By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | We saw this the other day and liked it: “If your data has fewer than 20 pieces of information, a graphic presentation is not needed.”
How many civic clubs presentations are ruined because the audio-visual won’t work? But how many times is the audio visual not of high quality, or it presents TOO MUCH info? Many times, just plain speaking is superior to poor quality AV.
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Every now and then, we find a few short items laying around you need to know about it. So today is another “Clean Up Day!”
Ben Cowart, son of the late Jim Cowart, who was so active in Gwinnett, is a candidate for sheriff in Fulton County. He won the Republican primary, and will face one of two Democrats, now in a run-off, for the office. He lives in Johns Creek.
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Ben’s a genial person, with policing experience and a good head for business in running the Fulton jails. Fulton would do well to elect him. His website: http://www.benforsheriff.net.
Many of you have crossed the Quebec Bridge into Canada, as have we. Yet that bridge has a tragic background, as Garrison Keillor pointed out recently. His comment:
“It was on December 3 in 1919 that the Quebec Bridge, spanning the St. Lawrence River, finally opened to traffic. It was a long time coming; the project had been discussed since 1852, and design and construction finally got underway in 1903.
“Plans were drawn up for the world’s largest cantilever bridge, with an 1,800-foot single span that was 150 feet above the river to accommodate oceangoing ships. It was designed to carry two railway tracks and two streetcar tracks, as well as two automobile roadways. Builders broke ground on the bridge in 1904, but there was an error in the estimated weight of the finished bridge: it was off by more than eight million pounds.
“Engineers proceeded anyway, unwilling to stop construction on the greatest bridge in the world. But in 1907, when it was almost complete, the bridge collapsed, taking the lives of 75 workers. Construction resumed in 1913, and in 1916 the bridge collapsed again, this time killing 13. It finally opened to public traffic in 1919, and remains the world’s longest cantilever bridge.”
The names people give children sometimes can make you laugh, when you come upon them unexpectedly.
Reading an account of a funeral of an aunt recently, the name of the deceased’s husband, Z.L. Strange, made me laugh. What momma in her right mind would name a guy “Z.L.?”
Then that made me think of one of my relatives, who was known as “J.Z.”
Now think of it, what names can even begin with “Z.?”
We went to the internet. Here are a few English names starting with Z:
Zebulon, Zacarias, Zachary, Zavanna, Zbigniew (remember him?), Zeke (short for Ezekiel), Zorka, Zaan, Zahara, Zaida, Zaina. Maybe you can think of more.
For sure: if you named an offspring with a name starting in Z, it’ll be distinctive.
This just in: Fernbank Museum in Decatur is offering free admission to all Dads on Sunday, which is Father’s Day. Now you know.
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