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Librarian Fired For Book On Unsavory Patrons
ludington, mich. (ap) — a library employee in this lake michigan resort community has been fired for writing a book that describes a range of unpleasant patrons, from the merely unpleasant to online sex fiends, in a town she calls "denialville."
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Students' Personal Data Posted Online
fairfax county school officials said today that about 75,000 of their students had been affected by a technological breach this summer in which names, birthdates and other personal information was accidentally published online by the test-preparation company princeton review. late last night, sch...
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That Book Costs How Much?!
would-be reformers are trying to beat the high cost -- and, they say, the dumbing down -- of college materials by writing or promoting open-source, no-cost online texts. as college textbooks near the $200 mark -- that's apiece -- some are pushing for changes by writing or promoting free digital materials. said one caltech professor: "i couldn't continue assigning idiotic books that are ...
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Ludington Library Employee Fired For Writing A Book
ludington library employee fired for writing a book
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Teens Learning Online About Rights, Book Says
u.s. high school students who blog, read online news sources and chat online regularly are more likely to understand and support their first amendment rights, according to a new book.
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Book Publishers: Learn From Digg, Yelp—even Gawker
book publishing could keep itself vital by taking a page from web 2.0 technologies, but it has a long way to go. here are some lessons
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Students' Personal Data Posted Online
personal information for hundreds of fairfax county students was accidentally published online this summer by the princeton review, a test-preparation company.
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Film Bosses Won't Adapt New Bond Book
bond film bosses have turned down the chance to adapt the latest 007 book for the big screen.
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Toral: Online Shipping Matures
one challenge self-publishers face is the delivery processing of book sales.
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Suppliers Gear Up For Direct Online Sales In Russia
online sales in the russian travel industry, according to eyefortravel research, mainly emerged few years ago. for its part, an airline like lufthansa says its e-commerce business has been developing a bit quicker than the market in general.
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Nokia Takes Lonely Planet Mobile - Cnet News
tired of lugging a big travel book on your next vacation? some nokia phone users won't have to. they'll be able to download lonely planet travel guides directly onto their mobile handsets. (credit: lonely planet) on tuesday nokia announced a deal ...
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Nhs Choose And Book Has Health Scare - Silicon.com
the launch of the latest version of the nhs choose and book online referral and booking system has been postponed due to technical problems. version 4.0 was due to go live on 12 april but an issue with the current version - 3.6 - whereby patient ...
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Librarian Fired For Book On Unsavory Patrons - Chicago Tribune
ludington, mich. - a library employee in this lake michigan resort community has been fired for writing a book that describes a range of unpleasant patrons, from the merely unpleasant to online sex fiends, in a town she calls "denialville." using the ...
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Abunga.com Shifts To Weekly Online Author Chats In September - Forbes
knoxville, tenn., aug. 21 /prnewswire/ -- due to the overwhelming response of author interest in the "authors at abunga" bi-weekly online chats announced by abunga.com in july, the family-friendly online bookstore has revealed it will begin weekly ...
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Barnes & Noble Cuts Year Sales View, Shares Fall - Forbes
new york, (reuters) - barnes & noble inc, cut its full-year sales forecast thursday, blaming a troubled u.s. economy, sending the shares of the largest u.s. specialty bookseller down more than 3 percent. but the company said maintaining lower ...
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Interview With Angus Munro, Author Of A Full House - But Empty - Blogcritics.org
see also: » book review: new birth or rebirth - jesus talks with krishna (great conversations) by ravi zacharias » book review: uncommon crochet - twenty-five projects made from natural yarns and alternative fibers by julie armstrong holetz » book ...
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Jacqueline Wilson Falls Out With Asda After Spelling Twit With An 'a' - Times Online
just one letter separates the insulting but otherwise harmless word “twit” from one that is equally insulting but cut from a distinctly coarser cloth. but that letter has led to a supermarket chain removing a book from its shelves, the publisher ...
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Open Up Your Schedule Book With Timedriver - Cnet News
the meeting time broker timedriver , which has been in closed testing since i covered it back in january , will finally enter its public beta period on monday, august 25. i had a chance to play with the product today. for a lot of people, this ...
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I Shot John Lennon In The Back, Mark Chapman Tells Parole Board - Times Online
john lennon's killer has provided new details of the murder of the former beatle in his latest unsuccessful attempt for parole. mark david chapman, 53, disputed media accounts that he called out to lennon before shooting him in new york on december 8 ...
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Icbc Becomes World's Most Profitable Bank - Times Online
industrial & commercial bank of china (icbc) was the world's most profitable bank in the first half, reporting a 64.5 billion yuan renminbi (£5.05 billion) net profit in the six months to june 30. this was a 57 per cent rise on the same period last ...
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