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Messy Philadelphia historical archives are getting organized

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WHYY/NewsWorks

For two years, the Hidden Collections project, funded by a grant from the Carnegie Mellon Foundation, has been straightening out some unorganized archival collections. "It's not hectic. Nothing in archives moves too quickly," said Jennie Marrone, a freelance archivist and a master's student in Temple's public history program. "You just dive in and try to organize based on what seems most logical from an archival perspective. It's not rushed, but there are very firm deadlines."

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Mining Bill Cosby's Golden Past

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The New York Times

This week, the Paley Center for Media, at its locations in Manhattan and Beverly Hills, begins almost two months' worth of programs celebrating Temple trustee and alumnus Bill Cosby's 50 years in show business. Focusing on Cosby's TV work, NYT columnist Neil Genzingler chose five "less-well-known vignettes as examples of what has made Mr.

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Dance professor’s popular outdoor Branch Dances continue

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Boyer Dance professor Merián Soto has been performing her public, experimental Branch Dances for audiences in Wissahickon Valley Park for six years. Her next performance in the park will be this Sunday, Jan. 15.
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Economists say Japan could learn from China's special enterprise zone

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Bloomberg, San Francisco Chronicle, Sydney Morning Herald

For two decades now, economists have been urging Tokyo to create one or two special-enterprise zones. Southern China features such a place — Shenzhen. Today, the once small coastal village is a teeming collage of huge skyscrapers, thriving industrial parks, 10 million people, one of the world's busiest ports, and some of the biggest manufacturing and outsourcing industries anywhere. "Tohoku can be to Japan what Shenzhen was to China," says Jeff Kingston, head of the Asian Studies program at Temple University, Japan Campus.

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Parents interact with children differently over e-books

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The New York Times

In The New York Time's blog "Motherlode," blogger KJ Dell Antonia sited a 2006 study conducted at Temple's Infant Lab: "Parents interact differently with children over an e-reader than over a physical book," she wrote. The researchers, she noted, found that parents reading books aloud regularly asked children questions about the book, whereas parents sitting with the child while a device read to them didn’t ask these questions, or relate images or incidents in the book to the child’s real life. Instead, their conversation was focused on how to use the device: “Careful! Push here.

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Extending "Florida loophole" lowers standards for concealed guns

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WHYY/NewsWorks

One gun-related measure currently being debated by lawmakers is called the "Florida loophole," which enables Pennsylvanians who are denied a permit to carry a concealed weapon in the state to still do so if another state approves a permit. "Basically the standard for carrying a concealed gun would be the lowest standard in the country," said David Kairys, a professor at Temple's Beasley School of Law. "We in Pennsylvania, and particularly in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, would lose the power even on the state level to do anything about this," he said.

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Temple Ambler celebrates 100 years

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Ambler Gazette

To mark Temple Ambler campus' 100th anniversary, the university has released A Century of Cultivation 1911-2011: 100 Years from the Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women to Temple University Ambler. The book follows the school from its beginnings as a small all-female horticulture school to its present state as a co-educational branch of Temple. The concept for the book emerged from the 100 Year Anniversary Club. "We decided there was too much history that hadn't been recorded in a permanent form," said Jenny Rose Carey, director of Ambler Arboretum.

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Soccer players volunteer time in Nicaragua

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Philadelphia Daily News

Two members of the Temple women's soccer team, junior Kate Yurkovic and sophomore Jenna Gosnay, have journeyed to Granada, Nicaragua to volunteer their time with Soccer Without Borders, a program that uses soccer as a vehicle to provide underprivileged children a toolkit to overcome obstacles. Coach Matt Gwilliam has made it a priority to instill various goals and life values within his program. "I think that, Matt [Gwilliam] wants to bring this team heart, dedication and respect," said Yurkovic.

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Prof chronicles son's battle with mental illness in documentary

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Chronicle of Higher Education

A Chronicle Review article featured Eran Preis, associate professor of film and media arts at Temple, and his latest documentary, "Jonathan's Return." Preis would be thrilled if festivals were to feature his film, but is just as concerned with having his account of his 33-year-old son's battle with schizophrenia shown at homeless shelters and support-group meetings. "There's a real need for people to know that you can talk about it, and you don't have to hide it," Preis said.

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