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The digital living room as a concept has been around for years. The vision: Television will be connected to the Internet, and viewers–who are generally passive consumers of content–will become more interactive participants. Through their televisions, viewers will start microblogging via Twitter, updating Facebook with comments about the shows they watch and sharing YouTube videos with friends. Meanwhile, they will access whatever programming they want, whenever and however they want.
The problem, according to Wharton faculty and other experts, is that consumers are not likely to change their television habits very quickly. Indeed, during the September launch event, Jobs acknowledged that
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Going against that grain,
At Google's developer conference in May, executives highlighted Google TV, which promises "a new experience made for television" that uses the Internet to complement the viewing experience. The concept is that Google will seamlessly integrate the TV, DVR and Internet as well as feature a Web browser and search capabilities.
In addition, Sony has recently demonstrated TVs that feature Google software and services. Samsung is reportedly evaluating Google TV. A bevy of other players ranging from Roku, which provides a set-top box for
Theory vs. Reality
The theory behind these moves is that consumers will be dragged into the interactive TV age whether they want to go or not. Or will they?
Peter Fader, a marketing professor at Wharton, says all the competition in the digital living room is refreshing, but it is unclear whether there will be a payoff. "The digital living room is a lot like Afghanistan. Some superpower tries to take it over and set it straight, but the people don't want to be taken over," says Fader. "It's a very slow evolution to the digital living room."
Wharton marketing professor Eric Bradlow points out that there is a lot of consumer inertia in home entertainment. TV Everywhere, a service which brings cable television content from companies like Comcast,
Even so, the race for the digital living room is a crowded field. Apple, Netflix, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and cable companies as well as consumer electronics companies are all vying to blend home entertainment, technology and interactivity. Companies such as
"This battle is not zero sum," notes Andrea Matwyshyn, a legal studies and business ethics professor at Wharton. "There's so much room for innovation here, and it's not clear who the winner will be in the long term." She argues that it is fruitless to crown any of these rivals as a future king of the digital living room. "How people will use these tools is [as yet] undetermined. When devices are introduced to the living room, there may be unintended uses."
The challenge for companies looking to conquer the digital living room is finding a business model that works. Models will vary, but experts at Wharton generally agree that content subscriptions will play a key role. Indeed, Netflix has a subscription DVD rental business, but is increasingly delivering streaming movies as part of a subscription. To connect to consumers' living rooms, Netflix has embedded its service on multiple devices ranging from TVs to game machines like the Xbox and Blu-ray players from various manufacturers.
"A monthly subscription gives people the feeling that they can consume as much as they want out of a large catalog," says Kartik Hosanagar, an operations and information management professor at Wharton. "Netflix has set the standard as far as consumer expectations go, and I don't see the Netflix-like subscription model going away anytime soon, at least for video content."
Apple plans to sell its device for $99 and then rent movies and TV shows through its iTunes store. Google is embedding interactive features on TVs and is likely to collect ad revenue, analysts predict. Hulu, a video joint venture between major TV networks, is adding a premium subscription option to its free, ad-based service. Other companies, like Microsoft, will license technology to cable and telecom providers to integrate entertainment with the PC.
"Given how different the business models are, it's possible that these companies will segment the market by focusing on different niches," such as premium movies versus on-demand broadcast television, says Kendall Whitehouse, director of new media at Wharton. One thing is certain: The experimentation will continue. "It will be a long time before any one of these services gives people a compelling reason to pick one brand over another," says Fader. "We haven't seen one thing yet that [makes one say], 'Wow, this is the Holy Grail.'"
Another possibility is that these companies looking to conquer the digital living room may just be making incumbent companies like Comcast, Sony and Samsung move more aggressively into this arena. Efforts like TV Everywhere are partially designed to give consumers access to content on multiple screens and fend off newcomers such as Google's YouTube and Apple, Fader notes.
Good Content, Quickly
The winners in the digital living room are likely to be determined by distribution and content. If companies like Apple and Google can bring content like movies quickly while adding new features, they can be contenders, Wharton experts say. They add that if these new entrants cannot bring a wide range of content to the masses, the cable companies–which are experienced with packaging entertainment and negotiating with Hollywood over costs–are likely to stay entrenched.
Indeed, Apple partnered with Netflix to offer streaming video on Apple TV, and it plans to offer movies for rent the same day they are released on DVD. Google's YouTube is reportedly negotiating with Hollywood to also rent movies. As YouTube becomes embedded on Internet connected televisions, Google may have a viable movie rental service, analysts note.
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Thus far Netflix has an early lead in the race by shunning hardware and forging partnerships to be included with televisions, Blu-ray and DVD players, and other devices. The aim is to be on any set-top box that could be in the home entertainment center. Fader applauds Netflix's approach. "In the end, hardware may not matter. The consumer may have no clue what hardware he is using. The set-top box may ultimately disappear, and the tie breaker will be the content."
Last month, Epix, a venture that features the libraries of Paramount, Lionsgate and MGM, forged a multi-year agreement with Netflix to distribute movies. However, Netflix will get the movies 90 days after premium pay-TV and subscription on-demand debuts. "The action is in the distribution," says Bradlow. "The best distribution will win."
According to Whitehouse, so-called content "release windows" will become critical to companies like Netflix, Apple and Google. He notes that consumers may rent a movie for $4.99 from Apple if it means they can get it right away–even if they have a Netflix subscription that would provide the same material weeks later. In the digital living room, just offering a movie a few days earlier than a rival may make a big difference. Fader agrees. "The big issue is the release window," he says. "If a company can offer a movie just a little earlier than others, it can get traction. It's all about timing more than the technology or the business model."
Some experts at Wharton note that the digital living room may be the one place where content is king, compared with the Web, where distribution from the likes of Google matters more. The challenge will be finding the right blend of professional and amateur content to delight the consumer. "People want both free, self-produced content–like you find on YouTube–and professional [Hollywood productions]," says Whitehouse. The company that can combine both sets of content into a single, streamlined interface will be the one that will win out, he predicts. "Relationships with the film industry are going to be key to making this happen–that's the difficult part of the equation."
Whitehouse also suggests that the movie studios should explore hybrid pricing and distribution models. "If a consumer rents a movie for $5 to view it the first day it's available, why not offer them the same amount off a DVD purchase?" he asks. This would make it less onerous for the consumer to purchase both–and make it easier for the studio collect money at multiple points in the release window.
A Google-Apple Showdown?
While it's unclear how the latest chapter of the digital living room competition will play out, experts at Wharton say it could turn out to be yet another showdown between Google and Apple.
Analysts predict that Apple TV's price drop (from $229 to $99) may make it more of a hit with consumers. However,
A move to make an Apple HDTV would be one way to elude the so-called set-top box conundrum. Jobs has said that consumers don't want to buy another set-top box; the primary set-top boxes are subsidized by cable companies, so the consumer has little interest in buying additional ones. Munster argued that Apple could sell an "iTunes TV Pass" that could replace a consumer's monthly cable bill. Live television, however, would be a hurdle.
Hosanagar notes that Apple's strategy has been "to control the whole ecosystem, including the end device, so Apple could do the same with a TV." He adds that Apple could "differentiate itself through the user interface, apps and functionality." According to Fader, a move into the cutthroat TV manufacturing market would be fraught with risk, however. "Samsung could develop the exact same TV Apple would," he says. Whitehouse agrees, adding that despite Apple's usual tack of bundling their own hardware and software, in this case the company may be better off "licensing its software to companies like Sony and Samsung" than directly competing in the television market.
Meanwhile, Bradlow downplays the importance of Apple making an HDTV. "I think people are progressing downward in terms of screen size," he says. "The lure of the big TV is still there, but people are getting used to high-def iPad-size screens."
Google's approach is dramatically different than Apple's. Google is looking to leverage its Android mobile operating system, provide access to applications and use search as a primary vehicle to find entertainment anywhere–ranging from cable providers to Netflix to the Internet and sites like NBA.com and YouTube. In mid-September, Google-owned YouTube conducted a two-day experiment to test live streaming content.
"I'd say that Google TV so far has better positioning than Apple TV," says Hosanagar. "Google's willingness to work with TV manufacturers and its partnerships with incumbents like DISH Network will hopefully allow tighter integration."
According to Matwyshyn, Google could fill a key void in the digital living room. "What's missing is not necessarily the integration of readily available content, but being able to provide a user experience that leverages the wealth of freely available content in one place." The key will be enabling consumers to find content when they want and in any incarnation. "That's the future–finding content from any source that exists." The challenge for media companies and cable firms is that they will relinquish some control to enable this search capability, she adds.
While searching for content on a television sounds appealing, it's unclear whether consumers will alter their behavior from traditional channel surfing. "The question with all of this revolves around how consumers construct mental models," Matwyshyn notes. "For a lot of people, the computer–whether it's on TV or a laptop–represents work; TV is a toy that equals relaxation. The digital living room's balancing act is between functional and fun. The line between work and relaxation won't be the same for every consumer."
Given that fact, some experimentation is warranted. "Let's put the tools out there and let the consumer experiment at [his or her] own pace," says Matwyshyn.
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Staten Islanders are heading out of the borough in droves to receive and fill prescriptions for the oft-abused painkiller oxycodone, with more than one out of every five scripts written to an Islander coming from the pen of an off-Island physician, according to an analysis of state Health Department data.
State data shows that in 2012, borough residents received 141,481 prescriptions for the painkiller -- far outpacing the rest of the city in prescriptions per capita.
Yet physicians here wrote out 110,327 prescriptions for the drug in 2012, meaning at least 31,000 of Islander's scripts, possibly more, come from off-Island doctors.
Similarly, pharmacies here filled out 122,048 oxycodone prescriptions in 2012, showing that the borough's residents went off-Island to fill at least 19,400 of their scripts.
Law enforcement sources here say that as the borough's prescription drug abuse epidemic gets more and more public attention addicts and criminals are discovering it increasingly difficult to get doctors here to write new prescriptions for oxycodone, or find pharmacies willing to fill those scripts for new patients.
That could be pushing people off-borough, or out of state, to get their prescriptions.
"I think we're all reluctant," said one leading Island doctor.
Others point out, though, that the discrepancy might stem from the fact that Manhattan has far more hospitals than Staten Island.
Many of those hospitals deal with specialized care and procedures -- like orthopedic surgery and cancer treatment, said Dr. Theodore Strange, associate chairman of medicine for Staten Island University Hospital and vice president of medical operations for the facility's south site.
"How much of that there is, I can't answer you," he said, but he suspected that patient "out-migration" plays a large part in the 31,000 prescription discrepancy on Staten Island.
The data doesn't show specifically where those 31,000-plus prescriptions were written, though it does indicate a trend among the city's five boroughs.
In Manhattan, residents received just 264,271 prescriptions for oxycodone last year, but doctors there wrote out nearly twice as many scripts there -- 514,819 in total.
The trend goes the other way in the city's other three boroughs, with the number of prescriptions written to residents outpacing the number of prescriptions written by doctors. For Bronx residents , at least 30 percent of oxycodone scripts were written by outer-borough doctors, while that number in Queens and Brooklyn is 25 percent and 15 percent respectively.
On Staten Island, that number lands at about 23 percent.
Manhattan is home to 20 hospitals sites, compared to just four on Staten Island. Brooklyn has 15, the Bronx 11, and Queens 9.
Luke Nasta, the executive director of Camelot Counseling Services, says that the addicts his agency treats still say that Island doctors are primarily the ones writing Island prescriptions.
"We're still hearing Staten Island doctors... However, doctors are being more conscientious about who they're giving the prescriptions to, for what diagnosis, and the numbers," Nasta said. "The doctors are getting the message. They're still in a very conflicted position because when people require pain medication, that's what they're called on to do."
Nasta said that years of "superb marketing" on the art of drug manufacturers has in part placed doctors in that position.
"You rate your pain as one of your vital signs -- that's brilliant. That's kind of -- the guy that invented the atomic bomb, it's that level of brilliant," he said.
Though SIUH's Dr. Strange said he hasn't heard of patients going off-Island to find less wary doctors, he acknowledged that physicians are more cautious about writing prescriptions for oxycodone and other widely-abused medicines.
"I think we're all reluctant. We've all become reluctant to prescribe Schedule II medications and beyond," he said.
As for the number of prescriptions written for painkillers like oxycodone and hydrocodone, anti-anxiety medications like Xanax, and sleep aids like Ambien, Dr. Strange said, "I bet you, Aug. 27, you'll start to see a significant change."
He's referring to when the state is mandated, by law, to launch a real-time prescription database that all doctors must check before writing scripts for controlled substance. The so-called I-STOP database is meant to curtail the practice of "doctor-shopping" by showing physicians whether the patient in front of them has already received prescriptions from other doctors.
Dr. Strange said that while the concept of the law is sound, he's apprehensive about how the new database will be implemented, and suspects that it'll add 15 to 20 minutes to each patient's doctor visits.
That might mean doctors will pass patients over to pain management specialists, or forgo writing certain prescriptions entirely, except in cases of life and death, if the database proves unwieldy. Another portion of the law requires the state switch from paper prescriptions to an electronic system, and that may take some of the sting out of the process, he suggested.
"It's yet to be seen how this is going to affect the process," he said.
Nasta, meanwhile, says addicts tend to find other sources to tide them over if one path to getting drugs dries up.
"By the time they get to me, they're not saying it's hard to get," Nasta said.
Often, he said, they'll "fall back" to getting Suboxone, which is prescribed to treat opiate addiction, then wait for a new source to present itself, or, barring that, sell the Suboxone themselves to buy more pills, or heroin.
Though I-STOP is a good first step, he said, if supply dries up, "Everybody who's been using for the past 10 years, they aren't going to stop. They're going to heroin."
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Cooling down at 13c now, but going to have a nice warm weekend so they say..
Cooling down at 13c now, but going to have a nice warm weekend so they say..
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We are not talking about flat rates per kilowatt-hour, nor about a budget bill program. These common products help customers to levelize monthly bill variance, but do not actually protect customers from price and billing risk. To "protect" means to shelter from risk and uncertainty. The difference between levelizing and actually protecting the customer is where the gap lies—and where a company can step in and capitalize.
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text: Is The Cleveland Museum of Art the latest casualty of "Museum Bubble" syndrome? The Museum is cutting 14 jobs or 5% of its staff, The New York Times reported, following a story in The Cleveland Plain Dealer. There have been lots of Museum staff cuts like this one, including, of course, those at The Art Institute, so I'm calling attention to The Cleveland Museum's situation only because it seems to provide a textbook example–and just the latest one, I should add–of a larger cultural/economic (culturo-economic?) phenomenon, which Ben Davis has described as "The Museum Bubble" for Artnet Magazine. Go read Davis' piece, if you haven't already, and decide for yourself if his Bubble argument holds water. I find it pretty convincing, especially when comparing Davis' analysis to what's happening in Cleveland. Thoughts?


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We have a 1920's house with (I believe) original fixtures in the shower (American Standard, dual valve). We can't seem to take set the temperature to a nice mix and have it stay there. The shower will run hot (almost scalding) so you turn down the hot and up the cold a little. Then it runs cold. Etc. This morning I just turned down the cold altogether and had about 5-10 seconds of ice water coming out.
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By BARBARA PEARSONElmo
My name is Barbara and I have lived in Utah for about 28 years. When I first came here I felt like I had come to the 1900s. I moved from Huntington to Elmo in 1980. I have to honestly admit I did not like this neck of the woods. I lived in California for most of my life and to move to a small town like Elmo, well it was not my thing. I have grown to love my little town of Elmo. People honestly care about each other.
My biggest pet peeve at this time of the year is Halloween. It seems to me like we are all overlooking the meaning of Halloween. There are no more door to door trick or treaters. Now everyone goes to the parking lot and opens their trunks and kids walk around receiving items from the back of a car. This is not Halloween.
What happened to the kids dressing up and gathering on the road to see who is the scariest and who has the best costume. I understand we worry about our kids on the roads but I am here to tell you in all the years I have lived in Elmo no one has ever been hurt, runover, or lost from a parent.
Come on everyone, let's bring trick or treat back to what it really means. If you don't want to take your child out door to door then take them to one of the many carnivals that are sponsored at this time of the year. I have spoken to many adults who miss the children coming to their homes and knocking on their doors; so come on everyone speak up and let everyone know how you really feel about the loss of Halloween.
How would the adults who decided to do the trick or trunk had their Halloween taken away when they were younger. I can guarantee that everyone has many memories of their Halloweens and would not trade them for anything. Think of our children and what they are missing. What will we change next, the right to go sledding and hay rides because we are becoming so afraid of everything that we do now adays? Next we will stop celebrating Christmas. Lets see how many more traditions we can take from our children.
Halloween has always been my favorite holiday and now I cannot even enjoy the little ones coming to my home and receiving a small treat. I hope we can go back to traditions. Lets change it this year and start trick or treating from door to door. I know my kids and grandkids plan on taking the holiday back to the original reason we celebrate our many holidays through the year. After all its only one night out of every year. Hope to see you on the road this year and if not that is your loss.


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Gun Registration???
A move to another state would be a lot better! Socialism and authoritarianism are here... called the Progressives..
Second Amendment is your real permit ... not something from the Govt.
I thought the Second Amendment was every Americans' permit. I guess the liberals forgot to read it
You are now leaving the American sector
Our freedom to exercise our religious beliefs is threatened Our freedom to bear arms is threatened Yet the media can hide behind the freedom of speech If the paper has no issue posting the name of law abiding gun owners Then there shouldn't be any reason not to publish names and addresses of reporter,or doctors who perform abortions Of course this is ludicrous; we wouldn't want people to actually take responsibility for their own actions
If the Buffalo News continues to persue the names and addresses of pistol permit holders in Erie County, we will be canceling. They have no need to know.
You are now leaving the American sector (revised)
The right to exercise our religious beliefs is being challenged The second amendment to bear arms is being challenged Yet the media justifies their actions under the first amendment to publish the names of law abiding gun owners. When did we become a police state? , Is this what society has come to? Then there should be no issue to print the name and address of reporters, doctors who perform abortions or anyone else society wants to single out Of course this would be wrong. There seems to be a thin line between, having the right to do it and being the right thing to do. Why would want to place people in harm's way, just to make a point? We are becoming a self-serving nation where human life is just a pawn to be consumed.
I think this is illegal under the new law
I've only read a little of the new law but from the summaries I've seen the one good thing about this law is that it makes pistol permit records no longer public records that can be released like this.
Leave Obama's daughters alone.
Yes you're hysterical. Yes it's tantrum time again. Yes we know you wingers have, shall we say, "different" ethical standards, but you must at least have some.
The Buffalo News is as left leaning as the NY Times or Washington Post. They like the president and the governor are trying to turn public sentiment against the 2nd amendment. This government knows that they can't go ahead right now and repeal the 2nd amendment because the public is still in favor of 2nd amendment rights...however...they will try to turn the public opinion against the 2nd amendment and they will use the media to persuade the general public to be against 2nd amendment rights. If/when they succeed in doing that then they will move to repeal the 2nd amendment and confiscate all private ownership of firearms. The end game here is not to make anyone safer. The end game is to make sure that the only type of guns anyone can own are sguirt guns.
Bflo News Wants Permit Holders Names Addresses - for TYRANNY - Concentration Camps in near future
Who Owns Buffalo News? Warren Buffett Who Is He? New World Order/Global initiative member/ elitist Getting the names of everyone locally that owns guns is to identify who to go after when they come to take us away to the Auschwitz/FEMA Concentration Camps. This gun grab is heading there. DON'T DOUBT THIS. This Plan has been in the making for over 50 years. If they get our guns - Our Freedoms End. Tyranny is happening now, speeding up, and won't stop until we are identified and slaughtered.
Freedom of Information Act
I will cancel my subscription to the Buffalo News if they print or make a available a complete list of Erie County pistol permit holders.
Why not put up a sign?
That the Buffalo News would suggest that their need to know should surpass privacy laws is quite upsetting. As a woman who lives alone, I don't want to advertise I have a gun, which is valuable, let alone that I am armed, as some weirdo's consider this a come on. Further, many people have issues with woman gun owners, like we're not smart enough to handle a weapon. The police have the information to determine whether or not someone is a legal gun owner, and the Buffalo News should concentrate on getting their information straight and reported properly (which it often isn't), instead of jumping into a kettle of fish without a life jacket.
I'm offended they even asked.
I don't believe for a minute the reason they stated for requesting the information. If they were given the info requested and they didn't get any negative press about it, it would have been published. Left winged liberals are going to ruin this country.
News requests a list of permit holders
I think that it is time for all permit holders in Erie county to cancel their subscriptions to this rag of a news paper. I am canceling this morning.
Wow these people can whine.
What is it about right wingers and acting like a bratty four year old anyway? Just get out already, move to Glenn Beck Paradise. Go!
Thank you Gov Cuomo and Pres Obama
This idea of giving crazy people assault weapons has to stop, and this is a positive step. Unfortunately the international arms dealers' lobby (NRA) has a lot of money and can buy a lot of propaganda, much of which is effective as you see by the childish behavior in this comments section, for one example.
think again
any list that may shows gun owners would also give rise to the fact of which houses would not have guns, makes it easier for thieves to pick and choose easier home evasions. i would be concerned either way if i had guns or not.
Grand Standing
So law abiding gun owners are being put in the same pot as sex offenders. Really? My news subscription is now cancelled!!! This is just an example of liberal grand standing and serves no purpose.
The problem is psycopaths, not guns
Gov. Cuomo declared war on honest gun owners. If they don't register certain guns with the State Police within a certain time frame they become criminals and their gun/s confiscated. Now the BuffNews issues an implicit threat to pistol permit holders. I believe they will publish their names and addresses of permit holders and provide a roadmap for burglars on where to steal handguns. If the County Clerk complies with the NEWS FOI request, he will put families in danger. I wouldn't give you a nickel for the future of the BufNews.
A quote from Ronald Reagan
"I do not believe in taking away the right of the citizen for sporting, for hunting and so forth, or for home defense. But I do believe that an AK-47, a machine gun, is not a sporting weapon or needed for defense of a home."
Obama's 960 Executive Orders...
Obama signed over 960 Executive Orders during his First Term -- getting around Congress -- Now with the guns, nearing 1,000 -- (Previous Presidents signed LESS THAN A DOZEN Exec Orders!). Sooo, just what DID Obama sign into LAW? Anyone want to publish THAT List?
I just cancelled. F the News.
I canceled my subscription already
A bunch of my other pistol carrying permit older's friends also cancelled there subscription.More people should do the same,
Please break in to my house and steal my gun, my address is......
Really, guns are so bad we need tighter restrictions but lets publish a list of of homes who are known to have at least on gun in them. That would be like putting a sign on my mail box saying "i keep $1000 in cash in my sock drawer, be back after 5"
time to take out an ad in the buffalo news
and print all the names of the staff members on there along with addresses... this way it can be cross referenced with if they have a gun or not
google map the buffalo news employees
create a google map with all of their personal & public information and direct unwanted attention to them and their homes. While they are at the news working, their homes will be ripe for burglary. Their idiocy will stop quicky. Lame reasons Buf news.
It's not going to stop...
Left winger extremists have 2 things in common, they are never satisfied and they never quit. This attack on our Second Amendment rights is just ramping up. They won't quit until we are totally disarmed. What's next? The Fourth Amendment, so they can invade our homes? The Twenty Second Amendment so Obama can be "re-elected" to serve more terms. God help us.
I love when libs quote Reagan
Even Reagan with Alzheimer's is smarter than a liberal/comrade. Using Reagan is slmost as good as when anti God liberals quote the bible. Anyway lets quote the Chicago Jesus, Barack Huessein Soetoro Obama shall we? "I ate dog" "fundamentally transform" or the classic "I will not raise taxes on the middle class" "I promise to close gitmo" – 2008 "failure of leadership. Americans deserve better. I therefore intend to oppose the effort to increase America's debt limit." – 2006. "I spent the last two years of high school in a daze, locking away the questions that life seemed insistent on imposing. I kept playing basketball, attended classed sparingly, drank beer heavily, and tried drugs enthusiastically." I could go on. Everyone, there is no left and right political paradigm, they are the SAME. There is the ruling oligarchy, who are controlled by evil entities, foreign and domestic, and the rest of us. They will say and do anything for power over you. Don't think so? You will know after an established politician, or the next family member of Bush or Clinton becomes president. Wake up useful subjects.
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In the summer of 2013, Lance Armstrong sat down to discuss his return to public cycling at the Des Moines Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa. He also discussed the backlash he'd seen since sitting down with Oprah.
PERRY, Iowa — Returning to the seat of a bicycle under the broiling glare of a July sun in Iowa created a pedal-powered litmus test for Lance Armstrong.
Would people forgive doping charges that led to one of the world's most prominent athletes being stripped of seven Tour de France titles? Did the tangle of lies and intimidation meant to protect those secrets paint his legacy irreversibly in the eyes of others?
Armstrong found part of his answer Monday as he rode with an estimated 20,000 others on the second day of the Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI).
"It's a polarizing topic where people are pulled strongly either way. I'm not ignorant when it comes to that," Armstrong said in an exclusive interview with the Des Moines Register. "I know a couple things. I know it was an unfortunate period in our sport — and when I say period, I mean 10, 15, 20 years. Unfortunately for me, I came right smack dab in the middle of that period and I participated like many others did.
"That reality that the world has seen now is uncomfortable for many people."
When it was announced that Armstrong would participate in RAGBRAI, he braced for reactions that had the potential to include high fives or those who might decide "to shoot me the bird."
"I've been here before, and I know what the people of the state are like, and I know what the riders of RAGBRAI are like," said Armstrong after two legs of the ride. "I didn't expect a wave of hostility.
"People, in general, have been supportive."
More than anything, Armstrong said the ride allows him to stay connected with the sport he loves amid the most unique cycling backdrop in the world.
Armstrong's appearance is his first on a bike during a major public event since an interview in January with Oprah Winfrey.
"It wasn't a pretty time. I didn't invent it, and I didn't end it," Armstrong said Monday of doping in the sport. "My bad for playing along."
Armstrong said he was reminded of the fallout from his decisions after he traced a portion of Iowa's highways. "At the end of the ride today, I had a long conversation with a guy," he said. "He said, 'I just have to tell you, since all of this came out, I just feel a little differently about the story.' That's not quite a middle finger, but it's an honest, direct answer and an honest, direct opinion."
Talk of doping was never far from Armstrong. CBS News and The Guardian, a British newspaper, recently reported that former Livestrong donors planned to sue for donations they provided, arguing that the group does not provide money directly to cancer research.
Armstrong, who left the foundation's board of directors last October, defended the group he launched in 1997. "What Lance Armstrong did on a bike 15 years ago has nothing to do with the great work that organization is doing in 2013. If anybody questions that, I think it's awfully unfortunate.
"I know people do question it. You know I'm not a part of the organization and don't anticipate being a part. But I'm confident the people there are great people, and it's a first-class organization. I'm proud of what I started, what I built."
When asked what he sees for himself in the next five years, Armstrong paused.
"The thing that's the most important is what happens to my children five years from now," he said. "I've got to help myself, my family and my five kids navigate an interesting time. They've done a heckuva job since this all started really a year ago. ... I'm blessed to have seen no real changes, in their schools, in the hallways, in the park, in their lives."
Armstrong said there will be heart-to-heart talks to come with his youngest — ages 2 and 4.
"They have no idea," he said. "They're going to grow up into a time where everything is forever. Everything will be on YouTube, everything will be catalogued. So forever, they'll live with it. That's my job to try and walk the line with them now."
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The Emery High golf team is headed to Monticello this week for the final region match of the season. The region golf teams will converge on this small San Juan county town and play the Hideout Golf course. The Hideout has been applauded by the Utah golf course raters as one of the very best in the entire state. It is often called "Utah's best kept secret" by both state and national golf media. It will be challenge for the teams.
Grand High School would have to almost not show up to lose the region crown but the battle for second will be worth the drive to watch. Emery and South Sevier come into the match one shot apart in the region standings and the winner will be assured of second place for the season. The Rams are actually leading by one stroke at this point. Last week, the region teams met at Palisades State Park and played at the site of the upcoming 2-A state championships next week. At this tournament Emery finished in third place, 11 strokes behind Grand and five strokes behind South Sevier.
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Members of the fire department were on hand to demonstrate the equipment. A favorite of the children was the foam fire suppression machine.
Sliding in the residual spray on the sidewalk was a great activity. A fire fighter sprayed the outer brick wall of the new building with the foam to demonstrate the suppression capability of the foam as opposed to water.
The foam covers more completely and suppresses the fire almost instantly. With the 350 gallon water tank to supply the foam machine, the crew could fight a wildland fire for one hour, which is more efficient than just water.
Inside the fire station, free popcorn was being handed out to everyone, and the children who toured the station were given red fire fighter hats, pencils, coloring books, pins, bags and stickers. In one room of the station, an EMT was checking everyones blood pressure. Drawings for smoke detectors were held throughout the evening and many visitors went away with the new protection devices for their homes.
The Utah State Fire Marshal's Life Safety House was set up in the parking lot to give everyone a tour and educate the children concerning fire safety. The trailer travels around the state providing fire safety education to Utahns.
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With temperatures on the rise, it's time to get out the sunscreen. If you buy a new bottle this year, it may look a little different because the FDA is changing rules for labeling sunscreen.
Spraying sunscreen on is the easy part. Picking it out among dozens and dozens of choices is the hard part. However the Food and Drug Administration is trying to make it easier to tell the sunscreens apart by establishing new labeling rules.
"The FDA is the organization that controls regulation of sunscreen and they realized that the labeling was all over the place and there were words like waterproof or sunblock that weren't legitimate," said Dr. Stephen Purcell, President of Advanced Dermatology Associates and Spokesperson for the American Academy of Dermatology.
First, sunblock can no longer be on the label because doctors say it can't actually block out the sun.
And no waterproof sunscreen? That's right said Dr. Purcell. "There really is no waterproof sunscreen.. It sounds like you could put it on and it's never going to come off, never shower off and it won't come off in the pool," he explained.
So now, sunscreen makers can only label it as water "resistant" for either 40 or 80 minutes, depending how long it'll stay on in water.
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The next change is what's labeled as broad spectrum. The FDA says a sunscreen must protect against both UVA and UVB rays and be over SPF 15 in order to use the term.
Another change is that now there's a skin cancer/anti-aging alert on the back. ""If it's SPF 15 or greater, it's an anti-aging and anti-skin cancer product, but anything below SPF 15 is only able to protect you from sunburn and doesn't carry that designation," explained Dr. Purcell.
Doctors are hoping these new rules help you stay sun safe. Dr. Purcell said it's "Standardization that'll make it across the board and that'll make it easier for the consumer to know what to look for."
Monday, May 6th, is Melanoma Monday. You're encouraged to wear the color orange to show support for the most deadly form of skin cancer.
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The suite of contemporary projects in Modern Paper Crafts ranges from gift wrap, holiday ornaments, and note cards to frames, boxes, bowls, silhouettes, wall art, mobiles, and even a folding screen. Projects are divided into five chapters: folding, cutting, scoring and sculpting, pleating, and recycling. Each chapter begins with an overview and step-by-step photo tutorials of basic techniques, and each project includes step-by-step instructions and illustrations. A variety of papers are used for the projects, from standard cardstock and scrapbooking paper to art papers and recycled corrugated cardboard. All of the projects are accessible to the novice paper crafter but will also appeal to the more advanced crafter.
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Watch: Seth MacFarlane and Emma Stone Announce Academy Award Nominations
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A national symbol of faith, this 111-foot-tall cross, when illuminated at night, can be seen over an area of 7,500 square miles atop the most prominent elevation in Southern Illinois. The cross is surrounded by the Shawnee National Forest.
CITY:Alto Pass
A short nature trail along the path of the Cairo & St Louis Narrow Gage railroad used before it was abandoned in 1981. Starting from downtown Alto Pass, the walk offers very scenic views.
CITY:Alto Pass
Kaskaskia River State Fish and Widlife Area
One of the largest state-owned and managed sites in Illinois, located 35 miles southeast of St. Louis. The land and water area total more than 20,000 acres of river and bottomland. It contains 36 miles of river.
Iroquois County State Wildlife Area
The area features some of the finest and most extensive prairie-marsh and sand dune vegetation remaining in Illinois. Primarily operated as a permit pheasant hunting area, hiking, picnicking, and snowmobiling opportunities are also available.
Cache River State Natural Area
Renowned for its ancient cypress-tupelo swamp, this natural area has been named one of America's 10 Most Beautiful Hidden Gems by Budget Travel. This sprawling area contains 100 threatened or endangered plant and animal species, and 11 state champion trees that have stood for centuries. Visitors enjoy birding, hunting, wildlife watching, canoeing and hiking. Bikers can access the Cache River via the Tunnel Hill State Trail.
Shelbyville State Fish and Wildlife Area
A 6,400-acre wildlife area on the north end of Lake Shelbyville. Hunting for waterfowl, forest and upland game is popular. Boat access is provided to accommodate anglers and hunters.
Banner Marsh State Fish and Wildlife Area
Fishing, boating, picnicking in the out-of-doors.
Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area
Approximately 5,000 acres are timber, while there are 46 miles of trails for activities including horseback riding, hiking, mountain biking, and bicycling. Boating is permitted. Camping with electricity.
A 9.960-acre bottomland environment of sloughs and backwater lakes, Sanganois is managed primarily to provide a refuge for migratory waterfowl and a public duck hunting area.
Turkey Bluffs State Fish and Wildlife Area
Hiking, picnicking, horseback riding and wildlife viewing. Hunting for upland game, fur-bearers and deer is encouraged on its 2,265 scenic acres that overlook the Mississippi River.
Coffeen Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area
22 species of fish are found in this lake, including bass, white crappie, channel catfish, bullhead, yellow bass, bluegill, and carp. This 1,100-acre lake is surrounded by native oak and hickory forests. Picnicking, hiking, and limited hunting and trapping.
The Wetlands Center provides a one-stop shop for information about the Cache River Wetlands and its recreational and educational opportunities. The center has an extensive natural and cultural history exhibit, wildlife viewing, trails and a video.
6-acre park donated to the village in 1891 by David McWilliams, the first banker and business person in the community. It is named after the Prince of Wales, Baron Renfrew, who visited the area while on a hunting expedition in 1860.
Fults Hill Prairie/Kidd Lake Marsh State Natural Area
This natural area comprimises 532 acres of forest, prairie and flowering trees, with a trail and pond.
CITY:East St. Louis
Hayes Canyon Campground and Cabins
We specialize in catering to campers with horses who want to enjoy trail riding on the many scenic trails in the Shawnee National Forest. Other campers, backpackers, hikers, bikers, and hunters are always welcome.
A 3,000 ft. wheelchair-accessible pathway at lake level and wood-chipped trails wind through forested areas. An elevated walkway spans the wetlands and two observation towers, a wildlife viewing blind, an outdoor amphitheater and classroom.
Nestled in the beautiful hills of the Shawnee National Forest, Timber Ridge offers something for everyone, from families and honeymooners to outdoor enthusiasts. Enjoy some Southern hospitality while staying in a real log cabin or one-of-a-kind tree house. Each of the units, including the tree house, is equipped with a bathroom, kitchenette, heating and air conditioning. Physical Location: Karbers Ridge, IL 62955 GPS: 37°33'52.18?N 88°20'17.03?W
The largest of all the state forests in Illinois. Covers 7,100 acres of native oak-hickory forests and pine plantations. Supports diverse desert flora and fauna in its sandy landscape as well as also offering a variety of recreational facilities.
CITY:Forest City
Julius J. Knobeloch State Nature Preserve
Beautiful. untouched nature preserve which way originally purchased by the Knobeloch family in 1874. After a family disagreement, the land was auctioned off to the nature conservancy and then sold to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.
57-acre wetlands preserve features wildflower, birds, and wildlife, which may be viewed from an observation deck.
War Bluff Valley Wildlife Sanctuary
Nestled in the uplands of the Shawnee National Forest, supports mature oak-hickory woods, river bottom forests, young forests and old field habitats. More than 530 types of plants, including a rich variety of wildflowers and 20 types of ferns. 10 walking paths give access to the area.
Mississippi River State Fish and Wildlife Area
Consisting of 15 wildlife management areas and 13 public access areas, the Mississippi River State and Wildlife Area manages a majority of its 24,400 acres to accommodate waterfowl hunting and habitat enhancement.
Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area
With nearly 1,100 of its 1,380 acres primarily composed of oak and hickory stands, this area offers exceptional habitat for deer and squirrel, and is a good hunting area as well. In the winter, sight-seers ofter spot bald eagles along the Illinois River.
The Shawnee National Forest is famed for its awesome Garden of the Gods, and is home to the Rim Rock Recreational Trail (the forest has a system of 403 miles of equestrian/hiking trails). Hikers are greeted by magnificent jutting walls of rock covered with emerald-green moss, and paths that meander through canyons under the forest canopy. Nestled between the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, the stunning Shawnee National Forest landscape features rolling hills, lakes, creeks and rugged bluffs. If you're into climbing than a must-see is Jackson Falls, located near the town of Ozark in the Hidden Springs Ranger District in Shawnee National Forest. The climb takes place on 60 feet of sandstone cliffs and boulders that include numerous freestanding towers.


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A Touch of Earth is a place of calm amidst the bustling North Market. A place where you can pull up a stool, set down your bags and flowers and have a cup of coffee or two. It is neighbor to Pastaria Seconda and Market Blooms. Not only do they sell coffee but teas and candies as well.
Why do we love A Touch of Earth so much? Well everything we had there was delicious, but they also keep all sorts of goodies in our Glass Stackables! Perfect for them because you can see the contents and they have BPA free seals.
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Enjoy these photos from their quaint shop, and be sure to stop by!
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FERRON-Kenneth D. McGill born May 26, 1972 to Walter K. McGill and Amy McGill was called home on Nov. 13, 2010, after years of battling juvenile diabetes. He will be missed by his family: sisters Gina Swasey, Michelle Thompson of Ferron and Liane Neilson of Salt Lake City, his brothers Shawn Swasey and Shayne Thompson, nieces and nephews, Trevor, Aubrey, Daniel, Bailee and Sarah, grandmothers Haydee of Texas and Mildred of Alaska and many cousins, uncles and aunts.
He was preceded in death by his grandfather Sgt. Major Raphael Chavez and Uncle Ralph Chavez.
Kenny loved life and lived it to the fullest. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, camping with his dad, and riding horses, especially fast ones. He loved being with his family especially his nieces and nephews. Kenny was a friend to all and had many. We will miss spending time sledding and fishing with him and his dog Ally. In lieu of flowers a donation jar will be placed at his memorial to be given in his name to the "Make a Wish Foundation." Kenny loved kids and was always willing to help anyone. A memorial and celebration of his life will be held at the Ferron Fairgrounds building on Saturday, Nov. 20 from 1-4 p.m.


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My house was built less than three years ago and from the start we have had problems with the toilet on the opposite side of the house constantly clogging. Our house is only 2200 square feet and we have two full baths. If you flush without holding the handle until the water disappears your bound to have a clog. Then very little paper the system will clog. It seems the strength of the flow is very weak. The toilet in the master bath is a little stronger but it can also clog if we're not careful. The water pressure at the faucet is very strong so I don't think this is the problem. Do I need new pressure toilets because this is getting really old. Thanks for any assistance.
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I obviously agree with Neera regarding the no-conflict-of-rational-interests issue. But I want to express not only my appreciation for the reference to Ronald de Sousa's important article but also for her point about how it is possible to lose the capacity to do the right thing as a result, at least in part, from doing the right thing. (Sorry that I did not grasp this point from her earlier remarks.) It may be a "benevolent universe" but it is still possible for such things to happen.
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Lead Essay
Why Ayn Rand? Answers and Some Questions for Discussion
by Douglas B. Rasmussen
In this month's lead essay, St. Johns University philosopher Douglas B. Rasmussen notes that Ayn Rand is all the rage. But why not Hayek or other free-market thinkers? Why Rand? Rasmussen submits that it comes down to "her ability to note with dramatic force the immorality and hypocrisy of our current political age; her commitment to individual rights; her holding liberty and capitalism inviolate; her rejection of 'moral cannibalism' in any form; her advocacy of moral individualism; her recognition of a moral order grounded in human nature; and her realization that reality is not only intelligible but open to possibilities for human achievement far more wondrous than ever realized." But is the philosophy underpinning this envigorating picture coherent? Rasmussen offers for discussion a series of tough questions, ranging from Rand's account of individual rights to her views of religion.
Response Essays
The Winnowing of Ayn Rand
by Roderick T. Long
In his reply to Rasmussen's lead essay, Auburn University philosopher Roderick Long sets out to sort the wheat from the chaff in Ayn Rand's moral and political thought. Long maintains that "Rand sets out to found a classical liberal conception of politics … upon a classical Greek conception of human nature and the human good," and he goes on to defend the plausibility of this project. In particular, Long stands up for Rand's reliance on a naturalistic teleology to ground her neo-Aristotlean ethic theory, pointing to contemporary philosophical work that supports Rand's view. Long is less happy with Rand's political thought and criticizes her ideas of the "pyramid of ability" and of big business as a "persecuted minority." Long credits Rand for her trenchant analysis of corporatism, but argues that she was mistaken to deny that corporatism and capitalism go hand in hand. According to Long, Rand's ideal of voluntary interaction not only implies a radical departure from historical capitalism, but also a more thoroughly anti-statist social order.
Why Ayn Rand? Some Alternate Answers
by Michael Huemer
University of Colorado philosopher Michael Huemer takes up Douglas Rasmussen's question of why there is such intense interest in Ayn Rand and answers that Rand, unlike Mises or Bastiat, "was not only a philosopher, but a compelling novelist." However gripping her novels, Huemer is not impressed with Rand's moral philosophy. "The theory of 'The Objectivist Ethics'," Huemer writes, "is simultaneously the most distinctive and the least plausible, worst defended of all of Rand's major ideas." Huemer argues that there is a glaring conflict between Rand's ethical egoism and her case for individual rights: "I cannot hold my own well-being as the only end in itself, and simultaneously say that I recognize other persons as ends in themselves too." Huemer recommends discarding Rand's egoism and setting her ban of the initiation of force and fraud on a more plausible foundation.
Ayn Rand's Significance: A Reply to Douglas Rasmussen
by Neera K. Badhwar
University of Oklahoma philosopher Neera K. Badhwar attributes the ongoing currency of Ayn Rand's ideas to the persisting appeal of her novels. "In Rand's fiction," Badhwar writes, "we witness the tragedy of Prometheus bound and the triumph of Prometheus unbound. No purely theoretical work can show this." When it comes to Rand's theoretical work, Badhwar's assessment is mixed. She notes that Rand's ethical theory presents both long-term biological survival and survival "as a rational, and thus, viruous being" as the standard of moral action. However, Badhwar argues, "there is no coherent way to show that to survive long-term is to survive qua man is to achieve eudaimonia." Rand depicts virtue in her fiction "as a shield against misery even in the worst of misfortunes," and vice "as causing psychological turmoil." But, Badhwar observes, virtue doesn't always pay and vice doesn't always exact a terrible price. Badhwar also disputes Rand's belief in the unity of the virtues and the possibility of moral perfection and argues that "virtues such as kindness, charity, and forgiveness are much more important in human life than Rand grants." Last, Badhwar takes up Rand's idea that "the creator should not pander to debased or immoral desires," and suggests a more moderate version of this view.
The Conversation
- Rand's Philosophic Thought: A Response to Professors Long, Huemer, and Badhwar by Douglas B. Rasmussen
- Survival, Flourishing, and Intuition by Michael Huemer
- Omitting Practical Wisdom by Neera K. Badhwar
- Can We All Get Along? by Roderick T. Long
- Clarifying What Hardly Anyone Would Find Plausible by Michael Huemer
- Yes, We Can Get Along — and We Can Even Agree Quite a Bit! by Neera K. Badhwar
- This and That by Douglas B. Rasmussen
- Bravo Neera by Douglas B. Rasmussen
- More on Happiness by Roderick T. Long
- The Conflict of Rational Interests by Neera K. Badhwar
- Neither Stoicist Nor Putnam-Wittgensteinian by Douglas B. Rasmussen
- More on the Conflict of Rational Interests by Michael Huemer
- Instrumentalist Egoism by Michael Huemer
- No by Douglas B. Rasmussen
- Interests, Harmonious and Otherwise by Roderick T. Long
- Identities and Interests by Michael Huemer
- Yes, and … by Roderick T. Long
- Biology and Interests by Roderick T. Long
- And Now for Something Completely Different by Roderick T. Long
- Does Rand Presuppose Egoism or Argue for Egoism? by Neera K. Badhwar
- The Other Shoe has Dropped and Some Parting Comments by Douglas B. Rasmussen
- The Pyramid of Ability by Neera K. Badhwar
- Flourishing at the Margin by Roderick T. Long


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