Generals, marines, lawyers, coach drivers, politicians, and even artists! These were “Les Femmes de l’Avenir,” or “Women of the Future,” as imagined in a series of 20 postcards from the turn of the last century.
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The Dead Sea Scrolls, believed to be the oldest extant Biblical texts, are available for viewing online for the first time as of today. According to PCWorld, the online exhibit, curated by Jerusalem’s Israel Museum, is going live in time for the start of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, at sunset this coming Wednesday.
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While Google Maps with Street View has been known to photograph things that are out of the ordinary, Google Books isn’t something you’d think capable of doing the same. The Art of Google Books by Krissy Wilson aims to “recognize book digitization as re-photography, and to value the signs of use that accompany these texts as worthy of documentation and study.”
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You know how sometimes a fifteen minute break from writing can turn into a three hour Facebook / RSS Feed / blog reading sinkhole of procrastination? Well that was May for your humble editor.
The Tobacco Institute believes every thoughtful adult American will want to read every word of this front-page editorial.
Tonight is the first televised leadership debate of the federal election. It’s unlikely arts and culture will be mentioned, so here’s a primer on how all parties (including the Green Party) stand on issues that impact the publishing industry. Here’s a summary of points, taken directly from each platform.
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Adjusting for inflation, consumer purchases of magazines decreased by 22 per cent between 2001 and 2008, according to the study, dropping from $801-million to $623-million. The report, prepared by Hill Strategies Research of Hamilton for the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council and Canadian Heritage, is based on a survey conducted by Statistics Canada of the expenditures of almost 10,000 households.
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