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New Book Delivers an Insider’s Analysis of Wall Street Language

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:16:37 -0800
“Words on the Street”, written by Leo Haviland, is an experienced insider’s analysis of Wall Street language. It gives people a new way of looking at Wall Street and its marketplaces. This informative and entertaining exploration of marketplace rhetoric focuses on metaphors derived from the fascinating arenas of games, love, war, politics, religion, the fine arts, and natural physical science ...
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CLA hosts potential deans in forum

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:14:57 -0800
The five finalists will participate in open forums, meetings. ... ;
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Curated arts programme at Splore 2012

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:37:03 -0800
Splore 2012 will present another diverse programme of visual arts.
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'The New Noblewoman' Women’s Web Magazine Launches

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 04:03:11 -0800
The New Noblewoman is an online, general interest women’s magazine, with an emphasis on arts, culture and noble living.Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) January 17, 2012 When writer Amanda Millay had trouble finding a magazine she wanted to read, she decided to create own. The result is The New Noblewoman— a free, online, general interest women’s magazine, with an emphasis on arts, culture and noble living ...
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A Guide to the Digital Advertising Industry That's Watching Your Every Click

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:15:28 -0800
In this excerpt from his new book, The Daily You , University of Pennsylvania professor Joseph Turow takes you on a tour of the industry that's trafficking in the data you generate every day on the Internet. ...
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Davidson '14: On undergraduate business education

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:11:23 -0800
  I hold the unworthy distinction of being the only current Brown undergraduate, at least to my knowledge, to have previously been enrolled in a certain one of the nation's most renowned business schools. With this in mind, I would like to voice my qualms with undergraduate business education. To begin, the most striking aspect of this business education is its completely distinct set of ...
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Hijacked Hashtag: #LGBTfacts

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:02:54 -0800
A Twitter feed called @LGBTfacts, intended to spread antigay rhetoric, spawned a countering Twitter hashtag, #LGBTfacts.
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The real risks of guns on campus

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:13:38 -0800
“I remain unconvinced that allowing concealed firearms on campus assures any increased measure of security,” writes Gary E. Bachman, an associate professor at Park University. “I believe that they would likely constitute an increase in the overall measure of danger across all college campuses.”
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Studio Visit: Vanessa Burgett

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 06:18:40 -0800
Studio Visit appears first in print, in Sunday editions of The News-Gazette. Here, Melissa Merli visits with graphic designer Vanessa Burgett . I n the Jan. 29 newspaper, we'll have a visit with percussionist Ricardo Flores. Q: Are you on the board of CUDO (Champaign Urbana Design Organization)? read more
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Letters to the editor

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:34:49 -0800
What kind of name is VPAC? VPAC? VPAC?? Does this stand for Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing? Or VPAC the Luphar Database? Or is it VPAC, the Valley Performance for Arts Center in the San Fernando Valley? Or worse, is VPA Copyright 2012 Vail Daily. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Vail Daily Letters to the editor ...
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