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23 hours ago, JimF-LowBari said:
You have info on this that you can share? Otherwise sounds like you are blowing it off without knowing one way or the other.
5 hours ago, Jurassic Lancer said:Some people think that excessive snark and sarcasm don’t constitute civil discourse. Count me in that number.
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23 hours ago, JimF-LowBari said:
You have info on this that you can share? Otherwise sounds like you are blowing it off without knowing one way or the other.
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23 hours ago, JimF-LowBari said:
You have info on this that you can share? Otherwise sounds like you are blowing it off without knowing one way or the other.
7 hours ago, Jeff Ream said:so he asked a straight forward question in a non argumentative way, and this is your non answer. Please spare us the hypocrisy on your lectures of how discourse on DCP should be done.
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1 hour ago, Continental said:
I swear I saw a reply from another poster in this thread and now it's gone.
Was I dreaming?
Was I hallucinating?
Apparently my suggestion to start a declarative thread was not looked favorably upon.
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22 hours ago, JimF-LowBari said:
I didn’t realize you thought things were so bad between us I couldn’t even ask a yes or no question. I stand corrected.... I’ll try not to respond to anything you post if it helps...
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22 hours ago, JimF-LowBari said:
So do you have any info you can share?
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On 9/18/2020 at 11:20 PM, Jeff Ream said:
i do know of one corps who plans on asking some questions about this
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23 hours ago, JimF-LowBari said:
You have info on this that you can share? Otherwise sounds like you are blowing it off without knowing one way or the other.
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On 9/19/2020 at 12:21 AM, E3D said:
Every company out in the real world has exposure and could literally hire a perv. Usually background checks get rid of the ones who have been caught but predators are out there all the time.
So what will questions do? What type of questions? Lets hope its not someone who acts and speaks like that clown on drumcorps af.
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On 9/18/2020 at 11:15 PM, Jeff Ream said:
yes they are. and they gave loans to start the two "federations" in chrge of enforcing the "rules" and set it up so they have controlling interests on their boards
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On 9/18/2020 at 10:55 AM, Continental said:
What? Really. What?
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On 9/15/2020 at 8:40 AM, Jeff Ream said:
Well they have the same challenges
note one of the authors
These "challenges" are suffered from daycare facilities to the active military and nearly everything in between.
Neither drum corps nor Varsity are unique in this regard.
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On 9/5/2020 at 12:10 AM, Jeff Ream said:
Based on what I have seen, I see the exact opposite.
Remember the old trope "if you want to score well you won't use G bugles"? or Jeff Feidler saying the Cavies decided to add amps after voting no because they were competing with one hand tied behind their backs without them?
Presuming that you're, again, referring to the one, single comment about using equipment in the cheer section of the competition, I think you're creating a bogeyman here where none exists. Those drum corps changes were made by agreement of all participants (sans fans) for performance reasons that had tangential potential financial impacts. The claim against Varsity is that they profit (being for-profit and all) from a requirement that participants use one provider.
That's not at all like your G-bugle example.
The corollary you've presented would be a cheer team showing up in 1920's bloomers, long-sleeve shirts, hair caps, and leather-soled shoes (G-bugles) to wave pom-poms against spandex, short skirts, bling/glitz/makeup/hairspray and matching "jump shoes" (Bb horns/A&E/150members) and expecting to score competitively.
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9 hours ago, E3D said:
Its really hard to listen to this mini episode and realize its "bias" pure bias.
Maybe they should stick to doing collaborative research on the best ballads in the past 40 years and or how nobody pays any attention to things like DCA.
I enjoy the speculative banter. It's the certitude that's disturbing.
As if our activity has done everything right over 75 years and can't learn from others or even benefit from a partnership with others who have succeeded. The institutional arrogance sometimes evident from the leaders of some of our corps also seems to pervade the minds of some of its most ardent fans.
Evidence the notion promoted in this, and I'd guess other, podcasts that "...your voice is JUST AS IMPORTANT...!". Uh, no kiddos it's not.
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1 hour ago, Continental said:
John,
Then if changes are are being made, why would there not be a advisory in the appropriate forum section?
There was none. I checked before hand.
Can’t speak for The Big Guy, but I’ve been told that the service levels provided in DCP are directly related to the fee schedule you chose when you signed up as a member.
Do you remember if you signed up for a Regular, Super, or Super-Duper account? That would have made a difference in your notification timing.
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It worked!
Put me to sleep almost immediately! Thanks!
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5 hours ago, Tim K said:
A few years back, a young man I know wrote a piece of music for his band, had it copyrighted, and a rival band played it and uploaded the video to YouTube. The composer’s mother (never mess with Mom) reported it to YouTube, YouTube investigated, and ended up removing many of the rival bands videos except songs they could prove were their own. My understanding is this happens regularly and the video is either removed or the music is silenced and you only see the performance. So it’s possible that someone believed their music was performed without permission and uploaded to YouTube, a complaint was made, and when investigated all offending videos were removed.
I think they refer to this as "The Law of Unintended Consequences".
Or karma.
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12 minutes ago, Buick93 said:
Welcome to the future of Drum Corps. DCI signing with Varsity will be the end of DCI. Their tendency to control everything (including scoring penalties for not using their equipment, serioisly, can you imagine Rennick being penalized a point for not using Yamaha drums or IP sticks, that equivalent happens in Varsity cheerleading events) will end DCI.
This, or something like this, will end up succeeding DCI.
Wrong. Unfounded accusation not corroborated with facts.
Your post is off-topic; there's a thread for that.
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1 hour ago, JimF-LowBari said:
Have to ask, how will can one support the tour at this point? Hope the positive news pans out but doing “wait and see” myself
Give. To. DCI.
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2 hours ago, George Dixon said:
lots of positive news gives me hope for 2021 DCI
This IS the story - has been - and I hope the drum corps and DCI are prepared.
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1 minute ago, George Dixon said:
Same thing in a lot of other news sources, so yes I tend to think that it’s accurate
ALL over the place!
(I was being facetious, obviously, I thought. 😁)
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2 hours ago, George Dixon said:
lots of positive news gives me hope for 2021 DCI
Some will “believe it when they see it”, I’ll choose to invest in it by supporting the tour. DCI.
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2 hours ago, George Dixon said:
well I've been tested several times, no copay
and as stated all the biggest insurers have pledged coverage, many with no copay, government working for entirely free for Americans who cannot afford or are at higher risk
😝 CNBC? You can’t (cough) believe what ( cough) those capitalists say!
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20 hours ago, cixelsyd said:
Status quo for addressing the underlined concerns is to wait for full FDA approval. Businesses do not want to manufacture vaccines or related materials under the risk of them not being approved. It would take several months for a vaccine maker to get production ramped up, and we would be waiting about a year all told before the vaccine would be available in adequate quantity and widely distributed.
Fortunately, our federal government leadership decided not to settle for the status quo. They developed a plan called "Operation Warp Speed". Its primary components address the two issues I underlined above. Leading vaccine candidates are being manufactured right now, in parallel with their phase 3 clinical trials, so that there will already be many millions of doses available by the time they are approved. Related materials and distribution channels are also being created in advance, so that we can eliminate as much of that wait time as possible.
"Operation Warp Speed" has also facilitated the clinical trial process by providing organizational and financial assistance in getting trials set up and started. Of course, there is no way to rush the results... but once they come, we will be much better prepared to act on them.
I posted in the other closed thread: I was watching J&J interview back in late FEBRUARY that revealed their goal to declare "success" is both development of an affected class efficacy of 60% and global distribution for 300million doses. J&J announced last week that they're adding several countries to its stable of test subjects.
And J&J's vaccine is a one-shot while the other major contenders currently require two shots.
But monkeys and hamsters world-wide are celebrating the J&J news from last week that their drug did not produce negative symptoms in, well, hamsters.
October could bring a surprise.
DCI partnering with Varsity Performing Arts to launch "SoundSport Scholastic" events
in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
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