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Academic SPAM or vanity publishing?

By Utsav Maden | Published: November 29, 2010

I received an email from an associate from LAP Lambert Academic Publishing some time back, stating that they found my thesis entitled “Application of GIS in the study of land cover distribution, geomorphometry, terrain and water quality in Asi Khola Subwatershed” in the library at Kathmandu University and wanted to publish it in the form of [...]

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A Horrible N Fact about KFC [Hoax]

By Utsav Maden | Published: January 25, 2010

KFC went from Kentucky Fried Chicken to KFC because it started serving a lot more items along with its flagship product -fried chicken, not because it uses featherless chicken.

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WORLD YOUTH ORGANIZATION FOR HUMAN WELFARE and Julie Morgan [Scam]

By Utsav Maden | Published: July 21, 2008

I received the following forward from a friend, stating an open invitation to the World Congress on global youths combined conferences taking place from September 10th-12th 2008. I was a bit pissed at first, as I have already surpassed the UN definition of youth and am no longer eligible for any youth meets for that [...]

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