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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Step by Step with Bill Smith
My William A. Smith Flickr set.
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Thanks for this, Leif. What gorgeous studies from life. I gather not many illustrators were working from the model instead of photography by the 50s. It sure works for him here.ReplyDelete
Like every great magazine illustration, the scene makes me want to know more about the story.
God, what rock solid drawing! To say nothing of the drama of the piece.ReplyDelete
Carl Peters, a well known east coast landscape painter of the past, laid a pile of sketches on the roof of his car. They were sketches for potential paintings, that he had been doing of different scenes on location, over many months. He forgot and drove off, leaving the drawings on the car roof. He was nearly home before he realized his error and went back to look for them.ReplyDelete
He was unable to find a single sketch, and when a friend commented that they were "just sketches"... Peters said "yes, but they are my brains".
It is the thinking that goes into the sketches that can make or break a finished illustration or painting. Smith's sketches show the amazing draftsmanship and creative thinking that went into his final illustrations. That says volumes about the man and his illustration process.
This is great stuff Leif has posted.
Tom Watson
Hi Leif, just got out of the hospital and couldn't wait to get back here to see what new treasures you had dug up. Bill Smith's work is stark andReplyDelete
powerful, and his figures so true to life. I'm truly awed by the man's talent.


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Resources for Writers with Readings / Edition 4
Resources for Writers with Readings / Edition 4 available in Paperback
The integration of up-beat skill instruction, a wealth of exercises, and the availability of a supplemental lab manual make Resources for Writers the most complete resource for developmental writing at the paragraph to essay level.
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Table of Contents
Part One Getting Started
CHAPTER 1 The Bases of Good Writing: The Four Cs
Culture Note: WORLD GEOGRAPHY
Recommended Readings, Good Writing Is . . ., Recognizing Concise Writing, Concise Writing Leads to Unity, In Your Own Writing, Making Sure Your Writing Is Concise, Identifying Concise Writing, Recognizing Credible Writing, In Your Own Writing, Making Sure Your Writing Is Credible, Practicing Credible Writing, Recognizing Clear Writing, In Your Own Writing, Making Sure Your Writing Is Clear, Identifying Clear Writing, Recognizing Correct Writing, In Your Own Writing, Making Sure Your Writing Is Correct, Identifying the Four Cs Together, Chapter Summary
CHAPTER 2 Writing for a Reader and a Reason
Culture Note: VOTING
Recommended Readings, Writing for a Reader, Writing for a Reason, Writing to Inform, Writing to Entertain, Writing to Persuade, Chapter Summary
Part Two The Writing Process
CHAPTER 3 Prewriting: Coming Up with Ideas
Culture Note: THE ROARING TWENTIES
Recommended Readings, Getting Started, Freewriting, Listing, Questioning, Keeping a Journal, Clustering, Outlining, Using a Computer for Prewriting, Chapter Summary
CHAPTER 4 Drafting: First to Final Drafts
Culture Note: TEXTING
Recommended Readings, Ready to Put Pen to Paper, Rough Drafts Are Not Perfect, Writing a Rough Draft, Your Topic Sentence, Your Support Points and Specific Details, Your Rough Draft, Using a Computer for Drafting, Chapter Summary
CHAPTER 5 Revision: Making Changes
Culture Note: STOCK CAR RACING
Recommended Readings, Think You're Done? Take Another Look, Doing Step-by-Step Revision, Making Sure Your Writing Is Concise, Making Sure Your Writing Is Credible, Making Sure Your Writing Is Clear, Using a Computer to Revise Your Draft, A Revised Draft, Exchanging Help with Your Peers, Remembering the Writer's Feelings, Writing as a Response, Peer Review Guidelines, Making the Best Use of Other People's Feedback, Setting Your Goals as a Writer, Chapter Summary
CHAPTER 6 Editing for Clarity and Correctness
Culture Note: WINTER HOLIDAYS
Recommended Readings, The Importance of Editing, Editing for Smooth, Effective Writing, Proofreading for Sentence-Level Errors, Proofreading Sentence by Sentence, Proofreading Word by Word, Reading Your Paragraph Backward, Using a Computer for Editing, Chapter Summary
CHAPTER 7 Putting the Writing Process Steps Together
Culture Note: RUNNING
Recommended Readings, The Writing Process in Action, Step 1: Prewriting Activities, Step 2: Drafting, Step 3: Revising, Step 4: Editing, How to Tell What Comes Next, Chapter Summary
Part Three The Elements of Good Writing
CHAPTER 8 Writing an Effective Topic Sentence
Culture Note: SCIENCE
Recommended Readings, What Is a Good Topic Sentence?, Guidelines for Writing an Effective Topic Sentence, Choose a Topic You Care About, Let Your Topic Sentence Develop Slowly, Making Sure Your Topic Sentence Is a Sentence, Making Sure Your Topic Sentence Is Not Too Broad, Making Sure Your Topic Sentence Is Not Too Narrow, Making Sure Your Topic Sentence Expresses Your Purpose, Making Sure Your Topic Sentence Is Complete, Making Your Topic Sentence the First Sentence of Your Paragraph, Chapter Summary
CHAPTER 9 Using Specific Examples for Support and Illustration
Culture Note: COFFEE
Recommended Readings, Making Your Case, Three Types of Details, Descriptions of Objects or Events in Your Life, Accounts of Events in Other People's Lives, Facts That You've Heard About or Read in Trusted Sources, Knowing What Details to Choose, Writing Vivid Details, Use Words That Appeal to the Five Senses, Use Descriptive Modifiers, Use Proper Names and Specific Nouns and Verbs, Use Specific Verbs, Chapter Summary
CHAPTER 10 Organizing and Linking Your Ideas
Culture Note: INFLUENTIAL MUSICAL ENTERTAINERS, 1930—1960
Recommended Readings, Arranging the Pieces, Organizing for Clarity, Two Types of Order, Time Sequence Order, Emphatic Order, Using Transitions, Combining Organizing Strategies, Varying Transition Words and Terms, Other Ways to Link Ideas, Repeating Key Words, Using Pronouns, Using Synonyms, Chapter Summary
CHAPTER 11 Choosing the Best Words for Sensitive Writing
Culture Note: ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Recommended Readings, Understanding Language
Choices, Choosing Language for Formal Writing Assignments, Slang, Clichés (Overused Expressions), Overly Formal Language, Wordiness, What Is Sensitive Language?, Using Sensitive Language, Don't Exclude People, Don't Make Assumptions About Groups of People, Don't Call People by Names They Do Not Choose for Themselves, Don't Assume That All Members of a Group Are the Same, Don't Mention a Person's Race, Sex, Age, Sexual Orientation, Disability, or Religion Unnecessarily, Chapter Summary
CHAPTER 12 Improving Your Spelling and Learning Words That Look and Sound Alike
Culture Note: LOS ANGELES
Recommended Readings, Understanding Your Spelling
Habits, Improving Your Spelling, Reading, Using the Dictionary, Creating Your Own Spelling List, Understanding Basic Spelling Rules, Memorizing the Meanings of Words That Look or Sound Alike, Using a Computer's Spelling Checker, Frequently Misspelled Words, Words That Look and Sound Alike, Understanding Homonyms, Other Commonly Confused Words, Chapter Summary
CHAPTER 13 Expanding Your Vocabulary
Culture Note: STEROIDS
Recommended Readings, Understanding the Value of a Wide Vocabulary, Stretching Your Vocabulary, Reading for Pleasure and Education, Using a Dictionary, Using a Thesaurus, Keeping a Personal Vocabulary Journal, Chapter Summary
PART FOUR Strategies for Paragraph Development
CHAPTER 14 Illustration and ExampleCulture Note: NEW YORK CITY
Recommended Readings, What Is an Illustration and Example Paragraph?, Real-Life Writing, A Model Paragraph: Illustration and Example, Choosing a Good Topic for Development, Writing an Effective Topic Sentence, Developing Specific Details, Organizing and Linking Your Ideas, Chapter Summary
CHAPTER 15 Narration
Culture Note: FAIRY TALES
Recommended Readings, What Is a Narrative Paragraph?, Real-Life Writing, A Model Paragraph: Narrative, Choosing a Good Topic for Development, Writing an Effective Topic Sentence, Developing Specific Details for
Narration, Background Details, Action Details, Sensory Details, Organizing and Linking Your Ideas, Chapter Summary
CHAPTER 16 Description
Culture Note: INFLUENTIAL PAINTERS
Recommended Readings, What Is a Descriptive Paragraph?, Real-Life Writing, A Model Paragraph: Description, Choosing a Good Topic for Development, Writing an Effective Topic Sentence, Developing Specific Details, What Are Sensory Details?, The Benefits of Sensory Details, Organizing and Linking Your Ideas, Chapter Summary
CHAPTER 17 Classification and Division
Culture Note: FINANCIAL HABITS
Recommended Readings, What Are Classification and Division Paragraphs?, Real-Life Writing, A Model Paragraph: Classification and Division, Choosing a Good Topic for Development, Writing an Effective Topic Sentence, Developing Specific Details, Organizing and Linking Your Ideas, Chapter Summary
CHAPTER 18 Explaining a Process
Culture Note: GOING GREEN
Recommended Readings, What Is a Process Paragraph?, How-To Paragraphs, Explanation Paragraphs, Real-Life Writing, A Model Paragraph: Explaining a Process, Choosing a Good Topic for Development, Writing an Effective Topic Sentence, Developing Specific Details, Organizing and Linking Your Ideas, Chapter Summary
CHAPTER 19 Comparing and Contrasting
Culture Note: FLORIDA
Recommended Readings, What Is a Comparison or Contrast Paragraph?, Real-Life Writing, A Model Paragraph: Contrast, A Model Paragraph: Comparison, Choosing a Good Topic for Development, Writing an Effective Topic Sentence, Developing Specific Details, Organizing and Linking Your Ideas, All-of-One-Side Approach, Point-by-Point Approach, Chapter Summary
CHAPTER 20 Cause and Effect
Culture Note: HEALTH AND FITNESS
Recommended Readings, What Is a Cause-and-Effect Paragraph?, Real-Life Writing, A Model Paragraph: Cause and Effect, Choosing a Good Topic for Development, Writing an Effective Topic Sentence, Developing Specific Details, Organizing and Linking Your Ideas, Chapter Summary
CHAPTER 21 Definition
Culture Note: BASEBALL, THE AMERICAN PASTIME
Recommended Readings, What Is a Definition Paragraph?, Real-Life Writing, Types of Definitions and Model Paragraphs, Formal Definition, Definition by Class, A Model Paragraph: Definition by Class, Definition by Negative Example, Definition by Extended Example, A Model Paragraph: Definition by Extended Example, Choosing a Good Topic for Development, Writing an Effective Topic Sentence, Developing Specific Details, Organizing and Linking Your Ideas, Chapter Summary
CHAPTER 22 Argument
Culture Note: CIVILITY
Recommended Readings, What Is an Argument Paragraph?, Real-Life Writing, A Model Paragraph: Argument, Choosing a Good Topic for Development, Choosing a Topic You Believe In, Writing an Effective Topic Sentence, Developing Specific Details, Making Your Side Stronger, Consulting Experts , Reading Up on Your Subject, Surfing the Net, Making the Opposing Side Weaker, Finding Incorrect Information in the Opposing Argument, Looking for Unsupported Claims in the Opposing Argument, Organizing and Linking Your Ideas, Chapter Summary
PART FIVE Writing Essays
CHAPTER 23 The Essay and the Thesis Statement
Culture Note: FEDERAL CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
Recommended Readings, What Is an Essay?, Essay Form, A Model Essay, Writing an Effective Thesis Statement, Making Sure Your Thesis Statement Is a Complete Sentence, Making Sure Your Thesis Statement Is Broad Enough, Making Sure Your Thesis Statement Is Narrow Enough, Making Sure Your Thesis Statement Is Arguable, Making Sure You're Clear on the Purpose of Your Thesis Statement, Consider Offering a "Map" of Your Essay, Developing the Paragraphs in an Essay, Introductory Paragraph, Providing Background Information, Using a Personal Anecdote, Beginning with a Quotation, Using Opposites, Asking Questions, Body Paragraphs, Making Connections to the Thesis Statement, Giving Support Points and Specific Details That Support the Thesis Statement, Conclusion, Adding Final Thoughts, Ending with a Question, Chapter Summary
CHAPTER 24 Prewriting for and Drafting an Essay
Culture Note: RUNNING REVISITED
Recommended Readings, Using the Writing Process with Essays, A Model Essay, Prewriting for Your Essay, Drafting Your Essay, Writing a Strong Introduction, Organizing and Connecting the Body Paragraphs Effectively, Repeating Key Words from the Thesis Statement, Repeating Key Words from the Preceding Paragraph, Using Transitional Terms to Signal Paragraphs, Using Transitional Sentences to Connect Paragraphs, Writing a Sharp Conclusion, Chapter Summary
CHAPTER 25 Revising an Essay
Culture Note: PROCESSING CHOCOLATE
Recommended Readings, Revising Your Essay, Making Sure Your Essay Is Concise, Is This Thesis Statement Effective?, Do All the Support Points Support the Thesis Statement?, Do All the Specific Details Support the Thesis Statement?, Making Sure Your Essay Is Credible, Is There Enough Information?, Is More Support Needed?, Making Sure Your Essay Is Clear, Are Key Words Repeated?, Do Transitional Expressions Signal the Support Points?, Are Transitional Sentences Used to Connect Paragraphs?, Checking Each Paragraph Individually for the Four Cs, Editing Your Essay, Making Your Writing Smoother, More Interesting, and More Effective, Proofreading to Correct Sentence-Level Errors, Chapter Summary
PART SIX Writing for Different Purposes
CHAPTER 26 Essay Exams
Culture Note: HORROR FILMS
Recommended Readings, What's Good About an Essay Exam?, Developing a Plan, Before the Exam, Know Your Subject Matter, Predict the Future, Answer Your Questions About the Subject, Make a Memory Plan, During the Exam, Read the Instructions, Budget Your Time, Make a Writing Plan, Relax, Write Neatly on Every Other Line, Write a Clear, Organized Essay, Chapter Summary
CHAPTER 27 Writing Summaries
Culture Note: MALCOLM X
Recommended Readings, Summaries Are Useful, Writing an Effective Summary, Steps 1—8, A Model Summary, Chapter Summary
CHAPTER 28 Writing to Get a Job
Culture Note: THE RÉSUMÉ
Recommended Readings, Employers Value Good Writing Skills, Crafting a Résumé, Making Your Résumé Look Professional, Emphasizing Your Good Points, Following a Logical Format, Being Brief, Omitting Unncessary or Negative Details, Proofread, Proofread, Proofread!, Mention That References Are Available, Writing a Letter to Apply for a Job, Writing and Sending E-mail, Chapter Summary
PART SEVEN Writing Correct Sentences
CHAPTER 29 Prepositional Phrases
Culture Note: FABLES
Identifying Prepositional Phrases, Using Prepositional Phrases to Identify the Subject and Verb of a Sentence, Watching out for Infinitives
CHAPTER 30 Subjects and Verbs
Culture Note: PROVERBS AND IDIOMS
The Main Parts of a Sentence, Identifying Verbs, Complete Verbs, Linking Verbs, Identifying the Subject, Finding More Than One Subject or Verb, What to Watch out For, Nouns That Follow the Verb, Pronouns, Commands, No, Not, and Always 476 Words Ending in -ing, Infinitives
CHAPTER 31 Clauses
Culture Note: BREAD
Clauses and Sentences, What Is a Clause?, Independent Clauses, Dependent Clauses, Sentences Built with Clauses, Simple Sentences, Compound Sentences, Complex Sentences
CHAPTER 32 Run-On Sentences
Culture Note: WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
What Is a Run-On Sentence?, Fused Sentences, Comma Splices, Fixing Run-On Sentences, Making the Run-On into Two Separate Sentences, Using a Comma and a Coordinating Conjunction, Using a Semicolon, Creating a Dependent Clause
CHAPTER 33 Fragments
Culture Note: MARVELS OF MODERN CONSTRUCTION
What Is a Fragment?, Recognizing and Correcting Dependent Clause Fragments, Attaching the Fragment to Another Sentence, Eliminating the Dependent Word, Recognizing and Correcting Phrase Fragments, Correcting -ing Verb Fragments, Correcting to Fragments, Correcting Extra-Information Phrases, Recognizing and Correcting Missing-Information Fragments, Attaching the Fragment to the Sentence Before It, Turning the Fragment into a Sentence
CHAPTER 34 Regular and Irregular Verbs
Culture Note: PSYCHOLOGY
The Principal Parts of Regular Verbs, The Present Tense, The Past Tense, The Past Participle, The Present Participle, Forming the Tenses of Regular Verbs, Present Tense, Past Tense, Participles, The Principal Parts of Irregular Verbs, The Big Three: To Be, To Do, and To Have, Principal Parts, Tenses, Avoiding Common Errors
CHAPTER 35 Subject-Verb Agreement
Culture Note: CLASSICAL MUSIC AND MUSICIANS
Understanding Subject-Verb Agreement, Agreement When Words Come Between the Subject and the Verb, Agreement When the Verb Comes Before the Subject, Agreement When the Subject Has Two or More Parts, Agreement When the Subject Is an Indefinite Pronoun
CHAPTER 36 Verb Tense and Tense Consistency
Culture Note: AMERICAN LEGENDS
Consistency in Verb Tense, Changing Verb Tense
CHAPTER 37 Pronoun Types
Culture Note: THE OLYMPIC GAMES
Recognizing Pronouns, Subject Pronouns, Using a Subject Pronoun as Part of a Compound Subject, Using a Subject Pronoun After Forms of To Be, Using a Subject Pronoun After Then and As, Object Pronouns, Possessive Pronouns, Pronouns Ending in -Self or -Selves, Reflexive Pronouns, Intensive Pronouns, Demonstrative Pronouns
CHAPTER 38 Pronoun Agreement, Pronoun Reference, and Point of View
Culture Note: TEXAS
Pronoun Agreement, Personal Pronouns, Indefinite Pronouns, Pronoun Reference, Pronoun Consistency and Point of View
CHAPTER 39 Adjectives and Adverbs
Culture Note: SLEEP
What Is an Adjective?, Types of Adjectives, Using Adjectives for Comparison, What Is an Adverb?, Correcting Common Errors with Adjectives and Adverbs, Good and Well
CHAPTER 40 Misplaced Modifiers
Culture Note: TORNADOES
What Is a Misplaced Modifier?, Correcting Misplaced Modifiers
CHAPTER 41 Dangling Modifiers
Culture Note: MILK
What Is a Dangling Modifier?, Correcting Dangling Modifiers
CHAPTER 42 Errors in Parallelism
Culture Note: COOKIES
What Is Parallelism?, Recognizing Special Sentence Structures, Balanced Word Order
PART EIGHT Punctuation and Mechanics
CHAPTER 43 Commas
Culture Note: CHICAGO
Understanding Commas, Setting Apart Items in a Series, Comma Before a Conjunction in a Series, Commas in a Series of Adjectives, Setting Off Introductory Material, Setting Off Information That Interrupts the Main Ideas in a Sentence, Interruptions in the Middle of a Sentence, Essential and Unessential Information, Additional Material at the End of a Sentence, Direct Address, Joining Two Independent Clauses Linked by a Coordinating Conjunction, Setting Off Direct Quotations, Clarifying Everyday Information
CHAPTER 44 Apostrophes
Culture Note: VIRUSES
Understanding the Apostrophe, Showing the Omission of Letters, Showing Possession or Ownership, Singular Nouns, Plural Nouns, Unnecessary Apostrophes, Do Not Use Apostrophes with Possessive Pronouns, Do Not Use Apostrophes with Simple Plurals
CHAPTER 45 Quotation Marks
Culture Note: FEMINISM AND GLORIA STEINEM
Understanding Quotation Marks, Setting Off Direct Quotations, Using Parts of Quotations, Indirect Quotations, Setting Off Titles of Short Works, Setting Off Special Words or Expressions, Single Quotation Marks
CHAPTER 46 Other Punctuation Marks: Colons and Semicolons, Parentheses, Dashes, and Hyphens
Culture Note: MARILYN MONROE, AN AMERICAN ICON
Understanding Other Punctuation Marks, Semicolons, Colons, Hyphens, Dashes, Parentheses
CHAPTER 47 Capitalization
Culture Note: NATURAL WONDERS OF THE WORLD
Main Uses of Capital Letters, Additional Uses of Capital Letters, Unnecessary Capitalization
CHAPTER 48 Numbers and Abbreviations
Culture Note: THE BATTLE OF LITTLE BIG HORN
Using Numbers, Spelling Numbers, Using Numerals for Everyday Information, Using Abbreviations
CHAPTER 49 Sentence Variation
Culture Note: DR. SEUSS
Recognizing Your Writing Style, Coordination: Adding Equally Important Ideas, Subordination: Adding Less Important Ideas, Combining Sentences for Brevity and Variety, Combining Sentences to Avoid Repetition, Combining Sentences for Variety
PART NINE Readings for Informed Writing
Tips for Reading Critically
How We Learn
READING 1 "A Homemade Education," Malcolm X
READING 2 "What Is Intelligence, Anyway?" Isaac Asimov
READING 3 "Learn How to Make Your Own Luck," Meryl Davids Landau
READING 4 "Education," E. B. White
READING 5 "How to Write with Style," Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
What We Value
READING 6 " 'Blaxicans' and Other Reinvented Americans," Richard Rodriguez
READING 7 "Money for Morality," Mary Arguelles
READING 8 "The Ways We Lie," Stephanie Ericsson
READING 9 "Manners Matter," Judith Martin
READING 10 "Too Much Information," Anne Taylor Fleming
Challenges We Face
READING 11 "My Mother's English," Amy Tan
READING 12 "The Plot Against People," Russell Baker
READING 13 "The Price We Pay," Adam Mayblum
READING 14 "A Generation's Vanity Heard Through Lyrics," John Tierney
READING 15 "The New Gender Gap," Lisa Belkin
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Skip to comments.Going Rogue: Palin says she plans to 'shake up the GOP machine' w/ $1.2M raised through her PAC
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Once again Sarah Palin is showing that she has no plans to play by the rules.
She has parted ways with FOX News after a turbulent relationship with the conservative cable news channel, taken pot shots at pundits in the 'lame stream media' and slammed her own party for selecting Mitt Romney as the 2012 Republican presidential nominee.
Now the former Alaska governor says she'll use the $1.2 million raised through her SarahPAC to 'shake up the GOP machine' and unveiled a vague vision on how she'll get her message out to a larger audience.
News broke on Friday night that she had not renewed her $1 million annual contract with FOX News, after three years as a contributor on Roger Ailes' network.
Palin then spoke out on Saturday, in an interview with Breitbart.com, saying that she was working to 'free up opportunities to share more broadly the message of the beauty of freedom and the imperative of defending our republic and restoring this most exceptional nation.'
Calling the future 'wide open' with opportunities, she shared how she plans 'to pick battles wisely, and all in due season' - hinting that she still has a fight left in her.
Her vision for the future coincided with the financial disclosure from her Political Action Committee, SarahPAC, with records released on Monday showing she ended 2012 with nearly $1.2 million in the bank.
She raised around $20,790 between Nov. 27 and Dec. 31 and spent $67,800 during that time period on expenses including consulting, speech writing and legal fees...
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I am ambivalent about Sarah (though I was a huge fan before she didn't run, and am open to supporting her in the future if her opponents are typical for the establishment), so take this for what it is worth. And it goes for all of the pro-Sarah crew you roll with.
Every so often, a candidate shows up on here. I'll use Sarah as an example, but it could be Hunter, it could be Romney, it could be McCain, Thompson, any candidate.
People show up spewing a lot of phony crap about them, and it clearly has an agenda. Think Romney attacking Sarah. People rightly call them on the BS, but then these supporters begin to see any attack as the same as the BS. Pretty soon, if anybody utters any criticism about the candidate, groups of supporters show up to browbeat them into silence with personal attacks, attributions of malevolent motives, and ridicule.
This creates a new dynamic, among the masses who observe, but don't interact. One day, they see somebody post something which is mildly critical, but in a way which could be plausible, only to then be jumped on my a coordinated group, which procedes to name call, ridicule, and insult, until the mild critic gets tired of the fight and leaves. When this happens, it makes the place feel unwelcoming of free discussion.
The supporters, due to their zeal to defend their candidate against every slight, no matter how minor, end up looking as if they are trying to create a zero-tolerance environment, with no debate. That is generally something that people who value freedom will reflexively rebel against.
I have seen myself grow more irritated with candidates, due to the actions of their zealous supporters on here, than I have been irritated with the actual candidate, and I am sure you will have seen this in yourself as well.
Sometimes, the best thing for your caiddate is to let the debate rage, and let each person's argument rest on the merits of their case, rather than taking things personal, ascribing personal motives to their arguments, or worse, trying to ridicule them or out-group them.
As an example, if somebody insults Sarah's leadership, post her accomplishments, but don't then start name calling, or ascribing motives to the opponent. Don't insist they leave the thread, or say they aren't Conseratives, or feel you need the last word. Answer fact with fact, and let the readers decide, especially if their last answer doesn't address your facts.
LA might have been a Sarah voter one day, if she was paired off against bigger establishment politicians. I have voted for both McCain and Romney, though I loathed both But brow-beat LA enough, and he will crawl over broken glass to vote against her for a Romney, just to screw you and your gang. I know, because I supported McCain in 08 at the end of the primary (and I hated McCain), just because it was him vs Romney. I knew little enough about Romney at that point that I might have supported him to screw McCain, had all Romney's supporters here not been so obnoxious with Thompson and Hunter.
In '12, I opposed Romney duringthe primary for a lot of reasons, but the underhanded crap with Sarah, and his supporters here were a large part.
So consider sometimes, you are better off letting a small, generic criticism be, and just ignoring it, or leaving a small unemotional, fact based post that can't be attacked. A lot of the lurkers on here are introverts, who will tend to have a strong irritation with any coordinated attempt to gang up on someone for what they say, rather than simply showing where they are wrong.
Food for thought.
Soap Opera: 'Just Plain Bill' - I remember those words!
And others my mom had on.
Poor Bill - I remember nothing about the storyline - anyone know why he was 'Plain??!!'
As a fellow n00b, here's a recollection from a long-ago past when I was still in Pennsylvania and working as the new guy at a union shop. I led several of us workers, many of whom lacked the oh-so-important trait of seniority (very important to union goons and, evidently, some FReepers) on a campaign to bust the long-entrenched union through the legal process of decertification.
Over a period of months, just about all of those who voted in favor of unionism during the decertification election were fired. I'll confess to taking real glee when a 25-year vet of the company (he'd been there since the mid-1950s) was dismissed. He was a bad seed from the get-to, a featherbedder who thought tenure and seniority were his protection. When I started the the action to bust the union, this hateful creep uttered these words: "I was here when you got here and I'll be here when you leave". The Na-Na-Hey-Hey-Goodbye song was popular around that time and we who were loyal to the American spirit of free enterprise gave that union goon a serenade as he slinked out the door for good.
In short, lil' ol' me, a mere n00b got the best of a 25-year company vet when he rightfully was terminated when his seniority-lovin', tenure-protectin' union was dismantled. To put it another way by way of allegory...
My BIGGEST fear is that by the time we elect a conservative President, Obama will have destroyed this economy so badly that our military might will have suffered so much that we actually get behind a Ron Paul type (RE: our stance in the world/military). I think that's where we're heading and it's not by accident as far as America-hating Obama is concerned. It's all part of his plan - to bring us down.
You betcha!
Are you saying that I joined because I want to put Palin down?
I stated that because (well, by you name I assume you are a guy :P) we have more Guys on the list than girls. It's what Sarah does we support.
I'm sorry you got the wrong impression, I should have been more clear.
Gov. Palin praises McCains tenacity on Benghazi
Ok, so you managed to find one article which was posted after the 2010 midterms, where Sarah said a kind word about McCain. I'll grant you one point for that, but your earlier statement that she's always going on about McCain, and constantly praising him, is still an exaggeration.
More than anything, what she's said about McCain is a professional courtesy. Notice that she rarely gives any fellow Republican a public tongue lashing. If they're 'off the reservation', she tends not to mention them at all.
Sarah's got excellent instincts and exudes common sense, but she's also a pragmatist. She knows when she's got to bite her tongue for the greater good of the patriotic right. I have no doubt that it chaps her hide to do so, and that in private, she's got more than a few choice words for the RINOS.
I doubt Sarah Palin will ever speak badly of John McCain. To her it would seem like horrible ingratitude to the man who gave her a national stage.
I just remember those guitar chords that they introduced the show with, used to play them, but have no memory of them now, gave up my guitar aspiration after I heard Chet Atkins play poor people of Paris back in early 50's.
My wife and me were extremely supportive of Palin until she led us to believe she would run in 2012 and didn't. We still support her message but were deeply hurt by the way she left us hanging.
We will support her again but not like we did before. She needs to explain her intentions more clearly so we understand what she is doing.
I see your point and I hope you're right. All in all, she's is one tough woman and is smarter and more efficient (for lack of a better word) at getting the job done, and done right, than anyone I see in DC at this time. I hope something comes of her "shakin' up the machine".
That said, I think the GOP is over and a new party should be started. An independent Liberty Constitutional party. If you look at the Republicans, they are Democrat lite, save a few. They've become a party of spineless, non-principled, compromising elitists who only care about their political clout.
Sarah would do better to help get a new Tea Party started and become an actual force people can vote for in elections......instead of holding ones nose and voting for the (R) Republican who claims to be a Tea Party person. I'm talking make the "Tea Party" a REAL party, so one can choose between (D), (R), (L), (G) and (T), when they vote. Just sayin'
It takes a degree of force on the tectonic level to give birth to a new (and successful) political party. I think we're close to feeling the poles shift, but we're not quite there yet. If Obama & Co. apply much more pressure than they're doing, we'll definitely see that axis tilt.
That is when you'll see someone like Sarah step up and declare that it's time to gather our forces into a movement that either bypasses the Republican party, or puts it out to pasture permanently.
American media is seriously twisted and distorted, and many MSM consumers are disgusted with the monopoly. A line from HH Guide comes to mind: "They were the first against the wall when the revolution came." The media in the U.S. is truly despicable, aleep at the wheel at best, criminally negligent at worst.
We've reached a situation where we're paying out the nose for gasoline that was half the price what, five years ago? Everything is from China -- that makes a lot of Americans angry. Then there's the spectre of nationalized health care, another thing that makes most -- yes, most -- Americans angry.
Where is the MSM coverage about the damage and harm and destruction that government regulation does to every aspect of a free person's existence? This is the truth: an American teenager is supposed to be free -- but he doesn't have the right to hire himself out to whereever he wants at whatever pay he elects. He is an OUTLAW if he tries to do it, and even worse is the OUTLAW employer who pays him.
Minimum wage laws as they work now essentially poison any foundation for a decent work ethic at the start. Government our Nanny doesn't trust the majority of free people to exercise decency and morality in how they conduct themselves. So government tyranny usurps that decision in the form of wage laws that cripple free enterprise.
On a bigger-picture scale, it is why we have to pay out the nose for gas (and therefore everything else), and why the only things we can find to buy are made in China. Americans are outlaws if they seek to make America produce those things.
There is a government regulation, tax law, labor law, environmental law, discrimination law, health code, and you name whatever else, to strangle and prang from the git-go American productivity. Government tyranny.
Cut that tyranny away and stand back.
There's hope for America. We are still at our foundation a good and productive moral people, for all the outward projection of the MSM, which is well dominated by the left. More insidious is the commercial side, the advertisements and the top-of-the-hour news reports. It's like blind-man's bluff, wondering how many out there in the Great Unwashed fellow-listening or watching, are echoing thoughs like my own. Reading consumer commentary at MSM links is heartening because they usually read as much like FR as they do anything else.
It's a huge hurtle we must overcome and it's reached the point where the Republican party has become an arm of the enemy in that Republicans are every bit as adept and determined as Democrats to create more government tyranny.
"Game over, man! Game over!"
You're one of the Hudson Brigade. Useless and distracting.
Well said.
I have to remind myself that Nixon created the EPA -- that evil monstrosity is the product of a Republican. On the other hand, being asked to vote for, as president, the most successful political instrument yet of implemented state-run health care, among other vast government power-grabs, had not happened to me in the GOP until 2012. It occurs to me that as long as Romney and the positions he represents are "in" with Republicans, then it's the wrong party.
The Republican brand is so willfully bereft, so equally to be criticized as the left for growing government's burden, that the timing may be spot-on for a third party.
A place where people can unite in their rejection of both parties.
We hear there's no difference between the two parties and we hear the Republican party has gone too far to the right--someone is wrong.
I'm sorry, but too many people here are NOT understanding the situation at hand.
There is a reason I can't bring myself back to happiness these days. I feel the weight of the collapse of the American economy and our cherished Judeo-Christian culture. You bet I'm glum these days, because I see the end-game and it ends with our internal enemies winning the fight because they have a 60-90 year head start on us while we all had our noses to the grindstone trying to earn a living.
You know that the communists have been infiltrating every American institution since the 1930s. The 60s radicals are now in charge. Many 60s radicals spent the last 40 years as college professors who trained a generation of elementary school teachers.
Those elementary and high school teachers are now fully on board with the communist agenda, even though they don't realize it. They just call it globalism and anti-corporatism, save the planet, recycle, reduce your carbon footprint, disarm the military, promote alternative lifestyles, etc.
We have hit a tipping point where the half who are takers can vote themselves goods and services from the half who are makers. Worse still, Obama is engineering this wealth distribution and has an army of people helping him, many within government and many outside it.
It was never a matter of saving the nation from decline and fall. The nation was going to decline and fall at some point, as all Democratic forms of government do when the takers outweigh the makers and the people become morally bankrupt.
"A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the beginning of history has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence:
"From bondage to spiritual faith;
"From spiritual faith to great courage;
"From courage to liberty;
"From liberty to abundance;
"From abundance to complacency;
"From complacency to apathy;
"From apathy to dependence;
"From dependence back into bondage.
You know the above is true, so the matter was only "when we fall" not "if we fall".
The communist infiltration is pushing the fall. The UN pushing for one world government is pushing the fall. America NEEDS to be knocked off the world stage in order to insure it does not stymie the creation of the one-world government. George Soros installed Obama to accelerate America's fall.
I don't know who installed Clinton, but you can see the huge push in 1992 by the UN to standardize world control under the umbrella of fighting environmental catastrophe. I don't think it is a coincidence that Clinton was elected the same year that GHW Bush signed the UN Agenda 21, which is the world standard plan for control that is being implemented in every Western nation throughout the world.
I don't like the fact that the fall is coming any more than you do, but it is coming.
So fight on if it feels good to fight on but the fact of the matter is, we were always fighing a delaying action only, once the 60s radicals were firmly entrenched in the various US institutions, and executing their Cloward-Piven plan to collapse the US economy.
If I sound like a quitter it is only because I can see very clearly that we lost our last chance to delay the coming collapse.
Obama's election in 2008 was instrumental and passing Obamacare was a huge leap forward for the communists to collapse the US economy. We had 1 and ONLY 1 chance to repeal Obamacare, and that was to insure that Obama was not re-elected.
Well, Obama was re-elected by stealing the election, because many conservatives refusing to vote for Romney provided the cushion the Democrats needed to steal the election. You can only conduct so much voter fraud, even in the "swing states" and there were enough "principled Conservatives" not voting that it allowed the Democrats to steal the election.
Now our fall is certain, and fighting back might be fun and fulfilling, but I assure you it is futile.
That is what is so frustrating. An armed revolution is all we have left, and people don't risk the death and maiming of their loved ones unless they have both moral courage and NOTHING to lose. I don't know about you, but I still have a lot to lose by picking up a rifle and living the short and brutal life of an insurgent.
Palin is welcome to fight all she wants. It is a drop in the ocean. Sarah missed her chance to deeply impact the 2012 election by running. We did not even need her to win the election. All she had to to was run, get on the national stage, and speak out against Obama at every turn. Expose him. Expose his agenda and put a little fear into Conservatives so they would turn out in greater numbers for the election.
Instead, she sat on the sidelines and played king maker in a handful of now-meaningless elections. I'm not blaming here, I'm just saying she had one chance to make a serious impact and prevent Obama's re-election, and now it is too late. The die is cast. Obama has 4 years to finish installing the seeds of our destruction.
The fall is baked into the cake. I'm sorry people don't want to hear this, but it is the truth. So what to do is to prepare yourself for an economic collapse or for hard times. That is about all you have left.
Sorry for being a downer, but I'm not the one who lost the country. I'm not the one who was asleep at the wheel when the communists infiltrated government, the schools, universities, churches, and unions, creating the welfare society and destroying our morals and cherished institutions.
I've said all along that I am the guy in the boat bailing water out while half the people in the boat continue to shoot holes in the bottom. I'm sorry to report that the bottom of the boat looks like Swiss cheese, and they are still shooting.
My advice is to quit bailing and put on a life jacket. Pray to God for his protection and Blessing. Apologize to your children that the country was destroyed on our watch. Then pray again for your Grandchildren, who will bear the brunt of the aftermath of the coming totalitarian tyranny.
Sorry for being a downer. Don't blame me. I'm just the guy who can clearly see what's coming. I didn't cause it and I can't stop it.
The people who think this is stoppable haven't been paying attention to what the UN has been doing for 60 years, don't undestand Agenda 21, don't know about Cloward-Piven, underestimate the impact of the coming soaring national debt, and don't realize that the government is going to choke the future economy to death with regulations.
Anybody who opens their eyes to the extend of the communist infiltration, and the impact of one-world government backers, can see that we have been sold out by our masters long ago for 30 pieces of silver. It's over. Don't shoot me, I'm just the messenger.
For all your eloquence and excuses, you remain, simply, part of the panic-stricken "Game over, man!" Hudson brigade: in the way, a distraction, a help to the enemy. Go crawl in a hole to get out of the way, or start being useful and stop making excuses for your swirling down a drain of despair and doing your damndest to drag others with you.
You need a good swift kick in the ass, pal.
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YORK COUNTY, June 16, 1775.
Strayed from the Subscriber, two HORSES, one of which is a bright Bay, 6 Years old, about 14 Hands and a Half high, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, and branded on the near Buttock R.S. He was purchased in Hanover, and it is supposed will endeavour to return thither. The other is a Sorrel, 5 Years old, about 4 Feet 7 Inches high, with a white hanging Mane and Switch Tail, and branded on the near Buttock thus x . Whoeverwill deliver the said Horses, at the Rev. Mr. Camm's in Williamsburg, or to me in the lower Part of York County, shall have a Reward adequate to his trouble. SAMUEL SHIELD.
Virginia Gazette (Dixon & Hunter) June 17, 1775
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The brand is an "x" with a vertical line in the center. In 1749 Rev. John Camm became rector of York-Hampton (located in the lower part of York County) as well as a professor and in 1771 the controversial Tory president of The College of William & Mary. Samuel Shield may have been a friend and former parishioner who found Rev. Camm's residence in Williamsburg to be a central location for the return of his lost horses.
Sources: Tyler, Ency VA Biog


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Burpees: The exercise you should never do again.
Few exercises strike more fear into the hearts of boot-camp attendees more than burpees.
To the satisfaction of trainers across the world, simply mentioning the exercise is guaranteed to elicit a series of groans and complaints across a class.
But is the burpee the great all-around conditioning exercise it claims to be?
Upon closer examination, I am ready to say that this is probably the one exercise I will never ever have anyone do ever again.
For the uninitiated, a burpee is essentially a squat that moves quickly to plank position and back all in one (smooth?) movement. Like this:
Step 1: From a standing position, drop down vertically and place both hands on the ground on either side of the foot
Step 2: In one clean motion, take both feet back, so you are now in a pushup position.
Step 3: In one clean motion, bring the feet back to between the hands
Step 4: From the bottom position, rise up tall and return to a standing position Feel a simultaneous popping sensation in knees and low back mixed with hatred of self.
Repeat Step 1.
So why is the burpee so popular? A simple Google search will bring forth a wellspring of tales of the burpee, lamenting its cardiovascular challenge, its brutality, and the love-hate relationship it fosters amongst its devotees. To know why — despite its widespread use — I'll never give this exercise to any client I have, we need to look back at the target population and the true benefit of this exercise.


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I forgot that Schroeder is RFA. That changes things a little. Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't he play a few stints on the wing during the WJC's? It's a while ago and I can't remember exactly.Spock wrote: JS is an RFA - so he may or not be qualified I suppose. Given the overall limited depth the Canucks have in their system, I can't see him just being thrown in the junk pile. He is probably too small to be a true centerman - might not be a bad idea to try him on wing. Problem being - the Canucks are very thin down the middle as we saw last season.
Re: defense pairings - I don't know who Torts will put with whom. But there is a serious lack of depth at defense without Ballard and Alberts. I would not give Barker another sniff at the ice - he was atrocious.
I wouldn't mind the talent being spread out among the lines and rolling the 4 lines to see if they can get some favorable matchups against 3rd pairing defensemen....
I thought that Barker looked like a slower, and weaker shooting, version of Edler out there this year. I'm not saying bring him back, just that his hockey sense was often on par with our highest paid defenseman.....just fewer physical tools to go with it.
Depending on what happens with buyouts, trades, and free agency, the idea of spreading out the talent could be a good one. Right now we only have 3 players who can dominate the play to a degree that they would exploit a weak 3rd pairing. Henrik, Daniel, and Kesler. I think we would need one more true top 6 forward to make spreading it out worthwhile without sacrificing a lot on our top 2 lines.


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My apologies for losing this in my article database. On 15-May-92, Apple announced that they had identified a software bug in the 7.0 version of the GC Control Panel that ships with the 8*24 GC Video Card. Despite the fact that the video card provides accelerated graphics, it has to run with the 68040 caches disabled, a major pain for Quadra users. If you bought an 8*24 GC card for use with a Quadra or a VRAM Expansion Kit for your Quadra's 8*24 GC card, you can return the item for a cash refund from Apple through 30-Sep-92.
You don't have much time, but if you have a Federal Express number, Apple can FedEx you the forms, and you can FedEx everything back to them. They must receive everything by 30-Sep-92, which is why you must act fast. I'll bet Federal Express hates it when people use their name as a verb, just as Xerox hates it.
Contact Apple's fulfillment house at the number below between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM Mountain Standard Time to request an 8*24 GC Video Card Refund Program Return Form. That form includes the instructions you'll need as well as packaging materials to return your card. You then pack up your card in their packaging materials (the offer is void if you use other packaging) along with copies of your invoices for your 8*24 GC Video Card and your Quadra (with the serial number clearly listed), the invoice for the VRAM Expansion Kit if you bought that, and the completed Return Form. Remember, time is of the essence!
Apple Fulfillment House -- 800/824-7779
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Google already makes many in the old media field tremble with fear. Book publishers and news agencies are suing the company for copyright infringement, even as some online news sites carry the search engine's ads. But Google's latest moves should really send a shiver down old media's collective spine.
You see, Google didn't invent search-fueled online advertising, but it did popularize it. In doing so, it created the biggest revolution in advertising in literally decades. Billions of advertising dollars now flow to search-based online advertising. Unfortunately for old media, these dollars don't represent expanded advertising budgets so much as money being diverted away from other advertising venues…such as radio, television, and everything else we think of as old media. Old media has at least one thing in common with Google: it meets its budgets not by users paying for its content, but by advertisers paying to use its space. So the new advertising model hurts old media where it lives.
The key to the new advertising model is that the online ads run near search results, when people are looking for what the advertiser is offering. Plus, thanks to technology that tracks this information, advertisers only pay when someone actually views the ad, or even when someone clicks on it. This may seem like old hat to SEOs now, but this kind of accountability is literally impossible with older media. John Heilemann, writing about a related topic recently, observed that "Madison Avenue [is] in a state of panic over Google's reinvention of advertising as a science driven by algorithms instead of an art propelled by (ahem) 'creativity.'"
They're right to be afraid. Anyone who has been watching knows that Google will not limit itself to the online world—which would be bad enough for an industry dependent on advertising. The search engine is already working to extend its advertising model into old media's turf. That's a cause for fear, but also for opportunity. Because, ironically enough, if old media companies are prepared to think outside the box, these ventures could actually save them.
{mospagebreak title=Google Goes for Print Ads}
Google actually began venturing into print media advertising last fall when it purchased a bunch of full page ads in PC Magazine. The search engine then sliced up the space and sold the pieces to other advertisers. One can assume that Google turned a profit on the deal.
Since one of the key advantages to online advertising is the ability to track it, Google gave buyers of the print ads a special toll-free number to use. In this way, they could tell which leads (and how many leads) they were getting from the ads. According to some of the advertisers, the results left something to be desired. Google had predicted a response rate of one to two percent of a magazine's readership base. Some advertisers complained that they didn't see even half that.
Undaunted, the search engine is trying again. In early February, it opened the bidding in an auction for advertising space across more than two dozen magazines. Interestingly enough, Google stated that its attempts to try advertising in magazines and newspapers were motivated by requests from existing AdWords users.
This is the way the auction worked. Prospective advertisers were advised to check the data for each magazine, such as circulation, demographics, and household income for readers to help them decide which magazine or magazines to advertise in. Magazines normally collect that kind of information anyway for more standard advertisers.
Then, advertisers chose an ad size: either full page, half page, or quarter page. Full page ads were a little more than eight by nine inches. Once an advertiser chose the size of the ad, he had to choose which issues to advertise in. Finally, advertisers filled out a form in which they entered maximum amount of money they'd be willing to pay in all of the selected issues. If you won the auction, you wouldn't pay the maximum price; Google would reduce your actual cost to the lowest price needed to win the auction.
The lucky winners found out via email. We won't know for a while how well this plan will work, however. Ads start running in April. It may have more of a chance for success than the original pilot program. The ads will be running in magazines that have varied readerships. Advertisers should be able to better target their audience this way; after all, a product or service suited for PC Magazine readers might not strike a chord with Ellegirl and Martha Stewart Living readers!
{mospagebreak title=Google Likes Radio, Too}
No, the search engine giant has not purchased its own radio station—yet. But in January it did spend $102 million to acquire DMarc Broadcasting. DMarc and Google actually have a lot in common: they're both in advertising and they're both using high-tech methods to make their industry's advertising model a lot more efficient.
DMarc created an automated system for radio advertising. About 5,000 radio stations use its service, which lets them fill their unsold inventory of advertising space with just a click of a button. In this way, space that would have gone fallow brings cash to the stations instead.
This literally could not have been accomplished with the standard model for radio advertising. "If you can think back to the old days, to do this, you'd have to call all the stations individually and ask what's available," reflects Michael Douglass, general manager for a company that uses DMarc's system. "With the advent of digital technology, it can be accomplished very effectively and efficiently."
The technology also lets users track their advertising much more quickly and accurately. Customers of the service have online access to their information on a real time basis that, again, simply was not possible before. One media buyer enthused, "I can find out when my spot aired and where, rather than waiting for three months for an affidavit from the station."
The DMarc computer system could let Google bring targeted ads to radio in very much the same way it targets ads with its AdWords service. Google might even be able to expand the system beyond traditional radio, to include satellite radio and digital HD radio. Advertising in such venues would allow even more precise targeting of the audience.
{mospagebreak title=Television and Other Potential Offshoots}
There are a couple of ways Google could bring its advertising model to television. One way would be to expand the DMarc system. But there are other ways.
Google's online video store features reruns of shows from CBS and PBS, which purchasers can view on Internet-connected PCs. Google could take this a little further with TV set-top boxes. Google CEO Eric Schmidt, in thinking about future possibilities, pointed out that "Cable, satellite, telephone companies—they are all putting devices in the home that make it possible for our computers to find them. That makes it possible for us to, say, address men who are 20 and in college, buy a lot of music online and also voted in the last election."
Again, this is the kind of targeting and tracking that old media have not been able to deliver. If they want to compete with Google, they need to do that—but they might be missing a wider opportunity by not considering what it is that Google actually threatens.
Google is no threat to content, be it radio, TV, or print. It is, in effect, a large advertising company. If old media wants to work with Google (which I think would be in their best interests at this point), they need to make sure that Google's advertising payments to them help pay their bills. They can do that by targeting their content profitably. They can also diversify their revenue streams by charging for their content. Some are doing that already, by selling TV shows for a nominal fee in places such as Apple's iTunes.
There are also things that Google can't do, for which some parts of old media might be able to fill in the gap. For example, Google can't produce a TV or radio commercial, but if a lot of small sellers decide to advertise this way, someone will have to help them create their spots. Remember how eBay spawned businesses who serve people who want to sell items on eBay? You bring them your item, they handle the rest. Mini-production companies could help small advertisers; these could range from one-person start-ups creating radio commercials to a small segment of an old media commercial production company branching out into a different market.
It should never be forgotten that old media has two products to sell. One of them is its content, to readers and viewers, and the other is its audience, to advertisers. It may now have a third product it can sell on a small scale: its expertise. But to have a hope of doing that, it must make sure that its content attracts the right audience for its advertisers—remember, with all the options out there, old media has needed to become more like the Internet, appealing to niche tastes. Once old media is sure of the value of its different audiences, it can tell small advertisers, "You can see from what Google is telling you that you will have a nice ROI advertising with us. We can also build you an attractive commercial to help you." Thus, one way or another, old media can focus on what many of us think it should do best: create content.


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Stocks are closing lower on Wall Street after Oracle's weak sales results weighed down big U.S. technology companies. Traders are also worried about Cyprus running out of time to avoid bankruptcy.
Major indexes followed European markets lower at the open and remained negative all day. The Dow Jones industrial average fell as much as 129 points by mid-afternoon before paring the loss to close down 90 points.
All three major indexes felt the drag from technology stocks after Oracle reported an unexpected decline in sales in its fiscal third quarter. Oracle's results have an outsized impact on other technology stocks because it reports earlier than most of its peers.


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Rosalie Anderson, 94 - April 09, 2008
Rosalie Barbara (Teas) Anderson, 94, of Lincoln, formerly of Gothenburg, died Tuesday, April 1, 2008, at Tabitha Health Care Services.
Memorial services were held on Saturday, April 5, at The Landing at Williamsburg Village in Lincoln with the Rev. Renae Johnson officiating.
Family graveside services were to be held at the Gothenburg Cemetery.
Anderson was born on June 26, 1913, at Chariton, IA, to Fred and Bess Teas. She was a graduate of Fremont High School and Midland Lutheran College with a degree in education.
She was united in marriage to Howard Anderson. The couple lived most of their adult life in Gothenburg where she was a member of the Methodist Church, Eastern Star and the Community Playhouse.
In retirement, she and her husband spent winters in Arizona where she discovered her talents of singing and writing barbershop music, learning computer, drawing and painting, according to family members. She continued to sew, knit and complete many needlework projects as well as managing the family farm.
Anderson spent the last 20 years of her life residing in Lincoln where she was a member of St. Marks Methodist Church for the past five years. She lived at The Landing where her days were enjoyed with family, friendships, music and computer work, said family members.
She was preceded in death by: her husband, Howard; a daughter, Marlys; brother, Wesley; sister, Murial; great-grandson, Andrew.
Survivors include: her daughters—Karen (David) Anderson of Austin, TX, and Cathy (Mike) Rasmussen of Lincoln; her son, Kim (Beverly) Anderson of Stanton; seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Memorials are suggested to the Marlys Anderson Scholarship Fund at the Hastings College Foundation: 710 Turner Ave., Hastings, NE 68901.
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Within one of the larger duopoly industries, the Boeing-Airbus aircraft battle wages on with Boeing's 787 Dreamliner and Airbus' A380. Marred by production delays and rising fuel prices, the rivalry is as intense as ever.
With this new issue in the plane production competition, Boeing and Airbus split ways on their fuel-conserving strategies. With the monstrous size of the A380, Airbus aims for a new level of airborne mass transit as it opted for two decks each with dual isles and a total carrying capacity of over 520. The A380 family is designed for longer trips and more passengers, seeking fuel-conservation by consolidation.[1] On the other hand, Boeing explored a handful of roles for its three 787 Dreamliner planes (its first new planes since 1995). While the 787-3 is modeled for large capacity-short distance, the 787-8 and 787-9 look to provide smaller capacity-longer distance aircraft.[1]
The niches of the A380 family and 787 Dreamliner group do not completely overlap. Boeing's 787-3 is closest in statistics to the A380, yet the A380 has over one and a half times the capacity and nearly three times the range. Moreover, with smaller and more fuel-efficient planes in the 787-8 and the 787-9, Boeing avoided direct competition with the A380.
Within the aircraft-producing duel, many companies are invested in Boeing or Airbus. For instance, General Electric, Goodrich, and Thales -- an information systems manufacturer -- hold multi-billion dollar contracts with Boeing. These firms create, supply, and assemble all sorts of airplane parts, ranging from engines to landing systems. On the other side of the industry, Airbus has signed billion dollar agreements with transportation and logistics giant DHL as well as engine producer Honeywell International However, a handful of suppliers are engaged on both sides of the industry. Aviation systems producer Rockwell Collins and electric/landing systems manufacturer Goodrich make parts for both Airbus and Boeing.
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Filled with its share of large backlogs and production/delivery delays, the A380-787 Dreamliner battle may very well be won by the company who can best fulfill their contracts.
Slated to be released in 3Q2009[5] Boeing's Dreamliner has a large backlog to address. As of July 28, 2008 Boeing has 896 total orders[6] for all three Dreamliner designs (787-3, 8, and 9). The six largest orders include the International Lease Finance Corporation (74), Qantas Airways (65), All Nippon Airways (50), Air Canada (37), and Ethiad Airways (35) and Japan Airways (35).[6]
The Airbus A380, whose first commercial flight occurred in October 2007, also has a hefty order count of 192 planes[7] as of August 7, 2008. Note that this count includes only the A380 model, and not the A380F (freight model) as production delays and backlogs forced Airbus to focus on the commercial A380.[8] However, this release came after two years of their own delays and nearly €5 billion over budget.[9] Total lost earnings from Airbus delays are estimated to be $6 billion.[10] The top 6 A380 orders come from: Emirates Ariline (58), Qantas Airways (20), Singapore Airlines (19), Lufthansa (15), Air France (12) and British Airways (12).[7]
Airbus announced its first six-month schedule delay in June of 2005, followed by two further delays in June and October of 2006.[11] Their schedule delays consisted of pushing back delivery dates and number of plane shipments. The company cites internal wiring problems as well as airline customizations[11] as the main cause for the initial delays. However, on October 3, 2006 Airbus announced a newly restructured production and delivery schedule, aiming to reach their full production rate of 45 planes per year in 2010.[12]
However, Boeing has its fair share of delays as well. April 9, 2008 saw Boeing delay its production and delivery schedule for the Dreamliner a fourth time, making for a 3Q2009 debut. In the Dreamliner's case, Boeing blames unspecified design flaws[13] as the culprit, resulting in $4.1 million[10] in penalty payments as of July 2008. The seemingly continuous delays are damaging the reliability of Boeing. On August 7, 2008, Boeing lost its first 787 order as Azerbaijan Airlines reduced its original order from three to two.[14]
On March 1, 2008, the US Air Force announced that it would enter into a $40 billion contract with Airbus and Northrop Grumman, a military and defense aircraft parts manufacturer, over the domestic company Boeing.[15] The USAF cited the A300's larger size as the main deciding factor, but multiple delays on the initial release and first commercial flight certainly did not help.
Within the aircraft industry face-off, many companies do business for both Boeing and Airbus. Several companies have major contracts with both sides, including:
However, many companies benefit with one side of the duopoly, or hold larger contracts with one of Boeing and Airbus. Firms that are on either side of the fence include:
Below is a chart comparing the statistics of the Airbus A380 family and the Boeing 787 Dreamliner family.
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|Airbus A380F[34]
|Boeing 787-3 Dreamliner[35]
|Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner[35]
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An irregular tetrahedron has two opposite sides the same length a and the line joining their midpoints is perpendicular to these two edges and is of length b. What is the volume of the tetrahedron?
ABCD is a regular tetrahedron and the points P, Q, R and S are the midpoints of the edges AB, BD, CD and CA. Prove that PQRS is a square.
An irregular tetrahedron is composed of four different triangles. Can such a tetrahedron be constructed where the side lengths are 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 units of length?
Can you work out the dimensions of the three cubes?
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Can you number the vertices, edges and faces of a tetrahedron so that the number on each edge is the mean of the numbers on the adjacent vertices and the mean of the numbers on the adjacent faces?
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The late Robert L. Rooke, a member of the Class of 1913, and his descendants have a long history of supporting Bucknell. Most recently, Robert C. Rooke provided significant funding toward Academic West. In recognition of the family's support, the Biology Building and the Robert L. Rooke Chemistry Building were officially renamed the Robert L. Rooke Science Center at a dedication ceremony April 30. Three generations of Rookes helped cut the ribbon. From left: Rob Rooke '12, Robert C. Rooke, Robert C. Rooke Jr., President John Bravman and Natalie Rooke.
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After dropping their last two games, the Fire travel to New York Saturday afternoon to face a Red Bulls team that has only lost at home once this season (LIVE at 2:30pm CT on NBC 5 Chicago). The Fire had their worst performance of the season on Wednesday night against Philadelphia while New York demolished Toronto FC last time out. That being said, both teams are level in the standings with 53 points and will be looking for a win in an effort to catch Sporting KC at the summit of the Eastern Conference. Here are some things to look out for from a tactical standpoint.
When you have it, keep it: ball retention
In the Fire's last two games, the team failed to keep hold of the ball for long stretches, often gifting it back to their opponents. Against the better teams, this can be a nightmare because it means that you have to defend wave after wave of attacks. Against Philly on Wednesday night, players were making misplaced passes all over the field and it prevented the team from getting into any sort of offensive rhythm.
Maintaining possession is important in any game but especially in matches away from home. The Fire could deploy a similar tactic to the one used in Kansas City last week, namely, getting the ball to Sherjill MacDonald and relying on him to hold the ball up and wait for support. Against KC though, the team were unable to get MacDonald the ball enough and on many occasions gave it away in the process.
If the Fire play the same way against New York, they must get the ball in to MacDonald's feet because not doing so will only hand the possession to Red Bull.
Center backs: beware of getting stretched
Fire color commentator and former defender Evan Whitfield made an excellent point in Wednesday night's game after the Union's first goal. He noted that center backs Arne Friedrich and Austin Berry were not close enough together, leaving a gap between them which Jack McInerney exploited to perfection on the first goal. The same thing happened against the Montreal Impact a few weeks back when Marco Di Vaio got in between the center backs to score.
Unfortunately, these are not the only two instances of this happening this season and its something the team needs to address. There is no one explanation as to why this is happening but there are some ways of limiting its negative effects.
We all know that Arne Friedrich likes to roam forward from time to time in an effort to help the attack. When this happens, the Fire need to be wary and drop one of the defensive midfielders into the back line if they lose possession. Also, when a ball is played in behind the outside defenders, it forces Berry or Friedrich to go wide to pick up the runner, leaving a space in the middle. When this happens, the outside back or someone else has to drop into the space left vacated.
Thierry Henry: picking him up when he drops deep
It may sound cliche, but the Red Bulls are a much, much better team when Thierry Henry is in the starting eleven. He single handidly tore Toronto FC apart last weekend, tallying a goal and three assists in a 4-1 victory.
Henry is a converted winger and still loves to move out wide, pick the ball up, and run at defenders. He did this on countless occasions against Toronto and was not dealt with. When he goes wide, the Fire must not drop back and allow him to run at defenders.
Henry also likes to play the "false 9" role, dropping into the middle of the field, to pick up the ball and then either take players on or look for a killer pass into the space he just vacated. This is a role that Chris Rolfe often plays for the Fire.
The other problem that Henry gives teams is that he draws so much attention away from his teammates, often leaving them with acres of space. Its a very tough balancing act, but the Fire must find a way to limit Frenchman's effectiveness while at the same time not allowing players like Tim Cahill and Kenny Cooper to go undetected.
Set pieces - the fewer the better
One of the things not mentioned in the last paragraph about Henry is that he takes almost all of New York's set pieces and is especially good at corners, often putting the ball into very dangerous areas.
Though the Red Bulls have many smaller players in their starting eleven such as Dax McCarty and Connor Lade, they also possess some who are genuinely dangerous in the air in Wilman Conde, Kenny Cooper and Markus Holgersson. Another player famous for his aerial ability Tim Cahill. The Aussie scored countless headed goals for Everton before signing for the Red Bulls earlier this season.
Though he hasn't made as big of an impact as most were predicting, the Fire coaching staff will be very disappointed if the teams allows the Red Bulls' biggest threat to hurt them on Saturday afternoon.
Limiting New York to only a handful of set pieces will be crucial for a positive Fire result
Prediction: Fire improve tenfold from Wednesday night to earn a deserved point with a goal from Sherjill MacDonald.
Stephen Piggott is a contributor to Chicago-Fire.com. Follow him on Twitter @irish_steve.


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Becomes 35th state caucus to join National Assembly of Sportsmen's Caucuses
Sportsmen have an influential ally in the Kansas Legislature since formation of the Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus on March 25. The Kansas Caucus becomes the 35th state affiliated with the National Assembly of Sportsmen's Caucuses (NASC).
A sportsmen's caucus is formed by like-minded legislators who understand America's hunting, fishing, and trapping heritage and its importance to wildlife management and the country's economy. Caucus members set partisan politics aside and maintain a unified front by remaining informed and organized on sportsmen's legislative issues they see every day.
The kick-off event brought together members of the caucus, other interested legislators, and members of numerous state conservation groups and outdoors industry representatives such as the National Rifle Association, the National Wild Turkey Federation, Quail Unlimited, and Pheasants Forever. In all, nearly 60 people attended the reception, including more than 20 policymakers. Outdoor writers, outfitters, and trappers who expressed an interest in the caucus attended a reception to visit with legislators about the new caucus and sportsmen's legislative issues in Kansas. Bethany Erb, state caucus manager for NASC, also attended to celebrate the caucus's first formal gathering. The following day, Erb visited the Kansas Legislature and attended lunch with several state senators.
Legislative co-chairmen of the new bipartisan caucus are House Majority Leader Ray Merrick (Stilwell) and Rep. Gary Hayzlett (Lakin). During the evening, the co-chairmen announced the formation of the caucus, its objectives for 2008, and its affiliation with NASC.
"It is an honor to serve as chairman of the Kansas Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus," said Merrick. "Hunting and fishing are ingrained in the Kansas lifestyle; it's about time we had a legislative group to work on these issues."
Hayzlett added, "After I attended the NASC annual meeting last fall, I realized what an excellent organization it is. I am excited that the Kansas caucus is about to launch and affiliate with NASC. The ability to get sportsmen and legislators on the same page is a real plus for the state of Kansas and for sportsmen across the nation."
Legislative Sportsmen's Caucuses nationwide are actively engaged with the sportsmen's community, state conservation organizations, and the outdoors industry to advance issues that ensure the heritage of hunting and fishing.
To learn more about how Kansas' 425,000 sportsmen spend $1.6 million per day, visit the Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation website.