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Gone are the days of illegal P2P mp3 swapper.
Napster is now re-lanunched sometime back with legitimate music just like your high street music shop.
The difference is, you can hear and download all the avilable music on this planet for just £9.99 a month, thats amazing. Initially I was a bit sceptic about the offer until I tried it last week. (you can play the files you are downloaded as long as you keep the monthly membership, otherwise it stops playing)
I've tried to search all my favourite tracks from 90's to the 2005's ...belive me everyone one of them are avilable on napster.
I tried it on my pc, but there's an option to carry it on your mp3 player if you want, but at a slightly higher fee. The only thing is that you need to have a wma DRM compatible player which most of them are these days, except the ipods.
As far as I'm concerned the option of listening to last 45 years UK album chart at crystal clear qulity without the fear of getting the infamous P2P virus files, is really nice.
So I really like it. But some of us are not really interested in paying for the music and still rely on kazaa, its upto them. But for me its seems like a real bargain. What do you say ? Please post your comments.
We all like stuff for free and some people like music for free so what do they do? They go to the P2P (peer to peer) websites and download free music of course as more and more people are doing this the music companies are going mental that they are not making enough money because people are getting it for free of the P2P websites. And so in 2005 they have decided to crack down on this and children have faced fines up to 4 thousand pounds and if they cant cough up the dough then their parents face imprisonment
. But the music is so expensive in the shops we dont want to buy an album that have 5 good songs and 50 rubbish ones. We want the music that we like cheap and thats where napster comes in.
-*-*- So what is napster?-*-*-
As I have already described in the first paragraph people want their music cheap and napster is one in a few of the legal downloading companies so you can download all the music you want of napster just your tracks not all the rubbish ones that come with it.
-*-*- Is napster legal? -*-*-
Yes napster is legal because although you are downloading music of napster you do have to pay a small fee you can pay 79p a track or there is unlimited downloads for 15 pound a month which is great price if you like your music.
So after that you must think napster is one of the best things in the world!! (If you like your music) not exactly . Although you can download unlimited music you can play them with a license that napster automatically acquires you with and this napster license also configures your media player. But the music that you download is copy protected with napster DRM settings you may think that sounds all complicated but basically you can only play your music that you download on your pc. So this means that you cant put them on CDs you cant put them on your fancy iPod or your Creative Zen Micro. If you want to put them songs on a disk you have to pay 79p per track But there is one way of doing it which I am not allowed to say because it would be illegal ..
You know what napster does now but what system requirements do you have to have?
Well it is recommended that you have broadband because the setup is 11MB but the other main system requirement is that you have Microsoft Windows 2000 or XP (note) Napster will not work on any other operating systems. One other thing is you have to have a credit card otherwise you cant pay for the music.
You can unsubscribe from napster at any time but if you do this will take all your music with it too ..
Napster are aiming to be the largest music collection in the world and they add over 100 tracks per day but some of the time napster tracks are not available so this means you cannot play the track that you are hoping to pay. Otherwise the music collection is very good.
You dont have to pick a specific song you can download an album or just browse and download the whole British top 40.
So all in all I think napster is a good service and Im sorry I cant tell you how to put the tracks onto CD  But anyway thanks for reading my review I sincerely hoped you enjoyed it if you have any questions please leave me a note in my guestbook
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Well guys what can i say....im very very disapointed with napster!
Was orginaly with them around 4 months ago...everything was great until i ran into a few problems heared about credit card issues thus i canceled my subscription.
So i was browsing the net the other day and up comes a little add saying napsters offering a 7 day trial...i hovered my mouse over it ...and thought about it a while and thought hell il give um another go.
So i signs back up...click on paypal as my payment method enter in my details and then up pops napster on my PC and off i go listing to some of my old tunes. GREAT this is all good :D
Then in the bottom of my screen up pops a "Youve got mail" icon. I click it and up comes a nice little email "Thankyou For payment to Napster UK".
Ok now im worried...i didnt send them payment...i signed up for a trial. Well i though prob just a misunderstnading il send the support guys an email and all will be sorted.
So i send them off a email askign whats happened and could i have a refund. So i wait...2 days go by....4 days go by....a week goes by....2 weeks go by....3 weeks go by...still no responce...ok now im worried whats going on, so i send them ANOTHER email asking what there playing at and if i didnt get this sorted id take things further.
4 days later i get a email back of napster...(wow wasnt that prompt?!) so i open up the email and begin to read it out. am i reading this right? surely there not...well would you look at that...there blamming ME for it! And that there not willing to send a refund.
So i send off another nasty letter to them saying that its not good enough...couple of days later i get another one back saying that they cant access my bank account history becuase its private and confidental...DAMN right it is...why the hell would u need to know my personal info of my card when i payed you VIA paypal?!
So i sent off another email and i get one back saying:
"We feel that your questions would be best answered by a conversation with a live customer support agent. Please contact our free Customer Support line at (0)20-7365-1079. Live Customer Support is offered Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM."
So let me get this right....you f**k up the trial, then you f**k up my refund, then you f**k up your support times and you want me to ring you £3/min phone number to america...i mean talk about shooting your self in the foot!
Napster had a reputation and that reputation has now been tarnished. Napster has got some SERIOUS issues with there support and needs to sort it out
Anyone else had any BAD experiances?
Well since Napster shut its doors a while ago I've converted to being a Kazaa lite user. I find Kazaa is Very good for downloads, whether it be Movies, games or music you are after many of the users offer a wide variety of different things. The best part about Kazaa is that it is free to download and use so all you pay is your phone bill (if you are not paying monthly ). Being a broadband user many users speeds depend on their connection even if you have a broadband landline they may be using a 56KB modem so it'll take the time of a 56KB modem to transfer onto your system so this can effect the rate of transfer from one machine to another. I would recommend it to everybody that has a large enough computer to download files onto :-) Kazaa Lite is slightly different from the Normal Kazaa program I am told, Kazaa lite has removed all the spyware from the product to prevent you from getting bombarded with junk mail relating to the product you are downloading although this is not the case!, Occasionally when downloading files I used a program called Ad-Aware to check my system only to find numerous files had appeared on my system, since Kazaa is the only program I have used recently I blame it for these files, although with Ad-Aware you can update it nearly daily and quarantine the files or delete them from your system. Once you have searched for an item you wish to download there is a bar called ETA which will estimate the time the item will take to download. I find it very handy to know roughly how long it will take to download, although as more users log on who have the same file the transfer speed will increase as the ETA decreases. My one main complaint about Kazaa is that some users rename files so when you download something you wish, it may not be the item you required. Overall a rather good service which I would recommend but make sure you have a virus checker on the system before you download anything is my advice.
Another good idea is to even download a spyware/adware remover which you can get from Kazaa, most programs are complete and usually come with the key codes to access the programs. Hope this opinion has been of some use to budding Freeloaders.
I was very annoyed when I heard that the goverment had stopped transfers from going ahead on Napster. Back in February 2001, every major artist's songs where blocked from being downloaded, leaving just unknown or bad quality tracks. Here are the reasons I want Napster to be reinforced again: *Firstly, millions of people used Napster everyday to test out singles before they bought them. For example: If you were wondering whether or not you should buy the new Janet Jackson album, you could download a few of the songs, and if they were any good then you'd know to it'd be good to own. *Many people can't afford to go splashing out on CD's whenever they want some new music to listen to. The average price for a one disked album is £10:99! *Napster is just one of thousands of devices that can download full tracks. Aimster and Morpheus are another two music devices which haven't been stopped, and they can download full music videos as well! *All the major record companies make enough money as it is! They don't do anything about recording CD's onto another disk (which is breaking copyright laws), so why stop Napster? When in full swing, Napster is a brilliant step in the ever changing world of technology. It consists of : *A section where you can download almost song you like. You can tell the quality of the song by seeing how big the size of the download is. *Many different chatrooms where you can discuss anything. If you want to talk to an individual person, you can start a private chatroom. *If you want to know when your friends are online, there is a "hotlist" which you can add people onto. *There is a news page, which informs you of fresh new sounds you can experiment out on. *And of course, a file library where your music saves after it's been downloaded. Here are a few of Napster's down sides: Downloading can be a slow process, especially if t
he size of the song is over 5 megabytes. And sadly, as soon as your internet disconnects, the download gets an error. Luckily, you can set the Napster preferences so that if your computer does disconnect, however much you got through saves into your library. And one last thing, if the person you're downloading off decides to go offline, the transfer will quit. At the moment, there's no point in getting Napster stored onto your computer. But, if within the next few months it is allowed to continue sharing transfers, it's definetly worth acquiring!
Napster has been told it has to shut down. Unfortunately judge patel ruled against them on wednesday. Damn. It looks like unless the appeal judge has anything different to say napster will be gone in a short time. Download now while it lasts. This is unfortunate. Never mind there are plenty of other ways to get MP3's. If napster does go it will be a shame. The bands that have objected are as follows boycott them at all costs!! : Dr Dre, Metallica and a few others that I can't remember for the moment.
About six months ago I was told when I logged onto Napster that I was banned from using their services because I had apparently breached some copyrights from the record company Telstar by downloading stuff from some of their artists... Now I want to say is how come these record companies have the nerve to tell us what we can and cannot do, for all they know I could be sharing the files with family or a friend. Now this is my copy of the record so why am I being told what I can and cannot do with it? I've never used Napster since obviously, now I stick with a much better alternative.....Aimster. Now I'm not saying that I just download and now buy any CD's, I've bought over 100 this year compared to about 20 or so last year so. Aimster is far from perfect but I won't go into detail here, to sum them up Napster sold us all out, if it was going to go down it should have with its head held high and we could have had a good memory of Napster which stood up for its beliefs but no. Napster SOLD ALL OF ITS USERS OUT, no if's, no but's, they sold out and now I'm apparently meant to be "sued" which is nothing but scaremongering on behalf of Telstar, and a running scared Napster saying yes to whatever is dictated upon them. All in all, file sharing is going to have a hard future ahead of it but it is the future. Whatever comes and goes is anyone's guess, but there certainly is the demand for it so the record companies are running scared and they know they're in trouble because we won't put up with their CD prices forever.
Napster has changed thoroughly within the last six months. In February 2001, you were able to download almost any full song in the entire world for no price. Now, the US goverment have prevented every popular artist's songs from being downloaded. I don't blame Napster though. Napster (when it's up & running) is a brilliant way to download songs, and I don't see why it should be stopped. At the moment, I use another device called Aimster (www.aimster.com) to download, then i store them onto Napster. Luckily, you can get most songs on that, but it is much slower and i prefer the way Napster's set out. Another good point about Napster is that you can talk to people on it. You can chat with about 50 people, or privatley to just 1. I'd recommend you get Napster and Aimster- despite Napster's ongoing problems.
I think napster was an amazing idea. Sure there are some that are equal or even better than napster now but, its the idea and the whole originality of the matter. The creator of napster was a student at school. SCHOOL yes school, there was no need for the guys in the white coats staying up all night in a lab. The idea happened and it worked. Now napster has been shut down, and for a good reason. Artists working on music and selling it rightly so, have thier music stolen. If I were making and selling music I would be very angry that people gave it away for free. It may seen I am in both For napster and against but hey theres always room for change. Napster may re-open for a price. To get napster just like a magazine every week you will have subscribe to it. In conclusion napster has a brilliant future and good luck to its creator. And this is very very short but not all things are dull and long
Napster was founded in may 1999 by Shawn Fanning. Napster is known as the leading file sharing program on the internet, if you asked somebody to tell you what napster was i am sure 75% could tell you. With over 50 million registered users Napster has been getting more and more popular over the last 2 years,more and more people signing up to it. The main reason i use napster is more as a try before you buy to see whether what i am about to purchase is worth the hard earned money i am about to spend on it. Why napster?that is what i am going to answer in the following paragraphs all the features of napster and i am going to tell you a little bit more about it! The program it's self: Napster is currently at V 2.0 beta 10.3. The napster program has got a simple to use layout with options all along the top these options being: -Home which will show you the home page to napster.com which tells you all the news about napster all about the napster service also new groups which napster are promoting. -Chat this gives you the option to chat with all the other users of the napster community with around 100 chat rooms and the option to create your own room this is a very popular part of napster. -My files this is where allthe mp3 files on your cpu are shown and the good thing about napster is the option to play songs throught the built in napster audio player. -Search this is where you find the songs that you wish to download, there is a little search box with options beside it to help you find the exact version you want of that song. -Hot List this is where you are able to add your buddies onto the list so you can chat to them whilst you download you fav songs. -Transfer this is where you track the progress of your incoming and outgoing songs. -Discover is the part of napster where they promote hot new talent which you may have never heard before give it a go there m
ay be the next stars there! -Help this is the last option to your right where you are able to search the FAQ send off for help the aim of this section is to make the napster experiance as easy and trouble free as possible. Napster is free so why not give it a go? So there you go a complete run down of the napster program. Currently napster is not at it's very best due to the copyright laws and certain artists setting up lawsuits against napster alought napster say they have a new service where it will cost a small fee but the downloads you get will be of a better quality and all songs will be available as they are working with the record labels.At it's optimum napster really is a superb piece of software well worth having if you are a keen music fan! **Recently Napster have said that they will be focusing on promoting smaller groups in there new system, as i hear more i shall tell you of any newsalso they have said that there new service will be availible very soon!!for uptodate news goto www.napster.com**
The pioneers of advertising and promotion have dawned upon the computering world, and the record companies are shutting them down. This is my opinion on the recent events that have partaken involving the computer firm Napster. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Napster I will provide with a brief outline of what it is. Napster Napster is a mass downloadable search engine that lets you find any song or band and download it. It works because of its users. Each user who signs up and uses the engine may download what they wish. They may also upload songs onto their computer and others may then download those songs from each other's database. Every user who downloads a song shares it with the rest of the network and each can share accordingly. Well that is how it works and here seems to lie the problem for those companies and persons who want them shut down. Napster is currently facing a mass legal battle to try and save it's little organisation. With over 45,000,000 users worldwide they have become quite popular. The bands and the companies are not pleased however that their adoring fans can listen to their music without them receiving a penny for it. This may seem logical to some of you however I can pose (as can many other napster fans) an argument that benefits the music companies. By downloading single tracks you can then become introduced to a new band without having to fork out the money for an album. This may attract you to the band and encourage you to then buy the album. It is a proven fact that since Napster was first introduced album sales have increased, and since it shut down?, you guessed it, a drop in CD sales. It seems to me that these big companies have not done their homework( tut,tut). Now I seem to have mainly commented on the legal battle facing Napster but let us not forget it's still in use. Although it is currently shut down a new filtering system will be introduced soon so t
hat you can't get some bands' songs. It seems to me that Napster can be used as a mass advertising agency. Me and some of my friends are sending our groups material to them which will then be readily available to all of those who have the programme. Napster has multiple purposes but is their mainly to spread music worldwide and give everyone the chance to listen to the music they like, shame the record companies don't share the same dream
I'm probably of the wrong generation to write an opinion on Napster but some how I felt compelled to do so. When my son first downloaded Napster, I was concerned because I thought he had downloaded something illegal and any minute we would be over-run with FBI or CIA agents. Well, perhaps not quite but I was a little concerned. I asked him to show me what all the fuss was about and when he did I really couldn't understand what the problem was. He wasn't downloading whole albums, just single tracks, some of which would be extremely difficult to obtain without this facility. I thought it was a brilliant idea but of course someone somewhere wouldn't be getting their pound of flesh so they were complaining. Greedy *******, I say. If only they were intelligent enough to realise sites like Napster could actually bring in more money than they believed they were losing. After a while, whenever I used the computer, either online or off, I would open up Napster and listen to a few of the tracks from the library my son had accummulated. If I'm honest, he has what I would call an acquired taste in music - well it could be a generation gap thing - whatever - but I found I actually liked the majority of the tracks I played. My taste in music is extremely wide from opera to country and all areas in between. However, whilst listening to the tracks on Napster, it widened even further. I discovered names like the Eels and Green Day and I really did like their music. Travelling home from work one day, I had the radio on in the car and a Green Day number came on and I recognised it as theirs. Not that I had heard it on Napster but I recognised their style. Now if a child of the '60's' can discover another style of music to appreciate, from Napster, what can it do for younger generations? What must it do for CD sales? It doesn't take a mathematical genius now does it? As for the illegal use
business, that's just a load of nonsense. More revenue is lost on a regular basis from the illegal copying of cd's, tapes, etc which we all know happens. How many of you have never copied a friends tape or cd? Well aren't you a rare breed? But for the more common mongrel music lover, how many of you after copying the tape or cd, have become fans of the artist and have bought their next album? Alright you can put your hands down now. So why have the big guns been out to shoot down Napster? I think that they should be paying Napster some sort of commission for the extra sales they obviously generate. They've put some sort of gagging agent or filtering system on Napster now but I hope it doesn't put an end to them all together. God forbid where else will I be able to secretly listen to Mr E's Beautiful Blues or Macy's Day Parade.
If any of you Napster users have recently tried to connect to the service, you will have noticed that you cannot connect until you download a new version of their software. Now you may expect that this new software comes with added features but in fact its main purpose is the addition of filtering rules that Napster have to include to comply with the US court rulings. I logged on at peak time to find only 45 users online. I was SHOCKED! The last time I had logged on, there were around 950,000 users online. "Did I find any songs?" I hear you ask? Nope not a single one! With 45 users to choose from, the chances were pretty rare to begin with. Unless users come up with an ingenious idea to overcome the filtering rules, it looks like Napster is dead and buried. I set out in search for a new file sharing program and that is where I found a saviour...Kazaa (Kazaa.com - see my forthcoming opinion on it). With Kazaa, it looks like Napster has a successor and an improved one at that! NAPSTER IS DEAD! LONG LIVE KAZAA! --Anand
Napster is a program which you download from napster.com, it gives you the ability to search for and download music from the databases of other napster users.Depending on the speed of your comupter an average song can be downloaded in 15/20 mins. This means other napster users can upload that song of you. Before the court injunction napster had almost every song you could ever think of, at the moment they have very few songs from major artists, which is why alternatives such as Morpheus are prefered. Having said that Napster still has songs from unsigned artists and unknown bands which are worth checking out. The best bit about Napster is not only can you share songs you can also add other users to your contacts list and view their songs or talk to them via messages....a few months ago i would have highly recomended this program but now i would say napster alternatives are better.
Bring back Napster! It's not just because I liked adding to my music collection this way but because I cannot see any reason for closing it down. It should be allowed to continue in full format. There is no compulsion to use it and anyone who collects songs and other audio files in this way should be entitled to continue doing so. Apart from the fact that it allows people to listen before they buy (just as they can in HMV or Virgin Megastore), it is a great way of finding rare or unusual pieces. I have lived in several different countries and listened to artists from each of these places. It is a little difficult in Kingston-Upon-Thames to find the latest Icelandic CDs without ordering them, paying a fortune and waiting ages for them to be delivered. Napster always provided me with the songs I was looking for. Likewise with other audio files. Jeff Foxworthy has to be my all-time favourite comedian and although when I was living in Texas and Louisiana it was easy to get hold of his material, it's a little more difficult here. However, thanks to Napster, I now have a handful of CDs of his shows. Now what is the difference between downloading the songs/comedy shows from Napster and a friend copying a CD for me and sending it in the post? You can buy blank tapes and recording CDs and the equipment to make copies perfectly legally. So why should Napster be labelled illegal? We constantly hear that the record companies and artists are concerned about the loss of revenue and the breach of copywright. This is just ridiculous. Do we hear writers and publishing houses up in arms about public libraries and photocopiers? These are sharing and copying instruments for printed words, just like Napster is a sharing and copying instrument for spoken/sung words. People share books when they join a library but as far as I know it hasn't led to the closure of bookstores. In fact, books are selling more than ever now. I
f people do stop buying CDs from music stores and continue to copy and share music, it is because CD prices are far too high and we no longer want to support such a scam.


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Attorney Marie in the news
Here are some of the recent family-law or legal articles that I authored or which quoted me:
Illinois State Bar Journal: Substituting a Judge as of Right. (August 2010). In this article I review when (and how) you can use your right to substitute the judge in your case.
Chicago Tribune: Finding Your Missing Piece. (March 28, 2010). The author analyzes what makes for long lasting relationships. After discussing successful relationships, she writes:
Hooray for the triumph of love, but, but, but … how can you be sure that it'll work forever?
Unfortunately, you can't, said divorce attorney Marie Fahnert. She said she has divorced plenty of once-great couples who grew apart, lost communication or lost trust.
But the good news: The qualities that "make for a good marriage are actually the same things that make for a good divorce," she said.
The other day, I read a momentarily comforting motto on the back of a beer can: "Clarity is overrated," it said.
Me: InFocus Magazine: Get Married Stay Married. (June 2010)(page 47) On its wedding issue, the magazine asks experts what makes marriage work. My advice: Maintain trust.

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An oldie but a goodie from Gallup
I don´t understand the characterisation of potential migrants to a country as "paying customers".
Regarding immigration to the US, even if you grant that immigrants on the average redound to the benefit of the country as a whole, which is a plausible assumption, it is undisputed that for the last several decades the net result of immigration to the US has been disastrous for native Afro-Americans, who have shown a greatly increased propensity to sinking incarceration.
Immigration policy to this country, like almost all government policies, is tightly controlled by a very small clique of plutocrats, and is designed to reduce wages, increase corporate profits and concentrate wealth in the top 1% of the income pyramid. See Bartels' Unequal Democracy, among others.
I think it is likely that the net welfare effects of immigration to the US for the last several decades has been negligible or negative, if the income distribution and environmental effects are taken into account.
Moreover, the presence of a large class of non-citizens who cannot vote dilutes the political power of the downtrodden masses to the benefit of the plutocracy.
The first paragraph of my tirade was truncated. The following words are missing at the end of the first paragraph, right before "incarceration":
"sinking incomes, unemployment and criminal behavior, and consequently increased"
Whatever the reality underlying these numbers (and leaving apart the willingness-to-pay issue, which is, I suspect, real–I suspect people would pay more for the chance to move to the US or the UK or Canada or France or Spain…than for the chance to move to (say) Croatia), this is fascinating. Ignoring the fact that people may have responded that they were interested in or willing to move to more than one country, it sure looks like the average income of the destination country remains a powerful attractor (as it is in virtually every study of actual immigration I have ever seen).
Paying or paid? If we have to resort to resource production for growth, each new immigrant is lowering per capita wealth.


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"Maybe I should quit the rat race and get a job tending bar on the beach in Mexico."
I hear variations on this fantasy all the time — especially from corporate refugees under 35. From a cramped cubicle in Corporate America, the life of a bartender can seem pretty sweet and carefree. Especially if you've just watched a late-night TBS screening of Tom Cruise in Cocktail.
And if you happen to be between jobs right now and looking to make a few bucks, you might be thinking that you could do worse than get paid to make cocktails.
This thought might have occurred to you while crying into your beer and watching your favorite barkeep work the crowd and pocket plenty of large bills and phone numbers.
At a hot club, you could earn $1,000 in a single night behind the bar.
So let's look at the realities of that bartending fantasy. Is it really possible for a corporate escapee to make a living behind the bar? Are you cut out for the bartending life?
I asked Rocco Romito, experienced bartender and founder of bartending job site Mybarlink.com, to share some expert advice for aspiring bartenders:
Pam: Is bartending a good way to make money during a recession?
Rocco: Bartending is a great way for someone to make extra cash during a recession. People normally drink more than usual during two types of situations in life. When you're celebrating something, there is almost always liquor involved.
Unfortunately (or fortunately for us bartenders) , people also drink excessively when they are depressed. Every night, there are people out there drowning their sorrows in cocktails after losing a job, leaving a relationship, or just having a bad day. I think we've all been in this boat at one time or another. The way our economy is right now, I'd say this is happening even more than in times past.
Pam: What kind of training/experience do you need to get a bartending job?
Rocco: A lot depends on where you want to work. There really is no minimum experience required to get a job as a bartender. You can go a long way with a great personality and people skills. read more…


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Organizational communication can flow in many different directions and can take on various ways of being communicated through formal or informal channels. To illustrate this further, Chapter One of your textbook discusses formal and informal channels of communication. Provide an example of formal communication and an example of informal communication. Which type of communication do your prefer in a work environment? Why?
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Chapter 1 Introduction to the Process of
Organizational Communication
Learning Objectives
What We Will Be Investigating:
• Examine the role of human communication in modern organizational life.
• Understand the ways in which effective communication encourages coordination and cooperation with others in organizational life.
• Examine the need for strategic organizational communication to achieve important organizational goals.
• Recognize the complex and fragile nature of human communication.
• Examine the evolutionary nature of organizing.
• Understand the hierarchical levels of organizational communication, building from intrapersonal to interpersonal to group to multigroup levels of interaction.
• Understand the hierarchy of power in organizations as displayed by the formal organizational chart.
• Recognize the differences between formal and informal communication in organizational life, as well as ways in which formal and informal communication systems influence one another.
• Examine strategic organizational communication competencies.
• Preview the topics covered in the following chapters in the book. Kre66464_01_ch01_p001-028.indd 1 11/3/11 2:40 PM CHAPTER 1 Introduction Chapter Outline
1.1 ommunication in Modern
Organizational Life
1.2 Organizations and Organizing
1.3 Hierarchical Levels of Organizing
Levels of Communication Approach
Power Approach 1.4 nterdependence and Synergy in
Organizational Life Communication
works for those who
work at it. 1.5 ormal and Informal Channels of
Organizational Communication
Formal Communication: Downward Communication
Formal Communication: Upward Communication
Formal Communication: Horizontal Communication
Informal Communication 1.6 trategic Communication Processes in
Modern Organizational Life —John Powell The Perceptive Organizational Communicator
The Relationally Competent Organizational Communicator
The Team-Building Organizational Communicator
The Culturally Sensitive Organizational Communicator
Strategic Leadership in Organizations
Strategic Use of Media and Technologies in Organizational Life
Strategic Organizational Development
Strategic External Organizational Communication Introduction
Human communication is the lifeblood of any organization. Indeed, the interactive social
process of communication is what enables organizational participants to elicit cooperation from others. Although eliciting cooperation from others is essential for accomplishing goals, such cooperation does not happen automatically. Each person has unique goals
and needs that drive his or her actions. Agreements about goals and needs must often
be negotiated. Strategic communication, communication that is carefully planned and
competently performed, enables such negotiations and is needed to encourage others to
cooperate with us. This book is designed to help you become a strategic organizational
communicator—an informed and aware organizational participant who communicates
intelligently, sensitively, and competently to accomplish important goals. 2 Kre66464_01_ch01_p001-028.indd 2 11/3/11 2:40 PM Section 1.1 Communication in Modern Organizational Life CHAPTER 1 1.1 Communication in Modern Organizational Life T o be successful in our interactions with others, we must provide clear and compelling information about what we want from them and why it is in their best interest to
cooperate with us. We depend on timely, accurate, and effective human communication to
accomplish just about all the challenging and important tasks we confront. In fact, it has
been observed that there is very little we can accomplish by ourselves in modern organizational life. We all depend on cooperation with others to accomplish our goals, and communication is the critical human process we use to promote such cooperation.
To illustrate the role of communication in eliciting cooperation in organizational life, imagine what might happen in a relatively simple situation in which a customer wants to buy a
book from a bookseller. How does communication facilitate this relatively straightforward
transaction for both the customer and the bookseller? The customer depends on her ability
to communicate to the bookseller which book she wants to purchase:
• The customer could request the book in person, using face-to-face interpersonal
• The customer could request the book by phone, using mediated interpersonal
• The customer could send a written book request to the bookseller, using mediated
written interpersonal communication.
• The customer could also request the book online, using computer-mediated
Yet requesting the book is only the first step in the transaction. Perhaps the customer isn't
sure exactly which book she wants to purchase. She might have to engage the bookseller
(or others) in conversation to identify the right book for her needs. Even if the customer
knows which book she wants, she will likely need to explain to the bookseller how she
wants to receive the book. The customer could pick up the book in person, have it sent
through the mail, or have it delivered by another shipping service. There are likely to be
several shipping options, with different delivery dates and costs, which may also have to
be discussed. Does the customer want the book wrapped in gift paper? Does she want it
shipped to an address other than her own?
The bookseller must also locate the book, determine how much it costs, arrange delivery,
collect payment from the customer, record the transaction, and provide change or at least
a receipt to the customer. The bookseller may have to order the book from a book distributor, arrange to have the book delivered to the store, and then inform the customer when
the book arrives at the store. Communication is likely to be involved in each of these steps
as well.
As you can see, even in this relatively simple transaction, effective communication is critical. A breakdown in communication at any step in this process will make it difficult, even
impossible, for the customer and the bookseller to accomplish their shared goals.
In more challenging organizational situations, such as negotiating a corporate merger,
communication is likely to be much more complex, fragile, and critical. Participants must
be skilled and sensitive communicators to elicit cooperation in challenging situations and 3 Kre66464_01_ch01_p001-028.indd 3 11/3/11 2:40 PM CHAPTER 1 Section 1.2 Organizations and Organizing to work through disparate (sometime diametrically opposed) positions, needs, and expectations to establish common ground and a shared framework for cooperation. Strategic
organizational communicators develop the ability to perceptively examine the communication demands of complex situations. Based on their analysis of the situation, they use
competent and adaptive communication skills to build cooperative communication relationships with the people with whom they work. This book (and the course it is being used in)
is designed to help you analyze the communication demands of complex and challenging
organizational situations and to develop strategic communication skills and competencies
to respond effectively.
Communication is a deceivingly complex and fragile human process. We often assume
incorrectly that communication is easy to do well. Although engaging in communication
is easy to do (all of us engage in communication all the time), it certainly is not easy to
communicate well. There are multiple opportunities in the process of communication for
misinterpretations of messages. Think about how often you have misinterpreted messages others have sent to you and how often you have been misinterpreted. In addition,
it is not always easy to get others to do what we want them to do. Establishing and
maintaining long-term satisfying interpersonal relationships can be a major challenge.
Yet as we've made clear, the organizing process depends on effective communication.
In this chapter and the chapters that follow, we will explore the unique communication
demands of organizational life and explore strategies for communicating effectively as an
organizational participant. 1.2 Organizations and Organizing W e all live in a complex and multifaceted organizational world, one in which we participate in a wide array of organizations: • We may be hired by work organizations, where we pursue jobs and build careers.
• We may enroll in educational organizations, where we study, learn, and earn academic degrees.
• We may belong to religious organizations, where we seek and share spiritual support and guidance.
• We may recreate in social organizations, where we socialize, unwind, and have fun
with friends.
• We may volunteer for service organizations, where we provide our time and efforts
to help others.
• We are most likely members of family organizations, where as fathers, mothers, sons,
daughters, and so on we provide mutual support and often help raise children.
We are likely to perform many different roles in these organizations, as workers, managers, students, teachers, congregation members, spiritual leaders, organizers, followers, and
so on. These roles often change over time, as new organizational needs arise and as our
organizational abilities evolve, demanding that we develop different skills and expertise.
Likewise, each role we perform demands a different set of communication competencies. 4 Kre66464_01_ch01_p001-028.indd 4 11/3/11 2:40 PM CHAPTER 1 Section 1.2 Organizations and Organizing As you will learn throughout this book, strategic
organizational communicators develop appropriate communication skills to effectively perform
their different roles and to adapt to new situations.
Organizations are not static. Organizations are constantly changing and evolving as the societies
in which they reside evolve (Weick, 1979). New
organizational needs, new workers, and new
products, services, regulations, technologies, and
customers constantly force and enable organizing
processes to evolve. Sometimes it appears that the
common notion we have of an established, solid,
and stable organization is merely a stereotype, a
convenient way to describe a one-point-in-time
view of ongoing organizational processes. The
truth is that the organization we see at one point
in time is likely not the same organization we see
at another point in time. Do you belong to any organizations?
How do you use communication skills
to effectively perform your role within
those organizations? Let's take an example. Although the bank you use
may seem the same every time you visit it, many
changes occur within the bank that you just don't
notice. There are likely to be new personnel working at the bank, due to the retirements
and relocation of older personnel. Bank policies change, interest rates change, and the
technologies that bank workers use are regularly updated. And in recent years we have
gone through a period of bank mergers and buyouts, which has dramatically changed
the nature of banking. Meanwhile, more banking activities are being handled online than
ever before, which is also changing the experience of banking. So, although you might
think of your local bank as a solid, permanent, and unchanging organizational entity, the
reality is that your bank is in the process of evolution, illustrating the process of organization as much as the state of organization.
The true nature of organizational life becomes especially clear when we view dramatic
changes such as bankruptcies, mergers, acquisitions, downsizing, leadership transitions,
and rapid expansions. As strategic organizational communicators, we must be especially
aware of the importance of monitoring changing organizational demands and developing new strategies for addressing these demands through adaptive communication. For
example, say you are the chief information officer (CIO) for an accounting firm, and you
need to make sure you are aware of new accounting regulations. Changes in the regulatory environment may mean that you must use new accounting processes and forms. You
may also need to adhere to new deadlines and formats for submitting financial information. In turn, you may have to purchase new computer equipment, install and update
new software, and hire and train personnel to meet the new demands. Changes like this
happen regularly in modern organizational life. Strategic organizational communicators
gather information to monitor ever-evolving organizational demands and to coordinate
with others to adapt processes to meet these demands. 5 Kre66464_01_ch01_p001-028.indd 5 11/3/11 2:40 PM CHAPTER 1 Section 1.3 Hierarchical Levels of Organizing 1.3 Hierarchical Levels of Organizing
There are two different ways to view the hierarchical nature of organizational life:
1. The first approach to organizational hierarchy is the levels of communication
approach. This hierarchy describes the encompassing communication roles that
organizational participants perform in organizing. In this book we will describe
the hierarchical levels of intrapersonal, interpersonal, group, multigroup, and
interorganizational communication as increasingly more complex levels of organizational communication (Kreps, 1990).
2. The second approach to organizational hierarchy is the power approach (Kreps,
1990). This hierarchy describes the successive levels of formal influence and
control that are dictated by the design of the organization. This formal design is
often illustrated through organizational charts. Figure 1.1 provides an example of
a typical organizational chart.
Both the levels-of-communication approach to hierarchy and the power approach to hierarchy perform important roles in organizational life. Let's look at both in more detail. Figure 1.1: Sample Organizational Chart
J. Smith Exec. Secretary Vice President
of Marketing
J. Gomez Public &
Department Vice President
of Sales
T. Lee Product &
Department Vice President
of Production
P. Connors Manager Manager Manager Manager K. Poole Manager Manager L. Jiminez
T. Washington Manager W. Allen
P. Lloyd Manager 6 Kre66464_01_ch01_p001-028.indd 6 11/3/11 2:40 PM CHAPTER 1 Section 1.3 Hierarchical Levels of Organizing Levels of Communication Approach
The levels of communication approach to organizational hierarchy may be best illustrated
from the bottom-up. The most basic communication activities of organizing often begin
with individual organizational actors who participate in the accomplishment of basic
organizational tasks through intrapersonal communication. Intrapersonal communication
occurs when communicators interact with themselves to make sense of organizational
demands. They do so by attending to and interpreting key messages while also developing strategies to communicate messages to others.
These individual organizational participants in turn use interpersonal communication
to establish relationships with other organizational participants to accomplish complex
organizational tasks. Interpersonal communication is interaction between two different
individuals who use communication to establish interpersonal relationships.
These relational partners often work
together in organizational work groups,
where they engage in group communication. In turn, these groups coordinate
activities with other work groups, using
multigroup or organizational communication, ultimately building to divisions,
organizations, and even interorganizational collaborations.
Each of the higher levels of organizational
communication are built upon the lower
levels. Intrapersonal communication is
What levels of communication are taking place
the foundation upon which interpersonal
in this photo?
communication is built. For individuals to
engage in interpersonal communication,
they each must be able to interpret messages into meanings and create messages from
meanings using intrapersonal communication. Group communication is composed of
multiple interpersonal communication relationships. Similarly, multigroup communication is built upon group interactions. Power Approach
The power approach to organizational hierarchy may be best described from the top-down.
Executives (presidents, chief executive officers, and board chairs) typically sit at the top
of the power hierarchy, as shown in Figure 1.1. These executives direct the activities of
upper management personnel (vice presidents, division heads, and others), who direct
the activities of middle management personnel (managers, supervisors, group leaders),
who in turn direct the activities of main-line workers and support personnel. Formal communication travels both vertically (downward and upward) and horizontally. We will discuss vertical and horizontal formal communication in more detail later in this chapter
when we examine channels of communication. 7 Kre66464_01_ch01_p001-028.indd 7 11/3/11 2:40 PM Section 1.4 Interdependence and Synergy In Organizational Life CHAPTER 1 1.4 Interdependence and Synergy In Organizational Life T he basic processes of organizing, in which communication is used to elicit cooperation and coordination, takes place at each of the multiple hierarchical organizational
levels. As noted above, it begins with the individual organizational participant (such as an
employee). It then moves up to work groups (departments), on to multigroup units (divisions), on to organizations, and even on to groups of connected organizations.
At the individual level, each organization member is responsible for accomplishing specific assigned tasks, such as delivering internal mail, maintaining equipment, keeping
employment records, selling products, and so forth. This necessitates that individuals
demonstrate personal organization and coordination with other organizational participants (such as coworkers, supervisors, customers, and others). These individual tasks are
connected to other individual tasks within the organization, combining to help accomplish organizational activities and goals. This connection between activities is referred to
as interdependence. The different organizing activities performed within organizations
are interdependent—they work together—and the individuals who perform these activities are mutually dependent on one another as well.
Even when you are driving your car, you engage in interdependence—you depend on
other drivers to follow traffic signals and to stop at stop signs and red lights. These other
drivers also depend on you to follow traffic signals. If either of you fail to follow the
rules of the road, you are likely to have an accident. Similarly, members of organizations
depend on one another to work cooperatively to accomplish important goals. Organizational units are also dependent on the interdependent performance of activities by other
organizational units. The more effectively these individuals and organizational units can
coordinate the performance of interdependent activities, the more efficient and productive
the organizing process becomes. High levels of coordination inevitably lead to enhanced
outcomes, a process referred to as organizational synergy.
Let's look a little more closely at interdependence and synergy. In any organization, individuals are typically situated within work groups such as departments, where they must
work in concert with other group members. To be effective, these interdependent organizational members must be able to coordinate their activities within these work groups.
Communication between these interdependent workers is clearly an essential part of
promoting coordinated activities. Different work groups (such as the production department, the shipping department, the accounting department, the sales department, the
quality control department, and so on) also must coordinate activities to achieve shared
organizational goals. For example, if members of the sales department solicit 1,000 new
orders for a company product, sales department personnel need to inform the production
department personnel about the new orders, so the production department can build at
least 1,000 products to deliver to customers. Members of the production department must
communicate with personnel in the shipping department to let them know these products
are ready to be delivered and where the products should be delivered. The accounting
department must be informed about these new sales so they can record the financial information. The better these interdependent departments are at sharing relevant information
and coordinating activities, the more effectively the organization will operate, exhibiting synergy. Each department depends on the communication and organizing activities 8 Kre66464_01_ch01_p001-028.indd 8 11/3/11 2:40 PM Section 1.5 Formal and Informal Channels of Organizational Communication CHAPTER 1 between interdependent individual workers, and the organization depends on effective
communication and organizing activities between interdependent departments.
To extend the issue of interdependence within hierarchies further, consider how interdependent work departments typically combine to compose larger divisions or even whole
organizations where organizing activities also must be coordinated. Active lines of communication between these units are essential to promoting needed coordination. These
divisions or organizations must communicate to share information with other interdependent divisions or organizations. The basic processes of communication to promote
coordination occur at each of the multiple hierarchical levels of organization. 1.5 Formal and Informal Channels of Organizational
Communication T here are numerous formal and informal patterns for organizational communication.
Formal patterns of organizational communication follow the power hierarchy within
organizations, whereas informal patterns of organizational communication do not necessarily follow along power hierarchy lines. Let's look at examples of both formal and
informal communication. Formal Communication: Downward Communication
The most common formal organizational communication pattern is downward communication.
Downward communication takes place when
organizational leaders communicate down the
power hierarchy to subordinate organizational
members. Downward communication is essential
in organizations to provide members with direction, information about the organization, and
evaluative feedback about their performance. Typically, such downward communication messages
carry job instructions, directives, and information
about organizational policies and procedures.
There are several problems associated with downward communication: Why is effective downward communication so important in organizations? 1. There are often too many downward
messages for organization members to
pay attention to, leading to information overload, which we'll discuss in more
detail later in this book.
2. Sometimes there are conflicting directives from different organizational leaders—
and even conflicting directives from the same leader—that place followers in a
double-bind. Which directive(s) should they follow? 9 Kre66464_01_ch01_p001-028.indd 9 11/3/11 2:40 PM Section 1.5 Formal and Informal Channels of Organizational Communication CHAPTER 1 3. Downward messages are not always clear, so workers are not sure exactly what
they are being directed to do or how they are supposed to accomplish the activities they are being directed to accomplish.
4. Workers sometimes interpret downward messages as being delivered in an alienating, insulting, or condescending way. Organizational leaders must take care to
communicate clearly and sensitively so that their directives are understood and
are likely to be accepted.
When misunderstanding of downward communication messages is likely, managers
should provide lower-level employees with the opportunity to get feedback and clarification. However, as we'll see next, in many organizations employees do not feel comfortable
questioning their managers, and managers do not solicit comments and questions from
their employees. Formal Communication: Upward Communication
Communication that travels up the power hierarchy is known as upward communication.
As noted, such communication and feedback is important for both workers and management. Upward communication enables workers to express their concerns and ideas, to
provide and ask for feedback, and to seek clarification from their managers. The opportunity to provide feedback to managers can relieve tension for workers, help them gain a
better understanding of what they are supposed to be doing, and help them understand
the importance of their role in the organization. Upward communication is also important
for managers as it allows managers to learn what their employees are thinking, what the
employees' experiences are, and when the employees are having problems.
Unfortunately, upward communication is often the least well-utilized formal channel of
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Presumed Guilty exposes shocking, never-before-revealed, exclusive information from the trial of the century and the verdict that shocked the nation.
When Caylee Anthony was reported missing in Orlando, Florida, in July 2008, the public spent the next three years following the investigation and the eventual trial of her mother, Casey Anthony. On July 5, 2011, the case that captured headlines worldwide exploded when, against all odds, defense attorney Jose Baez delivered one of the biggest legal upsets in American history: a not-guilty verdict.
In this tell-all, Baez shares secrets the defense knew but has not disclosed to anyone until now, and frankly reveals his experiences throughout the entire case - discovering the evidence, meeting Casey Anthony for the first time, being with George and Cindy Anthony day after day, leading defense strategy meetings, and spending weeks in the judge's chambers.
Presumed Guilty shows how Baez, a struggling, high school dropout, became one of the nation's most high-profile defense attorneys through his tireless efforts to seek justice for one of the country's most vilified murder suspects.
©2012 Jose Baez (P)2012 Audible, Inc.
Love a great book that stays with you long after you've finished it.
"Blah, blah, blah"
This author wants things both ways. One example, Casey pretended to go to work for two years taking Caylee to a pretend nanny keeping Caylee safe from possible molestation by Caylee's grandfather. Yet on the day Caylee was murdered Casey was on the computer leaving Caylee to be looked after by her (possible molesting) grandfather?!? Huh? So many incidents like this in the novel, frustrating to listen to these and the constant conspiracy theories. More to this story but this novel is much too biased. Would not recommend this one.
"Great review of evidence (or lack of)"
I loved this book and have read many on this topic. Definitely recommend whether you feel Casey is guilty or innocent.
Ask me no questions I will tell you no lies❤
"Baez or bias?"
Yes, I would have had a hard time reading it over listening.
When a man found the alleged corpse months before it was formally acknowledged.
I don't have a favorite scene, I think Jose did a great job of showing his side of the case. I suppose this is why he was hired;)
That Casey's parents were hiding something and to ths day I wonder why they were not more scrutinized.
Justice is not for the faint of heart, I am glad I have not had to play God in any such trial.
"Provides a different outlook."
I didn't read the printed version, but the performance was excellent.
I didn't have one
Her attorney, who wrote the book, brought out some incidents that sounded believable. You got a better understanding why the jurors found her not guilty.
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"Mouth clicks"
The narrator's mouth clicks between almost every sentence made me want to throw my phone out the window.
I enjoyed the story, but the boasting Baez made it difficult for me to take him seriously. The story stands on its own.
British ex-pat living in NC. Have more personalities than Sybil which is reflected in my choice of books! Frustrated writer at heart.
"Ego Before Justice"
Having just read 'Imperfect Justice' by one of the prosecuting team, Jeff Ashton, I just HAD to read something from the defense team. Have to say that this was so interesting. I think that in order to enjoy the content you have to try not to have a stroke in the process at the total injustice and try to listen how on earth a young woman literally got away with murder.
This book is filled with a lot of passive aggressive statements as it is more than obvious that the author has a huge inferiority complex and a badly hidden agenda. He had something to prove and THAT was why he put everything on the line in order to win. I do not think that even for one minute that he believed that his client was innocent.
Even with this in mind I thoroughly enjoyed this book. A really interesting read.
"Excellent, well written book."
I read the prosecutor's side of the story before reading this book, it's only fair that one hears both sides before making an educated assumption. I also watched the trial live when it was happening, and didn't think she was the monster the media tried to portrait. Sure she was guilty of something, but of what.
I'd recommend this book to everyone even if you are convinced she killed her daughter.
The details in this book of things we didn't hear or see will pose the question of "what if" even if you are convinced of her guilt.
"Unique perspective of Casey Anthony Case"
Prior to listening to this audiobook, I had my opinions about the Casey Anthony trial and believed them strongly. This book provides a unique perspective of the case and trial of Casey Anthony. Although biasly written by her lawyer, it provides a behind-the-scenes perspective that I feel helps to balance the public perception and more insight into how/why the jury could find her innocent. Very good read for fans of true crime, court battles, and the Casey Anthony Trial.
"Really touched by the story."
What a courageous. How sad that she ended up being a victim. Bless those that helped her and hopefully she's doing well. I see Caylee as being the best thing that has ever happened to Casey's. The only good thing in her life. I believe there was no way she would of ever hurt her angel. That was the only real true love in her life. Being a young mother with a difficult childhood my children are the best thing that ever happened to me. I feel for Casey losing her childhood and the loss of Casey's precious daughter.
"Outstanding book!"
Why do so many people say she killed her daughter? She absolutely did not and she was found not guilty!
"fascinating story"
brilliantly read and gave me a new found respect for defense lawyers.I highly recommend this audiobook as it was well worth the money and time
having listened to the prosecutions case first this blows it out of the water A+
"interesting when compared with Jeff Ashton s book."
having first listened to imperfect justice I decided I wanted to at least hear the other side of the story. interesting they discuss many of the same events and incidents but from opposing sides.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assured Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa that his government will spare no effort to ensure safe release of an abducted aid worker, Father Alexis Prem Kumar, in Afghanistan.
On June 4, Jayalalithaa had in a letter urged Modi to personally intervene and take up the matter with Afghanistan top brass to ensure the early release of Father Kumar, who was working with a Jesuit charity in the war-torn country.
Father Kumar was kidnapped earlier this month. Though three Taliban members have been arrested in this connection, no group has claimed responsibility for the abduction.
Modi had responded to Jayalalithaa's letter a day later, according to Tamil Nadu information department.
"I am deeply concerned by the abduction of Father Alexis Prem Kumar in Herat province of Afghanistan. I have been assured that the government of Afghanistan and authorities in Herat are taking every possible step to ensure his early release," the PM's letter said.
"Our ambassador in Kabul has been in regular touch with President's office and security agencies. My national security advisor has also spoken to his Afghan counterpart who has assured full and sustained efforts by the Afghan government to seek Father Alexis' release," the letter said.
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Tender grains of cooked rice mixed through a simple batter bring a comforting heartiness to colder weekends. (I just boil the rice in lots of water, then rinse it clean in cold water: 175g uncooked rice drains to about 400g once cooked.) Add soft fruit, such as pear or banana, for something sweet; or the punchier savoury flavour of pickled chillies and parsley. The crispness you get from the frying contrasts beautifully with the moist softness of the rice inside.
Pear and rice fritters with orange sugar
These are very good with vanilla ice cream or a little custard.
For the fritters
200g cooked rice
175ml warm milk
3 medium eggs
2 tsp fast-action yeast
300g plain flour
½ tsp salt
50g melted butter
100g caster sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract or anise seeds
1 tsp baking powder
700g semi-ripe pears
Sunflower or olive oil, for frying
Grappa (or Cointreau or Grand Marnier)
For the orange sugar
100g caster sugar
The finely grated zest of 1 orange
Mix the rice and warm milk, beat in the eggs, yeast, flour and salt, and leave for 30-60 minutes, so the yeast has a chance to bubble. Beat in the butter, sugar, vanilla and baking powder. Peel and core the pears, chop them roughly into smallish pieces, then stir through the mix. Leave at room temperature for about an hour, until risen by half and full of bubbles if you break through the surface with a spoon. At this point, you can chill it in the fridge for three to four hours, but don't beat it again because you want to keep the delicate, aerated texture.
To make the sugar, just rub the zest through the sugar.
Heat 3-4cm of oil in a deep pan, and test a spoonful of the batter to check the temperature's right – you want the fritters to cook to a golden brown and be set in the middle, flipping them gently halfway, in about two to three minutes. Keep the cooked fritters hot in the oven while you cook the remainder. Serve hot with a sprinkle of grappa and the orange sugar dredged over the top.
Pickled pepper pancakes
These are quite thick, and really good alongside grilled or roast meat as an alternative to spuds. Fry them at a coolish temperature and be generous with the oil, because they take time to cook through. If you're in a rush, have the oven hot and move the pancakes on to a tray to finish cooking there once flipped, to free up space in the pan. These pancakes freeze well, so you can make them ahead and heat from frozen in a hot oven. I use very mild pickled Basque chillies called guindilla, but the red Peppadew peppers in the supermarket would work just as well. If you can get only hot ones, use just enough to suit your taste.
2 medium eggs
100ml cold milk
25ml olive or sunflower oil, plus extra for frying
200g cooked cold rice
125g plain flour
2 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
125g pickled mild chillies, drained and chopped
1 handful chopped flat-leaf parsley
Beat the eggs with the milk, then stir in the oil and rice. Add the flour, baking powder and salt, beat well, then leave to sit somewhere cool for an hour or so.
Pour 0.5cm of oil into a frying pan, and get it hot enough to cook one side of a small spoonful of batter to golden brown in about a minute. Stir the chillies and parsley into the batter, spoon dollops into the hot oil spaced a few centimetres apart and cook until golden underneath and set around the edges. Carefully flip over and cook until done in the middle.


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Last week's Willits Farmers Market--the first indoor market of the year--filled the hall at the Little Lake Grange with vendors, customers looking for delicious and colorful fall produce--and diners, too.
The Thursday night Farmers Market is a great place to buy a quick dinner for your family, in many cases, a dinner prepared with produce and meats from local farmers.
Amanda Fairall of Fairall's Farm Fresh Eggs & Produce in Redwood Valley offered two styles of homemade lasagna last Thursday, fresh out of the oven in the Grange's certified commercial kitchen. The meat lasagna was made with Italian sausage from Redwood Valley's Inland Ranch Organics and beef from John Ford Ranch in Willits. The "gluten-free" lasagna used kale leaves instead of noodles, and both lasagnas had vegetables from Fairall's garden. "The sauce is made from this summer's tomatoes," Fairall said. "I made enough sauce to sell lasagna every other week throughout the winter farmers markets this year."
This Thursday, Fairall will offer macaroni & cheese, made with seven different cheeses and roasted pumpkin from Redwood Valley's C&A Organic Farm. Senerchia Bakers of Willits, "artisan Italian natural food bakers," also uses the Grange kitchen to offer hot sandwiches on Thursday nights, including pulled pork, Italian meatball or sausage sandwiches and vegetarian calzones.
Add a salad of organic lettuces with sweet fall carrots and maybe some grated beets, and dinner is complete.
Aqua Gardens Family Farm of Potter Valley is one of many vendors offering salad greens at the Willits Farmers Market, but their's has a twist: It's a "living bouquet" with a core of roots, grown aquaponically. If you keep the roots intact, tearing off lettuce as you need it, it stays fresh longer in the refrigerator.
ZaZa's Bakery of Willits has a table at the farmers market with items for dinner (tamales and burritos), lunch (ham and cheese and veggie croissants and bagel pizzas), and breakfast (chocolate croissants, blueberry muffins, and pecan sticky buns). Just to name a few. There's also plenty of desserts like fudge brownies, chocolate eclairs or rugelach, a Jewish rolled pastry.
Simone Ndoye of ZaZa's said the bakery created a special savory rugelach especially for the Skunk Train's annual Beer, Wine and Mushroom Train last weekend, with mushrooms, Asiago cheese and toasted walnuts.
"This is an exceptional market," Ndoye said of the Willits Farmers Market. "This is like a market you'd find in a big city, with high-quality food and produce. Eat here, eat local," she said.
Of course, many vendors are selling beautiful produce to take home and cook yourself. Bright orange carrots, red and pink beets, purple and white turnips, garlic, winter squash and winter greens were featured at many tables. There were cucumbers, Napa cabbage, apples, tomatillos, peppers, parsnips and potatoes.
A few summer items still graced the market last week: some summer squash and zucchini, one lone watermelon, and even some tomatoes. Market manager Michael Foley had a bowl of large cherry tomatoes labeled: "Chadwick cherries, a real local heirloom," which have come down from master biodynamic gardener Alan Chadwick, "maybe from his garden in Covelo," Foley said.
Those gearing up for early holiday shopping shouldn't forget the many handcrafted gift items made by local artisans available at the market each week.
Willits Farmers Market is indoors at the Little Lake Grange, 291 School Street, from 3 to 5:30 p.m. Check the Friends of the Willits Farmers Market Facebook page at www.facebook.com/willitsfm for more information.


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well christmas has come and gone and i got treats up the yoooyang in mystocking and my daddy bought me a new black doggie nascar car its squeaks also and i love it my mom gets down on the floor and moves her hand so slow towards it and trys to snag it from me but i have her number my paws are quicker then her hand hehe.
My mom is also feeling lotts better i loved having her home but i know she will be going back to work next week but i know the reasons she was home is because she was really really sick and she still coughs bigtime but no where as much as she did last week i love my mommie she is the best mommy in the world also you might want to go see my mommys blog at www.xanga.com/rodsgurl. momm you are the bestest mom in the world i love you love your four legged son mackiedootles.
mommy is feeling some what better and i want to thank whom ever gave me a rosette it was vewy vewy nice thank you is there a way i can find out i hope so love mackie and mewrry mewrry cwistmas to all woof woof. love mackie
my mommy had to stay home from work today cause the kind of work she does she works in a hospital and she cant make her patients sicker . any way my mommy did some christmas wrapping and some of her christmas cards im so proud of her but she coughs really bad at night im worried about my mommy even though i limp and i know shes worried about my limping but the dr checked me out and said it was arthritis and so im on glucosamine chews and pain meds so im doing just fine love mackie and may all who read this have a joyous and merry christmas love mackie.
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It is difficult to believe I am here. Looking back I have come so far. In this moment I want nothing, I take in breath and realize the world turns, the heart beats, breath is taken and the hand from around my chest is loosened. I am freer in this moment than I could have ever imagined. The land around me replenishes and alone I am safe. In my short life I have felt more hurt, more anguish and more humiliation than is cared to mention, my own life is a reflection of the disorder and ciaos created in it from birth. Tears are a commodity in my family. Mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, we are all taught to hide our emotions, its only natural, healthy, but who is there to teach if we are all alone.
I would never have expected many people to want to know about my life. My life may not shock you and indeed it is far from entertaining, but my life is more like your own than you may wish to agree. My name is Sister Mary Woodrow, if I ever meet you I would agree you may call me Sylvia. I aught not to be writing to you with out ever knowing your name, you may wish to write me back, please address my dear friend here whom I know will agree to pass your letters on, I hope you are polite and respectful. My story is one of a very real person and a very real life, one that I am more than very proud of in moments and ashamed just like the worlds we live in I am not perfect. You may think you know my ending as I sit in front a typed document rereading, noting my existence, however as in all adventures it is not in knowing how it ends but discovering along the way the true story which brings you there.
I look onto this world and see so much beauty. I look out into a room of beautiful people and I cry, I cry for you, I cry for the lives of your children, and most of all I cry for my own life. I am a nun, you look at me and you feel sympathy, sorry for a woman so old to never have felt a man to feel his touch or care for her desires. I am a virgin by practice of sexual intercourse. You feel badly but don't, we have yet to begin my last verse. It is true yet I have felt love.


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Hotel Reytan
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With a stay at Hotel Reytan, you'll be centrally located in Warsaw, convenient to Belweder Palace and Lazienki Park. This hotel is close to Royal Castle and Old Town Square.
Stay in one of 89 guestrooms featuring LCD televisions. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as desks and coffee/tea makers.
Make use of convenient amenities such as complimentary wireless Internet access, gift shops/newsstands, and a television in a common area.
Buffet breakfasts are available for a fee.
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Featured amenities include a computer station, a 24-hour front desk, and multilingual staff. Event facilities at this hotel consist of a conference center and meeting rooms. Self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.
Hotel Facilities
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- Total number of rooms - 89
- Free WiFi
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- Television in common areas
- Number of meeting rooms - 3
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
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- Number of floors - 4
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- Children 3 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding.
- Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.
The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- Fee for buffet breakfast: PLN 39 per person (approximately)
- Self parking fee: PLN 45 per night
- Pet fee: PLN 40 per pet, per night
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
Renovations and Closures
The property will be renovating from 17 November 2016 to 10 February 2017 (completion date subject to change). The following areas are affected:
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Delaware Park: Trainer's syringes had active ingredient in Cialis
The substances found in the Delaware Park barn of Donald Roberson that led to the trainer receiving a two-year suspension were compounded drugs, one of which contained the active ingredient in Cialis and the other containing a drug that may have been used in an attempt to increase a horse's stamina, according to drug-testing officials and chemists.
The substances were found in loaded syringes when Roberson's barn at Delaware Park was searched July 13. One of the substances was labeled "GTO Accelerator," and the other was labeled "SK360." Manufacturers of compounded veterinary products often give their products quirky names and many times do not list the ingredients.
After being forwarded to the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium, the substances were sent to the HFL Sports Science Lab in Lexington, Ky., for analysis. The substance labeled "GTO Accelerator" contained dichloroacetic acid, according to the RMTC, while the substance labeled "SK360" contained tadalafil, which is marketed under the trade name Cialis to improve blood flow in humans and induce erections.
A number of online marketers advertise tadalafil pills and similar drugs for horses, including Cialis's competitor, Viagra. The class of drugs are known as PDE5 inhibitors. It is unlikely that the drugs have any effect on racehorses, officials say, but they are illegal to administer, regardless of their efficacy.
"Some PDE5-type inhibitors have been researched for their potential to decrease lung capillary pressure in horses and thereby possibly decrease the likelihood of bleeding into the lungs," said Dr. Dionne Benson, the executive director of the RMTC, in a statement. "These substances are sometimes administered on race day as adjunct bleeder medications. The research has shown, however, that the dose required to produce an effect cannot be maintained."
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Dichloroacetic acid "would act similarly to bicarbonate treatment but would not be detectable using a test for TCO2 or bicarbonate," said Dr. Rick Sams, the head of the HFL lab, also in a statement. "It would likely be used on race day to increase stamina and speed in the horse."
Roberson was banned from Delaware Park four days after the search and was later suspended for two years by the Delaware Park stewards. The Delaware Thoroughbred Racing Commission on Wednesday upheld the suspension.
The analysis of the samples was performed under a new program implemented by the RMTC to rapidly test drugs that are seized on backstretches or from trainers or veterinarians. The program has tested a handful of substances over the past 12 months, with the vast majority sold by compounders or Internet marketers and having no efficacy.
funny how they say these concoctions don't have any effect on horses yet they have no testing to prove what they say they simply extrapolate the amount that affects humans and try to imagine how much more would be needed for a horse. But the facts are that trainers spend a lot of money on these and I doubt they would for no reason further anecdotal proof comes from the statistics of trainers before and after they are caught using these drugs usually they win at around 36 to 40 % before and about 8% after. a very famous vet involved with many commented in a publication that only minute amounts are need to dope a racehorse much smaller doses than in humans even though the horse is much bigger. When clenbuterol was brought to the states and to the racetrack it too was for humans and had a much stronger effect on horses.so much so that it became immensely popular and it worked wonders until it was regulated.
Horse racing needs a USADA. Start with big tracks CD, SA, BEL, DELMAR, KEE, SAR.
Cialis--because you never know when the time is right to cash a bet.
3 for 24, this will be on myth busters next week
I say ban every horse the trainer has for the same amount of time the trainer is suspended, the owner will help clean this up. They would be losing money.
If they start banning these guys for life, maybe we could some changes. Sixty days.? They have an assistant take over and the trainer is still in charge. There will always be some new substance, and a sleazy trainer willing to try it.
The racing game stinks. Take everything except lasix and ban it. No vitamin injections, no nothing.
This reminds me... What about the numerous winstrol positives at Delaware Park???
wait a second....is this guy related to kenneth pinyan?
nice to see how the drf keeps shining the light on these corrupt &*#@% trainers!! the question now is, when will the people get it that its NOT a game of INTEGRITY anymore and start thinking about saving some of their hard earned money and fix their houses up or buy a new car. at the very least, they will have something tangible to show for their money.