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MO-4127
Collection Access to Information Orders
File Numbers MA20-00016
Adjudicators Valerie Silva
Type Order
Applicable Legislation MFIPPA - 45(1); MFIPPA - 45(4); MFIPPA - Regulation 823 s. 6; MFIPPA - Regulation 823 s. 6.1; MFIPPA - Regulation 823 s. 7; MFIPPA - Regulation 823 s. 8; MFIPPA - Regulation 823 s. 9
The appellant submitted an access request to the City of St. Catharines (the city) for complaints made by and against a property management company. In Order MO-3850, the adjudicator found that the city had not complied with its obligations under the Act because it had refused to conduct a search and she ordered the city to respond to the access request. The city then issued an interim access decision and fee estimate of $270, which the appellant appealed. The appellant also requested a fee waiver. The city denied the fee waiver and revised its fee estimate to $210. In this order, the adjudicator upholds the city's fee estimate and its decision to deny the appellant's request for a fee waiver.
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ORDER MO-4127
Appeal MA20-00016
Summary: The appellant submitted an access request to the City of St. Catharines (the city) for complaints made by and against a property management company. In Order MO-3850, the adjudicator found that the city had not complied with its obligations under the Act because it had refused to conduct a search and she ordered the city to respond to the access request. The city then issued an interim access decision and fee estimate of $270, which the appellant appealed. The appellant also requested a fee waiver. The city denied the fee waiver and revised its fee estimate to $210. In this order, the adjudicator upholds the city's fee estimate and its decision to deny the appellant's request for a fee waiver.
Statutes Considered: Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. M.56 , as amended, sections 45(1) and 45(4) ; Regulation 823, sections 6, 6.1, 7, 8 and 9.
Orders and Investigation Reports Considered: Orders 81, 1699, MO-1285 and MO-3568.
[1] The City of St. Catharines (the city) received a four-part request under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act ) for access to:
A copy of all complaints filed by [a named property management company] in the last 10 years
A copy of all complaints filed against [the same named property management company at a specified address] in the last 10 years
10 reports filed to city hall prior to August 28/2017
10 reports filed to city hall after August 28/2017.
[2] The requester later clarified that the last two portions of his request relate to complaint reports of investigations by the city involving the property management company made before and after August 28, 2017, and more specifically, a complaint dated August 28, 2017 that the property management company made against him to the city regarding a shed he built on his property, intended to provide shelter to feral cats.
[3] By way of background, this is the second appeal related to this access request. The first appeal resulted in Order MO-3850, which found that the city had not conducted a reasonable search and ordered it to do so. In particular, the adjudicator noted that the city did not explain why it could not search for complaint records using the addresses for the appellant, for the neighboring condominium property managed by the property management company and for the property management company.
[4] Following Order MO-3850, the city issued an interim access decision and fee estimate of $270.00. The city provided a breakdown of the fee, requested a 50% deposit before processing the request and advised that exemptions in sections 8(1) (d) and 14(1) of the Act may apply to the records.
[5] The requester, now the appellant, appealed the city's fee estimate to the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (IPC).
[6] The appeal was assigned to a mediator to explore the possibility of resolving the issues in dispute. During mediation, the appellant advised the mediator that in addition to appealing the amount of the fee estimate, he was also requesting a fee waiver, explaining that the search time was unreasonable and should be reduced significantly.
[7] In response to the appellant's fee waiver request, the city revised its fee estimate from $270 to $210 for search time and requested a 50% deposit of $105.00. The city also advised that it would not waive the fee because the appellant did not provide detailed information in support of his fee waiver request. The city also maintained that waiving the fee would shift on unreasonable burden of the cost of the search from the appellant to the city.
[8] Mediation did not resolve the appeal and it was transferred to the adjudication stage of the appeal process, where an adjudicator may conduct an inquiry under the Act .
[9] The adjudicator originally assigned to this appeal decided to conduct an inquiry. She sought representations from the city and the appellant. The representations of the parties were shared in their entirety in accordance with the IPC's Code of Procedure and Practice Direction 7. Other than stating his belief that the responsive records are categorized in the city's database and can be easily printed, and that the city is "dodging" his request to cover up illegal activity, the appellant did not provide representations that directly respond to the issues in this appeal.
[10] The appeal was then transferred to me to continue with the adjudication of the matter. [1] In this order, I uphold the city's fee estimate of $210 and its decision to deny the appellant's fee waiver request.
Should the city's fee estimate of $210 be upheld?
Should the appellant's fee waiver request be granted?
Issue A: Should the city's fee estimate of $210 be upheld?
[11] An institution must advise the requester of the applicable fee where the fee is $25 or less. Where the fee exceeds $25, an institution must provide the requester with a fee estimate. [2] Where the fee is $100 or more, the fee estimate may be based on either:
the actual work done by the institution to respond to the request, or
a review of a representative sample of the records and/or the advice of an individual who is familiar with the type and content of the records. [3]
[12] The purpose of a fee estimate is to give the requester sufficient information to make an informed decision on whether to pay the fee and pursue access. [4] The fee estimate also assists requesters to decide whether to narrow the scope of a request in order to reduce the fees. [5]
[13] In all cases, the institution must include a detailed breakdown of the fee, and a detailed statement as to how the fee was calculated. [6] The IPC may review an institution's fee and determine whether it complies with the fee provisions in the Act and Regulation 823, as set out below.
[14] Section 45(1) requires an institution to charge fees for requests under the Act . That section reads:
A head shall require the person who makes a request for access to a record to pay fees in the amounts prescribed by the regulations for,
(a) the costs of every hour of manual search required to locate a record;
(b) the costs of preparing the record for disclosure;
(c) computer and other costs incurred in locating, retrieving, processing and copying a record;
(d) shipping costs; and
(e) any other costs incurred in responding to a request for access to a record.
[15] More specific provisions regarding fees for access to general records and for access to one own personal information are found in sections 6, 6.1, 7 and 9 of Regulation 823. Those sections read:
6. The following are the fees that shall be charged for the purposes of subsection 45(1) of the Act for access to a record:
1. For photocopies and computer printouts, 20 cents per page.
2. For records provided on CD-ROMs, $10 for each CD-ROM.
3. For manually searching a record, $7.50 for each 15 minutes spent by any person.
4. For preparing a record for disclosure, including severing a part of the record, $7.50 for each 15 minutes spent by any person.
5. For developing a computer program or other method of producing a record from machine readable record, $15 for each 15 minutes spent by any person.
6. The costs, including computer costs, that the institution incurs in locating, retrieving, processing and copying the record if those costs are specified in an invoice that the institution has received.
6.1 The following are the fees that shall be charged for the purposes of subsection 45(1) of the Act for access to personal information about the individual making the request for access:
7. (1) If a head gives a person an estimate of an amount payable under the Act and the estimate is $100 or more, the head may require the person to pay a deposit equal to 50 per cent of the estimate before the head takes any further steps to respond to the request.
(2) A head shall refund any amount paid under subsection (1) that is subsequently waived.
9. If a person is required to pay a fee for access to a record, the head may require the person to do so before giving the person access to the record.
[16] Sections 6 and 6.1 of Regulation 823 apply to requests for general records and records containing the requester's own personal information, respectively. While fees for search and preparation time must be charged for the former, they cannot be charged for the latter. I return to this later in this order.
Representations of the parties
[17] The city submits that its fee estimate is reasonable and reflects its attempt to conduct a reasonable search, as ordered by Adjudicator Kowalski in Order MO-3850.
[18] In its revised decision letter issued during mediation, the city advised the appellant as follows:
The legislation requires requesters to provide sufficient detail to enable experienced staff to identify the requested records. Efforts by the [c]ity to clarify or narrow your request were unsuccessful. To conduct a proper search for complaints [Planning and Building Services (PBS)] requires either the property address or the owner's name. [A named property management company] is a management company and not the owner of the properties. An estimate of $210.00 is the established amount for search time for PBS and [Information Technology (IT)] for records that may or may not exist.
[19] The city explains that complaints documentation, including the specific forms requested by the appellant, is stored in its database, which can be searched directly based on property owner name or address. Given the appellant's request for complaints for and against a property management company, it also explains that the fields for searching property owner or address would not include the name of a property management company, who is not a property owner, nor would it include the office address of a property management company.
[20] Given that property management companies manage many properties, the city submits that using the address of the property management company would mean searching for complaints made about that address specifically, which is not the intent of the request. Moreover, the city submits that it does not maintain a list of the properties overseen by a property management company.
[21] It submits that the appellant's request does not provide sufficient detail to be able to conduct a "proper" search of its database for responsive records, as the request does not provide an owner name or address of a property. Despite its attempts, the city submits that the appellant has not provided additional clarification for his request.
[22] In support of its position, the city refers to Order M-583, which found that:
…government organizations are not obliged to maintain records in such a manner as to accommodate the various ways in which a request for information might be framed.
[23] While acknowledging that it is theoretically possible to conduct a search as per the appellant's initial request, the city submits that the request is not the sort of search it would conduct in the ordinary course of business. It submits that the fee estimate takes into account that the search would require exporting data and then manually searching page by page, based on the name of the property management company in the request.
[24] The city explains that one staff member from IT and one staff member from PBS were involved in creating the fee estimate. It submits that these employees are knowledgeable in the subject matter and in the systems in question. It further submits that the actual search time could be longer (or shorter) than the estimated search times used in calculating the fee estimate.
[25] As noted above, the appellant did not submit representations on this issue.
Analysis and findings
[26] As explained below, I find that the city's fee estimate is reasonable and uphold it.
[27] The city explains that the requested records are stored and maintained in a database, and that the search fields commonly used are property owner name and property address. I disagree with the city that it does not have sufficient details to conduct a "proper" search of its database for the requested records without an owner name or address of a property. It is clear from Adjudicator Kowalski's comments in Order MO-3850 that the city could conduct a "proper" search of the city's database using the names and addresses of the appellant, of the neighbouring condominium property managed by the property management company and of the property management company. [7]
[28] Because the name of the property management company may not be included in the search fields of its database, I understand that the city will also conduct a search by exporting data from its database and then manually searching, page by page, for the name of the property management company. Based on the city's representations, it appears that the city's fee estimate relates to this manual search, as opposed to the "proper" search referred to in the paragraph above.
[29] The city's fee estimate reflects its estimated search time, as contemplated by section 45(1) (a) of the Act . As it has yet to conduct the search, the city based its fee estimate on the advice of staff from PBS and IT, who, it submits, are knowledgeable in the subject matter of the request and in the systems in question. The city's fee estimate of $210 is for seven hours of search time in accordance with section 6 of Regulation 823, which permits institutions to charge $7.50 for each 15 minutes spent by any person for manually searching for general records.
[30] Although the appellant asked for complaint records related to a property management company and reports filed with the city before and after a specified date, I cannot ignore the possibility that the information in the records could contain recorded information about the appellant, personally, which could qualify as his personal information. The city has not conducted its search and therefore, it has not identified any records. This makes it difficult to assess, in any precise manner, the extent to which the records could contain the appellant's personal information. This is important because, while section 6 of Regulation 823 (relating to requests for general records) provides for fees for search, section 6.1 (relating to requests for one's own personal information) does not.
[31] In Order MO-1285, Adjudicator Cropley addressed a situation where the personal information of a requester was incidentally contained in the records he requested from multiple departments of the City of Toronto. In disallowing the claimed search and preparation fees, she noted that, where there is any doubt as to whether the fees under section 6 or 6.1 of Regulation 823 apply in a particular case due to the mixed character of the requested information, fees should be imposed in accordance with section 6.1 (fees for access to one's own personal information).
[32] Given the nature of the request in the appeal before me, I believe it is distinguishable from the request in Order MO-1285.
[33] In this appeal, I accept that the request is for general information about a named property management company and reports filed with the city before and after a specified date. While the appellant is a property owner and his name could appear in some of the responsive records, this alone is not determinative of whether such records contain his personal information. [8] I therefore also accept that there is only a small likelihood that some of the responsive records will contain the appellant's personal information. Accordingly, it is my view that the appellant is seeking records that will most likely contain general information. In the circumstances, I am not inclined to discount the fee estimate to account for the small possibility that some records might contain the appellant's own personal information.
[34] I note that the city did not assess a fee for preparing the records for disclosure, notwithstanding its position that some records may require severances pursuant to the sections 8(1) and 14(1) exemptions. As indicated above, the purpose of a fee estimate is to give the requester sufficient information to make an informed decision as to whether to pay the fee and pursue access. The appellant is entitled to rely on this information in deciding to proceed with his request and pay the deposit. In the circumstances of this appeal, the city has not included in its estimate fees it might charge for preparing the records for disclosure, including any severances it might make pursuant to the exemptions identified in its interim access decision. In keeping with orders [9] mentioned above, it is my view that this would amount to entirely new fees not specified in its fee estimate and defeat the purpose of fee estimate. As a result, the city is not entitled to charge preparation fees in its final fee. [10]
[35] As a result, I find that the city's fee estimate of $210 to search for general records was reasonable and I uphold it. In calculating the final fee amount, I remind the city to amend its final fee if any responsive records identified as part of its search contain the appellant's personal information.
Issue B: Should the appellant's fee waiver request be granted?
[36] Section 45(4) of the Act requires an institution to waive fees, in whole or in part, in certain circumstances. Section 8 of Regulation 823 sets out additional matters for a head to consider in deciding whether to waive a fee. Those provisions state:
45. (4) A head shall waive the payment of all or any part of an amount required to be paid under subsection (1) if, in the head's opinion, it is fair and equitable to do so after considering,
(a) the extent to which the actual cost of processing, collecting and copying the record varies from the amount of the payment required by subsection (1);
(b) whether the payment will cause a financial hardship for the person requesting the record;
(c) whether dissemination of the record will benefit public health or safety; and
(d) any other matter prescribed by the regulations.
8. The following are prescribed as matters for a head to consider in deciding whether to waive all or part of a payment required to be made under the Act :
1. Whether the person requesting access to the record is given access to it.
2. If the amount of a payment would be $5 or less, whether the amount of the payment is too small to justify requiring payment.
[37] The fee provisions in the Act establish a user-pay principle that is founded on the premise that requesters pay the prescribed fees associated with processing a request unless it is fair and equitable that they not do so. The fees referred to in section 45(1) and outlined in section 8 of Regulation 823 are mandatory unless the requester can present a persuasive argument that a fee waiver is justified on the basis that it is fair and equitable to grant it or the Act requires the institution to waive the fees. [11]
[38] A requester must first ask the institution for a fee waiver, and provide detailed information to support the request, before this office will consider whether a fee waiver should be granted. The IPC may review the institution's decision to deny a request for a fee waiver, in whole or in part, and may uphold or modify the institution's decision. [12] The institution or the IPC may decide that only a portion of the fee should be waived. [13]
[39] For a fee waiver to be granted under section 45(4) , the test is whether any waiver would be "fair and equitable" in the circumstances. [14]
[40] Any other relevant factors must also be considered when deciding whether a fee waiver is "fair and equitable." Relevant factors may include:
the manner in which the institution responded to the request;
whether the institution worked constructively with the requester to narrow and/or clarify the request;
whether the institution provided any records to the requester free of charge;
whether the requester worked constructively with the institution to narrow the scope of the request;
whether the request involves a large number of records;
whether the requester has advanced a compromise solution which would reduce costs; and
whether the waiver of the fee would shift an unreasonable burden of the cost from the appellant to the institution. [15]
[41] The city submits that it is not fair and equitable to waive the fee and that the appellant's fee waiver request should not be granted.
[42] With respect to section 45(4) (b), the city submits that the appellant has never claimed that the cost would be a financial hardship; instead, it is his belief that the search should take a matter of minutes.
[43] The city submits that it is understandable to suppose that this type of search should be done more quickly, however, this goes against the opinion of the city's subject matter experts and the search capability of its database. The city also submits that it could more quickly conduct a search of its database if the search parameters for the request conformed to the fields available, namely, property owner name and property address. As noted above, the city explains that the search required by the request will entail exporting folders and then manually searching through them, which will take more time. The city submits that it made efforts to reduce the search time by asking the appellant to clarify the request in line with how the data is recorded in the database; however, the appellant did not wish to do so.
[44] The city also submits that in accordance with section 7(1) of Regulation 823, it has not conducted its search yet. Based on the estimate provide by the city's subject matter experts, the city submits that there is currently no reason to suppose the search will take less time. It further submits that it would be unreasonable to transfer the burden of the costs from the appellant to the city.
[45] While not providing representations directly on this issue, the appellant's comments suggest that he believes the city's fee estimate exceeds the actual cost of searching for the responsive records in its database.
[46] As explained below, I find that it would not be fair or equitable to waive the fee and I uphold the city's decision to deny a fee waiver.
[47] The appellant believes that the city can easily retrieve and print the responsive records. It appears he may be arguing that the city's final fee will be less than its fee estimate.
[48] The appellant does not raise or rely on any of the other factors in section 45(4) of the Act. Despite this, I have considered these factors and find that none apply in favour of a fee waiver. For example, there is no evidence to demonstrate that payment of the fee will cause the appellant financial hardship under section 45(4) (b) or that waiving the fees would benefit public health or safety under section 45(4) (c).
[49] I must also consider any other relevant factors when deciding whether a fee waiver is "fair and equitable". In doing so, I considered that the appellant has not provided me with any evidence to support his request for a fee waiver, other than his argument that the search should take minutes. I accept that the city has attempted to work with the appellant to clarify his request and that the final fee for searching for responsive records could be somewhat lower or higher than the fee estimate. In my view, the appellant has not provided a sufficiently persuasive explanation for why the city ought to bear the full cost of processing his requests while he should bear none. I am also not satisfied that this is an appropriate case to order a partial fee waiver.
[50] Therefore, upon review of the evidence before me, I find that it would not be fair or equitable to waive the fee in the circumstances of this appeal. For these reasons, I uphold the city's decision to deny the appellant's fee waiver request.
I uphold the city's fee estimate as reasonable and its decision to deny a fee waiver.
Original signed by:
Valerie Silva
[1] I have reviewed all the file material and representations and have determined that I do not require further information before making my decision.
[2] Section 45(3).
[3] Order MO-1699.
[4] Orders P-81, MO-1367, MO-1479, MO-1614 and MO-1699.
[5] Order MO-1520-I.
[6] Orders P-81 and MO-1614.
[7] There is no evidence before me that the city has conducted such a search and found no responsive records, or that the appellant has narrowed his request to exclude such records.
[8] This would require an analysis based on the record-by-record approach set out in Order M-514 in determining whether a requester should be charged fees.
[9] See Orders 81 and 1699, mentioned above.
[10] See Order MO-3568.
[11] Order PO-2726.
[12] Orders M-914, P-474, P-1393 and PO-1953-F.
[13] Order MO-1243.
[14] See Mann v. Ontario (Ministry of Environment), 2017 ONSC 1056.
[15] Orders M-166, M-408 and PO-1953-F.
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Facilitation – what does it mean?
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Your task is to achieve the goal of a meeting.
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This time recall an anthill. Usually we look at it from a distance, so as a result we see a mass of small points that are constantly moving. We do not notice individual ants, even though we need just a moment of concentration and mindfulness to realize that each of them is going in its own direction. The same situation can happen during the training – we can focus on the relationships between people and on the group so much, that we can miss the details regarding individuals. One may be tired. Other impatient, frozen or dissatisfied. Examples can be multiplied here.
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Questions are the most important tool in the hands of the facilitator. They allow you to collect information, help in mutual understanding, enable searching for solutions.
When do we ask questions?
At each stage of the work group.
To clarify the doubts and misunderstandings.
To encourage participants to seek solutions.
To analyze possible explanations or suggested solutions.
Ask questions adjusted for a particular purpose. Use primarily open-ended questions – starting with the words: what? who? for what? when? why? how? Asking open-ended questions can be compared with fishing with nets – when people try to catch as many different fishes as possible. In other words – in this way you collect a lot of information. You also make participants to think and dig dipper, and you encourage them to collaborate.
Much less – usually in a situation where you need precise information or you want to end a thread – use closed-ended questions. Those which begin with the word "if" and lead to the "yes", "no" or "do not know" answer. In this case, we can also use the metaphor of fishing – but this time you fish using rods. In this way you try to catch just one fish – to get a very precise answer to your specific question.
Paraphrase is a repetition of what we understood from the speech of another person. It should not summarize the problem or include the interpretation. It should contain only what was said. When you use the paraphrase, do not judge and do not value statements you've already heard.
To show you are listening, you are careful and concentrate on the speech of the participant.
To check how well you understand his /her intentions (if you understood otherwise, the participant has the opportunity to clearly present his idea).
To organize the conversation and focus attention on the discussed issues.
To underline the interest and understanding of the participant and to encourage him to continue the speech.
To make his speech more understandable for the group.
Use paraphrase when you do not fully understand the participant's statement and are not sure about his intentions. Use it also when you are not certain if everyone in a group heard or understood the participant.
Confirming is to show that you are listening with interest and want the participant to continue his speech.
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When the previously reticent participant spoke.
To encourage less active participant for greater involvement.
Express your interest by non-verbal signals: nodding head, tilting in the direction of the speaker, eye contact, smiling. Take care also about the verbal confirmation – both short (oh, yes – yes, I understand) and more complex (Do you want to say something more?) will work here.
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When we use the balancing?
At the beginning when not everyone feels safe.
Whenever the discussion is dominated by a small group of people.
Say: We've already known the opinions of two people. Who will propose a different way of looking at this matter? What others think about what you've just said Peter? We have listened to the arguments of Anna and Dominic, who has a different point of view?
Giving voice is a procedure that helps to organize the discussion.
When there is chaos in a group and everyone speaks at the same time.
Step 1: Please, all of the people who want to speak, raise your hands.
Step 2: I see that four people want to speak: Anna, Lucy, George and Adam. You will speak in this order. The first – Anna, the second – Lucy and so on.
Step 4: (When the last person has finished) Does anyone else want to add anything?
Summarizing means to present again the most important issues, thoughts, ideas emotions that appeared at the particular stage of the work of the group.
At the end of a particular stage of the work of the the group.
At the end of the work of the group.
To collect the most important facts and confirm their understanding.
To show what progress has been achieved and encourage further efforts.
To ensure that all matters in that part of the meeting have been discussed and covered, and we can move on to the next.
Introduce the most essential issues that have been raised. Verify if you told about every important matters. For example: It seems to me, that the basic thoughts that have been expressed, are …. I think that the most important issues that have been raised until now are … Have I forgotten about anything?


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Q: Symfony CheckboxType could not be unchecked Here are the existing codes:
Form type as :
->add('isProcessor', CheckboxType::class,array('label' => 'As Processor', 'required'=>false))

Entity as:
/**
 * @var boolean $isProcessor
 *
 * @ORM\Column(name="is_processor", type="boolean")
 * @Assert\NotBlank()
 */
private $isProcessor;

page as :
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How could I make this happen:

*

*if the checkbox is checked, isProcessor should be true

*if the checkbox is unchecked, isProcessor should be false

I am not if there should be some other parameters with CheckboxType when building the form. Or I need add some other codes to convert the values.
Also the field could not be modified in modify page.
Is there any way to make the checkbox element disable in modify page but enable in create page?
Thank you very much for your help.

A: I think that you just have to remove NotBlank constraint on $isProcessor. If checkbox isn't checked, then the form value will be null and the boolean type convert it to 0.
To make the checkbox element disable in modify page but not in create page, you can use createForm options.
In your controller :
$form = $this->createForm(YourType::class, $yourData, [
            'isProcessorDisable'    => true // or false
        ]);

In your form type, you can do something like that :
class YourType extends AbstractType
{
    public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options)
    {
        $isProcessorDisable = $options['isProcessorDisable'];
        $builder->add('isProcessor', CheckboxType::class, array(
            'label'    => 'As Processor',
            'required' => false,
            'disabled' => $isProcessorDisable
        ));
    }

    public function configureOptions(OptionsResolver $resolver)
    {
        $resolver->setDefaults([
            'data_class'                => YourEntity::class,
            'translation_domain'        => 'form',
            'isProcessorDisable'        => false // Default value
        ]);
    }
}

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Implications: If these regulations, which are proposed to take effect on January 1, 2020, are finalized in their current form (they cannot be relied on currently), employers may choose to eliminate their group health plan coverage and establish an HRA that reimburses the cost of individual health coverage purchased by employees, if certain conditions are met. The proposed regulations even suggest that the regulators may create special rules that would treat an employer sponsoring one of these HRAs as fully satisfying the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) employer mandate (generally, the requirement that large employers must offer specified health coverage to at least 95 percent of their full-time employees and dependents or risk paying a potential tax penalty). This could potentially lead to a shift from traditional group health plans to a 401(k)-like defined contribution approach towards employer-provided health coverage, likely to be most popular with smaller employers.
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Justin Lopez is getting to his power more consistently in 2019. (Photo: Jeff Nycz)
Chihuahuas 10 Salt Lake City Bees 8
Key Stats: 1B Aderlin Rodriguez 3-for-5, 2B, 2 HR (16); DH Austin Allen 3-for-5, 2 2B; CF Boog Powell 1-for-2, 2 BB, SB (13); 3B Jason Vosler 3-for-5; LHP Jerry Keel 6 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 6 K, 2 BB
Prospect Watch: Austin Allen and Aderlin Rodriguez both continued torrid August hitting as the Chihuahuas held off a late rally to claim a series split in Salt Lake. Rodriguez doubled in a run in his second trip to the plate before hitting two-run homers in each of his next trips to the plate. The 27-year-old has hit in nine straight games, hitting .425 with six homers in that stretch. Since the All-Star break, the first baseman has tormented PCL pitchers with a .368/.403/.728 line. This month, his slugging percentage is an even more eye-popping .904. … Allen has been almost as unstoppable at the plate, hitting .382 with a .727 slugging percentage for August. After his 3-for-5 night Sunday, his OPS over 62 games in Triple-A this year is .998 as he's produced about a third better than league-average on the year. … Jerry Keel kept a potent Bees lineup in check over six innings, allowing just one run on four hits. The big lefty from Palmdale, California, has been hampered by the free pass this year, issuing 56 walks in 133.1 innings overall. Keel has reined in the wildness this month, issuing only seven walks across 23.1 innings while posting a monthly-best 3.47 ERA in August. Keel, 25, has thrown a system-high 133.1 innings on the year.
Sod Poodles 2 Frisco Rough Riders 0
Key Stats: CF Taylor Trammell 1-for-4, 2B; 2B Ivan Castillo 2-for-3, Sac, SB (14); LF Tyler Benson 1-for-3, HR (1); 3B Hudson Potts 2-for-4; RHP Ronald Bolaños 6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 6K, 4 BB
Ronald Bolaños has shown flashes of dominance in the Texas League. (Photo: Eddie Kelly)
Prospect Watch: Ronald Bolaños, Nick Kuzia and Kaz Makita combined to blank the Rough Riders and keep Amarillo in the driver's seat for playoff chase. Bolaños continued his up-and-down stint in the Texas League, bouncing back with six strong innings Sunday. The right-handed hurler, who will turn 23 this week, has gone six or more scoreless in three of his 13 Double-A outings, but also has a pair of eight-run outings. Bolaños has pushed his strikeout rate higher at each level,whiffing just over 26% of hitters he's faced since joining Amarillo. He would be Rule 5 eligible this winter. … Tyler Benson connected on his first professional home run in his first start at Double-A. The left-handed hitting corner outfielder has been a solid contributor for Fort Wayne this season, two years after the Padres drafted him in the 31st round out of Bloomsburg University. … Hudson Potts posted his first multi-hit game in over two weeks, including an RBI single to open the scoring. The 20-year-old infielder came in mired in a 6-for-51 slump, though his strikeout rate has actually been down this month after hovering over 30% through the season. Potts will almost certainly be back in Amarillo next year to try to regain his prospect luster.
Storm 5 Stockton Ports 4
Key Stats: 2B Gabriel Arias 2-for-4, HR (15); CF Jeisson Rosario 2-for-4, OF Assist; C Jalen Washington 1-for-3, 2B, SF; LHP Osvaldo Hernandez 2.2 IP, 3 H, 4 ER, 1 K, 2 BB; RHP Elliot Ashbeck 3 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 2 K, 0 BB; RHP Javier Guerra 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 K, 0 BB
Prospect Watch: After a rare poor start by Osvaldo Hernandez, the Storm bullpen worked 6.1 scoreless frames to give the offense enough time to put things together for a comeback win. Hernandez opened the third inning with back-to-back walks before the Ports chased him with a double, sacrifice fly and single. The 21-year-old lefty came in having allowed just three earned runs over his previous 21.2 frames. Hernandez has largely maintained his low walk rate in the Cal League, but his strikeout rates have plummeted below six per nine innings this year. … Javy Guerra turned in another perfect inning, striking out two. He's allowed just one earned run over his last 11 outings. Since coming off the disabled list for a side strain in early July, the newly-converted pitcher has walked only two batters in 14 frames while striking out 20. The live-armed righty needed just nine pitches to get through his inning Sunday. … Gabriel Arias capped off his blistering week with his third homer in four days to get the Storm on the board. The 19-year-old, who has always shown good raw power but hit just six homers in his first two seasons, now has 15 on the year and has vaulted to second on the team with an .826 OPS. While his swinging strikeout rate for the year still hovers over 20%, he's shaved more than five points off of it in the last month and has cut his strikeout rate below 20% for August. He'd never had a month below 25% in his career prior to July.
TinCaps 4 Bowling Green Hot Rods 2
Key Stats: SS Justin Lopez 2-for-3, 2 2B, BB; DH Ethan Skender 2-for-3; LF Michael Curry 2-for-4; LHP Ryan Weathers 4.1 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 6 K, 1 BB
Prospect Watch: Justin Lopez picked up a pair of doubles and has now hit in 12 of 13 games. While he's still striking out at a 25% clip this month, the 19-year-old switch-hitter has put together a .328/.361/.500 line in August. Although Lopez has posted just a .279 OPS across 168 games in the Midwest League, he'd be among the youngest players in the league if he were somehow to return to Fort Wayne to open the 2020 season. … Ryan Weathers labored through a season-high 85 pitches to get through 4.1 innings Sunday. The 19-year-old lefty struck out six, his highest total since he was shut down with a dead arm in early May. After a cautious ramp-up when he returned, the Padres' top pick last summer had gone at least five frames in each of his last six outings. He sports a 25:3 strikeout-to-walk ratio over his last 31.1 innings.
Hillsboro Hops 9 Dust Devils 1
Key Stats: DH Sean Guilbe 2-for-4; 1B Jason Pineda 1-for-4, 3B; 2B Reinaldo Ilarraza 1-for-3, BB, SB (21), CS (5); RHP Ignacio Feliz 2.2 IP, 6 H, 6 R (4 ER), 2 K, 3 BB, WP
Prospect Watch: Hillsboro jumped Tri-City starter Ignacio Feliz for six runs and chased him before he could finish the third inning. It was the shortest outing of the year for the 19-year-old, who came in with a 3.06 ERA. In his first season in the organization, the Dominican righty has posted a 45:22 strikeout-to-walk ratio though his velocity has yet to take the step forward from the low-90s many expected based on his athleticism. Already pitching well, he still has plenty of room for advancement in the next few years. … Sean Guilbe was the only Dust Devil with multiple hits in the game. His strikeout rate has spiked as he works on going after pitches in the zone more aggressively, but he's still posted an .840 OPS this month.
AZL Brewers-Gold 5 AZL Padres-1 1
Key Stats: LF Yordi Francisco 1-for-4, 3B; 2B Luis Paez 2-for-4; RHP Miguel Rondon 4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 5 K, 2 BB
AZL Padres-2 7 AZL Indians-Blue 0
Key Stats: CF Angel Solarte 3-for-5, 3B, HR (4); SS Luis Almanzar 2-for-3, 2 SF, SB (3), CS (5); C Gilberto Vizcarra 2-for-5, 2B; RHP Carlos Guarate 5 IP, 2H, 0 R, 3 K, 2 BB
Prospect Watch: For the fifth time in his last six outings, righty Carlos Guarate tossed five scoreless frames, lowering his ERA to 1.52 on the year. The 18-year-old is pitching stateside for the first time since signing in 2017. He has allowed just 16 hits in his last 29 innings. While he's only struck out 33 in 41.1 innings in the desert, he has allowed only 44 runners and has yet to surrender a homer. … After adding some good weight in the offseason, 18-year-old outfielder Angel Solarte has boosted his IsoP to .127 while repeating the AZL this year. The fast-twitch right-handed hitter is still reaching base at below a .300 clip even with a strikeout rate below 20%, but has the building blocks to do much more at the plate. … Righty Miguel Rondon turned in his third one-hit outing of the year. The undersized righty has struck out 48 in 39.1 innings.
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Swallows and Amazons
The addition of some peril gives a spiffing bit of oomph outdoors, which balances the nostalgic, Cath Kidston retro look of the interior scenes
Kate Muir
Tuesday July 26 2016, 12.01am, The Times
The perfect target audience is a grandparent and a young grandchild
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It's a strange kettle of fish, this adaptation of Arthur Ransome's beloved Thirties children's book, but bizarrely enjoyable for its sense of freedom and derring-do. The very idea that you might toss your seven-year-old — with limited swimming skills and no lifejacket — into an old wooden sailing boat with his siblings and lose contact for days seems unconscionable in these days of helicopter parenting.
"BETTER DROWNED THAN DUFFERS IF NOT DUFFERS WON'T DROWN", is Mr Walker's encouraging telegram from the high seas to his wife (Kelly Macdonald, delightful), who wonders if it is sensible to launch her children into deepest water in the Lake District. But piratical holiday fun must be had, and the Walker children, Roger (Bobby McCulloch), John (Dane Hughes), Susan


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What if Olivia Armstrong hadn't survived the Promised Day? The final battle is over, but the struggle for Amestris goes on - and if Team Mustang were looking forward to a little rest and recuperation, they can think again.
Roy isn't exactly getting the guided tour of Armstrong Manor. Olivia Armstrong strides rapidly through the vast, high-ceilinged rooms of her family home, looking only ahead of her. Her legs are longer than his, Roy tells himself as he tries to keep pace with her. All the furniture is swathed in dust sheets. Roy looks down at the old inlaid marble floor, then up at the ceiling fresco. His mother would give her eye teeth to have a good nose around here. He'll meet her in a few hours. He hopes that her calculations are right, and that they haven't already come for her. His stomach gives a little twist of fear. He wishes she'd left on the train with the girls. He wishes the girls could send word that they made it.
It's the day before the eclipse.
If Olivia Armstrong dies, she declares, she's leaving this house to Roy. At first, he assumes she's just saying that to show how her family's traditions are just so much dead wood to her, that she's trying to stick it to her old man. It takes a few moments for him to see the unsubtly hidden message in that silly declaration.
She's leaving him the country.
The idea is somewhat mind-blowing. Their rivalry is civilised, but about matters of government, their disagreement is profound. He has never considered before that she might countenance leaving him in charge. He supposes it means that he won't have to contend with a Briggs rebellion if she dies tomorrow. If he survives. He briefly considers returning the sentiment, but doesn't. It's hardly necessary. If he were to die, she'd hardly be waiting for an endorsement from his people. She'd have her boots up on the Fuhrer's desk before his corpse was even cold.
If there was such as thing as a good dictator, Olivia Armstrong would make one — but Roy doesn't believe in good dictators. He believes in the mess of democracy: presidential elections, squabbling political parties, protests, radicals handing out pamphlets. He believes in heated arguments in pubs in which people shout out loud that the President is a moron, in a free press cruelly documenting every time a politician loses his dignity in public. This country was cobbled together from fifteen warring states, by a monster, to serve that monster's purposes — but Roy doesn't love it any the less for that. Amestris has become worth loving through her people, and her people can remake her into something better.
Roy himself spoke with Grumman a few days ago, trying to strategise about what to do next if Roy dies tomorrow — although he's absolutely not going to let it happen. Grumman was unhelpful. He offered contingency plans, but he kept trying to divert the conversation. He laughed and told Roy he was indestructible, remember that time when he was eight, and fell sixteen feet out of the big oak in University Park? Roy tried to tell him that this was a much taller tree, but Grumman laughed and told him he worried too much for someone so young.
That's the exact problem: Grumman has known Roy since he was a child, through Roy's mother. In Grumman's mind, Roy is still about eight years old. Roy can hardly believe that after a whole career spent in the military, half of it dealing with the endless troubles of the East, Grumman still has any belief that your affection can protect the people around you. But he's old. This is obviously one of his bouts of sentimentality. Roy pushes him into making plans, but in the end he just lets him have his belief that nothing bad could possibly happen. He imagines that if it comes down to a contest between Armstrong and Grumman, things might not go well for the old man.
Olivia Armstrong strides away from him into the trees. Roy watches her go with a grin, amused at how he's riled her up. Then it flashes sharp and solid into his mind that this was the last conversation they will ever have. Might be the last, he corrects himself. Stop being melodramatic. Armstrongs and Armstrong Manor both influence one to melodrama. Everything around here is too big, too theatrical, but Roy is a Mustang: he's been taught different lessons. The first thing he ever learnt from Chris Mustang was, keep your wits about you and stay in the game.


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Category Archives: russian
fictional publishers, russian
I cannot find "The Invisible Book"
In her LRB review of Sergei Dovlatov's Pushkin Hills and The Zone, Sophie Pinkham referes to another of Dovlatov's novels, The Invisible Book. It looks like it contains interesting comments on Soviet publishing, but, as I cannot find an affordable copy of this book (AbeBooks has one listed at £313.42!), here is Pinkham's reference.
"The Zone is a contribution to the long tradition of Russian and Soviet prison memoirs, from Dostoyevsky to Varlam Shalamov. But Dovlatov is an odd man out. The book is framed by letters to Dovlatov's real-life publisher at a Russian émigré press about its repeated rejection on the grounds that 'the prison-camp theme is exhausted,' and that 'after Solzhenitsyn, the subject ought to be closed.' (In a rejection letter included in The Invisible Book, a Soviet editor tells the narrator: 'We don't want anything tragic or gloomy. We want to sing and laugh like children!') Dovlatov says that even if he isn't Solzhenitsyn, he still has the right to exist; that his book is about criminal camps, not political ones; and that unlike Solzhenitsyn, he believes that the problem isn't that the camps are hell, but that hell is inside us. The difference between previous camps and Dovlatov's is the difference between the USSR under Stalin and the USSR under Brezhnev. Terror gave way to bored misery; moral absolutism to irony. Things stopped looking so black and white."
Perhaps someone will publish a new edition of this interesting sounding book.
Sergei Dovlatov, The Invisible Book, 1977
Charles Kinbote, opinionated editor of John Shade's final and longest poem, "Pale Fire", distrusts publishers and editors immensely. Having stolen the manuscript of Shade's unfinished poem from the recently widowed Sybil Shade, Kinbote believes he is the sole gatekeeper and interpreter of the poem. Of course, this is only so he can ensure that his narrative can be sneaked into his notes of the poem.
Despite this mistrust of publishers, Kinbote constantly offers small hints in his commentary that he remains dependent on their help. This is no more apparent than in the Foreword, where three lines reveal the extent of his dependence: "I alone am responsible for any mistakes in my commentary. Insert before a professional. A professional proofreader has carefully rechecked the printed text of the poem […] that has been all in the way of outside assistance" The note in italics demonstrates that while Kinbote wants to present himself above editorial intervention, his desire—and subsequent inaction—to acquire professional help has resulted in compromising the quality of his manuscript.
This proofreading failure is just one of Kinbote's many editorial blunders in a novel that plays with the complex interdependence and required trust between author, editor and publisher.
Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire, 1962
(Guest Post by Simon Rowberry)
Tagged Kinbote
american, fictional publishers, russian
We hold a dead book in our hands
In Vladimir Nabokov's The Real Life of Sebastian Knight being published is what the narrator yearns for, when, in Paris, he first sees his half-brother's new book "The Doubtful Asphodel announced in an English paper".
"And as I sat there alone in the lugubriously comfortable hall, and read the publisher's advertisement and Sebastian's handsome black name in block letters, I envied his lot more acutely than I had ever envied it before."
As is the case with many books about writers there is little mention of publishers and publishing, although we do hear something of Sebastian Knight's lackadaisical dealings with the profession. What a lark that "The Funny Mountain was published simultaneously in two American magazines, and Sebastian was at a loss to remember how he managed to sell it to two different people". The first publisher of The Prismatic Bezel spotted an obvious libel and "advised Sebastian to modify the whole passage, a thing which Sebastian flatly refused to do, saying finally that he would get the book printed elsewhere – and this he eventually did". When the book was published it "fell completely flat" and "was appreciated at its true worth only when Sebastian's first real success caused it to be presented anew by another firm (Bronson), but even then it did not sell as well as Success, or Lost Property." Bronson is the only publisher mentioned, and the author's successes are not attributed in any way to publishing expertise.
Books are central to the story V unfolds, and his view of The Doubtful Asphodel obliquely presages now overworked predictions of the death of the book: "The man is dead, and we do not know. The asphodel on the other shore is as doubtful as ever. We hold a dead book in our hands. Or are we mistaken?"
Vladimir Nabokov, The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, 1941
Tagged Bronson, Nabokov
Crime fiction for the journey to Odessa
The publisher in Chekhov's early story wonders if readers of crime fiction are becoming bored by the formulaic plots on offer, and tells the budding author, Ivan Petrovich Kamyshev, so.
'It's not a question of truth…You don't necessarily have to see something in order to describe it – that's not important. The point is, for far too long now our poor readers have had their teeth set on edge by Gaboriau and Shklyarevsky. They're sick and tired of all these mysterious murders, these detectives' artful ruses, the phenomenal quick-wittedness of investigating magistrates.'
This story uses the plot device of narrator-as-murderer used by Agatha Christie in The Murder of Roger Ackroyd written 45 years later (a couple of years after The Shooting Party was first translated into English in 1926).
As the publisher discovers on reading the manuscript some months later on the train to Odessa, the text was certainly "worth reading". It looks like Chekhov's publisher may have been wrong in his initital estimation of the diminishing market for detective fiction.
Anton Chekhov, The Shooting Party, 1884-5
Tagged Chekhov


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Arctic Yearbook 2015 call for abstracts
The Arctic Yearbook is calling for abstracts for the 2015 edition. Deadline for abstracts: 1 March 2015.
The Arctic Yearbook is an international and peer-reviewed volume which focuses on issues of regional governance, circumpolar relations, geopolitics and security, all broadly defined including global aspects. The Arctic Yearbook is an initiative of the Northern Research Forum (NRF) and University of the Arctic's joint Thematic Network on Geopolitics and Security.
This year's theme is "Arctic Governance and Governing". The theme is meant to evaluate the innovation and progress being made in Arctic governance today, as well as conflicts and challenges. Topics may include, but are not limited to, local impact benefit agreements; local politics and elections; northern self-governance arrangements; current and future environmental regulatory frameworks; governance and regulatory gaps; state and non-state cooperation; state and sub-national government cooperation; the new IMO polar shipping regime; regional agreements; regional and/or global governance structures; and assessments of regulatory barriers to economic development. Comprehensive or theoretical evaluations of Arctic governance, including examples of successes and failures, are also encouraged.
Other topics of contemporary significance to regional development, circumpolar relations, geopolitics and security will also be welcome.
Abstracts should be 250-400 words and include author name(s), institutional affiliation and article title, to be submitted to Heather Exner-Pirot (heather.exner@usask.ca)
The deadline for abstracts is March 1, 2015. Notice of acceptance will be provided on March 15, 2015, and articles (4000-6000 words) must be submitted by June 15. Expected publication is in fall 2015.
The editors also welcome proposals for commentaries (1-3 page opinion pieces) and briefing notes (3-5 pages) from experts and policymakers on current issues and events.
See the full call for abstracts on the Arctic Yearbook website.
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Since January, Norwegian Air Shuttle has been grounding planes to replace the engines on its fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. The 21 Dreamliners — 13 787-9s and eight 787-8s — all feature the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engine, which has been creating problems for carriers across the board, including British Airways, ANA, and Virgin Atlantic, among others.
But the wet-leasing process is not exactly going smooth for the Scandinavian budget carrier.
Cancellations in recent days have been rampant, especially on its Newark (EWR) to Paris Orly (ORY) route, which is now being operated by EuroAtlantic.
So far in June, there have been at least seven cancellations on that route, with five in the past week alone (three cancellations outbound to ORY and two cancellations inbound to EWR), according to FlightAware.
But, if you're booked on one of these three wet lease-operated routes, it might be wise to brace for a last-minute cancellation and have a backup plan in mind.
TPG reached out for more details, but none of the three wet-lease operators responded by time of publication.
We noted this to representatives at Norwegian, who apologized and passed it along to the airline's head office for correction. They also told TPG that they have been attempting to re-accommodate canceled passengers.
And even though the 1-800 number listed in the screenshot above is not a dedicated customer service line, you should take note of it. There is no other phone number listed on the carrier's website for customer service, as TPG Travel Editor Melanie Lieberman learned this week. Melanie tried to claim compensation for voluntarily giving up her seat on an overbooked flight in April. She followed up via email several times, but was never given a claim number, so her request kept getting lost in the system. It wasn't until this reader sent us the screenshot with the 1-800 number that Melanie was able to get through and process her claim.
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60″ />Recently, a commenter confessed his affection for Lorrie Morgan's cover of the Tammy Wynette classic, "Another Lonely Song." I share that affection, and it got me thinking about Morgan's music as a whole. She's not mentioned much when the women of the nineties are discussed, and it's a shame. She's such a stylist, and can handle a pop melody as effortlessly as a country torch ballad.
What's your recommendation tonight? Got another gem from another underrated artist?
I'll pick "Devil On The Left" by Jamie O'Neal from her album Brave.
The song actually sounds country, and has a great story of redemption. It's about a stripper who finds a new life, and the song has some great meaning about her inner emotional conflict, and some amazing imagery and symbolism.
I highly recommend you check out this track!
I've heard that one, and I'm a fan of it. Good choice!
this week I must recomend "I wish I were The Rain" by SHeDAISY.
plus, it has a great sound!
Earlier this week, I met a radio DJ (Stepbrother of a friend) and he recorded a CD of new artists that I might enjoy. Since, I've been listening to that CD and there are a couple of songs that I absolutely love. The first was Hoss Howard's (Sounds like Trace Adkins) "Twang Thang." It was just a great rockin' country song. Another favorite was "Cold" by Jeremy McComb, which I've had stuck in my head for a few days.
Just to respond to the original post about Lorrie Morgan….
ITA how she is too easily overlooked and easily put her in that category with Pam Tillis. Both women have such incredible histories in country music but are probably all but unknown by the "newer" "country music" fans.
I love that both ladies are consistent visitors to and respectors of The Opry and have such great appreciation for their genre and especially their legend fathers who paved the way.
I'm not a huge fan, but two of my favorite Lorri songs are "Good As I Was to You" and "if you came back from heaven" I know they were both singles but they are fantastic.
That record had a lot of impact. "Drive" was particularly a HUGE single for AJ.
The thing that I like about Todd O'Neill is the voice. There's something there.
Today I recommend a Shelby Lynne song from her "Tough All Over" album, "What About The Love We Made".
I'm gonna keep with Kevin's Lorrie Morgan theme and even the same album. I would have went with 'I Just Might Be' but Kevin picked that one too. So I will recommend 'Standing Tall' by Ms. Morgan. The lyrics are cutting and Lorrie's delivery is precise. It's on her first BNA Greatest Hits album.
Zach, that is one of my favorite SHeDAISY songs! I think I recommended it here a few months ago, it really is brilliant.
probably, lorrie morgan's amazing talent to make a more pop-leaning country tune sound really catchy overshadowed the even more amazing ability to make even the most classic country song sound as if her version was the definitive one.
i just love underrated artists when they sound as good as that.
listen to "where do i go to start all over" – a traditional country-weeper by wade hayes, if you like underrated.
After getting Jason Aldean's latest album, I wasn't nearly as impressed as I was with his first, and I didn't give the album as much of a chance as I should have.
When Relentless was released, I was shocked to find that I no longer thought it was boring monotonous song song that my first impression led me to believe. I also bothered to listen to Back In This Cigarette again, which is the track I recommend.
The verses are pretty dull melodically, but I love the chorus. It's much more interesting, and it's one of those melodies that I just love, and he even injects some passion into it. Lyrically, it's pretty good, with a hook that suggests that putting passion back into a dying relationship "is like trying to put smoke back in this cigarette".
I have a hunch that the label will be pushing Not Every Man Lives as the next single, which admittedly is one of the best on the album, but I hope they can give this song a shot at radio too.
I'll recommend "Willin'" by Jon Randall this week.
"Willin'" is a good one.
Do you know if that is the same Willin' that the Road Hammers cover?
"Mr. Radio", a track off of Trisha Yearwood's 1993 album THE SONG REMEMBERS WHEN. This song, a story song about the cathartic power of the radio in a rustic setting, is actually a reworking of a song off of Linda Ronstadt's 1982 album GET CLOSER. And given Trisha's unabashed love of Linda's music, it's not surprising that hers should sound similar to Linda's.
What a pairing those two women would make (IMHO).


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Thought I was tricky when I found a stream of (what i THOUGHT was) the new Superman movie.
I've been a huge fan of Smallville since its first season and watched it religiously until it finally wrapped up after, what, like 12 seasons or something. This was a great show, although they did have a fairly high soap opera factor, which is likely essential for a television show to succeed I guess.
I got about a third of the way through and I found myself talking to the movie. I do this when I like the movie/show. Something like, "of course the couplings failed" or "uh oh". And then superman saves a plane with a missing wing from crashing into a baseball stadium. So American. But I gave out a great big "whoop!". Incredible.
Here I am though, bragging while I'm watching about how I'm all over this new movie, my friends resentful calling me a spoiler.
When I imdb'd it, I was like, Lawrence Fishbourne isn't playing Perry White. It took a couple of days for me to realize I watched a Superman from 2006. WTF? I thought I was so much cooler than that.
So I guess the plus side, there is a whole other Superman movie to enjoy. Although Kevin Costner? Really?


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It's official: a wimp CAN rule the world. King of funnies and king of the book charts. Know that feeling when things just keep going wrong? The Wimpy Kid's life takes wrong to a whole new level. Shaming best friends. Nightmare first crushes. The threat of military academy. Whatever next…? You know when you have to laugh or you'd cry? Well, we're laughing like crazy. This kid's got us all queuing up to show our wimp credentials. He must be doing something right.
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I first saw Rob Wipond on stage. He was lithe and he had a hugely expressive face: expansive mouth, actor's eyes, and a haircut I've only ever seen in the 21st Century on the head of Weird Al Yankovich. And when he recited, it was the roar of a challenge. The young always take on The Man, and for most of us then, that meant a corporation or a government or the administration of the university – easy targets to hit – but not Rob. Rob hurled it out, fists in the air, body bending like a dancer's: "Break Down the Establishment … of Rock and Roll!" And by the end of it, Rock looked bloated, out of touch with its outcast roots and grown too used to its own hard-earned, easy life. It was excoriating and beautiful. After Rob came off the stage, Ian David Arlett, as big from the stage as anyone I'd seen, bowed to him as to a prince. I've stayed in touch with Rob, on and off, ever since. Our current conversation began when I had a student who reminded me of him, the first such person I'd met in the over 30 years, and I wanted some advice on how to help my student keep that fire in him alive in a world that does its best to dowse such human fires. Rob is much more the journalist now, taking his insights to articles and videos – check these out (robwipond.com or Rob Wipond on YouTube) – and you'll experience there that same voice I heard 40 years ago: full of the satirist's love for humanity mixed with sadness at its tragic failings, channeled, as in all great poets, into pushing the language as far as it will go.
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