15 jobs that pay $50,000 -- and might be hiring
Librarians
Annual median income: $50,970*
Projected employment in 2016: 164,000
Increase between 2006 and 2016: 4 percent
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http://www.cnn.com/
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Monday, September 8, 2008
As Reported in the Alaska Daily News
DISCLAIMER:
Again, this is not a political blog, however I thought this was an interesting story!
Palin pressured Wasilla librarian
TOWN MAYOR: She wanted to know if books would be pulled.
By RINDI WHITErwhite@adn.com
(09/04/08 01:49:40)
WASILLA -- Back in 1996, when she first became mayor, Sarah Palin asked the city librarian if she would be all right with censoring library books should she be asked to do so.
According to news coverage at the time, the librarian said she would definitely not be all right with it. A few months later, the librarian, Mary Ellen Emmons, got a letter from Palin telling her she was going to be fired. The censorship issue was not mentioned as a reason for the firing. The letter just said the new mayor felt Emmons didn't fully support her and had to go.
Emmons had been city librarian for seven years and was well liked. After a wave of public support for her, Palin relented and let Emmons keep her job.
It all happened 12 years ago and the controversy long ago disappeared into musty files. Until this week. Under intense national scrutiny, the issue has returned to dog her. It has been mentioned in news stories in Time Magazine and The New York Times and is spreading like a virus through the blogosphere.
The stories are all suggestive, but facts are hard to come by. Did Palin actually ban books at the Wasilla Public Library?
To see full story click here:
currently reading: Conducting the Reference Interview (fun stuff)!
Again, this is not a political blog, however I thought this was an interesting story!
Palin pressured Wasilla librarian
TOWN MAYOR: She wanted to know if books would be pulled.
By RINDI WHITErwhite@adn.com
(09/04/08 01:49:40)
WASILLA -- Back in 1996, when she first became mayor, Sarah Palin asked the city librarian if she would be all right with censoring library books should she be asked to do so.
According to news coverage at the time, the librarian said she would definitely not be all right with it. A few months later, the librarian, Mary Ellen Emmons, got a letter from Palin telling her she was going to be fired. The censorship issue was not mentioned as a reason for the firing. The letter just said the new mayor felt Emmons didn't fully support her and had to go.
Emmons had been city librarian for seven years and was well liked. After a wave of public support for her, Palin relented and let Emmons keep her job.
It all happened 12 years ago and the controversy long ago disappeared into musty files. Until this week. Under intense national scrutiny, the issue has returned to dog her. It has been mentioned in news stories in Time Magazine and The New York Times and is spreading like a virus through the blogosphere.
The stories are all suggestive, but facts are hard to come by. Did Palin actually ban books at the Wasilla Public Library?
To see full story click here:
currently reading: Conducting the Reference Interview (fun stuff)!
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Life Is Fine!
So since I'm still here livin',
I guess I will live on.I could've died for love--
But for livin'
I was born
Though you may hear me holler,
And you may see me cry--
I'll be dogged, sweet baby,
If you gonna see me die.
Life is fine! Fine as wine! Life is fine!
Langston Hughes
To see the entire poem, click here
currently reading: A History of Reading by Alberto Manguel (required)
I guess I will live on.I could've died for love--
But for livin'
I was born
Though you may hear me holler,
And you may see me cry--
I'll be dogged, sweet baby,
If you gonna see me die.
Life is fine! Fine as wine! Life is fine!
Langston Hughes
To see the entire poem, click here
currently reading: A History of Reading by Alberto Manguel (required)
Monday, September 1, 2008
A Day Off
Labor Day occurs on the first Monday in September and was first celebrated in the United States on September 5, 1882. The date was deliberately selected to fall between Independence Day and Thanksgiving.
The holiday was suggested by Peter J. McGuire, a New York City carpenter and a founder of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and by Matthew Maguire, a Paterson, New Jersey machinist.
They strongly believed that American workers should have a holiday similar to those of other countries.
The first celebration was observed only in New York City with a parade of about 10,000 workers. The idea spread quickly and in 1894, President Grover Cleveland declared Labor Day a national holiday.
Also observed on this date:
Mexico : Presidental Message Day/Opening of congress
Michigan : Mackinac Bridge Walk Day
Puerto Rico : Labor Day
Tanzania : Heroes' Day
Namibia, South Africa : Settlers' Day
Canada, Guam, Virgin Islands : Labor Day
Currently reading: Reference & Information Services in the 21st Century.
The holiday was suggested by Peter J. McGuire, a New York City carpenter and a founder of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and by Matthew Maguire, a Paterson, New Jersey machinist.
They strongly believed that American workers should have a holiday similar to those of other countries.
The first celebration was observed only in New York City with a parade of about 10,000 workers. The idea spread quickly and in 1894, President Grover Cleveland declared Labor Day a national holiday.
Also observed on this date:
Mexico : Presidental Message Day/Opening of congress
Michigan : Mackinac Bridge Walk Day
Puerto Rico : Labor Day
Tanzania : Heroes' Day
Namibia, South Africa : Settlers' Day
Canada, Guam, Virgin Islands : Labor Day
Currently reading: Reference & Information Services in the 21st Century.
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