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Here's Ralston, not letting the facts get in the way of a good rant,
I don't bother reading (as opposed to skimming) Ralston's columns at the best of times, but caught this rather icky column over the last bagel brunch of '07:
There is, apparently, one niggle for the party leader. Chortling Labour MPs refer to it as their "neutron bomb". It is a rather scandalous tale about a senior National MP timed to detonate when the election campaign begins.
According to your political persuasion, it is a measure of Key's confidence, his humanity or his lack of political experience that he has not taken the MP concerned out and shot him. He seems willing to risk the damage the ancient scandal might cause rather than the fuss a summary caucus execution might cause.
Hum... perhaps Bill could have taken the moral high ground - or his editor exercised some real live editorial judgment - and declined to set the stage for another round of shit-flinging. Anyway, if its the 'neutron bomb' I've heard of, I suspect its just going to blow up in the face of the person who throws it. Might be time to invest in a pair of thigh-high waders.
Agreed, Fishers article in the HOS was good.
I thought the way he introduced the story was excellent... first time in a long time that a story of over a few paragraphs (in the HOS) has grabbed my attention and made me want to read the whole story slowly and carefully.
Usually, I just skim read.
It will be interesting to see what happens next with a more balanced view of the story available to the general public.
if its the 'neutron bomb' I've heard of, I suspect its just going to blow up in the face of the person who throws it
I think you might be confusing nuclear weaponry with molotov cocktails :-)
But on point - I tried a few comments like this on DPF, but it's about time these inconvenient facts got a little more airplay.
We got back from a week on Waiheke on Friday. Ably assisted by what I am sure has been the best New Year weather in the last five years it was magic over there. I didn't want to return to the rat race only 45 minutes on the car ferry away.
Hopefully the weather will stay as beautifully clement for you as it was for us!!!
But on point - I tried a few comments like this on DPF, but it's about time these inconvenient facts got a little more airplay.
Hum... We might not be talking about the same thing but if Labour wants to reduce the campaign to a Ratshit Galucoma gossip column, go to. If you're thinking of something that's actually marginally substantive, why don't you christen Legal Beagle with some good old fashioned muckraking? Just don't do it on the Labour Party's timetable while pretending you're shocked and appalled by it all.
Craig, the last time NP supporters started wittering on about scandals about to be brought up by Labour it was as cover for their own muck racking, conveniently passed through the likes of Wishart and friends.
I cannot speak for Graeme but I suspect when he says "back on point" he is talking about ACC and Affco not Ralston's sad musings which you chose to bring up.
Perhaps Bill could have taken the moral high ground - or his editor exercised some real live editorial judgment - and declined to set the stage for another round of shit-flinging.
Pardon me but aren't we all just SICK TO DEATH of the predictably boring shite-flinging that our national politics has settled into. What happened to policy and issue-based debate rather than the boring, demeaning, and cancerous ad hominem attacks our politicians seem hell-bent on stooping to on both sides of the house. Is this because they are both so centrist that there is little difference of note between their politics that they have nothing to debate other than who is shagging who and who forgot to pay tax on what? Bunch of arse. The only light in all this boringly predictable quagmire of feculence is good old Tim Shadbolt - if only he were in Parliament - at least he has the courage to stand up for what he believes even if it means going against his political leanings and threatening to supporting those smarmy-veneered marshmallow puff National goons!
Sod them all, I'm voting McGillicuddy Serious Party in.
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While National know doubt sees a good populist line in the Affco shooting story, I thought the political right were sticklers for the sanctity of contract?
Does McGillicuddy Serious still exist?
I cannot speak for Graeme but I suspect when he says "back on point" he is talking about ACC and Affco...
Does McGillicuddy Serious still exist?
MMP kind of killed it (if your vote counts, there's not much point using it on the joke party), but there is a current MP who was a McGillicuddy candidate in 1993.
He seems willing to risk the damage the ancient scandal might cause rather than the fuss a summary caucus execution might cause.
Or has calculated that whatever it is is more likely to backfire on Labour, especially if it's historical. They've managed to shoot themselves in the foot fairly reliably over the past year.
Craig, the last time NP supporters started wittering on about scandals about to be brought up by Labour it was as cover for their own muck racking, conveniently passed through the likes of Wishart and friends.
Graeme: Apologise for the misreading.
Don: Care to put up or shut up - because I keep hearing the claim, but the evidence never seems to follow. Funny, isn't it?
I find it kind of icky that Ralson would be boasting about being fed sleaze by anyone (and if he's making it up. I'm all for APN sacking him after he's written a govelling apology to the Labour caucus). And good luck finding any statement I've ever made regarding Wishart and his tawdry rage that isn't venomously contemptuous.
I brought it up just to make the point that Ralston's columns are seldom read by me, and not taken seriously on the rare occasions I do. Nothing in Sunday's effort has changed my mind.
Wishart and his tawdry rage
Whoops... for once an accurate typo, because I find it hard to believe Investigate is produced or read by people who are exactly overflowing with joie de vive. :)
I've no doubt that the AFFCO vs ACC matter will be sorted in the courts, and that AFFCO will lose. What's saddest to me about this story is
The sad, ironic note of conclusion is that Joel Storey now does wear a gang colour -- the red of the Mongrel Mob whose bullet wrecked his life.
I mixed a bit with a a few 'youth gangs' last century, but they were nothing like (and nowhere near as popular) as todays 'youth gangs'. I'm no fan of Rankin et al but if we don't do something quickly we'll be fuct pretty soon. The same warnings were made (and ignored) about P and look where that got us.
At Xmas dinner my 8-10 y.o. nephews were showing me what gang signs they could throw. Being white middle class boys in 'good schools' I'm not too worried (for now) but it shows how gang culture is going mainstream. And look where the mainstreaming of porn culture got us.
I wonder when Reality TV will bring us Boyz of The Cripp Mansion??
Just back from an idyllic three days on Waiheke. A wedding and old friends, lovely weather and sheltered beaches. According to Metvuw Russell, you will cop a bit of rain through Wednesday but clearing with the next high after that. The water trucks were in evidence so I guess they can do with a drop. Sorry it looks like it might be falling on you.
Re: Affco et-al
Its an interesting point that while I've heard of this case off-and-on over the last year or two, the 'minor detail' that AFFCO had opted out of the normal ACC plan and had insurance with another provider had entirely escaped me... I guess thier expensive PR was working, because that really does put an entirely different angle on it.
But it still strikes me that being the victim of crime isnt the sort of "work-place accident" that one normally associates with Employee protection.... unless its a crime related to the work-place like a bank teller or shop assistant being shot during a robbery... But I'll leave that up to the Lawyers.
My main point is, surely, being shot isnt actually an accident.... it was done on purpose.... and initial responsibility of costs should fall on the shooter....
Presumably, said gang member doesnt actually have the funds available.... but when the person responsible cant pay, thats when "the state" intervenes....
From memory the shooter has not been caught/charged. The police say the know who it was. Maybe the victim and his mate aren't willing to name names?
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FletcherB - yes, my understanding is that ACC covers (and is intended to cover) a lot of injuries that don't fit the standard definition of "accident". It covers a whole raft of things where individuals are injured and can't as a general rule seek recourse in the civil courts. It's pretty murky stuff for the non-lawyer though as you suggest.
So it's title is a little misleading. Maybe the "injury compensation corporation" would be better.
My main point is, surely, being shot isnt actually an accident.... it was done on purpose.... and initial responsibility of costs should fall on the shooter....
Presumably, said gang member doesnt actually have the funds available.... but when the person responsible cant pay, thats when "the state" intervenes....
This isn't the US. We have a criminal justice system to punish people who shoot people, and a no-fault accident insurance scheme to help (some of) their victims, without having to tithe 50% to the lawyers. The major flaw in the system is that the coverage is not comprehensive enough.
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Yeah I was going to make the same point - it's a "no fault" scheme - that means you get ACC no matter who was at fault and no matter whether they have money or not - in the US you only get it if the other guy actually has money, and after your lawyer has taken his cut - it used to be that way here too - I can remember when as a kid people would think twice about giving friends a ride in their car
What AFCO have done is a deal with ACC saying "we think it can be done cheaper" and offered to provide what ACC would provide at what they thought would be a lower cost to them - like all insurance it's a risk, a bet against the world - and they lost - they were possibly stupid to make the bet and unlucky
It could as easily have been a runaway car slamming into the parking lot - being a drive by shooting, a deliberate act, just muddies theissue - ACC pays out no matter what the cause
FletcherB: The ACC system's intention is to remove much of the American tort crapshoot (and resultant lunacy) from NZ's legal system. The result is that it pays for the costs of treating drunk or otherwise law-breaking drivers (such as those who crash while fleeing from the cops), and other people whose injuries aren't strictly "accidental". By removing the right to sue for injuries caused by a third party, we end up being in the gun (as it were) for this case.
The alternative, and it would rapidly become a very slippery slope, would be to allow recovery against parties who cause intentional injury to another. I say it would become a slippery slope because such allowance is easily extended to drivers who injure cops when they crash into police cars during a pursuit, followed by innocent victims of pursuit crashes, followed by innocent victims of DUI crashes, and suddenly we're back to the point which ACC was meant to avoid, where everyone has to carry liability insurance.
Yeah, I understand all that... and generally I think what we have is a better system...
I guess it all comes down to the "borders" of where ACC's coverage and AFFCO's alternative deal meet (or dont?).
It just seems illogical and unfair, intuitively, that my employer might be responsible for things that happen to me that are not of its making...
But ultimately, I realise that what seems intuitive is not always the legal case, and if the leagal beagles (sorry) have had their say and decided it's AFFCO's turn to pay, then so be it. They should just shut-up and pay.
I also wonder why AFFCO's making all the noise? Surely its the insurance company thats up for the million dollars? Or were they "self insured"? Or did they not insure themselves properly against all the risks they were relieving ACC of?
Also, they want to be carefull.... talk-back radio and questions in parliament are cheap, but If they kick up too much of a fuss they might spend more on PR and legal than the medical costs they are trying to get out of?
Fletcher: you have to read the article RB posted about! There it's laid out fairly clearly that while this is indeed unintuitive, it IS what AFFCO signed up for.
Is the article paper version only? I can't find it on the herald site.
Or did I miss a link to it somewhere?
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And a couple of other things:
- while it doesn't make me any more sympathetic, AFFCO's profit last year was only 1.2m. In 02 and 98 they made a loss. This is a pretty chunky sum for them, big company or not.
- I can see how the dope-smoking rumour could start. Unpleasant repetitive jobs are made easier by a wee toot, and AFFCO has had repeated trouble in the past with this. (Remember the stoush over covert surveillance in the showers a couple of years back?)
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I have just returned home from a sonogram and doctor's appointment and am so excited to announce that we will be having GIRL #3! The tea parties, princesses, and frou-frou have already taken over this house so I'm trying to wrap my mind around it happening to the next degree. Baby Girl, who is unfortunately nameless because Jared and I aren't going to name her "Flower", no matter how much Charlotte wants us to, looks completely healthy. She slept through the entire sonogram, despite the sonogram tech poking and prodding and trying to wake her up, so I'm hoping she'll be a good sleeper!
Naomi is still a bit clueless about all the goings-on, but will finally point to my belly instead of her own when asked where the baby is. Upon learning that she would have another sister, Charlotte said, "But I wanted a brother..." She later confirmed that this was only so she would have someone to be her "Prince" :) During the sonogram, we pointed out Baby Girl's backbone to Charlotte and she said, "It looks like corn!"
We're beyond excited for how God is blessing us. Now we get to decide on a name and figure out how to decorate Baby Girl's room and Charlotte & Naomi's "big girl" room!
Thanks to Fergie for the inspiration for the blog title... or rather a T-shirt I saw with it written on it. Funny stuff!
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Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran
According to reports, Kermani and Faraji, the head and assistant head of Gohardasht Prison's Intelligence Department went to the home of the Khodadoust Family whose son was killed under torture in this prison a few days ago and threatened them to refrain from pursuing his death.
Kermani told this family that Yavar Khodadoust died from a drug overdose. He also threatened the family that 'It's better for you to stay silent and not to pursue this issue anywhere'.
"Do not talk to anyone regarding this issue under any circumstances, because your other son is also in this jail", he threatened.
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H.R.3286 - Protecting States, Opening National Parks Act113th Congress (2013-2014)
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Protecting States, Opening National Parks Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to reimburse any state for state funds expended for an activity conducted in FY2014 during the federal government shutdown that was necessary to operate and open to the public a National Park located, in whole or in part, within the state. Requires any such activity to have been: (1) authorized under federal law, (2) conducted in a manner and at a level not substantially greater in scope or cost than how the activity would have been conducted by the federal government, and (3) not a settlement of or defense against a claim of liability on the part of the state.


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The comedian, whose popular "Seinfeld" show ended in 1998 after a groundbreaking nine-year run, gave away some details about the project Thursday while appearing on a sports radio talk show, according to CBS New York.
Seinfeld, 59, was talking football on WFAN's Boomer and Carton show, when the hosts asked about the photo that recently hit the Internet of Seinfeld and former co-star Jason Alexander walking into Tom's Diner on Manhattan's Upper West Side (just as they had done so many times on the show).
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Craig breaks out as Cards push Crew away
Slump in past with four-hit day; Adams contributes three RBIs
ST. LOUIS -- With a lift from Matt Adams and a season-best performance by Allen Craig, the Cardinals salvaged the final game of a three-game series against the Brewers on Wednesday, putting a halt to Milwaukee's growing lead in the National League Central standings.
Even with their 9-3 victory, the Cardinals exit April on notice after watching the Brewers reel off 20 wins in the season's first month. The Cardinals entered the year favorites to repeat as division champs, yet they find themselves out of first place at the end of April for the first time since 2008.
Milwaukee's sits 5 1/2 games ahead, and the Cardinals won't get any more head-to-head matchups until the final days of the first half. But the Cardinals were pleased -- even relieved, perhaps? -- to at least send the Brewers out with a reminder that they, too, intend to stick around.
"We needed a huge win there," winning starter Shelby Miller said. "We didn't have the series we wanted to, but hopefully we start getting a lot of wins … and see if we can't catch up a bit."
Stung by extra-innings losses each of the previous two nights, the Cardinals started their catch-up by keeping from being swept at home by the Brewers for the first time since 2009. For the third game in a row, they squandered a first-inning lead. This time, however, the offense charged back and kept its foot on the pedal to prevent another Milwaukee comeback.
Behind, 3-1, the Cardinals scored eight unanswered runs with tallies in four consecutive innings. Adams crushed a three-run homer to push the Cardinals ahead in the third. Craig's two-run double padded the lead an inning later. Doubles by Miller and Jon Jay tacked on two fifth-inning runs.
"We've talked as a group that we can't let those thoughts start to creep that, 'Here it goes again' when we get a lead and lose it," manager Mike Matheny said. "You need somebody to step in for that big blow, and Adams being able to jump on one was a big blow.
"You never know what's going to be the one hit, the one play that gets people going in a positive direction. But that was one of them."
Craig then delivered a key component of his four-hit day, a solo homer that led off the sixth and was aided by instant replay review overturning the on-field call. Three of Craig's hits went for extra bases, and he pushed his batting average north of .200 (it's now .220) for the first time this year.
"I have been hitting the ball well; it just hasn't been good enough," said Craig, who has a five-game hitting streak. "It definitely was a good day for me personally to get some hits and drive in some runs in some big spots. I'm just trying to take it one at-bat at a time, one pitch at a time. As cliché as it sounds, I'm trying to keep things simple and focus on the job that I need to do."
It was enough to make a winner of Miller, despite the right-hander's continued trouble limiting long balls and free passes. Home runs by Mark Reynolds in the second and Carlos Gomez in the third built the Brewers' lead. Catcher Tony Cruz helped Miller escape the third by throwing out Scooter Gennett at second while Elian Herrera headed home.
Miller would follow with three scoreless innings before a leadoff walk in the seventh ended his day. He won three of his six starts in April, even though he walked 21 and served up seven homers in 34 1/3 innings.
"He hasn't had his best stuff," Matheny said of Miller. "I see a lot of things that are very positive with how he competes. … Shelby also has the ability to dominate if he can get everything locked in and fine-tune some of those things. It's one of the things he's going to have to clean up. And when he does, watch out."
Home runs have been more plentiful on the Cardinals' offensive end as well. After going homerless in nine straight games, the Cardinals have connected for at least one on four consecutive days. They have feasted, in particular, on Brewers pitching.
The Cardinals have gone deep in all six games against Milwaukee this season but have homered in just seven of their other 23 games.
The Cardinals' offense was not singularly dependent on home runs Wednesday. Jay, who entered 7-for-12 against Brewers starter Matt Garza, finished 3-for-4 with a walk. Batting behind him, Matt Holliday reached base four times. He drove Jay home with a first-inning single off Garza.
"I don't know, he just wasn't putting guys away," Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said of Garza. "The balls that I saw that were hit well were pretty much middle of the plate. I thought his stuff was fine. I don't know if it was just location or what it was."
Garza couldn't give the Brewers' weary bullpen the same respite that Miller did, either. The Milwaukee starter walked off the mound in the fourth with a right thumb contusion and a pitch count of 83. Lefty Wei-Chung Wang, a Rule 5 Draft pick, allowed four runs in his three-inning relief appearance. Backup catcher Martin Maldonado was also called upon to pitch.
The Cardinals' bullpen, on the other hand, contributed three scoreless innings.
"It was good to see all aspects of our game click today," Adams said. "When we click with everything, we're a good team. The first two games of this series were extra innings, and we kept battling. We just ran into a hot team, and everything is clicking for them right now. If we continue playing like we have the last couple of days, I think we'll be fine."


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When he calls in from the road while on tour, on the drive back to his tiny hometown of Jefferson, Ga., country singer-songwriter Brantley Gilbert is busy trying to avoid his wedding planner.
He knows it's not right, and he knows that, eventually, she will find him. He pleads his case: "I started off with three missions: Get the preacher, get the wedding band, and I had to get fireworks. I got those out of the way, then I got an email with a list, a long list, I might add, of things that 'the groom sometimes helps with.' … I'm trying to act like I didn't get the email."
Thanks to an impressive, rapidly assembled collection of hits, both his own ("Country Must Be Country Wide," "You Don't Know Her Like I Do") and those made famous by other people ("Dirt Road Anthem"), Gilbert, 28, has become one of country's newest sensations.
His fiancee, Jana Kramer, is an actress and emerging country star in her own right. Their coupling has multiplied their fame exponentially; they are the Tim McGraw and Faith Hill of the freshman class. Gilbert has discussed the situation with McGraw, for whom he is opening on tour.
"He's got a lot to teach me. He's got a wife that's in the entertainment business as well, and that's kind of the deal I'm entering into," Gilbert says. "I'm learning from one of the best."
Gilbert has a slow drawl and a quick laugh; he's the kind of guy who knows exactly how adorable he is. You could not possibly upset him, unless he thought you were bringing up a recent spate of articles in the country music press about a minor dust-up with his wedding planner that left the impression Gilbert was becoming a "groomzilla." (You weren't.)
"I'm gonna let you know that was blown out of proportion," he protests, before launching into a lengthy explanation involving the wedding planner, GPS and a long car ride. Things came to a head when Kramer jokingly tweeted that Gilbert was a groomzilla, but he doesn't blame her. "I've learned that 'Yes, dear' is a very good term," Gilbert says, sounding resigned.
When Gilbert was younger, he thought he might become a relationship counselor.
"In high school, I was the guy that girls go to," he says. "I was kind of a big brother to a lot of them. … Thank goodness I didn't go down that path. I would have been responsible for (so many) divorces."
When he was 19, he flipped his truck while driving drunk. Gilbert barely survived the accident, which he saw as a sign he should pursue his then-fitful music career full time.
"There's a lot of spiritual meaning in my records," says Gilbert, who no longer drinks. "I had a car wreck that I shouldn't have lived through. I'm definitely here for a reason."
Gilbert released his official debut, "A Modern Day Prodigal Son," in 2009. One of its songs, "My Kinda Party," written when he was 17, became a behemoth hit for Jason Aldean. The "Prodigal Son" follow-up, "Halfway to Heaven," made Gilbert a star (and made Aldean an even bigger one, when he covered the track "Dirt Road Anthem").
Combining the twang of country with the bombast of '80s hair metal, "Heaven" is the most pleasurable country album in ages, which is different than saying it's the best; "Country Must Be Country Wide," Gilbert's signature hit, sounds like Bon Jovi's "Wanted Dead or Alive," re-imagined with country instruments.
With his baseball hats and carefully tended soul patch, Gilbert is more post-collegiate rock star than hat act. He looks like he belongs to a really polite motorcycle gang. When Gilbert was starting out, this look was not regarded as a virtue.
"Nobody really ever made an attempt (to change me). I made that clear upfront," he says. "That's why I was hesitant to move to Nashville (Tenn.). I had heard stories. There was no way anybody was gonna put a bucket hat on me and tell me to sing somebody else's songs. My look has always been whatever I was wearing at the time."
These days, Gilbert's look is catching on in ways he hasn't expected. "A few years ago they arrested a fella in Indiana who was impersonating me. He was hiring a band and all that stuff," he says proudly. "He got locked up. He's doing some time for it."
Gilbert works every day on a follow-up to "Halfway to Heaven" and spends his rare moments of free time planning his wedding. It isn't what he thought being a country star would be like, but, then again, Gilbert claims he never really thought about it much.
"I had no idea, darlin'," he says. "My goal in the music business was to sell out the Georgia Theatre (in Athens, Ga.). It was 20 minutes from my hometown and had 2,300 people, and I did that when I was 19. Everything else had been a bonus."
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Is there a version of K. 525 that includes a part for the harpsichord? I remember, about two or three years ago, I listened to this Mozart piece on the radio (I'm starting to doubt myself because I just noticed that EKN's instrumentation does not call for a harpsichord), and the sounds were such a delight to listen to compared the chamber(-sized) orchestral renditions that I was used to: sparse strings, and a harpsichord, to boot. I remember thinking to myself that that was how Mozart ought be performed. That was in the recesses of my mind until a few days ago when I wanted to listen to (something like) that again. I can count about two (maybe three) HIP versions: the Manze that has been recommended several times in this thread, and then their is Savall's and perhaps an OOP l'Archibudelli, somewhere; but the samples don't seem to hint at the use of a harpsichord continuo. So can anyone recommend me a version (assuming there's one)? Or, if not, suggest a famous Mozart serenade that might have a place for the H. Suggestions, as always, will be appreciated.
I have a version by (Anthony? Damn, can't remember ) Newman and the Brandenburg Consort (? double damn) that is a very small group in which he plays harpsichord continuo. It's on Newport Classics. I like it a bunch, and I will ad that it also has K 136-138 for the same group. Any or all of those works can be played anywhere from 1 to 4 to a part, since Mozart didn't specify. Continuo was probably a given and would be used whether written in or not. So anything more than an actual string quintet (with Bass) or quartet (for the earlier works) can be made to fit. As you discovered, making to fit and sounding good are not necessarily the same thing.
Thanks, Gurn. Alas, the recording is nowhere to be found (among Amazon.com, Presto, MDT and BRO, anyway). But there is one slightly pricey, OOP sony two-fer which also contains a couple of the symphonies. And as regards the instrumentation, it did sound more or less like a string quintet, with continuo -- just about ideal for a Classical string serenade or divertimento, IMO.
You wouldn't know by looking at the listing, but this is it:http://www.amazon.com/Music-String-Orchestra-Mozart/dp/B00005NZL7/ref=sr_1_26?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1269360625&sr=8-26Not that I recommend it at that price. I got it 7-8 years ago for less than $10, didn't realize what a treasure it was today...
Mozart really left the door open by not specifying "X on a part", I've even heard K525 with a full orchestra!
That's the con of not specifying the parts! Rapidly going through the selections at the local store, I take a moment to shudder when I see the Karajan/BPO disc. (Happens with the Brandenburgs as well.)
There is nothing to fear in Karajan's Brandenburgs. I have no affection for the late set, which has really bad sound, but the old 60's set has some wonderful buttery string sound in some of the slow movements which can be a historically inappropriate delight.
Okay, as a coating to a documentary, perhaps. I grew up listening to very un-HIP versions, but more recently I've come to love the crispness and the lightness of the period instrument performances. Hence too much fat is a no-no.
Shame you can't appreciate one without rejecting the other.
Hmmm... Should I...? Yes, I should - unleash Minkowski!!!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYSWYhhsyy4
MDT is having sale on Linn Records label this month so I just ordered newest hybrid MacKerras set, this will join the excellent previous release (one of the very best 38-41 ever made)
Tempting, especially at the sale price. I already have MacKerras's previous cycle--are these SCO discs significantly better/different? How do these HIPer but still modern instrument performances compare with the better period instrument ones, like Jacobs or Minkowski?
Ooh, I love timpani-whacking in Mozart!
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STAMFORD -- A priest serving a three-year prison term for embezzling more than $1 million from his Darien parish died in prison Saturday morning, a spokesman for the diocese has confirmed.
Joseph McAleer, a spokesman for the Bridgeport Diocese, said that Rev. Michael Jude Fay, a former pastor of St. John Roman Catholic Church in Darien, died Saturday morning.
"As we pray for the repose of Father Fay's soul, we offer prayers and condolences to his mother and family," McAleer said in a statement. McAleer said he did not know the cause of death.
Fay suffered from prostate cancer. The start of his prison term was delayed six times while federal prosecutors and Fay's attorneys worked out a deal through which he could continue treatment through a clinical trial he began at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York before he pleaded guilty in September 2007 to interstate transportation of money obtained by fraud.
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Fay was pastor of St. John for 15 years, starting in 1991. Prosecutors said he stole $1.3 million from the parish from 1999 to 2006, funneling much of it into secret bank accounts. Fay admitted stealing but said the amount was $400,000 to $1 million, because he used some of the money to buy gifts for church employees and volunteers.
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As I do regularly, I read DodgerThoughts today and Jon Weisman's latest post certainly was of interest to me. I guess more than anything, I want everyone that reads this blog and any of the others that are out there to know that we truly empathize with everyone who has experienced growing pains with the new parking system and I don't know how to make it sound sincere over the Internet, but we are absolutely listening to your comments and in cases where it's possible, implementing them.
More importantly, I know that Jon made it a point to bold the fact that if this system works, that we will have the last laugh and I want to assure you that no one here is looking for a last laugh. This is not a Dodgers vs. the Fans issue and there will not be anyone here saying "I told you so," if and when this system proves to work out to everyone's liking. We all come to work each day looking to improve the fan experience and that is really what matters (in addition to winning). Without the fan support, this organization is nothing and I sincerely mean that.
I know that expressing empathy (or sympathy or whatever you want to call it) when it's asked for by Dodger Thoughts is a little like bringing flowers home to your wife after she's told you that you never bring her flowers, but I cannot express more strongly that we do listen to your comments and we do try to implement them whenever possible. For example, on Tuesday night, when one of the gates was backed up after the game and another had emptied quickly, we re-routed fans to the open one to help get them exit more easily. And the suggestions for a shuttle from Union Station that were made on this blog continue to be discussed, though I can tell you that the last time we tried to do that, we discontinued the service because so few people used it. These are only two of the many ideas being considered to improve the parking situation.
We have numerous people who are reading message boards and blogs several times a day and they are talking to fans in the stands every night. We also have several parking experts (who understand this far better than you or I) here until 2 a.m. after night games, meeting with our own staff members and trying to assess every single thing that took place in the parking lots that night.
To Jon's point, I don't believe there is anyone here who thinks the "customers are spoiled." That said, we obviously know that when things change, it makes it the most difficult for the people who are the most used to the "old way," which in this case are our long-time fans and season-ticket holders. This is not us blaming them for resisting change. It is the reality of making a change and again, their opinions matter more than anyone realizes.
The entire reason we started Inside the Dodgers was to be able to interact daily with our fans rather than to communicate with you all through the media. There are only three teams in baseball with a forum like this and rest assured, everything you are posting is being read and seriously considered.
In regards to the handicapped parking, I can assure you all that anyone with an actual handicapped placard is accomodating in a lot closest to the stadium, which is the reason why the premium parking lots overflowed on Opening Day.
And finally, more than anything, I agree with Jon on this point: That Sunday night, a large crowd coming is coming to honor the legacy of Jackie Robinson and I hope that he is the focal point of the evening and that eventually, we are all able to move on from parking and that the results will be exactly what the fans and the Dodgers were seeking.
Thanks again for your patience and as soon as I know more on Furcal, I'll post again (though it probably won't be until later in the day when he gets to the ballpark).
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Nice post Josh,
Aside from the parking, is there any information about getting more games to be broadcast in HD?
Thanks for the comments Josh. I was at opening day with my buddy Loren DePhillips who is blind. He has been a Dodger fan all his life. He listens to the game on the radio. This past game I had to take the place of Vin and I was a very very poor substitute. He is not the only fan at games who brings a radio intending to hear the play by play that then leaves disappointed. We can hear Vin live in the bathrooms but nothing in the stands. I know you had said previously that there is by law a 7 second delay dictated by the FCC, but then why is Vin live in the bathrooms and why can he listen to the game with no delay in Spanish on the Dodgers Spanish radio station? My friend Loren has mentioned that if the Dodgers install a short wave radio transmitter somewhere at the stadium people wouldnt have to deal with the delay. Many people, including myself would appreciate this. Myself especially, because I wont have to call the games so poorly for my buddy. This would be at a minimal cost to the Dodgers. I appreciate it when you write, "We all come to work each day looking to improve the fan experience and that is really what matters (in addition to winning). Without the fan support, this organization is nothing and I sincerely mean that." I just hope that this statement is true and is backed up with actions from the Dodgers that truly make these games the ultimate experience for the fans, especially those like my friend Loren.
The Dodgers are lucky to have you, Josh.
Yeah, parking shmarking — get Fox Sports to put every Dodger game on the HD channel!!
Thanks Josh! It's definitely great to have this site and appreciate the time you take to answer us fans back. Now instead of an actual bus shuttle, what are the possibilities of getting a few of those universal/disney type trams from Union station? If not feasible from there maybe expanding a lot somewhere outside Dodger stadium and shuttling in.
I just wanted to say thank you again for this post. I remember when following your
favorite team could only be done by reading the papers, and if it was a night game, forget about it. the only minor league news we got was baseball digest march issue on rookies .
then with the internet, we could follow our teams, and now keep track of our minor league team's also.
now with you, we are one of the few teams who can also blog, This makes it even better to be a Dodger fan.
THen for those who only sign on to blast the Dodger, dude no one is even reading your page, I scroll down and see who is bloging, so you are wasting your time, go get a job, a life, or blast your own team SEE YA pal.
Hi Josh,
Wonderful, thoughtful post. Thank you so much for not assuming a defensive position on this issue, and making us feel like the Dodger organization really, truly cares about the fan experience.
My husand and I were in LOT 10 on opening day.
Due to the fact that everyone was warned of the parking disaster that could happen- no one was truly upset as we sat in our cars for over 2 hours after the game ended. (that could be due to the fact that people all got there 2 hours early and had nothing to do but drink beer)
People were chatting and passing out the 323 complaint number.
My husband called and actually spoke to someone who said a formal complaint was being filed on our behalf and that someone would follow up with a call.
So many people had contacted Bill Plashke that he asked my husband "oh boy I have been hearing some nasty stories about LOT 10 alone.. did you see this? what about that?"
2 days later someone from the dodgers called my husband back. That was shocking due to the high volume of calls these people have been dealing with.
He assured my husband how sorry he was, that they are working on it. blah blah blah.
My husband then says "look, we don't want free tickets from you, we just want to know that someone cares!"
"We care sir, we really do, please."
After all of this drama regarding the parking and my terrible field level sunburn, I am still excited about going to tonight's game. We have no other choice but to wait it out and see what happens. I'm not going to let it prevent me from seeing my team…. yet.
Here you go Josh, maybe you can pass this idea along to your pals. Here is a very simple solution to many of Dodger Stadium's traffic woes……pedestrian bridges.
awesome post Josh, I'm one of the few who could care less about the parking situation cause I know my way around the thing but I can understand others frustrations.
Since this thread is dedicated to the parking issues, my comments should have a better chance at being read, and, having attended over a hundred Dodger games in my lifetime, I'm going to repost my comment from a few days ago. My suggestion might help for a "long-term" solution, which in my opinion has always been the slow-downs due to traffic signals outside of the stadium, and with this new parking plan implemented inside the stadium, only exacerbates the situation.
Anyway, here's my previous post:
"If one were to look at the more successful stadium parking scenarios across the country, you'll find one common thread: direct access to their respective freeway systems right in and out of the parking lots. It would be in the Dodgers (McCourts') best interest to strike a deal with the City of Los Angeles to help provide a direct on/off ramp for at least two of the three freeways in the area. The freeway series last week was held at night and even those people complained about exiting the stadium. You will find the way the parking is implemented now will not allow patrons to leave any quicker than before. Why? Because there are too many city intersections and traffic signals blocking access to the freeways directly from the parking lots. If direct access ramps were provided, one should find that the lots would empty a lot quicker, and with an easier route of exit, fans might even be able to stay until the end of the games instead of the usual "leave early to beat the traffic" reputation. And when people are able to stay through the end of the game, they just might spend more money on souveniers and concessions."
And by the way… great post Josh!
When do the playoff tickets go on sale? If parking is the biggest problem we've got, we've got this thing licked.
Good point kssparkuhl. I suppose though, that direct onramps would be more useful than direct offramps. Moving to a less dense car concentration is the first instance, in the second you may get backup onto the freeway ( what am I saying? It happens already! ;-P )
nkirby4 – that's a great idea! But we'd probably have to pay $50 a parking ticket to ever get that kind of thing done! Pedestrian bridges in the parking lot, keeping the walkers inside well-marked lots so they can't try to cross the streams of in-and outbound traffic … yeah, it could work.
Josh, excellent post. Thank you. And amen to the FSN HD broadcast. I mean come on people
mhardy78–Great Post about shortwave radio. I think I read about your friend or saw him on the news last year. A great fan.
Josh, please take note, because this idea is really solid. I noticed last Saturday that the radio feed was slower than the TV Feed (I turned off th Fox broadcasters in favor of Charley and Rick–and would naturally have preferred Vin), and saw in the LA Times today about the 10 second delay, and that KFWB was able to reduce this. The delay is silly, and the ideal situation is if the Dodgers (and all of MLB) could work to get the FCC to change their position on this–it's not like there is a half-time show in a baseball game that needs a tape delay.
But, for an in-park solution, another idea that might work better than shortwave would be a very low power AM transmitter at like 530 or 1610 or 1620 on the AM Band that would simulcast the KFWB (or whatever future flagship of the Dodger Radio Network) feed without tape delay. The transmitter could be low power enough so that it only reach the confines of Chavez Ravine. Airports do this for traffic and flight status, and a number of cities have low-power transmitters that do the same thing. A few signs around the stadium would indicate to fans that you could tune in to station on a conventional AM Radio to listen. The Dodgers could set up another one to broadcast on Spanish.
It used to be common-place to hear Vin (and Ross and Jerry, then Don, then Rick) while watching the game at the Stadium. When I first started going to games, I remember my brother brining a radio, but we often did not bother, because there was so many radios, you could hear it throughout the ballpark. These days, you don't get that anymore, and it's really too bad.
They could actually use Vinny's FSN Prime feed, if you wanted to get Vinny over Charley and Rick (I don't know if that would be a problem with the FSN contract, and also because Vin tends to react to the cameras after the simulcast ends in the Fourth Inning, which he generally makes a point not to while he's on Radio–amazing guy). BTW–none of this is meant to be a slight to Charley and Rick, who I think are gerat themselves–but there is no one like Vin Scully.
Here's the ridiculous thing about the parking problems – WHY would you try a new system on the busiest day of the year? Wouldn't good planning dictate waiting until a slow day to introduce a new way of doing things? This was a "perfect storm" of the Dodgers' own making.
It took us 50 minutes to get in the parking lot from Alvarado Street exit, another hour and 15 minutes to get to the 101 after the game. My 3 kids were all crying. Maybe it was because they were hungry – when we tried to get hamburgers and pizza in the FIRST INNING, they were already sold out. After that, lines were 3 innings long for food. There were no food vendors other than peanuts and cracker jack in the Top Deck. Don't even get me started on the bathroom lines.
It was the worst experience I've ever had at Dodger stadium. Truly awful.
I was just wondering. Everyone is talking about Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier when he came in to the league. That is all fine and good but why is he getting all the credit for doing something that actually took at least two people to do. I am talking about the person that gave him a chance to play for the Dodgers. When will he get some credit for doing something that everyone else was against at the time. I think that it took some guts to go against pretty much the whole nation and let a black man play what was considered a white mans game at the time.
Hey — I have a friend in Hollywood who can almost always hear the Spanish language broadcast at the same time that Vin is speaking, like in the background. Sometimes it's nearly as loud as Vin. Have others experienced this? He's on Time-Warner Cable. I've heard it — it's extremely funny, and he has a great attitude about it. But I can't hear it at my house, and I've never heard anyone else report it. Any thoughts?
I have been an avid Dodger fan (who attends games) for 7-years now. I have never felt the need or desire to complain about the Dodger parking until today. IT TOOK ME AN HOUR TO GET INTO THE STADIUM! I have been to many sold out games and this has never happened… never. I don't care how many experts you hired to figure out the new system, just go back to the old one.
Here in LA we deal with enough traffic. There is no answer for it, just too many people. At least in the old system you could find an entrance that wasn't full and figure out which exit to go to depending on what you were doing after the game. Today I had to leave through the 5-fwy exit, drive all the way around to get to Hollywood. In the old system I could have entered the stadium through Broadway and left through the Sunset exit and have at least been pointed in the right direction.
It was really bad today…
Listen to the fans not the experts!