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Very very very good show boys!!
It might not have to many subjects but is was very good to hear you go deeper and discuss some of the more technical bits. It was funny and entertaining, way to go!
I can see myself buying a Kinect on a whim in a retail store if it was priced at the $80 mark... If it is over $100, I'd think twice about it. After all, it is the cost of the accessory and the games to play on it ($150-$200 total).
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I agree with Windev, Kinect should be price at ~$80 if Microsoft wants this to be ubiquitous. Get consumers accustomed to it before bringing it to PCs via OEM PC partners. The only way I might pay anything close to $150 is if it included a 6 month Zune Video/Music subscription or Netflix.
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I'd say $100 is a good price point for Kinect. I know its an accessory, but as it encompases ALL the "controllers" required to play a game it could work out cheaper that other consoles.
The PS3's wave controllers cost around $40-$60(?) per person, so with more than one person playing, Kinect would work out cheaper.
Being in the UK, dollars don't mean nothin! so we will no doubt have to pay an equivelant $200 price, but for me, I'd buy one anyway
Great show guys.
$150 for kinect? I"ll definitely think twice about it, but eventually give in (lol).
Very Nice Show!
Regarding Kinect's pricing, $89 is the sweet spot for me (if a game is included as well). MS can make $$ from selling for new games using this type of full body motion control. MS can also consider using the same hardware for future Windows OS perhaps?
Kinect would be awesome with a game like Black & White. It's tough to do some of the spell gestures with your mouse, but would be neat to just use your fingers in the air
While we do appreciate the explanation of SQL Azure pricing not considering CPU time vs. Amazon RDS, it still remains embarrassing that SQL Azure if toy-sized only. Amazon RDS allows a terabyte database, Microsoft can only muster a puny 50GB?
If Microsoft was in any way serious about Azure they wouldn't insist on toy use only.
Good show. I plan to buy a Kinect even at $150 but I think $99 would make more sense to get wider adoption. I think the original wireless adapter was $99 though so maybe consumers are just used to paying crazy prices for accessories.
I hear ya, JLoMax. It does seem small in comparison. I would imagine that the SQL Azure team would like to start small and learn what it takes to host customer data at scale in a cost-effective manner. But I do like the growth path and how they raised the upper limit from 10GB -> 50GB within a year of its release.
You could always buy multiple databases and your own type of logic to fan out queries across multiple DBs and then do your own aggregation outside the DB. It would require quite a bit more code to develop, but doable for simple scenarios.
I think you should have the ping show at a bar, getting drunk and talking tech. It should be live too, with hot babes in the background dancing to kinnect. I want fireworks and a hotdog eatting contest. Yeah. Special Fourth of July episode.
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The price of Kinect is not the critical issue. If the games are not compelling for it, it can be $50 and it still won't sell. It's got to be more than clever technology, more than an advanced sony eye toy.
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He knew that in a country undergoing profound societal change, people would be hungry for and drawn to place, and that no place in America possessed such a sense of tradition and continuity–a place with an identity so strong that no matter where you were, if you said "I'm a New Englander," people would have a sense of who you were. That was what he wanted to capture: in words and photographs, the feel and mood and character of this special place, so connected to the nation's roots that in a sense every American belonged to it, or wanted to. Or needed to.
Today, new magazines are launched to appeal to a market, and to the advertisers who want to reach that market. Sagendorph was after something bigger. He saw a way of life he loved fighting to hang on. He saw values under fire. He saw the idiosyncratic Yankee in danger of becoming everyman. So he created something unique: a magazine that held the voices of a region within its bound pages. And as New England changed and evolved, so too did the magazine; the voices may be different today, but they still come from the same place.
And here's what won't change by the time someone writes an introduction to the 100th anniversary issue. People will yearn for solitude, for sunrise over water and the haunting howl of a wild creature; they'll want to raise a family where kids belong not to some sprawling stretch of asphalt but to neighborhoods with roots. And in 2035, New England will still be the most distinct, most compact region in the country, with a sense of history that surrounds you every time you stroll past the homes of people who lived when the nation was still raw. This issue is our roadmap to the fun and pride we feel about belonging to New England. Enjoy the trip.


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Eva M. Frontz, 93, of Tiffin, passed away at 3:43 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, at her residence.
Eva was born Sept. 24, 1919, in Bellevue, to the late Oswald and Dora (Myers) Lenz. She married Charles E. Frontz in Napoleon on March 19, 1938, and he preceded her in death.
Eva is survived by her daughter, Patricia Frontz of Tiffin; two grandsons she raised, Kevin Frontz of Columbia, S.C., and Terry Frontz of Tiffin; two grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
Eva was preceded in death by her parents; husband; a son, Charles Frontz Jr.; four brothers, Ray, George, Maurice and an infant brother John Lenz; and four sisters, Alice Bickley, Betty Losey, Helen Moehling and Mary Young.
Eva was a homemaker and attended Zion Lutheran Church. She was a graduate of Republic High School.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. today, Nov. 6, 2012, at Fairmont Cemetery. There will be no visitation at this time.
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This new Real Party has got to be one of the cutest Fairy-inspired parties ever! And this is not at all surprising, considering it was put together by the ultra-creative Kim of The TomKat Studio for her daugher Kate's 3rd birthday.
A gorgeous paisley-print fabric and "happy" color palette of vibrant pink, orange, yellow, and green sets the tone for this whimsical party, which manages to be simultaneously cute enough for little girls AND stylish enough to appeal to adults!
(I'm sensing come great girlie baby shower inspiration here too… especially with the fabulous "tutu branch" centerpiece!)
Special bonus: Kim has also offered to do a GIVEAWAY for HWTM readers, featuring several elements from this party so that a lucky someone can recreate it at home! See details on how to enter at the bottom of the post.
Read on for LOTS of fabulous pics and all of the party details & shopping resources, as told by Kim…
"We decided on a Fairy Garden theme for my daughter Kate's 3rd birthday party based on her love for Tinkerbell and all things magical.
I was inspired by other fabulous "fairy" themed parties seen on HWTM, including this one (Fairy Sweet) and this one (Enchanted Fairy) along with a few other ideas I was dreaming about!
For me, the party planning always starts with designing the invitation. I had my friend, Jess create the little fairy silhouette illustration for me, and then I designed the invitation in the bright, cheerful color scheme of pink, orange, yellow & green.
I carried the silhouette & butterflies throughout the paper goods for the party, including cupcake toppers and dessert table labels.
Inspired by Amy Atlas, I created a full dessert table with personalized cookies by Sweetopia:
…custom oreos by Sweeties by Kim:
…a gorgeous cake and cake pops by local bakers:
…and cupcakes and cheesecakes made by yours truly:
The dessert table was accented with gorgeous bright paisley fabric, poms and a hand-cute butterfly garland.
Bright colored butterflies, flowers and poms were hung throughout the house and outside.
Inspired by HWTM, I created a centerpiece for my living room, using branches cut from my tree the day before, along with tissue paper flowers.
Kate wore a beautiful white tutu accented with ribbon in the party colors, along with a custom flower tank top from Modern Frills, flower hair clippies from Dolce Vita Mia, a crown from True Love Found, and fairy wings. She was a gorgeous little fairy!
As the little girl guests arrived, they were greeted and led to get dressed up in their own tutus, wings & wands. The girls were adorable!
For an activity, all of the kids were given butterfly nets, and tulle "butterflies" were thrown from a second story window for them to catch!"
Photos by: Vicki Lynn Photography
The Fairy Garden Giveaway Includes:
• 20 printed invitations/envelopes
• 12 cupcake toppers
• 1 five-inch cake topper (as shown on Kate's cake)
• 12 favor tags
• 6 dessert table labels
• 6 hanging butterflies with ribbon (shown on chandelier)
butterfly garland (as shown on front of dessert table)
• 6 flower wands
• printable fairy garden happy birthday banner
How to enter: (enter twice if you like!)
1. Post a comment here OR
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***Giveaway ends: Tuesday, May 18 at midnight PST. Good luck!***
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1Carol SAYS:
this is my FAVORITE take on a fairy party so far and i have been on the lookout since my daughter is all about "fairies" and already asking for a fairy party for her birthday which is still months away.
love the vibrant colors. tomkat's style is so chic!
2Jannine SAYS:
Just love the garden party theme! I am looking to do a garden party for an upcoming bridal shower! Great stuff.
3Kelly SAYS:
LOVE THIS! The colors are so bright and fun! A dream party for any little girl!!
4Mary Kirby SAYS:
Super bright and fun for summer or spring birthdays!
5Becky SAYS:
This is the CUTEST party!! I love fairy parties. My best friend's daughter turns one in June, and this would be the perfect party to throw her!
6melissa SAYS:
I LOVE this party. My niece is turning 4 this summer and I would love this to throw her a party with. I am already a fan of tomkatstudio on facebook.
7Nancy SAYS:
GORGEOUS! Just got so many ideas for my own little girls party in december..thank you for sharing!
8Lora Joy SAYS:
I LOVE THIS PARTY!!! i love the colors and all the details!!
9jenn SAYS:
please pick me :)
10Moniqur SAYS:
I adore this theme and everything about it. Oh how I would love to throw a fairy princess party too :)
11Kendal SAYS:
What an awesome idea. Any little girl would LOVE this!!!
12Betty Islas Velazquez SAYS:
This is tooo cute and so adorable!! Love the bright colors!! For my daughters 5th bday we are doing all fairies…. this has given me lots of cute ideas.
13hollie moore SAYS:
I love all your work, you're so creative! I hope I can give my daughter an awesome party like this one. I love all the little details included.. great job!!!
14Rachael SAYS:
Sooooooo stinkin' cute!!!! I'm planning a tea party for 1 week from Saturday – I LOVE all the ideas!!!!! Thanks for all your great posts – I love the pictures and the ideas. Of COURSE, I'm a FB fan!! :D
15Jessica P SAYS:
I LOVED this party. We had talked fairy theme for her 4th birthday this year and ended up with princess but this has got to be the best fairy theme I've ever seen. I will be keeping your ideas in mind for our next party! Thank you!
16Mitzi SAYS:
This is the cutest. Love all the bright colors and the whimsical things. Getting ideas for my little girls first birthday coming up.
17Kelli SAYS:
I love this party and would love to have it to throw for a baby shower!
18Kelli SAYS:
Oh and I am a fan on FB too!!
19Dawn S SAYS:
This was the cutest little girl's party, ever!
20Jennifer W SAYS:
I love this party, all the fresh colors and attention to detail! I'd LOVE to do a copycat for my daughter.


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EAST LIVERPOOL - The resignation of Thompson Park Superintendent Robb Kenny was accepted this week by the park board, which has asked the Civil Service Commission to begin the process of testing for a replacement.
In his Nov. 21 resignation letter, Kenny said he was leaving to accept an opportunity to work in a larger park in a different state, with his resignation effective Nov. 26.
He thanked the board for the honor of serving as superintendent, writing, "It has truly been a great experience working in the gem of East Liverpool," and also thanking the community for its support and for "making the park feel like home."
Kenny and his son lived in the superintendent's house near the park's entrance. He reportedly has accepted a position in Florida.
In response to Kenny's letter, the board named the park's assistant manager David Quarterman as interim superintendent until a competitive exam can be offered by the Civil Service Commission, which meets Dec. 12. The board expects it won't have a list of eligible candidates until the end of January.
Meanwhile, board members are looking at changes to the job description and also improvements to the superintendent's house.
Member Wink Smith questioned whether the passing grade on the competitive exam can be changed from 70 to 75, which will be posed to the commission.
Also being looked at in regard to the position are wages, experience and the procedure for handling rental and cleanup fees.
The board will hold a special meeting at 4 p.m. next Tuesday to discuss possible changes to the position.
President Burl Warrick also distributed a report regarding an inspection at the park house, saying he has met with several contractors in regard to repairs.
The inspection, conducted Dec. 1 by Warrick, Smith, Quarterman and Dave Dawson, indicated a multitude of repairs and cosmetic fixes need completed both inside and outside, and Warrick also said he would like to see a washer and dryer purchased for the house.
In other matters, Smith reported the park has received a $10,000 donation from the estate of Harold F. Haynes, who died this past August. Haynes began working at the age of 15 at Homer Laughlin China Co., becoming an apprentice jiggerman, and also working at other potteries then retiring from Sayre Electric.
In addition to this donation, Haynes' family had requested memorial tributes take the form of contributions to the park, with $130 received. When composer Will Thompson started the park, it was partially to provide a place for potters to escape the potteries and find clean air and green space on their days off.
Laura Smith addressed the board regarding the girls' softball field which was recently renovated, saying her concern is that, in girls' softball, the infield is dirt, while this field has a grass infield.
Laura Smith told the board the girls are not accustomed to playing on grass, and the ball will bounce differently on grass.
Wink Smith advised the ball field is a school board project the park board had "inherited," but he will pose her concerns to Dave Dawson, who has been overseeing the project.
Also discussed were plans not to have dugouts at the field, just benches, to cut down on the potential for vandalism since the field is somewhat secluded.
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Sunday, 4 p.m.: Poetry and Dinner Night at the Woodlawn Diner featuring Rochester-based poet Roy Hartwell Bent and Buffalo-based poet Patrick Cornelius. Additional reading slots available. 3200 Lakeshore Road, Blasdell. $14 (includes choice of two dinner selections). Call 903-3335 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com for reservations.
Wednesday, 7 p.m.: Reading and book signing by Buffalo-area native Jeannine Marie Pitas, author of "Our Lady of the Snow Angels" (Lyricalmyrical Press, 2012) and the English language translator of "The History of Violets" (Historial de las violetas) by acclaimed Uruguayan poet Marosa di Giorgio (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2010). A graduate of Nardin Academy and Sarah Lawrence College, she is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto. Talking Leaves Books, 3158 Main St.
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Opening Day.
Watching Saturday's Moncks Corner Park and Recreation's Opening Day ceremonies on Saturday took me back, and I mean way back.
Seeing seven-year-olds parade onto the field wearing their brand new baseball uniforms for the first time, it reminds you what Superman felt like when he slipped on the red cape and big red "S" for the first time. You feel like you can do anything, maybe even fly.
Opening Day in my neighborhood was a big thing.
It was like Christmas in May, and our first instructions from our coaches – which was the 11th Commandment to us: Thou shalt not wear thy baseball hats before Opening Day.
Every Opening Day Saturday we decorated our Galaxy 500 station wagons with crepe paper ribbon, shoe polish and flags and we'd have a parade.
Car decorating became an act of familial and civic pride. I remember my dad duct-taping my Big Bertha whiffle-ball bat to the front grille of the car. It was the most amazing hood ornament I have ever seen. I remember the first autograph I ever signed. My dad gave me a tube of white shoe polish and said, "Autograph the car."
I was eight.
I couldn't count beyond 20 using all ten fingers and toes, but I knew what the word autograph meant. I was a baseball player.
The parade, though, was like something out of NASCAR.
Everyone in town would show up along the parade route by 8 a.m. on Saturday morning, many still wearing their pajamas and housecoats. The parade followed a 10-mile parade route through town.
We had eight neighborhoods divided into sections A through H and the parade of 50-to-60 cars drove through each. That's a lot of ground to cover, and we had to be at the ball fields by 9 a.m. for our Opening Day ceremonies.
The speed limit through our neighborhood streets was a posted 20 mph and it was more a suggestion than enforced law. Back in the day there were no safety concerns or worries about kids falling out of cars.
Our pre-parade safety precaution feature involved our coach hollering, "Everybody hold on and nobody fall out, understand me?"
We didn't dare disobey our coach so we all held on and nobody ever fell out. We shot through these neighborhoods at a cool 40 mph. We had a lot of ground to cover and not much time.
Opening Day ceremonies were always special. Back before hundred million dollar salaries your average major league baseball besides Pete Rose didn't make a lot of money, and the out of town ball players like Bobby Tolan, Johnny Edwards and Tony Cloninger rented homes for the year in our neighborhood. So they would attend the ceremony each year and throw out the first pitch.
That's when I first realized I wanted to earn my living being a baseball player.
You mean I get to play baseball every day and get to dress up in the most super cool baseball uniform ever? And you're going to pay me?
It's like I had died and gone to Heaven. And on the first Saturday in May every spring, I did just that.
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The Senate gave its final approval to a new five-year farm bill Tuesday with a 68-32 vote, sending the measure to President Barack Obama for singing, and ultimately ending years of political battles that had left farmers and ranching waiting for legislation that serves as their "road map" for operating in an up-and-down and ever-changing agriculture industry.
The bill voted on by the Senate Tuesday was the same that had been passed by the House of Representatives and the Farm Bill Conference Committee in recent weeks.
Obama was expected to sign the bill into law on Friday.
The quick farm bill action recently has come as a relief to those in the agriculture industry and others. The 2008 farm bill expired on Sept. 30, 2012, and lawmakers had long been unable to agree on the details of a new one, and, instead passed short-term extensions.
A farm bill provides a financial cushion for farmers who face unpredictable weather and market conditions, although the bulk of its nearly $100 billion-a-year cost is for the food stamp program, which aids 1 in 7 Americans.
House Republicans had hoped to trim the bill's costs more than what the final farm bill cuts, pointing to a booming agriculture sector in recent years and saying the now $80 billion-a-year food stamp program has spiraled out of control.
The food stamp program was cut about 1 percent; the House had pushed for five times that much.
Implementation of these changes is expected to take anywhere from a few days up to a year-and-a-half.
News releases from various members of the Senate and House ag committees — including Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Okla., the chairperson of the House Agriculture Committee — have praised the new farm bill for a number of reasons.
Farmers, ranchers and dairymen, too, have been generally pleased with the outcome.
They say the new farm bill, officially titled the Agricultural Act of 2014:
• Reduces the deficit by $23 billion, making the farm bill one of the few deficit-reducing bills to pass this Congress.
• Repeals Direct Payments and limits producers to risk management tools that offer protection when they suffer significant losses.
• Reduces limits on payments, tightens eligibility rules and means tests are streamlined to make farm programs more accountable.
• Strengthens crop insurance, a successful public/private partnership that ensures farmers invest in their own risk management.
• Provides historic reforms to dairy policy by repealing outdated and ineffective dairy programs. It offers producers a new, voluntary, margin protection program without imposing government-mandated supply controls.
• Supports small businesses and beginning farmers and ranchers with training and access to capital.
• Improves conservation easement programs, allowing landowners to preserve their land for future generations while still using it for crop production and grazing.
• Includes livestock disaster assistance to help ranchers deal with extreme weather that didn't exist before.
• Supports organic agriculture, including extending crop insurance coverage to organics and allowing producers to create an organic check-off program.
• Includes resources for agricultural research, including new support for the National Animal Health Laboratory Network to protect the livestock sector against potential disease outbreaks.
• Includes resources to support rural development overall.
Food Stamp Reforms
The Agricultural Act of 2014 makes the first reforms to the food stamp program since the welfare reforms of 1996 while maintaining food assistance.
The new farm bill:
• Closes the "heat-and-eat" loophole that artificially increases benefit levels when states provide nominal LIHEAP assistance.
• Establishes a 10-state pilot to empower states to engage able-bodied adults in mandatory work programs.
• Prohibits the USDA from engaging in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recruitment activities, and advertising SNAP on TV, radio, billboards and through foreign governments.
• Ensures illegal immigrants, lottery winners, traditional college students and the deceased do not receive benefits.
• Ensures SNAP recipients are not receiving benefits in multiple states.
• Prevents abuses, such as water dumping to exchange bottles for cash.
• Demands outcomes from existing employment and training programs.
• Prohibits states from manipulating SNAP benefit levels by eliminating medical marijuana as an allowable medical expense.
• Allows states to pursue retailer fraud through a pilot investigation program and crack down on trafficking through data mining, terminal ID, and other measures.
• Increases assistance for food banks.
Additional Reforms and Regulatory Relief
The Agricultural Act of 2014 also includes multiple regulatory relief provisions benefiting agricultural and forestry industries.
The new farm bill:
• Consolidates 23 duplicative and overlapping conservation programs into 13.
• Provides one year of full funding for the Payment In Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program, which provides funding for vital services in communities containing federal lands.
• Provides certainty to the forest products industry by clarifying that forest roads and related silvicultural activities should not be treated as a point source under the Clean Water Act.
• Creates a permanent subcommittee within the Environmental Protection Agency Science Advisory Board to conduct peer review of EPA actions that would negatively impact agriculture.
• Enhances coordination between USDA, EPA, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration regarding the conflict between laws governing pesticide use and the Endangered Species Act.
• Enhances coordination between USDA and the U.S. FWS regarding actions taken to manage the lesser prairie chicken.
• Eliminates duplicative reporting requirements for seed importers; requires improved economic analysis of FDA regulations.
Praise for the new farm bill
Among other things, the Colorado Farm Bureau expressed appreciation for the nearly $7 billion in funding for ranchers through livestock disaster programs, conservation, research, energy and export promotion.
"Colorado Farm Bureau commends the House and Senate for passing the Agricultural Act of 2014," said Don Shawcroft, CFB president. "Consumers and producers need a farm bill that strengthens the diversity of the American agricultural sector by providing a safe, reliable food supply through domestic and international trade."
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Colorado Farm Bureau would like to thank Rep. Cory Gardner, Rep. Ed Perlmutter, Sen. Mark Udall and Sen. Michael Bennet for their continued support of the Colorado agricultural industry and for their hard work and dedication to making sure Colorado producers and consumers have jobs and access to affordable and safe food.
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USCA President Jon Wooster of San Lucas, Calif., commented on the bill's passage, saying "USCA extends its thanks and support to those Members and staff who have enabled the final passage of the farm bill through Congress. The commitment by Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Ranking Member Thad Cochran (R-MS), House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-OK) and Ranking Member Collin Peterson (D-MN) to produce this bipartisan bill is applauded. Our membership remains supportive of this final bill and commends the work that has led to this ultimate passage."
USCA commented previously on the multiple provisions within the bill that will support and aide those within the livestock industry. President Wooster commented further on these programs, saying that, "Given the catastrophic Winter Storm Atlas and the ongoing drought across California and the West, the livestock disaster provisions within this bill will provide necessary assistance to many states currently looking to recover from these weather-related disasters. The implementation of these programs under a ten-year baseline, versus the ad hoc temporary funding used previously, will provide assurance to those affected and for the industry in years to come."
USCA is pleased that the final bill does not contain language that would repeal or interfere with the ongoing country of origin labeling (COOL) case at the World Trade Organization (WTO). USCA was supportive of a "clean" farm bill from the offset and applauds the policy-makers for keeping divisive issues such as COOL and restrictions to the Grain Inspection Packers and Stockyards Act (GIPSA) out of the final bill.
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The Center for Rural Affairs in Lyons, Neb., had urged the Senate not to pass the farm bill this past week, issuing the following statement:
"Sadly, the back-room deal struck in Conference Committee rejects the bipartisan farm subsidy reform that was included in the farm bills passed in both the House and Senate," said Traci Bruckner, senior policy associate with the Center for Rural Affairs. "And the deal will result in virtually unlimited farm program payments continuing to inure to the nation's largest and wealthiest mega-farms."
"We continue to urge members of the Senate to vote against this compromise package and send the bill back to the Conference," said Bruckner. "And they should push for Conferees to reinstate the farm subsidy reforms that Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA). Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD), and Representative Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) have fought so hard to win bipartisan majority support for in both the House and Senate."
According to Bruckner, instead of a $40,000 annual limit on primary farm program payments (double that for married couples), the bill would set a $125,000 limit (again, doubled for married couples). Even more appallingly, the bill removes the House and Senate-passed provisions to close the loopholes that currently allow large, wealthy farms to collect many multiples of the normal payment limit. Instead they leave the loopholes entirely intact and punt any decisions about the loopholes to the Obama administration.
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50% including costumes.
Anyway, after seeing almost all the top pairs, I think V/T has the best SP for now, could be a masterpiece.
I love P/T's and S/H's too. S/S' need to wait for a clean and fuller version. Right now not there yet.
It's nice to see P/T in different colour other than blue and red, but the hair was a bit messy. S/S costumes are a big improvement from last year. I hope they do well.
An old Pang & Tang even beating them in the short program at Cup of China, and not even skating all that well to do it. End this thread already. Pretty much everyone has answered 5% or less to the thread question, there is nothing to even talk about at this point.
Savchenko & Szolkowy need to worry about the silver medal, something they missed at the last Olympics, as there are atleast 4 teams who could conceivably beat them for that if they are anything less than perfect (and perfect is not their norm).
Getting back to the original question...
After Skate America, I would have said very good.
I really did not like either of Volosozhar/Trankovs programmes the first time I saw them. Yes, the routines were very good technically, but, to be blunt, they were not very enjoyable to watch!
My assessment was that, if Savchenko/Szolkovy had come up with a couple of good routines, then the gold was theirs to lose.
But, to be fair, both of Volosozhar/Trankovs programmes grew on me at Skate Canada.
Now that I have seen Savchenko/Szolkovys SP, the only answer I can give is nil.
OK, so the performance of it at the Cup of China was not that good, and it will undoubtedly improve by the time Sochi comes along. But, I did not enjoy the programme itself at all.
And I hated the costumes. They blended into the ice too well!!!
On the other hand, I REALLY enjoyed Pang/Tongs SP. Like a lot of people, I am guilty of not even taking them into consideration. And I am now ashamed of that.
But their SP was simply beautiful. There is no other way to put it!
Based on the SP performances I have seen so far this season, the battle for gold will be between Volosozhar/Trankov and Pang/Tong.
Ill reserve a final judgement until after Ive seen the German and Chinese Free Programmes.
But, if their FS is anywhere near as good as their Short, Pang/Tong will be MY choice for the gold at Sochi. Which would be a major shock compared to what everybody was expecting
I'm hoping for the best for P/T but I'm not optimistic about them getting gold. I would be glad if I'm wrong. The only case that V/T don't get gold is that T messes up, getting a freaking fall somewhere. He's fully capable of multiple falls, one on the jumps, one on the throws and one on the step sequences. I'm just joking. I don't wish anybody fall. I'd like to see everybody skate their lights out and the best win.
That being said, P/T always did their best during the Olympics, so who knows.
Quite amazed that S/S still cleared 200 points given how bad their CoC performances were (relative to their potential). They certainly can score around 220+ and would have to depend on errors by V/T who are looking sharp at this point. Lots of work for them to do.
Pang & Tong are not in the running for gold in Sochi and I say that as a huge fan of theirs. They could win the bronze if all the stars align, and I think they would be very happy with that, and it would be an amazing finish to their careers. I dont even think S&S are locks for the silver, but I still dont think P&T could beat the rest of the field other than V&T for silver, atleast 1 other team (whether it is S&S or someone else) would beat them. Pang & Tong should be going for a complete set of Olympic medals now as they were robbed of the 2006 silver and 2010 gold by poor judging.
As for Aliona & Robin, despite the silly talk on this forum that V&T are the held up judges pet, it continues yet again to be S&S and definitely not V&T who receive questionable scores and get held up even with major errors. Granted I do think they deserved the win here, their LP was technically far above P&T even with the mistakes of both teams, but both their SP (which they should have been way behind P&T) and LP were as often is the case with them overmarked given the mistakes. V&T atleast keep skating perfectly to earn their huge scores and victories. S&S had better improve their performances and programs, otherwise a silver in Sochi should they win it will be met with a chorus of boos, just like it was at Worlds last year.
It is possible for more than one skater/pair/dance team to be overscored at any given time, and I'd argue that's what's going on at the moment throughout skating - not surprising in an Olympic season. But V/T are certainly at the upper end of the scoring inflation phenomena.
Do you require a reminder the sort of messy performances that got V/T similar/higher scores last season? Here you go, then; even the Eurosport team, which loves V/T, referred to the marks as "frankly ridiculous". The scores they get considering the quality of their programs (not their elements when they are done well) certainly put them firmly in the judges' pets category above and beyond any other pair. It helps to be Russian number 1s going into the Olympics in Russia, and it is either naive or disingenuous for any serious skating fan to suggest that they are being scored solely on merit.
After CoC, the answer regarding S/S's chances is "exceedingly small"; not because they aren't capable of skating well, but because of the PCS. If the judges feel that JCS merits higher 9s and The Nutcracker is in the 8s (I disagree with both ends of this assessment, BTW), then they have no chance.
Pairs has become one of those disciplines where I really really miss previous generations, perhaps the most. The podium at Salt Lake City, infamous as that event was, remains my favorite. None of the probably medalists at this upcoming Games truly inspires or seems to be "honest, earnest" in their presentation (to me). None of them make me feel a thing. S/S's FS at COC seemed completely devoid of facial expressions.
And BTW, as much as I appreciate them doing triple axel. First of all, they haven't done it clean yet and it doesn't do them justice when she falls at the end of the programme. Secondly, the such a long preparation is just disturbing. If I didn't know that they are preparing for a throuw, I would think that either of them feels bad and cannot continue.
Just replying to this thread because I finally had the chance to watch Savchenko and Szolkowy's FS at Cup of China last week. I know the pas de deux of Nutcracker is terribly common figure skating music (something that always annoyed me in recent years when people would skate to it), but I thought their FS was quite moving. The best skate to this music I can recall having seen, perhaps ever. Loved it. Made me love this music again. I do hope they win the Olympic gold, despite it seeming that that medal has already been assigned to Volosozhar and Trankov.
I like SS free program. Pa de deux is one of my fav pieces of classical music. Alyona looks great I think they WILL get better to the end of the season..30% is their chance to win now. If they do their 3a cleaan then 50X50 I guess
They can get many points with throw 3Lo. Why they are using 3A? Set up for the 3A take too much time and they are giving points at PCS. 2 or 3 seconds before the 3A, they are not doing anything


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CRYSTAL BAY, Nev. - Al Schnier, guitarist and singer of moe., recognizes the irony of his band signing a deal with Sugar Hill Records.These days, it's become common for groups, especially in the rock genre, to start their own record labels and handle their own distribution and promotion. And here is moe., having released all but two of its previous 10 studio CDs on its own label, teaming up with a record company for its current CD, "What Happened to the La Las.""We've built a really great cottage industry out of this somehow," Schnier said, noting that the band is not by any means dissatisfied with the career it has built with its do-it-yourself approach. "After doing it for so many years, though, the one thing that's always sort of eluded us, I guess, was being able to tap into a broader audience or a wider audience or getting some kind of additional exposure. We've always flown under the radar."We can sell 2,000 tickets to a theater show on a regular basis, but nobody knows who we are," he said. "So it's always just been this weird sort of anomaly. And we thought, well you know, after all this time, why not get together with an artists' label, somebody like Sugar Hill? Maybe there's a way we can work together and just try something a little bit different from what we normally do."The last time moe. had a record deal, the situation was quite different. Formed in 1991 in Buffalo, N.Y., the band started out taking the do-it-yourself route, self-releasing its first two CDs, "Fatboy" in 1992 and "Headseed" a year later, before signing with Sony 550 Records.The band, which also includes guitarist Chuck Garvey, singer-bassist Rob Derhak, drummer Vinnie Amico and percussionist Jim Loughlin, released two CDs on that label - "No Doy" in 1996 and "Tin Cans & Car Tires" in 1998 - but didn't get the kind of boost in its popularity that it hoped would come with the resources of a major label.So moe. returned to releasing its own CDs and had stuck with that approach in releasing its four subsequent studio albums - "Wormwood," Okayalright," "The Conch" and "Sticks and Stones" (not to mention the band's six-album series of live performances, "Warts & All" and its two three-CD live albums, "Dr. Stan's Prescription Vols. 1 & 2").Being on Sugar Hill, Schnier said, is nothing like being on Sony, and the band has no illusions this time that being signed will lead to stardom."We were so much younger and this was our first experience with the record industry when we started working with Sony," Schnier said, reflecting on that experience. "We were wide-eyed and ... the whole thing was very overwhelming - and really exciting, too. We loved going to the Sony building. We loved visiting our A&R rep's office. It was great every time we went. We'd go out to dinner and we'd get to run around the Sony building and we got to rehearse in the Sony studios and we were in the city. So much of it was great."But the experience with Sugar Hill has been totally different," he said. "We're exchanging e-mails with these guys the same way we do like with our own staff. And when we're in town, we go out and grab tacos and just have like a normal meal, and they're dressed the same way we are and they're just about our age. So it feels like we're just working with more people on our team. We just have different resources. I don't get the sense that we're working with a big record label."The Sugar Hill deal isn't the only way in which moe. has gone outside of its camp to try to improve on what it does.For "What Happened To The La Las," the group, for one of the rare times in its career, brought in a producer, John Travis.Schnier said the band had started to think its democratic approach to songwriting and arranging might not have been resulting in the best musical decisions."The thing about that is because we're very much like brothers and democratic almost to a fault, you end up compromising all of the time," he said. "And sometimes, you end up kind of going down these rabbit holes, chasing ideas and not really knowing who's in charge or whether or not the idea is a good one to pursue or not. And nobody is really steering the ship. We kind of all are, and nobody really wants to ruffle any feathers."To be sure, sometimes the collaborative approach results in better music than what any single band member might create on his own, Schnier said."But sometimes that compromise just means that everybody's ideas got distilled, and none of them are really great and nobody's really happy at the end of the day," Schnier said. " But the truth is, we don't really know because no one of us can actually say I was right and I know. So we just felt like let's do this and let's bring in an objective third party, and everybody relinquishes control and we'll have somebody steer the ship."From what Schnier said of Travis, the producer wasn't shy about directing the band. Many of the songs the band recorded for "What Happened to the La Las" had been played live and developed over a period of time.But in the studio, Travis steered the band in new directions on some of the songs. For example, "Suck A Lemon," a tune that helps set the rocking tone for the new CD, lost an instrumental section the band had been playing. The CD's multi-faceted opener, "The Bones Of Lazarus," another song that had been played on tour, also changed considerably. Then there was the dreamy rocker "Puebla," which clocks in at just over four minutes on the CD."He (Travis) had a 15-minute version of it that we had sent to him as our demo that we were listening to," Schnier said. "That's how we'd been playing it."The songs from "What Happened To The La Las" figure to evolve as moe. tours behind the CD. The shows will vary from night to night, Schnier noted, considering that the group has five shows worth of material ready to play
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