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I was trying to find out more information about using the Hit Router on ActiveRain for generating leads, and I found this post by Brad Andersohn. He was offering a Webinar on using the Hit Router last April.  I wasn't a member of ActiveRain yet, but I was able to download the Webinar and replay i...

Phil Knight - Another Great Duck Another great Duck who has done so much for  the University of Oregon is Phil Knight, owner of Nike, Inc. The University of Oregon opened in 1876 (the year George Armstrong Custer and Wild Bill Hickok met their ends.) Phil Knight  graduated from U of O in 1959 wit...

Denise Hamlin originally posted this blog about FICO scores and what activity affects them negatively.  I hope this information will help you see how negative activity affects your credit score.  Thanks Denise.Last week FICO released information on just how much your credit score is affected by n...

Aggressive Or Passive? One always wonders how much is too much when it comes to being an aggressive salesperson, but to not come across as being pushy. Naturally, we must be concerned with coming on "too strong" but also, we need to be concerned with not being strong enough to be convincing. A lo...

Beaver Builds  Oregon Ducks Home! - Oregon                                        Autzen stadium, the Oregon Ducks home since 1967 was built by a Beaver! Thomas J. Autzen was a well known lumberman, sportsman and philanthropist who created a foundation to build the Oregon Ducks a new home.  He st...

Mail Tribune - Man On A Soapbox! - Medford Oregon Why do you suppose that with newspapers going out of business at an alarming rate that an editor would deliberately alienate a large percentage of his remaining readership? For months now I've been following the fight by Medford Oregon's Bob Hunte...

The Old Time Radio Players - Grants Pass, Oregon The Old Time Radio Players of Grants Pass Oregon are benefiting the Josephine County Food Bank. When I grew up in the 1940's, there were no television sets -- The family gathered around the radio and listened to programs like "Fibber McGee and Moll...

Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day As I take time out to remember those who lost their lives on this date in 1941, I wonder how many of us are left who were directly affected by that war. It seems that America is always in a war. On December 7th of 1941 when Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan, my paren...

Brad Andersohn posted this blog back in May.  I thought it would be helpful to other new ActiveRain members like it was for me.  I've found other posts explaining how to do this, but Brad's is the only one that I could follow.  Thank you Brad for always teaching us something new!  Today, Jorgen H...

FBI Crime Report Each year at this time, the FBI's annual crime report is compiled for the previous year. Since 1991, when our country's violent crime hit an all-time high, it has steadily declined as gun ownership has grown. Last years' crime rate dropped 40 percent to a 35 year low!  The nation...