Saturday, February 28, 2015

Like everywhere else in the U.S., California public libraries are cutting back on print magazine subscriptions



REGION: Magazine racks shrink at Inland libraries.  (Press Enterprise, 2/27/2015)

It's the same all over.
The numbers of newspapers, magazines and journals have dwindled as Inland libraries deal with tight budgets and changing consumer tastes. 

They’re cutting back on hard copies in favor of digital formats. Patrons with a library card can read and check out publications on a computer, tablet or mobile device using a free app. 

John Shanshala (1921-2015) Warren High School Class of 1939



1938 Dragon yearbook
John is in row 6, 4th from the left

The 1939 Dragon yearbook is not in my collection.

John has already been graphed.

1967 Warren City Directory
Shanshala John J (Minnie A) insp SW h204 Lincoln av
Shanshala Minnie Mrs Nurse Raymond E Lowe r204 Lincoln av

No listing for John Shanshala in the 1983 Warren City Directory.  He probably moved to Youngsville, 7 miles west of Warren on U.S. 6, by then.

SourceWikipedia

Maybe John is somewhere in the crowd.

Wisconsin Public Library Holdings: Oneida County Print, Audio, Video (1996-2013)


NOTE: Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.  

2010 population:  35,998
 
Public libraries in Oneida County



      Percentage change by format, 1996-2013




      Other posts in this series:
      Adams County.  (1/5/2015)
      Ashland County.  (1/6/2015) 
      Barron County.  (1/7/2015) 
      Bayfield County.  (1/8/2015) 
      Brown County.  (1/9/2015)  
      Buffalo County.  (1/10/2015) 
      Burnett County.  (1/11/2015) 
      Calumet County.  (1/12/2015) 
      Chippewa County.  (1/13/2015)
      Clark County.  (1/14/2015)
      Columbia County.  (1/15/2015) 
      Crawford County.  (1/16/2015)
      Dane County.  (1/17/2015) 
      Dodge County.  (1/18/2015) 
      Door County.  (1/19/2015) 
      Douglas County.  (1/20/2015) 
      Dunn County.  (1/21/2015) 
      Eau Claire County.  (1/22/2015) 
      Florence County.  (1/23/2015)
      Fond du Lac County.  (1/24/2015) 
      Forest County.  (1/25/2015) 
      Grant County.  (1/26/2015) 
      Green County.  (1/27/2015)
      Green Lake County.  (1/29/2015) 
      Iowa County.  (1/30/2015) 
      Iron County.  (1/31/2015) 
      Jackson County.  (2/1/2015) 
      Jefferson County.  (2/2/2015) 
      Juneau County.  (2/3/2015) 
      Kenosha County.  (2/4/2015) 
      Kewaunee County.  (2/6/2015) 
      La Crosse County.  (2/7/2015) 
      Lafayette County.  (2/8/2015) 
      Langlade County.  (2/10/2015)
      Lincoln County.  (2/11/2015) 
      Manitowoc County.  (2/13/2015) 
      Marathon County.  (2/15/2015)
      Marinette County.  (2/18/2015) 
      Marquette County.  (2/19/2015) 
      Milwaukee County.  (2/20/2015) 
      Monroe County.  (2/24/2015) 
      Oconto County.  (2/26/2015)


      Other Wisconsin public library statistics series:

      Public Library Circulation and Program Attendance, 1996-2013.  (Complete)

      Public Access Internet Computers (1999-2013) and Print Serial Subscriptions (1996-2013).  (Complete)

      Total Annual Hours of Operation (1996-2013) and Total Square Footage (2000-2012) of Wisconsin Public Libraries.  (Through St. Croix County as of 2/27/2015)

      Scott Walker's Failed Divide-and-Conquer Strategy for Iron County


      Gogebic Taconite says Wisconsin mine isn't feasible; cites wetlands, EPA.   (Wisconsin State Journal, 2/28/2015)

      Text source:  Wisconsin State Journal

      As Bob Jauch also notes,
      “This company manipulated the public, bought the Legislature and co-opted them into participating in one of the biggest scams in Wisconsin history.” 

      The direct  Gogebic Taconite contributions to state legislators and candidates for office.



      There was lots more where the above came from.


      WI Senate Passes Mining Bill, Opposition to Continue.  (Center for Media and Democracy's PR Watch, 2/28/2013)
      As documented by the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, special interest groups that support the mining bill "have contributed $15.6 million to the Republican-controlled legislature and GOP Governor Scott Walker" between 2010 and June 2012. They also found that mining deregulation interests outspent opponents of mining deregulation by 610 to 1. [Emphasis added]

      The mining bill is SB1, introduced on January 18, 2013.

      Solid red support.

      Snippets from the Legislative Reference Bureau overview:
      • This bill creates new statutes for regulating iron mining and modifies the current laws regulating metallic mining so that they cover only mining for nonferrous minerals. 
      • The bill places standards for iron mining and for the reclamation of iron mining sites in the statutes, rather than requiring rule-making. The standards in the bill are similar in many respects to DNR's current rules and are less stringent in other respects
      • Under the bill, these conditions on issuing a permit for metallic mining in a sulfide ore body do not apply to issuing a permit for iron mining. 
      • This bill does not allow a contested case hearing on any decision by DNR related to a proposed iron mine before DNR acts on the application for the iron mining.
      • Under this bill, the limits on the location of a mining waste site do not apply to the portion of an iron mine that is backfilled with mining waste. permit

      Related posts:
      Gogegic's best-laid plans.  (2/1/2015)
      So says the Gogebic Taconite mouthpiece.  (9/3/2014)

      Friday, February 27, 2015

      Scott Walker: May I see your passport, please?

      Budget? What budget? 

      He's got much bigger fish to fry!


      No weary traveler, Gov. Walker plans trade mission to Europe. (Milwaukee Business Journal, 2/27/2015)

      No questions, please.
      Members of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. will join the governor, and Wisconsin business leaders are invited, to promote their products to potential European customers.

      Mom's Recipes: Toffee Oat Cookies


      The recipe
       The result

      Thursday, February 26, 2015: Scott Walker's Very Busy Day, Standing up To Protesters Across the World


      The item on the left, Manufacturing Matters, is mentioned is the latest "E-Update from the Desk of Scott Walker". 

      The item on the right, represented by the now-notorious quote from the 2015 CPAC, is not mentioned.



      Dear Scott Walker, Here's all you need to know about President Barack Obama's Christianity


      Photo credit:  Official White House photo by Pete Souza
      Text sourceChristianity Today (2008) via Washington Post


      Washington Post, 2/21/2015

      A headline we'd like to see.
      Gov. Scott Walker:  'And I don't read much either'

      There's a snowball's chance in hell that Sen. Inhofe knows what he's talking about


      Not current photo credit:  U.S. Senate

      Jim Inhofe’s snowball has disproven climate change once and for all.  (Washington Post, 2/26/2015)

      Inhofe, a 1973 graduate of the University of Tulsa, is not a big-picture guy.


      Global Analysis - January 2015.  (National Climatic Data Center)

      Other climate change posts:
      It's a big (and warming) world out there: January 2015 is 2nd warmest since 1880.  (2/20/2015)
      Republicans need to generate a new climate change meme.  (1/21/2015)
      Cold enough for you?  (3/9/2014)

      Perhaps it's time for a webpage update and redesign


      The highlight within the screenshot, taken today, is added.


      Blockbuster retains a web presence, where you can find the following November 2013 news release.

      Blockbuster to End Domestic Retail, DVD By Mail Services
      DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) today announced that its subsidiary, Blockbuster L.L.C., will end its retail and by mail DVD distribution operations by early-January 2014. The company will close its approximately 300 remaining U.S.-based retail stores, as well as its distribution centers. 

      Related posts:
      Friday teaser: Blockbuster's demise? Blame libraries.  (9/24/2010)
      Blockbuster to enter "pre-planned bankruptcy".  (8/27/2010)
      Just in case you don't think the movie rental marketplace is changing.  (9/16/2009)

      100 Years of Frank Sinatra: "The Night We Called It a Day"


      "The Night We Called It a Day", a recording from Frank Sinatra's first solo session, was his 3rd top 40 hit of 1942, as enumerated by Popular Song.



      Music by Matt Dennis, lyrics by Tom Adair.  They also wrote "Let's Get Away From It All'. 

      Speaking of which...

      Dad spent part of the summer of '42 in Maine, a continuation of his internship experience as a student at Augustana Seminary.  I have no idea of the name of the place pictured here.  Dad must have run out of white ink to make notations on the black pages of his Kodagraphs scrapbook.





      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)

      No Friend to the Environment? Republican Representative Richard Hanna, New York's 22nd Congressional District


      Photo sourceU.S. Congress
      Text source (italics)Oneida Daily Dispatch

      70% Tea Party loyalist Hanna ran unopposed for a 2nd term in 2014.

      Recommended reading for Rep. Hanna and constituents in his sprawling central New York State district.

      Climate change threatens national security, Pentagon says.  (Utica Observer-Dispatch, 10/14/2014)
      Extreme weather, rising seas and changing storm patterns could become "threat multipliers" for the United States, vastly complicating security challenges faced by American forces, the Pentagon said in a new report on the impact of climate change released Monday.

      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

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


      SourceWikipedia

      Public libraries in St. Croix County




      The Hudson Area Library celebrated its grand opening in August 2010.


      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)