Echo Park

by Michael Connelly

Costs me a good night sleep. Full of twists. Just when you think you got it, it turns. Though the last turn a bit lame, the romance part ends too cliche, they leave rooms for fresher blood in the coming sequels if there's any.
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Safe Fonts

Arial Webdings Tahoma
Arial black Georgia Times New Roman
Arial Narrow Ompact Trebuchet MS
Century Gothic Monotype Verdana
Comic Sans MS Palatino Franklin Gothic
Courier New Symbol

Generic Collections

  • Serif
    the little details on the ends of the characters are known as serifs. Look closely at these serif examples: TIMES, PALATINO and GARAMOND.
  • Sans-serif
    sans means without in French. Sans-serif fonts do not have the details. Check these examples: ARIAL, HELVETICA, BODONI, VERDANA and OPTIMA. Sans-serif fonts are recommended for the web because they are easier to read at low resolutions.
  • Monospace
    Monospace fonts give equal spacing to each letter. Typewriters used monospace fonts such as COURIER and COURIER NEW.
  • Fantasy
    These fonts are used decoratively, perhaps for titles or headings. Fantasy fonts vary from browser to browser and are not an "official" collection except in CSS. Examples include IMPACT and PAPYRUS. Picture fonts such as WEBDINGS ( SYMBOL and ZAPF DINGBATS ), are not included in the fantasy collection.
  • Cursive
    Cursive fonts resemble handwriting. Examples include COMIC SANS MS, ZAPF CHANCERY, PARK AVENUE, LUCIDA HANDWRITING, LUCIDA CALLIGRAPHY
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The Secret Life of Bees

by Sue Monk Kidd

I've heard of this book for a long while but the "bee" part in the title keeps my hand away from it. Basically, I am not interested in any title that involves animal, huge or tiny.

This is a beautifully written story, about the growing pain and salvation of a girl. It has all the elements to become a bestseller: mystery - what happened on the day that Lily's mom died? tension - between Lily and her father, black and white; romance - Lily and Zach, Julie and Neil, etc. death - Lily's mom, May; culture - southern; religion - black Mary; social changes - civil liberty act, etc. All these elements interweave and interact, and yet, the author is skillful enough to keep everything personal so that the story evolves in a sweet and subtle aroma.

I still manage to skip many paragraphs about bee keeping though.
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Web Publishing Resources

Accessibility Information



Editors



Secure FTP Clients


The CITS Division no longer supports using standard FTP to remotely transfer files with our UNIX network. You now must use a software program that supports the Secure File Transfer Program (SFTP). The links below detail free and low-cost software which you can download and install on your local hard drives.


SFTP programs conduct file transfers in an encrypted manner. For directions on how to use these FTP clients, please see the CTIS Transfer Files using Secure Transfer Program (SFTP) page.



  • Macintosh OS 8/9 - MacSFTP ($25, 15 day free trial)

  • Macintosh OS X - Fugu (free)

  • Windows - WinSCP3 (free)

  • Windows - WS_FTP Pro ($39.95, 30 day free trial)


Web Standards



  • W3C This is the governing body which sets the HTML standards Their site has LOTS of information and also code samples you can use to write excellent code.Their site contains information on the standard HTML you will learn in this class. You may have learned earlier versions of HTML such as the 3.2 standards (which include the Center tag), but it is important that you familiarize yourselves withthe XHTML 2.0 standards because older tags (like CENTER and FONT) have been deprecated. That means that they are being phased out. Newer additions and updates have been implemented which give more control (such as align= rather than center). Please look over the standards so you are familiar with them and do not use any tags which are deprecated.
  • World Association of Webmasters (WOW)


Browser Info and Code Validators





Finding Image Size without Photoshop


Question: How can I get the image sizes of .gifs, .jpg and other image files if don't have access to an image editing application like Photoshop?


If a graphic artist has created the image (if you work in a company, for instance) you can ask them for the size. There are also some freeware/shareware graphics programs on the web that you can download that will give you info.


I use one called Graphic Converter (for Mac OSX but I also used it on earlier Mac OS and it is also available for Windows). It will give sizes of graphics and convert images from one format to another.


Here are some suggestions for Windows users from other students:

I find the best one that works really well on a PC and is delivered with the MS suite (so everyone should have it) is "Paint". In case you aren't sure where to find it- the path is:



  • Start

  • All Programs

  • Accessories

  • Paint


Open your graphic, click on >Images, >Attributes, and you will see the size.


There is yet a simpler way. In Windows XP (maybe other Windows versions as well including ME), go to Windows Explorer and go to the folder with the images. Right click on a particular image and select "properties". The "summary" tab gives the size of the image in pixels.


Graphics Design/Audio Resources and Tips



Forms



CSS


CSS Compatibility Chart

Another Compatibility Chart


Quirksmode W3C DOM charts



Blogs and Related Blog Stuff


Very Cool JavaScripts, Java Applets, Flash and Other Cool Sites


Flash Examples



Try the machines on the left side - Praystation

Play Golf??


Industorious Clock


Java Applet Examples


Brock Institute for Advanced Studies

Home Page for Virtual Mechanisms
Animated by Java


Smartmoney.com

Enter a stock symbol and then click Charting and/or Competition to see various Java Applets in action.


DHTML


DHTML Game Examples


Dynamic Drive - DHTML Scripts for the Real World


Cite Sources


If you use materials (text, images, etc.) from other sources, be sure to credit the source. Here is a link which explains how to credit a source for a web site:

Modern Language Association


Citation Machine Citation Machine is an interactive Web tool designed to assist teachers and students in producing reference citations for crediting information from other people.


Special Characters


Webmonkey Reference—Special Character Codes


The Trouble With EM 'n EN (and Other Shady Characters)


Where can I find the Data Files for the book?



  • The Download page allows you to download files for the 4th Edition of the book. Files are available in PC and Mac format.

  • Student Online Companion for the 4th edition contains additional materials and tutorials..



Document Type Definition 1



"The rules for each tag in HTML are spelled out in a Document Type Definition (or DTD) . Without the DTD, a browser would have no idea how to display a page marked up in HTML. In fact, the DTD is embedded in the browser - so the browser "knows" what a < b > tag does. It doesn't need to go and look it up anywhere. "


Use the XHTML Transitional doctype statment at the top of your document:


<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"

"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">


Make sure that you follow strict XHTML coding rules (lower-case, proper nesting, closing all tags, etc.). See Carey, Appendix E and/or W3C XHMTL for more information. Note also that the DTD for XHTML 2.0 has not yet been written so we will continue to use the 1.0 transitional DTD.



If you've ever wondered why today's browsers are so big (and thus, take so long to download), it's because "each new version has to accomodate all the different DTD's and to interpret all the lax HTML syntax" 2 from the past! For more information on this interesting topic, see Beginning XHTML, Chapter 2.




General Debugging Questions/Hints


If you are absolutely, positively certain that your HTML code is correct and you notice that for whatever reason, part of your web page does not work then check the following.


Check for any spelling and typing mistakes. Sometimes an extra vowel or hitting the wrong key is all that is wrong with your web page. Remember, sometimes capital letters make a difference.


Why won't my pictures show up on my web page?




  • Check to make sure you have uploaded your image file to the correct location on the server.

  • Do you have the right filename in your Images Folder? For example, windmill.GIF instead of windmill.gif.

  • Does the Images folder name use all capital letters, all lower case letters, or is there a mix of lower case and capital letters? It helps to be consistent in naming the Images folders (or for that matter, all your folders) for all projects.

  • Remember to keep your gifs and jpegs in the proper Image folder, especially when you are working with more than one Image folder for your web site.




I can not get a particular tag name property to work right.




  1. Check your code for missing closing tags.
  2. Check for spelling errors.
  3. Check to make sure you have the correct attributes and attribute format.



What is the best way of debugging my HTML code?




  • Check your code in a very systematic way. Review the troubled line of code by taking a look at every single character of text, typing space, and typing errors. Here is a list of things to check.

    1. Spelling
    2. Tag format
    3. End tags
    4. Attribute format


  • Isolate areas for testing. Use comments to comment out everything
    except the "first" part. If it works ok, add the "second" part - and
    so on - that way, you can focus on small parts and it is not so
    overwhelming.


Fonts


Here are 2 links to pages with fonts for downloading. (Thanks to Jack Leung)!




From the Forum - Web page privacy and security


Question: I had a question about Web site management. I am building a Web site for my family and was hoping to include current contact information, and other resources, such as a family tree, and whatnot.

Some family members have expressed concern about the privacy of their information. I am wondering what the best way to give everyone the peace of mind that no one outside of the family is able to come into our site and get personal information.

I thought that a password protected page might be secure enough, but does a "web bot" or other automated information collecting program really need to open the page to get the information from the pages?


> "Web bots" won't be able to get in if the page is login and password protected.


Another friend suggested the password protection, along with SSL encryption. Is this overkill? I will never be promoting this Web site, but does that really keep it safe from prying eyes?


> Probably. But this is important if you will implement login and password protection. Otherwise, the password will not be encrypted when it's sent over the network.

> You can implement SSL without buying a certificate from a CA vendor. Just use self-signed. The only problem with this is that your browser will complain when it connects to it initially since it does not recognize the SSL certificate.

> Password protection plus SSL is easy to setup on Apache, so it's probably worth it if you are worried about privacy and security


> Here's a good document on how to setup up a self-signed SSL certificate.


> I guess the best document on Apache http server - from the source itself.



From the Forum - Web Collaboration Vendors


Question: I am looking to configure a "Yahoo Group" kind of functionality that includes forum, online chat, upload/download files etc. on our website. Has anyone configured forum software or an ftp website? If so, recommend any vendors or feedback how difficult to configure and use?


I am putting up a forum for re-entry students.
I am using http://www.phpBB.com

I don't know if you are hosting internally or
whether you are using a webhosting company...
if you are using a webhosting company, you need
to have cgi-bin access, php and mysql support.

BTW - phpbb was listed as the January "Project of
the month" at Sourceforge ( a huge repository of
open source projects ).



From the Forum - Hosting (ISP, DNS, etc.)


Question: I am looking for a low cost solution to host my web site.


I have switched my entire company over to ixwebhosting, it has saved us a lot of money and customer service and quick response to questions or concerns about setup and usage is top notch.


The Windows solution, which is slightly more expensive, allows you to do mssql, mysql, .net, .asp, and the list goes on. You even have direct access to your DNS records and have full control over pointing to external servers that you might host yourself.


Unlimited storage, unlimited email accounts and 35Gig of Bandwith per month are included. If you need more bandwidth than that then you probably need a dedicated server.


This is by far one of the best solutions I have seen. If you want to check out some others just to compare pros/cons:



  • robows.com

  • valueweb.com

  • hostway.com

  • interland.com


Really High End



  • datareturn.com

  • verio.com

  • interland.com (dedicated solution)


There are tons of solutions out there I think ixwebhosting is the best I have seen to date considering the number of features

.

From the Forum - Easy to integrate calendars


Question: I need to create calendars that can be updated by the client.


Here are three solutions, I have worked with the one provided by http://www.calendarscripts.com which is written in PERL. Try it out the documentation is great and you can easily import through the admin console (upload) from a text delimited file.


Another solution that I haven't used but have heard good things about is web calendar creator


Another one to use that is more expensive but if you get the unlimited version you could charge your clients and host for them using Now Up To Date Calendar/Contacts (NUDC) which is available at poweronsoftware.com. I use their software on a daily basis and love it, syncs with my CLIE, Entourage/Outlook, and I can go to any browser and view it online as well.


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1 Beginning XHTML; Boumphrey, Greer, Raggett, Schnitzenbaumer, Wugofski, ©WROX 2000.


2 ibid

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Sweet and sour fish

fish (or shrimp)
diced ginger roots
diced spring onions
2 tbsp of light soy sauce
2 tbsp of brown sugar
3 tbsp of vinegar
1 tbsp of cooking wine
1 tbsp of corn starch
sesame oil

1) stir fry fish, then set aside
2) stir fry ginger and onion, then add soy sauce, wine, sugar, vinegar
3) add fish to the sauce, mix, then add corn starch paste,
4) finish with a few drops of sesame oil
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Breaking the Food Seduction

by Neal Barnard

Tips:
1) High fiber, plant protein breakfast
2) High fibers: beans, vegetables, fruits, whole grains
3) Choose low glycemic index foods: legumes, green leafy vegetables, fruits (except pineapple and watermelon). (sweet potatoes, yams, pastas are better than breads)*
4) Low fat foods keep leptin levels up.
5) Low fat high fiber diet helps hormone swings
6) Keep high protein food away from dinner, because it may disrupt the brain's ability to produce serotonin, therefore interfere sleep. Starchy dinner helps sleep.

* High fiber low GI food: apple, grapefruit, peach, pear, barley, bulgur wheat, all-bran cereal, spaghetti, corn chips, black beans, black-eyed peas, chickpeas, kidney beans, lentils, lima beans, navy beans, peas, peanuts, pinto beans, soybeans, soy milk.
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You On A Diet

by Michael Roizen and Mehmet OZ

Tips:
1) Eat a dozen almonds 20 minutes before meal
2) Fill breakfast with fiber
3) Eat red pepper early in the day
4) Scent of grapefruit oil
5) Lower room temperature in winter and increase in summer
6) Green tea 3 times a day
7) Mood foods:
  • tough foods (meat, crunchy food) - anger
  • sugars - depress
  • soft and sweet foods - anxiety
  • salty foods - stress
  • bulky foods (crackers and pasta) - loneliness, sexual frustration
  • anything and everything - jealous
8) chromium picolinate, grapefruit oil, Garcinia, Hoodia, 5-HTP, L-carnitine, coenzyme Q10, turmeric, jojoba beans, simmondsin.

I find myself could read any diet book anymore, flipping through it ok. This is actually a good book, worth reading if you really don't know how fat, sugar and hormones work on your body. It also has plenty fun illustrations. However, if you know, and if all you want is solutions, like me, you can jump to "you tips" part at the end of each chapter. And I got some useful tips (they even recommend nicotine and caffeine).

The only thing that doesn't work with the book is the recipes they provide and the dining out guides. Either the two authors have really bad taste of food, or they just dare not to admit the truth: you really need to kiss goodbye to all the yummies to get a flat tummy.
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Baked Brown Rice

1.5 cup rice
2.75 cup water
1 tbsp salted butter
0.25 tsp salt

1. bring water, butter and salt to boil
2. pour liquid over the rice, cover with foil
3. bake at 375 F for 1 hour

*The original recipe uses 2.5 cup water, unsalted butter and 1 tsp salt
*The outcome tastes good but is too dry. Should try lower temp and more water next time.
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Deal Breaker

by Harlan Coben

It is the same style as Tell No One, but it has cheesy written all over it. The sports part caught me off guard and I almost dropped the whole book. Then there are analogies to movies, games of literature quotes, inorganic details such as how a waitress scratches her ass, and meaningless smart mouth conversations. Perhaps Harlan Coben is just like his protagonist, clever, showy, and maybe even a little frivolous.
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Tell No One

by Harlan Coben

Unlike Michael Connelly's linear narration, this Coben's Tell No One is more cinematic. All the pieces are presented, so that you can play with them, weight them or analyze them along the development of the story. And as Michael Connelly always hides behind his characters, Coben couldn't help intruding, flashing his "wiseass" here and there.

Yeah, a smart author and a good story.
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Chasing the Dime

by Michael Connelly

I always believe that the lack of representation of IT workers in all forms of entertainment is due to the boredom of the profession, and I am right again. Even Michael Connelly couldn't work miracles.

In Chasing the Dime, the story follows Pierce's personal and professional quests. In the personal world, his curiosity about a missing prostitute is connected to the buried guilt for his long lost sister. The mission to save Lilly is the course of redemption. In the professional world, his devotion to science is about to be materialized by production, fame and money. The two lines interweave awkwardly before they finally cross. In order for his readers to understand the tech side of the story, the author tried very hard to include long sections of explanation in various ways. However, the best reading experience still comes from skipping those pages.

If only Connelly chooses a different field for his protagonist, the story could be so much more readable, and he himself could avoid the embarrassment of those amateur description of IT.
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The Closers

by Michael Connelly

This is my first Harry Bosch and second Michael Connelly, and neither of them let me down.

There is nothing funky about the fiction. A typical detective story develops in a straight forward way. One case, two major detectives and some politics. The readers access the case the same way as the detectives, from reading the murder book to finding clues. The drama is not achieved through hiding information or twisting narration. We are allowed, or maybe even forced to emerge our minds into those of the detectives and therefore, when they think, we think, when they discover, we discover. In a way, we become the drama. The suspension is achieved through the rhythm of narrating. Nothing interrupts the case. The private lives of the detectives are kept minimum, the background and environmental information are given just enough to facilitate a better understanding of the case, and even the politics within the police department are tightly controlled. Thanks to his training in journalism, Connelly's narration is concise and right to the point.

Michael Connelly and John Grisham represent two types of author. The former is a professional. Since writing a good mystery is his ultimate goal, Connelly may never go beyond a bestseller, but readers can always depend upon his consistency in style and skill to have a good read. John Grisham, on the other hand, has agenda above writing, and he explores and expresses them through his writing. Therefore, depends on whether the cultural, religious or political topics he engages into interest you or not, the reading experiences may vary drastically. Great writers usually come from this second type.
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Books (2006)

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Recipies

WesternChinese
  • Carrot Cake
  • Cheesecake
  • Scone
  • Baked Brown Rice
  • Fa gao
  • Hua juan er
  • Jiu cai he zi
  • Sweet and Sour Fish
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    Jiu cai he zi

    - Half bundle of green chives
    - 3 eggs
    - spring roll wraps
    - mung bean noodle
    - salt, sesame oil, vegetable oil

    Stir fried eggs (a bit more oil and longer cooking time will taste better)
    Mix diced chives, noodle and eggs
    Seasoned with salt, sesame oil, soy sauce, MSG (optional), Chinese pepper oil
    Wrap in spring roll wraps

    Medium heat, some oil, fried 2 minutes, turn over, fried 1 minute, cover with a pot lid, fried two more minutes.

    *Cook immediately after wrapping.
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    The Everything Guide to Writing Children's Books

    by Lesley Bolton

    1. History
    - A Book for Boys and Girls; Country Rhymes for Children (1686), by John Bunyan
    - A Little Pretty Pocket Book (1744), by John Newbery.
    - The Newbery Medal was established in 1921 by ALA.
    - Macmillan opened the first department solely for trade children's book in 1921.

    2. Types of Children's Books
    - Standard categories: fiction, nonfiction, faction.
    - Picture books:
    • -- most structured: 24-32 pages, 200-1500 words.
    • -- every page (including 1st) should contain action (capture kid's interest, and leave for illustration)
    • -- cliffhangers to motivate kids to turn the page
    • -- types of picture books: board books, wordless books, novelty books (pop-ups, pull tabs, graduated page lengths, holes, accessories), concept books.
    - Early readers
    • -- for children who are learn to read
    • -- 48-64 pages, word count up to 1500 words
    • -- some publishers have vocabulary lists
    • -- simple text with occasional big words, simple sentence structure, and simple plot
    • -- use actions, dialogues, and rich language to keep it moving
    - Chapter books
    • -- 48-80 pages, word count between 1500 and 10000.
    • -- simple plot with focus on one specific concept or problem
    • -- familiar experience, recognizable setting, with a child as hero/heroine
    • -- full of action, humor, dialogues.
    - Middle grade books
    • -- for independent reader, 80-192 pages, word count between 12000 and 30000.
    • -- most popular form: series
    • -- conflict driven plot, main character is someone a child can related to and the problem solver.
    • -- relay the story from only one child's perspective
    - Young adult books

    3. Education Resources
    - Writer's groups (local)
    - Courses (e.g. The Institute of Children's Literature)
    - Organizations:
    - Seminars and Workshops

    4. Research the Market
    - Types of Market
    • -- Trade market (bookstores; hardcover, high price, high quality)
    • -- Mass market (grocery, newsstand etc.; paperback, low price, low quality)
    • -- Institutional market (textbooks)
    • -- Electronic market
    - Trade magazines
    - Newsletters
    - Writer's Magazines
    - Children's magazines

    5. Illustrations
    - Do not submit writings with illustrations (by other artists), publishers will find illustrators.

    6. Find a Publisher
    - Traditional (The Children's Writer & Illustrator's Market; Literary Market Place; The Children's Book Council)
    - Subsidy (not recommended)
    - Self-publishing (The Self-Publishing Manual, by Dan Poynter)

    7. Agents
    - Association of Authors' Representatives
    - Literary Market Place
    - Writer's Digest Guide to Literary Agents
    - Agent Research & Evaluation

    8. Compensations
    - Flat fee (work-for-hire, turn over all rights)
    - Royalties
    • -- advance (earn back the advance before collecting royalties)
    • -- royalty (equally divided between author and illustrator; can be on list price or net price)

    9. Grants and Awards
    - writers' organizations
    - Finding Funding: The Comprehensive Guide to Grant Writing by Daniel M. Barber
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    Writing Book Reviews

    by John E. Drewry

    Types of Reviews:
    - objective
    - subjective
    - judicial (a scholarly appraisal, a critique)
    - impressionistic (a book is interpreted against a background of the author's avowed purposes and a common sense estimate as to whether these have been achieved. Descriptive. For mass media.)

    Different Genres:
    1. Biography
    (a). Novelist invents situations that will rouse a reader's emotions; biographer brings out the significance of situations that already exist.
    (b). Types of biographies - autobiography, letters and diaries, authorized biography, campaign biography, debunking biography (depreciatory), fictionized biography, panegyric (eulogistic).
    (c). Questions to ask:
    • - Does the book give a full-length picture of the subject?
    • - What phases of the subject's life receive greatest space? Is there justification for this?
    • - What is the point of view of the author?
    • - How are peculiarities, idiosyncrasies, weaknesses, foibles, and the like treated?
    • - How is the subject-matter organized?
    • - Is the treatment superficial, or does the author show extensive study into the subject?
    • - What source materials were used in the preparation of this book?
    • - Is the work documented?
    • - Does the author endeavor to get at hidden motives?
    • - What important new facts about the subject's life are revealed in the book?
    • - What is the relationship of the subject's career to contemporary history?
    • - Is the subject still living?
    • - How does this book compare with others about the same person? by the same author?
    (d). Qualities of a good biography - courageous and uncompromising in search for facts and honest in interpretation; emphasizing multiplicity of vital energy at the heart of a single soul.

    2. History
    (a). Questions to ask:
    • - The training of the author?
    • - What else has the author written and how did they received?
    • - The historical period of the book?
    • - The sources of the book, how thorough?
    • - Broad outline or detail?
    • - Is the style reportorial or interpretative?
    • - What's the author's point of view?
    • - Is the treatment superficial or profound?
    • - Who's the intended reader?
    • - The use of dates, maps, illustrations, charts?

    3. Contemporary Thought
    (a). Questions to ask:
    - Is the subject-matter or the style more important?
    - Who is the author, and what right has he to be writing on this subject?
    - What seems to have been the author's purpose in writing this book?
    - What contributions to knowledge and understanding are made by this book?

    4. Travel and Adventure
    (a). Questions to ask:
    • - The credibility of the writer?
    • - The purpose of the book?
    • - Anything new in content and treatment?
    • - Contributions to man's knowledge of geography, government, economics, folklore, customs?
    • - Does the book has news value?

    5. Fiction
    (a). Dominant injunction: do not give away the story
    (b). Four essential elements to the novel: the characters; the plot; the setting; the style.
    (c). Questions to ask:
    • - What are the sources of the characters?
    • - Is the direct or indirect plan used?
    • - How are the elements of plot (introduction, suspense, climax, conclusion) handled?
    • - What's the relationship of plot to character delineation?
    • - Is there a sub-plot?

    6. Children's books
    (a). Indicate the ages and/or interest group for which the book is intended.
    (b). Describe the type(s) of illustrations used, naming the illustrator and his qualification.
    (c). Keep literary criticism brief but explicit.

    * The author was the first dean of Grady School of Journalism at the University of Georgia, and a co-creator of the Peabody Reward.
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    War On the Middle Class

    - How the Government, Big Business, and Special Interest Groups Are Waging War on the American Dream and How to Fight Back

    by Lou Dobbs

    Host of CNN's famous "Lou Dobbs Tonight," with an annual salary over 6 million, Lou identifies himself with the voice of middle class. A bit ironic, isn't it?

    And he comes from a loyal republican to become a populist. He is against outsourcing, lobbying, illegal immigrants and he is anti-China.

    His writing is as dull as of his voice, and as a self-absorbed journalist, he daunts us with numbers and couldn't care less about quoting a source.

    But he is fearless, just like any other man with great fortune and fame. He names so many names.

    This is a book for a politics savvy. Too boring for a cultural and social oriented mind.
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    The Street Lawyer

    by John Grisham

    Just like the Last Juror, story line is not the strong side of this work. It's the social background - the world of homeless in D.C. Obviously the author has done his research and preached his agenda.

    For now, this is the last one of Grisham for me.
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    The Volumetrics Eating Plan

    by Barbara Rolls

    Like the Supermarket Diet, this book is full of recipies that I can skip. So the reading only takes an hour. The message is simple, like all the diet books - eat low energy, high water and high fiber food. But there are a few interesting points to take away:

    1) divide engergy by serving size, if size (g) is larger than energy(c), eat a lot; if about the same, pay attention to portion; if much smaller (>2), limit.
    2) calculate engergy need:
    A: sedentary = 1;
    low active (30 - 90 min brisk walking daily) = 1.14;
    active (1.5 - 3.5 hours brisk walking daily) = 1.27;
    very active (3.5 or more brisk waling daily) = 1.45
    B: height (inches) * 16.78
    C: weight (lb) * 4.95
    D: age * 7.31
    E: B + C
    F: A * E
    G: 387 - D
    Result: G + F
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