tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38876375581453009722024-03-14T14:48:57.392-04:00Librarians On YouTubeThe portrayal of librarians in popular culture, as depicted on YouTube ...Alessandrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17650294301637486548noreply@blogger.comBlogger2118125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887637558145300972.post-79885947741154972422015-09-20T12:43:00.002-04:002015-09-20T12:43:09.438-04:00New updates will return ... eventually!Hey folks, didja miss me?<br />
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Oh wow, has it really been almost two months since I <a href="http://librarians-on-youtube.blogspot.com/2015/07/case-study-no-2112-archivist-end-times.html" target="_blank">last updated this blog</a>? Geez, sorry about that ... ain't my face red!<br />
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Unfortunately, the dreaded "<i>real life events</i>" got in the way of our good times, and I had to take an unadvertised "sabbatical" to get things in order ... Now don't you all worry your pretty little collective heads over me, it was nothing serious. It's just that sometimes there are certain things that need to take precedent over frivolous things like updating a web site dedicated to the likes of <a href="http://librarians-on-youtube.blogspot.com/2011/10/case-study-no-0031-alice-roger-delicore.html" target="_blank">Eleanor Twitty</a> and <a href="http://librarians-on-youtube.blogspot.com/2013/10/case-study-no-1038-barbara-gordonoracle.html" target="_blank">Barbara Gordon</a> (I know I know, I don't like it any more than you do, but it's true!)<br />
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However, here's the thing ... I'm not quite ready to put an end to that sabbatical just yet.<br />
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While the aforementioned "<i>real life events</i>" have been - for the most part - taken care of, I still need some more time to prepare these new "case studies" that have been piling up in my absence (and I've got some good ones lined up, trust me!) ... It's a pain to wait, I know, but I won't be satisfied with just tossing up anything on this site and calling it a day! No no no, each entry must be lovingly handcrafted and painstakingly verified, so that they may adhere to the high standards that you've come to expect from us here at <b>LOYT</b> headquarters.<br />
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Now, to be honest, I'm just not sure how long this could take ... Might start operations back up in a month. Or maybe two months. Or three.<br />
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Or longer than that, I'm afraid.<br />
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Sorry to be vague, but you'll just have to be patient with me ... In the meantime, they're still plenty of enjoyment to be had during my absence!<br />
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For example, if you're new to the blog or haven't checked up on us in awhile, there's quite a lot of stuff to peruse in the archives (over two thousand entries!) until I get back; feel free to hit the ol' "Random" link at the top of the page and see what you might have missed!<br />
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I also plan to update our <a href="http://librariansonyt.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Tumblr page</a> every now and then, so be sure to keep an eye on that ... In addition, I've found that a lot of the older posts could use some updating (I'm not really happy with some of my earlier work when it comes to transcribing, plus a lot of the YouTube videos are now defunct or have been pulled down), so I might post some "remastered" versions of previous entries here and there (we'll see what time allows).<br />
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So in conclusion, I just thought I'd take a quick moment to let everyone know that this blog hasn't been abandoned (not yet, anyway) ... There's still plenty of librarians - real and imagined - that need to be cataloged here for posterity, so stay tuned!Alessandrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17650294301637486548noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887637558145300972.post-29310188855613764852015-07-24T15:00:00.000-04:002015-07-24T15:00:03.892-04:00Case Study No. 2112: The Archivist (End Times)<blockquote>
<a href="http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/PuCa0Dcz_kI/hqdefault.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/PuCa0Dcz_kI/default.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 100px;" /></a> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuCa0Dcz_kI">End Times Extras | "About the Archivist"</a></span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">3:27</span><br />
The cast and writer/director explore the world and characters of the Archivist.<br />
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In 2013, four teenagers must survive after civilization as they know it is wiped out. Twelve years later, their story is unearthed.<br />
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FOLLOW THE SERIES<br />
Facebook: https://www.face book.com/EndTimesSeries<br />
Twitter: https://twit ter.com/EndTimesSeries<br />
Tumblr: http://endtimeswebseries.tum blr.com/<br />
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EPISODE 1: http://youtu.be/JWRsmBBgPAI<br />
EPISODE 2: http://youtu.be/AUtWsNBk5ww<br />
EPISODE 3: http://youtu.be/e9vPh6JTFak<br />
EPISODE 4: http://youtu.be/Vy3e-_AkPX4<br />
EPISODE 5: http://youtu.be/AIK1Jkb2ndg<br />
EPISODE 6: http://youtu.be/Wzx_HCl-2JU<br />
EPISODE 7: http://youtu.be/TP_ld_AvLe0<br />
EPISODE 8:<br />
EPISODE 9:<br />
EPISODE 10:<br />
EPISODE 11:<br />
EPISODE 12:<br />
EPISODE 13:<br />
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Written and Directed by Alex Nolan<br />
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In This Video:<br />
Alex Nolan<br />
Kim Miner<br />
Solika O'Neill<br />
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End Times Logo by Travis Lilly<br />
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(c)2013 Alex Nolan. All rights reserved.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Added: 1 year ago</span><br />
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["12 Years Later: The World of the Archivist" appears on screen, then cut to a young woman ("Alex Nolan, Writer/Director") speaking directly to the camera]<br />
ALEX: After all of the events of ... the apocalypse--<br />
[quick cut to another shot of the writer speaking directly to the camera]<br />
ALEX: The people that we've seen in ... or, we've just heard little snippets of, or maybe even seen, as we start to wonder--<br />
[quick cut to another shot of the writer speaking directly to the camera]<br />
ALEX: All of those have become much more powerful, and they have become ... a, um, a new world order.<br />
[quick cut to another shot of the writer speaking directly to the camera]<br />
ALEX: In this new world live a character called the Archivist, and--<br />
[quick cut to another shot of the writer speaking directly to the camera]<br />
ALEX: Against her will ... mm, she's resigned to it, but for one reason or another, it's not what she wants to be doing. Um, it has become her task to look through these videos.<br />
[cut to another woman ("Kim Miner, The Archivist") speaking directly to the camera]<br />
KIM: Honestly, she's a really interesting character, for me at least. Um, one of the first things I did as I was preparing was I wrote down a list of her favorite ... um, assault rifles. It's quite a long list, actually, and upon entering the set, I looked at Alex and I was like, "Could I possibly have a knife?" And she provided me with a knife.<br />
[she laughs]<br />
KIM: And also a scythe.<br />
[quick cut to another shot of the actress speaking directly to the camera]<br />
KIM: If I was sitting in my desk, I could kill you in three different ways.<br />
[she laughs]<br />
KIM: Um, because she would never be defenseless.<br />
[quick cut to another shot of the actress speaking directly to the camera]<br />
KIM: She was part of Ellie Burtke's strike team, and she ... It was her life. It was her dream. She thought she would die in a battle, and when she was not, it kind of broke her a little bit.<br />
[cut back to the writer speaking directly to the camera]<br />
ALEX: We start to see little glimpses into the life of this woman who has inherited this duty ...<br />
[cut back to the actress speaking directly to the camera]<br />
KIM: She is, um, not afraid of her dark places. Um, she refuses to admit that she has weakness.<br />
[cut back to the writer speaking directly to the camera]<br />
ALEX: We also brought in, um, two other characters to sort of interact with her, and one of these is Navin, who is sort of a busy body, and he is a high-up ... sort of secretary.<br />
[quick cut to another shot of the writer speaking directly to the camera]<br />
ALEX: Then there's also, uh, the Archivist's former commanding officer, Ellie Burtke.<br />
[quick cut to another shot of the writer speaking directly to the camera]<br />
ALEX: Well, she's just a terrifying person.<br />
[quick cut to another shot of the writer speaking directly to the camera]<br />
ALEX: And I don't think she's a very nice person.<br />
[cut to another woman ("Solika O'Neill, Commander Burtke") speaking directly to the camera]<br />
SOLIKA: Well, I tried to explain this to my grandmother, and I kind of called her a "military princess" ...<br />
[quick cut to another shot of the actress speaking directly to the camera]<br />
SOLIKA: She puts up a wall, so she's ... like, stands up straight, makes sure no one sees her beneath that surface.<br />
[cut back to the writer speaking directly to the camera]<br />
ALEX: She holds a very special position, I think, in the librarian's world and in her worldview.<br />
[quick cut to another shot of the writer speaking directly to the camera]<br />
ALEX: The Archivist is a very interesting character to work with, because um, as I think will become clear as the series progresses, she has a much more complex story than it originally appears. And I think that, in many ways, you could see the Archivist as ... being an accent to the story of the five survivors.<br />
[quick cut to another shot of the writer speaking directly to the camera]<br />
ALEX: Or, you could see them as accenting and helping her story.<br />
[cut back to the actress speaking directly to the camera]<br />
KIM: She's very bitter, and honestly, it was Trace and Harry and Adrian and Kimber who really brought her back. Um, even though twelve years in the future, they had no idea they were doing it, but their hope in the face of the apocalypse helped find her hope in the face of her own apocalypse.<br />
["Subscribe!" appears on screen, then cut to the other actress saluting the camera]<br />
SOLIKA: Until the end!<br />
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<i>From <a href="http://www.webserieschannel.com/end-times/">webserieschannel.com</a>: </i><br />
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After a viral outbreak wipes out civilization, five geeky teenagers record their adventures on an old camcorder as they strike out across the apocalyptic landscape to find a home.<br />
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Twelve years later, a woman living in a post-virus society finds and tries to make sense of their videos - while coming to terms with the injury that changed her life forever.<br />
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Episodes<br />
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Camera On - [ Episode 01 (07:20) ]<br />
The Archivist begins a new project; five survivors of a viral apocalypse find a video camera in an abandoned house.<br />
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Encounter - [ Episode 02 (10:06) ]<br />
The survivors face a disturbing encounter while scavenging.<br />
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Masks - [ Episode 03 (10:33) ]<br />
Trace interviews Charlie; the survivors make a plan.<br />
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Ready or Not - [ Episode 04 (08:32) ]<br />
The Archivist prepares for a ceremony; Kimber records a video message.<br />
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Starships in the Dark - [ Episode 06 (12:51) ]<br />
Trace interviews a group of traders the survivors meet on the road.<br />
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Symptoms - [ Episode 07 (09:33) ]<br />
The Archivist is visited by her former commanding officer; the survivors believe Kimber is hiding something.<br />
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Stumbling - [ Episode 08 (11:39) ]<br />
Trace finds Kimber recording a new video for Adrian.<br />
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The Students of Greenden College - [ Episode 09 (10:24) ]<br />
The survivors are taken prisoner by a militarized society; Harry and Trace are reunited with an old friend.<br />
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The Mission - [ Episode 10 (09:48) ]<br />
Maddi Valon offers the survivors a chance to prove themselves trustworthy.<br />
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Action - [ Episode 11 (08:20) ]<br />
The Archivist plots the survivors' progress; Trace, Harry, and Charlie leave to complete Maddi's mission.<br />
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Believability - [ Episode 12 (08:40) ]<br />
Commander Burtke questions the Archivist's interest in the videos; the survivors break into the Kenville lab.<br />
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What Next? - [ Episode 13 (10:57) ]<br />
The Archivist completes a project; the survivors must choose a path forward.<br />
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<i>From <a href="http://endtimeswebseries.tumblr.com/post/60799989016/kim-miner-as-the-archivist-the-archivist-is-a">tumblr.com</a>: </i><br />
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Kim Miner as the Archivist<br />
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The Archivist is a mysterious citizen of a military society who watches the contents of the survivor's abandoned camera twelve years after they first began filming.Alessandrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17650294301637486548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887637558145300972.post-9307642233187990862015-07-24T12:00:00.000-04:002015-07-24T12:00:02.507-04:00Case Study No. 2111: Ann (Mono Global TV)<blockquote>
<a href="http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/XigYnK5X4lc/hqdefault.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/XigYnK5X4lc/default.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 100px;" /></a> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XigYnK5X4lc">[Official Trailer] "The Library" (English Subtitle)</a></span><br />
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FULL MOVIE "The Library" [English Subtitle] Click : http://bit.ly/16yyKIG<br />
The official trailer of "The Library" a short film by Mono Music.<br />
Starring Ananda Everingham, Selina Woramon Wiesmann and Niti Chaichitatorn<br />
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- Synopsis -<br />
"Jim" falls in love with "Ann" who works at a library at first sight. The only obstacle for his love is the library's rule - "Keep Quiet." So he writes down his feeling for her in the books he borrows. Unfortunately, Ann never realizes what he does until one day she accidentally sees his messages but Jim doesn't show up at the library anymore with unknown reasons.<br />
How will this love end - in laughter or tears? Find out in "The Library"<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Added: 1 year ago</span><br />
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[scene opens inside of a library, as "Talking about library, what would you think about?" appears on screen]<br />
[cut to someone pulling a copy of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" off the shelf]<br />
[cut to a closeup of a date stamp reading "01 Sep 2013"]<br />
["Reading?" appears on screen]<br />
[cut to a closeup of a book, as someone turns the page]<br />
["The best sleeping pill?" appears on screen]<br />
[cut to a young female librarian (long brown hair, beige sweater, white blouse, black pants) with her head down on the table]<br />
["Or discovering love ... !?" appears on screen]<br />
[cut to the librarian looking at a male patron, as he smiles]<br />
["Mono Music, Super Uber Film" appears on screen]<br />
[cut to a closeup of the librarian placing a nametag on her sweater (with "Anne, Library Staff" written in English)]<br />
[cut to the librarian carrying a stack of books through the library]<br />
[cut to the librarian and her flamboyantly gay male friend watching the male patron]<br />
BOY: [translated] You don't know if you will ever see him again. Why don't you ask for his number?<br />
ANN: [translated] You have to return books when you borrow them, right?<br />
[the friend throws up his hands and backs away]<br />
BOY: [translated] Ohhh, definitely!<br />
[cut to the friend signaling to the librarian outside of the library]<br />
BOY: [translated] Hurry up, hurry up!<br />
[cut to the librarian and her friend watching the patron read a book]<br />
ANN: [translated] Sis, how do I look?<br />
BOY: [translated] Oh, you're as white as a sheet ... too freaking pale!<br />
[the librarian's smile disappears, as she takes a compact mirror out of her purse and looks at herself]<br />
BOY: [translated] You might wanna put on your lipstick, hun.<br />
[cut to several shots from the film, which ends with another woman walking up to the patron in slow motion]<br />
ANN: [translated] They could be just friends.<br />
BOY: [translated] Probably not ... I would even want to marry a girl like her.<br />
["In the silent thought" appears on screen]<br />
["There is a hidden love" appears on screen]<br />
["Sometimes we wish we could think out loud" appears on screen]<br />
[cut to more shots from the film, which ends as the camera slowly zooms in on a sign featuring a cartoon hand placing a finger over a large pair of cartoon lips (with "Quiet Please" written in English)]<br />
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The Library<br />
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Let's find "Love" between the lines together.<br />
29 August, 5.00 PM<br />
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<i>From <a href="http://mydramalist.com/10208-the-library">mydramalist.com</a>: </i><br />
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The Library (2012)<br />
Drama, Romance<br />
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How do you woo a woman in a library where talking is frowned upon? Jim (Ananda Everingham) begins to frequent his local library after he becomes smitten with the beautiful librarian, Ann (Selina Wiesmann), who works there. Unable to talk freely, Jim tries to woo her by leaving her notes inside of the library books he borrows. But when Ann finds the notes only after Jim stops coming to the library, will it be too late? "The Library" is a 2014 Thai short film.<br />
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<i>From <a href="http://www.student-weekly.com/260813/260813-entertain02.html">student-weekly.com</a>: </i><br />
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Libraries are generally where people go to read, study and gain knowledge or information. But in the new short film The Library, it becomes a setting for a romantic story.<br />
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In The Library, Jim (Ananda Everingham) visits a library often because he has fallen for a beautiful librarian named Ann, played by 21-year-old model and actress Selina Wiesmann (Se). Because they meet in the library where they have to stay quiet, Jim tries to communicate with Ann by leaving messages in books.<br />
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The 20-minute film is due to be released on Mono Group websites and YouTube on August 29.<br />
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Student Weekly recently met up with Se at our office to chat about her first lead acting role and her work on the TV sports show, Sanae Geela (Charm of Sport).<br />
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Student Weekly: Do you enjoy reading in real life?<br />
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Se: I enjoy reading various kinds of fiction books, from fantasy to mystery and crime. I used to like Sophie Kinsella's books like Confessions of a Shopaholic, but she doesn't release books very often these days.<br />
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Student Weekly: Did your experience working in TV ads and on Charm of Sport help you to act in The Library?<br />
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Se: Yes. Those experiences helped me get used to the cameras, so I didn't feel nervous when they were filming.<br />
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Student Weekly: How do you feel about your first leading role?<br />
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Se: I'm thrilled. I did whatever I could to make the film as good as possible.<br />
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Student Weekly: Did you have to adjust yourself much to play the librarian character?<br />
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Se: Ann is similar to me because she's quiet, but she also has a sense of humour. I had to get used to the funny scenes because I'd never tried comedy before. I learned about getting the timing right for a gag.<br />
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Student Weekly: What was it like working with Ananda?<br />
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Se: I'd worked with him before in the movie Happy Birthday, as well as on a TV commercial. He's a nice, down-to-earth person. Watching him working professionally is a great way to learn about acting. Ananda is a great actor. I wish I could be as good as him!<br />
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Student Weekly: How do you feel about leaving messages in books like Jim does in the film?<br />
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Se: It's very romantic, but it's the kind of idea that could fail if you didn't plan it well.<br />
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Student Weekly: Do you have a favourite scene in the film?<br />
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Se: I like the scenes where I act with Pompam, who plays my co-worker in the library. He's so hilarious. I had a great time working with him.<br />
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Student Weekly: Where there any difficult scenes?<br />
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Se: The emotional scenes were tough, especially the crying scenes. It didn't take me long to cry because the script is very sad, but I had to work on the same scenes many times so that they could film from different angles. My eyes were swollen after crying so much.<br />
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Student Weekly: Since you work on a sports show, do you have a favourite sport?<br />
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Se: Because of Charm of Sport, I meet many athletes and have the opportunity to try lots of different sports. I recently tried Kendo, the Japanese martial art. It was interesting to learn about its history.<br />
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Student Weekly: Why should everybody check out The Library online?<br />
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Se: If you like romance, comedy and drama, you will like this movie!Alessandrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17650294301637486548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887637558145300972.post-7460876184220785722015-07-24T10:30:00.000-04:002015-07-24T10:30:01.259-04:00Case Study No. 2110: Unnamed Male Librarian (Frontiers)<blockquote>
<a href="http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/yv-9B45KNUc/hqdefault.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/yv-9B45KNUc/default.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 100px;" /></a> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv-9B45KNUc">FRONTIERS Librarian Missing Dialogue</a></span><br />
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Librarian doesn't want to talk at one point.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Added: 6 months ago</span><br />
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[scene opens in the library of Guild University, as the player walks up to the elderly male librarian (grey beard, monk's robe and cowl) and selects "Interact"]<br />
LIBRARIAN: What can I do for you?<br />
[the player selects "What is this place?"]<br />
LIBRARIAN: You've been attending the University for some time now. You mean to tell me you've never stepped foot in the Guild Library?<br />
[the player selects "I've been busy"]<br />
[the librarian's dialog box appears empty]<br />
[the player selects "I'd like to order a book"]<br />
LIBRARIAN: Hmm, it doesn't look like you've taken the Guild Library course. You can browse the catalogue, but you'll have to learn that skill before I can allow you to place orders.<br />
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<i>From <a href="http://explore-frontiers.com/">explore-frontiers.com</a>: </i><br />
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FRONTIERS blends the feel of first-person RPG classics like Daggerfall with the relaxing tempo and simplicity of a point-and-click adventure. Discover ancient mysteries, live off the land and fight deadly creatures, all in a beautiful, massive open world.<br />
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<i>From <a href="http://atomicagedog.com/frontiers/lore/index.php?title=Guild_Skills">atomicagedog.com</a>: </i><br />
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Guild Library - Grants you access to the Guild's extensive (and well-guarded) library, which is available at any Guild outpost. These libraries contain a wealth of information that can be hard to find elsewhere.<br />
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<i>From <a href="http://steamcommunity.com/app/293480/discussions/8/624076851283891844/">steamcommunity.com</a>: </i><br />
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* tenniscrazy [has FRONTIERS] Dec 8 @ 5:45pm<br />
Unable to order books from the Guild Library<br />
I learn the library skill then go to the catalogue; When I click to order a book it will say "you can't afford to place this order" even though my currency say 13,888. ( the books are 1000-7500)<br />
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* TimePointFive [has FRONTIERS] Dec 17 @ 10:51am<br />
After I order a book, I am unable to pick it up as it breaks my Librarian (one dialogue choice will say "yes, here is your book" and give me nothing no matter what, and the other option is always a no). I've tried reloading saves, but all that does is reset the entire library (including deleting any progress of books having been in transit).<br />
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Here is my output log<br />
http://pastebin.com/tUZsytjj<br />
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* railboy [developer] Dec 17 @ 11:19am<br />
Thank you for the log. I'll remove that conversation option from the Librarian, it's confusing.<br />
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The primary way to retrieve books is to interact with the catalogue and browse. If the book has arrived it should be automatically added to your Log when you start browsing. Picking it up from the Librarian was just a secondary option.Alessandrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17650294301637486548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887637558145300972.post-15538151470567534872015-07-23T15:00:00.000-04:002015-07-23T15:00:02.497-04:00Case Study No. 2109: The Librarian (Nick R)<blockquote>
<a href="http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/RAFD3IY-Prk/hqdefault.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/RAFD3IY-Prk/default.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 100px;" /></a> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAFD3IY-Prk">The Librarian</a></span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">3:10</span><br />
The Librarian<br />
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Nick R<br />
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(P) Innertek Recordings<br />
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Released on: 2013-06-11<br />
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Composer Lyricist: Nick R<br />
Music Publisher: copyright control<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Added: 6 months ago</span><br />
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<i>From <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-hunt-single/id641438411">apple.com</a>: </i><br />
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The Hunt<br />
Nick R<br />
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Genres: Electronic, Music<br />
Released: Jun 05, 2013<br />
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1. The Hunt<br />
2. The LibrarianAlessandrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17650294301637486548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887637558145300972.post-26488013114683152822015-07-23T12:00:00.000-04:002015-07-23T12:00:02.507-04:00Case Study No. 2108: Kendra Lust<blockquote>
<a href="http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/lKty5PajZU0/hqdefault.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/lKty5PajZU0/default.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 100px;" /></a> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKty5PajZUO">Librarian Needs A Licking - Brazzers, Kendra Lust, +18</a></span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">1:25</span><br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Tags: big tits school</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Added: 5 months ago</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">From: Jumpman</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Views: 31</span></blockquote>
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[scene opens with a female librarian (long black hair, glasses, low-cut pink blouse exposing her voluminous cleavage) stamping books at her desk, while a male student browses the stacks]<br />
[cut to a closeup of the student, as he walks up behind another male student and pulls off his headphones to whisper in his ear]<br />
STUDENT 1: Nerd ... <br />
[he laughs, as the other student jumps at the noise]<br />
STUDENT 2: Fuck you, asshole!<br />
[he goes back to the shelves, when a female student sitting at a nearby table calls to him]<br />
STUDENT 3: Hey, do you know where this book is?<br />
[she hands him a piece of paper]<br />
STUDENT 3: I've been looking all through these, I can't find it anywhere.<br />
STUDENT 1: Yeah, I don't even know if they use the Dewey Decimal System at this library.<br />
[they both laugh, then the librarian puts a finger to her lips and shushes them]<br />
LIBRARIAN: Shh!<br />
[they stop, then the female student takes the paper back from the male student]<br />
STUDENT 3: [whispers] It's okay, I'll find it later ... <br />
[the librarian goes back to stamping her books, when the female student finally gets up and walks over to her]<br />
STUDENT 3: Excuse me, Miss Lust? I can't find this book anywhere.<br />
[she sighs, then grabs the paper out of her hand]<br />
LIBRARIAN: Did you check the anthropology section?<br />
STUDENT 3: Uh huh, I looked all over ... <br />
[she stops and looks around]<br />
STUDENT 3: What's that buzzing sound?<br />
LIBRARIAN: Nothing! Just go check the anthropology section! It's right there!<br />
STUDENT 3: Okay, thanks ... <br />
[she leaves, as the scene fades to black]<br />
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<i>From <a href="http://www.brazzers.com/sites/view/id/20/bigtitsatschool/">brazzers.com</a>: </i><br />
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"Big Tits At School: Librarian Needs a Licking"<br />
Starring Kendra Lust and Xander Corvus<br />
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It was just pure luck that Xander Corvus got the inside scoop of how the librarian Kendra Lust passes the time during her shifts. After discovering Kendra with her legs spread and a vibrator humming away on her c**t, Xander decided to dive in there with his tongue and help out. Xander ate that p***y like a starving man, licking her hole and c**t, and then thrusting in and out with the vibrator. When they had to stop, that Milf Kendra followed Xander to the shelves, to throw the whole of his c***k down her throat. Did anyone in the library overhear Kendra moaning with pleasure as Xander pounded her, or the sound of his balls tapping against her ass with every thrust?Alessandrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17650294301637486548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887637558145300972.post-55844368404540520072015-07-23T10:30:00.000-04:002015-07-23T10:30:00.887-04:00Case Study No. 2107: Staff of Unnamed Library (La Biblioteca)<blockquote>
<a href="http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/QlXB-nvSt9U/hqdefault.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/QlXB-nvSt9U/default.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 100px;" /></a> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlXB-nvSt9U">La Biblioteca</a></span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">1:31</span><br />
A play by Carlos Maggi<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Tags: librarians broadway biblioteca</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Added: 6 months ago</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">From: ToonLib</span><br />
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Don Schopenhauer Perez, aggressive and authorative, is the library's new Director.<br />
However, his staff leaves a lot to be desired.<br />
Don Esteban Fattori, the library's Subdirector, is known to all as the Old Goat.<br />
Senora de Luppi, the library's Secretary, can't seem to keep his appointments straight.<br />
Achilles, the library's Janitor, is fixated on locating a spitoon.<br />
Monteiro and Martinez spend more time mocking him than doing work.<br />
How is this new library ever going to get off the ground?<br />
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<i>From <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Maggi">wikipedia.org</a>: </i><br />
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Carlos Maggi (born August 5, 1922 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is a Uruguayan lawyer, playwright, journalist and writer.<br />
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He is one of the last surviving members of the Generation of 45, a Uruguayan intellectual and literary movement.<br />
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Works<br />
* La trastienda [The Back Room], (Teatro Verdi, 1958)<br />
* La biblioteca [The Library], (Teatro del Pueblo, 1959)<br />
* La noche de los angeles inciertos [The Night of Uncertain Angels], (Teatro del Pueblo, 1960)<br />
* La gran viuda [The Great Widow], (Teatro Solis, 1961)<br />
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<i>From <a href="http://books.google.com/books?isbn=0786483164">google.com</a>: </i><br />
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Uruguayan dramatist Maggi opens this play in 1917, with the young library director (the Director) fulminating over his speech on the laying of the new library's cornerstone, a speech to be attended by the Secretary General. He is also in a dither over a poem on which he is working, "The Low Blow of the Oboe," for a literary magazine and worries whether his frock coat will be ready for his weekend wedding. In the midst of these claims on his attention, he interviews a woman who wants to work in the library. "I love books!" she exults. "I've got one at home."<br />
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When the next act begins, set ten years later, the new library has not yet been built. Decades more pass, and still the "new" library remains a figment of the staff's imagination. They stumble through their pointless work as makeshift adjustments in the old library solidify into permanent features. The formerly young Director is pushing into middle age and not liking it. "My life's become meaningless, bitter," he complains. "I'm wasting my life, throwing it away on one stupidity after another." He can't stand his family. He hates his wife. "Life is so wonderful," he says, "I've thought of killing myself."<br />
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In the end, when the library is about to undergo demolition and the collection is in dead storage, a literary scholar engages the Director in a nonsensical, pompous argument over obtaining a manuscript. With the library about to come down around his ears, the Director laments, "All the days of my life. Coming to the same place, seeing the same people. And what for? For nothing. Absolutely nothing."<br />
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A play of merciless futility and hope that exists only to be defeated, The Library initially offers some space for laughter, but the joyless, bureaucratic absurdity that accumulates throughout leaves room for little but despair and pity.Alessandrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17650294301637486548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887637558145300972.post-74139665056927195762015-07-22T15:00:00.000-04:002015-07-22T15:00:01.058-04:00Case Study No. 2106: Jeanette, Miss Librarian<blockquote>
<a href="http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/b7XQbT4Fd7s/hqdefault.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/b7XQbT4Fd7s/default.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 100px;" /></a> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7XQbT4Fd7s">Miss Librarian trailer</a></span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">0:45</span><br />
SYNOPSIS:<br />
A depressed school librarian named Jeanette is confined between two different worlds -- the four corners of the school's library and the four walls of her house.<br />
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LEXIN PRODUCTION<br />
Presents A JOYCE ROCHELLE MONTANANO FILM<br />
"MISS LIBRARIAN"<br />
Starring ANGELINA KANAPI<br />
Production Manager: SHANINE YANG<br />
Director of Photography: OLIVER CRUZ<br />
Film Editors: OLIVER CRUZ, JOYCE MONTANANO<br />
Production Assistant: MARK ARCILLA<br />
Associate Producers: KASSANDRA FABELLA, MARJON FENIS, JOANNE MANANGAN, SHANINE YANG<br />
Written, Directed & Produced by: JOYCE ROCHELLE MONTANANO<br />
Executive Producer: JOCELYN MONTANANO<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Tags: yt:stretch=16:9 miss librarian short film movie joyce rochelle joshell montanano jocelyn angelina mailes kanapi shanine yang oliver cruz mark arcilla kassandra fabella marjon fenis joanne manangan student 2013</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Added: 2 years ago</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">From: jochel09</span><br />
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[scene opens with an older female librarian (short black hair, grey sweater) sitting at the front desk of a library, absent-mindedly cutting a piece of paper with a pair of scissors]<br />
[cut to another shot of the librarian, looking off into the distance while tapping her fingers on the table (very clearly bored)]<br />
[cut to another shot of the librarian, writing down something in a notepad]<br />
[cut to another shot of the librarian, reading a book]<br />
[cut to another shot of the librarian, with her feet up on the desk (no shoes) while fixing her lipstick using a compact mirror]<br />
[cut to a closeup of the librarian's hands, as she taps on the desk, then the camera pans up to show the librarian with a bored (sad? nervous?) look on her face]<br />
["Miss Librarian" appears on screen]<br />
["A Film by Joyce Rochelle Montanano" appears on screen]<br />
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<i>From <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3379012/">imdb.com</a>: </i><br />
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Miss Librarian<br />
17 min - Short | Drama - 12 December 2013 (USA)<br />
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<i>From <a href="http://cinemadept.wordpress.com/2013/12/13/miss-librarian-short-film-now-live/">wordpress.com</a>: </i><br />
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The short film "Miss Librarian" starring Angelina Kanapi, written and directed by Joyce Rochelle Montanano, cinematography by Oliver Cruz is now live at Filipino Arts & Cinema International (FACINE SF – Bente), San Francisco. A poignant film that tells of a librarian discontent with her work and family.Alessandrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17650294301637486548noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887637558145300972.post-85977823603569679722015-07-22T12:00:00.000-04:002015-07-22T12:00:07.079-04:00Case Study No. 2105: Ellen Wickham<blockquote>
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A Raytown librarian will help selects books for schools across the country. Ellen Wickham is the library media specialist at Raytown South and was appointed to a national committee.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Tags: Local News KSHB 41 Action News Raytown Raytown South library librarian Ellen Wickham national national committee fiction books young adults schools</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Added: 5 months ago</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">From: NBCActionNews</span><br />
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<i>From <a href="http://www.raytowneagle.com/news/2014/12/south-high-librarian-named-to-national-committee/">raytowneagle.com</a>: </i><br />
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Ellen Wickham, Library Media Specialist at Raytown South High Schools has been appointed to the Young Adult Library Services Association committee to select the Best Fiction Books for Young Adults list. The list is published annually and is used by librarians who serve young adult patrons to assist in selecting books for purchase. Wickham's tenure begins on February 1, 2015.<br />
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Wickham has served locally and at the state level in many capacities, including serving six years on the Missouri Gateway Readers Award Committee, in various positions on the Board of Directors of the Missouri Association of School Librarians, and as president of the same group for the last four years.<br />
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"I was looking for ways to serve at the national level, so being a part of BFYA is really a dream come true," Wickham said.<br />
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<i>From <a href="http://www.kshb.com/news/region-missouri/raytown/raytown-librarian-ellen-wickham-appointed-to-national-committee">kshb.com</a>: </i><br />
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RAYTOWN, Mo. - An area librarian will help select books for schools across the country after being appointed to a national committee.<br />
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Ellen Wickham, the library media specialist at Raytown South, is one of 15 people appointed to a national committee to select the best fiction books for young adults.<br />
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Schools use the list the committee provides to purchase books for their libraries.<br />
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Wickham said young adult literature is hugely popular right now thanks in part to Hollywood.<br />
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"The Hollywood folks are realizing they have a built-in audience from all these great books that have come out," Wickham said. "And now they're producing movies, and that in turn gets the non-readers into reading the books."<br />
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Wickham is also President of the Missouri Association of School Librarians.Alessandrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17650294301637486548noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887637558145300972.post-37412434223628529042015-07-22T10:30:00.000-04:002015-07-22T10:30:00.035-04:00Case Study No. 2104: "Jen, she's a librarian"<blockquote>
<a href="http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/Y2YlHktaw48/hqdefault.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/Y2YlHktaw48/default.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 100px;" /></a> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2YlHktaw48">In the Army Kid</a></span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">3:36</span><br />
In the Army Kid<br />
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Of Montreal<br />
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(P) Bar None Records<br />
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Released on: 2000-04-25<br />
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Author: Kevin Barnes<br />
Author: Dottie Alexander<br />
Author: Andy<br />
Author: Davey Pierce<br />
Author: Derek Almstea<br />
Author: Jamey Huggins<br />
Composer: Kevin Barnes<br />
Composer: Dottie Alexander<br />
Composer: Andy<br />
Composer: Davey Pierce<br />
Composer: Derek Almstea<br />
Composer: Jamey Huggins<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Tags: Of Montreal Horse Elephant Eatery (No Elephants Allowed) In the Army Kid</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Added: 7 months ago</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">From: Of Montreal - Topic</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Views: 49</span></blockquote>
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<i>From <a href="http://flavorwire.com/64968/mixtape-10-best-songs-about-libraries-and-librarians">flavorwire.com</a>: </i><br />
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"In the Army Kid" - Of Montreal<br />
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Our innocent protagonist is "riding to the station on the bus" because he wants to pick out some library books. Jen, a librarian who's not his type and sounds like a bit of a cougar, always hunts his "butt." He can't ditch the situation because there are bills to pay - whatever that means.<br />
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<i>From <a href="http://lyrics.wikia.com/Of_Montreal:In_The_Army_Kid">wikia.com</a>: </i><br />
<br />
This song is performed by Of Montreal and appears on the album Horse & Elephant Eatery (No Elephants Allowed): The Singles And Songles Album (1997).<br />
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Riding to the station on the bus<br />
Cause I wanna pick out some books<br />
But Jen, she's a librarian<br />
and she hunts my butt to this day<br />
Usually the bills make me stay<br />
the night at banks so...<br />
<br />
Sorry but you're just not my type<br />
You know I'll walk you home anyway<br />
Did you know I had a funny dream<br />
and in it I was in the army<br />
<br />
Riding to the station on the bus<br />
Cause I wanna pick out some books<br />
But Jen, she's a librarian<br />
So it's time to get down, spin on the ground<br />
And say I wanna turn the daytime into dusk<br />
If you're very tired we can simply retire<br />
and say I wanna turn the nighttime into day<br />
<br />
Sorry but you're just not my type<br />
You know I'll walk you home anyway<br />
Did you know I had a funny dream<br />
and in it I was in the armyAlessandrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17650294301637486548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887637558145300972.post-85465996098560739472015-07-21T15:00:00.000-04:002015-07-21T15:00:02.356-04:00Case Study No. 2103: Unnamed Female Librarian (Hitler's Library)<blockquote>
<a href="http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/9q-BFB1teS8/hqdefault.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/9q-BFB1teS8/default.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 100px;" /></a> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q-BFB1teS8">Hitler's Library (Chinese)</a></span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">5:42</span><br />
This is a video project I made for Chinese class. Nothing too special here, just a library run by Hitler/a Hitler-esque person. Its pretty good I guess.<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Tags: Hitler Library Chinese</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Added: 9 years ago</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">From: fungusshark408</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Views: 653</span></blockquote>
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["1. No running" appears on screen]<br />
["2. No drooling" appears on screen]<br />
["3. No Michael Jackson" appears on screen]<br />
["4. Late books are fined your pants" appears on screen]<br />
["5. Three strikes and you are shot" appears on screen]<br />
["6. No speaking English" appears on screen (and appears to be written in crayon)]<br />
[cut to a boy riding his bicycle (as "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" plays in the background), then he stops and enters a "library" (i.e. someone's house)]<br />
[cut to inside the library, where the boy walks up to a young female librarian (short black hair, glasses, Hitler mustache, trenchcoat with a paper swastika taped to the front) standing at the "front desk" (i.e. the kitchen table)]<br />
LIBRARIAN: [translated] Why did you come to the library?<br />
PATRON 1: [translated] Because I want to borrow a book and magazine.<br />
LIBRARIAN: [translated] Sweet. I recommend that you borrow "Mein Kampf" and "The Hitler Youth."<br />
PATRON 1: [translated] WTF are you? I think I r3c0gn1z3 U ...<br />
LIBRARIAN: [translated] You can call me Forest Gump.<br />
PATRON 1: [translated] Um, I think I'll go find my book on my own ...<br />
[cut to the boy walking through the library, when he picks up a piece of paper with the word "Playboy" written on it]<br />
PATRON 1: [translated] Awesome! Playboy!<br />
[cut to a shot of the librarian removing her mustache, examining it, then placing it back under her nose ... then the camera pans out to show the boy reading the "magazine" (as the theme from the 1960s "Spider-Man" cartoon begins to play in the background)]<br />
[cut back to the librarian watching the boy, as "Spider-man, Spider-man ... does whatever a spider can ... spins a web, any size ... Hitler's got really freaky eyes ... Look out! Hitler's got spidey sense!" appears on screen]<br />
[cut to the librarian walking towards the boy, as she taps him on the shoulder]<br />
LIBRARIAN: [translated] Did you see the friggin' rules?<br />
[he turns towards her]<br />
PATRON 1: [translated] No, I don't know the friggin' rules.<br />
LIBRARIAN: [translated] The rules say ... No drooling!<br />
[she points a finger at him]<br />
LIBRARIAN: [translated] This is your first "strike" ... If you have three strikes, I'll kill your bunshole!<br />
PATRON 1: [translated] Okay ...<br />
[cut to another boy talking to the librarian]<br />
PATRON 2: [translated] Uh, this book is overdue ...<br />
LIBRARIAN: [translated] Did you see the rules?!<br />
[he looks around]<br />
PATRON 2: [translated] No ...<br />
LIBRARIAN: [translated] I need to take your pants!<br />
PATRON 2: [translated] Heck no! I'm not giving you my pants!<br />
LIBRARIAN: [translated] I don't give a care!<br />
[he slams his hands on the desk]<br />
PATRON 2: [translated] This is very unreasonable!<br />
LIBRARIAN: [translated] You dare have these words come out of your mouth?!<br />
PATRON 2: [translated] This is a public library! How can you say this crap?<br />
[the librarian reaches over and "rips" his pants off in one motion, as the camera pans over to show the boy (from the waist up) with a shocked look on his face]<br />
PATRON 2: [translated] Dude! My pants! What the f***?!<br />
[he storms off, then (after a beat) he returns]<br />
PATRON 2: [translated] Umm ... Can I borrow a violin book?<br />
[cut to the boy (in his underwear) walking over to the couch and sitting down next to the first boy]<br />
PATRON 2: [translated] You know violins can cost money?<br />
PATRON 1: [translated] Umm ...<br />
[cut to the boy showing him his book]<br />
PATRON 2: [translated] Look at this! Look! I'm saying stuff!<br />
PATRON 1: [translated] If I give you money, will you shut up?!<br />
[cut to another boy talking to the librarian]<br />
PATRON 3: [translated] Um, can you help me find a book?<br />
LIBRARIAN: [translated] What book do you want me to find?!<br />
PATRON 3: [translated] I feel like getting a "physics" book ...<br />
[the librarian points at him and yells once he pronounces the word "physics" in English]<br />
LIBRARIAN: [translated] Can't speak English in the library!<br />
PATRON 3: [translated] For serious?<br />
LIBRARIAN: [translated] Have you seen the rules?<br />
PATRON 3: [translated] Yeah, there are five.<br />
LIBRARIAN: [translated] Did you really read the rules?<br />
PATRON 3: [translated] Fo sho! The rules didn't say anything about not speaking English!<br />
LIBRARIAN: [translated] Well, now there is!!<br />
PATRON 3: [translated] Fine, then where's my physics book?<br />
LIBRARIAN: [translated] Fine, here's your physics book.<br />
[she hands him a book]<br />
PATRON 3: [translated] Thank you. Physics is really interesting.<br />
[cut to a closeup of the door, as someone knocks, then cut to a still image of Michael Jackson (as the mouth moves to simulate him talking)]<br />
MICHAEL JACKSON: [translated] Please open the door. Michael Jackson wants to renew a book!<br />
[cut to the first boy sitting on the couch]<br />
PATRON 1: [translated] I have a feeling that Michael Jackson wants to get in ...<br />
[everyone else says in unison "The rules say ... No Michael Jackson allowed!"]<br />
[cut back to the still image of Michael Jackson]<br />
MICHAEL JACKSON: [translated] Come on guys, just let me renew the book!<br />
[cut to the librarian]<br />
LIBRARIAN: [translated] No! Go away, Michael Jackson!<br />
[cut back to the still image of Michael Jackson (as the eyebrows and mouth move to make him look angry)]<br />
MICHAEL JACKSON: [translated] Rawr!<br />
[the screen fades to black, then cut to the boy talking to the librarian]<br />
PATRON 3: [translated] Okay, can I check this book out now?<br />
LIBRARIAN: [translated] Give me your library card!<br />
[he hands her a piece of paper, and she nods]<br />
PATRON 3: [translated] Ah, it is getting late. I better head home.<br />
[he gets up, then the other two boys walk up to him]<br />
PATRON 1: [translated] How about we go home together?<br />
PATRON 3: [translated] Who the crap are you guys?<br />
[a ringing bell can be heard, as they all look around nervously]<br />
PATRON 1: [translated] Fire!<br />
[they all run off, then cut to the librarian pointing at them]<br />
LIBRARIAN: [translated] No running!<br />
[she reaches under the table and pulls out a shotgun, then begins firing at them ... she gets off two shots, then points the barrel at the camera as the screen cuts to black]<br />
<br />
Directed by<br />
Chris Chen<br />
<br />
Original story by<br />
Boyang Zhang<br />
<br />
Screenplay by<br />
Jessica Warner<br />
<br />
Costumes and Props<br />
Alex Lin<br />
<br />
Visual and Sound Effects<br />
Chris Chen<br />
<br />
Cast<br />
<br />
Library Patron #1<br />
Alex Lin<br />
<br />
Librarian<br />
Jessica Warner<br />
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Library Patron #2<br />
Chris Chen<br />
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Library Patron #3<br />
Boyang Zhang<br />
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Michael Jackson<br />
Chris ChenAlessandrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17650294301637486548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887637558145300972.post-17790862618323115172015-07-21T12:00:00.000-04:002015-07-21T12:00:06.300-04:00Case Study No. 2102: Ian McKinney<blockquote>
<a href="http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/e-FOQBVs944/hqdefault.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/e-FOQBVs944/default.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 100px;" /></a> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-FOQBVs944">The Heist</a></span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">2:12</span><br />
Watch how a book lover pulls one over on a librarian to aquire a book that is on hold.<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Tags: Beyone the Talking Head BTH YA YAS ACPL teens</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Added: 2 years ago</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">From: askacpl</span><br />
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[scene opens with a young girl speaking to an older male librarian (short brown hair, glasses, green shirt, brown shirt)]<br />
LIBRARIAN: May I help you?<br />
BOOK LOVER: Yes, I was wondering, do you have a "Son of Neptune?"<br />
LIBRARIAN: Oh, "Son of Neptune" ...<br />
[he starts typing on his computer]<br />
LIBRARIAN: I think there's a big hold list for that one. Let's see.<br />
[he looks at the computer screen and grimaces]<br />
LIBRARIAN: Uh, yeah ... would you like to be on the hold list?<br />
BOOK LOVER: Oh, I'm already on the hold list. Can you tell me how many are there?<br />
LIBRARIAN: Um, let's see ...<br />
[he leans in and stares at the computer screen, then grimaces again]<br />
LIBRARIAN: It's about ... two hundred and fifty.<br />
BOOK LOVER: Awww ...<br />
[she puts her head down on the table, then cut to the girl standing in front of an elevator]<br />
BOOK LOVER: I've got to get that book!<br />
[she slaps the button, then the doors open and a young boy walks out]<br />
MASTERMIND: Oh, hey!<br />
BOOK LOVER: Oh, hey!<br />
MASTERMIND: How's it going?<br />
BOOK LOVER: It's terrible!<br />
MASTERMIND: Why?<br />
BOOK LOVER: There's this one book I can't get, "Son of Neptune!" I've been waiting for it for so long!<br />
MASTERMIND: Well--<br />
BOOK LOVER: There's a hold of like two hundred and fifty people!<br />
MASTERMIND: Well, I think we can think of something ...<br />
[cut to the two looking at a floor plan for the library<br />
MASTERMIND: Okay, every book that comes in has to go somewhere ... even if it is on hold.<br />
[he points at the map]<br />
MASTERMIND: That place is right here, in the basement! So what we have to do is get to the basement!<br />
[cut to the two standing in front of a locked door, as the boy randomly presses buttons on the keypad]<br />
MASTERMIND: How does this thing work?<br />
[cut to a closeup of the handle, as a buzzer sounds and the girl is finally able to turn it and open the door]<br />
MASTERMIND: I got it!<br />
[cut to the librarian looking over a bookcart, when the boy walks up to him]<br />
MASTERMIND: Uh, can you tell me where the bathroom is?<br />
[as the librarian look at him in confusion, the girl sneaks behind them and starts rifling through a box of books]<br />
LIBRARIAN: You're not supposed to be down here.<br />
MASTERMIND: Well, I got lost looking for the bathroom ...<br />
[the librarian points off camera]<br />
LIBRARIAN: Well, the way out is that way.<br />
[the girl grabs a book and holds it up in triumph]<br />
MASTERMIND: Oh, okay.<br />
[the librarian shakes his head and goes back to checking his books, as the girl sneaks away]<br />
[cut to the girl standing at the self-checkout machine, as the boy stands guard behind her]<br />
BOOK LOVER: Now I just have to check it out!<br />
[she tries to swipe the book in the machine]<br />
BOOK LOVER: It won't check ... Oh, it says it's on hold!<br />
MASTERMIND: Huh?<br />
[she puts her head down on the table, as the boy looks at the computer screen]<br />
MASTERMIND: Wait, it says it's on hold ... for you!<br />
BOOK LOVER: What?<br />
[the girl looks up at the screen, then holds the book up over her head in triumph, as the scene freezes and Queen's "We Are the Champions" plays in the background]<br />
<br />
Starring<br />
<br />
Caitlin Johnson ... Book Lover<br />
Tyler Johnson ... Mastermind<br />
Ian McKinney ... Librarian<br />
<br />
Screenplay by<br />
Caitlin Johnson<br />
Corinne Johnson<br />
Tyler Johnson<br />
Ian McKinney<br />
<br />
Camera Operators<br />
Corinne Johnson<br />
Tyler Johnson<br />
Ian McKinney<br />
<br />
Directed by<br />
Ian McKinney<br />
<br />
Editing<br />
Caitlin Johnson<br />
Tyler Johnson<br />
Ian McKinneyAlessandrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17650294301637486548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887637558145300972.post-84090029417676790172015-07-21T10:30:00.000-04:002015-07-21T10:30:00.889-04:00Case Study No. 2101: Staff of the Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences<blockquote>
<a href="http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/JzyeUKxMk80/hqdefault.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/JzyeUKxMk80/default.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 100px;" /></a> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzyeUKxMk80">'Like Chernobyl': Millions of unique texts feared lost in Moscow library fire</a></span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">3:26</span><br />
The massive fire in Russia's leading academic library may have destroyed some 15 percent of the collection – or roughly two million unique, historic documents. The devastation "resembles Chernobyl," say academics hoping to save some of the ancient texts.<br />
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The blaze – which erupted at around 10 p.m. Moscow time on Friday (7 p.m. GMT), on the third floor of the Academic Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences (INION) in Moscow – was fully extinguished at 11:24 p.m. on Saturday, according to the Emergencies Ministry. Firefighters will continue to pour water over some 2,000 square meters of the damaged building until Sunday morning.<br />
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With 49,000 readers and 330 employees, INION is the largest research center in Russia in the fields of social sciences and humanities. Its collection consists of 14.2 million texts in both ancient and modern European and Asian languages, including rare 400-year-old editions. It also has one of the biggest collections of Slavic language books in the country.<br />
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The library, founded in 1918, also boasts Russia's most complete collection of documents of the League of Nations, the UN, and UNESCO, as well as parliamentarian reports of the United States (since 1789), the UK (since 1803), Italy (since 1897), and many others.<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Tags: Chernobyl Disaster (Disaster) Library (Industry) Millions unique texts feared lost Moscow library fire Moscow library</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Added: 5 months ago</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">From: EpimersNews</span><br />
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<br />
<i>From <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/11383676/A-million-rare-documents-damaged-in-Moscow-library-fire.html">telegraph.co.uk</a>: </i><br />
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A million rare documents damaged in Moscow library fire<br />
Cultural "Chernobyl" as blaze rips through one of Russia's largest university libraries<br />
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By AFP<br />
11:11AM GMT 02 Feb 2015<br />
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A fire that ripped through one of Russia's largest university libraries is believed to have damaged over one million historic documents, with some describing the fire as a cultural "Chernobyl."<br />
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The blaze, which started on Friday and was still not completely out on Saturday evening, ravaged 2,000 square metres (21,500 square feet) of the Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences (INION) in Moscow, which was created in 1918 and holds 10 million documents with some dating back to the 16th century.<br />
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"It's a major loss for science. This is the largest collection of its kind in the world, probably equivalent to the (United States) Library of Congress," Vladimir Fortov, president of the Russian Academy of Sciences was quoted as saying by Russia press agencies.<br />
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"One can find documents there that are impossible to find elsewhere, all the social sciences use this library. What has happened here is reminiscent of Chernobyl," he said referring to the 1986 nuclear catastrophe.<br />
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Fortov said about 15 per cent of the collection had been damaged at the library, which includes one of the world's richest collections of Slavic language works, but also documents from Britain, Italy and the US.<br />
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Fortov told Kommersant FM radio that much of the damage was caused by water from the firefighting operations.<br />
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No one was injured in the inferno.<br />
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The fire broke out on Friday evening on the library's second floor and continued burning all day Saturday despite 200 firefighters' efforts to douse the blaze.<br />
<br />
Library authorities initially said the documents were not in danger, but once the fire caused 1,000 square metres of the roof to collapse they were less certain about the risk to the collection.<br />
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A rescue service source told state-run RIA Novosti news agency it was impossible to remove the books because of the intense heat in the building.<br />
<br />
According to Russian media, investigators looking into the cause of the blaze suspect an electrical short-circuit was to blame.<br />
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<i>From <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/and-after-fire-library-conservation-303946">newsweek.com</a>: </i><br />
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After a huge fire at Russia's Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences in Moscow was finally extinguished on Saturday, a long process began: salvaging books and collections damaged by flames, smoke and the water used by firefighters.<br />
<br />
Though experts in the U.S. said they were not yet familiar with the specifics of the blaze at the Soviet-era building, they spoke with Newsweek about the precautions that such libraries and archives can take in case of disaster and what happens afterward when conservators are trying to rescue damaged materials.<br />
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The current standard procedure for salvaging books and collections damaged by water calls for the materials to be frozen as soon as possible. That's right: Stick them in a freezer.<br />
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"The material needs to be packed into cartons and frozen to stop the deterioration," says Duncan Rioch, a project administrator at Document Reprocessors, a company that specializes in salvaging water- and smoke-damaged books, documents and other archival material.<br />
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Previously, the company has been charged with restoration efforts for the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian. Most famously, it helped salvage and preserve the documentation that came up from the Titanic. While Rioch explained the process to Newsweek on Monday, one of the company's staffers was en route to Brooklyn, where a fire that broke out Saturday morning ravaged a warehouse full of New York City agency records.<br />
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Frances Harrell, a preservation specialist at Northeast Document Conservation Center, says libraries and archives should install automated fire-suppression systems, like sprinklers, because water-damaged records "are recoverable. We like them wet better than we like them burned up." But the mold that can result from the wet paper can be extremely harmful, she adds.<br />
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Paper and other porous materials grow when wet and can therefore break bindings on books. Once the materials are frozen, though, they can be kept indefinitely until the institution is ready to continue the restoration process. A vacuum freeze dryer can then evaporate the ice out of the material without allowing it to go through a liquid state. In other words, the technique uses sublimation, which means the ice changes from a solid state directly to a gaseous state. The vacuum helps speed up the process.<br />
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Document Reprocessors also has an alternative cryogenic drying method that takes three or four weeks, rather than the seven to 14 days for vacuum freeze drying, but allows the company to dry leather and ancient documents without having them crack. Since the process is proprietary, Rioch said he couldn't reveal the details.<br />
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Once the documents are dry, they need to be assessed for damage caused by the water, or the smoke or fire that came before the water, Rioch explains. For example, water damage can cause the glue from book bindings to migrate onto the pages, so they need to be carefully separated.<br />
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When fire is involved, there can be an accumulation of soot on the material, and the water can carry it into the material. Because soot can contain creosote, a carcinogen, the book or document "needs to be surface-cleaned and encapsulated to preserve the historical document in a manner that it is still safe for people to handle," Rioch says. Sometimes in these situations, an organization will prefer to scan and index the contents for reference and encapsulate the full item in plastic, rather than encapsulating each individual page (with lamination, for example).<br />
<br />
Harrell cited the 1973 fire at the National Archives' National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis and a devastating 2009 fire at the Historical Archive of Cologne in Germany, which led to that building's collapse, as other examples comparable to last week's events in Moscow. But fire is not as common as flooding and water damage, says Rioch, who adds that his company is working with many municipalities that are still recovering documents damaged during Hurricane Sandy. In any case, both fires and floods lead to water damage.<br />
<br />
Vladimir Fortov, president of Russia's Academy of Sciences, compared the Moscow institution that caught fire Friday with the Library of Congress (LOC). So what would the Library of Congress do if its collections were damaged?<br />
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Elmer Eusman, chief of the conservation division, says the LOC has three main lines of defense in case of such an emergency. First is a so-called "beeper team" - which now uses iPhones - of about a dozen members, who are on a standby rotation to alert higher powers in case of a water breach or another situation. Second, the library has a designated space with equipment and supplies ready to salvage its collections.<br />
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When there's an emergency, there's "always a sense of panic," says Eusman. "You don't want to be thinking about what you need, you want it all already handy." The supplies and equipment include pads that soak up large quantities of water, boards to keep covers straight while drying, personal protective gear, freezer storage and a vacuum freeze dryer that can handle small quantities of materials.<br />
<br />
Finally, the LOC has a contract agreement in place with a company that, like Document Reprocessors, can contribute manpower, supplies and equipment in larger emergencies.<br />
<br />
The response part of a disaster, like putting materials in the freezer, "can happen very quickly and is relatively cheap," says Eusman. But that's just the first step. The recovery that follows is often slow and very costly.<br />
<br />
Based on photographs he's seen in the news of the fire in Moscow, "it'll be a significant amount of damage," he says. "There's going to be irreparable loss, undoubtedly, but I'm sure some will be recoverable."Alessandrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17650294301637486548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887637558145300972.post-27546255215919082502015-07-20T15:00:00.000-04:002015-07-20T15:00:03.202-04:00Case Study No. 2100: Cadie Baskerval<blockquote>
<a href="http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/ZVA080rz9L0/hqdefault.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/ZVA080rz9L0/default.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 100px;" /></a> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVA080rz9L0">Dangerous HS Girls in Trouble - Ch.6 (Downtown Breakdown)</a></span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">27:15</span><br />
The evidence continues to gather in favor of Max but is it possible for us to use this knowledge in time to save him?<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Tags: let's play gaming dangerous high school girls in trouble</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Added: 3 years ago</span><br />
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<br />
[the player clicks on the Downtown Library, as "Greco-Roman exterior architecture belies the gothic towers of bookcases within. Light struggles to reach worn, stained bindings" appears on screen]<br />
[a still image of a young female librarian (long hair, glasses, dress with a high neck collar) appears on screen]<br />
NARRATOR: "Hello girls. Welcome to the most exciting place in town!" She says with a gentle smile.<br />
["What does Louise say to Cadie Baskerval? Select from the list on her card" appears on screen]<br />
[the player selects "Any accidents?"]<br />
LOUISE: Have there been any accidents here lately?<br />
CADIE: Nothing more than a few spilled books. Poor things.<br />
[the player selects "Is it true about you?"]<br />
LOUISE: Is it true, you've never left the library?<br />
CADIE: My father was the librarian before me. I was born in the librarian's office. He raised me here after mother died.<br />
[the player selects "Your entire life!"]<br />
LOUISE: You really have lived here your entire life!<br />
NARRATOR: "You're still young. When you learn enough about our little town, you'll understand." Cadie shivers.<br />
[the player selects "The right place."]<br />
NARRATOR: "Then we've come to the right place. Excite me." Louise dares.<br />
CADIE: I just finished organizing the town charter and its legal records!<br />
[the player selects "I can understand why a person would never leave. Bye!"]<br />
[the image of the librarian disappears, and the player clicks the "PowWow" button]<br />
LOUISE: We were right! The accidents were caused by goods ordered from Weehawken.<br />
GLADYS: We might convince Dean Hemlock, but Max lost his trial, and he will hang.<br />
LOUISE: What about that appeal? What we've learned should free him.<br />
GLADYS: I don't know much about law, but don't appeals require a higher authority?<br />
LOUISE: I know two things about Brigiton's laws. They fall easily to corruption, and the town librarian just read them.<br />
GLADYS: Oooo, goodie! We're going to corrupt a librarian!<br />
[the player clicks on the Downtown Library again, as the image of the librarian re-appears]<br />
NARRATOR: "I cannot give legal advice about an appellate process for Miss Fox's boyfriend." She hides Brigiton's legal codes behind her back.<br />
[the player clicks "Expose", as "The blue tokens hide words in a message. Click tokens to reveal words for free. Then click the remaining tokens and guess." appears on screen]<br />
[the player completes the mini-game, as "I cannot reveal Brigiton's extraordinary tribunal clause. I cannot say that it was created to avoid sending appeals to the big city." appears on screen]<br />
["Win" appears on screen]<br />
NARRATOR: "What is an extraordinary tribunal, you ask?" Cadie beams! "Come back after I've fully researched it."<br />
[the player clicks on the Downtown Library again]<br />
CADIE: I finished researching Brigiton's extraordinary tribunal clause. I even noted how to initiate one.<br />
[the player selects "Why the clause?"]<br />
LOUISE: Why does Brigiton need an appeals clause?<br />
CADIE: Back in the day of our Founder, it took too long to send an appeal to a higher judicial authority.<br />
[the player selects "Still true?"]<br />
LOUISE: Hold on! Why is that still true today? Max will be hung before an appeal reaches the big city!<br />
NARRATOR: "Brigiton has a history of avoiding influence from outsiders." Cadie tightens her lips until they're white.<br />
[the player selects "Okay, what is it?"]<br />
CADIE: Brigition's extraordinary tribunal allows citizens to appeal legal verdicts the town at large believes are unjust.<br />
[the player selects "How to start?"]<br />
LOUISE: How do we instigate an appeals tribunal?<br />
CADIE: First, you have to petition the mayor. By petition, I mean, simply ask him to call for a tribunal.<br />
[the player selects "What then?"]<br />
LOUISE: Okay, suppose we convince the mayor to call for a tribunal? What then?<br />
CADIE: At least three upstanding citizens must answer the call to review the original verdict.<br />
[the player selects "Upstanding?"]<br />
LOUISE: What does "upstanding" mean? Who in town qualifies as upstanding?<br />
CADIE: Financially established older men like Banker Potts, Doctor Dielater, Dean Hemlock, and so forth.<br />
[the player selects "Great for big shots!"]<br />
LOUISE: This tribunal clause sounds like a great way for big shots to get away with murder!<br />
CADIE: The town's records show, the only defendants to win their appeal were members of other tribunals.<br />
[the player selects "What do they do?"]<br />
LOUISE: What do these citizens do, once they've answered the call?<br />
CADIE: They form a court for one day and review the case, verdict, witnesses, and any other relevant information ... Remember, first you must convince the mayor. Come back here if you have further questions.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />
<i>From <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangerous_High_School_Girls_in_Trouble!">wikipedia.org</a>: </i><br />
<br />
Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble! is a casual video game by independent developer Mousechief. After a series of beta releases and demos in 2007 and 2008, the finished title was released in mid-2008, with versions for both Windows and Mac OS X.<br />
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The game is set in 1920s Brigiton, a fictional community in small-town America, and involves the player guiding the activities of a group of high school girls as they explore its intrigues. Highlighting social rebellion in an era where women had only limited freedom, the title's motto declares "This is the game where good girls get better by being bad!".<br />
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Gameplay<br />
Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble! begins with the player selecting one of twelve different girls to be the "queen" (leader) of the "gang". Afterwards, basic gameplay mechanics are revealed as the player recruits three additional girls to assist her. Each girl has different scores in four different attributes: Popularity, Rebellion, Glamor, and Savvy. The game makes heavy use of the suits from a traditional deck of playing cards, representing each in-game attribute as one of the suits.<br />
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The four attributes correspond to ability in four different actions which the girls can use when interacting with others. In turn, each of the four actions, "Taunt", "Expose", "Fib", and "Gambit", has a unique mini-game associated with it. After a given girl wins a certain number of mini-games, the player is able to increase one of her attributes. In contrast, losing a mini-game can result in a girl being unavailable for a period of time, or possibly even exiled from the player's gang. Often a girl lost from the gang can be recruited again later, or a substitute can be found. However, the presence of a boyfriend can protect a given girl from being banished even temporarily. Boyfriends are typically obtained through a separate "Flirt" mini-game, which makes use of all four of a girl's attributes together. When a girl who has a boyfriend receives a penalty serious enough to leave the gang, the boyfriend instead sacrifices himself to save her.<br />
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In-game navigation involves selecting different locations on a stylized game board. The girls then travel to that location and interact with one of the individuals who is revealed to currently be present. While in some cases, the girls simply converse ("Parley") with the person, in general, the girls seek to manipulate individuals in order to obtain information or to "get away" with something. This is done by selecting an action suggested by one of the girls (e.g. "Expose" to try to reveal the truth), and then playing the corresponding mini-game. Success often advances the game plot, but can also result in other benefits, such as temporary ability bonuses. In certain cases, the choice of mini-game can affect the story. For example, taunting a teacher is usually not a good choice, as even if the player wins the "Taunt" game, the outcome may be unfavorable and may result in the loss of a girl from the gang.<br />
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<i>From <a href="http://mistressofallevil.blogspot.com/2009/01/game-of-moment.html">blogspot.com</a>: </i><br />
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What have I been doing this week? What everybody else seems to be doing as well--playing "Dangerous High School Girls In Trouble."<br />
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Not only do you have to love a computer game with a name like this, but this is the most unusual game I have seen in ages. Beautifully designed to look like a board game, done in elegant watercolor, this game combines all the things a 1920s flapper can teach that girls of today need to know: How to play poker, expose secrets, successfully taunt others, and flirt with boys who will then sacrifice themselves for you.<br />
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But this isn't only about being bad--learning these skills allows your girls to outwit adults in order to solve a mystery and save the innocent, as well as successfully serve as matchmakers to at least three deserve-to-be-happy couples.<br />
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You start with selecting the girl who will be Queen of your gang--from a group of 12 possible, each of whom has different strengths.<br />
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You then travel around the school looking to recruit other girls for your gang, occasionally attending classes as well.<br />
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Once you have your gang complete, you begin to investigate why the school nurse is covering up accidents, while outmaneuvering the Liars, Bullies and Stoolies.<br />
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Eventually, your investigations take you out into the tougher world of Downtown Brigiton, where the boys are harder to hook, and the adults are corrupt, venal, or pathetic, yet all are harder to outwit.<br />
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The game and the producing company Mousechief are garnering a lot of positive reviews and nominations. This is the most delightful and amusing game I've played in a very long time, and I highly recommend it.<br />
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<i>From <a href="http://www.gamezebo.com/2008/11/21/dangerous-high-school-girls-trouble-walkthrough-cheats-strategy-guide/">gamezebo.com</a>: </i><br />
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The arrest of Maximillian:<br />
* Your next task is to find the detective. You can find him at the campus basement. He will arrest Maximillian. Go on to the Primary School and meet Florence. After talking to her you can meet her the next Saturday under the shady tree and she will teach you the last game, "gambit". After you have learned it you must return to the administration to meet Nurse Nacht once more.<br />
* After beating her by gambit you should search for evidence in the dean's office. After beating him in a game you have to wait till regular school hours are over and search for Miss Hippilyta at the patio. Then go to the gymnasium to get the crowbar. It will be your way into the dean's office. After you have dealt with the dean you are able to access a new location, "Downtown".<br />
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Downtown Business:<br />
* Visit Downtown to find out if the businesses there were also involved in any accidents. Go to the Two Peeks Diner and talk to Henry. He will tell you about some accidents that happened just recently in the different buildings in downtown. Feel free to visit other businesses and talk to the owners, for example the pharmacy. After you have talked some people the girls will summarise what they've found out.<br />
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Maximillian's appeal:<br />
* Go the town library then. Go the city hall and meet Julianne Fox. She will give you her keys to the maths room where you have to take her telescope after the school hours. When you do that Stoolie Girl will tell you that Bully Girl took the telescope to the basement, go there.<br />
* After you have won against Bully Girl return to Downtown and visit Maximillian in prison at the police-station. After you have talked to him go to the library again and ask how you to convince the mayor. Go to the Daily Muse and talk to journalist Otto Glimmernut. Go to the city hall and inform the mayor's secretary, George Pavel, about the Pogo Parade.<br />
* Head then to the market circle. Talk to Otto Glimmernut and the children, then play gambit against the mayor. Talk to the mayor again.<br />
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The tribunal:<br />
* Go to the library to ask Cadie Baskerval how to recruit the tribunal. Go to the hospital and convince Dr. Dielater to apply at the city hall. Then go to the school and talk to the dean in the administration. After that oyu have already two people who will be on Max's side. Return to downtown. Visit the Brigiton Hotel and talk to Mahatma McTeague. The last applicant you have to deal with is Clive the barber. Then return to the city hall and ask Vincent Haas about the applicants.<br />
* Talk to Haas again and he will tell you that the judge decided Maximillian is innocent. He will talk to you and your girls meet at the new location the next day, "The Dells".<br />
* Go to the bandstand and meet Susan Fragette.<br />
* Another possibility instead of this path is to let the tribunal judge him as guilty and then trying to save him while he is about to be hung. Be sure to give the Weehawken catalogue to the mayor's secretary.Alessandrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17650294301637486548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887637558145300972.post-2409782002875842342015-07-20T12:00:00.000-04:002015-07-20T12:00:02.758-04:00Case Study No. 2099: Gina (Love Route)<blockquote>
<a href="http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/EfLDiCEfJ1s/hqdefault.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/EfLDiCEfJ1s/default.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 100px;" /></a> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfLDiCEfJ1s">Love Route Trailer</a></span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">1:29</span><br />
The trailer for the new Saint Studios film about a bounty hunter named Jude (Darrock Flynn) who goes to collect real estate agent named Charlie (Aaron Brown) and ends up going on a date with librarian Gina (Faith Randall). In the end, Jude and Gina become a couple on the run from a mobster named Joey (Jeremy Hammack) and his entourage of bodyguards. The final film will be presented in three parts online that will be released periodically throughout the summer of 2012.<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Tags: love lover loves route road travel couple trailer film short independent gun shoot guns pantyhose bodyguard gangsters mafia mob gangster bounty hunter bunny rabbit evil killer strangle torture realtor rape date rapist library librarian car cars chase pursuit driving cool teaser sexy</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Added: 3 years ago</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">From: doroctor</span><br />
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[trailer opens with a man groggily rolling over in bed]<br />
JUDE: [in voice over] Hello there. My name's Jude Wenslow ... and I'm a bounty hunter.<br />
[he rolls right out of bed and lands on the floor, then cut to a closeup of another man]<br />
JUDE: [in voice over] See that guy? His name's Joey Angelo ...<br />
[cut to Jude tied up in a chair, with a nylon stocking over his head]<br />
JUDE: Wasn't so bad ...<br />
[Joey kneels down next to him, as another man off camera grabs Jude by the head]<br />
JOEY: He hasn't even started.<br />
[cut to various shots from the film, then to Jude standing in front of a closed door]<br />
JUDE: Who is it?<br />
[cut to a young female librarian (long dark hair, brown dress) standing on the other side of the door]<br />
GINA: It's Gina.<br />
[cut to a different man opening the door, as Jude pushes the door and knocks him down, then cut back to the librarian]<br />
GINA: Are you ready for that date?<br />
[cut back to Jude inside the house (from before the librarian arrived), as he has the man tied up in the closet]<br />
JUDE: I'm gonna take this nice-lookin' girl out on a nice date, because that is what normal people do.<br />
["Love" appears on screen, then cut to various shots of Jude spending time with the librarian (now wearing glasses) ... including teaching her how to fire a gun]<br />
["Hate" appears on screen, then cut to more shots of the movie]<br />
["And a killer bunny" appears on screen, then cut to a man inside of a car looking at his laptop]<br />
MICHAEL: You threaten my family, I call the Hare!<br />
[cut to Jude inside his bathroom, where a little pink bunny doll is clinging to the shower curtain]<br />
[cut to the bunny on the shoulders of another man, using piano wire to "choke" him out]<br />
[cut to Jude driving his car, as the librarian sits in the passenger seat]<br />
JUDE: [in voice over] You should get some of those glasses ... like, the big thick ones? Because then you'd look like a really sexy librarian.<br />
["Love Route" appears on screen]<br />
JUDE: [in voice over] I mean, you look way too good to be one anyway.<br />
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<i>From <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2958266/">imdb.com</a>: </i><br />
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Love Route (2012)<br />
63 min - Comedy | Crime | Romance<br />
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Director: Curtis Everitt<br />
Writers: Curtis Everitt (story), Curtis Everitt<br />
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Jude is a bounty hunter who goes to collect from seedy real estate agent Charlie. Jude ends up pretending to be Charlie in order to go on a date with Gina the librarian. While pursuing his overall objective and trying not to break the shocking truth to Gina, Jude is relentlessly dogged by gangster Joey Angelo, who wants vengeance for embarrassment.<br />
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<i>From <a href="http://www.saintstudiosfilms.com/loveroute">saintstudiosfilms.com</a>: </i><br />
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Love Route (2012)<br />
<br />
Written and directed by<br />
Curtis Everitt<br />
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Cast<br />
Darrock Flynn as Jude<br />
Faith Randall as Gina<br />
Aaron Brown as Charlie<br />
Jeremy Hammack as Joey<br />
Josh Powell as Michael<br />
Jeremy Terrance as Argile<br />
David Shoemaker as Bruno<br />
Seth Kingston as Mars<br />
Isaac Plunkett as Unlucky Fellow<br />
Kayla Walls as Girl by Pool<br />
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Music arranged<br />
Curtis Everitt<br />
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Assistant camera<br />
Isaac Plunkett<br />
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Format consultant<br />
David Shoemaker<br />
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Stunt driver<br />
Seth Kingston<br />
<br />
Special thanks<br />
Courtney Smith<br />
Lisa Randall<br />
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Summary:<br />
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On his deathbed, Jude Wenslow's father was swindled out of his house. This house was to be Jude's inheritance, but now it's fallen into the control of gangster Michael Angelo (Josh Powell), who plans to use it for criminal activity. Jude (Darrock Flynn) pursues Joey Angelo (Jeremy Hammack) because he has access to the deed. Jude uses every means at his disposal to harass Joey and his entourage. Even though he is a bounty hunter, Jude is not legally permitted to carry a firearm because of a previous offense. This causes tension whenever Jude grows more paranoid and contacts gun dealer Argile (Jeremy Terrance). Also, Jude goes to collect Charlie (Aaron Brown), a real estate agent associated with Joey, and ends up putting him in a closet and stealing Charlie's beautiful date away. Gina the librarian (Faith Randall) is looking to start over in a healthy relationship, and luckily for her Jude comes along to save her from Charlie's more sinister intentions. A barrier between Jude and Gina is that Jude is not honest about his identity, posing as Charlie on their first couple dates. Not only must Jude break the news to Gina, but he also must collect the deed and stay alive in this hardball game of cat and mouse.Alessandrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17650294301637486548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887637558145300972.post-11551950382818067282015-07-20T10:30:00.000-04:002015-07-20T10:30:00.688-04:00Case Study No. 2098: Southern Arkansas University Tech Librarian<blockquote>
<a href="http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/quFvtsAFYCI/hqdefault.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/quFvtsAFYCI/default.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 100px;" /></a> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quFvtsAFYCI">LRC (2011) HD</a></span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">3:33</span><br />
My directorial debut, which I wrote and produced as well. I'm also responsible for the Tangerine Dream-y score, and I make a Hitchcockian cameo about 40 seconds in as a strapping firefighter.<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Tags: Film Library College Fantasy University Student Campus Librarian Short Short Film</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Added: 3 years ago</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">From: stefandiamante</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Views: 71</span></blockquote>
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[scene opens with black and white footage of a female student walking into a college library, as she stops with a look of hesitation on her face]<br />
[the scene fades to white, then cut to color footage of a young female librarian (long black hair, grey pantsuit) talking to the student in a monotone cadence]<br />
LIBRARIAN: Welcome to the SAU Tech Learning Resource Center. How may I assist you today?<br />
STUDENT: Is this like a library or something?<br />
LIBRARIAN: Oh, but it's so much more than that.<br />
STUDENT: How so?<br />
LIBRARIAN: Come with me.<br />
[she turns and walks away, as the student follows her]<br />
LIBRARIAN: [in voice over] Our library contains a vast selection of titles available to every student, no matter what his or her course of study may be.<br />
[cut to the student walking past a bookshelf, as she turns and gives a confused look to something off camera]<br />
LIBRARIAN: [in voice over] From aviation maintenance ...<br />
[cut to a male student tossing a paper airplane into the air (with realistic sound effects of a jet taking off)]<br />
[cut to the student walking past another bookshelf, as she turns and looks at something off camera]<br />
LIBRARIAN: [in voice over] To nursing ...<br />
[cut to a male student (dressed in a white lab coat) sticking a large needle into the neck of another male student (with a blank look on his face), while an EKG monitor can be heard beeping in the background]<br />
[cut to the student walking past another bookshelf, as she turns and looks at something off camera]<br />
LIBRARIAN: [in voice over] To fire science management ...<br />
[cut to a smoke-filled shot of the bookshelves, as a male student (dressed as a firefighter) carries a young boy towards the camera while sirens blast]<br />
[cut to the student walking past another bookshelf, as she turns and looks at something off camera]<br />
LIBRARIAN: [in voice over] To teacher education ...<br />
[cut to a female student reading from a book (as if she is giving a lecture to an unseen classroom), when the paper airplane flies past her face]<br />
LIBRARIAN: [in voice over] And everything else in between.<br />
[cut to the student talking to the librarian and smiling]<br />
STUDENT: And to think, I always thought libraries were these dark and scary places where something is just waiting to jump out and get you ...<br />
[she turns away, then cut to the librarian calmly holding up a clove of garlic to ward off a male student (dressed as Dracula) peeking out from behind one of the bookshelves]<br />
[cut to the librarian handing the student a magazine]<br />
LIBRARIAN: We also have a wide selection of periodicals ...<br />
[cut to the librarian handing the student a copy of the movie "Juliet of the Spirits"]<br />
LIBRARIAN: And DVDs ...<br />
[the student sighs]<br />
STUDENT: Is that all?<br />
LIBRARIAN: Follow me.<br />
[she turns and walks away, then cut to black and white footage of students using the library's computers]<br />
LIBRARIAN: [in voice over] Our computer lab helps make completing homework and class projects a snap. From writing reports, to creating slideshow presentations, to accessing the internet, we've got you covered.<br />
[cut back to color footage of the librarian and the student talking]<br />
LIBRARIAN: We even have Macs.<br />
STUDENT: Who's Max?<br />
LIBRARIAN: Uh, Mac computers?<br />
[cut to black and white footage of students using the library's Mac computers]<br />
LIBRARIAN: [in voice over] Which are available for the convenience of our multimedia students, complete with programs such as Adobe Photoshop and Final Cut Pro.<br />
[cut to a student using a photocopy machine]<br />
LIBRARIAN: [in voice over] And whether you need a document scanned, printed, or copied ...<br />
[cut to another student making a copy at the circulation desk]<br />
LIBRARIAN: [in voice over] All of these options are within your reach.<br />
[cut to more footage of students studying together]<br />
LIBRARIAN: [in voice over] The LRC features plenty of space for studying and doing homework.<br />
[cut back to color footage of the librarian and the student talking]<br />
LIBRARIAN: We even have a reading lounge ...<br />
[cut to a male student (wearing novelty sunglasses) lying on a couch underneath a blanket, reading a copy of Doctor Seuss' "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish"]<br />
LIBRARIAN: [in voice over] If you're ever in need of a comfortable place to kick back and relax with a good book.<br />
[cut back to the librarian and the student talking]<br />
STUDENT: This is all highly impressive indeed, but sometimes I find myself in need of some professional help.<br />
LIBRARIAN: Mmmm ...<br />
STUDENT: With my general studies. I bet you don't have an answer to that, Miss Know It All.<br />
LIBRARIAN: As a matter of fact, the Learning Resource Center at SAU Tech--<br />
[cut to black and white footage of students writing on a whiteboard]<br />
LIBRARIAN: [in voice over] Is proud to provide our students with a full tutoring center, complete with a study area, an entire arsenal of computers, and of course an exceptional staff of fully qualified tutors who are more than happy to assist you--<br />
[cut back to color footage of the librarian and the student talking]<br />
LIBRARIAN: In mastering any core academic subject you so require.<br />
[she snaps her fingers, as the screen fades to white, then cut to the student sitting at a desk as three library staff members surround her with books and papers]<br />
[the screen again fades to white, then cut to the student standing alone in the library and smiling]<br />
STUDENT: Wow, all of this under one roof!<br />
LIBRARIAN: [from off camera] Excuse me ...<br />
[cut to a closeup of the librarian's face, as she puts a finger to her lips and shushes the camera]<br />
LIBRARIAN: Shhhhh ...<br />
<br />
Starring<br />
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Rochon Bradford as The Student<br />
Melanie Shank as The Librarian<br />
<br />
Written, Produced & Directed<br />
by Stefan Diamante<br />
<br />
Executive Producers<br />
Allison Malone<br />
Steve Taylor<br />
<br />
Music<br />
Mode Nouveauxx<br />
<br />
Assistant Director - Carly Cooper<br />
Script Supervisor - Chris Poindexter<br />
Production Assistant - Marty Cash<br />
Production Assistant - Chris Cooper<br />
Production Assistant - Jordan Hager<br />
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Copyright (c) 2011 Studio Nouveaute<br />
(All Rights Reserved)<br />
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<i>From <a href="http://www.sautech.edu/lrc/">sautech.edu</a>: </i><br />
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The LRC provides students access to research materials, fiction and non-fiction, internet access, and online database access. The library is open Monday-Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and on Fridays from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Summer hours will be posted on the door.Alessandrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17650294301637486548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887637558145300972.post-79721052697051528242015-07-17T15:00:00.000-04:002015-07-17T15:00:01.697-04:00Case Study No. 2097: Angelique Kidd<blockquote>
<a href="http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/SaFR0dR6Pn8/hqdefault.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/SaFR0dR6Pn8/default.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 100px;" /></a> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaFR0dR6Pn8">Police, protesters accuse each other over use of pepper spray Thursday</a></span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">1:35</span><br />
ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) – Police and protesters are accusing each other of using pepper spray at a protest in Ferguson Thursday night.<br />
Police arrested three people during the demonstration late Thursday night. Authorities said 19-year-old Dasha Jones, 17-year-old Brandi Shields, and 25-year-old Moustapha Diop were arrested for blocking traffic. Shields and Jones have been charged with unlawful assembly, Diop was charged with unlawful assembly, resisting arrest, and assault on a law enforcement officer.<br />
Jones screamed about the tightness of the handcuffs as she was taken away. Friday, many protesters expressed and frustration about the arrest and police tactics.<br />
"They're violent (police tactics) and unnecessary," said protester Angelique Kidd.<br />
Shields was the next to be arrested. Authorities used pepper spray in the process. Two officers claimed protesters shot them with pepper, however, those officers may have been accidentally hit by the pepper spray.<br />
Authorities said Diop is a fugitive wanted out of Webster Groves.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Tags: Culture generale L'humanitas de Ciceron La critique philosophiqu culture face aux crises en France et l'enseignement la philosophie Voir aussi Pepper Spray Police protesters accuse other pepper Thursday spray News Phoenix Arizona Phoenix videos Arizona videos news videos weather sports Phoenix news featured video travel Christina Daily Coldplay Protest (Quotation Subject) Graffiti Side</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Added: 7 months ago</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">From: cultureGeneral</span><br />
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<br />
[scene opens with footage of police and protesters clashing in Ferguson (Mo.)]<br />
JASMINE HUDA: [in voice over] Police say three people were taken into custody, and they refused to get out of the street when they were blocking traffic. Russell Kinsaul talked with protesters who are calling those arrests unnecessary. Russell?<br />
[cut to a male reporter ("Russell Kinsaul, Ferguson") speaking directly to the camera]<br />
RUSSELL KINSAUL: Jasmine, even after all the extra training for officers, protesters say police are still being heavy-handed, and protesters are upset about the arrest last night of a twenty-five-year-old man, a nineteen-year-old mother, and a seventeen-year-old girl.<br />
[cut to more footage of the protests]<br />
RUSSELL KINSAUL: [in voice over] The crowd of protesters scattered when police moved in to arrest three protesters after repeatedly warning them not to stand in the street and block traffic.<br />
[cut to another angle of the protesters scattering, as a police officer chases down a young African American woman]<br />
RUSSELL KINSAUL: [in voice over] An officer ran and took down nineteen-year-old Dasha Jones first. She was charged with unlawful assembly. Jones screamed in pain about the tightness of her handcuffs, as she was taken away.<br />
[cut to footage of two police officers picking the woman up off the ground, as she repeatedly screams "Arrest!"]<br />
RUSSELL KINSAUL: [in voice over] A day later, protesters expressed anger and frustration about the arrest.<br />
[cut to the reporter interviewing a female librarian holding a cardboard sign]<br />
RUSSELL KINSAUL: What do you think about the police tactics that you've seen out here during protests?<br />
ANGELIQUE KIDD: I think they're violent and overly aggressive.<br />
[cut to more footage of police subduing protesters]<br />
RUSSELL KINSAUL: [in voice over] Seventeen-year-old Brandi Shields was the second to be arrested. Police used pepper spray in the process. Two officers claimed that protesters also shot them with pepper spray, but they may have inadvertantly been hit by fellow officer's spray. Shields is also charged with unlawful assembly.<br />
[cut to more footage of police subduing protesters]<br />
RUSSELL KINSAUL: [in voice over] Twenty-five-year-old Moustapha Diop didn't appear to be a target of police, until an officer told him to get back and he refused.<br />
[cut to a YouTube clip of the African American man being arrested]<br />
RUSSELL KINSAUL: [in voice over] You can see pepper spray coming in from the right, and Diop appears to push or hit an officer with his left hand as he goes down. He's charged with unlawful assembly, resisting arrest, assault on a law officer, and police say he's a fugitive out of Webster Groves.<br />
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<i>From <a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2014/11/18/ferguson_librarian_fuelled_by_anger_over_shooting_love_for_town.html">thestar.com</a>: </i><br />
<br />
FERGUSON, MO. - She's a mom, a librarian, a U.S. army vet, just like her dad. She belongs to a Ferguson book club that hasn't met since police bullets felled Michael Brown in August.<br />
<br />
Her 9-year-old daughter's on the Ferguson swim team. Her husband, who builds in-ground pools for a living, is president of their neighbourhood community association. Together, they launched two local community gardens. This is home. They're dug in, here for the long haul.<br />
<br />
With a bio like that, Angelique Kidd, 41, admits she's just about the last person you might expect to find on the picket line, standing vigil day in and day out for the past 102 days opposite the Ferguson Police Department, demanding change.<br />
<br />
"I've never protested anything in my life until now," Kidd said Tuesday afternoon, huddled alongside the handful of hardcore activists who've become good friends through months of heat, rain, and now sub-zero cold.<br />
<br />
"It all started for me a few days after the shooting of Michael Brown, when our police chief was going to tell us who the shooter was. When he refused to say the name, something just came over me. I went outside with a can of (water-soluble) paint and wrote, 'Who shot Mike Brown' in big letters all over my vehicle."<br />
<br />
Less than 10 minutes later, Kidd said, seven police cars - six from the Ferguson force, one from nearby Calverton Park - were in front of her house. She became terrified, ran inside, locked her doors and windows, and called her husband.<br />
<br />
"They took down my licence plate and went away. And after I stopped being scared I started getting angry. And so I joined the march. I put signs on our lawn. And I've been down here opposite the police station almost every day since then."<br />
<br />
Kidd admits she's lost friendships over her activism - although she won't know how many until Ferguson falls out of the headlines and things return to some semblance of normal. She's knows of at least two (unsuccessful) attempts to dislodge her from her part-time job at Ferguson Public Library.<br />
<br />
And she is saddened that her home town has acquired a global reputation for hatred and strife when her reality suggests otherwise.<br />
<br />
"The issue is not racial conflict between the residents of Ferguson. The issue is police accountability," she says. "It's important that the world understand that."<br />
<br />
Still, Kidd admits her eyes have been opened by some of the reactions she has encountered with standing vigil with placards. More than a few white motorists have "flipped me the bird." One raised middle finger came from a passing Ferguson police cruiser. Other Ferguson cops, however, have actually acknowledged protesters with friendly waves, she says.<br />
<br />
Kidd and the rest of the local core of protesters have seen larger waves of protesters come and go. Tuesday, they were joined by a student who had driven 15 hours from Delaware to be at their side. Another, a history student from North Carolina, came by air.<br />
<br />
"I've come to understand that an event like this is a magnet for people with all kinds of axes to grind. My view is that's fine as long as they are non-violent. That's a line we won't cross. Sometimes my daughter joins me. I want to be heard, not hurt."<br />
<br />
Kidd takes a dim view of the "I Love Ferguson" campaign that was launched in October in a bid to mend reputational damage. The signs now adorn nearly half of the city of 21,000 people's lawns, with a bright red heart between the words "I" and "Ferguson."<br />
<br />
"It's fine to say you love your town. I do, too. But do you really need to hide behind a banner and pretend that everything is fine when a huge number of our population are not happy at all with where we are right now?<br />
<br />
"We all need to heal. But it's too soon. We don't even have a grand jury decision yet. And until we do, my way of saying 'I love Ferguson' is to stand right here in front of the police station."<br />
<br />
Those last words earn nods and smiles from the small group she's with. "You still yapping? At least you had something to say," says one, laughing.<br />
<br />
Rick Canamore, 50, who lives in the nearby suburb of Normandy but does all of his shopping in Ferguson, is another long-termer on this line. His only previous experience with demonstrations was a march in St. Louis for Trayvon Martin, the Florida teen gunned down in 2012.<br />
<br />
Now, apart from church and his work at a nearby pharmaceutical plant, this stretch of pavement has taken over Canamore's life.<br />
<br />
"We dealt with the heat, we dealt with rain, and now, three months later, the cold and the snow. But this is too important to let go. We've got to change the police culture into a culture of training and accountability. No matter what the grand jury decides, we need real change."<br />
<br />
Whether it will come in the ruling everyone awaits is a trickier question. The Missouri governor's pre-emptive declaration of a state of emergency, together with the activation of Missouri National Guard troops, suggests to many that there will be no indictment against Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, who fired six bullets into the unarmed Brown in a confrontation rife with conflicting eyewitness statements.<br />
<br />
"I can't say if I'm optimistic or depressed as the grand jury ruling approaches," says Kidd. "I'm just numb with exhaustion, more than anything."Alessandrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17650294301637486548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887637558145300972.post-83244111453948257412015-07-17T12:00:00.000-04:002015-07-17T12:00:06.103-04:00Case Study No. 2096: Elliott Hamlet (student library worker) and Mr. Witherspoon<blockquote>
<a href="http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/RdtEKgn16mA/hqdefault.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/RdtEKgn16mA/default.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 100px;" /></a> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdtEKgn16mA">Night in the Library</a></span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">2:26</span><br />
An explosive film to be shot in St. John the Evangelist's Library, Christendom, VA.<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Tags: night in the library christendom college dominic de souza chris christopher foeckler</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Added: 6 years ago</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">From: ProjectPraetoria</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Views: 4,344</span></blockquote>
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["He thought he had the easiest job on campus" appears on screen, then cut to a male student library worker (red hair, glasses, blue shirt, tie, black pants) walking outside of the SJE Library]<br />
[cut to inside the library, where an elderly male librarian (short brown hair, glasses, brown sweater, white undershirt, grey pants) hands the student worker an ID card]<br />
MR. WITHERSPOON: Welcome to the library, Mister Hamlet ...<br />
ELLIOTT HAMLET: It's "Ham-lay."<br />
[cut to the two walking through the stacks of the library]<br />
MR. WITHERSPOON: So, you'll be doing an evening shift. It's quiet and calm ... You just lock up and try to leave everything in order. It's really quite simple.<br />
[the librarian stops walking and turns to the student]<br />
MR. WITHERSPOON: Try not to mess it up, or it's--<br />
[he smiles and makes a "throat-slashing" motion with his finger, then continues walking]<br />
["It wasn't what he expected" appears on screen, then cut to the student worker sitting alone at the front desk, whistling to himself]<br />
[cut to the student worker pushing a book cart through the empty library]<br />
ELLIOTT HAMLET: "Work in the library," they said. "It'll be exciting," they said. "Meet interesting people," they said ... What've I gotten myself into?<br />
["His dream job" appears on screen, then cut to the student worker shelving books]<br />
["Would soon become" appears on screen, then cut to the student worker picking up a book off the floor]<br />
["A nightmare" appears on screen, then cut back to the student worker bending down to pick up the book ... when a sword (held by an unseen assailant) appears in the frame]<br />
[cut to a shot from behind the crouching student worker, as he looks up to see a man in a tunic brandishing the sword]<br />
[cut to a shot of the student worker ducking (as the man swings the sword at his head), then quickly backing away]<br />
[cut to a shot of the student worker running through the library, before he dives under the front desk and tries to hide]<br />
[cut to a shot from above the student worker, as a gloved hand grabs at the desk (causing him to look up in fright)]<br />
[cut to a shot of the student worker looking up, as the source of the gloved hand reveals himself to be someone dressed as a Ring-wraith (including the "screeching" sound effect from the films)]<br />
["A night of adventure" appears on screen, then cut to a man in a leather jacket and a fedora]<br />
INDIANA JONES: It's "Jones" ... not "Junior."<br />
["Action" appears on screen, then cut to a mustachioed man in a Nazi uniform grabbing the student worker around the neck]<br />
HITLER: You are going to do what I tell you!<br />
ELLIOTT HAMLET: Ack!<br />
["Fun" appears on screen, then cut to a woman wearing a beret slapping the student worker in the face]<br />
WOMAN: When are you going to pay me a dowry?<br />
["This Fall 2009 Film Club presents" appears on screen, then cut to a man tap dancing on one of the tables in the library]<br />
[cut to another student grabbing the student worker by the collar]<br />
PATRON: No, you don't understand! I've got a thesis to finish!<br />
[cut back to the man tap dancing on the table, then to the student worker sitting next to a man dressed in ancient Roman garb]<br />
ELLIOTT HAMLET: How is this all happening?<br />
ROMAN: Beats me, old chap ... You're the librarian.<br />
[cut to Indiana Jones punching Hitler in the face, then "Night in the Library" appears on screen]<br />
[cut to the student worker running from the Ring-wraith]<br />
ELLIOTT HAMLET: I didn't sign on for this!<br />
[cut to a closeup shot of the librarian's face]<br />
MR. WITHERSPOON: Expect ... the unexpected!<br />
[he gives a maniacal laugh, then "Coming to a library near you" appears on screen]<br />
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<i>From <a href="http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=297770938728&id=74988074159">facebook.com</a>: </i><br />
<br />
Night in the Library - Teaser Trailer<br />
February 1, 2010<br />
<br />
The first "official" trailer for the Christendom College Film Club's most ambitious project to date. I apologize for the lack of real substance in this trailer, as at this point we have, at most, maybe a little less then half the footage needed already shot. However, we are hopeful that the coming semester will be extremely productive and will result in the completion of the film before the end of the school year. I hope this first tiny glimpse will help maintain people's interest in the project.<br />
<br />
A special thanks to everyone who has already helped with this project in some way, whether it be by helping to haul equipment around, actually playing a part in a scene, or everything in between.<br />
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<i>From <a href="http://christendom.edu/chronicleronline/latest/files/archive-sep-2009.php">christendom.edu</a>: </i><br />
<br />
There are many clubs on campus, but out of all of them, the Film Club is one that gets the whole campus involved. Though all the students may not participate in the making of the films, they all benefit from the entertainment produced.<br />
<br />
Chris Foeckler and Caroline Deucher are co-presidents, and operate the club together. While theirs are the only official positions, the club is a "project to project" club. Essentially, when a project comes up, cast, members, etc., are chosen by the group.<br />
<br />
Brian Pelletier is the current official camera man. The Film Club has been in existence since 2005, and its first film was The Perils of Being an Author, which is a story of an author whose characters come alive and berate him about his book.<br />
<br />
Chris and Brian say that this movie was actually an indirect inspiration for their first full length film they are working on: Night in the Library (which is also a spin-off of Night in the Museum). None of the members have attempted a project of this magnitude before, so they are all incredibly excited about the whole experience of putting down the groundwork for actually making a movie.<br />
<br />
Brian says that the group is "still in its infancy stage" and really just focusing on growing slowly and producing more projects that will attract people to join, as well as increasing the professionalism of the club.<br />
<br />
"We are trying to create a group for people who want to get some experience with film, especially those who are interested in going into film as a future," Sophomore Chris Foeckler says. "We are hoping to gradually turn into a club that more systematically, professionally, and corporately approaches film making, while still retaining the sense of fun."<br />
<br />
Chris and Brian summed it up by saying, "Film is an extremely powerful medium. If a picture speaks a thousand words, and you have 35 frames a second, thirty five thousand words a second—how much does that turn out to be in a movie? It's extremely powerful. Our goal is to produce a project that can help the film club to grow, and provide a great opportunity for people who want to get a good Catholic education, and also want to get experience in filming, without selling their soul to Hollywood. We want to be something else Christendom can say it does to help develop students and their talents, and really encounter the Faith and the Truth."Alessandrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17650294301637486548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887637558145300972.post-9049511267658128232015-07-17T10:30:00.000-04:002015-07-17T10:30:01.673-04:00Case Study No. 2095: "Not a single old lady told a single soul to shushhh"<blockquote>
<a href="http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/jXhh-DwQseg/hqdefault.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/jXhh-DwQseg/default.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 100px;" /></a> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXhh-DwQseg">Scroobius Pip - Library (Animated Video)</a></span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">2:15</span><br />
Watch Scroobius Pip's animated poem 'Library' - commissioned by Chris Hawkins for BBC 6 Music's celebration of libraries and performed live on his show in November 2014.<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Tags: BBC Music Scroobius Pip (Composer) libraries BBC Radio 6 Music (Radio Station) Poetry (Literary Genre)</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Added: 7 months ago</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">From: sixgroupsix</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Views: 9,959</span></blockquote>
<br />
There's never really<br />
been much to do<br />
in my town<br />
<br />
The grey skies<br />
and grey buildings<br />
unifying a frown<br />
<br />
The public ones<br />
aren't that different<br />
inside, and out<br />
<br />
It's hardly<br />
inspiring<br />
when walking about<br />
<br />
Except for that one building<br />
<br />
The one that's<br />
bursting<br />
with stories<br />
<br />
And I don't<br />
mean it's<br />
tall<br />
<br />
I mean it's<br />
full of<br />
history<br />
<br />
And full<br />
of poems<br />
<br />
That rhyme<br />
better than<br />
this one<br />
<br />
And full of<br />
tales<br />
for your mind<br />
<br />
To absorb<br />
like a<br />
thick<br />
sponge<br />
<br />
I mean they had<br />
The Hobbit<br />
<br />
75 years<br />
<br />
Before my<br />
local cinema<br />
<br />
And the<br />
special effects<br />
were way better<br />
<br />
And the tone<br />
far more<br />
sinister<br />
<br />
Inside my own mind<br />
every tale is in<br />
3D<br />
<br />
But<br />
to be fair<br />
in my mind<br />
not that many of them<br />
are in<br />
PG<br />
<br />
But<br />
<br />
It's not just all<br />
about the books<br />
<br />
I mean<br />
<br />
I can't put this any<br />
simpler<br />
<br />
But<br />
<br />
I just don't think<br />
I'm the<br />
kind of guy<br />
that will ever have<br />
ink in his<br />
printer<br />
<br />
And that's not a<br />
euphemism<br />
it's just who keeps<br />
that topped up<br />
<br />
It's not one of those<br />
things that just appear<br />
<br />
like<br />
<br />
underwear<br />
and new cups<br />
<br />
It's also my<br />
haven<br />
when my internet<br />
is on the<br />
blink<br />
<br />
Which is far more<br />
regular than the<br />
adverts<br />
would have you think<br />
<br />
On one visit<br />
<br />
I could hear<br />
kids singing<br />
nursery rhymes<br />
<br />
And tales of a<br />
boot<br />
wearing<br />
puss<br />
<br />
And not a single<br />
old lady<br />
told a single soul to<br />
shushhh<br />
<br />
So<br />
<br />
Surely to enter<br />
such a building<br />
must hold an<br />
outrageous<br />
fee<br />
<br />
Right?<br />
<br />
I mean<br />
<br />
You need to<br />
remortgage<br />
for a<br />
cinema<br />
spending spree<br />
<br />
So in the<br />
modern world<br />
this next fact<br />
might be hard<br />
to believe<br />
<br />
But<br />
<br />
You can enter<br />
<br />
And<br />
<br />
Even take<br />
things away<br />
with you<br />
<br />
For free<br />
<br />
So<br />
<br />
For education<br />
for the escape<br />
<br />
And<br />
for the fact<br />
it allows for me<br />
to refuse to<br />
develop into a<br />
grown up<br />
with a<br />
printer<br />
that works<br />
<br />
I love my local<br />
library<br />
and all of its<br />
quirks<br />
<br />
I mean to be fair<br />
it hasn't really<br />
made me that good at<br />
writing poems<br />
<br />
So<br />
you know ...<br />
<br />
Library<br />
by Scroobius Pip<br />
<br />
Performed for Chris Hawkins on 6 Music<br />
<br />
BBC Radio<br />
6 Music<br />
(c) BBC MMXIV<br />
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<i>From <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04nvxgx">bbc.co.uk</a>: </i><br />
<br />
As BBC Radio 6 Music celebrates Libraries, award winning spoken-word poet and hip hop artist Scroobius Pip presents a poem about libraries which he has written especially for Chris Hawkins' Early Show.<br />
<br />
Plus, another Mr Men character features in the 6 Music Mr Men Musical Mission.<br />
<br />
It's the Early Show search for the ultimate list of songs mentioning every character in the original Mr Men series.<br />
<br />
Songs might include The Smith's 'Heaven Knows I'm MISERABLE Now', Ian Dury's 'Reasons To Be CHEERFUL' or Xpress 2/David Byrne's 'LAZY'.Alessandrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17650294301637486548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887637558145300972.post-86498004810750696042015-07-16T15:00:00.000-04:002015-07-16T15:00:02.987-04:00Case Study No. 2094: Ellen Scott<blockquote>
<a href="http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/-eGlp0UFg50/hqdefault.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/-eGlp0UFg50/default.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 100px;" /></a> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eGlp0UFg50">I Thought I Heard a Rustling</a></span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">1:03</span><br />
A play by Alan Plater<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Tags: librarians broadway I thought I heard a rustling</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Added: 9 months ago</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">From: ToonLib</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Views: 1</span></blockquote>
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An ex-miner turned poet is appointed writer-in-residence at Eastwood branch library.<br />
Ellen, senior librarian, soon realizes the feckless but charming Geordie is no poet.<br />
Despite this she finds him highly entertaining, much to the disgust of Nutley, an earnest young man who covets the writer-in-residence role.<br />
These three find themselves an unlikely but united strike group when the Libraries sub-committee proposes demolishing the library.<br />
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<br />
<i>From <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/I-Thought-Heard-Rustling/dp/1872868045">amazon.co.uk</a>: </i><br />
<br />
I Thought I Heard a Rustling<br />
by Alan Plater<br />
<br />
I Thought I Heard a Rustling is a comedy – about a very serious topical dilemma: would you rather live in a town with twenty-seven supermarkets and one library, or a town with twenty-eight supermarkets and no library? With passing swipes at Professional Northerners and pompous local councillors, Alan Plater's play is a Celebration of the Written Word, suggesting as a basis for negotiation that Books are a Good Idea. First seen at the Theatre Royal, Stratford East, in January 1991 starring Annette Crosbie and Paul Copley. (Cast 3m, 2f)<br />
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<br />
<i>From <a href="http://books.google.com/books?isbn=0786483164">google.com</a>: </i><br />
<br />
Unpublished "writer"-in-residence and alleged former coal miner Bill Robson is presented at a pitiful press conference in the Eastwood Road branch library on the edge of London. Ellen Scott is head librarian, and she realizes immediately that the poems Robson submitted in his application for the position are plagiarized.<br />
<br />
Ensuing scenes in the library between Scott and Robson are most amusing. Scott is an ironice quipster and lover of literature who finds Robson's brazen naivete baffling and outrageous. Robson sloughs off his task of criticizing would-be writers' amateurish bilge onto Scott but lines up solidly with her to defend the library against the town council's plan to sell the building to make room for a supermarket. Robson helps her save the library; if it takes a pack of lies to do the job, it is still a job well done.<br />
<br />
Scott is a strong character who likes her work and treats it as a calling: "Art and Beauty and Truth are the only things that matter a damn. I try to put it into practice in a tatty little branch library patronised by deaf old women and short-sighted old men." It's a funny and even inspiring play. (The title constitutes a running joke in the work.)<br />
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<i>From <a href="http://www.cops.org.uk/reviews/rustling.htm">cops.org.uk</a>: </i><br />
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For anyone like me who has greatly admired Alan Plater's other work, I Thought I Heard a Rustling is a big disappointment. Yes, the old skill with dialogue is still there, and some good jokes, but apart from that it's very thin stuff. The central situation, a con man pulling the wool over the eyes of a staggeringly inept local authority, might have been more interesting had the fraud been more ingenious, the prize of greater value than a stint as writer-in-residence at a moribund public library, and the consequences of discovery more serious than endangering a local councillor's re-election. And we might have been more firmly gripped if the dénouement had been of greater moment than the saving of a branch library which even the notorious Borough of Hackney would have long since closed down as a waste of public money. This one-woman branch seemed to have about three customers, yet our sympathies were supposed to be engaged by the preposterous notion that the place needed an extension!<br />
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Which leaves only the interaction between the two main characters to rescue us from a potentially mind-numbing evening's theatre. Even here, Plater seems to have deliberately tried to make things more difficult for himself. Sparks are hard to strike between Ellen and Bill when she so quickly falls in with his deception and he so rapidly succumbs to the arcane joys of library cataloguing. Nor is there any sexual attraction between them to spice the dish. As for the final moral dilemma she faces, when she has to decide whether to go along with a pack of lies in order to save her "little palace of truth", she gives in far too easily to make the problem appear anything like the weighty issue we're invited to believe it is.<br />
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All in all then, a piece that might just about succeed if the two main characters were played by a couple of starry charmers like (say) Judi Dench and a younger James Bolam - the kind of actors whose charisma and brilliant technique so often deceive us into thinking some piece of theatrical fluff is more weighty than it appears on the page.<br />
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Well, that's what I thought after reading the script and before seeing the CoPS production. The greatest compliment I can pay the company is that I had an enjoyable evening despite the shortcomings of the play, though their undoubted skill didn't make me revise my basic opinion of the piece. Having now seen it as well as read it, I'm not sure anyone could have done that, not even Dame Judi.<br />
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Carol Monzeglio, as librarian Ellen, and Andy Kirtley, as the fraudulent "poet" Bill, both gave excellent performances which convinced us we were seeing real people. They worked together very well, and both had mastered the difficult art of appearing to be really listening to what the other was saying, without the kind of exaggerated reactions that less experienced actors sometimes stoop to in pursuit of that aim. Most important of all, they (and indeed all the cast) got the comedy right. I didn't spot a single joke that flopped, which is pretty unusual on the amateur stage. It's fair to say that between them they made the evening. I thought though that Bill could have smiled a bit more, and Ellen a bit less; a more coolly ironic demeanour, especially at the beginning, would have made her eventual capitulation more effective. The only other general criticism I have of them applies to some extent to all the actors: not enough was thrown away; too much emphasis was sometimes applied to lines that would have benefited from a more casual approach. You have a wonderfully intimate space at COPS, which allows you a subtlety denied to those who act in bigger theatres. There were several occasions when a lighter touch would have worked better.<br />
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Mark James, who played the journalist and unpublished novelist Nutley, is an excellent comic actor who added a lot to the success of the main partnership. I particularly enjoyed his embarrassed reaction after proposing "I love you" as one of the routine lies used in everyday life, a nice bit of business that was exaggerated enough to be funny but not so much as to jeopardise its truthfulness. But he should beware of over-exploiting his marvellously mobile face: his reaction to Bill's hatchet job on his trilogy sacrificed truth for comic effect, and the director should have reined him in at that point.<br />
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Councillor Graham, played by Claudia McKelvey, is a one-dimensional and relatively unrewarding role. The only way to play such a caricature is with the utmost earnestness, which Claudia did to great effect, getting all the laughs to which she was entitled. As did Stephen Warren, a promising young actor in the cameo role of trainee surveyor Bernard. He too has learned the important lesson that straight-faced gravity is the surest route to comic success. There were only two minor faults in his performance: the pauses before he spoke were often as funny as intended, but occasionally he prolonged them beyond the bounds of reality; secondly, it was impossible to believe that even as dim a lamp as Bernard would have been quite so inept at measuring a room. When an actor has to appear to be doing some job of work on stage, even doing it badly, the audience will instantly distinguish the real from the sham. If you're meant to be writing a letter, for example, there's no alternative but to write out the damned thing in full, because the audience will instinctively know if all you're doing is making random scribbles on the paper. In this case he should have set out each night to produce a dimensioned sketch plan of the room, and stuck to his task through thick and thin. On that subject, Ellen really seemed to be doing the cataloguing, whilst Bill looked as though he was just pretending. I will leave others to judge whether this subtlety was intended or accidental.<br />
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It was a good set, with one important reservation: it had fewer books in it than any library work room I've ever seen, and I worked in public libraries for ten years. Given the plot-line emphasis on the lack of space, that was an unfortunate failing. More bookshelves, especially downstage right, would have given Ellen an excuse to get up from her desk more often than she did. A filing cabinet up-stage left would also have been useful for the same reason. I thought it a pity that the tabs were left partly open for the scenes in the civic centre, but I'm not familiar with the restrictions imposed by your stage, so that may be unfair comment. The placing of the two desks could have been improved - I would have put Bill's nearer the down-stage left corner and Ellen's nearer the up-stage right, which would have opened up the centre of the stage and also given a diagonal line between Bill and Ellen when they were both seated, always a more interesting arrangement than the almost straight-across line we actually got.<br />
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Props were excellent, and I particularly liked the trilogy, which was both funny and authentic looking. Most impressive of all was the match between the book titles mentioned by Ellen and the actual volumes she was holding. Nothing is more irritating than seeing a book used on stage which perfectly obviously can't be the one a character is referring to, but it's a distressingly common fault.<br />
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The music was well chosen, and the lighting - well, as someone who has in the past designed and operated lights, I will only say that I didn't notice it. No lighting designer can hope for higher praise.<br />
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Experienced directors know well that if a play flops it's their fault, whereas if it succeeds it's all down to the actors. I've pointed out the things I thought could have been better, but I haven't praised the directors for the much greater number of things that were absolutely right. So let me say in conclusion that I thought this an excellent production of a curate's egg of a play, and I'm certain that good direction had a great deal to do with the enjoyment I and the rest of the audience got from it.Alessandrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17650294301637486548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887637558145300972.post-65279564827695368812015-07-16T12:00:00.000-04:002015-07-16T12:00:02.932-04:00Case Study No. 2093: Karen Mand<blockquote>
<a href="http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/osPh8QvozvA/hqdefault.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/osPh8QvozvA/default.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 100px;" /></a> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osPh8QvozvA">Longtime Librarian Closes the Book on 43 Years of Service</a></span><br />
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Longtime librarian Karen Mand retires after 43 years of service to St. Norbert College.<br />
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<i>From <a href="http://www.jrn.com/nbc26/news/nbc26-cares/Longtime-Librarian-Closes-the-Book-on-43-Years-of-Service-288642051.html">jrn.com</a>: </i><br />
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Longtime Librarian Closes the Book on 43 Years of Service<br />
By Stacy Engebretson. CREATED Jan 14, 2015<br />
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De Pere, WI -- The average American worker changes jobs about every four-and-a-half years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. So you can imagine the void St. Norbert College is going to feel as their longtime librarian, Karen Mand, calls it a career after 43 years.<br />
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Mand's enthusiasm for working in the college library is as infectious today as it was on her first day on the job back in 1971.<br />
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"I love libraries. I love working with books. The atmosphere on campus is a good place to work," she explained.<br />
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Mand has seen a lot of changes in 43 years including working in three different libraries on campus.<br />
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"Part of my job for many years was typing catalog cards and filing everything. You know once they were typed, they had to be filed."<br />
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Then in the late 1980's, she had to adapt to new technology.<br />
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"We had one computer for the whole library staff, so we had a sign-up sheet. Everybody had to sign-up for the time they wanted to use the computer."<br />
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The evolution of the internet brought new challenges for Mand. She was tasked with tracking 190,000 books and making it easy for students to access them. Now, after more than four decades of service, she's closing the book on her career.<br />
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"I don't want to learn anymore technology," Mand said with a chuckle.<br />
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Her colleagues threw her a retirement party to express the impact she's had on so many, not just as the Cataloging Management Specialist but also as a Student-Employee Supervisor and through her committee work on campus.<br />
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"I hope she feels a sense of pride and a sense of love, I think both of which are very well deserved. She's given so much, shown so much dedication and there are so many people who wish her well," said Library Director Kristin Vogel.<br />
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Mand says riding off into retirement is bittersweet.<br />
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"It'll be difficult. It will be hard to walk out of here."<br />
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It's difficult for the college as well to bid farewell to the one constant among all the changes. <br />
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"There will be many people who feel the loss of Karen on a day to day basis," said Vogel.<br />
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But Mand is looking forward to starting the next chapter in her life.<br />
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"Who knows what the future will bring? I'm open to anything."<br />
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Mand plans to spend her free time traveling with her husband, sewing and volunteering on campus and in the community.Alessandrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17650294301637486548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887637558145300972.post-55538762324606921952015-07-16T10:30:00.000-04:002015-07-16T10:30:01.055-04:00Case Study No. 2092: The Librarian (Counting Glaciers)<blockquote>
<a href="http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/dw-IfejcOSU/hqdefault.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/dw-IfejcOSU/default.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 100px;" /></a> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw-IfejcOSU">The Librarian</a></span><br />
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The Librarian<br />
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Counting Glaciers<br />
R Smith<br />
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<i>From <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00TIYX56K/">amazon.com</a>: </i><br />
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Counting Glaciers<br />
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Release Date: February 22, 2015<br />
Label: Nub Music<br />
Copyright: (C) 2015 Nub Country Records<br />
Total Length: 40:54<br />
Genres: Folk<br />
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1. Counting Glaciers<br />
2. Weather or Not<br />
3. Bethlehem<br />
4. Say It<br />
5. The Librarian<br />
6. Lullabye<br />
7. Scottish Prayer<br />
8. Shadows<br />
9. D-Dance<br />
10. Bad BoyAlessandrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17650294301637486548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887637558145300972.post-81707727149642381772015-07-15T15:00:00.000-04:002015-07-15T15:00:02.443-04:00Case Study No. 2091: Mrs. Tocknell and the Extreme Librarian<blockquote>
<a href="http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/CGW8_vwUXzU/hqdefault.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/CGW8_vwUXzU/default.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 100px;" /></a> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGW8_vwUXzU">The Extreme Librarian</a></span><br />
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A Short Silent Film About A Librarian Who Is Enthusiastic About His Job.<br />
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Entered into the De La Warr Pavilion Film Festival 2012<br />
Shown At The De La Warr Pavilion Film Festival 2012<br />
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[scene opens with a young male librarian (red hair, blue sweater, white undershirt, red and blue striped tie, black pants) happily pushing an AV cart outside of his school]<br />
[cut to a closeup of his face, as he looks at something off camera while dramatic music plays]<br />
[cut to a closeup of the "Guiness Book of Knowledge" sitting on the ground]<br />
[cut to slow motion footage of the librarian pushing the cart aside and (with an exaggerated look of determination on his face) running over to pick up the book]<br />
[cut to the librarian running back to the cart (holding the book over his head)]<br />
[cut to a closeup of the cart as he slams the book down on top of it, then the camera pans out to show the librarian pushing it back into the school as intense music plays]<br />
[cut to various shots of the librarian pushing the cart through the hallways of the school (while the tires makes "screeching" noises at every turn)]<br />
[cut to the librarian pushing the cart into the elevator, then cut to the librarian leaning against the cart (with a bored look on his face) as elevator muzak plays]<br />
[cut to the librarian calmly pushing the cart out of the elevator once it reaches the correct floor, then continuing with his mad dash to the library (as the intense music starts playing again)]<br />
[cut to the librarian entering the library, as he waves to someone off camera]<br />
[cut to an older female librarian (long black hair, glasses, purple blouse) sitting at a computer, as she waves back]<br />
[cut to slow motion footage of the librarian pushing the cart towards a bookshelf, as "O Fortuna" begins to play]<br />
[he smiles and pumps his fist, then take the book and (with seemingly great effort) places it in an open slot on the top shelf]<br />
[he turns and celebrates, as the camera zooms in on the newly shelved book ... revealing that it doesn't actually belong with the other volumes around it]<br />
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Actor 1 ... Archie Young<br />
Actor 2 ... Mrs. Tocknell<br />
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Ben Smith<br />
Archie Young<br />
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Ben Smith<br />
Archie Young<br />
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Ben SmithAlessandrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17650294301637486548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887637558145300972.post-17543295675078693312015-07-15T12:00:00.000-04:002015-07-15T12:00:03.971-04:00Case Study No. 2090: Las Zenow and Tryma Acarnio<blockquote>
<a href="http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/H3fuoE6xvaA/hqdefault.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/H3fuoE6xvaA/default.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 100px;" /></a> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3fuoE6xvaA">part27 Isaac Asimov — Forward the Foundation {audiobook}</a></span><br />
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It was a lovely day. Neither too warm nor too cold, not too bright nor too gray. Even though the groundskeeping budget had given out years ago, the few straggly perennials lining the steps leading up to the Galactic Library managed to add a cheerful note to the morning. (The Library, having been built in the classical style of antiquity, was fronted with one of the grandest stairways to be found in the entire Empire, second only to the steps at the Imperial Palace itself. Most Library visitors, however, preferred to enter via the gliderail) Seldon had high hopes for the day.<br />
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Since he and Stettin Palver had been cleared of all charges in their recent assault and battery case, Hari Seldon felt like a new man. Although the experience had been painful, its very public nature had advanced Seldon's cause. Judge Tejan Popjens Lih, who was considered one of, if not the most influential judge on Trantor, had been quite vociferous in her opinion, delivered the day following Rial Nevas's emotional testimony.<br />
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"When we come to such a crossroads in our 'civilized' society," the judge intoned from her bench, "that a man of Professor Hari Seldon's standing is made to bear the humiliation, abuse, and lies of his peers simply because of who he is and what he stands for, it is truly a dark day for the Empire. I admit that I, too, was taken in - at first. 'Why wouldn't Professor Seldon,' I reasoned, 'resort to such trickery in an attempt to prove his predictions?' But, as I came to see, I was most grievously wrong." Here the judge's brow furrowed, a dark blue flush began creeping up her neck and into her cheeks. "For I was ascribing to Professor Seldon motives born of our new society, a society in which honesty, decency, and goodwill are likely to get one killed, a society in which it appears one must resort to dishonesty and trickery merely to survive.<br />
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"How far we have strayed from our founding principles. We were lucky this time, fellow citizens of Trantor. We owe a debt of thanks to Professor Hari Seldon for showing us our true selves; let us take his example to heart and resolve to be vigilant against the baser forces of our human nature."<br />
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Following the hearing, the Emperor had sent Seldon a congratulatory holo-disc. On it he expressed the hope that perhaps now Seldon hope that perhaps now Seldon would find renewed funding for his Project.<br />
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As Seldon slid up the entrance gliderail, he reflected on the current status of his Psychohistory Project. His good friend - the former Chief Librarian Las Zenow - had retired. During his tenure, Zenow had been a strong proponent of Seldon and his work. More often than not, however, Zenow's hands had been tied by the Library board. But, he had assured Seldon, the affable new Chief Librarian, Tryma Acarnio, was as progressive as he himself, and was popular with many factions among the Board membership.<br />
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"Hari, my friend," Zenow had said before leaving Trantor for his home world of Wencory, "Acarnio is a good man, a person of deep intellect and an open mind. I'm sure he'll do all that he can to help you and the Project. I've left him the entire data file on you and your Encyclopedia; I know he'll be as excited as I about the contribution to humanity it represents. Take care, my friend - I'll remember you fondly."<br />
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And so today Hari Seldon was to have his first official meeting with the new Chief Librarian. He was cheered by the reassurances Las Zenow had left with him and he was looking forward to sharing his plans for the future of the Project and the Encyclopedia.<br />
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Tryma Acarnio stood as Hari entered the Chief Librarian's office. Already he had made his mark on the place; whereas Zenow had stuffed every nook and cranny of the room with holo-discs and tridijournals from the different sectors of Trantor, and a dizzying array of visiglobes representing various worlds of the Empire had spun in midair, Acarnio had swept clear the mounds of data and images that Zenow had liked to keep at his fingertips. A large holoscreen now dominated one wall on which, Seldon presumed, Acarnio could view any publication or broadcast that he desired.<br />
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Acarnio was short and stocky, with a slightly distracted look - from a childhood corneal correction that had gone awry - that belied a fearsome intelligence and constant awareness of everything going on around him at all times.<br />
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"Well, well. Professor Seldon. Come in. Sit down." Acarnio gestured to a straight-backed chair facing the desk at which he sat. "It was, I felt, quite fortuitous that you requested this meeting. You see, I had intended to get in touch with you as soon as I settled in."<br />
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Seldon nodded, pleased that the new Chief Librarian had considered him enough of a priority to plan to seek him out in the hectic early days of his tenure.<br />
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"But, first, Professor, please let me know why you wanted to see me before we move on to my, most likely, more prosaic concerns."<br />
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Seldon cleared his throat and leaned forward. "Chief Librarian, Las Zenow has no doubt told you of my work here and of my idea for an Encyclopedia Galactica. Las was quite enthusiastic, and a great help, providing a private office for me here and unlimited access to the Library's vast resources. In fact, it was he who located the eventual home of the Encyclopedia Project, a remote Outer World called Terminus.<br />
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"There was one thing, however, that Las could not provide. In order to keep the Project on schedule, I must have office space and unlimited access granted to a number of my colleagues, as well. It is an enormous undertaking, just gathering the information to be copied and transferred to Terminus before we can begin the actual work of compiling the Encyclopedia.<br />
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"Las was not popular with the Library Board, as you undoubtedly are aware. You, however, are. And so I ask you, Chief Librarian: Will you see to it that my colleagues are granted insiders' privileges so that we may continue our most vital work?"<br />
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Here Hari stopped, almost out of breath. He was sure that his speech, which he had gone over and over in his mind the night before, would have the desired effect. He waited, confident in Acarnio's response.<br />
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"Professor Seldon," Acarnio began. Seldon's expectant smile faded. There was an edge to the Chief Librarian's voice that Seldon had not expected. "My esteemed predecessor provided me - in exhaustive detail - an explication of your work here at the Library. He was quite enthusiastic about your research and committed to the idea of your colleagues joining you here. As was I, Professor Seldon" - at Acarnio's pause, Seldon looked up sharply - "at first. I was prepared to call a special meeting of the Board to propose that a larger suite of offices be prepared for you and your Encyclopedists. But, Professor Seldon, all that has now changed."<br />
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"Changed! But why?"<br />
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"Professor Seldon, you have just finished serving as principal defendant in a most sensational assault and battery case."<br />
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"But I was acquitted," Seldon broke in. "The case never even made it to trial."<br />
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"Nonetheless, Professor, your latest foray into the public eye has given you an undeniable - how shall I say it? - tinge of ill repute. Oh yes, you were acquitted of all charges. But in order to get to that acquittal, your name, your past, your beliefs, and your work were paraded before the eyes of all the worlds. And even if one progressive right-thinking judge has proclaimed you faultless, what of the millions - perhaps billions - of other average citizens who see not a pioneering psychohistorian striving to preserve his civilization's glory but a raving lunatic shouting doom and gloom for the great and mighty Empire?<br />
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"You, by the very nature of your work, are threatening the essential fabric of the Empire. I don't mean the huge, nameless, faceless, monolithic Empire. No, I am referring to the heart and soul of the Empire - its people. When you tell them the Empire is failing, you are saying that they are failing. And this, my dear Professor, the average citizen cannot face.<br />
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"Seldon, like it or not, you have become an object of derision, a subject of ridicule, a laughingstock."<br />
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"Pardon me, Chief Librarian, but for years now I have been, to some circles, a laughingstock."<br />
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"Yes, but only to some circles. But this latest incident - and the very public forum in which it was played out - has opened you up to ridicule not only here on Trantor but throughout the worlds. And, Professor, if, by providing you an office, we, the Galactic Library, give tacit approval to your work, then, by inference, we, the Library, also become a laughingstock throughout the worlds. And no matter how strongly I may personally believe in your theory and your Encyclopedia, as Chief Librarian of the Galactic Library on Trantor, I must think of the library first.<br />
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"And so, Professor Seldon, your request to bring in your colleagues is denied."<br />
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Hari Seldon jerked back in his chair as if struck.<br />
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"Further," Acarnio continued, "I must advise you of a two-week temporary suspension of all Library privileges - effective immediately. The Board has called that special meeting, Professor Seldon. In two weeks' time we will notify you whether or not we've decided that our association with you must be terminated."<br />
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Here, Acarnio stopped speaking and, placing his palms on the glossy, spotless surface of his desk, stood up. "That is all, Professor Seldon - for now."<br />
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Hari Seldon stood as well, although his upward movement was not as smooth, nor as quick, as Tryrna Acarnio's.<br />
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"May I be permitted to address the Board?" asked Seldon. "Perhaps if I were able to explain to them the vital importance of psychohistory and the Encyclopedia-"<br />
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"I'm afraid not, Professor," said Acarnio softly and Seldon caught a brief glimmer of the man Las Zenow had told him about. But, just as quickly, the icy bureaucrat was back as Acarnio guided Seldon to the door.<br />
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As the portals slid open, Acarnio said, "Two weeks, Professor Seldon. Till then." Hari stepped through to his waiting skitter and the doors slid shut.<br />
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What am I going to do now? wondered Seldon disconsolately. Is this the end of my work?<br />
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<i>From <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forward_the_Foundation">wikipedia.org</a>: </i><br />
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Forward the Foundation (1993) is a novel written by Isaac Asimov. It is the second of two prequels to the Foundation Series. It is written in much the same style as the original novel Foundation, a novel composed of chapters with long intervals in between. (Both books were first published as independent short stories in science fiction magazines.)<br />
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The parallels between Hari Seldon and Isaac Asimov found in this book—the last one written by Asimov—and the focus on Hari Seldon as he grows old and dies, strengthen the idea that Asimov considered Seldon his literary alter ego. Many regard some of the thoughts and opinions expressed by Seldon in this book as autobiographical; a double reading of Forward the Foundation may shed light on Asimov's inner thoughts at the end of his life.<br />
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Plot summary<br />
In Forward the Foundation, Isaac Asimov continues the chronicles of the life of Hari Seldon, first begun in Prelude to Foundation.<br />
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The story takes place on Trantor, and begins eight years after the events of Prelude to Foundation. It depicts how Seldon developed his theory of psychohistory from hypothetical concept to practical application in galactic events.<br />
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Beginning during the latter years of the reign of Emperor Cleon I, Seldon's work brings him into the world of galactic politics, and takes him to the height of Imperial power as Cleon's First Minister, after the mysterious disappearance of his previous First Minister, Eto Demerzel (whom Seldon knows as R. Daneel Olivaw). Seldon becomes First Minister to the Emperor, but loses the position ten years later after the Emperor is assassinated.<br />
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Gradually, Seldon loses all those who are close to him. Seldon's wife Dors is killed saving his life from an assassin. His adopted son Raych is killed in the Rebellion in Santanni; his daughter-in-law and second granddaughter are missing and never found. Yugo Amaryl dies early, brought on by the strain of his work. Except for his granddaughter Wanda, Seldon is alone. He eventually sends her off to start the Second Foundation.<br />
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The Galactic Empire's decline accelerates during the later chapters, as does the decline of Seldon's physical health. At the same time, Seldon finally begins to unravel the secrets of psychohistory; he initiates a grand plan that will come to be known as the Seldon Plan, the road map for mankind's post-Imperial survival.<br />
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<i>From <a href="http://asimov.wikia.com/wiki/Imperial_Library">wikia.com</a>: </i><br />
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The Imperial Library is in the Foundation Universe placed within the Robot, Empire, and Foundation series by Isaac Asimov.<br />
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History<br />
The Imperial Library is placed on Trantor in the Imperial district. The Library, along with the Imperial Palace, is the only building uncovered by Trantor's many domes. The Library has a long history culminating with the history of the Second Foundation.<br />
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Golden-age of the Galactic Empire<br />
During Cleon's reign the library was well funded and stocked with holobooks on all sorts of topics. The head librarian at the time (and the library council) assisted Hari Seldon (and his group of scholars) with the Psychohistory project.<br />
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Decline of the Empire<br />
During the Military Junta the Library received nearly zero funds and they had to make severe cuts in services. The Chief Librarian was forced (by the Library Council) to have Hari Seldon and the group leave the library. Seldon had to convince several people to give funds to the group in order to stay at the library. No one would give funds so Hari Seldon had Wanda Seldon "convince" the librarians to allow the group to continue.<br />
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<i>From <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Trantor">wikipedia.org</a>: </i><br />
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The Library of Trantor was one of the prominent features of the fictional planet Trantor, created by Isaac Asimov and appearing in his Empire series and the Foundation series. Located in the Imperial Sector of the planet, it was variously referred to as the Imperial Library of the Galactic Empire, the University of Trantor Library, and the Galactic Library, in which librarians index the entirety of human knowledge by walking up to a different computer terminal every day and resuming where the previous librarian had left off.<br />
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Around 260 FE, a rebel leader named Gilmer attempted a coup, in the process sacking Trantor and forcing the Imperial family to flee to the nearby world of Delicass, renamed Neotrantor. After the sack, the population dwindled rapidly from 40 billion to less than 100 million. Most of the buildings on Trantor were destroyed during the sack, and over the course of the next two centuries the metal on Trantor was gradually sold off, as farmers uncovered more and more soil to use in their farms. Eventually the farmers grew to become the sole recognized inhabitants of the planet, and the era of Trantor as the central world of the galaxy came to a close. It began to develop a dialect very different from Galactic Standard Speech, and the people unofficially renamed their planet "Hame", or "home."<br />
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As revealed to the reader at the end of Second Foundation, not all these farmers were what they seemed, with the now-rustic Trantor serving as the centre of the Second Foundation. From Trantor, the Second Foundationers secretly guided the development of the Galaxy (roughly parallel to the city of Rome becoming, after the fall of its empire, the headquarters of the Papacy, with its enormous influence on the development of Medieval Europe). Indeed, their self-perception as leaders of the future Second Empire is captured in the Second Foundationers' use of the word "Hamish" to describe the farmers despite reserving for themselves use of the word "Trantorian." It is noted that it was the Second Foundation which ensured that the famed library would survive the sacking to Trantor and the destruction of its urban culture – especially significant, considering that the library was vital to the Second Foundation itself.<br />
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<i>From <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/977646-the-library-was-outmoded-and-archaic-it-had-been-so-even">goodreads.com</a>: </i><br />
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"The Library was outmoded and archaic - it had been so even in Ebling Mis's time - but that was all to the good. Pelorat always rubbed his hands with excitement when he thought of an old and outmoded Library. The older and the more outmoded, the more likely it was to have what he needed. In his dreams, he would enter the Library and ask in breathless alarm, 'Has the Library been modernized? Have you thrown out the old tapes and computerizations?' And always he imagined the answer from dusty and ancient librarians, 'As it has been, Professor, so it is still.'"<br />
- Isaac Asimov, Foundation's EdgeAlessandrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17650294301637486548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887637558145300972.post-33878858537977646142015-07-15T10:30:00.000-04:002015-07-15T10:36:12.603-04:00Case Study No. 2089: Mary Smith<blockquote>
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[scene opens in a public library, as a teenage boy takes a large book off one of the stacks and blows on it (kicking up a large cloud of dust) before taking it to one of the tables)<br />
ANNOUNCER: Hey, cool things happen with the warm taste of Kellogg's Pop Tarts ...<br />
[he sits down (as an older female librarian sitting at the main desk can be seen in the foreground), then takes off his headphones with a surprised look on his face as the camera pans in on the cover of the book (which reads "What's Hot")]<br />
[cut to an over-the-should shot of the teenager reading the book, as a picture of a Pop Tarts box "pops" off the page and floats in front of him]<br />
[cut to a closeup of the teenager watching the floating box in amazement, as the commercial's theme song kicks in ("So coo-oo-ool, they're hot! So hot, they're cool!")]<br />
[cut to a shot of the teenager, with the librarian (short brown hair, gold earrings, grey jacket, white blouse, black skirt) in the foreground)]<br />
TEENAGER: Whoa!<br />
[he turns the page (as the librarian raises an eyebrow over the sudden noise) and a toaster floats out of the book]<br />
[cut to a closeup of the teenager, as he takes a Pop Tart and places it in the floating toaster]<br />
[cut to a closeup of the librarian's face, as she scrunches up her nose and gives a sideways look]<br />
LIBRARIAN: Hmm?<br />
[cut to what appears to be an "interior" shot of the toaster (where the Pop Tart browns above the red-hot coils), as "1991 Kellogg Company" appears on screen]<br />
[cut to the teenager pulling the Pop Tart out of the toaster, as the theme song continues ("So hot! Real hot!")]<br />
[cut to a closeup of the teenager's hands as he holds the toaster over the book (open to a page reading "Real Hot"), then breaks it in half with a loud snapping sound]<br />
[cut to a closeup of the Pop Tart, as steam rises from filling]<br />
TEENAGER: Yeah!<br />
[cut to as shot of the teenager turning the page, as he takes a bite]<br />
TEENAGER: Mm!<br />
[cut to a closeup of the librarian, as she turns around and (placing a finger to her lips) shushes the teenager]<br />
LIBRARIAN: Shh!<br />
[cut to an overhead shot of the teenager, as strawberries "pop" out of the book and float in the air above him, while the theme song continues ("That taste of real fruit, so hot hot hot hot!")]<br />
[the strawberries suddenly disappear in a burst of flames]<br />
TEENAGER: Whoa!<br />
[cut to the librarian standing in front of the teenager, as she again puts a finger to her lips]<br />
LIBRARIAN: Shh! That's enough, young man ...<br />
[she takes the book and starts to walk away, as the theme song continues ("Those Pop Tarts, so hot!")]<br />
[cut to the librarian sitting back at the main desk (where a name plate reading "Mary Smith" is now clearly visible) with the book open in front of her, when another Pop Tarts box "pops" off the page and floats in front of her)<br />
LIBRARIAN: Oh my ...<br />
[she smiles and grabs the box, then is "sucked" into the book]<br />
LIBRARIAN: Whee!<br />
[the page flips over as she disappears, while the teenager (still holding a Pop Tart) watches from the nearby table]<br />
TEENAGER: That's cool!<br />
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<i>From <a href="http://www.academia.edu/226036/Advertising_the_Librarian_Image_Stereotypical_depictions_of_librarians_in_advertising">academia.edu</a>: </i><br />
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The next dowdy image spot is for Kellogg's pop tarts. In this 1992 commercial, the dimly lit library setting shows a patron removing a book from the shelf, blowing the dust off and then sitting down to read. As he reads, a pop tart is produced and he gets noisy. The librarian quickly shushes him before taking his treat away.Alessandrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17650294301637486548noreply@blogger.com0