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Once-regular issuers in the "orphaned" ABS market backed by government-guaranteed FFELP loans are now scrambling to reposition their businesses and offering new private loan products. But investors in student loan ABS are unlikely to see a regular deal flow anytime soon.
Top executives at student loan bellwether Sallie Mae were less than upbeat during their earnings conference call July 21. Albert Lord, Sallie's vice chairman and CEO, noted the firm's changing operations as it seeks greater market share in areas such as loan servicing and private loans. And he pointed to more than $100 million of "investment spending" in the first six months of the year to improve private credit, underwriting and loan service systems and other operations.
"Notwithstanding, our expenses are too high. You'll see expenses start to move down by year end," Lord added with an apologetic tone.
Worse still, however, were lending prospects. The firm originated $3.1 billion in FFELP loans in the second quarter, a decrease of 16% compared to the same quarter a year ago. And that was the last quarter ever to originate student loans carrying a government guarantee, since the U.S. Department of Education will now lend directly to students, leaving private lenders to rely on private loans to utilize their lending capacity.
"We originated a disappointing $219 million in private credit loans in the quarter, compared to $387 million in the second quarter 2009," Lord said, noting increased limits on federal student loans, more students applying for federal loans and students switching to lower-cost educational institutions as reasons.
Lord acknowledged that private student loan origination's fate depends largely on still-uncertain economic improvement. The conference call wasn't entirely gloomy, however. The firm recorded second-quarter generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) earnings of $338 million, compared to a $123 million loss the same quarter a year ago. In addition, borrowers closing loans during the quarter had an impressive average FICO score of 735, reflecting the lender's tighter underwriting standards, and 77% of the loans had co-borrowers signing the papers.
Nevertheless, private student loan lending may be challenged for the foreseeable future, leading to a dearth of new-origination ABS deals. Lord said loan application flow has picked up in the last three or four months and is better than it was in 2009, but still tepid.
"Obviously, families are still deleveraging, there's a significant supply of cheap federal money in the marketplace and, frankly, families are much more discerning in assessing value for their dollars," Lord said.
Federal loan limits increased two years ago, squeezing the gap between government loans and student costs that private loans fill. However, educational institutions have started raising their tuitions again, and some market participants see an increase in private student volume as inevitable.
"Tuition costs are still going up faster than incomes and faster than inflation," said Guido van der Ven, founder of advisory firm Education Investment Group, noting that federal loan limit increases tend to happen once a decade, leaving plenty of time for the gap to widen significantly. In addition, he said, the home equity market helped finance students during the real estate boom, and since that market is now all but defunct, those borrowing needs are likely to shift to student loans.
"In light of the cost of education, the demographics of people going to school and the likelihood that the federal government is not going to throw any more money [at the market] in the foreseeable future, it seems like volume has to return to the $22 billion range," says Christopher Chapman, president and CEO of Access Group, a nonbank lender focusing on loans to graduate and professional schools. He added, "Simple math tells me it has to happen, but I don't have a good sense of when."
In the meantime, Access Group is changing its product mix to adapt to the new environment. The firm did complete a $470 million securitization of deferred graduate and professional loans in May that it had been holding since the credit crunch began.
Chapman said demand was "pretty good," but that such a high level of overcollateralization was necessary on the private loan transaction is "not the kind of deal we want to do routinely."
Until the ABS market becomes less burdensome for issuers, Access Group is pursuing more complex private deals that shift credit risk to investors, who receive some protection from schools involved in the program. Deutsche Bank and Moehn & Associates, run by Kevin Moehn, a former top executive at Sallie Mae, drummed up the investors to fund the Affiliated Loan Program for Students (ALPS). It's being offered to non-U.S. students attending a dozen graduate schools, including the University of Chicago; University of California, Los Angeles; and University of California, Berkley.
ALPS has been in place for about a year, and a similar program offered to students of the ITT Technical Institute has been up and running since February. "We're adapting the current environment because it's hard to do a straight-up securitization," Chapman said.
Some major lenders, such as Bank of America, have opted to exit the student loan business. Those remaining view working closely with schools and their financial aid departments as critical.
First Marblehead Corp. has specialized in private student lending since 1991, and the majority of loans backing its securitized volume was sold directly to consumers, a channel that has all but disappeared. The company has spent the past two years developing its Monogram product line and recently announcing the launch of a program with SunTrust Bank, a major student-loan provider, to facilitate the Atlanta-based bank's Custom Choice student loan program. The program is built upon Marblehead's Monogram chassis, which provides flexibility for banks to shape the program to meet their risk objectives while offering borrowers a wide variety of loan options based on their credit profile.
Now lenders and investors favor schools' financial-aid departments involved in the underwriting process. "Involving the school makes for a better asset," said Gary Santo, a managing director at First Marblehead. "They are best able to assess the needs of their students and can verify their enrollment. When combined with disbursements directly to the school, you have a solid first line of defense against potential over-borrowing and fraud.
Santo noted that Monogram was designed with prepping loans for securitization in mind.
As of the end of the second quarter, 19 private and FFELP-backed loan securitizations were completed for a total of $12.5 billion, according to data collected by the ASR Scorecards database. Sallie Mae issued four of those transactions, totaling more than $5 billion, followed by the Student Loan Corp., Bank of America and Nelnet. That total volume compares to $21 billion in deals in 2009 and $30 billion in 2008, when the credit crisis began.
Sallie Mae led the pack in terms of volume in those years as well, and its lead is continuing. In recent weeks, Sallie Mae has issued $2.65 billion in ABS, split between a $1.65 billion refinancing at lower rates of an existing deal among existing investors, and the rest backed by newly originated loans and sold to a new investor group. "[The bonds] had anywhere from a one- to a three-and-a-half-year average life and were sold at spreads of about 165 basis points to 265 basis points over Libor," according to John Remondi, Sallie Mae's chief financial officer, who also spoke in the earnings conference call.
Remondi added that all of the loans backing the two recent ABS deals allow students to defer payments. That's typically an unattractive feature to investors, who seek steady cash flows. In an effort to curry investor favor, Sallie Mae has recently expanded its loan offerings to include one with a fixed-rate payment option. The fixed-rate Smart Option loan, like the existing floating-rate version, requires students to begin paying off the loans while going to school, eliminating the risk that they'll forget about deferred loans and be confronted with a much larger loan to pay off later on.
"Requiring borrowers to pay interest while in school does make the loans easier to securitize, but it is also the right product for students and families," Remondi said, adding, "It significantly lowers the finance charges they'll pay over the life of the loan, thereby making the loan more affordable."
Besides private student loans, lenders have sold the bulk of FFELP-backed loans to the government in recent years, through the Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act (ECASLA). However, some niche areas could result in significant ABS issuance.
Barbara Lambotte, an analyst at Moody's Investors Service, said her group has seen issuing trusts with cash pursue tender offers of impaired auction-rate securities comprising student loans - typically at a discount - to redeem them. Those transactions are likely to lessen, she said, adding that she anticipates more larger transactions that take the loans out of the trust estate and re-securitize them. A few such deals, such as one from the Brazos Student Finance Corp., which successfully completed an $87 million ABS transaction last spring, have already occurred. And a number of such transactions are in the works, Lambotte said.
However, those auction-rated securities are mostly backed by FFELP loans, for which spreads have recently experienced hiccups. "It seemed for a while that there were some FFELP deals where spreads came in to about 80 basis points or 85 basis points over Libor - if those spreads were to keep tightening, we would have seen more auction-rate restructurings," Chapman said.
Instead, however, spreads have widened. "The FFELP spread in the second quarter was 104 basis points compared to 90 basis points in the first quarter," Remondi said in the conference call.
Although no new FFELP loans can be generated, existing FFELP-based ABS and any new deals cobbled together from loans now housed in auction-rate securities or those resting on banks' balance sheets could be attractive to investors. John McElravey, an analyst at Wells Fargo Securities, said that the market for manufactured housing loans also became "orphaned" in the early 2000s when many of those lenders went out of business.
"Some of those deals actually gained some scarcity value over time as the sector shrank," McElravey said.
However, when new student loan ABS arrives, it's likely going to be too little and too late for most lenders to continue providing student loans profitably post-FFELP without significant changes. Sallie Mae may lead the way on this front as well, as it considers breaking up the company. Michael O'Dell, an analyst at AIG Asset Management, inquired during the earnings call about rumors of Sallie Mae spinning off its banking and servicing operations.
Lord responded that such a spinoff is under consideration. "We believe the entity that was spun off would finance itself with deposits and would have access to the capital markets, just as we do."


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A Writing Soundtrack III
Here's another writing soundtrack, this time comprised of the tunes I had on heavy rotation while writing & editing Sea of Trees. Among other styles, there's a bit more jazz and music from or inspired by Japan this time around. There were a few traditional pieces I didn't include here too, one of which is the beautiful Moon Over Ruined Castle.
Again (and I know I say this every time) one day I'll update some of these images and make them youtube links!
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This is a great playlist!
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Thanks, Jim! Had a lot of fun with it, I could do one a week I reckon!
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I tend to jump between the "ambient music for reading" and "ambient bass" playlists on Google Play Music. I find them easy to write to. They easily fade into the background.
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IT Distributor and Leading Cleveland-Area Employer to Leverage Elder's Corporate and Agency-Based Marketing Communications Expertise
IT Distributor and Leading Cleveland-Area Employer to Leverage Elder's Corporate and Agency-Based Marketing Communications Expertise
AVON, OH--(Marketwire - Feb 6, 2012) - Jenne Inc., a leading value-added distributor of IP telephony, audio and video conferencing, data networking and security products, announced that it has named Susan Elder as its director of marketing, effective January of this year. In her role, in this newly created position, Elder is responsible for all of Jenne's marketing activities including its branding, marketing communications, promotions, partner programs and website and electronic marketing.
Elder brings close to 25 years of marketing and corporate communications experience to her new position at Jenne. Previously, she has held marketing and communications roles with several leading organizations in the Cleveland area, including the American Red Cross and Invacare Corporation, a Fortune 500 company that manufactures and distributes medical products.
She most recently served as chief marketing officer at the American Red Cross of Greater Cleveland, where as a member of the executive management team she was responsible for marketing, sales, communications and the operation of its health and safety training programs. During her tenure there, she secured more than $2 million in contracts for the agency's fee-for-service business. She conceived and implemented major communications programs that increased the organization's visibility and support amongst its various audiences.
Elder's broad marketing expertise extends to advertising, branding, CRM processes, graphic design, market research, media relations, social marketing and other areas within the marketing and communications field. She has developed and launched both local and national marketing programs that have positively impacted sales of both products and services for the organizations in which she has served.
"We are pleased to welcome to Jenne Inc. a marketing professional with Susan's level of business acumen and proven success," said Dean Jenne, executive vice president of sales and marketing. "As Jenne continues to experience unprecedented growth, Susan brings an important dimension of marketing leadership and experience to our management team. She will help us drive success internally, as well as within our extremely loyal customer and partner base."
Prior to her role at the American Red Cross of Greater Cleveland, Elder held various executive management roles at the vice president and director levels. Over the course of her career, she has acquired marketing expertise in both corporate and agency environments.
Elder has been a member of several Greater Cleveland-area boards, including the Board of Trustees of Midtown Cleveland. Additionally, she has earned industry recognition as a winner of the 2009 Distinguished Sales and Marketing Award from the Sales and Marketing Executives of Cleveland; as a 2010 nominee for the American Marketing Association Nonprofit Marketer of the Year Award; and as a 2011 finalist for the Chief Marketing Officer of the Year Award from the CMO Institute.
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Pink English Lavender
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- Botanical NameLavandula angustifolia 'Rosea'
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- Height15 - 18 inches
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Dive team working on sea source heat pump pipe underneath new warehouse building in StromnessLeask Marine started out working on marine construction projects in 1985. With experience in all types of marine construction projects, both large and small, Leask Marine can offer a large variety of services. This is achieved by having the combination of vessels and dive team allowing us to deploy the resources required for any given job.
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Matt Hogstrom wrote: ... > Should we use M<N> > ------------------ I like Milestones better ( G2.0-M1 ) than Alpha/Beta schema. > > Documentation > ------------- The Apache Geronimo v2.0 cwiki space is already available at cwiki.apache.org/geronimo. We could use it to hold all v2.0 specific info (release notes, release roadmaps, documentation itself, etc.) > > Content > ------- We need this content on the wiki (and referenced from the Web site). I think it would help a features breakdown table grouped by Milestones. > > Timeline > -------- > This is less important than the content. I suggested 12/22 since its > the Friday before the Christmas holiday. Personally it would feel good > to know we packaged up something and finished it this year towards 2.0. Agree, with the holidays approaching is either on 12/22 or some time next year, hopefully in the first few months. > There is a lot of small stuff we already have thats almost done. We've We need to get that info in the "Milestone release roadmap" (let's give it a catchy name ;-) ) > been discussing release early and often so the date is more of an > artificial stake in the sand. If we don't get the work done then we > don't ship. It largely depends on completing what goes into M1 rather > than the date. > ... > > > Matt Hogstrom > email@example.com > Cheers! Hernan
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Lindsay Lohan Will Be a Janitor at a Morgue
"She won't be handling any dead bodies but she'll certainly see them."
So far, Lindsay Lohan's only served five hours in jail, but she'll get to really think about the gravity of her necklace-stealing crimes during the 480 hours of community service she'll serve over the next couple of months. La Lohan has been assigned 360 hours at the Women's Center on LA's Skid Row, and 120 hours at the Mission Road coroner's office and morgue. Lohan will hang out at the morgue but won't have to touch the dead people. "She'll be doing basic janitorial work," said coroner assistant chief Ed Winter. "She won't be handling any dead bodies but she'll certainly see them." [People]


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"Moege die Kraft mit dir sein....!"
"Natalie Portman, will I ever see those Princess Leia buns again?"
I finally saw Return/Revenge/Death/Takeover of the Sith or whatever it was called. The similarities between Anakin Skywalker turning into Darth Vader and Karl Rove doctoring George W. Bush are Striking! "You're either with us or you are our enemy!" Now THAT'S what I call simple to the point thinking. It's such a black 'n white world.
OK, so I admit to an utter thrill at the start of the film, taking me back to my childhood as I realized this is the last Star Wars I will ever see new, in the cinema.
The acting was so beyond lame, I think they must be purposely doing it, it makes it so much more campy. LOVED the hairdos. And Hayden Chrisitansen is all grown up now, delightful! Great to see some Episode IV prequel tidbits filled in, story-wise. I have a feeling, though, that Obi-wan will lose the wireless devices he has in Ep. III when he gets to Ep. IV and C3-PO will not be as...well, shiny.
Maybe it was the kid-sized popcorn kicking in or a lag in the storyline or Yet Another Fight Scene, but I almost fell asleep at one point in the movie as I was like "get to the part where he turns inoto VADER and gets all disfigured and gets the James Earl Jones voice already! And how is Pad-thai going to perish--will she see her babies?!!" After lots of shooting, fighting, smash em up, light sabers, some choice Yoda moments, and LOTS of LAVA, I finally got to see it. You know the designers had a hootenanny of a time doing "Vader Mask 2005".
I would have paid so much more if he had breathed "VERIZON, we work harder for you!"
Now I have to rent Return of the Jedi to remind myself how he unveils his melted self again, etc. But at least now it's so clear why Luke 'n Leia never got it on, I mean beyond what we get in ROTJ. Who in their right mind would shack up with someone who you share a Death Star father with?


text: 0 tommy 13 Years Ago My date is correct but I am 5 hours ahead. I went to the system controls and set it for auto but it continues to show 5 hours ahead( Yes I did the time zones). And when I set manually, it shows the correct time but my email shows 5 hours ahead. Huh?


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----- So I tell him I killed God. I tracked God down like a rabid dog, hacked off his legs with a hedge trimmer, raped him with a corncob, and boiled off his corpse in an acid bath. - Spider Jerusalem
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Make a good travel plan and get the best out of a trip to Bali. Know what you want to do. Know all the best places in Bali and pick ones where you want to go to. So many travelers summarize easy tips to enjoy Bali to the fullest, but you couldn't follow all of them. Now we have rounded up simple tips written by all travelers. Hope you will find it interesting and useful.
Bali is so touristy
This island is recommended island you have to visit at least once in your lifetime. Why? A lot of people come here. This is one of the most touristy island on earth! You might imagine that you can see foreigner at every corner of Bali. Yes, you are right, but that doesn't mean all paradise in Bali are enjoyed by the crowds. No, Bali leaves solitude seekers to find their ideal places, for example, in Ubud.
Choose your base wisely
In the center of the island like Denpasar, Kuta, Legian, or Seminyak you will meet a lot of people. You can go shopping, drink in beachfront bar, enjoy the music, eat the delicious foods, and sometime be trapped in a chaotic traffic. If you love living in such crowded spots, make your base there. Book a hotel in Kuta, or if you want a bit calmer atmosphere, go to Sanur. Seminyak is a good option for those of you who need more polished hotels and entertainments. But, if you want to get in touch with the local, practice Balinese traditional Yoga and meditation, meet the traditional healer, eat the fresh, healthy, organic Bali foods, sip a cup of coffee and enjoy the green, verdant hills and terraced rice fields, you have to go to Ubud.
read: Amazing Travel Jakarta
If you see something interesting sold by a shop nearby the Kuta Beach, and you want to buy it, you have to haggle and haggle. As for foods and drinks sold at food stalls, you should not haggle. Their price are clearly fixed prices. Add to that, the prices of their foods are incredibly cheap!


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Rapper Big Boi has dismissed reports suggesting he and Andre 3000 are working on a new Outkast album.
Last month (Jan14), fans got excited when reports swirled indicating the newly-reunited rap duo were working on new music together to celebrate their 20th anniversary.
And when their former manager, Queen Latifah, alluded to the new project the rumors went into overdrive.
However, Big Boi, 39, has set the record straight, insisting there is no new album planned.
He tells AllHipHop.com, "We're just doing the tour only, just for the fans. That's all it is, just the tour. I got a solo record I'm working on. But, it's just the Outkast 20th year anniversary, just a way for us to celebrate with our fans, but there's no album in the works, no."
The duo is planning to perform at 40 festivals in 2014 to mark the anniversary.


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Prepare to Be Harvested by Dark Age's Kukulkani
June 26, 2013 by dracs
Dark Age Games are gearing up to release some new models for their latest faction, the Meso-American themed Kukulkani. This time they are far more human-like in appearance, but as the name Harvester would suggest they are no less dangerous.
As you can see these two are very human in general appearance, but there is still something not right about them. Pretty much as one would expect from a world like that of Dark Age. And with a name like the Harvesters, they can't help but be a menacing addition to the faction.
They aren't being released alone though. Accompanying the Harvesters come two ladies toting massive guns. The Balam.
These two miniatures have been sculpted with some great stances which create a sense of cinematic motion. I particularly like that the massive guns, most unusually for sci-fi weaponry, do actually appear to be heavy, although not so heavy that the Balam can't swing them around to bring death to whoever gets in their way.
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Welcome to RiverRock German Shepherds
RiverRock German Shepherds is a small hobby kennel in
St. Cloud, Minnesota dedicated to breeding beautiful German Shepherd
Dogs that embody all of the finest qualities of this magnificent breed as described in the AKC Breed Standard.
My name is Dr. Zoa Rockenstein and I am the "pack leader" around here. I am a retired Professor Emeritus in the Psychology Department at St. Cloud State University where I taught a course in Canine Cognition and specialized in ways that dogs think, learn, and continue to co-evolve with their human partners.
I am a member of the German Shepherd Dog Club of America and have served on the Public Relations, Herding, Membership, and Redbook Committees for this organization. I am also a member of the German Shepherd Dog Club of Minneapolis/St. Paul. I am a signatory of the Breeders' Code of Ethics for both of these organizations and have been designated an "AKC Breeder of Merit".
My son River Rockenstein, his wife Honah, and their daughters Rowan and Haven are also major players at RiverRock.
The History of RiverRock
have been involved with German Shepherd Dogs for 60 years, having
received my first gsd, Freda, from my father at age 7. She came from a
puppy mill, and was probably the ugliest gsd to ever grace the planet,
but she was everything to me.
While my parents were outaged, I was utterly intrigued. Did this mean that there were German Shepherds better than my beloved Freda? I wanted to know them. I wanted to own them. I wanted to be in the show ring with them. A dream was born!
purchased my first show-quality bitch and attended my first show while
in college in the 1970's. Sitting ringside at this show, with the
breeder of my new bitch, I correctly picked the winners in each class.
The breeder was impressed with this and asked me if I would like to be
trained as a handler and handle his dogs at shows throughout the
Southeast. This was part of my dream-come-true, and I learned about the
breed standard and about the correct structure, movement, and
temperament of the dogs.
I was also fortunate to be in the ring every weekend with some of the great handlers like Jimmy Moses, Doug Crane, Kim Knoblach, and Lamar Kuhns who were generous with advice and were models of sportsmanship.
I also saw many of the great dogs of the era like Ch. Lance of Fran Jo and his progeny.
Since that time, I have bred, owned, trained, and shown many German Shepherd Dogs from both German and American lines.
|Zoa and Callie at 3 mo.
Breeding Program Philosophy
RiverRock is not a puppy mill, and I do not breed for profit. My goal is to contribute dogs excelling in soundness, performance, beauty, and style to the German Shepherd gene pool. It is my belief that only dogs that will enhance the gene pool should be bred.
While I prefer the American-bred dog in type, I
believe that well-bred dogs from both American and German/European show
lines have value in the gene pool. At the present time, both German and
American show lines are being combined in my breeding program for the
purpose of introducing genetic diversity while maintaining the
elegance, floating gait, and gentle/protective temperament of the
American-bred dog.
I usually plan 1-3 litters per year. Months of careful study go into the planning of these litters. Visits to the kennel include a review of my Breeder's Books along with an introduction to my pedigree analysis process.
Puppies are given the very best of care and receive extensive socialization from an early age. Puppies are given early neurological stimulation as well and are temperament tested in order to place them into situations that match their personalities.
Puppy buyers receive a health guarantee.
Soundness in a German Shepherd Dog and Puppy
A beautiful dog is nothing unless both physically and mentally sound:
- A sound dog is a healthy dog with a long lifespan (10-13 years).
- A sound dog is free of crippling hip and elbow dysplasia.
- A sound dog easily passes the Temperament Test.
- A sound dog will be a friendly, yet protective, family companion.
The breeding of sound dogs requires a thorough knowledge of all dogs in a pedigree for at least five generations. The gene pool is small, and even the best pedigree research cannot rule out health problems entirely. What it can do, however, is reduce the probability of problems related to health and soundness.
Reputable breeders take this responsibility seriously by researching the pedigrees of prospective breeding partners, breeding only dogs who are free of health and temperament problems at the time of the breeding, and guaranteeing puppies against maladies proven to be genetically transmitted.
River & Honah with Karla in the Puppy Garden
German Shepherds and Performance
Sound dogs will have both the physical and mental capacity to perform in sports like conformation, obedience, rally, agility, herding, and schutzhund. They will be useful as assistance or therapy dogs. They will be an asset to law enforcement and the military.
Personally, I enjoy herding competition with my dogs. Since this is the purpose for which the German Shepherd Dog was originally developed, the herding instinct is still present in many of our dogs today.
I select breeding partners with herding instinct and/or working titles in their backgrounds in order to breed for both beauty and working ability. I also participate in obedience and rally competition.
River & Sera in the Puppy Garden
Beauty in the German Shepherd
At RiverRock, beauty is evaluated by the degree to
which the dog conforms to the official AKC Breed Standard for German
Shepherd Dogs. There are other Breed Standards with slightly different
The Standard defines the proper structure and appearnace of the dog from nose to tail, describes how the dog should move at a trot, and outlines correct temperament. The Breed Standard is a blueprint which should guide both breeding decisions (including the important decision not to breed a given dog) and the independent, objective evaluation of dogs by judges trained in the application of the Breed Standard in the show ring.
There is a link to the current AKC Illustrated Breed Standard on my Links page.
German Shepherd Style
Style is a matter of personal preference regarding appearance plus attitude.
I like a "classic" type American-bred dog with strong pigment, a beautiful coat, tight feet, a noble head, medium drive, and the unmistakable "look of eagles". You will see this type of dog on the Boys and Girls pages.
I prefer a well-balanced, medium-sized dog rather than an over-built dog with extreme angulation. Bigger is not better in German Shepherds. Excessive size puts too much stress on the joints. Extreme angulation creates weakness in the rear. I want a dog that walks on his feet, not his hocks. She may be a show champion, but she should also be able to jump into a vehicle or herd a flock of sheep. The German Shepherd is, first and foremost, a working dog.
I expect a strong work ethic, unwavering loyalty, and a desire to please. In attitude, I value an intelligent dog who exudes nobility yet exhibits playfulness and a sense of humor; a dog who is a loving and gentle companion, yet would give his life to protect his family. That is the type of dog that I strive to produce at RiverRock.
Rowan Rockenstein with Tucker X Sera pups


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Wanderland: What You Need To Survive The Year's Biggest Musical Festival
Take only the bare minimum to maximize your experience
Wanderland is less than a month away, which means that there is only a few weeks left to prepare for the country's biggest music festival of the year. With more than 12 hours of fun, excitement and music to get to, there are a few essential things to consider and take with you.
Clothing Essentials
1. Sunglasses and a hat—Keep the sun away from your face so you can focus on the performances.
Get this cute but effecient one from Zalora
2. A lightweight jacket—To keep warm at night.
3. A comfortable top that you can move around in—Please do not sacrifice movement and experience because of clothing limitations. There are plenty of options out there.
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4. Bottoms that can get dirty—Sitting on the floor is going to become essential at one point or another, and you do not want to ruin anything.
5. Shoes you can stand and walk in for literal hours—Do not let pain get in the way!
Get these comfortable yet stylish sneakers from Zalora
Items To Bring
1. Phone—To keep in contact with friends and take photos.
2. Refillable water bottle—Remember to keep hydrated; this is so important. There will definitely be drinks available, but water in between these drinks is always a good idea.
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3. Snacks—In case you don't want to spend. Tip: keep them in ziplocks that can easily be discarded. You don't want to be carrying around a sizeable container around.
4. Sunscreen—To protect yourself from the sun. Another really important one.
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5. Tissues/Wet wipes—For sanitary purposes. Keep it clean! Sticky hands are annoying.
What To Consider
1. A blanket—For sitting on or lying down on.
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2. A change of clothes—In case you think you'll need a refresher.
3. A power bank—they get a little heavy and a little tedious to carry around, but—depending on your phone and how much you use it—it might be important.
Get this from the shop.globe.com.ph
4. Ear plugs—For when you need to give your ears a rest but you don't want to give up your spot.
5. A trashbag—Might sound weird, but it's actually a very versatile piece of plastic. It can cover you if it starts to rain, you can sit on it and it can keep you warm.
Wanderland 2017 kicks off on March 4, 2017 at Filinvest City Event Grounds. Click here to see how you can get tickets with Globe.


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DASH4CASH Rules
Please Note: these rules are to be read with the terms and conditions ('the terms") which can be found on www.dash4cash.com ("dash4cash").
In order to play dash4cash ("the Game") you must be a registered member of dash4cash.
Registration for dash4cash is free.
Click on the "Registration" link on the dash4cash home page to complete the registration process. Once you have completed the registration process you will become a dash4cash member.
Follow the instructions to register and become a member of dash4cash, these include inter alia providing your:
email address;
birth date;
country of residence;
consent to receive promotional emails or offers.
1.5 Once you have completed the registration process you will not be required to register on dash4cash again and will be able to play all the games available on dash4cash. Please note that each game has its own game rules which regulate the way the game is played and these rules must be read with the terms and conditions ("terms") which can be read and downloaded from www.dash4cash.com
2. How to Start Playing
2.1 To start playing the Game you must enter your login details on www.dash4cash.com to access your membership account. If you have not yet registered on www.dash4cash.com refer to 1 above.
2.2 If you are already a member simply enter your username and password to access your membership account.
The game shall be played in monthly rounds with the first round beginning on 1 June 2015 at approximately 00h00 (GMT+2) and ending on 30 June 2015 at approximately 23h59 (GMT+2) ("the Game Period"). After the initial Game Period, the next Game Period shall be shown on the dash4cash home page.
How to Play
On the page headed "Make Your Pick" you will see a list of matches between two teams and/or individual competitors of various sports ("Matchups") and you have to predict the outcome of a matchup ("your pick").
The expected start time of a Matchup will be shown on the Matchup and this time is referred to as the "Lock Time". When Lock Time commences, the Matchup is Locked and you are prohibited from amending Your Pick in that particular Matchup. You are however entitled to make multiple Picks at one time. It follows that should a Matchup be Locked, you are able to make a Pick for as many of the Matchups as are available to Pick from on the "Make Your Pick" page.
Dash4Cash reserves the right to amend Lock Times to accommodate later or early starts, or for any other reason, in any Matchups.
In the event that a matchup is erroneously left Unlocked during a matchup, Dash4Cash shall be entitled to Lock the game and/or cancel it altogether at its sole discretion.
Once the Matchup you have selected has been marked final you will receive a notification of the outcome of your Pick via email.
Dash4Cash shall add Matchups all the time and you must check for new Matchups regularly to make sure you don't miss a Matchup which may help you win the prize.
Please ensure that you read the Matchup questions carefully before making Your Pick.
On the first day of the Game Period all participants commence with a dash of 0 (zero) and the most wins selected shall be 0 (zero). At the end of the Game Period all dashes and most wins selected shall be reset to 0 (zero).
When you correctly predict the outcome of a Matchup your dash shall continue. If you incorrectly predict the outcome of a Matchup your dash ends and your dash will be reset to 0 (Zero) however you will still be eligible to win a prize during that Game Period for the most selected wins during that Game Period regardless of whether the wins are selected consecutively so keep playing to get those wins up! The most selected wins will only be reset to 0 (zero) at the commencement of a new Game Period.
Your Dash total is measured by the number of consecutive correct picks which you make during the game period.
Your Most Wins total is measured by the number of correct picks which you make during the Game Period regardless of whether these correct picks are made consecutively or not, the correct picks are only required to have been made during the relevant Game Period and shall expire at the end of the Game Period in which they were made.
You are not required to make a selection each day.
Matchups that end as a tie shall be ignored and your dash shall continue and a tied Matchup shall not form part of your Most Wins.
Dash4Cash reserves the right to cancel Matchups due to inter alia player injuries, weather, player absences. If a Matchup is cancelled or postponed the Matchup shall be ignored and your dash and your Most Wins shall continue unchanged.
5. Prizes
At the end of the Game Period the following monetary prizes shall be given to winning participants:
5.1 The Grand Prize
Not available
5.2 The Dash Prize
5.2.1 The Dash Prize shall be the sum of R13 250 (twenty five thousand rand) and shall be split between the 10 (twenty) Participants who have accumulated the highest Dash during the Game Period, as follows, the Participant with:
126.96.36.199 The highest Dash shall receive R5 000 (twelve thousand five hundred rand;
184.108.40.206 The second highest Dash shall receive R2 500 (four thousand rand);
126.96.36.199 The third highest Dash shall receive R1 500 (two thousand rand);
220.127.116.11 The fourth highest Dash shall receive R1 000 (one thousand rand);
126.96.36.199 The fifth highest Dash shall receive R750 (five hundred rand);
188.8.131.52 The sixth highest Dash shall receive R500 (five hundred rand);
18.104.22.168 The seventh highest Dash shall receive R500 (five hundred rand);
126.96.36.199 The eighth highest Dash shall receive R500 (five hundred rand);
184.108.40.206 The ninth highest Dash shall receive R500 (five hundred rand);
188.8.131.52 The tenth highest Dash shall receive R500 (five hundred rand);
5.3 The Most Wins Prize
5.3.1 The Most Wins Prize shall be the R13 250 (twenty five thousand rand) which shall be split between the 10 (twenty) Participants who have accumulated the Most Wins during the Game Period, as follows:
the Participant with the:
18.104.22.168 The Most Wins shall receive R5 000 (twelve thousand five hundred rand;
184.108.40.206 The second Most Wins shall receive R2 500 (four thousand rand);
188.8.131.52 The third Most Wins shall receive R1 500 (two thousand rand);
184.108.40.206 The fourth Most Wins shall receive R1 000 (one thousand rand);
126.96.36.199 The fifth Most Wins shall receive R750 (five hundred rand);
184.108.40.206 The sixth Most Wins shall receive R500 (five hundred rand);
188.8.131.52 The seventh Most Wins shall receive R500 (five hundred rand);
220.127.116.11 The eighth Most Wins shall receive R500 (five hundred rand);
22.214.171.124 The ninth Most Wins shall receive R500 (five hundred rand);
188.8.131.52 The tenth Most Wins shall receive R500 (five hundred rand);
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Senator John McCain -- who's been barking about the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, for quite some time now -- has officially upset the president over the matter.
McCain has insisted that there's either a coverup or incompetence coming from the Obama administration over its response to the September attack, and today, Obama responded to some of the things said by McCain and his colleague, Senator Lindsey Graham.
Basically, there's a rumor out there that Obama's going to nominate U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice as Secretary of State.
Rice may or may not be the cause of controversy after initially saying the attack on the consulate was "spontaneous," as part of a protest, and sparked by "the video."
Now that everyone seems to be in agreement that it was a terrorist attack -- which McCain was saying from the get-go -- McCain seems to think that Rice was intentionally spreading misinformation.
McCain and Graham have now said that they'd try to block the confirmation of Rice, if the president does indeed nominate her.
Here's how Obama responded to that:
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"When they go after the U.N. ambassador because they think she's an easy target, then they've got a problem with me," Obama said. Yikes.
McCain has since responded with the following statement from his office:
"I have always said that the buck stops with the President of the United States, particularly for his contradictory statements in the Rose Garden, on '60 Minutes' and in later venues alleging that the obvious terrorist attack in Benghazi was triggered by a spontaneous demonstration and a hateful video, or that we didn't know the cause. Those statements clearly did not comport with the facts on the ground. We owe the American people and the families of the murdered Americans a full and complete explanation, which for two months the President has failed to deliver. Given all these facts, a Select Committee must be appointed in order to obtain a full and complete accounting which would be credible with the American people."


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FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill. – The Fairview Heights Police Department is asking for the public's help in locating a man suspected of exposing himself to a pedestrian on the street.
According to a police spokesperson, the incident occurred Wednesday, October 4 around 4:45 p.m. near the intersection of Dunhill and Willow Spring Hill drives.
The victim, a Fairview Heights woman, said she was walking toward the intersection when a man pulled up alongside her and called for her attention. When the woman looked over, the man was performing a lewd act and partially unclothed. Police said the man then drove off.
The suspect was described as a Caucasian man in his 40s, with short, light brown hair.
Police described the suspect's vehicle as a white, early 2000s Dodge caravan van with a Missouri license plate that appeared to be covered. The van was said to be in rough looking condition.
Anyone with information on this incident and can identify the driver of the van is asked to contact the Fairview Heights Police Department at 618-489-2130.


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From a stand-up comedian to a video jockey to one of the top actors of Tamil film industry now, Sivakarthikeyan's growth has been phenomenal and his career graph has always been in the upward trend. With an impressive track record, Siva has created a brand for himself.
Here's a chance to take his popularity to an even greater height with his seventh film Rajini Murugan (RM). He teams up with the successful Varuthapadatha Vaalibar Sangam (VVS) team Ponram-Imman-Soori for yet another comedy cracker. But is the pop worth the weight?
Like all Siva's earlier films Rajini Murugan is stocked with copious amount of humor interwoven with adequate load of romance and sentiment. Unlike VVS, RM has a mainstream villain planted to add more excitement to the plate. Though the protracted battle between the antagonist and Siva might work with the masses, it pushes the comedy and romance elements to the backseat.
Rajini Murugan carries a fragile storyline, but that is understandable as films like these are made for the sole purpose of entertaining the crowd. However the team could have worked a little more on tightening the screenplay. There are a few laughs here and there and you also find some intense scenes now and then, but one feels the whole product could have been laced a little more rigid.
The love portions are a little flat at places but it leaves you a little confused whether the female lead is in love with the hero or not. The director could have added a couple of more scenes to describe the emotions of Rajini Murugan's lady love which could have established their relationship better.
Sivakarthikeyan is someone who clearly knows where his strengths lie and what people expect out of him. He has delivered what was asked of him as a performer though one might find his comedies here weren't as great as his previous films. But nevertheless he makes people smile throughout the film.
Samuthirakani plays the antagonist here. Unlike his recent films where he was mostly offered with typecast preachy roles, Samuthirakani gets to be the platitudinous rural baddie, whose DNA is mixed with full of vengeance and ego.
Keerthy Suresh looks simple and graceful. She shows some great variety in her expressions. Rajkiran as usual shines; he plays the grandfather of Sivakarthikeyan. He plays an honest and lovable character which carries traditional value and a tint of humor too.
Imman adheres to his template for rural films. Though it sounds redundant, the score sits pretty well with the situation and does lift the proceedings. Ennama Ippadi Panreengale Ma is already a hit and even the other songs work quite well along with the visuals.
Major part of the film has been shot in Madurai and places nearby and mostly in live locations. That added with Ponram's native dialogues, make people from the suburbs easily relate to the film. The film might trigger some to visit their ancestral place, spend some quality time with their family. But some scenes could make you feel like watching a soap opera.
On the whole Rajini Murugan is a safe bet to bank your money on if you want to watch a film with no expectation but just to spend your two and a half hours laughing.
Verdict: A fairly entertaining family drama


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Behavioral Diabetes Institute addresses emotional, psychological aspects of living with diabetes
SAN DIEGO, Calif. Diabetes patients can ease their worries about living with the disease, as one organization focuses on an often-ignored area of treatment: The emotional and psychological issues surrounding both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.
The Behavioral Diabetes Institute is the world's first organization dedicated to tackling the unmet psychological needs of people with diabetes. The BDI offers an array of evidence-based clinical programs, all designed to help people overcome the emotional and behavioral obstacles to living well with diabetes. Based in San Diego, the BDI is committed to helping people master the unique challenges of diabetes, conducting behavioral research in diabetes and providing healthcare providers with the specialty behavioral training necessary for managing diabetes effectively.
The Behavioral Diabetes Institute was founded five years ago by William Polonsky, a clinical psychologist, certified diabetes educator, associate clinical professor at the University of California – San Diego, and author of "Diabetes Burnout: What To Do When You Can't Take It Anymore."
Polonsky and his colleagues provide useful tools through BDI's Web site, BehavioralDiabetes.org. They also offer small group workshops and programs for adults and adolescents with diabetes throughout the year. These include their core program, "Getting on Track;" the multiweek depression series, "Feeling Good Again: Breaking the Depression/Diabetes Connection," and — new for 2010 — programs for eating disorders in diabetes.
For more information on the Behavioral Diabetes Institute, visit BehavioralDiabetes.org.
Cardinal Health selected as exclusive pharmaceutical distribution partner for AAP
DUBLIN, Ohio Cardinal Health has been selected to be the exclusive pharmaceutical distributor for American Associated Pharmacies' nearly 2,000 independent pharmacy members nationwide.
The American Associated Pharmacies is the parent company of Associated Pharmacies Inc. and United Drugs.
Cardinal Health previously had separate, exclusive distribution agreements with API and United Drugs, prior to their Sept. 1, 2009 merger. The new, multi-year agreement, effective last week, solidifies Cardinal Health as the primary pharmaceutical distributor for the combined entity's nationwide pharmacy members. The new contract signifies a long-term partnership between Cardinal Health and AAP and better positions both companies to help independent retail pharmacies improve cost-effectiveness and efficiency.
"Since API and United Drugs joined together in September of this year, we have been very active establishing our new parent company, AAP, while also focusing on ways to strengthen our well-established relationships with Cardinal Health," said Jon Copeland, CEO of AAP. "Throughout the entire process, we've had only one goal: The greater success of our members. Now, with AAP's new agreement with Cardinal Health, we've made a giant step toward achieving that goal."
As part of the agreement, AAP members will have access to an extensive portfolio of branded and generic pharmaceuticals from Cardinal Health. They will also have access to a broad array of Cardinal Health solutions and services designed to help independent pharmacies improve profitability and efficiency. AAP members will also have access to select Cardinal Health services and solutions, including customized reimbursement consulting services, reconciliation services that ensure payors pay reimbursements in full and tools that help retailers market and increase non-prescription sales to drive diversified revenue growth.
"Cardinal Health, Associated Pharmacies, Inc. and United Drugs share a passionate commitment to supporting the growth of independent pharmacies," said Mike Kaufmann, CEO of Cardinal Health's pharmaceutical segment. "Through Cardinal Health's strong generics program and our powerful, customized portfolio of supply chain, operational and financial performance solutions, we'll work hand-in-hand with AAP to help their nearly 2,000 independent pharmacy members improve cost effectiveness and efficiency so they can focus on what they do best – care for patients."
Independent pharmacy lobbyists renew call for health-reform relief
ALEXANDRIA, Va. Weighing once again into the health-reform fray on Capitol Hill, the National Community Pharmacists Association Wednesday reiterated a long-standing plea to Congress for relief as the U.S. Senate and House work to craft a compromise on the health-reform bill to send to the White House.
The appeal came in a letter, sent by NCPA EVP and CEO Bruce Roberts, to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. Among NCPA's top priorities: a reasonable minimum payment system for Medicaid prescriptions, new curbs on pharmacy benefit managers and a pass on new Medicare restrictions governing the sale of durable medical equipment and diabetic supplies.
The independent pharmacy lobby is asking the House and Senate leadership to include those elements in a final version of health-reform legislation. Although Congress has yet to reconvene later this month, Pelosi and Reid have maintained a high-profile effort to reconcile the reform bills passed late last year by both houses of Congress.
"Community pharmacists are ready and willing to help improve health outcomes and lower costs," said Roberts. "We greatly appreciate the bipartisan backing in both chambers for reforms that support community pharmacists.
"The recommendations we present here will make a good thing even better for patients," he asserted in his appeal to both leaders. "We will continue working with Congress in hopes of enacting these proposals."
Among NCPA's specific requests:
- A reform of Medicaid's Average Manufacturer Price (AMP) reimbursement system for generic drugs, and the adoption by Medicaid of the Senate's proposal for a federal upper limit of no less than 175% of the weighted average AMP. "Anything less could force many independent community pharmacies, which care for an extraordinarily high number of Medicaid patients, out of the program," noted the group.
- The adoption of both House-passed transparency provisions for pharmacy benefit managers operating in the proposed health insurance exchange, and Senate language extending the reporting requirements to Medicare Part D drug plans;
- Inclusion of the Senate's proposal to exempt retail pharmacies from Medicare's "burdensome, duplicative accreditation requirements" for the sale of durable medical equipment and supplies, including diabetes testing kits.
Roberts also urged Congress to "support all House- and Senate-passed provisions expanding the community pharmacist's ability to provide medication therapy management services," according to today's letter. Pharmacist-administered MTM, he noted, would help "maximize the patient's adherence and therapeutic benefit while lowering the cost of inappropriate prescription drug use — estimated at $290 billion annually."


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|Human Rights Advocates to Report to Prison for Civil Disobedience Opposing Controversial Training Facility for Latin Americans
Washington, DC ? Eleven human rights advocates ? including a Maryknoll nun, a 79-year-old retiree, students, and a farmworker ? will report to federal prisons around the country today to begin serving three- to six-month sentences for acts of nonviolent civil disobedience opposing the US Army?s School of the Americas (SOA/ WHINSEC). The eleven were arrested at Fort Benning in November of 2004 as part of an annual demonstration calling for the closure of the controversial training facility.
The SOA, now renamed the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation or WHINSEC, is a military training school located at Fort Benning where over 60,000 Latin American security personnel have been trained in courses including counterinsurgency, psychological warfare and interrogation techniques. Graduates of the school have been consistently linked to human rights violations and to the suppression of popular movements in Central and South America.
?The SOA/ WHINSEC claims to promote democracy,? said Fr. Roy Bourgeois, founder of SOA Watch. ?What message are they sending to the militaries and governments of Latin America when they jail these nonviolent protestors who are exercising their rights as citizens in a democracy?"
The eleven people reporting to prison today were among 16,000 gathered at the gates of Fort Benning, home of the SOA/ WHINSEC, on November 20-21 to call for the closure of the institution. At the culmination of a solemn ?funeral procession? memorializing the victims of graduates of the school, fifteen people peacefully crossed onto the military base and were arrested. Since protests against the SOA/ WHINSEC began fifteen years ago, more than 180 people have served prison sentences of up to two years for nonviolent civil disobedience.
?There is no jail that can contain the truth,? stated Elizabeth Nadeau, 27, of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Nadeau, a Steelworker and graduate student, will report to Pekin Federal Prison today to begin serving a 90-day sentence.
Last week Representative James McGovern (D-MA) introduced a bill to the House of Representatives calling for the closure and investigation of the SOA/ WHINSEC. The bill was introduced with more than 75 bi-partisan co-sponsors.
SOA Watch is a national, grassroots, faith- and conscience-based organization committed to nonviolence. SOA Watch has held a demonstration at the main entrance to Ft. Benning each November since 1990 calling for the closure of the SOA/ WHINSEC.
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Move On, Move Out
The famous 'progressive' web presence MoveOn.org is asking for people to sign a petition to CBS demanding that they air MoveOn's Superbowl Ad.
First off, the ad makes a very good point. The mounting federal deficits the Bush administration is only to happy to incur will have to be paid eventually, and it will be the generation represented in the ad that has to. I wish that CBS would air the ad.
Beyond that, MoveOn loses it. The petition says:
TO: CBS President Les Moonves
CC: Viacom CEO Sumner Redstone
FROM: (Your Name and Email)
SUBJECT: Don't Censor Ads
Dear Gentlemen,
(Your personal note)
As one of the nation's largest media outlets and a respected source of news and entertainment, CBS has an obligation to be fair. By running an ad from the White House Office of Drug Policy while turning down ads by MoveOn.org Voter Fund and PETA, CBS appears to be acting out of political bias, censoring ads which express opinions it dislikes.
Please allow these ads to run during the Super Bowl. If you don't, you risk losing your credibility and the public's trust.
(your name)
(your address)
The errors are easy to spot. First, CBS is a private business, and has no obligation "to be fair." They can run whatever programming they like, and refuse any they don't. I don't like their action in this case either, but them's the breaks.
They certainly are showing a bias here. My television station would would be instructed to make colorful remarks about the President's maternal heritage every time someone in his office called us up asking for airtime; sadly, CBS has a friendlier strategy, which is no doubt politically motivated. But again, just like my station would be more liberty-oriented and MoveOn's would be more left-oriented, CBS is CBS-oriented, which right now means pro-Bush. MoveOnTV would feel and in fact be right in turning down programming they didn't agree with.
Lastly, the claim of censorship. What a private entity chooses to do with its airtime is not censhorship no matter what the decision is. All CBS is doing is refusing to do business with a group they don't want to support. What Caesar does is censor; what CBS does is just BS.
Is the distinction between public and private really so hard to make? It's not impossible that they're trying to smear or obliterate that distinction, but if MoveOnTV ever goes on the air, they'll change their tune quickly, I bet.
It is ludicrous for any
It is ludicrous for any organization, or individual, to claim to be without bias. Honesty is not avoiding bias--that is impossible. Honesty is acknowledging bias, identifying it. Reveal your assumptions!
It seems to me that nothing
It seems to me that nothing is less understood than the notion of property rights. A private broadcaster can decide to not do business with someone. A mall can evict people wearing t-shirts the mall owner doesn't like. A bank can refuse to lend somebody money if they don't like the risk involved. Yet somehow, in this day and age, great swaths of the public think these things are "wrong", and must be banned.
Given the role of the
Given the role of the federal government in creating the communications infrastructure CBS depends on, cartelizing the broadcast media through the FCC licensing system, and cartelizing the economy on which the national advertising market is based, I'd say CBS is about as much a "private" firm as McDonnell-Douglass.
That being said, the solution is to eliminate the existing government privilege, not to use it as a pretext for more regulation. Get Moonves off the government tit.
Kevin, you brought up a good
Kevin, you brought up a good point, and my analysis did leave that out. Rather than including that point, because the answer is simple (you've given both in two sentences) I left it to the reader.
And don't forget the part
And don't forget the part about the public air waves, which those 'private' broadcasters get to use at a ridiculous fraction of their real worth (get to use and by using monopolize), in exchange for which, as the original set-up (or giveaway) had it, they are expected to offer a modicum of public interest broadcasting. In short, it's just not all that private - to put it mildly.
I thank CBS for not screwing
I thank CBS for not screwing up my Superbowl Sunday. Please don't air overtly political ads that will inject heavy politics into a day that should be free of it.
I know that some people cannot seem to draw a line between the drug ads and the MoveOn ad, but here is a simple test that I have devised: Will it cause people to argue?
Last year when the "Drugs support terrorism" ads came on the screen, somebody shouted out that he was doing his best to protect the country by growing it domestically in his closet. People laughed; nobody really cared. Now, go forward a few days and picture the MoveOn ad appearing while I am sitting around watching the game with friends from all over the political spectrum. It will cause somebody to huff or sigh when it comes on. Somebody will jump to the defense of MoveOn, and my Superbowl party will be ruined.
CBS did the right thing.


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Media Backtalk
Monday, June 14, 2004; 12:00 PM
administration would look like? More of the same or
major change?
Doubts Linger as Kerry Advances (Post, June 13) Howard Kurtz: Here are links to two of the Post stories we've been discussing.
This morning on the Imus in the Morning program, Howard Fineman of Newsweek appeared. He posited that last week's media deification of Ronald Reagan was the (I paraphrase): "liberal...media making up for the conservative revolution begun 20 years before (Reagan's election) that they missed the depth of scope of..." I couldn't believe it! It seems to me that the media was couldn't have been more cooperative in promoting the Reagan image for 8 years. Please comment.
Thanks for the chat, folks.