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Great online books in general - Church History - Apologetics - Church Fathers - Philosophy - Canon Law
Lives of the Saints
For a more detailed index of online information on the faith See
Against the Heresies by CATHOLIC APOLOGETICS
Great online books in general
The Roman Martyrology
The Roman Brevary
Blessed Fr. Pro, A Modern Martyr
The Life of St. Augustine
The City of God - St Augustine
The Imitation of Christ
Catherine of Siena, The Dialogue of the Seraphic Virgin
John of the Cross, A Spiritual Canticle of the Soul and the Bridegroom Christ
John of the Cross, Ascent of Mount Carmel
John of the Cross, Dark Night of the Soul
John of the Cross, The Living Flame of Love
On Loving God - by Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
Teresa of Avila, The Interior Castle
Teresa of Avila, The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus
Teresa of Avila, The Way of Perfection
The Conferences of John Cassian - by John Cassian
The Great Heresies by Hilaire Belloc
The Inner Way - John Tauler
The Practice of the Presence of God - by Brother Lawrence
The Life of St. Athony by St. Athanasius
Uniformity With God's Will by St Alphonsus
Friends of the Cross by St. Louis De Montfort
True Devotion to Mary by St. Louis De Montfort
Love of Eternal Wisdom by Saint Louis De Montfort
Life Everlasting by Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P.
The 3 Ways of the Spiritual Life by Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P.
PROVIDENCE by Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P.
Liberalism is a Sin by Dr. Don Felix Sarda Y Salvany,
Latin Program
How to Pray the Rosary
Lives of the Saints
Saint Anthony of the Desert
St. Paul, The First Hermit
St. John of God
Pope St. Pius V
St. Philip Neri
Church Fathers
Athanasius, On the Incarnation
Confessions - Augustine
On Christian Doctrine - Saint Augustine
Augustine, De Dialectica
Augustine, Enchiridion
Gregory of Nyssa Complete on-line works
The Commonitory of St. Vincent of Lerins
Sayings of the Fathers
Catholic Answers to Protestant Questions
Where we got the Bible and our debt to the Catholic Church
Apologetics Program
Explanation of the Sacraments by St. Thomas Aquanis
Catechetical Instructions of St. Thomas Aquinas
The History of heresies & their refutation - By St. Alphonsus M. Liguori
No Salvation out side the Church - by Michael Müller, C.SS.R, 1888
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Church History
A History of the Church to the Eve of the Reformation - by Philip Hughes
When Was The Catholic Church founded?
The Summa Theologica online
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Canon Law
The Old Code (1917)
The New Code (1983)
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'TIS THE WEEK... when relatives descend in relatively large flocks, looking not only to commune with you and family and the season but to see a bit of the region, too. Truly, does any holiday traveler stick solely to the room that holds the Christmas tree? No way. They're out there making the most of the money they spent on their plane ticket, which means a little sightseeing, even as they see you. And if you're seeking unadulterated quintessential Californianess for your out-of-staters, of course you shall drive them into wine country, where they may marvel at our marvelous vineyards and purchase wines by the box (and, fingers crossed, one for you, their kind host). So what's on around the vines as the end of the year is on fast approach? Check out...
THE SONOMA VALLEY GINGERBREAD CONTEST: This is happening. Picture sweet sugary stuff shaped to pay tribute to area wineries. It's both cute and clever, and, yep, it isn't often that sweets outside of chocolate intersect with wine. This is a nicely festive happening, and it goes down the week following Christmas.
SONOMA VALLEY WINE TROLLEY: A trolley "brimming with garlands and lights" that tours a quartet of area wineries? Please. Put the relatives on that and much high-fiving shall ensue.
NAPA VALLEY WINE TROLLEY: Not to be outdone, the NV is rollin' festive, too, through Sunday, Dec. 22. Carolers, hot cocoa, and the vintageness of the cable car add to the merrymakery. This one takes a tour of Napa, rather than the wineries, but consider it a fine way to see the city and its homes outside of the winemaking biz. Head for the Oxbow Public Market and be there by 6:30 p.m., when the trolley heads out for a 90-minute spin.
YOUR FAVORITE WINERY, DRESSED UP: It's the rare vineyard that doesn't hang a bit of holly this time of year, but, honest? Most do it up, large-style, with gargantuan trees and piped-in holiday tunes. Regardless of where you and your crew land, count on Christmassy cheer to be found within. Oh, and wine, too, but you knew that, right?


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–by Leah Shafer, USCHS intern
On May 5, 1816, Thomas Jefferson wrote a lengthy letter to William Short, his former secretary. "No, my dear friend," Jefferson wrote, "nothing could allure me again into the furnace of politics." Short was one of Jefferson's closest friends—his "adoptive son," Jefferson once called him—and their correspondence gives us a rare look into Jefferson's opinions in his later life.
This letter is one of thousands which anyone can find in The Thomas Jefferson Papers on the Library of Congress website. The Thomas Jefferson Papers is a collection of approximately 27,000 documents related to our third president. About three-fourths of these documents are correspondence: letters written to and by Jefferson over the course of his lifetime.
In 1816, when writing this letter to Short, Jefferson was seventy-three years old. He had been president, vice-president, governor of Virginia, and ambassador to France; now, officially done with public service, he spent most of his time at his home, Monticello. Jefferson's retirement, however, was anything but reclusive. In the same letter, he explained, "While in public life, my whole time has been absorbed by the duties that laid me under; and now, when the world imagines I have nothing to do, I am in a state of as heavy drudgery as any office of my life ever subjected me to."
This "heavy drudgery" which Jefferson described comprises the collections we value today: his letters. In his retirement, Jefferson wrote almost constantly. "From sunrise till noon," he continued to Short, "I am chained to the writing table. At that hour I ride of necessity for health as well as creation. And even after dinner I must often return to the writing table." And a good thing, too: Jefferson's letters remain an invaluable look into early American history and political thought—and they are one of the key sources which the interns at USCHS scour for facts for the We, the People calendars.
Through his letters, Jefferson remained involved in almost every aspect of the United States' public life. He wrote frequently to high officials such as James Madison, James Monroe, and William Crawford (the president, secretary of state, and secretary of war in 1816, respectively), presenting advice. He corresponded with Benjamin Henry Latrobe, the architect of the Capitol, offering suggestions for adornment on top of the Capitol dome. Hopeful candidates for government clerk positions contacted Jefferson for recommendations to one of his hundreds of contacts, and writers in every genre sent Jefferson copies of their manuscripts, requesting his well-respected opinion.
And yet, to Short, Jefferson dismissed his heavy load of correspondence as "equally foreign to my interests and inclinations, and yet forced on me by the courtesies of those to whom it is responsive. [These letters] preclude…me entirely from the course of studies and reading which would make my hours pass lightly and pleasantly away." He wrote that he wished he could write just to those closest to him: "were this correspondence confined to my real friends only, it would be no more than an amusement, and would be a delicious repast."
A strange opinion for a man who continued writing to various American officials and citizens for years, even though at seventy-three the tendonitis in his wrist made writing a "painful & slow" task. In this same letter, Jefferson acknowledged that historians had already begun examining some of his writings from the Revolutionary War, and he appears to have anticipated more studies in the future. He was so meticulous in preserving his letters that he helped to develop the polygraph, a machine that allowed a letter to be written with two pens, on two separate sheets of paper, at once. Jefferson made copies of nearly every letter which he wrote, to file in his own collections.
Perhaps Jefferson did look forward to the day when his work in public offices would truly be over—but then he also knew that his authority in the U.S. would take much longer to fade. He closed to Short, "I shall pass willingly to that eternal sleep which, whether with, or without, dreams, awaits us hereafter. I leave with satisfaction and confidence to those who are to come after me the pursuit of what is right, & rectification of what is wrong; convinced they will be able to manage their own affairs, as we have been ours." With a pen as far-reaching as Jefferson's, it must have been easy to have faith in the future generations; his letters ensured that Jefferson's influence would remain alive.
Works Cited
Jefferson, Thomas. Thomas Jefferson to William Short, May 5, 1816. Letter. From Library of Congress, The Thomas Jefferson Papers. http://memory.loc.gov/master/mss/mtj/mtj1/049/0000/0053.jpg (accessed February 21, 2013).
"Series." The Thomas Jefferson Papers. Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/jefferson_papers/mtjser.html (accessed March 8, 2013).


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By DANNY YOEONO Martinez Tribune Dead body found in barn Alhambra Valley 1865: An 8-10 day old dead body was found in a barn. The body was first seen by a boy driving cows who casually looked into the barn and thought a man was sleeping. Out of curiosity, he …Read More »
This Week in History: Jan. 29 – Feb. 4
By DANNY YOEONO Martinez Tribune 'Slippery' nudist takes morning jog through downtown Martinez 1973: Forty-three years ago this week in Martinez, police were led on a wild chase through the downtown streets as a young man in his 20s was completely nude and "expressing" himself to the public. The one-man …Read More »
Oh my God, Joe DiMaggio!
By KRISTIN HENDERSON Special to the Tribune Vince Ferrante of Pittsburg writes: "In 1978 when I was 13 … Dad took me to Amato's bar to visit his cousin Vince who was working. … Vince Amato asked me if I liked baseball … he then asked me if I would …Read More »
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The Celtic Spaghetti Knot of Martinez
By KRISTIN HENDERSON Special to the Tribune The Celtic Spaghetti Knot of Martinez. I call it that because the intertwining of time in Martinez is not linear. Time operates on a calculus of dimensions beyond the three we perceive and it often has delightful social consequences. I am forever resting …Read More »
Italians in Martinez: Bologna feeds into America!
By KRISTIN HENDERSON Special to the Tribune We are not talking cheap meat here In the development of Martinez, the Northern Italian immigrants that came before the Fisher people were farmers and wine makers and were also major contributors to the town we know of today. Martinez's climate is much …Read More »
'Bring back our Italians!' How Alien Enemies Act affected Martinez
By KRISTIN HENDERSON Special to the Tribune Greetings Martinez! I am writing about history and architecture for the Tribune. I am going to follow the Italian theme because on Sunday, Oct. 25, I am giving a book talk at the Center for Italian Culture in Carmichael, California, and dragging along …Read More »
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Artist Residency Roundtable
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
Location: Chelsea, Manahattan
The Artist Residency Roundtable is organized by Audra Wolowiec and Yuka Otani as a part of Studio Fuse's ongoing mission to foster dialog and to share resources among artists. Guest artists will discuss their personal and professional experiences at various residency programs in New York City and across the country from LMCC, Socrates Sculpture Park, Skowhegan, Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, MacDowell, Yaddo and Djaressi, to name a few. Artists will present their work and an open, roundtable discussion will follow. A comprehensive list of available resources online and in print, for national and international artist residencies, will accompany the discussion.
Participating Artists:
Laura Braciale – www.laurabraciale.com
Rachel Frank – www.rachelfrank.com
James Huang – www.james-huang.com
Stephanie Lempert – www.stephanielempert.com
Christopher Robbins – http://www.christopher-robbins.com
Yuka Otani – www.yukaotani.com
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* The Arts Council of Lapland (AiR programs in northern areas of Finland, Norway, and Sweden)
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* Alternative Spaces / Opportunities by Region: "Phonebook" by Green Lantern Press (purchase online for $15)
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* NYFA Learning (tips for grant writing and project proposals etc.) – www.nyfa.org/level2.asp?id=76&fid=1&sid=781
* Foundation Center (grants for individuals) – www.foundationcenter.org/getstarted/individuals
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This show which will feature 20 contestants, aims to showcase the agricultural potential of young Nigerians. According to Akin Alabi, a Co-Founder of CFIL, the TV reality show also aims to address perception problems in Africa's
agribusiness sector.
"This show will showcase the talents of Nigerian youths to the government in terms of agricultural potential, as it works to diversify the economy. We decided to partner with Tony Elumelu Foundation because we want to create a standard with entrepreneurs in the agribusiness sector so as to push youths to believe that they can develop the African economy. The programme will run for four weeks at IITA premises in Ibadan and the contestants will be engaged in several activities and training,'
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Dogs and Wolves – Different Socks in the Trousers of Evolution
21st October 2009
Do you think dogs evolved from wolves? Do you think dogs behave like wolves? Think again. In the trousers of evolution wolves took one leg and dogs took the other. Now, wolves are an itchy grey school sock whilst dogs are a variety of multi- coloured, patterned, ankle, knee-high, over-the-knee, woolly, sheer and even specialised socks with five individual little toes. Okay, they're still in the same trousers, but you can't make a matching pair of socks from dogs and wolves.
Dogs and wolves share the same ancestor (probably some kind of robust mountaineering sock) but neither is still the same. Experiments on various species such as silver foxes, otters and rats show that it is relatively easy to breed for the characteristic of 'tameness'. In any natural population some individuals are a little bit tamer than others. By breeding these tamer ones together, and then the tamer ones of their offspring, it is possible to breed a domesticated version of the original creature.
They actively approach people and have all the friendly attributes of a pet dog. This is more or less the same way that dogs became domesticated from the wild population of ancient wolves that existed at the same time that hunter-gather humans started to settle down in fixed villages. The wild animals came to the village waste dumps to eat our left-overs, but only the tamer ones could actually stay there long enough to gain any benefit. The wilder ones ran away sooner and for further.
This wild population of wolf/dog type creatures must have contained a cross section of characteristics that are apparent in present day dogs and wolves.
Providing an ecological niche – an environment in which part of the species could make a living – split that population into present day dogs and wolves, but (and it is a big 'but') the original balance of tameness and wildness is no longer the same in the present day wolf population.
Dogs evolved to be tamer and wolves evolved to be wilder. There is now no 'middle ground' part of the population in existence because there is no ecological niche for them. The original ancestor of present day wolves and dogs does not exist. In the trousers of evolution wolves went down one leg and dogs the other, and they are now very different socks.
So, when people say that dogs evolved from wolves, it is only true in the sense that dogs evolved from the dog/wolf like creature that existed at the time (probably in the region of 15,000 years ago), not that they descended from animals with the characteristics of present day wolves.
Wolf behaviour is one thing and dog behaviour another and, although both arose from the original wolf/dog, there is no more reason for them to match behaviour now than there is for a scratchy grey knee sock to match a shocking pink silk ankle sock. People who confuse them can often look very silly.
David Ryan CCAB
APBC Full Member
David has a postgraduate diploma in companion animal behaviour counselling and twenty six years experience of police dog training. For more information visit his website at www.dogsecrets.co.uk


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On Techmeme's "death". Please. Get over it.
I love TechMeme as much as the next Silicon Valley jerk, but seriously. There's a reason people refer to us as the echo chamber. I'm amazed that people are getting twisted up over the guy hiring one editor to remove spurious stories or help manually improve relevance signals.
BIG DEAL. So what?
Umm, there's a lot of folks who think that Wikipedia is being boosted by hand by Google. I don't know if its true but Wiki's increasing coverage via Google makes sense when viewed that way. Google also crawls a whitelist of sites much faster than the average Joe-Blow site (WordPress.com gets crawled very very frequently, for example).
Get over it. There's no automated brain behind this thing.
Yammer, what are you good for (for my workplace)?
The New York Times came out with a story about microblogging in the enterprise. It makes references to Yammer, Present.ly, and of course, Twitter. Most of the interviewees are companies that have adopted the services – Rubicon Project was the one that stood out for me.
As a few of you know, I'm a recent convert to Twitter and am slowly getting wrapped up in the missionary evangelical zeal that I mocked for so many months. When Yammer went live, I tried to get the good folks at Kosmix involved and so far the "launch" has been a miserable failure. A few updates trickle in here and there. No one has been instantly "hooked" onto the service. Several folks have come by my desk and made it a point to roll their eyes (these are the crusties who still don't use Twitter, so we can ignore those data points) at me.
Why, I wonder, would a service like Yammer draw glowing reviews from Rubicon and fall flat at Kosmix? Here are some details that I could come up with:
- I have been unable to articulate a clear value prop to folks on our end. As a Twitter user, I "know" that Yammer will be useful to us but I'm unable to pinpoint exactly why and am unable to sell it.
- The service spread virally through our office and lots of folks signed up, then posted a message saying "What the hell is this?" and then bailed.
- Kosmix is 65 people with almost everyone located onsite. To top that, we're a VERY instant message heavy culture, more so than the 2-3 other places I've worked at. People dont perceive the need for an additional IMish service.
- We're horribly open door and the joint resembles a fish market right around 1130 am every day. There are about four hallway conversations occurring at high pitch and ping pong balls flying around as shots go awry. We know too much about other departments, not too little. The founders are very accessible. We eat lunch together every Friday. Getting updated isn't usually a burning problem.
- We're small. I can see Yammer being more valuable at the 100+ level with lots of sales people that are remote and see engineers once in three months (my previous company).
- We're NOT a Twitter heavy culture. There around 7 people who are heavy Twitter users. More than a few others share a bewilderment at the Valley's obsession with Twitter (you know who you are).
On the survival of startups
Anand (our co-founder) just cranked out a cool post for GigaOm that attempts to defy the doom and gloom pervading the tech blogosphere. Sun cuts 6000. Yahoo! cuts 10%. Mahalo spruced some ungodly percentage of folks and Seesmic hits 33% of their workforce.
Needless to say, I'm happy to see Kosmix continue down a path of prudent and cautious growth – I mean, we're treating things as business as usual, working hard, playing ping pong and being ultra-lovable web geeks. What has changed is that since no one is looking at their stock portfolios on Google Finance anymore, productivity has probably taken a slight uptick – all in all, not a bad state of affairs.
Read the post if you've got five minutes. I didn't know some of the stuff around VC firms carrying zombies around on their portfolios and that was pretty educational.
Also, stay tuned and keep an eye on Kosmix.com. We think you'll like what we have to show over the next few weeks.
Saumil's Guide to Riding Caltrain Like a Champ
I suffer the ignominy of riding Caltrain four, sometimes five days a week. I live in SoMa and work on Castro in Mountain View. Sure, both locations are supposedly "convenient" to the train but then why is it that I feel like my life is being spent in the company of granola-ass crazy pocket protector could-use-a-shower-badly Caltrain freaks? Because, well, I guess it is when you spend 10 hours a week riding the rails.
So – here's the deal with Caltrain, put together in a bullet list of rants, hacks, tricks and tips. Enjoy and profit!!
- Follow http://twitter.com/caltrain if you use Twitter or refer to the webpage before you get on.
- The morning bullet trains are great if you don't work on your laptop. If you do, having 40 minutes is simply not enough to get a lot done. This is especially true when you've got jerkoffs hassling you about the tickets and the damn conductor braying over the PA system about every damn stop every 3.5 minutes.
- If you are on your laptop, take the slower trains and get more shit done. Plus, the slower trains are emptier and you have to deal with a smaller quantity of MORONS.
- If you're bringing a bike, try to steer clear of the morning bullet trains. The bike car gets packed FAST. Plus, the imbeciles that run Caltrain frequently put in just ONE bike car with 16 bikes on it. Translation: they'll tell you to, ahem, leave your bike somewhere or take the next train. Nice work, tools. Real well-managed.
- Why the hell doesn't Caltrain have a coffee bar on the train? Staff it during the morning hours and it still turns a profit.
- If you're riding one of the older model trains from San Francisco, make sure to walk at least 3 cars back before boarding. Why?? Because the first one is the bike car, the second one usually smells and the third one is a first one that's tolerable and therefore packed.
- In each car, there are 4-6 seats (2-3 rows) that have extra leg room. They have enough leg room that you can pop open a laptop comfortably. Look for them in the back of the car.
- Caltrain is obviously very granola. If you like wearing fluorescent straps on your pants so you dont "ruin them with your bike" (mmm news flash, those pants aren't that nice to begin with), you'll fit RIGHT IN. If you're like me, however, you'll cringe silently in despair.
I'm switching out of Kosmix RightHealth
For those of you that know me (and several of you that don't but have met me at conferences, events and other unsavory events that are unmentioned), you know all too well that I've spent the last two years obsessing over Kosmix's RightHealth site. I hesitate to ponder the number of man hours that have gone into poring over photos spider bites, looking at videos of skin rashes and reading articles about every obscure condition known to mankind.
It has been a rewarding and fun time. In the last 2 years, I've seen us go from a million uniques to well over ten million uniques – mostly on account of the good work of folks on our team. I've seen our company build a new platform and have spent an inordinate amount of time poring over user analytics data like abandonment, ad clicks per visit, page views per visit, net promoter score and other inside-baseball-web-geekery that a minor number of people seem to care about in the real world.
Finally, while I'm no physician, I've attempted to piggyback on doctors' superior social status by trying out the "I'm here to save lives." pickup line at bars. So far, it has not worked out as I had expected.
It is therefore a bittersweet experience to hand over my baby to a colleague. As for me, I'll be switching over to lead Product for a newly minted group within our little family. This group is called "Kosmix Publishers and Consumers" (or the horrendous shorthand "Pubsumers" if you prefer). I'll be working on traffic acquisition via strategic partnerships and other distribution channels that remain unnamed and unseen for now. I will also be far more "outbound" and you can expect me to be Cheerleader-In-Chief for Kosmix going forward. Pom poms *not* included.
Send me email if you know of folks who'd be interested in partnering with us.
Venture Capitalists and Business Cards
I have never met a VC whose business cards weren't printed on expensive heavy-as-lead paper. The minute they hand to me, like a precious gift being conferred upon a mere pleb, my hands and arms buckle under the weight.
And since you can't make a reasonable joke about business cards without this coming up, no, I don't equate fancy business cards with American Psycho. Not always, anyways.
LAWL Update: Went to an Accel event last night and ran into a couple of girls who work at Accel. I mentioned the Accel business cards and their faces beamed with pride like I'd adopted a puppy that I rescued out of a frigging tree.
More things that piss me off about Google Knol
Okay, I'm pissed because I care. Or something like that.
You see, as a purveyor of fine health information, it is my job, nay, my calling, to wade through the trenches of health websites. There's good ones (WebMD, Mayo, NIH sites, etc.) and then there's the really bad content (don't even get me started).
That's why I was giddy like a 13 year old going to see Hannah Montana when I first previewed Google Knol. Seeded with a few hundred health topics written by physicians, the content quality and depth is unbelievable. It puts Wikipedia to shame. It puts everything else out there to shame.
Only problem? Doctors write when actively courted by Google (who doesn't love a little love from our overlords?); they probably stop writing when they find that the AdSense ads surrounding their content monetize at 10 dollars a year.
Yeah. Doctors are people too, and sometimes wretchedly money-grubbing people. Fair enough.
So to really measure Google Knol's quality since takeoff last week, we need a better way to navigate and access the site.
- What were the last five (or five hundred) Knols created? If they were about how to sell snake oil as opposed to medical topics, uh, I'd kinda like to know so I don't syndicate that.
- How many Knols exist overall? Note that Wikipedia provides a pretty easy way to get to that number. Its called a full database dump and my company Kosmix uses it. Knol? Umm no. Evil much??
- Nav for the site is pretty retarded. I mean, look at this: http://knol.google.com/k/knol/directory-000#. Where is the categorization?
- Good Lord, there isn't even a way to SORT the goddamn link above!!!
- Final offense: the title says "Collection of Featured Knols". That means that the tip of the iceberg could be shiny and pretty while the rest of the iceberg is trying to sell me Viagra on the cheap. Come on, Knol, stand behind your product!


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Panama Geography and Facts
Location: Middle America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea
and the North Pacific Ocean, between Colombia and Costa Rica
Geographic coordinates: 9 00 N, 80 00 W
Map references: Central America and the Caribbean
total: 78,200 sq km
land: 75,990 sq km
water: 2,210 sq km
Area - comparative: slightly smaller than South Carolina
Land boundaries:
total: 555 km
border countries: Colombia 225 km, Costa Rica 330 km
Coastline: 2,490 km
Maritime claims:
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm
Climate: tropical maritime; hot, humid, cloudy; prolonged
rainy season (May to January), short dry season (January to May)
Terrain: interior mostly steep, rugged mountains and dissected,
upland plains; coastal areas largely plains and rolling hills
Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Volcan de Chiriqui 3,475 m
Natural resources: copper, mahogany forests, shrimp, hydropower
Land use:
arable land: 7%
permanent crops: 2%
permanent pastures: 20%
forests and woodland: 44%
other: 27% (1993 est.)
Irrigated land: 320 sq km (1993 est.)
Natural hazards: NA
Environment - current issues: water pollution from agricultural
runoff threatens fishery resources; deforestation of tropical rain
forest; land degradation and soil erosion threatens siltation of
Panama Canal
Environment - international agreements:
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto
Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes,
Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection,
Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands,
signed, but not ratified: Marine Life Conservation
Geography - note: strategic location on eastern end of isthmus
forming land bridge connecting North and South America; controls
Panama Canal that links North Atlantic Ocean via Caribbean Sea with
North Pacific Ocean
Background: With US backing, Panama seceded from Colombia
in 1903 and promptly signed a treaty with the US allowing for the
construction of a canal and US sovereignty over a strip of land
on either side of the structure (the Panama Canal Zone).
The Panama Canal was built by the US Army Corps of Engineers between
1904 and 1914. On 7 September 1977, an agreement was signed for
the complete transfer of the Canal from the US to Panama by 1999.
Certain portions of the Zone and increasing responsibility over
the Canal were turned over in the intervening years.
With US help, dictator Manuel NORIEGA was deposed in 1989. The entire
Panama Canal, the area supporting the Canal, and remaining US military
bases were turned over to Panama on 31 December 1999.
Size: Approximately 77,082 square kilometers.
Topography: Dominant feature of landform is central
spine of highlands forming continental divide. Highest elevations
near borders with Costa Rica and Colombia. Lowest elevations at
waist of country where it is crossed by Panama Canal. Most of population
concentrated on Pacific side of divide southwestward from Panama
Climate: Tropical climate with high temperatures
and humidity year round; pleasanter conditions prevailing in highlands
and on Pacific side of continental divide. Seasons determined by
rainfall rather than by changes in temperature. Prolonged rainy
season between May and December; short dry season between December
and April in parts of Pacific slope and for shorter periods on Atlantic
slope of divide.
Data as of December 1987
Panama is located on the narrowest and lowest part of the Isthmus
of Panama that links North America and South America. This S-shaped
part of the isthmus is situated between 7° and 10° north
latitude and 77° and 83° west longitude. Slightly smaller
than South Carolina, Panama encompasses approximately 77,082 square
kilometers, is 772 kilometers in length, and is between 60 and 177
kilometers in width.
Panama's two coastlines are referred to as the Caribbean (or Atlantic)
and Pacific, rather than the north and south coasts. To the east
is Colombia and to the west Costa Rica. Because of the location
and contour of the country, directions expressed in terms of the
compass are often surprising. For example, a transit of the Panama
Canal from the Pacific to the Caribbean involves travel not to the
east but to the northwest, and in Panama City the sunrise is to
the east over the Pacific.
The country is divided into nine provinces, plus the Comarca de
San Blas, which for statistical purposes is treated as part of Colón
Province in most official documents. The provincial borders have
not changed since they were determined at independence in 1903.
The provinces are divided into districts, which in turn are subdivided
into sections called corregimientos. Configurations of
the corregimientos are changed periodically to accommodate
population changes as revealed in the census reports.
The country's two international boundaries, with Colombia and Costa
Rica, have been clearly demarcated, and in the late 1980s there
were no outstanding disputes. The country claims the seabed of the
continental shelf, which has been defined by Panama to extend to
the 500-meter submarine contour. In addition, a 1958 law asserts
jurisdiction over 12 nautical miles from the coastlines, and in
1968 the government announced a claim to a 200-nautical-mile Exclusive
Economic Zone.
The Caribbean coastline is marked by several good natural harbors.
However, Cristóbal, at the Caribbean terminus of the canal, had
the only important port facilities in the late 1980s. The numerous
islands of the Archipiélago de Bocas del Toro, near the Costa Rican
border, provide an extensive natural roadstead and shield the banana
port of Almirante. The over 350 San Blas Islands, near Colombia,
are strung out for more than 160 kilometers along the sheltered
Caribbean coastline.
The major port on the Pacific coastline is Balboa. The principal
islands are those of the Archipiélago de las Perlas in the middle
of the Gulf of Panama, the penal colony on the Isla de Coiba in
the Golfo de Chiriquí, and the decorative island of Taboga, a tourist
attraction that can be seen from Panama City. In all, there are
some 1,000 islands off the Pacific coast.
The Pacific coastal waters are extraordinarily shallow. Depths
of 180 meters are reached only outside the perimeters of both the
Gulf of Panama and the Golfo de Chiriquí, and wide mud flats extend
up to 70 kilometers seaward from the coastlines. As a consequence,
the tidal range is extreme. A variation of about 70 centimeters
between high and low water on the Caribbean coast contrasts sharply
with over 700 centimeters on the Pacific coast, and some 130 kilometers
up the Río Tuira the range is still over 500 centimeters.
The dominant feature of the country's landform is the central spine
of mountains and hills that forms the continental divide . The divide
does not form part of the great mountain chains of North America,
and only near the Colombian border are there highlands related to
the Andean system of South America. The spine that forms the divide
is the highly eroded arch of an uplift from the sea bottom, in which
peaks were formed by volcanic intrusions.
The mountain range of the divide is called the Cordillera de Talamanca
near the Costa Rican border. Farther east it becomes the Serranía
de Tabasará, and the portion of it closer to the lower saddle of
the isthmus, where the canal is located, is often called the Sierra
de Veraguas. As a whole, the range between Costa Rica and the canal
is generally referred to by Panamanian geographers as the Cordillera
The highest point in the country is the Volcán Barú (formerly known
as the Volcán de Chiriquí), which rises to almost 3,500 meters.
The apex of a highland that includes the nation's richest soil,
the Volcán Barú is still referred to as a volcano, although it has
been inactive for millennia.
Nearly 500 rivers lace Panama's rugged landscape. Mostly unnavigable,
many originate as swift highland streams, meander in valleys, and
form coastal deltas. However, the Río Chepo and the Río Chagres
are sources of hydroelectric power.
The Río Chagres is one of the longest and most vital of the approximately
150 rivers that flow into the Caribbean. Part of this river was
dammed to create Gatun Lake, which forms a major part of the transit
route between the locks near each end of the canal. Both Gatun Lake
and Madden Lake (also filled with water from the Río Chagres) provide
hydroelectricity for the area of the former Canal Zone.
The Río Chepo, another major source of hydroelectric power, is
one of the more than 300 rivers emptying into the Pacific. These
Pacific-oriented rivers are longer and slower running than those
of the Caribbean side. Their basins are also more extensive. One
of the longest is the Río Tuira, which flows into the Golfo de San
Miguel and is the nation's only river navigable by larger vessels.
Panama has a tropical climate. Temperatures are uniformly high-
-as is the relative humidity--and there is little seasonal variation.
Diurnal ranges are low; on a typical dry-season day in the capital
city, the early morning minimum may be 24°C and the afternoon
maximum 29°C. The temperature seldom exceeds 32°C for more
than a short time.
Temperatures on the Pacific side of the isthmus are somewhat lower
than on the Caribbean, and breezes tend to rise after dusk in most
parts of the country. Temperatures are markedly cooler in the higher
parts of the mountain ranges, and frosts occur in the Cordillera
de Talamanca in western Panama.
Climatic regions are determined less on the basis of temperature
than on rainfall, which varies regionally from less than 1.3 to
more than 3 meters per year. Almost all of the rain falls during
the rainy season, which is usually from April to December, but varies
in length from seven to nine months. The cycle of rainfall is determined
primarily by two factors: moisture from the Caribbean, which is
transported by north and northeast winds prevailing during most
of the year, and the continental divide, which acts as a rainshield
for the Pacific lowlands. A third influence that is present during
the late autumn is the southwest wind off the Pacific. This wind
brings some precipitation to the Pacific lowlands, modified by the
highlands of the Península de Azuero, which form a partial rainshield
for much of central Panama. In general, rainfall is much heavier
on the Caribbean than on the Pacific side of the continental divide.
The annual average in Panama City is little more than half of that
in Colón. Although rainy-season thunderstorms are common, the country
is outside the hurricane track.
Panama's tropical environment supports an abundance of plants.
Forests dominate, interrupted in places by grasslands, scrub, and
crops. Although nearly 40 percent of Panama is still wooded, deforestation
is a continuing threat to the rain-drenched woodlands. Tree cover
has been reduced by more than 50 percent since the 1940s. Subsistence
farming, widely practiced from the northeastern jungles to the southwestern
grasslands, consists largely of corn, bean, and tuber plots. Mangrove
swamps occur along parts of both coasts, with banana plantations
occupying deltas near Costa Rica. In many places, a multi-canopied
rain forest abuts the swamp on one side of the country and extends
to the lower reaches of slopes in the other.
Data as of December 1987
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AGL is a publicly listed Australian energy utility. Established in 1837, it's one of the country's oldest companies. AGL operates retail and merchant energy businesses, power generation assets and an upstream gas portfolio.
AGL didn't have a reporting platform available for its customers, instead providing customers with data when they requested it. The utility wanted to give its customers a better way to capture and report on their energy data.
Envizi and AGL co-developed AGL Insight, AGL's energy management and carbon reporting solution, on Envizi's Energy and Sustainability software platform. AGL and Envizi continue to jointly develop, support and deliver AGL Insight to business customers.
Envizi's software platform and data capture capabilities gave AGL the flexibility it needed to develop an integrated, industry-leading solution for its customers. AGL Insight helps AGL's customers capture, visualize and report on their energy use and carbon emissions data, and improve energy efficiency and productivity.
"Envizi really shone through. We were impressed with the flexibility of the Envizi platform, in particular the flexibility of the data it can receive, and that has proven to be a real benefit for us over the journey."
"Utilities are an essential part of the energy eco-system and working with AGL helps us refine our product to meet all stakeholder needs."
More and more businesses are recognizing energy as a controllable cost. To put the power back in the hands of its customers, AGL developed an energy management and carbon reporting system with Envizi. The platform is giving thousands of businesses a new level of insight into energy use – and a new tool for improving energy efficiency.
One of Australia's oldest companies, AGL Energy Ltd is a publicly listed energy utility and an ASX 50 company. It operates retail and merchant energy businesses, power generation assets and an upstream gas portfolio.
One of AGL's key differentiators is its specialized energy services for large business customers. Within its AGL Energy Services business unit, a national team of 80 engineers, scientists and technicians delivers energy-efficiency programs and solutions.
When the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Scheme (NGERS) was introduced, AGL wanted to give its customers a better way to capture and report on energy data.
"We didn't have a reporting platform available for our customers; instead, we provided customers with their data on an 'as requested' basis," says Travis Hughes, Manager Energy Programmes (Energy Services), AGL.
AGL evaluated four providers before choosing Envizi as its partner in 2009.
"Envizi really shone through," says Hughes. "We were impressed with the flexibility of the Envizi platform, in particular the flexibility of the data it can receive, and that has proven to be a real benefit for us over the journey."
In 2010, AGL Energy Services introduced AGL Insight, an energy management and carbon reporting system for its business customers, based on Envizi's Energy and Sustainability software platform. The initial solution provided carbon and energy reporting, and was later expanded to include energy management. Working with Envizi, AGL integrated energy consumption data from its customers' sites with invoice data from its SAP billing system.
"We currently have in excess of 25,000 customer sites utilizing AGL Insight," says Hughes. "It's a service that scales to our largest multi-site customers, helping them to understand their energy consumption and performance across thousands of sites."
The AGL and Envizi partnership is characterized by a collaborative approach, from software development and delivery to sales and customer service. Envizi also works directly with AGL's customers on implementing enhancements to the AGL Insight platform.
"We share a high degree of trust between the sales teams and the delivery and development teams," says Hughes. "Envizi understands our drivers, AGL's customers and the relationship we have with them."
AGL Insight is an important differentiator for AGL's energy productivity services, which naturally flow from the data visualization the platform provides.
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Inventory Management Under Financial Constraints
Speaker: Prof. Javad Nasiry (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Inventory Management Under Financial Constraints
3:00-4:15 pm, 2018/10/26 (Friday)
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Prof. Javad Nasiry (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Financial market inefficiencies do not affect all firms homogenously. Financially constrained firms have limited or no access to financial markets and rely more heavily on internal resources to finance their operations. We show that financially constrained firms hold relatively higher inventory and have lower inventory turnover. Using two distinct approaches, we suggest the link is causal. We first investigate the effect of the 2008 financial crisis on the inventory performance of financially constrained versus unconstrained firms. We apply a difference-in-difference methodology to a sample of public U.S. manufacturing firms from 2005 to 2017. We divide the sample into a control group (financially unconstrained firms) and a treatment group (financially constrained firms) using three widely-applied measures of financial constraints: size, Whited-Wu index, and Hadlock-Pierce index. We compare the inventory level, inventory turnover, and adjusted inventory turnover of constrained versus unconstrained firms before and after the crisis.
Our findings show that, financially constrained firms are more efficient after the 2008 financial crisis: they operate leaner (lower levels of inventory and higher inventory turnover) relative to financially unconstrained firms. Although the effect of the crisis on inventory level is immediate and persistent over time (all years in 2009-2017), we observe the improvements on inventory turnover in the `long run' (2012-2017).
In a second approach, we use a unique dataset (Dealscan) that records the loans firms acquire from banks. Those firms with active loans from banks that went bankrupt in the 2008 financial crisis (e.g., Lehman Brothers) are financially constrained at least prior to them establishing new bank lending channels. We test our hypotheses using this dataset and find evidence for the causal impact of financial constraints on inventory management policies.
The extant literature has established that inventory productivity strongly predicts firms' performance and our results show how differences in firms' access to financial resources affect their inventory management policies and sales in response to financial crises. We suggest then that it is imperative to incorporate firms' financial constraints in studying their operational decisions.


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Thank goodness Scale Auto magazine is stable. Model Cars Magazine appears to be struggling since Golden Bell publishing closed their doors. My last article that appeared in their magazine back in November 2015 unfortunately remains unpaid two years on! I guess they must be having some cash flow and distribution problems.
What's that?
In this age, I don't think that I would get too attached to anything printed on paper.
Something tells me that there are very few "stable" printed publications anymore.
I hope the model magazines will survive, however that is a good question. When I go shopping I see less and less car related magazines on the rack. Looks like soon it'll be the end of an era for car magazines as I remember the boom of printed pages from the late 50's and into the 60's and beyond. Of course the internet has a lot to do with it as nowadays one can look up just about anything related to cars, yep even the screws that hold the glovebox in place.
High octane
Just keep picking away at it...
I believe that Kalmbach had a CD ROM available with all the content of Fine Scale Modeler on it from issue one running to about something like 20 years worth. Many auto related articles ran within it besides all the other subject material. Is it still available? Yes, I agree that Kalbach has a good marketing opportunity to offer a mega CD ROM with all the back issues of Scale Auto (Enthusiast) on it as well as the FSM one. Reckon it would sell well.
Getting back to the main subject of this thread, MCM's difficulties. How many more authors like me are still owed money for work published in that magazine?
I got fed up with Gregg and his excuses two years ago. He was late when he was editor of Plastic Fanatic. I quit my sub to mcm. Don't regret it at all. I hope SA doesn't stop print. I have no love for digital. Much prefer hard copy. I have a Kindle, over 1000 books on it, rarely use it. I will reread a hard copy book first.
1 Corinthians 15:51-541 Thessalonians 4:13-18
Ask me about Speedway Decals
For me, I think a big digital item would be great for research IF indexed but I will always prefer hard copy. Always readable, now low battery or access cost etc and you can throw it around where ever needed. My home and office computer is jammed with emails now.Of all the US Postal snail mail I get, everything stops when Scale Auto shows up!
Little Rock, Arkansas
I used to be a fan of print, but when you are trying to downsize and realize that you have thousands of dollars in heavy magazines taking up a lot of space and can maybe sell them for $1.00 a piece, but they cost too much to ship...
I'd have to say I'm a major fan of the printed word and glossy pictures etc. I'm still the type that wants something tangible in my hand when I lay my money down ....paying for something "digital" doesn't sit well with me ...digital means temporary! I wish Scaleauto all the best for the future as I still figure they offer a decent product to the scale auto hobbyist. I've seen a few issues of "Model Car " magazine and it was reasobably well done and it is a shame thats its not doing very well as I personally like to see variety in most things but if Scaleauto is the only one left then we should thank our lucky stars that we still have it. I enjoy checking out the newsstand and I will most likely remain a newsstand purchaser of my hobby mags .......We still have a number of stores that maintain a well stocked rack of magazines that I enjoy perusing ....one of my small pleasures in life along with going to wrecking yards and checking out the plastic pile at one of the few Hobby shops we still have around here. I view a magazine as kind of an old friend that I can revisit as many times as I like ...grab a magazine from the pile with a fresh hot cup of coffee and find a spot on the couch to sit and quietly read ....not having to sit in front of a computer monitor to read the latest "digital" copy .....thats not for me!
Guess what? We are actually right now working on a DVD! Myself and a few editors are currently putting in all the meta data for it. It will have every issue of the magazine from birth until 2015, with searchable content. Comes out soon!
It will be indexed and you'll be able to search every single issue for whatever you'd imagine. It's pretty exciting, I'm stoked.
Robby.......Is it actually going on DVD or CD ROM? If going DVD will it be made in PAL format for UK as well as the American format?
Glad to hear a bumper resource of Scale Auto is being put together on disc. Looking forward to the release date. Did FSM do one some time ago and is it still available?
Interesting news, Robby. Looking forward to seeing this come to light. Will it have Car Modeller content as well?
"It would be unusual, if the unusual didn't occur."
- Steamboat Gariepy
Hooray!! My dreams are coming true!! Put me in line. I have been lobbying for this for a while. I'm glad that Kalmbach sees the value in doing this.
Car Modeler? I used to subscribe to that too BITD. That would be awesome too.
Please keep us updated.
I'm not a fan of digital, I don't have a DVD player. I prefer printed every time. As for MCM I've never seen a copy here in the UK, but can buy Scale Auto off the shelf at WH Smiths, but have a sub with this one.
I like the most recent one with the Beach Racer on the cover and am looking for a kit of that era to build one up!
I for one used to subscribe to. Every model mag available and almost every car mag too that was when i made 180k a year they all expired after i got reactivated and deployed the 3rd time all the car mags have gone to va hospital waiting rooms except the ones for reference on future builds sae and cmm kept. Me company first 2 deployments i had them forwarded to me in afghanistan i still have all my plastic car mags except the years i was deployed major pay cut. Army pay was alot less than my engineering fsr job then i had a stroke and got very ill ive got about 8yrs missing issues from both companys i do want them eventually i love all the online forums i am on all of them as some others here are too im not good on pc anymore so i do rely on my hard copies but id probably get the discs too and muddle through til i got it down but one of the mags or at gsl cant remember which but all of this was discussed or rather predicted due to inet. Even these forums were predicted or what if d i was naive bout the rags disappearing but we actually had similar forums on yahoo chat i even ran a few myself now i wonder would we get a new disc every month or? Would there be more content cause a disc or thumb drive could hold alot of info and how tos and hows that. Gonna fare with advertisers i always felt guilty. For orderig kits tools and supplies online but was thankful when i lived in remote areas no hobbyshops and walmarts quit selling kits plus that was the only way to get the good kits and detail stuff or go to. A big show and hit the vendor tables that was back when most of the after market guys were just getting started then it was the hobbyshops started disappearing first the mom n pop shops glad i didnt buy the one in colorado i was almost a grandjunction resident now the bigger ones like hobby lobby pegasus etc are all thats left. And the selections are limited cept for pegasus and last whats the subscription or disc gonna cost well thats my nickles worth either way im dave im a plastic addict its my. Drug of choice im in til the end of the hobby or me which ever comes first dont care if i do have a lifetime of kits im still gonna. Buy cause thats what addicts do and now fulfilling the dream all the reissues i couldnt afford as a kid and then theres galaxie mobeous omg mobioud i. Got some catching up to do happy modeling i gotta order some plastic n resin n get my fix maybe ill buy 66 lol
The 'Changes At Model Cars Magazine' thread appears to have been withdrawn from within their forum. Maybe some new changes announcements are on the way.
Thats awesome. i fell on hard times last year and had to sell everything. 500+ models, a few thousand dollars worth of aftermarket stuff, decals, RG Engines resin, Compressor and airbrushes, pace paint booth...AND 20 years of SA Magazines. It hurt. It still husts as i let it all go for $1000.
But anyway..with all the magazines up to 2015 on this disk, I guess it's safe to assume anything after that are Digital Editions? And will be purchasable individually the usual way? I just bought a digital sub and was about to pull the trigger on 3 years worth of Back Issues to start replacing the ones I sold Glad I read this first! Digital Back Issues are also available for purchase correct?
I doubt they (MCM) will last much longer. Someone posted on another forum that they only received one issue of their subscription for the entire year of 2017. Of course, he probably paid for it in 2016. They were always chronically late. How they managed to keep subscribers with their record is baffling. Any time anyone posted a thread wondering where their next issue was, it would magically disappear. That or get the response, " you'll get it when you get it " and lock the thread.
After remaining silent since this thread came out on Dec. 7, 2017, I have to ask...why the concern for a competitior when we have this magazine to be concerned with? Over there, any thread that mentions Scale Auto is locked or banished from their forum. And yes, their magazine is consistantly late. Their editor has his hands full with taking back the magazine from their publisher and he has been dealing with a medical issue of his own. They have also lost one of their helpers with the magazine to cancer.
I would be more concerned with this magazine and its future especially with a new Editor and Editorial Assistant at the helm. I'm not saying that the change in leadership is a bad thing, I am just wondering what the future has in store for us subscribers and readers of Scale Auto Magazine. I am hoping for more of the same great articles that we have enjoyed in the past. I say, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. But, there is nothing wrong with making improvements.
Some members in my model Club have wondered just how much of Fine Scale Modeler is going to be mixed into Scale Auto. I have mostly been one who will wait and see what happens next. I have seen changes on the forum already that causes me to go, "Hmmm". I know that with the input of Scale Auto subscribers and readers, we can help make this magazine better, if not the best on the scale model car market. I, for one, don't like change, but I don't mind improvements.
Like I asked at the beginning of this post, why the concern for our competitor? Let's concentrate on Scale Auto and it's future. Hopefully, the future is bright!
"That's Spenser with an 'S' like the poet."
Robert Urich Spenser For Hire 1985
Classic Plastic Model Club
I really think that it's way too early to make assumptions about the future of Scale Auto with our new editor and assistant. First Jim Haught retired so another person(s) was needed to fill his shoes. Second, I have met Mark Savage at one of our club meetings about a year ago or more and he seemed like a decent guy and had knowledge of the task he's now performing. Third, we need to give the future editions of the magazine a chance, not one or two issues but more like six issues. I myself wouldn't worry about it as it is way too early and I'm way too busy.
That's pretty cool, for those that want it...but I'm not "tech" savvy, I want my "paper"
If it's Too Loud, you're Too Old
My perspective: I've been writing for Kalmbach since the early 2000's and personally everyone I've worked with in the past has been a pleasure to work for, many whom I met a few years back when I got the grand tour of Kalmbach by Jim when I was in town with friends for a race at Road America. I have great expectations from the new team of Mark as Editor and Robby as Associate Editor. If you get a chance, go to a show they're attending to see for yourself the renewed energy and how well they interact with the public. They're staying connected in a big way via social media as well, it's great to see their interviews and videos. I'm sure they'll have a big presence at the NNL East this year, expect a long line of happy builders getting models photographed, take a look at the special attention given to junior builders, including videos. This has to be one of the best ways to help keep the hobby relevant.
I have full confidence that Scale Auto is going to do quite well with the changes since Mark and Robby came on board. Both are a pleasure to work with and to discuss cool ideas for future projects. They're expanding the number of reviewers and contributors, and they're working their tails off getting the magazines out and getting the archives onto a DVD. Things look really great from my end, and I'm working on some fun projects for future issues.
Howdy and happy Wednesday, folks! Here's an update!
Alrighty I want to jump in and reply to a few of these comments before getting back to spending the rest of our work day shooting a bunch of models and editing.
First, myself and Mark continue to appreciate all of your patience, encouragement and trust in our doings now that we're both at the helm of the magazine. I can assure you that Mark and I are probably two of the biggest car nerds, lovers of model and die-casts you'll ever meet. Everyone that I've met so far at the shows, has shown open arms of welcome and it's really made me happy. This is a truly amazing hobby and I'm dumping every single bit of my passion into this magazine.
Second, do not, I repeat, do not have any fears about drastic changes coming to the magazine. There's straight-up no need to fear or have concern. We are going to make changes but slowly, to make our magazine even better. Mark and I have some great ideas coming down the pipeline. Trust me when I say, when you allow two passionate and motivated people to take-over a magazine...very good things are going to happen.
Third, like the poster ZoomZoom said above "take a look at the special attention given to junior builders, including videos." This is incredibly true. And a top priority of mine, to get younger, fresh and enthusiastic people into the hobby. Whether it be through die-cast, slot car or plastic model building, I want as many people to take notice of the scale auto hobby and incorperate it into their lives. We all need to have one or two hobbies that we love and dedicate time to, so I'm working hard to make this happen. At the end of the day, we all are here for one reason and purpose.
Fourth, the DVD! We are about 99% done with ALL of our data entry from nearly every issue since the mag's birth. It has been exhaustingly time-consuming but I promise you will benefit greatly from it. Your purchase of it will of course, too, support the magazine. Fun fact, you'll be able to pull-up from the DVD's menu and search for say a kit number or race car driver, then be directed to all sorts of articles that match-up and relate to it. Spread the word, we've spent a ton of time putting together this DVD and want it to sell!
Fifth, please try to keep conversations here on this forum, appropriate, respectful and kind. Don't let the idea that you're sitting behind a keyboard, mouse and computer screen, get away from you and give you the ability to not act in a caring and adult matter. I haven't seen too much of this lately on this forum, thankfully, and I'm really hoping I don't, because well, armchair aggresion behind-the-screen is pointless and dumb. We're all on here for the sake of this hobby, sharing our knowledge and ideas and spreading the passion for model building and die-casts. I am not going to tolerate any cyber bullying or harsh words of any kind. Let's just have fun! On those similar lines, I will allow people to talk about the other magazine in this hobby but please, don't bash them or critize them on here, this is the Scale Auto Magazine forum, not a lunchroom, water cooler or bar top. Mark and I are constantly busy getting the magazine going, working on online stuff for the website, putting together our die-cast emag and charging ahead with our social media presence...I don't have time or frankly, want to, spend loads of time surfing around on this forum having to reprimand people for acting childish and out of conduct. I'd rather direct every minute of my workday to making the best possible magazine for all of you. That's more important.
Sixth! If you have the chance to come check out our mag's HQ in Milwaukee, please do so! Or if you're at a show and myself or Mark are there, we'd LOVE to meet you and hear your story.
I'm trying and putting tons of effort into bringing back the "enthusiast" side of the hobby into Scale Auto. Let's make it a team effort.
Cheers, thanks for continuing to support the mag and have an excellent day
Robby DeGraffAssistant Editor
Well said Robby, and I hope to see you at the Milwaukee NNL in April.
Plowboy, I have to agree with a lot of what you say about the MCM forum. 2018 looks like being a make or break year for MCM. Given their track record over the last year or two we will see if they survive or fail. They look to be hanging on by the skin of their teeth without the strength of a publishing company any more. I don't know what religion MCM subscribers follow, but I admire their faith. Scale Auto however, is a well established magazine, stable with Kalmbach at the helm and looks to have a bright future under the new editorship team.
First off, I'd like to wish the best of fortune to Model Cars magazine, I hope they are able to pull out of their slump and get back on track.
I don't see the different magazines as competing, more like complimenting. The more magazines that are available makes more people aware of the hobby, plus all of the hobby magazines have completely different articles and views.
I've always thought Scale Auto was a pretty good magazine, but since Mark and Robby have taken the helm, there's been a world of difference. They are engaging with the readers on social media, giving us sneak peeks of the upcoming issues, asking questions, posting on the forum. I look forward to seeing their posts on a daily basis.
While social media on phones and computers is booming, I don't see digital publishing taking off the same way. Nearly everyone I talk to prefers to have something they can hold in their hand.
I am looking forward to getting the DVD with all the back issues. I've been waiting for SAE to do that ever since Fine Scale did theirs. While I love getting the magazine and reading it cover to cover, I usually pass my copies on to friends or family to try and get them enthused with the hobby.
First off, I'd like to wish the best of fortune to Model Cars magazine, I hope they are able to pull out of their slump and get back on track.
I don't see the different magazines as competing, more like complimenting. The more magazines that are available makes more people aware of the hobby, plus all of the hobby magazines have completely different articles and views.
I've always thought Scale Auto was a pretty good magazine, but since Mark and Robby have taken the helm, there's been a world of difference. They are engaging with the readers on social media, giving us sneak peeks of the upcoming issues, asking questions, posting on the forum. I look forward to seeing their posts on a daily basis.
Appreciate the feedback.
We engage with our readers and fans via social media primarily for a few reasons.
-there's much more traffic, buzz, and activity on there
-there's more of a following and interaction on social media
-it's easier, more reliable, quicker and allows us to do much more than on the forum
-it's mobile-friendly, meaning I can easily and quickly take a photo of a model on my phone and upload it to our Facebook page instantly
-there's more two-way interaction on social channels than on the forum
-the forum isn't neglected, we're trying hard to monitor it frequently and clean up the spam, trust me on that.
Also you don't need a social media account to engage with us on Facebook, our Facebook page is open for anyone, whether they use Facebook or not, to see what we post! This forum is important to us, but I don't have the time to sit on it all day.
Appreciate the kind words sir! Mark and I are dumping our love of the hobby and cars into all-things Scale Auto.
Get ready for the DVD, it'll be pretty epic.
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