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According to the FBI, Ivins made the killer anthrax in his lab at Fort Detrick all by himself in something like 12 hours (pages 8-9).
Is that plausible?
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The newest book in the C21 Book Series, was commissioned by Boston College as a gift from the University to the Archdiocese of Boston and was recently presented by University President William P. Leahy, SJ, to Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., archbishop of Boston.
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How Big Music Companies Are Stealing Hundreds Of Millions In Royalties From Artists
from the follow-the-bouncing-ball deptIt's no secret that various major labels and big music organizations have a history of not paying artists what they're owed under the law. We've covered plenty of examples of fancy "accounting" to avoid having to pay, such that even big stars claim they never see royalties. However, Jeff Price, over at Tunecore has uncovered what may be an even bigger scam on the publishing/songwriting side of the business, creating a giant shell game, wherein major labels are getting hundreds of millions in royalties that are owed to songwriters, but are never paid.
The details are quite complex. Jeff's post has all the details, but let's just focus in on one key part of it. Basically, outside the US, digital music services need to pay two separate licenses to US songwriters -- one for reproduction rights and one for public performance rights (we won't get into why there are two separate rights and how they collided back together in digital music, as that's a different rant for a different day). However, almost no one actually buys both licenses. Typically they just get one (the reproduction right, as provided as a compulsory rate via ASCAP/BMI/SESAC) which they then pay through a local collection society. Technically, that means digital music services outside the US need to directly negotiate deals with US songwriters for the public performance right. But they don't do that.
Instead, they just pretend that the reproduction license they have covers it. And then, the local collection society arbitrarily split the reproduction license into components, pretending some of it is for the ASCAP/BMI/SESAC and some of it is for the public performance license... even if no such license has been secured (as it rarely is). Then, to make it even crazier, the local collection society skims its own take off the top for administration (despite having no right to the money in the first place) and then passes the money on... to the major labels. Jeff lays out an example:
You are a member of ASCAP, BMI or SESAC. These three organizations are in a relationship with other performance rights organizations around the world to collect and pass back and forth Public Performance royalties.He goes on to point out that it's effectively impossible for a songwriter to actually get this money that is required by law to go back to the songwriter.
Your song sells via download in Japan (the same scenario plays out in just about every country).
The digital store pays the songwriter's money to the local collection agency in Japan (called JASRAC) for the right of Public Performance. JASRAC has the right to issue licenses and collect money for the songwriter's Public Performance as the right of Public Performance was passed to it by ASCAP/BMI/SESAC.
Now here's where it gets really screwed up:
JASRAC arbitrarily splits the money paid by the digital store between mechanical royalties and Public Performance. For example, JASRAC decides 70% of the money it got paid by the digital music service for Public Performance goes to mechanical royalties and 30% of the money goes to Public Performance royalties.
There is no basis in copyright law for how the split is determined. The split differs from country to country and from collection agency to collection agency. It is based on who sits on the board of directors at each collection agency. If there are more publishers on the board, the split goes more toward mechanicals; if there are more songwriters, the split favors Public Performance.
Important: JASRAC does not represent the songwriter for Reproduction and has no right to split the money paid to it by the digital store. Nevertheless, the collection agencies ignore this (and apparently so do many digital music services).
For the mechanical royalties, JASRAC takes around 15% of the songwriter's money as an "administration" fee despite not administering it (not to mention it had no right to the money in the first place).
Then, as the songwriter never joined JASRAC to get the mechanical royalties that JASRAC had no right to collect, JASRAC gives the songwriter's money to Warner Bros., EMI, Sony, Universal and others based on each company's market share in that country.
In other words, they give some portion of the songwriter's money from Public Performance away to other entities. Eerily close to stealing the songwriter's money…
Jeff has been on the warpath about this, trying to get back the royalties songwriters signed to Tunecore are owed. If you heard the story last month of Amazon suddenly taking down all Tunecore music in Europe, you might reasonably put two and two together to recognize that someone wasn't getting all the licenses required...
This is unquestionably a complex legal issue, with a variety of different separate rights under copyright law, which collide in slightly awkward ways online, combined with different laws in different jurisdictions on a global internet. The root of the problem is how copyright law itself is setup -- which is that each time a new technology comes along, regulators duct tape on a different "right" to handle things, and assume that they've fixed the issue. But that leaves us in a bit of a mess today where the internet is sorta like a sale, sorta like a license, sorta like a performance, etc... and then there's a big mess.
A true solution would be to recognize that the way copyright law is set up today is a huge Frankenstein-beast, but that seems unlikely to happen. In the meantime, however, this level of complexity appears to have opened up a way for the major labels to effectively just steal (and yes, in this case it is stealing) a ton of money from songwriters by more or less laundering the money through the complex and nearly impossible to understand international collection society system. As Jeff summarizes, the whole thing is pretty crazy:
The digital store has not gotten the right to Reproduction and has never paid the songwriter the money he/she is owed.Yeah, and all the folks profiting then talk up in the press about how they're doing so much to "protect" artists and musicians?
From the portion of the money JASRAC was legally allowed to collect and arbitrarily assign to the Public Performance royalty, it takes somewhere between 15% – 25% of it as an administrative fee (it is not clear how much as they will not reveal the exact % they take from a particular source) and then about 6 – 12 months later, JASRAC passes it back to ASCAP/BMI/SESAC.
- The collection agency has taken the songwriter's Public Performance royalties, split them into two, taken a % of the royalty it does not represent and then has made it impossible for the songwriter to get what's left over.
- Other entities that have no right to the songwriter's royalties knowingly take the royalties from the collection agencies.
ASCAP/BMI/SESAC then takes an international administrative fee of around 3.7% of what's given to them and then splits the Public Performance royalty in half, assigning 50% of the money to the songwriter and 50% of the money to the "publisher" (side note: there is no basis in copyright law for this, but it was done to protect songwriters in publishing deals).
ASCAP/BMI/SESAC then pays the songwriter 50% of the leftover Public Performance royalty 6 – 12 months after having gotten it (almost two years after it was generated) and the other 50% gets sent to the publisher; if the songwriter is both the songwriter and publisher, the songwriter receives both payments. If the songwriter is in a publishing deal, the publisher payment goes to the other entity that takes another 10% – 50%. This entity then sits on it for another 3 – 6 months before finally sending the remaining royalty back to the songwriter close to over three years after it was generated.
No one can follow exactly what is going on due to the complexity, lack of transparency and audit trail, and time delays. In the process songwriters' royalties are either being taken from them or not paid to them in the first place.
It's one hell of a global copyright shell game that funnels songwriter money into the pockets of everyone but the songwriter.
Filed Under: collections, mechanicals, public performance, royalties
Companies: tunecore


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Results from the 2012 State of the Vacation Timeshare Industry: United States Study indicate a positive industry outlook based on consumer demand for expanded product offerings, high occupancy remaining steady, and the success of rental programs with existing inventory. The study found that timeshare resorts continue to offer more flexibility and ease to the way a consumer can buy intervals, especially through points-based systems, to new consumers and existing owners.
Continued growth in the rental market and sales from existing owners are also indicators of industry vitality. In 2011, renters accounted for 10.4 million nights or 12% of total occupancy, and 86% of timeshare resorts now offer some form of rental program. Timeshare sales from existing owners accounted for 42% of overall sales, demonstrating the continued high satisfaction with the product.
New consumers offer a promising area of growth. While ARDA continues to educate consumers about the extra benefits offered with timeshare vacations, the expanded product offerings and rental programs are proving to be appealing qualities to new consumers who want to try it out first. In fact, 58% of sales this year came from new owners and 72% of resorts have at least half of their sales from new owners.
More evidence of the industry's resilience is that occupancy remains steady at nearly 80%—a figure that continues to outpace traditional hotel occupancy (60% according to Smith Travel Research December 2011 report).
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May 25, 2012
As we approach the start of summer vacation season this weekend, it shocks me that Americans are actually opting out of their vacations. It's bad enough that U.S. companies aren't required to offer paid time off. But now this Harris Interactive survey shows that even workers that do get vacation don't take it.
About 57% of working Americans had unused vacation time at the end of 2011, and most of them left an average of 11 days on the table—or nearly 70 % of their allotted time off!
One of the biggest reasons was that workers felt they had too much work, and many said that they couldn't afford to travel. Nearly 10% of the survey respondents said they were afraid to take time off amid an unstable job market.
If only they'd realize the health and wellness benefits they are missing! It's proven that taking time to break away from the daily grind goes a long way in promoting both physical and mental health.
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One to two weeks away from the daily routine leads to better job performance and productivity, increasing reaction times by 30 to 40 %. In addition, quality of sleep increases by about one hour a night upon return from vacation.
Simply put, people can't afford not to take a vacation.
So, as the summer season kicks off, take a vacation. It will do you good.
By Darla ZaniniMay 21, 2012
The Q1 results of our survey measuring the overall state of the vacation timeshare industry in the United States are just in—and they are encouraging. Here's a snapshot:
Timeshare sales volume increased by 14.7 percent from Q1 2011. The average transaction value was $17,719 during Q1 2012, a decrease of 0.6 percent from Q1 2011. However, the volume per guest (VPG), a measure of the average value of consumer purchases per sales tour, was $2,657 during Q1 2012, an increase of 3.2 percent from Q1 2011.
Consumer timeshare loan portfolios experienced an increase in currency and a decrease in gross defaults when comparing Q4 2011 and Q1 2012. Consumer timeshare loan portfolios delinquencies and defaults decreased when comparing Q1 2011 and Q1 2012.
Resort occupancy increased slightly (1.5 percentage points), remaining strong at 74.1 percent. One resort company reported a Q1 2011 to Q1 2012 occupancy increase of 8.2 percentage points, while the next largest increase was 4.4 percentage points.
The average new consumer timeshare loan term was shorter by 0.7 months at approximately 115.4 months, compared to 116.1 months in Q1 2011.
Capital expenditures related to new timeshare inventory projects increased by 47 percent from Q1 2011, while capital expenditures related to existing timeshare inventory projects decreased by 32 percent from Q1 2011. Overall, capital expenditures related to timeshare inventory decreased by 28 percent compared to Q1 2011.
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Stay tuned for our upcoming Global Survey results in just a few weeks!
By Howard Nusbaum
May 14, 2012
As I travel the world talking to timeshare developers, owners and other industry watchers, it occurs to me that many of them are probably wondering how ARDA can say that it has a global reach when our title has "American" in its name.
Well, the only real part of our charter that is uniquely "American" is our advocacy effort. One of the big things we do for our members is to monitor and impact the regulatory issues that affect timeshare by engaging in lobbying efforts. These efforts focus on the establishment of a legislative environment that enhances consumer confidence and protection.
But beyond this, everything we do is global.
Our convention attracts industry people from around the world, and this year it was dubbed "ARDA World" to highlight the focus on global issues and opportunities, as well as the global marketplace in which we all operate.
In addition, the ARDA International Foundation (AIF) offers professional and educational development and important primary research to our members. We are close to releasing our World Wide Shared Vacation Ownership Survey that will give perspective on the timeshare market in many countries around the world.
So whether our owners want to travel to Breckinridge, Bangkok, or Belize, they will be supported by the "ABCs" of ARDA.
May 11, 2012
This year's convention was the best I've seen in years. And it's not just that Las Vegas is such a great destination—what has changed is the mood of the industry. After several years of struggling in the economic downturn, things are changing. The feeling was electric.
I believe the biggest positive factor right now is renewed access to capital, which is driving built-up demand to make new deals and form new global alliances.
For some developers, especially those large enough to go straight to the "Street" for securitizations, the credit freeze began to melt in 2009. But for many mid-sized and smaller developers, the hypothecation lending took much longer to de-frost. It is only within the past six months that the world of credit has stabilized for the vast majority. The good performance of our consumer notes coupled with healthier balance sheets has opened a wider flow of capital for the larger part of the industry. And, if this downturn taught us anything, it is that access to capital is at the foundation of our business.
Pairing this with the positive changes the industry has made and the overall entrepreneurial spirit that exists among us made for an upbeat convention, and hopefully an upbeat year to come.
By Lou Ann Burney
May 9, 2012
While our industry always celebrates the value of vacationing, the week of May 5-13 gives us yet another reason to do so. This week is National Tourism & Travel Week, a week-long annual celebration of the tourism industry that began in 1984 with a proclamation from President Ronald Reagan.
ARDA is marking this week as a time to revisit our consumer outreach campaigns that showcase timeshare as a better way to vacation. VacationBetter.org, ARDA's consumer website, houses our current Timeshare Fan initiative—where you can get a first-hand look at real timeshare owners and learn why they love vacationing with timeshare.
We are now expanding upon the success of this initiative to feature stories and highlights from vacation resort employees who help make vacations a special and time-honored tradition for owners. In addition to monthly owner spotlights, we will be sharing profiles of the "Faces of Timeshare" to not only celebrate the efforts of those working in the industry, but also to provide consumers an inside look at the resorts and the employees who make our owners rave about their annual vacations.
Take some time this week to plan your next vacation!
by Jason Gamel, ARDA State Affairs
May 7, 2012
What do the Florida Office of the Attorney General, Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR), and Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (DACS) all have in common?
They are all working tirelessly to protect timeshare owners from fraudulent actors in the secondary resale market. In the past six months, the industry has seen the passage of landmark timeshare resales legislation (thank you to Attorney General Bondi and her staff), dozens of investigations and arrests made by DACS related to timeshare resales fraud, and educational efforts spearheaded by DBPR to inform consumers about their rights as timeshare owners. After meeting with representatives from each of these offices this week, I am more convinced than ever that Florida is truly finding ways to help those who take their hard-earned vacations there.
Expect plenty of industry cooperation in the upcoming months to help identify fraudulent businesses (that have targeted timeshare owners as their victims) and to aid in the drafting of future legislation to put more tools in the hands of law enforcement to eradicate fraud in the industry. Along the same lines, expect increased educational efforts to come from the state and the industry that will put consumers in a better position to make good decisions about how they sell their timeshare interests. You can also visit www.arda-roc.org/resales for information related to timeshare resales and other consumer protection issues.
For now, if a consumer wishes to file a formal complaint against a person or company who they suspect may be involved in fraudulent activity, we encourage them to visit the Florida Attorney General's website, the Florida DBPR website, and the Florida DACS website.
ARDA and ARDA-ROC are very excited about working with these agencies and see great things happening for the industry and consumers in 2012 and beyond.
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As we have become more familiar with the city, we are convinced that Buenos Aires is a fine place in which to live, and we have become deeply impressed with its commercial, industrial and seaport activities, and with its people, who number more than six million. In some inexplicable way, Buenos Aires looks different from sister cities on this continent. New and modern buildings are just beginning to intrude on its basic skyline of older Spanish and European-influenced architecture. It is a joy to walk its fabulously wide avenidas (main thoroughfares generally of four or more lanes) and tight little calles (streets) and look at all the tiny little shops and gallerias (groupings of many tiny shops) among the many massive, square, grand old buildings with their tile roofs, painted cement exteriors, high-arched windows and iron-railed balconies. It is a pleasure as well to view its tree-lined streets and many, many parks, its flowers and flowering trees and shrubs offering gorgeous year-round displays of vivid colors, beautifully contrasting the tropical flora with those familiar to us from most of the United States. To me Buenos Aires is a city in motion: the frantic, scurrying street traffic; the hundreds of people continually rushing through Retiro railroad station (more than through Grand Central in New York, it seems to me); or a trip to the famous "Boca"—the old port area, a tourist-attracting Bohemian section. Above all, to me it is a walk among thousands of other pedestrians down its most notable street, Florida. Here, I think, you really feel the life of this great city. You hear the sounds of its crowds, you are bumped and jostled, and you find a new facet of interest with each such walk. One thing that forcefully strikes the average U.S. transferee on arriving here is the heavy reliance on manual labor, which is apparently the most economical way of getting things done. Construction workers can be seen passing materials along by hand, in ways that remind you of the old bucket brigades. Sand and gravel are often moved in small pans looking like slightly over-sized angel food cake pans. And it really looks like hard work when you see two members of a railroad crew sitting on their little boxes cutting a rail with what appears to be an oversized, two-man hacksaw. 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The women of the city need bow to none, for they include an unusually large number of fine-looking women. Their outstanding traits would include lovely hair and complexion and beautiful eyes. And they seem to pull out all stops in selecting their vividly colored dresses, which often belie the contention that girls cannot attractively wear stripes running in the "wrong direction." The Argentine men, quite opposite from the girls, dress quite conservatively, most often in very quiet gray, blue and black suits with only a few browns. Many comb their hair straight back and moustaches are fairly common. Perhaps the most interesting thing we have noted about them is the proclivity of the men in the street to be very avid girl-watchers. It is quite common to see men on the big avenue, Florida, just stop and watch a girl passing, particularly if she is wearing a short skirt. 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At the end of the day, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says he had no good option in the 16-day government shutdown fight.
House Speaker John Boehner's strategy collapsed. Ted Cruz's push to use a shutdown to defund Obamacare was "not a smart play" and a "tactical error," he said. And the country was staring at the threat of a prolonged shutdown and a potentially disastrous default on a nearly $17 trillion national debt.
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Using a football analogy, McConnell said he got the ball on his own two-yard-line with a "shaky" offensive line and had to cut a last-ditch deal with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to end the crisis, no matter how unappealing to many in his party. Despite acting as a chief deal-maker in recent years during government crises, it was unclear the role McConnell would play until the final days of the bitter fight.
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"Given the card I was dealt at that point, what I had hoped to have achieved was to punt the ball to a better place on the field without raising taxes or busting the [spending] caps," McConnell told POLITICO in a phone interview Thursday.
"We got off track with a tactical error earlier starting in July and August that diverted our attention away from what was achievable," McConnell said bluntly of the defund Obamacare push. "And so we'll be back at it in January and February, which is why the best you can say is, 'It's a punt.'"
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In the interview, McConnell said his ability to cut a deal wasn't hamstrung by his campaign; argued he would dig-in to ensure the next fiscal fight didn't exceed the spending limits set forth in the 2011 Budget Control Act; and stated bluntly that shutting down the government won't change Obamacare if Democrats continue to control the Senate and White House.
As a leader of the party experiencing historic lows in the polls, with tea party activists unhappy with his deal and as he faces a potentially tough Democratic opponent in a state where he's still unpopular, the shutdown fight could still haunt McConnell next year.
But McConnell insisted any political pain for the GOP will be "short-term." And he took a whack at his Democratic opponent, Alison Lundergan Grimes, saying there was "no chance" a freshman senator could craft the same kind of bargain the two leaders reached to bring an end to the shutdown and lifted the debt ceiling.
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McConnell's handling of the fiscal crisis underscores the tricky political position he constantly found himself in throughout this fight: He couldn't be seen as undercutting the conservatives in the House, even as he opposed their strategy of using the shutdown as leverage to defund Obamacare.
Asked if the deal would hurt his chances in a primary against conservative businessman Matt Bevin, McConnell declined to comment on his primary. But he offered up a stinging analysis of his Democratic opponent, Grimes.
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"What happened yesterday completely steps on the whole rationale for her candidacy, which is that somehow I'm part of what she calls the dysfunction in Washington," McConnell said. "Look, I demonstrated on four occasions — including yesterday the most recent occasion, yesterday — that when the country is in crisis and something needs to be done on a bipartisan basis, I can step forward and get an agreement."
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Bryce Ave. Presbyterian
The church is located at 3333 Bryce Ave. The Rev. Henry Fernandez preaches, bapca.org, email@example.com. For information, call 672-3364.
Kannon Zendo, 35 Barranca Road. kannonzendo.org. Henry Chigen Finney, 661-6874. Meditation in the Zen tradition will be offered Wednesday evenings at the Kannon Zendo in Los Alamos.
Calvary Chapel
Sunday school classes for all ages at 9:15 a.m. Join us at 10:30 a.m. for worship and a study of the Biblical Jesus as He relates to people in our look at the Gospel of Exodus.
The Christian Church
92 East Road, 662-6468, lachristian.org. 9-10 a.m. Sunday School; 10-10:30 a.m. Coffee Fellowship; 10:30 a.m. Worship Service. Rev. Doug Partin, Assoc. Rev. Ben Partin.
Christian Science
1725 17th St. 662-5057.
Church of Christ
2323 Diamond Drive. 662-3104. Tim Stidham, minister. Tanya Stidham, women's minister. losalamoschurchofchrist.net.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Los Alamos Ward —1967 18th St., Bishop Ian Alexander. 662-3186. White Rock Ward — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 366 Grand Canyon Drive, 672-9888.
City-wide Worship and Prayer
All are welcome to join Holy Spirit filled, Bible-believing Messianic Christians who meet in FUMC's sanctuary at 715 Diamond Dr. every Thursday, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Come and go as needed. Rom. 1:8-12. 662-6277. We sponsor National and Global Days of Prayer for L.A. County.
Community Bible Study
We are an interdenominational, in-depth, women's Bible study class. We have resumed with "Servants of God," the books of Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and I and II Samuel, from 9:15-11:15 a.m. Thursdays at the Christian Church, 92 East Road. We welcome women from all backgrounds and levels of Bible knowledge. For more information, contact Shelly at 662-4168, losalamos.cbsclass.org.
Crossroads Bible
Crossroads Bible Church, 97 East Road. Sunday worship service at 10:30 a.m. Sunday school for all ages at 9 a.m. Nursery care provided. Children's program for children three years through sixth grade during worship service. Youth group at 4:30 p.m. Each Sunday. crossroadsbiblechurch.com or 662-6080.
First Baptist
2200 Diamond Dr. 662-3712. Sunday worship services at 9 and 10:30 a.m. Nursery and kids programs available. Youth group meets at 6 p.m. Wednesday. Other opportunities available. fbc-la.org.
First United Methodist
March 10, 2013, The fourth Sunday of Lent. One Great Hour of Sharing Offering. Methodist Church, 715 Diamond Dr., 662-9277. First service at 8:30 a.m., Sunday school 9:45 a.m., second service, 11 a.m. Rev. Steve Trout will deliver the sermon "Images of the Crucifixion: The Whip." *Luke 23:13-25, The trial of Jesus before Pilate and the crowds; Isaiah 53:1-6; Psalm 30.
Grace Vineyard
"Grace Vineyard is located at 1183 Diamond Dr., Suite C. The Sunday worship service is at 9:45 a.m. John K. Sullivan, pastor; Nancy Talley,
Associate pastor. On Sunday mornings, the pastor is currently preaching through the Gospel of Mark. Small groups gather on Tuesday evenings. For information, call 661-2658 or visit gracevineyard.net.
Hope Fellowship
Have a prayer request? Submit it HopeActs.com or call 662-Hope. Prayer and Bible study Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. at 2390 North Road. (Hope Fellowship's views and policies are not necessarily endorsed by Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church.) Discover Hope in your life today.
Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church
3700 Canyon Road. For mass schedule and parish ministries, 662-6193 or email@example.com. Year of Faith: Oct. 5, 2012-Nov. 24, 2013. "May this Year of Faith make our relationship with Christ the Lord increasingly firm, as only in Him is there certitude for looking to the future and the guarantee of a authentic and lasting Love." Pope Benedict XVI.
Jewish Center
2400 Canyon Road. LAJC, 662-2140; President Terry Goldman, 662-3371. Shabbat evening service at 7:30 p.m. Fridays. Religious school classes are from 9:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Sundays. For general information visitlajc.org; lajc.org/calendar for other service times and events.
Korean Church
The Rev. Kang Kook Ro. 505-412-5420.
Messiah Evangelical
172 Meadow Lane, White Rock. Questions can be directed to 672-1323 or to 672-9887.
Lutheran Church
172 Meadow Lane, White Rock. Questions can be directed to 672-1323 or to 672-9887.
15 Grand Canyon, White Rock, Pastor Raul Granillo. Sunday worship is at 9:30 a.m., followed by fellowship time, then Sunday School for adults and children at 11 a.m. Wednesday activities begin at 5:30 p.m. with worship team practice, open to all interested singers and instrumentalists. Bible study follows at 6:30 p.m. with an expository style study of I and II Peter. VBS is coming June 10-14, 2013. Visit lavistanaz.org on the web. For more information or rides to events, email us at email@example.com or call 672-3202.
New Beginnings Fellowship Assembly of God
112 East Road; Rev. Shawn Amburgey. Sunday services at 10 a.m. at the Reel Deal Theater. 505-363-2476.
Pajarito Church of Christ
Meets at 135 Longview Drive in White Rock. 672-3950, pajaritococ.com.
The Los Alamos Quaker Worship Group meets twice a month. For the location of the next Quaker worship meeting, call Marie Andrew at 662-7530 or Martha Davis at 662-7287.
Redeemer Lutheran
A member congregation of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod located at 2000 Diamond Dr. Divine Service is at 9:30 a.m. every Sunday followed by Sunday School at 11 a.m.
St. Dimitri Orthodox
Located at 2270 39th Street off Diamond Drive. Divine Liturgy celebrated at 10 a.m. Sunday, followed by Coffee and Fellowship Hour. Saturday evening Great Vespers begin at 5 p.m. Daily Vespers at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Contact Father John at 603-3430. stdimitri.org.
Seventh-Day Adventist
We meet at the chapel on the east end of the United Church, 2525 Canyon Road. For more information, call Rev. Leonard Cummings at 660-7408 or e-mail him at email@example.com.
Trinity on the Hill Episcopal
3900 Trinity Dr., 662-5107, latoth.org. latoth.org. Come worship with us: weekly Holy Eucharist at 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sundays (nursery available) and Compline at 9 p.m.; on second and fourth Sundays Trinity Café at 5:17 p.m. and Contemporary Service at 6:07 p.m.; on third Sundays choral evensong and reception 6 p.m. We offer Christian education for all ages at 9:30 a.m. Sunday. All are welcome.
Unitarian Universalist
Whoever you are, wherever you are on your life's journey, you are welcome here. Services are at 9 and 11 a.m., with children's religious education and adult forum at 10 a.m. We are located at 1738 N. Sage St. For more information, call 662-2346 or visit uulosalamos.org.
United Church
2525 Canyon Road, 662-2971, unitedchurchla.org. We're the first church established in Los Alamos in 1947 and serve a multidenominational congregation. There are two services on Sunday morning, a fragrance-free worship at 8 a.m. in the Sangray Chapel and another service at 9:30 a.m. in the Sanctuary, followed by coffee in Fellowship Hall. Please visit us.
White Rock Baptist
White Rock Baptist Church, 80 N.M. 4, meets for worship Sunday mornings at 9 a.m., followed by Bible Study for all ages at 10:40. AWANA Club for children age four to sixth grade meets Wednesdays at 6:30 pm. For more information, see wrbcnm.org or call the church office, 672-9764.
White Rock Presbyterian
White Rock Presbyterian, 310 Rover Blvd., invites you to Sunday worship at 9:15 a.m. and Sunday School at 11 a.m. Visit wrpchurch.com or call 672-3682 for more information.
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United Methodist
White Rock United Methodist Church. 580 Meadow Lane. The office can be contacted at 672-9810.
Our Lady of the Woods serves the Northern New Mexico area. Events listed here are open to the public. Visit ladywoods.org, call 672-1278. On March 17, we will assemble at dawn and face the east to drum up the sun and welcome the spring. Dress warmly in layers, bring your drums and rattles and get ready to coax the first rays of light up over the clouds. At the time of the equinox, with day and night balanced, we focus on creating our own balance. The ritual is followed by a potluck breakfast nearby.
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Timing, as the saying goes, is everything. The art of doing the right thing at the right time is often a result of intuition and experience. Good timing is also often ruled by the unseen forces of luck and fate, which have made themselves known to us throughout human history (not too long ago we thought the earth was flat). Fate, luck and good timing are what prompted me talk about vintages in today's post.
We all know that vintages can make a difference in taste, even if we're not sure how. In truth, a lot of us somehow have that knowledge branded in our brains. Sometimes we care about it even when is not really a factor. How have we learned about different years and their reputations? Most likely, it is because somebody reliable told us, "this vintage is good," or "this vintage is not so good." Since we cannot be present for every harvest of our favorite wines, we are left to trust wine professionals and friends. But how do those people define a great year, or an okay one, or a bad one? Here is where one can take a million different roads, depending on who he asks... and where he asks.
Take, for example, the 1997 vintage in Italy. In Montalcino, the general consensus is that 1997 was one of the best vintages of the century. In Barolo, the vintage was also good, but experts will tell you that wines from 1997 will not last as long as wines from 1996, which happened to be a very poor year for Montalcino. How does one define a great vintage? Is it better when a year is hot or cold? Rainy or dry? Sunny or cloudy? There's no way to make a determination with a universal rule; such a thing doesn't exist. The answer lies in a single word, and is as easy as it is complicated --
I asked my teacher, the master winemaker Roberto Cipresso, what balance means, and if he could define a common rule for it that was valid all around the globe. He said that balance in viticulture has to do with the tangible factors of sugar, PH (acidity) and tannin (antioxidant), and the intangible factor of timing. In an ideal year, with a regular season cycle, there is an even maturation of the grapes, and the three tangible factors will be evident in the fruit. Of the three Roberto told me that the tannins are the most important. This is because the maturation of the tannins can be extremely variable, where sugar and acidity can be more easily managed, and will result in fewer surprises in the bottle. His words showed me, literally created an image, of what this all business was about. "Tannins will give me a good indication of how the year was," he told me, and he began to describe some of the specific indicators. "When the seed is red and crunchy, when the skin transfers the color to the pulp when you lightly touch the grape, or if I chew the skin for few minutes and the tannins are not bitter - these are all really good signs." Those qualities, matched with a balanced PH and an agreeable level of sugar (so as not to have a wine with exorbitant alcohol content) makes a great vintage.
After that conversation with Roberto, I had a vocabulary for defining a "good" vintage. Then, I asked myself: what does "great" vintage mean, and does every grape need the same weather and season to meet those requirements? Let's start from the second question: the answer, frankly, is no. Vines adapt to their environments, and have been proven to do so quickly and efficiently. A balanced year for Burgundy, Barolo or Montalcino will have unique characteristics, as will the grapes for all of the different regions of the world. Just because all grapes are similar doesn't mean that each vine has the same optimal environment. To me, that would be like saying that every child should be raised the exact same way, regardless of advantages or shortcomings. It's just not true.
The first question needs a little more articulation to the answer. "Great" is a value judgment, and since we have an idea of what "good" vintage is, we're obviously looking for something... well... better. For this reasoning, I return to the idea of time: more time makes a greater wine. Generally speaking, a "great" vintage translates into wines that have a notably long aging potential (buying a wine that has many decades of longevity is a good investment - vintage is often an excellent indicator of a wine's lifespan). Technically speaking, a wine will live longer when the fruit goes through an even maturation. This is a rare occurrence, and the result is a well-balanced wine that will develop evenly, elevating the wine's overall structure. Evenly developed tannins (neither to ripe nor too green) will also preserve longevity, as well as the acidity. There are, of course, a number of vintage exceptions to the rule that equates greatness with longevity. 1990, 1997, and 2000 for example, were all fairly warm years, but the vintages are almost unanimously described as "great." This may be because the wines were exemplary of their appellations, or perhaps because warmer vintages tend to be more approachable at an early stage of life, and the wines' great qualities were more immediately evident. Whatever conclusions we draw, we must remember that we are judging with a lot of subjectivity, and that no vintage is universally "great."
By the same token, no vintage is universally "bad." I think it is worthwhile to look especially at the wines from great producers in difficult years. Here are a few reasons why. Primarily (and most importantly, I believe) a man's hand can take action to deal with the problems that derive from unfavorable weather. This means that a skilled and experienced "vignaiolo" can develop the ability to manage his vines, and after careful supervision of his cellar, great wines can still emerge. A good winemaker can (and often will) downgrade the wine, using the best juices for what would be considered a "lesser" label. For example, in Montalcino in 2002 (a generally poor vintage), many great Brunello producers used all of their fruit to produce only Rosso di Montalcino, which bears a shorter aging standard and fewer fermentation requirements.
Remember: don't dismiss a "bad" vintage too hastily - you could be missing out on a great opportunity!


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New apps let you take vacation shots like a pro
For all you amateur photographers, there's no shortage of apps that will turn your vacation snapshots into photographs worthy of showcasing on Facebook.
Instragram has been all the rage the last few years, but several other photo apps for iPhones and Androids have popped up to rival the Facebook-owned hit. With just one tap, you can turn someone's dull brown hair auburn, make a cloudy day sunny or transform a dark hallway into a bright purple tunnel.
And for when you're done taking photos, a number of apps also are popping up that will let you create and order photo albums directly from your smartphone.
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These apps have made it easier than ever to record every aspect of your trip — where you stayed, whom you met, where and what you ate — and then to share instantly with the social-media world through Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and other websites. In this day and age, no trip need be forgotten. And no picture need look bad.
Here are a few options you have for turning your next trip into a Vanity Fair-like photo spread:
Instagram. Call it Facebook for photos only, which makes sense given that Facebook owns it. Like Twitter, this free app for iPhones and Androids lets you accumulate followers and follow others. Your photos are public. But you can choose the option to approve follow requests.
To share photos, either choose from your camera roll or snap a photo with your phone. Then run it through 20 different filters that change the colors, brightness, contrast and other features. Add a frame if you'd like. Some of the filters give the photos old-school Polaroid looks. There also is an option to rotate and blur the photos. Once you've decided on your look, write a caption. It will go on your photo feed, where people can "like" your photo or comment on it. And just in case you want people to know exactly where you are, you can have your photo located on Foursquare.
One little quirk: Only square photos are allowed, which doesn't always work well when you're, let's say, trying to Instagram an amazing shot of the Manhattan and Central Park skyline from the 35th-floor lobby lounge of the Mandarin Oriental.
Snapseed. This app once cost $5. That is until Google acquired Nik Software, which developed Snapseed. Now the app is free and can be used on iPhones and Androids.
You can argue that it was worth the $5. Snapseed is as easy to use as Instagram. Take a photo or choose one from your photo library. At the bottom of your screen you'll find a scrollable selection of options. If you don't want to think too much about it, just hit automatic correct. Selective Adjust lets you tap a certain point in the photo, such as a shirt or someone's hair, and adjust the color or distribution of light. The tune image option lets you adjust the brightness, contrast, saturation of color and white balance. Get really creative and put it through filters, such as Black and White, Vintage and Grunge to add texture and mood.
"Snapseed provides you with so many options for photo-editing tools that encourage you to create a unique, customized photo that really reflects your mood, the location or your artistic style," says Google spokeswoman Iska Hain.
Camera+.This 99-cent app by developer Tap Tap Tap takes your iPhone camera to another level.
While pointing the camera, use two fingers to set the focus and exposure points on the screen. There's a stabilizer option to steady your iPhone for sharper photos. There's also a timer for self-portraits, a burst option to take rapid streams of shots and a zoom bar. You can use the iPhone 4's LED flash to brighten up photos, but be warned that it may drain your battery. The fun really starts once you start manipulating the photo. The clarity feature can really make a drab picture pop. Like any regular point-and-shoot camera, there are also scene modes such as Sunset, Night, Beach and Portrait. You can adjust the white balance or sharpen or blur the photo. Then there are the FX effects that make some of the shots look like works of art. There are dozens to select from, such as the whimsical Toy Camera, the colorful Purple Haze and the brooding '70s.
As if that weren't enough, you can add borders and captions. The problem with Camera+ is that it can be overwhelming. With so many choices, you can easily find yourself playing around with your photos for hours.
PicsArt Photo Studio. This began as an app for Androids, and in just over a year, it had more than 35 million downloads. PicsArt recently made the leap to the Apple Store and is trying to stand out from others by offering a multitude of editing options, some of them downright wacky.
PicsArt bills itself as the place "where everyone becomes a great artist." Want to draw on your picture of the Empire State Building? You can do that with PicsArt. Want to add your initials to that picture of the White House? You can do that, too. You can also add effects, turning photos into watercolors, comic strips, pencil drawings, oil paintings, pop art and more. And you can make collages. Like Instagram, you can follow people or accumulate followers, and you can like or comment on their photos.
If you're looking to have just plain fun with your photos, this is a good app for you.
Mosaic. This isn't a photo-editing app, but it does take you to the next step: creating a photo album.
This new free app from Mixbook, the makers of photo albums and calendars, lets you create and order 7-inch hardcover photo books directly from your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad within a few minutes. Choose 20 photos from your camera roll, including any saved Instagram photos. They will then appear in a scrollable thumbnail gallery at the bottom of the screen. Tap them to see them in full screen. Then choose to "remove" or "keep" them. Move the thumbnails around by dragging and dropping. Once you're done selecting and arranging the photos, hit "next" and you're presented with a preview of your album. The front cover has 13 machined windows to showcase your photos. If you're not happy with the cover, click "shuffle" to change the roster of photos. From there, flip through each page of the book to make sure you don't want to change anything. Then place your order.
The price: $20 plus shipping. If you want to add captions and titles, you won't be able to, at least not anytime soon. But it's a quick and easy way to create a photo album.
"Mosaic is all about spontaneity and on-the-go ease," says Andrew Laffoon, CEO and co-founder of Mixbook. "It's superconvenient for travelers who want to create a photo book whenever and wherever inspiration strikes."
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