Category: Free News Experiment
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Librarians, The Economic Stimulus Package and You.
The American Library Association has pulled out all of the library related hoo ha from the Stimulus Package, which was nice of them. You can find it HERE. Thanks to the NPR Librarians blog (…as a matter of fact) for letting me know.
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University of the People
Shai Reshef has started a new venture, The University of the People, which will begin classes in spring of 2009. Reshef isn’t new to online school adventures, he started an online university in Europe, which he sold to Laureate, and a testing preparation company in Israel, which he sold to Kaplan. UOP will be an…
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What is This Feeling?
Optimism? Belief in a broken system? I don’t recognize it, so it’s a bit off-putting. I read this today and felt something shift in my head, like scooting a book over to fit more snugly to the next. Are things really going to change? For more on this go Here but, if you’re anything like…
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I Love My Job
But this recent posting on the iilalumni list gave me just a tiny bit of pause. What a great way to attract great potential recruits! Anyone out there want to move to move to Gettysburg? Here’s the post in full– after the jump they lay out what they are looking for..I know a lot of…
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1 in 5 Guantanamo Prisoners Currently on Hunger Strike
From the UK Times Online & BoingBoing Of the 248 inmates inside the detention facility, 44 are refusing food — but 33 of those are receiving nutrition with tubes that are forced up their noses and into their stomachs. On election night, according to one official, news of Mr Obama’s win spread across the prison…
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TSA, JetBlue Pay $240,000 to Settle Discrimination Suit
From Wired: Transportation Security Administration officials and JetBlue Airways are paying $240,000 to settle (.pdf) a discrimination lawsuit against a District of Columbia man who, as a condition of boarding a domestic flight, was forced to cover his shirt that displayed Arabic writing. According to a civil rights lawsuit, TSA and JetBlue demanded Raed Jarrar…
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Shantytown in San Ysidro
From Good via Boing Boing Just a short drive from the U.S.-Mexican border, a densely packed community will soon hum with activity. Homes will be jammed together, with any leftover space commandeered by taco stands, market stalls, and gathering places. It’ll be a far cry from the sanitized suburbs of southern California, but make no…
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For Now, Philadelphia Libraries To Stay Open
Via PLG and KYW Judge Heidi fox has ruled in favor of library advocates. Mayor Nutter cannot close 11 branches without first getting Philadelphia city council approval.The end result, all of the branches slated to be permanently closed as of New Years Eve will remain open. Library advocates have maintained through this two days hearing…
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U. of California Will Finance Labor Program Whose Funds Were Vetoed
From the CHE via Kathleen de la Peña McCook November 30, 2008 The University of California will set aside money from its own budget to continue a labor-research program on its Berkeley and Los Angeles campuses that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger eliminated from the state budget in September, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Mark G. Yudof,…