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Ojolie's Card of the Month: Beautiful eCards & Service
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We're happy to introduce Ojolie animated eCards to our visitors.  We have been looking for such a company for quite some time, a company that not only offers beautiful eCards but also has good customer service. This is what we've found in Ojolie.

The Espresso Book Machine: An ATM for books
2008.01.09
Illustration of ATM Book Machine by Aaron Goodman"Buying a book could soon be as easy as buying a pack of gum. After several years in development, the Espresso - a $50,000 vending machine with a conceivably infinite library - is nearly consumer-ready and will debut in ten to 25 libraries and bookstores in 2007. The New York Public Library was scheduled to receive its machine in February." [CNNMoney.com]

About GOOG-411
2008.08.23
Google's new 411 service is free, fast and easy to use. Give it a try now and see how simple it is to find and connect with local businesses for free.

It's Back! Total Solar Eclipse Hit Skies
07.29.2008
picture of a solar eclipseDid you get your pinhole cameras--and laptops--ready on Friday, August 1st? That's when a total solar eclipse occurred as the moon passed directly between the sun and Earth for the first time in more than two years. Get all the information about how eclipses work in this SciAm in-depth report" [from the Scientific American email newsletter. Click here to view report].

House Subcommittee Vote Could End Books for the Blind
06.07.07
The services that NFB provide are desperately needed, not only by blind Americans but by countless children with reading/learning disabilities that rely on the Talking Book program. And the NFB is right in saying the technology needs to be updated. Our hope is that word gets around of what's afoot in government chambers and folks will rally around the NFB and ask that funding remains as is, if not that it be increased.

Explore the NY Times Archives
December 18, 2006
Image of archived NY Time newspapersWe've been receiving and enjoying a free subscription to The New York Times online for quite some time. Now they have launched TimesSelect, a service that gives you access to every article published in The New York Times since 1851. What we liked about this service is that, especially for writers, it allows them a 14-day free trial period where they research articles published for the past 100 years. Afterwards, if they find the service worthwhile, they can subscribe on a year-to-year basis.

LEGO's sets honor Hans Christian Andersen
December 17 2004
Click to enlargeThe LEGO Group is to partner the H.C. Andersen 2005 Foundation and HCA abc Foundation and celebrate Hans Christian Andersen’s 200th birthday in April 2005. The partnership will involve a variety of activities in a LEGO environment – including the launch of several products based on the Danish writer’s famous fairy tales.

Terror Tragedy in London
July 8, 2005
British PM Tony Blair"In the wake of the terrorist attack on London’s public transportation system on July 7, 2005 that killed more than 50 people, countries including the U.S. tightened security in their own transit systems and a somber vigilance occupied the minds of commuters around the world. Security experts from the Fletcher School and Fletcher doctoral candidate Erik Dahl believe that more can be done to prevent incidents like this from recurring."--TUFTS e-news   Visit Website ]  Message board ] 

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Top-Tier Children's Editors at PPWC
April 22-24, 2005
Tracy Gates (Executive Editor at Viking Children's Books) & Nancy Siscoe (Associate Publishing Director and Executive Editor with Knopf Books for Young Readers)The 2005 Pikes Peak Writers Conference, April 22-24, brought the New York literary marketplace to Colorado Springs. In addition to editors and agents representing other genres, the 2005 conference faculty included two outstanding children's editors from New York: Nancy Siscoe, Associate Publishing Director and Executive Editor with Knopf Books for Young Readers and Tracy Gates, Executive Editor at Viking Children's Books.


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