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== Pre-Conferences ==
== Pre-Conferences ==
'''Competencies For Your Staff: From Implementation to Integration'''

'''Competencies For Your Staff: From Implementation to Integration'''

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Competencies For Your Staff: From Implementation to Integration
Friday, June 27, 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Ensuring that staff members have the training and skill sets needed to do their jobs to the best of their abilities is crucial to the success of any library. Developing a set of core competencies that covers a wide range of job duties from customer service to technology skills is an important first step. Equally important is finding methods to implement the competencies and make them integral to your staff development plan. Presenters at this preconference will discuss both the process for developing staff competencies and standards as well as share their experiences in successfully bringing these competencies to implementation.
Speakers: Thomas W. Galante, Library Director, Queens Library; Betha Gutsche, Curriculum developer, WebJunction; Lori Reed, Training specialist, Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County; Catherine Vaughn, Continuing Education Coordinator, Lee County Library System; Pat Tavis, Consultant, Pat Tavis Consulting
Tickets: CLENERT Member: $110; ALA Member: $130; Non-Member: $180.
Event Code: (For this Preconference Only) CL1
Implementing A Staff Development Plan
Friday, June 27, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
In today's environment, library staff have to work harder than ever to stay informed and keep up with changes. How can libraries encourage all staff to continually develop their skills? A systematic staff development plan can address the learning needs of library staff and increase their effectiveness on the job. This half-day session is a step-by step introduction to the process of addressing the issue of staff development from needs assessment through planning. Do you need a staff development plan?
Speakers: Cal Shepherd, SOLINET
Tickets: CLENERT Member: $110; ALA Member: $130; Non-Member: $180.
Event Code: (For this Preconference Only) CL2
Full Day CLENERT Preconference
Friday, June 27, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Attend both CLENERT half-day preconferences for one low price. These sessions are listed above - Competencies For Your Staff: From Implementation to Integration (Morning Session) and Implementing A Staff Development Plan (Afternoon Session). To register for both these sessions at a discounted price, use the Event Code below.
Tickets: (For both CLENERT Preconferences) CLENERT Member: $198; ALA Member: $234; Non-Member: $324.
Event Code: (For both CLENERT Preconferences) CL3
Diversity Leadership Institute: Fundamentals of Diversity
Thursday, June 26, 8:00 am - 5:30 pm
Are you on the road to success with your diversity initiatives? Whether you need a new game plan, or want to make sure all your bases are covered, join us for this exciting day-long intensive workshop on the fundamentals of diversity. Experts in the field will coach you to break-through success with sessions on effective planning for diversity, benchmarking and assessment, achieving organizational buy-in, designing an effective recruitment plan, and creating partnerships for change.
Tickets: Advance: ALA Member: $175; Non- Member: $200; Student/Retired Member: $150. Onsite: ALA Member: $200; Non-Member: $225; Student/Retired Member: $150.
Event Code: DI1
Careers in Federal Libraries
Friday, June 27, 8:30 am -3:30 pm
Did you know the average annual salary for all librarians in Federal Government was $74,630 in 2005? Want to find an exciting career where you can serve citizens in a meaningful way? Join us to learn the acronyms, gather tips, and network with federal librarians. In the afternoon, work with resume and interview experts to improve your chances to land that federal job! Co-sponsors FLICC, LSU School of Library and Information Science, and Library Associates.
Tickets: This event is free, but registration is required to attend.
Event Code: FA1
Got Elections? Informing the Public
Thursday, June 26, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
The upcoming 2008 elections have library and internet users clamoring for information about candidates and their positions, the electoral process, the reporting of results, and public opinion. At this lively full-day workshop with nationally recognized speakers, attendees will learn Who Decides? (Information on Voters), Who Runs? (Information on Candidates), Who Cares? (Information on Issues), and Who Wins? (Information on Election Results). Help library and online users make sense of the information they find. Transportation will be provided from the Convention Center. Location: California State University Fullerton, Pollak Library, 800 N State College Blvd.
Speakers: Rhodes Cook, Political Analyst, RhodesCook. com; Stephen Woods, Social Sciences Librarianm Pennsylvania State University; Chris Palazzolo, Librarian for Political Science & International Documents, Emory University; John Hernandez, Politics and U.S. Documents Librarian, Princeton University; Erik Estep, North Carolina Reference Librarian, East Carolina University; Jerry Wong, Information Services Specialist, U.S. Census Bureau
Tickets: Advance: GODORT Member: $125; ALA Member: $150; Non-Member: $200; Student/ Retired Member: $100. Onsite: GODORT Member: $140; ALA Member: $165; Non-Member: $215; Student/Retired Member: $115
Event Code: GO1
Docs 2.0: Emerging Web Technologies for the Government Information Community
Friday, June 27, 8:30am – 12:00pm
This program will highlight tools like wikis, blogs, social tagging, custom search engines, flickr and other Web services, and will focus on how these new technologies can enhance library services. Speakers will highlight projects and give hands-on training to set up and administer these services. Attendees will leave the program with knowledge of tools to help them collaborate, build Web collections, and better connect with their users, as well as having real examples of projects to use as templates. Transportation will be provided from the Convention Center.
Speakers: James R. Jacobs, International Documents Librarian, Stanford University; Amy West, Data Services Librarian University of Minnesota; Jim A. Jacobs, Data Librarian (retired), University of California, San Diego; David Oldenkamp, International Studies Librarian, Indiana University; John Wonderlich, Program Director, Sunlight Foundation
Tickets: Advance: GODORT Member: $100; ALA Member: $125; Non-Member: $175; Student/ Retired Member: $75. Onsite: GODORT Member: $125; ALA Member: $150; Non-Member: $200; Student/Retired Member: $100
Event Code: GO2
Collaboration and Resource Sharing in the Digital Age: IRRT Preconference
Friday, June 27, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Speakers from several prominent organizations that exemplify international collaboration and resource sharing solutions will talk about their success with projects aimed at narrowing the digital divide throughout the world and discuss ideas for librarians interested in resource sharing at local and global levels.
Tickets: $75
Event Code: IR1
The Advocacy Institute
Friday, June 27, 8:30 am - 3:30 am
Office for Library Advocacy
Looking to improve your advocacy skills? Want to meet fellow library supporters from across the country? Get the tools to become an effective library advocate at the Advocacy Institute. Break-out sessions will focus on budget presentations, crisis communications, and passing bond issues/ referenda. Core advocacy skills, such as message development and coalition building, will be covered in the morning. Registration will include a collaborative luncheon with the Young Adult Library Service Association featuring a panel discussion on fostering advocacy at the young adult level. Attendees will leave with an action plan that they can implement in their communities or campuses.
Tickets: Advance: $50. Onsite: $75.
Event Code: OA1
Mobile Libraries: Driving Library Services Into the Future
Sunday, June 29, 10:30 am - 1:00 pm
This session is designed to provide inspiration and practical ideas about current mobile library service. Whether you are already mobile, or considering a new service, hear about modern community interaction and participate in round table discussions on planning, maintenance, collection management, programming, marketing, or staffing of a contemporary mobile library, The content-filled program will conclude with an inspirational lunch presentation by Masha Hamilton, author of "The Camel Bookmobile".
Speakers: Masha Hamilton, Author, Camel Bookmobile
Tickets: $25
Event Code: OL1
Eating Elephant 2.0 One Bite at a Time: Using the Read- Write Web in Classrooms and Libraries
Friday, June 27, 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
New web-based tools are opening exciting collaborative learning opportunities for educators. Find out how teachers and librarians are using wikis, blogs, feed readers, social book marking sites, and other Web 2.0 tools to increase student engagement in this new workshop.
Speakers: Doug Johnson, Director of Media and Technology, Mankato (MN) Area Public Schools
Tickets: AASL Member: $79; ALA Member: $129; Non-Member: $184
Event Code: AA1
Reading and the School Library Media Specialist
Friday, June 27, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
This workshop addresses critical topics in reading for library media specialists who teach 7-12th grade students. During this full-day session, presenters will be given a brief overview of current research on reading instruction, discuss how it informs school library programs, explore reading strategies, and explain what the library media specialist can do to strengthen their role as a literacy leader in their school. Using print and electronic resources, the facilitator will work with attendees to cultivate the confidence to adopt and understand the tools which strengthen student reading strategies.
Speakers: Christina Dorr
Tickets: Tickets: AASL Member: $169; ALA Member: $209; Non-Member: $259
Event Code: AA2
Standards for the 21st- Century Learner
Friday, June 27, 8:00 am – 12:00 pm
AASL's new Standards for the 21st Century Learner provide a framework for school librarians to use in preparing students for productive lives in the 21st century. This workshop will engage participants in reviewing the standards and exploring their integration into the curriculum of their schools. Participants will leave this session with at least one identified curricular integration opportunity, strategies for teaching skills and dispositions, assessment templates and a goal for the first step in school-wide implementation.
Speakers: Cassandra Barnett, SLMS, Fayetteville High School Library, Fayetteville, AR and Barbara Stripling, Director of Library Services, New York City Department of Education
Tickets: AASL Member: $79; ALA Member: $129; Non-Member: $184
Event Code: AA3
E-Books, E-Kids, E-Flat! Three Trends Schools and Libraries Will Ignore at Their Peril
Friday, June 27, 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm
This new workshop explores three major changes being evidenced today: 1) the prevalence of ubiquitous digital information sources; 2) the defined attributes of a "Net Generation"; 3) the rise of a global economy. Each change will be discussed along with strategies that schools and educators can use to stay relevant in their students' lives.
Speakers: Doug Johnson, Director of Media and Technology, Mankato (MN) Area Public Schools
Tickets: AASL Member: $79; ALA Member: $129; Non-Member: $184
Event Code: AA4
Assessment of Academic Library Effectiveness: Using ACRL Standards for Continuous Evaluation
Friday, June 27, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Learn about the 2004 ACRL Standards for Libraries in Higher Education as a framework for assessing any academic library. Discover how to apply learning outcomes, user satisfaction and service quality data to assess your library. Discover how to incorporate performance indicators and outcomes assessment measures for assessing the impact of librarians and libraries on student learning. The workshop will employ an ACRL workbook and supplement as tools for understanding the assessment process.
Speakers: Bill Nelson, Augusta State University; Robert Fernekes, Georgia Southern University
Tickets: ACRL Member: $235; ALA Member: $295; Non-Member: $325; Student/Retired Member: $95
Event Code: AC1
Library Instruction 2.0: Building Your Online Instruction Toolkit
Friday, June 27, 8:30 am - 4:30 am
Teaching librarians have long used the Internet to create flexible, shareable learning objects and to augment their classroom instruction. Emerging web technologies now offer the potential for library instruction tools that are ambient, usercentered, agile, and responsive. In this preconference, explore the continuum of technologies available for web-based instruction, from proprietary screencasting software to open-source, "2.0" services and technologies. Become introduced to the conceptual and philosophical underpinnings of Web 2.0, and gain practical, hands-on experience applying these principles to your teaching.
Speakers: Karen Munro, University of California, Berkeley
Tickets: ACRL Member: $235; ALA Member: $295; Non-Member: $325; Student/Retired Member: $95
Event Code: AC2
Mindfully Resolving Conflicts: Facilitation for Diversity Issues
Friday, June 27, 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm
How do we begin a conversation with people who are culturally different from ourselves? What if they get angry, offended or hurt? These fears often keep us apart and in silence. Together we will explore what it takes to "walk across the room" what we can learn in that journey about ourselves, and, in the process, develop an authentic and meaningful relationship with each other. This experiential workshop combines role play, training vignettes and exercises, and discussion to address issues such as racism and cultural differences. Participants, through mindful listening and inquiry, develop observation, intervention and facilitation skills for working with diverse communities
Speakers: Lee Mun Wah, Stirfry Seminars
Tickets: ACRL Member: $195; ALA Member: $245; Non-Member: $285; Student/Retired Member: $85
Event Code: AC3
Collection Development: Policy, Planning, and Fiscal Management
Thursday, June 26, 8:30 am - 12:00 pm
Presented by Peggy Johnson, attendees of this half-day preconference will gain an understanding of the role and importance of planning, collection development policies, and budgets and the budget process as essential tools in collection development and management.
Tickets: Advance: ALCTS Member: $129; ALA Member: $159; Non-Member: $189; Student/ Retired Member: $50. Onsite: ALCTS Member: $159; ALA Member: $189; Non-Member: $219; Student/Retired Member: $50.
Event Code: (For this Preconference Only) AS1
Collection Analysis: Assessment and Evaluation
Thursday, June 26, 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Presented by Peggy Johnson, attendees of this half-day preconference will learn about the reasons for collection analysis, the types of collection analysis, and how to conduct an analysis project. The preconference combines brief lectures with group interaction and activities.
Tickets: Advance: ALCTS Member: $129; ALA Member: $159; Non-Member: $189; Student/ Retired Member: $50. Onsite: ALCTS Member: $159; ALA Member: $189; Non-Member: $219; Student/Retired Member: $50.
Event Code: (For this Preconference Only) AS2
Full Day of Collection Preconference
Thursday, June 26, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Attend both ALCTS "Collection" half-day preconferences for one low price. These sessions are listed above - Collection Development: Policy, Planning, and Fiscal Management (Morning) and Collection Analysis: Assessment and Evaluation (Afternoon). To register for both these sessions at a discounted price, use the Event Code below.
Tickets: Advance Only: ALCTS Member: $199; ALA Member: $249; Non-Member: $289; Student/Retired Member: $99.
Event Code: (For both ACRL Collection Preconferences) AS3
Metadata and Digital Library Development: an ALCTS and Library of Congress Workshop
Thursday, June 26 AND Friday, June 27, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
In an applied, exercise-based context, this two-day preconference introduces practicing catalogers to metadata implementation considerations and processes in a digital library development context. The goal of the workshop is to prepare attendees to serve as metadata specialists in digital library projects. Topics covered will include data and functionality; Metadata conversion and mapping; creating data workflows; and digital library development teams. This workshop is part of the "Cataloging for the 21st Century" continuing education series, which offers practicing catalogers instruction in bibliographic control practices that will help them continue to play a significant role in shaping library services in the emerging digital information environment.
Tickets: Advance: ALCTS Member: $339; ALA Member: $389; Non-Member: $439; Student/ Retired Member: $150. Onsite: ALCTS Member: $389; ALA Member: $439; Non-Member: $489; Student/Retired Member: $150.
Event Code: AS4
Electronic Serials Cataloging: an ALCTS/Library of Congress SCCTP Workshop
Thursday, June 26, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
This one day preconference is designed as a hands-on training course for cataloging electronic serials distributed through the Web. This workshop is based on Anglo-American Cataloging Rules (AACR), 2nd edition. Presenter Margaret Mering, this preconference incorporates key revisions of Chapter 9, "Electronic resources" and Chapter 12, "Continuing resources" that apply to electronic serials, but is not a comprehensive course on serials cataloging. The course is also based on Library of Congress Rule Interpretations, the MARC 21 format, and CONSER specific policies and practices set forth in the CONSER Cataloging Manual and CONSER Editing Guide.
Tickets: Advance: ALCTS Member: $199; ALA Member: $249; Non-Member: $289; Student/ Retired Member: $99. Onsite: ALCTS Member: $249; ALA Member: $299; Non-Member: $339; Student/Retired Member: $99.
Event Code: AS5
Electronic Serials 101: What I Wished I'd Known Before I Got in Over My Head
Friday, June 27, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Electronic information has come of age, yet many organizations have yet to fully appreciate the new skill set needed to successfully cope with the complex nature of electronic information, particularly e-serials. This one-day preconference is designed to provide survival tips for those who find themselves drowning in e-information overload. Everyday problems such as workflow and organizational structure will be covered, as will the roles of the various players in the e-serials information chain.
Tickets: Advance: ALCTS Member: $199; ALA Member: $249; Non-Member: $289; Student/ Retired Member: $99. Onsite: ALCTS Member: $249; ALA Member: $299; Non-Member: $339; Student/Retired Member: $99.
Event Code: AS6
Cataloging Cultural Objects in Libraries
Friday, June 27, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Designed for use by professionals in libraries, archives, and museums with visual resource collections, Cataloging Cultural Objects: A Guide to Describing Cultural Works and Their Images (CCO) is a published standard for describing, documenting, and cataloging cultural works and their visual surrogates. The primary focus of CCO is art and architecture, including but not limited to paintings, sculpture, prints, manuscripts, photographs, built works, installations, and other visual media. This workshop will offer an overview of CCO and the evolving landscape of shareable metadata standards and will engage participants in practical exercises involving the application of CCO to the cataloging of library, archives, and digital library resources.
Tickets: Advance: ALCTS Member: $199; ALA Member: $249; Non-Member: $289; Student/ Retired Member: $99. Onsite: ALCTS Member: $249; ALA Member: $299; Non-Member: $339; Student/Retired Member: $99.
Event Code: AS7
Summer Reading Survivor: Overcoming the Challenges
Thursday, June 26, 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm AND Friday, June 27, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Fight summer reading fatigue! Be re-energized, and learn something new too! Meet poet, author and folklorist, Judy Sierra who is Wild About Reading on Thursday evening. Friday will feature illustrator Harry Bliss, who will help you "Catch The Reading Bug" and literacy educator Stephen Krashen will remind you why summer matters to kids. Breakouts and panel discussions will focus on collaboration, partnerships, promotion, and online programs. Finally, award-winning author Pam Munoz Ryan will have you shouting "Hooray! Ole! We love reading!"
Speakers: Judy Sierra, Author; Harry Bliss, Illustrator; Stephen Krashen; Pam Munoz Ryan, Author
Tickets: Advance: ALSC Member: $195; ALA Member: $240; Non-Member: $285; Student/ Retired Member: $175. Onsite: $300.
Event Code: SC1
Sustainability means never having to stay the same
Friday, June 27, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Sustaining the digital collaborative is a multi-faceted issue. As the collaborative matures, it needs to address such issues as the maintenance and preservation of the digital collections, the financial viability of the collaborative, growth and maturing of the collaborative and other related organizational issues. Through plenary and panel sessions this program will address sustainability issues from the perspective of those who manage collaborative digitization programs and those who are members of these collaboratives.
Tickets: Advance: ALA Member: $118; Non-Member: $150; Student/Retired Member: $60. Onsite: ALA Member: $155; Non-Member: $190; Student/Retired Member: $100.
Event Code: SL1
An Inside Look at Leadership
Friday, June 27, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Success is the result of knowing where you want to go and the changes you need to make to get there. This one-day LAMA preconference, developed in partnership with The Pacific Institute (http://www.pac-inst.com/) is for everyone in leadership positions as well as those moving towards a leadership role within their organizations or lives. Attendees will: Improve effective thinking skills; Heighten self-confidence; Increase self motivation; Attain goals that were once thought out of reach; Understand paths to career growth.
Tickets: LAMA Member: $225; ALA Member: $275; Non-Member: $375; Student/Retired Member: $195.
Event Code: LA1
From Castles to Coasters to Experience and Green (A Tale of Two Libraries)
Friday, June 27, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
A pre-conference bus tour of the City of Cerritos Public Library, considered the first "Experience Library," and Santa Monica's "Gold Certified Green" Main Library. Two libraries, two different designs, and two philosophies behind their design.
Tickets: LAMA Member: $75; ALA Member: $125; Non-Member: $200; Student/Retired Member: $60.
Event Code: LA2
Living the Balanced Scorecard
Friday, June 27, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Balanced Scorecard (BSC) experienced presenters will take attendees through a day-long case study enabling them to apply BSC's three broad strategies: customer intimacy, operational excellence and innovative services. Beginning with an overview of theory and practice of BSC, and followed by case study work in small groups, participants will work with data sets from academic and public libraries, and will leave with the knowledge and skills needed to implement BSC in their own libraries.
Speakers: Joe Matthews, Matthews & Associates, Carlsbad, CA; Susanna Pathak, Virginia Commonwealth University; Donna Tolson, University of Virginia; Kathryn Robinson, Orange County Public Library System, Orlando, FL
Tickets: LAMA Member: $195; ALA Member: $245; Non-Member: $345; Student/Retired Member: $115.
Event Code: LA3
Datagrid Technologies and Libraries
Friday, June 27, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
This pre-conference will be a panel presentation featuring librarians and storage administrators from the UC San Diego Libraries and the San Diego Supercomputer Center that will cover various apsects of datagrid technologies for use in libraries. the repositories, digital libraries, and digital preservation systems within libraries and will look specifically at case studies of the UCSD Libraries and the SDSC based Chronopolis digital preservation data-grid. Most of the tools for these systems are open source and with very minimal instruction can become an important collaborative network for use with academic bandwidth such as the Internet2 Abilene network for sharing large collections of born-digital material and escaping proprietary hardware lock-in on large scale or mass digitization initatives.
Speakers: Ardys Kozbial, UC San Diego Libraries; Declan Fleming, UC San Diego Libraries; Reagan Moore, San Diego Supercomputer Ctr; David Minor, San Diego Supercomputer Ctr; Robert H. McDonald, San Diego Supercomputer Ctr; Chris Jordan, San Diego Supercomputer Ctr
Tickets: LITA Member: $235; ALA Member: $315; Non-Member: $380
Event Code: LI1
Getting Started With Drupal: An Open Source Web Content Management System
Thursday, June 26, 9:00 pm - 5:00 am
This pre-conference will be hands-on introduction to setting up and running a Drupal Web Content Management System, as seen at the Ann Arbor District Library and at Florida State University Libraries.
Speaker: Cary Gordon, President, Cherry Hill Company
Tickets: LITA Member: $235; ALA Member: $315; Non-Member: $380
Event Code: LI2
Library-wide IT Proficiency
Friday, June 27, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Library IT staff need to stay abreast of the technological advances that can enhance library operations and simultaneously help all library staff maintain a level of competence and confidence in not only using current IT resources, but also learning new ways of working smarter.
Speakers: Grace Sines, National Agricultural Library; Brenda Chawner, Victoria University of Wellington; Gary K. McCone, National Agricultural Library
Tickets: LITA Member: $235; ALA Member: $315; Non-Member: $380
Event Code: LI3
Business Librarianship 101: Core Competencies for Business Librarians
Friday, June 27, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
The speakers will identify emerging technologies that can be used to enhance and extend traditional reference services. New models for digital reference, including instant message messaging and texting, as well as the use of social networking software for outreach services will be discussed. Interwoven into each topic will be a discussion of privacy issues, reasons for using various technologies, administration and staff buy-in, skill sets, and marketing. Speakers: Cathy De Rosa, Vice President for the Americas, Global Vice President of Marketing, OCLC; Michelle Jacobs, Emerging Technologies and Web Coordinator, UCLA College Library; Caleb Tucker-Raymond, Oregon Statewide Digital Reference Project Coordinator, Multnomah County Library
Tickets: Advance: ALA Member: $95; Non- Member: $140; Student/Retired Member: $57. Onsite: ALA Member: $135; Non-Member: $170; Student/Retired Member: $97.
Event Code: RU1
Genealogy Boot Camp
Friday, June 27, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Learn the basics of ancestry research and genealogy reference skills during the Genealogy Boot Camp. Whether you are a new librarian or one interested in refreshing your skills, this full-day workshop provides the tools you need for giving successful genealogy reference help.
Speaker: Elizabeth Shown Mills, special guest lecturer, author of Evidence! Citation and Analysis for the Family Historian and Professional Genealogy: A Manual for Researchers, Writers, Editors, Lecturers, and Librarians; Isle of Canes (Provo: Ancestry, 2005); and QuickSheet: Citing Online Historical Resources, Evidence! Style
Tickets: Advance: ALA Member: $99; Non- Member: $140; Student/Retired Member: $57. Onsite: ALA Member: $135; Non-Member: $180; Student/Retired Member: $97.
Event Code: RU2
Reinvented Reference 4: Emerging Technologies for Reference Service
Friday, June 27, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
The pre-conference speakers will identify emerging technologies that can be used to enhance and extend traditional reference services. New models for digital reference, including instant messaging and texting, as well as the use of social networking software for outreach services will be discussed. Interwoven into each topic will be a discussion of privacy issues, reasons for using various technologies, administration and staff buy-in, skill sets, and marketing. Speakers: Cathy De Rosa, keynote, Vice President for the Americas and Global Vice President of Marketing for OCLC; Michelle Jacobs, text messages / SMS
Tickets:RUSA Member: $190; ALA Member: $240; Non-Member: $315; Student/Retired Member: $105. Event Code: RU3
(Please note: The prices for the preconference above are updated. Incorrect prices appeared in the printed registration materials).
Throw off your policies and expose your resources, rethinking resource sharing
Friday, June 27, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
The session will help library administrators and ILL librarians interested in the future of library resource sharing discover innovative ways that will help librarians get people what they need, when and where they need it. As we rethink local, regional, national and international approaches to information resource sharing, we will also consider ways to implement and expand on these ideas.
Speakers: Joan Frye Williams, Information Technology Consultant
Tickets: Advance: RUSA Member: $135; ALA Member: $185; Non-Member: $250; Student/ Retired Member: $99. Onsite: RUSA Member: $160; ALA Member: $210; Non-Member: $275; Student/Retired Member: $125.
Event Code: RU4
Got Tweens? Serving Younger Teens and Tweens
Friday, June 27, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Join us for this exciting program that looks at who younger teens and tweens are, the issues surrounding them, and how to reach them in your library. You'll meet authors who write for this audience, gain exposure to literature for them through booktalks, hear from a panel of experts in the field on programming for younger teens and tweens, and learn about professional resources to aid in providing library service to this group in your school and public library. Lunch included. Tickets: YALSA Member: $195; ALA Member: $235; Non-Member: $285; Student/Retired Member: $195.
Event Code: YA1
Turn Teens on to Reading through Booktalks
Friday, June 27, 12:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Looking for ways to boost your circulation statistics? Booktalks are a simple, effective way to get teens excited about reading. Attendees will learn effective tips for developing short, snappy booktalks that will get teens excited about reading. Then get ready to take booktalking to the next level as presenters share information and resources about incorporating youth participation and the latest technologies into your booktalking.
Tickets: $129
Event Code: YA2


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Tim Harrison necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 54 diseños de 9 diseñadores freelance.
Clearwater Hampers trades on the web principally with the domain hamper.com. The company is undergoing a reformation of its web presentation it terms brand, styling and navigation. It is clear from analytics that the word hampers is significantly more used when looking for a hamper and therefore the new look will be deployed in the domain hampers.com. This also means that as we approach the critical festive season the established hamper.com site can be left alone.
The company serves both retail and corporate customers. This site is aimed at retail. 50% 50% male female. Largest market is UK customer to UK recipient but significant volumes of other inbound business principally from Australia, New Zealand, America, Canada, (English speaking nations). Also outbound to the same markets. Majority of customers are 1 off, 1 hamper. A huge proportion of the annual sales activity takes place at Christmas. The customer and the recipient are not the same person.
Must Must See attached brief for full details!
Existing Site: hamper.com
New Site: hampers.com
In a nutshell looking for a website design presented in an appropriate format that our developers can work from.
Look & Feel
It is important to establish the business as being a gift supplier rather than a distributor of food parcels! The gift relies on its impact upon receipt as well as the quality of consumption. The customer never gets to see the product and so its visual presentation on the website is critical to the selection process. The customer needs to feel confident in the quality of the product (and its individual components), the delivery process and customer service.
The site is a retail operation – clarity and efficiency of process and presentation are critical to conversion. The site is being rebuilt with new structure and navigation
Visual Presentation of the Site
To be designed to cope with the majority (99%) of users of the web, in terms of browsers, plugins, flash etc. We would naturally expect essential information to "appear above the fold".
Logo & Name Style
These are not prescribed and are potentially changeable where it would enhance the website performance
Please note: not expecting 12 pages of work. The successful design will need to be deployable through all but as far as this stage goes - we are looking for a home page, a paging showing several products and a single product - 3 pages!

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Brothers take a gamble, open new restaurant in Portland's Old Port
The North Point opened Wednesday
A new wine bar in Portland has foodies and wine lovers rejoicing: The North Point opened Wednesday on Silver Street in the Old Port.
Owners and brothers Dan and Noah Talmatch said they've signed a 20-year lease at the location. Noah, who has worked in the food and beverage industry for more than three decades, said it's a gamble, but one he's willing to bet on.
"I gambled on Portland and I'd say I'm the house and the house is favored because Portland has all the elements you need to make a successful place," Noah said. "In New York, I lost my passion for restaurants because of the stress and the rat race. Here I found my passion again. It's a good way of life; it's a quality way of life."
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I'm looking to play weekends or weeknights. Relatively new to tennis (between 3 - 3.5) looking to rally.
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Hey Chris,
Im looking to play some long rallies on weeknights....3.5-4.0 (presumptively)
Lemme know if you're interested.
I can play most days of the week barring the days I'm on call.
Hye James, Chris, and all,
I'm new here to LA, also a 3.5-4.0 who's looking to hit.
I'm free most weeknights, let me know if you're interested, thanks!
Hey there Jonathan!
I'm relatively new to tennis, and I'm local! (Silver Lake) I know you're looking for a 3-3.5 but if you don't mind I can go rally with you. If anything we can work on drills if you don't find my playing consistent enough but either way let me know if you want to play. Let's go out to the court so we can both improve! :]
Send me a message or comment back! Hope to hear from you soon!
Hi Jonathan,
I have lots of free time at the moment so let me know if you want to play.. I am close to Plummer Park though.
Hello Jonathan,
Are you available this afternoon? I am Beachwood Canyon and Franklin. I, too, am looking to Rally.
Hi Jonathan,
Are you free to play this Friday night in Hollywood?
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When Obama took his wife in his arms for the first dance, I saw an alluring side to the president. A renaissance man. Romantic; with a sexy smile and a twinkle in his eye. Very presidential. I was left breathless. I reached for my inhaler. This was no longer audacity of hope; this was now a rite of passage
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I have watched President Barack Obama's Philadelphia Speech over and over again and each time I watch, it feels like am watching it for the very first time.
The message therein touching and profound. I believe that there are many great speeches within this awesome man, but I would have to say that it will take one of monumental proportions to top this Philadelphia Speech.
I, like many others, had condemned Reverend Jeremiah Wright following his offensive comments without understanding what era he came from. I cringed each time I heard his name on the news but my view has since softened.
Whereas I do not support his remarks, I do understand his anger and frustrations, the same way I understand the anger and the frustrations of White middle class America explained by President Obama in a clear, calm, intelligent, genuine and non-divisive tone—much the same way as he ran the rest of his campaign, on issues that affect all Americans.
I remember reading from a friend, Andrew Lawoko that Obamaism is "The discipline to accurately focus on achieving ones' goals while charismatically winning over ones foes and antagonists." How so very apt.
The months since he was declared president-elect passed slowly. For me, I had to see him take the oath and walk that walk on Pennsylvania Avenue to make it real. At last the time had come, on 20th January. I rushed home from work, a little earlier than usual, to watch the inauguration, not wanting to miss a moment of this historical event.
I cooked, baked and my daughter decorated the cake. I chilled a bottle of champagne. I was going to celebrate.
I waited, in wonder as Obama took the oath. On the face of Michelle Obama, poised and elegant as ever, a first lady like no other, I could see reflected therein the wish of oh, so many, many, many, women. To Michelle, I say, "you go".
When Obama finally said, "So help me God" I embarked on a jubilant celebratory Acholi dance –a dance from northern Uganda—or at least something resembling an Acholi dance. My two young daughters Sasha, 14 and Bolingo, three, who screams "yes, we can" each time she sees a picture of Obama, were hysterical in the background.
As I listened to his first speech as president, I cried tears of joy. I was filled with hope and disbelief. I remembered that my Local Labor Party office had sent me some forms to fill in so my name could be put forward for Local Councillor Elections.
This is it, I thought! First the community and then I could be making my very own history; after all, I am the daughter of Africans who came to the U.K. to escape political turbulence.
When Obama took his wife in his arms for the first dance, I saw an alluring side to the president. A renaissance man. Romantic; with a sexy smile and a twinkle in his eye. Very presidential. I was left breathless. I reached for my inhaler. This was no longer audacity of hope; this was now a rite of passage.
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I recently decided to make a little Jungle Cruise model for my home office. I'd like to share the process in case others might want to do something similar.
I started by cutting a 2"x2"x1.5" block out of floral foam. You know, the stuff you put at the bottom of vases of fake flowers.
I then carved a waterway.
Applied paint.
Sprinkled generous amounts of fine modeling turf onto the fresh green paint. Once dry, I blew it off.
Added additional paint and modeling shrubs.
These spiffy little trees are called Fine-Leaf Foliage and come in large clumps. They are a product of Woodland Scenics and can be found at your local hobby store.
I chose to construct the tiny Jungle Cruise boat (old-style) from styrene plastic strips.
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Painting the red stripes on the canopy was a bit tricky. I painted the entire top and sides red, making sure the red paint fulled each tiny little groove. Before the paint was dry, I wiped off each surface. The paint inside the grooves remained in place.
After the waterway paint was dry, I added a liquid product called Realistic Water, also from Woodland Scenics.
Several thin layers later, the waterway is nice and dry and very clear. Notice how the boat measures up to a penny?
More foliage.
Tiny palm trees at this scale can be difficult to find. Had to make my own out of straight pins and watercolor paper colored with a Prismacolor marker.
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For a sturdy frame, I purchased a strip of a nice wood at the hardware store and cut it to fit.
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Friday, August 26, 2011
It's Their Territory
Ben, this would have been a much better science project than squirrels.
We're thinking the bird feeders got ripped down by a bear. We haven't had a bear recently. It could be a raccoon, I suppose, which would be a relief.
It reminded me of my annoyance with the declaration by some, whenever there is danger to humans because of wild animals, that of course there is danger from coyotes/elk/bears/mountain lions. We are in their territory, and they are only doing what comes naturally. I can see some sense in the idea, but I think it bears thinking about.
Our town is celebrating our 250th anniversary this summer, and even our particular area has had human habitation (also sheep, cow, pig, chicken, and horse habitation) for more than 150. My house has been here 50 years. So if it's their territory, these are bears with considerably enhanced abilities to do title searches – or keep genealogies, as they seldom live 20 years.
Come to think of it, I don't know what inheritance rights among bears even are. How do we know that this isn't some other bear's territory that our bear is horning in on? Or do people mean that lands that bears used to live on before humans came – that would be 11,749 years this November – are theirs? That they belong to the bear community somehow?
I'm not just being cute here. If you try to pin down what people mean by a bear's right to be in particular territory, you run into these questions. Are we saying that any environment which might conceivably support a bear, that she might wander into from an adjoining area, that has at some time in the past had a naturally-occurring bear in it, is therefore Bear Land, to be entered by humans at their peril?
As I said, there is some sense to this. If the naturally-occurring bear was kicked out a few weeks ago in order to put up the house you just built, then yes, I do grant that you are entering at your peril. But not, as we might think, because I believe the bear has the superior right to it, but because in my experience, it is hard to explain boundaries to bears, or indeed any mammals, including many humans. It would be rather a work in progress, I think.
That the animal is only doing what is natural to it is not a persuasive argument to me. Bears are naturally attracted to dumpsters, and alligators to small creatures near rivers, including toddlers. Doesn't make it right. When you really press this idea, it turns out to be another one of those preferences that the whole region be made into a theme park dedicated to the speaker's imagination of what things looked like in the year 1000 AD. Which ignores not only those successful exploiters of their environments, the Indians, but that change in nature is ongoing.
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You could, if you wished to be thought perverse (and I suspect you don't, but wouldn't actually mind if yow were so thought), you could ask those who express such thoughts if they'd mind very much being eaten or chewed upon by such animals, being as they are, after all, in said animals' habitat, and after all, that is what they do, don'tcha know.
(Never thought I'd get thru that sentence without a semicolon!)
- james said...
Why can't I do what comes naturally too? As a toolmaker sort, that means acquiring tools to turn nearby bears into steaks.
- Sponge-headed ScienceMan said...
Hey Boo Boo, I think we definitely need to avoid this guy AVI's house pemanently and find our pickinic baskets somewhere else. Geesch, such a grouch.
- Dubbahdee said...
Reading "1491" by Charles C. Mann. Explores new ideas and scholarship regarding pre-columbian Americas. Some similar questions here, eh? Who's hemisphere is it?
- Assistant Village Idiot said...
I loved that book. I reviewed it the first day of January 2007.
- karrde said...
When hiking in bear-country (Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario), the group I was with were encouraged to store all food where bears could not reach.
The usual method is a satchel of food suspended from a rope strung between two trees.
In that picture, the bear looks like he wishes to tackle such a challenge.
- Donna B. said...
Several summers of my early childhood were spent in the mountains of SW Colorado. We were definitely intruders in the bears' territory.
And they were curious about us. They were most interested in us as a source of food -- not necessarily our bodies, but our stash and our wastes.
Only once was there a confrontation and the bear lost to superior firepower. I gotta tell ya that hunting bear for food is not something that humans have pursued with gusto.
Bear meat is not tasty, but my parents and their cohorts believed in 'waste not, want not' and as much of the bear as we could stomach was put to use.
I also never liked venison much... until I compared it with bear.
Could it possibly be that our ancestors chose the animals they domesticated for taste?
Though I think bears were always out of their reach.
- Dubbahdee said...
@Karrde, I always thought those park service diagrams showing how to rig a line between trees were drawn up by people who had obviously never every been near the woods and most certainly had never ever field tested their design.
In my experience, after walking 15-20 miles, that last thing you want to do (or are really able to do for that matter) is erect the woodland equivalent of the golden gate bridge while being restricted to 'no trace' practices.
Along the AT, you will see many bear poles - smooth unclimbable metal pole, 14 feet tall or so, with upturned hooks to hang packs. you hang the pack using a second lighter pole. It's kind of humans only thing.
Generally best to just hang it on a high branch about 10 feet out from the trunk and hope for the best. No guarantees.
NJ uses heavy gauge steel bear boxes bolted to concrete slabs.
Out west, many parks require hikers carry approved "bearproof" containers usually made of kevlar, abs or some combination. That would drive me nuts simply because of the added weight, but I guess it beats losing your food 3 days from supply.
At the Anniversary Party one of the people manning the Goffstown Fish and Game booth said there is a bear roaming from around our house all the way over to Parker Station on the other side of the river. He offered to loan me a gun, but I declined.
- karrde said...
Dubba: The team I was with was in a hiking-and-canoeing group.
It was large enough that we always had a pair of hands wanting to work on the 'bear trap'.
I did discover one morning that I'd forgotten to move my bag of trail mix from my pack to the 'bear trap' at the end of the previous day. It didn't cause trouble, but I made a note to take care of that detail the next night.
james: I don't know about steaks, but maybe a new rug for the living room is in order.
AVI's wife: I don't know if you know this, but black bear (like the one in the picture) can range over many square miles.
They are trouble if they become habituated to finding food near humans.
Generally, bears avoid people. Some bears don't, but they usually are bears that are habituated.
If no one in the family has ever hunted game with a rifle (or shotgun), keeping a rifle/shotgun around is probably not a good idea.
On the other hand, you (or one of the boys) could try to find a local hunter who would be willing to offer some training, advice, and support...


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M. L. M., a Minor Child by and
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1. When a residential parent willfully prevents a nonresidential parent from having access to a child and thereby undermines that relationship, that failure or refusal can constitute a material change in circumstances.
2. Notwithstanding the language of K.S.A. 38-1130, where a child is born to parents who are not married and the child's surname is contested, the ultimate decision as to the child's name is left to the trial court on the basis of what is in the child's best interest.
3. The Kansas Parentage Act provides that every child has an interest not only in obtaining support, but also in inheritance rights, family bonds, and accurate identification of his or her parentage.
Appeal from Labette District Court; DANIEL L. BREWSTER, judge. Opinion filed December 22, 2000. Affirmed.
Richard A. Medley and Jim Garner, of Coffeyville, for appellant.
Larry A. Prauser, of Armstrong and Prauser, of Columbus, for appellee.
Before MARQUARDT, P.J., ELLIOTT, J., and JOHN E. SANDERS, District Judge, assigned.
SANDERS, J.: Moffitte Duarte Millen, now Moffitte Rice, appeals the trial court's order changing primary residence of her daughter, M.L.M., to M.L.M.'s father, Matt Froggatte, and changing M.L.M.'s last name to Froggatte. We affirm.
M.L.M. was born on July 21, 1998, and shortly thereafter, Matt filed a paternity action and petitioned for visitation. The trial court issued a temporary order for visitation and ordered mediation. Moffitte failed to attend the mediation. In response, Matt filed a petition for enforcement of visitation and a contempt citation. At some point during this period, Moffitte moved from Chetopa, Kansas, to Welch, Oklahoma, and then to Memphis, Tennessee. The trial court concluded that she relocated out of state without giving written notice to Matt as required under K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 38-1132. Subsequently, Moffitte and Matt entered into a mediation agreement which included a detailed visitation schedule with M.L.M.
In June 1999, Moffitte informed Matt by telephone that she was moving to South Carolina with her fiancé. She told Matt that he would have to travel to South Carolina to visit M.L.M. Moffitte did not leave Matt a mailing address or a working telephone number. As a result, Matt lost contact with M.L.M. and did not see her for over 5 months.
Matt searched extensively for Moffitte and M.L.M. He eventually suspended child support payments and was contacted by Moffitte. Another round of litigation followed. The trial court held a hearing on December 16, 1999, and changed primary residency to Matt. The trial court also granted Matt's request to change M.L.M.'s last name to Froggatte. The trial court reasoned that since Moffitte had married and took the last name of Rice, it was in M.L.M.'s best interest that her last name match that of her other natural parent. Moffitte appeals both rulings.
When the custody issue lies only between the parents, the paramount consideration of the court is the welfare and best interest of the child. The trial court is in the best position to make the inquiry and determination, and in the absence of abuse of sound judicial discretion, its judgment will not be disturbed on appeal. Moran v. Moran, 196 Kan. 380, 386, 411 P.2d 677 (1966); see Struble v. Struble, 19 Kan. App. 2d 947, 879 P.2d 37 (1994).
It is critical to a child's development that he or she have a significant, healthy relationship with both parents, if possible. Where a residential parent willfully prevents a nonresidential parent access to the child and thereby undermines that relationship, that failure or refusal can constitute a material change in circumstances. See In re Marriage of Cobb, 26 Kan. App. 2d 388, 391-92, 988 P.2d 272 (1999); K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 60-1610(a)(3)(B)(vi).
During M.L.M.'s life, Moffitte has changed residences eight times and resided in six different states. Moffitte now leads a transient lifestyle due to her husband's occupation as a pipe fitter. Moffitte has had three attorneys in these proceedings. One attorney withdrew in part due to Moffitte's failure to remain in contact with him. Finally, the trial court found her in contempt of its orders regarding this matter. We conclude that Moffitte has not respected the bond between Matt and M.L.M.
Matt has a steady job and a stable residence. He appears equally able to care for M.L.M. The record on appeal contains ample evidence to support the trial court's transfer of primary residency to Matt. We affirm this portion of the trial court's ruling.
Next, Moffitte argues that the trial court should have appointed a guardian ad litem. Her failure to raise the issue to the trial court below precludes our review. State ex rel. Secretary of SRS v. Mayfield, 25 Kan. App. 2d 452, 458, 966 P.2d 85 (1998).
Last, Moffitte protests the trial court's order changing M.L.M.'s last name to Froggatte. Moffitte argues that the trial court lacked statutory authority to do so. As noted, Moffitte has married and took the last name of her husband - Rice. The trial court found that it was in M.L.M.'s best interest that her last name match that of her other natural parent. It is difficult to fault the trial court's ruling in this respect.
We are not unmindful that K.S.A. 38-1130 gives the trial courts the authority to change a child's name with the consent of both parties. Does this particular statute specifically preclude the change of name? Under the factually unique circumstances herein, we think not. The net effect of Moffitte's remarriage and refusal to consent to a name change leaves M.L.M. bearing a last name not used by either parent, particularly the custodial parent. K.S.A. 38-1130 contained this language when two cases before this court reached opposing rulings on this issue. In Denk v. Taylor, 25 Kan. App. 2d 172, 958 P.2d 1172 (1998), this court held that the trial court does not have the authority to change a surname or amend a birth certificate without the express consent of both parties. Denk, however, does not overrule Struble v. Struble, 19 Kan. App. 2d at 949. Struble holds that where a child is born to parents who are not married and the child's surname is contested, it should be decided by the trial court on the basis of what is in the best interest of the child.
We find the rationale in Struble better applies to this case. To construe K.S.A. 38-1130 so that one parent could unilaterally hold the other parent or a court forever hostage as to the name of a child with no recourse makes no sense, and would be a result certainly not intended by the legislature. Such a construction would also seem to violate the broad public policy interests stated in In re Marriage of Ross, 245 Kan. 591, 597, 783 P.2d 331 (1989), where the Supreme Court stated: "[T]he Kansas Parentage Act [is] to provide that every child has an interest not only in obtaining support, but also in inheritance rights, family bonds, and accurate identification of his [or her] parentage." (Emphasis added.)
We find that under the singular facts of this case, it was not an abuse of discretion for the trial court to change M.L.M.'s last name and that K.S.A. 38-1130 does not prevent such a change.


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Recognized worldwide as a musical phenomenon, Grammy-nominated Andrés Cárdenes parlays his myriad talents into one of classical music's most versatile careers. An intensely passionate and personally charismatic artist, Cuban-born Cárdenes has garnered international acclaim from critics and audiences alike for his compelling performances as a violinist, conductor, violist, chamber musician, concertmaster, and recording artist.
Since capturing Second Prize in the 1982 Tchaikovsky International Violin Competition in Moscow, Mr. Cárdenes has appeared as a soloist on four continents with over 100 orchestras including The Philadelphia Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, St. Louis Symphony, Moscow Philharmonic, Dallas Symphony, Helsinki Philharmonic, Shanghai Symphony, Sinfonica Nacional de Caracas, Sinfonica de Barcelona, and the Bavarian Radio Orchestra. He has collaborated with many of today's greatest conductors, including Lorin Maazel, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Mariss Jansons, Charles Dutoit, Christoph Eschenbach, Sir André Previn, Leonard Slatkin, Jaap van Zweden, David Zinman and Manfred Honeck.
This year and next Mr. Cárdenes continues his project to record many standard and contemporary concerti. Released in 2009 are recordings of concerti by Brahms, Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Barber and David Stock on the Artek and Albany labels. A recording of the complete works for violin by Leonardo Balada was released on Naxos in January 2011. The complete Sonatas by both Hindemith and Brahms, along with the Beethoven Violin Concerto are to be released on Artek in the fall of 2013. Plans to record Schubert's complete violin and piano music with David Deveau are slated for 2014, along with other sonata recordings with pianist Ian Hobson. Cárdenes's discography includes over two dozen recordings of concerti, sonatas, short works, orchestral and chamber music on the Ocean, Naxos, Albany, Sony, Arabesque, RCA, ProArte, Telarc, Artek, Melodya and Enharmonic labels.
As an ambassador for music of our time, Mr. Cárdenes has commissioned and premiered over 65 works by American and Latin American composers such as David Stock, Mike Garson, Leonardo Balada, Ricardo Lorenz, Eduardo Alonso-Crespo, Roberto Sierra, and Marilyn Taft Thomas. His concerto repertoire includes over 100 works, ranging from the Baroque era to the present.
Mr. Cárdenes has thrice served as President of the Jury of the Stradivarius International Violin Competition and in 2011 joined the jury of the Tchaikovsky International Violin Competition in St. Petersburg, Russia.
A Cultural Ambassador for UNICEF from 1980-1991 and an indefatigable spokesperson for the arts, Mr. Cárdenes has received numerous awards for his teaching, performances, recordings and humanitarian efforts, most notably from the Mexican Red Cross and the cities of Los Angeles and Shanghai. He was named Pittsburgh Magazine's 1997 Classical Artist of the Year and received the 2001 "Shalom" Award from Kollell's International Jewish Center and the 2013 Chesed-Kindness Award from the Chabad Foundation for promoting world harmony and peace through music.
Mr. Cárdenes was appointed Concertmaster of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra by Maestro Lorin Maazel in 1989 and departed after the 2010 season to concentrate on his conducting, solo and chamber music careers.


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The AGO will be going out in style by throwing a fantastic farewell party featuring cutting-edge contemporary artists from September 29 to 30 as part of Scotiabank Nuit Blanche.
Before closing its doors to the public as of October 8 to begin reinstallation of 5,000 artworks in 110 galleries, the AGO will host the "End of the Party" Party, a twelve-hour goodbye bash. Installation artist Will Munro will transform a portion of the Gallery into a stunning party room, and performance artists "Ina unt Ina" and Ryan G. Hines will be the Diva Hosts for the evening. Guests are invited to create going-away postcards, listen to amazing music and enjoy a wild celebration full of surprises. As part of Scotiabank Nuit Blanche's city-wide all-night contemporary art event, the AGO's party is free and will extend from 7:03 pm on Saturday, September 29 until sunrise on Sunday, September 30.
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And I can see being closeby for a strong enough signal, but let's be honest - we don't have to have contact NOW in the real world. I see what you're going for though.
So he can actually travel using astral projection? None of the other telepaths can (though Caden's char might learn to down the road).
As a suggestion, I was thinking that he would not have psychic shields, but that anyone entering his mind volunteers themselves for some dark illusions, which are always waiting.
Can he maintain his nightmares or drain while fighting, or does it take too much focus? If he can do both, I'd like if his projection and/or fighting ability was lowered by 1.
Yes he can travel using astral projection, though if you asked him how he wouldn't be able to tell you. Its more instinctual than exact science at this point. He's mostly self taught with his abilities and my goal is for him to actually require refinement. He's likely not using his abilities to their full capabilities nor is he using them in the most efficient manner.
I'd be perfectly okay with this as long as it doesn't become a case where his dark illusions are just batted aside and whoever is entering his mind just got to play about in his head however they saw fit.
Draining someone happens automatically at a very low level once he's made a connection. It's like a steady stream that takes effect over time. Speeding that stream up to, for example, heal himself rapidly, requires concentration and effort and he could not fight and manage that at the same time. Likewise trapping someone in an illusion requires concentration and would depend on the complexity of the illusion as to how much he could manage simultaneously. If he's just altering a single aspect he could probably keep moving just fine, but if its an entire reality altering experience he'd be a sitting duck.Also, with regard to the attributes - Just to make sure it's clear, the numbers in ( ) represent the max possible increase from his stealing energy.
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President Mohammad Khatami said on Monday his government has repaid $12.3 billion of the foreign debts of $32.6 billion since taking office in 1997, reported Iranian news agency (IRNA) the same day.
In his address to the heads of the city councils to mark the third anniversary of the presidential election, the president said "Iran now has a unique status in the international scene and the security situation is better than the past," attributing the success to the performance of his government and the active participation of Iranians in public life.
President Khatami said his government "dealt with the cancerous fetus in the heart of the security apparatus," hinting to the severe criticism he received from conservatives against his reform policies.
The president voiced his satisfaction at the outcome of the parliamentary elections, approved Thursday by the Guardians Council, the election watchdog. He said his government has helped institutionalize the country in accordance with the constitution and the law.
He said his reform program faced two challenges, one from those who had suffered from the Islamic Revolution. They launched the propaganda campaign that the people have abandoned the Islamic Revolution and the Islamic values, the second were those who thought their outlook and taste are exactly that of Islam and when failed to get vote from the people they thought that the people have said 'No' to the Islamic Revolution, reported the agency – Albawaba.com
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