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- Realtors across the country will soon be able to use a tool that converts Web-based leads into cell phone calls, the National Association of Realtors announced today. |
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- kmhess writes "In case you didn't know, computer books are usually really big paperback books with information about a specific technical topic that cost around $50, and become obsolete faster than the technology. With the recent postings regarding how libraries are 'stealing' from authors, I'd recommend reading The myth and truth of computer book publishing. For that $50 book, if it sells 5000 copies, $250k total revenue, the author gets about $10k. ...[O]nly 20% of the total revenue is spent on actually producing the book. |
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- Cortez writes "I couldn't resist an article headlined "Venerable library reincarnated with new home and new alias" but it sounds like the National Taiwan Library has a long history, unique collections and has persevered through Japanese occupuation and stormy Chinese politics: Here's The Full Story" |
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- kmhess writes "Wired reports it's Bleary Days for Eyes on the Prize Eyes on the Prize, the landmark documentary on the civil rights movement, can no longer be broadcast or sold new in the United States. It's illegal, because the rights to certain archival footage used in the film have expired. Securing clearance rights to archival footage is a growing problem for independent filmmakers -- and documentary filmmakers in particular. Filmmakers must pay for the rights to use every song, photograph or video clip included in the film. Since many documentary films are made with small budgets, filmmakers often can only afford to buy rights for a limited amount of time. |
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- Jenne writes "Some parents in Blue Spring want The Giver pulled from eighth grade student reading lists. They say "everything presented to the kids should be positive or historical," and "when it comes to the ideas in that book, they have no place in my kid's head." The Giver is a Newbery Award Winner. It is also one of the 25 Most Challenged books, according to the ALA. School board members are rereading the book and will make a decision later this winter. |
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- search-engines-web.com spotted a rather small blurb on an interesting move from Ohio. Because of recent thefts at the Clermont County library, users will now be required to have their picture taken. Last year, a woman was convicted of not returning $10,000 worth of material to the library. Also last year, a man gave a phony address and number, checked out 3,000 dollars worth of material, and never returned it. |
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- Daniel writes "The names have been removed to protect the blushing, but a colleague at the library in question assures me it's true: This week a woman approached a reference librarian at a library in Alaska. She asked if the librarian would come into the women's restroom with her. A bit taken aback, the librarian inquired if there was a problem. Evidently, this patron had just taken a home pregnancy test and was unsure of the results. |
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- Anonymous Patron writes "A really neat slashdot thread, Folksonomies In Del.icio.us and Flickr takes a look at some very librarianish topic, bottom-up taxonomies that people create on their own. What do we call is Mob indexing? Folk categorization? |
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- Russian President Vladimir Putin, in his first public comment on the dramatic Ukrainian presidential election that the Kremlin-favored candidate lost, said Friday he hopes that the country will move from rhetoric to pragmatism, news agencies reported. |
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- Προωθώντας περαιτέρω την κοινωνικοποίηση μας δεν μπορούμε να μην εντάξουμε και μείς την νοσηρή μας πολιτική σκέψη στα σημεία των καιρών μας. Απέναντι στον πολιτισμο της εκμετάλευσης και του όποιου οίκτου αντιτάσουμε το δικό μας λόγο προβάλοντας το "καθεστωποιημένο" αίτημα μας αυτό της ανατροπής του νεοταξικού πολιτισμού του κράτους και του κεφαλαίου. |
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- Ό,τι κι αν ήταν ο Ενβέρ Χότζα, σίγουρα ήταν βετεράνος του Β' Παγκοσμίου Πολέμου. Η αλβανική κυβέρνηση κάνει το παγόνι επί του θέματος. |
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- Efter jeg har ominstaleret windows xp (bεde med og uden servicepakke 2) har jeg ikke kunne fε mit grafikkort til at kψre ordentligt. Min computer er en bζrbar Vega+ model nr. n251c1. Med et ATI mobility Radeon 9000 grafikkort. Jeg er desvζrre kommet til at smide den cd med drivers vζk, men har fεet at vide at jeg kunne hente dem pε www. |
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- Hybrid cars. Car owners in the north Virginia area are apparently stocking up on hybrid cars - so much so that they are clogging up the carpool lanes they're allowed to use under state law. I can't believe they're doing it just to get a better lane, considering the purchase price on the vehicles. |
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- Yesterday's Guardian carried an article by Catherine Bennett, noting the fact that astrologers had 'missed a trick' by not 'predicting' the Tsunami. She had asked to speak to me but I was busy doing other things, but she did interview my colleague Peta High extensively. Just in case you wondered, but were afraid to ask, I sent a letter in to the Guardina in response to the somewhat scathing article. Here it is: 'I always thought that the Guardian was an intelligent newspaper but having read Catherine Bennett’s dig at astrologers on January 6th I am beginning to wonder. |
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- w.bloggar 4.0 released! - This might the most improved release of w.bloggar since I started using it. |
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- w.bloggar 4.0 released! - This might the most improved release of w.bloggar since I started using it. |
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- The holiday season started out, for me, with a little surprise. The self-titled release from Petra Haden and Bill Frisell... |
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- The Anthony J Hicks run Australian Weblogs has closed according to a post on the site. The service, by far the largest Australian site of its type, has served the Australian blogosphere for over 3 years, providing a webring (of which the Blog Herald is a member), directory service and ... |
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- MediaDailyNews is running a story critical of Google Adsense on Blogs as the owner of Brain-Terminal.com apparently didn?t like the ads served up. The story does not mention the revenue though. |
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- The NY Times is running a story titled ?Myths Run Wild in Blog Tsunami Debate? which reports bizarre conspiracy theories on left leaning blogs that tie the earthquake and Tsunami in with Iraq. Ridiculous, we know, but remember the 2005 predicitions: ? |
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- Micheal_Myers, 7th Jan 2005 at 16:56 (0) |
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- Zee_Zack, 7th Jan 2005 at 16:53 (2) |
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- Micheal_Myers, 7th Jan 2005 at 16:52 (4) |
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Sin City (Jan 07 2005 16:58 GMT) - Sparekey, 7th Jan 2005 at 16:50 (5) |
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- Russian President Vladimir Putin, making his first public comments on the Ukrainian presidential election lost by the Kremlin-favoured candidate, said today he hoped the country would move from rhetoric to pragmatism. |
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- Almost three in 10 Americans say they have donated to victims of the tsunami in Southeast Asia, according to an Associated Press poll taken as the private total begins to approach the amount given by the government. |
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- SOFIA (bnn)- Compensatory bills rose to all-time highs slightly above their face value of leva (BGN) 1.00 Friday following a report of imminent auctioning of a 35% state-owned stake in national telecom BTC for C-bills at the Sofia Stock Exchange. |
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- Hey kan du give mig et script til en click counter, eller fortζlle mig hvordan man laver en ?? Vidste ikke rigtigt hvad for en kategori det skulle i :S |
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- UNICEF confirms tsunami child trafficking (Source: Reuters)"... UNICEF has confirmed a case in Indonesia of trafficking in children orphaned or separated from parents by the Indian Ocean tsunami as ravaged countries were warned to be on high alert for kidnappers. ..." Read the complete article at http: |
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- Most recent daily statistics ( 5 Jan 2005): Ranking: 0, Activity percentile: 0.00%, |
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