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Great reads from around the web on August 23rd

Amy Sample Ward

asking the user for permission, like Geolocation) or coming up with new alternatives to ensure this." Security is a very important factor here, and it will be a mix of existing security measurements (e.g. " Library Value Calculator | Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library – I love this!

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Instead of Selling Objects, Build Public Trust

Museum 2.0

When Detroit was going bankrupt in 2013, the city's emergency manager fought to sell off some of the prized artworks in the Detroit Institute of Art. Two years ago, the Detroit Institute of Art won the battle to keep their treasured artwork in the museum. And once that happens, all bets are off.

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Summer Conference Roundup (June - August 2012)

Care2

Association of Alternative Newsmedia Convention Detroit, MI. AFP TechKnow Conference Orlando, FL. Eric Rardin Ashley Hansen. League of Conservation Voters Capital Dinner Washington, DC. Clint O'Brien Eric Rardin. Clint O'Brien. Revenue Generation Partnerships with Care2" 6/7 4:00pm. Netroots Nation Providence, RI. Jun 7 - 10.

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Martin Luther King Day 2015

VisionLink

I came-of-age politically growing up in Detroit in the 1950s when I was part of a picket line outside Woolworth''s because Blacks were not allowed to sit at lunch counters in Woolworth stores in the segregated South. If we are to break through America''s political impasse, we the people have no alternative but to learn to live together.

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Martin Luther King Day 2013

VisionLink

I came-of-age politically growing up in Detroit in the 1950s when I was part of a picket line outside Woolworth''s because Blacks were not allowed to sit at lunch counters in Woolworth stores in the segregated South. If we are to break through America''s political impasse, we the people have no alternative but to learn to live together.

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The Diversity Question in the Arts Blogosphere

Museum 2.0

Some events: Aaron Dworkin , a pretty amazing individual in many ways, is putting together SphinxCon , a conference happening this weekend in Detroit with a focus on "empowering ideas for diversity in the arts." In some ways, what's more interesting is the world beyond this bubble. You should go and tell us all about it.

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A Decade of Museums and Museum Work

Museum 2.0

I love alternative history novels. I was thinking I’d do a few alternative histories of museums for the first post of the last month of the decade. I tried to picture an alternative with AleiaBrown and Adrianne Russell ’s # MuseumsRespondtoFerguson and LaTonya S. But I couldn’t get there.

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