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Is this Executive Order still in effect? |
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Trying to find out if an Executive Order has been revoked, amended or superseded? Visit the Executive Orders Disposition Table provided by the National Archives. |
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Submitted by: Nancy Garner, Head of Information & Research Services
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Biographical Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court: The Lives and Legal Philosophies of the Justices |
 By Melvin I. UrofskyBiographical Encyclopedia of the Supreme Courtincludes signed essays profiling the men and women who have served and are serving on the U.S. Supreme Court. This one-of-a-kind reference includes not only important biographical information, but also in-depth details of the legal contributions made by the men and women of the nation's highest bench. Library Record • Borrow it • Buy it • More Titles |
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Submitted by: Malgorzata Pawska, Web Content Coordinator
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May 23, 2007
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How to Correct Barrel/Lens Distortion in Your Photos |
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You might notice that when you take a picture of a building or other structures with straight vertical edges, that the closer to the edge of the photograph it is, the more curved it becomes:
This is inevitable with any camera with a circular lens, and the angle will be different depending on where you’re standing (relative to the horizon line). It may not be apparent, and you may not even care, but if you’re like me and that sort of stuff drives you kinda crazy, here’s what you can do to fix it in Photoshop: Filter > Distort > Lens Correction… On the right-hand side, there should be a “Transform” section where you can play around with the Vertical and Horizontal Perspective. Keep in mind that when you do this, take the rest of the picture into consideration so that a section doesn’t become too “pinched.” You’ll also probably have to crop the photo a little bit to compensate for edges that are being tucked in. Hit OK and you’re done:
It’s amazing how the human eye can ignore this distortion when we’re at the scene and we still interpret the columns as being 90-degree vertical lines. For my next webblit, I’ll take a look at Picnik and some other online photo editors that you can use instead of Photoshop. |
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Submitted by: RayAna Park, Web Developer
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May 21, 2007
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U.S. Military and Web 2.0 |
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“This is as much an information war as it is bombs and bullets, and they are muzzling their best voices.” - Noah Shachtmanm, National Security Blogger, Wired Magazine
And in addition:
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The Supreme Court: The Personalities and Rivalries That Defined America |
 By Jeffrey RosenThe Supreme Court is the most mysterious branch of government, and yet the Court is at root a human institution, made up of very bright people with very strong egos, for whom political and judicial conflicts often become personal. In this compelling work of character-driven history, Jeffrey Rosen recounts the history of the Court through the personal and philosophical rivalries on the bench that transformed the law - and by extension, our lives. Library Record • Borrow it • Buy it • More Titles |
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Submitted by: Malgorzata Pawska, Web Content Coordinator
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May 16, 2007
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Summer Associate Membership & Tours |
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Give your summer associates the comfort of knowing they have the extra research support they may need this summer:
Tours are being offered from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on the following dates:
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Submitted by: Ida Weingram, Head of Outreach Services
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May 15, 2007
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The heck with education stuff let’s go for the dineros |
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Last week Thomson agreed to sell its Thomson Education unit for $7.75 billion dollars. That includes Thomson Gale, which publishes InfoTrac and LegalTrac, two databases that we make available to our members. Today Thomson announced that they have agreed to merge with Reuters. The new company will be called Thomson-Reuters. (Thankfully, they decided not to try to come up with a name that suggests synergy but ends up sounding more like the name of a prescription allergy drug. Cingular … Lucent … you get what I mean.) The current leader in the financial news market is Bloomberg, which has a 33% share. The combined Thomson-Reuters — numbers 3 and 2 behind Bloomberg — will be about the same size. Hmm … what does that remind me of? Oh yeah, the Yahoo-Microsoft merger rumors that were flying around last week, too. The deal is valued at $17.2 billion U.S. dollars. |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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Social Software in Libraries: Building Collaboration, Communication, and Community Online |
 By Meredith G. FarkasHere is the first book to explore the growing phenomenon of social software and how these technologies can be applied in libraries. Social software lets libraries show a human face online, helping them communicate, educate, and interact with their communities. Library Record • Borrow it • Buy it • More Titles |
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Submitted by: Malgorzata Pawska, Web Content Coordinator
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May 14, 2007
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Philadelphia Election Information |
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Visit the Committee of Seventy's website for complete election information including area polling places, ballot questions, election results and more! |
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Submitted by: Nancy Garner, Head of Information & Research Services
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Every Relationship Matters: Using the Power of Relationships to Transform Your Business, Your Firm, and Yourself |
 By Peter E. RouseLearn how to harness the power of relationships - with yourself, clients, and colleagues - to help you define and achieve professional and personal success. Peter Rouse provides a framework to guide you in instituting reflection and change in your life in order to build and maintain relationships. Although the author uses lawyers and law firms as examples, anyone interested in utilizing relationships with clients and colleagues to improve their business or their self will benefit from this book. Library Record • Borrow it • More Titles |
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Submitted by: Malgorzata Pawska, Web Content Coordinator
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