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BBC Earth has produced more than their fair share of entertaining, insightful documentaries about the world around us, from broad productions like Life and Planet Earth to more specific efforts like Galapagos. Hosted by marine biologist (and former Royal Marine) Monty Halls, Great Barrier Reef (2012) provides an overview of the massive Australian ecosystem that's home to many vulnerable or endangered species. Previously aired in the US as a two-hour special on Animal Planet in September 2012, Great Barrier Reef can now be viewed domestically in its original, full-length format on Region 1/A DVD and Blu-ray.
Divided into three 60-minute episodes, Great Barrier Reef remains entertaining from start to finish. "Nature's Miracle" provides a broad overview of the Reef's form and functional elements, as well as the incredibly diverse inhabitants that call it home. Perhaps the most enjoyable segments are accomplished via time-lapse and macro photography, providing never-before-seen glimpses of what amounts to everyday occurrences within this unusual habitat. "Reef to Rainforest" focuses on GBR areas that are not peppered with coral reef (hint: there are more than you'd think), including swaps, underwater gardens, lagoons and an ancient jungle classified as the planet's oldest. Though different in tone than the first episode, it still emphasized the connection established between different parts of this ecosystem. Finally, "Reef and Beyond" expands this connection to other areas of the planet outside the GBR's boundaries, from global weather patterns to the migration of outside marine life. Overall, Great Barrier Reef is a nicely condensed production that, although limited in replay value, plays great the first time through.
All three episodes have been collected on this one-disc release; it totals more than three hours, in the unlikely event that you'd watch the entire production in one sitting. Though its source material is limited in certain respects, BBC's presentation of Great Barrier Reef looks and sounds fairly respectable in high definition. Even without the added benefit of special features, there's a decent amount of material to wade through here...but overall, this Blu-ray isn't quite well-rounded enough to justify a "blind buy".
Presented in its original 1.78:1 aspect ratio, this 1080p transfer looks solid under these circumstances. I've always been a little more lenient with the visual shortcomings of nature documentaries (especially those filmed in difficult places or climates) as, for obvious reasons, certain spontaneous takes can't be easily duplicated and weather's a tough customer. Most of what's here is quite watchable, boasting a naturally cool palette and a reasonably good amount of detail, especially during close up shots in well-lit conditions. Other sequences are plagued by problems such as light artifacts, banding and digital noise, which may stem from the original source material. Though not without a few problems, Great Barrier Reef is still a better-than-average production that features plenty of impressive images and compositions.
The audio aims a bit lower, though it remains 100% faithful to the documentary's original stereo roots. Presented in DTS-HD 2.0 Master Audio, this dialogue-driven production sounds crisp and clear every step of the way, whether we're listening to on-location footage, narrative bookends or the occasional interview segment. Though I'd imagine that most audience members would undoubtedly prefer a full 5.1 or 2.0 Surround audio mix, Great Barrier Reef routinely serves up a convincing atmosphere more often than it feels like we're missing out. Optional English SDH captions are included during the main feature.
Underwater-themed documentaries tend to bleed together after you've seen a few dozen, but Great Barrier Reef sticks its neck out on several occasions. From Monty Halls' lively hosting and narration to the stunning locales, all three of these episodes are of equally high quality...and as expected, they're perfectly accessible and suited for a wide audience. BBC's Blu-ray presentation is a little less praiseworthy, however: while the A/V presentation does what it can with certain scraps of limited source material, the lack of bonus features makes this a pretty tough "blind buy" recommendation for $30. Due to these sporadic shortcomings and a limited amount of replay value, Great Barrier Reef is destined to be more of a one-time weekend diversion than a permanent fixture in most collections. Rent It first.
Randy Miller III is an affable office monkey by day and film reviewer by night. He also does freelance design work, teaches art classes and runs a website or two. In his limited free time, Randy also enjoys slacking off, juggling HD DVDs and writing in third person.


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This time I am going to post a recipe for very flavourful rice as the name indicates. The recipe is adapted from the 'Gulf News' cookbook that my uncle brought for me long ago, as old as 12 years. The book has so many mouth watering dishes with stunning pictures in it. This particular rice has caught my attention ever since I saw it in that book. Especially during Ramadan when we don't eat anything during the day, any food or food picture no matter if it is appealing to the eyes or not, we will crave for them. And this is such a dish that I had craving for and made it. As the name sounds, it was really aromatic, perfectly cooked and tasted really fantastic. This is not the only Pulao that I make, but this is the easier one with less chopping of vegetables involved and lesser spices and masala. Unlike the biriyani, this tasted great on the first day rather than next day. Hope you will enjoy as much as we did.
Aromatic Rice Pulao/Pilaff/Pulav (Serves 4-6)
2 ½ cups/500 g Basmati rice
3 ¾ cups chicken stock (I used 1 ½ magi chicken stock cubes and just a bit of salt)
4 Tbs vegetable oil
2 Tbs clarified butter/ghee
½ cup chopped onion (1/2 of a large onion)
1 cm / ½ inch ginger
Salt to taste
1 bay leaf
2 star anise
5 cardamoms
4 small pieces of cinnamon sticks
7 cloves
1 – 1½ tsp cumin seeds
Few drops of yellow food colouring (I used ½ tsp turmeric powder in little water and sprinkled on top)
100g /1 large/ Carrot cut into small cubes (1/2 cupful)
100 g/ 4 large florets Cauliflower, cut into medium size pieces
70g / ½ cup frozen green peas
For Garnish:
½ cup-1 cup sliced onion
¼ cup / 30g Dry nuts (Cashew, pistachio, almonds etc or a mix of all)
2 Tbs / 25g raisins
1. Wash the rice several times and soak for an hour to lengthen the grains during cooking.
2. Heat a large saucepan, add oil+ghee, fry the onions for garnishing until golden, drain and keep them aside. In the same oil, add cashew and fry until golden. Take them out too. Again, in the same oil add raisins and sauté just until it puffs up. Keep it along with nuts and onion.
3. In the same oil add all the spices and sauté just for few seconds if on high flame. Take care not to burn the spices, else the whole rice will go bitter. Add onion and ginger and sauté until the onion is soft.
4. Add the reserved rice and sauté for 2 minutes to cover the rice with the flavours of the pan.
5. Add the vegetables and sauté for further 2 minutes.
6. Mix the stock cubes in boiling water and add it to the pan. Stir for a couple of minutes and adjust salt if needed. Since the cube is quite salty, adding just a little salt would be enough.
7. When the water starts boiling, cover and cook on low flame for about 20 minutes or until the rice is well cooked. Stir once in between to allow uniform cooking.
Note: You can use ghee completely instead of using oil, or u can just oil. Use the vegetables you have in hand like mushrooms, corns, beans etc...These are the only ones I had in hand! You can also use more nuts and dry fruits in the rice. I would definitely be adding more raisins because I like the little sweet taste in between the deliciously flavoured rice. The recipe also asks for adding 1 tsp saffron mixed in milk for colour and 2 tsp of rose water/kewra water. I dint add both, since I dint have saffron and I am not sure if I would like the taste of rose water in my Rice. But as the recipe indicates, it was really aromatic and yummy!


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's first year in office was marked by creeping mistrust between the White House and the Pentagon over Afghan war policy, with repeated requests for more troops fuelling the suspicions, retired General Stanley McChrystal said in a new book.
McChrystal, who became the top US commander in Afghanistan during those months, said Obama was elected at a time when General David McKiernan, then head of international forces, was seeking 30,000 more troops to stave off a Taliban resurgence, a request that had been on hold since the previous summer.
"It created an unwelcome dynamic," McChrystal wrote in his new memoir, "My Share of the Task." "In the eighth year of the war in Afghanistan, a new president found himself facing a time-sensitive decision."
"The next 10 months saw the emergence of an unfortunate deficit of trust between the White House and the Department of Defence, largely arising from the decision-making process on Afghanistan," he wrote. "To me it appeared unintentional on both sides. But over time, the effects were costly."
The rising mistrust ultimately played a role in McChrystal's resignation. In June 2010 the general stepped down after Rolling Stone magazine ran an article entitled "The Runaway General," in which it quoted members of McChrystal's staff disparaging top White House officials and allies. McChrystal was summoned back to Washington, where he resigned.
An investigation by the Department of Defence Inspector General concluded that not all of the events described in the Rolling Stone article had occurred as reported and there was insufficient evidence to conclude any Defence Department standards had been violated. Rolling Stone stood by its story.
McChrystal, while expressing surprise about the "tone and direction" of the article, said he accepted responsibility for it and never had any question about the necessary response.
"I knew only one decision was right for the moment and for the mission. I didn't try to figure out what others might do, no hero's or mentor's example came to mind. I called no one for advice," wrote McChrystal, who now teaches leadership at Yale University and heads a leadership consulting group.
The memoir, which is being released on Monday, offers McChrystal's first assessment of the events that led to his resignation. It depicts a US military in Afghanistan struggling to find a strategy for success at a time of Taliban resurgence and an inexperienced White House skeptical of the war and sensitive to criticism.
The general portrays himself as well-meaning but slow to understand the administration's political sensitivities and undercut by his failure to grasp the dynamics of the situation. He wrote that he wanted to operate as independently as possible of political or even policy pressures.
"I found ... the demands of the job made this difficult," McChrystal said. "The process of formulating, negotiating, articulating and then prosecuting even a largely military campaign involved politics at multiple levels that were impossible to ignore."
His memoir hits the shelves at a new time of transition in the war whose strategy he helped to devise, with Afghan President Hamid Karzai due to visit Washington this week for talks with Obama.
The two countries are trying to hammer out a deal on the nature of any US troop presence after 2014, when most combat forces are due to leave and hand over security to the Afghan army and police.
The administration is currently studying a residual force of between 3,000 and 9,000 troops to conduct counterterrorism operations and training once most combat troops are withdrawn, a US official said.
That is lower than the preliminary range of 6,000 to 15,000 troops that officials said was initially put forward by Marine Corps General John Allen, the head of international forces. Some defence analysts have warned that those troop numbers are likely to be too small to fulfil the mission.
The current debate over troop numbers echoes the one that McChrystal describes in his book after Obama took office in 2009. The president, who had promised during the election to refocus on Afghanistan and send two additional brigades, found himself facing a request for 30,000 US troops.
The president initially agreed to send 17,000 troops, but the Pentagon soon had to ask for 4,000 more, who were needed for support, making it look as if officials hadn't done their homework.
Obama ultimately approved the additional troops after announcing a new strategic direction for the war that called for US forces to disrupt, dismantle and defeat al Qaeda and to pursue a counterinsurgency-style strategy in Afghanistan. But the damage had been done.
"The rising mistrust was disappointing," McChrystal wrote.
After the general was tapped to take over international forces in Afghanistan in May, he conducted a strategic reassessment assisted by civilian defence analysts that concluded at least 40,000 additional troops would be needed to carry out a counterinsurgency strategy.


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Letter dated - 3/12/2012 Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division
March 12, 2012
The Honorable Hilda Solis
U.S. Department of Labor
200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20210
Mary Ziegler
Division of Regulations, Legislation and Interpretation
Wage and Hour Division
U.S. Department of Labor
200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Room S-3502
Washington, DC 20210
Re: Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act to Domestic Service-Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; 76 Fed. Reg. 81190 (December 27, 2011).
Dear Secretary Solis and Ms. Ziegler,
The Office of Advocacy (Advocacy) of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is pleased to submit these comments to the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) regarding its proposed rule entitled, Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act to Domestic Service.
Advocacy appreciates DOL's attempt to try to quantify the costs of this rule for small business. Small business representatives have told Advocacy they want DOL to seek regulatory alternatives to this rule.
The Office of Advocacy
Advocacy was established pursuant to Pub. L. 94-305 to represent the views of small entities before federal agencies and Congress. Advocacy is an independent office within SBA, so the views expressed by Advocacy do not necessarily reflect the views of SBA or the Administration. The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), 1 as amended by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA), 2 gives small entities a voice in the rulemaking process. For all rules that are expected to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities, federal agencies are required by the RFA to assess the impact of the proposed rule on small business and to consider less burdensome alternatives in an Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (IRFA). 3
Companion care workers are non-medical aides that provide the elderly and infirm with assistance with basic daily living activities and fellowship. Currently, an employee hired as a companion cannot spend more than 20 percent of the total weekly hours worked doing general housework. Over 90 percent of home care companies are considered small businesses under the SBA definition of less than $13.5 million dollars in annual revenue.4
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), companion care services are exempt from minimum wage and overtime requirements; live-in companion care services are exempt from overtime requirements. The proposed rule would limit the companion care exemption to those employed by the family or household using those services. Third party employers could no longer claim the exemption. 5
Small Entities Have Expressed Concerns with the Proposed Rule
Advocacy recently hosted a small business roundtable attended by DOL staff and small business representatives in the companion care industry including trade associations, registries, and independent and franchise companion care agencies from across the country. The following comments are reflective of the issues raised during the roundtable discussion and in subsequent conversations with small business representatives.
- Small business representatives recommend that DOL reevaluate the private-pay sector of the companion care industry in the agency's IRFA. Roundtable participants believe that DOL's economic analysis should include data from funding sources other than Medicare and Medicaid. At the roundtable, small business representatives presented new industry surveys and data on the companion care industry. This data shows that there are a large number of small companion care businesses in the private-pay sector. 6 The data also shows that a substantial portion of companion care services are provided by the private-pay sector. 7
- Small business representatives believe that DOL's economic analysis underestimates the incidence of overtime worked by companion care workers; this may minimize the economic impact of eliminating the overtime exemption in the companion care industry. 8 Small businesses have told Advocacy that they are not likely to be able to increase their rates to pay for their workers' overtime hours.
- Small business representatives report that they may restrict the hours of their current employees to control overtime costs. These small employers anticipate managerial and human resources costs to reschedule current employees to avoid overtime and to hire new employees to keep up with current client demand. Small businesses recommend that DOL include these compliance costs in the IRFA.
Small Entities Recommend Regulatory Alternatives
Small business representatives at Advocacy's roundtable also discussed alternatives to this rulemaking that may minimize costs, including provisions from state laws on companion care workers.
- Allow Third Party Employers to Utilize Exemption for Live-In Workers
A majority of small businesses attending Advocacy's roundtable supported the regulatory alternative of allowing third party employers to continue to utilize the overtime exemption for live-in workers, a provision that has been adopted by state legislatures of Michigan, Nevada and Washington. 9 Small businesses are most concerned with the cost of providing overtime to their live-in workers, because these situations have the most overtime and are the most difficult to reschedule with multiple workers.
- Calculate Nighttime Hours Differently
DOL's current regulations only allow employers to exclude nighttime and meal hours for employees that are required to be on duty for 24 hours. 10 In Minnesota and North Dakota, the state laws exclude the overnight hours from 10:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. (up to 8 hours) from the "hours worked" for purposes of minimum wage and overtime calculations. 11
- Calculate Overtime Hours at Reduced Rate
Under New York state law, there is overtime coverage for all companion care workers but those employed by third party agencies receive overtime at a reduced rate of 150% of the minimum wage (rather than the usual 150% of their regular rate of pay). 12
- Clarify that Registries Are Not Third Party Employers
A representative of the Private Care Association, an organization that represents approximately 250 caregiver registries, expressed concern that the rule would affect caregiver registries that provide background screening and credential verification for caregivers and refer them to persons seeking a pre-vetted caregiver. This representative recommended that DOL should clarify that the term "third party employer" does not include a caregiver registry.
- Delay Compliance Time/ Effective Date
Roundtable participants recommended that whatever changes to the companion care exemption are made, DOL provide a delay of this rulemaking to allow small business to change their business practices.
Small business representatives have told Advocacy that this rule will affect the companion care industry. Because DOL's IRFA was published before Advocacy's roundtable, it does not fully reflect all the information provided regarding the impact of this rule. Therefore, Advocacy recommends that DOL review the published IRFA to consider the impact and regulatory alternatives as required under the RFA.
Please contact me or Janis Reyes at (202) 205-6533 (firstname.lastname@example.com) if you have any questions or require additional information.
Winslow Sargeant, Ph.D.
Chief Counsel for Advocacy
Janis C. Reyes
Assistant Chief Counsel
cc: The Honorable Cass Sunstein, Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
Pub. L. 104-121, Title II, 110 Stat. 857 (1996) (codified in various sections of 5 U.S.C. §601 et seq.).
SBA Office of Advocacy, Employer Firms, Establishments, Employment and Annual Payroll Small Firm Size Classes, 2007, based on data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau, available at: http://www.sba.gov/advocacy/849/12162 (Statistics of U.S. Businesses). Advocacy analyzed the NAICS codes for home health care services (621610) and services for the elderly and persons with disabilities (624120). According to this data, about 91 percent have annual revenues of under $10 million dollars.
See comment letter from Joseph H. Hafkenschiel, President, California Association of Health Services at Home to DOL, p. 6 (January 13, 2012) (CAHSAH Comment Letter).
Companionship Services Exemption Survey, Private Duty Home Care Association, an affiliate of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice, and the National Private Duty Association, p.7 (Forthcoming March 2012).
See Economic Impact of Eliminating the FLSA Exemption for Companionship Services, IHS Global Insight, prepared for by the IFA Education Foundation, p. 12 (Feb. 21, 2012).
Michigan Comp. Laws § 408.382(c); Nev. Rev. Stat. § 608.250(2)(b).; Wash. Rev. Code § 49.46.010(5)(j).
Minn. Stat. § 177.23 (11); N.D. Cent. Code §34-06-03.1. In Minnesota, state law requires payment of minimum wage and overtime after 48 hours, and the payment of minimum wage for at least four hours associated with the overnight stay. In North Dakota, nighttime hours where the companion is available to provide care but does not actually do so need not be compensated.
If DOL adopts this alternative, it should require that overtime hourly wage is at least the same as the regular rate of pay.


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This entry is pretty long, so I am breaking it into multiple posts for the individual sections.
Issue: Stakes are used to anchor an item (tarp, canopy, etc.) to the ground. When the stake is driven into the ground and the cord is attached at the head, it generates an unbalanced force on the stake. This produces a pivoting action on the stake when the cord is tensioned. The effect is that a compressive force is applied to the ground in front of the stake above the pivot point and to the ground behind the stake below the pivot point.
The result is that the holding power of the stake is reduced from its full length to the equivalent holding power of two much shorter stakes which are applying their pressure to a smaller areas.
T he more the stake is pulled toward vertical, the more the hole it was driven into is expanded providing less constriction on the stake and the easier it is to pull out of the ground. In addition, as the stake is pulled toward vertical, it is subjected to a much greater vertical force trying to pull it out of the ground.
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Is your pantry a problem? Most people share the same frustrations: wasted space from various boxes, bags and canisters from the grocery store; bags that don't close properly resulting in stale food; not being able to find what you need because items weren't put away in their proper spot; wire shelving that causes bags or boxes to topple over.
But those clever folks at Rubbermaid have come up with a solution. Take a look at Rubbermaid's newest product: Modular Canisters.
Organizing your pantry has never been easier. Rubbermaid sent me a box of these new canisters and I have to say, I am impressed. The 8-piece set contains four clear canister bases: 5 cup, 10 cup, 16 cup, and 21 cup; as well as four interchangeable red lids. That's what I love most about Rubbermaid products, they always try to make it easier for you; each of those red lids fits on any of the canisters so there's no need to launch a search and destroy mission to find the exact lid for a canister. Each lid will fit on any of the canisters. Rubbermaid lids are easy to snap on the canisters; they fit securely providing an airtight seal on the canisters. I've had other container products that I always seem to have a problem with the lids fitting on the container..it's almost like they shrink or warp and it takes an act of Congress to put that lid on the container. Not Rubbermaid, even after dishwashing, their lids always manage to hold their shape and snap right back on the canisters.
I know it's difficult to imagine the size by just looking at the photos, but the 21 cup canister is really large and the perfect size for flour, cereal or dried pasta. I decided to use mine to store saltine crackers, which is my husband's favorite snack. We normally have at least 3 boxes of Saltines in the cupboard, each box containing a package here or a package there, most of them my husband has started on a sleeve and didn't finish. He twists the package and then puts them back in the box and they normally go stale before he goes back for another round. I consolidated our cracker supply into the 21 cup canister...no more stale crackers!
I'm using the 16 cup canister to store sugar and it could also be used to store cookies..another item that the kids never seem to be able to close properly resulting in stale cookies. The 10 cup container is great for rice, dried fruit or granola and I'm using mine for oatmeal. The 6 cup canister is good for baking soda, baking powder or coffee. I've turned mine into chocolate chip storage, which is an item I sometimes add to plain oatmeal so the bag is normally closed with a twist tie that doesn't always work. Countless times I've had a chocolate chip mess to clean up in my pantry because the bag opened up and the chips spilled out. Not a good idea since I also seem to have a problem with ants in the spring and summer. I do whatever I can to make sure I don't attract them into the cupboards.
The canisters were designed to maximize space in your pantry. They stack evenly and each canister also has a durable base and graduation marks on the side of the container for measuring:
After organizing my canisters, I made sure to label each canister with what's inside. While they're clear, it's easy to mistake baking powder for powdered sugar. In addition, you can add expiration dates to your labels or even cut the preparation directions from the original container and tape them to your modular canisters. After using my current set, I realized I really want another set to store my instant mashed potatoes, rice, noodles and brown sugar. Especially with the instant potatoes, I never know how much of the box I have left until I start pouring. With these clear canisters, I can easily see if I have enough product left or if I need to purchase more. I can just cut the package directions off the box and tape it to the side of the container. So simple!
If you're looking for some great organizing tips and tricks, you can check out the Rubbermaid blog; Adventures in Organization. The organizing experts are Rubbermaid want to help you use their products to their maximum efficiency and show you just what Rubbermaid can do to add affordable organization your life.
Rubbermaid Modular Canisters are currently sold at Fred Meyer, Publix, Ahold, and Albertson's. They should be available at Walmart and Meijer in August. But one of you is going to win your own set, delivered to your front door, from the great people at Rubbermaid!
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Just tell me what items you think you'd like to store in your new Rubbermaid Modular Canisters or you can vent about your biggest pantry frustration.
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6) Post about the giveaway anywhere you like; Facebook, forums, Mr. Linky's or email 3 friends...take 3 entries for each place you post and make sure to leave me 3 comments for your credit.
US & Canada only (woot woot for Canada!). The giveaway will end on Sunday, April 25, 2010 at 11:59 pm EST. The winner will be drawn using the almighty Randomizer and notified via email. Please leave me a way to contact you if your email address is not listed in your blogger profile. Winner has 48 hours to respond with shipping information before there's a do-over and I redraw a new winner. Prize will be shipped to the winner directly from Rubbermaid.
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A naked intruder who was trying to choke a pet Rottweiler was shot by a homeowner in Miami Wednesday morning, police said.
The bizarre incident happened around 5 a.m. in the area of Northwest 2nd Avenue and 56th Street when the occupants of the home were awoken when they heard a commotion and dogs barking.
When the homeowner went to check out the noise, he confronted the suspect, who was completely naked and trying to choke one of the dogs, police said.
Suspect Hospitalized After Officers Open Fire in Hialeah
"He comes out and spots a person who is not only fighting with this dog but is naked fighting with this dog," Miami Police spokesman Det. Willie Moreno said.
The homeowner opened fire twice, hitting the suspect in the leg once. The homeowner held the man until the police arrived.
The intruder was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ryder Trauma Center where his condition was unknown. Police said he tried to bite the homeowners and police and workers at the hospital, and may be under the influence of drugs.
Man Celebrating New Year's Hit By Bullet in Miami
"For right now it does appear to be a justified shooting," Moreno said. "This individual was acting irrational, fighting with the dog, and not only that, but at the point that the homeowner attempted to get this individual's attention, he immediately jumped onto the owner and started fighting with him."
Police said the suspect, who refused to give his identity, will be charged with burglary of an occupied dwelling with assault, animal cruelty, resisting arrest with violence and lewd and lascivious behavior.
Anyone who recognizes him is asked to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS.


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Did you know that Friday Night Lights premiered 10 years ago this week? For some of us it's been a decade of Clear Eyes and Full Hearts. For others, ahem, those of you who ignored my nagging and only just gave in recently, it's been a couple of years. For all of us, it's been …well… it's been hard, missing them so much. Full Story
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Michael B Jordan received the Rainmaker Award at the Maui Film Festival this weekend. And he's still in Hawaii enjoying some down time there. Remember those two Friday Night Lights reunions last week Full Story
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Friday Night Lights at the ATX Television Festival in Austin on Friday to celebrate the 10 year anniversary. Connie Britton was joined by Scott Porter, Stacey Oristano, Adriannne Palicki, Matt Lauria, Brad Leland, Jesse Plemons…and Smash, Gaius Charles. Full Story
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Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons worked together on Fargo. If you don't know him, it means you haven't watched Friday Night Lights. Full Story
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It's a long weekend in Canada (but I'll be posting on Monday). Before you go… And you might be going to the movies this weekend, long or not, in Canada or not, so here's a message from Coach Taylor. Oh my God, I missed him SO much. I think I might have to marathon FNL this weekend just because of this. Full Story
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If you didn't rush to open this article, well, you don't know. You just don't know. You don't know about the Friday Night Lights family. Because if you did know, you'd be like… TAMI TAYLOR AND TIM RIGGINS OMG OMG OMG Also… HE CUT HIS HAIR OMG OMG OMG And… IS THAT HIS GIRLFRIEND? Connie Britton and Taylor Kitsch were in New York last night at the 6th Annual African Children's Choir Changemakers Gala. Full Story
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There were a lot of you who mainlined Friday Night Lights over the holidays, especially now that it's available on Netflix, even in Canada! That was practically the first topic of discussion I had yesterday with Ben Mulroney who just started it before the New Year and, obviously, loves it. All of you love it. Full Story
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Peter Berg confirmed recently that there will be no Friday Night Lights movie. Click here for a refresher. I don't know anyone who's sad about this. I'm not sad about re-mainlining all 5 seasons during the Christmas break and not having to worry that somehow they'll be corrupted by whatever story they try to jack off of our memories about those wonderful, precious people we loved. Full Story
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It's for the best, really. That there will be no Friday Night Lights movie. It's for the best. Peter Berg told Collider Read Full Intro
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So about that Friday Night Lights movie… Taylor Kitsch told me at TIFF that there's "no f-cking way" it's going to happen. Click here for a refresher. But we were at a party. Would it have been a different answer if the sun was up? Well… Connie Britton was on Watch What Happens Live this week and here's what she said when it came up: "You know, there's been a lot of talk about a lot of things. Full Story


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Pounding humidity, a treacherous climb and bees who were more than happy to sting: Tough conditions for ash boarding down a live volcano, and halfway up Nicaragua's Cerro Negro, it didn't seem like such a good idea.
But then there was the view: A cascade of grey-black ash and rock stretching to the horizon, giving the hilly landscape an alien quality.
We walked in single file carrying our boards and a bag full of gear for nearly an hour until we reached the summit.
Approaching the edge of the volcano, the 1,600 foot slope was pretty steep and uninviting. Our guide consoled us with the knowledge that we were lucky to have our plywood and metal boards as someone else had gone down the volcano on a bicycle. And nearly died.
Still, I donned my prison-style boiler suit and goggles, sat on the board and let myself slide. It was a thrill as I quickly gathered speed, scraping over pebbles and eating flying grit until I finally wiped out at the bottom.
The activity is one of Nicaragua's more unusual tourist hooks. Pioneered by the Australian owner of a hostel in the nearby city of Leon in 2005, ash boarding down Central America's youngest volcano has become a cottage industry. The
hostel is now owned by Brazilian Breno Oliveira, who says the tourism industry is becoming more competitive as it develops.
"When Bigfoot first started it, it was something new. And then it became bigger and bigger. This brings a lot of business," says Oliveira.
Competition is growing. He says hotels and hostels in Leon have grown from two to more than 40 in seven years.
"This to be honest is the main income of the hostel, if it didn't have the ash boarding it would just be a hostel and it becomes very difficult to survive."
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For many, especially in the United States, Nicaragua is associated with 1980s-era Marxist guerillas and the Iran-Contra scandal. Corruption and U.S. embargoes certainly took their toll on the country and by the time the Sandinistas left power in 1990, the tourism industry was a basket case.
Yet Nicaragua has always had huge potential. Known as the "Land of Lakes and Volcanoes," it has immense natural beauty and alluring colonial towns. It's still very underdeveloped -- the second poorest country in the hemisphere -- and you can expect to experience power cuts and traffic jams behind horse carts on main highways.
Per capita income is barely more than $1,200 a year, so for a country like Nicaragua, tourism is actually the second largest industry -- and an engine for lifting the population out of poverty. The latest figures for this year reveal an increase in visitors of 12% from 2011.
"The tourism industry of Nicaragua has been growing at an important rate in the last few years," says Mario Salinas, the country's Tourism Minister. "And it's becoming one of the two or three top generators of foreign currency and employment for our country."
A mandatory destination on any itinerary is Grenada. Perched on Lake Nicaragua, the largest lake in Central America, the city is renowned for its stunning architecture. It was founded by the Spanish in 1524 and subsequently razed three times by pirates but was rebuilt and served as a conservative stronghold during the country's civil war.
The city is overshadowed by the hulking Mombacho Volcano, a popular hiking destination. There is also a galaxy of hundreds of small islands formed from a volcanic eruption thousands of years ago and strewn across Lake Nicaragua.
Driving down the lake's malecon looking for a tour boat, it was clear waterfront development had been approached with great ambition. Somehow the vision fell short: rows of bars, restaurants and nightclubs looked like they had been closed for months.
Once out on the lake, the tranquil tour of the islets gives you the opportunity to gawp at the holiday homes of some of the country's richest families. Each dominate certain sections of the economy -- such as media or brewing -- and naturally each owns an islet. Occasional "For sale" signs rise up out of the water, and in case you're interested, an island will set you back around $400,000 -- negotiable.
Country at a crossroads
But be careful. According to the U.S. State Department, property laws in Nicaragua are somewhat murky: "Establishing verifiable title history is often entangled in legalities relating to the expropriation of 28,000 properties by the revolutionary government in the 1980s."
The State Department says this remains a key impediment to attracting greater foreign investment in the tourism industry, a claim Salinas obviously rejects.
"There are many international agreements that Nicaragua has signed with other countries to protect the safety of foreign investment," he says. "We haven't seen complications from 2007 until now and what could have happened is that the government may have verified a few properties to be completely sure of the origin of those properties."
The Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega, once dismissed as a dinosaur, swept back into power in 2007 and has since been re-elected in an election condemned by international observers for its irregularities. Many may balk at the return of such a notorious figure, but the government says he is making tourism a priority and understands the conditions needed to attract visitors.
San Juan del Sur has certainly maintained its inviting atmosphere. The laid back surfing mecca is close to the border with Costa Rica and may be the ideal place to wind down your tour.
A young Mark Twain famously arrived here by boat in 1866 and was entranced by the "bright green hills" that form a semi-circle around the bay. Then a ramshackle primitive port, San Juan has grown into a ramshackle party town whose waterfront is lined with several bars catering to young tourists.
During the day, the local tourism industry exploits the town's natural blessings. San Juan's main beach is largely a fishing and transit hub and the main surfing spots are a 20-minute drive away. The roads deteriorate rapidly as you leave town and a 4x4 vehicle was needed to get through the final stages of one route to the beach.
But like Nicaragua as a whole, it's worth the effort: The waves are superb and the shorelines shockingly underdeveloped and wild. Nonsurfers can head to the high seas for some world-class deep-sea fishing and may be surprised at their unusual level of success.
Nicaragua holds a great variety of experiences for any visitor, and the country is one of few states whose immediate future really is tied to the tourism industry. For now, it's seemingly at a crossroads, with many of the big developers watching the turn of events.
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On raising a son on the autism spectrum, progressive politics, pop culture, and coffee addiction.
Thursday, September 08, 2011
How to explain autism to children
I've also gotten feedback that the posts are difficult to find and that people stumble upon them after they Google something like "talking to kids about autism" and are directed through a circuitous route of posts that reference each other, until they land here.
So this is a housekeeping post. The title should help bump it higher in the Google hit list and, therefore, help people find the blog more easily. And if you've landed here because you've Googled something like "explaining autism to kids" or "helping children understand autism," then I encourage you to click here to read the whole series.
(And also: Welcome! Come back soon! We also have a Facebook page...)
8 comments:
- *m* said...
Great idea. This series of posts was perfection.
- September 08, 2011 4:45 PM
Terrific idea. I'll be sharing this everywhere.
- September 09, 2011 5:04 PM
- Ami said...
Gives me the opportunity to thank you once again for taking the time to write all that so beautifully and publicly appreciate your kindness in allowing me to print and share with people I work with and two parents of autistic children.
- September 10, 2011 12:13 AM
Hi, MOM-NOS--I send everybody I can think of to these posts. Thank you for them.
Just wondering--have you (or has anybody else) given thought to how to talk to an autistic child about autism?
I've just been thinking about this because I have a dear friend who, like you, has suffered terrible perinatal loss, and she has raised her 3 year old to know, lovingly and matter-of-factly, that she had two little brothers but they died. Similarly but more happily, I have a friend with a son we think may be gay and she's doing everything she can with her casual remarks, etc., to normalize gayness for him.
I have some ideas of my own--for instance, I try to use very specific rather than labeling language with him and in his hearing ("He's still learning how to be brave and calm with dogs" rather than, say, "Sorry--he's phobic because he's autistic!" or, "Speech therapy is really helping you to learn how to have conversations" rather than, say, "Your a pragmatic speech delay is less noticeable these days").
But this is something really on my mind. I don't think my kid is quite old enough to be noticing or wondering that much (he's 7, with PDD-NOS, and he *is* asking a few questions about death, just for example). He doesn't seem to dwell on his differences with other kids, and he's in a school with kids like him. But it's just like the sex talk--they may be ready before we're ready.
Any thoughts, anybody? Can you share with us, MOM-NOS, how you and Bud have talked about these things, if you have? (I remember: what do the kids in your class like? they like me!)
- September 11, 2011 1:38 PM
- neil said...
You have probably covered this somewhere, but have you any advice for talking to your own autistic child about their condition?
My 11yo daughter often begins talking about autism by saying 'I'm different.' So I'm then explaining that we're ALL different, whilst wondering how much of her autism to acknowledge.
I'm getting a bit stuck there, any advice would help.
- September 15, 2011 3:58 AM
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That is a great idea! I've told many people about these posts and this blog. The analogy you made has helped me explain things many times, especially when something happens at the library where my son accidentally hurts a kids feelings by telling them to go away. Thanks again.
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A Political Farce
The point that the speakers for the Syrian regime are currently insisting on is evidently that the actions taken by the military and the security forces are aimed at organised armed gangs operating within the country. This assertion has become the foundation for the official version of what is happening in the country in announcements made to the Syrian populace, but even more so in those meant for the rest of the world. The only problem is that it's not true.
There are no organised armed gangs in Syria, and the operations by the security forces and the military were directed in all cases first and foremost at peaceful demonstrators. Those who have been arrested and tortured, and who are now in prison, are peaceful demonstrators who are demanding freedom. There has not yet been a single peaceful demonstration whose participants did not have to reckon with arrest, beatings, humiliation and torture at the country's security bases.
Fairy-tale world of the regime
We note here that the government has been speaking for over a month now of "armed Salafist emirates". Perhaps it has dawned on the state storytellers in the meantime that these "Salafist emirates" have not yet issued a single communiqué and that their emirs have not made any public statements, that no website exists on the Internet proclaiming their cause and that the number of their "subjects" is as high as happens to fit the regime's purposes at any given time.
All of this is hard to digest. Nevertheless, a spokeswoman close to the regime is bent on serving up the following tale to the US media: "There is an organised group consisting mostly of religious extremists that is carrying out assassination attempts and brutal attacks."
Most Syrians know full well that there is an "organised group" that is committing "assassinations and attacks", and "their deeds" are in fact documented so thoroughly as to leave no doubt as to their crimes.
Although this group is definitely extremist, it would "mostly" be difficult to classify it amongst the "religious extremists" – which gives the statements made by the spokeswoman to Sky News regarding the existence of armed groups of religious extremists as much cogency as children's stories about the existence of elves and goblins. They even serve the same function: to sow fear in the listeners of a strange and evil world that, because it is invisible, is even more dangerous and foreign. This is the same world that never seems to tire of conspiring against "us".
The legend of armed resistance
As soon as people start talking about events in Arabic, however, the terms "Salafist" and "emirates" are dropped and what remains are undefined armed groups to which no specific qualities are attributed. These are groups that for no apparent reason are committing horrific sabotage and hatching a conspiracy, whose members and driving forces are unknown. They don't stand for anything and have no goals beyond the arbitrary killing of civilians and members of the military.
The strange thing is that they are active in those very regions where peaceful protests are taking place, and what is even more inexplicable is that they don't show up at the "spontaneous people's rallies" organised by the regime. Above all, though, they are so numerous and strong that they easily outnumber the security forces and the army by dozens, even by hundreds.
And yet there is one aspect of the story about armed groups that is not invented at all. It has in fact sometimes come to pass that angry people have defended themselves, weapon in hand, against what has been perpetrated on their villages and cities, and also their families.
In other cases, opposing positions have been taken up by members of the mid- and lower ranks of the army that have led to armed conflicts between them. But these are not organised armed groups. This whole story was invented for the sole purpose of conflating such groups with the peaceful protests that have represented the "good news" from Syria for the past 15 weeks.
It is telling how the spokeswoman herself was even able to tell CNN that "there are many invented stories circulating about the security forces". It would probably be difficult to find words that would more thoroughly insult thousands of Syrians who are obviously only trying to defend the equilibrium!
Lies as political imperative
Isn't this preoccupation with the problem of armed groups coming a bit late in the game? Is it worthwhile to react to media that are fundamentally predicated on scorning the people and idolising the regime? Or to respond to official speakers bereft of aims or principles? But those who take on the trials and tribulations of life find themselves compelled to expose the prevarications of people who have never shrunk from lying. What must be, must be.
We have to do something, because this lie has been revived recently and has taken on new life: in the same conversation with CNN, the spokeswoman namely said: "When you have a climate of violence, damage is irrelevant. We hope however to be able to isolate any armed or violent grouping by rapidly conducting a national dialogue and working together with the international community to overcome this urgent problem."
We'll just ignore here for a moment that the "irrelevant" damage includes 1,650 dead civilians and 15,000 refugees in Turkey and Lebanon. These are joined by many thousands who have been forced to undergo arrest. Most of them have been subjected to the most extreme torture imaginable. But how are we supposed to ignore this strange talk of "our cooperation with the international community" in solving the "urgent problem", that is, the armed groups?
We have to admit though that the striving for partnership with the international community – although portrayed as conspiratorial – is not as bewildering for us as the penchant of this partnership for "national dialogue" and "the isolation of the armed groupings".
Evidently we are witnessing here elements of a new strategy devised by the regime, which tries to justify the use of violence against the uprising under the pretence of the existence of armed groups and combined with the introduction of a domestic "dialogue" and a friendly appeal to "the international community".
Evidently some of the protagonists in the international community of nations, especially those in the USA, are prepared to buy this new strategy. The spokeswoman for the US State Department rushed to describe the meeting of unaffiliated individuals at Hotel Semiramis in Damascus on 27 June as a "key event", and a French speaker also announced it using similar words.
Pressure on the insurgents
They were talking about a meeting that apparently took place in an elite location and to which the media was invited and given the privilege of reporting on. In this way the willingness to accept this new strategy was turned into "a key event".
Let's set aside for the moment the logic of the conspiratorial character. As initiative, this political ploy evidently satisfied the regime's need to arouse the impression amongst the "international community" that it is open for "the march of democracy" (as the spokeswoman put it) and that participation in such a meeting is an element of this supposed "march", which in turn implies that non-participation and insurgency must be banished to the world of extremism and passivity.
Meetings of this sort – regardless of what purpose their participants are pursuing and what they say on these occasions – hence become a trump card in the hands of the regime, used to put pressure on the insurgents instead of a tool serving the latter as a way to exert pressure on the regime.
Now, a few days after the meeting, it is becoming plain that this encounter was one component in a political and media dynamic that has moved the regime back to the centre of events at the expense of the insurgents. In view of this development, we can conclude that it was ultimately a "secondary initiative" that did not accrue to the benefit of the insurgents, but damaged their cause instead.
The true mission of such a large-scale initiative, though, is to come down in favour of change in Syria that goes far beyond the regime's "reforms" and manoeuvrings, and which means nothing less than genuine change – in persons, thinking and rules of action.
Yassin Al Haj Saleh
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Yassin Al Haj Saleh is a well-known opposition author from Syria who spent 16 years in prison under Hafez al-Assad.


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The Vikings still got the guy they sought in Southern California tackle Matt Kalil."Unfortunately, we had to make a little trade to secure the pick," said Browns coach Pat Shurmur, who later added quarterback Brandon Weeden with the No. 22 selection. "We knew as we went through the process that he was our guy and so we did what we had to do to secure it. We had pretty good knowledge that there were teams behind that wanted him as well, so we gave up a couple of picks to make sure we got him. We're thrilled a bunch about Trent."The move allowed the Vikings to deal for another first-round pick, gaining the No. 29 spot in a trade with Baltimore and choosing Notre Dame safety Harrison Smith."That trade with Cleveland kind of set the tone for this draft, and us being able to do some things," Vikings GM Rick Spielman said. "That was a huge, huge thing to get done right before the draft started.The Jaguars, Cowboys and Eagles also traded up, and the Patriots did it twice to select players they wanted.Credit the rookie wage scale for so much buying and selling, with GMs making last-minute moves knowing that extravagant salaries for top picks have been replaced by a compensation plan.There were no such concerns for Indianapolis and Washington.Stanford's Luck heads for Indianapolis and the burden of replacing Peyton Manning, who merely won four MVP awards and a Super Bowl. Baylor's RGIII answers the call in Washington, where he will try to soothe a devout but highly critical fan base."You don't really replace a guy like that," Luck said. "You can't. You just try to do the best you can. Obviously, he was my hero growing up."His selection as the top pick was hardly a stunner. The Colts informed Luck last week that Commissioner Roger Goodell would announce his name first. Right behind him was Griffin; no suspense attached to that pick, either.After being loudly booed at the start, Goodell told a raucous crowd at Radio City Music Hall that "the season begins tonight, so let's kick if off." Then he did, congratulating Luck to chants of "RG3, RG3."Luck left the stage, slapped hands with some fans in Colts shirts and headed to the interview room."I realize you could go crazy trying to measure yourself to Peyton Manning every day. That would be an insane way to live," Luck said. "I know his legendary status, really. Huge shoes to try and fill if you're trying to do that. ... If one day I can be mentioned alongside Peyton as one of the football greats, that would be a football dream come true."To get Griffin, Washington had dealt a second-round pick this year and its first-rounders in 2013 and '14 to St. Louis to move up four spots. They wound up with the QB that beat out Luck for the Heisman Trophy.RG3 sang the team's fight song during a conference call:"Hail to the Redskins! Hail vic-tor-y!" Griffin said. "That's how I felt. It felt that good."After Minnesota took Kalil, Jacksonville jumped up two spots to No. 5, trading with Florida neighbor Tampa Bay to get Oklahoma State's Justin Blackmon, the top receiver in this crop."It just goes to show you that anything can happen," Blackmon said, referring to the Jaguars going after him.St. Louis must have liked dealing down because the Rams did it again, trading with Dallas, which was 14th overall. The Cowboys selected LSU's Morris Claiborne, the top cornerback, adding him to free agent signing Brandon Carr and shoring up what was a Swiss cheese secondary.St. Louis got a second-rounder in the deal.Tampa Bay finished off a wild 30 minutes of bartering by grabbing Alabama safety Mark Barron seventh overall.A third quarterback went eighth where Miami stayed put. The Dolphins took Texas A&M's Ryan Tannehill, who played wide receiver for most of his time in college. His coach at A&M, Mike Sherman, is the Dolphins offensive coordinator.Carolina selected Boston College linebacker Luke Kuechly, the nation's leading tackler. Buffalo chose cornerback Stephon Gilmore of South Carolina and Memphis defensive tackle Dontari Poe went to Kansas City before the next trade occurred.Philadelphia moved up from 15 to 12, giving Seattle two later picks, then took Mississippi State defensive tackle Fletcher Cox.Notre Dame receiver Michael Floyd went to Arizona, then the Rams finally got involved, taking LSU defensive tackle Michael Brockers.New England's first deal was with Cincinnati to get Syracuse DE Chandler Jones at No. 21, and the second was with Denver to draft Crimson Tide linebacker Dont'a Hightower at No. 25.Like Minnesota, Tampa Bay also got back into the first round, at No. 31 after dealing with Denver. The Bucs took Boise State running back Doug Martin.The Super Bowl champion Giants concluded a swift but hectic round by choosing Virginia Tech running back David Wilson.Bengals coach Marvin Lewis may have summed up the first of three draft sessions."I guess maybe this one-night format is a good thing," he said. "Everybody was fired up to do something on the night."


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Meal Prep Shortcuts for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Sunday meal prepping sure saves time during the week! Here are a few tips to speed up meal prep even further and help you maximize your weekend.
Smoothies are a powerful way to start your day. Thinking ahead helps you get more fruits and veggies into breakfast every day. In freezer-safe bags, sort different combinations to make smoothie packs. During the week, the work is simply choosing whether you want banana mango ginger or berry apple cucumber. Try hiding greens in your smoothies, little by little. You may notice the fruit covers up the taste—so sneaky!
In 24-ounce canning jars, layer colorful salad fixings. Use classics like kale, chard, spinach and romaine, but branch out too, with bell peppers, cucumbers, carrots, beets and tomatoes. Try adding a protein layer with garbanzo beans, quinoa, chicken breast, cubed ham or hard-boiled eggs. Cheese crumbles? Sounds great! And lastly, experiment with salad dressings (pour into jars first as bottom layer to prevent everything else getting soggy). When you're ready to eat and enjoy, simply shake up your jar. Lunch time should be loaded with yumminess to get you through the work day.
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Discussions About Scarcity vs. Abundance In Copyright From A Century Ago Sound Just Like Those Today
from the history-repeats-itself deptA reader by the name of Shadow-Slider points us to a fascinating report from a 1897 Copyright Commission in Great Britain in which the report points out how content is different than real property because of the difference between scarcity and abundance. It sounds very much like what we discuss here -- just well over a century ago.
Some of the witnesses whose evidence has been received by Your Majesty's Commission have urged the claim of authors to perpetual copyright, on the ground that the right of an author to property in his published works is as complete and extends as far as the right of any person to any property whatever.Apparently my own thoughts on this stuff is accidentally derivative of what came way before...
If this analogy were admitted, it appears to me that it would be difficult to dispute the claim of an author to perpetual copyright; but I venture to submit that the claim of an author to a right of property in his published works rests upon a radical economic fallacy, viz., a misconception of the nature of the law of value.
The necessity which is recognize in all civilised societies of conferring rights of private or personal property arises from the limited supply of that for which there is an unlimited demand. It is only from a limitation of supply that there can be any value in exchange.
But supply may be limited either by natural or artificial causes.
Wherever supply is limited by natural causes it is necessary in the public interest to limit the demand, by investing the possessor of the subject of it with proprietary rights, for without them the progressive increase of an unlimited demand operation on a limited supply would lead to the dissolution of society. To whatever extent these rights partake, as they often must, of the character of a monopoly, they do so in virtue of attributes derived from the nature of things, which may be regretted, but must be accepted as inevitable, and which the law is therefore compelled to recognise.
There is no such necessity in the case of those objects which are useful or necessary for mankind of which supply is unlimited. In that which is absolutely unlimited, in the air, in sunlight, in the forces of nature, such as heat, electricity, magnetism, &c., there is no natural exchangeable value, and therefore no property; that which, although absolutely unlimited in itself, nevertheless exceeds all probable or possible demands in exchange, there can be little or no value, and little or no property, e.g., in the sea, in the water of large or unfrequented streams, in the game of a wild country, or in the fish of the sea. It is in fact scarcity which creates value, and renders property necessary. Property exists in order to provide against the evils of natural scarcity. A limitation of supply by artificial causes, creates scarcity in order to create property. To limit that which is in its nature unlimited, and thereby to confer an exchangeable value on that which, without such interference, would be the gratuitous possession of mankind, is to create an artificial monopoly which has no warrant in the nature of things, which serves to produce scarcity where there ought to be abundance, and to confine to the few gifts which were intended for all.
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Veterans like Shekhar Kapur and Kabir Bedi went down memory lane remembering the colourful parade they saw as kids, while actresses like Nandita Das and Raveena Tandon wished for safer and better times for the country on its 64th Republic Day on Saturday.
Here's what the celebrities have to say:
Sharmila Tagore: Let's strive for equality, liberty and a feeling of oneness.
Shekhar Kapur: Republic Day to me signifies cold winter mornings watching the parade with my parents.
Nandita Das: It is the day the Constitution of India was formalised, so an extremely important day in the history of our country. But then we are constantly disrespecting the Constitution by abusing the rights of so many people that it protects with its vision. Now all such days have merely become holidays. I hope that will change as we begin to be more mindful of all the injustices that happen around us.
Shabana Azmi: As a child, I remember being bundled into trucks on Republic Day to see the lights at Chowpatty. It was only later that I understood how wonderful our Constitution was. Republic Day should become our definitive national festival so that every Indian irrespective of religion can celebrate it. This Republic Day, I hope and pray that a fair and just rehabilitation policy is put in place for those displaced because of development projects or environmental disasters.
Prasoon Joshi: Republic Day is a reaffirmation of our principles as a secular vibrant democracy. In the last couple of years, we are seeing a move towards a more participative democracy rather than a mere ballot one. The democratic principles enshrined in our constitution need to live and breathe. The onus for this is very much on us - the citizens, the public, as on the government that upholds the Constitution.
Irrfan Khan: Days celebrating nationalism, costumes signifying oneness, traditions and beliefs should all be re-examined. We must search within ourselves to see what the Republic Day means to us today.
Subhash Ghai: Let's implement the Constutition of India. This according to me is the best Constitution in the world. But it needs to be implemented better.
Raveena Tandon: Look around. None of us feels safe. My children are not safe. I am not safe. This Republic Day, let us ensure safety for women and children before we think of cleansing the political system. If I as a citizen cannot feel safe on the roads, how and why would I go out and vote?
Kabir Bedi: For me as a child in Delhi, the Republic Day Parade was the most exciting day of the year. Military bands, marching regiments with camels, sleek planes and tanks, costumed dancers and colourful floats, acrobatic displays and a thrilling fly-past by jets...wow! Symbolically, Republic Day should also embrace India's new generation.
Himesh Reshammiya: Republic Day makes me realise the value of my freedom. We're truly blessed to live in an independent democratic country where everyone has the right to say and do what he likes. On this day, we genuinely need to pay tributes to every person who has contributed to independent India. I dream of India becoming the richest country in the world and that there is not a single citizen living without food, shelter and clothing.
Mahesh Bhatt: There's a magical childhood memory of a time when the city would glitter with lights. My one dream is for the nation to show zero tolerance for female infanticide.
Shankar Mahadevan: When I look at the tri-colour, I feel so happy that I stayed back in my country instead of leaving for the US, as many of my engineering colleagues did. With all that is going on around us today I feel that my house, my motherland and my people need a little bit of self-awareness individually. It could go a long way in making a collective difference.I think every citizen should realise that in spite of the clouds of negativity there is room for rays of sunshine.


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This comes via the Seattle/Tacoma Fox affiliate. Keith Price is the quarterback for the Washington Huskies. Steve Kelley is a columnist for the Seattle Times. The exchange takes place in the aftermath of Washington's victory on Saturday over Colorado.
Steve Kelley: "What is it about you on game day? You're supposed to be nervous. It's your first year on the job. You're supposed to be wide-eyed. You're just sort of, 'This is what I do.' "
Keith Price: "Yeah, this is what I'm supposed to do. This is what I'm getting paid for—is to play."
Kelley: "You're getting paid?"
Price: "No, no! (Laughs) Scholarship money! Scholarship money! (Laughs)"
Oops: Keith Price, 'This is what I'm getting paid for—to play' [Q13 Fox]


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