Spanish Govt.: Rail Tunnel Near Gaudi Church Will Proceed

The Spanish government is ignoring a non-binding vote in its parliament that would suspend construction of a high-speed rail tunnel 13 feet from Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia “as a cautionary measure while independent experts devise an alternate train route that would link Barcelona with the French border without jeopardising the work of ‘God’s architect.'”

Group Of Libraries Unveils Digital-Borrowing Program

They “are joining forces to create a one-stop website for checking out e-books, including access to more than a million scanned public domain books and a catalog of thousands of contemporary e-book titles available at many public libraries.” Also on tap: “scans of a few hundred older books that are still in copyright, but no longer sold commercially.”