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Evangelical organizations that partner with Uncle Sam to deliver humanitarian aid overseas are voicing concern and outrage over a new federal policy that "strongly encourages" all contractors to develop anti-discrimination policies covering employees' sexual orientation.
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) issued the policy statement—which has received little publicity—in October, a week after the Supreme Court let stand an appellate court ruling that favored World Vision's faith-based hiring policies.
The high court left in place an August 2010 decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals against three former employees fired after World Vision concluded that they did not believe that Jesus Christ is fully God.
All World Vision U.S. employees must sign a statement of faith and agree to a standard of conduct that limits sexuality to "a God-ordained covenant between a man and a woman," said senior vice president Kent Hill. "For a government agency to 'strongly encourage' us to abandon such core beliefs in our hiring policies is offensive and uncalled for," he said. Last year the 1,200-employee charity received nearly $200 million in government grants—19 percent of its total budget.
In December, President Barack Obama elevated the rights and treatment of LGBT people abroad as a priority in U.S. foreign policy. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declared in a Geneva speech that "gay rights are human rights, and human rights are gay rights."
That emphasis, combined with the new USAID policy, has caught the attention of faith-based organizations that believe their religious liberty could be challenged, said Stanley Carlson-Thies, president of the Institutional Religious Freedom Alliance. "When you put all those things together, there is significant concern," he said.
Hill said the 1964 Civil Rights Act provides faith-based organizations with legal protections that ensure they can remain faithful to their religious beliefs. "The new USAID contract language does not trump the [act] or the First Amendment," he said.
USAID press officer Drew Bailey denied any effort to impose on religious beliefs. "The LGBT anti-discrimination policy is not binding," he said. "Nothing in the policy precludes our continuing strong partnerships with religious organizations or otherwise affects contracting or grant decisions. We have strong, productive relationships with many faith-based organizations, and [they] will not be adversely affected by this policy."
But the new policy could be a first step toward making such guidelines mandatory, say critics such as Chad Hayward, executive director of the Accord Network (formerly AERDO).
Hayward, a USAID appointee during George W. Bush's presidency, also said the policy "might have a more chilling effect" on USAID funding recommendations. "If anyone on that [closed-door] panel already has an anti-faith bias," he said, "this language could be used to steer the panel against funding that organization."
Paul Bonicelli, executive vice president of Regent University and a USAID administrator during the Bush administration, echoed that warning. "While there is concern that this will become a mandate," he said, "the damage is already done because organizations fear that they will be tacitly ruled out of competition for funding or simply not called upon."
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It will be disappointing and frustrating for groups like World Vision to find one day that they may have to choose between government grants or their core values. It is my hope, that if they do face that decision in the future that they choose their core values. God provides, and I have seen this over and over again even with institutions, and certainly when organizations have taken core values over money.


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5:20pm Thursday 18th October 2012 in News By Adam Richards
UNDESIRABLE housing developments could spring up all over the borough unless councillors come up with more building land, a new report warns.
The report says Basing-stoke and Deane Borough Council is at risk of losing its power to refuse unwanted planning applications because it has not earmarked enough land for development to meet minimum Government requirements.
The Government's new planning rulebook, the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), states that if a local planning authority does not have a five-year supply of land to build on, then planning applications should automatically be given the green light.
According to the report, planning experts have calculated that there is only 3.4 years worth of land supply if the borough council builds 770 new homes a year.
As reported last week, a key part of the borough's Local Plan – a document outlining future development until 2029 – requires an annual house-building target.
Experts say 770 is the minimum required to win Government approval, despite calls from some councillors to lower it to 594 new homes each year. Even if a figure of 594 homes is agreed, the borough only has a 4.5-year land supply.
Members of the borough council's planning and infrastructure committee are set to discuss the report tonight and will attempt to come up with a plan to boost the amount of land officially declared to be available for development.
The report, written by the borough's planning policy manager Andrew Hunter, says communities may lose control in deciding where future developments can go.
Mr Hunter says: "As a result of the current lack of five-year land supply, there is a strong possibility that the borough will receive applications for housing developments, including on greenfield sites outside of the borough's built-up areas, in locations that may not be the council's, or the community's, preferred locations for development."
The report adds that developers could successfully appeal against refusals of previous applications by arguing to a Government planning inspector that the borough does not have a five-year land supply.
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U.S. stocks were poised to follow European stocks higher, a day after markets sold off on worries about the debt and banking crisis in Europe.
Dow Jones industrial average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures were all slightly higher. Stock futures indicate the possible direction of the markets when they open at 9:30 a.m. ET.
Trading could be choppy, with little U.S. economic or company news on tap. Investors will continue to monitor uncertainty in Europe, and Spain's request for up to €100 billion ($125 billion) in assistance from the European Union its banking system.
As the situation in Spain heats up, bond yields have risen again to about 6.7%. Italian bond yields also rose Tuesday, remaining above the 6% benchmark -- a warning sign that the country could need a bailout of its own.
Meanwhile in Greece, elections this Sunday are seen as a pivotal moment that could determine if the country remains a member of the euro currency union.
Art Hogan, managing director at Lazard Capital Markets, said he's concerned that it will be as difficult to maintain the early positive momentum for stocks as it was Monday. U.S. stocks closed the day with all three indexes down more than 1%, as higher futures could not be carried over into the trading day.
"You see a modest updraft in the European markets and we seem to be enthusiastic about that," Hogan said. "I think we're in the environment where the risk is more to the downside, especially on days where there is no catalyst."
World markets: European stocks rose in midday trading. Britain's FTSE 100 ticked up 0.3%, while the DAX in Germany added 0.4% and France's CAC 40 edged 0.1% higher. All the indexes were down slightly from earlier highs.
Asian markets closed lower Tuesday, after a rise the previous day on stronger economic readings out of China. The Shanghai Composite fell 0.7%, while the Hang Seng in Hong Kong slid 0.4% and Japan's Nikkei ended 1% in the red.
Economy: Before the open, the Bureau of Labor Statistics will release import and export price data for May.
At 2 p.m. ET, the Treasury Department will release its monthly budget report. Investors will look for a repeat of last month, when the Treasury revealed a $59 billion surplus, the first monthly budget surplus since September 2008.
Companies: Shares of Michael Kors shot up 13.9% in premarket trading. The fashion retailer reported fiscal fourth-quarter sales that more than doubled from year-earlier results, easily topping forecasts as well as the company's earlier guidance. The company also gave first-quarter earnings guidance above current forecasts.
Juniper Networks shares rose 1.8% in heavy premarket trading, after the company announced a $1 billion share repurchase plan late Monday.
Bank stocks were among the biggest losers Monday, but Bank of America and Citigroup were both up 0.8% in premarket trading, while JPMorgan Chase was up 0.2%.
Apple shares were 1.6% lower on the day of its developer's conference, as its announcement of the new MacBook Air and other products wasn't enough to pull it from a recent slump. Shares were up 0.5% in premarket trading early Tuesday.
Currencies and commodities: The dollar lost ground against the euro and the British pound, but rose slightly versus the Japanese yen.
Oil for July delivery continued to slide, losing 38 cents to $82.33 a barrel.
Gold futures for August delivery fell $5.40 to $1,591.40 an ounce.
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The Eden Valley-Watkins softball team started the post-season right, taking a decisive victory Monday afternoon at home, 13-3, over the Swanville Bulldogs. Things got off to a pretty rocky start, as the Eagles surrendered
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Holly Schumacher blasted a 3-run round-tripper last Tuesday, May 7, in Rockford, to help seal the EV-W Eagles' first of two games victory, 6-3. Eagle coach Dave Dziengel was impressed with the team's effort. "Jamie Scherer did a fabulous job, picking up her first varsity win tonight. She held Rockford scoreless, giving up just 6 hits over 4 innings of work. Equally as impressive was Baylee Lahr's performance, as she worked a quick two innings to secure the win. The big blow for us offensively tonight was Holly Schumacher's 3-run homerun in the third inning."
The Rockets turned the tables on the Eagles in game two, taking the contest in a shutout win, 4-0. The Eagles managed just 3 hits, while Rockford pounded out 10. "Rockford scored 3 quick runs in the first inning and didn't look back in this game. We could only muster three hits off their starting pitcher and we just couldn't get anything going offensively," said Dziengel. EV-W's overall record is 4-3 and 3-3 in conference play.
Making the journey to Pierz Monday, May 6, was well worth it for the Eden Valley-Watkins softball team, as they swept a double-dipper from the Pioneers, 7-0 and 10-3. Coach Dave Dziengel was happy with the girls' performance. "We combined 6 hits with 7 walks to come out ahead in game one. Baylee Lahr did a nice job of keeping the Pierz hitters off balance, effectively throwing her change up as she collected 4 strikeouts without giving up a walk."
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Let's Play Five! That's what the Eden Valley-Watkins softball team will do this opening week, as they gear up for the weather-dictated, reshuffled schedule. Coach Dave Dziengel was happy to finally get the season under way. "After a long season indoors, it was nice to get out and play an actual game. Baylee Lahr was a little wild but got the job done, pitching an effective game and limiting Osakis to 2 runs and scattering just 6 hits." Opening the season Monday, the Eagles, behind senior Holly Schumacher's 2-home run-5 RBI effort, captured the 8-2 non-conference victory over the Osakis Silverstreaks. Schumacher connected on a three-run shot in the bottom of the fourth inning, extending EV-W's lead to 6-1. She added a two-run homer in the sixth, and teammate Jamie Scherer doubled twice and scored three runs for the Eagles.
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Submitted by Jordan Grote on Tue, 07/16/2013 - 3:46pmThe Robert H. Jackson Center and the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) are pleased to announce a partnership to offer the Robert H. Jackson Center Award for Teaching Justice. The award was created to honor an educator who teaches the concept of justice in creative, inspiring ways, which may include teaching about civil liberties, human rights, international humanitarian law, the Holocaust, genocide studies, or local issues of justice. --> read more »
Susan Griffin and Steve Armstrong on BlogTalkRadio October 23
Submitted by TimDaly on Wed, 10/23/2013 - 11:05amNCSS President Stephen Armstrong and Executive Director Susan Griffin appeared on the EduTalk program on BlogTalkRadio on October 23 and discussed the importance for civic education as well as the upcoming NCSS Annual Conference this November in St. Louis.
Hear Susan and Steve on the Show Archive at BlogTalk Radio.
Become a Reviewer for CAEP Social Studies Program Reports
Submitted by TimDaly on Fri, 09/13/2013 - 5:23pmNCSS seeks members to serve as reviewers of university social studies teacher education programs for the Council for the Accreditation of
Educator Preparation (CAEP, formerly NCATE).
How does it work?
Teams of reviewers examine program reports and conduct reviews over the Internet. One member of each team, designated the "lead reviewer," receives program reviews from the other team members and compiles the review report. An audit committee at NCSS checks the reviews and sends them to CAEP for distribution to the submitting institution.
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C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards Update
Submitted by TimDaly on Fri, 07/19/2013 - 11:14amAfter three years of work, The College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards will be published this fall. The C3 Framework will be available at no cost on the NCSS website, and for purchase in print. --> read more »
An Advocacy Victory in Ohio
Submitted by Jordan Grote on Thu, 07/11/2013 - 12:10pmBelow is an update from the Ohio Council for the Social Studies.
"The Ohio Council for the Social Studies is celebrating an advocacy victory. Governor Kasich has signed the biennium budget and the Ohio Department of Education has confirmed that new Social Studies assessments will be administered to 4th and 6th grade students beginning in the 2014-2015 school year. These assessments will be electronic, grade-level specific and be aligned to Ohio's New Learning Standards for the Social Studies. --> read more »
Susan Griffin on Blog Talk Radio June 5
Submitted by TimDaly on Mon, 06/10/2013 - 10:45amNCSS Executive Director Susan Griffin appeared on Blog Talk Radio June 5 to talk about the central role of social studies in preparing students for College, Career and Civic Life.
Listen to the interview (http://www.blogtalkradio.com/edutalk/2013/06/05/citizenship-and-the-soci...)
2013 NCSS Board of Directors Election Results
Submitted by TimDaly on Fri, 03/22/2013 - 2:14pmKim O'Neil from Liverpool, New York has been elected vice-president of National Council for the Social Studies and is line to assume the NCSS presidency 2015-2016. Kim is currently serving her second term on the Board as the elementary representative. --> read more »
Legislative Action Alert
Submitted by Jordan Grote on Mon, 01/28/2013 - 5:44pmIt is time to contact your Members of Congress asking them to support social studies education by including funding for civic learning and history in their appropriations requests.
Attached you will find a sample letter that you can use.
You can find your Members of Congress at:
US House -- http://www.house.gov/representatives/
US Senate -- http://www.senate.gov/
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A WOMAN has suffered serious injuries after a van overturned on the M40 this afternoon.
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Police said two people were left trapped after the white van overturned. One woman was taken to Oxford's John Radcliffe Hosptial with serious injuries, while another woman in the van suffered minor injuries.
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What is a trauma center?
A trauma center is a type of hospital that provides trauma surgeons, neurosurgeons and other surgical and non-surgical specialists and medical personnel, equipment and facilities for immediate or follow-up treatment for severely injured patients, 24 hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week. If you've experienced a mild or moderate injury, the emergency departments of acute care hospitals licensed by the Agency for Health Care Administration are ready with basic emergency services to treat you. However, if you have severe traumatic injuries, having fast access to a hospital that has been verified by the Department of Health as a Level I, Level II or Pediatric trauma center is critical to your survival. Each year, Florida's trauma system helps to ensure that emergency medical services providers provide pre-hospital care and transport of injured residents and visitors to the nearest trauma center. Timely and quality emergency medical services, trauma care and medical rehabilitation can help individuals continue to live to their full potential, despite having experienced a severe injury.
How are Florida's trauma centers verified?
Florida's trauma centers are verified by the Bureau of Emergency Medical Oversight's Trauma Program in accordance with sections 395.402and 395.4025, Florida Statutes and Rules 64J-2.011 - 2.017, F.A.C.
Section 395.402, Florida Statutes (F.S.) allows for 44 trauma center positions disbursed throughout 19 trauma service areas (TSA). The TSAs were originally designated by geographic population and each is allotted a specified number of trauma center slots or positions in Rule 64J-2.010, F.A.C. Each TSA is to have at least one Level I or Level II trauma center. Currently, one of the 19 TSAs is not directly covered by a verified or provisional trauma center (TSA 17, Collier County).
State Map of Florida's Trauma Service Areas
To date, there are 25 verified trauma centers (eight Level I, twelve Level II, three Level II/Pediatric, one joint Pediatric verification (Bayfront/All Children's), and one stand alone Pediatric) and two provisional Level II trauma centers) for a total of 27 trauma centers. Only Level I or Level II trauma centers are designated to occupy the 44 trauma center positions pursuant to section 395.402, F.S. Below is a list of Florida's Trauma Centers and maps that provide the location of these centers throughout the state.
Florida Trauma Centers List as of 12-5-13
Trauma Centers and Acute Care Hospitals Map
Florida Trauma Centers by Trauma Service Area/Regional Domestic Security Task Force Regions
What are the Trauma Center verification levels and the standards for each level that must be met by hospitals seeking trauma center verification in Florida?
Florida verifies Level I, Level II and Pediatric trauma centers. Each hospital seeking verification must meet the trauma center standards included in the department's Pamphlet 150-9, which is incorporated by reference in Rule 64J-2.011, Florida Administrative Code pursuant to s. 395.401(2), Florida Statutes.
DOH Pamphlet 150-9 Trauma Center Standards (January 2010)
All levels of trauma centers are critical components of Florida's trauma system. The following provides the major differences between a Provisional, Level I, Level II and Pediatric trauma centers:
Provisional Trauma Center
A provisional trauma center is an acute care hospital that has applied to become a Level I, Level II or Pediatric verified trauma center and the hospital that has been verified by the department to be in substantial compliance with the requirements in s. 395.4025, Florida Statutes and the Trauma Center Standards, DH Pamphlet 150-9. The hospital has been approved by the department to operate as a provisional Level I, Level II or pediatric trauma center based on the department's provisional review of the application package. These hospitals must operate as a provisional trauma center for a period of up to a year, while the department conducts an in-depth review and a provisional onsite survey prior to the department's determination to approve verification or deny verification. Currently, there are two provisional Level II trauma centers: Bay Medical Center, Panama City, Trauma Service Area 2 and Ocala Regional Medical Center, Ocala, Trauma Service Area 6.
Level I Trauma Center
Level I trauma centers are verified by the department to be in substantial compliance with Level I trauma center and Pediatric trauma referral-center standards. Level I trauma centers serve as resource facilities to Level II trauma centers, Pediatric trauma referral-centers, and general hospitals through shared outreach, education, and quality-improvement activities. Currently, there are eight Level I Trauma Centers. Specific differences in the Level I standards and other verifications are:
Level II Trauma Center
Level II trauma centers are verified by the department to be in substantial compliance with Level II trauma center standards, as established by Department of Health rule. Level II trauma centers serve as resource facilities to general hospitals through shared outreach, education, and quality improvement activities. Currently, there are twelve trauma centers that hold only Level II verification and three verified Level II trauma centers that also hold a pediatric verification – for a total of fifteen Level II verified trauma centers. Specific differences in the Level II standards and other verifications are:
Pursuant to 2013 legislative revisions to s. 395.4025 in Enrolled HB 1159, hospitals outside of Trauma Service Areas 1 and 11 seeking verification to operate as a Level II trauma center in Florida will continue to be required to meet the Florida Department of Health standards, whereas potential trauma centers in Trauma Service Areas (TSAs) 1 and 11 can seek a Level II verification certificate from the American College of Surgeons. The department when presented with a certificate of verification from the American College of Surgeons for hospitals in TSA 1 and II, the department must designate these hospitals to operate as a verified Level II trauma center to serve those areas of the state. Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa and Walton counties make up TSA-1; Polk, Highlands and Hardee counties comprise TSA-11.
Pediatric Trauma Center
Pediatric trauma centers are verified by the Trauma Program to be in substantial compliance with the pediatric trauma center standards, as established by Department of Health rule. These centers serve as resource facilities to general hospitals through shared outreach, education, and quality improvement activities. Currently, there is one stand-alone pediatric trauma centers (Miami Children's Hospital), one joint pediatric trauma center (Bayfront and All Children's Hospital) and three Level II trauma centers (Sacred Heart Hospital, St. Joseph's Hospital and St. Mary's Hospital) that also have a Pediatric verification - for a total of five Pediatric verified trauma centers. Pediatric trauma centers are not included in the 44 trauma center positions apportioned within trauma service areas in accordance with s. 395.402, Florida Statutes. Specific differences in the standards of a Pediatric trauma center and other verifications are:
What are Florida's trauma center application and verification processes?
Trauma Center Letter of Intent Process
Pursuant to s. 395.4025, Florida Statutes., acute care hospitals, that submit a Letter of Intent to the department by October 1 each year are eligible to submit a trauma center application by April 1 of the subsequent year. Hospitals located in Trauma Service Areas 1 and 11 are exempt from the Letter of Intent process.
Letter of Intent Form
DH Form 1840 - January 2010
Trauma Center Application Process
Pursuant to s. 395.4025, Florida Statutes, no later than October 15, 2012 the department will send a letter acknowledging receipt of each hospital's Letter of Intent with the directions on how to complete the application process.
Trauma Center Applications
Level One Trauma Center Application Manual - January 2010
Level Two Trauma Center Application Manual - January 2010
Pediatric Trauma Center Application Manual - January 2010
Trauma Center Application Timeline
Trauma Center Application Timeline
In order to be considered by the department, applications from those hospitals seeking selection as trauma centers, including those current verified trauma centers that seek a change or re-designation in approval status as a trauma center, must be received by the department no later than the close of business on April 1, 64J-2.012. Process for the Approval of Trauma Centers, F.A.C. The department will conduct a provisional review of each application for the purpose of determining that the hospital's application is complete and that the hospital has the critical elements required for a trauma center.
The department may grant an extension of up to an additional 18 months to a hospital applicant that is unable to meet all requirements of the critical elements by April 1, (Rule 64J-2.013, Extension of Application Period.)
After April 30, any hospital that submitted an application found acceptable by the department based on the provisional review will be eligible to operate as a provisional trauma center. Between May 1 and October 1 of each year, the department will conduct an in-depth evaluation of all applications found acceptable in the provisional review. The applications will be evaluated against criteria enumerated in the application packages as provided to the hospitals by the department. Beginning October 1 of each year and ending no later than June 1 of the following year, a review team of out-of-state reviewers assembled by the department, will make onsite visits to all provisional trauma centers. Based on recommendations from the review team, the department will select trauma centers by July 1. Each hospital approved as a trauma center will be issued a "DH Form 2032, Certificate of Approval", (Rule 64J-2.014, Certificate of Approval. F.A.C.)
Florida's Trauma Center Verification Certificates
Trauma Level I Certificate - January 2010
Trauma Level II Certificate - January 2010
Trauma Pediatric Certificate - January 2010
What is Florida's Trauma Center Verification Renewal Process?
At least 14 months prior to the expiration of the trauma center's certificate, the Department of Health, Trauma Program, will send a blank DH Form 2032R, January 2010 to each trauma center that is eligible for verification renewal. Within 15 calendar days after receipt, the trauma center choosing to renew its certification will submit the completed DH Form 2032R to the department. (64J-2.015, Process for Renewal of Trauma Centers.)
Trauma Center Renewal Form
DH Form 2032R Application to Renew, January 2010
Trauma Center Survey Process
Notification Letter to Trauma Center
Pre Survey Questionnaire Letter
Pre-Survey Questionnaire January 2010
Sample Patient Medical Record Data Request Letter
Sample Final Medical Records List Letter
Sample Agenda, Level II and Pediatric Trauma Centers
Sample Agenda, Level I Trauma Center
Post-Survey Evaluation for the Hospital Staff
Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.
For more information:
Email: Trauma Program
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4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin A-22
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I have been doing dips the past month or two, and I get what I can only describe as muscle spasms in my triceps.
It happens as soon as I finish a set and get off the bar, my muscles just seem to spasm for a second or two and it feels very odd / slightly painful.
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Mourning the Death of the Meta Media Experience
Face it: On-demand is the future of TV. But is passive channel surfing and collective viewing something we won't know the value of until it's gone?
I tend to think of my cable bill kind of like my health insurance premium. Every month, I begrudgingly pony up the funds necessary to continue this so-called "service" wondering the what the heck it is I'm actually paying for--especially since most of what I regularly watch can be found online in some form--all the while deathly afraid of the consequences should I ever stop wiring in my money.
Every month, I consider amputating cable from my bottom line once and for all. But what's holding me back is that I think I might actually miss it.
In general, I've had it with paying for 1,000 channels, only one-percent of which I ever bother with. I'm tired of having to pay $11 per month for my DVR. I'm fed up with having to periodically reboot my cable box to revive life back into the thing, and I'm certainly over the ridiculous nickel-and-diming on Franchise Fees, FCC Regulatory Fees, Federal Universal Service Funds and Public Access Fees. I'm also done with being charged monthly for my remote control, too.
And now, with Hulu, high-def streams from the networks and YouTube, the upcoming Boxee Box, plus delicious rumors of an all-you-can eat monthly TV subscription to iTunes, my dream of cutting the cord and paying only for an Internet connection has never been as close to within reach as it is now.
There's no question that it's possible for a TV hound like myself to live happily without cable. Nearly every program I consume is readily available online. And if I could find an antenna big enough to penetrate the canyons of New York City, I could even score free over-the-air HD for live sports and news. Yet, as the paint dries on the giant "Death to Cable!" banner I plan to unfurl out my window later this afternoon, I'm starting to have doubts.
For one, TV-on-demand flips the very nature of the television-viewing experience on its head. It goes from being a passive endeavor to an active one. Yes, I can probably find any show I'm looking for online and be streaming it within seconds. But, what if I'm not actually looking for anything in particular? As life-changing as Hulu is, it can't be channel surfed. I can't veg out on my couch and flip around on Hulu or iTunes just to catch whatever just happens to be on.
Surprisingly, this is how I consume a lot of my television. It turns out I'm a huge fan of what I'll lovingly refer to as "crap." I don't know what it is about the Discovery ID channel, but I can sit for hours and hours watching reruns of those Dateline murder mysteries. Would I ever go online and actually seek this stuff out? Not a chance. Similarly, I recently flipped by the History Channel and caught a glimpse of an Apple Lisa. The show turned out to be something called Modern Marvels: '80s Tech and was one of the most pleasurable viewing experiences I've had in ages. I'd always thought Modern Marvels was about gunpowder and hydroelectric dams—not about stuff like the Apple Lisa, Pac-Man or the DeLorean. Yet despite this rather thrilling discovery, I'd still never actively search for Modern Marvels on Hulu or iTunes.
The channel surfing conundrum aside, there's something much bigger I'd be missing out on without traditional TV, and it's something that inches closer to extinction every time one of us DVRs or downloads a show instead of watching it on first run. It's the meta media experience. Think about how rare it is nowadays that you are watching a program at the exact same moment as the rest of the TV-watching population. I think giant live sporting events like the Super Bowl are the only ones left that still qualify. Pre-cable, there was about a one-in-four chance that you and the guy next to you watched the same TV show the night before. Cable certainly fragmented that, but even with more channels we were all still a part of a larger community that experienced things together. The Seinfeld finale, for example, was watched by an estimated 76 million people. Ten years later, an episodic television event of that magnitude is no longer possible. Call me old fashioned, but I think something strangely unifying is being left by the wayside as we increasingly consume television on our own schedules instead of the network schedules.
I went cold turkey on TV 5+ years ago and while there was some withdrawl. I find that I have more time for other more important things. Cut the cord, I won't say TV is evil, it isn't just after the first month or so you will find yourself better off for it.
This is one of the most thought out and well written articles I think I have read on PopSci. Most of the articles written are concise and eye-catching, but I think this is the first time I have really had to think about what I just read. I'm not sure exactly how I feel about "the death of cable" because I am a proud channel surfer and love catching obscure one-offs on channels I haven't heard of before. I am also a heavy user of online TV like hulu simply because my schedule does not always allow me to catch the prime-time shows.
All this said, I still (and will always) believe that where there is a market--and thus the almighty profit--any company will find some way to access that market.
Good article. Considering the current options I completely agree that many folks will miss channel surfing. I recently cut off cable and watch all of the shows I am interested in online.
I do believe a hybrid between traditional cable and Hulu style consumption will emerge, especially if iTunes is the catalyst for the shift from traditional to new. Basically it would be as simple as Apple using its iTunes Genius reccommendation system to suggest shows you might enjoy.
Or even, if you feel like channel surfing, a Pandora style experience. You have created a channel that suits your likes and dislikes, and can just turn it on and veg out to whatever it pulls up.
I think that the download system goes awry in a few ways
1. Channel flipping -- I (and others) often flip between shows on occasion. In my case, this is especially true for football ( not all of which is available on free local channels). Can't imagine how you'd replace that with downloads.
2. Checking for new shows. I read the tv skeds, but there are often cases where I see the plugs for a new show and give it a chance.
3. Checking for shows in general. Hulu doesn't actually have that large of a selection, but it takes me a long time to search through it. Maybe Apple will do a better job.
4. Bandwidth. Right now cable /satellite send an amazing amount of data out in a fairly efficient manner. Downloading will likely increase the required bandwidth significantly.
5. Equipment. Now I will need a computer more or less dedicated to downloads. I will also need something to connect it to various TVs -- unless I choose to watch it on my computer. Of course, I could always watch it on my 4 inch smartphone ( whoopee)
6. Industry. This won't fly unless the entertainment industry does a major shift to support it. I doubt that they will.
I think that this will always be a niche market. Yes, it can be fun, and there will be those who've cut the cable. But there are those who don't have TVs -- or even radios.
Great article Tom, but:
You say that you don't like paying for thousands of channels you don't use, and then go on to say that you do like having those channels because without them, you would have no ability to flip through channels and find something interesting on. Thats why the so called "a la cart" television will never work. The truth is people don't know what they like until they see it, people want a selection of shows they've never heard of.
Also, it used to be that everybody would together watch whatever crap is on. Now there is competition for people's time and only the best shows actually get watched as they premier on television. It also means that if you did end up watching the same show last night as the guy next to you, you probably have a lot in common, similar tastes etc. Personally I still think the best experience is watching with friends - then you all watch the same thing and it doesn't matter if you catch it live or not.
What's so great about a unified television watching experience anyway? So we could all kill brain cells and waste time the same way, killing individualism and creativity, mass brainwashing the public? I'm getting a little ahead of myself. Leave this group watching experience for the movies (which also need to get with the technology program. Why can't I download a movie directly from the studio once its out on DVD? I have to go through intermediaries like Netflix or wait for HBO to play it?)
Apple is clearly the leading company to take down the traditional TV industry with the Apple TV and all - there are so many simple improvements to TV's that are coming as soon as someone figures out how to change the industry.
Here's a few ideas to throw around:
Why doesn't my TV have a built in hard drive for recording whatever I want?
Built in internet connection too, I don't want to have to have a show running through my computer's graphics card.
Apple TV is trying to take care of both of these ideas, albeit slowly.
I like SN12345's idea about a kind of Pandora for TV, but I must also point out that whats missing right now is the shows live streaming online at the same time that they're on TV. I still don't understand why most shows to get put On Demand until almost a week after they premier, and often don't end up on Hulu or other sites until after that.
Anyway what I'm really surprised about is no mention of commercials in this article, which to me is the biggest problem facing both the television industry and its consumers. We all forgot about the days when we had commercials for a reason: to shift the burden of cost away from the public, to big companies who want the public audience. We had commercials because we didn't pay for anything! Once you hooked up your TV and antennae the only cost was electricity! Now we've got all these monthly charges, and on top of that we have to deal with constantly increasing ratios of commercial to content. Thats why the only channels I'm satisfied with paying for are so called "premium channels" like HBO and Showtime. That's also why I have absolutely no moral issues with skipping Hulu and other commercial sites and downloading the higher quality, interruption free Torrents.
Damn I feel like I just wrote a whole article. I did a paper on this topic for school and I think about it a lot lol.
One-- especially in rough economic times, luxuries will be trimmed. A near $100 cable bill will be the first thing to go for most ordinary middle class folks in a bind. Because we ALL know that the BASIC $49 package has NOTHING.
Two-- Once you start selectively paying for shows on Amazon or iTunes, you develop a more selective viewing style. I look over a show, read the reviews and have to think, is this show REALLY worth my time and my money, or do I sample it on Hulu for free, if it's available. The TV industry is gonna have a hard time adjusting to this new mindset.
Three-- Once I went to DVD sets and iTunes, I found that I could no longer tolerate commercials, especially the vapid ones. Even on Hulu, I mute the sound and do something else and reset the playback to continue watching the show. The TV Advertising industry is still stuck in the 1970's modus Operandi. If I'm watching a serious, emotional drama, the commercial interruption should be appropriately toned and
compatible: I shouldn't go from a teary death scene to a screaming Blackberry Hip-Hop dance video. It's jarring and it pisses some viewers off. So I don't even bother-- I'll pay for commercial free viewing from iTunes. Besides-- do most people even realize that back in the 70's an Hour show was actually close to 52 minutes with 8 minutes for commercials? NOW an Hour show only amounts to 40 - 42 minutes. We are subjected to 20 minutes of dreck. I call that commercial overkill.
Four-- the Channel surfing thing. Yes, once in a blue moon, I'm up late and I don't want to go to bed, but I don't wanna watch anything specific-- but since I don't have Cable (And free digital TV sucks here in B'klyn NYC) But I don't wanna watch what I already downloaded. And it's hard to 'Surf' Hulu. And that's when I come face to face with my need for what I call "Truly Purposeless TV Viewing"
I defaulted to the only reasonable options: I'll either play a game for a turn or two, or I turn off the lights and go to bed.
Oh. . .Ice Cream helps, too.
I actually stopped watching TV on a regular basis when I went to college - in 1996. I didn't have a TV in college, but I did have the internet. I didn't have TV again until 2003, when I moved into my own place in Philadelphia, and to get cable internet, I had to get some cable TV package, so I got the cheapest one, which only had local channels. That's when I first started watching 24, and even then, I taped it with a VCR. When I discovered I could download episodes of 24 through BitTorrent, I didn't bother with the TV anymore. And then I watched The Nine, Bionic Woman, and most prominently, Heroes, from downloaded BitTorrent episodes. Then I discovered hulu, and I didn't have to wait for BitTorrent anymore, nor did I have to find space for everything on my computer, or an external hard drive, or what have you. So I'm already off the TV broadcast schedule. And if the rumors of an iTunes subscription service are true, I can just get an AppleTV, hook it up to a television, and then broadcast TV is completely done for.
My husband rarely watches TV anymore. His schedule (shift work) doesn't allow for it, so most of what he watches is online. It's fine for both of us, because he doesn't truly miss the channel surfing and I don't have to fight for the remote. Now he just complains that he doesn't have time to watch all the stuff he actually Wants to watch.
As for the communal experience, that too can be shifted online. There are plenty of forums you can find that are willing to discuss whatever show you wish. You not restricted to your face-to-face contacts anymore. And just because you can watch at any time doesn't mean you will all be watching at different days or times; the movie theatre is still packed on opening night for a reason.
Having worked with the military trying to squeeze more data into its limited (but bungled) satellite spectrum, the answer to this dilemma suddenly hit me - a nationwide system that combines satellite broadcast with on-demand - and data storage sort of like a nationwide satellite jukebox.
Why in the heck are we wasting precious bandwidth broadcasting the same programs via 2 satellites, multiple cable/fiber systems and broadcast, and THEN adding all the internet based systems? A satellite network amortizes out to about a quarter per American per year.
If we got our act together and gathered up our requests via internet and then blasted them down en masse via one satellite (most programs would download while we sleep) we would turn a system trying to accommodate 300 million people all randomly yelling "I WANT IT NOW!" into a continental equivalent of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
Satellite "providers" have pulled off what every waterworks provider dreams of - taking a ridiculously cheap and abundant but highly desired product and make great profits not by providing it, but by restricting it. Satellite should become "net neutral" system that transmits like the internet, not a gatekeeper that profits by restricting.
That's why we (my suggestion is a consumer owned corporation) should buy up one satellite system. You would pay nothing for access. The hardware would be open source. All you would pay is the price of the video you are ordering (wow, just like how you buy everything else)plus about a penny a gigabyte to support the satellite network.
Seeing how much of TV is commercial spam, rebroadcast, reruns or near useless filler such as infomercials, this would allow much of what we get on the internet (videos, podcasts, etc.) to come down via the same method - just like magazines and newspapers are delivered.
This will be in my upcoming book, the stem to stern critique of advertising based mass media "Shoot the Messenger". I hope to have it up with my first book at www.politicalspecies.com
I quit watching tv almost 30 years ago (I was in my late teens back then). I don't miss it, and I feel more creative with my time.
Now, if I wanna watch a movie I just pop a dvd in my computer or download an anime off the net and view it at home.
I spend my time offline, and creating stuff (3D animations) more than I care to watch tv.
I don't miss it at all; but I still watch the news when I wanna see the weather reports or any latebreaking news in my area.
Otherwise, I've been better without it after all these years; and not having a tv in my home has also saved me from having to worry about making the transition from analog tv to digital buying all the crap gear just for
that needless waste-of-time.
Live sports is the only thing that has kept me on the satellite teat, and I yearn for a solution to cut that cord. As a football fan in a small market, the only way for me to see the games that interest me is through DirecTV's near-larcenous "Sunday Ticket."
I find that for the few shows outside live sports that interest me, purchasing them a la carte via XBox Live is very cost effective. I've therefore persuaded DirectV to begrudgingly "suspend" my account for the six months of the year that constitutes the NFL offseason.
I got something to say that is off topic, but needs media attention, in a technical forum. Big news today is Rupert Murdoch is saying that online news media should be paid for their content, as subscription. I contend that the Internet is a medium that grows literally by it's own access. His unwanted information is passing through my computer off and on all day, same as yours. The amount of data I can assimilate in a day is nothing compared to what my machine really transfers. I contend that if information is to be counted in bits and assigned a base value, he should be paying me. Oh, and by the way, Rupert, I subscribe to various publications, such as Pop Sci, Discover, SI, Smithsonian, and a local paper. It's quite possible I introduce more fact to the internet than you do.
I have read a large majority of the comments posted here and i think its safe to say now that there is a bigger issue at large regarding what was and what is to become. As much as the popular networks hate to admit it, it's the veiwer that controls the ratings and thusly what is broadcast and what shows are cancelled after only a season or two. Now, the issue at large i would say is that we are all now becoming more independent in our thought rather than a state of collective consciousness as far as our veiwing is concerned. There seems to be a major shift towards personal compatibility with what one wants to watch rather than what is broadcast. No one has time anymore to watch programming when the show is actually shown. long gone are the days when men were the breadwinners working 9-5 shifts and coming home by six o' clock to watch the primetime shows while the wife stays home with the kids. nowadays we have both men and women in the workplace. Add to this the internet variable, which allos us (me) to watch Heroes or (my favorite) The daily Show with Jon Stewart on a mobile smart phone. Technology has changed the dynamic of personal media indulgence. Soon we will all be able to download our favorite experiences through a mental cable wire directly connected to the pleasure centers of our brains and hopefully this will end the eternal question: "where'd you put the remote control?"
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Good article. Considering the current options I completely agree that many folks will miss channel surfing. I recently cut off cable and watch all of the shows I am interested in online.
I do believe a hybrid between traditional cable and Hulu style consumption will emerge, especially if iTunes is the catalyst for the shift from traditional to new. Basically it would be as simple as Apple using its iTunes Genius reccommendation system to suggest shows you might enjoy.
Or even, if you feel like channel surfing, a Pandora style experience. You have created a channel that suits your likes and dislikes, and can just turn it on and veg out to whatever it pulls up.
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I thought I'd document my attempts and procedure at turning my laptop into a dedicated XBMC for Windows machine. That means that the machine will do nothing but run XBMC. So the whole point is to customize everything so it runs it as quickly and smoothly as possible. Also since Windows is virus prone I want to reduce virus risks without actually running an anti virus that eats up resources on the machine.
Step one was to get a distribution of Windows that's not full of unneeded stuff. First I looked at Windows PE, then BartPE, but I ruled both out cause Windows PE doesn't support OpenGL, and even though BartPE does, I couldn't get video drivers for my video card to work on it properly. My search next led me to TinyXP, which is a very small distribution of XP created using nLite. The legallity is questionable since TinyXP is distributed as an installation CD with CD Key preentered, however, as long as one has a spare valid XP license and possibly uses a program to change the CD Key that windows runs with, it would become fully legal from what I understand. However, TinyXP still had some stuff that I didn't really need.
I finally came across MicroXP ... fully installed it's about 200MB, the installation CD is only 100MB ... that's tiny. It's based on the same idea as TinyXP and done by the same author, however, it just a way slimmer version of TinyXP. Boots up in seconds (15 seconds on my machine and that includes the BIOS screen, etc.). So I had my XP version of choice. Btw, the latest version of MicroXP that's available is 0.82 by eXperience ... again, make sure you have a spare license for XP and change the serial after you install it (you can't enter a serial during installation) to make things fully legal, etc.
Next step is to install any missing drivers. MicroXP is so tiny it's missing quite a few drivers, but that's the price to pay for speed and small size. You'll need to have a normal XP CD handy cause it doesn't even have the USB Key drivers (it will ask for the Microsoft Windows XP CD to install the drivers when you insert a USB Key). Depending on which drivers you need the process will be different, but the simplest way is to download all the missing drivers on another machine, burn them to CD or place them on a USB Key and then from Device Manager install them manually ... not too difficult.
Obviously the next step is to install XBMC.
Once that's done I changed the Windows shell to no longer be explorer.exe but to point to a batch file that starts XBMC.
My next to do items are:
Figure out some way to shutdown or reboot the machine when XBMC exists (depending wether the user selected Shutdown or Reboot).
And to deal with viruses I have come across some information about how to get EWF (enhanced write filter) to work for Windows XP. What this basically does is not allow anything to be written to your system partition but instead writes it to RAM ... so as soon as you reboot any changes made are gone ... that means though that XBMC will need to be installed to a seperate partiton so it's changes are permanent, but this way you protect the system partition from any virus infection, etc. since you can't write to it ... it only pretends to write to it and as soon as you reboot all the changes are gone.
And somewhere along the way I also need to get my Xbox remote control to work.
I'll try to post more info as I figure more of this stuff out, but in the end I'm hoping to have a machine that boots in seconds, does nothing but run XBMC, and can't easily be infected by a virus.
HOW-TO make a computer into dedicated XBMC for Windows machine (ongoing project)
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Harry Muscle Wrote:Figure out some way to shutdown or reboot the machine when XBMC exists (depending wether the user selected Shutdown or Reboot). I'm in pursuit of something similar, though I'll be sticking with full WinXP Pro and using hibernate rather than shutdown to cut down on boot times. Both of the quoted items above may be taken care of by the latest version of REMOTEXBMC(1.6), which provides drivers for the remote in Windows, and has button sequences for shutdown, reboot, hibernate, etc. Currently, I have my Xbox remote dongle hardwired to an internal USB header cable, and mounted inside the case (case has an IR window). My harmony remote is programmed to work as my Xbox remote, which is ideal, given the ability to program macros to a single button. I haven't been able to get the button sequences to work with REMOTEXBMC yet; I'll post when I figure it out. Lastly, I'm curious if your .bat file for booting XBMC as shell will allow booting multiple programs? I currently can't implement XBMC as shell because REMOTEXBMC has to boot as a startup task... ...and that's why god gave us whiskey. ---------------------------------------------- [old rig removed] ATV2 4.3 Eden 11b2 |
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In order to run multiple programs at once from a batch file you need to start them using the start command ... quite simple once you know it ... so for example if I typed this:
notepad.exe notepad.exe in a batch file, it would run the first notepad and only run the second notepad once the first was closed. But if I typed this: start notepad.exe start notepad.exe it will run both of them right away. Quick side note ... if you are providing the full path in your start command you have to put it in quotes if it has spaces ... also you need to provide a dummy quote section too ... so you'd have to do this: start "" "C:\Windows\Notepad.exe" cause start "C:\Windows\Notepad.exe" won't work. Hope that helps. Harry |
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Keep us (me) abreast of your progress. This is more less what I want to do as well. Just need better hardware for the box. My P4 2.4Ghz with ATI 9800 does not seem to cut it for Hi-Def. Seems ok on my Gaming machine though. Just don't have the coin floating around for new hardware.
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Well I'm coming from the other direction. Have a working MCE system that records Free-To-Air Digital TV & Pay TV, both webpage driven and avi convertors running, and putting it in the lounge room with a mce remote.
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If you'd like to do away with the ugly black command prompt window you'll get from the batch file, you could try creating an AutoIt script. (Which you could even compile to an executable.)
http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/ Great scripting language, very powerful, and yet very easy to learn. =) |
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Anyone who is interested in this should also read these other topic-threads:
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=34756 http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=34325 Always read the XBMC online-manual, FAQ and search the forum before posting. Do not e-mail XBMC-Team members directly asking for support. Read/follow the forum rules. For troubleshooting and bug reporting please make sure you read this first. |
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There's gonna be a bit of a delay before I can do more stuff on this project unfortunately cause I will need to get my hands on new hardware for it ... my original plan to use my laptop (which only has VGA output) has been scrapped cause I bought a Mitsubishi HC1500 projector at Best Buy (awesome deal ... $540 plus tax) which has a dreadfull VGA interface. So I'm gonna put together some cheap hardware that has DVI or HDMI output and continue with this project then.
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The "On Shutdown" features added to XBMC recently pretty much closed this loop; you can set Windows Shell to boot to a .bat file with all the programs you need running, and set a specified remote key to shut down XMBC...what else is there? ...and that's why god gave us whiskey. ---------------------------------------------- [old rig removed] ATV2 4.3 Eden 11b2 |
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The biggest thing still left is to make the Windows machine immune to virus attack (since it's running Windows and it's connected to the internet) without actually running an antivirus ... I'm hoping to accomplish that using EWF.
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