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Star Trek digital download expiration: Why should media be like milk?
December 22, 2010 | 8:15 am
By Chris Meadows
While this is not specifically about e-books, it is about an experience in transitioning from physical to digital media, and it should provide a lesson to all fields that are taking these steps—including books to e-books.
A number of movies, especially titles from Paramount or Disney (such as Pixar's Wall•E), have been coming with an "extra third disc" lately, containing a DRM-girt digital copy which can be transferred either to iTunes or Windows Media Player. This saves the buyer the trouble of ripping the thing, and lets the studio charge a little extra and feel they can keep some modicum of DRM control over the final product.
Yesterday I received a friend's Christmas gift—the Blu-Ray 3-disc version of the Abrams Star Trek movie, from my Amazon wish list. (I don't have a Blu-Ray player yet, but I believe in future-proofing.) On the back of the box, in the fine print, I noticed the following:
The enclosed code that permits "authorization" (i.e., transfer of digital copy from DVD-ROM to your computer) is not valid after November 17, 2010. Authorization is not possible outside of the U.S. No refunds if authorization is unsuccessful or unavailable.
Needless to say, I was curious whether my digital copy would, in fact, work, so I did a little googling. I found an Amazon discussion of the expiration date, in which a number of people complained, and one person posted the responses he'd gotten from Paramount. At first he just got a brush-off: "Thank you for your interest in Paramount Digital Copy, but unfortunately that feature offering is no longer available for Star Trek."
But later, he received another e-mail:
Thank you for your interest in "Star Trek" and Digital Copy. Due to popular demand, we are extending the redemption period for the Digital Copy offering on this title. Please try your Digital Copy disc again as you should now be able to redeem your digital copy of "Star Trek." In the future, please check the Digital Copy expiration date noted on the back of DVD and Blu-ray boxes prior to purchase to ensure that you may redeem the Digital Copy within the specified availability period.
And so when I put the DVD-ROM in my drive, entered the access code, and told it to copy, it went right to my iTunes with no hassle. So now it's safely on my drive and I don't need to worry about expiration dates.
But what on earth (or what in "Space…the final frontier") was Paramount thinking? It is well past November 17th, a year after the movie's original home video release (was it really that long ago?) and it's still selling quite well: on Amazon, the 2-disc DVD is ranked #8,285 and the 3-disc Blu-Ray is #273 in Movies & TV. This is a title that will probably be a top-seller for at least a couple more years—especially if a sequel comes out to bump interest in the franchise.
And Paramount was going to invalidate 1/3 of the content of this package, or 1/2 the content of the DVD package, while they were still selling it? So people who bought the extra-disc editions would be paying extra for, essentially, a coaster? And they seriously thought it would be a good idea to try at first to get away with, "Unfortunately, that feature offering is no longer available"?
And even when they capitulated, they tacked on that passive-aggressive bit saying, "Next time, check the back of the box first, you idiot, because we can't be bothered to make sure we're actually selling you a still-valid product." Imagine how it would be if you could still find months-expired milk in your grocer's dairy case, and it was your responsibility to make sure you weren't buying sour milk!
Do they think this is going to endear them to the people who pay good money for their movies? Do they think this is going to win the hearts and minds of people who are engaging in the digital piracy they're trying to stop? Are they trying to get people to stop buying their movies?
And what's the point of restricting the availability window of the digital copy, anyway? I can't think of any piracy exploits that hinge on someone being able to download the copy of the movie they paid for thirteen months later rather than twelve. It's not as if they have to worry about keeping authentication servers running longer than necessary, because it's Apple and Microsoft that are running the servers!
Of course, those people who bought the DVD edition would be able to rectify the lack pretty easily using a program like Handbrake, producing a movie that could be played just as easily on their mobile devices and would not have the obnoxious restrictions of the DRM-locked version. (Not sure if it's possible to do this for Blu-Ray yet.) True, it violates the DMCA, but if they do it in the privacy of their own home, who is going to know?
And for those who lack the ability to rip but are willing to take the risk of the MPAA ascertaining their IP address, high-definition rips are only a Google away. And studios continuing to try to pull this kind of nonsense is going to drive more and more consumers to that very extremity. If the majority of the population is breaking the law, can it really be enforced anymore?
The lesson for e-book publishers is simple. Given that this sort of bundling has been coming under discussion more and more in the last few months, if it ever does come to fruition publishers should know better than to try to pull this kind of stunt. If you're going to bundle a code for a free e-book copy with a print book (and charge a little extra for the deal, as with these DVDs), you'd darned well better honor that code for as long as you're publishing that edition of the book.
Digital movie downloads and e-books aren't milk. There's no earthly reason they should have a sell-by date.
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I think the limit might have something to do with contractual obligations (e.g. maybe they need to pay extra royalties for the digital copy) rather than any desire to limit copying.
How does ripping a back up copy of your own DVD violate the DMCA? You aren't circumventing DRM.
@Lugman – When ripping a back up copy of your own DVD you're almost certainly circumventing the DRM on the disc (CSS). In fact the horrible thought that consumers might want to get around CSS was one of the main reasons the content-distribution industry bought themselves enough Congressmen to push through the DMCA in the first place.
What this experience of Chris' demonstrates to me, if anything, is the astoundingly pompous and arrogant attitude the Film, and by extension, the Music and Publishing Industry has about Copyright and the Public.
It also demonstrates to me the inevitability and very existence of the engines that drive piracy on the web.
Firstly when I read here about this new policy of a third disk, something I was not aware of previously, I laughed out loud. I find it utterly comical. Who do these people think they are dealing with ? I can only imagine that they look out from the 88th floor of their skyscrapers and see ordinary people as some kind of 'Stepford' population, waiting for instructions on when they can wake up in the morning, when they can start dinner, when they can pick their nose and when they can go to sleep. And now they have their third disk so they can rest assured they don't need to copy their film. Problem solved. (of course I may be easily amused … but I am still smiling incredulously at this)
What they do not appear to be able to grasp is that the vast majority of people have an inbuilt sense of what is fair and not fair; what is common sense and reasonable and what is not. In my own experience they also have a belief that this 'sense' is far more important than what ANY stupid Copyright Law says or does not say. Copyright Law has been brought into such disrepute by the Film and Music Industry in the last 10 years, particularly in their appalling legal bullying and DRM restrictions, that respect for Copyright among ordinary people is almost non existent beyond the basic acceptance that copying and selling is still wrong.
Who is really influenced by this third copy ? I would suggest that the only people affected are those who would never have made another copy for security anyway. I wonder therefore what the purpose of the whole exercise is ? Surely they don't think that this third copy will in any way influence those who regularly make a security copy … and sometimes (shock horror) lend it to their brother or son or father to watch ??
Where I learned to download pirated films first, several years ago now, was when a good friend of mine lost his DVD of a favourite film of his. He asked me about the dilemma and we discussed it. I told him that he had paid for the film and had a right to have it. So, after a couple of coffees we both sat down and started to research how to 'acquire' a copy. By the next day we had downloaded a pirated copy of the film and he was ecstatic. I was also delighted. He had what he paid for and that was all he or I cared about. Since then I have done the same for innumerable friends, as well as myself when I cracked my original disk of 'Pyscho' the movie. I have no doubt that a lot of downloads from pirate sites are represented by this kind of activity and I think it is an excellent resource to be able to replace damaged movies this way.
Is there any lesson in this for the Publishing Industry ? I regret to say that I believe they are way way beyond learning any lessons and that they are doomed to fuel the pirate web by repeating all of the same inane stupidity of their predecessors. After all they have had years to learn. Yet we still have to endure their irritating DRM policy and Geographical restrictions policy. Is it any wonder that pirate sites have expanded.
Copyright Law is being mis-used and abused to such an extent by these industries that I am convinced the wider public will continue their fast diminishing respect for ANY copyright, and the damage to earnings by writers and music writers and film makers will eventually start to match the wholly false claims that they have been bleating about incessantly for the last 10 years. They will start to reap what they sewed and I will still have no sympathy for them whatsoever.
If the Handbrake or the plug-ins distributed to read DVDs on Ubuntu (and other Linux distros) are illegal under the DMCA, why are they still allowed to be distributed? Wouldn't the content-mafia sue the creators and distributors into oblivion?
"And so when I put the DVD-ROM in my drive, entered the access code, and told it to copy, it went right to my iTunes with no hassle. So now it's safely on my drive and I don't need to worry about expiration dates."
Until iTunes deletes it for you at Paramount's request. The digital copy could expire too. Some forms of Microsoft DRM included expiry dates.
Does anyone have a digital copy in iTunes(or Windows) that's a year or three past the expiration date? (like the code expired in 2008 or 2009) Is iTunes copy still playable?
@Lugman: "If the Handbrake or the plug-ins distributed to read DVDs on Ubuntu (and other Linux distros) are illegal under the DMCA, why are they still allowed to be distributed? Wouldn't the content-mafia sue the creators and distributors into oblivion?"
They tried and failed – see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeCSS for a pocket summary.
Further, as already pointed out, the code (and executables) are generally hosted on sites in countries in the free world, so US law doesn't apply; if you download the software and use it in the US, you're almost certainly committing a crime (although the odds of punishment are probably nil, since if the MAFIAA went after somebody for playing a legitimately-purchased DVD on their Linux box they'd likely lose in court, opening the door to challenges to some of the other draconian provisions of the DMCA, which is the last thing they want to see happen).


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While solid and well constructed, its possible the book may get criticized for aspects of the voice. To clarify, in instances where the author points out the inane stupidity of several outdated arguments, he does so with a noticeable edgean edge that may seem a bit bigoted. Furthermore, when mentioning the failures of the church, the voice carries a subtle, almost cordial, respect. This serves to polarize, by exaggerating the effect. While this may be fine for a Christian, it may alienate a member of the general readership, a sad fact due to the strength of the overall arguments.
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Halloween is coming!! I'm getting in the mood by listening to "Don't fear the Reaper", and scary movie soundtracks. Not to mention LPN and the Necromantics. "Haunted Cathouse" must be one of the finest written songs ever.
You know, the best side effect of not having a mirror in the house is the fact that I dance more. I was just boogeying in my seat, and I realized that back in the day, I would dance around, and at some point, catch a glimpse of just how silly I looked. Without a mirror, no reminder, so I just quietly look silly, and love it.
I gave away my candy today. I had bought two big bags, of the good stuff, so that I would be loved and admired on the block. Since it turns out I am heading to CA for the holidays, I didn't need it. Which meant it would end up in my tummy very soon. So I did the right thing, and gave it to my neighbor across the street (who, by the way, is sporting another black eye, but we don't talk about such things). I'm missing that chocolate already.
I'm in a very strange, black mood. I've been thinking depressing thoughts, death and finances and the like, yet I am completely cheery. I'm relishing it. It's the perfect halloweeney mood.
Speaking of perfectly halloweeney, how about that eclipse last night? Yeah, that's all I have to say on the subject. How about that. Eclipses are one of those things that you wander outside, look up, say, "huh, how about that", and wander back in. In Montana, this time of the year, you wander quickly, as it's already below freezing. Still, they're neat.
I fly out tomorrow. My costume is packed, and waiting by the door. Tonight my brain won't solidify long enough to make a cohesive blog, so I'll just wish y'all a merry halloween, may lots of sugar and spooks come your way.


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For beginner Tarpon anglers we use 25lb 40lb lines...Specific conditions and Guides knowledge allow Anglers to fish with light tackle... . With good technique these tackles are strong enough whatever the size of fish.
Fly fishing is available in specific area...We use number 12, 13, 14...these fly heavy equipment are necessary due to size of fish but for tippet you decide.
Many time "'we have been beaten IGFA Tarpon World Record .." Tarpon Class line 12lb, Men ,Women Then all Tackle Junior, boys and Girle, also Children... Reason why "these record" are not official is than we do not want to kill Tarpon ..witch unfortunately is a must with I.G.F.A Actual World Record Rules.
A 200lb tarpon is around 25 years old would be a real pity to kill such a creature...
We Catch and Release all Tarpon.
Calculated on 12 years of activity, our average day for tarpon fishing is 10 bites...6 fish jumped, two/ three release to the boat.
At my knowledge this situation of top Tarpon fishing all year round is Unique in the world.
I insist there is no real best time in the year to come...Tarpon are present all year round...
RAINBOW BASS FISHING (Panachronis Dovii ) . A very strong fish, very violent .. a lot of fun on light tackles. We go for them at Solentiname Archipelago on Nicaragua Lake..., 20 minutes away from our fishing lodge. World record for this fish: 14lbs is in Nicaragua... It has been overbeaten last year 1999 by a 24lb and an 18lb Still in Nicaragua...I do not know if these record have been officially registered at IGFA. For Rainbow we fish as well Conventional or Fly... Usual size of fish we catch is between 5lb till 10lb
SNOOK FISHING. Sometime caught in Solentiname archipelago , Close from Lodge in Santa fe ( International Tournament 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, .. ) down Rio san Juan in the area of Sabalo, Pocosol, El Castillo.
Two kind of Snook are present here, the Calva...up to 6/7lb and then the big Cola Amarilla. So far our biggest weighed snook is 42 lb. .we report several fish estimated close or bigger than 50lb lost to the boat
Considering lodging during your fishing vacations in San Juan River and Solentiname there are a lot of Recent Changes. A few years ago there were absolutely nothing. In 2005 I built a comfortable Fishing Lodge "La Esquina del Lago" at the corner of the Lake with Rio San Juan
Apart from my Fishing Lodge located in Wild life Reserve of Los Guatuzo in front of San Carlos, several nice other hotel opened on River and Lake shores, in Solentiname Archipelago, Saballo, El Castillo, we may go and stay there all will depend where best fishing is when Visitors come.. all these places offer , comfortable lodging and good meals...
The area offer fantastic discovery for Nature lovers: Virgin Jungle Wild Life , Bird watching, Historical site..... ...Very important Local people are very very friendly with the still few tourist coming...For lunch time we stop at their places ..share a bit of their life...
Fishing trips I offer are obviously very different from usual Fishing vacations offered in Costa Rica and Nicaragua...
My lodge La Esquina del Lago is our Headquarter but we move, in a 100 miles area..so we sleep on Spots in other Hotel.no long boar ride.. Between August and November we also may go till the Caribean sea 120 miles away going down all Rio San Juan ....
I am pleased to offer a mix made of Top fishing, Tropical Jungle life, Adventures, History, Discovery. and contact with Local people..
I have special attention for good lodging and meals. Also very important is the integration in the local life: we eat on the river banks at Rancho or home of friends, we go in town, at the market.. etc etc.. One of my guest told me than to describe my trips I should say:
" Why only fish when you can have much more..."
Nicaragua is nowadays a safe and quiet country MOST IMPORTANT It is still an AUTHENTIC DESTINATION... Time to come ...Country start to open to tourism...
Area is easily reach from San Jose Costa Rica with a 5 hours car Transfer...
Faster and easier transfer from Managua 3 hours with the new Panamerican Highway..or a 50mn flight over the lake to the town of San Carlos ( 2 flights a week) Airport is 10 mn away from my lodge..
We meet Guests at International airport of San Jose or Managua.
I recommend to use one of My all Include Discovery&Fishing Package
Philippe Tisseaux
Rio San Juan
Tarpon & Snook NEWS
Tarpon fishing Trips Rio San Juan Nicaragua
Snook, Rainbow bass, Machaca....
Folowing are some Local News and fishing Reports.....
For full information please Click to enter our site dedicated to Tarpon fishing..
January beginning of 2015
Please to report the usual good fishing at that time of the year Especifically in uper Rio San Juan San Carlos santa fe Medio quesso isla grande...We had full booking many happy guests from France, Ukraine, Rusia, Usa, England Canada... Many tarpon a 190lb also snook rainbow bass gar... We also found new Tarpon and Snook active spots on upper rio San Juan
Fishing is going to be the same for coming months
March 2014
We have been filming during two weeks with the program MONSTER FISH of NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC...We had a Lot of fun..Program to be broadcast World Wide sometime by the end of 2014: Stars in the show Alain Tisseaux, Champa Moyses Arana, Minor Guadamuz, Johny Guadamuz, Pecho Leon, Cabo Andres... Bosco from INPESCA, an obviously our new friend ZEB from NAT GEO...
November 2013 till January 2014
Very good fishing up river from San Carlos to Isla Grande... We catch with Guests a lot of Tarpon and Snook
September 2013 International Tournament
Boat La Esquina del lago 1st in snook Acumulate weight
Boat La esquina del Lago Second in biggest snook
Boat La Esquina del Lago Third in biggest snook
Boat La Esquina del Lago Fourth in biggest Tarpon
April May June July 2013
Regular fishing close from Lodge, as well for Tarpon and Snook Especifically close by Santa fe and Palo de Arco ...
So-so Fishing for Rainbow bass in Solentiname Archipielago
January , February, March 2013
Good fishing for Tarpon , Snook as usual around Sabalo and Castillo but even better close from La Esquina del Lago and Great Lake. in Medio queso, Santa Fe, El Pitasso... Also some great fishing for Lagunero, Rainbow bass in Solentiname ....
October 2012 Testing New Spots...
Went fishing three time recently ( Somewhere down Rio San Juan.. ) with two of my guides in each trip we only fish 3 - 4 Hours.. Each time we caught and release 2 or 3 Tarpon... 9 to 11 Snooks... This happened on new spot we found close from our lodge by San Carlos, not at Sabalo or El Castillo...
September 2012 Rio San Juan International Tournament 14th and 15th of September
Tournament Champion BIGGEST TARPON Sr Vargas Boat La Esquina del Lago San Carlos Sport Fishing
Biggest Tarpon Boat 1st La Esquina del Lago San Carlos Sport Fishing
Biggest Snook 2d Boat La Esquina del Lago San Carlos Sport Fishing
Biggest snook 3rd Boat La Esquina del Lago San carlos sport fishing
Snook Acumulate weight 2d Boat La Esquina del Lago San Carlos Sport Fishing
Rainbow bass 2d Boat La Esquina del Lago San Carlos Sport Fishing
September 2011 Rio San Juan International Tournament 15th and 16th of September
TARPON 3rd for tarpon San Carlos sportfishing Boat Esquina del Lago
SNOOK acumulate weight. .250 lb 1st San Carlos sportfishing Boat Esquina del Lago
Biggest Snook 2d Boat La Esquina del Lago San Carlos Sport Fishing
Biggest snook 3rd Boat La Esquina del Lago San carlos sport fishing
Women in Tournament Poet Ryan ( Snook ) Boat La Esquina del Lago San carlos sport fishing
January , February 2012
Good fishing for Tarpon , Snook as usual close from La Esquina del Lago and Great Lake.. in Medio queso, Santa Fe, El Pitasso... Fishing will be the same till minimum end of June ..
Testing New Spots...October 2011
Went fishing three time recently with two of my guides in each trip we only fish 4 Hours.. We caught and release 2 or 3 Tarpon... 9 to 11 Snooks... This happened on new spot we found close from San Carlos, not down river at Sabalo or El Castillo...Fishing on these new spots is expected to be the same in coming months...
5th of September 2011
In a few weeks..On the 14th and 15th of September will be take place the 51th Edition of Rio San Juan International Fishing Tournament we always win Trophies since we start to participate every year since 12 years... in the last two edition we did especifically well...
We hope this year it will be the same.. This year we will have 6 Boats in the competition each with 2 pro Guides trained by San Carlos Sport Fishing.. and two or three Guests aboard...
Preceding Reports & News is from January 2011...
Long ago... I wish to clarified than as every year we also had good constant fishing in February, March, April, receiving Gests coming from all over the world...Fishing has been Slower after in May and June, ...These two months are in our full summer.. Very hot days, burning sun .. Few water in rivers .. So very hot water and tarpon become lazy.. Feed ( are active ) at Night .. We still got many but more dificult ...
From begining of july river is growing and tarpon are on again.. Coming up river to Rio Frio and the Great Lakefrom the Caribean. July, August has been good months it will the same till end of April 2012
Note As every year fishing as been from where river start at Nicaragua Lake, ( San Carlos ..) and also as usually going down river to maximum el Castillo located 40 miles away. ( Also to End of River 120 miles away but this is another story..I will make a special report...)
It is well known than on first 40 miles there are a lot of Tarpon all year round ...
But what really count is not to watch Tarpon Rolling It is to have Pro Guides aboard than will put Guests on spots where Tarpon are Actives...
Tarpon are Constantly moving location of these Biting area change constantly... A few days here a few days there
Activity may be as close as in front of my San Carlos Lodge or in Rio Frio... Or at el pitasso, Santa fe, Medio Qesso, palo de arco, Close by La esperanza, la Gnoca, el Rodal del Toro in Sabalo, Close or in front of Castillo... At certain time of the year we will even go till the mouth of the river at San Jan de Nicaraga on the Caribean Coast ..120 miles away
I remember of a trip in the past with Rapala and Shimano representatives for America when we decide to first start fishing down river around Sabalo and Castillo... For two days we saw many tarpon a lot of tarpon ... But No bite whatever we were doing or using... Very very frustrating ...
I decide to come back up river and all start... We caught and release several 120/200lb close by my Headquarter La Esquina del Lago Being able to locate active fish is the Key of Sucessful Tarpon fishing Trips on Rio San Juan.... Mobility is a Must
When we go down river in order to avoid long ride and be on spots as early as 5 am, we stay in very nice places directly located on River Banks as Hotel Sabalo of Mr Parales Family, Sabalo lodge of Mr Choisel Praslin , or Hotel Victoria in El Castillo....
Almost six years than we use these places Guests have never been disapointed.. Good Lodging... Good meals... Owners who care
January 2011
We have been very buzy all months Many Guests from USA, France, Canada, Finland....
Same good fishing for Tarpon on upper rio San Juan Tarpon 90lb / 200lb,
Biggest snook 20lb and Rainbow bass fishing in close from lodge Solentiname Archipelago is now fine
Fishing conditions will be the same till Minimum end of April 2011
December 2010
1) We had great Tarpon Fishing in August, September, October receiving several Groups from USA, France, Mexico, El Salvador,Costa Rica ...
Level of River is very high this year....Reason why Thousands of Tarpon are coming up river from The Caribbean sea...
I have no doubt than this good fishing will go on in January, February, March, April in coming year 2011 ...
I have availabilities in these months... for Party from 1 till 12 Anglers Pricing will be the one of Old Rate
2) International TARPON fishing TOURNAMENT Edition Number 50th has been held on the 13 and 14th of September 2010
76 Anglers registered in the Tournament coming mostly from Costa Rica
Concerning Tarpon This year for the first time there have been two Categories
Weighted Tarpon First 140lb, second 140lb, Third 125lb, 110lb, 95lb, etc... Minimum size of fish to Qualified has been 60lb
Category Released There have been a bit of Confusion.. as Rules were not so clear ... Video.. Photos Winner has been the yacht of Mr Gabriel Chamoro should have been The small boat of ALLAN Tisseaux with Minor Guadamuz 11 feet Inflatable boat...as they released 2 Tarpon Yes the video of second was not so clear but Gabriel Chamoro and his 4 Friends aboard their yacht only caught 1 Tarpon. For next Tournament Comity should make a special effort in order to establish clear rules for the catch and Release Category as it is the Future....
For Snook Category even if many snook has been caught fishing has not been so good as winner fish only weighed 11 lb...
Also poor result for Rainbow bass ( To high Water ) has bigger fish has been 5 lb...
San Carlos Sport Fishing team did well has winner of 6 Trophies.
3) I already have Booking for high season ( January, February, March, April, 2011 ) .
I have a limited capacity per week ( Max. 8 to 12 Anglers ) in order to preserve my quality of Service and Fishing
It is Time to be in contact for your reservation.. for Party of 1 till 12 Anglers if Reservation made before the End of November We will use the old Rate
4) New Rate will be on line at the end of November...
5) SPECIAL OFFER on all Include Package from Managua ( Nicaragua ) or San Jose ( Costa Rica )
6) We always try to find new spots...
In 2009 we started to organize new Special fishing Trips Adventures Starting at Nicaragua Lake but going also all the way down Rio San Juan.. This is a mix than we offer Fresh and Salt Water First we fish our Traditional areas then we go All the way down San Juan River 120 Miles to the Caribean sea....Where we also fish at sea Trips have been successful in all 2010 ... We will go on in 2011
RESULTS OF THE STUDY SAT TAG Rio San Juan Tarpon
Reason of Presence of Giant Tarpon all year round at 120 miles from sea in Fresh water of Rio San Juan and Nicaragua Lake is somewhere strange and call the attention of Marine Biologist
Thanks to Miami University, Tarpon To morrow Foundation, in January 2009 we made the first Sat Tagging of our Giant Tarpon....
Tarpon have been released with a small transmitter on the back so could have been traced by a NASA Satellite
Through an order via satellite tags has been released and transmit results ..
We have now available information upon movement of fish .. Activities.. Second per second during several Months...
Point is than all released fish around Saballo - El Castillo ( on Rio San Juan at 85 Miles from sea ) immediately went back to sea ( Caribbean )
We thought than then fish will go North... On the contrary all of them went down South. Tags being released in southern Costa Rica and Panama. We learned a lot from this study for example than tarpon ideal Temperature is around 76 Degree... Moves of Tarpon are according to variation in Temperature...Lucky we are in Rio San Juan and Nicaragua Lake as year water temperature average is precisely around 76 Degree ...As all year round we have around lots of Sardines we start to understand why Tarpon comes and some stay here...We now monitor the river temperature. It is amazing to see than a few change in Temperature have so much influence on Tarpon activity..
Your Comments, suggestions are more than welcome please be in touch E mail Philippe firstname.lastname@example.com
Philippe Tisseaux
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A few words About us
For more than ten years we have strived to work in the concert with the peoples in the Rio San Juan/San Carlos areas. We wish to thank all of them for accepting us into their lives in this fragile ecosystem and for treating us as a neighbor and friend.
Their approval of all of our efforts is heartfelt appreciated. They have watched our projects grow to fruition and several have become directly involved. Ten local Nicaraguan families now derive their livelihood from our projects.
We are located close from town but in peace of an unspoiled National Park, Los Guatuzos living in total connection with mother Nature... Wild life, Birds, Caiman, Monkeys.. I own the 20 acres Property who has three water front: Nicaragua Lake, Rio San Juan, Rio Frio,,,, Lodge (2006) is a very comfortable place, integrated in the Reserve . Many Guests say than I built a Little Paradise...
Conscious of our Responsibilities .. We respect and constantly act in order to preserve Rio San Juan unique resources and Natural beauty..
Lodge is 100% Nature friendly: Solar Energy, Water is purified rain water than we collect from the roofs.. also Full black water treatment...
We act daily ... We promote Preservation... Finance Investigations,.. Train Nature Guides in Sport fishing, Birding...
With the schools we organized special days upon Environment for San Carlos Children ,.. A speech, a lunch, a tour in National park of Los Guatuzos .. All these children witch are the future will not for``get what they saw, what they learned that day...
We organized with Miami University the first ever Tarpon Sat Tag in Central America Etc..
We also have a special fund to help the community... .
So far yes fishing is regulated in Rio San Juan enforcement done by Marena but there is no official Individual Fishing License in Nicaragua so no resource apart the outfitters annual fees- In order to be able to help I keep a Percentage of what Guest pay me in a Bank account so always have fund to help any good cause related to environment ..
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We need a more sustainable form of publishing to forward the cause of literature in translation, though as margins in book publishing continue to be cinched more tightly, such "sustainability" is a difficult venture for independent presses.
As most readers are well aware, a majority of literature in translation first hits shelves through independent presses or smaller arms of the large houses. In the case of independent presses, this only can happen because of funding from organizations such as the National Endowment for the Arts, various state cultural organizations (which are funded by the NEA), and private foundations such as Witter Bynner and Lannan.
Over the last few years there also has been an infusion of support (in terms of finances and publicity) from fantastically important organizations such as the Polish Cultural Institute, Romanian Cultural Institute, Korean Literature Translation Institute, and the Chiang Ching Kuo Foundation. What this has meant practically in the U.S. is that prose and poetry in translation from these various literatures are popping up in the list of a number of independent and university presses. In theory this should be a good thing, though I'm not yet convinced that the support is always used properly by the beneficiaries, because, in reality, what it has meant is that one Taiwanese poet appears in a catalogue next to ten regional Midwestern neo-confessional poets. And more times than not, there is no continuity between the translated poet's work and the remainder of the Press' list. A few hundred copies are sold, and then the Taiwanese work disappears deep in some back list as the subvention received from the cultural organization was just enough to cover the cost of the printing and (possibly) a small translator advance. The Press can't or won't afford any additional time or resources, and the title dies. Related to this, there are any number of presses that have initiated a contemporary series of literature in translation, but generally there is only external funding for 3-4 titles, and as soon as the subsidy dries up, no more energy is put into the series. The model should be sustainable funding and not required subvention.
In terms of my current location within the world (Hong Kong), I am particularly interested in the "fate" of Chinese literature in translation (specifically from the Mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan). There's, of course, the global question of why certain works are chosen over others for translation – is it primarily an issue of choosing titles that "work" with a particular English-speaking audience? A literary ouija board?
The best editors act as curators, considering both the gallery space of their pre-existing lines and the shifting interests of readers/viewers. However, I also know that a certain percentage of editors are directed by finances rather than aesthetics, and that in the case of Chinese literature, since at least the late 1980s, the error has been in focusing on "dissidence" rather than "dissonance". Instead of judging a work based on literary merit and doing something new, editorial focus groups are run to ascertain which work will sell best, based on the current political climate. This is not something specific to Chinese literature, though with China often at the forefront of world news, it will more than likely continue to be a reality for years to come. Similar trending followed the rise and fall of Russian literature in translation throughout the Cold War and into the birth pangs of Glasnost, and there was a lot of very bad Russian literature translated because of certain authors' socio-political importance.
As a practical example of what's now, in looking at a selection of titles being published in an upcoming season by 100 independent presses based in the US and UK, with 25 of these being presses that regularly (or at least occasionally) include translation in their lines, fewer than 15 out of more than 500 books are works in translation. In terms of Chinese literature — only one of these books is by a contemporary author and the other three Chinese titles are retranslations of Tang classics and Confucian standards. If an independent literary press can sell through 1,000 copies of an unknown contemporary author in translation over a couple-year period of time, the press has done relatively/very well with that title. In most cases, the combination of university libraries and top independent accounts will account for 300-400 copies. In a best-case scenario, the press then hopes to double that amount when adding in individual bookstore and online buyers and events.
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"Dung Kai-cheung (1967- ) was born and raised in Hong Kong. He first achieved literary fame in 1994 by winning first prize in Taiwan's Unitas Eighth New Writer's Award with his novella Androgyny: Evolution of a Non-Existent Species (Anzhuozhenni: yige bu cunzai de wuzhong de jinhuashi). Since then, almost all of Dung's works were published in Taiwan. Dung Kai-cheung is a theory-minded writer. The Atlas: The Archaeology of an Imaginary City is a perfect example of how Dung utilizes his academic training in creative writing. The novel combines various Western sources: Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities, Umberto Eco's On the Impossibility of Drawing a Map of the Empire on a Scale of 1 to 1, and Roland Barthes's Camera Lucida. The word "archaeology" in the subtitle naturally brings to mind Michele Foucault's Archaeology of Knowledge. In terms of defying conventional genres and confusing the boundary between the factual and the fictional, Dung also has Jorge Luis Borges's Labyrinths in mind. The Atlas is a hybridized text not only because of its diverse sources but also because it ruptures generic boundaries." [Revised slightly from Chen, Lingchei Letty, Writing Chinese: Reshaping Chinese Cultural Identity. (Palgrave Macmillan, 2006).]
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The situation that occurred was simply this: the offensive nature of a displayed work, It Has No Importance/Wild Writings by Algerian artist Mustapha Benfodil, passed unnoticed under the eye of director Jack Persekian. The piece was composed of headless figures arranged in a field as though in the midst of a soccer match. The t-shirts worn by one team bore quotes from popular Algerian culture while the other team displayed excerpts from Benfodil's previously written novels, plays, and poems. The offending bit of text adorned just one of the t-shirts. It read:
"With each breath of the wind I see a hand on my pants and hymen torn / Every night was a sharp body raid / Vaginal sacrifices for lustful gods / My nights were haunted by the cries of all those virgins whom they had / Scratched, molested, maimed, bitten, eaten / RAPED KILLED / After being blessed / By the penetrating holy word of Allah / The sperm of his Prophets / An the spittle of his apostles."
The fact that a text such as this would be offensive to the majority, if not the entirety, of the conservative Islamic population is far from surprising. Abdal Hakim Murad, the Sheikh Zayed lecturer of Islamic Studies at Cambridge University, used this opportunity to discuss the importance of the recent stake modern art has set in the Middle East. He remembered Marcel Duchamp's famous response when asked to estimate how many people he thought actually enjoyed modern art by the art dealer John Bernard Myers: "oh maybe ten in New York, and one or two in New Jersey." The truth of that statement is often underrated: Duchamp's name itself has since become a a stable figure in the most art forums, but his opponents maintain the frustrated voice of those who favor the legacy of a mimetic tradition.
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The daily headlines in major newspapers and broadcast networks tell the story of why commonsense immigration reform has gained momentum on Capitol Hill.
"Immigration's latest ally: Christian Right," is the headline in today's Politico. "Odd Fellows' Work Together On Overhauling Immigration," National Public Radio said in its recent joint interview with "odd fellows," SEIU International Secretary-Treasurer Eliseo Medina and U.S. Chamber of Commerce Senior V.P. Randall Johnson. "How the Politics of Immigration Reform Have Changed," writes the Brookings Institution's governmental studies scholar Darrell West in the Huffington Post.
The are several reasons why the 2013 immigration debate is far different from those of past years. The main one -- politics -- became obvious the night of Nov. 6, when Latino voters overwhelmingly rejected Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and his talk of "self-deportation" of undocumented immigrants. Casting broad influence over the outcomes of election in key races, the Latino vote proved lawmakers cannot ignore the changing demographics across the U.S. and in many congressional districts.
Second, the business community is working for immigration reform that creates a pathway to citizenship for the 11 million who are currently undocumented because it is good for the economy and it is good for business. Businesses can grow stronger and more profitable when their entrepreneurs and employees don't have to fear expirations of scarce visas or deportation.
As headlines suggest, the faith community also sees immigration reform as a moral imperative. Mathew Staver of the conservative, faith-based Liberty Counsel wrote in the Washington Times, "my own contemplation has led me to conclude that we must unite behind an immigration process that is fair, that respects every human being's God-given dignity, that protects the unity of our families and that preserves our standing as the world's standard-bearer for freedom."
Not lost in the discussion is the fact -- supported by public, bipartisan polling -- that voters are demanding a long-term fix to the broken immigration system that includes a pathway to citizenship. The recent bipartisan poll showed a solid 77 percent of voters favoring a full package of immigration reforms that includes a pathway citizenship, regardless of party affiliation, ethnic background, or region of country. Among Evangelical voters, 83 percent supported commonsense reform; among Mainline Protestants, the approval rate was 80 percent; Catholics backed the plan by 77 percent.
Voters also want Congress to act and said they would support politicians who lean into this issue and back a fair and permanent solution. Fully 53 percent of those polled (including 53% of Republicans) said they would be more likely to vote for their member of Congress if he or she votes for the plan, only 8 percent of all voters (and 8 percent of Republicans) said they would be less likely to back the representative. One-third said the Member's vote on immigration reform wouldn't matter.
Unfortunately, the House Republicans are the last ones to get on board. A hearing by the GOP-controlled House Judiciary Committee this week leaned against a pathway to citizenship. The hearing served as a reminder that we have to remain watchful over the legislative process to make sure that voters learn who are the champions of reform and who are the ones who will try to obstruct the process.
We have much work to do between now and when the President signs a bill into law, but we are committed to making sure Congress approves reforms that include a reasonable and fair path to citizenship and that protect the rights of all workers.


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A Review: Money in the Bank
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I was half expecting when I looked on Ewrestling to find many blogs praising the Money In The Bank PPV. Instead I find the same old nonsense from people who think they are smarter bookers than the people in charge and how they want the WWE to go back to a sleazy, smutty, bad taste product that was all the rage in ninety-nine. Well, let this dumb ol' mark be the first to say, THAT WAS THE GREATEST PPV OF ALL TIMES!!! And I cannot stress that enough.
What makes it so remarkable is that to create the atmosphere which was just as electric as Tyson-Spinks, Ali-Foreman or any other big time prize fight, was that all it needed was CM Punk and a microphone. That deadly combination was enough to create not just "Match of the Year" but the greatest match of all time. And if legendary Chicago wrestling promoter Fred Kohler was alive I am sure he would agree.
It is one thing to build up a big fight, anyone can do that, even TNA, but it is another to deliver it and talk about deliver, UPS got nothing on CM Punk and John Cena. But going back to TNA for a second. Last week, Destination X, they promised to show the most dangerous match in professional wrestling, The Ultimate X match. Frankly, it was a big let down, and the main event of Styles-Daniels which was a good match fell short as absolutely nothing on the line. Last night WWE put on two of the most dangerous matches ever witnessed and a main event with everything on the line. TNA wrote some checks that bounced like Cena's head off Punk's knee and WWE wrote a check that proved "Money In The Bank" was a more than appropriate title.
The opening match, the "SmackDown Money In The Bank Ladder Match" was the better of the two ladder matches and I could even argue it was the greatest ladder match ever. Some of the spots were sickening. Whether it was Sin Cara getting power-bombed through a ladder by Sheamus, Daniel Bryan getting folded up like an accordion or Sheamus taking a bump on the ladder that looked almost lethal. But what set the this match apart from other ladder matches was the finish. Most finishes in ladder matches are an anti-climax. It is usually the wrong winner and I think to myself "Was that it?" and "I was expecting more". This had the right winner and it was perfectly timed, with so much tension and suspense you would think Alfred Hitchcock booked it. You certainly got your money's worth. I put this down to some of the guys involved, who are some of the best workers WWE has had since I can remember. Guy's like Sheamus, Wade Barrett, Cody Rhodes, Daniel Bryan, those guys don't need to fly about like spot jockeys, they can get you off your seat with a kick. Now that's how you work. This match was so good I won't even mention the popcorn shot from Justin Gabriel, wait a minute, oops, I just did.
I'll gloss over Brie Bella vs. Kelly Kelly, even though it was a good match. Because my hat has to go off to Big Show for doing his best to make Mark Henry look good and Mark Henry for making himself look incredible. I was not expecting a catch-as-can classic, but I was certainly in to it due to the amazing build up. Big Show getting smashed through cages and tables, sound guys getting launched into orbit and poor Drew McIntyre being in the wrong place at the wrong time made this an intriguing affair. With the outcome being Mark Henry becoming the biggest, baddest heel on the block.
On to the Orton-Christian match for the World Heavyweight Championship. Another fantastic match on this most loaded of loaded cards. It is one that Christian had to win and he did with the DQ. Classic Christian if I do say, with a very well worked story.
Now the "Raw Money In The Bank Ladder Match". This was just brutal. Miz did a magic trick with a disappearing knee cap, Jack Swagger took a real nasty bump and the ladders crumpled and fell with Del Rio and Rey Rey on top of them. This match was unpredictable, unscripted chaos. The only thing I was sure of that Del Rio would win and he duly obliged.
It was now time for the main event. Probably one of the best promo videos and greatest introductions I have seen since Rock-Goldberg in 03'. I defy anyone who did not get goose bumps over CM Punk's white hot reception or the ice cold one met with Cena. It was like the Cena-RVD match at ECW's One Night Stand, except times by a million. You knew this was going to be an epic when the bell rang with forty-five minutes to go in the pay-per-view. That was confirmed by the mat based wrestling exchange that opened the match, these two were going to need some gas in the tank for later on. I would like to write so much about this match but my brain and the words in the English language could not possibly cover the magnitude of emotions that this contest put me through. And mark my words this was a contest. This was not sports entertainment, this was a sporting event, ably assisted by some excellent commentary which certainly painted the picture, told the story and connected the dots. In the past I've raised an eye brow when Michael Cole or J.R would big up a fight and sell it to death but Cole's claim that this was, and I paraphrase, "The greatest match in WWE history" was no exaggeration and probably under sold it. The stiff shots would of made Killer Kowalski wince, the false finishes were reminiscent of Savage-Steamboat at 3', the submissions and submission counters were like HBK-Angle at 21', and when Punk kicked out of the numerous Attitude Adjustment's it was like Rock-Austin at 17', but the crowd responses though were like nothing else. Anyone who saw it saw history, never mind about the finish. But the finish itself left my jaw on the floor for at least five minutes after the broadcast. Anything could of happened. I was leaning towards someone cashing in "Money in the Bank", like most. But when Vince McMahon and John La-La-Lar, er, Laryngitis? When Vince and Johnny Ace came down I thought the screw job was on the cards which would have been an awful ending to an amazing match. So Cena unlocking the STF and knocking out before Johnny Ace could get to the time keeper was about the hundrendth great thing that happened on the show, but the show was not over. A perfectly executed GTS and a three count later Punk is the WWE Champion. After I calmed down, I thought here we go, Money in the Bank time and Alberto Del Rio appeared at the request of Vince, but before he could cash it in, Punk was gone through the crowd of his adoring public and out of the arena with the WWE Championship. I'm getting chills just writing this.
Slap my backside and call me a mark, I didn't ever think wrestling could be this good. This exceeds anything ever achieved in the times of Rock 'n Wrestling, Attitude era or any other point in history. And all it took was CM Punk and a stick, if he told me Santa Claus was real I would probably believe him. But to quote Tazz, "What does this mean?" I'm guessing he will do a tour of New Japan and Ring Of Honor with the belt and I get a sneaking suspicion that they might do a slow burn for Wrestlemania 28. After all that was one of the reasons why he was angry with Cena that he was in the main event with Dwayne and the greatest wrestler in the world, CM Punk, was not. So if Punk comes back around the Rumble with the gold it could set up the "Match of the Year 2012" with The Undertaker. Although that's just my imagination running away with me. To be honest I would hope they strike whilst the iron is hot. This angle is far too good to let it sit on the shelf for six months.
In closing, if you did not think last night was one of the best nights ever in the history of history and not just lived up to the hype, but blew the hype out of the water, you are not a wrestling fan. And that's the bottom line 'cause Jonny3:16 said so! And because CM Punk walked out of Chicago with the WWE Championship.


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