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• Rumors of Written-Word Death Are Greatly Exaggerated, Study Finds

  
  Epicenter — Authority: 710
  Americans print consumption has declined since 1960, but words delivered by computer have more than made up for the difference. (Image courtesy of the University of San Diegos Global Information Industry Center) Conventional wisdom holds that YouTube, videogames, cable television, and iPods have turned us away from ...
  8 hours ago

• DC No. 2 On 2009 List Of Most-Literate Cities

  
  We Love DC — Authority: 601
  ‘Reading Room’ courtesy of ‘Karen Roe’ A survey conducted by Central Connecticut State University was released, ranking DC No. 2 among the 75 most-literate major cities in the country . This serves as the good news to last weeks “bad news” ranking DC 36th on the “happiness scale” . Our ...
  14 hours ago

• Become an Research Expert

  
  The Hot Strudel — Authority: 134
  Das hier ist eine interessante Zusammenstellung: How to Find Anything Online: Become an Internet Research Expert . Einstein once said, “The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.” The same could be said of intelligence. What they don’t tell you is that the “smart” people of the world ...
  23 hours ago

• Trend Watch: Young Listeners Tune Out Radio

  
  Derek E. Baird :: Barking Robot — Authority: 429
  via www.boston.com While its viability hasn’t yet reached Engage Gen Y > This Generations Got Radio">endangered species status , musicradio does face many of the same challenges other mass media -including newspapers, magazines, and network television - are upagainst. New technologies and delivery ...
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• Building a Family Library

  
  The Children's Book Review — Authority: 426
  Courtesy of Reading is Fundamental Published: December 28, 2009 Whats Involved?  A home librarydoesnt have to be elaborate or expensive to provide rich readingexperiences. Fancy books arent necessarily the best way to capture achilds imagination. But a good family library does involve time ...
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• Year In Review – The Best Children’s Books of 2009

  
  Today from The OBE Community — Authority: 133
  One thing that never seems to give in our house is the love of a great story. We pound through tons of books and if anyone knows what she likes best, it’s the 4-year-old.We’ve had such a... This is a summary of the daily post at Ourbigearth.com. Click on the headline to read the whole story.
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• President concerned about alcoholism in Kerala

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 740
  Kochi, Dec 28 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil Monday expressed concern about alcoholism in Kerala, while she praised the numerous social advances the state has made.Speaking at the inauguration of the National Conference of All India Federation of Women Lawyers here, she said it was significant that this event was ...
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• The most loved and hated science stories of 2009

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 740
  Washington, December 28 (ANI): A list of some of the most loved and hated science stories of the year has been put together.According to Live Science, stories covering boys’ issues, health concerns stemming from spanking and interest in dinosaurs are some of the best science answers that have made it to the ...
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• Dag Nab It! Spelling Counts!

  
  Conversations in Klal — Authority: 129
  So, Im doing maintenance on all my email accounts today, getting rid of all the account-clogging ads and appeals. One such ad had me laughing and crying at the same time--laughing at the absurdity and crying about the sad state of those who attempt to write in English. The subject line clearly stated: "Lowlife ...
  2 days ago

• BookCrossing Release #147

  
  From My Bottom Step — Authority: 143
  Title : Beach Music Location : Bank of Montreal ATM; Dundas/Wellington; London, Ontario Date : 2009/12/27 Time : 10:00 a.m. To learn more, click here . Beach Music is about Jack McCall, an American living in Rome with his young daughter, trying to make peace after the recent shock of ...
  2 days ago

• Which American City Is Most Literate?

  
  Froodee — Authority: 112
  If you ask me this without allowing me to check, I won’t know the answer. I did read an article over at USA Today , and found out that the most literate cities in the United States today are Minneapolis and Seattle. Now, trivia and fact enthusiasts would probably have fared better at “guessing.” After all, ...
  3 days ago

• Weekly Wrap: Saving Our Web-Addled Brains, Augmented Reality Marketing, TVs Decade, Mobile App Boom, Kindles Killer Holiday, Texting In The USA, Social Media 2010, Texing Mania & More!

  
  Derek E. Baird :: Barking Robot — Authority: 429
  Linda Holmes: 10 Reasons This Was TVs Decade">10 Reasons This Was TVs Decade : Ten years ago this month, there was almost no reality television,and the networks still had a near-stranglehold on quality scriptedcontent. People generally watched TV using that quaint device, atelevision set — and for most people, ...
  3 days ago

• Michael Strmiskas "Modern Paganism in World Cultures": Book Review

  
  Blogtrotter — Authority: 121
  A topic widely misunderstood, here explained mostly by insiders who are scholars, this collects essays on European-American revivals, reinventions, and reimaginings of ethnically based, traditionally rooted, and nature-based polytheistic practices. Although aimed at the scholarly audience-- for all eight chapters come ...
  3 days ago

• Revolution - Constitution - Entropy - Decline

  
  Remembrance in Spacetime — Authority: 131
  Related Link » revolution“–noun1. an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.”— Dictionary.comRelated Link » constitution“–noun8. the system of fundamental principles according to which a nation, state, corporation, or ...
  3 days ago

• Get ready for an exciting year to read (and share) media

  
  Moving at the Speed of Creativity — Authority: 538
  Will 2010 be “The Year of the Tablet?” New York Times blogger Nick Bilton thinks so . Two days ago he wrote: Like almost all the people covering technology, I have no doubt that Apple will release a tabletlike device in 2010; there are too many signs that point in this direction. Let’s put all the rumors ...
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• toDwI’ma’ qoS yItIvqu’!: Nota Bene #2009-46

  
  Scholars and Rogues — Authority: 509
  “To be truly free, and truly to appreciate its freedom, a society must be literate.” Who said it? The answer is at the end of this post. Now on to the links! … “The class war is over— working people lost ” … “We’ve had issues with them hiding the mail ” … “Whatever happened to kids spending ...
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• Headline

  
  MV=PQ: A Resource for Economic Educators — Authority: 130
  First, for those of you observing a holiday today, best wishes.  Were recovering from "big breakfast" and "present pandamonium" at our house. As for the headline, does anyone else feel uncomfortable about this ?  And does the timing bother you?  Given everything that happened, and all the many contributing ...
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• Most Literate cities list topped by Seattle

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 740
  Washington DC, Dec 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Seattle topped the list of the most literate cities in America. Out of a total of 75 cities, Washington DC came in second.Seattle was tied for the first place with Minneapolis in 2008 and came in second after the Minnesota city in 2007. And this year Seattle wrestled the [...]
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• Another year over .. a new one about to begin

  
  Miss W. and her Smartboard — Authority: 91
  Well, 2009 was not a very good year for me.   Out on worker’s compensation for over three months, afraid to be in certain parts of school, lack of sleep most school nights and finally working part time at school.  I am usually a very patient teacher in my classroom – just ask the other teachers at my school ...
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• Media Meltdown and the Value of Media Literacy for All

  
  MediaVidea — Authority: 103
  In my old school, they are teaching computers and programming languages from Class 6 - onwards. It is an elite school. That is expected of an elite school. Sadly, not elite enough to teach Media Literacy to a generation weaned on a media diet of aspirational, exploitative, and silly notions. The kids need to ...
  4 days ago

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