tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40566402024-03-07T23:03:00.325-05:00POLITIZINE.COMPOLITICS, MUSIC, MODERN TIMES & MORE ... SINCE 2002Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248633195693368939noreply@blogger.comBlogger2268125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056640.post-58620345364998944522015-08-08T13:05:00.001-04:002015-08-08T13:05:57.588-04:00The #FITN '08 John Edwards Campaign TreeAbout eight years ago, campaign workers for John Edwards for President doorknocked the West End of Concord and gave away tree saplings. Here is the tree today. <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcUiPhrsYO9Lhh8J62nTYWFyJF9HL9OYrZeyEJh2cDljLTFgfdVigFCoVd-sW6uC2YueXgrYu4NKP8R_d_PTaeE629Xf31Tko1RVimWbopagKNB66-26-cx5s4CfZvnpevWHY3Ow/s640/blogger-image-1277298972.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcUiPhrsYO9Lhh8J62nTYWFyJF9HL9OYrZeyEJh2cDljLTFgfdVigFCoVd-sW6uC2YueXgrYu4NKP8R_d_PTaeE629Xf31Tko1RVimWbopagKNB66-26-cx5s4CfZvnpevWHY3Ow/s640/blogger-image-1277298972.jpg"></a></div>Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248633195693368939noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056640.post-38841703375268338582015-02-22T18:00:00.000-05:002015-02-24T14:39:53.815-05:00No, $3M in #supportlocalbusinesses spending doesn't equal thousands of jobs ...Yes, it can get so frustrating ... the Facebook meme/political graphic/photo sharing issue, where someone tries to make some gallant point, possibly to be taken virally, to show that they are caring, knowledgable, or whatever.<br />
But it really has become to dumbing down of America at this point especially when the graphics can be completely debunked with a little Googling.<br />
Take this #supportlocalbusinesses photo that has been making the rounds since last summer but was clearly written by someone who has no clue what is going on in the economy in the United States. I mean, where to start ... First, I love this sentiment, don't get me wrong. I buy local whenever I can. But, unfortunately, the math is way, wayyyy off.<br />
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Let's start with this simple fact: $3 million a year extra into any economy doesn't create "thousands" of jobs never mind 1,000 jobs ... unless maybe in China where an employee is lucky to make $3,000 a year and there are no other taxes on the employees.<br />
Let's build on this and assume that the $15 an hour minimum wage proposal that is floating around is a living wage and what is ideal for a basic, full-time hire (even though it isn't for a single parent with two kids in any community in New Hampshire. <a href="http://livingwage.mit.edu/states/33/locations">According to MIT's living wage calculator</a>, you need $24 to $27 an hour for that!).<br />
In order to create 1,000 $15 an hour full-time jobs, an entity would need more than $31 million in cash for the salary side of the employees ($15 x 40 hrs x 52 weeks = $31,200 x 1,000 = $31.2M), another roughly $2M for Social Security (6.2% x $31,200 = $1,934.40 x 1,000 = $1.934M), and another $452K for Medicaid (1.45% x $31,200 - $452.40 x 1,000 = $452,400).<br />
More money would be needed for workman's comp insurance, unemployment taxes, and healthcare/ACA, which is now required. I'm going to call this roughly $4+ million a year in added expenses for 1,000 employees. If the employees are single, a good plan will cost about $300 a month; family plans would be more, so maybe $3.5M and change for healthcare costs and then another $500K for the rest of the costs. It would probably be less but this is an easy rounding. <br />
In other words, in order to create 1,000 $15 an hour full-time jobs, about $38 million in cash - not sales or business, but complete profit, CASH, every year - is needed to cover just the expense of having employees. In other words, it's about $38,000 an employee to get to a $15 an hour full-time job.<br />
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has <a href="http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ecec.pdf">a rundown from 2014 on what an employee costs a company here</a>. Here's a short window into the basic costs:<br />
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<i>Employer costs for employee compensation for civilian workers averaged $32.20 per hour worked in
September 2014, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Wages and salaries averaged
$22.13 per hour worked and accounted for 68.7 percent of these costs, while benefits averaged $10.07
and accounted for the remaining 31.3 percent. Total employer compensation costs for private industry
workers averaged $30.32 per hour worked in September 2014. </i></blockquote>
Below the private sector section, the department noted that government employees cost even more - nearly $44 an hour.<br />
Using this data, $32 an hour, with $10 an hour for benefits, or about a third, my $38K cost to get to a $31,200/$15 an hour employee is a little on the low side.<br />
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<b>So, how many jobs would $3M create?</b><br />
Let's take this one step further: Let's say that $3 million extra was spent at local businesses rather than chain businesses and all of that money went directly into hiring employees. How many jobs could be created?<br />
Using the math above, with rough estimates on some of the figures, $3 million creates about 79 jobs ... not thousands or even 1,000 ... 79 jobs.<br />
And, in reality, it might not even create 79 jobs. Think about it for a second: $3 million shifted from one business to another could prompt no new hiring. This amount of money, broken down in a community in $100 increments might not lead to a single new hire. Most local, small businesses are already working in their stores or businesses whether people shop there or not. Increased sales to said business means more cash in the owner's pocket not necessarily hiring more people.<br />
So, yes, great sentiment - let's all shop local as much as we can. But in reality, this action in a community might not create a single new job never mind "thousands" of them.Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248633195693368939noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056640.post-61684829745900199272015-02-22T17:13:00.001-05:002015-02-22T17:14:03.189-05:00My latest 'celebrity' painting ... <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPHpzGr1onnTTlh5K3R4h7I4bBUFhxs1PrEeRx62h0hMJUrMAhw6Lv8J3VFJhTUpyte2BvSUfwaPb6bvl_NCcWKoH2gVf33QTkNIOuLIhcaL1ymjEwskM5KeJodBGjhpNUSiHzWA/s1600/dimondhillfarm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPHpzGr1onnTTlh5K3R4h7I4bBUFhxs1PrEeRx62h0hMJUrMAhw6Lv8J3VFJhTUpyte2BvSUfwaPb6bvl_NCcWKoH2gVf33QTkNIOuLIhcaL1ymjEwskM5KeJodBGjhpNUSiHzWA/s1600/dimondhillfarm.jpg" height="400" width="400" /></a>It's time, once again, for the Intown Concord annual general meeting which also means that it's fundraising time and a bunch of us got together this month and did some paintings of scenes around Concord.<br />
This is a shot I took last fall from a window inside the Dimond Hill Farm store looking east, at the city of Concord. My painting of the photo, with a little bit of artistic liberties, is below.<br />
It's OK; yeah, I prefer the photo, although I'm fond of the wood texture in the painting which came out pretty cool. But hey, it's a fundraiser so ...<br />
The auction is March 19, 2015. <a href="http://intownconcord.org/events/annual-general-mtg">Here are the details</a>.Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248633195693368939noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056640.post-19652451429799902782015-02-04T22:00:00.000-05:002015-02-04T22:00:03.537-05:00Some Boston rawk! <div class="MsoNormal">
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Pixies: Tony’s Theme<o:p></o:p></div>
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Blake Babies: Wipe It Up<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Del Fuegos: When the News is On<o:p></o:p></div>
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Curious Ritual: How Fast<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Curtain Society: All Over You<o:p></o:p></div>
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Damon & Naomi: This Changing World<o:p></o:p></div>
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Elixir: Suckerpunch<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lift: Better to Be Brave<o:p></o:p></div>
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Limegreen: Delicious<o:p></o:p></div>
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Miles Dethmuffen: In Clover<o:p></o:p></div>
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The 360s: Dead 1970 <o:p></o:p></div>
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Lunargirl: Type<o:p></o:p></div>
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Freezepop: Science Genius Girl<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lemonheads: Great Big No<o:p></o:p></div>
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Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248633195693368939noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056640.post-13308440907214093022014-07-21T20:29:00.000-04:002014-07-21T20:29:29.565-04:00Concord fireworks 2014 ...They were amazing, weren't they? I recorded the finale and posted a clip on Patch. Here's the complete last two minutes of the show. Boom!<br />
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<br />Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248633195693368939noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056640.post-44865866954892385432014-07-09T20:00:00.000-04:002014-07-09T20:00:01.710-04:00About that June jobs report ... How in the world is a drop in the unemployment rate of 0.2%, the loss of nearly 500,000 full-time jobs, and the lowest workforce participation rate in the history of the country heralded as a positive jobs report? Well, it was last week. I'm glad some folks have taken another look at the numbers ... this is truly bad news. The economy is going the wrong way: [<a href="http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-07-03/june-full-time-jobs-plunge-over-half-million-part-time-jobs-surge-800k-most-1993">"Full Time Jobs Plunge ..."</a>]Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248633195693368939noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056640.post-90529780749130115352014-07-04T15:34:00.002-04:002014-07-04T15:34:19.323-04:00July 3 lightning clip compilationThe July 3, 2014, storm was nowhere near as bad as the day before. However, I tried to gather some lightning flashes, to no avail. Here is a compilation of the lightning clips from the storm. The last 18 seconds are two strikes.
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/kdMbjX0qo7g" width="560"></iframe>Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248633195693368939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056640.post-84479447262648711862014-06-24T20:00:00.000-04:002014-06-24T20:00:03.530-04:00Totally loving Lucius ...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Lucius, the Brooklyn quintet whose debut album from last year is one of the must-hear records of the last 18 months or so, played Concord, NH, <a href="http://concord-nh.patch.com/groups/around-town/p/lucius-lets-loose-at-granite-state-music-festival">on Sunday night</a>.<br />
I've included my Patch story link here for folks to read if they are interested.<br />
I've been playing the band <a href="http://radiotony.blogspot.com/">on my radio show for a bit now</a>, ever since downloading the collection on emusic.com on a whim.<br />
The band is simply amazing and the members showed why the other night.<br />
It's nice to see such a great event in the city really pick up steam and congrats to the band for getting the attention the performers deserve.<br />
<br />Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248633195693368939noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056640.post-23010938913490551762014-06-08T18:28:00.000-04:002014-06-08T18:28:22.202-04:00Camping along the Saco River ...I love this place, the <a href="http://www.crawfordnotchcamping.com/">Crawford Notch General Store and Campground</a>. We've never been able to get a river site before because to reserve a site, you have to pay for two nights. So, I splurged, and paid for the extra day in order to get it at least once. It was nice.<br />
The first night was really windy. The tent kept getting blown over. But there were all kinds of rocks at the site to hold the tent down. I also drove the car in to block a bit of the wind. The next day, no wind. It was a bit chilly - the low 50s - but the minute the sun came up over the Mount Crawford (I think that's the name), it became very hot and we ended up leaving early. I think next time, we'll book one of the wooded sites with access to the river, and try one of those.<br />
Here's a short video and some pictures.<br />
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<br />Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248633195693368939noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056640.post-39706387609174228662014-05-10T14:56:00.001-04:002014-05-10T14:56:05.737-04:00On-air fundraiser from 4-7 p.m. today! FYI everyone: I'll be on WNHN 94.7 LP in Concord from 4 to 7 p.m. today helping to raise money for the station. Tune in if you get the chance here: <a href="http://www.wnhnfm.org/947/">WNHN</a> ... you can also read my story about the fundraiser here: <a href="http://concord-nh.patch.com/groups/around-town/p/wnhn-onair-fundraiser-held-this-weekend">WNHN On-Air Fundraiser Held Friday, Saturday</a>Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248633195693368939noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056640.post-27544335225824254242014-04-24T21:18:00.001-04:002014-04-29T17:20:14.190-04:00Great Marketing ... As seen on Miami Beach recently ... you gotta love this marketing campaign, taking to the skies, literally, by Trojan Condoms.<br />
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Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248633195693368939noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056640.post-80198928325516317202014-03-19T23:00:00.000-04:002014-03-19T23:00:01.455-04:00Why I no longer read Mother Jones ...or a lot of the political press these days that seems very biased ...<br />
Reporter Patrick Caldwell has this post about "the people's pledge" proposal being demanded by U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-NH, of former Mass. U.S. Sen. Scott Brown, requesting he agree to the same terms he did in his 2012 re-election race against Elizabeth Warren: [<a href="http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2014/03/scott-brown-new-hampshire-senate-jeanne-shaheen">"Scott Brown Ditches 'The People's Pledge' for Dark Money"</a>].<br />
Brown, who has formed an exploratory committee but hasn't announced an official run, balked at the idea. And why not? In 2012, the pledge didn't keep special interest money out of that race, as noted by PR Watch in this story from October 2012: [<a href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/10/11797/massachusetts-even-peoples-pledge-cant-keep-out-outside-money">"In Massachusetts, even the "People's Pledge" Can't Keep Out the Outside Money"</a>]. Brown lost re-election by around 250,000 votes after being out-spent by $7.2 million, <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary.php?id=MAS1&cycle=2012">as reported by OpenSecrets.org</a>. I don't believe anyone has done an overview of the in-state special interest money that was spent on this election, probably in the millions (a Google search didn't reveal any analysis), including money spent by labor unions and the president's campaign pushing Warren and other Democrats over the top, which we know was more than Romney and Republicans spent nationally.<br />
While there is a slight difference between "dark money" and "special interest money," it isn't a huge difference. It's all bad, whether it is a corporation, environmental group, an "evil" oil company that sells that gas that gets you everywhere in your car, or the Koch brothers. It's all evil money.<br />
And that's where the Mother Jones story really misses the boat, especially at the end of the article - it can pounce on Brown - still, a non-candidate - for not rejecting potential special interest money that might attack Shaheen but doesn't even mention the hundreds of thousands of dollars in special interest funds spent attacking Brown for months before he even formed an exploratory committee.<br />
As we've been reporting on Patch, the state Democrats launched an online ad in <a href="http://londonderry.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/nh-dems-launch-antiscott-brown-ad-campaign">early December of last year</a>, criticizing Brown about a potential run. That is a local expenditure and not "dark," in the historical context. But, it's still special interest money for sure. But, there's no mention of it in the Mother Jones story.<br />
Then, a month later, <a href="http://concord-nh.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/dems-launch-scott-brown-attack-ad-in-nh-concord-nh">the Senate Majority PAC began airing six figures worth of attack ads against Brown here</a>. Out-of-state, dark, special interest money, truly just as bad as anything the Kochs and Rove will air. As you guessed, there's no mention of it in the Mother Jones story.<br />
Then, the League of Conservation Voters <a href="http://www.lcv.org/media/press-releases/LCV-Launches-Major-TV-Ad-Buy-Highlighting-Scott-Brown-s-Ties-to-Big-Oil.html">bought six figures worth of ads to attack Brown</a>, again, who hasn't decided he is going to run yet or even when the ads started airing in the state ... Dark, special interest, out-of-state money ... no mention in the Mother Jones story.<br />
Take note of this in the League of Conservation Voters post about all they did 18 months ago to defeat Brown with dark, special interest, out-of-state money even though there was a "people's pledge"!<br />
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<i>"In 2012, LCV launched mail and field programs to help defeat Brown in Massachusetts, <b>spending more than $1.1 million in the race</b>. LCV Action Fund also raised or contributed more than $134,000 for Elizabeth Warren through its GiveGreen program, the only bundling website devoted exclusively to raising money for environmental champions and candidates."</i></blockquote>
All this money is just as evil as the Koch/Rove money and yet, not a peep from Mother Jones about it. Why? More than likely, the reporter simply missed it or didn't perform a simple Google search to look. <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/topics/dark-money">The Dark Money collection of stories</a> though on the MJ site shows an obsession about the Kochs, not unlike a lot of other people these days. There is, in fairness, some Democratic special interest money mentioned there too but not quite as much.<br />
Brown hasn't announced an official run (although it is assumed), so he doesn't have to agree to anything. He hasn't agreed to participate in debates, as an example.<br />
In all honesty though, regardless of what anyone thinks of Shaheen or Brown, the "people's pledge" is a political stunt when it comes to getting or keeping special interest money out of politics, something most of us want. It allows all kinds of special interest money from INSIDE the state to be spent, money that always wants something for the money ... Why would anyone handcuff themselves at this stage of the game with something that's a stunt and doesn't really work anyway?<br />
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<b><i>ALSO READ - <a href="http://concord-nh.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/2012-the-nastiest-election-ever">Concord NH Patch - 2012: The Nastiest Election Ever?</a></i></b>Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248633195693368939noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056640.post-16012034647039013492014-01-28T20:00:00.000-05:002014-01-28T20:00:02.341-05:00New Intown Concord fundraiser painting ... <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The annual Intown Concord celebrity painting fundraiser is coming up on March 13, at the Kimball-Jenkins Estate in Concord.<br />
I got a chance, once again, to do another painting, my second in about 30 years. It will be auctioned off as part of the org's general meeting.<br />
This one came out OK. I decided to challenge myself a bit but I'm not quite happy with it. The purple bugs me although the depth on the gateway came out OK. I like the sun in the trees in places.<br />
Next year, I'll have to try something different again.Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248633195693368939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056640.post-68261771550196389262014-01-18T21:32:00.003-05:002014-01-18T21:32:37.505-05:00Cool, literally, ice fractals on cars ... <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here are some of the cool ice fractals that were on our cars on Jan. 15. The designs are pretty astounding. It's hard to imagine these naturally happening with such digital precision just from the air freezing condensation. <br />
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<br />Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248633195693368939noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056640.post-14956826921360836002014-01-05T19:54:00.004-05:002014-01-08T21:28:12.998-05:00Globalization and technology are to blame ...It took two decades, but economists seem to be finally admitting that income inequality is based on two primary economic policies and occurrences: globalization - free trade, you know, that isn't really free - and advances in technology. Both are actually mentioned in this Bloomberg story: [<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-12-05/obama-decries-u-s-income-gap-that-has-widened-under-his-watch.html">"Obama Decries U.S. Income Gap That Has Widened Under His Watch"</a>].<br />
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<i>Much of the gap is out of the president’s control, economists say, citing forces such as globalization and the spread of technology that are overwhelming government remedies. Yet while Obama complains that Republicans are blocking his efforts to boost the minimum wage and provide universal pre-school, other policies that he has enacted such as trade agreements also may have contributed to inequality, they say.</i> </blockquote>
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<i>“There are things he could do that he hasn’t done,” says Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, a Democratic-leaning research group in Washington. “He’s done nothing to rein in the financial sector.” </i></blockquote>
Maybe I haven't been paying attention (no, that's not it) but I really think this is something of a first, where the two things have actually been cited as a cause for our economy's perilous situation. Reining in the financial sector won't really fix things. Yes, the country can raise revenue through transaction taxes on Wall Street, do it, especially if it keeps income taxes from being raised. But those pirates are always going to do what they do (the problem is that they can drag everyone else down with them and they get bailed out).<br />
The mystery here is the change in admission. Economists nearly always praise globalization to the point of illness. Free trade really is a cult. You can't talk about it. If you do, you're pilloried.<br />
Technology has eliminated jobs but also created them ... good paying jobs too. Billionaires. I bet there is a balance, of sorts. But together, boom.<br />
Maybe economists are starting to realize what is going on ... or finally just admitting what some of us have always known. Then again, maybe not. We'll see.Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248633195693368939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056640.post-35039946474520697822014-01-05T13:10:00.003-05:002014-01-05T13:10:27.900-05:00Mount Washington ... and part of the presidential range ...<br />
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<br />Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248633195693368939noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056640.post-21222763174436413532014-01-05T12:52:00.002-05:002014-01-05T12:52:38.291-05:00Snowtubing on CranmoreWe got a chance to go again this year. It was very cold but still a lot fun. Last year, it was snowing when we went so we were soaked; this year, it was just cold.<br />
I was also able to take the kids again to the North Conway Grand Hotel's outdoor hot tub and heated pool. Sure, it was -23 degrees outside (that's not a typo, our hair was freezing instantly after it got wet), but it was fun. Here's a short video. <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/6paDqz1fxek" width="560"></iframe>Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248633195693368939noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056640.post-46375691961937225472013-12-28T11:05:00.003-05:002013-12-28T11:05:31.352-05:00Happy b-day Politizine ...It's been 11 years. Wow. I haven't done many posts because I've been busy with other things. Life happens. However, I appreciate the fact that many of you still visit, check out past posts, and even leave comments. Thank you to everyone. :-)Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248633195693368939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056640.post-63216768839567719842013-10-27T15:13:00.000-04:002013-10-27T15:13:55.171-04:00RIP: Lou Reed ...One of the most influential musicians of all time, Lou Reed, has passed away, <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lou-reed-velvet-underground-leader-and-rock-pioneer-dead-at-71-20131027">according to Rolling Stone</a>.<br />
I think I'll put together a tribute show this week on WNHN at 9 p.m. on Wednesday but an hour can't possibly do his output justice.There are so many songs and they mean so much to so many people, including me. He really helped me through some rough times. I could always put it on and be taken somewhere else, even for a short time.<br />
When I heard the news a little bit ago, I came upstairs to listen to some of the tunes. I also thought about all the songs I've covered by Reed and the Velvets over the years, so many great songs ...<br />
"Temptation Inside Your Heart" with Lovers & Other Monsters (LVRS) and my brother singing with us at Thum's in Concord in 1993, a few months before he passed away.<br />
When I was in this band Jet Velvet, we used to play a sloppy, bombastic version of "White Light/White Heat" (we had a female vocalist, so it was a bit different).<br />
Joel Simches and I did "Ocean" at the Middle East one night just the two of us - me singing and strumming acoustic guitar and him on synths - it was simply amazing. I remember that one like it was yesterday, the crowd sitting in silence listening to us play it.<br />
"Heroin" at the Jerry Brown fundraiser at the Middle East in 1992 with LVRS and members of Womb to Tomb, Curious Ritual, and others jumping up on stage with us for a monstrous extended version of the song that seemed to go on forever. Good times, indeed.<br />
When I "retired" from playing out, I would still play Reed/Velvets tunes.<br />
"I Love You Suzanne" was one I would play for my son when he was little, changing Suzanne to his name, while he would dance around the kitchen. I was just playing "Vicious" the other day on the acoustic; I've had "vicious, you hit me with a flower, you do it every hour, you're so vicious" swirling in my head for days. OMW, "Sweet Jane," "Rock 'n' Roll," "Who Loves the Sun," "Pale Blue Eyes," some of my favorite songs to sit and strum and hum ... tons of fun ... these are just the songs I liked to play, never mind the ones I liked to listen to.<br />
I can't stop weeping. What a effin' drag. RIP Lou. Thank you for everything.<br />
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Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248633195693368939noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056640.post-15074618065802940682013-10-19T21:55:00.003-04:002014-02-15T21:08:44.809-05:00You can't be first all the timeThe New Hampshire Press Association Better Media Awards were held last night and <a href="http://concord-nh.patch.com/groups/around-town/p/patch-takes-home-three-awards-at-nhpa-banquet">Patch took three of them</a> out of 86 potential slots in the daily and special categories.<br />
Of the three, I won in the Champion of Right-to-Know category, for my series of stories on how former Concord School Board member Jack Dunn was hired to be the district's business administrator, and the Concord NH Patch site, which I edit and manage, also won second place this year in the Best Website category.<br />
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Patch in New Hampshire won three last year, including Best Website for Concord, social media in Portsmouth, and Merrimack for a video, all first place prizes.<br />
I know that the Patch team put together a ton of excellent work this year and submitted a lot of entries - a lot more than last year, probably around 40 or 50 - and it was disappointing that more of that work wasn't acknowledged by the judges.<br />
This is one of the burdens of being online only - print is still at the forefront of people's minds (especially those who work in the print industry), with cool layouts and big pictures, something that online news orgs haven't figured out how to replicate yet (which is understandable, since all content management systems have a standard template to work from).<br />
Last night, at the awards ceremony, I got to thinking about it again, since the lopsidedness was so prevalent. Watching a handful of people win a slew of awards because there seemed to be so little competition in the categories was great for them. But what about the other journalists doing high caliber work? I mean, it's great to win anything at all. But if you're going to hold a race, shouldn't all the participants be competitors in the same class?<br />
Imagine for a second that there was a 100 meter dash with six racers - five were 10-years-old and one was 20-years-old. The 20-year-old would, obviously, trounce the kids, every single time. This might be an odd analogy for some - reporters for news orgs aren't 10. But it's kind of the same when a daily news website in a small town is competing against a daily news website in a big city or a daily print newspaper in a big city with an active website. Get what I mean? It really shouldn't be competing against a big city - it should be competing about its equal, a weekly newspaper. They are in different content classes. Of course the bigger locations are going to have access to better staffing and potentially, staffers, as well as more opportune moments to write stories and take dramatic pictures.<br />
At the New England Newspaper and Press Association, formerly the New England Press Association, <a href="http://www.nenpa.com/sites/primary_frontend/downloads/2013/02-Feb-2013/2013-02-Better-Newspaper-Contest-booklet.pdf">the annual contest categories, linked here from 2012, are in tiers</a>, based on weekly and daily circ - Daily Class 2 is 30,000 or more; Daily Class 1 is 30,000 or less. Weeklies run in classes that are 6,000 less or more; there is also the bi-weekly and monthly categories (<a href="http://politizine.blogspot.com/2011/02/so-i-won-five-journalism-awards-on.html">In 2011, I won or co-won five awards</a>).<br />
Now, for NENPA, online news outlets like Patch and GoLocal are not allowed to compete because it's a "better newspaper" contest not a "better media" contest. That should probably change too, especially because online news has grown so much in Massachusetts, where most of the NENPA newspapers are from, and around New England. But you would never see, in the NENPA contest, a city daily competing against a small town weekly. It wouldn't happen. And it shouldn't happen with online news outlets either.<br />
Absent circ numbers, unique view audience classes could be matched up with circ similar to what is done at NENPA. Or, the population of the main community served by the website could be used as a tier instead of weekly or daily. This would allow news outlets that compete in smaller communities to actually have a fighting chance at competing for awards, without the hidden and obvious bias of the way that news is delivered to readers built into the acknowledgment of excellence process.<br />
Personally, I'm always happy to win anything, first, second, or third, it doesn't matter. A co-worker joked to me that he didn't think they would give us first place two years in a row. Frankly, it's not a huge thing; second is fine. But I hope that some changes in the structure of the awards can be considered in the future so that all the great work of my colleagues can be awarded too.<br />
<br />Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248633195693368939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056640.post-59532340106997419942013-10-14T10:02:00.003-04:002013-10-14T10:02:57.541-04:00Last night's moon ...A couple of cool shots here ... the clouds slowly moved in to hide it again.<br />
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Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248633195693368939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056640.post-89494265114527746442013-10-03T20:25:00.003-04:002013-10-03T20:26:41.211-04:00Yes, it's time to Dead Yourself again! Heh, heh, heh, heh ...<br />
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