Donations are coming in... The Associated Press story went from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette to newspapers around the country. Thousands of Comic Books were ruined.
"Executive Director Joe Wos says the most valuable comics weren’t at the warehouse, but some of what was lost will be "very difficult to replace." He says much of the material was waiting for transfer to the ToonSeum’s new on-site library.The ToonSeum is one of only three museums in the country dedicated exclusively to the cartoon arts."
Showing posts with label Associated Press. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Associated Press. Show all posts
11/3/11
SOUTH AFRICAN CAVE HOLDS ANCIENT ART SUPPLIES
Lead researcher Christopher Henshilwood of the University of Bergen, Norway, said the find represents an important benchmark in the evolution of complex human mental processes.
The ochre could have been used for painting, decoration and skin protection, according to the researchers.
The discovery shows that even at that time "humans had the conceptual ability to source, combine and store substances that were then possibly used to enhance their social practices."
Linking to the Associated Press article!
The ochre could have been used for painting, decoration and skin protection, according to the researchers.
The discovery shows that even at that time "humans had the conceptual ability to source, combine and store substances that were then possibly used to enhance their social practices."
Linking to the Associated Press article!
10/24/11
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, CORNELL, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, and INDIANA UNIVERSITY SUED BY AUTHORS GUILD
THIS IS ABOUT DIGITAL COPIES OF BOOKS THAT ARE STILL COPYRIGHTED BY AUTHORS. IT'S A SERIOUS MATTER AND A TEST OF OUR LAWS.
"Authors and authors' groups in the United States, Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom sued the University of Michigan and four other universities Monday, seeking to stop the creation of online libraries made up of as many as 7 million copyright-protected books they say were scanned without authorization.
The Authors Guild, the Australian Society of Authors and the Union Des Ecrivaines et des Ecrivains Quebecois, or UNEQ, joined eight individual authors to file the copyright infringement lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Manhattan against Michigan, the University of California, the University of Wisconsin, Indiana University and Cornell University."
READ THE FULL ARTICLE as published in FORBES Magazine, by AP journalist Larry Neumeister, now!
"Authors and authors' groups in the United States, Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom sued the University of Michigan and four other universities Monday, seeking to stop the creation of online libraries made up of as many as 7 million copyright-protected books they say were scanned without authorization.
The Authors Guild, the Australian Society of Authors and the Union Des Ecrivaines et des Ecrivains Quebecois, or UNEQ, joined eight individual authors to file the copyright infringement lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Manhattan against Michigan, the University of California, the University of Wisconsin, Indiana University and Cornell University."
READ THE FULL ARTICLE as published in FORBES Magazine, by AP journalist Larry Neumeister, now!
4/3/11
RUSSIAN LETTER IN A BOTTLE
This blog loves message in a bottle stories and here is another... "It said: "My name is Frank, and I'm five years old. My dad and I are traveling on a ship to Denmark. If you find this letter, please write back to me, and I will write back to you." "The letter, dated 1987, included an address in the town of Coesfeld. The boy in the letter, Frank Uesbeck, is now 29. His parents still live at the letter's address. "At first I didn't believe it," Uesbeck told the AP about getting the response from Korotkikh. In fact, he barely remembered the trip at all; his father actually wrote the letter. The Russian boy and the German man met each other earlier this month via an Internet video link."
12/28/10
CIVIL WAR MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE DECODED
STEVE SZKOTAK : "The code is called the "Vigenere cipher," a centuries-old encryption in which letters of the alphabet are shifted a set number of places so an "a" would become a "d" — essentially, creating words with different letter combinations."
A 147 year old message definitely arrived to late!
A 147 year old message definitely arrived to late!
6/30/09
DAILY NEWS (SAN FERNANDO VALLEY - LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA)
Monday June 29th 2009... Daily News front page.
GENERATION GAP LARGEST SINCE 1960's.
Difference: Split involves everything from use of the Internet to definition of old age.
By Hope Yen of Associated Press....
About 75% of adults 18 to 30 went online daily, compared with 40 %of those 65 to 74 and about 16 % for people 75 and older. The age gap widened over cell phones and text messaging.
GENERATION GAP LARGEST SINCE 1960's.
Difference: Split involves everything from use of the Internet to definition of old age.
By Hope Yen of Associated Press....
About 75% of adults 18 to 30 went online daily, compared with 40 %of those 65 to 74 and about 16 % for people 75 and older. The age gap widened over cell phones and text messaging.
6/12/09
POLISH WRITER DEFENDS PUBLISHING COORESPONDENCE WITH POPE
" She was one of a handful of people by his bedside when he died, and visited him in the hospital when he survived an assassination attempt.
"In the cloistered universe of the Vatican, Pope John Paul II had a woman friend with whom he shared spiritual thoughts in a series of letters that spanned the decades. Now she is defending her recent book of correspondence with the pope against criticism from church officials that she "exaggerated" her friendship with the late pontiff and could delay his beatification.
"Wanda Poltawska, 87, said her book — a collection of her religious meditations and John Paul's letters of spiritual guidance — was harmless to his saint-making process and she dismissed those who sought to minimize her friendship with the Polish-born John Paul.
MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and NICOLE WINFIELD reporting for Associated Press.
"In the cloistered universe of the Vatican, Pope John Paul II had a woman friend with whom he shared spiritual thoughts in a series of letters that spanned the decades. Now she is defending her recent book of correspondence with the pope against criticism from church officials that she "exaggerated" her friendship with the late pontiff and could delay his beatification.
"Wanda Poltawska, 87, said her book — a collection of her religious meditations and John Paul's letters of spiritual guidance — was harmless to his saint-making process and she dismissed those who sought to minimize her friendship with the Polish-born John Paul.
MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and NICOLE WINFIELD reporting for Associated Press.
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