Yet again. A broadcast radio station promos an unaffiliated internet station.

Timothy Nassau and Matt Weiss continue their riposte to commercial culture. A reminder that erasers and ear plugs are not enough but that wit is adequate sometimes.
Both Timothy and Matt are freshmen at Brown University. They produce a weekly music program on their college's internet station. Tim is a former Bexley Public Radio intern and graduate of Bexley High School.

Why a broadcast station gives free promotion to an internet station is beyond comprehension. But giving this little voice on the net some attention is an inexpensive way for Bexley listeners to follow the college culture of 2009.






An English bull dog and a Corsican blood hound: London, GBR: c.1803 published by Thomas Tegg. The print is used by permission of the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University.

Today March 8, their offering is: "Snotas" which they further describe as "Nasal sonatas."

All information in the list is in the format: Artist - Song Title - Album. The album descriptions are inadequate.

wolfgang amadeus mozart - piano sonata #11 in a - 1. andante grazioso - piano sonatas
wolfgang amadeus mozart - piano sonata #11 in a - 2. menuet - piano sonatas
wolfgang amadeus mozart - piano sonata #11 in a - 3. rondo alla turca - piano sonatas
don dorsey - sonata no. 14 in c-sharp minor - 3. presto agitato - beethoven or b u s t
leos janacek - quatuor no. 1 "sonate a kreutzer" 1. allegro con moto - janacek - quatuor talich
leos janacek - quatuor no. 1 "sonate a kreutzer" 2. con moto - janacek - quatuor talich
leos janacek - quatuor no. 1 "sonate a kreutzer" 3. con moto - janacek - quatuor talich
leos janacek - quatuor no. 1 "sonate a kreutzer" 4. con moto - janacek - quatuor talich
ata ebtekar & the iranian orchestra for new music performing works of alireza mashayekhi - phonata - ornamental
michael ponti - sonata no. 9 "messe noire" op. 68 - scriabin: complete sonatas
claude debussy - allegro vivo - 1 - violin sonata (l140)
claude debussy - intermede: fantasque et leger - 2 - violin sonata (l140)
claude debussy - finale: tres anime - 3 - violin sonata (l140)
j.s. bach - cello suite no. 1 in g major: i. praeludium - no album
alon goldstein - piano sonata #2 - second movement - avner dorman sonatas
stravinsky - stravinsky piano sonata (1924) - sonatas


Last Sunday March 1, they offered "I got religion I so glad" with additional explanation "Religious music through the ages." Selections appropriate to begin the forty days of Lent. Inadvertent most likely. But culture takes advantage of reason and provides meaning that reason overlooks.

All information in the list is in the format: Artist - Song Title - Album. The album descriptions are inadequate.

king missile - jesus was way cool (millenium edition) - the psychopathology of everyday life
nine inch nails - help me i am in hell - broken
steve reich / alarm will sound - the desert music i: fast - tehillim & the desert music
steve reich / alarm will sound - the desert music iv, moderate - tehillim & the desert music
virtual byrd choir - when david heard - weelkes
amici ensemble - part viii: louange a l'immortalite de jesus - messiaen: quartet for the end of time
charles mingus - better git in your soul - mingus ah um
nine inch nails - heresy - the downward spiral
sufjan stevens - seven swans - seven swans
deerhoof - apple bomb - apple o'
modest mouse - jesus christ was an only child - lonesome crowded west
robert johnson - preaching blues - complete recordings
tullio serafin - casta diva - bellini: norma
bob dylan - i dreamed i saw st. augustine - john wesley harding
medeski, martin, and wood - is there anybody here that love my jesus - shack man
bauhaus - stigmata martyr - 1979-83 vol. 1
philadelphia orchestra - tre sbirri... - puccini: tosca
john coltrane - a love supreme, part iv - psalm - the complete impulse! studio recording
vox vocal ensemble & the graham ashton brass ensemble, george steel, conductor - senex puerum portabat and hodie christus natus est - live recording 12/21/08

Bexley Public Radio listeners can access this internet radio program by going to bsrlive.com, clicking on "Archives," scrolling down to "The Schubert Report," then clicking on the date of the show. Finally, select one of the "Listen to the archive" choices.

When Bexley Public Radio listeners have contributed enough money to pay BMI, ASCAP and SESAC for music copyright licenses, WCRX-LP will be able to rebroadcast Weiss and Nassau's shows on air in Bexley.

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WCRX-LP Human Rights Activist: “IVF treating-physicians must pay child support."

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SUMMARY OF POLICY NOTE

A policy note from the WCRX-LP Human Rights Activist describing the obligation of treating-physicians to pay child support when in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures result in multiple births.”

THE PROBLEM

Household budgets are dramatically impacted by multiple births following IVF.

Public welfare costs are impacted by multiple births following IVF.







THE SOLUTION

Enforcement of the legal duty of support and maintenance owed by treating-physicians who advise IVF and implement the IVF procedure that result in multiple births.

The duty may be recognized by legislative enactment or common law decision.

AN EXAMPLE OF MULTIPLE BIRTHS AND PHYSICIAN COMMENTARY.

In late January, 2009 newspapers reported that eight babies were born to a single mother in southern California.

The mother Nadya Suleman was reported to be doing well and the condition of the eight babies was reported as stable and that the newborns were doing well.

The six boys and two girls were delivered at the Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Medical Centre in Los Angeles. A team of 46 medical staff delivered the octuplets.

The babies, born nine weeks prematurely, weighed between 1lb, 8oz (680 grams) and 3lb, 4oz (1.47 kilograms).

From previous IVF procedures, the mother already had six children. She declined the medical option of reducing the number of embryos she was carrying last year.

THE MEDICAL PROFESSION, IVF AND MULTIPLE BIRTHS

Physicians recognize procedures that reduce the risk of multiple births specifically triplets or more.

Medical practitioners reduce the likelihood of multiple births by limiting the number of embryos per embryo transfer to one or two. This procedure decreases the risks for the mother and infants.

Doctors say they are not in the business of regulating family size. But they try everything to avoid higher-order pregnancies to prevent health problems for mothers and infants.

National guidelines suggest that doctors limit the number of embryos implanted to avoid multiple births. Women are also counseled about the risk of multiple births when too many eggs have budded during the use of fertility drugs.

Dr. James Grifo, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the NYU School of Medicine, said: "I don't think it's our job to tell them how many babies they're allowed to have. I am not a policeman for reproduction in the United States. My role is to educate patients."



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UNDER UNITED NATIONS AUTHORITIES, SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN IS “THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY OF THE MOTHER AND FATHER.”

NONE THE LESS, IT IS IMPORTANT TO ENFORCE THE SECONDARY OBLIGATION EXPRESSED IN UN AUTHORITIES THAT TREATING-PHYSICIANS ARE LEGALLY REQUIRED TO PAY SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE IN THE CASE OF MULTIPLE BIRTHS FOLLOWING IN VITRO FERTILIZATION.

The right to child support and the responsibilities of parents to provide such support have been internationally recognized. The 1992 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, a binding convention signed by every member nation of the United Nations and formally ratified by all but two, (United States and Somalia) declares that the upbringing and development of children and a standard of living adequate for the children's development is a common responsibility of both parents and a fundamental human right for children. This United Nations Convention asserts that the primary responsibility to provide such for the children rests with their parents.

Beyond that primary responsibility, the United Nations Convention also recognize that others in addition to the parents have responsibility for child support and maintenance.

For example, Article 3, Section 2. recognizes secondary sources who owe support and maintenance to children:

States Parties undertake to ensure the child such protection and care as is necessary for his or her well-being, taking into account the rights and duties of his or her parents, legal guardians, or other individuals legally responsible for him or her, and, to this end, shall take all appropriate legislative and administrative measures.

Because of their advice and treatment procedures in the case of multiple births, treating physicians are clearly responsible for the support and maintenance of these children. This responsibility is in addition to the parental duty. And it is obvious in the text of Article 3, Section 2 that IVF treating-physicians are included in the phrase "other individuals legally responsible for [the children in multiple-births].

Other Articles of the Convention establish the same obligation of IVF-treating physicians as members of the community with responsibility to provide support and maintenance to children in the case of multiple births.

A copy of the full report (23 pages) by the WCRX-LP Human Rights Activist is available for $25.00, postage paid from Bexley Public Radio.

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MSMIB asks questions about county auditor and Bexley real estate taxes.

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FALSE LOGIC: NO FRANKLIN COUNTY-BEXLEY TAX DOWNTURN IN HOUSING.

By the most sensitive man in Bexley, Simon Doer

So the housing market is slow or stalled, home prices are down.

Logic would assume that with home values down, based on our firm American foundation of the relationship between taxation and representation, responsive government officials would quickly respond to adjust comparable tax assessments.

Yet in a contrary fashion the Franklin County Auditor’s Office decided simply not to increase house values for 2009, but in a “catch 22” after the fact proposition, was poised to assess any homeowners who recently upgraded their homes, even if the upgrade was simply to maintain market value in the declining market.

If a Bexley resident remodeled a kitchen, bathroom, basement or improved outdoor landscaping and a permit for the work was filed with the City of Bexley, the tax man awaits a return from that expense and labor in 2009.

In an August 6, 2008 news release the Franklin County Auditor Joseph W. Testa advised residents that:

“Residential values will remain unchanged through the next three years.”

“In a first for Franklin County , Testa has ordered no increase in residential values for the 2008 appraisal update. Unless homeowners improve their property or voters pass new tax levies, there will not be an increase in residential real estate taxes payable in 2009, 2010 and 2011.”

Question: Does remodeling always constitute “property improvement” that consistently results in an increased market value of a house from that previously recorded by the Franklin County Auditor?

This sensitive resident checked several neighborhoods and the assessment process. The Franklin County Auditor made a decision, which this resident contends appears to be based on false logic, that while it would not increase tax assessments for 2009 across the board for all residents, it would assess those residents who recently performed permit “improvement” work on their houses.

In one example a neighbor finished a basement and significantly upgraded a kitchen in 2006 without affecting their tax valuation, yet when a next door neighbor performed similar lesser value updates two years later the Franklin County Auditor’s Office revalued that neighbor’s home value using the current “property improvement” guidelines. So although the adjacent neighbor’s updates were simply keeping with adjoining homeowners’ properties the more recent updates resulted in a market value thousands of dollars above the higher end house next door.

Where is the equity and fairness by the Auditor’s Office selecting recent permit work while ignoring earlier updates?

The false logic is that remodeling always increases the value of the homes and that those residences should be singled out as being subject to an increase in the tax assessment. It does not account for remodeling that simply maintains the previously determined value of the house.

Residents intent on merely keeping their home value in line with competing houses in the neighborhood may have remodeled their kitchen, basement or a bathroom during 2007 or 2008. Unfortunately those residents now targeted by the Franklin County Auditor’s Office for an increased market value based on the permit value that was filed with the City of Bexley. So, if your neighbor remodeled their kitchen in 2006 and you simply remodeled to keep pace in 2007 or 2008, you, not your neighbor will experience an increase in Franklin County and resulting Bexley City and school property taxes.

The failed logic is that every remodeling activity results in an equal increase in market value. Houses that are not maintained and remodeled periodically should tend to decline in market value in comparison to neighboring properties. Even if we board up our homes and fail to upgrade them market value continues to keep pace according the Franklin County Auditors.

Is there any evidence that the Franklin County Auditor’s Office reduces the market value of houses that do not keep pace with the value of neighboring homes?

Assume side-by-side Bexley neighbors each with a house of equal market value. If the middle house never remodels during a twenty year period that house’s tax value will still keep pace with neighboring upgraded houses even without remodeling efforts as long as none of the homeowners make additions to their homes. Now adopting the false logic of the Franklin County Auditor’s Office, if the middle house remodeled a kitchen or bathroom during the past year or finished a basement or outdoor landscape two years after the neighbors made those decisions, the middle house will be tax assessed above the value of the neighbors’ houses.

Let’s test the logic theory…. If we boarded up our front windows (as one neighbor did while waiting for new replacement windows) the Most Sensitive Man In Bexley thinks that the value of the house is reduced, but the MSMIB also thinks that the Franklin County Auditor’s Office will not voluntarily reflect a decline in value in the tax assessment process.

That is one sensitive man’s opinion. What is yours?

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Beatrice Weiland. A winter culture report from Brooklyn.

So last Sunday night in Brooklyn we had a snow storm. Eight inches fell that night.

Before the snow fell, people were preparing for the snow by salting their sidewalks.

A local war on nature. Preparation for winter combat.

The real winter combat would begin when all of the anticipated snow fell and would need to be removed.

The opening salvo of that war began Sunday night.

Let me say on behalf of New Yorkers, they really know how to shovel snow. Every sidewalk, every stoop and every outside entrance stairway was shoveled clean.

Every. Single. Sidewalk. Every. Single. Step. What a city of great people.

At Pratt Institute it was not just the sidewalks along the streets but the entire campus. The sidewalks and stairways to the apartment buildings surrounding the campus were spotless.

It reminded me of you since you take your Bexley winter shoveling so seriously.

If you think Bexley residents are efficient with their snow removal, I was thoroughly impressed by the way it was handled here in Brooklyn.

Even you could learn a lesson from the people in Brooklyn.

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Laura Franks releases her Bexley Consumer Price Index report. Retail prices are stable.

March 5, 2009. Laura Franks reported today that retail prices in Bexley , Ohio are "stable."

In her quarterly report prepared for Bexley Public Radio, Laura said that prices for the 1st quarter 2009 compared to 4th quarter 2008 are essentially unchanged. She noted that the small change of 0.62 percent is identical to the slight decline of 0.62 percent reported for the 1st quarter, 2008.

Based on the prices in her uniform market-basket of purchases, she said that as a practical matter, there is no change in the price level for Bexley consumers. Prices are stable.

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In memoriam: Terry Pugh, Friday Show host.

Bexley Public Radio is saddened to note the death of Terry Pugh, host of the Friday Show.

Terry's Friday Show was a calm two hour program that offered culture. literature, sports and understated wit to listeners. During 2008, he provided listeners with golf notes, reflections on literature and writers such as Ernest Hemingway and harness racing.

Terry followed the progress of a two year old filly through the 2008 racing season. The filly was owned by Ron Bates of Amanda, Ohio and Terry and Ron regularly discussed the horse, the different race tracks and the weather experienced during a race.

That filly, Rose Run Keepsake, turned out to be the national champion for the year. Terry recognized quality and always chose the best.

Terry Pugh hosted the Friday Show as a volunteer. He had a distinctive voice that listeners recognnized. Soft, quiet and calm. Some listeners thought that Terry should host a late night jazz show. Others wanted him to add news to his offerings because his voice carried reassuring authority.

Beside Terry's work at Bexley Public Radio, he was well-known and respected in the central Ohio counseling profession. He both counseled and lectured on counseling at the Woods at Parkside in Gahanna. The lecture hall at Parkside has been named the Terry Pugh Lecture Hall.

Prior to his career in counseling, Terry practice as an attorney for thirty years. He was a graduate of the Ohio State University College of Law.

He closed each Friday Show with the gentle admonition "Live well, laugh often and love much."

He is survived by his widow Shirley Pugh, two daughters, three step children and eight grandchildren.

Memorial gifts can directed to Ohio Health Foundation (HomeReach Foundation), 180 E. Broad St., Columbus, OH 43215 or The American Cancer Society, 870 Michigan Ave., Columbus, OH 43215.

During the remainder of February and March, the station microphones at Bexley Public Radio will be draped in black ribbons as a commemoration of Terry Pugh's high standards for broadcast radio.

Terry Pugh is missed at Bexley Public Radio.

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Community programming advisory committee meeting.

PUBLIC NOTICE

A meeting of the Bexley Public Radio community programming advisory committee is scheduled for 4:30 p.m., Monday April 6, 2009.

The meeting will be conducted at the Bexley Public Radio office, 2700 E. Main St., Suite 208, Columbus, OH 43209.

The sole agenda item for the meeting is to accept hand-delivered nominations for committee membership.

The deadline for membership applications is 5:00 p.m. Monday April 6, 2009.

As an alternative to hand delivery, nominations may be mailed to the Bexley Public Radio office.

Nominations that are mailed must be delivered to the office prior to the 5:00 p.m. April 6, 2009 deadline.

There is no admission fee charged for the April 6, 2009 meeting as there will be no discussion of programming matters.

Nominations will be given by the committee to officers of Bexley Public Radio for review with any applications received at the March meeting of the community programming advisory committee.

An nomination includes a statement of why an the nominator thinks the nominee is qualified to serve on the committee. The committee is not authorized to accept a self-nomination where the nominee and nominator are the same person.

Letters of recommendation from three individuals shall be included as part of the nomination. The letters of recommendation shall include original signatures.

At least one of the letters of recommendation shall be from a resident of Bexley who currently resides in Bexley and has resided in Bexley for at least fifteen years. As an alternative to fifteen years of residence, a letter of recommendation may be provided by a person conducting business or a professional practice in Bexley for at least five years.

At least one of the other letters of recommendation shall be from an individual residing in neighborhoods contiguous to Bexley for a period of at least five years.

A nominator may request waiver of these residence requirements. A request for such a waiver includes an explanation of why a residence requirement is not appropriate for considering the nominee.

A nomination shall include a $10.00 fee. Payment of the fee shall be by check or money order payable to Bexley Public Radio.

MINUTES

A meeting of the Bexley Public Radio community programming advisory committee was called to order at 4:30 p.m., Monday April 6, 2009. Bexley Public Radio Foundation (BPRF) Treasurer Kurt Weiland conducted the meeting including recording minutes of the meeting. The meeting was held at the BPRF office, 2700 E. Main St., Suite 208, Columbus, OH 43209. The sole agenda item for the meeting was to accept hand-delivered nominations by the public for committee membership. No nominations were were tendered. Treasurer Kurt Weiland adjourned the meeting at 5:05 p.m.
Kurt Weiland Treasurer (signed)