Tuesday, January 13

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RedShelf Making Educational Content More Affordable
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RedShelf Making Educational Content More Affordable

A Little About RedShelf RedShelf believes in making educational content more affordable and accessible for all readers. Students can access eTextbooks and eBooks through our eReader platform across any browser-enabled device including mobile, tablet and desktop. We offer more than 500,000 titles, and this number continues to climb every day. While our focus is on higher ed content, we also offer a range of trade and self-published books for the leisure reader. Every product/service is selected by editors. Things you buy through these links may earn "Alliance Media Group and "The IRL Magazine" a commission or revenue.
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Cornering The Baseball Cards Market
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Cornering The Baseball Cards Market

‘The Amazon of Sports’ has already cornered baseball’s apparel market – and is now on the verge of subsuming baseball cards, too. During spring training, Major League Baseball’s official uniform supplier, Fanatics, became a focal point for all the wrong reasons. After arriving in Florida and Arizona, players began to complain about the quality of their new, Fanatics-manufactured uniforms. One player for the Baltimore Orioles groused that the new uniforms looked “like a knockoff jersey from T.J. Maxx.” Others were dismayed to learn that the white pants were transparent, with seams from tucked-in jerseys – and sometimes more than just seams – visible to all. The spring training uniform fiasco has led to more scrutiny for Fanatics, a company that had, until recently, been widely considere...
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Batteries So Many Sizes And Shapes
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Batteries So Many Sizes And Shapes

Why batteries come in so many sizes and shapes. If you’ve looked in your utility drawer lately, you may have noticed the various shapes, sizes and types of batteries that power your electronic devices. First, there are the round, non-rechargeable button cells for your watches and small items. There’s also the popular AA and AAA cylindrical batteries for calculators, clocks and remotes. Then you have the rechargeable lithium-ion batteries in your laptops and phones. And don’t forget about the lead-acid battery in your car. Maybe you have a drawer in your house that looks like this? Peter Fiskerstrand/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA I’m a professor who studies batteries and electrochemistry. To understand why batteries come in many different sizes and shapes – and serve many purposes – look to th...
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The Do’s Of Planning And Creating Videos
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The Do’s Of Planning And Creating Videos

YouTube started the revolution of video uploads online. People has gone crazy over this social media site and almost everyone has been uploading their own videos since. Today, it is one of the most prominent and most used by search engines. Its continuously growing influence in the purchase decisions of consumers is just one example of how video has become a more powerful tool for businesses now more than ever. However, merely creating and distributing a video about your business is simply not enough. Aside from other online and offline marketing strategies you can come up with, social media is still a powerful tool and capitalizing on video creation is one of the best tactics. If you're looking to invest in corporate video production, then you have to make sure that it will be useful to a...
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The Only Educational Gift You’ll Ever Need
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The Only Educational Gift You’ll Ever Need

Learning Resources is a leading global manufacturer of innovative, hands-on educational products trusted by teachers and parents and loved by children. The company has over 1100 high-quality products sold in more than 80 countries, serving children and their families, preschool, kindergarten, primary, and middle-school markets. Among the Learning Resources' brands are Pretend & Play, Smart Snacks, New Sprouts, Gears! Gears! Gears!, Primary Science, Hands-On Standards publications, Rainbow Fractions and Reading Rods. Learning Resources supports teachers and parents by providing unique, high-quality educational tools that enhance instruction and provide engaging learning experiences that meet children's individual needs. SHOP NOW!
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What Is The Truth About St. Patrick’s Day
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What Is The Truth About St. Patrick’s Day

In 1997, my students and I traveled to Croagh Patrick, a mountain in County Mayo, as part of a study abroad program course on Irish literature I was teaching for the University of Dayton. I wanted my students to visit the place where, each July, thousands of pilgrims pay homage to St. Patrick, who, according to lore, fasted and prayed on the summit for 40 days. While there, our tour guide relayed the story of how St. Patrick, as he lay on his death bed on March 17 in A.D. 461, supposedly asked those gathered around him to toast his heavenly journey with a “wee drop of whiskey” to ease their pain. The mention of whiskey left me wondering if St. Patrick may have unintentionally influenced the way most of the world celebrates the holiday today: by drinking. It wasn’t always this way. The F...
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A Canvas To Be Seen And Heard
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A Canvas To Be Seen And Heard

For graffiti artists, abandoned skyscrapers in Miami and Los Angeles become a canvas for regular people to be seen and heard. The three qualities that matter most in real estate also matter the most to graffiti artists: location, location, location. In Miami and Los Angeles, cities that contain some of the most expensive real estate in the U.S., graffiti artists have recently made sure their voices can be heard and seen, even from the sky. In what’s known as “graffiti bombing,” artists in both cities swiftly and extensively tagged downtown skyscrapers that had been abandoned. The efforts took place over the course of a few nights in December 2023 and late January 2024, with the results generating a mix of admiration and condemnation. KTLA 5 news highlights public outrage over a graff...
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Discovering The Magic Of Paris Fashion Week 2024
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FASHION STYLE & BEAUTY

Discovering The Magic Of Paris Fashion Week 2024

Paris Fashion Week Fall 2024: The Ultimate Guide to the Hottest Trends What to Expect at Paris Fashion Week Fall 2024 Paris Fashion Week Fall 2024 is just around the corner, and fashion enthusiasts worldwide are eagerly anticipating the latest trends and styles that will grace the runways. From avant-garde designs to classic silhouettes with a modern twist, this year's event promises to be a celebration of creativity and innovation in the world of fashion. Trend Forecast: Bold Colors and Unexpected Pairings Bold colors are set to make a splash at Paris Fashion Week Fall 2024, with designers opting for vibrant hues that exude confidence and energy. Expect to see unexpected color pairings that challenge traditional notions of what goes together, creating eye-catching and dynamic looks that ...
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Uncovering The Reasons Behind The Astonishing Rise In LGBTQ+ Romance Literature
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Uncovering The Reasons Behind The Astonishing Rise In LGBTQ+ Romance Literature

What’s behind the astonishing rise in LGBTQ+ romance literature? A major transformation is underway in Romancelandia. Once upon a time, romance novels from major U.S. publishers featured only heterosexual couples. Today, the five biggest publishers regularly release same-sex love stories. From May 2022 to May 2023, sales of LGBTQ+ romance grew by 40%, with the next biggest jump in this period occurring for general adult fiction, which grew just 17%. The data from 2023 extends a boom that began in 2016: In the five years from May 2016 to May 2021, sales of LGBTQ+ romance grew by a jaw-dropping 740%. It’s tempting to see this trend as a sign of the times. After all, same-sex couples now populate TV shows, commercials and even Hallmark Christmas movies. Surely it was only natural for books su...
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