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October 19, 2008 - October 25, 2008 Archives

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Why we still need newspapers

11:35 AM Fri, Oct 24, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Avis Gunther-Rosenberg    Email

My relationship with newspapers began before I could read. My father would come home from his factory job, and unwind with the Providence Evening Bulletin before dinner. I'd be hanging around, making my presence known as little kids will, and......

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Interpreting political polls - why do they vary so much?

11:38 AM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Avis Gunther-Rosenberg    Email

In 1936, the Literary Digest predicted that Republican Alf Landon would defeat President Franklin Roosevelt. So why don't we study President Landon in American history, have a Landon Presidential Library or a slew of Landon High Schools? Because Literary Digests......

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 Tags  confidence level   election   margin of error   political polls   polls  

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Fun computer tips

12:54 PM Wed, Oct 22, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Avis Gunther-Rosenberg    Email

Too much depressing news today, so I'm skipping the headlines and going to a fun blog from New York Times columnist, David Pogue. Earlier this month, he wrote a blog entry with some easy computer tips, and challenged his readers......

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Going green

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By Avis Gunther-Rosenberg    Email

Lifebeat's cover story today profiles several "ultra-green" families who are committed to reducing their carbon footprint. The Astyk family in Delanson, NY. have unplugged their refrigerator, storing milk and butter outside in the winter and converting the fridge into......

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"Die, puny human!"

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By Avis Gunther-Rosenberg    Email

Christopher Paolini's favorite line of his 784-page bestseller Brisingr is, "Die, puny human!" In today's Kidsbeat-page story, the 24-year-old Paolini discusses his craft. "What's the point of writing fantasy," Paolini told a group of Seattle, WA fans recently, "If......

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 Tags  Brisingr   fantasy   Paolini   writing  

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