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I'm doing a Total Bacteria test using the pour plate method.
As part of the QA/QC, I will be incubating:
a) the TB agar alone; and
b) the TB agar with the dilution water as a sample.
I will also have a positive and negative control. The positive control will
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As I only want to eliminate the EColi factor, I was thinking of using b) for
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(a) will tell you if your agar was sterile to start with. (b) will tell you
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We know he looks good in his racing gear, but Grey's Anatomy star Patrick Dempsey (Derek Shepherd) pulled out all the sexy stops at the American Le Mans Series in Monterey, CA over the weekend.
The on-screen doc rocked a white and black racing jacket, trendy circular sunglasses (what a hipster!), a backwards hat, and of course, his signature scruff.
While we're swooning over his cute style, we can't help but be distracted that someone will die in the Grey's finale, Season 8, Episode 24, "Flight." Not to mention that in the promo, Cristina (Sandra Oh) says that Derek was "sucked out the side" of the plane.
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This pretty little wind chime is much easier to make than I would have thought. And you know how I feel about doing really hard stuff–and calling it crafting. Don't like it one little bit. So, please trust me when I say this one is fun, fast and pretty dang easy…or it wouldn't be here.
red, white, and blue craft foam
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1 white hanger
24 white or clear pony beads
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1. Cut out a 4 1/2- by 4-inch blue craft foam rectangle. Punch 4 evenly spaced holes on one of the long sides of the rectangle and 7 on the other.
2. Space the brads or stars evenly on the blue rectangle.
and affix them.
3. Cut out 7 red craft foam strips: three 1/2 by 8 inches, four 1/2 by 3 1/2 inches. Cut out 6 white craft foam strips: three 1/2 by 8 inches and three 1/2 by 3 1/2 inches.
4. Punch holes in both ends of all of the strips and thread paper clips through all the holes.
5. Attach the 7 short strips to the bottom of the blue square. Thread 4 paper clips through the holes at the top of the blue square.
6. Slide all the pieces onto the hanger–with 2 or 4 beads between–to form the flag.
7. Attach a bell to the clip on each strip.
8. Shape the hanger into a triangle shape and tie curly ribbon at the top.
Let freedom ring…or…
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I LOVE Patriotic things, and this one is SUPER cute! I love that you found sparkly foam too! SOOO great!
The only question I have is HOW did it get to be the 4th of July season already?!? :O
Really cute! John would love for me to make this for 4th of July. Now the questions is…where will I find the time?
Hey, I just thought I'd inform you. As an Air Force Brat I've been raised to notice this…. Your flag is backwards. the blue part should always be on the left side. Sorry to be a pain. But a lot of people see it as disrespectful if its backwards. I don't see it as such, but I do like to see it the right way. (http://www.careforthetroops.org/stuff_flag.php)
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Holy cow–thanks so much for telling that. I saw this craft done a bit differently somewhere else and it totally bugged me because the way they had it hanging looked so wrong to me. But according to the link you sent–they were totally right. The way I was doing it was that if it was flying in the yard this is how it would hang. I had no idea that if you hang it straight down you turn it around so that the blue is still on the left. My craft is only one sided so I'll need to take it apart to fix it. Be patient for a few days and I'll get it corrected.
Seriously–thank you so much for teaching me some flag etiquette. That helps us all.
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Jason Peters has been arrested for drag racing and fleeing the police!
Isn't it GREAT to see the firm hand that Chip Kelly has on this team?
You'd think with all the "hard taskmaster" whip cracking Kelly is doing, the team would be afraid that he'd cut someone for getting out of line.
You'd think all the playing folks out of position, would show everyone how expendable they were.
Oh well.
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This is a little concerning (an arrest always is) but unless Kelly was riding shotgun and egging Peters on this is hardly his fault. I'll have to go back and see what you posted when Peters was arrested at a concert back in 2011 when Andy Reid was coaching the Eagles...something tells me I won't find anything pointing the finger at the head coach.
Didn't say a word about it. Such things were an aberration back then. He didn't repeat the behavior and it didn't spread. No need to harp that there may have been an issue with player discipline.
TODAY however, there has been an apparent explosion of misbehavior on the team and EVERY player cited is an incumbent starter and a guy who should be acting as a leader on the team.
This IS an issue. Especially considering how many rookies are on this team, who have no idea what it means to be a pro. If the star players don't set the example, who's left besides the coach.
There is no "explosion", because it's been here for sometime. From players bullying fans, Jackson throwing punches in games. Babin blasting the fans on twitter, coaches making derogatory remarks to other coaches. It's been here the whole time, and unfortunately there was no accountability for any of it. Reid turned the other cheek and muttered "do a better job" over and over again. So don't expect what Reid allowed for years to suddenly disappear in a few months. These are still Reid guys except for Williams and by judging him off some of his actions seems like an idiot, and possibly a bad signing.
Flip will never admit that he is making a big deal about things that really aren't going to matter in the grand scheme of things when the team gets on the field this year and he's trying to make them seem like things are getting out of control because he doesn't like Kelly. An "explosion"? A couple players whining that a QB needs to be named...one of them the old starter the other (Jackson obviously) saying that the race is dead even but hints that a QB should be named now...how does that even make sense? There is a QB controversy because the only QB the Eagles have that has YEARS of starting experience just isn't good enough. He points to Cary Williams and his decision not to show up to voluntary camp. What should Kelly do?...cut him? He placed him with the twos during the mandatory camp...let's see how it carries over to training camp. If a half dozen players don't show up to voluntary camps next year then we can say there is a problem. Jarius Byrd has been skipping all of Buffalo's camps and Andre Smith is doing the same in Cincinnati. It happens sometimes...just like you stated Williams may just have been a bad choice to man one of those corner spots. He certainly isn't winning fans now but if he starts and plays hard that may change.
There certainly were issues over the years when Reid was here...when you win they just aren't as noticeable. You brought up Buckhalters arrest for pot with two other teammates. Peters was also arrested just two years ago...Vick and the shooting at his 30th birthday party...Mathis and Kelce making news for harassing fans holding signs...McCoy not showing up for appearances...the whole TO, McNabb fiasco (I'm on Reid's and the Eagles side here but I have to bring it up because according to flip, it's almost always the coach's fault). Found a site that lists NFL arrests so here they are not including the ones I already mentioned under Reid. Dion Lewis arrested in 2012 for falsely reporting a fire and disturbing the peace for pulling a fire alarm when he and his brother were locked out of his hotel room, Akeem Jordan arrested in 2011 for assault and battery, King Dunlap arrested in 2011 for driving his SUV onto a sidewalk in front of an arena and refusing to move it, Juqua Parker arrested for possession of pot after being pulled over for a traffic violation in 2009, Mike Patterson arrested for possession of pot in 2008, Jabar Gaffney charged with unlawful possession of a handgun after a vehicle stop in 2006, here is my favorite: Dhani Jones arrested for failure to obey a lawful command...he refused to stop dancing outside a South Beach club, Damon Moore was arrested for abandoning a puppy in 2001, Thomas Hamner was arrested for beating his pit bull and Terrence Carrol was arrested for pot...these last 3 were all in 2001...not a good year for Reid when it came to babysitting his players. The arrest report I found only went back to 2000 so there could be more under Reid. Take a look at 2011 and 2012...4 arrests. Do we call this a mini "explosion" near the end of Reid's tenure? I'd call this a plethora of arrests in the Andy Reid era if I just knew what plethora meant. Players make bad choices and teams deal with them. It doesn't mean the coach isn't doing a decent job. If the Eagles all of a sudden turn into the Bengals (or the Raiders for that matter) and start averaging numerous arrests a year I'll start worrying and possibly questioning what message the TEAM is sending to the rest of the players by ignoring a growing issue. Right now it's a couple bone headed, rich, spoiled MEN thinking they can do whatever they want.
Green all the info we added doesn't matter to flip. He's trying to make a point regardless of
How ridiculous the point is.
How long did it take you to research these? I only say that because I don't recall ANY of these being talked about AT ALL on here. They didn't matter to you when they happened, why bring them up now?
This current rash of misbehavior, I'm mentioning it NOW. While it's happening. I'm not trying to take issue with stuff Thomas Hamner (who?), and Terrence Carrol (who?) did over a decade ago. I'm taking issue with the leadership structure (players AND coach) of this current team.
Let me ask you. About these bone-headed, spoiled, rich men: Should the team attempt to reign this conduct in or should they just chalk it up to "Boys will be boys"? and ignore it.
How about something more recent. You act as if Reid did no wrong, but explain how does he allow his convicted felon son into training camp with drugs? On top of that when they found his body they also found STEROIDS IN HIS ROOM! THE COACH OF AN NFL FOOTBALL TEAMS SON HAD STEROIDS AT AN NFL TRAINING CAMP! And what did you do? Did you predict doom and gloom? No you said MORTAL LOCK. Here some guy decided to drag race at 4 in the morning and that's Chip Kelly's fault, but ANDY REID"S SON BRINGS DRUGS AND STEROIDS TO TRAINING CAMP YOU YOU"RE NOT ONLY IGNORING IT YOU THINK HE"S GOING TO WIN THE DIVISION. Your hypocrisy never ends does it? One final note on this. Andy's son is barley been in the ground a day and what does he do? He allows his scumbag agent to try and make a sympathy play to keep his job. No research was necessary here. This is common knowledge. Common knowledge you chose to ignore. Tell me flip are any of these so called incidents you're blaming on Chip Kelly bigger than Andy Reid allowing his convicted felon son to bring illegal substances into his training camp?
That statement is both ghoulish and inaccurate. It is inhuman to trivialize the tragedy of a fellow human being, by comparing it to a meaningless sport.
I knew you would make such a lame response. The truth is the truth. You can't get more serious than someones death, but you just ignored it. Like it never happened. Don't bother trying to tell me how SERIOUS the problems are now when you ignored them all last season. Don't think hiding behind Reid's sons unfortunate death makes you better. Reid didn't even do that.
On August 5th 2012 I inboxed Andy Reid this message on Facebook:
As a father myself, my heart is broken for your family. Considering how much you've done to give players a second chance, you DESERVED to see your own son be able to enjoy the fruits of making good on his own. I know it can't mean much, but a million condolences to your family. And please don't let this rob you of your faith.
So no. I DIDN'T ignore it.
Very noble and kind, flip but you know what Eazy means and yet dance around the statement. You question Kelly for how he is handling his players yet ignored the fact that there was speculation and questions surrounding Andy Reid's son (and employee) when drugs were found in his room at training camp after his death.
Exactly the point Green. If he's going to be in a tizzy over what's been happening under Kelly then he should have been in an uproar over some of the things that happened under Reid. All he had to tell us was Mortal Lock.
How long did it take me to research this? What year is it? Come on, flip...we are on the internet, aren't we? This was all on one site...I know I didn't take as much time to find it, type it up and post it as you spent on yardbarker yesterday. You don't recall any of these being discussed on here? I would guess that's because most people realize that things like these arrests happen much too often in the NFL and most fans don't want to look too deeply at the negatives....the point is they did happen and regardless of whether they were bench players or stars, if you want to stress one arrest under Kelly as losing control than there seems to be plenty to choose from when it comes to arrests under Reid. Besides, you are the only one making a big deal about Peter's arrest and trying to make it seem like Kelly doesn't have control of his team. What should Kelly do and what could he have down to prevent Peters from going on his joy ride? You know for a fact NO team in the league would cut their best offensive lineman over something like this. As for preventing it there is nothing he could have done just like Reid couldn't stop him from being arrested at the concert in 2011. Do you honestly believe that this past weekend was the first time Peter's did anything illegal or asinine in any of his cars or that that it just so happened he was caught in Kelly's 1st year? Do you honestly think that Peters would have thought "I can't drive like an ass because Coach Reid will be disappointed in me" before this year? I know you can't be that naïve.
Should the Eagles treat any of the things going on as boys being boys? Let's go over the list.
#1. Vick and Jackson. If I was Kelly I would tell them to discuss their concerns with me but if he wants to let them have their say to the media I'm not going to crucify him for it...it's not a big deal at all. Both Vick and Jackson have spoken up about not being happy with the team in past years so it's not like it's just under Kelly. As for not being happy about not naming a starter...tough ****! They'll get over it and if they don't they need to find a different city to play in.
#2. Evan Mathis and his stupid picture. What can the Eagles and Kelly do but let him know how immature it was and we have NO idea whether they discussed the matter with him or not. Evan Mathis was also in the news under Reid for another immature move when he tried "hushing" fans who had every right to be doing what they were doing.
#3 Lesean McCoy. This is a concern I have (the biggest) but since no charges were filed what course do the Eagles truly have but just letting McCoy know that some of his moves don't reflect well on him nor the team? If he loses a civil suit I guess the Eagles and the NFL could take a longer look at it and they may but until then...a talk is all they can do and the Eagles may have already done just that. No team would discuss this with the media until proof came out one way or another and most (all of them probably) would stay away from discussing it anyway. Again, what team would look to discipline one of their best players when legally there is nothing so far? McCoy also was a slight media headache to Reid because of his missing at least one paid appearance he was supposed to show up to.
#4 Cary Williams I already discussed before. He was in his right to stay out of the voluntary OTAs but if I was Kelly I would make him work harder than most to earn his spot and by Kelly running him with the 2s it seems like he is doing just that so far. If there isn't a huge difference between Williams and any of the corners vying for the spot Williams would be backing up to start the season. I would guess that should wake him up and give him some incentive to show up next year.
#5 Peters. I can't see Peters losing time over this. Les Bowen of the Daily News was stating that the NFL could be keeping an eye on this because many players have been arrested for speeding lately. If Goodell decides to try and make an example out of Peters I would guess the NFLPA could step in but who knows what will happen. Probably just another stern talking to and maybe even a point for discussions in camp this year. Honestly, what else would any coach or team do with their best lineman in this case? I don't think we would be hearing anything different in ANY of these situations if they happened on any other team. It's just you "demanding" action because it's Kelly and not Reid.
As for your response to Eazy's question about Reid's son Garrett...seems to me you are ducking (you accused Eazy of that just a few days ago) but you do that quite often lately. You tout your Raiders as getting better by cutting cancers but when it is pointed out that many of them were from bad drafting you type that's in the past and you want to look forward. Of course you don't want to debate the recent past because the Raiders released many early draft picks recently and also traded a couple away for next to nothing. It doesn't help your argument so the best course is to just stay away. That's a great thing about being a fan, flip...that's one thing we can afford to do and have plenty of time for...looking at the past. Stop ducking. Out of respect for Reid I haven't delved in his son's death on here and won't speculate but Eazy's question absolutely fits here (and it isn't GHOULISH so stop exaggerating) if Kelly is partially at fault for what Peter's was doing early in the morning in some other state, Reid has to be more to blame for his son (and employee) for having enough drugs on the same campus for the media to speculate that he may have been dealing. I'm not questioning how Reid grieved his son, I'm not stating that Reid knew his son had all those steroids in his room...I'm just using the same logic you are using with Kelly and in this case it is absolutely more on target.
To wrap this up let's look at Reid's recent media messes. Coaches not getting along, Babin talking to the media (sure Babin was in the wrong but he was Reid's player so it must be Reid's fault, right?), 2 arrests in both 2011 and 2012 and the questions surrounding the steroids AT training camp. Seems to me that using your logic the Eagles were in a free fall and Andy Reid lost total control of his team...but they never should have let him go. LOL.
I'm not just avoiding delving into Raiders recent past, I'm also avoiding delving into the Eagles recent past. I can't get 2010-2012 back, so I choose to let them go and focus on my today. You want to keep re-living 2011-2012? Be my guest. Just don't expect me to engage you in it.
If you want to call it "ducking" then by all means, please do. I told you where I stand, and I won't be changing my position on that particular matter.
Nothing but BS, flip. You state that arrests were an aberration under Reid and when given proof that they happened more often than you thought you don't want to go there...that is flat out ducking!
The arrogant never admit when they are wrong. Dude would rather twist the words (Hollywood style) of everyone rather than admit to the truth. What's funny is dude was busting my chops for ripping the Raiders moron of a coach who won 4 games last season. He expects me to give that guy more time, but here he is ripping Kelly WHEN THE GUY HASN'T COACHED ONE FOOTBALL GAME YET! He wanted to reward Reid after a 4-12 season whith patience and A CONTRACT EXTENSION, but the jury is out on Kelly after being the coach of the Eagles for not even a half a year yet? I mean what is up with this dude?
Flip's definitely flipped, Eazy. He's got to know how he sounds (looks) with his replies but I think his pride just keeps getting in his way. It's been going on for months and he just can't stop himself.
He needs to give it up. He just seems so off the wall with this right now.
I guess it would be wise for Chip to make sure he goes to all 90 of the players homes and make sure they are tucked in with a warm glass of milk by 9pm sharp. Clearly it's HIS fault Peters was drag racing at 4 in the morning.
Nope. But you know what? Let's just keep blaming Reid. Even if Reid DID leave a mess, who's job is it to clean it up now?
You want Reid to do it?
How about if nobody does it?
WAIT! That's EXACTLY WHAT IS happening! So we'll just let it all fester for however long Kelly is here, then when he goes, we can STILL blame Reid!
Fact is, THIS roster is now KELLY'S responsibility. He isn't making 6.5 million this year just to pretend he's Issac on the Love Boat and mix everybody's drinks. Or hell maybe that's all you expect of him.
I for one think a HC should be more than a deer in headlights. But by all means, enjoy your blame game.
They will drop the fleeing police charge and give him a fat ticket. Who cares.
I figured. Nobody does time for speeding or evading. I just don't like the emerging pattern of behavior.
As a Raider fan I'm all too familiar with players doing dumb stuff off the field. When they got rid of the problem guys, I figured I could sit back and mock the Cowboys wholeheartedly. But it seems like the Eagles and Raiders are intent on trading places.
We'll see who survives the 53. If some of these guys are acting out to get out of town then they may get their wish granted. If Peters decided at 4:30 in the morning to act out it wasn't because of his coach rather it was against the entire organization. Chip Kelly isn't the one who docked his pay last season.
You know, I never thought of it that way.
You really think some of these guys could be eyeing the exit, already?
Sure, McCoy booted a woman off a bus (and allegedly assaulted her) because he wanted out of town after the Eagles gave him a huge deal that goes up in value big time NEXT year (he has a nice payday this year at over 5 million but next year it goes above 9). Same goes for Mathis who has finally come into his own (and also got a very nice deal) in Philly and he did it by taking a picture of himself urinating on an IRS building. Cary Williams sat out of voluntary OTAS so the Eagles would cut him months after he signed his deal (great way to get a quick 10 million). Peters is due over 10 million this year but I'm sure he'd rather go out and try to get a bigger deal at 31 coming off an achilles injury. The only player this may apply to is Mike Vick if he isn't the starter but he played the good soldier last year for the most part...no reason to think he won't continue...not even his wanting to know who the starter is now.
Look, I was just replying to something your husband said. If you think the idea of players trying to leave is silly, take it up with him. It was his idea.
I couldn't help myself. Might be one of your least thought out replies and you've had quite a few lately.
So because HE said it it's NOT silly, but if I'D said it, it would be?
Eazy typed it in the past and I can't get that back so I'm not concerned about that. I'm only concerned with the most recent and you typed it most recently.
I put a question mark at the end of it, so that HE would respond. So for me it was never a statement. In fact, I'm still interested in HIS response.
Once again you ASSume and jump to conclusions. I never wrote anything about Peters wanting to leave. I just made it clear his axe to grind wouldn't be with Kelly despite the fact you will blame him anyways.
Here's a direct quote from YOU just a few lines up:
If some of these guys are acting out to get out of town then they may get their wish granted. If Peters decided at 4:30 in the morning to act out it wasn't because of his coach rather it was against the entire organization.
Peters was the ONLY player you implied leaving.
No they are separate sentences. The only person I believe is trying to make a play to get out of town if Vick if he doesn't win the job. You on the other hand are making it clear YOU want to get rid of Peters "As a Raider fan I'm all too familiar with players doing dumb stuff off the field. When they got rid of the problem guys....." So my response to YOU is if those guys are acting out they MAY get their wish granted. As far as Peters goes, despite your obsessive effort to blame Kelly for this he isn't "acting out" to test the coach. Like I wrote if he has an axe to grind with the Eagles it has nothing to do with the coach, because he wasn't there when they took his money. I just think Peters did something very stupid. You have likened him to Roland McClain. Speaking of McClain here you want Kelly to axe Peters off, but the Raiders kept that psyco amongst them for a full year with the new future HOF coach you guys have. Judging by your feelings of Kelly it would seem natural that you would want this guy gone. After all he's PROVEN that he sucked as a coach. Since you don't then it's clear your vendetta with Chip is personal.
I know it's bad but it's funny as hell. Good no one was hurt. Did anyone see what type of car it was?
I think he was driving a white Camaro. Like you can hide in a WHITE CAMARO!
Well if u didn't know before u know now not in a grocery store parking lot
I think the point here is that there is a lack of respect by some players wearing the eagle uniform. I mean i think it should be badge of honor. And should be treated as such. The McCoy beatdown, the Jackson photos , the urination at the IRS, the Peters lawlessness, isnt a sign the team has grasped the gravity of the Eagles predictament. we are team that isnt well respected or playing good football.
Who deserves respect on a 4-12 roster? Haven't you ever heard the term "respect isn't given, it is earned" before?
I think those that have worn the uniform before these clowns built the respect it used to get- Reggie White, Randall Cunningham, Ron Jaworski...etc. They are inching towards irrelevant.
There is no Randall or Reggie on this roster. Those Eagle greats are long gone. These guys today don't have the pride of the uniform. Ironically you can blame Reggie for that since he's one of the players who brought the suit against the league. Oh and you can blame Norman Brahman for the fact Reggie brought on the suit for being an evil, cheap S.O.B. Today most athletes are nothing more than mercenaries out to get their next check. They don't care about the colors, the fans, the organizations, or the team history. They only care about the paychecks.
It's good to see flip has finally stopped blocking you Hollywood. It's been obvious for months you two think so much alike that I don't know why he blocked you in the first place.
I didn't even realize that flip isn't blocking him anymore. Funny, he couldn't give him the time of day before because he couldn't stand what he had to type but now that flip has flipped he wants someone that agrees with him on his posts...even if the guy was...(this is where I would go back and find something negative flip typed about Hollywood but I'm just too tired right now). Going to bed soon.
By the way, flip. I am behind team discipline and this is where you stop exaggerating about the Eagles and start exaggerating about us. I would love to see Kelly do something about some of the things going on and you know what...it's quite possible he already has. We just can't be sure. No team would cut any of the players for any of the actions by Eagle players this year so what does Kelly do? Talk to them...could have already happened, correct?
What does Kelly do? Glad you asked!
At this point he could levy a fine, and have the player apologize at a press conference, or in a private team meeting like Favre had over his "Crocs Only" photo shoot.
He can't deactivate a guy and dock him a gamecheck at this point. Demoting him prior to camp would just be silly, and would make Kelly a laughingstock on his own team if Kelly was eventually forced to elevate the player again.
Currently no one is doing or even SAYING anything.
They don't have to say anything publicly and how many players have come forward in the NFL and apologized publicly for some of these types of matters? When was the last time you heard of a player publicly apologize for fleeing the cops or speeding? How about the dumbass photo of Mathis? Would it be classy if either of these players did it on their own...absolutely but for Kelly or the team to insist would be rare in the NFL. I'd be fine with a apology to their teammates and they may just get that eventually but camp is over a month away. As for McCoy like I stated there were no charges filed...what are the Eagles to do? Make McCoy come forward when right now the law has nothing to back up any wrong doing? Again flip...you pushing for things only because it is Kelly here and this is an easy one to prove. When was the last time you demanded a public apology from an Andy Reid Eagle for any wrong doing?
Hollywood, I know you don't agree with him all the time and the same goes in revers and that is part of what's funny. It got to the point flip couldn't take what you had to type anymore so he blocked you. Now that you are practically the only one that agrees with him in this matter he lets you comment on his posts. Now that he has fault with just about everything Eagles just like you do you have a common bond just like when he was pissed off about the trading of McNabb and started typing kudos to you. Kind of proves my point to him that he has become like you lately and by letting you post he almost admits it but he doesn't even get that.
I dont agree with him all the time. I certainly dont agree with him posting about the Raiders here but hes a good writer and I think our opinions just happen to be a little more compatible in some areas. Player behavior included.
You would think that team discipline would be something that all fans could get behind. That having players personal negative press reflecting poorly on the TEAM, would be something we all wanted kept in check.
But there are some among us who think it shouldn't be addressed at all.
Or more accurately, that it isn't THIS head coaches job to address it. It's okay to blame the LAST one for not doing so, but it's perfectly fine if the current one does what his predecessor is lambasted for.
It cannot be had both ways.
If the coach doesn't do it, maybe the starting QB will take control of the issue and show some leadership. Oh wait. Ahhh [bleep]!
You ASSume it wont be addressed, but we haven't even hit training camp. Just cause they aren't telling us doesn't mean it isn't being addressed. Kelly doesn't even see these guys again for another month. We'll see who makes the 53.
So who is supposed to address it?
Perhaps we will see when they get back.
My question to you wasn't who WILL, it was who is SUPPOSED TO?
You say it was the HC's responsibility before. Who's responsibility is it now?
The players are men. They need to act like it I'm sure somebody in the organization had a talk with Peters. It doesn't mean they have to tell you they did. Maybe they got the janitor that Reid got to tell McNabb he was benched. That Reid ALWAYS KNEW WHAT he was doing didn't he?
You're SURE somebody had a TALK with him. Double-double sure? Pinkie swear sure? Sat him down and went over all the reasons he should obey the law and not break the law along with a refresher course on what is and what isn't considered legal? This is what you're SURE happened?
Funny because most PRO teams levy fines and suspensions for things like this. Are we no longer a pro team? Are we- I'm sorry, I didn't get the- WHERE'S MY MEMO?!
I absolutely agree here. I think fines should be levied. Especially the urination wich was a complete insult to the Eagles fans everywhere. If you look at the whole picture the best attitude and most professional guy is Michael Vick.
Urinating on a building was an insult to all Eagle fans? I'm not sure how. Dumb and embarrassing to the Eagles...a bit. A real insult to all fans would have been in 2011 when Mathis and Kelce went off Eagle property to try to intimidate a couple fans from holding up signs asking for Reid's firing. I personally would never stand outside the team's training facility doing what these fans did but they had every right to be there holding signs if that's what they chose to do.
No, but I'm not blowing a gasket over it either. How many times did the Raiders talk to McClain? You can talk to a guy until your blue in the face. I'm sure the Steelers did a lot of talking to "Rapethisgirlhere" and that guy is so hard headed he needed three lessons.
Most flip's posts and comments reek of double standards, biased opinions and hypocrisy anymore.
Did all that talking work? No.
Was I happy when the new regime cut him? Yes.
I even put up a post, complete with picture, TRUMPETING the move, didn't I.
This is EXACTLY why I'm saying something strong needs to be done at the delta of this issue.
Flip the new regime cut him AFTER DEALING WITH HIM FOR A FULL SEASON! Kelly hasn't been coaching the Eagles for even half of a year yet! Are you trying to tell me the Eagles should deal with Peters the same way the Raiders should deal with McClain? If you are Peters should at least get THE YEAR THE NEW RAIDERS REGIME GAVE THAT MCCLAIN WHO NEVER REACHED THE HEIGHTS IN HIS CAREER THAT PETERS HAS. Just sayin...
And we were LATE in making the move to cut McClain. I'm not saying the Eagles should cut Peters, but to borrow a page, The raiders discipline problems GOT SO BAD because they weren't checked EARLY ON. After a point it even extended onto the field (both practice and game). Real discipline does not come with a valve. It can't be something thought of as optional.
As a person who's played a sport, been in education, and handled live audiences I've found there is a common thread among all three: If you don't establish control of large groups early, you will lose it permanently. Don't believe me, ask Hue Jackson, Lane Kiffin, Art Shell, Norv Turner and Joe Bugel.
And by your estimation, Andy Reid.
Nice point flip. Now why don't we wait until he's LEGALLY capable of handing our discipline, before we compare him to Joe Bugel? Better yet how about we not condemn him a failure before he coaches his first game? Quite ironic you condemn him as a failure, but somehow Dennis Allen and his decision to KEEP MCCLAIN TO GO WITH HIS 4-12 RECORD ARE SOME KIND OF SUCCESS?????
Once Nick Roach became available, Coach cut McClain. And Kelly isn't a failure. Yet.
I can accept "yet" flip. As far as I'm concerned Kelly isn't a success or a failure yet.
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It seems as if Santa has come early to me yet again! Now, Sophia Grace Brownlee and Rosie might not excite you but if you follow my posts, you already know that I'm slightly obsessed with these two little English muffins! They are just too precious and never fail to make me smile.
For those of you who do love Sophia and Rosie, I hope I didn't get you too excited because 'The Sophia Grace & Rosie Show' is not the kind of show that will be airing on your television anytime soon (although it really should). It seems to be the start of a YouTube web series featured on Sophia Grace Browlee's page.
In the first webisode, Sophia and 'hype girl,' Rosie hit the Grammy musuem! Normally I'm all about Sophia but I have to say Rosie has really been getting to me. She is quite the closeted comedian and no, that is not a pun on the pre-1998 Ellen DeGeneres. Rosie appears quite coy but watch her silliness shine through in this episode.
Also here are some of my favorite moments:
-Rosie: "Michael Jackson only wears one glove!" Sophia: "That's silly!"
-[observing one of Katy Perry's dresses] Sophia: "Rosie look, Katy Perry wore this." Rosie: "I like fruit! Can we eat it?" Sophia: "I don't think so, I'd love to eat it though, wouldn't you?" Rosie: "Yeah."
-Rosie messing with the camera and dropping the drum sticks.
-The girls doing the robot dance.
I'm really hoping there are more episodes to come and seriously, how funny has Rosie become. I really didn't notice it until I watched the girls meet Rihanna on 'The Ellen DeGenerers Show'. Rosie calls Sophia a "sack of potatoes". Check out that clip below as well!
I love how confused Ellen is once Rosie said this.
What do you think of 'The Sophia Grace & Rosie Show'? Are you impatiently waiting for the next installment like me!?


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Before long, the judge asked the bailiff to remove him, Cooley said.
Cooley has decided not to seek a fourth term as D.A. and will be leaving office after the November election.
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So how's the show? Get a chance to sit on the bike?
For us, the show was worth it. We were looking for a potential new bike for my wife and she had a chance to sit on everything that was even remotely interesting - even on the GS. She can pretty much flat foot it with her 5'7" and 32" inseam.
I think the GS looks better (less "sporky") in person, the windshield adjustment is pretty good, looks like it might give a fairly turbulence free ride, it felt fairly light, the seat was much better than on the older GS, felt more like the seat of the RT.
So, overall I really liked it. Will take a test ride when the demo bikes come in. Not sure whether it's for me. I got the R1200R bug again, which was also the most interesting bike for my wife.
But have to admit, compared to any of the European bike shows, the IMS is a freaking joke. Two very small exhibition halls barely filled. But at least most of the manufacturers were there, not many aftermarket guys though. Next time I plan my European vacation around Intermot or so.
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Spectrum Five LLC
Download OptionsReleased: October 17, 2012
Federal Communications Commission
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554In the Matter of
IBFS File Nos. SAT-LOI-20081113-00216
Spectrum Five LLC
Petition for Declaratory Ruling Regarding
17/24 GHz Broadcasting-Satellite Service to the
U.S. Market from the 119.25º W.L. Orbital
Call Sign: S2777
Adopted:October 17, 2012
Released:October 17, 2012
By the Chief, Satellite Division, International Bureau:
With this Order, we grant the request of Spectrum Five LLC (Spectrum Five) for a
declaratory ruling regarding access to the U.S. market using a planned geostationary satellite orbit (GSO)
space station in the 17/24 GHz Broadcast-Satellite Service (BSS). The proposed satellite will operate
under the authority of the Netherlands at the 119.25º W.L. orbital location.1 We conclude that Spectrum
Five's provision of service to U.S. customers, using the 17.3-17.7 GHz (space-to-Earth) frequency band
for BSS downlink transmissions, and the 24.75-25.25 GHz (Earth-to-space) frequency band for uplink
BSS feeder links, as specified in this Order, would serve the public interest. Grant of this request will
promote competition in the United States by providing consumers with an additional choice in satellite
communications services.
In May 2007, the Commission released a Report and Order adopting processing and
service rules for the 17/24 GHz BSS. The 17/24 GHz BSS Report and Order, at Appendix F, specified a
framework in which 17/24 GHz BSS space stations would operate at orbital locations spaced at four-
1 This orbital location is offset 0.25 degrees from the 119º W.L. orbital location specified in Appendix F to the 17/24
GHz BSS Report and Order, and this grant is at reduced power and without full interference protection. For a
complete explanation of the rules and policies regarding the spacing framework and interference protections in the
17/24 GHz BSS band, see Establishment of Policies and Service Rules for the Broadcasting-Satellite Service at the
17.3-17.7 GHz Frequency Band and at the 17.7-17.8 GHz Frequency Band Internationally, and at the 24.75-25.25
GHz Frequency Band for Fixed Satellite Services Providing Feeder Links to the Broadcasting-Satellite Service and
for the Satellite Services Operating Bi-directionally in the 17.3-17.8 GHz Frequency Band, IB Docket No. 06-123,
Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, IB Docket No 06-123, 22 FCC Rcd 8842 (2007)
(17/24 GHz BSS Report and Order), petitions for reconsideration pending; Order on Reconsideration, IB Docket
No. 06-123, 22 FCC Rcd 17951 (2007) (Order on Reconsideration) (sua sponte); Second Order on Reconsideration,
IB Docket No. 06-123, 25 FCC Rcd 15718 (2010), Second Report and Order, IB Docket No. 06-123, 26 FCC Rcd
8927 (2011) (Second Report and Order) .
Federal Communications Commission
DA 12-1671degree intervals (hereafter referred to as Appendix F locations).2 At the same time, the Commission
issued a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on interference issues related to the 17
GHz band.3 In the 17 GHz band, both the 17/24 GHz BSS and the Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS)
service operate. For the 17/24 GHz BSS, transmission is in the space-to-Earth direction, i.e., from 17/24
GHz BSS space stations to consumer antennas. For the DBS service, transmission is in the Earth-to-
space direction, i.e., from DBS feeder link earth stations to receiving antennas on DBS space stations.4
When the transmissions from 17/24 GHz BSS space stations are received by the antennas of nearby DBS
space stations, interference to the DBS feeder link communications can result, and this interference is
referred to as "space path" interference. The FNPRM sought comment on a variety of means to mitigate
space path interference.5
On November 13, 2008, Spectrum Five filed a petition for declaratory ruling (PDR)
regarding its proposal to serve the United States through a Netherlands-authorized satellite to be operated
in the 17/24 GHz BSS from the 118.8º W.L. orbital location, a location offset 0.2 degrees from the 119º
W.L. Appendix F orbital location.6 Spectrum Five proposed operations at reduced power and with
reduced interference protection.7 The Spectrum Five PDR was placed on Public Notice on June 5, 2009.8
EchoStar Satellite Operating L.L.C. and EchoStar Corporation (collectively, "EchoStar") filed a Joint
Petition to Dismiss or Deny on July 6, 2009, arguing that Spectrum Five's proposed operations could
cause space path interference to EchoStar's DBS operations at the 119º W.L. orbital cluster.9 EchoStar
argued that in light of the pending proceeding to address space path interference mitigation rules,
Spectrum Five should have addressed the issue in its PDR. EchoStar argued that failure to do so
constituted grounds for dismissal without prejudice to refiling, or alternatively a basis for denial of the
market access request. Spectrum Five opposed EchoStar's Petition to Deny, arguing that any interference
concerns could be addressed through appropriate conditions on the market access grant.10
In June 2011, the Commission adopted rules to mitigate space path interference between
17/24 GHz BSS transmissions and the feeder link receiving antennas of DBS space stations operating in
the same frequency bands.11 Among other requirements, the Commission adopted an off-axis power flux
2 17/24 GHz BSS Report and Order. The September 2007 Order on Reconsideration provided space station
operators additional flexibility to operate full power satellites at orbital locations offset by up to one degree from an
Appendix F location, if there are no licensed or prior-filed applications for 17/24 GHz BSS space stations less than
four degrees away from the proposed offset space station.
3 Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 22 FCC Rcd at 8902 ¶ 148 et seq.
4 A feeder link is a radio link from an earth station at a given location to a space station, or vice versa, conveying
information for a space radiocommunication service other than for the fixed-satellite service. The given location
may be at a specified fixed point, or at any fixed point within specified areas. 47 C.F.R. § 2.1 at definition of
"Feeder Link."
5 Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 22 FCC Rcd at 8914-17, ¶¶ 180-188.
6 Spectrum Five LLC, "Petition for Declaratory Ruling to Serve the U.S. Market from the 118.8º W.L. Orbital
Location in the 17/24 Broadcasting Satellite Service Band," IBFS File No. SAT-LOI-20081113-00216, Call Sign:
S2777 (Spectrum Five PDR).
7 Id. at Narrative at 2.
8 Policy Branch Information, Satellite Space Applications Accepted for Filing, Public Notice, Report No. SAT-
00609 (rel. June 5, 2009).
9 EchoStar Satellite Operating L.L.C. and EchoStar Corporation, Joint Petition to Dismiss or Deny (filed July 6,
2009) (EchoStar Petition to Deny).
10 Spectrum Five LLC, Opposition to Joint Petition to Dismiss or Deny (filed July 16, 2009).
11 Second Report and Order, 26 FCC Rcd 8927.
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DA 12-1671density (PFD)12 coordination trigger for 17/24 GHz BSS space stations, required a minimum orbital
separation requirement of 0.2 degrees between the assigned orbital locations of 17/24 GHz BSS space
stations and DBS space stations, and placed bounds on orbital inclination and eccentricity of 17/24 GHz
BSS space stations. The Commission also revised its informational requirements to require 17/24 GHz
BSS space station applicants to file predicted and measured transmitting antenna off-axis gain
information and adopted procedures to enable parties with pending applications or existing grants to file
relevant information related to these rules.13
On December 23, 2011, Spectrum Five filed an amendment to its PDR in which it revised
its requested orbital location from 118.8º W.L. to 119.25º W.L. and provided information required by the
new space path interference mitigation rules.14 Spectrum Five subsequently filed additional amendments
to demonstrate compliance with the space path mitigation rules.15 The amendments to Spectrum Five's
PDR were accepted for filing and placed on Public Notice.16 No comments were filed during the public
notice period. Subsequently, EchoStar filed a motion for leave to file untimely comments, or for
acceptance of its filing as informal comments.17 Spectrum Five opposed both the motion for leave to file
comments, and the comments themselves.18 EchoStar replied to Spectrum Five.19
EchoStar's Filings6.
At the time EchoStar filed its Petition to Dismiss or Deny in July 2009, Spectrum Five's
pending PDR proposed operation from the 118.8° W.L. orbital location. Following adoption of the space-
path interference rules, Spectrum Five amended its PDR to propose operation of its 17/24 GHz BSS space
station at the 119.25° W.L. orbital location.20 The revised orbital location satisfies the required minimum
orbital separation of 0.2 degrees between the assigned orbital location of 17/24 GHz BSS space stations
and DBS space stations.21 Spectrum Five's amended PDR included a demonstration of compliance with
12 Power flux density is defined as the amount of power flow through a unit area within a unit bandwidth. The units
of power flux density are those of power spectral density per unit area, namely watts per hertz per square meter.
These units are generally expressed in decibel form as dB(W/Hz/m2), dB(W/m2) in a 4 kHz band, or dB(W/m2) in a
1 MHz band. 47 C.F.R. § 25.201.
13 Second Report and Order, 26 FCC Rcd at 8936 ¶ 16.
14 IBFS File. No. SAT-AMD-20111223-00247 (Spectrum Five Orbital Location Amendment). In its amendment,
Spectrum Five requested a waiver of Section 25.116 of the Commission's rules to make the change in orbital
location while maintaining its current place in the satellite application processing queue. Spectrum Five Orbital
Location Amendment at Narrative at 4; 47 C.F.R. § 25.116. Consideration of this waiver request is unnecessary
because no other 17/24 GHz BSS applications were filed that might affect Spectrum Five's place in the
Commission's processing queue. Accordingly, we dismiss the waiver request as moot.
15 IBFS Files. No. SAT-AMD-20120308-00038, SAT-AMD-20120314-00043, SAT-AMD-20120525-00090, and
16 Policy Branch Information, Satellite Space Applications Accepted for Filing, Public Notice, Report No. SAT-
00878 (rel. June 29, 2012).
17 EchoStar Satellite Operating Corporation Motion for Leave to File Comments or for Acceptance as Informal
Comments and Comments of EchoStar Satellite Operating Corporation (filed Aug. 10, 2012).
18 Spectrum Five LLC Opposition to Motion for Leave and Opposition to Comments (filed Aug 15, 2012).
19 Reply of EchoStar Satellite Operating Corporation (filed Aug. 29, 2012).
20 The Spectrum Five Orbital Location Amendment.
21 The nearest DBS space station is DIRECTV 7S, which is authorized to operate at the 119.05º W.L. orbital
location, 0.2 degrees from the 119.25° W.L. orbital location.
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DA 12-1671the off-axis PFD coordination trigger and the bounds on orbital inclination and eccentricity placed on
17/24 GHz BSS space stations. Nothing in the record suggests that the Spectrum Five PDR, as amended,
fails to comply with any Commission rule. We therefore find that the objections raised by EchoStar in its
Petition to Deny are now moot, and dismiss it for that reason.
While EchoStar does not challenge compliance with the Commission's rules by Spectrum
Five's amended proposal, in its August 2012 filing EchoStar argues that permitting Spectrum Five to
operate at the amended location will limit use of DBS assignments at the western edge of the cluster22 of
potential operating locations spanning 0.2 degrees on either side of the 119° W.L. orbital location.23
EchoStar asks the Commission to require Spectrum Five to move its proposed orbital location farther
west, to the 119.35° W.L. orbital location. We decline to accept EchoStar's proposed condition. The
Commission considered and rejected the same arguments in the Second Report and Order.24
DISCO II Analysis1.
General Framework8.
The Commission's DISCO II Order implemented the market-opening commitments
made by the United States in the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Basic
Telecommunications Services.25 In particular, the DISCO II Order established a framework under which
the Commission will consider requests for non-U.S.-licensed space stations to serve the U.S. market.
This analysis considers the effect on competition in the United States,26 eligibility and operating
requirements,27 spectrum availability,28 and national security, law enforcement, foreign policy, and trade
concerns.29 Thus we evaluate the Spectrum Five request under the established framework.30
22 The eight U.S. Region 2 BSS and Feeder Link Plan assignments in Appendices 30 and 30Aof the ITU Radio
Regulations are specified at locations offset by 0.2 degrees around a central location, sometimes referred to
colloquially as the "nominal" location. The assignments are collectively referred to as a "cluster." See Second
Report and Order, 26 FCC Rcd at 8933 ¶ 8 and n.38. (Appendices 30 and 30A of the ITU Radio Regulations use
the term "nominal" in a different sense, to refer to the "nominal orbital positions" specified for each plan
assignment, i.e., the .2 degree offset locations. See, e.g., ITU Radio Regulations Appendix 30, Article 10.1, Col. 2.
See also ITU Radio Regulations Appendix 30A, Annex 3, 4.13.1 and Figure 9.) See also Policies and Rules for the
Direct Broadcast Satellite Service, Report and Order, IB Docket No. 98-21, 17 FCC Rcd 11331, 11386-87 ¶¶ 118-
119 (2002).
23 Comments of EchoStar Satellite Operating Corporation at 3 (filed August 20, 2012). We consider the issues
raised by EchoStar in that filing as informal comments.
24 Second Report and Order, 26 FCC Rcd at 8935 ¶ 12. DIRECTV proposed that the PFD coordination level trigger
should be measured at the edge of a DBS cluster. Id. at 8933 ¶ 8, 8935 ¶ 12, 8942-45 ¶¶ 32-38. The Commission
specifically rejected measuring either the off-axis antenna gain coordination trigger or the minimum orbital
separation between 17/24 GHz BSS space stations and DBS space stations from the edge of the cluster. In doing so,
the Commission was presented with the same arguments for protecting potential future DBS operations.
25 Amendment of the Commission's Regulatory Policies to Allow Non-U.S.-Licensed Space Stations to Provide
Domestic and International Satellite Service in the United States, Report and Order, 12 FCC Rcd 24094 (1997)
(DISCO II Order), on reconsideration, First Order on Reconsideration, 15 FCC Rcd 7207 (1999).
26 DISCO II Order, 12 FCC Rcd at 24107-56, ¶¶ 30-145.
27 Id. at 24159-69, ¶¶ 151-74.
28 Id. at 24157-59, ¶¶ 146-50.
29 Id. at 24169-72, ¶¶ 175-82.
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Competition Considerations9.
In the DISCO II Order, the Commission adopted two different variations of the
framework under which it evaluates the foreign entrant's effect on competition in the U.S. satellite
market. First, in cases where the non-U.S. satellite is licensed by a country that is a member of the WTO
and will provide services covered by the U.S. commitments under the WTO Basic Telecom Agreement,
the Commission established a presumption that entry will further competition in the United States. The
U.S. commitments specifically exclude, however, direct-to-home (DTH) services, DBS, and Digital
Audio Radio Service.31 For such non-covered services, and for countries not members of the WTO, the
Commission conducts an Effective Competitive Opportunities (ECO-Sat) analysis for non-U.S.-licensed
space stations. Under this second framework, applicants seeking to access the U.S. market via a foreign
satellite must demonstrate that U.S.-licensed space stations have effective competitive opportunities to
provide analogous services in the country in which the satellite is licensed and in all "route market"
In this case, Spectrum Five is seeking authority to provide DTH in the 17/24 GHz BSS
via a proposed foreign-licensed satellite. In addition to its desire to serve the United States, Spectrum
Five indicates that it will provide service to the Netherlands Antilles.33 The proposed satellite will operate
under authority from the Netherlands, which is a WTO-Member country, but the requested DTH service
is not covered by U.S. WTO commitments.34 We therefore examine whether there are effective
competitive opportunities for U.S.-licensed space stations to provide service analogous to Spectrum
Five's proposed service in the Netherlands and Netherlands Antilles, under the "ECO-Sat" analysis.35 We
examine in particular de jure and de facto barriers to entry, and whether any such barriers would cause
competitive distortions in the United States.36
Spectrum Five states that there are no de jure and no de facto barriers to entry "for any
entity proposing to use a U.S.-licensed satellite to deliver DTH services to the Netherlands or Netherlands
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30 Foreign-licensed operators seeking U.S. market access must file the same information requested under Section
25.114 of the Commissions rules, 47 C.F.R. § 25.114, that applicants for a U.S. license in the same service must file.
See DISCO II Order, 12 FCC Rcd at 24175 ¶ 190.
31 DISCO II Order, 12 FCC Rcd at 24104 ¶ 25.
32 47 C.F.R. § 25.137(a). A route market is a market in which a satellite transmission originates or terminates. See
DISCO II Order, 12 FCC Rcd at 24130 ¶ 78.
33 Spectrum Five PDR at 18.
34 Section 25.137(c) of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. § 25.137(c), requires non-U.S.-licensed geostationary
orbit (GSO)-like satellite systems seeking market access to demonstrate that the satellite is in orbit and operating, or
that the system has a license from another administration, or that the system has been submitted for coordination to
the ITU. By letter dated July 27, 2009, the Satellite Division requested that Spectrum Five provide information or
documentation that its PDR meets that requirement. Letter from Robert G. Nelson, Chief, Satellite Division, Federal
Communications Commission to Todd Stansbury, Counsel for Spectrum Five LLC. In response, Spectrum Five
amended its PDR to provide a letter from the Netherlands Administration. Letter from M.G. Schreur, General
Director – Chief Inspector, Radiocommunications Agency Netherlands and J.D. de Canha, Director Bureau
Telecommunication and Post Netherlands Antilles to Robert G. Nelson, Chief, Satellite Division, Federal
Communications Commission (October 16, 2009).
35 See 47 C.F.R. § 25.137(a). The Commission said in DISCO II that when evaluating requests to provide DBS,
DTH, and DARS from a non-U.S. satellite, it would apply the ECO-Sat test to the non-U.S. satellite's home market
and all routes that it proposes to serve. See DISCO II Order, 12 FCC Rcd at 24136 ¶ 98.
36 DISCO II Order, 12 FCC Rcd at 24137 ¶ 99.
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DA 12-1671Antilles markets."37 Spectrum Five also notes that "[s]everal foreign satellite operators already provide
DTH services in the Netherlands."38 No parties commented on Spectrum Five's ECO-Sat submission,
and there is no evidence in the record that suggests the existence of market entry barriers to the
Netherlands or Netherlands Antilles.39
Accordingly, we find that Spectrum Five's proposed entry into the U.S. market for the
purpose of offering DTH services in the 17/24 GHz BSS band will not negatively effect competition for
these services in the U.S. market, including Alaska and Hawaii. If Spectrum Five chooses in the future to
provide service from the United States to any other nations within these satellites' footprints, Spectrum
Five must seek Commission approval pursuant to an ECO-Sat analysis for the additional route market(s).
Technical Qualifications: Four-Degree Spacing and Reduced Power13.
The Commission's space station licensing policy for the 17/24 GHz BSS is predicated
upon four-degree orbital spacing between geostationary space stations.40 Applicants for authority in the
17/24 GHz BSS must submit an interference analysis demonstrating the compatibility of their proposed
systems with adjacent 17/24 GHz BSS networks operating in full compliance with Commission rules.41
In its original PDR, Spectrum Five provided an interference analysis as required by
Section 25.140(b)(4)(ii) of the Commission's rules, that demonstrates that its proposed space station at
the 118.8° W.L. orbital location would not cause more interference to adjacent 17/24 GHz BSS networks
than if its space station were located at the 119° W.L. Appendix F orbital location.42 Elsewhere in its
PDR, Spectrum Five calculated that its proposed offset operations at the 118.8° W.L. orbital location
would require that its equivalent isotropically radiated power (EIRP) be reduced by 0.57 dBW to 61.1
Spectrum Five has since amended its PDR to request the 119.25° W.L. orbital location,
resulting in a larger offset of 0.25 degrees.44 In its amendment, Spectrum Five did not, however, update
or revise the interference analysis or its calculation of the power reduction necessary to account for this
larger offset.45 Nevertheless, on the basis of the information that was provided by Spectrum Five in its
37 Spectrum Five PDR at 18.
38 Id.
39 See also, annual comments submitted by the Satellite Industry Association (SIA) to the U.S. Trade
Representative, in which SIA identifies countries that it believes have offers that should be amended to reflect more
open trade policies. See, e.g., SIA Comments to the USTR on 2012 Section 1377 Report on Compliance with
Telecommunications Trade Agreements (filed Dec. 19, 2011). The Netherlands is not among the countries that the
SIA identifies.
40 17/24 GHz BSS Report and Order, 22 FCC Rcd at 8869-8872 ¶¶ 66-74.
41 47 C.F.R. § 25.140 (b)(3-5).
42 Spectrum Five PDR at Exhibit A Technical Narrative at 22-23.
43 Spectrum Five presented that calculation in conjunction with its PFD demonstration, rather than with its
interference analysis. Spectrum Five PDR at Exhibit A Technical Narrative at 17-18. The Bureau has explained
that the calculation for offset power reduction is a component of the interference analysis, not an addition to the
required demonstration that a 17/24 GHz BSS applicant can meet the fixed PFD limits set forth in Section 25.208(w)
of the Commission's Rules. DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC and Spectrum Five LLC, Order on Reconsideration and
Declaratory Ruling, 27 FCC Rcd 5932, 5938 ¶ 16 (Int'l Bur. 2012).
44 Spectrum Five Orbital Location Amendment, IBFS File. No. SAT-AMD-20111223-00247.
45 Nor did Spectrum Five seek to operate at full power with full interference protection pursuant to Section
25.262(b). See Letter from Robert G. Nelson, Chief, Satellite Division, International Bureau, Federal
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DA 12-1671applications, and based on our own independent calculations, we are able to determine the required power
reduction and impose that reduction as a condition of the grant, as we have done in prior 17/24 GHz BSS
Spectrum Availability16.
In the DISCO II Order, the Commission determined that, given the scarcity of
geostationary-satellite orbit locations and spectrum resources, it would consider spectrum availability as a
factor in determining whether to allow a non-U.S.-licensed space station to serve the market in the United
States.47 This is consistent with the Chairman's Note to the Basic Telecom Agreement, which states that
WTO Members may exercise their domestic spectrum/frequency management policies when considering
foreign entry.48 Thus, in the DISCO II Order, the Commission stated that when grant of access would
create interference with U.S.-licensed systems, it might impose technical constraints on the non-U.S.-
licensed system's operations in the United States or, when conditions cannot remedy the interference,
deny access.
We determined, above, that Spectrum Five's proposed operations, as conditioned, are
consistent with our four-degree spacing requirements. No other entities have filed requests to serve the
United States from space stations that would be technically incompatible with Spectrum Five's proposed
17/24 GHz BSS operations. As in all other grants for non-U.S.-licensed space stations to serve the United
States, we require all communications between earth stations in the United States and Spectrum Five's
satellite at the 119.25º W.L. orbital location to be in compliance with all space station coordination
agreements reached by the Netherlands and other countries.
5. Bond
In the DISCO II Order, the Commission stated that it would apply its financial rules to
non-U.S. satellites seeking to serve the U.S. market.49 In the Space Station Licensing Reform Order, the
Commission eliminated the financial requirements then in place and replaced them with a bond
requirement.50 The bond requirement is intended to ensure that applicants are financially able and
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Communications Commission to Todd M. Stansbury, Counsel for Spectrum Five LLC (March 9, 2012); Letter from
Todd M. Stansbury, Counsel for Spectrum Five LLC, to Robert G. Nelson, Chief, Satellite Division, International
Bureau, Federal Communications Commission (April 5, 2012). See also 47 C.F.R. § 25.114(d)(17).
46 See DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC Application for Authorization to Launch and Operate DIRECTV RB-2, a
Satellite in the 17/24 GHz Broadcasting Satellite Service at the 102.825° W.L. Orbital Location, Order and
Authorization, 24 FCC Rcd 9393. 9403-05 ¶¶ 26-31 and 9406 ¶ 34 (Int'l Bur. 2009); Intelsat North America LLC,
Order and Authorization, 24 FCC Rcd 7058, 7062-63 ¶11 and 7067 ¶ 21 (Sat. Div. Int'l Bur. 2009). We calculated
the Section 25.224 antenna gains based on the topocentric angles between Spectrum Five's requested orbital
location of 119.25° W.L. and the 119° W.L. Appendix F orbital location. We also calculated the antenna gains
based on the topocentric angles between the 119° W.L. Appendix F orbital location and the 123° W.L. Appendix F
orbital location. Subtracting the second set of location-dependent antenna gain values from the first set, we find that
the maximum potential PFD levels that could be provided from the 119.25° W.L. offset orbital location range from
0.68 dB to 0.72 dB less than those specified in Section 25.208(w), depending on the location on the surface of the
Earth from which the angles between the orbital locations are measured.
47 DISCO II Order, 12 FCC Rcd at 24159, ¶ 150.
48 Chairman of the World Trade Organization Group on Basic Telecommunications, Chairman's Note, Market
Access Limitations on Spectrum Availability, 36 I.L.M. at 372.
49 DISCO II Order, 12 FCC Rcd at 24162, ¶ 157.
50 Amendment of the Commission's Space Station Licensing Rules and Policies, First Report and Order and Further
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DA 12-1671committed to implementing their systems in a timely manner. Under this requirement, any entity whose
"queued" application is granted must execute a bond, payable to the U.S. Treasury, within 30 days of the
grant. The bond is payable upon failure to meet any implementation milestone where good cause for
extending that milestone is not provided.51 The amount of the bond may be reduced upon meeting each
milestone.52 This requirement also applies to entities awarded market access for a non-U.S.-licensed
satellite that is not in-orbit.53 Consequently, Spectrum Five must post a $3 million bond payable to the
U.S. Treasury within 30 days of the date of this order. If Spectrum Five does not do so, this grant will
automatically become null and void.
6. Other Requirements
Nothing in the record indicates that Spectrum Five is not legally qualified to provide
service to the United States using its Netherlands-authorized space station. Furthermore, nothing in the
record raises any national security, law enforcement, foreign policy, or trade concerns.54 Consequently,
we conclude that granting Spectrum Five access to the U.S. market in the 17/24 GHz BSS is consistent
with all DISCO II requirements.
The petition for declaratory ruling filed Spectrum Five, LLC, IBFS File No. SAT-LOI-
20081113-00216, as amended by File Nos. SAT-AMD-20091026-00113, SAT-AMD-20111223-00247,
SAT-AMD-20120308-00038, SAT-AMD-20120314-00043, SAT-AMD-20120525-00090, and SAT-
AMD-20120615-00098, regarding access to the United States market in the 17/24 GHz Broadcast-
Satellite Service, using a proposed space station (Call Sign S2777), which will operate under the authority
of the Netherlands at the 119.25º W.L. orbital location IS GRANTED.
Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, that Spectrum Five, LLC IS GRANTED access to the
U.S. market using a proposed Netherlands-authorized space station at the 119.25º W.L. orbital location
using the 17.3-17.7 GHz (space-to-Earth) and the 24.75-25.25 GHz (Earth-to-space) frequency bands.
Communications between U.S.-licensed earth stations and the Spectrum Five space station must be in
accordance with the terms, conditions, and technical specifications set for the in Spectrum Five's petition
for declaratory rule and the Federal Communications Commission's rules not waived herein, and are
subject to the following conditions:
Spectrum Five, LLC's space station may operate up to PFD levels reduced from those
specified in Section 25.208 (w) of the Commission's rules in accordance with the following
calculation methodology: For a given location on the surface of the Earth at which the required
PFD reduction value needs to be determined, calculate the topocentric angular separation 'φ' of
the 123 W.L. and 119° W.L. geostationary orbital locations, and the corresponding off-axis gain
GCO1(φ) of the antenna specified in Section 25.224(a)(1) of the Commission's rules at that angular
separation. For the same location on the surface of the Earth, also calculate the topocentric
angular separation of the 119.25° W.L. and 123 W.L. geostationary orbital locations, and the gain
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Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 18 FCC Rcd 10760, 10826-27 ¶¶ 170-72(2003) (Space Station Licensing Reform
Order), and 47 C.F.R. § 25.165.
51Space Station Licensing Reform Order18 FCC Rcd at 10826 ¶ 170.
52 Id. at 10826-27 ¶ 172.
53 Id. at 10875 ¶ 309. See also 47 C.F.R. § 25.137(d)(4).
54 DISCO II Order, 12 FCC Rcd at 24170-72, ¶¶ 178-182.
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DA 12-1671of the antenna 'GCO2(φ)' specified in Section 25.224(a)(1) of the Commission's rules at that
angular separation. Then, perform the subtraction GCO2(φ) - GCO1(φ).55 The result is the required
reduction in PFD from the value specified in Section 25.208(w). The PFD levels of Spectrum
Five's space station transmissions shall not exceed the lower of these calculated levels or the
levels stated in its application, and shall meet the reduced PFD limits under all atmospheric
Spectrum Five, LLC's space station shall be maintained within an east/west longitudinal
station-keeping tolerance of ± 0.05 degrees of the assigned 119.25º W.L. orbital location.
Operations using Spectrum Five, LLC's space station at the 119.25º W.L. orbital location
shall comply with coordination agreements reached between the Netherlands and other
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that Spectrum Five, LLC, when designing its system, is
required to take into consideration the geographic service requirements of Section 25.225 of the
Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. § 25.225.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this grant of market access for the Spectrum Five, LLC
space station at the 119.25º W.L. orbital location will be null and void with no further action on the
Commission's part if the space station is not constructed, launched, and placed into operation in
accordance with the milestone schedule in Section 25.164 and the bond requirement in Section 25.165 of
the Commission's rules following the date of grant, as follows:
a. Spectrum Five, LLC must file a bond with the Commission in the amount of $3 million,
pursuant to the procedures set forth in 47 C.F.R. § 25.165 within 30 days of the date of
this grant (November 16, 2012).
b. Enter into a binding contract for construction within one year (October 17, 2013);
c. Complete the Critical Design Review within two years (October 17, 2014);
d. Commence construction within three years (October 17, 2015);
e. Launch and begin operations within five years (October 17, 2017).
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Spectrum Five, LLC shall file, within ten business
days of completion of Critical Design Review, a revised statement detailing the post-mission disposal
plans for the space station at end of life, including the quantity of fuel that will be reserved for post
mission disposal maneuvers. The statement must disclose the altitude selected for a post-mission disposal
orbit and demonstrate that the perigee altitude for a post-mission disposal orbit meets the requirements of
Section 25.283(a) of the Commission's rules governing end-of-life disposal of geostationary satellite orbit
space stations.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this Declaratory Ruling and all conditions contained
herein are subject to the outcome of the Commission's rulemaking in IB Docket No. 06-123 and any
requirements subsequently adopted therein.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this Declaratory Ruling will become effective and
remain effective only to the extent that launch and space operations are authorized by the
Radiocommunications Agency Netherlands under the Netherlands Space Activities Law. Spectrum Five
55 For purposes of this calculation, the antenna diameter 'D' should be assumed to be 0.45 meters, which is the
minimum-diameter antenna for which 17/24 GHz BSS licensees may claim protection from interference, according
to Section 25.224(a), the wavelength 'λ' should be assumed to be 0.017131 meters, corresponding to a frequency of
17.5 gigahertz, and the value of 'η' can be assumed to be 0.65, as stated in Section 25.224. 47 C.F.R. § 25.224.
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DA 12-1671must file evidence in the public record of this proceeding demonstrating grant of any such authorizations
within five business days of action by the Radiocommunications Agency of the Netherlands.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that on June 30 of each year, SPECTRUM FIVE
Enterprises, LLC shall file a report with the International Bureau and the Commission's Columbia
Operations Center in Columbia, Maryland, containing the information current as of May 31 of that year
pursuant to Section 25.210(l) of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. § 25.210(l).
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Spectrum Five LLC is afforded 30 days from the date
of this Declaratory Ruling to decline this grant, as conditioned. Failure to respond within this period will
constitute formal acceptance of the grant, as conditioned.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Joint Petition to Dismiss or Deny filed by EchoStar
Satellite Operating L.L.C. and EchoStar Corporation on July 6, 2009 IS DISMISSED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the orbital location condition proposed in the
Comments of EchoStar Satellite Operating Corporation filed on August 20, 2012 IS DENIED.
This action is issued pursuant to Section 0.261 of the Commission's rules on delegated
authority, 47 C.F.R. § 0.261, and is effective immediately. Petitions for reconsideration under Section
1.106 or applications for review under Section 1.115 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 1.106,
1.115, may be filed within 30 days of the date of release of this Declaratory Ruling.
Robert G. Nelson
Chief, Satellite Division
International Bureau
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