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by Hugh Gilmore
A few weeks ago we invited Local readers to send us a note mentioning some of the books they most enjoyed last year. We're always hoping to give a little nod toward authors and books that might otherwise be neglected. Most end-of-year lists focus on "Most Important" or "Best of," but we, in the Peninsular way, always opt for "most enjoyed." Solipsism forever! we say.
First to ring in this time was Tom Tarantino of Chestnut Hill, who wrote: "Hi Hugh … My Most Enjoyed Book of 2102 was the FIRST TWO PAGES of "Prisoner of Dunes" by Isabelle Eberhardt. I call those pages "The Nomad Manifesto." Here are two quotes:
"(1) 'One right to which few intellectuals care to lay claim is the right to wander, the right to vagrancy. And yet life on the roads is liberty.'
"(2) 'The committed tramp, seated at the roadside, contemplating the horizon's welcoming breadth – is he not absolute master of lands, waters and even of heaven itself. What landowner can rival him in power and riches?'
(HG: Isabelle Eberhardt was born in Switzerland in 1877 and died in a flash flood in the desert in1904. She wrote extensively, in French, for newspapers and periodicals. The English translation of "Prisoner of Dunes" did not appear until 2003. There is also a 1991 movie with Mathilda May and Peter O'Toole.)
Our next contributor, all the way from Mt. Airy, was Lynn Hoffman. Lynn is a poet, novelist and author of one of the best beer guides available ("Short Course in Beer"). He writes: "'The Supper of the Lamb' by Robert F. Capon is an early-modern example of gourmet literature. The author, a cranky and quirky Episcopal priest, has rolled his love of food and theological passion into a prophetic rant about soulless food and the death of awareness that it causes. The premise of the book seems two-fold – both indicated by the book's title. First, the book does, in fact, teach how one can serve a leg of lamb for eight people over four meals. The book-length recipe is easy to follow and for many cooks, downright illuminating.
However, the second premise indicated by the title of the book, is an introduction to "The Supper of the Lamb" as it is recounted in the book of Revelation. His understanding of Sacrifice; his description of wine; and his discussion of the "Greater Heartburn" seems a little silly, but also kind of wistful. To a reader in 2012, Supper seems prophetic, with the wonderfully named Capon acting as the angry prophet against the fast-food complex. (HG: originally published in 1967, this book is now reprinted in the Modern Library food series.)
Local columnist, Janet Gilmore (not a blood relation), sent a charming e-mail that recommended an unusual biography. Here's Janet: "My favorite book this year is "American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee" (2010) by Karen Abbott.
"In the American consciousness, Gypsy Rose Lee's story has been melded with the Broadway show "Gypsy" — Baby June played by Lane Bradbury, Gypsy played by Sandra Church and their overbearing mother Mama Rose played by Ethel Merman.
"Mama Rose drags her children all over the country trying to make them famous in vaudeville. Baby June was a precocious child – Louise was an untalented, overweight kid. The superb musical tells their story, but much of the hardship in the show is Broadway schmaltz.
"American Rose" tells the story more realistically, moving and seamlessly backward and forward in Gypsy's life. Mama Rose did anything she had to do (including at least two murders) to get her kids where she wanted them. She was relentless and humorless. Baby June ran away at age sixteen.
"Louise (Gypsy Rose) got herself protected by Broadway mobsters, fell in love with Mike Todd, and remade herself as a sophisticated woman. She uncovered a spectacular figure by losing weight. She taught herself to drink whisky on the bathroom floor of her apartment. She found the nerve to strip in front of large audiences.
"There was a 'lost year' in Gypsy's life which she would not talk about. Abbott guesses what might have happened. It wasn't pretty, but Gypsy emerged after that as a star. As for Mama, she grew old and ill and became even more of a pain in the neck to her kids, until she died.
"I like biographies that tell the subject's entire life story. This book didn't leave Gypsy Rose Lee in triumph on a stage runway. It goes on to describe her final years in a wonderful, dark, sad, realistic way. Highly recommended."
Also checking in this week, Jonathan Schmalzbach, of Huntington Valley, restaurateur, crossword-puzzle writer (for the N Y Times, yet!), educator and flaneur, writes: "Read your column last week about favorite read of 2012, particularly looking at older books.
"I just finished a special book called "Little Chapel on the River," (2005) by Gwendolyn Bounds. Subtitled 'a pub, a town and the search for what matters most,' it's the story of a Wall Street Journal author who lived directly across from the World Trade Center. In the dismal aftermath of 9/11, the author and her girlfriend not only need a place to stay, but also a haven to reconnect with what matters. After some searching, a friend suggests they visit a watering hole called Guinan's in the historic town of Garrison New York. One beer turned into a lifetime love affair with the denizens of the bar, with a sense of place and community. It reinforces the value of spots like McNally's or like Gilmore's Book Shop (now unfortunately closed) as vital compasses of who we are and where we ought to be."
Our final contributor for today is Carol Rauch, of Chestnut Hill, who writes: "I've had trouble finding good new reading lately, so I dove into my own bookcase and came up with two James Thurber books that have been entertaining me mightily. What a fine writer he was.
"The Books are: 'The Thurber Album' and 'My World and Welcome To It.' If you haven't read Thurber in a while, now is the time. He's a huge relief from today and as relevant as ever. His portraits of the people in Columbus Ohio provide impeccable portraits of ordinary, yet extraordinary, people. As are we all."
HG: I can't think of a grander note to finish on. Happy New Year.


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How it's done
If your business relies on passing trade and pedestrian traffic, then you will want to be located in a busy area and you will need to be visible. If the profitability of your business hinges on transportation costs and access to markets, then you will require a strategic location with proximity to logistic services that will save you time and money. This page will help you answer three important questions.
Why do access, transportation and traffic matter?
For retailers, wholesalers, and many other types of goods and service oriented businesses, it is critical to ensure that there is easy access for customers and that there is a high degree of exposure and visibility when choosing a location. For manufacturing, logistics and other primary and secondary industries, suitable access to highways, airports, rail and ports is essential to managing a supply chain and ensuring efficient operations.
What transportation infrastructure exists?
The following map shows the location of a range of transportation infrastructure that may impact your business and warrant further investigation.
How do I use this information?
Access to transportation, such as roads, rail, airports and ports is a major success factor for many businesses, particularly warehousing and distribution operations. Accessibility also means making it easy and safe for customers to enter and exit your premises. For retail and other businesses that rely on passing trade, having good accessibility, signage and a high level of visibility and exposure along busier roads can really help build awareness and attract customers. For businesses located in residential areas, and denser inner city areas, visibility and accessibility will be a little less important because people will know where you are, but even in these instances good signage is still critical to marketing your business.
Knowing how many vehicles pass by a site each day is an important consideration when it comes to assessing the volume of potential customers. Too much traffic can lead to congestion and constrain access to a business, but it also means the site has a high degree of exposure. Only having a small amount of traffic passing by each day is not ideal for retail and other businesses that rely on passing trade. In short, the optimal volume of passing traffic will depend on the nature and location of the business.
Take care when assessing traffic volumes as the number of cars passing a location doesn't tell you how many of the cars will potentially visit your business. For retail and other consumer orientated businesses finding the best location requires being strategically located relative to other competing and complimentary businesses in proximity, having excellent visibility on a major road; and finally, making it as convenient as possible for people to enter and exit your business.


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Casinos' slots revenues plummet to historic lows
Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mohegan Sun reported Friday historic declines in the slot-machine revenues they collected in February, posting the lowest monthly "win" totals they've experienced in more than 16 and 12 years, respectively.
Win is the amount a casino keeps after paying out prizes to gamblers.
Foxwoods, which includes MGM Grand at Foxwoods, reported a win for last month of $38.5 million, 24 percent less than it won in February 2012. Mohegan Sun's February win of $45.4 million was down 18.6 percent over the same month the previous year.
Foxwoods had not reported a win of less than $40 million since December 1996. Mohegan Sun's February win was its lowest since February 2001. Editors' note: This corrects an earlier version of this story.
Foxwoods has experienced double-digit declines in six consecutive months, while Mohegan Sun's win has plunged by double digits in four of the last six months.
The situation has had a direct impact on the state, which takes a quarter of the tribally owned casinos' slots win. In the 2012 fiscal year, that amount — it has fallen each year since fiscal 2007 — came to more than $344 million. State budgetmakers projected casino payments of $300 million in fiscal 2013, which ends June 30, and $299 million in each of the 2014 and 2015 fiscal years.
Through the first eight months of the current fiscal year, the casinos have contributed nearly $194.7 million to the state's coffers.
"We have already significantly reduced our current year estimate for Indian gaming payments," Ben Barnes, the state budget director, said Friday when asked about the latest slots results.
"It's hard to base anything on one month," he said. "There's weather patterns and issues affecting consumer confidence, so we don't want to overreact, but obviously there's a downward trend. I don't like the loss of revenue to the state, but I'm even more concerned about maintaining the casinos as major employers and large drivers of tourism and economic development."
Barnes noted the state has been working with the Mashantucket Pequots, who own Foxwoods, and the Mohegans, who own Mohegan Sun, agreeing to charge them less for services the state provides the casinos in such areas as public safety and liquor control.
"I have confidence in their ultimate success," he said.
While a Mohegan Sun executive attributed February's slots numbers to the extreme weather, a gaming expert said the recent declines at the Connecticut casinos are consistent with the findings of a soon-to-be-released survey of gaming behavior in New England.
"We were truly shocked by the drop off in visitations to Foxwoods by Massachusetts residents, who historically account for 31 to 36 percent of Foxwoods' customer base," Clyde Barrow, director of the Center for Policy Analysis at UMass Dartmouth, said in an email. "However, our survey findings indicate that Massachusetts residents are both gambling less than in previous years and shifting many of their remaining trips to Twin River in Rhode Island. Since Twin River is a slots-only facility, it stands to reason that its major impact on Foxwoods would be its slots revenue.
"We found that Massachusetts residents continue to visit Mohegan Sun in the same numbers, but they are evidently spending less per trip, while Resorts World in Queens, New York — now the most lucrative slots-only facility in the United States — has siphoned off many of Mohegan's New York customers.
"This is just a preview to what is likely to happen once Massachusetts finally licenses its resort casinos."
Resorts World, located at the Aqueduct horse racing track, reported its February win was up 6.2 percent, to $57.1 million.
Twin River, in Lincoln, R.I., and Empire City Casino at Yonkers (N.Y.) Raceway, another player in the Northeast gaming market, reported February slots revenue declines that were more modest than those at the Connecticut casinos. Twin River's win was $36.6 million, down 11.8 percent, and Empire City's was $44.7 million, down 4.9 percent.
Ray Pineault, Mohegan Sun's chief operating officer, pointed to last month's storm and other weather-related events as the reason for the sharp decline in his casino's slots revenue.
"We faced a blizzard that started on a Friday, with the governor closing the state's roads until late in the day Saturday," he said. "We felt the impact for four days, and lost a significant event Saturday when Bon Jovi had to cancel."
The band Bon Jovi was scheduled to open a world tour with a Feb. 9 show in Mohegan Sun Arena. The sold-out show was rescheduled for Oct. 25, though the band performed an impromptu free concert on Feb. 9.
Stormy weather elsewhere in the region, including in Mohegan Sun's "feeder markets" in Worcester and Boston, also affected the casino's business during the month, Pineault said.
In addition, he said, February 2012 had an extra day because it was a leap year.
"Absent the snow, things are going reasonably well," Pineault said. "When you lose four out of 28 days, that's one-seventh of your month."
No Foxwoods executive was available to comment on the February slots revenues.
February 2013 Slot-Machine Revenues
Total win (in millions): $38.5
Yearly change: -24.0%
State contribution (in millions): $9.8
* Hold: 8.32%
Operating units: 6,135
Total win (in millions): $45.4
Yearly change: -18.6%
State contribution (in millions): $11.4
* Hold: 8.25%
Operating units: 5,532
*Hold is the average percent of total wagers kept by the casino.
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State health officials are warning area residents to stay out of the Suwannee River because of potential contamination from an upstream sewage plant.
The Withlacoochee Water Pollution Control Plant, in Valdosta, Ga., shut down Feb. 27 due to massive flooding from rain in the area, said City of Valdosta spokersperson Sementha Mathews Monday.
The city-run plant was intentionally shut down for three days, she said, which allowed between 15 and 20 million gallons of untreated wastewater mixed with rainwater — enough to fill 24 Olympic-sized swimming pools —to make its way down the Withlacoochee River.
Predictions from Suwannee River Water Management District staff puts the potentially contaminated water in the Suwannee, which is partially fed by the Withlacoochee, at Fanning Springs early next week.
"It's unfortunate. It's definitely not something we want to bring to our neighbors down south," Mathews said. "We just had a lot of water come down at one time. It was a big impact."
The Florida Department of Health is urging people to stay out of the Withlacoochee and Suwannee rivers until testing can be completed by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. The potential health threat from the contamination from sewage, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, includes gastro-intestinal disorders, hepatitis, skin, ear and respiratory infections.
Dee Ann Miller, of FDEP, stated in an email that the agency started testing Monday and "may sample potentially 2 sites on the Withlacoochee and 1 site on the Suwannee ..." Results, based on monitoring every two days, would be known later in the week. The City of Valdosta is doing some testing, as well, she wrote.
The latest spill isn't a first for the Valdosta plant. In 2009, the sewage treatment facility was shut down for nine days after flood waters inundated various equipment rooms. Although there was a lot of damage to the facility, no sewage was released into the river.
Later, new by-pass pumps and valves were installed to help combat flooding. A berm, which previously only protected a pumping station at the plant, was also rebuilt and made bigger, helping to prevent damage to several other systems that were damaged in the 2009 flood, according to a city press release.
Mathews said that back then the plant was about halfway submerged beneath floodwaters. This time, the plant was only about one quarter under water. Water levels, at 32 feet, were almost 20 feet higher than flood stage, she said.
Save Our Suwannee's Annette Long isn't happy about the untreated water making its way to the Suwannee.
"Everybody's just like, 'Oh yeah, it happens all the time," she said. "But there has to be consequences .... What I want to know is what are the effects on the gulf. What are the effects on fish?"
Leslie Sturmer, a University of Florida extension agent for the school's aquaculture program, said Monday there is a concern for shellfish, which are filter feeders, in Cedar Key, but, she added, shellfish are managed to be safe.
"We have checks and balances built into the system," she said. "Public health and safety is the No. 1 concern."
Sturmer said Monday a precautionary closure in the Suwannee Sound was being issued later in the evening, pending tests Tuesday for fecal coliform, a bacteria tested for in such scenarios. Results from Tuesday's testing would probably be known by Wednesday, she said.
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EAGLE ROCK –– If there's one food thing Northeast L.A. needed, it was cheese. While Auntie Em's on Eagle Rock Boulevard does have a small selection of great cheeses, up until a few weeks ago, the true cheese shop experience required a trip to Pasadena or Silver Lake. But not anymore. Silver Lake Cheese Shop alum Leah Park Fierro has filled the niche with her new Colorado Boulevard shop Milkfarm. The neighborhood spot offers local and imported cheese, assorted meats, local gourmet products, and a glass case overflowing with fresh-made sandwiches and pastries.
The cheese selection includes the favorites you expect, like Cypress Grove and Cowgirl Creamery varieties, plus more obscure finds from across the country and around the world. "I'm proud to carry some exciting cheeses that I have to special order in advance from other countries. It also feels good to bring in customer requests. I'm the cheese liason!" says Park Fierro, who happily dishes out samples to stymied customers while searching out their preferences to help them find their "it" cheese. She even slices and packages orders right at the front counter, which is a nice touch.
The sandwiches are probably the biggest draw. When I was there on a recent Saturday, customers crowded around outside before the doors even opened to get first dibs on picturesque stacks of rustic sandwiches. There was a long, thin, crusty baguette filled with shaved turkey, thick-sliced smoked mozzarella, and bruschetta; house-roasted beef on potato rosemary slices done up with horseradish aioli, saurkraut and Hooks Two Year Cheddar; and of course, the grilled cheese, which seems to be Milkfarm's thing. These grilled cheese are not of the hardcore, cheese-and-butter-dripping variety that have become so chic—they're more restrained with a mix of shredded cheeses and flavorful additions, like leeks, shallots and onions. It should be noted that quality, not size, is the aim at Milkfarm, so most sandwiches require a side.
To that end, you might consider a pastry. Milkfarm doesn't make their own, but they do source them from Bread Lounge along with all the bread that's used for sandwiches, which is great news. They also sell their baguettes and ciabatta rolls. The kouign amann is the thing to get since there's nothing like it for miles. The rare, sugar-crusted, buttery cake with lovely denseness is impossible to stop eating until every last crumb is consumed. The chocolate chip cookies topped with sea salt will also do you right, and the croissants, filled with smoky ham and cheese are a good take-home gift to yourself.
You should also check out the handpicked selection of LA-made products, from Morning Glory Confections brittle to luscious fruit presses from Grace & I (right now they have the Hawaiian one with pineapple, mango, papaya and macadamia nuts). Going one step further, Milkfarm also hosts different local food makers, who come to sample and sell their wares, every Saturday. They recently had Pagnol Boulanger (see that beautiful basket of bread below), and the next few weeks will bring The Fancy Boyz and Creme Caramel LA. Cheese classes and Parmigiano cracking parties are also in the works.
It's no wonder Milkfarm is already so popular. Why didn't anyone think of this sooner?
Valentina Silva writes about food and restaurants. You can also find Valentina's reviews and stories on her blog, Eastside Food Bites.


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One Million Screwdrivers: The Bassinet Story (Part 5 of 5)
This is an article in a series called One Million Screwdrivers. You may read all the articles in this series by clicking here.
My wife and I had a bassinet given to us when our first child was born. It was decent enough for a piece of furniture that would only be around for a few months. After our daughter grew out of it, we passed it over to one of our friends with a newborn, and then recouped it again when we had our second child. With our second child finally growing out of that bassinet, and with no plans on having another baby, the bassinet had no use to us anymore. With a house of four, our space had diminished further... so, not knowing anyone with a newborn to give it to, we needed to get rid of it fast.
A comparable bassinet would have sold for $200 to $300, but we didn't want to wait that long. We could arrange a time for someone to come by and pay us $50 or something, but that might involve an investment of time on our part, a scarcity we did not have. We could take it to Goodwill and drop it off as a donation for the tax write-off, but that would also require an investment of time... same problem. Despite the logic pointing us to post it on Craigslist, my wife had attached a huge amount of sentimental value to it—after all, it had protected both our newborn daughters in the most fragile and beautiful moments of their lives. My wife didn't want to just give away this bassinet to some random stranger who might snatch it up and resell it for a profit.
But, in the end, she gave in. I took the bassinet downstairs, placed it outside our closed garage door, and posted an ad on Craigslist saying, "Free bassinet. Great condition. First come, first served!" It was gone before sundown.
That evening, my wife was searching Craigslist for my original ad and found this post completely by accident:
A big, big thank you to the couple who gave this stuff away. I picked up the bassinet with the sheets, etc. in it a little while ago. Our bassinet had been damaged beyond repair in an accident, so we were really needing another. Many thanks!! I am just thrilled with the bassinet!
Our intent was not really charitable, but pragmatic. Still, it felt good. We gave up our control, let our bassinet go out into the world, and it found a good home. Letting the bassinet go was worth the risk.
Here's a little known fact about Woodstock—it was one massive act of piracy. Originally, the organizers had intended to charge for tickets but their three foot wooden fences were immediately pushed over by a wall of hippies. Following a tense moment of pondering legal action, the Woodstock organizers considered how many people were ignoring their legal rights, i.e., everyone, and deduced that any attempt to enforce their legal rights would lead to riots. Of course, nobody knows whether Woodstock would have retained its place in music history as the concert of all time if its organizers had been able to successfully charge for tickets, but it's safe to say that many people still talk about Woodstock because it was a free concert with the greatest musicians of their generation. Today, it's still possible to cash in on vintage Woodstock T-shirts. Think about that. Woodstock happened 40 years ago last year... and they're still selling T-Shirts. If that isn't the power of free, I don't know what is.
Many in entertainment sectors have an unhealthy fixation with the word, "free". They consider putting a free price on their content, or giving away copyable versions of their content, as synonymous with calling their content worthless. Price and value are distinct ideas, but they hear "free" and further arguments start to fall on deaf ears.
I've tried to use air and water as examples of how even "free" goods can still be enormously valuable, but the counter-arguments are that air and water aren't free because we still pay taxes to keep the air and water clean. Okay... there's some truth in that, I guess. Anyone in Los Angeles knows that water from the tap is expensive, even it feels free. However, this completely misses the point about abundance: you can go into any restaurant in America and ask for a glass of water and not be charged for it because it is so abundant. Water priced at $0.00 does not demean its value. Without water, we would die. Yet it is abundant, so its price is zero.
But fine, let's dance. I have the ultimate trump card—the outer core 3,200 miles below the Earth's surface. The outer core is an ocean of 4400°C nickel iron with insufficient pressure to be converted into a solid state. Because iron is electrically conducting, its swirling eddies produce a massive magnetic field extending beyond Earth by several thousand miles... a magnetic field which shields us all from lethal doses of radioactive solar winds. More than air, water, or even sunlight, Earth's swirling outer core of liquid metal frequently keeps us from burning to a crisp. Thus, the outer core is indisputably one of the most valuable things sustaining life on this planet. However, despite this incredible value, we pay nothing to sustain it. Years go by and we hardly even give it a thought, but without that liquid metal constantly churning thousands of miles beneath our feet, we would all die from solar radiation. Abundant means free, not worthless.
The hypothetical example of one million screwdrivers was to show that when you lower costs, you gain more buyers... and buyers become fans... and fans come back to buy more. Yet when you lower your costs to "free", you stop making money and start getting something else entirely, something potentially far more valuable than money—attention. Why is it more important? Because attention brings discovery, fans, opportunity and influence. The more fans, the more leverage you have to make money from other outlets.
That's where a lot of people in the Analog Age need to take a leap of faith. They're still making money off $25 DVDs. They control the distribution paradigms and it's worked very well for them, thank you very much. Why should they give that up? They'll just push for tighter Digital Rights Management and pay high-priced lawyers to send out cease-and-desist letters.
Here's how I see the two different approaches:
- Retain control and spend money on DRM, lawyers and marketing.
- Make money selling infinite goods. (MP3, MPEG, JPG, PDF)
- Have limited/niche attention, small fan base.
- Hope enough fans remain faithful.
- Be resentful about piracy.
- Cede control and save money on DRM, lawyers, and marketing.
- Don't make money with infinite goods by themselves.
- Get massive attention from freely distributed infinite goods.
- Leverage that massive attention to discover and nurture new fans.
- Make money selling scarce goods. (time-saving, convenience, authenticity, exclusivity, etc.)
- Hope your infinite goods get pirated more!
The ones who refuse to acknowledge any or all of these arguments seem to have a vested interest clouding their judgement, or they've never thought too much about the issues, or they have a monochromatic morality forged in a Analog Age. They think pirates are evil, so they push for increasingly stricter DRM. So I have to wonder: is the source of this conflict merely two incongruous ways of looking at the world? Media futurist Gerd Leonhard put it this way, and we'll use this eloquent piece to conclude this blog series:
After countless conversations and debates over the past 8 years, I have come to think that the DRM issue is largely a question of which reality one believes to be true—and we must address the solution as such, too. No research, no statistics, no hard facts, and no futurists will tell us conclusively whether the record companies should or should not use DRM when selling digital music. To make this decision will not be science but an art!
Do you believe that the sharing of music—and therefore its consumption, in general—needs to be controlled, that a certain amount of friction is required to extract any meaningful payments for music in a digital environment, that the average consumer will always try to avoid paying anything, if given any opportunity to do so, that it is impossible to sell something that is, to a large degree, also obtainable for free, and that the monetary value of music really is in 'the copy' of a song? Then you would indeed need to be a strong advocate of technical protection measures and digital rights management software—in your mind the control of those 0s & 1s would be a definitive prerequisite for any monetization. No control equals no income; a 'free for all' is the result of having too little control.
Or do you believe that a consumer will always pay for something that is easy, enjoyable and trouble-free to acquire and that has demonstrated, tangible and trusted value, that it's not just the copy of a file or a piece of plastic that represents the real and inherent value of music, that friction can not be successfully re-inserted into our increasingly frictionless commerce environments, that our business problems cannot be solved with technological measures? Then you would be against DRM or TPMs, unless they could be 100% device-compatible, unobtrusive and behind-the-scenes, and indeed offer actual benefits to the end user—this certainly looks an exceedingly tall order that is, imho, beyond reach as far as digital music commerce is concerned.
Do you believe that music can be sold 'like water', i.e., as an ubiquitous asset that can both feel-like-free (like tap water), as well as be paid-for (like premium priced bottled water, a $100 billion business), or should music commerce remain strictly in the realm of units, copies and their various controlled physical or digital embodiments?
This is an article in a series called One Million Screwdrivers. You may read all the articles in this series by clicking here, or the other articles here:
- Introduction
- The Experiment
- Ripple Effects
- Lessons Learned
- The Bassinet Story


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WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Bonnie Sue Rauch never thought a photo she took of a monarch butterfly perched on a zinnia nine years ago would end up on a Forever Stamp.
But thanks to an image she had on file with a stock agency, her photograph was selected as part of the U.S. Postal Service pollinators series -- basically a one in 40,000 shot based on the number of submissions the Postal Service receives, according to a postal service spokesman.
Others in the series include a monarch and a coneflower, a monarch and a goldenrod, a western honeybee and a golden ragwort, a western honeybee and a New England aster as well as a field of wildflowers.
Rauch, a Somers resident and adjunct professor at Westchester Community College -- she's teaching a course on rewiring your life post retirement as well as one on rebuilding your life after a loss -- has been taking photographs of nature for more than 45 years.
She's also a Reiki specialist and a private pilot (her aerial photograph of the Grand Prasmatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park is on the NASA Hubble site).
"I've been published in textbooks, magazines, and calendars but this really floored me," she said.
"It hit home when I went to my PO box and found a letter from a friend with my stamps on it."
"The pollinator series is so timely and I am grateful to be part of it," she added. "My heart aches for the disrespect and poisons the butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds are subject to."
This stamp image was taken in 2008 when she was picking organic raspberries and noted more butterflies than she could count in the nearby zinnia garden.
In the years since then, she said she rarely sees two or three monarchs at a time. It's why she believes the photograph touches so many. "It's hopefully a wake-up call to climate change and the results of pesticides released in the environment," she said.
"Despite the small size of the image, I think it holds great impact."
Want to learn more? Head to "Celebrate Somers"day where, on Saturday, Sept. 9 the post office will have a table selling Rauch's stamps from 10 a.m. to noon (yes, she will be there).
The event, which goes until 3 p.m. is at the Towne Center, 325 Route 100 and will also feature kid's activities, live music, games, entertainment and food trucks.
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Read what the teams and drivers had to say after the Italian Grand Prix
- Race:
- Italian Grand Prix
CaterhamHeikki Kovalainen - 14th
"Overall the race was OK and better than we had last weekend but for me it was a pretty hard afternoon, not too bad but maybe a bit average. I didn't really have the performance I had on the longer runs on Friday and the grip level felt lower so I couldn't really attack and that held me up a bit on each set of tyres.
"Now we have a couple of weeks to work through everything we've learnt in Italy and from Spa and make sure we go to Singapore with a clear idea of where we lost time in Belgium and what we can do to keep improving in the rest of the season. Everyone's determined to get back to where we should be and we'll see what we've learnt when we get back on track in two weeks time."
Vitaly Petrov - 15th
"My car felt fantastic all afternoon so thanks to the team for giving me a car I could push my teammate with right up to the last lap. The pitstops were good and the mechanics and engineers did a great job to keep me in the hunt with Heikki. With a few laps left Heikki and I were right up behind Fernando but Heikki was close enough to the Ferrari to use his DRS, otherwise maybe I'd have been able to pass. Anyway, we've definitely improved since Spa and we can build on this for Singapore and the rest of the season.
"It was my birthday yesterday and I had a quiet dinner with some friends. Now I can go out and celebrate a bit more and that'll be a good way to finish the European races this year - maybe I should make sure I have dinner with them before every race so I can have as good a Sunday as this for the rest of the year!"
FerrariFernando Alonso - 3rd
"This Sunday was perfect for the championship, almost like a film with a happy ending: another podium finish, three of my closest rivals with no points and an increased lead over my closest pursuer. I remain convinced that, but for the problem in qualifying yesterday, we could definitely have had every chance of starting from pole and if we can be equally competitive on Saturdays at the tracks that are coming up, it will be very important for the end of the season. We must try to win some more races and to manage the lead we have in the classification. Here we had to mark Vettel, but in Singapore it will be important to keep an eye on Hamilton, who is now second. When I found myself fighting with Vettel I went off the track and, from then on, the car was not right. It wasn't nice bouncing through the gravel but, afterwards, I was able to overtake him anyway a few laps later. I don't want to comment on the penalty he received, but what he did was definitely on the limit. The opening laps were the key to my race. I passed a few cars - Kimi, Di Resta and Michael - and finding myself sixth almost immediately put my race on a more even course. Racing for Ferrari at Monza and standing on the podium is something special: driving a red car is different because the fans are exceptional. If they were told not to eat for days to have the chance to drive a car from Maranello, they would do it and this is what makes the passion for Ferrari unique around the world."
Felipe Massa - 4th
"I'm pleased with this result, even if I'd been hoping to make it to the podium. We faced higher tyre degradation than we expected, very different to what we had seen on Friday in free practice. A shame, because while the tyres were still working, I could match the pace of the McLarens, but then I began to lose the rear end earlier than they did. It was not an easy race: towards the end, Perez came back at me very strongly and there was nothing I could do to fend him off. I worked for the team, trying to help Fernando, which is as it should be. I have always done it and will do it whenever it's necessary. I don't think a two stop strategy would have worked: looking at the data, for us it was definitely slower than a single stop. When the team had no telemetry, we spoke for a long time on the radio and, all in all, we were able to manage the situation in the best way possible. I don't know if this race changes anything regarding my future, but definitely the most important thing for now is to keep going like this, working with great concentration and trying to do my best for the team."
Stefano Domenicali, team principal
"We often say it on Saturday after qualifying: the points are only given out on Sunday afternoon and today we saw that confirmed yet again. There was another confirmation, if indeed one was needed, that reliability has to be the absolute priority. After all the problems we had over this weekend, for us to be able to leave Monza with Fernando increasing his lead in the Drivers' championship, bringing it back to the level it had reached after Hungary and with enough points to consider the Constructors' championship open again, is very important for us. Fernando produced a great drive, as did Felipe. Sure, the regret relating to the pole that was within our grasp is still present, because starting from the first row rather than the fifth, the Spanish driver could have definitely been in the fight for the victory. Felipe proved to everyone, not to us, because we knew already, that he is a driver who can fight for the very top spot and that at Ferrari, we work as a team, united in our efforts to reach the targets we set ourselves. The European part of the Formula 1 season has come to a close and now the final leg begins, with seven races in a little over two months. Those seven will be very tough for everyone and all of us, back in Maranello and at the race tracks, will tackle them doing our very best, paying great attention to every little detail. That's the only way we will be able to achieve our goals, which, I repeat, are within our capabilities."
Pat Fry, technical director
"Saying this has been an intense weekend would be something of a euphemism. We had various reliability problems on the cars in the past days and today we had one with the garage equipment which meant we were practically in the dark, in that we had neither telemetry nor television pictures on the pit wall, nor the link to the remote garage at Maranello, at what was a one of the crucial phases of the race, in other words as we were coming up to the pit stops. We had a bit of a communication problem and it was rather like taking a step back in time to the days when we didn't have all this equipment available: at one point we had to make do with the telephone to speak to Maranello and decide if it was the right time for the pit stop! We were able to manage the situation, but believe me, it was not a walk in the park. Then there was the incident when Fernando went off the track in his duel with Vettel: once the telemetry was working again, we spotted there was something not quite right at the rear, so in the final laps, we asked him to be cautious, avoiding the kerbs. When the car was in parc ferme, I have to say we could see the damage was quite bad, also affecting the aerodynamics. From a technical point of view, this afternoon, the tyre degradation was greater than we had expected going into the race: we must analyse the data carefully to understand why. We managed to recover almost completely from the situation we were in after yesterday's problems, but looking at the weekend as a whole, I have to say what happened over these days should ring some alarm bells for all of us: we have to do the maximum in every area if we want to win."
Force IndiaPaul Di Resta - 8th
"Coming into this weekend I probably would have settled for eighth place, but when you consider the pace we showed in qualifying yesterday, we certainly had high hopes for the race. I struggled at the start with the heavy fuel load and didn't really have the race pace on the medium tyres. Things improved after my stop when I was running the hard compound and our pace was much stronger towards the end of the race. But there was no way I could keep the Mercedes behind me and with their two-stop strategy they had a bit more speed than us. It's good to extend our lead over Williams with a few more points, but obviously Sauber look strong and outperformed a lot of people. We will take the positives from the weekend, analyse things and try and improve our race pace in time for Singapore."
Nico Hulkenberg - DNF
"It's always frustrating to start right at the back and I knew it was going to be difficult to come through the pack - even with a quick car. I had a few good fights in the race - so from that point of view it was fun, but I was struggling with my brakes from lap one with a long pedal and I lost more performance as the race went on. Towards the end it became a safety concern so we decided to retire the car. It's not been a particularly memorable weekend for me, but at least the team scored some points with the other car."
Vijay Mallya, team principal
"I think we made the most of a challenging race today. Despite the speed we showed yesterday, we did not have the race pace early on to fight the cars ahead of us. So all considered I'm pleased to see Paul come home eighth and score four points. The one-stop strategy worked well for us and the car was coming on strong in the closing stages of the race. We were a bit fortunate with some retirements, but we were in the right place to maximise the opportunities. Nico's difficult weekend continued as he suffered with brake issues all afternoon. He made some progress early in the race, but as the brake problem deteriorated there was no choice but to retire the car."
HRTPedro de la Rosa - 18th
"I'm more than satisfied with the result, especially keeping in mind how we started the race. The start wasn't easy but I did what I could because the medium tyres didn't work well. In the second half of the race, on hard tyres, I started to run well and I'm happy with our pitstop because it was very good. I'm happy with this 100th Grand Prix although I would have liked to have done it better. We have to continue improving and in Singapore we hope for the planned upgrades to help us take that step forward."
Narain Karthikeyan - 19th
"I had a great start and overtook both Marussias, but on the first corner we had a slight touch that, besides making me lose positions, damaged my front wing. The car was oversteering and we made the most of the pit stop to the change the front wing, which made us lose a substantial amount of time. Then the blue flags started coming out and we also had to change our driving mode to avoid excessive overheating and reach the end of the race. Nevertheless, I'm happy because the car is performing well and surely, if we continue working hard, we will achieve a good result. Now the Asian swing begins and I'm very excited about racing close to home in Singapore."
Luis-Perez Sala, team principal
"I'm happy with how the race went; we experienced no problems and the car proved its good reliability. We carried out a one-stop strategy which worked well and finished one lap off the winner, which proved that we had a good performance. We've closed the gap to the head of the field at a circuit that we knew would benefit us. Overall it's been a positive weekend with Ma's debut and Pedro's 100th Grand Prix, and now we're looking forward to Singapore, where I hope we will be able to continue progressing."
LotusKimi Raikkonen - 5th
"It's good to go into third position in the Drivers' Championship but we lost some points to Fernando [Alonso] which is not ideal. It was a difficult weekend as we were too slow in a straight line, making it very difficult to hold off anyone and even with the DRS it was difficult to overtake the cars in front. We did the one stop strategy and the tyres were fine. We came into the race looking for sixth or seventh so fifth is the maximum we could have done here this weekend."
Jerome d'Ambrosio - 13th
"It was a pretty long and difficult race for me today. After losing my KERS on lap 6 it was always going to be tough as that's worth about half a second per lap around here. I got a good start and was up fighting with Daniel [Ricciardo] and Nico [Rosberg], but once I lost that extra boost it was impossible to keep up and I dropped back. My last stint on the medium tyres in clean air was pretty good and I didn't make many mistakes, so maybe with a bit more luck we could have had a slightly better result. My main aim was to finish the race and I've achieved that so it's not so bad overall. It was great to be back in the car and especially with such a fantastic team ; I've learnt a lot this weekend."
Eric Boullier, team principal
"From this weekend I don't think we could have expected better. The key to a good championship position at the end of the season is always scoring points, even when it is a difficult weekend. Kimi delivered exactly as we wanted from him today and moving to third in the standings is a just reward. We are still in contact with those ahead of us in both Championships with seven races to go. Jérôme did an amazing job after being thrown in at the deep end. Without his KERS issue I'm pretty sure he could have achieved a points finish. We are optimistic that from Singapore onwards we will be much more competitive due to the circuit layout and updates we have coming, meaning we will be able to score more points in every race."
Alan Permane, trackside operations director
"We weren't looking forward to coming to Monza as it doesn't play to the strengths of our car so we're very happy to come away with fifth place from Kimi. He drove exceptionally well at a circuit where we knew we weren't going to be super competitive. It's fantastic that he has moved up into third place in the Drivers' Championship, and is now just one point off second. Jérôme had one arm tied behind his back with a KERS failure very early in the race and KERS is worth a significant amount of time here. He did a very credible job despite this, and his pace on the medium compound tyre in the second part of the race was pretty good. We now move to a circuit which we feel should really suit our car so we're looking forward to the fly-aways."
MarussiaCharles Pic - 16th
"I am very happy with today's race performance as it represents another significant step for the team. We came here expecting it to be a tough weekend for us; our car had not performed well in Montreal, which has similar aerodynamic characteristics. We worked well through the various set-up options to arrive at a car that was actually very strong and which today put us even closer to the cars ahead when we were perhaps expecting not to be so competitive to them here. This is a good sign. In the race it was not a bad start, but not great, so there is some work we can do in the last stage of the season to improve that and our prospects for the races. We have some more upgrades for Singapore so I hope they translate into more of this great progress we have been seeing."
Timo Glock - 17th
"A bitter shame on my side really. The start itself was not great although I got through Turn 1 okay, but into Turn 2 there was a bit of a queue in front of me and Petrov moved to the outside, where I was. I couldn't avoid him and he just clipped my front wing, which was damaged as a result. From there I couldn't really do much as we had lost a bit of performance and the car was just 'okay' to drive. Worse than that, as I stopped so early I was out of sequence. I had to stay out longer and had more degradation at the end as the stints were quite long for me. Then blue flags cost us at the end. Overall I think we have to be quite pleased as we weren't really running with the traditional Monza downforce specification. I'm now looking forward to Singapore - my favourite race."
John Booth, team principal
"Overall, we've seen even further improvement today, however the race was not without its disappointments, as we were unable to finish in the positions that we had hoped for. Neither driver got the best of starts, however by the end of lap one we were in a position to challenge the cars directly ahead. The pace of both cars was good initially, but unfortunately Timo had broken his front wing end plate during the first lap melée and had to pit for a new wing, which effectively ruined his race as he was well off the optimum strategy. Charles did a fantastic job to keep pace with our immediate competitors and our plan for him was to run a one stop race. Unfortunately, we were limited by front tyre wear, despite having a good rate of rear degradation, and this resulted in us having to complete a two-stop race and lose what would have been track position to a Caterham. Despite our steady progress, experiences such as this do still disappoint us, but we take great comfort and encouragement from seeing how well we have fared here, despite not running an optimum Monza downforce package. We have achieved our target of ending the European section of the calendar on a positive note and we look forward to a very busy but exciting final phase of the season. As we say goodbye to Monza I'd like to take this opportunity to thank everyone in the team, both trackside and back at base, for all their hard work and dedication to the task of improving both car and team performance. We really are coming into our own now and we can all take tremendous pride in what we are achieving at this stage in the season."
McLarenLewis Hamilton - 1st
"Winning at Monza is one of the greatest experiences of my Formula 1 career. I absolutely love this place: I've been coming to Italy to race since I was 13 years old and I just love the culture, the food and the people.
"Since I started in Formula 1, Monza has been one of the races I always wanted to win at - it's such an incredible, historic circuit and all the great racing drivers have won here. To finally put my name on that list makes me feel extremely proud, but also very humble.
"Our car has been fantastic all weekend, and it was nice to have a relaxed grand prix with no troubles. I was out on my own for most of the race and just tried to manage the gap behind me. I was cruising at the end, but, once I heard that Sergio [Perez] had got past Fernando [Alonso], I had to push a little to keep the cushion over second place.
"The race was very unfortunate for Jenson - we were running first and second at the time and it would have been great for the team if we could have finished like that.
"This championship is proving to be so unpredictable - and I'm so grateful that we've got a good car and that we're in the fight. We've got seven more races on the calendar. We should enjoy today, but this victory is just one step. Tomorrow, we'll start all over again, for Singapore."
Jenson Button - DNF
"I had too much wheelspin at the start, and that dropped me to third and caused me to lose a lot of time behind Felipe [Massa]. But it was nice to get past him, put some clear air between us, and then start chasing down Lewis.
"I was never going to challenge him for the win, but it would have been great for the team if we could have finished first and second. But it wasn't to be.
"I don't entirely know what caused my car to stop - I'm told it was a fuel system problem that we're still investigating. The engine cut out and I had to coast to a stop. These things happen.
"But, looking for the positives, I want to offer my congratulations to the whole team. We've proven over the past few races that we're very strong in both qualifying trim and race trim. That consistency is really key, and we haven't seen that form from any team all season, so that's very encouraging indeed."
Martin Whitmarsh, team principal
"Lewis drove a perfect race here at Monza today, and duly took a well-deserved victory - his 20th grand prix win and McLaren's 180th.
"In truth, he was in total control throughout all 53 laps, and was never really threatened.
"We should have scored a one-two finish, but Jenson was deprived of an easy second place by a fuel system problem. That's frustrating for him and frustrating for us, but the important thing is that our car is a winner. We've now won three grands prix in a row, and both our drivers are on top form.
"Lewis has now closed up to second place in the drivers' world championship, with seven grands prix still to run. It was his third victory of the season, and Vodafone McLaren Mercedes' fifth. The momentum is with us, and the drivers' world championship crown is well within Lewis's grasp. In the constructors' championship, too, we're in good shape.
"Winning is what Vodafone McLaren Mercedes is all about. In Singapore in two weeks' time, we're planning to do some more of it."
MercedesNico Rosberg - 7th
"Seventh place is an improvement on my recent finishes so I'm satisfied with that today, although there may have been potential for more. I had no grip on my option tyres in the first stint, which were the same set that gave me problems in Q3. After the first stop, I had very good pace and was able to set a few fastest race laps and move up the field with some nice overtakes. It's nice to have had a better finish to a race weekend and I'm looking forward to more of the same in Singapore in a couple of weeks."
Michael Schumacher - 6th
"It was a fun race today - although I must admit that, following our performance on Friday, I had secretly hoped we would be able to move up the field. But we had a tricky first stint. After that, everything went really well, we were on the pace and I think we showed a clear upwards trend today. I kind of ran out of laps this afternoon and, if the race had been a bit longer, I'd have been able to battle even further forward. Overall, though, we got everything out of it today. Now we need to keep this trend going - and everybody in the team is working hard on it."
Ross Brawn, team principal
"Both our drivers put in strong, aggressive and controlled performances today. We knew that a one-stop strategy was not feasible for us this afternoon, so we went into the race planning to make two stops and knew the drivers would have to race hard to make it work against other cars who were one-stopping. The disappointment today was that both drivers really struggled on their first set of tyres - perhaps because of how we used them in qualifying, running more than one timed lap in Q3, or perhaps another factor, which is something we will have to analyse. We lost all our time in this phase of the race but, thereafter, the performance of both cars looked good. Nico's fastest lap shows that our level of performance today was reasonable and both he and Michael were consistently among the fastest in the second half of the race. Sixth and seventh places are far from perfect but we can be positive about an exciting race, running the right strategy for our current situation and two great drives from Michael and Nico."
Norbert Haug, motorsport director
"Fighting drives from Michael and Nico this afternoon with lots of nice overtaking moves. We didn't have great pace in the opening stint, running the option tyres we had used in qualifying like everybody in the top ten, but it looked much better after the first stops. Congratulations to Lewis Hamilton and McLaren Mercedes on three wins in a row - two for Lewis, one for Jenson Button. Our Mercedes engine has taken six wins from 13 races this season, including one for our Silver Arrows team in China. After scoring the most points of any engine in 2009, 2010 and 2011, this confirms the Mercedes V8 as the most successful power plant so far in 2012 as well."
Red BullSebastian Vettel - DNF
"I found out I had a problem roughly 300 metres before I stopped the car. It was an alternator problem, similar to the one we had yesterday morning. The drive-through incident was decided and happened, so there's not so much to say about that. We lost some points today; but we did the best we could - you could see that our pace was not as strong as the leaders. It had been a good race for us given the lack of pace. There are not so many long straights at the next couple of circuits, so we can challenge there."
Mark Webber - DNF
"Towards the end of the race, I had no rear tyres left and I was pushing reasonably hard. Nico (Rosberg) was coming on his fresh two-stop tyres, so I had to keep pushing and staying on it - for the sake of getting a couple of points, maybe I shouldn't have pushed as hard, but I was trying to stay on it. The rear tyres were completely finished, so I dropped it out of the Ascari chicane; I managed to keep it off the wall, but then the tyres were so heavily flat-spotted, I was worried about damaging the car. We do 330 km/h round here, I couldn't see the track, so we decided to retire."
Christian Horner, team principal
"A hugely disappointing race - our first non-points scoring race since Korea 2010. It was a repeat failure on Sebastian's car with the alternator and we need to look into it and work with Renault to ensure it doesn't happen again. It's already cost us a victory in Valencia and now a points-finish again here in Monza. It's important we address it for the remaining seven races. For Mark, it was a tough race. Unfortunately he just ran out of tyres near the end of the race and the resulting flat spots that came from the high-speed spin put an awful lot of vibration in the car. Rather than risk a failure, we chose to retire the car."
SauberKamui Kobayashi - 9th
"First of all congratulations to Sergio - well done, mate! It is a great day for our team. I have nothing to complain about with my race, but for some reason I just didn't have the pace. Obviously I raced on a different strategy as I had to start on the tyres I qualified with. For both compounds I admit I had a lack of experience as we hadn't managed to do long runs on Friday. I just had a normal race, so there wasn't really anything special."
Sergio Pérez - 2nd
"This was a very enjoyable race for me. It was one of those where you have the pace and are the one to attack. I am very happy for the team which is working very hard. It is a really good team, I am proud of it. I didn't have an easy first stint with the hard tyres but it was certainly the right strategy. I was frequently in contact with the team on the radio because I was worried the tyres would suddenly drop and we would have to change our strategy. Also we were not quite sure how quickly they would warm up. However, it worked out fine, I could stay out as long as I needed to for our strategy. The second stint was then really maximum attack and I must say all of the drivers I overtook have been fair. They didn't leave me more room than they had to, but it was always enough. This is the way it should be. I am very pleased at having achieved my first European podium in Monza."
Monisha Kaltenborn, CEO
"What a day and what a result! I have to say this comes as somewhat of a surprise on a track which we thought would be quite challenging for our car. But once again we proved our strong race performance. For quite some time Sergio was the fastest driver out there. It's fantastic that the team back at our home base prepared such a competitive car. The race team made the right decisions for the set-up and the strategy and the drivers delivered on the track. These 20 points are very important for our goal to move up in the championship."
Giampaolo Dall'Ara, head of track engineering
"Both cars got away quite well from the start. Our drivers were on different strategies: Kamui was on used medium tyres from Q3, while Sergio started on new hard tyres. We targeted one stop for both drivers. But Kamui lost some time, and we have to investigate why his car was not as quick as the other one. Something went wrong there. Sergio had to be patient in the beginning in order to do a longer first stint, and then on the new medium tyres his pace was outstanding, this explains his great performance. As a team we are very happy. The performance of the car was there, which was the basis for this great result."
Toro RossoDaniel Ricciardo - 12th
"It's been so hard to score points this year and that means it is incredibly disappointing not to get one today. I was tenth until the last corner on the very last lap. At that point, I accelerated to exit Parabolica and nothing happened. At the moment, I don't know the cause, but to miss out on a point by a few hundred metres is bitterly disappointing."
Jean-Eric Vergne - DNF
"I was taken from the accident to the Medical Centre, but apart from a bit of pain in my back and my head, I am fine. I don't know why I crashed. All I can remember is that when I braked, I completely lost control of the back end of the car. I felt a big impact when the car landed after going up in the air. The kerb is high at that point and I count myself lucky that the car did not flip over."
Franz Tost, team principal
"A frustrating race for us at the end of a difficult weekend on home ground. As it was clear we did not have great pace this weekend, we decided to run Daniel on a one stop strategy in the hope of making up places on those changing tyres twice. It worked to a certain extent, as from 14th on the grid he was in tenth place for most of the final lap. Unfortunately, his car suffered a fuel pick-up problem, which we now need to investigate and this dropped him back to twelfth. As for Jean-Eric's accident, we now need to look into its causes."
WilliamsPastor Maldonado - 11th
"It was a tough race, especially starting from the back, but the car showed good pace and was consistent. We just missed out on the points but I was happy to have made up 11 places in the race. I'm looking forward to the next race now as I think the track will suit our car better, so we'll see."
Bruno Senna - 10th
"It was very tough to try to make the one-stop strategy work, but we did it and were also lucky with a few cars that were forced to retire. It was a great effort from the team today to make it into the points. Now we look forward to the next few races where we run higher downforce on the car which should suit us better. We will be aiming to build on today and bring home even more points."
Mark Gillan, chief operations engineer
"Both drivers had good starts and from 13th on the grid today, we are pleased to have scored a point with Bruno who ran a one-stop strategy and finished in tenth. Pastor also drove well, finishing just behind Bruno in 11th on a two stop strategy, having started back in 22nd following his 10-position grid penalty."


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CHICAGO—A new class-action lawsuit accuses Vivint of sending automated calls to cellphones without the owners' permission, violating their privacy and federal law.
"It's unfortunate that a company as large as this is going to take shortcuts and invade people's privacy by sending out prerecorded calls," Brian Wanca, an attorney for the Illinois man who is the representative plaintiff in the lawsuit, told Security Systems News.
The lawsuit seeks an injunction barring Vivint from making such calls, and damages and court costs.
Vivint public relations director Megan Herrick said the company does not comment on pending litigation.
Vivint, a leading summer-model home automation/home security company based in Provo, Utah, also declined to talk to SSN in general about whether it uses automated calls, sometimes called "robocalls." Some companies hire lead-generation firms to do automated calling for them, but look for reputable firms that are legally compliant.
Christopher Johansen filed the lawsuit Aug. 12 in the Circuit Court of Cook County. He is bringing the case individually and "as the representative of a class of similarly situated persons," the complaint says.
It claims that on two dates last year, May 9 and Oct. 24, Vivint called Johansen's cellular telephone number "and delivered a prerecorded voice message without obtaining [his] express permission to do so." Vivint also made additional calls to his cellphone, the lawsuit contends.
The calls interfered with Johansen's business or personal communications and invaded his privacy, the complaint says.
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Vivint "knew or should have known" that it was "utilizing an automatic telephone dialing system or artificial or prerecorded voice to deliver calls to numbers assigned to cellular subscribers … who had not provided express permission or invitation," the lawsuit says.
It alleges Vivint's actions constitute a violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. That federal law "was enacted to protect privacy rights" and prohibits the use of "an auto dialer or prerecorded voice to deliver a message to cellular telephone numbers," the lawsuit says. Vivint "failed to correctly determine the legal restrictions on an automatic telephone dialing system to call cellular telephones," the complaint contends.
The law was enacted in 1991. "The statute's been out there for some time," Wanca told SSN.
The lawsuit demands damages, which the law states are $500 for each violation. However, that amount can be tripled to $1,500 if the violation was knowing, the lawsuit says.
It also seeks attorney's fees and court costs and any further relief the court decides is necessary. It calculates the monetary awards per individual could reach a maximum of just under $75,000.
If the court certifies the case as a class action, it's not clear how many other individuals might also become involved. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of "all persons in the United States" who may have received such calls in the past four years.
"That's what discovery is going to tell," Wanca told SSN when asked about the potential number of claimants in the case.
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A lot of security firms use Robo callers to market for business and this just shows that the data needs to be scrubbed more acturately. Good job on the article.


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During the Dancing With the Stars finale, Kelly Monaco and Val Chmerkovskiy admitted there is definitely love between them, which only made all of us at home even more curious about whether or not Kelly and Val are actually a couple or just really, REALLY good friends. (For the record, I'm not buying the friend thing.)
And so far on their post-season press tour, they've kind of skirted around the question and managed to change the subject when anyone asks them if they're dating.
They may be able to remain coy during interviews, but the evidence of their connection in this photo is pretty much all we need to be convinced that there is definitely more going on between them than simply being good buddies.
OMG!! Just look at them! This picture was taken yesterday while they strolled the streets of New York City arm in arm -- which is something COUPLES typically do, not men and women who are just good friends. And don't even try to tell me they're all huddled up because they're cold. (Shh. That's just nonsense.)
(Heck, my husband and I don't even get this close when we're out and about together.)
And aside from them being all cuddly and cozy -- don't they look incredibly happy? Val is beaming, and even though Kelly's face is covered up, she's still turned towards Val -- a classic way of saying, "God, I love this dude" in body language terms.
But supposedly Kelly wishes people would "shut up about her and Val" already, because she's getting sick and tired of having to define their relationship. (Sorry Kelly, but I adore you guys way too much to keep quiet. I'm really not a prying bi%&h. I promise.)
I don't know what exactly it is about these two that makes them different than all the other DWTS couples who have hooked up in the past, but they just are. Their connection is on a much higher level than we can accurately explain, which is why fans are going to be absolutely crushed if they aren't really dating.
Watching them interact this season was just so beautiful that it seems impossible to entertain the idea of them not being in love and staying together forever. And I'm just not sure fans will be able to get over it if whatever this thing between them is doesn't work out.
Do you think Kelly and Val will ever fess up about their relationship?
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I am going to talk to my priest about this, but I also wanted to get your perspective.
Now, if that's the case--that chrismation and baptism ultimately effect the same purpose--then why not baptize? I think the only good reasons are pastoral reasons and TRULY ecumenical reasons, and indeed these are the reasons for acceptance by chrismation throughout its centuries of existence in the Church.
I believe Protestants should be baptized (not rebaptized) as there is no baptism outside the Orthodox Church.
And there's the danger that if a re-baptism is performed, it is actually washing away the Holy Spirit from the first one.
There's plenty of Patristic material since the early Church showing that non-Orthodox Christians have been brought into the Church through chrismation only if the non-Orthodox has already received a Trinitarian baptism with water. In the historical record, you'll find that when economia wasn't granted, it was usually due to the absence of water, or the Christian came from a non-Trinitarian sect. These are the traditional guidelines your bishop is acting under, and he's not doing anything innovative or unlawful despite what you pick up from any heated polemics online.
There's also a one baptism clause in Scripture and the Creed, which shouldn't be taken lightly because you fear your first baptism was insufficiently "holy" or it didn't take. Chrismation will take care of it.
And there's the danger that if a re-baptism is performed, it is actually washing away the Holy Spirit from the first one. Hence, the explicit endorsement of "one" baptism for the remission of sins in the Creed and words of Christ.
Basic issue: people who convert as believers are baptized, and already believed that they were baptized. Their new church cannot baptize them for the first time. One baptism may be defective, and the other not, but they are both baptisms.
Chrismation is generally held to be the equivalent of Western confirmation, depending on whom you ask. Depending on whom you ask, it is considered to be an appropriate rite for conversion from an improper to a proper polity. Otherwise, I'd tend to assert that conditional baptism is the proper rite.
It might be said that bishops are chrismating too leniently these days, but it could just as easily be said that the one baptism clause is being disregarded way too much these days, especially when you hear of Orthodox Christians being re-baptised.
For a third baptism, you can only get the holy spirit if you remember to add Mr. Bubble to the baptismal font. It says so in my canons book.
The one baptism clause applies to the Church, and only to the Church. For an Orthodox priest to baptize an already-chrismated Orthodox Christian is to endanger the initial act of rectifying a heterodox form. This is NOT the same thing as an Orthodox priest baptizing someone who, as far as we know, did NOT receive grace through the heterodox form of baptism. The former case is a baptism of a certain faith being repeated over someone who's already been admitted to that same faith, and thus already has a validated baptism. The latter case is a baptism of someone from an ALIEN FAITH who, therefore, did NOT (prior to baptism) have the same baptism/faith as the Orthodox priest who's baptizing him.
...which REALLY show the practical advantage to baptizing converts...I really don't think we have any place presuming that a heterodox baptism can or will, in and of itself, be compared to the one baptism which is tied in Scripture to the one Faith of the Church, much less that it can be assumed to be either completely or partially Spirit-filled.
The latter case is a baptism of someone from an ALIEN FAITH who, therefore, did NOT (prior to baptism) have the same baptism/faith as the Orthodox priest who's baptizing him.
Well, to call it the "equivalent" is a bit misguided, as we don't accept an RC confirmation as a suitable alternative to chrismation (as we would their baptismal form with ours). The only RCs we receive w/out chrismation are Eastern Rite, and that only because they have actually been chrismated.
And there's the danger that if a re-baptism is performed, it is actually washing away the Holy Spirit from the first one. Hence, the explicit endorsement of "one" baptism for the remission of sins in the Creed and words of Christ.
When I came to Orthodoxy, I didn't see the need for being re-baptised (especially considering I had to get into a metal tank with cold water!!!) ... no seriously. But my priest, after he had spoken to the leading priest of the Church and also the Archbishop, assured me it was necessary to get baptised again due to the uncertainty of how the Baptists baptize. So, better be safe than sorry ... I got baptised again ... but I am very thankful that I did because I see the importance of the action more so than my other baptisms.
I don't agree with those who say "exactitude", or "strictness" must be adhered to, or who make it seem as if the lenient approach (where possible) is some new, weird thing in the Church's life.
For example, the Trullo Canons of old which prescribed economy for certain heretics and schismatics (sometimes quite liberally), were dealing with people whose rites, in particular their form of Baptism, was basically that of the Orthodox Church - three immersions, and generally understood as granting the remission of sins, etc. This describes precious few of the heterodox these days, and the matter is made even worse by ever increasing problems in the western denominations.
Also, I'm not really sure people coming from such backgrounds would really be that scandalized at receiving a canonical Baptism from an Orthodox Priest.
If the convert is unhappy either because his prior baptism is rejected, or because he's denied another baptism (which he believes will make him feel better), it should be irrelevant. Otherwise, we're just Protestantizing our faith.
Baptism is not intended to be a mind-blowing ritual that gives you a warm fuzzy feeling all over. If someone thinks throwing in candles and incense and bells will give him the psychological sensation of an instant soteriological transformation, I'd say they need to re-evaluate whether they understand the conversion process. Again, it sounds like a Protestant mindset, and not all too different from the fellow who says he needs to hear Ravi Shankar during his daily prayers to get mystical buzz.
That's pretty much true, though I don't believe the triple immersion part was universally practiced in the Orthodox Church, as can be seen in the Didache various forms of water baptism were allowed without mandating another baptism be performed. We've uncovered baptismal fonts from the Byzantine period which are only a few inches deep, which would rule out a full immersion.
The "triple" nature of the baptism with water plus Trinitarian belief have been the basic elements in granting economia.
"The Orthodox Church in America receives non-Orthodox by three rites: 1. Those converting from Judaism, paganism, and Islam, as well as those who distort or do not accept the dogma of the Holy Trinity, or where the baptism is performed by a single immersion, by means of baptism. 2. Those whose baptism was valid but who either do not have sacrament of chrismation or who lack a hierarchy with apostolic succession (or if it is questionable), by means of chrismation. This group includes Lutherans, Calvinists and Episcopalians (Anglicans). 3. Those whose hierarchy has apostolic succession and whose baptism and chrismation (or confirmation) was performed in their church, by means of repentance and repudiation of heresy, following instruction in Orthodoxy. This group includes persons of the Roman Catholic and Armenian confessions. If it happens that they were not chrismated or confirmed in their churches or if there is any question about this, they are anointed with the Holy Chrism.Exactly the same rules are found in all the non-Greek Orthodox Churches in America and Canada."
That's probably true. My concern is a rebaptism performed because someone wants it.
Archbishop Chrysostomos:"As for correct economy used by right-believing clergy, fear those who would oppose it, question it, and—as I have learned is the case in some instances—secretly act without their Bishop's permission to correct what is not incorrect, thus washing away, not sin, but the Holy Spirit."
That's pretty much true, though I don't believe the triple immersion part was universally practiced in the Orthodox Church, as can be seen in the Didache various forms of water baptism were allowed without mandating another baptism be performed.
We've uncovered baptismal fonts from the Byzantine period which are only a few inches deep, which would rule out a full immersion.
The Russian Church has also always received Lutherans and Catholics through chrismation, despite the previous baptisms performed through pouring (though ROCOR jumped from this practice after the OCA was granted autocephaly in the early 1970's).
That's probably true. My concern is a rebaptism performed because someone wants it. This is the exact same reasoning behind granting economia because we don't want to offend. The Church should't be applying its sacraments based upon what the convert wants to make him happy. If the convert is unhappy either because his prior baptism is rejected, or because he's denied another baptism (which he believes will make him feel better), it should be irrelevant. Otherwise, we're just Protestantizing our faith.
In the Didache, "Baptism by pouring" is suggested if sufficient water for proper immersion is not available. Current Orthodox practice on this matter, and in ages past, also makes that pretty clear, I think (that pouring is allowed as economia.)Without disputing such finds (asking details - where, when they were from exactly, etc.), I think it's important to consider that just because one finds evidence of something here or there, does not necessarily means one is observing the artificats of a legitimate, canonical practice. The Church has had Her lows, or cases where regions were (relatively speaking) temporarily dominated by anti-canonical situations or lapses. I'd submit, given a "Vincentian" understanding of such things, it's quite clear that the practice of "pouring" as something normal in the Orthodox milieu is an abbheration, and not to be taken as something permissable. IOW, such findings would not create a precedent.
As it stands, I certainly do not plan on "shunning" people, simply because they were received according to economia.
This quote is NOT the same thing as a cautionary measure against washing away something from a heterodox baptism. The former is an Orthodox belief, the latter is not, and the distinction is crucial.
We have no clear guidelines, then, except those of common sense.
... Bishops who did so were right-believing and did not use—as the OCA clearly and openly does—economy as a way to support the ecumenical idea that Orthodoxy recognizes heterodox sacraments as equivalent to our Orthodox Mysteries
Actually, not always. Prior to Peter the Great, there wasn't a hard "standard" for this - and actually there was a brief period (following the Council of Patriarch Philaret in 1620) where Baptism of all western-heterodox was required.
Simply put, the history of receiving people given a form of Baptism other than triple-immersion via Chrism (or less than this even, confession and profession of faith), is actually very brief when one see's things in their 1900+ plus year (and proper) perspective.
But again, I highly doubt they mean it as some magical formula, but as a guideline for reception. It is ultimately between the priest, his Bishop and the convert.
It's not magic, but at this stage they are indeed hard rules in the SCOBA synods and are not up to the discretion of each priest to ignore and rebaptise all heterodox if he so chooses.
Besides, is it inconceivable to fathom that the policy may be WRONG?!?
Ok, I'll give you two stars for pedantism. I've got more than a few to spare From Pedro's link above:"It is true that there was a time in the Russian Church when Roman Catholics (and Protestants) were received into Orthodoxy by means of baptism, but throughout the thousand year history of the Russian Church this was only in effect for 45 to 47 years after which that practice of receiving all non-Orthodox without distinction was condemned and repealed once and for all."950+ years out of a thousand in the entire history of the Russian Church is good enough for me to say it was the traditional norm and not an historical exception due to the brief influence of Jesuits.
Just as you said, since the Orthodox Church does not consider heterodox baptisms valid in and of themselves, that is why many of us think Baptism should be done more as the norm (economia) and not the exception (akribeia).
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I hope I'm just misunderstanding your post. Economia is the exception to the rule/standard (akrivia) which is not intended to set precedent, but is rather used in pastoral consideration for the person in question (See Canon 102 of the Penthekte/Trullo/Quintisext Council which gives the general guidelines for Economia when practiced by a Father Confessor). Economia is not always leniency; in the past it could have actually been strictness over and above the letter of the canons, if that was needed for the spiritual benefit of the penitent.Akrivia is the standard that should be used in most cases.There are canons that have been modified or disregarded over time by the practice of the Church, which is an equally valid way of dealing with them. There are even canons that have almost never been strictly enforced, even from the day they were written. That's why we consider ourselves a living, breathing, dynamic Church; scripture and tradition. Sorry... {/Tangent}
John says, in Mark 1:8, referring to Jesus, "I baptised you with water; but He will baptise you with the Holy Spirit." The account of Pentecost in Acts 2 portrays the disciples as being baptised with fire and the Holy Spirit and speaking in tongues.
Hello,I am finding the thinking behind Quaker rejection of the rituals of baptism to be somewhat persuasive and want to please ask if someone can help me with this.They point out for example thatQuoteJohn says, in Mark 1:8, referring to Jesus, "I baptised you with water; but He will baptise you with the Holy Spirit." The account of Pentecost in Acts 2 portrays the disciples as being baptised with fire and the Holy Spirit and speaking in tongues.One can point out that there were cases in the early church when catechuman martyrs were baptized by their martyrdom rather than by water. Plus, prophets had the Holy Spirit come on them without a baptism ceremony.The Quakers divide baptism into a water part and a Spirit part like Mark 1:8 and conclude that the ceremony is just an unneeded outward form and that real baptism is of the Spirit and comes on at whatever point the person becomes inspired by Christianity and converts in their heart to it.Jesus did command to baptize nations in the name of the Trinity, but I think they may explain this by saying Jesus was referring to the "Baptism of the Spirit" which would occur by preaching and converting people in the name of the Trinity.The best counterargument I can think of is that the early Christians kept John's "water" baptism part of the baptism, so we should too. Secondly, I could say that the water baptism part appears to have some spiritual efficacy in cleansing, because John was making a baptism for forgiveness. So one could say the water baptism cleansed sins and the spirit baptism brought on the Spirit.
I am confused about the issue of Baptism in the Orthodox Church. I know that Protestants, baptized in the Trinitarian formula, don't have to be rebaptized, but shouldn't they??? As a former Southiern Baptist who is in the process of converting to the Orthodox Faith, I was baptized in a Trinitarian formula by an ordained Preacher, but I was not baptized for the remission of sins. The Southern Baptists, and many other Evangelical denominations, do not believe that Baptism is salvific or washes away the person's sins. So, wouldn't that baptism thus be void and not really Baptism??? I am going to talk to my priest about this, but I also wanted to get your perspective.In Christ,Adrian Davila
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