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Sawyer Library: Under the protection of trash busters
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Sunday, January 2, 2011. Under the protection of trash busters. You'll find on display in Angela Farias' office in the Stephen F. Austin building what, at first, might seem an odd assortment of items from foreign countries. Old shampoo bottles from Brazil and Denmark. Encrusted plastic bottles from China and the Soviet Union. An all-purpose cleaner from Singapore. A dirty milk carton from Australia. A box from Venezuela. Garry, Angela's boss, tells us she "has taken what we thought would be a small, extr...
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Book Sharers Club: April 2005
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Saturday, April 09, 2005. Upcoming session for April. 130 - 2.15 pm. Featuring. Rohayah M Lani. BOOK 1: Bluffer's Guide to Men and Women (Anthony Mason). Excerpt from Bluffer's Guide to Men and Women. BOOK 2: How to say it: When you don't know what to say (Robbie Miller Kaplan) 155.93 KAP. For more about the book, see How to say it: When you don't know what to say. Posted by Book Sharers Club at 7:32 PM. Monday, April 04, 2005. Click here for Ivan's review of the Power of Losing Control. Live Your Dream $.
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Book Sharers Club: READ! Singapore
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Wednesday, June 01, 2005. The latest effort from NLB to promote the culture of reading. For more details, visit READ! A companion site has been set up to the main READ! Singapore site, Read! This companion site is to acknowledge and showcase Singaporeans (and everyone else) who participate in the reading initiative. Taking part is simple, see I'm interested how do I take part. Participants (self-organised or otherwise) would be featured in this site as well as reports on events that you might have missed.
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Book Sharers Club: March 2005
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Monday, March 28, 2005. Ooopschange in date for March. Please note that there has been a change in date for Mar's booksharing session. 30 Mar 2005 (Wed) @ 1.30 pm (JRL staff pantry). So it's a lunch-time date.see you all there! Posted by Book Sharers Club at 1:18 PM. Friday, March 11, 2005. Coming soon in March. The Power of Losing Control:. Finding strength, meaning,. Happiness in an out-of-control world (by Joe Caruso). Will be shared by Ivan. After reading the book, did it change how you work and live?
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Book Sharers Club: What was shared and discussed?
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Saturday, May 28, 2005. What was shared and discussed? A quick summary of the story of "Chinese Cinderella" and its sequel. The next book shared was "Invisible Trade". Discover how Singapore has garnered recognition in the international sex industry. Escorts from various countries offer discreet companionship for a price. This is an upcoming social problem. We talked about how this issue has affected the Joo Chiat area, for eg. special services such as a house to house massages. Do you find me hot? Url=h...
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Book Sharers Club: June 2005
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Tuesday, June 21, 2005. Our CE recently emailed to the staff regarding a UK university library that was throwing out rare books much to the anger of students and booklovers. Hopely such an incident never happens in NLB! University library dumps rare books. News article from Guardian Unlimited. In his satire about a library, The Battle of the Books. Recounts that "a restless spirit haunts over every book till dust or worms have seized upon it.". Followup to the main story, A new chapter for unwanted books.
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Ombuds God: September 2002
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Sunday, September 29, 2002. NEXT THEY’LL BE ISSUING ORANGE JUMPSUITS. THE DOG THAT DIDN’T BARK. An important news item was broken by The Washington Post on a Friday evening and received little or no play in the nation’s newspapers. Here’s a brief version:. WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Election Commission has imposed a record $719,000 in fines against Democrats involved in the party's 1996 fund-raising scandals, according to a published report. LaMont explains why the piece didn’t run in the Bee:. Melnic...
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Ombuds God: January 2003
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Friday, January 31, 2003. Euro-Anti-Semitism or valid satire? The Independent (UK) was recently taken to task in Little Green Footballs, and elsewhere, for publishing a grotesque anti-Semitic cartoon of the Israeli Prime Minister. The cartoon appears to many, including The OmbudsGod, to clearly invoke the ancient blood libel against Jews (that Jews eat and/or drink the blood of non-Jewish children) – which is still in common use in the Arab media. Coercive marketing and the PTO. Is grocery day. Yep, ...
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Recent Library News: November 2010
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Monday, November 15, 2010. Friends of Cuban Libraries. A collection of late breaking news as well as general information from The Friends of Cuban Libraries. Some of the headlines. More Spanish support for Cuban librariesMADRID, Jan. 26, 2005 (www.cubaencuentro.com) - At the end of an intense working session in Madrid, Colás said that his interviews with a variety of Spanish political, social and governmental organizations had resulted in the launching of programs to send information to Cuba,...Czechs jo...
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Recent Library News: Afghanistan wants its 'Dead Sea Scrolls of Buddhism' back from British Library
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Monday, November 15, 2010. Afghanistan wants its 'Dead Sea Scrolls of Buddhism' back from British Library. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Friends of Cuban Libraries. Academics fight to break stranglehold on journal. Smelly readers banned from library. Americas First Look into the Camera: Daguerreotyp. Afghanistan wants its Dead Sea Scrolls of Buddhis. Arizona School Librarian Deals With It, Yanks Bo. Former librarian awaits sentencing for theft. Teen sections are changing. View my complete profile.