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When I grocery shop, I find the peanut butter right next to the jelly. Side by side. Because they go together. Two products people buy in tandem because you use one with the other. You see, retailers intentionally merchandise products of similarity near each other to make the shopping experience more fluid for the shopper. Life jackets by fishing poles, sponges near the dish soap, lacy panties and thongs near the training bras…..
Wait, WHAT!? Did I spy with my little eye a lace and hot-pink python print g-string within an arms reach of the training bras? I did. I was at Kohl's Department Store and the panties were from Candie's. I saw it out of the corner of my eye, and at first I figured it was out of place, put there by a customer who hadn't returned it to it's intended spot. Then I took a step back. I was looking at an entire wall of lacy, sexy panties all within an arm's reach of the training bras. No other panties were closer, no discreet cotton bikini cut Days of the Week or rainbows, just this wall of semi-trashy looking unmentionables. What struck me is how tiny and sexy they were. Not a lot of coverage even from the hipsters or 'cheekies' (teeny boy short undies). An entire wall, right next to the training bras. Peanut butter and jelly.
This seemed wrong to me, that girls young enough to be wearing training bras (average age is 8-13 years old) would also be wearing lingerie-like panties. After all, lingerie is like gift wrapping for sex, so why in the world would a 10 year old who just bought a training bra also need a black thong with bedazzled skull on it? Who exactly is this 10 year old supposed to be gift wrapping herself for?
I didn't know the answer to these questions, but I knew I was giving a talk in a couple of days on media literacy, the girl's marketplace, and hypersexualization. So I bought a pair.
I came home and showed them to my husband and my mom, which elicited a "Good Lord, Melissa." I told her where I had found them and she was very surprised. We are, after all from Wisconsin, home of family owned, Midwestern-values Kohl's. Kohl's even has a mission statement, something about being: the leading value-oriented, family-focused, specialty department store. In 5th grade I got my first training bra at Kohl's. I've bought every Father's Day present for the last 15 years at Kohl's. And now I had purchased a g-string for a preteen.
At the store I measured with a little tape measurer from my purse (I have a four year old who loves to measure stuff when we run errands) and sure enough, the Wall of Thong was less than 24 inches from the training bras, was facing the training bras and the whole Juniors section. At home, I put the thong, Size Small, on a dress form I use to display my Pigtail Pals tees. I picked my largest torso, an 8T. I had no problem fitting the thong onto the form that has a 29? hip measurement (US standard hip measurement for a 10 yr old girl is 28.5 inches). The image is above.
I went to Kohl's website to determine if maybe this was just an anomaly at my particular store. Nope. Seems Kohl's family-focused department store has no problem selling sexy undies to Juniors under several of their labels. In addition to Candie's, Mudd also makse thongs for teens and Hello Kitty makes a hipster that barely covers the public bone. Certainly there were many choices online for more appropriate underwear for a girl sized 7-16. But that differed from how the store was merchandised. The appropriate underwear was back by the Kids section, nowhere near the Juniors. The sexy underwear was right next to the Juniors section, where these girls would be shopping, either with the family or their friends. Let's be honest, if you're 13 years old and hanging out at the mall with your gal pals and you want to buy underwear, are you really going to excuse yourself and walk over to the kids' section? Is Kohl's counting on peer pressure to make sales?
Well, next I went to Candie's website, to see what they were about. Didn't take long to figure that out. (Britney Spears is their new spokesperson) Candie's seems to have a track record of taking young women, usually about to release a vocal project, and turn them into sultry, sexy spokemodels for a clothing line that actually isn't that racy or sexy. The shoes and the underwear don't really seem to match the vibe of the rest of the line. But, sex sells, and Candie's markets to a young teen demographic eager to prove how grownup they are.
What does this picture say to you? To me, I see a pop star notorious for her troubled past, dressed like "Slutty Slumber Party Girl" with a naughty pout and 'Come hither' look, complete with heels and tattoo. This is tame compared to much of Candie's print advertisting. And this. Certainly Brit is a legal adult, and fantasizing about her in a sexual way wouldn't be deviant by any means. But in this picture, Britney isn't really portraying an adult woman, seemingly she is portraying a much younger female, specifically, one that is underage and illegal to have sex with. The teddy bear, for me, crosses the line and blurs what is taboo or not. Teddy bears are a child's toy. Are our children supposed to be sexy? Considered potential sexual partners? How young is too young to wear sexy intimates and pout while teetering on stilettos?
I asked an attorney friend of mine, off the record, about general child pornography statutes. Obviously neither Kohl's nor Candie's does anything close to that or illegal, and I'm not suggesting they do. But I was curious,what if a person (an older teen boyfriend or adult male) created a photo like the one above, but it was a 10 year old girl instead of an adult Britney Spears? What would be the call? Lingerie is packaging for sex and retailers are selling lingerie-like panties to very young girls. In many cases these girls are too young to understand the messages they would be sending. That makes my stomach turn. My friend said it is a gray area, which I understand. But when it comes to childhood and sex, there is no room for shades of gray. There is NO amount of sex that is appropriate during childhood.
I started asking parents – eyewitness to their daughter's development and clothing battles in their homes. Heads exploded. Comments ranged from "Inappropriate" to "Should be illegal" to "Not for my daughter" to "It helps with panty lines" to "They'll look like strippers". I saw eyebrows raise, mouths fall open, and faces turn angry. People couldn't believe that a company would market this kind of underwear to young girls.
So this got me thinking, historically the tiniest of thongs is called a "G-string", a name given to them by dancers and strippers in clubs who wear this as part of their costuming. Parents had expressed concern that if their daughter was wearing one, she would be perceived as 'looking like strippers'. So I called up a stripper. I had a most fascinating conversation with Amber, a house mom at a local strip club here in my area. She is a former dancer and now mom of two small kids, and she seemed to convey a stronger sense of family values and social responsibility than either corporations you'll read about in a minute. We spoke by phone, so I couldn't see her face, but that allowed me to focus on her voice. And I heard emotion. Frustration. Anger. Amber felt girls are wearing this stuff to feel sexy, that they've been taught that's what sexy is. She said parents need to be more involved because girls were doing this to get attention and schools were too lax on sex and conduct/dress standards. Amber said she had no intention of allowing her children to be exposed to this and that she would never allow her daughter to wear a thong like the python one described above while she was living with her. And then, she said this:
You know, there is a backlash against girls like me. And it isn't fair. I think what you're talking about is wrong. People may not agree with what I do for a living, but I pay my bills and provide for my family and people coming in the club to see the shows are legal, 18 and over. But in the stores, that isn't the case. Girls can buy those thongs but they wouldn't be allowed to even peek into the club if they are under 18. My industry gets criticized a lot, but we don't take advantage of kids, we don't make money off of kids like those corporations do. – Amber, house mom at a Gentlemen's Club
I was in complete agreement with Amber, so next I wanted to ask a pediatrician what they thought about the issue. I wanted to make sure I wasn't making a mountain out of a molehill. I sent a message to a friend of mine who is a doctor here in WI and also a mom of a young girl. My question to her was "Can you give me any info, if there is any, on health risks associated with young girls wearing thongs?" Her reply:
A minor medical issue that may result is vaginal or labial irritation, or vulvovaginitis, caused by wearing a thong in the context of poor personal hygiene. My bigger concern, however, is the other choices these girls are being encouraged to make, with regard to their bodies and their sexual health. These young, preteen girls are just beginning to experience all of the physical and psychological changes that come with puberty. By oversexualizing their immature bodies, they may be at a greater risk for engaging in early sexual activity and therefore, at a higher risk for pregnancy and sexually -transmitted infection. – Dr. H, Pediatrician in Wisconsin
Three mothers: A house mom, a doctor, and me. Interesting bed fellows, I agree. Yet, three mothers all with very young girls, each feeling like a mother to all girls as we looked at this issue.
When I challenged Candie's about marketing sexy panties to young girls, a rep from Candie's left a comment on my blog, then sent me a message on Twitter, then sent me an email, all with contradictory or absent contact info and three different age ranges as to who is Candie's demographic. First it was 16-21 years old. But their own website says 7-16 and Juniors. Then an email response said 18-24 years old. Which is it, Candie's? The print ads run in teen magazines, arguably read by girls far younger than the 18 years they claim to market to. I don't know how many 24 year olds wear training bras. Even if their market is 16-21 years old like written by a Candie's rep on my blog, wouldn't the promotion on Twitter of Britney Spear's song "Three", an ode threesomes, be inappropriate? Especially considering a 16 year old participating in a threesome, aside from being illegal, would have more chances of getting pregnant, not something Candie's is trying to promote with their Candie's Foundation against teen pregnancy.
I continued to press for answers, and was directed to Kohl's. Fine. So I email Kohl's, and get a corporate sounding response from an Assistant Manager in the Correspondence Department. I was told "the Candie's brand is meant to be stylish and invoke self-confidence" and the other brands are carried to appeal to different tastes. I found this incredibly stupid for three reasons.
- I don't care if grown women (18 years+) are wearing thongs. I don't give a hoot. My concern that the thongs were being merchandised to young teen/tween girls was not addressed.
- Just because other brands are offered does not negate the wrong-doing of the brand over here. I'm not going to shift focus from the problem. Pump fake.
- Candie's may be considered stylish by some. But 'invoke self-confidence'? Hypersexualization does not invoke self-confident girls. It creates confused girls and endangered girls.
I was invited to call with further questions. I had a lot of further questions. So I called and spoke with this same Assistant Manager in the Correspondence Department. I got the overall impression that one) Kohl's should have given me someone higher up to speak to, and two) they seem seriously confused on what builds self-confidence in young women. Most of the same verbage from the email was regurgitated during the phone call. I questioned Kohl's embracing a brand like Candie's who uses overtly sexual marketing to capture the attention of young girls. I asked about the proximity of the sexy panties to the training bras and the Juniors section. I asked how this was meant to empower a young girl?
Here's what I got, from the corporate representative who was handling my escalated customer service complaint and was told she was on the record:
- "We offer other choices of brands and styles."
- "Candie's will continue to be an exclusive brand for us. It does well for us."
- "We implement changes based on customer feedback."
- "I agree with you, and you can always vote with your money."
- "Bottom line: it sells"
Bottom line, it sells. Bottom line, it sells?!? The bottom line is this doesn't sell with me. Hell no.
Had she crafted a prepared statement saying something about Candie's brand really is meant for older teens and young twenty-somethings and that Kohl's will look at how items are displayed and merchandised in their stores, I would have accepted that. I would have followed up, but I would have accepted that. I'm not out to burn people on stakes, I'm out to make positive changes for our girls and get people thinking about media literacy. I think Kohl's has a lot to learn on the topic.
There was no carefully crafted statement. At least Huffy gave me a statement about bike paths. Kohl's said it loud and clear: BOTTOM LINE: IT SELLS.
Is that acceptable to you? If something is sold to children makes a lot of money for a corporation, should that be all there is to it? Or should there be more? Should there be a sense of social responsibility? Should there be backlash from parents who are so sick and tired of their girls being exploited? Should the companies hear about it?
Many dozens of people have told me they have paid off and cancelled their Kohl's cards or that they will no longer shop at Kohl's. I will no longer shop at Kohl's. There response was far from what I find acceptable. I think until there are changes made, that is the right thing to do. Let's all vote with our dollars by taking our dollars elsewhere until Kohl's puts our kids ahead of their bottom line.
Add your voice to the mix. Encourage your daughters to speak up, too. Here's who I spoke with:
Candie's: Cory Cole email: email@example.com
Kohl's: Jessica Swearingen 262-704-9185, Assistant Manager of Correspondence
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My issue is not that you "did not define 'human flourishing' in the way in which I would like"; my issue is that you have not made any effort to define it at all - no definition, nothing. If someone asked my to describe the car that I drive and I simply said that my car is 'for me', would that tell them anything that they didn't already know?
Consider the following statement that you have made: "not all philosophical terms can be defined non-ambiguously". Why doesn't the thrust of that statement apply to the words that make up that statement itself (e.g. 'philosophical', 'defined', 'non-ambiguously',...), and if that is the case then why, on your view, does that statement have any meaning at all? Quine and Derrada might have theorized about the 'necessary and sufficient conditions' for prescribing meanings to the words we use, but I'll bet that regardless of their conclusions they actually had a genuine discussion with their detractors. You are just compounding the excuses that you made in your last flurry of posts.
You're not making a 'positive claim to an objective morality'; no kidding, you are making a positive claim that morality is subjective in nature and as such you are required to back up your assertions.
As I have said elsewhere, you don't seem to have a clue what the 'burden of proof' fallacy is anyways; it's just another one of those fancy terms that you like to throw out occasionally in an attempt to intimidate your opponent. The same goes for your erroneous understanding of the 'argument from authority' fallacy – there is a difference between a legitimate and an illegitimate argument from authority. Not that I actually expect you to take the time to research them, but if you want to accuse me of a logical fallacy you need to explain why I am guilty of it. My disagreeing with you or asking you to clarify or support a position that you hold is not a criterion you will find in any debate handbook.
[font=] Yeah, it's obvious that you don't care; if you did it might be possible to have some kind of a discussion with you. [/font]
So besides the first sentence, none of the rest of your reply has any relevant bearing on the discussion at hand. In this discussion I have not made any of the claims that you presume to ascribe to me. If I present an argument, why should it be judged invalid because of other unstated beliefs that you presume I hold? The best you could do is show that there is an inconsistency in my world view, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the argument at hand is wrong. If a medical doctor proposed a cure for type I diabetes his research would not be invalidated by showing that he is a member of the flat earth society; his research would have to be judged on its own merits.
It is, however, understandable why you keep attempting to present your guesses about what I believe as evidence against my argument considering your demonstrably erroneous views about the nature of natural theology. Again, as I have said elsewhere, personal biases are not logically necessary for an argument to be valid; they may provide motivation to pursue the argument in the first place but they cannot invalidate it. The arguments of natural theology do not 'presume' the existence of god; you have, on numerous occasions, failed to even attempt to demonstrate that they do, so your claim that someone proposing that moral judgements are objective assumes God's existence is without any merit. One does not need to identify or 'demonstrate' God or any other possible foundation for morality to be able to recognize that moral judgements possess the quality of objectivity. An atheist could quite conceivably recognize moral values to be objective (e.g. that they exist in some abstract sense) but simply deny the other premise in the moral argument. Saying that morality is objective in nature does not presume God's existence; one can only derive the conclusion 'God exists' by logically conjoining the objective nature of moral values with its complementary premise in the moral argument.
Really, perhaps you should refer back to post #63 where you said, "morality is about human well being" and "perhaps the best place to start is to discuss/debate what morality is about". Making a statement of the following nature, "morality is..." is making a statement about the nature of morality. Also, in your second statement you said that we should "debate what morality is about"; you did not propose that we debate what morality is not about. If you had said that morality is not about objective moral standards then perhaps I would bear a greater burden of proof; however, you didn't say that and to ignore your opening salvo in this debate is extremely disingenuous to say the least. Incidentally, judging from previous experience, I should have known better than to think that when you proposed a 'debate' you actually meant it - I don't plan on making that mistake again. P.S. You also said in post #63 that "moral judgements are not just statements of opinion...many of those questions can be answered by science". Now, you have on numerous occasions falsely accused me of ascribing 'objectivity' to your point of view. Interesting, because I was under the impression that science makes objective claims about what is true or false; if science makes statements that are objectively true and you feel that moral questions can be answered by science then you actually have proposed an objective standard of morality - haven't you?
Quote from: Greenandwhite on August 16, 2013, 01:42:41 PM[font=] Yeah, it's obvious that you don't care; if you did it might be possible to have some kind of a discussion with you. [/font]The fact that we have continued this long demonstrates the opposite. Contrary to your words, we are (and have been) having a discussion.
You don't believe there can be an objective morality without a "moral law giver" (a God), do you?
I apologize regarding the statement on natural theology and retract it. Upon further reflection and reading it seems I misunderstood where you were coming from (which happens very often in these types of forums). I agree that ones personal biases do not (in and of themselves) invalidate a proposed argument but in fact do often influence them. I hope you will understand though that this does not change anything for me very significantly regarding your arguments on objective morality etc.
Well it is my contention that murder is considered morally wrong because people saw what it did to the community. You bolster my claim that it is not transcendent because with in most communities there are exceptions to the murder is wrong moral code. As you said a stranger or someone from another group is fine to be killed the immorality of murder typically is universal within your community but becomes more vague when you reach the fringes of your society.
Murdering people who have hurt your community was and is often not considered immoral. For most of american society it is now immoral to kill for most any reason. Our morality is changing as our culture changes. In iraq it is moral to kill a woman who cheats on her husband. their culture does not see it as a problem. In bible culture it was ok to kill your child for not showing his parents respect. Today it would be an abomination to murder someone who's only crime was homosexuality different cultures and time periods would not seem to define it that way.
Quote from: median on September 05, 2013, 11:09:21 AMYou don't believe there can be an objective morality without a "moral law giver" (a God), do you? No, but I do believe that a person can recognize objective moral values (if they exist of course) without believing in or demonstrating God's existence.


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On Saturday, my little sister got married. It was, in a word, spectacular. Alex and Nora were the ring bearer and flower girl and they did a great job. I was very proud (and relieved—I am not one of those people who thinks it's just as cute when the kids chicken out). Throughout the reception, people kept coming up to Nick and me saying how cute/sweet/funny/smart/special our kids are. It was really nice to hear. But it also got frustrating. Here's why:
First, let me say that I agree that my kids are many wonderful things. Nick and I often sit around and marvel at how freakin' awesome Alex and Nora are. But just as often we sit around marveling at how freakin' awful they can be. So by the 85th time I heard that Alex was such a gentleman or that Nora was so docile, I wanted to say, "thank you, that is so nice, but honestly? They are really %@$^@ bad most of the time." Especially lately. Even putting on a shoe—a shoe!—can turn into a 20-minute ordeal involving temper tantrums, tears and timeouts.
Am I complaining? No. By now we've established how lucky and grateful and blessed I know I am to have these two particular little creatures. And, yes, kids are kids. I just think that my kids are particularly kid-like these days. Anyone who has spent time behind the scenes at my house (or in the car/grocery store/airport with us) can attest to this. So as I was hearing all the nice things about my children, this is what was flashing through my head:
Nora running full speed into the kitchen of the burrito place last week when I put her down for five seconds so I could pay and then Alex "accidentally" dumping the salsa on the floor while I was peeling Nora away from the shocked cooks. Nora drawing on the blinds in our kitchen literally eight minutes after Nick put them up. Alex telling me he loves his Dad more than me because I turned off the TV. Nora putting her newly-washed head down onto an egg yolk-filled plate while laughing maniacally. Alex walking up to me and kicking me in the shins because I turned off the TV. Nora bursting into hysterics when Alex takes her stuffed dog away. Alex bursting into hysterics when I make him give it back. Nora dumping an entire cup full of bath water out of the tub. Alex laughing so she does it again. Alex and Nora body slamming each other most hours of most days. Nora shouting, "that's foopid, mom" about every item I put into my cart at the grocery story. Alex, who's really into sounding out words, saying "hey mom, fa fa five sounds just like fa fa f*ck."
And then, as if to put the icing on the wedding cake (which was amazing, btw), there was the hour and half ride home from the wedding festivities on Sunday. We planned it at the kids' naptime, thinking we'd all get some quiet time. I even had a yellow legal pad out to make a list for Thanksgiving (which I'm hosting). But they fought/whined/cried the entire ride home. I was sitting in the backseat with them (along with my poor friend, Erin) so I was close enough to regulate but it didn't help. I tried reading books, I tried singing songs, I tried I Spy. Each activity gave us a small reprieve but we quickly found ourselves back on the highway to hell. Alex is in a phase where he has to be talking or making weird/annoying noises at all times. No silence, ever. Nora is in a phase where she likes to be bossy and very dramatic "Roll my window down, dad, yight now!" And then five minutes later when we'd put it up, she'd burst into uncontrollable sobs. The open window led to the climax of the trip, when Nora heaved One Fish Two Fish out the window at 70 mph and we watched Dr. Seuss's clever words and pictures fly into the air. This shut everyone up for a few minutes, but then we were back to Alex pulling Nora's hair and Nora crying, then shouting, "Do it again, Ali!"
So, yes, I do have great kids. They are smart and friendly and funny and sweet. I will be so thankful for that on Thursday. But I just wanted to set the record straight here today that they are also a major handful and a half. Actually, make that two full handfuls. Each. I should also say that I am thrilled my children chose to display the best parts of who they are for the 150 wedding guests rather than showcasing only the bad stuff (which is what happens on airplanes, when I am the one saying "but they're really good kids, I swear!"). Yet another thing to be thankful for.
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In a court filing late Wednesday, Kurt Mix's lawyers say they learned last week that U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval Jr. and his law clerk assigned to the case filed civil claims in April 2013 for compensatory and punitive damages against BP.
Duval had disclosed in 2012 that his family owns a beachfront vacation home in Grand Isle and was entitled to seek compensation from BP. He said then that he didn't see any reason to disqualify himself from the case. Duval hadn't changed his position before Tuesday, when he instructed Mix's lawyers to put their recusal request in writing.
Defense attorneys argue Duval must disqualify himself before ruling on their request for a new trial for Mix, who was convicted last month of obstruction of justice for deleting text messages to and from a BP supervisor.
Mix and the public shouldn't be "left to wonder" whether Duval already had "chosen up sides in factual disputes that the prosecution made central to Mr. Mix's case" and decided to punish Mix if he got the chance, defense lawyers argued.
"Even if the court is not actually biased against Mr. Mix or the arguments he advanced at trial (or biased in favor of the arguments the prosecution advanced at trial), the mere fact that a reasonable observer might question the court's impartiality suffices to trigger" Duval's recusal, they wrote.
Mix, 52, of Katy, Texas, faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. His sentencing is scheduled for March 26.
After the verdict, Mix's lawyers asked Duval to throw out the jury's verdict and order a new trial, citing allegations of juror misconduct. The defense attorneys said they learned that one juror told the others during their deliberations about overhearing a conversation in a courthouse elevator that made that juror feel more comfortable about convicting Mix.


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DSOGaming writes: "Okay Battlefield fans, this is for you. It appears that Air Superiority will return in the final DLC of Battlefield 3, as the official Battlelog page suggests that this upcoming DLC will feature both the classic Capture the Flag and the Air Superiority game modes."
So the BF4 rumors seem to be true then as this was also hinted back then
Yes!! This is what I was waiting for finally a reason to get the DLC. ;)


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What does the Bible say about reading or writing fiction?Question: "What does the Bible say about reading or writing fiction?"
Answer: The Bible is the Book of Truth. Several times it exhorts us to speak truth and reject lies. According to the Bible, where does fiction fit in? Is telling a made-up story a lie? Is it sinful to create and distribute something that is untrue? After all, 1 Timothy 1:4 tells us to avoid myths and fables.
Actually, 1 Timothy 1:4 is warning the church against getting involved in controversy over extra-biblical details. A church's teaching ministry should be based on the Word of God, not on the ideas, philosophies, and imaginations of men. Speculation over the color of Samson's hair is unprofitable; dogmatism on the subject is even worse. However, the Bible has no command against reading or writing fiction.
In fact, the Bible is filled with fiction. By that, we do not mean that the Bible is untrue. We mean that the Bible sometimes uses fiction to relate truth; stated otherwise, the Bible contains examples of storytelling. In 2 Samuel 12:1-4, Nathan the prophet tells David a fictional story of a man whose only lamb was stolen and killed. When the hypothetical crime incites David's rage, Nathan reveals the story is an allegory for David's affair with Bathsheba. Other notable fictitious stories in the Bible include Jotham's fable (Judges 9:7-15) and Ezekiel's allegory (Ezekiel 17:1-8). The greatest storyteller is Jesus. Every one of His parables is a fictional story. Each one reveals a spiritual truth, but in form they are fiction.
The Christian culture has rightly followed Jesus' example. John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress and many of C. S. Lewis's stories are fictional allegories that reveal spiritual truths. Bunyan anticipated that his work would receive criticism because of his use of "feigned" (fictional) words. His defense was that fiction can be a vehicle of truth: "Some men, by feigned words as dark as mine, / Make truth to spangle, and its rays to shine!"
Does this mean that every fictional story a Christian writes, reads, or watches must, at its core, have a Christian message? No. A worthwhile story does not have to be overtly Christian, although there are still things to consider. Colossians 3:1-2 reminds us to set our minds on things above. Philippians 4:8 explains what those things are—the true, honorable, right, pure, and lovely. The Lord of the Rings is often used as the example of non-Christian fiction from a Christian author. J. R. R. Tolkien actually despised Christian allegory—including that of his good friend C. S. Lewis. He wrote the Middle Earth books as an allegory of war and the downside of technological advancement with no intended spiritual message. It was inevitable, however, that his beliefs saturated his story, filling the plots with such biblical values as courage, unity of purpose, and self-sacrifice.
Whether the stories are spiritual allegory, historical fiction, or simple entertainment, Christian authors still need to apply biblical guidelines. Ephesians 4:29 says, "Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear." A few verses later, Paul admonishes, "There must be no filthiness and silly talk, or coarse jesting" (Ephesians 5:4). Writers need to remember that, even if they intend their fiction as pure entertainment, all stories contain an element of teaching. And teaching is a spiritually serious endeavor (James 3:1), no matter what the medium.
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Stella McCartney at Berlin Fashion Week
The British fashion designer was in Berlin to look after the Designer for Tomorrow competition. She and a jury narrowed down the field from 350 applicants to the five best contestants. The five finalists came from Germany, Britain, and Romania.
Rock Climbing in Germany
The sport has become very popular in the country where you can do it on the real thing outside or on artificial rock walls inside. German Alexander Megos give us a demonstration - he's been rock climbing since he was five. He's also a European Youth Champion. We also look at bouldering which is a form of rock-climbing that forgoes using rope or harnesses.
Floppy Disk Art
British artist Nick Gentry grew up with floppy disks, stored computer games on them, and swapped them with his friends. Now he uses the plastic diskettes as canvases for his creations - with spectacular success. Me met up with him in London.
Pianist Khatia Buniatishvili
Georgian pianist Katja Buniatishvilli gives a special concert in a forest near Berlin. She grew up in Georgia but has been touring the world since she was 10. So far she has released two albums. In 2012 she received Germany's ECHO award for her debut album which featured the works of Franz Liszt.
The Croatian Island of Krk
We visit Croatia's largest island - Krk. Located on the eastern side of the Adriatic Sea, it is connected by bridge to the mainland. Euromaxx explores the sights and dives for wine that has been fermenting in the sea for six years.


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Makes 6 cups / The dip can be made less spicy by omitting the green chili, although the ginger and curry provide a bite. Prep tip: If you can't find frozen fava, substitute frozen lima beans. Prep tip: Also makes a great dip for vegetable crudités, such as carrots, jicama, and celery.
1 ½ cups frozen green peas
1 cup frozen shelled edamame
1 bunch fresh cilantro (3-4 ounces)
¼ cup fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh ginger
2 tablespoons finely chopped garlic
1-2 fresh green chiles (Indian, Thai, or serrano), seeded and chopped
1 tablespoon curry powder
1 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 cup flax oil or olive oil
1 small red onion, finely diced
3 large or 6 small whole-wheat pita breads
1. Bring a large pot of salted water to boil. Add fava beans, peas, and edamame; return to boil. Cook until tender but still very green, about 5 minutes. Drain, then refresh in cold water. Drain well on a towel.
2. Wash cilantro and squeeze dry in a towel. Place the entire bunch on a cutting board and begin chopping across, starting with leaves. Separate about ½ cup leaves from the top portion and chop coarsely. Place remaining cilantro, including stems, fava beans, peas, and edamame in a food processor and pulse to chop finely. Add chiles, lemon juice, ginger, garlic, curry powder, and salt. Process until smooth. With motor running, slowly add oil. Scrape into a bowl and stir in onion and reserved chopped cilantro leaves by hand.
3. Preheat oven to 400°. Cut each large pita bread into 16 wedges. Spread on two baking sheets, distributing well. Place in oven and reduce heat to 300°. Bake for about 20 minutes, or until crisp, stirring once or twice. Remove, allow to cool slightly, and then serve with dip.
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Blessed with girl-next-door good looks—tall, slender with long, blonde locks and emotive doe-eyes—you'll want to hug her immediately, and she'll want to hug you, too. Yes, she's that girl. After a brief chat with her, you realize the incredible work ethic that not only carried her on this long and complex journey, but continues to drive her to grow better with each song she writes. Yes, she writes her own songs. And you haven't yet heard her sing.
At a time when country music is experiencing a virtual drought when it comes to women's voices on the radio, Morgan Frazier has arrived. It's a confident statement, but the Breckenridge, Texas native is truly a breath of fresh air for the format. While other female newcomers are positioning themselves as the next Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood or Taylor Swift, Morgan is simply being Morgan.
Success, even the drive to succeed, wasn't immediate though. Her first public appearance came at the tender age of five and it was, to put it mildly, a disaster. She explains, "I sang 'When You Say Nothing At All,' at a local talent show, but I grew up Church of Christ, which was no music. It's all a cappella singing. So that's where I learned to sing. But at this talent show I had to sing to tracks, which I had never done before. I got up there and I got off the beat of the music, because I didn't know how to sing with tracks, so I performed with my head down the whole time. When I got off stage, I told my mom, 'I'm never, ever singing again.'" The tot still managed to score a People's Choice award, and that alone was enough to ignite a fire in her to continue performing. And her parents, recognizing their daughter's talent and supportive of her dream, were delighted to chauffeur Morgan to those Texas jamborees where she eventually met the man she fondly refers to as her grandpa. Grandpa Art saw the immense talent in the aspiring country star and not only taught her to play guitar, making tracks a thing of the past, he also instilled in her a love of traditional country music.
But it isn't just straight up country that has influenced the young songbird. Thanks to her family and her grandpa, Morgan has been exposed to a variety of musical styles. But she does have her own tastes. "I love Randy Rogers Band, Johnny Cooper, but my mom was into Motown funk music -- Earth, Wind and Fire type thing," she says. "My dad was into Led Zeppelin and Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, and that type of thing. And then my grandpa, he taught me everything from Hank Snow to Patsy Montana to Loretta Lynn and Patsy Cline. So I got three completely different genres of music. And I've always said I love a song, a good song. I'm a song person. I doesn't matter what kind of music it is. I love it all."
In the process of performing at jamborees, talent shows and rodeos, the aspiring artist wasn't just honing her performing skills, she was also becoming a burgeoning entrepreneur. On the advice of concert go-ers who heard her sing and wanted to take that voice home, the nine-year-old's parents paid $2,000 for their daughter to make a CD to sell at shows. But that wasn't quite enough for the go-getter. "I was doing the rodeo queen circuit around the same time and you had to go door-to-door and sell rodeo tickets. That's how you get into that whole thing. Whoever sells the most tickets wins," she explains. "So, I thought, 'I can get rid of these CDs by selling them and instead of going house-to-house, I'll go store-to-store." It worked. Whether the business-owners were taken by the young executive's initiative or blown away by her impromptu by-request live performance, she sold a whopping 30,000 CDs at $10 a pop.
The success came as a surprise to the entire Frazier family. "There was no plan," Morgan says. "We didn't know what we were doing." But they packed up the entire clan in a travel trailer and began taking Morgan and her music across the country, eventually and inevitably landing in Nashville. And that's when the whirlwind began. She says, "We had been in Nashville six months selling CDs and my mom found a contest in the paper at the Preston Hotel here in Nashville. So we went and I just happened to get in front of the right people." Morgan ended up winning the contest, beating out older, more seasoned writers. The prize was to have one of her original songs recorded by a Category Five Records artist, but instead of following through with that promise, they instead offered the then 13-year-old her own record deal. That was a little too fast for the Fraziers though, and young Morgan ultimately passed on the offer from the now shuttered indie label. However she did meet with the person who would become her manager, but not before returning to Texas to reconsider her dreams of making music.
Eventually the desire to share her passion was too great and, with the encouragement of her manager, Morgan came back to Nashville with hopes of refining her songwriting chops and giving it another go.
This time, it stuck.
It is said in Nashville that "it all starts with a song" and regardless of appearance, personality or talent, if the songs aren't there, nothing is there. The songs are there. When Morgan's manager, John Northrup, encouraged her to return to Music City, he also offered to pair her with a songwriting friend of his, but it wasn't just any Nashville songwriter. The man who has written most of George Strait's biggest hits—Dean Dillon—was her first co-write. She lights up when she talks about it. "People dream about writing with him and it just happened that my manager was good friends with him and asked him a favor. And so I go into write with him and we hit it off. And we've written many songs since and I got to learn how to write from those guys—Dean Dillon, Paul Overstreet, John Scott Sherrill."
She's come a long way from that first performance at five-years-old, to writing her first song at seven-years-old ("In the Gates of Heaven"—a gospel song she sang at Show and Tell) to writing and signing with Curb Records' sister label, Sidewalk Records, at 16. And the evolution has been gradual and subtle because the talent was always there—the innate talent of a natural born performer whose destiny was inevitably under the spotlight.
Effortless, pure, rich, sweet without being saccharin and even owning a little feminine swagger, Morgan is poised to be a voice on the radio that is easily and instantly identifiable. From the sweet waltz of "Part Of My Show," to the edgy push of "Cowboys Ride," to her the insanely infectious "Yellow Brick Road," you'll know it's undoubtedly Morgan. And it's undeniably good.
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For countries such as Greece, leaving the euro and returning to a national currency has been touted as a potential panacea for a return to competitiveness, growth and stability. However, Bulgaria, a country that devalued its currency to regain competitiveness is now seen in limbo in a "lost decade."
Bulgaria was until recently perceived as an "island of tranquility" amid the euro zone's turmoil. In Fall 2012, the country's president boasted to CNBC that his country was enjoying a competitive tax regime, good fiscal health and a budget surplus after a giant bust following the financial crisis.
Economists beg to differ, however, saying that internal devaluation of Bulgaria's currency, the Lev, has created a nightmare scenario in which Bulgaria "appears to be stuck in a vicious cycle of weak growth, fiscal austerity and a stubbornly high debt burden."
(Read More: Devaluing Your Currency Not a Panacea After All)
In a report entitled "Bulgaria's lost decade" released on Thursday, Neil Shearing and Liza Ermolenko, economists at Capital Economics said the roots of Bulgaria's misfortunes could be attributed to the imbalances built up in the country's boom years, as well as the method applied to stop the rot: internal devaluation. That strategy was also mooted as a potential cure-all for Greece at the height of euro-exit speculation.
Does Devaluation Work?
The economists' report notes that Bulgaria's attempts to restore competitiveness and facilitate a shift towards a more export-orientated growth model were flawed, as the Bulgarian Lev is pegged to the euro.
"Bulgaria's fixed exchange rate meant that it had to undergo a process of 'internal devaluation' instead, whereby competitiveness is restored with falls in wages and prices. As things stand, despite several years of austerity this process still has further to run," Shearing and Ermolenko note.
"Had the country had a floating exchange rate, regaining competitiveness would be done via a drop in the currency which would facilitate a shift towards a more export-orientated growth model."
Shearing and Ermolenko note that "internal devaluation" has raised a different set of problems in Bulgaria with the required falls in wages and prices set to increase the real value of domestic debt, thus working against much-needed deleveraging" a factor leading to the afore-mentioned "vicious cycle of weak growth, austerity and stubbornly high debt."
"Internal devaluation" has been seen to work in Bulgaria's fellow "BELL" economies, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia if the Baltic nations' return to growth, after suffering similar real estate crashes to Bulgaria, is taken as an example.
(Read More: Role Model of European Austerity Turns to Stimulus)
But rather than aid Bulgaria's ailing economy- which Shearing and Ermolenko forecast will see growth of 2 percent a year (well below pre-crisis levels of 6 percent) – it may take until 2015 for Bulgaria's economic output to return to 2008 levels.
"If this is the case, the Bulgarian economy will have lost close to a decade of growth," they note,
Bulgaria's Boom and Bust
The co-authors of a report entitled "Bulgaria's lost decade" say that Bulgaria's predicament has its roots in imbalances that were built up by the country before the 2008 financial crisis.
Similar to Latvia, Bulgaria experienced huge capital inflows - particularly into real estate. This resulted in excessive borrowing by the private sector, a boom in domestic demand and a corresponding widening of the current account deficit.
At the same time, high inflation and rapid wage growth resulted in a substantial loss of competitiveness against a backdrop of a fixed exchange rate, Shearing and Ermolenko note in the report.


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Salem selectmen choose leaders, but board divided
SALEM — It wasn't the smoothest transition to a new leadership for the board of selectmen on Monday night.
Pat Hargreaves was elected the board's new chairman by a 3-1 vote with one abstention. Everett McBride, who was chairman, will now be vice chairman and Stephen Campbell will remain the board's secretary.
Hargreaves was last board chairman in 2012.
Selectman Michael Lyons voted against the slate of officers while James Keller abstained, but not before for first speaking for several minutes about how he was disappointed in the leadership selection process.
Keller said when he initially ran for selectman, he ran on a platform of instilling a new approach for the board.
"It's difficult to even have an attempt to instill a new approach when you are not given an opportunity to do that," said Keller. "Apparently, based on the nomination of the slate, there is no desire to see a new approach or even a sharing of responsibility."
Keller said he would like the opportunity to chair the board or at least see a change in leadership.
"I have constituents, as we all do, and they want their voices heard and they want a chance at leadership," said Keller. "I advocate this for everyone, not just me, whether it is Stephen or whether it is Michael. At some point, I'm probably going to seek a modification of our bylaws to potentially codify this."
Keller said he was disappointed in Hargreaves in that Hargreaves left him a voice message which Keller said did not ask for his support as much as state that Hargreaves did not believe that Keller had the interests of Selectman Campbell at heart.
"I didn't think that was the chairman's job," said Keller. He said he thought the job was to work with the entire board, town staff and the town's citizens.
Lyons said he would not support the slate of officers in part because he did not believe it would do enough to solidify and protect the town manager's position.
He said that he initially had doubts about Hargreaves term as chairman two years ago but that he was pleasantly surprised by his term.
"I had one request, I wanted you to protect the town manager so he would not be bogged down by one selectman," said Lyons. And while he said Hargreaves did a good job of staying on top of that, Lyons said he does not believe that has happened over the past year, noting that Town Manager Keith Hickey has applied for and is a finalist for the town manager position in Dracut, Mass.
Hargreaves said he called both Keller and Lyons and left voice messages for them about the chairman's position but that he never got a call back from either one of them.
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April 05. 2013 10:58PM
Police waiting on ID of body pulled from river
By KIMBERLEY HOUGHTON
Union Leader Correspondent
NASHUA - Police say there is a chance that the body pulled from the Nashua River on Thursday could be that of a 43-year-old man reported missing in February after he did not return home from a walk.
"We are investigating the possibility that they are related," Lt. Michael Moushegian said on Friday. Police were expecting on Friday to release the identity of the adult male found partially submerged in the Nashua River by a passer-by on Thursday afternoon. However, Moushegian said the Medical Examiner is waiting to confirm additional information before publicly releasing the man's identity. Dagualberto Arzuaga, 43, was reported missing nearly two months ago after walking a relative's dog near Mine Falls Park.
Although the dog returned home, Arzuaga never did, prompting police to search the area and send a dive team into the Nashua River in mid-February. Despite the previous search, Arzuaga has been missing ever since.
"We have reached the family, and we have been talking to them," said Moushegian. "I am confident that in the coming days we can confirm the identity."
It is still unclear how long the man's body was in the water, but police said it did not appear to be a recent incident.
"There doesn't seem to be any foul play or criminal acts involved. We think this was just an accident," said Moushegian, adding that the public has no cause to be concerned for safety.
There are a few more elements of the case to confirm before the man's name will be released, police said. Spectators gathered around the Nashua River in the area between the restaurant and the Nashua Public Library on Thursday afternoon to watch as a dive team removed the body from the water. The body, stuck on a large branch protruding from the water, floated face down while crews attempted to free it and hoist it onto land. The body, as it was pulled from the river, appeared to be wearing jeans and boots, but no shirt.
Earlier this year in the same vicinity, city police responded twice to Black Bridge, an old covered bridge near the railroad trestle, for two unrelated suicides.


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2 NH men accused of drug trafficking
December 11. 2013 9:50PM
HOLYOKE, Mass. — Two New Hampshire men were arrested early Tuesday on drug trafficking and other charges after police allegedly found drugs, including 1,600 bags of heroin, during a motor vehicle stop on Route 91, according to Massachusetts state police.
Police said Mark Simeon, 19, of Hinsdale, N.H., was heading north on Route 91 about 1 a.m. Tuesday when he committed a "motor vehicle lights violation." During a search of their car, police said they found they heroin along with other drugs, including five bags of MDMA, also known as "Molly."
Simeon and his passengers, Zachery Stetson, 19, also of Hinsdale, N.H., and a juvenile female police did not name, were each arrested. Simeon and Stetson were charged with drug trafficking, drug possession and conspiracy, while Simeon was further charged with a motor vehicle violation.


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Bank forecast scuppers pay hopes
The Bank of England today appeared to scotch the likelihood of an interest rate hike this year as it abandoned hopes that burgeoning economic growth was about to feed through to a real terms pick-up in wages.
Policy-makers halved the UK's pay growth forecast for 2014 from 2.5% to a below-inflation 1.25% while also indicating that they would place more emphasis on this factor when deciding on rates.
It came as official data showed annual pay fell by 0.2% in the three months to June, the first decline recorded since the height of the financial crisis in 2009, and a worse drop than the Bank had been expecting.
Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said policymakers have halved prediction for wage growth this year
The moribund picture for pay growth dampened expectations of an interest rate rise as early as November this year, sending the pound tumbling to a four-month low against the US dollar.
A first hike is now seen as more likely in February 2015, when rates will have been held at 0.5% for nearly six years. They were slashed in 2009 in a bid to try to nurse the economy back to health - though the move has inflicted prolonged pain on savers.
The wage gloom also revived Labour charges that despite the economy's recent return to pre-recession levels, ordinary households were still being squeezed.
The Bank upgraded its forecast for gross domestic product (GDP) growth for this year from 3.4% to 3.5%, and from 2.9% to 3% for next year.
It also expects to see unemployment to fall more quickly than it had previously thought, dropping below 6% this year, while inflation is expected to continue to hover below its 2% target for the next three years.
Governor Mark Carney said data suggested the Bank's key measure of "slack" or wasteful spare capacity in the economy, was being used up more quickly than thought, with 800,000 jobs added in the past year.
But he said sustained expansion would require growth in productivity and real terms wages, both of which had been disappointing.
"In particular, pay growth has been remarkably weak, even as unemployment has fallen rapidly," he said.
The Bank's interest rate-setters must weigh up the risk to inflation from low interest rates versus the danger of hampering the recovery by hiking rates and pushing up the cost of borrowing for households and businesses.
It has been seeking to find a balance by trying to calculate the level of slack, a measure which it has said it wants to see narrowed before any rate rise.
The Bank now estimates that this has shrunk slightly from 1.25% to 1% although it now believes that the weakness in wages show it had been higher in the past than previously thought.
Mr Carney said the weak pay data suggested "the economy being able to sustain a higher level of employment and lower rate of unemployment without generating additional inflationary pressures".
The governor added: "In light of the heightened uncertainty about the current degree of slack, the committee will be placing particular importance on the prospective paths for wages and unit labour costs."
He maintained that the Bank's much-vaunted "forward guidance" on interest rate policy remained unchanged and there would not be a "magic number" for wage growth that would prompt a hike.
But the latest shift in emphasis will do little to counter critics' claims that his stance on rates to the behaviour of an "unreliable boyfriend".
It comes a year after Mr Carney introduced the first version of forward guidance, linking any rate hike to unemployment falling to 7%. But the guidance had to be ditched after six months when job numbers improved much more quickly than expected.
The governor today said that despite the new emphasis on pay, the MPC "does not have a particular threshold for wage growth" to decide when it considers an increase.
He reiterated that rate rises when they do come would be "gradual and limited" but added that this was "an expectation, not a promise".
Markit chief economist Chris Williamson said: "The report and recent rhetoric from policy-makers gives the impression that rates will not rise until wage growth is showing clear signs of picking up.
"While it seems likely that calls to raise interest rates will start to gather strength in coming months, a majority vote for a rate rise still looks some way off.
"February, therefore, still looks the most likely month for the Bank to dip its toe into the water as far as tightening policy towards more normal levels is concerned, though November remains a possibility if the wages data pick up in coming months."
Shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Chris Leslie said: "This report shows why this is no time for complacent and out-of-touch claims from ministers that the economy is fixed and people are better off.
"While the economy is finally growing again and unemployment is falling, working people are still seeing their living standards squeezed."
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Sugarcane-Smoked Duck Breast and Confit Leg
Source: Recipe by Chef Bingo Starr
New Orleans Catholic Creoles break the fast of Christmas Eve with a large meal after midnight mass; a tradition called "Reveillon." This Reveillon recipe comes from Richard "Bingo" Star, executive chef of Restaurant Cuvée in New Orleans.
4 whole ducks, leg quarters removed; breasts deboned
Wet cure (for 8 breasts):
1 cup cane syrup
1 cup water
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup kosher salt
2 tbsp. Creole seasoning
Dry cure for confit:
(8 leg quarters)
2 cups olive oil
2 bay leaves
6 springs fresh thyme
6 cloves garlic, smashed
2 tsp. cracked black pepper
2 tbsp. kosher salt
For the risotto:
2 tsp. garlic
2 tbsp. shallots, minced
2 cups arborio rice
4 cups chicken or duck stock
1 tsp. fresh thyme
2 tbsp. Roquefort
2 tbsp. Parmesan
1⁄2 cup roasted pecan pieces
4 tbsp. scallion, chopped
Salt, pepper, and Creole
seasoning, to taste
2 tbsp. olive oil
For the reduction:
2 cups cane syrup
2 cups demi glace
Salt and pepper, to taste
For the foie gras:
8, 1-oz. slices foie gras
Salt and pepper, to taste
1. In bowl, combine syrup, water, brown sugar, salt, and seasoning. Add breasts, marinate for three hours. Rinse breasts; cold smoke for 1 hour. Sear duck fat side down; finish in oven.
2. Place duck legs in cake pan. Add the rest of the dry cure (oil should cover about 2⁄3 up leg). Cover and cook at 250°F for 3-4 hours.
3. To prepare risotto, sauté garlic and shallots in olive oil. Add rice and toast slightly. Add bay leaf and thyme. In three stages, add stock, stirring each time until liquid is absorbed. After stock has been added, fold in cheese and pecans.
4. For reduction, simmer ingredients in pot until mixture thickens; season.
5. Season foie gras; sear on both sides until golden brown. Remove from pan; reserve on absorbent cloth.
6. To plate, mound 1 cup of risotto in center of plate. Lay confit leg against the rice with drum leg up. Slice duck breast thin; fan around leg. Drizzle with reduction; top with foie gras.


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About sarvinc
I'd be pretty surprised if Apple even notices Akash. I'd be more worried about Microsoft wanting a cut of purchase fee. http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2012/jan12/01-12LGPR.mspx
You just mentioned three hugely successful companies. Why? I'm guessing you're point is that no one stays on top forever. I think that's something we all know.
I agree with pretty much everything you've said except for"The comparison [with Apple] is inevitable [...]" I would addend "Shoddy journalism makes it inevitable." One of the points I'm making is that no one compares Mercedes-Benz with Tata's Nano. There's a reason; it makes no sense what-so-ever to make that comparison. They are competing in completely different markets. Apple is mentioned not because it's inevitable to make the comparison but because the mentioning Apple draws page views and it amounts to link-bait.
I have a lot of respect for Glyn Moody and in general appreciate the writing (please don't take this as a personal attack), but this post comes of as pandering to the Android/Anti-Apple audience. It's not clear, to me, exactly what is meant by the "real" tablet revolution. If it's tablets that cost ~$100 then one has to ask; when did you think the "real" computer revolution occurred? I would argue that it occured in the 60s well before prices reached the three-digit level. I lean towards the argument that Apple started the tablet revolution. By this I mean that tablets went largely unsold and un-appreciated before Apple released the iPad.
I also take issue with "[Apple] will never be able to offer a model that is competitive with minimalist tablets built around free software at the bottom [...]" I think if anyone could Apple *could* compete at the bottom, efficiencies of supply chain etc., but they've shown time and time again that they don't *want* to compete at the bottom. I think the opposite is true; most manufacturers would love to compete at the *top* but cannot do so.
Which brings me to another question; why are we making a comparison with Apple? It seems more appropriate to make a comparison with Motorla, Barnes and Nobles, Samsung or Amazon. Do we consider them to be competing at the lower end (note: not the bottom)? None of these manufacturers (yes Apple included) can compete at the sub $100 level.
It's funny because I also have an equally simplistic view of piracy. There are those who like sharing because sharing betters mankind and those don't like sharing because sharing betters mankind.
I apologize if you're parodying a troll rather than being one.
"Everyone keeps talking about Youtube as if getting rid of it would be bad."
It would be bad. Youtube has become a way of sharing and spreading culture, information, humor etc. In a very general way it's like saying "getting rid of Television or Radio or the Internet would be bad."
"I don't agree."
Why not?
"IS Youtube a valid "new business model"?"
Yes, no? Why are you asking this question?
"So even your vaunted Youtube is on questionable basis!"
It's not mine; I don't own it and "Youtube is on questionable basis!" does not compute. I don't understand what you're saying.
"Youtube appears thus far to be operating on its seed capital. Great example, guys."
I'm sure you're making a point; I don't know what it is.
I said good day sir!
"Why bother trying to innovate if someone is just going to steal your idea and market it as their own - only cheaper because they invested less in the development of "their" product?"
Because ideas are cheap and execution is actually what's important. Also, I'm not really sure one can "steal" an idea. I come up with ideas all day long; no one owes me a damn thing.
Sorry, maybe I should start every one of mine with "if this isn't sarcasm then...".
I know a few people who would go even further than *give* away their music for free. They'd probably crap their pants if they could *make* you listen to their music for free. These are musicians with small followings that are pretty awesome at what they do.
Actually I think this anonymous poster is being the reasonable one. Perhaps, in this one case, we should follow the example being set.
As a few others have pointed out by now the link you provide doesn't actually backup the claim you're making. It really is a diatribe attacking the contributors rather than any of the points made. In addition, the arguments made are rather obtuse and don't hold up to even shallow scrutiny and have been disproved several times in the past.


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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Cassadee Pope was crowned the winner of the singing competition series "The Voice" in Los Angeles Tuesday night.
Terry McDermott was this season's runner-up and Nicholas David came in third.
Performing on the third season finale were professional singers Rihanna, Kelly Clarkson, Bruno Mars and the Killers.
Season 4 is to debut March 25.


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Joel Connable dies suddenly…
(edited from GossipExtra.com) – Former WTVJ-NBC 6 anchorman Joel Connable was found dead in Seattle — just days after tying the knot and leaving Miami to relaunch his TV news career.
Connable, 39, married his longtime girlfriend two weeks ago, and he was making his comeback to the big time at Seattle's ABC affiliate KOMO after three years out of the news business.
Connable was fired from NBC 6 in 2009 for allegedly taking freebies – a no-no at the Broward County-based station. His wrongful termination lawsuit against the organization is still pending.
Foul play is not suspected in Connable's death: He is believed to have suffered a diabetic seizure while at home sometime Tuesday….Cont….
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van Putten, DDS, MS
Associate Professor of Primary Care Dentistry
Section of Primary Care
College of Dentistry
The Ohio State University
Dr van Putten is Chairman of Primary Care at the Ohio State University College of Dentistry and Director of Maxillofacial Prosthodontics at the AG James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute. He has been full-time faculty in the College of Dentistry since 1990. He completed his DDS degree in 1981 at Loma Linda University College of Dentistry. In 1983 he entered the Graduate Prosthodontics Residency at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and completed a Masters of Science in Prosthodontics at in 1985. He also received a Certificate in Maxillofacial Prosthetics at the MD Anderson Tumor and Cancer Center in 1986.


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The 36-year-old, now undertaking a coaching role at Old Trafford, retired from international football in 2004.
But he revealed there was an atmosphere of suspicion between players from rival clubs during his time in the squad.
''There is a big rivalry between clubs in this country and it isn't healthy when you go away on international duty,'' he told the Sunday Mirror.
''When I was with England, there was always a lot of United players and Liverpool players in the squad and it was plainly obvious that some of our lads didn't like some of their boys and some of their lads didn't like some of us.
''We weren't just footballers, we actually loved the clubs we played for and the rivalry was always there.
''As Mancs and Scousers we were always a bit suspicious of each other and you can't have that kind of thing if you want to be successful at international level.
''You can't build a team or a spirit when that rivalry is always close to the surface. It was always too big to get over.''
Earlier this week Scholes expressed a measure of sympathy with Carlos Tévez, who allegedly refused to appear as a substitute for Manchester City against Bayern Munich this week.
And in today's Observer, Scholes, who went through a similar experience in League Cup tie for United in 2001, said: ''The thing with Tévez is that Mancini's definitely messing him about, which, when you're a player, you don't take kindly to.
''He's definitely trying to punish him for saying he wants to leave, because without doubt he was City's best player last season.
''To me it looks like he wants to play, but he can't cope with being sub. When you're a player you get the sense that - he's messing me about, I maybe have to show him I can't be messed about.''