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A new and used bookstore, writers' mecca and artistic celebration center, The Art of Literature Book Sellers will open its doors Saturday, Dec. 22, and a grand opening celebration is scheduled for Jan. 1.
The Cape Coral establishment will operate its bookstore via the front half of the store, while the back half will host writing classes and seminars taught by local authors, editors and agents.
TAOL will also host book clubs, reader clubs, and children's story hours, weekly.
When classes are not in session, local writers and book clubs can use the opportunity and open space to work at their craft.
According to its owners Darrell and Victoria Moore, TAOL was launched to "create a community center in Cape Coral for both readers and writers, and to partner with the surrounding schools and centers to promote literacy and creative expression."
The new store is located at 2209 Santa Barbara Blvd., in The Shoppes at Santa Barbara, Cape Coral.
Hours are 10 a.m. - 7 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday; 10 a.m. - 9 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 12 - 5 p.m. Sunday
Classes and workshops will be available outside normal business hours.
Weekly events include:
Friday - 7-9 p.m., Open Mike Poetry Slams bring yours and share
Saturday - 1 p.m. Children's Story Hours for non-readers; 2 p.m. Reader's Club ages 6-8; 3 p.m. Reader's Club ages 10-12; 4 p.m. Reader's Club ages 13 and up; and 7 p.m. Singles Meet and Greet (live acoustic music bring your instrument and join the fun)
For additional information, call 458-1856 or visit on the Web www.TheArtofLiterature.com. You can also email: firstname.lastname@example.com


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Scola Receives Visit From Fellow Argentine
Posted: December 10, 2012
In 2002, the world of basketball changed.
At the FIBA World Championships in Indianapolis, for the first time in history, a team comprised of NBA players was beaten by a another country. That team was Argentina, and their power forward was none other than Suns big man, Luis Scola.
Fast forward a decade later and Scola is still representing Argentina in international play. During the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Scola and Co. finished fourth overall in the competition.
Since that moment in 2002, Argentina has produced a bevy of NBA players, as well as stellar international results. Argentina captured the 2004 Olympic gold medal in Athens, the bronze in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and the gold in the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship.
The generation of players that Scola is a member of is known as the "Golden Generation" of Argentine Basketball. Other members of the "Golden Generation" include the Spurs' Manu Ginobili, Houston's Carlos Delfino, former Bulls forward Andres Nocioni and former Spurs center Fabricio Oberto.
Recently, Argentina head coach Julio Lamas visited Scola and spent a few days with him in Phoenix. The two caught up about how things are progressing for Scola with his new team, as well as planning for international play this summer.
"He just checks in on us and tries to see how we're playing here and how," Scola said. "We just try to find time in the schedule and get together and talk and see what the plan for the summer how we're feeling physically and mentally."
The visits are a way of devising a plan so the Argentines can improve their chances of playing better over the summer. Also, by visiting Ginobili in San Antonio, Delfino in Houston and Knicks point guard Pablo Prigioni in New York, Lamas learns even more about his players' tendencies and abilities with their respective NBA teams.
After visiting his NBA stars, Lamas will travel to Europe and South America to see his other players. The trip also teaches Lamas what's going on throughout the world of basketball.
With the "Golden Generation" of Argentines all 30 years old or older, Lamas will need to prepare for life after them. Scola, who will be 36 years old during the 2016 Olympics in Brazil, will likely be making his last international appearance for Argentina during that competition.
At least, that's Scola's goal.
"We're facing some challenges," Scola said. "Some of the guys aren't going to be with us anymore, some guys are getting their older and their roles might change because they won't be as effective. We're going to try to put together the best team that we can."
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The left has never really known what to do with the Tea Party. In the beginning of our movement, the left was quick to deny the very existence of our grassroots efforts, calling it "Astroturf" — the product of evil, corporate interests that, somehow, were financing every handmade sign being waved across the country.
The problem was, that narrative never really stuck. How could it? You can only blame the Koch brothers for so long. But just as quickly as liberals had jumped to deny our existence as a movement, they jumped to the other extreme — that there once was a Tea Party movement, but it is, essentially, no more.
And yet, whenever liberals are dealt a defeat, they blame it on the Tea Party.
Liberals bounce back and forth between dismissing our efficacy and blaming us for our role in thwarting their agenda. Recently, former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich discussed at length a supposed Tea Party conspiracy to "eviscerate the U.S. government." Calling Tea Partiers "plotters" in a conspiracy to "dismantle pieces of [the government]," Reich discussed the far-reaching impact of the movement. While I appreciated the message of, "Watch out, they're coming," in truth, the piece made me laugh.
It turns out that while Reich seems to look under his bed each night, fearing he might find a Gadsden flag-waving patriot, he and other liberals are right to worry; the Tea Party is very much alive and kicking and the numbers show as much.
In a recent survey done by NSON, a non-partisan polling agency, Americans identified with the Tea Party principles of limited government, free markets and personal responsibility by a margin of 2-to-1 over the progressive principles of big government, higher taxes, more spending, more regulations and more government programs.
In the poll, 47.8% of respondents identified with "Tea Party principles" while 20.6% of respondents identified with "progressive principles." Another 22.8% responded "Neither/Other/Somewhere in the middle" and 8.8% responded "Don't know." The poll did not ask for respondents' party affiliations, but it did identify their genders and geographic locations. The poll has a margin of error of 4.38%.
In the wake of the November elections, liberals were eager to spread the narrative that the Tea Party was dead, that our message of limited government and fiscal responsibility no longer resonated with Americans. But it turns out that half of America subscribes to those Tea Party ideas.
In January, Rasmussen found that only eight percent of Americans identify as Tea Partiers. The poll got a lot of attention in the media. But it's a misleading result. The question Rasmussen asked implied that in order to be a Tea Partier, one must be an activist, someone who dedicates her weekends to protests and is a card-carrying member of an organization. But the Tea Party is a movement, not a political party. If someone believes in constitutionally limited government and free markets, then they believe in the core tenets of the Tea Party. They may "identify" as whatever they like. They may claim to be "conservative," "libertarian" or "Republican"— the important thing is that Americans value these vital principles.


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LAUREL CO, Ky, (WKYT) - For many it's the prime pathway between London and Corbin.
"The problem we have with US 25 is the traffic volume," said Laurel Co. Deputy Sheriff Gilbert Acciardo.
Despite I-75 being a straighter and faster stretch between the two cities, a lot of people find it more convenient to head down two lane 25.
"That's where most of the serious crashes are occurring. It is where several of the traffic fatalities have occurred," Acciardo said.
Dawn Parton knows all about the crashes on US 25. Her business, McVay's Tanning, fronts the thoroughfare and several years ago she even witnessed a crash that killed 3 people.
"I even had nightmares for a long time after that, because a little child was thrown from the back seat and wasn't wearing a seat belt," Parton said.
And police say in many of the crashes they have noticed a dangerous combination of speed, alcohol, or drugs.
So police say they will patrol the area more and strictly enforce the 55 MPH limit.
"55 or less with that traffic volume would make a big, big difference. That's what we are trying to do," said Acciardo.
"It is 55, some go way under that, but some go way over that," said Parton.
Police say in many of the crashes, drivers have exceeded 20 miles over the limit.


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Submission + - Amazon lets students rent digital textbooks (pcpro.co.uk)
nk497 writes: "Amazon has unveiled a new digital textbook rental service, allowing students to choose how long they'd like access to an eBook-version of a textbook via their Kindle or app — with the retailer claiming savings as high as 80%. Kindle Textbook Rental will let students use a text for between 30 to 360 days, adding extra days as they need to. Any notes or highlighted text will be saved via the Amazon Cloud for students to reference after the book is "returned". Amazon said tens of thousands of books would be available to rent for the next school year."


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Inspector Lewis: The Ramblin' Boy Preview
Kevin Whately returns for a sixth season as Inspector Lewis. He and his young partner DS Hathaway (Laurence Fox) continue solving cases in the seemingly perfect academic haven of Oxford. With DS Hathaway on holiday, Inspector Lewis is assigned a new partner to investigate the discovery of an elderly man's body in a field. Finding that the man had already been embalmed, the inquiry leads to a funeral home and those connected to it, including one of Lewis' former colleagues. Peter Davison ("Doctor Who") guest stars.
Visit the Website: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/mystery/
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The last giveaway for reaching 3000 likeronies on Facebook is hosted by Luna Lunera Soaps. I'm particularly excited about it because it is such an original product.
Heather from Luna Lunera does both wool crafts (Luna Lunera Crafts) and felted soaps (Luna Lunera Soaps), the soaps are most often custom orders. She has lived in Maxico City from 2003. She has learned to wet felt from the teachers at her daughter's school and other courses, and had her first learning experience in needle felting with Andrea Berlin, who is the daughter of the late Juan Berlin, the German man who introduced Waldorf education in Mexico nearly 30 years ago.
Luna Lunera will be offering two different soaps to two different winners. They are all natural, vegan soaps and each one is unique. (The image below is just an example, not the one you would win). You will be able to pick your scent and color depending on availability (you can arrange this by email when you win). Here are some of the possible scents:
Rose Petals
Almond Milk
Oatmeal, honey and chamomile
Honey Apple
Citronella, Rosemary, Lemongrass and Honey
Ylang Ylang and honey
Chamomile and honey
|This is just one example of her lovely creations
Aditionally, Luna Lunera will be offering 15% off all purchases on her Etsy shop and this until August 15th. All you have to do is mention Authentic Parenting.
This Giveaway is open Worldwide, postage included, and will be closed on the 27th of July
My family will not be able to enter, nor will I (sadly, because I could use a teething necklace for when baby comes)
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Georgia Southern Softball will host its 2013 summer softball camp on June 24-25 at Eagle Field in Statesboro. For more information and to register, visit GeorgiaSouthernSoftballCamps.com.
The camp is designed to cover mechanics, skills, and includes dozens of drills to help improve play at the plate and in the field while covering all aspects of the game. The participants will be divided based on age and ability so that everyone will get the most out of the camp.
Check in is set for 9 a.m. each morning at the GSU Softball Complex which is located at 55 Fair Road on the campus of Georgia Southern University. Each day of the camp runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with a break included to serve lunch which is included.
Campers can register for both days of the camp for $200, or come for just one day at $100. A discount is available for families sending more than one camper to the event.
All clinics will take place at the Georgia Southern Softball Complex located on Fair Road on the northern edge of campus.
For more information about Georgia Southern softball camps or to register, please visit GeorgiaSouthernSoftballCamps.com.
Georgia Southern Athletics provides up-to-date information on all its sports through its official website, GSEagles.com, through social media channels facebook.com/GSAthletics and twitter.com/GSAthletics, and its new "Eagles GATA" mobile


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In the last few months, I've found myself saying some version of this sentence to various friends: "You know what we need to do? Take a vacation together!"
My sisters-in-law and I have a fantasy where we all head to Vegas for the weekend and leave the kids with their dads. We'd love to do it, but haven't yet. Our schedules are hard to coordinate, yes, but for me there are two other big factors to consider:
"Am I going to spend money on a vacation that doesn't involve my husband and kids?" (the guilt factor), and "Where will that money come from?" (the financial factor).
While out with one of my dearest friends, the "You know what we should do?" conversation started as we hit our third glass of wine. Our daydreaming took us to Chicago, a city I love and one she's always wanted to visit. I suddenly got a little annoyed and more than a bit frustrated by this redundant, unfulfilled fantasy.
"We always talk about this but you know what? We never do it," I said with shrugged shoulders, a "hmph" and a swig of wine.
"Fine," she said. "So let's put a date on the calendar."
She pulled out her phone. I did the same. We started throwing out dates. Anything between the start of school and Christmas was impossible. January through March were out because of my husband's travel schedule. We finally settled on a date 10 months away, in June. To ensure that the wine did not sabotage our plans by erasing memory of this monumental decision, my friend sent me this email:
"In June, you've committed to going to Chicago with me."
Waiting 10 months seemed, at the very least, sad. But then I realized, planning this far out would help alleviate the issues that have held me back from taking this time for myself. I could budget for it financially, and I could budget the time as well. And considering how busy our lives are, it seems planning far in advance is the only way this dream will happen.
Three days away from work and family might not seem like much, but when you're new to the idea it seems daunting. In the next few months I can prepare my kids for what it's like for Mom not to be there at their every waking moment. I can ensure that my husband blocks off the time at work so he can single-handedly take care of the pickups and dropoffs. I can also convince myself that it's okay to do something fun and something that is just for me.
And I can make sure that when the time comes to get on that plane, I don't feel guilt over spending money I don't have. If I put away $100 a month for the next 10 months, I should have enough to cover airfare, hotel, food and, since it's Chicago, shopping.
Every week I'll take $25 out of our cash budget (which doesn't feel like too much of a hit) and put it in a jar. By June, I'll be financially and mentally prepared. And I'll be excited, too. Spontaneity has its allure, but having a date on the calendar to look forward to delivers long-term satisfaction.
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I mean the Chiefs didnt appear to be doing that great but all those calls, my favorite being the call that Ray Lewis made. It is like the refs go for the most popular team or favorite headline. In the seahawks game they were giving the saints every chance they could as well. Another one of my favorite calls was the Cardinals facemask fumble.
That is facemasking right? I am just glad the saints at least got stopped before they tried taking out another QB *cough* Warner *cough* Farve
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I hate Perry Fewell and the defensive side of the ball, but MAJOR props today. They played like I wish they would play on a consistent basis! Now please don't lay an egg against the redskins and Bob.
Originally posted by bigbluedefense View PostOh, well in that case we were dumb. But whatever. Eli is going to the HOF, don't worry about it.
A Bonekrusher masterpiece!
Originally posted by ForenciJPP enjoys raping offensive tackles.
Originally posted by NY+Giants=NYG View Post7 freaking yards! You know if it was the Saints and Drew Brees they'd be going out of the way to get him the record or continue it! I am glad we won, but god damn man!
A Bonekrusher masterpiece!
Originally posted by ForenciJPP enjoys raping offensive tackles.
Originally posted by BigBlueNorwegian View PostLet Brees and the 1-4 Saints have their pointless stats. Eli will just keep on crushing in the only stat that really matter - wins.
Originally posted by NY+Giants=NYG View PostWe had the game well in hand. It's not like we would have lost going out of our way to give him 7 freaking yards, lol.
A Bonekrusher masterpiece!
Originally posted by ForenciJPP enjoys raping offensive tackles.
Originally posted by Giantsfan1080 View PostRivers was in today but Perry might have had his best game as a coach.
You were right about the spread even though we didn't do it. Willis was off the field when we went that way. Excellent film work!
I forgot to mention how good the hynocerous has been lately, sure he's had bad plays but overall we nabbed a good FB with ability to be a passcatcher. No more Jim Finn or Madison Bushpenis dropping a 3 yrd outlet pass.
Oh yeah and I'm glad we've stopped being cute with Wilson and trying gadget plays, look whats happened. He gains yards ! We're usually not good at those plays because our OL isn't athletic enough, so going to traditional running strategy is probably better. What is great is that if there is a hole even for a second or two he can hit it and not be touched. Thats a big difference between bradshaw and wilson (and any other back we've had in recent history). Man i love the speed.
At least we're arguing about getting 7 more passing yards and not other things.#Chop
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Originally posted by Giantsfan1080 View PostAt least we're arguing about getting 7 more passing yards and not other things.
edit: he's also a sexy beast
Originally posted by BaLLiN View Posthonestly i don't give a crap, every analyst picked the 49ers and Kurt Warner ate crow. Eli is a 2 time superbowl winning mvp and a bad ass mother ******
edit: he's also a sexy beast
and the picture: Rawr
A Bonekrusher masterpiece!
Originally posted by ForenciJPP enjoys raping offensive tackles.
Originally posted by BigBlueNorwegian View PostNo I agree with that, It would have been easy to just throw a slant for 7 yards or something. But obviously the Coaching staff and Eli himself I would believe, doesn't care about stats. And I kinda like that.
As a guy who coached on the offensive side of the ball, kicking FGs drives me bonkers!! It's like a pet peeve!
i like what our D did but like, it's not like we faced an all pro offense. Somehow we shut down gore. their top 5 OL was off, and we took advantage. I'm most impressed by how we shut down Vernon. But I was never scared of Smith. They were successful the first few drives by literally throwing it 7 yards in the air max (outside of the Moss pass). we tightened up, they got stuffedWe ALL bleed scarlet
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Originally posted by PalmerToCJBTW, if it's 3rd and 97... I'm throwing a screen pass to Brian Leonard and he will convert.
I've said it every season. Every year I worry about 2 things.
1. Injuries
2. DC and that side of the ball
If the D and Fewell do well, this is how good we can be! I am very surprised we won but I wouldn't be surprised if we got beat by the redskins. I don't trust that side of the ball. One game good, and next winnable game, we can get smoked badly!!
Some quick thoughts:
-I hate Perry Fewell, but he did a great job today. What he did a great job of was disguising coverages. Ran a lot of different looks, a lot of Cover 2 invert, Cover 3 invert, mixed man and zone, did a great job with his coverages. The pass rush worked with 4 bc the guys up front picked their games up, and Fewell did a much better job with his personnel packages, using Williams a lot was huge, moving Kiwi to the DL, using an occasional blitz, he did an excellent job today.
Let's not forget though, execution was a big factor in that. The Giants came to play today, and Fewell can call the perfect game, if they don't execute, it means nothing. Today they executed. And he did a better job of putting them in positions to succeed.
-Again, Jacquan Williams had a great game. He needs to see the field more.
-Tackling. MUCH better. It's amazing how much better your defense looks when it can tackle right? Like I said earlier, they came to play today.
-OL did a good job. Not great though. SF got pressure most of the day, it's just that towards the end SF gave up. Our offense did ok, but our defense won the game.
-Nicks is still hurt. He was a decoy out there.
-I didn't like how Eli was zoning in on Cruz a little too much today. Him and Cruz had a bunch of miscommunication today.
-Bradshaw is running like he's afraid of losing his job. It's about time.
-Osi...please set the edge once in your life.
-Tuck didn't do **** again. To be fair, I have to watch the game again to see if he did more than I'm initially giving him credit for.
-JPP and Kiwi had great games. As did Joseph. Those 3 brought it today. Osi did great rushing the passer as well.
-Hixon had a great game. I'm disappointed Eli shied away from him so much and focused too much on Cruz.
-Wilson is gonna be special. It's just a matter of when the coaching staff feels comfortable giving him his opportunities.
-Prince has been great this year. Lockdown CB. He got Moss'd once, but it was more on Rolle than Prince.
-Speaking of which, Rolle had arguably his best game as a Giant today. Amazing game.
-Alex Smith left ALOT of plays on the field. I saw several times he had guys wide open downfield on PA pass, but he's captain checkdown and didn't have the guts to pull the trigger. This was early in the game. If he hits his guys, this could have been a different game.
-Moss still has it, he just doesn't have a qb who can get him the ball downfield.
-Webster had another bad day for the most part. He got beat bad by Mario, but again, Alex Smith couldn't hit his man downfield. Like I said, if Alex Smith could just deliver the ball downfield, this could have been a different game.
-We're 4-2, the next 2 games are HUGE. Have to win these division games, we can't afford to lose anymore division games.
I could totally see us losing to the skins and beating the cowboys. I'm expect a win in Dallas, but next week just seems like the ultimate trap game, division opponent, at home, after this 9ers stomping the week before going down to Dallas, etc. I think we should be able to pull it off cause Washington's defense is terrible right now and we've done pretty well with mobile QBs, but that game makes me extremely nervous.
Originally posted by AcheTenJPP is a better and more productive player than Brandon GrahamOriginally posted by abaddon41_80Is Shaun Hill a top 10 QB? Definitely not. Is he a top 20 one? Almost certainly.Originally posted by JBCXMost misleading 10+ sack season EVER.


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...free streaming over the air, i.e. radio?
They can control radio much easier than they can control the Internet.
Maybe. But it does seem especially bizarre that he's not complaining about 'stolen' music, but music that is properly licensed and paid for.
I guess it boils down to, decisions that the major labels made several years ago to license their music to these streaming services, now seems to be negatively impacting their ability to sell the hot new song of the week. It hurts even more because they no longer can bunch that hot new song with 9 other songs that are even worse.
Bad executive. No more coke and whores for you. And no golden parachute either!
If the music was worth buying, people would buy it.
As long as most of what they are trying to sell is disneyfied overproduced crap or bieberfied overproduced crap, we don't want it.
Mod this person up! The music business is all about price models and cost per unit. Nowhere is there any genuine concern for the consumer's tastes, likes or desires. This is a market powered by dollar bottom line and not artistry in any way, shape or form.
When was the last big superstar group? Bon Jovi, wasn't it? They rode around in a frickin' jumbo jet, fer chissakes! And when their music lost favor, where were they then? Right now I'm listening to Duke Ellington and am amazed at the variety of style that that man could come up with in his head and on a train with just a pencil and a blank scored sheet of music. No way in hell would the music conglomerates even think of signing on such talent in this day and age!
Their biggest problem is that they're not listening to their consumers and giving them their music in a format they want. The only music seller which does (ie. Apple) is still making huge money off music.
But still, keep on passing those laws and suing the few die-hard
The industry is used to telling people what they like, not asking. When you control radio and TV play you control what people get to hear and make sure they don't go off and get into say jazz or classical where you can't make megabucks. Problem is now the internet lets people discover music on their own so suddenly all these little guys are stealing a piece of their pie.
If the music was worth buying, people would buy it.
The problem is that 'worth buying' is a moving target. A hundred years ago, you had a very small number of AM radio stations, none playing music all of the time. Buying some music was then very valuable, because it was the only way that you could guarantee being able to listen to music whenever you wanted (unless you were rich enough to hire a band).
Twenty years ago, there were a few FM stations that played music most of the time. Enough that you could probably turn on the radio and listen to a genre that you liked, even if it wasn't one of your favourite artists. Genres were quite broad, however, so you may get a lot of things that weren't really very close to music that you wanted to hear. Buying music was still quite valuable.
Now, there are thousands of Internet radio streams. You can connect to one playing music that you really like. I'm in the UK, but I often listen to one in California [radioparadise.com]. When I hit play, it's almost always playing music that I enjoy listening to. I've not bought much music for the past few years, because I find that I rarely listen to music that I've actually bought. I only do when I'm not near an Internet connection, but still want to listen to recorded music, which is fairly rare. I get a much wider selection of music that I want to listen to by turning on the (Internet) radio.
Now, the record companies could do something about this by making tracks cost about 5 for a DRM-free download. At that price, every time I heard a track I liked, I'd be tempted to buy the entire album and listen to it, and I'd end up with a very large collection of music - large enough that I could listen to it in shuffle mode and get a similar variety to the radio - quite quickly.
I pay Radio Paradise a small amount every month, but this goes to cover their costs - very little (if any) of it actually goes to the people who made the music. I'd happily double or triple my donation if I had some assurance that, at least 50% went to the artists. Unfortunately, the money that they pay for licensing goes to SoundExchange, and getting money out of SoundExchange is almost impossible for artists.
The problem is that 'worth buying' is a moving target.
The problem is that people overwhelmingly buy what they are sold. Advertisers use borderline fraudulent techniques (in some places many of their astroturf marketing techniques are actually illegal as the source of funding or other compensation must be disclosed) to convince people to purchase things that they do not want by increasing their perceived value. I'm not suggesting that only things with intrinsic value have actual value, but something you don't really want, that you won't use as much as an advert
I kinda figured that might be where music is going: towards ad-based revenue.
You mean like radio?
My guess is that the radio station selection is rather limited.
I've been scanning the dial only to hear the same song playing on at least 3 different stations at once.
This is what Corporate Music has done to us.
Try a college radio station... it may not be good, but it's different.
I work at a college with a radio station. It *SUCKS*. I think they play the shi..er.. music they do simply because it's not what you'd hear on a normal station, and for no other reason. At least it gives the students experience for when they eventually end up in a real radio station, I suppose...
Music is going towards affordable.. unless on a shiny disc. The execs are still trying to hold the average selling price to above $10 for a CD and at least $1 per track for downloads.
DVD sales prices adjusted to video rentals. Video rentals got squeezed by Netflix, Hulu, and other sources. Squeezed as in the royalty payments for rentals are high while the price they can charge is falling. Look at why rental is dying. The brick and Mortar stores are melting down as grocery stores and drug stores are selli
Ripping CDs for personal use is covered by fair use.
DVD ripping is only illegal because you have to circumvent encryption to do so, and the DMCA can then be used to do an end-run around your fair use rights. Audio CDs are not encrypted, so they are still fully covered under fair use.
The kids don't listen to radio any more. Radio is for old people.
The entire problem recently is simple. It is the MP3.
It has changed fundamentally how we listen to music, how we use music and how we expect to get it.
Napster wasn't just about not paying for music, it was about a different way to GET music. Only very recently has the music industry stopped the old practice of releasing a song for radio with a lead of a couple of weeks before it is available in the stores. The OLD logic was that they would advertise it through being played on the radio, create hype for the release , then have it released on a day with people queuing like they were selling iPhones or something. It worked because the consumer really didn't have much choice. There were few radio stations back then and you couldn't count on them playing the songs YOU wanted, so to hear your favorite artist when you wanted to, you needed a recording of it. Because only physical media existed this either meant buying one yourself OR getting a taped copy from someone else (and this happened a LOT, far more then the record industry would have you believe) OR borrowing an album from a friend (this happened a LOT as well).
There was no other choice, recording from radio was a lot of work and many stations talk(ed) through songs to try to stop this. The akwardness of LP's also meant people listened to music differently, you either had the radio on for casual listening OR had to flip a LP every twenty minutes or so for "serious" listening. While there were LP changers they were more expensive and couldn't play the B-side (at least mine couldn't, yes, I know I am old). The physical medium forced consumer behavior.
With the Sony Walkman this changed. While tapes had been available before, now people COULD play music on the go and HAD to make their own tapes (commercial tapes are to short). This helped create the era of the mix-tape, where people would create their own mix of music and share this as some sort of DJ on an individual basis. It made people see LP's not so much as things you listened to, but merely as containers for music which you then "downloaded" to your Walkman.
It was still a slow and akward process and the Walkman lost some of its original appeal. With the MP3 player it came back with a bang. Now people could create their own custom collection for hours upon hours of music. It changed the way people got their music.
Rather then having to buy an entire LP pre-filled with a music selection or get a friend to mix a tape during a slow process with a desired music collection, you could just pick music up from all sorts of places and use it in one long playback. Until you actually created your own tape with different music from different sources you just are not capable of understanding what a change a M3U playlist is. Just put a binary file on your MP3 player and it will be played. Guy at work has a new song? Copy it and you can listen to it. Among your collection, no quality loss like with a tape copy, no having to splice it in or create a new tape.
And because we could just take bits of music from anywhere, we did. My own early MP3 collections where a complete mix of different encoding settings and filename conventions, picking whatever song I liked from where I could find it.
AND then LISTENING to it, whenever and wherever I wanted it. Exactly the music I wanted, anytime, anyplace.
I don't just not buy music anymore, radio has all but disappeared from my life. If it wasn't for the radio on my MP3 player, I wouldn't even have a radio anymore. Oh wait, my clock radio has one and I use it because NOTHING wakes me up faster with the vile bitter hatred I need to get my day going then being woken by morning radio.
As for ads? Why should I listen to ads when I pick my own music? Ads are what we put up with on radio until something better came along. We no longer consume music this way.
And because we could pick up music anywhere, buying it is no longer an option. I had maybe a collection of 100-200 lp's. But that was build up over years and there were plen
Radio doesn't play the music you want to hear when you want, there's no way to skip songs you're tired of and so on. You might find a channel that's reasonably close but that's it, it's no replacement for owning the song. Spotify lets you play any song directly, save playlists, take the songs offline etc. and is much closer to having a huge mp3 collection on a network drive, owning it isn't that important anymore. Instead of buying CDs or on iTunes to play, people skip the "buy" step and play from Spotify.
To them Spotify is a huge double-edged sword. On the one side, it brings many pirates to a legal streaming service. On the other side, it brings a lot of profitable buyers to a not so profitable streaming service. But if they make Spotify worse then people will go back to P2P, probably in even greater numbers than before. Not that I think they can stop the move to digital downloads anyway, fewer and fewer use a CD player anymore. Delivering it on CD is just a very impractical temporary medium until you can get it ripped.
and most of the music sucks! What else is there to say?
How about "I really love Jamendo [jamendo.com]"?
Because I do. Just putting it out there in case anybody wants some nice, freely-available indie music to replace the RIAA trash and stop giving those bloodsuckers free advertisement and/or money.
While we're in the process of pimping sites..
I want to add a link to a small net radio me and some friends are running : Nectarine Demoscene Radio [scenemusic.net]. It plays music from the demoscene, and some music from old games, where the authors were either a part of or a big inspiration from the scene. The music is either licensed from the artists (some of them even frequent visitors to the site), or public domain.
The users themselves decide what to play (each user have three request slots), and the songs are then locke
I agree. Maybe they could sell more music, if they actually hired musicians. You know, people that can sing, and play instruments. I can't believe people actually pay to hear hip-hop. Although I admit, it's not my generations music, I have a hard time hearing the music in it at all. Just shouting and a beat. I guess it's disco...
I like harmonies in the vocals, and an actual tune. I like the occasional instrumental solo, but the vocals are key (not the bass).
"I have a hard time hearing the music in it at all. Just shouting and a beat."
It's poetry. The most successful form of poetry in history. Kids on street corners practice their poetry and aspire to be poets when they grow up!
Funny that I bought most of the music in last 3 years after listening on Pandora.
What they don't get is - digitization has made me purchase just one good song from otherwise crappy album and hence paying only a dollar and not a full 10-20$ they used to charge.
But every generation thinks that modern music isn't as good as it used to be. There were plenty of people who hated the nice, clean sound of the Beatles, and who thought that Michael Jackson was just another generic pop singer pumping out tracks that sounded like all the other dross out there. In fact, listening to Jackson's later albums I can see where the basis for that opinion. But more importantly, you have forgotten just how much rubbish music you had to hear before you came across those memorable albu
But every generation thinks that modern music isn't as good as it used to be.
Sure. But the thing is, this used to be something that happened once you hit 40 or 50, when you were old enough to have teenagers of your own.
Now, almost as soon as you graduate from high school and get exposed to more diverse music in college, you look back at what you were buying and listening to, and wonder WTF you were thinking. Pop music has become so irredeemably shitty that the so-called generation gap is all but gone.
I hear this all the time whenever this comes up, but quite frankly, there are a lot of good new albums out there. Its just that they're not the 'blockbusters' of years yore, and as such are harder to find. Personally I like rock with a folk twinge... or maybe folk with a rock twinge, however you want to swing it. Also, plain old singer/songwriters with soft hearts and a nice voices. Some great *whole* albums from the past 5 years that I like are:
Bishop Allen - The Broken String
Gaslight Anthem - The '59
"We have lost 20 million buyers in just five years," said Russ Crupnick, a president at the analyst firm NPD Group who spoke at the conference. Moreover, only about 14 percent of buyers account for 56 percent of revenue for the recording industry. In years past, the blame was put on digital music piracy. At this year's conference, however, the focus was on free streaming Internet services, such as Pandora, MySpace, Spotify and even YouTube.
They will clutch at every straw and leave no stone unturned in their quest to increase sales... except for the myriad ways that they are their own worst enemy. It will never occur to them that suing your own customers is not good for business. They will never think that what is in my opinion the obvious "buy-a-law" political corruption (designed to institute perpetual copyright) in which they engage makes people with a conscience decide not to support them.
They will never consider that threatening tens of thousands of people with lawyer letters demanding they either pay a settlement or face a lawsuit they could not possibly afford, with no regard for the fact that many of them were innocent, might earn them some ill will. Nor will they think that taking children to court and using interrogation procedures obviously designed to intimidate them is something that decent people don't care to reward financially.
Nope, it's them evil pirates, those horrible music streaming services, etc. Of course it is. That adequately explains everything.
It's at a base level and I openly acknowledge that, but I can't help but to smile when I see that they are showing signs of desperation. They deserve more failure than they are experiencing.
I totally concur. I actually had to stop listening to Pandora since it was becoming a bit of a financial drain: song plays, "Oh, that's good", click-buy-album, wade through a few more songs, wash, rinse repeat. I realise that I'm a bit old skool in that I still do buy actual albums (and that you do get bitten by the old one-good-song-in-chaff problem) but Pandora still found plenty of really good artists that I would have never stumbled across otherwise.
I know I'm preaching to the converted here on Slashdot
I for one use YouTube to "try before I buy" and if I was going to buy something I might not, all thanks to YouTube!
That said, I do buy a reasonable amount of music online, around $500 worth over the last year, so I can see where they got that 14% statistic from.
I for one think that piracy is wrong, but there are some people who don't think like that. If they want more money they are going to have to provide a better service, especially by dropping the price. Thanks to YouTube I can decide that it is not wo
I haven't bought any from them in years, and I won't be buying any from them until they learn to behave themselves and place nice. If they want to sue pirates, that's there right, but I'll be damned if I'm financing those questionable law suits. Restrict the suits to people that are likely guilty of significant distribution and ask for a reasonable sum and I'll start buying music again. Until then I just won't buy anything and they can make whatever they can off of those free sites like Pandora.
Ahh...but you walk a dangerous road. I'm playing devil's advocate here, not trolling.
What's 'significant' distribution? In theory anyone offering a song on P2P is offering it to millions. How many connect to them? What's the cut-off? Does it apply if you only upload a chunk, not a full song?
The whole cost model is broken, the whole distribution methodology has already been superseded by an effectively FREE one, and the rent-a-lawmaker politicians aren't going give up their under-the-table perks so we c
Agreed. Last year I paid *over* $2000 for music, so that puts me probably not just on the top-14% of consumers, but probably on the top-1%. But like you do, I always check what I buy, I don't buy whatever random stuff are around. Youtube has neither good or bad effect, because it neutralizes its position by helping me decide to buy something or not. If youtube didn't exist, I would probably buy LESS.
What's the killer though is that 80% of my new music these days is downloaded for free from BandCamp rather than bought. Not because I don't want to buy (I've can prove that I do to anyone who would check my iTunes and Amazon receipts), but because the KIND of music I listen these days very rarely can be found on iTunes, and to much less extend, on Amazon. I started listening to obscure indie bands that record at home, and these people just do music for fun, and so they often don't charge any money for it.
More importantly, it's that THESE musicians are pushing the boundaries of music, since they don't have to answer to any music exec. 95% of popular music will never win me back, so for these execs mentioned in the article, I'm already a dead customer. Even if I spend so much money for music (since it's mostly for indie labels' music, and the rest is music I get legally for free).
Drop it to $1. You trade value for volume. When you drop the cost so low, you don't need fancy distribution methods or the ability to 'reclaim' your music you lost. Charge $1 for the album DOWNLOAD...your hard drive goes belly-up without back-up and you need to re-buy. Puts the responsibility on the user...but they could offer a service to list everything you've paid to DL before for a quick 'fill-me-back-up' megadownload...for a price.
Companies love selling you the same thing over and over...this would
This sure sounds like management at my job trying to solve a problem.
A must be causing this! Oh not A? Must be C then! Damnit if it's not C then it's gotta be B causing all our problems!
Like gasping for air underwater...
This sure sounds like management at my job trying to solve a problem.
A must be causing this! Oh not A? Must be C then! Damnit if it's not C then it's gotta be B causing all our problems!
Like gasping for air underwater...
It's the result of Politician's Logic:
"We must do something. This is something, so it must be done!"
14% of buyers accounting for 56% of business sounds pretty normal. They're called enthusiasts. And I would bet a lot of that 14% probably do a lot of free streaming too.
I'm guessing that I'm one of that 14% (I buy a new album every 2 weeks-ish lately), at least in the past three or four months. The main reason for that is that I started a job that involves a lot of sitting at my desk, and i listen to a lot of pandora.
The market is changing, diversifying and reducing the power of "blockbuster" artists, and that's scary for these companies. However, streaming services like pandora make it *easier* to make money off of a diversifying music market, by making it easier to find new music even as tastes narrow. Hopefully theyll figure that out sooner rather than later.
The market is changing, diversifying and reducing the power of "blockbuster" artists...
If anything, these streaming services are doing the oposite. Just go look at Youtube's Most watched videos of all times. I'll be damned if Justin Bieber isn't benefiting from that! Sure, many people use Pandora (and the likes) for finding new music and listening to different styles, but to say that the blockbusters are losing their power because of it is short-sighted.
Maybe if you didn't make it such a pain to use your product by telling people when and how they can use it this wouldn't be happening? Also, I'd buy more music from you if you actually released what I wanted. Give me easy access to Svetlanov's recordings of Tchaikovsky's Symphonic Poem Manfred, or good recordings of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, Harpsichord Concertos and Orchestral Suites. The complete set of Beethoven's Sonatas, and Chopin's Nocturnes and Etudes at reasonable prices and we'll talk again. B
The music industry is doing nothing to actually groom and foster music. My wife goes to bed every night with the same radio station on and I swear I have heard the same 5 songs repeated over and over and over and over again for the past 8 months to the point where I want to shove an icepick in to my eye. If you don't take risks and support more artists you're doomed to decay from the inside.
My wife goes to bed every night with the same radio station on and I swear I have heard the same 5 songs repeated over and over and over and over again for the past 8 months to the point where I want to shove an icepick in to my eye.
Where I live, the owner of a classical radio station has decided to use the frequency for classic rock instead. So, that's one strike against it. They have advertised the classic rock that they claim to play on the local TV. Yet, when I tuned to that station (what can I say --
14% of music buyers accounted for 56% of revenue. How is that shocking? So you have some kids buying too much over-priced music. How is that new?
Oh that's right, you have "music execs" who either won't or can't do their job. Wait, how is that new? Maybe it's the reporter who jumped on some numbers and assigned the same meaning to them that "music execs" always give whatever numbers are handy. Or maybe a bad summary, but I'm now too bored to even spell out RTFA.
Would it help to use percent signs instead of spelling out "percent"? Word problems are hard.
Ignorance is an amazing thing. You're suggesting Van Gogh to a blind man who can't understand what Red is.
Willful ignorance, as is the case with the RIAA (and MPAA), is a step even further.
They will blame the decline on any culprit they can come up with, first it's piracy, then it's internet streaming (neglecting that they are paid more for streams than any other broadcast service and it neglects that radio doesn't even pay).
But what the decline is really tied to is that they stopped looking for innovative and new bands and started the whole new kids on the block / American idol create a 5 hit wonder who the company owns and gets paid almost nothing. They were so successful with this busines
... will it take to beat into their thick skulls the simple fact that the music those dolts are pushing onto the public sucks.
I try to listen to the radio, I really do, but I cannot for more than, maybe, an hour. During that hour I've probably listened to a half hour of commercials. I realize they have to pay the bills but the sheer number of ads one is forced to endure is ridiculous. Hell, many of the songs that the DJs are allowed to play are those that are used in commercials or are Autotuned to death
Hell, for what it used to (or "does") cost to record an album you can not only build the studio but go to a vocational school for 18 months and learn HOW to record it.
When you consider what popular music is today, the majority if it is catchy more than anything else. It has very little to do with actual talent, skill of the sound engineers, or the quality of the recording.
Free streaming is not something of the last 5 years. Free streaming was invented more then 100 years ago [wikipedia.org]. And recording of the free streaming (for which the music industry pays) has been done on a medium that was licenced free of charge [wikipedia.org].
I understand them. They see Banks and other industries getting a shitload of money, so they want some too. It is as if they are saying "Boo-hoo, competition is HARD! Please give us enough money and power so the money we make matches the slides we showed our shareholders (which is us)."
Well, if you don't like it, get out. But buying some politician is easier. Especially if the media is on your side and actually part of the whole process.
Suck it up and get over it, RIAA!
According to the figures that I've found by a quick search, the unemployment rate 5 years ago was around 5%. It's now around 10%. With a US workforce size of about 150 million, that's about 7.5 million more people without jobs. So that's a good chunk of their lost customers right there. Even those with jobs may be watching their budget more closely (especially with the price of food and a lot of other more important things going up, while salaries have kept stagnant) considering that we are in a recession.
We've bought a few tracks here and there, but my wife isn't all that computer literate, and I don't support Windows or Apple stuff.
So, for her to buy with confidence and know she isn't losing it and can use it again, it has to be pretty robust, but since Apple is actively hostile to Linux, it can't be iTunes.
We have lost 20 million buyers in just five years
This is easily misleading. If Mr. Crupnick means "album buyers", he is more likely to be correct than if by "buyers" he meant total number of customers buying music. The fact that people can now easily purchase single songs when they previously were forced to buy entire albums in order to get only one or two songs they really wanted might have something to do with this. In fact, it might have everything to do with such a typically misleading music industry claim.
And then, around 1998, I stopped. Not because I started "stealing" it. And not because I started listening to streaming music. I stopped because I had enough music. Enough music to fill a 100 GB iPod. If I listened to it continuously I'd be playing music for weeks without hearing a repeat. Why in the world would I buy any more?
As it is now I'll occasionally run across an old song I haven't heard for years. And wonder why. Buying more music, especially music that isn't as compelling to me as the old stuff, would be a waste of money.
Back when "streaming" was called radio, I imagine they were pretty happy with all the advertising they got, even if they did pay for it at times. Now there are enthusiasts creating radio stations and advertising for them, and these enthusiasts aren't getting a dime for doing it. They are even paying money out of their own pockets in many cases to keep their radio stations alive. I know I've found tons of music over the last few years listening to epicrockradio that I would have never otherwise found, and
People aren't buying your product because your product isn't music. It's noise. Lousy noise, at that.
When you learn how to master a CD without succumbing to the loudness wars, let me know.
Also, when you learn to hire people with musical talent instead of the hacks you hire for looks these days, let me know. Until then you don't have a product I want.
From my point of view in the UK, streaming music is the least of the record companies problems.......
1. CD's have not got appreciably cheaper despite manufacturing costs having become so.
2. Online stores that sell individual tracks have got more expensive (and the media companies enforce their region cartels to stop shopping around for tracks).
3. CD's keep on getting remastered and the sound quality gets butchered because the record companies seem to think I like their idiotic loudness war [wikipedia.org]. I return CD's like this.
4. Compilation CD's are also remastered sound (see point3 ).
5. Tracks from online stores still do not offer FLAC as default.
6. I have more important things to spend my money on.
7. These days, record companies push what is laughably described as music, more descriptive to say it's noise.
8. If your "artists" need to strip to their g-strings in videos and concerts to sell stuff, you should have figured by now your business is totally screwed.
9. Not one song I can recall from mid-1990's onwards can ever become a classic, they are just cr@p. Record companies have done this suicide without outside help.
All in all, I think it's obvious that I will continue to spend less and less on music. It is up to the illegal record company cartel to change their ways to make music attractive. Suing people for copying is NOT going to get more people to buy music.
I have no sympathy for the position the film and music companies have got THEMSELVES in.
Of course bad, boring, unoriginal and soulless music can't possibly be the problem. Trying to charge too much money can't be the problem either. Treating your customers as if they are thieves can't be the problem, nope... Suing innocent moms and pops for infringement and demanding 10 million dollars for each downloaded song can't possibly be the problem either.
Oh right, it's Pandora's fault!
The absent ones are always at fault.


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And the previous track record of stopping illegal wire tapping is abysmal...
Either way, expect legislation from the committee later this year.
A better prediction would be: "either way, expect everyone you don't want to, to have access to your location data without a court order or notification later this year".
Why implant tracking devices into the population, if you can get them to willingly carry the tracking devices with them.
Now, just ensure that the cell phones can be remotely turned on to listen to people's conversations, and you can start building the kind of government from which there is no escape at all.
I think that within the next 10 ye
The most prescient statement in the write-up.
Also add the corollary: If compromises are to be achieved, expect the worst of all worlds.
Require any tracking of location to be disclosed to the target immediately. This is easy for the firetruck or EMS to handle because they've got the coordinates and they're responding immediately.
This is easy for the firetruck or EMS to handle because they've got the coordinates and they're responding immediately.
Not necessarily. You could be reporting a fire in your downstairs neighbor's apartment. Imminent danger to human safety trumps privacy rights if they are in conflict. In some cases, imminent danger to property can also trump privacy. You want the fire department to put an axe through your neighbor's door now, not after calling his hotel room in the Bahamas. Society is pretty okay with emerg
That is not an issue at all or at least not the issue. The grand partent wanted the operator of the device to be informed imediately when when their location is being reported or accessed. That could be something as simple as the words "Location tracked" printed on the cell phones display. Its your location that is being remported and you who needs to be informed of this fact. If you want the fire department to break down your neighbors door because you see smoke, they don't need to inform your neighbor
Except, if you are reporting the fire, it will be your location data that's tracked, they don't need to figure out who owns the property, what their phone number is or where they are.
Interesting solution to the wrong problem.
What they need is easy access to the data, in event of an emergency, and a way to make sure that bypass of the long procedure is ONLY used in emergency. This is, sadly, NOT Uncle Sam's strong suit.
Take Miranda rights. At first, they read them when you got questioned. Then it was decided that, in cases of emergency, that was not needed, and they could delay reading miranda, to deal with an emergency situation. Ok Fair enough.
The problem is, this just opened the door
What they need is easy access to the data, in event of an emergency, and a way to make sure that bypass of the long procedure is ONLY used in emergency. This is, sadly, NOT Uncle Sam's strong suit.
You propose a legal solution, when a technical one would be better. In fact, a technical one already exists. When I dial 911, my phone automatically transmits my location along with the call. When I call anyone else, it doesn't transmit the location. All you really need to do is ensure that location data is only sent to the person you are calling, unless you go through the long legal process. And that's something that, AFAIK, is already done in most cases.
Whoa! the rule is simple. If it is an emergency, and the service in question is acting in a way that would help the person being tracked they can get immediate access to the data. This is the case be it somebody reporting their house is on fire, or that they need an ambulance, or that they are under attack.
However, even in an emergency it would require a warrant to track somebody who is not direct helped by the tracking, such as tracking a suspect under investigation.
If there is doubt, you err on the side o
My "location" is in the public record - it's called "my street address". Since I can't hide my street address, all the other "private" location data are a minor detail.
ALL laws should have an expiration date. If something still makes sense in 5/10/15/20 years, it will get repassed.
My town still has crap like "You can't walk through any city property with a watermellon and fishing pole" from the 1800s.
My town still has crap like "You can't walk through any city property with a watermelon and fishing pole" from the 1800s.
Now you've stirred my historical perspective curiosity. There must have been some reason for that law being passed.
For the fishing pole, maybe they had a big problem with illegal fishing/poaching on city property? So just ban all fishing poles. Maybe the "no concealed weapons in bars" laws in Texas today will look silly in 200 years? Just like this Electronic Communications Privacy Act law might.
For the watermelon, maybe the city had a monopoly watermelon concession on city property. They wanted to
More likely this is small town politics aimed at one specific person they didn't like rather than a behavior or activity. Then again, maybe someone was using watermelon chunks as bait, and the fish were choking on the seeds. So they made it illegal to look like you were going to attempt that.
My guess would be that if that law was real it was enacted as a subtle way of signalling out poor blacks. Fishing as a means of providing food is well known amongst us poor and everyone knowns how much we like our watermelon.
On all cell phones it says allow others to use location service or emergency only. No way to ever turn off the locator. Then they would be required to get a warrant to go get the cell phone tower data. So at that point they would definitely need some burden of proof to get that information, most of the time.
Here's an idea: Emergency services can look at the data any time they want, BUT if they look at it without a warrant, it becomes forever fruit of the poison tree. Completely inadmissible in court. AND, anything they get from what they find from that line of evidence is also poisoned.
Ambulances and fire rescue and such wouldn't care, and thus have no hinderance. Police, on the other hand, would have to be very careful and get a warrant, lest they completely screw their investigation.
How did we manage to indicate to emergency services where we were before cellphones with GPS? Did we all die?
or you needed to tell the operator where you located.
Bingo. Same way it is now with cell phones. I'll swag it, but I doubt that more than 1 in 100,000 E911 calls are the kind where the caller is unable to tell the operator their location. It makes for high-tension commercial-break cliff-hangers to have the protagonist dial 911 and then pass out, but in real life that seems highly unlikely.
But at least they can dispatch someone to a rough location while asking where they are.
Actually it was closer to 1-100
Remember police or EMS pulling up to the house two doors down can delay response time by five minutes or more. There are also numerous cases of ems responders pulling up to a house finding out nothing was wrong and leaving only to find out they were on the wrong side of the road. Or having the wrong apartment number out of hundred of possibles.
The person doesn't have to pass out either having a hard time breathings also causes trouble.
E911 locationion data was passed as laws a
Actually it was closer to 1-100
If your going to dispute my swag, you really should cite your sources. You know, that "history" you smugly refer to?
"Needs digital era update" equals "We need law that enables us to track every citizen when ever we feel like it". It's a synonum to "would someone please think about the children" card. And believe me, there's plenty of people who welcome these laws with open arms because "I got nothing to hide. You obviously do, which tells that we need this law". I've seen this many times in our local Finnish news sites.
It's a synonum to "would someone please think about the children" card.
It's funny you should say that, but I'm interested in this because of my children. My kids are old enough to be home alone sometimes, but not old enough to have their own phones yet. The only reason I still have a landline, really, is for them to use when they're home alone. I've considered porting the number over to a prepaid cellphone which I could just leave plugged in for them to use, which would have the advantage that our "home" phone could come with us when traveling. So I am interested in having an
Smoke signals.
Stories of this are all over the web, some abusive cop is walking all over somebody's rights, someone else starts recording them on their cell phone, and the Good Samaritan is arrested for filming the cop under wiretapping laws. Even though it's right out in public and there may be five or ten security cameras recording the same area 24/7.
Cop1: Let's get a warrant.
Cop2: Don't bother, just say they might be a threat to national security.
Cop1: Should we bother with the rubber stamp ?
Cop2: No one else does.
Cop1: Thanks, FISA !
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Intelligence_Surveillance_Act [wikipedia.org]
The police state needs an upgrade.
Enhanced 911 Phase 2 already requires wireless phone providers to deliver sub-300 meter accurate positions of 911 callers to the responding Public Safety Answering Point. This takes full effect in September 2012. 95% of subscriber phones were required to provide such location data by 2005.
So that entire section of the TFS is a red herring.
Do you know of any country, in any continent, in any period of written history (maybe even before that) that this was not happening, namely the leaders/chiefs/kings/presidents not being able to "carry on doing what they liked", either in the open or in secret?
Okay, the details may need some work, but I think the intent is clear. I'm open to any suggestions on improvement.
Experience varies directly with equipment ruined.


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SPRING HILL – A Spring Hill man who barricaded himself inside his Siam Drive home Tuesday after shooting a neighbor multiple times has been found dead.
Sheriff Al Nienhuis said around 3 p.m. the suspect, Thomas Brocato, was located on the second floor of his home by the SWAT team, and apparently died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Nienhuis said Brocato, 58, had doused himself in gasoline before shooting himself.
Law enforcement arrived at the intersection of Landover Boulevard and Siam Drive around 9:30 a.m.
Brocato is believed to have shot his neighbor, Bill Stelling, at least two times at his 13071 Siam Dr. residence before retreating to his home at 13085 Siam Drive.
Initial reports said Stelling was shot multiple times in the stomach. He was treated by first responders for gunshot wounds, and airlifted to Regional Media Center Bayonet Point around 9:55 a.m.
Stelling's condition was listed as "stable" late Tuesday afternoon, according to Public Information Officer Denise Moloney.
Sheriff's deputies, detectives and other units surrounded Brocato's home shortly after the shooting. Nienhuis estimated about six families were evacuated from their homes.
Detective Rocky Howard negotiated with Brocato, calling him "Tommy," and asking him to come out and talk to him "like you did that one day in the driveway."
Howard told Brocato over a loudspeaker that Stelling was OK, and that he knew Brocato was a "good guy." Negotiators also attempted to give Brocato a cell phone, and also asked him to either call the sheriff's office or come out with his hands up.
Brocato has been buying and selling firearms the last three years, and was reportedly armed with a handgun, according to emergency responders
Around 1:20 p.m., tear gas was shot inside the residence, and after clearing the ground floor, the SWAT team found Brocato dead on the second floor of the home. Nienhuis declined to discuss what kind of gun was used, or if the man left a note behind.
Because the sheriff's office was not successfully able to contact Brocato during the negotiation, law enforcement in the area were notified of his description. Two local schools were locked down a portion of the day, according to Hernando County School District Media Relations Specialist Roy Gordon.
Neighbor Matt McCabe said he was originally told to stay in his home, and later to get in his car and leave.
"He was trouble," McCabe said of Brocato, adding he had argued with many residents on the street.
McCabe said Brocato accused others of stealing a gun out of his car, as well as an $800 check from him.
McCabe called the victim a "nice guy" who walks with a cane, and lost his wife a few years ago to cancer.
Deputies shut down Landover Boulevard and Siam Drive to Mariner Boulevard earlier this morning after the confirmed shooting. In the course of road closures a 68-year-old male downed his motorcycle, suffering minor injuries to his wrists and ankles. He reportedly had scratch marks on his helmet, but did not complain of any additional injuries.
A Florida Department of Law Enforcement search showed Brocato did not have a criminal record in Florida.
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MacBook Air SMC Updater addresses a rare issue on some Apple notebooks where a battery that has accumulated more than 1000 charge cycles may unexpectedly shut down or stop functioning.
What's New
Version 1.9:
- This update is recommended for MacBook Air (mid 2012 and mid 2013) models.
- This update addresses rare issues where the battery unexpectedly stops functioning, the system does not recognize the battery, or the system hangs when the battery charge reaches less than one percent.
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Chinese harvest
Local dancers exploring Chinese performing arts traditions are featured in The Sunny U Cultural and Education Center Performing Arts Group Dance Showcase performance of "The Broomcorn is Red -- Harvest Time is Here" Saturday at the Genesee Theatre, 203 N. Genesee St., Waukegan. $15-$35. (847) 782-2366 or geneseetheatre.com. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3
Objects d'art
The international art fair SOFA CHICAGO 2012 displays masterworks of contemporary and modern arts and design, sculpture and more for purchase this weekend at Navy Pier, 600 E. Grand Ave., Chicago. $15 single-day admission; $25 three-day pass. (312) 587-7632 or sofaexpo.com. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 2-3, and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4
Jazz standards
Grammy Award-winning vocalist Steve Tyrell,a regular at New York's exclusive Cafe Carlyle,croons popular songs of yesteryear this weekend at Viper Alley, 275 Parkway Drive, Lincolnshire. $20-$50. (847) 499-5000 or viper-alley.com. 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2, and 6:30 and 9:45 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3
Young country
Lovers of modern country music, especially the number "Best Song Ever," won't want to miss the Katie Armiger Trio at the College of Lake County's Lumber Center for the Performing Arts, 19351 W. Washington St., Grayslake. $20-$25; $19-$24 seniors; $12-$15 kids and teens. (847) 543-2300 or clcillinois.edu/tickets. 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2
Oh Gilbert!
Comedian Gilbert Gottfried may have been fired as the voice of the Aflac duck, but you can't stop him from doing standup. Catch him at three Zanies locations this weekend: 1548 N. Wells St., Chicago, (312) 337-4027; Pheasant Run Resort, 4051 E. Main St., St. Charles, (630) 584-6342; and 5437 Park Place, Rosemont, (847) 813-0484. $25 plus a two-item menu purchase. zanies.com. 8:30 and 10:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2, in Chicago; 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, in St. Charles; 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4, in Rosemont
Rah! Rah! Rah!
Athletes from Kindergarten through High School will compete Saturday at the Cheeribean: 2012 Cheer and Poms Competition, a qualifying event for the Illinois Recreational Cheerleading Association's State Championship. Cheer them on at the Sears Centre Arena, 5333 Prairie Stone Parkway, Hoffman Estates. $8. (888) 732-7784 or searscentre.com. 8 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 3
Pumpkins away!
See how physics and pumpkins combine (especially when hurled by trebuchets!) at two weekend events: The Pumpkin Launch at Century Park Sled Hill, 1001 Lakeview Parkway, Vernon Hills. $2 per pumpkin; free to view. (847) 996-6800 or vhparkdistrict.org. And the Annual Pumpkin Drop at Keith Mione Community Park, 1401 N. Midlothian Road, Mundelein. Free to view. (847) 566-0650 or mundeleinparks.org. 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, in Vernon Hills; 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4, in Mundelein
Painterly music
Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" and the U.S. premiere of Michael Daugherty's Georgia O'Keefe-inspired "Ghost Ranch" are featured in Elgin Symphony Orchestra concerts this weekend under conductor Steven Jarvi at the Hemmens Cultural Center, 45 Symphony Way, Elgin. $18-$68. (847) 888-4000 or elginsymphony.org. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4


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'Stangs host 'Cats after splitting four contests at L-View
After today, the Sweetwa-ter baseball team finally says goodbye to San Angelo.Following a season-opening tie at Class 4A San Angelo Lake View and a split of its four games at Lake View's tournament this past week, the Mustangs will host the Class 5A San Angelo Central Bobcats at 7 p.m. today at Newman Park.Sweetwater's four games at Lake View's tournament were all against Class 2A opponents as the Mustangs and Chiefs did not play each other in the three-day, round-robin event. Coach Roland Herrera's team showed resiliency on each of the last two days by coming back to get an easy win following a tough defeat.Sweetwater lost 4-3 to Wall last Thursday in its opener, but then won two of its last three games, both by big margins. On Friday, the Mustangs played twice and beat Ozona 11-4 in its first game before losing to Sonora 6-0 later in the day. But Sweetwater came back with a flourish Saturday as it shut out Coahoma, 14-0, in its final game and moved its season record back to the .500 mark at 2-2-1.Today's contest is the first of five home games this week for the Mustangs, who host their annual Wood Bat Classic this Thursday through Saturday and will play twice on each of the final two days. After that, Sweetwater is at home just one more time before start-ing District 5-3A play here against Wylie on March 20.


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The Gibson Paradox: Real Gold, Interest Rates and Prices
This paper aims to provide an analysis and explanation of the curious empirical relationships that exist between the price of gold, the interest rate and commodity prices, operating under the English 19th century fractional reserve gold standard and the modern American fractional reserve fiat paper standard, known as the Gibson Paradox. This paper argues that the value and purchasing power of the British pound and American dollar are managed in relation to their rate of exchange with gold and the real rate of interest, such that, changes in the general level of prices are the effect and not the cause.
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- Relentless Gladiator's Dragonhide Legguards
- Item Level 251
- Binds when picked up
- Leather
- Legs
- 557 Armor
- +128 Agility
+164 Stamina
- Red Socket
Blue Socket
- Socket Bonus: +6 Agility
- Durability 90 / 90
- Classes: Druid
- Requires level 80
- Requires personal and team arena rating of 1550
- Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 80.
Equip: Improves your resilience rating by 96.
Equip: Increases attack power by 145.
- Relentless Gladiator's Sanctuary (5 pieces)
- [Relentless Gladiator's Dragonhide Helm]
[Relentless Gladiator's Dragonhide Robes]
[Relentless Gladiator's Dragonhide Legguards]
[Relentless Gladiator's Dragonhide Spaulders]
[Relentless Gladiator's Dragonhide Gloves]
- (2) Set: +50 Resilience Rating.
(4) Set: Increases your movement speed by 15% while in Bear Form, Cat Form, or Travel Form. Only active outdoors.
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This item drops from Koralon the Flame Watcher in the 25-man version and Toravon the Ice Watcher in the 10-man version of Vault of Archavon.
This item is also sold by the following vendors for 13,200 770 :
- Big Zokk Torquewrench <Arena Vendor> in Netherstorm
- Evee Copperspring <Arena Vendor> in Gadgetzan
- Nargle Lashcord <Arena Vendor> in Dalaran
This item is also sold by the following vendors for 95 :
- Arcanist Uovril <Emblem of Frost Quartermaster> in Alliance
- Magister Arlan <Emblem of Frost Quartermaster> in Dalaran
- Goodman the "Closer" <Emblem of Frost Quartermaster> in Icecrown Citadel
Patch changes Edit
- Patch 3.2.0 (04-Aug-2009): Added.


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The Artist
In the age of IMAX 3D and sensory overload, "The Artist" makes a loud statement, capturing audience's attention with the simple sound of silence.
With the advent of talking pictures in 1927, it was absurd to think that anyone would pour any substantial amount of money into a silent film ever again; let alone 85 years later. When word got out that there was a $30 million black and white French film being shot in Hollywood and oh yeah... it was SILENT, people laughed. Then again, as "The Artist" reminds us, some people laughed at the idea of talking pictures and look how that turned out.
Unless you've been living under a rock for the last few months, you've undoubtedly heard the rap sheet of awards this film has collected including Best Picture at both the Golden Globes and Academy Awards. It's been a good couple of years for French director Michelle Hazanavicius and producer Thomas Langdon, who recently made the first silent film to win an Academy Award since 1929. Visionary director and admirer of the silent film era, Hazanavicius wanted the challenge of telling a story with moving pictures and no dialogue, and it's safe to say he overcame said challenge. "The Artist" is set in the late 1920's, the beginning of the end for silent films, reminiscent of "Singing In The Rain," Hazanavicius paints a picture of an actor who faces a change in the way his art is made. George Valentin (now Academy Award winner Jean Dujardin) must speak or fade away with the rest of the voiceless faces of the silent era. Also starring Hazanavicius' wife, Bérénice Bejo, James Cromwell, and Malcolm McDowell, "The Artist" is full of recognizable, albeit, silent faces.
For a film that took home five Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director, one would think that the bonus features would reflect the hard work that merited such high praise. Unfortunately, the special features feel rushed and looked over, unlike the great detail and precision put into the actual film itself. The special features come with a silent blooper reel, a Q&A with the cast and filmmakers with KCRW, and a few featurettes that explore the old Hollywood locations and artists behind "The Artist." The biggest letdown is that the special features feel like promotional material. So instead of really getting into the process and the "Why Silent? Why now?"-behind the artist, the special features barely make a peep.
If you love cinema, have a soft spot for old Hollywood, or just want a break from the sensory assault of your day-to-day life in 2012, then check out "The Artist" on Blu-ray, and see what all the noise is about.
"The Artist"
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the bills. If he's not at work or at home writing, he's out surfing
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Napoli owner Aurelio De Laurentiis has hit out at the suspensions issued to Paolo Cannavaro and Gianluca Grava for their part in the Scommessopoli scandal.
The duo were banned for six months for failing to report attempted match fixing, while the club was docked two points as part of the punishment.
De Laurentiis believes the sanctions were unjust, particularly given the time that has elapsed since the alleged incident, and pointed to his side's Coppa Italia defeat to Bologna as proof that his players have been affected mentally by the issue.
"They [the FIGC] took Paolo Cannavaro and Gianluca Grava from us," he told La Gazzetta dello Sport. "It seems unfair that we should be punished for something that did not happen.
"Even if anything did happen, it would have been as far back as three seasons ago.
"These are players who were symbols of our dressing room, and, of course, all of this [controversy] has affected the team psychologically in the Coppa Italia."
De Laurentiis assured that he was planning to invest in the squad during the January transfer window to compensate for their losses, but added that the majority of spending would take place over the summer.
"There will be investment in the next month, there will be great investments in the summer," he said. "We are in the market to make decisive repairs to the squad, and we will be even more determined in June.
"I spend large sums only for the strikers; for the other roles we want the right investments. I do not think that paying €9 million for [Blerim] Dzemaili and €16 million for [Gokhan] Inler has been trivial.
"In the summer I proceeded to renew the contract of [Edinson] Cavani, offering a substantial figure for scoring 40 goals in a year."
"We need to look further ahead in the future. Take Barcelona a few years ago: they decided to focus on young people. At first they had some problems, but today they are the strongest team in the world.
"Here, you have to decide if you want the experience, which guarantees greater continuity, or work for the future by investing in young people."


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The lights are on
Recently, and especially last week, there were a surprising number of noteworthy video game developers who left their positions at the companies where they made names for themselves.
The video game industry is changing as small-scale development becomes much more attractive, and the backing of a major publisher isn't necessary to create a successful game. These are the developers who recently left, and why they're worth paying attention to, even if they are no longer working on the franchises you know them for.
As more developers leave their studios throughout the year, we will be continually updating this feature.
Justin Richmond – March 27
Richmond was the director on Uncharted 3 with Naughty Dog and was key in the creation of Uncharted's multiplayer. He was working on the development of Uncharted 4, but recently announced his decision to leave and join Riot Games to work on the League of Legends series. According to Naughty Dog, "The development timeline of Uncharted will not be impacted."
Travis Baldree and Erich Schaefer – March 26
Baldree is credited as the creator of the game Fate and Schaefer has a history with Blizzard and the Diablo series. The two came together to form Runic Games in 2008 and released two Torchlight games. Runic games will continue going strong, but Baldree and Schaefer are leaving the studio behind to start work on smaller titles. The two will continue to work together in their future endeavours.
Seth Killian – March 25
Killian made a name for himself in the fighting game community before accepting a job with Capcom to work on Street Fighter IV. In 2012, Killian left Capcom to work with Sony on PlayStaton All-Stars Battle Royale. What's next for Killian is currently unknown, but he tells fans on Twitter to "stay tuned."
Jaime Griesemer – March 18
Griesemer was the lead designer on Sucker Punch's Infamous Second son, but his history extends beyond Sony's PlayStation 4 exclusive to one of Microsoft's most noteworthy exclusives. Griesemer worked with Bungie on the Halo series, and also did preliminary work on the upcoming Destiny before moving over to Sucker Punch. At the moment, Griesemer isn't ready to talk about what's next for his career.
For more on Griesemer, check out our interview with him when we visited Sucker Punch Studios during our coverage of Infamous Second Son.
Tetsuya Mizuguchi – March 18
Mizuguchi's departure is a complicated one. He left the development side of Q Entertainment in 2012, but stayed on as a consultant in order to make his transition away from the company more fluid. He has mostly been doing his own things separate of Q Entertainment since that time, but reports suggest he recently fully severed himself from the company.
Mizuguchi directed Child of Eden, and served as a producer on a number of memorable games including Lumines, Rez, and Space Channel 5.
Atman Binstock – March 11
Binstock was the lead engineer for Valve's VR project. Binstock worked to help overcome the motion-sickness that is a common by-product of virtual reality. Before Valve, he also worked with Intel and DICE. Binstock left Valve to take a position with Oculus Rift.
Stig Asmussen – March 18
Asmussen was the creative director on God of War III, but before that he served the role of lead environment artist and art director on the previous God of War titles. He also stars in this commercial promoting Art Institute college.
It's unclear exactly where Asmussen will land next, or why he left Sony.
Koji Igarashi – March 17
Igarashi spearheaded the Castlevania series for years as producer. He helped to make Castlevania: Symphony of the Night the classic it is today and was producer on every Castlevania game through Xbox Live Arcade's multiplayer Harmony of Despair.
Igarashi left Konami in order to create his own studio. He has no concrete plans or ideas he is ready to talk about, but he has shown a preference for 2D, and a continued appreciation for Metroidvania-style games.
Amy Hennig – March 5
The details surrounding Hennig's departure aren't completely clear, but Naughty Dog did release a statement to clarify, at least in some small detail, why she decided to leave as well as expel some of the rumors of her leaving.
The studio has nothing but positive words for Hennig saying she will be missed. Hennig was the writer and director behind the Uncharted series, and was an important component of Naughty Dog. You can read a deep dive on her past and future career by heading here.
Alex Ward and Fiona Sperry – January 3
Ward and Sperry founded Criterion Games back in 1993. The studio is likely best known for creating the Burnout series of racing games, but it also developed Need for Speeds Most Wanted and Rivals. Ward and Sperry announced their departure from the studio in the interest of creating Three Filed Entertainment. Not much is known about the duo's new studio, other than it is working with the Unity engine on a project set for release on Microsoft, Apple, and possibly Sony platforms.
Non-Developer Departures
Jack Tretton – March 6
Tretton, the now former CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America, had been with the company since its beginnings in 1995. Tretton officially leaves the company on April 1, and said, "I'm very excited about starting the next chapter of my career," in the announcement of his departure. What that next chapter will entail remains a mystery.
Marc Whitten – March 17
Whitten was not on the creative side of game development, but he has
been an important component of Microsoft and Xbox since the launch of
the original console. According to corporate vice president of Microsoft
Game Studios Phil Spencer, Whitten left for family and professional reasons, and to take on a position at Sonos speakers.
Karl Stewart – March 20
Stewart was the vice president of strategic marketing for Europe and
North America for Square Enix before leaving. Like Whitten, he
was less involved with the creative direction of video game design, but was heavily involved in bringing the recent Tomb Raider to life.
Stewart left to take on a position with Petrol Advertising, but
specifically cited being involved with Tomb Raider as the "crowning
glory" of his time at Square Enix.
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