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A longtime advocate for West Virginia's Appalachian communities, Sister Janet M. Peterworth became president of the Ursuline Sisters of Louisville, Kentucky, on July 29 in the congregation's Motherhouse Chapel in Louisville.
The former executive director of ABLE Families, a faith-based nonprofit organization located in Kermit, Sister Janet spent 20 years in rural Appalachia working to strengthen the region's individuals and families by addressing the systemic causes of poverty.
"It was hard for me to leave West Virginia and the ministry. People that were so meaningful and life-giving for me," Sister Janet said. "My time there will hold many good memories for me. West Virginia will always have a special place in my heart."
While in West Virginia, Sister Janet worked alongside Ursuline Sister Brendan Conlon, who also recently returned to Louisville's Motherhouse.
Sister Brendan directed Christian Help, which provides financial assistance and distributes food and household items to the area's impoverished. Both ABLE Families and Christian Help continue under the directorship of Sister Therese Carew, OSF, and Sister Pat Murray, CSJ, as well as with help from local staff and numerous volunteers.
While in West Virginia, Sister Janet served as chairwoman or board member for many other nonprofit organizations such as Our Children Our Future, Tug Valley Recovery Shelter/Domestic Violence Board, the John A. Sheppard Memorial Ecological Reservation and the STOP Coalition, an alcohol and drug prevention organization.
Four other Ursuline Sisters of Louisville form the new Leadership Circle. They are: Sister Agnes Coveney, vice president/councilor; Sister Paula Kleine-Kracht, councilor; Sister Margaret Ann Hagan, councilor; and Sister Jo Ann Jansing, councilor.
The Louisville community joined Ursuline Sisters and Associates, their family members and friends for the leadership transition ceremony, also marking the continuation of ministry for the congregation that first arrived in Louisville in 1858 to teach German immigrant children.
The Leadership Circle is committed to guiding the 156-year-old congregation of female religious and associate members that today still teach and serve communities and individuals, near and far, in a variety of ways.
As president, Sister Janet continues in ministry.
"I embrace the call to leadership that has come from my community," she said. "These are exciting times in our history. I think we are at a crossroads, and it is important to discern which road we take into our future. But what I know for sure is that the spirit of God will be our real leader on whatever road we choose."


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Joe the Barbarian. When I first heard the title back in early 2010, I had no idea what the eight-issue miniseries would be about. I simply assumed it'd be some sort of spoof on Conan the Barbarian with a modern attempt at humor. Thankfully I was so completely wrong.
Shortly after my insane assumption, I discovered who the creative team actually was. The series would be written by Grant Morrison, drawn by Sean Murphy and colored by Dave Stewart. That, plus the fact that it was from Vertigo and the first issue only cost one dollar, there was absolutely no way I wasn't going to check it out.
Because the story comes from the mind of Grant Morrison, you know things won't be what they seem. That is a common theme throughout the story. There literally are layers to the story and trying to sort them out is part of the journey of the story. Readers and the main character, Joe Manson, aren't quite certain what is going on and what is really happening.
The story starts out grounded in reality. Joe is your typical 13-year-old. He lives with his mom, who is struggling to make ends meet and he is also suffering from Type I Diabetes. We see poor Joe, trying to make his way through the school day, dealing with bullies and the fact that he doesn't quite fit in. He's different and the fact he needs to maintain his blood sugar level while living in a somewhat dark and depressing house with his father not around makes you worry a little about this kid. Pretty much his best and only friend is his pet rat, Jack.
When Jack is home alone one evening, during a storm, he dozes off and there's the possibility his blood sugar level has dropped to a dangerous level. Noticing something is off, he asks, "Did I do something stupid?" This is where we see a brand new world.
Jack is no longer in the world he knew. What he and readers will wonder, is there something special about Jack that allowed him to travel to this other world or is this all due to hallucinations from his hypoglycemia?
It might seem too easy of a story. Because many of the characters appear to be mostly the toys in Joe's bedroom somehow given life, you think it's got to be a simple hallucination. But we are talking about Grant Morrison. By not knowing more about Joe and this world he lives in, the possibility that he has some special powers locked inside is there. Or he could just be a goofy and imaginative kid.
It might sound like a simple premise. Maybe too simple. But there is much more to it. Grant Morrison is fully capable of taking readers on a grand journey and adventure but the trip is made even more glorious when you throw in Sean Murphy and Dave Stewart.
You will find yourself glancing over every detail on each page. If you aren't then you better take the time to. Too many times the art in a comic is taken for granted. Readers might notice how great the characters look but usually dive into the story and rapidly turn the page to see what's going to happen next. JOE THE BARBARIAN is indeed full of action and suspense but it would be an injustice to plow through the pages here.
To help you appreciate the beautiful art and details, the deluxe format presents the story in a larger format. It may not be in the dimensions of an Absolute book but is bigger than the original comics and small enough that it doesn't become too cumbersome to read.
Besides the great and clever writing of Morrison and lovely art and colors by Murphy and Stewart, there is one factor that really makes this book stand out. It was a fun story.
I love superhero comics and the monthly adventures we get. That isn't all there is when it comes to comics. It's important to give other comic genres a chance. Morrison created a new world and you don't need to know anything about it or the characters in order to dive right in. Comics with the never-ending battle are great but there are times we might want or need a complete story. There is a beginning and an ending here. As corny as it may sound, there is something for everyone here. For those with non-comic reading friends, this is a story they could appreciate. Morrison set out to create a full fledge adventure/fantasy story and he succeeded.
My only complaint about the original series was the delays towards the end. I actually got a bit frustrated and resolved not to finish reading the story until it was collected in a hardcover. I was enjoying the story and would be willing to buy a hardcover release but it's not a story where you'd want to have to wait months between issues. That obviously isn't a problem here.
There are plenty of reasons to pick this release up. The creative team of Morrison, Murphy and Stewart should have sold you from the beginning. This definitely falls into the 'something different' category. The retail price for the deluxe edition is $29.99. You can pick it up at your local comic shop (or find it cheaper online if that's where you shop for hardcovers). It's a great read. I was thankful it was finally collected and overjoyed that it got the deluxe treatment.
As an added treat, there are some special features at the end. Sean Murphy's sketch designs and Grant Morrison's character notes are included. The thumbnails, descriptions and commentary from Murphy as he developed the characters is great. I would have been thrilled to simply get the issues collected but the slightly oversized presentation along with this extra bit helped to push it over the edge. We simply need more stories like JOE THE BARBARIAN.
For fun, and to see my original thoughts on the first issue, check out this blast-from-the-past video review from January 2010.

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Audi opens li-ion battery competence center
The competence center - Audi calls it a "project house" - is located near the company's headquarters in Ingolstadt, Germany. About 100 engineers and electronics experts work at the facility which covers some 3500 square meters. According to Audi, the basic concept for the competence center is to promote close collaboration between all disciplines involved in high-voltage battery technology.
Key focus areas of the high-voltage project house include design and development of proprietary hardware and software for all components of such batteries as well as development and production of batteries for Audi's R8 e-tron and Audi A1 e-tron fleet batteries. The research activities are complemented by a small pilot production line for prototypes and small-series battery types. In addition, the competence center also disposes of a high-voltage testing area. There, the company can test Hi-voltage batteries at cell, module and system level.
"The high-voltage battery project house is a major step for us towards electric mobility," said Michael Dick, member of Audi's board of management and responsible Technical Development. Besides driving the product development, the new activity also will have to ensure that the batteries meet the company's quality requirements, he added.
A strategic partner for Audi's drivetrain battery development is Panasonic.
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Newcastle United boss Alan Pardew says another Papiss Cisse-type signing could happen in January.
Pardew has assured fans their transfer market plans remain ambitious.
He told the Evening Chronicle: "Of course there is, if we think we are getting value for money.
"There is no way we will sign an £8million player who is 28. I know that, so there is no point me looking at them.
"But if there's a 22-year-old at £11million who has potential and I can convince him there is a £30million player there, it could be different.
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Ms. Donaghue described the CFPB enforcement actions and investigations that were already a matter of public record. She also mentioned an investigation of a company that has not been the subject of any CFPB press release and of which I was unaware. The matter involves an investigation of 3D Resorts–Bluegrass, LLC for possible violations of the Interstate Land Sales Disclosure Act. Here is a copy of the Proof of Claim filed by the CFPB in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Kentucky, Owensboro Division.
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I just got a Javelin and was wondering if anyone can tell me how I can find out what year it was made. I forget what the Hull Number was (I'm at work, the boats at home) but the model number is 2085. And is there anywhere you can download a users manual.
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Google is a wonderful tool. ;-)
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I bought Class# 2225 Last winter. I am going to lauch it tomorrow (finally) if all goes well.
One site that is indispensable is the Yahoo group. JavelinSailors : JavelinSailors
Also check out The O'Day Javelin Project it is a 'Classic' model but full of good info.
Then finally there is http://www.caskeyco nstructioncompan...sonrise_ 1.htm Which shows all of the upgrades that are recommended by Javelin Owner's Manual by Dan Reiber. (Dan is an active member of the yahoo group above)
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Rama: City to award more families of distinction on Independence Day
About 200 more families will be given awards of distinction by the Cebu City Government during an Independence Day Ball in June.
Mayor Michael Rama said these are the clans which were nominated but did not make it to the 75 families recognized during the city's 75th Charter Day celebration.
"We do not want them to feel left out so we are organizing an evening to honor more families," said Rama.
The 75 families were given plaques of recognition during the testimonial dinner at the Cebu City Waterfront Hotel last Friday.
The awarding ceremony was one of the highlights in the celebration of the city's 75th Charter Day celebration.
But the mayor's critics described the move as his way to reach out to different Cebuano clans for his political ambition.
"My opponents will always have something to hit me with," Rama responded.
He said he would not allow himself to be affected by such criticism.
Rama pointed out that the selection of the 75 families was done with respected members of the private sector.
Rama said he was touched by the attendance of those who came in wheelchairs to join their clan members in accepting the city's plaque of recognition.
Four of the 75 families did not show up for the dinner.
Mayor Rama said he will display the unclaimed plaques in his office and wait for representatives to get them.
Councilor Rodrigo Abellanosa whom Rama invited to receive the plaque on behalf of the Abellanosa clan earlier begged off.
Rama said he would be writing another Abellanosa clan member to receive the plaque.
Rama said he chose to invite Abellanosa because he was the more popular clan member being an elected councilor.
"He should have asked somebody to receive the award because he is not the only Abellanosa," said Rama.
Other clans not represented were Ludo-Luym, Gothong and Kabajar.
The Gothong family already communicated with Rama that they would claim the award.
"They said that there was miscommunication so they failed to come. I wish the other families will also come to my office and get their plaques," said Rama.
The city government may select another 25 families to be recognized on the100th Charter Day celebration of the city giving other clans hope of getting recognized. /Chief of Reporters Doris C. Bongcac
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First Metro Q1 profit up 134%
First Metro Investment Corp., the investment banking arm of the Metrobank group, posted a 134-percent year-on-year jump in its first quarter net profit to P2.3 billion.
This translated to a return on equity of 56.2 percent.
In a statement, FMIC said this was due to strong treasury earnings and the growth posted by its other business segments, including investment banking, strategic finance and investment advisory.
FMIC's treasury group was the biggest income earner for the period with P1.1 billion, 126 percent higher than year-ago level. This, it said, was generated from interest income on its fixed income portfolio, trading gains from the sale and redemption of government and private securities, and fee income from securities distribution.
The investment banking group posted total fee income of P168 million, double the year-ago level. Among the deals where FMIC participated in the quarter were: Beacon Electric Asset Holdings's P17-billion corporate notes issue; Megawide Construction Corp.'s P4-billion notes facility agreement; Philippine Business Bank's P3.19 billion initial public offering; GT Capital Holdings' P10-billion fixed rate bonds, and Toledo Power Co.'s P7-billion project loan facility.
The strategic finance unit registered P96 million in earnings, also more than double the P42 million posted a year ago.
The investment advisory made P216 million in net trading gains and dividend income from investments in stocks. This marked a 232-percent surge from the level a year ago.
The investment bank's consolidated assets stood at P86.5 billion.
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The anti-Israeli flotilla "activists" are upset! They're mad and they're getting madder! The flotilla is, of course, the floating version of the "Annual Israel Apartheid Week Operation to Defame and Delegitimize Israel." The defamers of Israel have enjoyed great success on campuses, but were surprised by a series of disappointments in this year's nautical event. First they complained about the non-cooperation of the Turkish authorities and now, docked In a Greek port, they've complained about sabotage to their ships, foot-dragging by Greek authorities and, most recently, they've been outraged by a Greek ban on Gaza-bound vessels leaving port. The angry activists are not shy about pointing an accusatory finger at the powerful force behind it all. Turns out it's all the work of Israel's legendary spy agency, the Mossad.
Yes, the "We love Gaza- Israel is Bad" flotilla boat people are having some problems, and Israel stands in the dock, accused of yet another "crime." Israel is using her secret powers to be unfair to her enemies. This is not a new charge. Just last year, the Iranian "Program to Develop a Nuclear Bomb so We Can Wipe Israel off the Map" was hit by a mysterious computer virus. It was a "worm" called Stuxnet. The Iranians are now trying to fight off a second targeted computer attack by a new virus called "Stars." The Islamist government of Iran blames both attacks on Israel, and, presumably, on the Mossad.
So, now in 2011, the sea-faring branch of the "Campaign to Delegitimize the Jewish State" has been hit by a strange confluence of mysterious events which include the outbreak of the Greek anti-austerity riots, the discovery of cracks in a propeller of one of the flotilla boats, the effect on the Turkish government of the heating up of the Syrian-Turkish border, and the incredible slowness of Greek bureaucracy. And they blame it all on Israel.
And, as a slight diversion, but staying within the warm waters of the Middle East, there's a bizarre news item being reported from Egypt's fashionable resort at the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula. The Red Sea waters off the tourist beaches of Sharm el-Sheikh are now, it is said, shark-infested. It is also being said that the sharks have been sent in by Israel's Mossad spy agency. And the Egyptians are the ones saying it.
But the whacko Mossad shark story is not nearly as wild as one coming out of Gaza. Yes, the very same Gaza that the flotilla is focused on. A Hamas police spokesman has announced that aphrodisiac-laced chewing gum was being introduced into the Gaza strip by "The Zionist intelligence services" to corrupt Gaza's youth. Zionist intelligence services? Yes! It's the all-powerful Israeli Mossad again.
There's a temptation to joke about these loony allegations. It's easy. What's difficult is to remember that the depiction of the Jew as an all-powerful, invisible controlling force is at the very core of anti-Semitism. You can't hate Jews if you think of them as helpless victims of the Nazis. But you can hate them, if you think of the Jews as being the Nazis! And getting the world to think of Israel as a Nazi state would appear to be one of the main goals of the flotilla operation. Its other goal is to help blind the world to the geopolitical realities of the region.
Just a few years ago the world spoke of the Arab/Israeli conflict. But in that simple phrase was recognition of the reality. The lone Jewish state was surrounded and opposed by 21 hostile Arab states. The Arab/Israeli conflict needed a new name. So it's all now been repackaged as the Israel/Palestine conflict. And the reality of a unified anti-Israel Muslim world has been hidden from view or discussion. And central to the selling of that Israel/Palestine image are the flotilla showboaters.
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And this, my friends, is why filtering and lane splitting where it is not legal and accepted is a bad idea!
Truth be told this is one of only 3 instances of ignorant asshats road raging or even getting upset that I filtered. Considering that I do it several times a day six days a week and have done so for years I would say that is a pretty good ratio of helpfull/dangerous. It IS much safer for me to split than to sit at the back of stopped traffic. This may vary by region but here in SFL it has saved my ass more times than it has endangered it. I will take my chances with "Mr Juvenille Ego Angry Pants" versus little miss "I Didn't See You Because I was Texting Face" any day of the week.
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For critically wounded troops, the battle never ends
Dominguez is looking forward to a surfing trip to San Onofre. He'd like to run in the Marine Corps Marathon once he is fitted and capable with his permanent prosthetic legs. Part of his therapy will be relearning to play the guitar.
"My plate is pretty much busy from morning until dark," he said.
Dominguez sees a dermatologist, ophthalmologist, neurologist, vascular specialist and primary care physician, among others. He receives occupational and physical therapy and sees mental health specialists for post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury. He's had surgery to regain the hearing in his left ear.
He underwent what doctors call a fractional carbon dioxide laser surgery to shape his scar tissue, promote healing and soften the tissue in order to improve the tolerance for a prosthetic limb. More than 500 such treatments have been done on amputee patients at Naval Medical Center San Diego in the past two years.
Dominguez's mother, Martha, lives in an adjoining room in the battalion housing and accompanies her son to his appointments. Several other mothers live in rooms beside their wounded sons.
Navy and Marine Corps brass have agreed that wounded Navy corpsmen should live on the same floor as the wounded Marines. Both groups recover more quickly when they are near personnel who share their battlefield experiences, officials said.
Fuke and Dominguez, for example, are part of the Camp Pendleton-based 3rd Battalion, 5th Regiment, which was assigned to the Taliban stronghold in Sangin. "He's one of my boys," said Dominguez, adding that he has finally forgiven Fuke for not giving him morphine as he lay in the dirt writhing in pain.
From the beginning of the assault on Baghdad in 2003, the San Diego hospital has treated patients with traumatic amputations. But last year, particularly as the battalion fought the Taliban in late fall, the numbers surged to unprecedented levels.
In 2010, the San Diego hospital received 31 patients who had undergone amputations, a threefold increase over 2009. In the first four months of 2011, 18 more patients with amputations were transferred to San Diego.
In 2009, only one of the 10 amputees had lost more than one limb. In 2010, the figure was 10 of 31. So far in 2011, the figure is 11 of 18.
In all, the hospital has had 99 patients with amputations from Iraq and Afghanistan. From those cases, doctors and therapists have devised improved methods for building and fitting prosthetic limbs.
Along with an increase in amputations, there has been an increase in severe wounds to the genitals and urinary tract. In that regard, Dominguez counts himself lucky.
A shard of metal came within a fraction of slicing his testicles. He survived unscathed. "God must have had his hand on me," he said.
Other Marines and soldiers have not been so fortunate. Their wounds are different from those suffered by patients in traffic accidents or other civilian mishaps, doctors say.
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The Scottish National Party on Tuesday made its strongest case for an independent Scotland in a white paper titled 'Scotland's Future: Your guide to an independent Scotland,' that it released in Glasgow.
Addressing a press conference with Deputy Minister Nicola Surgeon, First Minister Alex Salmond said: "This white paper is the most detailed blueprint that any people have been offered anywhere in the world as the basis of becoming an independent country."
He argued that if Scotland became independent it would be in a strong starting position with the 8th highest economic output and the 10th highest national income per capita in the entire developed world. He also cautioned that Scotland would have to "tackle a legacy of debt, low growth and social inequality bequeathed to us by Westminster's control over the economy."
The white paper, Mr. Salmond said, answers 650 "real questions asked by real people" and will give the people of Scotland the opportunity to have a reasoned debate before the September 2014 referendum in which the Scottish electorate will vote yes or no to the question "Should Scotland become an independent country."
In the white paper, the SNP lays out in election-manifesto style, the policies it will implement if the party is elected to power in the event of Scotland winning independence.
The government will put child care at the centre of their social programme, offering "a transformational change in childcare so that, over time, every child from age one to starting school is guaranteed 30 hours of provision for 38 weeks of the year." This will create conditions for more women to enter the workforce, Ms. Sturgeon said.
On the economic front, the SNP says that its reorganisation of the taxation system – that will see the abolition of the 'bedroom tax' — will save the country £ 250 million. A Fair Work Commission will ensure that the minimum wage rises at least in line with inflation. It will retain the pound with the Bank of England as "lender of last resort".
An independent Scotland will not spend "billions of pounds in weapons of mass destruction," Mr. Salmond said, and will therefore get rid of the Trident nuclear weapons, currently based on the Clyde. It will also apply to join NATO.
On immigration, the white paper proposes considerable loosening up of the present controls, and in respect of overseas students, it has offered a post-study work visa, the removal of which in the U.K. has negatively impacted overseas student enrolment.
According to the white paper, there are over 30,000 international students from more than 150 countries in Scotland; over 11 per cent of all students studying in Scotland are drawn from elsewhere in the EU and about 10 per cent are from the rest of the world.
A promise that will find much support amongst immigrant communities is that of introducing post-study work visas. "This visa will encourage more talented people from around the world to further their education in Scotland, providing income for Scotland's education institutions and contributing to the local economy and community diversity," the report states.
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Citing various passages from the Bible, most especially the 25th chapter of the Gospel of Matthew, a coalition of prominent evangelical groups is pushing Congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform, and specifically a pathway to citizenship for those living here illegally. The alliance, which includes Land's Southern Baptist Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, often cites that famous passage from Matthew: "I was a stranger and you invited me in."
Evangelicals have favored comprehensive immigration reform for years, but they now see a political and economic climate that is especially receptive for successful legislation. Their coalition, The Evangelical Immigration Table, wrote a letter to President Obama and congressional leaders asking that any plan include the opportunity for illegal residents to gain citizenship.
That component, as evangelical leaders know, is a stumbling block on Capitol Hill, where conservatives are concerned about the term "amnesty."
This is still a big hurdle, but the Republican Party has traveled a great distance in the past 12 months. It was only a year ago that Mitt Romney tried to score points against Texas Gov. Rick Perry during a Republican presidential debate by declaring that the answer to illegal immigration was "self-deportation."
[1] http://sojo.net/biography/caitlin-huey-burns
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[3] http://sojo.net/press-source/real-clear-politics
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This property was originally built and used as a farmhouse and has been lovingly restored to offer accommodation for up to five people. It retains many of the original features, such as exposed beams and a slate fireplace. An enclosed garden offers ample opportunity for a spot of alfresco dining or simply to enjoy a glass of wine as the sun sets over the distant mountains.
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Oil central heating with multi-fuel stove. Electric cooker, microwave, fridge, dishwasher, TV with basic Sky package, DVD, radio and CD player, phone with honesty box, WiFi. Freezer, washing machine and tumble dryer in utility outbuilding. Oil, electricity and starter pack for multi-fuel stove inc. in rent, additional fuel sold by owner. Bed linen and towels inc. in rent. Cot, highchair and stairgate on request. Off road parking for 3 cars. Bike storage in utility room. Enclosed garden and patio area with garden furniture and BBQ. One well-behaved dog welcome. Sorry, no smoking. Shops 4 miles, pub 2 miles. Note: Working sheep farm - please keep dog on lead.
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Betws-Y-Coed was founded around a monastery late in the 6th Century. It grew very slowly with the development of the local lead-mining industry and today has earned the nickname of 'the Gateway to Snowdonia' and is one of North Wales' most popular holiday destinations. As part of the Snowdonia National Park it is surrounded by miles of unspoilt countryside and ancient mountains and is home to an abundance of wildlife and some rare species of plants. This is a Mecca for walkers, horse-riders and climbers looking to pit themselves against the trials offered by Mount Snowdon. There are a variety of attractions in and around Betwsy-Y-Coed, such as Fairy Glen, a secluded gorge and beauty spot on the River Conwy. The Swallow Falls are also extremely popular and offer a dramatic highlight to any visit. There is a good selection of pubs in the village, with a number of restaurants and shops.
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Most resin still has the mold release coating on it, and the most often used method to remove it is an overnight soak in Wesleys Bleach-Wite, a white wall tire cleaned found in the automotive section of most marts, or your local auto parts store. A light scrubing with an old toothbrush and a good rinse and you should be ready to go. Resin will take any primer and paint but you must use epoxy or super glue because the regular model glues wont work.
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Everyone keeps saying to soak or wash their Resing parts in Wesley's Bleche White, but I havent seen it in the auto parts stores in a while. Where is everyone getting theirs these days? I've been soaking in the purple pond and having no adhesion issues. I think that I heard or read that some use TSP - Tri-Sodium Phosphate on their resin, stands to reason it is a standard painter's item that cleans almose anything.
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Family Dollar store by me had it on clearance this week.
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Also remember that resin is much softer than styrene and will sand down much quicker in cleanup. I use emery boards and a light touch.
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Clean it well...BEFORE you do anything else.
I tape a sheet of 400 grit paper to a glass sheet (1/2" thick, 4x6" and flat) to sand all parts flat..go slow with resin. Gibson headers need a lot of cleanup usually..not too hard. I mock up with white glue, then take down, wash glue residue off and assemble with CA. Good luck !


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From the Publisher"The clarity of Barnard's introduction, which sets out the complex agenda of his subject with an elegance that never simplifies, together with the judicious choice of extracts and articles, must surely make this collection the ideal Reader for students and scholars studying fashion from whatever perspective." – Elizabeth Wilson is currently Visiting Professor London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London.
"Fashion is about clothes, about time and about how the individual is linked to society; are they 'with it' or not? This collection brings together a range of views and ideas from very different perspectives about fashion in a way that will be of direct interest to students of design, cultural studies, sociology and the study of fashion itself. The book includes different styles of writing and approach, some of which are just now more fashionable than others, but all have been chosen for having something distinctive and important to say about fashion. The choice of articles will give any reader a broad overview of the theoretical and cultural significance of fashion in the twenty-first century. A 'reader' is something to dip into, to read different parts of at different times – in fact, if it is as well planned and put together as this one, it is a book that never goes out of fashion!
Malcolm Barnard's 'Fashion as Communication' has become a standard text used on fashion courses all over the world, introducing difficult concepts and theories to students who are often most interested in designing, making and looking at things. His work on visual culture, design and fashion has made accessible to a wide audience key ideas from philosophy, sociology and social theory. Maclolm Barnard's own writing in the introduction to 'Fashion Theory' is as engaging and clear as ever and he sets this collection of articles in a context that will be a continual point of reference for its readers." – Tim Dant, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of York.


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- Don't complain about lack of options. You've got to pick a few when you do multiple choice. Those are the breaks.
- Feel free to suggest poll ideas if you're feeling creative. I'd strongly suggest reading the past polls first.
- This whole thing is wildly inaccurate. Rounding errors, ballot stuffers, dynamic IPs, firewalls. If you're using these numbers to do anything important, you're insane.
Oh crap... (Score:4, Insightful)
...I was going to make some complaint / argument for $0. But then I remembered I tossed Slashdot a few bucks a while back.
To maintain complete accuracy in this poll, I recommend my vote be removed immediately. Thanks.
Re:Oh crap... (Score:5, Funny)by Shadow Wrought (586631) * <shadow...wrought@@@gmail...com> on Tuesday January 04, 2011 @12:02AM (#34750700) Homepage JournalTrue... But the question only relates to a good source.
There's a good reason why $0 is the top choice. (Score:5, Insightful)by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 04, 2011 @07:18AM (#34752388)The line between serious journalism and opinion blog is getting smaller and blurrier with each passing year.
The local paper has little to say besides how I'm a good for nothing lazy slacker because employers only want to pay me "with experience," then I turn on the TV and all I see is fearmongering and hype. No matter how much the customer pays for the product it will still be some other interest which the journalists are working for, so more and more the consumers are failing to see why the product is worth anything to them at all.
I was going to complain that most polls for more than a year have been nothing but free market research, but it should be completely obvious by now.
That recent Star Trek poll was a nice Christmas gift, but it was only a faint echo of times long past.
Paper, so they can't rescind it. (Score:3, Insightful)Depending on format/reading options, I'd consider it, but I've seen to many books being removed from e-readers to trust purchasing anything I can't hold in my hands or read on any machine I like. Otherwise, well, I'd just prefer to stay with paper.
Amen to that, good sir. Paper for books and CD's/LP's for music for me. I do NOT like "purchasing" something only to find out later I merely purchased a non-refundable revocable license to media that can disappear at the drop of a hat.
If I buy it I own it, and the only way I know of enforcing that right now is sticking with physical media.
You no more buy a car wash than you buy a haircut. You're confusing goods and services, but considering that the entertainment companies and the media they own have been blurring the line for years (DRM, etc) that's easy to understand.
Actually, they can do that with physical copies as well, it's just too difficult.
The exact same copyright applies to both.
Re:Paper, so they can't rescind it. (Score:4, Insightful)by AmiMoJo (196126) <email@example.com> on Wednesday January 05, 2011 @12:20PM (#34765802) Homepage
That's why I never buy anything with DRM until it is broken. I don't buy games consoles until I can copy the games, I don't buy phones until they can be rooted/jailbroken, I don't buy videos until I can rip them, I don't buy ebooks until I can control them, I don't subscribe to online magazines until I can download a printable PDF, buy products I can't replace the battery on or service myself.
DRM automatically makes any product a piece of shit in my book. Your online newspaper is worthless to me unless it is DRM free, and while I will pay for quality journalism there are plenty of DRM free sources of it. It's better for you anyway because you don't have to spend time and money supporting popular devices like the Kindle or Android/iOS, you can just make a nicely formatted web page or PDF and be fully compatible.
Depending on format/reading options, I'd consider it, but I've seen to many books being removed from e-readers to trust purchasing anything I can't hold in my hands or read on any machine I like. Otherwise, well, I'd just prefer to stay with paper.
Your heirs will wish they could rescind all your paper subscriptions when they're cleaning out your basement.
But more seriously, I could see getting a decent magazine delivered electronically, especially if it were of ephemeral nature. Perhaps a news weekly like "Time" or "Newsweek". Wait, I said "decent" didn't I? But you get the point. Once a week or two has passed, most of the value of that kind magazine is gone.
My one caveat would be that I'd like to be able to save "clippings" in some format of article
Good online content? (Score:5, Interesting)by NewsWatcher (450241) on Monday January 03, 2011 @11:56PM (#34750670)
Good online content can be pretty hard to find. I already pay $20 per month for my subscription to the New York Times on my Kindle.
That isn't quite the same as paying for access to their website, but it is an online version, insofar as it is not a physical copy of the paper.
FWIW I am a believer that if you don't pay for news, then the newspapers will go under.
And no, I don't think citizen reporting and blogs from some college student are ever going to replace serious journalism.
I don't really care if a rock band loses out on revenues from internet piracy, but newspapers are the grease that make democracy work.
I say pay them $20 per month, same as NYT, and if they can't survive on that, given no distribution costs, then they need to rethink their business models.
I haven't seen GOOD journalism in a major newspaper in a VERY long time. That ship has sailed.
Try the economist [economist.com]. It's weekly, and there are no bylines (you wanna write for them, you don't get your name in lights, it's a good thing I think).
by AliasMarlowe (1042386) on Tuesday January 04, 2011 @05:07AM (#34752056) Journal
Try the economist [economist.com]. It's weekly, and there are no bylines (you wanna write for them, you don't get your name in lights, it's a good thing I think).
Moreover, The Economist does not waste space on horoscopes, gossip columns, sports, or other trash. However there are numerous pages of advertising for jobs and education gathered near the ends of the magazine (easily skipped over). If you subscribe to the print edition, you get access to the same content online and a few extras.
They also take definite editorial positions which are well-reasoned, and tend to have in-depth and thoughtful coverage of significant stories. Highly recommended reading, even if you don't necessarily agree with their editorial stance.
The Economist is one of the few publications I will pay to read, and even then I occasionally hit an article where I know some of the background already and the editorial stance smacks me in the face. Still, it is a more reasonable editorial stance than I see anywhere else so I can't really complain. It's just enough to keep me from subscribing.
In other news, I read down the list of options for this poll thinking "hmm... two bucks for a good paper, yep. four bucks for a good paper, yep, ten bucks a month fo
by Wyatt Earp (1029)
The Economist, Christian Science Monitor, Foreign Policy, those are the last three out there in my opinion.
Agree about the CSM, and from what I've read in the Economist (usually links from
CSM went web only in 2008: http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2008/1029/p25s01-usgn.html [csmonitor.com].
by Wyatt Earp (1029)
Of all the papers out there that you'd think would have a bias, the CSM has the least overt bias.
Of course too many people ignore it because of the name, and thats a shame.
Re:Good online content? (Score:4, Insightful)by AchilleTalon (540925) on Tuesday January 04, 2011 @01:12AM (#34751054) HomepageMy current newspaper is charging an extra 2$/month to its subscribers to get the electronic full copy, not the website access which is free. I believe this is a very bad idea. Why would I want to pay an extra 2$/month when I am receiving the paper copy anyway? It should be included in the subscription or there should be an option to subscribe without the paper copy at a reduce fee. After all, no printing costs and distribution costs for an electronic copy. This should be reflected in the pricing structure.
That sounds like a prime example of an 'old media' company who tried to update themselves but just missed the point. Out of interest, which paper is it, and have you tried writing to them to point out the problem? I'd be interested to know what they say, and you never know, they might even realise their error.
I suppose one could make the argument that they need to amortise the set up costs for the online distribution (I'd say per-user bandwidth costs are negligible for a newspaper), but then that obviously
That is my point. When most magazines will let you get a year subscription for $10 - $20, to get a paper copy mailed to me, why would I want to pay more than that to get it electronically also or instead? If the electronic price is lower than the paper copy price per year then it makes sense to me. Otherwise. No dice.
So you can read it on your kindle?(or whatever).
SO you can read it at other places? because reading a paper on a busy bus is a pain, at best? Because you want more then one person reading the information at a time? Because you need the paper version to cut out letters for your ransom note?
FWIW I am a believer that if you don't pay for news, then the newspapers will go under.
I too believe this, which is why I refuse to pay another cent to the likes of Murdoch, Packer and Fairfax.
"Good online content can be pretty hard to find."
Billions are spent on online subscriptions every year. It all depends on what you want. What will people pay for "Good Online Content"?
The answer is at your nearest pr0n site. What's the going monthly rate these days for an online porn "magazine", $10/20/30 per month?
Well, since the cost of a newspaper subscription is less then the cost of the paper. The subscription price for most newspapers is eaten by the cost of getting you the paper.
Newspapers are NOT the grease that makes democracy work. Accurate and reliable information is the grease that make democracy work.
FWIW I am a believer that if you don't pay for news, then the newspapers will go under.
Bullshit. Not only is this weekly paper [illinoistimes.com] free to read on the internet, the paper version is free, too. And guess what? They've been profitable for decades.
And if you're having a hard time finding good online content, you're not looking very hard.
I already do this; some things are worth money (Score:4, Informative)
I give money (to Kindle -- I know, I know) for The New Yorker, and for Barron's. I don't subscribe to any newspaper because there isn't one offered that I want to read.
I actually PREFER the Kindle version of these to the printed version. They are nothing but words. I like words. I don't have to look at pointless pictures, page my way through advertisements, or discover that the article I'm reading is "continued on page 137" (which I hate). The cartoons from The New Yorker are included in their own section, which is a bonus.
I've subscribed to others on a trial basis, and also found them worthwhile (but there's only so much time in the day). Foreign Affairs is a good one (although it's only six issues a year).
Not everything can (or should) be read in this format. Sometimes Barron's graphs are a bit rough, but I'm used to it. Words are good.
by proverbialcow (177020) on Monday January 03, 2011 @11:57PM (#34750680) JournalAre subscription fees their only source of revenue? If not, I'll pass, or at least not pay anything for the privilege. (Kind of like how I won't subscribe to cable or Hulu Plus.) Consumer Reports, on the other hand, I pay for.
You do know that the cost for cable is for the company offering the delivery service, right? not that people making shows. That non movie cable was NEVER OFFERED to be 'free of commercials?
If you watch TV, did someone give you the antenna, or did you pay for it?
How about the electricity? sine you pay for that should all TV be free?
It depends on the value of the publication (Score:4, Interesting)by android.dreamer (1948792) on Tuesday January 04, 2011 @12:08AM (#34750718)I really think it depends on the value. If it was generic news I can hear anywhere, then I wouldn't want to pay at all (NY Times, Time Magazine, etc.). If it was a flip book of nude celebrities having sex in ultra high DPI holographic 3D, then I would gladly pay a few bucks for that subscription.
I really think it depends on the value. If it was generic news I can hear anywhere, then I wouldn't want to pay at all (NY Times, Time Magazine, etc.). If it was a flip book of nude celebrities having sex in ultra high DPI holographic 3D, then I would gladly pay a few bucks for that subscription.
You make a fair point about the value, which is linked to availability of the news.
But value is also a function of the interest of a person.
And finally, what to do with the guy who quickly browses 20 websites for the news? Should that guy pay 20 times as much?
My point is: it's really difficult to fix a price for a digital copy that isn't even tangible like a paper copy.
... "It depends". It depends on what the content actually is, how well it's presented, and so forth. A good online version of, say, Scientific American is something I'd pay some money for. But People magazine? I wouldn't take it for free, no matter how holographic 3D it was.
by PolygamousRanchKid (1290638) on Tuesday January 04, 2011 @12:11AM (#34750734)
I've been a subscriber for 25+ years. If you subscribe, the online copy comes for free.
I like the paper edition, because I can take it into the bathtub. Something I would not do with my SchtinkPad.
Maybe it's a SchtinkPad because you *don't* take it into the bathtub.
I actually don't have a problem with paying ... (Score:5, Interesting)I don't have a problem with paying a small amount for "a good online newspaper"
There are some other complaints I have, about relationships with these companies. Newspapers will not sell a plain old subscription, they insist that it automatically renew, at the "standard" rate of course. Magazines have been pulling the old hard sell. "Our subscription rates are doubling next week, better hurry up and renew now before the hike!" Another classic is a high barrier to quitting. Have to give them 30 days notice, in writing. Email doesn't count as written notice, of course. Or you're s
OTOH, credit card companies are usually a good ally when it comes to disputing charges (quite possibly the only case where they are "in your corner").
My wife and I were stung once by a gym that tried to pull these shenanigans ("Oh, but you have to notify us 60 days in advance... in writing... and you have a pay a termination fee... You didn't see that in the contract?") on us. But after a phone call to the CC company (thanks to a tip from a coworker), the problem went away. We probably burned a bridge
What's worth subscribing to, though? (Score:5, Insightful)
I haven't seen a magazine worth subscribing to since Byte's hayday. Even though they're free, I couldn't be bothered surfing to most of the magazine sites that are already available.
Some of the magazine articles linked to from Slashdot stories are barely English, others are so biased and pre-decided it's not even funny. Pay for such content? Surely you jest!
Tip: An online magazine that's worth every cent of its subscription price is http://lwn.net/ [lwn.net]. Since your pet project focuses on Ubuntu, you might be interested.
There are some excellent scientific and engineering journals that are absolutely worth the money. I quite enjoyed my ACM [acm.org] subscription. It's a little pricey, and it's not as technical as an actual scientific journal might be, but it's enjoyable for technically-minded people nonetheless.
I also have subscribed to the WSJ in the past, and in general, found their reporting to be very good, despite my frequent disagreement with their editorials. The Christian Science Monitor is also a decent source of news.
Indeed. There isn't currently a magazine that I feel is consistently worth my while to subscribe to.
I do buy individual issues of some magazines, but generally less than 2-3 issues of any one title per year.
So, for that reason, I voted $0
If there was a way to buy (in the traditional non-revocable sense of the word) single copies, then fine, but not a re-occurring monthly subscription/bill.
true price (Score:5, Insightful)Below a certain threshold it is no longer a matter of "how much", but rather that I don't want to entrust my credit card (etc.) information to yet another company that will most likely do their best to screw me over one way or the other since their income from me is so marginal anyway. I just know the agreement will have sly passages and change randomly, I will be bombarded by "offers" and have every piece of data about me sold to third parties, like the Russian mafia and the Chinese govt. Personally, I don't think any on-line magazine I know is worth all that even at $0.01.
Obviously in the past you have dealt with AOL and their "we absolutely refuse to acknowledge your attempts to discontinue your subscription" business model. 15 years ago I pointed out that AOL had a diminishing total revenue per customer curve and a steadily increasing cost of obtaining each new customer. When those two curves cross, the company collapses.
I subscribe to a monthly newsletter [thelurioreport.com].. I guess you could say the guy's idea's intrigued me.
Well, I already pay more for some scientific journals online. So obviously the right content is worth more than that to me.
For general interest, I wouldn't currently pay because plenty of good quality content is free. And if I'm paying (such as for the Economist) I prefer the print version, where I find it easier to read multiple medium length articles.
I still buy books in preference to on-line or pdf material, for me, electronic versions just arn't the same.
Am I the only person who actually WANTS these companies to go out of business? I don't want my mother to be able to get the news via paper because it allows her to continue to ignore technology. If I could snap my fingers, new papers, record labels, the POTs phone companies, etc would go out of business. Bring on the technological Darwinism (and give it a push in the right direction if you can).
I got broadband and a linux laptop for my mum. She loves it but now she wants a printer so she can print articles out.
get hear a cheap universal ebook reader and calibre so she can export them to her reader.
She loves it but now she wants a printer so she can print articles out.
This reminds me of the story about "grandma" patiently composing an email with her new computer, and then printing it so she could fold it into an envelope and mail it.
Yes, never mind individual choice, I'm sure you know best.
If someone doesn't care about telecommunications technology, so what?
I don't want my mother to be able to get the news via paper because it allows her to continue to ignore technology.
Even if paper disappeared tomorrow, I still wouldn't be able to get my dad to use a computer or cell phone. It's maddening to have to snail-mail paper photos to him, when with anybody else I can just text or email the picture.
His father in law was like that, too -- "I lived all these years without indoor plumbing, and I don't need it now!"
I hope I never get like that.
Off-by-one error (Score:4, Funny)by PatPending (953482) on Tuesday January 04, 2011 @03:23AM (#34751698)
Your vote (1) has been registered.
Oh, yeah? But I voted for zero!
Golly! I'm a-hopin' these
I have a subscription to The Economist paper magazine for ages now which entitles me to access restricted content on the website for free and yet I almost never use the website. Why
- The paper magazine is small enough and practical enough to take anywhere I feel like reading it.
- It's very easy on your eyes to read it.
- It's surprisingly unlikelly for me to damage the paper magazine in a way that makes the content unrecoverable.
- If somehow I loose or damage my paper magazine I don't really care that mu
you hate trees, don't you? You like how they're raised on factory tree farms, not allowed to run around and be free.
It's not the expense, it's the repeating card debits that are the problem. These are next to impossible to cancel so I won't subscribe to anything monthly unless it explicitly states on the signup page that payments are single payments.
Why bother reading tedious articles when I can get local and international news from radio?
Heck, I can work AND listen to the radio at the same time.
It needs to be UNENCRYPTED PDF (or better yet Epub) and cost LESS than a print magazine.
Problem is all magazines out there are greedy and expect people to happily pay newsstand price for a digital copy that is locked and really not readable on any devices.
Has anyone here heard of Stratfor? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratfor [wikipedia.org]
Their analysis costs like $320 a year (or like $40 a month if you don't buy the full year at a time). It includes first-hand accounts and full strategic analysis of international events, like the Mumbai attacks, the Mexican cartel violence, and the new TSA groping procedures. Today's free-to-non-members article is about the strategic implications of Egypt destroying churches. Last week's one was about the real nuts/bolts of START: http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/20101227-making-sense-start-debate [stratfor.com]. Another good recent article was about the actual balance of power shifts that the European economic crisis is causing: http://www.stratfor.com/content/europes-new-plan [stratfor.com]
I know the cost is outrageous. But it's hands down the best "reporting" I've ever seen. It's unbiased (Seriously. It really IS unbiased. I didn't even think that was possible until I subscribed...), and most of the reporting is done by ex-military or ex-intelligence agents.
I think my answer to the poll is that I'm willing to pay >$10 but I'll probably let my subscription run out and then just get their free weekly emails instead. I never thought I'd have TOO much access to intelligent, informed, timely, accurate, well written information. I hate to sound like a fanboy or a spammer for them, but their briefs really are that good.
Ah, you bastard! I thought Jimmy had given up his nag campaign now. I feel like I just got goatse'd
Hard to provide an answer if it's not clear if we are talking about say a daily newspaper or a monthly magazine.
Seriously: what's the difference between a newspaper/magazine vs. website other than media the content is displayed upon, frequency of updates, and paid access?
I picked "I don't know what those words mean" because, well, given the peculiar juxtaposition I'm not sure I/we really know. People may have a natural reaction to the terms, and an impulsive response to the question, but upon reflection it seems either a matter of a tautology or a "does a fish need a bicycle" - either pointless or nonsensical.
upon reflection it seems either a matter of a tautology or a "does a fish need a bicycle"
Thank you for that, it reminded me of "Ice Cream for Crows" that they played on Ben's Whacky Radio today -- Captain Beefheart has died. [guardian.co.uk]
My initial response is $0, because I don't understand why I'm paying ANYTHING for a newspaper or magazine that includes advertising. The cost of a traditional print newspaper subscription is supposed to cover the distribution costs -- that is, to pay the carrier. Advertising pays for everything else. In the case of a web version, there is no carrier, and web-hosting costs are tiny in comparison to traditional distribution costs.
OTOH, I would pay several dollars per month for a newspaper/magazine subscription that did NOT have advertising.
Free with Ads (Score:4, Insightful)by CuriousGeorge113 (47122) on Tuesday January 04, 2011 @12:15PM (#34754680) Homepage
We all want everything online to be free.
Then, we all install ad-blocker in firefox so we aren't annoyed by the over-obtrusive ads required to keep a decent site free.
Then, we bitch and moan when our favorite site either (a) starts pumping out crap because they had to get rid of all their decent editors or (b) starts charging for content that we used to get for free.
I am willing to pay for ad free, reasonable ToS, and privacy guaranteed service. Is any one offering one?
We all want everything online to be free.
Then, we all install ad-blocker in firefox so we aren't annoyed by the over-obtrusive ads required to keep a decent site free.
Then, we bitch and moan when our favorite site either (a) starts pumping out crap because they had to get rid of all their decent editors or (b) starts charging for content that we used to get for free.
Yes, we do. What's your point? I want everything online to be free AND I want to block the ads. I refuse to pay for any website online. Either that's a viable business model and I get what I want, or it's not, and everything not behind a paywall goes bankrupt. Capitalism in action, that's the way it's supposed to work.
If there aren't enough people willing to pay for something, it's not the fault of the people who are unwilling to pay for it. It's just a bad business model where people aren't willing to
While we're not America's best consumers (damn I hate that term), to be honest my family and I enjoy exchanging some of our income for shiny new stuff. Give us intelligent advertising for decently interesting, quality stuff and we'll dive into it even if you don't sandwich it into a magazine or TV show.
But I refuse to believe I'm doing anyone a favor, let alone owe it to anyone, to spend time on adverts that are crap themselves, on behalf of products that look like crap the way they're presented. I'm not go
I don't go to any particular news site, I go to aggregators like slashdot and google news. I read news from 10s of different sources a day and then perhaps 10s of different sources the next day. I don't think the subscription model works well for this usage pattern and I think my usage pattern is probably fairly common.
As a payer of the licence fee from which the BBC receives its funding, I am already paying for excellent online content - include news and magazine articles. I don't know if this counts as me paying for online news though, since I am not choosing to pay for the online news in particular. Plus, since since the licence fee only applies to people that sometimes watch television programmes as they are broadcast, if you don't fit into that category, you are still entitled to the BBC's online news - which would
It's been hard enough for me to get used to paying for electronic versions of novels. At least they give something new; the newspapers and magazines often just echo what other people on the internet are saying.
I know, if you don't patronize these services they'll go out of business. But I can't fund every industry. Given a choice between paying for fiction or news, I'll choose fiction. News is depressing.
With the exception of Consumer Reports and MAD Magazine, all good paper monthly magazine got the lions share of their revenue from advertising. Subscription/newstand costs were barely enough to cover printing and distribution. For online distribution, the marginal costs of distribution approaches zero, and Google has demonstrated that there are plenty of people willing to pay for eyeballs. That, and a hard and fast rule I have about never giving out credit card information over the web tells me that the sub
1. No ads. If I am buying HBO, I don't want to get stuck with TBS 2. No tracking (besides how many people read each article.) I am paying for privacy as much as for my own attention. 3. Articles that are well written, not lacking important backround details. Ideally, they should be footnoted so I can double check their research. At the very least link to related content on the web that the writer looked at.
The Internet (Score:4, Interesting)I've been using the Internet for over 20 years - back then most people tended to use the word Internet to refer to the protocol, not the entire network, which was more balkanized (ARPanet, NYSERnet, SURAnet etc.), had more prominent connections with Bitnet, UUCP networks, x.25 networks, and even FIDOnet.
Anyhow, coming from that background I remember Usenet, which actually had some intelligent conversations going on up into the early 1990s - even in silly groups like alt.religion.kibology. Before AIM and Facebook and Twitter were popular, people would go on IRC channels, and you could get technical help, or even sense the rhythm of the community - unlike Usenet, this is not totally dead yet, with networks like Freenode still performing a good job.
I recall fondly these distributed networks where one could often find much intelligent discussion. It was all free as well - people, often younger people, would fall over themselves trying to get one of their servers onto EFnet or one of the other IRC networks.
Corporate domination and expansion has killed much of this. Nowadays the communal IRC channel has made way for the individualized Facebook, or even more individualized AIM private message. The distributed Usenet q&a groups are now replaced with client/server web sites. Of course, these things which belonged to a sort of commons are now filtered through, controlled and owned by corporations. The intelligence level has dropped a lot. Nowadays the idea of a distributed, non-corporate network is associated with what the MafiAA call "piracy", with Limewire forced to close, with Bittorrent sites under attack. Sites like Craigslist, which hold onto the old values to some extent, are under attack as headline-seeking attorney generals attack men and women who seek to privately exchange one's money for another's carnal labor. I'm sure if Usenet or IRC were developed today, the RIAA/MPAA would jump on them even more than they have as "tools for piracy", or by attorney generals as tools for prostitution, pornography while they're on a hysterical anti-sex crusade, which often has the side effect of knocking out the non-prurient parts of these networks as well.
I bemoan how the Internet has lost a lot of this culture, I'll leave it to others to bemoan how with the Internet propaganda rags like Time Magazine are not able to make the big bucks pushing advertisements and propaganda to the masses any more.
There is exactly one website I have ever found to be worth paying access for (and no, it's not porn, I get all of that I want for free). Sorry, newspaper and magazine guys, your subscription model is dead, dead, dead. And if you don't adapt, so is your newspaper/magazine.
by MBCook (132727) <firstname.lastname@example.com> on Wednesday January 05, 2011 @12:50PM (#34766172) Homepage
I love LWN. I've been a subscriber for years, and I'm currently at the "Professional" level of about $7 a month. I like the main page, but I LOVE the kernel page. Ever since that got stopped summing up kernel discussions (don't remember the list name) they've been my connection to watching Linux develop.
I also love Ars Technica, and I'm a subscriber there too. Don't remember for how much. That turns off the ads (good, but I already get rid of the annoying ones with FlashBlock) and automatically enters me into their contests. How can you beat the in-dept architecture coverage and great articles?
I've been reading both for years and they both do such a great job, they deserve my support. There are a lot of sites/blogs I read daily but wouldn't pay for. I've considered paying for


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