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This has been floating around the web for a few years.
snopes.com: Cindy Williams Military Pay Criticism
This is a discussion on Too much pay.... within the Law Enforcement, Military & Homeland Security Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; I just got this in an e-mail and just had to spread it on the table....... Subject: Military Pay >> >> This is an Airman's ...
I just got this in an e-mail and just had to spread it on the table.......
Subject: Military Pay
>> This is an Airman's response to Cindy Williams' editorial piece in the
>> Washington Times about MILITARY PAY, it should be printed in all
>> newspapers
>> across America .
>> On Nov. 12, Ms Cindy Williams (from Laverne and Shirley TV show) wrote a
>> piece for the Washington Times, denouncing the pay raise(s) coming
>> service
>> members' way this year -- citing that the stated 13% wage increase was
>> more
>> than they deserve.
>> A young airman from Hill AFB responds to her article below
>> He ought to get a bonus for this..
>> "Ms Williams:
>> I just had the pleasure of reading your column, "Our GIs earn enough" and
>> am a bit confused. Frankly, I'm wondering where this vaunted overpayment
>> is
>> going, because as far as I can tell, it disappears every month between
>> (The Defense Finance and Accounting Service)and my bank account.
>> Checking my latest earnings statement I see that I make $1,117.80 before
>> taxes. After taxes, I take home $874.20. When I run that through the
>> calculator, I come up with an annual salary of $13,413.60 before taxes,
>> and
>> $10,490.40, after.
>> I work in the Air Force Network Control Center where I am part of the
>> team
>> responsible for a 5,000 host computer network I am involved with
>> infrastructure segments, specifically with Cisco Systems equipment. A
>> quick
>> check under jobs for Network Technicians in the Washington , D.C. area
>> reveals a position in my career field, requiring three
>> years experience with my job. Amazingly, this job does NOT pay $13,413.60
>> a
>> year. No, this job is being offered at $70,000 to $80,000 per annum.
>> I'm sure you can draw the obvious conclusions. Given the tenor of your
>> column, I would assume that you NEVER had the
>> pleasure of serving your country in her armed forces. Before you take it
>> upon yourself to once more castigate congressional and DOD leadership
>> for
>> attempting to get the families in the military's lowest pay brackets off
>> of
>> WIC and food stamps, I suggest that you join a group of deploying
>> soldiers
>> headed for AFGHANISTAN ; I leave the choice of
>> service branch up to you.
>> Whatever choice you make, though, opt for the SIX month rotation: it will
>> guarantee you the longest possible time away from your family and
>> friends,
>> thus giving you full "deployment experience". As your group prepares to
>> board the plane, make sure to note the spouses and children who are
>> saying
>> good-bye to their loved ones. Also take care to note that several
>> families
>> are still unsure of how they'll be able to make ends meet while the
>> primary
>> breadwinner is gone
>> Obviously they've been squandering the "vast" piles of cash the
>> government
>> has been giving them.
>> Try to deploy over a major holiday; Christmas and Thanksgiving are
>> perennial
>> favorites. And when you're actually over there, sitting in a foxhole,
>> shivering against the cold desert night; and the flight sergeant tells
>> you
>> that there aren't enough people on shift to relieve you for chow,
>> remember
>> this: trade whatever MRE (meal-ready- to-eat) you manage to get for the
>> tuna
>> noodle casserole or cheese tortellini, and add Tabasco to everything.
>> This
>> gives some flavor. Talk to your loved ones as often as you are
>> permitted;
>> it won't nearly be long enough or often enough, but take what you can get
>> and be thankful for it. You may have picked up on the fact that I
>> disagree
>> with most of the points you present in your opened piece.
>> But, tomorrow from KABUL , I will defend to the death your right to say
>> it.
>> You see, I am an American fighting man, a guarantor of your First
>> Amendment
>> rights and every other right you cherish. On a daily basis, my brother
>> and
>> sister soldiers worldwide ensure that you and people like you can thumb
>> your
>> collective nose at us, all on a salary that is nothing short of pitiful
>> and
>> under conditions that would make most
>> people cringe. We hemorrhage our best and brightest into the private
>> sector
>> because we can't offer the stability and pay of civilian companies.
>> And you, Ms. Williams, have the gall to say that we make more than we
>> deserve? Rubbish!
>> A1C Michael Bragg Hill AFB AFNCC
In God we trust all others pay cash
This has been floating around the web for a few years.
snopes.com: Cindy Williams Military Pay Criticism
False or not it is still well said.
It is amazing how the Hollywood liberals "know" so much about something they have never experienced.
When I joined up in 1979 my basic pay was $419 a month. It looks like it hasn't gone up much in 30 years.
When I enlisted in December 1966, my pay was so low that I actually felt poor.
Les Baer 45
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N.R.A. Patron Life Member
False or not it needs to be spread as the intent is the same. Thank God for some of the Hollywood people like Gary Sinise and others like him who get it and support our troops.
"Don't hit a man if you can possibly avoid it; but if you do hit him, put him to sleep." - Theodore Roosevelt
It doesn't need to be spread because it's being attributed to someone who didn't say it.
And it has been spread for the past 8 yrs.
Spreading a false story does not lend any credibility nor help to the cause.
How can something false possibly be well said? And yes, our military folks apparently do get paid enough. If they didn't, there would be a shortage. This is basic economics.
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How long have we watered the Tree of Deceit with the blood of patriots?
Only the attribution is incorrect. Apparently another "Cindy Williams" wrote the original piece and the airman's response is accurate.
Bryan A Dreyer
Sgt USMC/US Army
In addition even the original version has been morphed thru the past 7+ years depending on who is spreading it.
Stick with facts and you'll get more support. Spread one lie and you'll lose any support, or hope of support.
There are two distinct and opposite views which one can hold on the issue of pay (and benefits) for service members.
1) It is generally too little and inadequate.
2) We have had participants in this forum who would take the position that Uncle shouldn't pay a dime more than is absolutely necessary to recruit--enlistment being a free choice in a free labor market. No one is forcing anyone and if they can do better, then by all means.
I am inclined to the first of these two views, that We need to do better by our service members. But then, I await the howls from those who don't want to pay their taxes.
Now that I think about it, the fact that they are enslaving (involuntarily extending) some would lead one to believe that they aren't paying them enough to stay.
At the risk of extreme unpopularity, I would take the view that Uncle Sam shouldn't pay them a dime, period. Let the market provide defense.
The Ethics of Liberty
The Survival Podcast
How long have we watered the Tree of Deceit with the blood of patriots?
Wow...PT Barnum was right!!
Last edited by bandit383; April 3rd, 2009 at 11:21 PM.
By pay alone, they don't make enough...
With their benefits added in... It really is a toss-up.
If I had the bennies the military has, even making as little as I do, I would be very well off...
There is no adequate compensation for the sort of outrage that was in the news a week or two ago where the military demanded a woman report for duty though she had already been discharged, and then refused to cancel the order because there was no one to take care of the kids. The attitude that "they own you" for years on end is ridiculous and needs legislative overhaul.
"Stop loss" and "reserve" issues secretly buried within the enlistment contracts are an outrage. No one can be adequately compensated for putting up with that stuff.
If it weren't for the fact that this is all done by Uncle, by the military,
it would be thoroughly repudiated by the courts as abusive conduct bordering on slavery.
Folks in the military give up too much, and don't get enough in return, and they get too many broken promises as well.
Some just don't want to pay the taxes needed to do it right.
I'm always amazed by the "faux patriotism" of the "hawks" who from the other side of their mouth pass legislation like the stuff that keeps military members and their families from suing for medical mistakes made by military physicians---but then proclaim that they support the military man. Yeah, really.
We can do better by our service members.


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Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas
First, the things St. Vincent goes through in this book are quite enough to redeem anyone. Second, this book and the previous one have precisely one thing St. Vincent did wrong unless you count the talk of his debauchery. We never see him doing that, we never see him doing anything bad
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Evie realizes that he must be desperate for an heiress so she goes to him and proposes. From that moment every little thing he does (even the ones he does reluctantly in the beginning) is considerate and wonderful. If you remove what occasionally comes out of his mouth, he may even be perfect.
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When Evie Jenner arrives at Viscount Sebastian St. Vincent's home late one night and suggests to the notorious rake that they elope, Sebastian isn't immediately interested. He's never paid much attention to the stammering, red-headed wallflower but the promise of her large inheritance is enough to sway him. Evie has no illusions about the man she's chosen but will take marriage with him to escape her vicious extended family who serve as her guardians. But as Sebastian and Evie spend more time together, they discover there may be more to their marriage than just convenience.
The third novel in the Wallflowers series is just as enjoyable as the previous entries. Combining the conventions of "marriage of convenience turns into love match" as well as "innocent woman is the only one who can reform a rake," the plot isn't surprising but it does its job very well. There was less of the other Wallflowers in this novel than the previous two but the women still managed a few hijinks anyways. Recommended if you like this kind of thing.
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Evie has a warm heart and quiet strenth and definitely comes into her own. However, her rapid transition from shy wallflower to self-confident wife is difficult to accept. Regardless, Sebastian and Evie's relationship is sweet and touching.
The suspense plots are alright but neither is fully developed or sufficiently gripping. Evie's darstardly relatives are dispatched too neatly and the villain at the club is too predictable and his motive annoyingly obvious.
The brief cameo appearances by the other wallflowers were disappointing in their brevity but Cam Rohan's character more than made up for it. His tryst with Daisy, however, is quite misleading as her hero is someone completely different.
All in all, very entertaining read and I look forward to Daisy's story.
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Easily the shyest Wallflower, Evangeline Jenner stands to become the wealthiest, once her inheritance comes due. Because she must first escape the clutches of her unscrupulous relatives, Evie has approached the rake Viscount St. Vincent with a most outrageous proposition: marriage!
Sebastian's reputation is so dangerous that thirty seconds alone with him will ruin any maiden's good name. Still, this bewitching chit appeared, unchaperoned, on his doorstep to offer her hand. Certainly an aristocrat with a fine eye for beauty could do far worse.
But Evie's proposal comes with a condition: no lovemaking after their wedding night. She will never become just another of the dashing libertine's callously discarded broken hearts -- which means Sebastian will simply have to work harder at his seductions...or perhaps surrender his own heart for the very first time in the name of true love.
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Desperate to escape the clutches of her greedy relatives, heiress Evangeline Jenner makes a deal with Viscount St. Vincent to exchange her fortune for a marriage of convenience, only to discover the true nature of passion in his arms.
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A man's been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a woman was stabbed in her neck, back and abdomen.
The 45-year-old man was detained last night at a house in Newland Road, Leamington Spa.
Police had been called just before 6pm and found a woman in her 30s with the injuries. She was taken to hospital and is in a critical but stable condition.
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Warwickshire Pride: Sat 20th Aug (Pump Room Gardens, Royal Leamington Spa)
Diversity will be celebrated this weekend at Warwickshire Pride in Leamington Spa.
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Nov 8, 2011 at 1:42 pm #1281707
My hiking partner and I try to do one long (1-3 week) trip per summer together. I am in Seattle and he is in Phoenix. We thru hiked the JMT in 2011 and had the best trip ever!
We are still trying to come up with our summer 2012 trip. We are strongly leaning towards the Winds (with the Wonderland and Tahoe Rim trails in consideration). Problem, both of us are totally unfamiliar with the area and could use some advise.
We would like some suggestions on a loop trip, somewhere between 75-125 miles. 7-10 days. We are both very strong hikers, base weights in the lower teens able to do 15-20 mile days but prefer 12-15. He loves to fish so that is always a plus. But we are looking for big country and tons of scenery.
Any thoughts would help big time!
KrisNov 8, 2011 at 3:11 pm #1799851
Jeffs ElevenBPL Member
@woodenwizardLocale: NePo
I did the Wonderland in 8 days (7 hiking days) We didn't do any side hikes or anything and I think that was a mistake.
So the Wonderland is short… take your time and do some side trails if you decide on itNov 8, 2011 at 5:11 pm #1799880
Mary DBPL Member
@hikinggrannyLocale: Gateway to Columbia River Gorge
The Highline Trail is, as I recall (too lazy to look it up) 70-some miles long between Big Sandy Openings and Green River Lakes. If you take some side trips (mandatory, IMHO) such as to Cirque of the Towers, Golden Lakes, Titcomb Basin, it will be longer, at least 100. There is a shuttle service through the Great Outdoors Shop in Pinedale. There are a zillion lakes and it's a fisherman's paradise!
IMHO, the best current book on the Winds is Nancy Pallister's "Beyond Trails in the Wind River Mountains." Many of the best parts of the Winds are off-trail. While some require climbing gear and considerable skills, many are relatively easy if you have experience in off-trail route finding. Nancy's book combines on and off-trail trips and, of course, you can combine several if that is your desire.
IMHO, the Winds have the most spectacular mountain scenery anywhere (and I've been a lot of places!).
Edited later: If you're looking for "big country and tons of scenery," the Winds are THE place!
Coming from low altitude (especially Seattle), you should start at Green River Lakes (north end) which gives you a chance to acclimatize–you'll start at 8,000 feet and don't gain much elevation the first day, vs. starting at 9,300 and going up to 10,500 the first day from Big Sandy.
You'll want the large scale maps from either Earthwalk Press (which I detest) or Beartooth Mountain Press (with which I'm not familiar) for planning, and 7.5 minute topo maps for any sections where you plan to go off-trail. If you get the optional CD with Nancy Pallister's book (well worth it; the photos will have you drooling), you can print the relevant maps from it.
There are a number of trip reports on this site including the one mentioned in the next post here.Nov 8, 2011 at 6:56 pm #1799906
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@mtmnmarkLocale: IOWAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
Hi Kris Ive done six trips in the northern and central area of the winds so I know enough about the area to get lost. Do you have a map of the area yet if so Id be glad to talk you through a route. Also look up under trip reports Andrew Wolffs 9 days solo in the winds the routes he took would be tough to beat for big country veiws and the off trail routes should be easy to follow.He did a very detailed report with some great pics. Good luckNov 12, 2011 at 11:34 am #1801082
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Thanks for the mention Mark. Kris, like you I try and get in one big trip a year. I thru'd the JMT this September and while it was spectacular it certainly was not better than the Winds which I did the year before – Trip Report here:
I don't think you'll be dissappointed with any trip you plan there. I recommend that you first order the Beartooth Mountain Press map. It is 1:100 000 scale and provides an excellent and easy to read (unlike Earthwalk Press) overview of the area. It would be adequate for an on-trail trip but if you decide to go off-trail I would order custom USGS Quads for the areas you will need. I highly recommend that you go off trail some!! Nancy Palisters book is excellent for this and you can find plenty of easier or harder off-trail segments in there to work into your trip. The Wall Lake route for instance is very easy and not to be missed I think.Nov 13, 2011 at 6:38 pm #1801451
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@jenhifiveLocale: Norcal
Hey Kris, my name's Jen. I met you this summer on the jmt. Just wanted to say hi and I'm glad to see you're still hiking after your feet turned into "hamburger meat".Nov 14, 2011 at 4:53 pm #1801766
Thanks Andrew! I def plan to do some cross country travel on this trip. I appreciate your help as well as a great TR.Nov 14, 2011 at 4:55 pm #1801767
Hey Jen! Good to hear from you. How was the rest of your trip last summer? My feet ended up fine with time and we completed in 16 days. Time of our lives!
Thanks again for letting me use your phone!Nov 16, 2011 at 11:22 am #1802428
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@tunaboy999Locale: Mid Atlantic
I mostly concur with the recommendation of the Winds.
However, the mosquitoes are so bad in July through late August that they can really wreck an entire trip.
I went to the San Juans in Colorado this past August instead and saw nary a mosquito.
In early sept, I would definitely choose the Winds.Nov 16, 2011 at 12:35 pm #1802459
Mary DBPL Member
@hikinggrannyLocale: Gateway to Columbia River Gorge
I haven't found the mosquitoes to be bad in the Winds after the first week in August the years I have been there. However, 2011, because of the late snow melt, was unusual all over most of the west. Normally the mosquitoes are worst during the 2 weeks after snow melt. Unfortunately, the snow melt (and therefore mosquito) season lasted into September this year! The San Juans didn't get as much snow last winter as regions farther north–their snowpack was about normal instead of way above.
Camping well away from streams, lakes and boggy areas helps, too. Up on a knoll the breeze usually blows the bugs away. Places like the upper Green River valley, though, there's no getting away from the bugs.Nov 22, 2011 at 8:18 pm #1804622
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@hikerduaneLocale: Extreme northern Sierra Nevada
I've been bping in the Tahoe area since the early mid-70's. I would take the Winds over the TRT, just from where the TRT goes. I visited the Winds a year ago in August and want to go back, such a long drive from CA in a day though.
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The beargirl stared at the dog, this strange dog who had spoken in the tongue of the humans while still retaining its dog's shape. It was hurt, she could see, but she did not know what to do.
"Why do you wish the mages? They have bad magic. They turn me-bear-into human," she told it. The dog rested its head on the ground and let loose a faint sigh.
"I must warn them. There is...much afoot that they must know..."
The beargirl ventured closer, emboldened; this creature did not seem dangerous, and the wound had weakened it. She knelt and touched its flank; the dog flinched, and closed its bright green eyes.
"Please. Mages..."
Irresolute, the beargirl stood and regarded the dog. It was urgent that she return to her den, and find the boy; if he had fled, then her plans would be ruined. But she could not let this strange creature die. She would feel...guilt.
This was a another new thing. When she was herself, purely herself, she had not felt this strange, hot emotion that gnawed at her insides and would not let her find peace. She sought a way to appease both her wishes. The boy was a mage; if she took the dog to the boy, then she could perhaps check on him and also please the dog? Perhaps the boy could also stop death. The beargirl smiled to herself, pleased with this, and stooped to pick up the dog. She could not carry it in her mouth as she would a cub, and it was awkward to carry as she had carried the mage-boy, across her arms; in the end she slung the creature over her shoulder, and scampered away into the moonlit woods.
Her den was waiting for her, unchanged, but in the darkness she could not tell if the boy remained in his prison. She laid the dog on the grass and stepped closer.
"Boy," she called. "Boy. Awake?"
Her nose twitched, but this human organ was useless and she could not smell him. She went closer, peered inside-roared with anger.
"Boy gone! Boy gone!" she screamed, stamping her foot as though she were a child denied a toy. She swung round and pointed at the dog.
"You know where boy gone to?" she demanded. The dog opened one green eye.
"I smell him," it croaked. "I will show you..."
The beargirl smiled.
"Good dog-creature," she crooned, and picked it up, cradling it as though it were a baby. Dark blood stained her hands from the arrow-wound; it looked as though it festered already. The beargirl wrinkled her nose; soon she would have to get help for the dog, or guilt would eat at her until she knew no peace even as a bear.
Padding swiftly through the forest, following the dog's whispered directions, the beargirl thought about what she would do to the boy when she found him. She would not kill him. That would render him useless. But she would not be kind. She wished only to return to her true shape, and it seemed he did not wish this for her, which was intolerable. So she would not be kind.
But just as she thought this, she saw someone she hated even more than the boy.
"BEAR KILLER!" she shrieked, and rushed towards him, only the dog in her arms preventing her from tearing him apart on the spot. The woman with the shining hair had lied! The hated Bear Killer still lived!


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"He has hurt that knee before, his first year here, and had an operation on it," Tuberville points out. "He was relieved and we were all relieved that he got a break."
Ramsey, a newcomer from Madison, Miss., is part of an impressive group of freshmen linemen. "Chaz is coming along well," says offensive line coach Hugh Nall, who calls the first-year Tiger a smart player.
Ramsey says he has a lot to learn at the position, but notes he did play some center in high school. "In 10th grade I started at center," he tells Inside the Auburn Tigers. "Then in all-star games I played center. I just have to get used to the speed of the game.
"There are a lot more calls and blitz coverages you have got to pick up, but I think I did all right for the most part," Ramsey adds.
Tuberville says that when Bosley returns, Ramsey will return to right guard. "That (playing Ramsey at center) just gives us another option," the coach notes.
Also on the offensive line, the musical chairs continued at right tackle where freshman Lee Ziemba worked with the first team after losing the spot for a day to junior Antwoin Daniels.
Lee Ziemba prepares to block fellow freshman Michael McNeil.
"Ziemba looked good (Sunday)," Tuberville says. "He graded a little better so we moved him back to first team. That is going to change daily. He got speed rushed a few times today so his grade could go down off this film and be back with the second group tomorrow. That is going to be a daily changing ordeal. Daniels is getting a lot better so we are getting a little closer to the rotation."
Right tackle Andrew McCain, who has been out of action with a concussion, returned to practice on Monday. However, he lined up at left tackle in the practice.
The Tigers finished the night with field goal kicking and freshmen Wes Byrum and Graham Sutter had good nights while Ross Gornall and Zach Kutch weren't as sharp. Byrum made his field goals with plenty of room to spare from 32, 28, 41 and 45 yards out. Sutter, a walk-on, was 3-3 with makes from 32, 41 and 45.
"I felt like I really stroked the ball really well tonight," says Byrum, who had several field goals that would have been good from 60 yards out.
Tailback Ben Tate runs the ball with linebacker Tray Blackmon in pursuit.
In other news from Monday night's practice.
*Senior offensive guard Leon Hart, who injured an ankle in Saturday's scrimmage, is not expected to practice until early next week.
*Punter Ryan Shoemaker, who is recovering from a groin pull, worked out on Monday but did not punt. He is expected to punt again on Tuesday.
*Quarterback Brandon Cox was sharp throwing the ball.
*Another, Steven Enmsinger, saw limited action returning from a shoulder injury in Saturday's scrimmage. Freshman QB Kodi Burns got extra reps with Blake Field getting limited snaps in the 11 on 11 work.
*The Tigers worked on kickoff coverage with Eddie Gran directing the drill.
*Linebacker Bo Harris, who has what Tuberville says is a "stinger" in his shoulder, was held out of practice. "He will do all of the walk-through stuff, but he will be fine," the coach says.
*Fullback Carl Stewart ran on the side, but did not practice. Tuberville says he is more concerned about getting the fifth-year senior fully recovered from a hamstring injury than getting him back to practice this week. "We need to get him 100 percent for the long haul," Tuberville says.
*Linebacker Merrill Johnson was held out of practice due to sore knee.
*There is still no word on whether signee Nick Fairley will be an academic qualifier.
*Redshirt freshman wide receiver Alex Rose was not at practice. Tuberville says it was an excused absence for personal reasons.
*The Tigers are scheduled to have one practice at 6 p.m. on Tuesday.


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Imira: Just what we needed... Not.
Sorry people. I would write now, but I ahve to go. So I'm saving this chapter for Imira.
Basically what will happen is that her and (I think) Xavior are trying to keep control of the fledglingy vamps but it's not easy because two people have nearly bled to death and one's been beheaded. And then as if that's not hard enough the leaders of the Council turn up. Not good for anyone.
Sorry! Sapphire and Imira


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Civil Sociality
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März 2008
BeschreibungA volume in Education Policy in Practice: Critical Cultural Studies
Series Editors Bradley A. U. Levinson, and Margaret Sutton, Indiana University
Sally Anderson's book on sport, cultural policy, and "civil sociality" in Denmark has been a long
time in coming, but it's well worth the wait. Based on many years of familiarity with Danish society,
and countless hours of intensive fieldwork, Dr. Anderson provides us with a unique anthropological
perspective on the process by which state cultural policy actively engages civil society in a
quest to shape social relations in the public sphere. The particular domain of policy and social
activity is nonschool, voluntary sport, in its various forms. By definition, of course, such activity
takes place outside the regular Danish school curriculum, but it is not for this reason any less
"educational." Indeed, although it is very broadly attended and institutionalized, perhaps because
Danish after-school sport is not compulsory, it is all the more compelling for children and youth,
and therefore more powerful in certain ways. Indeed, Dr. Anderson has a signal talent for showing
us how afterschool sport in Denmark both transmits and produces social knowledge, and powerfully
shapes social relations.
InhaltsverzeichnisAcknowledgments; Series Editor Foreword; Preface; Introduction: Tying on Ends; 1. Ludic Fields; 2. Organizing Sports; 3. Incorporating Children; 4. Loose Children; 5. Age Mates and Sport Mates; 6. Room for Everybody; Conclusion: A Civilizing Moment; Bibliography; Index.
Pressestimmen"In this beautifully written and engaging ethnography, Anderson uncovers children's active engagement of civil society in Danish sports associations. The book insightfully captures the complex interweaving of macro level social policies and goals and adults and children's "performances" in generating civil society at the micro level. Anderson provides a major contribution to the timely topic of children and civil society. William A. Corsaro, Indiana University"
Untertitel: Children, Sport, and Cultural Policy in Denmark (PB). 49:B&W 6. 14 x 9. 21 in or 234 x 156 mm (Royal 8vo) Perfect Bound on White w/Gloss Lam. Sprache: Englisch.
Verlag: Information Age Publishing
Erscheinungsdatum: März 2008
Seitenanzahl: 264 Seiten
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The controllers of the BBC's radio stations were summoned to a breakfast meeting with Mark Thompson, their director-general, at Broadcasting House on Friday morning. When the ptisseries and coffee were finished, the mood became suitably sober. After all, there is not much to look publicly jubilant about. Many of the BBC staff wandering the corridors of Portland Place and White City feel both betrayed and fearful. But, in private at least, several senior executives admit that they are heartened by the nature of the proposed changes.
Some believe the estimated 2,900 redundancies, coupled with the impending sale of a selection of the corporation's commercial arms, are a welcome prelude to large-scale reinvestment in the BBC's 'core business': that is, the commissioning and broadcasting of programmes that are not available elsewhere.
'There is a real need for change and for someone who is prepared to deliver it,' said one high-ranking manager. 'We can't afford to be hung up about being flavour of the month all the time.'
This kind of upbeat response represents far from the whole picture. In fact, the wildly varying levels of enthusiasm and dismay with which Thompson's announcements were met last week are a reflection of the confusion still raging at the heart of the BBC since the departure of Greg Dyke. While some commissioning editors suspect Thompson of going too far to please government in the run-up to charter renewal, others are equally convinced the director-general has balked at the final hurdle and is quietly backtracking on his advertised plans to redesign the entire shape of the BBC.
'It might sound a bit tasteless to those people who are waiting to find out about their jobs,' said one senior producer in factual programming this weekend, 'but if you want to compete with the changes that are about to happen in the marketplace you are going to need to do a lot more than simply sell off bits of your technical and support divisions and tinker with budgets.' This producer supports his argument by pointing out that, while his own department had been threatened with the rumoured loss of 600 jobs, the figure is actually going to be closer to 400. 'It will be incredibly painful, and it will affect us a lot, but it is hard to see how it will make any real financial difference to how fit and agile we are in the digital age,' he added.
A former commissioning editor of documentary programming is also concerned that the planned creation of a BBC 'war chest' to protect the quality of future programmes could quickly be eaten up by a series of heavy investments in new areas of technology, a few of which will inevitably fall flat on their face. 'We have to just hope that Mark Thompson knows more about the way broadcasting is going to develop than anyone else does,' she said.
Clearly, the rank-and-file BBC staff are the most alarmed by the 15 per cent cuts to output budgets about to be applied across the board; cuts that will also see 2,400 staff sold off to the independent sector from BBC Broadcast and from parts of BBC Resources. Many are already planning exit strategies, if only to avoid being forced to move to Manchester. Children's BBC and the acclaimed CBeebies channel will be heading up the M1, along with Radio Five Live and BBC Sport.
'Quite a few people will try to get jobs in independent productions while they are still in London,' said a senior sports reporter. 'Whether or not they do eventually move us all up north, it will be a case of belt and braces. People will find a backup route while they are still near enough to make the contacts.'
Daisy Goodwin, the editorial director of Talkback Productions, underlined last week that she and her colleagues in the independent sector will be only too happy to pick up disillusioned, or sacked, BBC talent. 'They can have more fun and much more money,' she said. 'The BBC's loss is our gain.'
The danger is that the corporation will also lose popular presenters such as Victoria Derbyshire of Five Live. It may even mislay some of the star faces in news broadcasting if their working environments are not protected. While news and current affairs will stay in London, the service is to be stripped of around 350 posts and morale is already low.
BBC commissioning executives on the arts side of the corporation are generally more optimistic. The swing away from lifestyle television, which could be seen as merely cyclical, is perceived as a good sign by those who hope to reinstate higher-brow content on BBC2.
The series editor of one high-profile strand, for example, let out a private cheer last week for the new regime. He believes Thompson heralds a fresh era in which controllers will not be scared to schedule programmes with 'intelligent content'.
The moves are also popular with rival programme-makers, who applaud the new emphasis on commissioning from independents. This 'win dow of creative competition' will open up 25 per cent of commissions to outsiders.
There is some caution, though, about Thompson's plan to shave a further 15 per cent an hour from the cost of each commissioned programme, whether internal or from an independent. 'I'd like to know how the BBC is going to do that,' Peter Bazalgette, Endemol's chief executive, told the industry's Broadcast magazine last week. 'It is true that programme-making has got cheaper in the past 10 years, but the BBC is in a commercial marketplace.'
There are other competitors in the broadcasting market who are more overtly suspicious about what the BBC is doing to ensure its coffers are well stocked for the changes to come. Companies providing complementary services that compete with the BBC's own, such as subtitling and sign-language provision for deaf viewers, argue the corporation is about to capitalise unfairly on a business advantage it has built up with the help of licence-fee income.
When BBC Broadcast recently tendered for a five- year contract to provide Channel 4's subtitling needs, its success had an immediate impact on the previous provider, Intelfax. The firm went to the wall while the BBC was able to pitch for work at what was rumoured to be below market value.
Questioning the Intelfax affair in the House of Lords last month, the Conservative spokeswoman for culture, media and sport, Baroness Buscombe, said it was 'time to review the BBC's fair trading commitment'. Now that BBC Broadcast is to be sold off, after making a £7 million profit last year, the corporation will neatly sidestep the issue of whether it has abused its position as the dominant player in British television. When BBC Broadcast is eventually bought - possibly by French electronics firm Thomson for a figure of around £100 million - its British rivals are likely to complain that the licence fee payer has created a commercial monster.
At base, the common assumption among most critics of Thompson is that he has attempted to court favour with government at the expense of the morale of his own corporation. But there are counter-hints that not even the politicians in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport are pleased with his announcement.
A former minister strongly suggested this weekend that the proposed cuts are viewed with horror. There is a sense among the higher ranks of government that an unpopular Thompson might be damagingly associated with New Labour.