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The Poetry in the Prose: Part Two
Last time around, I dealt with the unreadable poems of the fictional poets in Roberto Bolaño's novel The Savage Detectives, or what one fellow blogger neatly dubbed, "dark-matter." It's not that these unreadable poems are composed solely of punctuation or something, like the experimental works of D.L., the self-anointed postmodernist in a certain David Foster Wallace novella. The Savage Detectives' poems are unreadable because they're nowhere to be found, because Bolaño withholds them from the reader, even though Bolaño, a novelist and poet, could've easily ghostwritten some decent lines for his characters. It's fascinating, though, when novelists – especially those who aren't known as poets – actually do write some poetry, for the purpose of, say, prodding along a novel's plot. We usually neglect them, these works-of-art-within-works-of-art, but they're not without their critics and admirers.
In Stephen King's pulp fiction, The Wastelands, the character Jake, a teenager with one foot in another dimension (bear with me here), channels onto paper an involuntary incantation, which his teacher mistakes for a precociously poetic response to a homework assignment. The incantation, "My Understanding of Truth," is not great, at least by the standards of a Poetry magazine, but it's good enough to earn an A+. The teacher is impressed – "Younger students are often attracted to so-called 'stream-of-consciousness' writing, but are rarely able to control it" – and she even suggests Jake's work be published in the school's student magazine. Jake laughs. He thought he had been losing his mind. It turns out he is merely a Romantic poet, an antenna receiving lines like:
The way station is the truth.
The Speaking Demon is the truth.
We went under the mountains and that is the truth.
There were monsters under the mountain. That is the truth.
One of them had an Amoco gas pump between his legs and was pretending it was his penis. That is the truth.
I remember admiring Jake's weird poem when I first read King's novel, when I was a teenager and thought poems ought to be weird. Now I admire the harmlessly human fun of it all: as the ultimate sovereign over the world of his novel, King gets to play poet, via Jake, but gets to play critic, too, judging his poem-within-a-novel a success.
Nabokov plays poet and critic, albeit on a much larger scale, in his Pale Fire, which consists of a 999-line poem (by a character named John Shade) and its critical commentary (which makes up the remainder of the work). Shade isn't real, but he's real enough; he possesses a biography, a bibliography, and, of course, the 999-line poem, which is quite good for a poem that doesn't exist in the world outside of Pale Fire; which is, one could also say, as good as a poem by Nabokov himself.
Pynchon's slim work of art, The Crying of Lot 49, nevertheless finds room to house its own works of art, plus their critics. Listen to "Miles's Song," a pricelessly bad British Invasion knockoff by an American band called the Paranoids:
Too fat to Frug,
That's what you tell me all the time,
When you really try'n' to put me down,
But I'm hip,
So close your big fat lip,
Yeah, baby,
I may be too fat to Frug,
But at least I ain't too slim to Swim.
"'It's lovely,'" says one of the characters, politely, "'but why do you sing with an English accent when you don't talk that way?'" The characters in The Crying of Lot 49 also enjoy a performance of a Jacobean revenge play called The Courier's Tragedy, a sensational snuff drama in which a character named Ercole waves around a rapier (tipped with, what else, an impaled flaming tongue) and seems to have blank verse on the brain:
Thy pitiless unmanning is most meet,
Thinks Ercole the zany Paraclete.
Descended this malign, Unholy Ghost,
Let us begin thy frightful Pentecost.
The lights go out, the act ends, and someone in the audience – perhaps anticipating the response of Pynchon's real-world reader – says, "Ick." In Pynchon's prose, there's always a little song, and everyone's a critic.
Our real-world playwrights have long enjoyed this convention of the play-within-a-play, which can be an easier, more manageable production to pull off than the plain old play itself. I like to think Shakespeare enjoyed imagining his most famous play-within-a-play, The Mouse-trap, a remake of The Murther of Gonzago, which appears in Hamlet and kick-starts the murderous Claudius' conscience, sending him out of the theatre and off to prayer. If only all plays could be so literally moving. And if only all plays had a resource like Hamlet, the amateur critic, who not only tweaks the script but offers sound criticism and acting tips to its players, just before the curtain goes up.
There's a canon of these works-of-art-within-works-of-art (with their attendant criticism) just waiting to be constructed by some budding Bloom – including the critically acclaimed assemblages in William Gibson's Count Zero, and the fake discography Lester Bangs forges for the real-world garage band, Count Five. Or maybe this canon wants a community of Blooms, who will offer more diverse examples than I do, including ones by non-white, non-male writers; Wikipedia of all things has an entry, "Story within a story," that's worth a look and echoes some of my choices.
Writers rarely have much control over how their works are received, but they do have control over the worlds their writing frames. Granted, the laws of these worlds can be disconcerting: the critic Philip Marchand, who once took an inventory of Margaret Atwood's novels, discovered that her male characters tend to be mediocre artists, fated to preside over "inane," "farcical" works. Still, I'm charmed by the very human impulse to smuggle into a novel some amateur poetry, to imagine an art that doesn't need to work too hard, that can be greeted as a readymade success or dismissed with a single damning "Ick," depending on the mood of a King or a Pynchon. These works-within-works don't need publishers, and don't need to be in good taste. They don't obey our laws, and don't have to. They don't even have to be any good, though they sometimes are (Wikipedia tells us that stories-within-stories are often cutting-room-floor scraps, too rich to discard). These works need merely to be imagined. As the main character in J.M. Coetzee's novel Disgrace observes, while writing his touchingly tasteless opera about Byron's mistress: "Surely, in a work that will never be performed, all things are permitted?"
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There are many such "faux" poems to be found in A. S. Byatt's novel, Possession. I think it must take real skill to write in the style of someone else, especially if you are primarily a novelist and not a poet.
Excellent post. There's and interesting idea that shadows your arguments, and that is: are poetry and fiction separate skills and does mastery at one form preclude mastery of the other. One can think of very few writers who were able to pull of both forms at levels that have insured their survival as poets we still read, and novelists we still read. Shakespeare of course mixes prose and poetry throughout his plays, depending on character status, setting and dramatic needs. But I am thinking more of writers who do both, separately, and at a high level. There are many formidable poet critics, many poets who write prose (poet's prose, poetic prose, call it what you will). But this was not the case with Thomas Hardy, nor was it with D.H. Lawrence. Pasternak seems the preeminent example. His early prose could still be situated within the context of poet's prose. But Dr. Zhivago presents quite a different order of accomplishment. Updike's poetry, while not necessarily terrible, never reached anything near the level of his fiction. Peter Handke is the only other case that I can think of off the top of my head. More noted for his Novels and plays, some of his poetry is formidable indeed.
Crucial in your presentation is the case of Nabokov and his novel Pale Fire. You say that he "plays poet and critic". But I wander if "play" is an adequate term (although certainly a high level of play and irony run through his oeuvre). But since he was a serious poet and a serious critic, as well as one of the 20th century's greatest novelists, this separates him fundamentally from the rest of your examples. After all he wrote poetry assiduously and with great dedication until he was in his late twenties, and his first novel, Mashenka only appeared in 1926, when he was a twenty-seven year old poet, and well-established as such in his émigré setting.
As late as 1959 he would bring out Poems and Problems with Doubleday. This book contained thirty-nine Russian poems, with translations and fourteen original English poems. And yet he had a much higher opinion of his Russian poetry. This is what he had to say: "Somehow, [the English poems] are of a lighter texture than the Russian stuff, owing, no doubt, to their lacking that inner verbal association with old perplexities and constant worry of thought which marks poems written in one's mother tongue, with exile keeping up its parallel murmur and a never-resolved childhood plucking at one's rustiest chords." (http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/epo/nabokov/poems.htm).
Iolanthe, thanks for the excellent suggestion. And I agree: I think it takes great skill to write in another style. So many of these works-within-works are wonderful in-and-of-themselves. Even the more lurid matter, like Pynchon's British Invasion knockoff, demonstrates a certain insight.
Martin, thanks for your great comments. Nabokov does seem to be of a different order, doesn't he? I can't comment on Updike – I haven't read enough – but the New Yorker's recent retrospective featured some lovely poems. There may not be many more as good as these, but I wish I could write one poem as perfect as "Telephone Poles."
One novel this discussion makes me think of is A. S. Byatt's Possession, which includes great gobs of poetry written by her fictional poet. When I read the novel well over a decade ago, I gave Byatt's poetry (maybe unfairly) the most superficial of skims, thinking that if I was going to give it close attention I should do so only after getting much more familiar with Tennyson, Arnold, and the Rossettis. I suspect other readers not well-versed in Victorian poetry might've felt and done the same. A fascinating study could be made (if it hasn't already been) of poets who lend or give poems previously published under their own names to fictional creations of theirs. For one, Poe did this sometimes, publishing, in one case, "The Haunted House" as his own, then as Roderick Usher's (I think that was the order, though maybe it worked both ways in dffierent cases, the fictional accreditation sometimes occuring after, and sometimes before, the work was published under the author's name). What was the case with the poems Pasternak gave Zhivago? Where they published first as Pasternak's, without the novel's framework? As for Nabokov, one of Canada's very best living poets, Don Coles, once told me how much he admired the poetry in Pale Fire.
Thanks, Brian. Okay, that's two votes for Possession. I really need to hunker down w/ this novel. I'm not surprised Don Coles admired the poetry in Pale Fire. I suspect a lot of people admire the work of 'John Shade.' (A silly question, perhaps, but has anyone ever anthologized the poetry from Pale Fire? And under whose name? An anthology of works-within-works would be fascinating, though it would be nice to see these works infiltrate the 'real' anthologies, too…)
Not anthologized, exactly, but an excerpt from Shade's poem in Pale Fire appears in Also with My Throat I Shall Swallow Ten Thousand Swords: Araki Yasusada's Letters in English (Combo Books, 2006).
Just a side note, to add onto the list of works-within… Zadie Smith's novel On Beauty attributes a poem of the same title by her husband, Nick Laird, to one of the characters, and it acts as an essential analysis of the book's greater theme. I'm sure lots of novelists quote published poetry, but I wonder how many appropriate poems for their writer-characters. (Lucky characters…)
Kent, thanks for that. Good to know. It would be a perverse thrill to one day find an entry in a 'real world' anthology, for one 'John Shade', but now I'm being silly…
And yes, Mairead, lucky characters indeed!
Poe's poem was called 'The Haunted Palace,' not 'The Haunted House,' and it was published 5 months previously on its own, before it appeared in 'The Fall of the House of Usher' and the poem may have suggested the tale.
Another Poe poem, 'The Conqueror Worm' also appeared as a poem before it was included in Poe's tale 'Ligeia.'
Poe consciously mixed prose and poetry together perhaps better than anyone save Shakespeare.
Poetry has much to gain by insinuating itself into the more popular novel form. I'm surprised more poets don't do it. Poems in a novel can advance character development, as well as plot, and can also set mood, scene, etc. I would think it would be easier for a poet to turn novelist than for a novelist to become a poet. But that's open to question. I've written a character-driven novel which uses some poems.
Thomas, thanks for clarifying!
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Posted by George Colony on September 9, 2009
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Is there anything more boring than raw data? Yes, a blog that spews forth raw data. So I'll keep this short and sweet.
When CEOs doubt the importance of technology in the economy, I pull out a home grown aphorism: Technology is changing your customer, and your customer will change your company. In other words, whether you like it or not, demand will ultimately morph supply. And it's the job of the CEO to have a firm grasp of that dynamic.
So in the spirit of keeping CEOs up-to-date on the changing customer (like my 92 year old mother, shown above reading from a Kindle), here's a super-condensed summary of Forrester's recent survey of U.S. consumers. And I've also included short, pithy "What it means" comments. You can go here for a very short summary of the survey, or you can go to the New York Times story about the report.
1) The 2009 customer is unrecognizable from the 1999 customer. What it means (WIM) to you: If your business looks the same now as it did in 1999, you are risking irrelevancy.
2) Consumers in every age group are quickly moving from offline channels to online. WIM: If your marketing department is filled with people that still over-emphasize TV or magazine advertising rather than a more balanced approach to the customer, you're wasting your money.
3) Americans spend 8 hours per week with old media (TV, newspapers) and 8 hours per week with new media (Internet). WIM: spending on your Web site and new media advertising should be comparable to your old media spend.
4) 25% of households have digital video recorders -- devices like Tivo that let TV watchers record shows and fast forward over ads. WIM: you're probably over-paying for TV ads.
5) 88% of people under the age of 40 are regular Internet users -- at home and at work. WIM: while all of your customers are changing, your future customers (young people) are changing even faster. Moving slowly now will inhibit market share and new customer acquisition over the next ten years.
6) Half of all Americans research products online before buying. WIM: your customers are ever smarter about what they purchase. All the more reason to treat them like partners and enlist them to help you design your next product.
7) Half of all U.S. adults play computer games. WIM: begin to use this medium, as IBM has done, as a training medium for your workforce.
Over the next ten years the move to digital will not abate -- it will intensify. As CEO, you must stay current with those outside revolutions and translate them into meaningful change within your company.
What do you think will be the most amazing change in the way that people use technology over the next 10 years? I'd love to get your thoughts.
[Cross-posted at BusinessWeek's Technology At Work blog.]
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Comment from Max Pucher on Thu, 09/10/2009 - 02:19
George, this post reads like one of my presentations that change brought about by technology should not being surprising. I will quote you if I may.The main problem for enterprises today is their inability to adapt to these changes because there is no one left who can change the hardcoded processes to match changing customer needs. Process reeingineering and enforcement was and is the silly idea everyone is chasing. The Internet is empowering the customer who now wants to be serviced either by a great internet app or by people who are empowered to service them accordingly. Customer service staff is less trained, less experienced and can do less than ever before. I have yet to see the CEO who really understands that and is changing his business and IT strategy accordingly.The most amazing change we will see is EMPOWERMENT that is manifested in social networks and the immediate access to knowledge. Businesses, media and government loose control over what citizens can know and the fight to control that process is yet to come. I have stopped to watch TV a few years ago and it has been truly good for me. I suddenly have time to think and thus I CHOSE what information is relevant for me. I will not be the only one.
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Comment from Laurie Dillon-Schalk (not verified) on Thu, 09/10/2009 - 09:14
George,Thank you for your insights on the latest report.First off - I'm one of Forresters' greatest fans and users and have had the pleasure of being interviewed for a few reports in the past when I worked at IBM. Thank you.I see a number of changes in technology usage - perhaps closer than your 10 year question.1. I see the rush for big business enterprise 2.0 spending as per earlier Forrester forecasts. I also see IT departments struggle as they are charged with both implementation and then the adoption of those tools. And yet, trial & adoption are not traditional IT skills sets and so marketers will need to help employ b2c marketing strategies and focus them inward.2. I still believe personal adoption of social media will [and must] lead corporate adoption and so I expect we will see a wedge in corporate environments between those who can and those who will not adapt.3. I think recruitment will be entirely by referral in the future. Perhaps bonus structures, internal movement will change based on ability to navigate the network and create corporate value in new ways.4. I wonder if life events have taken a bit of a back seat in the wide eyed wonderment of social media - and yet, companies will start to revisit life events identifying which moments consumers are most likely to shake up their entire networks or grow their personal networks substantially at different periods of their life.5. God help us - I hope facebook, linkedin and twitter (and social networks) can keep up their agile development to fit our needs. Maybe you notice like me that features and functions are constantly changing and so users must be open to exploring and learning constantly with these tools. Perhaps we will see more mixing the 'out of the box' offerings with MORE consumer level customizable pieces - not just applications, but the ability to add data and fields to the applications to suit consumer needs. (e.g. my adding info to linkedin profiles beyond tagging) As far as these platforms are, there is ample room for more functionality (and then usage).6. Greater integration/compatibility between software apps - be that aggregators of social networks or portability of full networks.7. Okay - sometimes people look at me funny when I say this one. I'm waiting for reverse segmentation - for the lack of a better term. Me as a consumer have the power to better segment my network, services, etc. Thinking of CRM turned towards the consumer. Imagine me chosing any profile field that I want acting as filters for what I want. Instead of getting information a company thinks I want based on my input, allowing me to manipulate the data pull.8. Finally - better access to metrics. People will be able to quote their new qualifications -social network size, level of influence, etc all arriving when we get the so desparately needed better metrics for social media.Cheers,Laurie Dillon-SchalkSocialwisdom.caor @ldillonschalk
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Comment from dominiq (not verified) on Tue, 09/22/2009 - 09:27
Thanks for this great post.If I may add something: Technology is also changing market research companies like Forrester.In 1999, no analyst could have built a personal brand that's as big as his employer's one (whether looking at the # of follower in twitter or at Jeremy's influence in ths social media community: http://blog.ecairn.com/2009/07/08/july-top-150-social-media-marketing-blogs/).This is to me a critical phenomena that you're one of the first to experience: the power shift between corporations and knowledge workers.In one of your tweet, you asked what was best: team or individuals blogs. I'm curious on what the responses of CEO's were and whether it was any different from the overall responses.We (my company) believe that the answer is for company to build information infrastructures to capitalize on their employee activity in communities and measure their overall footprint (as a company) in their target market.Beside reducing the company risk when people leave , this also enable higher productivity in team engagement and consistency and alignment to company's objective.Best
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Comment from George Colony on Tue, 09/22/2009 - 16:18
Dominiq:Thanks for the comment. As it turns out, Forrester analysts have always been able to build their personal brands -- but in the old days they did it via quotations in the media. And Forrester wanted/s that to happen -- the higher the personal brand, the higher the value to our clients.On the Twitter question,the vote was split evenly between team blogs and personal blogs. They are different animals, with different goals. Forrester will do both.George
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Comment from Rob Bowen (not verified) on Fri, 10/02/2009 - 13:47
Great Article!Future in the internet is a new way of internet marketing. Closed social networks with a target market looking for services and amenities. I am a former major league player starting a new trend in online marketing. Direct communication with athletes that are looking for amenities and services around every major league city and off season destinations. Using a social network as a platform, businesses and athletes can communicate and send messages to each other further optimizing direct marketing! There is no central database system in sports until now. Interested in more info and learning how to advertise, please email me at firstname.lastname@example.com You can learn a little about the company at www.opulentproservices.com Also check out our public site to see the advertisers at www.theopsreview.wordpress.com
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"50/50 is the story of a guy's transformative and, yes, sometimes funny journey to health ... reminding us that friendship and love, no matter what bizarre turns they take, are the greatest healers."Without a doubt, friendship, love, and humor were extremely important while I was dealing with my own health challenges of 2011. And I would say that the journey was transformative for me, as well. I recently decided to pursue my certification as a personal trainer through the American Council on Exercise (ACE). Although I have always enjoyed being active, I never really thought about working in the health and fitness industry. However, learning what I did about other CHD survivors over the past few months made me realize how fortunate I am to be this healthy; and it sparked a new interest in a field I never even considered before.
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Federal mortgage agencies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have agreed to help Sandy victims in New York get their insurance money quicker and with fewer headaches, the Cuomo administration announced Tuesday.
"Money is starting to flow faster," Benjamin Lawsky, superintendent of the state Department of Financial Services, said in an interview.
According to DFS, Fannie and Freddie's guidelines for banks on how to disburse funds were not clear, and banks were tentative to release some checks for fear that they would end up being responsible for the loans.
In response to a request from the state, Fannie and Freddie have clarified their rules. The agencies now say borrowers who are up-to-date on their mortgages and have less than 80 percent damage to their homes can get their insurance checks from the banks immediately.
"That's going to cause a large proportion of the money sitting at the banks to flow out right away," Lawsky said.
Two weeks ago, DFS said banks in New York were holding $208 million in insurance checks, and that thousands of Sandy victims were forced to put off repairs to their damaged homes for weeks as a result.
The Cuomo administration sent letters to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and four mortgage servicers — Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Citibank and JPMorgan Chase — requesting changes to their policies.
"Fannie and Freddie have now held up their end of the bargain," Lawsky said in a statement Tuesday. "It is time for the servicers to keep their promise."
Wells Fargo has already agreed to advance 75 percent of its money to borrowers without requiring documentation or an inspection. DFS would like to see the other banks follow suit, as well as meet other criteria.
So far, the three other banks have taken steps to release money: JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and CitiMortgage agreed to advance half of the insurance proceeds to borrowers, but according to DFS, it's not enough.
"The jury is out," Lawsky said. "I don't want to say we've solved the problem yet."
The state bank regulator has asked the banks to report on how much money they have disbursed by the end of the week.
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Kos is an island of majestic beauty, lying in the centre of the Dodecanese chain in the Aegean Sea. ("Dodecanese" in Greek means "twelve islands"). Lying north west of Rhodes and south east of continental Greece, Kos is the third largest of the Dodecanese Islands.
Besides its natural beauty and its breathtaking golden sandy beaches, Kos is steeped in monuments reminiscent of its glorious past.
The Greek province of Kos also includes the smaller islands of Nissyros, Giali, Pergoussa, Kandeliousa, Pahia and Strogili.
From Kardamena town 5 km
From Kos airport 11 km
From Kos port 32 km
From the beach 200 m
Bus stop 150 m from the Norida Beach hotel
The Castle of the Knights of Saint John
This castle is situated at the entrance of the Kos harbour, on what used to be an island in the antiquity, communicating with the inland through a bridge that can still be seen today – the "Phoinikon" bridge.
The castle consists of two defensive precincts and was built with local stone.
The Asklepieion of Kos
Asklepeion is the biggest archaeological site on Kos and worth a visit. It is about 4 km outside of Kos town. Asklepeion was a religious sanctuary dedicated to Asclepius, god of healing. It also served as a healing centre and a school of medicine were Hippocrates was teaching.
The site has three different levels. On the first level you can see the Roman public baths and the guest rooms. On the second level lies an altar of Apollo, the Temple of Asclepius and the Temple of Apollo. On the third level is another Temple of Asclepius. From here you will have a wonderful view across Kos town and the coastline of Turkey.
Kos Island is ideally situated for a variety of excursions. There are numerous ways to travel to the surrounding islands or to Turkey, which is only half an hour's boat ride away.
So why not take a day trip to Rhodes, the island of the Sun, famous for its old town, which is literally surrounded by the castle walls, or the Acropolis of Lindos, where many international celebrities own houses.
Symi, the picturesque island in the Aegean with the monastery of Panorimitis.
Patmos, where Saint John saw the visions written in the final book of the New Testament, the Apocalypse or Revelations.
Kalymnos, with its natural sponges and the Church of St Savvas.
Nissyros, the volcanic Island where you get to literally stand in the volcano's crater.
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So Many Days
by Alison McGhee
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This book about a little child , who go with different places and each place that she knew was a door , that was open for her. She said that every day the doors open and she can enjoyed of each plays, where she was, She admmire the nature and want to sing a song , whatever place she was.
This book is about life being unknown and there being so many choices. The common phrase in the book is "who will you be and where will you go? And how will you know?"
Nice rhythm to the verse and chorus, very prayer-like, with broad, general, inspirational phrases. A sweet book for adults and teens, definitely. And I think children might enjoy looking at all the very specific activities depicted in the illustrations, but I'm not sure telling a young child that they are "braver/stronger/wilder than they know" is something that ultimately makes a lot of sense to their concrete, pragmatic selves.
After being wowed by Taeeun Yoo's beautiful linoleum block prints in the recent Only a Witch Can Fly (named one of the ten Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2009 by The New York Times), I was delighted to discover that she had a new picture-book due for publication in early 2010, and even more excited when I found an advance reviewer's copy.
Unfortunately, while I found the illustrations quite appealing - they're not as striking as those done for nly a Witch Can Fly, but then, they were created with a softer, less dramatic palette - the text of So Many Days did not impress me. This is the second Alison McGhee and Taeeun Yoo collaboration whose narrative left me indifferent, leading me to suspect that McGhee isn't the "right" author for Yoo. On the other hand, it's also possible that, having read this so soon after Joy Harjo's lyrical For a Girl Becoming - another recent inspirational picture-book - I was simply expecting too much. Taeeun Yoo fans will definitely want to take a look at this one, but other readers probably don't need to rush right out to find it.
This is a gorgeous book with stunning illustrations. The warmth and beauty of the language is matched by the vision and delight of the art.
Unfortunately, I can't see any kid being interested in it. Maybe if you read it interactively "what's the dog doing now? what do you think the little girl is going to do next" but other than that....no, I'm not a big fan of "inspirational picturebooks"
On the other hand, it would make a GREAT graduation present! Next time I know somebody graduating, they're getting this one!
Verdict: If you have parents who like inspiration picturebooks, this might be a good selection for your library collection. Otherwise, save it for personal gift-giving
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How a town near Alice was saved from petrol sniffing
By Amy Pyett
SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - When school liaison officer Andrew Stojanovski arrived at Yuendumu to find the remote Aboriginal community ravaged by petrol sniffing he had no idea this would turn into a story of hope for indigenous Australia.
Petrol sniffing had become an epidemic in the small Northern Territory community 300 kms northwest of Alice Springs with half of the teenage population sniffing petrol to chase a mind-numbing high then violently pursuing their next hit.
"The sniffer houses were the outback equivalent to the punk and hippy squats of cities," Stojanovski writes in his newly released book about Yuendumu called "Dog Ear Cafe."
"Music blared from the ghetto-blaster, people used drugs (petrol) and partied, mattresses were thrown on the floor. If you were a 'cool' teenager in Yuendumu, it was the place to be. This was where the action was."
But with students asleep on the classroom floor reeking of petrol or not turning up, Stojanovksi became determined to help
so joined forces with Aboriginal elders Peggy Napijimpa Brown and Johnny Hooker Creek to set up the Mount Theo program in 1994 that took youths out of communities into a bush retreat to clean up.
After eight years, Yuendumu was free of petrol sniffing and the community's fortunes turned around. Stojanovski, Brown and Creek were awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia.
Stojanovski said he hoped other Aboriginal communities could learn from the Mount Theo outstation program and be inspired by "Dog Ear Cafe" to step in to save their youth. Continued...


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While the numbers of science and math educators prepared at UALR has been slowly increasing, program graduation totals are insufficient to meet the need for licensed teachers in the STEM areas.
UALRTeach initially focuses on introducing undergraduate science and/or math majors to teaching by actively recruiting these students and providing the two initial "recruitment" courses at no charge. In addition to early and active recruitment, a unique collaborative partnership between the College of Education and Health Professions and the College of Arts, Letters and Sciences allows students to obtain a degree in their discipline, a minor in education and a teaching license in their field of study within a four year degree plan.In response to this serious shortage and to Governor Beebe's STEMWorks Initiative identifying a critical need to increase the number of new, certified, secondary STEM teachers, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock has implemented ULARTeach. This innovative teacher preparation program is modeled after the successful and nationally recognized UTeach program at the University of Texas at Austin.Traditionally one significant barrier to attracting science and mathematics majors into teaching has been the requirement of an additional year of coursework.The philosophy underlying the design of the UALRTeach instructional program is that, by combining individualized coaching, intensive teaching experiences in K-12 classrooms, and relevant science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) content, students' knowledge and skills will develop at an accelerated rate. This approach translates into a curriculum, unique in content and sequence, that allows students to obtain a STEM field degree and secondary teaching certification in four years.The National Math and Science Initiative, led by private donors such as Exxon Mobil Corporation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, offers several explanations why UTeach is so important. Click on the link for more information (National Math and Science Initiative).


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The video was discovered on the Mexican site AndroidMX and the ROM used is not the final version of the OS that will be used on the device. Whether you own the international variant or the U.S. version of the hottest phone on the planet, you have to be excited to know that it shouldn't be too long until the Jelly Bean OS is running your phone.
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Bring back the lowly postcard!Posted by lcaliri on November 20, 2007
It's more intrusive than an unexpected house guest and more irritating than a car alarm that won't shut off! I'm talking about internet spam… you know, all those unwanted messages from someone in Nigeria, begging you for money or the myriad of offers guaranteeing to enlarge. . . well, you know!
Yes, today internet spam has become one of the most-hated things in our lives. And, in spite of my filters and blockers, some still gets through and I'm forever hitting the delete key. In fact AOL, alone, recently told the Washington Post it blocks more than 780 million spams daily and it can't get them all. That's 100 million more messages than it actually delivers! Spam now accounts for a reported 30% of all email and it's growing rapidly. The result is electronic marketing has some serious problems today. Similarly, studies indicate consumers are increasingly rejecting what they view as intrusive Internet advertising techniques.
Now I'm not suggesting there aren't good uses for electronic marketing. There are. For example, every dealer should have a good Website. But the highly touted e-newsletters and e-mails aren't necessarily getting the message to the customers. That's why there's a business migration back to good old, reliable direct mail. And what's the best read direct mail piece today? A postcard! Coincidentally, it's also the cheapest printed promotional piece you can produce.
Let's face it – no one throws away a postcard without at least looking at both sides. Moreover, everyone still takes the regular mail seriously. It's still compelling. We wait for the mail to arrive. We complain if it's late. When there's no delivery on Holidays, we feel like something's missing! When we get home, the first thing we still do is go through the mail. Even at the office, we usually stop whatever we're doing when the mail arrives. Admit it or not, mail is still a priority in our lives. Therefore, it remains a viable ad tool for us.
So at a time when we're all competing harder than ever to get even the simplest of messages across to customers and prospects, it's a great time to fall back and consider using the simple, inexpensive and compelling postcard.


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Lead a Professional Healthcare Association
Do you have what it takes to help shape the future of healthcare? If you're a problem solver with strong leadership skills who is bold enough to stand up for your beliefs, and if you're willing to work hard and sacrifice your time, then you could be the next elected official of an influential healthcare organization.
A Different Breed
Most elected leaders will say that a feeling of professional responsibility led them to run for office. These are the association members who aren't satisfied with paying dues and watching things happen. They are vocal about their strategies and aren't afraid to try to fix what's broken.
"I had a vision for social work and social workers who can make a difference in society," says Terry Mizrahi, former president of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and a professor at Hunter College School of Social Work in New York City. "Social workers are an integral part of healthcare, yet I didn't think we were getting the recognition and powerful voice that other professionals have in our society."
It takes more than definite views to be a successful leader, according to Dr. Bettye Davis-Lewis, past president of the National Black Nurses Association (NBNA) and CEO of Diversified Healthcare Systems in Houston.
"You have to be politically savvy, educationally prepared and able to influence other people," she says. "You have to know your elected officials and community leaders, have good people skills, honesty and integrity and know the issues that affect the profession. If you don't know the issues, how can you help anyone?"
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Just because you have what it takes doesn't mean there won't be challenges during your tenure. Heading up a professional association can be a major time commitment that involves paperwork, travel and cooperating with opinion-seeking journalists.
"The only major drawback is the time commitment," says Linda A. Lewandowski, PhD, RN, past president of the Society of Pediatric Nurses (SPN) and professor of pediatric nursing at Wayne State University's College of Nursing. "My frustration is wishing I could do more, but there are real-world work commitments, too."
For those at the top of most healthcare organizations, leadership in a professional healthcare organization isn't what pays the bills. They typically work full-time in addition to assuming these extracurricular commitments.
"If you have young children, you have to decide just how much of your individual time is going to be taken away from them, and whether it's going to damage your relationships," says Marrise Phillips, RN, past president of the Dermatology Nurses' Association (DNA). "You need your family's cooperation, because you have to parse some time each day and assign that to the volunteer position that you have assumed."
Association Advantages
Despite the challenges, most association leaders feel the rewards they reap are worth the time investment.
Davis-Lewis says leading the NBNA has broadened her network of relationships and professional resources. Phillips credits taking charge of the DNA with making her more visible as well as keeping her abreast of legislative issues that affect the industry.
For Lewandowski, assuming the presidency of the SPN brought her the recognition that spurred a positive career change. "I moved from Johns Hopkins into an endowed professorship at Wayne State University," she says. "The fact that I [was] a national leader in my field didn't hurt my chances."
Mizrahi says her presidency at NASW gave her far more than she gave the organization. "My two years as president reconfirmed the value of my profession," she says. "I recommitted to the work and improving the image of the profession."
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ATHENS, Ga. -- The 20th-ranked Tennessee Volunteers had their first practice day at Georgia's courts in preparation for Friday's NCAA round of 16 match against sixth-seeded UCLA.
The Vols had two hitting sessions Wednesday, one on Georgia's recreational courts and one at Georgia's secondary courts at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex. Tennessee will play at the secondary courts Friday against UCLA at 7 p.m.
The official NCAA team tournament banquet wrapped up the night for Tennessee. All 32 of the men's and women's teams were in attendance.
The Vols will practice again Thursday. Rain is in the forecast, so court space and time could be altered. All the women's round of 16 matches are scheduled for Thursday.
UPDATING SOME NCAA NUMBERSHere's an update from some NCAA numbers as the Vols get set to resume the tournament Friday.
43: Wins the Vols have enjoyed in the NCAA Championships. The Vols' all-time record is 43-24.
19: During Sam Winterbotham's first seven years at Tennessee, the Vols are 19-7 in the NCAA Championships. The team has advanced to the round of 16 six times during that stretch. The Vols have reached the quarterfinals or beyond three times.
3: Times the Vols have reached the NCAA title match. Tennessee reached the finals in 1990, 2001 and most recently in 2010, falling to Southern California 4-2. The Vols have reached the quarterfinals or better on 8 occasions.
LAST YEAR AT THE FINAL SITETennessee reached the NCAA quarterfinals last year on Illinois' campus in Champaign, Ill. The Vols defeated conference foe Mississippi State 4-2 for the second time in the season to advance to the quarterfinals before losing to eventual champion Virginia 4-0.
VOLS VS. UCLA AT NCAASAlthough the Vols and Bruins have seen quite a bit of each other at the ITA National Team Indoor Championships in recent years, Friday marks the first time the two teams have faced at NCAAs since 2000.
Tennessee has a 2-1 record against UCLA in the NCAAs with the two wins coming deep in the tournament. The Vols won 5-4 against UCLA in the 1990 semifinals to reach the first team final in program history. The 2000 Vols picked up a 4-1 quarterfinal win. The Bruins' NCAA win in the series came in the semifinals of the 1987 tournament with a 5-2 score.


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The Library Student Advisory Group met on February 23rd and offered some excellent suggestions for developing the kiosks.
- Interactive Campus Maps – with maybe the capability to give directions to other buildings.
- Put Belk Library floor maps on the kiosk with things like bathrooms, snack machines etc. listed on them
- With the maps, have a listing of what items are on each floor
- List of the Library of congress subject areas (classification guides) like the posters around the building so patrons would know where to browse an area.
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- Having a background on the Kiosks on the library's closing time for the day.
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- Link to the comments/suggestions link
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To not go to Disney World when we go to Florida?(83 Posts)
We are going to Florida for the first time next month with son who is 5. He's not a big traditional Disney fan but does like Monsters Inc, superheroes etc.
I'll make it clear this isn't my type of holiday, I prefer a beach holiday and I'm not majorly looking forward to this holiday but its been paid for by my FIL as it's his wish to send DS to Florida.
All has been paid for and we have tickets for Legoland, Seaworld & Aquatica but I just don't want to shell out the £900 for Disney tickets and was thinking we could just visit a big Disney shop and take some photos.
Those who have been, would we really be missing out?
Hulababy has posted the link to undercover tourist. You can buy a one day ticket from them. Or, the Halloween party is $62 (plus tax) per adult and a bit less for kids which will give you entry from 4:00 on the party nights. Either option is nowhere near £900!
As someone who took a 4 year old to WDW and saw a look on her face I have never seen before or since I have to say YABU. You may not enjoy Disney world. I would be majorly surprised if your DS didn't enjoy it.
The Disney Halloween party is great if you have been before to Disney. You will get on loads of the rides without a queue BUT many of the side shows and attractions will have closed by the time you are allowed in (at about 4pm). It was great for us as we'd been before to the Magic Kingdom but I wouldn't recommend for a first timer.
AnneEyhtMeyer You are probably right about Epcot. I think i just had a bad experience. I went when pregnant and with a child of 4. We were too hot and i hated it and had to leave after a few hours. The other parks seemed more shaded and child friendly to me.
Oh, and the Halloween parties say they start at 7:00 but that's really the time they kick out non-ticket holders and start the party. If you have a Halloween party ticket they will let you in the park from 4:00.
YABU to go to Seaworld and teach your son that it's ok to keep dolphins and whales in captivity for entertainment. Watch The Cove or Blackfish before you go.
Disney is FAB. Love it. So many different things to do. Why would you not go?? What a shame.
I've been to Disney land many times and it is wonderful.The mountain rides (space, slash and thunder) are wicked. A great party of my childhood.
But we would always do 2 weeks in Orlando, one doing the Disney parks and the other in Clearwater which was also really nice and much more mellow but still plenty to do, like look for sand dollars on the beaches and there's a water park there too although I don't remember the name.
YABU and really should take him. My DS was 5, we did Disney, Animal Kingdom and MGM. My son just loved it and still talks about it now.
Your son will love it, big Disney Fan or not.
There is plenty to do there other than the parks. I've been to Florida a fair few times and love the place. If you'd like some advice feel free to message me
Magic kingdom - the "magic", its all about what it looks like and how it feels. Rides in 4 different lands (see site), shows, parades, night time show and parade and the fireworks, lots of characters...
Animal Kingdom - safari, parade, zoo type areas in Africa and Asia, Lion King show and Finding Nemo show, dinosaur play area, more characters ....
Epcot - World showcase (DD has always liked this even from being little) to look around with gentle rides and a Spy GPS type game to do as you go round; have a real talk with Crush, aquarium, Figment, a longer ride involving dinosaurs again, the Test Drive ride, DD likes the ride int he big ball too, good light and water show at night
Hollywood Studios - Toy Story Mania, Beauty and the Beast show, Muppets 3D, car/bike stunt show, lots of shows here too, Star Wars and chance to do Jedi training, some bigger rides too, another parade...
Also 2 water parks - Blizzard Beach and Typhoon Lagoon. We tend to go to the latter as DD loves the wave pool.
I love Clearwater! It had changed a bit when I went last year though, is definitely being done up to look more glossy rather than charming. And I went in the middle of Spring Break - never again!
Are you actually going to Orlando? There's a lot more to Florida than just Orlando - the Gulf Coast (great beaches), Cape Canaveral (where they launch the shuttles from), The Everglades, Busch Gardens and tons more. I had several family holidays in Florida as a child that didn't include Disney.
Having said that, if it's your first and possibly only visit then it would be a real shame not to go to Disney. I have some very fond childhood memories of time spent there. You don't just have to go to the Magic Kingdom - there's Epcot, MGM Studios and loads more. I'm pretty sure you could just rock up at the gates and pay a heck of a lot less for a day ticket than you're quoting.
Yes, you'll be missing out.
Also I'd save your money on Seaworld - even if it doesn't trouble you ethically, it is still a pretty average day out.
It might not be your thing, but I can guarantee your son would love it and remember it for ever. I went to Disney for the first time when I was 15, and still remember it now.
You can do bits of Disney without going into the parks. There's downtown Disney which is mainly shops but has a very Disney feel. I cant remember if tgey have the characters walking around. Go to rainforest cafe buy your DS a toy, job done fraction of the price. Universal has something similar but I can't think if the name. Or you could book a character meal at one of the hotels if you think DS would like to meet Mickey or whoever. I grew up near Orlando and my dad refused to pay the ridiculous price for tickets but there are ways to experience Disney a bit.
Oh and if your DS likes animals check out gatorland.
I agree that the 14 day passes are expensive and tbh only cost effective if you are planning to go to most of the parks so don't get the 14 day tickets, but do one day at the Magic Kingdom your DS will love it even if you won't.
Or if you can't bring yourself to do that then take your DSto a Disney character meal, Chef Mickeys is great at breakfast, you have to book in advance but DS age 7 absolutely loved the meal and remembers it.
We took DS to Disney and one of the reasons is when I was a child we went to Florida because my GPs lived there, I asked my father if we were going to Disney and I to this day think he said yes. We didn't go. As an adult I believe that was selfish of them, not unexpected though as theme parks are definitely not their thing.
Don't leave your child to wonder why you went to Florida and didn't bother taking him to Disney.
YANBU in not going to Disneyworld.
YABVVVVVU not to go to the Kennedy Space Centre.
More seriously, I wouldn't want to go anywhere Disney parks, unless DS specifically pestered me to go.
Also October is an excellent time to go to Disney. The queues aren't too bad all the parks but especially MK look beautiful decked out for Halloween.
Check which water parks are open tho typhoon lagoon was shut last October when we went.
The 14 day ticket is really flexible so you can park hop...change your mind on which days to go..or which parks.
I bet you will kick your selves if you buy a day pass as you will want to go again and realise how expensive that is to do adhoc once you are there....
Yes we are going to Orlando, staying on International Drive.
I'm glad I posted this as I didn't realise half the stuff on offer at Disney and we will get a two or three day ticket so we can at least see some of it. I think there's a concierge in the hotel who can sort this.
Sorry if I seemed snobby or ungrateful, I'm really not, I just can't picture what it's going to be like and it's a bit out of our comfort zone. I need to get myself excited for it though!
We've just come back from 2 weeks staying in Disney - we got 14 day passes for the 4 of us for £1000 and believe me we made the most of them. The DDs are 10 and 12 and they loved it - the fireworks at Epcot and Magic Kingdom are amazing, and the water parks are definitely worth a visit - we spent about a third of our time there.
By comparison Universal was a bit of a letdown, huge lines for everything and their fast pass system was a big rip-off at $56 on top of normal ticket price of $122 per person.
YABU not to go to Disney at all.
I would rather boil my own head than go to Disney (or any similar theme park) .
DH and I have been to Florida a few times and I have told him when PFB is old enough they can go to the theme parks together and I will stay down in the quays/miami - oh the luxury of a few quiet days with lovely clear water and wine. DH is cool with that and I would only end up waiting for them on each ride and holding the bags !
To me it seems a bit mad to take a 5 year old, aren't they a bit young/not tall enough for the rides? <disclaimer I have no experience yet of 5 year olds >
We booked Seaworld tickets without really knowing what it was as it's right next to our hotel. I didn't really think of the ethics of it at the time.
we went to st petes beach and Naples this year and Busch gardens which was Reasonable. I hate Orlando and we have done it and Disney a few times. never gone every day to parks
There are many other things in Florida which your DS will enjoy which do not cost the earth, things that are often overlooked about this beautiful part of the whorl in favour of the all singing n dancing resorts. You will only miss out if it is your kind of thing, otherwise you will miss nothing!
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I have two domains which has two words of a big compnay and now i got a letter from them to transfer this domain to them.
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So, did you get these domains with malicious intent or are they for a completely unrelated purpose from the people who sent you the C&D?
what you think?
I hope you've got some deep pockets. If it is a big company and the two words you have in your domain are copyrighted, registered, trademarked, etc., then you will need to give them up, no questions asked. They don't belong to you, even though you purchased them, they are not rightfully yours and I do believe the company in question can easily capture those domains from you.
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do you honestly think that Joe Surfer will think that Paypal put up the the paypaksucks dot com site? Also, paypaksucks dot com has free speech implications, meaning they're saying that "paypal sucks," and registering that name is the same as shouting it outside their headquarters. Your site is totally different as far as we know.
My advice: do as they say, unless you want to lose everything you have.
Their domain is "commonword_anothercommonword.ext"
Both words in the domain are common words that can't possibly be copyrighted. The only way they can copyright them if they are used together.
His domains are,
They can't control every single instance of those two very common words. Although, if they could prove that he purposely bought those domains with the sole intent of trying to convince people that they are actually "commonword_anothercommonword.ext" then they might have a case. If the design and layout is completely different and the approach is slightly different then he should be ok.
In any case, I doubt a judge would throw the book at him and fine him millions of dollars, because it is a debatable idea and the judge would probably see that and might only ask that he remove them in the end. On the other hand, if the judge sees that this was done with malicious intent, the judge could throw the book at him. Only he knows if he is trying to dupe people into believing that his site is theirs. If he isn't, then he should be fine.
My only suggestion is defend yourself if your being honest and believe you can convince the judge of that. At least then you don't lose thousands in legal fees. Thats how most big companies crush the little guys. Even if the little guy wins he go's bankrupt paying the lawyer fees. You don't need a lawyer in all cases. Read through a few law books, the law wasn't created to confuse people and judges are really good about seeing through the BS. The judge has to follow the law on whether or not you win, but it's completely up to the judge what penalty he dishes out. So if you make a good case and the judge respects you for defending yourself then even if you lose you might not even get a fine.
He stickied me his domain name and it's not completely a black and white case.
No, it is not black and white. But, it is so close to the breaking point that I wouldn't chance it. I too saw the domain in question and personally I'd give it up, it just isn't worth it.
The domain uses the company name but split up by another generic term. It is so close that it could swing either way. But, the right judge, the right defense attorney and you'll probably be spending some money to defend your ownership.
A visual example...
Here are the two domains owned that are in question...
Here is the company name that is claiming their rights...
The second version above genericname2name1 is probably a black and white case and the one I'd be concerned about.
A judge could see intent. Even so, it really all depends on the law in this area, I really don't know anything about it. I'm not sure if they even have defining laws in this area. His best bet would be to look up trials that are similiar to this (if there are any) and see what the outcome was. Thats all a lawyer is going to do anyway. Judges have to use precedence in almost all cases. If there is no precedence, then it would be kinda fun to be in a case that sets precedence. Just don't bring a lawyer, would cost waaay to much.
but what aboout paypaksucks dot com and other domains like this.. they are using direct name of paypal and didnt loose it. Even paypal couldnt do anything.
I'd imagine it's legal because it's obviously not paypal and obviously not affiliated with paypal and because US copyright/trademark law allows for use of a copyright/trademark in the case of criticism (but hey I am not a lawyer).
The reason companies defend their trademarks is because of precedent and to keep the domain name from being diluted.
Are you making a much money from these domains, or do you plan to? If not, then why put yourself through a bunch of sleepless nights over something that doesn't amount to much $$$ in the first place? Is it really worth it? Domain names are a dime/dozen --what is your attachment to these particular names?
Also, is it smart to build a site for long-term success on a domain that others have asserted a claim to? (valid or otherwise)
Or, to put it another way, why add rooms to a house with a cracked foundation.
i know someone who did that to a pharma company and it worked.
(not the best option, but an option)
That was a kid named Mike Rowe who had a software company. Microsoft sued him adn got lots of bad press. He ended up with a settlement. Of course you could lose and be liable for millions. Likely you would just have to turn the site over unless you were up to something malicious.
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Think of a major retailer in the US that has generated criticism, and call it 'Bigbox' for discussions sake.
There is a bigboxwatch.com that is devoted to exposing the controversial practices of that retailer. This is legal but risky - big companies will defend their trademarks, so they are itching from the start to go after such a website. If the website isn't careful in what they publish, libel suits are likely, and they might pile-on a trademark dispute just to make your day!
I have talked to some corporate attorneys (not related to bigbox) about SLAP lawsuits (Strategic Lawsuits Against Participation) and they knew of fairly large companies that were obviously trying to bankrupt their critics (or competitors) through lawsuits. You gotta be careful who you dance with, and how.
If you want to sticky me your site (if it's active) or answer some questions about it, I'll be glad to reply here or privately with my opinion on the likelihood of winning a UDRP case and what things might cause you problems.
Also, I would not initiate anything involving money changing hands. That would almost undoubtedly lead to losing in a UDRP case.


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Bacup, Lancashire Genealogy
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Bacup is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Lancashire, created in 1801 from chapelry in Newchurch_in_Rossendale,_Lancashire Ecclesiastical Parish.
Bacup was a chapelry linked with the parishes of Whalley and Rochdale, and divided between the townships of Newchurch and Spotland in the hundred of Blackburn.
Bacup's first local authority was a Local board of health established in 1863; Bacup Local Board of Health was a regulatory body responsible for standards of hygiene and sanitation in the Bacup Urban Sanitary District. The area of the sanitary authority was granted a charter of incorporation in 1882, giving it honorific borough status and its own elected town government, consisting of a mayor, aldermen and councillors to oversee local affairs. The Municipal Borough of Bacup became a local government district of the administrative county of Lancashire under the Local Government Act 1894, meaning it shared power with the strategic Lancashire County Council. Under the Local Government Act 1972, the Municipal Borough of Bacup was abolished, and since 1 April 1974 Bacup has formed an unparished area of Rossendale, a local government district of the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire.
BACUP, [or Bacop] a consolidated chapelry [by 1788], in the townships of Newchurch and Spotland, parishes of Whalley and Rochdale, union of Haslingden, Higher division of the hundred of Blackburn, N. division of Lancashire, 7 miles (N. by W.) from Rochdale; containing 7279 inhabitants. The village or town is situated in a beautiful valley, from which the ground ascends on both sides to high moorland, abounding in game. The soil is alluvial, inclined to clay; and coal, and excellent stone for building, are in great plenty: at Dulesgate is a bed of hard coal similar to that of Halifax. The river Erewell or Irwell, which takes its rise at Cliviger, two miles and a half to the north, runs through the village, where a tributary stream joins it; and the roads from Rochdale to Burnley, and from Todmorden to Haslingden, cross each other in the middle of the village. The population is chiefly employed in cotton factories. A cattle-fair is held on the first Tuesday in every month; and fairs are also held on the Tuesday and Wednesday before Good-Friday, the first Friday and Saturday in June, and the 25th and 26th of October. An act was passed in 1846, for constructing a branch line connecting Bacup with the Leeds and Manchester railway; and another act has been obtained, for a branch in connexion with the East Lancashire railway. Fern Hill, a mansion situated on an eminence overlooking the valley, is the seat of George Ormerod, Esq.; and at Broadclough, about half a mile up the vale, is the seat of James Whitaker, Esq. The consolidated chapelry was allotted in 1843. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the Hulme Trustees, with a net income of £150, and a house; the chapel, dedicated to St. John, was consecrated in 1788. There are two places of worship for Particular Baptists, and two for Wesleyans. A mechanics' institution and a British school stand on the site of the original Baptist meeting-house, which was erected in 1692, and was for a considerable number of years the only place of worship in the village. A national school is supported in connexion with St. John's chapel. At Broadclough are the remains of an intrenchment, called the "Dykes," respecting the antiquity of which no tradition exists. It is cut out from the gentle slope of an eminence, and in one direction is nearly parallel to the horizon for more than 600 yards: a part of the line, for about 100 yards, appears to have been levelled; and more than 400 yards present a trench 54 feet in breadth at the bottom, and of proportionate depth. So gigantic and singular a work could only have been intended for some military purpose: it was probably one side of a vast British camp, designed to have been carried round the eminence, but left unfinished. Bacup is included in the forest of Rossendale, of which the first portion inclosed was Brandwood, in this district, granted about the year 1200, by Roger de Lacy, to an ecclesiastical establishment; the remainder was disforested in the reign of Henry VII.
From: A Topographical Dictionary of England by samuel Lewis (1848), pp. 124-128. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50773 Date accessed: 25 June 2010.
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Wow – it has been a while since my last blog post (at least on this blog). Being not just a consultant/analyst but practitioner of ECM and KM sure is a full time job. It leaves little time to pontificate on market conditions.
But a few weeks ago, something occurred in my personal life that thrust me into the world of ECM, and I was so surprised by what I witnessed, that I felt compelled to blog about it.
In this case, I was not a consultant or practitioner, but end-user of ECM, (or lack there of.) You see, I refinanced my home.
As many of you know, over the last 2 decades I have worked with scores of organizations, designing and implementing integrated ECM systems (search, content management, workflow, etc.) to change the way business is done. Yet, last week I felt like it was 1965.
As I said, I refinanced my home. The process started well enough. Applications were completed online. My credit score and initial approval were conducted online and completed in under 30 minutes. (I was a happy consumer, and proud ECMer. But, what came next was shocking.
Almost 2 months later the paper work was "ready", and I do mean paper work. The closing session was conducted face-to-face, facing well over 30 paper documents. There were at least three instances that I recall in which one document superceded or negated the need for the other. Signatures were required redundantly multiple times. (Clearly somer eenginnering could be used.)
But what was really surprising was the fact that I had to seek out a notary, in the middle of this process, limiting when and where this session could take place. My signature had to be wet signature, in each instance, in the presence of a notary, who had to affirm I was who I said I was – not just once but on well over half of the documents. I could not help think about the strides that the US Government, for example, has made in using e-signatures and forms, and forms of e-security to migrate processes to streamlined online systems. (How many have filed your taxes online, for example?)
To take part in this closing process was just a bit surprising. To my brethren in the ECM consulting world, just think about it. Apparently the world is still ripe with opportunity. It brings to mind an earlier post, I wrote nearly 3 years ago. In it I concluded "... despite its age, ECM is an issue that is still growing - perhaps an eternal issue. Old issues linger, while new issues arise. The talents and competencies required of an ECMer grow. But one thing is for sure there is great job security for those that do it well." When I wrote that, I am not sure I was aware of just how poignant that message was. It still rings true, loud and clear. (You may want to read the earlier post for some great statistics on paper consumption and electronic filing.)