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La Liga: Atletico Madrid 1 Granada 0
Atletico Madrid displayed a gritty side to their Liga credentials after edging Granada 1-0 at the Vicente Calderon on Wednesday.
Winning without playing in top gear is often heralded as a hallmark of champions, and Diego Simeone's side are well-placed for the title on that basis, with Real Madrid's 2-1 defeat at Sevilla putting them clear at the top.
Atleti struggled to break down their opponents in a frustrating first half that saw Arda Turan go closest.
But top scorer Diego Costa came to their rescue after 63 minutes with his 24th Liga goal of the season.
Real's defeat means Atleti are now a point clear of Barcelona as the advantage in the title race continues to swing between the three teams.
But it is the season's surprise package Atleti who now appear in control after a 17th-consecutive home league game without defeat.
Turan had the hosts' best chances in the opening stages, first prodding wide after David Villa's near-post flick was blocked and then skewing a poor effort off target from 20 yards.
Simeone had called for a vocal backing from home support ahead of the game, and they did their best to generate an atmosphere, despite there being little to shout about on the pitch.
Youssef El-Arabi nodded a Granada corner wide and Atleti midfielder Tiago saw a goal chalked off for a foul in the build-up as things heated up before the break.
The atmosphere dropped as Thibaut Courtois was forced to keep out Yacine Brahimi's fierce effort and the visitors were quick out the blocks in the second half, Recio and Jeison Murillo somehow failing to turn Fran Rico's corner home.
But Atleti finally got their act together just after the hour as Costa put them ahead.
Having seen Roberto keep out a firm header from Gabi's corner just two minutes earlier, Costa met another delivery from the home captain and got his effort beyond the veteran goalkeeper to raise the volume in the Calderon once again.
Atleti looked to see the game out with a much more disciplined showing after the goal, and the players may have been buoyed as a roar went around the ground 75 minutes in as news of Real going behind filtered through the crowd.
Roberto did well to deny Gabi and substitute Diego as Atleti pushed for a second, but Atleti were ultimately left to settle for the narrow scoreline.
Defeat for Granada keeps them looking over their shoulders, just six points clear of the bottom three, while the hard-fought three points could prove crucial come the season's conclusion for Atleti as they seek their first league crown since 1996.

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Why Hollywood Is Doomed: It Takes Sensible Advice Like 'Make Good Movies' And Turns It Into A Screed About Piracy
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While Hollywood blames piracy, at least for now, I put the blame squarely on texts and tweets. These days, a month-long $100 million marketing campaign culminates in a 24-hour social network frenzy. The first $10 million-worth of ticket purchasers influence the potential $90 million-worth with knee-jerk reviews broadcast via their smartphones. These viewers determine if the movie will make a profit.This is perfectly reasonable advice. If Hollywood actually focuses on making top notch movies, it seems pretty clear that people have no problem paying. The success of the Avengers is hardly the only data point to show this.
Ultimately, Hollywood, here's the secret: Make good movies. "The Avengers" is simply fantastic. It's no surprise, since the film's director, Joss Whedon (of Buffy and Firefly-fame), is known for making cult, ensemble TV action. His most recent film, prior to "The Avengers", is "The Cabin in the Woods" -- still the most fun movie of 2012.
So how do the folks at the MPAA react to such reasonable advice? They start whining all over again. In fact, they sent out their "big guns," starting with Michael O'Leary (basically Chris Dodd's righthand man) to attack Malda by totally misreading his column:
The Washington Post's Rob Malda's recent blog post appears to argue that the success of a particular film at the box office somehow means that concerns about widespread piracy are misplaced. This is a bit like condoning shoplifting if it's done at a successful store. Of course, we shouldn't. And it overlooks the economic damage – and the damage to consumers -- of turning a blind eye to such forms of theft.Except that's not what Malda said at all. He said the concerns were misplaced because good movies can still get tons of people to pay -- far more than ever did in the past. This isn't saying that shoplifting is okay from a successful store. It's saying that there's little to no evidence that such infringement actually has a negative impact, because it seems pretty damn clear that people are still quite willing to pay to go see a good movie.
From there, O'Leary goes on to misrepresent the already ridiculous White House report that tallies up jobs in "IP-intensive" industries, but ignores the fact that very few of those jobs exist because of IP laws. In fact, an awful lot of those jobs come from industries (tech) that have fought the hardest against the expansion of IP laws, and have worked hard to reform them. On top of that, the report clearly states that it's not intended to be used for policy purposes, but that hasn't stopped the MPAA and all its friends from mentioning it every chance they get:
According to a recent Department of Commerce report, IP-intensive industries such as film and television support 40 million jobs and add $5 trillion dollars to U.S. gross domestic product annually – nearly 35 percent of America's economic output. 2.2 million American jobs depend on the film industry and television industry alone.O'Leary conveniently leaves out that this same report noted that these "IP-intensive industries" are currently growing faster than other industries and pay people more than other industries. I guess that doesn't fit with "the story" that the sky is falling and they need special protections.
We think that the hard work of those people should be protected. But the reality is that rampant online theft undermines the ability of IP-intensive industries like ours to invest in new ideas and new products if it's simply accepted fact that they will be stolen – often before they even have a chance to hit the marketplace. Copyright protections are critical to keeping the creative industries vibrant so they can continue to employ millions of Americans and produce the films and other creative content that have become such a vital part of our cultural fabric.
As for those protections, last I checked, we were supposed to live in a capitalist free market economy, where even the most basic economics student learns that you don't "protect" industries, you let them compete. And if they fail, they fail. The fact that O'Leary wants the government to be protectionist for his industry, rather than letting it compete in a free market pretty much makes clear what he thinks his own industry's chances of survival are.
And he's mostly right... because it goes right back to what Rob said. For the most part, they don't seem to make that many good movies these days. They've focused on crappy, formulaic, derivative flicks. Every so often a good film gets out, but Hollywood has become afraid to make good movies most of the time. Perhaps if it spent more time focusing on that, and less on whining about how it needs to be protected, it wouldn't have so many problems.


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We now know what Kate checked on the divorce papers, which are confidential. There are two grounds for a no fault divorce in Pennsylvania -- the first is waiting 90 days after the papers have been served. Then, if both Jon and Kate agree the marriage is "irretrievably broken" ... the divorce can proceed.
And there's a second option -- that they have lived separate and apart for 2 years. But that doesn't mean they've actually been separated for that long. It means she must wait 2 years from the moment she considered the marriage kaput and began living separately (if only in different bedrooms). We're told the real separation between Jon and Kate is very recent and Kate checked the box just to get the clock ticking.
We found out Kate checked both boxes, and here's why. Jon may not agree that the marriage is irretrievably broken. If that's the case she has to wait the two years. So by checking both boxes, Kate is hedging her bets.
Ultimately, she would have to prove to the judge when she considered herself separate from Jon.


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A lot of the systems I've looked at treat it quite differently. Rather than have alignments which all characters must select, any strong moral/immoral stance which affects how the character is played is chosen as some kind of disadvantage/trait/weakness. This might provide extra feats/advantages/positive traits/experience points in order to offset greater power with restrictions. I am much more a fan of this approach.For example, a Cavalier might take a disadvantage of "code of honor" which prevents him from doing things like attacking unarmed opponents. This gives him a few extra points which he can put into combat skills, horsemanship, etc.
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I honestly think, that ultimately this is American Idol. The judges should save the SAVE for someone whom everyone will/can respect many years down the road. I think Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson are great examples of Idol winners.I know Casey is a HUGE talent. But he's quirky and his personality is WEIRD and it just turns me off. I have to admit that i'm biased here as i was EXTREMELY disappointed to see the SAVE use on someone whom i see had ZERO chances of winning this competition. Just like last season, when the SAVE was used on Big Mike, i was like....... WHAT?I thought that the judges should be saving it for people like Lauren and Pia or even Stefano whom i define them as people who have the huge qualities to make a good idol. Lauren may not be the hottest girl out there but she's REAL and she's sincere to win this competition as well.Now i just hope that Paul just get the hell out of this competition because i had no idea and didn't approve him to be in the Top 13 after all. Paul and someone... someone random needs to go home. As of now, i'm just glad Naima and Haley are not in the Bottom 3 this week. But... but.... it's dangerous. Sigh.
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As noted by several of our commenters, PEF's official website is now front-paged by a package of information on the tentative contract offer, including charts showing the fiscal consequences of the deal and a 13-minute audio statement from President Ken Brynien discussing the offer and exhorting every member to vote.
Brynien notes that the union has managed to stave off the "massive attacks" sustained by unions in other states. "But now those hits are at our door, and we've been trying to deal with them as best we can," he says. "And so the negotiating team is bringing you a contract despite our best efforts to have it be better than it currently is."
He notes the union's fights — all ending in defeat — to offset concessions with the continuation of the "millionaire's tax," the passage of a "fair budget" without the requirement for $450 million in workforce savings, and the downsizing of state government. PEF's acceptance of the current offer, he notes, came after telephone and online surveys as well as communication from workers facing layoffs — from married couples both facing job losses as well as middle-aged workers and single mothers.
He spends the bulk of the message imparting "some information that you might not be getting," including the reason for the deal's five-year lifespan — which some in the union have characterized as a long-term sacrifice for a fiscal crisis of unknown duration.
"We could have had a shorter contract than five years, but it would not have included any raises," Brynien says, noting that the agreement offers 2 percent increases in the final two years. " … You could look at this in some respects as a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush — better to have a couple of raises already built in than to have to start in a few years with nothing and try to get some raises."
On the layoff protection included in the deal, "I'm the first to admit it should be stronger, but we couldn't get it to be any stronger. However, it is more layoff protection than our members have ever had in the history of PEF." And because it is in the contract, Brynien adds, any layoffs seen by the union as violating the agreement would be subject to arbitration. Cuts emerging from downsizing or streamlining would need legislative approval, he says — an arena where the union has stronger footing.
On the additional health care costs for members, he argues that "the value of these benefits are increasing enormously — far more than the increase in costs to us."
On furloughs, Brynien points out that most other states have instituted them, and describes the concession as "a way to give back some money that's not permanent money like a reduction in your salary might be." And while the first-year furlough period will be a lost paycheck for the week, the second-year furlough will be paid back over the life of the deal — "almost something like paid vacation," he says.
"Taken all together … the vast majority of our members see increased money in their pocket by the end of the five years," he sums up, "whereas if we just had a 'Triborough' contract they would not see that extra money. … The net result is we're better off signing this contract than we are having no contract."


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Two films from the Toronto International Film Festival -- Kelly Reichardt's "Night Moves" and Mike Myers' "Supermensch" -- have landed distribution deals.
Distributor Cinedigm announced Friday that it had picked up North American rights to the environmental thriller "Night Moves," while Radius-TWC has acquired rights to the documentary "Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon," a portrait of a talent manager that marks Myers' directing debut.
Cinedigm plans to release "Night Moves" theatrically in spring 2014, and Radius will bring "Supermensch" to theaters in the first quarter of '14.
Starring Dakota Fanning, Jesse Eisenberg and Peter Sarsgaard, "Night Moves" follows three radical environmentalists in the Pacific Northwest as they plot to blow up a hydroelectric dam.
After its recent world premiere at the Venice Film Festival and North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, "Night Moves" picked up the grand prize at the Deauville Film Festival.
The film takes Reichardt's socially aware filmmaking style and grafts it onto a tense plotting reminiscent of the paranoid thrillers of the 1970s. In exploring the world of environmentalism, she and co-writer Jon Raymond take a look at the intersection of action and idealism.
"I think it's a character film about these political people, more than I think of it as being a political film," Reichardt said in an interview with the Los Angeles Times ahead of the film's world premiere. "I want the movie to not have a political agenda. We were really just focused on these three characters, three imperfect people." Reichardt also referred to the film as a "crunchy noir."
Reichardt has become among the well-regarded filmmakers working on the American independent scene, even if her critical acclaim has well outpaced the box office returns of films such as "Old Joy," "Wendy and Lucy" and "Meek's Cutoff." That could potentially change with "Night Moves" -- in a review out of Venice, Variety critic Justin Chang called Reichardt's new film "her most accessible, plot-driven picture to date."
Cinedigm recently released "Short Term 12," which had its premiere this year at the South by Southwest film festival, picking up the jury and audience awards.
"Supermensch" looks at the story of Gordon, a larger-than-life music figure whom Myers met while negotiating for rights to an Alice Cooper song for a "Wayne's World" movie. Radius-TWC has found sleeper success with its current release "20 Feet From Stardom," about the world of backup singers.
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Rolling Stones Pinball Sells for $3,750
It took just one bid in a recent eBay auction to secure a barely used rock collectible, when a fan dropped $3,750 on a Rolling Stones pinball machine. The 2011 game, featuring the pared-down current four-piece edition of the band, includes a ramp styled after the Stones' famous tongue logo.
In the game, players collect signature albums, advancing through four decades of rock history. Stern, the manufacturer, says other features include a "moving Mick [Jagger] target," and that the pinball machine "plays 13 original Rolling Stones songs." It listed new for $5,700.
The seller said he'd owned the Stern pinball machine for just five months and was being forced to give it up because of health problems. The Rolling Stones had earlier been featured on a Bally-manufactured machine, produced in 1980. Former bassist Bill Wyman appears on that one.


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The Use of fungicide on corn across the Corn Belt nearly doubled in 2007 as farmers adopted what for many was a new practice to protect the yield of the season's higher-value crop. If the trend continues, 2008 will be another banner year for corn fungicides.
But even as the practice becomes more common, university experts question the application of fungicides without regard to the presence of disease, which is recommended by some manufacturers.
Different data
Depending on whose figures you look at, corn fungicide use in 2007 either was a huge success or a break-even proposition at best.
Data compiled from university trials in 12 Corn Belt states and provinces in 2007 showed an average yield response of 3 bu./acre to applications of the three dominant corn fungicides: Headline (from BASF), Quilt (from Syngenta), and Stratego (from Bayer). That's about half the yield necessary to pay for the fungicides, including application costs.
"The majority of our data showed that it would not have paid to spray," says Carl Bradley, a plant disease expert at the University of Illinois. Fungicide treatments paid off 38% of the time at $3.50 corn and a $20 application and product cost.
However, BASF reports an average yield increase of 12 to 16 bu./acre in 1,150 on-farm trials in 2007. That represents an extra profit of $34 to $51/acre based on corn at $4.33/bu., according to BASF.
"Growers are doing the math and they're finding, on average, a return on investment using Headline fungicide that's upwards of 200% on corn," says Gary Fellows, a BASF technical manager.
Bayer CropScience reports an average yield increase of about 10 bu./acre over hundreds of on-farm trials.
"It's not just yield; it is harvestability," says Randy Myers, fungicide product manager for Bayer. "As you move farther north, the yield impact is reduced."
That north-to-south yield trend was noted in a review of company and university studies reported by Pioneer on its Growing Point Web site (www.pioneer.com/growingpoint; search for corn fungicides). It showed an average advantage to fungicides of 5.9 bu./acre in the western Corn Belt, 8.7 bu./acre in the eastern Corn Belt, and 12 to 13 bu./acre in southern states.
To scout or not to scout
University experts don't question the value of applying fungicides when diseases are present at levels that are likely to affect yield. For example, the most prominent Corn Belt corn disease — gray leaf spot — can have a serious impact on yield when left untreated. But they are opposed to applying fungicides without the presence of disease. Bradley says that their 2007 trials tested the idea that disease doesn't need to be present for a fungicide to pay off and that the relatively low yield response supports a scout-and-treat approach.
Meanwhile, BASF recommends applying its fungicides without scouting to see if disease is present.
Bayer CropScience and Syngenta support scouting first. But scouting often is not practical, says Myers from Bayer CropScience. "We have seen that if you have normal to above-normal rainfall, you will have disease," he says. "The same conditions that are good for the crop are good for disease. It is very difficult to scout fields."
However, Syngenta technical manager Eric Tedford says the company recommends scouting first before applying its corn fungicide, Quilt. "The key to fungicide use is to actually scout for disease," he says. "Based on disease pressure, go in and apply at the R1 plant stage." (Consult each fungicide's label for application recommendations.)
He recommends following a 2-2-1 scouting procedure: Check two leaves just below the ear on every other plant. If you have one gray leaf spot lesion on the two leaves and environmental conditions are favorable for disease development, treatment is justified.
Better plant health?
All three companies say their fungicides can improve the health of corn plants — and improve yields — even if disease isn't present. Notably, BASF and Syngenta have trademarked terms to describe this capability. BASF's term is Plant Health; Syngenta's is Plant Performance. Bayer calls this capability XLERATE technology, though the term isn't trademarked.
The companies tie this general beneficial effect to the strobilurin chemistry that's in all three fungicides. (Stratego and Quilt also contain an additional fungicide in the triazole family.)
"The strobilurin component enhances carbon dioxide assimilation," Tedford explains. This, in turn, improves photosynthesis. Transpiration also decreases, which boosts water use efficiency. In addition, ethylene production is inhibited. This allows plants to retain green leaf area longer by slowing down the senescence or aging process.
Myers, from Bayer, says that positive physiological responses from strobilurins also have been noted in wheat, rice and other crops. Scientists are trying to determine the mechanisms responsible for the plant responses.
"My opinion is that it is a real effect," adds Gary Munkvold, a plant pathologist at Iowa State University. "I don't have a good feel for the size of the yield effect. I am skeptical that it is big enough to pay for a fungicide application."
2007 revisited
Fungicide use on corn went from being a rarity in 2006 to covering a third or more acres in some parts of the Corn Belt in 2007. Although industry-wide statistics for treated acres aren't available, EZ Trak, a service that reports agricultural retailer sales information, says that corn fungicide sales climbed 84% from 2006 to 2007.
University plant disease experts estimate that fungicides were used on an estimated 10 million to 14 million acres across the Corn Belt in 2007. That's approaching 20% of total corn acres in the region. Farmers in Illinois (three million to four million treated acres) and Iowa (about three million acres) led the way.
"This is a phenomenon that has occurred over about two years," Munkvold says.
Best bets for 2008
Whether you decide to scout for disease or not before applying a fungicide, university and company experts say some fields, like those described below, are more likely to benefit from a fungicide application than others.
Susceptible hybrids
Hybrids with fair to poor resistance are more likely to benefit from fungicide protection than those with good resistance. In multi-state university trials in 2007, hybrids with fair to poor resistance showed an average 6-bu./acre response to fungicides, even without evidence of disease. Just over half of trials had yield increases of 6 bu. or more. Pioneer reported that moderately resistant and susceptible hybrids treated with fungicides showed average yield advantages of from 10.8 to 18.6 bu./acre. That compared to an average 3-bu./acre response for disease-resistant hybrids.
Corn on corn
Corn diseases survive on the previous crop's residue, so the potential for disease is greater. Yield results from on-farm trials reported by Pioneer showed that applying fungicides on corn-on-corn acres had a 12.1-bu./acre average yield advantage, compared to a 1.5-bu./acre advantage for corn after soybeans.
High-humidity areas
Fields planted in high-humidity areas, such as river bottoms, are more susceptible to disease. The same goes for irrigated fields, Bradley says.
Later-planted fields
More disease spores from earlier-planted fields may be circulating when fields planted later in the season are most susceptible to disease.
Diseased fields
Fields with significant foliar disease pressure had more than four times the yield response as fields without disease, the Pioneer field trial summary showed. Fields with significant disease pressure had an average yield increase of 15.3 bu./acre. Fields without disease produced an average of 3.5 bu./acre more yield when treated with a fungicide.


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Aranjuez is an historic municipality (population ~47,000) at the confluence of the Tajo and Jarama rivers. It is about 50 km south of Madrid in Spain.
Geting there
By Air
The main passenger terminal is Madrid–Barajas Airport, to the west of the capital city, which links via a toll-road to the thee concentric peripheral routes M-50 (outer) M-40 and M-30 (inner) autovías. There are also direct rail and metro services from Terminal 4.
By Road
Use either M-50, M-40, or M-30 peripheral major roads around Madrid which connect to A-4 (Autovia Sur/direction Cordoba) use exit at Km 37 (under arched footbridge) to M-305 ( regular road direction Aranjuez - take care of tight bend left and 2 lanes converging).
This leads via La Montaña district and automotive sales zone (3Km north of city) and then directly to the royal palace (recommended: use free surface car-park on left immediately after road-width restriction or continue into monumental zone then turn right under arch by church to paid underground parking in Calle Valeras).
For the south (industrial area) of town continue on A4 to next exit (or use toll road R-4).
By train
In summer, RENFE occasionally run the [[:W|Strawberry train] - la tren de la fresa is a steam-train tourist service from Madrid
Madrid region W:Cercanias C-3 service trains link Arunjuez directly to Madrid The ride takes roughly 45 min to 55 min from Atocha, Sol or Chamartin.
From µadrid Atocha train station RENFE high-speed trains connect directly to the airport and to most Iberian cities. For Paris change from AVE to TGV at at Barcelona
Within Aranjuez, there are many sculptures and architectural gems - because the town was created by royalty and only royal servants were permitted, the vernacular buildings tend to be of one design in the tightly packed centre, interspersed with noble palaces and grand military installations along the boulevards. Worth visiting are the newly restored railway station and Carlos III theatre, the Queen's stable, now adapted as the municipal cultural centre, the central Abastos market and (ruined) Carlos municipal (plague) hospital. Saturdays there is a substantial open air market for food and clothing in Calle Valeras, which faces the Royal Palace.
Aranjuez has many fine gardens and parks as well as those of the royal palace complex. For a swift introduction, there is the tourist chiquitren or wagon-train which optionally offers a combined ticket which includes some museum entry and riverboat services. This leaves daily, all year round, from behind the Royal Palace, through the town and around the Jardin del Principe royal gardens, and includes a recorded commentary in Spanish and English. The Jardin de la Isla is a more formal garden with some notable fountains joining the palace.
To the north, beyond the rotunda Roseñol cobbled roundabout (near the riverside tourist resturant 'el Rana Verde) are the royal vegetable gardens (now farmland). These are served by protected royal rides (now restricted to pedestrian and bicycle us). As well as being level, they boast elegant, tree-lined, shade and shingle surfaces. Radiating like a clock from the Doce Calles (12 ways) roundabout/kiosk-bar, some border the river, whilst others lead to a new- park - the steep slope known as talud sur de la Montaña which has an ancient water-wheel and path-extensions all bicycle or wheelchair accessible and suitable for the fitter users.
Chiquitren and Boat Trip
Operates all year round from about 10am. with commentaries in Spanish and English but is open and unheated
This is a small town which supports independent traders rather than multiple-stores so some unusual finds. There is one major hypermarket (Le Clerc in paseo Delete) and several smaller food outlets including Eroski, Mercadona, Más and two Lidle stores, For best value and freshest local produce, try the central covered market. English is widely understood
There are two casinos -
As well as golf and canoeing mentioned, most common sports facilities are available at low cost municipal installations, and there are various adventure activities such as outdoor airsoft or paint-ball on the so-called "Hamburger hill" adventure park (south of Aranjuez) and parapente or paragliding on La Montaña (behind schools on Avenida de la Paz de Hiroshima).
Get Married!
Aranjuez is the wedding capital of Spain - maybe because you are royalty for the day! There are several shops selling or hiring wedding dresses, formal wear etc. and several specialist event organizers, including:
Any of the several professional photographic shops in the town can suggest some great/elegant/natural backgrounds for those 'forever fotos'
The strawberries of Aranjuez are famous throughout Spain. There are some excellent restaurants serving the local speciality, artichokes.
A daily Menú is provided at most bars and restaurants at around 10 - 20 euros weekdays and slightly more at weekends, but you may have to ask for it - since La Carta is more expensive. The menu is generally very good value for money, and includes a drink (table wine or soft refresco) and either coffee or desert (rarely both).
Bars in Aranjuez generally offer a wide selection of internationally known refreshments in generous measure and at prices below the European average price.
In Aranjuez - with alcohol - it is common to be offered a free bar snack or tapas - typically a saucer of olives, a small slice of tortilla or croquettes - sometimes shellfish (Mariscos) -the selection is usually displayed in a glass cabinet on the bar and chosen by the waiter unless you indicate a preference.
Madrid is a denominated wine production are and some establishments offer local red and white table wines. High quality red wines are generally from Rioja or Ribera Duero region, and white from either Reuda or Rias Baxas - all of those regions are in northern Spain.
The main supplier is Mahou of Madrid (part of the national Mahou San Miguel group). They provide a wide range of larger type beer, often served in a deep-frozen glass (copa) or half-litre Jarra. Other national and imported beers and ales tend to be more expensive, but price varies according to the locale.
Fortified wine
As well as bottled sherry Jerez many bars in Aranjuez have a barrel or tap (similar to, and alongside the regular beer-tap) - look out for these!
Most bars have a very wide and international selection of distilled drinks, and the waiters (camereros) enjoy producing fancy cocktails and amusing tapas.
Soft drinks
Water from the tap (grifo is widely drunk in Spain, particularly by children, and is generally available on request - usually chilled or with ice. Ask for Agua and mineral water is usually served - with ice and lemon. The usual range of American and European sweet drinks (Coca-cola, Fanta etc) are served with lots of ice, and so are usually reasonably priced (often slightly cheaper than in Madrid capital, and much cheaper than in tourist areas).
Aranjuez caters for almost every type of visitor and most budgets from backpacker to buisness traveller:
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This fifth and final article in this series focuses on the impact that artificial insemination (AI) technicians can have on farrowing rate and total pigs born when day of the week and hour of the day that insemination took place are known. Previous articles in this series are available at www.nationalhogfarmer.com.
Again, this series features the combined performance on 11 U.S. and Canadian farms and includes 80,013 matings in 2011. To be included, a breeding technician had to average over 10 matings/week.
The 34 qualifying technicians had an average farrowing rate of 86% and a total-born average of 13.46 pigs/female farrowed for 52 weeks. To effectively analyze the data, we needed female identification (ID), breeding technician ID, a semen batch code or boar ID, and the time of the day the mating took place, recorded in military time (01-24).
We used the following AI technician analysis reports:
· Breeding Technician Analysis Farrowing Rate Charts
· Breeding Technician Analysis Farrowing Rate Report
· Breeding Technician Analysis Total Born Charts
· Breeding Technician Analysis Total Born Report
· In-Depth Analysis
· Breeding Weekly Analysis
Farrowing Rate and Total Born
Chart 1, Farrowing Rate by Day of the Week Bred, represents 80,013 matings with a farrowing rate of 86%. Since most of the farms in this dataset wean twice a week, females mated/day runs from 6.2% mated on Thursday (farrowing rate, 81.8%) to 21.8% mated on Monday (farrowing rate, 86.8%).
It is easy to forget that 30% or more of the first matings commonly occur on weekends. Some sows are mated a second or third time on Saturday or Sunday. Therefore, it is important to monitor who is responsible for breeding on the weekends. And it is important that adequate labor is available to help ensure the crew is doing high-quality matings. There is always the temptation to rush through the matings to get out of the barn earlier. We encourage our clients to check the farrowing rate of each technician to make sure they are doing a good job when it is their turn to work on weekends.
Table 1 compares breeding results of two technicians. Tech N was the first and second inseminator of 250 sows on Sunday (farrowing rate, 78.8%) and 680 females on Saturday (farrowing rate, 83.1%). When we look at the rest of the breeding week, Tech N's farrowing rate for females bred on Monday through Friday was 86.1, 85.2, 85.8, 80.0 and 86.5%, respectively. So, what is going on with weekend breeding?
When we look at results by Tech AB for females bred the first and second time, the farrowing rate for those bred on Sunday was 86.1% (531 matings) and on Saturday was 90% (300 matings). For the rest of the week, starting on Monday, farrowing rates are 85.3, 91.5, 89.1, 74.5 and 90.4%, respectively. Clearly, this farm needs to look at why breedings on Thursday drop to 74.5% farrowing rate. On some farms, females bred the first time on Thursday are returns to estrus, females weaned late and problem breeders.
Chart 2 and Table 2 features Total Born by Day of the Week Bred and by Technician. In this dataset, the average total pigs born is 13.46 pigs/litter with very little variation by day of the week. However, when we study these farms individually, we see more variation by day of week bred.
Again, Table 2 features data from two technicians. Tech N mated 427 females twice on a Monday with total born average of 13.54 pigs/litter, while 309 females were bred on Saturday and averaged 12.98 pigs/litter – a difference of 0.56 pigs/litter. Was this difference due to less labor or rushing through inseminations on Saturdays? Likewise, Tech W's performance on females that were mated twice, the lowest total born was from females mated twice on Saturday (12.38 pigs/litter) compared to his best day – Wednesday – when total born averaged 13.44 pigs/litter.
Time of Day Bred Matters
Most recordkeeping programs allow hour of the day the mating occurs to be recorded. We encourage our clients to record this information. Chart 3 and Table 3 reflect Farrowing Rate by Hour of Day.
Farrowing rate clearly goes up and down, depending on the time of day females are bred. Some of this variation is likely due to differences in the females being inseminated. Breeding recently weaned sows during the first few hours of the day will usually show higher farrowing rates. If recycling females or later weaned sows are bred during the first few hours, lower farrowing rates are often seen.
Likewise, it is not unusual to see a drop in farrowing rate in females bred in late morning. This may correlate to worker's break time or lunch time when they are more likely to rush through the insemination process. Slippage can also reflect a fatigue factor when many sows are bred without a break.
In Table 3, Tech AB has a farrowing rate average of 87.6%. Looking closer, when females are bred the first time at 11 a.m., farrowing rate is 82% vs. 88.7% when bred at 10 a.m. or 89.8% when bred at noon.
Chart 4 and Table 4, Total Born by Hour of Day, shows some hour-to-hour variation. This is primarily trend data, so it is important that there are enough observations to validate the trend lines. In this example, total born/litter ranges from 12.00 to 14.19 pigs. Table 4 shows Tech AB had a variation from 13.10 to 14.28 pigs/litter and a minimum of 10 farrrowed.
Case Study
One of our clients had seen a drop in farrowing rate, so we ran an AI technician report and narrowed the problem to sows being bred late in the afternoon on weekends. In this case, the technician was not allowing females to calm down after workers entered the barn, turned on the lights and equipment. By waiting at least an hour before insemination, farrowing rates improved by 2-3 sows/week. If they had not been recording the hour of the day that inseminations took place, we would never have been able to identify this problem.
Other factors that can affect farrowing rate includes semen source and handling, sow/gilt fertility factors, heat detection methods and proficiency of the AI technician.
At SMS, we continually look for new ways to analyze data and present it in new ways to make it easier for the farm employees to identify and understand a problem. We then try to give them new ideas on how to manage the any production shortfalls. To begin participating in the SMS Benchmarking program and see how your farm compares, please contact us by e-mail at email@example.com email@example.com.
Come See Us at Expo
We are exhibiting at World Pork Expo, June 6-8 at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, Des Moines. Stop by tent # 4837 to meet and visit with Ron and Mark.
Key Performance Indicators
Tables 5 and 6 (below) provide 52-week and 13-week rolling averages for key performance indicators (KPI) of breeding herd performance. These tables reflect the most current quarterly data available and are presented with each column. The KPI's can be used as general guidelines to measure the productivity of your herd compared to the top 10% and top 25% of farms, the average performance for all farms, and the bottom 25% of farms in the SMS database.
If you have questions or comments about these columns, or if you have a specific performance measurement that you would like to see benchmarked in our database, please address them to: email@example.com firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Happy Holidays everyone! There is always a lot happening on the Monterey peninsula, and this winter is no exception! This season in Monterey brings a myriad of events. The yuletide joy of the winter holidays is fading, but that brings us to the final holiday of this year and the first of next: New Years in Monterey! We have a delightfully active cultural community, and it shows with the fantastic variety of events scheduled for the New Year's holiday.
This particular blog entry is about our grand event called "First Night Monterey." Monterey's 20th annual New Year's Eve celebration of the arts is a variety event with different clubs and community groups each contributing towards one common goal: celebrating beginnings and ends, uniqueness, and commonalities. The festivities include 9 hours of entertainment starting at 3:00 pm for the kids, 5:30 pm for the twilight parade, and 11:00 pm for the Grand Finale and Countdown!
This year will feature three core cultural representations: Art, Dance, and Music. Local art galleries participate and show some of the finer pieces of visual art. There will be music that ranges from country music to jazz to slam poetry. And of course, there will be dancing!! The festival offers folklore dance to traditional cultural homages to pop. So if you feel the urge to bust a move on the last night of 2012, you will have every opportunity. There are two Grand Finales, both indoor starting at 11:00 pm. You can go online to buy a First Night Monterey button for entrance in advance or to find out more details of this big Monterey event.
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What a gorgeous sunny weekend we are enjoying. It's been such a lovely change from the miserable cold weather of weeks gone by, hopefully Spring is not far off. After much debating on what to bake this weekend, I decided to bake my boys some Oatmeal Cookies, a recipe from another of my latest amazon cookbook sprees, Irish Puddings, Tarts, Crumbles and Fools by Margaret M. Johnson. In our home, no cup of tea would be complete without some form of cookie, biscuit or cake. These Oatmeal cookies are VERY more-ish and won't last long in the tin. They are the perfect excuse to make a cuppa.
Sunday, 10 February 2008
Oatmeal Cookies with Raisins
2 comments:
- Rosie said...
Hi Maria, it certainly has been a lovely sunny weekend and you have come up with another fantastic bake!! These oatmeal cookies look mouth-watering and yeah healthy too because they have oatmeal in them ;)
Rosie x
- 10 February 2008 at 17:46
- Maria said...
Hi Rosie and thanks. These cookies were really yummy and more-ish.
- 11 February 2008 at 18:30
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During the 19th century Odessa's growth was rapid, especially after the coming of railways in 1866. Odessa became the third city of Russia and the country's second most important port, after St. Petersburg; grain was its principal export. The city was one of the chief centres of the Revolution of 1905 and was the scene of the mutiny on the warship Potemkin; Sergey Eisenstein's classic film Potemkin was made there in 1925. Odessa suffered heavy damage in World War II during its prolonged and unsuccessful defense against German and Romanian forces.
The city remains a major port in Ukraine, with well-equipped docks and ship-repair yards. After 1857 a new outport was built at Ilichevsk, 12 miles (20 km) to the south. Odessa is the base of a fishing fleet. The city's rail communications are good to all parts of Ukraine, Moldova, and Romania. Odessa is also a large industrial centre, with a wide range of engineering industries; products have included machine tools, cranes, and plows. The chemical industry has produced such materials as fertilizers, paints, and dyes. Odessa also has been the site of oil refining, jute processing, consumer-goods manufacturing, and food processing. Most factories lie north of the port along the waterfront, with newer plants on the western outskirts.
Odessa is an important cultural and educational centre. It has a university, founded in 1865, and numerous other institutions of higher education. Its most renowned research establishment is the Filatov Institute of Eye Diseases. There are a number of museums and theatres, including the opera house and ballet theatre, dating from 1809. The seashore south of the harbour is a popular resort area, with numerous sanatoriums and holiday camps. Pop. (2001) 1,029,049; (2005 est.) 1,007,131.


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Based on producer data, the GPC estimates the monthly payments a farmer will likely receive for each year of the farm bill. Three different types of reports can be requested and printed that provide a gross summary or detailed reports by farm unit and crop.
AFPC designed the GPC after producers and lenders voiced concern over the difficulty of projecting cash flow under the 2002 farm bill. The farm bill provides eligible producers with direct and counter-cyclical payments for cotton, feed grains and food grains. The direct payment is paid in two installments and counter cyclical payments are paid in three installments. Depending on the crops grown, producers could receive payments in five or six different months.
AFPC also created the Base Yield Calculator which was adopted by the USDA Farm Service Agency in 2002, noted Jeanne Reeves, associate director of ag research for Cotton Incorporated. "The BYA was designed to get farmers registered for the new farm program," he said. "The GPC was designed to help producers with their cash flow under the program."
"The GPC will be a tremendous help to farmers for the next five years," said James Richardson, a professor who works with the AFPC at Texas A&M. "AFPC's base and yield calculator (BYA) was so popular that we are using the same format for delivering the GPC."
"I doubt the GPC will be run 430,000 times like BYA, but if it helps farmers cope with risk, it could be more useful," said Joe Outlaw, an Extension policy specialist in the AFPC.
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Going through airport security is hell in a hole. We all know that. What is this liquid that's two ounces too heavy? Is that really a teddy bear? Apparently, some people don't care and think they can sneak a gun through security checkpoints. Seriously! On a typical day, the TSA confiscates four to five guns from passengers.
How in the hell? What are these people doing with guns at an airport? I don't even want to whisper the G-word or the B-word (bomb) when I'm near those stiff TSA pricks. You've seen what happened to Harold Lee and Kumar Patel! The TSA says that most people claim that they just forget the weapon was in their bag (the entire South just nodded their head) which I guess is no harm no foul. But sometimes, it's heavy artillery, a passenger at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport had a carry-on bag with two pistols, three magazines, eight knives and a hand saw. That guy was arrested.
The TSA isn't perfect, they've let a gun accidentally board an airplane before, but weeding out four to five weapons a day makes me feel a little better about taking off my shoes. [CNN, Image Credit: Getty]


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December 5, 2018
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September 15, 2018
Episode 36 - Combat in RPGs
Lloyd Gyan, Johannes Paavola and myself discuss the role of combat in RPGs. Uncut version can be found here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/309244204?collection=ReYILUy9UxVYmw Music on Podcast Title Shinigami by XTaKeRuX: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/XTaKeRuX/Empty_Grave/Shinigami Used under creative commons licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
September 13, 2018
Episode 35 - V5 first impressions
Having just gone through character creation with people from The Grand Coterie group I talk about some of my first impressions of V5.
September 8, 2018
Episode 34 - I'm spoilt by the OSR
I ramble a little about being spoilt for choice amongst OSr games and some of the strengths of such products.
September 2, 2018
Episode 33 - The Virtue of Playing a Goodie
Just back from LARP I reflect on a few reasons why you might fancy playing a thoroughly good person for your next character.
August 29, 2018
Episode 32 - JP & John talk OSR and Stars Without Number
I'm once more joined by the excellent Johannes Paavola, we chat about SWN, the OSR and other game related stuff.
August 22, 2018
Episode 31 - Discussing V20 and the WOD with JP
In this episode I'm joined by Johannes Paavola, to talk about his V20 Sabbat game 'What Rough Beast' and the World of Darkness in general.
August 22, 2018
Episode 30 - Differences between B/X Essentials and BFRPG
In this episode I answer a voicemail and attempt to highlight what--for me--are the main difference between B/X Essentials and BFRPG.
August 19, 2018
Episode 29 - How Conventions Taught me to Love Dice Again
In this episode of the podcast I talk about why I original stopped using dice and why I picked them up again.
August 18, 2018
Episode 28 - The Value of GMs Playing in Games
In this episode I respond to a voicemail from Colin at the Spikepit and waffle for a bit about the value of GMs actually playing in the games they run.
August 16, 2018
Episode 27 - History, maintain the Mystery
I talk about why it's important to maintain some mystery when it comes to your campaign world's background.
August 15, 2018
Episode 26 - Ideas for a B/X Campaign Setting
In this episode I talk about some ideas that I'm slowly formulating into a campaign setting for B/X essentials.
August 14, 2018
Episode 25 - RPGaDay questions part 3
Myself, Johannes and Lloyd have decided to answer all the RPG a day questions, spread across three podcast entries. You can find out more about RPGaDay here: http://autocratik.blogspot.com/
August 13, 2018
Episode 24 - RPGaDay questions part 2
Myself, Johannes and Lloyd have decided to answer all the RPG a day questions, spread across three podcast entries. You can find out more about RPGaDay here: http://autocratik.blogspot.com/
August 12, 2018
Episode 23 - RPGaDay questions part 1
Myself, Johannes and Lloyd have decided to answer all the RPG a day questions, spread across three podcast entries. You can find out more about RPGaDay here: http://autocratik.blogspot.com/
August 11, 2018
Episode 22 - But isn't it just the old B/X rules?
In which I rant a bit about some stuff I recently read online where people were spouting off about B/X Essentials.
August 10, 2018
Episode 21 - Sounds Issues, Tech support and Faction Turns
I respond to some voicemail messages that I've received and also talk about some recent communication I've had with Anchor tech support.
August 9, 2018
Episode 20 - WFRP and Me
In which I ramble about my personal history with WFRP, why I'd love a review copy of the latest edition but am unlikely to shell out for a copy.
August 8, 2018
Episode 19 - Hannah Talks Star Trek
In this episode of the podcast Hannah talks about her love/hate relationship with the Modiphius Star Trek system.
August 7, 2018
Episode 18 - Countdowns & Consequences
In this episode I'm talking about countdowns, one of the tools that I use to help track plotlines in my games.
August 6, 2018
Episode 17 - B/X Essential Planetary Fantasy Idea
In this episode of the podcast I talk about an idea for combining B/X Essentials with some elements of Warriors of the Red Planet that I've had kicking around in my head.
August 5, 2018
Episode 16 - B/X Essentials and Table Fables
I chat a bit about some books I've purchased recently.
August 4, 2018
Episode 15 - How Hannah Looks at RPG Books
In this episode my lovely wife Hannah is back to talk about her method of choosing RPG books, and what she looks for.
August 3, 2018
Episode 14 - Random Tables & Charts
In this episode of the Podcast I wax lyrical about some of the benefits of using random tables and charts. You can find some random charts made my me at my blog: https://reddicediaries.com/random-charts-and-tables/
August 2, 2018
Episode 13 - Maps, coolness vs. functionality
In this episode I chat about my the ongoing struggle for map supremacy between functionality and coolness/looking good.
August 1, 2018
Episode 12 - Responding to voicemails about D&D market dominance
In this episode I respond to a couple of voicemails received from Old Man Grognard and Colin from the Spikepit about our recent D&D Market Dominance episode. - Radio Grognard: https://anchor.fm/radio-grognard - The Spikepit: https://anchor.fm/spikepit
July 31, 2018
Episode 11 - Playing LOTFP
In this episode of the podcast I talk about a recent game of LOTFP that I played in, ran by Ian Christiansen. Free, no-artwork version of LOTFP available here: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/115059/LotFP-Rules--Magic-Free-Version Christopher Harewell the character I played: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1cghu_gZ2iRiIV9h_MuILhBCiC5CvRMEm
July 30, 2018
Episode 10 - D&D Market Dominance
Lloyd Gyan, Johannes Paavola and myself talk about the upsides and downsides of D&D's market dominance, and I use the word "like" far too many times (I blame tiredness).
July 29, 2018
Episode 9 - The Simple Life
In episode 9 of the podcast I talk about why simple games appeal to me and also Untold Adventures by James Spahn: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/243331/Untold-Adventures-Swords--Wizardry
July 28, 2018
Episode 8 - RIP Undying Lands
In this episode I talk about my recent experiment with casual sandbox gaming, what worked and what didn't.
July 27, 2018
Episode 7 - Tremulus
In this episode I talk a little bit about Tremulus, a PBTA Mythos game that I very much enjoy, and a recent game that I played in.
July 26, 2018
Episode 6 - Make a Character Focused on the Bits of a Game You Enjoy
In this episode of the Podcast I talk about how you can enhance your appreciation of a game by focusing your character on the bits of the game that you enjoy.
July 25, 2018
Con +1 is coming
In this extra episode I talk a little about Con +1, an online convention where you can enjoy playing games and help raise money for a very worthy cause. Convention website: https://conplus.live
July 24, 2018
Episode 5 - Just Get to the Damn Game
In the latest episode of our Podcast I talk about the trend for unnecessary prologue pages in some RPGs.
July 24, 2018
Episode 4 - Find Your Fun
In this episode I talk a little bit about a couple of games I'm playing in at the moment and how 'finding my fun' helped me enjoy different game systems.
July 23, 2018
Episode 3 - That Elusive Page Turning Quality
It's a warm Saturday in Merry Old England and I'm rambling about what grabs hold of me in an RPG.
July 21, 2018
Episode 2 - Hannah Talks about the Midderlands
In our second episode, Hannah has been reading through my Midderlands books and takes a few minutes to talk about what she likes in them.
July 20, 2018
Episode 1 - Making a DFAE Character
In the first episode of the podcast I'm creating a Dresden Files Accelerated character for a game my friend is running.
July 19, 2018
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AFP Sues Photographer Whose Photographs It Used Without Permission
from the this-gets-confusing-fast dept
You can read the (relatively short) complaint here:
And you can read Morel's much longer response here (which, by the way, includes the photographs in question):
Where to start on the mess here? First, let's start with AFP. This is the same organization that once sued Google for merely linking to AFP stories with the AFP's headline in Google News. So for the AFP to pretend it's on the moral high road here for blatantly using a photo without licensing it is pretty damn hypocritical, even if you believe it had the right to do so. Given its own actions on copyright issues, the AFP seems to think that any use is infringing.
Second, as Dan Kennedy points out, the AFP's defense appears to be based on a bizarre reading of the Twitter terms of service. Those terms of service read:
You retain your rights to any Content you submit, post or display on or through the Services. By submitting, posting or displaying Content on or through the Services, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display and distribute such Content in any and all media or distribution methods (now known or later developed).AFP uses this in its filing, noting:
When Mr. Morel posted his photographs on Twitter, he made no notation that he was in any way limiting the license granted to Twitter or third parties or that he was in any way limiting the ability of Twitter and third parties to use, distribute, or republish his photographs. Thus, a third party would reasonably assume that based on the Twitter Terms of Service and typical use, by posting his photographs on Twitter, Mr. Morel was granting the requisite license to Twitter and third parties to use, copy, publish, display and distribute those photographs.There are two very big problems with this line of argument (though, oddly, Mr. Morel doesn't seem to point out either problem in his response). Problem #1: The photos were posted to TwitPic, not Twitter. While many people don't seem to realize this, TwitPic is not a part of Twitter, but is a separate company. Thus, Twitter's licensing terms are somewhat irrelevant. Problem #2: Twitter's terms of service are between Twitter and the user, not for a third party. Reading the terms in question should be familiar to anyone who's set up any online user-generated content service. They're boilerplate terms that mean the service in question has the right to post the content that the user submitted. Not some third party. Note that the terms clearly say "you grant us a worldwide..." That "us" is Twitter. Not the AFP. For the AFP to claim otherwise is really bizarre.
Of course, this doesn't absolve Morel, either. First, once his lawyers contacted the AFP, the AFP did seek to stop distribution of the image. Yes, this was late in the process, but if it's true that AFP was really confused and thought it had the proper license, it did appear to act to rectify the situation as soon as it was notified. Morel's claims that AFP must have just known that he was the originating photographer seem questionable. On top of that, he immediately jumps to demanding a huge fee from AFP, even though he admits that the reason he uploaded the images was to help them get widely seen. As he said, he posted them online "in the hopes that his images would span the globe to inform the world of the disaster." He also claimed he posted them there so that he would "receive compensation and credit as a professional photographer," but just because you post images hoping to "receive compensation," it doesn't mean you're automatically entitled to compensation.
Even worse, while I don't think Twitter's terms of service matter at all here (see two paragraphs up), Morel's response to that issue doesn't help his case at all. He claims that Twitter's terms of service shouldn't apply because he didn't read them:
Mr. Morel had no prior experience with Twitter, the social networking site and did not read the Terms of Service.While I don't think Twitter's terms of service apply for all the reasons above, his failure to read the terms hardly is the best reasoning in his defense.
If he should be upset with anyone, it sure looks like his real complaint should be with Lisandro Suero, who copied the images, claimed the work as his own, and offered them up to news agencies. Morel's complaint blames AFP for not taking the time to do the "due diligence" to make sure Suero actually took the photos:
What steps did AFP take to verify Suero's identity? From where were the images sent? Did they call Suero and ask him where he was when the images were taken? Did they contact other AFP resident photographers in Haiti or the Dominican Republic to inquire whether anybody had ever heard of Lisandro Suero?Yet, this is coming from the same guy who just pages before admits he didn't bother reading the terms of service for the website on which he was uploading photos -- and many months later still doesn't realize that he uploaded them to a totally different service, called TwitPic, rather than Twitter? Complaining that the AFP failed in its due diligence seems a bit strange, considering the lack of due diligence on his own part.
In the end, this is a lot of arguing over nothing. Both parties seem to have screwed up in their actions. Morel admits he wanted the world to see his photos and various news agencies helped in that regards, and have helped boost his reputation as a photojournalist. It appears there are lots of ways that he could cash in on that recognition. Meanwhile, the AFP clearly mislabled the images and appears to be blatantly misreading the terms of service on a different site than the photos were uploaded to.