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Edward Tufte might enjoy these amazing resumes, though Tufte and his students would probably also have a field day with them:  CVs from Visual Loop
I’m not sure how lawyers would run with these ideas, although there are some possibilities if you think in terms of citations, TOCs, footnotes, and briefs.  And then again, maybe we should let well enough alone.
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I witnessed a humorous contract negotiation while waiting at a bus stop the other day:
Three men with a case of beer walked past the bus stop.  A couple (of people) who were waiting at the bus stop called out to them, asking for a beer.  The 3 men turned and counter-offered, “we’ll give you a beer if you carry this case for the next couple of blocks.”  No go.  The couple then offered a cigarette for a beer.  Offer accepted.  They all met in the median strip, the deal was done, and everyone was happy, especially since the bus finally arrived.
Aside from the fact that this was a cheap beer and cancer-stick exchange, and we see much less humorous transactions on the street, I’m not sure I could say who got the better deal, but both parties were perfectly happy so who am I to say there was a winner or a loser?
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LLRX is a wonderful research resource.  See, for example:
Emerging Legal Issues in Social Media: Part II,” by Ken Strutin, March 21, 2011
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The Multnomah County Library is hosting a Writers Resource Fair on April 17th, 2011.
There is a wonderful lineup of supporting publishers and organizations and lots of small press books for sale.
For even more about Oregon authors, publishers, and writing and reading groups, visit these websites:
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The U.S. Statistical Abstract, an official and astonishingly time-saving research tool for researchers, public administrators, land use planners, and the business community world-wide, is slated for the budget chopping block.

It will not be continued online, although there is talk about a pilot project for publishing some of the data, not all of which is available to the public even if researchers wanted to make their own data compilations.

1) What is (or was) the U.S. Statistical Abstract? (You may remember the book, but the data is (or was) also online.) (See the Wikipedia entry also.)

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[And don’t forget to look at the ABC blog post: “How Many Different Ways Can You Spell ‘Gaddafi’?” They list 112 ways to spell Gaddafi!!]

If you are a researcher, then you know that using the very literal Internet for your research means that you need to know multiple spellings for names and words.

The Library of Congress has an Authority File that is a useful tool for this purpose. For example, if you were researching Mr. Qaddafi, here are some of your options (and this is a “Name Authority Headings” example).

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How many times can that library book be checked out – how many “circulations” can a library get out of a single book?

One publisher says 26 is the number for an ebook. Public libraries that buy this publisher’s ebooks will get only 26 “checkouts” before the book vanishes from cyberspace – and the library has to purchase it again.

Library Journal article: HarperCollins Puts 26 Loan Cap on Ebook Circulations,” by Josh Hardro, Feb. 25, 2011:

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