Missouri News

Since I lived there for most of my life, I found this article rather interesting.

Teen offenders find a future in Missouri

• The Missouri model uses small, therapeutic groups to treat juvenile offenders


• Juvenile residences don't have barbed wire or require uniforms


• A handful of other states are trying to replicate the Missouri model


• Studies show only ten percent of Missouri's youth re-offend

"While in one of Missouri's juvenile facilities, Barkley became editor of its student newspaper, captain of the football team and made the honor roll.
'I wanted something different for myself or I'd end up in Kansas City doing nothing. I knew I could do something,' said Barkley, who is the first in his family to go to college.
Now he's a sophomore studying criminal justice at the University of Central Missouri."

The stuff you find in books

The blog forgotten bookmarks shows all the personal, funny, heartbreaking and weird things found in books at a used & rare bookstore. And, from that same bookstore comes handwritten recipes, a blog that shows recipes found when sorting through books.

Colorful

A new project from the MIT Media Lab called Personas will create a data portrait of your online identity. You simply enter your name and it searches the Web for information and context and computes a visual representation of how the Internet sees you.

Video games in the library

C.M. CO. LIBRARY WINS STATE VIDEO CONTEST
Corin Wilson ( news@nbc40.net ) - 8/17/09 05:54 pm
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE--The Cape May County Library is getting statewide recognition for winning a video contest. The library won the New Jersey State Library's video contest showing how a library can be beneficial in troubling times. The Cape May County Library staff chose to focus on how a family who couldn't afford a video game console for their child turned to game night at the library…a program they say their library has had a lot of success with, "It's just been booming and the numbers keep growing each week so we saw this as an opportunity to promote it and something easy to do because the kids really wanted to be a part of the video as well," said employee, Lisa Marie Alderfer. The video will be used in a tri-state campaign promoting usefulness of libraries in solving life's problems.

“Get Your Game On at your Library” by Cape May County Library



from Library Garden by Justin Hoenke 5 Reasons why you should be gaming in your Library
The video follows a timid young boy named Trevor whose family cannot afford to buy him the latest video game system. Instead, his family takes him to his local library where he quickly becomes a fan of the weekly game night program. In turn, Trevor and his family become regulars at the library. (So regular that Trevor now gets high fives from the librarians!) more here

Quick Reference Sheets for Word, Excel...

Custom Guide provides free computer training tipsheets on a variety of programs. If you need some quick help with various Mac, Windows, and Adobe programs this is a great site for some quick assistance.

Ballet Magnificat! Coming to SD again!

Ballet Magnificat's Alpha Company

The Scarlet Cord

October 30, 2009
Yankton High Auditorium - Yankton,SD
more info here

Inspired and loosely based on the Biblical account of Rahab, the ballet is set against the gray background of the communist Soviet Union. This newest Ballet Magnificat! production depicts the story of Rahab the harlot, party official Vladimir Ivanovich, and the undercover missionaries Aaron and Anna Grimes, as well as those pressed down by the iron fist of the Soviet government. This tale of betrayal, love, dedication, and ultimate sacrifice paints a portrait of an offering brought before our amazing Savior. Come witness this moving drama of a revolution – a human heart turning to the ultimate truth, Jesus Christ.
Choreographer: Jiri Sebastian Voborsky

There will also be a 2-day dance workshop October 31st & November 1st.

Ballet Magnificat! was founded in 1986. Magnificat is Latin for “to magnify Him.” It’s derived from “Mary’s Song” of praise in the 1st Chapter of the the Gospel of Luke when she first learned she was to be the mother of the Messiah. Ballet Magnificat! is an arts organization dedicated to presenting the good news of Jesus Christ to the whole world. Our professional touring companies perform nationally and internationally, ministering to audiences in the United States as well as Canada, Belgium, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Greece, Singapore, Costa Rica and Puerto Rico.

Filter Flickr

FlickrCC uses a keyword search to bring up a window of pictures tagged with that search tag. Click on each picture gets you the proper attribution link, editing link and different sizes to move directly into your presentations and websites. All of the images are copyright with Creative Commons licensing, which encourages sharing.

Tag Galaxy lets you visually search Flickr. Yes, visually. You can then filter down through refined tags to get to your desired image. Some images are not shared with Creative Commons licensing, which you should be aware of before using them in your presentations or on your blogs and websites.

Blogs for LIS students

100 Best Blogs for Library Science Students --you’ll find 100 of the best blogs a library science student can read. http://onlinedegreeprograms.org/blog/2009/100-best-blogs-for-library-science-students/

Homeschoolers produce full-length film

Advent Film Group (AFG), a new film company founded by homeschoolers -- their first movie, Come What May features Patrick Henry College, a national powerhouse in debate and moot court competition.

Patrick Henry College: Legal Debate Powerhouse Portrayed in the Movie Come What May
The movie Come What May was filmed at Patrick Henry College in summer of 2007. In March 2009, it was distributed nationwide by Provident Films, the company that released Sherwood Pictures’ hits Facing the Giants and Fireproof on DVD.

The movie is a fictional adaptation of real-life events surrounding Patrick Henry College’s ongoing success at legal debate. In January, 2009, PHC won its third American Collegiate Moot Court Association (ACMA) National Championship in five years. And the College has twice defeated Oxford University in head-to-head challenges. Many of its former competitors now attend top law and graduate schools nationwide.




Homeschool filmmakers begin distribution drive for Come What May

Interesting...cookies

Think you deleted your cookies? Think again - CNN.com

to WIRED article

Public Library Blogs:

http://citesandinsights.info/civ9i10.pdf

EBSCO & library stories

EBSCO has put together a collection of their customers (including libraries) best practices & success stories in areas such as marketing initiatives, community outreach, fundraising, teacher collaboration...

Library Blogging Tips

Online College comes up with 100 Terrific Tips & Tools for Blogging Librarians.

Many tips in the following areas:
Basics
Readership and Traffic
Content
Branding and Marketing
Networking
Design
Blogging Platforms
Extra Services
Organization and Administrative Tips and Tools
Miscellaneous

What do you remember

100 Things Your Kids May Never Know About : The world of technology continues to change at a rapid pace and this article from Wired drives that point home.

http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/07/100-things-your-kids-may-never-know-about/

Mozart

ANALYST: MUSIC PIECES PROBABLY COMPOSED BY YOUNG MOZART

The music isn't new, but the discovery that a young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart "almost certainly" composed it is a stunning revelation.

.... FULL STORY: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/08/02/new.mozart/index.html