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Great sketches man, your lines show great confidence.
Keep up.
Great sketches man, your lines show great confidence.
Keep up.
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knut- thanks man!
Leyendecker study today
To be honest always been afraid to study one him was fun though.
His brush work trips me out.
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Awesome job there, I love Leyendecker
Man!AMazing brushstrokes!!!
JoeS- thanks man Leyendecker is a beast haha
Izene- Thanks!
So went back edited this post with some commissions I worked on. I did start a new sketchbook but thinking since I've had this one for so long might as well stick with it
Honestly dont really like these paintings much any more I totally went full blown with detailing stuff and for that I lacked on the underlining foundations of these pieces.
Demons within
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clients Warhammer role playing character commission
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another client role playing character commission
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dude.. i was totally stalking your new sketchbook and didn't realize you were posting again in the old one! i'm glad you made the decision to stick with this one i dunno, i just really like seeing other artist's progress from start to current.
anyway, those are some intense studies jamie i agree with you on mapping out perspective AND proportions but it does help... wait i shouldn't even mention the perspective one cuz i barely even do that myself which is a reminder!
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Great progression! Just worked through your whole sketchbook, looking good and good luck with the new year and all the new art to come!
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Teapo - Thanks man It's defiantly a weird road especially in this sketchbook. I still feel like I haven't found my (style) or whatever but really been trying to learn and grow from everything I find inspiring. I've been way to frustrated trying to find a style ect when I should have been just enjoying the process of creating more. Thanks for the continuous feedback buddy!
AllyAlbon- Thanks Ally much appreciated it's cool people take the time to look through my sketchbook. I dont really find it to appealing to tell you the truth haha. A lot of going in circles in here and frustrating times. Latley been really trying to not get frustrated and slow down. Not to take things for granted and remember why I got into art in the first place to have fun
Been very busy with commissions, life ect here is a personal painting that I dig tried to keep it on the simple end since most of my commissions have been very detailed oriented stuff.
It feels quite relieving doing a work where you dont have to try and nail a page worth of descriptions and try and nail it in a deadline. Really gives me the time to think about every brush stroke or at least try to.
Personal piece On a pale horse
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Some studies gonna try and get into the flow of posting more
Frank Duveneck study
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quick little still life
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Really great stuff here really creative especially the warhammer and the demon (love the sorta mouth chest in that one) pictures.
And yes definietly try and get in the habit of posting more.
triggerpigking- Thanks man though I think I over rendered those pieces. so much stuff wrong in the underlining construction stuff o.o
So off to California today got a job at woodward west for a month and gonna be freelancing on the side. Should be quite the adventure!
heres a Sargent study I did like last month but thought I'd post it anyway. I'm always in awe of his brush and color work really would like to see a real Sargent piece someday.
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oh man that leyendecker study.. gorgeous! your brush strokes really come to life in these studies!
dont ever stop!
I love the expression in 1145. Just brilliant. Also, the perspective exercise looks both challenging and fun. Your anatomy studies are so inspiring.
Shiiiz, you can paint like the bloody dickens! I love your portrait studies! They are fantastic! As a crit, just watch out for your proportions. Your body size seems to stretch out at is progresses towards the feet, so your heads end up being very small, and your legs very long.
Keep up the great work!
Hey there, love your studies.
My only 2 crits would be that you should watch those proportions when doing your comission pieces (proportions in most of your studies are good). For example the forearm of that hunter girl is a tad too long, and her posture in general is a bit strange. Also, there are no visible anatomical landmarks such as the pit of the neck, arm muscles etc...
My second crit would be that you should watch out with your lighting, in some pieces you seem to have a tendency of making things too dark (that knight above the hunter girl).
Otherwise, good work.
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you sure can paint, inspiring stuff here. thanks for your comment in my sb
Just started looking through your sb, really great work. I like the Sargent piece a lot. Have you done any studies of Renoir? I think you might like how he uses his brushes, really delicate and soft. Now I'll keep looking, probably see a big Renoir piece, lol!
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Gotta love Leyendecker Reminds me that I really ought to study his stuff soon, too...
Keep 'em coming dude!
Dude great studies! I' am ashamed to say I had no idea who Leyendecker was, but I do now thanks to you
lemming-clone- ah that's a good crit and thanks for that much apprecited. I'm seeing it now a lot I will be keeping an out out for those proportions
Dayle-hmm Renoir dont think I have will have to look up on him
Thanks everyone for the comments and critiques!
So I'm back for the the moment I landed a job doing create a skate at woodward west for 4 months. Was a cool job met a lot of crazy people.
new personal peice
The Mongol
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Really good improvement since the start.
Leyendecker study is spot on! Good studies all around. Something you might want to try is to be more efficient with your studies, that is putting what you learn from a study directly into a picture.
The other method to this is to start your picture and then make supplementary studies (which is where the whole 'study' thing came from anyway).
This is more efficient because you're using the studies as opposed to arbitrary drawing that serve no direct purpose.
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I really like some of your studies, and I can totally see the influence of the brushwork you're studying on the original work you've done, especially the latest. You should post more often. =)
My biggest crit on your latest would be to use more reference. I'm pretty sure that horse is too small, and its anatomy looks off. The lighting on the figure isn't really consistent; his arm seems lit differently than his chest. Love the brushwork, though, the whole piece has a great energy to it.
HunterKiller_- Ah your very true and I do feel that way aswell sometimes I feel like I'm just studying stuff that serves no purpose. But guess if I'm drawing or painting anything it will only help with the visual library. But that is a great crit I do need to work on focusing my studies on actual pieces I'm doing. Cheers man!
Sean McClain- Thanks man much apprecited
DStraX-Much thanks
Revidescent-I do need to get in the habit of posting more often looking back I think I made the most progress when I was posting everyday. But indeed on the latest peice should have dived more into it will keep that in mind for my next painting! have a good one will see you around.
So lately I've been in this weird spot where I dont want to post anything because of fear of failure. But I need to get out of this habit that's been growing on me. I should embrace that failure will happen and not be scared about what other people will think. In the end this sketchbook is about learning and growing and you cant learn if you dont fail.
heres some more blue pen sketchbook stuff some Mucha, Frazetta ,Waterhouse, Sargent, and some doodle stuff
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I'm loving your work! It has a beautiful texture and a sort of delicacy.
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thank you for posting on my sb! btw wow great stuff here, youre really painterly i like it, reminds me of oil paints
Help me improve!
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Bridgman study
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Sargent hand study
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Do you check black & white composition under colours in your images? (desaturate?) sometimes your colours are little weird, like with that role playing character girl commission, but this doesn't happen allways so just letting you know, rest are very nice
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Golf Naked is the grass-roots brain-child of an unlikely pair of passionate golfers. The game of golf, its audience and appeal have changed considerably in the last 20 years, but golf style pretty much reflects the same conservative, country-club aesthetic that it had when the game gained popularity a century and more ago.
What if an inspired company could change the game's character one envelope-pushing, attention-grabbing piece of tchotchke at a time? Golf Naked could be that company. On the other hand, we could just be a pair of crazy golfers tuned into the real phenomenon of a game whose fans are variously passionate & obsessed, zen-spiritual, urban cool, and slightly whacked that want to share our mania with a like-minded tribe of fanatics.
We've played rounds bantering about a full line of skate/snowboard/surf-inspired golf apparel. Since we're working-class Joes on a shoe-string budget, however, the logo will debut on various small production items, including t-shirts, hats & visors, mugs & shot glasses, golf tees, golf towels, hat clips, etc.
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Frogs from Blue Lobster Farms in Madera County, Calif., are believed to be the primary source of a 42-state Salmonella typhimurium outbreak dating back to April 2009 that sickened 241 people, CDC says. No deaths have been reported, but 71 percent of those sickened with the outbreak strain reported handling African dwarf frogs before becoming ill.
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100 Years Ago
For the birds
Tips in the household section of the Times:
"Seasonable table linens: The all over tablecloth at luncheon is hopelessly old fashioned, the polished wood must show somewhere.
Putting away winter clothing:
Ostrich feathers for trimmings on cape ads and gloves small shawls and all the troublesome little things must be cleaned. Then orris and sandalwood powdered in sachets will keep out moths just as well as camphor and moth balls."
Especially during the late 19th century, the demand for plumes to adorn women's attire was so high that millions of birds were killed for their feathers, resulting in the extinction of some species, and bringing others to the verge of extinction.
By the early 20th century, the Audubon Society was calling women murderers of birds because of their predilection for adorning their wardrobes with feathers.
President Theodore Roosevelt, big game hunter and conservationist, wanted this wholesale slaughter stopped and so included in the 230 million acres of land set aside for all types of parks during his presidency, 51 of them were federal bird reservations.
After his presidency from 1901 to 1909, Teddy Roosevelt did run for president again in 1912, but a few months before the election he was shot while campaigning in Wisconsin. The assassination attempt failed because though the bullet entered his chest, it was slowed by a glass case and a thick, folded speech he was carrying. The bullet was never removed. The campaign was delayed and Roosevelt lost to Woodrow Wilson.
The Roosevelts and the Latrobe family were related. Decades before Roosevelt became president, Benjamin Henry Latrobe's daughter Lydia married Nicholas Roosevelt. She would be Teddy Roosevelt's great-grand aunt. Lydia's brother Benjamin lived in Elkridge, worked for the B&O and designed the Thomas Viaduct across the Patapsco. (The senior Latrobe designed the United States Capitol building.)
An interesting fact about Benjamin Latrobe Sr. is that he drew one of the few sketches there are of Patrick Henry. Though Henry is well known for his impassioned "Give me liberty or give me death" plea before the beginning of the Revolutionary War, after America obtained independence Patrick Henry was much responsible for having added to the Constitution our Bill of Rights.
But back to Teddy. As gun play may have lost an election for him, it also made him president in the first place. TR first became president because he was vice president to President McKinley who was assassinated in 1901 by Leon Czolgosz. After his trial, Czolgosz died in the electric chair, which was only a few weeks after the assassination.
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Just an interesting tidbit about the local Oddfellows. In the 1840s the Baltimore chapter had a guest lecturer, a rather grim man dressed in black who was a writer of some renown — Edgar Allan Poe.
In some churches, the Barnabas Guild visits the sick and helps those who are homebound or in nursing homes. In other churches, Guild volunteers prepare meals and take care of the altar. (St. Barnabas was a Cypriot Jew who accompanied St. Paul on missions in the early days of the Christian church.)
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While regulators, wastewater plant operators, hydroelectric managers and natural resource advocates argue about who needs to invest in cleaning up the Blackstone, one thing is clear: multiple factors contribute to the river's impairment. Multiple approaches are needed to clean it up.
To make the waterway truly fishable and swimmable, river advocates and those who discharge into it are calling for a more holistic approach to cleaning it.
"What we're really trying to do is manage these systems sustainably," said Timothy J. Downs, chairman and associate professor of the environmental science and policy graduate program at Clark University.
"Where is phosphorus coming from? Stormwater and wastewater from an urban area," he said. "How do we reduce the sources of the phosphorus the Blackstone (sewage plant) is being asked to treat? It's a more efficient way to solve the problem: source reduction."
Mr. Downs said Worcester's aging sewer and stormwater systems are inadequate. Combined with the large amount of paved surfaces that prevent stormwater from being filtered in the ground, a notable amount of polluted runoff ends up in the river. The runoff carries nutrients from fertilizer and animal waste, bacteria and toxic substances such as motor oil.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which issues wastewater discharge permits for sewage plants, also issues permits to control stormwater runoff. They are called MS4 permits, which stands for municipal separate storm sewer systems.
The six minimum control measures under the MS4 permit issued in 2003 for small communities in the Blackstone watershed include public education and outreach; public participation; illicit discharge detection and elimination; construction site runoff control; post-construction site runoff control; and pollution prevention, such as street sweeping and catch-basin cleaning.
The draft permit issued in 2010 for small MS4 communities includes requirements to map and test outfalls to the waterway, among other actions.
Worcester is facing a new MS4 stormwater permit as well, which was released as a draft in 2008.
Earlier this year the EPA launched a voluntary program to integrate municipal planning for stormwater and wastewater control.
"There might be a benefit for municipalities to present to us all of their needs so we can prioritize where limited dollars can be spent," said Michael D. Wagner, senior enforcement counsel for EPA's New England region.
"It does not change compliance standards," Mr. Wagner said. "It allows flexibility to schedule the work."
In other words, if a city needs to upgrade its sewage plant and its stormwater system to meet EPA requirements, it could have more time to carry out the work in a way that makes sense.
No community has submitted a proposal for integrated stormwater/wastewater management yet, so it's not certain how practical the strategy will be.
"The future is unknown. The future is, I think, a lot of happy talk out of EPA," said Robert L. Moylan Jr., Worcester commissioner of public works and parks and chairman of the Upper Blackstone Water Pollution Abatement District.
"The idea of integrated planning is a wonderful one. It makes eminent sense. I just don't think EPA is serious about that," he said.
Others are more hopeful. The new integrated format "gets permits out of the silos," according to Donna M. Williams, watershed advocate for the Blackstone River Coalition and chairwoman of the nonprofit Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Inc.
"We environmentalists think this is the way to move forward."
Elizabeth Scott, deputy chief of surface water protection for the R.I. Department of Environmental Management's Office of Water Resources, said, "Our studies have shown the wastewater treatment facilities have been identified as the biggest sources of nutrients to the river.
"Nutrients are not the only thing wrong with this river. There's also bacteria and metal impairment. There really does need to be a holistic look at this river."
Stormwater, wastewater and drinking water management comprise a "three-legged stool" needed to protect environmental and public health, Ms. Scott said.
As the river's restoration struggles forward, a new use for the historic waterway is cropping up: recreation.
Donald Martin, co-owner of Blackstone Valley Outfitters in Lincoln, R.I., has had customers from all over the world rent kayaks and bikes or fish in the trout-stocked river.
"They're looking for the solitude; they're looking for the quiet. And the quick water, too, — we take them on some whitewater," Mr. Martin said.
He acknowledged that portions of the river still need cleaning up. Debris has accumulated behind dams, and the weedy growth in areas like Uxbridge's Rice City Pond can make paddling tough going.
Despite visible remnants of the Blackstone's heavy use, one family from South Africa, who took an evening kayak tour, told Mr. Martin, "We've paddled a lot of places and this is the most beautiful river we've ever been in."
Mr. Martin said that after the 48-mile bikeway along the river is completed, recreation and related businesses should take off more.
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Annual events along the Blackstone such as the Greenway Challenge adventure race and the Blackstone River Watershed Association's canoe and kayak race continue to grow in popularity.
Mr. Downs said that cleaning the Blackstone offers an opportunity for the whole community to understand the impacts of human activity on a critical natural resource. And solutions work best when everyone has a stake in the outcome.
"It all comes back to the central question of what do we want the Blackstone to look like 10, 15 or 20 years from now," he said.
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Visual sensors. (A) FRET. (Aa) FRET tension sensor module consists of two fluorophores, a donor (blue) and an acceptor (green), linked with a spring of known stiffness, the length of which increases with pulling forces (arrows) acting on it. (Ab) Energy transfer efficiency (light gray arrows in Aa) sharply decreases with the distance between fluorophores. (Ac) The FRET efficiency-force relationship is experimentally calibrated . Red line indicates a fitting curve. (Ad) FRET tension sensor module inserted into DE-cadherin molecules can measure their tension. FRET efficiency (color bar) in border cells of ovary is shown. (B) Liquid drop. (Ba) A liquid drop made of fluorocarbon oil (light orange) is coated by surfactant molecules, fluorescent molecules and adhesion molecules. The surface tension () of an isolated drop is measured in solution (left panel). When the liquid drop is inserted between cells in a tissue (right panel), it is deformed by cellular forces (arrows). Image analysis determines the local mean curvature of the droplet surface (), from which the anisotropic component of the normal stresses on the droplet (σ) can be determined according to the equation σ 2γ. (Bb) Liquid drops (red) injected between tooth mesenchymal cells (green). Scale bar: 20 µm. The values of the anisotropic stresses (color bar) are mapped onto the three-dimensional shape of the liquid drop (enlarged in inset). Adapted with permission from: (Ad) Cai et al. (2014 ) and (Ba, Bb) Campàs et al. (2014 ).
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Hope, I had a very similar experience and felt like I had more energy and muscle strength after starting B12 shots. I had to increase my intake of Potassium to about 2400 mg a day as my body was using more potassium because it was no longer starved for B12. I still have problems but the B12 shots helped a lot.
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Dear Hope, I am not at all surprised at the difference between the shots and the sublingual. The sublingual is not really a very good mode of delivery, and there is no conclusive evidence that shows it is better than high dose tablets. It is based upon an incorrect premise that there are blood vessels near the surface of the underside of the tongue and so the material should go into them. Well that is the problem, it doesn't, and I don't know of any study that has shown it does. In the intestine you have a massive area for uptake of vitamin B12, much, much bigger than under the tongue. Best estimates for 1 mg sublingual tablet, 1 mg sublingual spray or 1 mg oral tablet is that up to 10 ug gets in. If you are deficient, you are down somewhere between 10-50 mg, or around 1,000 to 50,000 times more than you can aborb by either of the 3 methods. That is why the shots are so much better. It is also why we are working on a transdermal oil that gets around the same amount as the shots.
I started to get excellent results from sublingual B12 when I began to put the tablet between my cheek and gum and hold it there for 1-2 hours. It is absorbed slowly, chewing it up doesn't work. If you continue with B12 shots, make sure you are getting the active form, methylcobalamin, not the cheap imitation stuff. I also use adenosylcobalamin, the other active form of b12, marketed as dibencozide, with great results.
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HI, everyone. Just wanted to say how we underestimate Vitamin B12. My son has ASpergers syndrome. Last winter, out of the blue, he had Total Bell's Palsy. It took him 6 months for the cheek to move, and 12 months for the nerve totally recuperate, even though his left side of face is still drooping. Everyone(including my son's father, who is a doctor) were saying that Bell's palsy comes only once. Well, guess what? 4 weeks ago, my son 's right side of the face was affected with nasty Bell's palsy again!! His neurologist gave him anti viral and steroid. When my son came back(he is 21 years old, he was visiting his father during 2nd Bell's occurrence) , I read so much about B12 methylcobalamine. I immediately gave him injections every other day. BELIEVE ME, AFTER 1ST INJECTION, HIS LIP STARTED MOVING. AFTER ONE WEEK, HIS FACE HAS COMPLETELY HEALED, MOVING, SMILING!!!!! MY SON'S FATHER, WHO IS A DOCTOR, SAID THAT THIS WAS JUST A COINCIDENCE . i give my son injections 1mg every other day. Hi stopped having twitches(he always had them), he is smiling and moving his lips.


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In many ways, the result of Borussia Dortmund's clash with Bayern Munich at the Westfalenstadion was inconsequential. With the Bavarians' title long since wrapped up and BVB near certain to finish in second, there was little to play for other than pride for both teams.
The eventual 1-1 draw was probably a fair reflection of proceedings but with the two teams set to meet again in three weeks' time in the Champions League final, both will have been eager to shore up any deficiencies ahead of the big match. And Goal was on hand to assess the action.
|This is Europe's most intense rivalry right now
In the wake of the announcement of Mario Gotze's transfer to Bayern, the two clubs have engaged in a very public war of words. Hans-Joachim Watzke's assertion that he would not be happy to entertain the Bayern hierarchy at Dortmund was indicative of the tension between Germany's finest.
And that spilled onto the pitch on Saturday. A total of five players picked up bookings after some robust tackles - and it was miraculous that only one saw red.
In the wake of Rafinha's dismissal (for elbowing Jakub Blaszczykowski), Bayern sporting director Matthias Sammer (a BVB legend) and Jurgen Klopp squared up to one another on the sidelines before being dragged apart by the referee. Thomas Muller and Felipe Santana later had a row on the pitch, as did Jerome Boateng and Robert Lewandowski as tensions threatened to boil over.
The world was waiting for a Clasico Champions League final but they've got something just as fiercely contested, if not more so.
|Bayern have the edge in penalty shoot-outs
The old cliche that Germans will always have the edge in a penalty shoot-out has spawned a string of predictable jokes about the first-ever all-German Champions League final, but BVB have serious problems from the spot.
Bayern's loss to Chelsea in a shoot-out last season certainly hurt their pride, but the likes of David Alaba, Thomas Muller and Mario Gomez could all be called upon. BVB have no such luxury. Mats Hummels, Jakub Blaszczykowski, Gotze and Robert Lewandowski have all had their time as the designated penalty taker, but no one has shown himself to be reliable.
Lewandowski missed yet another spot kick and Manuel Neuer's heroics in the Bayern goal will give his side confidence.
|Ever-improving Sahin is giving Klopp a selection headache
Ilkay Gundogan's substitution after less than 15 minutes would have had Dortmund hearts beating a lot faster but, in the Germany international's absence, Nuri Sahin stepped up to the plate.
His fall from the top has been well documented over the last two years but, in a notably scrappy match, the Turkey star has was a calm, assured presence in midfield, picking many an incisive pass as he tried to swing the balance in his side's favour.
At 24, Sahin is entering the prime of his career and his presence in the squad could give Klopp something to think about in the weeks and months to come, with his loan deal from Real Madrid not set to expire until next summer.
|BVB can still overcome Bayern
Saturday's match was - incredibly - only the second game Bayern have failed to win in 2013, the other being a clash with Arsenal when their progression in the Champions League was long assured thanks to a 3-1 away win in the first leg.
Dortmund's brilliant record against Bayern was there for all to see but the Bavarians looked to have ended their hoodoo against the deposed champions with victories over them in the Pokal and Supercup earlier this season.
But BVB demonstrated that they are still capable of harming their rivals in a way no other team can seem to do and were it not for Lewandowski's tame penalty, they'd have walked away with three points.
|Bayern don't need Lewandowski - they have Gomez
With Gotze's move to Bayern already confirmed, speculation has been rife that Lewandowski could follow him to the Allianz Arena. Gomez, a proven striker of international class has been out in the cold this season but ably demonstrated his ability at Signal Iduna Park.
The former Stuttgart star still has an uncanny ability to find himself in the right place at the right time and his movement to get away from his marker for his equaliser was nothing short of fantastic.
Despite being relegated to the bench this term, he has scored almost 100 goals in his last three seasons. Bayern should be careful about what they wish for before they consider selling him.
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November 9, 2005
"Seussical: The Musical" began its run last week at Hood River Valley High School's Bowe Theatre with all the energy, color and zaniness you would expect from a Dr. Seuss-inspired play.
"After three years of heavy, gothic themes – Jane Eyre/Jekyll & Hyde, Les Miserables -- we thought it was time to do something lighter and more family friendly," director Mark Steighner says.
The musical is full of bright color and lively music in a broad range of styles, including funk, blues, ragtime, rock, pop and torch songs. And at its core is the genius of Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss.
"Seussical" opened on Broadway in 2000 and after a relatively short run, toured the country twice. Now the musical has become very popular with school, community and regional theaters. It was conceived by Eric Idle, of Monty Python fame, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty; the latter two (who also wrote the Tony award-winning musical, "Ragtime") wrote the story and lyrics.
Ahrens and Flaherty managed to weave together material from more than a dozen of the 44 books Geisel published during his 87-year lifetime. Well-known characters like Horton, the Whos, and the Grinch join lesser-knowns such as the Sour Kangaroo, Gertrude McFuzz, and General Ghengis Khan Schmitz, in a story set in familiar Seuss scenes: the Jungle of Nool, Circus McGurkus, and others.
The basic story -- sort of a blend of "Horton Hears a Who" and "Horton Hatches the Egg," with many characters and phrases from other books -- follows the trials and tribulations of Jojo, a young Who from Whoville, (Elijah Maletz), and Horton the Elephant (Joel Valle), both misunderstood in their respective worlds.
Acting as a kind of guide through the scenes is the Cat in the Hat, played by Kelsey Brauer. The troublemaking cat also complicates Jojo's life by encouraging the imaginative thinking that always gets the boy in trouble.
Big-hearted Horton is ridiculed for believing there is life on a speck of dust and for being silly enough to sit on an egg.
Steighner describes the set design as "minimal," but says that costuming the dozens of actors was a large task. He credits parent volunteers Kelli Wade, LaJuana Decker, Kathy Peldyak and designers at Helen's Pacific Costumes in Portland with most of the effort.
The musical is suitable for all ages. Steighner describes a reaction one child had to The Cat in the Hat (played by Kelsey Brauer) after a performance for kids.
"She went up to Kelsey and asked, 'Are you the real Cat in the Hat?'" he says, imitating the child's breathless excitement. "Kelsey answered that she was, and the child said, 'I've seen BOTH of your movies!'"
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A major fundraiser of the Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks (BCFO) held in Springfield on Friday has ties to Newton County.
SPRINGFIELD — A major fundraiser of the Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks (BCFO) held in Springfield on Friday has ties to Newton County.
This year's event, Hooked on Dance: The Crusade for Hope, was held at the University Plaza Convention Center and included a buffet-style dinner, drinks, live auction and music.
"The Newton-Jasper county area is our second largest service area, second only to Springfield," said Crystal Webster, executive director of BCFO.
"Last year, there was more than $112,000 provided in direct financial services (to the four states area). This includes only the direct payments made on behalf of clients, it doesn't include value of the nursing services or any other intangible items."
Friday's fundraiser was expected to draw about 1,000 people.
"It was certainly a sell-out crowd, I think that we had 14 empty seats in a room of about 1,000," she said. "It is the most financially successful event that raises money for BCFO. It was a record turnout with record success."
The event raised $632,000, which included the live auction and sponsorships.
"Sometimes people hear that and get blown away by the number," Webster said. "But what needs to be considered is that each patient under our care literally receives thousands of dollars in assistance on average. So it takes quite a bit to truly fulfill the mission of reducing the financial burden of this disease."
Plans for next year's event are already under way.
"We like the iconic movie theme," Webster said. "This year, 'Indiana Jones and the Crusade for Hope' was the theme. Stay tuned for next year because it is 'Havana Nights.' We are thinking white tuxedos, long dresses."
About BCFO
The Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks is a resource for individuals and families in Southwest Missouri who are impacted by breast cancer.
Some services that BCFO provides include:
• short-term, non-medical financial assistance to residents of Southwest Missouri and the Four States/Joplin area who are in current treatment for breast cancer with a demonstrated financial need;
• assistance to children of families impacted by breast cancer through the Charlie and Mary Beth O'Reilly Family Children's Fund;
• free screening mammograms to the uninsured and underinsured through qualified medical centers throughout Southwest Missouri;
• survivor support groups and mentoring program to provide emotional support to those diagnosed with breast cancer;
• lymphedema garments for the uninsured and under-insured;
• educational programs to local businesses, civic organizations and community groups.
By the numbers
• In 2011, BCFO spent 82 percent of every dollar on programs and services;
• Since inception, BCFO has provided financial assistance to more than 1,100 families with a member in treatment for breast cancer;
• BCFO has paid more than $1 million in rent and mortgage payments alone.


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Penn Law Supreme Court Clinic waging copyright fight over Scorsese/DeNiro film "Raging Bull"
Culminating more than a year of meticulous preparation by students and faculty in the University of Pennsylvania Law School's Supreme Court Clinic, Prof. Stephanos Bibas will appear before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, January 21 to argue a copyright case involving Raging Bull, the Oscar-winning Martin Scorsese film in which Robert DeNiro portrayed the boxer Jake LaMotta.
Bibas, who founded and directs the Supreme Court Clinic, will be representing Paula Petrella, who is seeking $1 million in damages for copyright infringement. Her father, the late Frank Petrella, was a longtime friend of LaMotta and worked with him on a book and two screenplays about his life, on which the classic 1980 movie is based.
On one level the case is about a legal principle called "laches," a judicial doctrine that bars suits brought after an unreasonable delay that is unfair to the other litigant. The justices are being asked to decide whether Petrella waited too long to press her copyright claims. Two courts said she did and have thrown out her suit based on the laches doctrine.
On another level, the case pits an individual copyright holder against a powerful Hollywood studio, in what Bibas describes as a "David and Goliath" contest.
The case, Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, began in 1991, when Petrella renewed the copyright in her father's 1963 screenplay, "The Raging Bull." MGM had acquired the movie rights, but under federal copyright law, Frank Petrella's death in 1981 meant that his heirs had the right to renew his copyright when the original 28-year term expired. After the copyright was renewed, Petrella's attorneys exchanged letters with MGM about her interest beginning in 1998, but she didn't sue until 2009.
Arguing that the Supreme Court should reverse decisions by a federal district court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which have dismissed the suit, Bibas and the Clinic maintain that the laches doctrine, which is applied differently in different circuits, shouldn't bar Petrella's claim. They argue that the federal copyright law contains a three-year statute of limitations, which should take precedence.
"Because Congress has specified a three-year period for bringing copyright infringement suits, judges may not use laches to constrict that statutory period," they write in their brief. "The separation of powers prevents judges from reducing the time prescribed by Congress for bringing infringement suits."
MGM continues to market and distribute Raging Bull in various formats. The Clinic argues that Petrella, who lives in LA and worked with her father on many of his films until his death, should be able to recover damages for infringements occurring between 2006 and 2009, when she first sued.
Petrella's case came to the Clinic's attention when a student, monitoring judicial action in the Courts of Appeals, noted the Ninth Circuit's decision. "What was very interesting to us is that these copyright cases are like David and Goliath, where there's a little plaintiff going up against a big studio," Bibas said. "All the big firms have work with the big studios, so someone like Paula Petrella wouldn't get big firm quality representation if we weren't willing to step in."
The Supreme Court Clinic is one of nine "live client" clinics at the Law School, where students help address unmet legal needs, while simultaneously acquiring practical skills through real-world practice. Participating in clinics is frequently a highlight of their law school years. That's especially true of the Supreme Court clinic, which is tied to a semester-long seminar on the operations of the high Court.
Parker Rider-Longmaid L'13, who helped bring Petrella's petition for Supreme Court review as a Clinic student last year, is currently clerking on the federal District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and will clerk on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals next year. "If I had to choose a highlight of my time at Penn Law, it would be the Supreme Court Clinic," he said in an email interview. "One of the most rewarding aspects of the Clinic is that it offers opportunities to develop your thinking on multiple levels and across multiple skill sets: high-level strategy (Which issues do we focus on? How do we think about amici for the case? Why is this issue important to the Supreme Court?), all the way down through how to most persuasively and concisely argue our side of the case and then, finally, make sure the final product is free of all errors. No other single law school experience I had required the development of all these competencies."
He added: "Part of what made working on Petrella v. MGM so rewarding, in addition to seeing the case through from meeting with the client to filing a petition for writ of certiorari [Supreme Court review], was the relationship Clinic members got to develop with Ms. Petrella, hear her stories, and learn that litigation is about people and their cases, and not just an academic or intellectual exercise."
After she graduates in May, Hannah Gerstenblatt L'14, will be starting in the fall as a litigation associate at Davis Polk in New York. "My work in the Clinic has given me so much insight into how Supreme Court litigation works," she said. It has also provided excellent writing and research experience and bolstered "confidence in my ability to figure out tasks and draft writing on my own." Working closely with Prof. Bibas and Professors James Feldman and Nancy Bregstein Gordon, who teach in the Clinic and are co-counsel in the Petrella case, "has been invaluable in seeing how they go about their work," she said.
Like Rider-Longmaid, Matthew Klayman L'14 participated in drafting the petition for Supreme Court review and will be clerking in the Pennsylvania Eastern District Court and Third Circuit Court of Appeals after graduation. "My work with the Clinic has been invaluable," he said. "It prepared me for my 2L summer and for my work on an appellate matter as part of an externship during my 3L year. Through the Clinic, I was able to gain practical experience in litigation strategy and legal writing at the highest level. The guidance and mentorship I received from the faculty helped me develop as a professional."
After graduation, Jay Hobbs L'14 will start as a first year associate at Steptoe & Johnson in Washington, DC. His experience with the Clinic this year reflects the painstaking care with which cases are prepared and the teamwork that involves. "I've done everything from drafting preliminary sections of the brief to calling the printers about misplaced commas in the final proofs," he said. "It's a great privilege to work on high-level Supreme Court litigation, but some of the most valuable lessons I've learned are broadly applicable. The Clinic is a great team, and we have to work together under tight time constraints, while ensuring our clients receive the best possible representation."
On Tuesday that teamwork all pays off. When Bibas enters the courtroom for his fourth argument at the Supreme Court in the last three years, he will be stepping into an arena far more decorous than a boxing ring, but no less combative. He will have just 20 minutes to make Petrella's case and respond to the justices' questions. The Court will announce its decision in the Raging Bull copyright case by June.


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PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Oxygen television executives weren't talking Monday as negative attention grew about "All My Babies' Mamas," its proposed program featuring a musician who has fathered 11 children with ten different mothers.
The Parents Television Council on Monday asked the network not to let the program on the air, calling it "grotesquely irresponsible and exploitive." The group follows a New York writer, Sabrina Lamb, who launched a petition drive against the show. Lamb said the petition, listed on change.org, has more than 20,000 signatures.
Oxygen, an NBCUniversal cable network owned by Comcast, brought its programming chief before television writers on Monday to tout new shows like "Fat Girl Revenge," ''Find Me My Man" and "Too Young to Marry?" The cable network aimed at young women made no mention of "All My Babies' Mamas," which was announced in a news release the day after Christmas.
It was described as a one-hour special to air this spring "revealing the complicated lives of one man, his children's mamas and their army of children."
Three days later, New York author Sabrina Lamb received an email from a friend with a link to the program. She said it featured Atlanta rap artist Shawty Lo, his children and their mothers. In one part of the program, the father is asked if he can name his children, which he is able to do, she said.
"When I saw it, my blood curdled," said Lamb, author of "Do I Look Like an ATM? A Parent's Guide to Raising Financially Responsible Children."
She said the children are forced to witness their mothers clamor for financial support, emotional attention and sexual rewards from their father, and she was concerned about the embarrassment the children would face in the name of entertainment.
"If you wanted to do a documentary on how to exploit your children, that would be perfect," she said.
Jason Klarman, president of Oxygen Media, declined to speak about the show on Monday through a spokeswoman, Julie Rothman.
Rothman said the footage that was briefly circulated was part of a "pitch reel" hacked from the website of the production company. Such clips are used to try and get television networks to buy programs. She said there has been no talent deals — meaning it's not sure Shawty Lo will be featured. The program is "still very much in early development," she said.
In a statement issued late last week, Rothman said the show "is not meant to be a stereotypical representation of everyday life for any one demographic or cross section of society. It is a look at one unique family and their complicated, intertwined life. Oxygen Media's diverse team of creative executives will continue developing the show with this point of view."
The news release announcing "All My Babies' Mamas" described it as a one-time special at one point and a series at another. Rothman said it was a mistake to call it a series. Networks, however, frequently air specials and turn them into series if they do well in the ratings.
Tim Winter, president of the Parents Television Council, asked people who don't like the idea of the show to let Oxygen know.
"If Oxygen moves forward with the program, we will be contacting every corporate sponsor that buys advertising time on the Oxygen network to hold them accountable as well," he said.


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A commodity is a product that is sold without differentiation by all suppliers. Although any good or service can be a "commodity" if it is sold by many suppliers in an undifferentiated fashion, the term commodity generally refers to physical goods which are the building blocks of more complex products, and which are traded on commodities exchanges such as the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) or the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX). Some examples of commodities include iron ore, crude oil, sugar, soybeans, aluminium, rice, wheat, gold and silver.
Investing in commodities is done primarily through the trading of futures contracts.
As the prices of commodities have such broad-reaching effects on the economy, an investor can take advantage of changes in commodity prices in several ways.
Generally speaking, coverage or discussion of commodity prices is in terms of futures prices, wherein the buyer is paying for a specified quantity of the commodity for delivery at a later, predetermined date. It should be noted, however, that seldom does a futures investor actually receive the commodity in question, but instead sells it to some other buyer upon the contract's expiration (if not before). Futures trading reduces the risk for producers of commodities - a good example is a farmer, who must risk the cost of producing agricultural goods without knowing the price they will earn on the market several months later.[1] In this case, futures contracts assure the farmer that he will be paid for the commodity when it is ready for delivery. For a full discussion of commodity (and other) futures contracts and the underlying mechanisms behind them, see the article on futures.
Spot prices are another means of valuing commodities, wherein the buyer pays the commodity's producer for the immediate delivery of the product. Spot prices can be thought of as the amount of money a buyer would pay a producer for the latter to throw the commodity into the back of the former's truck right now.
A more indirect way to invest in commodities would be to buy or sell the stocks of companies that are most affected by the commodities in question. For example, one could bet on an increase in Oil Prices by buying stock in Exxon Mobil (XOM) or BP (BP). By contrast, if a company has a harder time passing the cost of the commodity onto the consumer would likely see a decline in net income with higher commodity prices. As such, one could take advantage of climbing Oats Prices by short selling stock in General Mills (GIS).
Since a commodity is by definition a tangible good, its trading is not a continuous and ongoing activity with a theoretically never-ending trading horizon (like that of a stock) as the good must be at some point delivered in order have any usefulness. As such, commodities futures contracts have typically two or more delivery dates per year. For example, corn is delivered in March, May, July, September, and December of every year. Investing in a futures contract necessarily means that the contract will expire when it is time for the commodity to be delivered.
For a full list of delivery dates for the major commodities, see Commodity Delivery Dates.
Unlike stocks, which have a single letter abbreviation for each publicly traded company, commodities tickers must specify not only the commodity but also the delivery date and year of the futures contract. As such, commodity tickers are constructed in multiple parts.
Traditionally, tickers are constructed by simply putting the components together (specific to the delivery date) to create a three or four character ticker. Soybeans (S) with a November (X) 2009 delivery date becomes SX9 while Lean Hogs (LH) with an April (J) 2010 delivery date becomes LHJ0. While this is the standard denotation it assumes a universe internal to commodities and, as a result, in practice the way these elements are put together to create a full ticker varies dramatically from service to service. (i.e. Financial services that cover both stocks and commodities must alter this denotation to account for potential overlap in symbol.)
Yahoo! finance, for example, uses the convention "XXY##.ABC" where "XX" is the base symbol, "Y" the delivery month, "##" is the delivery year (given in two digits) and "ABC" is the three-letter Yahoo! finance exchange code. For example, wheat with a March, 2009 delivery, on Yahoo! finance, would be listed as: WH09.CBT
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This is the chart for continuous front-month Corn Futures. Scroll down or click here for a list of other commodities listed on Wikinvest.
Commodities prices, more so than stocks or currencies are vastly inter-dependent; that is to say the price of one commodity depends heavily on the prices of other commodities as their production and transportation often require the use of, or are in some way intrinsically linked to, other commodities.
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The global boom in commodity prices in 2008 - for everything from coal to corn – was fueled by heated demand from the likes of China and India, plus unbridled speculation in forward markets. That bubble popped in the closing months of 2008 across the board. As a result, farmers are likely to face a sharp drop in crop prices, after years of record revenue. Other commodities, such as steel, are also expected to tumble due to lower demand. This will be a rare positive for manufacturing industries, which will experience a drop in some input costs, partly offsetting the decline in downstream demand. One particular commodity to watch is copper, which is a key input into many manufacturing industries. Copper prices have crashed in the last six months of 2008, but are expected to begin rising again when manufacturers begin to increase production and housing starts lift off their bottom later in 2009. [2]


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A Trump Tax March in Westchester is one of more than 100 scheduled to be held nationally on Saturday, April 15.
The aim of the marches is to bring attention to the fact that President Donald Trump has not released his income tax returns
The Westchester march is scheduled for noon at the Lewisboro Town House in South Salem.
The event, organized by TaxMarch.org, are scheduled throughout the nation, but the Lewisboro march is the only one slated for the Hudson Valley. Go HERE for details.
Another march is taking place in New York City's Bryant Park at 1 p.m.
There will also be marches at the U.S. Capitol in Washington , near City Hall in Philadelphia among the larger locations scheduled.
The Lewisboro Town House is located at 11 Main Street in South Salem. Those attending should park behind Town House and avoid stepping on the daffodils out front, organizers said.
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Trump, who owns an estate in Bedford, also owns Trump National Golf Club Hudson Valley in Stormville and Trump National Westchester in Briarcliff Manor.
The Trump name also adorns Trump Tower At City Center in White Plains, Trump Plaza in New Rochelle, Trump Park Residences in Yorktown and the Donald J. Trump State Park on the Westchester/Putnam border.
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Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman thanked farmers for their patience and promised that USDA staff members are continuing to work hard to implement the provisions of the new farm bill in an "efficient and expeditious manner."
Speaking at a press briefing, the secretary also urged Congress to move as quickly as possible on issues that must be addressed before its scheduled adjournment on Oct. 4 so that members can return to their re-election campaigns.
"There are many important issues that Congress must address before it adjourns in early October," said Veneman. "Our hope is that the Congress will work in a bipartisan manner to accomplish these priorities in the coming weeks to benefit America's food and agricultural sector."
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The secretary said that farm bill implementation will continue to be a top priority for USDA in the coming months.
"We are making tremendous progress on farm bill implementation to insure producers are able to receive program benefits in a timely and efficient manner," she said in a reference to criticism that some payments will be delayed into 2003.
She announced new requirements for documentation for updating crop bases and yields for the farm bill's direct and counter-cyclical payment provisions. She also outlined the program provisions for the new loan rates for pulse crops. Specific information, including questions and answers on these announcements is available at www.usda.gov.
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The secretary said USDA and the Bush administration continue to carefully monitor the drought situation. "We are doing everything we can to assist producers including expediting emergency disaster declarations, providing emergency loans and crop insurance," she noted.
Veneman said that 11 entire states have received disaster designations and in total 1,470 counties have received disaster designations this year. To date, some 22 states have been designated eligible for emergency haying and grazing assistance. About 80 percent of cropland is covered by crop insurance, which is up significantly from just a few years ago.
"Livestock producers, particularly have suffered this year and don't have the same risk management tools available such as crop insurance," she said. She also repeated the administration's support for additional assistance, noting that several legislative proposals have been introduced in the Congress.
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During August, President Bush conducted an economic forum in Waco, Texas. Secretary Veneman and Ambassador Robert Zoelleck participated in a roundtable on trade that included farm and food sector representatives.
She noted the president has called for making the tax relief package he pushed for last year permanent, including ending the estate tax, which is important to America's farm sector. "The death tax is a burden to America's farmers and ranchers and the Congress should act to permanently eliminate it," Veneman said.
The secretary also said USDA continues to spark economic development in rural communities and announced $3.1 million in rural economic development grants for 24 states. These resources will assist more than 450 businesses and create or save nearly 3,000 jobs.
Homeland security legislation:
Secretary Veneman urged the Senate to finish work on the creation of a new Homeland Security Department as proposed by the administration. Veneman said the president's proposal is important to protect America.
"The president needs to have the capability to organize and manage a federal workforce to best protect our nation and our citizens from potential threats," she said. "The legislation supported by the administration would also better protect our food and agriculture sector by consolidating our border inspection systems."
Healthy forests initiative:
The secretary urged the Congress to act on the president's Healthy Forests Initiative that was announced in August while the president toured fire and forest management projects in Oregon.
"This initiative will be important to protect our precious lands and prevent the type of devastating forest fires that we have experienced this year," said Veneman. "This has been one of the worst fire seasons in history. And, we need to do more to protect national forests and the communities within and around them."
Energy legislation:
Veneman said the Congress also should pass an energy bill supported by the president.
"Agriculture relies so heavily on energy," she said. "Congress needs to act and the energy bill supported by the administration would do more to invest in renewable fuels such as biodiesel and ethanol."
Veneman said the president supports the renewable fuel standard contained in the Senate version of the energy bill that would lead to a near doubling of corn used for ethanol production. She also highlighted a USDA study released in August, which showed the effectiveness and efficiency of ethanol.
Appropriations bills:
The secretary also said 13 appropriations bills are before the Congress related to the USDA budget for fiscal 2003 and urged quick resolution on these measures so the department is prepared to move forward on Oct. 1.
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I was speaking with a friend of mine, an incredibly talented New York Times reporter and great friend, about the NYT paywall recently. When she asked me if I paid, I responded with an indignant "no", and proceeded to rail against the policy and the whole economic model of putting barriers between journalists and the readers who are interested in their work. When she followed up with a bunch of logical questions about why it was that I felt entitled to the content for free, etc, I ultimately admitted that I was a paper subscriber, and as such wouldn't have to pay more for the web version. It became clear to both of us that my indignation wasn't about the money, but rather a steaming sense of frustration that the whole paywall strategy was just wrong, and would hasten the demise of my beloved New York Times. After all, even if I hadn't been a subscriber, I would still get to read the articles I was interested in if I got to them via Twitter or Facebook shared links. What the NYT had given up was the idea that they were the paper of record for me, my starting point online and a part of my identity; now, they were just one source among many, found through links curated by the folks I follow and respect.
I recently had a similar experience with Time.com, where I went to see an article about a state fair who had pioneered "fried bubble gum" (true story). The site launched a video ad at me and crashed my browser (the latest version of Firefox). I fired off a snarling, churlish tweet about how old media just couldn't get out of its own way. What is interesting about these two anecdotes? First, that potentially I need some anger management therapy, but enough about me. What's actually interesting is that someone like me, an avid consumer of media, in fact, I would even say someone who loves media, is so disgusted and annoyed by media's efforts to make enough money to survive that I've aggressively turned away from what they are doing online. Someone who should be on the barricades fighting to defend the traditional media outlets is among the first of the rats to flee the sinking ship.
I guess it's incumbent on me to propose an alternative, if I'm so certain that forcing people to pay or using interruptive advertising is the wrong answer. I'm not a media theorist, but it's clear to me that I'm reacting against the thing that's consistent about those two methods, which is that both will have the effect of reducing readership. The only media strategy that feels right to me is one that drives as much readership as possible. Given the low barrier to entry, there will always be free competition, and as a result even minor impediments to readership will have a significant impact. It could be that we're talking about the equivalent of the buggy whip industry, and that attempts to restore it to previous levels of profitability are in vain. Maybe quality journalism ends up being supported by donations, like pro publica. But I hope not, and in the spirit of trying to help rather than just criticize, I have a couple of ideas:
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I agree that it's not entirely crazy to charge for content. What is crazy is to put a "wall" up … walls keep people out. Throughout the media industry, the trend has been to lower up-front payments and make money on usage. Think of the gaming industry … most of the truly successful games are free, and make money from selling virtual goods. What can the New York Times learn from Zynga? Let people in the front door, let them share with their friends and then charge the most devoted users (over time) to access elements of the service that help them enjoy it more. Would people pay for access to and interaction with the journalists? Would they pay to attend events, or for additional photographs, or additional copy on particular topics that happened to be cut from the paper? Would they pay to get certain stories or sections early? I don't know, but I'm certain the Times won't ever find out by keeping people off their site in droves.
As I said, I'm not a media theorist (I'm not even a media investor). I'm sure these ideas are specifically wrong, and maybe even broadly misguided. But I remain convinced that raising the price of something, through charging directly or making access more annoying, when that something is perceived as more and more broadly available, is the road to ruin.
[This blog post was deeply informed by conversations with Jonathan Glick, at whose feet I have learned more about the media industry than is probably good for me. Having said that, if I got anything wrong here, the blame is all mine.]