text: LINGUIST List: Vol-10-1267. Tue Aug 31 1999. ISSN: 1068-4875. Subject: 10.1267, Confs: NELS 30 Program and Registration Moderators: Anthony Rodrigues Aristar: Wayne State U.<aristar at linguistlist.org> Helen Dry: Eastern Michigan U. <hdry at linguistlist.org> Andrew Carnie: U. of Arizona <carnie at linguistlist.org> Reviews: Andrew Carnie: U. of Arizona <carnie at linguistlist.org> Associate Editors: Martin Jacobsen <marty at linguistlist.org> Ljuba Veselinova <ljuba at linguistlist.org> Scott Fults <scott at linguistlist.org> Jody Huellmantel <jody at linguistlist.org> Karen Milligan <karen at linguistlist.org> Assistant Editors: Lydia Grebenyova <lydia at linguistlist.org> Naomi Ogasawara <naomi at linguistlist.org> James Yuells <james at linguistlist.org> Software development: John H. Remmers <remmers at emunix.emich.edu> Chris Brown <chris at linguistlist.org> Qian Liao <qian at linguistlist.org> Home Page: http://linguistlist.org/ Editor for this issue: Karen Milligan <karen at linguistlist.org> ========================================================================== Please keep conferences announcement as short as you can; LINGUIST will not post conference announcements which in our opinion are excessively long. =================================Directory================================= 1) Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 10:47:22 -0400 (EDT) From: Ron Artstein <artstein at eden.rutgers.edu> Subject: NELS 30 Program and Registration -------------------------------- Message 1 ------------------------------- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 10:47:22 -0400 (EDT) From: Ron Artstein <artstein at eden.rutgers.edu> Subject: NELS 30 Program and Registration NELS 30 - Conference of the North East Linguistic Society October 22-24, 1999 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey New Brunswick/Piscataway, New Jersey Invited Speakers: John McCarthy, University of Massachusetts Anna Szabolcsi, New York University Mark Baker, Rutgers University Please check our web site for travel, accommodations, and program and registration updates: http://ling.rutgers.edu/nels30 REGISTRATION: Early registration (before September 23): Student $20, Faculty $45 Late registration (after September 23): Student $25, Faculty $50 For advance registration we can only accept checks drawn on US banks. Please make the checks payable to Rutgers University, and send them to us at: NELS 30 Organizing Committee Rutgers University Department of Linguistics 18 Seminary Place New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1184 USA For on-site registration we can also take cash. PROGRAM: Friday, October 22 Learnability workshop until 13:00 (details forthcoming) Registration and lunch after 13:00 (Plenary Session) Session I: Syntax-Semantics Interface 14:20 Opening Remarks 14:30 INVITED SPEAKER: Anna Szabolcsi, NYU 15:30 Carlo Cecchetto, Siena: What syntax cannot do is pseudocleft connectivity 16:00 Rajesh Bhatt, Texas: Adjectival Modifiers and the Raising Analysis of Relative Clauses 16:30 ---break--- 17:00 Cedric Boeckx, Connecticut: Interpreting A-chains at the interface 17:30 Diana Cresti, Michigan: Ellipsis and Reconstruction in Relative Clauses 18:00 Kai von Fintel and Sabine Iatridou, MIT: Quantifiers, Modals, and If-Clauses 18:30 ---end--- Saturday, October 23 (Plenary Session) Session II: Syntax 08:30 ---coffee--- 09:00 INVITED SPEAKER: Mark Baker, Rutgers 10:00 Cornelia Krause, MIT: On an (in-)visible Property of Inherent Case 10:30 ---break--- (Parallel Sessions) Session IIIa: Syntax (and acquisition of syntax) 11:00 Maaike Verrips, Utrecht: Passives and implicit arguments in child language 11:30 Andrew Simpson, SOAS and Tanmoy Bhattacharya, UCL: Obligatory overt wh-movement in a wh-in-situ language 12:00 Arthur Stepanov, Connecticut: Late Adjunction and Minimalist Phrase Structure Session IIIb: Phonology 11:00 Matt Goldrick, Johns Hopkins: Turbid OT: Opacity in German 11:30 Anthi Revithiadou, Massachusetts and Arto Anttila, Boston University: Rhythmic Variation in Allomorph Selection 12:00 Adam Sherman, UC Santa Cruz: Root-and-pattern morphology without roots or patterns 12:30 ---business meeting--- 13:30 ---lunch and poster session 1 (semantics, phonology, acquisition)--- Session IVa: Syntax 15:00 LONG TALK: Zeljko Boskovic, Connecticut: What is special about multiple wh-fronting? 16:00 Milan Rezac, Toronto: Objects and Operations 16:30 Jon Nissenbaum, MIT: Covert Movement and Parasitic Gaps Session IVb: Phonology 15:00 LONG TALK: John Alderete, British Columbia: Dominance Effects as Anti-Faithfulness 16:00 K. David Harrison and Abigail Kaun, Yale: Pattern-Responsive Lexicon Optimization 16:30 Patrik Bye, Tromso and Paul de Lacy, Massachusetts: Edge Asymmetries in Phonology: Eliminating Right Edge Reference 17:00 ---break--- (Plenary Session) Session V: Syntax 17:30 Kazue Takeda, UC Irvine: Multiple Headed Relatives in English and Japanese 18:00 Gereon Mueller, Stuttgart: Shape Conservation and Remnant Movement 18:30 ---end--- 19:00 ---party--- Sunday, October 24 08:30 ---coffee--- (Parallel Sessions) Session VIa: Syntax 09:00 LONG TALK: Chris Kennedy, Northwestern: Comparative (sub-) deletion: Evidence for ranked violable constraints in syntax 10:00 Geraldine Legendre, Johns Hopkins: Evidence for an OT conception of a `parallel' interface 10:30 Hanjung Lee, Stanford: The Emergence of the Unmarked Order in Hindi Session VIb: Semantics 09:00 LONG TALK: Yoad Winter, Technion: DP Structure and Flexible Semantics 10:00 Stefano Vegnaduzzo, UCLA: Generalizing Exception Constructions: the Case of Romance UNTIL 10:30 Calixto Aguero-Bautista, MIT: On Pair-list Readings 11:00 ---break--- Session VIIa: Syntax 11:30 Robert Frank and Fero Kuminiak, Johns Hopkins: Primitive Asymmetric C-Command Derives X'-Theory 12:00 Christina Tortora, Michigan: Functional heads and object clitics 12:30 Chung-hye Han and Anthony Kroch, Pennsylvania: The rise of do-support in English imperatives: implications for clause structure Session VIIb: Semantics 11:30 Rong Yang, Rutgers: Universal Quantification & Distributivity in Chinese 12:00 Mandy Simons, Carnegie Mellon: Felicitous Disjunctions, Presupposition and Anaphora 12:30 Beata Gyuris, Hungarian Academy of Science: Adverbial Quantifiers in Contrastive Topic in Hungarian 13:00 ---lunch and poster session 2 (syntax)--- (Plenary session) Session VIII: Phonology 14:30 INVITED SPEAKER: John McCarthy, Massachusetts 15:30 Caro Struijke, Maryland: Why Constraint Conflict can Disappear in Reduplication 16:00 Rene Kager, Utrecht: Ternary Alternations and Lexical Allomorphy 16:30 ---end--- Posters: (* designates alternate talk) Poster session 1 (Saturday) Phonology: * Bert Vaux, Harvard: Uyghur Raising and the Nature of (Under)specification - Arto Anttila, Boston University and Young-mee Yu Cho, Rutgers: NDEB as a Faithfulness Effect - Katherine M. Crosswhite, UCLA: The Non-Unitary Nature of Vowel Reduction - Ahmadu Ndanusa Kawu, Rutgers/Ilorin: Structural Markedness and Nonreduplicative Copying - Jie Zhang, UCLA: Phonetic Duration Effects on Contour Distribution Semantics: * Cassandre Creswell, Pennsylvania: The discourse function of verum focus in wh-questions - Ryan Bush, UC Santa Cruz and Magda Tevdoradze: Identificational Foci in Georgian - Gwang-Yoon Goh, Ohio State: Is the tough-subject thematic? - Na-Rae Han, Pennsylvania: Semantic Analysis of Korean Wh-words and Questions - Caroline Heycock and Roberto Zamparelli, Edinburgh: Friends and Colleagues: Plurality and NP Coordination - Graham Katz, Tuebingen: Accounting for the stative adverb gap - Orin Percus, Milan: Copular sentences and how to use them Acquisition: * Veronique van Gelderen, Leiden and John Grinstead, University of Northern Iowa: Evidence for Early Convergence from Child Russian and Catalan Imperatives - Andrea Gualmini, Luisa Meroni and Stephen Crain, Maryland: The Acquisition of Disjunction: Evidence from Modal Verbs Poster session 2 (Sunday) Syntax: * Martina Wiltschko, British Columbia/Vienna: The categorical determination of pronominal binding properties * Alan C. L. Yu and Jeff Good, UC Berkeley: Morphosyntax of two Turkish subject pronominal paradigms - Artemis Alexiadou, Tuebingen and Elena Anagnostopoulou, University of Crete: Clitic-Doubling and (non-)configurationality - Adolfo Ausin, Connecticut: Where does idiom interpretation apply? - Paul Hagstrom, Johns Hopkins: The movement of question particles - Peter Hallman, UCLA: Germanic Verb-Final as a Subcase of Verb-Second - Michela M. Ippolito, MIT: The Syntax of Temporal Subordinate Clauses - Dalina Kallulli, Durham/Vienna: Restrictive Relative Clauses Revisited - Jan Koster, Groningen: Pied Piping and the Word Orders of English and Dutch - Jonas Kuhn, Stuttgart: Resolving some apparent formal problems of OT-Syntax - Winfried Lechner, Tuebingen: Conjunction Reduction in Subordinate Structures - Masao Ochi, Connecticut: Adjunct Wh-in-situ and the Nominal Island - Ivy Sichel, CUNY: Evidence for DP-internal Remnant Movement - Almeida Jacqueline Toribio, Pennsylvania State: Minimalist Ideas on Parametric Variation - Jeong-Me Yoon, Myongji University: Cyclic Spell-Out Model and a Parametric Approach to Pied-Piping in English --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINGUIST List: Vol-10-1267


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It's Fall, and That Means School, Football, and Time for Shots!
Fall is a busy time with the start of school and football games to attend. And when the weather finally cools off, Texas gets going with fairs and festivals and outdoor fun that was put on hold while the weather was too hot.
There's one more thing to put on the to-do list this fall. Get your shots! Flu shots are starting to become available at East Texas pharmacies, and the Texas Department of State Health Services says there's one more shot you'll want to get before it's too late.
If Texas keeps going at the current rate this year, the state will see the most cases of Whooping Cough since the 1950's. And they urge us to get Pertussis vaccinations.
Whooping Cough starts out like the common cold with a cough, but then a severe cough can develop that lasts for weeks, and it's highly infectious so it can spread from person to person easily. Infants are the most at-risk.
Check with your doctor or pharmacy to get the Pertussis vaccination, and then enjoy the festivals and football knowing you're protected against the coughs and sneezes of others. And if you're sick, stay home. Enjoy the fall!

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New Car Review
2012 Acura MDX: New Car Review
Pros: Seating for seven passengers; capable all-wheel drive system; highly durable and reliable
Cons: Poor fuel economy
The MDX is far and away Acura's bestselling vehicle-and for good reason. Based on the Honda Pilot, the MDX is big, good-looking, luxurious and versatile. The MDX, unlike other luxury SUVs, flies under the radar. It may not turn heads, but the MDX does everything a driver could want from a luxury SUV. Starting at $42,930, the MDX comfortably seats seven passengers. It has a well-thought-out, luxurious interior complete with most modern amenities a luxury buyer would want. It also has a world-class all-wheel-drive system: Acura's Super Handling All Wheel Drive (SH-AWD). Customers need only drive the MDX to understand why it's the top product in the Acura lineup.
Comfort and Utility
The MDX is based on the Honda Pilot, but aside from its underpinnings, the two vehicles have little in common, especially on the interior. Attention to detail distinguishes the MDX's interior from that of its competitors.
The MDX's three rows of seats can be configured in several ways, either left in place to seat seven or folded in a number of configurations to create additional cargo space. When the seats in the second and third rows are folded flat, there's an 83.5-cubic-foot cargo space.
The MDX comes standard with more equipment than some automakers offer on fully loaded vehicles, including a leather-trimmed interior, power moonroof, power windows, leather-wrapped multifunction steering wheel with paddle shifters, an auto-dimming rear-view mirror with integrated rear-view camera and a tri-zone climate control system with humidity control.
Perhaps most appealing is the impressive solidity and build quality of the MDX's interior. Other luxury SUV interiors may not hold up well over time, but the Acura MDX's will.
In addition to Acura's plentiful list of standard equipment are numerous high-tech features such as Bluetooth HandsFreeLink, a multi-information display that allows access to multiple electronic functions and an LED backlit instrument cluster. Standard on the MDX is an eight-speaker, 253-watt premium sound system featuring an in-dash six-CD changer, MP3 capability, satellite radio and an auxiliary jack for MP3 players.
Acura's optional entertainment package for the MDX includes a DVD player, power folding full VGA nine-inch color screen for the rear passengers, dual wireless headphones, a wireless illuminated remote control and a 115-volt plug located in the center console.
Performance & Fuel Economy
The 2012 MDX's 3.7-liter V6 produces 300 horsepower and 270 lb-ft of torque, on par with most modern V8s. The benefit to a high-output V6 versus a similarly powered V8 is fuel economy. With two fewer cylinders, V6s are inherently more fuel efficient than their V8 counterparts. The MDX has been rated by the EPA at 16 mpg in the city and 21 mpg on the highway.
Mated to the powerful V6 is Acura's sequential SportShift six-speed automatic transmission, which allows drivers to shift with flappy paddles located behind the steering wheel. Cleverly, Acura has designed short gearing in the first five forward gears of the transmission to enhance acceleration. When on the highway, however, quiet cruising and fuel efficiency are optimized with a relaxed sixth gear ratio.
The MDX features numerous standard active safety technologies that help reduce the risk of collision, including Vehicle Stability Assist, Electronic Brake Distribution and Brake Assist. Included in the optional Advance Package is the Collision Mitigating Braking System, which alerts the driver to potential collision situations and activates the brakes if the system determines a collision is unavoidable.
Along with the rest of the Acura lineup, the MDX has Acura's exclusive Advanced Compatibility Engineering body structure technology, which is said to enhance occupant protection, particularly in frontal crashes. ACE's network of connected high-strength structures distribute crash energy evenly over the front of the vehicle. This reduces the force transferred to the passenger compartment and can also even out the dispersion of force transferred to other vehicles in a crash. So the MDX is designed to keep its own passengers safe as well as passengers in other vehicles it encounters.
Driving Impressions
Most Acura buyers are interested in a sportier driving feel. Although the MDX is a big SUV, it delivers exceptional driving dynamics. Make no mistake about it: the MDX is quick. Put the accelerator to the floor, and the MDX rockets forward with a mighty roar. But when NASCAR-style driving isn't appropriate, such as when you have the kids in the car, the MDX is smooth, composed and quiet.
The Acura lineup is known for a stiff suspension to match the marque's sporting attitude. The MDX is no exception, but, comfortably riding the line between sport and luxury, its suspension is not quite as firm as those on smaller Acuras. The MDX handles well in the corners but is also soft over bumps and jolts in the road.
Other Cars to Consider
Audi Q7: Starting at $46,250, the Q7 comes standard with Audi's celebrated Quattro all-wheel-drive system. If AWD is the top item on your list as a luxury SUV buyer, the Q7 is the choice for the best that an AWD system has to offer.
Volvo XC90: This big luxury SUV, priced starting at $39,500, charges extra for AWD. If that's less important to you, save the money and stick with the front-wheel-drive version.
BMW X5: Starting at $47,500, the X5 carries one of the most expensive base sticker prices yet is one of the top sellers in the segment. With an eight-speed automatic transmission and a smaller engine, one might think the X5 would be more fuel-efficient than the MDX, but it isn't.
AutoTrader Recommendations
Acura offers many wonderful options on the MDX, but these packages can quickly cause the sticker price to skyrocket, making a $43,000 SUV a $53,000 SUV. You'll be just as happy, and save a lot, if you stick with the basic model.
What do you think of the Acura MDX? Let us know in the comments below.


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White Papers and Application Notes
Coupled Electromagnetic and Heat Transfer Simulations for RF Applicator Design for Efficient Heating of MaterialsC. Thiagarajan[1], J. Anto[2]
[1]ATOA Scientific Technologies Pvt Ltd, Whitefield, Bangalore, Karnataka India.
Conventional heating of material wastes energy during heating due to inherent radiation, conduction and convection based heating mechanism. Alternate efficient heating methods are actively researched for improved efficiency. Radio frequency based electromagnetic heating is increasingly used for efficient heating in place of conventional heating. This requires coupling of electromagnetic and heat transfer for performance evaluation of an RF applicator. A dielectric disk is considered for heating performance evaluation. The methodology, material properties used and simulation results are reported. The uniformity of heat application or electromagnetic energy distribution is used as metric to evaluate the efficiency. The virtual design and heating results are reported. The multiphysics coupling and parametric modeling capability of COMSOL is highlighted. Typical RF applicator in Figure1.
- thiagarajan_presentation.pdf - 0.33MB
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'The Walking Dead' Season 4 Sneak Peek Clip: Farmer Rick Makes a Discovery!
'The Walking Dead' season 4 will shamble out its premiere, "30 Days Without an Accident," this coming Sunday, but why wait until then, or even this weekend's Comic-Con panel, for a sneak peek at the new season? The first clip from the premiere has emerged, and a very different Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) has made a surprising discovery out among the prison grounds ...
Short of overalls and a pitchfork, it seems as if Rick has taken to the prison farming lifestyle, waking up before everyone else to till the fields of the prison courtyards, even as walkers nearby come close to overpowering the ambient fences. Alone with his music, Rick makes a surprising discovery within the dirt, but what about the object makes him nervous for the walkers shambling nearby?
While we await the latest details from 'The Walking Dead' season 4, the next run of the AMC horror-drama will introduce 'The Wire' star Lawrence Gilliard, Jr. as comic character Bob Stookey, 'Twilight' vet Christian Serratos as Rosita Espinosa, Alanna Masterson as a new mystery character, and upgrade actors Chad Coleman, Sonequa Martin-Green and Emily Kinney to series regulars. The returning David Morrissey's villainous Governor has been upgraded to series regular, though beyond this season his involvement seems unlikely.
We've also included several new AMC videos previewing both where we left off, and a set visit with Norman Reedus, so check out the latest from 'The Walking Dead' season 4 premiere above, and give us your predictions for Sunday's premiere, "30 Days Without An Accident"!


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But first I want to congratulate Disisbee for her Rockin' Green Challenge card! You win the Darling Sisters set. Please email Jess to claim your prize and thanks to ALL For playing! Her is her card:
This Friday on the farm we are introducing Thursday which made me think of Wednesday from the Addam's Family. Thursday is part of the Creeper Crew line and will be released tomorrow, Saturday...LOL. In keeping with the whole goth theme...Here is your FFF Inspiration challenge:
Use the picture above as inspiration for your project!
Upload your card using TGF STAMPS to TGF Galleria>Contests/Challenges>FFF>Goth Inspiration by Wednesday, May 5th. One lucky winner will be chosen to take home Creeper Thursday, so good luck everyone and get your goth on!
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Providers of hospice care, which will be caring for a booming population of aging baby boomers, were told they get a 1 percent pay raise from the Medicare program and a mandate to report quality measures to the U.S. government or essentially lose that raise come Oct. 1.
The Affordable Care Act, which has pushed myriad quality measures for providers and health insurance companies, said on Friday that hospices that fail to "meet quality reporting requirements will receive a two percentage point reduction to their market basket update beginning in FY 2014," which begins Oct. 1 of this year, according the the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which runs the Medicare health insurance program for the elderly.
The move comes at a time hospitals, doctors and providers of medical-care of all kinds are being coaxed away from fee-for-service medicine to an era when they are paid base on the value of medical care that they provide. Translation: they must provide quality care or be punished in the form of less payment.
For now, hospice providers merely have to report the data. Unlike health insurance companies and others, there are no ratings that have been issued to hospice providers from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. It's called the "Hospice Quality Reporting Program" and specifics can be found at this link here.
"(The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services') goal is to adopt measures for the Hospice Quality Reporting Program that ensure care is patient and family-centered and is safe and high-quality," Dr. Patrick Conway, chief medical officer and director of the Center for Clinical Standards and Quality at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services told Life Matters Media last week. "It is critical that hospice providers meet the care needs of all patients and families."
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Friday issued the final rule on hospice payments and the upcoming quality reporting requirements on Friday.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said the so-called final rule, which was created following public comment and input from industry and lawmakers, also includes the agency's "efforts to develop a Hospice Experience of Care Survey for informal caregivers of hospice patients."
"Hospices will be required to begin using the survey in 2015," the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said.
The momentum behind quality reporting in hospices comes as both the government and private insurers and employers contract with entities that measure quality and push for better outcomes through entities like accountable care organizations (ACOs), which are created by providers of medical care to contract with insurance companies like
"The survey will include questions on hospice provider communications with patients and families, hospice provider care, and overall rating of hospice," the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said. "CMS will include participation in the survey as a quality-reporting requirement for hospices to receive their full annual payment update beginning in FY 2017."
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One of the desires of people around the world is to own a house of their own. A place where they can live away from the gaze of the world and provide a shelter to their family. This was one desire that always existed amongst people. However, it was not that easy couple of decades earlier then it is now. Emergence of several financial institutions that make available to people loans at an extremely cost-effective rate have ensured that people fulfill this dream of theirs at a much earlier stage today than was the case with their counterparts a decade or two earlier. However, if by owning a home for oneself one thinks that one has tided all the difficult times than one is sadly mistaken for owning a home is not the end of the trouble but the beginning. If the house faces some damage then it is one hell of a job to get it repaired. It is here that home insurance comes into play and ensures that one is never short of funds to repair the house.
The value of such a service is immense as one get to repair his dream possession. Had this service not been around one can easily understand the plight of people who might have to spend from their pockets to cover the loss. Needless to say it could very well have drawn them to the brink of disaster. It is here that home insurance proves its relevance and helps people in a big way in fighting with this sudden calamity. However, to gain from home insurance one would do well to take care of a few things.
First of all one must ensure that the policy comes to life as soon as it is signed. It should also be seen that the house is priced fairly. People should also ensure that no wrong information is provided to the insurance company as well as the fact that there is no default on monthly premiums.
These steps would ensure that home insurance go a long way in providing an ultimate security cover for one's dream possession.
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VIDEO: Duncan talks about his future, closing out the Heat
SAN ANTONIO — Maybe it's human nature. We like to write endings to other people's stories.
But just because it might fit into a neat narrative, don't think that the chance to raise another NBA championship trophy over their heads sometime in the next week should automatically mean Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili will walk out the door and bring an end to the era of the Spurs' Big Three.
"I don't have any plans on doing anything," the 38-year-old Duncan said Saturday. "I'm going to figure it out when it comes. I'm not saying I'm retiring. I'm not saying I'm not retiring. I'm not saying anything. I'm going to figure it out as it goes. I've always said if I feel like I'm effective, if I feel like I can contribute, I'll continue to play. Right now I feel that way, so we'll see what happens.
Duncan, who is finishing his 17th NBA season, just passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and has now played more playoff minutes (8.869) than any player in history. His 10 points and 11 rebounds in Game 4 of The Finals also moved him ahead of Magic Johnson with 158 double-doubles for the postseason record.
"I don't have a time frame," Duncan said. "I don't think about it. Whatever people are saying or who has insight on whatever, they're getting it from somewhere else because I haven't told anybody anything nor have I thought about it in any respect."
Ginobili dismissed the rumor out of hand.
"You have no data to support that," he said. "You haven't talked to any of us to support that. It's just irrelevant. At this point we are focused on the next game."
Their 32-year-old partner Tony Parker said he has had no indication that the gang is on verge of breaking up and that he's looking forward to being on the court with Duncan again next season.
"I know he's got one more year on his contract, and he loves being with us, loves playing basketball," Parker said. "Either way, whatever he decides, I'll support him. But if I have to choose, obviously, I would love him to keep going. I love playing with him."
For what it's worth, coach Gregg Popovich has said that he expects Duncan will one day just decide the game is no longer fun and then — "probably in the third quarter of game" — will just walk off the court. Popovich said he'd be "10 minutes behind" Duncan.
But the only coach that Duncan has ever had in the NBA did not sound like he was expecting it all to end, no matter what the outcome of The Finals.
"I don't feel tired," Popovich said. "I mean, I'm tired today, but I mean in general. I'd like to continue to coach."
Beyond this year?
"Sure," he said. "I didn't think I was going to have to answer those kind of questions today."
The questions have been swirling for at least five years as the outside world mistakenly viewed the Spurs' time as past.
"We've been on our last run for the last five or six years from how everyone wants to put it," Duncan said. "We show up every year, and we try to put together the best teams and the best runs possible because what people say doesn't matter to us.
"As I said, as long as we feel we're being effective, we're going to stay out here and we're going to play. We feel like we can be effective, and we have been.
"With the front office putting the teams together that we've had and us playing smaller roles and our roles changing over the years, and us happy to accept the roles that we're in, I feel we can do it until we feel we don't want to do it anymore."
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The old age aches and pains just won't seem to go away. Problem is they be turning to more than aches and pains and let me tell ya they're proving to be a real pain. But stiff upper lip what? (What the hail does that even mean?)
So I've also been involved in this music project that has finally completed, couple of months overdue, and a good year plus worth of work. And I'm happy to say you can now even buy the darn thing on iTunes.
the group is Nora and One Left and the name of the album is
Yep, there's songs about biking here and a few other ditties.
Now, about my part. Let me just say that on one song you'll hear some of the best whistling that's ever been recorded. Not since those spaghetti westerns has such fine whistling been available to the general listening public.
So if you get in the mood head on over to iTunes and give it a listen.


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Fage Fruyo Nonfat Strained Greek Yogurt - This new line of fruit-packed yogurt excites us! The protein is high, the fat is nonexistent, and the flavor lineup is impressive: seven fruity varieties, including Peach, Pineapple, and Cherry. Each 6-oz. container has 150 - 170 calories, 0g fat, 50 - 90mg sodium, 25 - 29g carbs, 0g fiber, 24 - 27g sugars, and 13g protein (PointsPlus® value 4*). We can't wait to get our spoons into this stuff!
New Varieties! Kashi Steam Meals - Each bag of these newbies in the Kashi Steam Meal line contains TWO servings instead of one. (Steamy date night, anyone?) The Chicken and Chipotle BBQ features Kashi's 7-grain pilaf, plus mango, roasted green beans, and more. The Italian Vegetable Medley Pasta has edamame, yellow squash, and oven-dried tomatoes, all in a creamy marinara. Yum! A 1/2-package serving has 310 - 320 calories, 6 - 8g fat, 620 - 640mg sodium, 49 - 50g carbs, 6 - 8g fiber, 9 - 13g sugars, and 14 - 15g protein (PointsPlus® value 8*). In freezer aisles nationwide.
Silk Fruity & Creamy Dairy-Free Yogurt Alternative - Do you dairy avoiders scowl every time you see a delicious-looking yogurt? Scowl no more with this new nondairy yogurt substitute. There are soy-based varieties (Blueberry, Peach Mango, and Strawberry) as well as almond-milk ones (Black Cherry and Raspberry). A 5.3-oz. container has 140 - 150 calories, 2.5 - 3.5g fat, 25 - 120mg sodium, 22 - 29g carbs, 1 - 3g fiber, 16 - 20g sugars, and <1g - 6g protein (PointsPlus® value 4*). Hit the yogurt section, lactose skippers!
We LOVE that fast-food restaurants are serving up more and more smart menu options. Here are the latest items launching nationwide (many debuted in test markets), plus the need-to-know info... McDonald's Egg White Delight and Premium McWraps - The lightened-up b-fast sandwich is going national next month! Featuring a whole-grain English muffin, white cheddar, egg whites, and Canadian bacon, each sandwich has 250 calories and 7g fat, plus 5g fiber (PointsPlus® value 7*). That's 50 calories and 5g fat LESS than a classic Egg McMuffin. And starting next week, the meal-sized chicken McWraps will be available everywhere! We suggest the Sweet Chili Chicken variety (Grilled, not Crispy), for just 360 calories and 9g fat (PointsPlus® value 9*). Burger King's New Veggie Burger and Turkey Burger - The only thing new about the veggie burger is the addition of red onion, but we're still glad for the reminder about this one! It's made with a MorningStar Farms patty, and ordered without mayo, it has 320 calories and 7g fat (PointsPlus® value 8*). The turkey burger is a bit of a food faker, with 530 calories and 26g fat (PointsPlus® value 14*). But skipping the mayo will slim down those stats! Wendy's Flatbread Grilled Chicken Sandwiches - The test run must have been successful, because these are getting nationwide distribution! We're excited for the Smoky Honey Mustard variety, with 370 calories and 15g fat (PointsPlus® value 10*). We bet some special ordering could reduce the fat count... Three cheers for all of today's fast-food chains!
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The ag economists at the University of Illinois have a brand new article on the federal budget on their Web site. Nick Paulson and colleague Gary Schnitkey wrote the entry titled "Putting Agricultural Spending into Perspective."
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"Programs like Social Security and defense comprise just under 20% of the budget whereas all USDA programs are between 3% and 4% of total spending," Paulson said. "If you take a look at the farm safety net, a lot of the programs that are under fire in the popular press right now like crop insurance and commodity programs, those actually are less than 1%, around 0.5% of the total budget. So, cuts are expected and they take a lot of heat in the press, but when you look at the overall budget the amount they can contribute to overall spending cuts and reducing the deficit is relatively small."
It's even smaller when looked at under the guise of just the USDA budget, which includes nutrition and consumer spending items along with the farm safety programs. Paulson and Schnitkey found programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and other human nutrition and consumer programs are projected to cost about $100 billion this year and again next year. The farm safety net programs, crop insurance and direct payments, total $16 billion. However, high priced commodities are causing Washington to reconsider the value of such programs. Schnitkey and Paulson make an argument that the programs should be reconfigured for efficiencies rather than eliminated.
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Do the Animals do Drugs?
edited March 2011 in Non-Animal Collective Discussion
Obviously they do, but i mean now, because Noah has a wife and a kid, I'm sure Avey does becuase of the hard times he is going through now, I don't know about geologist. Who gives a shit about deakin...
I give a shit about Deakin! I don t give a shit about the subject of your post! ¿Who care if they still do?
well drugs have an interesting effect on music. to me it seems like they were definitely under the influence of something in the early days, just listen to Danse Manatee, Here Comes the Indian, Sung Tongs, etc. I know people are different, but how can someone possibly make that kind of music sober? Now I feel like their music is becoming more accessible and poppy because they may have decreased their drug use.
I think drugs and musicians and music are three separate things. They can go together but its not necessary. That being said, they probably still get high and drink from time to time they don't need to in order to make super psychedelic music. Down There sounds awesome high and sober, so he could have made it stoned, or sober. Drug use diminishes with age...sometimes...because the more you do it the more you realize the down sides. I do think is is a valid conversation topic and would appreciate wolfy's input.
They definitely said in an interview that they all were doing much less drugs than they used to. So, to answer your question: 1) Yes 2) But not as much
[quote]Who gives a shit about deakin...[/quote] haha! this random outburst! (ban him! BAD VIBES!)
yeah, whoa! I love Deakin... as for drugs I don't really care if they do drugs or not nor do I find it that important. I really don't think that you have to do drugs to make music that is really out there. I think that's a horrible thing to say. And to assume that Avey does drugs just because he's going through a hard time kind of...offends me? If they do drugs than that's fine but I guess it just kind of bothers me how people have to connect drugs with certain albums when I don't think that part of it really matters...but I understand that a lot of peopel do it (not saying that you do) to make a connection with them if they do that drug. Back when I did drug I definitely found it 'cool' when I knew an artist did a certain drug while making an album and that I enjoyed it too. So maybe it would be more fair for me to say, this topic doesn't matter to me or interest me and then drop out of the conversation from here on in because it might interest and matter to some of you. Not to sound like a dick.
[quote="Maps"]They definitely said in an interview that they all were doing much less drugs than they used to. So, to answer your question: 1) Yes 2) But not as much[/quote] There we go. That's all I wanted to know. I'm not trying to start an argument with anybody
i wanna lick deeks!
he's sucha sad sexy vampire! [img]http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/6725/deeksvamp.jpg[/img]
i lol'd hard at the who gives a shit about deakin haha and @ the person talking about making crazy sounding music and drugs... I haven't heard all of what he's created but I know Zappa has made some real offbeat, experimental stuff - and he was very anti-drug use.
oh yeah... animals do drugs... *injects heroin into his dog*
my dog's more of a crack fiend
Can I move this thread please?
Deakin is awesome!!! Just saying
[quote="winilula"]Can I move this thread please?[/quote] Are you asking me? You can
back when there was no animal collective i'm sure they did drugs. i'm also pretty sure that there is a chance they practiced some of their songs on drugs but with the exception of indian i can tell you they didn't take drugs and start recording/mixing. you wouldn't be able to mix anything on drugs because drugs alter your perception of sound and although somethings might sound really cool as you're making them on drugs they sound different after you come down. now adays they might smoke weed every once inawhile but i think its safe to say they don't trip out anymore. there is a chance that they may have been on drugs during their live performances of HCTI material. since this album was recorded live they might have been on drugs for it.
haha... why are you so insistent that indian was some damn druggy THING!
Why do you love slippi so much? Why do I want to sniff avey? Why do birds suddenly appear every time you are near? Why ask why? Why not? Whee!
i was merely pointing out that they could have been on drugs during their performance. after doing a little more research i learned that HCTI was recorded live over three days and i think if i had three different shows to play in three days i would not be on drugs. but overall HCTI just reminds me of some dark places drugs have taken me to
Wow I had no idea that was a live album. I always imagined them on stage while listening to it though.
Personally i really hope they don't do very much. Especially avey, i totally know he does, but hes an idol of mine and it collides with my personal scruples about drugs. I just like to think they are sober when i jam to them. haha
you don't like the drugs BUT THE DRUGS LIKE YOU! and abu! just the idear that avey was all good at maths and then started tripping out in malls and suddenly math didn't seem very interesting to him any more... what was that story? he warped his brain and went slightly insane but i guess we'd never have gotten all that ac goodness had he not! who's to say!
Woah that sounds super interesting. where'd you hear that from?
i have my sources! (no, i don't remember it quite right... i swear he said something on the old Collected Animals board about being really good at math and post-druggies losing interest... he made it sound like it wasn't a big deal but somehow it seemed kind of sad! ... not tragik or anything) god i shouldn't have say anything!
You shouldn't have! Because you've created.. Qs! I'll keep them on a leash, but why do you think avey and (i think i heard of one of the other members doing it) stopped posting? I heard that they used to, and just seemed to fade out. Living the glorious life, no room for internets? Or maybe the opposite.
all four band members posted on collected animals! which was... just surreal... even in 2005 it felt crazy... the fact they kept doing it all the way past person pitch / strawberry jam? ... i can't believe it lasted that long! i think they just kept getting overloaded with more and more questions... because they kept getting bigger, so more people were curious... so they got repetitive questions... and also really lame or dumb questions... and i think it just got to be too much... all of the stuff they answered and stories and insights were truly a damn gift! ... we were lucky to get that and i was happy to be a part of it [back in the DAY!] yeah i think it pretty much stopped when collected animals blew up and went on to it's 3rd version... like Feb 08 so all that lasted nearly THREE YEARS! jeez! the lead singer of FLEET FOXES still posts on my little radiohead board [and everyone knows it is him!] ... that still boggles my mind a bit... i mean they had the #1 album on pitchfork in 08? and yet he's there giving exclusive insider updates to his band! (i'm not even really a fan of his band but greatly respect that and think that it is cool!)
but yeah i'd say Geo def. posted the most [under Veyesor] and then Avey strangely [under Wheeter] and then much less was DEEKS and PANDER noah was amusing in the earlier days of 05 because he kept starting his posts with HEY DUDES and when people started getting too mean to each other he'd declare their to be BAD VIBES i still find both those little catch phrases HIGHLY amusing!
yeah deakin was the last to leave in '08 he's super awesome because you can still ask him questions on his facebook page and he almost always answers.
well if AC take drugs then all they are doing is influencing their music the raw talent has always been there but maybe the drugs has been a side relaxation and past time just because their music is diverse and psychadelic that doesnt mean that they have to be drug users it just means that they are one of the few who have the talent that break the conventional and mainstream music that is around now adays and im not having a go either i am just voicing taht ultimatly AC do not have to take drugs to make the music they do and maybe if they do they only take them recreationally but no-one knows also in further thought i paint and draw very wierd and psychadelic art but im not under the influence of drugs so it just gos to show really and im not saying i dont take drugs cos i do but only recreationally not to boost the wierdness of my art  PEACE OUT
I heard that they used to, But gave it up. I really would care if they did do drugs as I don't do them and consider them as a form of weakness. Sure, We may fall along the way, Etc..., But why throw your life away by doing something that is corrupting and pointless?  What bothers me is that when people hear this kind of music, They automatically think drugs. Seriously, Grow something in that head of yours. Just because weird music is being played, Doesn't mean that someone is on drugs.

I agree with you 100%
[quote="Immortal_Apathy"]I heard that they used to, But gave it up. I really would care if they did do drugs as I don't do them and consider them as a form of weakness. Sure, We may fall along the way, Etc..., But why throw your life away by doing something that is corrupting and pointless?  What bothers me is that when people hear this kind of music, They automatically think drugs. Seriously, Grow something in that head of yours. Just because weird music is being played, Doesn't mean that someone is on drugs.[/quote] I agree with wolftigrrosebud AND you. wolf, i haven't heard of that before, so thanks for making that point. I probably think drugs are silly as Apathy does, but i'll consider what you've said. Alot of people i know that do drugs really don't have any back up into why its OK. I disagree still, but i see your point.

well drugs to me like evryone has affected someone i know in this case the people who i call friends are drugs mad they arent happy with the latest drug. i am out to try every drug par heroin i just want the feel and the experience and i am an extroverted individual and extremelly unconventional with a very creative mind if i was to take acid then i would like to know what the trip would be like, i remember when i took magic mushrooms and the effect was magnifecent i was imagining people with animal heads and the animals depended on peoples personallities like my friend he is really sly he had a rat as a head, what i am saying is that once i tried the drug i dont see the need to do it in excess i had the trip once, it was magnifecent and i dont need to take it again the only drug i would now take up is weed i used to smoke weed twice a week and i really enjoyed it. but then again i know how to put the joint down and continue with life as in i never picked up the weed in the first place, but ultimatly i would like to express that i think animal collectives talent is raw talent and is not produced by the use of drugs and like i said before if they did take drugs maybe it was recreationally we will never know, but all i know is that AC make some mind blowing music and songs and that matters to me, what doesnt matter to me is if they take drugs, if one of them is a convicted murderer, if they are gay, or if they all pick thier nose. this isnt a rant this is just my opinion  the shadows
[quote="wolftigerrosebud"]Well, I wasn't trying to say that it's simply ok. For one thing, drug use is ok for some people and not ok for others. For people like me, it isn't ok, because if I get high once I have trouble stopping. For most people who aren't addicts, it's fine to use them once in a while. For anyone using them [i]all the time[/i], it melts your brain and makes you stupid, plus you don't get any of the benefits if you're getting high every single day. Now, if you're getting high with good friends every month or two, that's entirely different. There are no harmful effects from, say, smoking pot, if you're using it irregularly and using it in a way that isn't hurting your lungs (like vaporization. When pot is vaporized, it actually works against cancer cells and is beneficial to one's health). Saying that using drugs is ok or that it isn't is too simplistic to cover the things that go along with drug use. I know people who have died from drug use, and I know people who use occasionally and without going to excess.[/quote] I wrote this nice long post and only the quotes showed up. =/ but i guess in a nutshell what i was explaining is that i really respect your look on it, and i haven't heard it from any of my friends who do do drugs. plus i think my opinion on drugs has been changed a bit by that. +1 for you.
I like hearing mature opinions on drugs like wolf's. I tend to have this kind of instinctual resentment for drugs, but I think it's mostly because when I think of drugs I think of teenagerdom, which I have this immense hate for (haven't figured that out yet). I think drugs can be fine but just adults should do them. I dunno.
yeah wolfy said that all wonderfully. He pretty much expressed my views on drugs to a tee. I don't smoke pot anymore because it turns me into a nervous blubbering idiot who can't express herself. As for all the other drugs well I think they're pretty rotten. Especially the new trend of prescription drugs being used in excess/without a prescription. I guess I find that drugs like shrooms are alright for someone once in a while but after using drugs heavily for two+ years I really feel like its been pretty rough on my brain and my being and I want nothing to do with any of them.
well said tigers well said  i used to smoke weed all the time it was awesome but i learnt to cut down now i do it every few months
[quote="wolftigerrosebud"][quote="Immortal_Apathy"]I heard that they used to, But gave it up. I really would care if they did do drugs as I don't do them and consider them as a form of weakness. Sure, We may fall along the way, Etc..., But why throw your life away by doing something that is corrupting and pointless?  What bothers me is that when people hear this kind of music, They automatically think drugs. Seriously, Grow something in that head of yours. Just because weird music is being played, Doesn't mean that someone is on drugs.[/quote] Like someone else said, they don't take drugs so much anymore, but they're not tea-totalers. Also, I'm a little hurt by your assertion that drugs are a "sign of weakness", even though what you've said is a wee bit too black and white to be taken seriously, and even though I don't do drugs anymore. There's value in experiences from consciousness-expanding chemicals, and there's bad things that go along with those experiences if they're not done in moderation, but it's not as simple as drug use being a sign of weakness, corruption, and lack of interest in one's life. It's a rather harsh judgment you've issued there, and I wonder where it's coming from and why. In any case, many people, including some whose ideas enhance your life, have used psychedelic or other drugs and done wonderful things, the AC included. The way psychedelics seem to work for most people is that you do them, they show you stuff, they show you some more stuff, then you've gotten all you can out of them. Some people get hung up on doing them, but many get what they can and move on, maybe returning from time to time for an additional taste. Seems like maybe the AC got what they could out of consciousness-expanding things, drugs included, and moved on.[/quote] Yeah, That's true. Well, I've never done any illicit drugs and would never care to. I've seen how it screws people up and I just don't find drugs to be something I would ever care to touch. People do them for different reasons, Such as recreational use, Or because of depression, Etc... So I can understand why people do them. I just wish that they would broaden their outlets in a more positive standpoint and understand that consequences lye with drugs. The same goes for pills as well. A drug is a drug. People think that oh, Well, It's okay, I will just do mushrooms or whatever just this once to [i]try[/i] it. The next thing they know, They are addicted to their drug of choice and that is when the cycle begins. I apologize for sounding so harsh. It's just that I don't like drugs, But that doesn't mean to hate those that do. I just hate to see them destroying themselves when there are other things to do that are worthwhile.

that's a very insightful explaination, wolfy, and I have to agree with your analysis.
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>___< I love animal collective sober, I love animal collective high, I love animal collevtive anywhere in between, I'll love animal collective till the day I die! However I do get an urking feeling whenever someone immediately relates animal collective with drugs, they clearly Don't Know What There All About. Their more of a spiritual band for me than anything. Plus I don't listen to music to enhance a high. I get high from time to time to enhance the music. Big Difference
i don't know i think that when some people relate animal collective to drugs that its just the way the music makes them feel and what memories are brought to mind i think that the music was put out for people to listen to and absorb. the reaction depends on the person. there are animal collective songs that bring drugs to my mind as well as a lot of other things.
I don't think drugs are a practical or acceptable way of enjoying yourself. Play badminton, or watch TV. Don't fuck your brain and guts up with strange, illegal chemicals.
"Play badminton" yes! BAD MITTEN! "or watch TV" YES! people who think they're "So Hip" by saying I DON'T WATCH TV... hoho! /// i still regret that i never glistened to HERE COMES THE INJUN while STONED... gah! i can't even imagine!
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SPRINGFIELD, IL –The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) announced Thursday that this year's Illinois Green Schools will be recognized at the Illinois Healthy and High Performing Schools Symposium on Friday at Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire. The Green Schools award program recognizes schools that save energy, reduce costs, protect student and staff health and wellness, and offer environmental education. The three recipients are Woodland Primary School in Gages Lake, Oak Lawn-Hometown Middle School in Oak Lawn, and Evanston Skokie School District 65 in Evanston.
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Students and staff at Oak Lawn-Hometown Middle School enjoy filtered drinking water fountains, which protect users from ingesting potential contaminants. Thanks to two refillable water stations, the school has seen a great reduction in the amount of plastic bottles discarded and ultimately being taken to landfills. Their paper recycling program, along with a 1:1 netbook program, has significantly reduced the school's paper consumption. They are currently working on the implementation of alternate sources of energy to further reduce environmental impact.
Students in Evanston Skokie School District 65 enjoy at least 120 minutes of physical education per week, including both formal PE classes and free-play recess time. At least 50 percent of the district's PE classes are conducted outdoors whenever temperatures are above 40 degrees. Solar panels in three of the schools not only conserve energy but are also used for educational purposes. Students can go online and compare the energy generated by the solar panels at various times of the day.
Woodland Primary School in Gages Lake is an early childhood and kindergarten facility that is constantly looking for new and innovative ways to improve the health and wellness of their staff and young students. They have partnered with a local hospital to implement the Coordinated Approach to Child Health (CATCH) program to help support health and wellness in the school and in the community. Administrators and staff believe that exposing young children to environmental topics lays the foundation for future instruction and learning.
"The Illinois United States Green Building Council congratulates the three Illinois Green Ribbon Schools Award recipients,†said Stuart Brodsky, US Green Building Council Illinois Chapter Board of Directors Member. "We are excited to see their significant accomplishments to greening schools in Illinois.â€
The Illinois Healthy and High Performing Schools Symposium is hosted by the US Green Building Council Illinois Chapter, the Illinois Green Governments Coordinating Council, Governor Pat Quinn and Adlai E. Stevenson High School.
For more information about the Illinois Green Ribbon School program, visit http://www.isbe.net/green_ribbon/.


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Now that he's out of office, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is stepping up his efforts to battle the National Rifle Association and expand gun control laws.
Bloomberg detailed his plans in an interview with the New York Times published Monday — in which he predicted his crusades against guns, smoking, and obesity would serve him well in the afterlife.
"I am telling you if there is a God, when I get to heaven I'm not stopping to be interviewed. I am heading straight in. I have earned my place in heaven. It's not even close," Bloomberg said.
Bloomberg is prepared to spend $US50 million this year alone on his gun control push, The New York Times' Jeremy Peters reports.
According to the report, he will use the investment to build "a nationwide grass-roots network to motivate voters who feel strongly about curbing gun violence." Peters wrote that Bloomberg "tossed out the $US50 million figure out as if he were describing the tip he left on a restaurant check" and hinted he could spend even more in his battle against the NRA.
"I put $US50 million this year, last year into coal, $US53 million into oceans," Bloomberg said referencing money he's spent on environmental initiatives. "Certainly a number like that, $US50 million. Let's see what happens."
The NRA did not immediately respond to a request for comment about Bloomberg's plans.
Bloomberg also dismissed the idea his reputation as the "nanny" mayor of a big city who has pushed bans on smoking and sugary drinks in addition to gun control might not make him the ideal face of a gun control campaign that will need to change hearts and minds in red states.
"I don't know what your perception is of our reputation, and mine, the name Bloomberg around the country," he said noting that in his travels he regularly hears people tell him, "You're a rock star" and "people yelling out of cabs, 'Hey, way to go!'"
Under his plan, Bloomberg would bring two gun-focused groups he currently funds — Mayors Against Illegal Guns and Mums Demand Action for Gun Sense in America — under one umbrella group called Everytown for Gun Safety. It will focus in the short term on legislation to expand background checks on gun buyers.
The group's focus will be on field operations, something the NRA and other pro-gun groups have mastered. The focus of their outreach will be on women — mothers, in particular — who they feel can be swayed on the gun issue.
The topic of gun violence has largely faded from the national scene. It has been almost a year since the Senate failed to pass a bill that would have expanded background checks, and there has been no renewed momentum. That defeat was widely seen as a loss for Bloomberg, who spent over $US10 million on his gun control campaign prior to the bill's failure. Supporters tout progress on the background check issue at the state level.
Some groups hinted at plans to punish senators who voted against the background check bill last year. When they did, some Democrats and liberals argued it would be counterproductive, since pushing red-state Democrats to the left on gun issues could lose the party the Senate.
Bloomberg doesn't seem to care about causing difficulties for Democrats, saying his focus is squarely on the gun fight.
"You can tell me all you want that the Republicans would be worse in the Senate than the Democrats," he said. "Maybe they would. But that's not what we're talking about here."
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Exactly, the current situation is basically a way of ripping off fans. The fees added by ticketmaster are a joke.
The UK's competition watchdog is continuing to probe a possible merger between Ticketmaster and Live Nation, to determine whether such a deal would stifle competition in the live music market. The Competition Commission confirmed in a statement yesterday that the inquiry group tasked with investigating the proposed merger, led …
"The UK's competition watchdog is continuing to probe a possible merger between Ticketmaster and Live Nation, to determine whether such a deal would stifle competition in the live music market."
MeThinks a Virtual Union would Energise Competition in the Live Theatre Market .....Reintroducing Very Shakespearean Concepts for Live Projects and NonEntity State Actors. ...... for Total Informational Awareness TherapeutICQs ........ Virile Viral VXXXXine and AIMedication. A Recombinant Retro Viral.
I wonder what Mr Pratchett would say?
So the Compy quango is looking "to determine whether such a deal would stifle competition in the live music market"
More importantly, what's the competition in the live music market to which they're referring? Last couple of times I've tried to book tickets, the options have been:
(a) buy from touts;
(b) buy from other fans;
(c) buy from Ticketmaster;
(d) buy from the venue (only some allow this) who basically buy from Ticketmaster, and then charge you a 'handling charge' on top of Ticketmaster's prices.
As far as I can tell - in the UK at least - Ticketmaster have a near monopoly on the major gigs, and a pretty sizable slice of the medium level too, (but maybe I'm just unlucky and it's just the area I live in?). And the result of this is that Ticketmaster seem to feel that they can charge pretty much what they like - the last stadium gig I went to, the kickbacks to Ticketmaster (admin charge, credit card fee, etc) amounted to more than 10% of the total ticket price - this is downright ludicrous when all they've got to do is take your money, and then post you out a couple of bits of paper..
Okay, they might argue "value added" services, but as far as I can tell all they've done for me is send out a weekly list of tickets available (which is actually quite useful) and then sign me up for some ticket eBay (for which I presume they collect a fee for each transaction) which I definitely didn't want. I'm on Live Nation's email list too, and these days all they seem to do is repeat what's on Ticketmaster's mailings.
Not only should they block the merger, but really should also be looking into the current ties between venues and Ticketmaster!
amanfromMars 1 wrote: "I wonder what Mr Pratchett would say?"
I don't know but I'm guessing it would be a joke - almost entirely derivative of his earlier works, it would contain many of the same gags and as a result would please his fans endlessly.
There would undoubtedly be some speech by Death in gothic script and block capitals. There would probably be some witches and a few confused wizards.
It wouldn't feature a walking suitcase though. That's long gone (along with any originality and humour that once existed in his writings)
This merger is helping Live Nation and Ticketmaster continue to stamp on the smaller, independent theatres. They are struggling enough with the recent reduction in Arts Council funding (partly due to public and lottery money being diverted to the 2012 Olympics).
Large conglomerates (sp?) are reaping all the benefits of the resurgence in interest in live theatre by locking in to exclusive tours of high profile shows. The public think they are being all arty and cultured by going to see Connie Fisher etc but in reality they are being drawn into a funding feedback-loop with the cash cow without helping out the actual cause of British art and theatre in the slightest.
Anonymous due to field of work and employer... which you can probably guess. Disappointed by the lack of 'luvvie' icon so Badgers will have to do.
Ticketmaster are licenced ticket touts. They have block booked thousands of tickets for the Ashes tests (so no-one can get the things direct at face price) and then flogged them up at massive markups.
In my world that's ticket touting. The Government should really ban these second level agencies who charge more than the original ticket value for tickets which they themselves help create scarcity for.
"That's long gone (along with any originality and humour that once existed in his writings)" .... By Anonymous Coward Posted Tuesday 14th July 2009 13:23 GMT
The fear of a lonely madness rather than enjoyment in the realisation of deeper perceptions for an alternate reality state, would prey on one's mind to extinguish live sparks. Others though would realise the Virtual Opportunities in ITs Novel Fields.
Back in the day TM ran some crazy stuff. Their core stuff was licensed from the US. It ran on DEC hardware with VMS totally stripped off. Custom OS + bespoke DB package. They claimed HW which ran c 4-1 users on VMS ran about 400 (mostly remote via serial lines through modems). It ran live, backup copy with live update and a 3rd cold system on seperate site with 2 seperate comms system. The most serious DR/backup system I have ever seen in a for-profit company.
Their back office processing was run thorugh custom apps in FoxPro (Will MS still sell you a copy ?) using IIRC their program generator and Automator MI to stich multiple disperate apps together and give them a sort of unified command language (still a neat idea BTW) by reading each apps screen messages and recognising them (easier in DOS but should have been possible in Windows).
TM certainly shafted customers big time back them. Looks like they still do. letting them merge and get any bigger is unlikely to make their prices any more reasonable but will make their profits bigger. Nice enough to work for though and they kept a lot of resting actors, actresses and dancers employed. They also had some spectacular own goals as well.
AC because I don't want my past retching up with me.
Bigger game means mainstreaming and owning a media source. Appearance of its semantic flow is often be not approved as correct (I can imagine a disclosure of the source of some concepts (-: ), because of sometimes delicate matter of a delicate nature of the live air.
Though, it maybe only seems so because of somehow an old-fashioned way of thinking. And, of course, union is a move which is really appreciated for non-gov and probably state actors. If both [both stressed] parties were good in IT... Transferring the Better Quantum State of Wealth Closer To Bodies And Minds?


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