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Dish Against the World: Why Dish Network Can't Stop Fighting
Say this for Dish Network: It isn't afraid of a fight.
If you're like most TV viewers, you don't think much about the constant, mundane negotiations that bring your favorite shows to the screen. But then those talks break down, a contract expires at midnight, and your favorite network goes suddenly goes dark.
It happened last month to customers of DirecTV, the largest satellite provider, when for nine days they lost their MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon and other Viacom networks.
But if blackouts mark the height of hostilities in network and carrier negotiations, then Dish, the second-largest satellite provider, has proven itself the carrier most willing to go to the mattresses. It has been involved in 22 of the 42 blackouts tracked since March 2010 by the American Television Alliance, a coalition of consumer groups, cable companies and satellite providers -- including Dish.
No other carrier is nearly so blackout-prone. DirecTV, which has 19.9 million customers to Dish's 14.06 million, has had only six blackouts in the time frame monitored by the ATA. Time Warner Cable, which has about a million more customers than Dish, has been involved in just five blackouts, according to the group.
Also read: Viacom, DirecTV Can't Agree on How Much They Disagree
But the blackouts aren't the only reason Dish has a reputation for fighting. In June, it dropped AMC Networks in a feud so intense that Dish and AMC can't even agree on why they broke up. The federal government, meanwhile, is suing Dish in two different lawsuits, accusing it of illegally aggressive telemarketing. (Dish denies the claims.)
In potentially the biggest dispute of all, Dish is locked in litigation with ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC over its Auto Hop feature, which allows customers to skip the ads in previously-aired primetime network shows. Networks say it poses a threat to traditional, ad-supported television, and have asked a judge to order Dish to stop offering Auto Hop.
Also read: FTC Sues Dish Network Over Telemarketing
Dish President Charlie Ergen was a professional card player before he became a satellite TV mogul. One person who has faced off with Dish says Ergen approaches both jobs the same way.
"He conducts himself the way a professional poker player tries to bully people at the table," the person, speaking on condition of anonymity, told TheWrap. "They try to push around the weaker players and bluff big. It's a funny way to treat people who are ultimately your business partners."
Dish says it only fights when it needs to, noting that only a small percentage of its hundreds of contract negotiations lead to blackouts. The company digs in, said Dish Senior Vice President of Programming Dave Shull, to prevent rate increases that would be passed on to its customers.
"We do dozens of deals every single year and we have a very good sense of what the market pricing is for these deals," Shull said. "When someone comes to us and has what we would call a skewed view of market pricing, we feel it's our responsibility to take a pretty strong stand."
Also read: Dish Makes Deal to Restore Customers' Access to 14 Channels
Dish is taking that stand as retransmission fees are soaring – and carriers are struggling to slow them down. SNL Kagan reports that the fees went from $313.5 million in 2007 to roughly $1.5 billion last year, and are projected to hit $4.9 billion by 2017 -- with consumers absorbing much of the cost.


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The explosion went off at the entrance used by embassy personnel and their visitors, after a lone suicide bomber passed through the X-ray machine, Turkish news media reported.
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Ruidoso village councilors aren't offering any details, but from action they took at their last regular meeting, the administration may be developing a new municipal cemetery in the future.
After a closed executive session Dec. 11, councilors emerged into their open meeting and approved a motion by Councilor Denise Dean, "to accept the donation of a property by an anonymous donor on Gavilan Canyon Road for the purpose of a Village of Ruidoso Cemetery."
Councilor Jim Stoddard seconded and the motion carried with all ayes.
With little space left at the village's Forest Lawn Cemetery on Mechem Drive, and an unsuccessful attempt at creating a cemetery off Ski Run Road, because the land sat on a rock ledge, some councilors were rethinking whether the village should be involved in any future burial area.
When the owner of a cemetery in Hondo Valley with 3,330 potential spaces approached the village about purchasing that tract of land in 2002, locals delivered the message that they wanted to be buried in the mountains where they lived their lives.
Councilors in 2009, directed the village Cemetery Board and Debbie Jo Almager, who heads that board as well as village's Parks and Recreation, to look at 4.9 acres of private property on U.S. 70 between Pine Cliff and Cherokee Village off U.S. 70 at the western entry to the village and at 9.1 village-owned acres in Sun Valley off New Mexico 48. The Sun Valley site later was nixed.


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The aforementioned video was shot last December, but has since been held up due to legal issues beyond the band's control.
The concept of the video was to have the band invade an all-girls Catholic school (which, oddly, is what I dream about every night) and give the girls the opportunity to have some uninhibited fun.
Throughout their performance in the school's gym the director and other various crew members encouraged the girls to let loose and "go wild" to accompany the chorus of the song where the band yells "We lose control."
Well, according to the band's label, some of the girls took everything a little too far "by grinding on each other, in addition to displaying other inappropriate lewd conduct, creating an environment that got the conservative Catholic chaperones on the set into a frenzy."
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Wednesday, December 5, 2007
"Our long national nightmare is over."
Okay, that was actually Gerald Ford talking about Nixon's involvement with Watergate. But it just as easily could have been said about this. Lord almighty, yes, it could.
Happy Day of Repeal, Americans! Let's lift a legal glass and celebrate.
Happy Day of Repeal, Americans! Let's lift a legal glass and celebrate.
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[I'm pulling a beeradvocate here...] So, what is everyone celebrating with? I think I'll toast Repeal Day with a nice Humboldt Brewing Nectar IPA. That will go along nicely with my the thai food I'm planning to have for dinner.
Go Hokies!
- December 5, 2007 at 4:37 PM
With the glass lifted and in perfect reframe, let's rejoice, celebrate and sing, "Oh happy days!!" may we never deal with the sad and shameful curse called prohibition....it's very unnatural and very unAmerican.
The bottomline the states and the federal government couldn't afford another round of prohibition.
- December 5, 2007 at 8:21 PM
meh, you're in PA arent you? whats to celebrate? Amendment XXI is what keeps us imprisoned by the PLCB to this day!
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May be, Nipsey, but it's a cage with gilded bars.
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The École des Ponts Business School has been proudly offering a course in International Management (cIM) for more than a decade, a program which is specially designed to fit ParisTech engineering students schedules and to offer participants an in-depth introduction to management in an week-end format, and with the school's unique teaching style.
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I am currently doing my summer internship at Booz&Co, working on a transportation project between Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The cIM courses were a big help for getting me to know the management consulting practice and to get me through the interview process successfully. Most importantly what I have learned this year represents my daily work today."
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Jeremy Johnson scored 17 points to lead G.W. Carver in a 57-29 win over Spain Park on Wednesday in the Class 6A Central Regional semifinals.
The top-ranked Wolverines (25-1) will play for their fifth straight regional title at 10:40 a.m. Friday.
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State Sen. Sean Wiley and his staff are doing advance work in preparation for the senator's planned veterans expo on April 24.
The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. that day at Gannon University's Hammermill Center.
Wiley's chief of staff, Anthony Angelone, and his spokeswoman, Kim Thomas Plyler, talked about the early work that's been done to date during a visit today to the Erie Times-News and GoErie.com.
The expo will serve not only as a jobs fair for veterans, but a one-stop shop where they will be able to access other services include government programs, educational opportunities, mental health services and more, they said.
Already, they said more than 100 vendors are expected at the event.
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Top, lunch at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que in the heart of downtown Rochester. Middle, exploring The Strong museum was an all-day adventure. Bottom, a view of the Genesee River from the pier at High Falls. / ANNE NGUYEN / CORRESPONDENT
Planning the trip
Attractions: The Strong National Museum of Play, Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, Black & Blue Steak and Crab, Genesee River and downtown Rochester, and Lake Ontario.
Addresses: The Strong National Museum of Play, One Manhattan Square, Rochester, NY 14607; Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, 99 Court Street, Rochester, NY 14604; Black & Blue Steak and Crab, 3349 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY 14618
Websites: The Strong museumofplay.org; Dinosaur Bar-B-Que dinosaurbarbque.com/locations/rochester; Black & Blue Steak and Crab blackandbluesteakand
Telephones: The Strong (585) 263-2700; Dinosaur Bar-B-Que (585) 325-7090, Black & Blue Steak and Crab (585) 421-8111
General Admission Fees: The Strong age 2 and older $13.50, under age 2 free, members free. Admission to Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden (in addition to general admission fee): $3 for members, $4 for nonmembers, under age 2 free, entry is by timed ticket only.
Parking: The Strong parking is free on a first-come, first-served basis; offsite parking at neighboring municipal garages charges a fee and is in proximity to the museum. The Strong is not responsible for offsite parking facilities and there will be no garage fee validation. Hyatt Regency Rochester has self-parking for $4 per night in/out privileges with validation at the front desk. Valet parking at the hotel is $15 per night in/out privileges.
Hotel: Hyatt Regency Rochester, 125 E. Main St., Rochester, (585) 546-1234,
Dress: Walking footwear and flip flops, shorts and bathing suits for the indoor pool at the Hyatt or beach on Lake Ontario at Lake Avenue park.
Disabled: The Strong has elevators for access to two floors and Guest Rests areas. Dinosaur Bar-B-Que and the Black & Blue Steak and Crab restaurants are accessible.
Small children: Children of all ages can be interactive in many play areas throughout the museum. Dinosaur Bar-B-Que and Black & Blue Steak and Crab restaurants allows children but Black & Blue is not ideal for infants or toddlers since it is a high end restaurant without a childrens menu.
The Strong extras: Bill Grays Skyline Diner for light fares and refreshments made from the famous Abbotts Frozen Custard.
The Strong Museum hours: 10 a.m. to
5 p.m. Monday through thursday, 10 a.m. to
8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday
Dinosaur Bar-B-Que hours: 11 a.m. to
11 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, 11 a.m. to midnight Thursday, 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday, noon to 10 p.m. Sunday
Black & Blue Steak and Crab Hours:
10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday
Things to keep in mind: Get to The Strong early for free parking during peak season and on special event days or pay to park offsite. Make hotel reservations at the Hyatt Regency Rochester at least seven to
14 days in advance to take advantage of the Advance Purchased discount rate. Reserve your dinner excursion at Black & Blue Steak and Crab online with ease or leave a voicemail and someone will return your call to confirm your reservation.
After New York City and Buffalo, this city on Lake Ontario with the Genesee River cutting through the middle of it, ranks as the third-largest in the state.
But, in part because its about 12 miles north of the New York State Thruway, many residents in this area might have not visited because theres no passing through.
You need a reason to make Rochester formerly dominated by Kodak, Xerox, Bausch & Lomb and other technical corporations a destination.
Although many of the tens of thousands of Kodak and Xerox workers are long gone, theyve left behind a rich legacy of the arts, museums and other things to do. And the beauty and the activities in the Rochester area make it a solid destination for a weekend journey.
You could make a trip to Rochester a one-day visit, but it would be a tiring one. We chose to stay overnight in downtown Rochester. Parts of the downtown are old and tired-looking, while other sections particularly where we journeyed were clean, green and inviting.
We arrived with my 7-year-old just before lunch on a pleasant May Saturday, checking in to the Hyatt Regency Rochester on East Main Street in downtown Rochester. Parking was easy and seemingly safe in a city garage attached to the hotel, with the check-in desk not a long walk.
Our main destination of the day was the Strong Museum of Play a joy for a young child and also a rekindling of warm childhood memories for adults of all ages.
Can't miss barbecue
First, though, our stomachs let it be known a stop was in order. We avoided any junk eating on the road, knowing that first on our travel agenda was a visit to a converted rail station literally sitting atop the Genesee River a short walk from our hotel.
That ruggedly renovated Lehigh Valley Railroad station, more than a century old, no longer hints at being a stop for passenger trains. Thats obvious as you walk down South Avenue toward the building and the alluring smell of smoking barbecue has your mouth watering.
This now is the home to the Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, a mecca for lovers of smoked ribs, chicken and other meats with outlets in Syracuse, Buffalo, Troy and other Northeast locations.
We were seated immediately and told we arrived just before expected rush of parents and students who were graduating from college in ceremonies down the street at the Blue Cross Arena. This weekend, we managed to dodge many crowds, including those who make the annual pilgrimage to Highland Park for the Lilac Festival (we chose not to drop in because the festival, although famous, is a once-a-year event).
The window at our booth looked out to the rushing river unusual because it flows south to north and empties into Lake Ontario. The atmosphere in the restaurant was fun and unique, more like a roadhouse than a restaurant in the middle of a city of about 210,000 people.
Dinosaurs delicious lunch of ribs, macaroni and cheese and baked beans left only one concern: how would we find room for dinner, a requirement of any weekend journey (at least two meals a day, that is).
Strong attraction
The hotel-to-Dino walk was about a third of a mile and the walk to the Strong Museum from the restaurant was half a mile. Both walks were pleasant on the cool spring day.
We found no lines at the Strong Museum. We walked right up to the admissions desk, paid and found no crowds at any attraction.
On display are the games and action characters of our youth. We imagined one of the most-uttered lines among the visitors would be I used to have one of those! We say Monopoly, Twister, Candy Land and all of the diversions of our youth when gaming didnt require a power supply.
But move deeper into the museum and beyond the old games many of which are in the National Toy Hall of Fame based here and the gaming that does require power supplies has a special home.
From classic pinball to old Pac-man arcade games to more-recent electronic games the visitor can spend hours re-enacting the hours of youth spent working the tilt buttons or steering the joystick. Each game costs a couple of tokens you can buy (far less costly than playing in any arcade), with the main issue figuring out how to peel the seven-year-old from the machines to see the rest of the museum.
An exhibit devoted to Sesame Street, including the 123 Sesame St. apartment building stoop, allows the former Sesame Street preschooler (1969 to present) to relive those memories.
With so much to play with and see at The Strong, plan to spend the whole day if you want to cover more collectibles such as the dolls, trains, board games and toys that you can explore at the museum along with many other interactive play stations.
We walked back to our hotel and rested a bit before our planned dinner at the Black & Blue Steak and Crab restaurant in suburban Pittsford (an easy six-mile drive). Although the restaurant sits in the middle of a shopping center, the atmosphere, and the food, are high-end.
This is no steak or seafood chain. In fact, our server enjoyed pointing out that the owners relatives in St. Petersburg, Fla., own a fish and seafood company and your dinner might have been shipped directly from Florida to this upstate New York restaurant.
My 7-year-old was quiet and well-behaved, but Black & Blue isnt the kind of place youd want to take a lot of children, particularly toddlers. Clearly the patrons were there for a quiet, fairly formal and relatively expensive meal. The suggested dress code is business casual, but you can get away with jeans.
After a sound nights sleep (the hotel has a nice indoor pool, but we were too tired), we decided to see some of the off-the-path parts of Rochester before traveling back to the Southern Tier.
Water wonders
We checked out and decided we wanted to at least see Lake Ontario.
A turn onto State Street in downtown Rochester started us on our way, but we shortly made a quick stop at High Falls and Browns Race Historic District. We walked out on a pedestrian bridge over the Genesee River and got a beautiful view of High Falls with the buildings of downtown Rochester in the background.
From top to bottom, the falls are 96 feet but they seem much taller, possibly because of the power of a whole river dropping off the cliff and continuing below.
Across the bridge was a building that would make many thirsty: the Genesee Beer brewery, one of the oldest in the country.
Back in the SUV, and a northward drive up State Street, which turns into Lake Avenue. We drove by Eastman Kodak Co.s world headquarters, by Kodak Park the industrial and not the green kind and by Kodaks research operations.
Its about eight miles from downtown to Lake Ontario, although the many stop lights make it seem longer. We parked in the municipal park at the end of Lake Avenue and walked along the fishing pier jutting into the lake.
Our walk was brief the wind and the chill drove us back to our car. In warmer temperatures, the walk would be nice and the lake also has a sand beach for those who care to get a tan or swim. A city park with ample picnic tables abuts the beach.
Finally, we headed south, drove through the suburb of Irondequoit and down Culver Road, taking in a quick tour of the fabulous mansions (many now divided into apartments) in the East Avenue and Park Avenue area.
But we didnt end the day without something that any Rochester resident would tell you must complete a visit: a cold treat from Abbotts frozen custard, which has added calories to Rochesterians diets since 1902.
The Abbotts stands can be found throughout the Rochester area, and the rich custard almost counts as a meal in itself.


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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a hair fastening band and method, more particularly an elastic band with bobby-pins attached to each end.
2. Description of Prior Art
Many people like to secure their hair up and away from their face in various styles. One way to put the hair up is to use a hair band. A hair band, traditionally formed into a loop, is secured around a section of hair, which is effective in securing hair, however often becomes loose and less supportive over time. It also can't hold hair up in a variety of hairstyles other than a ponytail.
Another way to secure hair is to use a bungee type fastener with hooks at each end. These are effective for a hairstylist, however, they are difficult to use and extremely difficult to remove for the user.
An object of the present invention is to provide an instrument, which is convenient, practical, and inexpensive for use in hair fastening.
A further object is to provide such an instrument wherein bobby-pins can be substantially hidden in sections of hair while giving extra hold and support to a hair band.
A further object is to provide such an instrument where each bobby-pin penetrates each hair sections and grasps them tightly while staying secured to a hair band.
A further object is to provide such an instrument where the elastic band, and both bobby-pins each grasp a separate section of hair enabling three sections of hair to be held with a single embodiment, while only the band is visible.
A further object is to provide such an instrument that can be used unassisted by the individual styling their hair, eliminating the expense of a professional stylist.
A further object is to be able pull up sections of hair and connect them to the bobby-pins and the hair band.
A further object is to clamp an end of the band to a section of hair using the attached bobby-pin, pulling up hair while wrapping the band around it, and securing the second bobby-pin to a section of hair to secure the upswept style.
A further object is to provide an instrument that will quickly hold the user's hair up in a multitude of neatly secured styles.
A further object is to provide a bobby-pin hair fastening band that doesn't become loose on the user's head.
A further object is to provide a bobby-pin hair fastening band that can be used for securing a ponytail.
According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a hair fastening band comprising an elastic, resilient band, and a bobby-pin attached to each end of the band.
According to the arrangement described above the band ends are secured to the bobby-pin in such a way that the bobby-pin's open ends can penetrate the user's hair to grasp it and secure the band to the hair. Further, because the band is elastic, the band is adjustable to different size hair sections.
Accordingly a preferred embodiment of the present invention the resilient band is a length of elastic fabric formed into a loop and are secured to the elbow section of the bobby-pins by tying them. The knots can be glued to keep the knotted portion from sliding off the bobby-pin.
The bobby-pin could also be attached to the band by feeding a length of fabric through a formed loop at the end of the bobby pin elbow section. This can be done by welding a loop to the bobby-pin ends or by crimping the ends of the bobby-pins. The crimped portion can be sealed by glue or by being welded at the crimp opening to keep the band from sliding off the bobby-pin.
Other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following description of the preferred embodiments given with reference to the accompanying drawings.
In the accompanying drawings:
FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an elastic hair band with a bobby-pin attached to each end according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a side view showing the elastic hair band with the bobby-pin attached to each end according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the bobby-pin hair fastening band being secured to the user's hair.
FIG. 4 is a side view showing another embodiment of the current invention.
Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings. There is illustrated a bobby-pin hair fastening band embodying the present invention. The bobby-pin hair fastening band, generally designated by reference numeral 1, comprises a first bobby-pin 10 and a second bobby-pin 11. The resilient band generally designated by reference numeral 12, comprises a first end 13 and a second end 14. In this embodiment the resilient band ends 13 and 14 are attached to the bobby-pin ends 15 and 16 by knots 17 and 18.
In use FIG. 3 of the bobby-pin hair band 1 described above, the first bobby-pin 10 is secured to a section of hair. The band 12 is wrapped around, over or under the hair and the second bobby-pin 11 is clamped to a section of hair to finish the style.
In another embodiment FIG. 4 the band 12′ is connected to each bobby-pin end 15′ and 16′ by a tiny loop 19 that is attached to each bobby-pin end 15′ and 16′.
The present invention being thus described, it is obvious that the same embodiment and uses may be varied in many ways. For instance, the bobby-pin portions can be of different shapes, sizes or configurations as long as they work as a bobby-pin; the bobby-pin ends can have attached ornaments; the band portion can be of different shapes, sizes, or materials, such as cotton; the band could be a straight band instead of a looped band; and anyway to secure the band ends to the bobby-pin ends should apply. Further, any way to style the hair with the present embodiment applies. Such variations are not to be regarded as a departure from the spirit and scope of the invention, and all such variations as would be obvious to those skilled in the art are intended to be included within the scope of the following claims,


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|Effects by silodosin on the partially obstructed rat ureter in vivo and on human and rat isolated ureters.
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|PMID: 23373675 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher
|BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: α(1) -adrenoceptor (-AR) antagonists may facilitate ureter stone passage in humans. We aimed to study effects by the α(1A) -AR selective antagonist silodosin (compared to tamsulosin and prazosin) on ureter pressures in a rat model of ureter obstruction, and on contractions of human and rat isolated ureters. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH: After ethical approval, ureters of male rats were cannulated beneath the kidney pelvis for in vivo ureteral intraluminal recording of autonomous peristaltic pressure waves. A partial ureter obstruction was applied to the distal ureter. Mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) was recorded. Approximate clinical and triple clinical doses of the α(1) -AR antagonists were given intravenously. Effects by the α(1) -AR antagonists on isolated human and rat ureters were studied in organ baths. KEY RESULTS: Intravenous silodosin (0.1-0.3 mg kg(-1) ) or prazosin (0.03-0.1 mg kg(-1) ) reduced obstruction-induced increases in intraluminal ureter pressures by 21-37% or 18-40%, respectively. Corresponding effects by tamsulosin (0.01 or 0.03mg kg(-1) ) were 9-20%. Silodosin, prazosin, and tamsulosin reduced MAP by 10-12%, 25-26% (p<0.05), or 18-25% (p<0.05), respectively. When effects by the α(1A) -AR antagonists on obstruction-induced ureter pressures were expressed as a function of MAP, silodosin had 6 to 8-fold and 2.5 to 8- fold better efficacy than tamsulosin or prazosin, respectively. Silodosin effectively reduced contractions of both human and rat isolated ureters. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: Silodosin inhibits contractions of the rat and human isolated ureters and has excellent functional selectivity in vivo to relieve pressure-load of the rat obstructed ureter. Silodosin as pharmacological ureter stone expulsive therapy should be clinically further explored.
|L Villa; R Buono; N Fossati; P Rigatti; F Montorsi; F Benigni; P Hedlund
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Links for online seasteading advocacy
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This topic contains 11 replies, has 8 voices, and was last updated by Patri 6 years, 5 months ago.
June 5, 2009 at 11:38 pm #946
Hey all,
As seasteading is gaining more public awareness, there are more and more online articles and blog posts about it, not all of which are positive. When an author or community has an overall negative reaction to seasteading, that strikes me as a good opportunity for seasteading advocates to come in and help convey the promise of the movement. That way, people who are visiting these sites get an opportunity to hear a positive perspective as well instead of just a negative one.
We'd like to encourage y'all to use this thread to post links to negative articles or discussion forums where there's an opportunity for your fellow community members to jump in and help explain the promise of seasteading.
Obviously the level of civility of most online discourse is pretty crappy. It's most effective and beneficial for the seasteading movement if our contributions to these discussions are as constructive as possible. Patri commented: "I think it's important for [an advocate] to be someone who is dedicated to the cause of accuracy rather than seasteading – it's way better for people to say "Look, it might not work (X is hard to deal with), but your reason Y is silly – you just do Z", than for people to say "You just want to enslave us damn you liberal fascists" or whatever."
JamesJune 5, 2009 at 11:53 pm #6344
This article is a few days old already, but there is still a bit of activity over the past day or two:
http://www.metafilter.com/82073/Once-Rapture-starts-leaking-the-old-girls-never-gonna-stopJune 6, 2009 at 5:21 am #6348
I took a look at the Metafilter link, initially was ready to post a response, but pretty quickly came to the conclusion that most of the people posting there are what we want to leave behind when opening up new frontiers. I didn't really see any value in encouraging them to participate in Seasteading. The ocean is way too deep for people used to bathing in the shallow end of the gene pool.June 6, 2009 at 5:38 am #6349
Seasteading: Libertarians Set to Launch a (Wet) Dream of 'Freedom' in International Waters, http://www.alternet.org/politics/140253/seasteading%3A_libertarians_set_to_launch_a_(wet)_dream_of_%27freedom%27_in_international_waters/?page=1June 6, 2009 at 7:23 am #6351
Wow. I am rather shocked after reading this blog entry. I suppose my political discourse with people is usually fairly limited. But I have not before been exposed to the idea that people with generally libertarian ideals are a) intellectuals incapable of achieving anything physical and b) rich white men.
I generally try to avoid inflammatory discourse, but I don't understand how wanting things like more individual freedoms and less government interference in the market has gotten so looked-down-upon. For me, the existence of these people, who are passionate enough about their political systems to discuss them at length on a non-mainstream website is an additional sign that the only way to attain our freedoms is by getting away from the huge masses of people who do not value them. I don't hold it against these people, though. The human brain has not evolved to process the idea of one million, or 300 million, or 6 billion people. I find that when it tries to do so the only solution the brain arrives at is that those people must be compartmentalized and controlled to maintain order, otherwise we would all destroy each other. *shrug. Hopefully the assembled and others will get a chance to prove them wrong in the future.
I also thought I would post this gem from the comments to the blog linked above:
"I'd agree that the end result of Libertarian party policy would merely seek to substitute corporate or capitalist tyranny for statist economic control"
*sigh*June 6, 2009 at 1:02 pm #6352
Negativity and hate is to be expected. Do not respond in kind. Be curteous and professional and try to educate instead of engaging in mudslinging.
Note that for instance, most of the negative commenters on that thread seemed unaware of the fact that seasteading is an attempt to enable people to start any type of society, not just libertarian. If made aware of this, a couple of them might even join us.
Of course there will be those who hate the very idea of governments competing for people. But that's just life. Personally I find the most vitriolic hate rather amusing ;-). Intellectually, it is not a threat, so it can be ignored.
First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. Then they fight you. Then you win. -Mahatma GandhiJune 6, 2009 at 3:15 pm #6355
The anonymity of the internet breeds all kinds of detritus. Most of the "people" commenting in those blogs are probably 16-year-olds living in their parent's basement and any attempt at rational discussion would be wasted. The sad thing is that they know what they are saying is bullshit, but they're just trying to get a rise out of somebody. DO NOT FEED THE TROLLS!!
It would be like trying to explain to the greifer in a video game that we should all work together to defeat the other team. It's not worth the time.June 6, 2009 at 7:15 pm #6356
There are undoubtedly some flat-out trolls just trying to piss people off, but I don't think that's any more valid as a blanket statement than the blanket statements about libertarians made in that thread.
More importantly, though, posting compelling counterpoints is more for the benefit of people who silently read comment threads, who probably outnumber the posters 100 to 1. They probably tend to be more civil and level-headed, as well (after all, they're not going off their rocker making an inflammatory post).
For example, I regularly skim digg and reddit, for example; the comments are mostly worthless, but if I'm interested in a story, I'll often do a quick skim of the comments to see if there are interesting perspectives presented that hadn't occurred to me. There often are.June 6, 2009 at 10:17 pm #6359
Hysterical! You have to admit though that most of 'those' nuts have 'our' nuts pretty well pegged! If we can't laugh at ourselves, we're screwed.June 6, 2009 at 11:03 pm #6361
I was going to put a pro-seasteading response on the first article, but decided not to since it seemed like it would only add fuel to the fire. A lot of people aren't interested in the validity of their statements, they just want to insult people with different ideas to make themselves feel big. Seemed like most of the responders fell into that category, hence the insults and lack of real reasons why seasteading is difficult or impossible.
If people here respond to the articles, it might be effective to make posts both as a person actively supporting seasteading, and also by pretending to be a newcomer to the idea (as in, not someone who already knew what seasteading was) who supports it. It might make whatever statements are made appear less biased and give less fuel for the flame wars if the pro-steading opinions appear to come from someone who isn't affiliated with this group.June 7, 2009 at 3:30 am #6362
@James: That's a very good point. Supporting Seasteading in the comments should not be an attempt to convince the non-believers, but instead provide a thoughtful, positive counterpoint to people trying to make up their minds about the movement.June 9, 2009 at 7:12 am #6380
For some reason, Reason / Hit & Run posts seem to gather lots of uninformed, critical comments from libertarians. For example, from New at Reason: Brian Doherty on Seasteading, came this exchange:
Neu Mejican: "The tyranny of the condo board will make the federal government seem mild…no?"
BakedPenguin: "Unless condo boards are now sentencing people to five years of being caged, beaten, and raped for taking un-correct substances, then… no"
"The tyranny of the condo board…" is the sort of superficially glib comment which totally evaporates under close examination, and the response cleverly points out the ridiculousness of comparing condo board annoyance with the tyranny of the federal government.
As James points out, we are unlikely to convince commenters, but we can make an impact on all those who read the comments. In this case, a comment that can easily get a laugh at our expense ("Ha, ha, their new countries are going to have to have CONDO BOARDS!") from someone reading quickly is transformed into an argument in our favor ("Wait a sec, I would TOTALLY trade having to pay income taxes and worry about US drug laws for a friggin condo board, WTF was that first guy thinking?").
Anyway, just little stuff like this to elevate the debate and show that we have answers for many of those issues.
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The New York Times promotes Dick Stevenson to editor of the new political desk. He had been the deputy bureau chief in Washington, D.C. The paper is clearly planning to ramp up its coverage heading into the 2012 election... Add Margot Roosevelt and Salar Jaff to the list of names laid off at the Los Angeles Times... Peter Lauria joins Reuters where he'll be editor-in-chief of technology, media and telecommunications. He was previously at Mogulite and The Daily Beast...
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ST. CROIX - It took St. Croix Police Chief Christopher Howell about two days after being shot in August to decide what his next athletic endeavor would be.
Howell was training for October's St. Croix Coral Reef Swim before he was shot in the left arm and back. He was ambushed while responding to an armed robbery at a crowded restaurant. Officer Elsworth Jones was shot twice in the face. Both men are recovering from their injuries.
A fifth straight appearance at the five-mile Coral Reef Swim was out of the picture, so Howell set a new goal: the 9th annual Dolphins Sea Swim. Howell, 43, finished the one-mile Frederiksted swim in 31 minutes, 47 seconds on Saturday. He was the 37th male finisher, but time was a moot point considering rehabilitation on his arm will last about another year.
"A good way to describe it, it is a process," Howell said. "It's just, I don't think it goes nearly as fast as anybody would want, but you just gotta stay with it and have faith in the people that are working on you and a lot of it's up to you too. ⦠You can't lay down and pretend it's gonna get better on its own."
As Howell leaned over to catch his breath near the finish line at Rainbow Beach, supporters streamed by to congratulate him. Hans Lawaetz, the former president of the V.I. Olympic Committee, stopped twice and firmly embraced Howell's right arm while offering encouragement and appreciation. Lawaetz started the race about 30 years ago to raise money for the Dolphins Swim Team. The event made its comeback in 2005.
"I don't know him that well, but I know the name and we're all so proud of the work he's done in the police department," Lawaetz said, "and the fact that the injury was such a devastating happening here in St. Croix, we're all very concerned and just seeing him back is great."
Muscles and tendons were transferred to repair his arm and skin was taken from his left thigh to help reseal the arm.
When Howell's plan to compete in January was made known, doctors delivered a resounding "No."
"They were hesitant in the beginning," he said. "I wanted to get back in the pool even before everything had sealed up. ⦠I think they viewed it as me kind of being impatient about it, which I guess I was. I really wanted to get back to myself, you know, it all just takes so much out of you."
Howell has daily rehabilitation and began swimming in December. He was able to run shortly before that, which allowed him to build his cardio for the swim.
"It was a very uphill battle just to get back, get the cardio back," Howell said. "I didn't start running. I started walking and even that in the beginning was a battle."
A return date to work is yet to be set, but Howell made it clear that he expects to be back in uniform.
"I certainly have the motivation," he said. "I love law enforcement, I love my job and, you know, like I said, it's a process and we're gonna have to see what happens in the coming months."
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Cowboys defensive end Marcus Spears said it's time for the Cowboys to walk the walk and forget about all any preseason talk that had them going to the Super Bowl.
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PORTLAND, Ore. - The Grand Master of a Masonic temple in North Portland said he wants to send a message by leaving up racist graffiti that was spray-painted on the temple overnight Wednesday.
Swastikas, racist language, death threats and illustrations of man in a noose were found on the building early Thursday morning.
John Bryant, Grand Master of the Son's of Haiti Grand Lodge on N. Mississippi and N. Fremont Street, said the incident took place sometime between 10 p.m. Wednesday and 5:30 a.m. Thursday.
He said he found the graffiti when he arrived at the temple early Thursday in preparation to go to Seattle to meet with other Masonic members at a conference.
Bryant said he was going to paint over the graffiti before he left to shield children from it but then decided against it. "I think people need to see this. I just want them to see it is happening in Portland. What can happen and what did happen."
Brant said he has no idea why his building or organization was targeted. He said the organization is a non-profit and "all we do is try to help the community."
"We've been here for 30 years at this particular [location] and nothing like this has ever happened," Bryant said. The majority of the temple members are black.
"This is terrible," lodge Grand Secretary Curtis Hicks said. "It's very disheartening."
In the last 12 years, Jeff Behnke said he's seen plenty of problems from his furniture repair business across the street from the temple, but never anything like this.
"I mean, we've been tagged a lot, but nothing racial like this, which is pretty disappointing and feels pretty dated, too," Behnke said.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - It was another upset win at Keeneland for "Five Star Thief," who raced to beat Sinners N Saints by a nose in the Circle O Purse.
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It is interesting to speculate what might have happened if certain influential people had never been born.
For example, if it weren't for one particular Rochesterian, it is quite possible that:
Oh, and by the way, he was also quite the artist and camera bug.
So who was this person, hailed as a "man of many facets of interest" by the Rochester museum staff in 1954?
This amateur arborist who enthusiastically collected acorns from all over the world and planted them in his backyard?
This "grand old man of medicine whose dynamic enthusiasms, searching scientific mind and love of humanity," according to this newspaper, "left their imprint on many facets of Rochester life"?
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Born a baker's son in Renfrew, Ontario, Canada, in 1874, Williams was one of nine children in a family that moved from one small town to another before finally settling in Rochester when he was in his teens. He would later admit to "committing youthful follies such as stealing chickens and pies," his daughter Elizabeth wrote in a family biography.
Williams attended public schools but did not graduate from high school.
Starting at age 19 he taught for three years in rural schools in our area, at $8 a week, often hopping a freight train back and forth from the city.
He then worked as a confidential secretary and jack of all trades for his girlfriend's father, a civil engineer.
However, "through all these years, his great ambition was to be a doctor," Elizabeth wrote.
By age 25 he had saved enough for college. Armed with an academic certificate from New York State, he entered the University of Michigan, graduating at the top of his class with a medical degree in 1903.
A year later, he opened his first office on North Street in Rochester.
"From the beginning of his medical practice, Dad's inquiring mind kept probing into unexplored fields," his daughter observed.
Early on, for example, he conducted exhaustive investigations on behalf of the Milk Commission of the Monroe County medical society into the local milk supply - the diseases it carried, how it was distributed, why it spoiled so quickly.
Investigators visited more than 5,400 homes, checking temperature levels in ice boxes and cellars.
They documented the inefficiency of the city's milk distribution, calculating the duplication in miles traveled and in men and horses used by some 185 dealers who operated willy-nilly all over the city.
Many of them tripped over each other to serve the same neighborhoods, and few of them made enough profit to give any attention to sanitation.
Williams' findings:
Half of the city's homes lacked any refrigeration (ice boxes) at all, relying instead on cellars that invariably failed to keep food cool enough to prevent rapid spoilage.
Most of the ice boxes tested were so poorly insulated they used too much ice and even then were not cool enough to prevent spoilage.
The waste in melted ice alone amounted to 60,000 tons a year, or about $350,000.
Another $500,000 a year could be saved by consumers if a single agency distributed the milk, which would also be purer because the reduction in operating costs could be invested in cleaner, more sanitary milk plants.
Williams' studies were written up and presented at international congresses of hygiene and demography (1912) and refrigeration (1913). Though his model milk delivery system never materialized here, Williams became an influential voice in improving refrigeration standards nationwide.
Back home his star was rising in local medical circles as well.
He was appointed chief of medicine at Highland Hospital, a post he would hold for 30 years. In 1916 he established at Highland the first complete unit for the study of metabolic diseases, chiefly diabetes.
Battling diabetes
Back in those days, diabetes was much more fearsome.
There was basically only one treatment: a severe low-calorie diet devoid of glucose. Patients had to count calories, weigh food and sometimes fast.
This allowed patients to live many years. However, as the disease progressed, the dieting became more and more stringent until, eventually, the patient died - usually of starvation.
"Although seemingly cruel, there was no better way to keep patients with diabetes alive," write Ralph Madeb, Leonidas G. Koniaris and Seymour I. Schwartz in their 2005 article, The Discovery of Insulin: The Rochester, New York, Connection, in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
James S. Havens of Rochester wasn't about to let that happen to his son Jim, who was diagnosed with the disease in 1915 at the age of 15.
And Havens, a Kodak legal counsel and lifelong friend of George Eastman, had the means to make sure it wouldn't happen, if there was any possible way to avoid it.
He also had John R. Williams in charge of his son's care. At one point during 1920, the young Havens was restricted to 200 calories and 50 grams of protein a day "which is pretty near starvation," the father wrote in a letter to a friend that is quoted in the article by Madeb, Koniaris and Schwartz. "He is a mere shadow ... "
The young man also suffered excruciating pain in his feet, forcing him to remain bedridden much of the time.
Two years later, there was a ray of hope, the three doctors write in their article.
Reports out of Toronto indicated that researchers there, notably Frederick Banting and his associate Charles Best, had developed a way to extract insulin, the natural hormone made by the pancreas, which controls the level of sugar glucose in the blood.
Havens sent Williams to Toronto to obtain some of the hormone.
Alas, there were delays in production. The younger Havens nearly lapsed into a coma; finally on May 22 a supply was shipped to Rochester, and Williams began administering the insulin.
It didn't work.
One, two, three doses were given without any sign of improvement.
Banting himself was summoned, arriving to find the younger Havens "anxious to die and end his misery."
However, the Canadian researcher was able to successfully adjust the dosage, and Havens' recovery began.
Each day and, eventually, once a week, small bottles of insulin would leave Toronto on the 5p.m. train to Rochester, arriving here about 11 p.m. for Williams to administer.
There were some close calls.
Havens nearly died one night from an adverse reaction to the insulin.
However, the following April, Williams informed Banting that Havens' weight had increased from 74 to 110 pounds, and "he is the picture of health."
Indeed, "one would never suspect that he is ill," Williams wrote, adding with tongue in cheek: "There has been one very unfortunate result however from the use of the extract in this case. He apparently has an intense desire to get married."
The young Havens did, indeed, marry. He fathered two children, and became a noted artist whose woodcuts have hung in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Library of Congress.
Banting won the Nobel prize.
And John R. Williams is credited with being the first physician in the United States to administer insulin to a patient. Years later, he still had some of the small glass bottles in which the first insulin came to him from Toronto.
Next: Williams' achievements were not limited to medicine and public health.