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Consumers are usually the winners when products are commoditized, because the market produces lower prices. Recent examples would be generic pharmaceuticals and commodity silicon chips. Once you know that the active ingredient in Tylenol is acetaminophen, there's no need to pay more for the branded variety. When drug patents expire, the companies who held the patents usually alter them somewhat to produce, for example, a "timed-release" variation in an effort to maintain market share. This only works for so long.
In the silicon chip industry, there are specialized, highly-sophisticated chips, and there are chips that perform basic functions. The latter is a global market that is highly commoditized.
Sometimes, commoditized products become a part of other, bigger markets. For example, you don't see a lot of ads for gas stations anymore, because, well, gas is gas, or so it is with consumers. While not a true commodity (crude oil has avoided commoditization), things other than brand are at play in consumer decisions. Purists may argue, but this is a form of commodification.
In my younger days, the petroleum companies battled over the airwaves, trying to convince consumers that their gas was better, cleaner or somehow made your car run more efficiently than the station on the opposite corner. Does anybody else remember Pure's old "Be Sure with Pure" slogan?
Nowadays, people make decisions based on the price sign, which side of the street it's on, or what's inside the convenience store.
Qwik Trip makes a great iced coffee. Who cares about the gas? Gas is now a part of the convenience store industry.
To fight all this — to delay the inevitable — a whole manual of strategies and tactics exists, whereby the market leader attempts to crush competition and protect the company's investment. Branding is a big part of that, and so companies spend millions to convince the public that their brand of what's becoming commoditized is better than the other versions. Ultimately, though, the choice belongs to the consumer, and usually price becomes the paramount consideration.
In the world of media, products used to be divided into categories: newspapers, magazines, television, radio, etc, but the personal media revolution (a term coined by J.D. Lasica in his book Darknet, Hollywood's War Against The Digital Generation) is eliminating the infrastructure and distribution mechanisms that make each of these unique. Not only is the digital generation taking advantage of this to create their own media companies, but the incumbent companies are using technology to transform themselves as well.
The Washington Post's online division has not only been running videos for many years, but their video journalists have actually won National Press Photographers Association news video awards. The AP is now becoming more video-centric, spreading video news to newspapers through the country. Most major newspaper companies — seeing the handwriting on the wall — have adopted video strategies. Online ad revenue growth is predicted to come from video, so everybody's a TV station now.
Content management systems for television station websites were originally text-oriented, because that's what the early iterations of the web could handle. Spellcheck suddenly became an essential tool for TV newsrooms, as stations began to compete in the print world of newspapers.
Dan Mason, president of CBS radio division, told Jack Myers recently, "In the near future, every radio station will have the ability to become a TV station. We will see webcasts and webisodes. There's no reason we can't have our own webcast shows with talent (in the same way Imus was simulcast on MSNBC). Radios will soon be developed with TV screens. The terrestrial radio medium will evolve and occupy more share of the digital space."
In TNS Media Intelligence's "StrADegy: Advertising In The Digital Age" report, President-CEO Steven Fredericks argues that in the future, "Content is defined not by its old media name, but by its core property: text, video and audio. All content, clarified and freed, can be distributed via any converged technology."
The world of blogs, video blogs and other forms of citizens media is exploding, and media companies are frantically trying to get in on the action. Anybody can do video. Anybody can create text. Anybody can make audio. Media scarcity has been turned on its head. The only real scarcity that matters today is the attention of the people formerly known as the audience in the decaying mass marketing paradigm.
The point is that media itself is being commoditized and, along with it, the content it provides. This is a key fruit of the personal media revolution, and already the economics of media are shifting in response. No longer can news content alone carry the burden of supporting the specialized infrastructures and distribution models of media of the past. No longer is "news" sufficient to justify subscriber fees or high dollar ad models, because consumers are increasingly deciding that it's all the same.
The New York Times' decision to drop its Times Select subscription service is a direct response to the commoditization of news. It was a tactical error in the first place to create such a foolish venture — a quick revenue fix that cost them in the long run. We must never forget that revenue isn't about revenue with public companies; it's about revenue growth, and there was no way a subscription service was going to grow revenue in an era of commoditized news and information. Moreover, Times Select cost the paper dearly in its need to be a top-dog news authority, because its "voice" — its unique positions on issues — was kept behind a pay wall.
Last year, CNN dropped its pay-to-view service in favor of an ad-supported model, because it wasn't producing the kind of revenue growth they had hoped it would produce.
But both of these organizations — and every company in the professional news business — are fighting commoditization, because the whole world of media is morphing into one, giant glob of sameness, and it's hard to convince people you're special when they think everybody's the same. This is the breakdown of Media 1.0. This is what's destroying the foundation upon which our businesses have been built.
The idea that "the people" are in charge is the most difficult bridge to cross for media people who are used to having it their way. It is at the core of Media 2.0, and it needs to impact everything we do from here on out. Aggregation and context are king now, because that glob of sameness is a puzzle to many consumers. Information has always been like that, but the tools for filtering it are now in the hands of the people.
Brand matters, and it matters more than ever, but what does that brand stand for? If it's "we're special" or "we're unique," it's not going to work. The audience is in charge and they will determine your brand based on performance, not promotion. Promotion is a Media 1.0 concept; the Law of Attraction is what works in today's marketplace. Attraction is the defining dynamic of influence in our increasingly postmodern culture, and it is 180 degrees from what mainstream media companies currently practice.
Here's part of my essay, The Power of Attraction, that was published three years ago:
In life, there is intended influence and unintended influence. The former is the work of, among others, journalists, entertainers, PR flacks, advertisers, politicians and all sorts of bullies. The latter is that which resonates within, a picture that inspires, the voice of a friend, human touch, a laugh, a right word spoken in time of need. The line between them cannot be deliberately bridged, for the right to be unintentionally influenced belongs to the individual, and that is powerfully enabled by the internet.
The net allows people to determine nearly every influence in their lives, although most people don't yet use it that way. It's just a matter of time, however, because the technology to do so is advancing in both sophistication and ease of use.
This is extremely important for people in the media business to understand, because news in a postmodern world isn't a product and, therefore, not a commodity. It's a conversation.
Doc Searls, one of the authors of The Cluetrain Manifesto and the creator of the phrase "markets are conversations" has this to say about the concept of news as a commodity:
The Net revolution has always been about radically improving the connections between demand and supply, and about equipping profusions on both sides of the relationship — while reducing intermediary costs and frictions in the direction of zero.
As a term for describing this development, "commoditization" is a misleading failure. Roles are changing far more than "content" — a term which itself misleads by reducing the informing of people to deliverable commodities. People still need to inform other people. More ways to do that will emerge. There will be business models there. Supply and demand will find each other. We need to figure out how to make new and better money with new and better roles. Advertising will still be part of that picture, but it won't fund the whole thing.
As a term for describing this development, "commoditization" is a misleading failure. Roles are changing far more than "content" — a term which itself misleads by reducing the informing of people to deliverable commodities. People still need to inform other people. More ways to do that will emerge. There will be business models there. Supply and demand will find each other. We need to figure out how to make new and better money with new and better roles. Advertising will still be part of that picture, but it won't fund the whole thing.
I certainly don't disagree with Doc, but there's an important distinction between what he's saying and the theme expressed here. News as a product is very much a part of the Media 1.0 world and the economics thereof, and I don't believe that mass media and mass marketing will ever completely go away. It's a part of human nature to use a crowd to draw attention to oneself.
It's actually likely that new masses will be created through the tribal aspects of postmodernism (note Jeff Jarvis's excellent analysis of new Pew research "the emergence of media tribes") and that those will be advertiser-supported. However, the growing of revenue through the scarcity of content in a mass marketing, one-to-many paradigm is surely bound for extinction. In many ways, it's already vanished, replaced by a nostalgic illusion. Media companies, therefore, who are able to successfully detach themselves from this illusion will survive and thrive in the new world, but those who can't will become mere shadows of their former selves.
When confronted with this, many ask who will function as the fourth estate when this happens? The people will, because the fourth estate is more than the institutional press.
First Amendment press freedoms apply to everybody, and we cannot, as a culture, allow this to be redefined by changing the meaning of its words. The earliest dictionary that can be applied to early American documents is Webster's 1828 classic. Note carefully, the appropriate definition of the word "press" as used in the First Amendment:
The art or business of printing and publishing. A free press is a great blessing to a free people; a licentious press is a curse to society.
So "the press" is a business or an art, which opens the door to include anybody. This doesn't sit well with the status quo, but it does paint a picture appropriate to today.
The role of professional news and information in a Media 2.0 context is just beginning to be defined and articulated, and it will certainly have to play by the rules of engagement, beginning with Dan Gillmor's discovery that "the readers (audience) know more than I do." This moves it to conversation status, and the web's ability to facilitate that. We already know, for example, that the professional press is often the conversation starter, and that ought to be deemed worthwhile in Doc's supply-and-demand chain.
This is all very unsettling for people who are trying to figure out the new while managing the old. We must fix the car while driving it at the same time.
Like changes in culture, changes in media aren't all or nothing, and we can't let ourselves lose sight of that. If it were so, video really would have killed the radio star. Postmodernism doesn't "negate" modernism anymore than news as a conversation completely obliterates news as a product. The business problem, therefore, is one of evolving to amphibian status — the ability to live and breathe both under the water and above it.
We can do this, but it begins with the courage and the willingness to try.


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Hours after troubled actress Lindsay Lohan was arrested in New York for allegedly clipping a pedestrian and leaving the scene of an accident, officials familiar with the investigation say they're unsure if the man was actually hit.
Authorities initially said the 26-year-old Lohan allegedly struck a man while trying to navigate her 2010 Porsche Cayenne out of an alleyway between the Dream Hotel and the Maritime in Chelsea around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Later Wednesday, several law enforcement officials said they were waiting on the man's medical records to determine whether he was actually struck by the car.
A law enforcement source who has seen surveillance video of the incident told NBC 4 New York it showed Lohan flashing her headlights as she signaled to the man to move out of her vehicle's path.
She continued to drive forward and her right bumper either brushed by or completely missed the man, the source said the video shows. After Lohan passed him, the video shows the man ran after her, yelling. It wasn't known what he said.
A law enforcement official said there is no indication Lohan was intoxicated or had been drinking before or after the incident.
Lohan was released with a desk appearance ticket. She's next due in court Oct. 23.
Prosecutors are waiting for medical records before deciding how to proceed with the case. The alleged victim in the case was treated for a reported leg injury at Bellevue Hospital and released.
Lohan's publicist, Steve Honig, said he was confident the allegations would prove false.
"We are confident this matter will be cleared up in the coming weeks and the claims being made against Lindsay will be proven untrue," Honig wrote in an email. He wrote the incident appeared to be "much ado about nothing."
It was the latest car incident involving Lohan.
On June 8, Lohan was involved in a crash in California that sent her and her assistant to a hospital. They were on their way to a shoot for the film "Liz and Dick'' when Lohan's Porsche collided with a dump truck on the Pacific Coast Highway.
Neither was seriously injured and Lohan resumed shooting later in the day.
The accident remains under investigation and police have said they are trying to determine who was driving.
Lohan remains on informal probation for taking a necklace last year from a jewelry store without permission. She is not required to check in with a judge or probation officer, but she could face a jail term if she is re-arrested.
Lohan recently filmed "The Canyons," a film by "Less Than Zero" author Bret Easton Ellis. "The Canyons" has Lohan playing opposite James Deen, who is best known as an adult film star with thousands of movies to his credit.
Alleged Victim's Account in Lohan Hit-Run Incident Questioned
A law enforcment source said surveillance video of the incident doesn't indicate the alleged victim was hurt badly
Hours after troubled actress Lindsay Lohan was arrested in New York for allegedly clipping a pedestrian and leaving the scene of an accident, officials familiar with the investigation say they're unsure if the man was actually hit.

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wet (oneself)
1. Literally, to urinate while wearing one's clothing. I had to go to the bathroom so bad that I'd nearly wet myself by the time I made it home. Sarah has just finished potty training, but she still wets herself from time to time.
2. To laugh hysterically or uncontrollably. (Usually used in the continuous tense.) Raj's new boyfriend is hilarious, he had us wetting ourselves through the whole lunch!
3. To be extremely excited or giddy. (Usually used in the continuous tense.) Abigail and I were nearly wetting ourselves with excitement for the concert to start!
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ˈwet yourself,
wet your ˈpants/ˈknickers(informal) accidentally urinate (= get rid of water from your body) in your underwear: I was laughing so much I almost wet myself!
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1. mod. alcohol intoxicated. He's been drinking since noon and is pretty wet.
2. mod. having to do with an area where is it legal to sell alcohol. (Compare this with dry.) Is it wet or dry in this county?
3. mod. feeble; in the manner of a nerd. Tom is totally wet. What a jerk.


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Game #21: Blue Jays at Yankees
Toronto (10-10) at New York (8-11)
at 7:05 p.m. ET at Yankee Stadium
Today's lineups:
Alex Rios, RF
Adam Lind, LF
Vernon Wells, CF
Frank Thomas, DH
Lyle Overbay, 1B
Aaron Hill, 2B
Jason Smith, 3B
Jason Phillips, C
John McDonald, SS
PITCHING: RHP A.J. Burnett
Johnny Damon, CF
Doug Mientkiewicz, 1B
Bobby Abreu, RF
Alex Rodriguez, 3B
Jason Giambi, DH
Hideki Matsui, LF
Jorge Posada, C
Robinson Cano, 2B
Miguel Cairo, SS
PITCHING: RHP Phil Hughes
NOTES: C Gregg Zaun underwent hand surgery on Thursday and manager John Gibbons said everything went well. Gibbons said Zaun will rejoin the Blue Jays in Toronto on Friday. … 3B Troy Glaus took batting practice at Yankee Stadium on Thursday and appears to be on schedule to come off the 15-day DL on Saturday. … SS Derek Jeter was a late scratch from the Yankees' lineup.
UPDATE: After Thursday night's game, Toronto GM J.P. Ricciardi said 3B Troy Glaus wasn't likely to be activated from the DL this weekend against Texas. It's possible that he'll come off the DL at some point on the Jays' upcoming road trip through Cleveland and Texas.
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kind of off topic, but i need to know………….what happened to Pat Tabler????
Rance Mulliniks does an OK job, but Tabler was great. do you Jordan, or anyone else who reads this know whats going on there? Thanks, keep it up Jordan, GO JAYS!
I don't know if its permanent. Last year Tabler did the majority of the games on Sportsnet, but both Mulliniks and Darrin Fletcher filled in a few games here and there. Maybe Tabler is just on vacation?
Basically, the three of them all have contracts dictating what # of games they will do.
Unfourtunitly, none of them want to do all the games. (and be away from family, all season – just like when they played)


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"I'm not saying it was your fault/Although you could have done more"
There's no denying The Kooks' debut contained some worthwhile tunes. It may take an unintended night at an indie disco and a few pints of crème de menthe to unlock this guilty admission, but it's one of those slightly grubby facts of life.
Drowned In Sound themselves have struggled with this; Kev Kharas' review of Inside In/Inside Out awarded Brighton's rising stars a heady 8/10, in the process labelling them a 'less irreverent and more melodic Art Brut, swapping that band's caustic wit for a far nicer type of honesty'. Two years later, whether it was an objective aesthetic judgement or one tinged with regret at fuelling the Pritchard ego, our same Kev damned the follow up with the brutal blow of a 1/10. It was a tirade against their commitment to mediocrity, against the plain and vanilla, and somewhat strangely against corrugated cardboard. It was also justified as the record was, by and large, total balls.
So what now? The good news, if you can call it that, is that Pritchard & co. have, whilst resolutely refusing to alter or update their sound, recaptured some of the pop sensibility, hooks and simple yet distinctive arrangements that helped Inside In/Inside Out to sales of two million plus. Of the first eight tracks on the new record, aside from the monstrosity that is 'Time Above The Earth' (a two minute interlude where Luke philosophises – really – with just a string quartet for accompaniment) all are eminently listenable fare, ripe for heavy circulation on Radio 2, no doubt to be endlessly spun by all those DJs who gave the debut a leg-up into our collective unconscious on Radio 1. The downer is that nothing here can touch the early pop gems that can still see even the more stringently alternative spill their JD and cokes, and without that it's all too easy to start thinking this record is a lot worse than it actually is. Whether right or wrong it's the lack of genuine pop anthems that will result in this album coming in for a lot more stick than it would if it was just another untarnished, quickly disregarded but airplay friendly offering from the latest new guitar-based pop band. Interestingly, the criticism the Kooks have often fallen foul of seems to be further fuelled not from disappointment that the band can't seem to hit the heights of their debut, but as a result of a kind of relieved and public self-acceptance of the misguided judgement made by critics, bloggers and punters alike, that this was a band acceptable to like in the first place.
Whilst that may seem unfortunate, it remains the reason that the Kooks continue to be everyone's favourite band to throw under the bus. It's not because they're too posh, not because Luke Pritchard looks like a teddy bear with Down's syndrome (that still got to fingerblast Mischa Barton), but because they make such clear efforts to replicate something they captured so well five years ago, something they've done with increasing earnestness, decreasing balls, and something that, since that initial offering, just hasn't measured up. It's entirely possible they know this; in the grand scheme of things they're making decent cash and doing a job that, whilst potentially unedifying and morally questionable, is still eminently more enjoyable than your average. Whatever the case, there's no doubt we all know they could have done more.
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According to Research In Motion's twitter account (@BlackBerry) Tuesday, they have reached "10,000 apps strong and growing".
It's not clear if themes were in the final count or not, but this number still pales in comparison to the sheer number of apps that are currently available in the Android and iPhone storefronts. Certainty this does mark a major milestone for RIM. I'm sure they know there is quite a road ahead of them to catch up to their competitors.Originally Posted by @BlackBerry
With the release of BlackBerry 6, the BlackBerry Developer Conference right around the corner, and some new development tools like dragonRAD (a new development platform) to inspire developers, we could see many new apps added in the near future. Also, with the recently acquired Cellmania (a mobile storefront operator) RIM has a good chance to expand their BlackBerry App World distribution in the future.
How many apps do you think BlackBerry App World will have this time next year?


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"Explores" Book wins Gold Medal at 2011 Benjamin Franklin Awards
Explore the Southeast National Marine Sanctuaries with Jean-Michel Cousteau wins Benjamin Franklin Award
Jean-Michel Cousteau's Ocean Futures Society is proud to announce that Explore the Southeast National Marine Sanctuaries with Jean-Michel Cousteau has won a gold medal at the 2011 Benjamin Franklin Awards. The Independent Book Publisher's Association (IBPA), founded in 1983, serves book, audio, and video publishers located in the United States and around the world, represents over 3,000 book publishers, and sponsors the annual award ceremony.
The Benjamin Franklin Awards recognize excellence in independent publishing. Publications, grouped by genre, are judged on editorial and design merit by top practitioners in each field. Medals were awarded to publishers of the best books during a gala awards ceremony at the Jacob Javits Center in New York, NY on May 23rd. Our publisher, Ocean Publishing, was on hand to receive this prestigious award.
Explore the Southeast National Marine Sanctuaries with Jean-Michel Cousteau is a grand adventure and an intelligent inquiry into the health of the oceans. "Cousteau" enthusiasts and modern environmental adventurers will appreciate stunning photography, engaging text, and first-person behind-the scenes narratives that guide the reader through the Southeast region (Florida Keys, Florida; Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico; Gray's Reef, Georgia) of the National Marine Sanctuaries.
Upon learning about the award, Jean-Michel Cousteau said, "I am pleased and honored to learn that the first book in our new four-book series has been recognized by IBPA as a high-quality independently published book, documenting the beauty and value of marine sanctuaries. I wish to thank our publisher Frank Gromling of Ocean Publishing, my editor Dr. Maia McGuire and chief expedition photographer Carrie Vonderhaar, and many others that participated in bringing this book to life. My goal has always been to communicate the beauty of the ocean and the necessity of protecting it to the widest possible audience. By making the content of America's Underwater Treasures, our original book on all the sanctuaries, now available in this four-part series, it enables us to reach both a wider and a more targeted audience of visitors and communities geographically located near specific sanctuaries. This series is intended not only to inspire, but to inform the general public on specific measures that are working to preserve our ocean resources."
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Ocean Publishing's motto is "Making Waves with Quality Books" and it accomplishes this by teaming with the most talented authors with valuable information to share about marine life, nature, environment and conservation. Its Vision Statement is "Ocean Publishing helps its customers to better understand and appreciate Nature in the hope that they will take active roles in its preservation and protection." Ocean Publishing is located in Flagler Beach, Florida. For additional information, visit www.oceanpublishing.org.
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After undergoing surgery in Los Angeles Saturday, 94-year-old Zsa Zsa Gabor is resting and could return home in a few days, according to her husband.
Frederic Prinz von Anhalt said doctors at UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center reattached a tube that had come lose and successfully stopped bleeding.
The socialite had lost consciousness Saturday at her Bel-Air home and was rushed to the hospital. The 94-year-old actress had been given antibiotics for an infection in preparation for surgery, her husband said.
Von Anhalt, who announced he was running for mayor of Los Angeles Thursday, said Gabor's fever is down and she has opened her eyes but is not speaking. He calls his wife a "fighter'' and says he's "very optimistic.''
Gabor has been hospitalized repeatedly since falling out of bed and breaking her hip in July 2010. She had a leg amputated in January.
Gabor appeared in a handful of films, but has been most famous for playing the role of herself on talk shows, game shows and at times the news.
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>> Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Today, I would like to highlight a dear friend who is a wife and mother. I love when women take hold of their dreams and bring it into fruitation. She has just opened a line of Spa Products and already business is booming. I know her to be true to whatever she sets her mind to do. You can visit her website, below her introduction and comments from consumers.
Who am I?
by Monique McCullough on 04/12/11
Hey everyone!
This is a big deal for me. I'm embarking on a journey thats a lifetime in the making. Creating these products has been life changing. I've been asked what inspired the SpaDiva line. Several things. I Love the Spa Industry!!! I was blessed to work in it for several years as a massage therapist and a Director. I was able to work with amazingly talanted people who taught me so much. I have created treatments and tested hundreds of products. I've become a bit of a product JUNKIE!!!! I'm also very, very picky!!! Just ask my husband and my bestie Kami!!! I love my Family and Friends deeeply and want them to have the absolut best! I am terribly concerned about what I put on my skin and hair or what I use on my family. This line was born from a desire to have and share the safest and the best products that I can. Having said that I'm curious to hear from you. What motivates you? What do you want or need in your skin/hair care products? In your life? What gets you moving? Let me know what makes you a SpaDiva!!!
|Tanya Ndip said on 4/13/11 - 08:00AM
|Monique, I am so pleased you have found your niche for marketing your amazing products! The site looks awesome. I'd like some packages for Mother's Day! I honestly believe your blood line traces back to Eygpt. I think is the way you carry yourself and how you present yourself. You are definitely from Royalty and so glad you are providing folks with products that enhance that inner beauty. May everything you touch and create turn to gold. God Bless you , Tanya Ndip
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text: Bad Boy song Bad Boy (Past Masters) "Bad Boy" Single by Larry Williams B-side "She Said Yeah" Released 1959 Format 7" single Genre R&B Label Specialty Records 658 (US) London HLU 8844 (UK) Writer(s) Larry Williams Larry Williams singles chronology "I Was a Fool" (1958) "Bad Boy" (1959) "Steal a Little Kiss" (1959) "Bad Boy" Song by The Beatles from the album Beatles VI Released June 14, 1965 Recorded May 10, 1965 at Abbey Road, London, England Length 2:21 Label Capitol ST-2358 (US) Producer George Martin Beatles VI track listing You Like Me Too Much (3) "Bad Boy" (4) I Don't Want to Spoil the Party (5) "Bad Boy" is a song composed and recorded by Larry Williams. The song was recorded at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, California on August 14, 1958. The musicians on the recording included Williams on vocals and piano, Earl Palmer on drums, Rene Hall on guitar, Jewell Grant on baritone sax, Plas Johnson on tenor sax, and Ted Brinson on bass. The record did not break the Top 40 charts in the United States. "She Said Yeah" was originally the B-side of the Larry Williams single, and has been covered by the Rolling Stones and the Animals, amongst others. McCartney himself covered the song on 1999's Run Devil Run. The song, recorded between 1957 and 1958, also appears on the 1992 compilation of the same name. Please note the text from Wikipedia is imported without editing or authentication. ©1965 Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC. All rights reserved. Used by permission.


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Paleolithic Archaeological Sites in Cagayan Valley
National Museum
Province of Cagayan - Municipalities of Solana and Penablanca
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Paleolithic sites are located within the Cagayan Valley Basin which is bordered by the Sierra Mountain range on the East; the Caraballo on the South; the Cordillera Central on the west; and the Babuyan Channel on the north.
Found in two municipalities of the province, namely, Solana and Penablanca, Paleolithic sites yielded the earliest stone tools and remains of extinct and extant species of animals.
Archaeological excavations undertaken in Solana and vicinities resulted in the discovery of more than 68 Paleolithic sites in the Awidon Mesa formation. These sites yielded stone tools and fossils of extinct animals that include stegodons, elephants, rhinoceros, and large tortoise. The sites tended to confirm previous reports by prominent paleontologists and archaeologists from Europe that both Pleistocene mega-fauna fossils and chopper-chopping stone tools were present in the valley, suggesting mid-Pleistocene date for tool technology in the area at the earliest and later periods.
The frontiers of prehistory is thus being broadened and pushed back. Tentative results of radio-metric reading in the valley have yielded at tektite date of approximately .92 - 1.7 m.y. The Mid-Pleistocene dating of the presence of man in the Philippines has been established.
On the eastern flank of the valley in the Municipality of Penablanca, archaeological exploration specifically in the Callao Limestone formation revealed the presence of 93 archaeological sites that yielded stone tools of Paleolithic industry and bones and shells of animals still living in the vicinities. Of these sites, 78 are caves and rock shelters. The archaeological study of the caves in the Callao limestone formation suggests post-Pleistocene sites where a Paleolithic type of technology persisted. The materials recovered indicate that the people were hunters and gatherers who exploited forest and riverine environments.
***Cagayan is undoubtedly one of the richest archaeological sites in the Philippines. Excavations by the National Museum and field research by the Cagayan Museum have yielded vast archeological findings including artifacts dating back to: the Paleolithic Age; the Neolithic Age, a time when man started to produce his own food through domestication of plants and animals; Iron Age which covers the transition from 2000 B.C. to 1000 A.D. Culture has progressed to a point where there is already knowledge of smelting and forging iron, the use of more advanced agricultural techniques, and weaving. Cagayan Valley, like many other provinces in the Philippines, was never isolated from foreign influence as was earlier believed. It was once a part of the long prehistoric international trade with neighboring countries. The Historic Age likewise chronicled the date when Juan Salcedo visited the valley. Such discoveries give a diachronic view of the technological and cultural evolution of Cagayan.
Déclarations d'authenticité et/ou d'intégrité
The National Museum archaeologists and experts at the University of the Philippines and research institutions in several countries have been engaged in significant archaeological researches in Cagayan Valley. Their findings revealed the earliest trace of the emergence of man in the Philippines projected back in time to the middle of the Pleistocene Epoch at about 800,000 years before the present. These evidences came in the form of stone tools identified as man made. Man probably in the form of Home erectus roamed the valley at that time.Archaeological work covering the Pleistocene and Post Pleistocene time frames in the Philippines has been intensified and is now marked with growing precision and systematics. At the present, a project entitled "The Litho-, Bio-, and Chronostratigraphy of the Fossil Mammal Bearing Deposits in the Philippines" is being implemented in close collaboration with paleontologists from the National Museum of Natural History at Leiden, the Netherlands. So far, explorations and excavations undertaken have provided evidences needed in the reconstruction of the chrono-stratigraphic framework of the fossil bearing deposits in the Philippines. Furthermore, re-excavations in the Post-Pleistocene sites associated with stone tools of Paleolithic industry have been conducted by NM archaeologists.
Comparaison avec d'autres biens similaires
Considerable data have been gathered on the distribution of extinct fauna and paleo-environment in Southeast Asia, such as Sulawesi, Java, Timor and Flores and the Philippines (Aziz, 1988; Fox 1971; Glover 188; Hooijer 1948, 1975; Koenigswald 1958; Shutler 1988, Sondaar 1988; de Vos 1988, Bautista 1988). The discovery of earliest evidence of the presence of mega-fauna in the Philippines has widened the knowledge of distribution of these extinct animals in Southeast Asia. Through these findings, the reconstitution of the local faunal evolution and the position of the Philippines in relation to a large scale migration pattern of vertebrates including man in Southeast Asia are known.To protect the area for the present and future generations of Filipinos, Presidential Decree No. 1109 was passed, "Declaring the Archaeological areas in the Cagayan Valley and Kalinga - Apayao Archaeological Reservation".


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W. Timothy Gallwey has produced a series of bestselling Inner Game books, which set forth a new methodology for the development of personal and professional excellence in a variety of fields. For the last twenty years Gallwey has been introducing the Inner Game approach to corporations looking for better ways to manage change. He lives in Malibu, California.


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Winter is coming! Time to start thinking about that ice climbing trip and where to head to this season. To help you make up your mind, we spoke to Suunto's Matthias Scherer and Tanja Schmitt and asked them for their recommended venues. In this first installment the pair, one of the most active ice climbing partnerships around, offer up some of the best lines for beginners and intermediates in the European Alps. Better start training...
Cogne, Italy
Matthias climbs steep ice in Cogne. ©Tanja Schmitt
Let's start with our home area 'Cogne'. Doubtless one of the best places we know so far to get a lot of climbing done within easy and quick access. But be aware – when it snows or the wind is blowing, our valleys become serious avalanche terrain – so please check always the avalanche forecast, before starting your adventure.
We recommend of course the 'Cascate Lillaz'. In good conditions it's a wonderful climb in the grade of WI 3. Small objective dangers and equipped belays with the possibility to quit the ascent on many places makes it a perfect beginners' line.
Freissinières and Sixt Valleys, France
Matthias climbs 'Shiva Lingam' in the Chamonix valley. ©Tanja Schmitt
This country hosts some of the most impressive ice climbing areas in Europe: Freissinières and the Sixt are valleys with incredible lines.
For scenic climbing in one of the most famous places in alpinism we recommend the 'Ruisseau du Picheu', WI 2 near to the Le Tour village in the Chamonix valley. Of course, you also need to check the avalanche conditions.
Kandersteg, Switzerland
Tanja Schmitt on Glücksritter, Adelboden, Switzerland. ©Matthias Scherer
Not really for beginners but in good conditions and with a stable snow pack a great challenge for the medium ice climber is the 'Glücksritter' fall WI 4+ in Adelboden. Impressive ice formation with a quick access in a wild cirque near to the world famous ice climbing area of Kandersteg...
Stubai valley, Austria
There's no easy way around the Stubai valley and the ice climbing area above the Pinisalm. The approach, with a toboggan (rent at the ski station) from the Elfer-ski area is super fun. Pinistal is home to impressive lines like 'Maenner' or the 'Kerze', a very aesthetic line. We recommend the massive ice shield of the 'Vorhang', WI 4+. In case the climbing is not exciting enough for you the way down back to the valley on the toboggan will do the job...


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Anthony Weiner vs. NY Cabbie -- Who's The Bigger A-Hole?
Anthony Weiner Vs. NY Cabbie Who's The Bigger A-Hole?
Here's something new ... video of Anthony Weiner in a standoff with someone in NYC this weekend, and for once, he's not the biggest jerk in the clip.
Anthony was walking his nearly 2-year-old son across the street (cute moment actually) when some cabbie in a bright yellow SUV made a hard turn RIGHT IN FRONT of Weiner and son.
Weiner was clearly pissed ... yelling what sounds like, "What the f**k?" ... while staring down the driver.
He even broke out the "f-you stroll" -- slowing his walk to a snail's pace and forcing the cabbie to sit there and wait until Weiner got out of the way.
BTW -- cabbie totally deserved it ... and for once, we're kinda glad Weiner acted like a dick.
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STATION VISIT - Bridges And Railways KS1
This Station Visit session is perfect for when there are no trains running and designed to inspire your group's learning of the construction and use of railway bridges.
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- The opportunity to explore a restored period station
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- How are railways built? Your group will identify materials and techniques used for building different types of bridges.
- Evaluating past and present designs. With the use of sketches, they have made onsite and the aid of photographs; your group have the opportunity to compare different railway bridges.
- Why does the railway need bridges? Our stations did not originally have bridges, your group will be asked to investigate why they were added later.
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May 29, 2013
Mac and Cheese Pulled Pork Casserole begins with a bed of sweet potatoes. Those are topped with pulled pork and a final layer of macaroni and cheese with Parmesan-breadcrumb topping.
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To satisfy my inclination to save the best part of the meal for last, every part of this casserole needed to qualify as potentially the best. It begins with a layer of roasted sweet potatoes, then a tangy-sweet mess of pulled pork and, finally, a three-cheese macaroni and cheese with Parmesan-breadcrumb topping.
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It is not an uncommon situation. You are reading an interesting article online about some matter of recent religious controversy, but upon reaching the end of the piece you meet the comments area, and try to resist the temptation to scroll further down the page. How many times have you perused such sections before finding yourself infuriated by the base anti-Catholic bigotry you find there?
Still worse, how often have you found your time irretrievably wasted, as you are sucked into futile disputation with secularist trolls who, in the famous words of Churchill, "can't change their minds, and won't change the subject"? Like glancing at a car-crash, however, the curiosity can be too great to resist, and you begin to read on…
This experience is hardly atypical for the average Catholic reading online, but it has even become unsurprising to experience similar situations when having a drink in the pub, or while at an otherwise genteel dinner party. Where we are called to defend and expound our Faith in these situations however, we must do so in a constructive way that raises the standard and tone of discussion.
It is regrettable, then, that experience shows us how often Catholics fail to do this effectively. As an illustrative remedy for some of the more common mistakes in this endeavour, here are five brief tips on how not to argue with atheists.
1) Cynically assume the worst in people. Before speaking, or touching that keyboard, imagine your opponent to be an irredeemable ogre, whatever they may have said. Don't charitably assume they are simply misinformed, or look for the good motivations they may have in arguing as they do. At a false accusation of "homophobia", don't try to understand the positive impetus behind this error (genuine concern about abuse and hatred), and refrain from showing how the Church teaches compassion and care for those who experience same-sex attraction – you may help to defuse anger rather than fuel it!
2) Argue as a means of venting emotion. When someone says or writes something shocking or offensive to Catholic piety, our natural reaction is to get angry. Indulge that. Try to forget any Christian goal of defending or expounding the Faith. That will only get in the way of fun. Instead, be determined to show how stupid your opponent is, and punish their ignorance and prejudice with counter-abuse. To be scrupulously gentle and reverent at all times is just far too hard. Of course it could be that, even if someone does not remember your arguments, they may remember what a model of virtue and decency you were in arguing, which might be a good witness that may help them later on – but such considerations should not get in the way of a good bout of rock throwing.
3) Don't call out bad behaviour, mirror it! If someone is unnecessarily rude or vulgar, feel justified in returning like with like. That "turn the other cheek" stuff is far too high a standard. Simply pointing out your interlocutor's unkindness (and how it hinders discussion) would be too laborious. And sticking to the substantive arguments that have been produced? What are you,
a robot? Think of our Lord's response to the liars who accused Him, and the guard who hit Him, in front of the Sanhedrin. What was His answer to calumny and abuse? Well, we all know how that worked out.
It might be that following His example would accentuate the irrational meanness of the person you are engaging with (to themselves and anyone around watching your discourse) and even shame them into changing their behaviour. Don't worry about all that, though.
4) Adopt the martyr complex. Few things are as convincing as arguing with someone who thinks your ideas will lead inexorably to a new totalitarian regime, or who believe themselves to be "persecuted". Does this come across as hysterical, and make that person look silly? Of course not. So don't forget to break out the comparisons with Hitler or Stalin, and be sure to moan about how hard done by Christians are (especially with comparison to Muslims). This is bound to win you lots of sympathy, and isn't at all clichéd. Not even a bit. No.
5) For heaven's sake, don't Pray. Surely an obvious point. Praying before you interact with people, and asking God to give you the words He would have you say, and the sharp but loving mindset He would have you adopt, is just a massive spoiler. So, indeed, is praying for your opponent, that their minds and hearts might be opened, and that your conversation with them might be helpful. Prayer is lethal to good squabbling – so cut it out!
In reality, tailoring our words and our tone to the highest common denominator of human sentiment may not convince the people with whom we are immediately interacting, but may at least begin to win the hearts and minds of any bystanders who are watching. Focusing on how we can best practise the spiritual works of mercy (especially instructing the uninformed, counselling the doubtful, and bearing wrongs patiently) in our arguments with atheists will help us minister to our opponents in the most effective way. In doing so, and in witnessing to the truth of our Faith, humbly, gently and respectfully, we may truly witness to the virtue, as well as the rationality, of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Peter D Williams is a Catholic apologist and speaker for Catholic Voices
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Thread: Mobius Comparison
10-15-2013, 08:32 AM #1Junior Member
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Mobius Comparison
I am looking to buy a mobius. My question is there a significant difference in the 2005 and 2006. The 2005 has more options with and I believe the upholstery is in better shape. I heard that the hull was redesigned in 2006 and was wondering if I would be better off going with the year newer. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks
Yes the 06 is significantly different, and you are much further ahead going with an 06 than an 05 in general. If the 06 is a piece of crap though and wasn't maintained well, the 05 may be a better deal but I would hold out and find a 06 that's in good shape.
I had the same thing, almost bought an 05 that's identical to my boat just the previous gen...I'm very glad I found my 06 and I even got it a grand cheaper than I was going to pay for the 05! Hold out for the right boat.Boats previously owned - 2000 Supra Launch, 2003 Outback, 2006 Mobius LSV
At the top of this page you can hover your cursor over "About Moomba" and then click on "Archive". Go to the years you are looking at and see the specs for the boats. You will see the LSV changed to the bigger (better) hull in 2006 and the old one became the Outback V until it was replaced with the next OBV in 2009. Best of luck to you! You'll love your Moomba.My Mom said I'm not allowed to get wet!
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10-15-2013, 01:29 PM #4Junior Member
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One more question. The lsv i am looking it is a 2006, but there is also an 2009 outback v for just a bit more price. Just want to get feedback on what people would choose. I am a first time inboard owner and want to make a good choice. Thanks for all of the input.
My '02 Mobius throws my favorite wake for the beginner speeds (up to about 22-24 mph on GPS) with from none to a lot of ballast of the different boats (never did board behind the Schiada)
I can't tell you anything about the newer Moomba hull as I haven't been behind one (yet). They are great boats especially for the price. Stereo, ballast and Perfect Pass are all the same price no matter what boat (to a point!) that you put them in. Unless you live in Florida, take your time finding a boat as the buying season has just begun.Sent by the random thoughts from the voices in my head...
The 2006+ LSV is "just right" in my opinion as far as size goes. It was the best selling wakeboard boat model bar none a few years ago so it's a popular size.
I was shopping used boats in 2006 but ended up buying new because of the changes they made to the LSV in 2006.
You have to look at each boat and sit in them and take them out for a drive to figure out which is right for you.
Remember that IN GENERAL, a longer boat will be roomier but also heavier so you have to go faster to get a clean wake, not necessarily a good thing for younger riders or beginners.
Good luck!Al
2006 Mobius LSV
Well, the 2009 OBV was improved in many respects. It's a smaller boat than the LSV but it throws a nice surf wake, decent wakeboard wake and a respectable ski wake. It depends on how many in your typical crew. If more than 4-5, I wouldn't go with it. It also depends on what you do. If you are 50% or more skiing it is probably better. If you take 8-10 people out and only wakeboard and surf then the LSV is going to work way better. You might also factor in garage size.My Mom said I'm not allowed to get wet!
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Thanks for all of your feedback. I am going to take a look at the 2006 LSV and hopefully it is what I am looking for. Hopefully soon I am a new Moomba owner!


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With reference to my article titled "Spy Vs Spy: The Anti-Climax" I am reproducing below a strongly-worded, hard-hitting and even insulting letter received by me from a distinguished print media journalist for whom I have a lot of regards and affection and my reply to him:
I know you will probably ignore this message and send it to the bin. But I wonder what you meant by "Barkha's people"?
At a time when she did great harm to the credibility of our profession, you defended her stoutly. You tweeted angrily, wrote sharp letters to Prem Shankar Jha and admirably held on to your position.
Now you use her name to condemn all of us into a single stereotype, falling for each one of them.
The Radia Tapes exposed the under belly of journalism. You didn't find abutting wrong in them. But you choose to constantly take cheap pot shots and speak derisively of journalists every chance you get.
If you feel so strongly about journalists, why do you use the rediff or Outlook platforms so extensively? Isn't that a form of moral dishonesty?
Thanks. I never ignore messages & reading material. I read your message too with great interest. My article is not a criticism of anybody. It is a satire including of my own profession. I have never used any journalistic platform. I write only for my blog and for web sites of SAAG and Chennai Centre for China Studies. People take from there. Some ack and pay. Rediff regularly pays. Outlook and Pioneer have never paid a single paise since they started using my pieces in 2000. I have never asked them either. TOI and HT ask me to write twice or thrice a year and pay me without fail sans my asking for it. I write not for publicity or money, but to share my thoughts with others. I have about 20,000 regular readers in SAAG.I write to share my thoughts with them.
I have always been a great admirer of Barkha and a critic too when warranted. I continue to be her great admirer and hold her in high esteem. This article was not a criticism of Barkha. I used her Tweets as a peg to focus on the way the media reacts to such cases. Take care. Raman


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No malice: Alston juror cites drunkenness
Since November, when former UVA student Andrew Alston was sentenced to three years in jail for stabbing 22-year-old firefighter Walker Sisk 18 times, many in Charlottesville have wondered what that jury was thinking.
Now they know.
In the 3,000-word cover story of the June edition of the Swarthmore College Bulletin, "Seek Justice, Love Mercy," juror Liz Kutchai describes how the jury rendered its verdict– and how emotionally devastating the experience was, not only for the families of the two young men, but for the jurors as well.
The prosecution had asked for conviction on a charge of second-degree murder, which carries a sentence of up to 40 years. The jury settled on voluntary manslaughter.
"The difference between the two was malice," writes Kutchai. "There was the legal definition of malice, and then there was our own everyday definition."
Her story suggests that drinking was key. The binge drinking that began November 7, 2003, and ended early the next morning stunned Kutchai, even though she has lived beside UVA for 30 years.
Trial testimony indicated that Sisk and his friends had visited five bars; Alston and his group had been "shot-gunning" beers at his apartment and then gone on to two different bars for beers and shots.
"What is Jaegermeister?" Kutchai asked the other jurors.
And, they wondered, "Could someone falling-down drunk have malice?" Kutchai recounts.
Apparently not. The jury ruled out that notion– and thus the possibility of a second-degree murder conviction.
"How can you not find malice when you stab someone that many times?" questions Howard Sisk, Walker's father. And it was Alston's brother, Kenny, who was falling down drunk, not Andrew Alston, who initially acted as peacemaker in the encounter between the two groups, according to testimony. "That sort of goes against the grain of the evidence in court," says Sisk.
Another factor in not finding malice, according to jury foreman Juandiego Wade, who works for the Albemarle County planning department: that when Alston "woke up that morning, it wasn't his intention" to stab Sisk to death.
The jurors considered whether the stabbing was in self-defense, which would have resulted in Alston's acquittal.
"Some of us were horrified by the 18 stab wounds," says Kutchai, a Quaker. "I couldn't imagine any situation that would call for pulling out a knife."
Kutchai didn't mention whether the jury's view would have changed had it known about Alston's first local act of alleged violence.
Two months before Sisk's death, Alston's girlfriend at the time, another UVA student, filed charges alleging he had struck her in the face. In a statement hurriedly written by Alston's father, a lawyer, who arrived in Charlottesville just hours after the alleged attack, Karen Graham recanted her story. At the assault trial, held two weeks after Alston killed Sisk, Charlottesville General District Judge Robert Downer cited reasonable doubt and acquitted Alston.
Kutchai says some of the jurors could see themselves in the diminutive Alston's shoes, imagining how, if a "very large, very drunk belligerent-sounding guy" was coming toward them, "it might take 18 stabs to subdue him," writes Kutchai.
However, the defense's martial arts argument, she says, didn't resonate as persuasively. Alston had studied aikido in the summer of 2002, and at the trial, his instructor demonstrated how, if Walker Sisk had grabbed Alston's knife, Alston might have pulled off defensive moves that would have resulted in Sisk stabbing himself 18 times. "No one believed the aikido ballet," writes Kutchai.
The jury was given 16 pages of complicated "legalese" before they began deliberating. The requirements for a determination of self-defense were even more obtuse than the definition of malice, and the jury had to parse every sentence, according to Kutchai.
"It's clear they struggled with the jury instructions," says Jon Zug, the assistant commonwealth's attorney who prosecuted the case.
He was not surprised by any of Kutchai's revelations from the jury room, and he knew going into court that the altercation between Sisk and Alston's friend, Bill Fahey, who was often described during the trial as "the mouthy one," would make the prosecution's case more difficult, because Alston was not initially involved in the verbal sparring.
Once the jury found Alston guilty of voluntary manslaughter, they still had to sentence him, and their only instruction was, "Pick a number from 1 to 10," says Kutchai in her account.
Everyone on the jury put a number on a piece of paper. "None of them came back with three years," says foreman Wade.
The jurors were "all over the map" with the sentence, says Kutchai, and had such a difficult time that they resorted to brainstorming about reasons for incarceration. "Justice made the list; vengeance did not," she writes. "Few of us were happy with the number we finally agreed on: three years."
Accompanying Kutchai's story is a photograph of her clutching a copy of the Hook, which ran a cover story on reactions to the trial. Kutchai wrote that this reporter quoted her as being "profoundly sad" while failing to mention that everyone on the jury was "committed to seeking justice."
Kutchai relays her own grief in the trial's aftermath, and relates how one sleepless night, she decided that if she could tell the Hook of her sadness, she could tell Walker Sisk's grieving parents. She describes writing them a letter and how when she ran into Sisk's father a month later, he thanked her for writing. "This was the beginning of my healing," she says.
Howard Sisk says Kutchai's letter helped him and his wife immensely. "I appreciated her taking the time to do that," he says. "She was one of the jurors not happy with the decision." And, he adds that Kutchai attended the sentencing, which only one other juror did.
Six months after the trial, Kutchai muses over the nature of healing, and she believes that for true healing to occur, Alston needs to atone for his behavior and accept that "If he had not pulled out his knife, the victim would not have bled to death on the sidewalk."
Again, Kutchai turns her focus to alcohol. Given the amount consumed that night, she suggests that Sisk might have died even if Alston hadn't stabbed him. "Both young men," she explains, "were very drunk and were heading back to their vehicles to drive home."
"That's sort of projecting there," responds Howard Sisk.
And Kutchai quotes the judge as despairing at the formal sentencing, "When will this binge drinking stop?"
Alston is incarcerated at Botetourt Correctional Center, which is a therapeutic community with programs for substance abuse.
Kutchai sees only one positive in this tragedy. "Incarceration may give the defendant the chance to gain control of his drinking and his anger," she concludes. "It may just save his life."
In a phone interview during her vacation in Wisconsin, Kutchai says writing the article was therapeutic for her, but she would not have written it for publication in Charlottesville. And she declines to elaborate on what went on in the jury room.
"I can't talk about the jury's decision," she says. "It was 12 people. Every person was committed to being objective, but we look at things with different filters."
Alston juror Liz Kutchai, Swarthmore College class of '66, tells alumni about participating in one of Charlottesville's most "heartbreaking" murder trials and calls it "one of the hardest things I have ever done."
Walker Sisk had planned to return to Alaska, where he spent the summer of 2003, and make firefighting his profession.
"Obviously, they didn't think our son's life was worth that much," says Howard Sisk after the trial when the jury sentenced the man who killed Walker Sisk to a three-years.
To critics, the three-year sentence seemed to confirm the idea that UVA students can get away with... manslaughter.
Former UVA biology student Andrew Alston, convicted of killing Walker Sisk, will be out of jail in less than a year– even without the appeal his attorney plans to file.


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No one injured, but children's wing damaged
A tree crashed onto the roof of a church in Brookfield on during the storms Wednesday.
Victory International Fellowship on Calhoun Road and Burleigh Street was damaged.
There were about 130 people inside at the time who all heard the giant crash and went outside to see what happened.
"(The) tree fell into the building in the back corner. (It) pushed holes right through the sheet metal. It's like a rain forest in the building right now," John Lopac said.
Where the tree fell is actually the children's wing, and there were kids inside at the time, but the Rev. Rory Grooters said everyone was fine.
"The way it turned out, nobody was hurt. Nobody was injured. We evacuated the children with the workers out in the opposite direction of the building," Grooters said.
The pastor said they knew there was a thunderstorm warning, and even heard sirens, but they thought it was a mistake.
Had they known the sirens sounded to warn of high winds, Grooters said they would have taken cover.
"We would've taken them downstairs, lower level into a hallway with no windows," Grooters said.
Grooters said the repairs could cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, but the pastor believes it's a small price to pay for everyone being safe.
The pastor said services and activities will go on, but the children's wing will remain closed.


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If you are a parent it is hard not to stress about what might be happening to your kids when they are out of sight. With missing children featured regularly and prominently in the media, every time a youngster steps unaccompanied out onto the street, it can drive a mom or dad to despair. Thankfully, the digital age has delivered a handy solution to the dilemma of how to grant kids a degree of autonomy while keeping them safe. Now it is relatively cheap and easy to turn a mobile phone into a personal tracking device, using opt-in services.
Companies such as Life360, Securafone, and SMS Tracker offer free applications ('apps') that can be downloaded onto common smart phone platforms such as Android or iPhone and allow concerned parents to track their whereabouts.
With kids now toting phones at an increasingly tender age, and rarely letting go of them thereafter, it is a seemingly perfect way for parents to check where their kids are at all times.
No wonder, then, that the market for 'family locator services', as it is known in the trade, is booming.
Recent research by Berg Insight, a Swedish telecommunications analysis firm, indicates the market will see a compound annual growth rate of 34 percent in the next four years, taking the number of North American and European users from 16 million in 2011 to 70 million in 2016.
"Many parents are now discovering free and low-cost apps that can turn a smart phone into a location device that enables monitoring of family members such as children," says the firm. Berg Insight notes this trend is in parallel to other personal locator services.
In organizations where employees may be at risk, for example, those employing social workers, mobile devices with tracking services (and potentially push-button alarms) are increasingly being handed out to safeguard staff from harm.
Additionally, people who are elderly or infirm can benefit from having a personal locator service so they can be tracked by relatives or care providers. In these situations the person being tracked rarely questions the value of the service.
The same cannot always be said of family locator services, however, particularly when there are children concerned, and they are old enough to expect a certain amount of privacy and independence.
"All parties should understand what is possible, and the drawbacks and benefits," observes André Malm, senior analyst at Berg Insight. Otherwise, he says, tech-savvy teenagers will not have much of a problem quitting or uninstalling the app. It is also important for parents to know the limitations of personal locator services, which in turn depends on the type of technology used.
Cell ID services, which are available worldwide, can only pin handsets down to a radius of around 200 meters in urban areas and perhaps not even a kilometer in rural locations.
In the United States, the approximately 50 percent of mobile users who are on Code Division Multiple Access networks can benefit from GPS(Global Positioning System)tracking. This is more accurate than cell ID, but does not work well within some buildings, so is not of much use if your kid is inside a shopping mall.
With smart phones, the accuracy of the services has been creeping up, but because apps are handset rather than network based they may be more susceptible to failure. "People should not rely overly on these services and expect them always to function," says Malm.
Once the limitations are taken into account, it is up to each family to decide whether to trust their children on the streets with a personal locator. And here it turns out there is a marked difference between the United States and other western countries.
Based on his conversations with app developers and device manufacturers, Malm says: "In the United States, privacy does not seem to be so much of an issue and the fact that parents can track children and control their habits seems to be OK.
"You can have deep control of texts and voice calls and it is considered alright to do that without the consent of the child."
In Europe, on the other hand: "That level of control is not even available, and you definitely need the consent of the children. Strict privacy regulations are part of the Data Protection Directive and several codes of conduct in European Union states."
Furthermore, and again based on conversations with app developers and service providers, he says: "The perception of the need for these kinds of services is not as high in Europe and Canada." Not surprisingly, then, family locator services are more widespread in the United States than elsewhere. In Europe, only a dozen mobile operators out of about 100 sell people-locating services for the consumer market, mostly billed as friend finders or general location services.
And Malm says Life360, the leading provider in the field, with about 25 million users, has historically claimed about 90 percent of its users are based in the United States, although the share is now growing in other geographies, including Europe.
This is perhaps not surprising. After all, while attitudes to privacy and personal freedom may vary from one culture to another, the gut-wrenching fear of not knowing where your children are is pretty universal among parents.
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AVMA's Raw Feeding Policy Debate — From 2012 Archives
Just when I thought the uproar over the American Veterinary Medical Association's asinine raw food policy was dying down, the stupidity that goes with trying to spin this as anything but inspired by the pet food industry has resurfaced. On AVMA's own blog site, a wrap up of the House of Delegates actions at the annual meeting was devoted to the raw food policy. Evidently all the other actions of the HOD were so unimportant that reporting them was put off to focus on the raw food policy. (You can read the whole post and the comments here.)
I was particularly puzzled to see the following statement near the end of the AVMA site post: "Please keep in mind that this policy is NOT a ban on raw foods for pets and it is not a regulation that requires veterinarians (regardless of whether they're AVMA members or not) to comply, or even agree with it. It's not a debate on the healthiness of or risks associated with raw foods versus other commercial pet foods. Nor is it an attempt to force a ban or restrict pet owners' rights to feed their pets how and what they want." If it is not a ban or regulation, and you're not speaking to the advantages or risks of raw or commercial foods, and you are not trying to restrict owners' feeding practices, what the hell is the policy for? Just how will it advance the health of pets, or improve the level of service, knowledge, or skill of veterinarians?
Please take a moment and read the comments on that AVMA blog — consumers clearly get it. This sort of policy only benefits one group, commercial, non-raw pet food producers. And notice the comments that state how this policy erodes consumer trust in veterinarians — now there is something AVMA should dig their teeth into! Oh, wait, they would rather chew on some Science Diet. Look at the first five ingredients for Adult Large Breed. From the Hill's website, Adult Large Breed Dry contains "Whole Grain Corn, Chicken By-Product Meal, Soybean Meal, Animal Fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid), Soybean Oil…" As a veterinarian with some knowledge of animal nutrition (my undergraduate focus at Cornell University, and subject of my Honors Research), this ingredient list horrifies me. Corn and soy are completely inappropriate for a species that is naturally a meat eater, as well as some of the more common allergens I see in practice. Chicken by product meal is the cheapest of meat meals, and can include heads, feet, undeveloped eggs and intestines, and more. And what animal was the source of animal fat? If it can't be named, it is also likely to be of the lowest quality, and could even include dog or cat fat.
Clearly this issue is not going to go away — the real question is where are the AVMA and the pet food industry going with it. Will it be a policy that is on the books but six months from now is not even remembered? Or will it be trotted out at opportune moments for the benefit of commercial non-raw pet food manufacturers? Will AVMA members be resigning their memberships over this apparent sell-out to "Big Pet Food"? I confess I am considering it, especially if my professional liability insurance premiums increase or my policy does not cover the recommendation of a natural diet. I believe it is my responsibility to recommend what my training, experiences, and research have shown me to be the best for my patients. Whether that is a way of feeding, a specific medication or surgical procedure, or other treatment plan, I will not recommend a lesser or potentially damaging approach for my patients just because a veterinary organization has a policy against what I know to true. First and foremost, my duty and obligation is to my patients. As it should be for any health care professional.
One of the most inspiring and moving parts of the graduation proceedings at Cornell University's Veterinary College was taking the Veterinarian's Oath. I believe it would benefit all veterinarians to review the oath often, and strive to practice in such a manner.
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Being admitted to the profession of veterinary medicine, I solemnly swear to use my scientific knowledge and skills for the benefit of society through the protection of animal health and welfare the prevention and relief of animal suffering, the conservation of animal resources, the promotion of public health, and the advancement of medical knowledge.
I will practice my profession conscientiously, with dignity, and in keeping with the principles of veterinary medical ethics.
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