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Wednesday, June 12, 2013
On May 20, we were reminded that natural disasters of all kinds can bring devastation on a massive scale. In just a few seconds, the lives of Moore, Okla. residents were changed by an EF5 tornado that destroyed entire buildings while injuring or killing residents as they took shelter.
We can't prevent natural disasters, but we can prepare for them. By being ready and knowing what to do in a disaster, we can minimize risk, reduce the time it takes to recover and most importantly, prevent the loss of life.
As response and recovery continues in Oklahoma, those of us who live in hurricane-prone areas must now turn our attention to our own preparedness efforts for the upcoming 2013 hurricane season.
This year during National Hurricane Preparedness Week, May 26 - June 1, and throughout the year, I encourage everyone in hurricane-prone areas to make a pledge to prepare and then act on the pledge and be ready in advance of the hurricane season that officially begins June 1.
We are asking you to take these simple steps: know and understand your weather risk, take action, and be an example for your family, friends and neighbors.
Know your risk--understand how hurricanes and tropical storms can directly affect you and your family where you live, work and go to school whether you live on the coast or inland. Check the weather forecast regularly, sign up for local alerts from emergency management officials, and get and use a NOAA weather radio.
Take action now--complete your Ready Emergency Preparedness Plan, update your Emergency Supply Kit, and download the FEMA smartphone application to access important safety tips on what to do before, during and after a hurricane.
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Join us today and pledge to prepare at www.ready.gov/hurricanes.
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On Aug. 22, 2012, the final rule regarding sourcing of conflict minerals under Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ("Dodd-Frank Act") was approved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The rule requires companies, like Garmin, that are listed on U.S. stock exchanges to make reasonable inquiries, and depending on the circumstances, undertake further due diligence to try to determine the source and chain of custody of "conflict minerals" that may be used in their products, and to publicly report on an annual basis whether any such "conflict minerals" originate and finance armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) or adjoining countries. The "conflict minerals" are tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold. Although we do not directly purchase any minerals from its suppliers, Garmin purchases component parts from its suppliers that contain metals, which could be derived from mines in the DRC or adjoining countries.
What is Garmin Doing?
We support an industry-wide approach to addressing social responsibility issues throughout the supply chain. As part of this approach, we became a member of the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC) in 2013. The benefit of this approach is that the collaborative group can analyze and address these issues more strategically and holistically than can any individual company acting alone.
For each of the conflict minerals, the EICC took an active role in assembling stakeholders throughout their respective supply chains to discuss the challenges with tracing the chain of custody of minerals. In collaboration with Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI), the EICC has invested substantial efforts to develop a Conflict-Free Smelter (CFS) program to help ensure that smelters and refiners can identify the origin of minerals that go into electronics products. In addition, the EICC and GeSI developed the EICC/GeSI Conflict Minerals Reporting Template to standardize the collection of information from suppliers throughout the industry's supply chains.
Garmin is sending this standardized template to our suppliers and asking them to provide information regarding the smelters/refineries in their supply chains. In addition, we are incorporating in our standard supplier contracts and our Supplier Guidelines provisions that require our suppliers to adopt a policy on the responsible sourcing of minerals; implement due diligence processes to support that policy; and complete and return to Garmin the EICC/GeSI Conflict Minerals Reporting Template.
Our Expectation of Suppliers
Specifically, Garmin expects each of our suppliers to do all of the following:
- Adopt a policy of responsible sourcing of minerals and pass this requirement through its supply chain;
- Implement due diligence processes to support that policy;
- Source materials from socially responsible suppliers; and
- Complete and return to us the EICC/GeSI Conflict Minerals Reporting Template in a timely manner and provide us all other information we may request regarding the sourcing of minerals in products supplied to Garmin.
If Garmin becomes aware of a supplier who is not in compliance with these expectations, then we will take the appropriate actions to remedy the situation, including reassessment of supplier relationships.
Concerns and violations of this policy can be reported to Garmin's Board of Directors at:
Garmin Board of Directors
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8200 Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Suppliers and other external parties are encouraged to contact their regular sourcing channel/Garmin representative if they wish to seek guidance on the application of this approach, or if they wish to report suspected abuse. They, and other external stakeholders, may also report problems or concerns to the above Garmin Board of Directors.

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Perfect size Order 2 of these online...was a bit sceptical because there were no reviews, but we are very happy with are purchase! They are a good size & easy to put together (my Husband is a little challenged in building things but he had no problem). Only wish World Market offered the matching coffee table (they only have the oak finish...odd?!) February 1, 2013
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Made of Polartec® Thermal Pro® polyester (51% recycled) fleece this quintessential fleece pullover has feminine seaming and pouch-style handwarmer pockets.
In 1993, we adopted fleece into our product line made from post consumer recycled (PCR) plastic soda bottles. We were the first outdoor clothing manufacturer to do so. PCR® clothing was a positive step towards a more sustainable system – one that uses fewer resources, discards less and better protects people's health.
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How to enable or disable FaceTime over cellular on iPhone and iPad
It took FaceTime a long time to start working over cellular, but now that it has it's made it incredibly convenient to talk with your kids while you're walking down an out-of-town street, or check with your partner before buying something for the home or office. Of course, with cellular access comes cellular data usage, and if you're on a limited plan, you may want to be careful how much you use FaceTime over 3G or LTE. Luckily, the iPhone and data-enabled iPads make it easy to turn FaceTime over cellular on, and off.
How to enable or disable FaceTime over cellular on iPhone and iPad
- Launch the Settings app from the Home screen of your iPhone or iPad.
- Tap on FaceTime.
- Toggle the Use Cellular Data switch to ON.
To disable cellular data access, just repeat the procedure and toggle the switch to OFF.
How to get more help with FaceTime
If you need more help with using FaceTime on your iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, or Mac, check out the articles below, or head on over to the iMore forums.
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Reader comments
How to enable or disable FaceTime over cellular on iPhone and iPad
I can't ENable it, either on iPhone 4S or iPhone 5. It tells me to call 611. I have unlimited on the 5, but tiered on the 4S. Guess I have to keep jailbreaking.
Yeah you have to have a tiered plan I believe.
As I said, my 4S is on a tiered plan.
Hmm you should have that option then. That's odd.
U have to be on iOS 6
After reading this article and others and attempting again to get facetime over cellular and still not able to, I called att&t and got the runaround about how they have to introduce it slowly, blah blah blah and figured I needed to go up a level. That person said she knew what I wanted and why, sympathized and moved me up to the next level. This gentleman was more frank. I explained my position - being grandfathered in for the data plan as I am, makes me one of their oldest and most loyal customers. Personally speaking, I use very little data, but that's not the point. They are holding this sledge hammer of moving us into tiered plans before they will accquiese to our use of Facetime. This, to me, seems discriminatory. From my reading of the lawsuit that brought Facetime to all Att&T LTE phones (except grandfathered in data plans) it was based on At &t violating "net neutrality" which seems to me would be the same position a class action lawsuit could be filed for. However, I am not an attorney, nor am I acquianted with the "legalize" in this matter. Is there anyone on here that is? Or could we put this information out on Twitter, facebook, etc. iMac magazine, CNET and see if there are enough of us to make this worthwhile?


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The Ulwazi Programme was established in 2008 as the first digital library in South Africa aimed at collecting and sharing indigenous knowledge and local history and culture. The brainchild of former Senior Librarian, Betsie Greyling, the programme forms part of eThekwini Municipality's Libraries and Heritage Department and aims to address the needs of the previously under-represented majority by providing a portal for local contemporary histories and culture. According to the latest figures published (Internet World Stats 2012) 79% of the population in North America use the Internet versus 16% penetration in Africa. Apart from the problem of accessibility, local content on the Web is also very low because of a lack of capacity to record, transfer and disseminate information.
How Does It Work?
As the website can be edited by multiple users it has somewhat of an unusual structure. When you look at this page, for example, you will notice that there are two tabs: one for the content as it's been published and one for the 'source' of the content, which can be added to and revised by people who are registered 'users', in this case the fieldworkers.
When you click on the different tabs you may also notice that the content is not laid out as it is on most websites. The structure of the information is similar to how it would it appear in a library cataloging system, such as the Dewey Decimal System. Content is arranged by categories and subcategories, with links to stories or 'pages' for each category, as well as links to any audio visual material relating to the particular category. The website in essence acts as a catalogue of sorts for different topics relating to local knowledge and histories.


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A list of Student organizations with advisors. Those clubs with pages are underlined. Advisor names are linked to e-mail addresses.
Association of Information Technology Professionals
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College Democrats
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College Republicans
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Shelly Marshall
Kevin Acierno
English Society
Beth Devore
Abby Bowers
Hospitality Management Club
Mandy Ulicney
Human Services Technology Club
Joan Steidl
Dr. Jon Sefcek
Dr. Bryan Jones
Physical Therapist Assistant Technology Club
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Kathy Giffin
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Radiologic Technology Club
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Respiratory Therapy Club
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Student Nurses Association
Amy Lower
Sociology Club
Dr. Jessica Leveto
Student Ambassadors
Stephanie Brown
Student Occupational Therapy Association (SOTA)
Julie Mirabell
Student Veterans Association
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Volleyball Club
Dr. Bradley Keefer
Dr. Ann Abraham
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It seems I may have the solution too strong... I'm using the Ace Hardware Ospho paint prep solution. The weld material (and some silver solder) seems to have been dissolved by the solution. I think I've forgotten to thin the solution. The MSDS label says it is a 70% solution. I should be working at about 5% solution IIRC.
There was a TON of fizz - like an alka seltzer in soda pop. The last phosphate job had barely any bubbles in comparison.
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Lactose intolerance. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases website. Available at:
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Lactose intolerance in adults. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed. Updated March 4, 2012. Accessed December 31, 2013.
Lactose intolerance in children. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed. Updated December 30, 2013. Accessed December 31, 2013.
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Understanding food allergies and intolerances. American Gastroenterological Association website. Available at:
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Triathlons come in many different forms, but no triathlon embraces Vermont and its spirit more robustly than does the Disastour. It brings together a rugged, mainly off-road race, with the onset of the world's most famous foliage season, and it was conceived two years ago as a means to help raise money for victims of Tropical Storm Irene. That is like Vermont expressed in a down-to-earth triptych.
The third edition of the run-paddle-bike race will take place on Saturday, September 28. In a shift of focus that will ensure that proceeds go to where there is the most compelling need, the beneficiary of this year's race will be the Vermont Foodbank. There will also be a few course changes from previous years – like the annual foliage, the Disastour route is never the same from one year to the next – but the entire race will take place in the Rochester-Stockbridge area.
The only concern in the days leading up to the race is that – somewhat ironically, given the flood that inspired the race originally – the level of the White River is low. But fear not, sports fans – race director Sean Linskey has a backup plan for paddling should the river be unnavigable. As Vermonters learned in rebuilding after Irene, where there's a will, there is surely a way.
Go to vtdisastourtriathlon.com to register or for more race info. Three- or four-person teams are invited to enter as well as ironmen and women. Day-of-race entries will be accepted but are not encouraged, with an additional fee tacked on for those who can't get their pre-registration act together.
For those who think it all sounds like a little too much effort and heavy breathing for their taste, there are other ways in which they can tap into the Disastour spirit. Donations – again going to the Vermont Foodbank – are greatly appreciated, and to make an event like this run smoothly, plenty of volunteers are needed. For information about donating or volunteering, go to the event website.
"I love the course we have put together this year," says Linskey. "And after the race, everyone, racers and non-racers, will have a blast at the post-race festivities. Open-hearth pizza, live music and beverages from our sponsor– what's not to like about that?"


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PRESTONSBURG — The first of four community health fairs was held this week, offering free and vital medical services to uninsured residents.
Envisioned and organized by a consortium of local health care providers, the fairs are intended to address unmet medical needs in the community, particularly in light of Floyd County's last place showing in this year's County Health Rankings.
"We see a big need from our community assessment …" said Floyd County Health Department Director Thursa Sloan, whose facility hosted the first event. "There's so much diabetes, heart disease and cancer in this area, and that's what we are trying to screen out."
Three more health fairs are planned over the summer, including:
• June 11 and 12, at South Floyd High School
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Alyssa Milano Gossip
Alyssa Milano gossip, latest news, photos, and video.
For Or Against?
Written by Duana You know who wastes a whoooole lot of my time? People on Twitter. It's terrible. But what if someone said something new? What if there's something I didn't hear about? What if I can't understand what the newest catchphrase is because Mindy Kaling originated it and then told you all not to tell me because I was busy doing, like, work? Anyway, twitter and a flexible work schedule combined to present to me the following Gem: Alyssa Milano's Blog Full Story
Renee, Bradley, and Samantha Micelli
Friday night we had a dinner with the team bosses. It was a party of 10. We went to E Baldi – great food but super small restaurant in Beverly Hills. Anyway, there was a table of 4 right behind us along the side wall. Alyssa Milano was facing out. SO beautiful and exactly the same. Like, luminous and ageless and totally untouched. Full Story
Bridget Jones and Samantha Micelli
Love random Hollywood friendships. Last night at Katsuya in Hollywood the paps say that Bradley Cooper and Renee Zellweger were out with Alyssa Milano. I don't know, this made me happy. Together they don't seem like Renee and Alyssa. Together they totally seem like Bridget and Samantha. Apparently Coop and Alyssa have been friends for a while. Full Story
Worst Emmy 2008: Not Alyssa Milano
This is the only photo I could find. Which is shocking. Worst dressed photos sell almost as briskly as best dressed ones. …the f&ck was she thinking??? Am most offended by the small details. Like those shoes. Those Asian massage parlour shoes. Jessica Simpson shoes. Shoes for women with two names - Betty Lou, Connie Sue, Sally Mae, Peggy Lee – who aspire to aging like Dolly Parton: garish makeup, bleached out hair, frosty blue eye shadow, and two pigs fighting under a blanket that make up her ass. Full Story
Perv On Someone Your Own Age!
They are starring in a new movie together called Pathology – here promoting it at Wizard World in LA at the weekend. The preternaturally preserved Alyssa, now 35, doesn't look a day over 25. Much more suitable for Milo, 31, who's been creepy perving on that little Lolita Hayden Panettiere. Full Story


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That made us think about all the stuff we do in-game that kind of makes us...well, bad guys, for lack of a better term, and we started wondering -- what's the worst thing that player characters have done (or been asked to do)? Setting Teron Gorefiend loose has to rank pretty high up there. Then there's that torture quest out in Borean Tundra, which squicks people to this day. While we're on the subject of Borean Tundra, nobody particularly liked thinking about a daily quest offered in Coldarra, or the ugly results of Horde questing in Howling Fjord. If you wanted to look at the whole "player evil" thing from a larger perspective, you can even make a case that player-generated PvP is, within the context of WoW's lore, one of the more significant contributions to faction antagonism and war.
So what's the worst thing that your character has done -- or, failing that, the thing that you still feel the worst about? I've already got my pick.


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Toledo Society of Magicians hosts annual 'close-up' eventWritten by Jeff McGinnis | | email@example.com
Watch closely. Whatever you do, don't look away. Try not to blink or you'll miss it. Then again, you might miss it even if you were carefully examining the performer the whole time. That's the wonder — the art — of close-up magic.
Unlike its stage-bound brethren, close-up magic is intimate, personal, involved. The magician is often within arm's length, which lessens the chance that they can get away with something. Which, of course, means it's even more amazing when they do.
"Close-up magic, as the word suggests, is close-up. And people can be hands-on, can actually experience the magic very close-up — inches away, as opposed to just viewing the magic. I think that's the main difference," said Toledo-area magician Martin Jarret.
"It's right there. They're touching the objects, they're seeing it just inches away. It makes it more of an experience. It's more intimate," he added. "Close-up magic is a wonderful experience to truly engage with the audience and allow them the opportunity to really experience the magic."
The allure of sitting right there next to a performer as he astounds you with illusions is one of the main things that makes the event An Afternoon of Close-Up Magic such a remarkably popular event. Celebrating its 11th year, the annual show featuring local magicians performing small-scale effects will take place at 3 p.m. April 1 at the Holiday Inn French Quarter in Perrysburg.
Jarret, who is the event chairperson for the Toledo Society of Magicians (TSM), said the event was the brainchild of a specific member of their ranks.
"We had a young magician in our club whose name was Mike Duseberg just finishing college and going off to be a full-time magician in Florida. And he had this idea of doing an afternoon of close-up magic. His goal was to get this going before he left town, and he succeeded.
"We had such a great reaction to this that the show has expanded to what it is now. This is our 11th consecutive year, and every year we sell out. It's become a very popular event," Jarret said.
For Jarret, performing at the event is one of the highlights of a passion for illusion that has consumed most of his life — he's performed magic for the past 35 years.
"I was first inspired by reading some books about Harry Houdini. Then, [I] came across a magic shop — I was living in upstate New York — tried out a couple tricks, and then it became almost addictive."
Houdini, who practically no one alive today could have ever seen perform, continues to define magic for people around the world. "He's one of the best-known persons in the world," Jarret said. "You want people to name someone famous, Harry Houdini is often on the top five or the top 10. It's a legend, and it's a phenomenal story, life story."
Jarret's passion for magic continues as a member of the TSM, a chapter (or "ring") of the International Brotherhood of Magicians. The Toledo organization has existed for more than 50 years, Jarret said, and the Afternoon of Close-Up Magic has become one of their signature events.
"We keep it small. We have about a 275-seat capacity, to really enhance the experience of the audience members. What we do is, our show at the French Quarter, we have five separate rooms and we have seven performers. And the seven performers rotate from room to room in a staggered rotation system.
"So the audience sits, enjoys the show, and the magicians perform their show five times — once in each of the performing venues. I think this is a unique way of staging a magic show," Jarret said.
Every magician's act runs about 15 minutes, giving attendees a full afternoon of entertainment — and watching very, very closely.
"You watch magic on TV, on videos — you never know what's really going on. Is it camera work? Is it some visual effect? But you see magic in person, and you're that close, you know it's real," Jarret said.
Tickets are $15. Visit toledomagic.com/show.htm for more information.
Houdini — The magician in the Glass City
By Jim Beard
Walking in the footsteps of Harry Houdini, arguably one of the most popular entertainers of all time, can lead to some fascinating places — such as Toledo. The Hungarian-born magician performed in the Glass City on at least four separate occasions, adding immensely to its rich history and legacy of legerdemain.
On Aug. 19, 1893, the Houdini Brothers — Harry and his younger brother Theo — were on the bill at the Wonderland Theater at 238 Summit St. The venue was a "dime museum," a combination science center and vaudeville hall that avoided the Sunday blue laws by registering as a "museum." Such a place was considered the lowest of the low for a performer in those days, but Houdini, just 19, knew he needed to work his way up from the bottom. By 1896, Theo was no longer part of the act and had been replaced by Harry's wife; on Nov. 9 of that year, they were billed as "Harry and Bessie Houdini" at the second Wonderland, at 407 Summit St.
The theater's promoters must have liked what they saw in the duo, for the very next year they brought them back to perform at the New Wonderland at 518-520 Summit St. On Dec. 4, 1897, Harry and Bessie appeared simply as "The Houdinis," touting an act they called the "Handcuff Mysteries." Soon, Harry, the consummate self-promoter, would be the only Houdini on the bill and would dub himself the "Handcuff King."
When Houdini next returned to the Glass City, he was a star. In 1907, returning to the United States after a successful European tour, he headlined at the Valentine Theatre, then called Keith's Valentine Theatre. Little is known today about that performance, but the famous illusionist's visit is forever enshrined in the theater's onsite mural of famous acts. In addition, the March 15 edition of The Blade that year contained a mention of the Houdinis being in town for two weeks with their dog, a gift of Czar Nicholas of Russia.
Sadly, Harry Houdini never again returned to the city. After collapsing on stage at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit in 1926, he was rushed to Grace Hospital with a ruptured, gangrenous appendix. His hope was to make the trip down to Toledo where, as authors William Kalush and Larry Sloman tell us in "The Secret Life of Houdini," the magician would "have a séance with the medium Ada Besinnet." But it just wasn't in the cards; on Oct. 31, Halloween, he died, barely an hour's drive from Toledo's northern border.
In his time, Houdini was ascribed supernatural powers, including the ability to dematerialize at will and speak with the dead, but in reality he was a man who loved a good show and never missed an opportunity for promotion. Houdini was also a movie star with his own film studio, a fan of new technologies and the holder of a world record: the first man to fly an airplane on the Australian continent.
Today, his legacy continues unabated. His surviving silent films can be enjoyed in a deluxe boxed set from Kino International — including an audio snippet of his actual voice — a new Houdini online game is available for play and a Houdini musical is reported to be making its way to Broadway.
The magician's grand "superhero" persona will even make its return in a pulp-flavored fiction anthology, out later this year from Airship 27 Productions and featuring a story from a Toledo author. Houdini lives on to entertain a whole new generation of 21st century fans.
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DillsburgBoy - Of the places I talked with when researching the story I only reached two that were doing takeout Thanksgiving meals. This doesn't mean they're the only ones though. Hopefully this will point you in the right direction!
Bob Evans is doing one called a Farmhouse Feast, which serves 6-8 for only $75.99 (includes all the fixings and dessert) and Colonial Park Diner does a meal that serves 10-15 for $99 (call by Nov. 22). Granted both of these are for more people than just 4, but who doesn't love leftovers on Thanksgiving? Also, I've heard many grocery stores provide Thanksgiving pre-cooked meals that you can order in advance.
I hope this helps. If I hear of any others I will definitely pass information on to you.
Judas Iscariot - I don't actually know if any serve kosher meals. None of the people I talked with from the restaurants and hotels mentioned they did - but that doesn't mean they don't. I would recommend you call the place that strikes your fancy and ask. If I do hear of a place doing kosher Thanksgiving food I will definitely let you know.
Sorry I couldn't be more help!
There is a $8 parking fee and I have updated the story to reflect that. I hope you have a good time at the show!
@iwouldsay - My apologies for any difficulty the lack of address caused you. DK Dogs is at 3867 Derry Street in Swatara Twp., while Dewz Dogz is 930 North Front Street in Wormleysburg. I have updated my story to now include the addresses.
Hey @noteven1 - can you give me a call at 717-255-8167? I would love to talk to you for a story I'm working on about "Dark Shadows."
Hey Jeff! You are absolutely right, you did not say in our interview that Quentin was a werewolf. However, Quentin Collins was indeed, a werewolf. It was cursed by Magda after (Spoiler Alert) Quentin strangled her daughter, Jenny. This was all during the 1890s plot line. For more information on that story arc, check out http://darkshadows.wikia.com/wiki/Quentin_Collins You can watch a video from the show of Magda trying to cure Quentin as he transforms here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV5lbxCIutc
Thanks so much Jeff for taking time to talk to me and share your experience of being on the "Dark Shadows" set. It was great interviewing you!
Quite right. They are in another subphylum altogether. I've changed my story to read "arthropods" instead of crustaceans. Isn't it neat that they actually are closer related to spiders and scorpions than to crabs?
Hey @sosickncute - thanks for the eagle eyes! Sometimes things are missed in the read thru, so it's great for you to give me the heads up. I've fixed the mistakes and my fear of typos has now reached epic proportions.
I really appreciate you reading the story so closely and multiple times. I'm glad that this band's story interested you that much. I know I, for one, wish them the very best in Nashville.


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There are a lot of very young, and senior citizens out there with limited arm strength and limited funds for a full sized ipad. Apple doesn't need a smaller ipad to remain competitive, they need it so more peope ( seniors, children, and financially challenged) can enjoy using an ipad. One size does not fit all. A smaller size would open up this platform to a lot more peope.
iPad forecasted to snatch market share from Android tablets this year
IDC has revised their forecast for the worldwide tablet market, suggesting that iOS will lead the way with 62.5% share, which is up from 58.2%. Meanwhile, IDC expects Android tablets to dip from 38.7% to 36.5%, while RIM's PlayBook will drop from 1.7% to 1%. Global shipments are projected to reach 107.4 million units this year, 137.4 million in 2013, and 22.1 million by 2016. IDC's Tom Mainelli commented on the progress of the iPad.
After a very strong launch of new products in March, Apple's iPad shows few signs of slowing down. The addition of the Retina Display and 4G capabilities to the third-generation products clearly enticed many current owners to upgrade. And Apple's decision to keep two iPad 2s in the market at lower prices—moving the entry-level price down to $399 seems to be paying off as well. If Apple launches a sub-$300, 7-inch product into the market later this year as rumored, we expect the company's grip on this market to become even stronger.
Of course, one always has to take analyst projections with a grain of salt, especially when they're reaching years in advance, but the forecast for this year seems safe enough. It's definitely easy to imagine Apple gaining ground on the likes of the Amazon Kindle if they can pump out an affordable, smaller iPad to compete head-to-head. There are a lot of good reasons that could get Apple to make a 7-inch tablet.
How well do you guys think Android will compete for the rest of the year? Is it a give that the new iPad will be able to hold its own until the next iPad starts peeping out its head? Does Apple really need t
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Great point. I think the author used horrible working in his question...of course Apple doesn't NEED to release a 7" tablet to STAY competitive, when they are increasing their market share.
That said, I hope they do...because I'd buy one! I just hope they offer more than a budget version. Give me a 7" tablet with all the bells and whistles.
and why not - they are fragmenting the features available to all devices more and more w/ every new iOS release, and then trying to hide/cover it up by saying everyone gets the same iOS version :P
Actually, IDC did give mention Windows 8 in the press release... "We expect pending new products from major players, increasingly affordable mainstream devices, and a huge marketing blitz from Microsoft around Windows 8 to drive increased consumer interest in the category through the end of the year." These same guys think that Windows Phone is going to have a larger market share than iPhone by 2016.
Totally disagree. Saw a dude at the airport last week with a Capitulate......or was it a Computate?
Heard they are selling by the tens of tens.....
@Pete. Point being?
Thought this was a post on iPad, NOT iPhone. And you assume I own an iphone.......
Back on topic. Still waiting for that iPad "killa". Fire had a chance but has gone down in flames. What is the next flavor of the month?
I didn't think the point was that difficult to grasp. Posters like you are belittling Android's tablet share when in fact they have a larger share of the tablet market than the iPhone does in the smartphone market. I don't care what you own, and wasn't even responding to you in the first place. It's a comment on the ignorance of some of the people on here. Are you following now?
You didn't include the specific quotes, but IDC still refers to iPad as a "media tablet". An artificially broad category that could include portable TV sets, dedicated e-readers (e.g. Sony Reader), and other non-general-computing devices. It makes iPad's slice of the pie look smaller by semantically tweaking the size of the pie.
But in another report, IDC includes "Windows tablets" in overall PC market numbers. It really smells like IDC is trying to spin things. To make the PC market look as though it isn't affected by iPad sales, by grouping iPad with non-PC devices yet dumping "Windows tablets" into the legacy PC mix.
And why would IDC want to prop up PC sales numbers? Because their parent corporation is IDG. And IDG publishes 300 magazines around the world, including Computerworld/InfoWorld, ITworld, CIO, Macworld, Network World, and PC World. Only one of those is Apple-friendly. The rest cater to the IT establishment, who are heavily invested in maintaining the status quo. That explains everything.
Ah, thanks for that, now it's becoming clearer to me. But it may not be just about "propping up PC numbers", but more about Windows tablets having full-pc capabilities. Maybe.
Regardless, the main competition for Windows tablets will be iOS and Android, so that is the category they belong in.
I think Android is going to be A-OK w/ their new Nexus line coming - including tablets at a very nice price point.. and its funny how these same news stories used to be about the iphone, now they have to focus on the ipad after Android has done so much damage in the phone market space. Everyone loves words like "Ecosystem" but it looks like Google and Amazon are both providing pretty good "Ecosystems" now ;)
Hey Simon,
Can you or IDC prepare a chart that shows how accurate IDC predictions have been year by year as they forecast into the future? I have a hard time believing they have any clue what could happen more than two years out. History of their success should bear this out for us.
1yr- 60% correct
2yrs- 30% correct
3yrs- 2% correct
4yrs- nobody that worked at IDC four years ago is still there..
The headline is accurate, but the body of the article does not fully explain the context. IDC's long-term forecasts are worthless, but their forecast for the remaining half of this year should be fairly close. Summary:
iPad +9.1 million units
Android tablets -6.8 million units
"When we take the new 2012 Google Android tablet market share forecast of 36.5% and multiply it by the new 107.4 million unit forecast for the market, we get 39.2 million units.
That 39.2 million number is a whopping 16.4% decrease from the 46 million unit forecast from March 13.
Likewise, IDC's forecast for Apple iOS units has gone from 58 million units to 67.1 million units (62.5% X 107.4 million units = 67.1 million units) -- a boost of 15.5%!"
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Justin Upton (thumb) is absent from the Padres' lineup Tuesday.
Josh Reddick (back) is back in the Athletics' lineup Tuesday.
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Here are some great coatings to try:
Cornmeal Coating:
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 pounds haddock filets
oil for frying (I use Canola however the best taste comes from a vegetable and olive oil blend)
Beat together dip the fish in this mixture.
Then shake into this one:
1/3 cup cornmeal
1/3 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon each garlic powder, paprika, salt, pepper
dash of cayenne pepper
Add to a plastic zip lock bag, shake fish in and fry in oil.
Batter Fried Fish:
3/4 cup flour
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup water
2 pounds fish filets
oil for frying
Mix together. Coat fish and fry till golden brown.
Breadcrumb Coating:
2lb. fresh fish fillets, steaks or pan dressed whole fish
1/2 teaspoon each salt and pepper
1/2 teasponn garlic powder
pinch cayenne
1 egg plus
1 tablespoon milk or water beaten together
1 cup Italian dry bread crumbs or buttery cracker crumbs
Dip the fish filets in egg and milk mixture. Shake them in crumb mixture and fry in oil till golden brown.
Beer Batter Recipe:
Italian Style Coating:
3/4 cup flour
3/4 cup romano cheese grated
3/4 cup cornmeal
2 tablespoons garlic powder
2 tablespoons seasoning salt
1 teaspoon each oregano, parsley and black pepper
Mix all the above ingredients adding to a zip lock bag.
Dipping mixture:
1 cup milk plus one egg beaten
2 lbs haddock filets
oil for frying
Dip haddock filets into milk mixture into coating mix and deep fry in oil.


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A few weeks ago, a friend recommend that I could get music by checking out CD's from the library, downloading the music on the comp, and then returning it. That certainly seems like a better option than limewire, since someone paid for the CD's, but I was still a little hesitant to do it.
Then just a few days ago, another friend called me out for using home sharing (the itunes feature) to download music of my brother's iTunes library. I have always used home sharing and have never thought of it in the same vicinity of limewire, but technically, I'm not paying for that music.
So where do we draw the line on buying music? I think almost all would agree that it's unethical to use limewire and things like that, but CD's from the library? Friends or relatives iTunes libraries?
Just wanted to hear some opinions on this.
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I remember a few years ago Garth Brooks was upset that there were used record, CD, stores. He wanted everyone to buy new. So his logic, we would not have used book stores, used cars, Goodwill Industries, etc etc etc. You will never make everyone happy. I have mixed feelings on the library deal but I guess its no different than checking out a book and xeroxing a few pages to do a report or save for whatever reason. I'm not sure where the line is But Garth Brooks knows.
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The problem is, the folks who aren't in the business of making or selling music can't understand why music, movies, etc don't just belong to the world, as long as one person paid for it at some point along the way. It's a difficult concept to explain to those who feel everything on the net should be free.
When some of these kids begin to write and record music, and then can't figure out why nobody actually buys their work, then they'll start to understand.
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Do the right thing, pay for what you get.
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I dont believe in pirating music. But..... I get tired of these artist that wine when you know they use to tape stuff. I watched an interview with Lars who said "back in the day someone would get a tape and bring it over and we would tape it and bring it to someone else." That is piracy. Unless you have bought every piece of music you ever had then shut up. Me and my wife share a iTunes account. We have totally different taste in music. We have over 8000 songs on our account. Of the 8000 songs we may share about 10 songs on our iPhone. I see no problem with this. And i never taped anything. I always liked to have the album. But i am the minority.
Also yes coping a cd from the library is piracy and so is xeroxing a book. Just buy the songs you want. Music is not that expensive. And artist loosing up....me and my wife sharing a iTunes account is the same as us sharing cds. There is a line. We should not have to buy 2 of the same song.
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The problem is with those who send out mp3s to people, post them in their entirety for free downloading, etc. And those same people defend themselves by saying "But I'm helping promote the band by spreading their music!"
I wonder if anything has any value to some of them. I hope they all write songs or software, and then try to sell them. Now that's Karma in action!
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Other than doing this, I always pay for my music on Itunes.
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"Sharing" meaning what, letting everyone listen from a single device? And how extended is the family? Are you sharing music with 2nd cousins' spouses?
I would say immediate family is fine - spouse, children, siblings, parents (although the legal system differs.) The problem with you sharing music with them, is that some of them will 'share' it with someone else, who will 'share' it with someone else, etc etc. It goes way beyond family, and a single 'gift of music' can rob an artist and songwriter or dozens, maybe hunderds of sales. If one person posts it on a download site, that means several thousand sales lost.
If you were an artist, you'd understand. And no, the paltry handful of established artists who've come out and said they're giving away their music don't count. Consider how many albums Radiohead sold before pulling that stunt. And still they said pay what you want... and there was a minimum payment! Even their 'free' album wasn't free. Writers and musicians and singers don't do this for charity.
I'm not saying everyone can be a perfect angel about this, but people do get creative when it comes to rationalizing giving music away, or getting it without paying.
Sorry to rant, I realize that most people can't possibly understand. Artists and labels and music sellers are still trying to find exactly the right words.
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I always buy music I want, I really like the option of buying a single song, as there hasn't been a c.d in many years that I liked more than 2 songs. 99 cents in more than reasonable for something you're going to listned to many times. I've seen some people go so far to get free music, it's like...just buy it dude seriouly.
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They had a thread a couple days ago about a new RUSH song which led me to the RUSH website, which led me to the RUSH discography page, which led me to Amazon, which led me to the Retrospective II album that now resides in my computer. I don't have the nice disc and the artwork in the nice CD case, but the songs were only $10. That's pretty much the price for most albums.
Now what if I have a cassette that I purchased in the 80's. Would it be unethical to borrow this same album from the library and make a copy of it? I mean, I did buy the recording at one time.
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Purchased tapes absolutely deserve a free upgrade to digital quality!
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I've been having this conversation with a lot of people lately. I can't understand how some people don't understand this.
Music is art. Art should be valued. If everything is free then nothing has value. If people love music, then it should be valuable enough for them to pay for it.
That said, I haven't paid for every piece of music I own, but I can count the exceptions on one hand. They're all either:
A) Songs that are now out-of-print so there is no "legitimate" way to obtain them, or,
B) Songs that I already own but I can't put on my computer (This is the case for only two songs I have)
If music is worth enough to steal, then it's worth enough to pay for.
To answer the OP. Copying CDs from the library is exactly the same thing as torrenting.
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Is copying really theft?
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In the libraries I go to you actually have to pay to borrow CDs, it's a couple of bucks
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I concur with DSCRAPRE: "If music is worth enough to steal, then it's worth enough to pay for."
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All of us as musicians should see this discussion as something very easy to grasp. Music has to be paid for, period. If we want people to continue to create beautiful, musical works of art, then we need them to be able to make a living at it. Just like an Architect, Doctor, Carpenter, etc. We as musicians should want to pay for it. Paying for something puts more worth on it. Makes us appreciate it that much more. It all seems pretty straight forward to me.
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Musicians who do this for a living try to sell their music. What a nerve, eh? Doesn't matter what genre, they expect to get paid for creating music. Ultimately the listeners decide what they like and will pay for. But to like the music enough to steal it and not pay is just wrong. If the artist is making music that people want to hear, they should pay. If people don't want to hear it, then they shouldn't be downloading it.
Musicians who don't do this for a living often don't have a clue about it. They think there are a bunch of fatcat artists who can afford to lose thousands, maybe millions of sales. They think there's no harm downloading a song for free or getting the file from a friend, and then think nothing of passing it along to someone else or even posting it for public download. They somehow rationalize this as promoting the artist, to help them sell more music I suppose?
I'm probably beating a dead horse here... those who get it, get it. Those who don't will always find a way to rationalize their actions.
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Do authors get anything when their books are checked out instead of being purchased new?
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I'm totally on board with the argument that an artist or band should always be justly compensated for the time, effort and expense they've put into making a recording that gives the end user aural and physical pleasure. Physical? Yeah just look a tthe millions of runners, walkers and other fitness enthusiasts who listen to their iPods when exercising. Music helps them to become healthier human beings. Why shouldn't the hard working composers get compensated for that?
This argument is at least 40+ years old now. I just saw an old ad in a music magazine from the 1970s urging record album customers to not break the law but taping lps to blank cassettes to share. I think it all boils down to our current society where people demand instant gratification in every aspect of their lives. Also the demise of the album format of buying music. Though it's back on the rise again, slowly.
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I'm not about to condone downloading-without-paying in general as there seems to have been a great deal of discussion about that. However, on a related note, in the UK everyone who owns a TV capable of receiving broadcasts from the BBC is obliged to buy a TV license (unless they can prove that they watch every other kind of TV other than that produced by the BBC). Currently the TV license fee is around £145 GBP per year per household and all the broadcasting departments of the BBC - including BBC national and local radio as well as online content - are funded by the license fee.
In the year 2009/10 revenue collected from license fees made up a total sum of about £3.5 billion GBP. As a public service broadcaster, the BBC is obliged to cater for audiences of all types of music from classical to folk to country to jazz to rock and pop and so on. Their flagship national pop/rock-music radio station is Radio One. Like a lot of radio stations, Radio One has a playlist of tunes that have been especially selected by the station controllers to be played regularly on a daily basis across a variety of programmes in order to give those tracks the maximum exposure that can be afforded. There is even a hierarchy; so bigger-name acts make the A-list, the B-list will be for up-and-comings, and C is for not-yet-heard-ofs and soon-to-be-forgottens (roughly speaking). A-list songs will be played about 20 times a week in prime-time slots, B is 10 to 15, C about 5 plays a week.
What this means is that the approximately 25 million license payers in the UK are effectively funding advertising for artists which ensures that after the requisite 4 weeks on the playlist prior to release, the songs will inevitably chart highly when they are eventually released. Most people buy what they are told to buy so having listened to the same 12 songs for a month it's no surprise what they'll go for when they step into a store to buy a record. So the nation pays for a radio station that plays records by Rihanna (or whoever) all week long and when the record is released it sells by the truck load thanks to the exposure provided by public-service broadcasting (including a similar amount of airtime on national BBC TV stations) and SRP music walk off with a tidy sum of money [added to which the owner of the IP of the material will receive royalties from PRS through their UK publisher every time the song is played].
All well and good, you say: so what?
After the announcement of the prosecution of The Pirate Bay, an interview with the record-producer Pete Waterman aired on network TV news in the UK. This was the man who in the '80s brought you Bananarama, Dead or Alive, Kylie Minogue, Rick Astley etc - all pop acts who have topped the charts in the UK, US, Europe, Australia, pretty much anywhere records are sold. What kind of stuck in my craw was the way he was bleating on about the cheek of people in the UK who download music for nothing bringing about the demise of the record industry; surely the people who are ripping off recording artists are the same ones who are contributing funds to the BBC radio and TV stations that helped (in a considerable way) to make Pete Waterman, and others like him, as successful as he became?
I realise that this issue of state-funded broadcasting doesn't apply everywhere, but the UK is not an insignificant record market and I feel it is more than a little crass to be lectured by the likes of Pete Waterman about the iniquity of internet piracy when he has had his career bolstered by a nation of listeners who have no real say about what they listen to on the BBC radio and TV channels that they are paying for.
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I release my own music for free. That's a choice that I am happy to have.
It actually amazes me now that it is even possible to get hold of something for free that many years ago would have cost money regardless of how it is distributed.
The main issue I have is the inflation that record companies put on their product. I can go into a local store and buy DVDs for £3. Just yesterday, I bought Terry Gilliam's 'Brazil', 'Full Metal Jacket', 'Philadelphia' and the latest 'Rambo' (just for kicks). Sum total? £16. That averages £4 a film. That's four pounds for sound, for video, etc (and often higher-quality sound). CDs were being sold in the same shop. Some were two for ten pounds (fine) but the majority were at the £9 and even up to £25.
Having spent some time studying the music industry, it frustrates me that record companies think that is acceptable. Very little goes back to the artist. What has happened is that people now have the option to pay nothing or pay a vastly inflated price. If CDs were actually priced fairly - and more went to the artist - then record companies wouldn't be in this position and instead of large piracy amongst adults with disposable incomes, the piracy would be more limited.
Record companies were very slow to adapt to a changing marketplace. Had CDs been available for just a few pounds in the late 90s then piracy would never have taken off online. Quite simply, they never saw it coming and have been paying every day since then for their lack of foresight. The writing was on the wall and they just didn't read it. It wouldn't have been easy to change things but the business model was the same business model that had been run some twenty years previously - when the only 'outside' distribution was radio and low-quality cassette tapes.
Now iTunes is selling songs for what I consider to be just about the top-end of fair. I'm now happy to pay a little for the convenience of downloading, Apple (and indeed Amazon) have a good model going that gives you a viable alternative to piracy if you don't own huge amounts of cash. The price is still a little high but we've seen that the industry is starting to adapt. Is it too late? Possibly.
When Radiohead released 'In Rainbows' in 2007 with no fixed price attached, the average price was not 'free'. The average price was £4 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Rainbows#Reception for citation). That tells me that the public think this is the fair price. I would largely agree with that analysis. The real crime here is how little goes back to the artist and it would be more than possible for all bands to make more money by avoiding those channels if they could. The difficulty is, of course, advertising your name and that's just about the only thing record companies are good for now that their distribution model has been largely surplanted.
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Something that occurs to me about CDs: if someone I like produces an album I will invariably get the CD copy, rather than going to iTunes etc for it, for the higher-quality sound. This is fine if the CD has been produced and mastered by someone who knows what they're doing - but a great deal of modern pop music has been mastered so that the audio is at maximum possible loudness. These records that are too loud have effectively removed any dynamic nuance from the finished product and even have clipped and distorted audio; the practical upshot of this is an album that sounds like a mushy wall of noise and not much else.
This over-compression of the audio has been going on for a while and despite a recent movement to do away with this practice I'd be interested to see any research on how many people are put off buying CDs etc because they feel that the product itself - not the actual written music - is not worth paying for.
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It was HMV (Bluewater, if you're interested) and their margins are lower on DVDs, I accept that. I'm actually very happy to pay more for FLAC and if higher quality physical records were available, the same would apply.
I just think the industry has been slow to adapt and are now suffering. I call arrogance.
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I'm not sure the labels were so arrogant as they were in denial about something as obvious and do-able as distributing digital music themselves. I think most labels have adapted in the last 4 or 5 years, but it was already too late. They could have maintained a better hold on their own product if they'd been in on the ground floor. Some of the labels got what they deserved, but others were dragged down with them. None of it had to happen this way, or this soon.
I suspect labels will exist mostly to administrate 'catalog' recordings as opposed to marketing new artists and their music. As for the people who've been laid-off, and there are many more to come, I'm sure they'll become consultants and liaisons for digital distributors, which will become more crucial as artists try to market their music with firm release dates, and promotion from the various sites. The online sellers will essentially become the new labels, and the music business game will start all over - how to get 'in' with those sellers and other music sites, for the best promotion & exposure. Why get exposure and promote music? So that the artists can make money! If they don't, that process will eventually shrink, our choices for new music will also shrink, and there'll be no blaming a 'label' for that. It'll all be on the hands of those who think music should be free.
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With 'hotel' analogy, those items are items that we often need and items that we take opportunistically. They are physically offered and they are taken. With digital music, the process actually takes more and you have to actively seek the product. It's too late now to speculate too hard on the issue - it simply doesn't matter right now because it's already happened - but I really do hold the record companies to account here for their own demise.
When the first Mp3 player was introduced to market around 1998 (if my memory serves me) the record companies actively tried to sue the makers. They saw it as a threat to their business model and rightly so. What they should have done at that point is (especially after the judgement in court went against them) tried to offer digital distribution right then and there at a fair price. Unfortunately for them, that didn't happen for a few years and they have lost hold of the distribution industry to Apple and Amazon. You're absolutely right, record companies have changed now to digital distribution systems but they are now working below somebody else - their digital distributor - rather than being at the top of that tree themselves; which they would have been if they had actually have engaged with the new technology than trying to criminalise it!
All that Apple did with the iPod and iTunes are things that could have been done by a record company, or a record company with a partnership deal. I will cry no tears for them. They made a big mistake.
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Depends on the band.
Metric supports pirating music, so I steal their music most of the time.
King Crimson strongly opposes pirating music. So I buy most of their music.
Makes sense right?
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So I've spent a fair amount of time on tech forums and sites lately, and several months back the topic of pirating media (movies, tv shows, games, not so much music but it factors as well) was a regularly discussed issue. From a legal/copyright aspect, there ultimately needs "permissions chain" in a sense; proof that a copy was paid for. Plain and simple, stupid, but simple. Even if you bought the CD, technically, ripping it is illegal; this is more applicable to video content as DVD ripping software isn't legally sold stateside, I think they may have gotten so late to the game that ripping music was already widespread. But in a hypothetical context the feds could kick down your door and prosecute you and you would definitely lose.
Although I've kind of got a slight issue with where the conversation has gone. I hate to sound like a jackass or Debbie downer, but CD sales have fallen completely flat so I'm not sure why it's being mentioned as much as it is (I still buy CDs by the way). I mean purchasing is predominantly done via online stores or streaming services. Actually, the push is more towards streaming music nowadays with services like Spotify and Rdio, etc. continuously growing. Which is why I think CD prices haven't really gone down any further. Record companies make more money off of music when it's being streaming. The artists on the other hand are being robbed.
Just my personal opinion on the OP. So I currently pay for the majority of the stuff I have: streaming music (via Rdio); anything that I actually want, I'll go out and buy (weather online or to an actual store). But when it comes to something that I can't access, I'll willingly download it for example something like Passion Pit's "Sleepyhead". Catchy tune, I like it, the kids love it, it puts asses in the seats, but I've also heard a fair amount of their stuff and I'm not a big fan. I found that out by downloading their stuff illegally (this was before I had Rdio). Had I done it in the form of the old model, I would've wasted money. Conversely, The Allman Brothers' "Eat a Peach" album; I had that on CD when I was in high school (lost it), ended up downloading it (one of my first .mp3 purchases, from Amazon). Then a couple of years later I was at a Best Buy and saw a double disc version and bought that (it had an additional live album). And about three months ago I bought it on vinyl, just to have it. Oh yeah, and then there's YouTube...
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If an artist specifically says they want their stuff distributed for free, I suppose that's their prerogative. I fail to see what if anything that accomplishes. Perhaps it generates interest in paying for a concert ticket, but it certainly doesn't generate music sales.
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I didn't say that I agreed with Brian's view of the matter.
All I'm saying is that the best model in the near future is for artists to own the rights to their own work and distribute it themselves. That is what the digital domain has allowed us to do. There are plenty of independent vinyl pressing facilities that will press for relatively little money (I was looking at it as a means to distribute some of my material - which is still unreleased). If you want to offer a physical product, you can offer limited runs of vinyl at a relatively high cost, you can offer standard Mp3 format and you can offer a higher-quality lossless format like FLAC at a slightly higher price. None of this is new, to my knowledge this has been around since at least 2007. I've even bought a few vinyl records based on this principle.
I've even seen bands in the last few years turning it all on its head and releasing the stems from their own projects for fans to send back in. These remixes have then been sold as separate products by the band.
There's no lack of innovation in the music sector and there are plenty of ways of making money. I still hold by my assertion though that record companies set their physical prices far too high and did not embrace the digital age quickly enough.
The bands asking for their music to be distributed freely are making an artistic choice. The Gnu Public Licence is much the same in my eyes - it can as much be an artistic choice as the music itself.
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The reason I chose Metric was because they also own record label, all of their sales go directly back to them but they still support free music. So keep that in mind.
Because they are being so welcoming to, not just to the people that buy their music, but to ANYONE who likes their music. I would like to give them some money for that, and I think a lot of people who wouldn't pay for their music will too.
I think the thing that doesn't generate music sales is bands that that don't support pirating music, because it's not like that's going to stop their music from getting pirated anyways.
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The music of the Trinity Episcopal Church bells will soon fill its plaza Downtown once again. The church plans to hold a concert using its restored bells at 4:30 p.m. June 1.
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