Buy any Dummies book between April 1 and April 30 and get a $5 manufacturer's MAIL-IN Rebate.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
April is Dummies Month at Chat Noir Books!
Buy any Dummies book between April 1 and April 30 and get a $5 manufacturer's MAIL-IN Rebate.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Calendars on Sale!!
It is that time of year again when we mark down all our calendars. Drop by and check out the deals.
Friday, March 12, 2010
It nice to have an active community!!
This is not store related but still pretty cool for our communitty:
54 40 is coming to the Classic Theatre on April 1st!! You can get your tickets at Robertson downtown New Liskeard or by contacting the Classic Theatre 679-8080
Howey Bros just announced that City will soon be breaking ground on their Dirt Jump Park - with a completion date targeted for the third week of April!! One of the best parts? Those who are interested will be able to take part in the building process. The location will be beside the New Liskeard Tennis Courts.
If you interested in finding out more information you can join the Howey Bros Facebook page for further e-mails with updates on when the build days will be.
FEST's Next Feature Film is Precious.
Set in Harlem in 1987, it is the story of Claireece “Precious” Jones (Gabourey Sidibe), a sixteen-year-old African-American girl born into a life no one would want. She’s pregnant for the second time by her absent father; at home, she must wait hand and foot on her mother (Mo’Nique), a poisonously angry woman who abuses her emotionally and physically. School is a place of chaos, and Precious has reached the ninth grade with good marks and an awful secret: she can neither read nor write.
Precious may sometimes be down, but she is never out.
For information check out the FEST facebook group!
54 40 is coming to the Classic Theatre on April 1st!! You can get your tickets at Robertson downtown New Liskeard or by contacting the Classic Theatre 679-8080
Howey Bros just announced that City will soon be breaking ground on their Dirt Jump Park - with a completion date targeted for the third week of April!! One of the best parts? Those who are interested will be able to take part in the building process. The location will be beside the New Liskeard Tennis Courts.If you interested in finding out more information you can join the Howey Bros Facebook page for further e-mails with updates on when the build days will be.
FEST's Next Feature Film is Precious. Set in Harlem in 1987, it is the story of Claireece “Precious” Jones (Gabourey Sidibe), a sixteen-year-old African-American girl born into a life no one would want. She’s pregnant for the second time by her absent father; at home, she must wait hand and foot on her mother (Mo’Nique), a poisonously angry woman who abuses her emotionally and physically. School is a place of chaos, and Precious has reached the ninth grade with good marks and an awful secret: she can neither read nor write.
Precious may sometimes be down, but she is never out.
For information check out the FEST facebook group!
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Who's town are you supporting?
Cool idea of the day: (Thanks ShelfAwareness)
Carla Jiminez, co-owner of Inkwood Books, Tampa, Fla., has added several new lines when she introduces an event at the store:
"We want to make sure you are aware that Inkwood does not charge sales tax. (Long pause.) As a service on your behalf, and on behalf of all the residents of our state, we do collect and submit sales tax to the state, so you can have schools and libraries and roads."
The statement has been well received. A regular response is "I never thought of it that way."
No one Likes taxes. I don't Like taxes. I do, however, like road maintenance and libraries and city water and sewer and all of the other things that taxes pay for. This is something to consider when we're choosing where to spend our money. Businesses pay taxes to the country, province or state and city where they are located. The majority of those taxes are paid wherever the company's "headquarters" are if there is more than one location. The sales taxes collected as well as the businesses' portion of the tax burden go toward the budgets for roads and schools etc where those businesses are. Allowing for simplification, if there is not enough money coming in from the local business community for a town to balance their budget, tax rates across the board, business and residential are raised to make-up for it.
So...
Who's town have you been helping with their budget?
Carla Jiminez, co-owner of Inkwood Books, Tampa, Fla., has added several new lines when she introduces an event at the store:
"We want to make sure you are aware that Inkwood does not charge sales tax. (Long pause.) As a service on your behalf, and on behalf of all the residents of our state, we do collect and submit sales tax to the state, so you can have schools and libraries and roads."
The statement has been well received. A regular response is "I never thought of it that way."
No one Likes taxes. I don't Like taxes. I do, however, like road maintenance and libraries and city water and sewer and all of the other things that taxes pay for. This is something to consider when we're choosing where to spend our money. Businesses pay taxes to the country, province or state and city where they are located. The majority of those taxes are paid wherever the company's "headquarters" are if there is more than one location. The sales taxes collected as well as the businesses' portion of the tax burden go toward the budgets for roads and schools etc where those businesses are. Allowing for simplification, if there is not enough money coming in from the local business community for a town to balance their budget, tax rates across the board, business and residential are raised to make-up for it.
So...
Who's town have you been helping with their budget?
Friday, February 26, 2010
Had to share
This was sent to us by a friend and it just made me laugh!! I had to share it with you all.
Bookstore | United Kingdom
Customer: “I want a book to complete the set for my grandson.”
Me: “Certainly, madam. Can I ask what you’re looking for?”
Customer: “Well, he’s interested in history. I want to encourage him, so he’s already got books on World War 1 and World War 2. I want to get him the next one so he can be prepared before they do it at school.”
Me: “Um, the next one?”
Customer: “Yes. Haven’t you got anything on World War 3? I’ve looked all over.”
Me: “I’m sorry, madam. I’m pretty certain we don’t have anything on that subject at the moment.”
Customer: “Oh, never mind then. I’ll try a bigger bookshop.”
Bookstore | United Kingdom
Customer: “I want a book to complete the set for my grandson.”
Me: “Certainly, madam. Can I ask what you’re looking for?”
Customer: “Well, he’s interested in history. I want to encourage him, so he’s already got books on World War 1 and World War 2. I want to get him the next one so he can be prepared before they do it at school.”
Me: “Um, the next one?”
Customer: “Yes. Haven’t you got anything on World War 3? I’ve looked all over.”
Me: “I’m sorry, madam. I’m pretty certain we don’t have anything on that subject at the moment.”
Customer: “Oh, never mind then. I’ll try a bigger bookshop.”
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Extended Tournament on Sat Feb 27 2010.
Extended Tournament
Date: Saturday, February 27, 2010
Time: 5:15pm - 11:15pm
Location:Chat Noir Books
Description:
Chat Noir Books is hosting a Extended Tournament on Sat Feb 27 2010.
Entry fee is $10. Below is what you need to know on how to build your
deck, or go to http://www.wizards.com/Magic/
Extended Deck Construction
Constructed decks must contain a minimum of sixty cards. There is no
maximum deck size; however, you must be able to shuffle your deck with
no assistance. If a player wishes to use a sideboard, it must contain
exactly fifteen cards.
With the exception of basic land cards, a player’s combined deck and
sideboard may not contain more than four of any individual card,
counted by its English card title equivalent. All cards named Plains,
Island, Swamp, Mountain, and Forest are basic.
The following card sets are permitted in Extended tournaments:
* Ninth Edition
* Tenth Edition
* Magic 2010
* Mirrodin
* Darksteel
* Fifth Dawn
* Champions of Kamigawa
* Betrayers of Kamigawa
* Saviors of Kamigawa
* Ravnica: City of Guilds
* Guildpact
* Dissension
* Coldsnap
* Time Spiral
* Planar Chaos
* Future Sight
* Lorwyn
* Morningtide
* Shadowmoor
* Eventide
* Shards of Alara
* Conflux
* Alara Reborn
* Zendikar (effective October 2, 2009)
* Worldwake (effective February 5, 2010)
The following cards are banned in Extended tournaments:
* Aether Vial
* Disciple of the Vault
* Sensei's Divining Top
* Skullclamp
Official information about Constructed formats and the Extended format
can be found in the Magic: The Gathering Tournament Rules.
Join our MTG Temiskaming Google Group at http://groups.google.com/group/temiskaming-magic-the-gathering for more updates and find on Facebook as well at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=38963450797&ref=ts
Monday, February 22, 2010
Quote of the Day - Digitization our future
I just had to post this great quote from Publishing: The Revolutionary Future By Jason Epste the New York Review of Books.
"Digitization makes possible a world in which anyone can claim to be a publisher and anyone can call him- or herself an author. In this world the traditional filters will have melted into air and only the ultimate filter—the human inability to read what is unreadable—will remain to winnow what is worth keeping in a virtual marketplace where Keats's nightingale shares electronic space with Aunt Mary's haikus. That the contents of the world's libraries will eventually be accessed practically anywhere at the click of a mouse is not an unmixed blessing. Another click might obliterate these same contents and bring civilization to an end: an overwhelming argument, if one is needed, for physical books in the digital age."
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