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The Annual Cherry Blossom Festival is Here! |
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Visit local museums and learn more about Japanese culture, listen to live music, try Sapporo in the beer garden, observe traditional Japanese dances, martial arts, paper-folding, and much, much more! This’ll be my fourth year going and it’s still exciting for me, so if you’ve been looking to try something different or have been meaning to spring forward, this is the perfect opportunity to do it~ |
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Submitted by: RayAna Park, Web Developer
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Comments (0)January 4, 2008
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Winter Reading Recommendation |
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The Kickoff Lecture with Dave Eggers is scheduled at the Central Library January 8th at 7 pm. Visit the Free Library’s website for One Book information. On your next visit to Jenkins, pick up a One Book Calendar of Events (film screenings, book discussions, Sudanese cooking, dance, museum exhibits and much much more) Resource Guide and bookmark located across from the circulation desk. |
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Submitted by: Kathy Coon, Deputy Director
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Dave Egger’s book, December 21, 2007
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No Beeeep! More Beeeep! Chef Beeeep! Ramsey Beeeep! |
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Or the annoying scientist from Bones. Or — praise God! — House. For me, in 2009, that is. I belong to the 17% of U.S. households that don’t have cable or satellite TV. So when the U.S. switches over to digital television, we’ll be in the Why am I mentioning this now? Yesterday the NY Times’ Bits blog mentioned a poll by the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing in which less than half the people interviewed knew about the cut-over to digital TV and less than 20% knew when it would happen. And more than 30% of the people who said they had neither cable nor satellite had any idea that they would soon be spending their free time playing Uno. Not me. I’ll have YouTube. |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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September 25, 2007
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Banned Books Week - it’s not what you think! |
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Why is it called “Banned Books Week”?? Well since 1982, this annual event is supposed to remind us not to take the simple pleasure of reading for granted.
I remember The Catcher in the Rye was almost banned from being read in my classroom. It’s the second one in the list of Banned and/or Challenged Books… Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century and it’s my favorite to this day. So maybe I’ll re-read that one :) What are you gonna read? |
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Submitted by: RayAna Park, Web Developer
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The week of September 29 through October 6, 2007, marks the 26th anniversary of Banned Books Week, ALA’s annual celebration of the freedom to read.March 23, 2007
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The Blue Is So Soothing … I Could Watch It For Hours |
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Apple has (finally) introduced Apple TV, which will allow you to connect your Mac or PC to your widescreen TV. You can play back stuff from your iTunes library — music, video, even photos. David Pogue of the NY Times sums it up for us: “To paraphrase the old Macintosh advertisement, it’s a computer-to-TV bridge for the rest of us.” Tell you what — if I was still using a Windows PC, I’d definitely go for that PC-to-TV thing. That way, I could have a new favorite TV program:
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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March 12, 2007
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See What You Can Get With Dedicated Mass-Transit Funding? |
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There’s a fun article in the NY Times about how Google’s “basically running a small municipal transit agency.” The company uses 32 shuttle buses to “run 132 trips every day to some 40 pickup and drop-off locations in more than a dozen cities, crisscrossing six counties in the San Francisco Bay Area and logging some 4,400 miles.” Base fare? Nada. It’s a perk. Part of the “golden handcuffs” that keep Googlers productive and happy. Your base fare if Harrisburg doesn’t bail out SEPTA by July? $2.50. Plus a 20% service cut. Did I mention that Google’s shuttles are “equipped with comfortable leather seats and wireless Internet access. Bicycles are allowed on exterior racks, and dogs on forward seats, or on their owners’ laps if the buses run full.” Yeah, but the Market-Frankford line is equipped with … oh, never mind. Anyway, I was struck by the juxtaposition of two images. First, here are Googlers on the shuttle:
And here’s an image circa 1920 from the NY Times Store that appeared on the same page:
I’m not advocating that we turn the clock back 90 years. But who would you want to take your back in a time of national emergency? A busload of people with entitlement issues or the guy with the wrench? |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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October 9, 2006
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One Man’s Earthquake … |
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… Is another man’s nuclear test. (If you bookmark the link, you can keep tabs on what Pyongyang’s up to.) |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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September 26, 2006
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YouTube |
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For those of you who heard my spot on Michael Smerconish’s talk show this morning, here’s a sample of YouTube “classics”:
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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September 18, 2006
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Quick Hits After Vacation |
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MSN Search is now Windows Live Search. (Everyone yawns.) Bree isn’t who she appeared to be. (Everyone says “Huh?”) Google’s losing, for once — getting hammered in China. (Everyone relives yesterday’s Eagles game. Step away from the window. Now.) |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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August 15, 2006
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Seems Like Just Yesterday |
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Gary Price points to a Computer Industry Almanac press release about the 25th anniversary of the introduction of the IBM PC this month. Bottom line: 1.5 billion PCs have been sold worldwide, with a value of more than $3 billion. On a related(?) note, MTV also turned 25 this month. Now that’s real news. |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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