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2023 reading list and commentary

Librarian.net

I think I stubbornly finished every book I started in 2023 although some of them maybe I shouldn’t have. My plan was to read LESS this year than last year and I did a good job. One hundred and fourteen books. I was busier, happier. I did lower my “books by men” percentage an amount that felt good. average read per month: 9.5

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2023 in Libraries

Librarian.net

Previous years: 2022 , 2021 , 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 and some reviews from 2003. Hartness/Randolph (1) – I got some books out. I should go by this place more often, it’s such a nice library.

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Four Years After the Pandemic, Work-From-Home Trends Reshape Residential Choices and Real Estate

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Four years after the pandemic began in March 2020, much of daily life has returned to normal; mask mandates have been lifted, people gather in large numbers for concerts and conferences, and the unemployment rate has returned to pre-pandemic levels. Davis, 2021. This is mirrored in local data for North Carolina. 2] Akan et al.

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More systematic equity and revitalization planning as an imperative and opportunity in the suburbs: Northern Virginia

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Part 1: Overview and Theoretical Foundations ," 2021 -- " St. Part 2: Implementation Approach and Levers ," 2021 -- " Revisiting St. Louis: what would I recommend for a comprehensive revitalization program? Louis: what would I recommend for a comprehensive revitalization program?

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Indiana BMV Builds on Three Pillars to Drive up CX

GovLoop

The number jumped in 2020 and 2021 (the most recent year for which stats are available), first because of COVID restrictions and then staffing shortages. Still, 50% of transactions were completed in less than 15 minutes, according to the bureau’s 2021 annual report (the most recent report available). Residents have noticed.

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Reflections on the Turkish-Syrian Earthquakes of 6th February 2023: Building Collapse and its Consequences

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

Although the disaster of 6 th February 2023 produced, in fact, stronger shaking than this, it should not have caused 5,500 large buildings to collapse. Korkmaz 2021. Buildings damages after Elazığ, Turkey earthquake on January 24, 2020. the 'violent' level. [2] Ecemis, S.Z. Korkmaz, M.H. Arslan and H.H. Ozmen, H.B.

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BTMFBA: maintaining arts spaces in the face of rising real estate values | Seattle, New York City

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In Brooklyn and parts of Queens, rent is at least 10 to 15 percent higher than it was in March 2020.) In Manhattan, average rent prices have risen 15 percent from their levels just before the Covid-19 shutdown, and things aren’t much better in the other boroughs. (In Suitable spaces are passed down, sublet, shared in secret.

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