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- In Wednesday's media and information law news, two Rwandan media executives have been sentenced to life in prison, and a third was sentenced to 35-years in prison for their roles in the 1994 genocide, BBC News reports. Ferdinand Nahimana and Jean-Bosco B |
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- A teenager has become the fifth person to die of injuries from last month's arson in a row house in Philadelphia's Olney section. That blaze also killed a professional boxer and his infant daughter. |
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- A Louisiana boy was recently suspended from school for talking about his gay mother. He was actually forced to write:... |
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genetics (Dec 03 2003 17:59 GMT) - Boys Exposed to Pesticide See Delay in Sexual Maturation [Science Blog] |
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- Claire McGowan ponders the implications of the very real theat of censorship in our society in This OxfordStudent.com Article. She says The dilemma of free speech is that we must also allow material which really is offensive and dangerous. Questions of censorship do not stop at the printed word. With the introduction of the internet and greater availability and distribution of films, censorship is becoming a very current issue. |
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- The Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System is being sued again for race discrimination by two of the eight librarians who won a $17 million judgment against the system. The two librarians, Maureen Kelly and Mary Starck, allege they were the victims of "trickery and deceit" by the library board and retaliated against because of their other federal lawsuit. Full Story. |
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- TechNewsWorld Covers the public library book sale as it moves to the web. While public libraries are not putting away the card tables and the milk carton tills, they are increasingly eyeing the e-commerce used-book market to help nourish lean budgets. In a virtual world that thrives on competition, scarcity, and zealous idiosyncrasy, books that would sell for practically nothing at the library's tag sale can fetch anything from $15 to $500 online. Since January, the Friends of the Boston Public Library has raised $10,000 selling 6,000 books online; libraries in Marblehead and Athol have also made the digital leap; |
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- The Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003 [UK], enacted at the end of October, will change this. This legislation will ensure that millions of web pages, online magazines and CDs will be saved for the public. The legislation will effectively preserve the nation’s online heritage. A series of regulations proposed by the Secretary of State, for affirmative resolution by both Houses of Parliament, will implement the change in law. This will preserve major categories of non-print material such as electronic journals, websites, microfilm or fiche publications, CD-ROMs and DVDs. |
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- AP Reports Louisiana College trustees have banned two books and ordered all instructors to submit proposed learning materials for review to the Baptist school's Vice President of Academic Affairs. The decision upholds the censoring of two books that had been used in philosophy classes at the college for years. "The Road Less Traveled," by psychiatrist Scott Peck and "A Lesson Before Dying," by Ernest Gaines, were removed from the college bookstore's shelves earlier this semester after a student and a board member complained the books are inappropriate. The complaints dealt with the use of profane language in Peck's book and the description of a love scene in Gaines' novel. |
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- News Out Of FL Says Two books, miles apart in content and style but similar in that they explore political topics through unorthodox and controversial means, ought to remain in the Marion County library, a citizens panel decided on Tuesday. The county's Public Library Advisory Board recommended that Library Director Julie Sieg retain the novels - "Eat Me," an Australian sex romp, and "A Stone in My Hand," a decidedly pro-Palestinian children's book - despite their provocative themes. The panel's separate votes ended in wide majorities and clearly came down against government control of what materials reside on library shelves. |
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- David Goldman writes "The new Alexandria Library in Egypt, renovated by the Egyptian and Italian governments via UNESCO, recently opened a manuscript museum with a display case containing the holy books of the monotheistic religions. Next to the Torah, the museum director placed the infamous Russian antisemitic forgery "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion." The Protocols is the infamous, anti-Semitic book which describes a Jewish plan for world dominiation. |
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- Right, so Gothamist was totally crazed yesterday got our dates mixed up. Today is the Christmas tree lighting at Rockefeller Center, where you can freeze your buns off with hundreds, probably thousands, more. Or you can watch it at home at 7PM on WNBC Channel 4, and be all warm and settled in to change the channel to Fox Channel 5 watch The Simple Life at 8:30PM and The O.C. |
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Brain (Dec 03 2003 17:58 GMT) - Left side of brain activates speech from birth [Science Blog] |
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Brain (Dec 03 2003 17:58 GMT) - Left side of brain activates speech from birth [Science Blog] |
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- Derry midfielder and four-times All-Star winner Anthony Tohill has announced his retirement from Gaelic football today. |
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- Ireland's John Kelly replaces Mossie Lawlor on the wing in the only change to Alan Gaffney's side for their first foray into the Heineken Cup at Bourgoin on Saturday. |
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- Waterford hurling selector Nicky Cashin has made it clear that three players controversially dropped from the county panel could yet figure in the team's plans. |
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- Former Meath star and RTE pundit Colm O'Rourke has apologised for slurs he made about Tyrone's Brian Dooher throughout last season's All-Ireland championship. |
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- MobileBurn takes a first look at the mydevice, MyOrigo's unusual new smartphone which among other things, has a built-in motion detector and can be controlled by tilting the phone in different directions. Read... |
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- MobileBurn takes a first look at the mydevice, MyOrigo's unusual new smartphone which among other things, has a built-in motion detector and can be controlled by tilting the phone in different directions. Read... |
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- When does gerrymandering become a threat to democracy? |
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- Linda Grant hears a father describe the day his 13-year-old son was killed by a suicide bomber. Read it.... |
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- Dec. 2 - There's controversy brewing over the city of Cary's annexation request. City officials want a boundry between them and Holly Springs. |
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- Dec. 2 - Hundreds of Shaw University students were forced out into the cold night Monday when a gas leak forced an evacuation. |
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- Dec. 2 - Flu season around Raleigh has been especially bad this season. Here are some tips on staying healthy. |
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Brain (Dec 03 2003 17:57 GMT) - Nicotine Patch May Alleviate 'Senior Moments' [Science Blog] |
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Brain (Dec 03 2003 17:57 GMT) - Nicotine Patch May Alleviate 'Senior Moments' [Science Blog] |
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- (Review) Trudy Rubin writes in the Philadelphia Enquirer that much of the terrorism/guerrilla problem in Iraq is the lack of a "Sunni strategy", i.e. figuring out how to deal with the minority (15%) Sunni Muslims in Iraq who, under Saddam... |
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- The Toshiba SD-3950 Progressive Scan DVD Player fell to $76.99 at Amazon.com. A $10 mail-in rebate is still available, knocking the net price to...(more) |
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Odd (Dec 03 2003 17:57 GMT) - Just sneaking a post in on my break. I think site meter has gone nuts. Why? Because according to the... |
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- Gardai have named the 81-year-old man killed in a road accident in Co Louth yesterday. |
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Taiwan (Dec 03 2003 17:56 GMT) - Bill Kristol worries that the US isn't doing enough to defend Taiwan, but my understanding is that Taiwan is actually quite capable of defending itself against China's non-existent navy. More broadly, the current US posture in East Asia seems to... |
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- RICH, BLOGGY GOODNESS: This week's Carnival of the Vanities is up. Check out all sorts of posts from all sorts of bloggers, most of 'em more interesting than me!... |
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- RICH, BLOGGY GOODNESS: This week's Carnival of the Vanities is up. Check out all sorts of posts from all sorts of bloggers, most of 'em more interesting than me!... |
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- Um dia eu ouvi. O guri tá certo. |
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- While no Buffs made the first team, no surprise there, 3 made the second team. The three Buffs on the 2nd team were defensive lineman Gabe Nyenhuis, safety Medford Moorer and punt returner Jeremy Bloom. DJ Hackett made the third team. Joe Klopfenstein, Marwan Hage, Derek McCoy, Joel Klatt, Brian Calhoun, Sean Tufts and J.J. |
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- He leÃdo que hay un debate entre dos sectores en ATTAC Francia. Buscando información sobre esto, he hallado este artÃculo, que me parece interesante. |
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- homemade fudge and oatmeal cookies with rasins |
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