In recognition of Constitution and Citizenship Day, the DC Public Library will host a lecture by Jeffery Rosen on Tuesday, September 7, at 12 noon.  Rosen will discuss the U.S. Supreme Court and how the judicial branch of government works. 

Rosen is a professor of law at The George Washington University and the legal affairs editor of The New Republic. His most recent book is The Supreme Court: The Personalities and Rivalries that Defined America. He also is the author of The Most Democratic Branch, The Naked Crowd, and The Unwanted Gaze.

Rosen's essays and commentaries have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, on National Public Radio, and in The New Yorker, where he has been a staff writer. The Chicago Tribune named him one of the 10 best magazine journalists in America.

The lecture will take place at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in the Great Hall. For more information, please contact the Social Sciences Division 202-727-1261

As many of you already know, the children's room at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library has been holding an ice cream program daily for the past few weeks. Now we are posting the recipe for anyone who either missed the program or just wants the chance to make it at home.

Impress your friends with our simple recipe!

Do-it-yourself Vanilla Ice Cream

Ingredients

1 cup of milk or half-and-half
1 1/2 to 2 tablespoons sugar (depending on desired sweetness)
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
6 tablespoons ROCK salt
4 cups of ice
1 sandwich-size ziplock plastic bag
1 gallon-size ziplock plastic bag plastic

toppings of your choice

Before you start, remember to have a parent or guardian help you!

Directions

1. Open the small plastic bag and pour in the 1 cup of milk.
2. Add the 2 tablespoons of sugar and the 1 teaspoon vanilla.
3. Fasten the bag closed while trying to remove most of the air.
4. Open your large plastic bag.
5. Add all of the ice and the rock salt.
6. Place the small bag of milk into the larger bag and seal the large bag closed.
7. Now shake!

Depending on how hard and fast you shake, your dessert should be ready in about 5 to 10 minutes. If you get tired, have a friend, sibling or parent help shake for a while. Once the ice cream is frozen, dip or pour it into your bowl. Top with your favorite treats and don't forget to share!

This is the perfect activity to do outside on a hot summer day.

Learn to use one of the most popular search engines to identify potential jobs and to post your résumé and cover letter for potential employers to consider. Also, learn how to apply to job postings, using one of three methods, and how to keep track of your application process in order to keep your job search organized.

In order to actively participate, customers must be able to do the following:

• Bring a prepared résumé and cover letter that are created in MS Word and saved on portable media, preferably a flash drive.
• Bring a list of job titles and/or subject areas for the Job Search and application processes.
• Open and save résumé and cover letter to the desktop.
• Navigate an e-mail environment and generate e-mail messages.
• Navigate and complete online forms.
• Create folders in the Windows environment.
• Read and comprehend English well.

Customers who satisfy the above criteria may attend the workshop on a walk-in basis.  Please be on time, as covered material will not be repeated because of the volume of material to be presented.

Class Objectives

You will be able to do the following:

• Navigate the features and menus of Monster.com job search engine.
• Upload résumé and cover letter to Monster.com. Review demo of three types of application responses to a job posting.
• Conduct and save job searches.
• Apply to job postings, using one of three featured application processes on Monster.com.
• Generate a tracking system by creating folders to host employer contact info and follow-up communications.

NOTE: Please bring your own flash drive to save class documents, or send them to your e-mail account.

Date: Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Time: 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Instructor: D. Azer

DC Public Library and DC Association of the Deaf present Emily McCully, keynote speaker and author of My Heart Glow, with eminent deaf community panelists. Sunday, June 27, 2010, from 1 - 5 p.m.

Room A-5  (Lower Level Auditorium)
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
901 G St. N.W.
Washington, D.C.

Voice: 202-727-2145
Videophone: 202-559-5368
E-mail: lbph.dcpl@dc.gov

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