Watch This: Free Online with Frontline. Are You Being Sold?

In "The Persuaders," FRONTLINE explores how the cultures of marketing and advertising have come to influence not only what Americans buy, but also how they view themselves and the world around them. The 90-minute documentary draws on a range of experts and observers of the advertising/marketing world, to examine how, in the words of one on-camera commentator, "the principal of democracy yields to the practice of demography," as highly customized messages are delivered to a smaller segment of the market.

frontline: the persuaders: watch online | PBS

Diversify Your Investments by Starting a Side Business: Brad Isaac

A year or so ago my Mother-in-law had stopped by the house, when she came in she noticed the mail on the counter (as mother-in-laws can do ). She noted there was a stack of window envelopes with checks in the pile addressed to me. She remarked how it must be great to get checks in the mail instead of just bills and junk mail. "So what are you up to these days?" She knew my prior side business had failed a few years before and was wondering how I was earning my 'side' money these days... (more)

Achieve-IT!: Diversify Your Investments by Starting a Side Business

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Is Virtual Life Better Than Reality?

(CBS) When reality gets hard to take, there's an escape to a parallel universe — a virtual world without end where real people create online personas called avatars. Anything is possible... (more)

Is Virtual Life Better Than Reality?, Living Online — With Dream House, Job, Friends — May Be Preferable For Some - CBS News

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Movable Type is Free for Personal Bloggers

Anil Dash | August 4, 2006

With the release of Movable Type 3.3, we’re excited to note one of the best new parts about Movable Type, and it’s got nothing to do with the dozens of new features.Movable Type 3.3 is free for your personal blog.

Six Apart - Movable Type News - Movable Type is Free for Personal Bloggers

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Inspired by Tradition

By Brent Davis (Aug 5, 2006)

A simple engraving in a simple frame hangs on a wall, unnoticed by most who visit the artist's Stratford studio.Tucked away as it is, the small, black and white rendering of a plant isn't meant to attract much attention -- it's not even for sale.But it may very well be one of the most important pieces in Gerard Brender à Brandis' extensive portfolio... (more)

THERECORD.COM | INSIDER | Inspired by tradition

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After life along the river, it's good to have a roof overhead

There's no place like it.Mike MacCalla has a home. After nine years of living along the Yakima River, MacCalla moved into a studio apartment two months ago.He has a bed, shower, hot plate, microwave, refrigerator and closet, and the freedom to come and go as he pleases...  (more)

Yakima Herald Republic Online - Home Page - Yakima, Washington News, Classifieds, Information, Advertising

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Man turns jumble of castoffs into place of wonder

By Jeff SeidelDETROIT FREE PRESS

Sid Adkins hobbles across the grass, shuffling his feet, taking deep breaths, trying to block out the pain shooting through his knees."They're just worn out," he says.If they get any worse, he will get his knees fixed up by a doctor; then he will have a body that matches his house -- full of replacement parts."Let me show you around," he says, slumping into a golf cart. He drives about 25 feet across the yard, turns the corner and starts a tour of one of the most unique houses on Lake Erie...  (more)

ContraCostaTimes.com | 08/05/2006 | Man turns jumble of castoffs into place of wonder

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