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UNC Press To Explore University Press Obstacles Through Grant
The University of North Carolina Press has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation of New York to explore the obstacles and opportunities facing university presses as they seek to incorporate various forms of digital publishing.
The Washington Post Company Is An Ideal Buy And Hold
I believe The Washington Post Company is well managed, shareholder-friendly, and has a sustainable presence.
War makes for strange bedfellows, and among the oddest pairings that World War II produced was that between "Wild Bill" Donovan's Office of Strategic Services and the emigre German Jewish Marxists he hired to teach Washington about the Nazis.
New Materials Reuse Wasted Auto Heat Asserts MRS Bulletin Article
Warrendale, PA, USA and New York, NY, USA - June 14, 2013 If your next change of car is due in 2020, the new model you drive away from the dealership should boast some revolutionary features that will change forever the way vehicles use energy.
An Oxford Companion to Superman
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it another Superman-related blogpost to tie in with today's release of Man of Steel ? Hold on to the bulging blue bicep of Oxford University Press and prepare to gaze below in wonder as we take you on a ride over the past 80 years of Superman.
America's energy future: Meet the frackers
The Power Surge: Energy, Opportunity and the Battle for America's Future. By Michael Levi.
The Foundation for Economic Education
Anthony Gregory. The Power of Habeas Corpus in America: From the King's Prerogative to the War on Terror .
Arkansas's Sibling Rivalry Press beats out big names for Lambda Lit Award
"He Do the Gay Man in Different Voices" a collection of poetry by author Stephen S. Mills, published by tiny Sibling Rivalry Press of Alexander, Ark.
Cable ONE to introduce 60Mbps, 70Mbps speeds; discontinues overage charges
In addition, Cable has discontinued the use of data plans with overage charges, now applying a 300GB cap for its 50Mbps plan; the new speeds will be accompanied by even higher data allowances.
Carolina Day commemorates historic victory
Friday, June 28 is Carolina Day. The celebration will get underway at St. Michael's Church with a church service, followed at 11 a.m. by a procession from Washington Park to White Point Gardens.
Enduring What You Cannot Control
Neil Simon's the The Sunshine Boys opened in New York on December 20, 1972. It's about two old vaudevillians attempting to resurrect their act.
Why the game is up for the Kim dynasty
The Real North Korea: Life and Politics in the Failed Stalinist Utopia , by Andrei Lankov, Oxford University Press, RRPA 17.95/RRP$27.95 It never takes long for the vultures to congregate.
Why is Jewish intermarriage the highest among all US faiths?
Over the past half century, intermarriage has become increasingly common in the United States among all religions - but among Jews at the highest rate.
The continuing challenge of phylogenetic relationships in Terebelliformia
JoA o Miguel de Matos Nogueira A D , Kirk Fitzhugh B and Pat Hutchings C A LaboratA3rio de Poliquetologia , Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de BiociAancias, Universidade de SA o Paulo, Rua do MatA o, travessa 14, n. 101, 05508-900, SA o Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Dr. Dunham to talk about Private Whitlock
The life and times of an area Civil War soldier will be the topic of a special presentation to be given at the Nunda Historical Society on Sunday, May 26.
Remembering the - Feminine Mystique'
The Center for American Progress is hosting a forum today to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the publication of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique .
DU Press to publish transgender quarterlyCarleigh Stiehm Duke...
The journal - TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly - will be edited by Susan Stryker, associate professor of gender and women's studies at the University of Arizona, and Paisley Currah, professor of political science at the Brooklyn College of the City University of New York.
United Jewish Federation of Tidewater
Why do Jews intermarry, and who wants to marry a Jew, anyway?
Over the past half century, intermarriage has become increasingly common in the United States among all religions - but among Jews at a higher rate than any other.
The tea party and the politics of paranoia
Members of tea party claim the movement springs from and promotes basic American conservative principles such as limited government and fiscal responsibility.