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The Art of Written Persuasion: The Rise of Written Persuasion In this column, Troy Simpson writes on persuading judges in writing. This first article in the series surveys the history of written advocacy in three jurisdictions--England and Wales, Australia, and America--to show why good written advocacy is vital to the modern lawyer.

Federal Reserve Website Access to Historical Documents of the Federal Open Market Committee
"The Federal Reserve Board's website now features convenient access to historical documents of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) for the years 1978 through 2002 [note: use the drop-down menu on the upper left side of the page]. Greenbooks, Bluebooks, and other documents related to FOMC meetings join the transcripts, minutes, and policy announcements that had previously been available on the Board's site. The Greenbook and the Bluebook are prepared by Board staff and distributed to FOMC meeting attendees the week before each scheduled meeting. The Greenbook, officially entitled "Current Economic and Financial Conditions," provides in-depth analysis of the U.S. and international economies and includes the staff's economic forecast. The Bluebook, entitled "Monetary Policy Alternatives," provides background and context on monetary policy alternatives the FOMC could consider."

GPO and the American Printing Industry Move Forward with Sustainable Environmental Stewardship, Prepared Remarks from Robert C. Tapella, Public Printer of the United States May 31, 2008
"Today, for many documents, there is no longer a requirement for typesetting, printing, or binding, and there is no tangible document to make its way to library shelves or otherwise be preserved for the future. Authors begin the process by digitally recording their manuscripts on a personal computer and then making their documents available through web portals. With growing frequency, there is often no need for an original printing of multiple copies. Such documents are said to be “born digital and published to the Web.” this publishing strategy has become so common today, that more than half of the Government information products we make available to our depository library partners never see ink-on-paper."

The first Pulitzer Prizes were awarded on June 4, 1917. Laura Richards and Maude Elliott won the prize for biography, with their book about the 19th-century writer and suffragist Julia Ward Howe. Jean Jules Jusserand (zhawn zhool zhoo-say-RAWN), the French ambassador to the United States from 1902 to 1925, won the prize for history: With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope of the New York World won the prize for journalism, and when he picked up his award, said: "I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula of failure — which is try to please everybody."
On June 4, 1919, the 19th Amendment to the constitution, giving women the right to vote, was passed by the United States Congress
After the Congress passed the amendment on this day in 1919, it had to be ratified by a majority of state legislatures. The state that tipped the balance was Tennessee and the man who cast the deciding vote was the twenty-four year old representative Harry Burn, the youngest man in the state legislature that year. Before the vote, he happened to read his mail, and one of the letters he received was from his mother. It said, "I have been watching to see how you stood but have noticed nothing yet…Don't forget to be a good boy and…vote for suffrage." He did.
The Writer’s Almanac

A thief in Paris planned to steal some paintings from the Louvre. After careful planning, he got past security, stole the paintings, and made it safely to his van. However, he was captured only two blocks away when his van ran out of gas. When asked how he could mastermind such a crime and then make such an obvious error, he replied, 'Monsieur, that is the reason I stole the paintings. I had no Monet to buy Degas to make the Van Gogh.'

Books coming to Shumaker charity sale in Toledo
White Sister by Stephen J. Cannell hardbound 340 pages
a Shane Scully novel
http://www.cannell.com/

By the Light of the Moon by Dean Koontz hardbound 353 pages
http://www.deankoontz.com/

Bad Luck and Trouble by Lee Child paperbound 477 pages
Eleventh book in the (You don’t mess with) Jack Reacher series
http://www.leechild.com/badluck.php
NYT review of the book featuring Reacher, the “Paul Bunyan of the thriller world”
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/14/books/14masl.html?ex=1180411200&en=0b3b3de00ea6227e&ei=5070

Dirty Work by Stuart Woods paperbound 348 pages
Stone Barrington (of counsel to a prestigious New York law firm) novel
www.stuartwoods.com

Blood Works by Michael Connelly hardbound 391 pages
Terry McCaleb, recovering from a heart transplant, investigates murders against the advice of his doctor
http://www.thrillingdetective.com/eyes/mccaleb.html

Fingersmith by Sarah Waters hardbound 511 pages
It won the CWA Historical Dagger prize for historical crime fiction and was picked more than any other novel as a Book of the Year 2002.
www.sarahwaters.com