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CUNA, WOCCU Officials Stress Need for Greater Global CU Involvement
July 12, 2010
LAS VEGAS — The flags of 60 nations brought participants to their feet during the opening ceremonies of The 1 Credit Union Conference which convened here Sunday. More than 2,800 attendees from those nations gathered at the MGM Grand Hotel for the conference, cosponsored by Credit Union National Association (CUNA) and World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU). It was the first time the two trade organizations joined forces to present a major credit union industry event.
Officials from both organizations welcomed participants, stressing the need for greater global unity among credit unions and the inherent strengths offered by the financial cooperative model. Despite significant challenges, the global movement has made great strides during the past year, and the many ways credit unions around the globe define service expands the scope of that work to new levels.
"We in the U.S. marvel at the work credit unions are doing worldwide, especially in countries like Kenya and Afghanistan," Harriet May, president and CEO of GECU of El Paso, Texas and new CUNA chair, said in her welcoming remarks. "The compassion and creativity we see among credit unions around the world is amazing."
There is a need for greater global credit union unity. But that need requires efforts not only on the part of the institution and its trade association, but also from individuals involved in the movement, according to WOCCU Chair Barry Jolette.
"Individuals can and do make a difference," said Jolette, president and CEO of San Mateo Credit Union in Redwood City, Calif. in his welcoming comments. "We are all devoted to helping people and we all do it in unique and different ways no matter where we serve members."
Prior to Sunday afternoon's opening session, WOCCU held several other meetings for various credit union groups, including the second annual Global Women's Leadership Forum, part of WOCCU's Global Women's Leadership Network. More than 90 participants gathered for the day-long forum Sunday - double the attendance at the group's inaugural forum last year at WOCCU's 2009 World Credit Union Conference in Barcelona, Spain. The rapidly growing participation indicates increasing interest in the program designed to foster networking and professional growth for women credit union leaders worldwide, according to network chair Sue Mitchell.
"Women are central players in community development worldwide and if we can increase their ability to connect, we have a very good chance of changing the world," said Mitchell, CEO of consulting firm Mitchell, Stankovic & Associates. "We want credit unions to play a central role in this important effort."
Educational sessions during the forum focused on strategies to cultivate institutional growth and professional development for participants. In addition, Greta Greathouse, the head of WOCCU's development efforts in Haiti, gave a first-hand account of serving credit unions in the wake of the Jan. 12 earthquake.
Currently, the Global Women's Leadership Network has 85 members representing 21 countries, but Mitchell expects that number will grow to more than 100 as conference attendees sign up to join the network. Sunday's meeting was preceded by a Saturday golf tournament that raised more than US$40,000 to help support network scholarships, she added.
The WOCCU Young Credit Union People (WYCUP) Program also convened Sunday, attracting 57 participants from 15 countries, roughly double the number in attendance at WYCUP's Barcelona program last year. Participants were able to network as well as hear from several educational speakers. Five of the program's nominees will be chosen for all-expenses-paid scholarships to attend the WYCUP 2011 event and WOCCU's World Credit Union Conference in Glasgow, Scotland.
The 1 Credit Union Conference runs through July 14.
World Council of Credit Unions is the global trade association and development agency for credit unions. World Council promotes the sustainable development of credit unions and other financial cooperatives around the world to empower people through access to high quality and affordable financial services. World Council advocates on behalf of the global credit union system before international organizations and works with national governments to improve legislation and regulation. Its technical assistance programs introduce new tools and technologies to strengthen credit unions' financial performance and increase their outreach.
World Council has implemented 300+ technical assistance programs in 89 countries. Worldwide, 68,882 credit unions in 109 countries serve 235 million people. Learn more about World Council's impact around the world at www.woccu.org.
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CAMP CONFIDENTIAL: The health of Robert Griffin III is the main storyline inside the Beltway these days with the current scuttlebutt saying that the second-year star should be at 70 or 80 percent by the start of training camp and 90 percent by the beginning of the regular season. Defensively, Washington is thrilled to have sackmaster Brian Orakpo back from injury and hopes rookies Phillip Thomas and Bacarri Rambo can make things interesting at safety.
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During National Public Health Week 2011, the American Public Health Association (APHA) needs your help to educate Americans that "Safety is No Accident." Together, we can help Americans live injury-free in all areas of life: at work, at home, at play, in your community and anywhere people are on the move. We all need to do our part to prevent injuries and violence in our communities. Join us as we work together to create a safer and healthier nation.
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In my last column I began a list of essential attitudes and beliefs you will need to successfully manage your retirement plan. First on my list was to develop an attitude of optimism. This week I want to discuss the illusion of performance.
Wall Street, the financial media and most people dispensing financial advice are obsessed with performance. They worship at the Altar of the Percentage Sign. Many investors see performance as the goal of financial planning but performance is the outcome of financial planning, not the goal.
Performance is a measure of what's already happened. It exists only in the past along with the Brooklyn Dodgers and eight-track tapes. You invest your retirement money in an uncertain and unknowable future, where performance is just a hope, a goal, an illusion beyond anyone's control.
Advertisements that proclaim lofty past performance catch our attention. Mutual fund companies encourage performance chasing by advertising the past returns of their best performing funds. These ads often boast about a four- or five-star Morningstar rating even though Morningstar cautions that their ratings measure relative past performance among similar funds and should not be used to predict future performance.
The role that luck plays in mutual fund performance is never mentioned in these ads, is barely mentioned by commentators and not understood by most investors.
There are thousands of equity mutual funds; a select few would outperform market averages even if managers picked stocks randomly. A foolproof way to identify in advance those few managers who will outperform their benchmark index has yet to be discovered. It has been repeatedly demonstrated that top performing funds generally do not continue to outperform the competition. (See the December, 2012 S&P Persistence Scorecard)
Consequently, the SEC mandates that all ads contain a disclaimer that past performance is no guarantee of future returns. If the SEC didn't mandate the disclaimer, advertisers would bury it right next to Jimmy Hoffa, never to be seen or heard from again.
In its current form, most mutual fund advertising is nothing more than misleading propaganda. Past performance is an easy sell, the heart and soul of account churning. Perhaps this is why many of the same performance bragging ads I see in consumer financial magazines also appear in trade magazines for financial advisors.
Past performance may be dead, buried and beyond resurrection but the "past performance" disclaimer doesn't seem to be getting through to investors. When choosing funds, most investors give more weight to past performance than factors such as a fund's fees and expenses, its investment strategy or downside risk. They don't stop to consider if the fund is appropriate for their own risk tolerance, goals or time horizon. Your financial strategy, not a fund's past performance, should be the primary filter for what gets into your portfolio.
If the SEC called me up today I would recommend that the following disclaimer be used in all mutual fund advertisements:
"Stop! We know what you're thinking. You're looking at the past performance of this fund and thinking 'Wow, I can get these returns!' Who are you kidding? When was the last time you chased past performance and weren't disappointed? The fund company hopes that you're too dim-witted to realize that there is no statistical probability that these returns will continue into the future. If we told your mother what you're doing it would break her heart — she'd think that she raised a fool."
If your investing goal is to receive the highest possible return, I've got news for you. That's not a goal, it's an illusion.
There is no sure way to maximize return. Most strategies that promise to do so are just risk maximizing schemes - a different thing altogether. Most performance chasers are practicing active management without a license and receiving only a fraction of the market's return for their efforts. They hunt for tomorrow's performance by peering into the past, racing into the future at full speed astern.
If you've been a performance chaser I don't need to tell you that you've had a frustrating, fretful financial life. Stop focusing on what is beyond your control and focus on what you can control — such as your asset allocation, savings rate and investing discipline.
Make it a priority to determine if you can reach your financial goals with market equaling performance. Such performance is almost free for the asking and has been sufficient for most people. Then create a diversified portfolio of index funds in an allocation appropriate for your goals, time horizon and risk tolerance.
Perhaps by following this advice you'll be able to eliminate the words "What was I thinking?" from your financial vocabulary.


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10-02-2006, 07:22 PM #1Still don't fully understand how apps work within Mac OSX
What can I keep and what can I delete?
Do I keep the setup (DMG) files on my computer after downloading and installing applications?
I hate things on my desktop, so find myself deleting files then finding out my application has gone and I'm having to re-download them the next day.
Anyone help out?
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When the .dmg is fully downloaded, double-clicking on it will lauch the volume (unless you have this auto-launch in your web browser prefs in which case it will launch itself in a new window).
So, in the new window that springs open, just drag the apps icon to your applications folder...or to the alias of your Apps folder which should be to the right of the App you want to install.
Once installed, launch it from your Apps folder.
Then, decide whether you want to keep the icon in your Dock for easy access.
Then when the app has been closed, you can drag the Volume icon to the trash, which will in turn change to the same icon you see when you eject a CD.
It's up to you if you want to also trash the .dmg or keep it in a folder for later use just in case.
I have a special folder for all my .dmg files.
Then you're done.
Thanks for that - much appreciated. Good idea re: the DMG files also.
Also - when I double click on the HDD top right, is there a way I can make folders with images in viewable as thumbnails instead of just lists of details like DSC001.jpg, 002 etc?
Thanks again
Everything Pilse 8 says is correct. To make it a little easier though, if you are used to working with windows, then treat the .dmg files you download to your desktop as equal to a .zip file (containing a compressed program) that you download on windows.
Double click on the .dmg file will open a "hard disk" type icon on your desktop - this is equivalent to clicking on a standard .zip file within windows and it decompressing, both show the items they hold within a new window.
Drag and drop the program from the "hard disk" type icon's contents window to your applications folder. In windows you would click the .exe file in the decompressed window and follow installation instructions.
Once the program has transferred from the hard disk icon contents window - you will see a transfer progress bar - you can then drag and drop the hard disk type icon to the trash to "eject" it.
Your program is now installed, and you can drag and drop to your dock if you wish for quick access. With your .dmg file (like a .zip file) you can either save on your system for any further installations of the program if you need them, or burn to a disc to keep or trash it.
If you trash the .dmg file, it will not stop the program from working if you have installed as above, but, if you ever want to re-install the program, you will need to download the .dmg file again.Fondest regards, Kyomii
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1. Open up the folder that you want to change
2. Command-J or View > Show View Options
3. Then select whether this is going to be this window or all windows (this is how you set the default behavior)
4. And then select according to what you want.. you have quite a bit of control here.---> Join the Mac-Forums Folding team: use 37954 as your team number.
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Oxfam reaction to new interim World Bank poverty cutting target
Washington, DC— In reaction to World Bank President Jim Kim's announcement of a new interim target of cutting global poverty to 9% by 2020, Oxfam spokesperson Raymond C. Offenheiser made the following statement:
"This interim goal is a strong signal that World Bank President Kim is serious about bringing his vision of a world free of poverty to reality quickly. But ambitious targets must now be paired with ambitious actions. In order for these efforts to reach the poor in small and populous countries alike and ensure advancement towards this target across the board, the World Bank must report progress in each individual country."
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"hole dug for water, spring of water," Old English wielle (West Saxon), welle (Anglian), from wiellan (see well (v.)).
"in a satisfactory manner," Old English wel, common Germanic (cf. Old Saxon wela, Old Norse vel, Old Frisian wel, Dutch wel, Old High German wela, German wohl, Gothic waila "well"), from PIE *wel-, *wol- (cf. Sanskrit prati varam "at will," Old Church Slavonic vole "well," Welsh gwell "better," Latin velle "to wish, will," Old English willan "to wish;" see will (v.)). Also used in Old English as an interjection and an expression of surprise. Well-to-do "prosperous" is recorded from 1825.
"to spring, rise, gush," Old English wiellan (Anglian wællan), causative of weallan "to boil, bubble up" (class VII strong verb; past tense weoll, past participle weallen), from Proto-Germanic *wal-, *wel- "roll" (cf. Old Saxon wallan, Old Norse vella, Old Frisian walla, Old High German wallan, German wallen, Gothic wulan "to bubble, boil"), from PIE root *wel- "to turn, roll" (see volvox), on notion of "roiling or bubbling water."
A deep hole or shaft sunk into the Earth to tap a liquid or gaseous substance such as water, oil, gas, or brine. If the substance is not under sufficient pressure to flow freely from the well, it must be pumped or raised mechanically to the surface. Water or pressurized gas is sometimes pumped into a nonproducing oil well to push petroleum resources out of underground reservoirs. See also artesian well.


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You a Sochie fan too?
I just loved her courage and how she put the burden on her shoulders to avenge her father at such a young age and vulnerable time...She always stood strong eventhough she had to be dying inside at times..
Also unlike many Gundam angst children...The way she acted never really seemed forced, it always seemed natural to me...
She even came thru plenty of times in that rag-tag Kapool...
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I also believe that Loran and Dianna got married. I don't see how Tomino would have meant otherwise with the ring at the end! After all, this is the new, happy, improved Tomino, so he has to give Loran and Dianna the happiest ending
Kihel is with Harry now
Who else agrees that Harry is the awesomest hidden-face guy in any Gundam series? I do!
I mean Char is a douchebag, likes little girls, and tried to kill billions of people by dropping Axis (good thing Amuro the man stopped him). Rau is just crazy. Neo is just Mwu. And the only good thing about Zechs is he's good looking (but then again, so are all the male characters in Wing).
Harry is a true knight. I still remember his ANGRY speech when Midgard took Dianna away to space and Harry couldn't catch up to them. Also, man, when he totally PWNED 5 Mahiroos in the last few episodes on his own, wow! Also, who can forget his most memorable line, "UNIVERSEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Can anyone tell me where to get Harry's shades?
Oh also, I've come up with this theory about face-hidden people in Gundam.
Mask = opposition to the protagonists. Examples: Every single masked character
Shades = cooperation with the protagonists. Examples: Quattro helps Camille. Harry helps Loran.
I'm so happy there's a sudden resurgence in interest for Turn A. Less and less ignorant fools think of it as "That moustache Gundam," and more and more people think of it as "the greatest Gundam series." I wonder why's that? Maybe it's Seed Destiny turned out so crappily, so people are looking for alternatives
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@W-General - Hey I loved Harry too (especially the scene where he screamed "UNIVERSE!!!!" ), but comparing him to Char is like comparing a a puzzle-piece to a chess-piece...
And damn did anybody like my fanfic ending??
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Schwarz Bruder though was always the mentor type character that Quattro/Jamil were... So maybe he would have better followed tradition with shades instead of the mask...
But anyway, Harry just simply kicks ass.
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Harry was pretty cool. I just wish we could have seemed him more in battle then we did but when he was he shined. I so wanted to see what would have happen if he and Loran has squared off. I don't think it ever happen, just nto actually fighting. They basicly stood in each others way at times, like when Diana arrived on Earth but outside of that nothing.
wingdarkness: You wrote a fanfic ending for Turn A? Where is it?
I agree Sochie is one of my favorite character in all of Gundam and at the very top of the list for Turn A. Personally I do wish that she and Loran had gotten together in the end but I'm not really against the Loran and Diana pairing either. If we had to score who suffered the most in this series then Sochie would win but she handles it so well and naturally which is what makes her such a great character. Hell all of the characters, especially the female ones in Turn A.
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That's not gonna happen, XD
Man, all this Turn A resurgence is making me play Tsuki no Mayu / MOON over and over again.
Who here agrees with me that it's THE BEST GUNDAM SONG EVER!!!!!!!!!!11111
I still remember when I saw the last 5 minutes of the TV series and they played this song, I almost cried because it was beautiful beyond words...also BEST GUNDAM ENDING & ENDING SEQUENCE EVER.
|2006-01-04, 11:29
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Turn A does have the best OST though or at least the most memorable one mind you that is my opinion.
|2006-01-04, 12:30
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Diana is my love, Sochie's problem, was she was too hard on Loran when she was going through that phase of hating moonrace. I did like how she put on the wedding dress after Gavane's demise, it is the single most touching memory in gundam only second to Trieze's demise.
I still would like to know why Midgard killed Agrippa.
I for some strange reason like the way Diana and Loran were placed together. It was the best i'd ever seen. It will prbably always be my favorite relationship in all of Gundam, maybe in all of relationships.
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While not to also sound like a pest... but if there is a slight resurgence of interest in Turn-A, it would be greatly appriciated if anyone is willing to help keep our torrents seeded. >.>;; The fact that Turn-A doesn't have the downloading numbers that SEED had makes the task of maintaining them a little bit difficult ^.^;; This includes the big torrent on boxtorrents if anyone is willing to help...
Just a request to help keep a good Gundam series alive. My own personal bandwidth is constantly strained trying to do this.
|2006-01-06, 21:27
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Speaking of Gundam X music though, I liked first OP much better than second OP. Probably because they play it much more often in Super Robot Wars Alpha Gaiden
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Jamie Tardif scored two goals to pace the Providence Bruins offense in a 3-2 victory over the HERSHEY BEARS on Friday night at Dunkin' Donuts Center.
The Bruins appeared to take a 1-0 lead inside the first two minutes of play, but after the puck entered the net on a shot from the right corner, the goal was waved off due to incidental contact on Bears goaltender Philipp Grubauer. The special teams battle was the story for the remainder of the period, as Providence killed off two Hershey power plays while the Bears wiped out a short-lived Bruins man advantage.
The offense started to come in the middle period with the Bruins striking first. Grubauer made a nice save on a point-blank one-timer from Jared Knight, but the rebound came to Tardif who roofed the puck under the crossbar at 1:56.
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Hershey got on the board after the Bruins turned the puck over in the neutral zone and allowed an odd-man rush. Led by Chay Genoway, the Bears carried down the right side. Michael Latta grabbed a pass, skated to the corner and fed the right circle where Garrett Mitchell ripped a one-timer past Niklas Svedberg at 11:13.
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But just under four minutes later after a highlight-reel rush through center ice by rookie Ryan Spooner, Tardif collected a pass on the right wing and with Grubauer covering down low lifted a shot upstairs for the winner. The Bruins held off the Bears with Grubauer pulled for a sixth attacker in the final 1:04 of regulation.
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When do I tell potential partner I have a mental illness?
January 14, 2012, 08:14:10 PM »
After 10 years with my GF I find myself single again
. Right now I'm not interested in da
but it'll happen at some point and I need advice. I have a mental illness, one of the big ones...Dissociative Identity Disorder. It does affect my life though I've been through intensive therapy for it.
I know it's not something you bring up on the first date but when do you begin to touch on it? It can get complicated, as in the insider that goes on the date might not definitely be the one who comes home at the end of the evening. We've been known to switch viewpoints on topics during a conversation.
Mostly I can control it though, and like anyone I want to love and be loved, I just want to be honest about it. But bringing it up in the beginning would scare off most people.
I think I would be rude not to bring it up at all though, and that's where the question of when comes in. When I was with my most recent partner it wasn't a problem because we'd been together for a few years when I was officially diagnosed. I know now what it is, I'm sure the diagnosis is true, and I've learned to live with it.
When do I break it to a potential partner? From their view, until they're told it will just come across as indecisiveness or mood swings. Once they're told it could become a dealbreaker. Any thoughts?
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Re: When do I tell potential partner I have a mental illness?
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January 14, 2012, 08:24:32 PM »
I'd wait until at least a few dates - perhaps about the time that you two go from "feeling each other out and getting to know each other a little to see if you are compatible as a couple" to "this might be someone that I want to get to know well enough to decide if this is going to be something long term".
Or about six to eight weeks - or twelve dates.................whichever comes first.
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Re: When do I tell potential partner I have a mental illness?
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January 14, 2012, 08:29:21 PM »
Having been on a first date with a man who proceeded to tell me he was bipolar and still trying to find the right combination of medication, I would not recommend the first date.
(He also had ex-wife issues - this guy had a whole 747 full of baggage!)
I face a similar dilemma. I have fibromyalgia and have had melanoma, which puts me at risk for further cancers. Personally, I let potential partners know three or four dates in. These have never been the reason for the rel
not working out.
If your date mentions something odd you did or said, then I think that would be your cue. If that doesn't happen within the first few dates, I'd bring it up. Good luck!
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Re: When do I tell potential partner I have a mental illness?
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January 14, 2012, 11:34:43 PM »
I'd vote for a few dates in. That way, the person knows you a little. The first date is too soon- that's when you find out if the person likes tea or coffee (or tequila, depending on where you meet.)
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January 15, 2012, 04:55:07 AM »
I'd do it before the first date occurs. It sounds pretty important.
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January 15, 2012, 05:08:00 AM »
as someone who dated and married a guy with severe (untreated) metal illness - i think that you should be upfront as soon as possible. if your ultimate goal in da
is 'for long term /serious/possible marriage' then people should know before going out. if this is more a casual thing - then at least on the first date. yes, it may be that people are prejudice against people who suffer from illness, and it may be that you are missing out on meeting a potential mate. but OTOH i find it is unfair to have someone go out with you, maybe start to like you, maybe start to think about a future, only to be told after a few weeks that you have certain issues. and if there are certain 'quirks' that are unique to your particular illness - having a potential partner know the information upfront can help the situations that may arise.
you don't have to go into a the whole history - just the bare-bones facts
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Re: When do I tell potential partner I have a mental illness?
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January 15, 2012, 05:27:41 AM »
It's mostly dependent on how much this affects everyday life and how this affects the people around you.
I have suffered from OCD, and whilst I don't have it so much any more, I am still an anxious person. i cope well, and unless i told someone, no one would ever suspect it. Apart from being a bit irritating and hard for my family to sometimes understand, It dosen't really affect the way I communicate and deal with other people.
I believe it is my right as a person to keep it private as I see fit, because I am not dangerous, and it does not give me manipulative tendencies that unfortunately some big mental health problems do. If I want to tell someone, it will because I am close and trust that person. not because I feel I have an obligation to let a person know what they are getting into.
However, if mental illness is quite severe where you really struggle to function, it is best to let the other person know before they get too close to you. . You
to have normal healthy re
just as much as the next person, but the other person also equally needs to be aware of any challenges they may face should they decide they won't to take something further.
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January 15, 2012, 07:12:17 AM »
DID is a big one, a very big one, so I think you should tell them on the third date before anything beyond a kiss happens.
You cannot be expected to lead with this, as it would scare off everyone who heard it on a first date (given they know what it is). People on first dates are still so heavy in fight-or-flight mode that telling them something this huge, no matter how in control and together you sound, would be like firing the starting pistol for them to race out of the restaurant. For this reason I think you should get a little time to see if you guys click well enough for something long term. They get to fall for you the teensiest bit first, but then tell them at once. If they still run, then they would not have stayed for your first bad turn either.
Be honest and just be you. I find it statistically likely that there is someone out there who has a you-shaped hole in their life. Go find them!
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January 15, 2012, 10:34:26 AM »
I think part of this depends on how you plan to date. When I was younger an more casual, I'd go on dates with people after only a brief meeting/minimal conversation. As I got older and more serious and focused on da
, I tended to have several conversations via email and possibly phone before even getting to a first date (I used Match.com). A lot of people did not make it to first date, having expressed themselves in email in a way I knew would ultimately mean it wouldn't work out.
In the first type of da
, like when I was younger, I'd say you'd have to tell the by the 3rd date or so. In da
where essentiallly partnered are well vetted before the first date, i'd expect t know by the end of the first date.
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January 15, 2012, 12:47:49 PM »
I say early. I also think that if they have children there is even more responsibility to tell them as early as possible because they are not making a decision that affects just them. Same goes for anybody who might have reposniblities like taking care of a parent or something similar. As much as they want to, if they have other family obligations already entering a rel
where this would be a factor might be too much.
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January 17, 2012, 10:12:25 PM »
I would say that if the first date is going to turn into a second date, I would do it then. I don't think it's necessary to bring it up on the first date, because you just don't know if there is going to be chemistry or work out. But if there is a possibility it will go somewhere, I think you definitely need to be upfront about it.
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January 18, 2012, 12:39:39 AM »
Obviously depends on circumstances, but I'd use 'during the second date' as a jump-off point. Doesn't have the scary aspect of oversharing on first date, you know that you like each other enough to see each other at least once more, but it's before anything has really 'happened' in most cases. So there's not really a 'why didn't you tell me'. I'd also do it naturally during conversation rather than when they asked me out again, because that might feel like 'yes, if you still want to see me even after this' which could make for a really awkward situation. Whereas if you tell them conversationally, and they aren't the sort of jerk who'd freak out, but decide that it's not something they can deal with, there can just not be a third date, which could be because of other stuff too.
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January 18, 2012, 12:41:20 PM »
I don't think first date disclosure is required. There are some many mundane reasons a first date goes nowhere I don't think you need to add more. And first dates should be about having fun and starting to get to know somebody, not laying all our cards on the table.
If it goes well, on the second date you might sort of put out a vague reference to some "some mental health issues" and see how she reacts. If she is immediately put out, I think you have your answer without needing to go further, but if she asks for more details, you can disclose more information.
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January 20, 2012, 07:34:14 PM »
Deal breakers are deal breakers and the sooner you find out if there are any, the better. If things start to go well then the attraction will start to entangle both of you emotionally and the longer you wait the harder it will be to tell and for them to hear. If they have a chance of being in your future they deserve to know.
You don't have to open with it, but it is important info to work a rel
Not being told or rather not being told soon enough may be a deal breaker - the other person may feel you were misleading them about who you were.
Of course you deserve love, but you and any potential partner both deserve honest love built on mutual trust and disclosure.
If you want them to love you for who you are you need to make sure they understand who you are.
Obviously you don't have to lead with something this big, but it will loom elephant-like until you can be open and up front about what being in a rel
with you really entails.
Feel out your prospective dates and go with your gut based on how easily you communicate and what their position on things like life in general, re
in particular, and mental illness specifically, seems to be.
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I don't have any suggestions, but I thank your for starting this thread.
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Michigan is only leading Alabama by a couple hundered votes as of this post.
Let see if the MGoBump can help us pull away with a NCAA Cover!!!
It showed that I already voted (dot on the Michigan circle), but when I clicked it again, my picture appeared next to it. All this time I thought I had already voted.
I think this is the semifinal round though correct?
Not that that's an excuse not to vote...
I'm an idiot
The EA facebook page asks which 4 schools will move on to the next round.
Also, a note for the future: the vote totals reset after each round. Michigan looks like it will move comfortably to the next round. Please remind to vote again when next round starts.
It's awesome to be winning this thing and the only other team that was even competitive was the national champs.
Losing now, this is definitely unacceptable.
You should edit the OP so people can see that they need to click every round so they do not think they already voted as I did and many others probably are thinking. Just a humble mgobloggers opinion.
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Well, because that monopoly, puts out millions of video games and TONS of advertising out every year marketed DIRECTLY at the target audience, that the Athletic Department of The University of Michigan would like to reach. Nothing like free advertising in front of millions of people. OR you can let Alabama get that, your call.
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Rex Ryan doesn't mind his Jets saying what's on their minds. Just as long as they put their names to their comments.
An angry Ryan addressed his team Wednesday for some anonymous quotes by players and members of the organization ripping backup quarterback Tim Tebow in a newspaper report.
''If you're not going to put your name to it, I think that's about as cowardly of a thing there is,'' Ryan said. ''I don't want to get into specifics of what I said, but I did address it with our football team. If you're searching for things to try to drive a wedge through the team, my thing is, I believe in this team.
''I believe this team is [together], will continue to be and maybe even become tighter. I'm confident that will be the case.''
A report in the Daily News Wednesday said more than a dozen players and members of the Jets organization believe there's no chance Tebow could overtake Mark Sanchez for the starting quarterback job — with one saying of the backup: ''He's terrible.''
''We never say that it always has to be a bed of roses,'' said Ryan, who encourages his players and coaches to ''be yourself'' in interviews. ''But again, put your name to it. I think people would respect you a lot more for it.''
Tebow was acquired from Denver in a stunning trade in March, with the Jets envisioning using the popular player in key spots on offense. Instead, he has had little impact through nine games, rushing 27 times for 92 yards and completing five of his six passes for 40 yards. Tebow also has not scored with the Jets, and the wildcat package he was supposed to be such a large part of has been inconsistent and mostly ineffective.
Tebow has remained unflappable all season despite constant questions about his role and how he's used by the Jets, but acknowledged this was a ''unique'' situation in his career and there was ''some frustration and I guess some sadness'' after hearing about the story.
''This is something I can't control,'' Tebow said, adding that the locker room is filled with ''a bunch of awesome dudes.''
''I can control my attitude, my effort and my work ethic,'' he added. ''Those are things that will never change based on what anybody says.''
Sanchez, who has taken his share of criticism during his nearly four seasons in New York, supported his teammate.
''I've been in those shoes,'' he said. ''I feel for Tim. You wake up the next day and you keep playing.''
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Ben Roethlisberger's sprained right shoulder is just the start of his problems. The Steelers quarterback said Wednesday he also dislocated a rib while getting sacked in the third quarter of Monday night's win over the Chiefs. Roethlisberger sprained the SC joint in his shoulder on the play but says the rib issue is a bigger concern. Roethlisberger said doctors are concerned the rib could cut into his aorta. He's already been ruled out of Sunday's game against the Ravens. Backup Byron Leftwich will start in his place, though Roethlisberger doesn't believe the injuries will end his season. ''I don't think so, I don't know though but I'm not a medical expert,'' Roethlisberger said. ''I just know I'm going to do what I can to get back.'' Leftwich is 0-6 in his last six games as a starter, his last victory coming on Oct. 8, 2006 while playing for the Jaguars.
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BALTIMORE—Men's basketball star Darryl Proctor and softball standout Amanda Fefel were named UMBC Athletics' Athletes of the Year at the annual awards ceremony held at the RetrieverActivities Center on Monday.
The 2008-09 Outstanding Senior Athletes went to Jeremy Blevins of men's lacrosse, Jay Greene of men's basketball and Kara Dorr of women's lacrosse. Cornelia Carapcea of women's tennis, Cliff Bridges of men's track and field and Milos Djukic of men's swimming and diving earned the Matt Skalsky Outstanding Scholar Athlete awards.
Proctor, a senior from Fort Washington, Md., was both an America East All-Conference First Team and America East Tournament team selection this year after scoring 639 points, the most in a single season in UMBC history. He finished the year 26th in the nation with 20 points per game. He scored over 1,100 points in his two seasons at UMBC and scored in double figures in each of the last 40 games in his career.
Fefel, a junior from Catonsville, Md., became the first junior to win the award since 2006. She led the softball team to its fourth consecutive berth in the America East Championships, batting .387 with 60 hits, 10 doubles, 10 home runs and a conference-best 44 RBI. She also pitched to an 11-4 record with a 3.25 ERA and 78 strikeouts in 99 innings of work. Earlier this season, the team co-captain became the fourth Retriever ever to hit 30 career home runs, and she is currently tied for second on UMBC's all-time list. A two-time America East All-Conference First Team honoree.
Blevins, a senior from Cockeysville, Md., was recently named the 2009 America East Player of the Year. He was also a two-time Tewaaraton Trophy finalist for National Player of the Year and is fifth in NCAA Division I history with 44 victories. Blevins is a two-time First-Team All-Conference honoree and a 2009 team captain who has participated in four NCAA Tournaments.
Greene, a senior from Whitehall, Pa., played the most basketball games, 122, and most minutes, 4,192, in Retriever basketball history. The two-time captain dished out 683 assists, the most in school history and the third-most ever in America East Conference history. He scored 1,186 career points and was the Reggie Lewis Most Outstanding Player in the 2008 America East Tournament, leading the Retrievers to their first NCAA bid.
Dorr, a senior from Bel Air, Md., posted career highs this season with 40 goals, 10 assists, 50 points, 34 draw controls and 19 caused turnovers and earned America East All-Conference Second Team honors. The midfielder's final goal of the season was the 100th of her career, making her the 16th Retriever ever to reach the century mark. She finished with 123 points, 99 ground balls and 124 draw controls, and was named to the America East All-Rookie Team as a freshman in 2006. The two-time team co-captain was a unanimous selection for the 2009 America East All-Academic Team.
Juniors JoAnne Jackson (women's soccer) and Andrew Madison (cross country/track and field) earned the Retriever Club Scholarship Award to be used for their senior seasons. Jackson, a midfielder from Portland, Ore., started all 19 games and dished out two assists on the season, but has pushed through a chronic injury and has worked hard for everything in her college career, always putting her team first. Madison, a native of Edgewater, Md., finished fifth in the 5,000-meter run at the America East Indoor Championships and fifth in the 10,000-meter run at the Outdoor Championships after placing 14th in the Cross Country Championships in the fall.
Below is the list of UMBC's most valuable athletes, most improved athletes and unsung heroes for each sport, chosen by that team's coaches:
Men's Soccer
Most Valuable Athlete: Andrew Bulls
Most Improved Athlete: Dustin Dzwonkowski
Unsung Hero Award: Dan Bulls
Women's Soccer
Most Valuable Athlete: Morgan Warrington
Most Improved Athlete: Brooke Piper
Unsung Hero: Christine Sadowski
Most Valuable Athlete: Ashley Oscars
Most Improved Athlete: Iman Kennedy
Unsung Hero: Sarah Ball
Men's Cross Country
Most Valuable Athlete: Anthony Kelhower
Most Improved Athlete: Michael Christmas
Unsung Hero: Andrew Madison
Women's Cross Country
Most Valuable Athlete: Sara Parkinson
Most Improved Athlete: Suzanne Gabriel
Unsung Hero: Keri Wilson
Women's Basketball
Most Valuable Athlete: Carlee Cassidy
Most Improved Athlete: Chrissy Robinson
Unsung Hero: Michele Brokans
Men's Basketball
Most Valuable Athlete: Jay Greene
Most Valuable Athlete: Darryl Proctor
Most Improved Athlete: Chauncey Gilliam
Men's Swimming and Diving
Most Valuable Athlete: Justin Bronson
Most Improved Athlete: Brad Reitz
Unsung Hero: Evan Roseberry
Women's Swimming and Diving
Most Valuable Athlete: Sam Maccherola
Most Improved Athlete: Lindsay Sherman
Unsung Hero: Christina Ng
Men's Indoor Track and Field
Most Valuable Athlete: Dominic Devaud
Most Valuable Athlete: Victor Gilreath
Most Improved Athlete: Jason Powell
Women's Indoor Track and Field
Most Valuable Athlete: Sara Parkinson
Most Improved Athlete: Britney Foreman
Unsung Hero: Emily Saltsman
Men's Tennis
Most Valuable Athlete: Nick Savage-Pollock
Most Valuable Athlete: Fredi Voorman
Most Improved Athlete: Logan Bricker
Women's Tennis
Most Valuable Athlete: Cornelia Carapcea
Most Improved Athlete: Carmen Jackman
Unsung Hero: Joy Adewumi
Men's Lacrosse
Most Valuable Athlete: Jeremy Blevins
Most Valuable Athlete: Alex Hopmann
Unsung Hero: Steve Settembrino
Women's Lacrosse
Most Valuable Athlete: Kara Dorr
Most Valuable Athlete: Kate Quick
Unsung Hero: Sarah Willis
Men's Outdoor Track and Field
Most Valuable Athlete: Adrian Arthur
Most Valuable Athlete: Antonio Thomas
Most Valuable Athlete: Victor Gilreath
Women's Outdoor Track and Field
Most Valuable Athlete: Britney Foreman
Most Valuable Athlete: Chrissy Robinson
Most Improved Athlete: Kierra Gregory
Most Valuable Athlete: Tom Meaney
Most Valuable Athlete: Shawn Retz
Unsung Hero: Dave Warrenfeltz
Most Valuable Athlete: Lauren Brummell
Most Valuable Athlete: Amanda Fefel
Most Valuable Athlete: Stephanie Weigman


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Because they can.
If a significant number of people quit their service and gave the feedback "there's just too many ads for a pay service" then maybe something would get done about it. But they don't.
The problem with that is... cable bundling.
The problem with that is... YOU.
If you want the cable company to sell you cable a la carte then you need to cancel your cable subscription, and tell them why.
By paying for those channels, you are voting for paying for those channels.
Since people can clearly survive without television, I am not interested in your excuses. When you buy a product you don't want, you clearly are showing us that you want that product. You obviously want those channels, or you wouldn't pay for them.
If you're getting local cable so you can watch your local community college's educational station, then you have a valid complaint. Otherwise, you are the problem.
If you want the cable company to sell you cable a la carte then you need to cancel your cable subscription, and tell them why.
They've sabotaged that option also through evil pricing.
Our basic package includes at least 50 channels (we watch about 10 of them) along with 100/10 unthrottled internet. The extra package we get from our cable company costs about 9eur/month and provides about 10 channels or so (I forget - we only watch 4 of them). If you want, you can actually buy single channels a la carte, at 5eur/month each. Some cost more, of course, such as the dumber sports channels & all porn channels. If we got just the chann
However, if I cancel those networks, I end up canceling the 3 other networks that I do watch.
It sounds like you've decided that keeping those 3 networks is worth it; you prefer keeping the existing arrangement over ending the arrangement.
For someone who only has access to the free channels, I was really surprised when I realised this.
I don't get it, the networks expect people to pay them good money for access to their channels and then suffer through commercials?
And these guys wonder how people have the morale to pirate their shit...
I just read the other day, but now I can only find this link, that there are studies suggesting that DVR's are actually good (or at least do no harm) to ads. Television Week: Study Says DVRs, Ads Can Co-Exist [mombu.com]
DVR's are nice to have. I tend to watch a commercial only the first few times it's on. I mostly only view them for their theatrics as most likely the product being pitched is either 1 not of any interest to me or 2 way out of my price range. It's nice to skip commercials I've seen before or otherwise don't have a need for. Pool supply ad.. skip.. Advertizement for the latest BMW.. skip.. Ad for reptile expo in a nearby city.. replayed.. Ad for oxy-banana.. skip.. Ad for dell pc.. skipped, replay and ski
That's how the Web started out - free of commercials. People got greedy though.
That's how the universe started out -- free of commercials. But God wanted to watch the thighmaster commercial, and we've been screwed ever since.
What are you talking about? Cable started out as CATV, which stood for Community Antenna TV back in 1948 when it started, to share one antenna for many sets, typically in a housing development or apartment complex, then it evolved into what we now know as cable TV. There was never a time when CATV or Cable TV were commercial-free, since it always carried broadcast TV stations which were commercial.
I remember watching Nickelodeon as a kid. No commercials. If they needed to fill time for a show that ran short, they'd throw in educational shorts like identifying the stars in the constellation of Orion or an occasional music video (Fish heads, fish heads / Roly-poly fish heads / Fish heads, fish heads / Eat them up, yum!).
If I had kids, I wouldn't let them watch the Nickelodeon of today.
Get this, http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm [mvps.org] don't forget to go Start->Run->services.msc -> shut off dns client.
The only ads you'll see are the ones served from the site you're on. Helps protect against phishing sites too.
Hmmm... that preview thing does its job. I was going to write: "There is quite a big difference in the costs. In the case of cable the revenue from the ads is going to the access provider - so you are paying the same person twice for the content. In the case of internet you are paying for access, and then you are paying the content provider."
But I'm sitting watching an ad-free channel on cable right now and I realise that I'm talking complete crap. The revenue goes to the channel, and they are often differe
The other difference is who the money goes to, surely?
For TV, you pay the cable/satellite TV supplier, they pay the 3rd party channels (I presume), you watch the content, the content has adverts, the advert money goes to the channel, the content creator just sees the purchase price of the show by the channel.
For the Internet you pay the provider of the pipes (or at least your account on the pipes), they pay sod all to the website owners, you view the content, the content sometimes has adverts, the money goe
I don't understand why cable networks think that we need to pay for their content twice. I mean, I'm already paying for their content via the cable subscription fee so why should I even have ads?
You're not paying twice for the same thing; you're paying for two different things. Cable companies do not pay networks to rebroadcast their signals, so your cable bill does not cover the cost of producing TV shows. What your cable bill pays for is the service they provide: installation and maintenance of the cables that go to your home, etc.
The exception to this rule is premium channels, where a portion of your fee does go to the network, which is why you don't see commercials on the movie channels, for
Which is exactly why everyone has 100 channels no one wants or watches and why carte blanche cable/satellite is not allowed. They are buying package discounts.
Anyone who believes the fees we all pay to our cable/satellite company doesn't pay for the content we watch is very uninformed. Advertising is simply additional profit for the networks and/or cable/satellite companies.
Cable companies can and do pay for non-premium networks. The idea is fairly straight forward. If you need more viewers and your product is not so much in demand you might not charge for the product. More often then not these "less demanded" networks are packaged together with more appealing networks. Common sense comes into play here... if you can get someone to pay for your product then you will most likely elect to produce additional revenue where possible.
This applies to both network and broadca
I don't know how this stuff works in the US, but where I live, the cable operator just catches the TV programs off the air or via some cable or satellite (I don't work for a cable company so don't know for sure), converts it to analog and sends both analog and digital versions trough the cable to my home. There is no difference between a channel that I can get off the air and the same channel on cable (except the reception quality). The commercials are part of the original program, so if the cable company w
In the US there's 4 or 5 OTA channels (CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX, and maybe a PBS or WGN). Cable gives you dozens or hundreds of channels that aren't ever broadcast OTA. It's those channels that they're arguing should be commercial free.
In the US, a cable company cannot re-transmit at will.
It requires a re-transmission agreement or the broadcast originator files a "must carry" clause with the cable op.
Must carry is used in place when the cable company does not carry your broadcast signal and they do not want to negotiate rates.
A re-transmission agreement is simply a contract with whatever terms and length both parties can agree on. Top rated stations generally opt for cash and services from the cable company.
I don't know what does the cable company have to do to be able to retransmit channels, but they do it. I can see all (or almost all) OTA channels in my country and foreign channels (for example a lot of Russian ones, also Discovery, History, TV1000 etc).
Not exactly.
Must Carry channels are local broadcasters who might be locked out of the cable system had not they gotten together and lobbied congress to force cable companies to carry them.
Without must carry rules, many subscribers in small markets would have to (and would probably gladly) forgo local programming.
In exchange for forcing their way onto the cable system, they must provide their signal free of charge to the cable providers.
Because the Cable Company (e.g. Time-Warner) is charging your for *access* to Content Providers (e.g. TBS) who sell ads. Time-Warner gets paid for the access, TBS gets paid for the ads.
What? They do both in the US? WTF?
I thought the point of pay-TV was, that there were absolutely no ads. Why else would I pay them anything?
Oh, well, I'm a bit out of what's new in that branch. I haven't had a TV since 2003/4, and I don't know why I would want one.
Even Slashdot is better than sitting in front of the TV. I could not stand not being able to comment on a show. I can't even stand it on the sites of traditional news companies. I just stop reading them, because it feels so top-down of them, to onl
I don't understand why magazine publishers think that we need to pay for their content twice. I mean, I'm already paying for their content via the magazine subscription fee so why should I even have ads? Either get rid of the subscription fees or get rid of the ads. This is like paying for a "premium" website only to get hit by pop ups on every page. I mean, I could even understand an ad or two at the start and after the end of an article, but why do they think they need to have pages of ads for every issue when I'm already paying for their content?
The channels without adds usually cost $10 to $20 a month. Your monthly fee for 46 or more channels of nothing worth watching isn't near that high.
think about that. 40 channels at $10 per month, $400 for nothing you haven't seen already or that doesn't make you tired and want to puke.
Nine minutes of ads would be great. That's what you got in 1969 on a one hour show.
My memory is a little fuzzy from the late 1960's and all of the 1970's, but nine minutes per hour in 1969 sounds a little bit high.
I'm not looking for an argument or debate here, just if you know where to find this info, I would truly appreciate a link. Really!
My fuzzy memory is only coming up with around seven minutes per hour, but again, I readily admit my fuzzy memory may be off base here.
To be honest, the only thing I truly remember from TV of 1969 with any clarity, is the Apollo 11 moon landing:
Are you from the US? There's no such thing as free rebroadcasting here. You're not paying for "their" content; they don't have any content. (Okay, maybe the lame help I've never seen a remote control before channel and local public access stuff is theirs, but by and large the content is licensed to them by others.) The cable companies are paying for rebroadcast rights for other people's content and passing that cost on to you. Also, unlike over the air broadcasting, cable networks actually cost money to mai
I don't understand why cable networks think that we need to pay for their content twice. I mean, I'm already paying for their content via the cable subscription fee
No, you're not. You are paying for 40% of their content via the subscription fee.
so why should I even have ads?
To cover the remaining 60%.
(Numbers are examples only. Actual percentages may vary from network to network.)
I don't understand why cable networks think that we need to pay for their content twice.
They don't think you need to; they think you're willing to. And millions of people say that the cable companies are correct. They vote with their wallets every month. (Are you one of them?)
Yikes you mean you can record a show off of tv and watch it at a different location? Wow what an innovation... oh, wait, I used to do that with Video Tape (VHS) all the time... time shifting shows too... location shifting them is no different...
Before you know it you brain cells will have to pay a fee for SEEING a show. Oh wait, that's known as a movie theater...
Before you know it you'll have to pay a fee every time you REMEMBER a show you saw on TV. Now that's scary.
Before you know it you'll have to pay a fee every time you REMEMBER a show you saw on TV.
I'm torn. I think it's revolting that corporations would sue over parodies and covers [slashdot.org]. At the same time, I wish that the MPAA'd go after everybody who makes those tired shark-with-frickin'-lasers jokes on Slashdot.
From the article...
Movie studios, TV networks and cable TV channels had argued that the service is more akin to video-on-demand, for which they negotiate licensing fees with cable providers.
Isn't this exactly what video-on-demand is? Downloading a movie locally that is held at the cable company's location? (DirecTV acts that way with their DVR. You have to download it). If so, the ruling may mean license fees are unneeded.
There is a difference between the two situations.
In the VOD situation, the operator is making a preemptive copy, and then rebroadcasting that copy when the customer requests it. The operator decides what is to be recorded and made available.
In the PVR situation, the end customer decides what is recorded, and what is played back and stored.
The question becomes, since the customer already has the right to make a time-shifted copy of a TV show (Sony v. Universal), the question hinges on whether or not the net
Commercials, Reality TV, Soaps and other shit like this is the reason that I threw out my cable years ago.
When I wanna watch something now I download it.
I simply refuse to let them cram their crap down my throat.
If you record it with MythTV and play it back when you want and it automagically skips all the commercials you get to see what you want, when you want.
How does it know what's a commercial and what isn't? Would it detect a product-placement-fest film such as The Wizard for what it is, a 90-minute commercial for the Nintendo Entertainment System?
hehe, being dutch, I can't even use Hulu and I don't have the expertise to use mythtv, I'll stick to torrents here
I use MythTV exclusively for my TV viewing, and I don't even strip out the commercials. Every now and then, there is a good or interesting commercial that I want to see. I do, however, skip through the commercials quickly. It takes my eye a tiny fraction of a second to tell me that I just skipped over something that might be interesting, so I'll go back and check it out. So instead of sitting through an intolerable five minutes of commercials every ten minutes, I sit through about four seconds of commer
Same here, pretty much. I use MythBuntu.
If I'm watching live television, and I know the length of a show, say an hour long show, I'll just start the channel, immediately hit pause, then go do something else for about 20 minutes, then come back, and watch the show.
(There's always something productive I could be doing for that first 20 minutes, dishes, laundry, whatever.)
When I get to the commercials I just use the fast-forward function, since the commercial detection isn't running. The only trouble I have is
On the one hand I'm hoping that with a central office based DVR solution we won't be limited by tuners to how many shows we can record - three programs on at the same time? No problem! Set a recording from one cable box and want to watch it in another room? No problem!
However, if the new central DVR service is run through their existing Pay Per View software then the user interface (at least on Comcast) is just awful. Based on how laggy the remote is with PPV I think this is also the death of channel sk
This is not quite the experience I've had with similar services. The cable box's interface is complete ass, but I was surprised at how responsive fast forward and rewind actually was.
I originally believed it was caching to my cable pvr unit.
Then I found out about the unencrypted channels and individuals reporting they were watching the forward and rewind of users.
I would think FF and Rew would work off of local cache. hence they could be locally responsive.
More predictions. The cable companies are going to end up recording one of everything so "recording" something on the DVR is just a matter of keeping a pointer, so the next big fight is going to happen when a cable company allows you to "record" a show after it has already ended and the content producers cry foul.
And more control will be exercised as to how long you can keep a recording. Those Battlestar Galactica episodes you've been keeping on your DVR for 6 months? Um, no.
The cable companies are going to end up recording one of everything so "recording" something on the DVR is just a matter of keeping a pointer
That's just compression. They're actually recording 100 separate copies for their customers, but since they're all identical they compress *really* well... You make pointers sound like it's a bad thing
I don't have any problem with them recording everything and happen to love pointers. As a consumer I'd love being able to "record" a show which already ended. I'm just saying that some cable company is going to try to offer it someday and the content providers are going to go nuts.
Actually, the Cablevision opinion discusses this hypo and distinguishes it based on whether there are copies made for each viewer or just one copy multiple members of the public share.
In the first case (what happened in this case), it's not a "public" performance and thus doesn't implicate the public performance right of copyright owners. However, the latter instance (your pointer hypothetical) is a public performance, and is thus presumptively a direct infringement of copyright.
No, it's still your DVR. You can keep your recordings on it until you run out of space. Each cable account will have its own designated storage account, with access to programs recorded based on your cable subscription level. This is the only way it works, as Cablevision was forced earlier in the litigation to argue a 1:1 relationship in order to avoid the direct infringement of public performances. Whether, in fact, their data storage system keeps bit-for-bit separate copies for each account or just an
This is a very good example of fair use.
... tagged "no thigh court"?
Since when is capitalism so unpopular?
If I'm evil for trying to turn a buck, then the US is in a shameful state for sure.
I guess you are right. Let's move to China where... wait... umm, they like the Benjamins as well. Russia? Ohh wait, that was almost 20 years ago. How about the moon? Yeah!
It is interesting that this case does not cross the line into the territory of retransmission.
No one has mentioned "Betamax decision" yet, have they?
The Betamax decision primarily dealt with timeshifting, this is space- and time-shifting, is it not?
The only issue is whether this will be harmful or not. While VCRs weren't necessarily harmful, because people kept watching TV as much as they'd normally have done, will this be harmful in any way?
Can't it be justified that as long as the commercial time is being sold at the current price rates it currently is sold at, it won't have a negative affect on s
Indeed, I wonder if this will end up biting cable companies in the ass in the long term. In-home DVRs and slingbox-type devices are getting cheaper and cheaper. Will they go a-suing a customer for "excessive use of services" just to be overturned by their own case law?
No, because this case has nothing to do with "excessive use of services" and everything to do with interpretation of the exclusive rights granted to a copyright owner by section 106 of 17 USC.
I'm actually suprised how little press attention has been paid to this court ruling. This could be a very very big thing if applied to other digital content. http://deancollinsblog.blogspot.com/2008/08/cloudification-of-your-content.html [blogspot.com]
Me too. I was even surprised at how little attention Slashdot paid to it. Half the people on Slashdot complain all the time about the MAI decision; here was a decision limiting the MAI decision's scope. (I wish the Court had simply rejected the MAI court's reasoning, but maybe it will do that one of these days in another case).
The Second Circuit repeatedly explained that its rejection of petitioners' public-performance claim depended on a range of factors: not only that each transmission would be sent to a single recipient, but also that (1) each transmission would be made using a unique copy of the relevant program; and (2) each transmission would be made solely to the person who had previously made that unique copy. See, e.g., Pet. App. 30a-31a, 36a, 39a, 41a.
If I read this right the cable operators are in for one hell of a bill in both storage and replication hardware to create duplicate copies for each user request. Storage is cheap, but since there are also legal (and relatively short) limits on how long you can buffer something before it counts as a copy this tends to complicate scalable data replication. Not impossible, just adds extra cost and comp
unique copy of the relevant program
And if the two unique copies are differently named hard links to the same data blocks?
Do you think the legal system can differentiate between that and a duplicate set of data blocks?
If I read this right the cable operators are in for one hell of a bill in both storage and replication hardware to create duplicate copies for each user request. Storage is cheap, but since there are also legal (and relatively short) limits on how long you can buffer something before it counts as a copy this tends to complicate scalable data replication. Not impossible, just adds extra cost and complexity. Which no doubt will be passed on.
Maybe, and maybe not. The reason the court distinguished transmissio
No, they did not allow it. Nor did they disallow it. They declined to hear the case. In all but a few situations, the Supreme Court has discretionary jurisdiction, and can decline to hear a case for a variety of reasons. Sometimes they want to wait until multiple circuits have considered an issue. Sometimes they think the time is ripe for the Court to settle an issue, but the particular case up for review is not a good vehicle for that review, and so waits for a better case. Sometimes they just don't think
Cable companies will have DVR farms, one for each channel, sucking up every show, every day, and making, say, the last 24-48 hours of shows available for free, in case you miss a show, but after hearing about it at work/school, you want to watch it. In addition to the default 24-48 hour retention, subscribers will also be able to submit requests for certain shows, and those requested shows will be retained until there is no more interest. The cable company could also update the commercials in their "slots"
It wouldn't bee that big a complex, really, retaining two days of shows for a channel is what, about 50 Gig at "best quality"?
That depends. With half of the channels we get on Sky in the UK (satellite) then you're probably talking more like a quarter of that amount by the time you remove the incessant repeats!
...new digital video recording system that could make it even easier for viewers to bypass commercials.
Skipping commercials is NOT the only reason to use a DVR. While that may be a great feature, for my family, it's secondary to time-shifting and an integrated, searchable on-screen program guide. Being able to find the shows we want to watch, record them, and watch them in any order when WE want to really is the key to good DVRs.
I've been using DVRs since mid 1999 when the first ReplayTV boxes came out. Sin
"High Court Allows"
What bullshit. Denial of certiorari by the Supreme Court expresses literally zero opinion about the merits of the case. This is another example of the MSM getting Supreme Court procedure wrong. I've seen this "victory" touted elsewhere. It's not a victory except inasmuch as those claiming victory were assured a loss if the Supreme Court granted cert.
It would be a victory of SCOTUS issued cert and then issued a per curiam opinion affirming the COA decision. That did not happen, and thus th
So this doesn't mean we are ripe for AllOfMP3.com to return?
Inasmuch as Allofmp3.com was based in Russia, I can hardly see how a US court decision could have any bearing whatsoever on its legality.
But even if it did apply, this decision does not make AllOfMP3-style services legal.
I do have a paper I wrote on something very similar. I'm finishing it this summer and submitting it for publication in a journal in August-September. You can bet that once (if) it's selected for publication, I'll be whoring it out on Slashdot.
Yeah, I was mistaken on the site name. There was another site though that hosted MP3s for people for playback over the net. You only had to provide proof of ownership of a CD and it would provide pre-ripped MP3s (thus only having to store one copy of any track). If a CD wasn't available, it would rip yours and provide it to others who could prove ownership. I think RIAA threats caused it to shut down without going into the legal system or settlement.
I still can't think of its name.
That's My.MP3.com. No, it's not coming back. There's a similar service that is legal under my analysis in the forthcoming article. Check out MP3tunes [mp3tunes.com]. If its system is set up the way I recall it is, it will withstand a copyright infringement lawsuit, both direct and secondary.
having read the opinion and cited its reasoning extensively in a law review article I just authored
Here [beckermanlegal.com]'s a copy of the decision for those of you who might not have read it.
As to the reporting of it, most reporters usually report it that way. Lawyers (and law students) know that a denial of certiorari is not an affirmance, but merely a decision not to review the decision.
That's a fair way to compromise between my unfair, Legal Nazi-style complaining of armchair lawyers and the common meaning of "allow."
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MoDOT says the proposed construction of a second track would improve on-time performance and reliability for the existing Missouri River Runner route, increase speed in suitable sections of the corridor to improve travel times, provide a service to promote more balanced use of travel options in the corridor and improve freight movement within the corridor.
Officials will have several design considerations to deal with on the potential project. The corridor has five cures that would require a larger radius to accommodate higher speeds for passenger trains. The centerline of the new second mainline would need to be 20 feet from the centerline of the existing track, wood crossties would be replaced with concrete crossties and the rail strength would be increased. Additionally, culverts and bridges would be extended and resized to allow for adequate drainage and an access road for maintenance vehicles would be provided. The project would also require a large number of grade crossings to either be consolidated, grade separated or have their warning devices upgraded.
MoDOT has not identified funding for this project, but seeks to gain environmental clearance and complete preliminary engineering on the project with a grant awarded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.


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Libya: What should the West do?
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Montreal resident Franklin Vargas knows how important it is to visit your doctor of optometry regularly. His only regret is that he didn't know sooner – because it may have helped him keep his sight for longer.
It wasn't until age 19 that the Peruvian-born Vargas learned through an eye exam that he had retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a rare hereditary eye disease.
"It took at least 10 years to get me on track," says Vargas. "I would have been able to manage better if my condition had been diagnosed at the beginning."
RP affects approximately three million people worldwide. It results in a progressive loss of vision as light-sensing retinal cells (photoreceptors) are slowly damaged because of a genetic mutation.
The two most common symptoms are loss of peripheral vision (known as tunnel vision) and night blindness (nyctalopia). The tunnel vision makes mobility difficult and the night blindness, resulting in slow adjustment to darkness, can make walking at night a huge challenge, even in the earlier stages of the eye disease.
Vargas inherited RP from his father, but his parents separated before he exhibited any symptoms, so neither Vargas nor his mother was aware he'd inherited a disease that could cause severe vision loss.
Vargas, who immigrated to Canada in 1986, accepts that his vision is gradually deteriorating, but still makes regular appointments with his eye doctor to monitor the progression of the disease.
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"CNIB has helped me most by giving me knowledge. They have taught me to view my situation realistically by providing information and social support," says Vargas. "They have helped me to face and deal with my situation over the 10 years that I have been in contact.
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"I reconnected with him 15 years ago," says Vargas. "I see clearly that I am more able than he is [to handle my situation] because he didn't deal with his eye condition. But I have learned to adapt to my condition and make more use of my other senses. This is very important to me."
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Cypress mom, son were shot to death
Updated 7:04 pm, Monday, November 18, 2013
A mother and son found dead in their Cypress home last week were shot to death, according to county records.
Emilia Matase had been shot several times, according to the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences. Her son, 26-year-old Emanuel Matase, was shot in the head.
A relative discovered their bodies on Thursday inside the family's northwest Harris County home in the 8400 block of East Windhaven Terrace.
Harris County sheriff's deputies said Emilia Matase, 47, was found in the master bedroom while the son's body was in a second-floor study.
The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences characterized both deaths as homicides.
Deputies have said they believe the bodies had been at the home for a couple of days.
Homicide detectives are continuing to search for a man they've identified only as an adult male who lives at the home.
Sheriff's detectives said he is being sought for questioning in the case.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.


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The Cycle of Domestic Violence
At the very heart of domestic violence is the belief by the abuser that he or she is entitled to control his/her victim/partner. Understanding this teaches us that perpetrators don't just snap or lose their temper; their violence escalates as their control begins to erode. All too often, victims may be hesitant to contact the police for many reasons, including fears of retaliation from the abuser, economic insecurities about losing the abuser's income, and emotional connections to a long term relationship. However, no victim should suffer in silence. Take the Healthy Relationships Quiz.
Also called the "Honeymoon" Phase. Apologies, blaming, promises to change, gifts. It's important to realize that this phase is an attempt to draw the victim back into the relationship. This phase is never a real "honeymoon."
Criticism, yelling, swearing, using angry gestures, coercion, threats. Many describe this as walking on eggshells. And while physical abuse may be minimal or absent, abuse is not always physical.
Also called the "Explosion" phase. This is the phase when the physical violence happens. It may include physical and sexual attacks or threats. This is when a crime is committed.
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