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The original value proposition of the library was not just free books but something more, something I learned as a seven-year-old at the Dunbar Public Library in Vancouver, BC The library looked like dumpy, public architecture but it was in fact a house of many mansions, a place of possibility, a portal. Space travel, time travel, identity travel, you name it, the library could do take you there.

But other media can make the same promise.

The dominance of radio, TV, and Hollywood threatened libraries with irrelevance, and now the rise of the internet, smart phones, and ebooks, threaten them with eclipse.

So libraries are struggling. What can they do in the face of skeptics...

A new year and a new home for some animals in Barbour County.

Just before Christmas, the volunteers at Animal Friends of Barbour County started moving the dogs indoors into the new facility. Before the move, the dogs were living inside an old trailer.

Friday or Saturday they started moving the dogs in and things from the puppy shelter and getting some up, said Animal Friends of Barbour County Kimberly Delauder. And some people made some beds so they don#39;t have to lay on the concrete floor. And then Monday we started moving the cats in. And we#39;ve done a few at a time.

Some of the dogs are still out doors but that#39;s because the shelter is already at capacity.

The...

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Today’s question was answered by Stanley N. Salthe.
Title: Visiting Scientist, Binghamton University
Department: Biological Sciences
Interests/hobbies: ecology, evolutionary biology, semiotics, systems science, and thermodynamics. Woodland gardening, nature walks, all of the arts
Family: wife Barbara, children Becky and Eric
Today’s question was asked by Jason Risalek.
Grade: 6
School: Maine-Endwell Middle School
Hobbies: Skateboarding and BMX
Career Interests: Tattoo artist

Monday nights snow has forced the postponement of several of tonights prep sporting events, including two key boys basketball conference showdowns: Hendersonville at Mitchell and North Henderson at Franklin.

Its no surprise that a high customer service score often coincides with how satisfied online shoppers are with the overall experience. Theres nothing worse (and more frustrating) than a confusing website that offers troubleshooting in the form of an automated How Can I Help You? chat from a robot named Dana.

To try and find a trend in customer service ratings compared to the e-commerce sites performance, 24/7 Wall St. looked at how parent companies of those high-rated sites (based on the ForeSees Holiday E-retail Satisfaction data) have been performing lately.

The data, which was taken between the busy spending time of Thanksgiving through Christmas, showed that the shopping...

The market is stuffed with fascinating digital marketing startups doing everything you can think of, and a bunch of things you couldnt even think of. In this midst are a collection of outfits focused on solving your digital marketing problems. Find your problem below and check out the company focused on solving it.

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A SUMMER of sporting events will leave a lasting Olympic legacy for children from across the north of the county.

Youngsters will take part in their own sporting events throughout this year to mark the games.

School sports manager Matthew Peleszok of the Corby, Oundle, Thrapston school sports partnership is already planning a series of events culminating in mass sporting meets this summer.

It is hoped the scheme will ensure that every single child in the area will take part in some competitive sport this year.

More than 200 children from village schools across the north of the county will take part in the Welland Valley Sports event on June 25.

Mr...

The January Effect is well known (and well played by traders) in the US stock market. In addition to the numerous trader articles, there are scholarly studies that suggest that the January bounce is particularly pronounced amongst small stocks where the bounce back from tax-loss selling can be more pronounced even with small swings in the trade. If youre a nimble trader, you can play that dead cat bounce, but there is also an opportunity here for the investor to pick up a good stock at a great price. To quote a wise man, Price is what you pay, value is what you get.

Another contrarian philosophy in small-caps is to try to maximize returns by buying stocks with bad technicals and a catalyst...

PlaNet, Actrix and Inspire top internet providers survey
Wednesday, 14 December 2011, 9:48 am
Press Release: Consumer.org

PlaNet, Actrix and Inspire top Consumer NZ internet
providers survey

Internet service providers
PlaNet, Actrix and Inspire have once again topped Consumer
NZs customer service ratings with the three of them rating
96 percent or higher.

At the bottom of the pile were
Slingshot, Woosh and Compass Communications, all of which
scored 60 percent satisfaction against an average 72
percent.

More than 11,000 Consumer members rated their
ISPs on in-home setup, phone help with billing and phone
help with technical...