The Vending Machine That Spits Out Short Stories
“Everything old is new again,” said Andrew Nurkin, the deputy director of enrichment and civic engagement at the Free Library of Philadelphia, which is one of the libraries
that got funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to install the dispensers.
We want to advance literacy among children and inspire creativity.”
Here’s how a dispenser works: It is shaped like a cylinder with three buttons on top indicating a “one minute,” “three minute” or “five minute” story.
Short Edition, a French community publisher of short-form literature, has installed more than 30 story dispensers in the United States in the past year to deliver fiction at the push of a button at restaurants
and universities, government offices and transportation hubs.
Scott Varner, executive director of strategic communications for Columbus City Schools in Ohio, said
his district will have a total of five kiosks, the first two of which were installed in December.
Last month public libraries in four cities — Philadelphia; Akron, Ohio; Wichita, Kan.;
and Columbia, S. C. — announced they would be installing them too.
Francis Ford Coppola, the film director and winemaker, liked the idea so much
that he invested in the company and placed a dispenser at his Cafe Zoetrope in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco.
Leave it to the French, with their love of Voltaire
and Simone de Beauvoir, to revive literature in the era of hot takes, fast news and smartphone addiction.

On Monday, Starbucks Chief Executive Kevin Johnson hopes to meet with the two black men arrested at one of its Philadelphia cafes last week to apologize for the incident, that has sparked accusations of racial profiling at the coffee chain. The men, who had not made a purchase, were handcuffed and arrested for trespassing on Thursday after a store manager called 911 and reported them.

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“Anger over two black men being perp-walked out of a Philadelphia Starbucks had not waned Monday, as protesters demonstrated at the location, calling the mammoth coffee chain ‘anti-black,’” CNN reported.

In the video, a group of protesters are seen inside the Philadelphia Starbucks on April 16 chanting, “Starbucks coffee is anti-black.”

NBC News reported that the two black men who were arrested on trespassing charges will meet with the Starbucks CEO.

Richard Ross defended officers actions involving the arrest of black men at Starbucks.

Calls to #BoycottStarbucks are growing after a video surfaced showing officers arresting two black men inside one of their coffee stores in Philadelphia.

Philadelphia District Attorney Says Meek Mill Should Get a New Trial On Monday, the D.A. said that Mill’s conviction should be vacated, with the case starting from the beginning. The decision comes as a result of “questions about the credibility” of Mill’s arresting officer. A large crowd of people were gathered outside the courthouse and cheered when the announcement was made. Mill’s lawyers also said that they plan to file motions in higher courts to try and get the rapper released immediately, something that has been blocked by the case’s judge. The Philly-rapper as sentenced to 2-4 years in jail in Nov. 2017 for violating his parole. According to the D.A., the judge will decide on whether to give a new trial in 60 days.

In his reaction to Philadelphia narrowly defeating LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers 132-130 last night, Nick Wright reveals to Cris Carter and Jenna Wolfe why Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons, Markelle Fultz and the rest of the Sixers’ young squad are truly the only threat in the East that could derail The King’s championship quest. Additionally, Nick wright and Cris Carter discuss how LeBron’s free throw struggles could jeopardize him catching Michael Jordan as the GOAT.

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1 or 2 team in most other cities.”
He added: “A sustained Cup run this spring will draw eyes —
and hearts — and prompt even the most casual Philadelphia fans to find everything orange and black in their wardrobe and head back to Broad Street.
Another, an aerial shot, shows the million or so fans who gathered near City Hall in Philadelphia for a Stanley Cup parade.
But Giroux watched the Eagles’ parade on television with his teammates after a morning skate before a Feb. 8 home game against Montreal,
and said: “Seeing the passion of the fans — I just remember the guys looking at each other with those big eyes.
Gives you that push.”
Claude Giroux, the Flyers’ captain, said he would love to reward the longstanding hockey fans of Philadelphia with at least a strong Cup run.
The Flyers, who missed the Stanley Cup playoffs in two of the previous three
seasons, qualified for the playoffs on the final day of the regular season.
The Flyers have won the Stanley Cup twice, but not since 1975, their eighth season in the N. H.L.
“I don’t think we need any more motivation to win the Cup; it’s been our dream since we were kids,” Giroux said.
The Philadelphia Eagles won the Super Bowl in February, their first N. F.L.