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2023 reading list and commentary

Librarian.net

I’ve been actively seeking out non-binary authors and trying to read print a little more. average read per month: 9.5 average read per week: 2.2 The always-updated booklist, going back to 1997, lives at jessamyn.info/booklist and it has its own RSS feed.

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2022 reading list and commentary

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Previous librarian.net summaries: 2021 , 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 , 2007 , 2006 , 2005 , 2004. I’m also retiring my “people of color/non-Western” category only because it relies too much on surface impressions/names. average read per month: 12.

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2021 reading list and commentary

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Previous librarian.net summaries: 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 , 2007 , 2006 , 2005 , 2004. Here are stats for the books that I finished. average read per month: 9.6. average read per week: 2.2. number read in worst month: 6 (February). number unfinished: 0.

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CIVIL RIGHTS/CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: Pitt Bull Owners’ § 1983 Action May Proceed

NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

2016); Saathoff v. 2016); Maldonado v. 2005); Altman v. 2005); Warboys v. The Eighth Circuit’s reasoning and decision was in line with many other circuit court opinions. See Mayfield v. Bethards , 826 F.3d 3d 1252 (10th Cir. Davis , 826 F.3d 3d 925 (7th Cir. Fontanes , 568 F.3d 3d 263 (1st Cir. 2009); Viilo v.

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State of the Nation - a UK Perspective on Covid-19

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

There were major exercises on pandemics in 2005, 2007 and 2016. No country other than the UK has spontaneously abandoned its basic law on emergency management (in this case the Civil Contingencies Act of 2004). Pandemic Influenza 18-to 20 October 2016. Plans were made in the UK in 2006, 2008, 2011 and 2014.

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Eastern Market DC's 150th anniversary last weekend | And my never realized master plan for the market

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In 2005, I served on the advisory committee for the International Public Markets Conference which covered both DC and Baltimore that year, led a tour, etc. I first proposed to the city creating TMDs in 2005/2006. I participated in a workshop on the plaza led by Project for Public Spaces and Scenic America in 2004 ( write up ).

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The GSE Public-Private Hybrid Model Flunks Again: This Time It’s the Federal Home Loan Bank System (Part 1)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

As an example of their lobbying power, in 2004 and 2005 the George W. In fact, an industry consensus emerged around 2016-7 that F&F have been operating far better in conservatorship in areas such as technology, customer service, and risk management than they ever did prior to 2008. 19] It peaked in 2004 at just over $1.6

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