OR Books publisher suggests ‘disintermediating Amazon’ by selling D2C

Source: TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home

What is it selling? Its ability to sell. What if publishers were to sell e-books and print books direct, straight to consumers—and consumers were to get used to the idea of buying direct? Suddenly one can imagine Amazon becomin ...
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Former Republican Congresswoman Blasts Modern GOP, Laments Party’s Approach To Women’s Issues

Source: Think Progress

Over her eight terms as a Congresswoman from Maryland’s Eight District, Connie Morella earned a reputation one of the strongest voices for women’s rights and reproductive choice in the Republican Party. A bipartisa ...
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Local resident concerned with future of spawning beds at Lindsay Locks

Source: MyKawartha.com

Local resident and long-time angler Doug Coombs believes the future of walleye numbers in the Kawartha Lakes could be jeopardized if the Trent-Severn Waterway continues to adjust water levels to the point where spawning beds a ...
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Brookfield Zoo Boasts Baby Bison Birth

Source: NBC Chicago

Brookfield Zoo’s family tree just got bigger. A bison calf was born May 16 to her 3-year-old mother Leotie and was recently added to Brookfield Zoo's Great Bear Wilderness exhibit, joining six others in the ...
Full article at: NBC Chicago  More like this  2 days ago, 8:06pm CDT

Chechens vow ‘dino-egg’ hunt after finding is stoned (PHOTOS)

Source: Russia Today

The discovery of what Chechen scientists believe to be dinosaur eggs is causing a ruckus among paleontologists. The sphere-like fossils were found on a construction site and the area has become a magnet for ...
Full article at: Russia Today  More like this  3 days ago, 11:15am CDT

The lemurs' radiation in Madagascar

Source: Earthtimes.org

At least 17 species of lemur have been lost on Madagascar, leaving the remainder to adjust to niches that others occupied, possibly in a competitive way, in hypothetical adaptations known as "competitive release concepts." T ...
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The Eel-Like Fish With a Human-Like Spine

Source: The University of Chicago Medical Center

Us land animals like to think we’re so special. For instance, our spines are typically organized into five regions — cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and caudal — each with their own distinct vertebral ana ...
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Tree speaker series caters to every interest

Source: Shoreline Beacon

SauGREEN, Trees for Saugeen and the Penetangore Watershed Group, in cooperation with TD Green Streets, are hosting a series of free speakers and workshops on nature's lovable giants: trees. Sessions being held in Saugeen Shor ...
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Pakistani Clerics: Women With Cell Phones Can Be Attacked with Acid, Secular NGO Workers Can Be Forcibly ‘Married’ to Local Men

Source: The Blaze

The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) is reporting on a particularly disturbing string of events throughout Pakistan that neither the Pakistani government nor the international community seem in a hurry to condemn. Whether t ...
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