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An amazing 692,000 people have already signed up to the Fish Fight, but this is the week when we need more support than ever.
The draft proposals for the new CFP will be published in Brussels at noon on Wednesday 13 July.
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Heard the news on Radio 4 - have to say that the outcome/proposals seem ludicrous. Ending the discard - excellent.
EU pay money to provide storage for fish, which if not sold will go into intervention paid for by EU and then into EU food programme - total nightmare, leading to more overfishing, more waste, and more money down the drain.
Ending the discard and allowing some market forces would have been much more preferable, as that woud be more likely to keep fishing in balance - the industry would be more likely to land only what they can sell.
I appreciate that it is more complex than that, but the intervention route is a disaster.
Dear Hugh,
Heard the news at 5:30 this morning and it is first time when I felt that I have to write comments in internet blog, never done it before.
I would like to congratulate you on the victory & achievement towards new EU Fisheries Policy.
I know that it took a lot of your efforts & your team & lot of other dedicated people to get that far, but I heard on this subject from you that is why I feel obliged to congratulate you!!!
As a dedicated spearfishers family we felt deeply about the issue. We catch only enough fish for our small family of two (do not count cat, ferret and 2 hens) and we do not neglect any species. When I heard about the problem on discarded fish, I was in shock! Ever since did not buy any fish products from the supermarkets. We eat what we can catch only!
It is indeed still long way to go until they put the policy to work, but I hardly believe that any person with at least slight brain function would ever say that there is nothing needed to be done.
Thank you for doing the right thing!
Jevgenija, Glendalough, Ireland
Hi Hugh
Thanks for taking up the fight
We've seen your last tv programs here in dk (fish-fight and chicken out). .. I'm shocked. Not that bi-catches are thrown out in the amounts they are, but that it's been an isssue for years and STILL happens.
I'm worried about allowing bi-catches. What will happen to the incitament to do anything about changing fishing-methods and industry practices?
As a consumer I'm tired of listening to the bs of carrying the responsibillity by only wanting the troubled fish-species like cod, salmon and pangasius --- as happened with the pangasius the first time I spotted it in the supermarked freezer, it went into the basket ... other kinds of fish at fair prices will go the same way.
A lot of fishers does not 'believe' in the scientific methods. It will be very easy and convinient for them to keep 'business as usual' if bi-catches are allowed. As for the producers, I can see an interest on their part in not processing too many different kinds of fish as each kind probably take their own technique and equipment.
I do not have any wisdom as to how to solve the problems. But if it takes another unimployed person (fisher) for the fishstock to grow helthy, so be it.


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I have to admit that there is useful information here for a foreigner to digest before making a holiday, relocation, or otherwise attempt at meeting a Thai woman.
There's just one aspect that I can't imagine is any different than any other meeting between a man and woman...Never forget that as important as the past is, it's never as important as how you view your future.
I look forward to my coming visits to Thailand. It will be nice to experience the smiles and hospitality that is inevitable from Thai woman. I can imagine that for every man that's coming to Thailand to meet a beautiful Thai smile and hope for their trip to match them with the sweet and kind woman that's eluded him....Theirs plenty of room to make new friends and lasting relationships regardless of the end results.
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love101 wrote:Hi Ladywhite!
Thank you for speaking up for Thai women who love farangs truly. Yes, there is such true love between Farangs and Thai women.
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justin wrote:As many people have posted: some Thai women (and men) are pre-conditioned to the whole "All farang men are rich" idea. I married with my wife one year ago, with my wife's full knowledge that I was not rich. And she had no problem with that. On the other hand, Her mother and, basically, everyone in her hometown, equates: farang = "he must be rich"
My mother in law has had a difficult time trying to keep up apperances. Trying to play on that presumtion that all farang are "well off". As you well know, gossip and rumor are very prevailant in the countryside of Thailand.
lol - I thought gossip and rumour were invented in the small Illinois farm town I grew up in.
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Ladywhite wrote:I have spent quite a bit of time reading posts on this forum, especially under the topic of "getting married in Thailand."
I am sorry to learn that most of you, farangs, have had negative experiences with your wives' families in terms of money. Most of you here talk about paying a lot of money to support your in-laws. sounds very much like they are leeches that constantly \\ //// every pound or dollar out of your wallets.
I am sorry to learn that thai women marry you for only money for themselves and their families. and only to elevate themselves socially and financially. once they get what they want from you, they walk away from you.
sounds like these thai women give us a bad name.
I do not deny what i learn from your experiences. but i would like you to please not assume that we all Thai women are just like that because we are not.
my impression is that those of you who share your stories here all married to women from villages or rural areas where people are un- or low-educated and very poor. that's why what happened to you happened: she and her families wanted your money. you are viewed as a bucket of gold their daugthers just happen to fall into, so can get as much gold out of the bucket as possible. they do that because they are poor, because they have a golden opportunity, because they can, because you allow them to, and because you love your women.
I believe that there are a lot of thai women who never want to take advantage of you financially, me included. i believe there are a lot of thai women who value love more than money. I am from a very humble background. my family and I never ask for money from my American fiance. If he wants to help us financially, we appreciate that. If not, we continue living without asking. He asked my dad about the dowry he was supposed to give him. he told him he wanted nothing; he did not have me for sale. and let me repeat, my dad is poor and low-educated. we are a poor family who doesn't have a savings account. all my dad wants form him is his love and respect for me.
Again, I am sorry for your bad experience. But for those who are seeking true love with thai women, have faith that you will find one who just doesn't only crave for your money. you just have to look carefully. whether rich or poor, good thai women still exist.
Thank you for reading until thisline. I just felt a need to say something here. I am done now.
Well put "Ladywhite"
I am ashamed to admit that I was also a victim of an unscrupulous Thai lady 6 years ago. I was lucky that I was not a complete \\\ /////. We live and learn..at a high price for some.
There are constant reminders all over the net to be extremely careful of Asian women that are just in it for money, but as the story goes, love is blind.
Be careful out there, and think twice before you jump.
Thank you for the kind advice and I do hope some farang men take heed.
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I would enjoy to meet a Thai lady of secure financial status, and have less stress. But, no matter. If she comes my way, okay. If not, okay. I walk Buddha Way regardless. My financial status may mean I must leave Thailand. Immigration has no options available for me to stay, once my current marriage moves into divorce. If I must leave Thailand, no change in my Walk. Only a change where I Walk.
I have compassion for the Thai ladies that use what resources they have available, to move forward as best they can. It may appear otherwise, and spawn your judgement, but inside I see in many, the yearning for the Way in their lives. They lay along the Path, hoping for someone to lift them up. They do not understand---regardless of mental education---that they must arise and begin their Walk without help from another or others. Other comments here illustrate such stories.
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Do you have a sister i may meet
As a FYI, western women are just as bad. I say this because i sense a bit of sadness in your tone. mildly apologetic.
I think a lot of western men are here because they heard great and unrealistic things about Thai women. And they are disappointed when they find that Thai women are not so different after all. It could be that they (western men) are the problem, either by their expectation, or by their selection process.
regardless, you are not to blame and should feel bad because of it.
I wish you the best of luck
and if you do have a sister,,,,,,,,,,,,
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Article by Li Zheng of the American Studies Center of the China Institute
of Contemporary International Relations: "The South China Sea Issue is a
'Test for a Power'" - Liaowang
Thursday August 4, 2011 08:38:09 GMT
Some American scholars have declared that the South China Sea issue will
become a "touchstone" for testing whether China will rise peacefully;
judging by China's recent moves of various kinds, China's conduct is
already "aggressive," and this is the main reason for the strong reaction
of the countries on its periphery. On the other hand, some Chinese
scholars regard the South China Sea issue as a new "claw" for the United
States to contain China, holding the view that the United States is
deliberately sowing discord and luring the countries concerned to provoke
China. As a result nationalist feeling has surged up in China, Vietnam,
and the Philippines, and there is an attitude that having a fight might
not be a bad idea. If the various parties fail to keep things under
control, and allow nationalist confrontational feeling to continually
ferment, the South China Sea issue may produce results that none of the
parties wants to see and form a problem left over from history.
The South China Sea issue has particular features compared to regional
security crises such as the DPRK and Iranian nuclear issues and the
Sino-Japanese Diaoyu island dispute. Although there have been endless
disputes between the various parties there since the 1970s, it is only in
the past two years that the contradictions have attracted world attention,
and China's rapid rise is the important background to this. Judging by
information from various quarters, after its rise China will face tests in
at least three important aspects in the South China Sea issue.
The first important test is how China should deal with the periphery
countries after its rise. In the South China Sea issue, the sharpest
contradictions with China come from Vietnam, followed by the Philippines,
and then Malaysia.
The situations of Vietnam and the Philippines differ somewhat. China and
Vietnam have twice exchanged fire and have confronted each other many
times. In 1974 and 1988 China respectively defeated the South Vietnamese
Navy and the Vietnamese Navy and recovered some islands in the Xisha and
Nansha archipelagos. Vietnam is a long, narrow country, and its main ports
are all along the South China Sea; the significance of this sea for the
country goes without saying. If Vietnam gains a 200 nautical mile EEZ in
line with the continental shelf extension principle of the Law of the Sea,
the area of this will be more or less equal to its land area. Vietnamese
Government policy is very greatly swayed, and nationalist feeli ng there
is even stronger than in China. Driven by public opinion support and real
interests, the Vietnamese Government may take risks in the South China Sea
The Philippines for its part depends on the "US-Philippine Mutual Defense
Treaty" and hopes to take advantage of the South China Sea dispute to gain
real interests from the sea's oil and gas resources. If exploration proves
the oil and gas resources there, the Philippines and other Southeast Asian
countries are likely to take full advantage of this unexpected wealth to
become rich countries at one bound. Even if there is no abundant oil and
gas, the various countries may use the South Sea issue as a political
bargaining chip to gain more tangible interests from trade with China.
Looking at historical experience, "fear of China" spread in Southea st
Asian countries after the founding of new China; however, China pacified
the unease of various parties by means of the Bandung Confer ence and
certain substantive concessions, enabling them to believe that China had
no intention of "exporting revolution." Today, the rising China needs to
again make its Southeast Asian neighbors believe that China has no
intentions of expanding.
The second test is how China should follow international law and carry out
its international responsibilities.
The recent hotting up of the South China Sea issue is to a certain extent
linked to the demand of the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental
Shelf in 2009 that all countries submit their boundary propositions. There
are already several international laws, and UN organizations and
international judiciary agencies regarding maritime matters. The UN
Convention on the Law of the Sea is the international convention with the
greatest number of signatories after the UN Charter; it concentrates the
understanding and consensus of several generations of international
politicians and legal figures on ma ritime issues. China too is one of the
signatories, but it has explicitly stated that it does not accept
international judicial or arbitration jurisdiction over sea boundaries. In
similar maritime disputes, China has for a long time persisted in
bilateral negotiations and rejected any multilateralization or
internationalization. These moves have been publicized by the countries
concerned as "delaying tactics" or "using its strength to bully the weak,"
with the result that China has appeared passive in international opinion.
As regards international responsibilities, an important reason for US
intervention in the South China Sea issue is the question of navigation
safety. Navigation safety in the South China Sea is not only in the
interest of the United States, Japan, and others, but also accords with
China's interests. After becoming the number one power in the region,
whether China should consider taking on some international
responsibilities will convey important information on how international
opinion views China's rise.
The third test is how to coexist with the United States in the South China
Sea and engage in benign strategic competition.
The United States operated in Southeast Asia for many years after World
War II, and set up security alliances through treaties with Thailand and
the Philippines and with Australia and New Zealand in Oceania. After Obama
took office, the United States also established special partnerships with
India and others, expanding its alliance partner dimensions in Asia. The
South China Sea is also an important route for the US fleet in
transferring from the Pacific to the Persian Gulf, and is of major
strategic significance. The United States is not only an important
instrument for Southeast Asian countries to counterbalance China, but also
provides public services for the region such as navigation safety and
humanitarian assistance. Hence, China cannot bypass the United States i n
the South China Sea issue, and Southeast Asian countries will not abandon
the United States for China in the short term. On the one hand, the United
States does not want the South China Sea dispute to escalate, so that it
is forced by domestic political pressure to get involved, thus worsening
the relationship with China which is more important for its economic
recovery. On the other hand, neither does the United States want to let
China continue to expand its power in the region and seize dominance in
the security field there, especially when economically the region has to a
great extent already abandoned the United States for China.
Based on these considerations, the direct target of US intervention in the
South China Sea issue is not China but ASEAN. ASEAN-China economic
interdependence has continually increased since they established the free
trade area. The United States hopes to draw support from the South China
Sea to gain a bargaining chip to speed up the bu ilding of the TPP with
ASEAN; even if it cannot win back economic dominance in the region, it can
still share a cup of thick soup from ASEAN's future high-speed growth. The
United States also hopes to use this to exert influence on ASEAN states
and urge them to continue their democratic transformation and become
important chess pieces in the future US Pacific strategy layout. Hence,
there is no direct conflict between China and the United States on this
issue, but there is interest competition.
If China can successfully deal with these tests, the South China Sea issue
will become an effective example of China's peaceful rise. But if things
turn out opposite, the South China Sea dispute will exhaust a great deal
of national strength, erode China's international reputation, and increase
anti-China feeling on the periphery, and the issue may become a "long-term
trouble" and even a "great power trap." Hence, China should have a clear
understanding of t he actual conditions, and carefully weigh up the pros
and cons and gains and losses. Since we have already become a power, we
should have a power's bearing and methods.
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Has anyone ehere done anything to commemorate the build? I'm thinking of framing the blueprints with a picture of the finished house (maybe with our family?) and I'm having a hard time visualizing it. Does anyone have ideas to share? |
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I have a blog that details everything from start to finish. I use in-wall touch panels in lieu of light switches and will run slide-shows from the build on the panels when they are not in use. |
I plan on taking tons of photos and then maybe doing a photobook when we're done. |
jrldh, what blog? |
- Posted by live_wire_oak (My Page) on Mon, Mar 18, 13 at 17:50
One of the best commemoratives is to plant a tree. Nothing to do with photos or blogs, but it's a great symbol. Plus, the house probably needs landscaping. Just be sure to not plan that blue spruce 10' from the house! |
- Posted by virgilcarter (My Page) on Mon, Mar 18, 13 at 18:33
Standard "blue-prints" and blue-line and black-line prints will fade in natural light and are not permanent. You may want to make a photographic print or giclee print. Good luck on your project. |
dBrad: It's a home building blog pretty much like others have posted here in the past. I use it as a diary for myself and family members who may be interested what's going on with my build. |
- Posted by sparkler39 (My Page) on Tue, Mar 19, 13 at 0:31
If you're putting in a concrete driveway (or garage floor) you could put handprints (and paw prints) in a corner to "sign" it. |
- Posted by flgargoyle (My Page) on Tue, Mar 19, 13 at 6:29
I stamped the year into the basement floor while the concrete was wet. I'm planning a photobook, and I'm going to take a picture, edit it to look like a sketch, and make T-shirts for those who helped me along the way (I'm pretty much building the house myself). Finally, I'd like to find a spot where visitors can sign. A friend of mine uses the siding on their porch, but the signatures are starting to fade, and they can't re-side without losing this memento. We had to hurry out to buy a cheap shovel the day we broke ground because we had to bed some silt fence, so I might paint the shovel gold and hang it up somewhere for the first year. Sort of related- I'm trying to figure out how to throw an open house so friends and family can see my efforts, without looking like I'm bragging, and without soliciting any gifts. We already have too much stuff, and are downsizing. |
- Posted by threeapples (My Page) on Tue, Mar 19, 13 at 7:26
We took a precious picture of our kids holding, and resting their feet on, the shovel that made the first dig. I plan to frame it as well as make a photo book of the whole building process. Sometime after we have furniture and a driveway we plan to have the people who built our house over for a party to show our appreciation. Have any of you hosted subs for a party? Did it go well? |
Like Savenann, I am planning to take LOTS of photographs of every step and make them into a scrapbook. I'm old-fashioned enough to prefer a book of photos on the shelf to an online something. In part this will be for the memories, but I also plan to take photographs of the "insides" of every wall before the drywall goes up . . . that might one day be useful if/when something needs to be repaired. |
- Posted by virgilcarter (My Page) on Tue, Mar 19, 13 at 12:09
Taking a range of exterior and interior photos is very good for insurance purposes, should replacement every be needed. Ms. P's idea of photographing every partition before covering up with finish material is also good. Since computers crash with frustrating regularity, it's good to either have a hard copy, and/or have the folder copied to another drive, thumb drive or cloud somewhere (although I don't trust clouds any more than my own computer's hard drive). |
My SO made me a tiny custom shovel (1/3 the size of a normal one), painted it my favourite color and put an engraved plate on it with the year. I used it to dig the first hole and it will hang prominently in the livingroom once the house is done. I also keep a blog, and when the build is finished, will have it published into a lovely book (there's online companies that will turn them into a bound full color professional looking book). That to me will be awesome, a permanent tale. Last thing is since I drew my own plans, I'm having the first ones with all the engineers marks on them framed and they'll hang on the way up the stairs, with the last including the engineer stamp and the permit number : ) But now I love the idea of having my helpers sign something, which means I need to find a permanent venue for that!! |
- Posted by gladys1924 (My Page) on Wed, Jun 12, 13 at 14:13
This is a good thread. We're hoping to break ground any day now (wrestling with the lender over their useless rules - grrr), and since this is the only home we'll ever build, I'd like to find some way to commemorate the process. We're taking lots of pictures. I might start a blog too, if I can ever discipline myself to do it. Beyond that - any other ideas? I like the idea of framing some of the construction drawings, and maybe a few of the drawings that we came up with during the planning process. |
- Posted by gladys1924 (My Page) on Wed, Jun 12, 13 at 14:34
Side note: we just got the go ahead from our lender to start site prep! We won't have the loan at this point - it'll take a few weeks to close on that - but we can still start. It seems like this has been a long time coming. Recently I've hated to go out to our property, even though it's so gorgeous out there, it's also been a difficult wait. So - woo hoo! Are hard hats required when we visit the construction site? I've thought that if they are, perhaps "creative" looking hats would be appropriate? hmm. |
- Posted by AnnieDeighnaugh (My Page) on Wed, Jun 12, 13 at 18:57
We impressed our hand prints in the foundation floor and imbedded a new penney to mark the date. |
We plan on an open house thank you to everyone involved.. But we love to entertain and have good friends/food/fun! jen |
- Posted by carpecattus (My Page) on Thu, Jun 13, 13 at 14:20
I am a calligrapher - years ago I had a client come to me with a scrapbook she had created as a gift for her new neighbors. They had purchased the home next to hers, arranged for the fire dept. to burn the house down, and then proceeded to build a new home. My client photographed every step of the process and as a result had the most wonderful "welcome to your new home" gift imaginable! She wanted me to create a special title page and I stumbled on what has become one of my favorite quotes: "If I were asked the chief benefit of the house I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace." Gaston Bachelard We are still a good year or two from building, but I've already decided one of the things we will be displaying in our home is a satellite image of our property that we stumbled upon by chance last year while exploring Google Earth - the image caught us on a sunny day when we were enjoying a picnic up on our property - pure serendipity! :-) |
- Posted by jody7sharp (My Page) on Mon, Jun 17, 13 at 13:36
What sweet ideas! Since I am two weeks from close and have totally passed the "honeymoon" phase of the build process (not my favorite time!), I think I am going to grab those keys at closing, lock myself inside, change the locks, and never come out! |
- Posted by sparky4sparky (My Page) on Sun, Jun 23, 13 at 10:30
I also want to frame my blueprints. I had my archichtect do a simple one page PDF. Top of drawing is a drawing of exterior elevation front of house. Below is the floorplan with most measurements removed. I am also taking automatic pictures of the build. 5 days a week from 7-7 every 30 min. Turning it into a YouTube video. Already did a test video of the first six weeks looks pretty good. |
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In less than two weeks, the city Department of Environmental Protection's response to flooding in Southeast Queens has gone from "It's not our responsibility" to "Let's talk."
And the estimated cost of pumping untreated water out of wells to alleviate chronic flooding has dropped from about $1 million per well per year to between $300,000 and $500,000 in that time.
The developments came out of a meeting held in Albany on Tuesday among state Sen. Malcolm Smith (D-Hollis) and Assemblyman William Scarborough (D-Jamaica) who represent the flood-prone areas, city DEP Commissioner Carter Strickland Jr. and Joe Martens, commissioner of the state Department of Environmental Conservation.
"I think it was a cordial meeting, a working meeting," Scarborough said in a telephone interview on Tuesday. "We are looking for a response to our problem, and we asked the DEC and the DEP to bring us technical and engineering information for the site so we can see how we can go forth."
Much of Southeast Queens has a high water table, though for decades groundwater was pumped out by the tens of millions of gallons per day under the old Jamaica Water Service company.
The city bought the company and its wells in 1996, and gradually began shutting them down as the Jamaica region was put on city water from upstate reservoirs.
Groundwater levels have risen by more than 30 feet since the pumping stopped, allowing for flooding ranging from a few inches to several feet when there is a heavy rain in the borough.
Residents, civic groups and elected officials in the southeast contend that the city could pump out the wells to at least lessen the flooding problems.
Toward that end, more than 100 people attended a flood information meeting hosted by Scarborough at York College on Feb. 28, after which a city DEP spokesman confirmed Scarborough's contention that the agency does not consider groundwater to come under its purview.
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Smith, in a statement issued by his office, said he and Scarborough would agree to pursue sources of funding for the necessary studies and costs of pumping. The DEP is funded completely by ratepayers.
Smith's office cited the $300,000 to $500,000 per well per year cost just to pump the water out, adding that they were told the cost per well could go up to between $3 million and $5 million per well to treat the extracted water to make it drinkable.
Scarborough said first off that the city intends to do just that at Jamaica wells beginning in 2018, when the main tunnel bringing water to the city is shut down for a few years to make repairs. He said the water does not have to be table quality to take it out of the ground for flood relief.
"We're not asking them to pump the water out to make it drinkable," Scarborough said Tuesday. "We're asking them to pump it out and relocate it someplace else."
He added the estimated cost for just pumping stated on Tuesday comes in far below the $1 million per well that he was told prior to the Feb. 28 community meeting.
Strickland, in a statement issued through Scarborough's office, said all four men have some homework to do.
"We'll have to be creative because coming up with a solution is not going to be simple," he said.
But Smith said all four men have pledged to work together on finding a feasible solution and the money to pay for it.
If they can't, Scarborough has introduced a bill in Albany that would, if signed into law, compel the city to use its infrastructure to help alleviate the problem, as the city currently is the only entity that owns such infrastructure.
"This is a very serious matter for homeowners,' Smith said. "I will put a great deal of capital, both political and legislative, to make this happen."
But he also said some studies are necessary in order to give him the document to tell the mayor and governor that any eventual proposal would work once applied.
The DEP has contended that much of the problem could be alleviated by drainage and storm sewers that are planned over the next 10 years, conceding that Southeast Queens is underserved by such systems.
In a related matter, Scarborough said organizers are temporarily postponing a rally that had been scheduled for the DEP's Corona offices on Junction Boulevard for March 22.
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"We will have a rally, but we need to take care of a few things first. And we want to make sure we have a lot of people there," Scarborough said.
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I really like Netflix and other streaming services for movies and TV shows. I have always hoped that eventually there would be a lot more competition in the market and that would push movie studios and other content providers to allow more streaming content overall. If you are a fan of streaming content like me you might appreciate a new offering, Comcast called Streampix.
Streampix will allow you to view content on the web, your iPad and other mobile devices as well. There is a catch with the service though, it will only be offered to subscribers of Comcast cable. That means if you're like me you live in an area where Comcast isn't available you won't be able to get access. For those that can get access it will cost an extra $4.99 per month. Apparently, it will be offered at no additional cost on some cable packages (like those expensive "Triple Play" bundles).
While Comcast has already been offering on-demand movies, the streaming service will offer past seasons of TV shows like 30 Rock, Lost, and many more. It will also have movies like Oceans 11, The Big Lebowski and others. I wonder if the service being tied specifically to a cable company if that will mean Streampix might get content that Netflix is unable to access.
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I am a triple play subscriber but not the top tier that is required for free streampix. Already paying premium at $+/-170 a month, and they want another 4.99/month from me………. no way I'll stay with netflix and/or amazon prime. Comcast is already gouging me so that I can have espn channels.
I stopped Dish Network/Direc-TV/Cable a long time ago when I realized that I was paying huge amounts of $ for mostly crap, conveying ideas I don't even approve of. Besides, TV is 20th Century, almost imperial, with central points broadcasting out to the masses what they want viewers to "know". I've got fiber to the house and stream video using nothing but net, Hulu & You-Tube mainly. I'm also a netflix subscriber and my antenna with local digital TV works nicely too with my HDHomeRun. I went through a small bit of withdrawal when I disconnected but I'm oveAr it. I say cut the cable. Keep the broadband. :-)


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