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Losing business monentum?

Losing business monentum? by: Mike Hayden CONTENTS: 1. Are you losing momentum while others plan ahead? 2. Is your brainstorming getting the action you want? 3. Are you starting your new employees the right way? 4. Are you maintaining your docum...

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What Makes a Translator

The “prison of language is only temporary…someday a merciful guard – the perfect translator – will come along with his keys and let us out,” Wendy Lesser wrote in an article, “The Mysteries of Translation,” in the Chronicle of Higher Ed...

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Filters-What They Are, How To Avoid Them

FILTERS, WHAT ARE THEY, HOW TO AVOID THEMBy Jennifer TurnerFilters are the extraneous words we use when attributing a thought or action to a character. Here are a list of a few of the most common used: He/She felt He/She heard He/She saw He/She smell...

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Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Dog

rait Of The Artist As A Young Dog by: Paula Bardell Emlyn Williams Theatre, Mold, North Wales: 20th February 2003 Clwyd Theatr Cymru commemorated the 50th anniversary of the death of the Welsh poet, Dylan Thomas (1914-1953) with a superb run of...

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The Affair of the Vanishing Content

http://www.archive.org/ "Digitized information, especially on the Internet, has such rapid turnover these days that total loss is the norm. Civilization is developing severe amnesia as a result; indeed it may have become too amnesiac already to notic...

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The Little Black Book of Secrets

The Little Black Book of Secrets is a term that refers to a small book filled with secrets or personal reflections. It could be a diary, journal or even a collection of hidden thoughts that the owner keeps to themselves. The phrase “little black bo...

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Chaucer's The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales

Chaucer's The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales by: Samir K. Dash Criticism of the portraits in Chaucer's General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales has taken various directions : some critics have praised the portraits especially for the...

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The Top Five Mistakes That Companies Make with Regard to Technical Documentation

The Top Five Mistakes That Companies Make with Regard to Technical Documentation by: V Berba Velasco I’ve seen it time and again. One of the most common weaknesses that I’ve seen in engineering companies—indeed, an almost universal fault...

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THE RAINBOW BEHIND THE CLOUDS

It is an absolutely perfect day. The sun is shining and warm breezes gently cross our path. The sweetsound of chirping birds fills the air and the gentle lapping water on the lake adds to the total "perfect" picture. But there are a few clouds that a...

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Don’t Let the Global Village Prevent You from Sharing Your Family History with Future Generations

Don’t Let the Global Village Prevent You from Sharing Your Family History with Future Generations by: Michele R. Acosta There was once a time when grandparents sat amidst a group of wide-eyed grandchildren telling stories of days gone by. As t...

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