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Obama uses a Joint Session of Congress for a 2012 Campaign Speech on Jobs
The Obama Jobs Speech was the Same Old Same Old with the Angry turned up to Eleven
The big speech was last night. President Obama's Jobs speech. After waiting with bated breath. For him to come back from vacation. On Martha's Vineyard. Where no one wants for a job. Or anything.
What you thought of it depends on your party affiliation. If you're a Big Government liberal Democrat that wants to stick it to the rich, I'm sure you liked it. If you were looking for substance, I'm sure you were disappointed. It was just the same old same old. With the angry turned up to eleven.
Here are some selections from the transcript with commentary (see Obama jobs speech transcript: Full text (as delivered) posted 9/8/2011 on Politico).
These men and women grew up with faith in an America where hard work and responsibility paid off. They believed in a country where everyone gets a fair shake and does their fair share — where if you stepped up, did your job, and were loyal to your company, that loyalty would be rewarded with a decent salary and good benefits; maybe a raise once in a while. If you did the right thing, you could make it. Anybody could make it in America.
For decades now, Americans have watched that compact erode. They have seen the decks too often stacked against them. And they know that Washington has not always put their interests first.
Yeah, it used to be like that. Until greed set in. Government greed. Their insatiable want of private sector wealth. And power over our lives. High taxes. And punishing regulations. These have hurt American businesses that once provided those fair shakes. It's President Obama and his party that have been making this a business unfriendly nation. Giving American businesses an unpleasant choice who struggle to compete. Either close. Or conduct business in a country that lets them compete.
Just look at the effect of Obamacare. All hiring is frozen. And those who can get Obamacare waivers are. The communist Chinese don't have these problems.
The question is whether, in the face of an ongoing national crisis, we can stop the political circus and actually do something to help the economy.
He says as he scolds the American people. And our Republican representatives. Yelling at us. Scowling at us. Fed up with us. Because he is not getting his way.
Ultimately, our recovery will be driven not by Washington, but by our businesses and our workers.
Absolutely right. And the best thing Washington can to is to stop helping. Their tax and regulatory policies are smothering economic growth. You want to help? Then get out of the way. And let business do what business does best. Grow. And create jobs. To meet demand. That the market is demanding. Not building what the government thinks is best.
I am sending this Congress a plan that you should pass right away. It's called the American Jobs Act. There should be nothing controversial about this piece of legislation. Everything in here is the kind of proposal that's been supported by both Democrats and Republicans — including many who sit here tonight. And everything in this bill will be paid for.
That urgent is it? Urgent. But not so urgent to cancel your luxurious vacation on the exclusive Martha's Vineyard? Where the rich and famous vacation to get away from people like us. You know, if it could wait until after Martha's Vineyard, it can't be that important.
Democrats and Republicans support everything in this plan? If so why isn't this already law? If not important before, why is it now? Some two and a half years into your presidency? And some two and a half years after applying your laser-like focus on job creation?
It will create more jobs for construction workers, more jobs for teachers, more jobs for veterans, and more jobs for long-term unemployed.
Jobs for teachers? There's nothing stimulative about that. They don't hire workers. And the kids they teach aren't going to hire any workers for a very long time. This is just more money for teachers' unions. Which will be funneled back to the Democrat Party via union dues.
We pay teachers with tax dollars. Paid by the taxpayers. This is money the government transfers from the private sector economy to the public sector teachers. So before teachers can stimulate with this money the private sector has to lose it first. They take a large sum of money from the private sector. And give it to the teachers. Less administration costs to make this all happen. To stimulate the private sector economy. Which means the teachers spend less money than the private sector would have if they were able to keep their money. This is a net loss of economic activity. And is not stimulative.
Teachers are like government. They provide an important service. But they are taxpayer financed. And like anything taxpayer financed, they are a drag on the economy.
More shovel-ready construction projects? You told us yourself there is no such thing as a shovel-ready project. This won't be stimulative either. Construction projects just don't happen overnight. Even if you get rid of all the regulatory red tape. Projects take months to engineer. If you cut that short there will be cost overruns to correct all the things missed in the engineering process. Then there's the asbestos abatement study. Lead abatement. Environmental impact studies. At best these will start hiring in time for the 2012 election campaign. Which no doubt is the goal.
It will provide — it will provide a tax break for companies who hire new workers, and it will cut payroll taxes in half for every working American and every small business. (Applause.) It will provide a jolt to an economy that has stalled, and give companies confidence that if they invest and if they hire, there will be customers for their products and services. You should pass this jobs plan right away. (Applause.)
If tax breaks are good for businesses then just cut tax rates. A tax rate cut is more stimulative than a onetime tax credit. A tax credit does not instill business confidence. Because hiring a new employee is far more costly than any onetime tax credit. Especially with Obamacare bearing down on small businesses. It's these permanent costs of current tax and regulatory policies. These are what are keeping business skittish about expanding and hiring. And a onetime tax credit won't change that. A repeal of Obamacare would probably spark some business growth. But not a targeted tax credit.
Pass this jobs bill — pass this jobs bill, and starting tomorrow, small businesses will get a tax cut if they hire new workers or if they raise workers' wages.
Wishful thinking. Whoever came up with this is an economic simpleton. He might as well have asked everyone to voluntary pay more for their groceries. So the stores will hire more people with all that additional profit. Employees are another cost of doing business. Voluntarily increasing these costs above the market cost will only make these businesses less competitive in the market place. Threatening their business. And all the jobs they currently provide.
It's not just Democrats who have supported this kind of proposal. Fifty House Republicans have proposed the same payroll tax cut that's in this plan. You should pass it right away. (Applause.)
Yes, payroll tax cuts are good. They reduce the cost of doing business. And let employees keep more of their earnings. So cutting Social Security and Medicare taxes will help. But this will only set up higher taxes down the road. Because these programs are going broke. Businesses understand this. They know it will only be temporary. And illusionary. For they will pay more in the future. So they aren't going to hire more now.
Building a world-class transportation system is part of what made us a economic superpower. And now we're going to sit back and watch China build newer airports and faster railroads? At a time when millions of unemployed construction workers could build them right here in America? (Applause.)
No. It didn't. We took over the title of economic superpower from the British before the federal highway bill. And private industry built the railroads. And robber barons. Sure, government helped. But it didn't lead the way.
China? Really? Why is China building so much infrastructure? Because they have cheap labor. They couldn't do what they're doing if their labor costs were the same as ours. And that high-speed rail system? They're now questioning quality and safety.
And there are schools throughout this country that desperately need renovating.
According to my calendar it's September. And I'm pretty sure it's September throughout the country. Which means what? That's right. The kids just went back to school. Which means the next round of school renovation projects will take place starting next June. When the kids get out of school. Not very stimulative if you ask me. Unless you just want a lot of people working on these school renovations during the 2012 election campaign.
And to make sure the money is properly spent, we're building on reforms we've already put in place. No more earmarks. No more boondoggles.
Just like you promised your $800 billion stimulus wouldn't contain any pork or earmarks? When it was mostly pork and earmarks? Fool us once shame on you. Fool us twice shame on us.
And we'll set up an independent fund to attract private dollars and issue loans based on two criteria: how badly a construction project is needed and how much good it will do for the economy. (Applause.)
Great. Nothing guarantees to speed things up like making it go through a new government bureaucracy. Which can better send money to friends of the administration. Just like that $800 billion stimulus.
Pass this jobs bill, and companies will get a $4,000 tax credit if they hire anyone who has spent more than six months looking for a job.
Let's crunch some numbers. Say you hire someone. Pay them $30,000. Your half of Social Security and Medicare taxes come to $2,295 for the year. Now factor in your other costs. State and federal unemployment insurance. Workers' compensation insurance. Health care. Etc. Not to mention their salary. It adds up to a lot of money. Far more than that $4,000 tax credit. For hiring someone they don't need to support their current level of business. And you know what? A smart business owner isn't going to do this.
The plan also extends unemployment insurance for another year. (Applause.) If the millions of unemployed Americans stopped getting this insurance, and stopped using that money for basic necessities, it would be a devastating blow to this economy.
The government has to take that money out of the private sector economy first. Before it can pay unemployment benefits. Someone is still spending that money. Just a different someone. By the time you add in the cost of administering those benefits, there is a net loss in economic activity.
Unemployment benefits help the unemployed while they look for another job. They don't stimulate the economy.
The agreement we passed in July will cut government spending by about $1 trillion over the next 10 years. It also charges this Congress to come up with an additional $1.5 trillion in savings by Christmas. Tonight, I am asking you to increase that amount so that it covers the full cost of the American Jobs Act. And a week from Monday, I'll be releasing a more ambitious deficit plan — a plan that will not only cover the cost of this jobs bill, but stabilize our debt in the long run. (Applause.)
Standard and Poor's wanted to see $4 trillion in real spending cuts. Not cuts in the out-years that will disappear in the next budget deal. Real cuts. If not they said they would downgrade the U.S. sovereign debt rating. They couldn't do it. The best they could do was a $1 trillion tax cut over the next 10 years. And by golly if S&P didn't downgrade our credit rating.
And the special commission is to find another half trillion in spending cuts? On top of the $1.5 trillion they were already looking for? That Congress was unable to find? And now they have to find $2 trillion? Yeah, like that's going to happen. That's a plan with but one goal. Failure.
With this kind of spending, a deficit reduction plan can only mean one thing. More taxes. Just what the economy needs. Not.
While most people in this country struggle to make ends meet, a few of the most affluent citizens and most profitable corporations enjoy tax breaks and loopholes that nobody else gets. Right now, Warren Buffett pays a lower tax rate than his secretary — an outrage he has asked us to fix. (Laughter.) We need a tax code where everyone gets a fair shake and where everybody pays their fair share.
An executive secretary probably earns something north of $60,000 a year. That puts her in a top marginal tax bracket of 25%. Crunching the numbers and this executive secretary will pay $11,125 in federal taxes. Now let's assume Warren Buffet has a half billion dollars in investments that pay a return of 8%. That's a capital gain of about $40 million. Taxed at a paltry 15% capital gains tax that's a measly $6 million in federal taxes. Funny. His secretary has a higher tax rate. But Buffet pays approximately 53,833% more in tax dollars. I don't know how you can say one person paying $40 million in taxes isn't paying his fair share.
Should we keep tax loopholes for oil companies? Or should we use that money to give small business owners a tax credit when they hire new workers? Because we can't afford to do both. Should we keep tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires? Or should we put teachers back to work so our kids can graduate ready for college and good jobs? (Applause.) Right now, we can't afford to do both.
This isn't political grandstanding. This isn't class warfare. This is simple math. (Laughter.)
This is nothing but political grandstanding and class warfare. And rather Orwellian. In Nineteen Eighty Four, they just changed the meaning of words to control the people. Such as slavery is freedom. But changing the meaning of words doesn't change what slavery is. It's still slavery. No matter what you call it. And political grandstanding and class warfare is political grandstanding and class warfare. Even if you say it isn't.
Now it's time to clear the way for a series of trade agreements that would make it easier for American companies to sell their products in Panama and Colombia and South Korea -– while also helping the workers whose jobs have been affected by global competition.
America can't compete with China because Chinese labor is cheaper. So to make American products more competitive the president wants to subsidize our high cost of labor. With American tax dollars. Spread the higher cost of U.S. goods throughout the American economy. Leaving everyone with less money for their own personal needs. So we can keep Big Union working. And supporting the Democrat Party. Which will only increase government spending. Our deficit. And our debt.
To subsidize Big Labor they'll have to pill that money out of the private sector economy first. So you subtract X from the private sector economy. And give X to Big Union. Less an administration fee, of course. Meaning that there will be a net loss of economic activity.
If we provide the right incentives, the right support — and if we make sure our trading partners play by the rules — we can be the ones to build everything from fuel-efficient cars to advanced biofuels to semiconductors that we sell all around the world.
The free market doesn't need government incentives and support. They did fine and dandy in the old days without any government help. And making our trading partners play by the rules? If you could do that they would be playing by the rules already. There's nothing you can do to make China stop undervaluing the yuan. Unless you want to throw up protective tariffs on Chinese goods. Of course they'll retaliate. Which will only make everything more expensive for the American consumer. Besides, we already tried this. Just before the Great Depression.
You really want to talk about the government picking winners and losers (i.e., incentives and support)? Really? After the Solyndra bankruptcy? And the FBI raid on their executive homes?
Well, I agree that we can't afford wasteful spending, and I'll work with you, with Congress, to root it out. And I agree that there are some rules and regulations that do put an unnecessary burden on businesses at a time when they can least afford it. (Applause.) That's why I ordered a review of all government regulations.
Didn't Al Gore already reinvent government? To root out wasteful spending and regulations? Yeah, he did. Or tried. Turns out that's a lot easier said than done. Especially when you don't really mean it. I mean, come on, the Left lives and dies for these costly regulations. They're not just going to sit idly by and let them get repealed. Not when they fund Democrat candidates in elections.
But what we can't do — what I will not do — is let this economic crisis be used as an excuse to wipe out the basic protections that Americans have counted on for decades.
Really? So you're not going to let anyone do what you did? Like Rahm Emanuel said, "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste." When you used the worst recession since the Great Depression to pass your stimulus?
Basic protections are one thing. But your regulatory zeal has shut down this economy. Just ask the Gulf oil workers. If you can find any. Because they aren't working on rigs in the Gulf anymore. Thanks to you.
We all remember Abraham Lincoln as the leader who saved our Union. Founder of the Republican Party. But in the middle of a civil war, he was also a leader who looked to the future — a Republican President who mobilized government to build the Transcontinental Railroad — (applause) — launch the National Academy of Sciences, set up the first land grant colleges. (Applause.) And leaders of both parties have followed the example he set.
The seeds of the first transcontinental railroad were sowed back in the 1830s. Lincoln became president in 1861. The NAS was established by an Act of Congress. Land grant colleges came into being in with the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890. First introduced in 1857. Abraham Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation. But he did not create these other acts of Congress. Congress did.
And the transcontinental railroad? That was Congress, too. And one of the most corrupt Congresses in history. The incentives and support Congress gave encouraged them to build track on ice. Zigzag to cover as much land as possible to claim the mineral rights beneath. And when east and west finally met, they kept building track. Parallel to each other. To keep collecting money for track mileage laid. And the cost overruns made a lot of Congressmen wealthy. No, this railroad was not America's finest hour.
How many jobs would it have cost us if past Congresses decided not to support the basic research that led to the Internet and the computer chip?
The government Internet (DARPA) was nothing more than file sharing and email for scientists. If private enterprise and entrepreneurs didn't step in that's what the Internet would still be.
The computer chip? Funny. I thought that was Texas Instruments and Fairchild Semiconductor. Which was ultimately based on the transistor. Invented in 1947 by John Bardeen, Walter H. Brattain, and William B. Shockley of Bell Labs. Who replaced vacuum tubes with semiconductors everywhere. Except in high-end audio amplifiers.
What kind of country would this be if this chamber had voted down Social Security or Medicare just because it violated some rigid idea about what government could or could not do? (Applause.) How many Americans would have suffered as a result?
Actually they'd probably be a lot better off. As far as a return on investment, Social Security is one of the worst retirement investments out there. Why? Because it's not an investment. Your money goes into the Social Security trust fund. Where it 'waits' for your retirement. But before you do, the government takes that money and spends it. Leaving an IOU in the trust fund. This is no IRA. No 401(k). No mutual fund. It's not even a savings bond. In fact, if you die before you collect, all that money you paid in is kept by the government. It doesn't go to your heirs with the rest of your estate. Like an IRA, a 401(k) or a mutual fund would.
But Social Security has been a real success. For the government. Because it has made generations of people dependent on government in their retirement. Who live in fear of losing their benefits. And will do anything to keep those benefits coming. Even if it means screwing their own children. And their grandchildren. They're so frightened by the Democrats that they will vote Democrat. No matter how much the Democrats steal from future generations.
I don't pretend that this plan will solve all our problems. It should not be, nor will it be, the last plan of action we propose.
That's right. You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And they will milk this for all it's worth. Stimulus. Bailing out the UAW pension funds (i.e., the auto bailout). Financial reform. Obamacare. Everything they've always wanted. But could never get through the normal legislative process.
The Problem with Barack Obama is that he's a Keynesian who wants to Grow the Government
Once again the professor scolds those who don't agree with him. And offers more of the same. Which has already failed to reverse the worst recession since the Great Depression. And it's not going to work this time. How do we know this? Because if this stuff worked it would have worked the first time.
And it would be nice to see the plan before our representatives pass the plan. For as CBO said before, you just can't score a speech. We need to see the numbers. And the leaps of faith. But I guess it's hard to quantify soaring rhetoric. Especially when you're offering the same thing. That you're trying to make sound different this time.
The problem with Barack Obama is that he's a Keynesian. With one slight difference. Keynesian stimulus is supposed to be temporary. Whereas Obama's stimulus gets added into the baseline budget. Making his stimulus spending permanent. His number one goal isn't growing the economy. It's growing the government. That's why his polices don't help the economy. But they sure have grown the government. And in Obama's book that's mission accomplished.
But he sure would like a second term to continue the fun. But I just don't see that happening. For I can't see how he can fool that many people into believing that they're better off after four years of his policies.
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Samsung SPH-i500
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well I'm a traveling sales person and this phone worked out really well for me .. i did stumble across a few difficulties that i noticed no one else posted about .. if the phone is powered off for an extensive amount of time .. all memory will be reset and lost ... that really hurt!!! TWICE actually ... with two of these phones ... moving on to bigger and better but not a bad starter PDA at all .. just don't try to text ... hard and not worth the time nor effort .. just IMO
Well, the Samsung i500 is almost perfect phone. I like it because it is a flip phone. Moreover, it is a phone plus PDA and more.
However, this phone is missing a camara which I think is cool thing.
I did a research online and I found that Samsung made a new i550 model to replace i500, but Sprint do not want to sell it yet. This is very sad because the i550 has the whole tools.
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Ok phone when it came out, but now don't even think about it!
This Phone was great when it first came out, but now: may 05- Don't even think about it. It sells for under $200 if you can get it for $150 buy it: It does all the basic things. Organize take phone calls..that's about it.
Palm OS is slow and crappy
If you can shell out a little more and get the i600 or treo 650 or shell out a little more and get the audiovox6600
If you just need something really really basic, go for this phone. You will be content, otherwise if you need more of a phone that will work for you, and which you will rely on more: pass this one.
Let me make a short story long ... I bought a Treo 650 from Sprint in December. I paid $450 for it (two year contract). Right off the bat, it was clear that it was better for e-mail, web browsing, even word processing/document viewing than as a phone. And the first two had firmware problems. The screen mysteriously cracked on the third one -- while it was safely in my suit jacket. I'm on my fourth one. And while I love all it can do it just proved to be too fragile for active use.
So I ended up also carrying around a Samsung V1660 to use as a phone. Then my company decided to hand out Blackberry devices to all of us. And then I saw that Sprint was closing out of the SPH-i500 at $89 (two year contract). I grabbed one.
At that price, the i500 is simply awesome. It is a sturdy little flip phone. And it has the Palm 4.0 OS functionality. You can use it to receive/read e-mails (e.g. Business Connection). In the box comes TWO batteries and a case and a really nice cradle. It has no camera (who cares?) and no SD slot (it would be nice, but ...). It has no internal keyboard. And it really isn't going to work as an MP3 player with only 16 MB. But at $89 it can simply be a great phone with Palm OS functionality -- WordSmith and Adobe Acrobat Reader to review documents, Address Book, e-mail, some games. You can get a flexible (roll-up) keyboard for it and with the extended battery (which is a little beefy) you'll double the already decent between-charge capacity.
I'm carrying it around (in my suit jacket) with my Blackberry (in my briefcase). In that combination, the i500 gets an A++.
p.s. My wife gets an almost-new Samsung V1660 and shares Sprint minutes with me. And my Treo 650 is reduced to the status of am expensive novelty item.
Best one out there as of 5/05
If you have to have Palm and form factor is of prime importance, the i500 is it. I can put this small phone in my pants pocket and don't even remember it is there. Does what I want it to do. I use my phone little to moderate and need Palm functions such as
Todo, schedule and contacts. It is great.
I500 Is The Answer
Background = Sprint PCS, last phone = 5300 & Treo 600. Waited several months before purchasing this phone (due to the cost). Price dropped, picked up phone, works perfect for phone, work, PDA. Prior to this phone, didn't use the camera phone on the 5300, waist of innovation (and money). But, the Treo had Business Connect. This was a huge sell for my job, as this allowed me to connect to my corporate e-mail (period). This phone does that, as well as allow you to download an install other work related programs. I do agree that the "quick" dial phone method on this phone absolutely sucks, and I've almost gotten into 3 accidents because it's hard to navigate. - Pull Over idiot! Here is what I like and hate:
Pros: Phone is small, stylish, cheap, pda ready, business ready, solitare rules (download from another site), you can download programs from other sites, cool docking station.
Cons: No downloadable ringtones (Sprint will charge you this unless you call and say "hello, I can't download ringtones"), Sprint customer service (or any cell customer service but very expected), random Internet freezing (requires removing battery to reboot), battery life (purchase new batteries via E-Bay), anything else who cares? No SMS text enabled Sprint to Sprint messenging without external service, requires e-mail program to view basic e-mail (why?), I bought this phone mainly because I was waiting for the I600 to come out with Windows CE. Well they forgot to mention until too late, that I600 didn't have a pen stylis (sp) so you have to hunt and peck the number keys = no thank you, up your's.
Hints: Look for FREE Palm enabled games online. Go to Eudora to download FREE e-mail program for "Palm."
Conclusion: If you find this phone for less then $300 bones, then buy it; you'll like the clamshell phone / palm unit. If you're looking for a camera, mp3, streaming video, speakerphone then I suggest finding something else. Good luck!
I dig it!!
The thing works great. If you want a camera buy one! Palm 4 vs 5, not much of a diff if you just need to keep appointments, numbers and notes straight. Very cool having only one item to take care of two needs especially when the size is small and light. I get my other e-mail and can browse the web to.
Great replacement for SPH i330
After reviewing specs on SPH i600 and SPH i500, I chose the later and I'm glad I did. It replaced my SPH i330 and in every way it is superior. Recommendation for address file is to download 321 Contact from Handango. It is designed for the SPHi500. Samsung should have included it in their preloaded software!
Small and compact.
Touch screen
Ease of connecting to computer
Great desktop software
Voice dial exceptional
Speaker phone.
* The phone has no speaker nor an external caller ID.
*The battery does not hold its life for very long.
*There is a delay when dialing a number and it registers on the screen.
* There is no blue tooth capability or similar technology.
* Buttons are too small and close together.
* A lot of dropped calls
* Good Color screen
Samsung i500 vs Kyocera 6035
I have used a Kyocera 6035 PalmPhone since 2001 and loved it other than the fact that I went through 5 of them (usually the same failure). Thank goodness for Sprint lock\line insurance.
Recently, my 6035 started acting up again but they had no more, so they replaced it with the Samsung i500. Here are my thoughts:
Samsung is nice, but other than being faster, more memory, color and ring tones, it is missing features that I used in the Kyocera:
1. No speaker phone
2. No programmable power on/power off (6035 let me program on/off times)
3. No programmable rings (you could download them for 6035, wav samples)
4. No "vibrate, then ring" or "escalate volume" ring mode -- either vibrate, ring, or both
5. No WAP browser comes with it, so no way to SMS or chat or anything via Sprint!
6. No e-mail app comes with it
7. No integration apps like the minute tracker and such (virtually NO i500 software found online!)
So, although it's smaller and cooler, I can't do half the things with it I could have done with a Kyocera 7135 had Sprint carried it.
It's a good phone so far, but severely lacking in features. It's basically just a phone with a color Palm with very little intergration between the two.
The dialer system is better, and I think you can do more memos and voice dialing slots, but...
Once I get a sync cable and get my 3rd party apps moved over I will be happier.
For $600, though, I would look into the Treo 600 - coworkers with it seem to like it (just no analog mode and not a flip).

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RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
New show will serve up a new twist on the mega-hit RuPaul's Drag Race as it pits queens from previous seasons in a wig-to-wig drag battle royale.
Genre: Reality
Actor: Michelle Visage
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Quality: HD
Release: 2012
IMDb: 8.6
Season 1 - RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
"Twelve All Stars arrive to compete for $100,000 and a chance to become the first inductee into RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race Hall of Fame."
"The queens find themselves battling for laughs while impersonating their favorite celebrities on \u201cRuPaul\u2019s Gaff-In\u201d with Vicki Lawrence\u2019s \u201cMama\u201d."
"The queens hit the streets of Hollywood to prank unsuspecting passers-by."
"Legendary children Kady Z, Jillian Hervey and Kelly Osbourne join the queens to form All Star girl groups in a battle of the divas for the fiercest set."
"The final four assume super hero and super foe alter egos and go to epic heights to vanquish their nemesis."
"For the final challenge, RuPaul sends her All Stars on a junket that culminates with a stand-up routine at L.A.\u2019s Comedy Store."
Season 2 - RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
"Ten Queens return to compete for $100,000 and a place in the Drag Race Hall of Fame. The first test is to compete in a drag talent show. With guest judge Raven-Symon\u00e9."
"The queens impersonate celebrities in a quick-witted TV game show and burn rubber in a latex runway. With guest judge Ross Mathews."
"The queens are challenged to perform in a lip-syncing dance number inspired by the legendary historical women. Fashion designer Jeremy Scott guest judges."
"The queens acting chops are tested in parody movie sequels of RuPaul's favorite movies. Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger guest judges."
"The queens must perform a live stand-up comedy act in front of an audience of judgmental drag queens. Ross Mathews returns to guest judge."
"The queens design and market drag-influenced products. Entrepreneur Marcus Lemonis (CNBC's The Profit) co-stars, and comedian Graham Norton guest judges."
"The queens makeover family members; actress Aubrey Plaza judges"
"The queens must write original rap lyrics and perform as a girl group; crowning a winner."
"The All Star queens reunite to dish about the most shocking, glamorous and sickening moments of the season. Hosted by the Emmy Award winning RuPaul."
Season 3 - RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
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"A mystery 10th queen joins the nine All Stars competing for $100,000 and a place in the Drag Race Hall of Fame. The first test is to compete in a drag variety show."
"The queens go full diva in a lip-syncing dance number inspired by the classic TV specials \"VH1 Divas Live\". With guest judge Vanessa Williams and choreographer Todrick Hall."
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No such thing as an unknown Venezuelan conductor
The Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra is playing at the BBC Proms tonight (5th August 2005) with a programme including Mahler (Ruckert-Lieder with Anne Sophie von Otter), Tubin and Sibelius. Their superstar Principal Conductor Neemi Jarvi is ill, so stepping into the breach is 24 year old Venezuelan Gustavo Dudamel (right) who becomes the third youngest conductor to appear at the Proms. As the two younger talents were Simon Rattle and Daniel Harding there is a lot for Gustavo Dudamel to live up to.
Several famous conductors got their fairytale big break by taking over at short notice from an indisposed superstar. Probably the most famous was Leonard Bernstein who took over from Bruno Walter to conduct the New York Philharmonic in November 1943 at just a few hours notice.
The media are having a field day in the UK with the 'unknown Venezuelan' story, and Charlotte Higgins in the Guardian seems to have swallowed it hook line and sinker with a screaming headline... Conducting prodigy to make Proms debut at 24.
Now I am as delighted as anyone that young Gustavo is getting his big break tonight. But the Guardian's story that 'Dudamel is unknown outside his native Venzuela, where he conducts a youth orchestra' is a great example of the facts not being allowed to get in the way of a great story. In fact Dudamel is signed to Askonas Holt. They are one of the world's leading concert management agencies; which means they are a major musical power broker bringing orchestras and conductors together. And their artists include Sir Simon Rattle, Daniel Barenboim and Bernard Haitink, as well as Daniel Harding.
Among the 'youth orchestras' on Askonas Holt's roster are the Berlin Philharmonic and BBC Symphony Orchestras. Is a pattern starting to emerge? Moreover the unknown conductor of Venezuelan youth orchestras also has a Deutsche Grammophon contract in his pocket, a company with very strong links to the Berlin Philharmonic. The media also makes much of Simon Rattle's advocacy of Dudamel. This becomes a little less remarkable when you realise they are both under the same management who stand to gain financially from Dudamel's success. And then Rattle is, of course, Music Director of the Berlin Philharmonic who are represented by Askonas Holt......need I say more?
So good luck tonight (Friday 5th August) Gustavo, I'll be rooting for you. But I also happen to know that fairytales just don't exist anymore in today's music-like-water world of classical music - except in the minds of PR men and management agencies.
*Judge Gustavo Dudamel's Proms debut for yourself by listening to the live web cast. The concert starts at 7.30pm BST tonight (5th August) . Convert this to your local time zone using this link. Or if you cannot listen-in read the Guardian review tomorrow via this link.
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22 comments:
- Pliable said...
See a very useful complimentary post to this story at The Well-Tempered Blog in which Bart Collins focuses on the excellent musical education programmes in Venezuela.
When read together these two posts give a much more in-depth and useful analysis of the Dudamel story than that offered by 'mainstream' media like the Guardian.
Such is the power of music blogs.
- 10:28 am
- Pliable said...
Only the best people read this blog - this popped up on my server log this morning...
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- 10:50 am
- ghost particle said...
You have a great music blog. Love the writings.
- 1:11 pm
- Pliable said...
I note that the Tubin Toccata, in tonight's programme is a victim of the change of conductor. It has been dropped.
- 1:26 pm
- Garth Trinkl said...
pliable, besides Bart Collins' excellent Well-Tempered Blog on Venezuela's extensive classical music education efforts, there is also Drew McManus's equally fine three-part blog, at ArtsJournal.com, on his classical music education study trip to Venezuela earlier this summer.
The power of blogging times 3.1!!
- 3:39 pm
- Pliable said...
Garth, thanks for that link pointing to Drew's in depth analysis of music education in Venezuela.
The resources available across the network of music blogs is just fantastic - particularly when I notice that the most recent news story today (5th Aug) on The Gramophone web site is dated 1st Aug!
Support music blogs if you want the hot stories.
- 4:03 pm
- PooterGeek said...
20:10 BST and still no show. They're playing the Labeque twins doing Ravel on BBC Radio 3 because there's some kind of technical hitch at the Albert Hall.
- 8:12 pm
- Pliable said...
Yes, you're right. The relay started at 20.25h, as apparantly did the concert. The announcer didn't give a reason, but my guess was that it wasn't a technical hitch. I fear the hall may have been cleared because of a security alert which would account for the 55 minute delay. There is a huge police presence in London today - more than 6000, many armed.
- 8:34 pm
- Carmen Helena Téllez said...
Greetings to all the readers...the real genius behind Dudamel's success is the founder and director of the Youth Orchestra Movement in Venezuela, José Antonio Abreu. Someone should follow him and hear his opinions about music and the music business.
I have not had the pleasure of seeing or hearing Gustavo Dudamel conduct, but as a Venezuelan myself, I can attest that there are many fine conductors in my country. What favors Dudamel is an interesting constellation of circumstances that matured for him and not for others. I am sure he has true gifts, because, even as the marketing machine works in his favor, he must sustain some interest himself. He has had his weak moments already. The reviews were far from brilliant in Venezuela last year, and Askonas Holt was doing the research for him in the United States on Venezuelan music which could be found in the Youth Orchestra's files. Why were they looking so far away when they could have asked Dudamel himself is still a mystery to me. I place all this in perspective when Marin Alsop has had to fight so hard for a place in the sun of major orchestras after years of work; and I await to see what extraordinary gifts have exalted my young compatriot to such heights above all others so quickly. This story tells that marketing--the shapers of public opinion--seem to be as important to the development of the arts as the artists themselves. Cultural musicologists have been examining this for a while. Whomever pays for the music has determined its direction throughout history. And great and not so great art arose from it all. It is the role of the independent critic to extricate the kernels of true artistic merit, for the sake of the public-- and of the artist.
Carmen Helena Tellez
- 4:16 am
I recall seeing an article a few years back on how the Venezuelans had fiercely promoted musical education to the degree that children in tiny, poor villages were learning to play musical instruments and participate in youth orchestras, resulting in a rich legacy of extremely fine musicians. See the following: http://www.rightlivelihood.org/recip/abreu.htm about the man who spearheaded this movement, and another link http://www.mvdaily.com/concerts/item.cgi?id=221072 about Dudamel being raised through this system. And here's a link I got from The Well-Tempered Blog on the subject: http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=38652 . Anyway, the story of Venezuela and its child musicians has stuck with me for some time now, your recent post triggered it again. I only wish that American education would "get it"—music and arts are the first things for the chop in economic hard times because it is seen as a luxury for rich people, not integral to every person's well-being.
- 6:59 am
- Carmen Helena Téllez said...
I must thank this site for cueing me to the re-broadcast of Gustavo Dudamel's debut at the Proms with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Now I can say that I have heard some of his work.
I thought it necessary for me to follow up after my previous comments. He certainly has tremendous gifts. One can argue that the details of preparation and subtleties of interpretation may be credited to Jarvi, and that his approach seemed tempestous at times; but given the circumstances and the fear of risks that may have intimidated any other conductor, one cannot deny his love of music and his instinct for the preservation of the structural line of the works. The response of the audience proved that he certainly knows how to generate a climax and project charisma.
This has been an interesting month. Thanks to Alsop and Dudamel, one can see new excitement in the press about classical music, since suddenly talents that would normally be considered in the fringes are now occupying center-stage. I hope the audiences--and the marketers--look into the work of others like them, who by their difference, can bring fresh perspectives. These are wonderful times!
Carmen Helena Tellez
- 7:55 am
- aminovice said...
Just to dish the "Pliable" conspiracy theory, might I point out that Sir Simon is with EMI, not DGG, so it makes YOUR blog sound "less remarkable". Besides, since you also purport that the Venezuelan story is more known than, say, respected reporters such as Charlotte Higgins, suggest it is, you fail to point out that it was Claudio Abbado with the BPO who began the work in Venezuela, NOT Sir Simon. Simon is the one who has - and will continue to - bring the remarkable fruits of the "Sistema" to the media's (and world's) attention.
- 10:31 am
- Pliable said...
Thanks for posting aminovice, civilized debate is the oxygen which on an overgrown path runs on.
I was going to respond by saying that record labels have much less power these days than artist management companies.
But then I went on the Askonas Holt web site and noticed that Claudio Abbado (who of course is a DGG artist) is also managed by Askonas Holt. As indeed is Claudio's nephew Roberto, which makes it a real family concern.
May not be 'remarkable' but interesting how the overgrown paths connect....
I am full of admiration for the musical education system in Venezuela, and the links I have posted above have, hopefully, helped in a small way to bring it to a wider audience.
I am delighted that leading conductors are working to bring this most worthy activity to the media, and the world's, attention. But by the same token I do not consider that a reason for not also drawing the reader's attention to the linked interests of the various parties involved.
- 1:16 pm
- Pliable said...
Read the Guardian review of Gustavo Dudamel's Prom debut by following this link
- 2:29 pm
- aminovice said...
...but of course, being interested in presenting a balanced arguement you're interested in pointing out the (exception) writings of the Telegraph and The Times, correct?
- 11:05 am
- Pliable said...
Aminovice the problem is, as far as I can ascertain after investing some time googling, neither the Telegraph
nor Times reviews of Dudamel's concert are available online. If you, anyone else can locate them, or other reviews, please post the links.
Alternatively, if you would like to transcribe the text of the reviews, with acknowledgement to avoid copyright problems, and post them here, I am sure readers would be very interested to share them.
So no hidden agendas. Music blogging is the art of the possible. The Guardian are the most web-friendly newspaper, and that is why their excellent online reviews resource is linked in all my Proms posts.
- 11:55 am
- Carmen Helena Téllez said...
My dear colleagues:
Every situation has its network and its traffic of influences, even the Youth Orchestra Movement in Venezuela. The mortifying question for all of us is--can intrinsic quality transcend and overcome a lack of a favorable network; or, will mediocrity prosper with the help of a network?
Since Dudamel is my colleague and compatriot I did try to follow up my listening experience (admittedly a flawed one, through the computer). The reviews available online seem to be surprisingly contradictory.
- 8:12 pm
- Felipe Izcaray said...
Dear friends and colleagues,
First of all, greetings to my good friend Carmen Tellez.
My name is Felipe Izcaray, and I am the Music Director of the Salta Symphony Orchestra in Salta, Argentina. I am Venezuelan, and do know Gustavo Dudamel since he was an energetic kid playing violin in Venezuela's youth orchestra system. Last time I performed with him, he was the assistant concertmaster of that orchestra, and this was on February 1999.
How he became a conductor is almost an accident. The founder of the Youth Orchestra Movement in Venezuela, José Antonio Abreu, saw him conducting in his hometown of Barquisimeto, during a music festival. Several months later, the then Youth Orchestra director, Gustavo Medina, resigned his post just a few weeks before an Italian tour. Abreu chose Dudamel to be the tour conductor, and proceeded himself to coach Gustavo, at the rate of 6-8 hours a day. Gustavo was 16 at that time, and did excellent as a conductor. The rest is history.
I have seen Gustavo conduct many times, and can call the attention to his charisma, and how he takes his profession seriously.
This is one of those rare moments in which the marketing side of our profession unites itself to a real talent. I believe Gustavo deserves the attention he is getting. Through the years he has maintained his easy and warm personality. He is now a DGG artist, a member of the big leagues, and still calls me "Maestro" when he sees me. He greets his old friends as equals, and still imposes his personality when he ascends the podium.
Does he have a long way to go?, I have no doubt. Has he begun that journey on the right path? ... You bet your wooden baton!
I post now the TIMES ON LINE review of Gustavo's concert at the Proms:
August 09, 2005
Gothenburg SO/Dudamel; NYOGB/Otaka
Geoff Brown at the Albert Hall/Radio 3
WITH Neeme Järvi indisposed, Friday became Gustavo Dudamel's Prom debut. Two days before, this 24-year-old Venezuelan had landed an exclusive recording contract with Deutsche Grammophon: a conductor clearly going somewhere. But Friday was also electronic feedback night: the night of the high-pitched hum (composed by Stockhausen, some wags thought) that mysteriously assailed the Albert Hall. For 50 minutes Dudamel was going nowhere.
Finally, just before 8.30, he hurled himself upon Tchaikovsky's fantasia of love and fury, Francesca da Rimini. Every muscle snarled with tension; stand in the way of his baton and you'd be sliced in two. The Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra took the whirlwind in its stride, though the best of the playing — and Dudamel's conducting — came later.
Mahler first. Her face suggested that the wait hadn't left Anne Sofie von Otter in the rosiest mood, but the mezzo-soprano's delicacy in the Rückert-Lieder remained unaffected. She reached for top notes as you would apple blossoms. Here was ease and beauty, plus, where necessary, quiet surrender.
No quiet surrender in the accelerations and struggles of Sibelius's Fifth Symphony, music that this polished Swedish orchestra knows inside out. Dudamel sailed through every twist and turn, possibly too neatly; in the finale I wanted more exultation, but we lacked nothing in those eerie passages when Sibelius doodles and time stands still.
- 9:29 pm
- Carmen Helena Téllez said...
Hats off to this blog! Imagine receiving a greeting from my good friend Felipe Izcaray! Perhaps the readers will remember my comment about the excellent level of Venezuelan conductors. Felipe and his son Carlos are both stupendous.
His perspective is very telling, from someone who knows. (I should clarify that, notwithstanding my participation in this fascinating conversation, I am perhaps the only musician in Venezuela who has not had any direct contact with the Youth Orchestra Movement.) Someone should do a blog on José Antonio Abreu, a man who has changed destinies.
Carmen Helena Téllez
- 6:53 am
- Carmen Helena Téllez said...
...and another online review for those who asked:
Alas, time to stop. Must prepare to travel to Mexico. I look forward to reading what's new in "the Overgrown Path" when I return.
- 7:13 am
- Pliable said...
Many thanks for all these very valuable posts which have helped paint what is a very complex picture. This story is not only about Gustavo Dudamel. It is also about the importance of music education, a subject evangelised by our own Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (I urge you to read my archived post A musician with teeth and the his speech which is linked to it). It is also about the commercial forces in classical music, which like an iceberg are 90% invisible. I have tried to make those forces more visible with posts such as Music-like-water.
I thought long and hard about the recent comment which said I was not presenting a balanced view of this story. To a certain extent that is a fair comment. This is a blog. One definition of a blog is as follows Blog is short for weblog. A weblog is a journal that is frequently updated and intended for general public consumption. Blogs generally represent the personality of the author or the Web site.
On an overgrown path represents my personality. And as my wife will testify that is certainly not balanced. You will not find mentions on this blog of composers ranging from Varese to Gilbert and Sullivan. That is not because they are insignificant composers, but personally they mean little to me.
The checks and balances can be added by you the readers via the comments and email facilities. This is not hopeless idealism on my part. The reader input on the Dudamel story has been overwhelming. I know some of you have put a lot of effort into transcribing reviews. That is much appreciated. Thanks, it has worked.
So please keep the comments pouring in to this unbalanced, but well read, blog.
P.S. It is an irony of blogging that the posts that are special to the writer sink like a lead baloon with readers. Would someone now please post a comment on my Peerless Potugese Polyphony post!
- 8:57 am
- Felipe Izcaray said...
Dear blogger, indeed, you do not need to apologise for not being "totally fair". It is a futile excercise and also somewhat näive to expect every comment to be fair and objective. You have only to reed the different, contrasting reviews about Dudamel and his Proms concert to arrive to a clear conclusion: A critic exposes his inner, personal feelings about what he hears or sees. It is up to us to digest and make the best of it.
An old friend once gave me the answer to the mother of all questions (..."To be or not to be, that is the question"...). I don't know if he made it up, or if it was a borrowed thought, and I do not care, really.
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"True Blood" creator Alan Ball's new television series "Banshee" will premiere Jan. 11 at 10 p.m. on Cinemax, the network said Thursday.
The drama, which is executive-produced by Ball and "House M.D." executive producer Greg Yaitanes, centers on ex-con and master thief Lucas Hood (played by "Rush" star Anthony Starr), who assumes the identity of the sheriff of Banshee, Pa., where he continues his criminal ways while being hunted by a team of gangsters from his past. Ivana Milicevic ("Charlie's Angels") and Ulrich Thomsen ("The Celebration") also star.
Also read: Rick Santorum Inspired "True Blood" Season 5, Says Creator Alan Ball
Series writers Jonathan Tropper and David Schickler also executive-produce, along with Peter Macdissi.
The pilot episode will re-air at 11:05 p.m. and 12:10 a.m., with additional re-airings on Jan. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 30.


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Remember watching the sporadically amusing The Marriage Ref and thinking "Hey, wouldn't it be great if this show were about cars?" Get excited. Jerry Seinfeld is producing a new show called "Comics And Cars" that sounds basically like that.
Didn't we try this before? Oh, right. It was called The Car Show. Seinfeld is apparently hoping to build on that success by replacing jackasses playing with cars with millionaire gray-haired comedians playing with expensive cars and reminiscing about their first rides, or something.
If only Seinfeld would stick to the shows about nothing.
All of this news comes second-hand from other reports but originally appeared in The Daily, which is why you're reading it here.
There are just enough details to make us never want to own a television again. It's just old guys horsing around with cars. Granted, some of the old guys include Ricky Gervais, Alec Baldwin and Larry David. They're funny, no doubt.
But if The Marriage Ref is any guide, no one can make watching funny people feel like an enhanced interrogation technique like one of Seinfeld's terrible premises. Also, I don't really want to know what Kelly Ripa thinks of the Bugatti Veyron or what Marv Albert did in his old Pacer.
No network has picked up the production, which means we might be spared this in primetime.
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Monday Afternoon Edition
The Basis of Civilization - Dale Ahlquist, The Distributist Review
SSPX Claim the O.F. is a Protestant Rite, Can They be Serious? - William Oddie, UK Cthlc Hrld
Coptic Monasteries Under Attack - Terry Mattingly, GetReligion.org
Aww, Planned Parenthood Gettin' Nervous - Matthew Archbold, Creative Minority Report
Catholic Teaching & Unions: Framing the Debate - Doctor Constance Nielsen, WI Cthlc Herald
New Translation Monday: Gloria in Excelsis Deo (Part II) - Jake Tawney, Roma locuta est
Revolutions In Muslim World Open Door to Severe Persecution of Christians - The Cth Knight
I Won't Stand for Communion! - Richard Collins, Linen on the Hedgerow
Pondering Abortion in the African American Community - Monsignor Charles Pope, AOW
Best Catholic Church Renovation in Texas - Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales
This will be a continuing series starting in March for the National Catholic Register by ThePulp.it.


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Ready Austria 2014 in REAL HQ, HERE
Ready Austria 2014 in REAL HQ, HERE
Hi Dieter, Can you upload the Austria 2014 onboard lap in HQ too ?
Dieter, thank you
Hi guys!
I am really sorry for being absence for such long time, I am having personal problems in my real life, so I couldn't caught up anymore...beside, the web site that I taking videos from there, didn't upload videos either.
However I uploaded On-board and Race Edit videos for Canada and Austrian Grand Prix, please check the second post for future updates, thank you!
Also a special thanks to Dieter to make up to it...I really appreciated it mate! Please keep it up!
P.S: For some reason the soundtracks has been removed, I'll try to replace and update them as soon as I can...!
I'll see you soon!
I just watched the British GP race edit and I have to say: what does Fernando have to do to get some TV time?? From 17th to 6th, lots of great overtaking and racing and all he got was the last 5 seconds of his fight with Vettel. And it's not just this race, it's been the case largely in 2013 and pretty much the whole of 2014 as well.
Last British Grand Prix Race Edit and On-board videos has been added... Please check the second post for the new videos, thank you!
I have uploaded soundtracks again, please check the opening post for new updates... Thank you!
Ready Germany 2014 in HQ HERE
The last German Grand Prix Race Edit and On-board videos has been added... So please check the second post, thank you!
Ready Hungary 2014 in HQ HERE
The last Hungarian Grand Prix Race Edit and On-board videos has been added... Please check the second post for last videso, thank you!
So far you're right there we're no 2008 onboards IN 2008 on f1.com. At first there weren't ones in 2009 from 2009 either. FOM came up with onboards in the summer break just before Belgium 2009. Just as they keep old edits from the previous year until they have a new one from the current year, they added 2008 onboards for the Grand Prix that had yet to be raced in 2009. So there exist 2008 onboards from Belgium onwards including Belgium. I have all of them except Belgium which I missed to download back then. I'll see if I can upload those onboards for you.
Regarding a 2013 season review, there is one official one having been shown at the FIA Gala but there is no shortened version of it on f1.com just as in 2012.
Oh I see... So there were official On-board videos from 2008 year that I had been missed...I hadn't any idea, sorry.
Thank you so much Chris for letting me know...and yeah, that would be great if you can do that, just upload them in the mediafire.com that I can share and add them in the OP.
And as for 2013 Season Summary video...I know about that video, I just looking forward for the edited out version of it in Formula1.com web site that I can use and add.
Thank you again Chris, please keep me update...
@ Chris: That confirms my thoughts about the 2008 onboard-laps, thank you. However, there were more FOM Onboard-videos from that year as I've seen the ones from Germany, France and Canada aswell. They all happened before the 2008 Belgian GP.
Anyway, it would be amazing if you could upload the ones you have from Belgium (Italy) onwards. Thanks in advance!
Hi! do you have any onboard lap but from the start of the race? (Only start and 1st lap) 2014 pleasee! Thank You
Ready Belgium 2014 in HQ HERE
Onboard lap?
Thank you.
Ready Italy 2014 in HQ HERE
The increase in weight of the file to almost double it's due to the change from 4000 kbps to 7000 kbps in encoding files in the FOM.
The file is still original without any changes or recoding.
Hi again! Sorry guys, I couldn't caught up here and not able to update the thread...but I come back now!
As Dieter have mentioned out, the video bit rate has been changed lately and quality of the videos is so much better... So I have updated ALL Race Edit videos and ALL On-board laps with the latest changes. Take that note the new videos are with .mp4 format.
Please check the second post for farther updates... Thank you!
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When my cars come in first and win, I feel very proud because I'm Italian.
Enzo Ferrari
Hola dieter, espero que para el dia 28 ya tengamos disponible la carrera editada de singapur.
Saludos desde VENEZUELA.
Hi to all!!
F1.com has change streaming method. Sice now I can get f4v videos via unix scripting and rtmpdump, but now is using HLS video streaming... Anyone knows if have any method to get them?
Dieter do you have video from gala 2007? thanks
The only official summary of 2007 and therefore the first production of FOM is this: Link
Avi - DivX 5 - 960x540
Those analogic times...
^ Very nice, thank you Dieter... I do have a FLV version of it, I'll try to add it to OP later on!
Last Singapore Grand Prix Race Edit and On-board videos has been added... Please check the second post for the new updates, thank you!
When my cars come in first and win, I feel very proud because I'm Italian.
Enzo Ferrari
Ready Japan 2014 in HQ HERE


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Detention hearings held for boys charged with Lewiston arsons
Two 12-year-olds charged with arson in separate fires
Detention hearings were held Monday afternoon for two 12-year-old boys accused of setting separate fires in downtown Lewiston.
One of the boys is charged with three counts of arson in connection with the fire last Monday on Blake Street that destroyed three buildings.
The fire left approximately 75 people homeless.
Click here for photos from last Monday's fire.
The second boy is accused of setting Friday night's fire in Lewiston that started in a vacant garage on Bartlett Street and spread to four other buildings.
That fire displaced 104 people.
Click here for photos from Friday night's fire.
Family members of the boy accused of starting the first fire said they can't believe the quiet seventh-grader had anything to do with starting it.
"I don't think he could have. I don't really think he could have," said the boy's aunt, Ami Reilly.
Reilly had custody of the boy for several months. She said her nephew is well-behaved, gets good grades in school and goes to church.
"He's been to my house. He's lived there and I've never had a problem like him touching lighters, matches," Reilly said.
Charles Epps is the boyfriend of the suspect's mother. He said he's like a father to the boy.
"My feelings are very simple: My son stands accused and it's not for me or any of us here to determine whether he's guilty. That's for the court to do," Epps said.
Family members who were allowed to be part of the boy's detention hearing wouldn't tell News 8 what happened.
Police previously said that the boy said he had a reason for setting the fire, but investigators would not share that motive with us.
Reilly is worried about how her nephew is holding up.
"He's a quiet kid. He doesn't like to be around a lot of people, so I don't think he's doing too good, but I'm here to support him today," she said.
Family members of the other boy charged with starting Friday's fire did not want to speak with reporters on Monday.
The boys are scheduled to be arraigned on May 13.
Authorities don't believe the two boys are connected.
Crews are still working to figure out what caused a third fire early Monday morning.


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Even now, Davis wonders why it took college football coaches so long to adopt the principles of his offense, which was predicated on spreading a defense so wide that it created vertical seams for both runs and passes.
"I think it took coaches a while to find out how really tough it is to defend four-wide and how difficult it is to defend with either run or pass," Davis said. "The spread offense is now more of an option orientation by a lot of teams. A lot of them are running our same routes, but they don't read them as much. A lot of them are more run-oriented."
In many ways, the spread offense is still evolving. Coaches often see something they like from another coach's offense, then add their own wrinkles, plays and formations.
"You steal what you steal and put your own stuff in it," Davis said. "It's all interwoven some way."
When Rich Rodriguez took his spread offense from West Virginia to Michigan, a reporter from a Detroit newspaper called Davis. Rodriguez had told the reporter that he'd stolen much of his offense from Davis.
"He didn't get his stuff from me," Davis told the reporter. "I don't know where he got it from, but he got it from somebody else."
There are plenty of versions of the spread offense to imitate. The spread offenses at schools such as Texas Tech, Missouri and Tulsa are built around high-percentage passing games and often rely on quarterbacks and coaches to make the right decisions at the line of scrimmage. Spread offenses run by teams such as Michigan and Oregon are run-oriented attacks built around slot receivers, tailbacks and dual-threat quarterbacks.
"The bottom line is every spread offense is different," Nebraska coach Bo Pelini said last year. "Florida's spread offense is different than Missouri, and Missouri's is different than what Kansas is trying to do."
I think that's right: we have had spread rumblings for at least half a century if not further back -- from Dutch Meyer's TCU spread, Tiger Ellison's and later Mouse Davis's run & shoot, the Jack Neuimeier/Jack Elway (and John Elway) one-back spread, to the Hal Mumme/Mike Leach Airraid, and the assorted spread-to-runs of Rodriguez/Meyer/Walker et al. -- but there was, for a time, an almost complete banishing of the spread from college ball, and the spread's return has resulted in the (re)birth of a thousand offenses, each with their own spin on an old concept.
And this diversity, even within the spread, is one of the reasons that college football is so fun. Texas defensive coordinator Will Muschamp echoes what said earlier when contrasting college offenses from those in the pros:
"The hardest thing for your kids is to adjust every week," Texas defensive coordinator Will Muschamp said. "Back in 1985, every team lined up with two backs. Now everybody is running something different. That's why you see a lot of points scored now."


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I thought it was bad when I had a shrunken head in my house. But there's probably one thing worse than a shrunken head in your house: the 21-foot-long boney remains of a flesh-eating dinosaur.
On Sunday, Heritage Auction Gallery –third largest auction house in the country and rising — is offering what is probably the largest-ever auction of giant dinosaur skeletons — yes, real dinosaur skeletons — at the Tower Building in Fair Park. I mean, where else would they fit? The skeletons will be open to the public beginning Thursday.
"The estimate for the triceratops is $500,000. The last one sold — and it wasn't as good as this — went for $950,000," Herskowitz told the Dallas Morning News. "You buy a painting by Jasper Johns, it would cost you $3 million. And Jasper Johns is still alive."
Well, the 65 million year old triceratops is definitely dead. And mighty old.
I'm sure having a 19-foot-long skeleton in your home would make for great convo during home showings — or perhaps it could be included as a perk in the sale of the house? Until recently, the skeleton was on loan to the Dallas Museum of Nature and Science, where officials would dearly love to acquire it permanently for the new Perot Museum.
According to David Herskowitz, Heritage Auction Gallery's natural history director, the skeletons are among the most complete ever uncovered. Bidding begins in the six figures, to him, a bargain.Tony Fiorillo, the museum's curator of earth sciences, says that from the first time dinosaurs have gone up for display in the 19th century, they have drawn major crowds at museums — always the most popular exhibits.
Which gives me an idea: every open house needs a star. Maybe triceratops would bring in the open house crowds and help sell a home. Problem is, most homes in Dallas might not be big enough to hold him… I'm sure I can think of a few!


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Everyone knows DHS has its eyes on the real threat facing America, the dreaded Tea Party extremists!
Via Rolling Stone:
As Occupy Wall Street spread across the nation last fall, sparking protests in more than 70 cities, the Department of Homeland Security began keeping tabs on the movement. An internal DHS report entitled "SPECIAL COVERAGE: Occupy Wall Street," dated October of last year, opens with the observation that "mass gatherings associated with public protest movements can have disruptive effects on transportation, commercial, and government services, especially when staged in major metropolitan areas." While acknowledging the overwhelmingly peaceful nature of OWS, the report notes darkly that "large scale demonstrations also carry the potential for violence, presenting a significant challenge for law enforcement."
The five-page report – contained in 5 million newly leaked documents examined by Rolling Stone in an investigative partnership with WikiLeaks – goes on to sum up the history of Occupy Wall Street and assess its "impact" on everything from financial services to government facilities. Many of the observations are benign, and appear to have been culled from publicly available sources. The report notes, for instance, that in Chicago "five women were arrested after dumping garbage taken from a foreclosed home owned by Bank of America in the lobby one of the bank's branches," and that "OWS in New York staged a 'Millionaires March,' from Zucotti Park to demonstrate outside the homes of some of the city's richest residents."
But the DHS also appears to have scoured OWS-related Twitter feeds for much of their information. The report includes a special feature on what it calls Occupy's "social media and IT usage," and provides an interactive map of protests and gatherings nationwide – borrowed, improbably enough, from the lefty blog Daily Kos. "Social media and the organic emergence of online communities," the report notes, "have driven the rapid expansion of the OWS movement."
The most ominous aspect of the report, however, comes in its final paragraph:
"The growing support for the OWS movement has expanded the protests' impact and increased the potential for violence. While the peaceful nature of the protests has served so far to mitigate their impact, larger numbers and support from groups such as Anonymous substantially increase the risk for potential incidents and enhance the potential security risk to critical infrastructure (CI). The continued expansion of these protests also places an increasingly heavy burden on law enforcement and movement organizers to control protesters. As the primary target of the demonstrations, financial services stands the sector most impacted by the OWS protests. Due to the location of the protests in major metropolitan areas, heightened and continuous situational awareness for security personnel across all CI sectors is encouraged."


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Wood has multiple uses: siding, frame, skeleton, parquet, panelling, furniture. But you have to be careful when decoration comes into play. Mahogany, teak and ebony are formidable and highly esthetic woods, but they have a lower ecological virtue than maple or oak because they come from outside the country. Pine on the other hand is highly recommended.[……]


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My new house (I've moved don't you know) has walls, lots of walls. My old house only had room for one large picture but now everywhere I look there is a wall crying out for a poster, a print or a photograph.
I have a problem buying art. A lot of the things I like I think I could either A: Do myself if I had the time. Or (more often) B: Get so jealous that I couldn't do it myself that though I love it I feel ever so slightly depressed when ever I look at it.
But today I have found a brilliant website that has so many prints I like that I could probably do the whole house in one go. It all started when I was looking online for a Charley Harper print (no, not a picture of Charlie Sheen's character in Two and A Half Men, that is this Charlie Harper), I love his graphic style and bold colours, I love the fact that he illustrated Betty Crocker's Dinner for Two Cookbook in the 50's, I love it all really.
So I'm very excited that I've found Elphicks an online shop (and actual shop in Columbia Road, London) that has so many prints I want to own. Right. Now.
The prints range from small to large, cheap to a bit spenny. There are Limited Edition Prints, Signed Prints, Litho, Lino, and Screen prints, Giclee prints and Tiny prints (lots are sold as more purse friendly greetings cards).
To see the rest of Elphicks collection head over there now (or click on one of the above prints)
I still think the Charley Harper will be the first purchase though.


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