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Le dernier mot By Christine Eddie

Paradis perdu, manifeste écologique, matériel cinématographique? Déjà, vous commencez à pédaler devant les micros. Votre héros a choisi de vivre dans une forêt, le vingtième siècle va défigurer les environs et la construction du roman fait un clin d’œil au cinéma. Ouf! Vous vous surpassez pour donner l’impression que rien ne vous est plus naturel que l’aplomb.

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Teacher Knows if You’ve Done the E-Reading» By the Branta Webcrawler

The faculty members here are neither clairvoyant nor peering over shoulders. They, along with colleagues at eight other colleges, are testing technology from a Silicon Valley start-up, CourseSmart, that allows them to track their students’ progress with digital textbooks.
David Streitfeld/The New York Times

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The Digital Millennium Copyright Act Is Even Worse Than You Think» By the Branta Webcrawler

Requiring nonprofit disability groups to ask permission from the government every three years and navigate a complex legal minefield to implement urgently needed accessibility technology is not compatible with progressive, conservative, or libertarian values; the goal of equal access for people with disabilities; or common sense. Even the librarian admitted in 2010 that the DMCA exemption process “is at best ill-suited to address the larger challenges of access.”
Blake E. Reid/Slate

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