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Griffey & Sensation: Two Kids Combine To Make Sweet Music
It's the All-Star break…no Mariners games to watch. What better time to share a non-game-based Mariners story?
Raise your hand if you know that Ken Griffey, Jr. has his own rap song? (Not just a rap song about him, but a song in which HE IS THE RAPPER – or one of them, at least). This is my story about Ken Griffey, Jr. , the recording artist, and his buddy, Kid Sensation.
[For those with short attention spans, you can check out and buy the three Griffey-based songs here , here, and here (or on iTunes)…and an Ichiro! song here. For the rest of you, please come on a ride with me back to the 1990s.]
My story starts where so many of my best stories begin: The King County Domed Stadium a/k/a the "Kingdome."
I loved the Kingdome. Safeco Field is outstanding, but the Kingdome will always feel like my baseball home. When they imploded the Dome in 2000, I calculated that I had spent 78 entire days of my life at the Kingdome – 97% or more of that time was at Mariners games.
One thing I loved about the Kingdome was it was sparsely populated. Often times 15,000-20,000 people were crammed into 55,000 seats. There was a ton of room to move around and get to know the place. And I did. I knew the place backwards and forwards.
In 1991, the Kingdome became even more exciting for me. For a 2-3 year span, my family's partial season ticket plan landed in an interesting spot – about 3 feet from Ken Griffey, Jr.'s good friend and Seattle Rap Legend, Kid Sensation (a/k/a Xola Malik – pronounced "Ko-Lah").
When I was growing up in the 80s, we would go to 10-20 Mariners games each season. In 1991, my parents decided to get the 20-game plan. We were in the second row behind the visitors' bullpen (3B line) in the first four seats on the right side of the aisle. Across the aisle in the front row, there were two guys in their early-20s who always seemed to be having a great time. One of them immediately seemed familiar, but I couldn't place him at first.
Right away, we noticed these guys were interacting with Griffey from the stands. Griff would give them a nod or a point of the glove. Then, we saw the "familiar looking guy" exiting the Dome with Griff through the players' parking lot. "Who is this guy?"
Before long, I made the connection. I had Kid Sensation and Sir Mix-A-Lot in heavy rotation. I soon recognized my Kingdome section-mate on the cover of Kid Sensation's debut album "Rollin' With Number One." (By the way, my favorite K-Sen song at the time was "SeaTown Ballers," check it out here).
I wasn't a shy kid. So I was quick to introduce myself. Xola was one cool dude. Xola and his buddy, who I will call "C" and is Griff's friend from Cincinnati, were always willing to chat with me and my buddies. When I didn't have my 20-game plan tickets, Xola and C would let me and my buddies sit in their extra seats (they had what seemed to be about six seats that were often times filled with their friends, including Craig "Younger Brother" Griffey and D.J. Train (see M.C. Ren and N.W.A.))
I seemed to be the only person in the Dome that figured out that we were sitting next to Kid Sensation. And for a teenage guy who was already listening to Kid Sensation's music it was extremely cool.
In 1992, Xola came out with his sophomore album, The Power of Rhyme. I bought it immediately and was psyched to find a track, "The Way I Swing," featuring the vocal-stylings of the Mariners All-Star Center Fielder. "Swing" is the first episode of a trilogy of Griffey-based songs released by Xola between 1992-2009. All three are "must have" tracks for any fan of Ken Griffey, Jr. and the Seattle Mariners.
"The Way I Swing" begins with Dave Neihaus's classic call of Griffey's home run in his first career at bat in the Kingdome. From there, the two friends banter back-and-forth about their mad skills in the batters box and recording studio. (e.g., "One likes to Bat, the other likes to Battle, one from Cincinnati, and the other's from Seattle, Griffey's batting average is three-oh-oh and the Kid is undefeated with a dozen K.O.'s").
Considering that Griffey undeniably is a first ballot Hall of Famer (he should be a unanimous selection) and one of the best baseball players of all time, it is utterly amazing to me that "The Way I Swing" is not universally known by all baseball fans.
So check it out here and download it here – and preview the 2009 remix here and download it here.
The second installment in the Griffey-trilogy is 2000's "Do Your Thing." "Thing" doesn't feature Griffey on the microphone, but it offers an unique behind-the-scenes look at Ken Griffey, Jr. "the friend." Xola pays tribute to Griff's accomplishments as a Mariner, reminisces about the good times the two shared during Griff's first stint in Seattle, and offers Griff encouragement and love as he joins the Cincinnati Reds. The song can break your heart as a Mariners fan, but offers a moving glimpse into Griff's personal life and his decision to return home to Cincy.
You can preview "Do Your Thing" here and download it here.
Finally, with Griffey's resigning with the Mariners in 2009, Xola released the celebratory track "Back Home." The song is pure joy. It begins with a radio host announcing to his Seattle listeners that Griffey has resigned with the Mariners, it includes excerpts from Griffey's re-introductory press conference, and it perfectly captures the sheer joy and elation that die-hard Mariners fans felt the day Griffey decided to come "Back Home."
You can preview "Back Home" here and download it here.
In 2009, Xola has, for the most part, retired the Kid Sensation moniker. He is preparing to release a new album simply as Xola Malik (lets face it, neither Xola nor Griff is a "kid" anymore). Meanwhile, he is a successful businessman (see http://www.henchhench.com), a dedicated philantrophist (see http://www.liveunited.org/music), and a creative producer/performer and actor.
Sitting next to Xola back in the Kingdome was a thrill. Although I didn't meet Griff while sitting with Xola, I got a peak into his circle of friends and a what it must have been like to hang out with him back in his 20s. Plus, Xola and C were just fun to be around. I recall once that Xola ordered a bag of peanuts from Seattle's famed peanut vendor Rick Kaminski…
…and then sent Rick all the way up to the cross aisle and down toward the next section to throw the peanuts. The Peanut Man fired the peanuts behind his back a good 100+ feet over 25 rows of people…
The Peanut Man threw the peanuts from the top arrow to Xola standing at the point of the bottom arrow, and nailed Xola in the hands. Sadly, Xola does not quite have the glove Griff has and the peanuts escaped his grasp and landed in the bullpen. (That's alright though, Griff doesn't quite have the same skills in the booth as Xola, so we'll call it a draw).
Well, that's my story of Griffey the recording artist and his friend Kid Sensation. I hope you enjoyed it, and I hope you'll check out and enjoy these three great Griffey-based songs.
Tim and I will be checking out our first second-half game action this weekend in D.C…hopefully they actually play a game this time.
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Great story, as always.
I know what you mean about sparse crowds. As a Cubs fan, I went to tons of games. The place was always packed. And hot. The baseball and the stadium were great, but it was always tempered by a sweaty guy next to you spilling beer on the ground. Not terrible, but could be better.
Then I moved to Tampa. The Trop was a graveyard back in the day. I would buy seats and then move around with my wife wherever we wanted to go. It was the total opposite of Wrigley. So was the winning.
Now we get good crowds at the Trop and I'm still happy. But I always look back with fondness at those empty days of yore.
did you actually get to know the guys real well or not so much. that had to be very cool.
-bettencourt http://yankeefaninri.mlblogs.com/
Pretty cool info! BTW, the idea I told you about with the ice crean helmets here in Arlington, it worked. I put it in my latest entry. When's you're next game?
Great trip back down memory lane – thanks for sharing.
Yesterday was hanging out with my cousin visiting from Las Vegas who is a Mariners fans and we did the trip back down memory lane. When he moved to Seattle he sent me my first Mariner cap (the one with the trident) – to bad I never kept it. We use to follow Seattle baseball because 2B Julio Cruz (as teenagers we thought it was such a cool name) played for the Triple A Hawaii Islander before going to the Mariners. He was telling me how he would catch the bus and buy $2 bleacher seats at the Kingdome. He was a season ticket holder for 7 years. It was great hearing about the 95 ALDS series with the Yankees and what the Kingdome was like. In reviewing the line up, what stars you had. Too bad management did not spend a little more on pitching.
Told him about you blog as a Mariners Fan and he said he also feels you pain – Look forward to hearing about any games you and Tim went to – Todd
RAYSFANBOY – Thanks, man. Hey, have you ever noticed that the exit ramps from the field into the concourse at the Trop are blue and yellow? I'm wondering if they did that back in the day when Tampa-St. Pete was trying to get the Mariners to come to town.
BETTENCOURT – Well, I was 14-16 years old and they were 22'ish. So it wasn't like I was hitting the bars with them after the games. But we chatted a bunch during the games.
BRIAN – excellent ice cream helmet report! Next game, Friday. Also, just went to one yesterday, report might be up tonight.
PEAS – this was 90's hip-hop, but your right. Excellent stuff.
TEEMO – I always thought Cruz was a great name when I was a kid too. Of course, the Mariners also had *Todd* Cruz for a time too! Thanks for checking in. Another game report coming ASAP!


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State Superintendent Robert E. Schiller has appointed
George Lingel of Rockford to chair the five-member Round
Lake School District 116 School Finance Authority.
In other changes to the SFAs membership, Superintendent
Schiller appointed Round Lake Beach resident Robert
M. Traxler to fulfill the remainder of the term of Lewis
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In the past year I have read and listened to many antis make statements that cant be backed by science or logic. I feel compelled to pen a response to Bob Greens most recent outrageous claims.
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According to Yevgeny Fyodorov, the head of the Committee on Economic Policy and Entrepreneurship of the Russian State Duma, the U.S. is slowly but surely losing unchallenged global economic and political power.
Fyodorov said that: "… but in reality it is the key event in today's global scenario. With the onset of the global economic crisis, with political and economic turbulence, the APEC is a key event in terms of the demonstration of new vectors of unity of the international community outside the United States.
It is clear that it is not a split – everyone still plays by American rules, but the countries already demonstrate their independence in economic policy. I was there and saw how angry Mrs. Hillary Clinton was when she came from China, where several Chinese leaders – especially those who are to become top officials of China next year – did not even want to meet her. In China, Clinton was told no when she wanted to take on mediator's functions in resolving China's territorial disputes with Asian countries.
She also heard no in response to her requirement to set the yuan rate. It is an annual requirement of the United States to China to set the yuan rate for political reasons to pump resources and opportunities from China to the U.S. It is an additional form of tribute from China, which China had to deal with every year for political motives. Nowadays, the U.S. was refused. The world is changing."
Welcome to the world after is has been reset by Barack Obama and his foreign policy initiatives.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is seeking to replace the American dollar as the world's reserve currency with regional currencies. Russia and China have already begun using this system and Putin is actively promoting the idea that other countries should follow along.
America's enemies are seeking to reformat the world's entire economic system. : They see the U.S. in the same light "progressive" politicians in America see the U.S.
America's wealth comes at the expense of less successful countries. America did not build its success, somehow America stole it.
And if that is not enough, Russia sees the weakness of Obama's America providing them the opportunity to form a world national liberation movement to "free the world from the U.S. occupation".
Rest assured America, the Islamist world is not the only place where Obama's foreign policy initiatives have resulted in disaster. What will happen if Obama is re-elected and is "more flexible" with Putin?
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Do You Know Who Was the first Black Umpire in Major League Baseball?
Emmett Ashford MLB debut took place on April 11, 1966 Home Opener where the Washington Senator were playing Cleveland. His first major hurdle was getting into the stadium. Vice-President Hubert Humphrey was scheduled to throw out the first ball, and the service needed to be convinced that a black man was there to umpire the game. Ashford was a colorful (no pun intended) man.
Ashford was born in Los Angeles on November 23, 1914. Ashford's father abandoned the family so Emmett and brother Wilbur were raised by their highly motivated mother who worked as a secretary for the California Eagle, a black newspaper. Ashford excelled at Jefferson High School, rising to co-editor of the school paper, the Jeffersonian, and becoming a teen journalist for the California Eagle. When he graduated in 1933 he was the senior class president, the first black student so honored.
Ashford was 51 when he made his Major league debut as an umpire. he told Ebony after the game. "Of course, I was a little nervous at first, but wild horses couldn't have kept me out of there. I waited 15 years for this and now I'm finally there." When Ashford turned 55 in December 1969, he had reached the American League's retirement age of 55 for its umpires, a rule occasionally bent. he was given one more year, but after the 1970 season Ashford announced his retirement.
His umpire career: Umpire in Southwest International League, July 1951-July 1952; Arizona-Texas League, August-September 1952; Western International League, 1953: Pacific Coast League, 1954-1965; American League, 1966-1970; All-Star Game, 1967; World Series, 1970.
Come and check out this event honoring Emmett Ashford presented by the Baseball Reliquary and Allendale Branch Library in Pasadena:
When: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 3:00 PM
Where: Allendale Branch Library, 1130 South Marengo ave., Pasadena, CA
Emmett Ashford's daughter, Adrienne Cherie Ashford, will discuss her father's extraordinary career and legacy; will sign copies of her biography, Strrr-ike!!: Emmett Ashford, Major League Umpire; and will show video clips of her father working games in the 1970 World Series. Ashford's biography will be available for $15.00 per copy.
I throughly enjoyed last Saturday's Baseball Reliquary event at the West Covina Library on the LA Blue Bum series by Stephen Seemayer. I loved the Brooklyn Dodger trivia! I also won the book "The Unwritten Rules of Baseball. Check out Steve's exhibition at the West Covina Library.
Looking forward to this Saturday's event.
ref: www.baseballreliquary.org www.sabr.org , Baseballblackheritage.com
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Wish I could have seen Emmett Ashford. We will see film of his umpiring on Saturday. Can you make it?
One of these days one of these Baseball Reliquary events will be close to you. There is an upcoming book that is being released in a few months about the Mexican American Baseball players in the Inland Empire.
Good stuff, Emma.
Thanks Rob!
I actually remember Emmet Ashford! Enjoy the event with his daughter.
EMMA….I could make it there….but I need a ride at least to El Monte to take the Silver Streak back.
How about to the Gold line?
Sometimes there is an impromptu going out to dinner afterwards. Not sure when is the last Silver Streak bus.
I love all that rich baseball history.
you are so welcome. I get so engrossed in the baseball history that I just keep on reading and reading that I forget everything else.
Yeah, we tend to forget about the umpires, myself included.


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Police: Woman so drunk she couldn't spell her own name
A flight attendant for Pinnacle Airlines was so drunk she caused the cancellation of the flight she was scheduled to work last weekend.
Mary Jean Bongers, a 51-year-old from Coon Rapids, Minn., was removed from the Delta Connection flight from Grand Forks, N.D., to Minneapolis, according to the Associated Press.
The flight was scheduled to depart at 1 p.m. Sunday, but Bongers was so drunk that she repeatedly failed to correctly recite the alphabet and spell her own name, police told the Star Tribune.
The understaffed flight was ultimately cancelled and its 30 passengers put on later flights.
Police said Bongers' blood-alcohol content was more than twice the legal limit for driving in North Dakota, although she maintained she wasn't drunk.
Pinnacle spokesman Joe Williams said the flight attendant was removed from duty.
Both the airline and the Federal Aviation Administration were investigating, MyFoxTwinCities.com reported.
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By Ryan Lengerich
Three suspects have been questioned in connection with five deer killed, beheaded and dumped on a Ranchvale farm, a state wildlife official said.
One suspect admitted to shooting the deer and tossing the heads into a Pleasant Hill pond, but an extensive search refuted that claim, said Wes Robertson, a New Mexico Department of Game and Fish game warden based in Clovis.
Four mule deer and one whitetail deer were shot, cut at the neck and the torsos dumped Dec. 31 about 10 miles north of Clovis.
Three males are considered suspects, but no charges have been filed due to lack of evidence, he said.
The night prior to the carcases being found, Clovis Police Detective Robert Telles questioned three males in a pickup truck on Prince Street when he spotted blood on the tailgate, according to police documents.
The driver said he had been deer hunting three weeks prior to the encounter, according to the report. Telles said that was unlikely because the blood was fresh. The suspect then said he had gone coyote hunting.
Robertson said that information combined with leads from residents prompted questioning.
One suspect said he tossed the deer heads in a pond in Pleasant Hill, about 30 minutes east of where the torsos were dumped. Roswell-based Game and Fish diver Shawn Denny said he investigated the water Saturday but found nothing.
"It was as black as you can imagine. If you close your eyes that is what it was like," Denny said.
Authorities then dragged the 60-by-20 yard lake and found no evidence. The pond is about 10-feet deep, authorities estimate.
Robertson said officials then found no deer heads after pumping out the pond's water Monday.
"We are going to go back to the suspect and find out what he actually did with them," Robertson said. "How much of this story can we believe?"
Robertson said the whitetail deer may be the key to the investigation. He plans to interview a rancher north of Broadview near Caprock who said the deer may have been shot on his property.
The rancher claims a whitetail deer roamed the property prior to the killings, and Robertson said whitetail deer are rare in the area.
Robertson did not specify what charges suspects could face, but that they may be filed this week. Deer hunting season was Nov. 18-21, and killing deer out of season is a misdemeanor, which could result in jail time.
An Aztec man confessed in December to illegally killing a mule deer buck, removing its antlers and leaving the carcass. He was sentenced to 323 hours of community service and ordered to pay the state $250 for the deer, according to a Game and Fish report.
Robertson said the suspects may have intended to mount the deer heads, but decided to hide them following recent publicity of the incident.
"When they realized people were looking for them they said 'lets get rid of them,'" he said. "One thing I noticed about Clovis is that if law enforcement or if there are missing kids or if people are looking for information and need help this community does it."


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Bostons Patrice Bergeron scores on Winnipeg goalie Ondrej Pavelec during the Bruins 2-1 shootout victory on Monday in Boston. The Bruins improved to 2-0, while the Jets fell to 0-2.
BOSTON Patrice Bergeron showed why hes more than just an offensive forward.
Bergeron helped kill off a large portion of short-handed time in overtime before he finished off his day with a goal in the shootout, leading the Boston Bruins to a 2-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets on Monday.
Tyler Seguin scored the other shootout goal and Brad Marchand had the regulation goal for the Bruins (2-0).
Boston was short-handed for 2 minutes, 17 seconds of overtime after playing the final 71 seconds of regulation short-handed.
Bergeron felt like the solid penalty killing was a simply a matter of keeping things easy.
Weve stuck to our system, he said. I guess weve kept it simple.
Tuukka Rask made 26 saves in regulation and held the Jets to only Blake Wheelers score in the shootout. Bryan Little, the last shooter, hit the right post to end the game.
Ondrej Pavelec made 26 saves in regulation for the Jets, but gave up scores to Bostons first two shooters in the extra session. Chris Thorburn scored for the Jets (0-2).
Seguin moved in, shifted a few times before beating Pavelec with a forehand shot to the glove side. Bergeron, the second shooter, slipped one between the goalies pads.
The Jets played the final 1:11 of regulation and opening 49 seconds of OT on a power play when Johnny Boychuk high-sticked Little. Olli Jokinens tip-in bid slid just wide of an open side of the net in the closing seconds.
Winnipeg also had a power play for the final 1:28 of overtime when Zdeno Chara was called for holding Wheeler, but it failed to get a decent shot on net despite being set up in Bostons end for a good portion of time.
I think we were playing aggressive right off the bat, Bergeron said. We didnt give them time to set up the plays they wanted because we were so aggressive.
Boston coach Claude Julien felt his teams penalty killing unit led to the win.
Thats what made the difference, he said. I thought our PK was good. (Bergeron) and (Chris Kelly) were breaking up plays when they got over the blue line.
Winnipeg was 0 for 4 on the power play.
Its disappointing when you get those opportunities in the end there, Jets forward Evander Kane said. Myself, I cant be making those bad passes and not generating anything. Thats something that were going to have to get better at.
The Bruins had a power play late in regulation when Kane was whistled for goaltender interference. Rich Peverley clanged a slap shot from the left point off the right post seconds after the ensuing faceoff. Nathan Horton had a bid in close, but Pavelec dropped to make a chest save.
Early in the third, Winnipegs Paul Postma hit the post to Rasks right. Seconds later, the netminder, moving across the crease, made a glove save on Thorburn.
In a contest that lacked the emotion and fan enthusiasm of Bostons opening 3-1 win over the New York Rangers on Saturday, both teams seemed lackluster for long stretches in the first and second periods.
Coming of a 4-1 loss at home against Ottawa in their season opener, the Jets scored their first even strength goal of the season when Thorburn scored off the rebound of Postmas shot from the point 1:58 into the game.
The assist was Postmas first NHL point.
Boston tied it 1-all when Seguin stole Jokinens clearing pass near Winnipegs blue line, broke in on the right wing and fed a streaking Marchand. who redirected the puck past Pavelec from the low slot with just under 6 minutes left in the opening period.
The Bruins had a few excellent scoring chances late in the second. Defenseman Aaron Johnson hit the post with just over 4 minutes to play. The Bruins best opportunity came when Seguin collected the rebound of Bergerons shot in the front of the net, shifted to his right and missed an open net with a little over 2 minutes to play.
The Jets, who had a pair of power play chances in the second, nearly regained the lead early in the second, but Jokinen hit the side of an open net while skating on a man advantage.
Rask made a glove save of Kyle Wellwood on a clean breakaway midway into the opening period.
Bruins 2, Jets 1
Winnipeg 1 0 0 01
Boston 1 0 0 02
Boston won shootout 2-1
First Period1, Winnipeg, Thorburn 1 (Postma, Slater), 1:58. 2, Boston, Marchand 1 (Seguin), 14:12. PenaltiesNone.
Second PeriodNone. PenaltiesKrejci, Bos (high-sticking), 1:27; Ference, Bos (tripping), 5:44; Stuart, Wpg (interference), 18:20.
Third PeriodNone. PenaltiesKane, Wpg (goaltender interference), 12:31; Boychuk, Bos (high-sticking), 18:49.
OvertimeNone. PenaltiesChara, Bos (holding), 3:32.
ShootoutWinnipeg 1 (Wheeler G, Jokinen NG, Little NG), Boston 2 (Seguin G, Bergeron G, Bourque NG).
Shots on GoalWinnipeg 11-4-12-027. Boston 12-6-8-127.
Power-play opportunitiesWinnipeg 0 of 4; Boston 0 of 2.
GoaliesWinnipeg, Pavelec 0-1-1 (27 shots-26 saves). Boston, Rask 2-0-0 (27-26).
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Here's something to consider for your list of New Year's resolutions...Promise yourself you'll get your recommended cancer screenings in 2013.
A large study including nearly 175-thousand Americans suggests we're not doing all that we can to protect ourselves.
Researchers at the University of Miami compared recommended screening rates set by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...to data from the National Health Interview Survey collected between 1997 and 2010. They specifically looked at adherence rates for breast, cervical, prostate and colorectal cancer. Despite not being endorsed as a general screening test by the United States Preventive Services Task Force, the researchers included it in the analysis.
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Re: Tony Stewart losing co-sponsor
beaverpond wrote:I think what Annalee said hit it right on the head.
Which could be the reason why Staples got out several years ago. I know for quite some time, they were closing stores and having to lay off employees as well. It would look pretty bad to still sponsor a car and close extra stores and lay off additional employees.
You have to maintain a balance between advertising and laying off employees. You can't cut all advertising to keep from laying off employees. A month later you would end up laying off even more employees. Balance is key. Not to tight or too loose through the corners.


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The news today from hard-working Mitt Romney and his campaign keeps rolling in and it's…
Governor Romney has assembled a 63 member advisory team, including illustrious co-chair Robert Bork, to counsel him on a variety of issues. The formation of this stellar new team further underscores Romney's deep commitment to the rule of law and constitutional governance:
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Tuesday announced a team of 63 lawyers, co-chaired by conservative legal scholar Robert Bork, that will advise his campaign on constitutional and judicial matters, law enforcement and homeland security, and regulatory issues.
In addition to Bork, a conservative icon whose nomination by President Ronald Reagan to the Supreme Court failed in the Senate, Romney's Justice Advisory Committee will be chaired by Harvard Law School professor Mary Ann Glendon, who served as U.S. ambassador to the Vatican in President George W. Bush's administration, and Richard Wiley, a former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.
Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, is a graduate of Harvard Law School. The choice of chairs and committee members seems designed to solidify his credentials within the conservative legal establishment.
"Mitt Romney deeply understands that the rule of law and the integrity of our courts are essential components of our nation's strength and must be preserved," the three chairmen said in a joint statement. "He will nominate judges who faithfully adhere to the Constitution's text, structure, and history and he will carry out the duties of President as a zealous defender of the Constitution. We fully support Mitt Romney's campaign and look forward to working with other members of the committee as we advise him on today's pressing legal issues."
The committee, which will also provide legal counsel to Romney's campaign, also includes other prominent figures, including former Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff, former chancellor to the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware William Allen and former Texas Supreme Court chief justice Thomas Phillips.
"Our democracy depends on a government that respects the Constitution and the rule of law," Romney said in a statement. "Our nation needs a Congress and an Executive branch that are cognizant of the bounds of their powers and a judiciary that will strictly construe the Constitution and refuse to legislate from the bench. I am proud and honored to have the support of an extraordinary group of attorneys and legal scholars."
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For the names of those on Romney's new Justice Advisory Committee, continue reading here.
Wow. This announcement, along with the announcement today that Romney's campaign is shifting into higher gear, further demonstrates the planning, organization, and wisdom Team Romney is known for.
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~UPDATE from RightSpeak
This news even has a bit of an Iowa spin to it, according to the Iowa Independent:
"The formation of the committee could play well among some voters in Iowa, specifically from social and religious Conservatives who feel the Iowa Supreme Court has overstepped its Constitutional boundaries in the last few years, particularly in the 2009 ruling of Varnum v. Brien, which legalized same-sex marriage in Iowa."
Mitt Romney, in announcing this committee, with members such as these, should go along way to assuage the fears of his critics, who think he'll appoint "activist" judges, who legislate from the bench.


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The Truth About the 'Competition' Between Apple and Amazon
Despite this, "people," namely the media, continue to push this meme of fierce competition between Apple and Amazon. Think differently. Think harder. Just think.
You know the numbers:
- Cyber Monday online sales increased year over year. comScore says the increase was 17%, while IBM (IBM) reports a pop of more than 30%.
- comScore estimates $1.465 billion in Cyber Monday sales -- the biggest day ever in online spending and the second day this season to cross the $1 billion mark. The other day was Black Friday 2012.
But the real story wasn't revenue. More people used mobile devices to shop online than ever before. And the common component of that theme: Apple devices dominated mobile shopping traffic, helping Amazon extend its e-commerce dominance.
- iPad accounted for 90.5% of tablet traffic on Cyber Monday. Amazon's Kindle came in at 2.6%. The top online destination: Amazon.com.
I don't blame Apple and Amazon for feigning a heavyweight fight.
Think about it: If the two baddest dudes in the place drop the mitts and go at it, everybody stands back, forms a circle around them and watches the epic showdown. There's always some stupid drunk guy (in tech, Microsoft (MSFT) plays this role ) who wanders into the middle of the fracas and ends up with a bloody nose and bruised ego.
But, by and large, you watch because you know there's nothing you can do.
Apple and Amazon rule the world in tech and in commerce. They not only do this individually, they do it together. While there might not be an unofficial official agreement between the two companies (though it would hardly surprise me if there was one), it's unspoken.
That's how warriors who love and respect one another roll. Sadly, I cannot provide a recent example from the sport that lives and dies by unwritten codes -- hockey -- but you catch my drift.
Beyond beautiful hardware, an incredible software ecosystem and digital content, Steve Jobs was not "dumb" enough to get into some pointless peeing match with Jeff Bezos. On the flip side, Bezos realizes that Amazon cannot compete meaningfully in areas where Apple dominates. For goodness' sake, compare the Kindle Fire to an iPad and "Silk" (that's Amazon's mobile browser) to Safari.
Do you actually believe, with a straight face, that Bezos came armed with Kindle Fire, Silk (and Android) to take on Jobs' gadgets, platforms and iOS? Like Jobs, the guy transformed the way much of the world lives, yet so many people take him for a dolt, an idiot, a tool.
That's what happens when your stock sports a price-to-earnings ratio of 3,000: Tortured hordes of envious bears love to mindlessly dog you .


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@ack747: Just like wearing pink won't cure breast cancer. It's not to cure it, it's to raise awareness.
Wow! Why do men shave their pubes so drastically? The look is so unmasculine and creepy. I don't get it.
@Bauhaus: it is not for you to get….if you don't like it don't look and keep your own as hairy as you please.
@DerekR: I don't like it, understand it isn't for me to get, and I'll look all I want.
Tattoos are so distracting.
I nominate this guy: http://instagram.com/p/l3YhlVldgl/
i wanna see some bush on my guys, but unfortunately for gay guys, the trend is against it. i love hairy guys especially when it's up, under there. (you know what I mean). oh boy, hair makes me crazy horny. stop shaving it guys, you look so sexy unshaven.
Pube shaving is becoming an epidemic. That said, I don't see my pic anywhere on this list.
This season's trend in Knit Wear is absolutely stunning!
I love the spirited photos and appreciate the yummy stampede of participants. Testicular cancer is a tragedy and can be treated if detected early.
Now could we please get similar campaigns for colorectal cancer and prostate cancer?
Yeah count me in the anti-shaved pube camp. It creeps me out. I remember learning about how my body would develop and being overly excited when I started noticing my own hair coming in. I will never understand why anyone shaves it completely. My favorite of the pics has to be the asian guy because damn that bush.
ehh, not a huge fan of flossing while Im down there.
number 2, 6, 34. perfect!
Wow. Some of them are hung!!???????
@ack747: Now I "get" what my old slow-talkin', country grandpa meant when he said: " If you don't have anything good to say, then don't say anything at all".
Funny how all those old cliches become more "real" the longer you live…
Old-school generation of non-whiners… I admired them.
Nice pics (NFI why my last comment was "awaiting moderation", since I stayed within all guidelines)
Don't understand all the criticism. Surely there was something for everyone in this lovely parade! Some people just like to scream "There's too much food here!" while standing at a buffet.
Guys, if you're gonna take half nude photos of yourself in the hopes they go viral (because that's what this is really about. Cancer? What?) please pick a better background than the back of your bathroom door, towel rack, mattress on the floor or TV.
Several of the men of color still have their pubic hair, like Marlon McKenzie (YUMMMMM!!!!).
Very nice. This raises awareness, and a few other things ;-), so what's not to like?
At least the Asian guy didn't shave.
am i the only one that finds the tongues hanging out a total turnoff.. either you actually think… a) miley is cool, b) tongues are the new duckface, or c) you're just a total douchebag.
lol "raises awareness"… get real. like I need to look at totally ripped dudes to remember that cancer exists.
Assuming that the vast majority of these guys are straight, I guess that's what makes the manscaping so surprising. I knew that lots of gay guys did that; I had no idea it had become so commonplace among straight men.
Anyway, most of them look like obnoxious d-bags.
The bearded guy with the "MEN" logo on his pic, though… hmmm… I could live with that.
For those with a hate on for trimmed pubes, it's like Marion Ross says in the Spiderman movie…"Nobody wants to go down on a tumbleweed."
There's a big difference between neatly trimmed and completely shaved off…
Love the manscapped look. I do it!
The vast majority of these guys are showing off their meticulously chiseled, cut, tight abs — abs that end in the beautiful V-shaped inguinal muscles (I think I've heard this called the Adonis Belt). If you follow classic rules of visual aesthetics, this perfect "V" is ruined by the presence of a bush down there. It cuts off the tip of the "V" formation that our eyes are drawn to following the lines that lead to it. In other words, if you're going to show off that "V', nothing accentuates it better than having a clear runway, a totally unobstructed view of the entire V. The ancient Greeks and Romans knew this as far back as 2000 years ago. Notice that the pubes in classic statues are at a minimum. I suspect that the objection some here have to cutting off the pubes is more of a socio-psychological "emasculating" sentiment than a true disgust with the look.
If you liked it then ya shoulda put a ring on it…
The 5th from the top is the only black one and the best. All the others can go home now.
@Mezaien: They are mostly all at home. You're so freaking numb in the brain and r*cist.
@DerekR: I can understand neatness. However there are men with more hair on their legs and chest,and none where a grown man should have hair. That is ridiculous.
A neat trim is very attractive.
These boys really need to grow their pubes back.
@ChickenLady: Did you explode, looking at these pics?
Looks like only the 'perfect' post these photos…fatties and uglies just don't exist!
@jonjct: I like furry guys too.


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When I tell people I write about movies, they generally ask me what my all-time favorite movie is. It's a tough question for a movie dude, but I don't hesitate. It's Stanley Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb."
The pitch-black Cold War satire hasn't stopped being funny to me, even though we aren't quite as concerned about a, um, traditional nuclear war. And the Gateway Film Center is kicking off its Cinema Classics series with it.
John DeSando and Johnny DiLoretto, co-hosts of WCBE's radio program "Cinema Classics" (and smart and dapper gentlemen), have picked films for the series that are iconic and great for the big screen.
A kickoff party featuring light hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar starts at 6 p.m. Friday, followed by a screening of the film. Just remember, there's no fighting in the War Room.
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I took a while to let the hype hit me. By the time I finally got interested, it pulled a worldwide out-of-stock trick on me. GOSH! I had to wait like FIVE MONTHS for Sephora Singapore to finally have it restocked and get my hands on it! (Pssst! You can get it at Doll To Doll Cosmetics now!)
Everyone I knew loved it – the velvet casing that lent chicness and sophistication; the beautiful 12 neutral shades of browns, bronzes, champagnes and erm, more browns; the prestige of being able to get it at all.
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- Urban Decay Vintage Eyeshadows With Flat Iron
See those with a dent? They are Virgin, Sin, Naked, Smog, Darkhorse, and Toasted.
One day I finally decided to rip my Naked apart. I loved how beautiful the shades looked in their original packaging, but I wanted those shades I like to use to take up as little space as possible and be able to bring them around without having to lug the entire palette along.
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Not to be that guy, but watching Pitchfork's documentary about Modest Mouse's early years made me long for the raw, raging genius of that time period.
But enough about good old days that I didn't even experience; the band that's coming to LC Pavilion this Tuesday might be 15 years older, wiser and more comfortable, but they're still Modest Mouse — Isaac Brock's uncouth lisp and distinctive guitar rhythms, the tumbling interplay between Eric Judy and Jeremiah Green, the obsession with the open road.
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Actor Benjamin Hollingsworth Weds
On Saturday, Canadian actor Benjamin Hollingsworth married lingerie designer and exercise teacher Nila Myers in Malibu, Calif. The ceremony was attended by family and friends, including "Vampire Diaries" actors Nina Dobrev and Zach Roerig.
Over the weekend Hollingsworth posted on Twitter: "Today is the day... I woke a boy and will go to sleep a man. I am so lucky to have found the woman I love and I want to grow old with... I am marrying the girl of my dreams and I couldn't be happier!"
The couple got engaged two months ago on the actor's 28th birthday in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Hollingsworth appeared in the short-lived series "The Beautiful Life: TBL" and stars in the upcoming CW series "The Cult."
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If you feel stories about the paranormal have been overdone and exploited to the Nth degree with run-of-the-mill horror movies and reality television shows hucksters who just happen to find spirits in every single preposterous episode, then you'll likely embrace a startling new presence in writer-director Todd Lincoln's "The Apparition"; a horror thriller starring "Twilight" fan favorite Ashley Greene in her first leading role.
True, the film tells the tale of a haunting apparition, but, as Greene told me in a recent interview, it does so in a way that respect fans of the genre and makes them think about what they're seeing instead of just reacting to it.
"That's what I loved about the script and about Todd's vision for this -- it breaks some horror movie rules and is smart in the way he elevates things," said Greene, who also plays vampire Alice Cullen in "The Twilight Saga." "He wanted us to keep in mind films like 'Poltergeist,' 'The Shining' and 'Rosemary's Baby,' which I think are truly terrifying because they're not necessarily about scaring you with cheap tricks. They're about the unknown, which is part of the terror and anticipation while you're trying to figure out what it is."
Besides, Greene added, everybody has experienced some sort of fear, making the premise of "The Apparition" instantly relatable.
"Everybody's been afraid of something and it eats you alive -- especially whenever you're trying to do everything right and it seems to be getting worse," Greene said. "You become almost hopeless as well, which is never a good thing."
Opening in theaters Friday, "The Apparition" follows Kelly (Greene) and Ben (Sebastian Stan), a young couple who find themselves threatened by a supernatural force after they move into their new home. But the things they discover that go bump in the night aren't the caused by haunted house, but rather a presence conjured up by Ben and his colleagues during a parapsychology experiment that feeds on people's belief in it.
Worse yet, the apparition will follow Kelly and Ben wherever they go unless they, along with the entity's co-creator, Patrick ("Harry Potter" star Tom Felton), can find a way to stop it.
"The scary thing about it is, they're in this new house and they're the ones who are haunted and can't get away from this entity because it was something they drudged up," Greene explained. "This apparition studies you and it gets stronger when you believe in and you have fear. It's terrifying if you think about it. There's no way around it. Once you become afraid and start to believe in something, it's nearly impossible to go, 'Oh, no. I just don't believe.' It's a downward spiral."
As for her belief in the paranormal, Greene, 25, didn't want to commit to an answer either way, simply because she's not sure -- or didn't want to know.
"I would prefer not to believe in it because it scares me too much," Greene said with a bit of nervous introspection. "I certainly would never rule it out, but I actually haven't ever seen a ghost."
But then again, Greene added, there was this incident the other day …
"I woke up and found plates and a cup of mine broken behind my bed, and my glass armoire was cracked. I thought to myself, 'OK, my place is definitely haunted' because I live in this historical building which people say is haunted. But then I realized we've had like 20 earthquakes lately," Greene said, laughing.


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I'm not Bragg'n but you'll dig Hagg'n
That's right if your a snagger/ballhawk/batting practice guy/gal your starting to squirm. It's getting close now and I crave the warm weather and green grass.
Erik over at Counting Baseballs has proposed a BallHawking competition and myself and a bunch of other people are "In it to win it" ..I'm kidding, we're going to have some fun with this.
It's still in discussion exactly how we're going to keep track/score.
Below is my proposal for keeping score and if it they don't want to use it that's ok. I'd like to participate however they decide.
But I'm thinking,… if they don't use it I would like to roll with my point game myself and get anyone who is interested in playing signed up quick like as the season is fast approaching.
I would hope my Coor's Field buddies will want to play for fun??
I even have a name for this new Sport. Let's call it Hagg'n because you're part autograph hound and part baseball snagger. I know, it's F'kn genious. Sometimes I even amaze myself.
Hag'n is a sport that involves snagging baseballs and obtaining autographs/memorbilia for points. Here is the proposed breakdown of points:
Total points per game divided by number of games attended calculated each game. Each player would automatically receive one point for each game attended. This is in case one person only goes to one game all season and hits the motherload.
He/she could totally screw up the curve with a stellar one game performance.
1. Straight up catching a live game home run baseball = 10 points
2. Acquiring that same live game home run ball on the bounce or after it's landed = 9 points
3. Catching a live game foul ball straight-up = 8 points
4. Acquiring that same live game foul ball on the bounce or after it's landed = 7 points
5. Straight-up catching a batting practice home run baseball = 4 points
6. Acquiring that same batting practice home run ball on the bounce or after it's landed = 3 points
7. If a player tosses the ball to you and you straight-up catch it = 2 points
8. If a player tosses the ball to you and you drop it (dumbazz) but still manage to get it, or it's thrown into the crowd and you come up with it = 1 point
9. Autographs obtained at the game = 1 point
I added autographs to kind of even out things. Little kids probably will never snag a home run ball but it's quite possible for them to obtain a few autographs each game and get a ball or two tossed to them. It's about how hard you want to work. Anyone any age can participate.
In order for an autograph to count it has to be obtained inside the stadium and only as early as batting practice starts and up to 30 minutes after the game. A picture is required of all autographs obtained during the game. As proof the scoreboard should be in the background of your picture as your proof of actually being there.
Say you snag three baseballs at batting practice, take a picture with the scoreboard in the background as your proof. Make it simple and quick. It's really not that hard.
Maybe we could count spring training and minor league game points acquired as exactly half of what a major league game would be?
…and the last three.
10. Acquiring a game used bat (at the game) with verifiable proof = 10 points.
11. Acquiring any other piece of memoribilia (ex. batting glove, lineup card, a hat, jersey) whatever and being able to prove it = 5 points
12. Acquiring a picture of you with a player at the game = 2 points
Total points per game divided by # of games attended.
Starting your own snagging blog to keep track or post a comment of your accomplishments per game is really the best idea. Get with the times man/woman!!
Another thing I'll mention is picture proof of your accomplishments really adds to your credibility.
Feedback on this? Wanna play, its free? Let's hear what you think about this new sport…D
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I like it! I don't go to enough games to participate but good luck! You need to keep a score card on you blog so we can see how you're doing!
Interesting, do Minor League Games count, as I have only the Durham Bulls near me…
Hey D,
That is so crazy cool. I would love to participate but getting a picture while getting an autograph has always been a challenge for me (I just get too darn excited to operate my camera correctly). Definitely cool idea though.
JULIA-Thanks, you could win it if you went to only a couple and did really really good.
R-LUV-You go to batting practice right? You get autographs, you can play. Maybe it's time to up your game girl🙂
GoMets-I think they should count as I mentioned in the blog, but as half of what a Major League game would be…D
Sounds like you guys are going to have some fun! =) I don't get many balls at gams or get guys to sign stuff. I just like getting close up pics. =)
~ King of Cali
K of C- You have got to be devoted to get to batting practice early and patiently wait in line for autographs. I like taking the good pictures too, it can be difficult at times to do all three things…D
If I had any ability to catch a ball and I was going to more than, like, four games this season, I might participate! But I can live vicariously through your competition! I have really bad hand-eye coordination hahaha, so I've never actually caught a ball in my life. Have fun with this, like I'm sure you will!
PS: I'm leaving for Phoenix tomorrow morning for two spring training games. Any words of wisdom you have for autographs and whatnot will be greatly appreciated since you have a knack for getting them! Thanks, D!
JEN-Show up early and stay late if you have to. Work the practice fields and be patient…D
This ballhawk league is going to freakin' rock. Like you and I needed any more motivation, right?
HAPPY, you know it brotha, I'm organizing baseball cards right now just to keep my mind occupied…lol,…D
A sport inside of a sport? Genius! A couple ?s though: When we're getting a pic of the player that's autographing, as proof, does that have to be in front of the scoreboard? and the same for when we get a picture with the player. Maybe for that it would be enough proof on the date at the bottom of the picture.
ALEX-Here's how I figure it. You don't have to actually have a picture of the player autographing your stuff. I know how hard that can when they're signing your stuff.
A rule I'd like to add is only one autograph per player per game. My suggestion was to take a picture of your autograhed items before you leave the stadium and have the scoreboard in the background as your proof. Say you snagged 3 baseballs, you should take a picture of them with the scoreboard in the background also before you leave the stadium. To me it doesn't matter if the picture has a timestamp they can be altered. If someone cheats, we'll figure it out eventually….D


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Plus, Apple doesn't typically ask for testers of products. It's announcement of the product is a big event and always produces speculation of what's to come so having testers is simply not how the company works.
You know the saying — if it sounds too good to be true it probably is.
Naked Security says there's also a text alert going around that reads "Apple needs iPhone5 testers! The first 1000 users who visit [LINK] and enter code 4444 will get to test & keep the new iPhone5."
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Author: Nolan Bowie, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program
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WHATEVER VOICE towns and cities have in their cable television service will be at stake in a bill before the state Legislature tomorrow.
The Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities, and Energy will hold a hearing on a bill favored by Verizon Communications Inc. The so-called Act Promoting Consumer Choice and Competition of Cable Service would allow Verizon and other companies to preempt local control of the cable franchising process. Instead of local municipalities — with the participation of local citizens and their local community representatives — negotiating in good faith for better content, high-speed access to broadband, and quality digital services, Verizon proposes an expedited, but self-serving, single statewide franchise license that does nothing to improve choice or benefit consumers.
Currently, Verizon has licenses for and is providing multi channel video content services in nearly 50 communities. It plans to seek new licenses in only 67 of the 351 towns and cities, thus providing service in approximately 16 percent of the Commonwealth's municipalities. It appears that Verizon is not primarily interested in providing universal service across the state, but rather in serving only the most densely populated and potentially most profitable markets that surround Boston. It has not applied for a license to serve Boston itself, any of the other urban cities, or any of the towns in Central or Western Massachusetts or Cape Cod. Verizon is engaged in economic cream-skimming.
But what if Verizon prevails and gets its "Verizon choice" bill passed and statewide franchising replaces the existing local franchising process? Would consumers of multi channel video services actually benefit by any increase in competition in the cable industry? Not likely, since Verizon does not promise or offer any guarantee of statewide competition or lower prices or superior services over the long term. Nonetheless, Verizon wants to be instantly in play on a statewide basis without sufficient local municipal or consumer oversight or accountability.
Currently, the process of local franchising control, as established by state regulators, takes no longer than a year for completion. Often it is completed in far less time. Moreover, under existing procedures that value community participation in negotiations with cable companies, some communities have been successful in getting commitments for public, educational, and government access channels, and thousands of hours of locally produced programming content.
In addition, municipalities have successfully negotiated certain monetary benefits from cable companies for use of the public rights of way, thereby easing the local tax burden. Verizon's new proposal would reduce the number of dedicated access channels and it would cost municipalities more to produce locally responsive and relevant content and operate local access channels.
Under the existing local franchising rules, Verizon has played the game fairly. It is generally in compliance with local franchise terms and conditions in those cities and towns where it provides multi channel video services, as defined by the Federal Communications Commission. In addition, there appears to be ongoing competition among multi channel video service providers that include Comcast, RCN, and the satellite television service providers Dish Network and DirecTV.
Verizon is a late comer that wishes to tilt the competitive playing field with a bill that would place restrictive burdens on many of its multi channel video customers outside of Greater Boston, especially consumers in Western Massachusetts. They would have to travel to Boston to register consumer complaints to the state regulatory agency. Local accountability and responsiveness will be minimized if the Verizon-sponsored bill passes.
In such a case where a business makes no promises of public benefit, there are no particular performance goals expected, except, perhaps, to shareholders for greater profits. This bill is not in the public interest of the citizens and consumers of Massachusetts and should be defeated.
Nolan Bowie, a guest columnist, is adjunct lecturer in public policy and a senior fellow of the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy.
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Do I pump both breasts? For how long? I pumped half an ounce in 5 minutes from my emptiest breast this morning.
My little guy sometimes takes from both, sometimes doesn't, and since I recently started having him go on both, he feeds better and more on the right, and so it is bigger than the left.
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The General Medical Council to Andrew Wakefield: "The panel is satisfied that your conduct was irresponsible and dishonest"
In my not-so-humble opinion, the very kindest thing that can be said about Andrew Wakefield is that he is utterly incompetent as a scientist. After all, it's been proven time and time again that his unethical and scientifically incompetent "study" that was published in The Lancet in 1999 claiming to find a correlation between vaccination with MMR and autistic regression in autistic children with bowel symptoms was at best dubious science and at worst fraudulent. For one thing, as investigative journalist Brian Deer found, Wakefield was in the pocket of trial lawyers, who were interested in suing vaccine manufacturers, to the tune of £435,643 in fees, plus £3,910 expenses beginning even before his infamous "study" started accruing patients. Even though the study itself used the typical careful and relatively neutral language that we all expect from scientists, Wakefield himself was not nearly so circumspect. In a press conference announcing the Lancet study, he said:
He told journalists it was a "moral issue" and he could no longer support the continued use of the three-in-one jab for measles, mumps and rubella.
"Urgent further research is needed to determine whether MMR may give rise to this complication in a small number of people," Dr Wakefield said at the time.
And so began one of the most contentious health stories of this generation.
Wakefield's Lancet paper, even interpreted as sympathetically as possible, concluded nothing that justified such language. Yet his rhetoric, along with sensationalistic and credulous British journalists, ignited a firestorm of fear over the MMR that has not yet subsided now, over a decade later. Vaccination rates plummeted in the UK, and measles, a disease once thought to be under control, has surged back and become endemic again. It is a feat that Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey appear to be trying to replicate right here in the U.S. with their wonderfully Orwellian-named Green Our Vaccines activism and ceaseless promotion of anti-vaccine messages.
More recently, at the Autism Omnibus hearings, we learned from a world expert in the polymerase chain reaction, Dr Stephen Bustin, that the techniques used in the laboratory running PCR on the clinical specimens from Wakefield's clinical trial were so shoddy, so devoid of routine controls necessary in any PCR experiment, that the measles sequences reported as amplified in Wakefield's followup to his Lancet study were false positives derived from plasmids with measles sequences in them contaminating the laboratory. Then, in late 2008, Mady Hornig and colleagues at Columbia University published an attempted replication of Wakefield's study. They failed. There was no association between vaccination with MMR and autistic regression, nor could Hornig find any evidence that measles in the gut was any more common in the autistic children studied than in the neurotypical controls. This study was particularly devastating to Wakefield because it was carried out by a researcher who had previously been sympathetic to the myth that vaccines cause autism, as evidenced by her infamous "rain mouse" study and, even more close to home, using the same laboratory that had performed Wakefield's PCR, which had apparently cleaned up its act in the years following its work on Wakefield's specimens.
When it comes to the science, there is no doubt. No reputable scientist has been able to replicate Wakefield's findings, and there is a remarkable convergence and agreement of findings of major studies looking for a correlation between MMR vaccination and autism: There ain't one. Indeed, closing out 2009 was the publication of yet another study that failed to find any correlation between MMR and autism, or, as I put it at the time, yet another nail in the coffin of the myth that the MMR vaccine causes autism. Andrew Wakefield's repeated claims that the MMR can cause or "trigger" autism in some children is deader than dead as a scientific hypothesis and without a basis in scientific or clinical evidence. True, Wakefield tried to counter with a horribly unethical and badly designed primate study that seemed custom-designed to be used in court rather than in the court of scientific inquiry. It didn't help and only made Wakefield's Thoughtful House, Wakefield's Fortress of Solitude in Texas to which he retreated in the wake of the revelations about his conduct, look even worse. Even a credulously "balanced" TV story by NBC news and Matt Lauer couldn't hide the dubiousness nature of what goes on there.
Of course, while the science refuting Wakefield's pseudoscience and evidence showing Wakefield to be incompetent and unethical continued to roll in, a little less than a year ago, it got even worse for him. Brian Deer reported that Wakefield very well may have engaged in scientific fraud in the "research" (and I do use the term loosely) that led to the publication of his Lancet paper in 1999. Through it all, the General Medical Council began an inquiry into whether Andrew Wakefield behaved unethically in the "research" that resulted in his 1999 Lancet report. It should be pointed out that the investigation of the GMC began before Deer's latest revelation of potential fraud; rather it was far more concerned with how Wakefield ran his study and recruited patients. Nonetheless, the revelations nearly a year ago about Wakefield's playing fast and loose with research methodology could not help but contribute to the sense that the Good Ship Wakefield had been torpedoed below the water line and was taking on water fast.
As the investigation and hearings wound on seemingly endlessly for two and a half years, Wakefield's supporters intermittently waged an increasingly histrionic and ridiculous propaganda offensive to try to preemptively discredit the GMC's findings. As it became clear that finally after all this time the GMC was on the verge of announcing its ruling, I noticed that the anti-vaccine crank blog Age of Autism was ramping up an increasingly bizarre and unhinged last minute propaganda campaign, complete with reposting a hilariously inapt post by Mark Blaxill comparing Wakefield to Galileo and the GMC to the Inquisition, complete with references to Stalin and Mao (I suppose I should be relieved that Blaxill refrained from playing the Hitler card); a defense of "that paper" by Wakefield himself; claims that parent witnesses had been "silenced" at the GMC hearings; and a whole series of posts by John Stone trying to discredit the GMC.
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