Your views: Letters to the editor Oct 25, 2009
Some BAAB volunteers participate in a Library of Congress (LOC) program in which they record educational magazines, which LOC reproduces and distributes to libraries around the country. These free recordings are available with a doctors prescription to verify disability. (Florida Today)
The Democrats’ Culture of Corruption Oct 23, 2009
To kick off the Culture of Corruption campaign against the Republicans, on January 18, 2006, Nancy Pelosi gathered Democratic House leaders for a press conference in the Thomas Jefferson building of the Library of Congress to declare "Independence from special interests" and "an end to the Republican culture of corruption.". Pelosi charged that the Republican House majority had "turned Congress into an auction house--for sale to the highest bidder", vowed to end "the K Street project" and to... (Human Events Online)
Jack Kemp Foundation Launched Oct 23, 2009
The first is the goal to digitize Jack Kemp s papers from his time with both Congress and HUD and make them available to researchers worldwide through the Library of Congress. There s a manuscript room at the Library of Congress, where the manuscripts are available for researchers, Kemp explained ... The only current non-President politicians who have their papers there are Patrick Moynihan and Henry Kissinger, so we re really pleased that the Library of Congress saw fit to receive the papers. (Human Events Online)
D.C. Cherry Blossom Festival In Bloom Oct 22, 2009
For instance, take a gander at Abraham Lincoln's Bible - the one President Obama used during his oath of office - at the Library of Congress. It's on display through May 9 as part of the library's Lincoln bicentennial exhibition. (CBS News -- Evening News)
Top government IT projects honored Oct 20, 2009
Library of Congress Office of Strategic Initiative for their Digital Preservation Project. United States Postal Service Business Solutions Services for their Product Tracking system Application Modernization. (FCW.com)
God and Guns, Part 2 Oct 20, 2009
A statue of Moses holding the Ten Commandments is in the rotunda of the Library of Congress. In addition to the words "In God We Trust" within the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives, is it just a coincidence that Moses is the central figure and the only frontal-depiction bas-relief looking down on Congress of 23 reliefs of great historical lawgivers. (Townhall.com)
Worldwide caterpillar appeals on Kauai Oct 20, 2009
Other guest readers will be joining the Carolans who will be featuring their A President from Hawai i, a book that recently earned national acclaim with the Carolans and a group of Kaua i entertainers reading the book in Washington, D.C., at the Library of Congress National Book Festival. The festival is sponsored by Kukui Grove Center, Read to Me International Foundation, Storybook Theater, the Department of Education, Good Beginnings, and Child and Family Service. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
Another challenger enters 8th District race Oct 16, 2009
vote=h2008-101 Harriet Lane posted on Monday, October 12th, 2009 at 11:40 amCongresswoman Emerson's vote on H.R. 1424, the TARP Bill, dated 10/3/08, can be found at the Library of Congress web site, www. thomas. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
Massively Collaborative Mathematics, Timothy Gowers & Michael Nielsen, Nature Oct 16, 2009
In 2007, the US Library of Congress implemented a programme to preserve blogs by people in the legal profession; a similar but broader programme is needed to preserve research blogs and wikis. New projects now under way will help to explore how collaborative mathematics works best (see ). (Harper's Magazine)
What will we lose when the veterans of WW2 are gone (7) Oct 14, 2009
The Library of Congress maintains tens of thousands of accounts of the battles and those who fought them. But there are still others out there that have not been recounted. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Graddy: Boy pushes Congress for food allergies Oct 13, 2009
Source: U.S. Library of Congress. On the first day of the Kids' Congress we rode a bus to the and had our picture made on the steps. (CNN -- US)
A world redrawn: When America showed up on a map, it was the universe that got transformed Oct 11, 2009
ller would later claim that he printed 1,000 copies of the map, but only one survives today, discovered by accident in a German castle in 1901, and bought in 2003 by the Library of Congress for $10 million, the highest price ever paid publicly for a historical document. Copies of the map seem to have circulated widely in the early 16th century. (Boston Globe)
Google hits back at book critics Oct 10, 2009
"The famous library at Alexandria burned three times, in 48 BC, AD 273 and AD 640, as did the Library of Congress, where a fire in 1851 destroyed two-thirds of the collection," he wrote. "I hope such destruction never happens again, but history would suggest otherwise.". (BBC News -- Technology)
Sergey Brin Blows Smoke Up Your Ass Oct 10, 2009
Here's another gem: "Despite a number of important digitization efforts to date (Google has even helped fund others, including some by the Library of Congress), none have been at a comparable scale, simply because no one else has chosen to invest the requisite resources." "Chosen" is a nice way to put it, we guess ... The Internet Archive or the Library of Congress don't have the "requisite resources" to find every writer and ask permission to preserve their books for posterity. (Slate)
Library of Congress to Display Photos of Airmen Oct 10, 2009
Photographer's pictures of Airmen now in Library of Congress ... " exhibition is part of the Library of Congress. "I met a lot of Air Force people and the first question they're asked is, 'What type of plane do you fly ... " Library of Congress officials accepted Mr. Price's exhibition into its Prints and Photographs collection Oct. 6. They will be available at . Mr. Price said he feels he's contributed to preserving and documenting American aviation history with his photographs. "I felt that I... (DOD DefenseLINK)
Travel Briefs Oct 9, 2009
The event, organized by the Library of Congress and held on the National Mall, is free. For more information, visit. (Carroll County Times, MD)
Memorial makes stop in The Colony Oct 8, 2009
The memorial has been recognized by the Library of Congress and the Texas Senate, and is entirely funded by public donations. For information, logon to. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Project will put history before vast audience Oct 7, 2009
It will use the money to scan 100,000 pages and make them available through the Library of Congress Chronicling America database ... The university plans to expand the project over time to include more newspapers and to create a Web site for South Carolina newspapers separate from the Library of Congress site, Thompson said. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Ill effects of the sun not overemphasized Oct 4, 2009
- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. Ill effects of the sun not overemphasized. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Health Care Bill Nears Key Milestone Oct 3, 2009
I only got through about 480+ pages of the most current public debacle of a bill at Thomas Library of Congress, but there was very little that actually addressed healthcare directly. When will Congress put out a Bill that doesn't have pork, or some legislative bounty for special interests. (CBS News)
Saving Face: The Silent 2-Year-Old Speaks! Oct 2, 2009
But the first message, and all 13 that follow, shows the same Washington, D.C., number on my caller ID. And every one of the 14 messages has the same message, left in an ever higher register: "Erica. Zoe Fine here from BarCzar. Where the hell are you? Listen, the cable bookers are burning my cell up. Senator Lyndon Laden just left his wife of 20 years for some chickie who works at the Library of Congress! And his wife is giving a press conference in the morning. Your timing couldn't be better.... (Slate)
Saturday's Callands Festival celebrates 29 years Oct 1, 2009
The Callands Festival stepped from the archives of treasured local history onto the platform of national acclaim in 2000 by being named a "Local Legacy" by the Library of Congress ... The project includes 1,300 entries which will become part of collections in the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. (Chatham Star Tribune, VA)
No more on running through Scripture on a football Friday night Oct 1, 2009
An original is in the Library of Congress. That too sounds Christian to me. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
White House hottest music venue in D.C. Sep 30, 2009
Emerging jazz bassist Esperanza Spalding has played twice since the Obamas moved in - once alongside Wonder as he received the Library of Congress' Gershwin Prize in February and again for a spoken-word celebration in May. That practically counts as a residency at the White House, and the effect on her career has been invaluable. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Land Disposal of Coal Combustion Byproducts - Management as an Engineering Material (Part II) Sep 30, 2009
References - Specific Citations (1) Goodwin, R.W.; Combustion Ash/Residue Management An Engineering Perspective; Noyes Publications/William Andrew Publishing; Mill Road, Park Ridge NJ 1993 (ISBN: 0 8155 1328 3) (Library of Congress Catalog Card No.: 92 47240). (2) Wattenbach, H.L.; "An Evaluation of Free-Lime Containing By-products to Produce CCB Grouts for Use in AMD Abatement"; 1999 International Ash Utilization Symposium; University of Kentucky, Paper No. 20. (Energy Pulse, CO)
Police Agency Merger Is Official Today Sep 30, 2009
The Capitol Police department officially merges with the Library of Congress police department today, creating a unified security force for the Congressional campus after years of heated negotiations and several failed plans. LOG IN NOT A SUBSCRIBER. (Roll Call)
Books for the blind enter the digital age Sep 30, 2009
Some texts on cassette tapes may not be redone, but Ms. Kappel said all new best sellers are being recorded digitally by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped at the Library of Congress. Pittsburgh staff and volunteers, meanwhile, are re-recording digitally the library's Pennsylvania Collection on digital recording and duplication equipment purchased through a $28,500 grant from the Western Pennsylvania Medical Eye Bank Foundation. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Honduran regime's crackdown on dissent condemned Sep 30, 2009
Latest Political Stories. Latest World Stories. (Anchorage Daily News)
Shangle: Killer whales could halt fishing Sep 30, 2009
He's the host of Northwest Wild Country, a popular fishing and hunting radio show airing throughout western Washington, and has the deepest source list this side of the Library of Congress. In other words: if you're catching fish on the West Coast, just try to get away from him. (ESPN -- Outdoors)
StoryCorps Launches Historias - A Groundbreaking Initiative To Create One of the Largest Collections of Latino Stories Ever Recorded in the United States Sep 25, 2009
To ensure that Latino voices are made accessible to future generations, Historias interviews will be archived at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress ... Each conversation is recorded on a free CD to take home and share, and is archived for generations to come at the Library of Congress. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Curfews lifted, Honduras achieves near-normalcy Sep 25, 2009
A report by the US Library of Congress, released yesterday by Representative Aaron Schock, an Illinois Republican, found that Zelaya s removal from office was legal but his expulsion from the country was illegal. Schock said at a news conference yesterday in Washington that the interim government should allow Zelaya to leave the embassy, forgoing further punishment, and allow him to live as a regular citizen. (Boston Globe)
Project wants U.S. Latinos' stories Sep 25, 2009
with public radio's StoryCorps, which has been capturing moments of American life since 2003 and archiving them at the Library of Congress ... The recordings are archived at the Library of Congress. (MSNBC -- Race)
Zelaya: Talks start with Honduras government Sep 25, 2009
A report by the Library of Congress released Thursday by Republican U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock found Zelaya's removal from office was legal but his expulsion from the country was illegal. (MSNBC -- International)
Book Buzz: What's new on the list and in publishing Sep 24, 2009
The festival's organizer, the Library of Congress, is employing digital technology to update book lovers, including Twitter, text messages and a Facebook page. Also Saturday, the Library of Congress will launch a literacy website called www. (USA Today -- Life)
Celebrate the autumnal equinox at 2:18 p.m. today Sep 24, 2009
The autumnal equinox has been observed by festival or celebration for more than 4,000 years, according to the Library of Congress. Persians and Iranians commemorate it as the first day of Libra, while Zoroastrians held a festival of sharing and love. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR)
Baby Boy Names of Ancient Cultures Sep 22, 2009
Resource: The 1966 edition of the Funk & Wagnalls Standard College Dictionary, copyrighted by The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., and entitled The Reader's Digest Great Encyclopedic Dictionary (with special supplements); Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 66-21606. The copyright of the article Baby Boy Names of Ancient Cultures in is owned by. (Suite101.com)
Council commends book about President Obama (273) Sep 21, 2009
The book was selected to represent Hawaii at this years Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C., Sept. 26 ... Our new book, A President from Hawai i has been chosen to represent the State of Hawai i at this year s Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 26, Joanna said in an e-mail this week. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
Older and wiser, Bob Mould still wants to dance Sep 20, 2009
Now most of the performance is left up to Morel's partner, Nick Lopata, who creates visuals on a laptop in time with the music using looped scenes from films, television shows and archival footage from the Library of Congress. "The gay community used to be really on the cutting edge of dance music until 10 years ago, and then something fell off," Mould says. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Guardians assist veterans on second Honor Flight-Wyoming Sep 20, 2009
As part of an ongoing project with the local historical society, Dembik sent the videos to the Library of Congress so the men and women who served wouldn't be forgotten, so "patriotism for this country will not bleed away.". Now a Cody resident, Dembik will assist veterans as a guardian on the second Honor Flight-Wyoming trip, which departs Tuesday from Casper. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Using Description to Name A New Bab... Sep 20, 2009
(Resource: The 1966 edition of the Funk & Wagnalls Standard College Dictionary, copyrighted by The Reader's Digest Associated, Inc., and entitled The Reader's Digest Great Encyclopedic Dictionary; Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 66-21606. . (Suite101.com)
Cantor recalls his star turn, to the beat of WW II artillery Sep 19, 2009
Eventually she found it at the Library of Congress and commissioned a short documentary about it, which was presented at the group's annual meeting in 2005 ... Eventually she found it at the Library of Congress and commissioned a short documentary about it, which was presented at the group's annual meeting in 2005. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
‘Letters About Literature’ contest Sep 19, 2009
SPRINGFIELD ; Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White urges students in grades 4-12 to enter the 2010 ;Letters About Literature; contest, a national reading and writing contest sponsored by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress and the Illinois Center for the Book in partnership with Target. Every year students across the nation write letters to authors, living or deceased, describing how a book positively impacted their life,; said White, who serves as honorary chair of... (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)
Gallery Glimpses Sep 18, 2009
By Staff reports GateHouse News Service Posted Sep 17, 2009 @ 02:27 PM. A Z Fine Arts, 339 Washington St., will be hosting free artists series on Saturdays through Oct. 3. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
400th area World War II veteran shares story Sep 17, 2009
Mr. Hitt was interviewed at Aiken Technical College as part of the local Veterans History Project, sponsored by the Augusta-Richmond County Historical Society and the Library of Congress ... The interviews will be sent to the Library of Congress in Washington to commemorate those who fought and served in WWII, said Fred Gehle, the coordinator of the local project. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Dan Brown's Washington Sep 17, 2009
What does The Lost Symbol get wrong about the nation's capital. - By David Plotz - Slate Magazine. (Slate)
Dan Brown delivers action-packed if familiar 'Lost Symbol' Sep 17, 2009
The U.S Capitol, the Library of Congress and other landmarks play a role in this story that plays up the symbolic art and architecture of Washington. Brown has never been lauded for his deft handling of the written word. (USA Today -- Life)
Freemasons await Dan Brown novel 'The Lost Symbol' Sep 16, 2009
Brown's book moves quickly among such Washin gton landmarks as the Library of Congress and the Washington Monument and draws upon the Masons' very public presence in Washington, dating back more than 200 years. George Washington used a Masonic gavel and trowel in 1793 as he lay the cornerstone of the U.S. Capitol. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Dan Brown's new novel The Lost Symbol capitol-izing on success Sep 16, 2009
Some particularly hot spots: the unusually suspense-generating setup for Katherine's laboratory; the innards of the Library of Congress; the huge tank of the architeuthis; and two highly familiar tourist stops, both rendered newly breathtaking by Brown's clever shifting of perspective. Thanks to him, picture postcards of the capital's most famous monuments will never be the same. (FOX59, IN)
CSC opens $30M data center, adds 65 jobs Sep 16, 2009
Additionally, it is made up of 600 servers and enough storage to hold the equivalent of four times the 28 billion books in the Library of Congress. CSC has approximately 92,00 employees worldwide and reported revenue of $16. (Albany Business Review, NY)
Freemasons Await Dan Brown's Latest Novel Sep 16, 2009
" No official gathering is taking place at the hall on this recent afternoon, so it's all right for a reporter to have a look around. The Naval Masonic room has features common to other lodges, such as the Mason emblem, a set square and compass and letter "G" (for both God and Geometry), and some decorative images, such as the Egyptian-styled eyes and snakes painted throughout. Brown's book moves quickly among such Washington landmarks as the Library of Congress and the Washington Monument and... (CBS News)
AP book review: 'The Lost Symbol' is a roaring ride Sep 16, 2009
His search takes him on a D.C. tour, to the Capitol, the Washington National Cathedral, the Botanic Garden, the Washington Monument and the Library of Congress. "The Lost Symbol," which has an announced first printing of 5 million copies, is not the first thriller to weave the Masons into a plot Brown did so in "Angels s" and Brad Meltzer has Masonic references in "Book of Fate." But Brown was clever nonetheless in choosing the Masonic Order to center his book. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Risk of Tet-Styled Taliban Offensive Grows Sep 15, 2009
With the Internet moving every 24 hours several million more words, documents, and books than are contained in the entire Library of Congress, stumbling across terrorist intelligence in real time is as frequent as hitting multimillion-dollar jackpots in Las Vegas. MEMRI's posts from the Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor between Sept. 1 and Sept. 10 consisted mostly of things extremists wanted publicized. (Newsmax)
Photo: Preserving Alaska's history Sep 15, 2009
Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, right, and Librarian of Congress James Billington look over an old map of Ketchikan, Murkowski's hometown, on Friday during a visit to the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Share this page. Reader Comments Disclaimer ng. (Juneau Empire)
Library of Congress spotlights Alaska Sep 15, 2009
WASHINGTON - From an 1802 Alaska map made by the Russian Navy to a full-color poster for an 1897 Broadway show on the Klondike Gold Rush, Alaska's history comes alive at the Library of Congress ... WASHINGTON - From an 1802 Alaska map made by the Russian Navy to a full-color poster for an 1897 Broadway show on the Klondike Gold Rush, Alaska's history comes alive at the Library of Congress. (Juneau Empire)
Senator scans Alaska history at library Sep 14, 2009
Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, examines an 1802 map of "marine discoveries of Russian navigators in the Pacific and the icy seas" - largest early Alaska map in the Library of Congress) with Library of Congress geography and map chief, Dr. John Hebert, Sept. 11, 2009, in Washington, D.C. ... "That's the public school where my grandmother taught!" Murkowski said, from an ornate walnut-paneled room in the Library of Congress ... Murkowski, who sits on a Senate committee that oversees the Library of... (Anchorage Daily News)
The power of the PSA Sep 14, 2009
Bismarck Tribune - News. If you're reading the neIf you're reading the newspaper, watching TV or listening to radio and you come across a public service ad, chances are it is from The Ad Council, one of the main producers of public service announcements, or PSAs, since 1942. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
‘Voice of America’ festival jump-starts the classical season Sep 13, 2009
Florestan received permission from the Library of Congress and Barber s own estate to perform more than one dozen unpublished songs. Some of the manuscripts were disintegrating to the point that archivists would not let them be photocopied, so Engebreth and colleagues brought their digital cameras down to Washington D.C., and took pictures of the scores. (Boston Globe)
Senator's death in duel prefaced Civil War carnage Sep 13, 2009
FILE - In this undated black-and-white handout file photo provided by the Library of Congress, Sen ... (AP Photo/Library of Congress) FILE - In this undated handout file photo provided by the Society of California Pioneers, shows Judge David Terry ... (AP Photo/Society of California Pioneers) FILE - In this undated black-and-white handout file photo provided by the Library of Congress, Sen. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Jay-Z Should Rap About Marriage Sep 12, 2009
(I know if I put a recording in the Library of Congress for everlasting posterity with me calling MY Wife that, I may not be married for much longer). Stop looking to Jay and get to the other side of hip hop. (Slate)
A Glance At The History Of The Gulag Prison System Sep 10, 2009
(Sources: Encyclopedia Britannica, Library of Congress, Anne Applebaum's "Gulag: A History"). Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. (CBS News -- World)
Lynndie England Sues Biographer Sep 10, 2009
Things also "crashed and burned pretty fast" after the Library of Congress canceled England's scheduled August appearance, Winkler said. An employee who organized the event said he had received several e-mails threatening violence if England spoke. (CBS News -- US)
Google May Have to Modify Book Settlement for Court Approval, Lawyers Say Sep 10, 2009
A House Judiciary Committee hearing is scheduled for today with testimony expected from both sides and from , the register of copyrights at the Library of Congress. Googles chief legal officer, is set to testify. (Bloomberg -- US)
Top Chinese legislator Wu Bangguo said Tuesday that despite the financial crisis he was confident about "the bright future" of the Chinese-U.S. economic cooperation and trade.• Top Chinese legislator arrives in Washington Sep 9, 2009
Wu Bangguo (front L), chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, walks with the U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (front R) before a welcome dinner at the Library of Congress in Washington on Sept. 8, 2009. Wu arrived here on Tuesday afternoon to continue his official visit to the United States. (Xinhuanet, China)
The world in a click Sep 9, 2009
"The National Library of China is not only among the world's finest libraries, but with its comprehensive collections, new facilities, dedicated and talented staff, it stands in a singular class of exceptional national libraries," says Peter Young, in charge of the Asian division of the American Library of Congress ... Already partnering the world's two best-known libraries - the British Library and the American Library of Congress - NLC's global dimension extends to collaborating with the... (Xinhuanet, China)
U.S. holds huge lead in global weapons sales Sep 8, 2009
The annual report was produced by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, a division of the Library of Congress. It is regarded as the most detailed collection of unclassified global arms sales data available to the general public. (San Francisco Chronicle)
