A trustworthy friend who once lived in Gaza highly recommends this WSJ article on the background of the situation there.
The Terrorism Awareness Project has an 8-minute animated slideshow that gives the background of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
If you ‘re suspicious of Carbon 14 dating, this brief article might be of interest.
I don’t live in California, but if I did and I wasn’t part of a college, I’d definitely be interested in this news from a California librarian: A California resident can obtain a free ecard from the San Francisco Public Library from the comfort of one’s own home or office. Simply fill out the ecard application and gain immediate access to all of SFPL’s online resources, including JSTOR. The card is good for four years and it is only necessary to show up in person if one wants an upgrade to circulation privileges.
If you know Hebrew and/or Greek and you teach and/or preach, Bill Mounce has some words of wisdom you should consider.
I don’t know how you have time to find these great links, Todd. I’ll share my new San Fran Public Library ECard number with you, if you want. :-)
BTW, one of the coolest features I have found so far from the San Fran Pub Library’s online collection is free access to certain Rosetta Stone software!!! You can learn French, Italian, Russian, Mandarin, German, Modern Greek, Spanish!! For free!!!! See here: http://ezproxy.sfpl.org/login/rosettastone
Thanks Todd!!!!
Sorry if this gets posted for the third time, but it keeps not showing. One of the coolest things about the San Fran Pub Lib is that you have free access to certain Rosetta Stone software. You can work on German, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Modern Greek, Mandarin for free!!! Thanks, Todd!
It’s nice of you to post this info on the library card, Todd, but even though I live in CA, I can’t get one because I can’t “[s]imply fill out the ecard application and gain immediate access”. All I can do is gain immediate access to the application form, but then they say I have to drive/fly/crawl to a San Francisco branch library to show them a photo ID.
Oops! Disregard my previous message … I didn’t realize the difference between their “library card” & their “ecard”. I just saw the word “card” & went to the wrong link initially.
The free lunch is over…
“This email is to notify you of a change to the e-card you have been issued by the San Francisco Public Library. Due to electronic vendor licensing agreements, San Francisco Public Library has suspended issuing e-cards and as of April 10, 2009 your e-card will no longer be valid. As an existing e-card holder and a resident of San Francisco you will be receiving within the next 2 weeks a restricted library card in the mail (based on the address you provided) that will allow you to use all the electronic resources and check out 1 book. The barcode number on the restricted card will be the number you will use instead of the e-card number to use the resources. There will be a delay of 2-3 days between the time we turn your e-card into a restricted card and you receive it in the mail so you will not be able to access online resources during that time. If you would like to turn this restricted card into a regular library card you must validate your current address by bringing in person appropriate identification and address verification to any branch of the San Francisco Public Library. This is a one-time courtesy. The Library will continue to investigate ways of offering a revised e-card in the future. We are sorry for the inconvenience.”