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MCCTC teacher publishes book on technology

CANFIELD — Bob Dukish, an engineering instructor with the Mahoning County Career and Technical Center, published a book titled “Extreme Fundamentals of Technology” to increase student interest in technology careers.

The paperback version has now been published as an e-book. Electronic books can be read on the Amazon Kindle, home computer, or Apple iPhone.

Dukish has been in the technology field since joining the Air Force nearly 30 years ago. He has a bachelor’s degree in physics from Syracuse University and a master’s from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and teaches X-Treme Technology at the career center.

The paperback and e-book are available at Amazon.com. The book is also available through Google Books.

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MUSE competition deadline is extended

CLEVELAND — MUSE Annual Literary Competition has extended the deadline. Submit your entries via snail mail; they must be postmarked by Jan. 11, 2010.

First place comes with publication in the first MUSE issue of 2010, along with a cash prize of $500 for each of the three categories: Fiction, Poetry, and Creative Nonfiction/Personal Essay.

Contest Rules: Unpublished manuscripts only. Entries are judged anonymously. Do not put name on manuscript pages. Attach Entry Form, which can be obtained at www.the-lit.org.

Length: Fiction and Creative Nonfiction not to exceed 3,000 words. Poetry is limited to three poems per entry – maximum of two typewritten pages per poem.

Entry Fees: $25/per category; each additional entry within a category, add $10 (limit of three entries per category).

Send snail mail only to: MUSE Annual Literary Competition, c/o The LIT, 2570 Superior Avenue, Suite 203, Cleveland, OH 44114. Questions? Call (216) 694.0000 or e-mail info@the-lit.org.

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Essay competition

In partnership with the Telos Institute, Telos is launching an annual essay prize competition inviting graduate students and post-graduate researchers in the humanities to tell about their work.

The competition offers young scholars the opportunity to be published in one of the leading international interdisciplinary journals. The panel of judges, which includes the editorial board of Telos as well as outside judges, is looking for creative, fresh and original contributions in the area of politics, philosophy, critical theory, theology, culture and the arts. There is no specific question or theme.

The winning essay will be published in a regular issue of Telos in the course of 2011. The winner will be given a free annual subscription to the journal as well as a free copy of a book published by Telos Press of his or her choice.

The competition is open to master’s and doctoral students as well as post-graduate researchers who are affiliated with an internationally recognized higher education institution.

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TELOSthreads project

Telos Press is looking for smart undergraduates and graduate students from around the world to participate in its online TELOSthreads project.

TELOSthreads is an ongoing feature of the Telos Press Web site, providing readers with an in-depth look at the rich and varied history of the journal Telos. In its blog space, named TELOSscope, blog entries are posted every Tuesday that highlight “staff picks” of individual articles from the online archive.

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Magazine may get reprieve

NEW YORK — Kirkus Reviews, a longtime publishing magazine that was supposed to shut down, may be getting a reprieve.

According to a posting Tuesday on the Kirkus Web site, a potential buyer has emerged, and the magazine will continue publishing at least until negotiations have finished, likely within the next two to three weeks.

Last month the Nielsen Co. announced it would close Kirkus, which bookstores and libraries have depended on for decades for early reviews of upcoming releases.

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