Saturday, March 28, 2015

Ducks on a Pond Survive the Winter



St. Francis Gives Disinterested Easter Bunnies Their Hoppin' Orders


Cardinal Soars Too Close to House


Photo by Retiring Guy

Sandhill Crane Pose of the Day


Photo by Retiring Guy

According to the Environmental Education for Kids website of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources......
Adults have yellow eyes, black bills, legs and feet, with a bright red patch on the crest of their head. Males and females look nearly alike. In the spring, they actually "paint" their feathers with mud to camouflage themselves in brown grasses. 

TDS Missed the Flag Memo



Another Day, Another New Hampshire Presidential Primary Poll


NH poll: Clinton maintains huge lead; Walker, Bush lead GOP pack.   (Gravis Marketing, 3/21/2015)



Only 318 days left until the New Hampshire primary election!!!

Related posts:
Bush, Rubio not exactly wowing the home-state voters.  (3/27/2014)
Scott Walker tied for 2nd with 'Dunno' in latest CNN/ORC poll. (3/19/2015)
Bush-Walker-Dunno in a 3-way tie for Connecticut Presidential primary preferences.  (3/15/2015)
Don't know/no answer/somebody else/won't vote leads latest Quinnipiac Republican Presidential primary poll.  (3/6/2015)
Bush-Walker-Unsure are 1-2-3 in latest Florida Republican Presidential primary poll.  (3/3/2015)
Bush-Walker-Unsure are 1-2-3 in latest South Carolina Republican Presidential primary poll.  (3/3/2015)
It's Walker, Bush, Unsure in 1st Nevada Presidential primary poll of the year.  (3/2/2015)
Quinnipiac poll: Scott Walker is the Tea Party favorite among likely caucus-goers in Iowa.  (2/26/2015)
Texas Poll: Scott Walker takes it to a couple of Texans on their home turf.  (2/25/2015)
Someone else/no one, Ben Carson have best 1-2 punch in Public Policy poll.  (2/24/2015)
'Undecided' leads, Scott Walker 2nd, in year's first California Republican Presidential primary poll.  (2/20/2015)
On the merry-go-round: Mike Huckabee takes the lead in the latest Republican Presidential preference poll.  (2/18/2015)
Give it up: "Favorite Son" Lindsey Graham ekes out an anemic 17% in South Carolina poll.  (2/17/2015)
New Hampshire: Jeb Bush holds slim lead among crowded GOP pack in NBC News/Marist poll.  (2/17/2015)
Mike Huckabee retakes Iowa lead, Walker falls to 3rd in NBC News/Marist poll.  (2/17/2015)
Another New Hampshire poll.  (2/8/2015)
How's Scott Walker doin' in New Hampshire? It depends upon what poll you read.  (2/8/2015)
One year before primary, New Hampshire, one of our whitest states, shows a preference for Scott Walker.  (2/5/2015)
Adding up 1st and 2nd choices, we find that Scott Walker is tied with "Don't Know" in latest Fox News poll.  (1/30/2015)
Jeb Bush starts to break away from the pack in latest CNN/ORC poll.  (12/30/2014)
Jeb Bush on top with 14% in latest ABC News/Washington Post poll.  (12/19/2014) 
McClatchy-Marist poll of 1,140 national adults (December 3-9, 2014).  (12/16/2014) 

1990s Print Reference Collection: Index Table with Thomas Register and Reader's Guide


Photo by Retiring Guy

Pound for pound, the Thomas Register of American Manufacturers, the bigger green books in the above photo, gave libraries quite the value for their reference collection development dollar.  The multi-volume set was published annually and used thousands of subject categories to organize its listings of companies.

The most recent print edition for which a citation is available in LINKcat is 2006, the last year the Thomas Register was published in print.

Spine color-coding:
  • Red:  Alphabetical listing of products and services
  • Yellow:  Indexes
    • Products
    • Trademarks and Brands
  • Blue:  Company profiles

Kit Noller cranks up the excitement level in this video presentation about ThomasNet.




As for Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature, a print edition is still being pubished by the H. W. Wilson Company.


It doesn't appear that any LINKcat libraries still subscribe.

Scott Walker Gibberish


You can understand why his handlers freak out whenever he goes off-script.


Bus Rapid Transit: Hartford to New Britain, Connecticut




Finally, Connecticut to open $567 million Hartford-to-New Britain bus rapid transit system.  (Daily Journal, 3/27/2015)

Critics, preferring the major highway gridlock and driving-alone consumption of fossil fuel......

State officials insist the 9.4-mile system between Hartford and New Britain will be a quick, reliable and environmentally friendly alternative to cars. Critics call it a boondoggle that's taking money from other transportation projects.

No Friend to the Environment: Republican Representative Steve Stivers, Ohio's 15th Congressional District


Photo sourceU.S. Congress
Text source Steve Stivers, representing the 15th District of Ohio

A face of the Tea Party movement, Rep. Stivers was re-elected to a 3rd term in 2014 with 66% of the vote.

Recommended reading for Rep. Stivers and constituents in his south-central Ohio district.

Healthy Air & Climate.  (Ohio Environmental Council)
As our planet warms due to human-caused climate change, researchers project that we will see more intense storms, fires, floods, and droughts. These events will impact our homes, infrastructure, food supplies, air quality, neighborhoods, and natural areas.
8% lifetime score from League of Conservation Voters.

No Friend to the Environment dishonor roll.

Alabama Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives.   (Their anti-environmentalism can be summed up in one world:  coal.  Which is odd, since Alabama contributes a mere 1.9% of U.S. production, good enough for an overall ranking of 13.  The state's peak year of production:  1990)  
Alaska Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
  • At-large District.  Don Young (R).   Ridiculed environmentalists as a “self-centered bunch of waffle-stomping, Harvard-graduating, intellectual idiots.....not Americans, never have been Americans, never will be Americans.” 
 Arizona Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
Arkansas Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
California Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
Colorado Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
No House Republicans hail from Connecticut and Delaware. 
Florida Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
Georgia Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
 Idaho Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
 Illinois Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
 Indiana Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
 Iowa Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
Kansas Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
Kentucky Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
Louisiana Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
Maine Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
Maryland Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives
No House Republicans in Massachusetts delegation.
Michigan Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives
Minnesota Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives
Mississippi Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives
Missouri Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives 
Montana Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives
Nebraska Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives
Nevada Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives
New Hampshire Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives
 New Jersey Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives
New Mexico Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives
New York Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives
 North Carolina Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives
North Dakota Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives
 Ohio Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives
 

Total Annual Hours of Operation (1996-2013) and Total Square Footage (2000-2013) of Wisconsin Public Libraries: Wood County


Source:  Wikipedia

Public libraries in Wood County




Related posts:
Adams County.  (12/22/2014)
Ashland County.  (12/23/2014)
Barron County.  (12/24/2014)
Bayfield County.  (12/25/2014)
Brown County.  (12/26/2014)
Buffalo County.  (12/26/2014)
Calumet County.  (12/27/2014)
Chippewa County.  (12/28/2014)
Clark County.  (12/29/2014)
Columbia County.  (12/30/2014)
Crawford County.  (12/31/2014)
Dane County. (1/1/2015)
Dodge County.  (1/2/2015)
Door County.  (1/3/2015)
Dunn County.  (1/5/2014)
Eau Claire County.  (1/6/2015)
Florence County.  (1/7/2015)
Fond du Lac County. (1/8/2015)
Forest County.  (1/9/2015)
Grant County.  (1/10/2015)
Green County.  (1/11/2015)
Green Lake County.  (1/12/2015)
Iowa County.   (1/13/2015)
Iron County.  (1/14/2015)
Jackson County.   (1/15/2015)
Jefferson County.  (1/16/2015)
Juneau County.  (1/17/2015)
Kenosha County.  (1/18/2015)
Kewaunee County  (1/19/2015)
La Crosse County.  (1/20/2015)
Lafayette County.  (1/21/2015)
Langlade County.  (1/22/2015)
Lincoln County.  (1/23/2015)
Manitowoc County. (1/24/2015)
Marathon County.  (1/25/2015)
Marinette County.  (1/26/2015)
Menomonie County.  (1/27/2015)
Milwaukee County.  (1/28/2015)
Monroe County.  (1/29/2015)
Oconto County.  (1/30/2015)
Oneida County.  (1/31/2015)
Outagamie County.  (2/1/2015)
Ozaukee County.  (2/2/2015)
Pepin County.  (2/3/2015)
Pierce County.  (2/4/2015)
Polk County.  (2/5/2015)
Portage County.  (2/6/2015)
Price County.  (2/7/2015)
Racine County.  (2/8/2015)
Richland County.  (2/9/2015)
Rock County.  (2/10/2015)
Rusk County.  (2/12/2015)
Sauk County.  (2/14/2015)
Sawyer County.  (2/16/2015)
Shawano County.  (2/22/2015)
Sheboygan County.  (2/25/2015)
St. Croix County.  (2/27/2015)
Taylor County.  (3/2/2015)
Trempealeau County.  (3/4/2015)
Vernon County.  (3/6/2015)
Vilas County.  (3/9/2015)
Walworth County.  (3/11/2015)
Washburn County.  (3/17/2015)
Washington County.  (3/19/2015)
Waukesha County.  (3/21/2015)
Waupaca County.  (3/23/2015)
Waushara County.  (3/25/2015)
Winnebago County.  (3/27/2015)

Friday, March 27, 2015

100 Years of Frank Sinatra: "Day by Day"


Frank Sinatra recorded "Day by Day" for Columbia Records in Hollywood in August 1945, with an arrangement by Axel Stordahl.   It ranks as #34 among the top 40 popular songs of 1946, according to Popular Song.



Music by Alex Stordahl and Paul Weston.   Lyrics by Sammy Cahn. 

Among the many artists who have recorded "Day by Day":  Shirley Bassey, Vic Damone, Doris Day, Ella Fitzgerald, Eydie Gorme, Johnny Mathis, Carmen McRae, Chris Montez, Johnny Ray, Jo Stafford, Sarah Vaughn.

This photo of Mom and Dad was probably taken in the year that Sinatra recorded "Day by Day".


I imagine those shoes Mom is wearing were stylish in their day.

Other Frank Sinatra 100 posts:
"Our Love".  (2/14/2015)
"I'll Never Smile Again".  (2/15/2015)
"Fools Rush In".  (2/16/2015)
"Dolores".  (2/17/2015)
"Oh Look At Me Now".  (2/18/2015)
"This Love of Mine".  (2/20/2015)
"There Are Such Things."  (2/24/2015)
"Night and Day".  (2/26/2015)
"The Night We Called It a Day".  (2/27/2015)
Paramount Theater, December 30, 1942.  (3/2/2015)
Reveille with Beverly.  (3/4/2015)
"You'll Never Know".  (3/7/2015)
Higher and Higher.  (3/8/2015)
"People Will Say We're in Love".  (3/10/2015)
The Shining Future.  (3/17/2015)
"I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night".  (3/19/2015)
Step Lively.  (3/20/2015) .
"Saturday Night (is the Loneliest Night of the Week)".  (3/21/2015)
"You'll Never Walk Alone".  (3/23/2015)
"Oh What It Seemed to Be".  (3/24/2015)
Anchors Aweigh.  (3/26/2015)

Lazyboy


From the 1974 archives notebook.

Photo by Retiring Guy (before he was Retiring Guy)

Dog spotted at an auction on West Conley Avenue, Deer Lodge, Montana, Saturday, September 6, 1974.

I purchased a night table for $1.50 and an area rug for $6.

The dog was not for sale.

Bush, Rubio not exactly wowing the home-state voters


Floridians Not Big On Bush, Rubio White House Bids.  (Public Policy Polling, 3/24/2015)


Survey specifics
  • 425 Republican primary voters
  • March 19-22, 2015
  • +/14.8% margin of error

Related posts:
Scott Walker tied for 2nd with 'Dunno' in latest CNN/ORC poll. (3/19/2015)
Bush-Walker-Dunno in a 3-way tie for Connecticut Presidential primary preferences.  (3/15/2015)
Don't know/no answer/somebody else/won't vote leads latest Quinnipiac Republican Presidential primary poll.  (3/6/2015)
Bush-Walker-Unsure are 1-2-3 in latest Florida Republican Presidential primary poll.  (3/3/2015)
Bush-Walker-Unsure are 1-2-3 in latest South Carolina Republican Presidential primary poll.  (3/3/2015)
It's Walker, Bush, Unsure in 1st Nevada Presidential primary poll of the year.  (3/2/2015)
Quinnipiac poll: Scott Walker is the Tea Party favorite among likely caucus-goers in Iowa.  (2/26/2015)
Texas Poll: Scott Walker takes it to a couple of Texans on their home turf.  (2/25/2015)
Someone else/no one, Ben Carson have best 1-2 punch in Public Policy poll.  (2/24/2015)
'Undecided' leads, Scott Walker 2nd, in year's first California Republican Presidential primary poll.  (2/20/2015)
On the merry-go-round: Mike Huckabee takes the lead in the latest Republican Presidential preference poll.  (2/18/2015)
Give it up: "Favorite Son" Lindsey Graham ekes out an anemic 17% in South Carolina poll.  (2/17/2015)
New Hampshire: Jeb Bush holds slim lead among crowded GOP pack in NBC News/Marist poll.  (2/17/2015)
Mike Huckabee retakes Iowa lead, Walker falls to 3rd in NBC News/Marist poll.  (2/17/2015)
Another New Hampshire poll.  (2/8/2015)
How's Scott Walker doin' in New Hampshire? It depends upon what poll you read.  (2/8/2015)
One year before primary, New Hampshire, one of our whitest states, shows a preference for Scott Walker.  (2/5/2015)
Adding up 1st and 2nd choices, we find that Scott Walker is tied with "Don't Know" in latest Fox News poll.  (1/30/2015)
Jeb Bush starts to break away from the pack in latest CNN/ORC poll.  (12/30/2014)
Jeb Bush on top with 14% in latest ABC News/Washington Post poll.  (12/19/2014) 
McClatchy-Marist poll of 1,140 national adults (December 3-9, 2014).  (12/16/2014) 

Top 10 Wisconsin Counties by Percentage of Population Growth, Loss (2010-2014)


Dane again among Wisconsin's fastest-growing counties, but rate slows.  (Capital Times, 3/26/2015)



Interactive map accompanies article

According to my calculations, Dane County accounts for 40% of Wisconsin's estimated population growth since 2010.
  • Dane County = 28,211
  • Wisconsin = 70,275

When you don't know what you're talking about, trot out the 'common sense' meme


Do Wisconsin Republicans really want to 'repeal the weekend'?   (Capital Times, 2/27/2015)

Text sourceCapital Times
Photo credit:  Wisconsin State Legislature