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I prefer to fill out my char sheets on the computer and I found a decent char sheet here: http://zumii.co.uk/?p=275 . The problem is that when it is printed out, it doesnt allow you to put a "-" in the negative stats, it only colors them red, and the print is so tiny its hard to read sometimes. For some reason it also counts all knowledge skills even if you dont have a rank in them.
Does anyone have a better fillable char sheet that is not based in Excel (hate Excel with the passion of a thousand burning suns...)?
Can someone please explain the reroll that is available after GenCon. The information I have so far is you can reroll characters that have played 3 or less scenarios, but how it works (especially on your character on the Paizo site) is confusing...
Yeah I know, a newbie thats confused, big surprise! :P
Akaizhar wrote:
Im playing with ability scores now and am getting conflicting info, is a score of 7 -2 or -4 for the modifier?
Nevermind! I was looking at the wrong chart :)
Im playing with ability scores now and am getting conflicting info, is a score of 7 -2 or -4 for the modifier?
carn wrote:
I kept it at 10 for RP and Encumbrance reasons. 20 Intel drops the other stats too low for my liking. I prefer to have a more well rounded character. Yes it gives 1 more to DC and 1 more lvl 1 spell, but in the long run, with saves, and encumbrance, and many other factors, I decided it wasnt worth it.
Gondolin wrote:
What also floats in water... Churches! Lead! A Duck!So funny...
Anywho, thanks everyone for the excellent discussion.
I think I'm actually going to try one this weekend just to see if it will be a bit to tough for her top play out of the gate (or to get some tips for her).
Oh she doesnt like being on the front line, even in computer games! She would rather stand in the back and piss enemies off ;)
Great idea with the xbow Maggie, I think I'll suggest that :) I'll also look at some sort of wand or scroll or something for the things she's weak against. Thanks!
Great advice, thanks guys. Keep it coming!
nosig wrote:
Oh it is what she wants, she doesn't like the fragile little Elfies.... :P
+1 to Monty Python fans...
So I'm trying to get my significant other interested in PFS and wanted to help her build a Witch (I may play one as well depending).
1) What do you guys think of Witches in general? Helpful to parties, a detriment, etc. (ps: I know this is kind of a difficult class for a newbie)
2) What is the best weapon for a Witch starting out?
Here is the general build I have so far:
H. Orc (Shaman type Witch)
First feat will be Extra Hex, and taking Raven or Owl for familiar.
Thanks in advance for the help!
Corvus Cailean wrote:
*raises his stein* Cayden Cailean smiles on you little one.
Death to slavers everywhere!
Deadmanwalking wrote:
Great, thats what I needed to know! Thanks Deadman :)
blackbloodtroll wrote:
Oh! I didnt even think of carrying a net... great idea!
blackbloodtroll wrote:
Str 16Dex 12
Con 13
Int 10
Wis 16 (14 +2 racial)
Cha 10
(Wearing Scale Mail main weapon is Great Axe.)
God is Cayden Cailean - using Exploration Domain (Door Sight really helped in today's scenario!)
Race is Half Orc
Greetings all.
I posted before about some ranged Inquisitor questions I had, however, I decided to go the Melee route.
I did my first scenario (had a blast btw!) today with him and found that it would be nice to have some sort of ranged as a "backup" or for sneak attacks, difficult terrain, etc. I do have a sling and ammo, but I wanted something with more punch, so here are some questions (note: this is for PFS):
1) Shortbow vs Repeating Crossbow - my thoughts are the pros for Shortbow is the different types of ammo (blunt arrows for skellies, smoke arrows, etc) plus adding str modifier (str 16). The pros for the Crossbow are rate of fire, ability to shoot prone, and greater range. What do you guys think would be better? I have no intention of using any feats for ranged.
2) How does the -4 work for in melee enemies. Does that mean if they are approaching me, they are casting without anyone else in melee with them, or if I see them first the -4 does not apply? Obviously if they are fighting with my comrades, it applies, but I was confused as to when the -4 starts.
3) ?
4) Profit
Thanks for your help!
After finishing a scenario, when you get your chronicle sheet, do you just get all the items in the "Items Found During This Scenario" section, and the associated cost is what they sell for? Therefore you can choose to sell them or keep them.
Are they now available for purchase at the costs listed?
MacFetus wrote:
Ahh very good. Thanks for that information and that chart, that is very helpful!
I am making an Inq and I'm new to Pathfinder. Can someone explain which Knowledge skills apply to Monster Lore? The Inq gets a bonus (Wis modifier) to that Knowledge skill when trying to ID monsters, but it doesnt specify which one(s). It says "varies".
*brain melting*
Thanks for all the great info everyone. This is really a great community!
Now free your slaves or I'll shoot you in da face!
*raises a stein to Cayden*
lalallaalal wrote:
Aren't you required to have a deity for Society play?
Actually yes. I just confirmed that with one of our GM's, so I misread the PFS guide. Sorry for the confusion!
Deadmanwalking wrote:
Yeah, I agree, I wasnt quite sure which alignment to take since I'm new to Pathfinder. Thanks for the help with clearing that up Deadmanwalking! I think I'll go with CG.
Midnight_Angel wrote:
I can change it, I havent played this char yet so I'll just have to tweak the backstory, no biggie.
What about Cayden Cailean? Looks like fun being a drunken brute type god. Would be fun to RP that :) Still get the travel domain with him.
Would also open up rapier for close combat if I needed it.
Ah ha! Thanks for that tidbit of info. I didnt even think about that... Which would you recommend Blackbloodtroll or Cheapy?
blackbloodtroll wrote:
What is your god?
I have none (with GM approval). I fight for a cause instead of a God. Being Andoran, that cause is freedom (hate slavers) and democracy.
Hokay so! Here is what I have come up with. Also, I am using this character for PFS so keep that in mind...
Stats as above
Any tweaks you guys can see?
Thank you everyone for your excellent advice! I will continue to build him tonight and post the "final" draft for your inspection :)
I am new to Pathfinder and am trying to build a lvl 1 Inquisitor for PFS. Here is what I have so far:
Str 13
He will be a H. Orc, ranged (shortbow), Alignment - prefer one of the neutral alignments. Now here are some questions...
1) Spells - For a brand new to Pathfinder character, what is recommneded for their first spells (4 lvl 0 and 2 lvl 1)? I assume Cure Light Wounds would be one of the first two lvl 1 spells.
2) Feats - Since I'm running ranged, I was thinking Point Blank Shot to start the path to Multi Shot. I will be in Scale to start with so I can take some hits if they come at me, and with Point Blank I'll get a bonus when they do. Please let me know if this is a good choice or not.
3) Domains - I was thinking either Feather or Travel.
4) Can someone please explain "Sacred vs Profane" in the judgements. All of the Judgements in the book say +Sacred. I cant find info on which would be better.
Thanks in advance for any help :)
Midnight_Angel wrote:
Excellent info, thank you for explaining that to me Midnight_Angel! Much appreciated.
Good morning all! I am brand new to Pathfinder and am about to build an Inquisitor. I'll put the stats etc in the Advice forum once I get these questions answered on the rules.
As I read the spell section for Inquisitor, I am somewhat confused. Do Inq's spontaneously cast whatever spells they know (with the "per day" restriction") like a Sorc, or do they choose which spells like a Cleric per day?
My Inq at first level will have 4 level 0 spells and 2 level 1 that he can cast per day. Lets say I choose Cure Light Wounds, and Shield of Faith for my 2 lvl 1 spells for that day, can I then swap out Shield of Faith for Bane the next day?
Thanks for your help everyone!

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Black Sabbath: "War Pigs" and "Fairies Wear Boots" Video Lesson
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Skip to comments.President Newt Gingrich
Posted on 02/29/2012 8:05:44 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
On a recent Lou Dobbs show, The Hill commentator Dick Morris was asked about the primary outcome: Mitt Romney wins Michigan and then goes on to sweep Super Tuesday and wins the nomination. He beats Obama and is elected president in 2012.
Makes sense. But Laura Ingraham, who brings intuition to her take, said Tuesday morning on Imus that if Romney wins Michigan, look for a Gingrich insurgence on Super Tuesday. In a word, Gingrich will finally have commandeered the insurgents role, taking it finally from Santorum (and Perry, Cain, Bachmann and Paul). And since Sarah Palin was named VP by John McCain in 2008, conservative culture has been in a grassroots insurgency; it is an authentic insurgency in search of its Trickster, and that could well be Newt Gingrich.
Intuitive, in my estimation, as this race has been influenced by two factors: one, the rise of a garden variety of new ideas and all candidates besides Romney can be seen as proponents of some kind of new thinking; some of it strange (Santorum), some of it lucid (Paul). This calls an end to the conservative tradition if there ever even has been one to end. Two, the establishment, a phrase I first used primarily to call on the Bush family apparatus featuring Chris Christie and Jeb Bush, including the Weekly Standard group, featuring Fred Barnes as representative (who first pitched Christie/Jeb Bush 2012), is not really a tradition so much a mainstream power/influence group and they have shown great reluctance to get behind the obvious manager here, Mitt Romney. I can think of no other reason why they opposed him other than the fact that he is a clear thinker and smarter than they are and will not be lackey to their initiatives and agendas as George W. Bush was. This has left the field open to the insurgents.
This could be a fatal mistake for the Republicans because without mainstream support behind Romney and with the establishments wicked, perverse and subversive wish for a brokered convention in which Christie and Jeb Bush would emerge, it sends the weight instead to whomever can consolidate the varied publics behind the new people: Perry, Cain, Bachmann, Santorum, Gingrich, Ron Paul and throw in Sarah Palin. Who would be the single combat warrior to oppose? Newt Gingrich. And bring back Rick Perry as VP.
In a more spooky vein, it is interesting that Gingrich brought up the Lincoln/Douglas debate as with Gingrich it has always come to my mind in my Southern experience the Simon Legree type or archetype; those from elsewhere who come to the South and love it too much. And Obama brings Lincoln to mind considering that Obama fulfills the third goal of the Lincoln era: the first goal to prevent Southern secession, the second to free the slaves, the third to bring egalitarianism between white and black. Obama v. Gingrich in debate does indeed suggest Lincoln v. Douglas; the ghosts of Lincoln and Douglas.
When history finally completes its purposes, it tends to move on. Is it possible to see Gingrich winning a debate with Obama? Entirely. And thus the presidency? The country has been in a fever these past three years. Absolutely.
I think it means to us now that Santorum has been seen not to compete against Mitt Romney head on 1-vs-1 then it gives Gingrich an opening to sew up the "not-Romney" vote and possible take "Super Tuesday".
I'll try, and this does not mean I necessarily agree with it 100% - but I think I know where they're going with this.
In this crazy world of 2012 politics, it seems like there is only one non-Romney at a time. And for some reason, it seems like the public gives that non-Romney a couple bites at the apple, and if they don't take him down, they reject him for another non-Romney.
Santorum was crushed by Newt in SC and Florida, but after Florida, said that "newt has had his chance" and "now it's my turn" to be the non Romney. Now of course that makes no sense when you consider that Santorum was "having his chance" in SC and Florida too.
But dammit - the public bought it - and Santorum, who was crushed by Newt in SC and Florida - was nonetheless "given his chance" to be the non Romney. Thus with his epic fail in Michigan just days after having a big lead, the thinking is - now it's Newt's turn again.
I'm not sure it will work or not, but I think that's the translation.
Just sent the Newt $250 more.
And the only cure is more cowbell.
In terms of delegates, Santorum tied Romney (15 apiece) in Michigan:
Santorum tied Romney in a state that Romney should have taken easily.
I think Laura is on LSD. It's over for Gingrich. OVER.
As I said before, a Romney nomination equates with the death of the GOP.
The conservative branch will split with the RINO establishment (which will collapse by lack of voters), and create the Republican Conservative Party - RCP.
Wall Street Billionaires and Michigan Workers;
By Jay Nordlinger
February 28, 2012 4:07 P.M. Comments
46In his robocall to Michigan voters, Rick Santorum is saying, Romney supported the bailout for his Wall Street billionaire buddies, but opposed the auto bailout. That was a slap in the face to every Michigan worker.
For almost 60 years now, National Review has worked against this kind of crudity crudity of thought and crudity of expression. And this is our guy? Santorum is the conservatives guy?
Many conservatives supported the bank bailout and opposed the auto bailout. You can look up arguments within NR editorials. Conservatives all over the country, in all sorts of forums, made arguments for and against for and against either bailout. Those arguments continue now, retrospectively.
But is there any thinking or respectable conservative who uses Rick Santorums language the bank bailout was for Mitt Romneys Wall Street billionaire buddies while Michigan workers got their faces slapped? (Santorum opposed the auto bailout, too. Was he slapping workers faces?)
Ladies and gentlemen, this isnt conservatism. Its more like street-corner Marxism. What a strange and tragic pass weve reached."
Santorum should recognize NOW that he is not a player in the first league and endorse Gingrich. The split of the conservative vote among two candidates is lethal to the conservative principles.
On the other hand, Romney's nomination will hand to Obama more four years to finish America off.
Romney will get slaughtered in the General.
"Tied?" LOL! Hardly that! And thanks to Santorum pandering to the Democrats, who were allowed to cross over and vote for him. (Who certainly would NOT in the General)
Your savior got himself in serious trouble with the base this time. That's a fact.
"Pantorum (As in Pander) tritely revealed his true colors in Michigan."
I'm afraid we haven't seen anything yet. Santorum is capable of selling his delegates to Romney for a VP slot, if it isn't already done in the backroom.
Normally he should have stepped down in Florida. Ask yourselves WHO has kept his candidature afloat?
It's useful to mention that although not competing in Florida, Santorum's campaign ran there negative ads against Gingrich (with whose money?), and he did the same thing in Missouri, where Newt wasn't even on the ballot.
Mitt&Rick, the underground team? Everything is possible.
* A shallow Victory for Mitt, lower margins than McLame in 08'.
* A near miss loss for Rick being his too cute by half by being the Jr High Hall Monitor persona especially with the Robo-Call
* The bottom line is they both come out of Michigan Bloodied and display that we don't want the Romney and the current Anti-Romney.
* This is critical given how Red Michigan went in 2010, IMHO it is battleground Zero for 12' to take the POTUS, It is ripe for the taking.Mr. Newt, enter stage Right...FWIW Newt's in-road to MI will be:
* The Elimination of the EPA and CAFE
* And his Energy Policy.
* They are Drilling For more Oil and Shale Gas here in MI, those are jobs and independence and the car you want to drive
Quietly, the rumors are when a UAW line guy earn over 100 grand for a few years they vote as high as 40% ( or more we don't know for sure) for Republicans, they can't say it though...
More fuel for their boats and snowmobiles at reasonable prices? Interesting to think that they would pull the lever for Newt in the privacy of the booth...
Yes ...very true.
This was actually my first thought on hearing that Romney won Michigan. Santorum weakened, the anti-Romney vote goes back to Newt, who was already gearing up for Super Tuesday, after helping Rick (and trying to stop Mitt) by not campaigning hard in Michigan.
"I can think of no other reason why they opposed (Romney) other than the fact that he is a clear thinker and smarter than they are and will not be lackey to their initiatives and agendas as George W. Bush was."
The Bushites have all been Romney backers from the Get Go.
That said, the article does bring one thing up. If Gingrich mentioned he'd consider Perry in the number two spot, that might seal the deal. (I know, I'd love Palin too)
"In terms of delegates, Santorum tied Romney (15 apiece) in Michigan"
Do you call that a "victory"?
A so-called "conservative" candidate pandering to democrats?
Romney is scum. Santorum is scum. That's where you find yourselves.
If the voters don't regain their common sense and nominate Gingrich, the conservative cause loses the 2012 fight, and America loses much more - its future.
If someone were raising my taxes 400% every 4 years, I'd move away so fast you'd forget my name in a week.
The problem is that Gingrich was already the insurgent, with huge momentum out of South Carolina, and then he had a good one-on-one matchup with Romney in Florida, and got crushed (so badly that even with Santorum's entire vote count, he couldn't have beaten Romney).
Then, he essentially skipped the next 5 contests, choosing to go for a "super tuesday" strategy. Maybe that will work, I certainly hope one of the two (Santorum/Gingrich) can get momentum back and win, but Gingrich has become an afterthought everywhere but in a few conservative circles, so he's got a tough road to travel to get the general population to remember he's around and move back to him.
"As I said before, a Romney nomination equates with the death of the GOP."
And the death of this country, because a Romney nomination will mean another term for Obama.
"Romney will get slaughtered in the General."
I'm so so sure. Unless the questions are already known, zero won't be able to use his teleprompter.
Santorum can go and become a Televangelist on the Catholic Channel!
Santorum wasn't competing in Florida, so to claim that Santorum was "crushed" by Newt in Florida, you also have to acknowledge that Gingrich was just crushed by Santorum in 5 straight races, including Michigan.
Plus, Michigan is only seen as a collapsing failure because PPP, a democratic outfit, through up a poll that said Santorum was leading by 15% in Michigan, when their previous poll and subsequent poll both showed much different results.
If not for that "Santorum is way ahead" meme pushed by PPP and I think one other poll, we'd have seen Michigan for what it was, a close race where Romney had great advantages, including a LOT of early voting, and where Santorum managed to come within 5%, and to take about half the delegates, essentially splitting the state.
Gingrich of course already had 2 bites at the apple, collapsing in December and again after South Carolina.
And in an interesting twist, in the states where GIngrich came in 2nd, the combined Gingrich/Santorum vote never seems to have beaten the Romney vote. Whereas, in the states where Santorum came in 2nd, the only state where their combined total didn't beat Romney was Arizona. And neither Santorum nor Gingrich were really competing in Arizona. So, in addition to Newt beating Romney 1 time, and Rick beating Romney 4 times, in Michigan Newt/Santorum beat Romney.
Three states where Newt beat Rick but didn't win:
New Hampshire: Romney 97K, Newt/Rick 47K
Florida: Romney 775K, Newt/Rick 756K
Nevada: Romney 16K, Newt/Rick 10K
Two states where Rick beat Newt but didn't win:
Michigan: Romney 411K, Rick/Newt: 443K
Arizona: Romney 217K, Rick/Newt: 196K
And the only state where Romney broke 50% was a state where Newt came in 2nd place.
Of course, the "electorate" isn't doing analysis. They will move partly based on what the news media says this week. But I doubt the news media is going to play the "Newt Resurgence" story again. And if they don't, it will be interesting to see if Newt has enough money to get that message out himself.
So far, he seems to be concentrating on 2 states, one of which he was always expected to win (his home state, Georgia), and another (Tennessee) where if he didn't win, Santorum would win, so his efforts aren't doing anything to stop Romney.
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Michigan isn't like those states either. And Rush is wrong to suggest that negative ads automatically equate to winning, if so we can pull up our stakes now, because Obama's going to outspend anybody we have.
You are giving reasons why Newt collapsed; does it really matter why? The object is to win the nomination, not have good reasons why a candidate didn't.
Anyway, I would reject your contention that Florida is like New Jersey, or New Hampshire (those two states are remarkably different from each other, and from Florida).
A lot of people repeat the "65-to-1" number, but that seems to be a creative fiction.
THe total spending by ROmney in florida since the start of the campaign was $15.5, vs $3.3 million for GIngrich (a 5:1 ratio). But most of Romney's early advertisements were not attacks on Gingrich. A lot were positive, and some were attacks on Santorum (after Iowa, when Santorum was a threat).
After the South Carolina primary Romney and his superpac spent $6.6 million, Gingrich/superpac spent $3 million, about a 2:1 ratio. This is the same ratio as Romney outspent Santorum. And the unions in Florida ran another $1 million against Romney in Florida, and none against Gingrich.
And you also have to ask this question. Gingrich and his superpac has had almost twice as much money as Santorum. But in Florida, a must-win state for Gingrich, Gingrich and his superpac spent 3.3 million. In Michigan, a state about half the size, Santorum/Superpac spent $2.1 million, a higher investment per-capita.
And on a per-vote basis, Santorum did much better spending per vote than Gingrich got out of his florida spending. Also, the 2:1 advantage Romney had in Michigan doesn't count the attack ads run by the Ron Paul campaign.
And I don't think Reagan would have had much trouble beating Romney in Florida, because his negative attack ads wouldn't have resonated in any way, shape, or form against Reagan. Negative ads work if you can't counter them with the truth, either because you have no money, or because the negatives are true; I don't think Reagan would have had either of those two problems.
That in fact might be the biggest harm conservatives get from having two candidates — the money is split, so if both candidates don't run ads against Romney in a state, Romney can easily outspend the conservatives. In Florida, Gingrich was the only one running ads. In Michigan, Santorum was on his own against Romney and Paul.
Anyway, hopefully either Santorum will survive this, or Gingrich will manage to get attention again. I think we'd be better off if Gingrich could come back, since he has a bit more of a "wow" factor than Santorum could ever have, but on the other hand I think Gingrich CAN'T come back, which is why I haven't just jumped on the NewtWagon.
Don't count Newt out—if he doesn't get President—he might get VP—then there is the Senate—or Governor of some state. He has more lives than a cat.
8-9 of the total points won by Santorum last night in Michigan were democrat voters.
Absent democrats Santorum would have lost by more than 10 points.
Gingrich has shown to be the only Republican that can beat Romney in a PRIMARY that has real delegates at stake. One where the candidates are "all in".
With due respect, there are so many false dot connections and convenient over looks in your analysis that it's not worth responding to point by point.
Tied? LOL! Hardly that!
The article from USA Today said the delegates would be split. Rush is on now saying that some of the districts are too close to call...and it could go 17-13 in Santorum's favor. You have no basis to ridicule my statement at this point.
Your savior...
My Savior is Jesus Christ. My preferred choice for President is Newt Gingrich. My prefered choice for President who has a reasonable chance to win the GOP nomination is Santorum.
Gingrich came in fourth in every district of Michigan and Arizona. I'm sorry to say that Newt Gingrich is no longer a viable candidate. It's unfortunate, but the choice is now Romney or Santorum. Get some reality, otherwise we'll be stuck with Romney.
Unfortunately, I didn't use the same filter in responding to you earlier, or I could have saved myself some time.
I agree with you.
How can anyone in their right mind call 7% of the Michigan vote a victory?
Newt would make a fine Secretary of State.
True, but some of the Santorum backers have now convinced themselves that Santorum did not compete in Florida and SC - which is sheer sophistry. He didn't do well, but those were key one at a time primaries.
Gingrich has shown to be the only Republican that can beat Romney in a PRIMARY that has real delegates at stake.
This from all of his experience of winning ONE state! Seriously?????? I am sorry but after Super Tuesday, he will have won 2 states. Just how does he get the nomination that you all are trying to sell. Sure I like Newt but sometimes you guys don't look at reality.
True, but some of the Santorum backers have now convinced themselves that Santorum did not compete in Florida and SC - which is sheer sophistry. He didnt do well, but those were key one at a time primaries.
You won't hear me say that. But it doesn't matter anyway. Newt won 1 state and Santorum won 4. Romney has won 5. Paul has won 0 states. Washington state will probably go to Santorum. Super Tuesday will go Georgie to Newt, Romney will get Mass. Santorum will get the rest.
Santorum survived enough in Michigan to get the same number of delegates as Romney. So, is Santorum just tougher than Newt or perhaps he just has a bigger constituency.
The answer to your question lies in the first prepositional phrase.
Fie on the New Math!
Sadly, I think it's over. The fact Romney was the underdog and was able to get these 2 states seals the deal for him.
LoL. Maybe Dicky Morris is on drugs if he thinks Romney is going to sweep Super Tuesday. That does not logically add up. Gingrich is going to do very well.
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Home List of Titles Incompatibility of macroscopic local realism with quantum mechanics in measurements with macroscopic uncertainties
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Kahn Continues Crusade Against IBOC AM HD Radio Standard
Long-time radio engineer and AM proponent Leonard Kahn is once again making waves, though not of the electromagnetic variety. Kahn, well known to many industry insiders as both a technical innovator and maverick, recently went public with a letter attacking the nighttime IBOC performance of WOR-AM (710) in New York City, claiming that an evening test "jammed" the signals of first-adjacent WLW (700) in Cincinnati. Buckley Broadcasting Director of Engineering Thomas Ray responded to Kahn's accusation as being completely unsubstantiated. Buckley Broadcasting owns WOR, and has been a strong proponent of Ibiquity's HD Radio system.
Kahn's point of view is reflective of some in the industry, both domestically and in neighboring Mexico and Canada, who fear the potential loss of secondary coverage that blanket authorization of AM IBOC digital may bring. But his stance against Ibiquity's approach is also marked by a 2003 petition to the FCC to set aside mandating an AM IBOC digital AM standard in order to permit evaluation of an alternative system he himself has developed, known as Compatible Amplitude Modulation-Digital, or by its acronym, CAM-D.
While Kahn has publicly revealed very little in the way of CAM-D's technical details, the system he now champions is widely believed to be a variation of an older technology that his company also developed; the Kahn/Hazeltine AM stereo system. Those who remember the long and tortuous history of AM stereo implementation may recall that the Kahn system relied largely on independent sidebands for the carriage of the encoded stereo multiplex information. Though the system eventually lost the industry standard contest to Motorola's C-Quam, CAM-D is an apparent attempt to build upon Kahn's original technology by adding a relatively low-rate data signal that would carry additional high frequency information not available because of the limited bandwidth imposed upon the analog sidebands by the NRSC spectral mask. Precisely by what means CAM-D's digital stream is compressed, encoded, and extracted is unclear, and is described only as "proprietary."
Many senior engineers in the industry have great respect for Kahn's historic record of creative development with sideband manipulation, exemplified in the late 1950's by his development of the Symmetra-Peak, an AM audio processor that greatly reduced audio asymmetry and a fundamental approach still embodied in modern AM processors. He is also credited for his development of Power Side, a unique approach to packing more energy into a single AM sideband for increased range. Even so, most engineers question whether his primarily analog approach can realistically expect to compete with the 34kp/s pure digital stream delivered by Ibiquity's AM HD Radio standard. Still more are troubled by the thought that if AM IBOC digital doesn't get off the ground soon, any improvement, no matter how well it protects existing coverage, may be too little, too late.
Even so, the debate over coverage trade-offs, along with objections from broadcasters in Canada and Mexico, are not likely to diminish in the short term.
The FCC is expected to issue a Report and Order specifying operational standards for both AM and FM IBOC digital operation soon.
Canada Hosts First Digital Multimedia Broadcast Demonstration
The Canadian Broadcast Corporation (CBC), in collaboration with Pixtree Technologies, Radioscape and Société Radio Numérique (SRN), recently demonstrated Digital Multimedia Broadcast (DMB) in Canada for the first time. The demonstration allowed members of the Canadian broadcast industry to get a first-hand look at DMB, a new multimedia broadcast standard proposed by South Korea that is totally compatible with the Eureka-147 system DAB now being deployed in Europe and Canada. As a supplemental service offered by DAB broadcasters, DMB would allow users to receive live video on mobile units such as personal digital assistants and cellular phones.
The CBC demonstration utilized a 320x240 display of streamed video multiplexed over a DAB network via an IP gateway. Canadian groups are currently considering a trial system somewhere on Canadian soil that would allow local broadcasters and consumers to gain exposure to the new technology. In Korean and Japan, both governments have cooperated to provide frequency allocations service for domestic commercial system deployment via direct broadcast satellites as well as terrestrial systems.
CBC/Radio-Canada was created as a Crown Corporation in 1936 by the Canadian government in response to what many Canadians felt was a disproportionate American influence in Canadian radio broadcasting. As Canada's public broadcaster, CBC/Radio-Canada provides services in English, French and eight Aboriginal languages in the North. CBC/Radio-Canada is mandated to provide radio, television and new media services incorporating a wide range of programming, and is said to have provided inspiration for the creation of America's Corporation of Public broadcasting in 1969 by Congress.
IBC Gives Attendees Look at latest DAB developments
While American broadcasters anxiously await a report and order that will codify IBOC DAB in the US, international broadcasters attending the International Broadcasters Conference in Amsterdam last week found plenty of evidence of DAB innovation and convergence on the show floor.
WorldDAB, the association supporting and promoting a global DAB standard and representing more than 80 organizations across 25 countries hosted the first European demonstration of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting at its booth. Co-exhibitor KBS (Korean Broadcasting System) was on hand to deliver the demonstration of terrestrial DMB using DAB over handheld receivers from Samsung, Perstel and On Timetek.
The Korean terrestrial DAB system will launch by the end of 2004, and will initially include 48 channels delivered to consumers free of charge.
Radioscape displayed its Broadcast System 5.0, a DAB broadcast platform designed for robust delivery of next generation data services, such as Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB), first demonstrated at NAB 2003 in conjunction with Tanberg Television, Microsoft and NTL Broadcast. The company claims that the system's architecture has been improved in order to provide seamless integration of data applications over DAB from content provider to consumer. One example is the new WM9CAM, which encodes audio into the popular Windows Media 9 encoding standard, and the Datacam, which acts as a single portal to content providers - both support multicast IP capability. Another is the development of additional Forward Error Correction (FEC) features to increase the reliability of both multimedia and general data transmissions.
Radioscape also demonstrated what it bills as "the world's first complete Electronic Programming Guide (EPG) solution for Digital Radio. The EPG is broadcast using its Professional Broadcast System v.5, and is received and displayed using Radioscape's recently launched RS300L(tm) DAB module.
Digital Radio Mondiale, which has developed a non-proprietary digital broadcast system for medium and short-wave broadcasters was also on hand at the IBC, demonstrating the Digital Traveler, a DRM capable USB receiver produced by Coding Technologies. The organization also showed a variety of other DRM compatible consumer products including some designed specifically for the automotive market.
IBOC By State: Texas
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An Introduction to the New Language Surrounding HD Radio
DRM: Digital Radio Mondiale. DRM was first conceived as a digital replacement for AM broadcasting below 30 MHz in 1998 by a consortium of world broadcast organizations, which has since expanded to include 81 members, including American broadcast manufacturers Harris Corp, Broadcast Electronics, and DRS Broadcast Technology (formerly Continental). Unlike the HD Radio AM IBOC digital system developed and licensed by Ibiquity, DRM encompasses a non-proprietary system architecture available to broadcasters and manufacturers alike.
Because channel bandwidth, emission mask requirements, and propagation vary with different regions and bands, four modes of operation are specified for DRM, offering greater levels of signal robustness in exchange for lower audio data rates. Like HD Radio AM, DRM can be transmitted in a hybrid (digital/analog simulcast) mode but with a significantly lower data rate than in its purely digital implementation.
The Belar HD Radio monitor was unveiled at NAB2004.
Belar to Address IBOC Signal Monitoring at NAB Radio Show
With many large radio ownership groups now planning to accelerate their rollout of IBOC digital signals, broadcast engineers are asking tough questions about how they are going to measure the performance of new digital transmission systems. For example, which parameters are key to evaluating system performance? What parameters might the FCC may require broadcasters to routinely monitor? What types of instrumentation will be available to address those tasks?
In a brief interview with Radio magazine, Belar Laboratories' Mark Grant addressed some of the issues facing broadcaster's digital monitoring needs, and offered a preview of a talk he will give at the upcoming NAB Radio Show in San Diego in October. He is currently developing HD Radio monitoring products for his employer, which announced its licensing of the technology with Ibiquity last April.
The most obvious and basic need digital broadcasters face, says Grant, is for a high-quality source of decoded primary and secondary digital audio signals, both in AES/EBU digital and analog domains. But that's only the beginning. Digital modulation levels are important in assuring that sufficient headroom is maintained to prevent coding modulators from reaching digital zero. Because audio processing approaches to the compressed digital audio domain of HD Radio are very different than the hard limiting and clipping employed in analog FM broadcasting, greater care will have to be exercised in the digital domain.
Because HD Radio also carries ancillary data including static information such as station identification as well as dynamic information regarding programming, any monitoring solution will need to provide that data for monitoring purposes throughout the station, Grant added.
Another key function called for in hybrid signal monitoring is measuring time alignment between demodulated digital and analog signals. Due to the latency of decoded digital signals in receivers, analog audio must be delayed by up to six seconds to assure satisfactory performance when those receivers blend or transition from analog to digital and vice versa. This makes time alignment a parameter that broadcasters will need to measure, match, and maintain with precision.
Also of importance is the ratio of analog to digital carrier levels in hybrid and extended hybrid operation. According to Ibiquity specifications, these ratios must be maintained with the digital carrier operating 20dB below that of the analog carriers at all times.
Finally, there is a need to observe and monitor the robustness of the digital transmission. According to Grant, this is analogous to monitoring the bit error rate on a DAT tape. The presence of a quality indicator signal will assist broadcasters in detecting system problems before a signal degrades to the point where it becomes apparent to the listener.
Despite the obvious challenges of working with such a broad set of requirements, Belar is targeting January 2005 as a shipping date for their new HD Radio monitor product line.
Mark Grant will deliver his full presentation on IBOC monitoring during the 2004 NAB Radio Show on Oct. 8 at 8:45 a.m.
Harris Debuts DRM Upgrades at IBC
Harris demonstrated its support for the international DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale), demonstrating its new Flexstar DRM exciter upgrade package last week at the IBC show in Amsterdam. The integrated hardware/software platform is designed for simple incorporation into the company's established DX and new low-power Dax AM transmitters. The upgrade package features both a DRM modulator and content server. The content server encodes the audio and combines it with digital program information into one bandwidth-efficient, digital bitstream that is sent to the transmitter. The DRM modulator, situated inside the transmitter cabinet, accepts the digitally prepared signal and controls the transmitter to drive the digital signal to the receiver.
Visitors to the Harris booth were able to examine an operational Flexstar DRM exciter upgrade package integrated with a Dax 5kW AM transmitter, and hear its performance on a local DRM receiver.
"Until the simulcast mode is finalized, DRM will be used in the all-digital mode," said Don Spragg, high-power product engineer for Harris' Radio Broadcast Systems business. "Transmissions must be either all-digital DRM or a traditional analog signal. Broadcasters can't simply shut off transmitters that service their analog listeners to go completely digital at once. Instead, they may opt to program certain hours in DRM and others in analog. Our package provides an easy way to switch between formats, remotely or at the transmission site, whether for simple testing or actual programming."
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Loving Affection and Honor
Zeal for the Lord does not mean uncontrolled exuberance or a passion that is not in submission to what God has told us. We see this in Paul's admonition that our zeal must "serve the Lord" (Rom. 12:11). We cannot ...Read More
Genuine Goodness and Love
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In many cases, the media's narrative has little to do with truth or facts
Lately, for whatever reason, I've been getting bombarded with pro-Palestinian, anti-Israeli emails. We've all realized over the years that the pro-Palestinian side has successfully built a narrative that has little bearing on the truth, but has a number of abettors. Among them the media. And it is a real problem when "news" ends up being slanted to one side or another because, well, because it fits a narrative the media prefers, because we remain poorly and incompletely informed. Funny how when that's the case, flaky "facts" go unexamined, while real facts are downplayed, ignored or dismissed if they don't fit that narrative.
Of course we've also been told, by the usual players, that there is no media bias and that the story is "true". Of course, that's using the post-modern definition of true. However, now an AP correspondent very familiar with the area, the coverage and the narrative, lays it all out in a couple of articles:
Most consumers of the Israel story don't understand how the story is manufactured. But Hamas does. Since assuming power in Gaza in 2007, the Islamic Resistance Movement has come to understand that many reporters are committed to a narrative wherein Israelis are oppressors and Palestinians passive victims with reasonable goals, and are uninterested in contradictory information. Recognizing this, certain Hamas spokesmen have taken to confiding to Western journalists, including some I know personally, that the group is in fact a secretly pragmatic outfit with bellicose rhetoric, and journalists—eager to believe the confession, and sometimes unwilling to credit locals with the smarts necessary to deceive them—have taken it as a scoop instead of as spin.
During my time at the AP, we helped Hamas get this point across with a school of reporting that might be classified as "Surprising Signs of Moderation" (a direct precursor to the "Muslim Brotherhood Is Actually Liberal" school that enjoyed a brief vogue in Egypt). In one of my favorite stories, "More Tolerant Hamas" (December 11, 2011), reporters quoted a Hamas spokesman informing readers that the movement's policy was that "we are not going to dictate anything to anyone," and another Hamas leader saying the movement had "learned it needs to be more tolerant of others." Around the same time, I was informed by the bureau's senior editors that our Palestinian reporter in Gaza couldn't possibly provide critical coverage of Hamas because doing so would put him in danger.
There are a couple of things to take away from this. One the uber-sophisticated press is being spun by those they tend to look-down upon. Apparently there's such a thing as being "willingly spun" and we've been getting a whole heaping helping of it for years. The irony, if it wasn't so damaging, is delicious. Two, this is how you get Ferguson's. This is the same recipe on a domestic level. Facts, be damned, the narrative is what is important and so it is the narrative you get.
How does that serve the consumers of news?
Obama's Middle East policy is a disaster
Do you remember the promises? When Obama took over, the Middle East would come to love the US again. As Obama, famously declared in his 2009 Cairo speech, his election meant a "new beginning" with the Muslim world.
The truth, however, is much uglier:
President Obama's first journey to Israel as president comes amid earth-shattering change in Middle East, much of it for the worse. The Arab Spring, which once raised hopes of freedom and dignity, has diverged onto the dark path of Islamist authoritarian rule. In Syria, tens of thousands of people have died in a bitter civil war that might have recently seen its first use of chemical weapons. And Iran continues its march toward nuclear weapons capability, heedless of international condemnation. Obama's effort to seek peace between Palestinians and Israelis is in tatters.
And Libya? One word: "Benghazi".
How about the much anticipated and promised love fest that would occur after that mean old George W Bush was retired and The One waved his mighty hand and blessed his own Middle East policy? Yeah, it hasn't quite worked out that way:
According to the latest survey by the Pew Research Center's Global Attitudes Project, confidence in Obama in Muslim countries dropped from 33% to 24% in his first term. Approval of Obama's policies declined even further, from 34% to 15%. And support for the United States in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Pakistan is lower today than it was in 2008 in the closing year of George W. Bush's administration.
Israel, our closest and most important ally in the area isn't much enamored with Obama:
Of all the strained relationships in the Middle East, the partnership with Israel is the most important and potentially the most easily repaired. Obama is not popular in the country. A poll released last week showed he had a scant 10% approval rating in Israel, with an additional 32% saying they respect but don't like him.
And, if the tactic of stiffing Israel had the intent of winning popularity among Palestinians, that too hasn't worked:
If Israelis don't like Obama, Palestinians are even less favorable.Washington's perceived failure to take a harder line with Israel over the final status of Jerusalem, and U.S. opposition to President Mahmoud Abbas' successful campaign for higher Palestinian status in the United Nations, have engendered a deep sense of frustration. Passions spilled over in Bethlehem this week, when young Palestinians defaced a billboard with Obama's image and burned pictures of him in the streets. Obama's symbolic nods to Israel's history are likely to raise Palestinian ire even further.
In fact, none of the administration's policy initiatives have had any positive impact, or, for the most part, any impact at all (despite a fawning media telling us how wonderful a SecState Hillary Clinton was, this is her legacy too).
So, what will Obama do today in Israel? What he usually does. Make a speech:
The hope that Obama will say the right things in Thursday's speech at Jerusalem's convention center is negated by doubts he will follow through. The president has to assure Israelis and Palestinians that he is still engaged if the peace process has any chance of moving forward. In part, this means convincing them that he still matters.
Key point emphasized. If you've watched Obama even casually over the past years, you can't help but have noticed that he's very strong on "talking the talk", but hardly ever "walks the walk". He doesn't know how.
And there's absolutely no reason this particular issue will see him even attempt it now. Oh, he'll say the "right things". That's what he does. His problem is he never then does the "right things". Rhetoric is his action. It's for the history books, not as a guide to leadership. He's not a leader.
But you know that. And the results of that lack of leadership are evident for all to see in the Middle East.
Observations: The QandO Podcast for 25 Nov 12
This week, Bruce, Michael, and Dale discuss Israel and Obamacare.
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Israel's bottom line
If President Obama is actually serious about an Israeli/Palestinian accord, he better review the speech Benjamin Netanyahu gave before a joint session of Congress today.
He said that to reach a deal, Palestinians must agree to live with a Jewish state that would include areas in the suburbs of Jerusalem and around Tel Aviv.
Jerusalem, he said, "will never be divided," and Israel's army would remain along the Jordan River.
While some land where Israelis have settled would lie outside its final borders, he said, the borders would not be identical to those of 1967 and before, which he once again called indefensible. Palestinian refugees and their descendants, he said, would have to find their homes outside these borders, limiting their right of return to old homelands — long a sticking point.
That's the Israeli bottom line and it isn't going to change much even if Netanyahu is no longer the Prime Minister. This is it – this is what that state, after years of fighting for its life, has determined is the minimum conditions it must insist on for its self-defense. Essentially, these particular positions aren't negotiable.
Obama claims his policy and position isn't new. Obviously the Israelis disagree. There, laid out for everyone to see is Israel's position. In the meantime, I'd also add, were I Netanyahu, that until Hamas and the Palestinians recognize Israel's right to exist and renounce violence against Israel, that Israel has no interest in any process. That's such a basic requirement I'm surprised it has to repeated endlessly.
Netanyahu says he is willing to make painful concessions on behalf of Israel – including some settlements in occupied lands. But he's not willing to concede any of the above – and it it time for this administration to get a clue if it is serious about the peace process. I simply don't think it is, and the new conditions laid out by Obama are a way of putting the onus and blame on Israel for being "intransigent" in the face of decades of Palestinian intransigence. This is Obama's way of saying "not my fault that the peace process I so highly touted fell apart".
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So who speaks for the Palestinians?
Elliot Abrams asks that question given some news out of the Middle East that has gone virtually undiscussed. You remember the recent announcement that indirect or "proximity" talks were supposed to begin soon between Israel and Palestine. Abrams says, "maybe not". And the reason is not good news:
Two stories this week in Haaretz, the Israeli daily, make this clear. The first story recounts an interview Abbas gave Israeli TV, and notes that "Abbas said he hopes to get Arab League approval for indirect talks on May 1." The second story recycles an item from the newspaper Al-Watan in Damascus, and begins this way: "The Arab League is expected to reject the Obama administration's proposal to begin indirect Middle East peace negotiations in the coming weeks, sources from the 22-state body told Syria's Al-Watan daily on Tuesday. The League's Monitoring Committee for the Arab Peace Initiative is scheduled to meet on Saturday to vote on the proposal, and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is unlikely to accept any offer for peace talks that does not meet the panel's approval."
Of course that changes the game pretty dramatically. If Abbas has ceded the power of the Palestinians to speak for themselves to the Arab League, it complicates any possible solution with Israel. In fact, as Abrams notes, it is a return "to the days when the Palestinians were under the control of Arab states rather than masters of their own future". And we all know how well that's turned out.
Second, putting the Arab League in charge magnifies the influence of bad actors. To get negotiations going, the Obama administration now has to convince not only Abbas, but Bashar al Assad. Perhaps this helps explain why George Mitchell has visited Damascus and why the administration persists in "outreach" to Syria despite its continuing evil conduct (most recently, reports of the shipment of Scud missiles to Hezbollah). Having committed itself to the "peace process," the administration simply cannot afford to treat Syria as it deserves; Syria has too much clout now.
So now, as Abrams notes, since such countries as Syria have a say in what the Palestinians do, we have to tread more lightly than perhaps we could have prior to this little announcement. That reigns in, for instance, putting the amount of diplomatic pressure that the report of SCUDs to Hezbollah deserves.
More than anything, though, it introduces a third party to the talks which has no vested interest in seeing the peace process work. Other than Egypt and Jordan, both of which have peace treaties with Israel, the other 20 nations have demonstrated little care or desire for peace with Israel. If you thought the peace process was tough before, this little wrinkle makes it almost impossible now.


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Recently voted as one of the Top 100 hotels in the world by UK magazine The Sunday Times Traveller – Maalu Maalu Resort and Spa, Passekudah, Sri Lanka is a stunning place to unwind and relax. The luxury resort offers five star luxury hotel accommodation and warm Sri Lankan hospitality. Passekudah is located on the East Coast near Batticaloa and is between Trincomalee in the North East and Arugam Bay in the South East. The resort is designed in a semi-circle facing the sea which allows for spectacular views of the Indian Ocean from every angle and has an infinity pool with a broad timber deck as the central point. Maalu Maalu features clear blue skies, super sunny sand beaches, and incredibly pristine blue water which is ideal of swimming, snorkeling and diving.
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Built on the concept of a traditional Sri Lankan fishing village, Maalu Maalu Resort and Spa has public spaces and accommodation in the form of eco-friendly timber chalets with thatched roofs. The simple eco-friendly architecture is inspired by the wooden clad dwellings of a typical fisherman's hut. The 40 rooms are furnished with modern amenities and the adjoining public areas are designed to seamlessly blend with the surrounding environment.


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faecatt 1928 days ago
cool i like green beans .
shandyshop 1928 days ago
Wow! Could do with some decent wholesome food after 2wks debauchery in Ibiza! Make me dinner plz?
Maronee 1931 days ago
can you cook them under the broiler with a bit of olive oil , or do you need to boil them?
MicheleLee67 1931 days ago
They look great !! and I agree, one of my faves :)
The_Magic_Missy 1931 days ago
Loving the blue shorts sponge Bob!! LOL!
earthskymoonsta 1931 days ago
just saw something in my area..school children learning to grow fruit&veggies in school, a better way to eat could be a good cook book..
TBSeifrit 1931 days ago
Beans for "Wisdom". Awesome! I love how they snap when I eat them raw.
ElennaV 1931 days ago
Damm...I love to cook, make everything I can from the garden..these are beautiful and look so good
MyArtisticHome 1932 days ago
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HayleyKnight_ 1932 days ago
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Prince Scores Six to Lead Dukes Past Marquette
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MILWAUKEE -- Duquesne's lacrosse team improved its record to 2-1 with a 14-10 victory at Marquette Friday afternoon.
The Dukes were led by Caitlin Prince who scored six goals and Amanda Kidder who had three goals, an assist, a school record eight caused turnovers, eight ground balls and four draw controls.
Morgan Matz led the Dukes with three assists while Kristen Gregory made seven saves in goal. Clare Hurley and Kaelin Shaw each had two goals, while Lib Lowry added one.
It was the home opener for Marquette, which lost despite a second-half rally to pull within three goals. Freshman attack Amanda Bochniak and sophomore midfielder Kenzie Brown each posted three goals for the Golden Eagles (2-3), while Bochniak added a pair of assists.
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Donald Eugene Morrow
Donald Eugene Morrow, 82 years old, son of Oma E. And Leslie B Morrow, born on May 25, 1931, died May 6, 2014.
Don married Bertha A Casto, on June 28,1952, They had four children, Donald Jr., Barbara D., Timothy A and Douglas D.
Don worked for the Cemetery Department for the city of Marietta for 32 years, and he was in the Korea War for two years.
He was preceded in death by his sons, Donald Jr., Timothy and Douglas; along with his parents and sisters.
He is survived by his wife, Bertha, and his daughter, Barbara D Fair, and son-in-law, Raymond Fair. And his brother, Kenneth and his wife, Shirley Morrow, both of Marietta. He had six grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Don and Bertha lived in Marietta most of their lives before moving to Gray Court, S.C., where he died of heart and lung problems at McCalls Hospice House in Simpsonville, S.C.
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday (May 10) at Fletchers Funeral Home in Fountain Inn, S.C.


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The Twins are one of those teams we play A LOT in Spring Training since Fort Myers is nearby.
Game time is 1:05 at McKechnie Field. It's on the radio through [Pirates.com] and TRN, if you happen to be in Minnesota.
[Follow along with the MLB Gameday here].
Pirates lineup: McLouth, Sanchez, Doumit, Adam LaRoche, Monroe, Pearce, Tabata, Walker, Wilson
Twins lineup: Span, Tolbert, Gomez, Young, Valencia, Peterson, Macri, Ramos, Plouffe
Virgil Vasquez will start for the Bucs and Scott Baker will oppose him. Also scheduled to pitch: Denny Bautista, Tyler Yates, Jesse Chavez, Chris Bootcheck, and Sean Burnett.
Last night in the WBC…
Puerto Rico knocked off the Netherlands. Both teams will advance to the next round. Ramon Vazquez was 0-for-3 with 2 walks.
The USA lost to Venezuela. Both teams will advance to the next round. John Grabow was called upon once again to get one out, and once again succeeded in doing so with one pitch. He's thrown 2 pitches thus far in the tournament, and both have resulted in outs.
Mexico pounded Australia, ensuring a spot for the Mexicans in the second round and eliminating the Aussies. Australian Pirates prospect Paul Mildren allowed 2 runs while only getting 1 out.
Tonight: Mexico plays Cuba at 9 on MLB Network. Both teams have clinched a second round berth but this game determines the winner of the pool.


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Posted in thread: Dry hopping on 02-22-2013 at 10:23 PM
I only make one IPA but it has great reviews from some local professional brewers. I use two
unique methods for hopping my IPAs. The first one is called First Wort Hopping or FWH. This
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Posted in thread: OK to leave wort for 24hrs? on 12-21-2012 at 04:14 AM
Shouldnt be a problem, just make sure it is sealed off well enough to keep gross contaminants
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Posted in thread: Beer in regulator. on 09-09-2012 at 10:34 PM
So I force carbonate my beer with the keg and have been doing so for awhile now. I recently
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Posted in thread: Farmhouse yeast? on 07-17-2012 at 06:31 PM
So I am having some problems getting a good grasp of what farmhouse yeast really is. I have
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Posted in thread: Kegging Issue on 07-15-2012 at 07:41 PM
I am having an issue when done force carbonating my beer in the kegerator. I force carbonate
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Posted in thread: First All Grain batch completed - Question about runoff on 07-15-2012 at 02:08 AM
I have beersmith as well, I learned no matter what to always aim 1.5 gallons above what it
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I would always let my beers ferment for 3 if not 4 weeks. The bubbles could be residual
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Posted in thread: First AG with terrible mash efficiency on 07-06-2012 at 02:54 PM
Mash temp looks high. Remember M=More A=Alcohol L=Lower T= TemperatureVery very true, just dont
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Posted in thread: Critique/Tips First Partial Mash Recipe on 07-06-2012 at 02:44 PM
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District officials have hired a new principal at Los Banos High School in hopes of ending six weeks of acrimony from people supporting the campus's former leader Dan Martin, who was reassigned in August.
Ryan Hartsoch was unanimously voted in as the principal of Los Banos High on Thursday during a special meeting of the Los Banos Unified School District Board of Trustees. Hartsoch, the assistant principal at Pacheco High, starts work Monday.
Superintendent Steve Tietjen said he did not want to wait until Oct. 11, when the board's regularly scheduled meeting will be held.
"Because of the circumstances of the last month and a half, I didn't want to delay it for two weeks when we could get someone by Oct. 1," Tietjen said.
School Board President Chase Hurley agrees with Tietjen.
"I think we needed to move forward. We wanted to get him in there so parents and students knew they had a leader," Hurley said.
On Aug. 2, Tietjen placed Martin, the former principal, on administrative leave. Martin was subsequently reassigned to administrator of special projects in a 5-2 vote by the school board on Aug. 9. That night, hundreds of Martin's supporters attended the school board meeting and voiced their opposition. Assistant Principal Dan Sutton was named the interim principal at the time.
A Facebook page titled "Reinstate Dan Martin" popped up on the Internet where former and current high school students expressed frustration toward Tietjen. Also, some students at Los Banos High have started wearing "Team Martin" T-shirts.
Earlier this month Martin released a letter through his attorney accusing Tietjen of having a vendetta against him and using intimidation tactics to try to remove him as principal.
Hartsoch chose not to address how he will handle possible animosity from Martin supporters once he begins his new job. He did, however, express gratitude for getting the position.
"I am excited and honored," Hartsoch said.
Tietjen said the principal position was advertised in-house for two weeks and two candidates, Hartsoch and Sutton, were interviewed on Monday. He said Sutton did an excellent job as interim principal but will return to his role as assistant. Tietjen also defended his decision not to seek candidates outside of the school district.
"We have some very qualified people. We've hired all our administrative positions in-house since I've been in Los Banos," Tietjen said.
Hartsoch said as principal he wants to improve the level of students' education.
"I want students to receive a 21st century education. What that is in my mind is when students cross that stage with that diploma they have the skills to be successful in their future endeavors," Hartsoch said.
Enterprise reporter Corey Pride can be reached by phone at 388-6563, or by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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