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"I always seem to study the wrong things."
"I stay up late studying and then I'm so tired I can't remember anything."
"No matter how well I know the material, I always panic when it's time for a test."
These are common feelings students express when it comes to taking exams.
Just as an exam pulls everything together, and tests how well you have learned the material, all the study skills you develop such as reading texts, listening to lectures, and taking notes are designed to assist you as you prepare for exams. Proper time management skills are in part designed to provide you with adequate time to prepare for exams (for example, the fact that you have studied and reviewed material on a daily basis should mean that you have learned it well, and there should be no need for a five hour cram session the night before the "big exam.").
There are some general strategies that one can learn for test preparation and taking. There are also specific study strategies for different kinds of tests, such as essay, true-false, problem-solving, and multiple-choice. A discussion of these strategies follows.
General Strategies for Preparing for Tests:
The best way to make reviewing for tests easier is to keep up with the day-to-day assignments in your classes. A good goal is to complete all reading assignments and other homework several days before you're tested on the material. Leaving all reading assignments until the night before a test creates an impossible task; reviewing material you've already read is much simpler.
Take organized class notes. Date them and keep your reading and class notes for a given course in the same notebook or folder. This way, you won't waste valuable study time looking for misplaced notes.
Review regularly. Research has shown that students remember material better when they review it soon after their first exposure to the material and regularly thereafter. Make reviewing a regular part of your day-to-day schedule.
Plan ahead. When your instructor announces a test, write down the date of the exam, the type of test and the material to be covered. Keeping track of upcoming tests on a semester calendar is helpful.
Identify what to study. Try to identify what material your instructor is likely to include on a test. Look over earlier tests in the course that you have taken, and if they are available, tests from previous years. Feel free to ask the instructor to outline the topics that will be covered. Review your notes, as well as any handouts that have been distributed in class.
Study efficiently. Your studying will be most effective if you study when you're feeling most alert and energetic. Studying in blocks--an hour or so of study, followed by a ten-minute break-- works well for many people. You'll remember the material better this way than if you try to cram everything into a single marathon study session. Minimize interruptions; a quiet, undisturbed environment allows you to concentrate better. As you begin your final review, focus on topics most likely to appear on the test. Make up questions that you would ask if you were the instructor and try to answer them in your own words. After you feel that you know the material, get together with some fellow students and ask each other questions. You may find that you've overlooked one or more important topics.
Stay calm. Sweaty palms? Nervousness? Irritability? Sleeplessness? These are all symptoms of test anxiety which, if severe, can affect your performance on a test--even when you know the material. It is not surprising that many students suffer from test anxiety. Our society puts a lot of emphasis on achieving or doing well. This isn't all bad; a little anxiety can make you want to do your best and encourage you to study. However, if you're too anxious, you may panic and start forgetting what you've learned as soon as the test paper is in your hands. The following tips can help you stay calm.
Prepare well for the test. When you feel confident that you know the material, it's much easier to stay calm under pressure.
Practice your test-taking skills. Make up questions of the type that will be on the test and practice answering them.
Avoid last-minute review. If you're still studying some topics just before the test begins, you're likely to panic. Just before the test, it may be better to sit quietly and practice a relaxation technique such as deep breathing than to cram at the last minute.
Plan to review the material in depth over a period of several days before the test. Then, on the night before the test, do a light final review.
Don't upset your regular routine by staying up late (or all night) or getting up too early. Keeping to your regular schedule of sleep and meals will help you remain relaxed.
If you try these suggestions and still feel overly anxious about tests, talk to your instructors, academic advisors or counselors.
Review after the test. Always review tests as soon as they are returned to you. Look for the kinds of questions that gave you trouble, as well as facts that you might have missed. Find out the correct answers for anything you missed, and go back over your study notes to see what went wrong. (Some professors will even include a question that was missed by a lot of students on a future quiz or exam.) If there is a topic or procedure that you don't understand, get help. Go the instructor for help or, if available, get help from a tutor. Keep your old tests if your instructor allows you to do so. They can help you develop strategies for the next exam.
Strategies for Preparing for Different Types of Tests:
Objective Tests. Common types of objective tests include true-false, multiple-choice, fill-in- the-blanks, and matching. Prepare for these by studying key facts, dates, and other specific material. Be sure to focus on important information. Don't try to memorize the entire textbook. You may want to write out lists of facts and definitions or make flash cards with brief questions on one side and the answers on the other. Flash cards are especially useful for learning dates of important events, formulas and equations. If you do use flash cards, shuffle them occasionally so your ability to recall material won't be limited to a specific order. For the same reason, you might sometimes want to use the card "backward." Some students find it helpful to use memory aids (mnemonics) to help them remember facts for objective tests. Although mnemonics can be helpful, avoid ones that are so complicated that they are more difficult to remember than the material you need to learn in the first place.
Problem Tests. Problem tests typically involve using a formula or applying a rule in a step-by- step process. Concentrate on learning key theorems, rules, formulas, and equations, and practice applying them to a variety of problems. Most textbooks include practice problems with the answers provided. Use these first, trying to do the problem without looking at the steps provided. If you get stuck, look at the practice problem. And if you can't work the problem, go back and make sure that you have gone through the proper steps. Then try another similar problem. If you have worked all the problems, find another textbook which may have additional problems.
Essay Tests. Essay tests are especially challenging for many students because they call on your ability to interpret, organize, and apply information you have learned. In preparing for essay tests, you should concentrate on the "big picture." You'll still need to know facts -- too general an answer won't be acceptable -- but you also need to know the implications of the facts. Remember one of the techniques you learned from the textbook reading -- turning main topic headings into questions -- this often can provide potential test questions. Think about whether certain topics lend themselves to particular types of essay questions such as compare and contrast, trace the development of, and so forth. Try writing your answers on paper and checking them against your textbook and notes. "Are your answers complete and accurate?" "Are they well organized?" "Do they make sense?" Again, you might find it useful to exchange sample questions with friends. Group study sessions can be especially helpful in identifying likely essay questions.
As you read your text, in some way (with a check mark or an asterisk) mark those topics which would make good essay questions. Then look at the group of essay topics that you have identified, and circle the two that you think your instructor would be most likely to use. Write the questions. Then take your essay test. Give yourself a realistic time limit -- about the same amount of time your instructor would allow for a test.
For each question, first quickly jot down the key facts and ideas that you'll need to include in your answer. Then organize these facts and ideas by making a brief, logical outline.
Following your outline, write out the answer to each question, in your own words. Cover the topic thoroughly, but don't write more than is necessary.
Before your time limit is up, take two or three minutes to check your work. Read your answers for completeness and correctness--both for content and for such matters as spelling, punctuation, and grammar. Look at your outline to make sure you have included all the important points you wanted to include. Finally, check each of your answers against the textbook and your notes. Correct and improve your answers -- you might want to do this in a different colored pen, so that it would emphasize those areas you need to further review.
General Strategies for Taking Tests:
Assuming that you have prepared adequately for the test, the next thing to do is to get organized to take the test. This includes having a good night's sleep and eating breakfast (or lunch in the case of afternoon tests). It also includes arriving at the test room a minute or two early so you can take a few deep breaths to relax and get under control. Getting organized means making certain that you've brought the supplies or materials that you need. It is surprising how many students waste valuable test taking time looking for pencils, calculators, etc. at the last minute. Also, be sure you take a watch so you can keep track of time. It's probably best not to discuss the test with your classmates when you arrive at the test room. If someone mentions a topic that you didn't cover in your preparation, you might start worrying and have difficulty remember the material that you have studied.
Follow directions. Before starting a test, clear your mind of distracting thoughts and read all the directions carefully, both on the test paper and on the chalkboard. Listen to any additional directions provided by your teacher. If the directions are unclear, ask for clarification.
Plan your time. Always wear a watch to the exam. Begin the test by planning your time. Look quickly over the entire test and divide your time according to the number, type, and the point value of the questions. Generally, the amount of time you spend on a question should be related to its importance. Your plan should include extra time at the end of the test for a quick review of your work.
Read Thoroughly. Take time to read each question carefully and thoroughly before writing your answer. Make sure you understand exactly what the question asks and what you are to do in answering it. If you are allowed to write on the test paper, underline or circle key words. If you have no idea how to answer a question, go on to the next one. Put a mark next to each unanswered question and go back to them after you have completed the rest of the test.
Don't rush. Instructors are generally more impressed with thoroughness than by speed. Hurrying can lead to careless errors. Also, you are much more likely to get tense if you're feeling rushed.
Have a panic strategy. Give yourself a brief "time-out." To do this, quit work on the test, take slow, deep breaths and let yourself relax. Put the test temporarily out of your mind.
Visualize yourself confidently resuming work on the test, turning in a completed test, and leaving the room with a feeling of having done your best work. Allow 20 or 30 seconds for your time-out.
Check your work. Always use any remaining time to check your work. Look for careless mistakes, omitted answers, etc.
Strategies for Taking DIfferent Kinds of Tests:
Objective Tests:
Don't answer each item in order. Work through the exam the first time answering only those items that you are sure of. During the second pass, you may find that some of the questions that initially stumped you may now seem easier; answer those during the second pass. Before the third pass, identify the items that you feel more confident about first and then, time permitting, complete those items that give you the most trouble. Unless there is a penalty for incorrect answers, answer every question to the best of your ability, even if you have to guess.
Read all answer choices. Read all the alternative answers before making your choice. To test for in-depth understanding, instructors often include answer choices that seem like possible choices but aren't quite correct.
Time yourself. Do not spend too much time on any one question.
Watch wording. Watch for words such as not or least, especially when they are not clearly set off through the use of underlining. Don't make careless errors because you only skimmed through the question. Also, watch for qualifying words such as all/most/some/none; always/usually/seldom/never; best/worst; highest/lowest; and smallest/largest.
Notice Negatives. Negatives can be either words such as "no," "not," "none," and "never" or prefixes such as "il," as in illogical; "un," as in uninterested; and "im," as in impatient. Negatives are common in objective tests. Negatives cause problems in objective questions because, like qualifiers, they can easily be overlooked, particularly negative prefixes that have a way of blending in with the words they modify. (For example: Because it is a liquid at room temperature, mercury is indistinguishable from other metals. If you read this sentence quickly, you may miss the "in" and mark the statement true.) Objective questions that contain two or more negatives can be even more troublesome. (For example: It is logical to assume that Thomas Edison's fame was due to his many practical inventions. causes no trouble -- it could be mark "true" with no difficulty. However, you might have trouble with: It is illogical to assume that Thomas Edison's fame was not due to his many practical inventions--which is also true.) When you find negatives in objective questions, circle them. Then disregard them for a moment, and try to gain the meaning of the question that remains. Finally, reread the sentence with the negatives included. Each negative you add reverses the meaning of the question. With two negatives, for example, the question's meaning should be the same as it was when the negatives were removed..
Watch for multiple concepts. Watch for multiple ideas or concepts within the same statement. All parts of a statement must be true or the entire statement is false.
Be alert for grammatical inconsistencies. On multiple-choice questions, a choice is almost always wrong if it and the stem do not make a grammatically correct sentence.
Be very cautious about changing your answer. Your first guess is more likely to be correct than are subsequent guesses, so be sure to have a sound reason for changing your answer.
On matching exercises, work with only one column at a time. Match each item in that column against all items in the second column until you find a proper match. Cross out those you're certain about so it will be easier to match those you're not sure about. Matching carelessly or guessing prematurely can sometimes lead to a chain reaction of mistakes. If you make an incorrect match, you will deprive another item of its rightful match. This can aggravate your error by increasing the chances of another bad connection. Avoid this potential pitfall by making your matches carefully and by pairing up the items you are sure of before you begin guessing on items you're uncertain about.
Problem Tests: Problem tests usually consist of mathematical or scientific problems to be worked by using a formula or applying a rule, often in a step-by-step process.
Make notes. Write down hard-to-remember formulas, equations, rules, etc., as soon as the test begins but before you actually start working on the test problems.
Work problems one step at a time. Don't get frustrated and, above all, don't give up if you can't immediately work through to the answer of a problem. Often, completing one step of a problem will help you remember or figure out what the next step should be.
Do all you can. If a problem is difficult but you have a general idea of the process involved, do all you can to work the problem. Show all your work. Even if your answer is incorrect, you may get partial credit if you have used the right process. If you are completely unable to work a problem, don't waste time on it. Move quickly on to the next one and come back if time permits.
Be organized. Show all the steps in your work and clearly identify or label your answer so that your instructor can find it quickly.
Essay Tests: Essay tests may ask you to list the causes, compare the outcomes, or illustrate these terms in regard to given topics. In answering essay questions, stick to the point. An outline will help you to remain focused on the topic. Use the score points assigned to each question as a guide to the amount of information that your instructor expects.
Read all questions before beginning. Scan through all the questions quickly, jotting down beside each question any pertinent facts or ideas that occur to you. This will give you a good overview of the entire test and help ensure that your answers do not overlap each other. Decide what kind of answer each question requires before you begin writing. A different kind of answer is required by such action verbs as illustrate, list, define, compare, identify, and explain.
Answer the easiest questions first. Beginning with the easiest questions will help you feel more confident and will serve as a good warm-up for the more difficult questions. Don't spend too long on easy questions though. Questions that are easier than others sometimes are worth fewer points.
Concentrate on one question at a time. Thinking about another question as you are trying to write on one will confuse you.
Make an outline. To ensure good organization and prevent careless omissions, make a brief, logical outline for your answer before you start writing.
Get to the point. Avoid long-winded introductions. Your aim in answering most essay questions is to provide the largest amount of point-earning information in the time allowed. A brief, to-the-point thesis statement should open your answer. Then move right into the topic, stating each of your points in order. Develop each point fully, but don't pad your answer.
Include facts. When appropriate, include factual details, examples, and analogies to support your answers. Facts show your instructor that you know the material in depth. Examples and analogies show your instructor that you understand how the material is related to other topics.
Be neat. Take time to write legibly and make your corrections, if any, as neatly as possible. Most instructors react favorably to neatness, so let this work for you. Use a separate paragraph for each main idea. This helps the instructor follow your reasoning. Leave space between your answers. You may need it for new ideas or additional details that occur later when you return to reread what you have written.
This material is summarized from Study Power published by Dr. William F. Brown in consultation with ACT


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Investors are none too pleased to see a closely watched gauge of Chinese manufacturing slow to the weakest in six months heading into the new year.
The HSBC Purchasing Managers' Index shrunk to 49.6 in January from the previous month's 50.5. The reading means manufacturing activity contracted since the last check. That's enough to overshadow a smaller-than-expected increase in weekly U.S. unemployment claims, to a seasonally adjusted 326,000, for the week ending Jan. 18.
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Calculate: The Tool facilitates a guided walk-through that allows an agency to determine total GHG emissions. Three categories of activities contribute to greenhouse gas emissions:
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After GHG data has been entered, the Tool uses the calculation methodologies outlined in the Federal Greenhouse Gas Accounting and Reporting Guidance and Technical Support Document to ensure the GHG emissions results are complete, accurate, consistent and transparent.
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Flow and Functionality
The Carbon Footprint Tool follows an intuitive process flow to federal agency GHG emissions collection and reduction planning. The process includes agency setup, entering GHG data, reviewing your data, exporting to reports, and then planning for reductions in emissions.
|Setup is typically reserved for organizational administrators. This is where an agency fills out their agency profile defining their reporting boundary, sets up site information, and creates site groups. This is also where LEED, ENERGY STAR, and Guiding Principles status is entered.
|Enter GHG Data:
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The Scope 3 Commuter Survey is a turn-key solution to help any federal agency capture its Scope 3 Employee Commute information and easily report its emissions to DOE FEMP. GSA has deployed this survey for agencies ranging from the very small (less than 50 employees) to the very large (greater than 500,000 employees). To date over 65,000 federal employees have been surveyed. The response rates have ranged between 34.6 percent and 86.5 percent and 99.4 percent of survey takers have rated their experience as favorable.
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Purukuparli was angry. He set out looking for Japarra, taking with him his fighting sticks. When he found his brother and Bima, he started to fight with them. As punishment he turned Bima into a stone curlew that cries out for her dead son every night. He fought his brother with his fighting sticks and Japarra said he could bring Jinani back to life, but only if he could have him for three days to himself. Purukuparli did not want to make this deal with his brother. Now that Jinani was dead, all Tiwi must one day die. Before this, all Tiwi were immortal. Now death had come to the islands. Japarra escaped his brother by turning himself into the moon. On the moon, you can see the scars of the fight between the two brothers.
Purukuparli organized the first Tiwi Pukumani (funeral) for his son. People paint themselves and dance for the dead person. After the ceremony, Purukuparli carried his son into the water and today there is a whirlpool in the place where they went.
You can see the fighting sticks in this sculpture. They are the two sticks in his shoulders. In the sculpture, the spikes around the head are hair. In the old days, Tiwi people did not comb their hair, and so it stood out. They also had big beards. The design on Purukuparli is called Jilamara—body paint designs. Tiwi people paint their bodies for ceremonies. This story is handed down from the first generation—the old generation, to the new.
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NEW YORK — The stock market continued its upward march Wednesday, propelling both the Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index to fresh all-time highs.
The Dow rose 128.78 points, or 0.88%, to a record 14,802.24. The S&P, after flirting with a record Tuesday, hit a new high of 1,587.73, up 19.12 points, or 1.22%. The tech-laden Nasdaq composite index rose 59.39 points, or 1.83%, to 3,297.25.
Stocks were the recipients of a wave of buying interest from investors who view the stock market, despite its lofty trading level, as a better place to park their money when cash and bonds offer puny yields.
Buying picked up after minutes of the Federal Reserve's March meeting were released before the market opened. Those minutes showed that central bankers are debating the timeline for an exit of their easy-money policies. But they have yet to signal an end to the stimulus.
The fresh highs are also coming despite Europe's continuing debt woes and the sabre-rattling in North Korea. Money is flowing into the stock market not only from U.S. investors seeking yield but also from foreign investors who view the U.S. as a haven, says Quincy Krosby, a market strategist at Prudential Financial.
"It's the beginning of a new quarter," says Krosby. "New money is being put to work. And money is being allocated to stocks both from U.S. investors and foreign buyers." Krosby says investors are likely betting that corporations will beat the low expectations for first-quarter profits.
And April has historically been a strong month for stocks, giving the market a seasonal tailwind.
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Still, Krosby says, investors should watch earnings closely to see how major U.S. banks fared in the first quarter, as banks are a good barometer of the health of the overall economy.
He says signs of a healthy market include laggards, such as small-company stocks and transportation stocks, starting to power higher again.
But stock market giddiness is making some Wall Street pros nervous.
Adam Hewison, president of financial analysis firm INO.com, warns that the market, while clearly in an uptrend, might run into trouble when the Fed finally starts to wean the economy off of easy money.
"The concern I have is what happens when they stop giving the market their fix," says Hewison. "The market is acting like a drug addict."
Hewison also warns that the volatile situation in Korea could cause market turbulence at any time, as can the European situation.
Overseas, stocks in Asia and Europe finished mostly higher.
Japan's Nikkei 225 was up 95.78 points or 0.73% to 13,288.13. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index was up a similar amount. The laggard was China's SSE index, which was up a scant 0.02%.
In Europe the U.K.'s FTSE 100 was up 1.17% to 6,387.37; Germany's Dax 30 rose a strong 2.27% to 7,810.63 and France's CAC 40 index was up 1.99% to 3,743.71.
The euro was down slightly to $1.3068; Gold was off $27 to 1,559.30. And crude oil was up 28 cents a barrel to $94.48.
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I've mentioned the new 1099 reporting requirements a couple of times already, but now that it's tax season and the new IRS Form 1099-K is going to finally make its debut, it's a good time to review the new 1099 rules.
New 1099 Reporting Rules
First, some background on the new 1099 reporting rules… A few years ago the Housing Assistance Tax Act of 2008 was passed as part of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008. While the main purpose of this new tax law was to provide much needed housing reform, there were other purposes included in the bill, such as the need to improve voluntary tax compliance by small business owners, more specifically, online business owners.
The IRS realizes that there are millions of dollars in tax revenues that are lost due to unreported transactions (known as the tax gap). The majority of these unreported transactions are believed to be online transactions. The purpose of this bill is to try to reduce the tax gap by forcing credit card processors and third party settlement organizations to report certain transactions to the IRS.
Introducing the 1099-K
In plain English, the IRS wants credit card and third party payment processors such as PayPal, eBay and Amazon, to report transactions made by their customers. This means that if you accept credit card payments for goods or services that you sell, or if you use PayPal or another third party to accept credit card payments for goods or services that you sell, you could get a 1099-K this year.
Reportable Transactions for the new 1099-K Form
What is reportable? Basically, any transaction where a payment card (credit card or gift card) is accepted as payment for goods or services is reportable. In addition, any transactions that are settled through a third party payment network (such as PayPal or Google Checkout) are also reportable under the new rules. Transactions that are not reportable include ATM withdrawals, cash advances against the credit card, checks issues in connection with a payment card, or any transaction in which a payment card is accepted as payment by a merchant or other payee who is related to the issuer of the credit card.
Are there any exceptions? Yes, there are two exceptions to note. First, payments made outside the U.S. do not have to be reported as long as the payment processor has no reason to know that the payee is a U.S. person. Second, there is a de-minimis exception for third party payment processors. Third party processors such as PayPal have to report on payees only if they receive $20,000 in gross payments and over 200 payments during the calendar year. That means that if you use PayPal to process your transactions and you earn less than $20,000 or have less than 200 transactions, then you probably won't receive a 1099-K.
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How will it be reported? The IRS introduced Form 1099-K to report credit card and third party network payments. This form is required to be provided to the IRS by February 28, 2012. If you expect to receive a 1099-K, it must be provided to you by January 31, 2012. 1099-K forms received in 2012 will be to report transactions that took place in 2011.
Form 1099-K vs. Form 1099-MISC
How is the 1099-K different than Form 1099-MISC? Form 1099-MISC is used to report income earned by an independent contractor who is not your employee. Generally it is for services provided, but a 1099-MISC may also be issued for other income earned (fees, commissions, royalties, etc.). Form 1099-MISC is required when you pay a non-employee $600 or more in a calendar year. In contrast, Form 1099-K will be issued by credit card processors and third party payment networks and transactions may be either service or product related. There could very well be some overlap between the two, so keeping excellent accounting records will be a must if you are a small business owner who meets the requirements of both forms.
Double Reporting and Other Concerns
As with any new tax law or form, there are a few concerns. First, the 1099-K will be used to report gross transactions. That means if you have fees, charge-backs, deductions for tips, etc., those won't be accounted for. You'll need to keep detailed accounting records so you can deduct those items on your tax return, otherwise you'll pay more tax than you should. Another concern is that payment processors, especially third party networks like eBay and PayPal will increase their fees to account for the additional bookkeeping and paperwork required. This could put a serious dent in some small business owner's net profit.
The bottom line is that if you accept credit card payments in your business, those transactions will now be reported to the IRS. Since you should have been reporting that income to the IRS to begin with, it shouldn't cause you any issues. However, because the law and form are new there are bound to be some complications, so good accounting records are a must.
Finally, you may have heard that there has been some relief granted regarding the 1099-K for the 2011 tax year. Don't get too excited; the law is still in effect and 1099-K forms will still be issued. However, the penalties and withholding requirements have been delayed for a year, giving payment processors more time to adapt to the new reporting requirements.
To learn more about the new 1099-K, please visit New 1099-K Reporting Requirements for Payment Settlement Entities – www.irs.gov.
The IRS has several articles on their site to help taxpayers understand the new 1099-K. Here are a few worth checking out:
Understanding Your 1099-K
FAQs on Payment Card and Third Party Network Payments
Form 1099-K and Instructions
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DC Reboot: It's Not About Me
DC Reboot: It's Not About Me
To those who don't know, here's a bit of background about me (and I've gone over some of this before here and here). I feel it's important to start there since, as the title says, this isn't about me. I'm 34 years old. I am a LONG time fan of DC Comics characters. My first exposure to them that I can remember was the 1978 Superman movie and the Superfriends cartoons. I began regularly collecting comic books when I was about 8 years old. That was in 1984. I started with Justice League of America. Then came Crisis on Infinite Earths and I jumped on board the Superman reboot by John Byrne. The mid to late 80s were a time of major change in the DC universe. Sidekicks grew up to become heroes of their own. Other sidekicks were killed. Characters were rebooted. Status quos were changed. The comics got a bit darker. And I loved it all for the most part.
My collecting snowballed from just getting Superman titles to getting Batman, Flash, Justice League, and eventually several other spin-offs and titles. This was MY DC. When Tim Drake came along, he was MY Robin. The rebooted Superman was MY Superman. Wally West taking up the mantle of the Flash was MY Flash. And even in the mid-90s, these changes would continue and I would be very accepting of things like Kyle Rayner taking over the Green Lantern title. All the while, I would hear complaints from older fans about how things weren't right and they wish it would go back to the way it was. The changes that Crisis began left a DC Universe that older fans felt a bit shunned from.
I say all that to make the point that it's happening again. And it has to.
Setting aside the reboot for a moment, the biggest part of this whole thing is the digital comics aspect. I don't think print will ever completely go away, but it has greatly diminished over the past several years (which has negatively affected me and people I know personally) and will continue to. I speak as someone who worked in the print industry for several years, if you publish a magazine or other periodical and are not looking to switch to a method of distribution that is primarily digital, you are acting foolish.
Several, several years ago, the comics industry did one of the stupidest things they could possibly do and that was begin catering to the direct market exclusively. I don't know whose genius idea it was to limit where consumers could buy their product. Or who thought that comic shops were the place to do it. I don't mean this as a slight to every comic shop, but in general, comic shops are not attractive places to go. They don't make a lot of money so they tend to be run down. They aren't usually in high profile areas. And let's face it, their clientele is comic book fans which, unjustly, have typically been shunned by society for years.
The comic book industry continues to cater to the direct market and has been sort of forced to since there has been limited mainstream distribution since the early 90s. Their biggest push since 2002 has been the annual "Free Comic Book Day" in which all the major companies offer some sort of cheap comic that stores can purchase and then give away for free to their patrons. This has grown over the years, but I don't see any tangible results from it. The other thing that comic companies do is make drastic changes to the characters and then try to get news coverage out of it. I've commented on my thoughts about this before, too. Do "commoners" return to comic shops every week once they've "discovered" all that is offered at a comic book store? I imagine not. It's pretty niche. And even music stores, which isn't as niche, have declined and disappeared over the past few years. Unless you are REALLY into that market, you're not going to go out of your way to revisit those stores.
With the advent of mobile apps, in particular the one from Comixology, the comics industry is no longer at the mercy of comic book stores. And this is such a good thing.* And with this most recent announcement from DC, they're taking a major step to prove that.
To me, DC's announcement was less about the reboot and more about them saying that they are going to be a Digital Comics company. My guess is that in five years, DC and Marvel will not be publishing the 22-page comics. They may possibly go to some sort of print-on-demand service and still will continue to publish collections, but the product that they will offer will be digital comics that you can download on mobile devices and tablets.
They HAVE to do this in order to survive. If they don't make this jump, the comic industry will dry up and there will be nothing offered at all except indies and underground comics. The properties would still survive. Warner would still own Superman and Batman and Disney would still own Spider-Man and Iron Man. We'd still see cartoons and movies. But comics as we know them are inevitably going to disappear. In order to go on in some way, the transition to digital must happen. They have to reach a new audience. They have to find new readers who are younger than 35. They have to make them easily accessible and build no barriers to them in any way.
That's what the reboot is about (reminiscent of the Star Trek reboot). It's about saying to anyone who isn't reading comics that now is the time to jump on and find YOUR Superman, Flash or Robin. Take or leave the 70 years of history. Start downloading now and be on the ground floor of something exciting that you can call your own. At least for the next 20-30 years until they decide to reboot again.
And I can critique the way they're doing the reboot, why I don't like it,** how I hate the costumes, and the ways I'd do it different. But again...this isn't about me.
* And I know people probably don't want to hear this. People love their comic book shops. I get that to some degree. I used to work at one and have had my favorite spots over the years. Comic book stores are sort of a "nerd's bar." It's the place you can go, hang out, talk about the latest crazy storylines, and everybody knows your name. It's a place where you can get away from the non-nerds and find others to talk to about your interests. However, this environment is not needed as much anymore. I fill that same need by hanging out on this blog, Twitter, and Facebook. And look, I'm a strong proponent of being able to communicate face-to-face. I'd love to be able to hang out with Jeeg and PLee for extended periods of time catching up on nerd talk. But since I'm not able to do that in person, I can will my nerdy social needs by getting on the internet.
** Even though I realize this isn't about me, that doesn't mean that there won't eventually be some commentary on this blog about the execution of the reboot. PLee and I have had several off-the-blog conversations about this and I hope that he posts his thoughts about it either in the comments or as a whole separate blog entry.
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- Jack said...
Good Left Coast afternoon, my friend. As you may have noticed from my lack of posts when this subject comes up, I'm not a comic book guy; I have nothing to offer, so I stay out of the conversation. However, this post is about more than just comic books, so I will comment on a couple of points.
First, comic shops. I will soon be posting a piece on Jack's Hideout about my thirty years as a wargamer. Without going into a lot of detail, the hobby consisted of fighting battles on a tabletop, and there were hundreds of titles, which were "kits" that gave you a map of a (usually historical) battlefield, and pieces representing the forces that fought the battle. Oh, and rules, lots and lots of rules. There were stores (2 here in San Diego) whose entire business consisted of selling these games and accessories to us who played them. You couldn't go in there without finding a few players you knew by nickname and reputation, and you would wind up spending hours talking about the latest design innovation, arguing the intent of obscure rules, or whatever. They provided tables where you could set up games to play, consuming more hours... My poor wife hated these places. Point is, it's hard for me to imagine being immersed in a hobby, and not being attracted to the interactions when you find yourself in a room full of fellow afficianados. Maybe there's more to the aversion you hint at than just the location.
Reboots: I talked about that when you covered the Star Trek reboot. I told you how Shatner and Nimoy embody MY Star Trek, and I'm not going to start over with those hip-hoppin' imposters. True to my word, I haven't, and by holding this position, I've cut myself off from the future of the franchise. Is it a good choice? I don't know yet, but how are you possibly not going to be cut off from DC, when they tell you in a few months that YOUR Superman, YOUR Batman, all your childhood friends, are no longer valid? Wargames had reboots. GETTYSBURG, as one example, went through a half-dozen encarnations about five years apart. Each time it was re-released, the graphics were cleaner, the rules were more complete, the flow had a greater sense of realism, presumably all things you can say about the Star Trek reboot, and the comics, but those of us who had played the older versions looked forward to each update, and embraced them with great enjoyment. What's different about films and comics? Something, that's for sure, and it isn't just personalities. Lee and Meade, the leaders at Gettysburg, had altered or enhanced capabilities in each update, and we didn't mind a bit. Maybe a topic for discussion.
Okay, I've stolen enough space from you. I'll just throw it out there and see what happens.
PS for Jeeg: Get ready for another mud-wrestling match; I'll be watching GRIMM closely. The trailers look promising.
- Saturday, June 11, 2011
- Christian said...
Excellent article. I think your personal comic history really fleshes out your opinion well. I'm excited about this reboot. I hope it works. I really think the comic book tree needs a really good shake and this combination of events is sorely needed. I admire DC for doing it and hope it sticks. I hope a whole bunch of former readers and a crapload of new readers jump on board. I wish I had the available funds to buy all 52 #1's because I would. Good work CT.
- Saturday, June 11, 2011
CT I couldn't have said it better myself.
- Saturday, June 11, 2011
- Jeeg said...
As I've mentioned a few times before, comics aren't my thing. I come at this as an outsider, but I completely agree with CT's thesis. The changes that DC has announced really are necessary attempts to grow the customer base beyond the last generation hardcore fans that are now approaching middle age. The only problem is I don't think it's going to work.
The publishing industry, including comic books, has been getting steamrolled by a media transformation of a scale which only happens every two or three generations. And whatever the outcome, I don't think the future will look like the previous status quo just with digital publications. The best analogy I can come up with is the transition between radio and television. Many experts predicted television would kill off radio altogether during the late 1940s and 1950s. Radio obviously survived, but it's no longer the place to go for sitcoms or dramas. Radio moved into various niches and DC or Marvel likewise needs to find the comic book equivalent of talk radio or Top 40. I think they eventually will, but the DC Relaunch isn't the transformation needed to get there.
- Monday, June 13, 2011
- Robert said...
Not really a comics guy but the reboot phenomenon is something that we all need to address, especially cinema nerds. I was particularly upset and puzzled by the Spiderman films reboot, but on the other hand, I think the Star Trek reboot was great (especially since they, for the most part, really respected the original).
They're rebooting The Thing, Fright Night and Conan The Barbarian later this year(to name a few), so I guess it's get used to it, or don't go to the movies anymore.
- Tuesday, June 14, 2011
- Paxton said...
Well said, CT. I mostly agree. I, however, do like the costume redesigns. I'm not sure why, but I think they look more modern. Especially Flash.
- Tuesday, June 14, 2011


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By COREY BLUEMELStaff Writer
If you're a sportsmen and love the outdoors then a little piece of heaven has just opened for you in Lehi. The new Cabela's, the world's foremost outfitter, just opened its 13th store in the United States on Aug. 25. John Castillo, store manager, said, "Utah is the strongest state for our catalog store and we knew a store in Utah would be successful."
John Wimer from Salt Lake works at the new Cabela's he said, "We have hired 95 percent of the people to operate the Lehi store from Utah. Stores have been announced for Reno and a store will open in Glendale, Ariz. in 2006. We expect people will drive from as far as 400 miles to the new store here in Lehi. On the first visit people will spend upwards of four hours in the store. It is a destination store and we plan on having visitors from California, Oregon and Canada. We have already had many calls from people out of state who are anxious to visit the store. Cabela's is known internationally and we expect visitors from all around the globe.
"Everyone is welcome here. The store contains 430 animals including fish, skins, shoulder mounts and life-size mounts. The mounts came from various sources and we have many world record holders. The African diorama depicts the many different types of animals found in Africa. We have a large aquarium containing many species of fish. Cabela's is also a fine gun purveyor and the gun library is among the finest in the world. All of the guns in the library are also for sale," said Wimer.
In addition to the museum holding many different types of animals, a mountain has been constructed in the center of the store which depicts a desert scene, mountain and winter scenes with animals typical to each of those environments.
If hunger strikes as you cruise around the store a full service restaurant on the second floor is sure to fill the hunger gap. A home furnishings department for the rustic look for home and cabin is also on the second floor along with camping supplies. An interactive shooting range is also upstairs and an indoor archery range is located just off the archery department. If you're on the hunt for a good deal then a visit to the Bargain Cave is in order. The cave features returned items and low prices on discontinued items.
Words alone cannot describe the experience that awaits visitors to Cabela's. Cabela's started as a simple mail order operation. The first ad appeared in a Wyoming newspaper in 1961 advertising hand tied flies. The ad read, "Free Introductory offer! 5 hand tied flies...25 cents postage and handling. Cabela Distributing Box 672, Chappell, Neb. The ad also appeared in Sports Afield magazine in 1962. Millions of catalogs are mailed worldwide each year and a thriving internet site is also part of Cabela's.
Jim and Dick Cabela know that it is the customer and their continued patronage that have made Cabela's a success. "Because we are avid hunters and anglers just like you, we know how important it is to get the best gear at the best prices. That's why it will always be our goal tor bring you the best value for your dollar and to back every purhase you make with our famous 100 percent satisfaction guarantee. This ensures uyou can buy with confidence, knowing that you're not completely satisfied with your order or purchase when it arrives, you can return it for a refund or an exchange. This is our way of saying thank you for 44 years of support," said the Cabela's.


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They are still not quite main-stream yet, though with Facebook adding Facebook places this might change.
Still the amount of check-ins at each venue does give you a rough snapshot of how popular each place is, so I was curious and checked the different venues on the current location based leader, FourSquare. How does our library compare with other venues in campus (National University of Singapore) in terms of checkins?
Not bad. 234 people checked in 692 times at Central Library (Main library of the 7 NUS Libraries). Do note that the library has not claimed the site, and does not do any promotion unlike some other libraries. There is some evidence from MacDonalds that doing special promotions with FourSquare will boost check-ins
But that's just a figure, how does this compare to other venues in the University?
Let's look at a couple of canteens on campus
Interestingly enough the number of check-ins are lower than a specific venue (NUS central library). Similarly checkins to "larger locations" like NUS Faculty of Science are also relatively low.
Thoughts and conclusion
At this stage though we don't know enough about check-in habits of users to know whether they prefer to check-in to a venue as large as "National University of Singapore". In other words, if you visit a place with various venues that are applicable, do you check-in to the most specific venue or to all that apply?
It also occurs to me check-ins also depend on whether there are duplicate venues, i.e occasionally you may see duplicates, or more than one FourSquare venue for each location. This could be deliberate for example your library might have a FourSquare venue for the library as whole as well as specific locations (reading rooms etc) or it could be a duplicate location created by someone who did not know an existing venue existed, so if you knew they existed you should account for that.
Also I suppose, check-ins might be a function of the way we want to represent ourselves to friends. So if most geeky and nerdy people like to "boast" they are at a library studying, check-ins there will have a inherent advantage.
Many other interesting questions and research issues here....
When I did this, I manually searched for FourSquare locations by my university name to pick up venues within the University. This won't work so well if you work for a public library say the National Library Board (see the Foursquare page of the main library here) .
Of course the correct way to do this is to do a systematic search using the FourSquare API to find locations that are most popular within a certain spot. I'm not techy enough to make the effort to do this, but someone really should.
There are web services that sort of do this , like Mappr and Miso Trendy where you can specify a spot and it will show you the most popular venues within a certain radius. I'm not able to get it to work consistently though. I think the later only shows users who have checked-in currently.
I have no doubt as location based services become more popular, the data you can draw from there will become very useful and I can think of multiple ways you could use the data, though there are obvious privacy implications even for data at the aggregate level.
Let me repeat again, at this stage the data is just suggestive, only early adopters are on Foursquare, there are various issues to consider about the reliability of such checkin statistics etc.
Still, libraries can probably exploit this data in the future to show to university administrators or government officials, how popular and well used the libraries are since it allows you to compare with other locations using a standardised metric (check-ins) as opposed to just saying we have 10,000 visitors.
I did a quick check of other libraries both academic and public in Singapore and was floored by how high the figures were, I'll be surprised if this is unique to just Singapore.
So dear readers, how popular is your library according to FourSquare? How does it compare to other venues in the area?


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Two New York judges named the Guernsey from Wilson, Wisconsin their Grand Champion at World Dairy Expo.
With the help of associate judge William Peck, Schuylerville, N.Y., lead judge Adam Liddle, Argyle, N.Y., selected Misty Meadows Adacka Pixie as the Grand Champion Female in the International Guernsey show. She is owned by Jacklyn Peterson, Wilson, Wis. and took first place in the Four-Year-Old class. The same cow received Senior Champion honors and Grand Champion Female in the Junior show. Liddle, described that her advantage in length, being a longer bodied animal from head to tail, gave her the edge needed to take top honors in the show.
The cow from Inola, Okla., Chupps Farm Mentor Mary-ET owned by Tyler, Paige and Justin Chupp, received Reserve Senior Champion of the show on the bright orange colored shavings.
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Skip to comments.U.N. "Disarming" Iraq from WMD while allowing them WMD???
Posted on 05/28/2006 6:59:14 AM PDT by avacado
My subject title doesn't make sense, does it? How coud the U.N. be disarming Iraq from WMD while allowing them WMD at the same time. Is there a 4th dimension of space that I am not aware of?
Chemicals allowed for export to Iraq by other countries:
- Sodium Cyanide
- Hydrogen Cyanide
- Phosgene
Well golly, gee-whiz... those chemicals are WMD with a world history of being used as chemical weapons. The U.N. is a complete joke! They are looking for chemical weapons while allowing Saddam to purchase chemical weapons! Yeah, that's the ticket! Makes good sense to me!
U.N. (Oil-for-Food programme) Goods Review List: http://www.un.org/Depts/unmovic/documents/S-2002-515.pdf
Ridiculous. Everyone knows that Iraq has no WMD and never did.
Dual use chemicals that have a history of being used as chemical weapons should NOT be allowed. There are 2 lists in that PDF document and many chemicals are banned from Iraq and hydrogen cyanide and phosgene should be on the banned list.
What's the point of inspections if Saddam can have all the hydrogen cyanide and phosgene his little heart desires?
I'd prefer to allow our military people decide that. The inability to run a plating operation can seriously hamper oil production, for example.
What's the point of inspections if Saddam can have all the hydrogen cyanide and phosgene his little heart desires?
What planet are you on? Excuse me, but he's in jail.
This mindset is exactly why a rogue nation must attack and kill many before any international action can be taken. It is wrong to hold terror to that high of a standard... or any standard for that matter. EVIL is EVIL.
Yes, I know that. Thanks for the update. And had you read what I wrote, I was referring to inspections. You know, the past. And if you want to support Saddam having had hydrogen cyanide and phosgene then that's just fine.
Then make that clear, you know, by providing dates. For all I know the UN is regulating Iraqi imports today.
And if you want to support Saddam having had hydrogen cyanide and phosgene then that's just fine.
As I said, I don't know about phosgene, but I do know that lethal gases are used in the production of agricultural pesticides (remember Bhopal?). Were we allowing the Iraqis to import pesticides for agriculture, they could obtain the chemicals to produce WMD them. So, are you advocating that the Iraqis under Saddam not be allowed to grow food?
The fact is that dual use is a reality of chemistry and that the legitimate uses are facts of economic necessity. WMD can be produced from chemicals that are necessary for everyday sustenance. Thus the only real way to preclude the conversion of chemicals into WMD was the inspection routine. Such isn't so simple as you would wish.
Then make that clear, you know, by providing dates. For all I know the UN is regulating Iraqi imports today.
I have had enough of you. Had you READ the document that I posted instead of shooting your mouth off we wouldn't be having this conversation. The document is dated and refers to prior UN Resolutions.
Have a nice day.
Unfortunately, wasn't it under the Reagan administration that Iraq was removed frm the terrorist-sponsoring lists, allowing dual use tech to be exported there?
Ummm...he's not in power anymore. There was this war in 2003 and he was removed from power.
Then, in July of 2003, his sons Uday and Qusay were killed by American forces.
Then in December '03, Saddam was captured by U.S. forces in a spider hole in Tikrit.
I know he still says he's the President of Iraq, but he's really not. It's a guy named Talabani now and he's on our side.
You never heard of the concept of multiple use chemicals?
You are aware that many lethal compounds can be made from common household chemicals and products?
You want to prevent them from making detergents? Industrial solvents? Other useful things not WMDs?
Perhaps your most important goal is to remind us all that something else in Iraq is being screwed up by George Bush and "his" war?
Ummm...he's not in power anymore. There was this war in 2003 and he was removed from power.
Errrr.... this was about the inspections prior to the war. You know, back when the U.N. was trying to disarm Iraq just as the title says. Read the document instead of being glib with me.
The subject is about the inspections and the chemicals allowed by the U.N. during a 12 year period of disarmament. Maybe you should start a Reagan post for your subject....red herring.
Or maybe I'll post where I please.
Perhaps it was a necessary evil at the time, given the rise of the Iranian threat, but getting that sort of technology into Hussein's hands in the first place was not a good idea.
Two things. I can spell the word any way I like. It's a made up name. Second, I am no troll. I came here for the prewar documents and have been trying to assist jveriats in any manner that I can. I was also asked by jveritas to make this post.
And it's nice to see that you are incapable of discussing the subject of the UN allowing the Hussein regime to have phosgene and hydrogen cyanide - known WMD.
Have a nice day.
I agree. Iraq and chemical weapons aren't an issue at this point. We have an embassy in Iraq now. And a bunch of military bases.
And Saddam's locked up in an
fortress in the Radwaniyah sectio undisclosed location (sorry, but it's the worst-kept secret in Iraq) unless he has to be in court.
The Germans know ALL about Phosgene!
Want to talk 'red herring'?
When did that 12-year period end?
Why do you think it's important today?
I couldn't care less at this point. Why am I talking to a troll?
Have a nice day.
Hey,that's right,Bush lied!!!
I don't really care what YOU want. Understand. I was simply putting forth known chemcials weapons that the UN was allowing Saddam to import at a time when inspectors were in the country looking to destroy chemcial weapons.
As for you, you have issues.
Raw chemicals that could have been used for the manufacture of chemical weapons should NEVER have been allowed to be shipped to Iraq while Saddam was in power. If the UN was concerned about Iraq having fertilizer (or pesticides) to facilitate crop growth then they should have made arrangements to ship the pre-processed materials to the fields where it was to be applied. Why we as a nation give a penny of support to the UN is beyond my comprehension...
This just in... :D
Where's Hans Blix?
You can use phosgene for 'human plating' but we have no evidence that Saddam ateany of his adversaries.
Really? How so? I have never seen posted, nor discussed, the Goods Review List of the U.N.'s regarding Iraq nor have I seen posted, nor discussed, then fact that while the U.N. was searching for chemical weapons Iraq was allowed to import chemical weapons.
Look, if this thread is not your cup of tea, then move along. It's that easy.
Saddam had a past history of using sodium cyanide to manufacture the chemical weapon called tabun.
--- Avacado, good catch. I checked out the PDF and couldn't find quanities listed anywhere. Is there any way of finding that out, I wonder? ---
Countries could freely export to Iraq anything on List A that is less than 10% solution and if more than that concentrate then they were supposed to submit a form to the UN. I believe a company in Finland exported sodium cyanide to Iraq in 2002 without submitting a form to the UN. And since the program was handled by the Oil-for-Food program, we all know how honest that operation was.
Phosgene is an intermediate chemical in the production of pesticides and herbicides.
And of course Saddam needed millions of tons to sustain that massive agricultural infrastructure he operated, planting Iranians.
Millions of tons? Prove it.
Who are you, Ramsey Clark? Where did you check your sense of humor when you clicked on FR today?
Thus in no way am I saying that Saddam was no threat to use phosgene for WMD. What I am saying is that blowing off control of its import is not prima facae evidence that the UN is approving of their manufacture.
Good post, avacado; thanks for the thread and thank you for assisting freeper's trying to translate those documents.
Thanks for the ping, Dave, and for remembering my interest in this matter.
The UN hasn't dealt honestly with the Iraq/WMD situation for their own agenda-driven reasons and since the UN is so dirty, I tend to trust freeper translations more than any others.
Thanks Peach! It's a tough crowd in here today! ;-)
One of the most important debate of the Iraq war was the WMD issue and every point that show that Saddam has WMD, or has the capability of manufacturing must be made public because the liberal liars and their media want us to believe that this man never had or never had the intention to acquire WMD from 1991 to 2003.
Look, I know how bad both phosgene and Saddam are. I have no dispute with that. Here is the reality: you can make phosgene by overheating PVC plastics. It's easy. PVC is everywhere.
The only way to preclude phosgene being used as a chemical weapon is to monitor manufacturing and storage of the bulk materials and delivery systems. Preventing imports accomplishes very little.
In term of producing Phosgene from heating plastic, I think if this is the case we will have thousands of dead people everyday. The company I work for supply control elements to chemical firms that manufacture Phosgene and this was of the toughest applications we deal with because our control element must be designed to have zero leakage to the atmosphere because Phosgene is simply extremely deadly once it is inhaled.
I was in the business of making vinyl gloves for seven years. Producing phosgene when we locked up the line was a concern.
"Chlorine gas is never produced when PVC burns, and while the possibility of producing phosgene from burning PVC has been suggested, following reports of minimal quantities produced in laboratory experiments, it has never been detected in large scale fire tests and it is not considered a significant product of PVC combustion."
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