A Look at Recessions and their Impact on Librarianship
Image courtesy of Flickr user RayBanBro66 Given the constant flood of reports comparing our current economic recession with past major recession events including the Great Depression, I want to explore the historical patterns of employment rates and salaries for librarians at times of recession and the role of libraries during recession events [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 11:00:34
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Bible Out of Schools, Koran In
Cross-posted by Maggie at Maggie’s Notebook A detail of the “Old Testament” Gutenberg Bibles is photographed at the Morgan Library and Museum ... collection. the exhibit opens to the public May 20, 2008 and runs through Sept. 28, 2008. Photo credit: AP via Daylife In Maryland: A Bible Club for children is prohibited from handing out meeting [more...]
Date: 2008-12-15 17:31:19
Badgers and Gophers plan to shop together
Minnesota Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty and Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle today announced a plan to work together to buy stuff on the cheap ... Orders to explore SHARED state services Two states pledge to work together to make government ... effort to identify potential shared services between their states. At ceremonies in St. Paul [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 01:37:56
Gaza coverage: Israel losing the propagandhi war with constructive breach during 4 months lull on rocket, mortar fire?
Main points: - Foreign Minister Livni (13/01/2009 - Israel to show no restraint) and biased Jerusualem Post editor Elliot Jager (AM ABC this morning) forced (?) to front Australian camera and microphone lately a sign the Israel war machine is moving to mitigating lost PR offensive after - widespread coverage of slaughter in Gaza; [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 23:31:31
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin Announces Resignation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 15, 2009 NEWS MEDIA CONTACT: Robert Kenny: (202) 418-2668 Email: robert.kenny@fcc.gov CHAIRMAN KEVIN J ... on the edges of these networks and deliver lower prices, improved services and greater choice ... of serving at the Federal Communications Commission for almost 8 years, including 4 years as the agency’ [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 01:04:52
Since This Has Been So Blindingly Effective At Keeping The Cabinet Approval Process Running So Smoothly …
Remember it? The Obama Administration Potential Employee Questionnaire: 1. Professional Background (1) Please furnish copies of all resumes and biographical statements issued by you or any other entity at your discretion or with your consent within the past ten years. (2) [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 21:48:40
HP Embarks on Next Phase of Global Technology Plans to Support Future Growth: Internal IT organization achieves world-class IT capabilities, on track to save more than $1 billion annually
http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2008/081201b.html On December 1, 2008 Hewlett Packard outlined the results of its three-year IT transformation and laid out the company’s IT strategy to support future growth for fiscal year 2009 and beyond. As a result of the effort, HP has reduced its IT operating costs by approximately half; [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 20:14:55
Park and fly takes on a new meaning in the UAE - Malaysiakini
The story was initially thought of as another urban legend thing. Or rumours for joking around ... . Sport cars are top on the list. Until the credit crunch and financial turmoil hit almost everyone ... for issuing loans. Customers with credit cards have also seen their limits reduced.Police recently [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 09:32:00
Resource of the Week: Change Is Good
Resource of the Week: Change Is Good By Shirl Kennedy, Senior Editor Here in the U.S., at long last, we have a new President-Elect ... of 2000 (P.L. 106-293) authorizes the General Services Administration (GSA) to develop a transition ... , and mission of each department and agency.” Senate Report 106-348 clarifies that the directory [more...]
Date: 2008-11-10 10:14:21
Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/18/2008
The most ominous news story tonight: “IAF is Ready for Iran’s Nuclear Sites”.A period of great peril for Israel is fast approaching. Assuming that the mullahs have a nuclear capability, the most dangerous time will likely be between the inauguration of Barack Obama — when the United States will cease to be a credible deterrent to Iran — and the [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 04:59:00
Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/17/2008
Take a look at the Islamic terror plot uncovered in Arizona, with a connection to the “Flying Imams”.Also look at the financial news from Spain — not good. Unemployment over 11%.Thanks to C. Cantoni, Insubria, JD, Paul Green, TB, and all the other tipsters who sent these in. Headlines and articles are below the fold [more...]
Date: 2008-11-18 04:53:00
Wendy Savage Is Beautiful Lawyers Calendar
Meet Wendy Savage, one of the 12 Massachusetts attorneys being featured in the Beautiful Lawyers Calendar. See her biography, photos and video here ... Calendar goes on sale in November 2008. You can get a copy of this collection of 12 gorgeous ... Wendy Savage. Proceeds help Greater Boston Legal Services and other charities. Wendy Savage [more...]
Date: 2008-10-24 04:49:16
Thursday, Janyary 15, 2009
(NOTE: There will be no update of the news Friday, instead, we will be covering a most interesting story – an untold one about US POWs captured at the Battle of the Bulge, then sent to concentration camps as slave laborers) The day’s top political news: Bush Bids farewell President George W [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 14:35:07
FCC's Plans to Boost Public Safety Wireless Interoperability Face Obstacles.
Government Technology recently published my latest article on the FCC's plans for a national public safety network. Here's the text: Emergency communications save lives. The unfortunate corollary to this maxim: Communication failures kill. More attention is being focused on how to improve communication, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 02:16:47
Social Media and Social Networking by the Numbers
Account Manager at Edelman Digital in Toronto This week's WIR curator is Leona Hobbs. She tumbles at tumbleona. Seen Around the Blogosphere David Gordon from Cohn & Wolfe offers dating tips for clients and PR shops. Micheal Bispo calls b.s. on a silly agency job title. Over on The Client Side Blog [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 19:29:11
MIND MELD: Is Science Fiction Responsible for the Lack of Public Interest in Space Exploration?
It's not often that our real life science heroes utter disparaging remarks against science fiction. In fact, the opposite is usually true; science fiction is often cited as a source of inspiration and interest. Enter Buzz Aldrin, who caused a stir recently with some comments he made [more...]
Date: 2008-10-29 07:28:56
U.S. PIRG, CDD to file mobile privacy complaint today
Along with Jeff Chester's Center for Digital Democracy, U.S. PIRG will file an amended complaint (here is the release) to the FTC on mobile privacy ... Group said they plan to file a complaint today with the Federal Trade Commission, urging the agency ... for USPIRG. “Most critically, as the user’s location has become part of the data collection [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 15:28:35
Federal Citizen Information Center Is a Super Resource
Check out the Federal Citizen Information Center's National Contact Center ... .* The definitive collection of links to U.S. Government News/Press Release Websites Many - if not most - of these sites offer e-mail distribution services and/or RSS feeds. If you're interested in this type [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 23:21:00
Social Media Marketing: Video Examples Of Corporate Uses And Applications
If you want to get some ideas and inspiration about how you could use online video to significantly increase your company social media marketing ... _b.jpg Photo credit: Elizabeth Engle Video marketing on the web is positively one of the most ... has grouped on his own web site a terrific collection of social media marketing examples, providing [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 11:44:00
Gates of Vienna News Feed 10/23/2008
I just got home. This is actually Dymphna’s October 22 news feed material, being posted early on October 24. So truth in advertising is not exactly operative right now…I’ll collect all the additional material — there’s a lot of it — and try to get it ready for Friday’s edition.Thanks to BEP, C. Cantoni, E.R.R [more...]
Date: 2008-10-24 03:57:00
Motion product), the new Facebook Plugin Directory includes a couple add-ons for WordPress; one that makes it easy to enable Facebook Connect in your comments, and another that adds community features like a “recent visitors” list ala MyBlogLog. So far, Facebook says that some blogs are seeing a 2x increase in comments upon enabling connect [more...]
Date: 2008-12-16 19:39:16
Resources of the Week: UK and European Factsheets
Resources of the Week: UK and European Factsheets By Adrian Janes, Information Services Librarian, London Borough of Havering, UK Editor’s note: ... collection of periodically updated factsheets from the European Parliament. The headings are How ... all the main aspects of how a sports club might publicise itself. However, what makes this collection [more...]
Date: 2008-10-27 08:43:26
Singing In The Rain
or “How To Be Creative In 4 Steps” Ever pay attention to the affiliate network ads that pervade the blogs-on-blogging-and-marketing blogosphere? If you have, then you know that they’re all interchangeable. Every network promises you “better payouts and unique offers.” The web is awash in generics, and so is the economy [more...]
Date: 2008-12-02 08:29:43
ChexSystems: Who They Are and How it Affects You
ChexSystems is a company that maintains a subscriber membership service used in the banking industry ... to the same laws as the Credit Bureaus that we are all familiar with: Experian, Equifax, and Trans Union ... . The members consist mainly of Banks, and Credit Unions, but can include other types of Financial [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 09:00:05
Readers' Panel: How Do You Do Product Reviews?
Dear Michelle, You do all sorts of neat contests and giveaways so I'm considering you an expert. I want to do a week long birthday bash with a prize for each day. I realize this could get costly. How do you come up with the prizes you offer? Do you ask people to donate or are they offered to you? [more...]
Date: 2008-11-17 09:00:00
How to Avoid a Lawsuit From a Collection Agency
The first thing you need to understand is that most large collection companies have a lawyer at their disposal who writes letters on their behalf and handles any disputes. Some lawyers work exclusively for collection agencies, while others are hired only when needed [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 19:53:56
Stem Cell Action Newsletter
Stem Cell Action News Powered by Genetics Policy Institute Forward this newsletter to a Colleague by visiting this link January 16, 2009 Welcome to issue number 4 of Stem Cell Action News, dedicated to informing the stem cell community on the latest and most important developments impacting the Pro-Cures [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 22:18:00
Is Your Library Fine Affecting Your Credit Rating
We all know how important having credit is, but more important than having credit is keep a good credit rating ... dollars, and the library decided to hand over the collection process to a collection agency without ... and services on credit cards which are offered by various financial institutes. These financial [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 02:29:16
For our California Readers: Election Guide
Here's a slew of candidates, etc in California (more local races further down) First off, I think NO ON PROPOSITION 8 is a must ... the war, Charlie transitioned to fixed wing aircraft and working with intelligence collection assets [more...]
Date: 2008-10-28 20:28:47
WordHustler Interview: A Glimpse Into the Mind of Michael Murphy, Literary Agent
In the never-ending quest to bring our WordHustlers the most interesting and helpful writing tidbits available, ... Susurrator” of Max & Co Literary Agency and Social Club. mmurphy We asked Michael the tough ... ; Co is not only an agency, but also a Social Club. What does that mean exactly? Michael Murphy [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 23:33:12
Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/11/2008
Notice all the news stories tonight about the flood of immigrants crossing the Mediterranean to land on Lampedusa or in Spain. It’s like launching a Mariel boatlift every day.Thanks to Abu Elvis, Amil Imani, C. Cantoni, Diana West, DS, Insubria, JD, Nilk, TB, Zenster, ZZMike, and all the other tipsters who sent these in [more...]
Date: 2008-11-12 04:56:00
Venice floods
St Mark’s Square in Venice is underwater. The flood water level is the highest it’s been in 22 years ... levels at their highest level in 22 years. Ferry and water taxi services in the city were suspended ... was quoted as saying by the Ansa news agency. “Don’t venture out unless it is necessary.” The entire city [more...]
Date: 2008-12-01 14:34:56
Friday Digest - Vol. 09 No. 02
Friday Digest — Vol. 09 No. 0216 January 2009THE FOUNDATION"We should never despair, our Situation before has been unpromising and has changed for the better, so I trust, it will again. If new difficulties arise, we must only put forth new Exertions and proportion our Efforts to the exigency of the times [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 17:15:00
Consumer Groups Target Mobile Advertising; FTC Complaint Alleges Deceptive Practices
Consumer Groups Target Mobile Advertising; FTC Complaint Alleges Deceptive Practices By Dianne See Morrison - Tue 13 Jan 2009 06: ... . The advocacy groups wants the agency draw up rules among other things that would require full disclosure of data collection on mobile devices and would redefine what constituted “unfair and deceptive [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 22:45:16
Are You In Financial Trouble? Money Tips To Cope With Hard Times
How do we cope with hard times? Even if you are in financial trouble, there’s always hope. Maybe these money tips may help! Hard Times Thank you to Jacques Sprenger for contributing this thoughtful post. Almost 20 years ago, I lost my job and had no immediate prospect to find another one [more...]
Date: 2008-12-02 23:30:39
What Is It With The Republican Party And Toxicity? Why Are they So Drawn To Poisons?
As Bush prepares to disappear from public life-- utterly delusional to the bitter end-- his regime is unrelenting in causing as much harm and mayhem ... ?Looking to bolster the fight against childhood lead poisoning, the Environmental Protection Agency [more...]
Date: 2008-11-30 01:00:00
BehindTheMedspeak: Google Flu Tracker is nothing to sniff[le] at
Just unveiled yesterday, Google's latest offering — google.org/flutrends — takes the results of millions of searches with phrases like "flu symptoms," mixes them with Google's special proprietary algorithm sauce and produces a real-time map (above) showing where in the U.S. it's hitting [more...]
Date: 2008-11-12 19:01:00
Consumer Traps & Tips & Tallahassee Report from Sen. Deutch
The Sheriff’s Department has issued an alert for all citizens ... , consider sending a certified letter to the collection agency asking them to stop contacting ... : Collection Agencies Trap: Ed from Lake Worth found himself overwhelmed with unexpected medical bills [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 17:29:05
Happy New Year
Now that we have had about a week to emerge from the holidaze, the pharmaceutical industry blogs are starting to pick up again. Unfortunately, one of those blogs is no more: Ed Silverman has shut down Pharmalot, taking a buyout from the newspaper that owns the site, The Newark Star-Ledger [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 16:20:40
Prevent Identity Theft From Happening to You
What is Identity Theft? It is the theft of your personal information, such as social security number, driver’s license number, credit card and bank account numbers, mother’s maiden name, and more, with the intent to obtain credit and credit cards from banks and retailers, steal money from the victim’s existing accounts [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 13:42:35
Resource of the Week — Federal Citizen Information Center: National Contact Center
Resource of the Week — Federal Citizen Information Center: National Contact Center By Shirl Kennedy, ... ), Cabinet departments and other federal agencies. The definitive collection of links to U.S. Government News/Press Release Websites Many — if not most — of these sites offer e-mail distribution services [more...]
Date: 2008-12-15 10:41:44
Surgery is not for two
For women wanting to get pregnant, the soundest medical information is vitally important for their health and safety, and that of their babies. The riskiest thing a woman of childbearing age can do is to trust any medical information from reporters or a news story [more...]
Date: 2008-12-01 02:24:00
Are Safari's New Anti-Phishing Features Useful?
When Apple released the Safari 3.2 update last week (see "Safari 3.2 Fixes Security Flaws", 2008-11-13), they didn't just address the usual collection of security flaws; it added two new security features, common in other browsers, that Apple has been recently criticized for lacking. For the first [more...]
Date: 2008-11-18 18:18:52
2008 Terrorism
As 2008 comes to a close we must look back at America's security and terrorism in general around the world ... ) agent, I found the HS ???threat picture??? report inadequate and misleading. In fact, I found the report itself to be a national security threat for America ??? more importantly for the children [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 01:13:07
Preliminary Memorandum Of The Justice Robert H. Jackson Conference On Federal Prosecutions Of War Criminals.
January 9, 2009 PRELIMINARY MEMORANDUM OF THE JUSTICE ROBERT H. JACKSON CONFERENCE ON FEDERAL PROSECUTIONS OF WAR CRIMINALS I. INTRODUCTION ... of the armed services. These warnings of illegality and immorality given by knowledgeable and experienced ... (such as the recent report of the Senate Armed services’ Committees [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 14:04:00
Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 74, No. 11, January 16, 2009
Readers & Subscribers: Please see the Readers Note in the right column ... or company contribution by credit card (click here). Fill out the form (optional); insert "REGTrak ... . Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Assessment of Materials and Equipment Manual 5. WATER - NM [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 15:18:00
WGCL Bloomington Datebook
Thursday, January 15, 2009 8:00 am Bloomington Housing Authority, Housing Authority, 1007 N. Summit, Community Room 2:30 pm Toy Time for Toddlers, Banneker Community Center, 930 W. 7th Street 3:30 pm Bloomington Municipal Facilities Corporation, Hooker Room 5:30 pm Rock, Rhythm & Soul Opening Reception, Chambers & [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 23:29:20
Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings
Stock-Net presents custom stock ratings, powered by Caprock Analytics ... its subsidiaries, is engaged in providing a range of telecommunications and multimedia services in Portugal and other countries, including Brazil. The Company provides wireline services, which include fixed-line [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 13:03:06
State AGs + NCMEC = The Net’s New Regulators?
Over the past year, I have been monitoring a very interesting trend with important ramifications for the future of Internet policy ... certain practices, or take steps to block certain users (ex: predators; escort services) or types [more...]
Date: 2008-11-24 19:47:43
Posts about Home Sales as of January 16, 2009
Roger Waters (b. 1943) - Pink Floyd - markalburgermusichistory.blogspot.com 01/16/2009 Roger Waters (September 6, 1943, Great Bookham, Surrey near Leatherhead, UK) is an English rock musician; singer, bassist, guitarist, songwriter, and composer [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 14:21:18
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