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A record number of students applied for university places this year but unions warned funding cuts would leave many disappointed.
The university application service UCAS said that as of late January, the number of full-time undergraduate applications had jumped 22.9 percent to 570,556 compared with 2009 - the fourth annual rise in a row.
"It is clear that once again we have seen a significant rise in applications which leaves us in no doubt that, as last year, this cycle will be very challenging and competitive for applicants and the higher education sector generally," UCAS Chief Executive, Mary Curnock Cook, said in a statement.
"There has been a steady increase year on year since 2007, but this year shows a sizeable leap in applications."
Overseas and mature students made up a large chunk of the numbers, as did deadlines and administrative changes - especially in nursing and art and design courses.
A record 2 million students are studying at university, 390,000 more than in 1997, the government said.
Applications from British residents rose 22.1 percent, while those from overseas students, especially Ireland, Germany, China and Lithuania, were 28.7 percent higher at 71,105.
Students over the age of 25 lodged a 63.4 percent increase in applications, with those aged between 21 and 24 notching up a 44.8 percent rise.
Another contributory factor was the 46,000 students who re-applied because they had withdrawn or had been unsuccessful the year earlier - a rise of 45.5 percent on 2009.
Some were looking to retrain during the economic downturn, so they would be ready for the upturn, UCAS suggested.
Unions said a cap on funded places and fines for universities who over-recruit would leave many applicants disappointed.
The University and College Union (UCU) also said students fortunate enough to secure a place faced increased class sizes, less contact with lecturers and record levels of debt.
"You cannot make savage funding cuts without serious consequences," said UCU General Secretary Sally Hunt.
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Little surprise in the news that WPP is to axe thousands of staff, and we've already discussed our fears that many of us could lose our jobs.
But is it possible that entire Agencies could disappear?
In the Guardian today, Lucy Barrett writes that in 2009 "there is a real chance that we will see the collapse of some famous agencies."
I suppose if famous retailing names can disappear from the High Street, there is no reason to believe that well-known firms in our own industry are immune, and we should expect that one or more Agencies will go under.
But which ones?
I don't know the answer to that. The person who might is Lorna Tilbian of Numis Securities. She is the City's most respected media analyst, having covered the sector for 22 years.
Obviously for City investors, it is crucial to know which firms might go bust. Lower profits are painful, but they can bounce back. A dead body can't.
Alas I have lost the link - perhaps someone could point me in the right direction - but Ms Tilbian had a great piece of analysis on this, which as a Creative I found hugely thrilling.
She found that Agencies which declined or went bust were ones which had stopped winning awards.
Okay, at first sight, I know that sounds unbelievable.
But think about it.
Awards are an indicator of good work. Not the only one, and by no means a perfect one, but an indicator nonetheless.
And in advertising, as in every other industry, producing a quality product is the surest path to success.
Of course there are many other factors that can bring an Agency down - such as financial mismanagement - but poor product will eventually lead to business failure, just as it did for Woolworths, MFI, and the American auto industry.
Remember, it's not me, a Creative, making a self-serving argument here. It's Lorna Tilbian, the City's most respected media analyst, suggesting a set of data (awards results) that hard-headed number-crunchers should use to determine which companies to invest in.
So hold your heads up high, my brothers & sisters, and let's remember that it's us, the Creatives, who have the power to get our Agencies through this recession.
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One Or More Agencies Will Go Under. But Which Ones?
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...so all these layoffs...shouldn't they be good news for the freelance crowd?
Hey freelance crowd! Good news! There are now three times as many of you as before, chasing nowhere near three times as much work!
Our agency have already said that this year they will be limiting award entries to just the two big ones of D&AD & Cannes.
There are now so many it's proving a waste of money when you add up the entry, tables, books, duplicate awards, certificates. And is not always a reflection of the very best work, if something that picks up at one of Eurobest, Creative Circle, The Big awards or LIA but not at D&AD, Cannes or One Show is it really a sign of great work? I know as a creative it looks good having any award for each year but if it's a Shark, really who cares?
I'm sure other agencies will follow a similar rule and maybe we'll also see the end of some pointless award companies as well ad agencies? - 11:40 PM
- Jam said...
Bravo, Creatives! Let's hope your briefs are well written. And your clients are well managed. And your ideas are well produced. And your phones are answered properly. And your office is clean...
- Anca said...
Considering James' observation,
I think it's a little bit narrow to think that Creatives will save the agencies. I'd say creative minds will save the agencies, regardless of the label they wear. You can be a creative planner or strategist. Since Simon was talking about Faris not long ago, he's a very good example of creative mind and he's a strategist. I believe in agencies that don't use radical delineations when it comes to establishing responsibilities. I like CP+B's rule: everyone is responsible for everything that the agency produces. - 12:37 AM
i reckon
hooper galton - 12:52 AM
Let's hope.
Would make a nice change, eh? - 1:19 AM
I like Anca's new picture.
"Bravo, Creatives! Let's hope your briefs are well written. And your clients are well managed. . ."
If only.
And while we're at it, 'researcher' eh? The one truly stinking cesspit of useless crap I've encountered in the industry. I'd cut those salaries and costs off the payroll straight away. - 1:46 AM
could there soon be a lot more office space coming up in a certain corner of Canary Wharf, and this time it won't be a bank going under?
makes sense. awards are an indicator of creative vitality.
i reckon one or more of the WPP agencies are in greatest danger. Y&R, JWT, and Ogilvy are largely indistinguishable from one another here in the USA. - 3:24 AM
Ogilvy! - 3:26 AM
isn't a recession just the corporate world's answer to natural selection.. the cream should rise to the top and the crap should go (i guess that applies to both companies and individuals?) - 3:37 AM
- dan dan the pancake man said...
I've heard that Lowe wil be the first if they don't win their next pitch. and tbwa are up the creak
I think speculating on which companies will go bust is highly distasteful and not to be encouraged
but for my money i'll have £20 on Lowe, and £10 E/W Leo Burnett - 4:13 AM
12:40 wrote, "if it's a Shark, really who cares?"
see the cheap, plastic piece of shit they handed out year. i asked the organiser if i could exchange the award for a refund of the entry fee. they laughed, & thought i was joking. i wasn't. - 4:22 AM
Kind of blows your theory as they have done some alright work that's won some awards, but Lowe has been heading for the big ad graveyard for about 5 years now.
If your theory is correct though surly the bankers curse will rub off on their city boy neighbours over at Ogilvy who have long been 'sthitt' (which strangely is the word verification password Scamp is just asking me to put in...must be a sign?) - 4:33 AM
Bye bye St Luke's.
Ogilvy. Y&R. Publicis. Lowe. JWT. Leos.
All dinosaurs and we all know what happened to them. - 4:45 AM
- Anca said...
In terms of awards, I don't think it's so much a Cannes-D&AD vs. BIG&co. war as it is an IPA vs. Cannes-D&AD-BIG-etc. one.
my agency and all the other shitty little pointless agencies like them
St Lukes
Leagas Delaney
Red Brick Road
In that order, starting mid March.
You have been told. - 5:00 AM
dan the pancake man. is that the same tbwa that's just been named global agency of the year again? Can't see them letting their London office disappear
calm down dear its only a recession
- Dion Hughes said...
scamp, i hope you can uncover that piece of analysis. regarding the theory, though... while i wish it was about doing quality work, period, i suspect it's more complex than that. quality work costs money - often not the client's. i know of at least one large agency that did really well in the shows this year, partly by picking the work ahead of time and spending a small fortune polishing it for show entries (ie retouching etc). that takes some big, high-margin clients elsewhere on the roster.
- EGO said...
I'm 26, actually i'm working at Y&R.
If you have other news about it, but positive, please tell me before I accept a work as electrodomestic doors to doors salesman. Thanks. - 6:16 AM
5/4: St. Lukes
9/2:Hooper Galton
9/1:Euro RSCG
300/1: Fallon - 6:54 AM
- If This Is A Blog Then What's Christmas said...
I don't know much, but I'd be surprised if the networks would lose their London offices entirely. They're a big part of winning international pitches, so even a downscaled version would be preferable to complete closure. Then again, this all depends on the strength of each network; Lowe could go under, but others might be amalgamated into another strand of the holding company to kill (resuscitate) two birds with one stone. Could Saatchi's merge with Fallon or Publicis? Could DDB take on TBWA?
Gosh, how exciting... - 8:13 AM
@ 6pm
Thanks for that. Except CDP has been kaput for ages already, and TBWA, as a key outpost of TBWA name and therefore Omnicom (albeit a shit one right now),won't be allowed to fold. - 1:43 PM
Here's a thought:
Been freelancing for a while, ever since the IPG agency I was with went through revolving-door global management.
In early 08, my non-advertising 'friends' couldn't understand why ad agencies were always in bad shape.
What amazes me is, banks are supposed to be THE money experts. Yet even THEY are at risk.
Difference is, quite a few of them are getting a lifeline.
Reckon the governments would bail out ad agencies? - 3:54 PM
- Jam said...
2:46: Aww, you're just jealous 'cos they let me have a go on TGI :)
If a 2009 industry bunfight makes the best re-examine their methods (albeit under coercion) while eliminating shops that were wasting their clients' money, it should be a good thing in the long run.
If, however, it sends agencies scrambling for pathetic, gimmicky New Business 'philosophies' to pimp, we might have problems. - 6:08 PM
If the theory that great or even just slightly good work will make a success of an agency how the hell have DLKW kept going and even winning new business?
Looks like they're singing and dancing all the way to the bank. - 7:33 PM
It's funny seeing some of the names banded about on here but does really prove the point.
Surely CDP went years ago, didn't they, and who's seen or heard of anything from the likes of Legas, Hooper Galton or Mustoes for years.
And the only reason we all know Ogilvy still exists is the fact they like to keep us all informed by gracing Turkey of the week.
My point is who will even notice if these places go? - 8:00 PM
"She found that Agencies which declined or went bust were ones which had stopped winning awards."
After telling my friend about your blog, I read her article and she didn't seem to make the connection between agencies closing down and winning awards.
My understanding is:
1. bad times = even famous agencies closing down.
2. bad times lead to people being retrenched.
3. tough times could see less good work being done.
4. D&AD will probably see fewer pencils.
Sorry, Scamp,I didn't see the link between agencies future being affected by awards.
Don't get me wrong, I am in favour of awards.
In fact, in Trottie's blog, I mentioned how disappointed I am that my exMDs, exCDs and exADs who have opened own shops haven't been producing anything outstanding. - 8:10 PM
- Scamp said...
Okay, well let's talk concrete examples.
When did CDP begin its downward spiral? Was it during the period it was doing great work, or afterwards? I think we all know it was afterwards.
And what about the Agencies that have closed down or merged in recent years? Was Bates doing great work? Was DMB&B?
It's very simple. If your product is great, you won't go bust (exception: financial mismanagement).
Why in our industry we don't understand this connection, I don't know. Why so many people think that making shitty product is the 'safe' strategy, I don't know. - 8:17 PM
Scamp - Lowes totally disproves your point.
In fact, I've been trying to figure out for years why they keep shedding accounts.... - 8:28 PM
Truth be told Ogilvy has had a strong year...
While OgilvyOne has been top of the new business league for most of it. - 8:44 PM
We've finally found something about awards we agree on.
Whether or not awards go to ads that sell product, they are great for agency morale.
They also raise agency profile which is great for getting on pitch radar.
Remember D&AD's original motto?
"Stimulation not congratulation" - 9:01 PM
I feel sorry for anybody, regardless of agency, who loses their job this year. It's going to be tough.
I think Lowe will merge with McCanns or be swallowed up by Lowe Worldwide. The real shame about Lowe is that its downfall has nothing to do with the economy, it's all down to a really, really bad management team. [censored] is a complete narcissist. [censored] has the people skills of Napalm. Oh and there's some accountant bloke. [more bits censored, goodness you're keeping me busy on this one] Let's resign all our accounts because we can't be bothered to fight for them. Hey, why not fight for them for the people who work their nuts off, and don't get a massive bonus like you do?! They probably will blame the economy though. [and a bit more censorship at the end, to round things off]
lowe will merge with mccann?
yeah, and bbh might merge with abbott mead. - 10:26 PM
Shame you were so censored mate - after all those years of wondering, it looked like I was going to find out the reason.
But no, not quite....
makes sense though - that is the most likely explanation. it certainly wasn't the work. - 11:13 PM
That new Virgin ad? You're having a laugh aren't you?
And honestly, regardless of whose winning awards, what work actually deserves it? Not much is my increasing jaded view. I don't know if creatives have forgotten how to write ads, account people forgotten how to sell them or clients just aren't buying but something is seriously amiss. And when was the last time BBH did anything good? It was a pretty long time ago I think. - 11:49 PM
- Scamp said...
12.49 - you described yourself as jaded, and I think you're right. Maybe 2008 was not the bestest year ever, but in the last 3 or 4 years our industry has produced Gorilla, Balls, Noitulove, Skoda 'Cake'... and that's just in TV, and just off the top of my head.
And I've got to represent my homies here - BBH has surely done good work more recently than "a long time ago", as you put it.
But let's not make this about BBH.
It IS an interesting question as to whether great old ads seem better than great current ads. I think sometimes they do. Especially if they have resonance from one's own childhood, or first days in the industry.
Once you allow for that distortion of perspective, I think one concludes that the work is not in fact getting worse. Nor are policemen getting younger. - 12:11 AM
Who will get the Lowe cd role? Who would want it. And who should TBWA get in? Not Mr Morris I trust
I reckon campaign must have a good Lowe's story this week.
Jaded? I think you're almost gangrenous mate.
The Virgin ad, while not mould-breaking, granted, is bloody good. Really well observed, nicely written and beautifully cast and the use of 'Relax' is pretty inspired. Kicks BA right in the balls too. - 2:54 AM
Notice she said that the agencies that went into decline or went bust are the ones who had stopped winning awards. She didn't say that the agencies who survived were all ones winning awards.
When an agency is sinking, they don't have the extra money kicking around to make all the award entries. So of course most agencies on the cusp of going tits up will have a decline in the number of awards they are winning, even if they are still producing great work. Meanwhile, a lot of agencies are still producing crap work and striving.
(Just another way of looking at the data.) - 6:05 AM
5.38 most of your facts are wrong i'm afraid.
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Hallo Scamp,
Bit insensitive of me to bring this up, perhaps, but I think it makes a point.
Trott's blog mentioned how he and Brignull (I think) once stood in front of 2 campaigns at an awards judging session.
Trott thought one campaign was excellent and the other crap.
Brignull agreed.
Only after 10 minutes did they know the campaign Trott liked, Brignull hated (and vice versa).
It's not that people don't agree great products (advertising) help keep companies afloat.
It's just that people don't always agree what a great product/ad is.
In my placement days, I flogged my book all across London.
What BBH loved, Saatchis hated.
What Saatchis loved, AMV hated.
That was a long time ago, but I don't think life and opinions have changed that much.
Thanks. - 1:10 PM
Scamp - you said:
Maybe 2008 was not the bestest year ever, but in the last 3 or 4 years our industry has produced Gorilla, Balls, Noitulove, Skoda 'Cake'... and that's just in TV, and just off the top of my head.
Ok there's 4 ads that were ok. Shall we start listing the other 300 that were rip offs, copies or downright rubbish?? And coincidentally, some of the copies and rip-offs won awards. - 8:30 PM
awards success is an indicator of other things...
1.the cash to enter awards. i can't see agencies forking out 180,000 quid each on awards entries this year. if they do, they're probably successful.
2.the cash to entertain campaign. which, as anyone who's been to lunch with them, leads to a pick of the week at least and a few few favorable write ups.
3. clients that aren't affected by the recession and therefore are still eager to produce award winning work over work that has a short term sales fix.
these are all factors and it's not just about winning awards scamp. look at it with your business head rather than just spouting like you'd expect a creative to. - 9:31 PM
- Scamp said...
I agree that people don't always agree.
But your example only works because of the low numbers - 2 people, disagreeing on 1 ad.
What if an Agency (like CDP in its heyday) wins 100 awards in a year? Sure, any 2 people could debate any 1 of those awards. But once you get into these high numbers, you have to admit that the likelihood is they were doing quality work.
And once that 100 shrinks to 70 the next year, then 40 then 20 then none... it's far more sensible to conclude that their work is getting worse than to say "oh well, people disagree about what should win awards anyway." - 9:33 PM
- Scamp said...
10.31 - I agree those are factors. However. Every agency in the Top 30 entertains Campaign. Every agency in the Top 30 pays to enter all the work they like into awards. And every Agency in the Top 30 has recession-affected Clients. Therefore, I don't see how the factors you list can explain the vast differential in awards success between the most successful and the least successful agencies.
I reckon Lowe will vanish. But if the management were given 12 months to turn it round, the new ECD's job would be a great one. Re-mould the creative department any way you want, cutting out the dead wood and bringing in some hot new talent. It's got to be worth a go, hasn't it?
One thing I think we can all be pretty confident of is that there will be a "flight to quality" as is being predicted in many service sectors. Nervous clients will want to work with those agencies who have a track record of success. Expect AMV and BBH to flourish.
I doubt any big agency will disappear as they are largely owned by holding companies and, within their vast portfolios, they will either have regions or different businesses ( research, digital and direct) that will fair better in these more challenging times. These businesses will prop up the ailing ad agencies.
Lowe will not disappear. It might not be doing so well in London but it is thriving globally and still producing great work on unilever. IPG would be mad to merge it as the cultural conflict would lead to massive client fall out which they can ill afford
Rather than focussing on the "disappearing acts", I think the more interesting question is who are the people who are going to be launching interesting new agencies. Recessions offer the ideal environment for start ups - frustrated senior talent, cheap commercial property, cheap people and clients on the move looking to work with the very best people at the best price.
Exciting times for the good and the brave.......... - 10:46 PM
Anon 1146: Sorry, I specifically meant Lowe London.
At the end of the day, if you cut everyone else, you're left with the creatives. Great creative directors with management knowledge can handle one or two clients if everything was scaled back. Also, most creatives did their strategies before there were planners. So they're essentially the engine. Next in line of importance is accounts, following closely, as well as the financial folks who run everything.
As for awards - it's true. Beyond a portfolio, it is the only indicator we have of talent and quality. Otherwise, any blowhard can determine what is 'good and effective work.' - 1:46 AM
11.46. I think you're exactly right. Lowe will not vanish. London is currently reaping the rewards of bad and incompetent management and dreadful senior management hires, and New York is just recovering from its years of the same. But its South American offices have performed well - specifically building better and better relationships with Unilever (doing great work in the process) and in Madrid the office there is really strong. Even smaller outposts like Stockholm are really solid. London will recover - but it will be different from the office we currently know.
However - I do disagree on one point. I wouldn't rule out IPG merging it with something. They have a track record of doing exactly that. First at the end of the nineties they forced Lowe and Ammirati together. Bad move, diluted Lowes culture badly and generally failed. Did they learn? Of course not. A few years later, wondering why Lowe wasn't the creative powerhouse it was - they did it again in the States and slapped Lowe Lintas together with Bozell. Trouble was the creative management was far stronger at Bozell than it was at Lowe (Tony Granger anyone?) - so after the dust settled did the creative leaders from Bozell come to power in the newly merged entity? Er, no, course not.
Watch this space - I smell another merger - after all, we're in a recession and it certainly saves on the real estate. - 11:12 AM
Hallo Scamp,
This follows-up yor reply to my Trott/Brignull discussion post.
Sure people disagree.
But don't opinions change over time? And sometimes as a result of peer pressure.
Campaign's Private View sometimes slams new campaigns, giving reasons why the reviewer thinks it's a lot of rubbish.
Then the same piece of work goes on to win big at award shows.
Why's that?
- Robin - 12:54 PM
- Scamp said...
Yes, opinions can change over time. Happens in every field. Van Gogh never sold a painting in his lifetime - everyone thought he was lame. Fight Club didn't do that well at the box office - nowadays everyone reveres it.
But these are exceptions. That's why they're so notable.
Most good ads are liked by most people. There's nothing wrong with aggregating opinions as a methodology - in fact it's highly accurate. Great example in Malcolm Gladwell's Blink Chapter One. - 8:26 PM
The exceptions are what superior talent and agencies is for.
The rest of the high medicority, as mentioned in blink, can be handled by the majority high level of medicority agencoes. - 5:58 AM
scamp-10:41 AM
in response, the problems start when your awards entry budgets are small, you can only enter half the amount of ads into half the amount of awards. therefore you could be creating tons of award winning work and not be winning awards for it.
some agencies that are successful financially and creatively aren't perceived as such as a result of a lack of awards. so where i agree that quality of product is essential, i don't agree that awards denote quality of product.
i can list more work that should have got an award than i can remember work that did. - 10:44 PM
ultimately awards only attract new clients, it doesn't mean your gonna keep them. If your work isnt effective they are gonna bugger off. Shop is a good example, they had good clients, it was well run, produced great award winning work but they still managed to go down the pan. So i don't believe awards are the be all and end all.
It's the integrated agencies that do well in times like this. Has anyone noticed a certain smugness in those "joint agency" meetings?
My money is on some of the start ups of the last few years folding into established agencies. - 5:38 AM


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Tue Jun 19, 2012, 05:33 PM
cynatnite (28,617 posts)
Who would you vote for?
I live in the South and when they say "all politics are local", they're not kidding. Our choices are usually pretty limited.
These are the kinds of choices we get. It's a lesser of two evils scenario.
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Who would you vote for? (Original post) |
cynatnite | Jun 2012 | OP |
Lyric | Jun 2012 | #1 | |
OriginalGeek | Jun 2012 | #2 | |
Rowdyboy | Jun 2012 | #3 | |
AsahinaKimi | Jun 2012 | #4 | |
ecstatic | Jun 2012 | #5 | |
MrSlayer | Jun 2012 | #6 | |
tabbycat31 | Jun 2012 | #11 | |
MrSlayer | Jun 2012 | #15 | |
tabbycat31 | Jun 2012 | #16 | |
MrSlayer | Jun 2012 | #18 | |
csziggy | Jun 2012 | #7 | |
Raine | Jun 2012 | #8 | |
tabbycat31 | Jun 2012 | #9 | |
Wait Wut | Jun 2012 | #10 | |
GarroHorus | Jun 2012 | #12 | |
slackmaster | Jun 2012 | #13 | |
patrice | Jun 2012 | #14 | |
treestar | Jun 2012 | #17 |
Response to cynatnite (Original post)
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 05:40 PM
Lyric (12,671 posts)
1. I guess it would depend entirely on how conservative the Blue Dog was.
Last election, I had a choice between an anti-choice, anti-gay, anti-welfare, anti-labor, pro-corporate, uber-Christian Democrat and a nearly-identical Republican, so I just didn't vote in that race.
However, if it were a Blue Dog who wasn't quite THAT terrible, I might consider it. |
Response to cynatnite (Original post)
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 05:43 PM
OriginalGeek (9,575 posts)
2. I'd vote for the dem
within reason - not if he was like described in the first reply - but if he won you can bet he'd know my name from letters to his office every time he did something dumb. And some if he did something good too.
Response to cynatnite (Original post)
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 05:47 PM
Rowdyboy (22,057 posts)
3. I live in Mississippi....I face that choice most every election....and even then I usually lose
Response to cynatnite (Original post)
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 05:52 PM
AsahinaKimi (20,776 posts)
4. Question..
Would Dianne Feinstein fall into the category of "blue dog" democrat? I mean she's conservative right? I had to vote for her.
Response to cynatnite (Original post)
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 05:53 PM
ecstatic (21,573 posts)
5. Who is likely to vote with the dems at least once?
Probably more? That should answer your question.
Response to cynatnite (Original post)
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 05:53 PM
MrSlayer (22,143 posts)
6. There's no real difference.
What good is it just to have someone with a "D" behind their name when they vote with the "R's" every time?
Response to MrSlayer (Reply #6)
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 06:03 PM
tabbycat31 (6,336 posts)
11. name one D who votes with the Rs more than 50% of the time
Response to tabbycat31 (Reply #11)
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 06:31 PM
MrSlayer (22,143 posts)
15. Even 1% of the time is too much.
With this Republican party anyway. It might have been different forty or fifty years ago.
Response to MrSlayer (Reply #15)
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 07:04 PM
tabbycat31 (6,336 posts)
16. the alternative is a teabagger. Would you rather see that?
As I said before, I've worked in conservative districts. In order for Democrats to win these seats period, they can't vote lockstep with their party.
Response to tabbycat31 (Reply #16)
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 07:39 PM
MrSlayer (22,143 posts)
18. Why not do what is right and fuck worrying about re-election?
That's what really pisses me off about these wussies. They're afraid to do the right thing because they're more concerned with their own job than with whether or not the country is healthy. Show some guts, do the right thing and force the fools he's afraid of in his/her district to accept what is good for them. They'll come around when they see the benefits, even if it costs the politician their seat in the short term.
But none of them do that, ever. My suspicion is that they never had any intention of doing the right thing. That they are as owned as any corporate republican. |
Response to cynatnite (Original post)
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 06:00 PM
csziggy (22,565 posts)
7. I live in Florida and that is the choice I get most of the time
Last time it was between Bill Nelson, Blue Dog, and some piece of shit tea bagger pseudo-Republican. I think the choice is pretty much the same this time around.
As much as I'd prefer to have the chance to vote for Alan Grayson as my Senator, I will take Bill Nelson over any Republican alive. He at least has support President Obama when it came down to it. |
Response to cynatnite (Original post)
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 06:03 PM
Raine (21,562 posts)
8. I would sit it out. I'm done with having to vote while I hold
my nose. I didn't vote for Senator Diane Feinstein the blue dog here in the primary. I'm sick of voting for candidates that make me feel ashamed I gave them my vote. Still follow your conscience and if you would regret not voting for the Dem than do what you feel you need to.
Response to cynatnite (Original post)
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 06:03 PM
tabbycat31 (6,336 posts)
9. I personally see nothing wrong with conservative Democrats (ducks and runs for cover)
I've worked for Blue Dogs before, and many are more liberal than they will admit to the public. Ultimately a politician's job is to represent the district/state. I'd rather see a conservative leaning district (or one gerrymandered for a Republican) be represented by a Democrat who votes with the party 85% of the time than a Republican who votes with the party 0% of the time.
Response to cynatnite (Original post)
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 06:03 PM
Wait Wut (8,492 posts)
10. Misleading
A "Rabid RW Teabagger" and a "Conservative Democrat" would not be lesser of two evils. Any Democrat, even a conservative one, is a far better option than any rabid rw anything. I can't ever imagine even considering voting for a rabid rw ________. I've voted for plenty of conservative and moderate Dems.
Response to cynatnite (Original post)
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 06:07 PM
GarroHorus (1,055 posts)
12. I'd hold my nose and go for the Conservadem
Bottom line, it's a numbers game. I'd watch the Conservadem like a hawk and should he decide to jump ship, I'd be prepared to make a huge stink about it the next election, but what else can you do in such a scenario?
Response to cynatnite (Original post)
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 06:23 PM
slackmaster (60,567 posts)
13. Not enough information.
The descriptions of the candidates are vague and insufficient for me to make a meaningful choice.
I don't buy into the idea that write-in candidates are guaranteed not to win - I have seen it happen in my lifetime. Here in California write-in candidates for state-level offices have to be "approved" meaning their supporters must have turned in a certain number of signatures on a petition. You can't write in just anyone and expect your vote to count. I always look carefully at each candidate's qualifications and track record. Knowing their party affiliation plus some qualifier is not sufficient. Party is one of my lowest priorities. I can't remember the last time I picked one candidate over another because of it. I certainly won't vote for any candidate that I know to be dishonest. |
Response to cynatnite (Original post)
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 06:23 PM
patrice (47,992 posts)
14. Until all of We the People become exactly identical, it's ALWAYS the "lesser of two evils" no matter
what certain others want you to think.
This means that what we actually need is a better informed, more active, courageous, responsible, honest electorate to absolutely doggedly pursue absolutely everything whichever "lesser of two evils" gets into any given office. |
Response to cynatnite (Original post)
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 07:37 PM
treestar (66,995 posts)
17. I would always vote for a Democrat
Rather than let a Republican serve by default.


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delpo is very supersititous. He is like 2 version behind in sticks. But if I can hit like him, I'll be supersitious as well.
If those were the sticks that won me a Grand Slam, I'd want to stick to those. He should have bought a few hundred. LOL!
Watching the all-Lotto match between DA-veed and Anderson. Guess their people didn't coordinate wardrobes very well today.
I would cringe when I saw a winning player throw their racquet into the crowd.I personally would hold onto every stick until they were so unplayable that even Auzzie wouldn't demo it.
i take it u are referring to the ATP master slicer himself, Dolgopolov during his win yesterday. He is as talented as he is crazy.
You mean, you would use them until they turned to dust? I think Auzzie would demo a stick made of 90% duct tape.
90% is just about the time the stck gets the right amount of flex. At about 97% its time to find new one.
that old donnay he was in love with was made of 90% duct tape and dinosaur bones. probably pterodactyl by the flex of it. what's for breakfast and lunch people?
Lunch at The Shoppes. Getting me either 5 guys (meh), generic Indian Food (meh), or Moe's (roll eyes). There's always mcDonald's outside too.
sensai is coming back in mid Sept for a wedding. He's bringing his sensai family. Sure, just give me the racquets. Let me know the skips. When do you need the sticks by? May I get it to you by next early next week?
Hey JRStriker: Nice having lunch with you today. Thanks for recommending Roti. That's some yummy wrap!
Teddy's Roti Shop on Georgia Ave ftw!!! haha Edit: His prices have definitely gone up too much since I used to go there regularly...Authentic cooking but pricey now.
No prob. Thanks for meeting up. Needed to get up and move around for a bit. Try District Taco next time. BTW- The Roti Salad is pretty good too.
oh man.. west indies cuisine! That's some good (but explosive stuff). I remembered getting a braised ox tail, beans and rice. http://www.yelp.com/biz/andrenes-caribbean-and-soul-food-carryout-washington Hands down, one of the best West Indies Dives.
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Dad and I were watching it. Some Spanish Woman named Lino. I think I remeber them saying she was like 75 right now maybe top 40 at one point. Lemme hit Wiki and get the deets
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Whats the deal with this Tour Bite string you guys mentioned a few pages back? Is it pretty sweet. Somehtign I should be trying out? Are you going full bed of it? Is it pretty soft for a poly? Does it generate mad spin? Does have good pop? Does it stay playble for a while? Thanks
Good string. Doesn't last particularly long though. Kinda like a more spinny Lux ALU but playable to about 6-7 hrs whereas ALU is lil more than half that.
IMHO - It's very stiff. I Had Lux ALu around 57, I had to drop Tourbite to about 50. It's really good at low tensions. Generates a ton of spin. I'd play it in a full bed or hybrid with another poly since the square shape will probably cut through gut/synthetic gut/multis pretty quick.
JRs, you think so? Hmmm, I guess since I strung both in the low 50's I didn't see a huge difference. Plus, I also think ALU is a relatively stiff poly too.
I found out that I have the 1st pick in my league. Woot! Looks like it'll be Foster just because he's that much better than the next RB. I like Rodgers a ton too, but small chance I'll take him...Now the 2nd round pick will be the best QB/WR available at 28. That's right - 14 team league - slim pickings at later rounds and waiver wire pickups...
True, I just found tourbite to be even stiffer. I strung it at the same tension as ALU and lost a lot of pop. I generally didn't string below 55 in my MGPPs but had to drop to around 50 to get that pop back.
Man, I'm not terribly impressed by TW's stringjobs! Tension doesn't feel that even. I don't think they use an electronic tensioning machine - feels way too loose - gotta be a lockout. Guess I'm too used to my Bab Star and being damn anal with my stringjobs...


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In the 18-page opinion and order, Judge Munley wrote that the Social Security Act mandates the exclusion "of anyone" from participating in Medicare or Medicaid if they are convicted of an offense related to the delivery of an item or service under the federal health programs.
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The greatest time of the year has finally come. After weeks of previewing the teams, we are a day away from the beginning of the MLS season. Looking ahead to 2012, some things have stayed the same (star-powered LA Galaxy, new playoff format again, ESPN games of the week) and some things have changes (new playoff format, NBC Sports Network games, Montreal Impact). Just like last year, your writers are going out on a limb and makes some predictions prior to the season. If you remember, our picks from last year were not so great (especially in the individual categories) but we will strive to do better this year and, again, repost these predictions at the end of the season.
On to our picks! First up are our predicted standings for the season, with the Supporters' Shield winners in italics:
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Eastern Conference |
Western Conference |
Sporting Kansas City | Real Salt Lake |
New York Red Bulls | Los Angeles Galaxy |
DC United | Seattle Sounders |
Toronto FC | FC Dallas |
Houston Dynamo | San Jose Earthquakes |
New England Revolution | Portland Timbers |
Columbus Crew | Chivas USA |
Chicago Fire | Colorado Rapids |
Montreal Impact | Vancouver Whitecaps |
Philadelphia Union |
Robert Hay
Eastern Conference |
Western Conference |
Sporting Kansas City | Los Angeles Galaxy |
Chicago Fire | Seattle Sounders |
Houston Dynamo | Real Salt Lake |
DC United | Colorado Rapids |
Toronto FC | FC Dallas |
New York Red Bulls | Portland Timbers |
Columbus Crew | San Jose Earthquakes |
Philadelphia Union | Vancouver Whitecaps |
Montreal Impact | Chivas USA |
New England Revolution |
Earl Reed
Eastern Conference |
Western Conference |
Sporting Kansas City | Los Angeles Galaxy |
Houston Dynamo | Seattle Sounders |
Philadelphia Union | FC Dallas |
New York Red Bulls | Real Salt Lake |
Toronto FC | Portland Timbers |
Columbus Crew | Vancouver Whitecaps |
DC United | San Jose Earthquakes |
Chicago Fire | Colorado Rapids |
New England Revolution | Chivas USA |
Montreal Impact |
As you can see there is some definite difference of opinion. Starting with the Eastern Conference we all agree that Sporting Kansas City will win the East and all of us have Toronto and Houston making the playoffs. In the West, Daniel breaks with consensus and has Real Salt Lake passing Los Angeles to take the West. Besides order of finish, we all have Dallas, Los Angeles, Real Salt Lake, and Seattle making the playoffs with each of us having a different fifth team (or in my case, fourth place team). As for the newest MLS franchise, despite making so much noise in the offseason, none of us have Montreal above ninth. We'll see if the rumored summer designated player signing proves us wrong.
MLS Cup match-up and winner: Each of us took a crack at predicting MLS Cup 2012 and the winner. Earl sees Seattle hosting Kansas City with Sporting KC pulling out the upset win. Daniel also has Kansas City winning but they will be hosting second place Los Angeles. As for me, after pondering all of the possible match-ups with a scrunched brow, I predict Chicago will bring back the glory days and advance to MLS Cup, but they will lose to the host Galaxy.
CONCACAF Champions League: With three MLS teams playing in the 2011-2012 CONCACAF Champions League, our group took a shot at predicting if any of the three would win the CCL this spring. Earl and I both predict that none of the three teams will win the competition this year while Daniel anticipates a Galaxy victory to give them early season momentum.
Golden Boot: MLS has some great goal scorers but it seems like the Golden Boot recently has gone to a player that comes out of nowhere. Despite this we took a crack at predicting this category. I selected MLS prodigal son Edson Buddle to lead the league in goals while Earl picked FC Dallas newcomer Blas Perez and Daniel chose soccer icon Thierry Henry.
Most Valuable Player: Dwayne De Rosario rode a dominant second half of the season to this award in 2011. Did any of us picked him to repeat? No. Earl and Daniel tabbed annual MVP candidate Landon Donovan to take home the award and I picked his Western Conference rival Mauro Rosales.
Newcomer of the Year: Which of the hyped offseason signings will help their team the most and win recognition for their play? Again all three of us stuck with the Western Conference. Daniel and I picked Austrian important and Kasey Keller replacement Michael Gspurning to take home the prize while Earl selected Blas Perez to add another trophy to his trophy case.
Rookie of the Year: Since this award has one of the smallest pool of potential winners, it is usually a hard one to pick. Last year's winner fell into the right situation in a weak year for rookies. This year, the draft has a consensus top two followed by a pool of good players. Earl picked the #2 overall pick Darren Mattocks to break through for some playing time in Vancouver. I selected the #3 pick Kelyn Rowe for New England to make an impact in the midfield. Daniel went with #4 overall pick Luis Silva with Toronto FC.
Comeback Player of the Year: Which player in 2012 will return to previous glory? Daniel went with hometown newcomer Kenny Cooper while Earl picked past MVP David Ferreira. I am sticking with my 2011 choice for a second year: Branko Boskovic to finally come back from his nagging injuries and finally live up to his promised potential for DCU.


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It's a big deal being the Culver City News. We like to think that we are the best, and we work very hard to make sure we are. There are lots of community newspapers all over Los Angeles County, and each of them has a relationship with the community it serves. There are not a lot of little towns around here that care as much about their newspaper as you do. Those of us lucky enough to live in Culver City are convinced that we have someplace really special. Years ago, when I worked at the Bookstar in Studio Village, I was often amazed that someone coming into the store to buy a book would know one of the people on my crew from, like, birth. The intense loyalty and civic pride that the people of Culver City feel about this place borders on spiritual commitment. It's far more common in West Los Angeles for people to move every few years, ignore their neighbors, and keep their friends on their speed dial. Around here, people who get up to speak in front of the City Council often begin by citing the length of their residence, or reaching back to their grandparents. I truly don't think that this has ever happened at the Los Angeles City Council. The radio station that calls itself "JACK-FM" cheats itself a few hundred feet towards town just to cash in our fabulous reputation.
Of course, like the utterly whimsical borders of the town, it's important to realize that arbitrary lines are just that. Totally arbitrary. While we're being subjective here, we want to hear about your "best." Now, your best and my best may be utterly different, but the News needs to know.
We're launching into the Best of Culver City for 2009 and we want you to add your voice and get creative. We have some categories - best hotel , best live theater, that we want you to vote on, (and have all you friends vote on) and a place for you to make up your own category. You get to win prizes, and we get to give awards. Totally fun. It's the best.
When I think of awards, the one that I get the most amusement from is the Grammys. I'm not a professional musician, so it's easy for me to laugh. It seems as if every year sees the addition of another category that sounds like "Best New International Ethnic Left Handed Dance Remix" and, gosh, there's a big hit that fits exactly in that category. So, we're staying away from easy ones; "Best Movie Studio Featured as a Plantation In Gone With the Wind or "Best Irish Pub Owned by a Council Member" or "Best Never-Ending Line to Buy Tacos." They don't ask much of our readers. Look around and think about it.
As a bit of inspiration, some of my own personal best:
Best Place to Make a Wish: The beginning of the yellow brick road on the playground in Vets Park
Best Kettle Corn: Culver City Farmers Market. We never miss it. As far as my kids know, it is the reason to go to the farmers market. They wouldn't eat a tomato if you offered to pay them. Fine, I say, more for me.
Best Place to Have the Blues: Culver City Julian Dixon Library, the back windows at the end of Poetry and Literature, overlooking Ballona Creek. How bad can it be when you're surrounded by books?
Best Spontaneous Potluck Party: summer concert series at City Hall, first palm tree on the left. (You are welcome to be next to, but not in front of, my palm tree. The space on the grass between my tree and the stage only appears to be public property - it is in fact MINE.)
Best Place to Relax with my Girls: Swimming pool at the YMCA. I take off my glasses and the world really does disappear.
So, you get the idea. What we want are your best of the best. Please fill in as many categories as you can, and give us your own category. We know that you love Culver City. But what do you love the best?
When we get it all tallied, we're throwing a party (last year we were at the Culver Hotel)
that this town will never forget. Keep that in mind. You don't want to miss it.
In our survey last year, the best thing about Culver City was "the people," and the second best "the small town feel." So find the ballot (I've noticed we never get tired of voting around here, either. That's another thing I love about his place) and mail it in, or go to www.culvercitynews.org/surveys/. Tell us about your best. Ask your neighbors to tell us.
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A former member of an elite Guatemalan military force extradited from the US in July has been sentenced to 6,060 years in prison for his role in the massacre of 101 people at the height of the civil war in 1982.
Pedro Pimentel Rios, 54, was the fifth former special forces soldier sentenced to 6,060 years or more for the massacre in the northern village of Dos Erres.
The ruling comes as Guatemala seeks to clean up atrocities from the bloody civil war between 1960 and 1996 in which nearly a quarter of a million people died or went missing. The former dictator Efrain Rios Montt went on trial for genocide in January.
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Beach Portraits with Michael S. Miller
Monday, July 14h AND 21st
Portraiture on location is a personally rewarding and challenging and what better location then at Jersey Shore! The beauty of natural light is that it is everywhere; some of the best light is early morning and late afternoon/early evening.
The automatic setting or beach setting on your camera cannot guarantee the best capture. This workshop is designed to develop your ability to make the best images by seeing the quality of light and applying it.
Learn how to make photographs of family and friends in natural light without the need for expensive professional lighting equipment. Creative use of flash, poses, framing and elements of desing using direct, diffused and reflective light will be used to create beautiful portraits.
Two - 2 1/2 hour sessions (5 hours total)
price includes a collapsible reflector
$160 BAC members/$180 non-BAC memberSave this Event:
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