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- . [click] burma on the road to pyay early afternoon |
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- Tut mir leid, liebes Amazon, deine Kaufempfehlung zur zweiten Staffel von twentyfour kommt zu spät. Habe ich doch kürzlich binnen dreier Tage die komplette zweite Staffel, äh, verschlungen. |
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- "Respect Copyright" disrespects me. This New York Times article about the MPAA's copyright indoctrination campaign reminded me that I never got a response from the Respect Copyright people to this July 22 query to Respect Copyright: Dear RespectCopyrights.org, Thank you for the encouragement to... [Brian Flemming] |
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- This story from the Canada.com network reports on father-son book clubs and mentoring/intervention projects that bring average Joes into the classroom to read aloud and lead discussions. Assessment of boys who have participated in these programs indicate that male reading mentors can be an important factor in closing the growing literacy gap between boys and girls. Heather Richmond, a literacy expert at St. Thomas University in New Brunswick, says that boys need men to confirm the "guy rules of engagement" with a book. |
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- Pete writes "Grim news story from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on the potential collapse of the reciprocal borrowing program of the Milwaukee County Federated Library System(Available here). Quoting the article, "It costs about $2 for a library to lend a book or other item to a non-resident.", with the total annual cost near $1.4 million. |
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- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports On the Georgia Archives an its new eye-catching four-story building that opened in May. Situated at the entrance to Clayton College State University on Jonesboro Road in Morrow, the new archives represents not only a quantum leap in the preservation of important state documents, but the first big piece of an ambitious development effort called Gateway Village. |
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- Sad news Out of Indiana where they say finding a librarian in Indiana school libraries is getting more and more difficult. As more information than ever is available to students via the Internet, fewer people are on staff at schools to help students make sense of it. A shortage of both funding and personnel for school libraries is affecting the way students learn to find and use information, but it’s the lack of certified teacher librarians that has local library educators worried. |
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- The Boston Globe Reports on a benefit concert, at a nightclub, for a library. The Rock Roll Library, where music meets academia, and things can get loud. It's the brainchild of Brighton resident Anne Fitzpatrick, who came up with the idea for a different kind of library after a childhood visit to a more traditional one in her hometown of Quincy. In 1999, Fitzpatrick opened the Rock Roll Library in her Lower Allston home, having abandoned the idea of an actual library building in favor of a virtual home on the Web. The library remained there for the next three years, then spent a brief exile in Arlington earlier this year before returning to Allston this past summer. |
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- Neat Article On the Rupert J. Smith Law Library which is free to the public, provides an up-to-date stock of Florida and federal laws. It also offers computer access to legal databases such as Lexis and Loislaw. A full-time librarian is available to assist people searching through the library's 45,000 books. A conference room provides a venue for private discussions between attorneys and clients. |
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- The Toronoto Sun Reports on the travels of The Mallorytown Public Library's copy of The Story of Isaac Brock. Don Craig received it as a gift from a family friend when he was a boy, he's now 61, sold it at a yard sale, but upon developing an interest in history, later found it at another yard sale and bought it back. Clearly stamped on an inside page under the imprint of the then-Mallorytown Public Library was the due date: Dec. 23, 1909. |
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- Though a Past Story says libraries are embracing the web to sell off books, The Nashua Telegraph says even though the Internet has completely reshaped the business of selling books, both new and used, area libraries have found the old ways of getting rid of excess volumes remain the best. On rare occasions, libraries take the eBay route, as the Nashua Public Library did with a donation of old photography books, which fetched a whopping $700 from collectors. But that’s the exception, said library Director Joseph Dionne. “You’ve got to have somebody to do all the work of maintaining (the eBay account). . |
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- Rachel and Sarah writes "Sarah Johnson and Rachel Singer Gordon are pleased to announce the release of the largest combined collection of library job postings on the Internet. For more information and to access the combined job listings, visit http://www.lisjobs.com/jobs/. |
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- smh.com.au Has An Article on a a rare interview broadcast on Swedish SVT public service television on Friday with Novelist J. M. Coetzee, winner of this year's Nobel Literature Prize. |
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- White House Warns Taiwan About Changes The Bush administration warned Taiwan on Monday against any steps that could move the island toward independence, including an upcoming referendum. It also warned China against using force or taking other provocative steps to further increase tensions across the Taiwan Strait. |
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- Liberia Fighters Riot at Disarmament Camp Hundreds of Liberian soldiers rioted outside a U.N. disarmament camp Monday, blasting AK-47s into the air to demand advance payment to turn in their guns. |
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- i"ve posted some of the things that people have seached on (using search engines) to arrive here or at wawa's world (i don't have the capbility to seperate them...yet). Anyway, i can look at the activity log of movable type... |
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- The program, Mobile Mealing, was launched early in 2004 with the slogan, "We Never Stop Cooking for You." The South Dakota-based firm operates no restaurants, and has only a staff of sixty, but has managed to whet the appetites of investors and consumers in its first fourteen months of operation. Copying the operation style of cellular companies, Mobile Mealing goes so far as to publish a coverage map and offers regional and national meal plans. In agreement with major supermarket chains, fast food restaurants, gas stations, and more formal franchise restaurants, Mobile Mealing allows its customers to eat when they want, what they want, and even how much they want. |
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- The program, Mobile Mealing, was launched early in 2004 with the slogan, "We Never Stop Cooking for You." The South Dakota-based firm operates no restaurants, and has only a staff of sixty, but has managed to whet the appetites of investors and consumers in its first fourteen months of operation. Copying the operation style of cellular companies, Mobile Mealing goes so far as to publish a coverage map and offers regional and national meal plans. In agreement with major supermarket chains, fast food restaurants, gas stations, and more formal franchise restaurants, Mobile Mealing allows its customers to eat when they want, what they want, and even how much they want. |
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- Okay, someone make it stop. Last week I mentioned HP's plans to open their own music download store and wondered if there was any tech company that wasn't planning their own music download store. Apparently, I was too narrow in my focus. Coca-Cola has announced plans to offer a music download store as well. It's beginning to feel like the "feature" that everyone wants to add. |
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- A student expelled from Parkway High for a year for having Advil, an over-the-counter pain reliever, will not be allowed... |
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- A student expelled from Parkway High for a year for having Advil, an over-the-counter pain reliever, will not be allowed... |
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- I don't normally write about books, but I thought I should mention these, since I've not seen them reviewed elsewhere. The books in the "Masterpieces of Chess Composition" series are quite interesting and unique. Each one contains 100 endgame studies by a particular composer or set of composers. |
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- This is a table about N.Y. Asian Produce Market Update |
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- This is a table about N.Y. Tropical Produce Market Update |
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- This is a table about N.Y. Fresh Fruit Market Update |
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- This is a table about Kansas City Daily Wheat Bids |
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- This is a table about Daily Grain Bids for Denver |
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- This is a table about Canada Red Winter Wheat Protein Content |
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- This is a table about Canadian Western Red Spring Wheat Protein |
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- This is a table about Canada Durum Wheat Protein Summary |
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- If you had the extremely good fortune to see The Mountain Goats this year, they probably closed their set with... |
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- Saddle Creek has again made Bright Eyes' A Christmas Album available for online purchase. All proceeds benefit a great cause,... |
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- If you're looking for live music online, archive.org's live music archive is a wonderful resource. There are over 380 artists... |
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- 24 Reasons Record Geeks Are Different From Other People... |
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Vinyl Love (Dec 08 2003 19:57 GMT) - Vinyl 7" single sales are on the rise in thge UK, according to The Scotsman: Spokesman Gennaro Castaldo said: “With... |
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- Robert Christgau examines the current indie scene for the Village Voice, focusing on indie music's disdain for pop, and has... |
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- Buy.com offers the Sharp SD-EX101 Mini Audio System for $139.99 before a $40 mail-in rebate, $99.99 after. With free shipping, it's the lowest total... |
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- [Written while flying home Sunday night.] Ah, Butt-Numb-A-Thon, thy name is really hard to explain to friends when they ask... |
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