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Patuxent Wildlife Research Center-US Geological Survey
WCEP (Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership)
International Crane Foundation
TAGS: operation, migration, journey, north, whooping, crane
Length: 24:32
This video documents the journey of cranes flying over and making stopovers in the state of Alabama for the first time ever as ultralight airplane parents flown by members of the non-profit organization Operation Migration teach them the way.In addition to describing how the project to save these magnificent creatures from extinction began and its educational aspect, the story also details the hard work of the Operation Migration team who accompanies the cranes on their journey and the history of the whooping crane.
Length: 8:26
A behind the scenes look at a "takeoff" morning.
Length: 3:26
In this segment Bev Paulan (field supervisor for Operation Migration) and Brooke Pennypacker (ultralight pilot for Operation Migration) discuss the size, the habitat and the nesting habits of the whooping crane with a first grade class.
Length: 2:38
In this segment the Operation Migration team takes a look at the sizes of a crane as it matures from a chick to an adult bird.
Length: 1:23
In this segment we will follow the story of the whooping crane eggs as they hatch in Maryland, at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. The next stop on the young chick's journey will be Necedah National Wildlife Refuge in Wisconsin.
Length: 4:35
Bev and Brooke talk to the class about the activities that are involved in training the chicks.
Length: 2:18
In the 1940's there were only 15 whooping cranes in the entire world. They were on the brink of extinction. With the partnership of Operation Migration and other non-profit groups, the population now stands at over 500. In spite of the fact that they are still endangered, the future looks much brighter for them.
Length: 2:08
This segment tells about the importance of the costume in keeping the cranes wild. The concept of imprinting is also discussed.
Length: 3:37
The Operation Migration discuss how the puppet is used in the training of the cranes.
Length: 2:23
Training the cranes to fly starts early. At just a few days old they begin the process of following the robocrane and the ultralight.
Length: 1:20
The Operation Migration team discusses sibling rivalry whooping crane style with the first graders. Materials about dominant/submissive, leader/ follower and pecking order are included in the extension activities.
Length: 2:36
Brooke and Bev discuss how the birds use updrafts, thermals, vortex, and formation to make the flying easier as they migrate.
Length: 0:17
Bev discusses how the weather conditions are used to decide whether or not to fly on a particular day.
Length: 1:41
Brooke tells the class what an awesome experience it is to look out and see the cranes flying around him.
Length: 1:46
Brooke, a member of the Operation Migration team, tells about how to fly an ultralight plane and how the ultralights are coordinated during the migration.
Length: 2:40
The crane diet is discussed by the Operation Migration team.
Length: 2:04
In this segment the importance of being able to track the cranes at all times, the attaching of the tracking equipment and the procedures that are in place for locating a missing crane are discussed.
Length: 1:02
Bev, an Operation Migration team member, explains where the team members and the birds live while they are on the migration trail.
Length: 1:27
In this segment, the Operation Migration team talks about the pens that are used as a migration home for the cranes.
Length: 4:12
The crane's winter home and their winter diet is discussed in this segment.
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People always compare new technology to Minority Report, specifically Tom Cruise's ridiculous multitouch command center. But the ViVid screen might bring another, more annoying part of that film into reality: omnipresent video advertising displays!
While the ViVid screen is technically an LCD device, it's not a full-fledged display, as its imagery is supplied by a separate projector. It's a flexible, cuttable film that changes from opaque to transparent when electricity is supplied. That, specifically, isn't a breakthrough tech—it's the versatility of the system that matters. The LCD layer is made up of a sponge-like polymer acrylic, meaning that the film can be bent, punctured or even cut into odd shapes without losing function.
The most obvious applications are for advertising: Tech-On imagines a storefront that could be transparent during the day, switching to interestingly-shaped video displays at night, or even just when the store is closed. The tech isn't on sale yet and prices haven't been set, but it'll be available in a wide variety of sizes. The 40-inch version is expected to run at about $US1500, so, you know, be careful with those scissors. [Tech-On]

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Cultural, economic, fiscal, and political fault lines in America today all bode ill for harmony between younger and older generations.
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Of all of the top-rated cable television shows, Monster Garage is perhaps one of the most dramatic successes, bringing aspiring customizers out of the garage and into the mainstream. On every episode, ordinary vehicles become extraordinary machines - they are fabricated, chopped, rodded and whacked-out according to the vision of sheet metal expressionist Jesse James and his band of garage-mates. Now, with the help of "The Big Box of Monster Garage" set, readers can roll up their sleeves and paint, weld and customize their dream car, hot rod, motorcycle, truck - you name it - in the comfort of their garages.
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So I was vehemently opposed by another individual when I told her that all babies were atheists. I also said that no innocent child believes in the supernatural beings until they are proselytized to believe so. Doesn't geographic determinism prove this? If you're born in the United States, you'll probably end up Christian, and if you're born in Iran, you'll end up Islamic. Doesn't this prove my point? I'd appreciate any devil's advocates.
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I've heard this same idea used by people from different religions, but with a twist. They say that everyone is born believing in their god, but the culture the children are born into (if different from theirs) subverts and brainwashes the child to believe in a different, wrong god. They understand the concept, but misapply it.
....I thought this topic was gonna be a new recipe. Even Christians believe that babies need to be baptized and/or you need to be born again. The initial birth is not enough.
Babies are born with no view on the matter. Arguing otherwise is to abandon logic.
We are all a product of our environment. Demographics determine the particular flavor of indoctrination a child will be subjected to. We have no genetic instincts to worship. Unfortunately our genetic disposition for self preservation does not automatically recognize concepts of invisible beings as dangerous to our survival.
Some tsar (I don't remember which) wanted to know which language babies would just naturally grow up to speak, without someone making them speak a particular one. So he had babies raised in isolation without human contact. They died.
Babies are born with one thing on their mind.....FOOD!
Ermmm...wouldn't it be a smidge more accurate to say humans are born ignorant of theism? I suppose that falls under atheism...
Doesn't an absence of knowledge for theism constitute as atheism? Being a theist doesn't seem to me to be a natural state, otherwise proselytizing and indoctrinating impressionable minds wouldn't be necessary.
In a technical sense sure, Samuel. Much like a cat or a rock is an atheist. But they're an atheist by default, not because they have a reasoned opinion on the matter.


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Pipeline Preview: Gausman, Romero to duel in Norfolk
If you're looking for eggs this Easter holiday -- goose eggs on Minor League scoreboards, that is -- you'll have to rely on a reduced slate of games Sunday to get it done.
It will be quite the hunt with five full-season leagues not playing on Easter Sunday. But there are still some marquee pitching matchups listed below that have the chance to showcase some of those zeroes you might be craving.
Durham at Norfolk, an International League tilt featuring Baltimore's Kevin Gausman -- the No. 30 overall prospect on MLB.com's Top 100 list -- and Rays No. 5 prospect Enny Romero, might be the best MiLB.TV game to watch. That begins at 1:05 p.m. ET.
Red-hot Micah Johnson, who reached base five times on Saturday and swiped three bases to double his season total, will take his hacks against top Cubs pitching prospect (No. 40 overall) C.J. Edwards. That 6 p.m. game can also be viewed on MiLB.TV.
Mets fans who want to see if Jacob deGrom is ready to help out the big league staff should tune in for Las Vegas' game at 3:05 p.m. The right-hander has allowed just one earned run all year and has tossed 10 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings. He'll face a Padres Top 20 prospect in Keyvius Sampson.
Top prospect probables:
Andrew Heaney (Marlins No. 1), Jacksonville vs. Daniel Corcino (Reds No. 11), Pensacola
Lucas Sims (Braves No. 1), Lynchburg vs. Potomac
Gausman (Orioles No. 2), Norfolk vs. Romero (Rays No. 5), Durham
Edwin Escobar (Giants No. 2), Fresno vs. Reno
Edwards (Cubs No. 4), Tennessee at Chris Beck (White Sox No. 9), Birmingham
Mark Sappington (Angels No. 4), Arkansas at Springfield
Sean Manaea (Royals No. 5), Wilmington at Myrtle Beach
Adam Conley (Marlins No. 5), New Orleans vs. Colorado Springs
Johnny Hellweg (Brewers No. 7), Nashville at Omaha
Tim Cooney (Cardinals No. 10), Memphis vs. Oklahoma City
Matt Magill (Dodgers No. 12), Albuquerque at Salt Lake
Trevor May (Twins No. 13), Rochester at Syracuse
deGrom (Mets No. 13), Las Vegas vs. Sampson (Padres No. 14), El Paso
Aaron Northcraft (Braves No. 16), Mississippi at Montgomery
Parker Bridwell (Orioles No. 17), Frederick at Carolina


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A new production of Monteverdi's L'Orfeo currently showing at HAU 1 in Berlin is performed on historic instruments by baroque specialist Olof Boman and the Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop. That doesn't mean it's conventional though.
Most parts will be played by trained opera singers. But the title role is taken by Berlin-based singer and performance artist Peaches (whose act Lady Gaga washed, rinsed and ironed before recycling it), and parts of the work have been adapted specially for her. Instruments are amplified and distorted, Peaches raps, and Orfeo's exceptional vocal abilities are displayed using a vocoder.
Here's an interview with Olof Boman and some rehearsal excerpts - count me sold. Why do we never get anything like this in London?


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About Little Feat
Lowell George and Little Feat were one of the most popular Southern California Roots Rock bands in the 1970s and '80s. They were so skilled in their individual and collective musical craft that they often came across as a tightly disciplined and professional Country Rock outfit when, in fact, they were a bit erratic. Little Feat spanned the Roots Rock map, exploring various types of Blues Rock, Country Rock, and party-friendly Boogie Rock. Lowell George's almost Psychedelic approach to his trademark songwriting proved favorable among critics and musicians who formed the band's reliable cult following. The band split after George died of an overdose in 1979, only to reform in the later half of the 1980s. That Little Feat never regained the intangible and peculiar diagnostics that George brought to the table.
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Cliff Behind Timing of Fortress Co-Founder's Departure
The timing of Fortress Investment Group's Robert Kauffman's retirement from the private-equity firm he helped start was partly influenced by his concerns over potentially rising tax rates.
Mr. Kauffman, whose retirement as a principal and director is effective immediately, reached a deal with the firm to sell it back $180 million in stock, Fortress announced Monday. Fortress will be able to repurchase 10% of its outstanding shares at $3.50 each, a 15% discount to the market.
Shares rose slightly 1.7% to $4.20 Monday.
Mr. Kauffman said in an interview that the decision came together quickly – the first conversation about his potentially leaving was held only a week before it was publicly announced. He said there was a "confluence of factors" including that he had recently stepped back from running some operations and that the firm had been looking for a way to repurchase what it saw as undervalued shares.


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In the ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 Poll the Lady Bisons are ranked 31st with 13 votes in the final poll. The USA Today/National Fastpitch Coaches Association's poll rates the Lady Bisons 33rd nationally with 13 votes, only two votes behind Long Island in the 31st position.
The Lady Bisons finished 36th in the final NCAA Women's Softball RPI for 2010.
The Lady Bisons finished with a 50-13 overall record. They won both the Atlantic Sun regular season championship and the A-Sun Tournament championship.
Lady Bisons' coach Kristin Ryman calls the recognition a tribute to the team, especially the seniors _ Kellie Sirus, Lauren Dortwegt, Abby Keese, Christy Grisham, Alaina Jacobson and Christen Campbell.
"I think it shows how far this team has come," Ryman said. "The class that just graduated saw the full transition of this program. "That is kind of cool for me. When they came into this program we had won 14 games the season before. By the end of their careers we won 50."
Ryman stresses that the success of the Lady Bisons this past season, which ended in the NCAA Tuscaloosa Region championship game with Alabama, shows what a small Division I team can accomplish.
"Finishing in the mid-to-upper 30s in almost every poll shows what this program is capable of," Ryman said. "There are a lot of people out there who haven't heard about us, but I think people are starting to pay more attention.
"We are a program that is going to be recognized not just for a quality education, a Christian environment or a good softball program, but a program where you can get into the postseason. We can make a regional or a super regional."
Ryman, the 2010 Atlantic Sun Coach of the Year, and assistant coach Lexi Myers will be out on the recruiting trail this summer. The recognition this season will be a plus when meeting recruits.
"Lipscomb is such a great place," Ryman said. "We always have the conversation about whether or not you can win at small Division I Christian school. We have proven that you can. Volleyball has proven that you can.
"We will be less of an unknown in recruiting. Having an All-American on our team in Whitney Kiihnl grabs the attention of people. A lot of people might not know where we are, but a lot more people have heard of Lipscomb now."
Ryman's goal is to make the program even better next season which will be a challenge because of the players she has lost. However, she still returns Kiihnl, Atlantic Sun Player and Pitcher of the Year; and A-Sun First Team All-Conference selections Mollie Mitchell, a catcher; and Courtney Billington, a shortstop.
"We have gotten to a good point with our program," Ryman said. "I don't think we feel 100 percent comfortable staying where we are. We want to get a shot at going to a super regional.


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So since I did all the main characters from the upcoming Teen Titans Go series, I thought I would also make a lesson based on the pet that is going to be seen in the show. Here is "how to draw Silkie", step by step. Silkie is mutant larvae creation from Killer Moth, but over short period of time he soon became Teen Titan's pet and mascot. Silkie's real name is actually Larva M3-19. This cute worm creature likes to snuggle up and get as close as possible to the Titans whenever he can. There is one flaw that seems to go unnoticed, his ability to eat, and eat, and eat. Silkie can consume almost anything. That goes for stuff that you can, cannot, and shouldn't eat. Nonetheless he will be fun to recreate because it's always fun drawing mascots. Well, I guess that's it for this description. Join me again real soon with more lessons coming your way. Peace people.
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Federal Aid to farmers held up by government shutdown
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Effects of the federal government's partial shutdown are rippling across the country. With USDA offices closed, farmers can't apply for loans or the federal aid President Trump pledged to offset losses from the trade war with China. IPO filings are delayed while the SEC is closed, and lack of trash collection has closed down the campground at Joshua Tree National Park. Judy Woodruff reports.
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Sweden's 'Sugar Man' Gets a Taste of the Spotlight
A small Scandinavian record label is preparing to reintroduce the world to a man whose identity became the subject of a search that lasted nearly three decades, roping in scores of internet obsessives who tried fruitlessly to name a song based on less than 90 seconds of music recorded from German radio.
Perhaps nobody is more surprised than the artist himself. This summer, Johan Lindell was a retiree working as a painter, completely unaware that music fans had spent years looking for him without knowing who he was. Today, they call him Sweden's "Sugar Man."
The nickname pays tribute to the 2012 documentary "Searching for Sugar Man," which chronicled the life of an American 1970s musician some believed dead when he disappeared from the scene after releasing only a few albums. The search for Mr. Lindell had a key difference, however: He not only didn't know anyone was looking for him, but the people who were didn't know who he was.


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NEW ORLEANS -- Super Bowls have a lot of surprising heroes over the years. New Orleans native Jacoby Jones is the latest.
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|Super Bowl XLVII
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|Week 6, 2012
|Dallas Cowboys
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|Randall Cobb, Green Bay Packers
|Week 1, 2011
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|Ellis Hobbs, New England Patriots
|Week 1, 2007
|New York Jets
|108 yards
|Joe McKnight, New York Jets
|Week 4, 2011
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The Baltimore Ravens special-teamer returned the second-half opening kickoff 108 yards for a touchdown Sunday, setting a playoff record and tying the NFL mark. (And then he celebrated in style by doing Ray Lewis' usual pregame dance in the end zone.) Jones also took a Joe Flacco pass 56 yards at the end of the first half for a score, meaning he scored two long touchdowns in just over two minutes of game action at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.
Jones, known for being as explosive as he was exasperating during his time with the Houston Texans, has turned into a huge difference maker for this Ravens team.
On a night when Joe Flacco played out of his mind, a special-teams touchdown is the last thing the San Francisco 49ers needed to give up. Jones, meanwhile, added to his kickoff return on Sunday by also setting the Super Bowl record for combined yardage with 290.
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Poetry Dispatch No. 73 | May 28, 2006
SOMEWHERE IN CHINA by Eric Chaet
Somewhere in China,
someone—say, a man—
is not benefiting from the industrial transformation,
is not benefiting from the financial bonanza, the bee-hive,
has, for decades, been quietly saying
something completely different, when he speaks,
something as subversive against the complainers & critics,
as against the wicked government & clever entrepreneurs,
subversive even against the victims clinging to the old ways
among the poisoned villages & paddies on the cities' outskirts.
He's rarely listened to,
or if listened to, what he says is rarely grasped & remembered:
it seems to have so little to do with what needs to be done,
to succeed in the race along the same line as his own—
opposite direction, tho—& he meanders now & then—
pace varies, too—along a road he builds as he goes along
of what the others discard.
He's not imprisoned—he's not taken that seriously.
Maybe something he said was quoted in a newspaper,
but, if so, inaccurately.
Maybe he was on a TV news show,
but only as a prop, someone walking around back of a crowd,
that's gathered around a collapsed building or mine,
or exploded fire-works factory.
He's not one of the famous dissidents,
tho he's been talking against those who govern
longer than they.
He's not famous at all, & he isn't setting money aside, either.
The people around him are as used to him as to old Lao Tzu,
but they aren't always so glad to see him as they were Lao Tzu—
according to Lao Tzu.
Anyway, maybe the man's not in China, after all.
Maybe he's in India, & not considered a guru,
no software whiz or hand-held electronic gizmo-producer, either.
Or in west Africa & not a corrupt official or rebel—
or maybe he's in South America, & has no use for the agendas
of any of the pro-Yanqui or anti-Yanqui factions or cartels.
When I was a child,
people joked that since China was on the other side of the world
the people must be upside-down.
But now the wicked rulers of China & the USA are allies,
my shirts & pants were made in China—
got them for 25 cents each, like new, at separate rummage sales—
& wages have dropped like a rock thru a hole thru the Earth,
relative to houses, cars, fuel, education, health care,
or influencing a legislator.
So people in China must be oriental as we are oriented,
as Einstein says that clocks are the crudest meters
with only the vaguest relationship to the relative speed
& value of light & events—& space, too, isn't as we thought—
& Euclid was only right if you're a cartoon on a sheet of paper,
not walking along a road after rush hour, dandelion morning,
observing sheets, shirts, & pants pinned to a catenary, flapping in breeze—
bud-bursting tree of life, & green, blue, & floating white horizon beyond.
Other day, in a cafe,
a man who heard me talking about the USA
told me, "Love it or leave it."
I replied with my eyes & voice lowered, to control my fury:
"This is my country—I was born here.
I worked for this country in Mississippi, Missouri, & D.C.,
& there are still millions left out.
If you don't like the way I'm talking in my country,
you leave."
The fellow in China is saying something similar
(so did Socrates, but it was Greek to the Athenians,
arrogantly determined to get their asses kicked, permanently)—
tho his language is by no means Indo-European—
with different symbols, syntax, & pitches
rising & sinking like thrown horse-shoes or ducks on a river.
Many parallel lines may cross at a point,
& events from different times & places
have more to do with a development, sometimes,
more to do with an inflection or an utter transform—
than those immediately adjacent or sequential,
or repeated, it often seems,
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April 13, 2013
Bill Gross, Nouriel Roubini, Laurence Kotlikoff, Steve Keen, Michel Chossudovsky, the Wall Street Journal and many others say that our entire economy is a Ponzi scheme.
Former Reagan budget director David Stockton just agreed:
So did a top Russian con artist and mathematician.
Even the New York Times' business page asked, "Was [the] whole economy a Ponzi scheme?"
In fact – as we've noted for 4 years (and here and here) – the banking system is entirely insolvent. And so are most countries. The whole notion of one country bailing out another country is a farce at this point. The whole system is insolvent.
As we noted last year:
Nobel economist Joe Stiglitz pointed out the Ponzi scheme nature of the whole bailout discussion:
Europe's plan to lend money to Spain to heal some of its banks may not work because the government and the country's lenders will in effect be propping each other up, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz said.
"The system … is the Spanish government bails out Spanish banks, and Spanish banks bail out the Spanish government," Stiglitz said in an interview.
"It's voodoo economics," Stiglitz said in an interview on Friday, before the weekend deal to help Spain and its banks was sealed. "It is not going to work and it's not working."
[The same is true of every other nation.]
Credit Suisse's William Porter writes:
"Portugal cannot rescue Greece, Spain cannot rescue Portugal, Italy cannot rescue Spain (as is surely about to become all too abundantly clear), France cannot rescue Italy, but Germany can rescue France." Or, the credit of the EFSF/ESM, if called upon to provide funds in large size, either calls upon the credit of Germany, or fails; i.e, it seems to us that it probably cannot fund to the extent needed to save the credit of one (and probably imminently two) countries that had hitherto been considered "too big so save" without joint and several guarantees.***
As Nouriel Roubini wrote in February:
[For] problems of that magnitude, there simply are not enough resources—governmental or super-sovereign—to go around.
As Roubini wrote in February:
"We have decided to socialize the private losses of the banking system.
Roubini believes that further attempts at intervention have only increased the magnitude of the problems with sovereign debt. He says, "Now you have a bunch of super sovereigns— the IMF, the EU, the eurozone—bailing out these sovereigns."
Essentially, the super-sovereigns underwrite sovereign debt—increasing the scale and concentrating the problems.
Roubini characterizes super-sovereign intervention as merely kicking the can down the road.
He says wryly: "There's not going to be anyone coming from Mars or the moon to bail out the IMF or the Eurozone." [Others have made the same point.]
But, despite the paper shuffling of debt at the national level—and at the level of supranational entities—reality ultimately intervenes: "So at some point you need restructuring. At some point you need the creditors of the banks to take a hit —otherwise you put all this debt on the balance sheet of government. And then you break the back of government—and then government is insolvent."
Peak Demographics?
Indeed, population may be the biggest ponzi scheme of all. Specifically – as we've pointed out for years – rapidly-aging populations in the developed world will exert a big drag on the economy.
The Global Mail notes:
Half the world, including almost all the developed world, now is reproducing at below replacement level. A generation from now, according to United Nations Population Division projections, less than a quarter of the world's women – most of them in Africa and south Asia – will be reproducing at above replacement rate. And those UN forecasts are probably on the high side, for reasons we'll come to later.
And as the birth rate has plunged in developed nations, and the native-born population has begun to shrink and rapidly age, governments and business have sought to make up the numbers by importing people to prop up their economies. It's all they know how to do, for our economic system is, at its base, a giant Ponzi scheme, dependent on ever more people producing and consuming ever more stuff.
But what happens if that all stops? What happens when you get an ageing, shrinking population that consumes less?
"The answer to that question is that we don't know because it's never happened before," says Peter McDonald, professor of demography and director of the Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute at the Australian National University.
"We're certainly operating a Ponzi scheme in Australia," says Dr Bob Birrell, an economist and migration expert from Monash University.
"Our growth is predicated on extra numbers… [and] more of our activity is going into city building and people servicing, which do not directly produce many goods that can be traded in overseas markets.
Half the world is facing the problem of low fertility, and Australia, with its massive program of importing people, is providing an extreme example of one approach to the conundrum.
In a nutshell, the problem is this: lower fertility rates mean older, less innovative and productive workforces. More importantly to the Ponzi economic order, older, stable or declining populations consume less. So growth requires either importing people, or exporting stuff, or a combination of the two. Orthodox economics simply can't cope otherwise.
Europe as a whole has been reproducing at well below replacement rate for close to 40 years. The last period for which UN data showed Europe's total fertility rate above the replacement rate was 1970-75.
Europe's contemporary demographics give new meaning to the descriptor 'the old world'. The continent's average person is over 40 now. By 2050, if things continue on trend, the average European will be 45.7. If one takes the UN's "low variant" projection, he/she will be over 50 years of age.
And the low variant now looks closer to the mark. Fertility rates had actually rebounded a little over recent years, the result of a bit of "catch-up" after a shift over several previous decades in which women delayed child-bearing. But the European recession has set fertility rates plunging again.
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So, we decided to hold a contest to have our brides and our friends vote for the Bride of the Year. It was a close race, but we're delighted to announce that Trina Higgins, who married Chad Harper at the Korean Bell of Friendship in Palos Verdes, CA was the winner! Here are some of the beautiful photos from their wedding. Thank you all for voting!
We have been doing free portrait sessions in San Francisco since January, which have been a big hit! Here are a few of the beautiful shots. You can use your free portraits for save the date cards, engagement announcements or however you like ' they are yours to keep. Schedule your free portrait session for the month of April!
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Andrea and Robert had a vintage style wedding at home in Los Angeles, so we gave their photos a vintage look as well. Visit our planning section to see how you can plan a home wedding!
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Angela and Tomislav had a wonderful wedding in sunny San Jose. They went the traditional route for the ceremony and were married in a church. For the reception they chose the beautiful Dolce Hayes Mansion which use to be a lavish private estate. Although their wedding was steeped in tradition, their photography was anything but. They chose an artistic style that complimented their wedding aesthetic which was perfect for their big day!
Angela and Tomislav had a romantic engagement shoot in San Jose complete with wine and cherry blossoms. Their photos have a rustic yet exotic feel to them due to the wood, bamboo and mortared bricks accenting their surroundings. If you like their engagement photos, you're sure to love their wedding! Also check out other great engagement spots in San Jose!
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Check out Stonetree Golf Club in Novato, CA for your wedding or reception! The StoneTree Golf Club is in an amazing location between San Francisco and Wine Country. It's prime location lends itself to scenic views when having your ceremony in their outdoor wedding pavilion. They also have a catering and event team that are there ready to make your big day the one of your dreams!
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Today Proposition 8, which was passed last November banning same-sex marriage in California, was overturned and ruled unconstitutional! Bella Pictures was there on the first day gay marriage was legal in San Francisco back in June of 2008 capturing happy married couples as they exited City Hall. We've been photographing same-sex ceremonies since Bella Pictures started in 2005 and continue to be a supporter of Equal Rights.
Check out the Lone Tree Golf and Event Center located in the San Francisco Bay Area for your wedding or reception! Lone Tree can accommodate both small, intimate affairs and large gatherings. They can also accommodate outdoor weddings with their 300-seat theater style setting. They'll even let you take some gorgeous photos on the golf greens!
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Check out the Westridge Golf Club outside of Los Angeles for your wedding or reception! Their lovely grounds include a gazebo which is perfect for outdoor ceremonies among all the greenery. Your wedding party can then easily transition to their on-site banquet hall for your reception!
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We asked our past brides via Facebook to upload their favorite portrait from their wedding and other Bella brides and fans would vote for their favorite. Congratulations to Erica and Alan who are our October winners. Their beautiful wedding is featured below!
How they met: They met each other in high school but were only acquaintances. "We didn't talk much then, I was a little older and thought I was much too sophisticated at the time to talk to a younger man! A few years ago we kept running into each other out on the town. One night, Alan impressed me with his charms and coerced me into going on a date with him. From then on forward, we were connected at the hip and couldn't imagine life without each other!"
The proposal: Alan proposed on a romantic trip to Europe (London & Turkey). "While we were staying in a hotel in Bodrum Turkey overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, at a cliff top restaurant located at the hotel, Alan got down on one knee and I said yes!"
The Wedding: They had their beautiful wedding at Wente Vineyards near San Francisco! "I wanted an outdoor wedding and my husband and I loved the idea of a winery setting. That area also has a bit of horse country in it and I'm an equestrian so that sold it for me!"
On Bella Pictures: "Our photographer did a WONDERFUL job! We are still having a hard time narrowing down the pictures we want for our album because so many of them are that good! The photographer was thoughtful, reliable and completely professional. They were able to capture the style we were looking for and their shots were intuitive."
Funny story about the wedding day: "At the time this wasn't that funny but in hindsight it is pretty hilarious! After the ceremony, the wind kicked up quite a bit. We were all freezing, especially Alan and I in that photo I submitted on the golf course where im leaning all the way back. We were actually laughing at how miserably cold it was while talking the picture and that is one of the pictures that helped us win the contest! At the time we were definitely imagining the warm beaches of Maui where we departed to our Honeymoon the next day!"
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One of our very own, Elizabeth, got married this past Fall in California Wine Country joined by friends and family (including her Bella Pictures family!). We thought we'd share some of the beautiful photos from her big day! Congratulations Elizabeth and Chris!
How they met: "Chris and I met for the first time at my sister's engagement party in 1998. Chris and my brother-in-law met in junior high school, and eventually ended up living together in college at Chico State where they became great friends with my sister. Nine years after our first meeting, we reconnected at a party that my sister and brother-in-law threw, and the rest was history."
The proposal: "With the help of some of my dear friends at Bella, Chris coordinated a scavenger hunt that sent me to a few stops in San Francisco, before boarding a ferry to Tiburon. He was waiting for me on the deck at our favorite restaurant, and first date spot, Sam's Anchor Caf' on bended knee!"
The Wedding: Elizabeth and Chris celebrated with 130 of their closest friends and family at the DeLorimer Winery in Geyserville, CA. "Both Chris and my parents live in Santa Rosa, so it seemed natural to get married in the North Bay and use Santa Rosa as a home base for our wedding weekend. Shortly after we were engaged, we started making weekend trips to the area to look for venues. One day while driving around the Alexander Valley visiting potential venues, we decided to take a break from our search to stop off at the next winery to have a glass of wine and talk about our possibilities. While standing at the bar in the DeLorimier Winery tasting room, we thought, this place feels good! The laid-back atmosphere (and the glass of wine!) were just what we needed, and our decision was made."
On Bella Pictures: " Since I had been working at Bella Pictures for several years, it was obvious that I would use them for my wedding photography. I was actually quite excited to move through our process as a bride instead of viewing it as an employee. I am proud to say I was the first person to check out on our eCommerce website! The whole process was so simple, which was very important considering all of the other tasks involved in planning a wedding! All of the pre-wedding planning from customizing my own package online, setting up a payment plan, rating my photos for the matching process and filling out my wedding planner were so intuitive. And the end result is by far the best part. Looking back, I can truly say that my photography and video were the most treasured items from my wedding. "
We asked our past brides via Facebook to upload their favorite portrait from their wedding and other Bella brides and fans would vote for their favorite. Congratulations to Victoria and Shawn who are our December winners. Their beautiful wedding is featured below!
How they met: They met on a social networking site! "Shawn saw my profile and sent me a note with a fantastic, observant compliment about my balance of femininity and a firefighter's can do attitude. He asked me if I'd like to get a drink sometime. I accepted. We went to a local pub for trivia night and we have been together ever since."
The proposal: "Shawn took me out to a wonderful dinner at Morton's, a notoriously fine restaurant in Sacramento. When we were finished, we walked over to the State Capitol and sat on the front steps and watched the end of the sunset setting over the Tower Bridge. We were standing up to call it a night when he said 'the night isn't over quite yet', got down on one knee and asked me to marry him! I was surprised and elated, and said yes, of course. I asked who else might know about this, and he said 'there may be a couple of our closest friends on the other side of the building waiting with champagne..'. We walked over to the east side steps and 3 of our closest friends were there. We all had champagne and then went back to Morton's for a celebration."
The Wedding: Victoria married Shawn in a non-traditional wedding dress by White House/ Black Market. One hundred and twenty of their closest friends and family gathered for their ceremony at the California State Capitol Rose Garden! "Shawn and I both work for the State of California and liked the idea of getting married at the Capitol. We were going to get married on the steps, but it was election week and the permit requirements allowed for cancellation of our permit at any time. It was a safer bet to get married in the garden away from the building should there be a rally or a press conference that day. The Capitol is a special place for us: we sat on the steps of the front of the building on our second date and talked for hours. He proposed on the front steps as well. We used to walk through the Rose Garden and grounds on our way to many shows downtown."
On Bella Pictures: "Working with Bella Pictures was great! The price was very reasonable and for what we received for the money, it couldn't be beat. Our photographer was very creative and accommodating with our requests and the style that we were looking for in our pictures. We are very happy with how they turned out. "
Funny story about the wedding day: "Obviously, there was a fire engine involved. The bride and the bridesmaids rode to the wedding site in it. We kept it a secret from all of the guests and even part of the wedding party until they saw it pulling up with the lights and the siren going. There was a roar of surprise, laughter, and clapping when they saw it! We walked down the eisle to the Red Hot Chili Pepper's " Rollercoaster of Love" and our recession was to "We go together" from Grease. It was a lighthearted and fun day that we planned as something we would enjoy. I shyed away from many of the "traditional" elements because that is not really my, or our, style!Compliments are still rolling in on how it was the best wedding many of our guests had been to!"
We end our journey across this great country with the West coast! We bring you some of our favorite wedding portraits from Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego and Seattle. Check out the beaches of California and the lush greenery of Washington state. Wherever you live, we hope you have a Happy 4th of July weekend!
Check out B.R. Cohn Winery in Sonoma, CA for your wedding or reception! Nestled in the heart of Wine Country, B.R. Cohn is perfect for your dream outdoor wedding among the grapes! They provide you with a Special Events Coordinator, room for up to 250 guests, and of course plenty of wine!
When we first came across Michelle and Justin's wedding, we were instantly enamored by the charm and loveliness found in all of the photos. What was also apparent was all the love they put into each and every adorable detail of their rustic, romantic, sunshiny-yellow-bus, California wedding.
Both elegant and whimsical, it was truly a celebration that was able to mix the best of both worlds. Located at a private residence in Healdsburg, California and catered by Rosso Pizza of Santa Rosa, this wedding was full of pretty flowers, pops of color and big happy smiles. It appears to portray their personalities beautifully. Check out the photos below and get ready to be inspired.
From the bride: We worked so hard on our wedding! That day was so amazing. It's so hard to choose a specific moment as my favorite but if I had to, it would be seeing my husband's face as I walked down the aisle towards him. It was a priceless moment that was captured by our Bella Pictures photographer. We are so pleased with the photographs of our special day! She captured so much of the detail that we worked so many hours on, all of our special wedding moments, as well as catching great candid shots of how much fun all of our loved ones had as well! It is so great to have those memories!
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MD the HEALER!
Once? Must be an accident. I roll my eyes at the pug and continue on with a little laugh.
Twice? ...that's no accident. Eyebrow raised and growing irritated, I had to say something.
Yes. I had 6k more health than the prot pally, therefore the resto druid healer (who was not, incidentally, running around in melee at the time) must be the real tank and should be misdirected. This was followed by the resto druid casting /facepalm.
Lesson: the highest hp does not mean tank. Look before you misdirect, please ;)
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If we still had continuous Tree Form this would never have happened!
- October 30, 2010 at 8:31 PM
- Ender Tunin said...
New 80 Syndrome. Noone in this person's guild is teaching them anything. It's the kind of response I'd expect from my 9 year old running instances. Currently he's at approx 60 so he's not encountered the discrepancy yet. As some people level their toons and do dungeons, they're surrounded by other toons at approx the same level and gear. Generally speaking, the one with the highest HP is the tank. They then never took their level of understanding past this. Now look at lvl 80 toons. There's a HUGE diversity in gear from new 80's to end game ICC 80's with gearscores greater than 6k. It's now likely, not often, but still likely, to have pugs where the healer's HP pool exceeds that of a new 80 tank. I lay blame at poor teaching / poor learning of basic mechanics.
Jardal is however correct. This other player has probably never seen a druid heal that wasn't a tree.
- October 30, 2010 at 11:03 PM
- Russ said...
I did this once on my hunter alt, totally by accident.
Two days after I turned 80, patch 4.0.1 dropped. Since then, sometimes I get an addon error when I set my focus, and I have to reload my UI. It happened on this occasion.
I reloaded UI, and when my screen came up, the tank was pulling already. I hurriedly looked up, saw druid/pally in the tank/heal spots, and set my focus - accidentally choosing the pally. Yeah, the holy pally. Nice one.
Two pulls later, I realized that I was misdirecting to the healer, and I was totally horrified, to the point where my cheeks were hot with shame IRL! I quickly changed my focus to the bear, and thanked my lucky stars that my gear was kind of crappy at that point! Thankfully, nobody seemed to notice, the healer never got aggro because of my blunder, and I successfully managed to misdirect the tank from then on!
This was a different situation than what you went through, but it was a funny story and a good lesson to learn. I haven't made the same mistake since, which is good - my gear is much, much better now! :P
- October 31, 2010 at 1:44 AM
- Simon said...
It can happen ones to everyone, it's only bad if they keep doing it without realising what exactly they are doing :p
...or he/she could be out to get you! watch your back *paranoid*
- October 31, 2010 at 2:18 AM
- Kae said...
Even if I had been in tree form, I still would've gotten that misdirect, based off of what he told me. All he looked at was health pool: I still would've had 34k health in tree form, and the pally tank would've still been at 28k. A mistake the hunter will probably never make again :) Mind you, I had no issues with a tank with such a low health pool, as I've healed an ele shaman tank through heroics before, but that poor, poor tank with low level gear trying to keep threat off of a ICC-geared healer who was getting their misdirects? >_>
/flex... uber resto tank. Hallo, barkskin, you are my friend.
- October 31, 2010 at 3:11 AM
Highest health does not mean tank, especially if your tank is lower geared prot paladin.
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JDO provides an interface to the persistence of objects. JDO 1.0 doesn't provide a way of taking an object that was just persisted and just work on it and update the persisted object later. The user has to copy the fields manually and copy them back to the persisted object later. JDO 2.0 introduces a new way of handling this situation, by detaching an object from the persistence graph, allowing it to be worked on in the users application. It can then be attached to the persistence graph later. Please refer to Object Lifecycle for where this fits in. The first thing to do to use a class with this facility is to tag it as "detachable". This is done by adding the attribute
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This acts as an instruction to the enhancement process to add methods necessary to utilise the attach/detach process.
The following code fragment highlights how to use the attach/detach mechanism
Product working_product=null; Transaction tx=pm.currentTransaction(); try { tx.begin(); Product prod=new Product(name,description,price); pm.makePersistent(prod); // Detach the product for use working_product = (Product)pm.detachCopy(prod); tx.commit(); } catch (Exception e) { // Handle the exception } finally { if (tx.isActive()) { tx.rollback(); } } // Work on the detached object in our application working_product.setPrice(new_price); ... // Reattach the updated object tx = pm.currentTransaction(); try { tx.begin(); Product attached_product = pm.makePersistent(working_product); tx.commit(); } catch (Exception e) { // Handle the exception } finally { if (tx.isActive()) { tx.rollback(); } }
So we now don't need to do any manual copying of object fields just using a simple call to detach the object, and then attach it again later. Here are a few things to note with attach/detach :-
When attaching an object graph (using makePersistent()) DataNucleus will, by default, make a check if each detached object has been detached from this datastore (since they could have been detached from a different datastore). This clearly can cause significant numbers of additional datastore activity with a large object graph. Consequently we provide a PMF property datanucleus.attachSameDatastore which, when set to true, will omit these checks and assume that we are attaching to the same datastore they were detached from.
To read more about attach/detach and how to use it with fetch-groups you can look at our Tutorial on DAO Layer design.
JDO2 also provides a mechanism whereby all objects that were enlisted in a transaction are automatically detached when the transaction is committed. You can enable this in one of 3 ways. If you want to use this mode globally for all PersistenceManager s (PMs) from a PersistenceManagerFactory (PMF) you could either set the PMF property "datanucleus.DetachAllOnCommit", or you could create your PMF and call the PMF method setDetachAllOnCommit(true) . If instead you wanted to use this mode only for a particular PM, or only for a particular transaction for a particular PM, then you can call the PM method setDetachAllOnCommit(true) before the commit of the transaction, and it will apply for all transaction commits thereafter, until turned off ( setDetachAllOnCommit(false) . Here's an example
// Create a PMF ... // Create an object MyObject my = new MyObject(); PersistenceManager pm = pmf.getPersistenceManager(); Transaction tx = pm.currentTransaction(); try { tx.begin(); // We want our object to be detached when it's been persisted pm.setDetachAllOnCommit(true); // Persist the object that we created earlier pm.makePersistent(my); tx.commit(); // The object "my" is now in detached state and can be used further } finally { if (tx.isActive) { tx.rollback(); } }
By default when you are attaching a detached object it will return an attached copy of the detached object. JDO2.1 provides a new feature that allows this attachment to just migrate the existing detached object into attached state.
You enable this by setting the PersistenceManagerFactory (PMF) property datanucleus.CopyOnAttach to false. Alternatively you can use the methods PersistenceManagerFactory.setCopyOnAttach(boolean flag) or PersistenceManager.setCopyOnAttach(boolean flag) . If we return to the example at the start of this page, this now becomes
// Reattach the updated object pm.setCopyOnAttach(false); tx = pm.currentTransaction(); try { tx.begin(); // working product is currently in detached state pm.makePersistent(working_product); // working_product is now in persistent (attached) state tx.commit(); } catch (Exception e) { // Handle the exception } finally { if (tx.isActive()) { tx.rollback(); } }
Please note that if you try to attach two detached objects representing the same underlying persistent object within the same transaction (i.e a persistent object with the same identity already exists in the level 1 cache), then a JDOUserException will be thrown.
A backup to the above programmatic detachment of instances is that when you close your PersistenceManager you can opt to have all instances currently cached in the Level 1 Cache of that PersistenceManager detached automatically. This means that you can persist instances, and then when you close the PM the instances will be detached and ready for further work. This is a DataNucleus extension. It is recommended that you use "detachAllOnCommit" since that is standard JDO and since this option will not work in J2EE environments where the PersistenceManager close is controlled by the J2EE container
You enable this by setting the PersistenceManagerFactory (PMF) property datanucleus.DetachOnClose when you create the PMF. Let's give an example
// Create a PMF with the datanucleus.DetachOnClose property set to "true" ... // Create an object MyObject my = new MyObject(); PersistenceManager pm = pmf.getPersistenceManager(); Transaction tx = pm.currentTransaction(); try { tx.begin(); // Persist the object that we created earlier pm.makePersistent(my); tx.commit(); pm.close(); // The object "my" is now in detached state and can be used further } finally { if (tx.isActive) { tx.rollback(); } }
That is about as close to transparent persistence as you will find. When the PM is closed all instances found in the L1 Cache are detached using the current FetchPlan, and so all fields in that plan for the instances in question will be detached at that time.
When an object is detached it is typically passed to a different layer of an application and potentially changed. During the course of the operation of the system it may be required to know what is loaded in the object and what is dirty (has been changed since detaching). DataNucleus provides an extension to allow interrogation of the detached object.
String[] loadedFieldNames = NucleusJDOHelper.getLoadedFields(obj, pm); String[] dirtyFieldNames = NucleusJDOHelper.getDirtyFields(obj, pm);
So you have access to the names of the fields that were loaded when detaching the object, and also to the names of the fields that have been updated since detaching.
During enhancement of Detachable classes, a field called jdoDetachedState is added to the class definition. This field allows reading and changing tracking of detached objects while they are not managed by a PersistenceManager.
When serialization occurs on a Detachable object, the jdoDetachedState field is written to the serialized object stream. On deserialize, this field is written back to the new deserialized instance. This process occurs transparently to the application. However, if deserialization occurs with an un-enhanced version of the class, the detached state is lost.
Serialization and deserialization of Detachable classes and un-enhanced versions of the same class is only possible if the field serialVersionUID is added. It's recommended during development of the class, to define the serialVersionUID and make the class to implement the java.io.Serializable interface, as the following example:
class MyClass implements java.io.Serializable { private static final long serialVersionUID = 2765740961462495537L; // any random value here //.... other fields }


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Thursday, August 14, 2008
Seven Hours Of Byrnes, Hammond And McReynolds
Things always get interesting in "NASCAR TV land" this time of year. On Friday, SPEED returns to coverage of practice and qualifying for both the Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series for the next three consecutive weeks.
There will be seven hours of Friday coverage and three voices that will be doing it all. Unlike the Fox or TNT philosophies, ESPN does not allow any of the network's on-air announcers to appear on SPEED. Fans who just got used to seeing Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree on Fridays will find those two only on the race coverage.
So, SPEED is going to saddle-up three of the hardest working guys in NASCAR TV and ride them all day long. Steve Byrnes, Jeff Hammond and Larry McReynolds will start at Noon Eastern Time with Sprint Cup practice and will do six consecutive hours of live TV. You can view the complete schedule at the top of the main page. After a break to eat dinner, all three will be joined by Elliott Sadler and do another hour of the popular Trackside program.
Days like this point-out just how ridiculous this ESPN policy really is. NASCAR TV networks have traditionally shared announcers on Fridays. Mike Joy, Lindsay Czarniak, Matt Yocum, Bill Weber and Wally Dallenbach are just some of the announcers who have been on SPEED this season helping with practice and qualifying.
Unfortunately, despite urging to the contrary by TDP, Thursday's NASCAR Now on ESPN2 purposefully eliminated any mention of the live practice and qualifying coverage on Friday and Saturday. The show chose to promote only the ESPN races and pretended that these sessions were not on-the-air.
This season started off well between the NASCAR TV partners with all parties cooperating and promoting all of the NASCAR TV coverage for the good of the sport. In making this decision on Thursday, NASCAR Now returned to the poor judgement of 2007 and the philosophy that if something was not on the ESPN networks, it just did not exist.
There are many more years left in the ESPN TV contract with NASCAR and plenty of room for change. Just a couple of weeks ago, SPEED picked-up all the non-televised Sprint Cup Series practice sessions for the remainder of the season. This coverage is going to give ESPN's NASCAR efforts a big boost and a great lead-in.
What SPEED got in return was NASCAR Now also choosing not to promote this live coverage, even though it was practice for the ESPN races. Things suddenly seem to be going downhill again at a time when ESPN really needs solid on-air promotion of The Chase races by all the NASCAR media partners.
ESPN2 completely steps aside on Friday, with one episode of NASCAR Now airing at Midnight ET. Coverage returns on Saturday at 3PM and Sunday at 1PM for the Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series events. At least the popular Ricky Craven finally returns to the Monday edition of NASCAR Now.
This post is going to serve to host your comments about the Friday TV coverage and the issues discussed above. To add your TV-related opinion, just click on the COMMENTS button below and follow the easy instructions. The rules for posting are located on the right side of the main page. Thanks for taking the time to stop by The Daly Planet.
24 comments:
- Anonymous said...
I don't know the length of the contract between Nascar and ABC/ESPN, but I hope it never gets renewed. I can't wait for football season to start, have games run over, and play "Find-The-Channel" as ESPN starts jumping around. Of course, the crawl will tell you that you won't miss the Green Flag.
- August 15, 2008 at 6:54 AM
- Anonymous said...
This is so sad for NASCAR. Speed has been nothing but supportive of ESPN - promoting their telecasts during SPEED's own broadcasts but what does the world-wide-leader do to ESPN, NASCAR and to all of the fans? pretend that SPEED does not even exist once again.
When NBC/TNT had full second half and as mentioned by JD- Weber/Dallenbach/Parsons would do happy hour as a TNT telecast on SPEED and it was all interesting that the two networks worked together so nicely.
Even in last the two years the TNT Pit Reporters have worked with SPEED announcers.
NASCAR tell us again how ESPN has made NASCAR telecasts better?
Guess NASCAR counts the millions of dollars as proof of this.
How sad.
- August 15, 2008 at 9:01 AM
- Anonymous said...
ESPN TV contract - 2007 thru 2014
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From Press Release
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- NASCAR on Wednesday announced the completion of comprehensive broadcast agreements that will benefit the industry and its fans for years to come.
Under the new eight year agreements NASCAR races will be broadcast on a combination of networks that includes FOX, SPEED, Turner's TNT and ABC/ESPN beginning in 2007
- August 15, 2008 at 9:09 AM
- majorshouse said...
I am already sick of the crap we are seeing with ESPN. They used to have quality productions, but now it is quite evident that they are only interested in the money that NASCAR is giving them. It is sad that they will not share their people with the other networks. I have said before that it is a shame that all of the races are not on Speed and that something like the truck crew or even the crew that is doing the practice and qualifying today is not doing the telecasts. I evjoy the line up that they are having today and wish that we could see them on Sunda. It would be better than hearing Jerry Punch.
- August 15, 2008 at 9:55 AM
- Anonymous said...
As long as I don't have to listen to Rusty, Michael or Darrel it will be good day
- August 15, 2008 at 10:51 AM
- Anonymous said...
I thought your headline might be a recently discovered torture/interrogation tactic from Gitmo . Nothing could crack someone easier than 7 hours of Hammond and McReynolds .
It's a shame that the new stars of NASCAR reporting , Jarrett and Petree won't be used . The overall broadcasting mess that is Cup racing really needs cooperation between networks .
- August 15, 2008 at 11:54 AM
- Lisa Hogan said...
I should be home in time for most of qualifying. Then I will be able to spend the rest of the day in my comfort zone. :)
Thanks again, SPEED!
- August 15, 2008 at 12:26 PM
- PammH said...
Anyone else having problems w/Speed?? It's blinking in & out.
- August 15, 2008 at 2:08 PM
- Anonymous said...
PammH - Mine too. Lots of glitches. Not sure if it is a satellite issue since I have Dish Network.
- August 15, 2008 at 2:27 PM
- Anonymous said...
PammH said...
Anyone else having problems w/Speed?? It's blinking in & out.
August 15, 2008 2:08 PM
DTV is clear in the northeast. Were abouts are you located and is there weather in your area?
- August 15, 2008 at 2:30 PM
- Anonymous said...
Well I'm in MI - nice sunny day here.
- August 15, 2008 at 2:39 PM
- Sean said...
Thank You Speed. Thanks for showing the cars on the track and getting great reports from pit road. No video packages at all , just cars on the track. Gotta love it.
- August 15, 2008 at 3:06 PM
- PammH said...
I have Dish also & I'm about 1/2 hrs from MIS!! It's lovely here..
- August 15, 2008 at 3:14 PM
- Anonymous said...
Well whatever the cause of the glitching (I think it must have been a Dish Network issue), SPEED seems to be fine now.
- August 15, 2008 at 3:16 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
The SPEED guys say no probs today, so give your dish or cable provider a call.
- August 15, 2008 at 3:21 PM
- PammH said...
has also seemed fine here for awhile, so they must have gotten it fixed. thx all!
and my goodness, look at the cars (just the cars) on the screen while qualifying. What a concept!!
- August 15, 2008 at 3:48 PM
- Karen said...
I think most of us are in our comfort zone as Lisa said with these guys. What a difference vs. ESPN. Unbelievable.
- August 15, 2008 at 4:36 PM
- Anonymous said...
What a nice change...can we figure out how to get SPEED to take over for the rest of the season? I'm going to cherish these 3 weeks!
Love it, properly placed interviews and backstories and *if* it's needed or needs to continue during the action, they put the interview in the smaller PIP box.
No garbage about people's life histories taking up half the screen...just a nice banner at the bottom telling us what we need to know. No interviewing half the world in 90% of the screen while the 5% left is showing the poor guy is trying to qualify. The speed tracker is easy to understand and also doesn't take up half the screen like ESPNs.
- August 15, 2008 at 5:11 PM
- stricklinfan82 said...
Speed's practice coverage was tremendous. AMAZING how a TV network was actually able to keep the focus on the race track and not waste the viewer's time showing full-screen video packages of Kyle Busch's win and the big crash last week at Watkins Glen, videos of Kurt Busch's win at Michigan last year, or videos of every driver's "heroes" or favorite hobbies. ESPN, stay the hell away and never come back with your practice/qualifying JUNK.
Qualifying on Speed was much more pleasing to the eye than ESPN that's for sure. Scoring crawl, lap tracker, and the qualifying race car on the screen. Nothing else. No ridiculous line graphs, stat packages, driver pictures, or crew chiefs / mothers in a box on the screen. And no full-screen video packages or studio guests to divert the attention away from qualifying.
I was disappointed to see Speed skip so many cars to get the broadcast done by 5:00 though. I would have preferred to see Speed just Tivo qualifying and eat into the downtime between Cup qualifying and Nationwide practice, or just push the schedule back and eat into the Confidential show about a race that happened over 3 months ago. It's definitely rough to be staring at an empty race track on TV at 5:13, knowing that 13 minutes could have been used to show all the laps we missed.
I also continue to dumbfounded how a TV network can still skip go-or-go-homers during a limited Tivo-style format broadcast. If it is absolutely mandatory to skip a go-or-go-homer, please skip Terry Labonte who was already locked in on the champion's provisional and didn't figure into the go-or-go-home drama.
- August 15, 2008 at 5:15 PM
- Sophia said...
just want to second ALL the positive comments about the coverage today..and stricklanfans comments about what we missed. :)
- August 15, 2008 at 5:24 PM
- kang said...
Speed insists on running lap speed instead of lap time under the crawl.However the drivers and L.M.,J.H. talk in terms of lap time.I have found from watching over many years,that drivers and c.c. overwhelmingly talk in terms of lap time.Why does Speed think race fans prefer lap speed?
- August 15, 2008 at 6:53 PM
- Anonymous said...
Thank you Speed for a full day of race cars on the track - no crawling tickers, no windows , no techno crap, just info about the cars on the track, interesting interviews, and no techno stuff ;)
I had no problems with reception problems, which was nice.
- August 15, 2008 at 7:35 PM
- Anonymous said...
Will somebody, anybody, tell Speed that either they need to give their guys on Trackside better microphones or else dump the mics in the crowd??? You cannot hear at least 40% of what's said by any of the guys because of all the silly background noise from the crowd. This is not something limited to Michigan International Speedway, but it appears to be a problem at a lot of the tracks. I listened to maybe 20 minutes of the show before deleting it because it was too difficult to hear what anyone was saying.
- August 16, 2008 at 12:17 AM
- Mary said...
The problem with Trackside is that the crowd can't really hear what is going on and get very restless especially as the guys have their backs to them. I have attended Trackside with both setups and despite being on the front row found it difficult to hear what was going on with the current set up.
- August 16, 2008 at 10:43 AM