What future for books in the digital age? As iPads make an appearance in classrooms in France, the question is being asked – are we getting closer to an era of only having electronic and digitised books? In Correze, France the… If this story IS the future, the company that will benefit is Amazon[...]
Archive for September, 2011
September 12th, 2011 - 8:45 am § in Schools & Colleges
Enrollement in Higher Ed in England Drops
More than half of English universities are expecting a fall in undergraduate numbers in the first year of higher fees, with the sector as a whole planning for a drop of almost 2 per cent. Read more at Times Higher Education.[...]
BREAKING NEWS: China recognizes Libyan Revolutionaries
China on Monday officially recognized the National Transition Council (NTC) of Libya as the ruling authority and representative of the Libyan people.[...]
September 12th, 2011 - 12:01 am § in America
Attacking the Right
”CONSERVATIVE” GROUP HAS REF– USED TO TOUCH ELIGIBILITY ISSUE August 20, 2011 Dr. Feulner The Heritage Foundation 214 Massachusetts Ave Washington, DC 20002 Dr. Edwin Feulner, Yes, I have let my membership lapse. You continue to send request after request for me to reinstate my membe[...]
September 11th, 2011 - 8:42 pm § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS:Saadi Gaddafi, had turned up in Niger
Libya holdout towns in focus, Gaddafi son flees Mon Sep 12, 2011 2:36am GMT Reuters By Maria Golovnina and William Maclean NORTH OF BANI WALID/TRIPOLI, Libya, Sept 12 (Reuters) – – Libya’s new rulers said they were holding back an assault on one of the last bastions loyal to Muamma[...]
SUNDAY REVELATION: on 9/11
What have we learned about religion post-9/11? By Elizabeth Tenety WASHINGTON POST. 2011 (excerpted) On Faith reached out to some of the world’s most influential religious leaders and thinkers to ask about faith in a post-attack world. Below are excerpts from our expert roundtable. Click through[...]
September 11th, 2011 - 8:11 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: 9/11
The Taliban government in Afghanistan offered to present Osama bin Laden for a trial long before the 9/11 attacks, but the U.S. government showed no interest, Al-Jazeera TV reports, quoting a senior aide to Taliban leader Mullah Omar. Update at 11:25 a.m. ET: Al-Jazeera says Robert Grenier, the CIA [...]
September 11th, 2011 - 7:06 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: India to outlaw some religions
Last year, a childless couple in a remote village some 675km east of Mumbai were arrested for allegedly killing five young boys because a religious mystic told them it would help the woman to conceive. A seven-year-old girl in a village near Nashik, northwest of Mumbai, was killed as part[...]
September 11th, 2011 - 6:02 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Libya
Latest developments in the Libyan conflict Sun Sep 11, 2011 11:41am GMT Reuters Sept 11 (Reuters) – Following are the latest political and military developments in the Libyan crisis. * Fighters of Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC) said they would resume their attack on the dese[...]