While browsing online trying to find some good books for DS to read I came across a book I remember reading in school. I was scrolling down and noticed the book had a reading level of 8-12th grade. This book wasn't just a book I read but a part of our curriculum in 3rd grade. I know my class wasn't some genius level class room and the entire grade read that book and did a report on it. Has the level been changed to fit today's society or did we read a really advanced book for our age? I am going to be 30 this year. I know 3rd grade was a long time ago but in reality it really wasn't that long.

There are really great books out there about dominance and submission that might help you and your BF negotiate what you do in the bedroom. Also, there are actual classes out there and BDSM social clubs that have informational meetings for beginners and folks of all level of experience. Maybe you'd have fun checking those out together? A gathering is often called a "munch," so you'll know what to look up on the internet. Good luck!

Went into Goodwill yesterday for some books and found a Ralph Lauren Chaps purse for $3 for the fall! Its a burgandy/maroon color with silver hardware and looks brand new. I love those good deals. Looked it up on Kohls website and it is on sale this week for $53..Score!! Was looking for a new purse but money has been tight. Guilt free, too.

I don't get the whole "books are written for 5th graders" trending here now. Sure, a lot of the popular books these days are terribly written, but there are nearly 130 million books published in the entire world. It is not hard to find good quality books to read. I'd rather kids/adults read garbage than not read at all though.

Writers have had to cater to the common denominator. Editors demand it because publishers want to sell more books. The only possible way to sell more books is to make reading easy for people who weren't educated well enough to be able to read on, say, an eighth grade level. An eighth grade level today isn't what it used to be. My grampa had only an eighth grade education, but he bought and read most of the Harvard Classics, and he understood and could discuss them. I doubt if any current eighth graders would want to or could.

You can photocopy a recipe for your use. You can't photocopy a whole book and sell it for profit. You can't put someone else's book that you stole on the internet and sell it as your own. You can't steal a book, put it on the internet as bait and give it away while gathering information from the givee for phishing (which is often what happens at free sites). You can't buy 1 copy of sheet music, photocopy it, & give it to the whole school band because that's illegal. You can't video the school play which you're acting from scripts that you bought from a publisher and sell the video to the kids' parents. All these things are violation of copyright. Read the small print at the beginning of videos. It talks about penalties for illegal use of the video. Same thing applies to other intellectual property - art, music, books, film. A work is copyrighted as soon as it's transferred from the mind of the creator to a tangible form, such as a manuscript, sheet music or whatever. US law is clear.

I used to borrow cookbooks from the library and then make copies of the recipes all the time. I hardly think it's theft! Would it be any different if I wrote down the recipes by hand so that I could have them after i returned the book? I don't think so.

You can download some really bad malware from the sites where you steal. Copying software or digital content without permission of the content creator is stealing. It is no different than shoplifting the same program from a computer store. Doesn’t matter whether you copied copyrighted material from a friend, illegally downloaded from the 'net, or purchased from a person selling illegally made copies; it is all theft. People who copy digital content they do not have permission to use are digital pirates. This includes: Copying digital content a friend has bought - like music, pictures, videos, movies, games, books or software. Copying digital content from peer-to-peer networks or file sharing servers. Buying content from a source that stole the content and made copies to sell – like counterfeit versions of games, movies, music, books, or software – is buying stolen goods. Source: http://www.webroot.com/us/en/home/resour...

1. Pirating books and videos is illegal. 2. Pirating is illegal because it's stealing intellectual material. 3. Stealing means you are taking money out of another person's pocket - the person who created the material. 4. That person most likely doesn't even make minimum wage (writers are notoriously poor except for a few like Grisham and King). 5. To the person whose material you stole, it feels like mind rape. A violation.

I have a couple things online for sale, I'm ready to stop using the site! I priced both under blue book. Nobody pays blue book but my god! The people who have contacted me act like I should sell my stuff for next to nothing! My car is priced $4000.00 under book I had 3 offers of $200.00-500.00 low mileage and clean wtf! and my other item $50.00 twice! Books for 7xs that! They never even looked at either other than photos I posted! Seriously if I was desperate I would part out both and make way more than book. Are people just hoping others are stupid? I'll give my stuff away to people I like before giving it to these people. I don't think I should have included OBO.