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Reading and Listening | February 17, 2013

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Kevin

Reading

The New York Times | Sunday, February 17, 2013

In China, Families Bet It All on College for Their Children by Keith Bradsher
Colleges Become Major Front in Fight Over Carrying Guns by Richard Pérez-Peña and Susan Saluny

Brain Pickings

Thomas Edison, Power-Napper: The Great Inventor on Sleep & Success by Maria Popova

Listening

SiriusXM at Shane’s

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Reading and Listening | February 16, 2013

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Kevin

Reading

The Shadow of Sirius by W.S. Merwin
Good Poems edited by Garrison Keillor
The Once and Future King by T.H. White

Listening

Spa on SiriusXM

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Reading and Listening | February 15, 2013

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Kevin

Reading

The Shadow of Sirius by W. S. Merwin

The New York Times | Friday, February 15, 2013

Device Offers Partial Vision For the Blind by Pam Belluck

Listening

The Nightfly by Donald Fagen

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Reading and Listening | February 13, 2013

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Kevin

Reading

The Millions

Can Writers Retire? Let Us Count the Ways by Bill Morris

The New York Times | Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Obama Vows Push to Lift Economy for Middle Class by Mark Landler
College Health Plans Respond as Transgender Students Gain Visibility by Richard Perez-Pena
Obama Order Gives Firms Cyberthreat Information by Michael S. Schmidt and Nicole Perlroth
Senate Votes Overwhelmingly to Expand Domestic Violence Act by Jonathan Weisman
Two Maryland Students Die in Murder-Suicide by Timothy Williams
Read Any Good Web Sites Lately? Book Lovers Talk Online by Leslie Kaufman

The Wall Street Journal | Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Obama Turns Focus To Boosting Economy by Peter Nicholas and Colleen McCain Nelson
Same-Sex Marriage Advances In France by the Associated Press
Burger King Steps Up Its Coffee Offerings by Annie Gasparro
Are You Hard-Wired to Boil Over From Stress? by Sue Shellenbarger

College & Research Libraries News | February 2013

Learning languages on the Web by Seth Kershner

Business Insider

CLAY CHRISTENSEN: Higher Education Is ‘On The Edge Of The Crevasse’ by Max Nisen

NKJV

Exodus
Leviticus

The Once and Future King by T.H. White

Listening

Finding Nemo by Thomas Newman
Wall-E by various artists
Only Everything by David Sanborn

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Reading and Listening | February 12, 2013

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Kevin

Reading

The New York Times | Tuesday, February 12, 2013

G.O.P. Chief In Florida Pleads Guilty by Lizette Alvarez
Obama Awards Medal of Honor to Former Army Sergeant by Mark Landler
A Database Of Names, And How They Connect by Andrew Ross Sorkin

The Wall Street Journal | Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Push to Gauge Bang for Buck From College Gains Steam by Ruth Simon and Michael Corkery
FDA Rebuffs Insulin Drug by Clemens Bomsdorf

All Things D

Marissa Mayer Wants Fewer Yahoo Mobile Apps by Arik Hesseldahl

Inside Higher Ed

Mothering at Mid-Career: Downton Academy? by Libby Gruner
A Transparency Consensus? by Libby A. Nelson

The Once and Future King by T.H. White

Listening

Symphony Hall on SiriusXM

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Reading and Listening | February 11, 2013

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Kevin

Reading

The New York Times | Monday, February 11, 2013

A Growing Trend: Young, Liberal, And Open to Big Government by Sheryl Gay Stolberg
A Call for Drastic Changes in Educating New Lawyers by Ethan Bronner

The Wall Street Journal | Monday, February 11, 2013

At Gap, Sales Gains Are Back in Style by Karen Talley and Dana Mattioli
Back in Fashion: China’s Bad Debt by Dinny McMahon and Lingling Wei

All Things D

Bill Gates on Philanthropy, Steve Jobs and the Microsoft Product That Never Was by Mike Isaac

Revelation: Four Views – A Parallel Commentary, edited by Steve Gregg

NKJV: Exodus

Listening

Origin # 01 by Solar Fields
Symphony Hall on SiriusXM

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Reading and Listening | February 10, 2013

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Kevin

Reading

The Wall Street Journal | Saturday, February 9, 2013

China Steps Up Buying in U.S. by Sharon Terlep
Capote Classic ‘In Cold Blood’ Tainted by Long-Lost Files by Kevin Helliker
Amish Leader Sentenced to 15 Years by Caroline Porter
Macmillan Settles E-Book Price Case by Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg

The New York Times | Sunday, February 10, 2013

At Boys’ Home, Seeking Graves, And the Reason by Lizette Alvarez
When E-Mail Turns From Delight to Deluge by Jenna Wortham
Relax! You’ll Be More Productive by Tony Schwartz
Seven Stories by Eoin Colfer

The New Yorker

Is Writing Torture? by Avi Steinberg

The Once and Future King by T. H. White

Writers Writing Dying by C. K. Williams

Listening

Thor by Patrick Doyle
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1, Symphony No. 4 by Vladimir Ashkenazy, Lorin Maazel, and the London Symphony Orchestra

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Reading and Listening | February 9, 2013

Posted on February 9, 2013 by Kevin

Reading

Gigaom

Wow! Check out the battery life on this MiFi Liberate! by Stacey Higginbotham

The Once and Future King by T.H. White

Listening

Apotheosis by Sundial Aeon
The 45th Annual Central Regional Orchestra at Meadowbrook High School (Colette played 4th cello in Orchestra B)
- Beauty and Beastinato (H.L. Daniels)
- Best of Queen (arr. by Larry Moore)
- Finale from Symphony No. 5 (Ludwig van Beethoven / arr. by R. Meyer)
- Isle of Skye (w / Harp) (Doris Gazda)
- Walking the Plank (Susan H. Day)
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake by the Richmond Symphony at Richmond CenterStage

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Reading and Listening | February 8, 2013

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Kevin

Reading

The Wall Street Journal | Friday, February 8, 2013

Early Peek: An All-Digital Library…With No Books

All Things D

In One Fell Swoop, Facebook Glitch Deep-Sixes the Web by Mike Issac

Listening

Faculty. Today was the second day of conversations about classrooms and informal learning spaces at the University of Richmond. Long day, great conversations.

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Reading and Listening | February 7, 2013

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Kevin

Reading

Salon

Bring back shushing librarians by Laura Miller

Listening

Chillout and Ambient Pieces by various artists
Argonautica by Koan

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