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Writer as Reader Workshops
The Poet Laureate of Rock and Roll: Bob Dylan's "Desolation Row", Chronicles, Volume One
December 7, 2013
Rigorous seminars have been taught on Bob Dylan's oeuvre at Princeton, Harvard, and other colleges and universities. However, Dylan's lyrics aren't frequently taught on a secondary school level. Included in The Oxford Book of American Poetry, "Desolation Row" has been praised by David Lehman, Allen Ginsberg, and Archibald MacLeish as a major American poem of the twentieth century, compared by some to "The Wasteland." This workshop will explore the textual and musical sources behind this song, and its morphology in live performances since 1965. In addition to exploring the poem through institute writing prompts, time will be spent listening and writing in response to an array of live recordings. The workshop will explore how "Desolation Row" can be taught in a unit on American poetry. If time permits, additional attention will be given to the larger pedagogical value of teaching Bob Dylan in an American Literature class.
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Collier County Sheriff's deputies arrested a man and uncovered 50 marijuana plants valued at $727,000 at a home in Golden Gate Estates.
Detectives with the Sheriff's Office Vice and Narcotics Bureau executed a narcotics search warrant Wednesday at 2535 29th Ave. N.E. Detectives discovered that a detached garage had been converted into an indoor marijuana grow operation.
In addition to the plants, they discovered grow equipment such as cooling units, transformers and high-intensity lighting. The value of the grow equipment was estimated at $5,000.
A resident of the home, Landy Fernandez, 27, was charged with trafficking marijuana, possession of a place used for trafficking a controlled substance and possession of narcotic paraphernalia. A second person in the home at the time the warrant was executed could not be tied to the grow operation and was released.
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Pope Francis made some impromptu remarks for reporters while returning from World Youth Day, and now headlines across the mainstream media blare that he made some kind of stunning reversal of Catholic teaching. Earlier in the same interview, he half-jokingly said, "I think like a Jesuit." True to the stereotype of the Society of Jesus, Pope Francis has a very logical mind, so we must pay careful attention to his words. What did Pope Francis actually say (emphasis added)?
When I meet a gay person, I have to distinguish between their being gay and being part of a lobby. If they accept the Lord and have goodwill, who am I to judge them? They shouldn't be marginalized. The tendency [to homosexuality] is not the problem…they're our brothers.
First of all, the supposedly provocative line begins with the word, "if," and it's a BIG IF. Most homosexuals do not accept Jesus' teachings on chastity. Salvation comes from Jesus. Sin is a rejection of salvation. Adultery is a sin. Sex outside of marriage is adultery. The divine sacrament of marriage requires that one man and one woman vow their mutual love, fidelity, and openness to life publicly and before God. Therefore, homosexual sex is a rejection of Jesus. QED.
Some people with homosexual tendencies choose to accept the salvation of our Lord and maintain a life of chastity. This is the key to what Pope Francis is saying: people with homosexual desires who are able to exhibit this level of self-control should be welcomed as our brothers and given encouragement in their struggle. This is a very beautiful statement. However, it does not say anything about people who give in to carnal desires and live promiscuously—whether gay or straight.
Pope Francis does hint at this though. He says that the tendency to homosexuality is "not the problem," which is to imply that there is a problem. There may not be an official "gay lobby" in the Holy See, but there is definitely a gay lobby in secular political life and it is viciously opposed to the Catholic Church. People who campaign for same-sex marriage or who objectify the human body do not have goodwill for us. We do not need to judge them because their actions speak for themselves.
It's unclear whether the ellipsis indicates that Pope Francis spoke about any of this at all. He didn't need to though. If you take his words at face value, he made a very powerful statement which encapsulates all of Catholic teaching on sexuality and chastity in a very simple and profound observation. He said exactly what he meant to say and nothing more. Liberal advocates of same-sex marriage—especially in the press—make a grave error by misinterpreting his words to imply otherwise.
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No one is perfect in this world. But the almighty Father is always ready to forgive us if only, we truly confesses our sins. Who ever accept the God and willing to do only Gods' will, Jesus never let them to go away from him and he will always hold our hands and save from everything. And also if we are living according to the Jesus teachings, then we never do anything against the Gods' creation. That is what Pope Fanicis always preaching, sometimes Vicariously.
We are all children of God and
God does not make no junk.
this is the best "spin" I have seen in a long time. He said "if they accept the Lord Jesus and have goodwill" All sinners want to live in sin AND go to heaven when they are done. I hope the pope is saved and all poeoples get saved but to not be honest and say you are going to split hell wide open please repent and follow Jesus completely is just not being true to the faith.
"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?' Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'
"Do you accept Jesus" and "Do you accept Jesus' teachings on chastity" are not close to be the same. Do you ever wish you had a nicer car? A nicer home? A more delicious meal? Then you are a coveter. Admit you are. We AL:L are. Does this not make you a Christian. The existence of sin will ALWAYS be with us and has no bearing on whether we are Christians or not.
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We are a collective of professionals dedicated to exploring green building and the technologies, practices, materials and designs that are at the forefront of this movement. We will work to dispel the myth that green building is more expensive and we hope that this blog not only informs but inspires people, businesses and communities to join us in creating a more sustainable urban environment.
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Construction has just begun on a large sustainable student housing project designed by CollinsWoerman on Bastyr University's Kenmore, Washington campus. Eleven cottages housing 132 students on the University's Kenmore Campus will incorporates a variety of sustainable strategies that should achieve LEED for Homes "Gold" certification by the US Green Building Council. As designed, the "student residential village" will minimize environmental impacts by blending into the natural setting of the rural Washington state campus. [Read More]
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Six Construction Management students were chosen by Department Chair, Dr. John Schaufelberger, to represent the University of Washington in the first annual Green Energy Challenge. [Read More]
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The 50-year-old Spaniard, who has had spells in charge of nine clubs since 1999, is the bookmakers' favourite for the post and one of three candidates in the running to succeed Steve Clarke, who was sacked on December 14 after 18 months in the job.
Mel was as short as 1/6 for the job with Sky Bet at one stage, although his price eased when Malky Mackay was supported for the position following his departure from Cardiff City.
Despite reports to the contrary, Mel, who counts Getafe, Rayo Vallecano and Alaves among his previous employers, did not attend Albion's 1-1 draw with Tottenham on Boxing Day.
The club refused to specify the identities of those in the frame, but confirmed via a statement on their website: "We have identified suitable candidates to work within our existing structure.
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After Thursday's match Downing insisted the delay in naming a successor to Clarke could be getting to the players but understood the board's decision not to be rushed into a quick appointment.
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Monday, July 14, 2014
Lowcountry Local First is filling a much-needed niche in Charleston's burgeoning entrepreneurial ecosystem by developing Local Works, an open-sector coworking space in the creative corridor at 1630-2 Meeting St. in Charleston. Local Works is a low-cost, professional, open coworking space where local businesses can thrive in a creative and collaborative environment. The 3,000-square-foot facility will complement existing tech-sector spaces that are already up-and-running in Charleston.
Local Works will give tenants an opportunity for engagement and growth through member-hosted events, marketing tutorials, connecting to funding, meet-up groups, and other networking opportunities. Ongoing services will also be offered such as mentor pairing, facetime with successful entrepreneurs for brainstorming sessions, workshops and easy collaboration.
By aggregating businesses with varying specialties and focuses, Local Works will create a community ripe for partnerships. As interaction in the community grows, the likelihood of success for the businesses within it increases, creating a more powerful community to draw upon for assistance.
"It is vital that entrepreneurs spend a majority of their time on the important things regarding their business, especially in the start-up stages," says Lowcountry Local First Community Manager Larry Downey. "When you can reach across the desk and ask someone who specializes in marketing or accounting a question, without having to spend hours on research, it allows you to stay focused on your mission. We are creating a community of businesses that want to work together and help each other succeed."
Coworking spaces are emerging across the country and entrepreneurs are ready to break free from their home office or have worn out their welcome at the coffee shop. For those craving a more professional, collaborative, but still affordable environment, coworking is ideal. Local Works will be run as a nonprofit center with public and private supporters including the City of Charleston, Community Loan Fund and a recent award by the South Carolina Department of Commerce's Innovation Fund.
Local Works consists of two private offices, 24 full-time spaces and numerous part-time opportunities. Additionally, the space will hold a conference room, small meeting room, two phone booths, a kitchen with full amenities, and lounge area and breakout space. The private offices are taken, but part-time and full-time space is still available and Lowcountry Local First is taking applicants now.
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Join author Brian Trifon as he shows how to improve music and audio productions using virtual instruments in Logic Pro. This course tours the program's virtual instruments, including the ES2 hybrid synthesizer, Sculpture physical modeling synthesizer, EFM1 FM synthesizer, the EVOC 20 vocoder, the Ultrabeat drum synthesizer, and the EXS24 sampler, and shows how to achieve various effects with each instrument's parameters. The course also covers working with oscillators and filters, understanding signal flow, creating custom synthesizer patches, adding effects, synthesizing speech, creating a library of custom sound samples, and much more.
Virtual Instruments with Logic Pro will be updating on a monthly basis, eventually covering all the virtual instruments in the application. Look for the latest movies here and on the lynda.com blog.
Let's take a look at how we can shape the sound further with the Modulation envelope and the Volume envelope. The Volume envelope is very similar to what we've seen so far in the other synthesizers, such as ES 1 and ES P. It's a four-stage ADSR envelope and it's going to control the shape of the volume of the sound. So as a quick review, remember that the attack is going to be the amount of time it takes from the signal to go from absolute silence to its maximum volume. So right now it's set to 0, so it's instantaneous. If I give this a longer attack, the sound will fade in.
(music playing) So it takes a moment for it to take it to its full volume. Decay is the amount of time it takes, once it's reached its maximum volume, to then fade back down to either silence or at the sustain level. So for the case of this example, let's pull down Sustain. We'll have no sustain. So we've got a long decay, so this will fade out over a long period of time. So I'll make this shorter. (music playing) It's more like a pluck when we've got to the short decay like this.
(music playing) It fades out really quickly. (music playing) So now if I give this some sustain level, instead of it fading all the way down to silence, or decaying down to silence, it will decay down to my sustain level. (music playing) So my sustain level is here, somewhere in the middle. We're just going to stay at this volume as long as I'm holding the note. If I increase the sustain level -- (music playing) --you can see that it decays, but it still has a lot of amplitude.
(music playing) Release is the amount of time it takes once I've let go of the note for to fade back down to silence. So if I'm holding the note here and I let go, it takes moment to fade out. I'll give it a longer release so you can here and increase the sustain. (music playing) So I'm holding the note, and I let go. It takes a little while for it to fade down to silence. So that's a long release. Okay.
So that should all be pretty familiar. The other thing that should also be familiar is this Velocity control. This just allows us to control the volume of the sound with how hard we're playing on the keyboard. So if I play softly, I get a low volume. If I play with more force, I get a louder volume. So that's a really great way to sort of have things be dynamic. And the Main level control for the amplifier, that's just our master output level. So let's take a look at this Modulation envelope because this is actually really cool and really useful. So Modulation envelope has the same stages that are in this Volume envelope, ADSR, but they're going to be applied to the FM intensity, or the FM depth is what they call it here, and the pitch of this modulator.
So let's try it as used with this FM intensity here. So what I'm going to do is I'm going to set everything to 0 on this Modulation envelope. Let's just hear a small amount of modulation happening, so I'll play a note and I'll increase the FM intensity. Okay, so we hear what that sounds like. So let's have that be controlled by this envelope. So I'll adjust the FM depth here. So I'll give it a positive amount by turning it to the right, and I'll give it some attack. So what's going to happen is this FM depth, it's going to fade in over the period of this Attack portion.
(music playing) So you hear that fade in and then it cut off right away. So that's when it reached the decay portion, because our decay time is really short. It's just cutting off immediately. So maybe what I'll do now is try the opposite. I'll set instantaneous attack, give it some decay. So what will happen is it will jump to a higher modulation level and then it will fade back down to no modulation. (music playing) So you can hear that happening. I'll make this shorter.
(music playing) So if I want to emphasize the beginning of the sound, give it a short decay-- (music playing) And then of course, wherever my starting place is of this FM intensity control, the envelope is going to offset that. So-- (music playing) --if I'm starting with more modulation, it's going to increase from there. So that during this Decay parameter, it will open up even further and then decay back down to wherever my starting place is that's here. (music playing) So I can make this longer.
(music playing) And so the sustain portion of this envelope is going to be the place where this modulation ends up being as long, as I'm holding the note. (music playing) Now it's at the sustain portion. You can hear that it's just sort of a small amount of modulation. I can increase the sustain. (music playing) And you can hear now it's at a higher level of modulation. So let's engage these first three stages: so Attack, Decay, and Sustain.
So what's going to happen is the modulation amount will fade in over the attack period of this Modulation envelope. Then during the decay portion, the modulation amount will decrease to whatever the sustain level is. So let's hear that happen. (music playing) So you could hear those three stages happening, and now it's on the sustain. (music playing) The Release portion here is going to be once I let go of the note, it's going to be the amount of time it takes for this FM intensity to go back down to its initial setting.
(music playing) We're now at the sustain portion. I'll let go and it instantly cuts off. And the reason for that is because our Volume envelope has no Release, so I'll increase the release on our Volume envelope. And now we should hear all four stages of this modulation envelope. (music playing) And I'll let go of the note, and we can hear the modulation fades back down, as well as the volume of the sound. So that's this Modulation envelope controlling the FM depth, or FM intensity. The other thing we can actually do with that is give it a negative amount so the envelope works in the opposite direction.
So essentially what's going to happen is during the attack period, the FM amount is going to be decaying and so on and so forth. But it's worth exploring. (music playing) So check that on your own because sometimes you can get some really cool musical things happening with that. Okay, so now let's try using this Modulation envelope to control the pitch of the modulator. So I'll start with a pretty neutral setting. So what I'll do is first give this a bit of FM intensity here.
(music playing) So we need a little bit of modulation happening in order to actually hear this because with no modulation, all we're hearing is the carrier signal. So now what I'll do is give this a bit of pitch modulation. So I turn this to the right to give it a positive amount. (music playing) And then I have to engage the envelope here. So we'll give this a bit of attack and over the period of this attack stage, the pitch of the modulator will rise. So let's listen to that. (music playing) All right! So you could hear it rising and then once it hits the decay, it snaps back to the note that I'm playing. Let's give it some decay, so it will rise and then it will fall during the decay portion.
(music playing) And if I get rid of the attack and just have a decay, we'll just hear it pitched down. (music playing) Because the attack is instantaneous, so then the decay is the only thing we're hearing. (music playing) We can get an even shorter decay for a more percussive sort of tone. (music playing) And if I want it to be a further range of pitch that's happening with this envelope, I'll increase the intensity. So if I go all the way the right, that's the maximum intensity for this pitch modulation.
(music playing) That gives it definitely more of a snap to the sound. (music playing) Then I can adjust the sustain level as well of this Modulation envelope. (music playing) And then of course it has the release, which is once we let go of the note, how long it takes for the modulation to settle back down to its initial value. (music playing) In order to really hear that, we have to make sure that there is enough release happening with our Amplifier envelope or our Volume envelope.
(music playing) So you can hear, when I've let off the note, the pitch started changing. So I'm playing the note and I let go, and you can hear that Modulator pitch is changing also. Another thing to keep in mind is that this modulation envelope can control the modulator pitch and the FM depth at the same time. So let's do that. So now we've got it controlling FM depth and pitch. (music playing) So it's a little more drastic of a sound. Let's get this to a more musically useful envelope shape.
So I'm just going to do something where we've got a bit of attack and decay and release. (music playing) So that's probably too much a range of pitch, so I'll decrease that. We've got a little bit of pitch modulation and some FM depth. (music playing) And if I decrease the starting place, I think it will be more musically useful. (music playing) So you can get some interesting stuff, having it modulate both the pitch of the modulator and FM depth at the same time. (music playing) I can also invert the direction of the Modulation envelope for pitch just like we did for FM depth, so I can do that here.
So now the Pitch envelope is working in the opposite way that the Modulation envelope is working for FM depth. (music playing) So now you can get some interesting effects by exploring that. So next, let's check out the LFO, which can be used to modulate the FM intensity, or like we saw earlier, it can be used to create vibrato.
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Maybelline Fit me Blush in Medium Pink
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27% would repurchase
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on 3/12/2013 4:56:00 PM
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Hair: Black, Other, Other
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I like this blush. It's my first blush ever and I didn't want one that looked strong. Just 2-3 swipes and it's all good. I suppose others would like something very pigmented, but not me. I don't mind the brush either. It's very small and flexible on my cheeks. Until I think I want something stronger, I'll be using this. :)
on 3/7/2013 9:45:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Oily, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
- cheap
- no color payoff
- sparkles..really?
- brush is cheap
on 3/3/2013 7:10:00 PM
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Skin: Normal, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Other
I really do love this blush. Why all the negative reviews??? The Fit Me blush is VERY pigmented and looks good with all skin types, especially this color. Medium Pink is so nice and flirty. You can take just a bit for a natural pop of color and also build it up for more definition. A cute girly natural pink color.
on 1/27/2013 2:42:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I am very pale, and this blush did not show up on me at all. I tried using my fingers, my professional powder and blush brushes, but nothing worked. I have blush that came in a Christmas gift set from Walmart that works better than this blush. There is no pigmentation at all.
on 1/9/2013 8:30:00 AM
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I am a very pale lady and this did not show up on me at all. I threw it away. The brush is ridiculous too.
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When I saw this in the store i liked it and decided to buy it, but I didnt like it at all.... it was very expensive, and it made me break out. (i have to say though this was 2 years ago, didnt use it again so idk how my skin would react now!) but i didnt like how aggressive it was on my skin.The color was nice, and the texture was very good too.
I didnt like the packaging... it broke after 1 month.. so nope I wouldnt buy this because it made me break out and the packaging quality wasnt good.
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I'm so shocked at the negative reviews this product has received. I bought it last night and had my first wear today and i loved it!! It was a beautiful girly pink and lasted all day. I have to say though i am extremely white so the colour probably shows on my much easier than on others. I'm really impressed with it! I bought it on special at about $8ish which i'm really happy with- with normal Australian prices i would consider it a bit expensive. Again, surprised by the reviews, i would recommend it and i think it's gorgeous!
on 12/12/2012 7:26:00 PM
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Skin: Combination, Fair, Neutral
Hair: Brunette, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Blue
This Medium/Pink color option for Maybelline blush is quite nice. It's not to bright or dark.
However, it doesn't seem to stay on very long. In a few hours, it's hard to tell any blush was even applied.
The plastic packaging is OK, but the brush isn't very useful. It tends to pick up a little too much product, and is too small to do a proper swirl or swipe.
Sadly, Maybelline still apparently tests on animals, which I am strongly against.
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I will NOT be repurchasing this product.
I've had this blush a while, and it's like, rock hard now. Good luck using it after a bit! I really don't like this blush. Oops.
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Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I bought this blush without reading the reviews on this site. When I read them, I was expecting the worst out of this blush. My blusher from CG fell and broke into dust so I had to find another one. I was debating on this one of one of Rimmel's. Since this one was on sale, I decided to give it a try.
I LIKE IT! I was expecting no color at all on my cheeks but this blush totally showed on my skin! I don't have pale skin, I'm a rather tan Asian woman. I swirl it a couple of times with my Sheercover brush (not very good quality) and voila! I like the color, it gives me a nice pink flush, very cute and natural. The brush is obviously not the best, considering it is a drugstore brand. It has a subtle shimmer.
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this is the worst blush i have ever bought. and ive bought A LOT of blush. it has NO color...at all. its like a translucent powder. maybe its just me and my hatred for the "fit me" line. maybelline missed the mark on this one.
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All Clad D5 vs Master Chef 2 12 inch
Yeah, the D5 is the newer, supposedly better version of the triple ply. I figure if I'm going to go that route I'll just get the better one for a bit more money,
All Clad D5 vs Master Chef 2 12 inch
Thanks, thats not a bad idea. I think I'll just get the MC 2, if things go bad I'll just use the sink.
All Clad D5 vs Master Chef 2 12 inch
Thanks for the reply.
I really wasn't aware that the only purpose of the outer SS layer was cosmetic, thats why I asked :) And I kind of wondered if there was something about the layers that let the D5 pan have better heat retention, cook more evenly, or something like that.
Just to confirm, the outer aluminum layer isn't actually getting damaged or badly etched out in the dishwasher? I'd like it to last for a goodly number of years.
All Clad D5 vs Master Chef 2 12 inch
I'm going to be getting a 12 inch skillet, and the options that look best to me are either All Clad's D5, or Master Chef 2. I was wondering if there was any real advantage in the D5, or enough of one to justify the price difference. I'd be getting the D5 from the cheap all clad place for 135$, and the MC 2 from Amazon for about 110$. Which ever I buy will be run through the dishwasher, and I understand that will make the master chef all ugly, but I really don't care as long as there is no damage.
Any input would be appreciated, thanks.


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We have our departmental Christmas party this afternoon, and we are all supposed to bring a little treat. I settled on bark, because I've actually never made it before. Now, call me crazy, but I don't really like the whole mint chocolate combination so the traditional peppermint bark idea was nixed pretty quickly. My roommate wanted me to make nut bark (her favorite), but do you know how expensive mixed nuts are? Geez.
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Rachel Noerdlinger and her boyfriend were stopped as they drove the wrong way with a minor in their car.
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"What has once happened will invariably happen again, when the same circumstances which combined to produce it shall again combine in the same way."
—Abraham Lincoln
To say some political campaigns are deceitful is like saying the grass is green, the sun is hot and the Denver Broncos lost.
That said, what San Diego is witnessing from the Lincoln Club of San Diego County this election season may well be shattering records for dastardliness.
If you're a registered voter, perhaps you've received the placemat-sized, full-color campaign mailer with the blaring headline "David Alvarez, A Mayor for SOME." It went out early in the campaign and has appeared again in recent weeks.
As CityBeat's Kelly Davis has reported, it's a mailer that suggests that Alvarez only cares about three communities, which, coincidentally, happen to be communities of color: southeastern San Diego, City Heights and San Ysidro.
What the initial mailer failed to point out, as Davis detailed, was that the Alvarez quote used in the mailer—from an October 2013 mayoral forum in Valencia Park—referenced a point he was making about federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) monies the city is required by law to spend in underserved communities.
A second similar mailer that hit mailboxes recently even clarifies that point, specifically mentioning CDBG funding.
But flip either mailer over, and you'll discover a color photograph of a slightly smiling, young Latina identified as "Tania Hernandez—Democrat." Above her head, in the photo's azure sky, appears the quote, "David Alvarez doesn't understand the needs of most communities. Unless you live in one of his three chosen neighborhoods, he's written you off."
In the picture, the late-afternoon sun gleams on her face, as well as off the chain-link fence and tree stump behind her. Beyond that, there's another tree and a dirt lot occupied by a camper next to a faded-blue shed.
For weeks, Spin Cycle has searched for Hernandez, curious about how she'd formulated such a strong opinion of the first-term District 8 council member. This week, Spin received a tip that Hernandez appeared to be a resident of National City. An address was provided, and Spin reopened Operation Pinpoint Photo Location.
Lo and behold, less than half a block away from the address Spin found the spot where the mailer photo was taken. Again, in National City.
Spin Cycle tried to get a comment from the Lincoln Club, whose anti-Alvarez independent-expenditure committee—Working Together for Neighborhood Fairness—paid for the mailer (along with a group calling itself Stuck in the Rough LLC, which is battling residents to develop homes on the former Escondido Country Club).
Through a spokesperson, Lincoln Club President and CEO T.J. Zane told Spin: "The Club doesn't discuss its tactics or strategy in the middle of a campaign, sorry." Zane declined further comment.
You can't really blame the guy. For some time now, Zane's status with the Lincoln Club has been grist for the rumor mill—that his support among influential members is dwindling. But it's clear he still has his fans, too.
Maybe it's an act of desperation among members of the Kevin Faulconer camp to find anyone who isn't old and white willing to pose for a campaign mailer. But here, the Lincoln Club seems to be walking a very fine line.
As CityBeat went to press this week, the Los Angeles-based group Courage Campaign and the national Latino group Presente.org were planning to drop off petitions with thousands of signatures at club headquarters, urging the organization to stop "the use of campaign tactics peddling dog-whistle racism in the San Diego mayoral race," according to a press release.
That protest focuses on a previous Lincoln Club campaign mailer that some viewed as depicting Alvarez as a "menacing gang member," as the release put it.
That particular image—of Alvarez in a dark suit, fanning himself with a wad of cash—hasn't appeared in subsequent mailers, but the Lincoln Club seems to have adopted a subtler approach. The message of the Hernandez mailer—and a new one featuring someone named "Rosa Jimenez" put out by the Western Electrical Contractors Association— is that Alvarez cares only about the disadvantaged communities south of Interstate 8.
If the club and its ilk were to say that explicitly, then the racism charge would be more acute.
So what better way to solve that than using unknown surrogates of similar racial background to deliver that message? Because if a Latino makes that charge instead of, say, a white housewife from La Jolla, that insulates the Faulconer supporters from classwarfare allegations, the Lincoln Club seems to have concluded.
To Alvarez campaign manager Gabriel Solmer, it's par for the club's course, which she described as "so desperate to cling to relevancy that they'll mislead voters with half-truths and gutter politics."
Campaign types will tell you that the use of the testimonial as a political tool is commonplace, but it typically involves someone recognizable to voters. For example, Faulconer has played up his connection to Chamber of Commerce CEO Jerry Sanders, while Alvarez has touted his support from Council President and interim Mayor Todd Gloria and former Chamber Chairman Mel Katz.
But those are known people, not anonymous pawns in a shadow campaign to scare voters with racial overtones. This isn't a healthy trend for any city trying to find its way in the 21st century.
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by Michael Cyril Creighton
VOTE HERE: http://madmencastingcall.amctv.com/photos/view/1287/sort:Photo.score
Well, Hello. Remember me? Michael Cyril Creighton AKA MCC, , your ol' pal from the Best Night Ever podcast.
I've missed you.
It's no secret Mad Men is fantastic and I am dripping with excitement about it's third season starting on August 16. Oh, to be part of that booze ridden, adultery filled, nicotine drenched world. I dream about it. And in comes the Banana Republic Mad Men Casting Call Contest, which offers the opportunity to win a walk on role on Mad Men by submitting a photo of yourself online.
See, when auditioning for roles in person, I often inadvertently drool on myself, twitch, and get a shaky voice that sounds somewhat like a seal in heat. So, I have resorted to trying to win roles the good old fashioned way… on The Internet. I'll own it. I figure I should put that very expensive BFA in Acting to good use, and let myself be judged solely on the way I look.
This walk on role on Mad Men could lead to so many other things. Perhaps I could play a dead victim of arson and/or sodomy on any of The Law & Orders. A sad frumpy orderly gnawing on a severed foot in the background of Nurse Jackie. Become the 6th Housewife on The Real Housewives of NJ. Perhaps I could learn to smile again. Anything.
I did not realize how stiff the competition would be. I look through the other contestants daily. While it is hard to pick out the best ones, and there are certainly many fantastic photographs, I have come up with 15 of my favorite competitors.
I also have taken it up on myself (you are welcome Matthew Weiner, very welcome) to give them names, create story lines for them, and give them a line.
Enjoy….and be warned. Some spoilers may ensue.
1. BETTY's UNCLE SHERMAN comes to visit the Draper's.
HIS LINE: "No, go out. I'll watch the kids."
2. SALVATORE ROMANO makes a new friend, TREY
HIS LINE: "Nice loafers."
3. DON DRAPER drinks a ton of bourbon, changes his type, and bangs the hell out of this MILF: AGNES.
HER LINE: "Mother's milk tastes best." OR "You have NO idea what's going on under this jacket."
4. PETE CAMPBELL meets a seductive stewardess en route to Macao, SAM.
HIS/HER LINE: "Would you like more nuts?"
5. BETTY is haunted by the GHOST OF CHRISTMAS FUTURE.
HER LINE: "Hi. I'm Jeanne Tripplehorn."
6. SALVATORE ROMANO gets reallllllly into watersports with CHAD.
HIS LINE: "Yes."
7. JOAN trains a new secretary: MS. MATCH-ILYN MATCH-ROE
HER LINE: "Well, Yellow Ms. Halloway! It's a pleasure to meet you."
8. PEGGY is fraught with anxiety over the sexual tension between her and the Priest, and everywhere she turns feels the hot burn of passion. She is transfixed by this, MAN AT BAR #1…
HIS LINE: "Gusta lo que ves joven? Burbuja Extremo posterior. Mmmm."
9. ROGER STERLING meets a young lady at the bar: GLADYS.
HER LINE: "I'm 32 years old. I can't go through another divorce"
10. STERLING COOPER throws a Holiday Party, and all the ENTHUSIASTIC CO-WORKERS come out of the woodwork. This could go one of two ways:
THEIR LINE: "Good Punch, huh?
11. SALVATORE ROMANO'S new friend, CHIP, teaches him how to snap.
HIS LINE: "Nice loafers"
12. SALVATOR ROMANO Settles.
HIS LINE: (said slurred) "I've ner dumb these before eeeeeeither."
13. BETTY makes a new friend at the supermarket, APRIL.
HER LINE: "Do You Listen to Cat Power?"
14. DON DRAPER watches SYVLIA play with her pussy.
HER LINE: (No line needed)
And Finally….
15. THE ENTIRE STAFF OF STERLING COOPER AND EVERY SINGLE SUPPORTING CAST MEMBER go to a party and meet their new favorite friend, who they all shower with hugs and accolades and several glasses of scotch and soda. He becomes their Truman Capote of sorts. They. Love. Him. More than they can ever say. The camera picks this up in their eyes. They all look aroused and delighted. His name is SEBASTIAN SLONE.
HIS LINE: "So then I walk right up to him, and I say 'Freddy, you're cut off.' And he spits at me. Right in the eye. Luckily, I had these specs on. Cost me a pretty penny, too. Who ever said you can measure the worth of man by the distance of his spit. Right?
Lights a cigarette, addresses Joan without looking at her
Yes Joan, I'd love another drink. Betty, looking lovely as ever dollface. Sure Don, I'd love play golf! Move into your house? Oh I couldn't. I have to get back to Poughkeepsie to take care of my mother. 95 years old and she's still built like a racing horse…but with bigger teeth! I AM TERRIBLE, Harry, but at lease I didn't cheat on my wife.
The whole room gets silent. Peggy gets up
Where are you going? To take take care of your kid?
Everyone looks down at their drink
We all know, Peggy. And we love ya for it! Good to know Pete's not shooting blanks.
The all laugh, hysterically. The tension is broken. DON DRAPER picks SEBASTIAN up , holds him above the crowd and declares emphatically that BETTY and HE are adopting SEBASTIAN, as he is the ONLY thing that can make them a true family. SEBASTIAN lights a cigarette.
I better go…but I'll see you all soon.
The End.
So, friends. Go and give me some stars. Do it for Sterling Cooper.


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"God" Has Spoken! Morgan Freeman Is Now Supporting Gay Marriage
Morgan Freeman, humorously referred to as the voice of god, has recently appeared in a new ad for the Human Rights Campaign.
Freeman's compelling voice washes over you as images of sunrises, Martin Luther King, and the Constitution pass by. Freeman closes the commercial by saying, "And, with historic victories for marriage, we've delivered a mandate for full equality. The wind is at our back, but our journey has just begun."
The Human Rights Campaign president Chad Griffin told Buzzfeed,
This year proved to be a pivotal turning point in the movement for marriage equality and now we press onward with renewed vigor and public opinion squarely on our side. As we continue the march toward full equality in legislatures and the courts, it is crystal clear that the prospect of an equal future is no longer up for debate; the question now is how soon it will arrive.
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This week's Mad Men episode, "At The Codfish Ball" (titled after Captain Hook's screams) featured not only a return appearance by grown-up Alex Mack, now a series regular, but also her character's father, who just so happened to be Leland Palmer, the relentlessly-f***ed-up father from Twin Peaks (aka actor Ray Wise).
Needless to say, anyone who's watched Twin Peaks had the same semi-shocked reaction last night:
I've enjoyed pretty much every episode of this Mad Men season so far, and this week's episode was no different, highlighting one of the aspects of Mad Men that the series does particularly (and unfortunately) well: Showing the characters' unparallelled abilities to find a reason to be depressed in the midst of complete joy.
We have four concurrent, happy-turned-depressing stories:
Story #1: Abe asks Peggy to move in with her, and Peggy reacts with hushed excitement because 1) She thought a proposal might've been coming, and 2) Her mother absolutely won't approve (what is this, the sixties?) I partly blame Peggy's unhappiness on Joan's terrible advice that when a man insists on a dinner, it's usually for a proposal or a breakup; personally, I've insisted on hundreds of dinners in my lifetime, often involving significant others, and all with the primary motivation of really wanting dinner.
Story #2: Megan finally sells the nearly-lost Heinz account by coming up with her own idea and tag-team-pitching it with Don, but she's still unable to celebrate unselfconsciously in front of Peggy, and her father interprets her advertising success as further evidence of her giving up on her acting dreams. Does any literary character not have an excruciating relationship with their father? If I told my dad the equivalent good news about my job, he'd be like "Good job!" then we'd talk about the NFL Draft for 20 minutes. Does the "Reasonable dad who says 'cool' then just talks about stuff" character exist in any dramatic tv shows / novels / father's day cards? I guess when you've pushed your wife towards servicing strangers at a blacktie party behind one easily-openable double-door, it's easy to lash out.
Story #3: Don accepts an award from the American Cancer Society and finally gets to shove some moral-goodwill into his wife's advertising-unapproving parents' faces, but is then informed at the end of the episode that no big businesses will actually hire him after how he stabbed American Tobacco in the back. Hang in there, Don! If I remember my history, Mohawk Airlines will become the world's biggest airline by 1970 then change its name to Wal-Mart and only continue to grow.
Story #4: And of course, Sally gets to dress up, wear makeup (briefly), and schmooze with adults, then ultimately witnesses the horrifying, immature underbelly of the people she's admired and been taught to obey. I experienced the same "Adults may not always be right" epiphany when an aunt asked me "You ever seen that According To Jim show? He's pretty sick, but he's hilarious." I still think my moment was more horrifying.
Mad Men Episode 507 thoughts? Favorite / least favorite parts? Thoughts on Season 5 so far? Examples of happy paternal relationships in dramatic tv / literature? Leave 'em all in the comments.


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Brunswick council rebukes Klatt; Crooker resigns from BEDC
BRUNSWICK — The Town Council on Monday issued a public condemnation of District 4 Councilor Karen Klatt, whose conduct following a March 30 workshop has angered affiliates of the Brunswick Economic Development Corp.
Klatt's censure came on the heels of the resignation of BEDC member Ted Crooker, vice president of Harry C. Crooker & Sons.
Crooker's resignation was the second by a BEDC member in two weeks. Mike Ouellet, the former BEDC president, resigned two days after he had a confrontation with Klatt at a March 30 council workshop.
Ouellet said Klatt made allegations about his personal life. Klatt said her comments were in response to Ouellet threatening her.
After the incident ignited a barrage of criticism and the threat of a lawsuit by Ouellet, council Chairwoman Hallie Daughtry on Monday read a brief statement during a special meeting and workshop. The meeting, which was held at the council's temporary meeting facility at 6 Industry Road, was not televised.
Daughtry never mentioned Klatt by name, but her prepared statement made a direct reference to Klatt's run-in with Ouellet.
Daughtry prefaced her remarks by saying the backlash created by the confrontation was a distraction from work the council had done to redefine its economic development strategies and its relationship with the BEDC, the quasi-governmental agency created to advise the town on development matters.
"(The council) regrets that personal statements by a fellow councilor after a council meeting gave offense and have diverted attention from the significant issues facing us," Daughtry said. "We rededicated ourselves to upholding our standards of decorum during and after meetings and will not tolerate any digressions that are not germane to the pressing issues before us."
The condemnation came a week after nearly 20 BEDC members and supporters filled council chambers to criticize Klatt's conduct. Several said the councilor's actions were slanderous and had exposed the town to possible litigation.
Ouellet later said he had considered taking legal action against the town.
Ouellet is the lead contractor on the Maine Street Station project. Critics have suggested he won the contract in part because of his participation on a council subcommittee that oversaw the development.
The conflict-of-interest allegations came last summer, but have festered ever since the council began reviewing the role of the BEDC, which some critics have said advances projects that benefit its members.
While Klatt didn't mention Ouellet during the March 30 workshop, she made reference to the perceived conflict. She later said that Ouellet approached her after the meeting and demanded she stop raising the issue "or else."
Klatt has not denied making allegations about Ouellet's personal life. She said after the March 30 meeting that Ouellet's threats prompted her to raise the issue.
Regardless of who said and did what, the incident has become an embarrassing episode for a council that in January vowed to put aside past – and paralyzing – differences in order to make progress on economic hurdles elevated by the planned 2011 closure of Brunswick Naval Air Station. Although there's been evidence of a consensus, recent events seem to have reopened old wounds.
During the council's April 6 meeting, an argument broke out between Crooker and resident Julie Poole, a friend of Klatt's. According to Cmdr. Marc Hagan, Poole has since complained that the police officer attempting to control the event showed deference to Crooker. However, Poole has not filed a formal complaint.
On April 7 Crooker resigned from the BEDC via a one-sentence letter to Vice President Steve Weems.The resignation was typed, but in a hand-written postscript, Crooker wrote, "Please thank all who are on the board for their support, it's just time for me to move on."
Last week Weems said in an e-mail that he was saddened by the losses of Ouellet and Crooker.
"We need experienced, dedicated people like Mike and Ted to be effective in the pursuit of our basic mission to foster suitable economic development in Brunswick," Weems wrote. "Continuing focus on procedural issues and imaginary conflicts of interest divert everyone's attention from the real economic problems and opportunities facing Brunswick."
Weems said that the circumstances prompting the resignations are a "travesty," adding that Brunswick would be well served to recognize the contributions of citizens from various backgrounds and to "find better, more trusting ways to conduct our business, acknowledging the basic goodness in people."


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Professor, Director, Institute for Global Affairs
London School of Economics
Former: Professor and Director, Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics, Stockholm School of Economics; Professor, Universit+® Libre de Bruxelles; Visiting Professor, Harvard, Stanford and MIT; Founder and President, Centre for Economic and Financial Research (CEFIR), Moscow; Programme Director, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London. Since 2006, Chief Economist and Special Adviser to the President, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Concurrently, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution, Washington DC. Has regularly provided advice to national governments and international institutions including the IMF and the World Bank. Has published widely on financial development, corporate governance and transition economics. Interests: policy issues in emerging economies, regional and global institutional architecture.


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CHAPMANVILLE — The Logan County Child Advocacy Center (CAC) hosted a unique event at Logan County Club on Friday, November 30, entitled "Chasing Away the Blues." The event featured Blues legend Johnny Rawls. Rawls has been nominated and has received numerous awards including Best Male Soul Blues Artist, Best Soul Blues Album and the Critics Award for Best Album of the Year by Living Blues Magazine.
The show began with a special performance by Time Machine, a youth Blues band from Princeton's Stages Music School in Princeton, who wowed the audience with their talent.
Then national blues legend Johnny Rawls was welcomed to the stage by CAC Chair Attorney Bob Noone.
"Johnny Rawls is a well-known blues road warrior that has literally logged a million miles at blues concerts and festivals, delivering blues and R & B with heart and soul," said Noone in his introduction of Rawls. "His 'grits and greens rootsiness' is met with pop accessibility."
Rawls and his band performed a steamy brand of blues, anchored by Rawl's amazing, masterful guitar showmanship. The audience was treated to two amazing sets of music, dance and fun.
The evening was collaboration between the Logan County Child Advocacy Center, the West Virginia Blues Society who made it possible for the Logan area to host a nationally known artist, and the community. Sponsors for the event included: White Eye Care Center, Robert Noone Legal Services, West Virginia Blues Society, Abraham and Ilderton PLLC, Carl Adkins Law PLLC, Hatfield McCoy Convention & Visitor's Bureau, Kuenzel & Associates PLLC, Logan Motorcycle-Keefer Kawaski, Man Clothing & Jewelry Co., Thornhill Auto Group, Wilson Eye Care of Williamson and the WVU Extension Office of Logan.
Additional support was provided by Libby Albright at Nu Era Bakery, Best Western Logan Inn & Huddle House, Logan Bank and Trust, and Stanley Perry.
The West Virginia Blues Society donated a special guitar signed by many touring Blues artists for auction. In addition, a silent auction was conducted with items provided by Becky Gore of Lake, Stacy Mayhorn of Logan and Lighthouse Florist of Gilbert.
All proceeds from the event go to support The Logan County Child Advocacy Center in their work with abused children in Logan and Mingo Counties.


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I put them in salad.
Friends don't let friends eat dandelions.
Have you tried dandelion wine?
Opus! Come back!
Dandelions were called "Pee-the-beds" in our family going back many generations. Dandelion tea was reputed to have strong diuretic effects.
Dandelion greens sautéed with bacon. Nice lunch warm salad.
Cottontail Rabbits eat dandelions all the time. Just another attempt by Berkeley to make funny … that failed.
Dandelions, higher in vitamin content than most other bitter greens and tasty too!
Ah, dandelions! (We also grew up knowing their alternate names of "pee your bed") As long as you cut the central spines out of the leaves and only use the newest and freshest leaves tehy are great as part of a mixed salad or you can wilt them in to curries etc a la saag dishes.
Traditionally dandelion heads for use in making dandelion wine should be picked on Saint George's day for best results.
Also dandelion milk has been utilised as an ersatz rubber latex, and according to my old granny a long long time ago you can also use them in the seed stage for telling the time back in the days before you could buy a quartz wristwatch for the price of a pork pie, when the ludicrous inaccuracy of the process was perhaps a teensy bit less obvious!
More proof of your unhinged dementia.
The Tea Party didn't exist back when this strip was first published but that doesn't matter to you, does it? Any excuse to throw out more of your wackadoo nonsense….
You just never stop with the hate, do you? Please, please, PLEASE get back on your meds.
Back in the 60's the Stones had a whimsical song called "Dandelion" that was mistakenly assumed to be drug related. The number of college students smoking dandelions would be too long to list.
And let go of the Tea Party comments-you liberals are obsessed with it; as shown by the IRS scandal. I would say you owe us a big apology.
It's Tea Partier with a capital 'T" and 'P'…also do you work for the IRS, per chance?
Granny Clampett was the only one I ever heard talk about eating dandelion greens.
Dandelions are metaphors for life. Eat them and it gets strange. But what a life it is.
Ever notice that cottontail rabbits have fluffy tails – just like dandelions. Just sayin'…
I am glad to hear someone who enjoys eating dandelions :-) Dandelioins are NOT WEEDS, they are HERBS!
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Might a network help out a team on a bad TV rights deal stay competitive?
Jan 17, 2013, 9:50 AM EDT
Dave O'Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution spoke with Braves CEO Terry McGuirk about team finances and TV deals, and the conversation puts the disparity between teams with good deals and teams with bad deals into sharp relief: the Braves' deal is rumored to be between $10-20 million annually. The Dodgers are looking at deals that could pay them $240 million annually. Yikes.
Still, McGuirk claims that the competition having a ten-fold plus advantage in annual TV money is not crippling to the Braves. He also strongly agreed with this idea, which is one I've not really heard anyone mention before with respect to the disparity in TV deals:
McGuirk was asked about this hypothetical situation: If the TV deal someday put the Braves at a disadvantage and undermined their roster construction and their on-field performance, might it be in the TV rights holder's best interest to reconsider the terms of the remaining part of the deal if it would help the team on the field and presumably in the TV ratings?
I suppose I can envision a situation where a network with baseball rights tells the team that it would chip in a little more to help the team sign some hyper-marketable player that could have an instant impact on the TV ratings. Think free agent Bryce Harper one day or something. But as for a network, in effect, becoming a team's partner, sitting down and ensuring that the team is remaining competitive, eh, I'll believe it when I see it.
- darthicarus - Jan 17, 2013 at 9:57 AM
Unless the team owner also owns the network affiliate I don't see that sort of partnership happening anytime soon. Of course, not seeing something/someone doesn't always mean it can't exist…
- Roger Moore - Jan 17, 2013 at 10:53 AM
Actually, if the team and the broadcaster are owned by the same entity, they're better off running the team at a loss and keeping the money in the broadcaster. That way they get to cry poor in public and don't have to worry about sharing their money with the rest of the league.
- Roger Moore - Jan 17, 2013 at 10:17 AM
I think it depends a lot on why the TV deal isn't paying so well. If it's a long-term deal that's now paying below market rater for the team's games, I can imagine the broadcaster being willing to renegotiate, especially if it involves an extension. But if the deal doesn't pay well because the media market is tiny and there just isn't enough money out there, it's hard to see the broadcaster doing much.
- mirmz - Jan 17, 2013 at 10:23 AM
There is a precedent for doing this, ask the late-70's era Phillies.
The Phillies did this when they signed Pete Rose. Owner went to the local network they just sold the rights to, said if you give me an extra $x for the next couple years we can sign Pete rose because he wants to play here. Network did it, phillies signed him and won a title a year later.
- fanofevilempire - Jan 17, 2013 at 10:55 AM
the 70's was 40 years ago…………………
and baseball is a business, so why would they renegotiate a good deal.
cbs would like to renegotiate the Yankees sale too.
- Roger Moore - Jan 17, 2013 at 11:07 AM
The idea is that the team would present it to the broadcaster as a smart business decision. They can keep broadcasting the same old bad team and get the same old bad ratings, or they can kick some money the team's way, have the team get better, and bring in more viewers. It's a plausible idea, though I'd expect the broadcaster would demand the team have a fairly specific plan for what it was going to do with the money to improve the team. The Phillies are a good example of that because they had a good idea of what they were going to do to put themselves over the top.
- kyzslew77 - Jan 17, 2013 at 11:19 AM
Also what the Rangers did during the A-Rod signing. They were probably going to sign him anyways, but they managed to up their take from the network deal in the process.
- samsonleague - Jan 17, 2013 at 10:28 AM
I think if it was true that a network would do this, then we would have seen that in Toronto where the TV network and the team are owned by the same corporation.
Renegotiating (do you call it that in Toronto's situation?) would have been easy because of the relationship, but I haven't seen any evidence that Rogers "TV" cares about the Rogers "team". They have programming blocks to fill, and the Blue Jays provide it no matter the quality of play.
I know Rogers has ramped it up this year, but again I don't see that it was the TV side of things driving that.
- fanofevilempire - Jan 17, 2013 at 10:51 AM
even when the Braves were winning 15 straight division titles nobody outside Atlanta cared.
the Braves are not Americas team.
if that is what they get for the rights you can't blame the other teams with better fan base and
more popularity.
I believe Craig is mad, but what can you do, it will cost you a few guys compared to Dodgers.
- bravojawja - Jan 17, 2013 at 1:32 PM
Oh, look – it's yet another Yankees fan dissing the Braves. *Yawn*
- The Rabbit - Jan 17, 2013 at 5:22 PM
Oh to be young and ignorant. The only advantage of being old is that you have a perspective that includes history if you were paying attention. To some of us who just love the game, not everyone is a fan due to home location or some self-esteem need to jump on a winner's bandwagon.
Don't know how old you are but I predate cable, dish, and home computers. In South Jersey less than 100 miles away from Yankees stadium, you couldn't get Yankees' games on TV. Phillies' games were on UHF and you got a national Game of the Week broadcast.
When cable was first available, you had less than 100 stations unlike the 3 million "stations" full of complete crap that you have now. To paraphrase Braves' players (Chipper Jones, was one of many quoted, I think) they were the TBS programming before and after Andy Griffith. Baseball fans such as myself finally had consistent baseball team programming. It was helped by exceptionally good announcers.
Due to TBS and the times I'd guess that there were more Braves' fans outside of the Atlanta area than within…and it started when the team really sucked. I'm old enough to be Craig's mom and that's when I started following the team religiously. I know that's how Craig became a Braves' fan.
Now that TBS has stopped its daily national broadcasts and the technology is available that I can watch not only my home team (currently the Cardinals) on cable nightly but every game played on cable or computer, the Braves would not be building the national following it started in the 80's.
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Students use FPL grant to explore alternative power sources
Next year, they'll go back to being the little kids, the new kids at a middle school. But this year, the fifth graders at Parkside Elementary School in East Naples are the big kids, and they were proud to share their knowledge with the younger students, as well as the parents, teachers and anyone else who showed up for their renewable energy fair.
The students, members of the fifth grade science club at Parkside, hosted the fair on a recent Thursday, a sunny day producing abundant amounts of solar energy, one of the energy sources they were demonstrating.
Jazion Simms demonstrated a sun-powered car, all bright plastic gears and black solar panel, to Collier County Commissioner Donna Fiala, who came out to see what the students were up to.
"This could lead you guys to being scientists," said Fiala. "Just be sure you keep working hard in school."
The student-teachers were polite and attentive, bustling up to visitors and asking how they help explain the various technologies.
Student Sierra Wicker showed an airboat, with a propeller spinning in the air rather than the water, also powered by a solar panel, to a group of students gathered around a tub filled with water. The watercraft required full sun to operate properly, she said.
"If you make a shadow on the boat, it will stop," said Wicker. "It needs sunlight, not a flashlight."
The boat zipped around its basin, though, once it had unblocked sightlines to the sun, while the land-based solar vehicle crept along at a pace that might have made a snail decide to get out and walk. One of the tastiest demonstrations also used the power of the sun, said school counselor, a solar cooker used to melt chocolate.
Another model vehicle being demonstrated by the kids utilized another alternative energy source. Student Maria Trejo showed off the hydrogen car, powered by a combination of sunlight and water.
"There are a few full-size hydrogen cars right now, and some buses," she told the younger kids. "Scientists are trying to find ways to make it work better."
Many of the technologies shown by the students are still in their infancy, and will come to maturity along with the students.
Another energy source used was wind power, provided by a steady cooling breeze that added comfort as well as kilowatts. Student Modesto Lopez held forth at a wind turbine, and Idania Gomez put a wind-powered vehicle through its paces.
"Wind energy causes no pollution – it's all-natural," said Gomez.
Fifth-grade teacher Erica Cotto, the advisor for the science club, said they are planting a seed in the students' minds.
"We want to show people how we can save the environment with little things. We start with these kids when they're young, and they'll end up educating us." She thanked Florida Power & Light, which provided funds for the science club and its equipment, through their Next Era Energy program.
Parkside Principal Janice Messer said Cotto was doing a great job with the students, and their parents.
"Erica volunteered her time to do this, and worked two months after school," said Messer. "She's so heavily invested in her kids, and she's bilingual, which has helped establish a rapport with the parents." Messer said she wants one of the solar-powered cars to drive, if gasoline prices keep climbing.
Parkside Elementary School, off of U.S. 41 near Naples Manor, is a Title 1 school, where more than 90 percent of the students qualify for free or reduced price meals.
Now, if there were just some way to harness the energy of the typical elementary school child…
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Lobo Football Post-Spring Position Breakdown, Parts III and IV
Aho, Newman shine at tight end, outside linebacker, respectively
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NEW MEXICO: Should benefit significantly from redshirting in 2012, one of only four players UNM was able to keep off the field for the enitre year and let develop ... coaches say he has done a good job in developing physically through the team's strength and conditioning program.
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Dynamo head coach Dominic Kinnear, forward Brian Ching and midfielder Andrew Driver preview Wednesday night's U.S. Open Cup match against rival FC Dallas.
Dynamo goalkeeper Tally Hall discusses his time with the USMNT during their 2-1 victory over Jamaica in World Cup Qualifying, as well as being able to share the experience with teammate Brad Davis and former Dynamo teammates Geoff Cameron and Stuart Holden.
Tune in to ESPN 97.5 FM tonight for a new episode of Soccer Matters with Glenn Davis. The Dynamo broadcaster will chat with Dynamo players and Jamaican internationals Omar Cummings and Jermaine Taylor as well as as US national team players and former Manchester United winger Gordon Hill. Listen in for your chance to win Houston Dynamo tickets!
Tonight's episode airs from 7-9 p.m. and can be heard on the radio on 97.5 FM or online at www.espn975.com.
The call-in number for the show is 713-780-3776.
In this edition of On the Spot, presented by The Parking Spot, Bobby Boswell fills us in on his favorite places to visit and who he would include if he made a Dynamo band. Hint: It's not Brian Ching. Sorry, Chingy.
CSN Houston's Sebastian Salazar breaks down the Dynamo injuries from Columbus.
Check in on Brad Davis with the USMNT as he and the team prepare for their match against Jamaica on Friday.
Dynamo broadcaster Glenn Davis is back on the air tonight with a new episode of Dynamo All-Access, presented by Houston Community College. The show will air on Yahoo! Sports Radio 1560 AM from 7-9 p.m.
Guests for the show include Dynamo head coach Dominic Kinnear and Dynamo players Ricardo Clark, Jason Johnson, Anthony Arena and more!
The call-in number for the show is 713-439-1560.
Tyler Deric and Dominic Kinnear share their thoughts on the CONCACAF Champions League draw that grouped the Dynamo with Panamanian side Árabe Unido and W Connection of Trinidad and Tobago for the 2013-14 tournament.
Expect another tight race as five MLS goalkeepers vie for the Week 14 Save of the Week award.
Two US national team goalkeepers -- Houston Dynamo's Tally Hall and Real Salt Lake's Nick Rimando -- join early MLS Goalkeeper of the Year candidate Troy Perkins (Montreal Impact), DC youngster Joe Willis and Seattle veteran Michael Gspurning as the fivesome battle for your vote. This wasn't the only spectacular save Hall made against Columbus, as he pulled off an impressive double save before half to keep the Crew off the board.
Make your pick in the poll at the right. Voting runs until 11:59 pm PT on Thursday.
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Full Name: W Connection Football Club
Founded: 1999
Location: Marabella, Trinidad and Tobago
Stadium: Manny Ramjohn Stadium
League: TT Pro League
Championships: TT Pro League (4); FA Trophy (3); First Citizens Cup (6); CFU Club Championships (3)
CONCACAF History: 5 appearances; 2002 First Round, 2003 First Round, 2007 Quarterfinals (first round of competition), 2009-10 Group Stage, 2012-13 Group Stage
How they qualified: Group 1 winners in Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Club Championship (Two group winners and one playoff winner enter Champions League)
Record vs. Dynamo: This will be the first meeting of the two clubs, and the first Caribbean team the Dynamo have faced in the competition. W Connection have faced MLS sides twice in CONCACAF play, losing 3-0 on aggregate to Kansas City in the first round of the 2002 tournament and defeating the New York Red Bulls 4-3 on aggregate in the 2009-10 preliminary stage.