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SPEEDPIG – Hog Roast In Hell: This Metal EP Is On Fire!
SPEEDPIG – They're raw. They're Metal. They're Stoner Metal. They're a bit traditional with their Metal style. They're underground… and they're undisputedly on fire! SPEEDPIG is a 'two man Stoner Metal tour-de-force' as they call themselves on their website. Gaz and Mungo are their names. Bridgend, South Wales is where this diy Stoner Metal duo calls home and they are looking to invade all shores with their terrificly memorable EP aptly titled: Hog Roast In Hell. Yes, these two lads from the other side of the Atlantic can play some Metal and it sounds like they have a monumental ton of fun with it along the way.
Having SPEEDPIG cross my Metal path is reassuring in a way, that not all bands these days are trying to make a statement as to how clever they really are with "concept albums" or (enough already) deeply enriched themes taken from "reality". Instead, Gaz and Mungo have created some Metal that you can crank the hell up after you've just called in sick and ordered pizza for breakfast. This is Metal you can crank up in the open field with a bonfire and keg of beers aplenty.
You don't need a Berkley School of Music degree to understand that Metal needs to return to the days when songs were memorable and not boastfully epic length. Making songs that inevitably will have Metalheads playing loud should be the rule and not the exception. SPEEDPIG gets this. I advice my fellow Metalheads to play Hog Roast In Hell very loud, um, Metal be thy name.
This SPEEDPIG EP keeps a constant fired up tempo, while delivering a vibe & soul that is old school denim and leather. Hog Roast In Hell is all about the riff baby… and plenty of impressive shredding abounds too. The vocals of Gaz are a refreshing experience, one that reminds me of maybe how the late and legendary Bon Scott would sound if he decided to go hell-bent for leather on some smokin' Stoner Metal.
I've enjoyed what SPEEDPIG has delivered with Hog Roast In Hell and look forward to their future Metal output. SPEEDPIG qualifies as a candidate for not only Stoner Metal fans to get into, Traditional Metal and Metal fans should find this talented duo just as bad-ass too. Get into the pig now, so you can tell all your friends down the Metal road that you were there when this Hog Roast In Hell started burning up!
* Coming in 2012 from SPEEDPIG: Generation Of Swine (EP) and We Sold Our Soul For A Bacon Roll (LP).
Hog Roast In Hell – Track Listing:
Kill You To Death
Black Acid
Rise Up And Die
Full Hog
* For more info on SPEEDPIG, click on the links below:
Stone Digs The Pig.
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IT is a great debating issue.
Should Saints re-form their reserve set-up, which they disbanded two years ago, to play in the Premier Reserve League?
Or should they carry on playing friendlies against lower league clubs under the guise of an under-21 side, plus some over-age players?
It appears Saints are unlikely to accept the Premier League's invitation to play in their second string competition next season.
That is a shame for the club's youngsters such as James Ward-Prowse, Luke Shaw and Jake Sinclair.
They would miss out on competitive games against reserve sides from the likes of Arsenal and Chelsea.
In 2011/12, Saints' under-21 side played 19 friendlies.
A handful were against other Championship clubs, like Watford, West Ham, Birmingham, Cardiff and Reading.
Some were against League 1 and League 2 clubs like Exeter, Plymouth and Brentford.
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Hosted by Tami Winfrey Harris and Andrea Plaid
Well, Mad Men fans and critics wondered how the show would handle the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Hosts Tami Winfrey Harris, along with Renee Martin from Womanist Musings and Fangs for the Fantasy and Racialicious staffer Joe Lamour, chat about how Weiner and Co. does, as well as how plaids mark a character and why white hipsters wouldn't live in Brooklyn yet–"yet" being the operative word.
You know the drill: spoilers. And here we go…
Tami: Before we get into this Mad Men episode that deals with MLK, Jr.'s assassination and the racial unrest of the late 1960s, I have to ask: Where does the group stand on Matt Weiner's treatment of race in Mad Men up until now?
I'm on record as thinking he has done well, despite the absence of many characters of color in the show. I know at the very least Renee disagrees with me. What say you, roundtablers?
Andrea: I feel like a broken record saying this, but perhaps I do need to repeat it, if nothing else, for the record. As I said in our Downton Abbey/Mad Men post:
…I also know that folks get deeeeeeep in their feelings about Weiner pushing people of color, specifically Black people, to the margins (while he completely erases other PoCs) in his vision of the 50s and 60s when the history of that time states that the Civil Rights Movement increasingly moved into the popular consciousness and conversations right about this time. So, the critics figure, there should be, at least, more Black people on Mad Men increasingly, if not regularly–and not just a Black woman who either disappears after a couple of episodes (e.g. Lane's Black Playboy Bunny mistress) or a couple of seasons (Carla, the Drapers' maid). So, the accusation could easily be that though Weiner may be cognizant, if not sensitive, to the characterization of some marginalized people, he's not quite as much with others.
The rub about that is, according to the folks who lived during that time, Mad Men isn't that far off as far as showing how marginalized people occupied social spaces overall during that period. So, yes, white non-Jewish women moved and grooved in a certain way (Betty, Joan, and Peggy, for example); gay men like Sal moved and grooved a certain way; upper-class Jewish women like Rachel moved and grooved a certain way.
And Black people moved through this particular time and space a certain way in this particular part of US society: so, yes, we may have owned our own advertising agencies in NYC at that time, but more than likely that agency may not have interacted with a place like Sterling Cooper Draper Price (that "old (white) boys' club" was a far tighter scene than it is now). Yes, though the woman who created the Playboy Club costume is Black, that may not have translated into the club hiring Black women commensurate to the population, which tends to be a goal of the "diversity hiring" that we think of today, even though Hugh Hefner did hire Black women for his club back in the 60s. So, our seeing an African-American Playboy Bunny–that particular woman at that point in time in that particular place–wouldn't be that unusual. (Someone had to be a "first," right?) In fact, I'd argue that Lane's introducing her to his dad would be a rarer situation that her working there.
Not that we Black folks didn't live these incredible, active, advocating business, professional, and personal lives (think of the PBS classic I'll Fly Away, which centers on the life of a Black maid living in the South who eventually becomes a writer), but our lives didn't become an unavoidable visible force of humanity to be reckoned with in larger contemporary public conversations until about the mid- to late 60s–and, as seen on Mad Men, that reckoning is still mediated a certain way in this "white" world, like the drips and drabs of seeing us and our struggles on that show…"
And we're seeing that mitigated white space in this episode–again, white people and Black people (and other people of color) were not as integrated during this time we think we remember. We were more integrated than, say the early 60s when the show takes place, but it wasn't like the floodgates opened, and we people of color occupied every social strata and moved wholesale into the neighborhoods of our choosing during the late 60s. Remember, Star Trek just came on–and off–the air at this time. The era of the "First Black (fill in the blank)" began in earnest, thanks to the implementation of the Civil Rights-born laws and policies in various sectors of the society. Yet and still, our presence in the world of Mad Men is still mediated a certain way in this rather "white" world–as impatient as we may be about that living in societies where, though we're still fighting about recognition of our humanity, we're used to occupying a certain presence in them.
And I think that impatience is coming through in some of the critiques I'm reading about Mad Men and how Weiner and Co. deal with the issue of race and racism on this show.
Joe: I think the problem I have is that he's portraying this world from a white perspective too accurately. As Tom and Lorenzo said in their coverage of "The Flood":
"Mad Men is a lily-white world, seeing as how it's almost entirely focused on the Manhattan creative class and the upper-middle to upper classes on the east coast, starting in 1960. These characters do not inhabit an integrated society and for many of them, as we've seen, the only black people they ever regularly come into contact with are the ones who are waiting on them hand and foot, silently. People get angry at Weiner & Co. for not including more African-Americans in the story, but we've always felt that when it comes to the topic of racism in the period, that IS the story, at least for these characters. They are largely sheltered and removed from the African-American experience of the time."
The same can be said for other people of color as well; we saw The Drapers' maid, well, only when she was cleaning and getting fired. Sal only was a big part of the plot when Don caught him in the midst of getting down with a bellboy. I'm not saying we should give the maid a storyline or bring Sal back. At its heart, Mad Men is about Don and how he never changes even though the world is changing. If the episode with Dawn hadn't happened last week, a plot with her is probably what I would have (angrily) suggested. So at least different perspectives are starting to be represented.
But… why in the world did we not see Dawn's family or even her commute to work the morning after? Or anything involving Peggy's assistant? Especially during this episode? It's decisions like that that leave me wondering. Did Weiner just want to show everyone how white people reacted to such a historic civil rights event?
Tami: In this episode, I think Weiner was pretty deft in the way he portrayed different responses to King's death. He captured black and white people not really knowing how to be with each other–this awkwardness. Black folks navigating their grief in majority-white spaces, unsure how much to show to white colleagues.
White people feeling the event on different levels: From Pete's display of passion to Joan and Peggy's awkward hugs with secretaries and Harry's…ugh. Very few of the main characters, save Pete, convinced me that the death meant much personally to them, rather they saw the killing as bad for black folks not bad for America. And that seems about right. There are still those that see anti-racism as a fight people of color own. Lots of uncomfortable displays of real and faux empathy; little real personal emotion.
And speaking of Pete Campbell, Weiner also illustrated another truism about race and bias: Likeability does not equal racial enlightenment. The positioning of people with racial biases as monsters rather than humans does equality no good. The truth is, weasely Pete can be anti-racist (in his way–we've seen him display racial privilege before), while likeable Peggy can be racially clueless.
Renee: I tend to agree with your assessment, Tami. I think that people forget that at the time of Dr. King's death he had a very low approval rating. I think that people look back on his life with a sense of false nostalgia because it makes them feel good. Just look at how his words continue to be appropriated by Whiteness today to silence people of colour when we bring up the subject of race. They are however always careful to quote King before 1963. At the time of his death, though his message was about peace and equality, White people still saw him as an uppity negro trying to change the status quo. Many could not relate to either his message or his agenda and this is why it was seen as a loss for Black people and not the United States. Score one for Weiner.
Andrea: See, I don't see Pete as anti-racist so much as "racially savvy." He "gets" some aspects of how race and racism works, as witnessed when he suggested advertising TVs to Black people because he understood the buying power of some Black communities. As maybe he indeed felt emotional about King's assassination. But more than being racially savvy, Pete is always for grandstanding. Harry's garden-variety racist reaction of it being worse to be called a racist than to actually behave in a racist manner gave Pete the perfect opportunity to grandstand under the guise of his grief over King's death and us wronged Negroes.
As for the white people's reaction to King's death: you know, I thought it was refreshing to see the various reactions to the assassination. Nowadays, if you ask a white person of a certain age, they are just about dying to tell you that they "marched with King"–even though, if you knew their age and calculated that with the years of the marches, you'd know they were an itch in their parents' pants or were gestating. But the real answer is people felt positive and negative emotions–and feelings in between–about the man himself and his message.
Tami: I think Pete does find the sort of blatant racism typical in the 60s abhorrent. Recall, also, that he was the only one at Roger's blackface party to be turned off by Sterling's shenanigans. And he called the water balloon-throwing Young & Rubicam guys "bigots." That said, I wouldn't confuse that sentiment with him being a 60's-era Tim Wise. I can't recall in what recap I read this (maybe T and Lo, Joe), but the writer described Pete as being typical of a certain sort of moneyed Democrat at the time. That is likely true. I imagine his views of racial equality have strict limits. But at that one moment with Harry, he was on the side of the angels.
Joe: The whole fight between Pete and Harry, I was shouting "Give it up for Pete!" That being said, I know half of Pete's fervor was racial enlightenment- you can't be that articulate when you're passionately angry unless you really feel it, but the other half was to highlight his true feelings about Trudy. It hit home for him when the King family lost a father, since he believes that because of this separation, the Campbells lost their father too. It's really just a classic case of projection.
Tami: Be strong, Trudy! However Pete might feel about Dr. King, his desire to be back in the bosom of his wife and child was less about their physical and emotional safety and security, and more about him needed comfort after a terrible national tragedy. You will not use Dr. King to weasel your way home, Pete!
Renee: This made me think of the cliche the grass is always greener on the other side. Pete saw his family as stifling his man on the make life he wanted to have. He didn't appreciate what they offered him. This was highlighted with his attempted conversation with the delivery guy and the ever so empty apartment.
I remember in an earlier season that Pete wanted to advertise to African-Americans because he realised that their spending power had increased and that they could provide a market for an advertisers product. His idea was firmly shot down though. At the time, I didn't see it as a statement about Pete's racial consciousness, rather a statement regarding his practicality. There is also the issue that Pete wasn't exactly welcoming when Black people showed up to interview for a position at the firm. I found it hypocritical that he could call Harry a racist because he is not better. He just wanted to hurt Harry because he was hurting and what he said had nothing to do with the death of MLK.
If anything, the scene screamed of Weiner trying to pacify the critiques about the Whiteness of Mad Men. For me, it only showed the degree to which he does not get it. Tokenism is not what people of colour want to see in the media. If anything it makes me believe even more firmly that the writers and producers need to own the White utopia they have created.
Tami: It is striking the difference between how Dawn and Peggy's secretary related to their bosses in this episode. I think Peggy's secretary feels more comfortable explicitly acknowledging that MLK's assassination impacted her African American family, while Dawn approaches the issue more gingerly.
At least Peggy bothered to check on her Harlemite secretary's well-being. Don was more concerned about his mistress, who was with her husband in D.C.
Joe: I also agree with the assessment the wardrobes of Dawn and Peggy's secretary that Tom and Lorenzo mentioned earlier this week. (By the way, for those who aren't aware, Tom and Lorenzo offer a fantastic look into the mind of Mad Men costume designer Janie Bryant. The way she ties wardrobe to plot is genius, frankly. As is T & L's take.) Peggy's secretary was much more open about her feelings toward King's assassination in her mostly white workplace, and that reflected in the frenetic pattern of her plaid dress. Over at SCDP, Dawn also wore plaids–two, in fact. However, hers were more subdued, and this always reflects in her choices in outfits. She clearly didn't want any sympathy–the look she gave Joan during that hug was priceless–Dawn even said she "just wants to work" when Don tried to send her home.
Tami: I'm curious how Bobby Kennedy's assassination will be handled. I think one reason this cultural event was more integrated into the lives of the main characters than others, such as JFK and Medgar Evers' assassinations, is that the civil unrest that attended MLK's death brought black inequality more keenly to the attention of people like Peggy and Pete and Dawn. They could see neighborhoods burning.
Also, I think JFK's death marked the open of a tumultuous decade (even though it happened in 1963), while this assassination comes after five years of cultural upheaval and war and ugliness…
"Henry's not that important." You're a shady one, Don Draper!
After Don's absolutely stunning monologue, admitting he felt something for his son for the first time, it must sting to hear Bobby speak lovingly of Henry, who is likely more father to him than Don.
"I only ever wanted to be the man who loves children. But from the moment they're born, that baby comes out and you act proud and excited, hand out cigars. But you don't feel anything. Especially if you had a difficult childhood. You want to love them but you don't. And the fact that you're faking that feeling makes you wonder if your own father had the same problem. [Sigh.] Then one day they get older, and you see them do something and you feel that feeling that you were pretending to have. And it feels like your heart is going to explode."
I don't begrudge Don his demons. His childhood was enough to fuck anyone up. And many men of his era were distant fathers. But, the thing is, your children's development doesn't stop while you are working out your shit. Those kids are already, no doubt, affected by the shortcomings of their mother and father in a way that their better-adjusted step-parents can't fix alone. The damage could be undone, but I doubt Don (or Betty) have the capacity to recognize the problem or fix it.
Renee: I think that scene with Don was reflective of his messed-up childhood but it was also about gender roles. He has never really had to care or nurture his children. This is something that was socially acceptable for Betty to do and when he married Megan, it was easy for her to slip into this role. It's impossible to bond with anyone, when you don't spend any real quality time with them.
He knew from the beginning that Bobby was faking his stomach pains. When Don took Bobby to the movies, they were coconspirators. They followed the letter of Betty's instructions but found a way around it. I think this is something that fathers do with their children to this day. I know that my unhusband has his own secrets with our boys and I see this as keeping them close.
Tami: Odd duck Bobby Draper is gonna be like his daddy for sure. He'll just be, maybe, a 80s-era Wall St. asshole, instead of a 60's-era Madison Ave. one. His "Jesus!" at the ending of Planet of the Apes was pure Don.
Speaking of parental relationships. I listened to a podcast recap of Mad Men and one of the participants–a Jewish man–encouraged us to view Ginsberg's dad's meddling through the lens of a Jewish family post-Holocaust, feeling the need to strengthen their culture and the numbers of strong, Jewish families.
(Ginsberg, no! Don't announce your virginity on a first date, dude.)
Renee: I actually saw that scene as very othering. They have already made the point that, though his work is better, he won't get recognition because he is Jewish. This scene was to purposefully emasculate him. See, he's not smooth like all of the other men on the show. Even Pete, the creepy peanut-offering rapist, can get women to sleep with him.
Andrea: Yes, Renee! All I got from Ginsberg is stereotyped nebbish New York Jewish guy that Woody Allen partly built his career on. I just gritted my teeth during the date scene.
Tami: I felt for Daddy Ginsburg, burying his head at the news of MLK's death. For a man who has already survived so much inhumanity, this must feel like part of a never-ending horror…
Aw, Peggy and Abe. I like that dirty hippie journalist! I think he is good for Peggy. He pushes her to be more progressive, more aware. And he's totally cool with her success and with her having the money and making the home-buying decisions. And he thinks about their babies!
Unfortunately, I spied how Peggy's boss looks at her. Danger, Will Robinson! Danger!
Joe: Cosign, Tami. When Ted (Peggy's Boss) looked at her, I pulled a Cece from New Girl. Trouble is a' brewin'! I used to like Abe near the beginning of their relationship, but the way he was practically foaming at the mouth to cover the assassination was two parts sincere and one part TMZ. Like Harry, I feel like the powers-that-be are painting Abe with the Asshat Brush before his eventual booting.
Tami: What on Earth was Roger Sterling's insurance guy friend on? He was fried and also a hipster racist (Carmen Van KerckhoveTM) before being a hipster racist was "cool." Running an insurance ad featuring a Molotov cocktail–an ad that would capitalize on growing white fear? Claiming that Martin Luther King's ghost came to him with said horrific creative idea? Allegedly quoting Tecumseh with faux Native-sounding gibberish? He was like one part clueless white progressive and one part bad acid trip.
I wonder where in Brooklyn he lives?
Joe: I hear Bushwick is becoming popular.
Andrea: Hee, Tami! He wouldn't be living in Brooklyn at all. Brooklyn became a nationally known hipster haven in the late late 20th century into the 21st century. Mad Men is still in the mid-20th century. (Let's not rush the drive of the hipster hoardes, hear? ) So, he may be living his culturally appropriative fantasies in the Lower East Side, maybe the Village. But soooo not in Brooklyn…at least not yet. And more than likely, if he was around nowadays, he'd be living in these up-and-coming NYC neighborhoods.
Renee: This was yet another scene which stands as proof of the writers' limited attempt to confront race and racism. I know that there was cheering about Pete calling out Harry for being a racist, but it was this scene where the label would have been for more appropriate for making that statement. Instead, Weiner chose to have the man dismissed as simply "crazy," which btw is ableist as hell, rather than deal with the issues presented in the scene itself. There was no rage simply because no character could appropriate what he said to their only personal narrative the way that Pete did with Harry.
Tami: The "next on Mad Men" was typically cryptic, though it seems the silver fox may get some lovin'.
Andrea: *raises hand* I'll do…wait, I forgot we're talking about Roger Sterling, not John Slattery. Nevermind…
Patricia Cox
I didn't think it was odd, I thought it was interesting. It is interesting to show a character who is good on one thing but terrible on another, and not able to see their own internal contradiction. It's realistic.
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Before the
Federal Communications Commission
In the Matter of
Policies and Rules Governing Interstate Pay-Per-Call Services and Other Information Services Pursuant to the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and
Policies and Rules Implementing the Telephone Disclosure and Dispute Resolution Act
Comment of the
Federal Trade Commission
August 26, 1996*
* By direction of the Commission. Inquiries regarding this Comment should be directed to Bureau of Consumer Protection staff attorneys Adam Cohn, (202) 326-3411, or Marianne Schwanke, (202) 326-3165.
On July 11, 1996, the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") published an Order and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ("Order and Notice") that implemented various provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996(1) ("1996 Act") and proposed related changes in FCC rules designed to curb abusive practices in the pay-per-call industry.
The Federal Trade Commission ("Commission" or "FTC") strongly supports the FCC's efforts to reduce abusive practices in the pay-per-call industry. These practices threaten consumers' pocketbooks and undermine consumer confidence in the entire pay-per-call industry. The Commission believes that revising the FCC's rules as mandated by the 1996 Act will reduce these abusive practices. The Commission also supports the efforts of the FCC to attempt to close remaining "loopholes" in the regulation of the pay-per-call industry that allow these abuses to continue.
Pay-per-call technology offers consumers a convenient way to access information and entertainment services.(2) Using only a telephone, a consumer can obtain information or entertainment without investing in the latest computer technology.(3) When first introduced, this technology promised to vastly expand the market for information services and unleash the growth of a new communications industry. Unfortunately, while the technology was a convenient tool for consumers, it also became easy for unscrupulous operators to abuse. As a result, the 900-number industry "was tainted early on by scam artists who adopted the technology in large numbers."(4) This early flood of abusive practices might help explain why the development of "the pay-per-call industry has yet to meet expectations."(5)
In the early days of pay-per-call technology, the FTC took action against fraud and deception in this industry by using its general authority to stop deceptive or unfair acts or practices under Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.(6) The Telephone Disclosure and Dispute Resolution Act of 1992 ("TDDRA"), 15 U.S.C. 5701 et seq., required both the FCC and the FTC to prescribe regulations governing pay-per-call services. The FTC adopted its "900-Number Rule," 16 C.F.R. Part 308, on July 26, 1993, and it became effective November 1, 1993.
The Rule requires that advertisements for 900 numbers contain certain disclosures, including information about the cost of the call. This information must also be included in an introductory message (preamble) at the beginning of any 900-number program where the cost of the call could exceed two dollars. Anyone who calls a 900-number service must be given the opportunity to hang up, at the conclusion of the preamble, without incurring any charge for the call. In addition, the Rule requires that all preambles to 900-number services state that individuals under the age of 18 must have the permission of a parent or guardian to complete the call.
The 900-Number Rule also establishes procedures for resolving billing disputes for 900-number calls (16 C.F.R. 308.7). The Rule imposes certain obligations on entities that bill and collect for 900-number services, such as investigating reports by consumers of "billing errors," a defined term in the Rule. Under TDDRA, a consumer's telephone service cannot be disconnected for failure to pay charges for a 900-number call, and 900-number blocking must be made available to consumers who do not wish to have access to 900-number service from their telephone lines.
The volume and nature of the complaints received by this agency regarding 900-numbers indicate that the 900-Number Rule has reduced deception in the 900-number industry. Unfortunately, complaints involving non-900 numbers reveal that the "900 number crooks"(7) have merely migrated to alternate, non-900 pay-per-call schemes. Rapid changes in the telecommunications industry have allowed these scam artists to successfully move their abusive practices into other venues outside the 900 system, often outside the scope of the Commission's 900-Number Rule.(8)
The FCC's Order and Notice accurately describes how scam artists evade the regulatory scheme created by TDDRA. By abusing the tariffed service exemption and the presubscription agreement exception to the TDDRA scheme, scam artists have billed unsuspecting consumers for millions of dollars without providing cost and other required disclosures and have left consumers without adequate means to resolve billing disputes.
In the first part of the Order and Notice, the FCC implements regulatory changes specified by Congress in the Telecommunications Act of 1996. The FTC is hopeful that these provisions will help eliminate many abusive practices that have appeared in connection with pay-per-call services offered outside the 900-number service access code. In the second part of the Order and Notice, the FCC proposes several regulatory changes which it hopes will close remaining loopholes and prevent pay-per-call abuse.
As part of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Congress directed the FCC to change its regulation of common carriers with respect to pay-per-call abuse, and it also authorized the FTC to change its regulation of information providers, service bureaus, and other parties involved in the provision and promotion of pay-per-call services. The 1996 Act authorizes the FTC to extend the definition of "pay-per-call services" in its 900-Number Rule to cover services other than 900 services.(9) When the Commission reviews the 900-Number Rule, it may conduct its own rulemaking to consider whether such services are susceptible to the same unfair and deceptive trade practices that are prohibited by the 900-Number Rule.(10) The Commission has not yet made any determination as to whether the definition of pay-per-call should be expanded, or if so, how.
The FCC proposes tightening the rules governing presubscription agreements. Although the 1996 Act requires presubscription agreements to be in writing only for information services available through toll-free numbers, the FCC proposes requiring written presubscription agreements for information services accessed through other dialing sequences which are not necessarily toll-free (e.g., 500). The FCC also proposes requiring that written presubscription agreements be executed by a legally competent adult and be separate or easily severable from any promotions or inducements sent to a consumer. A related proposed change is to extend regulatory protection to the subscriber of the line from which a call originates instead of merely to the caller who utilizes that line to dial a toll-free number.
Pay-per-call scam artists abuse these "presubscription agreements" by using seemingly "toll-free" numbers to lure consumers into placing expensive calls. These unscrupulous information providers create sham "presubscription agreements" that do not include an effective means to prevent unauthorized access to the service. These information providers may go through the motions with a caller to create a personal identification number ("PIN") or other such device that purportedly prevents unauthorized access. In reality, however, these information providers use Automatic Number Identification ("ANI") to bill the telephone line from which the calls are placed, regardless of whether or not a caller is authorized by the subscriber to place such calls.(11) In this situation, callers to "toll-free" lines -- especially minors -- may be neither fully aware that they are entering into an agreement, nor competent to do so. These consumers may incur huge liabilities merely by placing calls to the "toll-free" number involved in the agreement. In these circumstances, the subscriber is left with very little protection against unauthorized calls.
The changes specified by Congress and implemented by the FCC will help close the loopholes for presubscription agreements made for calls to toll-free numbers, but additional steps may be needed to prevent these abusive practices from spreading to toll calls.(12) The FTC therefore supports the FCC's proposals to tighten presubscription agreement requirements with respect to toll calls as well.
The Commission supports efforts to control abusive billing practices, such as the use of ANI to bill for calls placed through service access codes other than 900, and other practices related to the misuse of the presubscription agreement provisions under TDDRA.(13) The FCC specifically seeks comment on its tentative conclusion that it is a violation of 228(c)(7)(A) of the Communications Act to use ANI to bill for calls placed to an 800 or other toll-free number. Although the Commission expresses no opinion on this conclusion -- which, in effect would ban ANI billing for presubscribed information services using toll-free numbers(14) -- it notes that there may be other options for dealing with problems associated with ANI billing short of banning the practice. For example, "pay-per-call services" might be redefined in the FTC's 900-Number Rule to include all calls billed merely upon connection and reference to ANI. This would then require full disclosure to consumers of the cost of the call via advertisements and preambles and would incorporate other TDDRA protections, such as billing dispute procedures.(15)
The FCC's rules currently require all pay-per-call services to be provided through the 900 service access code. As explained in the Order and Notice, some information providers have attempted to evade the entire TDDRA regulatory scheme by restructuring the pay-per-call transaction to incorporate the cost of the information within the long distance charges for the call. While the FCC does not believe it has the authority to change the definition of "pay-per-call services,"(16) it does believe that it has the authority to prevent participants in the pay-per-call industry from sidestepping the TDDRA regulatory scheme by restructuring pay-per-call transactions in this manner.
Through its Order and Notice, the FCC seeks to eliminate disguised pay-per-call transactions, effectively moving pay-per-call transactions back into the 900 service access code. The FCC tentatively concludes that "when a common carrier charges a telephone subscriber for a call to an interstate information service, any form of remuneration from that carrier to an entity providing or advertising the service, or any reciprocal agreement between such entities, constitutes per se evidence that the charge levied actually exceeds the charge for transmission." This is the essence of a pay-per-call transaction--that an information provider is profiting by the mere generation of calls to a specific telephone number.
The Commission believes that the FCC's proposal to prevent these hidden pay-per-call arrangements (effectively funneling all interstate pay-per-call traffic through the 900 service access code) could benefit consumers.(17) Thus, the Commission supports these efforts.
With regard to disguised pay-per-call transactions identified by the FCC, consumers may be misled about the cost of a call and may therefore incur unanticipated costs for calls that contain an undisclosed payment to an information service provider. It is misleading to claim that the consumer is paying only "normal" long distance charges for such a call, where the cost of that call includes an undisclosed payment to an information provider. Moreover, the Commission believes that consumers should not only know when their call includes a "purchase" of information and entertainment, but they should also know its cost. Consumers in today's changing telecommunications market have the power to choose among many different pay-per-call services and among many different long distance carriers. Accurate disclosure of the costs of these varying services allows consumers to make educated choices. The Commission supports the FCC's goal of eliminating pay-per-call transactions hidden within seemingly conventional long distance calls.
Transferring all interstate pay-per-call transactions back to the 900 service access code would benefit consumers in three ways. First, consumers would be better able to determine which telephone calls would result in the purchasing of information or entertainment. Presently, many consumers know that there are charges (beyond the cost of transmission of the call) inherent in all 900 number calls, just as many consumers have come to expect that 800 number calls are free. Moving pay-per-call back to the 900 dialing pattern would prevent consumers from unwittingly incurring charges for calls to pay-per-call services.
Second, because all pay-per-call transactions would include the cost and other disclosures mandated by the TDDRA regulatory scheme, consumers would have all necessary pricing information before deciding to make a "purchase" of information or entertainment services.
Third, parents and other telephone subscribers would be better able to prevent unauthorized charges for which the subscriber may be liable. The TDDRA-mandated ability to block calls to pay-per-call services from one's telephone line is an important tool for consumers to protect themselves against unauthorized charges. It is the Commission's understanding, however, that this blocking capability is not currently available for non-900 pay-per-call services. Technological difficulties aside, it may not be a convenient or practicable solution to suggest that consumers block non-900 number lines, such as international dialing access, from their telephones.
Another factor should be considered in addition to these three benefits to transferring pay-per-call transactions back to 900-number lines. Namely, alternative solutions to pay-per-call abuse may be more complicated and costly than FCC's proposal. For example, any possible expansion of the 900-Number Rule (as authorized under the 1996 Act) to apply TDDRA's cost disclosures to certain international 011 or 809 calls might prove to be quite burdensome. This is because the disclosure requirements of TDDRA and the 900-Number Rule appear to work best in the context of a 900 number, where the consumer is charged only by the information provider, not the long distance provider.
There also may be costs to funneling all pay-per-call transactions through one service access code. For example, in the 900 system, information providers must comply with all the strictures of TDDRA. Furthermore, requiring the use of the 900 service access code may increase the regulatory and financial burdens of international pay-per-call service providers that wish to offer their services on a world-wide basis. To the extent that funneling increases consumer confidence in the industry, however, it is likely to provide worthwhile benefits to the pay-per-call industry as a whole. Consumer confidence in the pay-per-call industry, which until now has been seriously compromised by the abuses described above, is needed if the industry is to prosper and mature.(18) The FCC's proposals provide consumers greater protections from incurring hundreds or even thousands of dollars in unexpected or unauthorized calling charges.(19) With this increased protection, consumers may be more willing to use pay-per-call services and to use them for a wider variety of information services.
Thus, for the reasons provided above, the Commission supports the FCC's proposal to channel all pay-per-call transactions into one service access code.
The Commission would welcome the opportunity to have its staff meet with appropriate FCC staff to discuss the issues raised in this comment.
1. Pub. L. 104-104, Sec. 701, 110 Stat. 56 (1996) (codified at 47 U.S.C. 228).
2. Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission, Anticipating the 21st Century: Consumer Protection Policy in the New High-Tech, Global Marketplace, Vol. II at 13 (1996) (copy attached).
3. Id.
4. Id. at 12.
5. Id.
6. See, e.g., FTC v. Transworld Courier Services, Inc., C.S. No. 1:90- CV-1635-JOF (N.D. Ga. 1991); FTC v. Starlink, Inc., 1992-1 Trade Cases 69,715 (E.D. Pa. 1992); FTC v. First Capital Financial, Inc., C.A. No. HAR-90-2007 (D. Md. 1992); FTC v. Interactive Communications Technology, Inc., C.A. No. CV F 91018 REC (E.D. Cal. 1992); FTC v. M.D.M. Interests, Inc., C.A. No. H-92-0485 (S.D. Tex. 1992); FTC v. National Credit Savers, C.A. No. 91-A-1218-S (M.D. Ala. 1992); FTC v. U.S. Sales Corp., 785 F.Supp. 737 (N.D. Ill. 1992); Phone Programs, Inc., 115 F.T.C. 977 (1992); Teleline, Inc., 114 F.T.C. 399 (1991); Audio Communications, Inc., 114 F.T.C. 414 (1991).
7. Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission, Anticipating the 21st Century: Consumer Protection Policy in the New High-Tech, Global Marketplace, Vol. II at 14 (1996).
8. Actually, many of these "creative" abusive practices were already subject to and prohibited by the FTC's 900-Number Rule. For instance, some schemes have involved 800 or other toll-free numbers which merely transferred the unwitting caller to a 900 line. The 900-Number Rule specifically prohibits any person from using an 800 number in a manner that results in: (1) a charge to the calling party for completing the call; (2) transferring or connecting the calling party to a pay-per-call service; (3) a charge to the calling party for information conveyed during the call unless the calling party has a presubscription agreement to be billed; or (4) a collect call back to the calling party. 16 C.F.R. 308.5(i). The Commission has enforced its rule to halt such prohibited practices and return money to consumers. U.S. v. American TelNet, Inc., No. 94-2551, (S.D. Fla. 1994) (consent decree settling charges that using sham presubscription agreements, defendants violated the 900-Number Rule by billing charges to consumers' telephone lines for calls accessed by dialing an 800-number; requiring payment of $.5 million in civil penalties, plus $2 million in consumer redress).
9. 1996 Act, 701(b)(1); 15 U.S.C. 5714(1).
10. 15 U.S.C. 5711(C); 16 C.F.R. Part 308.
11. The FTC's largest 900-Number Rule enforcement action to date, U.S. v. American TelNet, supra, at note 8, involved such a scenario.
12. Related to this issue of tightening requirements for presubscription agreements is the question of electronic transmission of presubscription agreements. As the FCC notes, Congress has specifically authorized electronic transmission of these agreements. Order and Notice at 42 (citing 47 U.S.C. 228(c)(7)(C)(i)). The FTC strongly supports the FCC's suggestion that "safeguards should be required to ensure that these agreements are valid commercial instruments and that electronic execution does not encourage the abuses that arose from oral execution of presubscription contracts." Order and Notice at 42.
13. For example, the FCC proposes that a consumer must use a pre-existing credit, charge, or calling card to obtain information services pursuant to a presubscription agreement. Order and Notice at 43. Although the Commission supports the FCC's goal of reducing the abuses of "instant credit" presubscription agreements, at this time the Commission has made no determination as to whether the benefits of this specific proposal outweigh its potential costs.
14. The FCC proposal would exempt services for the deaf from this restriction on the use of ANI billing. Order and Notice at 45.
15. As a general matter, there are a number of reasons why an information provider might wish to use a combination of a presubscription agreement and ANI billing as opposed to simple use of a 900 number. For example, if used in conjunction with a personal identification number (PIN) which the caller is required to enter, it could be a means of assuring that the subscriber has actually authorized the call. However, without the added protections of a separately entered PIN, there are potential illegitimate motivations for such a scheme. For instance, the information provider might desire to prevent the consumer from being able to take advantage of 900 number blocking or the protections afforded when a consumer is billed for a 900 number call.
16. Under the 1996 Act, the Federal Trade Commission has been given the authority to change the definition of "pay-per-call services." 1996 Act at 701(b)(2), amending TDDRA, 15 U.S.C. 5701 et seq. At this time, the Commission expresses no opinion on the conclusion reached by the FCC in its Order and Notice, namely that regardless of what changes are implemented by the FTC, the FCC's pay-per-call rules "continue to be delineated by the statutory definition of pay-per-call services contained in Section 228(i) of the Communications Act."
17. It is not clear whether the FCC's proposal will serve to move all pay-per-call transactions back into the 900 service access code. At the present time, the Commission cannot assess whether this FCC proposal would solve the problem where U.S. common carriers were not directly involved in the transaction (e.g., payments to foreign information providers by foreign common carriers). It is also unclear how this FCC proposal would address the situation where a carrier is vertically integrated with an information service provider.
18. Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission, Anticipating the 21st Century: Consumer Protection Policy in the New High-Tech, Global Marketplace, Vol. II at 12 (1996).
19. Id. at 14.


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Compagno, 62, plans to leave Monday for the trip to the orphanage, to reconstruct the critical wall and install protective drains.
"It is my calling. It is what I am supposed to do. The Lord put it in my heart to go over there and make a difference," said Compagno, as he talked to local service club members about the mission.
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But, Compagno said, "the biggest reason I go is not the gifting I get but what I give."
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Leithart on infant baptism
I came across a post by Peter Leithart by way of Buzz…
Church history provides a compelling argument in favor of infant baptism, but not in the usual way. The argument is not that there is evidence of the practice of infant baptism throughout church history (though there is). The argument is rather that the shape of church history is more compatible with paedobaptist than with credobaptist beliefs.
That is: The church did not appear in history in fully mature form; it is still far from fully mature. Were the infant churches of the apostolic age Christian churches? Did the troubled Corinthian congregation count as a Christian communion? Galatia? We should say Yes, since Paul treated these churches as churches.
Infant churches are Christian churches, immature and inadequate though they may be. Ergo….
Were I a credobaptist I would argue that the Corinthian congregation, flawed as it may have been, was considered a Christian communion on the basis of their profession of faith in Christ. Something no infant is capable of. So I won't likely be using this argument in the future. How about you?
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The MAROON Vol. XXXVIII Loyola University, New Orleans, La., Friday, October 14, 1960 No. 4 love Triangle' Behind Wiling' Moot Court Trial By JANIE COUNIHAN "I panicked because I thought I had killed one of my best friends," said Ted Gallagher, A&S senior, as he sat tensely in his jail cell during a recent interview. The visibly shaken president of Thespians, campus drama group, was explaining the events that preceded his apprehension by police for the "murder" of A&S sophomore J. B. Cordaro. The fatal "crime" was committed at Van's Bar and Restaurant on the night of Oct. 5. Now with a "murder, charge hanging over him, the usually easy-going Loyola student related in short, quick sentences his part in the so-called "love triangle" murder. "Mary Ann Vial and I just went over to Van's for a drink. I knew J. B. had been going out with her, but 1 didn't think she was his girlfriend since 1 had seen her out with other boys." The husky 21 year old member of ÜBL, social fraternity, continued: "I had been at a Thespian rehearsal and Mary Ann had gone to a debate club meeting. We made the date for nine at Van's (on Hurst St. near the campus) and sat there talking for an hour or so. "I guess I had about five beers. Then J. B. came up to our table and tried to get Mary Ann to come with him. As she started to leave, she knocked over a beer bottle," Gallagher said. There was then some name-calling—"l've never heard J. B. use such vile language so I thought he was really mad," Gallagher said. "I law J. B. coming at me with a jagged beer bottle which he had picked up from the floor. I grabbed the knife (a heavy table knife) and stabbed J. B. He looked like he wai hurt pretty bad— I got scared and left." Close friends of the accused man describe him as "genial but quiet . . . except when he's drinking." With the state (Delta Theta Phi law fraternity) asking for the death penalty at the "trial" set for October 23, the solemn young man is an ironic comparison to the very friendly milkman he was scheduled to portray in the upcoming Thespian production of "Our Town.' GALLAGHER Maroon Merits 'Excellent' From Newspaper Service The Maroon ha: received an "A" rating from the National Newspaper Service for the 1960 spring semester. The rating is the highest awarded by the group which returned its critical service score sheet to The Maroon early this week. "You have a good paper—writing is good—variety is interesting," were the comments on the overall merits of The Maroon. The breakdown on the scoring in various divisions was: general format and appearance, A ; coverage, A; copy, including headlines and captions, A—; sports, A ; makeup and typography, A; photgoraphs and other art, A; advertising, B+. The National Newspaper Service is an affiliate of the school of journalism at Missouri University. This is the first year that The Maroon has entered this competition. It is not to be confused with the "All-American" rating given the paper by the Associated Collegiate Press. Co-editors-in-chiefs of The Maroon for this semester were Hil Leibe and Kit Harger, journalism seniors. ... the inside story Politics-Government Build Temper Snapping Tensions By KIT HARGER The biggest conversation pieces today \ are quite naturally politics and governf •'* ment—after all the big presidential battle will be waged to its bloody end in less than a month. Tempers are snapping under the strain even here on the usually calm Loyola campus. Wednesday the "Great Debate" between campus democratic and republican big-wigs was held in the quadrangle. For a blow-by-blow description see— I AM Voting Level Low, Says Time Mag He it it Page 2 According to Time magazine, however, the majority of American people aren't getting "tensed up" about the November elections at all. In fact we have the worst voting record in the world for our literacy level! It is predicted that 40 per cent of eligible Americans won't vote in the up-coming election, but that we college students will have a lot to do with the outcome of the 1960 presidential race. Page A ■& ■& it Nerve Soother Said Of TGIF Party Sv. Well, whether LU students have (* tensions because of politics are {ji not is unimportant—what is im.* portant is that they have tensions *, and because of this they tend to fall to pieces at week's end. A group of nerve-conscious individuals have banded together to foster the cause of a tension releasing activity—a TGIF (Thank God It's Friday) party. Today's poll indicates some opinions as to the merits of such a weekly event —most are pro. Seems we have a lot of partying if not politicking students. Page 5 Caldwell Answers Anti-NSA Charges Along student government lines —A rebuttal to an attack upon the National Students Association by Northwestern University is offered by Bill Caldwell, regional chairman of the NSA. To charges that the organization is "pink," undemocratic and dangerous, Caldwell makes firm and reasonable answers. Page 2 Gallagher Indicted In Murder' Of LU Student By JOHN QUIGLEY Burly Ted Gallagher was indicted for the "murder" of a fellow student and will be tried on a first degree murder charge. Gallagher, an arts and sciences senior from New Orleans, was indicted in the fatal "slaying" last week of J. B. Cordaro, an arts and sciences sophomore from Shreveport.Cordaro was incorrectly identified as J. B. Codaro in last week's Maroon. * The murder, which took place in Van's restaurant near the campus, is part of the 1960 Moot Court competition sponsored by the Student Bar Association whose members will serve as court officials.The prosecution attorney! of Delta Theta Phi are Merrill Landwehr (senior) and Frit* Windhorst (junior, night school). The St. Thomas More Law Club elected Edward Fitsmorris (senior) and Bob Thome (junior) to serve as defense attorneys.The trial will be held in the court of Criminal District Judge Edward J. Haggerty, State of Louisiana, in and for the Parish of Orleans, at the corner of Tulane and Broad. The chairman of moot court MURDER, "MURDER??"—Shocked, MARY ANN VIAL bends over the body of the "late" J. B. CORDARO, who was "murdered" at Van's Restaurant and Bar, late Wednesday. TED GALLAGHER, the "murderer," was apprehended soon after the "death" occurred. Freshmen Nominations Set Monday Fifteen Tickets Are Registered Freshmen will go to the polls Monday and Tuesday to nominate candidates for freshmen class officers. Voting will take place in the quadrangle from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Election of officers will take place Monday and Tuesday, October 24 and 25. Fifteen tickets have already registered to run for nominations, Pete Fenner, Student Council elections committee chairman, said. He added that he heard there would be some 20 tickets running for candidacy. Frosh were to have had the opportunity of hearing the presidents of the various tickets speak and give their platforms yesterday in the quadrangle. This is the first time the Student Council has sponsored a political speech program before an election.Fenner said that he thinks that the freshmen can now make a better choice as to what candidate best fits their ideals of a good representative. He urges all freshmen to exercise their democratic right and vote so that their favorite candidate will be nominated. When elected, the president of each school or college will represent the freshmen on the Student Council and will plan various freshmen activities. Former Chaplain Dinner To Honor An informal dinner honoring the Rev. Sam Hill Ray, S.J., former chaplain and instructor of theology at Loyola, on the occasion of his 50th year in the Jesuit Order will be given by the Alumni Chapter of the Blue Key, national honor fraternity, tonight at Lenfant's Restaurant. Father Ray has been a member of Blue Key for 24 years, a former moderator of the Loyola Chapter and twice National Chaplain of Blue Key. He will celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving next Sunday at 10 a.m. at Holy Name of Jesus Church on the campus. All students are invited. Maria Estrada Elected ROTC Little Colonel, 7 Sponsors Also Picked By Cadets Pretty Maria Estrada, a browneyed lass from Galveston, has been selected "Little Colonel" of the 1960-61 ROTC battle group. The 21-year-old sociology major is the second Texas coed to receive the honor in the past three years. Camille Tamborello of Houston was "Little Colonel" in 1988. Bonnie Smith of New Orleans served as "Little Colonel" in 1959. Company sponsors selected include:Bonnie Pepper, A&S sophomore, Company "A;" Judy Haydel, A&S sophomore, Company "Bj" Connie Marquier, A&S freshman, Company "C;" Linda Plaisance, A&S freshman, Company "D;" Elizabeth Freehan, A&S freshman, Company "E;" Carolyn Meyer, A&S sophomore, Perilling Rifles; Mary Jane Wherritt, A&S senior, band. The Little Colonel and her staff will be officially presented by the Loyola cadets at the annual military ball to be held during November.Both the Little Colonel and the sponsors will serve throughout the school year. All coeds elected will receive honorary rank commensurate with the command position of the unit sponsor. EYES RIGHT—Two ROTC cadet*, left-right, JERRY McCURDY and JACK DARDIS, do a double take when patting new Lil' Colonel MARIA ESTRADA on their way to a regular Tuesday drill. A Lady Can Keep A Secret By GAVE SAUCIER The old saying, "a woman can't keep a secret," has been proven false by Maria Estrada, Loyola's Little Colonel for 1960. Maria kept the secret that she is Little Colonel for a whole day, which is practically impossible for most girls. While sipping a coke with two friends, Maria was informed that she is Little Colonel by Pete Fenner, A&S senior and commander of company A. Maria was completely astounded. Commenting about it after, she said, "Even though I could hardly believe it was true, just being told gave me the most wonderful sensation I have ever experienced." Pete warned her, though, that her winning the contest was still a secret, and it had to be kept that way until she received a letter, officially notifying her of the title. The worst part came, when somehow the news leaked through Loyola's grapevine, and all Maria's friends were congratulating her. True to her promise of secrecy, Maria would answer innocently, "Congratulations? For what?" The next day no letter came to the dorm, and Maria was sure it was all a mistake. However, someonesomeone gave her the letter during class, and Maria just floated around campus all day on cloud nine. Maria, A&S senior in sociology, says she isn't use to all this attention, but being the youngest of 12 children, she must be accustomed to some. She isn't the first Estrada to attend LU; she follows her sister Mary Carmen Estrada, who graduated four years ago. The five-feet-three lass hails from Galveston, Texas, where she attended Ursuline High School. After graduating from Loyola, she intends to do graduate work in sociology at Tulane University. The brown haired, brown eyed coed is kept busy with a number of extra curricular activities. She is a member of Theta Phi Alpha, social sorority, in which she is presently corresponding secretary, and has previously been social chairman, and a representative of the inter-sorority council. Maria is also secretary of the Fine Arts Club, and a member of LSL service sorority and the Pep Club. But, boys, even though, you've by now decided she's a doll, you don't have a chance. Her heart is already won, or, at least, it's "winned." Maria is pinned to Bob Winn of SAK fratprnityy. Democratic Club To Greet Johnson A decorated motorcade organized by the Democratic Club will welcome vice presidential candidate Lyndon 'B. Johnson upon his arrival in the city. It will leave the campus at 4 :30 p.m. and meet the senator's train at Union Station at 5:30 p.m. A best poster contest will also be held in conjunction with the event. After his arrival a parade in typical Mardi Gras fashion, meaning trinkets, masks and the works, will go through town. All will be (■nded with a gathering at the auditorium where the senator will make an address. (See MOOT COURT, page 3)'
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Royals general manager Dayton Moore is not content to sit pat.
Royals Moore discusses latest moves
January 3
By PETE GRATHOFF
The Kansas City Star
With a significant free-agent signing and two big trades under his belt this offseason, Moore is not merely counting the days to spring training next month.
Were continuing to look at options and see whats available before we actually start camp, Moore said. Well continue to search and look for opportunities to improve the team.
Since finishing the overhaul of the rotation early in December, the Royals have signed outfielders Endy Chavez, Xavier Nady and Willy Taveras, along with infielder Miguel Tejada. Each received a minor-league contract but all have major-league experience.
The deal for Tejada raised eyebrows for two reasons. One, Tejada said he will make $1.1 million if he makes the major-league roster with a potential for an additional $400,000 in performance bonuses.
Second, ESPN Deportes reported that Tejada will be added to the Royals 40-man roster when there is room.
While declining to discuss the financial aspects of the deal, Moore said only that Tejada, 38, will get an invitation to spring training.
Its a minor-league deal, obviously, and well evaluate it through spring training and see where he fits, Moore said. Hes obviously got a great track record and hes playing really well this winter. Weve got a chance to see him a lot.
Felix Francisco, one of our scouts, is actually a GM in the (Dominican Winter League) and has seen him play quite a bit and recommended we sign him.
Francisco is the general manager for La Romana in the Dominican League where Tejada is playing for Aguilas, which is in the playoffs. In 34 regular-season games, Tejada hit .284 with four homers and 19 RBIs.
Former major-league scout Bernie Pleskoff noted that Tejada, who spent the majority of his career in the majors as a shortstop, played the bulk of his games this winter at second base, while also spending time at short and third.
Tejada, a 15-year veteran who was the 2002 American League MVP with Oakland, last played in the majors with the Giants in 2011. He split time mostly between shortstop and third base, but also appeared in four games at second base, his only major-league experience at that position.
Second base for the Royals is shaping up to be a battle between Chris Getz and Johnny Giavotella, but Moore said Tejada, should he make the roster, could be a backup at second and around the infield.
Tejada, who also played for Baltimore, Houston and San Diego, has a career .285 average with a .793 OPS, 304 homers and 1,282 RBIs. He signed with the Royals on Dec. 31, the same day as Chavez.
Moore said Chavez, like the other two outfielders, will be given a chance to make the team in spring training.
Were just bringing him in to compete as well, Moore said. (Hes) a left-handed bat, can play all three outfield positions, a veteran guy, another guy who is playing well in winter ball. Hell just give us some more depth in camp.
Chavez hit .359 with 15 walks in 30 games in the Dominican Winter League. He hit a home run in one playoff game.
Here are how some other Royals players fared in winter ball.
• Salvador Perez led his Venezuelan team (Tiburones de La Guaira) in batting average (.371), RBIs (39) and OPS (1.041) in 32 games. He also had eight homers, 10 doubles and scored 23 runs.
• Alcides Escobar led his Venezuelan team (Cardenales de Lara) with a .349 average. He also had 16 RBIs in 26 games.
• Manny Pina hit .261 in 13 games in Venezuela.
• Irving Falu hit .324 with an .839 OPS in 36 games in the Puerto Rican League
• Christian Colon batted .301 with a league-best 13 stolen bases in Puerto Rico.
Royals sign pitcher Boyer
On Thursday, the Royals signed right-handed pitcher Blaine Boyer to a minor-league contract. He last appeared in the majors in 2011 with the Mets. He previously pitched for Atlanta, St. Louis and Arizona. Boyer has made 233 relief appearances in his career.
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IVCC's 'Project Success' makes donation
SPRING VALLEY — St. Margaret's Foundation recently received $552 due to the efforts of "Project Success" at IVCC.
Project Success is a program that assists and supports students to achieve their goals and promotes personal, educational and social development. Members raised the money on Oct. 24 when they held raffles, a bake sale and sold ribbons to bring attention to Breast Cancer Awareness.
St. Margaret's will use the funds to provide free mammograms to low-income women.
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Ultraviolet flashes can create vitamin D-enriched mushrooms8/5/13Quick zaps of ultraviolet light can boost the vitamin D levels in mushrooms in seconds, turning the fungi into an even healthier food, according to Penn State food scientists.
Students' dairy creation Mooofins wins national competition 7/19/13A Penn State team has won a national championship, defeating teams from Iowa State and Ohio State universities -- the food science product development team, that is.
Whole chickens from farmers markets may have more pathogenic bacteria7/11/13Raw, whole chickens purchased from farmers markets throughout Pennsylvania contained significantly higher levels of bacteria that can cause foodborne illness compared to those purchased from grocery stores in the region, according to a small-scale study by researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
Cocoa may help fight obesity-related inflammation6/12/13A few cups of hot cocoa may not only fight off the chill of a winter's day, but they could also help obese people better control inflammation-related diseases, such as diabetes, according to Penn State researchers.
Researchers develop a faster method to identify Salmonella strains5/30/13A method that may reduce by more than half the time it takes health officials to identify Salmonella strains has been developed by researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
'Mooofins' carry food product-development team into national finals5/17/13The Penn State Product Development team, a group of students in the food science department, recently was named one of three finalists in the Dairy Research Institute New Product Competition.
Food Science students place high at national product development event3/29/13Penn State Culinology team finished third in national competition in Charlotte, N.C.
Ag Sciences faculty members honored for international efforts3/22/13Two faculty members in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences are among five people honored by the University's Office of Global Programs with 2013 Spirit of Internationalization Awards. The college's honorees were Kathleen Kelley, associate professor of horticultural marketing and business management, and Audrey Maretzki, professor emeritus of food science and nutrition.
Expert: Key to avoiding norovirus is frequent hand washing2/1/13A new strain of norovirus, known as GII.4 Sydney 2012, is making the rounds this winter, causing a significant number of acute outbreaks. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it has become the dominant strain, causing more than 140 reported outbreaks in the United States this year. People should try to limit their exposure to norovirus and try to minimize its spread, advised an expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences. "There are some important reasons that lead to so many people becoming ill from norovirus," said Martin Bucknavage, extension food safety specialist. "One is this virus' low infectious dose. It is estimated that it may take less than 20 viral particles to make someone ill. Then, there is the ability of the virus to survive on dry surfaces for two weeks or more and in water for months."
Harding wins academic award at NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship12/14/12A standout student-athlete in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences recently received a prestigious academic award. Maggie Harding, a redshirt sophomore on the women's volleyball team, was named the recipient of the Elite 89 award for the 2012 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship. The Elite 89, an award founded by the NCAA, recognizes the true essence of the student-athlete by honoring the individual who has reached the pinnacle of competition at the national championship level in his or her sport, while also achieving the highest academic standard among his or her peers.
Expert: Latest food scare avoided with proper handling and cooking12/10/12Seems like every month there is a new food scare that makes the national news. Most recently, it was antibiotic-resistant bacterial pathogens found in pork. But whether pathogens are drug-resistant or not, consumers should know that these microorganisms can be controlled by proper food handling and destroyed by proper cooking, noted a food-safety expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
Penn State Dairy Products Evaluation Team places high in contest11/20/12A four-student team from Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences recently finished second in the Collegiate Dairy Products Evaluation Contest. It was the University's first entry into the contest after a seven-year absence. Team members included senior Food Science majors Kelsey Rogers, of Howard; Megan Woo, of San Francisco; Jennifer Updegrove, of Oley; and Allison Hoy, of Pittsburgh. They were coached by Kerry Kaylegian, dairy foods research and extension associate. This contest was Kaylegian's first as head coach.
Graduate students win awards at food science sensory conference11/20/12Three graduate students studying food science, with an emphasis in sensory science, in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences won awards in a poster contest held at the recent 2012 Society for Sensory Professionals Conference in Jersey City, N.J. The theme of the conference, "Managing Complexity to Drive Clarity," was designed to bring together new and strategic approaches in all aspects of sensory research that supports product development through product maintenance.
Drinking green tea with starchy food may help lower blood sugar spikes11/12/12An ingredient in green tea that helps reduce blood sugar spikes in mice may lead to new diet strategies for people, according to Penn State food scientists. Mice fed an antioxidant found in green tea -- epigallocatechin-3-gallate, or EGCG -- and corn starch had a significant reduction in increase in their blood sugar -- blood glucose -- levels compared to mice that were not fed the compound, according to Joshua Lambert, assistant professor of food science in agricultural sciences.
Video: Food science researchers discuss flavor sensations11/6/12As Penn State celebrates 150 years of graduate education, Research Unplugged featured a graduate student researcher at the third talk in its six-event series. Food science doctoral candidate Nadia Byrnes and her faculty mentor, John Hayes, presented "Some Like it Hot: The Science Behind Our Food Preferences." Hayes is assistant professor of food science and director of the University's Sensory Evaluation Center. A video excerpt from Byrnes and Hayes' talk examines the components that combine to result in a food's flavor.