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Andersoncrystala necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 55 diseños de 20 diseñadores freelance.
Crystal Clear College Planning
We provide college planning services. Our goal is to help kids find the right college for them and to help them to put the pieces together for their future. Ultimately, we want people to believe in the opportunity to fulfill their dreams.
Trying to portray the following: friendly neighborhood feel like starbucks, clear communications, easy to follow process, non-stressfull, expensive but worth it, confidant but not showman-like, fit and energetic, trustworthy, results driven, successful and pragmatic
1. I attached color I had considered.
2. My tag line is "Unravel the Puzzle".
3. I want something that will easily fit on letterhead and look great on business cards as well as my website.
4. I'm looking for a logo that is not a conventional "Education" logo. I would like something that is whimsical as well as proactive. Images that come to mind are trees that are flowing and open, representative of knowledge but still colorful warm and inviting. Examples: Cherry Blossoms or willow trees. I uploaded something that is like what i was thinking
3. Initial thought: Creating the words as puzzle pieces incorporating some type of school image into it and turning it into a puzzle piece.
4. Other Idea was a cutsey owl with a diploma and cap. Would still like it to be unique and not stuffy collegiate.
5. Looking for warm colors like browns, dark aquas and purples as long as it represented the warm, happy feeling.
6. I searched the ready made logos and below are some that I like
-Humingbird Icon (love how it flows with the letters and love the colors as well as how the picture is interactive with the name)
-Flowers Logo ( I like the icon and how it's entwined and that general look, not a fan of the lettering)
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Comfort Inn Lundy's Lane CN167
7514 Lundys La., Niagara Falls, ON, Canada, L2H 1G8
Phone: (905) 354-1849
Fax: (905) 354-6619
The Comfort Inn® Lundy's Lane is conveniently located near Niagara Falls, the Clifton Hill amusements and Marineland Canada theme park. Visitors will enjoy the Great Gorge Adventure tour of the Niagara River, or the world famous Maid of the Mist boat tours. Queen Victoria Park displays a wonderful collection of plants and gardens near the falls. For shoppers, the Canada One Factory Outlet Mall is right next door. This hotel is also the ideal place to stay while attending popular winter events such as New Year's Eve Extravaganza Niagara Falls, TD Rink at the Brink and Canada's largest light festival, the Winter Festival of Lights.
Guest rooms of this Niagara Falls hotel feature hair dryers and Nintendo game systems are available for an additional charge. Non-smoking rooms are available. Hotel amenities include an exercise room, hot tub and indoor pool.
The hotel also offers free high-speed Internet access, weekday newspaper, local calls and coffee. An indoor pool and sundeck are popular features with guests, plus, the on-site IHOP restaurant is a convenient bonus. A currency exchange is also available.
Amenities and features at this Comfort Inn hotel include:

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« Multiple Perspectives in an International Classroom | Main | Students as Diplomats »
Is Your School Teaching the Language of Globalism?
I'm not sharing this to tout Asia Society school programs (although I am very proud). I am sharing this because when extraordinary things become ordinary, we sometimes forget to talk about them. When I brought Asia Society's new executive vice president Tom Nagorski, who was formerly the managing editor of international news for ABC, to visit Sharpstown International School, he saw evidence all around him of how students are preparing for an interconnected, interdisciplinary, innovative future. He shares his impressions below. This is what it looks like, everyday. If your school isn't teaching the "language of globalism," as Sharpstown is, think about how you can start. If you are, share the stories and inspire others.
by Tom Nagorski
The other day I drove a stretch of US-59 from Houston's Bush International Airport to a high school in a fairly beaten-down neighborhood. A few years ago, Sharpstown High School was on what its principal called a "death march." Six years later, Sharpstown International is among those earning the district's highest rank: exemplary.
"Six years ago, we didn't have anything," Sharpstown International Principal Chang Yu says. Faced with a failing school, the Houston Independent School District asked Asia Society to help start a new small school, Sharpstown International School, in the same neighborhood. The idea was to use proven reform efforts to make unsuccessful schools successful. Chang adds, without prompting or hesitation: "Without the Asia Society we wouldn't be here."
It was great to hear that, of course. I had read and heard about the work for months, but before this day I hadn't walked the halls of one of our hallmark schools, schools now part of our International Studies Schools Network (ISSN), where the proposition is basic: learn about the world, and you'll be better prepared for the world once your school days are done.
So here was Hiwot Gabreyes, a teenager of Ethiopian descent, just back from a semester in India. "It's changed my life," she said. Hiwot and her classmates have studied the globe and developed a passion for the world well beyond their backyards. "My eyes are open now," Hiwot says.
In every class, there is an emphasis placed on some global angle. So Kyle O'Heron's math classes examines the way trigonometry can be used to map climate change; Oscar Le's biology class takes up global health issues; current world affairs and the Model U.N. are standard fare. And so on.
It's not that the meat and potatoes—reading, writing and arithmetic—are neglected; in fact, students' performances on standardized tests have risen sharply. What's different at Sharpstown is that the words "world" and "global" are in the air, and students are conversing not only in Mandarin, say, but in what you might call the language of globalism.
"I see and understand the world in a whole new way," says Eric Medina, who credits the curriculum with sparking an interest in global studies, and then a semester in China with firing a passion to do more. Medina returned and founded something he calls the "World Scholar's Group" aimed at motivating other Sharpstown students to study abroad, and then helping them find opportunities to do so.
"I'm just brainstorming with these kids," Medina says. "I want to help them have an experience like I had. It's all about getting ready for the world. About opening your mind."
Every encounter at Sharpstown inspires. The band that mixes James Brown with Indian dance music; the administrator who says his job is to "make these kids just a little uncomfortable"; and a girl named Arsema Kidama, who says that for her, a global education is an education in the power of diversity. "You realize," she says, "that you might eat differently, dress differently, or speak some different language. But you realize that we aren't really that different from each other. We have so much to learn from others." Well put, Arsema.
The student body at Sharpstown is 70 percent Latino, 20 percent African-American, and only six percent white. Many are from tough neighborhoods, places where gangs and drugs and other vices are common. At other schools in this neighborhood, says Josue Zayala, failure is common, and it isn't "cool" to study. But this, says Josue, "is a school where all you ever here is success, success, success." Well said, Josue. Nice to hear.
And nice that Asia Society has played a part.


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Our Fitness Blog
Why the ABC's of Fitness Are So Important
When a plan comes together it's a beautiful thing. But, often we get in our own way simply by overcomplicating the plan. While we all love mixing up our fitness exercises, you don't want to mix up your plan. Consistency can seem like it might get monotonous, but it's what works.
What's NOT monotonous? RESULTS.
Be motivated by the fact that by sticking to the plan and not switching it up too frequently, and keeping to the basics, you are serving yourself the best. It takes mental fortitude to keep on keeping on.
The basic ABC's of fitness are:
- Exercising
- Eating
- Planning
We need to be steady in sticking to this and not be all over the place, constantly starting a new plan and abandoning our basics, therefore going back to square one. Remember, you didn't gain weight overnight, you won't lose it overnight either.
Patience is the secret. Faith that your plan works is what will keep you going.
So, let's examine the 3 ABC's of fitness in a bit more detail:
Exercising: No matter who you are, you need a schedule that makes sense for you. My philosophy is beginners should schedule 3 days a week for working out and advanced level folks should plan 5-6 days. Right off the bat, many beginners want to skip the 3 day plan and go straight for 6 days a week. I do not suggest this because 99.9% of the time a beginner will keep this plan up for two weeks and then fall off the wagon, and fall HARD! It is not effective to go 6 days a week for two weeks and then workout one day a week for the next three weeks because of exhaustion and extreme soreness. Better to stick to an achievable plan consistently, than NOT to execute an aggressive plan at all! Trust the process and start smart. Schedule your days and do not deviate!
Eating: Eating right only works if you do it 99% of the time. You cannot be a diet hopper, trying the new 'fad' supplement (raspberry ketones, fish oil, green tea, white tea, green coffee, garcinia cambogia, Acai berries, etc) or low carb, high fat, low fat, sugar free, wheat free, the less than 5 ingredients per meal diet, etc…. You need to adopt a healthy, right, balanced way of eating, and then…..STICK to it!
It's actually pretty EASY if you trust in it. But, guess what? THINGS THAT ARE EASY TO DO ARE ALSO EASY NOT TO DO! Prime example: It's easy to drink 8 glasses of water a day, but it's also very easy NOT to do! Right?
In my experience the ONLY way to eat right for life, (meaning, not a short term crash diet that can only be followed for a short time before you lose units and quit) is 9Round Nutrition, which is of course, why we have made it the official 9Round way of eating. I have followed this for years and so does my husband. This program is so simple that many people say, "Am I missing something? That's it?" Well, yeah! It is simple. Carbs, protein, and fat together in the correct proportion, at every meal and snack, every 2.5-3.5 hours, every day….There are a few more guidelines obviously, but the basics are so, well, BASIC, that many people are left scratching their heads. It's almost like if it doesn't sound really "out there" then people often think it won't be effective. Trust me, it takes laser like focus and discipline to stick to this SIMPLE way of eating. Which leads me right into…
Planning: "If you fail to plan, you plan to fail"…sorry to be cheesy. It really does make all the difference to plan your foods. What does that look like? It means each night you are getting your meals portioned out to take to work, as well as snacks. It means, you have a million small Tupperware containers in a drawer handy. It means you are prepping at home and dicing and chopping and that you have a lunchbox you carry everywhere. It means you have a gallon of water on your desk that you pour from all day. It means you are NEVER unsure of what you're eating! That way you don't make a bad choice in a moment of hunger…stale donut anyone?
When you go to the grocery store always have your staples like chicken breast (I buy a large bag of individually frozen chicken tenderloins so I can keep them fresh until I need them) and other lean proteins, as well as stock up on your fruit and veggies. Grab your whole grains, and other complex carbs as well as your healthy fats like low fat cheeses, olive oils and my FAV: peanut butter! Yes!, and then pick one day to prep all your lunches and snacks. This sets your week up for success, especially 3 or 4 days into it, when our energy can tend to get a little lower and our motivation can go down as well as our discipline. Prepping for these moments is everything.
Don't even purchase your trigger foods. If it's not in the house you won't eat it at night! Keep out the temptations like wine, beer, sweets, French fries, etc and you're giving yourself a gift=lack of temptation!
Lastly, remember, it's the consistent combo of these 3 things long term that truly makes for a major shift in your fitness and how you look and feel. It's also very important to remember that all of this is TOTALLY WORTH it! When you feel great in your skin, there's no better feeling in the world!
Love yourself,
Heather "the Hero" Hudson


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It was with great sadness that I woke to the news that Canada's last WWI veteran, John "Jack" Babcock, had passed away yesterday at the age of 109. This news comes at a time of great joy for Canada as we host the world in the one event that used to bring armistice in wars, even if for a brief time.
Mr Babcock was born July 23rd in 1990 on a farm in Ontario, one of 13 children. He was like so many young men of that generation... he was feisty and looking to make a better life for himself. He had gone through many hardships as a young lad, his father dying when Jack was only 6 years old. He was of the generation that witnessed and took part in Canada's transition from British Dominion to Independent Nation.
At the age of 15 and a half, he enlisted in the 146th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Forces (lying about his age to do so) after hearing recruitment officers quote from Tennyson's The Charge Of The Light Brigade . He was initially assigned to serve in Canada because of his age, but managed to sign up for a regiment that was headed overseas by stating he was 18. So after passing his physical, he was sent overseas to England but his fib caught up with him and prevented him from seeing active combat. Because he was under age, he was sent to the Boys Batallion, a regiment where young men were trained to fight until they were old enough to fight on the front lines. The war ended just months after he turned 18, and he never did get to fight the Germans.
He regretted not seeing combat in that war, being a "tin soldier"... it stayed with him throughout his life and so he never considered himself a true veteran of the Great War. In an interview in 2007 he said: "I think if I had a chance, I would have gone to France, taken my chances like the rest of them did. A lot of good men got killed."
The people that served in The Great War experienced war at it's most raw and the cost in human life was devastating. Sometimes I think if technology wasn't what it is today we might think twice about walking away from discussions and work towards Peace that much harder.
In the 20s, he moved to the United States and also served in the United States Army. He became a naturalized US citizen in 1946. Dual citizenship was not permitted in those days, so Mr Babcock was forced to give up his Canadian ties but never lost his love for his homeland. In April 2008, during a visit from Canadian Veterans Affairs Minister Greg Thompson, Mr Babcock said he would like to get his Canadian citizenship back. At Mr Thompson's urging, he handwrote a note to Prime Minister Stephen Harper which was hand delivered by Thompson that was reported to have said:
"Dear PM. Could I have my citizenship restored? I would appreciate your help. Thank you, John Babcock."
Governor General Michaëlle Jean granted his request and a Canadian delegation traveled to his home in Washington state for a swearing in ceremony.
"We are proud to welcome Mr. Babcock back into the Canadian family and to honour the service he gave our country," Harper said in a news release.
"He symbolizes a generation of Canadians who, in many ways, were the authors of modern Canadian nationhood." - Stephen Harper.
Mr Babcock died a Canadian citizen... as it should be.
Today, my plans changed. I traded in my red sweater, as I try to wear red on Fridays as much as I can in support for our troops, for my father's Canadian Legion sweater. I wear it proudly in their honour for I owe them so much. I can just see the welcome Mr Babcock must be receiving from his veteran comrades in Heaven. May they continue to watch over our troops and act as their guardian angels.
Rest in Peace, sir. Thank you.
"I think it would be nice if all the different people in the world could get along together so we weren't having wars. I don't suppose that'll ever happen, though."
- John Babcock
I strongly encourage you to watch the following videos from The History Channel... I did and learned a great deal about one boy's journey into manhood at a time of great change. Listening to Mr Babcock share his memories, extremely lucidly might I add, gives me an even greater desire to work for Peace.


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To construct this table, you need to open a new document and add the table. After the table is finished, we're going to turn the two pieces into graphics, and then rotate the graphics so that they fit on a portrait page. Here's what the final pages with the table graphics inserted will look like. Notice that you can use wrap options to type text on the right-hand page.
- Open a new Word document.
- Reset all margins to .5 inches.
Open the Page Setup dialog.
--Word 2003: Select File, and then Page Setup.
--Word 2007/2010: Select the Page Layout tab and locate the Page Setup group. Click the small arrow in the lower right of the group.
The Page Setup dialog appears.
- Enter .5 for top, bottom, right, and left.
- Click the Landscape button.
- Click OK.
- Add the table title.
--Type this text: 1850 Census Entries for McKee in Randolph County, Illinois--Apply a Heading 3 style, and then press the Enter key.
- Display the Insert Table dialog.
--Word 2003: From the menu, select Table, Insert, Table.
--Word 2007/2010: On the Insert tab, click Tables.
- In Number of columns, enter 13.
- In Number of rows, enter 10.
- Under AutoFit behavior, click AutoFit to contents.
- Click OK. The table appears in your document.
- Save the document under a name you will recognize.
- In the first row, type the 1850 census column titles.
--Click in the first cell, and type the column title.
--Press the Tab key to move forward to the next cell, and add text.
--Press Shift + Tab to move backward to the previous cell.
Notice that in the table I created I abbreviated Age, Sex, and Color. I've included all of the columns because while the census entries I'm looking at do not have entries in all columns that may not be the case for entries you are looking at.
- In the second row, type the location description, and then merge the cells in row two.
To merge, select the entire row. Move your cursor to the left of row two. Your cursor changes from an I beam to an arrow. Point the arrow at row two and click once to select the entire row. Word highlights the row. Right-click in the row to display the popup menu, and then select Merge. Word removes all vertical table borders except the end borders.
- Add a gray fill to rows one and two.
To fill, select rows one and two. Move your cursor to the left of row one. Your cursor changes from an I beam to an arrow. Point the arrow at row one and click once. Hold down the mouse button and drag your cursor down to the second row. Word highlights rows one and two. Right-click in the highlighted rows to display the popup menu, and then select Borders and Shading. The Borders and Shading dialog appears. Select the Shading tab. In the Fill drop-down, select one of the shades of gray. You add a bit of color to a heading (gray if you are printing to paper) so that your reader has a visual break that they can use to identify titles and locations.
- In the third row, start adding census data. You can add the data I show in the sample or your own data.
- When you have a new location (township), add the location, merge the fields, and fill with gray to provide a visual break for your reader.
- Continue adding entries. When you table breaks to page two, just let it break. After you have two pages of entries, we have two problems to fix: 1) row splitting across page break; 2) no titles above page 2 columns.
- To stop a row from splitting across a page break, complete these steps.
--Select the entire table. Click once anywhere in the table, and then right-click to display a popup menu. Click Select, and then Table. Word highlights the entire table.
--Display Table Properties. Right-click anywhere in the highlighted table to display the popup menu, and then select Table Properties. Click the Row tab. In Options, remove the check mark from Allow row to break across pages. Depending on what you've done, you might see the check box filled in with color. Click it twice to remove all marks. Click OK to save the change. The table will allow only entire rows and will not split a row across a page break. Click anywhere outside of the table to remove the highlight.
- To add a title row to page two, repeat header rows.
--On page one, select row one (the title row) of the table.
--Word 2003: From the menu, select Table, Repeat Header Row.
--Word 2007/2010: On the Layout tab, click the Repeat Header Row button in the Data group.
Regardless of how many pages of census entries you enter, the heading row will appear at the top of each page.


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The unsaid in second round negotiations
There's been some buzz over the last day or so over a proposal for a national charter by secular, liberal, non-felool forces (aka most of the small parties in the Egyptian parliament) as well as several ideas over some kind of deal with the remaining presidential candidates on the shape of government. I keep seeing stipulations such as "no MB prime minister" or "vice-presidents from outside the MB" that makes it clear that these initiatives are largely targeted at candidate Mohammed Mursi. I barely see anything about negotiating with candidate Ahmed Shafiq.
I also — and I believe this is a big omission — see no details about restricting the powers of the military, getting rid of SCAF and retiring the generals who currently serve on it, overhauling the General Intelligence Services, or anything else that has been considered largely beyond the pale of political and media discourse since the fall of Hosni Mubarak. It kind of reinforces the feeling that a) most political activists seem to think the greatest threat is the Islamists, since many of the points are about preserving a secular state, b) there is not much courage out there (at least among the professional politicians) about raising the issue of the deep state, the military and the security services. Is this resignation, perception of what's realistic, of lack of imagination?
While some of Egypt's Islamists are certainly worrisome, and the country has a past of terrorist violence coming from the extreme fringe of a wide-ranging Islamist spectrum, most of the damage done to the country in the last 30 years came from the regime, not the Islamists. Of course some may make the argument that the average Egyptian is more interested in decent governance and a return of economic growth and security than some of these other issues. It's an arguable point, but besides the point if we ask the question, what does the political class want? Right now, 15 months after Mubarak was removed from power, I am still not sure I know the answer to that question. I hope the full statement from these "liberal, secular, non-felool" forces that is supposed to come out tomorrow clarifies things somewhat, but it also seems that some of these questions should have been addressed a while back.


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SlingshotSoftware needed a new stationery design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 60 designs submitted by 15 freelance designers.
Slingshot Software
Slingshot Software is a small Australian firm providing software development and IT consultancy services. We're based in Melbourne and work with companies Australia-wide.
We pride ourselves on being cutting-edge and professional, yet personable and accessible to those who might find the IT world a little daunting. Other words that reflect Slingshot Software are flexible and reliable.
We target small-medium companies that don't have the resources to do the work in-house. Not really industry-specific.
In a nutshell, David used a slingshot to take down Goliath.
I recently ran a competition for a new logo and now I'm looking for that to be incorporated into business cards and letterhead.
The details on the card should be:
Name: David Trumbull
Title: Software Engineer
Company: Slingshot Software
E: firstname.lastname@example.com
W: http://www.slingshotsoftware.com.au
A: 14/30 Shelley Street, Elwood, Victoria 3054
The logo (attached) should be incorporated and the design should be clean and sharp to match.
Designs should be provided in CMYK high resolution pdf using the attached templates. A4_template_210x297mm.pdf for the letterhead and BC_template_86x54mm.pdf for the business cards. **Note, please use these templates rather than the dimensions outlined in the print guidelines.


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Vim ('''V'''i '''IM'''proved)是Vi衍生的文字編輯器。因為它陡峭的學習曲線及不親切的介面而臭名遠播,但由於它的效率,多元化的插件及客製化的選項,Vim是 *nix 用戶眼中其中一個最好的文字編輯器(與Emacs齊名)。gVim是Vim的圖形版本,它為用戶提供了一個選單。
Vim ('''V'''i '''IM'''proved)是Vi衍生的文字編輯器。因為它陡峭的學習曲線及不親切的介面而臭名遠播,但由於它的效率,多元化的插件及客製化的選項,Vim是 *nix 用戶眼中其中一個最好的文字編輯器(與Emacs齊名)。gVim是Vim的圖形版本,它為用戶提供了一個選單。
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Vim (Vi IMproved)是Vi衍生的文字編輯器。因為它陡峭的學習曲線及不親切的介面而臭名遠播,但由於它的效率,多元化的插件及客製化的選項,Vim是 *nix 用戶眼中其中一個最好的文字編輯器(與Emacs齊名)。gVim是Vim的圖形版本,它為用戶提供了一個選單。
*Note that The Cult of Vi has determined that using emacs may cause dry mouth, blurred vision, drowsiness, dizziness, profuse sweating, tremors, sexual problems, headache, nausea and abdominal pain.
- 1 安裝
- 2 設置
- 4 Line Numbers and Jumping to Lines
- 5 Comparing or Merging 2 or more files (vimdiff and vsplit)
- 6 Spell checking
- 7 Vim Tutor
- 8 External links
- vim依賴vi,因此vi需要先安裝。但vi是基本安裝的其中一部份,所以大部份用戶應該已把它安裝好。
pacman -S vim
vim的設定檔是用戶的家目錄(~/)下的 .vimrc。一個 .vimrc的範例可以在 /etc/vimrc 中找到。
"Sample .vimrc set nocompatible set showmatch set incsearch set ignorecase set smartcase set history=100 set backspace=eol,start,indent set ruler set tabstop=4 set shiftwidth=4 set expandtab set virtualedit=all set background=dark set vb t_vg= set mouse=v set textwidth=79 set formatoptions=tcrq
- 安裝 gVim (與vim相似但擁有gtk2圖形介面及根據 /etc/gvimrc 及 ~/.gvimrc 去設置)
pacman -S gvim
- 這裏有一系列常用的插件,並可通過 pacman 安裝。
pacman -S vim-plugins
- 啟動vim編輯一個文件(新文件或已存在的文件)
vim filename
- 啟動vim並開新文件
Vim 有很多模式,以下是最基本的:
- Insert mode, in which anything you type (except some special keys) will appear on the screen and become part of your file buffer. There are many insert modes. The most basic form of insert mode is entered by pressing i.
- Command mode (also called normal mode), in which your key strokes are interpreted as commands. Command mode is entered by pressing <ESC>
- ex mode, where you may save a file, split the screen, open additional files, etc. ex mode commands are preceded by a colon, :
- Visual mode, which allows you to expediently cut, copy and paste large areas of text with the keyboard or mouse. Visual mode is entered by pressing v
Open a new text file with vim:
vim mytext
After you start vim, you're in command mode.
- Switch between modes
1. From command mode to insert mode, press i
Enter some text.
2. from insert mode to command mode, press <ESC>
You are now in command mode. Vim is waiting for your commands. Notice if you try typing, you get weird and unexpected results, because, well, you need to learn some commands, and Vim is not in insert mode.
3. Press <ESC> again to make sure you are truly in command mode and press : (colon)
Now you are in ex mode, which will allow us to save your first file. Type:
for write and quit.
Your file is written and vim will exit. You have just utilized 3 of the main modes of vim.
We'll focus on visual mode later.
In both the command mode and the insert mode, the arrow keys function to move the cursor, and with gvim you can mouse click to get to a new position. However, this is not the vim way. The most effective way of moving the cursor is to first enter the command mode by pressing ESC and then use vim's cursor-moving commands to move around. The 4 basic commands are
- j move down one line
- k move up one line
- h move left one character
- l move right one character
Remember: these commands work only in command mode. At first you may feel a bit uncomfortable. After you get familiar using these commands you will stick to them and forget the arrow keys.
Advanced movement:
- 0 (zero) move to the first character of a line
- $ move to the last character of a line
- w move to the first character of the next word
- e move to the last character of the next word
- ( move to the beginning of the previous sentence
- ) move to the beginning of the next sentence
- { move to the beginning of the current paragraph
- } move to the beginning of the next paragraph
- PGUP or <CTRL>F move up one page
- PGDOWN or <CTRL>B move down one page
- H move cursor to the top left
- L move to the bottom of the screen.
- :25 go to line 25
- gg move to beginning of file
- G move to end of file
The DELETE key always works, and the BACKSPACE key works with newly typed text in insert mode. However, it is suggested you not use them. Instead, learn to use vim's deletion commands.
1. Make sure you are in command mode by pressing <ESC>
2. move the cursor to the character you want to delete
3. press x , this character disappears
x is just one of the many powerful deletion commands. Remember, try to use the cursor motion commands j k h l to locate your target, and don't leave the command mode.
While in command mode, move the cursor to the desired location.
- i enter insert mode. This will insert before the current character.
- a enter append mode. This will append text after the current character.
Imove the cursor to the beginning of the current line and subsequently enter insert mode.
- A move the cursor to the end of the current line and subsequently enter insert append mode.
- o create a new blank line below the current line into which you can insert text.
- O (capital O) To create a new line above the current line.
- cc cut and replace the entire current line with a new line.
- c$ cut and replace everything from the current cursor position to the end of the line.
- c0 replace everything from the current cursor position to the beginning of the line.
To re-enter command mode, press <esc>
If you run the GUI version of vim, gvim, you can use mouse and the pull-down menus to do that---the same fashion with other editors. However, that is not the preferred style. You'll feel better off if you can live without a mouse.
1. Enter command mode by pressing ESC
2. Move the cursor to the line which you want to copy, by pressing j or k
3. press
to make a copy of the line, or
to cut it and make a copy
4. now move cursor (by pressing k or j) to the the location where you want to put this copy
5. press
to put the buffer after the current line, or
to put the buffer before the current line
If you want to copy or cut several lines, put a number before the yy or dd command, like
to copy 8 lines.
CUT, COPY and PASTE with Visual mode
- Visual mode is like Command mode, but the movement commands extend a highlighted area. When a non-movement command is used, it is executed for the highlighted area. Cutting, copying and pasting large sections of text is more efficient in visual mode.
Hit v to enter visual mode from command mode, then use the cursor to go up or down. As you do, the lines of text will become highlighted. (You may also use the mouse to highlight areas of text)
To copy the highlighted section or 'yank':
To cut the highlighted section or 'delete':
To paste or 'put'
to place it before, or
for after.
Undo and Redo
Now that you have learned how to cut and delete, you may need to undo some mistakes
will undo the last function. Pressing it repeatedly will undo successive functions. Likewise, use
to redo.
2. 輸入
3. 在您找到第一個apple後,您可以鍵入
Suppose you want to search for the word under the current cursor position there's no need to type the word. Instead
1. Make sure you are in command mode by hitting ESC
2. type
this will highlight the word under the curser. Then just like before use
to jump to the next occurence of word you're searching for.
Hint: With default settings the search stops when you hit the end of the file. To make searches wrap around the end of a file add
set wrapscan
to your ~/.vimrc.
How to substitute text
First make sure you're in command mode by pressing <ESC>.
- to replace a single character, move the cursor over the character and hit r followed by its replacement.
The following commands utilize ex. Recall from above that ex commands are all preceded by a colon, :
- replace first occurrence of old in current line with new
- replace all occurrence of old in current line with new
- replace the first occurrence of old in each line between line n1 and n2 with new
- replace all occurrence of oldbetween line n1 and n2 with new
- replace all occurrence of old in the whole buffer with new, prompt for confirmation.
- replace all occurrence of old in the whole buffer with new, prompt for confirmation.
- To save and exit: press <ESC> to enter command mode, then use ex:
or, from command mode, without ex:
- to save your file as newname before exiting:
press <ESC> to enter command mode, then type
:wq newname
- To exit without saving, press <ESC>, then type
- Forced quit
If :q doesn't work, it's probably because you didn't save the change. If you want to save, use :wq. If you don't want to save the changes, type
Line Numbers and Jumping to Lines
- Showing all line numbers - to show line numbers for a document, in insert mode, type :set number
- Jumping to a line - If you want to jump to a particular line in a file, in insert mode, type :<line number>, for example, :43 to jump to line #43.
Comparing or Merging 2 or more files (vimdiff and vsplit)
Occasionally, you may need to compare or merge multiple files.
- Hypothetical 1
While editing ~/.bashrc,
vim ~/.bashrc
you recall there are some global environment variables set within /etc/profile that you would like to merge into ~/.bashrc.
Simply enter ex mode and invoke vsplit:
which will split the screen, and then re-enter ex mode and load /etc/profile with the e command:
:e /etc/profile
to load /etc/profile into the newly split window.
Recall from above that
and then h and l will allow you to switch windows.
Subsequently invoking vsplit from ex mode will again split your sessions, so it is possible to compare 3, 4 or more files.
- Hypothetical 2
After a pacman -Syu, pacman warns you that there are files to be merged, saved with the extension .pacnew
Invoke vimdiff from the shell:
$ vimdiff filename filename.pacnew
Recall from above that
and then h and l will allow you to switch windows.
Cursor location will indicate the window for which commands will affect.
Spell checking
Vim's built-in spell checking (available since version 7) can be enabled by entering
:set spell
Only English language dictionaries are installed by default, but you can find many more in the vim ftp archive. After downloading the spl files for the given language (e.g. hu.cp1250.spl, hu.iso-8859-2.spl and hu.utf-8.spl for Hungarian) into ~/.vim/spell, you can run
:set spell spelllang=LL
to activate spell checking for the selected language (i.e. ':set spell spelllang=hu' for the above mentioned example). For more information, see
:help spell
in vim or read the html documentation on vim's sourceforge page.
Vim Tutor
For more, run:
from a shell. Vim will open the tutor file.


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Cathedral City Theft Crimes Defense Attorney
Attorney John Patrick Dolan is a skilled Cathedral City theft crimes defense attorney and a California State Bar Certified Specialist in Criminal Law. Under his guidance, the Dolan Law Offices provides a vigorous defense for people charged with theft-related crimes, including everything from shoplifting to burglary to robbery.
If you or a loved one has been charged with a theft crime, call Dolan Law Offices for a free initial consultation or jail visit at 760-775-3739 or 562-824-4007.
Under California statutes, theft includes the crimes of:
- Larceny: Theft by larceny requires taking and carrying away the property of another with the intent to permanently deprive the owner of the property. Petty theft of property valued less than $400.00 is a misdemeanor, although a second offense may be filed as a felony. Theft of property valued over $400.00 is grand theft and may be filed as a misdemeanor or a felony for the first offense.
- Embezzlement, fraud and other white-collar crimes : Embezzlement, fraud, bad checks/insufficient funds and other white-collar crimes generally involve nonviolent thefts committed for financial gain. Many white-collar crimes involve professional people with no history of criminal activity.
- Burglary: Entering a building with the intent to commit theft or a felony is burglary. The burden of proof of intent falls on the prosecution. The old terminology of breaking and entering is satisfied merely with entry of the building ¾ force is not necessary. In California, First Degree Residential Burglary is always a felony and a strike under the "three strike" law. All other types of burglary, including shoplifting, are second degree. They may be charged either as a misdemeanor or a felony and do not count as strikes.
- Robbery : Taking property from another by force or fear is robbery. It is a felony and a strike. Infliction of great bodily injury and/or the use of a gun or other weapon increase the sentence in state prison.
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A conviction for any theft offense, even a minor one such as shoplifting or insufficient funds, may have serious adverse consequences beyond fines and jail or prison. It may affect your future employability and can permanently damage your professional licensing and career, especially if your job involves money, such as banking, investments, securities, stocks or bonds.
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Most of the papers lead with Sonia Sotomayor's second day in the hot seat at the Senate judiciary committee, where the Supreme Court nominee calmly answered hours of questions and assured skeptical Republicans that she doesn't let who she is and where she comes from affect her judicial decisions. She bowed to the power of precedent and even distanced herself from President Obama's claim that a judge needs to have empathy. "I wouldn't approach the issue of judging in the way the president does," Sotomayor said. As expected, she avoided answering directly about controversial issues. Overall, "the day produced few of the anticipated fireworks," says the New York Times. "At times, it had more the feel of a law school seminar about statutes of limitation and strict scrutiny standards."
Elsewhere on Capitol Hill, House Democratic leaders unveiled a sweeping health care bill that takes the lead spot in the Wall Street Journal's world-wide newsbox. The bill would cost more than $1 trillion over 10 years and create a new public insurance option. The measure would raise more than $500 billion by increasing taxes on the wealthiest Americans and penalize businesses that don't provide health insurance. The WSJ focuses heavily on this penalty, noting that it would "hit all but the smallest businesses."
The highlight of the day was when Sotomayor addressed her much-publicized comment that a "wise Latina woman" could reach better decisions than white males. She managed to elicit some laughter from the room by noting that "no words I have ever spoken or written have received so much attention." Sotomayor explained she was trying "to inspire young Hispanics, Latino students and lawyers" but dismissed the words as "a rhetorical flourish that fell flat." It's not that Sotomayor believes that who a person is and what she experiences in life is meaningless, but rather that judges must be able to "recognize those feelings, and put them aside." The Los Angeles Times notes, "After watching Sotomayor fend off their best questions, opposing senators on the Judiciary Committee all but conceded that her confirmation was certain."
Above all, Sotomayor remained calm. Even when she was read unfavorable reviews she received from anonymous lawyers who described her, among other things, as "a terror on the bench" and Sen. Lindsey Graham asked her if she has a "temperament problem." She paused, and then said that she does "ask tough questions at oral argument." When asked about a statement she made about appellate judges making policy, Sotomayor assured lawmakers that it's "the job of Congress to decide what policy should be for society." The NYT notes inside that the judge, who is often described as passionate, "took pains to make herself as boring as possible." Throughout the questioning, "She refused to be pushed further than she wanted to go, by either Democrats or Republicans," notes USA Today.
Republicans weren't happy, and some Republicans on the committee said her testimony didn't really match with previous public remarks. "That's what we're trying to figure out," said Sen. Lindsey Graham. "Who are we getting here?" She was unmoved and kept referring back to her record as proof that "I don't base my judgments on my personal experiences—or my feelings or my biases."
Several of the papers end up analyzing Sotomayor's body language, noting that she "uses her hands extensively to communicate," as the Washington Post puts it. The Post also points out that Sotomayor "is a big toucher," which is apparently "the disarming move of a confident and mature woman."
Repetition ended up being Sotomayor's best friend. "If repetition were the qualification for a Supreme Court justice, Sonia Sotomayor would already be on the high court," declares the WSJ. Over and over again she assured lawmakers that she didn't think she could do their job for them. The LAT points out that Sotomayor's confirmation hearings bore a striking resemblance to those of Justice Samuel Alito in 2006. They both have long records as appellate judges and are skilled at explaining rulings without hinting at their personal views. "Where Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. dazzled the Judiciary Committee in 2005 with his deft command of the law, Alito succeeded, and now Sotomayor appears to be as well, by proving they are smart, careful and capable, if not flashy," says the LAT.
Under the legislation to overhaul health care that House Democrats unveiled yesterday, employers that don't provide coverage would have to pay a penalty equivalent to 8 percent of their payroll. Only businesses with payrolls less than $250,000 would be exempt, while those with payrolls between $250,000 and $400,000 would pay a smaller penalty. Taxes would also increase for individuals with an adjusted gross income of more than $280,000 and $350,000 for couples at rates ranging from 1 percent to 5.4 percent for those making more than $1 million. The Post notes that this surtax "would drive the top federal tax rate to 45 percent, the highest level since lawmakers rewrote the tax code in 1986." Nearly all Americans would be forced to get health insurance or pay a penalty, although there will be assistance for those who can't afford it. The bill would also prohibit the insurance industry from denying coverage for the sick and excluding certain treatments from their plans.
The House proposal is "among the most liberal of several competing blueprints," notes the LAT. Republicans immediately decried the bill as a jobs killer and even Democrats in the Senate expressed skepticism. "I don't think it's going to go anywhere in the Senate," Democratic Sen. Jeff Bingaman said. Senators are trying to figure out a way to increase revenue through other means besides increasing taxes on the wealthy.
The WSJ, NYT, and LAT front Goldman Sachs posting the most profitable quarter in its history yesterday. In Wall Street, "jaws dropped" (NYT) when Goldman announced a net income of $3.44 billion, more than it earned in all of 2008 and significantly higher than the $2 billion that analysts had been predicting. By taking advantage of weaknesses in its competitors and increasing risk, Goldman "appears to be pulling off one of the biggest market-share grabs in Wall Street history," declares the WSJ. If things continue this way for Goldman, its employees are set for nice bonuses that "could rival the record paydays of the heady bull-market years," says the NYT. While some argued that the earnings show the markets are turning around, others said that Goldman benefitted too much from government aid, and huge bonuses will only increase public anger at a time when unemployment is on the rise.
Although Goldman insists that it was practically forced to take $10 billion in bailout money, the LAT points out that the company benefitted in other ways. Goldman could have seen lots of red ink in its books if the government hadn't rescued American International Group, for example. The WSJ notes that while Goldman increased risk-taking this quarter, it also reduced its leverage, meaning it didn't use borrowed money as much.
The LAT's Borzou Daragahi takes a look at how the image of Iran's supreme leader has changed after he decided to openly support President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei "has gotten his hands dirty" and subsequently set "in motion an unpredictable series of events that could fundamentally change the Islamic republic," writes Daragahi. The man who was seen as God's representative is now criticized and laughed at by disappointed Iranians. And it's not just among reformists. Even conservative Ahmadinejad supporters say Khamenei made a mistake by so eagerly supporting the election results before they were officially ratified. "For nearly two decades Khamenei has wielded power without accountability," an analyst said. "Those days are over."
The NYT looks into the history behind the rise of the gyro in the United States. There are approximately 50,000 vertical broilers across the country that spin those off-color gyro meat cones that are often manufactured by large companies in factorylike settings. And what's in those cones anyway? At the world's largest manufacturer of gyros, raw beef and lamb trimmings are "run through a four-ton grinder, where bread crumbs, water, oregano and other seasonings are added. A clumpy paste emerges and is squeezed into a machine that checks for metal and bone." Then 60 pounds per square inch of hydraulic pressure is used "to fuse the meat into cylinders, which are stacked on trays and then rolled into a flash freezer, where the temperature is 20 degrees below zero." Sounds like you're better off just thinking about it as mystery meat.


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As this is a general discussion board open to all people, I would like to propose a serious discussion. One of which I would like people not to start making stupid comments on (I'm looking at you here, Mr. T. ) and one that I hope will result in people's views being less than violent. If people do become violent, I will be forced to mollify you with indian music.
Now, as you all know, I'm hoping, that in America, in some states, it is a legal punishment to sentence a person to death for their crimes. Now, I'm looking for your views on the death penalty. Do you agree with it or disagree? Tell me your views, either opinion is your own and you must remember that other people will disagree with you, and at that point, you must remember people will argue, and please do it politely. x.x
Now, my opinion on such a matter;
Now, the death penalty in America pretty much boils down to The Law of the Talon (An eye for an eye, a life for a life), which is a very old testament view of Christianity. There are many things in Christian lore which I do not agree with, and this is one of them (Another is forgiveness, but nevermind that).
The death penalty is based on the idea of deterrence. Those who believe that they are to be set to death for the crimes the commit will not do them. This idea obviously is complete rubbish as crimes of such magnitude are still being commited.
The death penalty has been taken from the many alternate methods to most 'humane' (apparently), the lethal injection, where they inject drugs into the blood stream, firstly numbing the body and pain, then stopping the internal organs and finally the brain.
To my knowledge, the only crime worthy of death is that of murder. The family who have lost their own child or father or husband or sibling to this crime are allowed to watch the offender being killed.
So, here we have the set up. The executioner, the offender and the victims family (and anyone else who just feels like it'll be good killin' tonight) within a room, the spectators seperated by a pane of glass as they watch. As the executioner pulls those levers, how does he feel? How can he justify doing exactly what the person strapped to the bench did, but feel none of the consequences? The drugs pumped into the veins, the executioner watching as he exacts this so called 'ruling'. This act of which they deemed illegal for the offender to do, which they themselves carry out.
Can it truly be said that a family who has lost their own child is allowed to do the same thing to another out of pure revenge? A sad fact, if it be true. Does the offender feel no guilt for the actions? They may feel remorse for such an action, they may not. But, why set out to do unto them, as which you have deemed unlawful? This makes the executioner, a murderer themself and thusly, should stand court for murder. Though, they don't.
The Death Penalty just causes more death, which is what was set out to be stopped in the first place. The people who enforce this idea are trying to use infection logic, that if you take enough of the offending virus, you can make an antidote. Unfortunately, they fail to realise that this works on diseases and infections, not crime. Violence begets violence and death causes just more death.
[ My opinion does not represent any ruling bodies of the US of A, UK, CI or any other countries. ]
Boy let me tell you what:
I bet you didn't know it, but I'm a fiddle player too.
And if you'd care to take a dare, I'll make a bet with you.
I am against the death penalty because there is no going back. No "oops, sorry".
I also agree with you that a society that says "it is ok to kill if we do it" is not actually setting a good example.
And the argument FOR the death penalty is either a) revenge - and I think that laws that encourage revenge are bad for society, or b) a deterrent - I wonder if anyone has any evidence of the deterrent value of death vs decades in a brutal jail system.
BTW, the murder rate in the USA is 0.04 per thousand, but only 0.01 in the UK, Australia or New Zealand - shouldn't the death penalty be making things safer in the States?
"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..." - Leon M. Lederman
Has anyone heard of the recent trial of Australian Shappelle Corby? She was convicted of smuggling drugs into Indonesia in her boogie board bag. Most of Australia believes she is innocent, except the Indonesian government. They will not accept that she didn't put the marijuana in her bag. She was locked in Indonesia for 7 months while she had her trial - her final verdict could have been the death sentence, but ended out to be 20 years in an Indonesian prison. Her whole life has come to an end now, she has no future - when she comes out of jail, she will be almost 50 - it will be too late to start a life.
What do you think is worse? The death penalty or a life sentence in jail?
Which is fairer?
Two wrongs don't make a right...
This is a very interesting topic, the only problem being that Zach said so much in his opening speech that he has already covered most people's opinions. (That's not a complaint, by the way) The only other thing that I can think of is that if the death penalty was removed then its replacement would most probably be a life sentence in jail, which would mean that more money would be spent on food and stuff for the prisoner who would otherwise be dead.
It's not a very good for argument and it's not my opinion, but I didn't want my post to be completely wasted.
One last thought... Zach starts a topic about the death penalty and he represents himself with a Grim Reaper. Does anyone else find that amusing?
P.S. Hee hee, thusly!
I got to thinking more about this.
Every country has its own "habits" or "culture". You know - those funny differences you find if you travel or live in other countries. Some places are very polite (Americans are always joking about how polite Canadians are - it is true though), others accept lying and cheating as quite normal, etc.
So, I thought, shouldn't the Government be setting an example to it's citizens on what is good or bad behaviour? If the police and punishment system is violent it sends a message to people - "this is how powerful people behave".
But in countries where the police are well behaved, and the prison system is humane, and the punishments are reasonable, the citizens tend to behave better. (This is just a bald statement without facts, but have a think about violent vs peaceful countries and it seems to be true)
Lead by example!
"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..." - Leon M. Lederman
when the people are "executed" the state records it officially as a homicide. and the talon law is just in the old testement/torah. the forgiveness stuff is all jesus.
I come back stronger than a powered-up Pac-Man
I bought a large popcorn @ the cinema the other day, it was pretty big...some might even say it was "large
Fatboy Slim is a Legend
when the people are "executed" the state records it officially as a homicide.
Interesting. So the state should be tried for homicide, then?
and the talon law is just in the old testement/torah. the forgiveness stuff is all jesus.
Yes, I would say that forgiveness is a hallmark of Christianity.
What do YOU think, Mr T, is the death penalty good or bad?
"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..." - Leon M. Lederman
Its all good. That way our taxes aren't wasted on guys playin their playstation in jail and if your against it its only because you afraid of getting it yourself. Oh, and it stops them from killing more people. THE END.
Fatboy Slim is the band of the 90s, thats if you want to call it a band because its really a one man name
So, you would much rather destroy something that we have no right to destroy. It is not our right to judge if someone deserves to live or die.
However, people who support this abdomination say that the murderer had no right and therfore he must be punished.
The death penalty is basiclly a vicous circle of death.
So, don't commit High Treason or Piracy on the high seas, as these are still punishible by death!!
Friends are angels who lift our feet when our own wings have trouble remembering how to fly
In my opinion the death penalty doesnt just include lethal injection, the chair ect. but also includes life sentences because either way you are going to die for your crime, such as the state I live has no death penalty but a few months ago when a man was convicted of some horrible crimes, I wont say what, he was given I think 1300 some years in prison without bail. So what would be worse, knowing you are gonna die right then and there, or knowing you will never leave the prison you are in and will live there and die there no matter what.
and the talon law is just in the old testement/torah. the forgiveness stuff is all jesus.
Yes, I would say that forgiveness is a hallmark of Christianity.
The testement/torah is to do with Judasim not Christianty
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth....
a life for a life
It takes the society nowhere.
But what do we do with criminals involved in
Homicide / Terrorism / Drug trafficking / Adultery / Molesting ?
Forgive them?
Award a lesser sentence like life imprisonment??
Banish them ???
It is no good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge - Enrico Fermi.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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Category : Coffee Table.
Topic : Black wood coffee table set. Author : Claresta Erickson.
Posted : Fri, Sep 22nd 2017 19:01 PM.
Format : jpg/jpeg.
A lip edge or tray top on a coffee table is always a smart choice if you have a tendency to spill your coffee or have kids that will be using the coffee table for snacks and drinks. They're also good if you entertain often and don't want to worry about red wine getting spilled on your carpet. Coffee tables should be the same height as the surrounding seating, with 18 inches being a good average (although it will depend on your furniture). If you select a coffee table with a lip, make sure the lip isn't higher than the adjacent seating, or you'll end up hitting your drink against the lip when you try to set it down. The idea is to put your drink down, not up.


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2013-03-06 • CARR StKitts & MD
Start: 12:15:08
Selma: Where is everyone? Hi vkn... Thought I was gonna be the only one here today
vkn: I am here howdy selma Howdy AYW
AYWalton: Greetings, folks! Howdy Mizz Selma, Greetings, vkn!!!!!!!!
Selma: Hi Mizz Angela..you snowed in..
AYWalton: Hello karoshi8
karoshi8: Good afternoon everyone!
vkn: Howdy karoshi8
AYWalton: yes, it is nice and snowy here. how about your area, Selma?
karoshi8: You guys can keep that snow! It's in the 60's hear and I'm under my electric blanket!
AYWalton: who wow----where are you located karoshi8?
Selma: Nope no snow...we only have rain
karoshi8: Florida. I'm originally from Ohio though. So I know about the snow. Yuck!
Selma: Son is home cause they closed the government down He is in Silver Spring Interesting post on Brick Wall...re: Oklahoma..who researches Oklahoma?
AYWalton: I see, Selma. Must have been the one with whom I spoke to the other day when I called. Some young man answered your phone, but I didn't leave a message. He said you were out the entire day. someone was asking about Oklahoma?
vkn: Selma AYWalton karoshi8 Take a look at the post from Dolores on Brickwall. I think that is the family of Maynard Jackson and Matawilda Dobbs. Could be wrong however but take a gander
Selma: Yes on the Brick Wall Forum AY
AYWalton: I will have to check that out.
vkn: Howdy alt
AYWalton: Howdy alt!!
Selma: Afternoon alt
karoshi8: Good afternoon alt!
alt: Hello Ladies, AYW, karosho8, Selma & vkn
vkn: Been talking 'bout you all morning AYW
AYWalton: oh dear, vkn!
vkn: lol
AYWalton: was that why my ears were burning? lol
vkn: I reckon
karoshi8: I don't know anything about OK. But newspaperarchive.com and the nation archives might be a good place to start looking.
AYWalton: hair kinda burned along the edges. lol
vkn: My internet was down for about two hours from 8AM
AYWalton: just read the message on the Brick Wall Forum. Most of the answers can be found by simply googling.
alt: me too vkn, just got back online... we had a snowstorm last night, got about 6-8 inches, a heavy snow and some power lines went down.
Selma: Wow alt..
vkn: ouchies ayw there once was a salve called Ungentine. Ever heard of it. I bet Alt has and maybe Selma
AYWalton: then you sent the storm our way alt.
alt: remember it well vkn LOL
AYWalton: We are having snow right now. glad your internet is working again, vkn.
karoshi8: Where are you at AYWalton?
alt: you can have it AYWalton, all of it LOL
AYWalton: in MD gee thanks, but I don't really want it. Now that it's March I am in the mood for spring.
karoshi8: Seems like all of Ohio got a lot of snow. My mom was posting pics of it on facebook.
alt: karoshi8, did you ever say where in Ohio you were from?
karoshi8: I'm from Hocking County, Logan, Ohio In the hills with the hillbillies!
AYWalton: oops did we lose vkn?
alt: okay thanks, my wife's brother is in New Straightsville, just outside of Logan.
karoshi8: I was scared of New Straightsville when I was little. Lol! Still kinda am
vkn: Ouchies
AYWalton: ahh she is back.
Selma: What is New Straigtville?
AYWalton: need a pillow vkn? Or a seatbelt?
alt: oh, why is/was that, karoshi8?
vkn: Thankee for pillow
alt: A small country town Selma
karoshi8: It's a little town in SE Ohio. Sometimes you just don't know about those little towns. Scary.
vkn: AYW gotta do an update to chatroom later 2 day
karoshi8: I was told stories about New Straightsville and South Bloomingville. Though, isn't Payne's Crossing by there?
alt: yep, sure is karoshi8
AYWalton: ahhh, new features coming or just tweaking things, vkn?
vkn: Not to be shoveling snow alt. Its a deadly task
karoshi8: I was fasinated with that for awhile.
AYWalton: Snow shoveling is truly not something to be done without care. Many heart attacks come from shoveling improperly.
vkn: Tweaking and if it works ayw we can display images in chat
alt: oh no vkn,,,, Dr.s orders & stents say NO SHOVELING OF THE SNOW!!!
AYWalton: good, alt!
vkn: Whew thanx goodness alt
AYWalton: now that sounds quite exciting, vkn!!!!
Selma: What kind of images vkn?
AYWalton: do you need some beta testers?
vkn: karoshi8 where in FL are you?
alt: yeah, images in chat..... very interesting!!
karoshi8: I'm in Orlando.
vkn: Ahhhhhh son is in Ocala karoshi8
karoshi8: Oh ok. Ocala is horse country.
Selma: AY..you ready for your turn on Blog Talk tomorrow night
vkn: Sounds good BTR
AYWalton: yes, I think so, Selma. Should be fun.
vkn: karoshi8 you are close to St Mary's on the GA line?
AYWalton: it will be just an open conversation on different things.
karoshi8: Nope. I'm in Central Florida. Closer to the beaches.
Selma: Oh good...should be interesting
vkn: okies So many Blacks in Ferandina karoshi8 from 1860
AYWalton: Just got a call from Vicky who can't seem to enter the room. she has been trying to come in for about 30 minute minutes
vkn: Hopefully the tweak of the room will fix that
alt: poor Daviss & her internet connections
vkn: But that wii be about 6 hours away
AYWalton: she said she is downloading java again. re-installing it again.
vkn: Yes Java is a prob
AYWalton: hopefully that will work.
karoshi8: Yes, lot of people ran away to Florida.
alt: karoshi8, do you have any connections to Athens Co., OH? or Washington Co?
karoshi8: Yes, sir. Quite a lot.
vkn: karoshi8 I research Madison Leon and Jackson counties
karoshi8: Washington County, as in Washington Court House or is that Fayette?
alt: those are my wife's folks in that area... Adams, Harvey, Honesty, Tabler and of course Male'Mayle/Mahle.
karoshi8: vkn, the few black/indian books that I read there are some interesting stories about people from those counties.
alt: no, Washington Co., as in Marietta, Belpre, etc.
vkn: AYWalton I am interested to find probate records for one Bishop Adolphus Carr, pentecostal who died Oct 1970
karoshi8: Mayle's are close with the Stephens/Stevens my grandmothers family. I once dated a Mayle. That was before I found out that we were distantly related!
vkn: in Baltimore
AYWalton: who was that? will have to learn about him.
alt: Stephens/Stevens.... then you must be realted to Irita (Goins) Canady, karoshi8
Selma: How is Irita alt?
vkn: karoshi8 indeed one of the most gruesome lynchings in the world happened in Marianna
karoshi8: I also have Adams but no Honesty or Tabler's.
alt: she's doing well. you know her ex-husband passed away about 1 month ago.
karoshi8: I do have some Canady's and of course Goins of all kinds.
vkn: See the CARR postings on Surnames AYW
karoshi8: But my Canady is out of Gallia co.
alt: okay karoshi8
AYWalton: I shall have to take a look, vkn.
karoshi8: alt, why did all of these groups of people stay together? Was it the multiracial thing? Or more?
vkn: A relative of the man in question took the AfriGeneas sponsored class and is a resident here AYW family is from Nevis /St Kitts originally
Selma: No didn't know alt
alt: yes Selma
AYWalton: who is that vkn?
alt: dunno karoshi8, but those families have a lot of "closeness".
vkn: re the CARR postings ayw
karoshi8: alt, I talked to someone who married into one of the families and she said they were very clannish.
vkn: Elliott CARR is seeking to determine "wives" of his father who was Randolph Carr founder of Rehobeth Apostolic church ayw
AYWalton: Looking at the thread, right now.
vkn: Elliott CARR is seeking to determine "wives" of his father who was Randolph Carr founder of Rehobeth Apostolic church ayw in Baltimore
alt: yes they are, to say the least karoshi8
AYWalton: he took the class where you live, vkn?
vkn: no SHE, Beverly is a resident
Seventies: Good afternoon all!
alt: Hello Seventies
karoshi8: Good afternoon Seventies!
Selma: Well its about time seventies.. LOL
Seventies: hi alt, AYWalton, karoshi8, Selma and vkn
AYWalton: Just read the thread, vkn. howdy Seventies. Vicky says hello to all.
Seventies: I was at the gym today trying to get ahead of this snow storm they are predicting... and the phone rings..lol
alt: Randolph Carr.. interesting name, both as surnames have some deep and long VA histories, right Selma?
vkn: and Beverly took the class ayw. Slowly I am posting what research each class member started.
Selma: Yes..alt
vkn: Middle name is Adolphus alt and Selma
Seventies: ok back
karoshi8: Can Carr also be Kerr?
Seventies: Could be. . .
vkn: and ayw Beverly was interested in finding the father of her father who just happens to be the brother of the Bishop Carr in question. Bishop Carr emerged incidental to the original research quest
AYWalton: so wasn't the Carr person African American, vkn? I ask because the draft card shown was not of an African American.
vkn: karoshi8 could be I research KERR with my BELL work and they are OH, Cleveland related
karoshi8: Oh! I know what question I had for you guys!!
AYWalton: oh was he a fair skinned black man?
karoshi8: I have a Pellman or a Penman in 1880 Kentucky who is head of household. But he has a white Irish boarder. Was that normal? I've never seen it before.
vkn: AYWalton that is where we must do more analysis Seems 2nd part of card belongs to other than the Bishop
AYWalton: and Arbutus and Halethorpe have been tradtionally white communities.
vkn: Not at all fair skinned AYW from the news clipping I have of his funeral
Selma: I was about to ask about newspapers vkn
Seventies: karoshi8, you may consider researching the boarder...
alt: gotta watch those draft registration cards .. often part 1 & 2 as images on Ancestry are "mixed" and the parts don't really match.
AYWalton: They are in Baltimore County near Catonsville (where I live) but that was always a white community.
Selma: Are there other Irish folks living in the neighborhood karoshi?
vkn: alt I believe that to be so in this case. thanx for the learning/teaching
karoshi8: I tried seems he went into Canada.
AYWalton: but they are front and back, usually. But who knows?
karoshi8: From what I can see it looks like a AA neighborhood. Most whites are from KY.
alt: I have seen cases where part 2 didn't belong to the person on part 1, but rather the person on a previous image for the correct part 2.
Selma: AY..I have Louis Diggs book on Black History in Catonsville
Seventies: I have to get to work... sorry I couldn't stay longer.
Selma: Alice gave it to me before she moved
alt: bye Seventies
AYWalton: yes he has done a book on every black neighborhood in Baltimore County. How is Alice, Selma?
Seventies: AYWalton, did I miss you on Bernice Bennett's show? Or is that tomorrow?
AYWalton: take care, Soulchile. that will be tomorrow evening.
vkn: hmmmmm ayw and Selma I recall during the class when we were doing newspapers there was always a clipping non bishopric in the news on Carr. Will have to go back into Legacy project archives to pull them up.
Selma: She is OK..she is up aournd Prince George's county.
Seventies: Great! Hopefully I'll be back from the gym in time.
AYWalton: in the Afro, vkn?
Selma: Where does the AAHGS chapter meet up that way AY
AYWalton: get a good workout and inspire me to work out.
Selma: Maybe her grand daughter can take her
AYWalton: the AAHGS chapter in Baltimore meets at a local library. the one in Columbia meets at a community center in the town.
Selma: Isn't there one in Prnice George
vkn: yes ayw we pulled all we could find at the time
AYWalton: and the one in PG usually meets somewhere around Bowie. So she has moved to MD, Selma?
Selma: Yes..that is where her grand daughters are
AYWalton: oh that's good. she is near the chapter where Carolyn Rowe is. well I had better run folks.
Selma: I will tell her
AYWalton: Gotta get my syllabus ready for the Jamboree. have a good one, folks. Will call later, vkn.
alt: karoshi8.. does the census record state Ireland as the birthplace for the boarder? Is this how you've determined he was Irish?
vkn: Also ayw we never found if burial was StKitts or Balti. So on to the Estate papers
karoshi8: Yes.
Selma: Talk to you later..
AYWalton: take care everyone and a have a good day.
vkn: k
alt: okay karoshi8
Selma: I have to run folks... Have a great day
vkn: yall be good
alt: guess shop is closing for the day karoshi8
karoshi8: Around the same age as the head of household. Wow everyone left us!
alt: in a hurry too!!! LOL LOL are most of the folks on this census page AA/Blac/mulatto karoshi8?
karoshi8: Yes, for 4 pages before and 3-4 pages after.
alt: so the "irish" person is one of the few whites on those pages?
karoshi8: Yes. Just about the only. Never seen anything like that before. Especially boarding with a black person.
alt: doesn't sound like it would be common, at least not in that community.
karoshi8: This family is driving me crazy! I like the challenge though.
alt: is this in a farming community, or an urban setting?
karoshi8: Farming. Like New Straightsville only in KY.
alt: interesting, and as you say a challenge to determine the relationship, if it is more than just "boarder". well, my time is up too.... got some "honey-do's" I had better get done
karoshi8: I don't see him in anything else. But I suppose that will be my quest for today. Have an awesome day!
alt: good luck & take care
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Sunday, February 06, 2011
Weekend Edition: "Norman Rockwell, American Monster"
The worst interview we ever saw—and that includes anything Jay Leno ever did—was a Deborah Solomon interview of Steve Martin for the New York Times' television magazine a few years ago.
Solomon is—or was, until recently—the Sunday Times Magazine columnist who made a career of short, sharp, solipsistic interviews with subjects chosen mainly as a means of injecting Solomon's own uber-liberal world-view into whatever topic on which she wanted to vent.
You had to cut through Solomon's annoying technique of twisting each question-and-answer into a validation of her own personal demons (as opposed to the subject's), but the interviews were lively and interesting, and worth reading—although this appears to have been due as much to good editing as they were to good questioning, a factor made clear by the aforementioned videotaped interview of Steve Martin (see our Weekend Edition column, "Wisdom of Solomon?" from February 2008.)
Shorn of the ability to manipulate words on paper, Solomon's maniacal self-absorption came across, on camera, less clever than obnoxious. Of many low-points, the lowest came when Martin was explaining that he had stopped performing stand-up altogether because comedians need to be on the road constantly in order to stay sharp, and Solomon said in complete, clueless seriousness, "Can't you practice at home?"
But that was when she was writing a column for the New York Times.
Today she is, as she says, working on a "long overdue, almost-finished biography of Norman Rockwell," thanks, apparently, to one too many strident columns, including a recent interview with Goldman Sachs strategist Abby Joseph Cohen.
Now, we here at NotMakingThisUp harbor no particularly positive, or negative, view of Abby Joseph Cohen.
When reading the Barron's Roundtable each year, we do skip Cohen's blandishments on the economy or whatever big-cap stock she currently favors—it always seems to be either J&J or IBM, or both—and go straight for Marc Faber.
But such is the by-product of the job: being a "Strategist" for a high-profile firm on Wall Street means never having to say anything that may come back to haunt you. In other words, the blander the better—and if you don't think that's the way it works, you haven't worked on Wall Street.
Still, Cohen missed a great chance to go toe-to-toe with Solomon in last weekend's column, and that is a shame, because Solomon's interview technique is like the playground bully—aggressive questions and lots of them—without much in the way of actual knowledge on the subject beyond her own narrow instincts.
Indeed, here's how we here at NotMakingThisUp would have liked to see it go down.
A Steady Hand
Deborah Solomon: As a partner at Goldman Sachs and one of the best-known market analysts in this country, you're surely aware that women continue to be thinly represented among the senior ranks on Wall Street. Why is that?
Not Making This Up: For the same reason that of the 11 senior executives at the New York Times, only 1 is a woman.
DS: I assume there's no shortage of candidates.
NMTU: I assume there's no shortage of female English majors for the New York Times, either.
DS: But if women make up 30 percent of M.B.A. programs, as has been reported, why do they represent only 12 percent of the current partners at Goldman Sachs?
NMTU: You do realize that women bear children, don't you? I mean, you are aware of that? And you do realize that, as a result, in the real world—whatever you and the editors of the New York Times might wish for—many highly educated women at a certain age face a choice that men don't face? And many do in fact reject the notion of sacrificing everything else in their lives for the brass ring of becoming a Goldman partner?
DS: Let's change the subject... Do you have a Facebook page?
NMTU: Deborah, if you knew how to use Facebook you'd know whether I do or don't—you can search for them, you know.
DS: Ah, well let's change the subject to something I can score points on… Goldman Sachs just withdrew its offer to American clients to sell shares of Facebook, which could violate all kinds of rules.
NMTU: What, exactly, are these "all kinds of rules" you say the deal could have violated, specifically?
DS: Uhhhhhh….
NMTU: Name one.
DS: (Feverishly thumbing through her notes, which happens to be a single New York Times "DealBook" article)…uhhhh….Let's change the subject to class warfare. Do you think it's ethically justifiable that certain bankers earn $50 million or $60 million a year at a time when unemployment is nearly 10 percent and income inequality is widening in this country?
NMTU: No, so why does Obama keep hiring them for his Chief of Staff?
DS: I hate you. Let me try this another way… You could say that entertainers at least provide entertainment, as opposed to a C.E.O. What is a C.E.O. contributing to society?
NMTU: What about the C.E.O. of the New York Times Company, Janet Robinson? [Editor's Note: This is the one response Abbey Joseph Cohen got right.]
DS: What about her? She's contributing a newspaper to society, which presumably keeps the American public better informed. It has been widely observed that the financial-services industry is not creating a product in the tangible sense.
NMTU: Aside from the howler about "no tangible product"—Wall Street funds lots of companies that create tangible products, like, oh, the iPad—your well-paid CEO blew the digital revolution, for starters.
DS: Well, we have a successful web site.
NMTU: Why on earth is Huffington Post the go-to name in online news? How did you let Politico become the go-to name in online politics? What was going on over at the New York Times while the Wall Street Journal was making the online transition so successfully and you did not? Why do more people watch Yahoo! TV than New York Times TV on the web?
DS: Uh, well, we don't have a "New York Times TV" on the web.
NMTU: Precisely. You guys blew it. And for that, your CEO received $6.2 million in compensation in 2009, according to my Bloomberg—which happens to be the go-to name in financial data, not the New York Times.
DS: (Fumbling for a cigarette, trying to get the wrapper off.) Son-of-a—
NMTU: You smoke?
DS: (Lighting up.) I quit thirteen years ago. Let's move on… Do you feel any responsibility for the economic meltdown of 2008, which you failed to foresee?
NMTU: How, exactly, am I responsible for pushing Fannie Mae to make bad loans to people who couldn't afford them?
DS: We're talking about your life; there was a big meltdown in 2008. I'm wondering, how do you deal with that emotionally?
NMTU: Do you feel any responsibility for the collapse of the New York Times as a leading source of news?
DS: Please leave.
We'll miss Solomon's columns but look forward to her almost-finished biography of Norman Rockwell, the artist who painted lovingly iconic scenes of an Americana that must set Solomon's hair on fire: family gatherings at Thanksgiving; rosy-cheeked Boy Scouts; flag-waving parades.
Indeed, given her left-wing muscle-memory, it should be about as suffused with her own blinkered mindset—and therefore just as uninformed—as a biography of Pablo Picasso by Sarah Palin.
The working title, we understand, is "Norman Rockwell, American Monster."
Jeff Matthews
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15 comments:
- Byrne said...
Solomon's most amazing interview was with Umberto Eco:
She refuses to believe him when he says that fascism started in Italy before migration to Germany. And this is after editing.
- Mark said...
Bravo, Jeff (except for the part where you write that you'll miss her)! Also, it's rather sad that you chose Cohen for this, as her vast history of "prognostications" provide clear evidence that she's either a dummy or amoral, either one of which render her undeserving of the honor of eviscerating Solomon, even in an imaginary revenge fantasy interview.
I actually had an email exchange with Bill Keller (the Times's executive editor) last year pointing out that Deborah Solomon was one of the primary reasons that the once-vital New York Times Magazine section had in recent years become the first part of the paper to get tossed into the trash, unread. I also indicated that if he got rid of her, Frank Rich and Michiko Kakutani (the obnoxious and humorless book reviewer), rather than merely glancing through the Sunday paper for free on line, I might even add a paid subscription to it to my Monday through Friday home delivery. Well, I guess it's now one down, two to go.
- fivetonsflax said...
This is not up to the standards of your usual blogging, Mr. Matthews. Your version of Ms. Solomon just sounds plain stupid. I don't know the real Ms. Solomon, and my familiarity with her work is only glancing, but I believe if she were quite so stupid, she would not be where she is today. Therefore, I think your arrow fell wide of its mark.
- wcw said...
After reading that interview with Eco, I think you may be wrong.
FD: I know nothing about her work. I gave up on the Times a long time ago.
- Anonymous said...
This is one of those New York things, isn't it?
Realize that those of us out here in flyover country regard this sort of intra-city stick-poking with all the rapt attention you would give reports concerning the machinations of the Des Moines City Council.
Just sayn'...
- Anonymous said...
So, I'm not the only human who saw that interview with Steve Martin and was, as the English would say, gobsmacked. I watched it on a plane, and was dumb-founded regarding the incompetence of DS --- I almost started shouting to my fellow inmates, nay passengers, "Is anyone else watching this". I am surprised it took the NYT so long to show her the door
- BobE said...
Worst interview, including Leno's? Too bad you never saw The Magic Johnson Show.
I'm not sure who came out worse in the Solomon/Cohen scrum....I assume most of your readers are, like I am, financial professionals, so we can sympathize with Cohen's weak answers to an ambush interview. I wouldn't quite know what to say either if a reporter came to my office and started asking me to defend the pay of my CEO (which is indefensible because he's an astonishingly terrible executive). We reflexively think Solomon is a wingnut baed on our knowledge. I have no idea, since I've only heard of her Steve Martin interview, read the Cohen interview and otherwise have no knowledge of her.
But there's a segment of the Times readership that sees a Goldman executive squirming and evading legitimate questions. For that group, Solomon looks totally proper and Cohen's weakness simply feeds the Vampire Squid Stereotype.
Now, if Solomon could have gotten Lucas van Praag for a sit-down, then the evisceration you imagine would have been quite real. Heck, I'd have paid cash money to watch or read it.
- Stanley said...
I guess this is why they pay Janet Robinson (the CEO of the NY Times) $6.2M.
The new pricing for the NY Times on-line access that she's been working on for the past two years was just announced.
Unlimited Digital access to NYTimes.com and the NYTimes tablet and smartphone apps is $35 every four weeks.
However, if you subscribe to the print version - The Daily Delivery price is $7.40 a week (that is $29.60 for 28 days)and unlimited Digital access is include for free.
Yes its less expensive for all the online access plus the paper delivered to your home than it is for just the online access.
...... so basically they are "paying you" $4.40 to have 28 days of the newspaper printed and delivered to you (that's a lot of gas and paper).
Let's say the fully burdened cost (paper,ink, cost of running the printing press,cost of the driver, gas, depreciation and expense of the truck, etc.) is 40 cents per paper per day. 40 cents per day for 28 days is $11.20. Add to that the $4.40 they are paying you to have the printed paper delivered and the NY Times total cost is $15.60 for four weeks per customer that takes the printed paper. That comes to about $405 for 2 years. A brand new iPad first generation is $399. I think if the NY Times gave away a free iPad with a two year online subscription it would cost them less than the paper delivery and it would attract a lot more online subscribers and attention than giving away a bunch of paper and ink every morning to on-line subscribers who are subscribing to digital access because they prefer it over paper.
- Jeff Matthews said...
We here at NotMakingThisUp officially nominate Stanley for the CEO job at the New York Times.
- Mark said...
As not even the socialist New York Times can be THAT stupid, I suspect this must be tied into the advertising rate base, and the fact that they can command premium rates for print subscribers vs. web subscribers, and that those rates are enough to compensate for the physical distribution costs.
(Of course, an alternative explanation might be that they're "walking the talk" of their editorials, and don't want to offend their unions!)
- Stanley said...
I was also going to write about their poorly thought out system for allowing free access to all articles via referral links. However their logic was so flawed that I didn't have the energy to explain it in writing. Many others have written about it in the past few days and I think the link below does a fairly good job.
Once again, its hard to believe that it took Janet and her team two years to come up with this strategy for the NY Times digital business model.
- Stanley said...
They're getting closer.
If anyone from the NY Times is reading this stuff. I have three things to say to you.
1. Getting around your 20 article limit per month is ridiculously easy. It takes virtually no work and doesn't violate any of your policies(no hacking, no setting up of a blog, links, or RSS feeds, etc. etc.). I'm curious to see how long it takes you guys to figure it out.
2. There is such an obvious way (IMO) for the NYT to make money on the web (and probably as a company) that you are not taking advantage of. If you haven't thought of it by now you probably never will.
3. "Jeff Matthews Is Not Making This Up" posting my comments and nominating me to be CEO of the NYT is reward enough for me. However, if you are interested any further creative ideas, my consulting services would probably cost you somewhat less than what you are paying your current CEO and probably only a bit more than what it costs for you to operate one delivery truck for a year.
- Stanley said...
To Arthur Sulzberger Jr,
If you go back and read my posts (regarding Ms. Robinson's digital strategy and salary) I think I can honestly say that four words of my consulting services would have been worth way more than the millions you paid and are going to pay Janet. Oh, those four words are... I TOLD YOU SO. Regardless, I think there are simple ways that the NYT can unleash its value in the digital world and it's not being done with your current ridiculous plan. My services are available for less than $4.5M.
- Stanley said...
Really no need to write anything this time. Just read today's episode of the destruction of a once great american institution.
oh and BTW, besides CEO Janet R. "retiring" a few weeks ago....The New York Times senior vice president and chief of digital operations Martin A. Nisenholtz "retired" a month earlier.
What da ya think the December quarter is going to look like?
- Stanley said...
You can lead a horse to water.......
In my first post about the NY Times digital "strategy" I suggested that giving a free iPad to digital subscribers would have been a better and less expensive idea than forcing them to have the paper they didn't want delivered to their home. That was 10 months ago on March 18, 2011. Well yesterday, Barnes and Noble announced a promotion giving customers a Nook for free if they subscribed to the NY Times NOOK digital edition version for a year. The NYT is the ONLY newspaper that B&N offered in this promotion (I assume the NYT is subsidizing part of this... this is good). Now for the NYT management touch. Do you think the Times is promoting this themselves or sending an email out to 8 million former subscriber (we know they know how to do this). nooooooooooooooo. The only mention is this headline from the NY Times Media Decoder Blog..."Barnes & Noble to Offer Nook Discount to Subscribers of 2 Publications". Other newspapers (e.g. the WSJ and other competitors of the NYT) have done a much better job reporting this deal. The fact is that B&N is offering the NYT for free to subscribers of only one publication.. THE NEW YORK TIMES. The other publication mention in the offer is People Magazine and that is only being offered at a discount ..not free. You think the NYT would put out a release saying something like this...."B&N NOOK is FREE for new NY TIMES NOOK DIGITAL SUBSCRIBERS. The FIRST and ONLY newspaper that will get you and a popular e-reader for FREE" oh, I forgot they are still paying Janet Robinson (the former CEO) $4.5M for consulting services. Stuff like this just doesn't happen by itself.


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