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This agua will convince you that seedless watermelon is the greatest thing since sliced bread. Don't despair if your watermelon does have seeds, though, because in Mexico they usually don't bother removing them—the seeds are ground right into the drink, and they settle quickly to the bottom of the container. My agua is a little heavier on the fruit than many I've tried in Mexico because I like the stronger flavor. That doesn't seem to detract from its refreshment value—at barbecues and parties pitchers of it go as fast as I put them out.
- 1 cup very cold water (about 8 ounces/250 milliliters)
- 4 cups cold, ripe, 1 1/2-inch (4-centimeter) watermelon chunks, preferably seedless (about 24 ounces/680 grams)
- 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice (about 1/2 ounce/15 milliliters)
- Pinch of salt
- 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar, or to taste, optional (about 3/4 ounce/18 grams)
Place the water, watermelon, lime juice, salt, and sugar, if using, in a blender and puree the fruit well, roughly 30 seconds. Taste the agua and correct the seasoning with additional lime juice or sugar if desired, pour into a pitcher, and chill for at least 1 hour. Just before serving, stir the agua to blend, pour into a chilled glass or glasses, and serve at once.
Watermelon-Cucumber Variation
Follow the recipe for the Watermelon Agua Fresca, replacing 1 cup of the watermelon cubes with three-quarters of a medium cucumber (about 6 ounces/170 grams), peeled, seeded, and roughly chopped.
© 2009 Adam Ried
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Nutritional information is based on 4 servings.


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... the next best thing to sleeping in church.
One Sunday Morning in 2013 I woke up and felt inspired to create a short piece of music. As an experiment I sent it out to 20 friends. They liked it and I did it again the next week. They forwarded it to their friends, who forwarded it to their friends. If you're reading this note, it's no accident; you're somehow connected to that original group of 20 people.
Pour yourself a cup of coffee; enjoy a piece of music created just for this particular Sunday. At midnight the post comes down and it lives only in our memory
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The boys, aged 17, were found with stab wounds in Tottenham, north London in the early hours of this morning.
Police were called at 4:33am to reports of a stabbing in West Green Road and are appealing for information and witnesses.
Both boys were taken by London Ambulance Service to a city hospital and are said to be in a critical condition.
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Republicans have, for now, blocked Chuck Hagel's nomination to become defense secretary.
The Senate came up two votes short of the 60 needed to move Hagel's nomination forward as lawmakers prepare to leave town for a week's break. Democrats hold a 55-45 edge in the Senate.
Republicans had been blocking the confirmation of their former colleague and Vietnam veteran until they received information from the White House on President Barack Obama's actions during the attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya.
The White House responded to that request earlier Thursday, saying Obama spoke with Libyans a day after the attack. (AP)
Nevada Senator Harry Reid released the following statement:
"In a time of war and threats to Americans at home and abroad, Senate Republicans are waging the first-ever filibuster of a Defense Secretary nominee. Despite unprecedented responsiveness and transparency from the White House, Republicans have constantly invented new pretexts for opposing Senator Hagel's nomination, and Republicans continued their embarrassing display of disregard for our national security by blocking Senator Hagel's nomination today.
"Watching Republicans with otherwise distinguished records on national security place their desire to please the Tea Party ahead of doing the right thing for our troops is one of the saddest spectacles I have witnessed in my twenty-seven years in the Senate.
"Senator Hagel is a decorated war veteran, an expert on national security issues and the right man to lead the Pentagon in these troubling times. Democrats will continue to fight for Senator Hagel, and we will reconsider his nomination in the coming days. Some Republican senators have said that they will change their votes, and allow his nomination to proceed at some point in the future. I will take them at their word, and I will hold them to their pledge."
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Last summer I wrote a series of FanPosts projecting how well UK's incoming freshmen would play in the 2011-12 season. Now that we're in the post-championship, post-signing day afterglow, I thought I'd take a look back at my 2011 projections and see if they are accurate enough to make it worth doing again for UK's 2012 crew of Nerlens Noel, Alex Poythress, Archie Goodwin, Willie Cauley, and (hopefully) Anthony Bennett. As an added bonus, this will also let us see if UK's 2011 freshmen class outperformed their similarly ranked compatriots, perhaps giving further credence to the "Kentucky Effect." That's what follows after the jump.
To make my projections, I took each player's Scout.com position ranking and averaged the freshman year stats of the past five players Scout ranked in the same slot. For example, Anthony Davis was Scout's #1 ranked power forward in 2011, so I averaged the statistics of Scout's #1 power forward from 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010. This allowed me to make an informed guess as to how Anthony Davis would perform as a freshman. I then used the same method to make projections for the other three freshmen.
Anthony Davis was the #1 PF recruit and #1 overall. He averaged 14.2 PPG, 10.4 RPG, 1.3 APG, and 4.7 BPG. The past five #1 PF recruits were Tobias Harris, John Henson, Samardo Samuels, Michael Beasley, and Brandon Wright. Combined, they averaged 14.7 PPG, 7.04 RPG, 1.06 APG, and 1.44 BPG. So Anthony Davis was significantly better rebounder and shot-blocker (what a surprise!) than the average #1 PF recruit. He was very near average in terms of scoring and assists. I hasten to add that these stats underrate Anthony Davis significantly because I didn't look at efficiency stats. Needless to say his 14.3 PPG on 62% is much better than, for example, Tobias Harris's 15.3 PPG on 46% shooting.
It's a bit silly to compare Anthony Davis to other recruits. He's simply too awesome. There's not a single person in college basketball who would even think for a second of taking any of the other players on this list over Ant (and Michael Beasley is on this list). So while his impact can't be measured in stats, we can say that this projection was pretty good at predicting Anthony Davis's stats. My subjective prediction for Anthony Davis was 14 PPG, 8 RPG, 3 BPG, which I feel pretty good about.
If you want to see the original FanPost (which has more analysis), the link is: http://www.aseaofblue.com/2011/7/1/2254266/anthony-davis-what-to-expect-based-on-the-stats-of-similar-recruits
Gillie was Scout's #1 SF and #5 player overall. Last year he averaged 11.7 PPG, 7.4 RPG, 2.0 APG, 0.9 BPG, and 1.0 SPG. The last five #1 SF recruits were Harrison Barnes, Lance Stephenson, Demar DeRozan, Kyle Singler, and Kevin Durant. The first thing I did was remove Kevin Durant from the list. He is the very definition of a statistical outlier. Losing him took the sample size down to four, but it's not like five was statistically significant anyhow. The four non-Durant players averaged 13.8 PPG, 5.7 RPG, 1.7 APG, 0.4 BPG, and 0.9 SPG. Looking at Gillie, we can see he was below average in PPG, but significantly above average in RPG. He was right about average in assists and steals.
Once again, we all know statistics don't do Gillie justice. His ability to lead by example and his relentless energy and defensive pressure puts him above every non-Durant player on the list. It's also interesting to note, with Shabazz Muhammad in mind, that every #1 SF since Durant has scored between 11.8 PPG (Gillie) and 15.7 PPG (Barnes). Just keep that in mind if you're thinking Shabazz will be a 20 PPG scorer in UCLA's mid-tempo offense.
I'm going to toot my own horn by quoting my subjective projection for Gillie: "I'm confident he will average more than 5.7 RPG, if only because he's likely to spend at least a little time at PF (and scouting reports do indicate he's a good rebounder). I'll go out on a limb and say 7 RPG. I also think, though, that 13.8 PPG might be a few too many. Given the number of scoring options UK will have next year, Gillie looks to me like a guy that won't have many plays run for him. I'll guess 12 PPG earned through hustle on the boards and on the break. On the defensive side, where all scouting reports are absolutely glowing, I'll say 1 BPG and 1.5 SPG." So yeah, I feel pretty good about that one.
Original FanPost link: http://www.aseaofblue.com/2011/8/2/2339648/michael-kidd-gilchrist-what-to-expect-based-on-the-stats-of-similar
Marquis Teague was Scout's #1 PG and #7 overall player. He averaged 10 PPG, 2.5 RPG, 4.8 APG, and 0.9 SPG his freshman year. The last five Scout #1 PGs were Kyrie Irving, John Wall, Kemba Walker, OJ Mayo, and Ty Lawson. So illustrious company. They averaged 14.8 PPG, 3.7 RPG, 4.5 APG, and 1.5 SPG. We can see that Marquis was significantly below average in PPG and below average in rebounds and steals. He was slightly above average in assists. I should've looked at turnovers, but sadly I did not. Marquis ended up averaging 2.7 turnovers per game, which I suspect is above average.
Teague's statistics in the listed categories are clearly inferior to the point guards who came before him; however, Irving, Wall, and Mayo do drag up several of the categories. Teague compares pretty well to Lawson and Kemba. Also, there is one thing that Teague did much better than the other point guards in their freshman seasons: he won the National Championship. My subjective projection for Teague was super-bullish on assists. I said 13 PPG and 6.8 APG. I was wrong.
Original FanPost link: www.aseaofblue.com/2011/6/25/2244168/marquis-teague-what-to-expect-based-on-the-stats-of-similar-recruits
Last and, honestly, least (but we still love him) is Kyle Wiltjer. He was Scout's #2 ranked center and #22 overall player. This posed a problem. Scout's past five #2 ranked centers were Jared Sullinger, Boogie Cousins, J'Mison Morgan, DeAndre Jordan, and Spencer Hawes. Clearly Wiltjer was a different kind of player. I should've switched to a different recruiting site, but I didn't. What did have value, was looking at how Scout's #22 overall players performed. Those guys (Ray McCallum Jr., Dominic Cheek, DeQuan Jones, Durrell Summers, and DaJuan Summers) averaged 7.04 PPG their freshman seasons. Wiltjer averaged 5 PPG, somewhat below average. My subjective assessment for Wiltjer was "around 5 PPG" due to lack of playing time, so I suppose huzzah for me again. If you're interested, the 5 listed guys averaged 9.32 PPG their sophomore years.
Original FanPost link: http://www.aseaofblue.com/2011/8/12/2360025/kyle-wiltjer-what-to-expect-based-on-the-stats-of-similar-recruits
I think this exercise is worthwhile. The projections for Davis and Gillie were right on the money and the comparison for Teague was illustrative, if not terribly accurate in the end. The Wiljter comp was scuttled by Evan Daniels's insistence that KWilt is a center and my refusal to switch scouting services. Once more I'll reiterate that all our players are better than their individual statistics indicate. When it comes to player evaluation, stats aren't a wholesale substitute for actual basketball knowledge. It must be said, however, that UK's 2011 did not outperform their similarly ranked predecessors in the simple statistical categories that I used (although they mostly did in the advanced stats, but you'll have to look those up yourself). If you want to find the Kentucky Effect, you have to look at how far UK advanced and how highly the players will be drafted.
Nonetheless, the projections were pretty accurate. This summer I'll once again create a statistical projection for each of the incoming freshman. I look forward to Nerlens Noel.


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text: Age: 97 Address: Green Mountain, NC Date of Death: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 Arrangements: Henline-Hughes Funeral Home Details: Hobert Bennett of Green Mountain passed away at his home on Tuesday, September 10th. He was the son of the late Roscoe and Rissie Riddle Bennett and was also preceded in death by a sister, Annie Tolley and brothers: Harold, Howard, S.J. and Ralph Bennett. He was a member of the Bailey Brethren Church where he taught Sunday School. Hobert retired from the Clinchfield Railroad. Survivors include his wife of 72 years, Hazel Peterson Bennett; three daughters: Annie Woody and husband Donald of Burnsville, Myrtle Murray and husband Don of Marshall, NC and Rebecca Hudgins and husband Butler of Green Mtn.; two sons: Wilbert and Walter Bennett both of Green Mtn; sister, Margaret Mull of Morganton, NC; eight grandchildren, eleven great and four great great grandchildren. Funeral services will be 2:00 pm Thursday, September 12, 2013 in the chapel of Henline-Hughes Funeral Home with Rev. Dean Murphy officiating. Burial will follow in the Bennett Cemetery on Elvis Edwards Road. The family will receive friends two hours prior to the service at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Gideons International, Mitchell County Camp, PO Box 611, Spruce Pine, NC 28777.


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Deputies said a Rutherford County man was robbed at gunpoint Saturday, but it did not take them long to find the suspects.
Rutherford County deputies said about 10:30 p.m. the victim called 911 to say he had been robbed and gave a good description of the suspects' vehicle.
Deputies spotted the vehicle a short time later and stopped it, arresting two men in connection with the robbery.
Karun Price, 19, of Spindale, and Daryl Price, 21, of Forest City, were both arrested. Karun Price was charged with aiding and abetting an armed robbery, carrying a concealed weapon, and various drug-related charges. Daryl Price was charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon and two drug-related charges.
Both are being held on secured bond.
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BBC Radio Scotland is BBC Scotland's national English-language radio network. It broadcasts a wide variety of programming, including news, sport, light entertainment, music, the arts, comedy, drama, history and lifestyle. It replaced the Scottish BBC Radio 4 opt-out service of the same name from 23 November 1978.
BBC Radio Scotland broadcasts 24 hours, delivering archive programming under the name, the zones, through the night.
See main article: BBC Home Service. BBC Radio Scotland was founded as a full-time radio network in 1978, although the name had been used since 1974 for the Scottish opt-out version of BBC Radio 4 (previously the Scottish Home Service and then Radio 4 Scotland). The establishment of a separate network was only made possible when Radio 4 became a fully UK-wide network and moved from medium wave to long wave.
There is no BBC Local Radio in Scotland and although opt-out stations were established in Inverness (BBC Radio Highland) on 25 March 1976, followed by Radio Aberdeen in April 1976, BBC Radio Orkney and BBC Radio Shetland in May 1977, Selkirk (BBC Radio Tweed) on 11 April 1983 and Dumfries (BBC Radio Solway) on 16 April 1983, only the Orkney and Shetland stations still exist; the others had all been closed by the early 1990s and are now served by Radio Scotland with four opt-out news bulletins a day. Previously planned opt-outs in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee were never realised with local coverage available only online for those cities.
The most famous and controversial head of Radio Scotland in recent years was James Boyle.
The station broadcasts a wide range of programming, including news, debate, music drama, comedy and sport commentaries.
News and current affairs programming has always constituted the dominant part of BBC Radio Scotland's schedules, especially on weekdays. In addition to regular, mostly hourly, news bulletins, the station broadcasts a wide range of longer, more in-depth news and current affairs strands.
Good Morning Scotland (weekdays, 0600–0845) is Scotland's longest-running radio programme and one of the most popular in the country, providing regular news, sport, business, travel and weather bulletins along with interviews and in-depth reports in a manner similar to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, but from a Scottish perspective. It also features the daily religious slot Thought for the Day, again similar to that broadcast on Radio 4's Today programme.
The other daily news and current affairs strands are the Call Kaye phone-in with Kaye Adams (0850–1030), John Beattie (1200–1315), Newsdrive (1600–1800) and the political programme Scotland at Ten (2205–2230). BBC Radio Scotland also air live First Ministers Questions from the Scottish Parliament (Thu,1200-1230 (MW)) and Brian Taylor's Big Debate hosted by BBC Scotland's political editor and is in a similar format to Question Time (Fri, 1215–1300).
Weekend current affairs programming includes Newsweek Scotland (Sat, 0800–0900), Shereen (Sun, 0900–1000) and The Business (Sun, 1000–1030).
Radio Scotland's music output is designed to cater for a wide range of tastes. Daily programmes include The Tom Morton Show (1400–1600), Get It On (1800–2000 (FM)) and The Iain Anderson Show (2230–0030).
From Monday to Friday, the 2000–2200 slot on FM is held by various music programmes through the week. On Monday, Vic Galloway hosts new bands and new music. Tuesday is home to Mary-Ann Kennedy's Global Gathering with music from around the world. The Jazz House on Wednesday presents a range of jazz music and from September 2010, Bruce MacGregor presents Travelling Folk every Thursday evening which features traditional music old and new, as well as The Music Cafe that he broadcasts from the studio in Inverness on Wednesday afternons. The week is rounded off with The Music Bed, with modern music and interviews.
Weekend programming includes The Greetings Programme (Sun, 0700–0800) with a lively mix of music, past and present, Janice Forysth (Sat, 1000–1130) with music and celebrity guests, Take the Floor (Sat, 1900–2030) and Reel Blend with cèilidh music, Pipeline (Sat, 2100–2200) with piping music and Classics Unwrapped with a classical mix.
As with BBC Radio 5 Live nationally, BBC Radio Scotland carries most, if not all, of the major sporting events linked to its coverage area, holding non-exclusive rights to the Scottish Premier League and producing several editions of its Sportsound programme on a multitude of frequencies on Saturdays during the season. The station also broadcasts live commentaries from both of Scotland's domestic football cup competitions, Scotland football internationals and European games affecting Scottish teams and the rugby union Six Nations championships.
Alongside the main live coverage, Radio Scotland also produces popular sporting magazine shows such as football fanzine Off the Ball, phone-in forum Your Call with Jim Traynor and the multi-sports programme Sports Nation, presented by former Scotland rugby player, John Beattie. A 15-minute bulletin, Sports Report, reporting in-depth sport stories from Scotland and beyond, used to be transmitted at 12:45pm on weekdays but was scrapped in 2010, leading to criticism about the dominance of football on the station's output. Every weekday evening, Sportsound also broadcasts on MW, 1810–2000, looking at different aspects of Scottish football in tandem with live games.
BBC Radio Orkney and BBC Radio Shetland both air a half-hour daily news programme - Around Orkney (0730–0800) and Good Evening Shetland (1730–1800). During the winter months, this is supplemented for both areas by an hour long programme, broadcast Monday-Friday, between 1805–1900.
Local news and weather bulletins are broadcast from news studios in Selkirk, Dumfries, Aberdeen and Inverness on weekdays at 6:54am, 7:50am, 12:54pm and 4:54pm with additional bulletins from Inverness at 9:58am, 11:59am, 3:58pm and 5:58pm. Aberdeen opt-out bulletins are also broadcast on Radio Orkney and Radio Shetland.
Radio Scotland presenters include:News
Lifestyle, features and documentaries
Controllers of BBC Radio Scotland hold the title "Head of Radio, BBC Scotland" on account of BBC Scotland's radio productions for other BBC networks.
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|Neil Fraser
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|Ken MacQuarrie ("Head of Broadcast")
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|Maggie Cunningham
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I released an article early today over at my site previewing what would be a new series at my site Bleed Green called The Future 40, and the debut edition is here! The segment will run every other day for the next 2 months as we provide you with in-depth scouting reports of some 2010 NFL Draft prospects, giving you information key to understanding some of the players' strengths, weaknesses, projected round of selection, possibility of being picked by the Eagles, and much more! And because the Draft is an important event for the entire league, some of the top-ranked players not expected to go to Philadelphia will also be reported on. In fact, that statement regarding the league-wide event and the top players relates a lot to this opening report of The Future 40…what better way to begin a Draft scouting segment than by reporting on the best projected prospect set to enter the Draft, Ndamukong Suh? Without further ado, here is the debut report of The Future 40 series, featuring Nebraska's Suh as the player of focus:
- Prospect Name: Ndamukong Suh
- Position: Defensive Tackle
- College: University of Nebraska
- Height/Weight: 6′4″, 305 pounds
- Age: 23 years
- Class Status: Senior
Summary: Considered to be one of the best prospects in the 2010 NFL Draft as well as the most dominant defensive player to enter the Draft in years, Suh has captured the attention of many teams around the league; even those who simply have no need for a lineman. From the moment he stepped foot on the Nebraska Cornhusker's field as a true freshman, locals and scouts expected to see a top-notch DT. A knee surgery and placement on the medical redshirt list after only 2 games sidelined him for the remainder of his first collegiate campaign, but he was granted an extra year to play in the NCAA because of it. The following year, Suh played in his first full season for Nebraska, recording 19 tackles (8 of them for a loss, which was among the top at the statistic for the team), and 3.5 sacks. In the 2007 season, his sack total dropped to 1, but his amount of tackles and repetitions as a rotational backup both increased. His first major sign of success came the next year, his 3rd full season, in which he became the first Defensive Tackle in team history to lead the club in tackles (76). 19 of them gave the opponent negative yardage, and Suh also managed to boost his sack total to 7.5. His season performance was enough to garner honors for being one of the best players in the Big-12 division, but his biggest display of dominance came this past season as a senior. Besides the fact that he had one of the best defensive games in college history against Texas (he recorded 12 tackles [7 for loss] and 4.5 sacks), he was also named as a final candidate for the best award in NCAA football, the Heisman Trophy. His stats for the year were by far the best in his college career, as he got 12 sacks, 82 total tackles, 10 pass deflections, a trio of blocked kicks, and 26 hurries of opposing Quarterbacks. Because of his ability to single-handedly change a game and perform at a remarkably different level than other players, Suh is without a doubt among the Draft's top prospects, if notthe best.
Notable Achievements/Awards:
- Finalist for the Heisman Memorial Trophy Award (2009)
- Player of the Year (2009)
- All-Big-12 Honors (2008, 2009)
- MVP of Big-12 Championship game (2009)
- Big-12 Defensive Player of the Year (2009)
- Outland Trophy (2009)
- Chuck Bednarik Award (2009)
- Utilizes large frame effectively
- Tremendous work ethic
- Able to fend off multiple offensive linemen
- Has surprisingly explosive start from the line
- Actively collapses opposing passing pockets
- Contains pure power and quality lower body strength
- Can break away from blocks/plays to make a pursuit of ball carrier or make a tackle in the open field
- Has the agility and high effort level to play as a Defensive End in a specific scheme
- Has very large upside
- Occasionally sways from the role of a consistent pass rusher
- Lines up in a high defensive stance; sometimes leads to containment from o-line
- Has some durability questions because of previous knee surgeries and injuries
Projected Round of Selection: 1st round [TOP 3 SELECTIONS]
NFL Player Comparison: Richard Seymour, Oakland Raiders
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News: "You're Always Going To Be A Part Of 'Tha Carter' Sh*t"
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 6:30PM
Southern rapper David Banner has opened up about locking in time with Lil Wayne and revealed his hopes to have at least one of his twelve Tha Carter IV submitted beats make the final cut.
Discussing his relationship with Weezy, Banner pointed out what makes him different than your typical rap star.
"Most artists who are on the level of Wayne, once they get to that level they try to go and get whatever major producer. He told me, 'David, if you've got what it takes, you're going to always be a part of Tha Carter sh*t.' I respect that because there's a lot of people who I was a part of their careers and it just didn't happen no more, but I'm not saying no names. With Wayne, it's not like you got a definite spot, but you definitely can come and fight for your spot, and that's all I ever ask for." (Complex)
He also said Wayne specifically crafted out what type of sound he wanted Banner to create.
"I did about 12 [songs for Wayne]. One thing I respected about Wayne this time, Wayne didn't allow me to go all over the place. Wayne told me, 'Banner, this is exactly what I'm looking for. I know you want to be creative, I know you want to do this, but right now, for the stuff that I have already done on the album, this is the lane that I need.' And I super-served that. [The lane was] just bangers. Nothing that you really have to think about. I'm talking straight, in your face bangers." (Complex)
This week, Jadakiss hinted at plans to appear on Tha Carter IV alongside Drake and Young Jeezy.
"I just recorded a joint for Tha Carter IV," says Jadakiss between tokes of his blunt. "I also got to do something for Jeezy's TM103 today or tomorrow. Those joints are going to cover a lot of ground...As far as I know it's a 100%. It's supposed to be me, Weezy, Jeezy and Drake--that's what [Young Money president] Mack [Maine] told me. I can't remember the name of the song but it's pain on the record...It's definitely some deep lyrics, not just some popping bottles sh*t." (VIBE)
Young Money president Mack Maine recently talked about Wayne's new album being delayed from May through June 21st.
"He's still perfecting a few things, he's a perfectionist ... changing a few lines," Maine said in an interview. "We also have a huge record that wasn't done yet. We're in L.A. right now. We have a little studio time and it should be done probably by Monday...If you calculate all of [the guest appearances], by the time we would've finished mixing, we wouldn't have met the [original] due date to turn in the album. So we had to push it back." (MTV)
Tha Carter IV is currently set to hit stores Tuesday, June 21st.
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When your name is attached to the most dynamic offense in the NFL, teams are obviously going to come calling. That's what Joe Philbin is experiencing now as teams with head coaching openings are lining up to speak with the Green Bay Packers offensive coordinator about the possibility of bringing his talents and acumen to their respective franchises. The Miami Dolphins are reportedly the latest to reach out to Philbin and this comes after the Kansas City Chiefs already inquired.
Scott Pioli is currently making the rounds, checking out some other possibilities in addition to interim head coach Romeo Crennel. Jeff Fisher was already rumored to have spoken to Pioli during week 17 of the NFL regular season. Josh McDaniels was rumored to be connected, but nothing of substance has come from that either. Kirk Ferentz was a common name but again that was mere conjecture. To this point, the only names to have officially interviewed are Fisher and Philbin and, it's assumed, Crennel.
If anyone besides Crennel gets the job, that will be a minor miracle given the momentum Crennel has built. However, an important hire like a team's head coach needs to be an educated decision for the long haul -- not an emotional decision based on locker room ideas. Expect Pioli to give this all he has to find the right guy -- even if he was already in house.


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on Aug 13, 2013 at 11:46 am
I saw a representative model of the immigrant house at a Mtn View event and was astonished to see that the flags on the model immigrant house are all for European countries. Why aren't there African, Asian, South American countries represented? Mountain View has had immigrants from many countries, not just European ones.
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Hi Cordelia, look again!
We have South America, Australia and many more new countries added. A cool story: The MV General Store's landlord is from Taiwan so he brought a Taiwanese flag and we put it up! There are 196 countries in the world; I don't think we can get them all on the roof, but we welcome any and all that will fit.
Please bring us any country's flag that you would like to see added, we would be happy to place it up on the float for you.
Tina, the MV General Store's owner will have some at the store as well to buy. Support our local owners. Hope to see you at the Ice Cream Social it really begins at 1pm!


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Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Mark Streit will be provided with an opportunity to play in his third Olympics when he joins 47 other players at Switzerland's evaluation camp.
Streit, 35, first represented Switzerland at the Olympics in 2006 and was invited back in 2010. He also has played for Switzerland 12 times in the IIHF World Championships. Streit was captain of the New York Islanders the past two seasons before joining the Flyers this summer.
Anaheim Ducks goalie Jonas Hiller was one of six netminders invited to the camp. Among those also invited is Reto Berra of the Calgary Flames, as well former NHL goalie Martin Gerber.
Streit will be joined by four other NHL defensemen: Rafael Diaz (Montreal Canadiens), Roman Josi (Nashville Predators), Luca Sbisa (Anaheim Ducks) and Yannick Weber (Vancouver Canucks).
Nino Niederreiter, recently acquired by the Minnesota Wild from the Islanders, will receive his first chance to compete for his country at the Olympics. The 20-year-old forward led Switzerland with five goals at the 2013 World Championship, helping the Swiss earn a silver medal – their first World Championship medal in 60 years.
Joining him at the camp will be Calgary Flames forward Sven Baertschi and Damien Brunner, who played for the Detroit Red Wings last season.
Switzerland will play in Group C at the 2014 Olympics hockey tournament, along with Czech Republic, Latvia and Sweden.
GOALIES: Reto Berra (Calgary), Benjamin Conz (Gotteron, Switzerland), Lukas Flueler (ZSC, Switzerland), Martin Gerber (Kloten, Switzerland), Jonas Hiller (Anaheim), Tobias Stephan (Geneve-Servette, Switzerland)
DEFENSEMEN: Goran Bezina (Geneve-Servette, Switzerland), Severin Blindenbacher (ZSC, Switzerland), Eric Blum (Kloten, Switzerland), Alessandro Chiesa (EV Zug, Switzerland), Rafael Diaz (Montreal), Felicien Du Bois (Kloten, Switzerland), Philippe Furrer (Bern, Switzerland), Robin Grossmann (Davos, Switzerland), Roman Josi (Nashville), Romain Loeffel (Gotteron, Switzerland), Tim Ramholt (EV Zug, Switzerland), Luca Sbisa (Anaheim), Mathias Seger (ZSC, Switzerland), Mark Streit (Philadelphia), Julien Vauclair (Lugano, Switzerland), Patrick Von Gunten (Kloten, Switzerland), Yannick Weber (Vancouver)
FORWARDS: Andres Ambuhl (Davos, Switzerland), Sven Baertschi (Calgary), Matthias Bieber (Kloten, Switzerland), Simon Bodenmann (Kloten, Switzerland), Damien Brunner (free agent), Dario Burgler (Davos, Switzerland), Luca Cunti (ZSC, Switzerland), Ryan Gardner (Bern, Switzerland), Denis Hollenstein (Geneve-Servette, Switzerland), Thibaut Monnet (Gotteron, Switzerland), Simon Moser (Bern, Switzerland), Nino Niederreiter (Minnesota), Inti Pestoni (Ambri-Piotta, Switzerland), Benjamin Pluss (Gotteron, Switzerland), Martin Pluss (Bern, Switzerland), Kevin Romy (Geneve-Servette, Switzerland), Ivo Ruthemann (Bern, Switzerland), Gregory Sciaroni (Davos, Switzerland), Juraj Simek (Geneve-Servette, Switzerland), Julien Sprunger (Gotteron, Switzerland), Victor Stancescu (Kloten, Switzerland), Reto Suri (EV Zug, Switzerland), Morris Trachsler (ZSC, Switzerland), Julien Walker (Geneve-Servette, Switzerland), Roman Wick (ZSC, Switzerland).
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[News] Min Kyung Hoon to release single before enlisting in army
Singer Min Kyung Hoon will start his mandatory 2-year military service.
According to his agency, "Min Kyung Hoon will enter the barracks as an active duty soldier in Uijeongbu in Gyeonggi-do on March 6. He received a draft notice while in the midst of working on his digital single."
"He won't be setting up any promotions before he enters as he didn't want his entrance into service to attract attention. He feel bad about leaving his fans without warning, but he'll return safely in good health," the agency added.
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By Bethany Bray
---- — SALEM — City councilors voted 10-1 tonight to approve Mayor Kim Driscoll's financing proposal for a planned community/senior center at the corner of Boston and Bridge streets.
Councilor-at-large Arthur Sargent was the lone vote in opposition.
Councilors Michael Sosnowksi and Jerry Ryan, who voted against locating the senior center at Boston and Bridge Streets in 2009, changed their positions tonight and favored the project.
Ryan, the council president, worked with Driscoll today to include three amendments to the senior center plan: the hiring of a full-time Council on Aging director to work at the new center, requiring the developer to begin construction within the next year, and including an agreement with the developer that the city would be "held harmless" if anyone were to become sick from previous contamination at the site.
"I've been saying no, no, no," Ryan said about changing his mind. "I've thought of what people have said and the emails I've received."
The road to a new senior center in Salem has been long and controversial. Multiple locations have been considered over the tenure of several mayors.
The mayor's financing plan — a bond — was the final OK needed to build the Gateway Center, a public/private development that would include offices, 374 parking spaces and a 20,000-square-foot community center.
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Washington, DC (SportsNetwork.com) - Matt Williams will reportedly be the new manager of the Washington Nationals.
Fox Sports and the Washington Post have reported that Williams is the choice to replace Davey Johnson, who retired following the 2013 season.
Williams, who played 17 seasons as a third baseman with San Francisco, Cleveland and Arizona, has spent the past four years as a coach with the Diamondbacks.
His lone managing experience came with Salt River in the Arizona Fall League last year.
However, Williams does have a working relationship with current Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo. Rizzo was Arizona's scouting director when Williams was playing for the club.
Williams won a World Series title with the Diamondbacks in 2001, then wrapped up his career two years later. He was a career .268 hitter with 378 homers and 1,218 runs batted in over 1,866 games.
A five-time All-Star and a four-time Gold Glove winner, he led the NL in home runs with 43 during the strike-shortened 1994 season and four times drove in more than 100 runs.
Williams was a member of San Francisco's 1989 NL championship team and also played for Cleveland's 1997 AL title squad in his lone season with the Indians.
The 47-year-old Nevada native was also named in the Mitchell Report on performance-enhancing drugs in baseball. He told the San Francisco Chronicle that he tried human growth hormone in an attempt to recover from an ankle injury.
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Interview/Masterclass : Mike Dawes
8 Mar
A short interview and percussive guitar lesson from Mike Dawes and Justin Sandercoe of justinguitar.com
Very useful for people starting out with this style!
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A short interview and percussive guitar lesson from Mike Dawes and Justin Sandercoe of justinguitar.com
Very useful for people starting out with this style!
25 Feb
Continuing from Part 1, Trace talks about the feel of his newest album,
his gear, his obsession with capos, and his favourite fingerstyle artists.
There was a four-year gap between your last two releases. Could you comment on that?
It was way too long for sure, between albums. But I was just touring so much, and having so much fun playing shows, that I never had time to put together a new album and record. After 'Adapt', I just toured everywhere for like three years, and then finally I thought "Aw man, I guess I should probably record a new album now", so I recorded Missile Bell. And then I just kept touring and touring for another four years, and then I was like ,"Okay, I really really need to put out a new album now", and so I put out Elephant King. Now I'm starting to realise it's not a good time between releases – it's just too long. So now I'm trying to commit to releasing an album at least every two years, or maybe even a year and a half.
How do you feel your playing has evolved between the album you released in 2004, Adapt, and your recent release in 2012, Elephant King?
I think one thing I've really started working on since Adapt, is trying to make sure there's a really strong melody in every song. When you're experimenting with fun, two-handed tapping techniques and stuff like that, it's pretty easy to just go crazy with the techniques and lose the melody. I see that a lot with young guitarists who're starting out with this style. They might be doing some cool techniques to watch on the guitar, but when you sit and listen to it, maybe it won't sound quite as good.
What I wanted to do with Missile Bell, and then with Elephant King was to really use those techniques to create melodies that you can listen to and they get stuck in your head. And actually in Missile Bell, I also tried to add some effects and layers and devices like reverse looping, and a lot of the songs sort of run into each other on the album. So one song would end, and then there'd be some harmonic or drone playing and then the next song would pick up with that same drone or harmonic, in the same key.
When you're experimenting with fun, two-handed tapping techniques and stuff like that, it's pretty easy to just go crazy with the techniques and lose the melody.
25 Feb
For anyone who's been a longtime listener of the progressive fingerstyle genre, Trace Bundy needs no introduction. He's been dubbed the 'Acoustic Ninja' because of his technical virtuosity, and is known for having a very engaging and energetic live show. I first encountered solo acoustic fingerstyle guitar through Trace Bundy's music and have been an obsessive fan for five years.
Lancia E. Smith comes closest to describing how I feel about Trace's approach to the acoustic guitar: "Almost anyone who knows me personally knows that I have loved Trace Bundy's mesmerizing acoustic finger-style, heavy percussive guitar work since the first time I heard him play 8 years ago. There are strong elements that sound like echoes of Leo Kottke and Phil Keaggy, whom I have appreciated for decades, and yet there is an intensely contemporary and fresh approach in Trace's technique that makes it stylistically unique. "
With that, here's the interview:
Could you tell us a little about your guitar life before you became a serious musician?
I started when I was about ten years old, when my brother and I bought a cheap acoustic guitar for ten dollars. It was a pretty terrible guitar *laughs*. So we started playing and my brother was really into heavy metal, and he made me play all these heavy metal songs on the acoustic guitar. The first song I learnt was by Metallica.
Were you into heavy metal too?
Not really, no. I like some of the milder stuff, but my brother's into really heavy metal. But he's my older brother and whatever he said, I had to do. *laughs*
But then I moved away from heavy metal after a while, and started playing a lot of acoustic stuff, a lot of old stuff like The Beatles and Simon and Garfunkel. Basically songs where I learnt how to use my fingers, instead of a pick. And I found that every time I learnt a new song, I also learnt a new skill, or a new technique or chord progression.
So I kept learning all these songs and then I started figuring out music theory – like why two chords sound good together where maybe two other chords won't sound good together. I just kept learning all these "rules" of music on my own and I never took any formal lessons or anything. Once I'd started learning all those rules, I was able to take all my skills on the guitar, all the techniques I knew, and all the theory I'd learnt and started writing my own songs.
So my earliest songs, they were just sortof okay. They were just these basic songs.
17 Feb
Here's Trance, one of my favourite tunes from Indian guitarist Dhruv Visvanath!
16 Feb
A fairly recent player in the Canadian fingerstyle scene, Dylan made his debut in 2011 with his simply-titled album, "Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar". Dylan rose to prominence in 2012 when he won the 2012 Canadian Fingerstyle Guitar Competition(He also placed second in the same competition in 2010).
Here's our interview with him conducted by our newest contributor, Gereon Leug:
Hi Dylan. Thanks a lot for taking the time. First of all, congratulations on winning the Fingerstyle Championship. How are things?
Thank you very much. Things are going really well. I certainly enjoy that festival. I've met a lot of great people and musicians there that have since become my friends and it is a great honour to have my name alongside some really amazing players that have won that competition in the past.
Don Ross, Andy Mckee, Craig D'Andrea, Ewan Dobson, Trevor Gordon Hall, Gareth Pearson… the list of great players who placed in Canada is long. Did you prepare differently? Were you very nervous or was it "just another gig"? Were you happy with your own performance?
Those are some great names for sure. I felt a lot more prepared and not too nervous having been through it all before when I placed 2nd in 2010. I can always find something I wished I'd improved upon in a performance, but overall I was fairly happy with it, especially since it was the first time I'd played two of the tunes live.
My approach was to focus on what I could control which was to just convey my music to the audience as best I could.


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World Wrestling Federation (WWF) superstar Stone Cold Steve Austin cracking Vince McMahon across the cranium with a bedpan as he squirms helplessly in a hospital bed?
World Championship Wrestling (WCW) mid-carder Chris Kanyon assaulting a neck-braced Miss Jones as she whimpers in fear, also in a hospital bed?
Just downright awful.
But this was WCW 2001, March 5 to be exact, and it was creative's master plan for how Kanyon was going to generate heat in his feud with Ernest Miller, by doing bad things to "The Cat's" valet. Jones, who was previously known as "Chameleon" when she debuted as a Nitro Girl, also lent her valet services to Kanyon in the past, when he was "Champagne Chris."
The idea was to give Kanyon a darker look, with more intensity, but this particular segment was just uncomfortable. Watch it here (a big thanks to Professor Douchenozzle for disabling the embed feature) and judge for yourself.


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A CRICKET team famous for playing in extreme weather conditions were thwarted by the Oxfordshire rain.
The Captain Scott Invitation XI have played around the world and their exploits have been chronicled in Penguins Stopped Play, Rain Men and Zimmer Men.
In January they played a match in the Norwegian snow against the Oslo Aliens to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Captain Scott reaching the South Pole.
The Brits won and the Norwegians visited Oxford's Christ Church sports ground in Iffley Road on Sunday for a rematch.
The Aliens were five for two off two overs and chasing a lead of 206 when the heavens suddenly opened and play stopped. The game was called a draw.
Captain Scott Invitation XI member Paul Daniels, from London, said: "I think diplomacy prevails. You have to put up with the heavens opening when you are a cricket fan."
The match raised £1,000 for Cricket Without Borders, a charity encouraging young African children to play cricket.
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December 2, 2013
This season we have lost two pillars of our San Francisco Bay Area community, Samuel Fredericks and Upesi Mtambuzi. Cedar Walton, pianist, also made his transition this year, along with Donald Duck Bailey, drummer, both men beautiful human beings. Upesi, Samuel, Cedar and Donald all brightened our world. Their unique hues and shapes and sounds will be missed … that last live jam.
October 31, 2013
Gina M. Paige explained that the organization, African Ancestry, started with Dr. Rick Kittles, genetic researcher at Howard University who was interested in isolating the gene that caused prostate cancer, one of the leading causes of death in our community. He found this research methodology applicable in other genetic detective research and so in 2003 African Ancestry was founded with Ms. Paige.
December 7, 2012
Monday, Nov. 26, at the Bay Area Black Media Awards event hosted by Greg Bridges and sponsored by the San Francisco Bay View and Block Report Radio, it was so wonderful to see all the media friends and family for an evening of celebration. KPOO, KPFA, New California Media/Pacific News Service, Wanda's Picks Radio, Oakland Post, Globe, Poor News Network, Oakland International Film Festival, Black Panther newspaper alumni and others were in the house as "Best" this and "Best" that were saluted.


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PyNash lunch is at 11:30 AM on the first Wednesday of every month at the 12th South Taproom (map).
The PyNash evening meeting is at 6:00 PM on the second Thursday of every month at the Stratasan offices. RSVP at the Meetup group.
Patrick Altman, Scott Burns, Scot Clausing, Brian Dailey (Co-organizer), Matt George, Ryan Macy, Jason A Myers (Co-organizer, PyTennessee conference chair), Jason Orendorff, Bill Israel (Co-organizer)
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Fire crew responded to a house fire at 2704 W. Malone Avenue at approximately 12:30 p.m.
The fire completely destroyed the garage and heavily damaged the home at the property. It also spread to the property north of the garage at 2700 W. Malone. The blaze was under control by 12:55 p.m.
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I was hoping for 11/11/11. Your mother just wanted you out ASAP. But on November 9, 2011, you were born.
I can't believe it's been a year already! Oh, how time flies. Happy birthday, Z-Dogg*.
*Not his real name
Posted on November 9, 2012, in Personal. Bookmark the permalink. 3 Comments.
What a cute little boy you have! Happy 1st Birthday to the Z!
What a handsome young man you have there, Scott! Thanks for sharing!
He is SO CUTE!!! Happy (belated) Birthday, little guy!
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So, here's the deal. I'm rolling into San Diego for a long weekend at the end of September. jodes has reluctantly agreed to meet me....but there are some stipulations. She will only meet me in a "high-visibility, public location" with "no less than 10 people" involved in the meeting. I send her a facebook message telling her I'd like to see her when I come to visit and I get some certified letter from her attorney rambling on about "safety issues" and "deep concerns" about my "criminal history". Anyway...
So, I'm hoping we could get a big group of GLBers together to celebrate the last REGULAR SEASON Saturday night game of the 2010 season. It's also Padres Calendar night! Bring a sharpie and I'd be happy to sign your
boobs calendar. It's also Chinese Heritage Night at the ballpark. (Over there, they just call it Heritage Night.)
Game: Reds vs. Padres. Saturday, September 25th. First pitch is at 5:35pm.
Looking forward to enjoying an ice cold adult beverage and a jalapeno handshake with you f*ckers. If for some reason you can't make it to the game, we're all planning to meet at justdave's place around midnight that same night. Bring cash and hard liquor. Absolutely NO weapons!


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MagiCAD is a system for GaAs semi-custom design through MOSIS and electromagnetic modeling of digital interconnect.
MagiCAD is now available on the following platforms: * DEC Alpha workstation running OSF/1 2.0 * HP 9000/700-series workstation running HP-UX 9.05 * Sun SparcStation running Solaris 2.3 (SunOS 5.3)The Mayo Graphical Integrated Computer Aided Design (MagiCAD) system package provides a comprehensive design environment for the development of digital systems, from initial concept to post-layout verification of integrated circuits (ICs). MagiCAD focuses on the development of high-speed Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) gate array designs. Specialized electromagnetic simulation tools are provided to address high clock rate issues such as crosstalk and reflections, which become more important as clock rates exceed several hundred MHz or signal edge rates become less than 500 pico-seconds. MagiCAD provides all the necessary tools for high clock rate GaAs IC design, and is also integrated with non-Mayo circuit, logic, and fault simulators.
MagiCAD provides a lower risk approach than full-custom design for universities wishing to perform digital GaAs design through MOSIS. This is done by providing a gate array design environment where low-level transistor design and layout issues have already been solved and abstracted into a technology library of pre-defined cells. This frees the student or researcher to solve the still challenging tasks of system and gate-level design and layout to get high clock rate chips fabricated through MOSIS that meet all specifications.
MagiCAD has been used in the design of many GaAs chips that have been successfully fabricated. The MagiCAD electromagnetic modeling tools have been used in the analysis of many actual packages, multi-chip modules (MCMs), and printed circuit boards (PCBs), uncovering and avoiding problems that are commonly associated with high-frequency, fast edge-rate designs. The Vitesse Fury (TM) GaAs VSC2K gate array is provided as a MagiCAD technology library, and has been used for both graduate and undergraduate student chip designs. The Vitesse FX20K (HGaAs-III) has been entered as a MagiCAD technology library, as a replacement for the VSC2K (HGaAs-II). A Mayo FX20K chip design is in fabrication now, and after it is tested, the FX20K technology will be released for student designs through MOSIS by 2Q 1995.
L Functionality that has been integrated into MagiCAD includes: o Vitesse Fury VSC2K GaAs gate array technology library (HGaAs-II) o Database which integrates all tools o Schematic entry through a general purpose graphics editor o Circuit simulator o Logic and timing simulators o Fault grading o Place and route tools o Layout verification tools o Output to standard GDSII format for mask creation o Electromagnetic analysis - Cross section entry with graphics editor - Multilayer multiconductor transmission line (MMTL) modeling - Network tool for solving cases with many transmission line components - Lossy and non-lossy cases - Frequency and time domain result displays - Used for analyzing complex design paths, through chip, MCM, and PCBThe Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) has funded Mayo to supply MagiCAD to universities in the USA for research and educational purposes. The direct cost to the universities for the MagiCAD software itself is zero (although there may be costs for any non-Mayo software that universities may want). Mayo-supplied MagiCAD training and support costs to these institutions is funded by ARPA, and is therefore free to the universities in the USA. MagiCAD is not being distributed or supported outside the USA.
The general steps for a university to begin using MagiCAD for digital GaAs gate array design include: 1) Contact Mayo Foundation to acquire MagiCAD software and GaAs technology libraries. 2) Contact MOSIS to acquire general MOSIS information and Vitesse-specific GaAs technology information.Point Of Contact For Acquiring MagiCAD And MagiCAD Support:
L Tom Smith Mayo Foundation Special Purpose Processor Development Group 200 First St. S. W., Guggenheim 1016A Rochester, Minnesota 55905 Telephone: (507) 284-0840 Telefax: (507) 284-9171 EMail: email@example.com Of Contact For Acquiring General MOSIS Information And Vitesse-specific GaAs Technology Information:
L Sam Reynolds The MOSIS Service USC/ISI 4676 Admiralty Way Marina del Rey, CA 90292-6695 Telephone: (310) 822-1511 x172 Telefax: (310) 823-5624 EMail: email@example.com
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Day 1 buy when I get back from Japan. :)
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'There's an analogy between statehouse beat reporters—well, beat reporters in general—and cops on the beat who know the neighborhood and everyone in it.'
By Gene Gibbons
Florida politician Rod Smith once described Lucy Morgan of the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times as the state's "biggest pain in the ass." But he added that his legislative colleagues in Tallahassee were grateful for her because otherwise "we would probably steal the silverware." Smith was being facetious, of course; the silverware wouldn't even begin to satisfy the kind of sticky-fingered politicians Morgan delights in exposing and the special interests with whom they're usually in cahoots.
As the digital revolution devastates and reshapes the news media, I fear what's likely to be lost in the shuffle is a next generation of statehouse beat reporters who will follow in the footsteps of people like the Pulitzer Prize-winning Morgan, the Chicago Tribune's Ray Long, Steve Walters of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and George Skelton of the Los Angeles Times. With their institutional knowledge, gigantic Rolodexes, and unending determination to afflict the comfortable and hold the powerful to account, these four outstanding journalists and others like them have been an awesome force for good government.
In the brave new world of information delivery—a world increasingly driven by rapid-fire tweeting and the inane cacophony of American television—there seems to be less and less room for people who want to make a career of covering the statehouse and earn a decent living doing it. There are now fewer than 500 professional journalists covering state government full time—and that includes those who work for The Associated Press, which still staffs this essential beat in every state. Press rooms once filled with reporters are now quiet relics of a bygone era.
A survey conducted by American Journalism Review (AJR)
found that in 44 states there were fewer statehouse reporters in 2009 than there were six years earlier. The numbers in four states were unchanged from the 2003 AJR survey. In only two states—Rhode Island and Oregon—was there an increase.
It's a damn shame because what happens at the state level affects our lives a whole lot more than what happens in Washington, D.C. Health care, education, business regulation—just name it and chances are that state regulations and policies have a lot more impact than what happens on the federal level. And the steadily dwindling number of statehouse beat reporters is likely to give rise to far more political flimflammery than the stealing of silverware in Florida.
Filling the Gap
Why do I think it's important to have a flourishing statehouse press corps composed of beat reporters like the people I've mentioned?
Certainly, some will say, there are alternatives such as some of the online start-ups rising to fill the gap. And it's true that there are dozens of news websites and hundreds of blogs devoted to covering state government, but there are few I've seen that can really do the job. Outfits like The Texas Tribune and The Connecticut Mirror are making an admirable effort. But I think even they would admit it will take some doing to become as known, respected and, yes, as feared as someone like Morgan. Her mere presence in Tallahassee encouraged the politicians to try to do better. Smith put his finger on it. Why succumb to a moral or ethical lapse if your family, friends and supporters are probably going to read all about it in the St. Petersburg Times sooner rather than later?
There's an analogy between statehouse beat reporters—well, beat reporters in general—and cops on the beat who know the neighborhood and everyone in it. They get a sixth sense when something's out of order, something's not right, and by sniffing around they would find the story.
Today, many of the would-be replacements for statehouse beat reporters are interested first and foremost in investigative journalism.
Investigative News Network (INN)
, a consortium of small to midsize online news organizations scattered throughout the country, is probably the outfit that I'm most familiar with. I'm glad it and other investigative sites such as ProPublica are out there, but I think about their role as I do about the FBI's. Only the worst miscreants are likely to come under their scrutiny, and the chances of that happening even for the really bad guys are roughly equivalent to being struck by lightning.
"The beat reporter is the backbone of investigative journalism," says Andy Hall of
, a member of INN. "You look across history, and most of the big stories didn't start off as projects. They started off with a beat reporter asking a few questions or checking a few records."
There's also another problem. Even the best of the online organizations have shoestring budgets and nowhere near the editorial, legal and business acumen of most traditional news operations, and by that I mean newspapers. Taking on powerful political interests is not a job for the weak or fainthearted, as many journalists can attest. It often requires an infrastructure that most of the start-ups lack.
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The decline of the statehouse beat is bad enough. What I find even worse is the influx of agenda-driven state "news" organizations, some with a leftist orientation but most of the newer entries tilted far to the right. They claim their sole reason for being is to inform the people and hold public officials accountable, filling a vacuum caused by the downsizing of the news industry. Their mission statements actually say they're rushing to fill the gap.
Don't believe it for a moment. Do what reporters should do: Check them out, as I have done. For the most part, the people in charge of these would-be watchdog operations are political hacks out to subvert journalism in their quest to grab and keep power using whatever means they have to do so. Good luck on finding out where they get their money; the IRS disclosure forms required of organizations that claim nonprofit status are singularly uninformative.
At the forefront of an effort to blur the distinction between statehouse reporting and political advocacy is the
Franklin Center for Government & Public Integrity
, which finances a network of websites that focus on state government. This center has ties to a number of conservative organizations, including the
Americans for Prosperity Foundation
, whose founder is billionaire David Koch. He is a longtime financier of right-wing causes whose shadowy political dealings were highlighted this past summer in a New Yorker article by Jane Mayer headlined "
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Jason Stverak, a former executive director of the North Dakota Republican Party, heads the Franklin Center. He contends that it is wrong to infer from his partisan background and that of others who work with him that their reporting skews to the right. "I ran a [state] Republican Party. We disclose that fully on our website," Stverak told me in a March 2010 interview that appears as part of "
Ants at the Picnic: A Status Report on News Coverage of State Government
," a paper I wrote for
Harvard's Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy
. "But at the end of the day it's the same standard to which you would hold Fox News, CNN, The New York Times, New York Post, Fargo Forum, from my home state of North Dakota—you will judge any news organization based upon the content that they produce."
However, four months later the Franklin Center cosponsored and played an active role in a two-day conference organized by the Americans for Prosperity Foundation.
The Right Online Agenda conference
included such breakout sessions as "Intro to Online Activism" and "Killing the Death Tax" and featured speakers such as conservative U.S. Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota and Tea Party activist Sharron Angle, a Republican who was then running against Harry Reid in the election for U.S. Senate in Nevada. No Democratic legislators were included in the program. The finale of the Las Vegas conference was a November is Coming Rally.
Yet Franklin Center websites are seeking legitimacy by demanding to be accredited in the various statehouses where they have sprung up. They also are applying for membership in Capitolbeat, a professional association of statehouse reporters and editors, according to Tiffany Shackelford, the association's former executive director. The Illinois Legislative Correspondents Association denied membership to reporters working for the Franklin Center because the center declined to disclose information about its funding. However, a number of government offices have issued press credentials to those reporters.
"Don't complain about the media; become the media" appears to be their philosophy. It would be the ultimate indignity if the empty chairs becoming more numerous in statehouse press rooms were to be filled by political tricksters.
Gene Gibbons writes about state and national politics. During his 41 years in journalism, he was employed by United Press International and Reuters, and subsequently was a founding editor of
, a news website that focuses on state government and is funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts.
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December 15, 2010 at 1:52pm
"Taking on powerful political interests is not a job for the weak or fainthearted, as many journalists can attest. It often requires an infrastructure that most of the start-ups lack. " All news organizations were start-ups at one time. Just as Mr. Gibbons, I worked for UPI and was laid-off. I'd rather be working now for a start-up publication with integrity than an organization that is shutting itself. Or for many of the newspapers and what they are masquerading as journalism. Some of these start-ups are staffed by journalists who are toughing it out and who believe in their profession. I think it's fair to ask who is funding some of them. But is it right to cast doubt on most of them?
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Martin Prado homered and drove in two in his return from the DL in an 11-1 drubbing of the Nationals. Tim Hudson was equally impressive, throwing seven innings and striking out seven while also contributing a pair of hits offensively.
Once the Nationals scored in the first inning, it went downhill from there for them. Michael Morse booted Jordan Schafer's ground ball in the bottom of the first and then threw the ball away trying to recover. His two errors on one play led to a four-run inning for the Braves. Freddie Freeman, Dan Uggla and Nate McLouth all recorded RBI hits in the inning against starter Livan Hernandez; another run scored when Ian Desmond misplayed a David Ross grounder.
The Braves added another run in the third on Hudson's RBI single to score David Ross, who had doubled with one out. In the fourth, Martin Prado connected for his ninth home run of the season leading off the inning. Hernandez was chased after only four innings and allowing eight hits. Reliever Ross Detwiler didn't fare much better: he allowed three runs in the sixth inning on three hits, a walk and the fifth Nationals error of the game. Freddie Freeman tacked on two more runs with a double in the seventh off Todd Coffey.
Every starter had at least one hit and all of them but two (Schafer and Gonzalez) had at least one RBI; of Washington's eight hits, only one was for extra bases. Michael Morse committed three of Washington's five errors in the game.