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They could just let individual air lines react to market forces.
Then individual airlines could have clauses in their ticketing agreements like "Access for Suitably Surveyed Customers to Lousy Overcharged Wireless Networks.
Seriously, what's the obsession with rediculous names for laws? PATRIOT, PRO-IP, CAN SPAM to name a few. If this law was called, for example, "On board communications act, 2008," I'd have a lot more time to listen to it.
How do you think your voting record would look to the electorate if you voted against the "Protect Our Children from Internet Paedophiles and Terrorists" act? Even if that act was two hundred pages of paying for bridges in Alaska and allowing torture of US civilians without a warrant?
The best bet to avoid that is to vote for the "Stop tacking unrelated shit onto legislation" act, which everyone should vote for, anyway, since the current way things are done is just dumb.
Seriously, what's the obsession with rediculous names for laws?
I was thinking about this recently after another story roused me into digging up the NET (No Electronic Theft) Act.
Turns out that while the contents of the bill end up integrated into the USC [wikipedia.org] the title of the bill does not. So, at a minimum, congress can apparently use any stupid ass name they want without risking it becoming part of the official law. (That doesn't stop it from being documented in historical records of congress in the archives though, but only historians care about that.)
Is crushing a suspect's child's testicles illegal?
John Yoo: "No, [if] the President thinks he needs to do that."
Prisoner 650, missing since 2003 with her 3 children [metblogs.com]
"The free market wasnâ(TM)t adequate to regulate smoking on planes and it wonâ(TM)t be sufficient to regulate cell phones either," DeFazio said. "I am pleased that we are taking steps to stop this disruption before it becomes an issue for American consumers."
They really think that use of cellphones is on the same level as stopping a known carcinogen from cycling through the air of every one on board?
Good grief.
One (smoking) is hazardous to the health of everyone on the plan, while the other (cellphone use) is mostly hazardous to the asshat who is yelling into his phone about his golf game yesterday. I say it's hazardous to his health because if I am sitting next to him I am going to shove his phone into whichever of his bodily orifices I can fit it into nice and snugly.
"They could just let individual air lines react to market forces."
Or maybe at least a few politicians realize that, if airlines can so openly collude on prices, they can probably collude on any other policies that generates the most revenue.
You would agree that a monopoly airline would not have to react to "market forces" right? They could make whatever rules (e.g. charge for cell phone access) earn them the most revenues. Well what makes you think that a mere handful of collusive airlines acts much diffe
Why do people need to use their phones in-flight anyway? I can understand the need for communication for people travelling on business to keep in touch with their office, but what's wrong with e-mail? A large number of people find flying an uncomfortable/annoying/stressful etc experience as it is without having to hear people talk over everyone else so someone elsewhere can hear them. I know the modern world is fast-paced, but honestly, it can wait, can't it?!
Did you ever try explaining to your boss how to use email on a foreign network?
Did you ever try explaining to your boss how to use email on a foreign network?
+1 Insightful, been there, got the tee-shirt, and chewed through it in frustration
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While a majority may wish to have no cell phones on airplanes...
The majority is ruling, and complaining, about a minority that is making itself so obnoxious as to border on rude. If these cell phone talkers had any sense of respect of others and would turn off their digital leash for the flight, we wouldn't have this problem. But, noooo, we get hear all about Aunt Edna's colonoscopy and your cousin Fred's erectile dysfunction problem.
The majority is ruling, and complaining, about a minority that is making itself so obnoxious as to border on rude. If these cell phone talkers had any sense of respect of others and would turn off their digital leash for the flight, we wouldn't have this problem. But, noooo, we get hear all about Aunt Edna's colonoscopy and your cousin Fred's erectile dysfunction problem.
Then wouldn't it be more logical for the airline to ask that person to desist from the obnoxious conversation then to get Congress to ban the usage of something that most people are quite capable of using without annoying those around them?
Then wouldn't it be more logical for the airline to ask that person to desist from the obnoxious conversation then to get Congress to ban the usage of something that most people are quite capable of using without annoying those around them?
Next time a cell phone talker lights up their phone next to you on a bus, the street, anywhere...ask them in a pleasant voice to stop talking on the phone, it is causing noise pollution. Let me know the response you get.
The last time I did just that, using words like 'please' and a pleasant tone of voice got me a look that "f--- you" and they kept on talking.
Next time a cell phone talker lights up their phone next to you on a bus, the street, anywhere...ask them in a pleasant voice to stop talking on the phone, it is causing noise pollution. Let me know the response you get.
The last time I did just that, using words like 'please' and a pleasant tone of voice got me a look that "f--- you" and they kept on talking.
You don't have a right to complain about it on the street as the street is a public place the last time I checked. On the bus or airplane you can complain to the driver or flight attendant. If they refuse to do anything about it then next time fly/ride on a carrier that does.
In short let the marketplace decide and don't turn to the Government to outlaw something that's merely annoying and not actually dangerous or harmful. I don't know about you but I'm getting pretty tired of the nanny state.
In this case, however, any directions from the flight crew already have the force of law. If the airline simply made it a policy not to allow cell phone use it would be just as legally binding as an act of Congress, while retaining far greater flexibility -- for example, the airline could separate the cell phone users into their own section so as not to bother the rest of the passengers, as suggested in the summary.
This is similar to the concept of preferring municipal or state laws over federal ones for lo
...making itself so obnoxious as to border on rude.
Living in freedom includes other peoples right to be obnoxious, as long as they don't force you to be near them while they are. And NO, voluntarily flying around in airplanes is not being forced to anything.
By the way, you premise is wrong. If the majority had such a big problem with people talking on airplanes, airlines would offer talk-free sections, or even talk-free flights, in order to attract more of the silent fliers.
Outlawing discomfort is a slide t
What a bullshit answer. The majority has no right to tell the minority what to do *if it doesn't affect their health or safety*. What you are saying is that if the majority wanted to, they could outlaw soapbox protesters also, simply because they are rude and obnoxious.
What people are really pissed about is that they can't eavesdrop on both sides of the conversation most of the time. Not everyone talks on the cell phone above the levels of a normal conversation.
What's next, outlawing crying babies?? Or mot
Where is this "majority" concept coming from? Now given, I'm your average
Does anyone believe that in today's society a majority of people wouldn't use their phones given the chance?
The majority is ruling, and complaining, about a minority that is making itself so obnoxious as to border on rude
When the airlines cease operations, I'll sure be glad we have that HANG UP act to make everything better. I'm glad that with the documented illegal torture and sexual abuse of prisoners, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down more than 20% in the past year, massive inflation, job losses, and unprecedented foreclosure rates in some areas.... I'm really glad that congress can be trusted to tackle the real issues facing America today. The HANG UP act certainly ranks right up there with
Personally I think it's the business of the government to protect the interests of the majority... maybe... I'll have to think about that a bit more.
Anyway. I'm English and there might be a different majority opinion in this country compared to the US (where I'd expect a more 'it's our right to use our phones on the plane'-type stance)... my personal opinion is that using a phone in a situation where you have to raise your voice significantly to be heard above the ambient noise - and subsequently by everyone else - is pretty rude - which is why I wouldn't inflict my conversation on anyone else (unless it's absolutely necessary, but it's hard to conceive of a situation where that might be the case).
Perhaps it's a bit like the smoking ban in this country - most people don't want to breathe the smoke of others, the majority are happy about the ban, but there's a loud collection of unhappy smokers (obviously). To be honest they can moan all they want, it's not like the government's confiscated their cigarettes!
I'm English too, but I disagree with you.
The government has no business legislating against rudeness. Talking loudly on a mobile phone is obnoxious and rude, but so is talking loudly. Are you going to make that illegal? What about listening to MP3 players? Or queue jumping? Or picking your nose? Or farting?
Smoking in an enclosed space is obnoxious and rude, but it is also harmful. That's why it is banned in the workplace in the UK.
This would get slammed in a court, so why should they even bother wasting our time and tax dollars?
How is it unconstitutional?
I regretfully agree with the posters here saying this is outside reasonable bounds of congressional interest, but at the same time I'm glad they're doing it. Otherwise, airlines would allow cell use despite the majority of passengers being against it. Allowing it is likely to piss off the other customers, but they know from experience that making customers angry doesn't hurt them. At the same time, it may get them a small number of new repeat customers (morons will spend 90% of
Perhaps because there's not a lot else to do. Seriously, you're stuck in a cramped airline seat. Why not catch up on your calls? As long as you're not swearing and/or speaking over-loudly, what's the big deal?
I know how this sort of movement takes root. You hear some loud wanker mouthing off all through a two-hour flight and you think "those things should be banned". You forget about the times you've taken a call from your daughter, quietly cleared up a little problem and rung off. Mobile phones are a part
That's probably true of anything, There are always people who will take ANYTHING and make it annoying, everyone just happens to have a cell phone nowadays so people who would have been idiots with overly loud mp3 players, portable dvd players, asking you every other word on a crossword, etc. just have a more common thing to annoy people with, I don't really think any of those things should be banned by the government.
I totally agree with you - I hate overuse of mobile phones (ok, I'm British) in public places.
However, I own a mobile phone, and at times I've been known to use it. In a public place. Maybe even on a bus or train. And I might even start by saying "I'm on the train..." And this may be more convenient than other methods - it's the only way I have of communicating from, eg, an airport or a bus-stop, it's instant, it's voice communication, it's reasonably cheap, it takes no setup, etc etc.
Making them illegal in
What if you support the email server and it's down? There must be thousands of small firms that employ a single geek. Or those with no IT staff at all, where one member of staff with other responsibilities gets their hands dirty.
If people really don't want to be bothered by cellphones then the airlines could just ban people from using them on the plane and use this as a selling point.
Why does the government have to poke at this one?
Because too many people don't think they can survive without their cell phone. One friend I invited over for some LAN gaming, his cell phone kept ringing while we played. Next time we played, I insisted he turn it off. "What happens if there's an emergency? What if my brother's been in a car accident?" "I don't know, are you a surgeon and do you have a chopper standing by in my back yard? Shut it off."
He still snuck it back on a little bit later and got TWO more calls during the game. (didn't answer them, but stopped playing a few sec each time to look at the caller ID) Some people need to learn to live without a cell phone occasionally. For a few though I think it borders on addiction, "I can quit anytime, just not right now."
And I agree with everything you just said. Except the implied notion that this somehow requires a law.
Think of the children!
No seriously, think about shutting up the fucking children. At least people on phones don't squeal for no reason. Normally.
No seriously, think about shutting up the fucking children. At least people on phones don't squeal for no reason.
I never travel without ear plugs and a black-out mask. Or is that the alcohol... But seriously, kids travel. Plan ahead for your sanity.
Noise canceling headphones and an MP3 player...oh, perhaps not, the DHS might confiscate that...
Heh...perhaps the booze isn't a bad idea after all... >:-)
last time I travelled with children (18 month old twins) I brought along a bottle of earplugs with enough for almost the entire plane to pass around - just in case I couldn't keep them reasonably quiet.
I can get behind this 100%.
Nothing like a screaming infant with an apathetic mother on a 4 hour bus ride with a 5 year old running around trying to break things and being ignored.
Seriously, if you can't take care of them don't procreate.
By the end of it all I could think of was that poster with "Silence is golden.Duct tape is silver."
that will probably never procreate.
Let me draw this picture for you: kids are randomly noisy. There is absolutely nothing parents can do about kids' noise when they are up to it. Even a duck-tape-on-the-mouth kid makes a lot of noise.
If you have some smart answer in the form of "if you do X, the kid will stay put", let me give you the news: it will not work. Kids only stay quiet... if they "want" to.
Said like someone who has procreated and doesn't control their kids.
Regular beatings.
Sound triggered shock collars.
Wanna bet on how many shocks before they're quiet as mice?
On a less brutal note try some regular fucking discipline.
My sister somehow manages to raise 2 extremely well mannered children without ever raising a hand to them. I was surprised how much power "the naughty step" had over a pair of 3 year olds. In short she doesn't give in and let them be little brats like some parents do. If they're b
On a less brutal note try some regular fucking discipline.
Just what kind of "regular fucking discipline" do you purpose to use on an infant? The GP was talking about the screaming infant not the obnoxious three year old. Newsflash: babies cry. Exactly what kind of "discipline" do you purpose to use on an infant that's making noise?
Even a duck-tape-on-the-mouth kid makes a lot of noise.
Cover the nostrils too. Then the noise stops after a minute or so.
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Troll?? If the issue is people on planes being annoyed because of other people making noise, then children are right at the top of this list.
Because for some reason, when two people are talking right next to one another, they tend to whisper or at least talk in low voice.
For some reason, give someone a cellphone and if they are not downright shouting their voice somehow still seems to carry at least a few rows. You can observe this every day in any bus/train. Even though the other end will definitely hear you even if you talk at low volume.
It's more because celphones are often too quiet.
if I put it on speaker phone I talk normally, if I've got it on normal I talk like a retarded deaf man.
It's cause if you can't hear the other person clearly because of noise on their end etc then you tend to adjust your voice as you would if you were having trouble hearing someone next to you talking.
This is because most cel phones don't have sidetone. Sidetone lets you hear yourself on the phone, and was originally invented in the early 1900s (!) just for the purpose of keeping folks from screaming.
The lack of sidetone on modern cel phones is unacceptable. This is 100 year old technology, damnit!
Is it that people talk loudly on cellphones and therefore you notice, or is that that some people talk loudly on cellphones, but people who talk quietly on cellphones don't attract attention, so the only people on cellphones you notice are those that speak loudly?
I don't buy the "Cellphones make people rude and loud" claim. I don't get complaints, rude stares, or any other signs my use of my cellphone is causing annoyance but I see others subjected to that treatment when they really are loud and annoying. I have to assume that I, like probably 95% of the population, am simply invisible, because I don't speak loudly into my phone, I keep my conversations in public short, and my cellphone uses vibration to notify me of calls rather than a loud, annoying, ring.
Perhaps there is not in fact anybody on the other end and the person with the phone is just a mental patient who is holding the phone to his head to make it less obvious that it's the voices he's shouting at.
And you wouldn't want an escaped mental patient walking around now would you!
I mean think of the CHILDREN! They might get killed and eaten by insane people!
good thing they're bringing in this law.
the person with the phone is just a mental patient
When I took Psych 1001, our lecturer told us a story of a patient in NYC with a history of talking to the voices in his/her head. Patient (not of said lecturer) went to therapist for help with said voices. Patient was otherwise "normal", had traditional job, paid bills, lived independently, etc... But of course had a hard time fitting in while talking to voices.
Therapist suggested patient buy a used cell phone, and talk into phone (without turning it on or calling anyone) whenever the need arose to talk to the voices. It worked well, since of course society generally considers it normal to talk into cell phones.
Except the patient was also using it on the subway, where signals are apparently very hard to get. Other passengers asked the patient what service he/she was using that had usable signal down there.
we've tried to ban them in courtrooms and civic buildings as well as on public buses. I keep wondering why someone talking on a cell-phone bothers us so much?
Its nothing to do with the cell phone. Many people simply enjoy the sound of their own voice so much that, as soon as they get into a conversation they lose all awareness of their surroundings, including any regard for people trying to (a) serve them or tell them something important (b) get some coffee from the jug they've been standing in front of holding an empty cup and nattering for 10 minutes, (c) walk through the narrow doorway that they've chosen for their debating chamber or (d) who just want to hea
In the UK, some train companies purport to have "quiet" carriages with no phones allowed. That would be fine if there was choice involved, i.e. the trains weren't routinely so overcrowded that you grab the first seat you can find and are thankful. It would also be more understandable if they turned off the fricking tannoy in the "quiet" carriages or (as happens in more train-oriented countries in Europe) restricted themselves to announcing the name of the next station without turning it into a 2 minute monologue (no, really, I was planning to leave my belongings on the train and then fall down the gap between the train and the platform...)
...and the rest, it's almost as bad as flying, and even more unnecessary. "I'd like to welcome the passengers who've joined us at Bedford to this East Midlands Trains service to Sheffield, calling at Wellingborough, Kettering, Market Harborough, Leicester, Loughborough, Derby, Nottingham and Sheffield, and due to arrive in Sheffield at twenty-one thirty-six. First class accommodation is towards the rear of the train in coaches A, B and C, and standard class accommodation is in the front of the train in coac
You're right!
While you're at it, the last time I visited the US I was mildly frustrated at having to wait for a taxi, I was a bit annoyed that the local Starbucks served their coffee slightly on the cool side and I wasn't too amused by some people not holding the door open for me when I was only a few feet behind them.
Cor blimey, there's some laws needed there! Let's call them FAST TAXIS, HOT COFFEE and OPEN DOORS! Then the world will stand up and listen!!
...its a decision to be taken by the individual airlines based on feedback from their customers, not something they should be bound to enforce.
Remember when no one cared about smoking bans? Yeah, that was just the tip of the iceburg.
It gets worse from here on out. Pretty soon you won't be able to grab some in-and-out before your flight, either. Ohshi~ [latimes.com]
Freedom of speech. Freedom of association. Fucking hell.
Polls show the public overwhelmingly doesn't want to be subjected to people talking on their cell phones on increasingly over-packed airplanes.
It's not the government's job to protect people from mild annoyances. If it's really true that the public "overwhelmingly" dislikes this, then that's a market the airlines can capitalise on. The market should solve this, and if it doesn't, tough.
What next? The government monitoring the Internet and fining anybody who says LOL U WAT? 'Cause, you know, that irritates me, and apparently I have the right not to be irritated. Next up: passing the Freedom from Arm Rest Theft act.
I've pretty much got to the point where apart from international flights I prefer to take the train.
Ok its slower, but its less crowded, much more comfortable, and the prices compare favourably.
Maybe I'm just getting old, but the days when I'm willing to be hassled at an airport and crammed in like sardines on an overpriced flight just to get somewhere faster are long since gone. I want a decent seat, a bar I can walk along to, hot food that I don't have to eat from a tiny tray on my lap, and leg room.
This is the wrong way of going about it. Outlawing cell phones may hurt SMS and email, but it won't outlaw IP telephony or boisterous conversations. Inconsiderate behavior can't be banned by banning a technology. If you don't want people to talk loudly in airplanes, then that's what you need to regulate.
I think air planes should have quiet sections, sections where no noisy phones, noisy babies, or conversations are permitted. If you make noise in the quiet section, it's no different than any other viola
(1) IN GENERAL- An individual may not engage in voice communications using a mobile communications device in an aircraft during a flight in scheduled passenger interstate air transportation or scheduled passenger intrastate air transportation.
`(A) INCLUSIONS- The term `voice communications using a mobile communications device' includes voice communications using--
`(i) a commercial mobile radio service or other wireless communications device;
`(ii) a broadband wireless device or other wireless device that transmits data packets using the Internet Protocol or comparable technical standard; or
`(iii) a device having voice override capability.
`(B) EXCLUSION- Such term does not include voice communications using a phone installed on an aircraft.
Looks like no VoIP, folks. However, the wording of this bill leads me to believe that airlines will soon push in-flight calling through the airplane phones.
(B) EXCLUSION- Such term does not include voice communications using a phone installed on an aircraft.
Nice loophole... just put on your bluetooth earpiece for the call and hold the airplane phone handset to your head for looks.
I smell a lobbyist... Sounds like this bill is really designed to protect the airlines' phone service, by keeping it the exclusive air-land communication medium in-flight?
but me calling my loved ones isnt?
The proposed law proposed still allows talking on a phone installed on an aircraft.
You can be loud and obnoxious on the phone in the air all you want as long as your willing to pay $6 a minute!
Cash-strapped airlines could end up charging some passengers to use their phones while charging others to sit in a phone-free section of the plane
BZZT! wrong! How about you only charge passengers to use phones and seat THEM in an appropriately equipped area? Don't make this shit opt-out.
Or naaah, they can just start charging extra now for passengers to not get hit by stewards/stewardesses with fly-swatters. Or maybe for a tiny extra fee, you could be seated in an area where they don't randomly throw pass
However I'm not at all opposed to vigilantes addressing the issue on their own.
Some airlines (Singapore Airlines and Emirates) already have in flight phone services in every seat. You swipe your credit card and get billed $6US/minute or something equally outrageous. I haven't travelled internationally in a while, but when it is available the phone is intergrated into the remote for the passengers IFE screen.
If they charge that much, we can assume they will do the same for in flight mobile phone use (or even more; the equipment needs to be paid somehow). OK, they'll probably charge a
Why the hell do we need federal legislation to stop people talking on cell phones on planes? Why? There is absolutely NO reason for any federal legislator to be spending any time even THINKING about such farcical laws.
State legislators could go crazy with it, but it barely affects them.
Airlines need to take a stand here and tell the federal government that they can govern themselves.
I don't like to speak of slippery slopes, but what's next? Congress declaring that no one can use laptops on a plane? that no
I have refused to fly for several years due to increasing security regulations (the last time I was on a plane was in 1999). This is just more of the same.
I don't want to take the chance my employer will try to make me fly somewhere. Is there somewhere I can apply to have myself irrevocably added to the no-fly list?
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Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Pickoff Moves
Stirring Up The Animals: Angels R Better 'N Dodgers, No, The Angels Suck, Etc.I pass along this Paul Oberjuerge piece published over the weekend because it represents a sort of fan-baiting that's been going on ever since 2002:
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim own this market now.One of the fundamental tenets of this blog is that predictions of Angels ascendancy, and reflexively, of the Dodgers' imminent demise are, at root, hogwash, nothing more than stuff to sell newspapers. Turning the town Angel red would take a lot more managerial incompetence in the Dodger front office, maybe a couple more decades of no appearances in the postseason. The real battle is for the casual fan, those marginal seats not filled by season ticket holders. Neither team seems to have a problem with attendance; the Dodgers made it in to last year's postseason on the Wild Card, and I don't remember Arte Moreno getting thusly taunted, though that could be just my defective memory; there's always somebody. I will agree with Oberjuerge on this much: if the Dodgers' measure of success is getting to the postseason and winning once there, they could sure use a refresher.
They are the guys who know what it takes to win and have the track record to prove it.
They are the team the Dodgers — their "betters" for, oh, so long — should study. Should try to learn from. Should attempt to emulate.
The team the Dodgers should bow down before as smarter, gutsier and classier than they are.
The Angels clinched the American League West championship on Sunday, the same day the Dodgers ended the seven-game belly flop of a losing streak that buried them over in the National League West.
That's three outright division titles in four years for the Angels, or two more than the Dodgers have managed in 12 seasons.
That's four 92-victory seasons in six years for the Angels, or two more than the Dodgers have achieved since 1991.
And don't forget the Angels' 2002 World Series championship, something the Dodgers haven't won (or even competed for) since 1988.
Matt Welch On Dodger Front Office Foot-ShootingWell, when Matt Welch makes kissy noises like this (this very blog, "fine"?), it's hard to resist.
The layman's notion of public relations is often akin to applying positive "spin" on a negative fact, or "putting lipstick on a pig." But the better PR professionals I've known take a different tack -- getting the correct story out (in as advantageous a way as possible, sure), and if the reality isn't good to begin with, work hard at changing that reality first.Matt, of course, has had his issues with the McCourts, as have I. The Dodgers want to be an interesting team, but they just don't know how, and seemingly aren't interested in learning.
The reality about the McCourt Dodgers is that -- unlike the playoff team down the 5 -- they have no organizational cohesion, no comprehendible storyline that the players, coaches and flacks all understand in their marrow. It's a team that goes through third basemen like potato chips, that can't figure out if it's young or it's old, that sends conflicting signals to its fans and employees almost every day.
Nothing's Shocking: Rangers 8, Angels 7Another crappy road outing (at Texas, especially) by Ervin Santana, bats that couldn't compensate, and so what. Just another road loss with Mike realigning his rotation for the postseason.
Elsewhere: Cleveland (92-63) had the day off, as did Boston (92-64), putting the Angels one game back of Cleveland in the loss column. The Yankees lost to Toronto 4-1, pushing them two games back of the Sox, and postponing the twin eliminations of Detroit and, yes, Seattle from the Wild Card.
National League RacesIt was a quiet night in baseball, as most teams had a travel day. However, all three scheduled games in the National League had significance to the postseason, as the Nationals humiliated the Mets 13-4 in the NL East, slicing their division lead to two games. In the NL Central, Milwaukee crushed a depleted St. Louis squad 13-5 in the NL Central, keeping the Cubs' magic number held at four. Barry Zito led the Giants past the reeling Padres 9-4; the Pads have lost four straight, with no help last night from a shaky Chris Young. Short-handed (they're missing Milton Bradley and Mike Cameron), their chances are fading fast. The Pads remain three back of the Diamondbacks in the division, with an elimination number of four; in the Wild Card, the loss allowed Philadelphia to catch up with them. Since the September 1, 2005, according to Mike Carminati, the Phils have been in first place for a postseason slot only ten days, and all of them discrete (i.e., as soon as they gained the lead they lost it the next day).
Abreu OutTony Abreu strained his right hip Sunday and will be undergoing an MRI.
Thank You, David WellsFor saying the obvious:
"Some of the guys that you see around that are young are a little cocky," said pitcher David Wells, at 44 the oldest Dodger, yet one of the few who has moved comfortably between both sides in a split clubhouse. "But you know what? They're going to get humbled. And when they do, they'll switch their attitude. It's not my place and time to tell people how to act. But I pay attention.
"And if I feel the need maybe I'll say, 'Hey, maybe you want to try this approach.' Because I was told that."
Stephen Smith At Arizona Instructional LeagueStephen Smith has a series of posts up about Arizona Instructional League ball, where Dallas McPherson recently homered (Windows Media video). The video of McPherson is like watching a silent movie, almost ghostly: there's nobody in the stands, and you can hear the umpires spit.
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Gold closed higher for a fourth day in a row Thursday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke indicated that the Fed would continue its easy-money policies for some time.
The August contract for gold rose $32.50, or 2.6 percent, to $1,279.90 an ounce. Gold has risen 5.5 percent this week.
Gold bulls welcomed remarks from Bernanke late Wednesday indicating that the Fed was not about to pull back on its support for the U.S. economy any time soon. The Fed's policies of keeping interest rates low and buying bonds have supported gold prices because they could increase the risk of inflation and a weaker dollar, increasing gold's appeal as an alternate store of value.
September silver rose 79.1 cents, or 4.1 percent, to $19.956 an ounce.
Copper for September delivery rose 8.65 cents, or 2.8 percent, to $3.1775 a pound. October platinum rose $39.50, or 2.9 percent, to $1,407.60 an ounce. September palladium edged up $4.40, less than 1 percent, to $718.20 an ounce.
Energy prices closed mostly lower. U.S. benchmark crude fell $1.61 to close at $104.91 a barrel.
In other energy trading, wholesale gasoline rose 1 cent to settle at $3.02 a gallon, natural gas fell 7 cents to settle at $3.61 per 1,000 cubic feet. Heating was little changed at $3.00 a gallon.
Crop prices rose.
Wheat for September delivery rose 4 cents to $6.83 a bushel, December corn rose 5.5 cents to $5.27 a bushel and November soybeans rose 6 cents to $12.9075 a bushel.


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Riverbend Park, Palisade, Colorado
This year Palisade is celebrating it's 5th year of hosting the Palisade Bluegrass and Roots Festival in Riverbend Park with headliners Justin Townes Earle, The Devil Makes Three, Joy Kills Sorrow, Pokey LaFArge and Paper Bird. Set among the stately cottonwoods along the banks of the Colorado River, and situated against the backdrop of Mt. Garfield, the Bookcliffs and the Grand Mesa, the Festival's outdoor setting is second to none. PB&R is bringing some of the best traditional and contemporary Americana musicians to the Grand Valley over the three-day Festival. The Festival will also feature yoga, music workshops, jam sessions, local wines, craft beers, hand-mixed drinks, delicious foods, artisinal goods, a kid's activity tent, and guided hikes and bike rides to natural, cultural and archaeological sites. Palisade is known as the Peach and Wine Capital of Colorado with the state's greatest concentration of wineries, vineyards and orchards making it an ideal location for a weekend music festival and getaway.


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...The most basic lesson we learn first in my visual design class is that slides are not documents. In order to create slides that use the Keynote or PowerPoint medium as it was intended to be used – for a visual purpose – we must set up our slides for success.
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|Hybrid SACDs Can Be Ripped From CD Layer
|Friday, 04 April 2003
compatibility of the new audio formats has been a highly sought-after
feature in the ongoing new audio format war. DVD-Audio discs are
backwards compatible via the default tracks, which can be Dolby
Digital, DTS Surround, or something like DTS 24-96 stereo tracks. Pure
DSD SACDs are not very compatible with anything other than dedicated
SACD players, but the increasingly popular hybrid SACDs (for example,
Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon and the Rolling Stones SACDs) have
an actual Red Book CD layer that makes the hybrid SACD actually play
back on hundreds of millions of compact disc players located in music
systems, home theaters, Walkmen, car audio systems and beyond. This has
resulted in a good first week for Dark Side on SACD, which consultants
for Sony say sold over 20,000 copies in its first week. Some reports
have the numerous Rolling Stone SACD hybrid titles selling over
1,000,000 copies total. In comparison, some of the better DVD-Audio
titles like Metallica's self-titled DVD-A and Queen's A Night at the
Opera have sold more in the neighborhood of 20,000 units each. The
DVD-Audio sales numbers might be a little on the light side because, up
until recently, Soundscan didn't have a good way to track DVD-Audio
sales. Moreover, Soundscan doesn't yet track sales of SACD and
DVD-Audio titles on the Internet, which is unquestionably the best way
to buy either SACDs or DVD-Audio discs. Brick and mortar retailers just
don't stock many of the new discs yet.
The backwards compatibility of the hybrid SACD proves to be a
double-edged sword, as it is the backwards compatibility of the hybrid
SACD that allows these mainstream discs to sell well, but being 100
percent compatible with CD players means that someone with a PC or a
Mac can quickly take an SACD, rip the tracks to MP3 and begin sharing
them with thousands of people on peer to peer networks. The legality of
this practice doesn't seem to scare many end users who still use
systems like Kazaa, Morpheus and Limewire every day.
Those who should be scared by this prospect are the record labels, who know that they have a big problem with the CDs they sell being easily rippable. However, with record sales tanking for a second straight year, compromises have been made. In comparison to a hybrid SACD, a non-hybrid SACD is quite hard to rip off for the average consumer, even someone with a fancy computer at home or at work, because mainstream computers don't read DSD as well (if at all) as they do PCM. At the same time, pure DSD SACD discs have an exponentially smaller appeal with the record-buying public, compared to hybrid SACDs.
DVD-Audio discs aren't infallible in terms of copy protection, but they are better than a hybrid SACD which, sources inside the music and electronics industry say, are no harder to rip off than a traditional CD. A DVD-Audio disc cannot simply be dropped into the DVD drawer of a computer and copied without special software. For mainstream consumers, who still struggle to program the clock on their VCRs, this is enough of a technological hurdle to prevent them from copying prerecorded music and giving it away on the Internet. Converting MLP or default surround modes to MP3 is yet another hurdle that is hard for the non-hacker or recording engineer to overcome. Nevertheless, hackers can (and will) figure out any digital encryption if they so desire.
What concerns music customers is the idea of the return of copy protection on store-bought CDs or the CD layer of an SACD. More than a year ago, labels tried everything they could to get CDs copy-protected, with cataclysmic results. PCs and Macs choked on the copy-protected discs, as did many CD and DVD players already installed in the marketplace. Consumers rightfully flipped out, returning CDs to stores because they didn't play. Labels learned quickly, but will that keep them from trying to encrypt the hybrid layer of SACDs? Only time will tell.
The whole issue of copy protection causes one to wonder about Universal Music Group's motives behind their recent announcement about their participation in the DVD-Audio format with 20 pending titles, after their early and continued support of SACD. Executives at UMG have told AudioRevolution.com that copy protection is one of their highest concerns with any new format. DVD-Audio, while backwards-compatible to all 50,000,000 plus DVD-Video players and 1,000,000 DVD-Audio players in the market, still doesn't reach every customer in the market, including people who listen to prerecorded music in the car. Increasingly, DVD players are the equipment that people like to use for listening to music. Could it be that UMG's real goal is to test for market response to music on DVD that is harder, but not impossible, to rip off?
One thing is for sure – if there is one thing the labels will get with any new format for selling prerecorded music, it is copy protection. Whether real or perceived (or both), labels blame illegal downloads of music as the cause of their sales problems and they are hell-bent on finding a solution.


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How would I be able to do this?
When I click on a button, it would send some text, say, "Check this out!!" to my Facebook and Twitter account.
I checked the web and and this forum but can't find anything on it.
Can someone give me some advice on where to look or how to do it.
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|« Time to Get Serious
|Daily Routines taking shape »
Ten Years!
My ten year anniversary with BTD knowledge is coming up! I often get frustrated with my slips and falling off the wagon, and my scale's recent stubbornness (although it does say I've lost 4% body fat!)
Yet, when I consider what things would have been like over the last ten years if I hadn't picked up that book, I shudder. So I need to pat myself on the back and toast with sparkling water to:
Ten years without chronic back and joint pain, and avoiding Vioxx and dangerous prescription anti-inflammatories.
Ten years without major depression or antidepressants.
Ten years without panic attacks (except one after a restaurant gave me somebody else's plate then swore it was my gluten free food)
Ten years without 70 pounds, and without phen-fen and other dangerous methods of weight loss (35 pounds lost twice, only regained through pregnancies)
Ten years with the addition of two great children!
Ten years with energy to raise those two great children.
Ten years without bladder infections (despite two pregnancies)
Ten years without wheat! (except unintentionally)
Ten years of really LIVING! No, I don't regret, and never will regret, not eating the foods I chose not to eat for health reasons, but I would regret being sick like I was before the ten years.
Ten years of being able to get by with just 7-9 hours of sleep, not 10-14 like I needed previously.
Ten years of being healthy enough to choose every blessing and consequence I've received, ten years of not being a victim of my own ignorance.
Ten years of being able to be as active and as spiritual as I've chosen to be.
My ten years have been fantastic, not perfect (mainly because my compliance hasn't been perfect), but way better than I imagined when things were so bad more than 10 years ago. I love my life, I love that I've been able to have two wonderful boys, I love my family, and I love beneficial foods!
Here's to kicking it up a notch in the next ten years! Write that book, get that black belt, continue doing all the things I know I can and should. Serve others more, share myself more.


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Playa Flamingo truly exemplifies the beauty of Costa Rica while offering the convenience one expects from a high end Vacation Destination. As Costa Rica pacific coast's whitest and finest sand beaches with a marina, entertainment, hotels, dining and shopping in walking distance has given Flamingo its long-standing reputation for luxury living while enjoying this natural paradise like setting.
This beach has for the longest time been considered the epicenter of beach tourism for the North west Pacific Coast of Costa Rica. Due to a law suit with the majority land owner kept this area out of development pathway for over 20 years. With the lawsuit finally settled this area has started booming again in a more sophisticated fashion. Flamingo is a beach community that has kept its exclusive standing as most of the rapid less well planned developments have gone to the Papagayo region to the north and Tamarindo to the south. Flamingo has everything you require from a city without any of the negative aspects associated from an urban setting.
This area is known for high end and exclusive villas. The nearby Reserva - Playa Conchal, being Costa Rica's largest and most well known all inclusive resorts. With a wide arrange of sit down restaurants, Trent Jones 18 hole golf course all on site makes this a one stop vacation destination popular for families traveling with children. Due to Playa Conchal being a beach with a calm sea swimming here is ideal for all swimmers experienced or not.
Playa Flamingo's Beach Resort is the only beach front hotel in Flamingo. Many rooms have ocean views. The Resort offers dining, but one within walking distance can reach other great Flamingo restaurants such as top rated, CocoLoco right on the beach, Marysol restaurant and cocktail sunset lounge and American cuisine places like Maries, Mariner, the local Pizzeria, the Monkey Bar or Pleamar across the Bay. The resort has its own casino, but Amberes is the nightlife hot spot in this beach community especially for later evening hours. No matter what you feel iike Flamingo has something that fits every preference. From Activities by sea and land to leisure and adventure this area offers it all.
The estuary laying behind the postcard worthy Beach makes this beach a truly relaxing beach experience. The marina being only minutes walking distance offers everyone what pleases one's heart. Shopping is available in the Plaza. A bank, pharmacy and beauty salon is also within a catwalk.
This area as a lot of hiding spots; the many caves along the coastline and islands along this amazing part of Costa Ria is said to have been used centuries ago by pirates to hide their treasures. A boat ride along this amazing coastline won't disappoint even the most advanced travelers. For more information on Activities just click here.
Cristal blue waters and secluded beaches within walking distance to banks, the local pharmacy, beauty salon, coffee shop, souvenir shops, rent a car agencies, restaurants, shopping, entertainment with activity, tour and transportation all readily available. With the marina within 2 minutes walking from the beach no ones vacation dream is left untouched.
Its stunning natural beauty and central location, Flamingo Beach has become in just a few years in a renowned area for its structured growth and, for this reason, is ranked as one of the best destinations among the entire Gold Coast of Costa Rica. Situated in the province of Guanacaste and only 50 minutes away by car from the Liberia international Airport or 4 ½ hours from the capital city of San José, Flamingo has been developed by its residents into a modern community with an ever increasing number of activities, services, travel options and accommodations.
A paradisiacal selection of activities is available to you, scuba diving, sailing, snorkeling, horse back riding, national park tours and sea turtle watching e the most sought after activities. The waters off Flamingo offer as well some of the best deep-sea fishing in the world for marlin, sailfish, snapper, tuna, and dozens of other species. Sport fishing and other water activities are supported by a marina strategically located on the south end of Potrero Beach and on the northridge of Flamingo


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STOCKTON - "Who am I to judge?"
STOCKTON - "Who am I to judge?"
With those five words, Pope Francis has launched what Vatican insiders are already calling a Catholic revolution toward greater compassion and mercy.
"Overall, he is trying to live up to his namesake. He is being called the people's pope, and that seems to be fitting," said George Randels, a professor of religious studies at University of the Pacific. "He is certainly more pastoral in his approach and wants to be more closely connected with people."
Four months into his papacy, Francis has the world's attention.
He is focusing on global poverty, has called for a stronger role for women and then, speaking informally last weekend, responded to a question about a trusted monsignor's reported affair with a gay lover.
He answered with a question of his own: "Who am I to judge?"
Reaction inside and outside the church has hardly simmered down.
"He is acknowledging with those five words that a person is gay by birth, not by choice," said Elena Kelly, a founder of the San Joaquin Pride Center and a former Catholic. "Pope Benedict would have said it is a lifestyle choice, but Francis is acknowledging who we are."
Not everyone is thrilled. Traditionalists under Pope Benedict XVI have opposed modernization of the Vatican bureaucracy and have held tightly to vestiges of the old Latin Mass.
Stockton resident Joan Swenson isn't clinging to the past.
"I love him because he's got a fresh approach," she said moments before Thursday morning's Mass at Church of the Presentation. "He is addressing things that have been ignored."
Swenson, retired at 79, is a volunteer at Dameron Hospital. "He is following in the footsteps of St. Francis very well," she said.
Assemblywoman Susan Eggman, D-Stockton, openly gay, attends Cathedral of the Annunciation. She has been encouraged.
"What he said is part of his overall being," she said. "It's about loving people and being of service. That sort of sums up Christianity. Love one another. There is no greater calling."
Annunciation's pastor, the Rev. John Armistead, has been fascinated by the new pontiff's openness to dialogue.
"I saw a picture on the front page of The New York Times, and I was impressed with the pope listening to the reporters," Armistead said. "He was really listening, and he looked like a regular guy, although he was dressed up in that funny white outfit. He had the appearance of authenticity. And he wasn't talking. He was listening to the reporter.
"That's it. He's a teacher who listens first. I was really impressed with his trust of people, even reporters."
Randels, who has been with Pacific since 1996, sees a definite shift in "who will be welcome as a priest, who will be welcome in the church."
Prior to Benedict, the church had no definite prohibition against a homosexual priest "as long as he was celibate," Randels said.
The professor said, "If Benedict was the Ivory Tower, Francis wants to rub elbows with the average person."
Beverley Limbaugh, an 84-year-old retired Bank of Stockton employee, has a daily encounter with Pope Francis inside her home.
"I have a picture of him waving," she said. "I have to wave back whenever I walk by it. He is beaming. He is precious and full of the Holy Spirit."
The pope's personal humility and concern for the poor came through clearly during last month's trip to Rio de Janeiro, where, riding in a simple Fiat sedan, he got lost in the slums - and seemed to enjoy it.
On Sunday, he held one of the largest Masses in history when 3 million people jammed Rio's Copacabana beach.
On the flight home from Brazil, he held a captivating news conference where he said the Catholic Church needs to re-examine the role of women, saying they deserved increasing leadership opportunities.
And then there were his comments on the sexual orientation of priests.
In the aftermath, the Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, wrote about the changes Francis has brought so quickly. For the first time in its 150-year history, the newspaper used the word "gay."
Francis, speaking in Italian during his in-flight news conference, also used the English word "gay."
"I think it is an excellent beginning," said Kelly, who is the spiritual counselor at the Pride Center. "It's a crack in the armor of the Vatican.
"The ultimate point he made is, who are we to judge others? Every pope prior to him has had no problem at all judging."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Contact reporter Kevin Parrish at (209) 546-8264 or email@example.com.


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On Thursday, some 10,338 students are expected to fill the classrooms throughout Bedford County's public schools. The 2013-2014 school year is officially underway.
Meeting those students will be 99 new teachers to BCPS, including 55 first-year teachers.
"I'm excited for a new school year," stated School Superintendent Dr. Douglas Schuch last week.
Like it or not, change is coming.
A number of area youth spent the past week learning the arts at Bower Center's Youth Art Camp.
Julie Austin-Witcher, Mrs. Virginia, has a heart for art.
A Huddleston native and Staunton River High School graduate, Austin-Witcher earned her bachelor's degree in theater at Lynchburg College and serves on the board of directors for Little Town Players (LTP). She played the office drunk in LTP's recent production of 9 to 5, a musical.
"My bit was very comical," she said.
Despite a request from a parent and a board member, the Bedford County School Board decided Thursday not to allow six students who had been denied a zone transfer request to Thaxton Elementary to attend that school anyway.
The new middle school in the Liberty Zone will be located either behind the current Liberty High School or on property donated to the county off U.S. 460 near the Bedford Area Family YMCA.
Construction of the new school is expected to cost between $34 million to $40 million, if built for 800 students; less than that if the size of the school is smaller.
By Tom Wilmoth
and Staff Reports
Now there is only one.
After having co-presidents for eight months, the National D-Day Foundation now has a sole president; April Cheek-Messier was offered the post and has accepted it.
Cheek-Messier, the daughter of District 3 Supervisor Roger Cheek, is a Bedford County native and a 1990 Staunton River High School graduate. Her father was in Staunton River's first graduating class and her mother, Sheron Allen Cheek, was in Liberty High School's first graduating class.
The National D-Day Memorial gave area youth a hands-on learning experience about World War II last week. One event was a scavenger hunt that revolved around code breaking.
Bright and early Monday morning—even as the City of Bedford sign at the Municipal Building was being taken down, replaced with its new Town of Bedford upgrade—Mickey VanDerwerker was hard at work teaching theater to a group of area youth at Liberty High School.
VanDerwerker has spent the past 16 years serving as the city's representative on the Bedford County School Board.
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Marti Wood's goals for Morrison include reviewing and putting a cap on the city's spending; researching projects before they become a burden on taxpayers; taking care of community necessities first – streets, water and sewer; and being responsible in budgeting our income.
Marti Wood as an alderwoman has been the person to question a lot of things happening with the city government. She has written several informative newspaper articles about the city happenings.
The city of Morrison needs to work for the people, by the people, through the mayor and aldermen. We, the people of Morrison, need a special person like Marti Wood who has no personal connections with special interest groups to be the mayor of Morrison.
If you believe in a change in the way city government has operated the last couple of years, Marti is the person we need as our mayor. Please vote for Marti Wood.


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I have a webpage that shows a table (actually an asp.net gridview with several rows in different colors). I had the idea of putting an EMAIL button on the page, which would open the user's email program, and put the gridview into it. That way, the user could email what he sees to someone else who doesn't want to be bothered with visiting the website. So I did this:
function tryToEmail() {
location.href = "mailto:email@example.com?subject='Here are comments I made on a video'&body='Here is a video that I commented on: '" + document.getElementById('easytoselect').innerHTML;
return true;
the gridview has an ID, but I didn't know to get at it with javascript, so I just put an enclosing table around the gridview, and the TD that contains the gridview has an ID of 'easytoselect'.
The problem is that when the email program opens, the page is not shown as it appears, instead you see html tags in the body of the email.
Is there a way around this? I could have javascript select the contents of the TD, but I don't think I could get it to paste into
the body of the email program.
the mailto: protocol only support plain email, not html email.
in fact, there is no such official thing as HTML email.
lots of mail readers support HTML (outlook, eudora, etc), but again, there is no spec that defines such activity.


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Anatomical Record
Beginning in 1998, includes an additional vol. published as a section of the journal, with title: The new anatomist. Issues for 1906-2002 include the proceedings and abstracts of papers of the American Association of Anatomists (formerly the Association of American Anatomists)
The Anatomical Record is an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists whose purpose is to rapidly publish new discoveries in the morphological aspects of molecular, cellular, systems, and evolutionary biology. Emphasis will focus upon major new findings in the anatomical consequences of gene disruption, activation, or over expression upon cell, tissue, or organ architecture. The journal recognizes the importance of descriptive studies in contemporary research, particularly when framed in the context of experimental models or questions. An important priority will be those discoveries and new advances made through the use of imaging modalities that range from those that image real-time signalling processes to ones that image protein or gene expression in individual cells, tissues, or whole organisms.
Holdings: Vol. 1, no. 1 (Nov. 1906)-v. 243, no. 4 (Dec. 1995)
Related titles: Split into: Anatomical record. Part A, Discoveries in molecular, cellular, and evolutionary biology & Anatomical record. Part B, New anatomist
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In the last year I've slowly gone from listening to 90% metal to at least 60% classical. The power and mastery of the greats can't be denied.For beginners I would suggest what I did myself, which is listen to the 5th, 9th and piano sonatas by Beethoven, in my opinion the greatest musical works of all time. Maybe I'm biased because I play piano and play nothing but Beethoven piano sonatas lately but anyone with any kind of appreciation for music will dig Beethoven. I stress him because in his 32 sonatas the enjoyment and new interpretations are endless on each listen or playing. (sonatas to check out first are generally any of the named ones, particularily numbers "14 - moonlight" "17 - the tempest" "23 - appasionata" "8 - pathetique"I agree that the Planets, Peer Gynt Suites and the Four Seasons are great places to start on the classical path, however, no one has mention Chopin.. (maybe because there seems to be more of a symphonic focus than Piano at ANUS) and he is definitely one of the greatest romantic composers. A beginner would likely most enjoy his Nocturnes and Etudes (check out the 4th first).
Actually...Why bother with Prokofiev? I found him empty, along with many of the other classical pieces suggested.
so i think im going to have to try before i buy, via the audiofile forum.
I wish I had Beethoven's piano sonatas. Is there a possibility that you could upload them?
i have been delving into classical music. i have found that it shares many characteristics with metal, and its wonderful music to relax to.
One shouldn't look to classical to find metallic aspects; one needs to look to metal to find classical elements. Classical was before Metal, and it is the basis of all music. It is great of you to undertake the task of listening to this eternal music as it will awaken you from the limits of contemporary listening. Now for my recommendations:Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Handel are all essentials. Contrapuntal stuff is vital. You may also want to hear some Scarlatti, Vivaldi, and Purcell; as long as you have an ear for 17th and 18th century music.After that, move to the romantics starting with Weber, Lizst, Chopin, Schumman, Brahms, Wagner.A bit of advice when listening to Bruckner; first listen to the First Symphony then move on. His music is very difficult to digest.Also, advice for listening to Mahler: listen to his first Four Symphonies or the Wunderhorn series. These set the basis for his composition style. Of course, I'm not saying avoid all of the other pieces, but for starters...And get a book on Music Appreciation. Get a bit of perspective first.
Sergei ProkofievI often introduce metal fans to classical music with Prokofiev's powerful compositions. The way he blends his restless Russian chorals into heroical melodies is breathtaking. I remember I uploaded some not so long ago...Surprisingly no one mentioned Carl Orff, perhaps his Carmina Burana is too well known but still... Haven't seen Gustav Mahler either, his fifth has pretty much everything you can expect out of a symphony.Yet, my favorite pieces (from the moment I heard them) are both featured in my last upload. Great pianist as well.Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto #1/Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto #2


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Megafund companies can seem pretty indistinguishable from one another, but a report from fund-data tracker Morningstar reveals that not all fund companies are created equally. There's a significant difference between fund companies in terms of how their funds perform over the long term, how long their managers stick around, how much their managers have invested in their funds and how well they carry out their stewardship.
When evaluating funds, it's easy to focus on individual funds rather than the company that sponsors them. Although this makes sense, it's also a good idea to evaluate the company behind the fund. Studying the fund company can tell you a lot not only about the fund itself, but also about how long the manager's likely to stay, how you're likely to be treated as a shareholder and how your fund performs in the long run.
The mutual fund business is a very profitable one, and despite changes in some of the rules governing mutual funds, the deck's still stacked in favor of the fund companies rather than the shareholders.
That's why when you're investing your hard-earned money to fund your retirement, your child's college education or some other important goal, you want a fund company that's going to treat you right.
These statistics are heavily weighted toward manager-related metrics. That's because, especially for actively managed funds, the manager (or managers) is a key figure. Management-related metrics are also relatively easy to measure. At actively managed funds, the manager makes decisions about buying and selling securities. That's in contrast to the passive investment strategy employed at index funds, for which the fund holds the securities that make up a particular market index.
The following are five ways you can evaluate your fund company and why they're important:
As a shareholder, you're likely invested in only one or, at most, a few funds with a particular fund company. So what difference does it make how the fund company as a whole ranks in terms of returns? It matters because it says something about the quality of fund management and how funds hold up during the long term.
To get a sense of how a fund company's returns stack up, Morningstar examined the asset-weighted returns of the 30 largest fund companies. This method of measuring returns averages out a fund's asset size so that funds with more assets can be compared with funds with fewer assets. In Morningstar's analysis, PIMCO, Harbor Funds, MFS, Janus and T. Rowe Price were the top five in terms of three-year asset-weighted returns.
Although it's better to judge a fund by a longer-term return than three years — five and 10 years make the most sense — Morningstar's director of mutual fund research, Russel Kinnel, chose the three-year option to get a sense of how the funds in a company's current lineup stacked up against each other. In this case, the past three years span the market downturn of 2008 and the rebound during the past year, so it's a worthwhile way to compare fund companies.
Manager Tenure
When you're buying shares in an individual mutual fund, you want an experienced manager who has exhibited a good track record. If a fund company has a good history of management staying put over the long term, there's a better chance that managers at each individual fund will stay longer.
I prefer to invest in a fund with a manager who's been there for at least five years. That way, I can be sure that the manager is responsible for at least the past five years' performance. Although past performance is certainly no guarantee of future returns, I'd rather invest my money with a manager who has established a solid long-term track record than one who hasn't.
The average tenure among managers in the 30 fund companies studied by Morningstar is 5.2 years. But the actual numbers vary widely.
Dodge & Cox, the highest-ranking fund family, has an astounding manager tenure rate of 10.12 years, followed by Franklin Templeton Investments at 10.05. Then there are two fund companies with tenure figures in the eight-year range: American Funds at 8.88 years and GMO at 8.29. After that, tenure rates drop into the neighborhood of six years for T. Rowe Price and MFS.
Five fund companies — Vanguard, Eaton Vance, Wells Fargo Advantage, American Century Investments and Legg Mason/Western — have tenure rates in the five-year range. The remaining 19 fund companies have average tenures of between three and five years.
Manager Retention
Tied closely to manager tenure, this statistic tells you how successful a fund company is in retaining its managers. Obviously, the better a fund company is at retaining managers, the longer they'll stay on the job. When a fund company can retain managers, it lends stability to the company's overall lineup.
The top two fund companies in this category have a manager retention rate of better than 97 percent, which is pretty amazing. American Funds leads at 98.4 percent, followed by Dodge & Cox at 97.2 percent.
Both of these fund families employ a team management approach in which several managers collaborate to oversee an individual fund, versus an individual manager making all the decisions. Of the 30 funds included in the report, only nine had manager retention rates of 90 percent or above. The other 21 had rates between 80 percent and 90 percent, with the lowest-ranking fund family, Goldman Sachs, recording an 81.4 percent retention rate.
Management Investment
When fund managers invest along with their shareholders, they have some skin in the game. They're putting their own money on the line, which means that their personal fortunes, to a degree, rise and fall with the value of the fund they're managing.
So the average amount that a manager at a fund company invests in his or her own fund, or in the other funds operated by the company, is important. And it's no accident that the same fund companies that have high manager tenure and retention rates have the largest average manager investment amounts.
Dodge & Cox wins the prize here, with an average manager investment of $860,000, significantly more than the second-place company, American Funds, with an average manager investment of $582,051. Third is Janus Funds, with an average manager investment of $517,857.
After that, the numbers drop off pretty steeply:
T. Rowe Price, which is No. 4, has an average manager investment of $219,948 and No. 5 MFS has an average of $202,698. The other 25 fund companies have average manager investments of less than $200,000, with ING Funds last at $13,633.
Morningstar grades funds on stewardship, which is made up of several metrics, including:
• Fees: Although an individual fund's fees are more important than the fund family's fees collectively, how a fund family manages fees overall is important. Some fund families have a reputation for higher fees and a history of increasing fees; others keep their fees low and don't add unnecessary ones such as 12b-1 marketing and distribution fees.
• Board quality: Morningstar favors boards that are composed of 75 percent independent directors — those not affiliated with the fund company — and who have meaningful investments in the funds they oversee.
• Regulatory issues: If a fund company has had a serious recent issue with regulators, you might want to think twice about investing in it. Many fund companies were caught up in the scandal of 2002 and cleaned house as a result. There haven't been any major scandals since, but it's a good idea to keep your eyes open on this issue.
Morningstar grades funds on an A to F scale for each element of stewardship and gives a composite grade. You have to subscribe to gain access to the stewardship grades, but you can get a two-week trial membership for free if you just want to look up a fund family or two.
The Impact of a Parent
When evaluating a fund for potential purchase, the characteristics of the individual fund are more important than the fund company that sponsors it. But by taking a look at the fund's parent company, you can tell a lot about the fund and its chances of thriving in the future.
Freelance writer Amy E. Buttell of Erie, Pa., covers mutual funds for BetterInvesting. She's also the author of the second edition of the association's Mutual Fund Handbook.
You can learn more about these rules in the How to Use the Mutual Fund Informer Guide or in the educational articles included in each issue of the Mutual Fund Informer, a new monthly mutual fund newsletter publication from ICLUBcentral that presents profiles of high-quality mutual funds with superior long-term track records. Get profiles of high-quality mutual funds at lowest subscriber rate plus sample a free issue now.


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The next regular Commission Meeting will be held at 9:30 AM on Thursday, November 3, 2011, in the Louisiana Room at the Wildlife and Fisheries Building, 2000 Quail Drive, Baton Rouge, LA.
The following items will be discussed:
1. Roll Call
2. Approval of Minutes of October 6, 2011
3. Commission Special Announcements/Personal Privilege
4. To present Shikar-Safari Club International Award to Sgt. Randy Lanoux
5. To hear Enforcement & Aviation Reports/October
6. To hear brief overview on Budget Request
7. To announce 2012 Duck Stamp Competition Winner
8. To consider Declaration of Emergency for Atchafalaya Deer Season, Including Changing Primitive Firearms Season on Attakapas Island WMA from Either-Sex to Bucks Only
9. To consider Notice of Intent to Establish a Recreational Offshore Landing Permit
10. To consider Notice of Intent to Establish Reporting Requirements for Recreationally Harvested Yellowfin Tuna
11. Set March 2012 Meeting Date
12. Receive Public Comments
13. Adjournment


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Nov. 7, 2012 03:24 PM
HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Tom Corbett recently announced the following appointments:
Governor's Advisory Commission on Asian American Affairs
Harilal L. Patel, Monroeville
Mine Families First Response and Communications Advisory Council
Christopher S. Anderson, Indiana (reappointment, alternate member)
Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission
Gregory Phillips, Greensburg (reappointment)
Pennsylvania Early Learning Investment Commission
John W. Altmeyer, Mechanicsburg
Steven M. Altschuler, Philadelphia
Darrell W. Auterson, York
Terry R. Bossert, Mechanicsburg
Philip E. Devorris, Altoona
Frank J. Ford, Coopersburg
Tara Hemmer, Feasterville Trevose
Robert George Naugle, New Castle
Dennis A. Noonan, Farmington
John R. Lucot, Pittsburgh
Bryon J. Quinton, Marble
Michael A. Plazony, Wexford
Kenneth Scott Roy, Wexford
Dave J. Spigelmyer, Cranberry Township
John S. Sutika, Grampian
Suzanne Johansson-Cawley, Annville
Media contact: Governor's Press Office, 717-783-1116
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LYNN HAVEN- The latest statistics show roughly 20 percent of the men and women who served in Iraq or Afghanistan will struggle with posttraumatic stress disorder or other mental illness. They left the safety and comfort of life in the U.S. to protect our freedom, but they returned as different people, often suffering from nightmares, flashbacks, and emotional numbness. But there is hope. A Lynn Haven woman is sharing her journey so others realize they don't have to struggle alone.
Jennifer Clark looks like any other happily married, busy, working mom. But finding joy in walks and wagon rides is a major victory after posttraumatic stress disorder left her life unraveling. "I was deployed in Afghanistan in 2008 with a team of army green berets. I was actually located on the most violent firebase in Afghanistan." An Air Force Physicians Assistant stationed at Tyndall at the time, Jennifer was part of a female treatment team, gathering intelligence while providing medical care to Afghan women and children. Many of them ravaged by violence. "I call it the brutalities and realities of war. It was heartbreaking," recalls Jennifer.
After 166 days of treating masses of people, she returned to the U.S., but in the depths of despair. "I would come home and just sit and cry for no reason. Things just really got to me like gunfire, noises, and crowds," explained Jennifer. Then the flashbacks began. "The very first flashback I had from the deployment was the second day I brought my little girl home from the hospital. I was up in the middle of the night and I was trying to feed her and I looked down at her and I didn't see my daughter, I saw a dying baby I had taken care of." That's when Jennifer knew she needed help. She reached out to Tyndall's mental health clinic. "They did exposure therapy and I had to go back and re-live the emotions that were attached to the things that I experienced." It was incredibly difficult, but it helped.
But so many of her comrades suffer silently. "They feel ashamed because they weren't strong enough, at least that is how I felt." Studies show treatment for PTSD is effective, but left untreated it can spiral out of control. For Jennifer it came down to making a choice. "When I was in the deepest, darkest parts of my PTSD something, by the grace of God, came over me and I really realized I could sit here and let this consume me and define me from this point on, or, I could move on.
Today, Jennifer is moving on. She is focused on the future and helping others conquer battles from the past, they're still fighting in their minds. "It's just getting people to realize there is a light at the end of the tunnel. That is where I feel my calling is."
Jennifer felt called to write to a book about her experience to help others struggling with PTSD. It's called "166 Days, My Journey Through the Darkness." She also started a foundation called "Back to Center Wellness." She frequently speaks at military bases and other at events to encourage anyone struggling with trauma.


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A look at two new home buyer assistance programs and resources by the Emerging Markets Homeownership Initiative designed to help Minnesota's "new homesteaders":
Agency: Greater Metropolitan Housing Corp. Goal: Incentive to buy homes in specific Minneapolis neighborhoods that have been affected by foreclosures.
Features: Interest-free loan of $10,000. May be used toward a down payment and/or closing costs, home repairs on a single-family home or duplex. The home must be in an eligible neighborhood and on a block that has a foreclosed property or has a home that is on the city's vacant and boarded buildings list. May be combined with other home-buyer assistance programs.
Who's eligible? Anyone who can qualify for a fixed-rate prime mortgage. No income or purchase price limits. Does not have to be a first-time home buyer. Home Stretch home-buyer education class is required.
Loan repayment: After five years the loan is forgiven at a rate of 20 percent per year based on the home buyer living there as their principal residence. After five years, the homeowner owes nothing and has $10,000 equity in the property.
When available: Accepting applications now. Information: Call the Northwest Housing Resource Center, 612-588-3033, for an application. A map of eligible neighborhoods can be downloaded at www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/cped.
Agency: Minnesota Housing Finance Agency. Goal: "Cash to close" assistance to help low- to moderate-income buyers purchase a home. The agency is especially reaching out to people of color and the immigrant community with TV ads and other marketing.
Features: Interest-free; maximum loan amount is $14,999, based on need. May be applied toward a down payment and/or closing costs and prepaid expenses. The maximum purchase price of a Twin Cities metro-area home is limited to $276,683 ($200,160 elsewhere in Minnesota). Loan recipients are encouraged to buy houses in neighborhoods affected by foreclosures. Rental properties and condos or townhouses built before 1978 are ineligible. Home Stretch home buyer education class is required. HOME HELP replaces the popular ADDI (American Dream Downpayment Initiative) and provides a higher loan amount. Minnesota Housing has $9.2 million in state and federal funds committed to the program for the next two years. It may be layered with other home buyer assistance loans, depending on the funding source.
Who's eligible? First-time home buyers who meet income requirements.
Borrower investment: $1,000.
Loan repayment: The loan is forgiven at 14 percent per year over five years. After that the balance of 30 percent is to be paid upon sale or transfer of property, maturity of the first mortgage or if the home isn't owner-occupied.
When available: June 16. Information: www.mnhousing.gov, click on the HOME HELP link (includes a list of approved lenders) or call 651-296-8215.
What is it? A statewide initiative launched in 2004 that develops programs and resources to help mortgage and real estate professionals and government agencies effectively work with the growing ethnic population.
Goal: To increase the home ownership rate in Minnesota's minority communities and have 40,000 new emerging-market homeowners by 2012. "It's a community investment strategy. People who own homes pay property taxes, maintain their property and make sure their communities stay vital and prosper," said Shawn Huckleby, EMHI director. "It's also a business opportunity for Realtors and lenders."
Home buyer resources: A recently published comprehensive Home ownership Guide can be downloaded at www.emhimn.org. or call 651-203-7254. There will be a Spanish version in mid-June with plans for a Somali version.
Industry education classes: An "At Home With Diversity" class for real estate agents is available, as are statewide training workshops for agents and lenders on mortgage assistance programs in rural areas.
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In a world of dwindling natural resources and mounting environmental crisis, who is devising ways of living that will work for the long haul? And how can we, as individuals, make a difference?
To answer these fundamental questions, Professor Karen Litfin embarked upon a journey to many of the world's ecovillages – intentional communities at the cutting-edge of sustainable living. From rural to urban, high tech to low tech, spiritual to secular, she discovered an under-the-radar global movement making positive and radical changes from the ground up.
Now Professor Litfin is coming to Portland State University to share what she learned during her ecovillage research and share highlights from her newly published book, "Ecovillage: Lessons for Sustainable Community."
When: Friday, January 10, 2014, Noon to 1:30 p.m.
Where: Market Center Building, Room 123 (1600 S.W. Fourth, first floor)
Bring your lunch. This event is free and open to the public.
More about Professor Karen Litfin:
Karen Litfin, Ph.D. is a professor of political science and environmental studies at the University of Washington. She grew up in Pittsburgh and Baltimore, received a B.A. and M.A. from University of Maryland, and then a Ph.D. from UCLA. Karen is a mother, an introspective activist, an avid bicyclist and hiker, and a second-rate gardener. In her research and teaching, Karen takes a "person/planet politics" approach, which entails integrating the intellectual, emotional, practical and contemplative dimensions of sustainability.
Karen's first two books were Ozone Discourses: Science and Politics in Global Environmental Cooperation (Columbia University Press, 1994) and The Greening of Sovereignty in World Politics (MIT Press, 1998).
Please join us Friday, January 10 from 12-1:30 for an informal presentation and Q&A with Karen Litfin.


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The Berkley High School Jazz Ensemble has received the highest honor the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association can award to a school. The Jazz Ensemble was invited to perform at the 2015 Michigan Music Conference on Jan. 24, 2015 in Grand Rapids.
"To be asked to play at the MMC is a huge honor," said Alan Posner, director of bands for Berkley High School. "The BHS Jazz Ensemble was the only jazz ensemble in the State of Michigan asked to perform at the upcoming conference. I was incredibly humbled and excited when it was announced."
To be considered for the honor, bands must submit a recording and have the recommendation from band directors who heard a live performance in the past year.
The BHS Jazz Ensemble has consistently received first division ratings at MSBOA State Festival, and, this year, took second place at the Central Michigan University Jazz Weekend.
The BHS Jazz Ensemble consists of 20 students of all grade levels who excel in jazz performance. They meet 50 minutes before school all year as a half-credit class.
"These are dedicated musicians," Posner said. "Several of our graduating seniors this year are going on to study music in college, and we have talented underclassmen ready to make their mark."
For the third year in a row, Berkley School District was named a Best Community for Music Education by the National Association of Music Merchants Foundation. This prestigious award acknowledges schools and districts across the United States for their commitment to and support for music education in schools.
For sophomore Nick Rhein, playing drums in the Jazz Ensemble is a great way to begin the school day.
"Many of the school jazz bands in Michigan rehearse every day and their jazz band is a regular class," Nick said. "Ours is a zero hour class that meets twice a week. That means it takes a lot more personal dedication to learn our parts at home and use the short amount of time we have with the whole band to sound tight. It's very gratifying when we receive an honor like this to know that our hard work does not go unnoticed."


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Jennifer Wilson, 57, a resident of Carrier Mills, passed away peacefully at 2:05 a.m. Thursday morning Feb. 14, 2013.
Jennifer Wilson, 57, a resident of Carrier Mills, passed away peacefully at 2:05 a.m. Thursday morning Feb. 14, 2013.
Jennifer was born in Harrisburg, Sept. 26, 1955, to the late Elbert Dale Evetts and Anna Hurley Evetts. She married Steve Wilson on Aug. 20, 1977, and he survives. Jennifer was a member of the Stonefort Missionary Baptist Church in Stonefort and she was currently employed by the Harrisburg Medical Center as a medical billing clerk, a position that she had held for over 36 years.
Survivors include her husband Steve Wilson; a daughter, Jillian Wilson; and a son, Tyler Wilson, all of Carrier Mills; and a sister, Kathi (Virgil) Sanders, also of Carrier Mills.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, at the Absher-Nicholson Funeral Home in Carrier Mills. The Rev. Gordon Smith and the Rev. Stan Irvin will officiate. Burial will be in the Salem Cemetery in Carrier Mills. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to the time of the service on Saturday.
At the request of the family, please omit flowers. For those who wish, memorials may be made in her memory to the Stonefort Missionary Baptist Church or to the Kidney Foundation. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home. Absher-Nicholson Funeral Home in Carrier Mills is entrusted with the arrangements.


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Manchester City will reportedly join Real Madrid in the summer transfer window pursuit of Tottenham star Gareth Bale, although the Spanish giants remain the frontrunners to secure the signature of the coveted Wales international.
Bale has established himself as the most sought after player in Europe following a stunning spell of goalscoring form for Spurs, and the north London club will surely have to field an unprecedented amount of interest when the transfer window opens again.
According to Goal.com, Spurs would only be willing to accept an offer in excess of £50 million for Bale, with Manchester City now among the clubs interested in signing the 23-year-old at the end of the season.
Along with Manchester City, Barcelona and Bayern Munich are also credited with an interest in Bale, but Real Madrid reportedly head the queue to sign him, with the Santiago Bernabeu club having pursued the winger for the past two-and-a-half years.
It is also claimed by Goal.com that talks between representatives of the Tottenham player and those of Real Madrid have already taken place, but Los Blancos will not be uncontested in their pursuit of Bale.
Roberto Mancini is reported to have told the Manchester City board of his desire to sign Bale from Spurs, although the Welshman's current employers believe they have enough security to keep him for one more year following the signing of a new contract last summer.
Bale has found the net 19 times for Spurs this term, including eight goals in his past six games, and is favourite with the bookmakers to be named the Premier League's player of the year.
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A green fall for local book club
Valerie Robertson, publisher of "Cape Fear's Going Green" magazine, emailed in the autumn selections for the Environmental Book Club. This is a new, environmentally conscious book club that meets ast 6 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month down at Old Books on Front Street, 249 N. Front St. (That's right, the club is supposed to meet tonigth — Aug. 2. This month's selection is "Hot: Living Through the Next 50 Years on Earth" by Mark Herstgaard. It's about global… Read More »