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Daniel Petty, who became the Post's first social media editor in April, agreed with Coffield's policy. He said that he saw Twitter as an incredibly valuable source of information, but only as a starting point for reporting. He added that no newspaper could possibly be as fast in putting out information as Twitter users are, but that that that isn't a newspaper's role. "Twitter is a raw stream of information," he said. "Our job is then to be tapped into these networks, to use the power of the community and crowdsource that information, and then go check it out…. Our job is to put things in context."
So Petty doesn't, as a general rule, re-tweet anything unless it's been confirmed, and he doesn't recommend that Post reporters incorporate unconfirmed tweets into their articles, either in print or online. "We have so many followers and our audience is so wide, to put something out that's potentially not accurate, would be really irresponsible," he said.
Petty and Coffield both said, when pressed, that they might worry about potentially losing online audience if their reporting was not fast enough, but that the alternative was not worth the risk. They do want the Post to be the place where people go first for information, but they want it to be right.
"All we have is our credibility," Coffield said. "If we put out inaccurate information, how do we un-ring the bell? There's no correction file for a Twitter feed."
Petty added that if they lost some audience because their reporting wasn't as fast as Twitter, they may have gained some others, as he tweeted links to Post stories online throughout the week. (For further reading: Petty wrote an article for the Post about the use of social media during the fire, which can be found here, and he and Sandra Fish also debated this topic on Twitter – read their back-and-forth here.)
The Daily Camera, for its part, was even more short-staffed than the Post during the fire, and did not have anyone specifically reading every tweet, said editor Kevin Kaufman. But in a kind of compromise, the Camera did host a Twitter deck on its home page, an aggregator displaying a feed from the #boulderfire tag.
Kaufman, like Petty, said he thought that his paper's limited participation in the Twitter conversation drove audience to his site. "I think Twitter users understand that they're just getting little bursts of information, and if they want more, they're going to have to go elsewhere," Kaufman said. "So I think it increased our traffic if anything." He added in a follow-up email that most of the tweets from residents in the #boulderfire stream that week during the fire were "headlines from and links to the work of journalists in the mainstream media, the Camera being among the most referenced."
Yulsman also acknowledged the lingering sway of traditional sources of information. Not everyone in Colorado is on Twitter, after all. Case in point: Yulsman wrote a post on his personal blog and linked to some satellite photos of the area affected by the fire. He said when he tweeted the link and put it on Facebook, the hits on that page went up from a daily average of about 250 to more than 2,000. Then someone at the local news television station, 9 News, saw it and linked to it from 9News.com; over the next three days, Yulsman's blog post had 20,000 page views.* So social media promotion certainly gave his blog a boost, but in the end, what really drove traffic was still mainstream media.
It's interesting that the Fourmile Fire—a case study of sorts in the changing ways media reports on fast-breaking news—has been playing out at the same time as the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Colorado at Boulder undergoes a kind of existential crisis. Reports have come out in the past few weeks that the school is considering closing its journalism program in order to facilitate a massive restructuring and modernization.
The politics of academia have no doubt inspired a healthy debate between the old guard and the new, highlighting a fundamental difference in philosophy between the ink-stained and the digitized. Far from bringing those two sides to a consensus, though, the occasion of the Fourmile Canyon Fire seems to have reinforced the divide. The most vocal social media proponents see their crowdsourcing efforts as a wake-up call for traditional media. But those mainstream media outlets are holding their ground: not because their reporters are already overworked, but because of their dedication to accuracy and context. They maintain that the risks to their credibility and to their readers' well-being far outweigh the risk of diminishing their traffic, and their relevance, online.


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Kathleen Savage, Woods Hole Research Center
Deconstructing soil respiration response to environmental variables at varying temporal scales" 12:15 PM Candle House 104/105
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Edward Rastetter, MBL Ecosystems Center
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"Urban ecology: Approach and insights as illustrated by the Baltimore Ecosystems Study Long-Term Ecological Research project" - 3 PM Speck Auditorium
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Peter Pollard, Australian Rivers Institute, School of Environmental Engineering, Griffith University, Australia - "The missing carbon link: Terrestrial production meets aquatic microbial processes in freshwater ecosystems" - 12:15 PM Speck Auditorium
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Aaron M. Ellison, Harvard Forest, Harvard University - "Detection and forecasting of thresholds in ecological systems: What do we need to know and when do we need to know it?" - 12:15 PM Candle House 104/105
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Ruth Yanai, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse
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Christopher Neill, MBL Ecosystems Center
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Special ecology in a coffee agroecosystem: Implications for biological control of pests and diseases" – 3 PM Lillie Auditorium
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Leah VanWey, Brown University
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Land use transitions in the tropics" - 3 PM Speck Auditorium
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Buildings as ecological systems: Using real-time resource use feedback to foster understanding and stimulate conservation" 12:15 PM Speck Auditorium
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Carol Dee Collins, 69, Overland Park, died Tuesday, July 15, 2014, after a lengthy battle with cancer.
She was born Aug. 1, 1944, in Plainville to Kenneth and Mary Ann (Windholz) Resley-Walters. She was a 1962 graduate of Plainville High School and a year of college at Fort Hays State University.
She married Russell "Rusty" Collins in September 1963. They lived in California, Plainville, then settling in Hays in 1973 where they raised their family. While living in Hays, she owned C.C.'s Fashion Alley women's clothing store and was active in the Chamber of Commerce and Beta Sigma Phi Sorority. She left Hays and began working in women's clothing sales for Dillard's and Von Maur in Oklahoma, Nebraska, and Kansas, before retiring in Overland Park.
Survivors include a son, Shane Collins, Overland Park; a brother, Ken Resley Jr., Salina; a granddaughter, Kylie Collins, Dodge City; and countless friends.
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The rest of my world I hope you can glean from my ramblings on my blog page.I've entitled it A view from the hill. I hope those of you having entered the hallowed years, will understand the significance, but having lived most of my life in the hills above Deeside in Aberdeenshire, I've found that the world often looks a different place from here. I hope you will enjoy the ramblings and the rants although Ill try to keep the rants down to a minimum. This tendency seems to come with the years - and long may the tradition continue.
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The critiquers had two different approaches on my projects. First group of people thought the ring was closer to my mission of preserving the techniques and not disturbing their cultures. They though a new products might disturb their traditional products. They were questioning how will I play in the cycle of this project, and how will I built up trust with Bunun Tribes people and start on the production lines. One of the critiquer gave me a really good suggestion, she said: maybe the rings will craft by the Bunun tribes and all the others will be design by me.
The second groups of people were more for the T-shirt concept. They think to connect the traditional techniques with high technology will be a better way for the people from tribe. The locals will create one hand done and limited mass-produced by machine. (the techniques they were using were at once high tech. We think that we are high tech, but 100 years from now, our technologies will be low tech again.) If I'm stick with weaving on the patterns, how could I play with the portion of the embroidering would be the key. Some critiquers also thought, there are a lot of people helping the indigenous people or craftsmanship, in the end it is all about business, how to market and market it well will be what I have to think about; focusing on bringing the products out from the gift shops and museums and designed something that can be put in the stores like DWR or MoMA design store. The designer people told me to looked into was Hella Jongerius. Hella Jongerius' work often blurs the borders between design & handcrafts or art & technology. One example would be the textiles for Manharam. The textiles are created in a way to make factory made product looks like a product special made only for you. Another example would be the side by side organization created the clothes collector holders sold in DWR. Side by side's mission is to create modern, useful objects, and to bring a social environment and professionalism to a wider portion of the community. One of the other critiquers also thought it would be a really good opportunity to design the packaging for their products.
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Ex-Feds & Wall Street Execs Are Going Into Hiding-Why?
Submitted by Bob-45 on Wed, 03/27/2013 - 09:52by Dave Hodges - thecommonsenseshow.com
From Dave Hodges …
In my role as a talk show host, I have been approached by individuals who claim to have "insider information" about what is coming, and according to these individuals, what is coming is very bad. Most credible sources demand complete anonymity. As a result, I have found myself in a position to try and evaluate whether to write about and broadcast some very controversial information. Sometimes, my insider information turns out to be stunningly accurate as evidenced by the Chris Stevens murder story which was spot on. My information on the Aurora Batman shootings has also proven to be very accurate.
There is a risk in using unnamed sources. Simply, they could be wrong, they could be disinformation agents or they might just be crazy as they are looking for their 15 minutes of fame. It takes a degree of courage to air information derived from confidential sources. Therefore, I want to thank Doug Hagmann for daring to publish his dire warnings which come from an inside source at DHS. I have subsequently decided to reveal what I know as well. The decision to air these warnings will undoubtedly encourage others to come forward. Hopefully, so many "insiders" will come forward that it will become impossible to hide what it is coming from those who are actively seeking answers. To the general public, it does not matter what they are told, for they will still believe that the government will take care of them, CNN truthfully reports the news and Santa Claus exists. As a result, these fools will never know what hit them.
read more http://www.stuartwilde.com/2013/03/elite-in-hiding/
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Be on the lookout
for part II.
"When a well-packaged web of lies has been sold gradually to the masses over generations, the truth will seem utterly preposterous and its speaker a raving lunatic." – Dresden James
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So if many elite = terrorists, then
they will be more concentrated per location. Then, if we gain hold of any good weapons / loyal military, etc., we can bomb / DU / bunker bust / EMP / chem weapon / etc. the shit out of 'em, since they have extorted our money and sabotaged our economy (economic warfare / terrorism / treason, where punishment during war time [current] is death.). Any surface items can be taken out / exploited, too (ie: solar panels, etc.).
This may actually be good! Good for Justice, anyway....
And the collateral damage of their families / servants / workers / etc. in these "Prairie Dog Towns" is far more acceptable (since most collateral assets are aiding and abetting crime / support structure by their presence) than all of the innocents killed in wars abroad.
I'd buy that for a dollar!
What would the Founders do?
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They are planning world war 3 for sure...
Here is the thread.
Protect your assets and profit from the greatest wealth transfer in history.
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What's coming will be bad
I don't know if it can be adequately prepared for in the physical sense but definitely people need to start preparing mentally and spiritually.
If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.
James Madison
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In my opinion, all of this
In my opinion, all of this insider stuff is crap.
I think people make it up just to see how far theorists will analyze and distribute it. The so called dhs insider hasn't said shit that is specific to anything that has happened and sounds like a late night fortune teller.
Also, who exactly has gone into hiding ??
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We have known for a long time about the secret underground
cities built for the elite, and all their stock piling of food and other necessities. I guess we do not know what is coming but it sounds like something that will destroy the land if they have to hide underground.
Perhaps they fear the burning up of the atmosphere because of the sun's radiation. That would fit in with the spraying of the atmosphere to block out the sun.
Solar radiation to the Earth is increasing greatly as the planet's magnetic field slowly disappears. All that protects the Earth from this killing radiation is the magnetic field.
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Prove it.
Prove it.
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What point specifically out
What point specifically out of all that he said is he supposed to prove?
Please come join my forum if you're not a trendy and agree with my points of view.
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"Fleeing to underground
"Fleeing to underground cities"
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DC Raises Online Prices, Offers Print/Digital Combo Packs
- Posted by Johanna on June 2, 2011 at 5:01 pm
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Just posted at the DCU blog was an announcement (excerpted below) about the upcoming Justice League #1:
On Wednesday, August 31st, DC Comics will make publishing history again with their first-ever comic book combo pack. Each issue of JUSTICE LEAGUE, by New York Times bestselling writer and DC Entertainment Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns and bestselling artist and DC Comics Co-Publisher Jim Lee, will be available in a convenient combo pack including a print edition and digital version of the comic book.
Those who want a physical copy of JUSTICE LEAGUE to read and collect, as well as the ability to download it onto their favorite device for easy transport, get ready. Each print edition of the comic book and an individual code for digital download will be wrapped in a poly bag and available for $4.99. Separately, the standard version will retail for $3.99 and the digital version will retail for $3.99.
Both digital and print editions of DC's comics will have parity pricing for the first four weeks of release; thereafter, the digital titles drop in price down to our standard 1.99 digital price point. Oversized issues, including JUSTICE LEAGUE #1, will start at $3.99 and drop to $2.99 after four weeks.
My jumbled thoughts:
1. If I was a retailer, I'd be worried about damages if cheating customers slit open the polybags and stole the codes. (You know someone would.)
2. Combo pack makes me think Blu-ray/DVD joint releases (especially with the movie companies running the comic industry currently), which has become the default format there. Will the same thing happen here? How much longer will you be able to buy a non-digital-enhanced print comic?
3. I know there's a lot of fogey-ing going around this week, but I was first reminded of Marvel's biased "experiment" where they tried out upgraded covers at a higher price — but rigged the game by shipping the "standard" editions two weeks later. Is DC working towards a $4.99 standard price point?
4. Polybagging is back! Sigh. Let's reintroduce a technology that, over the long term, eats its own contents. But no one's thinking long-term any more, because survival is at risk in a shorter time period.
5. Warner movies that come with digital copies have one-year time limits on the download codes. How long will DC's codes be usable, and what does that mean for back issues? Will we have different grades of near mint, based on whether the code has been used?
6. Finally, a change in digital comic pricing based on age of the material. Although it's going in the opposite direction I hoped for. Instead of $3.99 (for an online comic you don't even own!) for four weeks, then $2.99, I would have hoped that the digital debuted at $1.99 and then dropped to $0.99 as a "back issue". But then retailers would be screaming even more than they are now.
7. So much for "holding the line at $2.99″, hunh? I wonder just how many of the new #1 launches will be "oversized" to justify a higher cover price.
8. If the goal is to attract new readers through greater (digital) availability, then sticker shock ($4 for THIS?) isn't the way to go. Especially since, through your combo pricing, you've demonstrated that the "real" value of the digital book is a dollar.
Update: Clarifying two things. The first is that I want to emphasize point 8 above. You get new readers through easy, affordable samples. If someone tells me about a TV show they enjoy, if it's on network, I find the next episode and check it out. If it's only on a pay cable channel, I wait to see if more people talk it up, because I'm not going to pay $12 (or whatever my monthly fee is) to try it. Pricing digital comics at $3-4 EACH will not attract the new readers DC so desperately needs and is aiming for. Lots of people (anecdotally) were planning on sampling lots of comics at a lower price — they're now turned off by this new initiative.
Point two. Graeme McMillan justifiably took me to task for the headline. I was assuming that the top price for an online DC comic to date had been $2.99, so if DC is now setting the top at $3.99, that's an increase. Graeme thinks he remembers Justice League: Generation Lost being that same price digitally for the final issue, so if that's the case, DC isn't raising prices — just standardizing ones that are too high.
21 Responses to "DC Raises Online Prices, Offers Print/Digital Combo Packs"
- Eric Rupe Says:
June 2, 2011 at 5:52 PMI really hate those BR/DVD combo packs since I'm not conceivably going to even be slightly interesting in buying a Blu-Ray player any time soon, which if fine since I don't buy a lot of DVDs, but if that became standard for comics it would definitely stop me from buying what few remaining single issues I do and if it carried over to collections I would definitely cut back as well because of the increased price point.
Sadly, I don't find it terribly surprising that DC are keeping the price-parity with the print editions but it most likely means that the initiative will be ultimately be a failure in terms of attracting new readers since I can't imagine most people paying that much for a comic book.
I'm also wondering if all of the new launches will be $4 oversized issues like Justice League though. If they are, I think would be another bad move but that just seems par for the course for DC at this point, which is disappointing because the day-and-date digital kind of got me hoping that DC would take some actual chances and maybe improve the overall comics market and instead of just pandering to the DM.
- MC Alcock Says:
June 2, 2011 at 6:35 PMThis combo pack deal reminds me more of the book+e-book combos that B&N did a test run of about a year or so back–higher than the regular trade, but less than buying the book in each format separately. That didn't move well, didn't last long, and hasn't been mentioned since.
- Anthony Says:
June 2, 2011 at 7:46 PMArchie charges $1.99 for same-day digital comics, and 99 cents for older back issues (though not sure if the newer books drop at some point to 99 cents once old enough), versus $2.99 for their paper floppies. A lot cheaper than what DC's charging—$3-$4 for a digital copy I don't really own?! How does *this* "attract new readers" who have plenty of other stuff to spend $3-$4 on, especially during a recession/with the options out there?!
- Johanna Says:
June 2, 2011 at 8:07 PMEric, I suspect that DC didn't want to look like it was burning bridges in the Direct Market. If this doesn't work, they'll need that outlet to survive. (Of course, if they set things up from the start so they won't work, it's a self-fulfilling prophecy.)
MC, interesting. I wasn't aware of that experiment. It does seem to me as though comics is one of the few media where a buyer would want both print and digital copies (given the collectibility aspect).
- James Schee Says:
June 2, 2011 at 8:07 PMWeird, perhaps I was being naive thinking that DC might offer a special deal like they've been doing recently with GL and Flash, etc. on Comixology (99 cents per issue) to get people to try the huge # of new series. Something like if you preorder online all 52 #1 issues, you'll pay only $52.
I would have done such a deal anyway….
Now I'll just wait to see what sounds good and get the TPBs.
- Eric Rupe Says:
June 2, 2011 at 9:25 PMWell, DC is already potentially burning bridges with the current fan base so I'm not sure how keeping the retailers happy is necessarily going to help them if this fails in the long run if their current audience stopped reading. To me, it looks like an all or nothing deal, and they seem to be treating it that way in the DM with potential full returnability and extra discounts, so it seems backwards to not do the same thing in a market with that is potential more enticing to new readers.
- John Jakala Says:
June 2, 2011 at 9:34 PMOn the one hand, I was kind of excited to check out some new comics as impulse buys on my iPad if the price was low enough.
On the other hand, I really don't need to get back in the habit of buying superhero comics, so this is probably a good development for me.
- Grant Says:
June 2, 2011 at 10:14 PMI just don't see how digital is going to be the big savior of comics that so many people think it's going to be. What is this based on? The one percent of sales that the big two get from them? Is it even that much?
I can "maybe" see it being helpful to the little publishers, the indapendents.
"I suspect that DC didn't want to look like it was burning bridges in the Direct Market. If this doesn't work, they'll need that outlet to survive. (Of course, if they set things up from the start so they won't work, it's a self-fulfilling prophecy.)"
Exactly. I mean, how does the big two make money at digital? I guess I'm too old to get this stuff but if no one wants to pay the hard copy price for digital and if all the people saying hardcopy is dying or dead or soon to be dead are right and everything eventually goes digital, then won't that mean a huge drop in profits for the big 2 and less money for the creators as well?
I guess this all hinges on the idea that more people will be fans of comic books because they're digital and more easily available or something. But won't the people that never liked comics still not like them? Are there really that many people out there with this nagging curiousity about comics who have been waiting for digital so they can read one? Won't it be relatively the same audience? Where are the numbers that encourage people to think that digital will bring in an audience massive enough to offset the lower prices that the companies would have to sell them at to get this new audience? (these aren't rhetorical questions by the way, I'd really like to know because I really don't get it. I feel like my parents trying to figure out the dvd player)
This seems like a clear display of complete lack of faith in the future of digital by comic companies. And I can't blame them for wanting to cover their buts on this.
- Ralf Haring Says:
June 3, 2011 at 1:55 AMAnything more than $0.99 for a digital version of a comic is insane.
- Johanna Says:
June 3, 2011 at 7:53 AMGrant, it's more that there is an audience eager for the digital product at a reasonable price — and the producers seem to be ignoring them (or, in the case of movies, actively working against them, as the studios try to shut down Netflix streaming). There are people, as we've seen in these comments, who want to start reading comics or get back to reading comics digitally. There are so few good comic stores in this country that there is an underserved audience who will buy comics if it's convenient. No one has numbers because no one's working on reaching them right now. (Except Archie, who went same-day release with all titles, but their works are aimed at a younger audience.)
- William George Says:
June 3, 2011 at 10:08 AMI just don't see how digital is going to be the big savior of comics that so many people think it's going to be. What is this based on?
The fact that the old way stopped working back in 1992 and it's just taken until now for the corpse to stop twitching.
I mean, how does the big two make money at digital?
They're lacking the printing shipping and storage costs for physical copy. There's a good chunk of the cover price gone right there. I'd be surprised if the digital distributor's cut came out to anywhere near that. But you never know.
If they really want new readers, they need to do the one thing they're not:
Offer non-superhero material (This would have been a better market for their Minx line than the direct market). Offer it at a price that may entice the curious. Offer it to people who aren't them and people like them.That is: They're all fans, these comic publishers. They all come from fan culture. They think like fans. And fans want everyone to like the same things they do, just on the their terms. They don't want to change anything in order to appeal to the public. They want to public to go to them. That's why they're offering yet another Wonder Woman comic that no one was interested in before and won't be interested in again. Because maybe THIS time everyone will admit they were wrong and the fan/ creators DO have perfect tastes in entertainment.
So as a way to entice new readers, they will fail to gain traction with digital no matter how cheap they offer it, simply because they're not changing a damned thing about what they do. It just looks like they are to the comics bloggers because any change, no matter how superficial, is scary to a fan.
- Thom Says:
June 3, 2011 at 10:30 AMBetween Marvel and DC's current pricing plans for digital comics, looks like I won't be returning to comics anytime soon (outside of random trades)
- Wesley Craig Green Says:
June 3, 2011 at 11:15 AMRecently, I've been trying out new comics I normally wouldn't read via digitally. Why? There are two main reasons: the closest comic shop is three hours away, and the other reason is the price point being between .99 and 1.99.
The majority of comic shops are now located in major metropolitan areas. Those of us who don't live within a reasonable driving range either have to order our comic online or buy them digitally.
When I heard about the recent news about DC relaunching the books, I thought this would be a good time to check out some books which I haven't read in years due to all the back history and continuity weighing the characters down. But when I heard about the prices the digital versions would be, I can't help but wonder why DC would take such a major step forward only to take two steps back with the pricing.
I realize comic shop retailers are a vital part of their business, but if comic publishers are going to grow their readership then they need new readers which digital comics can give them. I have no evidence to back this up but I can almost guarantee there have been more people trying or getting back into comics because they are available digitally compared to someone finding a comic book store, let alone venture into one. That isn't meant as a knock against comic shops but as I mentioned earlier, comic shops are few and far between. And even then, few are on the level of, say, The Beguiling or The Golden Apple.
So I applaud DC Comics for taking the plunge into digital comics but they seriously need to reconsider this whole pricing thing or it will all be for nothing.
- Russell Says:
June 3, 2011 at 12:53 PMI just got my first iPad and have downloaded some free comics. I also plan to buy a few digital copies of books I already own, so I can read them on an upcoming trip. But I refuse to may more than $1.99 for anything that's not a trade. (For example, a friend's lengthy graphic novel is downloadable for $4.99). Digital comics are all profit, and to charge the reader the same price as an actual tangible book is ridiculous. The industry needs to look at what book publishers, music companies and film studios are doing — charging less for the digital copy.
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- Chuck Says:
September 3, 2011 at 4:08 PMYou said it. I haven't been a collector, but am I huge fan of DC's animated shows and movies so I was thinking of getting into Justice League but 4 bucks just seemed a little steep! 3 bucks is still a bit much for my tastes. $2 and I'd be on board
- Sharks Says:
September 12, 2011 at 8:59 PMI find it ironic that so many people are complaining about the exorbitant pricing of comic books when a small mocha latte will run you the same price and probably last half as long.
Since I'm a cheapskate who likes saving money, I'm always about paying less, especially when it comes to digital (you're cutting out a lot of middlemen, so by all means you shouldn't be charging as much), but as someone totally new to comic books, I have to disagree with a lot of the veteran sentiments here. Digital comics, even if they're priced the same as physical copies, are a big draw for a newbie like me for several reasons:
1. Convenience. I'm not someone who frequents the comic shops, and considering the crowd I've seen there before, I'm not sure I'd want to frequent them. I'm not trying to be mean, but since I'm not someone you'd consider to be the "target demographic" for comics, I'd stick out like a sore thumb. I don't want the attention.
2. Space. I have enough clutter in my house as it is, so starting up a comic collection would take up a lot of room and attract a lot of dust, fast. Keeping everything digital keeps it nice, clean, and organized. I'm also not planning on being a serious collector, so for the one or two series I'd like to read each month, digital works for me.
3. Availability. If you have a tight schedule or don't want to drive 20 minutes to find the nearest comic shop, only to discover the issue you wanted is on back order, digital is a nice solution for getting day-one access without the hassle.
So overall, coming from someone who is a newbie, owns a tablet, and is very interested in the strides DC is taking to expand the universe by including more diversity and dropping some of the continuity baggage, I think they're taking at least a few right steps. Like I said, I'm always about paying less for stuff, but I certainly think that as a working adult I can spare $3 a month to read an issue here or there.


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Last week Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) held a hearing to complain about the lack of negative information about contractors in the government's past performance database, citing specifically that there were no negative reports about BP – the company responsible for the huge Deepwater Horizon oil spill – and that CGI's most-recent past performance rating before its role in HealthCare.gov was exceptional. You could learn more about a company by Googling it, she complained, than by consulting the government's past performance information.
As somebody who basically cut his teeth in government contracting on an effort to allow the government to use past performance in making source selection decisions – until the 1990s, it was not allowed! – I will confess to reacting to McCaskill's point of view with mixed feelings. On the one hand, I definitely agree with her that the problem is rooted in agencies' reluctance to flag poor performance. "It's almost like if a contracting evaluator gives negative information, they know they are going to get blowback from the contractor, right?" the senator said. "We let things slide because it's too hard to fight it.'" This is indeed the biggest single problem with the past performance system as it currently operates.
I also like her reference to getting information on companies by Googling them. I am guessing that it would be legal now for the government to use information from a Google search in making past performance evaluations as long as the government states in the RFP that it intends to do Google searches and might use the information in source selection. I actually think Google searches might sometimes bring useful information into the process.
However, I take issue with the tone of McCaskill's approach, which on the whole is very punitive.
The purpose of past performance evaluation, in her view, is to track down and weed out bad actors. Yes, that is part of the purpose. But the goal of the system should also be to reward good contractors, and in particular to give an opportunity to recognize work that goes above and beyond minimum contract requirements in seeking to help the government customer. The punishment-only approach is bad psychology and bad management, even if it may be good politics.
We should also note that negative information in past performance reports involves only a specific government contract, so it's not surprising that BP's Deepwater Horizon debacle was not there. And it's also unclear from what McCaskill said whether she was talking only about one CGI past performance report, on the firm's then-most-recent contract.
I applaud the senator's interest in this important issue, and there is something practical she could do about it. The Federal Acquisition Regulation currently allows contractors who do not like their evaluations to complain one level above in the system. This provision – which I signed off on against my better judgment in 1994 as Office of Federal Procurement Policy Administrator – should be eliminated, and replaced by a simple opportunity for the contractor to put their version of events into the file. This would go a long way toward reducing the problem that is troubling McCaskill.
Note: This article was updated on March 17 to correct Sen. McCaskill's first name.
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Perhaps, what the senator should do is push for a carve out based on pilot programming a naics limited trial for this "contractor statement direct to file". Because I see a legal slap down (Evidence 101) otherwise. Use of the supervisor as Mr. Polesky outlined seems very much aligned with regulatory methods recognized by courts (and the APA, and here and abroad). But a pilot program can demonstrate limits and prove usefulness. Simply present the options up front - if contractor agrees up front then the direct-to-file methods will be used. If the contractor wants to reserve more review, current system described by Mr. Polesky is used. If they need more than that I guess its the BCA. Dr. Kelman's commentary is always challenging and aware. I think it is realistic to see a pilot program targeting naics or some other categorization. legal question: does the direct-to-file or supervisor reviewed eval rank equivalent weight in a selection? That will have to get answered
Dr. Kelman, I fully agree with your points criticizing Senator McCaskill's stance. Clearly the past performance system is most effective and indeed was designed to "shine a light" on and contemporaneously record both positive and negative performance information. Good Program Managers use the system that way, but others do not. The reason the Contractor Performance Assessment Report (CPAR) included a review and signature one level above the Program Manager was to protect both the Program Manager and contractor. The capturing of comments and a signature from both the contractor and the PM's boss was designed to ensure the facts and scoring captured in the CPAR matched other contract performance information presented in other program status reports to higher management. This check and balance should incentivize the Program Manager to be consistent and accurate in documenting the contractor's performance record. It is incumbent on higher level managers to hold line Program Managers accountable for portraying an accurate record of contract performance – whether that record includes positive elements, negative elements, or a mix of both. A negative or positive bias of convenience must not be tolerated by senior management.
It may also ratchet down the tension on this issue if all past performance info (positive and negative) were to self-destruct after five years.
Regarding the comment below, the Government isn't seeking damages with a negative past performance review, so why the hesitance to input that information? The Contractor gets to respond, and that's his remedy, right? I know they can sue to get the information removed, but is that common? I prefer that *all* past performance informaiton be expunged from PPIRS after five years anyway, since we are supposed to consider the currncy of the information. Would that mitigate these lawsuits if they are indeeed common?
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Photoblog: Raby Castle
Our second day in Durham, we rented a car so we could get around. The top priority of the day was to visit Sockburn, but we weren't going to be able to access that property until the afternoon.
So, in the morning, we headed to Raby Castle.
Raby Castle was built in the 12th century by the powerful Neville family. Joan Beaufort married Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland, and Joan is my half 3rd cousin, 21 times …
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Our third morning in the United Kingdom, we took the train from London Kings Cross Station to Durham, England.
This is where the extra we spent for the first class BritRail Pass paid off. The standard class cars were packed and seemed to be standing room only, while the first class had plenty of room.
And free coffee. Delivered to my big, comfy seat.
I'm referring to my chair. My posterior is neither big nor comfy. And I rarely have …
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Today we're jumping backwards in our trip. Our first stop on our United Kingdom tour was actually London. We spent two days there before heading up the east coast in a train.
It's amazing how much you can see in two days with an unlimited London Underground pass.
We went to Kensington Palace, but it was mostly closed due to renovations being made for the impending move-in of Prince William and his bride. There was some kiddie tour (find the …
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The origins of All Saints Church in Sockburn stretch back to antiquity. Higbald was crowned Bishop of Lindisfarne in here in 780 or 781, and Eanbald was made Archbishop of York here in 796.
The majority of what was the church is now in ruins. The still standing portion, called Conyers Chapel, is considerably younger. It is named after John Conyers, who lived in the 13th century, and is my 27G Grandfather.
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Sockburn is a village in County Durham, near Darlington. It is contained within a loop of the River Tees. Today, it consists of little more than a 19th century mansion and the ruins of an ancient church.
The history of Sockburn goes back at least as far as 780, when Higbald, Bishop of Lindisfarne was crowned there. Soon after 1066, it was settled by Roger de Coigniers, my 33G Grandfather.
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There weren't many highlights of last night's game against the Oklahoma State Cowboys, but one of them was the halftime show by the Longhorn Band.
Tech Note: Shot with my Flip HD and processed in iMovie.…
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Just getting around to posting pictures from last weekend's game. Enjoy!
Tech Notes: Taken on my CoolPix P90 and processed in Photoshop Elements.…
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There weren't many highlights in this game (other than the Alumni Band marching), but here are the rest of the pictures I took.
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After the disappointing game against Iowa State a couple of weeks ago, I never got around to posting pictures. I'm trying to get things cleared up before leaving for PubCon in a few days, so here are some of the annual Alumni Band performance.
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The Wife and I made the trek to Lincoln, Nebraska for the Texas-Nebraska game last weekend. Of course, I took a few pictures.
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More about: Hooks | Tie Better | Comment Hook Comparison ChartThis chart was originally to be included in the book that Malcolm Knopp and I am writing on tying and fishing Mayfly imitations from around the world.By Roman Scharabun
Far too many variables exist today to compare hooks in any other way. Even with this in mind individuals will undoubtably find comparisons that they will disagree with. Much of the variation that exists is mainly due to the fact that little, if any, standardization exists today within the hook manufacturing fraternity. When assessing hooks of like application an attempt was made to correlate the Redditch scale to the Mustad scale based on physical dimensions such as shank wire diameter and length, hook weight and in some cases hook gape. Though it required several months to complete this chart it is very possible that a hook model has been missed and not listed appropriately. Should this be the case be assured that it was not an intentional omission. Finally, I believe hook charts of this type will soon disappear. This will be due to the fact that fly-tyers will align themselves with a favorite hook manufacturer and comparisons will only serve an academic interest. Most major manufacturers already ensure they produce specialized hooks produced by their competitors.
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