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Notice To Authors, Publishers And Other Book Rightsholders About The Google Book Settlement

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:09:57 GMT

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
Supplemental Notice To Authors, Publishers And Other Book Rightsholders About The Google Book Settlement

The parties in Authors Guild, et al. v. Google Inc . announced a settlement of the litigation in October 2008 and sent out a Notice of that settlement (the “Original Settlement”). The parties have now amended the Original Settlement in response to discussions with the United States Department of Justice and objections to the Original Settlement (the “Amended Settlement”). The Amended Settlement Agreement (“ASA”), as well as the original Settlement Agreement and the original Notice, may be found at http://www.googlebooksettlement.com or obtained from the Settlement Administrator.

This Supplemental Notice is not designed to replace the original Notice, but rather, to supplement that Notice. This Supplemental Notice identifies:

1. The material amendments to the Original Settlement,
2. Your rights under the Amended Settlement, and
3. The date of the fairness hearing scheduled to determine whether the Amended Settlement should be granted final approval.

IMPORTANT UPDATE: The deadline to claim Books and Inserts for Cash Payments has been extended from January 5, 2010 to March 31, 2011. The Removal deadline as to Google has been extended from April 5, 2011 to March 9, 2012. (The Removal deadline as to the libraries’ digital copies remains April 5, 2011.)

Summary of Amendments to the Original Settlement

1. Amended Settlement Class. The definition of Books has been narrowed. As a consequence, many class members under the Original Settlement are no longer class members under the Amended Settlement.

Rightsholders Who Are Included in the Amended Settlement Class

* For United States works, the definition of Books remains largely unchanged: United States works must have been published and registered with the United States Copyright Office by January 5, 2009 to be included in the Amended Settlement.
* Under the Amended Settlement, however, if the works are not United States works, they are only included in the Amended Settlement if they were published by January 5, 2009 and either were registered with the U.S. Copyright Office by that date or their place of publication was in Canada, the United Kingdom (“UK”) or Australia.

As a result of the narrowing of the definition of Books, the scope of Inserts has been narrowed as well.

Please note that you may be a member of the Amended Settlement Class even if you do not reside in the United States, Canada, the UK or Australia. If your work meets the criteria above, then you are a member of the Amended Settlement Class regardless of where you reside and regardless of where else your work may also have been published. (ASA Section 1.19)

A work will be considered to have a place of publication in Canada, the UK or Australia if its printed copy contains information indicating that the place of publication was in one of those three countries. Such information may include, for example, a statement that the book was “Published in [Canada or the UK or Australia],” or the location or address of the publisher in one of those three countries.

Rightsholders Who Are Not Included in the Amended Settlement Class

As a result of these amendments, if the only United States copyright interests you own are in works that were not either (a) published and registered with the United States Copyright Office by January 5, 2009 or (b) published in Canada, the UK or Australia by that date, you are not a member of the Amended Settlement Class, even if you were a member of the original Settlement Class.

If you are not a member of the Amended Settlement Class, you will not be eligible to participate in the Amended Settlement and you will not be bound by its terms. You retain all rights to sue Google for its digitization and use of your copyrighted material without your permission. If you wish to sue Google for such digitization and use, you must do so in a separate lawsuit. Your rights may be affected by laws limiting the time within which you may bring such a suit. If you are interested in bringing a lawsuit against Google, you should consult your own attorney.

If you were a class member under the Original Settlement, but are not a class member under the Amended Settlement, you should visit http://books.google.com/books-partner-options in order to learn about Google’s current policies with respect to the removal of your works from its databases, as well as Google’s interest in making your works accessible in models similar to those in the Amended Settlement under similar terms.

2. Commercially Available. The Amended Settlement clarifies that a Book is Commercially Available if it is being offered for sale new by a seller anywhere in the world to a buyer in the United States, Canada, the UK or Australia. (ASA Section 1.31)

The Amended Settlement now provides that Google will not display any Book it classifies as not Commercially Available for at least 60 days after the date of that classification, or the Effective Date, whichever is later. The Amended Settlement also now provides that, if a Rightsholder asserts that a Book is Commercially Available, Google will not display the Book unless Google successfully challenges that assertion in a dispute. (ASA Sections 3.2(d)(i) and 3.3(a))

3. Representation of Canadian, UK and Australian Rightsholders on the Board of the Registry. The Amended Settlement provides that the Board of the Book Rights Registry (the “Registry”) will, at a minimum, have one author and publisher director each from Canada, the UK and Australia. (ASA Section 6.2(b)(ii))

4. Monitoring for Rightsholders Outside the United States. Because the services authorized by the Amended Settlement will be unavailable to users outside the United States, the Registry will, upon request, monitor Google’s use of Books and Inserts to ensure that they conform to the requirements of the Amended Settlement and to Rightsholders’ instructions, and will attempt to provide a means for such Rightsholders themselves to monitor and verify their claimed Books and Inserts. (ASA Section 6.1(f))

5. Dispute Resolution Optional For Rightsholders. The Amended Settlement now provides that Rightsholders may agree not to arbitrate disputes between or among them under the dispute resolution mechanism in the Amended Settlement. In addition, Rightsholders (but not Google) can elect to participate in any arbitration by teleconference or videoconference in order to save travel costs. (ASA Sections 9.1(a) and 9.3(a))

6. Independent Representation For Rightsholders of Unclaimed Books and Inserts. The Registry will include a fiduciary who will have the responsibility for representing the interests of Rightsholders with respect to the exploitation of unclaimed Books and Inserts. (ASA Section 6.2(b)(iii))

7. Unclaimed Books and Inserts and Unclaimed Funds. The Amended Settlement clarifies that, from its inception, the Registry will use settlement funds to attempt to locate Rightsholders. The Amended Settlement also now provides that funds owed to Rightsholders of unclaimed Books and Inserts (“Unclaimed Funds”) will not be used by the Registry for general operations or reserves and will not be distributed to claiming Rightsholders. The Amended Settlement makes the following changes to the Original Settlement: (a) after Unclaimed Funds are held for five years, the Registry, in collaboration with organizations in Canada, the UK and Australia, and in consultation with the fiduciary, may use up to 25% of the funds for the sole purpose of locating Rightsholders; and (b) remaining Unclaimed Funds will be held for the Rightsholders for at least 10 years, after which the Registry, subject to fiduciary approval as to timing, may apply to the Court for permission to distribute Unclaimed Funds to literacy-based charities in the United States, Canada, the UK and Australia, upon notice to Rightsholders, the attorneys general of all states in the United States and Fully Participating and Cooperating Libraries. (ASA Section 6.3)

8. Commitment to Improving Claiming Process and Website. The Amended Settlement provides that the Registry and Google (for as long as Google continues to provide operational support for the Registry) will maintain and improve the Settlement Website to facilitate the claiming of Books and Inserts. Google will also work to correct errors in the Books Database. (ASA Section 13.3)

9. Additional Revenue Models. The Amended Settlement now limits the potential new revenue models to the following three additional Revenue Models, which must be approved by the Registry:

1. Print-on demand (“POD”),
2. File download (formerly “PDF Download”), and
3. Consumer subscription.

The Amended Settlement limits POD, if approved, to Books that are not Commercially Available. In addition, the Amended Settlement specifies that the revenue split between Google and Rightsholders as to the additional Revenue Models will be the same as for the existing Revenue Models.

Finally, the Amended Settlement provides that Rightsholders of claimed works (and the fiduciary for unclaimed works) will be given timely advance notice before an additional Revenue Model is launched, with an opportunity to exclude works from that model. (ASA Section 4.7)

10. Agreeing to Different Revenue Splits for Commercially Available Books. For Commercially Available Books, the Amended Settlement provides that either Google or the Rightsholder will have the ability to request renegotiation of the 63/37 standard revenue split for any or all revenue models. If they cannot reach an agreement, then neither of the parties is obligated to offer the Rightsholder’s Books in the revenue models. (ASA Section 4.5(a)(iii))

11. Discounting off Consumer Purchase List Price. Google will now have an unlimited right to discount the List Price of Books for Consumer Purchase, so long as it continues to pay 63% of the undiscounted List Price to the Registry for Rightsholders. The Registry may also authorize Google to make special offers of Books for Consumer Purchase at reduced prices from the List Price and pay 63% of the discounted List Price to the Registry for Rightsholders. Claiming Rightsholders (and the fiduciary for unclaimed Books), however, will be notified of this reduced price proposal and can disapprove it for their (or unclaimed) Books. (ASA Sections 4.5(b)(i) and (ii))

12. Resale of Consumer Purchase. The Amended Settlement requires that Google allow third parties to sell consumer access to Books offered through Consumer Purchase, with the reseller receiving a majority of Google’s 37% share of the revenue split. (ASA Section 4.5(b)(v))

13. Non-discrimination Clause (i.e., “Most Favored Nations” clause). Section 3.8(a) of the Original Settlement has been eliminated from the Amended Settlement.

14. Settlement Controlled Pricing. The Amended Settlement clarifies that the Pricing Algorithm used to establish the Settlement Controlled Prices for Consumer Purchase will be developed to simulate the prices in a competitive market and that the price for a Book will be established without regard to changes to the price of any other Book. The Amended Settlement also clarifies that the Registry will not disclose the Settlement Controlled Price for a Book to anyone other than the Book’s Rightsholders. (ASA Sections 4.2(b)(i)(2), 4.2(c)(ii)(2) and 4.2(c)(iii))

15. Modification of Feature Restrictions. Rightsholders may authorize Google to modify or remove the Amended Settlement’s default restrictions on Revenue Model features, such as copy/paste and print. (ASA Section 3.3(g))

16. Registry Support for Alternative Licenses (Including Creative Commons). The Amended Settlement provides that the Registry will facilitate Rightsholders’ wishes to allow their works to be made available through alternative licenses for Consumer Purchase, including through a Creative Commons license. For information about Creative Commons licenses, visit http://www.creativecommons.org. The Amended Settlement also clarifies that Rightsholders are free to set the Consumer Purchase price of their Books at zero. (ASA Sections 1.44, 4.2(a)(i) and 4.2(b)(i)(1))

17. Public Access Terminals. The Amended Settlement authorizes the Registry to agree to increase the number of public access terminals at a public library building. (ASA Section 4.8(a)(i)(3))

18. Pictorial Works. The Amended Settlement no longer includes children’s book illustrations in the definition of Inserts. (ASA Section 1.75) The Amended Settlement, however, does not change the inclusion of pictorial works, such as graphic novels and children’s picture books, in the definition of Books and provides that the Amended Settlement only authorizes Google to display the pictorial images in such Books if a U.S. copyright owner of the pictorial image also is a Rightsholder of the Book. The Amended Settlement also clarifies that comic books are considered to be Periodicals and that Periodicals (as well as compilations of Periodicals) are not included in the definition of “Books,” and thus are not in the Amended Settlement. (ASA Section 1.104)

19. Music Notation. The definition of Book was amended in the Amended Settlement to better achieve the parties’ goal of excluding books that are primarily used to play music. (ASA Section 1.19) Also, “music notation” is no longer included in the definition of Inserts. (ASA Section 1.75)

20. Deadline to Claim Usage and Inclusion Fees. Usage Fees will now be held for Rightsholders who have not yet claimed their Books for at least ten years and Rightsholders will now be eligible for Inclusion Fees if they claim their Books or Inserts within ten years of the Effective Date, instead of five years, in both cases as had been provided in the Original Settlement. (Plan of Allocation Sections 1.1(c), 1.2(c) and 2.2)

Your Rights Under the Amended Settlement Agreement

Members of the Amended Settlement Class have the following options:
If you… Then… Deadline
Wish to remain in the Amended Settlement Class (if you did not previously opt out of the Original Settlement) You need not do anything at this time. N/A
Wish to remain in the Amended Settlement Class and wish to be eligible to receive a Cash Payment for any Book or Insert scanned on or before May 5, 2009 but haven’t yet claimed your Books and Inserts You must submit a claim by using the Claim Form, available at http://www.googlebooksettlement.com or from the Settlement Administrator. March 31, 2011
Have already claimed Books and Inserts using the Claim Form You need not take any additional steps at this time with respect to those Books and Inserts. N/A
Opted out of the Original Settlement, and wish to remain opted out of the Amended Settlement You need not – and should not – opt out again. Your opting out of the Original Settlement will serve as an opt-out of the Amended Settlement as well. N/A
Did not opt out of the Original Settlement but wish to opt out of the Amended Settlement You may do so by following the instructions in the original Notice and at http://www.googlebooksettlement.com. January 28, 2010
Opted out of the Original Settlement and wish to opt back in to the Amended Settlement You may do so by notifying the Settlement Administrator or Class Counsel or by filling out the “Opt-Back-In Form” at http://www.googlebooksettlement.com. January 28, 2010
Wish to file an objection to the terms of the Amended Settlement If you have not opted out, you may file an objection by following the instructions in the original Notice and at http://www.googlebooksettlement.com .

At this time, you may only object to the provisions amending the Original Settlement.

All objections filed in connection with the Original Settlement are preserved unless withdrawn and should not be refiled. January 28, 2010
Wish to appear and be heard at the Fairness Hearing and have not yet filed a Notice of Intent to Appear You must file a Notice of Intent to Appear by following the instructions in the original Notice and at http://www.googlebooksettlement.com. February 4, 2010

Rescheduled Date of the Fairness Hearing

The Court will hold a Fairness Hearing on February 18, 2010 at 10 A.M. in Courtroom 11A of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, United States Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY 10007, to consider whether the Amended Settlement, as set forth in the ASA, is fair, adequate and reasonable. Please review the original Notice for further information concerning participation in the Fairness Hearing.

If you have any questions concerning this Supplemental Notice or the Amended Settlement, please contact Class Counsel, or the Settlement Administrator, whose contact information may be found in the original Notice or at http://www.googlebooksettlement.com. You may also contact the Settlement Administrator at:

Google Book Search Settlement Administrator
c/o Rust Consulting, Inc.
PO Box 9364
Minneapolis, MN 55440-9364
+1.612.359.8600 (Tolls may apply. Toll-free numbers are available at http://www.googlebooksettlement.com.)

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EGo and The Ids http://egoandtheids.com

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:12:12 GMT

Ego and the Ids
Almost Masons
Posted: Sunday, November 29, 2009
By: Stephen Lussier
Contributing Writer

http://www.regenmag.com/Reviews-1984-Ego-and-the-Ids-Almost-Masons.html

Difficult to classify into any particular genre, Ego and the Ids use their experimental oddities to lure you in with their melodic charm.

Portland band Ego and the Ids manage to build up and break down confining labels with their music all at the same time. The band's music incorporates mysterious synthesized elements, traces of gothic rock, acoustic experimental lulls, and a wide number of additional obscure ingredients; all of which come together in the collection Almost Masons. Ego and the Ids is in actual fact a collection of musicians fronted by ringleaders Delonde Bell and Gerald del Camp, the latter of which is no stranger to the experimental alt. rock music scene. Notable influence can be heard from such bands as Dead Can Dance, Clan of Xymox, or even the Cocteau Twins when listening to the ambient sounds that they are quite proficient at generating. The Almost Masons EP offers a taste of what the project - as opposed to "band" - is currently producing as far as unique, shadowy, melodic music. The six song collection gives us an unadulterated glimpse into the experimentation and examination of sound that this collaboration, now in its early stage, is attempting to fashion as its own distinctive style.

The initial introduction of bass and underlying synthesizer of "The Silver Key" opens up a world of soothing and enticing wave-like sound, which continues to build upon itself with layers of bittersweet complexity. "Out of Time" maintains this flow of temperance and simplicity, combining beautifully arranged synthesized and acoustic melodies. At times on the disc, there exist crescendos of music that begin quite basically but manage to upsurge with an assemblage of instruments that heighten the emotion within each song. By the time the satirical sampling of former President Bush's State of the Union speech comes into play on "March of the Woodland Fairies," the music begins to downplay into an orchestral, somber flow. For the remainder of the EP, the same general atmosphere maintains itself with an in-and-out stream of instrumental placidity that would seem more fit finishing a much larger full-length album. There is a distinct mysticism fraught with inspiration brought forth through these songs, but in such a small dose that it can't help but feel as though the music is still being explored - not finalized.

Almost Masons accomplishes what it had most likely set out to do: allow the music to develop. It also gives us as listeners a hint of not only what Ego and the Ids have to offer, but also what they are capable of delivering once a more complete collection is ready for the masses.

Chris Parker

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:02:36 GMT

I still remember.

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:51:08 GMT

For most of us the world as we envision it, and the world as it is are always at odds with one another. So what is new? But I have learned that the road between those two conflicting ideas provides me with the time I require to use my magick to change one into the other. Happiness is the road folks. There is no pot of ...gold at the end of the rainbow: only the rainbow. I pity those for whom that is not enough.

White Lilies, White Lies

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:29:12 GMT

March of The Wood Fairies

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:26:44 GMT

The Silver Key - a song about the HP Lovecraft noel by the same name

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:25:20 GMT

The Day Before Tomorrow

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:24:11 GMT

Out of Time

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:22:05 GMT

Ophelia, I...

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:20:16 GMT

Samhain Issue of Rendiing The Veil

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:09:55 GMT

It is live now! There is art in all forms there this issue, and some really good articles by some really good people. Check it out now. http://rendingtheveil.com

Call toCall to action Portland Peeps: Boycott Safeway and Fred Meyers - UPDATE.

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:14:41 GMT

Yesterday, the Hillsboro store manager at Fred Meyer called police to arrest three union representatives for talking with workers—a right guaranteed to workers under federal law. Two Union representatives were arrested.

Call to action Portland Peeps: Boycott Safeway and Fred Meyers

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:44:53 GMT

If you support Union Workers, and you live in the Portland area, please do not shop at Safeway of Fred Meyers. They are in violation of their contract.

For example, Safeway can afford to fund things like the Oregon Blues Festival and the Ladies Professional Golf Association but can't seem to honor a Union contract for its workers.

Shop where employees are treated as though they mattered instead.
Thank you.

Please repost everywhere

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:13:20 GMT

Jupiter Recording Studio Robbed: Seattle area musicians and studio types watc for someone trying to sell 2 Neumann M147s, 2 vintage AKG C414EBs, Royer R122, 2 Crown CM700s, Oktava ML52 Ribbon, Lots of SM57s and SM58s, AKG D12E, and a .........Mac G5, Radial J48 Active DI Box, Proco DI Box, ProTools 8 HD TDM Software. All stolen early today from Jupiter Studios in Wallingford. Please help spread the word.

Circulate, please

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:32:50 GMT

Dear friend,

As the vote on health care reform works its way through Congress, the insurance industry is doing its best to weaken already too weak bills. In fact, the bills Congress is considering will give the insurance industry hundreds of billions in new annual revenue by forcing Americans to buy their overpriced insurance. But, even with this massive giveaway the insurance industry is twisting the screws to squeeze every bit of profit out of "reform," consistently putting profits before patients.

Prosperity Agenda has been urging a different approach, the most popular reform among Americans, a single payer national health care system - improved Medicare for all. We've protested in Congress, written letters, emails, faxes and called. We are not giving up. Our Mobilization for Health Care is going national in two days and is already catching fire.

When we launched the campaign we sought 100 people willing to risk arrest in protests of the insurance industry, already 700 have signed up. We hoped for 3 to 4 cities by this stage, now "Patients Not Profit" sit-ins will be happening in at least 9 cities across the country this Thursday! There is a hunger in America for a vision like this. The incredible response of people has left no doubt - people want to end insurance company abuse. Click here for the list of cities where mobilizations will occur on Thursday, and there will be even more on the next day of action, October 28th (coincidentally, my birthday!). If you have not signed up to participate, please visit www.MobilizeForHealthCare.org and do so now.

The Congressional leadership took single payer off the table, but we pushed and now we have two important single payer votes before the full House of Representatives. First, this week Rep. Anthony Weiner will be introducing an amendment on the House Floor to replace the current bill with a single payer system. Second, Rep. Dennis Kucinich's amendment, making it easier for state's to pass single payer, will also be voted on in the House. Please click here to write your representative to urge support for both these amendments and urge the House to not force people to buy overpriced insurance.

We do not expect the Weiner Amendment to pass - there have been no hearings and little public discussion - but it is important that this vote receive as high a vote total as possible. Similarly, the Kucinich Amendment faces a challenge to pass with the insurance corporations working hard to defeat it. But, both of these historic, first-ever votes on single payer health care give us a chance to see who our allies in Congress are and who are our opponents. Push now. Contact your representative to support these amendments and oppose the requirement forcing Americans to buy overpriced private insurance.

Congress has demonstrated that the multi-payer, private health system cannot work. The plans pushed by President Obama and the congressional leadership will leave tens of millions without health care and not control costs. In fact, the insurance industry issued a report this week that said insurance costs will rise by 111% by 2019 under the reform bill to $25,900 for the average family and $9,700 for the average individual.

Since Congress failed to solve America's health problem, we are also working at the state level. Several states are near passage of single payer systems. When Canada created its national health system it first passed in one province. After it worked there it became national policy. There's a bi-partisan bill working its way through the Pennsylvania legislature right now, and Prosperity Agenda is already working to help pass it. Join me on October 20 in Pennsylvania's capitol rotunda in Harrisburg for the Healthcare4allPA Rally. We're urging everyone in surrounding states to attend so Pennsylvania can create a model for the rest of the country to follow.

Other states - California, Illinois, Massachusetts and Ohio - are also close to passage of a single payer system that rids the nation of the scourge of private insurance.

This year has seen tremendous growth in the vitality of the Medicare for All movement. On October 15th the Mobilization for Health Care will demonstrate a new political force in the American landscape - Americans fed up with the real death panels, the insurance industry who are seeking to end their abuse once and for all. Join us in seeking a health care system that guarantees the right to health care for all. The status quo cannot continue, and current reform proposals simply will not solve the problem. Sign up to join us on the national days of action this Thursday and on October 28th.

Thank you to all who have donated so far - we could not do this without you! If you can make a donation to help build this campaign, please donate now.

Sincerely,

Kevin Zeese
Executive Director
Prosperity Agent

Attn: Oregonians.

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:57:06 GMT

The Oregon Legislation has proposed a tax to increase the corporate tax from $10 (yes, ten bucks. This was set in the 30's) - There is also a proposed tax to raise the SSI tax to over 100k.

Until now, people making millions of dollars only had to pay SSI tax in the first 100k, while the rest of us pay on all our earnings. The revenue collected from this tax will help schools. This tax will only effect the most affluent 3%. I urge you to vote in favor of this tax.

http://tinyurl.com/ylmmoc2

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:56:51 GMT

Netting $2.5 billion in profits last year wasn't enough for WellPoint, the nation's largest insurance company.

Now, WellPoint's affiliate, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, is suing the state of Maine for refusing to guarantee it a profit margin in the midst of a painful recession.

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Holiday Gift Ideas Behind Cut

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:20:20 GMT

This time I have included all my oils.

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All funds generated by the purchase
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More money for dirty coal? Not in Oregon. Oregon peeps, please read.

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:29:09 GMT

The plan

PGE wants to invest $600 million in pollution-control equipment at the aging Boardman coal plant in northeast Oregon to sustain use until 2040. PGE is also considering building two additional natural gas power plants.
The impact

The Boardman coal plant spews a total of 5 million tons of carbon dioxide, mercury, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide into the atmosphere every year. Studies have pinpointed it as one of the prime causes of pollution in the Columbia Gorge. Building additional power plants reduces the incentive for conservation and efficiency and encourages more consumption.
What you can do

PGE is taking public comments through October 5th on the proposed plan. Let them know what you think -- and feel free to use any of the key points listed below to help make your case.
Key points

* The proposed pollution controls at Boardman would not address the plant’s huge carbon dioxide emissions, which means it might fail to meet expected tougher federal guidelines and risk a substantial investment of ratepayer money. That money could be spent on cleaner energy. Phasing out this coal plant would have the effect of removing nearly 900,000 cars from Oregon’s roads. Right now, PGE’s proposal would nullify steps Oregon is taking to curb pollution and global warming.

* Though PGE’s plan calls for increased conservation and wind power, we need more. The potential for conservation through weatherproofing homes, more energy-efficient washing machines and refrigerators, and improving lighting in homes and businesses is immense. According to The Oregon Power and Conservation Council, such conservation efforts in Oregon, Washington and Idaho could avoid millions of tons of greenhouse gas emissions and eliminate 85 percent of the expected increase in electricity demand by 2029. That’s the equivalent of 20 new power plants.

* The great majority of ratepayers want to do the right thing - pay a little more so we can all pollute less. The public gets that the decisions we make today will have tremendous impact on our children and grandchildren. We have to act now to stem pollution that threatens our air and water, and puts the entire planet in jeopardy through global warming. Make sure PGE gets it too!

Onward,
The Team at Onward Oregon
www.OnwardOregon.org

These are the Democrats we need to makes sure are voted out of office ASAP

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:54:00 GMT

These are the Democrats that joined with the Republicans to defeat the Single Payer option which would guarantee health care for all Americans.

Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) and Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.), Sens. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) and Tom Carper (D-Del.)

So if you live in these states, consider this: Your Democratic "representatives" have voted against your financial best interests while they and their families enjoy a cradle-to-grave insurance policy that YOU pay for with your tax dollars.

By the way, this thing isn't over yet, but if you guys don't care about this enough to make phone calls, write letters and inform others, then no bitching from you next time you can't afford health care, or loose your house so you can try to save some one you love from cancer.

The democratic process requires involvement beyond pulling some lever at the voting polls.

ATTN Oregon Peeps!

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:02:08 GMT

Dear MoveOn member,

Tomorrow, Senator Ron Wyden will be voting on the public health insurance option—can you call his office right away?

Here's what's happening:

The Senate Finance Committee, of which Sen. Wyden is a member, is debating an awful health care bill that doesn't include the public option—the key to expanding coverage and bringing down costs.

Progressives have offered amendments that would add the public option to the bill, and the committee will begin voting on them tomorrow. Meanwhile, conservatives are pushing a bogus "trigger" amendment that would kill the public option through indefinite delay.

So we've got to show Sen. Wyden that his constituents are demanding real health care reform with a strong public health insurance option that's available immediately. Tell him to vote "yes" on the public option amendments, and "no" on the trigger.

Here's where to call:

Senator Ron Wyden
Phone: 202-224-5244

Then, please report your call by clicking here:

http://pol.moveon.org/call?tg=FSOR_1&cp_id=1123&id=17352-14388865-S3j6DKx&t=2

Four other congressional committees have already passed good bills that include the public option, but the Finance Committee has been dragging its feet and considering half-measures—like the trigger—that won't fix our nation's broken health care system.

Make no mistake: the trigger is a Trojan horse designed to kill the public option by delaying its availability and then offering it only in a limited number of states after certain conditions are met.

So we need to send a strong message to the Senate Finance Committee that health care reform must include a strong public health insurance option that's available immediately—not a trigger.

Can you call Sen. Wyden right now?

Senator Ron Wyden
Phone: 202-224-5244

Then, please report your call by clicking here:

http://pol.moveon.org/call?tg=FSOR_1&cp_id=1123&id=17352-14388865-S3j6DKx&t=3

Thanks for all you do.

–-Nita, Wes, Kat, Joan, and the rest of the team

Hi, I'm the public health insurance option.

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:30:15 GMT

Hi, I'm the public health insurance option.

People have been saying all sorts of untrue things about me lately, so I decided it was time to stand up and set the record straight.

First off: the reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated. I'm happy and healthy. And I'm proud to play a starring role in four of the five health reform bills currently on the table.

Second: I have a lot of friends. President Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi support me—as do 77% of the American people.1 In fact, I'm feeling pretty popular.

But there is one area where I could use your help. Your senator, Ron Wyden, sits on the Senate Finance Committee, which is considering a "trigger" proposal that could kill me through indefinite delay.

Can you call Sen. Wyden and tell him that real health care reform must include a real public health insurance option that's available immediately?

Here's where to call:

Senator Ron Wyden
Phone: 202-224-5244

Then click here to report your call:

http://pol.moveon.org/call?tg=FSOR_1&cp_id=1120&id=17304-14388865-eKmqI1x&t=2
A "trigger" that would make me wait to become available is just a trap designed to kill me. As Senator Charles Schumer has pointed out, "any reasonable criteria for triggering a public plan has already been met" because insurance companies have already failed to rein in costs and expand coverage.2

Here are some other things you might not know about me:

* I like candlelit dinners, overseas travel, and long walks on the beach. Whoops, sorry—wrong email.
* Some people say they don't like me because I'm too expensive, but that's just a flat-out lie. Keeping me around will actually save money—I'd cost 10% less than the typical private plan.3
* I'm the best way to keep insurance companies honest. Like my friend Senator Jay Rockefeller has said, "Without the steady, positive influence of a public plan option in the marketplace, we will never truly solve the health care crisis in this country. Private health insurance has a long history of cutting people off or charging too much for too little."4
* Over 60 House progressives have publicly pledged to only vote for a bill that has me in it.5 So without me, health care reform doesn't have enough votes make it through Congress.

And I'm counting on your help to make it through the Senate. Can you call Sen. Wyden today?

Senator Ron Wyden
Phone: 202-224-5244

Then click here to report your call:

http://pol.moveon.org/call?tg=FSOR_1&cp_id=1120&id=17304-14388865-eKmqI1x&t=3
Thanks for all you do.

–The public health insurance option (and the MoveOn team)

Sources:

1. "New Poll: 77 Percent Support 'Choice' Of Public Option," The Huffington Post, August 20, 2009
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51799&id=17304-14388865-eKmqI1x&t=4

2."A 'trigger' for the public health insurance option? Already triggered." NOW! Blog, May 20, 2009.
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51443&id=17304-14388865-eKmqI1x&t=5

3. Letter to Rep. Charles B. Rangel, Congressional Budget Office, July 14, 2009
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=84763&id=17304-14388865-eKmqI1x&t=6

4. "Rockefeller Unveils Public Plan Option," Office of Sen. Jay Rockefeller, June 10, 2009
http://rockefeller.senate.gov/press/record.cfm?id=314224

5. "60 Members of Congress Say 'No Public Plan, No Conference,'" Firedoglake, August 17, 2009
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51784&id=17304-14388865-eKmqI1x&t=7

Since some of you are not on Facebook I thought I'd share my friend's post here.

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:36:50 GMT

It is for you "tea baggers" (man, what an unfortunate name) and good 'ol boys out there who think we are under socialist attack.

I, ________________________, do solemnly swear to uphold the principles of a socialism-free society and heretofore pledge my word that I shall strictly adhere to the following:

I will complain about the destruction of 1st Amendment Rights in this country, while I am duly being allowed to exercise my 1st Amendment Rights.

I will complain about the destruction of my 2nd Amendment Rights in this country, while I am duly being allowed to exercise my 2nd Amendment rights by legally but brazenly brandishing unconcealed firearms in public.

I will swear the time-honored principles of fairness, decency, and respect by screaming unintelligible platitudes regarding tyranny, Nazi-ism, and socialism at public town halls.

Also.

I pledge to eliminate all government intervention in my life. I will abstain from the use of and participation in any socialist goods and services including but not limited to the following:

* Social Security

* Medicare/Medicaid

* State Children's Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP)

* Police, Fire, and Emergency Services

* US Postal Service

* Roads and Highways

* Air Travel (regulated by the socialist FAA)

* The US Railway System

* Public Subways and Metro Systems

* Public Bus and Lightrail Systems

* Rest Areas on Highways

* Sidewalks

* All Government-Funded Local/State Projects (e.g., see Iowa 2009 federal senate appropriations)

* Public Water and Sewer Services (goodbye socialist toilet, socialist shower, socialist dishwasher, socialist kitchen sink, socialist outdoor hose!)

* Public and State Universities and Colleges

* Public Primary and Secondary Schools

* Sesame Street

* Publicly Funded Anti-Drug Use Education for Children

* Public Museums

* Libraries

* Public Parks and Beaches

* State and National Parks

* Public Zoos

* Unemployment Insurance

* Municipal Garbage and Recycling Services

* Treatment at Any Hospital or Clinic That Ever Received Funding >From Local, State or Federal Government (pretty much all of them)

* Medical Services and Medications That Were Created or Derived >From Any Government Grant or Research Funding (again, pretty much all of them)

* Socialist Byproducts of Government Investment Such as Duct Tape and Velcro (Nazi-NASA Inventions)

* Use of the Internets, email, and networked computers, as the DoD's ARPANET was the basis for subsequent computer networking

* Foodstuffs, Meats, Produce and Crops That Were Grown With, Fed With, Raised With or That Contain Inputs From Crops Grown With Government Subsidies

* Clothing Made from Crops (e.g. cotton) That Were Grown With or That Contain Inputs From Government Subsidies

If a veteran of the government-run socialist US military, I will forego my VA benefits and insist on paying for my own medical care

I will not tour socialist government buildings like the Capitol in Washington, D.C.

I pledge to never take myself, my family, or my children on a tour of the following types of socialist locations, including but not limited to:

* Smithsonian Museums such as the Air and Space Museum or Museum of American History

* The socialist Washington, Lincoln, and Jefferson Monuments

* The government-operated Statue of Liberty

* The Grand Canyon

* The socialist World War II and Vietnam Veterans Memorials

* The government-run socialist-propaganda location known as Arlington National Cemetery

* All other public-funded socialist sites, whether it be in my state or in Washington, DC

I will urge my Member of Congress and Senators to forego their government salary and government-provided healthcare.

I will oppose and condemn the government-funded and therefore socialist military of the United States of America.

I will boycott the products of socialist defense contractors such as GE, Lockheed-Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, Raytheon, Humana, FedEx, General Motors, Honeywell, and hundreds of others that are paid by our socialist government to produce goods for our socialist army.

I will protest socialist security departments such as the Pentagon, FBI, CIA, Department of Homeland Security, TSA, Department of Justice and their socialist employees.

Upon reaching eligible retirement age, I will tear up my socialist Social Security checks.

Upon reaching age 65, I will forego Medicare and pay for my own private health insurance until I die.

SWORN ON A BIBLE AND SIGNED THIS DAY OF __________ IN THE YEAR ___.

_____________ _________________________

Signed Printed Name/Town and State

Tell everyone. Post on your LJ. It's time for the lies to end right now.

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:25:00 GMT