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		<title>The Mis-Education of the Negro Reviews</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Mis-Education of the Negro The Mis-Education of the Negro This is a beautiful designed large format edition of the classic THE MIS-EDUCATION OF THE NEGRO by Carter G. Woodson. One of the most important books on education ever written. Disclaimer: www.ViewsZone.com is a paid affiliate of Amazon.com List Price: $ 7.77 Price: The Mis-Education [...]<p><a href="http://www.viewszone.com/interest/education/the-mis-education-of-the-negro-reviews">The Mis-Education of the Negro Reviews</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.viewszone.com">Get Another Perspective Views Zone</a></p>
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This is a beautiful designed large format edition of the classic THE MIS-EDUCATION OF THE NEGRO by Carter G. Woodson. One of the most important books on education ever written.</p>
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		<title>An Important Career Advice: Nursing Programs in New Mexico</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:19:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Nursing Career There are career options available for the residents of New Mexico but not all of them are as financially lucrative and plentiful. You will find that some jobs are easier to get than others. Even though nursing was once the kind of job people would have to work really hard for and [...]<p><a href="http://www.viewszone.com/interest/education/an-important-career-advice-nursing-programs-in-new-mexico">An Important Career Advice: Nursing Programs in New Mexico</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.viewszone.com">Get Another Perspective Views Zone</a></p>
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<h2>The Nursing Career</h2>
<p>There are career options available for the residents of New Mexico but not all of them are as financially lucrative and plentiful. You will find that some jobs are easier to get than others. Even though nursing was once the kind of job people would have to work really hard for and then apply a lot of places hoping and praying for approval. It’s not the same anymore because the recession has definitely changed the face of US.</p>
<p>Many <a class="zem_slink" title="Registered nurse" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Registered_nurse" rel="wikipedia">registered nurses</a> made their way out of the state and desperately hospitals and medical clinics had to hire anyone they could find.  However, this case will not prevail because the government knows the heavy loss health care sector of the country will have to face if this state continues. New Mexico requires new nurses and thousands of them for the vacancies of the whole state.</p>
<p>If you are in a city in New Mexico and nursing has been important to you than it is time to pack your bags and go to school for a nursing courses that can earn you licenses to practice nursing. These licenses are like golden keys and they are mandatory if you are looking for a job. If you have a license there is no reason for hospitals to deny you a job; unless you have a bad criminal record. The <a href="http://www.nursingprogramsusa.com/nursing-programs-in-new-mexico/">nursing programs in New Mexico</a> are of many types. You can choose the one that fits you easily. It is important to look where you want to apply considering what city you belong to. Also, most of the <a href="http://www.nursingprogramsusa.com/">nursing programs in New Mexico</a> are under direct control of the government. The government always makes sure that none of the students are left behind for monetary reasons, etc.</p>
<p>To Become a nurse in New Mexico is nothing but a great career option.</p>
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		<title>Finding Accredited CNA Classes Online</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 10:13:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking for a Accredited CNA Certified Course Online? If you are one among the many wanting to pursue a CNA Certified course but do not have the luxury of time to go through a regular campus program, then CNA classes online is exactly what you need. There are a number of institutions offering these programs. [...]<p><a href="http://www.viewszone.com/interest/education/finding-accredited-cna-classes-online">Finding Accredited CNA Classes Online</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.viewszone.com">Get Another Perspective Views Zone</a></p>
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<h2>Looking for a Accredited CNA Certified Course Online?</h2>
<p>If you are one among the many wanting to pursue a <a class="zem_slink" title="Certified Novell Administrator" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certified_Novell_Administrator">CNA</a> Certified course but do not have the luxury of time to go through a regular campus program, then <a href="http://www.cnaclassesonline.org/">CNA classes online</a> is exactly what you need. There are a number of institutions offering these programs. And, it is specifically meant to help those who are busy with professional or personal commitments, and find it difficult to pursue the <a class="zem_slink" title="Professional certification" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_certification">certification program</a> without affecting their routine. It is also helpful for those who live too far away from regular program campuses and cannot afford the daily travel. And keeping in line with their objective of helping such students, most of the online programs also allow students to pursue the program at their convenient time. And thanks to these <a href="http://www.cnaclassesonline.org/what-are-the-requirements-for-admission-in-cna-classes-online/">nursing classes online</a>, you can still pursue your dream career without missing out on your present job or family commitments.</p>
<p>All the same, CNA classes online is not just about registering in any online program that you first see. As with enrolling for traditional programs, you need to evaluate the credibility of the program and the institution that you wish to enroll with. The certification requirements vary in different states and in different countries. Therefore, your first criterion while selecting a CNA class online is to ensure that it is recognized in the state or country where you wish to pursue a career as a CNA. In other words, the training program and the certification offered on completion of it should satisfy the criteria set by the State Council that will conduct your licensure and certification examination. Further, it is important to remember that just completing the nursing classes online does not qualify you to work as a CNA. You are technically qualified to work as a nursing assistant only after you have successfully obtained your certificate and license from the state or country where you wish to practice.</p>
<p>Therefore the best thing to do is to enroll for a CNA class online that is recognized and accredited by the <a class="zem_slink" title="National League for Nursing" rel="homepage" href="http://www.nln.org/index.cfm">National League for Nursing</a> Accredited Commission or NLNA. This is one way to guarantee that your CNA certification is recognized, as well as, you can pursue additional courses in the future when you plan to advance in your career. Thus, you can even consider pursuing a career as a LPN or a RN if you now enroll for CNA classes online that are accredited by this council.</p>
<p>So, if you are serious about a career as a <a class="zem_slink" title="Unlicensed assistive personnel" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unlicensed_assistive_personnel">certified nursing assistant</a>, then ensure you take the time and trouble to find out accredited institutions that conduct nursing classes online. This way, your efforts and time would be well-spent and you can be assured of a reliable and solid career option.</p>
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		<title>ISEE Preparation For Your Child</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ISEE Test Practice and Preparation The ISEE exam, which is the Independent School Entrance Exam, is the admission exam for private schools in the United States. It is very similar to the SSAT practice test. There are different levels; according to which grade the student is applying for, for grade 5 and 6 it is [...]<p><a href="http://www.viewszone.com/interest/education/isee-preparation-for-your-child">ISEE Preparation For Your Child</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.viewszone.com">Get Another Perspective Views Zone</a></p>
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<h2>ISEE Test Practice and Preparation</h2>
<p>The ISEE exam, which is the <a class="zem_slink" title="Independent School Entrance Examination" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_School_Entrance_Examination">Independent School Entrance Exam</a>, is the admission exam for <a class="zem_slink" title="Private school" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_school">private schools</a> in the United States. It is very similar to the <a href="http://ssatpracticepreview.com/">SSAT practice</a> test. There are different levels; according to which grade the student is applying for, for grade 5 and 6 it is level 1, for grade 7 and 8 it is level 2 and for 9 to 12 it is level 3. The exam has 5 different sections; verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, <a class="zem_slink" title="Reading comprehension" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading_comprehension">reading comprehension</a>, mathematics achievement and an essay. All levels are of the same format; however, the number of questions increases with every level.</p>
<p>For a student to do well, on any exam, this would require good preparations. It is not enough to simply know the material; the student needs to know how to solve in the exam’s atmosphere. The student needs to grow through the work he/she has been taking at school over the past years and he/she needs to read a lot. Further, there are many online sources for <a href="http://www.iseetestpractice.com/">ISEE test practices</a>. The student must go though as many sample questions and practice exams as he/she can.  There are also preparation guides available online.</p>
<p>However, practice tests should be solved under exam conditions. Meaning, no calculators should be used and it should be times. Time is important to consider, as the questions are given a very limited time. Many students are unable to finish in time.</p>
<p>The comprehension section needs a solid background in both fiction and nonfiction materials. In the mathematics section, no calculator is allowed in all 3 levels; hence, the student needs to be good with mental math.</p>
<p>In the essay section, the student is give a random topic and is given 30 minutes to write an essay about it. The essay, however, is not graded. Instead, it is sent to the corresponding school and treated as part of the application process.</p>
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		<title>Identifying the Major Pell Grant Eligibility Requirements</title>
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<h2>Pell grant eligibility and application</h2>
<p>Pell Grants were introduced to provide federal financial assistance for college students from low-income families. However, beyond this distinction the <a href="http://pellgranteligibility.net/">Pell Grant eligibility</a> requirements call for the following specific criteria to be met.</p>
<p>First, an individual must be accepted for enrollment by a participating university as an undergraduate or vocational student. According to the <a class="zem_slink" title="Pell Grant" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pell_Grant">Federal Pell Grant</a> Program website, over 5,400 postsecondary institutions currently participate in the program. Beyond four-year universities, this also includes community colleges, junior colleges and technical or career colleges. Second, the individual must not currently possess a bachelor&#8217;s degree or any sort of professional degree.</p>
<p>The individual must also meet federal student aid eligibility requirements. These require the candidate to meet the following criteria. Be able to demonstrate financial need outside of certain loans. The individual must also have earned a high school degree, GED or the equivalent as demonstrated through homeschooling as well as passing an ability-to-benefit (<a class="zem_slink" title="ATB" rel="homepage" href="http://www.atb-music.com/">ATB</a>) test. Have a Social Security Number.</p>
<p>Be a U.S. citizen, which includes U.S. nationals and U.S. permanent residents possessing a Permanent Resident Card. Alternatively, he or she must be an eligible noncitizen. Eligible noncitizens must have an Arrival-Departure Record (I-94) declaring that they are either a refugee, have been granted asylum, are a Cuban-Haitian entrant, a victim of human trafficking T-visa holder, or a parolee of at least one year.</p>
<p>Make sufficient academic progress once in school. Must not be in default on any federal student loans or owe the government on other student grants. Must not use the grant for any other purposes than academic. Cannot have been convicted of selling or possessing any illegal narcotics. If this is the case, the individual may reinstate his or her eligibility by passing two drug tests administered by a drug rehabilitation program in compliance with the <a class="zem_slink" title="United States Department of Education" rel="homepage" href="http://www.ed.gov/">U.S. Department of Education</a>.</p>
<p>Lastly, the individual must fill out a <a class="zem_slink" title="FAFSA" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FAFSA">Free Application for Federal Student Aid</a> (FAFSA), which the U.S. Department of Education will use to determine which grants the prospective student is eligible to receive. This <a href="http://pellgranteligibility.net/fafsa-the-pell-grant-application/">Pell Grant application</a> accounts for the individual&#8217;s personal income as well as that of the candidate&#8217;s family. It also looks at household size and the number of individuals in the household who have attended or are attending postsecondary institutions.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Best Colleges in South Carolina Tourism and education; none of the two are compromised on in South Carolina. With its wonderful beaches and excellent hospitality, it has great colleges to make sure that excellent education is provided to those in South Carolina. Here is some information about the best colleges in South Carolina: Clemson University- [...]<p><a href="http://www.viewszone.com/interest/education/options-for-the-best-colleges-in-south-carolina">Options for the Best Colleges in South Carolina</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.viewszone.com">Get Another Perspective Views Zone</a></p>
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<h2>Best Colleges in South Carolina</h2>
<p>Tourism and education; none of the two are compromised on in South Carolina. With its wonderful beaches and excellent hospitality, it has great colleges to make sure that excellent education is provided to those in South Carolina. Here is some information about the <a href="http://www.theeducationreference.com/best-colleges-in-south-carolina/">best colleges in South Carolina</a>:</p>
<p>Clemson University- This University has enough to its credit to be classifies in the league of <a href="http://www.theeducationreference.com/">best colleges in South Carolina</a>. It is one of the best public Universities in the country and gives a comprehensive and well rounded course of education.</p>
<p>It was founded in 1889 in Clemson, South Carolina and now consists of four different schools- Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences; Architecture, Arts and Humanities; Business and Behavioral Science; Engineering and Science; and Health, Education and Human Development. In 2011, its total enrollment counted up to 15, 000 students in the 80 undergrad, and 110 post grad courses it has to offer. Athletics at Clemson are much encouraged, and hence it is well-known for its different athletic teams.</p>
<p>Some of its alumni which today are its pride include the late <a class="zem_slink" title="Strom Thurmond" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strom_Thurmond">Strom Thurmond</a>, golfers Lucas Glover and John Byrd and TV host Nancy O’Dell.</p>
<p>To gain more information about Clemson you can visit the school’s website athttp://www.clemson.edu/.</p>
<p><a class="zem_slink" title="University of South Carolina" rel="homepage" href="http://www.sc.edu/">University of South Carolina- Columbia</a> It is one of those colleges which are counted as the best colleges in South Carolina. It is well-rounded and is known for the research and innovation in scientific programs. Apart from the school’s main campus in Columbia there are also satellite campuses in Aiken, Beaufort and Greenville as well as associated two year schools in Lancaster, Sumter, Salkehatchie and Union. A total of 324 different degree programs are offered by the University of South Carolina.</p>
<p>University of Carolina’s alumni, which are today its pride include NBA coaching legend Mike Dunleavy, all of the members of Hootie and the Blowfish, former <a class="zem_slink" title="White House Chief of Staff" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_Chief_of_Staff">White House chief of staff</a> Andrew Card and TV host Leeza Gibbons.</p>
<p>To discover more about this college you can visit their website at http://www.sc.edu/</p>
<p>Coastal Carolina University – Given its excellent coastal location, this school has a great deal to offer. In fact one of the best marine biology programs are offered in this school and the coastal location explains the relevance. The college even owns an island known as the Waties Island where a sprawling natural laboratory has been created for the students. Apart from that, the school has well-recognized liberal arts programs.</p>
<p>Notable Coastal Carolina University alumni include <a class="zem_slink" title="Miami Dolphins" rel="homepage" href="http://www.miamidolphins.com">Miami Dolphins</a> quarterback <a class="zem_slink" title="Tyler Thigpen" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyler_Thigpen">Tyler Thigpen</a> and the MLBs Luis Lopez and Kurt Mannering.</p>
<p>You can learn more about the school by visiting their website at http://www.coastal.edu/</p>
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<p>&#8220;The best college guide you can buy.&#8221;<br />
<em>-USA Today</em><br />
For more than 25 years, this leading guide to more than 310 colleges and universities-fully updated and expanded every year-has been an indispensable source of information for college-bound students and their parents. Helpful, honest, and straightforward, the <em>Fiske Guide to Colleges </em>delivers an insider&#8217;s look at the academic climates and the social and extracurricular scenes at the &#8220;best and most interesting&#8221; schools in the United States, plus Canada and Great Britain.</p>
<p><strong>In addition to the candid essays on each school, you will find:</strong></p>
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<li>A self-quiz to help you understand what you are really looking for in a college</li>
<li>Lists of the strongest majors and programs at each college</li>
<li>Vital information on how to apply, including admissions and financial aid deadlines, required tests, and each school&#8217;s essay questions</li>
<li>&#8220;Overlap&#8221; listings to help you expand your options</li>
<li>Selectivity statistics and SAT/ACT scores</li>
<li>Indexes that break down schools by price and state</li>
<li>A list of schools with strong programs for learning disabled students</li>
<li>All the basics, including email addresses and university websites</li>
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<p>Plus a special section highlighting the 5 public and private Best Buy schools-colleges that provide the best educational value</p>
<p>The guide the <em>San Francisco Chronicle </em>called &#8220;the bible.&#8221;</p>
<p>(20100801)</p>
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What makes <em>The Best 371 Colleges</em> the most popular college guide?</p>
<p><em>The Best 371 Colleges</em> is a comprehensive college guide written for any student or parent mystified by the confusing college admissions process. This essential college-planning guide, from the experts at The Princeton Review, provides the facts about the best schools in the country, popular college ranking lists, and the information needed to make a smart decision about which schools to consider.</p>
<p>Revealing answers from college students cover each school’s unique character and give you extensive insight into their classes, financial aid, social life, and everything in between. Students are the experts, after all, and we talked to 122,000 of them!</p>
<p>•One-of-a-kind college rankings reveal the top colleges in 62 categories based on how students at the schools–the real experts! –rated their colleges. The ranking lists include:<br />
-Top Professors<br />
-Best Financial Aid<br />
-Best Career/Job Placement Services<br />
-Best Classroom Experiences<br />
-Top Party Schools<br />
-Dorms Like Palaces<br />
-Best Athletic Facilities<br />
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-Most Politically Active Students<br />
-Most Diverse Student Population<br />
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-Best College Newspaper<br />
-…and many more!</p>
<p>•Learn what you can do in high school to prepare yourself for admission to a selective college<br />
•Get all the application essentials–tuition, admissions criteria, deadlines, phone numbers, addresses, demographics, student/faculty ratios, and most popular majors–for quick reference and easy comparison when you’re narrowing down your choices<br />
•Green college ratings help readers find out if schools are environmentally friendly<br />
•Special section on great colleges for the 15 most popular majors<br />
•An Index of Schools by Cost allows you to search all colleges in the book by price</p>
<p>What the media is saying about <em>The Best 371 Colleges</em> from The Princeton Review:</p>
<p>“The offbeat indexes, along with the chattily written descriptions of each school, provide<br />
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<p>“The most efficient of the college guidebooks. Has entertaining profiles larded with quotes from students.”–<em>Rolling Stone</em></p>
<p>“A great book…it’s a bargain.” –CNN</p>
<p>“Our favorite college guidebook.” –<em>Seventeen</em></p>
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		<title>An Overview of Best Colleges in Indiana</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finding the Best Colleges in Indiana. There are several excellent colleges in state of Indiana, both four year degree type and community colleges. Of course, what college will best suit your needs actually depends upon what kind of a course you are going to opt for. Most colleges offer a variety of courses but each [...]<p><a href="http://www.viewszone.com/interest/education/an-overview-of-best-colleges-in-indiana">An Overview of Best Colleges in Indiana</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.viewszone.com">Get Another Perspective Views Zone</a></p>
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<h2>Finding the Best Colleges in Indiana.</h2>
<p>There are several excellent colleges in state of Indiana, both four year degree type and community colleges. Of course, what college will best suit your needs actually depends upon what kind of a course you are going to opt for. Most colleges offer a variety of courses but each college has specific areas in which they are better than others. So, in this article, we have tried to list down some of the <a href="http://www.theeducationreference.com/best-colleges-in-indiana/">best colleges in indiana</a> along with their respective areas of expertise so that you can choose wisely.</p>
<p>The first up is Notre Dame. The school is well reputed for its football team, but that is far from all: this college has some great chemistry and biochemistry departments that provide great, quality education. It also has a good astrophysics lab and is a good college for students opting for sciences when going to colleges.</p>
<p>Indiana University and Valparaiso are very good colleges when it comes to education in liberal arts: they have specially designed programs that are of the highest quality. There is a lot of variety and diversity in the courses offered in these schools. You can check the details of the courses available on their respective website. The college of Valparaiso also offers a small law school.</p>
<p>The Purdue University is another University in Indiana that is very renowned for its high quality sports program. However, sports aren’t the only thing that this nationwide popular university boasts about. In fact this particular college offers dozens of opportunities and a large variety of courses. Their aerospace program is deemed to be one of the best programs available in the field so if you are interested in aerospace, you should really give it a thought.</p>
<p>These are just some of the <a href="http://www.theeducationreference.com/">best colleges in indiana</a>. The State of Indiana has a lot more to offer: there are many community colleges where education is provided at a very economical rate and also specially developed colleges, like The Good Samaritan College for radiology for students who want to pursue studies in specialized fields.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Custom Marketing We are all used to being the targets of marketing campaigns of one sort or another. Some are very complex, while others are simple and to the point. Some marketing campaigns are even tied in to competitions, looking to get us to participate in the process. Marketing is something which businesses of all [...]<p><a href="http://www.viewszone.com/interest/education/custom-or-personalised-marketing-is-the-aim">Custom or personalised, marketing is the aim</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.viewszone.com">Get Another Perspective Views Zone</a></p>
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<h2>Custom Marketing</h2>
<p>We are all used to being the targets of <a class="zem_slink" title="Marketing" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marketing">marketing campaigns</a> of one sort or another. Some are very complex, while others are simple and to the point.</p>
<p>Some marketing campaigns are even tied in to competitions, looking to get us to participate in the process. Marketing is something which businesses of all sizes do, or should do. It need not be costly, and the most inexpensive marketing can often be surprisingly effective.</p>
<p>If you stop and think about it, you will remember many <a href="http://www.cashregisterspricegunsandotheressentialretailsupplyitems.com/custom-pens-custom-pen">custom pens</a> which you have been given. Look for a pen to write something down and there is a good chance the pen you pick up has company branding.</p>
<p>You no doubt have any of these pens around: in the car, your briefcase, on your desk, by the home phone. The chances are good that if you suddenly need to find a pen in a hurry you will find a branded pen.</p>
<p>Every time you see one of those pens you are exposed to the name of the business which gave it away. Even if you do not consciously read the details on the pen, the subliminal message is there. The repeated exposure will ensure that you are able to recognise the name of that business.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.cashregisterspricegunsandotheressentialretailsupplyitems.com/personalized-pens-personalized-pen">Personalised pens</a> are a very common form of marketing, because they are inexpensive and the method works. The vast majority of flyers give out will be trashed, but a pen will never be as long as it is working.</p>
<p>Some companies take the personalisation a step further for their biggest or most loyal clients – a slightly more expensive metal pen may be laser engraved with the client’s name on, in addition to your branding. That makes it even more likely that the pen will be used, and your business remembered.</p>
<p>Personalising a custom branded pen makes good marketing sense.</p>
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<strong>An eloquent memoir of a young man&#8217;s life transformed by literature. </strong></p>
<p>In <em>A Jane Austen Education</em>, Austen scholar <a class="zem_slink" title="William Deresiewicz" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Deresiewicz">William Deresiewicz</a> turns to the author&#8217;s novels to reveal the remarkable life lessons hidden within. With humor and candor, Deresiewicz employs his own experiences to demonstrate the enduring power of Austen&#8217;s teachings. Progressing from his days as an immature student to a happily married man, Deresiewicz&#8217;s <em>A Jane Austen Education</em> is the story of one man&#8217;s discovery of the world outside himself.</p>
<p>A self-styled intellectual rebel dedicated to writers such as <a class="zem_slink" title="James Joyce" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Joyce">James Joyce</a> and <a class="zem_slink" title="Joseph Conrad" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Conrad">Joseph Conrad</a>, Deresiewicz never thought Austen&#8217;s novels would have anything to offer him. But when he was assigned to read <em>Emma</em> as a graduate student at <a class="zem_slink" title="Washington, D.C." rel="geolocation" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.8951111111,-77.0366666667&amp;spn=0.1,0.1&amp;q=38.8951111111,-77.0366666667%20%28Washington%2C%20D.C.%29&amp;t=h">Columbia</a>, something extraordinary happened. Austen&#8217;s devotion to the everyday, and her belief in the value of ordinary lives, ignited something in Deresiewicz. He began viewing the world through Austen&#8217;s eyes and treating those around him as generously as Austen treated her characters. Along the way, Deresiewicz was amazed to discover that the people in his life developed the depth and richness of literary characters-that his own life had suddenly acquired all the fascination of a novel. His real education had finally begun.</p>
<p>Weaving his own story-and Austen&#8217;s-around the ones her novels tell, Deresiewicz shows how her books are both about education and themselves an education. Her heroines learn about friendship and feeling, staying young and being good, and, of course, love. As they grow up, they learn lessons that are imparted to Austen&#8217;s reader, who learns and grows by their sides.</p>
<p><em>A Jane Austen Education</em> is a testament to the transformative power of literature, a celebration of Austen&#8217;s mastery, and a joy to read. Whether for a newcomer to Austen or a lifelong devotee, Deresiewicz brings fresh insights to the novelist and her beloved works. Ultimately, Austen&#8217;s world becomes indelibly entwined with our own, showing the relevance of her message and the triumph of her vision.</p>
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<p><strong>An eloquent memoir of a young man&#8217;s life transformed by literature. </strong></p>
<p>In <em>A Jane Austen Education</em>, Austen scholar William Deresiewicz turns to the author&#8217;s novels to reveal the remarkable life lessons hidden within. With humor and candor, Deresiewicz employs his own experiences to demonstrate the enduring power of Austen&#8217;s teachings. Progressing from his days as an immature student to a happily married man, Deresiewicz&#8217;s <em>A Jane Austen Education</em> is the story of one man&#8217;s discovery of the world outside himself.</p>
<p>A self-styled intellectual rebel dedicated to writers such as James Joyce and Joseph Conrad, Deresiewicz never thought Austen&#8217;s novels would have anything to offer him. But when he was assigned to read <em>Emma</em> as a graduate student at Columbia, something extraordinary happened. Austen&#8217;s devotion to the everyday, and her belief in the value of ordinary lives, ignited something in Deresiewicz. He began viewing the world through Austen&#8217;s eyes and treating those around him as generously as Austen treated her characters. Along the way, Deresiewicz was amazed to discover that the people in his life developed the depth and richness of literary characters-that his own life had suddenly acquired all the fascination of a novel. His real education had finally begun.</p>
<p>Weaving his own story-and Austen&#8217;s-around the ones her novels tell, Deresiewicz shows how her books are both about education and themselves an education. Her heroines learn about friendship and feeling, staying young and being good, and, of course, love. As they grow up, they learn lessons that are imparted to Austen&#8217;s reader, who learns and grows by their sides.</p>
<p><em>A Jane Austen Education</em> is a testament to the transformative power of literature, a celebration of Austen&#8217;s mastery, and a joy to read. Whether for a newcomer to Austen or a lifelong devotee, Deresiewicz brings fresh insights to the novelist and her beloved works. Ultimately, Austen&#8217;s world becomes indelibly entwined with our own, showing the relevance of her message and the triumph of her vision.</p>
<p><span class="h1"> <strong>Author Q&amp;A with William Deresiewicz</strong> </span></p>
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<p><strong>Q:</strong> Can you describe your initial resistance, as a young graduate student, to reading Jane Austen?</p>
<p><strong>A:</strong> Like a lot of men, I thought Austen was chick lit: soap-opera romance, fluffy and boring.  When a friend of mine heard I was writing this book, he said “I expect a lot of sex and dating advice.” It was an understandable assumption, and my friend’s, no doubt, was based on all those movies—the ones with the beautiful gowns, and the beautiful homes, and the beautiful actresses. The ones with all the swoony music and the lush, romantic lighting, the ones that leave out everything that Austen had to say to us except the love—and then, don’t even get the love part right.</p>
<p><strong>Q:</strong> What most surprised you about yourself once you discovered Austen&#8217;s novels and started examining your own life?</p>
<p><strong>A:</strong> If you had told me, when I was eighteen or twenty or twenty-five, that the most important writer I would ever come across would be Jane Austen, I would have said you were crazy.  Why should half a dozen novels about provincial young English ladies, published in the 1810s, make any difference whatsoever to a Jewish kid in <a class="zem_slink" title="New York" rel="geolocation" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=43.0,-75.0&amp;spn=3.0,3.0&amp;q=43.0,-75.0%20%28New%20York%29&amp;t=h">New York</a> in the 1990s? But I learned that books aren’t written by groups, and they don’t belong to groups. They’re written by individuals, speaking to individuals, and they belong to anyone who loves them.</p>
<p>What was Austen saying to me? Well, first of all, what an idiot I had been about so many things&#8211;about pretty much everything to do with relationships. And that I had so much to learn from seeing things from a woman&#8217;s point of view. But most of all, finally, I think, that I didn&#8217;t have to be afraid to learn things about myself&#8211;didn&#8217;t have to be afraid, in other words, to be wrong. Aside from all the specific lessons, I think the largest message was simply that I no longer had to be so armored, so defended, so defensive. And that&#8217;s made it easier to admit mistakes and be vulnerable and keep on growing.</p>
<p><strong>Q:</strong> Is that when you came up with the book’s subtitle, <em>How Six Novels Taught Me about Love, Friendship, and the Things that Really Matter</em>?</p>
<p><strong>A:</strong> Well, a while ago, I was interviewing for a job as an English professor. At the very end, the head of the hiring committee posed a question that she must have been dying to ask me the whole time. Glancing down at my resume—I had written my doctoral dissertation on <em>The Novel of Community from Austen to Modernism</em>, published a book entitled <em>Jane Austen and the Romantic Poets,</em> and was planning a study called <em>Friendship: A Cultural History from Jane Austen to Jennifer Aniston</em>—she asked, &#8220;So what’s with you and Jane Austen?&#8221;</p>
<p>I wanted to give her a good answer. But how do you explain your deepest attachments? I tried to muster an intellectually sophisticated response, something about the purity of Austen’s prose or the brilliance of her satire, but it didn’t feel right, and besides, I’d already given enough answers like that. Finally, I just blurted something that I’d already been telling myself for a long time. &#8220;Well,&#8221; I said, &#8220;sometimes I feel like everything I know about life I learned by reading Jane Austen.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Q:</strong> What drew you to write this hybrid of memoir and literary criticism?</p>
<p><strong>A:</strong> I&#8217;ve been writing about literature for a general audience for a long time, as a book critic.  Actually, the fact that I was more interested in doing that than in pursuing scholarly work is the reason I decided to leave academia. The memoir part is new for me, though, and it&#8217;s been an interesting challenge: a technical challenge to blend the two and a personal challenge to be so candid in such a public way. The second part is a little frightening. As for why I decided to write the book this way, well, the idea was to convey the lessons I learned by reading Jane Austen, and I realized pretty quickly that the best way to do that would be to actually talk about how I learned them, not just explain them in some kind of abstract and impersonal way.</p>
<p><strong>Q:</strong> What do you think her books have to say to contemporary men and women in want of a relationship?</p>
<p><strong>A:</strong> Ha! Great question. The first thing I think she would say is, don&#8217;t settle. Then, marry for the right reasons: for love, not for money or appearances or expectations. But most importantly&#8211;and this is what I talk about in the love chapter, the last chapter&#8211;don&#8217;t fall for all the romantic clichés about Romeo and Juliet and love at first sight. For Austen, love came from the mind as well as the heart. She didn&#8217;t believe you could fall in love with someone until you knew them, and then what you fell in love with was their character more than anything else&#8211;whether they were a good person and also an interesting one. So I guess that means, date someone for a while before you commit, and don&#8217;t get so carried away by your feelings that you forget to give a good hard look at who they are. As for sex, it&#8217;s not so clear she would have disapproved of sleeping together before marriage. I think she maybe even would&#8217;ve liked it, as a chance to learn something very important before it&#8217;s too late.</p>
<p><strong>Q:</strong> What do you hope your book will bring to people who aren&#8217;t already Austen fans?</p>
<p><strong>A:</strong> Well, first of all, if they aren&#8217;t already Austen fans because they have the kinds of preconceptions I did, I hope it helps persuade them to give her a chance. I&#8217;ve imagined the book, in part, as a kind of introduction to her novels. It&#8217;s not exhaustive or anything&#8211;and I think that people who are already Austen fans will find new ways to think about her novels&#8211;but it does lay out the basic situations in each book and some of the most important ideas she was getting at. No spoilers, just enough to whet people&#8217;s appetites. And finally, of course, I want people to see that she isn&#8217;t just for women. I would love it if the book helped introduce more guys to her work.</p>
<p><strong>Q:</strong> What is your favorite Austen novel?</p>
<p><strong>A:</strong> I knew people would ask me this. The weaseling answer is that I love them all, though it&#8217;s also true. Certainly whenever I&#8217;m reading one, that&#8217;s my favorite. But if I had to pick just one, desert-island style, it would have to be <em>Emma</em>. Not just because it was my first and will always have a special place in my heart, but because I really do think it&#8217;s the best, the one where she put it all together: the brilliant sparkle of <em>Pride and Prejudice</em>, the emotional depth of <em>Persuasion</em>, the fun, the humor, the superhuman cleverness. There really is nothing else like it.</p>
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