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|Introduction | Sony RX1 sensor performance | Sony RX1 versus competition | Conclusion
If you're a little surprised at how well a high-end compact is performing it's time to let you in on its secret. The Sony RX1 uses the same 24megapixel 36x24mm Sony sensor Nikon put into their D600 DSLR. So we can expect the RX1 to perform just as well.
If we take a closer look at the top three performing Sensors in our database the results are mighty close. To all intents and purposes they have the same Portrait (Colour Depth) and Landscape (Dynamic Range) performance. There is however a minor difference with the Sports (low-light ISO) scores and the D600 & D800 perform fractionally better in low light. With overall ISO scores of 2980 ISO for the Nikon D600, 2853 ISO for the Nikon D800 and 2534 ISO for the Sony RX1 the difference is less than 1/3 of a stop, but it's just enough to give the Nikon DSLRs the edge in the Overall Sensor Scores.
All three cameras have an excellent SNR up to ISO 800. At higher sensitivities however respectable results are achieved up to ISO 3200, which is great for photojournalists working in low light.
Before we start here it should be pointed out the Sony RX1 isn't really in the same category of high-end compact as it's a completely unique camera. Pitting its full-frame sensor against the Sony RX100's smaller 1-inch sensor or even the Fujifilm X100's APS-C variety isn't really fair, but how much better are the results? Especially considering at $2,800the RX1 currently costs over 4 times as much as the other two?
In terms of Dynamic Range and Colour Depth the RX100 and X100 are very similar and both are outshone by the RX1. Colour Depth of 25.1 bits on the RX1 gives it 1.5 and 1.6 stops better Colour Depth than the X100 and RX100 respectively and with a Dynamic Range score of 14.3 it is also a full 2 stops better than both cameras in this regard.
The Sports (low light ISO) comparison however is the most illuminating and really shows up the difference sensor size makes. Compared to the Fujifilm X100 score of 1001 ISO the RX1 is only 1.3 stops better in low light with a score of 2534 ISO. It's against the much smaller 1-inch sensor on the Sony RX100 however where the RX1 really shines producing a massive 2.7 stops improved ISO performance over its cheaper sibling. To put that into context our SNR chart shows while acceptable images are possible on the Sony RX1 up to 3200 ISO using the RX100 you can't go beyond 640 ISO.
To provide photographers with a broader perspective about mobiles, lenses and cameras, here are links to articles, reviews, and analyses of photographic equipment produced by DxOMark, renown websites, magazines or blogs.
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We said the RX1 was a brave step for Sony - a truly top-end product from a brand still establishing its photographic reputation at that level. And it's a gamble that pays-off to a great degree. The RX1 is much more than a brand-enhancing flagship that few people will ever get to use - it's also truly effective as a camera.
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Added by maxb | June 05, 2013
RX1 Sonnar lens mid zone dip
Hi there,
I was wondering if you noticed a mild mid zone dip with the RX1 lens? I just got the cam and the lens seems to dip slightly about 1/3 out from the centre. I also find that the corners are sharper than this area....?
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Added by Emilie_DxOMark | June 05, 2013
Re: RX1 Sonnar lens mid zone dip
Thanks for your interest in DxOMark.
You can check the sharpness measurement for the RX1 lens here:
You are right, sharpness is lower at 1/3 of the field.
Best regards,
The DxOMark team
Added by martigorn | March 06, 2013
Sharpness at f2.0 vs f3.2
I like the RX1 a lot, but center sharpness gets A LOT better when stopping down from f2.0 to f2.8 or f3.2. At 100% view, this is fully field relevant: Details and sharpness at 2.0 are okay, from 3.2 they are brilliant. I must admit to be somewhat disappointed by that. Does this practical view fit to Your lab results (which are somewhat abstract to me), i.e. is that "perfectly normal" or did I get a bad copy ?
Yours sincerely
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Added by Emilie_DxOMark | March 08, 2013
Re: Sharpness at f2.0 vs f3.2
Hello Martin,
Thanks for your interest in DxOMark.
You are right but we would not say "a lot", as we measured a slight loss of sharpness at f/2.0 and we did not measure any significant difference between f/2.8 and f/4.
To be convinced you should have a look to the acutance field map.
Best regards,
The DxOMark team
Added by birdred | March 03, 2013
nice review
Thank you for the review. Looks to be a remarkable camera!
Though not really cross comparable, the Pentax K5 apsc dslr's measure an equally very healthy 14.3 EVS... until one can afford the sony the K5 is still pretty remarkable, especially for those like me on a budget.
We live in a remarkable age to have so many great cameras and reviews at such an easy reach.
Thanks again!
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Added by Emilie_DxOMark | March 04, 2013
Re: nice review
Thanks for your interest in DxOMark and your kind comment!
Best regards,
Added by appliance | November 05, 2013
pentax and sony
It may be relevant in that Pentax also useS Sony sensors. FF or aps they are superb.
Added by masuraotic | February 23, 2013
DXO: What is selected for RX1's Transmission to decide it's SNR Score?
I would like to know what is selected for RX1's Transmission Score to decide it's SNR.
T = 2.1 or 2.0?
And if the above selection is not correct, RX1's SNR Score may be changed?
(E.g. If the selected value is 2.0 and the real value is 2.1, the total amount of the light, which reaches to Sensor in real value, is about 10% lower than the selected value)
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Added by Emilie_DxOMark | February 25, 2013
Re: DXO: What is selected for RX1's Transmission to decide it's SNR Score?
Thanks for your comment.
You're right regarding the potential bias. In the example you note, it could be close to 14% meaning less than ¼ of Stop.
As we cannot measure the TStop on compact camera we decide to use the aperture, so in this case 2.0.
Best regards,
Added by jorgemsoto | February 12, 2013
DXO: How about the Lens on the RX1? Is it fully sharp on f2.0?
I would like to know about the Lens on the RX1. The sharpness in F2.0???
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Added by Emilie_DxOMark | February 15, 2013
Re: DXO: How about the Lens on the RX1? Is it fully sharp on f2.0?
The RX1 lens will be reviewed very soon on dxomark.com, so stay tuned ! :)
Added by msatlas | January 09, 2013
High ISO way better than Sony A99
What's up with the RX1 doing so much better than the A99 on the high ISO score? I thought they're supposed to have similar sensors but the RX1 seems to perform significantly better. Is that all chalked up to the A99's pellicle mirror?
Added by Calistoga Tony | January 09, 2013
Another mistake?
First it's saying that Sony uses BSI type image sensors in their dSLRs, (they don't, those are Exmor "R") and now the RX100 has an APS-C sensor? It doesn't. The RX100 uses a 1 inch sensor, like the Nikon 1 series.
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Added by randybenter | January 09, 2013
Re: Another mistake?
This is the RX1; it as an APS-C sensor.
The RX100 has a 1" sensor.
Added by darrask | January 09, 2013
Re: Another mistake?
sorry lad, the RX1 is full-frame, not APS-C
Added by darrask | January 09, 2013
Re: Another mistake?
Sorry but... people are getting really confused here!!!
The RX1 has a full frame sensor, and the RX100 has a 1'' (one inch) sensor!
Added by Hakeem | January 08, 2013
another fullframe camera review
Where is XTrans sensor camera? why not testing them? all the major review sites has pubslished their reviews ages ago.
and you call yourself "Camera Sensor" Only Analysts/ Experts?
The first camera you should review is xpro1 last year!
Don't know what's wrong with you guys!!
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Added by FredB | January 10, 2013
Re: another fullframe camera review

This a comment for this page on the website
Where is XTrans sensor camera? why not testing them? all the major review sites has pubslished their reviews ages ago.
and you call yourself "Camera Sensor" Only Analysts/ Experts?
The first camera you should review is xpro1 last year!
Don't know what's wrong with you guys!!
The DxO mark team has answered to this question of their facebook page. Here it is :
The Fuji X-Pro 1 and X-E1 sensor does not use a Bayer matrix, but rather a very different matrix whose pixels are arranged in rows of three colors — a technology called "X-Trans", inspired by the naturally irregular distribution of silver halide crystals on film. As for the Fuji X10, XF1 and X-S1, they use a CMOS EXR sensor with yet another different arrangement.
The demosaicing algorithms of DxOMark lab that allow it to analyse digital camera RAW photo files were designed to process the output of sensors using the Bayer matrix.
Testing these five Fuji cameras would necessitate completely rewriting our demosaicing algorithms to enable them to process the data received from this different matrix. Although DxO Labs tries to respond to photographers' requests to provide test for specific camera models, there are no plans for testing these five Fuji cameras in the short term.
Added by bluevaping | January 11, 2013
Re: another fullframe camera review
Time to start rewriting now. X Pro-1 and its successors are not going away.


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http://www.nba.com/hornets/news/give...-anthony-davisFrom @oceanback: Are you still growing taller?
Davis: Yes, I think so. I think Im still getting taller. But right now, Im trying to get stronger thats the biggest key for me. I need to keep working on my game and staying in the gym, then let the rest fall in place. Just staying in the weight room, eat a lot and keep eating, drinking shakes, stuff that will stick to my body and make me stronger. My focus is on (consuming) more calories. I eat probably six or seven times a day. Im always hungry, so thats kind of easy for me. [smiles] But Im not trying to force weight on my body. Its going to come.
Interesting.... Thoughts?
Didn't Durant grow 2 more inches after being drafted?
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That's what most of us assumed, only question was how much. I think he'll be a legit 6'11" with speed and quickness in the end.
How does he know if he's still growing?
"I don't know if people know I dislocated my pinkie finger. And [Tyreke] told me, 'You wanna go home or you wanna be here?' I want to be here. And he said, 'All right, then go tape it up and let's play. Let's go. We not stoppin' at no stores. Straight gas. That's what we do, just keep going.'"
It has to be really minuscule at this point. It shouldn't change any of Monty's plans for him.
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His head probably already hits, or comes close to hitting, a lot of doorways. And I couldn't imagine trying to drive a sports car being that tall.
Anyway, he was 6'9.25" w/o shoes and 7'5.5" wingspan at the combine. I wouldn't be shocked if he reaches at least 6'10.5" and 7'6.5" wingspan by the time he stops growing.
Last edited by bradael; 10-24-2012 at 03:09 PM.
I sort of expected it, but to hear it come from him is encouraging. He's gonna be a monster. I'm still holding out for part two of that gigantic growth spurt. I'm predicting 7'6
"Every fight is a food fight when you're a cannibal."- Demetri Martin
Everybody's different. He could have another inch and a half to grow.
I've been 6'1 w/ shoes since I was 18, and I just measured 6'2 w/ shoes this week at the doctor's office. I'm 28. Different people grow differently.
We expand and shrink throughout the day. Usually shrinking as the day goes along. If you measure your height in the morning it won't be the same at night. The Genesis book of world record measure height several times before for confirming heights for that very same reason.
Not sure if he's still growing or not, but I can't imagine he would know definitively or not.
For instance, when I wake up in the morning and go to fridge, I'm taller than it. I can easily see over the top. But by the evening, I have to tilt my head up a little to do the same.
Spine compressing and stretching out when sleeping and what not.
I imagine he will grow 1-2 more inches especially with his wing span being huge.
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A lot of anecdotes here but none of us really know for sure whether or not he'll grow. He said he thinks he's still growing, and maybe he is, but he isn't even sure himself. We'll have to wait and see. If he is indeed still growing I wouldn't hold my breath for more than 1-2".
Personally I grew to 6'3" at around the age of 14 and have stayed 6'3" ever since. I imagine if anything it's more common to grow to your maximum height around early puberty, but obviously it varies on a person-to-person basis.
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Are they going to read this? If so, its very insensitive...
I coincidentally canceled my policies with AFLAC about four months ago. Not only are their customer service policies abhorrent, but their common sense apparently flew out the window! I'm glad I no longer use the company! I have four ducks who live with my chickens and free-range all day. They are terrified of people (ours never imprinted, but ducks tend to be a little nervous anyhow), so I can only imagine how scared this poor baby was! Shame on you, AFLAC! Wasn't anyone THINKING before they pulled this stunt?!
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Oh wow, this is hilarious! I thought ole Glenny hated the idea of community organizing or anyone in the US of A working together for the common good in the community! Bah hahahahahaha! Oh jesus.
But he loves Ayn Rand and believes he is doing the work of Randjesus…
You can read all about BeckTopia over at Little Green Footballs (read the comments below the article! They're hilarious!). My favorite comment is by jdoc1357: "Anyone else think this will end with a lot of dead bodies and empty KoolAid pitchers?". So true! For this reason alone, I think Beck should be allowed to create his BeckTopia just so we can see them all kill themselves!
Or if you want to, you can CLICK HERE to get the info straight from the Horse's Ass himself!
By the way, I thought Ayn Rand preferred wealth? And wasn't she an Atheist?


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New York City drivers will wake up on Friday to the first widespread gas rationing since the fuel crisis of the 1970s, as the U.S. Northeast struggles to recover from the devastation of Superstorm Sandy and a subsequent snowstorm.After a difficult commute Thursday night that saw heavily armed police trying to quiet crowds at area bus and train stations, New Jersey authorities are adding free buses and ferries Friday to try and ease commutes that have been four and five times longer than normal all week. The recovery from Sandy stalled Wednesday after a snowstorm that plunged 300,000 homes and businesses back into darkness. By Thursday night much of the snow melted, and temperatures were due to warm slightly Friday, welcome news for the thousands of people still without power.
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Why bother? A case for language diversity in North Carolina
A talk by Dr. Walt Wolfram
William C. Friday Distinguished Professor of English
North Carolina State University
Thursday, February 20, 2014
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Languages and linguistic diversity are a unique asset of humankind and, in a time where most of the world's languages are facing a situation of endangerment, all and any efforts are necessary to raise awareness of their presence and their diversity in every community. Eastern North Carolina and East Carolina University are no exception and have become home to a significant number of very diverse languages and linguistic communities.
Since the year 2000, UNESCO has been celebrating the International Mother Language Day, in an attempt to promote the use of native languages, raise awareness about the vast linguistic diversity worldwide, and advocate for the rights of their speakers. At East Carolina University we also want to celebrate the wealth of languages by portraying the linguistic diversity present at the local university community and by engaging students, faculty, and scholars in a discussion regarding the importance of recognizing and preserving mother languages.


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For Lt. Commander Paul Rumery, an active duty chaplain at Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune, his work is a calling. "It's a calling that one recognizes in your life to serve others," Rumery, an American Baptist, said. "You go in it to be a helping agent for others in need ... You believe you're called by God to serve others."
Military chaplaincy, whether a passion, a calling or divine assignment, presents unique challenges to those serving an extremely diverse population with varied beliefs and struggles sometimes foreign to the civilian world.
For Charles Quarles, a civilian pastoral counselor at NHCL and a retired Navy chaplain who deals mainly with marriage and family issues, the biggest challenge for him serving the military is the diversity, compared to serving a congregation, which is fairly homogenous.
"I've pretty much always been heading in this direction, toward ministry," said Quarles who, before serving the military, was a Southern Baptist minister in a small town in Georgia.
"In a congregation … you're dealing with a specific group of people from a particular culture, ethnic, political, sociological background … and there are very few folks outside of that realm in that world," Quarles said. "When you come into the military, you are dealing with people from all over the world from every conceivable economic, sociological, psychological, theological, political background you could possibly imagine, so you're trying to provide spiritual care and comfort to a much more diverse population, so you have to be a little bit more flexible."
Flexibility doesn't mean changing their beliefs or thought processes, but being able to serve people of all different faiths.
"On any given day I could have a Buddhist, a Hindu, and Muslim, a Christian, an atheist, an agnostic, somebody who doesn't know what he thinks, show up at my office in the same day," Quarles said. "People coming in with issues that you think, 'This is so far out of my realm of experience, it's not even funny.'"
Rumery said as an active duty chaplain, the mission is to minister.
"We facilitate for those outside of our faith group, yet we care for everybody, regardless of their background or belief system," Rumery said. "I know there are people who do not think the way that I or (Quarles) do, but we are still their chaplains."
Even if they do not personally minister to someone who practices a different faith, chaplains still care for them, even if that means simply getting them in contact with a local leader in their faith tradition.
They also always make resources available so service members can they practice their chosen religion; for example, the hospital chapel offers a Buddhist meditation service weekly.
One challenge for military chaplains is learning to distinguish between when a service member needs a listening ear or faith-oriented counsel.
"If they don't bring religion into the conversation, we just listen," Quarles said.
Often when atheists or humanists seek them out, Quarles said they are struggling with issues of guilt and shame, and the "issues of the soul."
"It's not so much pathology in terms of mental health, but that they just need someone to talk to," he said.
Chaplaincy is more than religious ministerial work; it involves helping people handle their problems.
"These people, whether they're exercising their faith or not, the whole human race has similar struggles," Rumery said. "Stress, demands, low points in their life. They can reach out and we can offer hope, and it's up to them to embrace the things we offer."
Chaplaincy is also largely about availability and confidentiality.
"One thing that's sacrosanct with chaplains, is that we have complete confidentiality," Rumery said.
Within the bounds of military chaplaincy, law cannot dictate chaplains to divulge information about their counselees without their permission.
"This hospital has also dealt with the fallout from wounded sailors and Marines who have come back struggling with PTSD and other ailments that they just want to have a safe place to divulge, without the stigma," Rumery said. These people can seek counsel with a chaplain without the fear of their troubles being recorded or reported.
Quarles said all chaplains have a different set of tools to serve the people for whom they are charged to care.
However, military chaplains have a unique set of challenges they see service members struggle with including demands of deployments, adjusting to the military lifestyle, a new station, or a chain of command, "the element of sacrifice and separation from loved ones," Rumery said, which occurs on a regular basis with deployments and field exercises; relationship issues due to the many stressors military couples and families face; financial struggles, and even war zones.
As chaplains at the NHCL, both Rumery and Quarles said they also serve family members of service members, injured or sick service members and the hospital staff, making them a part of the treatment team. They not only counsel patients and their family members, they counsel staff members who are struggling with a tragedy with a patient.
"People come to hospitals because bad things have happened," Quarles said.
On the flip side, Rumery said serving as a battalion chaplain presents its own challenges.
"As a battalion chaplain I was one to about a thousand people, and that was demanding and sometimes lonely, because you were constantly meeting crises but you were the only person to deal with the things going on," Rumery said.
However, Quarles said a battalion chaplain sees the entire spectrum of human experience while serving their battalion: births, deaths, marriages and divorces, and everything in between, meaning they see joy as much if not more than they see tragedy.
"In the battalion, you might deal with one lost baby in the course of a year, but you've probably gone and visited 30 or 40 kids who have had healthy youngins," he said.
Both chaplains have served in the armed forces in the past: Rumery as an infantry Marine and Quarles as an armor officer in the United States Army.
"We served our country and this opportunity to become a chaplain in the military … allows you to operate in this culture," Rumery said. "This allowed us to continue to serve in the military and also our calling."
Rumery said it also helps them relate to the people they serve.
"I know some of the struggles they've been through because I've lived those, I've been there myself," he said.
But being familiar with the military can also be a hindrance in the position.
"In some cases my active duty time served me well in knowing how the organization worked," Quarles said. "In other times my active duty background kept me from seeing things I really needed to see … I found myself at times having to fight the tendency to accept the institutional outlook because at one stage of the game I was part of the institution."
Quarles said one of their duties as chaplains is to help the institution see things from a different angle and make changes.
Rumery, who has been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan as a chaplain, said chaplains struggle with the same problems as the troops they are with in war zones.
Some of those challenges include the stress of long work days, challenging and foreign climates and environments, the mission and getting injured or seeing friends wounded or die.
"It was just constant and it was a mix of all of those put together," he said. "And then … missing your family and friends and some of the creature comforts you're longing for."
That's why Rumery said it is crucial that chaplains are also looking out for their own well-beings.
"Chaplains need to take time for self-care," he said. "We take care of ourselves so that we can take care of others."
Rumery said the most rewarding part of his job is realizing when he has "touched someone on an intimate level," something he said "confirms your calling."
Quarles said his most meaningful moments have to do with one of his "saddest yet rewarding jobs," which is counseling families with infant deaths or fetal demise.
"Some of the most rewarding times is to go in and visit a young couple a year to 18 months later after they've had a loss, and they've had a successful birth ... I've been with them in both the sadness and the joy," Quarles said.
Chaplains never know what a day might hold: one time, Quarles was called to the Emergency Department and asked to perform a wedding ceremony for a couple who were planning to get married before the groom suffered a heart attack.
"We did a wedding right there in the E.D.," he said. "I still remember a couple of the nurses got a fake potted plant and wrapped tin foil around the base of it, so the bride is standing there holding this flower with tin foil wrapped around the inside. And strange things happen like that and you think ... this is not part of the local church's reality, but odd things like that are very much a part of the reality of military chaplains."


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On February 17, 2009, President Barack Obama signed The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, or Recovery Act, into law. Federal News Radio follows how agencies have enacted the law and how the government is tracking spending through Recovery.gov.
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Many have tried, but few have succeeded. Earlier this month, Veterans Affairs awarded the last of its $1.8 billion Recovery Act grant money, and was among the first to do so.
The money funded over 1,500 hundred projects, many of them with veteran-owned companies. Among the contracts are improving VA medical facilities, and upgrading technology systems. Ed Murray, VA's Deputy Assistant Secretary for Finance told the Federal Drive it wasn't easy to award all of the money, but VA benefited from planning ahead.
"We recognized early on that we were going to have a challenge, as do most agencies, when it comes to the acquisition community. Skilled contracting officers, acquisitions specialists are in short supply," Murray said. "So what we did is we very early organized weekly meetings with all the key stake holders, with the acquisition community to layout and plan the work."
VA used brand new contract writing system, which also had management capabilities, so that they could "plan the work and work the plan," Murray said.
Per their initial planning, VA had targeted to finish awarding contract by the end of July so that just in case of contract protests, or negotiations going long, they would still be under September 30 obligation deadline.
VA received $1 billion to use toward increasing patient safety and facility efficiency. Among other things, VA awarded contracts for:
building renovations, roadway and walkway repairs, high cost equipment replacement, security improvements, new construction, replacement of steam lines and boiler plants, upgrades in emergency power distribution, and purchases of additional emergency generators among others. To help Veterans access care, Recovery Act projects in VA medical facilities will add or improve more than 26,000 parking spaces and 39 elevator banks are being built or upgraded. VA will upgrade nearly 14,000 inpatient bed spaces, while 16 pharmacy renovation projects will help Veterans get medicines quicker and more efficiently. More than 14,400 clinical improvement projects, some with multiple exam rooms, will be undertaken.
Another major initiative: greening the department. Up first? Cemeteries. After conducting feasibility studies, VA concluded that installing windmills would be a good way to go to make national cemeteries in Massachusetts self-sufficient.
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David Marks is one of the last true rock and roll heroes whose story somehow went untold…until now." –
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David Marks began playing music with his neighbors, the Wilson brothers, in 1958 when he was 10 years old. When Brian Wilson began using that electric Rock and Roll foundation to support his intricate vocal harmonies, an exciting new sound was created. In spring 1962 Capitol Records acquired a demo recording of the songs Surfin' Safari and 409 performed by The Beach Boys, which upon release became a massive national hit. Over the course of the next two years they would evolve into America's top rock act. In only 18 months they recorded an astonishing four classic studio albums that included some of rock music's most beloved...read more on his web site here.


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Bowling's U.S. Women's Open Event Guide
On June 27, the stars of women's bowling will compete under the stars in downtown Reno!
5:00-7:00pm Street Festival (adjacent to the bowling lanes) on N. Virginia Street
7:00pm Opening Ceremonies (under the Reno Arch)
7:30pm Competition begins (approx. 2 hours)
Bowling's US Women's Open is bowling's most prestigious event. This is the first US Open brand event to be held in Reno!
Over 300 of bowling's greatest women players will go head to head in qualifying rounds to earn one of five coveted spots in the finals, which will be held on the evening of June 27, literally under the stars in downtown Reno. Four bowling lanes are being constructed on N. Virginia Street, with the Reno arch as the backdrop. One of these five finalists could potentially win a $1,000,000 if they bowl a perfect match!
The competition will be televised on ESPN2 next week (July 3) – see if you make it in the crowd shots!
There will be several large screens positioned along the street festival area so everyone is sure to catch the action. (There is limited reserved bleacher seating, for event sponsors and their guests.)
Street Festival:
There is plenty more than just bowling balls rolling around the streets of downtown Reno. Located adjacent to the competition lanes, enjoy a FREE admission to the street festival! Food and beverage will available for sale, courtesy of the Eldorado, Silver Legacy and Circus Circus. Stop by the Reno Tahoe USA special events displays, as well as displays from the major bowling sponsors.


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Jackson's Game Two Winner Leads Softball to Tuesday Split with Catawba
February 12, 2013
MISENHEIMER, N.C. - Visiting Catawba College and host Pfeiffer University split a non-conference softball doubleheader on Tuesday afternoon at Jack Ingram Field. The Indians blanked the Lady Falcons 3-0 in the opener while Pfeiffer scored a 3-2 victory in the nightcap using eight innings. Pfeiffer now stands at 4-6 on the year while Catawba moves to 4-3.
Catawba's first run in the fifth came on a two-out Gina Gerone RBI-single to left. Insurance in the seventh came in the form of a Tara Gibbs and Sydney Hyder RBI-singles in the final frame. Pfeiffer managed just one hit in game one with that belonging to Sadie Saine. Saine singled to left leading off the third.
Carley Tysinger scored the game one win going the distance with her one-hitter while fanning nine. Amanda Terry would collect two hits for Catawba in the opener.
Pfeiffer would strike first in game two as a Hannah Jackson RBI fielder's choice in the third and Rebecca Foil sacrifice fly in the fourth staked the Lady Falcons out to a 2-0 lead. A two-run single by Gibbs in the top of the sixth would eventually force the extra eighth inning. After Pfeiffer got out of the top of the eighth, Jackson would waste little time in getting the Lady Falcons to celebrate. With Khristin Isley placed at second due to the international tiebreaker rule, Jackson would promptly follow pushes a bunt single into the gap at shortstop that scored Isley with the game-winner.
Sam Jarmusch picked up the win allowing two runs on six hits in her eight innings of work striking out five. Celia Dew, along with Isley, each collected a pair of hits in game two while Jackson had two of the three RBI.
Pfeiffer gets back to action on Sunday hosting Newberry at 1:30 p.m. Live stats will be available through http://www.gofalconsports.com.


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Shaun Powell: Dwight Howard says he's not 100 percent but a source who saw his workouts said Howard dunked with authority.
Shaun Powell: Dwight Howard says he's not 100 percent but a source who saw his workouts said Howard dunked with authority.
nthydro wrote:In his interview on Sportsnet he said "Hopefully I'll have many great years here in LA." Sounds like he wants to stay.
Brian Kamenetzky of ESPN wrote:There were no great revelations from Dwight Howard regarding his back Monday at Media Day, which basically means the news is good. He's not experienced any setbacks, and is on track to return fully healthy relatively soon, as ESPNLA's Dave McMenamin reports:
"I'm getting better every day," Howard said. "I'm getting stronger every day and I'm just looking forward to that day when I'm 100 percent. Until then, I'm going to keep training. I think from the last time you guys saw me to now, I think I look a lot different. I've been working extremely hard to get back on the court and I think we're going to have an awesome year." Howard has already been ruled out of the Lakers' preseason opener on Oct. 7, according to the team. But Yahoo! Sports reported Howard is hoping to play in the Lakers' regular season opener on Oct. 30 and that the center's back has regained "85 percent" of its strength. "I don't have a percentage meter for my back," Howard said. "They didn't make them yet. I think that's the new technology in the iPhone 6. ... We got to wait until that comes out."
Overall, though, signs are encouraging. Howard told reporters he's improved a great deal since his introductory press conference, and continues working out with assistant coaches Darvin Ham and Chuck Person.
"I don't want to get into the, 'Well, we share ...' No, it's my team. But I want to make sure that Dwight, when I retire, this is going to be his. I want to teach him everything I possibly know so that when I step away this organization can ride on as if I never left."
Howard fell in line, but then again, he's the new guy in town after arriving from Orlando.
It's way too early to predict if Howard will stay quiet about taking a back seat. Way back.
"I'm willing to go through that process, learn from one of the greatest to ever play the game and I think it will be great," Howard said. "I think learning from a guy like Kobe, I know he's going to be tough on me, but I expect that and I want him to do that. So, I'll take all the heat that he's going to give me because I know at the end of the day that's going to make me a better player and a better person and it's going to make this team better."
Bryant made sure everyone knew he was the king of his fiefdom, but he said he wants Howard to inherit his throne. He said he told Lakers ownership that as they pursued Howard.
It was like, 'If you have the opportunity to get Dwight, get him because I want to see this organization continue to flourish and continue to be successful long after I'm gone,' " Kobe said.
wcsoldier81 wrote:Dwight is perfect for the stuff they put on Staples jumbotron
Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
No D in this drill, but a look at @DwightHoward setting a pick for @SteveNash w/Kobe in corner. http://instagr.am/p/QS8dClS79s/
Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
So far, @DwightHoward has participated in most drills. No full 5-on-5 contact scrimmages, but he's running, jumping, dunking. Looks good.
Dave McMenamin @mcten
Already seeing Nash as a coach on the court, directing World Peace and Dwight where to go on offense in chorus with Eddie Jordan
Dave McMenamin @mcten
Surprising/encouraging sign: We get let into Lakers practice & see Dwight running up the court in 5-on-0 offense drills w/ Kobe/Pau/Nash/MWP
KEVIN DING @KevinDing
Dwight is laboring as he goes up and down full court as practice nears its end. Coaches asking him to push through it.
therealdeal wrote:Awesome stuff Battle, thanks for sharing. I can't see that video at my office. What's Telly?
Sam Amick
Ladies & gents, the new-look Lakers running the Princeton offense (video) in today's 1st practice
With the hiring of former Kings, Philly and Washington coach Eddie Jordan as an assistant, the sluggish Lakers offense should be re- energized. As @kbergcbs noted, though, only so much can be learned when there's no defense to read
Watch at TwitVid ›
KEVIN DING @KevinDing
Pau on Dwight today: "He worked just as much as anybody else. So that's good."
Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
Quick video of Howard & @0goudelock in a 3-pt shooting competition. Howard hits here, but will lose: http://twitvid.com/I8U8A
therealdeal wrote:nthydro wrote:In his interview on Sportsnet he said "Hopefully I'll have many great years here in LA." Sounds like he wants to stay.
The behind the scenes stuff showed just how excited he was to be here, how in awe he was of the trophies and the things Mitch was saying to him.
I just don't think there's any way he leaves LA.
Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
Impressive 3-point comeback in next game from Dwight, draining 3 of 5 from the corner w/Chris Duhon yelling "That's his spot!"
Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
Howard (back) is continuing to feel good w/no set backs. He said he will "hopefully" play in a preseason game, but no guarantees.
Beto Duran @DuranSports
Dwight Howard "hopefully Ill be back for some preseason games...not going to rush it" #lakers
Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
Howard: "These guys need me for the whole season." A reason he doesn't want to push too fast. But getting closer.
Dwight Howard "hopefully Ill be back for some preseason games...not going to rush it" #lakers
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The egg custard recipe Bob Jackson used when Jackson's Cafeteria opened hasn't changed 40 years later.
But don't ask manager and son-in-law David Martin how to make the dessert at home.
When he first started, a customer inquired about the ingredients. Martin obliged.
"And boy, I got ripped for that," Martin said.
VIDEO: Why customer's love Jackson's
VIDEO: The Jackson's family legacy
Jackson got that custard recipe from a cook who made the dessert so often she didn't do any measuring.
Jackson watched her whip up the recipe and wrote down the amounts when he decided he wanted to stop overseeing the bakery department at S&K Cafeteria and start up his own restaurant.
He worked for S&K Cafeteria for 22 years before he decided he wanted to branch out, said Nancy Martin, Jackson's Cafeteria comptroller and Jackson's daughter.
Jackson had to wait another three years to open in Gastonia because of a no-compete clause in his contract.
Jackson's Cafeteria started up in Akers Center in Gastonia in 1973.
"So he and mother worked from sunup to sundown," Nancy Martin said.
The restaurant moved to Gaston Mall and stayed there about 20 years until the shopping center began to be redeveloped.
Jackson's moved back to Akers Center in 2007 and will celebrate five years in its current location, the old Eckerd Drugs store, in December.
A family affair
Martin's husband, David, was the first in the family to work for Jackson. He'd been laid off from his job, so his father-in-law offered him a position until he found something else.
Forty years later, Martin's still there, managing the restaurant and cooking up dishes when needed.
Jackson's son, Ronnie, is president of the company and manages the Rock Hill, S.C., location. Son Jerry is a stockholder and son Chip is a manager at Gastonia. Grandson Bo is a manager. Daughter-in-law Sharon Jackson is a cashier in Rock Hill, S.C. Nancy Martin started overseeing the finances about 13 years ago.
Ronnie Jackson made his father retire at age 83, but that didn't keep the elder Jackson and his wife, Sara, from coming in to chat up customers.
Bob Jackson died in 2009. Sara Jackson, 89, still comes into the restaurant to greet people when she can, including every Thanksgiving, when she dresses as a pilgrim.
'A hard business'
Jackson's used to have as many as 10 restaurants in the area. The family has scaled back the business to just Gastonia and Rock Hill.
"The last five years, since 2008 when the bottom fell out, it's been tough," Nancy Martin said. "But I know it's been tough for everybody."
The restaurant had to adjust workers' hours and laid off a few employees. People stop eating out when they don't have money to spend, she said.
One benefit of tough economic times is being able to be picky about who you hire, David Martin said. Before, it was hard to get workers. Now the restaurant gets a stack of applications for each opening.
"And they want to stay with you longer," Nancy Martin said.
Jackson's Cafeteria employs close to 50 people in Gastonia and around 45 people in Rock Hill.
"It's a hard business," Nancy Martin said. "It's gratifying. It's great for us, but it's a hard business."
Changing times
The recipes may not have changed, but the price of food and labor has gone up.
Jackson's used to be one of the few restaurants in Gastonia that operated on cash. The restaurant put in an ATM so people could get cash, but now it accepts credit and debit cards.
That's been an added expense. Between the two places, it costs about $48,000 a year to pay the fees associated with accepting plastic.
Competition has increased, too. And with that competition came other eateries offering deals that Jackson's can't match.
"So many places just about give things away," David Martin said. "You can't give food away. That's one thing my boss taught me."
Jackson's Cafeteria doesn't have a website, but it does have a Facebook page. Nancy Martin sends emails to customers to let them know about events and promotions.
The restaurant has started offering live music and has a party room available for events.
It's even added some healthier options liked baked chicken and salads for people watching their waistlines.
The key to staying in business for 40 years?
"I think the key to it is quality," David Martin said. "Good service, quite at a reasonable price. I think that's the key."
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Cabernet Franc is one of the grapes Delia planted early on when settling on Napa Valley's Howell Mountain in 1986. Both the namesake VIADER Proprietary Red Blend (30% Cab Franc in 2009) and the DARE by Viader single varietal (100%) show how the grape's femininity, elegance and seductiveness shines through when cultivated here in the New World. Delia chose to focus on this particular grape variety because it had always captured her attention. She found Cabernet Franc to be intriguing, pleasant – almost voluptuous – on the palate, and moreover it was not prevalent in Napa Valley in the early 1980′s when she established the winery. Our inaugural release of VIADER back in 1989 had 40% Cab Franc as well. Since the beginning, Delia has been committed to blending and bottling this noble grape to capture its finesse and character which is unlike any other grape variety.
The grape is one of the five Bordeaux varietals and the dominant red grape of Loire Valley's Chinon dating back several centuries. By the 18th century, the grape was widely planted in Pomerol and St.-Emillion. And while rarely the dominant player in wines of Bordeaux, it's a significant component in the wine that inspired Delia's choice: Cheval Blanc. In fact, the VIADER clone of Cabernet Franc is one of the few in existence that comes from the same St.-Emilion, Bordeaux area.
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That was the case Monday at Cherry Point when the first F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter was officially inducted for modifications at Fleet Readiness Center East.
At slightly longer than 51 feet and with a wingspan of 35 feet, the sleek, gray jet sat securely behind a rope line in the corner of Hangar I surrounded by an arc of dignitaries and employees.
"This is huge to
The fifth-generation aircraft is considered the future of fixed-wing Marine Corps aviation. It will replace the AV-8B Harrier, F/A-18 Hornet and EA/6B Prowler.
"This airplane is critical to the Marine Corps," said Lt. Gen. Robert E. Schmidle Jr., Marine Corps deputy commandant for aviation. "This is the future of tactical aviation in the Marine Corps, and we're delighted to have it here at Cherry Point."
U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan, D-N.C., chairwoman of the Senate Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, said the region would continue to see an economic benefit from F-35 work for a long time.
"It is so important for an economic development, but also for national security," Hagan said.
Harry Blot, a retired Marine general and test pilot who served as deputy commandant for aviation, said the F-35 represented the future of Cherry Point.
"It's going to replace every airplane at Cherry Point, and with it comes the technology of the future," he said. "Anytime a new aircraft arrives at an air station, the technology jumps ahead 10 or 20 years, and then you see the contractors come in and that's money and jobs locally and things like that, so this is a huge day for us. It further protects us from any (Base Realignment and Closure) action that may take place. It is the cutting edge of technology and will be for the next 40 years."
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Merklinghaus' son, Max, is autistic. People with special needs have all kinds of opportunities to interact in public school, but after they graduate, there were few places for them to go, she said.
So Merklinghaus worked with Ed McDowell, Warm Beach executive director, and Laurie Fertello, disabilities ministry director, to create a summer camp.
"I was just so impressed with Warm Beach's desire to make it happen," Merklinghaus said. "When you have a special needs child, you hear 'no' so often. With Warm Beach it was, 'Hey, let's make this happen.'"
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This summer, it's offering four week-long camps to serve adults with mental and physical disabilities in Snohomish County.
"We've just seen a real strong growth in the program," Fertello said. "It has been such a blessing for people with disabilities and their families. It gives them a bit of respite.
"We hear so often that a lot of time there's no break from the challenges of caring for someone with special needs. This gives them a chance to relax and step away."
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Camps are scheduled from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. July 9-12, July 16-19, July 23-26, and Aug. 6-9. Lunch and snacks are provided. The camps cost $198 a week, but scholarships are available for low-income families.
To host these camps, Warm Beach works with Village Community Services, Eagle Wings Ministries, Smokey Point Community Church, staff members from Children's Hospital, and educators from the Stanwood School District.
One-on-one "buddies" are provided for each camper on the nearly 300 acres at Warm Beach's facility. Many of these assistants are volunteers who come for the week. More volunteers are needed. Overnight accommodations are offered.
Merklinghaus, who lived in Stanwood but has since moved to Sun Valley, Idaho, will miss the camp for the first time this year. But Max, now 26, still attends and also volunteers on the mini-golf course.
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Tracy Lauren Marrow (born February 16, 1958 in Newark, New Jersey) better known by his stage name, Ice-T, is a rapper, actor, and author. He is credited with helping create gangsta rap in the late 1980s. he also is a known crips member
He was previously in a relationship with Darlene Ortiz, who was featured on the covers of his 1987 album Rhyme Pays and his 1988 album Power. Currently, Ice-T is married to swimsuit model Nicole "Coco Marie" Austin.
After leaving the Army, Ice-T began his extremely long career of recording raps for various studios on 12-inch singles. These tracks were later compiled on The Classic Collection and also featured on disc 2 of Legends of Hip-Hop. His first song was "The Coldest Rap" in 1982. His first official gangsta rap record was "6 in the Mornin'" one of the first of that sub-genre ever recorded. He said he was influenced by the Schoolly D record "P.S.K.," considered by many to be the first gangsta rap record (as it lionized the Philadelphia gang Park Side Killers).
He finally landed a deal with a major label Sire Records. When label founder and president Seymour Stein heard his demo, he said, "He sounds like Bob Dylan."Shortly after, he released his debut album Rhyme Pays in 1987 supported by DJ Evil E, DJ Aladdin and producer Afrika Islam, who helped create the mainly party-oriented sound; the record wound up being certified gold by the RIAA. That same year, he recorded the title theme song for Dennis Hopper's Colors, a film about inner-city life in Los Angeles. His next album Power was released in 1988, under his own label Rhyme Syndicate, and it was a more assured and impressive record, earning him strong reviews and his second gold record. Released in 1989, The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech... Just Watch What You Say established his popularity by matching excellent abrasive music with narrative and commentative lyrics.
In 1991 he released his album OG: Original Gangster, which is regarded as one of the albums that defined gangsta rap. On OG, he introduced his band Body Count in a track of the same name; Ice-T toured with Body Count on the first annual Lollapalooza concert tour in 1991, gaining him appeal among middle-class teenagers and fans of alternative music genres. The self-titled debut album by Body Count followed. For his appearance on the heavily collaborative track "Back on the Block", a composition by jazz musician Quincy Jones that "attempt[ed] to bring together black musical styles from jazz to soul to funk to rap", Ice-T won a Grammy Award for the Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group, an award shared by others who worked on the track including Jones and fellow jazz musician Ray Charles. Controversy later surrounded Body Count over its song "Cop Killer", a song intended as a narrative from the view of a criminal killing a police officer, from the National Rifle Association and various police advocacy groups. Consequently, Time Warner Music refused to release Ice-T's upcoming album Home Invasion simply because of the controversy surrounding "Cop Killer". When Ice split amicably with Sire/Warner Bros. Records after a dispute over the artwork of the album Home Invasion, he reactivated Rhyme Syndicate and formed a deal with Priority Records for distribution; Priority released Invasion in the spring of 1993. Home Invasion ranked low in sales and critical reviews, and Ice-T's regular fanbase shifted more towards upper-class white teenagers. Ice-T had also collaborated with certain other heavy metal bands during this time period. For the film Judgment Night, he did a duet with band Slayer on the track "Disorder". In 1995, Ice-T made a guest performance on Forbidden by the heavy metal band Black Sabbath. Another album of his, VI - Return of the Real came out in 1996, followed by The Seventh Deadly Sin in 1999.
His first rap album since 1999, Gangsta rap, was released on October 31, 2006. The album's cover, which "shows [Ice T] lying on his back in bed with his ravishing wife's ample posterior in full view and one of her legs coyly draped over his private parts," was considered to be too suggestive for most retailers, many of which were reluctant to stock the album. Some reviews of the album were unenthusiastic, as many had hoped for a return to the political raps of Ice-T's most successful albums.
One of the last scenes in Gift (film) includes Ice-T and Body Count playing with Jane's Addiction in a version of the Sly and the Family Stone song "Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey."
Besides fronting his own band, Ice-T has also collaborated with other hard rock and metal bands, such as Icepick, Motörhead, Pro-Pain, and Six Feet Under. He has also covered songs by hardcore punk bands such as The Exploited, Jello Biafra, and Black Flag. Ice-T will be making his first appearance at Insane Clown Posse's, Gathering Of The Juggalos 2008 edition.
In 1993 Ice-T along with other rappers and the three Yo! MTV Raps hosts Ed Lover, Doctor Dre and Fab 5 Freddy starred in the comedy Who's the Man? directed by Ted Demme.In this movie Ice is a drug dealer who gets really frustrated when someone calls him by his real name "Chauncey" rather than his street name "Nighttrain".
In 1995 he had a recurring role as vengeful drug dealer Danny Cort on the television series New York Undercover, which was co-created by Dick Wolf. In 1997, Ice-T co-created the short-lived series Players, which was produced by Wolf. These two collaborations led Wolf to add Ice-T to the cast of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, where the rapper has portrayed a former undercover narcotic officer, transferred to the Special Victims Unit, Detective Fin Tutuola since 2000, whose character says he is a Republican. Ice-T also appeared in the Law & Order universe as pimp Seymour "Kingston" Stockton in Exiled: A Law & Order Movie. His participation in this show is ironic, given the early controversy surrounding his group Body Count with their song "Cop Killer". Ice-T also appears in the movie Leprechaun: In the Hood. He once was presenter on Channel 4's Baaadasss TV.
In 1999, Ice-T starred in the HBO movie Stealth Fighter as a United States Naval Aviator who fakes his own death, steals a F-117 stealth fighter and threatens to destroy United States military bases. This movie is often criticized for its poor script, military inaccuracies, and significant use of footage from other movies.
Ice-T voiced Madd Dogg in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas as well as Agent Cain in Sanity: Aiken's Artifact. He also appears as himself in Def Jam: Fight for NY and UFC: Tapout fighting video games.
Ice-T made an appearance on Chappelle's Show as himself presenting the award for "Player Hater of the Year." He was dubbed the "Original Player Hater."
At WrestleMania 2000, Ice-T performed his song "Pimpin Ain't Easy" during The Godfather and D'Lo Brown's entrance.
He also played as Hamilton in a 2001 thriller film named 3000 Miles to Graceland.
Beyond Tough, a 2002 documentary series aired on Discovery Channel about the world's most dangerous and intense professions, such as alligator wrestlers and Indy 500 pit crews, was hosted by Ice-T.
In 2007, he appeared as a celebrity guest star on the MTV sketch comedy show Short Circuitz. Also in late 2007, Ice-T appeared in the short-music film "Hands of Hatred" which can be found online.
Ice-T also made an appearance on NBC's new game show "Celebrity Family Feud" on June 24th 2008. In the show Ice-T and Coco teamed up in a competition against Joan and Melissa Rivers to compete for their favorite charity. The Rivers family won their round.
He was criticized for misogyny in his lyrics, and this has deterred some people from supporting him. In The Ice Opinion, he claimed that he was a feminist insofar as he believed in equal pay for women and equal rights generally. He argued against the position that being a stripper or a model is demeaning to women by an analogy with a man who considers a gay man to be demeaning all men by his actions, arguing that if the latter feeling is untenable, the former is as well.
The track "Escape from the Killing Fields" expressed a difference in views from rappers like Chuck D, Redman and Ice Cube in that Ice-T did not see any virtue in staying in the ghetto, but rather encouraged Black people to leave the ghetto. The last track on O.G. Original Gangster is a spoken-word opposition to the Gulf War and to poor conditions in prisons. After Born Dead in 1994, Ice-T's music has contained much less political commentary than before.
In 1994, Ice-T wrote a book titled The Ice Opinion: Who Gives a Fuck?. The purpose of the 199-page book was to respond to questions about his political beliefs, his life and the controversy surrounding his music. Having often voiced controversial statements about corruption, he goes into detail about his suspicions of police/CIA involvement in drug trafficking and of how certain businesses profit from prison-building. The ten chapters are:
"Fuck Soulja Boy! Eat a dick! This nigga single handedly killed Hip hop. That shit is such garbage man. We came all the way from Rakim, we came all the way from Das EFX, we came all the way from motherfuckers flowing like Big Daddy Kane and Ice Cube, and you come with that Superman shit? That shit is garbage. Hurricane (Chris) take them fucking beads out of your hair nigga! Man up. You niggas is making me feel real fucking mad about this shit."
On June 23, 2008, Ice-T responded to Soulja Boy's video response, where he apologized against Hurricane Chris for the comments, saying that the comments were made 'in anger' and that Hurricane isn't really in the beef. As for Soulja Boy, Ice-T apologized for the 'eat a dick'-comment, but continued to state that Soulja Boy's music is garbage. He also makes it clear that he isn't trying to set off a war against the Dirty South. Instead, he said: "If any war (is going to start), it's gonna be good hip-hop versus whack hip-hop, you understand what i'm saying? And if there has to be a war on that battlefield, i'm proud to be the general, nigga." . At the end of the video, Ice-T's 16-year-old son appeared, repeating his father's "Eat a dick" comment.
Since the Soulja Boy comments, many hip hop artists have commented on the situation. Artists such as Kanye West and 50 Cent have voiced their agreement with Soulja Boy's reaction. Other artists, such as, Spice 1 and Snoop Dogg have decided to affiliate themselves with Ice-T in this situation.


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The proto-IndoEuropean roots for reason and logic are:
Reason: ar—to fit together
Logic: leg—to collect, to speak
Based on that, my view is that reason, in the general sense, is a process of fitting thoughts together (this could be extended to material fitting together as well). In doing this, it uses a logic which provides the criteria for collecting things into classes that can be fit together in speech (or the equivalent). Different areas of activity have different logics. Categorical discourse uses formal logic; music composition uses a different logic; poetry a different logic again; and certainly theology. The tool is adapted to the conditions of the material to be worked with, not the other way round. One conclusion I think follows from this has to do with mental freedom: when working is some area of endeavor, freedom of thought is constrained by the "logical" conditions for work in that area, but a person who sticks to those constraints outside of the work situation is not free.


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|Crystal, MN
|Mayer, MN
|Unknown, MN
|Dayton, MN
|Medicine Lake, MN
|Vadnais Heights, MN
|Deephaven, MN
|Medina, MN
|Victoria, MN
|Delano, MN
|Mendota Heights, MN
|Waconia, MN
|Dellwood, MN
|Minneapolis, MN
|Waconia Township, MN
|Eagan, MN
|Minnetonka, MN
|Watertown, MN
|East Bethel, MN
|Minnetonka Beach, MN
|Watertown Township, MN
|Eden Prairie, MN
|Minnetrista, MN
|Waverly, MN
|Edina, MN
|Monticello, MN
|Wayzata, MN
|Elk River, MN
|Monticello Township, MN
|West Lakeland, MN
|Elko, MN
|Montrose, MN
|West Lakeland Township, MN
|Empire Township, MN
|Mound, MN
|West St. Paul, MN
|Eureka Township, MN
|Mounds View, MN
|White Bear Area, MN
|Excelsior, MN
|New Brighton, MN
|White Bear Township, MN
|Falcon Heights, MN
|New Germany, MN
|Willernie, MN
|Farmington, MN
|New Hope, MN
|Woodbury, MN
|Forest Lake, MN
|New Market Township, MN
|Woodland, MN
|Franconia Township, MN
|New Prague, MN
|Woodland Township, MN
|Franklin Township, MN
|New Scandia Township, MN
|Wyoming, MN
|Fridley, MN
|Newport, MN
|Wyoming Township, MN
|Gem Lake, MN
|North Branch, MN
|Young America Township, MN
|Golden Valley, MN
|North Oaks, MN
|Zimmerman, MN
|Grant, MN
|North St. Paul, MN
|Grant Township, MN
|Oak Grove, MN
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