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MSNBC's Martin Bashir Blames GOP for Cantaloupe Food Poisoning Deaths
In an outrageous rant during his 3 p.m. ET hour show on MSNBC on Friday, host Martin Bashir actually attempted to blame budget cutting by Republican lawmakers for a deadly outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe: "John Boehner and his Republican majority decided to gut the food safety and inspection service....Cut, cut, cut. Now the results are in. 16 people have lost their lives."
Bashir went on to blame free market principles in general for the outbreak: "Republicans in Congress talk proudly of their commitment of laissez-faire economics, where government gets out of the way and everything works perfectly. You try telling that to those who ate melon with a side of listeria."
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At the same time, Bashir portrayed President Obama as the would-be hero of the story, foiled by the villainous GOP: "Earlier this year, he signed the Food Safety Modernization Act into law....he actually tried to do something....But guess what actually happened? The proposal died on the vine."
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Here is a full transcript of the September 30 segment:
MARTIN BASHIR: Federal authorities now say that 16 people have died after eating cantaloupe infected with listeria. Among them, William Beach from Mustang, Oklahoma, seen here, who died at the age of 87. His wife found him collapsed on the living room floor struggling to breathe. At least 72 others have been sickened and authorities say those numbers, sadly, are expected to rise.
And while the source of the outbreak has been identified, that doesn't resolve the root cause of the problem. For far too many years the safety of food in this country has been the subject of conjecture and each outbreak of E-coli or salmonella is always followed by cries for tougher safety standards. And the President heard those cries. Earlier this year, he signed the Food Safety Modernization Act into law, bringing about the largest change to this nation's food safety laws since the 1930s. Yes, he actually tried to do something about it. The President also called for an additional $120 million in funding in order to employ more inspectors so that cantaloupe for brunch would not mean admission to hospital by lunch.
But guess what actually happened? The proposal died on the vine. Worse still, John Boehner and his Republican majority decided to gut the FDA's food safety and inspection service. First, slashing $87 million from its budget and then another $35 million from the USDA for good measure. Cut, cut, cut. And now the results are in. 16 people have lost their lives. Close to 100 are sick.
Republicans in Congress talk proudly of their commitment of laissez-faire economics, where government gets out of the way and everything works perfectly. You try telling that to those who ate melon with a side of listeria.
Throughout the weekend, you can get the latest from the show on Twitter at Twitter.com/BashirLive and Facebook at Facebook.com/Martin Bashir. Don't bother reaching for the stars. When we come back, the other programs Republicans want to cut.
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What an absolute scumbag!
Submitted by NC Cop on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 5:10pm.
Yeah, it's the budget cuts that led to their deaths. Because nobody has ever gotten sick and died BEFORE budget cuts, right, you idiotic stooge.
This is pretty low, even for a liberal.
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Ratings toilet
Submitted by locomotivebreath1901 on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 5:13pm.
This Bashir clown is simply pandering to the thirteen petulant adolescents who still watch that network
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I can play his game too, it's
Submitted by deerjerkydave on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 5:53pm.
I can play his game too, it's because of anti-science left wing hippies that farms keep poisoning Americans with their organic produce. This issue has been ongoing long before Republicans took control of congress just nine months ago.
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Not enough known yet
Submitted by richb313 on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 10:49pm.
We do not know enough about this outbreak tto make any informed decision yet. Speculation on all sides do no good. Speculation or making guesses before evidence is in or data collected is one of the biggest causes of misdiagnosis in the Medical Profession and any discipline you could name. When you look at evidence or data if you already have a theory or speculation we start seeing patterns or correspondence that might not be there. This is one reason for double blinds in Drug testing.
In the world outside the medical labs we have to eliminate pre-concieved notions in order to properly evaluate what the evidence or data is telling us. News Organizations with thier quest for headlines and fierce compition to be first to report anything pollute the ether with unfounded speculation and theories usually from ill informed sources. More real damage has been done because of this rush to judgement. Once a thing has been said or published it cannot be taken back It is out there. Conspiracy theories devlope when the outcome does not match the narrative.
There should be consequences for the media when they do this. It is OK to make a mistake but specualtion is not a mistake it is willfull disregard for the publics intrest by making it almost impossible for investigators to conduct an unbiased investigation, and do not get me started on how Justice has been contaminated by the press with pre-trial speculation.
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Submitted by pockets64 on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 9:36am.
GOP took control of only one house of Congress. The power is still with the Dems. If there was any blood spilled by laws from the House, that blood is also on the hands of the Senate and the WH.
But this whole point is BS anyway. One of the problems with having the govt in control of so much is that the citizens stop looking after their own good. When it comes time to shop, they always assume the govt has their backs, so they don't shop wisely.
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Irradiated Produce
Submitted by CobraMan on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 11:26am.
Don;t forget the hippies resistance to irradiated produce, a process which kills things like listeria.
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It's only going to get worse as Election Day approaches
Submitted by Rover on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 6:26pm.
As it becomes more and more clear that their messiah will not get reelected, and that they'll lose the Senate as well, their lies, distortions and specious bomb-throwing will get worse and worse.
I don't look forward to this campaign season: my anger at these democratic activitists lying while pretending to be journalists delivering news is probably going to give me a stroke.
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Bashir is the new Olbermann...
Submitted by bohratom on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 7:33pm.
Bashir has turned into the new Olbermann for MSNBC, Every story he talks about is put in the light of "Obama the great" and "Republicans the horrible". I guess he is trying his best to get his own primetime show with all the vitriol he uses. I mean I think he is more wacko-left then even the socialist O'Donnell is.
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The weasel Bashir
Submitted by greatj on Sun, 10/02/2011 - 5:32pm.
Bashir is a two faced toady bootlicking weasel and he should be deported back to Pakistan and get rabies.
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Martin Bashir is a complete
Submitted by seanrobins on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 7:51pm.
Martin Bashir is a complete fool. Come on, Martin: Do leave us hanging, which dollar was cut, and which inspection, where and of what was cut? Can't tell us? There's a reason you can't: You're a lying POS!
What a wretched dumbass.
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I said it befor and I will say it again about Martin Bashir:
Submitted by djwolf12 on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 2:27am.
To borrow a line from comedian Jeffrey Ross, Martin Bashir looks like Eugene Levy and Keith Olbermann had a baby and then peed on it.
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In Soviet Russia there is no
Submitted by Rusty Shackleford on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 10:45am.
In Soviet Russia there is no cantaloupe! Dat is solution!
Anyhoo, when I first heard this story I wondered if it was another case of microbe-ridden "organic" food causing yet another food poisoning outbreak. But don't worry! The bacteria is organic and depending on where you live might even be considered locally grown!
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Last Day?
Submitted by Fredy on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 5:25pm.
After making up a total lie on national TV can Bashir survive?
There have been NO BUDGET CUTS!
Bashir is lieing!
Look for the network to blame him and fire him!
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Also note: The federal government does not actually PAY FOR INSPECTIONS!
The food producers pay for the inspections that are done by the government.
People need to question EVERYTHING that is stated as fact by the propagandists on TV!
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I was wondering when someone
Submitted by ThePickle on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 6:00pm.
I was wondering when someone was going to bring up the fact the food producers actually pay for the inspections through user fees and that the government simply provides the inspectors.
Also, I believe that the majority of safety inspections carried out on fruits are conducted by State Dept. of Agriculture inspectors. Not Federal.
So in addition to lying about the budget cuts, the most likely place to assign blame for the Listeria outbreak is in facts the government inspectors that failed to catch it and NOT the Republican authors of fictitious budget cuts.
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I am a public health officer, and most inspections are...
Submitted by drsamherman on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 11:46pm.
...run by the state authorities, whether it is the Department of Agriculture or similar agency.
The problem is this runs into three very conflicting jurisdictions: 1) Colorado Department of Agriculture which would do the bulk of local inspections on the particular farm(s) involved; 2) FDA which really oversees more of the process and less of the actual food itself; and 3) US Department of Agriculture which also does inspections and somewhat delegates a lot of this to the state. The majority of Department of Agriculture (state & federal) inspections focus on the mechanics of getting food to the table, e.g. growing, harvesting, processing. FDA only becomes involved if food contamination is noted. There are regulations in place requiring all farms, production and distribution facilities to maintain a record of the supply and processing chains, and Listeria outbreaks are often done by the time they are first reported.
Clinically, Listeriosis is a bear to treat because it is a rare pathogen. The onset symptoms of fever, muscle aches and pain are relatively non-specific. Meningitis is common, but this can also be a manifestation of other pathogens. The primary causative pathogen, Listeria monocytogenes, is usually transmitted via contaminated food (or water in some cases) and primarily infects the young, old and immunocompromised (e.g. chemotherapy, chronic steroids, immunomodulators like Humira, etc.) and the presentation is non-specific enough that starting antibiotic therapy may not specifically target L. monocytogenes as it is a bacterium that is highly likely to be multi-drug resistant. When a patient presents, treatment is initiated immediately but it may take up to 48 to 72 hours to get a final microbiology report back from even the fastest responding labs. When finally identified, it is a reportable event to the local or state health departments and they in turn will notify CDC. CDC usually places Listeriosis outbreaks on extreme high priority and will send staff from their Atlanta HQ to local hospitals to begin tracing the cause. I have to say the CDC is d@mn good at what they do. On the few Listeriosis cases I have ever worked, identification as a causative pathogen immediately turns the case over to an infectious diseases physician and the patient is immediately quarantined appropriately.
In these types of matters, it is best to wait until the CDC reports on the matter. There is too much public hysteria, and the ignorance and stupidity of the media reporting often exacerbates the problem.
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It's preventable
Submitted by CobraMan on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 11:33am.
Things like e-coili and listeria infections are preventable, by the use of irradiation if food products, a process which kills most pathogens. It is a safe, effective, and underutilized solution. People just need to stop being afraid of the word "radiation." We sterilize our Band-aids, for obvious reasons, using this process. Why don't we do the same to our food for the same reasons? I'll tell you why. The same organizations which promote things like "organic food" also fights tooth and nail against the very processes which would protect us against the pathogens that "organic" food can, and does, host.
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FDA & USDA have fought for food irradiation.
Submitted by drsamherman on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 2:24pm.
But guess who is fighting against it? If you can say "envirowhacko", you nailed it.
Apparently, this current crop of envirowhackos reads too many 50s era comic books, because they believe food irradiation (which is very, very low dose and not absorbed at all in the food) will turn everyone into the Hulk or give everyone cancer.
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All right. Hurt feelings. Just a little. Little bit. Little bit.
Submitted by The Vet on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 2:29pm.
I only said the same thing as the Cobraman oh like 12 hours earlier but whatever.... Maybe if I changed my name to BigAngryB-52BomberManBombin'OnYourButtMan, I could get the attention of the good doctor. But whatever....
Oh, here is where I put one of those smiley things - :-)
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Exactly, Fredy
Submitted by Galvanic on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 7:12pm.
Because the Democratic Congress never passed an FY2011 budget, the Federal government has been running on CRs (continuing resolutions) to sustain spending at the level of the last budget passed.
In other words, this FY's budget was passed by the Democratic Congress and sustained through CRs passed by the Republican House and the Democratic Senate, and signed into law by the President.
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MSNBC Is starting to sound like a very long
Submitted by Lipton on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 5:43pm.
comedy sketch. This is just stupid.
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Let's give Martin Bashir his due
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 6:47pm.
It's obvious that he is an expert on cantaloupes. After all, it's obvious this guy is a melon head!
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Bashir means "neckless" in some language?
Submitted by drsamherman on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 8:38pm.
The way he sits in the chair at MSNBC makes me wonder if he has any cervical vertebrae? The camera angles make him look like his head was fused to his body like some kind of defective mannequin. Perhaps the best explanation is that he is just another spineless, whining Bridiot like Piers "Hacker" Morgan.
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Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together...
Submitted by kata on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 5:58pm.
... mass hysteria!!!
1. The FY 2012 budget that attempts to cut $285 million from the FDA budget.... well that's gone nowhere.
2. How much exactly IS $285 million from the FDA Budget? (note that the 2010 numbers does not include the addition 1.4 billion added new legislation. - also note the absence of the 2011 budget.)
3. How useful IS the Food Safety Modernization Act anyway?
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I dont know whats
Submitted by kevtheweb on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 6:18pm.
I dont know whats scarier. This terrible journalism/reporting, or the fact that there ARE people out there that will hear this and think that it was the Republican's fault due to "budget cuts".
Cut the budget and "something" happens: blame it on the cuts!
Dont change the budget and "something" happens: We not spending enough!
Increase the budget and "something" happens: Spend even more!!!
Your not going to stop every instance of bad food making it to consumers.
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Blame Michelle Obama.
Submitted by big.league.slider on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 8:15pm.
Ever hear of anyone who contracted listeria from eating french fries?
Cantaloupe would be much safer if it was deep fried.
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Submitted by djwolf12 on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 2:30am.
Moochelle will only be satisfied that her mission is complete when all Americans are eating Dirt Soup for breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
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Bashir obviously doesn't know what lunch and brunch are.
Submitted by motherbelt on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 8:28pm.
employ more inspectors so that cantaloupe for brunch would not mean admission to hospital by lunch.
OK, I know this has nothing to do with food safety, but LUNCH does NOT come a few hours after BRUNCH.
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What the heck is going on around here?
Submitted by Boudin on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 11:39pm.
Where is the comment thing below the page? I like that the link is back but good golly maybe we could do both at the same time?
I used to suggest to NB's, that with their articles, they should link a e-mail or complaint box of some sorts for these cretins. Maybe a few e-mails similar to these comment would decrease the frequency of such idiocy?
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Comment system
Submitted by shooter on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 11:48pm.
NB's comment system sucks. But, I love to comment. Go figure.
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F' you and die, you imported, commie, camel-flea infested a-hole
Submitted by Dave. on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 12:27am.
Little wonder America is dying.
Vote for the American in November
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Poison cantilopes
Submitted by Scrapiron on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 12:23am.
The truth will never come out of the current regime. Add in thousands of unclean/diseased criminal aliens and a farmer hiring them and you'll see more and more of this.
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Leftists are responsible for ALL deaths in the last 40 years.
Submitted by The Vet on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 12:46am.
Two stories, one about the dangers of contaminated spinach and another on the NY Times's ignoring of irradiation as a preventative for food borne illness, show us how the moral posturing and emotional hysteria of the anti-nuclear-power left have not only vastly contributed to global warming, mercury poisoning, strip mining, general air pollution, etc. but have also been responsible for the deaths and maiming of virtually everyone who suffered from food-borne microbial illness in the last 40 years.
Food irradiation is a process by which foods are zapped with a sudden burst of radiation that kills microbes but leaves the food otherwise unaltered. It's exactly the same process as pasteurization except that it uses radiation instead of heat, with the added benefit that it doesn't alter the taste or nutritional content of the treated food. It leaves zero radiation in the food. The technique was first developed during WWII and during the next 20 years it was tested, retested and tested again for safety. They force fed generations of lab rats massively irradiated food and never found the least hint of problem. By the early '60s at the latest, it was proven beyond all doubt that irradiation was a safe and highly effective means of preventing microbial contamination of food.
Despite this overwhelming scientific evidence, ever since the mid-1960s anti-nuclear leftists have demonized irradiation and created such anti-irradiation hysteria that for decades no politician could even think of allowing the irradiation of food, no matter how many lives it would have saved. Virtually everyone who has gotten sick from eggs, meat, vegetables, etc. in the last 40+ years has done so needlessly. The hundreds of immune-compromised people who die of salmonella every year didn't have to die that way. All of the hundreds of people, many of them children, crippled or killed by E. Coli did not have to suffer. The people killed and maimed by contaminated leafy vegetable didn't have to die.
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Strange way to comment
Submitted by Denny Crane on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 2:41am.
He really is a dipstick, besides the fact that there weren't any budget cuts how does he explain the outbreak in 2009. Or how about the one in 2010.
Or that there are over 800 reported cases of listeria every year.
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I blame illegal aliens and
Submitted by LAM SON 719 on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 3:28am.
I blame illegal aliens and their employers.
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Submitted by The Vet on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 4:03am.
I would ask you to clarify but what is the point? You respond to no one here anyway.
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Ummm, OK
Submitted by Denny Crane on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 4:16am.
So you think that business people or the people they employ (illegally) are purposefully contaminating food. Sure, go with that. (HUGE EYE ROLL)
I will be waiting for your clarification as the Vet has quasi asked for with bated breath.
Or it could just be a natural thing that we should protect ourselves from. You cannot feed 300 million plus people without having a few problems. Although we are pretty darn good at it.
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Sarcasm is obviously lost on
Submitted by LAM SON 719 on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 11:47am.
Sarcasm is obviously lost on you, I thought the VET would catch it but you not so much.
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Looks like we both missed it.
Submitted by The Vet on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 12:52pm.
Sarcasm is hard to catch in the written word. Sorry. But we can't really be blamed. Unless it is stated it is sarcasm, it must be implied from the words themselves. Your post was really too short for us to catch the sarcasm.
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Most people know how to show sarcasm.
Submitted by Denny Crane on Sun, 10/02/2011 - 3:28am.
In the online world where people can't here your words it is considered good manners to make your sarcasm know with a little thing called a sarc tag. There are several ways to do this.
Otherwise your post will be considered as your opinion and not sarcasm.
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We feed a lot more then 300 mil
Submitted by Boudin on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 12:23pm.
We actually feed billions
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What an absolutely
Submitted by ronber on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 9:23am.
What an absolutely vile person this Bishir person is. Why is there never a drone around when when one is so appropriately called for?
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Submitted by bertkillian on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 5:03pm.
Martin Bashir IS Keith Olbermann. I swear!! Can't you see the resemblance, the likeness in the spoken word between the two meatballs? It is uncanny how close they are. If Marty isn't a close relative to old Olbermoron I would be mildly to severely surprised. If not, he has certainly taken up the flag for old Keithy boy.
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A prison that animals who did no wrong and were neglected by their owners are forced to live in.
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@For four months volunteers have attended city council meetings demanding answers and with the winter temperatures coming these animal lovers want the city to act fast for man's best friend.
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The Erin McLean interview is now available
I see there is already ay least one comment on the story saying I shouldn't have "enabled" McLean by writing a story about her. I disagree. As I made very clear in the disclaimer at the beginning of the piece, I am making no claims to knowing the truth of this story - it's just an interview with a single individual, not an investigative piece - but I believe Erin McLean's story provides another window into one of the most fascinating and tragic murder cases in Knoxville history.
Whether you decide to believe all, some or none of what Erin McLean has to say, I hope you will find the piece as interesting to read as I found it to write.
Katie I was reading some of the comments on the KNS and wanted to tell you that I am glad you wrote the article about Erin. It IS a fascinating murder case and I am glad to have her side of the story.
It ranks up there with the Betty Broderick story!
Keep up the good work and thanks for the story.
Thanks a lot Kelley. I really appreciate that.
While I believe Erin McLean is incapable of telling the truth if a lie serves her purposes, it makes no sense to kill the messenger. That said, she should have used the courtroom as a forum for her lies, not the newspaper. But, in a courtroom, she could be charged with perjury.
Perhaps you thought you would gain fame. Maybe you and your pal Erin thought you could sway public opinion in advance of next month's contempt hearing. Perhaps you were used and too dim witted to realize it. Either way, you, Ms. Granju, are no journalist and you demean those who are. I have no problem wih the notion that Erin McLean should, if she chooses, be given a forum to tell her side. But I have a serious problem when she chooses to share her side with someone she knows on a personal level and with someone who does not take the time to fact-check or recognize the opposing viewpoint. I can only be thankful in this Erin McLean-KNS debacle that Jamie Satterfield, who has reported on this case since its inception, apparently had no role in this Granju kiss-up piece. Kudos, Jamie.


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A major point of discussion with TigerSpike clients these days - especially those with smaller budgets - is the best strategy for mobile apps.
In this article Luke shares the advice he has been giving his clients about why apps are important, and which platforms are key. Imagine a community with 50 bicycles and 1,000 cars in it (i.e. 5% bicycles). It is logical to put up a billboard next to the community highway rather than next to the community cycle path right? Maybe not. And here is why.
What if each cyclist uses the cycle path 20 times per day, and each car only uses the road once a week. Over the year the cycle path billboard gets 365,000 views, and the road billboard only gets 52,000 views.
Now imagine that the billboard on the road is so high that only cars that are convertible can read it, and only 50% of cars are convertible. Now you only have 26,000 views.
The mistake that so many people make – usually agencies I have to say – is that they say "well only 7% of people have iPhones: we don't want to only reach 7% we want to reach the other 93% as well".
The problem is you can't reach those people. The other 97% are only using their phones for calls and SMS; not for browsing the web. So there is no point trying to reach them. You can't. They are like people who have cars but never drive them, so they will never see your billboard.
What to do
50% of all traffic is from smart phones, and more than half of that is from iPhone and iPod*, so if you have scarce marketing dollars and no mobile strategy yet, just do the following (in this order):
- Build an iPhone app.
- Promote the iPhone app (via other iPhone apps).
- Build a mobile site optimised for high end devices. Forget about the low end ones.
- Promote the mobile site (via mobile media).
- Build an Android app (save money by using the same functional specifications and designs as you did for the iPhone app).
- Promote the Android app.
- Tie it all together with messaging!
And if you were really thinking ahead you would gather all the interactions and learn about the behavior of the people interacting, and then work out how to do things better and better. Luke Janssen is the Founder and CEO of TigerSpike
*Bear in mind that this is the case for the USA and UK markets. In India and Indonesia, which are the number 2 and 4 in terms of total mobile browsing, the handset markets are dominated by Nokia. And when I say dominated, I mean the top 10 handsets in each of those markets are Nokia.


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Last year I published an article with tips for choosing the right hospice provider. The blog I wrote about the article ruffled some feathers and started a discussion about the perceived differences in for-profit vs non-profit hospices. Now a study published in the Feb. 2nd issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) may be shedding some light on the different practices of for-profit and non-profit hospice agencies.
Read about the finding from the study: For Profit vs Non-Profit Hospice Agency Patient Population and Practices
The key take away remains the same: the profit status of a hospice agency is not nearly as important as the quality of care the hospice provides.
- February 7, 2011 at 6:48 pm(1) Gary W. Polsky says:
Profit Status is not a Reflection of Quality for Hospices
The rampant misinformation regarding for-profit hospice care must be addressed. I have seen no evidence that nonprofit hospice organizations provide better care to terminally ill patients, are more ethical, or are more compassionate than for-profit hospices.
The hospice industry now includes a mix of nonprofit, for-profit and governmental entities similar to other health-care sectors in the U.S. Its apparent that hospices meet a very important need in this country and to infer that the primary motivation is financial does a disservice to the dedicated hospice staffs caring for their patients.
So what is similar between nonprofit and for-profit hospices? The regulations are identical. All licensed and certified hospices must comply with state law and the Code of Federal Regulations governing hospice care. In addition, Medicares reimbursement rate is fixed regardless of the care needs of individual patients, the services patients receive, or the tax status of the hospice providing the care.
For those who continue to pit nonprofit hospices against for-profit hospices, its my opinion that you are fighting the wrong battle. What we all should be advocating for is helping people to live with dignity and comfort by providing comprehensive and compassionate hospice care. Hospice practices, including quality of care, depend on an organizations staff and leadership, not tax status.
What I am focused on and passionate about is providing the highest quality of care to patients facing complex end-of-life issues. When I founded Solari Hospice Care in 2002, I knew that I wanted and expected the same level of passion and dedication from my staff in Las Vegas and Houston. Our patients deserve nothing less than excellent care specific to their unique needs. Ultimately, the most important measure of a hospice should be the quality of care provided to patients not its tax status.
- February 12, 2011 at 11:47 pm(2) dying says:
You are absolutely right, Gary. The bottom line when choosing a hospice service is the quality of care, not the profit status. It is interesting, however, to see research come forth with possible findings of "selectivity" among for-profit hospices. It's worth further research to understand why these differences exist and whether the Medicare Hospice Benefit should be reformed to eliminate possible selectivity.
- February 16, 2011 at 5:05 pm(3) Hospice Insider says:
Gary, I do not believe all For Profit hospices are evil. Neither do I believe all Not For Profit Hospice are good. But to not touch on the aggressive marketing being done and the creaming off the top of patient referrals is misleading. Tell the truth and make the devil blush, Solari hospice like many for profit and some not for profit hospices have agressive marketing techniques and increased EBIT is the goal. Quality care is ok unless it gets in the way of meeting EBIT goals. Most hospices both for profit and not for profit have left the true hospice philosophy behind. The golden rule has been replaced by what investors want, by big bonuses, and so that hospices all over the United States can proudly say "Look at us we are part of corporate America". Bottom line to anyone needing Hospice is buyer beware. Make sure you ask around. Do not trust hospice marketers or liasons from any organization and if you do not get good care call your State licensing agency and report, report, report.
- February 28, 2011 at 2:38 pm(4) Westlake Village Hospice says:
The JAMA research on the subject, like others, is aimed at preventing manipulation of the system. As in all studies, it is a representation only, and does not necessarily mean in all cases of "for-profits" that care is a lesser quality. It's definitely worth a look


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Backe pitched one more inning, tossing eight shutout frames of one-hit ball.
"We didn't know if he could pitch from inning to inning," La Russa said. "He ends up giving us seven. You're not supposed to use the word 'hero' in sports, but that was an heroic performance with his calf bothering him the way it was."
La Russa finally lifted Williams for pinch-hitter John Mabry with two outs and no one on base in the eighth inning, his line a brilliant seven innings, one hit, no runs, two walks and four strikeouts. Mabry went down swinging.
The Astros' only hit off Williams was a broken-bat single by Jeff Bagwell with two outs in the first inning. Houston didn't have another hit until Carlos Beltran opened the ninth with a single to right off closer Jason Isringhausen.
Going into Monday night's game, the four Cardinals starters combined to allow 13 runs and 20 hits in 21 innings. Jason Marquis couldn't make it out of the fifth inning on Sunday as the Cards lost to the Astros, 6-5, in Game 4.
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Time to take a second to reflect.
In the season that just was, who was the best, who's been better and what's to come?
Raise your hand if you were worried.
You're a liar if you kept your hand mouse bound. No worries though, the dog days are over. Spring has come and things are getting better every day for the Pens. Finishing one point out of first place in the East and a fourth seed has to be better then what most could've hoped for after the abysmal rash of bad luck the Pens had to deal with after the All-Star break.
It was like the winter winds crippled our joy with seasonal effective disorder and crippled the Pens in every other way possible, but things are looking up and just at the right time. It's time the clouds parted and the Pens make their push for a fourth Stanley Cup.
Think back, when was it that the bottom seemed to drop out? For my money, the fairy tale first half of the season ended when Sidney Crosby's brain rattled against his skull beneath the bright lights of Heinz Field, the HBO cameras and in front of one of the largest TV audiences the NHL history. The ease with which wins came during Sid's point streak seems like seasons ago. And if I remember right, there once was another pillar the Penguins leaned on; a broad shouldered son of Russia, who had a beautiful Momma and a proud poppa that sat in the stands, a scoring machine named Geno. The season has seemed to come to a sad complete circle for Evgeni Malkin. We waited for his return before the All-Star break, imagining how relentless the Pens would be with Geno and the team playing the way they were. Now some of us are wondering the same, or at least how less worried we'd be about are chances if Malkin was out there.
After the onslaught of injuries and the suspension of Matt Cooke, who could've predicted the Pens would be in the position they are? Forget for a second that they have one of the top candidates for league MVP in Marc-Andre Fleury; the Pens have been bolstered by the play of Tyler Kennedy and Chris Kunitz. Both have emerged from "role players," to become two of the top five point's leaders among active Pen's players.
But getting back to one of the best players in the NHL, "The Flower" has truly blossomed in the second half of this year. It does the heart good to see a talent like Fleury getting the opportunity to have the spotlight seemingly squarely on him for a change. Playing with possibly two of the best players of his generation, Fleury doesn't always get the attention that Sid or Geno acquire.
It would've been another mind scratching event in the beginning of the year to think that Fleury would be a top contender for MVP, when he might not have even been the top goal keeper on his team at the time. If you'll think back to the first two months of the season, some Pen's fans were calling for Fleury to be replaced by Brent Johnson who was on a bit of a hot streak. It would've been a rash decision and Fleury has proven Dan Bylsma's sensibility and foresight and also made him a major candidate for coach of the year.
And finally, less we forget what still might be in store for the Pens; there is still the possible return of #87. Anticipation is one of the greatest feelings in the world because it gives hope. Pens fans have been holding their collective breath with that feeling ever since that scratchy camera phone footage of Sidney Crosby taking to the ice to take a few laps around the rink hit news outlets.
Wednesday's playoff game against the Tampa Bay Lightening marks the start of the third act of this season's drama. The first act was a fable, the second; a harrowing calamity. Will the third be a fairytale? Is it right to think it would have to take an act of God for the Pens to win it all? Would it be considered mythic if Sid comes back and takes over? It isn't quite Shakespearian, but it'll do.


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Eugenie Scott, executive director of the National Center for Science Education will be in Nashville October 27th. The title of her presentation is "Why the Tennessee Academic Freedom Act Matters to YOU." She is my guest on Religion For Life to discuss this legislation, offer history and insights to the evolution/creationism controversy, and promote the teaching of science.
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Dramatic jewel-encrusted jackets worn with stockings and suspenders, sumptuous satin skirts teamed with a bra – it could only be John Galliano's extravagant vision at the start of this week's Paris fashion shows.
Entitled 'Cabine Fever', his haute couture collection for Dior, strived to recreate the atmosphere behind the scenes of a Fifties fashion show.
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Brian Ebersole made one heck of a first impression in his Octagon debut at UFC 127 last night (Feb. 26) against veteran Chris Lytle.
Coming into the contest, Lytle had been on a hot streak, a winner of four in a row and right on the fringe of top contender status. Now that Ebersole put an end to all that, there may just be some new blood in the welterweight division.
As a huge underdog, "Bad Boy" wasn't given a chance in this fight. But he most certainly didn't work his way up through the regional circuits to blow his one chance in a big fight on the main card against a tough opponent like "Lights Out."
So he went out, put on the "Fight of the Night" and took the glory no one wanted to give him.
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Ebersole immediately started the fight with a wild cartwheel kick, setting the tone for his massive upset win. He would eventually work his wrestling game in, shooting for takedowns, which Lytle defended by utilizing a guillotine choke that he never could fully lock in.
During a few scrambles, Ebersole landed some strikes that were able to open up a cut under his opponent's left eye.
In the second round, Ebersole would momentarily stun the Indiana firefighter with a devastating knee. After Lytle was able to get back to his feet, he was met with yet another takedown. Once indside Lytle's closed guard, the underdog was able to land some devastating shoulder strikes a la Dan Henderson to close out the round.
In the final frame, Ebersole began with another cartwheel kick, but was once again unsuccessful. Lytle showed some signs of life by attempting to land big punches, but it was too little too late. His arms were just gone after so many failed guillotine attempts.
Brian Ebersole defeated Chris Lytle via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28) in his UFC debut.
After the bout, he was gracious in victory and acknowledged just how tough Lytle really is.
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In his UFC debut, he was able to secure his 47th victory in MMA and showed that he is worthy of going toe-to-toe against some of the world's best.


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Manchester cabs: Our stupid Soviet system
In Manchester, most industries compete on price, service and quality - except the taxi cab industry. That is for one simple and little-known reason. The city sets all cab fares by ordinance. Every cab in the city must charge exactly the same price, set a dozen years ago. In 2008, aldermen allowed for a temporary fare hike after gasoline hit $4 a gallon. But in 2009, when the average price of gas dropped to $1.83 a gallon, the hike was rescinded, and cab companies were forced to return to the rates set in 2001.
Looking back, the point at which aldermen lowered fares in 2009 happened to be near the five-year low for gas prices in New Hampshire. Prices now average $3.59 a gallon. But city taxi companies are barred by ordinance from covering that expense by raising their rates.
If you owned a cab company and you were put in that same position, what would you do? You can't pay your drivers less than the minimum wage. You cannot raise prices - or lower them to generate more business. Any fare discounts must be approved by the city, and if they are not approved the company must wait six months before trying again. One of your only options would be to defer maintenance on your vehicles.
So the news this week that every city cab was pulled off the road for inspection violations comes as no surprise. City policy virtually guarantees that cab companies will invest as little as possible in their cabs.
If aldermen want better and safer cab service in their city, they will have to free the cab companies to compete with each other. If we keep these Soviet-style price decrees, we will continue to get Soviet-style cab service.
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The Kindle, the Nook, the Nook Color, and the iPad seem to have wrapped up the reading device market.
Kindle Store, Nook Store, and a few other stores, like Kobo Store, seem to have wrapped up the ebook market.
We also have very scary competitors like Apple and Google entering the eReader and eBook markets. It makes you wonder.
Are there still opportunities for smaller players in eReaders + eBooks?
Well, there are a few things that come to mind -
- Indie authors get a shot. So, there's definitely an opportunity for authors to hit it big.
- Accessory makers have a big opportunity – Kindle cases, Nook sleeves, reading lights and such.
- If one or both of Kindle App Store and Nook App Store take off, then developers get a shot.
- Smaller Publishers get a chance – It's a sliver of a chance, but it's there.
- Companies that provide services to authors get a chance.
Interestingly, the more chaos there is, and the more fragmented the eReader market, the better the opportunity for each of these companies to be able to rise up and become a significant company.
Most of the best opportunities are disappearing
Here are some of the opportunities that are disappearing quickly -
- eBooks – Not only do you have to compete with companies that have eReaders, you have to compete with companies that have huge amounts of customers.
- eReaders – Nearly all the smaller companies showing off eReaders at CES 2010 are dead or missing. How is a small company supposed to compete with entrenched giants?
- Software – There's not really any opportunity here. You can sell through eReader stores, and that's it. Some of the software that could have sold really well i.e. PDF support, ePub readers, etc. will probably not be let in.
- Services to Authors at Scale – There are giants rising up here too.
- Physical Book Stores – Book stores are getting squeezed. When Barnes and Noble can't compete with eBook Stores, how's an indie bookstore supposed to?
What's happening, is that we have a few giants taking over what they assume will be the lucrative parts of the eBook ecosystem (ebooks, ereaders, services to authors), and leaving the scraps to everyone else (accessories, advertising, small apps). It's understandable – It just puts smaller companies, and indie developers, in a very interesting position.
How do you make a service or a software for readers?
What if someone wanted to make the PDF Reader for eReaders?
Well, there would be a few problems -
- There are 5 different devices with 5 different App Stores. It's 5 times the work.
- Each store has different rules and different restrictions. In a lot of cases the restrictions include 'no generic readers' and an app like PDF Reader for eReaders would never get approved.
- Lots of stores would factor in the impact a very good PDF reader would have i.e. the possibility of lower book sales. They would be even less likely to approve it.
- There is very limited discoverability in the various stores, and the focus is on books, so software would get killed. PDF for eReaders would end up competing with NY Times Bestsellers.
- There isn't really an avenue other than the Bestseller lists. The rich get richer, and the poor fade away into obscurity.
You also have a few additional problems – someone else would make a free PDF reader, eReader companies would prefer you have a free PDF reader since that helps them more than you selling your PDF Reader for $10, customers would expect the sort of customer service they get when they buy a $100 piece of software.
Basically, it's really difficult for an Adobe or a Twitter to rise in eReaders because everything is very constrained.
What if someone wanted to make a Social Network for Readers?
This would be even more problematic -
- A few eReaders don't have wireless. A few have wireless charges.
- The eReader companies would probably ban any app that connected Kindle owners with Nook owners. Imagine the dangerous network effects that would create.
- eReaders don't yet support incremental payments in their app stores, so you couldn't do add-on charges.
- Kindle and Nook both provide free Facebook and Twitter hooks. It reduces the motivation for readers to pay for another service, or even to use it.
- eReader companies would probably worry about the PR implications of letting everyone talk to everyone.
Logically, there's a huge opportunity to take the millions of Kindle owners, the millions of Nook owners, and people who read on other devices, and hook them up with each other. However, Amazon owns Shelfari and wouldn't let GoodReads in. Sony would want it to be done via a PC connection, and B&N would probably want to extend its LendMe App rather than let a third party in.
eReader companies are intentionally, and unintentionally, killing off a lot of the things that might take eReaders to the next level
Consider 4 examples of things that might take eReaders and eBooks to the next level (and, in italics, the likelihood of them happening anytime soon) -
- A Common eBook format. Impossible – Each company wants to lock-in ebook revenue.
- Accessories and peripherals that work across all devices. Not going to happen as there are no standards. When Kindle 2 and Kindle 3 don't have the same separation between the slots for the Kindle hinged covers, you can't really expect different eReader companies to agree on anything.
- Common software across eReaders, so software companies have a large enough market, and will devote lots of resources. Impossible – Each company wants to have its own ecosystem.
- Killer Software that adds a lot of value to eReaders. Impossible – Only a few eReader App Stores are present. They're all young, and they don't allow fundamental things. If a company wanted to create a Multi-Level Folders app it couldn't – neither for Kindle, nor for Nook. The App Stores just don't give that level of access.
None of these is going to happen – Even though each needs to happen.
Kindle and Nook didn't have Folders until this year. Neither has multi-level folders. If a company was allowed to make Folders for both (or either), we would have seen companies step up with beautiful examples. At least one company would have sold 1 million copies of a Folders software, at $5 per copy. Instead, no company made a dime.
All the big opportunities are constrained
It's interesting when you think about it -
- The eReader Market is fragmented and eReaders don't talk with each other.
- All the leaders have closed ecosystems.
- A lot of the big opportunities are off-limits.
- eReader companies also sell eBooks, and are also dipping their toes in Publishing.
- eReader companies also provide services to authors.
There isn't very much left.
If a small company were to say – Let's try to make it in eReaders and eBooks. Well, there wouldn't be very much of an opportunity.
Are eReader companies hurting themselves by being so protective of their fiefdoms?
Currently, eReader companies seem to be saying -
We are really concerned you might topple this beautiful little ebook revenue stream we have.
Yes, yes, we know eReader owners would like a better ePub reader, a better PDF reader, multi-level folders, and personalization, and all manner of advanced reading apps. Yes, someone would write something that tracks reading history, and someone else would create a great recommendation engine.
However, we'd rather protect the revenue streams.
There are a few assumptions in there. Not the right time to go into them – but still, interesting little assumptions.
What happens with all this protection, is that nothing can upset the excellent little status quo. However, there also aren't any very exciting developments. eReader companies are definitely hurting themselves.
The big question is – Would they hurt themselves more by letting developers and companies in freely?
It's all very convoluted
eReader companies don't want 4 things – Another company to make them look bad by lowering quality, another company to make more profit than them, another company to steal ebook revenue, another company to take over their eReader or their eco-system.
At the same time they do want – To make more money, to improve their eReaders, to improve their ecosystem, to offer more features, to offer more value.
It's very, very interesting. It's also very complicated.
Unless there is more competition, we might not see a change from the current closed, overly cautious approach.
Which brings us to things smaller companies can do, to work around the controlled ecosystems of the large eReader companies.
Opportunities for Creative Destruction
The way things are set-up, it's almost impossible for any company to come in, replace B&N or Amazon, and make $2 per ebook. It's incredibly difficult.
The big opportunity is to come in, and say – We'll make just 50 cents per ebook, and give the author more, and give the reader a better price. That might work.
There are some strong unfulfilled needs, and smaller companies can cater to one or more of them -
- Higher cut to Publishers.
- More Control to Publishers.
- Lower prices for readers.
- More control to readers.
- More options for readers – sharing, reselling, freedom from DRM.
- Cross-Device migration. There might be an opportunity for a company to create software that does Kindle to Nook DRM transfers. That would be HUGE.
- Advanced eReader features.
- Author Promotion. Authors are dying to get even a tiny shred of an opportunity. Any company that makes it possible, or easier, for new and existing authors to get more exposure, will get very, very rich.
There are quite a few more unsatisfied needs we could pull up.
The more protected eReader ecosystems are – The more unsatisfied needs there are
It's such a lovely little game of Chess. You keep out everyone, and make your ecosystem very safe. At the same time, everyone in the ecosystem gets antsy because there isn't enough new, good stuff.
The very things that eReader makers are doing to keep their ebook revenue safe (closed ecosystem, closed format), are the things that are creating strong dis-satisfaction. They are giving smaller companies, and bigger rivals, an opportunity.
It's a balancing act, and while its killing smaller companies at the moment, it's getting more and more dangerous. It won't be long before Amazon and B&N will either have to open up more, or take the risk of losing more than just a small share of the profit.
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Hi Bees,
I was just curious as to how everyone is ranking their weddin to do list an payments.
My hunny and I are paying for our entire wedding ourelves, so we have been strategically trying to figure out how we will book and pay for various aspects of the wedding.
The following is my to-do list, along with the month we will be making our first deposit:
Venue/Dj included&uplighting: January 2013 (Sunday the 6th!) $1500
Alcohol: February 2013 $600
Tent: February/March 2013 $200
Food: April 2013 $2000
Photographer: May 2013 $700-900
Decocations/Flowers: June 2013 $600
Dress: July-August (hopefully $1000 or so… I am planning to get it done through Jasmine's Bridal)
Cake: October 2013 -$200-300
Groom's Attire: Dec./January 2014 Amount ???
Rings:December 2013- February 2014 ..this really depends on prices and selections. Amount ???
I hope I'm not missing anything. What's your plan? I'm really not sure if I should move htings like the photographer and decorations up and wait on the food… Iam so paranoid about running into a situation where my top pick is taken!
Any suggestions?
Do you need rentals? You haven't included those (dishes, flatware, cups, tables, chairs, linens, etc) – and that was a big chunk of my catering budgets.
Are these average amounts for the area you live in for each of the vendors, or is that what you're hoping to pay? Some of the dollar amounts you have there seem incredibly low, but I also live in a very expensive area.
Also – if it helps, our GMs and FI got their tuxes through Men's Warehouse, and they were about $160 to rent.
@abbie017: So all the (dishes, flatware, cups, tables, chairs, linens, etc)areincluded in my fee/venue fees. All the extras have been expensed to my decorations vendor.
Also all the prices are accurate, I have priced all the vendors I plan on using and have spoken to all of them except the photorgrapher. I have tried to make sure all my options are cost effective, we are trying to keep everythign around 15,000 or less.
And I will look into the Men's Warehouse for the Groom's attire. Did they have a good selection, in regards to colors? I am thinking I want him to wear light grey/khaki color… I pretty much want to avoid black at all cost.
As of right now. the only deposit I have due (that we have planned) is $500 for our venue/catering, which is due on January 16th. We haven't looked at other venues yet because we were waiting to decide on date/reception venue.
What about your officiant? Do you need to pay him/her a deposit?
@BreezyBride24: I liked their selection, but I wanted a formal black tux – so I didn't look at whether or not they had khaki or light grey options! Their website has an awesome "design your tux" feature that can be fun to play around with, though!
@MsAmandaAnn: Good Catch. Our officiant will be someone through our church, ut will be decided afterwe do our marriage counseling and there is a suggested fee of $300.
@breezybride24 wow sounds like you have a lot planned! The only payment we have made is the deposit on our venue but the second payment is due next month. I also bought my dress last month (wasn't expecting to find "the one") but it was under budget so I saved money by purchasing it
@BreezyBride24: I am doing the venue first. Mine is quite expensive (almost $$4,000) but that is for the whole weekend. Second for me is the photograhper, and I know it won't be cheap because of the location we have chosen. Incline Village……overlooking Lake Tahoe.
I hope to have all the deposits paid by the end of March. The owner of the venue has been really nice, and is willing to work with us…….so that helps A LOT!! I have done a lot of research and so far, the owner of the venue has been so much help. He is putting me in touch with a personal chef for the dinner following (small guest list, just 10), and he has also put me in touch with an officiant.
I don't plan on dress shopping until I am 9-12 months out, I need to take off a little weight and I don't want to have a lot of alterations that can be avoided. I will probably do my cake shopping, and bridal party shopping at the same time.
But I have already started the shopping for the centerpieces and boquets. That is all stuff I can do right now. Also, I have chosen to marry on a Sunday, because everything won't be as expensive or already booked. We have already purchased the tuxes, and are looking at invitations.
Total estimated budget. $10,000 to $12,000.
We've already paid deposits for our photographer and videographer. I plan to pay the balances over time, as we save up more money. We're having a backyard reception with home-cooked food, so we don't have venue or catering deposits. If you really love a certain photographer, I would recommend securing them sooner rather than later, because they book quickly!!
So far we have our venue booked, and we didn't have to pay a fee for that
We will be booking our photographer in February -400.00 deposit.
I have looked into officiants, and will be hoping to book around April.
@bellaluna290: If you don't mind me asking…what are youlooking for in an officiant?
And you are very lucky to avoid needing to put down a deposit for your venue–what a money saver!
@BreezyBride24: FI and I haven't discussed it much, but I think we're looking for someone that will let us customize our wedding to our needs. We aren't religious people and we want someone who will be open minded and not too expensive
I know! Even if we had to pay a deposit, it would only have been 400.00. It's definitely a steal because 99% of places around here have ridiculous deposits (we're talking 3k and up). It helps that we are having a small wedding
@bellaluna290: We are having a small wedding as well. How many guests are you guys expecting? We are estimagting aroudn 90.


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Two bowl requests were denied
New qualifications for determining non BCS schools will allow others to make the big money for their conference.
With the talk of adding more teams to several conferences, starting with the Big Ten, it appears some of the also ran programs in the various conferences may have a more difficult time getting to six and six to participate in the bowls.
imagine adding any of the teams that have been thrown around as possible additions to the SEC and the effect it will have on the bottom four getting to bowls.
Teams live heard mentioned include Miami of Florida, Florida State, Clemson, Georgis Tech, Virginia Tech,etc.
Four would make probably mean two additions to each division. None of them seem to be a guaranteed win.
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