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The Christian Science Monitor (a Mon-Fri. daily newspaper) reported that ‘Print circulation for the country’s largest daily newspapers dropped about 3.5 percent during the past six months, the steepest decline YET reported by the Audit Bureau of Circulation‘. (Free reports from the Audit Bureau of Circulation)
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Picked up an interesting book yesterday at Goodwill called, “Specialty Shop Retailing: How to run your own store - Innovative ideas for retail success”. The copy that I found had a copyright of 1997. Was curious about the author’s business success so I looked up Orange Tree Imports
and found that it is […]

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This is a private message to Jenna Bush and her family (please don’t read)!
Jenna,
Congratulations to you and Henry on your engagement and your soon to be marriage!
I know that you particularly busy right now with the wedding and all but give me just a minute.
In January I emailed the White House saying that my company […]

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National Library Week is April 13-17.  This is a SPECIAL anniversary of the ‘week’ - the 50th anniversary!    There is an interesting philatelic history of it at LibraryHistoryBuff.org.
Visit the ALA (American Library Association) and your public library Websites for more information.
For the latest news on it visit Google News for this search on […]

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World Almanac’s Blog today said:
“I’m slightly embarrassed that I didn’t catch this earlier. ‘Sports Illustrated‘ has opened up their entire back catalogue, or “vault,” for free; more than 50 years of covers, articles, photos, and videos. The articles are available as searchable html or bundled up by the issue. The full issues, ad placement […]

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There are a lot of great FREE resources available from the U.S. Dept. of Education’s Ed Pubs Website - http://edpubs.ed.gov. It is not easy to get large quantities (like for a whole school staff, etc.) but you can get smaller quantities easily. I’ve ordered materials for my high school principal, for teachers […]

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As I was reading Newsweek and enjoying my breakfast of ‘Chicken Fried Rice’ (seriously) I ran across an article entitled, ‘Lo Mein Street, U.S.A.‘. The heading said, ‘Americans love Chinese food. The problem is, most of what we’re eating doesn’t really come from China.’ Examples were listed:

‘Chop Suey […]

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The last time the postage rates went up and they introduced the ‘forever’ stamps I thought that was a little crazy. Perhaps it wasn’t! Well at least the rate is going up only a penny for a first class stamp. Looks like to me, the ease (and versatility) of email and even […]

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At the Smithsonian’s “National Museum of American History” it was interesting to see several children’s books on display in the Transportation collection among the trains, cars, motorcycles, etc.

The Octopus was in the train area. This book was written in 1901. It may be this book but I’m not sure. If you […]

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When we were in Washington, D.C. recently we spent about three hours in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. It was fascinating to say the least. It was particularly interesting to me to see the emphasis on books in the museum and the importance of books in the Holocaust.
If you go to […]

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