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I want join my TLF blogging colleague James Gattuso in recommending that you read FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell's outstanding speech on media policy issues that he delivered at a Media Institute event yesterday. I just want to highlight two of the myths he debunked in his speech, (myths which I had discussed in my 2005 book Media Myths: Making Sense of the Debate over Media Ownership):
Myth #1: The public has not been given a chance to be heard. As McDowell points out, no issue has been more thoroughly studied in the history of the FCC:
In my 17 years of being in and around the FCC, I can't think of any issue that has been examined more thoroughly. I can't remember any proceeding where the Commission has solicited as much comment and given the American people as much opportunity to be heard. If anyone knows of an FCC proceeding where there has been more opportunity for debate over an 11-year period, please let me know.
That's exactly right, but the anti-media zealots like to propagate the myth that the public has somehow been frozen out of the process, or that important constituencies have not been heard from during these debates. It's nonsense.
The fact is that every whiner in the world has been given amble opportunity to comment in numerous FCC proceedings or at various FCC "town hall" meetings. I put that term in quotation marks because if you've ever been to one of those events then you know that they are more like carnival freak shows than legitimate town hall meetings. As McDowell rightly notes:
The public hearings have been a better measurement of emotion than dispassionate data; but they have been very valuable. At a minimum, they have provided our fellow Americans with the chance to vent their frustration with the federal government. We have been yelled at about the Iraq war, global warming, the tyranny of America's copyright laws, and the need to legalize drugs, among other topics. And then there was the fellow in Los Angeles who had a very strong opinion about the Peloponnesian War.
So everyone and anyone who has a beef with the media, or the FCC, or just about anything else under the sun, has been able to petition their government again and again and again. Most of the folks who show up at those "town hall" meetings have been mobilized to be there by radical anti-media activists and they come armed not with facts, but with emotion-laden rhetoric. I had a guy interrupt an evidence-laden presentation I was making at one of these circus-like events and scream: "You just don't get it; this debate is not about facts; it's about emotion!" And so it is. And that's why this silliness will likely never end. So long as looney-toons have some sort of ax to grind with media, there will be radical media activist groups around who make preposterous, emotional claims and demand endless show trials to publicly make fools of themselves.
Meanwhile, the real world marches on...
Myth #2: The Consolidation / Choice Myth: The public doesn't have access to enough media choices, and media is overly consolidated. Again, McDowell lays out the facts:
Even though the newspaper industry was already facing challenges in 1960, it has undergone dramatic change in the 32 years since the newspaper-broadcast cross ownership ban went into effect. Now we have five national networks, not the three I grew up with. Today we have hundreds of cable channels spewing out of a multitude of video content produced by more, not fewer, but more entities than existed 32 years ago. In 1975, cable was in its infancy and had yet to develop programming. Now we have DBS, telephone companies offering video, cable overbuilders, the Internet and its millions of websites, iPods, satellite radio, cell phones, Wi-Fi, video-on-demand, digital video recorders, pay-per-view, etc. There is no disputing that the marketplace has been transformed by technological advances and business innovations into the most competitive multimedia environment in human history. Consumers have more choices and more control over what they read, watch and listen to than ever. As a result, at least 300 daily newspapers have gone out of business in the last 32 years because people are looking elsewhere for their content. Newspaper circulation has declined year after year. Since just this past spring, average daily circulation has declined 2.6%. Newspapers' share of advertising revenue has shrunk while advertising for online entities, which are not subject to cross ownership restrictions, has surged. Is the cross-ownership ban still in the public interest, or is it a millstone around the neck of a drowning industry?
Again, McDowell nails it. But do you need more facts? Then check out this piece by Ben Compaine, and this piece I penned condensing some of the facts from my Media Myths book. Bottom line: We now live in a world of unprecedented media abundance that once would have been the stuff of science-fiction novels. We can consume what we want, when we want, wherever we want...and we can increasingly create our own media products, too.
Moreover, the traditional "mass media" is not getting bigger, it's getting smaller. We are witnessing the de-massification of media. In fact, as faithful readers of this blog know, I've had a long-running series of essay called the "media DE-consolidation series" that has had 19 installments summarizing just some of the major breakups and divestitures taking place in the media world today. Indeed, it's tough to find any company that is scaling UP these days. Everyone is slimming down and re-focusing on their core competencies. Or, as McDowell suggests, they are investing in new media sectors, which remains largely unregulated:
[H]ere we are, in the middle of another public comment period. Soon the Commission might be testifying before both Houses of Congress. Further deliberation ensues. While the FCC races ahead like "a runaway glacier,†as one analyst put it, the private sector has been busy working around the regulations of yore. Is it any wonder that most of the energy, creativity, capital and growth have been focused on areas that are less regulated? The ironic truth is: in many cases, media consolidation has actually become media divestiture. Companies such as Disney, Citadel, Clear Channel and Belo actually have been shedding properties to raise capital for new ventures. They are directing new capital investment toward new media ventures. That's where America's eyeballs are looking; so that means that's where the ad dollars are flowing. The Hollywood writers' strike is all about the concept of following the eyeballs and ad dollars. For instance, over one-third of Americans go online to get their news. That number is growing. Traditional media's numbers are shrinking. While heavily-regulated newspapers and broadcast properties decline, unregulated new media is in its ascendancy.
Again, it's called reality, and the media critics need to catch a whiff of it. Thankfully, Commissioner McDowell provided it in spades in this speech. Good for him. Let's hope others are listening. But somehow I doubt it.


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Currently, SHAKEN is #8 on the Top 100 Kindle Bestseller List.
Ranked lower than me are four authors and a game, EA Solitaire. If we disregard the game, I'm the seventh bestselling ebook on Amazon.
So who is outselling me?
Stieg Larsson is a phenomenon that really hasn't been seen since the DaVinci Code. He's an anomaly, a supernova, and his three titles have been bestsellers for years with no clear end in sight.
The other folks currently beating me are Lee Child, John Grisham, and Vince Flynn--all #1 NYT bestsellers. They sell well in all formats, even at the $9.99 to $12.99 they're priced at in ebook.
But here's the kicker--at $9.99, Child and Grisham are earning $1.75 a pop, and if the current trend applies, they're selling more ebooks than hardcovers. So they're making less money than they did on previous books.
Their publishers, in the meantime, are earning $5.25 per ebook sold--a much better profit than they make on hardcovers, especially when you consider the smaller amount of work and overhead it takes to publish an ebook.
Flynn, at $12.99, is making $2.25--also less than he would on a hardcover. But he's also selling fewer copies, because Kindlers HATE anything over ten bucks.
Now, these guys got huge advances. Advances they will likely never earn out. In this volatile publishing climate, I encourage authors to take the money and run if given a huge advance, knowing full well they'll probably never get their rights back.
But what if you don't get a million dollar advance? Should you not sell your books to publishers?
Let's look at the 30 year plan, using simple numbers.
Assuming a perennial ebook will sell 1000 copies a month self-published at $2.99 (a low estimate, but a reasonable one) we'd be talking about $24k per year, or $720,000 over the thirty year period for the self-pubbed author.
Now, let's say you get an advance from a big publisher. Not a million dollar one, but a nice one, say $300,000. Will you get your rights back at the end of 30 years?
No, because it isn't likely you'll ever earn that advance out, so your publisher will fight to keep the rights.
Why won't you earn out?
First, because the royalty is too low. Second, because when the book is first released and "hot" it is priced too high.
Let's say the book sells really well the first year, because it's new. 40,000 copies sold, at $9.99, earns the author $70k. But then the next year the price is dropped to $6.99, and only sells 12,000 copies. That's $14,768 for the second year. Let's say it has steady sales for five years at the price, then the price drops to $2.99 (the number I believe publishers will eventually settle at, and some already are.)
Selling 12,000 copies, that's $6300 per year to the author. Ouch.
Year 1 - $70,000
Year 2 - $14,768
Year 3 - $14,768
Year 4 - $14,768
Year 5 - $14,768
Year 6 - $6,300
Year 30 - $6,300
Total royalties: $286,572
So you haven't even earned out your $300k advance in 30 years, even though you've sold 388,000 eooks. Compare that to the $720k you could have made on your own, selling fewer copies.
Now, these numbers are hardly accurate. No one knows how well ebooks will be selling 30 years from now, and I'm just assigning numbers whimsically to prove a point. I also haven't factored in print sales, even though I just read a report that Kindle versions of the Top 1000 ebooks are outselling ALL print versions combined, 2 to 1.
But even if my numbers and predictions are fanciful, the trends I'm talking do seem to make sense.
1. Publishers are charging too much for ebooks.
2. Publishers are paying too little in royalties to authors.
3. The price of ebooks will come down.
4. Publishers are fighting harder than ever to maintain control over erights (and all rights.)
5. Ebook sales are increasing, while print sales are declining.
If you get a huge advance, run to the bank. It doesn't matter if your books ever revert back to you, or if you ever earn out your advance. You just won the lottery, go celebrate.
But if you're being offered less than $500k per book, like 99.9% of us mere mortals, really think about the long term ramifications of your actions. Especially since your agent and the taxman will take a big hunk of your advance money, when you could have kept a much greater percentage of it if it had been paid out over three decades.
Also keep in mind that if you do earn out an advance, like I've done with my print books, you will be forever losing money because of the high price/poor royalties set by your publisher.
I don't think Shaken will climb higher than #8. Too much competition.
This doesn't bother me. I've already made peace with the fact that Amazon will sell Shaken forever, and I'll never get the rights back. But that's okay, because with Amazon's help, I was able to hit the Top 10--something I haven't managed on my own yet. And though I'm making better royalties, and will probably earn more in royalties than Child, Flynn, and Grisham over the next few decades, I really didn't sign with Amazon for the money.
I did it because my backlist sales, spurred by Shaken, have all shot up. Shaken is not self-published, but its success is allowing me to earn more money from my self-published ebooks, by introducing my work to a whole new audience thanks to Amazon's marketing power.
Whiskey Sour is now ranked #115. That's as high as it has ever been. My publisher priced it at $4.69. Of that, I make 82 cents per copy sold.
If I had my rights back, I'd price it at $2.99, earn $2.04 per copy sold, and guaranteed it would be in the top 100 by now. So how much money am I not earning because I signed with a traditional publisher? It hurts me to think about.
As for ranking, it doesn't matter that Child, Larsson, Flynn, and Grisham are outselling me. My ego can handle it.
Especially since I'm currently outselling the following celebrities and bestselling authors also in the Top 100:
Keith Richards
Glenn Beck
Ken Follett
Jonathan Franzen
Rick Riordan
Suzanne Collins
Richard Castle
James Patterson
Jogn Sandford
Robert B. Parker
Danielle Steel
John LeCarre
Dean Koontz
Iris Johansen
Dan Brown
Stephen Hawking
Philip Roth
Bob Woodward
Janet Evanovich
Harlan Coben
Time Magazine
The New York Times
The Wall Street Journal
Not a bad group to be outselling. I think my ego is pacified for the moment. :)
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Thawing the Mystery of Extra Ice Crystals
Researchers at PNNL have contributed to a greater understanding of how ice crystals form in mixed-phase clouds. Comparing two contributing processes (EVAP_RM and EVAP_DS), these graphics show vertical cross sections of a mixed-phase cloud. In (a), the ice crystals form at different rates and locations in the liquid layer. Ice crystals in EVAP_RM form near the cloud top and ice crystals in EVAP_DS form anywhere in the cloud. Figure (b) shows the relationship between the formation of ice crystals and supersaturation (temperatures) in clouds in the two processes. In (c), there is little difference in ice water content between the two processes. The solid and dotted curves denote the updrafts and downdrafts, or the air vertical movement within the cloud. Enlarge Image.
Results: A team led by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) researchers has presented two processes, or explanations, for how extra ice crystals form in mixed-phase clouds—clouds containing both water and ice—which are prevalent throughout the Arctic. Now, the scientific community has a more accurate understanding of how Arctic clouds affect climate change.
Ice nuclei, a type of aerosol particle in the atmosphere, form the ice crystals in mixed-phase clouds. The team found there were much fewer of these ice nuclei than there were actual ice crystals in the clouds.
The team concluded that other processes were helping form these extra ice crystals. In the first process, droplet evaporation residues condense and then freeze, forming ice crystals near the top of the cloud only. In the second process, droplets shrink during evaporation and then freeze through the inside-out contact freezing mechanism, forming ice crystals any place in the cloud.
The team found that computer simulations that included either of these processes increased the number of ice crystals by 10 to 15 times, similar to amounts found in actual cloud measurements.
The study, published in the Journal of Geophysical Research in February 2009, quickly became one of the journal website's top weekly downloads.
Why it matters: Arctic mixed-phase clouds are complex because they consist of both ice and water. Although these clouds play an important role in Arctic climate change and the energy balance, they have not been understood well and are not well represented in current climate models. Understanding how mixed-phase clouds form and what affects their lifetime and properties will help scientists understand how they affect the overall climate.
Methods: To test ways that aerosols could form ice crystals, researchers created an innovative combined model that more realistically shows the link between ice-forming aerosols and clouds. The team combined an existing dynamic framework with a size-resolved aerosol and cloud microphysics scheme that represents the physics of cloud formation, adding the two new ice-forming processes. The team also incorporated a radar simulator to evaluate how well the model predicted the number and size of ice crystals. In running the combined model, the team used cloud data from a 2004 Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program field study known as the Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment (M-PACE).
What's next: The team is working to gather additional field data and perform further simulations to accurately address aerosol effects on clouds.
Acknowledgments: The research team included Drs. Jiwen Fan, Mikhail Ovtchinnikov, Jennifer Comstock, and Sally McFarlane from PNNL and Dr. Alexander Khain from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. This research was supported by PNNL's Laboratory Directed Research and Development program as part of the Aerosol Climate Initiative. PNNL is transforming the Nation's ability to predict climate change
Reference: Fan, J., M. Ovtchinnikov, J.M. Comstock, S.A. McFarlane, and A. Khain. 2008. "Ice Formation in Arctic Mixed-Phase Clouds: Insights from a3-D Cloud-Resolving Model with Size-Resolved Aerosol and Cloud Microphysics." Journal of Geophysical Research, 114, D04205, doi:10:1029/2008JD010782.


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The good news for Blair Walsh is that he's not alone.
OK, "good news" is probably too generous. There probably isn't much that can pick up the Vikings kicker right now, not after he missed a 27-yard field goal attempt in the closing seconds of Minnesota's 10-9 wild-card loss to the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday.
Working into the wind and with the temperature at minus-6 degrees, Walsh was given laces to kick by holder Jeff Locke and pulled the attempt well left.
Vikings coach Mike Zimmer called the kick a "chip shot" and said "he's got to make it."
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During its annual Veterans Day celebration, Derynoski Elementary School unveiled a new tile mural in the building's lobby which pays tribute to the armed forces.
Named "The Wall of Heroes," the mosaic honors each branch of the military – Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard and the Marines – and also incorporates yellow ribbons adorned with the names of local veterans.
"It really came out great," said art teacher Michelle Ginand. "The kids worked really hard on putting it together."
The Friday assembly at Derynoski was just one of many held in all of the Southington schools to observe Veterans Day. Several area veterans attended and each was recognized by name and invited to the stage.
"It was outstanding," said Wayne White, an E4 Army Specialist who served in Vietnam. "The students did a wonderful job. We get tremendous support from the schools here."
Students in the school's band played several patriotic songs while young readers took the stage and described the duties of each branch of the armed forces. When the veterans were invited on stage, each was escorted by a student.
"It was more cheerful than I thought it would be," said fifth-grader Amanda Maud, one of the student escorts.
The school also gave a donation to the Connecticut State Veterans Home in Rocky Hill. Administrator Margaret Concannon was present at the assembly to accept it.
"This was a tremendous program and we want to thank the students and teachers here," she said.
The Veterans Day event had three parts – the first was the assembly in the auditorium and the second was the unveiling of the tile mural. The final activity took place inside individual classrooms, where the book "The White Table" was read aloud.
"Every child that leaves the school has an understanding of veterans and the service they give to the country," said Derynoski principal Jan Verderame. "We make sure of that."


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Oct. 11--Oh, Yeezus.
With cameras rolling and President Trump looking on, combustive rapper Kanye West went on a bizarre, expletive-riddled monologue in the Oval Office on Thursday about his supposedly misdiagnosed bipolar disorder and adoration for Trump's "Superman"-like qualities.
The "Famous" rapper, who was at the White House to discuss prison reform, gang violence and American manufacturing with the President, went on a barely coherent 10-minute pre-lunch rant that left reporters and others in the room stunned.
"I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and connected with a neuropsychologist," said West, who donned a red "Make America Great Again" cap for the occasion. "He looked at my brain. I will go ahead and drop bombs for us. 98% on IQ test, 75% of all human beings. Eight numbers backwards. I'm going to work on that one...He said that I actually wasn't bipolar. I had sleep deprivation that can cause dementia 10 to 20 years from now where I wouldn't remember my son's name."
Trump, his fingers intertwined on the Resolute Desk, silently nodded as West went on to explain that he views the President as some sort of father figure, which in essence was why he backed him over Hillary Clinton.
"I didn't have a lot of male energy in my home," West, 41, said. "I love Hillary and I love everyone. But the campaign, 'I'm With Her,' just didn't make me feel as a guy that didn't get to see my dad all the time, like a guy that can play catch with his son."
"It was something about when I put this hat on," he continued, pointing to his red cap, "it made me feel like Superman. That's my favorite super hero."
West also said Trump had given him "a Superman cape" to help him "do good" and waved off concerns raised by critics who say the President is peddling racism.
"'How could you like Trump, he's racist?' Well, uh, if I was concerned about racism, I would've moved out of America a long time ago," West said.
Even Trump was taken aback once West finally concluded the rambling soliloquy by slamming his hands against the desk and claiming people probably did not expect a "crazy motherf--r" such as himself to support the President.
"That was pretty impressive," Trump said to laughter.
The President then turned to retired NFL running back Jim Brown, who was for some reason also present for the unusual meeting.
"You want to say something?" Trump asked Brown. "What do you say after that?"
Brown chuckled but didn't respond.
As Trump announced that the trio was retreating behind closed doors for lunch, West interrupted and ran behind the desk to hug him.
"I love this guy right here," West said, embracing Trump.
"That's from the heart," Trump said. "Special guy."
West, Brown and the President then finally walked into an adjoining room for a private lunch with Trump's daughter Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner. The group dined on caprese salads and roasted chicken with fingerling potatoes and were supposed discuss "Trump's historic work to benefit all Americans," according to a White House press release.
West, who announced over the summer that he suffers from bipolar disorder, has faced blistering criticism over his public embrace of Trump's political agenda. The hip hop artist came under increased fire after he appeared on "Saturday Night Live" last month proudly wearing his "MAGA" cap.
Earlier Thursday, Trump attended a bill signing ceremony with Republican country crooner Kid Rock and a handful of other hibernated musicians, including Jeff "Skunk" Baxter of The Doobie Brothers and Michael Love of The Beach Boys.
Rock, whose real name is Robert Richie, has, like West, been an adamant supporter of Trump and mantled his political idol's media-bashing manners as he arrived at the White House shortly before noon.
"Should President Trump fire Jeff Sessions?" a reporter shouted at Richie as he walked into the West Wing.
"Fire you," Richie replied.
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Hyper-Stupidity through Ideology. — It is almost incredible that we have got to the stage at which a man can believe that he is more closely related to a stranger than to his own daughter:
"There are no races. All men are more closely related to each other than they are to their mothers, sisters and daughters. I am more closely related to Obama than to my daughter and Obama is more closely related to me than he is to his daughters." 1
What is interesting about this is not the ignorance and low intelligence of the author. (He is, after all, just another buffoon on the internet.) What is interesting is that ignorance and low intelligence, albeit at a level at which one can still function as a human being, cannot on their own lead a man this far. It takes ideology to drive a man into such depths of garbled, reality-defying stupidity. If the author had relied on his native wit, little though it is, and not given himself over to some ideologically-inspired falsehood which he does not even half-understand2 yet by which he reckons himself rational and intelligent, he would have thought more rationally and intelligently. That is what is interesting — and unsettling because of its commonness.
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1. DocMartyn, in the comments to Sarah AB, "The Far-Right in Europe: a Roundup", Harry's Place (weblog), 15th December 2012; re-paragraphed.
2. He unwittingly manages to compose a crude parody of already so crude a thing as Lewontin's Fallacy.


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Harry Styles Is Hit in the Groin With a Shoe, Goes Down Like a Fainting Goat [VIDEO]
One Direction member Harry Styles obviously angered someone at their concert in Glasgow, Scotland on Tuesday (Feb. 26) when not one but two shoes were thrown at the singer, hitting him in the crotch.
Who throws a shoe? Honestly? (Sorry if references to 'Austin Powers' are no longer de rigueur these days.)
The sneaker-tossing occurred while the band was chatting up the audience. One shoe flew, and when Styles asked where the other one was, it followed -- hitting him squarely in the family jewels.
Styles took every opportunity to ham up the incident by grabbing his crotch and falling over sideways like a Southern lady with the vapors before curling up in the fetal position.
After he was revived with smelling salts by his band mates, Styles fluttered his eyelashes dramatically, made the prepubescent girls scream, and the show was allowed to continue.
No word on Taylor Swift's whereabouts at the time, but someone should check on that. Since she already threw the first metaphorical stone at the Grammys, Harry should get the next one before she's allowed to render him childless with footwear.


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So that's what I want, a Chevy S-10 4X4 with a Mercedes diesel engine. Oh yea, I want a torsen rear diff too. You can get them out of something that will fit the S10. The 300D turbo engine would be ideal, but I'll probably use the 240 since I have it. I can always swap it later. Or get a 300 before I start.
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At the front of the line of the races at the Dulles Plane Pull in Virginia was Mike Harms from Manassas, with his adopted son and running buddy Donald.
"Donald loves racing and he got me into it," said Harms.
Donald was born with cerebral palsy. Although he is confined to a wheel chair, running is one of his favorite things to do with his dad. Dad loves it, too.
"It just provides us both with a sense of freedom. Me from stresses of life and him from his disability," said Harms.
Just like it takes determination to get to the finish line, it's taken hard work for Donald to get to where he is today.
For many years, he was non-verbal. It was tough for him to communicate.
"Because he is so determined, he has come to say a lot of words," said Harms.
On Saturday, the two experienced another accomplishment together.
Father and son crossed the finish line at the airport, proving that with hard work and a positive attitude, you too can fly.
Mike and Donald had an impressive finish at the race. Out of over a thousand runners, they finished 7th overall and 1st place in Michael's age division.


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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has called for the release of 120 more Palestinian terrorists jailed by Israel as a precondition for resuming peace talks. Washington is reportedly urging Israel to seriously consider the demand.
But, Israelis are likely to have a real problem with this. Among the 120 detainees Abbas wants freed are many who have directly murdered Israeli Jewish men, women and children. Relatives of the victims have warned that these murderers, like the many released before them, will return to violence if set free.
Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon is said to be resisting the new Palestinian demand, but pressure from America and the European Union is increasing on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accept for the sake of restarting peace talks that most Israelis don't expect to achieve anything.
Among the terrorists appears on Abbas' "wish list" are Sata Aba, who in 1993 stabbed to death two Israeli Jews as they slept in the central town of Ramle, Issa Moussa, who participated in the slaying of three Israeli police officers in 1993, and one of the terrorists behind the 1991 bombing of Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market, which killed eight people.
Abbas, like many Arab leaders, sees great opportunity in leveraging the release of jailed terrorists after Israel demonstrated that it was ready to set free 1,027 prisoners in exchange for a single Israeli soldier (Gilad Shalit).
Abbas put forward the list as last week's World Economic Forum in neighboring Jordan. To the dismay of many Israelis, President Shimon Peres, who addressed the same gathering, told Israeli television that the Palestinian leader's demand should be seen "in a positive light."
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July 14, 2009
By John Zant, Santa Barbara Independent
In two Sundays of epic matches, the U.S. men almost took down Brazil's soccer kings, and Andy Roddick almost prevailed over Roger Federer. One upset did come through, however. For the first time in three years, Todd and Phil -- in Santa Barbara, their first names are sufficient -- did not win the biggest beach volleyball tournament.
The upstart German team of Julius Brink and Jonas Reckermann knocked off Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser in the semifinals of the FIVB World Championships last Sunday at Stavanger, Norway. The scores were 21-16, 16-21, and 15-10--a rare instance in which Todd and Phil lost a three-setter.
Todd and Phil had reached the summit of their sport by winning the previous World Championship in 2007 and then claiming the Olympic gold medal in dramatic fashion at Beijing last summer. Last year, Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser came from behind to win the AVP tournament in Santa Barbara. No such luck this year at the FIVB World Championships, where the twosome fell to a German team.
There have been signs that a post-Olympic letdown is affecting the pair. They are not totally dominating the stateside AVP Tour, having lost in the finals of consecutive tournaments--Atlanta and Ocean City (Maryland)--to John Hyden and Sean Scott. It was sweet revenge for Hyden, who was up by a 14-9 score in the third game against Todd and Phil at the AVP's Santa Barbara Open last September, and never did score match point. Todd and Phil's crazy comeback victory put a cherry on top of their golden year.
Todd and Phil have worn their medals with grace and class. They engaged warmly with Special Olympics athletes at a recent fundraiser for the Santa Barbara chapter. Rogers gave a speech about the true value of his athletic endeavors. "The gold medal did not make me what I am today," he said. "It was all the experiences that went before it." He checked off the benefits of participating in sports--making new friends, opening doors of opportunity, and adopting a healthy lifestyle. When he's 60, he figures he'll be playing with the "Nooners" who show up at the East Beach volleyball courts every weekday lunch hour.
Of course, winning the Olympic gold brought Todd and Phil extra benefits. They stopped in New York on their way to Europe two weeks ago and were guests on the Today show, where they gave some pointers to hostesses Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford. They took it easy--a TV studio with expensive lighting equipment is not the best place to be smashing a volleyball around.
"All in all it was a good time," Rogers wrote in his blog. Then he continued: "Went to lunch at [AVP official Nick] Lewin's after that. He BBQ'd up some steaks and had some solid Margaux for us to taste-test. Steaks were great and the wine was awesome. We took off around 1:30 for our JFK flight to Frankfurt. Made it in plenty of time and we were both upgraded." Not a bad life, at all.
Todd and Phil sailed into the semifinals at Stavanger, a Norwegian seaport, but they took a broadside from Brink and Reckermann, who went on to defeat Brazil's Alison Cerutti and Harley Marques in the championship match. Todd and Phil stood on the podium after hammering another German team, David Klemperer and Eric Koreng, by scores of 21-11 and 21-16 in the bronze-medal match.
Remember Jen Kessy and April Ross, the pair who ousted Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh from last year's Santa Barbara tournament? It was not a fluke. Kessy and Ross won the women's world championship in Norway.
Todd and Phil are competing in the FIVB tournament at Gstaad, Switzerland, this week. They will return home and resume the AVP Tournament at the Manhattan Beach Open, happening from July 16-19.


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Meditation as Refuge extends a weekly invitation to everyone who would like to explore meditation as a support for their spiritual development. The intention is to focus on realizing our innate capacity for care, compassion and mutual respect. This event welcomes everyone. beginning meditators, and experienced practitioners alike. (This is a continuation of the Meditation in Recovery group that formerly met at Michael's House — all are welcome).


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Baby shot dead in stroller; 2 Georgia teens charged with murder
By Tom Watkins, Nick Valencia and Phil Gast, CNN
Updated 1256 GMT (2056 HKT) March 23, 2013
2 teens arrested in shooting of baby 01:04
Story highlights
- Police say they checked school attendance records
- Two boys, ages 17 and 14, are in custody, police chief says
- Teens have been charged with first-degree murder
- Woman says two youths tried to rob her, and one shot her baby
Two teen boys in this coastal city were charged with murder Friday, accused in the fatal shooting of a 13-month-old boy who was in a stroller being pushed by his mother.
Aided by a description and a check of school attendance records to determine who was not in classes Thursday, officers searched for the young suspects and took them into custody, police said.
The mother told reporters the shooting occurred when one youth demanded money.
Police expressed confidence they would find the weapon, believed to be a handgun.
Spokesman Todd Rhodes, who described the shooting as "horrific," told CNN's "The Situation Room" on Friday evening that search warrants were being executed in three locations.
Chief Tobe Green identified the older suspect as De'Marquise Elkins, 17, and said he will be treated as an adult in criminal proceedings. The 14-year-old was not identified because of his age. Both have been charged with first-degree murder, police said.
"We are turning every stone to get a motive," said Green.
Police said they received a suspect description from Sherry West, the baby's mother.
No other suspects are being sought, according to Rhodes.
Authorities were tight-lipped about the investigation, which was aided by helicopters and police dogs.
West earlier told reporters that the incident occurred at 9 a.m. Thursday as she was walking home from the post office, pushing her son, Antonio, in a stroller. She said she saw two boys.
"A boy approached me and told me he wanted my money, and I told him I didn't have any money. And he said, 'Give me your money or I'm going to kill you and I'm going to shoot your baby and kill your baby,' and I said, 'I don't have any money,' and 'Don't kill my baby.'"
The boy tried to grab her purse and opened fire when she said tried to tell him she had no money, West said, with the shot grazing her head. She said the boy then shot her in the leg.
West continued, "And then, all of a sudden, he walked over and he shot my baby in the face."
West said she tried to perform CPR on her son and that the police took over when they arrived, but to no avail. "We lost him," she said.
During the incident, the smaller of the two boys was hiding behind the larger one, she said. "I don't know whether it was his brother or a friend."
West had said she hopes the boys will receive the maximum sentence possible. "If they can use a gun like an adult, then they can be charged like an adult," she said. "I want to see lethal injection or at least life in prison. This child did nothing to him. He was innocent and helpless."
Louis Santiago, father of the baby, told CNN later Friday: "I'm doing OK. I'm holding on."
Police offered a $10,000 reward for information and have received more than 30 leads. They were still following them Friday afternoon.
Though no one has reported seeing the shooting, several people called 911 after hearing it, Rhodes said.
Rhodes said crime is not common in the residential neighborhood where West said her child was shot. "It's a nice area, it's a clean area, it's an area where law-abiding citizens not only live, they also work and play.
"Much like every other city in these United States, from time to time we will have a glitch. Unfortunately, this happened here in Brunswick, Georgia."
The city's website describes Brunswick, with a population of about 15,000, as "one of the most unique, historic and visually stunning places in the world." It boasts 19th century Victorian-style homes, century-old oaks and magnolia tree-lined streets.


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I actually did send a note to Hasbro, but their response team only works weekdays, which just means I had a day and a half to grump about it. I'm thinking they'll somehow try to arrange a replacement piece, or offer to replace the whole toy if I send it in. From what I've seen they tend to be responsive to this type of mistake.
I'd assume the packs are "stowage", and meant to snap onto the tank like basically every tank has on it since WWI. Why hump it yourself when the armor can do it for you and add an extra layer to trigger a round earlier to boot?
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To serve in congregational ministry for almost 40 years is a mark of faithfulness. To have done so while preparing over 30 others to be pastors is a mark of excellence," wrote nominator Steven Gjerde, '00, of Pastor Gary Lee, who served as his internship supervisor.
In his 32 years at First Lutheran Church, Lee has built a reputation as a gifted preacher, an insightful theologian, a compassionate counselor, and an innovative leader. But his dedication to training future leaders of the church has left perhaps the greatest legacy. First's reputation as a top-notch internship site has developed because of Lee's belief that interns should have a full pastoral experience--teaching, preaching, visitation and collegial reflection.
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Anti-abortion groups inspire abroad
U.S. abortion opponents are giving new life to the movement abroad, where once-stagnant European allies are pushing changes that could affect the whole continent.
A younger generation of anti-abortion activists has turned to the United States for legal advice, strategic training and transatlantic inspiration. They credit a distinctly American approach with forcing abortion, long a deeply private issue in Europe, into the public conversation. And for the Americans who travel overseas to assist, strengthening their cause internationally also strengthens their position at home.
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"Let's face it, the world is getting smaller every day," said Charmaine Yoest, president of Americans United for Life, reached during a week of conferences and events in Rome. Any new abortion rights in Europe would be a "distinct threat to American law," she said, because they give ammunition to domestic judges looking for an international consensus.
Yoest was in Italy to speak at several gatherings of international activists ahead of Sunday's March for Life there, one of many European offshoots of the annual American demonstration. Last year, the Rome march drew up to 40,000 people, soaring from 800 two years earlier. Organizers hope for more than 50,000 this year.
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That visibility has contributed to new restrictions. The legality of abortion itself, and what point in pregnancy it can be performed, is still up to individual European countries, and the continent has a broad range of laws. But pressed by the resurgent activists, some nations are passing more stringent laws. Liberal Norway this year moved to ban most abortions after fetal viability. Spain, which liberalized its abortion laws just four years ago, is poised to enact a near total ban.
In some respects, the European landscape is the opposite of the American movement, although the tactics and goals are similar. Here in the U.S., the Supreme Court ruling upholding abortion rights has been in place for 41 years, so the anti-abortion groups have been chipping away at abortion at the state and local levels. In Europe, the anti-abortion groups are fighting both at the national level as well as through the courts and commissions of the European Union, which can influence all 28 member countries.
The Americans are also trying to help their European allies shake things up and fight complacency, in part, by making their organizations more professional and their fights more public. For instance Lila Rose, the 25-year-old president of Live Action, spent part of April in London training other young activists on how to do media-ready exposés of abortion providers and shed light on the "hidden abuse" of abortion through stories of women who regret having ended their pregnancies.
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"They are looking to see what has worked in the United States," Rose said of her Europeans colleagues.
Terrence McKeegan, an American lawyer who has consulted with anti-abortion groups around the world for a decade, sees the impact.
"Until recently, the way that Europeans looked at everything was from a very academic, philosophical perspective," McKeegan said.
"It's not enough to just have good ideas and have the right ideas, but you have to have a very practical plan, a very strategic plan," he added.
Not all the U.S. groups are active abroad. The National Right to Life Committee, America's biggest anti-abortion group, has long coordinated with its European counterparts in the United Nations to prevent a declaration of a global right to abortion. But it hasn't been doing on-the-ground work in Europe.
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"Our laws are actually much worse than many European countries," NRLC President Carol Tobias said. "We have enough work to do in our own backyard."
The abortion rate in the U.S. in 2011 was actually lower than the most recent European Union average: about 17 per 1000 American women of childbearing age compared to 30 per 1000. But the rate varies in Europe. Western Europe has some of the lowest rates on the planet, according to the World Health Organization, closer to 12 per 1000. Eastern Europe is higher, but the rate is dropping.


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After three seasons in Chicago, Daniel Paladini joined the Crew on December 20, 2013. The 29-year-old caught-up with TheCrew.com during the Bradenton preseason trip so fans could get to know him better.
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Most recent movie you saw?
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Never more and never before has it been important to stand and speak the truth to power. It is a time of great change and great opportunity so stop being a unique conformist and get out of your box and say what needs to be said. Get the answer you want to know in your heart and then MOVE ONWARD@@!! to what is next.
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Make your life an emblem of beauty. Standing for what is Loving, allowing any action that is necessary to rise up. Never forgetting the highest space of possibility. Remaining centered, so when adversity strikes, when you are irritated, when getting knocked down or stumbling awkwardly when your intention was to soar you know Love takes it all in stride allowing us as Dorothy Fields wrote to "take a deep breath, brush ourselves off and start all over again."
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Southern Cross Stargazer for March 16-22, 2014
The Lenten moon is full at 1:08 p.m. and rises in the east at dusk. By nightfall golden Jupiter glows in Gemini overhead. The Gemini Twins Castor and Pollux lie left of Jupiter. Castor (top twin), 52 light years distant, has a multiple star system — its own companion star plus two other stellar partners spinning around one another. Pollux, 34 light years distant (lower, larger twin) is a red giant star that has burned up most of its energy and is slowly expanding. The dim Beehive star cluster, in Cancer, Crab, shimmers below the Twins.
Capella guides Auriga, Charioteer, across the north. Outer planet blue-green Uranus, in Pisces the Fish, descends toward the western horizon. The Seven Sisters (Pleiades cluster) lead Taurus, Bull into the northwest. Aldebaran (Bull's red eye) winks from the V-shaped Hyades cluster (Bull's face). Orion, Hunter, chases the Bull into the west. Procyon, Little Dog, follows Orion. Brilliant blue Sirius sparkles from Orion's Big Dog trotting on its hind legs in the south, trailed by the Pups in the southeast.
Bright Canopus radiates rainbow colors from the ancient ship Argo low in the south. Leo, Lion climbs higher in the east. The Big Dipper covers the northeastern sky. Mid-evening the Big Dipper becomes visible above the city sky-glow. Its bowl always faces Polaris, North Star. The Little Dipper pivots around Polaris, its handle appears attached to the North Star. Late evening Arcturus, Herdsman, sparkles in the northeast. Corvus, Crow flies higher in the southeast, followed by Spica and brightening Mars, both in Virgo.
About 4 a.m. Jupiter sets in the northwest. Mars and Spica cruise across the south. By 6:30 a.m. Mercury descends to the eastern horizon. Brilliant Venus, Morning Star glows above Capricornus, Sea Goat in the southeast. Silver Saturn in Libra leads huge Scorpius across the south closely followed by the Sagittarian Teapot. Vega brings the Summer Triangle higher in the east. Arcturus sparkles in the west. The Big Dipper turns into the northwest.
The Vernal Equinox occurs at 12:57 p.m. Spring begins in the northern hemisphere as the northbound sun crosses the Equator. Day and night hours are about equal for a week. The sun rises due east and sets due west.
• Members of Southern Cross and International Dark Sky Association present a special program in the FIU Physics lecture hall CP-145, Modesto Maidique campus, 8 p.m. with prizes/announcements. Government officials, park and utility personnel, faculty, students are welcome to the 8:30 p.m filmCity Dark,
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Edward dies trying to protect Bella. Even though Bella would rather die, the Cullens change her when Alice finds out the Volturi are on their way. The story takes place after her change (with a little flashback in the beginning explaining everything). I'm sure there are other stories to do with Edward dying out there, so I did not attempt to copy them if my story sounds like them. Oh, and the title was inspired by the song "Dead and Gone" by T.I. featuring Justin Timberlake (it has nothing to do with this story, it just seemed to fit).
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Testimony of Fritz Streckewald
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on Veteran's Survivor Benefits
February 3, 2005
Chairman Craig and Members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to testify about Social Security benefits available to the survivors of the brave men and women who serve in our Armed Forces.
In my testimony I will discuss our procedures to expedite claims for the surviving family members of our military personnel who have given their lives in the service of our country and the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. These procedures are similar to those implemented following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. I will also describe the types of Social Security benefits that are paid to these widows, widowers, and children and how these benefits are computed.
Last year, the Social Security Administration (SSA) paid about $490 billion in benefits to over 47 million beneficiaries. Social Security is much more than a retirement program. Thirty percent of our beneficiaries are disabled workers and their families and survivors of deceased workers -- widows, widowers and children. Among those counting on the protection of Social Security are our young servicemen and servicewomen and their families. They, and the millions joining the system every year, are relying on Social Security for a major portion of their future financial security.
At Social Security, we are committed to delivering high quality, citizen centered service. We offer our services in person at our nearly 1,300 field offices located throughout the country, via our toll-free telephone service (1-800-772-1213) and via our website (www.socialsecurity.gov).
Special Procedures
The Social Security Administration, in the best tradition of public service, has responded quickly to help families who have lost a loved one in the Armed Forces of our great Nation. We are grateful to our servicemen and servicewomen for the sacrifices they make in defense of our freedom, and we take great care in assisting the families of those who have made the ultimate sacrifice. SSA personnel are well-trained and experienced to handle these claims in a compassionate manner. Further, we are committed to processing these claims in an accurate and timely manner.
Working closely with the Department of Defense, SSA implemented special instructions to expedite the processing and payment of claims filed by survivors of all service members who die on active duty. All claims for survivors benefits based on the records of military casualties are being processed by the Immediate Claims Taking Unit in our Philadelphia payment center.
Families of service members calling to apply for survivor benefits using SSA's toll-free 800 number will have their call transferred to this special staff, where an application will be completed and necessary evidence discussed. In addition, SSA has established a toll-free number to allow claimants to call this special staff directly. To prevent any possible loss of benefits, SSA allows a third party, such as the Casualty Assistance Officer, to file applications on behalf of any survivors.
By having these claims expedited through a special central processing unit, SSA is able to process these cases in an average of 2 - 3 days. In many cases, these claims are processed the same day the call is received. However, for those who prefer to file in person at their local office, that option remains available.
Social Security Survivor Benefits
Now, I'd like to turn my focus to the importance of survivor benefits. Social Security is especially valuable for workers who die before they are able to accumulate additional assets towards providing security for their survivors. By providing a monthly benefit that is inflation-adjusted, Social Security benefits also ensure that the purchasing power for the survivors will not erode over time.
The monthly cash benefits Social Security pays to the survivors of deceased service members are the same benefits paid to the survivors of all insured workers. In 2004, Social Security paid over $14.5 billion in benefits to over 1.9 million surviving children and approximately $1.5 billion to 184,000 widowed mothers and fathers. In December 2004, the average monthly benefit paid to surviving children was $625; the average monthly benefit paid to surviving spouses caring for the worker's children was $689. With respect to surviving families, the average monthly benefit paid to a family consisting of a surviving spouse and two or more children was $1,905.
For survivors to be eligible to receive benefits, the deceased worker must have credit for a certain amount of work that is covered under Social Security. Active duty military service employment has been covered by Social Security since 1957. Depending upon the worker's age at death, as few as 6 quarters of coverage from any work covered under Social Security may be sufficient for the worker's survivors to be eligible for benefits. (Six quarters of coverage represents 1 ½ years of work.) The maximum requirement for coverage under Social Security is 40 quarters of coverage.
Social Security benefits for survivors are based on the deceased worker's "primary benefit". The primary benefit is the same benefit amount paid to workers who receive Social Security disability insurance benefits or who wait until the full-benefit retirement age (FRA) to claim benefits. (The FRA is currently age 65 and 6 months for workers reaching age 65 this year, but will gradually increase to age 67.)
The first step in computing the worker's primary benefit is to update (index) the worker's earnings to reflect today's dollars. Then the worker's indexed earnings are averaged over a period of years. (For service members and other workers who die at age 29 or earlier, just the highest two years of indexed earnings are counted for this average.) Finally, a benefit formula is applied to the worker's average earnings amount to compute the worker's primary benefit.
Monthly benefits payable on a worker's record are limited to a statutory maximum, known as the family maximum. The family maximum ranges from about 150 percent to about 188 percent of the worker's primary benefit, and usually applies when two or more survivors are eligible for benefits on the worker's record.The following requirements apply for Social Security survivor benefits:
- Widow/Widower (of deceased worker)
- Married to the worker at least 9 months. (If the death is accidental or occurs in the line of duty while the deceased is a member of a uniformed service on active duty, the 9 month requirement is waived.) Or divorced from the worker after 10 years of marriage. Benefits are available at:
- Full-benefit Retirement Age (FRA) (100 percent of the worker's primary benefit)
- Age 60 to FRA (100 percent of worker's primary benefit permanently reduced for each month of the widow/widowers entitlement prior to FRA)
- Age 50-59 and disabled (71.5 percent of the worker's primary benefit).
- At any age to a surviving spouse or surviving divorced spouse, without a duration of marriage requirement, if caring for an entitled child of the deceased worker, under age 16 or disabled (75 percent of the worker's primary benefit).
- Married to the worker at least 9 months. (If the death is accidental or occurs in the line of duty while the deceased is a member of a uniformed service on active duty, the 9 month requirement is waived.) Or divorced from the worker after 10 years of marriage. Benefits are available at:
- Child (of deceased worker) and meets one of following requirements:
- Under age 18 and unmarried (75 percent of worker's primary benefit)
- Attending elementary or secondary school full-time at age 18 and through the end of the school term in which age 19 is attained (75 percent of the worker's primary benefit)
- Disabled child, age 18 or over, who was disabled before age 22 (75 percent of the worker's primary benefit).
- Dependent Parent Age 62 or Older (of deceased worker)
- One surviving parent (82 1/2 percent of worker's primary benefit)
- Two surviving parents (75 percent of worker's primary benefit payable to each parent).
- Lump-Sum Death Payment
A one-time amount of $255 is payable, upon the death of an insured worker, to a spouse with whom the worker was living at the time of death or to a spouse or child who is eligible for monthly survivor benefits for the month of the worker's death.
In conclusion, I want to again thank the Committee for inviting me to testify today about the important role that Social Security plays in providing economic security for the families of those in our Armed Forces who have lost their lives in the service of our nation. For decades, the Social Security program has provided this protection and is as important as ever. Social Security employees reflect the highest ideals and the finest traditions of our Agency in making real our common goal of providing prompt and caring service to those affected by the war on terror.
I will be happy to answer any questions you may have regarding the benefits that the Social Security Administration pays to survivors of our service members.


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PARIS—Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative party is holding emergency meetings Sunday to try to figure out who's in charge, after a disputed election for its new leader that could reshape French politics.
After a decade at the helm of one of the world's leading economies, the Union for a Popular Movement party is now in shambles and may fall apart altogether.
Central to the troubles is a debate among conservatives over immigration and Islam in France. The election a week ago split party members into those leaning toward the anti-immigrant far right, represented by Jean-Francois Cope, and those hewing to more centrist views, supporting Francois Fillon.
Cope, who led France's push to ban face-covering Islamic veils, was initially declared winner. But uncounted votes were then discovered that could swing the vote in Fillon's favour.
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