we must keep legal books untouched. -Space: squat? bluestockings alliance? mobile library is great. Q: what's a squat? is it illegal? A: yes, it is. no, it's legal to squat in NY. -snow. we can be mobile and we need a place to store books. -squatters rights are strong here. -Bernadette Mayer says get a squat. -there's a building off prospect ave (bklyn) that's been vacant for 5 years. it has a garage. Frances suggests we take that house. -let's make a proposal. squatting makes sense for the movement. we need space. -what about churches? -Zuccotti's no good: lots of cops and stuff, lots of barricades and stuff. -what's the space going to be like? constant access? storage only? -storage space is only $100/day, why don't we just pay for one? -no good for recovered books because we have to keep an eye on them. -sleep-in storage facilities. -you can't sleep in the storage facilities. -need for storage. (Hristo's parents' place) vs. need for library -Charas? -needs to be near Wall St. -the last big-city occupations are going down. we should push books out more effectively sharing our resources. -friend who knows squats. -occupywriters? is there a petition signed by writers who signed & donated their books? someone wants to organize that. please upload all photos of author signed books to the flickr stream. -People's Library in residence. -mobile library should follow the weather patterns. -do as many of these things as you can do. if you squat, support will come. -multiple residences would make it easier to approach organizations. easier to ask would you like to house library in residence, one of many than to ask someone to take sole responsibility for it. proposal: 3 pursuits mobile, squatting, residency. all done in tandem. break into groups to bottomline this. mobile= scheduling carts, squatting=Scales & whoever, residency=Catherine. break into groups and reconvene.
Michele: storage and processing of new books. -we can use SIS at this moment. -shipping out. -continued donations? yes, but not access. -concern about spreading the library across different locations. most occupatons are in the same position as us, they can't receive donations. our strength was having 4,000 books. it was a big library. if we keep breaking it up and making it smaller, it's diminished. FA: choosing between squat or residency with mobile library. -don't underestimate amount of goodwill. this is New York, center of this stuff. -re: person who's going to take catalog. -agree with not breaking up the collection. mobile units can go out. ship out books, we still have a lot of publisher copies. not too much worry about breaking up collection. 4 components: SIS, mobile, squat, residency. residency might be a place that's able to take donations. just one place during the winter. -multiple locations is a good idea. reach out to bluestockings in addition to squats. -re: different locations, ok if only a couple and if there's always a librarian there to process ISBNs, always have a face attached.
-4 plans of action:
-squat for long term book, library housing,
-mobile bookmobile from that unit,
-who wants to just take responsibility for these? bottomlining these things -doesn't like breaking into committees. -listserv -avoid redundancy.
spokescouncil, occupywriters, Tampa, Wilmington, DE=safest, most secure occupation. media mail is the cheapest way to mail. -Catherine made new bookmarks -GA reportback, printing press is a co-op owsprint AT gmail DOT com. Madrid, Acampade del Sol update—see their facebook page
November 20, 2011 6:30 pm
Pizza place on Lexington near 77th, NYC
– – this meeting was spontaneously relocated by consensus of the majority of the working group to support a direct action taking place at chez Bloomberg. Rather than try to conduct the meeting while the NYPD was moving to disperse the crowd, we relocated to the place that had enough space to accommodate the group.- –
Rather than go through an agenda, we agreed to just do announcements and individual reportbacks.
present: Bill, Amanda, Frances, Betsy, Zach, Hristo, Jaime, Sean, Stephen, Briar, Michael, Laura
minutes: Betsy
- (Bill) Norman Siegel, former director of NYCLU has offered us pro bono representation. he says the National Lawyers Guild will take more time, he can build a strong case. call him tomorrow he has an idea for an action later this week. -what does he mean 'win'? & who's he representing: the library separate from OWS? we're not separate. -do we have evidence of the police destroying library property or did sanitation do it?-what are we asking for back?
- (Betsy) lots of people missed the meeting because of all the location changes and are pissed off. we were supposed to have a collaborative meeting tonight with the archives working group. Message to read from Michele who went to 60 Wall: "Kate Black rode on a standing room only bus on a sprained ankle from Bushwick to come to this meeting. Jenny Smith nearly drove 2 hours here from Hudson to come. Please respectfully communicate this to those who changed the meeting."
Report backs:
- (Betsy) re: occupied office. Sean says he's already talked to someone about this. Info sheet circulated. As discussed in previous meetings, the office space is a limited resource for dedicated OWS library work. 48 people max, ideally in 3-hour shifts. We need to estimate our needs and get back to them with a schedule and people who can go. what library work do we envision doing there? and who's willing to commit to doing that work?
-cataloging: entering ISBNs, email, blogging, twitter, interviews & interview requests, press releases, photo & video editing, everything we're doing that requires wifi. tons of emails go unanswered. -evening hours get crowded so we have a better shot at the morning slots
-we need to get more computers. Michael will reach out to 2600. -Sean, Betsy, Bill, Boyer, Laura, Frances
- (Zach) sorted through everything that came back from Sanitation. it's all got to be held as evidence. don't circulate it. When the last batch of books comes in, we'll separate it into OWS and non-OWS books—a lot of them are not ours.
Numbers review with a margin of error of 10, we received 1099 books and 1 kindle
485 of them were ok, 344 were damaged but ok, 100 were ruined, 270 were flat out destroyed.
less than 1/4th of our books will re-circulate. 5,544 titles ever received. 3500-4000 books were on site the night of the raid.
To sum it all up, we can say that there were 4,000 books on site, we received back approximately 1,200 books. of those approximately 25% are readable books. It should be emphasized that it's not just about the books, we lost all periodicals, all archival materials, artifacts, computers, all infrastructure etc.
- (Briar) reports about a proposal that's come over email somebody wants to build a mirror catalog for us. as it doesn't involve any work on our part, everyone's cool with it.
- (Betsy) re: people on our email list & blog who've dropped out or who no one knows. Proposal that everyone must attend at least one working group meeting and participate on site before being added to the email list or blog. consensus!
- (Briar) re: blog comments. Briar's against censorship and suggests that we either shut comments off completely or let anyone post anything. -shut them off. -structural reasons why not to -send them in for approval -Mandy likes to do it, but that puts us in a censorship position if we disallow it. -we started with comments, wary of shutting them off.
[note from Danny who couldn't make the meeting: Reflect on "what Danny would say" for each temp check. Please add an up sparkle for everything awesome, a down sparkle for everything lame, and an "I cautioned against this previously/I told you so" intermittently where appropriate]
-Stephen likes trolls.
-what's censorship? discuss. what about when someone posts the same comment 90 times? what about 80 paragraphs of ranting about Israel? spam vs. censorship. POI Michael loves trolls too. Zach hates the internet and everything about it. more about trolls. more about censorship. discussion tabled.
- (Bill) wants us to all go to the movies. -he's also writing an article that will be in The Nation soon and guest editing Critical Quarterly, wants to focus on OWS, he'll know more next month.
- (Stephen) Library 3.0. -make a list of what's on you at high-risk actions to hand off. -has a radio interview on Wednesday with a libertarian who wants to talk about gratitude, needs ideas. -a magician wants to build us something that pops out of a tote bag. -destruction of the library in Alexandria
- (Jaime?) we'll be getting hundreds of books in the next week or so, at the next meeting we need to talk about space -Hristo has space in Bensonhurst -What occupations are still standing, we could push books out to other occupy's.
- (Sean) Finance is frozen until Monday. people want transparency. there's a form to fill out. he'll do that. more from them at Spokes on Monday. spokes is going downhill. -comhub -Mandy will be in town this week -kitchen is planning a feast (would you like pepper spray with your stuffing?)
end of the meeting.
November 13, 2011, 6 pm, People's Library
Laura= facilitator, Jaime=time, Sean=stack, Betsy=minutes
also present: Zach L, Stephen B, Bill, Scales, Michele, Charlie, Hristo, Danny, James, +1 visitor
Review of signs
- Thanks from Occupy Cinema
- Wall Street walking Tour information
Library & Archives strengthening ties
No one is present from Archives. Zach has training in archives and has been doing some individual collecting. Betsy: we need more connection with archives esp concerning what happened at Spokes. Jaime: also an archivist by training, would be happy to train others in the library. Michele: maybe work with them in Spokes. Scales: issue with transparency, archives is cool.
-maybe share a meeting @60 Wall for co-ordinating?
Safer Spaces & accountability
[referring to document emailed last week requesting library's support of Safer Spaces accountability proposal] They request that everyone agree to a set of community standards and protocols for how to respond to create safe open space. community guidelines regarding assault, violation of boundaries, anti-oppression training etc. (proposal passed around for review) what about enforcement? that goes to the peace council. anything involving mediation requires at least two members of the WG to be involved in resolution. The document calls for commitment to consent, anti-oppression, conflict resolution and accountability.
Because not everyone has had a chance to read and review the document, please read, review and communicate your feelings about the proposal to Michele within 48 hours. We hope to move toward consensus on this by Wednesday.
Sleeping arrangements
B: the last 2 nights have been crazy, 8 or 9 people came through looking for a place to sleep. Folks have been saying ok to their friends. the concern is that we don't want to have too many people promised they can sleep in the library. Idea: creating a sign-in sheet and limit it to 7-10 people. another possibility= close the front of the library and add another tent. SB: if it snows, it'll be more important to sleep inside. Scales: good idea, also good to keep track of people. doesn't like the idea of tents in tents. D: establish a number and come to consensus. Z: when people are sleeping here who aren't from the library, they leave their stuff and it gets in the way. they can sleep here, but they can't store their stuff. SB: let's set up some house rules: clean up, be gone by a certain time, help us clean the library. Scales: proposal–5 bodies, no storage of stuff, out by 9 or 10am. D: thinks it's up to occupiers to decide. SB: the people last night were trying to go to bed early no one could come in. they need to be flexible with library hours. Scales: library opening & closing hours as agenda item.
Scales: Should be library duty to educate & empower, how to reach out and promote education. discussion. D: readers advisory & report back on Pratt speaking engagement. B: we have a lot to do as librarians, let's reach out to Education/Empowerment WG. we don't have enough resources, let other WGs shoulder some of that burden. Z: library numbers have dwindled. J: take books put them in a bag & distribute/collect throughout the park. if you've got an idea for education/empowerment, just do it. Scales: we don't have to bring everything to the meeting, just do it.
DA training
Jaime would like to offer library DA training (upsparkles). Maybe next Sunday afternoon, she'll get back to us about time (maybe 4 or 5 pm)
Library hours
We reached consensus on library hours being from 10 am – 1 am with built in flexibility.
Movement building going to Egypt discussion. We tried to nominate WG members, their eligibility & willingness. Lots of people want to go, but who has a valid passport, language skills, DA training etc. Break out group discussion. Some people had to leave for another meeting. Betsy, Bill & Stephen went to 60 Wall & invited the archives group to join us next Sunday for the first 10-15 mins of our meeting.
November 6, 2011, 6 pm, People's Library
Jaime=facilitator, Charlie=stack tacker, Betsy=minutes
present: Jaime, Bill, Charlie, Michelle, Stephen B., Megan, Betsy, Hristo, Frances, Hamaz (sorry if I missed anybody)
Setting the Agenda
- ALA conference in January
Jaime & Betsy: Who's going and who wants to go, details. Betsy was invited by the ALA Conference Planning Manager to present at this year's Midwinter conference. Betsy negotiated w/ALA to pay airfare & hotel for more of us to attend & present collaboratively. Betsy, Mandy and Zach are all scheduled to attend. We want to talk about who else wants to go, how to pay for it and to co-ordinate flight & hotel information so we can go together if possible. The conference is in Dallas from Jan 20-24, 2012. Our panel is scheduled for 8:30-9:30 am on Saturday Jan. 21st. I'll email the group my flight details & hope Mandy & Zach can do the same. We decided to table this issue to discuss later because a lot of people were missing from the meeting.
- library-specific safety training
- spokes council orientation report-back
Frances: Monday night's spokes council meeting at Murry Bergtraum High School 411 PEARL STREET (Just East of City Hall) at 7:30PM will determine whether groups are operational groups or movement groups. We discussed the differences between the two and worked on filling out the form we need to submit tomorrow at spokes council. Basically, operational groups handle day-to-day operations within the park and are different from movement groups which address/represent concerns that are movement-wide. We consensed (is that really a word?) that we are an operational group. It is essential that our space exists within the park, we serve a vital function & take up space in a way that is very similar to comfort or kitchen. We provide a safe, welcoming open space within the park. Being a caucus with other groups (like info or media) doesn't mean that we lose power, it's just a change in position within the spokes council. We agreed that becoming an operational group is the way to go & if that's not possible for some reason, we would like to be an independent caucus. We occupy a lot of park real estate & have a lot of stuff. The library serves as a support to other caucuses.
- announcements
Hristo proposed we all get matching tattoos. Tabled for later discussion.
Bill reports that he was approached recently by someone offering the library office space. That person should be contacting us soon via email. We discussed and agreed that it would be nice to have a place to get some work done out of the cold as long as it's within walking distance. SIS doesn't really want us in their space anymore, even for cataloging.
Michelle: the Melville marathon reading is coming up Thursday at 3 pm at 60 Wall street. Let's promote it. She's going to make fliers.
Hamaz: there's a Jazz club in Brooklyn at the Senior Citizens center that's got a lot of civil rights activists involved. 966 Fulton Friday night. He proposes a field trip. C train to Clinton-Washington
Stephen B: the poetry anthology is now being printed, bound and sold at cost. It will be $10 plus shipping & handling and will be printed as ordered. It will be available in the library in the next couple of days. He would like help with setting up a link to a paypal account on the website. Also, he's been invited to speak/read on Sirius satellite radio the night before Thanksgiving and would like people to send him 1 line of gratitude: what you're thankful for to his email address so he can read it out on the show. stephenjboyer AT gmail DOT com
Frances: is making a library guide in google docs and would like everyone's input. It will be a basic guide for people who are new to the library for our practices and ways they can help when they arrive. Please add ideas. Also, Frances will be occupying the Magic Kingdom for the next week.


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I watching some videos about it on youtube, anyone here use it?
looks to be pretty solid.. wouldn't mind repainting my rims with this
The plastidip craze hasn't hit local shores yet.
It will, soon enough. I think it's a nifty idea - may try it on some home furnishings first before proceeding elsewhere (purchasing online BTW).
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