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Music from the Mersey | The story of pop music in Liverpool
Paul McCartney and John Lennon from The Beatles recording for 'Saturday Club' in December 1963.
The Beatles speak candidly about their future prospects.
Can the Beatles achieve a lasting career in show business?
Fans and friends of The Beatles recall the band's early days.
Brian Epstein talks about managing The Beatles, Cilla Black and other artists.
'We want the Beatles!' scream fans in New York.
The Fab Four are back in the UK.
Brian Matthew interviews The Beatles on their return from the United States.
Beatles manager Brian Epstein speaks about his life.
David Frost invites Paul McCartney for a chat.
Record producer George Martin reveals his favourite Beatles track.
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How urban regeneration tore the heart out of the Singing City.
Bernard Falk reports from a disappointing first annual Mersey Beat convention.
Liverpool's first king of rock discusses his career.
The Cavern Club's DJ lifts the lid on The Beatles.
Gerry Marsden talks about finding fame and fortune with The Pacemakers.
A personal tour of Liverpool in the late 1970s.
Liverpool poet Roger McGough talks poetry, pop, religion and scaffolding.
Mersey Beat is dead: so says Liverpool's new generation of musicians.
Pete Wylie selects his favourite records for Kid Jensen.
Frankie Goes to Hollywood singer Holly Johnson picks some favourite tracks
A tour of the UK's musical hubs begins with Liverpool.
How did a small backstreet jazz club become the most famous music venue in the world?
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Tape creations to land at festival
AVON — It is the silver, or not, sticky, and smooth, sometimes fashionable, sometimes practical, fix-it-all wonder — duct tape.
And hundreds of rolls of the sticky stuff will be unrolled this weekend at the fourth annual Avon Heritage Duct Tape Festival at Veteran's Memorial Park, 37001 Detroit Road.
Hosted in the self-proclaimed "Duct Tape Capital" of the world and home of Duck brand duct tape, the three-day event celebrates duct tape, its enthusiasts and its wacky uses.
It promises to be a duct tape extravaganza, with 500 rolls of duct tape given away to the first 500 festivalgoers each day.
The Duct Tape Festival parade will begin its march from Avon Village School, 36600 Detroit Road, to Avon Middle School, 3075 Stoney Ridge Road, at 10 a.m. Saturday.
The parade features 60 organizations, including three bands and 22 floats — created with duct tape, of course.
Organized by an independent committee of five Avon community members, the duct tape festival began four years ago when Avon residents were looking for sponsors to hold a citywide festival. Henkel Consumer Adhesives, the marketer of Duck brand duct tape, stepped up, and along with traditional festival favorites such as rides, food, games and vendors, there's a vast amount of duct tape creations.
"Every year they have gotten better and better," Henkel spokeswoman Patti Sack said. "It is just amazing how everyone gets it. People understand the whole creation with duct tape."
There will be five Henkel tents, including duct tape fashions from around the world. Partnering with Virginia Marti College of Art and Design for a second year, students created 21 garments from duct tape, representing 21 different countries from all corners of the world.
"The pieces that Virginia Marti has created are phenomenal," Sack said.
A craft tent will allow festivalgoers to construct duct tape frames, wallets, jewelry, flowers and more from a choice of 20 colors under the instruction of duct tape sculptor Todd Scott.
Another tent features the Duck brand Duct Tape Saves the Day promotion, challenging clever duct tapers to tell their most unique and wacky duct tape solution stories for a chance to win $5,000.
"Festival goers can share with us how duct tape saved their day," Sack said.
The festival will feature a multimedia laser light and fireworks show presented by Laser Image Productions and Premier Pyrotechnics Inc. Friday at dark. Choreographed to catchy tunes, the 20-minute high-tech laser graphic, laser beam and pyrotechnic show will be the first presentation of its kind in the Cleveland area.
For directions and more information, visit www.avonducktapefestival.com.
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Friday — 4 to 11 p.m.
4 p.m. — New Community Band
4 p.m. – Joy Unspeakable - The Living Statue
5:30 p.m. — Paul Pope and Phil James
7:30 p.m. — The Roadhouse Band
9 p.m. — Multi-media laser light and fireworks production
Saturday — 11 a.m. to midnight
10 a.m. — Parade
Noon — Magic of Steven Knight
12:30 p.m. — Shameless
2:45 p.m. — Magic of Steven Knight
3:30 p.m. — SofaKings
5:30 p.m. — Billy Sullivan
7:30 p.m. — Laredo
Sunday — Noon to 6 p.m.
Noon — Triple Dog
2:30 p.m. — Abbey Road (Beatles Tribute)
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Virginia Marti College of Art and Design student created this duct tape dragon for the 2005 Avon Heritage Duct Tape Festival.

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It's a little early to start talking about "Best of 2012" yet, but I know that when we get around to it, two titles are definitely going to be on my list: thatgamecompany's existential wandering game Journey, and Polytron's retro-styled brain-squeezer Fez. I say this knowing that while I played both of these games and enjoyed them immensely, I see no reason to ever play them again.
After talking to a lot of people about thatgamecompany's latest game, Journey, I've discovered that I lucked into the most poetic version of that game possible when I played it. The nature of Journey — that you and your random multiplayer partners are equally aware of what's going on — means that the more people play it, the less fun it gets for everyone else. Basically, too many people are in the joke now, and new players are far less likely to share in my experience than they are to have some golden-robed veteran take them by the nose and show them where everything is.
In this way, Journey had something of an expiration date on it. It's best when neither you nor your partner(s) know what anything is, and the game can draw you in with its strange and explorable world. Unfortunately, as people have written articles and discussed it on podcasts, they have given away its tricks like dishonorable Victorian-era magicians, and the people playing Journey now are likely in it to snatch up a few loose Trophies.
Fez is similar. It's a puzzle game in which the enjoyment (or frustration, depending on what you're into) comes from approaching its weirdo glyph language and series of baffling rooms from a place of total ignorance. Could I have the same experience on a new playthrough as I did on my first? Of course not; I've cracked those codes.
Barring a very specific kind of amnesia that I'm pretty sure doesn't exist, the only real reason to replay a puzzle game is if the story is any good. That's why I've gone back to Portal and the Monkey Island series, but Fez just doesn't hold that kind of appeal for me. It has a charming aesthetic, sure, and its world is mysterious and engaging, but its plot is basically 2001: A Space Odyssey with way fewer ape-men. I liked Fez because of its secrets and the satisfaction I got from unlocking them, and also because I think it's pretty cute when Gomez (the hero) jumps into the air when he finds a new Mystery Cube.
Our first experience with a game is crucial to how we feel about playing it, but what does it mean if that first experience is the only "real" one we can have? Does the impossibility of reliving that first playthrough take away from the game as a whole? In these two cases, I don't think it does; my first playthroughs were so memorable that I don't really need any more than those. This is a really weird way to design a game, to be sure, but it also makes for some truly unique experiences. Isn't that why we play them, anyway?


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I am divorced with 3 children. In my divorce papers I am ordered to pay 500 a month. I have been paying but I injured my back and have been out of work. I got behind about 8 grand, I've just started back working and don't have the money to pay back child support. But I have been sending my 500. My ex wife is now saying she Is going to take me to court and I don't know what will happen to me?
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a better pizza, everyday
Each morning, Jon Goldsmith walks the four blocks from home to Spacca Napoli. As he greets the day, he greets the dough. A certified pizzaiuolo, Jon embraces being part of the guild, the lifelong process of training for an artisan who lives in service of making pizza. A communicator and facilitator, food and community are at the heart of his work. Regular travels to Italy allow him to serve as a translator of his experiences abroad, and he brings that deep knowledge and passion to every dish.
the art of soul
Ginny Sykes, Jon's partner in life and food, works from her studio upstairs. Her hand can be seen in the art and soul of the restaurant. Beyond her own works, she believes Spacca Napoli is a place to show and support art and culture. Lithographs and crafts, furniture and material culture, Spacca Napoli brings the spirit of Italy into everything they do—people, relationships and an Italian-infused cultural exchange to Chicago.
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Together, they've built Spacca Napoli on the power of being open to experiences, the serendipity of asking a question, the belief that a restaurant must be about more than food. After first visiting Italy on their honeymoon, Jon and Ginny returned with their young daughter Sarah for an artist's residency. Ginny spent her days painting while Jon cared for Sarah, shopping in the markets and becoming immersed in the generosity, hospitality and simplicity of La Dolce Vita. Their love affair with Italy—the culture, food and way of life, blossomed. It wasn't until a serendipitous flight to Italy and a longing to return again and again that the idea for a Naples-inspired pizza restaurant was born.
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Mourinho: No struggle to keep Courtois
Jose Mourinho has once more shut down questions about the future of goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois despite reports that both his temporary club Atletico Madrid and rivals Real Madrid are interested in purchasing the Belgium international.
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The 21-year-old has been on loan with the Spanish club since 2011 and in January declared his desire for a quick decision over whether he will be returning to Stamford Bridge to battle for Petr Cech's No.1 jersey, or else be allowed to leave the London club.
However, the Blues' Portuguese coach has stated that the player still has two years left on his current deal, and no assurances will be given over the keeper's long-term future.
"No -- we don't struggle to keep [Courtois]," Mourinho said. "He has two more years of contract.
"I don't need to give assurances to any player. A player that has a contract with Chelsea, has a contract with Chelsea.
"If anyone wants him we have to know. The problem is when you want a player and they belong to another club. It's easy to say we have no problems.
"We have a structure that does that every weekend and passes all the information they can pass. Not just in England but abroad. Everything that happens with them are our interest.
"Even things with the medical department. We're in control of the situation. I prefer to give them independence. They have to play for another club. At the end of the season we'll make decisions."
Courtois has been in superb form for La Liga title chasers Atletico this season, and starred as they beat AC Milan 1-0 at the San Siro on Wednesday in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie.
Atleti goalscorer Diego Costa praised the young shot-stopper's display, saying: "Courtois is one of the best goalkeepers in the world and he knows it. With a keeper like him, we feel more secure."
Courtois' father recently declared he expects Chelsea to decide Cech's fate before deciding on his son's future, while Mourinho ruled out a swap deal last month involving the keeper and Madrid striker Costa.
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Larry Craig: Dumb, dumber or dumbest?
The real issue in the case of the State of Minnesota v. Larry Craig is not whether Craig committed disorderly conduct in the restroom of an airport in June or whether he pleaded guilty to it in August.
The real issue is whether senators are too dumb to be allowed to go into restrooms when unaccompanied by attorneys.
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Sen. Craig (R-Idaho) has been in public office since 1975 and has served on the Senate Judiciary Committee, where he had to vote on the fitness of people to become federal judges.
Yet Craig's lawyers filed a motion this week saying that Craig doesn't understand anything when it comes to the law, even when it is spelled out in plain English.
Up until recently, when people thought of Craig at all, they probably thought of him as a bombastic guy who was always railing against gay marriage, gays in the military and extending civil rights to gays in the workplace.
Then, on June 11, Craig was caught in a police sex sting operation in a men's room at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Craig was arrested, charged, pleaded guilty and was then fined, given a suspended jail sentence and put on probation.
But his lawyers now say he is guilty of nothing except "panic," "intense anxiety" and "fear."
In their motion to withdraw Craig's guilty plea, they argue that "Sen. Craig is not a lawyer and, like any other non-lawyer, should not be expected to understand the intricacies of constitutional law."
Yeah, like it takes a real Perry Mason to figure out that when you are arrested you go find a lawyer.
I would understand it if Craig, afraid and embarrassed at being caught in a sex sting, had panicked and immediately pleaded guilty after being charged.
But that is not what happened. Craig did not enter his plea — by mail — until 51 days after he was arrested.
Which gave him almost two months to get unpanicky. And almost two months to find a lawyer.
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Inconsistencies between signs and flashing beacons near Westwood Middle School have caught the attention of John Freeman.
Inconsistencies between signs and flashing beacons near Westwood Middle School have caught the attention of John Freeman.
"There's a disconnect between the flashing yellow lights and posted school zone times," Freeman said in an email. "In the confusion ... some cars creep at 20 mph because of the times posted, but others zoom by because the yellow lights are not flashing. When is 20 mph enforced — during the many posted time segments, or only when the yellow flashing lights are on?"
Inconsistencies between the signs and the beacons stem from the changes in school start and dismissal times from year to year and the failure to update the signs.
Phil Mann, city of Gainesville traffic operations manager, said state statutes regulate the timing of the flashing beacons.
They start 30 minutes before the start of school or the start of a school breakfast program. They go off 15 minutes after the start of school. At the end of school, the beacons start flashing 15 minutes before dismissal and run 30 minutes.
Two schools -- Westwood and Littlewood Elementary -- are in the area of Northwest 16th Avenue/34th Street and they different start and end times.
"Littlewood...starts at 7:45 a.m.. and the breakfast program starts at 7:15 a.m. Therefore, the school flashing beacon starts at 6:45 a.m. (1/2 hour before breakfast) and ends at 8 a.m. (15 minutes after school starts)," Mann said. "Westwood ... starts at 9:10 a.m. and the breakfast program starts at 8:40 a.m. Therefore, the school flashing beacon starts at 8:10 a.m. (1/2 hour before the breakfast program starts) and ends at 9:25 a.m. (15 minutes after school starts)."
Mann added he is getting with the appropriate agencies to update the times on the signs.
Now for the money question — will drivers be ticketed for speeding during the posted school zone times if the beacons are not flashing?
No, said Gainesville Police Sgt. Joe Raulerson, who heads GPD's traffic unit.
"We only write citations in those school zones when the beacons are flashing or in any school zone when beacons are present," Raulerson said in an email.


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Reflex XTR transmitter OFF! No Interface Response
Hi' Can anyone help with this?
I've installed the Reflex XTR software. It plays the installed model videos just fine. When I hook up the interface i get either "Turn on Transmitter or Reflex interface is not responding". In their support section under "USB inerface" they say that if you have a MS Sidewinder Joystick (which i do, I use it on several of my favorite flight simulations) you need to do some sort of a fix download which they have on their website. My question is has anyone done this fix and more importantly will it cause problems with my sidewinder joystick or the other flight programs that I have. Thanks Rich
Hi Rich, there seems to be a LOT of people having trouble with the interface.
I just purchased XTR and have never gotten past the "turn on your transmitter" step. After looking around here, as well as RunRyder and the Reflex forums (which both are very good forums) it appears that this is a well known and very common problem. If I had known about this in advance I would have tried to wait awhile until they get the bugs worked out.
It seems they are having problems getting the interfaces to work with all the different kinds of radios. My spare transmitter is a HiTec Focus 4 that works fine with an FMS interface but the XTR interface can't tell it's there.
The main advice you'll find on the forums is to pull the plug out of the tx and work it back in slowly and repeat as many times as necessary to make the connection. Some people report having to try 20 to 100 times to get it to work. I must have tried hundreds of times before giving up and contacting MRC for help.
Another solution is to open up the connector that plugs into the tx and unsolder and reverse the wires. I don't feel soldering should be needed on a $190 sim.
The USB dongle I got with my XTR has a black shrink wrap sleeve over it. Does anybody else have one like that? Most I've seen have a blue plastic case?
Another factor is the lack of support. I tried to contact the dealer I bought it from HeliHobbies.com and they have so far refused to answer my emails. So not wanting to return it to Germany I contacted MRC and they told me to send in the USB adapter and they would send me a new one after they receive my old one. So now that I've had it a couple of days I'm now looking at an unknown time before I can actually try it. So far it's been nine days and it's not here yet.
reflex xtr ON OFF Problem
I received my reflex xtr last week from hobby warehouse. I use a hitec flash 5X. When I plugged into the usb my pc showed that it recognised a human interface. I had no problem using the sim............................and then, it quit working and all I get now is the sign saying to turn on the tx. I think I know what is happening, at least with mine.
The plug going into my tx is good as is the wire with the phone plug on the end. The purple plastic usb/phone connector with the electronics and circuit board inside is bad. I think the cause is plugging and unplugging the usb connector. I say that because mine is a bit loose where the male shinny plug is housed by the plastic case and it worked to begin with. I must have plugged and unplugged it a dozen times into the usb port on the front of my computer. I think they have big problem on their hands. I'll call hobby wharehouse tomorrow and see if I can get a new plugama thing. I'll report back with my findings. I plan to buy a new one and have it shipped quick. If it is the bad plug ,I'll send them back the bad one for refund.
Thanks Willie, mine recognized the USB interface too, both using the Reflex driver and the Win XP driver, that was no problem. Just the transmitter never gets recognized.
Here's three of the emails I recieved from MRC at email@example.com
1st: "I am sorry for the inconvenience if you could tell me what your usb adapter looks like I could help you better. We have received new adapters from the manufacturer that addresses this issue."
>> I replied that mine was covered in black heat shrink.
2nd: Please send me in your usb adapter and I will get you out the updated one as soon as I get yours in.
>> I asked if they needed the cable or just the USB adapter.
3rd: Just your USB adapter you can hold on to your cable.
More info on the problem on these forums:
Reflex XTR transmitter OFF! No Interface Response
Thanks for you responses. I think that the fix is on the Reflex Support site. If you go to Support> USB> USB Interface they say that If you have a Microsoft Sidewinder Joystick or Thrustmaster Joystick installed you need to download a software fix from Reflex to make Reflex XTR recognize the transmitter and USB interface.
My Question Is, will downloading this fix affect how my MS Sidewinder Joystick and the 3 Flight Simulators that I use with it operate. I am not willing to sacrifice these programs just for Reflex XTR? Thanks for any help.
I tried the Reflex "fix", it didn't make any difference. My other sims still work fine. MSFS 2004, MSCFS Pacific, FMS and G2 all function perfectly.
I totally agree that removing all other joysticks and USB devices like my printer, scanner and camera is not a workable solution. If Reflex cannot work with other programs it is not ready for the market.
I called Model Rectifier Corp. this morning and talked to Mike. He said to send in the usb interface. Now that I think of it , he didn't say he was going to send me another one. I hate being on hold with something like this.
I do like the sim and am learning to fly helicopters.
Reflex XTR transmitter OFF! No Interface Response
Hi Basketcase,
Thanks for the reply. I'd like to ask a few more questions if I could. I just want to make absolutely sure on these items before I either try the software fix or send this thing back.
1. You did download the Reflex XTR software Fix for Sidewinder and Thrustmaster joystick users in the Support>USB>USb Joysticks section?
2. What type of joystick are you using and does it still work the same as it did. None of the programmable buttons got changed? No problems with your programs?
3. The Reflex Software Fix made no difference at all, you still get the same "turn transmitter on, interface is not responding" error messages?
4. Did you try any of the interface cord to TX jack connections recommended? Such as reversing the connections or using the 3pole stereo plug that Reflex had in their Support>Transmitter section?
Thank you very much for taking time to help out!
Hi Rich, I wish I had some good news but I'm still waiting for my new interface to arrive.
1. I did download and try the ReflexHIDInstGB file. My computer recognizes the USB adapter either way, with the Reflex HID driver or without, with just the Win XP drivers. Didn't make any difference with the "Turn on Transmitter" window.
2. My joystick is a Logitech Wingman Extreme. Even though it's not a Sidewinder or Thrustmaster I was trying eveything I could find on the Reflex site.
3. Yes, same old message.
4. Nope, didn't try switching the connections or anything. I don't think that should be necessary for something in this price range. The tx I'm trying to use is an old HiTec Focus 4 that works perfectly with the FMS interface I've been using for three years.
By plugging - unplugging - replugging the connector into the back of the transmitter I actually did get it to work maybe two times, but that was out of many hundreds of tries. And as soon as I thought I had it, and turned it off to see if it would start again it's right back to the same old Turn on Your Transmitter. I have no idea how the plugging in can affect it but it's certainly not repeatable or reliable.
Maybe I'm being hardheaded about this but when I pay that much for something I expect it to work as advertised. Soldering and changing plugs is unacceptable.
My other transmitter is a Futaba 9C and has a small square plug instead of the round plug so I couldn't try it with Reflex to see if that made any difference. At least not without buying another adapter cord, and I don't want to use my good tx for the computer anyway. I've been thru that before and always end up with a dead battery when I want to go flying.
Does anybody know if the adapter cords are available anyplace here in the US? Or do they need to be ordered from Germany?
I think the best bet is to call or write to Mike at MRC, he'll probably tell you the same thing he told Willie and me, to send in the adapter for exchange.
Willie, I'm sure he'll send you out a new one but not until he gets the old one. Mike is the same guy I contacted thru email.
Hi Basketcase, and Bosco. Thanks very much for all the detailed information. I quess I'm going to try the download, if that doesn't do it I'll decide if I should just return everything to Heli Hobby or try to send in the USB device. I really appreciate the quick response from both of you. Rich
Hi Basketcase, and Bosco. I also tried the Reflex download fix and it made no difference. I even switched the two wires in the stero jack plug, all with no change. The only good news, it did not change anything with my MS Sidewinder joystick either, my IL-2 Sturmovik still flies the way it did, great.
This is more than a little frustrating. I guess I'll try This fellow Mike that you mentioned at MRC. Once again thanks for all the Help!
Hi Rich, sorry to hear you're having the same problem as me. Hopefully new interfaces will get us all up and running. Still waiting on mine.
Also VERY sorry to hear that you purchased yours from HeliHobby too. I STILL haven't gotten a response from them, even after multiple emails over a two week period. NOTHING! I really wish I had done more research into HeliHobby because now I'm getting lot of advice to avoid them, as well as finding many many disgruntled customers who have nothing good to say about them in the various forums. I'm shocked how a company can stay in business when they treat customers like they do.
I've been flying planes for three years and am just getting interested in helis. I'm very glad that I found out about HeliHobby before buying anything even more expensive from them. I will never do any more business with them.
Hi Basketcase,
I talked to Mike at MRC. He's very helpful. Even though I removed the MS Sidewinder software I had installed prior to my Reflex XTR experience He talked me through getting the Sidewinder to work with the included joystick software that comes with MS Windows XP. I haven't tried to program the extra buttons yet but the stick works just as it did before I removed the Sidewinder joystick software yesterday. So thats some progress.
Then after fooling around with the plugs on the the USB transmitter cord I have occasionally been able to get the simulator to work. Wow its really great! Mike is going to replace the USB dongle, hopefully that will finish this off. When this program works it's great. I'll let you know when I get the part back. Rich
Glad to hear you got it to work Rich, if even for a little bit.
Update on my progress, I sent my USB adapter in on Friday 11-5-04, according to USPS delivery confirmation MRC received it Monday 11-8-04 at 9:22 am. After waiting all last week I sent an email on Monday requesting the status of my replacement, and another email late Tuesday after not getting a reply. I was hoping they were ignoring my emails because it was due to arrive.
But today I couldn't stand the suspense so called them up. They told me it was in progress and would be shipped tomorrow. Makes me wonder if they lost it or what? And wonder if they would have sent it tomorrow if I hadn't called. Now I'm just hoping they actually do sent it. That will be a nine business day turnover from the day they received to to the day they send it. I was actually hoping for better.
Will let you all know when it arrives. Probably next week sometime, depending on how they ship it.
Sorry it had to be you.
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Resent President Wilson's
Wish to Annul War-Time
Measure as Soon as Demob
ilization Is Completed.
Wholesale Dealers Can Sell
Liquor to Druggists Hav
ing Permits Sacramental
Wines Subject to Tax.
By United Tress.
WASHINGTON, June 30. A bill de
signed to stop the gap between war
time and constitutional prohibition
was introduced today by Representa
tive Randall of California. The bill
would make prohibition Continuous,
beginning tomorrow, and would hold
up distilled liquors that are now held
In bcii
Resenting President Wilson's wish
-to have the war-time prohibition act
repealed as soon as it is legally possi
ble, the-drys are planning to push
through Congress legislation that will
prevent a wet period of a few months
between the time that the President
declares war-time prohibition ends and
the time when constitutional prohibi
tion begins. The prohibitionists be
lieve this means a new fight for the
wets because the stock of beer is
nearly exhausted and few breweries
will scare to open for such a short
Unless something of this kind is be
gun. Representative Randall says the
country will be plunged in a whisky
drinking orgy for a few months.
To Prosecute All Violators.
Saloon keepers and other sellers of
liquors will be arrested and prosecut
ed, W. L. Frierson, assistant attorney
general, stated today.
This is the answer of the Depart
ment of Justice to reports that liquor
dealers in many large cities are plan
ning to Ignore the law.
The war-time prohibition act pro
vides a fine, not to exceed $1,000, or
imprisonment, not to exceed a year, or
It was learned that Attorney-General
Palmer made a statement defining
the attitude of the Department of Jus
tice toward prohibition. The state
ment announces that the Department
of Justice proposes to enforce the law.
Disposition of seventy million gal
lons of liquor now in bond is regulat
ed by the Internal Revenue Bureau.
At present there is no law 10 prevent
Its transportation. Legally only the
exportation of liquor is prohibited.
Announce Rules for Liquor Sales.
By United Press.
WASHINGTON, June 30. Daniel C.
Roper, commissioner of Internal rev
enue,' today issued a statement set
ting forth the rules regulating the
manufacture and sale of distilled spir
its and the removal from bond of spir
its for other than beverage purposes.
The regulations say that a physician
may prescribe wine or other liquor for
internal use or alcohol for external
use where the patient Is under his
constant supervision.
Wholesale or retail liquor dealers
may sell liquors to pharmacists hold
ing permits.
Churches and religious orders man
ufacturing wine In quantities not to
exceed 100 gallons are permitted to
remove the wine from the premises.
Sacramental wine is subject to tax.
Roper disclaimed all responsibility
for the enforcement of the wartime
prohibition act.
When the internal revenue officers
become aware of apparent violations
of the prohibition provisions of this
act, he said, they should report such
actions to the local officers of the De
partment of Justice.
If there is evidence that liquor Is
being obtained through misrepresenta
tion for beverage purposes the com
missioners will impose additional tax
liabilities and at the same time report
the case to the Department of Justice
for prtosecution.
The tax laws will continue to be en
forced. Payment of taxes will not
convey the right to act contrary to or
to be exempt from the liability impos
ed by the prohibition legislation. Rop
er pointed out.
The existing regulations governing
the export of wine and spirits will
continue in force.
1 2SMI0O SALOONS OlfT
More Than 60 Per Cent of
Population Already Un
der Prohibition.
Iiy United' Press.
.' wouivRTftV June 30. Uncle
-Sam, for years past has been the
greatest consumer 01 huoxicbuue.
Rut nation-wide prohibition the
dream Of reformers for a century be
comes a reality at midnight, when the
War-Time Prohibition Act goes into
effect despite the appeal of President
For Columbia and Vicinity: Generally
zair ana somewbat warmer tonisut and
For Missouri: Generally fair tonight and
Tuesday. Somewhat warmer tonight north
Weather Ctndltlona.
Over four Inches of rain Tell at Jackson
ville, Florida, during the past 24 hours.
ana more man one men at uaive'uon, ana
lighter showers round about, but as a
rule fair weather has prevailed over most
of the United States from ocean to ocean.
The weather Is cooler than usual every
where, but temperatures east of the Mis
sissippi Itlver are settlnc back to normal.
In Columbia mostly fair weather with
rising temperature nlll likely prevail over
Loral Data.
The highest temperature In Columbia
yesterday was S4; and the lowest last
nigut was tali, i'recipitatlou o.iiu. i.ciauve
humidity noon yesterday was CS per cent.
A year ago yesterday the highest tempera
ture was 1)1 and the lowest was CG Pre
cipitation 0.71.
(Summer time) Son rose today 5:4fi a. m.
Sun sets 8:21) p. in. Moon sets 10:3S p. m.
Wilson that Congres.3 repeal It as it
affects beer and light wines. Under
the act all manufacture and sale of in
toxicating liquors are crimes against
the United States.
Whether Uncle Sam will desert the
well-known water wagon for a brief
spree before constitutional prohibition
replaces the War-time Act next Jan
uuary, depends on Congress and Presi
dent Wilson. Congress can repeal the
act, as the ipresident desires in part
or the President can declare demobili
zation of the armed forces complete,
thus in effect repealing it.
The wets today were jubilant over
President Wilson's promise that
"when demobilization is terminated,
my .power to act . . . will be exer
cised " Thev foresaw three or four
months of liquor-selling between the
time when the President acts and the
date when constitutional prohibition
takes effect.
The President's Statement.
Demobilization, it was believed,
would be considered as terminated
when the army had been reduced from
its present size of more than a million
men tc the size decided upon for the
permanent military force of the coun
try, probably about 325,000. This may
take place by August or September.
The President's statement, given out
by Secretary Tumulty late Saturday,
"I am convinced that the Attorney
General is right in advising me that I
have no legal power at this time in
the matter of the ban on liquor. Un
der the act of November, 1918, my
power to take action is restricted. The
act provides that after June 30, 1919,
'until the conclusion of the present
war. and thereafter until the termina
tion of demobilization, the date of
which shall be determined and pro
claimed by the President, it shall be
unlawful, etc'
"This law does not specify that the
ban shall be lifted with the signing of
peace, but -with the terminatibn of de
mobilization of troops, and I cannot
say that that has been accomplished.
My information from the War Depart
ment is that there are still 1,000,000
men in the service under the emer
gency call. It Is clear therefore that
the failure of. Congress to act upon
the suggestion contained in my mes
sage of May 20, 1919, asking ror a
rpnpnl nf the act of November 21. 1918,
an far as it aDDlies to wines and beer.
makes it impossible, to act in this
matter at this time.
"When demobilization is terminated,
my power to act without congression
al action will be exercised.
"Woodrow Wilson."
Close C45 Distilleries.
War-time prohibition today means:
The closing of 125,000 saloons, prin
cipally in big cities.
The closing of 1,247 breweries (1917
Practical abandonment of 645 dis
tilleries,'' already closed as a war
Loss to the government of about
$350,000,000 annually in internal rev
om.o nnd thn loss of several hundred
millions to municipalities for licenses.
Diversion of $2,000,000,000 tne isa
tion's liquor bill to other purposes,
with greatly Increased sales of soft
drinks and ice cream expected.
Hundreds of thousands of men, em
ployed in the liquor business, must
find other work.
One million habitual drunkards
Anti-Saloon League figures must find
some other pastime.
The nroductive wealth ana efficiency
of the country will be Increased 15 per
cent, dry leaders claim, basing this on
reports from prohibition states.
Fifty thouusand druggists wm oe
put under strict license not to sell
liquor except for medicinal or scien
tific purposes.
Enforcement of .-prohibition, even
dry leaders admit, will be a big prob
lem fcr some time. Even with Con
gress designating a definite agency for
the work and clearly defining how
munch alcohol makes liquor intoxicat
ing, the task seems stupendous.
19.4 Gallons Per rapita.
n-hfi work of government agents
means, if bone-dry prohibition is to
be strictly enforced, the elimination
of a per capita consumption of 19.4
gallons a year from the American peo
ple. Latest figures show the consump
tion of malt liquors in the United
States as 2.053,457,000 gallons; wines,
52,418,000 gallons and alcohol, 146,
397.000 gallons. .These figuures prob
ably have- teen reduced during the
(Continued on Last Page.)
Columbians Lay in Private
Stocks at Oases in Nearby
Towns. y
Columbia Dry 1888 to 1892
Boone County Voted Sa
loons Out in 1908.
Though 'morally dry since 1908 Co
lumbia will continue to be damp in
spots physically for some time regard
less of the enforcement of war-time
prohibition beginning tomorrow.
"Let 'er go the drier the better,"
one Columbia business man said re
cently. "I've got enough in my cel
lar to last me ten years."
Very few people are prepared to
that extent, however. Judging from
the amount of freight and express
hauled after dark and the number of
apparently very heavy suitcases that
have been lugged away from the in
coming trains the last few weeks, Co
lumbia non-tetotalers have a little
something on the shelf enough to
put'the old-time pep in the Fourth bf
July celebration Friday anyway
Saturday night was one of unparal
leled alcholic revelry in Jefferson City,
and other oases near Columbia.
A few went from here to St. Louis
for the week-end, while the delegation
to Kansas City reached thirty or fort '
An even larger crowd spent J. Barley
corn's last Saturday night in Jefferson
City, while the representation in
Boonville and Moberly spoke well for
this city's thirsty element.
Bars Crowded Sntnrdny Xlghl.
The bars in these cities were crowd
ed from early in the evening until the
doors closed at midnight. Columbians
traveled on rains, in cars and some
on foot to these havens of celebration.
Very few real drunks characterized
the evening, while a large number of
persons were just able to navigate from
lamp post to lamp post.
Circulars from St. Louis and Kan
sas City wholesale liquor dealers have
flooded the mails lately, many of them
coming to Columbia. The response
was net altogether unprofitable to
the dealers, but it was with one foot
on the brass rail that most Colum
bians prepredjtorjthe drouth -(fiJ
Wholesale houses made special
prices in anticipation of July 1, but
the bar prices have never wavered or
dropped a bit in most places. A slight
slump is expected tonight in cheaper
whiskies and other stock that the sa
loon men see they will have left on
bands after midnight.
Budweiser still sells for two bits
the bottle on most bars. In Moberly
keg Budweiser was entirely exhaust
ed Saturday night, with only a small
amount of bottled "Bud" left for the
last day's busin?ss. Other beers are
plentiful there, however.
Bar Prices Still High.
Light wines in nearby towns sold
Saturday night or ?1.25 and $1.50 a
quart. Cheaper barrel whiskies sold
for $2.50 and $3.50 a quart, and the
prices on the beverage ranged un to
37 and $7 for the choisest Old Scotch
whiskies. No marked celebration will take
place in Columbia tonight in honor of
John Barleycorn's retirement from ac
tive life. Taxis will be busy between
here and Jefferson City, while a few
persons are still in wet towns waiting
for the death-knell of their life-long
bottled friends.
Columbia's liquor history has been
a long story, varied with many petty
quarrels between its citizens and keen
rivalries between the wet and dry
Columbia Went Dry in 1SSS.
The town first went dry in 1888 but
was voted wet again four years later.
In the eighties a clause in the Uni
versity catalog forbade students to go
in saloons after 9 o'clock at -night.
until uoone County voted dry In I
1908 there was a continuous campaign
to prevent students from drinking. In
those times the favorite way of cele
brating a footl all victory or forgetting
the sorrows after a defeat was in stag
ing a party with all the boys. Final
examinations also afforded an oppor
tunity for a grand old spree.
In 1907 M. H. Pemberton, represent
ative in the legislature from Boone
County at that time, introduced a bill
forbidding the keeping of a saloon
"within five miles of any state educa
tional institution" which had at that
time an enrollment of 1,500 or more-P
students. This measure was aimed
primarily at Columbia and caused a
long fight in the Senate where it final
ly passed by one vote. The measure
was never enforced because the Su
preme Court did not act on it until
after Boone County voted dry in 1908.
Then it was declared unconstitutional.
Another election in 1912 won a sec
ond victory for the drys in Boone
County and prevented the saloons
from re-opcning.
Dr. W. P. Dysart Operated On.
(Dr. W. P. Dysart of Columbia was
operated on this morning at the Park
er Memorial Hospital.
Perfect Weather Helps Pres
ident's Ship on First
"7 Day Out.
Wilson's Intervention Bring:
Them Home on Same
By ROBERT J. BENDER
By United Press.
INGTON. June 30. Aided by perfect
weather, the George Washington today
was making good time on President
Wilson's first day -n the voage back
to America.
Through President Wilson's inter
vention at the last moment, seven
bridal couples are comipg home on
the George Washington. The bride
grooms were members of President
Wilson's bodyguard in Versailles.
Expect to Finish Austrian Treaty.
Ey FRED FERGERSON
Dy United Press.
PARIS, June 30. With President
Wilson on the way home and Lloyd
George in London, the Allied peace
commissioners were expected1 to take
up the completion of the Austrian
treaty. The principle of reparation
was agreed to have paved the way for
the remainder of the document.
The Allies will present the financial
and economic clauses of the Austrian
treaty this wee'k, it was learned today.
Polk to Go to Paris.
By United Press.
PARIS, June 30. Frank L. Polk,
under secretary of state, is scheduled
to replace Secretary Lansing on the
American Peace Commission when the
latter leaves for America. The date
for Lansing's sailing has not been
Several Papers Denounce
. Treaty With Much
By CARL D. GROAT
By United Press.
BERLIN, June 30. Germany's re
actionary 'press is sifont regarding the
peace treaty, except for a few papers
which were outspoken in their bitter
ness. "The signing is treason," said the
Berliner Neust Achrlcten.
"The next general election will show
what the Germans think of the treaty."
"It Is only a scrap of paper," the
Tageblatt says.
The most violent article appears in
the Deutche Zeitung:
"A peace of violence was signed at
Versailles. Germany's honor has been
buried. Only incessant toil will ena
ble us to regain our place in the na
tions of the world. Then will come
the revenge for 1919."
The trolley and subway workers
have voted to strike Tuesday. The
railway strike situation has Improved.
Armored trains and tanks are report
ed 'to have arrived in the vicinity of
Submitted by Clemenceau Together
With U. S. Alliance.
'PARIS, June 30. Premier Clemen
ceau today submitted the German
treaty to the Chamber of Deputies. He
also submitted the Anglo-Franco-American
protective alliance.
Will Take Up Complaints Tomorrow
In County Court Room.
Any person in Boone County dissat
isfied with his tax assessment will
have an opportunity to make com
plaint tomorrow, when such matters
will be" considered by the Board of
Anneal. Thp. board will meet In the
County court room tomorrow morn
ingand will remain in session until
all claims have been adjusted.
Those whose asssessments have
been raised have been notified, and if
they have any complaint to make,
they will be heard tomorrow. Seldom
any objections to the assessments' are
made and the work of the board is ex
pected to be light.
TO IMPROVE ROCHErORT ROAD
Resurfacing and Widening to Be Start
ed This Week.
According to L. D. Shobe superin
tendent of road work about Columbia,
the Rocheport road in the Columbia
special district, will be widened four
feet and resurfaced with Tarvia.
The work is expected to be started
this week-end or before, if the needed
materials arrive.
This road work is some of the first
to be paid for, half by the federal
government and half by the road dis
trict, under a recent federal law.
Press Association to Meet Sept. 23.
The executive committee of the Mis
souri Press Association, in session at
Kansas City Friday, announced that
the next convention would be held at
Springfield, September 25 to 27.
Will Discuss Plans for New $100,000
Building Arcltitects May Come.
The Board of Trustees of the Boone
County Public Hospital -will meet at
10 o'clock tomorrow morning to dis
cuss plans for Boone County's new
$100,000 hospital.
N. T. Gentry, secretary, and H. H.
Banks, president of the board, who
have been Inspecting hospitals in Kan
sas City, Mexico, Fulton and St Louis,
will submit a report to the board as
to what they saw on their inspection
Architects from Kansas City, St.
Louis, Mexico and Chicago have writ
ten to the board asking for time to
show their plans for a hospital. Ac
cording to one member of the board,
it is possible that an architect will be
present at the meeting with plans for
the hospital.
The purpose of the inspection trips
of the board members was to find out
the mistakes other hospitals had made
in construction so that the Boone
County hospital will avoid them.
Old Postage Rates Effective
Beginning at Midnight
WASHINGTON, June 30. The 2
cent postage rate, abandoned because
it couldn't keep pace with war prices,
comes back into its own at midnight
tonight. The old 2-cent stamp will
again take your one-ounce letter any
place in the country.
The 1-cent circular rate is aj&in re
stored, as is the 1-cent locals rate,-fand
postal cards no longer require a 2-
cent stamp.
Second-class rates will also be
changed. These will be based on the
amount of advertising newspapers
and other publications carry, and the
zone system.
Outside the county of publication
th'j new rate on the portion of pub
lications devoted to matter other than
advertisements is 1 cents a pound.
If the space devoted to advertisements
does not exceed 5 per cent of the total
space, the rate of 1 cents a pound
applies to the entire publication.
On the portion of publications de
voted to advertisements the new rates
First and second zones 1 cts. per lb
Third zone 3 cts. per lb
Fourth zone .3 cfi. per lb
Fifth zone 3U cts.' per lb
Sixth zone 4 cts. per lb
Seventh zone 5 cts. per lb
Eighth zone 5 cts. per lb I
On publications maintained by and
in the interest of religious education
al, scientific, philanthropic, agricultur
al, labor or fraternal organizations or
associations, 1 cents a pound for all
zones on the entire publication will be
There is no change in the free-in-county
mailing privilege, nor in the
rates on copies mailed for delivery
within the county of publication.
Others Injured Shocks
Italy Continued Through
LONDON, June 30. One hundred
and fifty persons were killed at Bolog
na, Italy, in a succession of earth
quakes, according to an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch this morning. la
Vecchiano, Italy, one hundred were
killed and the dispatch reports that
several persons were Injured.
The first shock continued through
out the night.
F. Horner, of Devereux Players, Sub
stituted for by Former University Man.
L. G. Painter, advance man for the
Devereux Players, will speak on the
plays of that organization in the Uni
versity Auditorium at 7:30 o'clock to
morrow night Mr. Painter taught in
the English department of the Univer
sity in 1911 and 1912.
Mr. Painter telegraphed J. E.
Wrench of the history department of
the University today that Frederick
Horner, former member of the British
Parliament, who was to have spoken
here Friday night had been taken sud
denly ill in Kansas.
left France June 19 and Reached
Home Today.
nr. VL R- Hedrlck of the mathema
tics department of the University, who
has been in France for some time, re
turned today. Dr. Hedrick left Brest
on the U. S. S. Mobile June 19 and
reached New York June 27. He was
in charge of mathematics instrucuon
in the A. E. F.
Suitcases Boom tn Moberly.
"We sold more suitcases last night
than we have ever sold in one day," a
iMoberly dealer said yesterday morn
ing. "We didn't close until tne sa
loons did. The supply of cheap satch
pI and hand bans was soon sold out-
Then persons began buying grips and
suitcases that cost as high as S15 eacn
just to carry home a few quarts of
Robert J. Kerner Talks of
Stricken Austrian and
Slavic States.
Promise of Edibles .Kept
Bolshevism Out of Vien
na, He Says. ,
Robert J. Kerner, of the'history fac
ulty of the University, wEo recently
returned from Europe, where he had
been attached to the division of ex-,
perts in the American peace commis
sion, this morning related some cf his
experiences in hunger-stricken Aus
tria and Slavic states.
For two months and a half Mr. Ker
ner had hi3 office in the new republic
of Czecho-SIovakia, where, with three
other Americans on the American
Commission for Central Europe, he
was engaged in erecting a temporary
lino of demarcation between Germany
and Jugo-Slavia.
""The only thing that kept Bolshev
ism out of Vienna was the promise of
the food dictator to supply food to the
inhabitants," said Mr. Kerner. '
Americans who lived for any length
of time in the Slavic districts, where
the food consisted mostly of unnour
iihing substitutes and adulterations,
soon suffered from indigestion and
other bodily disorders according to
Mr. Kerner. He said he has not yet
recovered from the indigestion he con
tracted in Europe. Extending his arm,
he showed welts which he said were
due to hives caused by a disordered
stomach sustained in Central Europe.
Ate Meat Imitations.
"In the hotels of Vienna and Prague
they served us little brown balls
which we took to be meat, but which
examination showed to consist largely
of old bread crumbs mixed with a few
strands of meat," he said. "Bread
was obtainable once a week, and eggs
were virtually unknown. What little
fruit there was sold at exorbitant
prices. The only meat we could get
was from very old animals, no long
er useful for other purposes. The
Americans improved their rations by
always carrying chocolate with them.
"The inhabitants, who had been eat
ing thus poorly for many months, hadl .
seemingly become partly accuBtoracd'C -m
to the fare. They appeared to be fat,
but it was only an abnormal puffiness.
They were weak, nervous and irrita
ble. This explains the many demon
strations and riots."
Mr. Kerner said he was in Marburg
when one of these demonstrations oc
curred. Met Prime Ministers.
Mr. Kerner returned to Paris early
in March and for the following three
months was in charge of the Ameri
can Division of Political Intelligence
for Central Europe. In this capacity
he met practicality all the prime min-'
isters and presidents at tne peace con
ference. For a year and a half before going
to Europe Mr. Kerner was associated
in New York with Colonel E. M.
House's special inquiry Into the
terms of peace. Most of'the material
presented by the Americans at the
Peace Conference was prepared in
the form of memoranda by the com
mission. Shortly after Mr. Kerner landed in
New York he was engaged by the Hen
ry Holt Company to write a book on
"Winning Czecho-Slovak Independ
ence." Mr. Kerner will spend the sum
mer in Columbia writing this book.
He said he expects to rejoin the his
tory department of the University for
the fall term.
3f!dwny Farmer Facing Charge of Kill
ing His Brother-in-Law.
The Jury for the trial of Euell Wat
son, charged with murder in the first
degree of his brother-in-law, Albert
Sutton, last fall was impaneled In Cir
cuit Court this afternoon.
The principal witness called today
was the daughter of the defendant,
Mrs. Lena Pearl Nichols. She said
that Sutton came to her father's place
armed with a revolver. Mrs. Nichols
said that her father returned from the
field with here uncle and went into -the
house while her uncle got In the
buggy. Her father then returned from
the houso, approached' Sutton and
fired one shot at him as he sat In the
buggy. She said that she grabbed
hold of the gun and helped to pre
vent another shot
Mrs. Nellie Sutton, wife of the dead
man was the first, witness called to
the stand. She said that for the last
seven years there had been trouble
between Mrs. Watson and her hus
band, the defendant, and that Mrs.
Watson, was not living with him at
the time of the shooting. ,
Sutton was lying on a little knoll '
about seventy-five yards from the ,
barn-lot dead when the doctor arrived,
according to the testimony DeaUrwas
due to a gun-shot wound in the right
chest, the charge, having entered the
lung. A part of the forearm was shot
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I still have some old-style French books that required cutting the pages as you read them, but such books are no longer published. It was entirely too revealing, when looking through someone's books, to see just how much of the book they'd read. The libraries of many French intellectuals were full of books cut up to a point, then abandoned. I know, because I made it a point to look during a time in the seventies when I visited French intellectuals (for fun). Some of these intellectuals, the not-very-good-ones, actually cut all the pages of new books to make it look like they'd read everything. This, in fact, is how you could tell a phony French intellectual from a real one in those days: the phonies had all their books cut. The real ones only cut as much as they actually read.
But back to my books: they are being moved once again, an event that in the life of a book is the equivalent of a major human tragedy like divorce or cardiac arrest. Books don't like to move much after their first big move, equivalent to human birth, which is out of a bookstore into a house. They don't mind being dragged from a shelf to a couch, but that's their maximum allowance for distance. Books are bourgeois, like cats, they mostly like sleeping and being leafed-through. (In cats, that's scratching.) My son, who also had a lot of books before he moved to Portland, Ore., preceded me in the agony of deciding which books to take, which ones to store, and which ones to get rid of. It was instructive to watch him agonizing over each and every book, as if he had actually read it. Well, he may have. He suffered so much he might actually have. It was instructive to watch him going through this process, but it didn't help me a whole lot. For one, I have more books than he had, and for two, I am a professional book-guy, which implies a certain duty toward books, especially those written by writers I know, real friends of mine, some of them, who lovingly signed their work for me wittily, lovingly, or tartly. These books don't only call out to me in a personal way, but they are loaded with guilt. Some of them I've read and I thought marvelous (all my friends are geniuses!), but others I've only pretended to read, and while the writers themselves don't know this, their books do. This is why I sit here, writing this SOS, in a crawl space between towers of reproachful volumes. I listen to them cry piteously in several languages, a low, monotonous, heart-breaking plaint that can mean only one thing: somewhere, in a different house, someone is moving the books I wrote, thinking exactly the same thoughts. Andrei's last book, New Orleans, Mon Amour: Twenty Years Of Writing From the City, likes to move no matter what its author says.


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by Dan Burrows | July 30, 2013 12:50 pm
Pfizer (PFE[1]) and Merck (MRK[2]) have a serious drug problem.
The nation's two biggest drugmakers got addicted to Lipitor and Singulair, and now that those blockbuster medications have gone generic, sales and earnings at both companies are going through withdrawal.
Pfizer and Merck, both components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, reported mixed — and noisy — quarterly results. Sales are especially a concern at both firms as they hunt for new blockbuster drugs to replace ones that have recently gone off-patent.
That has cheaper, low-margin versions of two of the world's best-selling drugs stealing market share from the companies' own high-priced, high-margin brand-name medications — and it's really messing with results.
Pfizer, the No. 1 U.S. drugmaker, fared the better of the two. Excluding asset sales, restructuring charges and other items, earnings came to 56 cents a share, or a penny better than Wall Street's forecast.
Revenue, however, fell more sharply than analysts' average projection. The top line contracted by 7.1% to $12.97 billion, where Wall Street was looking for $13.01 billion. Blame rapidly deteriorating sales of the cholesterol-control drug Lipitor.
Indeed, Lipitor was the world's top-selling drug for almost a decade — which was great news for Pfizer — until the company lost its exclusive rights to sell it in the U.S. in 2011 and in Europe last year.
Once upon a time, Pfizer's quarterly Lipitor sales averaged more than $3 billion. But generic competition has since wiped most of that away: In the most recent quarter, Lipitor sales fell by more than half to $484 million.
Still, there was some encouraging news out of the company. Pfizer maintained its full-year profit outlook; it announced a new corporate structure, which will make it easier to split the company up into fast-growth and slow-growth businesses in the years to come; and — most importantly — it announced a $10 billion share repurchase program.
Take the 3.3% yield on the dividend and the $10 billion stock buyback and it's clear Pfizer is determined to do right by its equity income shareholder base.
Just as Pfizer got hooked on Lipitor, Merck became addicted to Singulair, and the weaning process has been painful.
Like rival Pfizer, profit beat the Street's forecast by a penny share after excluding a list of special items. And revenue declined sharply to miss estimates by a wide margin. The top-line fell by 11% to $11.01 billion vs. an average forecast of $11.22 billion.
The bottom line is that earnings fell 50%, hurt by an 80% drop in sales of Singulair. The blockbuster allergy and asthma medication was the 11th best-selling drug in the world until Merck lost exclusive rights to sell it last year and cheaper generics swamped the market.
At the same time, business wasn't all that great elsewhere in the company's portfolio of drugs. Revenue from Merck's current No. 1 drug — Januvia for type 2 diabetes — ticked up just 1% to $1.07 billion. Sales from the over-the-counter division, which includes Claritin, Afrin and Dr. Scholl's, tumbled 11% to less than $500 million.
Adding to investors' concerns is that although Merck maintained its full-year profit outlook, it reduced its revenue forecast. In effect, the company is saying "don't look for growth here anytime soon."
Merck needs to return to top-line growth if it hopes to get its stock moving. At this point, it looks like it will be a sideways trade, at best.
The generous 3.5% yield on the dividend makes Merck look like a core equity-income holding — but then it's easy to envision the stock losing at least that much on a price basis before it delivers another hit drug.
Given the relative merits of the two, Pfizer looks like the better stock at this point for driving total return through dividends and buybacks.
As of the writing, Dan Burrows didn't hold positions in any of the aforementioned securities.
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Chavez exits as precaution with sore ankle
Chavez exits as precaution with sore ankle
NEW YORK -- Joe Girardi lifted Eric Chavez in favor of a defensive substitute for the final three outs of Friday's 6-3 Yankees win over the Mariners, but neither the manager nor the third baseman expect the right ankle soreness that popped up in the eighth inning to be a serious issue.
Girardi and head athletic trainer Steve Donohue visited Chavez at the plate during Chavez's eighth-inning at-bat, when "his ankle grabbed at him," Girardi said. Chavez insisted he could finish the at-bat -- a strikeout against Stephen Pryor -- but Girardi pulled him in favor of Jayson Nix for the ninth inning.
"It's a little sore, but I just have to wait and see how it feels tomorrow," Chavez said. "I don't foresee it being anything serious."


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Library plans book club for students
The Washington Public Library will have a book club for grades four through six beginning Monday, Oct. 7 through Monday, Nov. 4th from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Nicola Stoufer Room. The Page Turners will be reading the book "Hoot" by Carl Hiaansen. Please register at the front desk of the library by Sept. 20.
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When a Montana boy moves to Florida and unearths a disturbing threat to a local population of endangered owls, three middle-schoolers take on greedy land developers, corrupt politicians and clueless cops. Determined to protect his new environment, the boy and his friends fight to prevent the adults from making a big mistake.


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June 4, 2005, Greencastle, Ind. - Andrew B. Buroker, a partner in the Indianapolis-based law firm of Krieg DeVault LLP and 1984 graduate of DePauw University, has been elected to serve as the national chairman of the American Heart Association. Elected by the Association's delegate assembly, Buroker's three year term begins with a one year term as chair-elect on July 1, 2005, one year serving as chairman from July 1, 2006 to 2007, and a final year as immediate past chairman.
In addition to serving as the national chairman of the AHA, Buroker will serve as the development coordinator for the American Heart Association and as a member of the national administrative cabinet, corporate operations coordinating committee and advisory coordinating committee. He is also a board member of the Association's Greater Midwest Affiliate and recently served as chairman of the national corporate operations coordinating committee and the advocacy coordinating committee. He has been a member of the AHA national board of directors and the national administrative cabinet since 2002.
In April of 2000, Andy Buroker was listed in the Indianapolis Business Journal as one of "40 under Forty" young leaders in Indianapolis, and received the Mayor's Community Service Award from Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson in 2002. He is a 1995 graduate of the Stanley K. Lacy Executive Leadership series. Buroker also holds a degree from the Indiana University School of Law in Bloomington, and serves as a member of the Law School's Alumni Board.
Before his current role at Krieg DeVault LLP, Buroker worked for U.S. Senator Dan Quayle (R-Ind.) as executive political assistant, deputy finance director and field representative. In October 2001, he was admitted to the Supreme Court of the United States as a bar member. Buroker is chairman of Krieg DeVault's Real Estate and Environmental practice group and its recruiting committee.
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"Unseamed" is an electro-acoustic sound art performance inspired by the Symbolist art movement and communicated through live experimental radio. This narrative work transcribes sonic symbols and signs through a multilayered and abstracted composition of hundreds of sounds. Experientially, this sonic experience oscillates between bursting tensions and reflective ambiences through texure, voice and field recordings. "Unseamed" is a fluid performance and evolves into a new art work with each presentation. The work is highly gestural using found objects, computer hardware and video video projection.
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Startup claims tools can reduce IC power consumption by 25%
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SAN FRANCISCO Power reduction has become the No. 1 design concern, according to Golden Gate Technology Inc. CEO Dennis Heller, who said his company's new software products can reduce IC power consumption by up to 25 percent.
The products, Power Optimize Gold and Power Plan Gold, work with existing place and route flows from Cadence Design Systems Inc., Synopsys Inc. and Magma Design Automation Inc.
According to Golden Gate Technology (San Jose, Calif.), Power Optimize Gold reduces leakage and switching power while simultaneously meeting constraints for timing, signal integrity and electromigration. Power Plan Gold creates architectural multi-voltage-island designs by automatically creating complex power grids, the company said.
Power consumption has always been a major concern, Heller said, but it has become the primary design concern across several classes of chips, including cell phone chips, where power consumption impacts battery life, consumer electronics chips that need to stay within power limits to remain in inexpensive plastic packages and networking chips, which are destined for infrastructures that have a limited cooling capacity. While designers are placing heightened emphasis on power consumption, he added, they are not willing to sacrifice timing, which had previously been the top concern.
"From now on, it's not just a matter of how capable a chip is," Heller said, "but how much capability you can package on a chip and still have acceptable power consumption."
Heller said a number of software companies have recognized that power consumption has become the top design priority. But while most other companies are doing power analysis, he said, giving customers the capability to measure the power consumption of their devices, only Golden Gate Technology is actually providing the ability to reduce the power consumption of a design.
Golden Gate Technology's software concentrates on reducing the power consumption of wires, since, it says, wires burn the majority of power on sub-100 nanometer chipsfive times more than transistors at the 90 nm node. The company's software uses a patent-pending optimization technology called WiresFirst to minimize the total capacitance on critical clock and signal nets through route optimization and isolation techniques which reduce power without impacting chip timing, signal integrity, or electromigration.
A key selling feature, according to Heller, is that Power Optimize Gold and Power Plan Gold fit into customers' existing design flows. "Both products work with existing design flows," Heller said. "We are not asking customer to replace of supplant their existing design flow. We are simply asking them to augment it."
Power Optimize Gold and Power Plan Gold are shipping now for Solaris and Linux. Pricing for time-based licenses starts at $115,000 for Power Plan Gold and $395,000 for Power Optimized Gold.


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