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For hundreds of years, until the late 19th century, people didn't have a good way to fasten papers together except to bind them, like a book, which wasn't very practical for just a few papers that might need to come apart again. They tried using straight pins, or slicing into the corner of the paper and wax sealing a piece of string... more »
The paper shredder can be one of the most necessary, not to mention amusing, tools in the office. All papers turn into colorful, fun confetti. Until the thing jams. Then it’s just a nightmare. A little tinkering and few simple steps will help you unjam a paper shredder. more »
According to Javelin Strategy and Research Center, there were 10 million victims of identity theft in 2008, marking a 22% increase from 2007. With identify theft on the rise, it's more important than ever before to ensure personal information is kept private and away from identify thieves. One way to help keep your personal... more »
The HP Officejet series of all-in-one printers is designed to print on a variety of types and sizes of paper. The paper tray on the Officejet can accommodate letter, legal and A-4 sized paper. However, paper that is not stored properly or is exposed to extreme changes in humidity or temperature may curl at the edges, making proper... more »
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The Paper Clips Project is a project by middle school students from the small southeastern Tennessee city of Whitwell who created a monument for the Holocaust victims in Nazi Germany. It started in 1998 as a simple 8th-grade project and evolved into one gaining worldwide attention. At last count, over 30 million paper clips had been received. Paper Clips, an award-winning documentary film about the project, was released in 2004 by Miramax Films.
Development
In 1998 Whitwell Middle School principal Linda M. Hooper asked Sandra Roberts to begin a Holocaust Education class that would be the basis for teaching tolerance in a voluntary afterschool program. Sandra Roberts held the first class in the fall of 1998. Soon the students were overwhelmed with the massive scale of the Holocaust and asked Mrs. Hooper if they could collect something to represent the lives that were exterminated during the Holocaust. Mrs. Hooper responded that they could if they could find something that related to the Holocaust or to World War II. Through Internet studies, the students discovered that Johan Vaaler designed a loop of metal, that he was Jewish, Norwegian, and the Norwegians wore them on their lapels during WWII as a silent protest against Nazi policies. The students decided to collect 6,000,000 paper clips to represent the estimated 6,000,000 Jews killed between 1939 and 1945 under the authority of the Nazi government of Adolf Hitler.
At first the project went slowly, as it did not gain much publicity. Students created a website and sent out letters to friends, family and celebrities. The project began to snowball after it received attention from Peter and Dagmar Schroeder, journalists who were born in Germany during World War II and who cover the White House for German newspapers. They published some articles as well as a book, Das Büroklammer-Projekt (The Paper Clip Project,) published in September 2000, that promoted the project in Germany. read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper+Clips+Project
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