My high school journalism teacher stressed the importance of reading between the lines. “Always jump to conclusions.” he told the class. “To do so means you’re thinking beyond the obvious.” I often remember his words when I’m researching for an article or blog post, or when I read something that doesn’t sit right with me. It’s a reminder not to take things a face value.
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Jumping to Conclusions: How to Go with Your Gut and Prove the Other Guy Wrong
There’s just something about those filthy Entourage boys that gets to me — in a good way. Haven’t seen the show? It’s crass.
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What Entourage Can Teach You About Successful Freelancing
President Barack Obama and his top Democratic congressional allies worked Wednesday to overcome obstacles to enacting a historic overhaul of US health care, his top domestic goal.
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Obama, top lawmakers grapple with health care obstacles (AFP via Yahoo! News)
eWeek has a good article with this title today by Nicolas Kolakowski. The author suggests that there is no indication that ereaders are on the verge of becoming ubiquitous and the inrush of “me too” items might create a minor bubble. He feels that the potential game changer is not proprietary devices, but software which could broaden the market to new customers.
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CES e-readers suggest oversaturated market
Amid the economy’s many ailments, some good news has remained mostly off the radar: The at-home work force is growing, and it is encompassing new occupations ranging from radiology and nursing to auditing and teaching, according to a story in The Wall Street Journal. The bad news: Fierce competition means your odds of landing one of these jobs are poor. And if you succeed, you will probably take a pay cut.
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The Five-Second Commute
Edmonton Journal : For many women who shift from professional life to maternity leave, starting a new business can be a natural fit — a way to put those multitasking skills to use while making money closer to home. The trouble is, those former professionals often cultivated their business connections by shmoozing at lunches, business association events and chamber of commerce gatherings. After a year on maternity leave, networking has usually taken a back seat to diaper changing.
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Business Networking, Mom Style
(Photo: Eduardo Munoz / Reuters / Corbis) In 2008, Haiti lost at least 800 people to a series of hurricanes — Fay, Gustav, Hanna, and Ike — and now, the impoverished nation is suffering after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake, and several strong aftershocks. Hundreds are dead, and thousands more feared dead. The capital, Port-au-Prince, is devastated
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Seven reputable charities working on Haiti earthquake relief
http://www.powerfulvalue.com/dancenow The Academy of Dance and Gymnastics with studios in Hampton and Newport News Virginia provides quality instruction coupled with an excellent environment for your child to learn and master the art of dance. From beginner to adult, we have just the right classes to fit your child. Duration : 31 sec Technorati Tags: Dance
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Dance schools Hampton, Newport News VA
If you are a girl and your first name is Elizabeth, you’ll find the following Google Map interesting as it marks all the street names and roads in North America that have the same name as you. You can also view this data inside Google Earth .
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Find Street Names on Google Maps That Have Your Name
That bank-tax reported yesterday looks like it will be broader and tougher than initially reported. The Huffington Post quotes a senior administration official saying that Obama will institute a tax not only to recoup taxpayer losses on the bailouts but also to penalize too-big-to-fail institutions and get back some of the taxpayer subsidy inherent in guaranteeing these firms’ survival….
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HuffPost Expands on the Obama Bank-Tax Plan
After several years and hundreds of cooking classes covering an impressive swath of culinary subjects, Saratoga Restaurant Equipment Sales in Gansevoort has discontinued the series, effective next month.
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Saratoga Restaurant Equipment Sales discontinues classes – Table …
The Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI), a key panel within the Patent Office, has tightened the rules for American software patents, arstechnica reports. The recently-released decision builds on last year’s landmark ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in the case of In Re Bilski.
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Patent Office Tightens Screws On Software Patents
We divide his work and the work of other masters into categories, and we reserve the title of “Major Works” for those contributions that touched our souls somehow. For Steinbeck, these works are East of Eden, The Grapes of Wrath, …
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Cred Vs. Influence (Or Killing Our Soul) | Kotaku Australia
German publisher Lübbe has given a German book chain, Weltbild, excusive rights to sell Ken Follett’s Eie Tore der Welt (The Pillars of the Earth) for three weeks, beginning December 28.
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German publisher experiments with ebook as promotion
Any multinational business has to learn to play by different sets of rules in different places; the laws and powers that govern corporate activity are different in every nation they choose to operate in. And in every multinational business, there are senior executives with opinions about the relative justice of those laws
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Google to China: Enough is Enough
Here are the OverDrive numbers for 2009. 401 million website pages viewed by library patrons (69 percent growth over 2008) and 8.7 million digital titles checked out (63 percent increase over 2008) 4 billion minutes of spoken word audio downloaded from library websites 70 percent increase in audiobook checkouts over 2008, while eBook checkouts increased by 53 percent 40 percent increase in new library users over 2008 The OverDrive digital catalog for libraries grew to 300,000 titles with the addition of 100,000 eBooks, 27,000 audiobooks, and 4,000 music and video titles Most Downloaded Adult Fiction Audiobooks from the Library (2009) (Title, Author, Publisher) The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown, Books on Tape The Host, Stephenie Meyer, Books on Tape The Associate, John Grisham, Books on Tape Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand, Blackstone Audio, Inc.
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OverDrive growth in 2009: numbers and most downloaded
Introduction Calibre is an open source ebook management tool. Simply put calibre allows you to organize your e-book collection, convert e-books to various formats and interact with your e-book reader all in an intuitive and friendly manner. It is compatible with Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, and 7 as well as Apple’s OS X (Intel only) and various flavors of Linux.
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Beginner’s Guide to Calibre
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has made available a compendium of reports which detail variations in state health information law, business practices and policy related to privacy and security of health information and the electronic exchange of health information. The reports were developed in 2009 as a part of the ongoing efforts of the Health Information Security and Privacy Collaboration (HISPC) that started in 2006 when I had the the opportunity to work on the initial round of HISPC work as it related to West Virginia .
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HISPC Reports on State Health Information Law, Business Practice and Policy
As my friends on Twitter pointed out today, I have a GREAT job! It was a nice change from the usual comments I get about teaching children how to cook. They usually say how crazy brave I must be for cooking with kids. Yes, it can be hectic
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Cooking Up Some Fun at a Kids’ Birthday Party: Asian Noodles
Everyone makes mistakes. But when it comes to freelance writing, a lot of people make the same mistakes! New writers regularly set themselves up for failure. Even experienced writers get too comfortable in a routine and forget some of the essentials.
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5 Foolish Mistakes Freelance Writers Make