Abstract: An integrated electronic system enabling the transaction of advertising business related to printed publications over an electronic network, using standard web interfaces, including well known browsers. Advertisers my use the system to negotiate and purchase advertising space from a variety of printed publications and to upload digitized advertising copy. Publishers may securely accept and process the bids for advertising space, including keeping track of agreed upon run schedules, also using standard web interfaces and browsers. The system and apparatus also allows publishers to simply, securely, promptly and digitally produce bills that contain, or are linked to, acceptable proofs-of-publication. The acceptable proofs-of-publication may be digitized images of tearsheets placed on fiducial under-lays. The integrated system and apparatus also allows the advertiser to simply and promptly pay acceptable bills by using electronic payment systems incorporated into the web pages.

Abstract: A golfer's putting aid is demountably secured to the putter head with a rubber band. The invention visually teaches the golfer to keep the putter head at a right angle relative to the sight line the golfer intends to putt the ball along. It is intended to teach the golfer not to twist the putter shaft while putting. The putting aid is a U-shaped bracket formed by a pair of spaced apart parallel fingers extending from a cross brace having a platform. The open ended rectangular cavity formed by the fingers and cross brace is large enough to surround a golf ball lying on the practice green and forms a guideway. There are a pair of spaced apart abutments with anchor posts located on the platform adjacent to the two interior corners of the cavity. The two abutments are vertical and abut against the face of the putter head. The two anchor posts secure the ends of the rubber band which is stretched underneath the cross brace. The stretched rubber band holds both ends of the putter head against the abutments.