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To all too many folks, the word "homebrew" calls up memories of some vile concoction that Dad (or maybe Grandad) used to whip up and store in a chilly basement corner. But, for a growing number of enthusiasts, home beermaking has become a means of producing delicious suds—the taste of which is a far cry from the old prohibition brews"—that can be made without the numerous chemicals (and, in "gourmet" recipes, even without the large quantities of sugar) common to many of the commercial elixirs ... and of preparing that beer for a fraction of the cost of "storebought"!
The credit for the tremendous improvements in the quality of the average batch of homebrew during recent years goes both to the increasing availability of superior ingredients (which are, for the most part, imported) and to the spread of knowledge about more sophisticated brewing techniques. Newsletters, local home-beermaking shops, and mail order businesses have helped to get the word out ... and lately, a number of homebrewing kits—which include all the equipment and supplies a neophyte needs in order to get started-have appeared on the market.
The beermaking kits impressed MOTHER EARTH NEWS staff as being potentially practical ways for newcomers to get started in brewing, so we ordered seven different setups and cooked a batch with each one. Without delving too deeply into exact procedures, we'd like to relate what we found out about the mail order mini-breweries.
Brewing Equipment
The primary piece of brewing paraphernalia is a fermenting vat. Traditionally, brewers have used an open container for the first few days of very active bubbling, and then switched to a sealed secondary fermentor—a tub or bottle equipped with an air lock to allow escape of carbon dioxide without letting outside air in—for the following slower, less violent period of fermentation. However, the substitution of a single airtight vessel for the entire fermentation cycle has recently become popular, because the method reduces labor and lessens the chance of contamination.
On the other hand, advocates of the old standby approach feel that the opportunity to siphon the brew away from the cloud inn sediments which inevitably fall to the bottom of both fermentors, is well worth the extra effort. In addition, they point out that a well-managed double-stage beer will, in fact, have little possibility of contamination.
The kits offered by Bierhaus, The Brick Store, and Wine and Brew Hobby are set up for the newer single-stage system, and—though we did find more sediment in the bottles after brewing—the simplified procedure didn't seem to affect either the taste or the clarity of the beers.
Great Fermentations, Continental Products, and Specialty Products use the two-stage method to good effect ... although we did find the first-listed concern's glass jug secondary fermentor easier to keep tabs on during siphoning than were the more commonly used plastic containers. Our seventh candidate, Duane Imports, provides only a single-stage unsealed fermentor. We admit to having been a little concerned about the possibility of contamination entering the unsealed container, but the beer fared well in its cheesecloth-covered bucket, and its taste was untainted.
Once a brew has reached fruition, the solution must be transferred to crown-cappable bottles and sealed. All of the kits come with siphons, but four of the items were not particularly effective ... because of a restrictive tubing junction that made it difficult to establish and maintain flow. The siphons offered by Duane Imports, Great Fermentations, and Wine and Brew Hobby worked best.
Five of the companies supply a double-lever capper and a gross (144) of crown caps, which should be a sufficient number of lids for at least three batches. The Bierhaus kit contains 60 caps but no capper, and Specialty Products offers a double-lever capper and 150 caps for an additional $11.95 over the kit's base price.
Added Amenities
The outfits from Duane, Specialty, and The Brick Store include a hydrometer ... a device that measures specific gravity and helps the brewer accurately pinpoint the proper time for bottling. The same three companies—as well as Great Fermentations—provide bottle brushes, too ... but only the Great Fermentations scrubber has the proper bristles to reach into the nooks and crannies of a container's bottom. (Duane Imports also supplies a thermometer to determine the correct temperature for yeast inoculation ... which is really necessary only when one attempts advanced mashing techniques.)
All of the beermaking setups include easy-to-follow instructions that should allow anyone with basic cooking experience to prepare beer successfully. Some kits, such as those of Bierhaus, Continental, and Duane, also furnish slightly more ambitious manuals. The Great Fermentations kit is equipped with a book written by one of the company's co-owners, Byron Burch, who is among the more successful and better known homebrewers in the United States. And The Brick Store slipped in two books on brewing in lieu of a recipe ... one by Leigh P. Beadle and the other by Fred Eckhardt, both highly renowned home brewmasters.
Other useful small items are provided with some of the packages ... including a special cleanser, disinfectants, and a funnel for priming.
Brewing Ingredients
Beer can be brewed from an amazing variety of fermentable organic matter, and many commercial American offerings contain high percentages of rice and/or corn. However, the beverage traditionally has been (and still is, in Europe) made predominantly from malted barley. Each of the seven kits we examined is supplied with at least one can of malted barley extract ... a gooey substance which is processed from grain to allow for the easier extraction of starches.
To a great extent, the richness and flavor of a brew depends upon the quality and quantity of the malt extract used. In addition, if proper cooking procedures are observed, some of the starches in the malt will be converted to fermentable sugars ... and therefore into alcohol.
However, the alcohol content of the beers we're reviewing is largely a result of the easily fermentable corn sugar that's added to the mash. In fact, the corn sugar does very little but produce alcohol ... enabling the brewer to use less of the more expensive malt extract without losing the "juice."
Still, the heart of any beer is its malt ... and if you ask any two homebrewers which brand is best, you're almost certain to get two different answers and a lively discussion. Of the malts included in the seven kits, only Blue Ribbon (an American standby for decades) is produced domestically. The others—with the exception of Duane's Mountmellick, which is Irish—are alt made in England. Duane's kit actually comes with three different types of malt extract: a lager, a dark, and a stout ... allowing the new brewer to try his or her hand at making three different sorts of beer. (Both Specialty Products and The Brick Store supply enough malt and yeast to brew two batches of light-bodied beer.)
Only two of the distributors elected to include crystal malt in their packages ... The Brick Store, and Wine and Brew Hobby. This substance—which is more properly known as caramelized malt—provides additional body and coloring when added to a boiling wort (as the cooking beer-to be is called). If, however, crystal malt is mashed at temperatures which will produce enzymes, it can also add to the homebrew's overall starch content ... and therefore to its alcohol percentage.
The tart, tangy flavor that nips at the end of a beer drinker's tongue comes from plants called hops. While the malt in a beer makes the beverage smooth and creamy, hops are the source of the characteristic taste that has inspired poems from connoisseurs and revulsion in non-beer-lovers. There are a number of hop strains—each of which produces a different flavor—and most are grown in Europe. Therefore, they're frequently included in imported malt extracts ... or separately packaged in sealed containers to preserve their freshness.
Four of the kit suppliers chose to provide the convenient hopped malt extracts which have become widely available in the U.S.A. in the last ten years ... while Great Fermentations, Specialty Products, and The Brick Store supplied hop pellets to add to the wort while it's cooking. The hopped extracts have been consistently improving (and Duane's Mountmellick malt produced a delightful aroma in the cooking process), but many beermakers still feel that supplementary hops pellets provide a better taste. (On the other hand, most experienced brewers would agree that fresh hops—when available—are superior to either pellets or hopped extract.)
Fermentation, as most of you know, is accomplished by single-celled fungi called yeast, and each of our seven kits contained the appropriate types and amounts of the useful little plants. Yeasts are divided into two varieties—lager (bottom fermenting) and ale (top fermenting)—and most of the suppliers who identified their yeasts indicated that they had chosen the lager variety. The relative merits of each are open for discussion: Lagers are slower acting, work better in cool temperatures, and produce subtle light beers. Ale yeast is more hardy and less subject to contamination, works better at warmer temperatures, and yields a more pungent beverage.
Some brewers also add mild water conditioners to their fermenting mixtures ... to provide a proper pH environment for healthy yeast growth and to encourage efficient starch conversion. Duane Imports, Great Fermentations, Specialty Products, and The Brick Store all provide water salts ... and we recommend such helpers to folks whose household water is soft.
Beer Tasting
After we'd brewed up a batch of each beer exactly according to the distributor's instructions (we used a Leigh P. Beadle recipe for The Brick Store kit) and aged them for 25 days, we cracked open samples for a panel of seven testers.
Though the preferences expressed by our group of tipplers were diverse, the evaluators produced several valuable generalizations. For example, all of our tasters preferred the Wine and Brew Hobby mixture over the other homebrews ... but only by a scant margin. A most interesting result was that a widely available American commercial brew-added as a control-finished quite high in the flavor category ... and was, in fact, preferred by many.
Longer aging likely would have helped all of the homebrews reach their full potential. However, it's important for anyone contemplating the purchase of one of the kits to understand that the ingredients and recipes are meant only as starting points. Once you have the basic components necessary for brewing (which are available in any of the packages), you can either continue to produce the relatively economical beers—with sugar-derived alcohol contents—described above, or you can move on to more sophisticated malt recipes. Many homebrews have been acknowledged by experts to be good enough to challenge the finest imported beers, and you can produce such a sipping mixture for about the price of a bargain six-pack at the grocery.
Ale's Well That Ends Well
To produce a rich, tangy ale—well-suited to sipping on a soft summer evening—start by heating a gallon of water in a pot of at least two-gallon capacity. While the liquid warms, place two 3.5 pound cans of Munton & Fison, Edme, or similar-quality malt extract in a separate container of hot water to liquify. (You can substitute 6 pounds of top-notch English dry malt, available from many beermaking supply shops, for the extract if you'd prefer to.)
Then sterilize your primary fermentor with either a dilute solution of household bleach or potassium metabisulfite. (The latter liquid is much easier to rinse out than bleach ... although the lingering presence of either will significantly retard yeast growth.)
Once the water comes to a rolling boil, switch off the heat momentarily and stir in the now-liquid contents of the two cans of malt extract. Only alter the malt is thoroughly dissolved should you turn the heat back on, since the gooey mass will otherwise tend to stick to the bottom of the pot and burn, thereby imparting an unpleasant flavor to the beer.
At this point, blend in a package of Burton wafer salts, 1 teaspoon of non-iodized salt, and—if you have very soft water—1 teaspoon of gypsum. Continue heating to reestablish a rolling boil, but keep an eye on the pot: About 15 minutes after you turn the heat back on, the wart will begin to froth. Stir the liquid to keep the contents from overflowing, and the bubbles will soon recede.
After a 20-minute boil, add 1/2 pound of crystal malt and 1 ounce of fresh (or 113 ounce of pelletized) flavoring hops ... such as Brewer's Gold, Bullion, Hallerfauer, or Northern Brewer. Soil the mixture for another 30 minutes, stirring it occasionally, and then add 1 more ounce of the same hops used above.
By now the bubbling solution should have filled your kitchen with some new and interesting smells. After boiling it far another 15 minutes, though, it's time to add the real scentmakers. Stir in 1 ounce of aromatic hops—either Fuggle or Cascade—and boil for 15 minutes more. (If at all possible use a fresh hop—Cascade is widely available through beermaking suppliers—to provide the best aroma.) AT the end of the final 15-minute boil, add 1 more ounce of aromatic hops, and turn off the heat.
Now pour five gallons of cold water into the sterilized fermentor, and—if you'd like a slightly more potent brew and don't object to using processed sweeteners—stir a pound of corn sugar into the water. Then cover the top of the fermentor with two layers of cheesecloth, and pour the wort through the "screen" and into the vessel ... to strain out the crystal malt and hops.
To accurately monitor the starch content of your wort, check the specific gravity by floating your sterilized hydrometer in the mixture. You should expect a reading of between 1.044 and 1.046 ... which will yield about 4% to 5% alcohol.
By this time the temperature of the brew should be just about right for yeast inoculation, so sprinkle 1 package of ale (top-fermenting) yeast on the liquid. Let it sit for about 2 hours, and then stir the solution thoroughly. Now hide the fermentor in a dark corner—where it won't be bumped—and cover it.
Within 24 hours the beer should begin to bubble actively, and a cap of solids should form on the surface. When the cap falls—some two to four days after brewing—it's time to move to the secondary fermentor. Sterilize both the container and your siphon, and transfer the brew from the first vat to its second resting place. (Be careful to keep the siphon end off the bottom of the primary container ... to avoid picking up sediments that have fallen to the bottom.) Stick a sterilized air lock info the neck of the fermentor, and set the assembly back in the dark corner.
While the beer works, keep an eye on the bubbling in the air lock to monitor the gradually decreasing fermentation activity. Once the bubbles have nearly stopped—between 1 and 2 weeks after brewing—you're ready to bottle. (You can confirm the completion of fermentation by measuring the brew's specific gravity. A reading of 1.010 to 1.012 is appropriate for this recipe.)
Siphon the beer back into the resterilized primary fermentor—again being careful to avoid picking up sediment—and boil 3/14 cup of corn sugar in two cups of water. When the sweetener has dissolved, mix the sugar/water solution into the beer ... it will provide just enough added food for the yeast to produce a nice bubbly brew when uncapped. You'll need between 48 and 54 twelve ounce bottles to hold the contents of the fermentor, and you should leave about 1 1/2 inches of air space in each one.
Once you've capped the bottles, slip them back into the dark corner and resist temptation for at least three weeks: The longer the aging, the better the beer will taste. Your homebrew should be consumed from a glass ... and when it's poured, it should be done in one gradual swing to avoid stirring up the sediments on the bottle's bottom. Other than faking that bit of care, there's nothing left to do but enjoy your masterpiece!


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What is sustainability and how does it apply to a community? The word sustainability is being used a lot these days, but it tends to mean many different things to many different people. The original, most widely used definition states that sustainability is "meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs".1 This applies to not only the traditional ideas of "being green" but also to economic and social sustainability - all of which directly relate to the goals of community governance and planning. Whether your "community" is a small neighborhood or a large metropolitan area, securing a sustainable future is within your reach.
As you look forward to what your community will be like in 10, 20, or 50 years, it is likely that you envision it prosperous, safe, and healthy with citizens and businesses that love the community and actively support its future. As we face new and ever-growing environmental, social, and economic issues from affordable housing, to clean air, to crime, it is imperative that our communities build and grow on a solid foundation. That foundation is sustainability planning. Planning that is rooted in environmental stewardship, smart growth policies, economic fecundity, and social equity.
How will sustainability planning help my community?
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Clean air and water, walkable streets, a reduction in commute-time, interaction with nature, citizen participation, economic prosperity, and cultural diversity, all help provide communities with a liveliness and longevity that instills a sense of pride and a feeling of security in its inhabitants.
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Having a sustainable community provides better quality of life for residents, generally drawing a more stable workforce, helping to secure new and retain existing business.
Sustainable communities also create environments where businesses can save money through energy and water savings, and reduced pollution control costs, making your community more attractive to business.
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MADRID (Reuters) - Tests conducted at the Spanish athletics championships in July returned three "adverse analytical findings", the head of the country's anti-doping agency (AEPSAD) told the lower house of parliament on Thursday.
AEPSAD President Ana Munoz did not reveal the names of the athletes but said their licences have been suspended while the correct procedures are followed.
Two of the substances detected carry lengthy bans according to World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) rules and the positive results have been confirmed by the WADA-accredited laboratory in Lausanne, Switzerland, she added.
The tests were the first conducted by AEPSAD since it was granted wider powers in new anti-doping legislation.
The law was part of Spain's effort to dispel a perception it is soft on doping, seen as one reason for the failure last week of Madrid's bid for the right to host the 2020 Olympic Games.
The country's image suffered a blow in April when the judge in a high-profile doping trial ordered blood bags that could implicate drug cheats to be destroyed.
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Fuentes, who denied doping, was given a one-year prison term for endangering public health but the judge's ruling on the blood bags prompted widespread condemnation.
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In July 1997, two experts in education and testing from Ohio State University testified about the NARM process before the Ohio Study Council on Midwifery. Citizens for Midwifery commissioned these experts to prepare their testimonies. This is the first time the NARM CPM process has been assessed by a disinterested third party, and NARM came through with flying colors. The official summaries of these testimonies follow. For additional information, please refer to the complete text of Dr. Mahlman's testimony and Dr. Catri's testimony.
Written by Robert A. Mahlman, Ph.D.Associate Director of Assessment Services,Vocational Instructional Materials LaboratoryThe Ohio State University
The overall quality of the processes used to develop the certification tests and testing procedures is very high and represents "best practice" within certification industry standards. The procedures followed were clearly based on established standards for educational and psychological testing as set forth by the American Educational Research Association, American Psychological Association, and the National Council of Measurement in Education.
Substantial thought and resources were invested in the foundation of the certification system, i.e., the job analysis. The development of the content specifications based on the job analysis of information was focused on the primary purpose of certification-the protection of public health and safety. The procedures used for test item writing, content validation, setting pass/fail cut scores, and the development of the overall certification process represent a system explicitly designed to optimize fairness and accuracy in certification testing.
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Competency-based education (CBE) began as a widespread movement across the United States in the late 1970's. Today CBE is very much a reality in the United States and most of Canada. CBE is based on competent performance in a practical work situation. CBE stresses performance in an actual work situation that is based on identified competencies and students must achieve a minimum level of competency based on specified criteria.
Essential defining characteristics for a CBE program included the following-
1. Competencies to be demonstrated by the student are role-relevant competencies determined though job analysis. 2. Criteria to be employed in assessing competencies are explicit in stating levels of mastery (standards) under specified conditions. 3. Competencies are specified to students prior to instruction. 4. Criterion-referenced measures are used to measure the achievement of competencies. 5. A system exists for documenting the competencies achieved by each student.
The following analysis was undertaken of the Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) program. Analysis results can be found below.
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Several planned high-rise housing projects for downtown Hartford got a boost Thursday, as the state announced millions of dollars in grants and loans to help get them off the ground.
The funding is part of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's 10-year, $500 million initiative to significantly increase the amount of affordable housing in Connecticut by investing in new projects and redevelopment across the state.
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Patio furniture has evolved through the ages in a way that these units are no longer bulky and space filling ones. Style and elegance are the keywords among designers of patio furniture these days. Any type of furniture that is used in a garden, lawn or even at a poolside is entitled to be called patio furniture. In such circumstances patio furniture consists of a table and a set of chairs to start. Additional units include a coffee table, chaise lounge and a love seat.
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The author of Bel Canto on her new novel, Commonwealth. With freelance journalist Tina Srebotnjak.
Cathy O'Neil: "Weapons of Math Destruction" | Talks at Google
Cathy O'Neil is a data scientist and author of the blog mathbabe.org. She earned a Ph.D. in mathematics from Harvard and taught at Barnard College before moving to the private sector and working for the hedge fund D. E. Shaw. O'Neil started the Lede Program in Data Journalism at Columbia and is the author of "Doing Data Science." She appears weekly on the "Slate Money" podcast.
In this talk, O'Neil sounds an alarm on the mathematical models that pervade modern life and threaten to rip apart our social fabric.
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Benjamin Bergen: "What the F" | Talks at Google
Please note that this talk contains language some may consider strong.
In "WHAT THE F" Bergen explains why profanity is so appealing to us. Let's face it, we all swear. Whether we're happy or mad, uttering a four-letter word seems to be a natural occurrence for most of us. But why do we swear, even when we know we're breaking cultural taboos? Why are some words off limits in certain countries or deemed offensive in past centuries but are considered perfectly tame in others? What does all this g*ddamn swearing tell us about our language and our brains? Bergen has the answers as he illuminates the controversial and complex nature of profanity and its relationship on our culture.
In this groundbreaking yet ebullient romp through the linguistic muck, Bergen answers intriguing questions: How can patients left otherwise speechless after a stroke still shout Goddamn! when they get upset? When did a cock grow to be more than merely a rooster? Why is crap vulgar when poo is just childish? Do slurs make you treat people differently? Why is the first word that Samoan children say not mommy but eat shit? And why do we extend a middle finger to flip someone the bird?
Smart as hell and funny as fuck, What the F is mandatory reading for anyone who wants to know how and why we swear.
Bergen is a professor of cognitive science at the University of California, San Diego.
Jane Smiley
Pulitzer-Prize winning author Jane Smiley has now completed her remarkable American trilogy, a sweeping treatment of one Iowa family, the Langdons, over a century, with each chapter encapsulating one year. Golden Age picks up the story in 1987 and runs forward all the way to 2020, following generations of Langdons in the worlds of finance and government and on the battlefields of Iraq, even as the land itself—the Langdon farm, but the planet, too—comes back into focus in new and urgent ways.
This program is presented in partnership with the Chicago Tribune.
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Rep. John Lewis & Andrew Aydin: 2016 National Book Festival
Rep. John Lewis and co-author Andrew Aydin discuss "March: Book Three" at the 2016 Library of Congress Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
Speaker Biography: John Lewis has served as the U.S. States representative for Georgia's 5th Congressional District since 1987. He is senior chief deputy whip for the Democratic Party. Rep. Lewis had been serving America long before his congressional career began, as he is revered as a major civil rights icon, lending his resounding moral voice to the cause for more than 50 years. He was a key player in the movement to end racial discrimination and segregation as chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. In his graphic memoir trilogy, "March," published with co-writer Andrew Aydin and New York Times best-selling artist Nate Powell, Rep. Lewis recounts his lifelong struggle for civil and human rights, chronicling the days of Jim Crow to the broader civil rights movement, and telling of his experience at the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. "March" has been recognized as the winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, a Coretta Scott King Honor Book and an American Library Association Notable Children's Book. His most recent release is the final volume, "March: Book Three".
Speaker Biography: Andrew Aydin is co-author, with Rep. John Lewis, of the best-selling graphic memoir series "March," which chronicles the life of Rep. Lewis as a civil rights icon and is illustrated by Nate Powell. The book series has received a Robert F. Kennedy Book Award special recognition and a Coretta Scott King Book Award author honor. His most recent publication is the final volume in the series, "March: Book Three". Aydin frequently lectures about the history of comics in the civil rights movement and has appeared as a guest on the Rachel Maddow Show, NPR, CBS This Morning, CNN, the BBC and many other programs. Currently he serves as digital director and policy advisor to Rep. Lewis in Washington, D.C.
After Words: Russian Fake News
Journalist Sophie Pinkham discusses how Russia reacted to the Ukrainian revolutions. Pinkham explores the current state of Post-Soviet Ukraine in her book, "Black Square." here is a portion of her conversation with Alexander Cooley, Columbia University Professor and Director of the Harriman Institute.
Lauren Groff: 2016 National Book Festival
Lauren Groff discusses "Fates and Furies" with Ron Charles from the Washington Post at the 2016 Library of Congress Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
Speaker Biography: Lauren Groff is the best-selling author of three novels and the celebrated short-story collection "Delicate Edible Birds." Her work has appeared in various publications including The New Yorker, the Atlantic Monthly, Harper's, Tin House, One Story, McSweeney's, and three editions of the Best American Short Stories. Groff has received a Medici Book Club Prize and been a finalist for several awards including the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Her novels include "The Monsters of Templeton" and "Arcadia." Her latest novel, "Fates and Furies" , explores the story of a marriage over the course of twenty-four years and through two perspectives. Groff lives with her family in Florida.
'A World in Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order'
CFR President Richard Haass will discuss 'A World in Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order', his new book that examines a world increasingly defined by disorder–how the rules, policies, and institutions that guided the world since World War II have run their course, and what the United States should and should not do about it.
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An Evening with Debbie Reynolds
Debbie Reynolds took us on a nostalgic journey through her career, in an evening of hilarious anecdotes and wry humor.
The beloved Golden Age film star shared her personal triumphs and tragedies, including how she overcame a disastrous third marriage to Richard Hamlett.
This event was part of the Ruth Stanton Illustrious Women Series, supported by The Ruth Stanton Foundation.
After Words: Battling Obamacare
New York Magazine Columnist Jonathan Chait examines President Obama's legacy as president in his book, "Audacity." Here is a portion of his conversation with Jim Acosta, Senior White House Correspondent for CNN.
2016 National Book Award Winner: Rep. John Lewis
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) won the Young People's Literature award with his co-writer Andrew Aydin and artist Nate Powell for "March: Book Three." The graphic novel recounts Lewis' experience during the civil rights movement.
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A rare opportunity to hear Javier Marías, NYPL's newest Library Lion, as he reads from his remarkable new novel, Thus Bad Begins. "One doesn't really read Marías for plot. One reads him for the language, the elegant hypnotic voice, the philosophical digressions and observations … for his ability to make the smallest parts of the world come alive, and his penchant for philosophical narrative claims, ones that invite and require unpacking … I found myself most loving the book for its pages, brilliant observations, its musings and its suspenseful elegant voice … And I could not put it down." — LA Times
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Musician and author James McBride returns to LIVE to mark the paperback publication of his book, Kill 'Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul, a story that speaks to the tensions and contradictions of the American experience: between North and South, black and white, rich and poor. He is joined by journalist and author Philip Gourevitch.
JAMES MCBRIDE is the author of the New York Times bestseller and National Book Award winner, The Good Lord Bird, as well as the bestselling novels Song Yet Sung, Miracle at St. Anna, and the #1 New York Times bestseller, The Color of Water. He is also a saxophonist and composer who teaches music to children in the housing projects of Red Hook, Brooklyn, where he was born. He is a Distinguished Writer In Residence at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at NYU.
PHILIP GOUREVITCH is a long-time staff writer for The New Yorker, the former editor of The Paris Review, and the author of three books: The Ballad Of Abu Ghraib / Standard Operating Procedure, A Cold Case, and We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda, which won a number of prizes including the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Guardian First Book Award, and the New York Public Library Helen Bernstein Award. He is completing a new book, in which he revisits Rwanda, called, You Hide That You Hate Me And I Hide That I Know. His profile of James Brown, "Mr. Brown" was included in the volume, Best Music Writing 2003.
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Karl Ove Knausgaard discusses his first book, 'Ute av verden' (Out of the World). Part of 'The Paris Review''s "My First Time" video interview series.
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Rice may be competing for acres with other Mid-South crops this spring, but, so far, the other crops appear to be winning, according to one of the nation's leading experts on the rice markets.
Carl Brothers, senior vice president, international rice and partnerships, at Riceland Foods, Inc., says little information has been available on the 2007 rice acreage. Informa Economics, formerly known as the Sparks Companies, is one of the few that had issued a projection in early March.
"They're forecasting Arkansas to be down 5 percent off the small crop of a year ago," he said, speaking at the Ag Update session at the Mid-South Farm and Gin Show in Memphis, Tenn. "Some growers I've talked to think the 2007 acreage could be even lower."
"That doesn't surprise me," he said. "We're really competing for acres. Rice is a high input cost crop, and I'm even hearing that bankers are encouraging farmers not to plant rice, but to go with soybeans or some other crop."
Overall, U.S. farmers are expected to decrease rice acres by 3 percent — from 3.38 million to 2.75 million. But those numbers may be somewhat misleading because they include an 8 percent increase in medium grain rice in California. Absent California, U.S. rice acres could decline 5 percent from 2.31 million to 2.18 million acres.
Growers in Arkansas, the country's largest rice-producing state, are expected to plant 1.33 million acres, which would be down from 2006's 1.4 million. The 2007 projection is more than 300,000 acres below the record plantings in 2005.
Brothers, who oversees the rice marketing operations for the Stuttgart, Ark.-based Riceland Foods, said he was surprised by Informa's forecast that Louisiana's acreage would be down 6 percent in 2007.
"I thought Louisiana's number last year — 350,000 versus 530,000 in 2005 — was mostly because of salt intrusion, Katrina and the other difficulties they had," he said. "I was shocked to see them down again this year. I'm not sure that will be the case when it's all said and done. It may depend on how this GE situation turns out."
In Mississippi, farmers are expected to reduce their plantings 5 percent from 2006's 190,000 to 180,000 acres as growers return to cotton and soybeans. Texas growers could reduce their acreage 10 percent from 150,000 to 135,000 acres and Missouri 5 percent from 216,000 to 205,000 acres.
California producers could increase theirs from 526,000 to 570,000 due to the higher medium grain rice prices of recent months. But the projected 2007 acreage would still fall short of the record 604,000 acres seeded in 2004.
USDA announced its first survey-based forecast of the 2007 acreage for rice and other crops on March 31. "By then, I think we will have a lot of people who have made up their minds about their crop mix," said Brothers. "I think a lot of decisions are still being made out there right now."
The discovery of trace amounts of LibertyLink genetic material — by Riceland Foods — continues to take its toll on U.S. rice sales — that and relatively high U.S. rice prices, Brothers noted.
"Some countries won't buy our rice right now because they don't want our GE rice, in many cases, and they don't want to pay our high prices," he said. "So we're having a difficult time marketing rice out into the world."
The current situation traces back to the reduced world stocks situation the rice industry currently finds itself in. With production remaining virtually unchanged over the last two years and world rice use on the rise, rice stocks are forecast to drop from 81 million metric tons to 79 million metric tons at the end of the 2006-07 marketing year.
Back in 2004, U.S. cash prices became "decoupled" from Asian rice prices, which were relatively low. With the world market price for marketing loan calculations based on world prices, farmers received both a loan deficiency payment or LDP and higher cash prices.
"A lot of people began to think that LDP would be there all the time because they saw that happen," said Brothers. "But it was actually just an aberration in that world prices were low while ours were high.
"Since that time, looking back at those carry-over stocks, world prices are coming up. We've lost our LDP because world prices are higher than loan. At the same time, we've run off and left the crowd again with our prices. We're probably $125 a metric ton above Thailand's rice prices."
Iraq provides a good example of the issues U.S. rice exporters face with the twin problems of genetically modified rice and prices.
Iraq has re-tendered for rice after an earlier tender apparently resulted in no purchases by the Iraqi Grain Board, the organization that makes many of the food purchases for the country.
"I'm told we're going to get a counter-offer from the Iraqis, one that we may not like," said Brothers. "First off, the Iraqis are looking at the Thai prices, and we're $125 a ton higher than those.
"They also are not enamored with our GE issue. Actually, their tenders call for no GE rice. We have been able to work that out with them, and rice shipments have continued, but I have to tell you that we are concerned every day that we will be held hostage by this issue."
The USA Rice Federation is also considering sending a delegation to the Philippines to discuss that country's reluctance to accept rice that might contain trace amounts of genetically engineered material in PL 480 shipments.
Under Title 1 of the PL 480 program, the Philippines and other eligible countries buy U.S. rice and repay the U.S. government at very low interest rates under a long-term financing arrangement. But the Philippines have not purchased U.S. rice because of the GE rice concerns.
"They have set their standards at 0.1, which no one in the South feels comfortable about meeting right now," he said. "We've worked hard to try to get them to raise their tolerance level, but we've failed so far."
With elections coming up in the country in May, he said, "the feeling is that no one will be willing to risk their political future by importing GE rice at this time. The Catholic Church in the Philippines has actually come out against the import of GE rice and has asked that U.S. rice be pulled off the shelves in that country."
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The Princess and the rugby player?
Charlene of Serenity was not with Prince Albert at Queen Beatrix's abdication and her son King Willem-Alexander's subsequent coronation at the end of April. She had previous charity commitments back home in South Africa where she also attended an old friend's wedding.
But overseas gossips have been reporting that while she was there, she was also hooking up with her friend Byron Kelleher, a professional rugby player. Kelleher works with Serenity on her sports foundation. He was at the weeping wedding back in July 2011. Here's a shot of him arriving at the ceremony.
A Spanish newspaper (never all that reliable) originated the report that the two are dealing with each other and the story has since been circulating in publications around Europe including Vogue Italia.
Though the source is sketchy, it's not hard to understand why people are inclined to believe that Charlene would step out on Prince Albert. I mean...
Here she is, dutifully at Albert's side, a week after the Dutch festivities, back in Monaco at the Women of the Year gala. She rarely smiles with teeth, does she?
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has taken another step toward the deregulation of natural gas.
The commission said Wednesday that two companies - Columbia Gas of Ohio and Dominion East Ohio Gas - can eliminate regulated pricing for households, with certain conditions.
Supporters of deregulation say the actions will lead to greater competition and lower prices. But opponents dispute it, saying that a few dominant suppliers no longer will have to compete with the regulated price.
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In a stunning move, the Milwaukee Brewers fired manager Ned Yost this afternoon following the team being swept over the weekend in Philadelphia.
Third base coach Dale Sveum, a former Yankee, will become interim manager for the remainder of the season.
"This was a very difficult move to make, and we appreciate all of the work that Ned has done to develop this team into a contender," general manager Doug Melvin said. "In the end, this was a collaborative decision made to put our club in the best position for the final two weeks of the season."
The Brewers are tied with Philly for the wild-card despite losing 11 of 14 games in September, including seven of their last eight.
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Students looking into Masters in Business campus programs can choose from a wide variety of degrees, such as an MBA, or a more specialized program in Finance, Marketing or Accounting. With competition in the current marketplace, many students are either returning to school to update their credentials, or staying in graduate school to try to ensure better prospects in the future.
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Masters in Business Programs comprise administration, accounting and finance. Students who enter one of these masters degree programs receive an education in business concepts and practices, corporate finance, financial planning and market analysis.
Different types of master's degrees in business include the Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Accountancy (MAcc) and Master of Science (MS) in Finance. Because master's degrees in business are often sought by currently working business professionals, courses are frequently offered in the evenings and on the weekends.
Typically, a relevant undergraduate degree is needed to apply for admission, although accelerated MBA programs allow students to earn a bachelor's and master's degree simultaneously. Some MAcc programs require students to take the Certified Public Account (CPA) exam before acceptance, while other programs require that the exam be completed before finishing the program.
Deciding whether to pursue a generalized MBA, an MBA with concentrations or a specialized Business degree such as a Masters of Finance or Master of Taxation is a debate that many students are having with themselves. Knowing whether to follow one route or the other is a matter of one's personal goals, and whether these will be met by an educational curriculum.
Why Choose a Campus-Based MBA or Masters in Business Program?
Whereas distance-learning programs involve online interaction, study and communication, an on-campus program may be an enriching blend of real-time networking, participation, learning and study. If you would enjoy a hands-on approach, want the perks of using the university's facilities such as libraries, gymnasiums, study labs and social services, a campus program is for you. Many Business Masters Programs actually design their programs around the needs of their working students, so earning an MBA at a graduate business school may quite convenient and plausible, even if you have other demands on your schedule.
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The Master of Business Administration, or MBA, provides a graduate education in foundational business practices, such as accounting, finance, marketing and management. Students can specialize the degree in fields as diverse as health care, international business, technology and sports management. Taking an interdisciplinary approach to learning, MBA programs are not only meant to deepen students' understanding of business management, but also to further develop their critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills.
If you are currently working and still asking yourself whether you should go back to school to earn your MBA, consider the following: Although a bachelor's degree and work experience are invaluable commodities on any resume, a graduate-level education is a good indicator to employers that you have the knowledge, abilities and motivation that will be demanded of you in a higher-level position.
Other than an MBA, what types of Masters in Business Programs are there?
First of all, many MBA programs allow you to concentrate your studies around a specific area, such as finance, so they may be work looking into. This being said, other options include, but are not limited to a:
For advanced Financial Analyst positions, employers often require a master's degree in business administration (MBA) or a master's degree in finance. Knowledge of options pricing, bond valuation, and risk management are important.
Master of Science in Finance: If you aspire to a career as a financial analyst or financial manager, and need an in-depth understanding of market conditions, statistical analysis derivatives, actuarial science and securities law, earning an MS in Finance may be a wise academic choice and good investment of your time.
Master of Accountancy (MAcc): If you aspire to a career as a CPA, or chief financial officer, as a business student in this field, you will study financial planning, market forecasting, corporate finance and business taxation. You'll also learn how to read and create financial reports, and use this information in a business internship before graduation
Many universities are very willing to help advise prospective students to help them choose courses, so while it may seem daunting, the right Masters in Business degree is searchable, and findable!
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GradSchools.com has some really helpful tools that you can use to pinpoint the right Business Masters Program or MBA for you. The 'Subject Selection' is a great directory to narrow down your chosen field of study. For instance, are you interested in Public Administration and Policy? If so, a Master if Public Administration: Sustainable Communities might be a good choice. Hoping to work as an Accountant? A Master of Accounting (MAcc) offers specialized education.
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The importance of choosing a school that is accredited and recognized by the U.S. Department of Education is well known.The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) accreditation is given to business and accounting schools.The most significant benefit to attending an AACSB-accredited school is peace of mind. It is commonly understood in the business industry that AACSB accreditation is one of the world's most selective and rigorous types of evaluation for business schools.
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A lot of people argue right now about what the perfect tablet looks like. Should it have this feature or that feature? Does it need Android or Windows or iOS? Can anyone but Apple but profitable? There are a lot of little quirks in the tablet market right now that are drawing attention from analysts, but one of the biggest is probably display size.
Can a successful tablet hit the market with a display size of less than 10"? Steve Jobs doesn't think so, and yet we have news that Apple may be preparing a new product that is essentially a larger iPod Touch, checking in at 5" instead of the 3.5" that it sits at now. And that brings up even more questions. Not only does display size matter, but how small is too small for a tablet to be a tablet anymore? When does it become a media player or gaming device?
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Right now, one of the major issues for most manufacturers is that Apple has a pretty big portion of the component market cornered. With all that cash sitting around, the company can afford to make moves like they did in January to shore up $3.9 billion in components. And Apple's estimated share of the display component market is growing larger constantly as they prepare to expand their iPad offerings.
So, it drives up the costs for other companies to build their own 10" screens and when they launch, like the Xoom will next week, the cost is much higher than many would like (the Xoom will sell for $799 without subsidies). Other devices, however, have launched at smaller sizes and have kept cost down. The Galaxy Tab and Dell Streak 7 are both 7" tablets that sell for less than $500 with subsidies while sporting decent technical specs. And while sales are brisk, they are nowhere near in line with Apple's.
Some say it is because of Apple's dominating lead, but others point out that a tablet of only 7" starts to look an awful lot like an oversized media player. Typing on the screen and performing daily tasks gets a bit tougher, though not impossible at that size. I don't think there is degradation in usability, but many people will look at a small device and compare it to the iPad their friend or neighbor has and wonder, why.
What's the Perfect Size?
There is no perfect size for a tablet screen. Just like some users prefer a netbook screen of only 10" to a 26" monitor on their desk, others will prefer a 7" tablet they can place in their pocket to a 10" screen that requires a bag to carry.
What I'm really interested in right now is what consumers are willing to purchase. How will manufacturers balance price and function to effectively take a larger portion of the market away from Apple? In 2011 we will see a number of new 7 inch tablets along with many new 10 inch models. Assuredly, the 10" tablets will continue to sell better, especially because Apple will keep their iPad at 10" only.
However, with new options opening up in oversized media players and low cost devices, the market is still far from set, and through it all, display size will likely play a major role in consumer interest.


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Here's a list of some things I anticipate for OrthodoxWiki in the future. The Roadmap should generally be used for larger, longer range goals rather than as a simple to-do list.
Soon! (before December 2005)
The logo contest will end on November 15th. Shortly after that, we'll need to integrate the new logo into the site, and use it as a model to create new link buttons, etc.
We need to revise our copyright policies in order to solve some incompatibility issues (with Wikipedia) and to better anticipate any future works.
We need to come up with a strategy to deal with vandalbots and an information page to help people understand what to do when an attack comes. (See OrthodoxWiki:Vandalism.)
Before February 2006
- A new template - I'd like to see at least one new template for OrthodoxWiki, giving users a better opportunity to choose how they view the wiki.
- It is now possible to create access-restricted namespaces. We should consider whether or not to create such a space for sysops.
Year-end inventory - After a year of being in service, the wiki could surely use some optimization. I am proposing a yearly review process, involving especially the Sysops, in which we go over all categories and pages, thinking about how we could better structure out wiki and considering what needs pruning.Discussion underway -- see OrthodoxWiki:Inventory.
With the launch of our first localized wiki (bg.orthodoxwiki.org - in Bulgarian) expected sometime around January 2006, we will need a set of explicit guidelines and helps for others who want to help launch localized editions of OrthodoxWiki.In draft stage -- See OrthodoxWiki:Localization.
- We need to consider whether or not we want to create something like an "OrthodoxWiki Foundation" that can act as a kind of trust to steward the information on the wiki.


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RandomThoughts, 19 Mar 2007 @ 12:33pm
Positive aspect of file sharing?Thats like thanking the IRS for taking your money before you could go out and waste it yourself.
CasperIV, 19 Mar 2007 @ 12:52pm
Re: Positive aspect of file sharing?There are a lot of positive things that have come from file sharing... you might not want to make such a bold statement without thinking it through. If your point was to state that reducing the revenue of bootlegged CDs was not much of a positive effect, then it would not sound quite so ignorant.
I am not going to take up comment room with a list of positive repercussions file sharing and file sharing systems have had (That is better left to a medium other then the comments section of an article). I will, however, disagree with the notion that the reduction of bootlegged CDs isn't a good thing. You are replacing an illegal organization that was probably funding crime with a free medium which is driving new technologies and bringing to light failures in our copyright system (not to mention the endless laughs at the expense of the RIAA).
RandomThoughts, 19 Mar 2007 @ 2:21pm
Re: Re: Positive aspect of file sharing?I was, of course, speaking sarcastically.
magicdiablo, 19 Mar 2007 @ 12:53pm
positiveYour welcome......I guess? :-D
Anonymous Coward, 19 Mar 2007 @ 12:54pmI disagree. The poor people selling bootleg CD's need money to live on, the RIAA and the music industry needs no more. In this respect I would have to say that online music is negative.
Paul, 19 Mar 2007 @ 1:02pm
Negative..The bootleg market will pick up again once Blueray or HD-DVD gain more ground. There isn't enough bandwidth for the average person to casually download 40gb movies, and the writers for these media are going to be extremely expensive for a while (A soon-to-be-released blueray writer and HD-dvd reader combo is priced around $1200).
This will slow down file sharing and increase bootlegging since the average person won't be able to efficiently download or burn movies for themselves. This is what the MPAA wants because it is easier to stop bootleggers than it is to stop mass online filesharing.
As for the RIAA, it is a negative impact on them as well. It is harder to stop mass filesharing than it is to stop individual bootleggers. RIAA just needs to fund some new expensive format with super quality music that will be too difficult to fileshare due to technology limitations. Not encumbering DRM.
It is time for.. Holographic music!
CasperIV, 19 Mar 2007 @ 1:22pm
Re: Negative..Since when did the RIAA sue bootleggers? I always see the same ones for as long as I can remember...
Anyway, I doubt blueray or HD-DVD will make a difference. That same logic was applied to DVD's being "too big to copy" and "too expensive to burn", but here we are. Back in the day of early DSL, you just started your large downloads before you went to sleep, or while you were out of the house. Besides, only 1 person in an area needs to download it, then they can pass it to everyone else via LAN or Flash Drive. Most of the early DVD pirates (and I believe currently) were not burned to media, but just played from the computers. People who really want a high quality movie to be watched on their expensive entertainment center just buy/rent the movie.
I don't download movies because the quality is not high enough and I happen to be in a position where I can afford to. Now, if someone says they downloaded a movie because they are too poor to afford to buy it at a ridiculous price, do I call them a thief? Of course not, it's not stealing. To steal something you must take something from someone else. If they can't afford to buy the movie, they can't afford to buy the movie. That means there was no lost sale and that person gets to see the movie. The question I always find asking myself is, how many of these people keep the movies once they download them? I mean if you can download a movie for free of course you will download it, whether it's good or not, but how many of these movies get deleted after being viewed once?
Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased), 19 Mar 2007 @ 1:10pm
A negative positiveAt least bootleggers had to have bought one legitimate CD to copy. Plus they had to buy all those blank discs which, if in Canada, a portion of the money goes to the RIAA. Bootleggers make more money for the recording industry than file sharing. Bootleggers need to change their business model.
Orlando Salcido, 19 Mar 2007 @ 1:32pm
Umm positive?This article is hilarious!
"However, these days, with the growth of file sharing, they're better off just getting the songs free online. "
Well, the RIAA should be thankful for that !!! LOL
Anonymous Coward, 19 Mar 2007 @ 1:34pmThe majority of movies I've ever downloaded, I purchased later on DVD. Usually the only reason I've downloaded movies, is because I generally REFUSE to see the movie in movie theater, but still want to see the movie.
This past summer, I went to drive-in movie theaters for the first time in over 10 years, saw the movies from the comfort of a reclining lawn chair with a cooler of beer next to me. I recently moved from SoCal, which has almost no drive-ins any longer. I think I saw just about every movie release last summer at the drive-ins, sometimes twice, due to double and triple features. Now if the indoor theaters could give me half the social experience of the drive-in, I'd go to them and never download a movie again!
Jolene, 19 Mar 2007 @ 1:42pm
AC is right the movie going experience sucks!!This past summer, I went to drive-in movie theaters for the first time in over 10 years, saw the movies from the comfort of a reclining lawn chair with a cooler of beer next to me. I recently moved from SoCal, which has almost no drive-ins any longer
You hit on a good point, Anonymous Coward. While I don't buy bootleg movies, mostly because the quality sucks, I do miss the drive-ins, and would be willing to pay a decent price to enjoy the movie going experience again. Paying $12 for a walk-in movie theater ticket, to sit in front of a bunch of loud teenagers, next to some old hags who never shut up, who offer their own narration of the film, and then there's always someone's screaming baby. Forget it.
Anonymous Coward, 19 Mar 2007 @ 1:51pmCan't say I agree with that. While file sharing is certainly becoming more and more popular I still believe the average internet user has little or no clue about torrents, let alone newsgroups.
The majority of my friends and family still purchase pirated DVDs, especially the pre-release cinema DVDs. Which to be honest annoys me no end because I keep telling them I can get the shit for virtually free and burn them onto DVD using my otherwise useless DVD writer.
Evostick, 19 Mar 2007 @ 2:21pm
TerrorisimTerrorists make money from piracy
Help stop terrorists by filesharing!
William, 19 Mar 2007 @ 2:35pm
whatNew computer with CD DVD burner combo drive = $800
Internet connection = $54 per month
Four hours of my time downloading songs = $100
Not having to pay for a $15.99 CD = Priceless
Anonymous Coward, 19 Mar 2007 @ 7:04pm
Re: what"Four hours of my time downloading songs = $100"
You're either downloading literally hudreds if not thousands of songs if it takes you THAT long to get them.
I can get pretty much any album in
Newob, 19 Mar 2007 @ 5:47pm
Rock smashes scizzors, filesharing bankrupts bootlAll along, the RIAA stereotypes the people filesharing and the people selling bootlegs as one in the same group. But this is not true and never has been. Most people who copy movies or music off of the internet are willing to share with their friends and family freely and do not expect to make any money. Moreover, how can one sell this stuff if anyone can find it for free? The free availability of recorded entertainment makes it impossible for bootleggers to corner the market on cheap knockoff copies. On the other hand, if you have the money, the legit version is much more attractive than a cheap copy.
Jim, 19 Mar 2007 @ 6:37pm
The ease of downloading moviesMaybe I am just lazy, but I download movies solely because it is easier that going out to get the real thing.
Even though I have the Blockbuster plan that allows me to drive down the street and pick up a movie for free anytime I want by simply bringing back an old one, I continually find myself downloading movies instead and watching them on the computer connected to my 61 inch TV.
The quality is certainly good enough for most movies, and the ability to do it all from the comfort of my own home makes it well worth the 2 hour download while I sleep.
IndoDX, 20 Mar 2007 @ 2:40pm
For Some CollectorFor some Collector, Buy CD is one of the best way to put on their favorites music on they rack.
Dewy, 21 Mar 2007 @ 2:30pm
Arrghh, we not be piratesEven the Supreme Court has agreed, filesharing is not Stealing or Piracy.
No money is exchanging hands... no one is being deprived of their right to market in any fashion they like... and where does the industry gets off feeling like its entitled to charge me multiple times for media I have already paid for or are using as an educational resource (bar band... gotta learn new tunes).
How many times shall I be charged for viewing the Mona Lisa, or applying it as a wallpaper on my desktop? I have even heard rumors of bands and clubs being charged for the performance of cover tunes... the nerve of some rich folk!
When I can be assured I will only be charged Once for my "license" to own a copy of "Back in Black" (which I bought on Lp, Cassette and CD), then I will CONSIDER their right to "control" something they have released for personal consumption.
Until then they have every right to pursue copyright infringement against use for profit with my blessing. They can make sure their song is not associated with any products or practices they do not endorse... thats fine... its "their art, their decision.
But as far as I am concerned... and feel free to hunt me down and sue my broke heiny out of existence... Artists create art for the public to consume. Musical and visual arts lose nothing in their consumption, and only gain from the exposure. Once they have "released" something for public review... there is no going back. No fee per ear can be applied, no "pay per veiw" after the moment of creation and release.
How they market and control the commercial and political use of said art is entirely up to them, but once they expose their art, it is part of the public's conscious.
Jus Rhymz, 21 May 2007 @ 12:44pm
Pirates Live OnMy best friend is a CD/dvd pirate. This guy has everything. He sells cd's 8 for $20 and DVDs 4 for $15. Everything is $5 each. I used to buy stuff off him simply because 1. I dont know how to download. 2. I dont have time to download. 3. He has everything I would want to buy all the time.
he has a area in chicago that is about 1 mile long and full of retail shops and restaurants. He works that beat and sells his products during the day and has people order things for pick up at his place at night.
I dont see this young man as a criminal but a aggressive motivated young entreprenuer. So what Brad Pitt and 50 cent miss out on sales because of this guy selling counterfeits of their work, that just means they get to buy 1 less lamborgini while working class people like me get to save money or buy something else more important. If they hate piracy so much become authors because I never see boot leg books for sell.
anyone care to share with me in a step by step fashion how I can download music or movies for free? You guys just dontn beleive people like me dont know how to do that yet!lol
Jus Rhymz, 21 May 2007 @ 3:23pm
More about piratesI just wanted to say that if you think piracy is on the decline your crazy. I am african american and besides my friend who does this full time, I know of 3-4 other people including this innocent looking white girl who sells pirated anime dvds in downtown magificient mile chicago. As long as there are stores selling movies for 20 bucks and cd's for 15 bucks you will always have a market for pirated versions for cheaper prices. Even if i learned how to download unless it takes 5 minutes of less to make a copy of a movie I still will buy from the pirate. Sometimes the quality sucks but MOST times I get screener copies like spiderman 3 and the invisable. And pirated music IS THE EXACT SAME in quality as what you buy in stores. So you guys dream on if you think times are hard for the pirate because to me as a consumer of pirated goods my connections basically are giving me more product for cheaper prices. 2 years ago I paid 15 for 4 cd's now I pay 15 for 5 cd's. I used to pay $10 for a pirated dvd but now I pay $5. the bootleg guys are not going out of business they just have to charge less because 1. every body is doing it, 2. people are downloading so you just cant charge what you use to. PS whenever police stop my friend for selling movies, they give him a ticket for soliciting without a license. they never charge him with piracy or get his address to raid his home with the piracy equipment and master copies. Piracy is not dying due to downloading.


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Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Treasure Hunt!
The treasure map was very basic, but Princess loved it and read it all to her brother.
The first step was to touch the mailbox and next they were instructed to find an apple tree. They knew right where to go for these tasks!
The next task was to sing to a stop sign--I put this stop in for my own amusement. They opted to sing "Twinkle Twinkle" to the stop sign at the top of our street. I could barely hold the camera still enough to take a picture of that because I was laughing so much. It was so cute and funny!
After consulting the map some more, they were off to the next stop!
Next they found a basketball hoop and jumped five times and then they walked around our Jeep.
They checked the map again...
And went over to sniff the yellow flowers before heading into the backyard to count the tomatoes
After counting the tomatoes, they climbed up on the wall and clapped three times
Then they looked behind the stump...and shouted with glee!
Yes, that's right, an ammo can!! (You have to remember, our family enjoys geocaching and ammo cans are the children's FAVORITE type of cache to find because there usually is good treasure inside that they can trade for.) My two year old shrieks "AMMO CAN!!" whenever we find one--he really loves them!
After they were done dancing a jig of joy, Princess hauled out the ammo can
And they settled down to open it...
And were thrilled to find presents inside!
Inside the presents were custom Mickey and Minnie shirts that I had made for them to wear at Disneyland. Both children were SO excited...but I really think they loved the treasure hunt even more than they liked hearing that we're going to Disneyland!
10 comments:
- Virginia said...
Looks liked they had lots of fun.Those are memories that they will always treasured. Enjoy your trip.
Blessings, Virginia
- September 2, 2008 at 9:54 AM
Hello! What a WONDERFUL idea! I was almost giddy reading it! :o}
- September 2, 2008 at 10:16 AM
- Shannon said...
So cute and such a fun idea!!
- September 2, 2008 at 10:49 AM
- Buzzings of a Queen Bee! said...
That is such a fun idea! I can't wait to do that when my kiddos would "get" the concept of a scavenger hunt! :)
- September 2, 2008 at 12:54 PM
- gnome517 said...
All that and no pics of the shirts? Tsk tsk; I want to see!!!! :)
- September 2, 2008 at 7:26 PM
- frillsfluffandtrucks said...
These shirts have their real names on them...and one of the children has a less common name. ;) Some of their Disney wear will be non-personalized though!
- September 2, 2008 at 7:35 PM
- Joy said...
That is such a fun way to surprise your kids with an upcoming vacation.
Now you just need to make one of those paper chains (the ones that every school child makes at Christmas) to count down to vacation day. ;~)
I hope your family has a very memorable time!
- September 2, 2008 at 7:49 PM
- Our Complete Family said...
What a super duper fun thing you did for your kiddos! I love that! And I am so glad you linked to the 'geocaching'. Do you remember when it was in Family Fun last year? I accidentaly recycled the mag and forgot to tear out the page. We racked our brains trying to remember what it was called and where to go for info. Now we know! Thanks hun! Happy Disney trip ahead to you guys! Can't wait to see pics of that adventure!!! ~ Les
- September 2, 2008 at 9:05 PM
- Kitty Scraps said...
Oh what a fun way to tell your kiddos' you were going to Disney! Lucky kids! I've never been so I can't wait to see your pictures, I know you'll have a great time.
- September 3, 2008 at 3:54 AM
- Marie said...
What a cute idea! I love the pictures you took of them on their treasure hunt. :o)
- September 3, 2008 at 4:58 AM


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